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As Greece and its international lenders continued talks on Thursday (22 October) to test its compliance with terms of an €86bn (£62bn, $95.5bn) bailout agreement, thousands of people rallied in Athens over the tax hikes and pension cutbacks included in the cash-for-reforms deal.
Workers, pensioners and students carrying union flags, banners and chanting no more sacrifices for the plutocrats joined the protest, which was called by the Greek Communist partys trade union PAME. The left-wing government has passed legislation raising the retirement age, increasing healthcare contributions, scrapping most early retirement benefits and clamping down on tax evasion.
The next phase includes taxing farmers, raising tax for private education, merging pension funds and addressing bad loans, which are blamed for weakening banks and stunting growth, since lenders cannot extend new credit.
The measures that will be introduced will be very harsh and that is why people must unite and fight back together. Workers, the unemployed, farmers and their families must fight so that they can resist these barbaric and cruel measures, said Greek Communist party leader, Dimitris Koutsoubas.
Civil servants and private-sector workers have called a nation-wide strike for 12 November, the first signs of mass dissent since Prime Minister Alexis Tsiprass Syriza government was elected in January. Tsipras government was elected on an anti-austerity platform in January, but had to backtrack and agree to tough reforms or face the prospect of a financial meltdown and leaving the euro zone.
French President Francois Hollande, who strongly supported Greeces place in the euro through acrimonious talks in the summer, arrived in Athens on Thursday on a two-day official visit to boost French investment in the debt-laden country.


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Sexual Attitude Restructuring (or Reassessment), SAR, is an intense learning event designed for people who wish to better understand Human Sexuality, their own and that of others. Didactic and experiential, SAR offers each person the information and experience necessary for more competent, sensitive, professional and personal functioning.
SAR was created at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco. More than 2,500 persons have participated. It is taught and recommended by many universities as a beneficial process for students of family therapy, psychology, social work and other professions.
Among those who have found SAR of great value both personally and professionally are:
- Physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, sexologists, therapists, counselors, teachers, college professors, nurses, clergy, researchers, social workers, health educators, persons working in family planning centers, and paraprofessionals and students in all of the above areas.
- People who wish to expand their own possibilities around sex in their own lives.
- Parents who wish to feel more at ease with sex and sexuality in order to feel more at ease for their children's questions and developmental needs.
- Individuals seeking personal growth and development of healthy personal relationships.
The Haven SAR process is a recognized pre-requisite by OPT (Options for Sexual Health) for their SHEC program (Sexual Health Educator's Certification). SAR is not clinical training nor is it therapy, nor is it traditional sex education but rather offers an opportunity for participants to open to a larger picture of human sexuality on many levels, emotionally, intellectually, spiritually, and psychologically in a setting that is both respectful and beautiful.
During the SAR program you can expect to:
- Learn about topics such as: fantasy, masturbation, LGBTQ+, non-monogamy, sex work, gender, BDSM, disability, and aging, eco-sexuality.
- Deepen your understanding and self awareness of how your personal attitudes, beliefs, biases and values related to sexuality effect you professionally and personally.
- Be invited to examine those attitudes and values and their sources.
- Challenge your self enough to expand your comfort zone to create more space for intellectual, emotional and psychological understanding of diverse human sexual expressions.
- Deepen the understanding and acceptance of ones own sexuality.
- Consensually and conversationally share your insights and feelings in a process-oriented, structured group setting facilitated by volunteer assistants and the leaders.
- Improve communications skills about sexuality, both on a professional and a personal level.
- Examine sexual themes through viewing a wide variety of explicit teaching media with adult content from numerous perspectives, designed to teach and inform.
- Listen to several diverse panels of live presenters/speakers with various lifestyles and orientations who generously agree to share their experiences.
Additional notes:
- Precise topics, themes and panelists will be revealed during the days of the program.

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Who Wins and Who Loses From the Depreciating Dollar?An interesting piece here by Reuters showing that the Euro is now being accepted in New York shops. Euro accepted in New York
This is mostly a symbolic reflection of the declining power of the dollar. It also illustrates how attractive American goods have become to Europeans.
Because of the Dollar's weakness, European consumers can pick up many bargains by buying goods in the US. Especially, for electronic goods, Europeans can make savings of upto 60-70%. Although a falling currency often injures a sense of national pride; it is worth asking is a weak dollar really a big problem for US?
Benefits of A Devaluation for the US.
- Boosts Exports. The devaluing dollar has given a much needed boost to the US export industry. The export sector is one of the best performing parts of the US economy, creating jobs and boosting domestic demand.
- Reducing Current Account deficit. 12 months ago, the US were facing a current account deficit of over 6.5% of GDP. In the past few months, the devaluation of the dollar has helped to reduce the current account deficit to only 4.8%. (Although, one does have to wonder how far the dollar would need to fall to eliminate the current account deficit)
- Boost Economic Growth. With the US housing market experiencing severe problems such as falling house prices and rising repossessions, there are widespread fears the US could enter into a recession. The boost from net exports could be a significant factor in maintaining rates of economic growth.
Costs of Falling Dollar1. Inflation. The main worry of a depreciating currency is the impact on inflation. Depreciation causes inflation because:
- imports more expensive
- Rising AD
- Exporting Firms have less incentive to cut costs
However, the depreciation in the currency comes at a good time. Because of the slowdown in economic growth, inflation seems to be the least of the US's concerns. The Fed illustrated this by cutting interest rates by 1.25% in the past couple of weeks. Therefore, inflation is not really a problem
2. More expensive imports. the depreciating dollar is certainly bad news for American consumers and American tourists. They have found that a weak dollar is no joke when you go on holiday to Europe. However, given the low savings ratio and high trade deficit, perhaps it is good that American consumers lose their attraction for consuming so many foreign imports.
A continual depreciation in the US dollar will reduce living standards in America; there is also the possibility of declining competitiveness in the long term. However, the depreciation has come at an opportune moment. With the prospect of recession and large current account deficit, the weak dollar is ironically helping to make the US economy stronger. Although it is worth pointing out, it is making the economy stronger from the demand perspective; it does nothing to address the underlying problems facing the US economy.
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Sunday and Monday we had heavy rain. The roads flooded. We were under Flash Flood Warning. Everything was wet. And I learned the real reason why everyone wears flip-flops (slippahs) here. I had thought it was because we needed shoes to wear to the beach that slipped off easily and could get wet.
On Sunday, I left a friend's house and learned how to navigate in slippahs through flooded streets to my car. I was up to my ankles in water and sloshed through runoff filled with oil and gas slicks. Dirt, debris and a dead mouse passed by my slippah-laden feet. First thing I did when I got home was rinse off my cheap rubber flip-flops with the garden hose. Then I hopped in the shower to wash my grimy feet.
Monday I walked through a parking lot that turned into a river of water. I had assumed the lot was level, but the water came at me from left to right as I headed to my car. More debris, gas and oil slicks crossed over my feet as I slogged through seven inches of water, reaching my lower calf just below the hem of my capri pants.
How would it look to walk around Honolulu city streets in my San Francisco black waterproof boots with my pink and blue sleeveless dress or cotton capris? Remember, even though it was stormy it was in the high 70's.
I'm going to buy more cheap slippahs this weekend.


