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1. Yes, Life does Change! - Whether you like it or not, life changes big time after marriage. You don't really get time to do things you like -- or maybe you can if you squeeze out enough time in between all the chores. But then again, you feel too exhausted by the end of the day to enjoy these things that you feel so passionate about! I'm working from home and at the same time I have to do my everyday chores which doesn't leave me with much time for my hobbies like reading. I have yet to finish 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari' which I had brought along with me to Dubai from India. 3 months and yet to finish a book? That's new for me! Nidhi told me that there are maids in the house to help her mom out with work. This hasn't stopped the lady from supervising everything and anything that happens in the house. The bottomline is that even with help around the house, married women hardly get time to do the things that they once upon a time used to love. Didn't exactly like this fact? Truth hurts afterall!
2. Men are Tuned to Rest After Work - Most men love to return from work and relax in front of the big tube. Once upon a time, I used to daydream that I and my husband would be cooking together and doing all chores together (every women has that dream I guess and I can see the men reading this guffaw out there :) but then you have to get used to the fact that such men hardly exist!
3. Start Learning! - Girls who know next to nothing about cooking or cleaning up or washing or just about any household work -- should start learning! More so because you have to be prepared for questions like - "So what did you cook today" from almost everyone. And you don't want to give a bad impression by replying - "Umm. Noodles!". Btw, noodles are so easy to make no? I would have made noodles everyday -- but my husband hates it! Which brings me to the next point....
4. Most Husbands Hate Easy Recipes - I have lost count of the number of men who have said "Yuck! I hate bread" or "I hate noodles"! So if you think you can escape by making such easy things, you cannot be more wrong! I had a number of such "easy meals" planned out before marriage, but now you will find that list shredded away into teeny weeny pieces somewhere in the garbage bin.
5. Sometimes It's Better to Agree with Your Husband Even if You're Right - We women are always right no? I can see all the girls nodding :D But sometimes our partner refuses to acknowledge that. So what do you do then? You just nod along and agree to everything he says and let him learn from his own mistakes.
6. Your Husband Most Probably Will Get Really Emotional When Sick - I have yet to see a guy who doesn't whine when sick. My dad gets very irritated and sad when he's ill. My husband does too. At times, you wonder if they are actually going to die from a cold or fever. No, really! The point is that you girls shouldn't feel too overwhelmed when you end up seeing your "macho man" putting his guard down when sick. It's normal! As long as you give enough care and attention, this phase too shall pass smoothly.
7. The First Thing in the Morning You Might Hear from Him Will Be 'Chai Please' - Men usually are a hungry and thirsty lot. You can't blame them if that's the first thing that comes to their mind when they wake up. :D
These are only some of the points that you girls should keep in mind. I will come up with more once I complete my first year of marriage (.. just to be safe :D).
On a serious note, I come to know every other day about how couples are getting divorced without even completing a year together. The first year of marriage can be VERY difficult maybe coz both of you have certain expectations in mind for each other. We are all looking for THE perfect partner who does everything according to your wish. There's nothing like a perfect partner at first but with time by compromising and making little adjustments you can make your marriage just perfect!
Why do YOU think so many marriages are breaking down nowadays? The older generation won't even hear of such a thing! Usually back then, the women folk used to remain quiet while the husbands made all the important decisions. Nowadays the girls are outspoken and openly pinpoint what they feel about things -- and not all guys (with the notable "male ego") can take it. Is THAT a reason? Can education be blamed for making girls so independent and less tolerant nowadays? Is it wrong for girls to be considered "equal" to men when our Indian society is not yet ready to believe that times have changed? Or is our society or culture to be blamed for bringing up guys with so much of importance -- which is maybe why they feel irritated when a woman dominates them? Share your thoughts. Would love to know :)


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A 25 year-old man who threw a Turkish pensioner's walking frame during a shocking three minute Islamophobic and xenophobic rant on a bus has been jailed for 16 weeks and ordered to pay £320 in court costs on November 5.
Kashif Samuels admitted a racially aggravated public order offence last month. Samuels was travelling towards Tottenham, north London, with his two-year-old daughter on October 15, when he began to hurl abuse at the Muslim man sat across the aisle from him on the 149 service.
The video posted on Youtube shows Samuel making several lewd references to his victim's family and religion, he also accuses the pensioner of coming to this country for "free benefits".
Samuels tells the pensioner to "go back to your own country" before shouting: "I'll put a pig's c*** in your mouth – what's Allah going to say about that?"
The clip ends as he tells passengers to "vote UKIP" before grabbing the pensioner's Zimmer frame and throwing it down the road.
He handed himself in to the police when he saw the video online and was sentenced at Highbury Magistrates' Court in north London.
Samuels shouted: "You're talking in a different language but nobody knows what you're saying. Go back to Turkey if you talk that sh*t. Oh no you can't because sh*t gets blown up in Turkey. That's why you're here mate – free benefits and a walker. Well your walker is going to go flying when this bus stops mate."
As the bus pulls up to a stop, Samuels continues to threaten the pensioner and asks: "What are you going to do? Nothing."
Prosecutor Michael Mallon said: "Having referred to the footage it speaks for itself. The victim was not able to be traced.
"It is clear however, and he accepted in interview, that the victim was vulnerable. He was an elderly Turkish gentleman.
"There are a number of aggravating features to this matter. Namely that Mr Samuels was there with his two-year old daughter in a pram.
"This was committed while he was on bail for the first matter. There are a large number of other individuals on the bus.
"It is telling, in my submission, they didn't intervene given the amount of aggression, there was a very real fear they could come to harm.
"The victim was vulnerable and had a Zimmer frame. Mr Samuel decided to end the incident by throwing the Zimmer frame off the bus."
In sentencing, Panel Chair, Melvyn Bryant, said: "This was a vulnerable victim, it was a prolonged incident, you had your child present with you, there were other persons present on a bus which is a public place, and you were also on bail.
"However it becomes worse. You targeted someone who is Turkish and Muslim and you throw his Zimmer frame through the door."
After owning up to the vile rant, Samuels claimed he "lost it" when the pensioner refused to move his Zimmer frame from the push-chair area on the bus.
He said: "That is not the person I want my daughter to see growing up as her father.
"She is going to look at that video [online] one day and I can only hope she looks at it and says 'that is not the man I know'.
"I will only be honest with her and say I lost my temper and said disgusting things. I would never want to hear that out of her mouth.
"I don't want to be that person and I want to make a change from today."
He said many of his Muslim friends were horrified by what he had done and called him up to complain about his "monstrous and disgusting" behaviour. The 25-year-old said: "I can only stand up and apologise for my own actions. I want to apologise to everyone who was affected. I genuinely mean that from the bottom of my heart."
Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London, Gerallt Evans, said: "Kashif Samuels used abusive anti-Muslim and racist language against the victim and caused distress and alarm to the other passengers on the bus.
"Not only did he shout and swear at the victim but also threw the victim's walking frame from the bus when it came to a halt.
"This appalling outburst was caught on camera by a public-spirited fellow passenger and left Samuels no choice but to plead guilty.
"Hate crime of any kind will not be tolerated in London.
"Members of the public should be able to travel on the city's transport network without fear of violence, abuse or harassment and we will continue to work with our police partners to bring those that commit these crimes to justice."


