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Collaboartion with our partners
Swiss Better Gold Association (SBGA) and Better Gold Initiative (BGI) currently collaborate with three certification organisations, namely Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM), Fair Trade (FT) and the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC). All three organisations establish and maintain widely recognized Volunteer Sustainability Standard (VSS) certifications.
SBGA/BGI and its partners collaborate to ensure that their respective initiatives are mutually supportive and advance their shared objectives of supporting artisanal miners through formalization, improving social, environmental, labour and governance practices in ASM; raise industry awareness and understanding of certification and increase market access for gold responsibly produced by ASM communities.
Goals and Objectives:
SBGA/BGI and certification organisations collaborate to promote responsible mining practices and certifications in ASM gold producing countries. This is done through specific project opportunities, including but not limited to financial, technical and other kinds of support.
This collaboration also helps in raising awareness about ASM and certification systems among the SBGA members and the industry representatives.
Our VSS Partners
Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM)
ARM is an independent, global-scale, pioneering initiative established in 2004 to enhance equity and wellbeing in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) communities through improved social, environmental and labour practices, good governance and the implementation of ecosystem restoration practices. ARM is committed to social justice and environmental responsibility as the values driving the transformation of ASM.
ARM's mission is to set standards for responsible ASM and to support and enable producers to deliver "Fairmined" certified metals and minerals through economically just supply chains to the markets, in order to contribute towards the transformation of ASM into a socially and environmentally responsible activity, and to the improvement of the quality of life of marginalized artisanal miners, their families and communities.
ARM's vision is for ASM to become a formalised, organised and profitable activity that uses efficient technologies, and is socially and environmentally responsible, that increasingly develops within a framework of good governance, legality, participation and respect for diversity, it increases its contribution to the generation of decent work, local development, poverty reduction and social peace in our nations, driven by a growing consumer demand for sustainable minerals and ethical jewellery.
Fair Trade International (FTI)
FTI is a standard-setting and global consumer certification system that works with marginalised producers in developing countries to improve livelihoods and create sustainable development opportunities through trade. The Fairtrade Gold and Precious Metals programme extends these goals to the artisanal and small-scale mining sector. This is achieved through working with artisanal and small-scale mining organisations to achieve compliance with the Fairtrade Gold and Precious Metals standard, independent third party verification, chain of custody audits, minimum price guarantees, Fairtrade premium payments and marketing of certified products in international Fairtrade markets.
ARM is the promoter of the Fair Trade label and supply chains that provide assurances to the gold buyer and entails a Fair Trade premium for impact and label costs.
Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC)
RJC is a not – for profit, standards setting and certification organisation. It has more than 500 Member companies that span the jewellery supply chain from mine to retail.
RJC Members commit to and are independently audited against the RJC Code of Practices – an international standard on responsible business practices for diamonds, gold and platinum group metals. The Code of Practices addresses human rights, labour rights, environmental impact, mining practices, product disclosure and many more important topics in the jewellery supply chain.
RJC also works with multi-stakeholder initiatives on responsible sourcing and supply chain due diligence. The RJC's Chain-of-Custody Certification for precious metals supports these initiatives and can be used as a tool to deliver broader Member and stakeholder benefit.
Please explore the RJC website to discover more about our standards and certification programs, RJC Members, and Auditors, and how you might become involved with or benefit from our work.


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What Is The Difference Between Cosmetic Surgery and Plastic Surgery
Like a lot of people, you might believe that plastic surgery is exactly the exact same as plastic surgery. A majority of cosmetic surgeons opt to focus their practice on the very first one therefore, both terms are regularly utilized in the same manner. Nevertheless, this is technically inaccurate. Though they are carefully related, these types of surgical treatment are not one and the exact same.
Unique Objectives
Plastic surgery and plastic surgery alike are suggested to enhance the look of a patient, however they have various underlying viewpoints directing the objectives, research and training.
Plastic Surgery Objectives to Improve the Physical Appearance
This type of surgery involves concepts, techniques and procedures concentrated on improving the look of a patient. Essentially, it aims to improve symmetry, proportion and visual appeal. This procedure can be done on all parts of the neck, head and body. Given that the dealt with areas have regular functions, cosmetic surgery is only optional. It is carried out by medical professionals from different medical fields, such as plastic cosmetic surgeons.
Cosmetic surgical treatment's scope of treatments consists of:
Bread Improvement: Enhancement, Reduction, Raise
Body Contouring: Gynecomastia Treatment, Liposuction, Abdominoplasty
Facial Contouring, Chin/Cheek Enhancement, Nose Surgery
Facial Restoration: Eyebrow Lift, Eyelid Lift, Facelift, Neck Lift
Skin Restoration: Botox, Filler Treatments, Laser Resurfacing
Cosmetic Surgery Aims to Repair Flaws to Rebuild Look and Regular Function
Plastic surgical treatment is termed as a surgical specialized committed to rebuild facial and body problems as a result of birth conditions, burns, illness and trauma. It intends to correct locations of the body that are not effectively functional and are naturally reconstructive. Though bulk of cosmetic surgeons decide to go through additional training and likewise perform plastic surgery, their surgical training is based on reconstructive cosmetic surgery. As a matter of reality, the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons name was changed to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in 1999 to highly convey the message that "reconstructive and cosmetic surgeons are one and the very same".
Plastic Surgery Procedure Examples:
Burn Repair Surgical Treatment
Breast Restoration
Hereditary Problem Repair Work: Extremity Problem Repair, Cleft Palate
Hand Surgery
Scar Modification Surgical Treatment
Lower Extremity Restoration
Plastic surgery training can be completed by methods of a post-graduate residency program.
Physicians that have obtained cosmetic surgery board accreditation need to complete a basic surgical treatment residency and an extra 2 years in the specific field. Though the residency programs might consist of cosmetic surgery as part of a cosmetic surgeon's training, they generally do not featured training on each cosmetic treatment.
So, the "board accredited plastic surgeon" title reveals a specific level of training and experience connecting to plastic surgical treatment, but does not define the very same thing regarding plastic surgery, given that the residency training had to be get board certification in plastic surgery might not come with training relating to most typical cosmetic treatments. It does not reveal whether or not the medical professional is more trained in cosmetic surgery than a board accredited doctor in another area of knowledge.
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Cosmetic surgery training is primarily completed after residency training.
At present, there are no residency programs in the US that are specifically devoted to this type of surgical treatment. For this reason, cosmetic surgeons need to get training and experience after residency training has actually been completed. To do this, they have to complete fellowship following residency.

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Dr Karen Ingham
Karen Ingham's primary art forms are lens-based arts, digital media and design, and surface pattern design and textiles
Her approach is interdisciplinary and she often works site-specifically. She is internationally exhibited and recent venues include SCANZ New Zealand, Casa de Cultura Brazil, Anglia Ruskin Digital Gallery Cambridge, Somerset House London and FACT Liverpool. She also writes and has several publications in distribution.
Karen was born in England and raised in the United States. She returned to England to study fine and lens-based arts and is a graduate of Nottingham Trent. She lives in Wales where she gained an MPhil with the University of Wales in 2001 and a PhD in 2006 with research into historical and contemporary art and science collaborations in the anatomical theatre. She divides her time between her studio practice and working as a Professor of Art, Science and Technology interactions at University of Wales Trinity St. David-Swansea.
Recent projects include Hybrid Lives Co-Working Space, (2013-14) FACT Liverpool, with the RCA Helen Hamlyn Research Centre and the AHRC Creative Exchange; Wonder Chamber (2012) exhibition and publication with Ffotogallery Cardiff, and Pollinator Frocks (2010-2011) a global design project around issues of pollination and biodiversity with Wales Arts International, Swansea University Engineering, New Zealand Arts Council, and SCANZ 2011 New Zealand. Current projects include: 'Brain Architectures' and 'Facescapes', a hybrid anatomical-architectural research and design project with the Masters Architecture Department at the RCA and the School of Anatomy at KCL with support from the Department of Cognitive Psychology at Swansea University.
Karen is a member of the Welsh Institute for Research in Art and Design and her work is in several collections including The British Film Institute, The Wellcome Collection, London, Lux Centre, London and Millennium Images London.
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We started the last sub-section of « The Gospel-Centred Church » on March 22nd. Emma was back with us, and Amelia was introduced to the group. We only managed the first chapter, which had for principle that the church is an extended family.
The bible base was a passage from Paul's first letter to Timothy (here). We noted that Paul said that « the household of God is the church » rather than « the church is the household of God ».
