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Jun 19, 2015 8 Comments parallax, jQuery, CSS3, Tutorial So these are everywhere. I've seen hundreds of different ways to pull them off, and each claims to be the definitive one. This is not that parallax effect. I set a goal for myself to accomplish an efficient, effective parallax header in 15 minutes or less. What follows is the fruit of that labor.
Jun 02, 2015 1 Comment A milestone for one of the titans of web design. Thanks for two decades, sir. Here's to two more.
May 19, 2015 5 Comments UX, UI, Cats This is something I've done multiple times during client work, and thought it would be a fun read for those of you who enjoy UX/UI design. We're going to piece together a survey that walks folks through picking a pet. For the sake of simplicity, we're limiting the parameters to dog/cat, size, and fur length. Ready?
May 05, 2015 link, MODX This is a great resource that I've been desiring for quite a while. MODX news & articles on a somewhat regular basis, but outside of the corporate blog. Woohoo!
May 04, 2015 3 Comments CSS, No Javascript The humble :checked state is often overlooked unless you're building a form, which is a downright shame. There's so much we can do with it! Anything that has two or more states (think boolean values in jQuery, if statements etc) has the potential to be done with :checked.
Apr 21, 2015 redesign I got the itch again. Feel free to browse around my shiny new website—there's a brand new look, a bunch of new content, and the same focus on simplicity & usability.
Sep 10, 2014 Google's loading animation is quite nice, flipping a circle over on itself while it cycles between some bright, Google-esque colors. My main issue has always been that they continue to use a low resolution animated GIF for it. BOO. Let's do it in CSS.
Aug 21, 2014 6 Comments While a design fad they are, long shadows are still a cool visual treatment—and they're surprisingly easy to pull off with pure CSS.
Jul 18, 2014 5 Comments CSS3, Typography Playing with Codepen is fun. Every now and then, I do something silly there that might actually have an immediate practical use—and that's the case with this little tut. We're going to create a 3D effect for editable text, using only the text-shadow property. And then we're going to add something really fun on :hover. Read on, fearless coders...
Jul 02, 2014 2 Comments Wow. I seem to be fixated on navigation lately. Anywho - on to the topic at hand. One of the problems with the popular "drawer" style menu is that its width is limited, creating no extra room for drop-downs or fly-outs. This makes complex, multi-level menus difficult. Let's see if we can't fix that.
Jun 23, 2014 12 Comments I find myself using hamburger icons a lot (see my previous tutorial, if you don't believe me) lately. Let's ignore the debate on using them for a second, and realize that they present a fun opportunity to play with CSS animations - and I've done just that. Let's play!
Apr 23, 2014 27 Comments Unless you've been living under a rock for the last 4 years, you know about the "drawer menu" navigation style. It was popularized by the Facebook app a few years back, and has since made it into the standard toolbox of almost every web designer out there. Let's make one without Javascript, just for the heck of it!
Nov 25, 2013 In the area of self promotion, I usually let my work and contributions to the web design community speak for themselves. That being said, I'm putting a toe in the waters by trying to collect some likes for my Facebook page. Would you like a free logo?
Nov 20, 2013 When left to my devices as a developer, I tend to choose a CMS simply because I am familiar with the process of using it to bring a website to life. I don't really consider (from my end) how intuitive or pretty the interface is, or how simple it is to do basic things like create or edit a page. However, as my clients' developer, I have to consider this, as they will be the ones maintaining their site once my job is complete. With that in mind, here's a basic look at some of the major offerings out there, from the client's perspective.
Nov 01, 2013 131 Comments When pushing the boundaries of what is possible with CSS, it's always fun to try and eliminate extra elements from our code. In this case, I'm going to get rid of the javascript that is so often used when a lightbox is needed. We're also going to add some fancy animation, and while we're at it, let's make this sucker responsive too. Oh - and we're not going to use any media queries. Curious now?
Sep 19, 2013 32 Comments I see these switch-style toggles everywhere lately - maybe it's the influence that iOS has on the design world. The source of the trend aside, I see a lot of folks using javascript to create them. This seems a little silly to me, since the HTML and CSS to accomplish them already exists (and is well supported to boot!). Have I piqued your curiosity? Read on, intrepid coder.
Sep 10, 2013 Disclaimer: I have in the past been called an Apple fanboy. I resent that term on the basis that I like Apple for a very good reason: they take design seriously. I've been using the iOS7 beta for the past few months, and I've got some definite opinions.
Jun 25, 2013 2 Comments Here's the deal with being creative: it's completely subjective. I don't care if you're an artist, a design student, a composer or the next freaking Hemingway. Because of the subjectivity of your work, it is completely open to critique—whether you like it or not. Scary? Stop biting your lip—let's talk through this.
May 23, 2013 44 Comments Pretty much every piece of software out there has to process something - and if it's not instantaneous, the user probably needs to know that it's at least working on it, right? Right. That's where loading spinners come in—and today, I've got one for you that uses only one div and one CSS class (along with a pseudo-element). It's the most code-minimal I've seen, and uses not a single image in the whole thing. Ready?
