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Builders have contested the Dharavi Redevelopment Authority's (DRA) claim that the entire floor space index (FSI) of 4 can be consumed on the slum land itself. They have pointed out that it is not so and have sought transfer of development rights (TDR) to enable them to use the unutilized FSI elsewhere.
However, the government cannot allow TDR as there is a Bombay high court order against it for Dharavi redevelopment. "We have clearly mentioned in the Development Control Regulations for Dharavi that there will be no TDR. And this is on account of the high court order," said Nirmal Kumar Deshmukh, CEO of DRA. Some of the prospective developers have also been asking for more FSI. In return for a 25 sq m tenement, the DRA is offering an additional 17 sq m, which the developer can utilize for the sale component. However, the demand is for an additional 28 sq m, said sources.
DRA is offering 25 sq m carpet for the tenement on which it has added an additional 5 sq m (30 sq m built-up area) and another 10 sq m for amenities such as society office, health centre and aanganwadi for every 100 tenements.
"This adds up to 40 sq m but we are giving an extra 2 sq m, which takes the total FSI per tenement to 42 sq m. But developers want 53 sq m. It would be difficult even to consume 40 sq m given the space constraint and height restrictions," said sources.


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Anyone who has been following Bird Therapy will know that for some time now I have been exploring how to start an outreach project using bird-watching therapeutically. I've been planning and researching this for the last year and recently I was granted some funding to help get the project started. I even had sponsors in place, a range of donated resources available and a venue to work out of.
Then everything crashed down around me. I decided to change my job as the uncertainty regarding the future of my employer was impacting my wellbeing. I was offered some interviews and have now accepted a new role which I'm really excited about. However, my new role although in education, is not 'term-time only' and my future plans for Bird Therapy centred around this availability.
Cue the realisation that I just can't do what I want to do at this stage of my life. Obviously this brings with it some darkening thoughts of disappointment and letting people down which in-turn impact on my mental health. I have had to prioritise and compartmentalise what I can realistically achieve otherwise things could mentally get 'out of hand' in the long-term.
A friend told me I should sit back and look at what I have achieved in such a short space of time and then reassess where I want to get to. So in 2 years I've; been asked to write numerous guest blogs, had my first magazine article published with two more on the way, recorded three 'tweets of the day' for Radio 4, been interviewed on local radio, spoke to a hundred people at UCCRI about Bird Therapy and met Sir. David Attenborough… That's a ridiculous achievement for a few years and enforced a total reality check.
The nature of my OCD means that in striving for unachievable perfection I have a propensity to run away with ideas, promising things that I can't deliver and overselling myself to try and influence people to accept me and what I want to achieve. Bird Therapy started out as a writing project and seemed to be reaching out to a wider and wider audience. I have decided to focus on this aspect of the whole 'project' and deliver what I CAN deliver – the book 'Bird Therapy'. Sometimes I feel that even calling Bird Therapy a project oversells it.
I hope to do a few talks here and there like the one I am already booked to do at Cley Marshes NWT on September 14th (more info here; https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on/all-events/2017-09-14-bird-therapy ). I also hope to lead a few bird-watching wellbeing walks before the year is out but that will be it.

