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t. Anthony's Parish Choirs will present their 23rd Annual Christmas Concert on Friday, December 9, 2016, at 8:00pm, in the Parish Church. The program will include many familiar carols and Christmas favorites featuring our Parish Choirs, Professional Soloists and Chamber Orchestra. Please mark your calendars and join us for this very special event.
Tickets will be available at the Rectory, Monday thru Friday during the following hours only;
9:00am to Noon & 1:30 to 3:30pm, or see a choir member after Mass.
The donation for advance tickets is $13.00, up until December 8th, and $16.00 at the door.
*****No advance tickets will be sold on December 9**** For more information you may call Aurora 623-7657 (When purchasing tickets at the rectory, please be sure to pay with the exact amount; cash or check. Thank you!)


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Ten Simple Ways Busy Moms Can Go Green
These simple "go green" tips won't cost a thing–except maybe a little time and effort–but the results are worth it.
These simple "go green" tips won't cost a thing–except maybe a little time and effort–but the results are worth it.
Also: How floating solar farms are more efficient than the land ones.
Also: California to Label Monsanto's Roundup as a carcinogen.
These simple tips can help you make your home more sustainable and healthier for your family.
Also: Unused church recycled a into public library.
Also: Company General Mills joins climate change fight.
Also: Alarming facts about medicines produced in India; First case of organic farmer against Monsanto's GMO seeds.
Also: Newly found chemical compounds pose danger to health; Clean energy from cow gas.
Also: Palm oil and deforestation; Japanese act on their nuclear crisis with a new solar mega-plant.
Also: New and sustainable office design "Pop-up office"; First four countries that forced fast food chain McDonald's out.
Also: Del Monte Foods sets example for the next food evolution; Philippines urges UN to deliver emergency climate pathway.
Also: Where does the plastic we recycle really go? Nestlé practices and promotes sustainable agriculture.
Best herbs for a good digestive health; Whole Foods replaces Mayo with a more sustainable egg-free alternative; inspiring education innovations changing lives around the world.
The greenest US colleges providing also green education, world's first corporate responsibility law has passed in India, new high-performance building pilot announced in Seattle.
Bird-friendly building design is now mandatory in many US cities, seaweed is back as building material in Denmark offering great sustainable qualities, top six green cities around the world and their race to reduce carbon footprint

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Over 20 years ago, Cane Creek introduced the world to threadless headset technology. Every year since we've been advancing the state-of-the-art, looking for new ways to improve performance and durability. It's no surprise we are the definitive source on headsets. Like everything we make, Cane Creek bars, grips, brakes and levers are honest upgrades - not just different, but different for the right reasons.
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Did you know your child's smile needs cleaning just like yours does? Well, it's true! Your child's teeth need to be scrubbed every day, whether it's by you or by your spouse/partner. If you're interested in how to clean your child's smile in Leawood, Kansas, our dental team is happy to help you! All you need to do are the following things:
Step 1: Use a child's toothbrush and low-fluoride toothpaste. Usually, the brush has smaller bristles and a specially formed handle. As far as the toothpaste goes, only use toothpaste for children. It's also recommended to use a paste that has a flavor your child enjoys.
Step 2: Make sure your child is comfortable and try to make brushing a fun experience. First, put a pea-sized amount of toothpaste on the brush's bristles. Then, place the toothbrush at a 45-degree angle to the gums. Next, scrub the front of the teeth with small, gentle circles. Once you are done, brush the insides of the teeth using the same motions. Finally, scrub the biting surfaces by moving the brush back and forth.
Step 3: When you are done cleaning your child's smile, have them spit the toothpaste into the sink and rinse with water. Then, reward them for doing such a great job.
Now that you know how to take care of your child's smile, it's time to take care of yours! Make sure to keep up on oral hygiene, visit your dentist, and have a balanced and healthy diet. If you would like to learn more about how to achieve a top-notch oral health, please feel free to call our office today at a location nearest you. Your dentist, Dr. Robert P. Sherman, and our dental team are here to help you in any way we can!


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We've been working hard all summer to put together a historical encampment, representing a mercenary unit from the Holy Roman Empire in the year 1529. We'll be bright, we'll be loud and we are determined to be entertaining as well as educational!
Come by to see us in action including demonstrations on:
Pike drill and 16th century battlfield weapons
Cooking over the camp fire & Renaissance foodways
Battlefield medicine
Soldier school
Stitchery and handcrafts
Games and pastimes
Please stop by to chat with our friendly guild members, or catch one of our shows.
Connecticut Renaissance Faire, weekends September 25th to October 18th including Columbus day.
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Garden Table with Aluminium Frame
The Ahoi table by Weishäupl was designed by Christian Hoisl and is characterised by its simple appearance, ideal to furnish the balcony or patio. Straight lines and defined edges are the characteristic features of the table designed with carefully selected materials.
Tabletop Made of Teak or HPL
While the legs are made from powder-coated aluminium, the tabletop is available in either weatherproof HPL or high-quality teak wood, both of which are perfectly suitable for outdoor use. The visible grain of the wood tabletop conveys warmth in any setting while simultaneously providing a high-quality impression.
Up to six people can comfortably sit at the table. Thanks to the matching chairs from the Ahoi series, a wonderful seating area is easily set up in the garden.


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Edens High Density (HD) Polyurethane Lifting Foam could be the ideal solution for slab repairs or concrete repairs if you have noticed sunken areas or cracks in your floors, sidewalks, porches or driveways.
Edens HD Polyurethane Lifting Foam gently lifts your slab or damaged concrete, in an effort to restore the stability and structural integrity of the affected area. It is also one of our preferred solutions for waterproofing basements and/ or other areas that are susceptible to water damage.
Edens HD Polyurethane Lifting Foam is an efficient, cost-effective way to elevate your slab with minimal disturbance to your home or your schedule. The foam is applied through small, 5/8 inch holes in your slab that are often made without the hassle of tearing up carpet or moving heavy furniture. The entire process is usually completed within 1 business day and the results are immediate.
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It's Been A Long Time Baby!
Oh, how I've missed you!
I have so much to share…. But this is just a start. More to come.
Found this in a book by Shel Silverstein called "Where the Sidewalk Ends"
Thought you might appreciate it. It made me remember how great it feels to be a kid. Carefree and stoked!
Hug O War
I will not play at tug o war,
I'd rather play at hug o war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs,
Where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug,
Where everyone kisses,
And everyone grins,
And everyone cuddles,
And everyone wins.
I am loving this kindness!
If you get the chance check out some of the radical videos on youtube. Type "Free Hugs" or "Kindness" and prepare to connect with the fact that the world really does have a lot of potential. People are good.
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Welcome to the new United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland website for Pearl River Piano Group
Ritmüller is one of the premium ranges made by the world's largest piano manufacturer Pearl River.
The Ritmüller full sound range is even and consistent with a bright treble, a full tenor and a rich base. Together with an even and sensitive touch, Ritmüller pianos provide you with a perfect performance and choice for the beginner to the professional musician.
Discerning selection of material and the latest production processes with careful attention to detail establishes Ritmüller as a class leading range of upright and grand pianos.