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First up I have to apologise for the pretty ordinary picture. As usual I'm trying to get a half decent picture in the middle of the night (or very early morning in this case) natural light wont be around for a few hours. This card is my entry into Flourishes Get in shape September release challenge. No sweaty exercise was necessary just create a shaped card or a 3D item. The stamps on the card and the box are Flourishes Garden Fairies. I was lucky enough to win this gorgeous stamp set in their blog hop back in July. I'm feeling totally guilty that I haven't inked it up until now. I coloured the fairy with copic markers, cut her out and matted her with Spellbinders classic ovals. The other dies used to create the card are decorate labels 8 and labels 8. The sentiment on the box is sitting on a spellbinders adorning square. The patterned paper is Kaisercraft Fairy Tales. Sorry I have absolutely no idea what the card colours are - wish I did because I really like them.
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What does success look like? How can we tell who's got it? Is there a standard? Who is and who isn't successful?
Those kind of questions are regularly bandied about. When it comes to measuring success in the local church, the questions get even harder.
Is a successful church the one that baptizes hundreds? What if the church is in a community where most are already professing believers and attend church elsewhere? Is that church not successful because it doesn't baptize large numbers of people? What about the pastor who preaches expositional, Gospel messages week in and week out and yet sees few converts? If the Holy Spirit isn't at work, is the pastor to blame? Are only medium to large churches to be considered successful? Does the small church have any hope of ever being successful?
Measuring success in the local church is never easy. Unfortunately we sometimes act as though it is. We create a set of standards and compare churches to that standard as though it is universal. Not only does that have to the potential to undermine the hopes and faith of those who don't measure up to our expectations, we run the risk of anointing someone as successful who may not be in other important areas of ministry.
Consider baptism rates. The number of baptisms performed in the local church can be a useful measure of success … insofar as it goes. An evangelistic church will likely witness more baptisms than the church that isn't. However, some evangelistic churches may see few baptisms due to demographics or the lack of the crucial work of the Spirit. Can we fairly dub someone "successful" just because they get a lot of people wet? Can we fairly label someone as "unsuccessful" or "unevangelistic" just because they don't baptize a lot of folks? The number of baptisms by itself is a helpful but incomplete measure of success.
Some label a church successful by the number of members it boasts. But, all members are not created equal. We all know people who claim to be members of the church but rarely darken its doors and never support its efforts. Should we count people like that? The Southern Baptist Convention, for example, boasts nearly twice as many people as the number who actually show up regularly. None of us would say that's good. But, we regularly flaunt our numbers as though they matter. So, membership numbers are, again, helpful, but not definitive in determining success.
Others see success in the number of ministers on staff or in the number of initials at the end of someone's name. We automatically assume that a big chuch with a big staff and a big budget must be successful. How else did they grow so large? But, in some things big isn't always better. Just ask your doctor. Some assume that a wall full of diplomas proves the wisdom and ability of the owner of them. Remember, though, going to college doesn't guarantee intelligence, just longsuffering (and in some cases not even that). These numbers don't automatically equal success either.
Thus, as a cautionary measure, we need to quit comparing numbers as though they are all that matters. Hundreds of baptisms prove nothing if most of those people prove not to be Christians in the long run. Thousands of members count for nothing, if they aren't growing in grace. These tools are helpful but imperfect. It's time we measure success the way God does in the Bible.
God measures success according to our faithfulness. Remember that verse about "well done, my good and faithful servant"? Do we do what He has given us to do, regardless of the outcome? Are we obedient to all that He commands? Do we pray without ceasing? Do we show our faith with our works? In a word: Are we faithful? If so, that's success.
Isaiah saw few converts, if any, but he was faithful to God's commission. Was he a successf or a failure? What about Jeremiah? Ezekiel? All three men were faithful in all that they had been given to do, in the face of insurmountable opposition, opposition that God promised would be there. No one in his right mind would call them unsuccessful prophets. Yet, I'm afraid, not one of them would be invited to our conferences to speak on church growth or to preach in our chapels. Thus, by implication, we tell others that these men, and thousands like them, weren't truly successful. That's to our shame.
A church's success ought to also be measured by its ability to make disciples. Making disciples is about more than getting them into the baptistry. Discipleship doesn't end there; discipleship begins in the baptistry and ends at the grave. According to the Great Commission, discipleship includes teaching them to obey all that Christ has commanded — in other words, teaching them to be faithful.
The successful church is faithfully teaching her people. If your numbers are low but the depth of your people's knowledge and the expression of their faith is growing, isn't that a success? Isn't there something to be admired in the pastor who dedicates his life to the discipleship of the little flock that God has given him? Doesn't he who teaches others have something that he can teach all of us? If so, why don't we let him? Again, we let numbers tell us that success is in the numbers and those that don't have them have little success.
I am not arguing here that the numbers of baptisms in a local church aren't important. In fact, if your church hasn't had a baptism in a decade, you've probably got a problem. I am saying, however, that the fact that you've baptized thousands in that same decade doesn't guarantee success. Are those new believers growing in their faith? Are they becoming self-replicating disciples? If not, they're not successful and maybe your church isn't either. Likewise, I'd rather have a church of 50 faithful members who pray, who give, and who sacrifice for the church than a church of a thousand who only take and never give. Numbers may prove something but they don't always prove success.
We need to acknowledge the faithfulness of untold pastors, Sunday School teachers, and deacaon, who have been successful in the little things that God has given them. For he who has been faithful with what little he has been given will be given much. Oh that we would humble ourselves and learn from those who toil in anonymity. They've got so much to teach us about faithfulness, about perseverance. And, oh that God would forgive us for putting the wrong things first.
In the end, it is God who will ultimately decide who's successful and whose not, not the fan clubs, not the blogosphere, not the speaking engagements. May we set our hearts on pleasing Him and not each other. Then, and only then, will we truly measure up.


