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Hearing loss is known as the invisible disability for a reason. No one can view or experience your hearing loss, and no one can experience your frustration and stress. The only thing people can experience is their OWN frustration when they have to constantly repeat themselves.
Regrettably, individuals with hearing loss rarely get the benefit of the doubt. That's why communicating your hearing loss to others is essential—both for attaining empathy and for participating in effective conversation.
Here are a few tips you can use to let others know about your hearing loss.
Full disclosure of your hearing loss
Informing others about your hearing loss may be awkward or distressing, but in doing so you'll prevent many other awkward situations. Missing out on jokes and causing others to repeat themselves, for instance, can make for situations that are much more uncomfortable.
When disclosing your hearing loss, aim for complete disclosure. Don't just say something like, "I can't hear you, please speak up." Instead, explain your hearing loss and recommend ways the other person can best speak with you. For instance, you might say something like, "I'm partially deaf in my left ear due to an infection I had years ago. If you could sit on my right side that would help a lot."
Suggest how others can best communicate with you
Once you divulge your hearing loss, other people will be much less likely to become frustrated and more apt to make an effort to communicate clearly. To help in this respect, offer your communication companions some tips for better communication, such as:
- Keep the distance between us short, and please don't yell across the room or from another room.
- Face-to-face communication is critical; visual signs and lip reading help me with speech comprehension.
- Get my attention before speaking with me.
- Speak slowly and clearly, but there is no need to shout.
Your friends, family members, and co-workers will appreciate the honesty and pointers, and you'll avoid having to cope with communication obstacles after the fact.
Control your hearing environment
After fully disclosing your hearing loss and offering communication tips, the final consideration is the management of your environment. You'll want to give yourself the best chance to hear and communicate clearly, and you can achieve this by removing disruptions and background noise.
Here are a few guidelines:
- When eating out, pick out a quiet, serene restaurant and select a table away from the middle of the restaurant.
- At social gatherings, it's best if there is no background music or sound coming from a television or radio.
- Find quiet areas for conversations.
- Don't be afraid to talk to the host beforehand about special arrangements.
Preparing in advance is your best option. Approaching the host prior to the party will give you your best shot at effective communication. And the same can be applied to work; reserve some time with your supervisor to review the preparations that give you the best chance to realize success. Your supervisor will likely appreciate the initiative.
Find professional help
When hearing loss starts to make social events more of a burden than a pleasure, it's about time to search for professional assistance. Modern hearing aids have come a long way in terms of their ability to filter background noise and improve speech, and they may be just what you need to enjoy an active social life once again.


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Insite's EmailService allows a developer to easily send emails to a customer whenever they perform an action on the system. This EmailService utilizes the RazorEngine in order to parse HTML and generate rich content emails for delivery. On a recent project, I had many scenarios where an email was being sent to the customer. All of the emails contained a common look and feel, including a fully rendered header and footer. In this post, I will go over the process I followed in order to allow for the use of the standard Layout property in the Razor template for emails.
When the email templates were first created, I immediately tried to utilize the standard Layout property for a Razor view in order specify which content it should use.
Layout File:
@ViewBag.Title This is the common header for all of the emails sent from Insite@RenderBody()
Email Template
@{ Layout = "~/Views/DefaultEmails/MainEmailLayout.cshtml"; }
The password for your account on @Model.WebsiteUrl has been reset to:
Please visit @Model.WebsiteUrl to login and choose your own new password.
Unfortunately, this immediately started generating errors in the EmailService.
Turns out, the relative path specified is a part of the Insite web application, and isn't resolvable from the context in which the EmailService executes. After looking through the OOTB EmailService code, I was able to determine that the content parser could be customized.
public class EmailServiceRio : EmailService { public EmailServiceRio(IEmailTemplateUtilities emailTemplateUtilities, IContentManagerUtilities contentManagerUtilities, IEntityTranslationService entityTranslationService) : base(emailTemplateUtilities, contentManagerUtilities, entityTranslationService) { } // Insite apparently has issue with using Layout in the Razor. // We are overriding their parse template method to manually resolve and inject the Layout content. public override string ParseTemplate(string template, ExpandoObject model, string templateName) { #region Customize - Allow for Layouts in templates var noLineTemplate = template.Replace("\r", "").Replace("\n", "").Replace("\t", ""); // @{ Layout = "~/Views/DefaultEmails/EmailMainLayout.cshtml"; } var layoutRegex = new Regex("@{\\s*?Layout\\s*?=\\s*?\"(?The above code uses a Regular Expression and some basic string manipulation magic in order to detect and resolve a layout file being referenced in a email template. As mentioned above, the normal execution context of the EmailService means that it will not have access to a web based relative path to retrieve the content. In order to get the file, I need to get the fully qualified path for the layout file (e.g. C:\Projects\InsiteCommerce-4.2.0\InsiteCommerce.Web\Views\DefaultEmail\MainEmailLayout.cshtml). Once I have the fully qualified path for the layout, I can manually read the file off of the server. By simply replacing "@RenderBody()" from the layout file with the original template content, I now have a fully formed email ready to be parsed and delivered.
.*?)\";\\s*?}"); // If we are using a layout if (layoutRegex.IsMatch(noLineTemplate)) { var filePath = layoutRegex.Match(noLineTemplate).Groups["filePath"].Value; noLineTemplate = layoutRegex.Replace(noLineTemplate, string.Empty); var layoutLines = string.Join(Environment.NewLine, File.ReadLines(HostingEnvironment.MapPath(filePath)).ToList()); template = layoutLines.Replace("@RenderBody()", noLineTemplate); } #endregion var content = Razor.Parse(template, model, templateName); return content; } }
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For quite a long time I have been keen to get my hands on a plancha/griddle plate for my BBQ. There are a number of options branded specifically for the BBQ available for those who own Kamados or Weber Kettles but nothing for people with the less popular brands. After a good while of searching I decided to bite the bullet at visit a local steel fabricator. Continue reading New Plancha: Burgers
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Burger Experiment: Making My Own Mince.
So I thought I would try to make my own mince for burgers. I've had the electronic mincer for quite a while and still haven't used it. Every time I've been to a shop intending to by meat for the mincer I have backed out because it seemed to work out so much more expensive. This time I thought it must be worth the extra effort so lets have a go. For my first attempt I decided that I would try to use the most accessible meat from a local supermarket. I hoped this would bring down the cost but also demonstrate what is possible to those who don't normally shop at a butchers.