May 13, 2013 18 Comments Last week's post about styling form checkboxes received a lot of interest—and a common request: Can you do the same type of thing with radio buttons? I'm happy to say that this is indeed the case. Curiosity piqued? Let's explore this further, good reader.
May 06, 2013 4 Comments One of the many challenges of web design is creating easy to use, pretty to look at forms. Yeah, I know—forms are boring and difficult to style consistently. But they don't have to be. Let's take on one of the more difficult to style elements: a checkbox. Oh—and we're going to do this without javascript. Scared? Don't be.
Apr 18, 2013 printdesign, webdesign If you looked at the design industry a decade ago, print design was going strong, and online was considered an (albeit large) niche. Fast forward to present day, and the opposite is starting to become true—and many print designers are finding out that in order to stay relevant and valuable to their market, they need to learn to create for the web. Are you there? Read on, good citizen, for I have gone through this, and would love to share the experience with you.
Apr 09, 2013 4 Comments CSS3, Bubble, Tutorial Just like the ribbon banner from last month, this little tutorial doesn't serve much of a practical purpose—at least not on its own. I simply wanted to see if I could accomplish the task of illustrating a bubble (think soap bubble, not speech bubble) using only CSS3 and extremely minimal markup. Success was only a few box-shadows and pseudo-elements away.
Mar 27, 2013 24 Comments modx, wordpress At some point, every developer has to declare their [primary] allegiance to one CMS or another. They are an essential part of the modern web, and help our non-savvy clients maintain the sites we design long after we have moved on to the next project. I've used a couple in my day (good and bad) and I find myself entrenched firmly in the MODX camp. Bring it on, Wordpress nuts.
Mar 21, 2013 24 Comments css, tutorial Every now and then, I set a coding challenge for myself that may be a bit unrealistic, just to see if I can accomplish it. It helps me grow as a developer, both because I have to be creative and because it usually necessitates some research. Today, the challenge is to create a ribbon banner with pure css and html. No images allowed.
Mar 17, 2013 12 Comments apple, mobile, opinion There's not a person out there who can deny that we are rapidly progressing into a mobile-dominated internet. In response, sites are being redesigned to include responsive layouts, the respective app stores are exploding with new and innovative products from all corners and our daily analytics are showing more and more visits from mobile devices. It's a new world out there. Who do we have to thank for this? I would argue that there is one primary catalyst for this: the original iPhone.
Mar 14, 2013 2 Comments webdesign, tools Every 5 seconds, I see a web design blog publish a list of "17 web design tools that will completely change the way you work in every way imaginable." Screw that. I'm not interested in a huge list that I have to hunt through to find something that fits into my workflow.
Mar 11, 2013 4 Comments modx, calendar This one isn't for the faint of heart, but I just spent a while getting one up and running and wanted to share the experience. If you're a MODX fiend and want a great feature for your site, read on.
Mar 08, 2013 9 Comments css, dropdowns, navigation If you're just starting out in web work, chances are you'll be asked to design a site with a drop-down menu. I spent a while perfecting my preferred method, and now young Skywalker, share it with you I will.
Mar 07, 2013 clients, design, link Couldn't agree more.
Mar 07, 2013 2 Comments It's been almost 4 years in coming—and let's face it, probably half a dozen designs that never completely satisfied me—but it's finally here. Welcome to the new designcouch site.
Feb 27, 2013 In every career field, be it surgeon or waste management technician (hehe), there are pitfalls aplenty, as well as secrets to success. Web design is no different - as a matter of fact, there may be more potential problems for web designers than most. I've had enough time to amass quite a few experiences, so now it's time to pass a on few things to those of you who are just starting out.
Feb 21, 2013 All across the web design universe, the new hotness appears to be "responsive design". As soon as Ethan Marcotte uttered those magic words, they swept over web designers as if it was some great epiphany that we all had together: "Let's make websites work well on all devices!" My inner teenager wants to give you all a sarcastic smirk and exclaim "DUH!"


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Manmade global warming alarmism took a disgraceful turn for the worse this weekend when Newsweek published a lengthy cover-story repeatedly calling skeptics "deniers" that are funded by oil companies and other industries with a vested interest in obfuscating the truth.
In fact, the piece several times suggested that publishing articles skeptical of man's role in climate change is akin to misleading Americans about the dangers of smoking.
Despicably titled "Global-Warming Deniers: A Well-Funded Machine," the article painted a picture of an evil cabal whose goal is to thwart science at the detriment of the environment and the benefit of their wallets.
Worse still, the piece's many authors painted every skeptical scientific report they referred to as being part of this cabal while including absolutely no historical temperature data to prove that today's global temperatures are in any way abnormal.
Maybe most disingenuous, there wasn't one word given to how much money corporations and entities with a vested interest in advancing the alarmism are spending, or who they are. Yet, in the very first paragraph, one of the main participants in this evil cabal was identified (emphasis added throughout):
As [Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-California)] left a meeting with the head of the international climate panel, however, a staffer had some news for her. A conservative think tank long funded by ExxonMobil, she told Boxer, had offered scientists $10,000 to write articles undercutting the new [IPCC] report and the computer-based climate models it is based on. "I realized," says Boxer, "there was a movement behind this that just wasn't giving up."
