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Dilshan retires from Tests
Sri Lanka opening batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan is retiring from Test cricket to make way for the next generation, but will still be available for the shorter forms of the game. Sri Lanka Cricket said in a media release yesterday that Dilshan would hold a news conference today to officially announce his retirement. "I have decided to take this decision to allow Sri Lanka cricket to groom another youngster in my place," Dilshan said. "I was to announce my retirement after the Zimbabwe Test series, but unfortunately the tour was postponed." Sri Lanka were to play two Tests on their tour of Zimbabwe from this month. The aggressive opener made his Test debut in 1999 against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo and appeared in 87 Tests. In an international career spanning 14 years Dilshan scored 5,492 runs at an average of 40.98. His 16 Test centuries included a career best 193 against England at Lord's in 2011 as captain. The 36-year-old will continue to play in the shorter 50 overs and Twenty20 formats. "I will discuss my future with the national selectors and if they need me I will play till the 2015 World Cup," he said.
Pienaar stays with Ulster
South Africa international Ruan Pienaar has signed a three-year contract extension with Ulster, the Celtic League side announced on Tuesday. The 29-year-old scrumhalf or center, who joined Ulster in 2010, is now under contract at Ravenhill until 2017. He has played 63 games for the Northern Irish club, scoring 510 points. "I am delighted to be staying at Ulster," said Pienaar, who has been capped 71 times by the Springboks. "I have really enjoyed my first three seasons at the province and I am looking forward to helping the team compete for silverware in the coming years." Ulster's director of rugby David Humphreys said: "To be successful, you need top-class players, therefore I am extremely pleased that Ruan, who is one of the best scrumhalves anywhere in the world, is extending his time with us. "The announcement of this contract will give everyone at Ulster Rugby — the players, the staff and the fans — a huge lift, especially as it had been wrongly reported that Ruan would be leaving us."
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Seimone Augustus scored 20 points, while Lindsay Whalen had 14 points and five assists to push the Minnesota Lynx to the brink of their second title in three seasons with an 88-63 victory over the Atlanta Dream in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals on Tuesday. Rebekkah Brunson had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Maya Moore chipped in 14 points and eight boards for the Lynx, who lead the best-of-five series 2-0. Angel McCoughtry scored 15 points for the Dream, but she made just five of 18 shots and was in foul trouble for most of the night.
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Australia's oldest Olympian, Basil Dickinson, who competed in the triple jump at the 1936 Berlin Games, has died. He was 98. The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) yesterday said Dickinson died at his home in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, on Monday. The AOC said Dickinson was one of 33 Australians who competed at Berlin and took 41 days to reach Europe by ship. The Australians had a live kangaroo mascot called "Aussie" on board with them. AOC president John Coates said Dickinson will be remembered "for the standards he set for the Olympians who followed over the next 70 years. He was a credit to his sport and the country in general."


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For a movie about a wild man, Born into This is awfully tame. Director John Dullaghan does a commendable job of chronicling his subject's life, using Bukowski's various novels and poems as portals into his life experiences, but Dullaghan never challenges the audience to determine exactly what to make of Bukowski, either as a human or as a writer. Was he a misogynist or a sage? Is it possible to be both? What is his literary legacy? Why don't universities typically teach Bukowski? Do English professors know something the rest of us don't?
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So why would we think that John and Billy, our wet-behind-the-ears stars from Minneapolis, can turn a run-down hovel underneath the elevated train tracks in Brooklyn into a success? No money, no experience, endless problems -- here comes the pain.
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It would be hard to tell the story of Victim without it. This film broke serious ground in 1961 by addressing homosexuality in Britain full-on. At the time, Britain had laws against sodomy, which let blackmailers run rampant against gays. The police didn't seem to care, which made things all the worse. Victim tells the story of just such a case, with a gay lawyer investigating the death of one blackmailer's victim, eventually uncovering a number of men under his thumb and finally taking him to court. The catch: our lawyer (played by the semi-closeted-in-real-life Dirk Bogarde) is also gay (or at least was gay), and the trial will ruin his career as he gets his man. (No pun intended.)
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FlexJobs: Yes, They Do Exist ... Thanks to This Woman
By Cheryl Lock, LearnVest.com
When Sara Sutton Fell began her search in 2006 for a flexible, professional job that would allow her to grow in her career and be a good mother, she came to a realization that would change her life:
Flexible work was hard to come by.
So she set out to change that. In January of 2007 she officially launched FlexJobs, a 25,000-member strong site that promises to "find the best telecommuting jobs, part-time professional jobs and other flexible jobs in over 100 career categories, all hand-screened and legitimate," according to the site.
FlexJobs offers work in multiple areas, from account management and recruiting positions to legal work and retail. To date, the company has helped over 300,000 people in their job searches and is the only job site to receive an Online Trust Award for Excellence in Consumer Trust. Fell herself was honored last year by Workforce Management as a "2011 Game Changer" in the employment field.
Something of a serial entrepreneur, Fell founded another company called Job Direct, a job site for entry-level job and internship opportunities, that she and her co-founder sold in 2000.
But she was 21 then, whereas she was in her 30s and pregnant this time around. How does a new mom -- especially one craving time with her family–find the hours to launch a new business, and a successful one at that?
More:Brittany Laughlin, 26-Year-Old Entrepreneur, Gets Jobs For VeteransWe chatted with Fell to find out what makes her tick, and what her advice is for other entrepreneurial spirits out there, whether moms yet or not.
How did you know you were onto a good idea with FlexJobs?
Both times I've started companies, I've done so in response to challenges I felt in my own life, when I saw a window of opportunity.
When I started FlexJobs, I was in my early 30s, professionally driven and pregnant with my first son. I had been VP of Operations and Sales for a startup online beauty company. It wasn't a job I'd want to keep after my son was born, so I started to look for viable options that offered flexibility. I was pretty open to anything -- part time, consulting, telecommuting, freelance, but it was very difficult to find legitimate professional opportunities. There seemed to be 60 scam jobs for every real one. Especially for moms, who are so busy, the cards are stacked against you because don't have as much time to look. I kept thinking, "Why isn't this easier?"
And there was my window of opportunity.
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What were your first steps to launch the company?
