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Personal projects are an important part of a photographer's workflow. The Insatiable Lens is a food and photography magazine that was born out of a wish to try new things, learn new techniques, and give myself the opportunity to experiment with cooking and other food related topics. All of the issues are available online (see links below) or if you'd be interested in obtaining a hard copy edition of the magzine, just drop me an email.
For even more food photography, recipes, and experiments, check out insatiable-lens.com

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Mom, Dad, Have a Child With Diabetes in College? Here's How to Help!
Help is on the way. Just follow these steps.
"Most parents feel anxious about sending a child to college," says Amy Hess-Fischl, RD, CDE, coordinator of the In Transit Program for Adolescents, Teens and Young Adults at the University of Chicago Kovler Diabetes Center, "but when he or she has diabetes, they need to arrest the impulse to be the diabetes police.
Lori Laffel, MD, chief of the pediatric, adolescent and young adult section at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, agrees. "Difficult as it might be to resist," says Dr. Laffel, "your first question shouldn't be: 'What was your blood sugar?' but 'What can I do to help?' "In addition, the College Diabetes Network (CDN), a nonprofit organization that offers support for type 1 college students nationwide at collegediabetesnetwork.org, recommends:
- Creating a contract. This can be an agreement that establishes when and how often you may be able to ask about your child's blood sugar. For example, your child may be willing to discuss it during a weekly phone call. Or maybe he or she would prefer sending you an email. CDN founder Christina Roth, 21, a senior at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who has type 1 diabetes, says her mom's not allowed to ask her about her blood sugar levels on the phone. Instead, she emails her uploaded charts to her mom.
- Deciding who orders supplies. With your child's permission, ordering supplies (and medications) can help take the burden off him or her, while allowing you to stay involved.
- Packing a "sick day" kit. Sending your child a kit that includes a thermometer, glucose tabs and OTC medications will give you peace of mind.
- Sending a supermarket gift card. This way, if the dining hall's food options are limited, your child can buy extra groceries. Or mail a care package complete with healthy snack foods.
- Getting involved in a parent support group. There you'll receive encouragement, connections and gain access to information that will help strengthen your relationship with your college-age child.


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Which came first: the red warning light on our car's dashboard or the ominous click, click, bang near our right front wheel? I don't remember.
All I know is that we were in the middle of the New Mexico desert and had about six hundred miles to go before we could stop for the night in Oklahoma.
That's not all. We could also hear the bounce-bounce-bounce of our license plate as it caught in the draught of the car as we sped down a lonely Highway 40. That was so bad that someone flagged us when we stopped at a gas station to warn us it looked as if it might fly right off.
To say that travel day was nerve-wracking would be an understatement.
Our 2004 Honda Accord isn't exactly a jalopy, clunker, or rust bucket. It's just our reliable, high-milage, nine-year-old sedan that we baby with frequent maintenance and oil change visits.
Sure it snugly transports our family of five, but we manage and have never really had any trouble -- yet.
But we hadn't really pushed it, until that trip. We were on the back end of a six-week family adventure from our home in Florida with stops in Texas, Arizona, California, New Mexico and Georgia.
It had us wondering: What should you do before you travel if you're driving a high-mileage car that's been loved to pieces?
Make maintenance stops. Have your car checked before you leave and let the mechanic know you're about to travel several thousands of miles. He'll also be able to tell you which indicators to watch and when you'll need to make maintenance stops along the way.
Limit the number of miles you drive per day. Have you heard of the six-hour rule? We try to be in the car no more than six hours a day. It was a lesson we learned from our first long-distance road trip. But it's not always possible. Instead you might just plan a few long driving breaks, just to keep yourself sane and alert.
Take driving breaks. We recommend getting out of the car at least every three hours to move around, stretch and get the blood flowing. Or have a snack. You could also plan mini visits on travel days to a town square or landmark along the way to give your car's engine a chance to cool down.
Stay in one place for a few days. On a later trip from our home to Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Washington, D.C., we had extended stays at vacation rentals and with friends. We'd drive one or two days and take our time at the destinations. This also gave the car a break.
Carry AAA. I have a bad habit of locking the keys in the car. Or leaving the lights on. But even if you aren't afflicted with my absentmindedness, you'll find there are many benefits to belonging to AAA. One flat tire and you'll be grateful.
Be prepared, anyway. Pack fewer bags to make room for a bottle of distilled water or oil in the trunk. Whatever you do, don't take out the spare tire, jack or charge cords to make room for your stuff. You might need them.
Get travel insurance. How many movies have you seen where the roadtrippers get a flat tire and are stuck in noname desert for an extended period of time? Funny, they never talk about the tours, hotel reservations or entertainment tickets they paid for but will never use. Worse still if you miss a flight or cruise. Travel insurance is there to bring peace of mind for those times you just couldn't anticipate.
Rent a car. When we traveled along the east coast last summer we rented a Volkswagen Jetta. Sure, it was a low-mileage vehicle when we picked it up, but it also came with the peace of mind of having the car rental agency available to replace or maintain the vehicle if needed.
We'd put on thousands of miles in a small number of weeks and our vehicle's age was showing. We feared this might be its last big trip. Especially after driving through a stretch of highway lined with abandoned vehicles, and one boat, in Mississippi the next day.
Oh, about that trip through New Mexico. It was a close call, but it turned out to be a non-essential part that had come loose. The license plate got fixed in Oklahoma, and it's locked in real good.
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CityPlace has hosted dining events called Taste of CityPlace before and now comes New Taste of CityPlace, a strolling Oct. 18 dinner tour in which 20 participating restaurants—even a handful that have yet to open on the mixed-use property—will offer cocktail-and-cuisine pairings to ticket-holders.
What dine-around eats can you expect? Sushi and sake from Thai Jo; pork sliders and Blues Brew from B.B. King's Blues Club; dim sum from Sweet Ginger Biastro; and ice cream samples from Sloan's, to name a few examples.
Tastes also will be served by restaurants slated to open in the near future at CityPlace, including Brio Tuscan Grile, Mellow Mushroom, Mojito Latin Cuisine & Bar, Pampas Grille, and Revolutions Bowling, Bar and Grill.
Other restaurants and foodie shops serving menu items and drink specials include Blue Martini, Brewzzi, City Cellar Wine Bar & Grill, City Pizza, Il Bellagio, ITALY, The Olive Tap, Sugar Chef and Taverna Opa.
Advance tickets are $25 at the CityPlace guest-services office or online at www.cityplace.com/info/tastecityplace. Student passes are $20.
On the day of the event, $30-a-person tickets will be available at the ticket booth on the plaza.
Worth noting: Tickets include a `bounce-back' pass that, after the Oct. 18 event, can be used for a 10-percent discount at many of the participating restaurants.


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Event Proeftuin Twente
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Icw Ton Matton, Peter de Ruyter , Ronald van de Bron
14 Mobile laboratories, each directed by an artist, investigated the identity of a local council. The results of these laboratories were input for three design teams working on a scenario on what to do today to have a recognizable Twente in 2030. In Erve Twente (Twente Yard) changing and overlapping networks are presented as the main support and catalytic agent of identity. The traditional concept of noaberschap (extended neighborship) is renewed in a modern variation in which the economic and social powers of the region defining the looks of a landscape are being given a voice at specific Zegplaatsen (voice sites) in the landscape.


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Dialekt – NME [Video]
Peep the latest visuals for Dialekt's track "NME", produced by Browny Beats. Lots of familiar faces of the local Montreal Hip-Hop scene in the vid such as homie Paranoize, Furious & Carleone Brown (M.B.K.), Justice McFly, & more. This track is featured in Dialekt's new album Midnight Creep Vol. 2 which was released on May 7 and is available on iTunes. Many big names (Planet Asia, Termanology, Shyheim, Soke, Paranoize, Bishop Brigante, and much more) appear in this project.
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7 Ways To Prepare For A Significant Life
So I read a good book, One Thing, by Gary Keller and his friend. I learned so much from it that I feel I'm ready for 2017. You know those books you read, then ask yourself why you hadn't read it a year ago.
Please enjoy a few points from it.
1. Go small.
Make getting to the heart of things the heart of your approach.
Extraordinary results are determined by how narrow you can make your focus.
You need to be doing fewer things with more effects, rather than doing more things with side effects.
Go small, stare at one thing. That's the point.