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I have a confession to make, I have spent the day stalking the UPS man. My new camera is finally being delivered today and I have probably checked the UPS tracking website 15 times.
At 7:42am the camera made its arival in Huntington.
At 9:03am it got it's departure scan and its status chenged to "Out for Delivery."
I just now checked the status again and it has been delivered!!
I can't wait to get home and play with it. I want lots of good shots when we go to Walt Disney World!
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Daniel Garber talks with Our Little Sister director Kore-eda Hirokazu at #TIFF15
Hi, this is Daniel Garber at the Movies for culturalmining.com and CIUT 89.5 fm.
Three adult sisters — Sachi, Yoshino, and Chika — live together in a spacious, old-fashioned house beside a shady plum tree. They last saw their father years before when he left to shack up with another woman. Their mother also moved on leaving the three girls to function as a family unit. But when they go to their fathers funeral in a far away town, they first meet Suzu their father's youngest daughter, who is now an orphan. In a sudden decision, they invite her to come live with them, as their new little sister.
Our Little Sister is also the name of a new film premiering at TIFF. It's directed by Japanese master filmmaker Kore-eda Hirokazu. Kore-eda is known for his subtle but deeply moving dramas looking at life, death, kinship and unusual families. I spoke to him in September, 2015 at the Intercontinental Hotel during #TIFF15.
Our Little Sister opens today in Toronto.
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Walter Jay Lewis 1927 - 2008 Tonganoxie
Funeral services were held Feb. 12 for Walter Jay Lewis, 80, Tonganoxie, at the Myers Family Funeral Home in Kansas City, Kan.
Mr. Lewis died Feb. 7, 2008, at his home.
He was born Nov. 11, 1927, the son of Edward E. Lewis and Opal S. Lewis of Kansas City, Kan. Walt attended Turner High School and served in the United States Navy during World War II. He retired after 30 years of service from Armco Steel as an electrician in 1983 and was a past Commander of the DAV Chapter No. 1 of K.C.K. He was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Mr. Lewis was preceded in death by his brothers, Edward E. Lewis, Wichita, Wayane B. Lewis of Albuquerque, N.M. and Robert A. Lewis, Kansas City, Kan.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Shirley J. Lewis of Tonganoxie; three children, Robert J. Lewis, Basehor, Paula Zubeck, Leawood, and Mark Lewis, Bonner Springs; and eight grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions be made to the American Heart Assoc., Greater Kansas City Division, 6800 W. 93rd St, Overland Park 66212, or American Diabetes Assoc., Kansas City MO-KS Office, 1058 Barkley, Suite 400, Overland Park 66212.


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Tarox front brake kit replacement pads
We understand it is very important to have replacement pads available for your Tarox performance upgraded brake kits. We can supply a full range of official replacement Tarox brake pads and alternative brands like Ferodo and EBC.
We find that these brake pads offer a great choice in different levels of performance depending on your driving style. If you generally use your vehicle for fast road use with the occasional track day we would recommend the Brembo GT pads, however if you like to drive your car hard and hit the track regularly we recommend the Ferodo DS2500 and even the Performance Friction pads.


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Red Hat Expands JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Subscription with Greater Flexibility to Move into the Cloud
May 6, 2015
Enterprises are under pressure to deliver new applications fast; however, many factors, including rigid proprietary stacks, inflexible licensing agreements, and cultural silos in IT can prevent enterprises from achieving the agility they need to stay competitive. Enterprises are increasingly implementing DevOps methodologies, and technologies that complement them, to break down siloed communications between development and operations teams and accelerate application development and delivery. As DevOps adoption increases, so does the demand for technologies that complement DevOps methodologies and enable high productivity of developers and operations teams working closely together.
"Although DevOps emphasizes people (and culture) over tools and processes, implementation utilizes technology. As a result, Gartner, Inc. expects strong growth opportunities for DevOps toolsets, with the total for DevOps tools reaching $2.3 billion in 2015, up 21.1 percent from $1.9 billion in 2014. By 2016, DevOps will evolve from a niche strategy employed by large cloud providers to a mainstream strategy employed by 25 percent of Global 2000 organizations."1
Red Hat is committed to helping enterprises get more out of their technology by allowing for greater freedom of choice. JBoss EAP supports a broad range of third-party frameworks, operating systems, databases, security, and identity systems to make integration into existing infrastructure easier. In addition, new subscription flexibility expands support for customers deploying JBoss EAP across multiple environments based on their individual needs and business requirements, including on-premise, in a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environment, or in hybrid cloud scenarios.
Additional enhancements introduced in JBoss EAP 6.4 include:
- Support for Java 8 applications, as well as for the Java API WebSockets implementation protocol, JSR 356, enabling developers to build real-time, rich client and mobile applications with reduced overhead and complexity.
- Expanded JBoss EAP console and Red Hat Customer Portal integration, giving users direct access to the Red Hat Customer Portal, including the ability to receive support, open and manage tickets, and access the knowledge base.
- New console functionality with an updated user interface enabling users to view log files more easily and manage security configuration for applications.
- Kerberos authorization for greater application security.
As one of the only open source application platforms that commercially supports Java EE applications deployed in PaaS environments, JBoss EAP deployed on OpenShift provides developers with a fully certified Java EE 6 container and all the tools needed to build, run, and manage a wide range of Java applications. The combination of JBoss EAP and OpenShift Enterprise helps enterprises to optimize both development and operations by offering the ability to build enterprise-grade Java applications in a streamlined PaaS environment more quickly.
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An uno lamp shade is a type of shade that fits onto a lamp socket with an uno fitter. The uno fitter has arms radiating outward attached to the inside edges of the shade that support a hollow round piece that slides over the socket.
The central piece that fits onto the lamp socket is called a "fitter." The arms radiating outward from the fitter that attach to the shade are called the "spider."
Uno lampshades are available with threaded and non-threaded as well as plastic and metal fitters.
Floor lamps with an extended arm and a downward pointing socket traditionally use threaded uno fitters on their shades. Recently, many imported lamps with standard orientation are also using uno lamp shades.
Uno shades allow a shade to sit on a lamp without the added hardware of a harp or finial.
Uno lampshades are not necessarily interchangeable. The size of the opening, the length of the arms and the presence or absence of threads will all determine what shades and bases are compatible.
Threaded uno lampshade fittings wear down over time, making the shade sit shakily on the electrical socket. This poses a fire hazard and causes the lamp to tip over easily if the shade is bumped into.


