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Having difficulties in life is a part of life. Hopefully they don´t show up too often, but if they do I have the perfect medittaion for you!
This is a simple and ancient meditation to resolve conflicts we have within ourselves. Do it and see what changes occur. Lead yourself through. The moment the body detects that the air is out and it will start to adjust and balance the entire system.
I´m taking a break from the blog
I took a long vacation - the longest ever - over the summer and did nothing basically. I needed some time to rest and slow down. You can think as yoga teacher I have the most relaxed and comfortable job in the world, but it can sometimes be too much even in this occupation. I do love my job, I´m living my passion. Love meeting all my local yoga students, clients, online students... But after thinking, as I had a lot of time for it this summer, I realized I need to let go of something. Making some space in my life. My local yoga classes are expandning, and I don´t have enough time or energy to do everything that I want anymore. So I decided to take a break from blogging on Healing from within with yoga & food. Just let it rest for a while and focus only on one thing for a while. For how long I don´t know. Will I come back? I don´t know.
So this is kind of a goodbye for a while. Well, I´m still here. Still reachable on my email and social media. My website with all helpful information is still up.
Love and light
More than 10 years ago I got burned out. I was totally exhausted for some years, and it took many years to recover from this. And still today I can fall back in this pattern, but not as bad. It doesn´t take years to get back on track anymore. When it is has been bad, it can take a couple of weeks to recover. The good thing when you are a yoga teacher or practicing yoga is that you get more aware of your body and soul. You notice earlier the signs that it has been too much and can do something about it pretty immediately. Press the brake and use the amazing yoga tools you have.
It´s summer (in northern hemisphere..) and many of you are soon going on vacation. And before vacation there can be so much to do. It has been for me at least. So in this blog post I want to give you four tips what you can do when you are exhausted or maybe before you even get there. There are so many great yogic tools on my website you can use, and you´ll get some of them below.
1. Rest
I know. Obvious right!? But this we are in general not so good at.
In a studie in Denmark they noticed that the stress hormones doesn´t go down until 10-11 PM for women. (In men 4 PM! They are so good at resting!). So this doctor recommends women to rest when they get home from work at least 10 minutes.
In the yogic tradition it is said that as women we need to rest twice a day, each time 11 minutes. That can seem impossible to get into your daily life. If this is you, I recommend to start slowly. Start with five minutes a day. And when you do it, do it the same time everyday. For example immediately after lunch, when you come home from work or in the coffee break, just to get it in your daily life as a habit.
Here is a guided relaxation that only takes 7 minutes. You can download it as MP3 if you want.
2. Give yourself some self-love
It is easy to forget yourself when you have a lot of things to do. Always remember to be your best firend. Always. To have an inner conversation that is filled with love and compassion for yourself. When you do this, you´ll always do what is best for you.
Here are some tools you can use for self-love:
A meditation that helps you to strengthen your aura and self love.
A very nice shorter yoga sequence that helps you to connect to your heart.
This is a beautiful gift for every woman. Warm oil self-massage or Abhyanga. If I would mention one thing that is an act of self-love it is this!
3. Do things that calms you down
There are so many great tools that can help you to calm down. Yoga, pranayam and meditations are great for that. Specifically they help to activate the parasympathetic nervous system (rest & relax) so your muscles relax, and your mind calms down.
Here are some yoga poses that helps with that:
Here are some meditations (my personal favorites!):
Here are some nice pranayam (breathing techniques):
4. Do things that give you energy.
Ok, so have started your rest, give yourself self-love, do yoga that calms you down, but you still feel that you have no energy.
If this is you here are some great yogic tools for that:
This yoga pose is for strengthening the aura, but it also gives you some awesome energy!
I hope these advices help you. Remember to rest!
In this short yoga sequence you will do three yoga poses and one meditation that will help you to start your day in a gentle way and become calm. This yoga sequence is good for you that are very stressed, have a lot of pain or not so much time to do yoga.
To start your day with some yoga, if only for 10-15 minutes, can make a huge shift in your life. If you want to make your yoga practice into a daily routine that sticks, start slowly with 15 minutes and increase the length over time. If you want to know more about this you can read about it here.
If you are not familiar with root locks (Mula Bandha) you can check out this video.
Here is also another video with the meditation.
I would be so happy to hear how this sequence feels for you. Let me know in the comments below!
One meditation I have used a lot in my life when I felt a lot of pain and when I´ve felt a kind of hopelessness in my illness is a meditation with a mantra. I love mantras. They are partly the reason why I continued with yoga. This particularly mantra is a powerful healing mantra. There are many meditations with this mantra, but the meditation I want to share with you is this one.
This is how you do:
You sit in easy pose with your spine straight. Or you can sit or lie in a position that is comfortable for you when you´re in pain. I´ve been sitting on my heals (rock pose) singing this mantra many times.
You find rock pose in this video.
Sing the mantra:
Some of my favorite recordings of the mantra
There are many beautiful recordings of this mantra. I have a playlist here if you want to check them out..
Here are some of my favorite artists:
Snatam Kaur
Satkirin Kaur
Mirabai Ceiba
Seda Bagcan
What the mantra means
RAA means the energy of the Sun: strong, bright, and hot. It energizes and purifies.
MAA is the energy of the Moon. It is a quality of receptivity, coolness, and nurturing.
DAA is the energy of Earth. It is secure, personal, and the ground of action.
SAA is the impersonal Infinity. The cosmos in all of its open dimensions and totality is SAA. Then the mantra repeats the sound; this repetition
is a turning point. The first part of the mantra is ascending and expands into the Infinite. The second part of the mantra pivots those
qualities of the highest and most subtle ether, and brings them back down. It interweaves the ether with the earth! SAA is the impersonal
Infinity. Then comes
SAY, which is the totality of experience and is personal. It is the feeling of a sacred "Thou. " It is the embodiment of SAA.
SO is the personal sense of merger and Identity.