2. To get extraordinary results, create a domino effect in your life.
When you see someone who has a lot of knowledge, they learned it over time. When you see someone who has a lot of skills, they developed them over time. When you see someone who has done a lot, they accomplished it over time. When you see someone who has a lot of money, they earned it over time. The key is over time. Success is built sequentially. It's one thing at a time.
3. Success leaves clues.
Achievers always work from a clear sense of priority.
Apply the 80/20 principle, then get to the one most important thing. Understand that 20% of your effort yields 80% of your results.
So, if doing the most important thing is the most important thing, why would you try to do anything else at the same time?
It's a great question.
Extraordinary results require focused attention and time.
4. When you think big, you become big.
Don't settle.
Let your goals be big and specific. Low goals don't require extraordinary actions so they rarely lead to extraordinary results.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. – Will Rogers.
5. On purpose
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw
Happiness happens on the way to fulfillment. Don't be a begging bowl.
Happiness happens when our daily actions fulfill a bigger purpose.
Purpose is the ultimate source of personal strength – strength of conviction and strength to persevere.
Sticking with something long enough is a fundamental way requirement for achieving extra-ordinary results.
When what you do matches your purpose, your life feels in rhythm, and the path you beat with your feet seems to match the sound in your head and heart.
6. Great success shows up when time is devoted every day to becoming great.
To achieve extra ordinary results and experience greatness, time block these three things in the following order:
A. Time block your time off.
B. Time block your ONE thing
C. Time block your planning time.
Protect your time block. Never move them.
Do a brain dump to protect your time block.
The three commitments to make you a master:
A. Follow the path of mastery
B. Move from Entrepreneurial ( doing things by default) to Purposeful living
C. Live the accountability cycle – take responsibility, get a mentor and a coach.
7. Live a life of no regrets.
Be able to say, I'm glad I did, not I wish I had.
When you don't know what matters most, anything makes sense.
Put yourself together and your world falls into place.
To put yourself together, start from purpose, then outline your priorities, then block out time for them to ensure you're productive.
Have a significant 2017!
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Checking the "Enable Reading Tools ..." checkbox will activate them for your journal.
You can also configure which tools will be available to your readers. You may wish to experiment with these yourself to see if some or all of them will be useful to your audience.
Under "Related Item Tools", you will find a dropdown menu of subject areas. You can select the subject that best matches your journal to provide additional reading tools that are specific to that discipline. For example, if you choose Humanities, you will not see search options for the Health Science index PubMed.
Returning to the Reading Tools menu, you can now chooseto customize the Reading Tools for your journal.
From here, you will see a list of subject areas, and the configuration options for each of them.
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Remember the example from Postcolonial Text? Here is how they would revise the options available under Web Search. You can use thelink to add a new one, or use the link to modify an existing one.
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Price: $147.00
Size: 50ml
About: firming and lifting day moisturiser with a lighter consistency, ideal for oilier skin types. reinforces skin's density and connective tissues for an anti-ageing effect. Packaged in a glass jar.
Review: A light textured moisturiser which can double as a day and night cream, Renergie Multi-Lift Day Cream (Light) has been reformulated yet again to offer the very best in anti-age skincare. Enriched with multi-tension technology designed to precisely target the unfortunate effects of skin sagging, Renergie Multi-Lift Day Cream (Light) was welcomed into my beauty regime without hesitation because for years I have disliked the sagging skin under my neck. Although others might not notice the sagging skin at the top of my neck and chin, I have disliked it to the point of consulting with cosmetic surgeons for their advice to tighten the area. Beautyheaven gave me the opportunity to trial this product for a week and in this short period of time I found it difficult to gauge results as good as those claims made by researchers about this new product. In the short time frame I did notice that my facial features appeared slightly more contoured. Time has since passed and 6 weeks later I have truly given this day cream a test drive and results are fantastic - my jowls are not as obvious, my skin feels silky smooth and appears even without makeup, I am rather surprised by the positive transformation in this short frame of time - especially considering I am currently pregnant and putting on weight means that my neck and chin area have become more pronounced of late.
What is most impressive about Renergie Multi-Lift Day Cream (Light) is the application directions provided by Lancome to help the product work its magic. Lancome believe that by using gentle upwards motions along the neck, jaw line, chin, cheek and forehead, Renergie Multi-Lift Day Cream (Light) will lift and firm skin more effectively - and it really does seem to. The lovely lightweight formula blends over skin with ease, never leaving a thick or excess residue. The original (classic) Renergie cream contains Vitamin A but Renergie Multi-Lift does not so it is safe to use when pregnant and also does not make skin prone to skin sensitivity in the sun. The floral scent can be detected on the skin for a few seconds after it has been applied but it soon fades. Its packaging is classy, timeless and very true to the Lancome heritage. The jar is effortless to open and the product inside applies easily with the use of fingertips. Overall I am rather impressed with this product and hope the contoured results I am starting to see will increase overtime because gravity is not a friend of mine!


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Sundried-Tomato Flat Bread Ingredients: 3 large eggs 1/4 cup of coconut flour 1 1/2 tbs of physillum husk flour 2 tsp of garlic powder 1 tsp of onion powder 1 cup of unsweetened almond milk 2 cloves of minced garlic … Continue reading
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Chocolate Cherry Blondies
Chocolate Cherry Blondies
- 1/4 cup grass-fed butter, melted
- 1/2 cup of erythritol or 1/3 cup of raw, organic honey
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- ¼ cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1/3 cup coconut flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup of mini chocolate chip (I use Enjoy Life brand)
- 1/2 cup coconut flakes
- 1/4 cup of dried cherries, chopped
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Spray 8×8 inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray
- In a large bowl, whisk together butter, erythritol, vanilla, eggs, and almond milk
- In a separate medium bowl whisk together coconut flour, baking soda, and salt
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined and batter is smooth.
- Fold in chocolate chips
- Bake for 20-22 minutes or until edges are golden brown and knife comes out with a few crumbs attached
Classic Italian Dressing
This is truely the BEST Italian dressing I have ever made. It's super simple. You can adjust the flavors as you like, but it's important to use fresh ingredients that's what really makes this recipe stand out.
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1/4 of a medium red onion, roughl chopped
- 1 1/2 cups of olive oil
- 1/2cup of apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup of red wine vinegar
- 2 tsp of oregano
- 2 tsp of dried basil
- Salt & pepp
- 1/4 cup of fresh basil, roughly chopped
- 3-4 tbs of maple syrup
- 1-2 Tbs of dijon mustard
- Place all the ingredients into a blender or food processor
- Blend until frothy!
- Enjoy on a crisp Italian-style salad
Banana Bread from Sleep Love Eat
OMG it has been forever! I have been so busy and honestly, not doing anything too exciting with my meals lately. But alas, here I am once again. I'll hopefully have a few new recipes up soon enough. Once my … Continue reading
Weeknight Italian Style Skillet
This is such an easy week night recipe and it SO good. It's jam-packed with yummy flavors. I've been using Mario Batali's new tomato sauce and it delish. It is made with all natural ingredients and has no added sugars, flavoring, NOTHING. Plus, it's made with olive oil, not canola oil- p.s. this is hard to come by in most jarred sauces. There are a lot of brands now that use "real" ingredients in the sauce, but they cost you an arm and a leg. I order Mario's sauce on Walmart for 5.94 for a 24 oz. jar…if you don't know, THATS A LOTTA SAUCE PEOPLE.
As for the sausage links, to save money – and time- I've been buying the spicy Italian chicken sausage from Trader Joe's. They are GREAT. Not only are they cheap, these also have NO weird added ingredients, and – I can't even believe it – NO SUGAR. Usually ALL packaged sausage, of any kind, has added sugar in it. So these lil' babies are quite the find.
Enjoy this Italian goodness!!
Italian Style Skillet
- 2 Tbs of olive oil
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped (you could use red bell pepper too!)
- 1/2 of a medium red onion, chopped
- 2 tsp of minced garlic
- 3-4 slices of pepperoni, chopped
- 3-4 slices of bacon, roughly chopped
- 3 sausage links (you can use chicken sausage too!), sliced
- 2-3 cups of tomato sauce (depending on how saucy you like it) – you can use a jar of sauce, just make sure there is no added preservatives or sugars
- 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes, 1 tsp if you like heat!
- salt & pepp (you don't need a lot of salt because the bacon adds a good amount!)