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2018 Nissan Z Release Date, Engine Specs, Interior Design, Performance and Price
No one can actually remember when the Z first appeared. However, in December 2014, the Vice President of Nissan said something that Z fans interpreted as a comeback of this amazing model. Despite there's not a lot of information regarding the 2018 Nissan Z, the fact is that rumors are countless. Let's take a peek to see what you can expect from the 2018 Nissan Z. 2018 Nissan Z Release Date Most rumors are pointing to late 2017 for the 2018 Nissan Z to appear in the showrooms. Some even…Read More


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Chevron racing cars were designed and built by Derek Bennett from 1965 until his death in a hang gliding accident in 1978. The company continued for 2 years but lacking the hands-on engineering approach of Bennett the company went into liquidation in April 1980.
All the assets, including all copyright in drawings, components and car body moulds, were bought by a consortium of Scottish racing drivers/enthusiasts, led by Robin Smith and Lawrence Jacobsen, who continued the business as Chevron Racing Cars Scotland Ltd. This company produced spare parts for the range of Chevron cars as well as designing and building new Sports 2000 and Formula Atlantic models.
Chevron Racing Cars Scotland Ltd was liquidated in 1983 and all assets of this company including copyright in drawings and materials required to manufacture all prior Chevron racing cars were purchased by Roger Andreason and Tim Colman for Chevron Cars Ltd.
From 1983 until 2006, Under the control of Roger Andreason and Tim Colman, Chevron Cars Limited produced over 100 new cars for Formula Ford, Formula Ford 2000, Sports 2000 and Group C categories – as well as restoring a large number of the earlier cars and providing a comprehensive spare parts service for owners of a wide range of Chevron models – supplying these parts worldwide.
In 2006 Chris Smith purchased a majority shareholding in Chevron Cars Limited from the owners Roger Andreason and Tim Colman although Tim remained a Director – a position he had held since 1983. Roger and Tim still remained (minority) shareholders in the company.
Over the next five years Chris Smith refurbished many of the original moulds, jigs and patterns. Chris Smith also oversaw the construction of around 10 "continuation" B8 and B16 models all manufactured from the original drawings, body moulds, jigs and patterns.
In July 2011 Roger Andreason and Tim Colman bought back Chris Smiths' shareholding and Roger was re-appointed as Managing Director of Chevron Cars Limited. The management team are fully committed to the Chevron name and history, and are still constructing continuation models as well as expanding their provision of spare parts. They continued to use the Chevron logo and still owned the IP.
In December 2012 Chevron Cars Limited was split into 2 separate Limited Companies. David Witt bought a majority shareholding in Chevron Cars Limited and Roger Andreason remains a Director and shareholder. Chevron Heritage Limited has majority shareholding by Roger Andreason and Tim Colman – who are Directors and David Witt holds a minority shareholding.
The ownership of the existing jigs, moulds, patterns, etc were transferred to Chevron Heritage and Chevron Heritage builds new continuation cars at our factory unit in Atherton, Greater Manchester – as well as offering restoration, chassis rebuilds and supplying genuine Chevron spare parts.
Current specification Chevron GT, GT3 and Gt4 cars are built by Chevron Cars Limited in Crewe:
Chevron Heritage Limited advises customers and Chevron enthusiasts that we have no connection with any companies operated by Vin and Helen Malkie - which have no connection with the original Derek Bennett Company. Mr and Mrs Malkie do not own the original jigs, patterns, body moulds or drawings and have not been licensed by Chevron Cars Limited or Chevron Heritage Limited to manufacture genuine Chevron continuation cars or spare parts.


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"Bauhuas" was an art and architecture school in Germany operating during the years 1919-1933. It was famous for developing the "International style", known for absence of ornamentation and harmony between the function of the building and its design.
More then 4000 building in Tel-Aviv were built in the 1930's in that style, and being so, in 2003 UNESCO recognised Tel-Aviv as a "World Cultural Heritage site".
In 2008 a Bauhaus center was opened in Tel-Aviv.
|Bauhaus on Wikipedia
|Bauhaus Center in Tel-Aviv on Wikipedia