HUNG is the Infinite, vibrating and real. The two qualities together (SO and HUNG) mean, " I am Thou . "
A s you chant this mantra you complete a cycle o f energy and g o through a circuit o f the chakras. You grow toward the Infinite, then you
convert the llinkage of finite and Infinite at SAA. Then you revert back to an embodiment and blend of purity.
(from the KY teacher manual Level 1)
This is the first time I´ve been singing a mantra live in a video. If anyone would have told me I would do that, let´s say 10 years ago, I would have said they are crazy. No way!
I remember when I was working as a spa manager and every time I passed the yoga room and heard them singing mantras I thought it was very weird. Six years later (after being burned out as a spa manager...) I became a yoga teacher, singing mantras all the time. Actually it was mantras that made me love yoga. I have even recorded a mantra song now!
Things can change. Thinking patterns can change. Life can change.
I dont know about you, but I consider myself to be quite sensitive. You know that highly sensitive person? I easily absorb the energy of others and loose my own energy and power because of that. Maybe you recognize yourself in this?
I have several strategies to cope with this. You can read about some in this blog post and in this.
I also have an amazing meditation that helps you with this. You can download it as a MP3 and listen to it whenever you need! A meditation to take back the energy that belongs to you. This meditation is in two parts. First you get rid of energy you have absorbed from others. In the second part you take back what is yours. Your power, energy, good qualitites, love, eenergy etc. Enjoy! And let me know how it works for you!
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I have a passionate relationship. It makes me to connect with my inner self. I feel like I become vibrant & full of light and love. I´m talking about mantras. Mantras are included in Kundalini yoga and MediYoga tradition (the yoga form I teach). You chant it mentally as it helps keeping focus and you chant it loudly in meditations and sometimes in the yoga poses. Actually it was the mantras that made me fall in love with yoga in the beginning. Here´s my story & why mantras is good for you.
I had practiced yoga for about one year. I felt that this was something that truly got a hold on me deeply I couldn´t explain. In the summer I went to a yoga festival in a beautiful place on an island in Sweden. It was in the beginning of June and I had just finished my first yoga therapy 40 days challenge. (Actually that was the same program as the yoga program Empower & Balance) It had sure been a challenge doing yoga every day, but those 40 days with yoga as a therapy made big changes in me. Being a total nervous wreck and close to a breakdown before the therapy I had transformed into an amazing balanced person in harmony. Steady as a rock. It was in this state I found out about the yoga festival and me and some friends went there.
The place was beautiful with long beaches. I couldn´t believe it, it was like being abroad on an island in the Mediterranean somewhere. There were a lot of activities during the days. It started at 4 am and ended late in the evening. It was yoga classes outdoors and different kinds of workshops. I was of course very curious about the yoga that started at 4 am in the morning at the beach. And I was determined that I would participate at least once in the early morning. I decided to sleep on the beach the night before. That was a bad idea, it was freezing cold as it can be in early June in Sweden by the ocean. Anyway, the yoga started at 4 am. We woke up to some beautiful raga music. (Indian music) And the yoga started directly afte that. 1 ½ hour of yoga and after that 1 hour with mantra songs. I had of course been singing mantras before but these mantras were a little bit different, more difficult to remember and to sing. Fortunately there were handouts to follow the mantras.
Next to me a man was sitting, and he had probably sung this one hour Aquarian Sadhana a thousands of times. It was beautiful. It was like the mantras flew straight into my heart. It was love at first "sight", or should I say "singing".
We were sitting there for one hour singing on this beautiful beach and I felt that I was home. I belonged there together with those mantras. I don´t know about you but I believe in reincarnation and what I felt there at that moment, was that I must have done this before somehow in another lifetime. What these mantras did to me felt like coming to heaven.
Why is it good to sing mantras?
That singing makes you feel good, may not come as a surprise. There is something in the vibrations that reaches deep inside of you and in the yogic tradition it is also said that the tongue touches points in the mouth that has an acupressure effect. It affects the brain. What I feel and what my students also say about singing mantras is that it makes you feel good.
1. It increases your intelligence
Yes you heard right! It has been shown in studies that music can increase you IQ. In a study in US the IQ numbers were increased from 110 to 119. The music they used in that study was Mozart, (so I don´t know what affect other kind of music could have).
2. It can have a huge impact on your brain
Alzheimers Research & Prevention Foundation has been making studies on one particular Mantra meditation: Kirtan Kriya. In their studies they found out that Kirtan Kriya for just 12 minutes a day can improve cognition and activate parts of the brain that are central to memory. By the way, this is the meditation in Empower & Balance. It´s a very powerful and transformational meditation everyone should do in their yoga practice at one point in their lives.
3. Mantras help you to control your mind
Mantras can be a tool to help you to control your mind. Focusing on a mantra mentally or singing it, helps you not to be in your chattering thoughts. Focusing on mantra makes it more difficult for your thoughts to wonder around.
4. It has healing effect
From a yogic perspective mantra is about healing and open up your flow of energy in your chakras. The Indian yogis carefully and in detail have investigated the mantra vibratory effects for many centuries, and with its help linked up into a higher state of consciousness in harmony with the universe. One mantra that I love, is included in the yoga program Connect and Heal. it has a very lovingly healing effect.
5. It is a kind of affirmation
When you repeat a mantra, either in your meditation or in your yoga practice, the mantra in itself has a meaning. For example: One mantra we use in my yoga form is Sat Nam. It means I am true or Truth is my name. Repeating this mantra over and over again has some effect on you. For me personally the meaning of the mantra is not so important. I rarely remember the meanings. I just have trust that the mantra will do its good work anyway.
Why use mantras and not words you use in your own language?
It has been shown in a study in Sweden mantras have a better effect than, let´s say, just ordinary words like chair or table. It affects other parts of the brain. For me singing in an ancient language makes me feel more in harmony. Sometimes it can even be an advantage not to know the meaning of the mantra. But sometimes we actually sing in English in my yoga classes, but it´s very rare. What I hear a lot from my students is that they really love mantras. It makes them feel good.