BBQ Burger Day
You've got to love it when the sun comes out and you can finally bbq without your raincoat on. Finally, summer is here and for some of you, this is probably the only time of the year that you will get your BBQ out of the shed. Better make the most of it! Continue reading BBQ Burger Day
Hang Fire Smokehouse Announce Cookbook Deal!
This isn't breaking news. I'm certain that many of you already know but I am still thrilled to share this news with you. Anybody that has read my blog would know that Hang Fire Smokehouse are incredible. They were voted 'Best Street Food' by the BBC, launched Wales' first craft soda and obviously cook the most incredible Barbecue food – you should do anything they can to go and eat their food. However, I realise that this is not always possible and so the announcement that they are releasing their very own cookbook is incredibly exciting. Now you can cook their food at home! Continue reading Hang Fire Smokehouse Announce Cookbook Deal!
Cooking: Whisky Beef Burgers with Red Onion Chutney.
Today I fancied beef burgers and so I made some. I was also in a more experimental mood that usual so decided to try something a little different. At least for me anyway. Whisky! Today I cooked Whisky beef burgers with red onion, red onion chutney and gouda cheese in a brioche bun. Continue reading Cooking: Whisky Beef Burgers with Red Onion Chutney.
As some of you may know, last weekend I had the fantastic opportunity to visit Shebeen Festival 2015. You can read a little about it here if you are interested. It was fantastic. The entertainment was brilliant, but the highlight and the main reasons I made the trip to Manchester for the festival were the food.
Among other things, I particularly enjoyed The Busan BBQ's Pork Belly. The pork belly had a great flavour and spice which worked fantastically with the apple and cabbage slaw. I wanted to make this at home and set about finding out how. Continue reading COOKING: PORK BELLY BUN
Lets Play a Game: 'Fantasy Restaurant Menu'
A bit of fun today. Nothing too serious 🙂
Now and again I drift off into my own little world. My imagination runs wild and the world is for the taking. Suddenly I can imagine a life where I can make all my dreams come true! Start my own business, write a book, travel the world or cook something so incredible that people queue hours to eat at my restaurant. Perhaps it's hope more than anything but I think we all have these moments and it's great! At least I hope so or I am starting to sound very strange. Our imagination makes everything possible so why not right?
Well today I had one of these moments. It started with me just thinking about what I fancied to eat. Then I thought about what I might have if I could have anything I liked. Doesn't matter where from or who cooked it…. I could ask for it and it would be here. I had trouble choosing and so I started to think about what it would be like if I could eat all my favourite food, everything I have ever tried and loved or am yet to try in one place. One unbelievable, mouth watering and perfect restaurant.
Sounds great right?! I bet your starting to think about what you would choose right now.
Continue reading Lets Play a Game: 'Fantasy Restaurant Menu'
Sunday Round Up: A Summary of the Past Weeks Blogs (07/12/14)
I know that everyone is busy during the week and many of you might not get to check your social media accounts until the weekend. This is why I have created this 'Sunday Round Up' so that you will never have to miss a blog again!
Continue reading Sunday Round Up: A Summary of the Past Weeks Blogs (07/12/14)
Book Review: Jamie Oliver's Comfort Food.
If I am honest, calling this a review would be unfair. I don't know whether the book is well written and I don't plan on going into detailed analysis of the entire book. All I can say is whether or not the food looks good. It's more of a shout out! I like the book and if you like tasty food… You should definitely take a look.
Most of Jamie Oliver's (or any celebrity chef) cook books are conscious about promoting healthy eating. While I think that people shouldn't be encouraged to eat unhealthily, I do believe chefs should release more books like this. 'Comfort Food' gets me excited about cooking and eating which is important. The food looks incredible and I get excited about every recipe. Continue reading Book Review: Jamie Oliver's Comfort Food.
Cooking: Burger Time!
A couple of days ago I decided that I want to make the best burger possible in my own home. Inspired by The Beefy Boys (@TheBeefyBoys) and my recent visit to Sawyers Bar and Grill @Sawyersmagor (review here) I gave it a go. I believe that I am competent enough in the kitchen to make a burger. With the knowledge gained scrolling through Twitter recently, I should know how a good burger should look and taste.


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What type of joint is the knee?
The knee is one of the largest and most complex joints in the body. The knee joint consists of the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shin bone), fibula and the patella (kneecap). A knee injury can keep you from doing day-to-day activities, like walking and even standing upright, without pain.
Undiagnosed knee injuries can worsen over time, causing more pain and greater difficulty with daily activities. It's important to seek help quickly if you are experiencing knee pain or a knee joint issue
Common Knee Injuries
Knee Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis in the knee. While most common with those above the age of 50, it can occur in younger people as well. Osteoarthritis is the gradual wearing away of the cartilage in the knee joint.
Meniscal Tears and Injuries
The menisci are pieces of cartilage in your knee that provide a cushion between your shin and thigh bone. One of the most common knee injuries, a torn or damaged meniscus results in a popping sensation, pain, swelling, and difficulty straightening out your knee.
ACL Injury
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of four ligaments connecting the shin bone to the thigh bone. ACL injuries are tears of this ligament, common amongst athletes in sports requiring sudden changes of direction.
Knee Bursitis
Knee bursitis is the inflammation of the bursa, which is a small sac of fluid cushioning the outside of the knee joint allowing tendons and ligaments to glide smoothly over the joint.
Fractures or breaks in the knee bones can occur from large impacts, typically car accidents or falls. Fractures are more common in those with osteoporosis whose bones are typically weaker.
Patellar Tendinitis
Patellar tendinitis is irritation and inflammation of the patellar tendon, connecting the quadriceps muscle to the shin bone. Runners, skiers, and cyclists are prone to developing patellar tendinitis.
Alexander Orthopaedic Associates is the only orthopedic practice in the Tampa Bay area that specializes in outpatient joint replacement surgery.
Common Knee Surgery Procedures
Knee Arthroscopy
Knee arthroscopy is a common, minimally invasive procedure that is used to diagnose and treat many knee joint problems. The procedure consists of small incisions around the joint. Because the procedure is less invasive than traditional surgery, patients typically experience quicker results and resume daily activities sooner.
Total Knee Replacement Surgery
Total knee replacement is a procedure in which we replace an arthritic knee joint with a knee prosthesis/ artificial joint. Traditionally this procedure is performed in a hospital setting, however, at Alexander Orthopaedics, this procedure is often performed in the outpatient setting.
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ACL & PCL Surgery
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) are crucial to keeping your knee joint in place. They both connect your femur and tibia.