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My summer so far has consisted of trying to ride my motorcycle as much as I can. This has been slowed down somewhat my record heat waves in our area. I thought it was hot here (100 to 101 degrees when you are this close to the coast is pretty darn hot), until I texted my brother who is on a motorcycle trip from Texas to the California coast. Well, actually from there he will go to Seattle then up to the Sturgis Ralley, in whatever hedonistic state that might be.
He traded his bike for another Honda (not being a hater...but gee) and added a sidecar for his new wife, who is not yet an enthusiastic rider. He got a portable air conditioner for the sidecar, and a smoked top to cut the sun down a little. The air conditioner requires ice in it and is powered from the bike battery (which as I understand it pretty much requires that the bike be running). So far so good, right? He put extra fuel cells in with an electric pumping system so he doesn't run out of gas in the desert or some equally deserted area. So far, so good, right? What he didn't expect...118 degrees in Arizona. What he didn't expect....the gas in his tank boiling and causing vapor lock. Boiling???? He insists that when you take the cap off the gas is boiling! Three. P.M. Arizona. 118 degrees. Guess what....the sidecar air conditioner is not working. Finally after about an hour he pumps more fuel from the fuel cell, which is technically cooler (or the gases vapored off relieving the vapor lock...but then who knows) and was able to crank the bike. He told me that his wife walked around holding an umbrella over him while he worked, as there was of course no shade.
Lucky Jack...taking an umbrella to the desert in the middle of a heat wave. Guess who suggested that? Could it have been his marvelous sister? Of course it was...but Jack doesn't remember it that way. I just know that I had seen that idea for keeping the dogs out of the sun when there wasn't a tree to park your bike, and I thought it was a great idea. Jack did too...and since it was his idea...it worked.
They are back on their trip. They did not camp in their pull-behind pop-up tent-trailer last night. They opted for a hotel with a full blast air conditioner and I don't blame them. They have been meeting the most interesting people, like the truck driver (biker too) who helped them find a bike shop, and whose wife took my sister-in-law somewhere to cool off. You meet new friends on the road.
So, taste of summer...it's not so hot at 101 degrees when you compare it to a gas boiling 118 degrees.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
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Roma and Serbian children share their realities through a camera lens
Fourteen-year-old Branislav Jasarevic does not choose to photograph the spectacular mountains surrounding his town, but instead focuses on the dire poverty of a Roma family living in his neighbourhood.
Fourteen-year-old Branislav Jasarevic does not choose to photograph the spectacular mountains surrounding his town, but instead focuses on the dire poverty of a Roma family living in his neighbourhood.
They live in Pirot, one of the largest municipalities in south-east Serbia.
Branislav squats down to the height of the young children who dressed in worn-out clothes stand in the doorway of their small home.
"The family has no conditions for proper living," says Branislav, the deep dimples that light up his face vanish as he is clearly moved by what he sees.
There is no running water or electricity in the home.
Entering their home, Branislav adjusts the curtains to allow light to cut through one of the two sparsely-furnished rooms which have to accommodate the parents and their five children.
He looks like he has been taking photographs for years, but Branislav has not had a camera before and is just putting into practice tips that international photographer Giacomo Pirozzi offers during a five-day workshop in May, organised by UNICEF and supported by Sony.
"The photo needs to be as simple as possible so that it touches your heart," Pirozzi told the participants, aged 11-18 years, who are from Roma and Serbian backgrounds.
Fourteen of the 19 participants are girls.
The children have divided themselves into four groups and chose themes they want to cover. Following Pirozzi's advice, Branislav interviews the family so that he can write captions for his photographs.
On the first day of the workshop, as he imparted the tips, Pirozzi showed the children photographs that he took all over the world.
He asked the children's views on the images that highlight cultural diversity as well as challenges, including war, HIV/AIDS and hunger.
"By showing them these images, they can also appreciate other people's experiences," says Pirozzi.
Kristijan Memisevic, one of the participants, agrees saying "I didn't realise photography could be so powerful."
Pirozzi has facilitated over 30 child photography workshops around the world; this one is part of a UNICEF project EYE SEE carried out in partnership with Sony, the first held in Europe.
Jadranka Milanovic, UNICEF communication officer in Serbia, points out that the workshop "gives a diverse group of children, including Roma who are amongst the most vulnerable and excluded, a chance to exercise their right to communicate and participate in the development of an intercultural society".
The children's photographs was exhibited first in Serbia's capital, Belgrade, and then will travel to seven municipalities in south and east Serbia, including in Pirot, where UNICEF, in cooperation with local authorities and civil society, is modelling community centres in deprived Roma communities, to be a point of support and to provide innovative services to children, adolescents and their families.
All centres have identified education as a priority focus of their programmes.
The Roma are one of Serbia's most marginalised groups with almost 50 per cent of them living in poverty, most in informal settlements.
Although in 2009 the government put in place an inclusive education policy, school completion is still low at just 63 per cent of primary age children in Roma settlements.
"To facilitate inclusion of Roma children and adolescents, UNICEF in Serbia focuses on identifying and analysing the barriers for inclusion and on developing methods to overcome them.
"I am a Roma child. I am too popular for people to discriminate against me, but I know Roma children who do suffer."
The results so far are favorable: a higher level of inclusion of Roma children has been achieved, which the child photo workshop well demonstrated through the participation of both Roma and non-Roma children," says UNICEF Serbia Area Representative Judita Reichenberg.
Some 150 children and youth from both the Serbian and the Roma community enjoy a range of activities in the Pirot community centre.
There are plans to start a photography club after the workshop, using the cameras donated by Sony. They also plan to have open theatre sessions, which through role play and debate tackle topical issues such as discrimination.
Zorana Djordjevic, 13, a participant at the workshop, has benefitted from educational support at the community centre.
"I used to go every evening to the centre to get help with my homework. Now I am doing very well at school," she says.
When asked about their experience in school, some of the Roma children at the workshop say that they sometimes get bullied or teased.
Branislav says with pride, "I am a Roma child. I am too popular for people to discriminate against me, but I know Roma children who do suffer. Our photos can make people realise it is no good to discriminate."
He pauses and then adds, smiling broadly, "I have just fallen in love with photography."


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Just one-third of Australian football grounds are female-friendly
Fewer than one-third of football fields nationwide have basic facilities for women, like female toilets or change-rooms.
As the new AFLW season begins, bringing with it two new teams in the first phase of expansion, the AFL's Head of Women's Football Nicole Livingstone has raised the need for greater investment in improving female facilities at suburban grounds.
"When we look at our facilities and all of the infrastructure that has gone out across the nation and support from state, federal and local government authorities, we are still only just shy of 30 percent of our venues being female-friendly," Livingstone told Macquarie Sports Radio's Cam Reddin.
"These are all post-war facilities that were built only with men in mind in regards to sporting pursuits," she said.
With another four teams being added to the AFLW next season – Richmond, Gold Coast, St Kilda and West Coast – even more opportunities for women to make a career out of football will open up.
However, poor, under-funded or in some cases non-existent facilities at sporting grounds are preventing many from kicking a footy or blowing a whistle at all.
"We are trying to encourage female coaches and umpires to participate in the game (as well as players). That adds another layer of difficulty in these venues that just don't cater for women and girls," Livingstone said.
"When they're little kids they can get away with not showering, but you still need to be able to have the absolute basics [like] bathrooms and an area where you are able to segregate boys and girls and they feel safe," she said.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week announced a $15 million investment in the Brisbane Lions' training and administration facility at Springfield, including plans for a boutique 10,000-seat stadium.
"I'm really pleased Queensland has secured this funding through the Lions. We need a facility up there for women's football," Livingstone said.
Click below to hear the full interview. Listen to the Weekend Warm-Up with Cam Reddin – 4.00am-7.00am Saturday and Sunday mornings.


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Jon Voight spoke:
As did Rep. Steve King.
The rally eneded with a singing of God Bless America.
Then it was on to the Cannon Building and other offices of House members.
That One was due to meet with Democrats at three and went into the Capitol a different way, in order to avoid the "angry mob" he and his lapdog media pretend don't exist.
John Lewis and members of the Congressional Black Caucus got a warm reception (end sarcasm) when they waded through the crowd. Look at the arrogance.
Here's some of the signage from the crowd at the rally and outside the House offices.
Like Tito the Builder, who spoke:
Seventy other rallies were held around the country protesting Obamacare.