Now I know that whenever I feel a little bit out of balance I can get some help coming back in harmony again singing some mantras. It is actually one of my best medicines to come back in balance again.
Do you use mantras? What kind of mantras?
If you are curious about singing mantras I can recommend two of my recently released yoga programs. Both of them have mantras included in the meditation.
In May I wrote some blog posts about depression. I wrote about Five ways to beat the blues. You can read about it here.
In another blog post I showed a breathing exercise to boost your energy and lower your depression. This breathing exercise I use sometimes when I feel I need some energy and want to pick myself up pretty quickly.
In this video I want to challenge you a little bit more.
A couple of years ago when I went to a yoga course about depression I did a pretty challenging meditation for some weeks. At the time I was working on my anxiety. I felt kind of stuck in what I was doing. Not so depressed maybe, but low and a bit sad. So I decided to try out this meditation that is for depression and to recharge. It is a meditation that can be quite challenging, but also give you fresh energy and a new start. I loved it! It really changed me.
Why do we do challenging yoga poses or meditations? Well for a start as any other yoga pose, they balance your chakras, body and mind of course. But there is this feeling when you manage to do something that challenges you. The feeling of being strong, both physically and mentally. A feeling that you can conquer anything. It doesn´t necessarily have to be a difficult pose though. It can be that you actually could do your yoga in the morning even though you had a bad day. It can be that you did your morning yoga every day for 40 days in a row. It can be that you managed to do this meditation for 11 minutes. Maybe not the first day, but building up your strength and patience over time. We need to step into challenging things sometimes. We all have challenges in life that we need to meet and not to run away from. Yoga helps us with that. To step out of our comfort zone for a while. Not always. Sometimes we need to not step away from challenges also. It all depends where you are in life. I must admit I´m not the kind of yogi standing on my head. I do another kind of yoga form that has challenges in other ways. But I do have them and often I challenge myself in my yoga practice, like in this meditation. Try it out!
This is how you do it:
Sit with your spine straight.
Straighten out your arms in front of you. Your arms are straight.
Make a fist with the right hand.
Wrap your left hand around the right hand.
Keep the thumbs straight up.
At the top of the thumbs you notice that the space between the thumbs looks like a "V".
Keep your focus with the eyes open in this V-shaped space all the time.
Breathing pattern:
Inhale for 5 seconds
Exhale for 5 seconds
Hold the breath out for 15 seconds
If you find it difficult to hold the breath out for 15 seconds you can start slow with 5 seconds and over time increase the time you are holding the breath out.
Start doing this meditation for 1 or 3 minutes and increase over time up to 11 minutes.
To end:
Inhale deeply.
Exhale and relax.
A yogic tip:
If you find it hard for your shoulders to do this meditation: keep focus on your navel point, that is your power center, instead of focusing how hard it is for you shoulders. That will give you strength to continue this meditation.
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It's Time To Put Betty Wilson In Bronze
Let's all get behind getting cricket Betty Wilson in Bronze #BettyInBronze
Betty Wilson is one of the greatest female cricketers of all-time. You may have never heard of her, but her feats are second only to the late, great Don Bradman.
Between 1947 and 1958, Betty averaged more than 57 runs - that's better than Border, and better than Greg Chappell.
Cricket writer and commentator, Catherine McGregor, said, "Her stats are as good as anyone. She was the first player in history to take 10 wickets and score a 100 in the same match. If that wasn't enough, she topped that Test off with a hattrick."
Betty passed away in 2010, and in 2015 she was posthumously inducted in the International Cricket Council's Hall of Fame.
The Australian Cricket Hall of Fame followed last year, with Betty joining Keith Miller, Neil Harvey and Shane Warne to be inducted.
But there's one thing that sets those three men apart from Betty Wilson, their achievements are forever celebrated in the form of three bronze statues outside the MCG. Betty's are not. And that begs the question: why not put #BettyInBronze?
Tonight on The Project, we'll be speaking to journalist Angela Pippos, who is leading the charge to get #BettyInBronze.

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I believe most people in the Alzheimer's community will agree that Alzheimer's prevention is a good idea.
By Bob De Marco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
For me, this means eating things that lower cholesterol, keep my heart healthy, and in general help my body ward off heart disease, cancer and dementia. I now realize you need to have a good awareness of all body parts, especially your vital organs. And, the brain.
The interesting thing to me is that eating healthy is easy once you start focusing on the long term benefits.
When Dotty went to Heaven she was almost 96 years old. This leads me to believe I will live to be 120 years old.. So my life is not even half over. If I make it to 100, I assure you my blogging will be packed with humor. When your are 100 you can say anything you want and never get in trouble -- right?
Imagine the knowledge base of the Alzheimer's Reading Room will have over 50,000 articles by the time I reach 100 years old. I will have read every one of them. I hope this makes me smarter and not confused.
Here are some good off the run eating ideas that might help prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer's.
1. Cinnamon: May help control blood sugar and cholesterol.
How to eat: Sprinkle on coffee or oatmeal. Cinnamon is my personal favorite. I start the day off with cinnamon in my coffee. Then I start blogging if mom doesn't wake up, well I don't have to worry about that anymore. There are a lot of ongoing clinical trials with cinnamon.
2. Sardines: They are high in omega-3's, contain virtually no mercury and are loaded with calcium. They also contain iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper and manganese as well as a full complement of B vitamins.
How to eat: Choose sardines packed in olive or sardine oil. Eat plain, in a salad, or on toast. The big bang just shoot them in your mouth. Dotty got a really funny look on her face when I pulled out the sardines.
3. Curcumin: A yellow substance found in the spice Turmeric, has antioxidant, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID), and cholesterol-lowering properties, all of which make it a good candidate in the prevention and treatment of Alzheiemr's disease. Dr. Oz suggests two servings a week.
How to eat: Mix with scrambled eggs or in any vegetable dish. Mellow yellow? This is new to us, even though I had read the research I jumped on board after Dr Oz recommended it. I dig Dr. Oz. On going clinical trials on curcumin out the yin yang.