Between my full-time job at the startup (where I was laid off when I was eight months pregnant) and starting FlexJobs, I worked as a consultant on email marketing and business strategy. I told a client of mine at the time about my idea for FlexJobs and he helped me formulate a plan and offered to invest. I worked with him to gather even more investors, and we officially launched in January of 2007, three months after my son was born.
What was that like for your family?
It was difficult getting ready for the launch. I discussed it a lot with my husband, and lucky for us he had a very stable job with good health insurance, which made it easier for me to take this risk.
When I launched my first company, I was 21 and I poured my heart and soul into it. All our team slept at the office and we worked 18 hour days. So I was apprehensive about whether or not I had what it took to do the same years later, when I was a mom. But I'd wake up in the middle of the night with ideas for FlexJobs. I couldn't get it out of my head. It was that passion that prompted me to do competitive research, look at the market and assess the opportunity. From that, I could see that this was totally worth pursuing.
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Looking back now, would you say it was worth the stress?
At the end of the day, definitely. I was lucky: The investors were aware that I had just had a child, and because of the mission of FlexJobs, they knew I would be true to it by starting the company on a balanced timeline for myself.
Do you follow a flexible schedule for your workers at FlexJobs too, then?
I think our model of providing a flexible workforce for employees is much more sustainable than traditional work models in many ways. I started in a way that honors the company, customers and our team members, and we do the same for them. Everyone on our team works remotely from home offices, and almost all positions have schedule flexibility. There are only a few positions, like client services, which have set hours to make sure the phones are covered.
We all have lives outside of work, and I don't make them choose between their lives or their work. You have more loyalty from employees if you work that way. It's really a win-win.
What would you say you've learned through this experience?
First, that there will be challenges, and you should always ask for help. The last five years have been a reminder that anything you really care about isn't easy. Whether it's an investor, co-founder, team member, a network -- find your outlet.
The second thing is to be honest with yourself at all times. Reassess and make sure there aren't flaws in your business model that can be tweaked. For example, we flip-flopped our revenue model nine months in. We went from charging employers to post jobs, to a low-cost subscription service for job seekers. It was a leap of faith, and not many people were doing it at the time, but for us, it has been a huge success.
More:12 Characteristics Of Highly Successful Entrepreneurs
Were there any lessons from your first business that helped with FlexJobs?
I learned to follow your gut, common sense, women's intuition, whatever you want to call it. Especially in my first company, so many people told us we were doing it wrong. We didn't have MBAs, and we had so many other people giving us direction. We actively read as much as we could, and asked questions of everyone, always soliciting insight. In retrospect, if we followed what we believed was right for our company, we would have been better off.
Often, you won't have a lot of confidence launching your first business, but you have a lot of passion, so harness both in a balance. With this company, if someone tells me there's a different way to do something, I stick to my guns because I understand the audience ... because I am the audience.
Definitely listen to your gut. It's much more important than having an MBA.
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December 6th, 2018
Surgeons at JPS Health Network are considering the addition of a step to their pre-op process they hope will serve as an important additional layer of safety for patients.
Dr. Rajesh Gandhi, left, leads a surgical team in a JPS operating room.
Under the new practice, any member of a surgical team would be invited and encouraged, without repercussion, to speak up if they have a safety concern before -- or during -- an operation.
"In the past, the captain was in charge of his ship or his plane and no one was allowed to question him," said Dr. Rajesh Gandhi, Medical Director of Trauma Services at JPS. "Sometimes, that's how accidents happen. Things have changed over the years and now captains are a part of the team, so everyone has a say about what's going on. We're trying to create a similar culture here where every person on a surgical team is empowered to speak up about things that concern them."
Gandhi said he added a line to his pre-op time out on an experimental basis last week, asking members of his team to speak up if they had any concerns before an operation starts or at any time during the procedure. While no one had any issues to bring forward during those operations, Gandhi said members of the surgical teams he worked with those days were enthusiastic about being asked for their input.
An example of a situation where the new procedure could be helpful is if a member of the team noticed the surgeon touch something that wasn't sterile before an operation started, according to Gandhi. It's a simple – but important – thing that could have a major impact in the patient's outcome. Dr. G. Robert Stephenson, Vice Chief of Surgery for Quality, Safety and Patient Experience gave the example of a member of a surgical team noticing in the middle of a procedure that the cord for an operating room machine was frayed, causing the potential for the device to fail.
While it might seem like a no-brainer that a member of the surgical team would speak up if he or she saw something amiss, historically, there has been a hierarchy in operating rooms that placed the surgeon above everyone else, Stephenson said. If a member of the supporting staff contradicted, interrupted or otherwise distracted the doctor by talking out of turn while he or she was working, they could find themselves in trouble or even out of a job.
"It's been realized through the years that it was better to view members of a surgical team as equally important, but in different roles," said Stephenson. "We're all working together, and that is what creates a just culture and a safety culture."
It's impossible for a surgeon, who has his eyes on the sterile field where the operation is taking place, to stay on top of other things that are happening around him and behind him, according to Stephenson. Instead of a warning causing a distraction, the surgeon's knowledge that other people are watching out, too, allows full concentration on the patient.
"Instead of relying on one pair of eyes for everything, it's better to have everyone's eyes and ears working together," Stephenson said.
Dr. Brian Webb, Chairman of Orthopedic Surgery at JPS, said he's encouraged his OR teams for years to speak up if they see an issue. He's in favor of the practice becoming an official procedure at JPS.
"I think it is key that the hospital has bought into these high-reliability, and fundamental procedures to make sure doctors, nurses, scrub techs and everyone else on the surgical team is on the same page," Webb said. "We're committed to doing everything we can for the safety of the patient."
The official adoption of the new procedure will be taken up by the OR Operations Committee at its December 10 meeting and by the Surgery Department at its meeting Dec. 12.
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If you happen to notice of late, all banks now have been relegated to a commodity status.
It doesn't matter which bank you want to do business with, you will find that all of these banks offer very similar services, with very similar fees.
We can use our ATM cards on the ATM machines of any bank.
All banks offer internet banking, some easier to use, some not so.
All banks offer loans for the same stuff (Auto, home, personal, business).
All banks offer trading accounts.
The only differnce is in the service that they offer to their customer. This is the classic situation of a commodity market.
What does this mean for these banks and more importantly for their customers?