- Place olive oil into skillet and heat for a few minutes on low-medium heat
- Place chopped onion and garlic into the pan and heat until onion becomes semi-translucent
- Add the crushed red pepper
- Once it starts to head up, add the bacon and pepperoni and cook until both become a little crispy
- Add the chopped green pepper and cook for another 5-7 minutes, or until the pepper becomes a little browned and soft
- Place the sliced links into the pan and cook until the pieces are lightly browned
- Add the tomato sauce and let it simmer on low until heated all the way through
- Top with more red pepper flakes and nutritional yeast (to give it a bit of cheeeeeziee flavor…YUM)!
Orange Raspberry Morning Muffins
These are pretty much the same recipe as my blueberry muffins, but with a nice little twist! I added some fresh raspberries and some orange extract, YUM-MEE. These are a great thing to grab when you're on the go (*cough* … Continue reading
Fudgy Plantain Brownies
So I had two VERY ripe plantains sitting in my kitchen and I had noooo idea what to do with them… I did some thinking and I decided to give a whack at some plantain brownies. Honestly, THESE ARE DELICIOUS. … Continue reading
Sunbutter Patties
No intro necessary: Behold the glory of the sunbutter patty. Sunbutter Patties Ingredients: 1 cup of sunbutter, unsalted ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut 1 tablespoon coconut oil 2 tablespoon honey 1 cup dark chocolate chips Instructions Place almond butter, oil and … Continue reading
Healthy Chocolate Pudding
Talk about an AH-MAZING dessert, that's actually healthy. This chocolate pudding is jam-packed with tons of nutrients from the avocado, calcium from the almond milk, and potassium from the bananas. Truly, this is delicious and – can you believe it- … Continue reading
Easy Paleo Blueberry Muffins
I have been so M.I.A on my blog and I'm ashamed. I swear, there's a good reason! That reason: NO DISHES. I'm still eating off of paper plates. I have so many recipes piled up in my drafts, but I … Continue reading


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"You can't make everybody happy. You're not a jar of Nutella."
I believe I am a pretty congenial person. Largely adventurous, I wouldn't think twice before jumping off a plane or a building. I've done both. My friends can vouch for it. I have unshakable faith in God and all that I stand for and believe in. Family and friends mean the world to me and I try my best to never let either down. I mostly go out of my way to help people. Growing up, I always struggled with the quintessential word – NO. Barely ended by using it and therefore ended up being used often. I tried to please too many people - too many times, in too many ways. Over the years, I have gotten better at it even though professionally I am now fine-tuned to extend empathy, understanding and hope, by default. Which makes drawing the line, a pretty fine one when by instinct extending a hand to hold or a shoulder to cry on, comes far more easily to me than minding my own business. I offer my point of view when required but I shy away from arguments. You see, conflict just cannot survive without my participation. Other than that, like most others, I am - work in progress. I still make mistakes, I still find it hard to control my tears when hurt or angry and my occasional outbursts usually mean a cold silence.
You'd think that makes a pretty likeable person. Wouldn't you not? And I'm pretty sure you're equally wonderful inside out, if not more. Yet you will have people who don't see you in that light. People who you did nothing to offend but still feel a 'disconnect' with you. People who speculate or fabricate. In short people who don't like you.
Maybe you relate to the above, maybe you don't. But the odds are, we all have that small/big desire to be well-liked. Who doesn't want to feel accepted, respected and appreciated?
I've since learned it's actually a good sign if there are some people who don't accept or agree with you. I'm not suggesting we be rude, inconsiderate or disrespectful. This post isn't about disregarding people's feelings. It is about releasing our stress and expectations about other people's opinions.
Here then are 3 reasons why people not liking you is a good thing.
It allows you to be true to yourself.
The biggest disservice you can do yourself is pretend to be someone else. Own your life, your views and your circumstances. It's exhausting to always fit in. Having to agree when you're screaming to disagree from within, is so pointless. No one will get to know who you really are, which will leave you without a real identity of your own.
Stop worrying about everyone's perceptions. Walk your own path. People will form opinions as you speak. Talk anyways. Let your words be kind but fearless.
It frees up so much of your time.
If you want to be liked by everyone, most likely you're spreading yourself way too thin trying to keep them all happy. Don't you think too much time and energy goes into that?! Having to constantly explain yourself to people is draining. It can lead to over analyzing your behavior. And we all know how over thinking can ruin you. It causes you so much angst and worry.
Keep your circle positive. The people around you should motivate and inspire you. Your circle should be empowering, well rounded and supportive. Keep it tight. Quality over quantity always. In that way all that precious time and energy can be used wisely to enrich yourself and others further.
It can help you be a better person.
Pick your most favorite FB or Twitter user and look at their comments section. More often than not they have their fair share of harsh comments. As you grow personally or professionally, the more attention you'll receive, both positive and negative. A willingness to be disliked helps you deal with it. When criticism is framed constructively, we can improve, learn and grow.
There still will always be people who disagree with you or who dislike your ideas and actions. Remember that the road to success invites a lot of critics so the sooner you know what to take on board and what to let go, the better it gets.
There is a peace of mind that comes with that kind of acceptance and surrender.
So... you and I…. I'd really want us to like each other. It's not like I don't care. Honestly. Cross my heart. Life's too short to stand apart with differences. It's always better when we're together. But if for some reason you don't. I understand. I'm sure you have your whys and wherefores. Your own point of view. I respect it.
You carry on and be the amazing you and I will continue to be the awesome me. Let's commit to being our best. I'm positive we will reconnect somewhere - sometime down the line.
And that's pretty darn fine too.
Do you constantly worry about pleasing people? Do you try very hard for everybody to like you? Are you struggling with saying no? Contact Tasneem Kagalwalla to know how Life Coaching can help you be true to yourself and embrace life for just who you are.
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Kianni Dresser & Mirror
Soft beige finish over a replicated elm grain with authentic touch. Platform style bed option (57,54,95,58,56,96). King and queen import beds (81,71) feature open frame design. Cases feature recessed side panels for a contemporary look. Cases are accented with large chrome finished handles. Side roller glides for smooth operating drawers. Drawer interiors finished with a replicated linen design. Slim USB charger located on the back of the night stand tops. All bed options require the use of either the B100-13 or B100-14 roll slats. B230-71 footboard dimension: 63"W x 3"D x 27"H. B230-81 footboard dimension: 79"W x 3"D x 27"H.
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The FOREO LUNA™ is a new, anti-aging and facial cleansing system that doesn't look like the facial cleansing devices you've become accustomed to seeing. The LUNA™ uses T-sonic (or low-frequency) pulsations and is made of silicone, as opposed to a brush-type cleansing device, such as the Clarisonic. Read on for more…
I was offered the opportunity to try the LUNA™ and it really is an interesting device. It looks and feels different from every other brush cleanser I've used. The LUNA™ is a two-sided device, with one side being the silicone touch points that massage and cleanse your skin. The silicone "bristles" are really gentle and not aggressive or irritating to skin at all. The other side of the surface of the LUNA is formed into a concentric circle pattern. That side is the anti-aging mode and massages the skin, relaxing dynamic wrinkles and boosting micro-circulation.
The LUNA™ comes in three colors, each for a different skin type. The white model is for ultra-sensitive skin, the pink is for sensitive/normal skin and the blue that I've been testing is for combination skin. I love the recognition that different skin types require different types of cleansing. In the unit I've been using for combination skin, there are two thicknesses of the silicone bristles. Thin for gentle cleansing and thicker at the top, for use around the nose and hairline, where the skin is generally oilier and prone to breakouts.
In all honesty I really like the FOREO LUNA™ and found it to be a very effective and gentle cleansing tool. I didn't experience any irritation or sensitivity with use. The massage side, while I can't quantify that it has given me anti-aging benefits, certainly provides a comfortable facial massage. The cleansing side does leave skin feeling clean and glowy. An advantage to the LUNA™ over other systems is that you don't need to buy replacement brushes, which can be costly. You can also use your regular cleanser. The unit is easy to use and holds a charge for about 3 weeks. It's waterproof, so the LUNA™ can be used in the shower. It's also ergonomic, fits easily in your hand and is very travel-friendly.
The FOREO LUNA™ retails at $199; you can get more information at www.foreo.com. Overall, I found the LUNA™ to be an excellent option if you're looking for a product that deep-cleans your skin without irritating it.