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Pets Sometimes Eat the Strangest Things
I had a greyhound once that ate an entire one pound bag of M&M's. Except for the handful that were stuck to the fur on his side that is. We've all heard that chocolate can be toxic to dogs and I have no doubt that can be true. In Damien's case however it just made him go outside a lot for a couple days. It probably helped him being really big. The biggest greyhound I've seen to this day in fact.
I had a ferret who ate part of a dvd case, various paper products, cardboard and I still believe to this day he ate the wallet I've still never found. Yes I did feed him actual ferret food every day but where's the fun in eating that if you're an adventurous ferret with free reign of an entire apartment. I felt bad if I put him in his cage. Well unless he tried to eat my toes in the middle of the night.
Carrie Underwood's dog Penny is in the news today for eating ants... and having an allergic reaction from it. Carrie tweeted "Attn pet owners: make sure to have benadryl handy in case your dog gets stung. This is Penny before and after. (pic) I mean, what dog eats ants?! She's fine now but it made for a scary morning."
So what's the strangest thing a pet of yours has ever eaten?


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The surf camp bases its operation from the exotic Hura island in The Maldives. The feel of the island is local and laid back, the island is self contained with several small shops, selling most things at local prices, a school and a strong sense of community. A surfing holiday with our team i...
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Surf camp on a Maldives - is full service camp fro surfers or for turists. You will live not on a turist resort, but on local beautifull island with local people. Who really friendly and nice. You will see with us real Maldives - beautifull and autentic. With the best locals and aussi surf guides you will get the best waves on a north Male atoll. During the summer mounths it will be your best surfing ever. Warm water, no crowded ideal clean blue point break waves, this is Maldives.
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The surfing waves accessible to the Surf Camp range from soft and forgiving to grinding barrels. Let us know what you prefer to surf and we will get you there. Surfing the Maldives really suits all surfing abilities.
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GlobalLinker is at the forefront of digitizing the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of India. Our efforts have translated into partnerships with governmental organisations & associations and the upper echelons of the corporates sector. And now your voice can be a part of that conversation too. Your business matters, your voice matters – and we want to hear it!
In 2017 alone, the .com domain had about 57% share of the Indian domain names registered.
An SME revolution is brewing. SMEs in India today have the opportunity and support of various governmental and private initiatives to create a level playing field and compete with larger players thanks to digitisation. The size and structure of SMEs enable them to be flexible and benefit the most from digitisation.
A report by KMPG states that 68 per cent of Indian small and medium businesses are offline but those SMEs that are digitally engaged grow twice as fast compared to offline SMEs. Validating that point is that in 2017 alone, the .com domain had about 57% share of the Indian domain names registered. Yet, we have little research on how SMEs in India are using digital tools, their challenges are and what can be done to assist them. And we want to change that.
GlobalLinker's Digitisation of SMEs Survey 2019 wants to capture experiences and opinions of the SMEs when it comes digital adoption, consumption, education and more.
Power comes in numbers. When we share, we learn, we grow, and we are heard. If you are an SME, regardless of your digital journey, let us about your thoughts and challenges in a 2 minute/6 question survey here: bit.ly/GLSurvey2019. As a token of our appreciation, we're giving out a free exhaustive guide to all survey respondents on how MSMEs can build and boost their digital presence.
KPMG Report titled 'Impact of Internet and Digitisation on SMBs in India'.
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This week across school it has been Faith Week, where each of the year groups has had the opportunity to learn about and experience different faiths to our own.
In year 4, the faith we were studying was Christianity, something we already know a lot about! However, as part of our experience we were given the opportunity to visit Latchford Baptist Church, a church very different to St James, where we normally go.
While we were there we got to explore the church and we noticed some of the similarities and differences to our own church. We even got to pretend to take part in a Baptist Church service and then headed down into the Baptismal Pool.
Take a look at some of the pictures from our day below.
Year 4 would also like to extend a huge thank you to Mr Schofield for showing us around the Church and Mrs Smith for accompanying on our trip.


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Some of my favorite industry books and some that have helped me immensely.
Albion's Seed by David Hackett Fischer. If you want to understand British folkways in America, this is a good place to start. I love this book.
Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England. by Judith Flanders. A great book to get a glimpse of what it was like to live in the Victorian era.
Here are some of my favorite blogs:
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Baseball is a game of numbers. These figures can be added, subtracted, divided, multiplied, bent, twisted and turned in any number of ways to tell a story about a player, a team or, in this case, a league. Here's a look at Florida State League, by the numbers:
|The Clearwater Threshers' home winning percentage in 2005 -- the lowest in the Minors
|Lakeland's 2005 winning percentage -- the highest of any full-season team in the Minors
|The Lakeland Tigers' home winning percentage in 2005 -- the highest among all full-season teams in the Minors
|The number of stadiums in the country that serve as home to two different Minor League teams -- Roger Dean Stadium (Jupiter Hammerheads and Palm Beach Cardinals)
|The number of full-season Minor League teams that hit no more than four doubles in a game in 2005 -- Fort Myers
|Number of Vero Beach employees who list their favorite musician as Lawrence Welk -- Betty Rollins, Coordinator of Advertising Sales
|Number of Hall of Famers coaching in the FSL in 2006 -- Gary Carter
|Number of current FSL cities that had teams in the original Class D Florida State League in 1919 -- Lakeland and Tampa
|Number of seasons Brevard County Manatees president Charlie Baumann spent as a kicker in the NFL
|Number of full-season Minor League teams that issued no more than seven walks in a game last year -- one of which was Palm Beach
|The number of walks issued per game in the FSL in 2005 -- the lowest average in the Minor Leagues
|Number of dollars it costs for a family of four to attend a Brevard County Manatees game on Sundays if they present a church bulletin
|The number of Minor League teams that stole no more than two stolen bases in a game in 2005 -- one of which was Dunedin
|Average price, in dollars, of box seats in the 12 FSL stadiums
|Number of FSL managers who played in the big leagues -- Ramon Aviles, Don Buford, Gary Carter, Greg Legg, Luis Salazar, Donnie Scott and Luis Sojo
|The number of players from the FSL that have gone on to the Hall of Fame -- Stan Musial, Early Wynn, Al Lopez, Johnny Bench, Jim Palmer, Rod Carew, Ferguson Jenkins and Rollie Fingers
|Number of seasons it took for Daytona Cubs superfan "Front Row" Joe Rowe to attend 700 consecutive home games (accomplished on August 2, 2005)
|Number of days former Major Leaguer Pat Listach was officially the Daytona Cubs manager before being bumped up to Double-A West Tenn on January 17
|Number of years current FSL president Chuck Murphy has been in office
|Number of games Stan Musial won as a pitcher for Daytona in 1940
|Number of presidents the FSL has had since 1919
|Price, in dollars, for a Brevard County Manatees fitted home cap
|The number of degress north of the equator of the Fort Myers Miracle -- the southernmost team in the Minors
|The number of years that the Florida State League champion has received the Watson Spoelstra Trophy
|Average age of the 12 stadiums in the Florida State League
|Number of cities that have hosted Florida State League teams
|Number of Jupiter Hammerheads that have gone on to play in the Major Leagues since their inception in 1998
|Age disparity between Daytona Cubs manager Don Buford (69) and Fort Myers manager John Boles (30)
|Number of home runs Andy LaRoche was on pace to hit when he was promoted from Vero Beach -- 11 more than the league record
|The number of years that Lakeland has had a team in the FSL -- most in the league
|Years since Dan Keith hit .400 for Sanford/Daytona Beach -- the only .400 season in FSL history
|Years since Jackie Robinson made his debut for the Montreal Royals in a Spring Training game at Daytona, on March 17, 1946
|Number of double plays turned by the Tampa Yankees in 2005 -- the lowest among all full-season teams in the Minors
|Height, in inches, of Jupiter mascot Hamilton R. Head
|Number of roundtrippers by which Gary Carter outhomered the other six FSL managers who played in the Major Leagues (324 to 232)
|Number of runs Daytona manager Don Buford scored for Baltimore in three consecutive seasons (1969-1971), helping the Orioles reach the World Series each year
|Number of dollars it cost Daytona fans to get a a 3-inch by 3-inch Cubs tattoo in exchange for lifetime season tickets
|Number of miles covered by Fort Myers prinicipal owner Marvin Goldkang in the 14 marathons he has completed
|Number of times St. Lucie Mets hitters struck out in 2005 -- a Minor League high and all-time single-season record in the Florida State League
|The attendance at Daytona on the final day of the 2005 season, giving the Cubs a franchise record for season attendance (127,060)
|The number of honorary first pitches thrown out before the Brevard County Manatees game on August 27, 2005 -- a new world record
|Average capacity of the 12 Florida State League stadiums
|Dollars of damage done to Daytona's Jackie Robinson Ballpark by Hurricane Donna in 1960
|Cost, in dollars, of the original construction of Joker Merchant Stadium in 1966
|Number of fans that attended Florida State League games in 2005 -- the league's highest total since 1997
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What Makes a Successful Country? The Madness of Sustainable Economic Growth
"Scotland needs a planning system that has, at its heart, the overriding principle of delivering sustainable economic growth … We want future planning decisions to give significant weight to the economic benefit of proposed developments, particularly the creation of new jobs."
