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I am on my very last rotation of medical school. (Whoa!)
This last month fulfills a requirement for a 4th year surgery experience. Not being a very big fan of surgery (or some surgeons, or surgeons' hours), and wanting to do something that would be of some use in a family practice career, I scheduled a rotation in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (also called perinatology, or high-risk obstetrics). Since this is an OB sub-specialty, and OB-GYN is a surgical specialty, it fulfills the requirement.
The MFM doctors do three main things: they read a lot of ultrasounds, they see high-risk pregnant patients in clinic (such as women with diabetes or other chronic diseases, or women with a history of obstetrical problems), and they help supervise the Labor & Delivery ward.
My main goal with the rotation is to get more comfortable reading ultrasounds, and I am well on my way with that.
But today, I spent the day in Labor & Delivery. It turned out to be a very, very busy morning. The second of the scheduled C-sections got postponed due to an emergency when the poor woman was already anesthetized and waiting on the OR table! The OB residents were tied up in the other operating rooms, so the consultant I was working with decided that he would just go ahead and do the C-section. He insisted to the nurses that he did not need them to call a backup doctor, that he was perfectly comfortable doing the surgery with me as his assistant.
And so, we did. It was actually really fun, since I got to be more involved with a much better view than ever before (during my OB rotation last year, I was often the second-assist, and held the bladder retractor). The most exciting part was that I actually helped to deliver the baby—once the doctor made the uterine incision, the baby's head started to come out (still in the bag of waters! I could see him turning his head around just underneath the membrane!) and my job was to push down from the top of the woman's belly as the doctor guided the head out. Worked like a charm, the baby slid out, the doctor cut the cord, I handed the baby to the pediatrician waiting in the wings, and voila!
According to the nurses who were helping out in the room, this was the fastest C-section they had ever seen. Good to know, if your baby is in distress and needs to be out right away. And certainly not sloppy in any way, just very efficient. So, now I have been first-assist on a C-section (this will probably happen more in residency, but seems like a pretty big deal to me right now). And I don't have to feel guilty about having a surgery elective with no surgery!
In honor of hanging out with newborns, here is a reminder of how Brynna looked just shy of 9 months ago:
Quite a difference now:
Monday, April 27, 2009
"Surgery" Rotation
I am on my very last rotation of medical school. (Whoa!)
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Weekend Snacks
Just two quick shots from this weekend:
Sunday night dinner: pizza made from scratch. Crust made by yours truly from flour and yeast. No tomato sauce on this one. Instead, this had a spread of onions cooked to within an inch of its life in red wine and thyme. The motz we didn't make from scratch, but we did grate it ourselves. I got some good mileage from oven stone and pizza peel. All in all, a scrumptious meal.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
More Sight Difficulties
So, after having my glasses break over the weekend, I was down to the "starter pair" of contacts that I've had for just over two weeks. They are only supposed to be worn for two weeks. But, hey, they're all I had, and it's not like I'd been wearing them all the time for those two weeks.
However, I did run into a real problem this morning, when the left contact lens evaporated. I can think of no better word. "Disappeared" doesn't quite have the right ring to it, since I'm pretty sure that I had it in my eye when it happened. By the time I had the right contact in, I realized that the left had gone. After searching every possible surface in the vicinity for it, I had to conclude that it had, in fact, evaporated from my eye.
So, I was down to a single eye's worth of corrected vision. This isn't quite as bad as it might sound. The brain has remarkable abilities to figure out how best to merge the visual information from both eyes into a single field of vision. In this case, it largely disregarded the heavily unfocused data from my right eye, and provided me with a workable view on the world. The right served mostly to provide some depth perception, so my condition was better than, say, a one-eyed pirate.
This situation continued until late morning, when I was able to get a break in a morning filled with things that needed doing and got over to the optometrist's. My full order of contacts and new eyeglasses are still on order (they would have called me otherwise), but I figured that they might be able to give me or sell me something to tide me over - another pair of contacts, perhaps. As it happens, I was in luck: my left-side contacts had arrived.
So, I am back to full, through not perfect, vision. If I can avoid losing my one-and-only right contact for a few more days, I should make it through.
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Monday, April 20, 2009
We are having a blast with Brynna, who is learning how to play little games! She now plays peek-a-boo. This started with her responding with glee as we pulled something away from our faces, but has quickly evolved into her doing the actual peeking herself. I finally had the presence of mind to stop laughing and go get the video camera:
Also, if you close your hands around some small toy, she will pry your fingers apart and then shriek with glee when the goody reappears. And just in the last couple of days, she has started grabbing our hands and pushing them together to make a clapping noise.
In other news, Brynna is spending a lot of time walking around behind her push toy. The eating and sleeping have also improved: this week's big gourmet hit is yogurt. Last week we decided that it was time to start a green vegetable, and Brynna actually took quite well to peas. Her breastfeeding has cut smoothly back to the point that I don't even have to pump anymore: I nurse her when we get up, at lunchtime, when I get home after work, before she goes to bed at 8:00, and then a couple of times during the night. She bridges through the day with three nice meals of solid food: midmorning, midafternoon, and early evening. Plus lots of Cheerios.
Now, if we could only persuade her that it would be much nicer to sleep through the night in her crib instead of snuggling up with us in bed...
Nope, I can't figure out how to sell that one, either.
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Good Timing
Little known fact: I've been trying out contact lenses for the last two weeks. Never used 'em before. I've gotten past the weirdness of poking around in your eye to get them in and out (though I'm not nearly as fast as Hilary, who's got about 15 years' experience on me). I find that I can't get the same level of correction from them as I do with my eyeglasses, so they probably won't ever become and everyday sort of thing.
Still, I've never denied that they would be useful in certain situations. For instance: I swam in high school - all four years. In that time, I never could see the clock or other swimmers properly, because my eyesight is terrible. Hilary and I are training up for a triathlon in a couple months, so we're doing laps once or twice a week. Last weekend at the pool I saw properly while swimming for the first time ever - what a revelation! For those useful situation I'm getting a supply so that I'll have them available.
I had a follow-up visit with the optometrist on Friday, who likes to check to make sure the contacts are seating properly and all that. I used the opportunity to order myself the contacts and a new pair of glasses (I've got excellent vision coverage in my insurance, and want to use it up before we leave). It's a good thing I did: on Saturday afternoon, while cleaning a smudge off my glasses, the nosepiece snapped.
Yup, just like that. And these were the zippy Nitinol frames that can bend and twist like mad, too. Still, superelasticity can't prevent metal fatigue, and I guess this pair had, after five years, just about had it. Metal fatigue, for those unfamiliar, is what allows you to break a paperclip after bending it back and forth a few times.
My new glasses aren't ready yet - the combination of new frames and terrible eyesight mean the lenses will take a few days. My contacts are on order; likewise a few days.
Still, I guess it was good timing all in all. I still have the starter pair of contacts I've been wearing for the last two weeks. They're at the end of the rated life, but they are the only thing keeping me from bumping into walls.