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Umpqua Community College 1140 College Rd. Roseburg, OR 97470 Phone: (541) 440-4600
General Information About Umpqua Community College
Umpqua Community College provides accessible and affordable quality college education, life-long learning opportunities, workforce training, and cultural programs for our communities.
Institutional statistical data was gathered from the U.S. Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2009-2010.
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Special Learning Opportunities
- Distance learning opportunities
- Weekend/evening college
Student Services
- Remedial services
- Academic/career counseling service
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A year ago, investors like Guan Ling were ebullient. Chinese share prices had climbed over 500 percent in the span of two years, setting off a nationwide stock buying frenzy.
When experts periodically warned about the possibility of a bubble, prices would dip temporarily then soar even higher, breaking records and inciting another mad dash to snap up equities.
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The press service of SE "Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine" reported today, May 13.
According to operative data, for 4 months total cargo turnover at the port reached 12.7 thousand tons or 189.6% compared to January-April 2015, when the turnover was 6.7 thousand tons.
During this period liquid cargo handled in the port reached 0.7 thousand tons (24.1% to the index of January-April 2015); bulk dry cargo — 3 thousand tons (96.8%); unitized cargo — 9 thousand tons (1285.7%).
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Are Long-Term Inflation Expectations Declining? Not So Fast, Says Atlanta Fed
"Convincing evidence that longer-term inflation expectations have moved lower would be a concern because declines in consumer and business expectations about inflation could put downward pressure on actual inflation, making the attainment of our 2 percent inflation goal more difficult."
—Fed Chair Janet Yellen, in a December 2, 2015, speech to the Economic Club of Washington
To be sure, Chair Yellen's claim is not controversial. Modern macroeconomics gives inflation expectations a central role in the evolution of actual inflation, and the stability of those expectations is crucial to the Fed's ability to achieve its price stability mandate.
The real question on everyone's mind is, of course, what might constitute "convincing evidence" of changes in inflation expectations. Recently, several economists, including former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, have weighed in on this issue. Yesterday, President Bullard cited downward movements in the five-year/five-year forward breakeven rates from the five- and 10-year nominal and inflation-protected Treasury bond yields. In November, Summers appealed to measures based on inflation swap contracts. The view that inflation expectations are declining has also been echoed by the New York Fed President William Dudley and former Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota.
Broadly speaking, there seems to be a growing view that market-based long-run inflation expectations are declining and drifting significantly away from the Fed's 2 percent target and that this decline is troublingly correlated with oil prices.
A problem with this line of argument is that the breakeven and swap rates are not necessarily clean measures of inflation expectations. They are really better referred to as measures of inflation compensation because, in addition to inflation expectations, these measures also include factors related to liquidity conditions in the markets for these securities, technical features of the inflation protection in each security, and inflation risk premia. Here at the Atlanta Fed, we've built a model to separate these different components and isolate a better measure of true inflation expectations (IE).
In technical terms, we estimate an affine term structure model—similar to that of D'Amico, Kim and Wei (2014)—that incorporates information from the markets for U.S. Treasuries, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), inflation swaps, and inflation options (caps and floors). Details are provided in "Forecasts of Inflation and Interest Rates in No-Arbitrage Affine Models," a forthcoming Atlanta Fed working paper by Nikolay Gospodinov and Bin Wei. (You can also see Gospodinov and Wei (2015) for further analysis.) Essentially, we ask: what level of inflation expectations is consistent with this entire set of financial market data? And we then follow this measure over time.
As chart 1 illustrates, we draw a very different conclusion about the behavior of long-term inflation expectations. The chart plots the five-year/five-year forward TIPS breakeven inflation (BEI) and the model-implied inflation expectations (IE) for the period January 1999–November 2015 at a weekly frequency. Unlike the raw BEI, our measure is quite smooth, suggesting that long-term inflation expectations have been, and still are, well anchored.
After making an adjustment for the inflation risk premium, we term the difference between BEI and IEs a "liquidity premium," but it really includes a variety of other factors. Our more careful look at the liquidity premium reveals that it is partly made up of factors specific to the structure of inflation-indexed TIPS bonds. For example, since TIPS are based on the non-seasonally adjusted consumer price index (CPI) of all items, TIPS yields incorporate a large positive seasonal carry yield in the first half of the year and a large negative seasonal carry yield in the second half. Chart 2 illustrates this point by plotting CPI seasonality (computed as the accumulated difference between non-seasonally adjusted and seasonally adjusted CPI) and the five-year breakeven inflation.
Redemptions, reallocations, and hedging in the TIPS market after oil price drops and global financial market turbulence can further exacerbate this seasonal pattern. Taken together, these factors are the source of correlation between the BEI measures and oil prices. To confirm this, chart 3 plots (the negative of) our liquidity premium estimate and the log oil price (proxied by the nearest futures price).
Our measure of long-term inflation expectations is also consistent with long-term measures from surveys. Chart 4 presents the median along with the 10th and 90th percentiles of the five-year/five-year forward CPI inflation expectations from the Philadelphia Fed's Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) at quarterly frequency. This measure can be compared directly with our IE measure. Both the level and the dynamics of the median SPF inflation expectation are remarkably close to that for our market-based IE. It is also interesting to observe that the level of inflation "disagreement" (measured as the difference between the 10th and 90th percentiles) is at a level similar to the level seen before the financial crisis.
Finally, we note that TIPS and SPF are based on CPI rather than the Fed's preferred personal consumption expenditure (PCE) measure. CPI inflation has historically run above PCE inflation by about 30 basis points. Accounting for this difference brings our measure of the level of long-term inflation expectations close to the Fed's 2 percent target.
To summarize, our analysis suggests that (1) long-run inflation expectations remain stable and anchored, (2) the seemingly large correlation of market-implied inflation compensation with oil prices arises mainly from the dynamics of the TIPS liquidity premium, and (3) long-run market- and survey-based inflation expectations are remarkably close in terms of level and dynamics over time. Of course, further softness in the global economy and commodity markets may eventually drag down long-term expectations. We will continue to monitor the pure measure of inflation expectations for such developments.
By Nikolay Gospodinov, financial economist and policy adviser; Paula Tkac, vice president and senior economist; and Bin Wei, financial economist and associate policy adviser, all of the Atlanta Fed's research department
January 15, 2016 in Forecasts , Inflation , Inflation Expectations | Permalink
It seems a little strange that, to justify tighter policy now, you point to a model that show flat inflation expectations even through the 2008 crisis. If the Fed is claiming it's model can keep NGDP as stable as it did during the Great Recession, God help us!
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January 17, 2016 at 11:02 AM
The short answer is "Yes".
Just as the Phillips curve has proven inadequate to predict inflation due to the globalization of the labor force, inflation expectations are now influenced by the global marketplace. The risk and liquidity premia associated with inflation compensation in the bond market has been distorted by quantitative easing by the global central banks. What was once an efficient market reflecting future expectations of inflation is now influenced by central bank buying. For the central banks, keeping inflation under control was a challenge in the 20th century, when sovereign economies were more influenced by domestic forces. However in the 21st century, the challenge for the central banks is battling deflation coming from increased productivity and global competition for good jobs.
What economist are struggling to answer is the recent market reaction to the FOMC tightening and its influence on inflation expectations. The answer to the market behavior is simpler than one might expect. In the abstract, the impact of monetary policy can be quantified simply as basis point move divided by current interest rates (bp/ir). The result of this equation is nonlinear and it captures the multiplier effect of leverage on capital when interest rates are near-zero. It also demonstrates the near infinite amount of capital created by leverage at 0% evaporates very quickly as the central bank moves off of 0% - either positively or negatively. In short, the impact of a 5 basis point move near-zero is equivalent to a 25 basis point move when interest rates are at 1.25% and two times more impactful than when interest rates are at 3%. At near-zero interest rates, a small move in monetary policy has a large impact. Hence, the deflationary impact of deleveraging off of 0% has caused inflation expectations to lower.
For further reading, unicornfunds.com/macro/whitepaper_nearzeromonetarypolicy.html
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March 01, 2016 at 11:02 AM
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I recently moved to Chicago from Houston and I miss fresh picked figs. Is there any way to grow figs in Chicago short of installing a greenhouse? Will sunny windows do? I'm desperate.