But that was just the beginning:
Since the late 1980s, this well-coordinated, well-funded campaign by contrarian scientists, free-market think tanks and industry has created a paralyzing fog of doubt around climate change. Through advertisements, op-eds, lobbying and media attention, greenhouse doubters (they hate being called deniers) argued first that the world is not warming; measurements indicating otherwise are flawed, they said. Then they claimed that any warming is natural, not caused by human activities. Now they contend that the looming warming will be minuscule and harmless. "They patterned what they did after the tobacco industry," says former senator Tim Wirth, who spearheaded environmental issues as an under secretary of State in the Clinton administration. "Both figured, sow enough doubt, call the science uncertain and in dispute. That's had a huge impact on both the public and Congress."
How utterly disgraceful. So, scientists all around the world who have devoted their lives and their careers to studying and writing about climate and related issues who don't feel man can or is impacting such are akin to folks who misled the public about the potential dangers of cigarette smoking.
How disgusting. Frankly, these "journalists" should be asked by every skeptical scientist on the planet for an immediate apology.
Sadly, as one won't likely be forthcoming, these folks were just getting warmed up with their disgraceful accusations:
"As soon as the scientific community began to come together on the science of climate change, the pushback began," says historian Naomi Oreskes of the University of California, San Diego. Individual companies and industry associations-representing petroleum, steel, autos and utilities, for instance-formed lobbying groups with names like the Global Climate Coalition and the Information Council on the Environment. ICE's game plan called for enlisting greenhouse doubters to "reposition global warming as theory rather than fact," and to sow doubt about climate research just as cigarette makers had about smoking research.
Disgusting. But it gets worse as the authors then began to personally attack prominent skeptics:
In what would become a key tactic of the denial machine-think tanks linking up with like-minded, contrarian researchers-the report was endorsed in a letter to President George H.W. Bush by MIT meteorologist Richard Lindzen. Lindzen, whose parents had fled Hitler's Germany, is described by old friends as the kind of man who, if you're in the minority, opts to be with you. "I thought it was important to make it clear that the science was at an early and primitive stage and that there was little basis for consensus and much reason for skepticism," he told Scientific American magazine. "I did feel a moral obligation."
Groups that opposed greenhouse curbs ramped up. They "settled on the 'science isn't there' argument because they didn't believe they'd be able to convince the public to do nothing if climate change were real," says David Goldston, who served as Republican chief of staff for the House of Representatives science committee until 2006. Industry found a friend in Patrick Michaels, a climatologist at the University of Virginia who keeps a small farm where he raises prize-winning pumpkins and whose favorite weather, he once told a reporter, is "anything severe." Michaels had written several popular articles on climate change, including an op-ed in The Washington Post in 1989 warning of "apocalyptic environmentalism," which he called "the most popular new religion to come along since Marxism." The coal industry's Western Fuels Association paid Michaels to produce a newsletter called World Climate Report, which has regularly trashed mainstream climate science. (At a 1995 hearing in Minnesota on coal-fired power plants, Michaels admitted that he received more than $165,000 from industry; he now declines to comment on his industry funding, asking, "What is this, a hatchet job?")
As the article moved into the Kyoto period, a key issue was conveniently ignored:
Just before Kyoto, S. Fred Singer released the "Leipzig Declaration on Global Climate Change." Singer, who fled Nazi-occupied Austria as a boy, had run the U.S. weather-satellite program in the early 1960s. In the Leipzig petition, just over 100 scientists and others, including TV weathermen, said they "cannot subscribe to the politically inspired world view that envisages climate catastrophes." Unfortunately, few of the Leipzig signers actually did climate research; they just kibitzed about other people's. Scientific truth is not decided by majority vote, of course (ask Galileo), but the number of researchers whose empirical studies find that the world is warming and that human activity is partly responsible numbered in the thousands even then. The IPCC report issued this year, for instance, was written by more than 800 climate researchers and vetted by 2,500 scientists from 130 nations.
Although Clinton did not even try to get the Senate to ratify the Kyoto treaty (he knew a hopeless cause when he saw one), industry was taking no chances.
Notice something conspicuously absent? How about the fact that on July 25, 1997, the Senate voted 95-0 on the Byrd-Hagel resolution strongly advising President Clinton to not sign the treaty?
How could such a lengthy article supposedly chronicling the history of this issue totally ignore this key vote in the Senate? Did the authors not want readers to know why America didn't ratify this treaty? How can these authors, as they repeatedly avowed that every skeptical scientist is obfuscating the truth about global warming, intentionally omit this crucial vote?
Yet, that's not all they intentionally omitted:
The GOP control of Congress for six of Clinton's eight years in office meant the denial machine had a receptive audience. Although Republicans such as Sens. John McCain, Jim Jeffords and Lincoln Chafee spurned the denial camp, and Democrats such as Congressman John Dingell adamantly oppose greenhouse curbs that might hurt the auto and other industries, for the most part climate change has been a bitterly partisan issue. Republicans have also received significantly more campaign cash from the energy and other industries that dispute climate science. Every proposed climate bill "ran into a buzz saw of denialism," says Manik Roy of the Pew Center on Climate Change, a research and advocacy group, who was a Senate staffer at the time. "There was no rational debate in Congress on climate change."