There is also the possibility of wearing half a frame - a sort of monocle with an earpiece. That kinda works, except I can only see out of one eye and appear a bit off-kilter. From the location of the break, taping isn't an option, although it might boost my geek cred. Ocolus Reparo, anyone?
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
In my work as an engineer, I come across a lot of cool stuff. I scan the gadget blogs and slashdot, and ever now and then come across something that is...just...so...cool. The kind of thing that you look at for a moment, then realize the brilliance, and take your hat off (figuratively) to the inventor. Unlike idiotic patents for things like swinging on a swing, a peanut and butter sandwich, or the murky realm of business method patents, these kinds of finds truly deserve a patent and all that comes with it.
Case in point:
To compensate for daylight savings time, just tip the clock, which moves the 12 o'clock position by one hour forward or back.
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
That job interview early last week, despite the difficulties with the travel and all, has panned out nicely. Late last week they extended me an offer, and I have accepted.
Because of the nature of the company, the fact that a lot of their work is done under contract for other companies, and just prudent blogging practices, I'm afraid I'll have to be oblique about my new employers and my new job. It's a medium-sized company of a few hundred, with excellent resources and a lot of smart people to learn from. They do engineering R&D for hire, some of it pretty high profile, and a lot for medical device manufacturers. This dovetails nicely with my current job. I'll have a chance to get back to doing electronics and controls, something that I have decent training but little professional experience in. Their contract work, and the ongoing royalties they get from it, gives them the financial stability to take on riskier projects.
In stark contrast to my current job, it seems that jeans and non-dress shirts are the unofficial dress code. My suit-wearing days are numbered.
It isn't all sun and rainbows, though. The move will come with a 10% pay cut to start, though with good prospects for growth and profit-sharing. I'll have a 20-minute driving commute, rather than my current 15-minute walk. The atmosphere at this place is much more intense than my current job - more like a startup - and so it could mean some pretty long hours at times. On the other hand, so long as the work gets done, no one seems to care exactly when it gets done, so there is good flexibility. In the grand scheme of things, this reads more like a list of quibbles. It's a solid job with a good company doing good work, at a time when there's plenty of people unable to find work of any sort.
So, in spite of all the current uncertainty, we have lucked out on the two biggies: we've sold our house, and I've got a new job.
Now there's just that matter of moving halfway across the country...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
It's the biggest news to hit Washington, D.C. all week. The Obamas have finally gotten a dog!
While we are happy for the first family, we are disappointed by their choice in Mr. Bo. You see, succumbing to the public consciousness (and the Humane Society), the Obamas sought to get a rescue dog from a shelter. Malia's allergies meant most mixed breeds were out. Still, as we can attest from personal experience, delightful non-allergenic rescues can be found. While we're sure that Mr. Bo is a very nice puppy that will be very well taken care of, he did not come from a shelter, but rather from a purebreeder. Ted Kennedy has a dog from the same litter, and sorta gifted Mr. Bo to the Obamas. Sorry, the fact that Mr. Bo was returned by his first owners does not exactly qualify him as a rescue.
The isolated case of Mr Bo and splitting hairs about what qualifies as a rescue probably wouldn't warrant ink (bits?) on our blog, except for the fact that the current publicity will probably mean that there will be a rush to breed and adopt more portuguese water dogs, many of which will end up in shelters, waiting to be rescued.
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Candy Corn in Space
During some of his "downtime" on board the International Space Station, astronaut Don Pettit did little experiments here and there for the hell of it. One would think that spending most waking hours keeping a space station running and squeezing in a little scheduled science would be enough, but this guy just didn't quit.
One experiment was an interesting large-scale demonstration of how soaps and surfactants work. He took a blog of water and inserted candy corn into it. The fat end he first coated with oil - so that it would not sink all the way in. See the results below:
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Monday, April 13, 2009
In Her Easter Bonnet...
Brynna had a lovely first Easter. It was a bright spring-y day here in Minnesota, and Mom and I had a delightful time at church this morning (Brynna was napping, which was too bad, as she would have really enjoyed the music) and then everyone had a great lunch with Beth and Matt.
We got a quick photo with B in her Easter bonnet, which she much preferred chewing on or using to play peek-a-boo:
And here are a couple of video clips of her with her special Easter basket:
We hope all of you had a wonderful Easter, too!
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
On the Move!
Brynna has been very inspired by a visit from her Grand.
She has learned how to lean over the upside-down laundry basket and push it across the floor, and yesterday she greeted Alex and me by crawling over to the edge of her playpen and pulling straight up to stand.
Then today, when presented with her brand new (well, brand-new to her, thank you consignment store) push toy, an amazing thing happened:
(Yes, we think maybe she broke into her dad's birthday champagne a little early.)
Happy birthday, amazing father of the amazing little B!
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Things worked in my favor and I have returned home. I'm too tired to elaborate further.
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Monday, April 6, 2009
Traveling...Yet Again
I am writing this while in the air, somewhere over the upper Midwest. [Though, of course, I don't have internet access up here (thank God!). I suppose I should say I am composing this in the air, then uploading it at my next opportunity].
It has been a rather busy 36 hours, which has brought me yet again to New Hampshire.
And what could be the reason for this trip, now that my family is back in Minnesota? Surely there isn't something else in New Hampshire that demands my in-person attention. As it turns out, there is a very good reason: a job interview. It is perhaps best to not mention who it was with or for what job. Suffice to say that they seem pretty serious: they paid to fly me out on short notice, after only an hour's phone call and looking at my resume.
Those of you keeping score will note that this is my 6th round trip to the Northeast since mid-December. I shudder to think of the carbon footprint. Believe me, I'll be happy when this one is done. I pray for an end to days when my time is so thoroughly out of my hands. This trip hasn't been quite as arduous as driving the whole distance, but it hasn't been a picnic, either.
The flight out there yesterday actually wasn't that bad. There were some delays, but I ended up in Manchester more or less on time. I spent the night at our place in Concord, then had the interview this morning.
When I arrived at the airport to come back, I noticed on the flight board that there was a lot of yellow and red: delayed and cancelled flights. Some bad weather had been passing through the area - it was a torrential downpour when I arrived. So, my flight leaving Manchester was delayed for over an hour. That chewed up most of my layover in Detroit, so as soon as we touched down I fired up the iPhone and looked up the status of my connecting flight. Ah, no problem. It, too, was delayed about an hour.
But there was a problem. Because we only have one car in Rochester at the moment, I took a shuttle up to MSP on Sunday. Likewise, I was scheduled on a shuttle to get back Monday night. The delay in Detroit meant I'd miss the 9:00 shuttle I was scheduled on, and instead must take the 10:30. This happens to be the last shuttle of the day.
But, at the moment, even this is looking doubtful. That hour delay in Detroit quickly grew. It took longer than expected to load the passengers, then some mechanical problem kept us at the gate for a while. By the time that was cleared, the flight crew's allowable work time had maxed out (their day had started at 4 am), so we needed to wait for a replacement crew. Then we had to wait while taxiing for our slot in the departure queue.
