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Life in Wealthy Countries
The top cause of death in wealthy countries is coronary heart disease (CHD), according to 2008 data from the World Health Organization. That fact is a product of the long life span and lifestyle characteristic of high-income nations. In our hypothetical world, there would be a cure for CHD. You could eat steak subs every day, but with the help of a pill, your arteries wouldn't clog.
Another pill would protect smokers, people with high blood pressure and diabetics from strokes, the second-largest killer in rich countries [source: WHO]. If you assume people are inherently pleasure seekers, you'd expect them to eat whatever they wanted, exercise less and smoke more in a world full of magical medical bullets.
More people also might light up because lung cancer and related cancers, the third leading cause of death in rich countries, would be curable [source: WHO]. Not that smokers necessarily would live excellent lives. Many would be diagnosed with lung cancer, take a pill and then get lung cancer again. They'd have to cyclically solicit treatments for their smoking-related problems.
So far, this hypothetical world looks pretty bad -- that is, until we consider modern incurable diseases. Children with cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy could choose a different life, if they wanted. AIDS patients could swap a succession of hospital visits and expensive drugs for an immediate, sweeping fix.
Not only would our experiment imagine away the big burdens, but also the little annoyances, like colds, ear infections and the flu. Since all of these ailments are viral, today's best efforts typically center on treating the symptoms and waiting for your body to clear the infection [source: Fauci]. In our what-if world, you'd spend fewer days suffering and miss less work or school.
What if mental illnesses became curable? Sure, many mental illnesses are controllable, sometimes to the point that the people who have them don't notice them, but for the top three mental illnesses in the United States -- anxiety disorders, depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- there can be a period of chaos before control is achieved, and control can involve lifelong medication or worries about relapse [source: Kessler]. Cures could lead to a better quality of life. We also suspect that by alleviating mental illness two institutions would lose residents: hospitals and jails [source: Harcourt].
Rich countries have a tidy system of doctors, hospitals, pharmacies and emergency crews. How would it change if every disease had a cure? If the medical system were interested in keeping the most people healthy, it might expand screening. Medical establishments tend to invest in screening when catching a disease early really helps the patient, as with breast cancer. In our world of cures, doctors would be trying detect all diseases early, except no country could afford to do that. So, the public and every other interested party you could imagine would fight over how much to spend and which illnesses to include.
We'll take all these hypothetical cures to a low-income nation next.


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Evolutionary Psychology
Okay so earlier today this article showed up on Richard Dawkins' twitter feed (which is basically just a feed that links to articles about evolution and atheism – I don't think Dawkins himself uses it personally, and I'd be suprised if he has anything to do with it at all, really). It's a classic, by-the-numbers example of the theory of evolutionary psychology and the way people leap on it to try and rationalize human behaviour, so I thought it would make a nice example for me to rant about here. Especially since I am currently (and very slowly) writing a couple of posts which deal with evolution and behaviour, so I think this one will serve as a useful caveat to illustrate that I am aware of the numerous problems with this subject, and the way it is usually portrayed in the media.
Nowhere else in science do you see such transparent bias as you do in evolutionary psychology (obviously, I don't include Intelligent Design Creationism in the category of science). The hilarious thing is that oftentimes, people don't even seem to realise this bias exists – they will stand there with a straight face and tell you that women like pink things because it reminds them of the berries they used to spend all their time gathering 100,000 years ago. This is my favourite example because it's so obviously wrong – the blue/pink gender preference thing has been around for less than a hundred years and is clearly a social construct – but there's also a more serious reason to keep it in mind, because this obstinate failure to question "common knowledge" should give anyone pause before extending similar logic to behaviour which is much more difficult to break down from a nature/nurture perspective.
Creationists aside, I don't think anyone is going to argue that the human brain wasn't shaped by evolution. But it is a huge and absurdly simplistic leap to say that this offers a conclusive explanation for human behaviour. And more importantly, it ignores possibly the most remarkable product of evolution so far: consciousness, and free will. This doesn't actually free us entirely from biological constraints, but it does change the way they operate, and introduces a bunch of new variables into the mix. Evolutionarily pre-determined behaviours are one of the many variables that contribute to the way we act, but in most cases, we are not bound by them.
I think the best way to approach questions of human behaviour, to borrow a metaphor from cognitive psychologist Gary Marcus, is to think of the brain as starting off in a "first draft" state, with some initial organisation and potential behaviour, but also a lot of malleability and room for change and adaption. The first draft can be overwritten by cultural and environmental influences – and in fact, it usually is, because that's how it's supposed to work. On top of that, you have the conscious mind, which begins making decisions that affect outcomes and behaviour in different ways. In the early stages of childhood development, the mind is operating from a place of extreme ignorance and naïveté, which is unfortunate, considering these early decisions can have a lasting effect later on in life (it's kind of a sad and annoying fact that the better you get at making decisions, the less important they are, and the harder it is to change behaviour that you've possessed from an early age). This obviously makes the nature/nurture debate even more hopelessly complicated, relying on chance events and multiple influences which may or may not be significant, depending on what the developing mind makes of them and how they affect conscious decisions in seemingly-minor ways.
So whilst understanding all of this complicated mess is a pretty big task, does that make it impossible to pull apart some of the things that influence human behaviour? As the pink berries example highlights, some explanations can be easily debunked. The same can be said of a lot of the more popular ev-psych theories, which basically just parrot back established social roles and provide a comforting "scientific" explanation which allows people to accept these roles rather than ask uncomfortable questions about right and wrong. The article I linked to above is a telling example of the way such explanations are readily applied to problematic behaviour, giving people an excuse, rather than an explanation. Oh, don't you know… men can't help it, that's just the way they are. Of course, it's merely a coincidence that that's exactly how they've been taught to behave from an early age, and that they grew up surrounded by men who behaved the same way. But when you extend the same logic to other areas of life, and say, for example, that the only reason they chose their partner whom they love dearly is because of pheromones and genetic compatibility, they generally start to get a lot more uncomfortable. I guess some things are more complicated than others, eh.
The main reason why humans have been such a successful species, spreading all over the world and even tentatively beyond it, is because we have developed highly adaptable minds which can change dramatically to suit the environmental circumstances. For better or worse. Writing off negative behaviour as just a product of evolution which can't be helped is not only simplistic, but highly counterproductive, because it stops people from questioning their behaviour and searching for the sources of such problems, and how to change them. In regards to the specific problem raised by the above article: powerful men don't cheat on their partners because they are displaced apes who should have been born 100,000 years ago. And they don't do it because of some innate need to spread their seed far and wide, either (which, it could be argued, is not actually a very good evolutionary approach at all for a highly social species like humans, though that's another discussion I guess). In part, they do it because they have a basic reproductive drive combined with cultural pressures both pushing them in the same direction – both nature AND nurture, which is always a recipe for powerful and difficult to control behaviour. Ultimately, however, they do it because they choose to – even if that choice is merely the latest in a long line of choices extending back to a time when they were too ignorant to know any better. Evolution doesn't explain why we do things; it only explains why we have the potential to do things.
Studying psychology from an evolutionary perspective is undoubtedly still a field that has a lot of potential for unlocking the secrets of the human mind. But as long as it remains infested with people searching for ways to legitimize their biases with simplistic excuses disguised as explanations, it will be difficult to get anywhere, and any progress that is made will be obscured. To return to the above article one more time, the problem can be best summed up by the quoted chapter title: "Life's Not Fair, Or Politically Correct". Evolutionary psychologists are second only to Rush Limbaugh when it comes to declaring themselves free agents working against the tyranny of political correctness. It's a rather cute delusion, to be honest. Or at least it would be if these people weren't affecting public opinion. Anyway, here's a rule of thumb to keep in mind: if you need to resort to the PC strawman to support your argument, it's time to rethink your position, because you're clearly not running on logic anymore.