Okay. So, what happened with regard to climate change legislation during Clinton's first two years when he had a Democrat Congress?
No mention.
And, what climate change legislation was proposed by President Clinton from 1995 through 2000 that was defeated by the Republican Congress?
No mention.
And, the article conveniently ignored that under Clinton, not only were maximum highway speed limits raised, but fuel efficiency requirements, known as CAFE standards, didn't go up one tenth of one mile per gallon in Clinton's two terms.
That appears to be a truth too inconvenient for these authors to share:
The reason for the inaction was clear. "The questioning of the science made it to the Hill through senators who parroted reports funded by the American Petroleum Institute and other advocacy groups whose entire purpose was to confuse people on the science of global warming," says Sen. John Kerry. "There would be ads challenging the science right around the time we were trying to pass legislation. It was pure, raw pressure combined with false facts." Nor were states stepping where Washington feared to tread. "I did a lot of testifying before state legislatures-in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Alaska-that thought about taking action," says Singer. "I said that the observed warming was and would be much, much less than climate models calculated, and therefore nothing to worry about."
Yet, no specific legislation was addressed by Newsweek, and no roll call votes reported to inform the reader of who voted for and against such legislation.
How disgraceful.
As the article moved to a conclusion, the alarmism hit an apex:
Look for the next round of debate to center on what Americans are willing to pay and do to stave off the worst of global warming. So far the answer seems to be, not much. The NEWSWEEK Poll finds less than half in favor of requiring high-mileage cars or energy-efficient appliances and buildings. No amount of white papers, reports and studies is likely to change that. If anything can, it will be the climate itself. This summer, Texas was hit by exactly the kind of downpours and flooding expected in a greenhouse world, and Las Vegas and other cities broiled in record triple-digit temperatures. Just last week the most accurate study to date concluded that the length of heat waves in Europe has doubled, and their frequency nearly tripled, in the past century. The frequency of Atlantic hurricanes has already doubled in the last century. Snowpack whose water is crucial to both cities and farms is diminishing. It's enough to make you wish that climate change were a hoax, rather than the reality it is.
Shocking and disgraceful. After all, the media with very few exceptions are on Newsweek's side of this issue, and have been for years. If in its own poll Newsweek identified that less than half of Americans want regulations requiring high-mileage cars or energy-efficient appliances, doesn't that mean the public isn't completely buying the alarmism?
And, regardless of the supposed financing of this cabal, the Newsweek authors didn't share with their readers how and if media were being swayed by such funds.
For instance, the article had previously referenced polling data:
Just last year, polls found that 64 percent of Americans thought there was "a lot" of scientific disagreement on climate change; only one third thought planetary warming was "mainly caused by things people do." In contrast, majorities in Europe and Japan recognize a broad consensus among climate experts that greenhouse gases-mostly from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas to power the world's economies-are altering climate. A new NEWSWEEK Poll finds that the influence of the denial machine remains strong. Although the figure is less than in earlier polls, 39 percent of those asked say there is "a lot of disagreement among climate scientists" on the basic question of whether the planet is warming; 42 percent say there is a lot of disagreement that human activities are a major cause of global warming. Only 46 percent say the greenhouse effect is being felt today.
So, in Newsweek's view, this skepticism by such a large percentage of Americans is caused by the "denial machine."
But media are overwhelmingly anthropogenic global warming believers and alarmists. Whether people are watching CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, or reading the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, Time, or Newsweek, they are getting a one-sided view of this issue much like this article in question.
It is one thing to argue that conservative think tanks and oil industry agents are lobbying members of Congress concerning this matter while totally ignoring the folks on the other side of the debate who are doing the exact same thing. However, as skeptical opinions are rarely included in mainstream media reports concerning global warming -- and, when they are, they're completely derided as in this piece -- it is totally preposterous to claim that the public's opinion on this matter is being impacted by the "denial machine."
Sadly, these Newsweek writers didn't see that obvious hypocrisy.
In the end, there's so much to be offended by in this piece that one article can't possibly address all the disingenuity. However, the writers of this detritus should look in the mirror as they're pointing such accusatory fingers.
After all, they're right. There is an evil cabal concerning this issue. Unfortunately, the fingers are pointing in the wrong direction, for it is indeed them who are doing everything in their power to obfuscate the truth.
In fact, these folks didn't even try to present evidence that a problem exists. Instead, they just attacked those who questioned what might be the root cause of the past century's rise in average global temperatures, and whether man can do anything to reverse such assuming it's even a real concern.
And this is what passes for journalism at Newsweek today. How sad.
*****Update: Another juicy hypocrisy. In this article, the authors mocked skeptics using current climate events to disprove global warming:
ICE ads asked, "If the earth is getting warmer, why is Minneapolis [or Kentucky, or some other site] getting colder?"
Yet, this was in their concluding paragraph:
This summer, Texas was hit by exactly the kind of downpours and flooding expected in a greenhouse world, and Las Vegas and other cities broiled in record triple-digit temperatures.
Hmmm. So, when skeptics point to current climate events as disproving global warming, it's a tactic of the "denial machine." But, when alarmists do the same thing, it's just good reporting.