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London is always on these lists. Sigh.
Last week, we brought you the world's cheapest cities for student accommodation. Now, here are the most expensive.
Student housing marketplace Student.com compared compared weekly rental costs in more cities across the world and found that, while there are some decent deals to be had in the UK and US, they're also home to some of the most astronomical student accommodation rates.What I Own: Lola, who saved £57,000 alone for a deposit on a two-bedroom flat in Catford
Globally, students spend an average of £170 per week on rent alone, meaning being close to your institution of choice for 40 weeks of term-time can set you back as much as £6,800 each year.
But students in New York City spend almost double this, shelling out an average of more than £13,300 per year.
Three UK cities also make it int the ranking. London, Oxford, and Cambridge are the worst offenders, all with weekly rental rates higher than £200 per week, and that's before you factor in the really important things like food, transport, beer, Che Guevara posters etc.
So if you're a hard-up budding student, scroll down to see which cities you should avoid like the plague.
New York City, New York, USA – £334
Boston, Massachusetts, USA – £312.50
London, England, UK – £278.40
Washington DC , USA – £255.10
La Jolla, California, USA – £231.10
Oxford, England, UK – £223.30
Sydney, Australia – £221
Cambridge, UK – £272
Los Angeles, Calirfornia, USA – £204
Seattle, Washington, USA – £201.60
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I took this from the car on the way home from midnight mass, it's a terrible picture but that's not the point. This tiny little park at the north end of the Key Bridge in Georgetown. The wooden home of Francis Scott Key stood here for 150 years. The GSA, the federal government took over the land and carefully marked each piece of the house, dismantled it, put it in crates...and then lost it. They lost Francis Scott Key's house.
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I am here to live out loud.
If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate.
"If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate.
Give in to it.
There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still life has some possibility left.
Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happened better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that's often the case.
Anyway, whatever it is, don't be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb."
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"A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ." John Steinbeck
One of the saddest days of my life was when I finished reading all of John Steinbeck's work. It was like saying goodbye to a good, humorous friend who was so full of life. I still read Travels with Charlie ever couple of years and its still a great book with every read.
Don't worry, be happy
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Juggernaut (JUG-uhr-not) 1. Anything requiring blind sacrifice. 2. A massive relentless force, person, institution, etc. that crushes everything in its path. From Hindi jagannath (one of the titles Krishna, a Hindu god, has), from Sanskrit jagannath, from jagat (world) + nath (lord). A procession of Jagannath takes place each year at Puri, India. Devotees pull a huge cart carrying the deity. Some have been accidentally crushed under the wheels (or are said to have thrown themselves under them).
Uncovering Happiness: Four Questions that Can Transform Your Life
By Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.
When it comes to our self-critical thinking, Byron Katie has created a brilliant set of four questions to free us from our negative depressive minds. For example, if you say, "I'm such leavesinhandcrpd an idiot," we ask 1) Is it true? 2) Is it absolutely true? 3) What happens when you believe that thought? and 4) Who would you be without that thought? The effect of this is that it objectifies the self-judgment, gives us freedom from it and opens us up to a sense of freedom that's there. They can be really effective.
When it comes to overcoming longstanding emotional struggles we have to not only get space from the self-critical mind, but also encourage the positive beliefs about ourselves that the critical mind has buried. In one part of Uncovering Happiness: Overcoming Depression with Mindfulness and Self-Compassion I share the following four questions to work with in order to open us up to possibility, install these positive beliefs a bit more and even encourage positive neuroplasticity. In doing this we can become more confident in ourselves and ultimately more resilient (and a bit happier).
Four Questions for Uncovering Happiness
From time to time, you might notice a nourishing thought arise, such as "I'm good enough," "Life is fine as it is," "I'm worthy of love," or "What a beautiful moment." We can be on the lookout for these thoughts and fan the flame with a play on these same questions:
1."Is it true?" Because of the strength of our inner critics, our minds are often quick to dismiss positive thoughts, so you may notice a quick "No, it's not true. I'm not really beautiful, worthy of love, good enough [and so on] . . ."
2."Is it possible that it's true?" Here is where we open the door a bit and ask if there is any possibility that it's true, no matter how small our minds may say it is. The answer inevitably here is "Yes, I guess there is a possibility."
3."If you step into that possibility for a moment, how does that make you feel?" Two things can happen here. You may find that fear arises: the fear of the unknown. This can be an opportunity for self-compassion. What would life be like if I stepped into this light? It reminds me of a poem by spiritual author and lecturer Marianne Williamson that starts, "Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure." Remind yourself that it doesn't serve you or the world to be in your small self. However, you might also experience a positive emotion such as joy, contentment, or confidence.
4."Can I allow myself to linger in this feeling for a few moments?" When we allow ourselves to savor what's good, our "good-feeling" neurons fire together. And as psychologist Donald Hebb put it memorably, "Neurons that fire together wire together," promoting resiliency in the future.
What would the days, weeks and months ahead be like if you were more open to this possibility? Try this on right now with any potential positive belief about yourself and see what you notice.
The fact is, the belief we have in our negative thinking is one of our worst habits as a human species and often times doesn't serve us. The positive belief in ourselves could go a long way and my hope is that Uncovering Happiness can help in awakening what I call our "Natural Anti-Depressants" and inspire the hope that having had emotional struggles in the past doesn't mean you need to suffer from them in the same way in the future. There are specific seeds within each and every one of us that if we understand and water, we can literally create a more resilient and joyful life.
Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is author of the upcoming book Uncovering Happiness: Overcoming Depression with Mindfulness and Self-Compassion, The Now Effect, co-author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Mindfulness Meditations for the Anxious Traveler: Quick Exercises to Calm Your Mind, the premier eCourse Basics of Mindfulness Meditation: A 28 Day Program, the Mindful Solutions audio series, and the Mindfulness at Work™ program currently being adopted in multiple multinational corporations. Join The Now Effect Community for free Daily Now Moments and a Weekly Newsletter. Dr. Goldstein is a clinical psychologist in private practice in West Los Angeles.
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I bet you are wondering where I've been. Well you know that old saying; if you don't have something nice to say don't say anything at all? I've been not saying anything. The last few weeks have been a nightmare. You know how they say when life hands you lemons make lemonade? Well what are you supposed to do when life hands you piss and vinegar? Because that's about how I feel lately.
First there were the issues with Jason, which have nothing at all to do with my weight or my upcoming surgery, just the typical relationship hitting a rough patch and taking valiant effort on both of our parts to get through it. Jason and I have been married for almost seven years now, that's a long time. Too long to let something ruin it without fighting for it, but there are times in your life when you just don't feel like you have the fight in you, and for me, I've been fighting the good fight with my weight and with this post up diet, and the timing of a problem like this in our relationship during a time when I felt like I needed him the most, was extremely hard to deal with.
Of course, it seems like whenever something happens that you think is huge and monumental life decides to come in and say, hey this isn't such a big deal, here try this on for size. So in the middle of us trying to be okay again, Jason came home from work on the 25th of September with a sore on the bottom of his foot. It was actually a callous that he'd had for quite some time, but it started to get red, inflamed, his foot was swollen and he was running a fever and I was pretty sure it was infected. It took me several hours to push that man into going to the Emergency Room, my husband suffers from the "If it's not bleeding you're fine" syndrome and the "I'm not going to the hospital unless I think I am dying" take on life. The ER doctor took one look at the foot and said "yup that's infected; we're going to admit you and put you on IV antibiotics."
The following week was a roller coaster of ups and downs. Jason was in the hospital for a week, at first they thought that the infection had gotten into his bone, but then the Orthopedic Surgeon said he thought they read the x-ray wrong and that it wasn't actually a bone infection, that there was a break there that was healing and the radiologist thought it was infection. After a week in the hospital on IV antibiotics and the doctor cutting his foot open to drain the abscess that and formed behind the callous and gotten infected, they sent Jason home with a cane, a pick line IV that required nurses come to our house every other day to check on and basically had him carrying around a man purse for the last two weeks while he was still getting IV antibiotics.
Jason being out of work for 3 weeks right before my surgery has hit us pretty hard financially, but thankfully Tom (who is like a second father to me) has been there to help us out. We were pretty concerned about Jason still having the pick line and still being on IV antibiotics when my surgery comes next week but luckily the doctor decided he could come off antibiotics and took the pick line out at his appointment yesterday. He says it will still be another week or so before Jason can go back to work, but he's thinking hopefully around the 25th, which will be a full month after he was admitted to the hospital and the Monday after my surgery, so at least that's a good thing.
Of course none of this has anything to do with Weight Loss Surgery, accept that, I have to say that I am very proud of myself, because even while dealing with all of this, I've made it to the gym every single day, and I'd managed to lose 16lbs in the first two weeks of the "All Milk Diet" that the Surgeon wanted me to do for 4 week before my surgery.
I'm not going to discuss the "All Milk Diet" right now, because like I said, I'm practicing the whole "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all," philosophy. But trust me, I will be writing TONS about it later, when I feel a little more comfortable sharing my real feelings on it. I doubt my Surgeon is going to like what I have to say, but I promised you upfront honesty on this site, and you'll get it. But not till after my surgery when nobody can punish me if they read it! LOL
The surgery is just 4 days away, and I'm working out like a crazy lady trying to get those last few pounds of weight loss in there. I'm at 335 right now and I'd really like to be at 325 on the day of my surgery, we'll see how I do. I don't haven't it the scale since the 2 week pre-op appointment I had on the 6th of October, and I'm not going too, I'm just going to see where the numbers land the morning of surgery. Wish me luck!