So, here I am flying, wondering if I shall miss the last shuttle from MSP tonight. That's happened to me before, and it resulted in a white knuckle drive on snowy roads, in a blizzard, in a rented economy car with racing slicks, driven by a woman from Salzburg. We careened off a snow embankment and guard rail just before reaching Rochester...good times.
In fact, thinking on it now, of those six round trips to the Northeast in the last few months, I've had serious airline problems in three of them. One of those round trips was driving, which means that the airlines are two-for-five. That might be good in baseball, but hardly for transportation. One of those bad trips resulted in an entire lost day!
As things stand, I estimate I'll have 20 minutes from touchdown to the shuttle departure. I'll need to deplane, walk an indeterminate length of terminal, collect my checked bag (alas, it was unavoidable - too much stuff to bring back from Concord), and get to the shuttle. That's probably impossible. I will call the shuttle when I touch down and ask them to wait a bit longer. Being the last shuttle of the day, they might do that.
The backup plan is for Hilary to drive up and get me. I really, really hope that doesn't come to pass. We were in touch while I was on the ground, so she knows the flight and knows to check the flight status. Seeing the expected arrival time and doing the math I've just done, will she already be on the road when I touch down?
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Readers' Letters: 'Standing together against the hatred'
It's a pity Gordon fell for the propaganda
Dear Sir,
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Your columnist Gordon Smith opened his opinion piece entitled 'Hidden side of the occupation' (Jewish News, 11 June) by stating: "I come from a family of Zionists". "I'm not a Zionist" would've been more informative!
'Hidden side'? The West Bank is prowled by cohorts of militant non-governmental organisations, biased journalists, foreign diplomats, professional activists and 'concerned Jews'. Perhaps 'hidden in plain view'?
While describing the plight of the West Bank Bedouin settlement Susiyeh, Mr Smith omitted to mention that the case has been tried in Israeli courts of law, with every facet examined and every appeal exhausted. Israel's Supreme Court ruled (as did all the lower courts) that Susiyeh was established illegally on an archaeological park boasting one of the oldest known synagogues.
The authorities have therefore refused to issue a retroactive building permit. Israeli courts often rule against the government and in favour of West Bank Palestinians. Yet in this case, the court found the authorities' position entirely reasonable.
Mr Smith has been fed disinformation while on a propagandistic 'tour' organised by Yachad and Breaking the Silence (BtS).
Despite describing itself as an Israeli NGO, BtS is funded by foreign governments. However, at least its handful of activists are Israeli citizens, entitled to focus disproportionately on their country's deeds and misdeeds.
But nothing justifies Yachad's obsessive, exclusive focus on 'Israeli occupation'. Surely even Yachad would agree that the Jewish State's 1967 occupation of Hebron (ancient Jewish city 40 miles from Tel Aviv) was slightly more justified than the 2001 British occupation of Helmand in Afghanistan (former British colony 4,000 miles from London). Why is it, then, that Yachad has (for years now) been taking people on 'tours' of Hebron, but never of Helmand? As British citizens (who live, pay taxes and vote in the UK – not in Israel), Yachad's activists surely have more to do with the British occupation than with the Israeli one!
Had he also been 'touring' British-occupied Helmand, Mr Smith could have compared occupations and their respective 'hidden sides' – which would have
lent more credibility to his highfalutin pronouncements.
BtS is just a fig leaf for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement; as for Yachad, it shares with Palestine Solidarity Campaign an obsessive, single-minded focus on Israel's faults – real or imaginary. And you know what? When 'humanitarian concern' is concerned with just one variety of humans – I call it persecution.
Noru Tsalic
University of Warwick
Standing together against the hatred
Dear Sir
The wording of your recent editorial opinion (18 June, Jewish News) on Saturday's Nazi march left us shouting at your newspaper.
Let us say loud and clear, an anti-Semitic demonstration is by its nature nothing to do with peace. Moreover, such a demonstration that is provocatively taking place within an area with a substantial Jewish population is anything but peaceful. Bizarrely, the Nuremburg Rally held by the Nazis could have been given the same description 'peaceful'.
The childhood mantra of "sticks and stones" is wrong; names do hurt, they incite violence and death, they lead to the sticks, stones and worse.
It is bemusing that people seek to justify the non-opposition to the Nazis because the risk from Islamic fundamentalism is worse. Simply, just because you have one enemy does not mean that you should be complacent about another enemy. To paraphrase, "we have to fight the Nazis as if there were no Islamo-fascists and vice versa".
Anger dissipated to sadness with the comments attributed to Jonathan Davies, the Board of Deputies, representative of Golders Green Synagogue, by all means disagree with the tactic, but to justify that by effectively saying "be quiet you might provoke the Nazis" is the defeatist talk that leads to expulsion and, sadly, much worse.
Giving publicity to this issue is not adding oxygen; rather it is highlighting the danger to the majority of the population who are not aware of the rise of the far right. In the past week, a supporter of National Action has been convicted of attempted murder in Wales; before that, the communal Menorah was desecrated in Birmingham by a bunch of Nazis, and nine people were killed by a white supremacist in America.
This is not to downplay the attacks in Tunisia, France or Kuwait, but to say don't be distracted from all dangers, be they far right, far left, or Islamist.
If we are to learn any lessons from history, it is that the tactic of ignoring doesn't work. When the handful of lunatics formed the German Workers Party, it was dismissed when the German Government's agent Adolf Hitler investigated. No oxygen of publicity, no challenge, and consequentially nearly no Jews in areas that once had thriving communities much bigger than that in Golders Green.
This is not just a demonstration that affects the Jews of Golders Green, or even of the UK. It affects everyone.
Everyone must protest that thesethugs are demonstrating; it does not matter whether you are part of a group or an individual, just be there to oppose the Nazis.
We will be demonstrating and hopefully thousands of others will stand up and shout at the Nazis: "You aren't welcome here or anywhere". This isn't Cable Street, it's why we should oppose now, so that Cable Street is not necessary. We hope you'll be there too. Speak out while you can.
Mark Lewis and Mandy Blumenthal
Dear Sir
I wholeheartedly agree with Lady Levy and the Barnet Women's Interfaith Network, that the rally by the far right, Golden Dawn, etc, are completely unwelcome in Golders Green (or anywhere for that matter).
Equally unwelcome are the far left rabble-rousing Unite Against Fascism (UAF), which has a record for stoking up violence. Members are no friends of the Jews or Israel as can be seen from its leaders and supporters, Len McCluskey, Peter Hain, Ken Livingstone, Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn. The UAF, Hope not Hate and the Jew-hating hard left are exactly the same as the Jew-hating extreme right. They are not coming to defend Jews, they are coming for confrontation.
I am not convinced that nothing can be done to stop the demo, and although it's a sledgehammer to crack a nut, perhaps this is one time that the Civil Contingencies Act should be invoked. Perhaps Mike Freer MP can get this done or maybe Barnet Council should enact emergency powers and declare the area to be a dispersal zone.
However, it is Shabbat and no Jew should attend, not just because this defiles Shabbat, but because if any trouble occurs, we Jews/Zionists will end up getting the blame, guaranteed.