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How many unread emails are sitting in your inbox right now? 50? 100? Over 1000? Or are you like me and hate seeing the big number glaring at you, so you just mark them all as "read" to pretend your inbox isn't as bad as it is. But that's just a band-aid and a bad one at that.
Let me show you how to apply the GTD (Getting Things Done) Method to your inbox. Learn more about GTD here. With the GTD Method you can declutter your inbox, never lose an important email and finally reach that mythical "inbox zero". You will Capture, Clarify, Categorize, Choose your next action and implement a Daily and Weekly Review. Plus I'll introduce you to my favorite inbox decluttering tool. Let's get started!
1. Capture
This is pretty straightforward since your email already is an inbox. If you have multiple emails, consider simplifying down to just one.
2. Clarify
Now we're going to clarify what we actually want coming into our inbox.
Initial Purge
First, do an initial purge of your inbox. If you don't think there's anything too important in your inbox you can just dump the whole thing. Some people subscribe to the philosophy that if an email was important, whoever sent it will contact you again. I'm a little more cautious and prefer to purge in chunks.
This is best done on a computer or tablet, it won't work as easily on your phone. Purging can take some time, but not much concentration, so it's good work to do while you're watching TV or listening to a podcast.
Most of my email clutter comes from store sales and newsletters, and blogs that I follow, which won't cause a catastrophe if deleted en masse. I look at my email and look for an offender that I know I get a lot of emails from, Kohls for example. I search for "Kohls", then select all the emails that come up and delete them. One chunk down! I get daily balance updates from my bank. Search for my bank, select all the emails that come up and delete.
Keep doing this, slowly deleting chunks of emails that aren't important. This can take a while, but you can be sure when you're done that only important emails will be left. Your goal is to clear the clutter and get your number of emails down to manageable number.
Now that the clutter has been cleared, we never want to have to purge like that again. That's where unroll.me comes in. It's a free service that'll roll your emails together into one single email. It's the best thing ever. Instead of getting 10 emails from 10 different stores telling you about their sales, you get those emails rolled together in one email. You pick and choose what you want to be rolled up.
AND! Unroll.me also helps you unsubscribe from emails you don't want and are just clogging up your inbox. Instant clutter relief! After you sign up, edit your subscriptions to either roll up, keep going to your inbox or unsubscribe. It's really easy to change your roll ups and subscriptions anytime.
I roll up all my newsletters and sales notifications and not only does it relieve inbox clutter, it's also easier to glance through the one email and see if there's anything important, if not, with one click, I can delete the whole group. Whenever my inbox starts to feel like it's getting cluttered again, I'll reassess my roll ups and subscriptions.
3. Categorize
Now that your inbox has been purged, it's time to categorize what's left. You might find a few stragglers that are junk, just delete them as you come across them.
I like to categorize by project, plus a few other folders that make a place for everything and everything in its place. These are my categories:
- Blog
- Church
- Crafts
- Sewing
- Exercise
- Stronger challenge
- Finance/Money/Savings
- Coupons & Deals
- Uber Frugal Month
- Food/Recipes
- Personal Emails
- Purchases
- Saved mail
- Logins
- Upcoming Events
I have a tendency to sign up for monthly email challenges, but I'm not very good about doing them as they're sent out. I make a folder for each of the challenges and store all the emails there, so I can do the challenge whenever I want. No comment on whether I actually get around to doing any of the challenges later…
You'll notice I bolded 2 of the folders, Purchases and Upcoming Events. These were 2 of the main things clogging up my inbox, so I made a place for them! Purchases is where I put invoices for things I've purchased online, but haven't received yet. Upcoming events is where I put emails that contain e-tickets to an event I'm attending, links to an upcoming webinar, or information about an event coming up.
As you're categorizing your emails, leave any emails in your inbox (just for now) that require action on your part.
4. Choose Your Next Action
Now, all that should be left in your inbox are emails you need to do something about. It may be a bill that needs to be paid or a recipe you want to save. If the action is something you can do in 2 minutes or less, just do it and delete the email. Like pinning a recipe to Pinterest. If it will take longer than 2 minutes, write down what your next action is on your to-do list and categorize the email.
If you find yourself storing emails in your inbox- stop it! Make a place to store the email or process it and delete it. If you want to save that recipe, make a folder to save recipes or save the recipe to Pinterest and delete the email altogether. We're trying to reduce emails, not just file away clutter.
5. Daily Review
Congratulations! You've reached inbox zero! Now you need to maintain it. Once a day, go through your inbox, deleting clutter (and unsubscribing to reduce your clutter coming in), categorizing emails you want to keep, and processing and deleting what you can. Unroll.me should help reduce your clutter significantly. Don't leave until your inbox is back at zero.
6. Weekly Review
What about those emails you saved to purchases and upcoming events? Once a week, go through the folders to see if anything can be deleted, or if you need to follow up on any of them.
Once a week also look through your folder categories and see if there are entire categories you no longer need and can delete. Maybe you were hoarding a blogger's past newsletters, but you never actually look at them. Or you have a whole email series about a project that ended years ago. Whatever is it, identify it as clutter and get rid of it!
That's it! By capturing and then clarifying and purging your old emails down to a manageable size, you can finally categorize what's left and identify any action that needs to be taken on the remaining emails. A daily and weekly review will ensure your inbox never gets out of control again!


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Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Manga, and More: The Mexican Comic Collection
A unique set of comics, graphic novels, manga, fanzines, trading cards and more has made its way to the shelves of Wilson Library and is ready for research. This new collection, the Mexican Comic Collection, focuses on comic material created … Continue reading
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Two Saturdays ago, I had a chance to visit the second annual Zine Machine Fest at the Durham Armory in Durham, NC. I spent the afternoon perusing several aisles of booths arranged with a variety of printed matter including zines, comics, original illustrations, … Continue reading
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Stop The Press, Driving SUCCESS!
Posted on 16th February 2017 at 15:16
So I have started blogging - and about time too!
Now to get the ball rolling I have a lovely heartwarming story that was printed in the Andover Advertiser Newspaper from Georgie (a client of mine) who had struggled with her practical driving test for almost 20 years.
Her confidence behind the wheel was very low and she would struggle with getting out of the driveway. Georgie had told me during the free initial consultation about a tragic motorcycle accident and it was then I knew that was what her underlying issue was.
I just love this story and I am so proud of her, WELL DONE GEORGIE there is no stopping you now.
A HYPNOTHERAPIST has helped a mother-of-three pass her driving test after nearly 20 years of suffering crippling anxiety since her brother's death.
Georgie Cobb was just 17 when her 19-year-old brother was killed as he was hit by a lorry on a roundabout while riding his motorbike.
The debilitating anxiety which arose from that time prevented her from learning to drive and, when she moved to Barton Stacey a year ago, it left her and her three sons feeling isolated.
Now 36, she passed her driving test in October after seeking the help of clinical hypnotherapist Ed Francis to overcome her fear.
Read her wonderful success story on Andover Advertiser
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President and Director of Research, Central Caribbean Marine Institute,
Associate Professor of Oceanography, Kean University
What makes a coral reef resilient? On this beautiful island, find how we can help reefs survive climate change.
As a geologist, Dr. Manfrino takes a long-term perspective—millions of years long—on the past and future of coral reefs. She started working on Little Cayman Island two decades ago, and established the Central Caribbean Marine Institute in 1998.
I can trace it back to my childhood, sitting on my grandfather's lap in New York City, watching Jacques Cousteau every week. My grandpa was an old seaman from the Ligurian region [of Italy]—he was a navigator in the merchant marines—and he just loved the ocean. I was probably four or five years old, and I was thrilled to be learning about the ocean. All my degrees are in geology, but what I was most interested in even as an undergraduate student was the longer history of the ocean, and I eventually did a master's degree at the Colorado School of Mines working on the Western Interior Seaway, which was the closest I could get to the ocean in Colorado.