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Marc Andreessen (1971–) is one of the true Internet pioneers who is responsible for the World Wide Web as we know it.
Success is taking your own path. Although school sports were the main focus of the majority of Andreessen's peers, Marc had little interest in athletics. Andreessen instead pursued an interest in computers that began when he was in the fifth grade.
Success is a result of a dream followed by action. While pursuing his undergraduate degree at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Andreessen was working on an assignment to write three-dimensional visualization software for the Center's supercomputer when he dreamed up and implemented the first modern day Internet web browser.
Success is often a result of identifying and solving problems. The user-interfaces of available browsers of the early 90s tended not to be very user-friendly. Marc decided to develop a browser that was easier to use and more graphically rich that would lead to the Web's instant popularity.
Success is seeking help when you need it. In 1992, Andreessen recruited fellow NCSA employee, Eric Bina, to help with his project. Together, the two would work many long and hard hours to create the first modern-day Web browser, called "Mosaic."
Success is often a result of a chain reaction. When making Mosaic available for more popular platforms such as Windows and MAC, its popularity skyrocketed. More users meant a bigger Web audience, which led to the creation of new content, which in turn further increased the audience on the Web and so on.
Success is often a result of making the right connections. Despite Marc's incredible work with Mosaic, because the project was developed on university time he would get neither any significant compensation nor recognition for his work. With the idea of a new start-up company (which eventually became Netscape), Marc soon met Jim Clark, founder of Silicon Graphics, Inc., a man with both the money and connections to help bring Marc's visions to the world.
Success is being able to inspire others. In developing the new web browser (Netscape), the programmers would sometimes work for 40 straight hours. As one employee recalls, they were driven by the vision of creating something better than the Mosaic.
Success is not always about cash up front. "One of the fundamental lessons is that market share now equals revenue later, and if you don't have market share now, you are not going to have revenue later. Another fundamental lesson is that whoever gets the volume does win in the end. Just plain wins."
Success is understanding the power of viral marketing. One of the "secrets" of success of the Netscape browser was the way in which it was marketed. The browser included new HTML tags that allowed Web designers greater control and creativity. Excited designers quickly began incorporating the new tags into their web pages. The new tags could only be read by Netscape, so the designers would usually include a note that their pages were best viewed with Netscape and a link to the page where it could be downloaded.
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Beiträge über 'Marxismus'
Call for Papers within the framework of the 10th Historical Materialism聽Conference, Making the World Working Class,聽7-10 November 2013, London, SOAS.
Extended Deadline: June 7
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CfP: Radical Democracy Conference, New York
The Department of Politics at The New School for Social Research is sponsoring a graduate student conference interrogating the concept, history, practices and implications of radical democracy. We strive to assess its legacy from ancient to contemporary radical democratic theory, as well as explore the work of theorists such as Abensour, Arendt, Badiou, Castoriadis, Laclau, Mouffe, Negri, Ranci猫re, and Wolin. We invite you to submit abstracts on any theme pertaining to the history, meaning, development, application, or critique of the concept of radical democracy; we also encourage discussions about methodology and the study of radical democratic movements.
For individual paper proposals, please submit a one-page abstract (max. 300 words) that includes institutional affiliation, academic level and contact information. Complete panel proposals with up to four papers are strongly encouraged. Please submit your paper or panel abstracts by January 15, 2013 to聽radicaldemocracy@newschool.edu. You will receive a notification of our decision by January 25, 2013. Full conference papers are due by February 25, 2013.
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An der University of Massachusetts Amherst wird von 19.-22. September 2013 die achte internationale Konferenz der Zeitschrift Rethinking Marxism stattfinden. Der Call l盲uft noch bis 1. Juli 2013 und ist f眉r alle Disziplinen, Pr盲sentatiosformen und Inhalte offen, die sich mit den Generalthemen "Surplus, Solidarity, Sufficiency" besch盲ftigen. Im Call hei脽t es zum Thema und zur Ausrichtung der Konferenz:
"In 2013, 5 years into the greatest economic and social depression since the Great Depression, and 4 years after the last international conference convened, we want to invite participants to explore and interrogate three keywords: SURPLUS, SOLIDARITY and SUFFICIENCY. We find these keywords to be particularly useful in critically engaging with our historical conjuncture from different perspectives. Needless to say, fellow participants who would like to bring in other concerns, other concepts, other debates and engagements into the mix should definitely feel free to do so. Our international conferences have always functioned mehr »


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What can one say about the real estate industry? It's perhaps one of the oldest businesses started by civilization and one that will always be important regardless if you're looking for a home or for a place for your business. It's important in a market like this that you can find a person to trust, a person you can confide in to help you make the best decisions you can. And one of these people in the industry you can trust is a man named Todd Lubar.
Todd Lubar is a man with over 12 years of experience in the real estate industry having spent years in different sections of it to becoming the president of his very own company Legendary Financial, LLC. At this moment in time, Legendary Financial is an affiliate of Legendary Properties LLC who specializes in the field of loans. Lubar has been involved in over 7,000 transactions since he started up his affiliate and continues to keep on going strong. Lubar also has strong connections with both the commercial demolition side of the industry and the automotive scrap recycling business thanks to the changes that occurred in the mortgage market between 2007 and 2008. To this day, Lubar is still the president of Legendary Financial and his experience and connections have no doubt grown over the last several years.
Todd Lubar is a man with experience in not only the real estate industry, but a man who also has experience with marketing, marketing strategy, and advertising. He's a man who loves his two daughters and enjoys traveling together with them. And he's also a man who upholds the goal of desiring to be a better person tomorrow than the person he is today. And another goal of his is to add value to any and all things he comes in contact with.