Figs (Ficus carica) are handsome plants with smooth gray bark and large lobed leaves which can grow into gnarled trees in warm climates. In Illinois, with winter die-back, they are grown as shrubs. They should be sited where they get some protection from the wind in winter.
You do not need a greenhouse to grow figs, and a sunny window would not be appropriate. Grow a fig cultivar suitable for this climate. While most figs are rated to winter hardiness zone 4, the problem comes because our growing season is too short to ripen fruit, which may take until September or October in a cool summer. Sometimes we have an early frost. If so, pick unripened figs and let them ripen in the house.
Alana Mezo, senior horticulturist for the fruit and vegetable island at the Chicago Botanic Garden, recommends 'Chicago Hardy' fig, the variety they grow. They have 10 or 12 plants there growing in a row and, through trial and error, have decided not to protect them over winter because rodents chew roots and stems in wrapped plants and set back their growth. Their figs are multi-stemmed, die back to the ground when unprotected, and get off to a slow start in the spring, delaying fruiting.
However, if you do not have a rodent problem, tie the stems together, wrap burlap around the tied stems, and cover the base with a basketful of leaves. With this protection, your plants will have a head start in spring, and you should have figs ripen a month earlier than unprotected plants, at least by late August.
Another method of winter protection is to root prune in a half semi-circle around the plant, lay it down and cover the plants with leaves over winter.
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The Work of the Church
City on a Hill
Bride of Christ
Body of Christ
Household of God
Elect Lady (no joke, see 2 John 1)
Those metaphors, however, in good metaphorical fashion don't disclose the totality of what the work of the church really is. Because of the "open-endedness" of those word pictures, different views and agendas for the church have contended for supremacy throughout the history of Christianity. Sometimes the upper hand was gained by the desert monastics who called people to express their commitment by literally "letting goods and kindred go." Other times, during the Crusades for instance, some pockets of the church saw themselves as the army of God whose work was to expand their membership through the extreme rhetoric (and practice) of "convert or die." More recently the work of the church has been divided into saving souls, which was the banner waved by theological conservatives, and social justice, which was the banner waved by theological liberals.
Fortunately those poles are, in some quarters, coming toward the middle. The "Emerging Church" movement has done a great deal to further this combined focus. And Tim Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, says in his book Generous Justice, "If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable" (18).
So what is the work of the church?
I find three actions to be inescapable as I survey the Scriptures:
1) Mission
I find "mission" to be a good catch-phrase to bring evangelism and ministry together. Mission is the work of the church, in all sorts of ways, to announce and demonstrate the gospel - that Jesus is the world's true Lord. Mission, therefore, is ultimately about reflecting the love of God into the world.
2) Worship
Mission is sustained by worship. Worship is the adoration of God for who he is, what he's done, what's doing, and what he will do. You can only reflect the love of God into the world if you are encountering that love through worship of the one offering that love. And that consists, primarily, in shared times of singing, Scripture reading, praying, confessing, preaching, and sharing sacraments and goods with one another.
3) Community
Worship is sustained by a community that is bound together in covenant membership. Leaders are appointed, selected, or elected (depending on your denomination's polity), and people from all races and tax brackets come together in mutual relationships of support and sacrifice.
These actions aren't new or trendy - they're rooted in the practices of ancient Israel and taken up by the followers of Jesus after his resurrection (see Psalm 96).
So the work of the church is to join together in covenantal commitment for the worship of God and mission to the world. In those ways, the church is who she's supposed to be: the City on a Hill, the Bride of Christ, the Body of Christ, the Household of God...and yes, the Elect Lady!
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SDLC - System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - a methodology used to develop, maintain, and replace information systems.
I've run into more than a few project managers, developers, testers, and product managers that have caught the SDLC buzz word fever. They've either latched onto the newest, latest, coolest, hippest methodology, or they read in a book that you can't succeed without one, or (most likely) their manager said that they need to have one. However they get to this state of mind, they usually follow the same course of action.
- Go to bookstore and buy 1 book
- Read at least the first few chapters of said book. Some even make it all the way through
- Go to their next team meeting, and declare that they are implementing an SDLC. No one else can ask questions or offer input, because the book says it will work exactly as its written
- Meetings are called with subjects that mysteriously match the book's chapter headings
- The rest of the team has no idea what is going on, but they are following their enlightened SDLC leader blindly. It still seems like they're writing and testing code, so at a granular level, most everything seems to be the same
...... The Project Continues .....
- Utter chaos ensues, the product is late, the quality suffers, and it is deemed that SDLC's are worthless
- Team reverts to prior process, and ships with previous efficiency, tracking, quality issues, and date slips. While that may sound bad, they still ship and shipping software is a key test of success or failure in commercial software.
So where does the value from using a methodology come from? For me, it all comes down to one thing: change management. If there was only one programmer, and he knew the customers, wrote the requirements, wrote the code, tested the code, fixed the code so it was bug free, packaged the product, and shipped it, there would be no need for an SDLC. OK, now back to the real world. Requirements change. Team members quit. Testers miss bugs. Developers write more bugs when they fix the bugs QA already found. Customers can't articulate what they want. The list goes on and on. This is where having a defined methodology helps. It gets your entire team on one page. When someone falters, everyone knows, and everyone understands the impact of what that means and can adapt. It is not a blame issue, but one of good communication. When you have a team driving toward a common goal, working in a common way, helping each other succeed, then you have a team with a shared vision. A team with a shared vision can do amazing things. They can have requirements change at the last minute, and everyone knows where to help, who is impacted, and how to react. The same scenario goes into effect when someone on your team leaves. Normally, the team is lost for a bit. Some piece of critical information or a critical process lived only in that person's head, and now that they are gone, the team is lost. Again, common steps, common process, common knowledge, shared vision, and teamwork. All of this leads a team to be adaptable to change, and having a team that can adapt and manage change, rather than letting the changes manage them is key to large scale success in software.
Having a team that can adapt and manage change, rather than letting the changes manage them is key to large scale success in software
Then how does all of this apply to me? I've been through a handful of projects, and I've learned the most important lesson about SDLC: No SDLC is perfect. All of those books look really good in print, but they are all based on best case scenarios and case studies. The key is to learn as much as possible, study many methodologies, and adapt a methodology to your team. I have a personal methodology that I usually try to follow, with parts taken from a few different communities, but with each new team and each new project, the process is adapted. The value of a process is to help organize your team, not to organize your team according to the process. There is always pain, resistance, and adaptation when implementing change, but it should be for the betterment of the team, not because you are trying to fit the team to something from a book.
This is the general methodology that I have used successfully in the past. It is a combination of a traditional waterfall development cycle, but focuses on short term, iterative deliverables during the development cycle. These are similar in principal to sprints from the SCRUM methodology (my personal term is protocycles), but with a different up front planning process. There are also aspects of XP and MSF woven throughout, but I won't get into that many details in this post.
- Establish high level requirements. These need to be detailed enough that the technical design can be built from these requirements. This deliverable essentially drives the vision for the release. A 3 release roadmap is also required, so that the development team can understand what the future product plans are, with as much clarity as possible.
- Define the detailed requirements. This task takes the high level release requirements, and drills down to a sufficient level of detail required for the development team. As each detailed requirement document is completed, it is sent for peer review and acceptance by a representative from development, quality assurance, architecture, product management, and development management. This task happens in parallel with the technical design.
- Define the technical design (Architecture). Based on the high level requirements, establish a product architecture taking all three releases requirements into account. The architecture deliverables for version 1 should be at sufficient detail for the development team to use, and mock architectures should be vetted in order to validate feasibility for the version 2 and version 3 requirements. This task happens in parallel with defining the detailed requirements.
- Product Development. The development team executes the detailed requirements and the technical architecture. This process is somewhat agile in nature, since features can be started once the specification for that component is complete, rather than waiting on an entire requirements package.
- Quality Assurance. The QA team validates the software created by the development team meets the defined requirements. Test cases are created for each completed requirements document, following its peer review acceptance. For a test engineer, the requirements should read like a contract, validating that development met their end of the contract. As is typical during a development cycle, requirements will change. These will be handled as requirements addendums or modifications.
- Release to Manufacturing. This is the final step in the process. Once a product is ready to be delivered to market, this step represents the processes preparing for general availability. Depending on the organization, this could include source code escrow, marketing coordination, gold CD creation, retail packaging, etc... The timing for this process is generally organizationally dependent.