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They suggested that the early universe -- which exploded from a single point and was very, very small at first -- was one-dimensional (like a straight line) before expanding to include two dimensions (like a plane) and then three (like the world in which we live today). The theory, if valid, would address important problems in particle physics. Now, in a new paper in Physical Review Letters, Stojkovic and Loyola Marymount University physicist Jonas Mureika describe a test that could prove or disprove the "vanishing dimensions" hypothesis.
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the man who is shaping up to be Hillary Clinton's most troublesome competitor in the Democratic Party's run up to the 2008 Presidential election, has hit the ground running with the observation, or is it a campaign promise, to work to secure universal health coverage for all Americans within six years.
With this observation, honorable that it is, Obama joins declared candidates John Edwards and Dennis Kunicich in supporting what is shaping up to be the major campaign issue of the upcoming presidential election.
"The time has come for universal health care in America," Obama is quoted as telling a conference of the health care advocacy group, Families USA, observing that it is "wrong that 46 million (people) in this country are uninsured when the country spends more than any other nation on health care."
Currently, Americans pay $15 billion in taxes to help offset the costs of caring for the uninsured, a figure that is a drop in the bucket when weighed against the total costs of this group's health care that is borne by hospitals, doctors and those of us who are insured.
The sad fact is that, unlike the other countries that non-declared candidate, Obama, was referencing in his comments concerning the dollar cost to numbers of people covered ratio, nowhere is the insurance industry as out of control as it currently is here in the United States, where insurance companies are allowed to run rough shod over consumers merely because few, if any, of our elected officials have the stones to stand up to them.
But, I'm getting ahead of myself, here.
According to an AP wire story, Obama's comments "echo a speech he made last April when he said Democrats "need to cling to the core values that make us Democrats, the belief in universal health care, the belief in universal education, and then we should be agnostic in terms of how to achieve those values."
All of which is very cool and, hopefully, tells reams about the man that many are considering the greatest hope for the future of our country.
Standing in the way of such lofty ambitions, however, no matter how correct those ambitions may be, is the deep pockets insurance industry, which, as everyone knows, has prided itself these past thirty or so years in finding new and better methods of nickel and diming the majority of us, who do have health coverage, into the ground with co-pays, exclusions and gaps of service.
Aiding and abetting them in their actions is the ever-loyal Republican Party, who, as a whole, never met a handout that they would not jump through hoops to attain.
For this reason, before we can talk about universal anything, it is necessary that major ethics revisions be passed and enacted into law by the current Congress. Only with such legislation in place governing the behavior of our elected officials, can we have any hope of restricting the influence that major corporations have over Congress.
Congress has, for far too long now, advanced the agenda of the corporations over the needs of the American people. This is immoral, and the men and women complicit in making it a reality, criminal.
To have any hope of fixing this, we need national laws passed that would place all those criminals participating in this tyoe if activity in this country, in prison. And I do not mean one of those country club facilities intended for alleged white- collar criminals.
Cheating the American people should draw hard time. Only then can we be assured that our elected officials will do what they are elected to do and represent, as the Constitution says, "We, the people of the United States of America".
Along with universal health care, and access for all to a superior education, this is a cause whose time has come.
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I can't claim to have returned from Ireland tanned (perma-cloud keeps everyone's skin 255/255/255–my people!) or rested (a week of piloting a minivan down the "wrong" side of roads no wider than a cocktail straw leaves me shaking with PTSD), but I'm certainly ready to fire up the blog again. I plan to share some photos shortly. In the meantime, I'll shake off the cobwebs with some a few things that made me smile today:
- The kids at freeloveforum have created a brilliant parody of the breathless promo videos that we technology companies (Adobe, Apple, etc.) can't resist creating. With MS Paint, "the future… is in the past!" [Via Alistair Lee]
- "Where do you live, anyway, a Simpsons cartoon?" Elsewhere Mike Johnston of The Online Photographer shares his salty thoughts when looking at "Photoshop excess." (See also his previous parody of clueless photoblog commenters.)
- "PMS 187 runs deep in my veins…" My art director pal Maria at Hallmark passes along the frisket-slashing stylings of the Original Design Gangster. Pour out a 40 for the dead homie…
- Update: Poor Eric Clapton. If someone photographed my every movement, I'm sure they'd catch stuff far dopier than this. Still, it's kind of funny to see the ol' guy flummoxed by his lens cap. Maybe he should spend more time hanging around with Graham Nash. [Via Zalman Stern]
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[Thanks, Pedro. I look forward to reading the details of this debate. –J.]
Regarding the Clapton piece – amusing, yes…but the "Daily Mail" really isn't helping when they mistake his Leica for a "Single Lens Reflex" which it is NOT. Oops.
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Ashland University's wrestling team earned a victory over Urbana on Wednesday (Jan. 23) night at Kates Gymnasium, in a one-sided dual that ended with the No. 17 Eagles on top, 45-0.
Ashland won all 10 matches, two coming by forfeit.
"They were moving well, they just looked good," said Ashland head wrestling coach Josh Hutchens. "Individually, Dan Morell had a great match. He stepped up a weight class to 133 and came away with the last-second win."
Morell, a senior, trailed late in his match by two points. He scored in the closing seconds with a takedown to earn the 5-4 decision.
"He stepped up the most of anybody on the team," said Hutchens.
Redshirt junior Christian Price did something that isn't seen every day in his victory at 174 pounds. He recorded 10 takedowns in the first period, eventually winning by tech fall, 26-10.
"He's been struggling finishing his shots lately, so he said he was going to shoot as many shots as he could," said Hutchens. "He took a lot."
Redshirt junior Chandler Minnard was clinical in his 13-0 decision at 141 pounds, showing why he's No. 4 in the nation in his weight class.
Five other Eagles earned wins on the night. Sophomore Carson Speelman won by major decision at 149 pounds, and sophomore Cody Woods earned the win in a tight match at 157, a 4-0 decision.
Redshirt sophomore Eric Fasnacht didn't leave any doubt in his 18-1 win by tech fall at 165 pounds. Freshman Daniel Beemer got a late pin at 6:06 at 184 pounds, and redshirt freshman Peter Abraham won a 5-0 decision at 197 to close things out for Ashland.
"The big thing we've been talking about in practice is more moving on our feet, and a lot more energy going into the third period, so that's what we wanted to see," said Hutchens. "We wanted to keep that pace, and keep that movement through the whole match, and pretty much everybody did."
In their last home dual of the year, the Eagles will welcome Findlay to Kates Gymnasium on Saturday (Jan. 26) at 7 p.m.
Translating recent success and practices will be key for Ashland's grapplers to be successful in their next dual.
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On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger in Montgomery, Ala., thus launching the modern-day civil-rights movement. Monday, Feb. 4, is the 100th anniversary of her birth. After she died at the age of 92 in 2005, much of the media described her as a tired seamstress, no troublemaker. But the media got it wrong. Rosa Parks was a first-class troublemaker.
Professor Jeanne Theoharis debunks the myth of the quiet seamstress in her new book "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks." Theoharis told me, "This is the story of a life history of activism, a life history that she would put it, as being 'rebellious,' that starts decades before her famous bus stand and ends decades after."
She was born in Tuskegee, Ala., and raised to believe that she had a right to be respected, and to demand that respect. Jim Crow laws were entrenched then, and segregation was violently enforced. In Pine Level, where she lived, white children got a bus ride to school, while African-American children walked. Rosa Parks recalled: "But to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to accept what was the custom. The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world."
In her late teens, Rosa met Raymond Parks, and they married. Rosa described Raymond Parks as the first activist she had ever met. He was a member of the local Montgomery NAACP chapter, and, when she learned that women were welcome at the meetings, she attended. She was elected the chapter's secretary.
It was there that Rosa met and worked with E.D. Nixon, a radical labor organizer. Rosa Parks was able to attend the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee, in 1955. The school was a gathering place for activists—black and white together—committed to overcoming segregation, and for developing strategies and tactics for nonviolent resistance to it. It was there that Pete Seeger and others wrote the song "We Shall Overcome" as the enduring anthem of the civil-rights movement.
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When she met Nelson Mandela after his release from prison, he told her, "You sustained me while I was in prison all those years."
When Rosa Parks died, she was the first African-American woman to lie in state in the Capitol rotunda. I raced down to Washington, D.C., to cover her memorial service. I met a young college student and asked her why she was there standing outside with so many hundreds of people listening to the service on loudspeakers. She said proudly, "I emailed my professors and said I won't be in class today; I'm going to get an education."
Rosa Parks has much to teach us. In fact, she and other young women had refused to give up their seats on the bus before Dec. 1, 1955. You never know when that magic moment will come. This Feb. 4, the U.S. Postal Service will release a Rosa Parks Forever stamp, a reminder of the enduring mark she made. Rosa Parks was no tired seamstress. As she said of that brave action she took, "The only tired I was, was tired of giving in."
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Agnes Eleanor Barrett, 88, of Cassville, passed away at her home on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013.
She was born in Carteret, N.J., on Aug. 22, 1924, the daughter of Feliks and Agnes (Adamski) Szymborski. She was united in marriage to Michael Raskulinecz and to this union two children were born. Michael preceded her in death Nov., 1967. On Feb. 10, 1973, in Avenol, N.J., she was united in marriage to John W. "Jack" Barrett, who preceded her in death on Dec. 25, 1989. Also preceding her in death were her parents and seven brothers, Adam, Alexander, Joseph, John, Stanley, Charles and Henry, and one sister, Helen Aleszcczyk.
Survivors include: one son, Adrian Raskulinecz and his wife, Susan, of Lake Forest, Calif.; one daughter, Michele Leonard and her husband, Michael, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; one stepson, Michael "Mickey" Barrett and his wife, Jean, of Absecon, N.J.; one stepdaughter, Linda Barrett, of New Jersey; two sisters, Bernice "Bunny" Carney and her husband, Richard "Sarge", and Pauline Kowaleski and her husband, Stanley "Stan", all of Cassville; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.
She grew up in Carteret, N.J., and graduated from Carteret High School. She worked for RCA for 20 years before retiring. In 1975, she and Jack moved to Cassville. For several years, she worked as a hostess at Roaring River Restaurant. She was active in her church, St. Edwards Catholic Church, PCCW (Parrish Council of Catholic Women) and volunteered at the food commodities. She was also a member of Silver Leaf Federated Club.
Funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday at St. Edwards Catholic Church, Cassville, under the direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Rev. John S. Braun will conduct the services. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday at Springfield National Cemetery, Springfield, under the direction of Fohn Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. today (Wednesday) in Fohn Funeral Home.
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For the last few weeks I've been toying around with a new store building script called StoreStacker that I believe has potential even though I had quite the adventure installing it. Yes, StoreStacker has potential, but if you don't have the right hosting that includes Zend Optimizer and the ability to easily run cron jobs, this could be one seriously frustrating install for you.
StoreStacker is a script that you upload and install on your server that grabs products and feeds from eBay, Amazon, YouTube, Clickbank, Overstock, RegNow, HotelClub and any RSS feed that mashes everything up into a nice little store that could have anywhere from 50 pages to 1,000's of pages. With the exception of products featured on your home page, StoreStacker creates an individual page for every single item in your store. For instance, I created this digital camera deals web site with products from eBay and Amazon, photography videos from YouTube and photography books from Clickbank and Amazon, with every product having its own page.