Our experiences of our own extended families were quite varied and we decided that an ideal family, rather than any particular one, should be a model for the church. In a family you can truly be yourself, but there is also the memory of what you have been (to your Mum you are still a little boy/girl). Families may have disputes (often over money or belongings) but the members' love for one another is unconditional – the Prodigal remains a part of the family whatever he/she has done. The family is God's revelation of what relationships should be like, a place where everyone is valued.
Back to Paul's letter to Timothy, the key word for relationships in the family/church seems to be "respect" (here) – between generations and between masters and slaves. The family hierarchy is "flatter" than that of a typical church set-up; most decisions are taken by consensus after discussion, although sometimes the head of the family has to decide. Importantly, a family is made up of several generations and each is important. Teaching goes in both directions – parents often learn from their children. We noted that we are often more exacting with the younger generation than we are with ourselves: we expect children to apologise when they do something wrong, but rarely say "sorry" to them. The same comment could be made about many church communities.
We talked around the comment that for some people families can become an idol; by putting their family first they avoid their duty to God. However, biblical teaching describes the family as something special and the relationship to a husband or wife the closest one after the relationship with God. In the same letter of Paul to Timothy, it is taught that Christians have a duty to care for their relatives (here) and Jesus made provision for His mother from the Cross (here). A Christian family is a base from which to go out to others (read the last two paragraphs of Little Dorrit for an example).
As ideas for action we came up with hospitality – informal invitations to Sunday lunch for example, and volunteering for types of service in the church that you would not normally do, to meet other parts of the family (like me going to the crèche).
Family matters were obviously very much in our prayers as well. We thank God for our families and hold their needs before Him, confident that He will comfort and sustain them and us.


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The last couple of weeks I've been busy with the cool stuff- Pinstripes and Sharpie. Now if only I could have an opened minded enough customer say do both... that would be cool. So the pieces I've been working on include a very nice bass guitar, a bass drum head for a music school, a helmet and some more panels. The bass guitar, while very cool by itself, had a special request of flair. The idea I came up with for the face of the bass was to do the body from top down instead of bottom up (which is very commonly done)- reason being that when you see designs from the bottom up on a guitar, it looks good on a stand, but not while it's played. This way, it looks good while it's played and that's what i think is most important. The designs were done in black then silver, and started heavier at the top and thinned out towards the bottom (as to not just cover the entire thing). On the back side i layed out a more traditional/symmetrical style design that ended up being 3 colors (black, silver, ivory) that intertwined quite a lot with one another. It's truly one of the coolest most intricate pieces I think I've done without involving flashy colors. Next up is the bass drum head for the Frederick Rock School. I did this piece as a favor since I like the guys and their cause is noble. Originally I wasn't sure what I was going to do since it looked like the head had been beat up a but with a small chizel and hammer. But careful placement of lines allowed me to avoid distorted looking lettering and stripes. I put a bunch of colors down on that... red, blue, silver, purple, magenta, white, ivory, bright green and yellow. Last but not least is the Sharpie Helmet. Last minute request, but it all worked out fine. The guy who gave me this helmet to do said they normally give it to this other dude to pinstripe and put their name on, but he really liked the Sharpie Art so he said put the name on their however you like and sharpie it up... but use silver. That's the first time I really ever used silver sharpie that extensively and I think it came out really cool.
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Regenesis: A Retelling of the Beginning
I don't usually talk to random guys in a diner late at night, but this was an unusual situation. We were the only ones left in the diner and I had seen him once or twice before. He was scribbling some notes in a notebook that he had, and me being a writer, I decided that we could probably connect on that level. Besides, he was kind of cute. I sat down across from him in the booth.
"What's your name?"
"I'm Shane."
"Nice to meet you Shane. I'm Tara. Are you a writer?"
"I guess you could say that. When I'm not drawing random scribbles on paper."
"Ha! Well actually, I am too."
"Really? In that case, perhaps you could help me out, Tara. I'm trying to write this story, but I'm really more of a storyteller than a writer. Sadly, it doesn't seem like people are much into storytelling nowadays."
"Well I'd be happy to listen to a story or two, but no promises on the writing front."
"Great. Well my friend Zeus was — "
" — Zeus? What kind of name is that?"
"Well, he's not exactly … human. He doesn't speak English either, so I've had to translate his story but I promise the sentiment is exactly the same as he intended."
His voice changed dramatically, getting much deeper and more musical. He did mention that he is a good storyteller, but I could have sworn that his face changed too: something about the color of his eyes or the length of his nose… for a second I actually thought he had more than two eyes, but that would be crazy.
"My name is Zeus and I'm an orphanim. You've never heard of it? We were one of the first races, so we got to see his first creation unfold — a spiritual creation. It was too awesome for words. If only you could have been there! Take for example our species, we're known for our ability to travel long distances and our ability to see and understand things. Though we don't have physical bodies, we appear to you as if we were wheels that are covered with eyes.
"Once he had made us he continued to make race after race of spiritual beings, there's a huge variety in our world, you know. I only have time to go over a couple: The malakim have the ability to go extremely fast. When they enter the physical realm, they appear to be these giant wings. And the seraphim are more creative types. They appear to have six smaller wings. Also, they're all fiery.
"Everyone in the first creation can choose to do what they wish, but since different races tend to be better at different things, we often specialize. Our race often acts as recorders or guides, due to our endurance and excellent sight. Malakim on the other hand often act as messengers or transporters. And seraphim make up the most beautiful choirs!
"Oh yeah, I forgot an important one. My friend Shane here is of the race known as cherubim. Their most notable feature is that they can change their appearance at will. Pretty neat huh? They tend to be pretty good at jobs such as acting and storytelling. Anyway if you couldn't tell already, this first creation was truly paradise."
Shane? A cherubim? The man was clearly mixed up about a few things. I'm afraid that I was a little bit brusque as I left, because I was nervous about being around a stranger with perhaps a bit of a mental illness. But after I got home, I kept pondering his story.
When I was growing up, I went to this little reformed church with my parents, but I hadn't been to church in a while. I had to go look up Genesis 1 to make sure that none of what Shane had said was in there, because it sounded just like God would have done it.
I went back to the diner the next night, because I was pretty curious about the rest of his story. Sure enough, he was there again, and seemed pretty happy to see me. I had a few questions to ask him:
"Shane, if there are all these different angels, why haven't I heard about any of them?"
"Well, Tara, different traditions have different records of spiritual beings. Of course not all of them are completely accurate, but the idea of spiritual beings is pretty common. I just happen to know that it's true."
"I'm just gonna continue thinking that you're doing this for the sake of the story."
"That's fine by me. Speaking of the story, I have more of it to tell you. Do you have time to hear some more tonight?"
"So where were we? Ah yes. Elohim had succeeded in creating paradise. We all agreed that he had done something amazing, but he wasn't satisfied. He had to go and do something bigger and better. But not everyone agreed with his decisions."
"What do you mean?"
"You ever have a story you've been working on, and it's a really great story, and you go back and try and make it even better, but all you do is mess it up?"
"Oh yeah, all the time."
"Well this is sort of like that. Except it was the Lord of all Creation who did it."
His voice gained at least an octave and a half.
"Hello, darling! My name is Judith. It just so happens that I was lucky enough to get a view of the action from behind the scenes, since I'm a seraphim who stuck close to El through the whole thing (Elohim is such a mouthful, don't you think?) He started his second creation with a simple command: "Let there be light and darkness."
"Since you weren't there, dear, you'll have to take my word for it... it was a dazzling display! I mean, in order for there to be light, there had to be a ton of rules that governed how it behaved, such as a universal speed limit. The energy all came from a single point and just… BOOM! … into three dimensions. And everywhere that there wasn't light, there was darkness.
"El's next command came not too long after his first one: "Let there be matter and anti-matter," which allowed some of the pure energy from his first command to change into matter, and a smaller portion to change into anti-matter. With these building blocks he gave our creativity free reign to make a huge variety of planets, quasars, black holes, stars, galaxies… if you can think of it, we made it.
"After an eternity of your time, he said "Let there be life and death," and the conditions on planets all over the universe started becoming ripe for tiny beings. In the case of your planet, a bunch of small space rocks burned up in the sky, which made clouds. Eventually, lightning from the clouds glued some of the soupy elements on the planet together to form your planet's first life.
"After many generations, small changes in the genes of these species led to separation of species from species. While at first, some of us were confused at why death was a necessary part of life, it soon became clear that an animal that died on its own wouldn't go and eat up all the food that the young ones needed. This contributed to the rapid development of new species, at least on the time scale of the universe!