Hope—I want them to leave and be advocates for the hope that we can reverse some of the declines that we're seeing in any ecosystem. Being someone who grew up in the Bronx and moved to South Florida, and living on this Earth as long as I've lived—which is enough time to have seen the Hudson River [in New York State] go down and come back—I really would like for people, young people especially, to understand that we do have an important role in protecting the ocean and that we have a role in destroying it as well, and we need to really keep in check the things that we do in our daily lives that impact the ocean.
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, visits the Central Caribbean Marine Institute.
Dr. Manfrino and colleague Claire Dell discuss the reefs of Little Cayman the importance of the coral reefs of Little Cayman Island.
Dr. Manfrino prepares a group to survey a coral reef while snorkeling.


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Hello Bankers,
Every aspiring bankers in India wants to clear the flagship exam JAIIB – Junior Associate of Indian Institute of Banking & Finance conducted by IIBF. Every year many young talented people irrespective of their graduation are newly recruited by all Scheduled Banks. All of them wanted to clear this exam and in general there are three types of bankers who want to clear this exam:
- Persons who want to clear it for Promotion,
- Persons who wants to clear it for Increment,
- Persons who wants to clear for acquiring knowledge. (Trust me they exist)
The reason for you to pass the exam may be anything but its good you want to start preparing for the exam and crack it. Every one needs motivation and inspiration to move forward in life. It is the motivation that most bankers don't have. After the busy and hectic every day work, when a banker simply seeing the syllabus, he get frustrated and loses his hope especially non commerce students.
But you have to keep yourself motivated and keep your wish to pass the exam alive, until you crack the exam. To prepare for the exam we recommend four simple steps.
STEP-1: Enroll and apply for the exam
STEP -2 Know the structure of the exam
STEP -3 Understand the complete syllabus
Enroll for Ordinary Membership and Apply for the exam:
First of all friends, you need to enroll yourself as an ordinary member in Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF) and then only you can register for the JAIIB exam. IIBF offers four classes of membership based on the working experience and designation level of the candidate in the Banking establishments. Among them three classes of membership is for bank/FI employees.
- Ordinary Membership – Entry Level open to any one working in Banking Organisation.
- Associate Membership – This is for Senior Management atleast in the position of Chief Manager
- Fellow Membership – Open for DGMs
- Institutional Membership – This is for Banks ,Financial Institution and Institutions.
Ordinary Membership
It is a one time Life Membership meaning you have to enroll for only once and the membership is valid for life time. To appear for JAIIB and CAIIB exam the candidate must be an ordinary member of IIBF. Apart from it the following benefits are enjoyed by Ordinary members.
- You will be eligible to appear for Institute examinations and courses by paying appropriate fees.
- Fees Concession in Certificate Exams,
- You will receive free newsletter called "IIBF vision" every month
- Can avail the e-learning facility
- Can participate in workshops and seminars conducted by IIBF.
Eligibility Criteria
Employees of any Banks and Financial Institutions and other Institutional Members of IIBF.
The membership fees for ordinary members is Rs.1500/- + G. S.T Rs.270/- total Rs.1770/- for residents.
For oversea applicants the is US $150.
Mode of application: Online mode only and payment has to be made through online mode alone (DDs' are not allowed).
After you have successfully enrolled for the membership you will get a mail for enrolment acknowledge along with membership ID and password for login to their website.This is sufficient for you to log on and register for the JAIIB exam. IIBF will send you the Permanent ID card within 45 to 60 days.
Apply for the exam
After successful registration for ordinary life time membership is to apply for the exam online. Now the attempt pattern of the exam is changed, Here after there is no concept of block of attempts from this November 2017 session onwards. The applicant has to register and pay applicable fees in every attempt. The examination fee for every attempt is given in the bellow table.
|No of Attempt
|For First attempt *
|Rs.2400/- + GST
|For Second attempt
|Rs.1000/- + GST
|For Third attempt
|Rs.1000/- + GST
|For Fourth attempt
|Rs.1000/- + GST
So for the first attempt we have to pay examination fees of Rs.2400/- + Taxes. In total, you spend Rs.4000/- for appearing the JAIIB exam for the first time.
Why I recommend this as first step is because, I heard many of my colleagues saying their desire to prepare for the exam for one whole day, after getting fired from Officers/ Higher officials. Then after few days, if ask about their preparation for the exam they usually say, "Who will spend Rs.4000/-??", " I don't have money now. Let me try after I get the Bonus/ OT".
This step is very easy to do but we don't have the heart to do. Because the moment of your desire to pass JAIIB will hardly last for few seconds or minutes or hours (may be for few days/months). But to sustain the fire you need to commit yourself within in it. Then only the desire will become as responsibility.
So once you spent some of your hard-earned money after restricting your monthly budget, you will be in a responsible position to prove your act by clearing the exam. So friends, Kindly enroll for the exam and don't think it as an expense. Think it as an investment which will fetch you good monthly returns (Increment) after six months (provided if you clear the exam 😉 ).
To enroll for ordinary membership Click here
If you are already a member of IIBF Click here to apply for the exam.
Know the structure of the exam:
The aim of conducting the exam is to provide basic knowledge to the persons working in banking & financial services for their day-to-day banking operations.
I am giving the snippets of the JAIIB exam structure in the following table. For full Rules & Syllabus for JAIIB Examination click here and download the JAIIB syllabus.
|Structure of JAIIB exam
|Exam Subjects/Papers
|2 hrs for each paper.
|Only through online at a specified center (it should be selected at the time of applying for the exam).
The center can be changed before the cut off date specified by the IIBF.
Note: For correct schedule of exam visit http://www.iibf.org.in
|Hindi or English (should be selected while applying for the exam itself)
|Time Limit
|Two years (4 Consecutive attempts)
|Examination fee
|The Block of attempts concept is now removed by IIBF. Hereafter we have to register for JAIIB exam every attempt and pay the applicable fees as described below.
For First attempt* – Rs.2400/- + GST
For Second attempt – Rs.1000/- + GST
For Third attempt – Rs.1000/- + GST
For Fourth attempt – Rs.1000/- + GST
*Note: Here the first attempt would mean 1st exam of the four consecutive exam (two years). So if you failed to clear the exam in two years then you have to pay Rs.2400/- again and appear for the first attempt of the next two years.
Extended days of registration
|Candidates can now apply for the exam if they missed the regular open period of registration by paying late fee of Rs.200/- + Taxes.
The period of extension for registration of the exam will be specified in the IIBF website schedule of the exam.
|Passing mark for a subject
|Passing of examination
Passing of JAIIB Exam : A common misconception among some bankers
I have seen many of my colleagues who are appearing for the exam for the 1st block ( first attempt/ 2nd attempt) and score below 45 in one or two subjects. Then they won't appear for the next paper saying "no use for appearing in the second or third paper, because I scored below 45 in one subject. So even if i clear remaining papers i won't pass the exam".
This is a completely wrong perspective/understanding about the structure of JAIIB exam. Since the passing tenure of the JAIIB exam is 2 years (4 consecutive attempts). If we scored minimum 50 marks in any one subject in one attempt of the first three consecutive attempts, then the passing credit for that subject is passed to the subsequent attempts.
Even if we have not cleared all of our papers in any first three consecutive attempts, we don't need to appear for the cleared paper during the tenure of the exam. If a person has not cleared all the three papers in four consecutive attempts, then only the passing credit will be terminated. He/she have to appear for all the papers again for next tenure of two years.