If you are going to shul, then use a route away from the station area. We should have no press, no cameras, no counter demo, no Jews, shops closed, a ghost town and let the Nazis and Commies stand around looking at their feet. And for those yearning for the 'romance' and the 'good old days'; this is not a 'Cable Street'.
The police are going to have enough on their plate and from a community point of view, the last thing we need are images and reports of Jews being arrested, injured or worse in the papers on our screens and plastered all over social media.
To use an old quotation. "Imagine if war was declared and no-one turned up". This is precisely that time.
Jeremy Zeid
Dear Sir
We at Barnet Green Party are shocked and appalled that a small group of neo-Nazis have called an anti-Semitic demonstration in Golders Green on Saturday.
This is an act of deliberate provocation against the Jewish community, which has lived in and provided an important contribution to both the local area and the British way of life since their arrival along with the Normans in 1070.
It is particularly repugnant in the year that marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
This is not solely a matter for Jewish people, but for all who believe in democracy, tolerance, freedom of faith, and who oppose Nazism. In a climate of growing anti-Semitism across Europe, we urge all communities to come together to roundly oppose their presence.
For this reason, Barnet Green Party and our members – many of whom are Jewish – will be among those joining the counter-protests next weekend, including Adele Ward, Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Finchley and Golders Green in the general election.
We stand with the Jewish community at this time and reiterate our opposition to all forms of racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and oppression. We will meet at midday outside Golders Green Tube station so do join us.
We are reminded of the slogan used by British anti-fascists who came out onto the streets to successfully prevent Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists from marching through the East End of London in a similar act of intimidation against its Jewish community in 1936.
Barnet Green Party
By email
[Letters received prior to police announcing that Saturday's neo-Nazi rally is to be relocated to central London]
We're a community of worried parents
Dear Sir
As a parent of a lone soldier living abroad, I have sympathy with Lisa Sanders' piece (Jewish News, 11 June) and found it moving to read.
My son decided to make aliyah and serve in the IDF following his gap year and waited four years to fulfil his dream.
I am fine as long as things stay quiet, but I know if it all kicks off, I will be a nervous wreck. But I could no more stand in his way than fly.
It is a huge tussle between wanting to keep them close and protect them and let them go despite the dangers of doing so.
There is a whole community of worried parents out there but it is tempered by huge pride in what they are doing.
Sally Halon
Via jewishnews.co.uk
You can be a proud jew without a kippah
Dear Sir
Regarding Ann Cohen's letter entitled "No proud Jews among the Forty Under 40?" (Jewish News, 18 June) criticising those pictured on your front page for not wearing kippot and thus not being "proud Jews", I was one of those pictured.
I work full-time as a youth worker for a Jewish movement and in my spare time sit on the Board of Deputies, volunteer for the UJS and support a Holocaust education project.
While at university, I was JSoc president and headteacher of a cheder.
I take pride in my Judaism and prefer to express it through my life and the use of my time than wearing a kippah.
I hope this reassures Ms Cohen about "what hope [there is] for the future" of Britain's Jewish community.
Gabriel Webber
By email
Lord Sacks has got it so wrong on BDS
Dear Sir
Your report of Lord Sacks' comments on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) at the Herzyliya conference is yet another example of the man's inability to grasp the facts.
His tenure as Chief Rabbi was marked by a sequence of gaffes and great costly mistakes, which did nothing to enhance the community of which he was looked upon by the establishment as its titular head.
This recent statement is simply an extension of his continuing criticism of Israel and provides further ammunition for the BDS movement.
I find it extraordinary that he is still invited to address such an audience and be able to make inflammatory and absurd statements.
Philip Platt
By Brigit Grant
By Jewish News
By Judy Elkus
By Judy Elkus

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How to Market Your Student Organization or Event
How to Market an Event on Campus
So you are planning an event?
After you've completed the following:
- Reserve a room for your event
- Completed a risk management form if one is needed
- If tickets are required, speak with the Lane University Center Box Office
- Apply for event funding from SGA (student orgs only)
- Written a brief description of your event. Be concise, but provide enough information that even a complete stranger could understand your event. Here's some tips.
- Create or gather copyright-free URLs which represent your event.
Now that you are ready to market your event, here are some options at Frostburg State:
- Digital Signage - The Lane University Center Digital Signage System consists of 4 monitors placed in the Lane University Center lobbies near main entrances which offer student organizations, FSU offices and departments and local businesses a new and exciting way to get the word out about events, opportunities and meetings. Submit a 1920 pixels wide x 1080 pixels tall jpeg following these specifications.
- SpotlightOnline - Student and Community Involvement's weekly newsletter to Frostburg State's students, faculty and staff highlighting events and opportunities, student organizations are encouraged to submit events two weeks prior to event by tagging event type 'SpotlightOnline' when submitting to events.frostburg.edu
- events.frostburg.edu - submit an event to Frostburg State's official online calendar at least one week prior to the event. Include a brief description covering the five Ws and H: who, what, when, where, why and how. For example, if your news brief is announcing an open mic night in Lane, it should include what the open mic night will entail - maynef an online list of songs, who can participate, who is invited - students, faculty or staff, where it will be held and maybe even parking locations if inviting the public, when the open mic night will take place, why should you attend or maybe who it is benefitting, and how to sign up for the open mic night. You may multiple select from the drop-down menus event type, department and group. Don't forget to select Student Activities and SpotlightOnline. If your organization does not appear in the drop-down menu, email Robert Cooper at email@example.com, Director of Student Activities/Fraternity and Sorority Life to request it be added.
- BobcatConnect - an online community for student organizations
- Statelines - an FSU publication for and about FSU people. Published by FSU Division of Communications and Media Relations on Mondays, submit your events to firstname.lastname@example.com the Wednesday prior to publication date.
- FSU-TV3 - Submit a message request form to Frostburg State's television station. Be sure to read these technical specifications and content guidelines.
- WFWM/XFSR - Email your campus events to email@example.com for inclusion on XFSR's "Campus Calendar" segment or WFWM's "Community Calendar" segment
- Posters - Design your own poster or solicit a graphic design student for help. The Student Government Association offers copying services Monday-Friday from 8:30am-4:00 pm from your supplied pdf. BW-8.5x11-10¢, 11x17 -25¢ Color-8.5x11-25¢, 11x17 -50¢. Larger posters $1.26 sq/ft. We recommend printing 100 copies to plaster campus. Posters may be hung throughout campus on bulletin boards in academic buildings, the Lane University Center (policy), Residence Halls (policy), the Lewis J. Ort Library, and Edgewood Commons.
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Amazon's success as a transactional site that caters to those shopping with strong intent to buy is reflected in the low-inspiration, low-to-medium-value commodity items that make up the Amazon product categories millennials shop from; the most frequently-shopped categories are digital entertainment (shopped from 'on a regular basis' by 41% of millennials) and physical entertainment (51%). With Amazon designed to facilitate product search and discovery, rather than brand discovery, it's easy for millennials to search and find the ebook or movie they're looking for.