As you go to each product or video page, StoreStacker grabs the product description, tags and other pertinent info along with automatically mashing up different products, books and videos related to the content on the page, giving you unique content for search engines to index. I installed the digital camera site as a test only 3 weeks ago or so and as of this post I have 11 pages indexed by Google so far.
While StoreStacker does create a lot of content for you, I would never suggest you just throw up one of these stores and not add any of your own original content. There's just too much garbage on the net today and we certainly don't need to add to the cyber-landfill that spammers and spolgs have created. StoreStacker allows you to add content to any page just by navigating to each one and adding your own product description or whatever you want and I suggest you do this to as many pages as you can (my store still needs a lot of work).
Since your store will change over time because of updating you will do through a cron job, you probably aren't going to want to add content to your individual eBay pages. They will obviously change once your store updates. What you can do is add content to your home page, each individual category page and to pages that will be permanent such as product pages from Clickbank, videos from YouTube and some Amazon pages.
Now for hosting StoreStacker. I have to be totally honest with you because that's why I call this blog Affiliate Confession. Installing this script was a huge pain, no joke. It's probably more the fault of my hosting company 1and1.com rather than StoreStacker, but it took me 3 days to get this thing working correctly and I was almost to the point of dropping the entire project. However, I see the potential of something like this to make some decent cash and I decided to stick with it.
I think the problem is that 1and1 doesn't have Zend Optimizer installed and doesn't use cPanel as as the default interface once you log into your hosting account. Most hosts either have Zend Optimizer installed or will do it for you because it is not something most companies want you to try on your own. After trying to install Zend with no luck on my own and a few emails to tech support pleading with them, they finally installed it for me and I was able to complete the installation of StoreStacker.
Another obstacle I ran into was the ability to run cron jobs at 1and1. Amongst many other things, cPanel allows you to easily set up cron jobs which will automatically update your StoreStacker Store with new products as eBay, Amazon, Overstock and other sites update their products (of course it is especially important for you to be able to update eBay at least once a day). Since 1and1 doesn't have cPanel, it is a little more complicated process to run cron jobs there. You can still update your store without running a cron job by going into your store interface and updating each category page by hand.
I think StoreStacker can be a nice product for building a quick affiliate store or 2 or 3 (actually you can build as many stores as you want for the price of admission), but you definitely don't want to host with 1and1 if you decide to use it. If you do get StoreStacker, make darn sure you write to tech support at your hosting company and ask them if Zend Optimizer is installed (or if they will do it for you, for each store) and ask if they use cPanel or have a way to easily set up cron jobs.
Pricing for StoreStacker is $97 for the script and includes the Amazon and eBay plugins. Additional plugins for Clickbank, Overstock, YouTube and others are $25 each. However if you are one of the first few customers some of the plugins will be free, but I'm not sure how many.
Check out StoreStacker and see if it's for you.
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Parents. They gave me life, shelter, food, and a little guidance in preparation for adulthood. Now they're both old, so I kind of owe them, right? What's a little incest, black-eyes, bruises and hurtful words among family? Those rough days are over and I should never speak of them again. Right? I shouldn't be a downer or a whiner, people HATE that kind of artistry. I should be buoyant and light in everything I write, yes?
Nah! Collective society has been wrong at so many turns, their credibility is shot as far as I'm concerned.
Right now, while we all sit comfortably tapping on keyboards or perusing the internet, a child on this planet is being raped or starved or punched by an adult. As we blithely go about our days shopping for milk, eggs and bread, or making an appointment for the next oil change on our car, some man or woman is suffering under the unyielding weight of their depression. As we channel surf the television, some teenager is contemplating suicide.
I am absolutely certain that all my suffering as a child is meant to do some good in this world, is meant to offer a pinch of hope to someone out there who might be feeling hopeless; or someone else pretending for the world that everything is just "fine." So I'm here, doing what I do best.
Hold on! Life can be DELICIOUS. Don't even THINK about giving up.
I am shocked to see the person I am today compared to the person I was twenty-four months ago. Shocked.
The two me's are like night and day.
June 2015 Me— Self-deprecating, friendship groveling, self-loathing, shame-consumed, contortionist. Contortionist? Yes, I would bend into any shape to make you feel comfortable in my presence. I would plug your nose (if you let me) to prevent you inhaling my shameful stink. I didn't want to get my rape fumes on you or drop any of my abused and neglected child crumbs on your clothing. I overcompensated with friendliness, generosity and kindness to make up for being so unloveable, my own parents ignored every emotional need I ever had. Contortionist.
June 2017 Me— I am worthy. I am worthy of a blog with my name on it. I am worthy of a blog that's all about ME. I am worthy of a blog replete with selfies. Everything I write, I write from my heart and primarily for myself. I care way less what anyone thinks about how I look, what I do and what I say. I say fuck if I want to. Not eff, not f-bomb, not frig or freak— fuck. I am unashamed of the dark side of my personality. I feel joy exponentially on frequent days. I still have fear, but it doesn't consume me. I still have shame, but she no longer reigns over me. Demons, which I bribed long ago to be quiet and hide, no longer terrorize me in sleep and awake states. Oh yes, sure, occasional bad dreams come, but they are rare and afterwards, I don't wake up panicked, ashamed and sweaty. I have peace.
In May 2015 my mother chose our daughter's graduation day to throw a spurned woman's tantrum in lieu of celebrating with the family. By spurned woman standards, her ex-husband (my father) had the gall to bring the new wife. Before that day I had no idea that I was living a stranger's life. I was so busy pretending to be everything everyone else needed me to be, I had lost track of who I really was. (Hubby, thanks for waiting for me to wake up. Daughters, once again, I am so sorry. Teenage years are hard enough without having to deal with a crazy mother. Thanks to you all for your patience).
I saw this woman. She was an incredible fake. She was terribly sad behind all her smiles. She was full of rage. Holy shit! She was me.
The ride of my life presented itself, so I hopped on. I was terrified and excited all at once: I knew my life was about to change forever. I hung onto the rails, white-knuckling, heart thumping, full of hope and excitement. That fuckin ride slammed my body into rumbles and rattles of trembling bones and chattering teeth. Wait! Wait wait wait, hold on— but it was too late. There was no turning back, forward motion only. When a thirty-plus year old mask gets ripped from the front of your heard, the place where there's a hole to speak and eat, nose holes for breathing, holes for eyeballs— it hurts like a motherfucker! My heart— oh shit! — my heart was in a vice, something was squeezing so hard. What was happening?
Well let's see: you made a deal with the devil, Maria. No, I didn't. Oh yes, yes you did. You sold your little girl-self out, no different than hocking a wedding ring to buy a bottle of vodka. I had no idea. I thought— You thought what? You thought there would be time? You thought the devil, your parents and you would eventually return to the table and renegotiate a better deal? Naive. And what, in the meantime? Drink yourself into an early grave?
But it wasn't just me. Uh huh, what? You thought, because they were older, you would just keep following their lead until what, one of you died? Rape, incest, beatings, verbal abuse, cunning manipulation— yes, you made them stop on several fronts. But sweeping all of it under the rug as if none of it ever happened, and then pretending to be a loving, functional family. Oh honey, you may have well have guzzled gasoline and lit a match, you were dying inside for thirty years.
Ugh! The agony of letting that sink in. It was wrenching! When I could see my life for what it had become— Where was everybody? I wanted to scream. I wanted to holler. Look here, where are my people? Can any of you see me? Can anybody HELP me? Am I the only one who felt the earth trembling? Pain pain pain!
Nope. It was just me. I woke up to an entirely new world and quickly realized I had to keep moving, keep waking up and going to work, keep cooking and washing dishes, keep bathing and brushing my teeth, keep being mommy to daughters, and wife to husband, friend to friends. While I kept acting as if, as if I was alright, I had to keep moving and holding myself together.
I didn't know that ride of my life, the one which filled me with terror and excitement all at once, I didn't know how bad it would make me hurt. I didn't know I could howl through crying. Howl?! Listen, bawling has got nothing on howling. When you howl you are like a wounded animal. It's a terrible sound: high-pitched wailing and moaning, your stomach clenches, your head throbs. You hiccup and you shudder with shame. What is the matter with meee? Why do I reek? Why am I so abnormal? Some of you know what I'm saying here. And you want to murder all the seemingly functional and law-abiding citizens of the world. All those seemingly lucky suckers whose grass looks a whole lot greener than the one you're standing on.
The first twelve months were the hardest, but the days got easier.
I never imagined I would live a life devoid of parental relations, even while the parents were still alive. Never thought that would happen unless I was damaged by some kind of irrational rage. But no, it's nothing like that. I love my parents. They are simply too toxic to be in my life. I've discovered how to love myself more than I love my parents (for my sanity, for my physical health), not just them, but the idea of them, the fantasy of having them around me as caring and nurturing people. Not everyone who is a parent possesses the ability to love children beyond themselves. It takes practice.
Today I am better. I am SO much better than I was. I hope someone reading this will be inspired to do something scary and new to take their lives to a whole other level, a level they know nothing about yet. Because that's the secret: you have to be willing to let go of everything you thought you knew, every familiar thing in your world, in order to have extraordinary dreams befall you. The ride will get raucous, bumpy and scary, but it will be totally worth it.
I'm still on it. Not white-knuckling anymore, mostly cruising, enjoying a few dips and also enjoying the calm.
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Rice Biodiversity Techniques Remain Intact in Rural Thailand
Photo: exquisiturs
As with other high yield crops like rice, meant to feed large groups of people on the cheap, domesticated crops are chosen to be grown in mass often leaving the crop's biodiversity in jeopardy. But thanks to the time honored rice harvesting traditions of Thai rice farmers, many of the less prevalent but still incredibly important rice crop varieties remain intact. A new study shows that the established tradition of Thai rice farmers in Thailand has led to the preservation of some lesser known varieties of rice. According to an article on Eco-Worldly, the Karen people, a small rice farming group in the rural hills of Thailand, play a vital role in maintaining their crop's genetic diversity by exchanging and choosing seeds to plant the following year. "They take into consideration a multitude of factors which vary annually, including soil type, elevation, and temperature," according to the study done by Barbara A. Schaal, Ph.D., the Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and her colleagues at Chiang Mai University in Thailand.
Preserving Rice Crops For Future Generations
The Karen People seems to practice careful measure to ensure the diversity of interesting crops of rice. For example, they discovered a beautiful species of purple rice and took care to ensure to test and preserve the crop by growing a bit of the rice in a small corner of field in order to taste test and see how it grew. The fact of the matter is that keeping heirloom seeds in seed banks could become an ineffective means for preserving plant species if we don't know how to grow the crops. Adaptability when it comes to harvesting the seeds is just as important as having the seeds in the first place.
Genetic Biodiversity Is Not Just For Flavor
If we don't maintain the necessary biodiversity in our crops we could run into some serious issues down the road in terms of our abilities to feed the masses. Different species of rice don't just taste different, they stand up differently to climate variations, and as our climate changes, genetically modified mega chains of rice, corn, and other crops could potentially not withstand the climate change.
More on Plant Biodiversity:
Ramsar Wetland Convention Meeting in Korea: Protecting Rice Paddies
NY Chef Urges Congress to "Stop the Blandness!"
More Than Pretty Heirloom Tomatoes: Saving Seeds Critical to Combatting Climate Change