- Alzheimer's Information and Help
- What is the Difference Between Alzheimer's and Dementia
- Test Your Memory for Alzheimer's (5 Best Tests)
- 10 Things a Person Living with Dementia Would Tell You If They Could
- Communicating in Alzheimer's World
- 10 Symptoms of Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease
- The Seven Stages of Alzheimer's
- What is Alzheimer's Disease
4. Canned pumpkin: A low-calorie vegetable that is high in fiber and immune-stimulating vitamin A. Canned pumpkin fills you up on very few calories.
How to eat: Mix with a little butter, cinnamon and nutmeg. Kinda like a non pie pumpkin pie. Have to laugh at myself here. For some reason I am unable to perfect the making of a pumpkin pie. The pumpkin pies at the Boys are very tasty. Pumpkin doesn't really go well with pizza. I make excellent homemade pizza.
5. Beets: Think of beets as red spinach because they are a rich source of folate as well as natural red pigments that may be cancer fighters.
How to eat: Fresh, raw and grated to make a salad. Heating decreases the antioxidant power. I put this one last for a reason, I don't eat beets period. Mom digs them. Spinach? Can't get enough of it. Lightly cooked, raw, yeah man. Kale chips are also excellent. Did I ever tell you that Dotty came in second nationally in a recipes contest. Her recipe and picture are in a book that you can buy.
Feel free to use the comments box below to add your two cents. This was not intended to be a comprehensive list.
I do recommended that you eat all of these a couple of times a week. Can't hurt and might just help your brain.
Do they help? I believe they do. They also give me a nice positive attitude while I am eating them. Positive attitude is also a good thing and just might help ward off Alzheimer's disease. They also make me feel healthier.
Mind over matter?
Original content Bob DeMarco, the Alzheimer's Reading Room


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My father's grandmother, Gram, was my first best friend. She was also our next door neighbor from the time I was two until my family moved when I was in the second grade. She made me feel like I was the most important person in the world... she called me her "Biggy Biggy Sweetheart", taught me how to tie my shoes, read to me until I am sure her eyes crossed, fed me massive amounts of her "special chocolate sauce" (and never once scolded me when the sugar high set in)...basically spoiled me rotten.
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Getting yourself into communications can be a very exciting journey. The world of communications will take you into media, radio, and even sports. The opportunities for getting into this major are vast, but the problem is that with so many students signing up, it can be a bit competitive. That is one reason why it is crucial for you to PLAN AHEAD with this major. You do not want to get three years into your major, only to realize that you are in the wrong minor, or that you should have taken other communications opportunities. It is important to note that the cream rises to the top, and if you want to get there, there is nothing stopping you.
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Wednesday, 3 August 2011
Yes, I thought you would, so here it is. (And yes AJ, the drawers are still bare but I do have plans for them!)
Then at the back there are some Crafty Individuals Tags that I will be playing with soon and also some sheets of wood veneer that caught my eye, I have plans and experiments for those!
Then, because everything else is a bit boring for you perhaps; here is a page I've just done in my "experimenting journal" I started this book to just play with stamps and stuff to try out backgrounds etc.. That way, if I like the way something comes out I have a record of how I did it so I can use it on projects in the future.
You can see my notes on the side of the page. (peeking at the left you can see another page, I've done a background that I think is fab using a stamp that perhaps you would not see as a background stamp but I love it. I've already done a project with it for The Craft Barn which will show it so decided not to spoil the fun!
That's my desk this week so I'll see you over at Stamping Ground for more.
Just a quick plug too; the Fab Jean Hardy from Crafty Individuals is going to be at The Craft Barn on this coming Saturday along with six other demonstrators (Including li'l ole me!) so if you are in the are do pop along it will be great to see you. Details are here
27 comments:
- Neet said...
He IS sweet - think I saw one at the bottom of our drive a few nights ago - big one - and scurrying along. They don't half go fast when they want to. Love your page - every bit of it. Must tell you you were wrong - I DID finish my charms - took me all day but they are sorted into two bags (individually bagged) and catalogued as to what is in each. Whose a smarty pants then?
- 3 August 2011 at 10:05
- debby4000 said...
WOW messy desk but love that journal page.
- 3 August 2011 at 10:05
- JoZart said...
Great desk for snooping with lots going on and fab crafting, as ever.
The bird page is really effective.
I sent my marthbox to Sarah last Saturday but haven't heard from her. Can you check for me please if it arrived as I don't have her email or blog?
Thanks Neil...
JoZArty x
- 3 August 2011 at 10:26
- April said...
Ahhh cute hedgie! I like your "experimenting journal" it's a really good idea. Lots of interesting happenings on your desk again this week. Thanks for sharing.
- 3 August 2011 at 11:33
- Helen said...
I am sure you will love the Fresco paint - it is fab for stamping on.... not sure if I will be able to get to CB on Saturday - but if I do, I'll say hello!
- 3 August 2011 at 12:36
- jude said...
Just love your creative table and have to say those fresco paints are afav of mine too dont know how i lived without them.Have great week and sorry cant get to craftbarn to see you all demo
- 3 August 2011 at 12:42
- Paul Browning said...
Blimey Neil, you are keeping creatively busy, good job you can multi task. I'm afraid I generally work on one piece at a time whilst worrying about how long my ever growing "want to do & make" list is lol. Love your experimenting journal space. And I must go and look up those fresco paints and see what they are. Looking forward to seeing your future creations. Paul xx
- 3 August 2011 at 13:05
- Bella said...
Wow a real Hedgehog, how cute and just look at how light it was at 11pm, I am jealous! Love the idea of a sample book of techniques. I think I am going to have to join you. Thanks for sharing your desk again this week.
- 3 August 2011 at 13:10
- Clarky J said...
Yay love the look of the real "work in progress" desk Neil! I am envious of you meeting Jean from Crafty individuals - Been playing a lot with my collection lately! Have fun this weekend x Janet
- 3 August 2011 at 14:39
- nerllybird said...