How can banks differntiate themselves on various other axes? What could potentially be these axes?
Retail banking is pretty commoditised and yet in some countries trust in banks is low compared with the disruptive innovators creeping into the payments space. PayPal is a classic example of where the customer buys the payment -yes they pay a fee for using
PayPal because they see value in the convenience it affords. So why don't we pay for our banking transactions?
Totally agree. I am actually surprised at the number of banks still doing business, with no clear differentiators!
Maybe one way to differentiate for banks could be to charge for transactions. What can they do to get their customers to pay for the transactions?
I think that the low trust for banks is due to their own mistake. Cost savings and improved efficiencies drove all banks to discourage their customers to visit their branches and hence driving banks to become the faceless, heartless corporate machinery.
And once that happens, the trust level automatically goes down.
In my opinion, retail banking is in for an overhaul sometime soon in the future.
Thanks to technology, bank's lined up good number of products on their shelves and somewhere down the line, compromised on human interface.
Clearly, technology channels reaches out to masses quicker and are efficient compared to branch service. I think, looking at technology as an enabler in mass banking and improvised human interface in class banking would be a decent mix of keeping the balance
I'd like to think that the current retail banking population is in transitional state and is divided between technology users and pure people relationships.
Not far from now, the future customers could only look at banking as a commodity service.
A couple of statements that I keep remembering from my banking days " Banking is only mode of payment" and "Banking is people's business"
Looking at mobile wallets and the increasing absence of human interface in banking, I've started doubting these statements.
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A 70 Faced Torah Simchah
By Allen S. Maller
Anyone who studies the Hebrew Scriptures from a Rabbinic Bible is struck by the number of different commentaries that surround the few lines of the Biblical text on each page. Most religions that have a sacred scripture have editions that come with a commentary. Occasionally they have an edition with two or three commentaries. The standard Jewish study Bible usually comes with at least 5-10 different commentaries.
All of this traces back to a verse in the Book of Psalms: "One thing God has spoken; two things have I heard" (Psalms 62:12) and its gloss in the Talmud (Sanhedrin 34a). In other words, multiple interpretations of each verse of Scripture can be correct, and the word of God, even if they contradict one another. The term for this concept of pluralistic interpretation is; Shivim Panim LaTorah (each verse of Torah has 70 different facets)
The earliest source for the term Shivim Panim LaTorah is in an early medieval text, Midrash Bamidbar Rabba 13:15-16. The term was used by the rationalist Rabbi Avraham Ibn Ezra (died 1167) in his introduction to his Torah commentary and, a century later by the mystic Rabbi Nachmanides (died 1270) in his Torah commentary on Gen. 8:4.
It also appears several times in the Zohar. That this concept was used both by rationalist and mystical Torah commentators indicates how fundamental it is to understanding the meaning of Divine revelation. Indeed, the concept, though not the exact wording, also appears in a post Talmudic midrash Otiot d'Rabbi Akiba as "Torah nilm'dah b'shiv'im panim"- Torah is learned through 70 faces/facets.
Of course, we know of no verse that has 70 different interpretations; yet. After all, if we knew all 70 glosses to a verse we would understand it as well as it author; which is impossible. Also what would be left for future generations of Biblical scholars to do. But, most verses have at least three or four different glosses. Jewish tradition recognizes four general types of interpretation.
P'shat; the plain simple meaning. Remez; the allegorical metaphorical meaning. De-rash; the moral educational meaning. And Sod; the mystical hidden meaning. For example: what kind of a tree was the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (Genesis 2:17 and 3:6). Most people think it was an apple tree. They have no idea why, or what that interpretation is supposed to mean.
The Rabbis offer four different interpretations of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil; and each of them provides insights into the meaning of the Torah's account of what makes humans special and what it means to be "like God, knowing good and evil." (Genesis3:5)
Rabbi Yose said it was a fig tree for as soon as they ate from it their eyes were open and they covered themselves with fig leaves. (Genesis 3:7) This is the simplest explanation and has the most textual support but it doesn't tell us why figs represent morality.
Rabbi Judah bar Ilai said they ate from a grapevine i.e. wine (alcohol) represents good and evil because humans have the free choice to use wine to sanctify the Sabbath or to become an alcoholic.
Rabbi Meir said it was a wheat tree i.e. wheat was the first crop to be domesticated and thus is a good metaphor representing the beginning of farming and then urbanization and civilization. Settled life is a great test of social morality because nomads can always split apart if they can't live together, but settled people must develop an ongoing legal system and abide by it.
Rabbi Abba said it was an etrog tree. An etrog, used for Sukkot-harvest festival, is called a goodly tree and it is good to thank God for the harvest (Leviticus 23:39-42). Gratitude is a spiritual personal value transcending ethics, involving attitude, personality and feeling. The etrog, according to the Rabbis is special because its outside (bark and wood) tastes the same as the inside of the fruit. Thus a good religious person should be the same inside and outside.
These four ways of interpreting a sacred text illustrate the four kinds of Midrash. The plain meaning of Rabbi Yose. The moral lesson pedagogic way of Rabbi Judah bar Ilai who wants to teach people that many things like the grapevine are capable of being used for good or evil purposes. They are not intrinsically good or evil. We can choose how we use them, so we make them good or evil. (Sex, money and meat eating are other examples.)
Rabbi Meir. who was reputed to know dozens of fox fables, thinks social morality is the primary sign of humanity. Farming brings about relatively dense settlements, property disputes, government and economic hierarchies. All of this calls for a just legal system. Thus wheat is a good metaphor.
The forth way is the personal insight, mystical psychological way of Rabbi Abba. The etrog is part of the citrus family. Unlike an orange, a lemon or a grapefruit an etrog has no commercial value. Jews give it a high value (each one costs 50-100 times what a lemon costs) for spiritual reasons. So too does morality have a spiritual value much greater than simple humanistic ethics.
Because there are 70 different aspects to every verse in the Torah, there is a special blessing that should be said when one sees a crowd of Jews, that must contain within it, a large number of Jews with different ideas and opinions: " One who sees a crowd of Jews should say: Blessed is the Sage of Enigmas; for their opinions are not similar one to another, and their faces are not similar one to another." Talmud Berakhot 58a
We are all created in the image of the one God; and yet due to God's greatness, we all look and think differently from one another.