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Every Wednesday I ask you to Ask Me Stuff. If you have a burning question about the games industry, leave it in the comments and I'll do my best to answer it this afternoon.
I'll be doing this every Wednesday from now on. (Hopefully.)
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New Delhi: HDFC Bank's Managing Director Aditya Puri saw his remuneration rise marginally to Rs 10 crore and exercised stock options worth over Rs 57 crore during the last fiscal.
His remuneration was Rs 9.73 crore in 2015-16.
Out of the total remuneration of Rs 10.05 crore in the last financial year, gross salary accounted for little over Rs 9.5 crore.
As per the bank's annual report for 2016-17, stock options exercised by Puri was Rs 57.42 crore.
"This includes stock options granted and vested over several previous years, but exercised during the last financial year," it said.
Puri had exercised stock options worth Rs 21.8 crore in 2015-16.
The increase in remuneration as well as higher value of stock options followed HDFC Bank's net profit increasing over 18 per cent to Rs 14,549.7 crore in the last fiscal.
Return on Average Net Worth was 18 per cent while the Basic Earnings Per Share was Rs 57.2 up from Rs 48.8.
Referring to the macroeconomic and industry developments, the report said while the cash-squeeze in the third quarter of 2016-17 had an impact on private consumption, there has been a speedy recovery in consumer demand since then.
"Going forward, weakness in private investment cycle and asset quality strain in the banking sector could prevent a full-fledged recovery though some improvement in the growth rate is quite likely.
"Risks on the external front continue to loom on account of policy uncertainty in the US and a slew of impending elections in Europe," the report said.
As per the HDFC Bank, the headline GDP growth is likely to increase to 7.5 per cent in 2017-18 from 7.1 per cent in 2016-17.
The report also said that demonetisation and the advent of the next-generation of entrepreneurs has seen a steady shift towards digital transactions.


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04/12/13 - Thin Places Easter
Thin Places LOVE Presents: A Benefit Show To Fight Sex-Trafficking
(Proceeds to Benefit: Shasta Women's Refuge & Family Justice Center)
Date: Friday, April 12th @ 7PM
Location: The Stirring
Tickets: $10 Online / $12 @ the Door
BUY TICKETS ONLINEMusic Featuring:
Garrett Viggers and a Thin Places Band
Jeremy Riddle
Aaron Wardle
Gabriel Wilson
Amy Miller
Azul Strings
Live Painting "Anastasis Project": Shane Grammer
(The painting will be presented to Shasta Women's Refuge & Family Justice Center to help raise awareness of sex-trafficking)
The Easter story is an epic and turbulent journey from the waiving of palm branches and shouts of "Hosanna in the Highest" on Palm Sunday, to the pain and suffering through crucifixion on Good Friday, to the anxiety and in-between of Holy Saturday, and finally the joy and power of Resurrection Sunday. This story also displays the eternal/supernatural world breaking in to the natural/physical world when Jesus is raised from the dead....The name "thin places" is a Celtic metaphor used to describe the veil between this world and the eternal world as being "tissue thin."
Thin Places Easter is an eclectic and creative show that tells this story with a myriad of unique instruments, musical styles and art forms. Instruments include: hammer dulcimer, lap dulcimer, bagpipes, strings, accordion, banjo, guitar. The arrangements include a mix of vocals and instrumentals.
The show is produced by Thin Places Productions and has been created in response to the Thin Places Christmas show in it's third year of production.


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In the first lesson of Photoshop we have been looking at the three primary skills.
The first was to isolate an area adjust the area around it.
For this we used the elliptical marquee tool (circle) this was placed over the headlight bulb of a car image then adjusted the brightness around it. This is the finished product looked more pleasing as the light catches the curves of the car.
The second image was all about adding text to an image.
This was done using the text tool. It allows you to change the font size and colour, the move tool makes changing the text location really easy.
The third image was all about contrast:
Using the brush tool you can combine blurred spots and crisp clear ones. This adds contrast and effect.
I have never used Photoshop before and have found this a bit more challenging than some of my class mates. There is something satisfying about creating the finished product.


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Part 3 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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Yesterday I put up a few preliminary comments to lay some groundwork for this series on choosing a church:
1. How you choose a church depends on your basic understanding of the church.
2. In a sense, we don't choose the church. The church chooses us.
3. The real question is not what church I choose, but what church God has chosen for me.
Today I want to add a couple more items.
4. There is no perfect church.
If you've been hanging around churches as much as I have, you know this is true. Every church has strengths and every church has weaknesses. Often the strength is closely related to the weakness. If, for example, a church has an excellent choir or worship band, chances are that average singers or musicians are not welcome to participate in the choir or band. So the church gets an A+ for musical quality and a C- for lay ministry (at least in this area). On the contrary, a church might welcome every one into its choir or band, thus guaranteeing relatively low musical quality along with stellar participation.
Of course, from another perspective, there is no perfect church because churches are made up of people, and people are imperfect. Even the healthiest church is composed of forgiven sinners who wrong each other, sometimes inadvertently, sometimes intentionally. If a church appears to be fully harmonious, know that you're simply looking on the surface.
It's important to acknowledge that there's no perfect church because sometimes people's idealism about church gets in the way of their actually joining one. They keep on looking for a perfect community or a perfect fit, when this just isn't to be found this side of heaven.
5. Don't idealize the early church.
During my freshman year of college I first experienced "church shopping." Having move far away from my home church in California, the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, I found myself "churchless" in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As I thought about what kind of church I wanted to join, I expressed this in terms of finding a church "just like the early church."
What I meant by this was that I was looking for a church that was open to the ministry of the Holy Spirit like the church in the Book of Acts. At that time I did not have established views about how spiritual gifts ought to function in the church today, but I sensed that God wanted to do much more through me than I had experienced in the past. I wanted a church that would encourage me in new avenues of ministry and that truly sought the power of God for daily living.
Yet I now chuckle at my desire to find a church "just like the early church." The New Testament is plenty honest about the messes that the first churches made. Conflicts and heresies abounded in the early church, much like we find in today's church. So, though we can surely desire a church that imitates the zeal and commitment of the early church, we should also remember that the early church wasn't perfect either.
6. Don't idealize your own earlier churches.
Throughout my years as a church member and a pastor, I have found a tendency for some people to idealize, even to idolize their own previous church experiences. They remember what was good about their former churches, often magnifying that goodness through the rose colored glasses of nostalgia. At the same time, they conveniently forget what wasn't so great about their earlier churches. A friend of mine would wax eloquent about the wonderful "traditional" worship of his boyhood church, yet neglect to mention that this church died out because it failed to connect with its community. (Photo: The First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood. I was involved in this church from 1963 through 1991, both as a member and as a pastor. It was (and is) a wonderful church, and it's easy for me to idolize my experience there.)
It's surely fine to be thankful for your positive church experiences. In fact, you should thank the Lord for such marvelous gifts. But if you dwell upon the past, and if you exaggerate its goodness, you may very well have a hard time finding any new church that measures up to your idealized memories.
In my next post in this series I'll move beyond preliminaries and begin to offer some suggestions about how to choose a church.