"We were given the challenge of coming up with the coolest animals and plants we could think of. We formed teams from different races in the spiritual realm, and worked together on individual species. We would even get into little competitions. One group would work on, say, the cheetah, and another on antelope, and they would go back and forth, to see who could make theirs faster! I hear that Mr. Shane over there worked on one or two that you might have heard of, black widows and dragonflies. I myself only made the best: a flying scaly creature that lives in the Andromeda galaxy. These creative challenges that El gave us showed our true strength: Diversity.
"But as incredible as everything so far was, El gave one last command: "Let there be sentience and free will." And on your planet, a few species became aware of their own existence. While at first sentience seemed to be one more truly beautiful part of the creation, the addition of free will divided us as to whether this was a good choice.
It was getting late, and I had to go home to get some sleep before work in the morning. But again, I kept going over the story in my head. I was a little disturbed by the similarity of Shane's impression of Judith to my aunt Tabby. But more than that, I was disturbed by where this story was going. First of all, Judith had said that death was a necessary part of life. But I couldn't help wondering if that was really true. I had thought that God made it so people didn't die at first, and then people earned it with their sin. On further reflection, though, I had to wonder how anything resembling evolution could work without death or suffering. Also, I had to admit that I had wondered before about the whole "free will" thing. I made up my mind to ask Shane about it the next time I saw him.
After a few extremely busy days, I finally got an evening off and went to the diner. I was disappointed to find that Shane wasn't there. After eating some pure grease, I was about to leave when Shane walked in. I tried to hide my relief, but was secretly glad that he came down and sat at my table.
"So, what do you think of the story so far?"
"Well, I have a lot of questions, like why did God give humans free will if he knew we were gonna betray him?"
"That's a hard one to answer. Part of it is that it would be cruel to give people sentience without free will. Can you imagine being aware of the fact that you weren't able to control your own body? It'd be like slavery!"
"I guess so… I haven't thought much about the creation story since I was little. How did you come up with these ideas, anyway?"
"I didn't, they really happened," he said with a glint in his eye.
"There's no way you're gonna convince me of that. I mean, you just said that multiple species gained consciousness on Earth, but I know for a fact that you're making that up. Earth has only ever had one conscious species. If there were more, I would have heard."
"Actually, scientists have uncovered evidence of other species that were sentient. I'm sure you've heard of neanderthals. Well there were a couple of others too, like homo floresiensis, and homo erectus that also lived pretty close to the same time as humans."
"Really? I'll have to go look that up. I suppose you probably made up another story about them?"
"I didn't make it up!"
He was laughing, so I could tell that he was probably joking, but I kept wondering if maybe, just maybe, he was serious. But his face very quickly turned dead serious, and his voice turned gravelly, like after you've been ugly-crying for hours.
"You need to know what happened, Tara. You need to tell the whole world. There will be no peace until there is justice for our kind. From the beginning, we told them, "This is not right, you cannot do this to us!" But they paid us no heed. Fear, Tara, is what caused this tragedy. You must let others know.
"I keep going back when it all started, trying to figure out if there's anything we could have done, but I'm convinced we did our best. I suppose the year of the drought is as good a time as any to begin my story. I can't even remember the last time we had had a drought, probably when I was just a child. My parents told us that we made it through those times by cooperating with each other, the humans and the flores, and us. I mean with our stronger bodies, the agility of the flores, and the endurance of the humans, we found strength in our diversity. But this time, when we realized the rains weren't coming, people started to grumble.
"Why did they say such things about us? The humans, they were afraid of us I guess, they claimed that we had held back some of the food and were letting the rest of our camp go hungry. There was no reason for us to do that! What's good for all of us is good for each of us. On top of that, they started to say that we weren't as intelligent as them, that we didn't deserve to have the same amount of food as they did. That was bad enough, but the flores didn't defend us at all. I guess they were afraid too, and didn't dare to speak up. Well, it didn't make a difference.
"There was one man in particular who had it in for us. I don't know what we ever did to hurt him, but he became powerful in the human clan by saying these things, that we weren't holding up our end of the bargain, and that we were just keeping everyone else from having enough to eat. As if that weren't bad enough, guess what my daughter, Eve, had to go and do? She fell in love, with the son of this… demon.
"When I found out about it, I got right down on my hands and knees, and pleaded with her to change her mind. I told her these people were dangerous, but she kept saying, "Adam's different! I love him and nothing can change that!" So I forbid her from leaving the house. In the end, that only prolonged the inevitable.
"She escaped. We all went out looking for her. Apparently at the very same moment, she was with Adam in — you'll never guess — the human's hidden store of food. They were arguing:
"Adam, why can't you see that what your father is doing is wrong?!"
"He's just looking out for those that he loves!"
"But what's good for all of us is good for each of us!"
"Dad says that we need to look out for our own, because there isn't enough to go around"
"We were frantically trying to find them, but we were too late. The human mob found them first.
"What's going on in here, Adam?"
"Dad! Don't hurt her, I love her!"
"That … thing?" he roared, "you betrayed me! You can't love that! And you showed her this place?!? You… you're no son of mine. You betrayed the human race! … Men, you know what you have to do. These two have committed the worst offence known to humans. We must ensure that justice is served."
"Dad, please!"
"You're not my son, you are no longer human."
"Adam made no effort to fight back against his father, but there was no mercy to be found. Eve screamed and tried to escape, but she was not as fast as the humans. We had heard the commotion from a distance, and we discovered them at the worst possible moment: in the middle of a brutal double murder.
"What have you done to my baby! You beasts!"
"What are you doing here? You know that this is human territory! You have all violated our agreement that this is human land. The punishment is death!"
"Their thirst for vengeance did not end until every single one of us had been brutally murdered. The flores were chased to a remote island, but did not last long. Now you see, Tara, why you MUST tell the story. Our blood is calling to you.
Listening to that story was horrible. I knew that humans were capable of some pretty terrible things, but this was too much. I left in a bit of a hurry again, because I was disturbed. That night, I just kept going over the story in my head and thinking that I didn't really know any people like the ones in the story. I mean I guess I didn't know Hitler or Stalin or anyone like that, but I think that Shane was just wrong about this one.
I went back the next day because I wanted to correct Shane of his error.
"You need to change your story, Shane, because humanity isn't the pile of crap that you've made it out to be."
"You'd be surprised, Tara, at the things people do when they're backed into a corner."
"I don't know if I really believe in God, but if he did exist, I don't think he would ever have allowed such a thing to happen."
"He did allow it. He did more than that, he made humans, so it's his fault."
"Just because you claim God made people, doesn't make him responsible."
"Wait till you hear what he has to say about that:"
"What's up Tara? My name's Mark. I was pretty good buddies with a man you might be familiar with, named Jesus. We spent a load of time together travelling around the countryside, and we talked about everything. There are couple of times that stand out in my mind about those times. One is a conversation we had about a story he told that didn't make much sense to me the first time I heard it:"
"Hey Mark, you remember that story that I told about that fig tree? The one that didn't make any fruit for three years?"
"I think so, the owner wants to burn it, but the gardener wants to give it another chance?"
"That's the one. Can you tell me whose fault it is that the tree didn't make any fruit?"
"Uh… gardener's I guess. If he had done a good job like he said he would, the tree would have made figs. Or maybe the tree is just a dud. But wait a minute, I thought it was a story about giving second chances. Are you trying to say that when a person makes a bunch of these bad choices, it's not really their fault?"
"Keep thinking. You'll understand soon enough."
"Well I kept thinking but I didn't really get it. Not for a while. I also clearly remember our conversation about the story of the son who wastes his inheritance on wine and prostitutes."
"Jesus, I keep going back in my mind to that moment in your story where the father sees his son from a long way off and runs to him, even though his son just wasted all of his father's money. What a beautiful symbol of love!"
"The father certainly loved his son. But don't you think that there is another way that he could have been more loving towards his son?"
"Well, I suppose he could have stopped his son from leaving in the first place. It might seem harsh at first, but I'm sure his son would have understood eventually that his father really did love him and wanted to do what was best for him."
"One last moment that sticks out in my mind is the time right after he told us he was going to die. I got to talk to him a bit later, and asked him what everyone was thinking:
"Tell me, Jesus, why do you have to die? Can't you save yourself?"
"I could do it. But I won't. The truth is, I deserve to die. All the suffering you see in the world, part of that is my fault. I'm the one who made it all, and this is the only way that I can pay for my mistake."
"It's not your fault though! You aren't making people do bad things!"
"If a man beats his child, and the child beats another child, doesn't the man bear some responsibility for that? I do deserve this, don't try to convince me otherwise."