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Cordell Planning Partners, an elder care law firm that focuses on the protection of assets and estates, is hosting a workshop from 1 to 3 p.m., Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at the Drury Inn and Suites Kansas City Independence in Blue Springs, Mo.
The uncertainty of the future requires us to plan ahead. Understanding the estate planning process will help you determine the best approach to satisfy your needs.
The workshop will include topics such as the difference between revocable and irrevocable trusts, planning for disabled beneficiaries, qualifying for government funds without losing everything, defining the "60 Month Rule," no-cost pre-planning approaches to preserve assets, and information on health care proxies, probate, living wills, and Powers of Attorney.
Attendees should arrive to the 20300 East 42nd Street, Blue Springs, Mo. 64015, 15 minutes early for registration. Parking is free, and free refreshments will be provided at the workshop.
Visit eldercarelaw.com/workshops to register.


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Odu'a Investment Company Limited was incorporated in Nigeria as a Limited Liability Company in July 1976, to take over the business interests of the former Western State of Nigeria now comprising Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Ekiti States of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. From inception, it has been operating as a conglomerate owning substantial investment in Real Estate, Food and Beverages industries, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Financial Services, Hotel and Catering, Telecommunication, Printing and Publishing. The company commenced operations on the 1st of October, 1976.
Apart from investments in limited liability companies, Odu'a Investment Company Limited also owns substantial properties at choice locations in Ikeja residential/industrial estates and Apapa in Lagos state as well as a number of residential and commercial properties in Ibadan including Cocoa house, Aje House, Orange Court, Almond Court etc. Investments in some other parts of the country are also assets to the company. Odu'a Investment Company Limited is a company run by an independent Board of Directors comprising of seasoned, high-flying and accomplished professionals with vast experiences in business and human resources management.
The Company's policy is determined by a competent and dynamic Board, a mix of executive and non-executive Directors who are experts in their own fields. The board is supported by a robust management team. Odu'a also continues to engage in talks with foreign partners concerning joint venture partnership for expansion and effectiveness of her subsidiary companies.
As a dynamic conglomerate, it continues to make forays into new, profitable ventures that will not only give returns on her shareholders' investments, but also create employment opportunities for the younger generation.
"To be the leading Nigerian Conglomerate in our chosen sectors, delivering above par performance in growth and profitability"
"To deliver maximum returns to our Stakeholders through qualitative and strategic management, towards enhancing the heritage of our founding fathers"
Integrity – Transparency in all our business activities and relationships, being accountable for our actions.
Excellence – Delivering superior performance through high quality products and services.
Team Work – Realising the strength in unity, sharing same core values and respecting each other's opinions and views.
Creativity – Encouraging the free flow of ideas and appreciating innovations.
Passion – Being enthusiastic and ready to accept responsibility, proud of our business and vocations.
- Engaging in activities that will promote and enhance rapid economic, industrial and human resources development in our catchment areas particularly building on the efforts of the founding fathers of the Company.
- Conducting and regulating our activities in a way that will promote the unity of the host states and compliment their efforts in developing the states industrially, commercially and doing this without any interference or overbearing influence from the owners.
- Promoting and rewarding hard work, productivity, creativity and teamwork.
- Evolve a strong, slim, viable and profitable group.
- Achieve quantum leap growth, in operating performance and optimize returns to shareholders.
- Restructure the Group:
- Exit from non-viable venture
- Consolidate Companies in similar operations
- Be a pure investment company with shares not exceeding 40% in any company
- Re-align, reposition and re-engineer our subsidiaries to attract equity participation
- Seek strategic alliances for new entry into profitable and strategic ventures.
- Take advantage of Federal Government privatization and liberalization programmes
- Promote the socio-economic and industrial entrepreneurship through mofern activities and a well-trained work force
- Above all, be a foremost investment company