Just another example of the motto of these folks: Do As I Say, Not As I Do!


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DIY: Glove Box Emergency Party Kit + Free Printables
Hey, my loves!
I'm really excited about this month's post. So, I have this on-going note in my phone's Notes app that I use to type up a DIY idea whenever I think of them (most of the time they come to me when I should be napping), and when I thought of this project my heart started racing out of pure excitement! And then it took me, like, 10 minutes to fall asleep cuz I was so worked up thinking of all the possibilities I could include in this cute, little box! *squeeee!* (PS, why is it that if something is mini-sized it's all of a sudden that much cuter?? …Mini party supplies?! So cute!!)
Since I'm big on celebrations (especially birthdays), I'm sure it isn't a surprise that I care deeply about giving cards, stringing up decorations, and making sure there's a proper dessert involved somewhere. But sometimes people can be sneaky and spring on you all of a sudden that it's their birthday and you had no idea, then you're left there sitting in your booth at Olive Garden feeling like an idiot.
Que the glovebox emergency party kit. (It's like a emergency first aid kit, but just with balloons and sprinkles, and minus the band aids and antiseptic wipes.)
By the way, I have to mention, it's pretty impressive how much you can fit in a little box!!
- Small box
- Free birthday card printables
- Free "Yay" bunting flag garland printable + bakers twine
- 2-3 small balloons (BTW water balloons would work great)
- Candles + container to store them in
- Small matchbook
- Confetti + small envelope
- Mini bow
- Washi tape (you never know what you might need tape for!)
- Sprinkles + vile
Note: Feel free to add or leave out anything of your box – you would know better what kind of party you usually throw.
- Print off the cards and the bunting flag garland, and cut them out. Fold the bunting flags in half on the grey lines, and glue them together onto a piece of bakers twine.
- Drop some confetti into the envelope, and pop some candles into the small container. Lastly – cuz it's my favorite – fill the little vile with sprinkles! *squeal*
- Gather all the supplies and start packing them into the box. Note: I found that the cards fit best when they're on the very bottom.
- Close the box, and stick in your glove box.
- Bust it out when you've gotta get a party started ASAP!
Party on, my friends.
Some of my posts you'll probably love: DIY: Confetti Champagne Glasses | DIY: Graduation Cap Straw Toppers
Amy is the face and smarts behind Glitter in My Tea. A self-proclaimed typography junkie, and amateur graphic designer, she lives and loves to create. From tea towels to colonial houses, she admires pretty things, and delights in everything Disney. Other passions include Kate Spade, sprinkles, donuts (sprinkled donuts), smooching her son's chubby cheeks, and anything sparkly or colorful. She currently lives in Nebraska with her husband, and her super awesome and super cute son, Ben (the one with the chubby cheeks).
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On this week's meal plan I had included that we were going to try slow cooker jacket potatoes. It had never dawned on me to use the slow cooker to do jacket potatoes but after posting on my Facebook page that I had placed an order for a new slow cooker someone commented to say that jacket potatoes were good in a slow cooker.
So, today we gave it a try. The slow cooker we have is a large 6 litre one so holds plenty of potatoes. I literally just placed the potatoes into the slow cooker, turned it on and left it. I did put in on high for the first hour (as I forgot and didn't put them in until around midday) and then turned it down to low.
The potatoes smelt really nice and I checked them at around 3:30pm to see how they were doing, they were soft so i turned them over to prevent the skins sticking to the bottom of the slow cooker. I did notice they'd shrunk a little, something I'd not noticed when I have oven cooked them in the past.
The children and I ate ours at around 5pm and then Damian ate a little later when he came home from work. I was really impressed with how nice the tasted and how evenly and well they had cooked. Sometimes in the oven they don't cook as evenly – particularly if there are a couple of potatoes that are a little larger in size, but all six that I had put in were evenly cooked. The skin wasn't particularly crispy but it was nice and even the children ate the skin (which they can be a bit hit and miss about sometimes)
We just had ours with cheese and beans but some of our other favourite toppings include:
- Served with coleslaw and salad – always a favourite in the summer time
- Bolognese sauce
- Chilli
I was pretty pleased with how they turned out and will definitely be using the slow cooker in the future to do our backed potatoes.


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Nancy Chicola, associate professor and chair of the Elementary Education and Reading Department, has committed her life to education—first teaching in elementary and middle school classrooms, then educating the next generation of teachers. Along with sharing her knowledge, Chicola demonstrates her ongoing commitment to the profession by contributing to Buffalo State's annual Faculty and Staff Appeal.
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Her contributions support student research and travel, an opportunity she would like more education students to have. Through the Professional Development School Consortium, several elementary education teacher candidates traveled to Zambia and Chile last year to work alongside educators there. It was so rewarding that Chicola is working to expand the program into other countries.
Despite the rich background such an experience provides, international travel is not a possibility for many students due to financial constraints. As it is, a number of students are holding down full-time jobs while carrying a full load of classes, Chicola said. And she understands how challenging that particular equation is, having balanced full-time work with school while earning her bachelor's degree at Buffalo State (then called the New York State College for Teachers at Buffalo) in the mid-1960s.