Derek MacKay, Scottish Minister for Local Government and Planning[i]
Economic concerns, as we have seen many times in practice (like here and here), and in statements like the one above, enjoy a privileged position in determining the outcome of planning decisions. Indeed as we can see from the Scottish Government's stated purpose: "to create a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainable economic growth", this is so throughout Scottish public policy.
From these statements it is clear that 'sustainable economic growth' is primarily seen as a means to an end. Growth is seen as the best way to make Scotland a "more successful country".
But what makes a country successful, and is sustainable economic growth the best way to get there? As Scotland prepares for a nation shaping decision, we should be very sure that we are on the path we want to be.
Two vital components of any successful country are the health, and happiness of its citizens. A country may be wealthy, and powerful, but if its citizens live short or unhappy lives, is it really successful? Wealth is important only in so far as it encourages greater well-being.
Furthermore, as we grow more aware of issues around environmental sustainability, it is clearly important to live sustainably. Countries must provide well-being within environmental limits: sustainable well-being.
It is likely the Scottish Government would agree with this formulation. The Strategic Objectives which apparently underpin its "core purpose" include strong rhetoric regarding the need for a greener nation, and their commitments to, and achievements in GHG emissions reductions are amongst the strongest in Europe.
It is not a contentious point then, that for any country to be truly successful it must generate sustainable well-being. Its people must be happy and healthy, without having undue impact on the environment. This is the premise underlying the New Economics Foundation's (NEF's) 'Happy Planet Index' (HPI), the world's leading measure of sustainable well-being.
A country's HPI is calculated by multiplying life-expectancy by a self-assessed well-being score. This number is then divided by ecological footprint per capita giving a number representative of the happy life years produced per unit of ecological input. HPI is an efficiency rating.
A successful country must have a high HPI score indicating good levels of sustainable well-being. Thus if the Scottish Government are correct to pursue sustainable economic growth, we should expect to see a steady increase in HPI, with increasing GDP.
It is unlikely to come as a surprise to many however, that this is not entirely the case. Of 151 countries graded with an HPI score, there are 33 with equivalent well-being to the UK. The 35 countries[ii] featured in the graph below[iii] demonstrate how richer countries are significantly less efficient at producing long happy lives, than middle-income countries.
Strikingly, all of the countries with the highest HPI scores are amongst those countries with the lowest GDP, marginally above the world average. Amongst these, Costa-Rica stands out with the world's highest HPI score, while enjoying a higher level of well-being than the UK, and many other OECD countries, despite having a fraction of the wealth and the smallest ecological footprint of any country included.
In contrast most of the countries with the highest per-capita GDP are amongst those with the lowest HPI. Amongst these Qatar stands out as the world's richest country per-capita, with one of the world's lowest HPI scores. It is also slightly behind the UK both on happiness and longevity, and boasts the world's greatest per-capita ecological footprint (not to mention some of the developed world's worst human rights abuses).
For Scotland to achieve greater sustainable well-being, we need to move up the Y-axis of this graph towards Costa-Rica. This can clearly be achieved, without a negative effect on well-being, but economic growth is not going to get us there.
This leaves us in some need of an alternative.
Within the growing field of literature known as ecological economics, many economists have argued that the growth paradigm is destructive, misguided and unsustainable. This is largely because growth is based either on increasing consumption or increasing debt – neither increases well-being, and both must function within finite limits (Jackson, 2009), as Tim Jackson states: "no subsystem of a finite system can grow indefinitely"[iv].
Ecological economists tend to suggest a process of 'degrowth' leading to a stable-state economy as the only real solution to the tripartite social, environmental and economic crises, holding responsibility, well-being and environmental sustainability as paramount to creating a just world, with opportunities for all to flourish[v].
Perhaps a more convincing approach than continued reliance on GDP growth?
Considering that growth is only likely to make our lives less sustainable, rather than better, we must question the basing of planning decisions upon spurious at best economic 'benefits' which all too often neglect to consider public opinion as well as health and environmental concerns.
Scotland's planning system plays a vital role in shaping the country we live in, in a very literal sense. Our built and natural environment is one of our most important assets, and decisions affecting it must be taken with the upmost care to ensure we are progressing to the benefit of all in a sustainable way. If we wish to make Scotland a truly successful country, how we go about planning our landscape has got to change.
Stepping back from relentless pursuit of 'growth' and taking a look at the bigger picture, as well as seeing what we can learn from countries like New Zealand, Panama and Costa-Rica would certainly be a good start.
Author: Rurigdh McMeddes
All opinions expressed within this article are the authors own and do not necessarily reflect those of Planning Democracy.
[ii] Including Kuwait and Hong-Kong with lower well-being than the UK despite higher GDP
[iii] Data from www.happyplanetindex.org, and the International Monetary Fund
[iv] Jackson, Tim. (2009) Prosperity Lost, Prosperity Without Growth Economics for a Finite Planet, Routledge, p.17
[v] Schneider, F. Kallis, G. Martinez-Alier, J. (2010) Crisis of Opportunity? Economic degrowth for social equity and ecological sustainability. Journal of Clearer Production, Vol-18, Iss-6, pp.511-518


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Artificial food colourings and a commonly used food preservative are playing 'havoc' with children's behaviour, new research has warned.
It claims that eating or drinking certain mixes of the colourings together with the preservative sodium benzoate could be linked to hyperactivity and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Hyperactivity is shown by over-activity, inattention and impulsiveness occurring at the same time, with ADHD being an extreme form at a level that impairs learning and function.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA), which published the findings, is advising parents whose children have shown signs of hyperactivity or ADHD to remove the colourings identified by the study from their diets.
Findings from the study have also been passed on to the European Food Safety Authority.
Artificial colourings used in the study were sunset yellow (E110), Quinoline yellow (E104), Carmoisine (E122), Allura red (E129) and Sodium benzoate (E211).