So don't lose the hope; Kindly attend all the papers in first three consecutive attempts irrespective of results (provided if you have score 50 or more in a paper). Since all are multiple choice questions, there is a possibility of passing the paper by luck. Then this passing credit is carried over to the next consecutive attempt.
Even if the person has scored below 50, he/she has acquired experience about the pattern of question. And he/she has tested their knowledge in that paper. Good Luck!!!


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What is the definition of a crisis? How can science help organizations overcome tough situations? And what is the common thing between Samsung and BP? Read on to find the answers from one of the most prominent crisis communication experts professor Timothy Coombs.
Monthly archives for October, 2016
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Mass media orientation and external communication strategies
Have you ever wondered how organizational media orientation may affect external communication strategies? How organizations choose in which way to interact with the mass media? And to what extent relations between media orientations and external communication may differ among public, for-profit organisations and NPOs? Keep reading to find out answers to these questions.


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For the past 15 months I have been helping heal someone with ALS, Lou Gherigs Disease via all natural, organic means and she continues to get better everyday. ALS is a terribly debilitating disorder ... it can completely take over your life leaving you immobile without the ability to speak.. literally with no control over your own body. Imagine being confined to a bed 24hours a day, imagine not being able to truly communicate what you are thinking and what you are feeling. Imagine you are told by the doctors you would not make it through the night, only to make it thru.. to then be told you would not make it past the next 6months and then you do. They say you won't speak again, two weeks later you start making sounds. They say your hair cannot grow, your nails cannot grow and that your diaphragm will stop working... to only prove that they can and it does.
If you are suffering from ALS there is hope, there are many things you need to know, to research, to understand and to get tested for before you result to methods that may compromise your immune system. I will be journaling our discoveries under the label ALS. Make sure to check back for new blog posts and discoveries.
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European Identity Conference 2009LOCATION: Munich DATE: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - Friday, May 08, 2009
Increasing Business Value - Cutting Costs - Gaining Greater Efficiencies
European Identity Conference (EIC) is the place to meet with enterprise technologists, thought leaders and experts to learn about, discuss and shape the market in most significant technology topics such as Identity Management, Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). With its world class list of speakers, a unique mix of best practices presentations, panel discussions, thought leadership statements and analyst views, EIC has become an absolute must-attend event for enterprise IT leaders from all over Europe.
Learning through experience - like in previous years, EIC offers a great choice of valuable end user case studies, delivering practical advice on how to create business value through IAM and GRC programs, that enhance effectiveness and efficiency.
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Our conference at SVU was a great success. The campus was beautiful and treated us with the best of "Southern hospitality." The entire conference was recorded and is available at
September 13, 2010
Our conference at SVU was a great success. The campus was beautiful and treated us with the best of "Southern hospitality." The entire conference was recorded and is available at
September 13, 2010
Session 1 – 9:00
– 9:00 – 9:15, Welcome, etc.
– 9:15 – 9:35, First Paper: Jeremiah John (Southern Virginia University), "Law and Church in Section 42 of the Doctrine and Covenants"
– 9:35 – 9:55, Second Paper: Nathan Oman (College of William and Mary ), "'I Give unto You My Law': Section 42 as a Legal Text and the Paradoxes of Divine Law
– 9:55 – 10:15, Discussant (TBA)
– 10:15 – 10:45, General Discussion
University Forum
11:00 – noon
Lunch in the campus dining hall
Noon – 1:15
Session 2 – 1:30
– 1:30 – 1:50, First Paper: Russell Fox (Friends University), "'Thou Wilt Remember the Poor': Liberation Theology and a Radical Interpretation of 'The Laws of the Church of Christ"
– 1:50 – 2:10, Second Paper: Robert Couch (Willamette University), "Consecration and the End of the Poor"
– 2:10 – 2:30, Discussant (TBA)
– 2:30 – 3:00, General Discussion
3:00 – 3:30
Session 3 – 3:30
– 3:30 – 3:50, First Paper: Karen Spencer (Independent Scholar), "To Teach or Not To Teach: Three Possible Interpretations of D&C 42:12-14"
– 3:50 – 4:10, Second Paper: Kristine Haglund (Dialogue), "'The Beauty of the Work of Thine Own Hands': On the Possibility of an Aesthetic for Zion"
– 4:10 – 4:30, Third Paper: Joseph Spencer (University of New Mexico), "Remnants of Revelation: On the Canonical Reading of D&C 42"
– 4:30 – 4:50, Discussant (TBA)
– 4:50 – 5:15, General Discussion
Break 5:30 – 6:00
Dinner in Lexington 6:15 – 8:15
June 9, 2010
The date is set: we'll be presenting the papers from this seminar at a conference at Southern Virginia University (in Buena Vista, Virginia) on September 10, 2010. A schedule for the day will be forthcoming shortly.
July 14, 2009
We've come to our final post! A note before I forget–I'm away from home and I've cut off my access to email. So if any of you are trying to send me email, I can't get it until the 21st. Let's do find some other way of getting in touch if it's urgent, though. (more…)
July 7, 2009
First, I'll note that these verses have a fairly complicated textual history, for which it is useful to return to Grant Underwood's textual analysis, pp. 123-126.
Verses 53-56 add an important clarification to the ideas of consecration and stewardship, by making a distinction between the system being revealed here and fully common ownership. I stumble a bit at the idea of Saints paying each other directly, rather than having all transactions go through the storehouse. Is there some secondary economy contemplated, in which people could buy and sell laterally? And "pay" introduces some questions–are we talking about a monetary transaction, or system of bartering? Does it matter? Ultimately, though, it seems to me that this clarification makes it possible that one should "stand in the place of [her] stewardship"–setting up the requisite confidence in personal ownership to motivate careful and efficient care and husbanding of resources.
Verse 56 seems like an abrupt interjection of a new and, at first glance, unrelated topic. The traditional interpretation of these verses asserts that they refer to Joseph's "translation" of the New Testament that was underway at the time this revelation was received. This seems historically reasonable, but hermeneutically unsatisfying. We have to wonder why these verses are included in this important revelation, and whether they are intended to have a wider valance than a strictly historical interpretation of the text can render (which is to say that, to a lit. crit. wannabe, practically everything looks like an invitation to grandiose speculation on the place of The Text in the large scheme of things). (more…)
July 5, 2009
From our abundance of discussion this week, I have chosen to highlight our thoughts on three topics: clothing, death/healing, and Zion. (more…)
June 29, 2009
Verses 40-52 discuss pride, clothing, cleanliness, idleness, and healing. I will begin with a verse-by-verse commentary, with any helpful cross-references I found. Then I will add some theological thoughts and questions, also arranged verse-by-verse. (more…)


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Before I started traveling, Pete and I used to have weekly date nights.
The control freak in me thought it was more important to have the house in order and laundry done before I left again on Monday.
-127 wife points for Devin.
So, after a lot of discussion, dates were re-instated!
Once a month = Date Day
Every week = Date
Cue curtain…Saturday Date Day!
This is the Bybel Date Board. It lives in our living room and we alternate weeks on who suggests the date and who plans it. This week was Pete's week to suggest and my week to plan!
YAYS: Takes the mindreading out of dates. Gives us both chances to get what we want and plan. I have a hubs that wants to cuddle on dates…winning!
NAYS: Can't think of any, friends.
YAYS: We discovered this FANTASTIC little hole-in-the-wall coffee roasting shop minutes from our home. Check out {Addison Coffee Roasters}! (PS – the guy who helped us had a stellar charm necklace and gnarly beard. Power to the coffee roasters!)
NAYS: Is there ever anything wrong with espresso? Didn't think so.
YAYS: {Paleo Spiced Banana Cake}! Nommy nommy recipe by {Dieffs}.
NAYS: Needed more banana. Not sweet enough and a bit too cake-y for my liking. Add another 'nanner, folks!