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Standard Charted KL Marathon 2012
it's early in the morning, and im here suited up in blue for the Standard Charted Marathon 2012. here i am for the marathon again .
This year, shin lee is also take part in the run. good luck~
there's the starting point... and everyone is heating up for the run, let's get started.
during the run..there is a girl managed to pull my attention, she's run for Bersih 2.0. good one.
after some time.. i'm happy to see this sigh board.. 9KM checkpoint, 1 more KM to go Hoo Ha!!
at last... we reach the 10KM checkpoint.. but where is the finishing line? few hundred meter away more...
i'm done with the race... i'm completed it.. yahooo. and collected my goodies bag, what's inside the goodies bag? Banana~~~ recharging fruits.
here's the medal i got for the KL Marathon 2012.
at the back of the metal. 10KM Finisher, yes i am!. maybe next year will give a try on half marathon..
someone having a long queue at the booth.. let see what's they queue for.
aha~ same as last year. it's my very owned unique limited edition 100 plus. hahahaha. only 1 out there. for only RM5, haihz.. i remember last year given away for FREE.
walking around the field while waiting for shin lee. i found the scored board for the marathon..
okay.. that's for 10 km fastest finisher. let see closer...
that's the top 5.. oh my god? 10.6km complete in 35minutes 55 sec? are you kidding me? i finished it with 1 hour 25 minutes.. gosh... that's almost 3 times faster than me ...
okay.. it's time for Shin lee and me to show off the Finisher medal XD hoooray~
and here are Jessica and her friend and us. :), that's all for the KL Marathon 2012. see you again next year :)
Posted by Don'z at 6:36 PM Labels: marathon, Standard Chartered
MLTR Live 2012 @ Setia City Mall
Setia City Mall, it's new mall in town, and i haven't set my foot here before.. and today i'm here for a different reason :).
yeap.. that's right! MLTR live at Setia City Mall. Michael Learns To Rock is here! somehow, we managed to get the FREE tickets.
before the real show start. do you recognize them? they are actors or mainly DJ from 988
still waiting... waiting... it's going to start anytime now...
and the concert begins.. time to rock and roll!!
Jascha Richter
Jascha Richter,Mikkel Lentz and Kåre Wanscher, together, they are MLTR
Mikkel Lentz with the guitar, let rock!!
look like everyone is enjoying the concert.
Kåre Wanscher with the drums
concert is on going~ mostly old song.. it's for a while they didn't release new album
let's sing along~~~
the atmosphere just awesome. i love concert XD
the basses for the group..
it's almost end of the concert. wish can have longer concert :). their song still awesome .
we went to the billboard for photo session.. and guess what...
the MLTR group show face for photo session. how cool is that XD..
i managed to capture their photo in really really close distant.. but still no photo session with them together :(
Posted by Don'z at 10:30 PM Labels: Celebrity, Concert, Setia City Mall
Shrek The Musical
this is 2nd Musical performance i'm attend. and this time is Shrek The Musical.
Shin Lee somehow managed to get 2 premier ticket for the show. okay, let's go...
once i see the ticket.. gosh? VIP tickets!? worth RM590 per pax... and that.. RM 1180 for 2 pax..we got it for free.. lucky~
here we are the at Shrek The Musical.
and me at the Shrek Musical.
entered the Plenary Hall.. and waiting for the show to start. it's located at KLCC.
preparation.. sorry for the low quality photo.. i didn't bring my camera along with me.. all taken with iphone.
and the show begins...
that's the dragon in original Shrek first movie
that's Shrek, princess Fiona and donkey
they always sing along together :)
this is what you see under the main stage. where all the music come from.
love the background, keep changing according to the story.. and it's look great~
that's all the character make appearance in the Shrek movie, here they are in the Shrek musical too.
at the end of the show.. all the dancer and performer show face to give a bow
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Away From Reality will soon reach 250 comics, which is about 240 more than I was expecting to create when I first started out. To celebrate this milestone, I am creating a special series of comics that will run twice a week for the next six weeks up to comic #250. This twelve-comic series will follow a continuing storyline with your favorite AFR characters and feature adventure! Action! Drama! Romance! Fencing! Fighting! Torture! Revenge! Giants! Monsters! Chases! Escapes! True love! Miracles! (Or something like that.) Check in every Wednesday and Saturday for new comics.
And before I go, let me say that I wouldn't have gotten to 250 comics without all of you who keep reading. Thanks for being there, and enjoy!


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Times have changed!
With the distinct advantage of having Bishop International Airport within its boundaries, Flint Township and area travelers are no longer handicapped by the long trip to Detroit's Metropolitan Airport. With even more expansion and renovation under its belt, Bishop offers easy access to world-wide ports of call to travelers throughout mid-Michigan.
Airport Zoning Information
Bishop Air Cargo has become a major player in the overnight delivery business. UPS, Federal Express, Emery Worldwide, Airborne Express and Genesee Valley Aviation all have headquarters adjacent to the airport.
Our interchange system includes three major highways-I-75, I-69 and US-23-which intersect one mile from Bishop Airport. Additionally, three major rail lines-Grand Trunk Western, CSX Transportation, and Central Michigan Railway-intersect at the township's northern border.
Ground transportation is certain to increase over the next few years. GM Service Parts and the GM Truck and Bus Center have major warehousing facilities adjoining Flint Township. More than a dozen trucking companies use this area as a base of operation. The primary reason? Location! Flint Township is ideally located for firms that want to be close to their clients and offices.
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Renaissance Station South
Renaissance Station South will be the planned phase II of the rebirth of the historic city of Attleboro, MA. Located across the street from award-winning design of Renaissance Station North. It will consist of a two-building development with a total of 209, 1-2 bedroom units and up to 10,000 square feet of commercial retail space. The continuation of this brand new commuter living community will provide more modern, state-of-the-art living, reinforcing the city of Attleboro as a must-be place to live, with access to both Providence and Boston. It is a redevelopment that will resonate for future lifetimes and generations.


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text: Sometimes it takes a few bites at the cherry to get something right. That seems to be the case with new London-based duo Fang Night. Today they're sharing new cut 'Artificial' - alongside an immediate release of their debut EP of the same name. Both members have played in various different incarnations of this current project for the last 3 years, but after recently completing art/design degrees, Benjamin Walker and Ewa Lefmann appear to have now found their feet; their voices pair up exquisitely in this initial offering. Fluid, dreamy synth lines weave seamlessly around some vibrant, electronic percussion, with 'Artificial' proving to be an irresistibly joyous affair. Be sure to give the full 'Artificial' EP a whirl over on Spotify, too. -JCListen