But providing a frictionless shopping experience for those shopping with strong intent is where many retailers are falling short of expectations. The number-one reason (28%) provided for what makes a negative ecommerce is where the experience isn't 'enjoyable' – for example, where a site is slow, had errors, or is hard to navigate. The issue of slow, error-riddled websites crops up again with nearly a third of the vote (28%) when millennials are asked to select the most common ecommerce problem they encounter.
What is the most common problem you encounter when shopping online?
- Lack of product information and / or reviews 40%
- The website is too slow or has errors 28%
- It's hard to navigate the site and find what I'm looking for 18%
- The online checkout is frustrating to use 14%
Using evaluation to identify improvements
With nearly 1 in 5 (19%) millennials saying that the key characteristic of bad ecommerce experiences is knowing what they want but struggling to find it, all retail brands, even luxury retailers and those selling high-inspiration products, need to cater to millennials shopping with intent, i.e. those who have a good idea of what they want to buy as they land on your site.
Which of the below best describes a bad online shopping experience?
- The overall experience of using the site isn't enjoyable e.g. it's slow, has errors, is hard to navigate 28%
- The site doesn't give me confidence 20%
- When I know what I want but it's difficult to find it 19%
- When I don't know exactly what I want and the site isn't able to help me make a decision 12%
- The registration / purchase experience is complicated and slow 12%
- The site is purely transactional and fails to inspire or engage me 9%
Making these journeys frictionless means nailing site performance and navigation, and eliminating errors. When it comes to developing and improving a website or app, digital teams often want to invest in new features rather than investing time in understanding where existing features of the website can be improved.
These neglected areas are often older, core components of the site, built when it was first launched, such as checkout funnels and registration processes. Neglecting these areas can result in needless friction for your customers at critical moments in their purchase journey. So how can retailers identify where to reduce friction for consumers shopping with strong intent to purchase?
Heuristic evaluation is one method that aims to find usability problems by giving a small group of evaluators the task of examining a website or other digital product and judge its performance. It does so using a set of recognised usability principles such as: 'systems should speak the user's language', 'the user shouldn't have to remember information across journeys', 'errors should be prevented rather than just captured', and so on.
The evaluation group is focused on a specific goal or user journey the retailer wants to assess, ensuring that the problems and improvement opportunities surfaced relate to the same area of the website or digital product. These improvement experiments are then prioritised based on their ability to drive value back to the business.
It's a testing strategy that's fast, easy, and helps ensure you don't lose sight of the basics when it comes to delivering seamless journeys for your customers. Other methods of evaluation, such as usability testing, A/B testing, and multivariate testing (MVT), are also key to creating fast, pain-free journeys.
Providing information that aids purchase
A staggering 93% of millennials are very likely (56%) or likely (37%) to read product reviews before making an online purchase. But retailers are clearly failing in this area, with a 'lack of product information and / or reviews' representing the top problem (39%) millennials face on ecommerce sites.
Even for millennials arriving on a website with strong intent to buy, that website's ability to instill trust and confidence is key to conversion; after all, the 'amount of product information and / or product reviews' is what makes millennials trust an online retailer the most (52%).
What makes you trust an online retailer most?
- The amount of product information and / or product reviews on their site 52%
- Reputation and what my peers or social network say about the retailer 51%
- The look and feel of their website 33%
- When they're clear about how they use my data 30%
Despite the prevalence of fake reviews on Amazon, with almost 10% of Amazon reviews having 'unnatural characteristics', half of all shoppers say they rely primarily on Amazon for reviews, according to one ecommerce analysis firm. So, for some retail brands, it's worth having a presence on Amazon if only to build up valuable reviews.
But millennials are savvy shoppers, and if they come to distrust Amazon reviews, this could force the ecommerce giant to make significant changes to its marketplace. Regardless of what happens with Amazon, there's a great opportunity here to reward customers for post-purchase behaviours such as sharing a review and promoting it on social media. Brands also need to produce rich content that helps drive the user to purchase, whether it's product guides, or third-party and media endorsements, and they need to closely align their content and commerce strategies.
The millennial generation is more likely to listen to and connect with people like them rather than celebrities; over 60% of people aged 18-24 would try a product suggested by a YouTuber, and 69% of millennials have admitted to experiencing FOMO (fear of missing out). What's more, the majority of millennials (51%) cite brand reputation, and what their friends and peers using social networks say about a retailer, as the main factor in what makes them trust the brand.
This is another reason why it's critical for retailers to leverage the power of peer reviews and social media to garner honest feedback about the product and online service, and to use that insight to continually refine the shopping experience. If a retailer is going to invest in a review tool, it needs to ensure its customer base is able to understand who the people behind the reviews are, or to use respected social influencers to review product.
In addition to fake reviews, we know that Amazon has a significant counterfeits and illegal goods problem. The second-most-popular reason to avoid shopping with Amazon is millennials' concerns around the authenticity of Amazon's products, with 15% saying that the fear of 'being sold a product that isn't authentic' is the main reason they stay away.
Some retailers opt to have a presence on Amazon to try and capture some of these sales, and others have publicly locked horns with Amazon; footwear brand Birkenstock, for example, has stopped deliveries to Amazon in the US and Europe, describing the Amazon counterfeits issue as 'modern-day piracy'.
What's clear is that the sale of unauthorised items can hurt retailers' sales, along with their reputation for quality products. But there's a clear opportunity for retailers to talk to the quality of their offering and the unique attributes of their products.
In Amazon's quest to be the low-cost provider of everything on the planet, the website has morphed into the world's largest flea market — a chaotic, somewhat lawless, bazaar with unlimited inventory'.
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Head of Mercedes Toto Wolff believes that the fight for the title will not destroy the close ties of his team with Ferrari.Toto Wolff "I do not want and will not allow our opposition to have destroyed the respect that exists between our teams. We are all in this together, so it's silly to carry all personal. I like how it is in Rugby where you can be cruel and hard opponents can try to strike each other during the match, but after the game together to drink beer.Our opposition is based on many years of work. We fierce competitors, and we don't want to have a coffee together during race weekend. But our relations and cooperation are essential as we work for the benefit of the giant platform. And if this giant platform is successful, we all win".
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This week's meals kick off with a bowl of stove top oats. It has been quite cold inside now, though outside it may still be warm. I'm definitely ready for the chilly weather and my warm meals and affinity for wearing sweatshirts and sweaters proves this. This bowl of oats included a tablespoon of maple peanut butter, cinnamon pecans, and blueberries among the usual ingredients. Not too sweet and very satisfying.
I was craving eggs of the scrambled variety, so I whipped up two with a dollop of milk and then topped it with cheese. This was enjoyed with a dark picture of assorted fruits and a grilled slice of my homemade zucchini bread! Instead of oil, I used apple sauce and subbed whole wheat flour for the white kind. It was so moist and yummy.
Up next came my favorite, go-to pancake recipe. These are topped with peanut butter (of course), jelly, and toasted coconut and served with fresh, beautiful berries.
Another oatmeal day included chocolate peanut butter, blueberries, strawberries, and banana. Again topped with a swirl of jelly and toasted coconut. I can't get enough!