YAYS: Disc golfing at WO Harrington Park in Irving, TX. Secluded park where no one could watch me throw my disc 100 feet in the air or only 10 feet forward (literally, we were the only ones there on an 80 degree, sunny day). Cool trees.
NAYS: Throwing my disc 100 feet in the air or only 10 feet forward. Park wasn't well kept up and some tee boxes were not there at all. Oh, and the young gentleman smoking pot in their car.
We ended the date with a lovely late lunch at {Blu Ginger}.
YAYS: Basil Fried Rice is off da chain! Fantastic thai food in Las Colinas.
NAYS: Just don't even go in on the weekends. Typically I go for lunch during the week and they include an awesome coconut chicken soup and spring roll in addition to your cheaper meal. On the weekends? You can pay $4 extra for your entree and no free treats. Booooo!
Oh, and can't forget a friendly game of bridge.
yays: It's the hub's fave game.
nays: I'm not 80 years old.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (June 9, 2016) – The following is an event recap with photo and video links from Thursday's media event with Verizon IndyCar Series driver Juan Pablo Montoya and Robosaurus. Montoya helped pilot the world's largest transformer as the two wreaked havoc in downtown Dallas.
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Verizon IndyCar Series driver Juan Pablo Montoya helped save downtown Dallas earlier today as he co-piloted Robosaurus to crushing a car instead of causing havoc near the iconic Reunion Tower.
Montoya helped the 30-ton, 40-foot tall, fire-breathing T-Rex transformer stay on track by doing what it does best – crushing cars. Robosaurus used its 28,000-pounds per square inch of jaw power to mangle and destroy a passenger car left in its wake in the Reunion Tower parking lot.
"The experience is pretty cool," Montoya said. "It's amazing how high you are when it stands up. From the inside you are way up there. When you lean over to grab the car you go, "˜Oh!' It's a little bit like a roller coaster. It's a lot of fun. I think its pretty exciting. It's one of those things that you normally don't get to do."
Montoya participated in the event in advance of Saturday's Verizon IndyCar Series Firestone 600, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. CT. Robosaurus will make its triumphant return to Texas Motor Speedway – last appearing at the 1.5-mile track in June 2004 – for an entertaining pre-race performance beginning at 6 p.m. on the frontstretch.
After devouring the passenger car for lunch, Robosaurus decided to show off, giving a number of Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex media members a ride around the parking lot.
"I think I'm a little nicer, not much." – Juan Pablo Montoya on if Robosaurus embodies the same characteristics of the fiery Colombian driver.
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- Robosaurus is over three-times heavier than the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
- Robosaurus was invented in 1998 and built over a one and one-half year period at a cost of $2.2 million.
- 400 gallons of hydraulic oil flow through the veins of Robosaurus at 3,400 PSI.
- Powered by 27 hydraulic cylinders with the largest ones pushing as much as 75 tons each.
- A sophisticated hydraulic system allows Robosaurus to lift a car over his head and then crush it with 28,000 pounds per square inch of jaw pressure. Lasers shoot red and green beams out of his animated blinking eyes, an internal flame thrower allows Robosaurus to breathe fire and a powerful sound system fills the venue with his growls and roars.
- If Robosaurus were to flex all of its hydraulic muscles at once he could generate three quarters of a million pounds of force.
- Each stainless steel tooth is 1 ½ feet tall and exerts 75 tons of ripping power.
- Over one ton of welding rod went into the building of Robosaurus. A pilot who sits in the cockpit in the robot's cranium generates Robosaurus' lifelike movements. Each of the pilot's arms is placed in a cuff restraint system. When the pilot moves his arms and shoulders, Robo's arms and shoulders move in the same direction. Finger controls open and close Robosaurus' claws. Foot pedals act as both throttle and steering system, making Robosaurus move forward, backward and to the right and left.
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Thank god for the Louvre. It's a classic Paris thing "to do" when the weather is merde.
But even more than the Louvre, thank god for Angelina. My back goes into spasms if I spend more than a couple hours strolling around looking at art. What better antidote than sitting at a salon de thé?
Mom, Bob and I made a break from the Louvre and went to Angelina. While we sampled some of the pretty-as-picture pastries and cakes, I can say that it's only the hot chocolate that's worth the hype. Velvety and rich, it's thick enough to coat your tongue, but not so thick that it sticks to your teeth. It's served in a small pitcher with a side of freshly whipped cream. This is hot chocolate that is worth coming to Paris for.


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Hailing from the deep South in Gainesville, Fl., Big Shoals has staked their claim as a serious band, playing their own mixture of rock/americana. They released their debut album, "Still Go On" in April of 2014 to great reviews, the first being in NO DEPRESSION stating, "This is the perfect example of an Americana/Rock band." After the album release, they went on to tour and play shows with such notable acts as Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers, James McMurtry and American Aquarium, among many others.
Their new album, "Hard Lessons," released July 15th, is already being cited as one of the "50 Most Anticipated Albums Of 2016" by The Revue, will be available on CD and Vinyl at the show.


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Tuesday, July 30, 2002
The Knitting Multiverse
My late husband, Jimmy, was as involved in his craft of shipmodeling and naval/maritime history as I was and am in my knitting. Jimmy didn't often like to move from our home...he was a creature of habit in every sense of the word...but when we went afield, it was usually to shipmodeling conferences. I could be found either knitting in the hotel lobby or off on my own searching for the local yarn shops. (No, he did NOT go to Stitches East.) And it often struck me, while listening to Jimmy and his modeling cronies talk, that there were modelers and there were Modelers, just as there are in knitting and probably every other hobby.
I take my hobby seriously to a point. I've been knitting for 45 years, I guess I'm a so-called expert knitter, and I own an extensive library of knitting books, from how to knit Shetland lace to knitting history. But the hobby too often takes itself so seriously that it affords me the opportunity to poke some fun at it. Hence this blog and the site that I ran before this, The Knitting Curmudgeon. I'm not really so curmudgeonly...but I don't suffer fools gladly.
The Knitting Universe.
And those of you who knit, know the genesis of those words. Well, I find that concept offensive. Yes, it's true. I am offended. While I wouldn't put it in the same league as abuse of women and children, discrimination, instruments of mass destruction and other things that offend a great many of us, I still find the term odious. Why? Well, without risking a lawsuit, let me say that it takes big brass ones for one magazine to define The Knitting Universe as it pertains to the editorial staff and its bombastic, out-of-control publisher. Yeah, I know. I'll never work for them after this little essay. Ask me if I care.
The reality of The Knitting Universe is that it's truly The Knitting Multiverse. (If anyone has read "Timeline" recently, I freely admit to swiping this from Michael Crichton...but I love the concept.) Rather than explain the quantum mechanics/physics of it, let me simply say that I've figured out that there are a number of Knitting Multiverses...and perhaps all knitters are knitting multiverses unto themselves.
My favorite Knitting Multiverse...and the one that I love to tease, jab, what-have-you, is the world that Chris Erickson and I have christened The KnitDweebs. I rail against the KnitDweebs continually. They are the dimbulbs (or fuckwits, if you will, to use an earthier expression) that own every knitting book published, buy every stupid knitting tschatske, spend thousands every year on cheap yarn and needles...and never master much of anything except garter stitch. And are forever populating the lists asking questions whose answers can be found in the list FAQ or at the back of any knitting magazine. My favorite all-time best KnitDweeb question was one posed a couple of years ago on the Knit List: "How do you make a slip knot?" Talk about back to basics with a vengeance...and something that I personally learned how to make in the Girl Scouts when I was 8.