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The aMember/WordPress integration is not performed like a typical WordPress plugin solution. aMember is a stand alone membership program that is installed on the same server as the WordPress installation. aMember should be installed in a sub directory of the website. The sub directory can be named anything but in the examples shown in this documentation it will be named "amember". WordPress should also be installed in a sub directory of the website. Placing aMember inside the WordPress path (WordPres in root and aMember in a sub-directory of root) will often cause problems.
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Palo Alto
by Paul Lisicky July 25, 2010
Maybe it was the smell of cough drop on the air. Or the trees: eucalyptus, birch, palm, redwood, side by side in one space. It might have been the thinking inside the houses I passed, minds at work over desks, fingers tapping keys, tapping foreheads. Maybe it was the nearness of the sea. Or the mountain between the highway and the sea, levels inside landscape, inside moments: wholeness the lie we always suspected it was, and we could finally get down to this business of motion, of making ourselves up again. I ran faster than I'd ever run before. My feet flew over this pavement and that. I went all the way past the stable. And when I took that shortcut past the schoolyard—the children inside with their tom toms—I thought of what they'd be when they were running past these windows.
Fifty minutes passed. Or years? A live oak sagged through a kitchen ceiling. A parachute hung out to dry, in pieces. And when I asked the men in the sportcoats where the town was, I knew they knew as much as I did. Wasn't that where they dump the ashes? one said. The toys, said his friend. The ashes and the toys, said the first. Their shoes hovered just above the ground, and when the wind picked up, they knocked into each other, gently, like paper lanterns with hooks on top.
So I shouldn't have been surprised to see the ghosts. Oh, they weren't ghosts, not exactly, but two girls, twelve or so, who leapt out behind the parked car. "Hello!" they cried out in glee. "Hello! Hello!" They of course didn't know I'd been at this for a while. No wallet, no phone, no driver's license, no G.P.S. Not even a permanent house to return to, just one more set of rooms, chairs so durable and featureless you'd never known they'd been holding you up. I nodded and walked on. But the little girls? You stopped to play tag when you were picked on, even if you couldn't walk, even if the fear in you smelled of mushrooms. "Hello," they said again, this time with an ache in it. "Hello! Hello! Hello!" The trees ahead of me shook their crowns. They started coming nearer, smiles as bright as toxins. Was that happiness seeping through my shoes—or just another trap? Into the garden I went. A man knelt beside a pond, forearm thrust all the way to the bottom, hand working through the gold and the slop as if life itself depended on it. A jar, a pot, a bottle, another pot. So many lost things, tangled with grasses, rinsed clean by the action of the clear, cold air. "Could I help?" I said, but they were already upon us. I turned around to greet them: I am not your enemy. And when he pulled me up from the muck, the light in me gushed forth.
About the Author:
Paul Lisicky is the author of "Lawnboy" and "Famous Builder" (both published by Graywolf Press). He has published his short prose work in recent issues of Story Quarterly, Subtropics, Prairie Schooner, Five Points, Gulf Coast, Brevity, and Seattle Review. He teaches in the MFA Programs at Rutgers-Newark and Fairfield University.
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Genine Lentine is the author of "Mr. Worthington's Beautiful Experiments on Splashes" just out from Diagram/New Michigan Press. Ongoing projects include Listening Booth, Spacewalks and The Heinous Task Table. She is the Artist-in-Residence at the San Francisco Zen Center for 2009-10.
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I suppose I should start doing some blogging again, this last half a year apparently became a sort of unscheduled break. I had plenty of other things on my mind, didn't feel like writing. Read the rest of this entry »
I suppose I should start doing some blogging again, this last half a year apparently became a sort of unscheduled break. I had plenty of other things on my mind, didn't feel like writing. Read the rest of this entry »
Today I updated our English website a bit. You can now order the new book there, for instance. I probably should do some more updating as well this weekend, before leaving for Gencon – for instance, I still don't have a proper resources section in the Solar System / TSoY pages. Read the rest of this entry »
I don't read many blogs – I have enough in my hands reading my correspondense and a couple of forums. I'm also pretty bad at reading recommended linkages, but I do make the effort. Some time back Joshua Bishop-Roby linked me to an excellent blog. Then I just read the article he linked, but during my first annual State of the Blog address yesterday I went there again, and man that's one amazing blog! Read the rest of this entry »
This is something I've been meaning to write for a while now, but being that I barely have the time to write anything else, it's been postponed. What is? Why, the State of the Blog Address, to commemorate me having blogged for a whole year now. I'm celebrating the occasion by retagging and recategorizing the blog contents to make the structure reflect the contents better – hindsight is so much better than foresight at this sort of thing. Read the rest of this entry »
Ho hum, a human is a busy creature, and apparently the first thing I cut when I'm busy is blogging. This is a fortunately non-pressurized medium, though, perhaps because of the singular publication model: no need to edit, print or publicize yourself when you want to write. Nice.
Anyway, as a brief explanation for the latest month-long silence, I offer thee this. In other words, I'm going to Gencon this year with the Forge booth if everything goes well. There's quite a bit of planning involved with all the flight plans, hotels and, foremost, preparing products for the convention. I'm going to perchance discuss my products in greater length later either here or some other medium, for now it's sufficient to say that I'm being pretty busy writing and producing the games I want to sell at Gencon.
I'm still hoping to write the blog as well during the summer months, though. The first order of business is to write more extensively about different flavours of fantasy gaming, which topic has stood open for a while now after my latest post. A big topic, but I'll tackle it soon.
Ha ha ha haa, I started a new blog in Finnish. The name of the blog is Bear Blog and it's quite cute. I'm doing it at wordpress.com once again, for I'm pretty happy with WordPress. The new blog is going to be about Finnish topics and stuff that has nothing much to do with game design, such as politics, religion and philosophy. We'll see it in action during the coming months. Read the rest of this entry »


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Toshiharu Ikeda's Mermaid Legend
Thought I'd squeeze one out, just before 2012, before I have to change the templates…
Needless to say, I am fucking wasted already. Only an hour left of this shitty year.
Still, this one turned out alright considering how inebriated I am. Thank you spellchecker thingy.


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Finding my "Notebook" . . .
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text: Capital Disc Jockeys is taking the Capital Region by storm! Started by DJ Tim Wedeman, formerly of AMS Entertainment of Albany, with a new mission to provide the latest in DJ entertainment innovations. Armed with State-of-the-Art equipment and an enormous library of all digital music, Capital Disc Jockeys is ready to make your next event a huge success. Whether you want your event to be formal, classy and elegant, or an all out party, Capital Disc Jockeys will deliver! Call us today at 518-372-7121 to schedule a personal consultation.


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We'd like to think most people in the state go out of their way to avoid accidents. No one wants the headaches and potential injuries that follow. Take it from Greenville accident lawyers, if you want to know one of the simplest and most obvious ways to avoid a serious accident, it's this… Don't run from the police.
Sounds like a no-brainer, but there have actually been a couple of chase-related accidents just within the past week here in South Carolina. Days ago, Anderson County police spotted a teenage driver in what they believed to be a stolen car. When they tried to pull the young man over, he hit the gas instead.
The teen driver had no intention of being stopped, and he was even willing to hurt others to keep himself from being arrested. He tried to run a deputy's patrol car off the road, but thankfully wasn't successful. His run wouldn't last much longer as he soon lost control and slammed into the front steps of a nearby home. The young man's escape was cut short, but he was lucky to still be alive.
Unfortunately, these stories sometimes have more tragic outcomes. Only a few days before the previously mentioned chase, another took place here in Greenville. A trooper once again believed they had spotted a stolen vehicle and tried to pull the suspect over. And once again the suspect decided to hit the gas.
After a brief chase on Highway 25, the trooper decided it was too dangerous and stopped the pursuit. The suspect didn't slow down, however, and continued to speed away. His getaway would be cut short when he collided with another vehicle. The young man who fled police wouldn't be taken into custody because he tragically lost his life at the scene. He also nearly took the life of the other driver as well.