"Alas, Tara, I could not make him to listen to reason. He wouldn't have had to die if he wasn't positive that he had to pay for his mistakes."
Though the other stories had required some thought, this one took the cake. Nothing in my church background had prepared me for thinking that God might really accept some of the blame for what humans had done. Even if none of the stories were true, I still had to wrestle with this idea because it had so many far-reaching implications. Would someone who believed this just do whatever they wanted to do and blame it on God? Or would it relieve the burden of excessive guilt and allow people to be free?
"Well these stories have really made me think, thank you Shane. Do you mind if I write them down?"
"Better you than me. I'm actually a terrible writer."
"All it really takes is practice!"
I have not seen him since I left the diner that day. But I can say that his stories changed me for the better. I'm not ashamed of who I am any longer: a human who has inherited some bad and some good from my ancestors and ultimately from God.


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Intelligent Control Framework for the Feeding System in the Biomass Power Plant
MATEC Web of Conferences. 2015;34:04007 DOI 10.1051/matecconf/20153404007
Journal Title: MATEC Web of Conferences
ISSN: 2261-236X (Online)
Publisher: EDP Sciences
LCC Subject Category: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Country of publisher: France
Language of fulltext: English, French
Full-text formats available: PDF
Sun Jin
(Yangzhou University)
Zhu Xinglong (Yangzhou University)
Cao Xiaowei (Yangzhou University)
Ding Jing (Yangzhou University)
Time From Submission to Publication: 6 weeks
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This paper proposes an intelligent control framework for biomass drying process with flue gases based on FLC (fuzzy logic controller) and CAN (Controller Area Network) bus. In the operation of a biomass drying process, in order to get the biomass with the set-point low moisture content dried by waste high temperature flue gases, it is necessary to intelligent control for the biomass flow rate. Use of an experiment with varied materials at different initial moisture contents enables acquisition of the biomass flow rates as initial setting values. Set the error between actual straw moisture content and set-point, and rate of change of error as two inputs. the biomass flow rate can be acquired by the fuzzy logic computing as the output. Since the length of dryer is more than twenty meters, the integration by the CAN bus can ensure real-time reliable data acquisition and processing. The control framework for biomass drying process can be applied to a variety of biomass, such as, cotton stalk, corn stalk, rice straw, wheat straw, sugar cane. It has strong potential for practical applications because of its advantages on intelligent providing the set-point low moisture content of biomass feedstock for power generation equipment.


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Our Hollywood costume designer in residence, Susanna Puisto, is busy these days working her…um, behind off at the Disney Studios in Burbank. The hit series Body of Proof started shooting its third season there in August. The show stars Dana Delany, whom viewers may remember from the series Desperate Housewives and before that China Beach some 20 years ago. Dana and Susanna met on the set of The Right Temptation – a thriller that was shot in Utah 12 years ago. At that time Susanna was working for another star, Rebecca De Mornay, but ended up helping Dana Delany as well. Dana never forgot the sexy but stylish outfits Susanna created for her in that movie. So, when Body of Proof moved production from Rhode Island to LA, Dana remembered Susanna and invited her to become the costume designer for the show.
Body of Proof is a procedural crime drama. The lead character, played by Delany, is a coroner, who used to be a neurosurgeon but after an accident that injured her hands, had to change careers. An eerily similar accident happened to Delany just as Body of Proof was about to start production of its first season. Dana was driving in Santa Monica. She came to an intersection. There was a car behind her. The female driver kept honking her horn at her, urging Dana to make a left turn. She finally relented and tried to turn left, but a bus crashed right into her car. The lady driver behind Dana fled the scene, leaving Delany in her smashed up car. They never caught the driver. But Dana says she believes in karma. She injured her hand in the accident just as the character she plays in Body of Proof. Dana believes there is a lesson in the accident – never to let anybody push you into doing anything you don't want to do. Now Dana's hand is better.
Susanna Puisto is the head of the costume department for the show. There are tailors, seamstresses, shoppers and other assistants working under her. Some clothes are purchased at the best boutiques of Beverly Hills, others are made from scratch. She and Susanna are the same size, so Susanna personally tries on clothes designed for Dana and emails the pictures to her. Susanna then supervises the first shot of each scene to make sure the new costume works out OK. She has to be constantly a few steps ahead of production schedule. Dozens of outfits are created for each episode. Many a woman might envy Susanna – she gets to shop Gucci, Prada and Dolce & Gabbana. But make no mistake – the working hours on the set are long and she also has to design less glamorous items, such as lab coats… Hey, who are we kidding – Susanna Puisto is in her dream job and just loves every minute of it!
Finnish companies have been participating in gap – the Global Access Program at UCLA for 12 years now. In the program, MBA students create business plans for Finnish companies.
The way it works is this: The Finnish technology agency Tekes collaborates with UCLA Anderson School of Management. Tekes and UCLA staff scour Finland and look for high tech companies that have a potential to expand their businesses beyond their country borders. They then gather up suitable and willing companies and bring their executives to LA to meet with the UCLA Anderson's fully employed MBA students. Each company gets a team of five students to work for them. Together the executives and students discuss the needs of the company. Then the students start their research. They talk to at least a hundred people in the field – competitors, distributors, potential customers and the like. Then the students prepare a 30 page, investor quality business plan. It contains detailed recommendations on what to do and not to do – how to expand the business and where. It will be unveiled to each participating company executives and outside judges in a formal presentation in December. This year 12 Finnish companies are participating in the program. There are 53 companies in GAP 2012 altogether from all over the world. The Finnish GAP companies have revolutionary inventions ready to be monetized. One company makes bone out of a patient's own stem cells, the other has come up with a gadget that recharges your cell phone cordlessly and the third turns you into a press photographer who can make money out of your pictures. The GAP program has been an enormous success. Over the years it has helped 133 Finnish companies grow and expand their businesses to the U.S.and elsewhere. For more information, go to: http://www.tekes.fi/gap
As Labor Day is upon us, it's time to glance at this past Summer. I hear it was chilly and rainy in Finland. The same cannot be said about the Summer here in San Fernando Valley. After having lived on the Westside for a few years, we relocated in the valley in June. Within the city limits, the weather in L.A. can vary immensely depending on which part of the city you live. You can have 68 degrees F on the coast and 105 in the Valley at the same time. At first, a fan in every room cooled us down sufficiently. However, come July, the weather started to heat up. When those days of a 100 F (38 Celsius), hit, we had to go and buy an air conditioning unit in the living room. It is a big, bulky thing standing in the corner with the gigantic exhaust pipe propped to the window. Not exactly an attractive conversation piece in the living room – more like a big, white elephant!
That was OK for a while. However, the AC in the living room did nothing to the other rooms. The fan in my bedroom was blasting in full force but it was still too hot to sleep. In my utter desperation, one night I even brought coolers from the freezer to bed with me. The second AC we got is the kind you install on the window. It alleviated the situation considerably. My Summer days started and ended with a cold shower. In the meantime the plants in the garden were suffering in the blazing sun. I had to move some of them in the sun room, where – despite of its name – it is shady.
The azalea didn't like that either – it was too hot for it there, so I moved it back out – this time to a shady corner. I started taking our pit bull Monty out for our daily walks early in the morning. After 9 am it was way too hot to venture outside.
I started organizing my other activities, such as going to the store, after sunset. Little by little you learn to live with the heat, just as people in Finland have learned to live with the cold. At least I'm a bit wiser now than some years ago, when I attempted to wash my car in the heat of the day. As I sprayed cold water from the garden hose onto the windshield, it cracked!


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|Micro-thermal field-flow fractionation of bacteria
|Janča, Josef; Kašpárková, Věra; Halabalová, Věra; Šimek, Lubomír; Růžička, Jan; Barošová, Eva
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|Recenzovaný odborný článek (English)
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|Journal of Chromatography B Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences. 2007, vol. 852, issue 1-2, p. 512-518
|1570-0232 (Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR)
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|The retention of Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria cells, achieved with the use of micro-thermal field-flow fractionation and described in this paper, represents the first experimental proof that the separation and characterization of the bio-macromolecules and biological particles is possible by exploiting Ludwig-Soret effect of thermal diffusion. The experiments were carried out under gentle experimental conditions preventing the denaturation of the bacteria. Lift forces, appearing at high linear velocities of the carrier liquid, generated the focusing mechanism of the retention which resulted in high-speed and high-performance separation performed in less than 10 minutes.
