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BumGenius Deluxe Bamboo Fitted Cloth Diaper Review
SAP's Story
BumGenius Bamboo Fitted Diapers were the very first diapers that SAP wore! When I had decided to use BumGenius 3.0 One-Sized diapers before SAP was born I knew BumGenius was one of the most trusted cloth diaper companies, and so when I realized that the one size diapers would not fit her little butt when she was born (she was under 7lbs), then I knew I had to find something else.
I wanted something that would be soft, pleasent for her to wear, very absorbant, and marketed specifically for newborns, and what I found was BumGenius Bamboo Fitted Diapers! They were not as "easy" to use as the one size diapers I had originally ordered since required an extra step of putting on a diaper cover over them, but they were cheaper than an all-in-one diaper and had all the requirements I was looking for!
We did not use these diapers right away when SAP was born, as much as we wanted to I had decided to wait a day or two. The wait was mainly due to the black, sticky mechonium poop that newborns have. This poop is very stinky, stains, and is hard to get out of fabric. Also, because we were in the hospital for the first couple days after SAP was born, they provided free diapers, thus it was easiest to use the diapers they provided. And third, there was no washing facility in the hospital, and I was recovering from giving birth, SAPsDaDa was off at police academy, SAPsNaNa was not supportive of cloth diapering and I was staying with her the first 6 weeks so I was not yet prepared to start our cloth diapering routine. And so, until the day SAP came home from the hospital, yes, she was in disposibles, and I would probly do this again in that situation.
I wanted something that would be soft, pleasent for her to wear, very absorbant, and marketed specifically for newborns, and what I found was BumGenius Bamboo Fitted Diapers! They were not as "easy" to use as the one size diapers I had originally ordered since required an extra step of putting on a diaper cover over them, but they were cheaper than an all-in-one diaper and had all the requirements I was looking for!
We did not use these diapers right away when SAP was born, as much as we wanted to I had decided to wait a day or two. The wait was mainly due to the black, sticky mechonium poop that newborns have. This poop is very stinky, stains, and is hard to get out of fabric. Also, because we were in the hospital for the first couple days after SAP was born, they provided free diapers, thus it was easiest to use the diapers they provided. And third, there was no washing facility in the hospital, and I was recovering from giving birth, SAPsDaDa was off at police academy, SAPsNaNa was not supportive of cloth diapering and I was staying with her the first 6 weeks so I was not yet prepared to start our cloth diapering routine. And so, until the day SAP came home from the hospital, yes, she was in disposibles, and I would probly do this again in that situation.
However, the day we took SAP home from the hospital, she was in her BumGenius Bamboo Fitted Diaper! These diapers fit her very well (hence, fitted diaper haha). They were soft fabric and VERY absorbant! They made me fall in love with bamboo fabric ever since! These diapers fit under SAP's umbilical cord so they did not interfer with it's healing process at all.
We used Thirsties XS covers for these diapers, and so we only had maybe one leak while diaper and cover were on. These fitted diapers absorbed everything, even the breastmilk poo that is very runny! However, they did not keep the poo in the fitted diaper every time, as most people know breastfed babies are prone to having blow outs, I'm not sure any diaper can keep that poop in, however, the natural gussets of the diaper kept most of it in and the cover did keep it from leaking out completely so we had very few clothes changes, but we did go through more covers than we did with other diapers that needed a cover. We had 4 covers and 18 fitted diapers, and ended up doing wash every day and a half, but with SAP pooping so much as newborns do, it would have been nice to have more diapers and covers. Washing these diapers was no problem at all, the breastmilk poo was water soluable and so needed no extra cleaning steps, but not sure how they'd do for an older child on solids. The diapers never stank, although they did get some stains on them from the poo. These were easily taken care of by hanging them out in the sun to dry, and the sun bleached the stains out naturally! When we had to use the dryer in the winter to dry these diapers they did take a long time to dry as these fitteds aren't the thinnest diapers, however dryer balls reduced this drying time quite a bit, thus saving us electricity, so if you get any fitted or all in one diapers, I definatly recommend dryer balls for the winter time when you have to use a dr yer!
I definatly liked these diapers, they were especially nice on warm days, we could let SAP roll around in these on a fleece blanket and they would contain the pee, yet be breathable so she wouldn't get a rash from it being too warm in the diaper area and such. These were easy to use as they had a velcro closure and you could put them on just like a disposible diaper, no stuffing or anything, however, you still had to use a cover most of the time so there is that step, some people don't like two steps, me, I didn't care, they worked great and for the first few months of SAP's life she was rash free and didn't have chemical disposible diapers on her butt! They fit her great until she was old enough to fit into her BumGenius One sized diapers I had bought her, so I really don't know when she would have outgrown them, but they fit her for a few months no problem! The only cons I can think of was the increased drying time and the extra step of putting on a diaper cover, but I don't think those are big problems when it comes to diapers and comes with the territory of a fitted diaper. We did also get some marks on SAP's legs from her kicking alot and her legs rubbing on the leg closures of this diaper, but those went away and didn't leave any permanent marks. Fitted diapers are sometimes preferred by parents as there is less chance of leaking, the pee/poo has to get through the fitted diaper, then the diaper cover. They are also more trim and cheaper than the more expensive one-sized diaper or all-in-one diapers that are out there.
- Type of Cloth Diaper: Fitted
- Sizes and Weight Recommendations: XS (Extra-Small) fits from 6-12 pounds. It is intended for a newborn and fits low, below the navel, to keep the umbilical area dry. This diaper is designed to fit during that itty-bitty newborn stage.
S (Small) fits from 8-16 pounds. This diaper is slightly larger with a higher rise than the XS. It is intended for after your baby's umbilical cord has fallen off.
M (Medium) fits from 15 – 22 pounds.
L (Large) fits from 22 – 30 pounds.
- Seems you could probly skip either the XS or S size depending on size of your newborn. Also these diapers only go up to 30lbs so if your baby potty trains later or ends up being a big baby you might need a different type of diaper later on.
- How Diaper Works/Features: This is a fitted diaper, and so it is not waterproof and requires a cover for normal use. It is one piece and does not require any special knowlege to use, just put it on like a normal disposible diaper, and it velcros on to baby to the waist size of your infant.
Style and Material
- Material Feel: Material feels very soft against baby's skin. There is no stay dry layer so baby will feel wetness with this diaper, but the material against baby's skin is very soft.
- Materials Used: Bamboo Terry is used mainly on this diaper and is the only material that touches your baby's skin. The soaker sewn into the fitted diaper is a microfiber terry, which is quick to absorb wetness.
- Color/Aesthetic: This diaper is a creamy whiteish natural color of bamboo fabric and does not come in any color variations. However, you may put whatever color or patterned cover over it you wish! I like the creamy white color of bamboo, makes the diaper seem more natural that way and better for baby.
Ease of Use
- Closures: This diaper has hook and loop (velcro) closures that easily attach for a perfect fit for any skinny or chubby baby. The closures are also double sided so that they can be attached on top of each other for the smallest newborn or skinniest of babies.
- Similarity To Disposibles: The diaper itself is very similar to disposibles in that it is put on and closes in a very similar and easy to use fashion. However, because it requires a diaper cover it is not as similar as other diaper styles. There is no complicated snaps or size adjustments with this diaper.