Of course men can multi-task! (You WERE cooking dinner at the same time, weren't you? :P)
Love your experimental page - such a good idea, and it's reminded me that I have those stamps still waiting for some ink!
Helen S
- 3 August 2011 at 15:54
- Lisa said...
Great post and lovely things to look at
Thanks for sharing
- 3 August 2011 at 18:32
- Sam said...
That is a super cute photo of your little visitor. I haven't seen one where I live for a good many years!
Lovely work on your desk as always. Just a pity the Craft Barn is a little too far to "pop" over!
- 3 August 2011 at 19:21
- Twiglet said...
I love hedgehogs - a great benefit to your garden! The idea of an experiment journal is brill and jotting down how you have done each one helps when you get to my age and forget everything!!
- 3 August 2011 at 19:43
- ScrappnBee said...
Your little visitor is SO adorable! Love the bird page! I really need to play with my UTEE more! Never thought of adding a layer of clear over colored embossing powder. Thanks for the tips! Have a wonderful Wednesday -Amanda
- 3 August 2011 at 23:39
- Mrs A. said...
Never heard of fresco paint before but the finish looks pretty good in your photograph. Must investigate further. Mrs A. #107
- 4 August 2011 at 01:46
- voodoo vixen said...
Your journal with notes is beautiful, and such a good idea as I always forget how I got a certain effect! Love your little hedgie too... such a nice thing to have them pop by of an evening!!
- 4 August 2011 at 04:34
- peggy aplSEEDS said...
you certainly proved that men can multi-task but then you are exceptional. great idea to have an experimenting journal especially since you try out a lot of new materials and techniques. the page you showed looks great. and what a cute visitor you have. they have only been recently available as pets here and are very expensive! thanks for sharing! happy WOYWW!
peggy aplSEEDS
- 4 August 2011 at 05:45
- Sylvia/LittleTreasures said...
Oh so cute, do they get very big? Love your journal page, the little bird looks alive. You have great things happening all around you so have fun. Enjoy WOYWW they come around fast.
- 4 August 2011 at 06:02
- Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...
Loving all your tips again Neil, my problem - never get to doing them.. dont know why always these have to do things and not enough time for all those explorations.. not to worry, tis fun to read about them none then less. And would love to pop over to see you all at Craft Barn in Sat.. what fun I would have, sadly tooo far..
Shaz in Oz.x
- 4 August 2011 at 08:31
- Sally said...
Oooh what a fabby creative desk you have! I won a big box of veneers recently on the bay of e...one of those impulse bids...so will be really interested to see what you do with them :)
Thanks for sharing!
*hugs* Sal x
- 4 August 2011 at 18:21
- KanataNewf said...
A nice busy spot - and a cute little visitor!
Happy WOYWW!
Sheena B #114
- 4 August 2011 at 22:23
- Carmen said...
What a great idea to have an experimenting journal. Love it! I think I'll do the same.
Your little visitor is just adorable. My visitors tend to be spiders...and sometimes black widow spiders! Eeeeeeek!
- 5 August 2011 at 00:39
- Sue from Oregon said...
Wow...your very own hedgie! Certainly multitasking this week Neil! Happy WOYWW!
- 5 August 2011 at 04:08
- Yogi said...
Thanks for the peeks. Lots of good stuff on your blog. Cute hedgie. Have a great day and all the best on the weekend. Sorry it's a little far for me to come see - Calgary, Alberta.
- 6 August 2011 at 01:33
- okienurse said...
Like the idea of the crafting journal. I need to start doing something like that cause I wonder sometimes how something worked a certain way when I did it the time before! Getting old here and looking for ways to keep it together! Sorry I am so late getting around but once again life has interfered with what I want to do! Thanks for sharing. Vickie
- 7 August 2011 at 22:37
- Serendipity Stamping said...
Many neet things to see this week. Great idea the crafting journal and I like the notebooks and look forward to the finish. Oh you have hedgehogs, I just love them, we don't have them here and if you wanted one as a pet, sooooo expensive. Keep on keeping on. #92
- 8 August 2011 at 17:35
- Morti said...
Love the desk this week - must get myself that barbed wire stamp....
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And don't get me started on comparing it with a MacBook Pro. If you want a MacBook Pro that is most similar equipped with Project Driar, it would cost you a whopping $3,099! Even though this is the most similarly configured MacBook Pro, it would still have much weaker processing power than Project Driar.
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Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv iTX (Black & Red)
CPU Cooler: Cryorig H7
Extra: some cheap-o LED light strip on Amazon
Were there any difficulties with Project Drair?
Yes, of course – as is with any project, computer based or not.
Because I wanted a small computer, the working space inside the computer case is very limited. It was hard to mount the CPU cooler on the computer and I made many attempts in trying to align the cooler correctly with the CPU.
Again, the small form factor case also made it difficult to add anything to the computer after it was assembled. As was the case when I decided to add another air intake fan to increase cooling performance.
Project Drair did not boot-up when I finished assembling it at first. There was a 'click' and zip – nothing. I was actually afraid I did something wrong and damaged a part or something had a defect when I received it. If this was the case, I would have to disassemble the computer and diagnose the broken part – which would have been a tremendous hassle.
Okay, so I'm hooked; I want to build my own. Where do I start?
Not to self-promote, but "Noob's Computer Hardware Guide" written by me is a good place to start. The article will explain to you the different parts of a computer and their functions.
From there, you can choose parts that correspond to what you are looking from a desktop computer. Articles to help you choose parts will be written shortly so stay tuned.
So are you happy with Project Drair?
Yes! I am very pleased with the results. I love the aesthetics of the computer. Everything that you can see from the side window is very clean and tidy. LED lights inside can change color to fit whatever the atmosphere.
Running benchmarks and testing out the performance of the PC has been smooth so far. I have not experienced any major issues with the computer except a few glitches because I tweaked some performance settings – this is my fault (I just love to overclock the computer too much)!


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The telethon is reported to have over 50 celebrities who will all participate to try to drive voter enthusiasm leading up to the election.