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Why Georgian Residences?
The residence houses 61 students in townhouse style buildings. Most residence suites accommodate four students with each student having a private bedroom. All doors in the residence, including bedroom doors, are controlled entry to assist in the safety and security of our residents.
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- Each residence unit is equipped with laundry, common kitchen, living area, and on call staff 24 hours a day.
- Live on campus and enjoy all college amenities (computer labs, library, cafeterias, etc.) – you are only steps away.
- Take part in the events hosted by your resident advisor (RA) and Residence Student Council or get involved as an RA or Residence Student Council team member yourself.
- Participate in the many clubs and committees on campus.
- Enjoy the comforts the residence provides with secure building access (Keyed Entry), 24-hour on call staff and video surveillance in various areas outside the building.
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Last week was a long, hard week. I pushed through pain, frustrations, difficulties, weariness, weakness, emotional stress, financial strain, the unexpected and loneliness. If I was to list everything I dealt with the list would actually take pages and pages of writing. That's why it's so hard to answer someone when they approach me with the question we all hear…"How are you?"
How am I suppose to answer that question? Do I honestly dump all my insides out on the table allowing myself to be vulnerable, exposing all that I am for someone to pick through? Do I share only a small part of the first thing that comes to my mind in hopes I'm not judged for what I say? Do I choose to not share anything personal at all and simply fake a smile as I reply with the age old response "I'm fine?"
And the questions I ask myself at the very moment when asked: Do they really want to know? Are they asking just because it's the polite and social thing to do? Do I have time to spend on explanations and justifications when they look at me puzzled due to a lack of understanding? Do I really feel like having to explain myself for the umpteenth time?
It's amazing how many thoughts run through my mind in those few short seconds between "Hello" and "How are you?"
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Today, I'm fine to most of the world, but to those who really care and want to listen, I'm tired (or more like exhausted), stressed about decisions needing to be made, in a financial mess, dealing with a lot of pain, and feeling sad mixed with a little bit of hope. How are you?