Over 150 three-year-olds and 144 eight- to nine-year-olds were tested.
Professor Ieuan Hughes, chair of the Committee on Toxicity, which evaluated the research, said: 'While this research does not prove that the colours used in the study actually cause increased hyperactivity in children, it provides supporting evidence for a link.'
The study's author, Professor Jim Stevenson from Southampton University, added: 'Parents should not think that simply taking these additives out of food will prevent hyperactive disorders. We know that many other influences are at work but this at least is one a child can avoid.'
Commenting on the findings, Ian Tokelove, a spokesperson for the independent watchdog The Food Commission, said: 'These artificial colourings may brighten up processed foods and drinks but it appears they have the potential to play havoc with some children's behaviour.
'Manufacturers should clean up their act and remove these additives, which are neither needed nor wanted in our food.'
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) responded by saying that manufacturers are 'very aware' of consumer concerns about the use of additives in food and the industry will now study the research.
'The industry continues to respond to consumer demand by reducing the use of additives - and there are many food and drink products on supermarket shelves that contain no artificial colours,' said Julian Hunt, FDF director of communications.
'Manufacturers must label the additives they use in their products, so consumers wishing to avoid certain ingredients can do so by looking at the food label.'
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A new 'smart pill', the Gelesis100, resulted in greater weight loss in overweight and obese individuals compared with those who receive an active comparator/placebo capsule and was particularly effective in pre-diabetic patients, according to the three-month results from the First Loss Of Weight (FLOW) study presented at the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society: ICE/ENDO 2014 in Chicago.
"Given the excellent safety profile observed in the FLOW study, Gelesis100 has the potential to fulfil the unmet need for a safe and effective weight loss agent," said Dr Hassan Heshmati, chief medical officer for Gelesis, the company behind the device and a study co-investigator. "This is particularly impactful for individuals with mildly elevated blood sugar, pre-diabetic patients, for whom weight loss is particularly important because they are at increased risk for diabetes."
Gelesis100 (formerly Attiva) is an orally-administered capsulated device designed to cause weight loss by inducing satiety and reducing caloric intake. Gelesis100 capsules contain thousands of tiny hydrogel particles that expand in the stomach and mix with digested foods, explained Gelesis' founder and chief executive officer, Yishai Zohar.
Gelesis100 capsules are taken orally prior to a meal and contain small particles that expand ~100 times when hydrated in the stomach and small intestine. Gelesis100 has several built in safety features: a) the volume it creates is limited by the amount of water consumed, b) the hydrated particles which are ~2 mm in size, cannot aggregate to form a larger mass and have similar elasticity (rigidity) to ingested food, and c) the particles partially degrade in the colon, releasing absorbed water.
The particles absorb the water and swell to 100 times their original size in the stomach, mixing with food to create greater volume. After the particles travel through the small intestine, enzymes in the large intestine degrade them, and they release the water and are excreted.
This proof-of-concept study tested two doses of Gelesis100, a superabsorbent hydrogel, when taken twice a day with water before a meal. Forty-three subjects were randomly assigned to receive 2.25g of Gelesis100 before lunch and dinner, another 42 subjects received 3.75g of Gelesis100 and a third group of 43 subjects received a placebo capsule containing cellulose, a fibre which is used as a bulking agent. All subjects were instructed to eat 600 fewer calories a day. Neither the subjects nor the investigators knew which treatment they received during the 12 weeks of the study.
Among 125 subjects who weighed in at the start of the study and at least once after treatment, the average reductions in body weight by group at the end of treatment were as follows: 6.1 percent for 2.25g of Gelesis100, 4.5 percent for 3.75g of Gelesis100 and 4.1 percent for placebo.
For subjects receiving the 2.25g dose of Gelesis100, those with initial high fasting blood sugar (greater than the median level of 93mg/dL) had greater weight loss than did the others, losing 8.2 percent of their body weight on average.
"Gelesis100 represents an entirely new approach to treating obesity," said lead study investigator, Dr Professor Arne Astrup, a leading obesity expert and Head of The Department of Human Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. "These results are exciting and show that Gelesis100 has the potential to provide a truly novel alternative for weight loss that does not involve surgery, injections, or systemically absorbed drugs,"
The greatest weight loss reportedly occurred in prediabetic subjects whose starting fasting blood sugar level was 100 to 125.9mg/dL. They lost an average of 10.9 ± 4.3% (5.3% placebo adjusted; p=0.019) of their body weight in three months. There was a significant inverse correlation between fasting glucose at baseline and change in body weight in Gelesis100 2.25 g arm (p<0.001), contrasting with a lack of correlation in the placebo arm (P=0.708).
Heshmati said he thinks the higher dose of Gelesis100 resulted in less weight loss because of lower tolerability leading to lower compliance with the study requirements.
The most common side effects reported were bloating, flatulence, abdominal pain and diarrhoea, which he said occurred less often with the smaller dose and were tolerable at that dose. No apparent serious problems occurred in either Gelesis100 group.
"The Gelesis technology represents an important advance in material science," said Dr.Robert Langer, Institute Professor at MIT, and a leading expert in polymers and materials science. "It is the first and only superabsorbent hydrogel that I know of which is constructed from food ingredients and doesn't use potentially toxic organic solvents. By cross-linking two components together using a proprietary synthesis, Gelesis scientists created a three dimensional structure that is engineered to ideally function through the gastrointestinal tract to increase satiety and reduce hunger."


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It is one thing to venture through the World Wide Web looking for the perfect deal on shoes; it is entirely another thing to buy or sell breast milk online. Some women are unable to produce milk themselves, so they have become seemingly desperate. With recent studies showing that most of the milk bought online is contaminated, one can only hope this purchasing trend sees an increasing decline.
Understandably, parents want what is best for their children and years of research has proven that breast milk is the most healthful form of infant feeding. Not only does the child get vitamins directly from the mother but the child also forms a miraculous bond with his or her mother; leading to even more positive results. So why then do mothers scour the internet looking for a stranger's milk, and how is it, with all of the possible dangers, any mother or father could feed their child breast milk bought online?
When people buy anything from online vendors, there is usually a vast amount of scrutiny that goes on prior to the sell. When we bid on our dream purse on EBay, we do as much research as possible to make sure the vendor is legitimate and the purse is authentic. When we fill our prescriptions from pharmacies in Canada, many of us research with an FBI style rigor to ensure our medicines are pure and genuine; going so far as to ask our physicians or pharmacists for a referral. How a person can rectify in his or her own mind purchasing a human bodily fluid for newborn consumption is astonishing. How any parent can put that much faith into the vast unknown, that is the Internet, is entirely concerning.
Nearly 75 percent of the breast milk studied was polluted. Of the tainted milk, fecal matter, disease carrying bacteria and salmonella was discovered in dangerous levels. These contaminations were fed to the innocent children of desperate mothers and, by the results of the most recent studies, are still being fed to them.
Many hospitals have donor banks that allow the parents to purchase milk if they are unable to provide their own; however, the donors are rigorously screened and well- it is coming from a hospital, not the internet. The safety of the internet versus the safety of a hospital is quite a profound contrast by most standards.
Generally, parents protect their children from the dangers of the unknown on the internet. By setting up safe searching, installing virus protection for the computer and teaching them internet etiquette, we instill responsibility in them and tend to feel more secure after taking these steps. Purchasing breast milk for an infant and trusting the milk enough to feed it to a child seems to be counterintuitive to the typical things we do as parents.