Noted fan of the VietCong, Jane Fonda, and dedicated leftist "comedian" Amy Schumer, will headline an "online telethon" next Monday night to encourage young people to "to pledge to vote in Tuesday's congressional midterm elections," Yahoo News reports.
In a demonstration certain to be just as effective as their protests against Kavanaugh — which saw Schumer "arrested" by choice, and "handcuffed" with zip ties before being led off to a "holding facility" — Fonda and Schumer plan to outline reasons Millennials should forgot their phobia of actually visiting a post office, and cast their ballots in the midterm elections.
The telethon, titled, of course, "Telethon for America," will be will be "streamed live starting at 9 p.m. ET on Monday on YouTube, Facebook Live and Comedy Central's website, organizers said in a statement," according to Yahoo.
But Schumer and Fonda won't be the only social media leftists to star in the torturous online display. Director Judd Apatow, who regularly tweets hysterical conspiracy theories about President Donald Trump, will join the pair of aging activists, as will noted political expert Chelsea Handler, as will someone named Olga Kay, who is touted as a "celebrity activist, but has a suspiciously limited IMDB profile that includes credits for playing a circus juggler on "CSI:NY."


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Lingerie Lyrics
"You know I wanna
Get a little somethin'
You didn't know
It ain't what you got baby
It's what you do with it
And you doin' it
You doin' it"
And my guilty pleasure is inspiring my desire
Caught in a love affair with feminine narcotic style
So fine, you got good taste
But I hate to see your pretty body go to waste
Before I see you in the bare necessities
Like Coco de Mer or La ?, babe
Get me aroused in that intimate attire
Erotic fantasies, you know just what I like
Think you got a secret, everybody knows
Lady in the street, in bed hos and me
Wearin' Cosabella with nothin' but a trench coat
Nothin's better
Girl, you're sexy
When you slip it on
Love to see you in it
If you add a little splash
You can have a lot of fun
(You know what I'm talkin' about)
'Cause I'm a freak for sexy lingerie
Wearing a teddy and a thong with the high-strung lace
Sew on that garter, if you wanna make me go harder,
Do G strings and pumps
A sheer baby doll, put it on
Is it up to her
Girl, you're a goddess
So when you sip that ? on,
Stop, your sexy silhouette
On the wall turns me on, oh
Good god, your bod, and my bod
Keep deep, don't mope when I say
Nice but nasty, I wanna tell your man
I do what I say
Girl, you're sexy
When you put it on
Love to see you in it
'Cause when you add a little splash
You can have a lot of fun
(You know what you're doin') [Chorus: x2]
What you gonna do
You gonna put it on
Girl, you so sexy
Ain't gotta take it off
I want you to feed my fetish
Slide them thigh highs down
Looking at you got me up
Throw them heels back on, c'mon
Put it on
Girl you know you turn me on
On, hey, oh
[Chorus: x3]
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Always best to contact me via Email:SORRY FOR THE HASSLE OF TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF ME, but I promise to be as efficient as possible at replying to any Email you send to me. I'm always bouncing between gigs at sea & on land in various different countries, with a phone # that constantly changes, and no fixed address. For this reason, it's always best to contact me via Email at: firstname.lastname@example.com
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My Turn: No, Hillary, Hispanics need school choice
My Turn: Hillary Clinton took advantage of school choice but is now campaigning against it. Here's why her new position hurts Latinos.
For millions of Hispanics, America represents the promise of a better life for our children.
As a Latina mother of seven, I know that one of the most effective ways to deliver on that promise is to provide access to quality education and empower families to choose which school best suits their children. So who can we count on to defend that choice, whether in Arizona or across the country?
Clearly, not Hillary Clinton.
Clinton is now scare-mongering about school choice. She singled out charter schools for criticism during a town hall last month, accusing most of them of filtering out challenging students. Regarding other options, she said: "I want parents to be able to exercise choice within the public school system — not outside of it."
Interestingly, Clinton once exercised that choice outside the public school system, sending her daughter to an elite D.C. private school. She even once expressed optimism about charter schools, saying they had the potential to reform the whole public school system. Her new position seems to be that school choice is a losing proposition. Yet Hispanics across the country know our community wins with school choice.
Choice helps close achievement gap
Over 40 percent of Arizona public school students are Hispanic. Unfortunately, Hispanic public-schoolers underperform their white, non-Hispanic peers by 21 points in math and 22 points in reading.
Access to a quality education — made increasingly possible by school choice — can help overcome that gap. Over half the states have adopted elements of school choice, including Arizona. The benefits for Latinos have been clear.
Harvard professor Caroline Hoxby determined charter school students in predominantly Latino communities outperform their peers in neighboring public schools, with 7.6 percent more students meeting state reading standards and 4.1 percent more meeting mathematics standards.
Charter schools help Hispanic students overcome other barriers, too.
Nearly one quarter of Hispanics live in poverty, and many Latino children speak English as a second language. Charter schools have been shown to provide gains for students in both categories. They receive the equivalent of 50 additional days of reading and 43 days of math education.
A 2014 study by Mathematica Policy Research found that, compared to public schools, charter high schools have 7 to 11 percent higher graduation rates. That's excellent news, considering Hispanics have the highest dropout rates of any demographic.
Hispanics favor school choice
With these results in mind, it's no wonder our community overwhelmingly supports various types of school choice options by large margins. In a recent survey by the Friedman Foundation, large majorities of Latinos rated their local charter and private schools highly. Two-thirds of Latinos said they would prefer to educate their child outside the public school system, while over 70 percent favored other elements of school choice, such as vouchers.
Clinton wrong on charter schools
Yet Clinton doesn't stand with us on these issues. She recently repeated the tired and discredited attack that charter schools siphon funding away from traditional public school systems. And she's even said that some school policies are "harmful to our democracy."
If anything, the opposite is true. According to research from the Friedman Foundation, such policies actually free up state education dollars, allowing traditional public school districts to spend more per pupil. In Arizona, which has the sixth largest Hispanic public school enrollment in the country, traditional public schools successfully coexist with charters. Public school district officials say charters haven't hurt their enrollment and have encouraged them to innovate, which in education means giving students a better education.