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TREANDA is indicated for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Efficacy relative to first-line therapies other than chlorambucil has not been established.
TREANDA is indicated for the treatment of patients with indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) that has progressed during or within six months of treatment with rituximab or a rituximab-containing regimen.
Contraindication: TREANDA is contraindicated in patients with a known hypersensitivity (e.g., anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions) to bendamustine.
Myelosuppression: TREANDA caused severe myelosuppression (Grade 3-4) in 98% of patients in the two NHL studies. Three patients (2%) died from myelosuppression-related adverse reactions. If myelosuppression occurs, monitor leukocytes, platelets, hemoglobin (Hgb), and neutrophils frequently. Myelosuppression may require dose delays and/or subsequent dose reductions if recovery to the recommended values has not occurred by the first day of the next scheduled cycle.
Infections: Infection, including pneumonia, sepsis, septic shock, hepatitis and death have occurred. Patients with myelosuppression following treatment with TREANDA are more susceptible to infections. Patients treated with TREANDA are at risk for reactivation of infections including (but not limited to) hepatitis B, cytomegalovirus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and herpes zoster. Patients should undergo appropriate measures (including clinical and laboratory monitoring, prophylaxis, and treatment) for infection and infection reactivation prior to administration.
Anaphylaxis and Infusion Reactions: Infusion reactions to TREANDA have occurred commonly in clinical trials. Symptoms include fever, chills, pruritus, and rash. In rare instances severe anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions have occurred, particularly in the second and subsequent cycles of therapy. Monitor clinically and discontinue drug for severe (Grade 3-4) reactions. Ask patients about symptoms suggestive of infusion reactions after their first cycle of therapy. Consider measures to prevent severe reactions, including antihistamines, antipyretics, and corticosteroids in subsequent cycles in patients who have experienced Grade 1 or 2 infusion reactions.
Tumor Lysis Syndrome: Tumor lysis syndrome associated with TREANDA treatment has occurred. The onset tends to be within the first treatment cycle of TREANDA and, without intervention, may lead to acute renal failure and death. Preventive measures include vigorous hydration and close monitoring of blood chemistry, particularly potassium and uric acid levels. There may be an increased risk of severe skin toxicity when TREANDA and allopurinol are administered concomitantly.
Skin Reactions: Fatal and serious skin reactions have been reported with TREANDA treatment and include, toxic skin reactions, [Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), and drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS)], bullous exanthema and rash. Events occurred when TREANDA was given as a single agent and in combination with other anticancer agents or allopurinol. Where skin reactions occur, they may be progressive and increase in severity with further treatment. Monitor patients with skin reactions closely. If skin reactions are severe or progressive, withhold or discontinue TREANDA.
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Other Malignancies: There are reports of pre-malignant and malignant diseases that have developed in patients who have been treated with TREANDA, including myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative disorders, acute myeloid leukemia, and bronchial carcinoma.
Extravasation Injury: TREANDA extravasations have been reported in postmarketing resulting in hospitalizations from erythema, marked swelling, and pain. Assure good venous access prior to starting TREANDA infusion and monitor the intravenous infusion site for redness, swelling, pain, infection, and necrosis during and after administration of TREANDA.
Embryo-fetal Toxicity: TREANDA can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. Women should be advised to avoid becoming pregnant while using TREANDA.
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This morning I cycled into work twice, not for some strange kind of homage to the opening of the Olympics but due to a mix up over the house keys and the fact I picked up the wrong set after a new arrangement post holiday. It gave me plenty time to think about why I struggle to blog and I thought I would write about some of the things that are needed to write a blog.
Time: An obvious one and hopefully I'm going to show I've conquered this one and I'll share at a later date how if I manage!
Confidence: Hopefully this doesn't sound strange, but I think this is about finding a blogging voice and being ermm 'confident' about the view, the information or the story you present and to be happy with what you have to say.
It amazes me the confidence that young people have, sometimes to the point of being envious and it makes me think at what point did I loose mine……and it's at this point whilst I'm writing that I start thinking who is going to want to read this and I start thinking this is hard and that I need to overcome some kind of invincible barrier to get onto the island of bloggers……..so I'm going to put this to one side, put the negative voices in a box and carry on regardless!
So confident blogging from now on ……
I came across this site, confident blogging And particularly liked the article on what it means to blog. I could relate to this and it started me thinking about what blogging means to me and I've decided that it is anything I want it to be that I want to express at that moment and time. Writing is an art that needs to be practiced and this is my forum to practice about things that are ramblings to me.
Justification: Leading on from confidence I always feel that I need to justify what I'm writing about, like I need to have a reason to be taking somebodies time up. I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this link and hopefully no offence is taken by placing this link here. I loved this freshly pressed article Who's your Daddy Blogger From the picture about 'being calm write a blog' through to the content with an element of why to blog but through to the openness of the writing style. I'm a daddy who writes a blog do I need to justify myself anymore than that. So job done!
Topics: I don't always feel like writing about the same thing, there are a million and 1 food blogs….whys mine going to be better than anybody else's? As a family man and an IT guy….I'm exposed to so many things. I know writing about various things might limit my audience by confusion but for me it might restrict my writing if I can't write about what's going on at home or in my head about work. Topics should be about what you want to write about and its as simple as that and add in a sprinkling of how you want to write it.
Inspiration: following on from topics, I don't think I lack here and you can get it from everywhere and everything. Do something to find yours. Just to end this piece….I'm going with the Olympics as a theme of inspiration……wow this is massive ….so today the official start day of the 2012 Olympics. I'm sat watching the warmup before the opening ceremony starts. There is so much confidence in sport, a warmth and comaradery, a power in what these people are trying to do that brings the world nations together. It's an amazing feet of organisation and commitment from the human race.
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Writing Prompt Wednesday
Today's prompt idea comes from a writer friend, Michael Jensen. His blog is Miked Up and you can find him on Twitter at @mmj5170.
Instead of writing this past weekend, he went fishing. GASP! Can you believe that?
Today's writing prompt: She reeled in. . .
Have fun with this and share what you come up with. No matter how little or how much as long as you write it's all good.


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I got an ice pack while Mickey took him to the couch to lay down. Then I went to find some Benadryl, just in case. We only had capsules. Kade said he couldn't swallow it so I asked him what he wanted me to mix the medicine up with so he could have some. He picked chocolate ice cream. He ate it without any problems. Kade was still pretty worked up and in pain. Mickey gave him a priesthood blessing.
I went outside after Kade was settled with a can of Raid to avenge my baby but I couldn't find anything that needed to be killed.
Later the swelling had gone down and Kade was feeling better but the sting site on his leg was still looking puffy. I made him a paste of baking soda and water and applied it to his stings. (While doing this I had a memory come to mind when one of us kids got stung at my grandma's house. She made the paste and put a piece of bread over it and tied it on with a towel. Looking at the mess dripping on the chair I now know why she put the bread over it.)
It really helped to draw out the venom in his leg.
This is what I think stung him. If so, I don't know if I really want to be spending much time on the deck until winter. The kids are already freaked out and say they won't go out back to play. What a shame.