- Trimness: This is a very fit diaper, as most fitteds are. These diapers will fit very well under clothes.
- Adjustability for Size/Absorbancy: This diaper does not have a pocket or any area to increase absorbancy. It is possible to have a doubler between the fitted and cover though, but I never needed to try it as the diaper was absorbant enough not to need any doubler. Size is not adjustable except for the waist, which is adjustable with velcro closures each time diaper is used. For new sizes you will have to go to the next sized diaper.
- Leaks: We had no leaks with this diaper! It was very absorbant and well fitted and so no leaks from the diaper itself. However, fitteds are only as good as the covers that are used with them, thus the preformance of this diaper would also be a reflection of the cover used with it.
- Absorbancy: Absorbancy was excellent, we had no need for any doublers or any leaks due to lack of absorbancy. We only used this diaper when SAP was an infant up to maybe 3 months or so, so I cannot say how absorbant it is for an older infant or toddler.
- Leg Gussets: There is elastic in the diaper around the legs that form natural gussets and help keep any messes inside the diaper, thus prolonging how many times the cover can be used.
- Nap/Bedtime Use: These diapers worked just as well during the day as they did for naps and bed time! No leaks ever, even when SAP started to learn to roll. This is also a reflection of cover and so using a good cover could change the performance at these times but this diaper did excellent for SAP at both nap and bed times.
- If Fit Is True: We used the size XS on SAP since she was brought home from the hospital, and this size did fit excellent from birth (between 6-7lbs) to the time she was big enough to fit into her BumGenius one sized diapers, which was about 10-12 lbs, we did not try to go past 12 lbs but had no fit issues or leaking issues at that weight so this fit and weight range was true, however, I have not tested the other sizes of this diaper. At 12 lbs the were starting to get tight around the waist of the diaper and this was an indication it was time to size up.
- Wear and Tear: We had 18 of these diapers, washed every 1.5 days and dryed in a dryer most of the time. These diapers did show alot of wear in the laundry tabs where the velcro tabs are sapposed to stick for laundry time, thus they did not stay stuck and often caught on each otherafter a while. However, the fabric stayed in excellent shape and the rest of the velcro held wonderfully, we resold these diapers for a reasonable price and they were well usable for another infant.
Quality/Cash Analysis
- These diapers average $12-$13 each, but can be bought in bulk packs for less per diaper and often are found on sale. For the abosorbancy of these diaper, how soft the fabric is, and how easy they are to put on, I think these are excellent quality, they have held up wonderfully and even though each size only lasts a few months, they can be used for 2-3 babies easily!
- For a bamboo fitted diaper, this is an excellent price! You may find other fitted diapers this price or a couple bucks cheaper, but for bamboo fabric and the absorbancy you get with this diaper, the price is great. Other bamboo diapers will cost anywhere from $14-$20+ each, but these other diapers may use hemp or other organic fabrics in them, so that is a decision you would have to make. Also, this is one of the very few velcro fitted diapers, let alone velcro bamboo fitted diapers, and this makes it one of a kind! If you prefer velcro over snaps for that perfect waist fit each time, easy to use, most like a disposible diaper style, but want to go with a fitted diaper, this is the diaper for you!
Great post! I'm not a mommy yet, but plan on using cloth diapers when I am.
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How does collective competence differ from individual competence? In Thursday's plenary at ICRE 2014, Dr. Lorelei Lingard will discuss this new concept and its importance as an assessment criteria for quality health care. Dr. Lingard is professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario and the inaugural Director of the Centre for Education Research & Innovation at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
Why look at collective competence as well as individual competence?
Normally when we talk about competence we are referring to individual competence. In fact, we don't even say the words "individual competence" because that's just so naturally what we mean. The plenary that I will be leading is designed to get people thinking about competence differently — that is, as collective competence. It's not to convince anyone to throw out individual competence; that's a necessary criteria for quality health care, it's just not a sufficient criteria.
Collective competence is about more than the people on the team and how they function as members of that team. It's about what happens when individual experts are able to function with a sense of awareness of one another as well as an awareness of the various structures and resources in the system that either support them to work together or inhibit them from working together.
As an example of what I mean by collective competence, a patient might be getting very good care from individual health professionals in the hospital or in the family or specialist practice, but collectively that care is not effective. What one person does might interact in problematic ways or actually undo what another has done, they may be acting without awareness of what other people in the system are doing, or they may not realize that the system is set up in such a way to not only allow them to act in that way but actually keep them from acting in any other way.
What is your research focusing on?
I study health care teams, including how they work and how it is that trainees of any level, as well as practitioners who continue to evolve their skill set, develop the competencies that they would require to function effectively in a team-based care delivery system. What we try to do is understand in particular how teams manage to improvise around the many daily barriers they will encounter to collective competence. While our studies often reveal where things are going wrong in the system, we are, in fact, more interested in where things are going right. We'd like to understand how people manage to achieve collective competence given that the whole health care setup – how care is structured, how funds flow, how organizations interact, how training occurs – tends to work against this goal. And the program isn't peculiar to health care, by the way. Any complex organization is full of such barriers to collective competence. It just so happens that my work is situated in exploring this phenomenon in health care.
In my keynote address at ICRE 2014, I will try to describe the concept of collective competence and then I will tell some stories that illustrate how our focus on individual competence really can't help us grapple with some fundamental issues. One of those issues is that most of the time when health care goes wrong it is rarely reducible to an individual's competence. The vast majority of the time, it's far more likely to be a failure of the collective and I'm going to try to get people to think about the benefits of having a notion of collective competence and using it to underpin our competency frameworks, our curricula, our assessment methodologies.
How does this new concept affect things like evaluation?
The way we train tends to work against collective competence. We select individuals, we train individuals, we assess individuals, and we remediate individuals but we don't remediate systems, we don't target any of our educational activities at the collective level. Another thorny issue is how do you grapple with collective competence if your assessment is predicated on psychometric methods? Psychometrics doesn't deal well with the collective; it wants reliability and validity. It wants stable individual performances that it can assess for high stakes decisions. The idea of assessing a collective is incompatible with our whole assessment infrastructure. I don't have a solution to that, but I want to table the question for people in the plenary to consider: what do we do with our assessment models if we agree that the idea of collective competence is useful?
I will also talk about the CanMEDS framework in the plenary. I want people to understand that a framework like the CanMEDS framework is fundamentally an individualist framework. There's nothing wrong with that. We have to be able to assess individual competence. What's problematic is if people assume that collective competence is synonymous with, say, the collaborator role. It's not. The collaborator role is by and large articulated as a set of behaviours and dimensions that an individual can perform. What I'm trying to express in the idea of collective competence is that it's not something reducible to an individual performance. Individual actions matter for collective competence, but we would describe them differently if we worked from the notion of collective competence. The plenary will grapple with this challenge of adding the collectivist orientation to our current ways of thinking about competency within the CanMEDS framework.
For more information, you may wish to read The Question of Competence, Reconsidering Medical Education in the Twenty-First Century edited by Brian Hodges and Lorelei Lingard (Cornell University Press, 2012). Dr. Lingard also has a chapter on collective competence.