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I was thinking about marriage vows the other day and I'm pretty sure we should change things up a little.
You know, cut right to the chase.
From day one.
Because, let's be honest, when did 'for better' ever cause a problem?
Is making too much money really an issue?
Does having a clean bill of health ever wreak havoc on a marriage?
"My God, if he would just sniffle more or get cancer or something things would be so much better!"
So I say we just call it like it is.
"I, so-and-so, take you, so-and-so, to be my lawfully wedded so-and-so, and if things get really, really, super screwed up along the way, I'll still be here for you."
Doesn't that seem a little more realistic?
Because the stuff that's going to tug away on those marital cords isn't the good stuff. The easy stuff. The bringing-home-too-many-bonuses stuff.
It's the stuff from 'the worse' side of the tracks.
And trust me, you're going to want to hear that train coming long before it knocks you clearly off your feet.


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Writing is such a precarious thing.
Some days are naturally better than others, though there are usually some clear ingredients that make for good productivity. Concentration, focus, drive, passion… these are all things that help to spur you along. But I find that the best way to be productive is to lower the pressure.
Writing is meant to be fun. You're meant to enjoy it, right? So don't put too much pressure on yourself to get it done. It shouldn't be a chore and you have to accept that some days your creative juices will flow better than others. I try not to be too hard on myself when I have a slow day, because your flow will always return, usually when you're not thinking too much about it.
Being hard on yourself only stagnates the flow. Writing a book shouldn't feel like you're writing an academic essay, so relax and enjoy it! Self-doubt creates mental barriers and writer's block, so be confident and stride onward. Yes, some writing days are slower than others, but at least you'll be making progress. Every word is progress.
However, I've come to learn that some days are quite simply a lost cause. So you have to learn when it is worth sailing against the wind or abandoning ship entirely. Of course, it is usually worth sticking around, just in case the wind catches your sails!


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I have been listening, for over a month, to the c.d. version of Stephen M R Covey's excellent book, Speed of Trust.
Without going into a prolix exposition of the work (I could not possibly do justice to it in a single blog post), I wanted to touch on one of the 13 behaviours, "Get Better", that Mr Covey refers to when talking about the second wave of trust, namely "relationship trust".
Do you remember when your *inner fire* was burning strongest?
At that stage, you were on a roll, and nothing seemed out of reach – learning many new things went with the territory: a new skill set, a new language, building meaningful relationships and just living life to the MAX.
Where are you know?
Do you still feel that burning desire to better to yourself?
Or have you been ground down by the dire economic situation or the uncertainty over your future?
Or, frankly, are you just plain stuck?
In any relationship, we are always looking for a level of comfort where both parties are comfortable within their skin, but, be honest, does this lead to complacency?
Getting better is not easy. It requires (as a minimum):
- Vision
- Passion
- Determination.
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But surely the prowess of or the satisfaction of knowing that you have strived to reach the very maximum that you can and to keep reaching is so much more empowering than only to remember how things were in the past.


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October 21, 2011
Sub-3 marathon, a novel
The sub-3 marathon is a topic often on my mind (really?!) and it seems one worth exploring in fiction.
It's a year ago that I first decided to participate in NaNoWriMo, with my first novel From my Mother as a result (you can read some excerpts here). There is nothing like trying to write a novel to learn about how it's done.
That is why I highly recommend trying NaNoWriMo. Even if you don't finish the 50,000 words, you've made an attempt, possibly your first, at a novel.
I didn't expect to finish mine; I mean I was determined to complete the 50,000 words in one month, and did, but didn't expect to revise, polish and publish this manuscript. Yet I did.
And I'm looking forward to next month. For now, my plan is to write a novel about Emily.
Emily is a marathon runner who has been trying to break the 3-hour mark for years. Emily wants nothing more than a 2-hour finish but, about to turn 40, she fears time has run out. Until a secret mentor changes her mind, and her training. But will it be enough to reset the clock? Emily's fiance certainly doesn't think so and her competitive sibling isn't too convinced, or supportive, either.
That's all I know so far. I might change my mind. But I love having a visual so that's why I spent some time today on designing a potential book cover for my second novel.
If you're thinking about doing NaNoWriMo, please do. The only question is, Why not? Don't forget to become my writing buddy (find me here).
2 comments:
- Jog Blog said...
Hmmm ... so fiction rather than non-fiction for you "sub-3 marathon" book?
- 23 October 2011 at 03:36
- Margreet Dietz said...
For now :-). There will be a non-fiction sub-3 marathon book, for sure.
- 23 October 2011 at 08:22


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Beyond the Farmlands: Wild Resources in the Past of Europe
Katarzyna Ślusarska, University of Gdańsk, Poland
Magdalena Przymorska-Sztuczka, The Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
Dominika Kofel, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
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Dawn Elise Mooney, Arkeologisk Museum, University of Stavanger, Norway
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Our classical narratives hinge on the concept that the adoption of food production techniques based on agriculture and animal husbandry has fundamentally changed the relationship between humankind and nature. While this made humans less dependent on natural resources through control of their own food supply, it tied them to a specific place for a longer period. However, in regions with poor soils and relatively short growing seasons, such as the North European Plain and Scandinavia, overall food acquisition strategies remained diverse long after the introduction of farming. Wild resources, even in quite recent times, were sought-after and commonly present in the everyday life of European rural communities: as a source of food including delicacies, and as raw material for making tools, containers, and clothing. Despite this, archaeological narratives concerning the Neolithic and later periods usually fail to consider the role of wild resources in the economy of that time.