Peanut butter toast was on the menu one day, the usual served with a healing bowl of fresh fruit. Simple, yet delightful.
When my college roommate came to visit this weekend, I knew what I needed to serve, pumpkin anything. I decided on the French toast recipe I developed last week. For my bread, I chose one piece of whole wheat sour dough and another cinnamon raisin. Unpictured are the strawberries, raspberries, and grapes I devoured on the side. Obviously these were enjoyed with my usual topping.
I ended my breakfasts for the week with two eggs over easy, with a little cheese, buttered toast with jam, and a side of fruit.
My first lunch was a bit of a stir fry fail. I get too over enthusiastic about vegetables so I couldn't finish it all, and the salmon and chickpeas I used were past their freshness and I had tone at around them! The whole wheat bow tie pasta was the best part!
Since I had eaten eggs for breakfast, I was missing my peanut butter fix, so for lunch I decided on a peanut buttered English muffin and veggie sticks with hummus. Light, filling, and so good!
Leftovers always make for am easy, great lunch. This includes whole wheat spaghetti, shrimp, and a variety of veggies mixed with homemade marinara sauced and topped with cheese.
Leftover pizza in general is the best gift. I quickly chopped up a healthy salad to accompany my slices and loved my meal.
Oh, this is awkward. Another day, another pizza lunch. Again served with salad and again enjoyed with immense fervor.
Okay, this is getting embarrassing. At the very least, this version is homemade and much healthier. And I served it with carrots, celery, and cherry tomatoes so that's not quite a salad. Don't judge me.
Phew, my last lunch was a chicken kebab salad enjoyed out with my siblings. I saved face there. For now at least.
My first dinner this week was some steak tossed with peppers and mushrooms and topped with cheese. I opted for some tortilla chips instead of a flour tortilla, threw on some sour cream, and enjoyed a side of spinach and cabbage.
Whole wheat spaghetti, shrimp, and veggies came next with a Caesar salad, which I had been craving for some reason. I love this colorful, delicious dish!
The next night, my sister and her fiancé came over for dinner so we ordered pizza and I made a huge salad. This week we got suckered into the Roosevelt special on PBS, which was excellent, but it's hard to watch something on a weeknight that's two hours long with no commercial breaks! Conversation was limited that night.
To offset all that pizza floating about, we had grilled chicken over a salad the next night. I had to eat this quickly in order to get to kickball, but it was light and yummy fuel for the game. Of course it was enjoyed with a side of toast.
I went out on Friday with my friends Stephanie and Katie to a Greek place. The service was not great, but the food was fantastic! This was a beef kebab with peppers, rice, and a big Greek salad. Hummus and pita enjoyed on the side.
Another big salad for dinner before the ghost tour I mentioned in my last post. This included grilled chicken over mixed greens, veggies, peanuts, and a few tortilla strips which I handed off the majority to Stephanie. Very flavorful. For some reason, the peanuts were my favorite part…
My meals were topped off this week with a perfectly grilled cheeseburger on an English muffin, broccoli, and the sweetest, freshest corn picked up from a farm. I also had a couple of chips for the salt factor.
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Understanding the information contained in your credit report can help you resolve any issues that may appear and alert you to potential problems that can seriously affect your overall credit score. Essentially, a credit report is a history of your financial transactions, both negative and positive, and offers an overview of past and current payment habits as well as personal data used to identify you as the individual in question. Equifax, Experian and TransUnion are the three major credit bureaus; while each uses a slightly different format to present its results, the information contained in the report is typically much the same.
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• full legal name and any names you may have used in the past
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This information is used to identify you positively as the person responsible for the financial information included in the report. Some credit reports list your income, dates of employment at each company, and dates of residence as well if this information can be determined.
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This part of the credit report includes any judgments or legal actions that have been decided against you. Typically, the date the action was filed, the amount of the original claim, the outstanding amount due, and the date of resolution if any are all included in the entry, as well as the name and contact information for the court where the judgment was rendered. Bankruptcies are also listed in this section of the credit report; Chapter 7, 11, and 13 bankruptcies remain on the report for ten years.
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It's a common misconception that only negative information appears on your credit report. In fact, positive information can remain on your credit report indefinitely, while negative information typically is only reported for seven years after the last transaction on the account. For each entry in your credit history, the following information is listed if it is currently available:
• name, address, and contact number of creditor
• account number
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• date opened
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• terms of the account
• credit limit or original amount of loan
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• date last reported to the credit bureau
This information allows lending institutions to determine your creditworthiness when you apply for a loan or other credit arrangement; by looking at your past history of payments, they can assess the risk entailed in offering you a loan. Higher risk profiles typically result in denied applications or higher rates of interest on loans and other financial arrangements.
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All three of the major credit bureaus allow consumers to dispute or add statements regarding negative credit information that appears on their accounts. If you feel that some account information is incorrect or misleading, you can contact the credit bureaus directly to dispute it or to add an explanatory note to the account. Additionally, it is possible to add a general explanatory statement to your entire credit report that explains a period of late payments or apparent irresponsibility. If you had a good reason for paying late or failing to meet your obligations, some lenders may take your statement into consideration when deciding whether or not to offer you credit and at what terms that credit will be extended to you. In this way, you can have the final word even when significant negative information exists on your credit report.


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IRS has updated its website housing the Voluntary Correction Program (VCP) submission kit for employers that missed the April 30, 2016, deadline for adopting a preapproved 401(k), profit sharing or other defined contribution (DC) plan document updated for the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA). The website now reflects the following recent changes to VCP:
- Rev. Proc. 2018-52 requires all VCP submissions to be made electronically through Pay.gov starting April 1, 2019.
- A new asset-based VCP filing fee schedule took effect Jan. 1, 2018, under Rev. Proc. 2018-4.
Before making a VCP submission, plan sponsors should check with the law firm, bank, broker, other financial institution or plan administrator that created the preapproved DC plan to see if they will request a closing agreement on behalf of all adopters who missed the deadline. If so, the plan sponsor doesn't need to make an individual VCP submission.
The VCP submission kit is available only for failures to adopt preapproved DC plans for PPA; it's not available for other errors, such as failures to amend for post-PPA tax law changes or to operate the plan according to its written terms. Information about fixing these and other failures is available on IRS's Correcting Plan Errors webpage.
Related Resources
Non-Mercer Resources
- VCP Submission Kit for Failure to Adopt a New Pre-Approved DC Plan by April 30, 2016 (IRS website)
- Correcting Plan Errors (IRS website)
- Rev. Proc. 2018-52 (IRS, Sept. 28, 2018)
- Rev. Proc. 2018-4 (IRS, Jan. 2, 2018)
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Barbara Giachin
Barbara took over the reins of the TFL Tours accounting department right from the beginning, offering since then the expertise she's been gaining over the years. Graduated at the Technical Institute of Commerce A. Vespucci, since 1985 she's been refining her ability as an accountant starting at Casigliani s.r.l. (production and sale of marble furniture in Italy, Europe and the United States) then at IKGF s.p.a. (high fashion production) and finally at Italgea s.r.l. (engineering office). Her encounter with Federica lead to an unavoidable co-operation which began with TFL Tours and is still bringing invaluable benefits to it.