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Paradiso July 14 1991 (Part 1) - Pere Ubu
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Hi. Since the Orchestral Project might be coming out in a few decades I might consider reading the Dwarves Series on which the OP is going to be based. Has anyone read it? Is it worth the time?
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As far as I understood it, the OP isn't based on the series, but the story would be created in collaboration with the writer of that series...
Having said that, I really like the series. It has a nice gritty atmosphere that I love...
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Oh thanks for clarifying that changes everything. My life will not be the same again. But I might still read it anyway
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Anyone with eyes can plainly see, the sky is no longer 'natural'; much of the 'cloud cover' results from persistent contrails (so-called 'chemtrails'), which NASA satellite imagery makes readily apparent on a global scale.
David Dahl, creator of this documentary titled "Artificial Clouds' sheds much needed light on the subject,creating a context for us to address this alarming environmental and health issue that most of the media pretends does not even exist…
Weather modification programs are not isolated, low-altitude events; they are prolific ongoing programs in a growing industry.
Who will be the first climatologist to say, "Maybe CO2 isn't the main cause of climate change?"Who will be the first weather modification professional who says, "Maybe we shouldn't be doing this?" (Yes, "we" are, through private companies like http://weathermodification.com).
(Annual Climate Change = weather change X 365)
We cannot change the weather a lot without changing the "climate" too…
CONTRAILS persist and form clouds when enough cloud-condensation nuclei (CCN) are present. These nuclei are deliberately dispersed regularly in over 50 countries, right at the altitude where contrails are formed.
Skywatcher is a 25-minute science presentation discussing weather modification and the REAL cause of climate change, which is anthropogenic CLOUD cover– much more than greenhouse gases like CO2– and the spraying of "cloud seeding" chemicals (especially silver iodide) for precipitation enhancement.
This video shows exactly HOW we make clouds with aircraft, why the jet contrails persist now (when they used to disappear much more quickly), and why we're finding high levels of metals in our water and soil, including aluminum and strontium. …you sure you want the truth?
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1.6km each way or about 3km round trip, extend with a trail to the Boney Shore (whale bones from the Basque fishing days). I hiked close to 700 steps in relative easy pausing only for shots of Red Bay. However, at stair 300 or so, icebergs!! Lots of them, coming down the coastline like airplanes stacked up for landing at a busy airport. One after another "cleared for viewing". I met one other savvy hiker using the hill hikes to spot icebergs.
This is an interpretive "hike" with several signs about local history. The stairs became popular across Newfoundland and Labrador and may not be every hiker's idea of a hike, however, I will say this, they are easy to spot from anywhere in town -- no question where the hike is. And it does make for the most direct line up the hill, adding some great cardio if you near run it.
Along the way, you get an excellent view back on historic Red Bay, first visited in the 1500's by Basque Whalers. Parks Canada runs a national historic site here with boat trips over to Saddle Island, and two interpretive museum like halls for learning all about the Basque fisherman, and the British, French, Irish, and Newfoundlanders who followed. Of course, first nations history factors into the region, excellent harbours always have been a favourite amoungst seafarers.
This harbour however has an impressive metal wreck of a large ship built in the early 1900's. The interpretive signs tell the whole story. As you gain altitude (or stairs), the trail levels off, and you look over to the rugged barrens and the "pole path", a pond, and finally the peak. At the top you've got a full view of the coastline, and can look over to the mountainous terrain south of Red Bay which will one day form the terminus of the Labrador Pioneer Footpath.
All in I was probably hiking (stairmastering) for about 30-40 minutes, but you should spend more time here, as there are picnic table rest stops and a nice breeze, not likely you'll have a black fly problem here.
Just before you enter Red Bay, you'll see a well marked and large sign on the right with the two trail names (Boney Trail and Tracey Hill). Take this turn off on the right and drive up 100m or so and park in the designated area. Sign the guest register, just follow the stairs!


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Anticheat update is being finalized. It will be added in in the intermediate update before 0.9 patch.Stuttering and freezes. Discovered and fixed several freeze issues linked to physics, weapon firing, shaders, player and AI spawns. Some of this fixes also will be added in intermediate update.AI. Discovered and fixed abnormal behavior in several cases. AI will be fully reworked in the next patches.Spawn system. Spawn selection will be removed to ensure randomness and avoid possibility of close spawning. Also level design will be tweaked for that.Netcode. Working on the overall improvement (spawn lags, peaker advantage, teleporting)Optimization of Shoreline and Customs - almost done. Will be in 0.9, maybe earlier.Quests. Time limit in quests will be removed. Also partial handover of items will be implemented + overall quest design being tweaked."Ancient evil code" bugs being fixed (inventory lockups for example)Location bugs are being fixed (LODs, absence of physical colliders etc)Firerate linked to FPS is fixedOther fixes that I forgot to write
I wouldn't tolerate even one quarter of the issues that Tarkov has from any other game. I guess that's testament to how much I like the core gameplay/design. But boy, is it an abusive relationship sometimes. No game makes me as mad as Tarkov does sometimes. From the hackers, to the stutters, to the desync, to cheating AI, to dozens of glitches and bugs (people glitching in walls, random sprint steps ruining your aim, full auto suddenly not working, fire rate tied to FPS, etc., etc) to low FPS, to just some flat out retarded design choices (that thankfully usually get changed after a while, the devs do listen to the community).Still, it's everything I wanted from DayZ in an ideal package, I really like the raid format. Haven't been able to play PUBG since I got Tarkov either, it just bores me in comparison. And some of the map design is spectacular, like Interchange is super unique.
Today, fishy stuff left and right once again. People soaking up half of my mag. Can't even tell anymore if it's cheats or if Shoreline is so horribly desynced.


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There is a continuity to the placement of Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex on the Flight of Birds," in the same exhibition gallery as the Wright brothers' 1903 Flyer at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. It is not merely a reach across time to connect the scientific underpinnings of flight. It is a symbolic reach across worlds and minds to reestablish the unifying ethos that art and science are intrinsic to each other.
And that both look to the natural world, sometimes couched as the heavens, for inspiration.
The codex, an eight-by-six-inch personal notebook made up of 18 two-sided pages, is a collection of notes and sketches on bird flight and behavior from the early 16th century. Written in the Italian Renaissance master's mirror script — backward and reading from right to left — it explores ideas of flight engineering, aerodynamics and what would later be defined as gravity.
The concept of air as a fluid moving over a bird's wings, or the relation between the center of gravity and the lifting point on a wing "were concepts and beginning ideas about flight now seen in the ideas that da Vinci was investigating," Air and Space Museum chief curator Peter Jakab said.
Da Vinci is world famous, of course, as the artist behind the "Mona Lisa" and the "Last Supper." But in the early 19th century, his thinking on anatomy, physics and engineering began to surface with the reemergence of his notebooks, many of which had been lost for hundreds of years. As they gained recognition, "people saw retrospectively how prescient da Vinci was, and that many of his ideas were realized in later times," Jakab said.
The codex is on loan from the Biblioteca Reale in Turin, Italy, for the 40-day exhibition, which comes as the United States and Italy commemorate 50 years of space collaboration. It is only the second da Vinci artifact in the United States — the other being the Ginevra de' Benci painting on display at the National Gallery of Art. The linkage between Renaissance ideas and modern times was on the mind of Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, who delivered exhibition remarks Thursday while sporting a Google Glass headset, which he called promising for digital diplomacy.