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Last year (2014) I brought you a Holiday Gift Guide, and I loved it so much that I thought I'd bring you another one this year (2015).
In last year's Gift Guide, I shared some of my favorite kitchen items, things I use almost every day of the year. Really practical and useful things that I love. If you'd like to check that out, it's here.
This year I have new recommendations. I love all of these items, and I think these would make great gifts for the foodie in your life. I was given these items to review, however, my opinions are my own. So, here's the Holiday Gift Guide 2015. Click on the picture or the link in the description to get directly to the item.
Zoku Iced Coffee Maker. Ok, I LOVE iced coffee! And, I drink it year round. I usually keep a pot of brewed coffee in the fridge, but sometimes I run out of brewed coffee, and have to make a hot pot of coffee. This Ice Coffee Maker is AWESOME! On those mornings that I run out of cold coffee, all I have to do is brew a fresh hot pot of coffee, pull the freezer insert of the cup out of the freezer, and pour the hot coffee directly inside the insert. And, in about 7 minutes, voila! Iced coffee. Drinkable, yummy, awesome iced coffee that isn't diluted by the ice and all watery. And, as an added bonus, the cup is spill resistant (a big plus in my book because I'm not always coordinated in the mornings!). Oh, and this also works really well for turning hot tea into ice tea!
Frieling Easy Clean Tea Infuser. Speaking of tea, this little tea infuser would be an awesome stocking stuffer, or an addition to a gift basket filled with an assortment of teas and cookies. It has a reusable and easy to clean brew basket. And, to clean it, all you have to do is remove the bottom screen and rinse it out. It's also dishwasher safe, so you can just pop it in the machine! I like that it has a little handle so that even if it's filled with hot tea, you can still pick it up. It has a lid that keeps the tea hot, or acts as a drip tray so you can put the infuser on top of it when you're not using it. I think this will make a great gift for my Mother-in-law.
Kuhn Rikon Standing Stainless Steel Strainer. This is one of those really well made really cool things that I think every kitchen needs. Its nice and sturdy. It feels good in the hand. It's pretty to look at. If you have a big sink you can put it right in the bottom of the sink and strain pasta or veggies right into it. You can sift flour right on the counter and not have to worry about where you're going to place the sifter when you aren't holding it. It also has a nice wide rim and the handles are slightly curved so it fit securely on the pot, and I don't worry about it falling into the pot as I pour water into the strainer.
Kyocera Paring Knife & double Edge Peeler Set. Both the Knife and the Peeler have ceramic blades. You've seen me talk about how much I love ceramic blades before. They stay sharp. They are dishwasher safe. They don't rust (like lots of veggie peels do). They make for nice clean cuts. These are both really comfortable in my hand, and I like working with them, and ceramic is lighter than steel, so it means I can use them longer and not get tired. The peeler makes short work of a ton of carrots (which I often make for Thanksgiving or Christmas) so I really appreciate the ease of use. I think any cook would be ecstatic to get a set like this in their Christmas stocking. And the red color is so festive!
Kuhn Rikon Silicone 2-piece Funnel Set. This funnel set is great! The silicone is flexible, and the two funnels can be used separately or combined into one. The green color is fun, and, of course it comes in other colors as well. I'm always using funnels around the kitchen, whether it's to pour a sauce into a wide-mouthed canning jar, or to pour bulk spices into a smaller jar, or to pour a homemade spice blend into a small jar. And this set makes all of those tasks easy and quick. It also folds flat for easy storage (a huge plus in my tiny kitchen!).
Kyocera Ceramic Everything Adjustable Grinder. You saw me write about this grinder in the summer for my Summer Grill Spice. I think it's so great that it made it to my Gift Guide as well. It's really easy to use, feels really nice in the hand, the glass container on this mill is dishwasher safe, and, you can adjust the grinder to have a coarse or fine grind. One of my favorite things about this grinder is that it works really well for hands that might not be able to grip well, whether it's because your hands are tired from too much work, or because of arthritis or other hand ailments.
Reduce Food Jar. This food jar is great for parties, potlucks, or for taking your lunch with you to work. It keeps food hot of cold for up to 6 hours. I love this jar both as a gift or you could use it to wrap smaller items. Just think, this pretty blue color under the tree with a small toy inside; the package wrapping is useful, and no trash!
Reduce Growler. Another fun gadget that you saw me write about earlier in the year. This is the perfect gift for the beer lover in your family! It's vacuum insulated, and designed for craft beer, but for so much more from lemonade or soda to coffee or soup. It's also BPA free. The lid also doubles as a cup, which would be perfect if you took it hiking or camping with you and used it for your morning coffee.
I'll end my Gift Guide again this year with "And, if you want to buy something for me", Tully's Coffee Breakfast Blend, Ground is the perfect gift for me this year!