A torn ACL or PCL is typically accompanied with a loud popping sound, severe pain, swelling, and a feeling that your knee "gives way." A torn ACL or PCL is a painful but common injury and should be treated immediately.
The ACL and PCL reconstruction procedure involves small incisions around the knee and uses your own tissue or donated tissue to restore the affected ligament. Patients are typically able to return home quickly following surgery.
Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction (MPFL)
The medial patellofemoral ligament attaches your kneecap (patella) to your femur. When this ligament is injured, your kneecap may start to chronically dislocate. This can be an uncomfortable and painful experience and restrict simple movement like walking or even standing upright.
Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction (MPFL) is an outpatient procedure performed as part of a minimally invasive knee arthroscopy.
How long does a knee replacement last?
Common knee replacements can last upwards of 30 years when done properly without experiencing infections or other complications such as re-injury. At Alexander Orthopaedic Associates, we have developed proprietary surgical techniques to ensure better patient outcomes and longer-lasting knee replacements.
If you need knee replacement surgery, we invite you to learn about how the Alexander Outpatient Advantage ensures our patients recover faster and in the comfort of their own home.
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At Alexander Orthopaedics the majority of knee surgeries take place in our state-of-the-art outpatient surgery center. With our outpatient surgery centers, you have the opportunity to recover in your own home and return to your daily life quicker. The Alexander Outpatient Advantage provides assistance from surgery all the way through the recovery process for the highest quality of care.


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Middlesex have confirmed that Angus Fraser will be appointed as their new managing director of cricket within the next few days. Arrangements will be finalised and a formal announcement made once the county returns from Antigua.
"We haven't finalised everything yet, he's on holiday and we are in Antigua," Middlesex chief executive Vinnie Codrington told the BBC. "I think we will get the details sorted out when we get home.
"What we need to do is build for the future. We're kind of moving away from the old-fashioned committee style of getting somebody to be responsible and accountable for everything in relation to cricket.
He knows the set-up, as everybody knows it's a bit peculiar as we're at Lord's, we don't technically own a ground and for Gus we have even got to find an office for him. Those sorts of difficulties need to be overcome and those are the things we'll be working on when we get back.
"It's not a tracksuit job, it's not about being in the first-team dressing room, it's not going to step on [coach] Toby Radford's toes. But he is going to be ultimately responsible for everything that is Middlesex cricket and that will be everything from the first team to grass roots. He's not going to wave a magic wand and our cricket is going to be brilliant, there's clearly a lot that needs to be done.
"We've got to make sure that Gus is given the tools for the job and is allowed to get on with the job and everyone associated with Middlesex from me to the members and committee have got to be patient."
As revealed by Cricinfo on Friday, Shaun Udal has also been confirmed as Middlesex captain for 2009. "We're delighted that Angus' first recommendation was that Shaun took up the mantle, he's done a great job for us in the last couple of months. When I broke the news to him he was very emotional and very excited."
The future of the outgoing captain, Ed Smith, remains shrouded in confusion. While he contracted for one more year, it is widely reported that he is consulting lawyers about his position. He did not play for the second half of the season because of an injury, but it seems increasingly unlikely that he will be return to Lord's to see out his contract.


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Your IT manager suggested migrating to Microsoft Office 365, as it has been addressed as the best option now for your company. You trust him, you trust the IT team. So you did the migration, bought the licenses and now all employees are in. The investment was huge, and it's time to get the most out of it. But how do you know whether and how your employees are going to use and exploit the possibilities that Office 365 can offer them in terms of productivity, collaboration and smart working?
By helping your end-users understand how those capabilities can improve their team collaboration and simplify their day-to-day tasks, you can make some positive changes for your company, starting to act for your return on investment.
1. Use Targeted Communications
To change the behavior of your end-user community and make them adopt the new technology, a communication strategy is essential. First of all, you have to create awareness and information about what is going on and what this changes will mean for end users.
You need to customize the message to their job role and specify how the new features can help them to be more productive, meaning do more in less time. So, focus on your audience and their needs. The critical question is "What's in it for me? " In other words, highlight the benefits for them.
2. Media mix
To implement your communication strategy, you can use several channels.
Printed material such as posters, flyers, brochures, and reference cards. They can be put up in common areas such as break rooms, printer bays, and bathrooms. Communicate your message and boost discussions, questions, dialogues.
Live events such as webinars, workshops, lunch and training. These are a great way for IT to engage with end users, learn about how the tool works, and discover many opportunities to solve real business problems with Office 365.
Audiovisual material. Videos broadcasted in your collaboration platform, internal organizational channels, WhatsApp groups, social media, intranet, corporate emails and newsletter.
3. Word of mouth
The good old way of communicating always works. People like to talk with people about what is happening in the organization. Everyone is involved in the word of mouth process to communicate the changes and marketing the new technology. Executives and managers are not excluded. They also have to tell their direct reports to peers telling peers. You can harness the power of peers telling peers by creating a champions program.
4. Champions program
Identify people in your company who see the value of Office 365 through personal experience and are willing to mentor their peers. They will be your ambassadors, promoting the use of the tools to their colleagues and inspiring them to follow their example.
5. Technical support for new users
The IT Helpdesk staff should be trained in what Office 365 can do, as well as how to support users facing problems and difficulties. Moreover, the IT help desk can identify a business productivity problem that Office 365 can solve in ways the end user is not aware, or discover common issues experienced by users that need more training.
6. Learning opportunities
Whether it is e-learning sessions, workshops, live or virtual training, the most important thing is to help users familiarize and experiment with Office 365. Learning how it works, the concrete possibilities and actions they can do in the daily work explained by experts is fundamental to avoid the barriers that can stop new users to adapt to the new tools.
7. Keep track and monitor the progress
To do so, Microsoft provides many tools, such as Microsoft 365 usage analytics within Power BI. Thanks to this tool, you can gain insights on how your organization is adopting the various services within Office 365 to communicate and collaborate. You can visualize and analyze Office 365 usage data, create custom reports and share the insights within your organization and gain insights into how specific regions or departments are utilizing Office 365.
These seven points represent some tips and general ideas on how to proceed when a new technology, like Office 365, is being introduced in your company. However, to ensure a positive rate of user adoption and a successful change management strategy that will pay back your investment, a more structured user adoption strategy and change management methodology are needed.