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In her free time, the study of different cultures, made her practice Yoga and become a Yoga Teacher which helps a lot when having to deal with extreme and stressful situations.
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FCC votes to repeal net neutrality rules
The Federal Communications Commission is expected to repeal the current net neutrality rules and replace it with the Restoring Internet Freedom order Thursday. The current rules, championed by former president Barack Obama, prevent Internet service providers (ISPs) from blocking legal content users seek to access and prevent ISPs from accepting payment to prioritize some data. The new order would do away with those rules and, instead, require Net companies to disclose any blocking or prioritization of their own content or from their partners.
Sandy Hook shooting: How families are coping with tragedy, five years later
Five years ago Thursday, a lone gunman killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., fundamentally changing the security measures in grade schools nationwide. The massacre, one of the deadliest shootings in modern U.S. history, helped spark gun-control legislation and prompted calls for mental health reform. Many relatives of the children and educators killed at Sandy Hook have dedicated themselves to charity, activism and other efforts to channel their grief and, in many cases, to help prevent violence. Here's a look at their stories.
Media giants Disney, Fox expected to seal $60 billion deal
The Walt Disney Co. is expected to close a deal valued at as much as $60 billion to acquire much of 21st Century Fox's assets on Thursday, according to CNBC. Disney is expected to acquire the 20th Century Fox film and television studios, rights to some characters from the Marvel comic book universe that Fox currently holds and its 30% stake in the subscription streaming service, Hulu. The sale could bulk up the kind of shows Disney can provide to viewers and regional sports offerings on the company's soon-to-be-launched ESPN streaming service. The deal comes as Fox's Murdoch family streamlines the company's holdings to focus on the news business.
Brexit summit kicks off
A two-day European Council summit of European Union leaders begins Thursday in Brussels. The gathering seeks to set the terms of Britain's EU withdrawal fee, the status of the Irish border and the rights of EU citizens in the U.K. Prior to the summit, British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced that sufficient progress on these key issues had been made, which allows the exit talks to move on to the topic of Britain's post-Brexit trade deal and other transition arrangements.
Baseball's Winter Meetings conclude after eventful trades
Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings conclude Thursday after five days of wheeling and dealing in Orlando. The week was highlighted by the ongoing firesale of the Miami Marlins, and the revival of the Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees. Some big names are still left to sign, including outfielder J.D. Martinez and pitchers Yu Darvish and Jake Arrieta. Superstars such as Diamondbacks starter Zack Greinke or Orioles infielder Manny Machado could find themselves traded before things are over. Make sure to follow USA TODAY Sports for all the latest MLB dealings from Florida.
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Today Regional Arts Victoria announces our next strategic plan, with a strong focus on the development of creative practice, and with that new plan, some exciting changes to our organisation. From today, Regional Arts Victoria has three key departments of Partnerships, Programming and Projects, headed by an Executive Director...Continue Reading
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Join the discussion on a national vision for arts and culture by using #ausvotesarts. Some recent advocacy by Director of Regional Arts Victoria, Esther Anatolitis: Facilitating Regional Arts Victoria arts advocacy forums in St Andrews (28 June) and Colac (29 June) featuring local artists, arts leaders and political candidates...Continue Reading
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Leadership as facilitation
Across the coming few years, we're up to big things at Regional Arts Victoria. We've recently launched the Small Town Transformations book as a crystallisation of a project so extraordinary that we are still in awe of its leaders in Avoca, Dookie, Natimuk, Neerim South and Ouyen. This year...Continue Reading


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I am just starting to head up a group for The Linus Project in my area. There is probably a group in your area. I will take any donations of quilt and I can also long arm any finished quilt tops and...
I also bought over 10 spools of CT threads and my Bernina machine just didn't sew well with it. It would break and I even got some thread stuck under the bobbin case and then my machine wouldn't sew...
I went to a local estate sale yesterday too. It advertised a featherweight machine for sale but it was already gone when I arrived. They still had a featherweight table. I almost didn't see it. It is...
I voted for you and like your pillow idea.
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I sent them a piece backing with my quilt top and pinned a note to it on which direction it went. They centered it pretty good.
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I stack my quilts and put them on display.
Sewing this week on several items. Pinwheel quilt top, handmade doll, mesh bag and trash/ pin caddy. Also learning to use Pro-quilter on my new long arm machine I just got.
My daughter want to finally learn to sew and quilt. She is 27 not little. We started with going to see Jenny last week at her trunk show In Sacramento. We are excited and planning several projects.
I am making a mesh tote bag for my neighbor, pin cushion scrap bag and mini iron caddy.
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Everyone is giving you some great tips. Don't worry it does take a little practice. Then you will really love creating some beautiful embroidery's. PM me your address and next week l can send you a...
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I saw that this morning. Super cute! I am debating whether or not to buy it.
My Mom is an amazing woman. She lost her dad in WWII and her Mom died when she was very young. i love her strength, peace and courage in all we have been thru. She has always been there for me.
Praying for you and your family during this very difficult time.
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a. her boots are adorable. b. for bravery - opening up, raising awareness, pushing through! c. even as you share about what you're going through, I don't for a second think of it as defining you. It's a thing. A very rough thing. But YOU are facing it, learning from it, struggling through it and overcoming. Those are universal qualities that can help whether we're facing chronic illness, loss, the daily grind, substance abuse, or - well - whatever! Very powerful stuff. Keep it coming!ReplyDeleteReplies
LOL, I know, right? Those boots are the bomb and she adores them. Cutest thing EVER! I so appreciate your comments...I never ever want to bore people with my problems as we all have issues and struggles in life. Mine are no greater than anyone else and I never for one minute think I have it tougher than anyone else...soooooo...that is why I have a complex about talking about it (besides the fact that it doesn't define me.) ;)Delete
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Tessa Bonhomme is a Canadian hockey player as well as a TV sports reporter who was born on the 23rd of July in the year 1985, in Sudbury, Ontario. Through her bio in wiki sites, she has reached to the top by being a gold medalist in the Olympic as one of the members of the Canadian national women's hockey team as well as has played for the Toronto Furies in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Moreover, the hockey player also became a co-captain in the of the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey team in the NCAA. The hockey player has also served as a TV sports reporter, who turned out to be not only the gold medalist but also as a famous television personality talented in both fields. The hockey player and reporter is originally from Canada and has Canadian nationality. About her educational background, she has finished her college career at Ohio State University in 2008. The hockey player and the reporter have succeeded in both fields so she has earned herself a decent amount of salary and high net worth.
Career, Net Worth and Salary: What is Tessa Bonhomme salary per year?
Tessa's career has a great accomplishment; according to her bio through the wiki, she was a member of The National Women's Team ever since the year 2004 and made her debut in Olympics in the year 2010. This lady has helped Canada to win a third straight gold medal in the Olympics. She finished at her 5th IIHF World Women's Championship, victories the silver medal in the year 2013. She had also already won a gold medal in the year 2007 and 2012 alongside with the silver in 2009 and 2011. She is a media diva as well so her estimated net worth is over $2 million dollars with a high amount of salary.