There it is, how to ship software in 250 words or less. I'm not trying to demean what any of us do, but at the end of the day, it all sounds so simple, doesn't it? Define what you want, research it, document it, code it, test it, give it to people who will pay you for it.


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2015 has been a super bumper year for collecting awards focused upon by this forum. With prices absolutely collapsing and the markets being flooded it has been very difficult for me to not buy up large numbers of them. With research cheaper than ever before it is also now more affordable to find the stories behind the awards. It was a rather strange reversal of events of previous years where I would be ecstatic with a researched award entering the collection once every few weeks or months to one every one-two weeks to, with the combined dropping prices and ease of access to research, up to 20 researched awards entering the collection in a single day. This has caused a good backlog of researched awards/groups that it may take some time to clear.
New 2015 researched awards/groups include;
Kornienko, Vladimir Fedorovich, Guards Sergeant, Mortar Artillerist/Musician
Zhuravlev, Valentin Ivanovich, Lieutenant, Platoon Commander, 250th Mortar Regiment
Popov, Ivan Pavlovich, Senior Sergeant, Gun Ranger, 857th Artillery Budapest Regiment
Sokolov, Aleksej Dmitrievich, Junior Sergeant, Tailor, Southern Group Of Forces
Kamenev, Ivan Jakovlevich, Sergeant, Submachine-Gunner, War Against Japan
Red Star,1587366,Pilot,3rd Sanitary Squadron,97th Separate Aviation Regiment
Red Star,1613053,Senior Telephonist,39th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade
Red Star,1691532,Aircraft Mechanic,45th Aviation Squadron,Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Red Star,3701609,50th Anniversary Of The October Revolution
Glory III,485070,Lead Scout,487th Separate Scout Company,218th Rifle Division
For Bravery,2085359,Auto-Welder/Motorist,419th Auto Company,Königsberg
For Bravery,2231883,Senior Telephonist,47th Heavy Mortar Brigade
For Bravery,2399308,Gun Ranger,76th Separate Guards Destroyer Anti-Tank Section
For Bravery,2977387,Rifleman,297th Rifle Division,Smolensk Behind Enemy Lines
For Bravery,3143715,Pilot,3rd Squadron,457th Near-Range Bombardment Aviation Regiment
For Bravery,3202914,Rifleman,304th Rifle Regiment,2nd Shock Army
For Bravery,3534952,Private,172nd Guards Rifle Regiment,Catch-Up 1954
For Bravery,3548899,Anti-Tank Rifleman,646th Rifle Regiment,Catch-Up 1954
For Combat Merits,0057220,Head Of Surgical Department,Evacuation Hospital 2747
For Combat Merits,0120158,Aviation Mechanic,800th Storm Aviation Regiment,"Mars"
For Combat Merits,0183587,Deputy Head,Account Staff,958th Rifle Regiment,Stalingrad
For Combat Merits,0298926,Welder,50th Guards Separate Motor-Rifle Scout Company
For Combat Merits,1723411,Tailor,1345th Rifle Regiment,399th Rifle Division
For Combat Merits,2478268,Section Commander,91st Separate Auto-Transport Battalion
For Combat Merits,3159520,Chairman Of The Village Soviet,Wounds 1946
For Combat Merits,U/N 1948,Squad Commander,336th Rifle Regiment,Wounds
For Combat Merits,U/N 1991,Head Of Radio Station,334th Border Regiment NKVD,Catch-Up
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Earlier obtained awards that have been researched in 2015 include;
Red Star,0915858,Chief Of Central Warehouse #2100,Department Of Specialist Devices
Red Star,0965158,76mm Gun Battery Commander,258th Rifle Regiment,140th Rifle Division
Red Star,0974293,Technician,Serpuhov Aviation-Technical School,Long Service 1944
Red Star,1100126,Deputy Head Of Staff Of Operational Units,608th Rifle Regiment
Red Star,1333035,Pontooneer,90th Separate Pontoon-Bridging Battalion,East Prussia
Red Star,1783576,Technician Of Combustible-Lubrication Material,298th Rifle Division
Red Star,2005503,Chief Party Organiser,Naval Section,Vitebsk Oblast Party Committee
Red Star,2070540,Head Of Mobile Aircraft Repair Workshop 1 #54,1st Air Army
Red Star,3625285,Gun Ranger,409th Artillery Regiment,Wounds 1966
Glory III,792213,Gun Ranger,190th Artillery Regiment,Wounds 1979
For Bravery,0721116,120mm Mortar Battery Adjuster,956th Rifle Regiment,Har'kov
For Bravery,0788717,Driver,993rd Zenit Artillery Regiment,River Dnepr
For Bravery,1732022,Communications Squad Commander,1367th Rifle Regiment,Crimea
For Combat Merits,0365745,Head Of Auto-Repair Workshop,1028th Artillery Regiment
For Combat Merits,0375861,Welder,Technical Provisions Company,244th Tank Regiment
For Combat Merits,1497308,Rifleman,20th Guards Rifle Regiment,Brammanishi
Although this doesn't include 48 researched awards I've obtained and don't have access to, nor the 17 awards I've obtained and research is pending, nor 18 awards I obtained before 2015 where research is pending. As I said, a real backlog.
Of course there have been new arrivals from all areas of the forum, from the Imperial period to 2015 and reaching all over the globe, especially to the more obscure parts.
This includes some less frequently seen Armenian Medals;
"Russian Navy 300 Years" Jubilee Medal.
"Garegin Nzhdeh" Medal.
"Admiral Isakov" Medal.
"Vazgen Sargasian" Medal.
Even less frequently seen NKR items;
"Maternal Gratitude To Artsah's Courageous Sons" Commemorative Medal.
"Combat Service" Medal.
Deputy Of The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Badge.
On the subject of Deputies there was also;
Deputy Of The Republic Of Moldova.
Going back to the MSSR there's also;
Laureate Of The State Prize Of The Moldavian SSR
Then there's the PMR;
Order "Defender Of The Homeland".
Staying obscure, there have been some great researched Albanian groups including;
A group to a cadet whose brother was a Martyr.
The Martyred brother's pair
The most "internationalist" group to date.
Also I've presented a couple of slightly "off topic" pieces with some great research that I just can't overlook as part of a review of 2015;
A Fully Researched Award For Heroic Combat In North Korea.
Helyett Simonsen's Hjemmet's Spirit Medal.
I've also been trying to present awards from areas of the Soviet Union and Former Soviet Union that have not been touched upon at all yet.
This is just a taste of what's to come - Honorary Title "Meritorious Agricultural Worker Of The Karakalpak ASSR".
Although this year has been extremely busy for me (not helped by the market being so appealing for collectors and research) I have been trying to throw out as much as I can for everyone to enjoy or simply use as reference. Just under 500 posts this year, so rather quiet for me. Don't worry I'll keep throwing the posts out there as I can.
Posting new information/pieces is not the only time consuming part of the forum. This year has seen a change of ownership and a promotion. This has caused more consumption of time with a reshuffle of the forum, whilst at the same time 50+ new sections (They're out there if you look through the forums). The forum is looking better and is easier to search and access the information you need than ever before. There is still quite a lot of "archiving" to do of older posts but they get chipped away at from time to time.
2015 was a great year for the forum and 2016 is poised to be even better. Cheaper prices and easier research is a very positive thing for us collectors.
Speaking of cheaper prices, I forgot to mention one of the best Forum Marketplace purchases I have ever made - An unfortunately unresearchable Order Of Lenin.
Just a couple of days ago I found a list of the items in the collection from a few months before I joined the forum. Over 1000 awards, it seemed a lot at the time but it was just genesis. It certainly help me be retrospective. Not even all of those have been posted yet, talk about backlog!
All I can say for 2016 is brace yourself for more previously unseen items (I just made a purchase that is almost unbelievable in content), more tales of research than ever before (I personally have researched groups for combat in each of the battles of Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad to post) and more than likely even more Forum sections (It seems difficult to believe there are sections missing but it's true).
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I thought 2015 would be a year that would take some beating but 2016 has blown it completely out of the water.
I thought the 45 researched awards I posted in 2015 would be the high water mark but 2016 has seen 135 Researched Soviet Medals and 30 Researched Soviet Orders - That's getting close to one every other day. A trend I don't see slowing in 2017 as prices continue to fall.