Silverside PACE methodology is made of four phases: Prepare, Activate, Capitalise, Enhance. Managing the organizational changes in the method of working and in technologies is just easier for managers, consultants and end users. Firstly, be aware of the organizational culture of your company and plan a complete and predictive change management strategy in all the aspects. Secondly, acquire the new collaborative business vision and the technologies necessary to implement the strategy. A user adoption strategy is fundamental at this stage to instill change at every level in the organization. Lastly, optimize the value gained by adjusting the strategy, address key challenges and align with the required business outcomes.


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#78. How to Make a Triple Skin Toning Smoothie
Hello Moms,
Happy weekend to us all. I have decided to share my 3 in 1 smoothie recipe and how I make the smoothie.
All you need in this are either 3 fruits, 3 vegetables or mix and match. But if you are looking for a smoothie that can help brighten your skin and change its texture then these are some of the right ones.
Note that every fruit is important and have their own functions.
Recipe: Kiwi-mint, mandarin-apricot and strawberry-blueberry
How to make it
- Wash all your fruits
- Blend them one at a time
- it doesn't matter the one you blend first.
- In this case I used kiwi and mint first blended them together
- put in the glass
- blended my mandarin and apricot
- put in the same glass
- blended my strawberries and blueberries last
- put in the same glass- so in one glass you have 6 different fruits and it taste yummy.
Hope you enjoy it- drop me a comment to let me know what combination you used. Feel Free to Subscribe, Share, Like and Follow. For Moms By Moms
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I am Dr. Christiana Stephen, a wife, a mom of 4 under 4 year old kids, a photo lover, makeup artist, a wellness coach and a lecturer. Motherhood for me is ongoing, its a period of learning and unlearning. I am passionate about a lot of things but most importantly helping mothers around the world reach their wellness goals comes as top priority. Hence, I have created this community for every woman out there. Feel free to be part of this amazing journey of motherhood and wellness. I will say raising this community is inspired by my experience and learning process. The main essence is to empower moms on the benefits of healthy living as well as the need to create a life work balance.
I am nice so a lot of people say and I believe I am very approachable even when there is a lot to be done. I love teaching. I can teach on a lot of things including time and stress management.


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The other day I was in the grocery store. The sales were as usual, the prices as usual, all was as usual.
Until a lady I know approached me. The gist of the following conversation was along the lines of her great sense of oppression and of a world gone wrong.
I'm not great at being a counselor, but I assured her that God was with her. She did not need to be chained by a swirling, whirling, out of control world.
As she left, I turned to her and gave her a blessing – a thing we learn as pastors (which is not a bad thing for anyone to do). There was no preparation, nor liturgical formula, or even a written out sentence.
This just popped out.
"May you have a free spirit, that is only a slave to Jesus Christ."
Not sure where that came from, but I think the idea is sound.


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Three seats on the Ranchester Town Council are up for election in November. There are two four year terms and one two year available. If you have vision for Ranchester's future then run for Town Council. The filing period for the August 16th primary election starts May 12, 2016 and ends at 5 p.m. on May 27th. To file contact the town clerk at Town Hall.
The Town Hall will be OPEN on FRIDAY May 27, 2016 until 5:00 pm for the last day of filing.


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Sahar is a 200 RYT certified Yoga instructor who knew from a very young age that she loved to move and that if she is not moving, she is not living. During her youth, she nurtured this joy of physical movement through gymnastics, classical ballet and several other forms of dance. In her mid-twenties Sahar attended her first yoga class, not knowing how stepping onto a mat that day would set her on a new brighter journey; it was love at first sight.
Yoga let her move in ways she never had before! Since her first class, she has developed a strong, dedicated practice both on and off the mat. Sahar is passionate about sharing this precious gift of yoga with others. She teaches yoga with a caring, playful and dynamic approach. She also approaches her teaching with humor, warmth, and compassion, which encourages her students to challenge themselves while developing a stronger practice.
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Author: Melissa Mills / Source: mindbodygreen
The words you hear during your fitness class are more than just motivational fluff: New research suggests the way an instructor speaks to their students can actually affect how they feel about themselves. The study, recently published in the Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, looked at how the words women heard from the instructor during class made them think about their body, strength, and overall health.
Researchers observed two groups of women in a 16-minute conditioning class. One class was run by instructors who made motivational comments based on health, not appearance. These instructors used empowering phrases telling the women how specific moves could make them stronger. For example: "This exercise is crucial to developing strength in the legs; these are the muscles that truly help you run, jump, sprint like a superhero!" The other class of women heard comments aimed at how their bodies looked: "This exercise blasts fat in the legs; no more thunder thighs for us! Get rid of that cellulite!"
After both classes ended, class participants reported an improvement in mood and body satisfaction—but the effect was significantly more pronounced for those who received only strength-based comments during the workout. When asked to write down three words that described how they felt, the women who heard comments about their appearance jotted down things like "disgusted with myself" or "ashamed." In contrast, women who heard health-focused phrases wrote down words that showed a sense of empowerment, like "strong" or "accomplished."
The study ensured that the women had the same experiences during class, even having the groups in the same…
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Basic Research: Building a Firm Foundation for Biomedicine
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A major part of NIH's mission is to support basic research that generates fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems. Such knowledge serves as the foundation for the biomedical advances needed to protect and improve our health—and the health of generations to come.
Of course, it's often hard to predict how this kind of basic research might benefit human populations, and the lag time between discovery and medical application (if that happens at all) can be quite long. Some might argue, therefore, that basic research is not a good use of funds, and all of NIH's support should go to specific disease targets.
To counter that perception, I'm pleased to share some new findings that underscore the importance of publicly supported basic research. In an analysis of more than 28 million papers in the PubMed.gov database, researchers found NIH contributed to published research that was associated with every single one of the 210 new drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration from 2010 through 2016 [1]. More than 90 percent of that contributory research was basic—that is, related to the discovery of fundamental biological mechanisms, rather than actual development of the drugs themselves.
Clinical Trials Bring Hope to Kids with Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Posted on by Dr. Francis Collins
More than a decade ago, the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) launched a special project to accelerate the translation of basic scientific discoveries into new treatments for a rare and often fatal disease. Five-year-old Faith Fortenberry whom you see above is among the kids who may benefit from the success of this pioneering endeavor.
Faith was born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a hereditary neurodegenerative disease that can affect movement, breathing, and swallowing. When the NIH project began, there was no treatment for SMA, but researchers had discovered that mutations in the SMN1 gene were responsible for the disorder. Such mutations cause a deficiency of SMN protein, leading to degeneration of neurons in the brain and spinal cord, and progressive muscle weakness throughout the body. The NIH effort supported research to discover ways of raising SMN levels in cells grown in lab dishes, and then worked closely with patient advocates and pharmaceutical companies to move the most promising leads into drug development and clinical testing.