"Frankly, there is no better way to talk about creativity than with Leonardo, and to celebrate his genius and spirit of innovation, through the future of technology," Bisogniero said. He cited his own decades-long passion for flight.
"In words attributed to Leonardo himself and I quote: 'Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward. For there you have been, and there you will always long to return.' "
A model of an ornithopter — an aircraft designed to imitate the flapping of bird wings — based on a da Vinci drawing, is on loan from an Italian manufacturer for a year and hangs just outside the Wright brothers gallery. In another science/art intersection, the Mars Curiosity rover carries a digitized version of the codex and da Vinci's self-portrait onboard.
The Air and Space exhibition features an image of the 1512 da Vinci self-portrait. And in a nearby interactive, the codex is digitized and visitors can use a touch screen to page through the entire document with English translations. One page tantalizingly features what historians think may be another da Vinci self-portrait, finely drawn in red on the upper half of the page, with the codex writing over it.
People draw hard, fast distinctions between "engineers, and how their minds work, and artists and painters who aren't seen as mechanical,"Jakab said. And while in some ways that's true, "it's all creativity."
At the same time da Vinci was writing and drawing in his codex on flight — between 1505 and 1506 — he created the "Mona Lisa," widely considered the most famous painting in the world. "It is a powerful experience to be in the presence of something created by da Vinci," Jakab said. He is "the ultimate example" of the connection between art and science. Proof, perhaps, that at the highest levels of human achievement, they are one and the same.
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Although real estate professionals have mixed feelings about the effectiveness of Open Houses, many believe they're efficient marketing tools. Since most homebuyers won't buy a house without viewing it first, a well-planned Open House can attract more buyers to your property. Your agent will want to schedule one soon after you list your home for sale, so refrain from listing until you're ready to put your best foot forward. The success of your Open House greatly hinges on how well you present your home. Little things make a big difference, so ensure every area inside and out is inviting with a lived-in, but not messy appearance.
Before scheduling an Open House, it's crucial to deep clean, declutter and depersonalize every inch of your home. An untidy house is a big turn off and too much stuff easily distracts viewers. Clear your home of clutter and highly personal effects, such as family photos, children's artwork or anything that makes it difficult for potential buyers to picture their own belongings there. Make sure closets and storage areas are clean and well-organized, so they look spacious. If necessary, hire a professional cleaning service to ensure your home sparkles.
While you're cleaning and decluttering, look for things needing repair. Buyers look for flaws, so even the littlest things get noticed. Check for leaky faucets, drains that run slow, flickering lights, burned-out light bulbs, cracked windowpanes, broken blinds, squeaky floorboards or any readily apparent issues. Ask your real estate agent or someone less familiar with your home to do a walk-through and point out imperfections you might miss.
Proper staging impacts the buyer's view of your home. Furniture arrangement is a key element and there's a fine line between rooms feeling sparse or cramped. Bare rooms feel smaller and don't sufficiently convey how each space can be used. Choose your best pieces of furniture and remove excess items to create a good traffic flow that enhances a focal point in each room. Strike an ideal balance by choosing a few core pieces, then add minimal accessories to create an artful arrangement. Small touches like centerpieces made of fresh flowers make a lasting impression.
While showcasing your home through staging, keep things neutral. Avoid decor with any religious, political, sexual or otherwise offensive tone. Color schemes should include soft hues, not garish embellishments. Neutrality also includes odors, so minimize your scents to prevent fragrance overload. Although you should eradicate noxious odors like cigarette smoke and pet smells, don't just mask them with highly perfumed air fresheners, candles or incense. Air out your home and utilize odor neutralizing products several days before an Open House. Then, use subtle scents the day of your event or bake a batch of cookies for a tantalizing aroma that almost no one can resist.
When prospective buyers pull up to your home, the first thing they see is the exterior. This first impression must be a good one that sets the tone for the rest of the property. Windows should sparkle and the roof and all outside surfaces should be free of dirt and debris. The lawn should be freshly mowed, flower beds weeded and driveway and walkways cleaned. Clear the yard of children's toys and lawn equipment and move any vehicles from the driveway and garage, if applicable.
Once your home is prepared and the Open House date has been set, spread the word. Advertise your event with the multiple service listing service, and online through all the major real estate portals and social media sites. Strategically use Open House signage to draw the most traffic by using multiple types of signs in various locations. Adding balloons to your signs helps make them even more visible.
It's a good idea if you, your children, and pets aren't at the Open House. Children and pets are a distraction and prospective buyers are often uncomfortable asking homeowners any questions they might find offensive. Allow viewers to freely tour your home and ask your agent questions. Keep your cell phone handy, in case you're needed for consultation, but otherwise, realtors should be unencumbered to do the job they're paid to do -- sell your home! Your agent collects names and contact information from attendees to gather opinions about your home. This can assist in receiving much-needed feedback about specific features and the price you listed.
Are you looking to sell your home? Our caring agents at Call It Home are ready to help you every step of the way! We are a one stop shop for all of your real estate needs, whether you are selling, buying, or renting. To learn more about setting up your home for success, and getting the maximum amount, Contact Call It Home today! Call us at (801) 532-7000 for any questions!


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My Keys of the World website is in transition right now - I thought the sub-folders were working but they are not.... so no-one can purchase on that site! And that means that all the Montessori album tables of contents are NOT available....
So for the time being, I am posted them here:
--- a new page on this blog. Albums are available at Garden of Francis (all ages) and Keys of the Universe Elementary (elementary and adolescent; individual albums or complete set).
Living a Montessori Homeschool Life is like following a series of rabbit trails - they are all part of the same creation, with plenty of surprises along the way! We've been through infancy, toddler, primary Montessori and are now living our way through elementary Montessori - homeschool and life. Come share the journey with us!
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Video Poker is a fun game, very different from traditional video slots. Video Poker wins are very determinate on skill and strategy of the player, giving you somewhat of an advantage over the house edge.
Video Poker can be considered a middle connection between slots and table games. Often Video Poker will offer a lower house edge than slots. Video Poker is becoming very popular for those who enjoy games as a mode of entertainment, and there are many variations.
How to Play
Video Poker is played the exact same as regular draw poker, except it is played against the casino software and not other players. The player will be dealt 5 cards, and can then decide if they would like to be dealt 5 new cards or not. To keep the cards you want, simply click 'Hold' for the card you would like.
Once decided, click 'Deal' and the cards you did not want will be replaced. Whether you win or lose is determined by the end result of your cards (your 'hand') after you click the 'Draw' button. Your amount won depends on the Pay Table located on your screen.
The Return
An advantage of video poker over regular slot machines is that the wins can be determined by reading the pay table. Generally, the hand combinations are made from a standard 52 card deck, although some use 1 or 2 Jokers, in addition. One video poker game, Deuces Wild, uses a 52 card deck and the deuces are considered Wild cards. All of the payouts can be calculated by viewing how much the machine pay for each winning combination.
With a 52 card deck, you can create 2,598,960 different combinations. With video poker, the machine simulates probabilities of the hand combinations, which is called an RNG (random number generator).