Personal Life: Is Tessa Bonhomme married?
Talking about Tessa's personal life, she doesn't have a husband or is married to anyone. It is still unclear that if she is dating anyone or has a boyfriend and hasn't been linked with anyone. Once, her rumored boyfriend was another Olympic gold medalist David Pelletier in 2011, but both of them avoided it saying they are nothing but best friends. Because of the lack of the evidence we can say that Tessa is not dating or seeing anyone and is not married yet. But she is very happy with herself and enjoys her life with her folks and family.
Height and Weight: How tall is Tessa Bonhomme?
The hockey player and reporter is very beautiful and has gorgeous features with a toned body. She has a decent height with an athletic body. To be more precise, she stands tall by 5 feet 7 inches and weighs 64 Kg. She has blonde hair and a pair of blue eyes that she flaunts the best. Her exact body measurements are 33-25-25. She is currently at the age of 31 and has quite a young appearance and is very attractive. In the year 2012, she was named as one of the Most Beautiful Athletes on the planet by the "Sportsnet Magazine".
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The hockey player, as well as a reporter, is Christian by religion. When she was in high school, she played soccer, basketball, cross football and flag football. Of her basketball league, she was the most valuable player as a point guard in the year 2000. She was also honored as the Most Valuable Player in flag football in the same year. She has also earned herself a lot of fan following in her social media and is quite active.


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One man is dead after a fatal shooting in Jackson on Thursday. The shooting occurred in the 3800 block of Northview Drive just before 3:30 p.m. Officers responding to the scene at the corner of Northview Drive and Audobon Place found a black male lying a yard with multiple gunshot wounds.
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27 "I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart! And the peace I give isn't fragile like the peace the world gives. So don't be troubled or afraid." – John 14:27 Living Bible –
What a great verse from the Gospel of Saint John. The word Gospel means "good news". Jesus had some really good news for his friends and followers. He told them that peace was his departing gift to them (and us). Life on planet earth offers no lasting peace. And yet, countless lost souls search for it in vein every day. Jesus promised a peace that he alone can give. Peace of mind and a peaceful heart (spirit). Are you stressed? Thoughts and emotions churning inside? Do you suffer an anxious sense of urgency that seems to rush you along life's path? Are you feeling fainthearted? Things seem to be whirling out of control? A bit unsure that you know how to handle it all? You are suffering with heart trouble. Left untreated, your heart will harden and that could stop you from receiving God's best for your life. At the very least, your troubled heart will afford you no joy in the journey.
A Bizarre Pair
Meet the twin spoilers of a peaceful heart; Hurry and Worry. They work together and yet they are war with each other. Hurry will trouble your heart. Worry will make it afraid. Together, they will ruin your life.
- Hurry always runs out ahead of things; Worry hesitates and lags behind.
- Hurry is often reckless; Worry is overly cautious.
- Hurry sees only those things that speed him on his way; Worry sees only those things that are in the way and therefore sure to cause a problem.
- Hurry never sees the countless little things that make life truly worth living. Worry sees nothing but countless little things to be afraid of, most of which have nothing to do with your life at all.
- Hurry never thinks about the consequences of making hasty choices. Worry never makes a choice at all – for it might be the wrong one.
And so, these two destructive forces are forever pulling you in opposite directions. God have mercy on the man or woman who is filled with hurry and worry.
The Cure
Imagine Jesus as he spoke to his followers. He knew that their hearts were deeply troubled. He recognized that they faced uncertainty in an increasingly dangerous world. Jesus saw the worry and the fear. His admonition was pretty straight forward:
27 "DO NOT let your hearts be troubled (agitated and in a hurry); neither let them (your hearts) be afraid (full of worry)" – John 14:27 –
Suffering from a troubled heart? Tired of being hurried and afraid. Now hear this:
1 "YOU must not let yourselves be distressed—YOU must hold on to your faith in God and to your faith in me. – John 14:1 J.B. Phillips New Testament –
There it is. The cure for (spiritual) heart trouble. YOU must do two things:
- Trust God – He is still in control, and He alone is capable of exercising infinite wisdom, infinite power, and infinite love
- Trust Jesus – He is the means by which all of God's infinite wisdom, power and love is made available to you.
Now, it is up to you. Place your confidence in God by calling on Jesus – the Mediator between God and man. He'll answer. He always does. Put a stop to the destructive rampage of Hurry and Worry in your life today. Do it now! Hurry (just kidding)
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Stainless steel 316L, titanium alloy grade 7, and alloy C22 are currently under consideration as candidate materials for use in various components associated with the spent nuclear fuel package, which must be designed to withstand structural deformation caused by static, thermal, and handling loads. In addition, it has to maintain its integrity in case of accidents, where it may be subjected to high loads over a very short period of time. Mechanical characteristics of these three materials under dynamic loading are not well documented. This paper describes the procedures and results obtained from experiments performed over a range of slow and moderate strain rates in the range of 0.0001 sec"1 - 200 sec"1. An MTS servohydraulic system was used for the slower tests and an Instron/Dynatup instrumented drop weight impact machine was used for the faster experiments. Experiments were conducted at room temperature, 175 °F, and 350 °F. Results show that the yield strength, ultimate strength, failure strain, and percentage of area reduction depend on strain rate and temperature to varying degrees for all three candidate materials.
Alloys – Testing; Chromium alloys – Testing; Metallurgy; Molybdenum alloys – Testing; Nevada – Yucca Mountain; Radioactive waste canisters; Radioactive wastes – Storage; Stainless steel – Testing; Titanium alloys – Testing; Tungsten alloys – Testing
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"This is Ryan's third DVD of super easy/self-working magic. This collection has some total zero sleight stuff... some optional sleight routines... and some methods that will decimate ANY audience (even magicians)! You'll learn great tricks, but ALSO get a headstart on how to think 'laterally' and construct your own killer material!"
Ryan Schlutz is known as a genius creator of easy to do card tricks. His bestselling DVD's 'Miracles Without Moves' and 'Effortless Effects' have armed countless magicians with material that has blown spectators away but required no sleight of hand skill to perform.
On 'Only Slightly Sleighty' Ryan unleashes seven brand new barnstorming card routines that take everything to the next level. Most of the routines are still sleight-free or super easy (and those that aren't are still easily achievable by magicians of any skill level), but Ryan also teaches extra options for those who want to incorporate some sleights into the equation and add extra layers of deception to the material. Everything is taught on the DVD, so you can start simple and then build your way to card ninja expert!
The focus of the tricks on 'Only Slightly Sleighty' is giving your audience the feeling that THEY have control of everything. Ryan has honed and refined these routines with the implicit target of making the audience feel like they have made every decision. Because if THEY made decisions, then the tricks truly ARE magic! It's a masterclass in audience control and relaxed misdirection. You'll have a lot of fun performing these routines, and you WILL fool people!
Future Card
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Magic Camp
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