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When Koda Bigham's sister was born, his life became centered around her hospital visits and doctor appointments.
Brynne Bigham, Koda's 5-year-old sister, was diagnosed with trichohepatoenteric syndrome, a disorder caused by gene mutations passed on by both parents.
It's classified as a rare disease present in only 20 known people throughout the world, said Maggie Guthrie, Brynne's and Koda's mother. Brynne was the first known person to be diagnosed with it in North America; that was in 2011.
"My sister … was sick pretty much all the time when I was about 5 and 6," Koda said while waiting for his turn to shoot arrows Friday morning at Kodas Kamp, which her family started to support the siblings of sick children. "She was in the hospital pretty much every week. We would come home for about two days and then go back to the hospital. We kept doing that."
One day, after watching a television segment about a Make-A-Wish child, Koda asked his mother: "How come nobody ever does anything with the brothers and sisters?"
Guthrie turned to her then-6-year-old son in disbelief.
"Sometimes it's out of the mouths of babes," Guthrie said, reminiscing about the conversation while sitting on the back of a gator across from Kodas Kamp boys teams doing archery. "Sick kids do … get a lot … of attention on them. They really deserve it. They go through a lot, but a lot of people forget about the siblings. I said, 'Well, what do you want to do?' "
Koda met many other kids like him with sick brothers and sisters.
"I knew what they were going through," he said. "That gave me the idea of doing something for kids that have brothers and sisters like that."
His first suggestion was gathering a group of boys in similar situations and going on a hunting trip, Guthrie said, laughing at the memory.
After being turned down, he suggested a camping trip.
Koda and his mom compromised and began immediate planning to start a camp specifically for kids with medically dependent or disabled siblings, Guthrie said.
"We have a lot of kids that are from a lot of different areas," she said. "So they don't get to see each other, other than at Kodas Kamp."
Guthrie presented the idea to the board of the Brynne's SMILES - Sharing More In Life's Everyday Struggles - a nonprofit organization Guthrie and her ex-husband and camp counselor, Craig Bigham, began after Brynne was diagnosed. The board liked the idea and began raising money to host the first camp later that year in August 2012.
About 20 kids attended the first camp, Guthrie said. This weekend, there are 45 campers.
Campers are mostly kids from around the Lubbock area, though some travel many miles for a four-day getaway, she said.
Some are already familiar with each other through mutual support groups. Camp officials try to break them up into groups to meet new people, Guthrie said.
"We're putting all these kids together," she said. "We're putting kids that have siblings with heart issues, we've got siblings of autistic children, epileptics, some of them I don't even know. I can't pronounce them. In this area, there's just not a whole lot of support for those kids."
DeJanea Taylor, 12, sat quietly eating lunch with her friends Friday. She and one of her four brothers took some time away from their sibling with sickle cell disease. Her sister found out about the camp and suggested they go.
"My brother is in the hospital a lot," Taylor said.
This is the third year Taylor has attended the camp. She likes it because it provides a break from stuff at home.
"We never get a break. It's not any fun at home unless he's OK. This is somewhere to have fun and meet more people. … There's more attention on him than everybody else in the house. … It's him every day - his struggles …stuff like that."
It's kids like Taylor who motivate people like Brent Meyer (also recognized as "Shrek") to volunteer as camp counselors.
"It was a no-brainer for me," said Meyer, camp counselor and member of the Lynn County Sheriff's Office. "I get a vacation from work. It's my way of giving back."
Many of the counselors are related to each other or friends of Vance and Maggie Guthrie or of Bigham. Meyer is not related, though he refers to himself as an adopted family member. He first volunteered his time in 2012 and has kept going back ever since.
Throughout this weekend, campers and counselors have made s'mores by a campfire, participated in archery and ziplining, competed against staff in relays and have had ample pool and lake time, according to the schedule.
On Saturday, visits to the shooting range, paintball and kickball, a talent show and a scavenger hunt are on the schedule before they pack up and leave Sunday.
Though the camp is geared toward the kids, jokes and laughs among the counselors are just as common. Meyer describes it as a family reunion and the highlight of his summer.
"I get to work with kids," he said. "It's a joy for me. They mind themselves and we have just as much fun as they do. It's fun."
The camp is free for every child, Guthrie said. It's funded solely by donations.
Kids don't have to worry about taking anything but clothes, she said. Transportation isn't an issue.
This year, camp packages included a monogrammed towel, a bag of toiletries, a cup, laundry bag, shirts and even a pair of shoes.
Guthrie said Brynne's SMILES is fortunate to be able to accommodate the kids and they hope to expand to accommodate more in the future.
Being a part of the camp has made Guthrie realize "little things people take for granted," she said.
"These guys, there is just some things they miss out on," she said. "… When you're focused on keeping your child alive, it changes a lot for your other kids."
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Parsley is known as best cleaning treatment for kidneys and it is natural!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Kidney CleansePosted by Lisa at Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Parsley is known as best cleaning treatment for kidneys and it is natural!
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Why Lemons Are Good For YouPosted by Lisa at Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A glass of warm lemon or lime water first thing in the morning is surprisingly helpful in several ways. This Yogic or Ayurvedic ritual was primarily for stimulating digestion and eliminating ama, the Ayurvedic term for toxic slime that builds up in the gastro-intestinal or GI tract. This ritual has even more health benefits.
1) The warm lemon water helps purify and stimulate the liver. Lemon/lime water liquefies bile while inhibiting excess bile flow.
2) Warm lemon/lime water aids digestion. It's atomic composition is similar to saliva and the hydrochloric acid of digestive juices.
3) The liver produces more enzymes from lemon/lime water than any other food, according to A.F. Beddoe, author of Biological Ionization as Applied to Human Nutrition.
4) The lemon/lime water helps bowels eliminate naturally and easily.
5) Lemons and limes are high in potassium. Potassium is an important mineral that works with sodium for smooth electrical transmission in the brain and nervous system. Depression, anxiety, fogginess, and forgetfulness can often be traced to low potassium blood levels. That same nervous system needs potassium to assure steady signals to the heart. So your heart health is improved from the lemon water's potassium.
6) Calcium and magnesium are plentiful in good ratio to each other in lemon/lime water. Magnesium is important for heart health and calcium prevents rickets.