It will be near impossible for you to calculate these probabilities on the spot, however there are many software programs, books and websites out there that can teach you how to determine the payouts. If you know how to read the pay table then you can ensure you are playing the machine with the best return. Don't be tricked, sometimes casinos will place 2 identical machine beside each other, so you want to be sure you are playing the table with the best return.
Video Poker Strategy
There is more to video poker strategy than simply knowing the return of the machines, you must have a mathematical strategy as well. Every mistake you make against your strategy, increases the house edge. Every video poker game has its own unique strategy, so it is best to learn all for the different games or stick to one type of video poker game. The easiest and best game to learn first would definitely be Jacks or Better, and you will find all other versions are similar to this main game.
These are the most common video poker games:
- Jacks or Better
- Deuces Wild
- Double Bonus Poker
We would definitely suggest you give video poker a try! It is a known fact that players who switch from slot machines to video poker never turn back!


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Albay SP OKs ordinance banning misuse of gov't ambulances
To curb the blatant and frequent misuse of government ambulances intended to be utilized by sick constituents, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Albay approved on August 18, 2014 an ordinance entitled "Regulating the Use of All Government Ambulances in the Province of Albay, and Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof."
Authored by 3rd District Board Member Rhederick N. Riva from Oas, and co-authored by 3rd District Board Member Herbert S. Borja from Polangui, the ordinance aims to make government ambulances readily available to transport the seriously sick and injured patients requiring immediate medical treatment to or from a facility that is sufficiently equipped to handle the matter and save lives.
The ordinance states that it has been observed that in many instances, government ambulances have been gravely misused, to the detriment of the public.
Said vehicles, it notes, have been seen in recreational areas. There were also reports that fees have been collected for their use, defeating the very purpose for which they were purchased.
According to the ordinance, it is unlawful for public officials or employees to use government ambulances for personal use or as an office service vehicle.
It shall also be unlawful to use said vehicles for transporting patients deemed not to be in an emergency medical situation. Whether with fees or not, government ambulances cannot be used for private purposes.
It adds, government officials or employees shall not refuse the use of any government ambulance by patients who cannot pay fees, nor should there be any deprivation of use to any individual due to their gender, religious beliefs, economic status, or political affiliations.
Lastly, government ambulances cannot be used to transport cadavers, the ordinance reads.
The exceptions, however, include the use of the vehicles in official and authorized medical outreach missions and other hospital services and operations related to medical missions, delivery of medicines and other medical supplies.
Public officials or employees caught violating this ordinance shall be penalized, after due process, with a P1,000 fine, and/or imprisonment of 1 month for the first offense; a fine of P2,500 and or 6 months of imprisonment for the second offense; and a fine of P5,000 and or imprisonment of 1 year, without any prejudice to the filing of appropriate administrative charges, for the third offense.
In the Declaration of Policy, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Albay states that this ordinance was created to protect and promote the rights of the Albayano people to health.--Provincial Government of Albay
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2007 Rhodium Demand IncreaseRhodium demand has been steadily increasing nearly each year in the 2000s. The total demand rhodium in 2007 was 856,000 ounces. Overall demand increased by about 2%.
Auto-Catalyst Rhodium DemandThe demand for rhodium from the auto sector alone was 879,000 in 2007, a 2% increase from 2006. This increase was mostly due to increased automobile production in China, India, and Russia. Keep in mind that in 2007 the auto-industry hadn't yet felt the full shock of our current economic crisis. Demand also grew in North America largely due to the production of medium sized diesel engines.
In Japan demand fell since, due to the rhodium price trading $5-7000 per ounce, car makers used stockpiles of the metal instead of buying more. Europe is producing more and more light duty diesel engines which may use little to no rhodium. Therefore demand in Europe fell as well.
Recycle RhodiumNotice that the auto sector required 879,000 ounces of the metal whereas supply in 2007 was just 856,000 ounces. The supply is met considering that 183,000 oz of rhodium were recycled, mostly from used catalytic converters.
Rhodium Production Glass SectorRhodium demand edged up less than 1% in the glass sector. In North America and Europe some glass factories have shut down. But in Asia and India demand increased for flat panel TVs and computer monitors, thus increasing worldwide demand in this sector overall. Demand would have increased more had some manufacturers not substituted platinum, which was trading about 20% the rhodium price, for some production.
Invest in Rhodium DemandThere has never been much of a demand for investment rhodium. Part of the reason is that rhodium is fairly brittle by comparison to gold or even palladium and that stamping into a coin would cause the coin to crack a bit. It was available in rhodium dust, called rhodium sponge, however, this generally wasn't available to the general public. However, rhodium coins are now available as the Cohen Mint will soon be making rhodium bullion coins for investment. If you want to read more about nonexisting rhodium bars and other type of rhodium investing, there are several links in this rhodium article.
2007 Rhodium Supply IncreaseThe supply Rhodium increased by 3% to 822,000 ounces worldwide. The two main countries producing rhodium, however, showed slight decreased output. In South America less PGM ore was mined therefore overall rhodium production decreased. Russian production fell slightly as well. Since Russia is so valuable a rhodium mine country, shipping interruptions are a main factor that helped push the rhodium price to nearly $7000 in 2007.
Notice how Rhodium Continued to Rise and Dropped in Summer 2008
(Charts courtesy of Kitco. Rhodium information is from Johnson-Matthey in their 2008 "Platinum" report)


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by Cheryl Schm
(Troy, MI USA)
You have to see it to believe it. Yes once a year in Birmingham, Michigan (an upscale, northern suburb of Detroit in southeastern Michigan) there is a parade and the main attraction is put on by the Michigan Basset Rescue. It is called the "Waddle Walk" and you will not believe how well they all get along. They are pack dogs by nature and just follow in a big group, drooling and howling and sniffing everyone. Check out their website for all the details, it is always the middle of May each year. It is a weekend fundraiser event and there is a picnic on Saturday with the parade on Sunday. There is a beautiful park near the parade and lots to do in the area too.
My husband and I have had hounds for over 35 years, it is our favorite group of dogs. In 2006, we were slowing down and wanted a "slower" pet, we adopted our first basset, Rosy Baby and will always be a basset family since they bring so much joy to our family with their loving dispositions and special personalities. My pet sitter has adopted our bassets and now she volunteers for the Michigan Basset Rescue too during their fundraiser.
The more the merrier, they get along so well.
We now have two bassets, Rosy Baby (5 yrs) and Daisy May Snickers (4 yrs) and a beagle, Jazzy (5 yrs) (or as I call her the Jazzer-cizer since she runs my bassets around the back yard).
What I love about our bassets is that they do what you want to do, sleep they sleep, eat they eat, walk they walk, garden they sleep nearby...they have spurts of energy like us (we are over 60 so we only spurt now). This is a great site, I look forward to reading more stories. As far as I am concerned, rescue is the way to go. There are some wonderful animals in the Michigan & Ohio rescue groups and they have a great websites. Check them out.
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Repeat after us: a clean beard is a fuller beard. Much like your head hair, when you keep your beard clean it will appear much fuller than if you let it become too oily or completely dried out. Striking the right balance is important and our suggestion is to invest in some good beard wash and softener to help keep your beard clean without completing torching it. Establishing the right beard grooming routine is key to ensuring your beard stays full and healthy and if you can get into a routine for the entire month, you'll definitely be able to see the results after a short amount of time.