Given the desperate need for SMA treatments and all of the scientific energy that's been devoted to pursuing them, I've been following this field closely. So, I was very encouraged to learn recently about the promising results of human tests of not just one—but two—new treatments for SMA [1, 2].
Precision Medicine: Making Warfarin Safer
Posted on by Dr. Francis Collins
Every year, thousands of older Americans require emergency treatment to stop bleeding caused by taking warfarin, a frequently prescribed blood-thinning pill. My own mother received this drug in her later years, and her doctors encountered significant challenges getting the dose right. The problem is too much warfarin causes potentially serious bleeding, while too little leaves those who need the drug vulnerable to developing life-threatening clots in their legs or heart. The difference between too little and too much is distressingly small. But what if before writing a prescription, doctors could test for known genetic markers to help them gauge the amount of warfarin that a person should take?
Such tests have been available to doctors and patients for a few years, but they have not been widely used. The recent results of a national clinical trial offer some of the most convincing evidence that it's time for that to change. In this study of 1,650 older adults undergoing elective hip or knee surgery, patients whose genetic makeup was used to help determine their dose of warfarin were less likely to suffer adverse events, including major bleeding. This trial marks an encouraging success story for the emerging field of pharmacogenomics, the study of how the variations in our genes affect our responses to medicines.
FDA Approves First CAR-T Cell Therapy for Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
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Tremendous progress continues to be made against the Emperor of All Maladies, cancer. One of the most exciting areas of progress involves immunotherapy, a treatment strategy that harnesses the natural ability of the body's own immune cells to attack and kill tumor cells. A lot of extremely hard work has gone into this research, so I was thrilled to learn that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just announced today its first approval of a promising type of immunotherapy called CAR-T cell therapy for kids and young adults with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)—the most common childhood cancer in the U.S.
ALL is a cancer of white blood cells called lymphocytes. Its treatment with chemotherapy drugs, developed with NIH support, has transformed ALL's prognosis in kids from often fatal to largely treatable: about 90 percent of young patients now recover. But for those for whom the treatment fails, the prognosis is grim.
In the spring of 2012, Emily Whitehead of Philipsburg, PA was one such patient. The little girl was deathly ill, and her parents were worried they'd run out of options. That's when doctors at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia gave Emily and her parents new hope. Carl June and his team had successfully treated three adults with their version of CAR-T cell therapy, which is grounded in initial basic research supported by NIH [1,2]. Moving forward with additional clinical tests, they treated Emily—their first pediatric patient—that April. For a while, it was touch and go, and Emily almost died. But by May 2012, her cancer was in remission. Today, five years later, 12-year-old Emily remains cancer free and is thriving. And I've had the great privilege of getting to know Emily and her parents over the last few years.
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No vacation is complete without some sort of souvenir or some way to save the memories. For many people souvenirs are just a costly way to add clutter to your home. Plus, if you are vacationing with more than one child you need to buy each of them a souvenir of their own.
Here are a few different ways to capture the memories of your vacation and what you can do to keep them close at hand once you are home and your fun vacation is just a distant memory.
Buy A Small Souvenir
Small sized souvenirs, like magnets, spoons, postcards and thimbles are usually a more manageable price, especially if you need to buy more than one, so they make a good option for capturing the memory of a vacation.
Display magnets on the refrigerator, or better yet, decorate a round pizza tin sheet and hang it on the wall with your magnets. This is a great way to display souvenir travel magnet collections in children's rooms too.
Frame postcards or keep them in a scrapbook that is really easy to flip through. Thimbles and collector spoons can be displayed on specialized shelves. You can even create collages with your collected items in glass jars or shadow boxes.
Larger Souvenir Ideas
If you are a t-shirt kind of person and find yourself collecting them on your vacations, there is something you can do with them to have them out so people can see, even after they are no longer something you wear.
Have them made into pillows or a throw for your couch. It's a great way to recycle t-shirts that hold too many memories to let go of. Also makes a great blanket and pillow to take with you on future vacations.
Take A Lot Of Photos
If your vacation has you doing something new, like going on a cruise for the first time or finally learning how to ski with the family, you are going to want something more than just a sill magnet souvenir.
Take a decent camera with you, or at least a great smartphone, so you can take a lot of photos of all the things you see and, of course, of the people you are seeing it with. This is by far the best way to capture the memories of your vacation.
But what do you do with all the photos once you have them? Get prints made to frame and hang on the wall, put them in scrapbooks, put them on CD-ROM to share with everyone that went, or the entire family.
There are so many ways to keep the memories of all of your vacations alive and this gives you a chance to look back and remember the fun times.


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One of the most difficult aspects of my work as a daily moneymanager is when a client dies.
Because I work primarily with seniors, usually the individual is in their late 80s or 90s and there are signs that the end of life is near. There is a noticeable decline in the physical health and/or cognitive functioning of the person. If the client is in an assisted living residence, they may have other professionals involved in their care, including aging life care professionals or social workers who take an active role in working with the client during the end stages of life.
If a client still lives at home, this is where hospice staff can be invaluable as they are able to handle many aspects of the dying process, and have a protocol in place for individuals who are nearing the end of life.
These are challenging times for the client's family and close
friends. It is also a sad time for me as well.
For most of my clients, I've spent many hours over several years
not only opening their mail and paying bills, but also hearing their stories
about the "good old days" and talking about their adult children and
grandchildren. We discussed their work lives when they were younger and hobbies and
interests as they got older. Because several of my clients' families live a distance
away, they are not able to visit very often, so I see their loved ones more
often than they do.
When I learn of a client's death, I allow myself some time to grieve the loss and share memories of the deceased, sometimes with family members. However, if there is no family available, maybe with a few of the staff and professionals who have been a part of the client's life. But then I need to put aside my personal feelings and focus on my client's final wishes and provide support to the family as appropriate.
One of my responsibilities as their daily money manager is to see that all estate documents are current and in a safe location. If this hasn't been done already, I may contact the client's Health Care agent and Power of Attorney to inform them about the client's impending death, as these individuals may be out of town and will need to make travel arrangements.
For a client who has died, I may be asked to notify the medical, legal and financial professionals who have worked with them. If the client's family member or the executor prefers to contact these individuals directly, I am able to provide the correct phone numbers, addresses and any other documents they may need.