Another knitting multiverse is that of The Knitting Novices. I love these people...and there are lots of them. I wish I had had the resources offered to them via the internet when I was learning about knitting as a craft 30 years ago. Just recently on the Socknitters list a woman asked, "what does k2tbl mean?" I answered her very briefly..."It means knit 2 together through the back loops." But silly me. She really didn't understand the difference between the front loops and the back loops. And I remember having to figure that out on my own in 1974. I rather suspect that these people are not included much in The Knitting Universe...but no matter. They have their own multiverse.
My multiverse? I don't know what that is. I know that there are a few knitters who I can count on to get where I'm coming from...and our multiverses frequently mesh. I'm not sure that I have or will ever mesh with The Knitting Universe...any club that would have me as a member...And Jimmy Joe, if you're out there in the greatest multiverse of them all, I'm still here busting chops and writing.
Thanks to everyone who reads this blog for their support. This will probably be my last entry prior to my move. I am hoping to be able to post from New England while on vacation. So don't get your knickers in a twist if you don't see much in the next few weeks. Be rare and be handy.


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With a call that sounds like laughter and a diet that includes snakes – there's already a lot of fascinating facts you might be aware of about the kookaburra. But did you know these birds also form complex families that include things like chores, slacking off from chores, stepparents and divorce!
In the Family Way
A typical laughing kookaburra family (Dacelo novaeguineae) actually includes a breeding pair (Mum and Dad) plus up to eight of their offspring who've stayed on to help raise their future brothers and sisters.
These helpers are supposed to fulfill chores… like finding food for the young and defending their territory. But guess what? Sons and daughters aren't equally handy at helping out…
Sons vs. Daughters
In fact while sons work tirelessly, the daughters are actually so bad at helping they decrease the new chicks' chance at survival! This is why kookaburra couples with only daughters helping, have the lowest success rate when it comes to raising chicks – lower even than those kookaburra couples who have no helpers at all.
In addition to slacking off, daughters fly the coop sooner than their brothers too. At age one, when both sexes are sexually mature, 79% of sons are still helping whilst just 57% of daughters are. Some daughters even leave the nest before they've helped at all!
What's a little odd though, is that kookaburra couples with no helpers are more likely to have daughters – despite them being the least helpful of the sexes.
So… why? Why not have sons instead who'll be more helpful? Well, scientists believe it's because unassisted kookaburra couples usually exist in smaller territories where there's not as much food. Having daughters is therefore better because they'll leave the nest sooner, reducing competition for food in their already small space.
Stepparents & Divorce
What's also odd, is that despite a strictly exclusive (or monogamous) relationship between the breeding pair of kookaburras, studies have found that an unhappy female will 'initiate a divorce'. Despite the male doing by far the bulk of the parental care, if the female is unsatisfied with his efforts she can move on – leaving Dad alone with their offspring.
On a slightly more positive note, any offspring helping don't follow Mum's lead. Instead, they stay with their father continuing to help with the chores. Should he find a new partner, a would-be stepmother to the siblings, they stay on to help raise their future step-siblings too.
Legge, S. (2000). The effect of helpers on reproductive success in the laughing kookaburra. Journal of Animal Ecology, 69(4), 714-724.
Legge, S., & Cockburn, A. (2000). Social and mating system of cooperatively breeding laughing kookaburras (Dacelo novaeguineae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 47(4), 220-229.
Legge, S., Heinsohn, R., Double, M. C., Griffiths, R., & Cockburn, A. (2001). Complex sex allocation in the laughing kookaburra. Behavioral Ecology, 12(5), 524-533.


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Cameron Smith, 16, is slumming through high school, overshadowed by a sister "pre-majoring in perfection," while working (ineptly) at the Buddha Burger. Then something happens to make him the focus of his family's attention: he contracts mad cow disease. What takes place after he is hospitalized is either that a gorgeous angel persuades him to search for a cure that will also save the world, or that he has a vivid hallucination brought on by the disease. Either way, what readers have is an absurdist comedy in which Cameron, Gonzo (a neurotic dwarf) and Balder (a Norse god cursed to appear as a yard gnome) go on a quixotic road trip during which they learn about string theory, wormholes and true love en route to Disney World.
This new book by Libba Bray is nothing like her previous novels! First of all it is from a boy's perspective, and it is in America and in preset day. This was a very long book, while most of it was important the middle just kind of went on, and on.
Cameron and his friends were hilarious Libba created some real characters with them. Cameron is dying of "Mad Cow Disease" and therefore sees all kinds of stuff that he should not see, so therefore his is perfect to save the world. Ok a little far fetched but I'll bite. This very interesting plot makes for a pretty good book. But it just goes on for too long. The book could have been cut in half and I would have been happy.
The ending was the main problem for me. It made no sense. I could not tell you what happened if I re-read it right now. But besides the length and the confusing ending, the book was a good premise with great characters, a good book for boys! I hope Libba finds a good medium for her next book, which I will definitely read!
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text: Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said that he refuses to refer to 'occupied' East Jerusalem [Getty Images]The Australian Government's decision to cease using the capitalised descriptor "Occupied" in relation to East Jerusalem flouts international law and domestic convention, and is the latest in a series of moves highlighting the government's support for Israel and its settlement programmes. During a June 4 Senate committee hearing, in which the secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade was asked what the department's view on the legality of Israel's settlements was, Attorney-General George Brandis took issue with the use of the term occupied East Jerusalem. Brandis, a barrister appointed Queen's Counsel in 2013, labelled the proper noun Occupied as one that passed judgement on an issue that was in dispute. He repeatedly described the term as being "tendentious", as well as a "very, very controversial assumption" and "loaded". The Attorney-General was adamant it was not the practice of either the current right-wing government or the former left-wing government to refer to East Jerusalem as being occupied, despite senators pointing out that was, in fact, not the case. In the face of references to various United Nations and International Court of Justice documents stating East Jerusalem is part of the West Bank, and therefore an occupied territory, Brandis refused to back down. He reiterated his position in a statement the following day: "Australia supports a peaceful solution to the dispute between Israel and the Palestinian people, which recognises the right of Israel to exist peacefully within secure borders and also recognises the aspiration to statehood of the Palestinian people. The description of areas, which are the subject of negotiations, in the course of the peace process by reference to historical events is unhelpful. The description of East Jerusalem as 'Occupied East Jerusalem' is a term freighted with pejorative implications, which is neither appropriate nor useful. It should not and will not be the practice of the Australian Government to describe areas of negotiations in such judgemental language." Brandis baldly made this statement despite the United Nations Human Rights Council explicitly stating in February this year that: "The Human Rights Council affirmed that Israeli settlements and activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, were illegal under international law ... and undermined international efforts aimed at invigorating the peace process and the realisation of a two-State solution." Prime Minister Tony Abbott followed up by saying that while there had been no change in policy, "We absolutely refuse to refer to 'occupied' East Jerusalem". The comments were variously praised by supporters of Israel and criticised by Arabic groups, as well as Australian farmers fearing live export trade sanctions from the Middle East. But in the face of international and domestic condemnation for the shift in terminology, the government was forced to accordingly shift its stance. In a June 19 letter to the Moroccan ambassador, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Brandis' statement "was about nomenclature, and was not a comment on the legal status of the Palestinian Territories". In an attempt to mollify Arab leaders in Australia, the head of the General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, Izzat Abdulhadi, told Haaretz newspaper Bishop "emphasised that he [Brandis] meant that the government will not use the term 'Occupied East Jerusalem' with capital 'O' as a proper noun but will continue to use small 'o' in describing the legal status of East Jerusalem as 'occupied'". A calculated change in rhetoric The change in language used by the Australian Government to refer to occupied East Jerusalem seemed to come out of nowhere, but it's indicative of the conservative party's increasingly pro-settlement agenda. US church takes vote to pressure Israel on Palestine Following the government's election in September, Bishop quietly directed staff at the UN to withdraw support for various resolutions relating to the Occupied Territories, including one ordering a halt to all Israeli settlement activities, and another condemning "all acts of violence, including all acts of terror, provocation, incitement and destruction, especially the excessive use of force by the Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians" as well as concern at Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians. In a subsequent interview with The Times of Israel, Bishop said of Israeli settlements on land annexed in the 1967 war: "I would like to see which international law has declared them illegal." Bishop went on to say it wasn't "helpful to prejudge the settlement issue if you're trying to get a negotiated solution. And by deeming the activity as a war crime, it's unlikely to engender a negotiated solution." It is of concern that Australia's Attorney-General, foreign minister and prime minister so poorly understand the international law and resolutions the government is signatory to and the vast majority of the international community acknowledges. When the Australian government reneges on the occupied status of East Jerusalem - even Israel's closest ally, the United States opposes the construction of settlements in the territory - it lends legitimacy to Israeli moves to further bind the east of the city to Israel. On the first day of Ramadan, Israel announced a five-year plan aimed at preventing the division of the city. It is apparent the Australian government will not intervene in any such moves by Israel to secure Jerusalem as its capital. It seems for Brandis, Bishop, Abbott et al., the lives and futures of Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem come down to a matter of grammar and the determination of Israel. Fiona Broom is a freelance journalist. She previously reported on legal, political and multicultural issues for Australian newspapers. Follow her on twitter: @Fiona_Broom SOURCE: Aljazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR Fiona BroomFiona Broom is a freelance journalist. She previously reported on legal, political and multicultural issues for Australian newspapers. @ Fiona_Broom Politics US & Canada Australia Israel United States


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Respiratory Splinting: Splinting to Help You Breathe
Breathing gets difficult when you break a rib or have surgery between your waist and shoulders. When you move broken bone ends against each other or flex muscles stitched together with wire or twine, you experience pain. Splinting is a way to immobilize or cushion those movements so you can fully expand your lungs or cough with a little less discomfort, as described by physicians at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
If you are experiencing serious medical symptoms, seek emergency treatment immediately.