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No Rig Too Big, No Rig Too Small!
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Community Events, Social Activities, Group Activities, Potlucks, all winter long...
Azalea Acres RV Park is situated on 24 acres, with walking trails, live oaks, palm trees, lots of azaleas and beautiful sunsets. Located just 1 1/2 miles off I-10 at Exit 53, it's an easy 27 mile drive to Mobile and about 30 miles to Pensacola. The beautiful beaches of Gulf Shores, Orange Beach & Pensacola are just a short drive. Our goal is to make your stay with us as pleasant as possible because we believe a guest's satisfaction is our best endorsement. If you like a peaceful country setting and enjoy making new friends, you'll right at home at Azalea Acres.
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Having done that I was then reading the Sussex Advertiser from the 8th July 1851 and came across the following entry:
Distressing case:- At the termination of the magisterial proceedings, a poor
woman named Martin appealed to the Bench under the following
circumstances - She stated for months past she had been a martyr
to the ill-treatment of her husband. She had been married for 15 years
had had several children and yet he not only refused to contribute
to their support but would frequently beat her in the most unmerciful
manner; the last time had had done so having been on Friday week. Her
object was to preserve herself from his ruffianly attacks and she therefore
sought the advice of the Bench. Mr Deane said that the proper course
would have been to have obtained a summons against the man after
the assault on the day mentioned by the woman. So long a time had
now elapsed that the only suggestion he could make was that she had
better let him do it again (laughter).
Unbelievable! Well, they were only 'ruffianly attacks', that doesn't sound too bad at all. At least once the Bench had stopped laughing and enjoying themselves they did agree to bring her husband in front of them to answer for his conduct.
I guess Mr Deane would not be in favour of mother's being given equal billing on the marriage licence!


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Ninety percent of the oil consumed in this country is burned by airplanes, ships, trains and automobiles. You can kiss goodbye groceries at the local big-box grocery store: Our entire system of food production and delivery depends on cheap oil.
If you're alive in a decade, it will be because you've figured out how to forage locally.
The death and suffering will be unimaginable. We have come to depend on cheap oil for the delivery of food, water, shelter and medicine. Most of us are incapable of supplying these four key elements of personal survival, so trouble lies ahead when we are forced to develop means of acquiring them that don't involve a quick trip to Wal-Mart.
Happy thoughts from this article in the Arizona Republic. It's funny how now that there's less Bush agenda holding up the idea that Everything is Fine and There is No Crisis, people in the red states are starting to catch up with the rest of the planet as to things being Seriously Not Okay.
I've been somewhat gratified and bemused watching Seattle slowly start to adapt to the idea that Massive Change is Coming. The resurgence of backyard poultry, the 100 mile food plan taking off, and other things along those lines all are starting to catch up as it becomes obvious that a great time of transition is starting and that things are not going to be the same. It's interesting to see that happen.
One of the reasons that I chose to live in Seattle in the first place is that I think it's going to be more livable in the long term. Certainly, people in Arizona have to realize that life there isn't sustainable. I don't know what the world has in store, I know that people are trying to do things like make fast breeder reactors at the same time that they're working on alternative fuels, but it's going to be a rough transition.
Certainly, if you live in someplace like Arizona, and you can only get by on an average day by expending tons and tons of energy, there's going to be nasty times ahead and they're going to come even sooner for you than for others. Maybe the difference between arizona and here is a matter of degree, but it's a degree to which i've gotten accustomed.


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Hello and Happy New Year!
I can't believe how 2015 flashed before my eyes. What a year. I can honestly say 2015 was the most life changing year so far. From moving to a new city, returning to school, starting this blog, making my return to YouTube… I am so ready for all that 2016 has in store and I can't wait to see where this journey takes us in the upcoming 365 days.
This Christmas was so special since I got to spend it with my family and friends. Being away for so long and being able to spend such a special time of the year with everyone I love is such a blessing. I didn't think time would escape so quickly but, somehow, it always manages to. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas with your families and may 2016 bring you love, hope and faith.
Hope you enjoy this New Years Inspiration video which my brother helped me film. Thank you for braving the cold with me to shoot!! Check out the photos & video below…


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Suite 103
Bothell, Washington 98011
We are happy to offer regular (physical - not digital) gift cards for purchase from our restaurant.
Option #1 You can stop by and purchase one from the host at the front desk!
Option #2 Call us at 425-949-7680. We can take payment over the phone and mail your gift card. The best times to call are from 1:00pm-5:00pm.
Unfortunately, gift cards purchased at our Capitol Hill location cannot currently be used at Poquitos Bothell. Gift Cards must be used at the location from which they came at this time. Thank you!


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Saturday, January 09, 2016
What fruits of peace and justice without Christ and the Holy Spirit?
The one who seeks corruptible earthly blessings in his prayer rouses the indignation of Heaven's King against himself. The angels and archangels-His ...
The two readings which we have heard to-day, that of the Epistle and that of the Gospel present us with two aspects of Israel's faith and ...
Friday, January 08, 2016
The Synaxis of the Holy Forerunner John the Baptist
Thursday, January 07, 2016
The Baptism of Christ
Jesus restores water to its original intent, to truly clean, to truly refresh, and to truly satisfy our thirst.http://myocn.net/jesus-baptized/Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, January 4, 2016
Ascetic Hesychasm
"It is true that the attitude on the part of ascetics towards the vagaries of human life provokes a variety of conflicting reactions in the psyche of the technically-orientated people of today."Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, January 4, 2016
Fr. Michael Harper on the Holy Liturgy
"Fr. Michael Harper (1931-2010), Director of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, founding father and a Debuty Director of THE WAY, speaks on the Role of Holy Liturgy in Christian Faith."Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, January 6, 2016
May Your Will Be Done...
"Our attitude is 'May your will be done'. Then the potential develops within us to conceive of God as He is in His eternity."Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Dei Verbum
Wednesday, January 06, 2016
Feast of Theophany
Tuesday, January 05, 2016
The extreme facility of the procedures was the solution contrived by Pope Francis to readmit the divorced and remarried to communion. But not everything is working out as planned. A commentary by the canonist Guido Ferro Canale
Monday, January 04, 2016
From Sr. Vassa for the New Year
"A 2-minute, New Year's reflection, on letting go and letting God, hosted by Dr. Sr. Vassa Larin of the University of Vienna in Austria."Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, January 3, 2016
"Don't miss the award-winning New Year episode of Sister Vassa, featuring Saint Basil the Great and other puzzling, non-orthodox phenomena."Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, January 2, 2016
Charismatic Theology
"Protopresbyter Emmanuel Klapsis, US, speaks on relationships among Charismatic and Academic Theology"Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, January 3, 2016
"In this divine-human communion, man is enriched and in this he has his point of reference, which guides him and keeps him unabated on the path of truth which was revealed by Christ."Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, January 3, 2016


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LED power supplies constant current for LED technology from the LED skilled person!
Using LED power supplies constant current, it is possible to supply various types of high-power LEDs by constant current LED driver. In LED Shop LEDKaiser can be found in our assortment numerous matching variants. When operated on a constant current source, the LED is operated with a constant current. The current regulation is in this case integrated in the LED driver. The operation of LED Power Supplies with constant current provides better efficiency.