Lucky Scruff has some night products also, esp the hand made soap for beards. He offers 3 different kinds right now. The beard oils, while the 3 on his main page I didn't care for, the beard of the month club has some better ones. (Scent wise, the conditioning aspects of the main oils are awesome, but I like the oils that have a scent and I found no scent in the 3 samples)
Use the convenient glass dropper to put a couple drops of Beard Oil into your palm. Then rub hands together. Massage upward into the beard and skin under your chin and cheeks. To finish, groom beard down and style as usual. Wait for the compliments
The verdict: A mainstay at barbershops and salons, Andis applies its iconic shaving pedigree to the T-Outliner, which – like the company's heritage in grooming – is hard to match. Anyone who's ever owned this beauty knows it's manufactured to last, with an indestructible shell built like a tank to take the abuse you'll put it through over the years. Premium carbon-steel blades are specially hardened to provide longer shelf life for cutting. Adjusting the blades will create more room to personalise shaves, with a handful of consumer reviews indicating that an up-close trim leaves a "5-o'clock shadow." The high-speed magnetic motor operates quietly and smoothly, resulting in a comfortable trim along your jawline or behind the ear. Oiling the blades before putting it to use might sound like an inconvenience; still, it's a trivial compromise most avid groomers are willing to live with once they witness the gains in performance.
The natural highly conditioning ingredients in Smooth Viking's Beard Balm nourish your hair from the skin to the root to the very tip of the hair shaft, tackling the issue of rehabilitating your beard head-on. The result is better, thicker beard growth.
Eat well and get adequate nutrition. Remember, inadequate protein intake and vitamin deficiencies are common causes of stunted hair growth. Go for grilled chicken breast and a decent beard growth vitamin, like Wild Willies Bad Ass Beard Growth Dietary Supplement, which nourishes follicles to encourage growth and simultaneously calms inflammation that may be hampering beard growth.
The first ingredients in your recipe are your carrier oils. Basically, mix and match your oils to get about 1oz's worth (you can always do more or less as desired; I have 1oz bottles, so that's how much I made). In this first recipe I measured out half an ounce each of jojoba oil and sweet almond oil. You could also simply use a single carrier oil rather than mixing. Again, it's about scent and the health benefits accrued, as well as what feels best on your skin. Experiment with various combinations of carrier oils to find what you like best.
So, if you're looking to keep your beard trimmed for a certain look, your trimmer is the tool you need. If you're looking for a clean and smooth look, reach for your shaver. You won't get that look with your trimmer.
If you choose to get rid of your new beard, the easiest way to dispose of it is to use a beard trimmer or other hair clippers. Use the trimmer or clippers to trim away as much hair as possible. Follow that with a regular shave. Be extra careful.
Hi, I keep a very short beard (a little longer than a stubble, maybe 1/8th inch or so). Would you recommend balm or oil to keep it soft and neat? If oil, would grapeseed and/or avocado oil be good? Thanks
Here's where things get a bit foggy. After all, if you're using a beard trimmer to maintain a certain length of hair, doesn't it stand to reason that it could be used to maintain and trim stubble, as well?
Beardsley Lotion for Beards is a gentle, Bay Rum-scented beard moisturizer that is infused with keratin to nourish your beard. (I know I've railed against keratin in this guide, but I want to stress it is fine to use it topically and it has a lot of benefits topically.)
Add these steps in, and your facial hair should take more shape and feel softer. Plus, if you have beardruff, your facial hair is probably soaking up the oils from your skin and leaving it dry and flakey. Getting into this good routine of cleansing, conditioning, and putting some good beard oil on will help keep you free from flakes, soft, and style ready.
CanYouHandleBar is very open about what's in their products. They list the ingredients in several places, where-as some other brands make it difficult to find before you buy. The ingredients are as follows: Lanolin, castor seed oil, coconut oil, beeswax, vitamin E oil, and shea butter. The ingredients are very simple yet effective at nourishing your beard and encouraging beard growth.
The key to choosing the right beard style for your face shape really boils down to trimming and styling your beard so that it complements the shape of your face. What that means, basically, is that you want your beard to make smaller than average facial features look larger and larger than average facial features look smaller. Essentially, you're styling your beard to even out your face, which immediately makes you more handsome.
Great article…I've followed your posts, Good work, I've been growing out my beard for about a month now my upper face cheek hair doesn't grow as my lower jaw and under, Really thick on my jaw and under but barely anything on my upper face, Really feel like growing out jus a very small beard just want it to grow thicker on top, any recommendations on oils?
For general beard itching, it's important to follow proper beard hygiene. Remember that beards catch a lot of debris like pollen and bacteria. While this is great for your health, because you're not actually ingesting these unfriendlies, it can still lead to a lot of skin irritation as your beard grows out. To solve this problem, cleanse with a quality beard shampoo like Medicine Man's Anti-Itch Beard Wash; what's great about this product is, not only does it clear away the nasty debris, it's specifically designed for men with itchy beards like yourself.
But now that you have three months since you started, you realize that it's not such a piece of cake after all. Your beard has a decent length, but the quality is not the best? It's a bit wiry and difficult to manage?
Thanks for your question! We highly recommend sticking with all natural products for your face and beard. A lot of cleansers and shampoos have harsh chemicals that can dry out and damage hair follicles, causing brittleness. I recommend our Core Beard Kit. It has a natural soap, beard oil, and beard balm to keep your face and beard clean, healthy, and strong. Use the soap daily or every other day if you live in a very dry climate. Use the beard oil morning and night. And apply the beard balm on top of the beard oil to help you set and style your beard. It's a very natural hold, that will help tame fly-aways, as well as seal in the moisture from the beard oil. Finish with a good Boar's Hair Brush to make sure the oils are distributed thoroughly through your beard.
It's 2017! Which means you've probably already heard about beard oil and all the awesome things it can do for your beard. However, if you haven't, Eric is here to fill you in on not only what this wonderful product is, but how you apply it to your beard!
Oil and Balm are very similar in that they both condition and style your beard. The main difference is that beard balm will do a little more to shape and hold your beard. Beard oil is usually enough for short beards, beard balm gives a little more aid to longer, wilder beards.
Having protein daily will also increase your teen son's chances of growing facial hair and growing a mustache. Some of the best sources of protein include meat, eggs, lentils, nuts, and beans. Depending on whether your teen follows a non-vegetarian or vegetarian diet, you can ask him to eat accordingly.
The thickness of utility balm is also functional – it has just enough hold to comb down stubborn beard hairs and fly-aways that go against your beard's shape and grooming goals. It can also be used as a low-hold styling agent for your mustache and sideburns for a bit more finish around the edges.


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"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
—-Abraham Lincoln
As early as grade school, I have witnessed various forces radiating with power. Of course, there was my mother—who was in my estimation the alpha and omega of power, whose shadows could confer in my tender mind supernatural powers; then our school teachers and my beautiful classmates. As I entered the intermediate grades, there were other powerful elements manifesting from the woodwork of our school. The so called terror teachers and the bullies—the bulky, sun drenched, oftentimes armed out of school youth and their equally bulky counterparts among my schoolmates.