With Halloween just around the corner, many of us will go through our children's candy; scanning each piece for imperfections and of course, tasting a few pieces just to make sure. We will tell our children before they walk out of the door to be safe and mind their older siblings and we will remind them of the houses they should not approach. This almost professional investigation is done intuitively and is the result of children receiving candy from those who are generally not even strangers, but our neighbors and friends. While we are taking the extra care to ensure the safety of our children, companies that could house unscrupulous donors and practice lax screening procedures, may be selling a family human breast milk from the internet. Really?
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1. Always say the grave site is too small or too large, whilst ignoring the blatant contradiction between these two positions.
2. Call your opponent a "Jew bitch", "Jew lie" or "Judeo-supremacist", whilst insisting that there's no such thing as antisemitism.
3. Ignore the fact that Jewish religious laws have prohibitions against the disturbance of human remains. Demand full autopsies that would contravene these laws.
4. Pretend that partial excavations or test drillings were full site investigations and judge the results against that benchmark.
5. When referred to translations of Polish or Soviet postwar reports of mass grave excavations, bluntly dismiss them saying that those 'Communists' were liars who cannot be trusted. When shown evidence independent of those 'Communists' that corroborates their findings, ignore the argument or argue as per item 7.
6. Pretend that only those parts of an excavation that are published on-line were actually carried out. If it's not on-line, it doesn't exist! Forget that this would rule out nearly all historical studies of mass killings or criminal cases ever conducted.
7. Insist that German wartime documents and perpetrator eyewitnesses do not constitute real evidence, without explaining why.
8. Insist that if every victim cannot be identified by name, or if victim estimates change over time, this proves that the killings did not occur. Ignore this rule when discussing the firebombing of Dresden or crimes against ethnic Germans in Eastern Europe.
9. Keep demanding to be shown 'just one' sample of a bone fragment, tooth or other type of human remains. When asked about the relevance of your demand, ignore the question and repeat the demand. When shown photographs of human remains found at a Nazi mass killing site, yell that it has not been proven that these are actually a) human remains and b) Jewish human remains. Alternatively, argue that such remains could have been brought there from the local cemetery.
10. Apply the "falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus" fallacy to any source (e.g. eyewitness accounts given to Father Desbois), without reference to any established legal or historiographical rules that would justify such a negationist approach to the evidence.
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It has been a bit of an odd week seeing as I have been at home instead of working and that has led me to post a bit more often on here... However, I am just about to put things back to normal so here is a picture:
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It is the second Primaris Psyker (or Jedi Beastman) for my Squat army. He still needs the tips of his dual light-sabre sanding down but apart from that, I think he has turned out OK. The next one hasn't been started yet (although I have the components set aside for it) but I am not sure whether to continue with the last Psyker or start the Ministorum Priests...
... decisions; decisions!
In other news, I managed to finish a gift for a friend as part of the 'pay it forward' initiative. The idea is that you do something nice for five people... and they in turn do something nice for five more... and they do something nice for five more... and it goes on until everyone in the world is being nice to one another...
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Clinique Pop Lip Shadow
The jury is out (at BBB Towers) about the Clinique Pop Lip Shadows. These arrive in two parts – the wand with the brush as well as a tube containing the powder. You replace the plastic lid with the colour pot which gives you a bit of a Louboutin looking lip colour. In the colour pot section is the powder well, which, when you screw onto the tip keeps the sponge loaded with colour.
Like so. The pluses are that you can get a very precise lip line because the shaping of the 'sponge' tip is very good and accurate which makes it easy to fill in with colour. It doesn't bleed or wander and is probably one of the most 'stay put' lip products I've ever used. The formula, although dry, didn't immediately make my lips pucker up with dryness – in fact, they stayed smooth looking which in itself is a minor miracle. The minus is that to get a good level of coverage you need to re-dip into the pot at least twice per application and I had to work hard to make it look completely even in colour. I did choose to test the red though which is one of the most impactful colours and the easiest one to be critical of, I feel.
I think my swatch shows the issue. However, you're not supposed to swipe as you would a normal lipstick or lip pen – more effort is required and I used – I guess you would say a stippling action – to get it completely even. The powder formula is weightless, flat matte and rather than disappearing over time does more of a gentle fade. It's fiddly but impressive. They're £16.50 each HERE – I'd say for matte die-hards only, but if you are that person, you'll never look back!
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A lot of effort but I'm kind of curious just because it's a new technique!
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Examining Each Frame for the Queen Bee
Use only a very little smoke when you open the hive. Too much smoke makes the bees run about and the queen may move from comb to comb or onto the wall of the hive. Withdraw frames gently and quietly. You're looking for a bee that is bigger than the workers with a longer abdomen. She will most likely, but not always, be a different colour than the workers, often more orange with a red tinge to her legs. Don't spend too long on frames of stores. She is more likely to be on brood. Look carefully on frames of brood, especially where you see eggs she is probably here – laying eggs.
As you withdraw each frame from the brood chamber look down the face of the comb. The queen stands taller than the workers. Also look at the next frame. You may spot her on the comb you have just exposed but by the time you come to withdraw it she will have moved on away from the light.
Look first around the margins of the frame in case she is just moving around the edge away from the light. Then carefully scrutinise the first side, look again around the edges before reversing it to search the other side, again looking around the margins first.
Return the frame to the brood chamber and take out the next one for examination and so on until you have found the queen or been right through the brood chamber. Don't go through the frames more than three times because the bees will be too disturbed by then. Close the hive and try again another day.
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New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday appointed Justice Mukul Mudgal to probe the spot-fixing and betting allegations against some cricketers who played the Indian Premier League 2013 and inaction by Indian cricket board president N. Srinivasan.
The apex court bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla said Justice Mudgal will be assisted by senior IPS officer V.B. Mishra.
Mishra is the Deputy Director General of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and will head the investigating team with Justice Mudgal, the court said.
The team will have three police officers, one each from police forces from Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai.
A past cricketer of repute will also be inducted in the probe team to assist Justice Mudgal.
Except for arresting, the investigating team will have all the powers to call and examine the people and record their statements, the court said, adding the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N. Srinivasan will extend full cooperation to the team.
The apex court asked the government to issue necessary notification for setting up the probe team and making available Mishra's services.
The court directed the matter be listed in the first week of September, said Justice Mudgal. The report will be submitted in a sealed cover to the court and none of the members of probe panel will disclose its contents to anyone or speak to media, he said.
On April 29, Justice Mudgal conveyed his consent to undertake the probe into the allegations that surfaced in the course of an earlier inquiry conducted by him on the directions of the court.
Justice Mudgal was asked to undertake investigation after the apex court shouldered three-member probe panel -- Kolkata High Court former chief justice J.N. Patel, former all-rounder Ravi Shastri and former CBI director R.K. Raghavan suggested by the BCCI.
The court decided to appoint Justice Mudgal by way of its judicial pronouncement following resistance by the BCCI in handing over to him the investigation into the allegations.


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There have been doubters because no crater large enough was ever found. That may change.