There are so many researched awards that I won't even try to post links to them all but they can be see in these two sections;
Researched Medals
Researched Orders
Every major battle seems to be covered and almost every conceivable role - Balloonist, Folk Singer, T-34 Driver, Pilot, Cook, Machinegunner, Desk Jockey, ICBM Tester, etc....
As seems to be the yearly echo - there is a backlog (and it's bigger than ever). 2017 will continue to showcase the exploits of participants in the Great Patriotic War but will also probably also uncover the labour exploits of those who served the state during the Cold War. I don't want to speak too soon but there might just be a group to a worker on the Vostok-1 programme coming out of the woodwork soon.
My favourite researched award of 2016 is the one that inspired me to destroy the myth of the "All-Woman" Regiment.
As I also enjoy spreading my interests, I've also been working on post-Soviet awards. The Russian Federation has had a new wave of ministerial awards and I challenged myself to complete the Ministry Of Defence Medals set. I didn't get them all but I don't think falling only 7 short of the complete set is too big of a failure considering how many fakes are out there. There's always 2017 to complete the task.
At least 35 Russian Federation Ministry Of Defence Medals added in 2016.
Over 3/4 of the RF MOD Badges posted were added in 2016 too.
My favourite of them all has to be Demining Palmyra as I have not seen another real example for sale although I have seen hundreds of fake ones sell - often for silly money.
Russian Federation awards may be the most discussed and reported of all the post-Soviet awards but I do like the more obscure ones.
2016 has seen a bumper harvest of Armenian awards and also all but one of the awards of the Republic Of Karakalpakstan - which wasn't even on the map before.
(There's even been three KKASSR Titles posted as well as 22 UzSSR Titles)
I like to get even more obscure though, going where no-one has been before or even completely missing from the map (like Karakalpakstan) and 2016 has been the very best year for the awards of "Unrecognised States".
Nagorno-Karabakh - Now with research!
South Ossetia - and not just KGB.
Lots of awards from the Donetsk People's Republic.
Lugansk People's Republic is a bit trickier to collect.
Although my favourite of the year is this Abkhaz Order Of Leon #12 (More from Abkhazia in 2017).
There have, of course, been additions almost completely over the board. New or at least newly obtained or posted items that have often never been seen anywhere online before. This feat will be repeated in 2017.
Since my greatest achievements of have been completely off topic I'll leave them where they belong - elsewhere. I can say however that what is posted here is only the very tip of the iceberg. "The stories I could tell".
I know 2016 has been a rather double edged sword for many enthusiasts too. Research is now very accessible with more resources than ever and the continuing fall in prices makes collecting more appealing. However, those who "invested" during the booms times have found the reality of the market a very difficult pill to swallow. It has been nice to see not only more people get into Soviet awards but plenty returning after a long absence.
Mentioning people getting into and returning - the forum has seen new highs in the amount of users using it, hits, new items being posted and there have been even more sections created (around 50 in 2016 alone - if they don't strike you at once, good, they're supposed to blend in).
The research service I've been offering has been taking some serious interest - over 500 requests to date. Considerably more hits than misses too. This service will be expanding later in 2017. There are a few pieces outstanding and some people I need to get back to and I'll be on to that very soon. Mainly good news.
When it comes to the forum, research and collecting - a very good year indeed. Let us all continue to build on that in 2017.
It's a positive distraction from more negative things at least.
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2017 has been the most busy year so far for me, it's been difficult to keep up with everything and almost impossible to catch up on some ongoing projects. I certainly intend to get some major projects finished in 2018 or at very least give it an ambitious try.
As I predicted, prices are still falling (though research is up slightly) and it is still a great time to be a collector. In fact a few days ago I bought an Order Of The Red Star (900k serial range) for a price that I don't think has happened in a generation - $8. I don't think that $8 will become a usual price for them but at the same time, prices will edge ever closer to that.
I set myself a target at the start of the year to post at least one Researched Medal per week, I fortunately managed that - in Medals "For Bravery" alone. There have been 32 Military Groups posted that with the addition of additional researched solo pieces accumulates to 26 Researched Orders and 93 Researched Medals. Not quite the heights of 2016 but I have been changing focus slightly (when I've not been too busy too focus!)
In that pile of researched awards/groups a few jump out at me
Stalingrad Tractor Factory!
NKGB Partisan Organiser
Cold War Exercises Red Star
A Researched Medal "For Courage During A Fire".
(And yes I know I need to finish posting the group to the chap who helped put Gagarin in space)
Away from Soviet items, I've posted a fairly random array of awards, documents and groups from areas covered here. 9 documented Vietnamese Orders pretty much summed up my short lived focus on Vietnamese awards - although I have a backlog of hundreds of Vietnamese items to post. When there's time!
Finding a Documented Lao Order to a foreigner wasn't an easy task - Freedom Order
I think my focus may have been mainly towards awards from Armenia and the Artsakh Republic, there are now over 150 items from those nations in the collection. Last week I picked up an exceptional 14 award (yet incomplete - for now) group to an Armenian "Suicide Squad" volunteer. I got the group directly from the family and the group may grow as they continue to go through his things, although the missing Document and Medal may be long lost. This group also busts an old myth about NKR war combatants - I'll save that for another day.
This years highlight out of all the Armenian/NKR bits I've picked up and posted is an easy choice for me. Type 1 Variation 1 Gratitude Medal. That award was at the very, very top of my wants list. I suppose I'll try and research it in 2018 too.
I also find this pair - Colonel Dimit'r Nikolov Mosinov, Liberator/Hero Of The War Against Serbia - pretty exceptional. I've had interest from museums about displaying them. Maybe later - I have plenty of other items on display in museums currently and I need to consolidate.
The forum continues to expand. There have been at least 25 new forum sections created in 2017, with the latest created just yesterday. "Always Ascending".
The forum software is still awaiting its long overdue update, although that is something out of my control. That may bring back some of the options that were lost in 2015, after a cyber attack, I don't know.
My research services have been very heavily used this year, with more than 1,500 researches being performed to date, with less than a dozen "not found" results. At least three "top end" dealers use my services, so I'm quite happy that they continue to be repeat customers. Some other researchers even use me to research for them, my contact has found the "unfindable". I also sometimes spend a whole day searching on "the site" to make sure the correct citation goes with the correct award (trying to undo administrative mistakes isn't always a quick fix!). It's due to being bombarded by so many requests that I've not been able to finish researching my own backlog - 41 awards still on that pile, with a considerably higher number of citations I'll have to obtain away from "the site".
What will 2018 bring? Pretty much the same as 2017, prices falling a bit more, more research and more goodies posted on the forum for all to enjoy. Not forgetting to mention - more fakes on the market! I know I have some interesting groups and a few pieces of gold to post in 2018. The best things will probably be a surprise to me - maybe some strange and completely unexpected research.
I really need to start making a good headway into the backlog of things to post on the forum I've got. Thousands and thousands of scans and that's without touching on the 980 Bulgarian groups I still need to post.
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It's that time already, another year gone, but not forgotten.
A very busy year for me, so I feel like I have been quiet on the forum, even though I've thrown out 500+ posts. Not only have I been busier than ever, I've changed focus slightly, whilst at the same time still picking up hundreds and hundreds of forum related items. I still have items coming in and a backlog of 31 serial numbered awards to research (and thousands of pieces to post).
Once again there have been new sections created and a continued, yet slow, clean up of the forum (I know there are a great number of intra-forum links to fix). Plenty of goodies to be purchased on the Marketplace too, for participating users.
The prices of Soviet Awards (and militaria in general) have stayed down or even continued to decrease - great news for collectors! With research being the most accessible ever.
I think the highlight posted this year was this fantastic group - Slavik Zaveni Pogosian, Eagle-Suicide Squad Member.
I've been a bit shy in posting new Soviet groups, only two this year;
Deniskin, Mihail Mihajlovich, Assistant Head Of Automobile Accounts, 54th Army.
Bazuev, Ivan Ivanovich, Telephonist, Artillery Commander's Battery, 43rd Rifle Corps.
Only two researched Orders (beyond the two in groups);
Red Star,0968393,Section Instructor,Universal Military Training,Latvian SSR.
Red Star,2184904,Assistant Commander,77th Separate Battalion Of Chemical Defence.
With ten more researched Medals;
For Bravery,1283311,82mm Mortar Aimer,169th Guards Rifle Regiment.