Luckily, I never experienced first-hand how it was to be bullied during my elementary years. On the contrary, I was even blest to interact and study with extraordinary boys and girls. The boys were pleasantly studious and well behaved, while the girls were very modest and scholarly. For me, my classmates were not only inspiring but lavish sources of power. By their sheer neatness and intelligence, they could get whatever they wished to get. And to think that we were in public school.
During the high school years, the field had been a bit rocky with pock marks. There were all kinds of forces operating in and out of school, in and out of the classroom even. And these forces had powers of varying concentrations. Some were physical and the rest, emotional. These were trying years when teen-agers could not ascertain where they could be classified. They looked matured but their psyche is still a notch older than a toddler. I was one of them. I thought I was strong enough to accept a brutal challenge from a heftier school mate, only to get horrified to feel the strength of his right hand. Good enough, I had a fairly swift footwork to evade the catastrophe. That day I pledged to stay in the gym for some work outs.
Projecting a muscled arm and bulging shoulders telegraph power. It is not only a means to attract the opposite sex but also impress the same gender. For a while, I was a hunk well except for my height. Then, out of the blues, the habit of reading has bitten me almost fatally. I could not sleep, eat, and interact in a day unless I have completed reading a book cover to cover. It was some kind of an obsession; a pathological defect says a book on behavior. I didn't realize though that through reading, it would give me a philosophical understanding of how to get power and use it without even trying.
After graduating in college and a grueling scholastic period in post graduate, reading gave me a certain degree of power which initially I could not discern. It gave me a lot of ideas; it pushed me not only to learn more skills but nudged me always on the brink and edge of adventure. Reading eventually made me interested in several fields and disciplines. For some time, I was an artisan, scholar, craftsman, academician, physician, lawyer, musician, warrior and sage. Later in life, I would be transformed into a novelist, author and artist.
But the grandest and yet most trying episode I had on the application of power was my career in handling the most dangerous sector of our society—the insular prisoners, they whose maximum sentence is more than three years up to life imprisonment. In my tour of duty, diffidence aside, a mere sway of my hands could spell the future of a convict—whether he would land on his feet on the stage to get his diploma as a school graduate or land face down on the pavement thrown from the top floor of the inmate dormitory. I was on this situation at the age of 26 when I was appointed head of the Reception and Diagnostic Center of the National Penitentiary. It was a very authoritative position. I had full control on whether an inmate will live or die! And for 8 years, the prison facility with almost a thousand newly arrived convicts had been my turf, territory, kingdom, dominion.
Thereafter, I was promoted to the highest post in the appointive hierarchy of the organization as Penal Superintendent IV. I was sent to Davao Penal Colony, then with almost 3,500 inmates. Then to Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm, 3,000 inmates, next to San Ramon Penal Colony in Zamboanga del Sur with 800 prisoners and lastly at New Bilibid Prison complex with 25,000 prisoners. I was the personification of the State's iron hand in dealing with prisoners. I was the epitome of national torment and virtually the main lever in the government's foray towards hostage agony and management. I was more powerful than any local government monarch.
For some time power was my regular name and almost presumed to possess cruelty as my nickname. No. It never became that way though. I never handled power as a tool neither I played around with cruelty like a toy. During the course of my incumbency at the helm of total institutions, I was some kind of a big brother, an understanding buddy, a guidance counselor and a patient friend. But just the same, power, the raw and harsh kind still resided in my consciousness.
Power was there as guidepost in my instinct. And I showed it positively by pursuing college education for inmates, tolerating the growth of their creative talents in poetry, arts and entertainment, formulating programs for skills and talent development, conducting research and pioneering in the structural foundation of facilities like women's correctional in Mindanao.
I could have used power as a matter of course in corrupting my environment, in depreciating humanity, in amassing abuses like ordinary bureaucrats or commonplace politicians.
I could have used power as means of revenge, reprisal and retaliation. For me, I could be brutally frank but not unkind.
I could have used power to demean, debase and destroy but I defer most of the time. There is wisdom in reflection. I had on my hand the machinery for everything devoted to debauchery but I ignored it completely.
Power meant for me embracing the goodness in man even if sometime past he was evil incarnate. Power is a means in my perspective to change not only the mind of a skeptic but introduce a heart to a callous person. I have seen bad men transformed into leaders in their respective community battling the demons of exploitation for his constituents. I was never wrong in treating offenders and accosting them back on the road to normalcy. And to think that almost all heroes and great men in history were imprisoned sometime in their lives.
It was a subdued period of almost 40 years in the prison service, well, 38 years to be exact.
I retired leaving behind power as it fulfilled and nourished hope and positive values in the prison community, classically perceived as domain of hopelessness and futility. I could stare in the heavens and heave a sigh of relief.
Now, without power and merely recalling how I expressed it in the past, I just could not help but smile and feel genuinely more powerful than when I was yielding it.
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Man Is Shocked When His Wife Fell Out Of The Ferris Wheel. But What She Said Next Is Priceless.
Do you believe in lucid dreams? If you could take control of your dreams, would you make them as vivid as possible? What wishes would you play out in those dreams?
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Topic: Holidays & Time Zones | Posted:April 10, 2017
Pesach is not, as we know, actually the commemoration of an historical event, but rather, as the Zohar teaches us, is the time when the Light of Freedom, the Light to be completely separated from all forces of negativity, darkness, pain, suffering, and death, is available to us. The ability to separate ourselves completely from that darkness is available for every single one of us.
Therefore, when we come to the Pesach Seder, we must keep in mind that there is nothing we are doing that does not have a purpose. And at its simplest level, the Zohar teaches us it is both the physical tools - the wine, the Matzah and the other ones that we use, and the consciousness - the words, the codes that we use, which can awaken and bring to every single one of us the Light and ability to completely remove ourselves from all forces of negativity. True freedom is available.
My father, Rav Berg, talked at length about the 15 stages, or steps, of the Seder. And it is important during the Seder to also remember what Rav Berg always told us: consciousness is everything. If we think what we are doing is not important, then it is not important, it will not awaken the Light that is available in these tools, codes, and actions. So, collectively, when we are at the Seder, no matter how beginning or advanced we are in our studies, we need to put our certainty in these tools, these 15 steps, numerically equal to Yud Hei, which represents the highest level of connection. These 15 steps, if we have the consciousness and use the tools, will elevate every single one of us, to one degree or another, beyond the realm of the Negative Side, the force of pain, suffering, and death.
As such, we are about to embark on a very important work. We know that the purpose of every single one of the tools, actions, and steps is to elevate us out of the realm of the world that we usually live in, the world where there is always also darkness, pain, suffering, and death. Each one of these ancient tools that are infused with tremendous power - the wine, the Matzah, the codes that are in the Haggadah - has a purpose: to assist us in elevating out of that realm of darkness, pain, and suffering into what the Zohar calls a complete unification with the totality of the Light of the Creator. And it is not only the seriousness and consciousness with which we do this work, but also, the joy with which we do it, that will enable us to completely receive the totality of the tremendous gifts and Light that are available to us during Pesach.
During the Seder, each of the 15 steps has a name that is a code which awakens the Light of that stage. The two main tools are the wine and the Matzah, which have a very powerful and spiritual essence to them. What happens during the first stage, the kabbalists teach, is that there is a tremendous infusion of the Light of the Creator, so powerful that it is unnatural and that any negativity attached to us has to let go; the Light is that powerful and overwhelming.