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NORTH CONWAY, New Hampshire — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) addressed hundreds of voters in two packed events in New Hampshire on Monday, as he seeks to regain momentum in the Democratic presidential primary.
"It never occurred to me in my lifetime we would have a president who is an overt racist, sexist, xenophobic, religious bigot," Sanders told a crowd of about 200 supporters at a lakeside event in the resort town of Wolfeboro.
President Trump is "not running for re-election on his ideas," Sanders said, "but is simply running by dividing people up based on the color of their skin or where they were born or sexual orientation or whatever they may be."
The GOP had no new ideas to offer, Sanders claimed. The alternative: "Bringing people together around an agenda that works for all, not just for the one percent." He then launched into his familiar talking points on "Medicare for All," drastic action to stop climate change, "common-sense" gun control, free college tuition, and free day care.
He dove into specifics on his Medicare plan: "What we do in the first year — this is how radical it is! — we go down to 55 [years old], and we cover all the children," he said. He dismissed concerns about the elimination of employer-based health insurance: "Nobody I know loves their private insurance company," he joked.
Later that evening, in the town of North Conway, at the foot of the White Mountains, Sanders addressed a standing-room-only crowd in the sweltering gymnasium of a community center, repeating many of the same themes.
Recent polls show Sanders narrowly holding onto second place in the Granite State, just ahead of (or tied with) his fellow New Englander, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
Both are several points behind former vice president Joe Biden, albeit only trailing by single digits. It is possible that the two could split the vote and allow Biden to win.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News. He earned an A.B. in Social Studies and Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard College, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. He is also the co-author of How Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution, which is available from Regnery. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.


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International Trade and Economic Growth in Open Economies
The Classical Dynamics of Hume, Smith, Ricardo and Malthus
John Berdell
Chapter 6: A Dynamic Model of the Division of Labor and the Extent of the Market
John Berdell
A Dynamic Model of the Division of Labor and the: Extent of the Market I The Enduring Relevance of the Division of Labor Whatever the precise innovations in Smith's presentation of the division of labor, his discussion of its limitation by the extent of the market has once again recaptured the imagination of growth theorists. Smith's influence is acknowledged within a variety of recent theoretical approaches explaining the sources of economic growth. The breadth and diversity of the economic literature which prominently cites the Wealth ofNation.? growth dynamics is daunting-indeed it leads one to suspect that it will take a modern-day Smith to systematize and unify its divergent strands. This chapter presents a quasi-spatial economic rnodel which examines the mutually reinforcing growth of the division of labor (DOL) and the extent of the market (EOM). The following section briefly indicates the range and variety of growth models that Smith has (at least partly) inspired. The model presented in this chapter is exclusively concerned with a very simple and aggregated (that is macroeconomic) view of the reinforcing interactions between trade and growth. The third section introduces a network representation of trade across an array of discrete points set in a spatial plane. In this model of economic growth factor accumulation and technical change are endogenous. I t is designed to examine the interactions between the extent af'a trading network, the potentiallimits togrowth, and the convergence o incomes. Within a sufficiently f large trading network this model generates unbounded growth. Conversely, dividing...
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Destiny: the place in the Universe where you are meant to be.
Fate: forces of Nature and History that push you toward a place.
Humans are not fated to their destiny, for the destiny is a calling, no a force. They have to respond to this calling, for they have the glory, and the burden, of freedom.
Fate carry you 95% of your way; but, then, you have to choose, among the few options left by Nature to your own will and freedoom.


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Tropic Lion
Rs. 6,280
They whispered. They buzzed. Humming a song for good luck. Little travel totems to carry along as lucky charms.
- Measures D: 4cms approximately (may vary slightly)
- Handmade using porcelain
- Embellished with Swarovski crystals
- Glazed with rainbow lustre
- Each piece of jewellery comes in a Midori box along with a tan cotton cord.
- The cord is long enough to be knotted at any length you desire, making your piece unique to you.
- Each creation is one-of-a-kind and no two pieces are alike. Imperfections are what make each piece charming and unique.
Gently wipe with a soft cloth to retain lustre. Keep away from abrasive material and chemicals. Porcelain is a delicate material that is susceptible to breaking on impact. We recommend delicate handling and proper storage. For more information visit Product Care.


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To quote Scottish poet Robert Burns (in modern English) "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men go often askew".
Yes I know it's currently July 6th but that means it's only two days late! We were fortunate that our little sweet pea had a great vacation and enjoyed herself but all good things must come to an end and the so-called "threenager" took over.
The bad weather combined with an even fouler mood meant that we didn't even try to enjoy any holiday festivities and all of my work on this 4th of July outfit was mostly in vain. At least she's adorable today!
Continue reading if you want to learn how to make a scoop neck bow back shirt or skip ahead if you already have your shirt ready to go and just want to learn about the stars.
Modifying any shirt to have a scoop back and bow is easy! All you need to do is lower the back neckline by several inches (this is a Key West Tank* from New Horizons Designs). I traced the original neckline so you can see the difference. The new neckband measurement should be 80% of your neck opening (opening * 0.8) plus half an inch for the seam allowance. Attach it to the shirt.
Fold the shirt in half and measure the length from the neckline to the fold line at right the place you want the middle of the bow to be. Use a pin to mark that place.
Cut the bow 6″ tall (you probably will want a taller bow for larger shirts) by two times that length + 1″ seam allowance. Mine was 2.5″x2 + 1″ = 6″. Cut a 1.5″ x 3″ piece of fabric for the center of the bow.
With right sides together, fold the bow piece in half width-wise and sew together. Also with right sides together, fold the center of the bow in half length-wise and sew together to create a skinny tube. Turn them both right side out and center the seam along the back sides.
Sew the ends of the center piece together to create a ring and slide it into the middle of the bow. Fluff it a little to get the bow the way you like it.
Slide the bow into the shirt and pin the sides to the neckband seam. The bow has a 1/2″ seam allowance to it should stick out further than the seam.
Sew it in place and then you're done!
Now it's time to move onto the stars. I've already written a detailed post about freezer paper stencils here so I'm going to skip to the painting part.
I bought red and blue glitter paint and we went to town on that shirt once the stars were in place! This shirt is going to require lots and lots of dabs of paint – but warning! "Dab it!" sounds very different coming out of a three year old's mouth.
You'll want to make sure that there's paint completely surrounding the stars so they'll have defined edges. The painting should be done in multiple rounds for best results. We did this shirt on and off over 3-4 days. (and I forgot to take more pictures. Sorry!)
We wound up with paint all down the shirt thanks to the Artist so the dots had to continue down to the hem. I probably should have encouraged her to taper the density so there isn't that defined line…
Peal the paper stars off and look at your beautiful work of art!
The outfit was completed by a Made for Mermaids Bonny skirt* made with Raspberry Creek CLUB Fabric.
Happy Sewing/Crafting!
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July 07, 2010 11:01 am ET - by Matt Finkelstein
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele will reportedly remain the party's leader, despite botched remarks about the war in Afghanistan that prompted influential conservatives to call for his resignation. Nonetheless, the RNC is already continuing its tradition under Steele of veering off-message and undermining Republican talking points.
With the push for Wall Street reform coming down to the wire, and both parties accusing the other of siding with big banks, the RNC is actually attacking Democrats for losing support from Wall Street. Yesterday, the RNC tweeted:
Of course, Republicans have long relied on the dishonest claim that Wall Street reform would give a "permanent bailout" to the big banks. But the RNC tweet — which links to this article — makes it clear that Wall Street bankers don't view the Democrats' reform efforts as such a gift:
A revolt among big donors on Wall Street is hurting fundraising for the Democrats' two congressional campaign committees, with contributions from the world's financial capital down 65 percent from two years ago.
The drop in support comes from many of the same bankers, hedge fund executives and financial services chief executives who are most upset about the financial regulatory reform bill that House Democrats passed last week with almost no Republican support.
For his part, Steele has been all over the map on Wall Street reform. Last month, he defended Wall Street against attempts to "demonize" it, but one day later the RNC declared that President Obama had not done enough to "crack down" on the big banks. Previously, Steele complained that Democrats were "propping up the same Wall Street fat cats who contributed millions of dollars to the coffers of Democratic leaders."
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The ketogenic diet, also known as keto, is a low carb, moderate protein, and high-fat diet which puts your body into a metabolic state known as ketosis. It's more than just a trendy fad diet as it's been around since the 1920s.
It's one of the best ways to lose weight, increase mental focus, and just feel happier about life.
The idea behind the ketogenic diet is that when your body enters ketosis, the liver begins to produce an energy source known as ketones. These ketones are used to fuel your body and help to provide a consistent source of energy unlike glucose (carbs).