7) Lemon/lime water can help lower blood pressure.
8) Lemon/lime water has an alkalizing effect in the body as it is buffered. Even if you drink it just before any meal, it will help your body maintain a higher pH than if you didn't drink it. The higher or more alkaline your pH, the more your inner terrain is resistant to minor and major disease.
9) Helps dilute uric acid, which if it accumulates it creates arthritic pain or gout.
10) Helps reduce phlegm in the body.
At least a half of a lemon or lime should be thoroughly squeezed into a half glass of the warm water without any sweetener. It's better to use a lemon/lime squeezer to get maximum juice with minimum seeds and effort. This should be done first thing in the morning on an empty stomach, and don't start eating breakfast right away. Some recommend an hour before eating for maximum results.
One technique to assure proper timing would be to heat up water and put it into a thermos before going to bed. Then mix that hot water with room temperature purified lemon or lime water upon arising. Drink it down quickly, then go about your other morning routines before eating breakfast.
The warm lemon/lime water daily habit is as cheap and easy as it gets to help you improve and maintain your health. Bottoms up!
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At A Japanese RestaurantPosted by Lisa at Sunday, January 01, 2012
And here's my pic which I asked hubby to take while he was eating and he was not too happy to be interrupted. I was having a bad hair day that time, too bad.
Meanwhile, hubby was having a hard time choosing what to order so I asked the waitress which is their bestseller and she said it's the salmon fillet with sprouted mung beans and rice so I ordered that for the hubby. It took around 15 minutes to wait on our orders. When it came, hubby tasted his food and he said the price of his food is not worth it. The price was P300 and it just consisted of 2 salmon fillets, sprouted beans and rice. See pic below.
Look at hubby's facial expression while eating his food. He was not satisfied.
He said he liked my foods better and so he ended up exchanging his food to mine. I'm generous so I gave my food and I got his but to my dismay, there was only a little piece of salmon left in his bowl and more rice and sprouted beans. I was tricked, lol! That's the reason why he's getting fatter and fatter everyday.
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Time was when two Olsens—Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen—were needed to play one Full House role because neither Olsen was old enough to work long enough to make efficient TV. Now the Olsens twins are 28, and apparently able-bodied and capable. So, why exactly would both of them be needed on the announced Full House revival, Fuller House? And if they were both on the set, what would they do? Michelle Tanner's still only one fictional character, right?
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Phone records show Butch Jones made calls to Drae Bowles, authorities
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New phone records show evidence of Tennessee football coach Butch Jones making contact with police and players in the early hours of Nov. 16 after a woman claimed that she was raped by a member of the football team, according to the Tennesseean.
The phone records support a timeline set by former player Drae Bowles. An investigation by authorities is part of a federal lawsuit by eight unnamed women against the University of Tennessee over their handling of sexual assaults by athletes.
Knoxville police chief David Rausch issued the following statement:
"When we investigate an alleged crime involving an athlete at UT, as a professional courtesy, our long standing practice has been that we alert the head Coach and staff. At no time is any information shared with the university that would hinder or jeopardize any investigation. The purpose of the notification is due to the scrutiny these events bring to allow appropriate time to prepare responses to the various interests. Our paramount concern at KPD is to the victims and their families and to assure them that we will utilize every resource available to conduct a thorough and comprehensive investigation. That is our commitment to all citizens that we serve."
The phone records, which were seen after a public records request, show that Jones stayed in contact with members of the football team and athletic director Dave Hart after the claims. The call logs showed the time, date and duration of calls.
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Jones issued a statement that said he has multiple conversations with players and others when disciplinary issues are raised.
"Anytime we have a disciplinary issue with a player, we have as many conversations as needed with players, parents, law enforcement, whomever until we can be sure that we are making the best decision possible," Jones said in his statement. "These are decisions that can be life-changing for these individuals. After taking into account all the information we could gather in this case, we made the decision to suspend two student-athletes from the team immediately."
"Regarding the calls to Drae Bowles and his father, I care about Drae as a person and as a player and have frequent communications with players or their parents," Jones added. "I am very comfortable with everything Drae, Mr. Bowles, and I discussed, and I wish him nothing but the very best. My intent was to support Drae and make sure he was ok. There's nothing more important to me than the ultimate success in the life of our students."
Bowles has sworn that he was helping a friend that was crying and hyperventilating. In the lawsuit, she states that she said that she was raped by players A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams. Bowles helped her get home before she was taken to a local hospital.
Bowles then faced problems with his team when teammate Curt Maggitt allegedly punched him in the mouth. Bowles also called Jones, who said Bowles had "betrayed the team." Jones called to apologize later on. Bowles and Jones called each other several times that night. Maggitt's attorney has denied that the player punched Bowles. Jones also made contact with Bowles' father, Dexter Bowles, who is a captain in the local sheriff's department.
Jones also went on to have contact with Knoxville Police Detective Sam Brown and chief Rausch. Jones also made six calls to Johnson on Nov. 16.
Johnson and Williams have been charged with sexually assaulting a female athlete in Johnson's off-campus home in November. They face separate trials in Knoxville on rape charges, which they have both plead not guilty to.


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Writing an engaging personal narrative essay requires you to focus on both the key points of information to be conveyed as well as the many details which make the narrative essay interesting.
A personal narrative essay is about a personal experience, so it is usually written in the first person. To maximize its impact, the essay should:
Writing a good narrative essay requires you to include interesting information in an engaging way. Here are some tips:
Here is an example of writing used in a personal narrative essay. Notice the tone and words that set the mood. You can almost feel the heat and humidity.
"It was the middle of springtime and across from my house where the incident took place. There was a lake there in which my brother and I loved to explore from time to time. The humidity and water drops where reminiscent of a fully functional sauna. The onslaught of heat and burning glow of the sun was relentless."
An essay is a short piece of writing which is either analytical or speculative. Most essays are written from the author's point of view.
The word "essay" began to be used in 1588 when Michel de Montaigne published a book called Essais and the word represents a short work written on a particular subject.
There are many kinds of essays, and following is a short explanation of a few of them.
The persuasive or argumentative essay picks a certain viewpoint and offers support of it with data, statistics, and other evidence. Its purpose is to make the reader agree with the proofs and conclusions. In other words, the reader should share the viewpoint of the writer.