For Bravery,1635388,Starshina,45mm Gun Battery,741st Rifle Regiment.
For Bravery,2971102,Agricultural Instructor,Communist Party Of Kyrgyz,Frunze,Wounds.
For Combat Merits,0101627,Section Commander,278th Army Anti-Aircraft Defence Regiment.
For Combat Merits,0897950,Clerk/Senior Machinist,109th Guards Rifle Division.
For Combat Merits,0921322,Head Of Repair Workshop,7th Rifle Regiment.
For Combat Merits,1714756,Medic,342nd Separate Medical-Sanitary Battalion,Hungary.
For Combat Merits,2719195,Head Of Radio Station,327th Rifle Regiment,Manchuria.
For Combat Merits,2834264,Ammunition Carrier,605th Rifle Regiment.
For Combat Merits,U/N 1949,Line Supervisor,300th Separate Line Battalion.
In other areas;
Dimit'r Grigorov Todorov, Bulgarian Partisan.
National Liberation Front Combat Banners.
An award Banner to a destroyed Female Company.
I've been piling more of these up.
Avoiding the fakes.
Vladimir Aramiisi Ghazarian, Artsakh Liberation War Combatant.
Vasili Fedot Doljenco, Moldovan Liberator.
A police group for only $3.
I also have around 120 more to add to this thread - though they were all picked up before 2018.
The photographs are of some of the bits I have on hand today that have been distracting my focus this year, there's a lot more but this is a fair insight. I've been researching them as best I can too, which also takes time.
As these items fall outside the sphere of the forum, I'll explain what's there.
Photo #1,
British Indian Titles "Khan Bahadur" (2nd Class) and "Khan Sahib" (3rd Class) both awarded to the same recipient (also a Type 1 MBE, not pictured) for civilian service during the Great War (3rd Class awarded 1st January 1915 and the other two awarded 1st January 1920). I have new ribbon and will be mounting the complete group
Waterloo Medal (where Campaign Medals started) named to a driver of the Rocket Brigade, a participant at the Battle Of New Orleans as well as the Peninsular War and Waterloo. He later emigrated to the USA and I've found his grave in Ohio.
Punjab Medal with Chilianwala Clasp named to a KIA private of the 24th Foot, top shelf when it comes to British Campaign Medals (The 24th Foot lost 255 KIA on the day).
India General Service Medal with North West Frontier Clasp named to a Sepoy of the 2nd Punjab Infantry.
India General Service Medal with Burma 1885-7 Clasp named to a private of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers.
China Medal with Relief Of Pekin Clasp named to a sepoy of the 24th Punjabis - one of the first men to break the siege.
King's South Africa Medal named to a Private of the 2nd Battalion, Scottish Rifles - This is a duplicate, issued to his next of kin in the USA, his original was lost when he drowned in service in 1910. I have an original bar and clasps to restore it.
Transport Medal with S. Africa 1899-1902 Clasp named to a Surgeon on original ribbon. Only 1,219 were awarded, often unresearchable. I have found dozens of pages of information on the recipient - a game changer.
General Service Medal with S. Persia Clasp named to a sepoy of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Brahmans.
A pair of British War Medals on original ribbon, one to a Canadian private, with full service record and one to a Royal Artillery Gunner with a Medal Index Card and roll.
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, court mounted on original ribbon.
Photo #2,
Military Medal, 1914 Star with Clasp Group to a private of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Immediate Military Medal awarded for action at Langemarck 16th-18th August 1917.
India General Service Medal with Waziristan 1901-2 Clasp named to a Bugler of the 17th Infantry - someone who was in the thick of it from the original ambush.
King George V Silver Jubilee Medal, tired old ribbon but only 85,234 awarded.
1914 Star with Clasp Trio to a Sapper/Warrant Officer of the Territory Force's Royal Engineers. Only one company of TF RE managed to make it to France in time to receive the Star and Clasp, so this is a very rare Trio and in immaculate condition.
Two 1914 Stars, the first to a KIA Sepoy of the 57th Rifles (named on the Menin Gate) and the second to a unique rank amongst this award - the only 1st Class Agent awarded the 1914 Star. Only 31,365 1914 Stars were awarded to the British Indian Army. (I have ribbon for all these awards.)
India General Service Medal with Waziristan 1921-24 Clasp named to a bearer of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles.
Two India General Service Medals with North West Frontier 1936-37 Clasps, one to a lascar and one to a gunner of the Royal Artillery.
Photo #3,
Four 1914-15 Stars, Two to Indian Cavalry, Two to Indian Supply.
11 British War Medals, one to a sepoy of the 24th Punjabis, one to a private of the ASC, one to a private of the RAMC, one to a KIA corporal of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 6 to Canadians; (All with full service records)
One to a 51 year old - lied his way to the trenches!
one to a sapper in the Canadian Engineers
one to a sapper of the 1st Tunnelling Company, wounded in action whilst digging!
one to a gunner of the 10th Siege Battery, died of wounds
one to a gunner of the Canadian Field Artillery
one to a French-Canadian private of the Canadian Forestry Corps that died in service of Pneumonia.
Finally, one to a Seaman of the Royal Newfoundland Navy - less than 2,000 rotated through the force throughout the war (He was in prison during the next war).
23 Victory Medals, mainly to British Indians (one died in service) but a few to British soldiers.
A very busy but successful year. Who knows what 2019 will bring? I suppose we'll ll have to find out as the forum continues to grow.
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The saga of Columbia University "mattress girl" Emma Sulkowicz -- the young woman who became world-famous for carrying a mattress on campus to protest the school's non-punishment of the fellow student she accuses of rape -- took a new turn last week when the accused sued the university. The federal lawsuit filed by Paul Nungesser claims that, by enabling Sulkowicz's activism, Columbia has permitted a campaign of gender-based harassment that has deprived him of educational opportunities.
The brief contains a detailed account of Nungesser's side of the story; it also raises startling new questions about Sulkowicz's truthfulness. (For instance, the complaint notes that when Sulkowicz publicly asserted she was terrified of encountering Nungesser on campus, he was studying abroad, which she acknowledged in another statement.) Nungesser's suit also raises tough questions about a range of academic issues -- from universities' obligations to students accused of wrongdoing to the limits of free speech.
In 2013, Nungesser was cleared of disciplinary charges of sexual misconduct. Sulkowicz responded with a media campaign -- culminating in her internationally celebrated "Carry That Weight" project -- that made Nungesser a campus pariah. He was ostracized by classmates, dropped from extracurricular activities, and targeted via social-media threats.
Drawing the line between legitimate speech and harassment in such cases can be difficult. Two years ago, University of North Carolina student Landen Gambill was disciplined for "disruptive or intimidating behavior" for airing her grievance after a campus panel exonerated the ex-boyfriend she accused of abuse. The sanctions were later dropped; the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which often defends the accused in campus sexual-assault cases, supported Gambill on free speech grounds.
But regardless of the merits of that case, there are important differences. Unlike Gambill, Sulkowicz took deliberate action to publicize Nungesser's name (despite Columbia policies that urge everyone involved in sexual misconduct cases to respect the parties' confidentiality). What's more, her activism personally targeted Nungesser; she said she would carry the mattress as a symbol of her victimization until either she graduated or Nungesser left the school. Both students are set to graduate next month.
The suit claims that the university essentially endorsed Sulkowicz's mattress protest in a number of ways: by allowing her to perform it as a visual art project for college credit; by letting her take the mattress into the library and other buildings against the rules; and by not charging two campus groups for cleanup after a protest that denounced Nungesser as a "serial rapist."
The complaint also names Columbia professor Jon Kessler, who supervised Sulkowicz's "art" project, and university president Lee Bollinger. Bollinger has expressed sympathy for Sulkowicz, on one occasion saying it was "very painful" that a Columbia student "feels that she has been a victim of mistreatment." Yet he has not expressed concern about another student who feels mistreated despite complying with the rules and going through a process that exonerated him. Nor, despite pleas from Nungesser's parents, did Bollinger affirm the integrity of the university's disciplinary process and stand by its results.
Nungesser's lawsuit is one in a series of complaints by male students who allege gender discrimination after facing charges of campus sexual misconduct. Such suits have had a mixed record in the courts. This case could be a watershed, making the other side of campus injustice a national story.
Cathy Young is a regular contributor to Reason magazine and Real Clear Politics.
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