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This course is aimed at beginners or those with limited knowledge and experience of walking independently in the hills or countryside. Our two day course is designed to ensure you get as much time as possible outside, learning and practising new found skills and knowledge. All our instructors are friendly, experienced and will ensure you have a fantastic time exploring the hills of Snowdonia!
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This course is aimed at beginners or those with limited knowledge of walking independently in the hills of the UK. Maybe you are a regular walker but aren't completely confident about planning, navigating and understanding other factors which affect us when we walk in the hills. The emphasis is very much on the practical side and the two days will be structured to give you ample time to practise and consolidate your new found knowledge and skills. Navigation will be practised throughout the two days. Our aim is to give you the confidence to venture out onto the hills independently whilst learning in a relaxed and fun way. A certificate of attendance from Aim Higher is available for this course.
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In this age of ubiquitous computing, phones and tablets aren't the only smart devices that users interact with during the day. Smartwatches give instant access to snippets of news and information to a fast-growing group of tech-savvy users. Read on to see how we brought All 4 to viewers' wrists.
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Justice sought by Audrie Pott's parents
The parents of Audrie Pott, the 15-year-old Saratoga High student who killed herself eight days after being sexually assaulted, want more than justice. They have come forward in a very public, very painful, way to allow her trauma and death to become a cautionary tale.
What's distressing is that the lessons of this awful case were not already ingrained in the assailants, and witnesses to the crime or its photographic evidence, long before Audrie became intoxicated and passed out at a Labor Day weekend party. That cell-phone photos of the assault were then circulated among her classmates shows a shocking obliviousness to the gravity of the crime.
The case carries distinct echoes of the outrage of Steubenville, Ohio, where two high school athletes recently were convicted of assaulting an unconscious 16-year-old girl whose attack was recorded on videos that were posted in social media. In both cases, it took months for authorities to act. Three 16-year-old boys were arrested Thursday in connection with the assault on Audrie.
For all the common elements, there were important distinctions, the most important of which is that Audrie committed suicide within a week of acknowledging her humiliation.
"This is the worst day ever," she wrote on Facebook about the circulation of explicit pictures of the attack.
Audrie's parents, who did not learn about the assault until after her death, have made themselves a force for justice. They have provided photos of their daughter and encouraged news organizations to make exceptions to policies against using the names of sexual assault victims.
They have demanded that the three youths be tried as adults. They immediately fired back at the defense attorneys' dismissal of "the attempt to link (Audrey's) suicide" to their clients' actions. On Monday, her parents filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the three boys.
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DIS Unplugged Podcast – 11/12/17 – Disneyland Show
In the news this week, an outbreak of Legionnaires Disease affects Disneyland Visitors, Downtown Disney tweaks its parking rules, and dates for Disneyland's fresh candy canes are announced, plus the team shares their favorite dishes from this year's Festival of Holidays event at Disney California Adventure. To get in touch with the team, check out our contact page.
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Bats are obligate nocturnal mammals that are exposed to increasing levels of light pollination caused by anthropogenic land use changes, most importantly urbanization. All bats of the temperate zone feed predominantly on insects. Since many insects are attracted to light, they accumulate around street lamps and thus represent a valuable and easy-to-access food source for bats. Thus, bats largely benefit from artificial light. Yet, some species seem to avoid foraging in artificial light. Consequently, we expect that the species composition of local bat assemblages is largely affected by artificial light. Artificial light could also reduce the quality of daytime roosts, for example causing delayed emergence of bats at sunset. Whether or not new light sources, such as LED lamps, may reduce adverse effects on bats is part of our current study. This project is embedded in a larger framework of academic groups that is working to better understand the positive and negative aspects of artificial light in the night.
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No Thanks Dr Lisa- I Like Old Fashioned Vaginal Birth
It was brought to my attention that there was spot on the show "The Doctors" recently concerning the two modes of delivery. It was hosted by Jillian Michael's and "Dr" Lisa Masterson.
The segment is actually titled "Which is worse, C-section or Vaginal birth?" And you can watch it by clicking here.
First- I will ignore the fact that the segment is a discussion between Jillian (yes I wish I had her body) and an OB who publicly has mocked women who birth naturally.
Then, let's ignore the fact that the segment is titled "which is worse" as though childbirth must either be horrid or...well, horrid. Either way you will have lots of chopping on your abdomen or lots of tearing in your nether regions. And as Lisa points out, you have to "poop" down there. (Poop, yuck! Bodily functions are so disgusting!)
Also, we should ignore the cringing women in the audience as Lisa rips a foot long piece of fabric to demonstrate what happens when that baby who "has to come out someway" claws its way out of your vagina. The description of a full fourth degree tear, from the vagina all the way through the rectum is enough to convince Jillian that her decision to never bear children was a wise one indeed. Sheesh, I already have children and it scared me.
We might as well also ignore the fact that a fourth degree tear (from vagina through the rectum) is pretty rare. And lets not talk about the fact that frequent obstetric practices like supine delivery, forceps and vacuum extraction, purple pushing, episiotomy and a numb mother most likely contribute to the likelihood of such a terrible tear. Actually, I have talked to home birth midwives who have caught a thousand babies or more and have NEVER seen a fourth degree tear. Makes you wonder why they happen so much in hospitals, doesn't it? But even there, the chance of a third or fourth degree tear is very low, probably about 4%.
While we are at it we might as well ignore the props given to the epidural, which as Lisa points out, even if you manage to get through labor without, you will sure wish you had it for when they stitch up the gigantic anal fissure. She shows a nice syringe full of Lidocane, but points out how horrifying it would be to have that needle injected into your bum. Of course a much larger needle pumping medication into your dura would be FAR more pleasant.
Yes, I could talk about all those things, but what I really want to focus on is how Dr Lisa refers to vaginal birth through the entire segment as the "old fashioned way." I got the distinct impression that Lisa was saying "old fashioned" but what she meant was backwards, stupid, silly, and how animals do it. Surely "modern" women and modern technology have found a better way than the old fashioned vaginal birth. TV is better than radio, cars are better than bikes, antibiotics are better than death and the c-section is better than vaginal birth!
She is right about one thing- vaginal birth is old fashioned. It is how women have birthed babies for centuries. It is how I birthed my babies and if nature, natural selection, or God are any indication, it is how women SHOULD birth their babies.
I am not trying to be offensive. Are c-sections sometimes necessary? Of course they are. And when necessary they are miracle of modern medicine for the mother and baby that needed them. Have they improved in safety and comfort in the last twenty years? For sure, and thank goodness. Can you have a positive c-section with a quick recovery? Most definitely.
But the fact that something "new" exists does not mean it is better than the old fashioned way of doing things. Yes, vaginal birth must sometimes need be replaced with the c-section, but only when there is a NEED.
Is there recovery involved in a vaginal birth? Well, of course there is. I have had four children. Does it slow me down for a few weeks? It does, and I believe that is for a reason. The newborn baby needs constant care, love, attention, and food. I could numb myself with medication post partum or get up and start back to normal life to prove something to the world, but nature seems to be sending a strong message to new mothers. That message is this:
"Take some time to take care of yourself and your very dependent child. Rest. Eat. Relax."When we talk about birth we are not talking about an infection in your leg. A few hundred years ago a bad infection in an extremity would have to be amputated to prevent death. (The old fashioned way: some whisky and a rusty saw.) Now medications and sanitation can often ensure the healing of that infection. (The newfangled technology/science way.) This same logic does not apply to birth. C-section (newer) does not automatically trump vagina (old fashioned) just because it is new.
The cesarean is a wonderful invention with a lifesaving purpose. It is not however an improvement on the female body. It is not better than the vagina. It is correlated with more maternal deaths. It is correlated with more infant deaths. It requires a very invasive procedure. It often requires longer recovery and sometimes resultant complications. (Just an aside- if your doctor has so much distaste for the female body that s/he jokes about surgery being better, you may want to run like hell. Same goes for a doctor who has only seen incredibly traumatic vaginal birth- he might have something to do with his track record.)
Women of the world- you have more than two choices when it comes to childbirth. Dr Lisa would have you believe that your options are these:
1) The modern and relatively safe cesarean section.
2) The old fashioned, private ripping, vaginal birth.
But there is another way.
3) Really old fashioned, drug free, triumphant, natural birth. Pushing when you feel your bodies need to push. Positioning yourself and your baby as your body moves you. Feeling that ring of fire so that you back off at the end. Receiving that cocktail of amazing birthing hormones at the birth of your baby. Joy at the work you have done when it is over.
Add in the modern advances that are awesome: sanitation, anti hemorrhage drugs, and skilled help when you need it and you have got a winning combination.
Ladies- I know what I would choose, your choice is up to you. I also choose a long time ago that for public safety and my own heart I would no longer watch episodes of "The Doctors." This started when I saw their horrid presentation on vaccines, but I digress.
I am not ashamed to admit that I like my old fashioned vaginal births very much. Thanks anyway.
(Yes I realize that there is a fourth option, the joyous epidural. Please don't send me hate mail. I am into natural birth.)


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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's decision not to attend the Bonn conference in Germany next week, taken to protest against the Nato cross-border attack that killed 24 soldiers, is final, a foreign ministry official said on Wednesday.
"Of course it's the final word. Pakistan is not attending," the official told Reuters, shortly after the German government urged Islamabad to reverse its stand.
Pakistan pulled out of the conference on the future of Afghanistan on Tuesday in reaction to the "unprovoked" cross-border attack by Nato forces, that plunged US-Pakistani relations deeper into crisis.
The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in Lahore.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she regretted Pakistan's decision to boycott the conference but hoped to secure Islamabad's cooperation in future.
"Nothing will be gained by turning our backs on mutually beneficial cooperation. Frankly it is regrettable that Pakistan has decided not to attend the conference in Bonn," Clinton told a news conference in South Korea.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai had telephoned Gilani to urge him to reconsider the boycott of the conference, officials in both countries said.
Karzai's deputy spokesman Siamak Herawi told AFP that Pakistan was an important participant in the conference aimed at bridging peace after 10 years of war against the Taliban, and expressed hope that they would ultimately attend.
"President Hamid Karzai called Prime Minister Gilani and officially asked the Pakistan government to participate in the Bonn conference," said Herawi.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was "very sorry" about Pakistan's announced boycott of the conference and would try to convince it to attend.
Merkel said Germany would "see what could be done to change" Islamabad's decision to stay away from the meeting in the western German city.