Persuasive essays need to have logical and clear reasoning supported by facts and arguments.
A comparison essay will compare two things and point out their similarities and differences. The writer needs to find as many similarities and differences as possible so he will need to do some research.
It does not matter in what order the facts are presented, as long as they are easy to understand by the reader.
Descriptive essays answer the questions: how, what, why, when, and where. They can be written about any subject; a place, person, animal, event, thing, or memory. The writer will share with the reader what he feels and perceives.
The tone should be sensory in nature so the reader can almost see, smell, taste, hear, and feel what the author experienced.
A narrative essay tells a story that has a point to be made. The reader may receive an idea or a lesson from the essay. The story is told using sensory details and emotional language.
A narrative essay usually reflects something of a personal nature so many times it becomes a personal narrative essay.
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Deng Yaping (born February 5, 1973 in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China) is a Chinese table tennis player who won six world championships and four Olympic championships between 1989 and 1997. Deng began playing table tennis at the age of five, and four years later she won her provincial junior championship. She was age 13 when she won her first national championship. [See video below.]
Despite her success, she was initially denied a spot on the national team because she was so short (she stood only 1.5 metres [4 feet 11 inches] tall). Her talent, however, could not be denied, and she was finally included on the national team in 1988. She teamed with Qiao Hong to win her first world championship title in the women's doubles competition in 1989. Two years later in 1991, Deng won her first singles world championship. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, she won a gold medal in both the singles and doubles competitions and repeated the feat at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, USA. She also earned singles and doubles titles at the 1995 and 1997 world championships./div>
When Deng retired at the age of 24, she had won more titles than any other player in the sport, including four Olympic gold medals, and had been World Champion 18 times. For eight straight years, from 1990 to 1997, she was the world's No. 1 ranked female table tennis player. She was voted Chinese female athlete of the century, and joined the International Table Tennis Federation Hall of Fame in 2003.
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A morgue consisting of two examination rooms - one with a metal slab and the other with a nice old porcelain slab.
The morgue consists of two examination rooms, one dating back much earlier than the other. The morgues form part of a university complex, and were used in the past for teaching and training purposes.
The older of the two contains a single white porcelain slab in the centre which incorporates an integral sink. Surrounding the room there are various other worktops and cabinets containing various medical implements. A range of dissection and cutting tools are on the morgue slab.
The more modern room contains one metal examination table, and it appears one further table existed in the same room at some point in the past. A bank of tissue samples, arranged in drawers stands at the back of the room. A further room contains a collection of human organs and tissue samples preserved in formaldehyde.
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If you liked this report please also check out Proj3ct M4yh3m's Twin Morgue report or Darbians' Twin Morgue report on their websites.[/jbox]


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Well, we're now a month into school, and things are going very well this year. Changing you schools last year was one of the best decisions we've ever made. You are not only not hating school, you are actually enjoying it, and flourishing in your new environment. Its gotten so far, that on the few times that we've offered to drive you into school, (if Mom's going in to your school, for example), you have turned us down in favour of rising the bus, because you enjoy it so much. Who knew?
Its football season for me, and as the only organized sport that I watch regularly (Go, Packers!), its fun to get you guys involved in my pastime. So you recently got into a game of backyard football with Mom and I. You both trounced me pretty good, and you took the whole 'touch' part of touch football a little far, but it was so much fun.
Another one of those 'your so cool' moments happened this month. We were playing some game and I thought I'd throw in a little Star Trek and pretended to 'Mind Meld' you. I put my fingers on your face, started intoning Spock's famous words (My mind to your mind) and you shocked me by finishing the whole thing. I had no idea you were paying that close attention or even would have ever seen the whole thing. Now we do it every once in awhile. I think its funny, your Mom winces mostly good-naturedly, and you are still so cool.
Just know how much your Dad loves you.
Talk to you next month.


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Something about the Muppets entranced a nation, perhaps even more than Sesame
Street. Adults and children alike enjoyed the show and most of that was likely
due to the high-profile guests that frequented the show. Jim Henson and his
crew attracted stars like Elton John, Vincent Price, Orson Welles, Roger Moore,
and others in their 5-year run. Everyone wanted to work with the Muppets and
that feeling is still around today.
Several years ago an ill-fated revival attracted the likes of Garth Brooks
and Sandra Bullock. Their multiple movies also attract similar stars and it's
a trend that will likely continue. Thanks to Time Life, parents that remember
the show can now introduce it to their own children and enjoy it once again.
The following episodes are on disc 11:
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans: The King and Queen of the cowboys
make a beautiful appearance on the show and perform several songs. First up
is Blue Skies with a herd (is that right) of Prairie Dogs and then it's
Roy singing "Skyball Paint" with a hilarious looking horse with flame
red eyes. Muppet sports does a skit with horseshoe pitching and then Dale sings
"Deep in the Heart of Texas" featuring a group of scary looking singing
cabbage patch babies. Up next us a skit previously only aired in the UK with
two cowboys sing an ode to their horses. Fozzie does an episode of Bear on Patrol
with a Western theme and Roy and Dale return together for a medley of "Hazy
Mountain," "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," and "Happy Trails."
It's a perfect Western themed episode with a great pair of guests that
seem as young as ever.
Kenny Rogers: This episode features a great version of the
Gambler and the classic Muppet song, Lime in the Coconut. Here are the skits
that are in this episode. Things start off badly as Kermit falls off trapeze
and goes to a witch doctor for treatment. This leads to the great song "Lime
in the Coconut" and it's quite a production. Scooter's uncle
is drilling for oil in Kenny's room this is followed by the Muppet news flash
man in a classic skit about a toaster. Kenny does an almost haunting rendition
of "The Gambler" with life-size Muppet men. Fozzie's mom makes
an appearance in the UK only pub song sequence. Kermit is moved to Vet's Hospital
for treatment and gets hurt again. Gonzo tries another stunt that leads to Kermit
getting hurt again. To restore order, Kenny returns to sing, "Love Lifted
Me" for a great finale.
Mac Davis: I honestly don't remember this episode at
all, but country-western singer Mac Davis is the guest for this show. With a
country voice and a Tom Jones / Mike Brady look, Piggy falls head-over-heels
for him. The Muppet labs skit featuring a copying machine has hilarious results
as Bunsen's copying machine makes several clones of his assistant Beaker.