This is what happened in Egypt thousands of years ago, and this is what is reawakened on Pesach.


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A TOTAL of 10 south west places have been named among the Sunday Times' Best Places to Live in Britain list - but only one in Somerset.
The list, for the year 2018, has been unveiled and features a host of names from across the region, but only Frome features from the county.
The guide names Topsham, Devon, as the best place to live in the south west.
The accolade comes ahead of the full reveal of The Sunday Times Best Places to Live guide, including the overall winner, which is published on Sunday, April 14.
Factors ranging from employment, schools and broadband speed to culture, community spirit and local shops, are compared to compile the list.
The methodology uses robust statistics, including exclusive, up to date house prices provided by Habito and TwentyCi, but also the knowledge of The Sunday Times's expert panel.
The judges combine the hard data with their own on-the-ground experience and insight to ensure the chosen locations truly are places where everyone can thrive.
Topsham is a new entry on this year's list, and hits the top spot straight away, named as the Best Place to Live in the Southwest for 2019.
Of the 10 south west locations featured four - Tisbury, Bristol, Stroud and Falmouth - have returned for another year.
The Southville area of Bristol is this year championed by the guide -thanks in part to soaring house prices that are putting many other areas out of reach.
Locations in Wiltshire, Dorset and Gloucestershire are also new to this year's list with Corsham, Lyme Regis and the Windrush Valley getting the nod. The Dartmoor village of Chagford, in Devon, returns to the list after a couple of years absence.
Helen Davies, The Sunday Times Home editor, said: "Finding our very own best place to live now feels more important than ever, for our wellbeing and wealth, happiness and health.
"Wherever you are on the property ladder The Sunday Times has championed 101 locations across the UK, and crowned one lucky winner, that we think is a great place to make a home.
"This year we were looking for community spirit along with convenience and culture. There is so much going on around the country, and so many great places that the choice was a hard one."
Daniel Hegarty, founder and CEO at online mortgage broker Habito, said: "The Sunday Times Best Places to Live really is essential reading for anyone looking to buy, move or renovate their home in the UK.
"We know there are many reasons, beyond house prices, why people live where they live in the South West. But, regardless of location, getting a mortgage can be the most hellish part of buying.
"Habito exists to make mortgages easier - whether that's for a couples' first flat in Bristol, a rural cottage in Stroud or a historic home in Frome."
For longer entries, more on air quality, broadband, transport links, comprehensive listings of good schools and lifelong learning opportunities, local voices and property prices you can go online at thesundaytimes.co.uk/bestplacestolive.
The south west locations included are:
Topsham, Devon
Frome, Somerset
Stroud, Gloucestershire
Falmouth, Cornwall
Lyme Regis, Dorset
Corsham, Wiltshire
Windrush Valley
Chagford, Devon


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This new introductory guide, 'Managing public debt in Europe, reviews the debate and empirical evidence on the problems that high public debt may cause and the policy options for reducing it. To do so, it starts from the basics regarding the determinants of the evolution of public debt over time, explains under what conditions high public debt can lead to a crisis and reviews the theory and evidence on whether high public debt is detrimental for growth.
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It has been a busy spring and beginning of summer at MACHEquity, including several new papers that use our longitudinal policy data on maternity leave and minimum wage, presentations at academic conferences and policy meetings, and the successful defence of three doctoral theses by our students.
All of this work is linked in our website as soon as it is released. You can consult our constantly expanding publications list here.


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Suse Moebius BSc (hons) RSHom
About me
In practice for 18 years, I am a member of the Society of Homeopaths (SoH). After a health- and life-changing experience with homeopathic treatment, I started training over 20 years ago, culminating in a University of Westminster honours degree in homeopathy.
If you would like to find out more about my practice, do feel free to telephone me for an informal chat
Supporting patients in gaining best possible health outcomes and helping them make choices that are right for them is central to my work. You, the patient, are an active participant in your care. Like most homeopaths I am not an MD and will not provide diagnosis or medical tests; I refer patients back to their main healthcare provider for this.
Homeopathic treatment is universal:
- suitable for most health issues
- safe
- complementary to mainstream medical treatment
- holistic
Homeopathic treatment and homeopathic medicines are safe to use:
- for babies and children
- in pregnancy
- for the elderly, including end-of-life care
- to accompany hormonal change-of-life phases
- supporting sports people at all levels
- to support the busy, high-stress daily life many of us have to manage
I work with people in all these life stages and situations.
In the UK, homeopathy is commonly used:
- to support difficult-to-treat medical conditions alongside standard medical care
- for emotional support - e.g. where anxiety or depression medications are not indicated or not wanted
- to help limit side effects of medications
- to help reduce medication intake: typically in minor health conditions
- as a lifestyle decision: complementing other healthy life choices
Working with people in this way I find helps support and improve health in acute and chronic situations.
Information on patient satisfaction and benefits of homeopathic treatment can be found e.g. here and here.
Homeopaths can and do treat serious and severe illness, not always just as a 'complementary' function of medical care. In the UK this is not so well-known, but worldwide homeopathy is widely seen as one discipline within normal medical provision. In countries as varied as Germany and France, Brazil and India, homeopathy is part of everyday care in many GP practices and hospitals.
Training, qualifications & experience
2000 graduated from Purton House School of Homeopathy (SoH-regulated college)
2008 BSc (hons) Homeopathy - University of Westminster
2000 - current - ongoing, rolling programme of Continued Professional Development (CPD):
- workshops on case management with a focus on Classical Homeopathy
- workshops on the science of homeopathy, keeping abreast with research
- member of several Society of Homeopaths committees (Research, Public Affairs, Board)
- range of other relevant workshops including clinical, cross-disciplinary etc
I undertake regular clinical supervision with a trained, registered supervisor.
Therapies offered
Treatment includes:
- all standard homeopathic remedies
- free telephone calls between consultations for any acute conditions and case feedback
- free parking
- free aftercare and acute prescriptions by phone up to one year after last previous face-to-face appointment
Consultations are up to 2 hours for both initial and follow up appointments, depending on your particular, individual needs.
For those who have less time: it is possible to condense the case taking into a tighter format without loss of quality. Please mention this when booking the appointment.
After the consultation, I will normally conduct an in-depth case analysis before making a homeopathic prescription.
Standard costs: £95 for initial consultation, £85 for follow-ups.
(discounts available, especially for families, and depending on individual circumstances).
Fully insured and registered with the Society of Homeopaths.
Further information
Related activities:
- Director of the Society of Homeopaths, also a member of the Society's Public Affairs and Research Committees
- attendee at the Parliamentary Group for Integrated Health
- attendee at the 4Homeopathy group (https://homeopathy-soh.org/about-us/4homeopathy/)
- occasional clinic providing low cost sessions for people affected by PIP and UC
- fundraising for the Homeopathy Research Institute
Important information
If you have been diagnosed with or suspect you may have a pre-existing medical condition you should consult your GP for advice, diagnosis and treatment and always inform your health professional before starting any alternative or additional therapies, treatments or making any major changes in your diet or exercise programme.
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by appointment, including some evenings and weekends