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James Nurton, London
Jeremy Phillips, who founded Managing IP, retired this week. James Nurton recently went for lunch with him to hear about how intellectual property has changed in the past 42 years, what his plans are for retirement, and why ethical behaviour matters
The previous time Jeremy Phillips and I had lunch at Bevis Marks the Restaurant, it was on the site of the UK's oldest synagogue, which was opened in the City of London in 1701. The restaurant has now moved a short distance – a reminder that even those things which seem forever fixed are liable to change. Its new location in Aldgate puts Bevis Marks between the old – the street markets testify to the area's long history of welcoming migrants from western and eastern Europe and south Asia – and the new: the location of the London branch of the central division of the Unified Patent Court is at the end of the road. But more of that later.
Phillips arrived slightly after me, accompanied as he often is by what looked like an overnight bag. He said he was recently back from a meeting of young IP practitioners in Utrecht, one of his final engagements before he retired on November 26 after 42 years working as IP blogger, author, editor, lecturer, teacher and supervisor. His final day was spent hosting (and live-blogging) a conference for the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (JIPLP), which he founded 10 years ago. The conference concluded with an emotional speech delivered, as is his custom, without jacket or shoes and with originality and humour and occasional hops into the audience. He received a standing ovation.
The first question I asked over lunch was the one that I think many people want answered: after so many years of round-the-clock working in IP, is he really going to retire completely, just like that? The answer was an emphatic "Yes". "I wanted to go when I was still entirely confident that I could do what I do to the best of my ability," he tells me. In a reference typical of his wide interests, he says he doesn't want to be like a footballer "who ends up in the bottom divisions hanging on for dear life because they can't face life not doing what they're good at doing".
But surely, Jeremy, you have a good few years left yet? I didn't expect such an honest answer: "I find it harder to reach the standard which I expect of myself. I will go through things a little more often than I used to rather than being confident that my first take will be right. As you get older, you rely on your experience and your memory. Your experience is only as good as what you've previously done and IP is a perpetually changing field. For example, experience of enforcement of IP rights before the EU Enforcement Directive doesn't give you any authority with what you're arguing after it. Also, if you don't regularly re-read statutes and cases, the text in your mind conforms to a different flow of words to what is actually there. Your memory, which can be a great asset when you're young, can be a danger when you're older."
Jeremy Phillips chose the beef pie (a special of the day) and, deducing that would be quite filling, decided to start with seasonal vegetable soup.
On the waiter's advice, James Nurton had the shredded salt-beef with Thai herb, noodle and peanut salad as a starter, followed by Jeremy's recommendation of rosemary crusted lamb chops.
For dessert, Jeremy had blackberry and pear crumble and James had apricot frangipan tarte.
They each had a glass of Barkan Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 and some sparkling water.
Jeremy Phillips first encountered IP when studying law at Cambridge University in the early 1970s, but not in the way you might expect. He was doing some writing for an underground magazine, which was a rival to the establishment newspaper Varsity. One year, he says, they printed a supplement that looked like Varsity "but contained our own scurrilous content". He promptly received a lawyer's letter alleging passing off and demanding £50 plus costs. After a bit of time in the law library, Phillips wrote back and said there was no decision at the point of sale and no diversion of sales, and therefore there was no passing off. His tutor was not convinced this was the right course of action, but Phillips never heard from the law firm again.
It was only a few years ago, he tells me, that it dawned on him that the "rather amateurish letter before action" might have been written by a student, rather than a solicitor.
Aside from that experience, he had little exposure to IP law as an undergraduate – but that was because, he says, back then "there was no subject called IP law". When he began a PhD at the University of Kent in 1973, his aim was to research trade descriptions law. But, in a move that you suspect would not happen in today's time-and-money pressured academic environment, his supervisor Harry Green told him to wait three months and spend the time in the library looking into subjects that were not already being studied. "Not realising this was an unusual course of action, I found a little row of books on IP, including one by Thomas Blanco White [a distinguished IP barrister and author, who died in 2006]. I was instantly hooked – it was historically interesting, intellectually stimulating and useful. That kept me magnetically attracted to it," says Phillips.
That led to a dissertation on employer and employee rights, but it was also the environment at Kent that impressed Phillips. "Kent was a radical university and didn't have a law faculty. The law was part of the social sciences – for my PhD I had to look at things in sociology, economics and philosophy alongside the law and I got a lot out of that." I was reminded of this comment later in our discussion, when I asked him which people in IP had influenced him. His list included the design rights campaigner Dids Macdonald, Galit Gonen at Teva Europe, former MARQUES chairs Tove Graulund and Guido Baumgartner and the blogger Marty Schwimmer as well as more predictable names such as the UK judge Mr Justice Arnold and IP lawyer Neil Wilkof.
After finishing his PhD, Phillips was "desperate" to pursue an academic career and loved teaching, but most universities did not have IP on the syllabus. On leaving Kent, he went to Trinity College Dublin to teach law and "finally got IP as a half-subject on the syllabus in 1979-80". It was during this time that he also became involved in publishing: the European Intellectual Property Review (EIPR) was founded in 1978, and Phillips became the Ireland correspondent, which gave him the opportunity to meet other lawyers interested in IP.
After Dublin, Phillips moved to Durham University where he also got IP on to the syllabus eventually, before returning to London to teach at Queen Mary. Then another twist of fate occurred: after missing out on a promised professorship, he was approached to edit Patent World, Trademark World and Copyright World, then being launched by Interbrand. "I resigned my senior lectureship, got a company car and doubled my salary at a stroke," he says. He made a bid to buy the business but lost out to an entrepreneur called Richard Armstrong, who retained him as editor on a freelance basis. Unfortunately, Armstrong later sacked Phillips, and sued him for breach of contract. Phillips counter-sued and the case went to court. By the time of the hearing, two years had passed: "The judge stopped the trial after half a day and asked Armstrong: do you really want to continue?" Phillips was awarded damages and indemnity costs. (Years later, Armstrong sold the publications to publishing company Informa; it has since rebranded them as IP Magazine. Armstrong died in a plane crash not long after the sale.)
With mounting debts, Phillips decided to sell Managing IP and, after being turned down by a couple of legal publishers, he had a meeting with Chris Brown, a director of the expanding business and finance publisher Euromoney, which already had a couple of legal-related titles. I knew Brown slightly after I joined the company in 1996 and he had a reputation as a difficult person to deal with – he used to run Euromoney's graduate training and would set the pass marks for tests at 100% and, if anyone arrived even a minute late, he would turn on them in front of the whole group and ask: "Would you be late if you were interviewing the chairman of ICI?" (The correct answer was No.) But the Scottish publisher and the London academic must have found some common ground because in 15 minutes they struck a deal. Euromoney acquired Managing IP (it still owns it 24 years on), Phillips's debts were paid off and he was retained as editor (later becoming consultant editor).
I first got to know Phillips when he was consultant editor, and I was a trainee reporter. He would come into our office once a month, ostensibly to deliver his copy on a floppy disc (this was pre-internet) and collect a stack of copies of the latest issue, which he would take away in a carrier bag. I always suspected though that the real reason for his visits was to exchange gossip about the worlds of IP and publishing, an interest which it must be said we shared.
Eventually his formal role came to an end, but by then Phillips had developed new projects: he was the legal adviser to the Chief Rabbi, was teaching IP law and was working two days a week as a consultant with Slaughter & May – a role to which he was invited by a former student, Nigel Swycher, who was then a partner of the firm (and has since founded Aistemos). Phillips continued to publish prolifically, contributing to Managing IP, editing the European Trade Mark Reports and founding JIPLP (published by Oxford University Press) in 2005. Meanwhile, he stumbled upon another interest, one that he is probably now most well-known for: blogging.