"12,800 years ago, during the Pleistocene, Earth was warming up from its last Ice Age. Temperatures slowly rose while glaciers retreated, that is, until something major happened that triggered a cold snap big enough to leave its mark on the geologic record. Over the course of just decades – the blink of an eye in geological timescales – the planet cooled somewhere between 3 and 11 degrees Fahrenheit (2 to 6 degrees Celsius). The resulting period is known as the Younger Dryas, a mysterious 1000-year blip in history.Many scientists have suggested – with evidence – that the Younger Dryas was triggered by a meteorite impact. But others have held out, suggesting that volcanic eruptions or, what seems to be the leading favorite, some sort of massive freshwater flood temporarily disrupted climate cycles based out of the North Atlantic. But the main reason scientists have been slow to accept the impact hypothesis is simple: There's just no crater.
But research out today in the open-access journal Science Advances suggests that maybe we haven't looked everywhere."
"This latest study describes the evidence used to verify that the strange circular feature is, in fact, a crater caused by an asteroid. But early age estimates show that it's at least possible that this is the 12,800-year-old crater that so many researchers have hoped to find for decades. We'll have to wait and see."
Non si fa il proprio dovere perchè qualcuno ci dica grazie, lo si fa per principio, per se stessi, per la propria dignità. Oriana Fallaci
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The Valentine's Day Edition Have you had sex with another person in 2010? Have you passed on an opportunity to sex with another person in 2010? I've not had sex this year at all … still waiting for my hubby to get back in country.
1. Sex is a beauty treatment. Scientific tests find that when women make love they produce amounts of the hormone estrogen, which makes hair shine and skin smooth. 2. Gentle, relaxed lovemaking reduces your chances of suffering dermatitis, skin rashes and blemishes. The sweat produced cleanses the pores and makes … Continue reading
TMI Tuesday #222
1. Ideal amount of sex per week? daily is nice, once a week is still good to me as well 2. Ever had an online affair? no 3. Are you a member of the mile high club? no 4. Are you predjudice against any particular group of people? There are … Continue reading
TMI Tuesday #221 – Would You Rather…
1. Have eyes that always smile or a voice that makes people calm? I'm already told that my eyes are always smiling, and I know my voice is hardly ever calm, thus I think it would be something good to have is a calm voice over smiling eyes.
TMI Tuesday #220 – Would You Rather…
1. A relaxing vacation or an adventurous trip? right at the moment I'd enjoy a relaxing vacation 2. Get a perfect nights sleep or have amazing sex? at the moment I'd settle for a perfect nights sleep


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Israel Parade: Pounding The Pavement Amid Ambivalence
Annual Fifth Avenue 'Salute' attracts 'hundreds of thousands,' but questions about unity linger.
Standing at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, near G.M. Plaza and the start of the annual Salute to Israel Parade, Marilyn Chandler apologized Sunday for being a little disoriented by all the hoopla around her.
"I just got off the plane from Greensboro, N.C., and it's overwhelming to see all the blue and white," the colors of the Israeli flag, said Chandler, executive director of the Greensboro Jewish Federation.
Chandler (no relation to the reporter), explained that she had come to town for a meeting of the Jewish Federations of North America and had come to the parade to show solidarity with the Jewish state.
"It's very exciting to hear all the spirit and see people so enthusiastic about Israel, as I am," she said.
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It was clear on Sunday that others who had come to participate in the parade and to cheer from the sidelines were as excited as the federation executive, who heads a Jewish community of about 3,000. More than 30,000 people took part in the parade, either as marchers or as volunteers on the event's floats, and "hundreds of thousands" of people came as spectators, said Michal Brickman, the parade's executive producer.
The parade, celebrating Israel's 62nd anniversary, followed its traditional route, starting at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, heading north on Fifth Avenue and ending at 74th Street. It also drew an array of politicians and celebrities, as it always does, including Andrew Cuomo, the state's attorney general, whose participation marked his first stop as the Democratic candidate for governor. Other participants included Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Israeli-American businessman Meshulam Riklis, the parade's grand marshal; Yuri Foreman, Israel's first world boxing champion; and Adi Neumann, an Israeli supermodel.
But if the event's participants and spectators shared Marilyn Chandler's excitement, some may have shared her sense of disorientation, although for different reasons.
This year's parade more or less capped a winter and spring of increasing anxiety, fear and division among American Jews. The past few months have included tension between the Obama White House and Israel over the construction of new housing in east Jerusalem, growing alarm over Iran's development of nuclear weapons and the related concern that economic sanctions against Iran may be too little, too late.
The tension has widened the gulf not only between liberal Jews, who support Obama, and their conservative brethren, many of whom regard the president as anti-Israel, but also between the great majority of Jews who favor a two-state solution in the Middle East and those opposed. Both sides see any alternative to the course they advocate as a threat to Israel's very existence.
Those divisions have been highlighted by an essay in the current issue of the New York Review of Books by Peter Beinart, a former editor of the New Republic. Beinart asserts that mainstream Jewish organizations are turning a blind eye to increasingly undemocratic impulses in Israeli society regarding its treatment of Israeli Arabs and Palestinians. He also contends that those same organizations, while avoiding any public criticism of Israel, also try to prevent others from criticizing Israeli policy, alienating Jews who consider themselves pro-Israel and pro-peace.
"For several decades, the Jewish establishment has asked American Jews to check their liberalism at Zionism's door," Beinart writes, "and now, to their horror, they are finding that many young Jews have checked their Zionism instead."
One result, according to Beinart and others, is that the world of pro-Israel, Zionist activism is increasingly under the purview of the Modern Orthodox.
Whether those divisions have played out during the Salute to Israel Parade is a matter of debate. Many observers believe that, with each passing year, the marchers and spectators drawn by the event are more and more Orthodox, as suggested by Beinart.
But organizers of the parade, under the auspices of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, say that such an impression is wrong. While acknowledging that most of the large groups of marchers come from Orthodox yeshivas and day schools, Brickman said that dozens of non-Orthodox organizations also participate, including synagogue youth groups and campus Hillels.
"Wherever you stand politically or religiously, the parade is a vehicle for people to come out in celebration of Israel," said Brickman, who echoed language on the event's website.
One group of spectators came from Temple Beth Sholom, a Reform congregation in Queens, with about 220 families. Rabbi Sharon Ballan, the synagogue's spiritual leader, said the synagogue rented a school bus to bring about 25 members to the parade, believing, as they do, that it was important to show their solidarity with Israel.
At the same time, Rabbi Ballan said, she's progressive when it comes to Israel, as she believes most of her congregants are, in line with stands taken by Rabbi Eric Yoffie, head of the Union for Reform Judaism. She also agrees with Beinart's assessment.
"People feel their loyalty is being questioned," the rabbi said. There's a "perception" among liberal Jews that the organized Jewish world is telling people there's only one way to support Israel. But "not all Israelis favor Bibi [Netanyahu]," she added, referring to the Israeli prime minister, "and there's more than one way to support Israel."
Other groups that lined the sidewalk included a number of right-wing organizations and at least one organization, the Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam, opposed to Islamic militancy. But missing from both the sidewalk and the parade itself were groups on the Zionist left, such as Meretz USA and Ameinu, that used to send large contingents to the event.
Hiam Simon, national director of Ameinu, said he "would have loved to have had enough bandwidth" — members and financial resources — "to have a strong, visible presence in the parade," one that would have shown that his group "is pro-Israel, along with everyone else on the street." But the Jewish community, he added, is now in "a tug of war" over the meaning of being pro-Israel, and a parade isn't the forum for presenting a "nuanced" point of view.
"I don't know how you can be pro-Israel without being pro-two-state solution," Simon said.