The UK skit of Rowlf playing a Bach song once again shows how the show could
be high-culture and entertaining at the same time. Mac return's to sing
"It's Hard to Be Humble" with Link and the Swedish chef tries to
make soup only to be interrupted by the Beaker clones. Fozzie's Bear on
Patrol tries to deal with the eight Beakers running around and everything is
wrapped up nicely in the final where Mac sings "I Believe in Music".
Video: Time has produced a great disc that presents the material
in its original 4:3 aspect ratio with few problems. The video looks slightly
aged, but the colors and contrast are sharp and bright. There are no real flaws
in the transfer and overall the video is clean and has only a few spots of grain
and pattern that were likely on the original source.
Audio: A nice stereo mix is all that is available. While a
re-mastered Dolby track would have been nice, the stereo mix works fine. It's
a well-balanced mix that sounds great on the vocals and music numbers.
Extras: Each disc in the set has several extras. Jim Henson's
son, Brian Henson, introduces each episode and reveals a few facts about the
process involved in filming each episode. Each show also includes previously
unaired skits from the UK (see episode description). There are a few short features
and skits that have been added but they aren't anything outstanding. The
best things are the extra skits and intros.
Overall: This is a neat perfect set of a perfect show. The
only thing that keeps this set from getting a Collector's Set rating is
the packaging and release status. The episodes are mixed together instead of
the order they aired or by season. A season-by-season set would be perfect,
but this will have to do for Muppet fans. There little excuse not to get these
as they are released. The price may seem a little high, but what's better
than getting a new Muppet disc in the mail each month by subscription?


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"We were at Larson Hill near the Coquihalla and Nick brought his new bike to the gravel pit, and was playing around and did this pose for the family. It was a great day for a great ride and we caught him relaxing!"
Flooding on the KVR, over the May long weekend 2017.
Tight racing at the Triple Crown series at Rocky Mountain House. Beautiful day and some exciting racing!
"Just a little riding in the Comox Valley. Summer or winter, we try and get out whenever we can. The back country is picture perfect. These pictures are all taken near or around Comox Lake. Comox Lake is a large glacier-fed lake near Cumberland, BC on Vancouver Island that offers excellent freshwater fishing. The lake, in the middle of a forested wilderness, offers great times in addition to fishing including hiking, swimming, boating, canoeing, biking and huge amounts of relaxation."
"She won't look like this for long - we are currently stripping it down to add it to the Hellenbach Race team fleet!"
"On a spring ride every year - my wife still doesn't want a boat."
"Clearing the mini-rail track with my 2006 Honda 400 GPS Escape so the mini-rail Christmas train can keep its schedule."
"Who puts their Sea-doos in the water on the May long weekend? We do! Great weather, tons of fun! I was trying to get a shot of my wedding ring in the rearview mirror, perfect timing as my husband Paul drove through the shot."
Chilliwack, B.C., has tons of great places to go quadding.
These riders took the opportunity to see the Comox Glacier.
This shot captured the view from atop a mountain - the elevation was 9,000 feet!
Fernie offers gorgeous forest trails for all types of outdoor recreation.
This impressive photo was taken on Hailstone Ridge near Nakusp.
"Riding out Kelly Lake way...with Pierre Cote."
Powell River B.C. ATV Club taking a break at Lois Lake, and overlooking the looming storm.
Mighty Max and The Grim Reaper sitting in the driveway waiting for the snow to melt.
The Right Nuts ATV Club's display booth at the 2017 Cloverdale Hunting and Fishing show in Surrey, B.C.
Take in the beauty of it all, in Campbell River, British Columbia.
Just a pit stop to take in another magical moment.
Riding in Oyster River, B.C., is a great time!
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Building a home business can be exhausting.
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Email Marketing
This been around for a long time. Yet, surprisingly many business owners still don't use this form of marketing strategy. It is still one of the best ways to build relationships with your leads so that they can become customers.
Even with the power of Facebook, you truely want to stand out from the crowd. You will need a website where you establish youself as the brand. Having a website also enables you to create multiple streams of income.
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This is one of the key aspects of having an automated business. Having a Facebook Business Page (also called a fanpage) enables you to use a lot of the business tools that Facebook has to offer, like ads and a chatbot.
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YouTube doesn't have the amount of users that Facebook has, but here it is quality and not quantity that counts. People go to YouTube to learn . And this is a key aspect of you being able to create an Audience of loyal followers
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Today's GSD features an old friend of mine from my days at Hallmark. Tobe Reed wears many hats. She's the managing editor for Hallmark Cards Think.Make.Share blog, the owner of 200Main which sells vintage/antique goods at One Kings Lane (she finds all those amazing goods along with her mother!), a mom, and a former blogger at Because It's Awesome. Former because working full-time at Hallmark, having 200Main as a side hustle, and being a mom is a lot!
What does a typical day look like for you?
Generally, pretty blurry! I try to start my day around 5:30 am to beat the morning chaos a bit. My husband and I have two girls at home (Ava is 3; Elin is 10 months), so the morning is often spent ushering them around from task to task. We take turns dropping them at daycare, and I try to be at Hallmark HQ by 8:30 am.
My day at the office is rarely the same, and there is never a dull moment! It's a flurry of emails, meetings, emails, photo shoots, strategy work, calendar planning, more emails, Instagram, researching market trends, and finally catching up on email.
We're home by 6:00 pm. My husband and I tag team dinner, play, and then do the bath/books/bed routine. The girls are usually asleep somewhere between 8 and 9 pm. Then we do a pass through the house to tidy up, tackle dinner remnants, wash bottles, run laundry, address mail/bills/misc to-dos, etc. I like to do this with a drink in-hand (preferably a glass of dry red wine) while catching up with my husband on his day.
Somewhere between 9:30-10 pm, I finally make it to the computer to return 200Main emails, photograph and/or upload inventory, draw up invoices, do the occasional freelance design work, and research market trends so I know what vintage goods to be on the hunt for. Every once in awhile, I take a night off to watch a movie with Eric. And one of these days, I'm finally going to figure out how to fit in a workout!
What parts of your work do you love?