So what makes this diet so awesome and why is everybody talking about it? Because it completely resets your body and has it working the way it was intended.
Its whole premise is based on the idea that your body runs more efficiently as a fat burner than a sugar burner.
- Being a Fat Burner vs a Sugar Burner
- Benefits of a Ketogenic Diet
- What Do I Eat on a Keto Diet?
- Macros and the Ketogenic Diet
- How to Start a Keto Diet
- How to Reach Ketosis
- Types of Ketogenic Diets
- Keto Flu
- Keto Diet Side Effects
- Keto on a Budget
Being a Fat Burner vs a Sugar Burner
When you eat something that is high in carbs (which usually means it's extra delicious) then your body will simply convert it into glucose and insulin.
Now, I'm not going to expect you to understand either of these things so let's break them down a bit further:
- Glucose is the easiest molecule for your body to convert into energy and that's what makes it the preferred energy source. Many times when you're craving a donut or cookie it's not because you are hungry, it's because your body wants an easy energy source.
- Insulin is produced to process glucose in your bloodstream so that it can be transported around your body.
When you put things like this, it seems like being a sugar burner is the way to go. Your body processes things efficiently and you get to do what you want.
The problem with this route is that when glucose is used as the primary energy source, then your body has no need for fats. It doesn't get rid of them (that would be great), instead it stores them because it never knows when they will be used.
Also, your body doesn't keep the extra glucose around for when you decide to run to your mailbox. Instead, it converts that into fat and stores it as well. Almost everything seems like it gets converted into fat and stored.
You can start to see why you might adding those love handles you never expected.
The average person's diet is based heavily on glucose and therefore most people are storing fat. When your body runs out of glucose it doesn't immediately start to use the fat for energy. Instead, it tells you that you need MORE glucose so go and grab that cookie.
Hopefully, by now you can begin to see how this cycle continues and unless you are really active, the fat begins to build up and produce a body that you don't want.
If your body doesn't have extra glucose to store then it can't be converted to fat. If your body begins to understand that it can't rely on glucose as an energy source then it turns to fat.
That is why the ketogenic diet is so successful.
Your body stops being a sugar burner and becomes a fat burner.
Becoming a Fat Burner
When you lower your intake of carbs (low carb diet) then your body knows that it must find an alternative energy source and fat is the next best thing. However, fat itself can't be used by your organs so the fat needs to be converted into ketones.
When your body is running efficiently and converting fat into ketones this is known as ketosis.
It's important to understand that ketosis is a natural process and is the reason why you can go weeks without eating. Most of us have enough fat stored in our bodies to last us a good while (sad but true).
One of the questions you might be asking now is why doesn't the liver constantly break down fats into ketones? You have to remember, your body is a pretty efficient machine so if it has an easier energy source to process (glucose) then it's not going to bother producing another.
That's why you need to deprive your body of one energy source so that it can start to create another.
Insulin is another big reason why your liver can't do what you want it to do.
How Insulin Keeps You Fat
Insulin is a hormone that plays a huge role in preventing fat cells from entering the bloodstream. If fat cells can't enter the bloodstream then they can't enter the liver and be converted into ketones.
When you lower the number of carbs you eat, then glucose and blood sugar levels drop which in turn decreases the need for insulin. When the insulin levels drop enough, the fat cells begin to release the water they are storing. This is why people usually have a sudden drop in weight when starting keto.
They are losing water weight (which is what is supposed to happen).
When the water is released, it shrinks the size of the fat cells allowing them to enter the bloodstream where they can then enter the liver and be converted into ketones.
This is the end goal of the keto diet. You don't enter this state of ketosis by starving yourself.
Starving is never a healthy diet or a way to live. Instead, you're just simply eating less of the stuff that prevents fat cells from entering your liver.
You enter ketosis by starving your body of carbohydrates, not food.
Now that you understand the science behind the ketogenic diet lets talk about its benefits.
Benefits of a Ketogenic Diet
Often you'll hear people say that keto changed their lives and this isn't an exaggeration. While weight loss is the obvious benefit of the ketogenic diet, it's not the one that keeps people around.
You can only lose so much weight!
It's the other benefits that make people say it's a lifestyle and not a diet so let's dive into the benefits of the keto diet.
Weight Loss
Again, this is the obvious one. Rarely do people want to change lifelong eating habits to gain weight.
Because keto is meant to help you burn fat and use it as an energy source then it makes sense that it is a good diet to help you burn fat.
Starve yourself of carbs which lowers insulin levels which in turn allows fat cells to enter the bloodstream which in turn allows them to be converted into ketones.
A truly efficient fat burning machine.
Control Blood Sugar Levels
Many people around the world suffer from diabetes. Diabetes is caused by your body's inability to handle insulin. Because keto naturally lowers blood sugar levels, your body produces less insulin.
Keto has been shown to have huge benefits for people that are pre-diabetic or have Type II diabetes.
Because keto helps to maintain your blood sugar levels and keep them more consistent you find that you have more control of your everyday life. This is a huge benefit.
Mental Focus
You won't be able to read minds or anything but it's amazing to feel like nothing is clouding your brain. Apparently, carbs can make you feel foggy and if you've been on carbs long enough then you just don't notice it anymore.
However, when you switch over to keto you'll notice that you can concentrate on single tasks better. You don't get distracted as easily and you think with a lot more clarity.
Again, you won't be able to read minds but your mental performance will definitely improve and if you want to know a reason why it's because when your body is using ketones as an energy source, that proves to be a consistent energy source.
When your body depends on glucose, energy levels fluctuate because the amount of glucose in your body is constantly changing. However, with ketones, your body is able to produce a consistent level (depending on your needs) so your brain doesn't have to go through fluctuations of fuel.
Increase in Energy
No more feeling groggy or wanting to take an afternoon nap.
When your body has consistent energy then that means consistent performance throughout the day.
Who knew that you were supposed to feel fine throughout the day and not just during certain moments?
Because your body can only store so much glucose that means its fuel source is limiting unless you're able to constantly replenish it.
Carbs can also cause spikes in blood sugar levels and you know what happens when those levels suddenly drop: you crash…hard.
Ketosis helps to provide your body with a reliable energy source throughout the day so you can just keep on chugging along.
Better Appetite Control
It's one thing to be on a diet and starve yourself and it's another thing to be on a diet and just not be hungry at all because your body is doing just fine.
But that's what happens on keto.
People find that one of the hardest things about the diet isn't sticking to it, it's reaching their daily macros because they have no urge to eat.
If you aren't hungry, you aren't hungry.
When your diet is filled with carbs you'll often think that you are hungry when in fact, your body is simply craving more glucose.
Another plus about the ketogenic diet is that because you're loading your body up with healthy fats you end up feeling naturally satisfied. This leaves your body in a satiated state for much longer.
No more random cravings. No more feeling like you're going to collapse if you don't eat something immediately.
In fact, you won't even think about being hungry which will allow you to focus on other things.
Cholesterol and Blood Pressure
Studies have shown that the ketogenic diet can help to improve both triglyceride levels and cholesterol levels.
Why is this awesome?
Because it means that there is less toxic buildup in the arteries which allows blood to flow more freely throughout your body. Exactly as it should be.
Low carb and high-fat diets show a dramatic increase in HDL (this is the good cholesterol) and a decrease in LDL (this is the bad cholesterol).
All of this helps with improved blood pressure. This is no surprise considering that most blood pressure issues arise from being overweight and since the keto diet helps with weight, an obvious benefit is a decrease in blood pressure.
Insulin Resistance
Type II diabetes occurs when your body can't handle the insulin that it produces.
Because the ketogenic diet helps to lower insulin levels to healthy ranges, many people find that they are no longer on the cusp of getting diabetes.
Because a lot of skin issues are related to hormones and keto helps to balance all hormone levels in your body, you end up with better skin without any additional creams or medications.
This is one of those things that you would never think about but I don't think anyone is going to argue against having better skin.
The keto diet was originally created in the 1920s for sufferers of epilepsy and it has been used ever since and is still one of the most widely used treatments for children suffering from uncontrolled epilepsy.
Keto is great for epilepsy because it reduces the amount of medication epilepsy sufferers need to take which is always a good thing.
If you're looking for more awesome things that keto brings to the table then check out What is Ketosis where we do a deeper dive into what ketosis is all about and how it can benefit you.
Now that you understand the benefits of keto you're probably wondering what you should eat when doing keto.
What Do I Eat on a Keto Diet?