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lumbar facet joint RF ABLATION
lumber facet rhizotomy
Facet blocks are used as diagnostic tools to determine if facet joint pathology is causing or contributing to low back pain. Local anesthetic and sometimes steroid are injected into the joint or near the joint where a small nerve (medial branch of dorsal primary ramus) transmits pain information.
This is done under fluoroscopy for better visualization of the effected joint or nerve. Once the correct area has been targeted then we use the facet denervation/ radiofrequency technique.
Facet Denervation (Radiofrequency)
Facet denervation is performed after we have confirmed the diagnosis of facet pain, also known as facet arthropathy syndrome. Denervation typically results in significant reduction of pain for a period of 6 to 18 months. Nerves will regenerate over time but the procedure may be repeated if and when the pain returns. Because we simply heat nerves that are not needed for normal functioning, this procedure is very safe and virtually free of any major side effects.
In medical terms, the rationale of percutaneous radiofrequency lumbar medial branch neurotomy is that, if it can be shown that a patient's pain is mediated by a medial branch of a lumbar dorsal ramus, then that pain can be relieved by coagulating the nerve in order to prevent the conduction of nociceptive impulses along it. The essential indication for the procedure is: the complete relief of pain following controlled diagnostic blocks of the target medial branch.


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Tom Watt & Tanad Williams
Brute Clues is a collaborative project by Andreas Kindler von Knobloch, Tom Watt and Tanad Williams at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin. This week, we welcome Tom and Tanad to Limerick as part of the Ormston House R&R Programme (Research & Residency). For the Workspace Social, the artists will talk about their practices, research and this recent experimental project, as well as conduct an experiment in cement in the gallery space.
Admission is free and all are welcome. Don't forget to bring your lunch!
About Tom & Tanad:
Tom Watt and Tanad Williams have been informal collaborators since graduating from NCAD in Dublin. Each have their own distinct individual practices but hold an ethos of helping each other to realise their individual ideas and projects.
They have common interests in architecture, functionality and construction of space and they make a living working as part-time technicians in various galleries in Dublin.
The two artists and third collaborator, Andreas Kindler Von Knobloch, had their first formal collaboration in the exhibition Brute Clues held in Project Arts Centre from September to October 2016.
About the Workspace Social:
The Workspace Social is a weekly event developed as an alternative format for artists' talks and networking. Every Thursday, a local or visiting artist is invited to join us for lunch: to discuss a recent project, to share new research or to propose an activity. Participants are welcome to bring along their lunch and to eat with the artist.
InformationWorkspace Social #6: Tom Watt & Tanad Williams
Thursday 24 November, 1-2pm
Image: installation view of Brutes Clues at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin, courtesy of the artists.


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Your Next Steps
(If you are an international student, go here for your next steps and information about arriving.)
Have some social media fun!
Join the "Goshen College Class of 2024" Facebook group to connect with your future classmates.
FAFSA & Financial Aid Portal
- Beginning Oct. 1, file the FAFSA (using prior year taxes) to be considered for all the federal, state and institutional need-based aid for which you are eligible. GC's FAFSA Code: 001799
- Visit our online Financial Aid Portal to review and accept your financial aid awards, view missing documents and see any other messages. Login with your GC username and password provided to you by the Admissions Office. Forgot your password?
Make your enrollment deposit and complete the admission response form
Pay your $200 enrollment deposit to reserve your spot at Goshen College. Deposits are refundable until Dec. 1 (for starting in January) and May 1 (for starting in August).
Forms to complete
- Fill out forms for housing, registration, dining, medical services and more, after making your enrollment deposit (step 2).
- Read up on how to prepare for registration.
Get ready for Goshen!
Check out this important information for incoming students:
Important Dates
Living on Campus
Information on housing, dining, clubs and activities, health, safety and spiritual life is located on the Campus Life site.
Financial Aid and Accounting
Go to Financial Aid for information on student loans and financial aid forms. Then visit the Accounting Office site to learn about costs and payment options.
Registering for Classes
Learn how to register for classes as a first-year or transfer student.
You can also visit the Registrar website to view the academic catalog and learn about course offerings and schedules, placement tests, and more.
Information Technology Services
All incoming GC students get the latest iPad. Now's a great time to buy a case. Here's what you need to do to prepare to receive your iPad.
As a Goshen College student, you'll also get great discounts on select hardware and software, like Adobe Creative Suite.
For more about technology at Goshen College, read the Getting Started Guide by ITS.


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Crush Bar Celebrity Cruises Save
Our Guide to Alcoholic Drink Packagesby Fran Golden | March 15, 2016
One of the biggest expenses you'll encounter on a cruise besides the cost of the cruise itself is alcoholic drinks. Most cruise lines offer all-you-can-drink packages as an alternative to paying as you go. Before you sign on, though, it helps to ask a few questions to determine if purchasing a package is right for you. Will it be a cost saver or a bank breaker?
Fran Golden is a Cleveland-based contributor to ShermansCruise who also writes for USA Today.


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In 1939, Malitta Jensen and Mildred Day mixed together butter, marshmallow and a popular crisp rice cereal to create a tasty treat that continues to entertain taste buds throughout the world. When you take your first bite of this light and crispy protein bar, you may be reminded of the taste and texture of that famous treat. Although the taste and texture are similar, there are a few nutritional differences. The home-made and commercial versions of the crisp rice treat contain very little protein, a whisper of fiber and significant amounts of sugar and carbs. Our delightfully light, low-carb Fluffy Vanilla Crisp bars come complete with 15 grams of quality protein and 10 grams of fiber yet contain only 3 grams of sugar. Nostalgia and nutrition can now be yours in this exceptionally tasty gluten-free diet bar.
Protein blend (soy protein isolate, milk protein concentrate, whey protein concentrate, dried egg white), isomalto-olisaccharide, vegetable oil (palm kernel oil, palm oil, shea oil), polydextrose, glycerin, organic invert syrup. rice crisps (brown rice, rice syrup, salt), tapioca starch, water, yogurt powder (cultured non-fat milk solids), natural and artificial flavors, nonfat dry milk, agar, salt, soy lecithin, calcium carbonate, sucralose (non-nutritive sweetener), vanilla extract (water, alcohol, sugar, vanilla bean extract), tocopherols.
Unwrap and enjoy the crispy texture and great taste.