Broken bones and severed muscles are not always the result of surgery. A severe back or chest injury can break ribs and collapse a lung. In that case, before help arrives, you may instinctively hold the broken ribs immobile with posture and your arms, allowing only the healthy side of your chest to expand for breathing. This posture is a natural, voluntary splinting to immobilize injured anatomy and minimize pain.
Postoperative Complications
Surgery is controlled trauma. Severed bones and muscles are not injured by ordinary breathing, but deep breathing and coughing are necessary -- though a strong cough extends your chest's range of motion to painful lengths. Your lungs produce an endless supply of mucus to trap and carry away inhaled dust and smoke. The gentle massage of breathing is part of the way your lungs expel mucus. But breathing is usually very shallow post-operatively, as described by practitioners writing for "Nursing Care Plan." Mucus accumulates and may lead to pneumonia. Pillow splinting and manual splinting allow full lung expansion and a strong cough with minimal pain.
Pillow Splinting
Pillow splinting is done either seated upright or lying down, holding a pillow over the incision site -- whether abdominal, chest or on either side. The best technique is to wrap both arms or hands as fully as possible across the pillow and press firmly. A slow, deep breath in produces less discomfort in this position. You can cough at the top of this deep breath, pressing firmly as you do so. Splinting is also used at least four times an hour to make it easier to take a series of slow, relaxed deep breaths in and out to keep your lungs expanded, mucus-free and healthy.
Manual Splinting
Manual splinting doesn't use a pillow. This may be easier for a lateral incision -- for instance, midway down the side of your right chest wall. In this case, you would place your left palm a few inches above the incision and your right palm a few inches below. While pressing firmly, though not hard enough to produce pain, manually splinted breathing follows the same procedure for coughing and deep breathing as with pillow splinting.
After discharge from the hospital, you probably won't have a respiratory therapist or nurse available to remind and coach you in splinting for coughing and deep breathing 3. Until you return to normal mobility and activities of daily living, lung expansion and clearance are important. Retained mucus and unexpanded lungs breed bacteria, lower oxygen levels and commonly lead to pneumonia, re-hospitalization, more lost workdays and greater expense.
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Shooting under the lights for added fun and spookiness! Shooting $2 a round, beer $1, free soda. Kid members under 18 shoot free!
Costumes are optional, but sure would be fun! A $10 prize awarded for the best costume as voted on by the crowd! Second and third costume prizes, $5 each.
Bring a good-sized appetizer to share, as the club will not be furnishing any food. Plan to stay and play cards or bring a game!


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Manchester Orchestra Asks Fans To Sing Along & Why It's Working [Best Of Hypebot]
All week we are featuring the best and most popular articles that appeared on Hypebot in 2011. This one is by regular contributor Hisham Dahud.
Atlanta-based indie rock group Manchester Orchestra has launched a unique and interactive fan experience for their song, "Virgin" – a track that's been described as "a song to the fans" by the band. In the spirit of the song's lyrical content, the band has created a campaign for fans to have their voices heard … literally.
The project allows fans to sing the chorus from the song "Virgin" from their computer and automatically upload to it SoundCloud. From there, they're able to create their own avatar based on artwork by the band's percussionist to be featured on the front page. After a four-week period, the band will take all the uploaded vocals, remix & re-master the track, and re-release it with a fan-generated choir as a free exclusive download.
When Do You Decide to Include the Fans?
While these and other interactive fan-experience campaigns are certainly unique and engaging, how can a marketer ensure that they will be effective?
"Getting ready for this project, we came to a lot of conclusions that made me confident that this would go over really well with their fans," said Brian Schopfel of Eyes & Ears Entertainment. "They (the band) are always authentic through and through – everything that is fan facing gets run by the band, and they are very involved."
Schopfel continued: "They had already done an interactive campaign for the 'Simple Math' album release that involved fan participation, and they did a LiveStream to premiere the track 'Virgin' which had consistently over 1,000 people tuning at all times."
The band's fan base was clearly already accustomed to an interactive engagement approach, making them more receptive to further engagements. Even the fans that may not have actively participated in the past were at least aware of these past interactive campaigns.
"We always sent out reliable, well-written newsletters with strong calls-to-action," Schopfel said. "The band has a big, loyal social media following with a high percentage of activity."
An emphasis on lyrical engagement has seemed to do wonders for the band's live experience, as well: "When seeing the band twice during this release cycle, fans would be singing back to Andy at all times, occasionally louder than Andy himself," Schopfel said.
Consistency + Constancy = Engagement
Given all the data from past campaigns, the enthusiasm and involvement of the live crowd, and with clever use of SoundCloud's Record feature, Brian and Manchester Orchestra had plenty of reason to feel confident going into this campaign. The fan reaction has proven that the brand/band can withstand this type of fan involvement, and that their base definitely flourishes in it.
By being consistent in the approach and constant in the reach, you increase your chances of an effective and highly engaging fan-involved campaign initiative.
This post is by regular Hypebot contributor, musician, and music business professional Hisham Dahud (@HishamDahud)


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- Jim Bradbury
- me
- Todd Teachout
- Paul Vlasveld
"These 4 people are the ones with the most experience here today. They all have RUSA numbers under a thousand." The crowd gasps (not really but hey it sounds good).
Jim turns to me and says "What, you never heard the We Must Honor the Ancients speech before?"
Calling out the 4 newest RUSA members in the crowd, Rob says "If you're lost, don't follow these folks - they don't know where they're going!" Neither do I, so I'm following Jim...
At the end of the speech Rob tells us all to raise our left hand, place the other over our heart, and repeat after him: "I, Insert Name Here, promise not to do Stupid Stuff!" So that we all finish of sound body, anyway.
First control at mile 43, which this morning is feeling like quite a long way. Peet's Coffee, Petaluma.