I'm not going to pretend that the keto diet is one of those diets that allow you to eat anything that you want while also making you secretly train for a marathon.
While there are a ton of keto recipes for you to choose some, there are limits to what you can eat.
Keto food is delicious. If you think you're going to miss out on sweets then don't worry because keto fat bombs will make sure your sweet tooth is satisfied.
It's important to understand what you can eat on keto because you can easily knock yourself out of keto if you munch on something that you believe is safe like a bag of carrots.
Thankfully, most of the foods that you need to avoid are pretty obvious.
Foods to Avoid on Keto
- Grains: wheat, corn, bread, rice, pasta, cereal
- Sugar: honey, agave, maple syrup
- Fruit: apples, bananas, oranges
- Tubers: potato, yams
- Legumes
If your diet consists of most of these things you might think that there is nothing left. For instance, if you can't eat bread then what do you do?
You turn to some form of keto bread.
Love fruit? Well, there are some fruits you can eat on keto but they probably aren't the ones that you're thinking of.
Generally, you shouldn't feel yourself being left out of good food.
Now, let's talk about the foods you can eat.
Food to Eat on Keto
- Meats: fish, beef, lamb, poultry, egg
- Leafy Greens: spinach, kale
- Above Ground Vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower (you'll find this in a LOT of recipes)
- High Fat Dairy: hard cheeses, high fat cream, butter
- Nuts and Seeds: macadamias, walnuts, sunflower seeds
- Avocado and Berries: raspberries, blueberries and other low glycemic index berries
- Sweeteners: stevia, erythritol, monk fruit, and other low-carb sweeteners
- Other Healthy Fats: coconut oil, high-fat salad dressing, saturated fats
As you can see you aren't really limited on food options. You can make a ton of different keto snacks along with delicious keto meals.
If you're looking for an easy to read list of keto-friendly foods then check out this keto shopping list which will help you for any time that you go shopping.
Now that you understand what foods you can eat does this mean you get to eat all of the food that you want? Unfortunately, no.
You need to figure out your macros and use those as a guide. What the heck are macros? Let's find out.
Macros and the Ketogenic Diet
Any weight loss diet begins with the premise that you need to put yourself in a caloric deficit. What does that mean? It means you are burning more calories than you are consuming.
This is why people get so caught up in calorie counts but they aren't really something you need to track on keto as long as you know your macros.
Macros are going to be your main source of calories. The macros that you need to keep an eye on to be successful with the ketogenic diet are:
- Fats
- Protein
- Carbs
Because the ketogenic diet is a high-fat diet, that means the majority of your calories need to come from fats. Makes sense right?
The general ratio of macros to follow is 70% fats, 25% protein, and 5% carbs. If that seems confusing to you then this is how it would break down if your daily calorie limit was 100 calories (nobody is this low):
- 70% of the calories are going to come from fats. This doesn't mean 70g of fats because 70g of fats doesn't equal 70 calories. Instead, 1g of fat equals 9 calories. So if you need to get 70 calories (70% of daily limit) from fats, then you would need to eat 7.78 grams of fat.
- 25% protein means you need to eat 6.25 grams of fat. Why? Because 1g of protein is equal to 4 calories. 25 calories divided by 4 equals 6.25.
- 5% of carbohydrates means you only get 1.25 grams of carbs a day.
Remember, these numbers are all lower than what you'll eat in a day because we are working off of a 100 calorie day.
When talking about carbs I should've been more specific. Instead of 1.25 grams of any carbs a day, you are allowed to consume 1.25g of NET CARBS.
What are those?
Total Carbs vs Net Carbs
It's important to understand that not all carbs are created equal. Some carbs are derived from fiber which doesn't present any harm to your body. Because of this we can subtract the amount of fiber from the total amount of carbs to get the net carbs.
On a nutrition label you'll see Total Carbohydrates and two things underneath it: Fiber and Sugars.
To calculate your net carbs you simply use this equation:
Total Carbohydrates – Fiber = Net Carbs
That's it.
If there are 25g of total carbohydrates in something and 7g of fiber then the net carbs for that something is 18g.
Because the keto diet is based around the concept of eating a small amount of carbs a day it's important that you keep an eye on the amount of carbs you consume.
This is also why people get tripped up eating vegetables because you would never think that vegetables can be a large source of carbs.
Keto Vegetables
When people used to tell you to eat your vegetables as a child they never said "eat your vegetables but only those with a low amount of carbs".
Some vegetables just have a higher amount of net carbs than other vegetables. That's why when you go through keto recipes you'll find that a lot of your favorite vegetables might not be present.
Below is a table showing you the different amount of net carbs in popular vegetables.
|Net Carbs
|Spinach (Raw)
|1/2 Cup
|Bok Choi
|1/2 Cup
|Lettuce (Romaine)
|1/2 Cup
|Cauliflower (Steamed)
|1/2 Cup
|Cabbage (Green Raw)
|1/2 Cup
|Cauliflower (Raw)
|1/2 Cup
|Broccoli (Florets)
|1/2 Cup
|Collard Greens
|1/2 Cup
|Kale (Steamed)
|1/2 Cup
|Green Beans (Steamed)
|1/2 Cup
If you're interested in diving in deeper into keto and vegetables then check out 11 Low Carb Vegetables That You Can Safely Eat on Keto.
Alright, now you probably think you got the hang of things so the next question is how do you get started on keto?
How to Start a Keto Diet
By now you're probably excited to give the keto diet a shot. I don't blame you, it's awesome.
However, one of the worst things that you can do is think that you can just go to the store right now and dive right in.
Many people fail keto because they aren't prepared, not because it is hard.
Before you jump head first into the ketogenic diet I suggest that you take the time to understand meal planning on keto so you don't have any missteps.
Also, understand how to calculate your macros on keto using some type of macros calculator.
If you nail those two things then it just comes down to execution which also includes drinking enough water each day and making sure that you are getting enough sleep. This article answers the quesiton of how much water should you drink per day.
As for sleep, well just make sure you get enough of it.
If you don't want to plan meals because you think it takes too much time or it's something you don't like doing then keto is going to be a little bit harder for you.
You can always do keto blind and just make up the meals as you go along but then you aren't sure if you are getting the fats and protein you need or making sure that you're keeping your body in a caloric deficit.
It's not impossible, it just makes things a little bit harder.
Overall, it's important to make food that you enjoy and that means experimenting a bunch. You won't like every single keto recipe that you prepare so expect a lot of trial and error until you get things nailed down.
Once you begin your keto journey you'll wonder how you can get your body into ketosis as quickly as possible.
How to Reach Ketosis
Because the whole premise of the ketogenic diet is to get your body into a state of ketosis, it's important to understand how to reach it.
In the book, The 3-Day Weight Loss Manual, a technique is shown that helps you enter ketosis in 3 days.
If you aren't in that much of a hurry or want to go extreme with fasting and carb reduction then you can take things a bit more slowly and still enter ketosis in a short amount of time.
Before I show you some steps to enter ketosis it's important to remember that every person's body is different. Some people enter ketosis in days while others take weeks. It's completely dependent on the body and how it handles foods.
With that being said, here are some great tips to help you enter ketosis:
- Restrict your carbohydrates. While you're already restricting your carbs on keto you can push it even more by only consuming 5g or less of carbs a day.
- Restrict your protein. Protein is sneaky because too much of it and your body will begin to convert it into glucose which is what you don't want because once the body notices it has glucose it can use it will switch over to that and knock you out of ketosis (or prevent you from entering it).
- Stop worrying about fats. To lose weight on keto you need to consume fat. This goes against what many people believe in but healthy fats are the best way to lose weight so you need to get over that mental block.
- Drink lots of water. If you aren't consuming enough water then the organs in your body can't function properly. There is no point in eating right if your body can't do what it is supposed to with the foods. Drinking plain water can get tiring so I like to either use MiO in my water (this kind also helps to replenish electrolytes) or I'll turn to a detox water to change things up.
- Careful with snacking. Snacking is what gets many people in trouble when trying to lose weight. When you snack you aren't sure the amount of carbs you are consuming. That's why it's important to find the right kind of keto snacks to keep you in ketosis.
- Consider fasting. Many people on keto like to do some form of intermittent fasting because it forces the body to rely on fats as an energy source.
- Add in exercise. The fast your burn calories, the faster your body needs to find more energy. Combine exercise with fasting and you have a fast track way to enter ketosis. Tabata workouts are great for keto. A simple 20-30 minute daily walk can also work wonders.
- Consider using supplements. There are a number of keto supplements out there that can help you reach ketosis quicker and stay in it. They aren't necessary but it can sometimes be hard getting all of the vitamins, minerals, and fats that you need simply through the food that you eat.