As managing editor of Hallmark's blog, I am lucky to be able to highlight one of the largest in-house creative communities in the world. Imagine hundreds of artists under one roof. It's amazing! I love sharing stories about some of the most talented people in the industry. I love the opportunity to humanize a historic brand with a rich legacy, one that is committed to enriching peoples' lives and giving back to the dynamic city in which it was born (Kansas City). I love sharing art and design that people pour their hearts into and seeing it inspire others. Hallmark has been a private company for (literally) over a hundred years. It's such a thrill to finally give people a peek behind the curtain.
As partner at 200Main, I love love love the hunt! I love finding vintage treasures large and small, giving them a good home for awhile, and then sending them out into the world. I co-own the business with my mom, who has always had a great eye for design. We have similar taste (we both love brass!), but also have our own distinctive styles, and we're lucky to enjoy different aspects of the job. I'm more excited about the front end; finding, photographing, and uploading items. Of course, Mom loves the hunt as well, but she gets satisfaction out of boxing things up and shipping them out. We make a great team!
What parts of your work do you dislike?
Sooo many emails. There are a lot of moving parts with both businesses, and that can be challenging to keep up with.
What things do you have to do that you didn't realize going into this job?
At Hallmark, I severely underestimated the amount of communication required. We're a large company with a lot of departments and very involved creative leadership. We're lucky to have such diverse backgrounds and skill sets in one building!
With the antiques business, I didn't realize how little time I really had to run it. There are so many things I would love to do to take things to the next level. I've had a domain name squandered away for years, just waiting for the day we're able to open our own digital storefront!
What type of calendar do you keep?
For Hallmark's blog my designer, Ashley, and I keep our calendar in WordPress. I also like to have a physical version that goes to meetings with me so edits and notes can be made right away. Things are constantly shifting, so I have to record them as they happen or I'm bound to lose track.
Thankfully, 200Main doesn't require much calendaring. I try to keep ledgers and inventory as up to date as possible. When the girls are a bit older, I hope I'm scheduling a lot more long distance antiquing adventures!
How do you plan out your calendar?
The blog calendar is largely based on flow of life, product launches, and cool things that bubble up from the creative staff. At Hallmark, we have tons of insights and learnings about when people start to think about certain holidays, and how they want to communicate with the people they love most.
I'm also part of Hallmark's Trends Studio, which forecasts cultural trends years in advance. I leave 20% to current market trends; what we're seeing bubble up in social and on other blogs and media that we need to react to quickly.
How do you organize and tackle your to-do list?
I am very old school when it comes to my to-do list! I buy a planner every year, but usually abandon it by March. I write and rewrite my list in plain old notebooks, starting a fresh page as I run out of room on the current one. I star the items that need to be tackled first, and I try to keep that under three so I won't get overwhelmed. So. Much. Joy. out of crossing things off the list!
How do you attack your inbox? Do you have a certain strategy you use?
You mean how does my inbox attack me? Thanks to Meg's advice long ago, I set up a separate MASS FILTER in Gmail that collects things I want to be able to reference (sales a brand is running or updates from media, for example), but that have the potential to overwhelm me everyday. That way, I only see them when I want to. I use the built-in flagging system for communication that I need to address. Red means respond, yellow means responded and awaiting a reply. I put things away in permanent labeled folders in the end.
Do you have any rituals or routines you do?
I work from home on Fridays, which is easily my favorite day of the week. Not because I don't love being around other creative professionals or with my babies, but because it's the one day of the week that I'm alllllll alone. I multi-task uninterrupted LIKE A BOSS on Fridays.
How do you GSD at home?
I had to ask my husband to answer this one for me, and he said that I never sit down, and that the line about hanging out and watching a movie together is false. Because, truthfully, I just pass out if I stop moving.
Decorating is easy. I'm always fussing with things around our home. It's my happy place.
Cleaning, I hire out. That was hard for me because I actually cleaned houses in college, so I feel like I should be able to do it myself. But I didn't have a family and two jobs in college, so I guess I'm allowed to splurge there and essentially buy time back for doing things that I love.
Nuggets of advice you've been given that have stuck?
"Always do what you are afraid to do." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What are your favorite apps, websites, programs, gadgets etc. you use to organize yourself.
I love Later.com for scheduling Instagram posts.
As a designer, I'm loyal to Apple products.
Google docs and Dropbox are king for file sharing and storing.
Know an awesome gal with a killer job or business that you think would be perfect to be featured in the GSD column? Please send your submission to email@example.com.


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Knitters, crocheters or any kind of creative crafts enthusiasts. Let's gather at the Glasgow CND office for a session of woolly campaigning for peace and nuclear disarmament. Bring some extra yarn for any beginners. A warm welcome is awaiting you and plenty of tea and biscuits.
This week's theme: Projects for fundraising sale at the Peace Cruise in August
Not into yarn or fabric activities? Make cards, peace cranes or bunting.
For more info please call 0141 357 1529
Where do you meet?: Scottish CND, 77 Southpark Avenue Glasgow G12 8LE (Wellington Church – side entrance)
When do you meet?: Group starts on Wed 3 July 2013. Participants will decide how often and when we meet. Check for next date on www.banthebomb.org
Group's Contact Name: Flavia
Contact Phone: 07405349615
Contact Email: flavia {at} banthebomb(.)org
Group Website: http://banthebomb.org


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At first they came for the smokers but I did not speak out as I did not smoke. Then they came for the binge drinkers but I said nothing as I did not binge. Now they have an obesity strategy.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
My carbon footprint
3 comments:
That george Monbiot must be worth a few quid.
You should tap him for a few.
- 5:24 pm
- Dr Hiding Pup said...
Should have thought about your carbon footprint before you flew out in the first place. Now get back here to your cold, damp-infested office!
- 12:23 am
- Glenn Vowles said...
I have been annually calculating my three person household's ecological footprint, along with my OU students, for the past seven years. This year the figure was 10,400 square metres of land, with no flights taken. If we flew on just one 10,000 km round trip holiday from Bristol Airport (a common travelling distance), this footprint would rise, according to the EcoCal computer model used, to 14,400 square metres – a 38% increase. The single round trip would then be the biggest contributor to our footprint at 28% of the total, approx the same as all household heating and lighting for a year and slightly more than the impact of household travel by all other methods.
- 1:14 pm