On the sidewalk, Jack Holmgren is looking fabulously radioactive. He starts cracking jokes (so unlike him) and introduces himself. We've met, I know who he is, a lawyer with a biking problem. He recognizes my name and says:
"You're the one, the one who said in Brest when I asked what was wrong that you're over an hour slower than last time. Of all the stupid things to say! I just couldn't believe it... I mean, we're four years older and still doing this! Rode through a 12-hour lightning storm yesterday! Words I really can't say come to mind, like one starting with a......."
Last time we saw each other was 18 months ago in France.
|Jack Holmgren, you took this photo...
Riding out to Two Rock with Jim, mile 58. Massive holiday traffic out to the beach. Not much to talk about except maybe the recent psych test thrown in with the neuropsych exam. MMPI, the holy-cow full-fledged thing, like 600 questions. All variations of each other, asked every which way to confuse the liars and psychopaths.
Here's one: "I get really annoyed when someone interrupts me when I'm in the middle of something". To which I answered No even though it has happened once or twice. Then, "I get impatient standing in a queue". The answer could only be Yes. Pretty much 100% of the time.
And No to "I like to tease animals". Really! Anyone in their right mind can see Bella needs to play... it's not teasing if she's the one driving.
Jim takes all this in. Who knows what he is thinking.
Later we're standing in line at the market Point Reyes Station. Today it's not so much a town as a disorganized swarm of Northern Californians, all in one place. Seeking sun and water on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon. Turning to Jim I say "Did you know that I get impatient standing in queues?"
"Must be something going on in Marshall", says Jim. Marshall, population 400 or so. With approximately one business, the Marshall Store. A sometime control on brevets that also happens to be an oyster mecca. It's packed. And we're definitely in rush hour on Highway 1.
What's going on is a holiday weekend in February with extra-nice weather.
Mile 90, pushing toward Nicasio.
Jim: "Only 6 more hills to go! Those two in Nicasio, White's, Camino Alto, 2 hills in Sausalito. Then it's downhill all the way!
Mile 98, the first bump on Nicasio Hill. Thinking about that time, that 300k when Jim stood with me right about here in the pouring rain and darkness as I fixed a flat. He was in favor of just putting the tire right back on. Instead we stood there for 10 minutes while I diagnosed root cause.
The only time I've been wetter? That 12-hour lightning storm on the way to Brest.
Jim says "Remember that time? That was right around here somewhere..." It was so dark that night, neither of us can point to the exact spot. I offer to take a photo. But he does not want to stop. The memory is still painful 6 years later, and it's time to get on in.
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Last year, Oracle had invited me to JavaOne as press/blogger. Although this year again I was qualified for a blogger pass, I had already be attending to JavaOne as a speaker to give a talk on Eclipse's Osgi tooling called Libra.
My session which is called 'OSGi for the Earthlings: Meet Eclipse Libra(24081)', is scheduled for October 3rd, monday 7pm at Park55 - Powell I/II. Also you may find me at Eclipse booth on the following days presenting some demos on Libra. If you are interested in OSGi or just want to meet, please stop by either my session or the eclipse booth so we may grab some beers and have some geek talk.
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My parents came from the Midwest and the South, so it's fair to say that some of my earliest food memories stem from that influence. I grew up on fried green tomatoes (it's a real thing, not just a movie title), okra, and all things pickled just to make a few. But here in the Pacific Northwest, it's not so easy to find that on a restaurant menu, so I've had to learn to make my own recreations. Challenge accepted!
Today is National Iowa Day celebrating all things from our 29th state, also nicknamed The Hawkeye State. It's been listed as one of the safest states to live in and was once part of French Louisiana before the Louisiana Purchase. Iowa still bears some of it's French roots today, such as the name of their Capitol, Des Moines. Iowa also has the dubious distinction of being the birthplace of my mom.
When I was researching popular Iowa fare for this post, none of the foods seemed overly familiar. That is until I came across an old magazine clipping of recipes dated January 1944, The Kitchen Klatter. At the top of the page was a recipe for fried cornmeal mush and I was immediately transported back to my childhood and into my grandmothers kitchen. I hadn't thought about it in years, but it was a regular weekend dish at her house. Crispy. Creamy inside. Covered in maple syrup and powdered sugar. Delicious.
I hope you give this a try! It's a nice alternative to pancakes, gluten free too! And the walk down memory lane was an added bonus for me ♥
Fried Cornmeal Mush
3 cups water
1 cup milk
1 cup medium grind yellow cornmeal
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil. In a small bowl, mix remaining ingredients together and then quickly whisk into boiling water. Bring back to a boil, reducing heat to medium low. Stir continuously for 15 minutes while it cooks. Remove from heat and pour into a greased 9×5" loaf pan. Allow to FULLY cool at room temperature uncovered. Lay plastic wrap on top of cooled cornmeal in pan. Refrigerate overnight. When ready to fry, remove molded cornmeal from pan and slice. Heat a frying pan with 2 Tbsp of butter and fry slices to a crispy brown. Serve with maple syrup and powdered sugar.


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After speaking to a few people recently on social media, it became clear to me that the large majority of vegans know hardly any others, if any at all. In fact, in a poll I took, 80% of people said that they knew five or less other vegans, 20% said that they didn't know any.
I found this a little surprising, although the more I thought about it I wondered why I was surprised, also I found it a little sad. There's nothing better than spending time with others who share the same values, people who get you without you having to explain yourself. These are times when you can really let your guard down and I have found I have an automatic bond and empathy with every new vegan I meet, it's like they are family.
I grew up alone with my veganism, but I was a kid with much more exciting things on my mind other than the food I ate, so it wasn't a problem. There were times when I was alone with my thoughts and I wondered why I was so different from everyone else, but it was never an issue.
People find veganism at different times in their lives and for many varied reasons. All of us have the same goals though and the same big heart.
I am lucky enough to know dozens of other vegans now. To be honest I spend more time with them than I do with non-vegans. I'm more comfortable around them and have never met one who wasn't excited to meet, chat, to share stories, to find out more.
We are the pioneers of what will be remembered as a great social justice movement. Social shifts are rare occurrences and it's very exciting to be on the front line of an historic change.
We are stronger together. Alone you can still do good things, but together we can make a real difference. Wherever you are there will be groups and events happening within your reach. Every single one of you is crucially important to taking this movement forward, never doubt that.
There are now dozens of Save Groups around the UK and indeed the world. I understand that people have fears and anxiety about attending a save, but you really don't need to worry. I'm no veteran but I have done a few and I can honestly say that they are one of the best things about being a vegan activist. Not only do you get to see the reality for yourself but you will get to meet 20 or 30 huge hearted vegans in one morning!! You will be welcomed with open arms, you can connect on Facebook or Twitter or whatever and you will never look back.
There are numerous other events happening all the time and all around the country. Be it Outreach when you interact with the public, Earthlings Experiences, Marches, Protests, Leaflet Drops etc. A quick search on Facebook for "vegan events" is a great resource and will bring up lots of information. Find what suits you, what you are comfortable with and start there.
There are some amazing educational vegan events happening ever more regularly such as Vevolution (http://www.vevolution.co/) and festivals and fairs such as Vegfest, Veggie World and Vegan Life Live. It's not so easy to meet people at these events (certainly not impossible), but what you will find are some inspirational speakers and talks that will help you to integrate further into the community.
Once you've connected with a few people you will want to do more, you will want to spend more time with these people because of how you feel when you're around them. Of course you won't become best friends with every vegan you meet, there may even be the odd one you don't particularly like (that's life), but you will be more open to making that friendship, you already have so much in common.
I'm not sure how much this piece will help, I hope it does in some small way, but if there's any other help that I can offer please get in touch. If you live within 100 miles of London we can definitely meet at an event and I would love to meet every single one of you.