Hashomer Hatzair and Habonim-Dror, both youth movements on the Zionist left, marched together in the parade, with some participants carrying signs saying, "Two States, One Love." Hadas Amster, an Israeli emissary to a Habonim-Dror summer camp, said some people along the route cheered their presence, while others "felt differently."
On the right end of the spectrum, the spectators included Lorrie Fein, 62, a resident of Flatbush, Brooklyn, who recently returned from Israel with a mission sponsored by Americans for a Safe Israel. Wearing an orange T-shirt associated with settlers who opposed Israel's 2005 withdrawal from Gaza, Fein said she doesn't "want that to happen again," in the West Bank.
Watching on the sidelines were Zhava Jeff and her husband, Michael, of Kew Gardens Hills. "It's a very lively group," she said as a band played and marchers danced in front of them. "They're very spirited."
Jeff said she has been coming to the annual parade "for more years than I want to count – more than 30 years." What made this year so special, they said, is that their 7-year-old grandson, Tzvi Motechin, accompanied them. A few minutes later, Jeff, who was wearing the shirt of Yeshiva Har Torah in Jamaica, spotted her group, stepped around a police barricade and joined the line of march.
Like thousands of others, Fein later attended an annual rally and concert, sponsored by right-wing groups that support Israel's settlement movement, held in Central Park on the same day as the parade. Speakers included Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Danny Danon, deputy speaker of the Knesset from the Likud party.
Steele blasted the Obama administration for its response to developments in Iran, likening the president to Neville Chamberlain, and for demanding further concessions from Israel.
Staff Writer Stewart Ain contributed to this report.
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The 8 Best Lessons I Learned Living the Lagom Life
I have a thing for extremes. One day I'm up, the next day I'm down. I go all in, or I don't go at all. A year or two ago, I Kondo'ed my belongings—an incredibly stressful venture I don't recommend—and tried to be a minimalist. Then I decided to dive into hygge and invested in an abundance of candles and fairy lights and a cashmere sweatsuit). I'm not even going to tell you how many crystals I own.
I'm basically willing to try anything in the name of living a happier, healthier life, which is why, after doing some superficial research, I was drawn to the Swedish concept of lagom. The Swedish population is consistently ranked among the happiest on the globe, and I wanted in on their secrets. Lo and behold, a life of lagom basically represents the opposite of mine. The term loosely translates to "not too little, and not too much, but just right," according to Niki Brantmark, the author of Lagom: The Swedish Art of Living a Happy, Balanced Life. Backstory goes that the word "lagom" comes from the Viking term laget om, which means "around the team" and comes from the custom of passing a horn of mead around and ensuring there was just enough for everyone to get a sip. As a 2017 Guardian article puts it, "It's about not doing what is unnecessary or superfluous, focusing on what is absolutely essential, knowing when to stop."
Not too little. Not too much. Knowing when to stop. These are not phrases that typify my existence. This was going to be a challenge.
I read up on all things lagom to find out if I could use it to become more balanced. The thoughtful, careful approach to both work and life means less frivolity, more authenticity, and most importantly, happiness that isn't related to the amount of money in my bank account. As Linea Dunne writes in her book Lagom: The Swedish Art of Living, "a lagom amount of money is enough; beyond that, our happiness levels depend on other factors."
So, I dedicated myself to the lagom life for a full 30 days, no excuses. I challenged myself to adhere to guidelines that were hard for me, but also gave myself a pass to skip the things that didn't feel right. (I mean, how lagom is that, am I right? No, seriously, am I right??) Here are some of the things I found made me the happiest—and you can try to apply to your own life if you feel like they could work for you, too.
1. Keep your house clean and uncluttered.
While I'd like to be neat all the time, the nature of my job—specifically, the high volume of beauty, skin-care, and fitness products I test within my home "office," a corner in my one bedroom—makes me have so much stuff, all the time. So even with my best efforts to stay neat, I often find that there's a bit of a mess more often than not. But one of the keys to a lagom home is minimalism.
In her book, Brantmark offers five signs that you need to declutter your home, including reasons such as, "You have an entire cupboard or room for items you never use" or "It takes you more than five minutes to find something you're looking for." Check, check. Translation: It was clear I needed to do some serious excavation. Unlike the Marie Kondo method, which is a total home/life makeover project if done to the letter, proponents of lagom suggest taking things slowly, like tackling just one cupboard at a time.
This seemed like a great idea because it I didn't have to take on my entire apartment, which would normally leave me overwhelmed and quick to give up. The lagom way has left my home far neater and more organized than I would have imagined. Particularly, I've been fond of the five-minute rule, and find myself cleaning out areas where I often misplace things. I've also created little homes for everything important, whether it be a cradle for my cell phone or a tray for my wallet. (I now have both.)
2. Make coffee breaks real breaks.
The Swedish are known for their coffee breaks, a social ritual known as fika, which translates to "taking a break for coffee and enjoying a small treat,'" says Brantmark. "But it also means so much more than that. It's a moment to relax and catch up with others away from the stresses and strains of everyday life." Similarly, Dunne writes that "fika can be a way to pause, relax and connect—with yourself, your loved ones, colleagues or a book."
While I'm excellent at drinking coffee, I literally could not be worse at taking breaks in the middle of the day. I blame this on working from home as a writer and my laserlike focus. Even if I did tear myself from my computer screen, it's not like I have colleagues or friends in nearby offices to take a break with.
Yet Brantmark is quick to point out that the beauty of fika is in its simplicity. "The beauty of fika is how uncomplicated it is. You can do it literally anywhere—at your kitchen table, at a local cafe, on the beach, or even on the side of the road. And you can do it almost anytime...all you need is a cup of coffee—or another hot drink—and a small treat of some kind," she says. "The key is to stop whatever you're doing and take some time out to enjoy the simple, good things in life."
For me, fika breaks have turned into twice-daily walks around my neighborhood, settling on one of the six coffee shops within walking distance, and treating myself to some kind of beverage and, if I'm really feeling feisty, a snack. The combination of giving my brain some downtime and that bit of aerobic exercise is just what I need. I'm less frantic about my email as a result, too; not checking it as much hasn't affected my work.
3. Working longer doesn't equal working harder.
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, as of 2017, the average Swede works 1,609 hours per year, compared with an average of 1,759 hours across the rest of the world. And yet Sweden ranks sixth in the global competitiveness index. Americans work an average of 1,780 hours per year—hovering above the global average— and rank second overall when it comes to competition, though I'm not sure those four extra spots are really worth the climb.
Could coffee breaks be partly to credit here? Maybe. Dunne pointed me to the 52:17 rule, which comes from a study done by a job-search site that found that the most productive people work for 52 minutes and then take a 17-minute break. Of course, not all jobs allow for this. Fueled by fika, I tried to swap in a work-then-take-a-break-then-work routine for my usual work-for-hours-on-end-until-you-break way of doing things, and though I can't say I adhered to the 52:17 rule exactly, what I found was that by giving myself the OK to take breaks, I got far more done overall than if I'd locked myself up and expected myself to write for about six hours on end.
And honestly, that was a diversion from how I usually act. I used to say no to every work event during office hours or after in an attempt to bust out more content. But because I followed the 52:17 rule—loosely speaking—I found that I was able to attend events, make those good contacts and connections while also getting my work done in the same total amount of time.
4. Respect the life-giving powers of leftovers.
Living lagom is all about not being wasteful with all things, food included. Specifically, lagom adherents never let good leftovers go to waste. As someone who prefers eating her Chinese takeout cold the next day, this is a mindset I can get behind. And as Dunne writes, the popular Swedish dish known as pyittipanna (which translates to "small pieces in a pan") was traditionally devised from a hodgepodge of leftovers.