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Unlike my other posts, this one is not going to be so glamorous. As we all know, beauty isn't just about a flawless complexion, blended eyeshadow and winged eyeliner sharp enough to cut a biatch. Sometimes, beauty is about those things which are in our minds, not so beautiful. We all fight battles with conditions that can lead us to think our imperfections are not 'beautiful, and that these don't deserve to be talked about and shown off on our blogs. Truth is, I want to talk about these things because I feel like these battles and imperfections are what make us relatable. We can learn a lot from other people experiencing similar issues, and we can seek comfort in the fact that we aren't alone. So I want to talk about a condition that plagued me in my teenage years, and to a certain extent even today. It's not pretty, it's not glamorous, and it's not pleasant. I want to talk about sweat.
Let's talk about sweat baby, let's talk about you and me…
Ew, but this is something I've really struggled with in the past and have learned to manage today. I suffer from hyperhidrosis. Just a fancy word for excessive sweating, hyperhidrosis is the condition of overactive sweat glands that produce a tonne of sweat without the usual stimuli such as mental, thermal or physiological triggers. Although sweating is essential for the regulation of our body temperature, sometimes our glands go into overdrive for no obvious reason and this can be isolating both professionally and socially. There are two forms of hyperhidrosis that exist: primary hyperhidrosis, and secondary hyperhidrosis. Primary hyperhidrosis occurs usually with an age of onset less than 30 years old, and with no apparent underlying medical conditions. It typically presents in childhood or adolescence, and there appears to a genetic basis to the observed familial tendency to increased sweating (thanks Dad). Secondary hyperhidrosis is when the excessive sweating is linked to infections, endocrine diseases or other catabolic conditions. This is generally easier to manage, as treatment targets the underlying causes or medical conditions, whereas with primary hyperhidrosis the cause is unknown. I suffer from the primary form.
It all started back when I hit puberty. Hyperhidrosis wasn't something that was apparent in my life until weird things started happening to my body around the age of 13-14. Basically, as soon as I would wake up my armpits would become a fountain of sweat, for absolutely no reason. I could just be brushing my hair, or eating breakfast. At first I didn't think much of it, but after I endured this day after day where the usual antiperspirant was ineffective, it really got me down. Think back to your teenage years when there was birthday parties, music festivals, sleep overs, trips out to the beach. Think back to your life at school, walking past hundreds of other kids your age, hanging out during breaks, and raising your hand to ask or answer questions in class. Those activities to me were not so easy and comfortable, especially in a time where your social life was basically the most important thing to you. My school uniform shirt was a lemon yellow colour, and my large sweat patches would be so obvious. I would have to replace my shirts quickly because the sweat would stain my clothes. So I limited myself in the number of times I would ask or answer questions. Usually, it would be after I discreetly checked my armpits to see how big my sweat patch was before I ever dared raise my hand to expose them. I would wear dark jumpers to disguise the sweat patches that would eventuate. I would try and keep my distance from my friends when I knew that I was sweating profusely. Yet I never talked about it to anyone except my Mum, because I was embarrassed and ashamed. I thought people would think me dirty or unkempt. It doesn't seem like much of an issue, but in those times when you are at your social peak and most conscious about your personal appearance, it really got me down.
I eventually took myself to the doctor and asked if there was anything I could do to help and they gave me three options: botox, surgical excision, or using a highly concentrated aluminium antiperspirant. At that age, botox was out of the question for both financial and pain-related reasons. And no way in hell was I getting surgery to remove my sweat glands from my arm pits, that just seemed excessive. There are other options, but none of which are practical or easy to maintain. So I decided to pick up Driclor. If you haven't heard of Driclor, its a topical antiperspirant that contains around 20% of aluminium chloride with 70% alcohol. The idea is to use it at night before bed and wash it off in the morning. What it actually does it 'clump' the sweat together from underneath the skin to form plugs that block the pores and therefore doesn't allow further sweat from entering these pores and perspiring out into the world. While it was actually really effective (like amazingly effective – stopped my sweating altogether), it's super drying and very irritating. Don't even think of shaving your arm pits when using this! Plus, it's only an antiperspirant, meaning it inhibits the release of sweat, but doesn't do anything to counteract the odour should any sweat remain. So I had to come full force and treat my hyperhidrosis with both Driclor and a deodorant.
Don't know the difference between antiperspirant and deodorant?
There's a big difference, yet people use the terms interchangeably when they shouldn't.
Antiperspirants will usually contain low concentration active ingredients to block the perspiration of sweat from your pores. Some have the double purpose of being both a deodorant and antiperspirant. There is some controversy surrounding the use of aluminium in antiperspirants (the cancer link again), but for me nothing else works like aluminium does. The only verified risk of using aluminium-based products is the irritation. There is a fantastic article written in Science-based Medicine covering information and the myths of aluminium in antiperspirants which talks about the issues better than I could! But, if you are someone who wants to use natural alternatives, you may want to avoid antiperspirants altogether, as natural forms only act as deodorants. Some people say making a paste with baking soda and water makes your sweat 'evaporate'. It does not work for me, but it still may have some properties to help reduce odour (so, a deodorant basically).
Deodorants however, are specifically designed to neutralise the odour produced from the bacteria in sweat (think of bacteria farting), but do nothing to actually treat or inhibit sweat from perspiring. They contain acids or salts which inactivate the bacteria in sweat. Which is why deodorants do diddly-squat for those who suffer from hyperhidrosis. They are useless in helping to reduce sweating. Many companies are now using alternatives (ie sodium bicarbonate) or mineral salt crystals to help counteract the odour from sweat.
In any case, these type of products can come in many forms. There are roll-ons, pastes and sprays, or in the mineral deodorants, in solid crystal form which are essentially roll-ons anyway. Sprays do absolutely nothing for me, even if they are labelled as antiperspirants. For best results, I've always had to stick to using roll-ons to make sure the sweat glands and pores are coated effectively.
My hyperhidrosis today
At present, my condition still exists but is much less intense than it used to be. Still, at times (even when I am writing this very post at my desk on a Sunday afternoon), I am sweating much more than I should be. Some days are good, but some days are really bad no matter how much antiperspirant I applied or how much I try to avoid sweating and odour (eg loose, dark clothes, washing my armpits throughout the day). I know sweat is a normal physiological process of the human body, but I also know I shouldn't be sweating as much as I do. So don't think I am whinging about something that is 'normal' because my sweating is definitely in overdrive. Even in Winter, on the coldest days I still manage to leave sweat patches on my clothes.
Still, it's easier to manage these days than it used to be. A good thing (or bad thing) is that my social life is definitely not anywhere near as vibrant or frequent as my teenage years, nor is it central to my life. I sound anti-social, but I promise I'm not! I guess being cooped up in my house means I don't have to worry as much about exposing my condition to people.
Of course my hormones are much more regulated now than before and puberty isn't wreaking havoc on my body as it used to. Seeing as their could be a link of hyperhidrosis to developmental stages, it makes sense that my hyperhidrosis has slowed down in the past few years. So while I still suffer from it, it is a more mild form now which makes my life a little easier.
Tips for managing hyperhidrosis
1.Choose fabrics and colours that work with your sweating habits
The thought of tight fitting clothes which would encourage the production of sweat and bacteria releasing odours makes me slightly anxious. Wearing loose fitting clothing that not only allows my armpit to breathe but also isn't in close enough contact for sweat patches to be obvious is one trick. Darker colours are also better for masking the appearance of sweat patches. And obviously, materials such as cotton are much better to wear than say, polyester or nylon which bring on sweat like nothing else for me.
2. Timing of product application means everything
If you don't want to use high-strength aluminium antiperspirants, stick with your normal one, but apply it at night before bed. Why is this important? Overnight, our sweat glands are sort of dormant and are able to absorb more of the active ingredient. Also, it leaves ample time for the actives to work their magic and block your pores, so that when you wake, you're good to go. Any sweat that is present in the morning when you apply can dilute the product and can make it less effective. For extra security though, apply both at night and in the morning which is the habit I adopt. But I always keep an emergency antiperspirant that also has deodorant properties on my work desk for times in need.
3. Hair removal helps
One thing that seems to make a difference with my sweating is arm pit hair removal. Yes, I know you are meant to do it regularly for personal appearance, but I always find that either I sweat less or the odour isn't as strong. I can't seem to find any evidence to suggest why this happens, but it is thought that removing the arm pit hair allows the antiperspirant to penetrate the skin better, thereby making it more effective against sweat. Another reason proposed is that the arm pit hair can trap moisture and bacteria and add to the damp environment where bacteria thrive. Whatever the mechanism is, I always notice a big difference to my sweating after I remove arm pit hair.
4. Choose an antiperspirant with generous actives but with a gentle formula
I've moved away from using Driclor because it was just way too drying and irritating. The Mitchum deodorants were working well for me, but left a really gross smell on the arm pit area of my clothes and started to lose effectiveness the longer I was using them. The Rexona Clinical Protection range is one I keep going back to because, while the aluminium content is the same as Driclor, the formula is much more gentle on my skin and I experience no irritation and very minimal dehydration of my armpits. Sounds weird considering that dry armpits is what I am aiming for, but not to the point of flaking and cracking skin. So, I get the same level of sweat reduction but with a more desirable formula.
Packaged as a roll-on, this is more a creamy paste formula that literally feels like nothing on your armpits. The formula is incredibly smooth and does feel like it has a certain element of hydration. It doesn't contain the high concentration of alcohol like Driclor, instead using a silicone derivative for skin conditioning and delivery. Capric Triglyceride, a mixed tri-ester from coconut oil and glycerin also acts as an emollient and I feel is the other star ingredient of the formula. The only thing is, like with other high strength formulations, it can be expensive with an RRP of around $15. But for me, a small price to pay for the results.
But you NEED to sweat!
If you're worried that you'll be interrupting the processes of detoxing your body, it's largely a myth that sweat eliminates toxins from your body. The function of sweating is purely a temperature regulation tool. The release of water through our skin, which then evaporates is the mechanism by which the hypothalamus tells our body to cool down. Sweat is made up mostly of water, and small amounts of salts, proteins, carbs and urea. Interestingly, environmental toxicology and dermatology experts say that while sweat does contain trace amounts of substances considered as toxins, only less than one percent of our body's toxins are released through sweat. Instead, our kidneys and liver are the main detox organs. So I'm not that worried about using high strength antiperspirants to eliminate sweating, because if my body was trying to regulate it's temperature that badly, I would sweat elsewhere as well. For me, my hyperhidrosis is localised to armpits which leads me to think it's not my body screaming at me to cool down, otherwise I'd sweat profusely elsewhere too right?
The bottom line
To many, applying deodorant is one of those tasks you automatically do every day like brushing your teeth or hair, without thinking too much about it. But for me, as a sufferer of hyperhydrosis, the whole thing is much more important and I have to carefully think about the ways in which I manage it on a daily basis. Even clothes shopping is a different experience for me because some colours, fits and fabrics just don't work well with my condition. I guess that's the beauty of hyperhidrosis, whilst inconvenient it is manageable. I hope that if you're in the same boat, my post has made you feel a little better about it, or at least given you some tips you haven't thought about before about other ways in which you can deal with it.
Are you a hyperhydrosis sufferer? Pleeeease let me know in the comments! I want to hear about other experiences and ways in which people manage it.
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New Jersey Mirror
March 6, 1918
-- Whatever hope remained of the government being able to utilize the Hanover Farms tract, between Whitesbog and Whitings for the great new munitions plant which it was at first proposed to locate there, disappeared last week when it became definitely known that the Federal authorities had determined upon a site not far from Hammonton for the new enterprise and that some of the equipment which had been at first sent to Hanover, had been transferred to the new site. The great plant will be located at Elwood, about five miles from Hammonton and a large force of men is already at work clearing the land for the erection of the necessary buildings. The tract comprises about eight thousand acres.
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'Blue Lives Matter' billboards spark controversy
Activists intent on bringing an end to violence against African Americans have organized under the banner of "Black Lives Matter," a protest movement that developed in response to a series of police killings of unarmed black people nationwide.
Now, the Memphis-based branding agency Tactical Magic is rolling out a national pro-police campaign on the basis of a similar mantra: "Blue Lives Matter," according to NBC News Connecticut and other outlets. The Louisiana-based Lamar Advertising has donated more than 300 billboards to the cause, which has so far has spread to Memphis, Tenn., Toledo, Ohio, Grand Rapids, Mich., and Hartford, Conn.
"We wanted to recognize the local police departments and men and women that put their lives on the line everyday," Stephen Hebert of Lamar Advertising told NBC Connecticut. "I don't know how they do it and we just wanted it to be part of the community."
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The billboards includes the hashtag #THANKUBLU, which is also the name of an Instagram account that features of the billboards. The intent of the campaign may be laudable, but the timing and pattern of the message has been interpreted by some as an effort to co-opt, diminish, or damage the significance of the original movement.
Some Republican lawmakers have been accused of similar counter campaigns using the phrases "All Lives Matter," or "Christian Lives Matter." It's a deliberate attempt to tarnish "Black Lives Matter" by turning it into an inflammatory or even hateful anti-white expression, according The New York Times editorial board, which recently called out specific comments by Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky.
"This effort to Co-Opt the Black Lives Matter Movement is totally unnecessary," Scot Esdaile, President of Connecticut's NAACP, told NBC Connecticut. "We have many friends in the Law Enforcement Industry; and the community and police do not have to be at odds!!! It's imperative that we work together and not continue to fuel tensions!"
The "Blue Lives Matter" campaign appears to be spreading, promoted by police unions in response to a series of ambush killings of police officers. Late last month in Los Angeles, for example, about a hundred local officers joined community members for a flag-waving march through Hollywood. Many of the marchers wore shirts emblazoned with "Blue Lives Matter."
"This is just the beginning of a nationwide campaign," Jerretta Sandoz, vice president of the 10,000-member Police Protection League, told The Los Angeles Times. "We've reached out to police unions in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston and many other cities and they are all on board."
She continued, "Now, we're searching for a unifying catch phrase and symbol that will send this message: Enough is enough."
That message may have arrived in the form of "Blue Lives Matter."