Despite what Clinton claims, a lack of choices in education is the real threat to democracy.
It's wrong to force families into a failing system that leaves children behind, especially when better alternatives exist. Clinton knows those alternatives do exist — she made sure her own daughter had access to them. Now school choice is making sure Hispanic students across Arizona have the same chance at a quality education.
Supporting school choice is a no-brainer for anyone who claims to fight for the economic empowerment of Latinos. Hillary Clinton, however, is now fighting against us and our ability to achieve our American Dream.
Rachel Campos-Duffy is the national spokesperson of the Texas-based LIBRE Initiative, which is a national non-profit that aims to inform the Hispanic community about the benefits of a constitutionally limited government, property rights, rule of law, sound money supply and free enterprise.


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A consistent performer every season who usually goes on a hitting streak in June is Stella D'Oro. Like the faithful Cubs' fans who fill Wrigley Field for every game no matter how dismal the season, Stella keeps coming back and coming back each year despite being dividing and pushed off onto relatives and friends. She may not be around in October . . . but then neither are the Cubs:) Usually she gets along well with everyone, though I think she clashes with that pink pot--must be a White Sox or a Cardinal fan.
A new star on the roster this year is the Asiatic lily, "Brindisi." Despite her rookie status, she has already commanded a lot of attention from the fans.
Another new rookie on the team is 'Moonlight Madness.' Much shorter in stature than her Asiatic teammate, 'Moonlight' shows promise and gets some points for being one of the earliest to arrive on game day.
We're sorry, but we have to go to a rain delay for awhile. Field conditions have become too wet for further play, and as you can see, outlying areas (the soybean fields) are filled with puddles. (Actually, this was yesterday morning; by last night the puddles had become full-fledged ponds. I'm not sure how much rain we had, but it came down so hard and so fast that there was nowhere for it to go, other than into my basement. Sigh.)
While we're waiting for the fields (and my basement) to dry out, let's go back to our roster. The perennial slugger Echinacea Purpurea is just beginning to emerge, with this the first bloom. Looking back to two years ago, Echinacea was the star of the July Bloom Day, not June's. Like everything else this year, it seems to be peaking early.
The old veteran, the hollyhock, is also coming into its own. Plagued by possible injuries or disease, it's not as physically imposing this year as in the past. The ants seem to be big fans of it this year.
On professional sports teams, there are no such things as walk-ons, yet the Prairie team boasts several that deserve consideration. Nigella are occupying a large section of the bench in the butterfly garden, re-seeding themselves freely with no coaching.
Likewise, the Bachelor's Buttons surprised the team by returning voluntarily this year. Can anyone i.d. the fan sitting in the upper deck? There seem to be quite a few of these in the garden right now; I hope they aren't potential troublemakers.
A welcome returnee to the team this year is the slugger known only as Rudbeckia. While two perennial 'Goldsturm' were planted last year, this appears to be one of the many offspring of the annual varieties. Rudbeckia is also a contender for the humanitarian award, for its contributions to supporting wildlife. (Click to enlarge the picture if you can't see the little hoverfly in the center.)
Other contenders for the All-Star team in June include this petite Monarda. More disciplined than its boisterous counterparts in the butterfly garden, this one stays in bounds.
Free-spirited 'Moonbeam' coreopsis, however, is a candidate for the Golden Glove award, covering more and more of the outfield.
Every team needs a leader, and in the shade garden, 'Let's Dance in the Moonlight' commands everyone's attention. Even with a name like that, no one dares snicker, but rather gives her the respect she deserves.


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The Bundesbank, the German central bank, is not crazy. In a world where it is increasingly fashionable to call for central banks to print money, the Bundesbank is one of the last bastions of orthodoxy. Although its stance is extreme, it is a useful antidote to the theory that easy money is a cost-free cure for economic ills.
The bank is hostile to anything that smacks of monetary financing — printing money to finance governments' deficits. It is worried that central bank independence is getting chipped away as economic weakness drags on in much of the developed world; it thinks that the European Central Bank should not respond to the recent rise in the euro by loosening monetary policy further; it is always concerned about the potential for inflation; and it thinks that spraying cheap money around can allow governments to shirk their responsibilities.
To many people, these attitudes seem old-fashioned. Surely central banks should bend the rules to get the world economy out of its current rut, they say. A few go even further and advocate "overt monetary financing", as Lord Turner, chairman of the British Financial Services Authority, did in a seminal speech earlier this month.
Overt monetary financing involves governments' deliberately running fiscal deficits and openly funding them by borrowing from central banks.
Mr. Turner made it clear that this was a policy that should be reserved for the most intractable deflationary recessions, the ones in which monetary policy cannot work (because businesses and households are already so clogged up with debt that they do not want to borrow more) and fiscal policy cannot do the trick either (because governments are over-indebted, too). While he advocated the medicine for Japan, he was wary about giving it to Britain, the euro zone or the United States.
The European Central Bank, it should be added, is not engaging in overt monetary financing. That is forbidden under the Maastricht Treaty, which led to the euro. But it is arguably engaging in the covert variety. This is the source of most of the friction between Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, and Jens Weidmann, the Bundesbank boss — both of whom are based in Frankfurt.
The biggest clash was over Mr. Draghi's promise last year to buy potentially unlimited amounts of government bonds from peripheral euro zone countries. Mr. Weidmann unsuccessfully opposed the plan. Mr. Draghi was right. If he had not pledged to do "whatever it takes" to save the euro, the single currency might well have collapsed.
That said, all such operations have a cost. Mr. Draghi's drug may have taken some of the pressure off governments to make their economies more competitive.
Mr. Weidmann and Mr. Draghi clashed again this month over the Irish "bailout" by its central bank. The extremely complex transaction involved the Irish central bank's receiving €25 billion, or about $33.5 billion, worth of extremely long-term Irish government bonds after IBRC, a nationalized bank, was liquidated. Dublin did not itself have the cash to fill the hole in IBRC's balance sheet. It has effectively borrowed the money, equivalent to 15 percent of the Irish gross domestic product, cheaply from its central bank.