So I figured, why not give it a go with the contents of my own fridge, incorporating this waste-not-want-not cooking ethos by eating a little bit of whatever I had left over in the fridge for breakfast and LOVING IT. My breakfasts, which previously consisted of heaps of coffee and a "sopper" slice of toast (soppers are my family's affectionate name for slices of toast to sop up the morning's carafe of coffee), became much more diverse, and it was a nourishing and dare I say inspiring way to kick off the day—especially with a fried egg on top, which Dunne cites as a true Swedish touch, along with beetroot, the latter of which I politely pass on.
5. Friday nights are best spent in sweats on the couch.
Through reading, I learned about the lagom practice of fredagsmys, or the honoring of downtime with loved ones: "It's an evening dedicated to spending time together and unwinding as a family after a long week–you just need to find a show everyone can enjoy," Dunne writes.
Likewise, Brantmark's suggestions for successful Cozy Fridays include: Set aside your phones and clear your calendar for the evening; plan a simple, popular meal that all the family loves, such as pizza or tacos; select an activity you can all do together, like playing a board game or watching a film; and bring out snacks, such as popcorns and crisps, to share. Dunne suggests using plenty of candles, especially tealights, for an ambient vibe, while also cozying up in your favorite loungewear.
I already knew I'd ace sitting in front of the TV come Friday night in sweatpants, but I wasn't sure if I could muster up the strength to cook the whole pick-and-mix taco buffet that Dunne suggests as a traditional Swedish option.
Aside from the face my husband shot at me at the thought of DIY tacos (he was not interested), I was honestly too tired to start cooking on a Friday. No matter how semi-homemade. I used my desire to partake in all things lagom to rationalize ordering McDonald's for dinner.
6. A basic black wardrobe makes life better.
Two words: capsule wardrobe, a term that refers to a minimalist, highly practical closet featuring a limited amount of beloved, highly versatile garments that can be styled together in multiple ways. Because a capsule wardrobe makes it easy to pick an outfit, you take the stress out of getting dressed and spend less time and energy on shopping and laundry, says Brantmark. "It's also more economical, and those who try it say it makes them feel happier."
Swedish fashion is often gender- and color-neutral, "but dressing lagom is just as much about making it easy for yourself and feeling comfortable as it is about fitting in in the most sophisticated of ways," says Dunne. Think loose shapes, a color scheme in mostly black with the odd, attention-grabbing print or statement scarf, some big jewellery, and comfortable, walking-friendly shoes.
Thankfully, I have a similar all-black style ethos (although I've gotten pretty wild recently and tried to fold in some more grays, beiges and whites, too). The idea of creating a mix-and-match capsule seemed daunting but feasible if I really was thoughtful about it. Huh, so it's that balance, mindfulness thing again.
Brantmark suggested an exercise of taking everything from your closet out, removing five hangers, and then hanging your favorites up, with the goal being you'll discard five items upon completion.
And I have to say, that worked. I thought I'd just edited the contents of my closet recently, but turns out I had at least five pieces to toss—I had no problem bidding adieu to a cap-sleeved blouse I hadn't worn in two years, a black dress that's about three sizes too large these days, and a few other I-forgot-these-existed-but-I-definitely-don't-need-them pieces I had no problem parting with. However, Dunne warns of passing on too much too quickly. "You might rediscover an old skirt and discover it now works perfectly," she writes. So while I wanted to toss the old black Maje dress that's a bit too loose these days, it's such a beautifully tailored sheath that I know I'll want (and fit into) it again eventually. This would be a no-no under Kondo rules, but lagom let me have this one.
7. The topknot makes styling hair a nonissue (or less of one).
Dunne says that many who live the lagom life choose a hairstyle that's quick, easy, and versatile—not unlike the whole capsule wardrobe thing. She writes that many finish their looks with a high topknot, dubbed "the Lykke Li bun" a few years ago after the Swedish singer who popularized it. I've been rocking the high bun since my high school days (and its height was known to be directly proportional to my stress level while I was on staff at a few magazines), but I never thought of it as a look.
But because I've given up on blow-drying after over a decade of heat styling hell with my hair, the topknot is now my go-to look. And my GOD has it made my life easier. I'm talking like, hours of my life back. My hair is also way healthier thanks to the lack of styling products, tools, and toiling.
Here are my beauty editor tips on how to achieve the perfect messy top knot: Ensure your hair isn't newly washed (it's far trickier to achieve this style with silky smooth hair). Scrape your hair together and pull it straight up over your head. Twist it downwards towards the crown, stopping an inch above your head. Wrap the hair around itself to form a loose bun. Use as many hair ties and/or bobby pins as you need for a secure hold. Get extra and tease out a few strands to give it that "I've worn this bun all day and night" look.
8. If there's one gift I got from living that lagom life, it was a sense of calm.
And let me be clear: I'm not exactly known for my placid attitude nor everyday dealings in life, in fact, I often get anxious just trying to not be anxious. (This, of course, I'm working on with my therapist.)
But until Tara and I clear things up, living lagom taught me that life doesn't need to be so damn complicated; that I can say "stop" when I've done enough or taken on enough work without sloppily accepting every assignment and sending back half-assed copy. Because I should get to relax and enjoy life's pleasures—living lagom is about enjoying everything in moderation; a more healthy, balanced way of thinking. Personally, I found that that experimenting with lagom and making subtle changes to your routine will not only bring a sense of equilibrium to your life; it will also bring you a greater feeling of calm and contentment.


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China Nepstar Chain Drugstore to Report Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2010 Financial Results on March 16, 2011
- Teleconference to be Held at 8 a.m. ET -
Feb 25, 2011, 07:00 ET
SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. (NYSE: NPD) ("China Nepstar" or the "Company"), the largest drugstore chain in China based on the number of directly operated stores, announced today that the company will report its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2010 financial results on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 before the market opens.
The Company will host a conference call, to be simultaneously webcasted, on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time / 8:00 p.m. Beijing Time. Interested parties may participate in the conference call by dialing +1- 877-407-9210 (North America) or +1- 201-689-8049 (International) approximately five to ten minutes before the call start time. A live web cast of the conference call will be available on the Nepstar website at www.nepstar.cn.
A replay of the call will be available shortly after the conclusion of the conference call through March 23, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time or March 24, 2011 at 11:59 a.m. Beijing Time. An archived Web cast of the conference call will be available on the Nepstar website at http://www.nepstar.cn. Interested parties may access the replay by dialing +1-877-660-6853 (North America) or +1-201-612-7415 (International) and entering account number 286 and conference ID number 367897.
About China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd.
China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. (NYSE:NPD) is China's largest retail drugstore chain based on the number of directly operated stores. As of December 31, 2010, the Company had 2,547 stores across 74 cities, one headquarter distribution center and 14 regional distribution centers in China. Nepstar uses directly operated stores, centralized procurement and a network of distribution centers to provide its customers with high-quality, professional and convenient pharmacy services and a wide variety of other merchandise, including OTC drugs, nutritional supplements, herbal products, personal care products, family care products, and convenience products including consumables. Nepstar's strategy of centralized procurement, competitive pricing, customer loyalty programs and private label offerings has enabled it to capitalize on the robust economic growth in China and to take advantage of the demographic trend in China to achieve a strong brand and leading market position. For further information, please go to http://www.nepstar.cn.
Lucia Qian
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