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Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids, Volume 16
1st Edition
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Table of Contents
Preface. Introduction. 1. One-dimensional motion of an elastic continuum. 2. The linearized theory of elasticity. 3. Elastodynamic theory. 4. Elastic waves in an unbound medium. 5. Plane harmonic waves in elastic half-spaces. 6. Harmonic waves in waveguides. 7. Forced motions of a half-space. 8. Transient waves in layers and rods. 9. Diffraction of waves by a slit. 10. Thermal and viscoelastic effects, and effects of anisotrophy and non-linearity. Author Index. Subject Index.
The propagation of mechanical disturbances in solids is of interest in many branches of the physical scienses and engineering. This book aims to present an account of the theory of wave propagation in elastic solids. The material is arranged to present an exposition of the basic concepts of mechanical wave propagation within a one-dimensional setting and a discussion of formal aspects of elastodynamic theory in three dimensions, followed by chapters expounding on typical wave propagation phenomena, such as radiation, reflection, refraction, propagation in waveguides, and diffraction. The treatment necessarily involves considerable mathematical analysis. The pertinent mathematical techniques are, however, discussed at some length.
- No. of pages:
- 440
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © North Holland 1973
- Published:
- 1st January 1984
- Imprint:
- North Holland
- Paperback ISBN:
- 9780720403251
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080934716