Many of my DMM colleagues serve as Power of Attorney for their clients and take on additional fiduciary responsibilities. They become the decision-makers once a client has passed on. I do not usually work with clients in this way, but will assist the family members or other professionals as needed. Having a DMM who is the fiduciary for their client may be the best alternative for individuals who have no family or trusted person to act on their behalf once they are gone.
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Sectionals also divides teams up into Division I and Division II brackets, provided there are enough teams, and awards recognition for the top undergraduate team playing in Division I. Each Division I packet has 24 tossups and 24 bonuses at collegiate regular difficulty, while Divison II packet questions are significantly easier. Some questions written for one set will overlap with the other or have an adjusted-difficulty version in the other set in the same round.
In November 2009, NAQT announced a partnership with ACUI. As part of this deal, the section format used by NAQT was dropped in favor of ACUI's regions. As a result, several sites in 2011 were chosen with little to no regard for quiz bowl in the area. This led to confusion and complaints about SUNY-New Paltz for Region 2, Moravian for Region 4 (3 was added as well), and East Carolina for Region 5. This may have had more to do with NAQT trying to collect bids in August, a full 7 months before the tournaments and while virtually all clubs were on break. The ACUI partnership ended after the 2013 SCTs.
Since 2009, SCT has often been "guest-edited" by one or more active college players, who sit out SCT but receive an automatic bid to the ICT for their team. Seth Teitler was the first person to do this.
From the first SCTs in 1997 through 2017, all SCTs were timed. The 2018 SCTs will be untimed as an experiment in response to community concerns about timing (especially with the difficulty of recruiting quality moderators).
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Let me show you some data.
I'm going to show you the Match rate and mean Step 1 score for three groups of residency applicants. These are real data, compiled from the National Resident Matching Program's (NRMP) Charting Outcomes in the Match reports.
- U.S. Allopathic Seniors: 92% match rate; Step 1 232.3
- U.S. Osteopathic Seniors: 83% match rate; Step 1 225.8
- International Medical Graduates, or IMGs (both U.S. and non-U.S. citizen: 53% match rate; Step 1 223.6
Now. What do you conclude when you look at these numbers?
In the debate over the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination's (USMLE) score reporting policy, there's one objection that comes up time and time again: that graduates from less-prestigious medical schools (especially IMGs) need a scored USMLE Step 1 to compete in the match with applicants from "top tier" medical schools.
In fact, this concern was recently expressed by the president of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) in an article in Academic Medicine (quoted here, with my emphasis added).
"Students and U.S. medical graduates (USMGs) from elite medical schools may feel that their school's reputation assures their successful competition in the residency application process, and thus may perceive no benefit from USMLE scores. However, USMGs from the newest medical schools or schools that do not rank highly across various indices may feel that they cannot rely upon their school's reputation, and have expressed concern in various settings that they could be disadvantaged if forced to compete without a quantitative Step 1 score. This concern may apply even more for graduates of international medical schools (IMGs) that are lesser known, regardless of any quality indicator."
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Monday was my first day of training for the Worlds End 50k in June. Lets just say it was sub optimal conditions. The weather here in New York has been below freezing almost every day for over a week now. Today was no different. I really did want to capture some sort of footage of my first training run to share with you all though. However it was way to cold to try to take regular nice photos and too cold to break out my new stabilizing gimble for my GoPro and attempt a nice video. So I decided to try to capture a time lapse series on the GoPro to share. It was cold and difficult to hold the camera at a good angle so the results are not that good. Maybe you can see my breath freeze on my face as I run though. I selected a few random photos to share as well. Here is the 1st Day of 50k Training video. Everything is totally unedited. Enjoy.
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Art makes up a huge swath of our lives. Art is present in ways that we may not even think about. The TV shows and the movies we watch involve untold numbers of artists working in a variety of ways so that we can enjoy those products. Writers, actors, directors, photography, and digital artists just to name a few work together to bring these things to us. The books we read are works of art. That giant billboard with the cool text and photography that is also art.
Then there are the more traditional works of art we think of: Painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, poetry. These are the kinds of things most people think of when we talk about art and there are many more items that can be included in that list. Many of us enjoy art in its various forums from museums, to art galleries, to public performances. Most of the people who support art also want to support art and the artists that create it.
One of the most challenging thing in these times is figuring out how exactly to best do that. How do we support the arts that we love? Many artists offer their works for sale, but that can be problematic for many reasons. The price of artwork varies from reasonably affordable to something most people could never afford. I am not criticizing anyone's pricing of artwork. It is just a complication in the art world. You may really love a piece of art but there may be no way you could ever afford to buy the piece you love and enjoy, so how do you show your support to the artist and show your appreciation for their work? Another challenge that arises with works of art is that they take up space. Some of them a lot of space. Perhaps there is a piece of art you love and could afford but were in your house would you put it? Thi can be quite a challnge. If you love art or perhaps are an artist yourself you probably already have a great deal of art in your home. So, if you can't buy a piece because you have no place to put it how do you support the artist and show your appreciation for what they do?
There is clearly no easy answer to the conundrum of how to best support artists directly. However, for me there is one process that I have found that I really like and that is the website Patreon. This is a great site for creators. People who enjoy creative endeavors can go here and support artists and other creatives directly. People can interact with the creators and enjoy becoming part of the process and even earn rewards for supporting the creators. My goal is to become increasingly involved here and support the people whose work I enjoy through this site.
I believe this website solves some of the biggest problems I raised above regarding supporting artists through buying their work as I mentioned above. You can contribute as little as $1 up to any amount you want on a monthly basis to help support what the creator is bringing into the world. Thus helping to ensure that the creator is able to keep on working. If you want to support an artist but can't or don't want to plunk down the whole amount of the price for a piece of artwork all at one time perhaps consider spreading that amount out over monthly payments to support that artist.
I have been becoming increasing active on Patreon. I really think this is the future of art. I try to share more and more about what I have been doing there so that people who might wish to support me can learn about what I do. I recently began to receive support from my first patrons on the website and it is a great feeling to know that people believe in you and want to contribute directly to the work you are doing. I appreciate the support so much. If you enjoy what you see on this blog or elsewhere on the website or my social media please consider supporting me here: KRNaturalPhoto/Patreon
Ideas to Execution
I am an idea person. I have lots of ideas. Ideas and thoughts of all kinds constantly spring to mind. Ideas that excite me and motivate me and make me want to take action and do things. But that is where the problem is, I am an idea person.