Mr. Weidmann would have preferred that euro zone governments lend Dublin the money via their bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism. But other governments were not rushing to provide the cash and Dublin was not eager to use it either, as the interest rate would have been higher than issuing bonds to its central bank.
Although the Irish bailout was a deal between Dublin and its central bank, the European Central Bank could have blocked it. But to do so, two-thirds of its governing council would have had to vote against the operation — and Mr. Weidmann did not have enough support.
Mr. Draghi, meanwhile, did not actually back the deal. He merely "noted" it. The European Central Bank concluded that the new arrangements for supporting IBRC were preferable to the previous program — which many observers also thought amounted to monetary financing.
As with Mr. Draghi's bond-purchasing promise, the effect has been hugely positive. Irish 10-year government bond yields are now 3.7 percent. Investors now view the country as on the road to recovery.
But the Bundesbank is, understandably, worried about precedents. The next time a bank gets into trouble in the euro zone, what is to stop a government from bailing it out the Irish way — by getting its central bank or the European Central Bank itself to print the necessary money?
The pressure to engage in such monetary financing may be particularly strong, given that the European Central Bank is about to take over responsibility for supervising lenders. That means that if and when there are future banking blowups, the European Central Bank will be criticized for having failed to monitor them properly and could then be browbeaten to prop them up. The Irish, Spanish and Dutch central banks have all been accused of lapses in supervision during the crisis — as, indeed, has Mr. Draghi himself following the recent troubles at Monte dei Paschi di Siena, an Italian bank.
A further difficulty is that the euro zone does not yet have a fund for bailing out banks. The nearest thing it has is the stability mechanism, whose decisions require unanimity. Just one government can veto a bailout. This means that if there is a standoff between the European Central Bank and governments over who should prop up an ailing bank, the European Central Bank may blink first.
Covert monetary financing may sometimes be the least of several evils. But if it becomes too common and transparent, there is a risk of debauching the currency.
The Bundesbank's constant warnings are a healthy counterpoint to that temptation.
Hugo Dixon is editor at large of Reuters News.


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District News
CCS Celebrates the Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch Day
Columbus City Schools and the District's Farm to School Initiative joined forces with the Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch for one great crunch... out of an apple!
SHOUT-OUTS: Multiple Columbus City Schools Show Improvement, Achievement In Key Areas
Columbus City Schools is proud to shout-out and acknowledge the following achievements by its schools across the region, indicating advancement by students in several key areas of academic and personal development.
Principals Participate in a Data Walk Looking at Strategies to Improve Students' Academic Performance
Principals across the District came together for a Professional Development Day to dive deeper into a MAP Growth Action Plan. Using MAP Growth data to pinpoint the instructional areas students are ready to tackle—whether they're on, above, or below grade level. Looking at information collected from the 2018-2019 State Report Card, District and Ohio's State assessment tests.
Columbus City Schools Teams-up with Ohio State University Students and Community Partners to Grow Learning Garden Initiatives
School Garden Program sees growth with assistance from Ohio State University students. New this year, 44 learning gardens are getting a makeover, while 20 new gardens are in the process of being built this fall.
Columbus City Schools Makes Gains on 2019 State Report Card
Columbus City Schools saw a letter-grade improvement on its overall score, in addition to gains made across various components, on its State Report Card which was released by the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) on Thursday morning.
Columbus Board of Education Votes to Approve Teacher Contract that Focuses on Student Achievement, Highly Qualified Teachers
The Columbus Board of Education at a special meeting Monday morning voted unanimously to approve a three-year contract agreement with the Columbus Education Association (CEA), the union representing the District's 4,000 teachers, nurses, counselors, social workers and other education professionals.
Superintendent Dixon Recommends Approval of Teacher Contract that Focuses on Student Achievement, Highly Qualified Teachers
Columbus City Schools (CCS) Superintendent Dr. Talisa Dixon will recommend that the CCS Board of Education on Monday vote to approve a tentative, three-year contract agreement between the District and the Columbus Education Association (CEA).
Columbus City Schools Kicks Off the School Year with 2019 Convocation
Columbus City Schools proudly welcomes back our teachers, administrators, and staff as we kick-off the 2019-2020 school year! Superintendent Dr. Talisa Dixon outlines the district's goals and priorities for the 2019-2020 school year.
Bells Ring on First Day of School For CCS Students
Columbus City Schools welcomes students back on first day of class.
2019-2020 School Regions and Leadership
Columbus City Schools has restructured the administrative oversight of its schools for the 2019-2020 school year. The District will be segmented into six regions that are generally organized by geography and high school feeder patterns.
CCS to Add Safety and Security Staff for 2019-2020 School Year
The Columbus City Schools Board of Education approved the addition of 31 Safety and Security positions for next school year as part of its comprehensive FY 2020 Budget Appropriations.
In December 2016, the Ohio General Assembly passed House Bill 410 to encourage and support a preventative approach to excessive absences and truancy. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, several changes take effect. Schools cannot suspend or expel students for missing too much school. Districts will amend or adopt policies that outline their interventions and plans for students who miss too much school.
Habitual truant refers to a child of compulsory school age who is absent from school without legitimate excuse for the following number of hours:
- 30 or more consecutive hours or
- 42 or more hours in one school month or
- 72 or more hours in a school year
School Districts shall file a complaint in juvenile court on the 61st day after implementation of an absence intervention plan if all of the following apply:
- The student has unexcused absences of 30+ consecutive hours, 42+ hours in one month, or 72+ hours in a school year
- The district has made meaningful attempts to reengage the student through the absence intervention plan or other intervention strategies and alternatives to adjudication
- The student has refused to participate in or failed to make satisfactory progress on the plan, strategies, or alternatives
If the student has absences as noted above, but the absence intervention team determines that the student has made "substantial progress" according to the plan, the school shall not file a complaint in juvenile court.