Most importantly, always check the list of ingredients in the foods that you eat. If sugar is near the top of the list then you probably shouldn't touch it.
How to Know if You're in Ketosis
There is no point in trying to get into ketosis if you can't tell when you're in ketosis so let's talk about the different ways you can tell if you're in ketosis.
Keto Strips
The most popular way to test your body for ketones. Keto strips are small pieces of strips that you urinate on.
They will tell you the number of ketones in your urine.
However, more ketones don't always mean you're in ketosis and low ketones don't always mean you're out of ketosis.
These strips are helpful to understand how much ketones your body is producing at the beginning of your ketogenic journey.
Once your body gets used to using ketones as an energy source it gets better at producing the right amount so ketone strips may no longer show any more ketones present in your urine.
You can purchase these strips on Amazon or head down to your local CVS.
Blood Glucose Meter
You can go the more expensive route of buying a Blood Glucose Meter which tell you the level of glucose in your system.
The lower the reading, the closer you are to ketosis.
However, this can be a pretty expensive way to test for ketosis because the test strips can be pricey over time.
If you don't want to buy anything then you can look for symptoms of ketosis.
Ketosis Symptoms
Because your body is going through a process that you're not used to, you'll begin to notice some crazy things happening which are signs of ketosis.
- Increased urination: Doing keto is a natural diuretic so don't be surprised if you find yourself going to the bathroom more than usual especially with how much water you'll be consuming. Because your body is now producing ketones, one of them is Acetoacetate which is excreted through the urine.
- Dry mouth: The more fluids that are leaving your body, the fewer fluids you have to keep certain parts wet (your mouth silly). This is your body telling you that you need more electrolytes. This is the reason why I sometimes add this MiO to my water. Also, don't hesitate to salt up every meal. Salt can be your friend.
- Bad breath: Acetone, another ketone, is partially excreted through your breath. It doesn't smell good but over time it disappears. If you want to fight it at the beginning then feel free to chew many of the sugar-free gums out there.
- Reduced hunger and increased energy: This is the sign that lets me know I'm definitely on the right path because it's so noticeable. When I feel less hungry and yet have more energy I know that my body is doing what it's supposed to be doing.
When doing keto, the last thing you want to do is continuously test to see if your body is in ketosis. For some people, it becomes an obsession and tends to distract from the main goal of getting healthy.
If you want to dive deeper into ketosis and its signs then check out What Is Ketosis? The Thing Behind the Ketogenic Diet Explained and 7 Signs You Might Be in Ketosis When Doing the Ketogenic Diet.
Types of Ketogenic Diets
If you continue to do research on the ketogenic diet you'll find that there are actually a couple of different versions of the ketogenic diet.
The reason for this is that people have different needs. For example, if you're a bodybuilder, you probably need more protein than the daily recommended 20%.
If you're a marathon runner you might want to consume some carbs before the big race.
These are completely different strategies that one needs to incorporate that differ from the traditional keto diet and this is why there are variations of the keto diet.
- Standard Ketogenic Diet (SKD): This is the version that we are talking about in this article with the 75/20/5 ratio of macros.
- Targeted Ketogenic Diet (TKD): This is a small variation where you follow SKD but consume a small amount of fast-digesting carbs before any strenuous physical activity.
- Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (CKD): This is a much more complicated version of keto that is mainly used by bodybuilders. In this version of keto you give yourself one day a week to "carb up" and resupply your glycogen stores.
So if you are someone that does an insane amount of physical activity just know you aren't limited by the traditional keto diet that many people talk about.
Speaking of physical activity, should you do any type of exercise on keto?
Keto Exercise
Many people that have high levels of physical activity are concerned that keto will lower their performance levels. It's easy to understand why they believe this because we are conditioned to believe that we need carbs to fuel us.
Hopefully by now you understand that carbs (glucose) isn't the only energy source that your body can use.
However, you might experience a slight perfomance hit at the beginning of your keto journey but that is because your body needs to adjust.
If you want to learn more about exercising on keto then check out Keto Workout: Exercising While on a Ketogenic Diet.
Now it's time to talk about the bad side of keto.
Keto Flu
When you start on your ketogenic diet journey it's important to remember that you are completely rewiring your body. This transition doesn't come without some short term consequences.
While switching over to keto you'll have this funky period where your body uses up all of your glycogen stores and it hasn't produced enough enzymes yet to break down fat into ketones.
What does that mean?
It means your body doesn't have a fuel source that it can turn to which can lead to a lack of energy and general lethargy. This can be quite discouraging because one of the huge benefits of keto is increased energy and this is the completely opposite.
However, this is only temporary and you just need to fight through it.
People also experience headaches, mental fogginess, dizziness and aggravation. None of this sounds appealing at all but there are ways you can preven this from happening.
All of this is usually caused by the lack of electrolytes so if you're able to keep your sodium intake at a good level throughout the day you should be alright.
If this sounds like the flu to you then that's almost exactly what it is and it's why it's called keto flu.
What Is Keto Flu and How to Prevent It
Keto Flu is a very common experience for people doing the ketogenic diet and it's also the reason why many people quit.
Nobody wants to feel terrible and the easiest way to stop feeling terrible is to stop the cause of it so people end up quitting.
However, you can find the Keto Flu if you understand why it is occurring.
- Keto is a diuretic. Every time you urinate you're losing electrolytes and water. To combat this some people like to drink bone broth or make a drink using a bouillion cube. The goal is to replace the electrolytes that you're using.
- Your body is transitioning to a new system. For however many years you've conditioned your body to work with carbs. Telling it suddenly switch to fats isn't going to happen overnight. It's like telling a car factory that they are now going to start making boats.
The faster you can get your body in ketosis the faster you can get out of (or avoid) Keto Flu. Sticking to less than 20g of carbs a day is a good start but if you can drop that even lower then your chances of entering ketosis increase.
Remember to drink your water and monitor your electrolyte intake daily.
To learn more about keto flu check out Keto Flu: What It Is and How to Beat It the Healthy Way.
Keto Diet Side Effects
Besides keto flu are there any other side effects of keto?
Don't be alarmed though because these side effects won't affect everyone. Remember, we all have different bodies so how your body will handle keto can differ from how mine does.
Because keto is a diuretic you end up losing a lot of fluids. When your body is dehydrated you can experience cramps so the best way to retain some fluids is by upping your water and sodium intake.
If you find that this isn't helping with the cramps then you can also incorporate a magnesium supplement.
When I first started keto I didn't poop for days.
This isn't normal. When you're dehydrated you'll find that you are using the bathroom less and that's not a good thing.
You can prevent this by increasing the amount of water that you drink and making sure that the vegetables you are eating are filled with quality fiber.
For some people even this isn't enough so they need to supplement (initially) with psyllium husk powder.
Heart Palpitations
This sounds scarier than it really is. On keto your heart may begin to beat faster but this is standard for a lot of people.
As usual, you need to make sure that you're drinking enough water and eating enough sodium. If the problem decides to stick around longer than you want then look into adding a potassium supplement to your daily routine.
Reduced Physical Performance
Since your body hasn't fully transitioned over to keto yet, you'll find that your physical performance might slip due to the lack of energy.
This will disappear once your body enters ketosis.
As you can see, the side effects aren't terrible and you can prepare for them if you plan ahead. Ensuring you keep electrolytes in your body will many times prevent any of these side effects from even showing their face.
Taking supplements and restricting yourself to non-processed foods sounds like it can get expensive but it really isn't.
In fact, you can do keto on a budget.
Keto on a Budget
Some people wish to believe that eating keto costs more. This is simply not true.
Initially, you might find yourself spending more money than usualy when you go shopping but that's only because you need different ingredient from what you're used to.
For example, how many people keep almond flour around or coconut oil?
However, once you switch your pantry over to a keto pantry the food costs are still the same if not lower.
Because you're going to be eating a lot of meat (if you're not a vegetarian) then you can buy meat in bulk and freeze it.
If you really want to push the limits you can also grow your own vegetables and herbs.
Keto also forces you to cook for yourself more instead of eating out which will save you a ton of money.
Meal planning will also help you save money since you won't randomly buy meals that don't fit your plan.
One of the greatest advantages to cooking on keto is that you'll find you have a lot of leftover food that you can eat the next day. Leftovers always save money.
They can save time as well. For instance, you might decide to do some keto with an instant pot so that you can throw food in and simply walk away.
On keto, money and time shouldn't be an issue if you really want to achieve the body that you want.


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