I am not great at executing my ideas. If an idea energizes me enough I will often start working on it and even make some significant progress. But eventually the energy and the motivation fades as I lack the motivation and determination to see the idea through to completion. There are so many notes and half written projects stored on my computer. So many ideas that just haven't gotten off the ground because I lose steam.
Ideas are easy. Execution is hard. I am not a good planner. I am not good at the details. I am not good at all the concrete actual things that need to happen to transform an idea from a thought into something tangible in the real world. It is one of my biggest human failings.
Sometimes ideas never emerge in a completed fashion because another idea comes along and crowds out other ideas with the energy that comes with the excitement of something new. Sometimes an idea never materializes because I simply forget to follow through.
Other times ideas never go anywhere because I am afraid. That most terrible and unstoppable of human emotions. That one emotion that can stop us in our tracks and completely undo us. The one emoton above all others that most of the time is completely unfounded. The fear and anxiety that comes along with trying to do something great. Trying to do something real that you believe in personally is the scariest most anxiety producing thing a person can do. What if you fail at this dream you've had. What does that say about you.
This has been one of my biggest struggles. The constant fight against the fear and anxiety that emerges every time I take on a new idea and try to make it real. I am desperately trying to overcome this hurdle. This website with everything that is on it is part of overcoming that hurdle. I try to regularly add new content. I try to write new posts and share new photos. When you see long stretches of time where that has not happened, that is when the fear and anxiety has gripped me. That is where I wanted so badly to share something but just couldn't find the strength to actually type the words.
Sometimes it takes something big happening in your life to give you the fortitude to do the things you have always wanted to do. It might not even be a good thing that has happened, but you might be able to draw purpose from it. That purpose will fuel you and give you the strength and determination to work on the things that you are passionate about. Accomplishments come most naturally when they involve the things that matter most to you.
For me the things that are most important to me are dogs and running, especially in the past few years. So when you look at my website you will find that most of my content has to do with dogs or running. I include e a lot of photographs in my content. I love photography but photography is not what I love to talk about. My content is not about photography. My love of photography allows me to communicate about the things that are most important to me. I am probably a better communicator through my photography than through my writing but hopefully they complement each other well and people appreciate the work.
Find the things that make you tick and find the energy to create something from that.
Communicating and Connecting
Sometimes I am not sure if the things I say or write have any meaning or if anyone cares. I am not sure if that even really matters. I hope that some people find some meaning or enjoyment in the things that I write, but really I write for me.
I write about the things that are on my mind. I write about the things I love. I write about my experiences. I hope that in some way my experiences and my passions can have an impact on others, but maybe my writing is purely a selfish act.
I write to express my joy. I write to express my sorrow as well. Writing is therapy for me. I am not good at talking to people about the way I feel, but I have always enjoyed writing. I even like to think that I am at least a little bit good at writing. This may not be the most shining example of being a good writer, but once again, it's not really about that.
This is still about me. Hopefully it is also about you. Hopefully you can see in me the things that you experienced, the feelings you have felt, and the thoughts that you have had and in that way we can connect. We all experience this world differently. But I think we also have a lot in common.
We may not look the same, we may not talk the same, and we may not act the same, but we are all humans out there in this crazy world trying to make sense of things. Things happen. Things we can't understand. Maybe it's not for us to understand. Maybe we don't need to understand. Maybe all we need to know is that there are other people out there in the world going through the same thing as us.
Life is a mystery and I haven't seen anything that makes me think that fact will ever change. So we might as well accept that. We can accept the things we can't understand and try to move on. We can join in with the rest of our community of people who are all running this human race. We can be together and we can work together to make this life we have the best we can make it despite its imperfections. It won't always be fun or easy but it will always be rewarding. So take some time and connect with others in whatever way you prefer to connect. Say hi. Say thanks and be kind. I will continue to strive to connect with words and with photos and I will try to be here connecting when times are tough. Come find me, connect, and join the conversation.
Running Challenge
Last night I set a running challenge for myself to complete this morning. I had no specific goals in mind regarding pace or anything. I had one simple target. Finish the run and, spoiler alert, I did. I finished one of my most challenging runs to date.
I have been wanting to start running more trail runs and run distances of half marathon or a little more. My biggest challenge has been figuring out runs that would allow me to stay in shape for those type of events. A friend suggested I run from my house to a nearby nature preserve, Plymouth Woods.
For some people that might not sound too bad, but for me it is a little different. I live nearly at the top of a 1500+ ft high hill. I am not good at hills and have relatively little experience running them. Earlier this year for the first time I ran down my hill and then right back up. But on that run I did not add any more mileage than just down the hill and back up, plus that run was on the less steep side of the hill.
Today I ran down the steepest side of the hill. I ran down the hill and out along the highway and reached the nature preserve at just short of 5 miles. I felt pretty tired on this first part. Surprisingly so. But once I started on those trails I felt so much better. There is just something about getting out in nature. Those leaves crunching under your feet. Alone except the mammoth trees towering over head. These are the things that propel me.
I used that energy to hit all the trails available at Plymouth Woods. The Red Trail, The Blue Trail, The Orange Trail, and Another loop on Red. It was a tough hilly run but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I wasn't fast, but that wasn't the goal. The goal was to get out for a run and enjoy myself and just see what I could do. While I was at Plymouth the weather started to turn against me. I am pretty sure I was being pelted with ice pellets at one point.
I left Plymouth woods and headed back down the highway towards home and the hill that lie ahead. The way back was a little down hill so I actually achieved a decent pace for me. But the whole way back I was consumed of thoughts of the hill that loomed ahead of me.
I got to the bottom of Combs Hill Rd felling pretty good, but I knew I could never run up that slope. So I didn't and I didn't feel bad about it. I did the best I could so that I could cover the rest of the distance to get back home once I got to the top. If I had tried to run I would likely have ended up just slowly walking the last mile or two back home and I was not having that. I wanted to have something left in the tank to get me home. It did not help that the weather was turning or it was just getting colder due to the increased elevation, but it was getting windy and cold. But I pushed on. It actually helped to motivate me to run. It was too cold to walk.
When I got back home I wasn't quite to 12 miles so I actually ran past my house and then back to it so I could get to 12. I was hoping the run would be closer to 13 miles but it wasn't quite as long as I thought it would be. Maybe I will add another loop in the woods next time.
I got back and I was exhausted. My legs were wobbly and sore. I walked more than I would have liked, particularly after surmounting Combs hill on the way back, but I made it. I achieved my goal. I challenged myself and I pushed myself and I did it. This is why I love running. I can challenge myself. I can test my limits and I can learn about myself and I can adapt and get stronger. Now, what is the next challenge…..