The IPKat (which Phillips pronounces ipp-kat, rather than i-p-kat) blog started in 2003. At the time he was writing a textbook, Trade Mark Law: A Practical Anatomy, and Ilanah Simon (now a senior lecturer at University College London) was his research assistant. "She kept mentioning The Trademark Blog, and after this had happened about six times, I asked her: what is it?" he says. "It" was a website run by US lawyer Marty Schwimmer, which hosted news and comment on trade mark issues. After contacting Schwimmer for advice, Phillips and Simon decided to launch a European-focused blog, thinking it would be of interest to law students. However, this was in June and most students were either finishing exams or heading off for the summer break. "Students weren't looking at it, but practitioners were, so we changed the stance," says Phillips.
In the 12 years since, there have been nearly 10,000 posts on the IPKat blog, and Phillips estimates he has written about three-quarters of them. However, he has built up a team of part-time contributors and these will manage the blog after he retires. "I'm going to give them as much space as possible," he says. "They'll do better without a safety net. There's no law that says the IPKat has to exist in its current or in any other form." The IPKat has spawned many other blogs, including Class 46, PatLit, the SPC Blog, the 1709 Copyright Blog and IP Finance, many of which Phillips has also coordinated.
The IPKat has more than 12,000 subscribers who value its IP case reports, event news, irreverent comment, reader polls, book reviews and unusual cat pictures. Many people have commented on the speed and frequency with which Phillips posts (often live blogging conferences as they happen). Lately, it's been outspoken on issues such as IP scams and what's happening at the European Patent Office, where the pseudonymous blogger Merpel has powerfully criticised the management and the Administrative Council over staff relations and independence. Phillips says he is "not happy" with the situation in Munich, and while he agrees that staff relations have long been troubled at the Office, he says "the level and intensity of the complaints has changed; people are terrified to be identified". And he's not optimistic that things will improve: "I don't think the Administrative Council have the knowledge, the energy or the time to do anything about it. When presented with divisive issues, people take the line of least resistance." He predicts that the problems will not start to be resolved until the next president is appointed – expected to be in 2018.
Phillips says the biggest change during his 42 years working in IP has been "the much greater access to relevant information": "When I started, if a case hadn't been reported in one of the official law reports it was as though it was never there. You could hardly get hold of office decisions. Nowadays everything is available online." Collections of case reports have become "redundant" he adds, as resources such as BAILII and Westlaw provide immediate access to judgments. In the past, it could take six months for a case to be reported, and another six months for it to be digested. The result, he claims, is that "cases are better argued, and better decided, and there are fewer appeals. And when there are appeals, they are more focused. Better information and more information means better decision-making".
And, with the explosion of information on blogs, law firm websites and from professional bodies, practitioners can assimilate different views: "You can see what the person involved in the case has written, what an academic has written, what a trade association thinks, what other professionals think." What's more, Phillips denies that the quality of analysis has suffered, and takes issue with the view that there is too much misinformation about IP. On the contrary, he says, modern technology gives people the opportunity to comment and that means accuracy has increased. For example, he points to a recent post he wrote on IPKat, where he stated that no injunction was sought or granted in a case, a conclusion based on reading the judgment. Subsequently, a reader emailed to say that there was an injunction – and he was able to add that information to the blog. "The level of criticism does not reflect the quality of the articles," he points out.
But isn't there, I ask, more broadly a lack of understanding about IP, particularly among those who criticise IP rights? This leads us on to a discussion about the recent attack on patents in The Economist magazine, which prompts Phillips to defend patent rights: "The number of patents that are litigated is tiny. The number subject to FRAND disputes is tiny. The number subject to competition enquiries is tiny. It's like insurance: the vast majority of insurance policies issued never face a claim. That doesn't mean insurance policies are wrong. At the time you seek patents, they have a value in getting investment or security. It enables you to work out what you can do in the market and what other people can't do."
Does this make Phillips an IP maximalist, in the jargon? He balks at such terms, but when I press him he says that what matters, and what makes the IP system work, is "human behaviour": "If you're a sharing, magnanimous person then your conduct will not be affected by the fact that you have a broader or lesser right or no right at all. If you are a self-seeking person, your conduct will not be affected the fact that your right is maximalist or minimalist. We have doctrines like abuse of rights and essential facilities which enable people who misbehave to be regulated. The question is do we have the inclination and willpower to condemn bad behaviour and celebrate good behaviour? I really believe what we need to do is address human conduct. People don't say copyright should be abolished because someone such as Getty is abusing it. We have to persuade them they are bringing the system into disrepute. As humans we have to improve the system, not change the rules."
Later, he expands on this theme: "I've always believed that even commercial self-interest should be guided by an ethical code, because what is in one person's interest may also be in another's interest, and altruistic behaviour ultimately benefits you. I'm all in favour of a moral code which I would like to see IP owners and users adhere to." He says for the most part "people's IP behaviour exceeds that of corporate behaviour because it gets scrutinised by others" but adds that it's important to distinguish between IP rights and conduct: "If you see IP as an emanation of your personality, you feel threatened when somebody else does things with it. It's a natural thing. But you have to learn to accommodate what other people do. That's how markets are built up."
Moreover, he believes that when disputes do come before the courts, judges generally get it right – at least when they are IP specialists. It's a different story regarding appeals and references to the CJEU. "It's like you've gone to your heart specialist and he says: you've got a heart problem. Now you're going to appeal to a panel of three people – a dentist, a chiropodist and a psychiatrist – and ask them to validate the opinion of your heart specialist." I suggest that generalist judges might provide a useful check on the inherent bias of the specialist, to which he responds that, if there are problems, they can be ironed out by the legislature: "If it's a bias towards the use of one's expertise and experience and knowledge, then I'm all in favour of it." In this context, he says he feels "very very sad" at the proposals for the Unitary Patent and UPC: "It's a situation in which political expediency has trumped expert functionality. It will have to be fairly vigorously re-tuned. I'm really sad that they didn't use the same model as CTM and RCD courts, which have done extraordinarily well as national courts have come closer together over the past 20 years."
Now that he is liberated from the world of IP, how will Philips be spending his time? "While I've got enough energy and drive to do other things, I want to have a tilt at them too," he says. Family has always been important to him, but he says he's not had the chance to enjoy it to the full. His four children have not followed him into IP (even though he says they used to put copyright notices on their artwork when they were at school). Two work in business, one is a lawyer specialising in charity law and one is a musician. In total he has 10 grandchildren (aged from two to 12) and, with their parents all working, Phillips says he hopes to fill a vacuum and "have some benign influence on the way in which they see the world and how much it has to offer". This will include encouraging them to appreciate music, the arts and sport. Some rest and holiday with his wife Sara (a breastfeeding consultant) is also on the horizon. He insists he will not miss the world of IP: "I was brought up as an only child in a block of flats in London, and soon learned to love whatever I'm doing."
Another project is, he says, "to engage more deeply with the Babylonian Talmud", a document of life in Mesopotamia about 1700 years ago, written in Biblical Aramaic and Hebrew. His eyes light up as he explains the "intellectual and interpretational challenges" of studying a text without vowels or punctuation, which would take over seven years to read if studied at a rate of one page a day: "The words seem to change their meanings as you look at them!"
He adds that some of the many topics debated in the Talmud are whether someone should be blamed for not passing knowledge of the Temple to the next generation; whether sources should be attributed; and how to work out who is the original author of a statement. As he says, these are in a way questions about moral rights. So maybe Jeremy Phillips won't be leaving IP completely behind, after all.
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