Check out the profile of this run on Garmin Connect.
First blog post of 2016
Until this point I had not written a post in this the new year of 2016. There are a lot of reasons or excuses I could make about why I haven't shared anything yet this year. However, the most important reason that I haven't shared anything yet this year is because I have been thinking about you my audience and I want anything I write to be good. want it to be good. I don't want to write something and share it just to do it. I want it to be something that is worth reading and looking at. I want this page to be interesting and I do not want it to be a waste of time for people.
So what I really want to do with this first post is share with you what I have been doing when I am not sharing information, stories or photographs here. As I mentioned above I have been thinking a lot about all of you. Now that might sound a little creepy and to be perfectly honest it felt a little creepy just to type it. The reason why I have been thinking about you is that you are the reason I do this.
I write and create photographs for you. I share them with you because I hope to bring something into the world that you can enjoy in some way. I want what I do to provide some little thing that you can take from it; a smile, a moment of happiness, some new information, or some new artwork.
For me to do this I have to do what I do well. So I have been spending a lot of time working on getting better at what I do so that you can have a better experience when you visit my site. Sometimes it is hard to balance all the new influx of information I am trying to download to my brain with creating some output for you. And like I said before I don't want to put out anything that I do not feel is my best work, so I wanted to wait until I felt that I was at a good place to share something. And here I am sharing it now.
A few of the takeaways I have learned: I have learned to share more about myself, share more about what I am doing, and send out what I am sharing in ways that will better enable you to find it and have an opportunity to see it. I have been trying to grow in the way I approach what I do in both my art and business and that is all so that I can better serve you.
I have been trying to learn how to better engage my audience in a way that you will enjoy. So if you have any comments, tips, or feedback on what I can do better please feel free to share it with me. That is how I get better at what I do.


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285 000 followers Instagram account @PrettyCityLondon demonstrates a bright side of London telling about the most likeable places of Foggy Albion.
The account owner Siobhan Ferguson admits she was disappointed when first came here twelve years ago – the city seemed to be dirty, urbanized and business-like, with no hint at something tender, beautiful and unique. Within some time Siobhan changed her mind – visiting different places of London, she started noticing "the other side", impressions of which she shared on her Instagram account. Ferguson plans to publish an actual book as a travel guide of the same name.
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Depending on which economist you listen to or read you may be inclined to believe that the U.S. is headed towards inflation. The theory is that because the Fed and it's counterparts around the world have been printing money to combat the global recession, inflation is a natural consequence. If you agree with this argument, you may want to buy into real estate!
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Looking For Contributors Around The World Januari 21, 2008Posted by finallywoken in Uncategorized.
Tags: Expat, Indonesia, Writer
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Hello everyone,
You are probably wondering why I decide to start this forum.
When I moved to Scotland over 6 months a go, I was not well informed about the city's what, who, where, when, and how. I had (still have) to work hard to find my own surroundings, build my own network, and find new friends. Yes, I start meeting new people and have found that there are at least 100 Indonesians living in Aberdeen. But this effort took months and I could say that I've found Indonesian fellows by accidents.
Feeling how hard it was to start a new life here in a foreign city with no one to turn to, I have tried to find Indonesian Expatriates Association, anywhere in the world, but couldn't find any. There are several organizations dedicated to mixed-marriage couples, most of them are based in Indonesia, and mostly their mission is to share information and overcome any issues about the mix Indonesian and non-Indonesian marriage. There are many student associations, work's outpost communities, and religious communities, but of course the membership would be solely, exclusively to their fellow friends.


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Loosely inspired by the exhibition Aftereffect: Georgia O'Keeffe and Contemporary Painting, we're hosting a conversation about indigenous representation and land acknowledgement, moderated by Felicia Bartley, BA candidate in Art History at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Kitchen Table brings together artists, activists, and scholars for conversations over dinner using the current exhibitions as a starting point for discussion. Reservations are required, and seating is extremely limited. Each pop-up dinner features a different host and a different theme. Tickets include admission to the museum, dinner, and non-alcoholic beverages. Beer, wine, and cocktails are available for purchase. The dinner menu is presented by Four Directions Cuisine. Vegetarian meals are available upon request. Due to the nature of the event, we are unable to accommodate other dietary restrictions.
Cost: $10 | for members and non-members
Felicia Bartley moved to Colorado in 2016 after being raised in Teu-I (The Pueblo of Isleta). Her interests are Native North American textile production, cultural appropriation, and self-representation. She has received various awards such as the White Antelope Memorial Scholarship, Boettcher Opportunity Award, and funding from the Native American Scholarship Fund. She was a former curatorial fellow at MCA Denver and is currently a McNair Scholar at the University of Colorado Boulder.
What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?
Street parking is limited. The garage directly across 15th Street is $5 after 4PM. The museum is walking distance from Union Station and the 16th Street Free Mall Ride. Please don't drive if you plan on drinking.
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Vegetarian meals are available upon request. Due to the nature of the event, we are unable to accommodate other dietary restrictions.
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We strongly recommend arriving between 6PM and 7PM to get a chance to view the exhibitions, in particular, Aftereffect: Georgie O'Keeffe and Contemporary Painting.
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Your Kitchen Table ticket includes museum admission, and you're welcome to walk through all of the exhibitions before heading to the cafe for the conversation at 7PM. Please note that the galleries will close once the talk begins.
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"We pulled the sale following a request from the French culture ministry, which pointed out to us that the work was subject to a suit from the Schloss collection," Ernst Ploil of the auction house Im Kinsky told AFP.
"Portrait of a Man" by Bartholomeus van der Helst, which had been due to go under the hammer on Tuesday, was part of a major art collection amassed by Adolphe Schloss, who was Jewish and died in Paris in 1910.
In 1943 as the Nazis ransacked occupied Europe and looted its art collections, they helped themselves to 333 of the works in the Schloss collection.
"Portrait of a Man" was one of 167 from that collection, and many others, that vanished after 1945.
According to Ploil, the small oil painting of an unsmiling, apparently middle-aged man thought to be worth up to €30,000, was acquired in 2004 by its current owner "in good faith".
Antoine Comte, a French lawyer representing Schloss's descendants, said it is essential that the artwork be returned to its "legitimate owners" forthwith.
"It is impossible to have 'good will' for a painting bought in 2004 that features in every database of stolen assets, as well as in the Interpol register," Compte told AFP.
He said the French culture ministry wanted to take "a path of mediation" and "negotiate with the painting's current owner".