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If you'd like to visit a Tokyu Hands store the next time you're in Tokyo, directions & a map are on my website, The Tokyo Guide I Wish I'd Had.
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Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak said it is "little sad" that Paris Saint-Germain target Filipe Luis possibly played his last game for the Spanish club.
Brazil international full-back Filipe Luis has been linked with Ligue 1 champions PSG and Atletico head coach Diego Simeone said he would be willing to accommodate the player's wishes.
Former Chelsea defender Filipe Luis started and completed Atletico's opening 1-1 LaLiga draw at Valencia on Monday.
Asked about Filipe Luis' future, Oblak told reporters post-match: "It's a little sad, but football is like that, let's see what happens.
"Filipe has a good opportunity and we must respect the decision of each player."
Winners of the UEFA Super Cup at the expense of rivals Real Madrid last week, Atletico hit the front against Valencia thanks to Angel Correa's 26th-minute opener.
Valencia, though, managed to secure a share of the spoils via Rodrigo Moreno 11 minutes into the second half.
"It was a great game, we were better for almost all of the match, but in the end Valencia could have even taken the victory," Oblak added.
"After Valencia scored things got complicated for us.
"They also brought two fresh forwards on and we began to feel that we had played 120 minutes."


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Well, I had a blast at the Firefighter's Competition at the Lumberjack Festival in Springhill, LA this past weekend. I shot over 1000 pictures and edited down to 199. But there was so much going on, I just had so much fun. I am so glad M & L invited us to come.
Here are some of my favorite setup shots from Saturday.
This practice dummy weighed over 200 lbs.
Firefighter gear
One team hung an American flag on their ladder to use as a flag pole.
During the National Anthem
A Dalmatian . . .of course!


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Somehow this incredible video slipped under my radar and seems to have gone largely unnoticed with less than 100k views. This is the finale to feature length documentary Concrete Circus featuring Kilian Martin, Danny MacAskill, Blue, Phil Doyle, and Keelan Phillips. It's filmed at the Barbican Arts Centre in London, England.Barbican Bolero,
This video was submitted by superstoker.com.


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Indie Wednesdays
Nottingham's best new Indie clubnight!
EVERY WEDNESDAY upstairs club night
• 11pm - 3am
• 2-4-1 Drinks
• FREE drink with advance tickets
• Hours of Indie bangers
The Pop Confessional
Undisputed king of the crowd pleaser
EVERY FRIDAY upstairs & downstairs occupying the whole building
• 11pm - 3am
• With a selection of drinks offers available all night
• Four hours of pure POP MUSIC on two floors, with two priest DJ's and a confessional booth!
What Is Love?
All the best songs from the best three decades.
Every SATURDAY upstairs and downstairs occupying the whole building
• 11pm till 3am
• Drinks offers all night
• DJ's spinning 80's, 90's and 00's bangers - ALL NIGHT!
Original Sound Tracks (O.S.T.)
Top tunes from the big screen and happy hour drinks prices
EVERY MONDAY in the downstairs bar • 9pm till late • FREE entry
DJs playing the best in soundtrack music, with "happy hour" drinks prices all night!
Never Mind The Bodega
Our very own POP QUIZ
EVERY TUESDAY evening in the downstairs bar
• 8pm till 10pm
• Quiz entry fee = 50p
• Drinks deals exclusive for quiz players
Request Line
It's your turn to be the DJ
EVERY Tuesday in the downstairs bar after our weekly POP QUIZ
• 10pm till late // FREE ENTRY
• Buy a drink and get a request
• Your chance to choose the tunes.
Rev It Up!
The most eclectic mix of tunes in town - bar none.
EVERY THURSDAY in the downstairs bar • 10pm till "late" • FREE entry
• SELECTION OF GREAT DRINK OFFERS & 2 for £8 COCKTAILS •
Expect the un-expected...
Skivers Club
Clock off! Get on it!
EVERY FRIDAY afternoon/evening in the downstairs bar
• 4pm - 9pm // FREE ENTRY
• Happy Hour until 9pm AND exclusive Skivers Club deals
• DJs from 6pm until 3am
Hang The DJ
Stiff Kitten DJ's & Friends
The 3RD SATURDAY of every month downstairs bar • 2pm - 10pm • FREE entry
• Classic Indie from the 70's / 80's / 90's •
So Sick Stories
Underground/New/Classic Hip Hop back to back with Classic Soul, Northern Soul & R&B
First SATURDAY of EVERY MONTH in the downstairs bar • 10pm - 3am
FREE if you get in before 11pm
• Underground/New & Classic Hip Hop back to back with Classic Soul, Northern Soul & R&B
• 99% vinyl + some digital (new songs & weird rarities).
• Flows with the mood of the bar, expect laid back groovin' to raucous rockin'!
• Discover new favourite tunes and expect to be asking us "what song is this?"
Stiff Kittens
A tasty pick 'n mix of lovely vinyl
EVERY 2nd SATURDAY of each month in the downstairs bar
• 10pm till 3am // FREE ENTRY before 11pm
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Oh boy, what a con.
I look forward to the NOVA every year. The staff are all excellent, the location's just 10 minutes from my house, and the painted models in the display cabinets are gorgeous. What more could I ask for? How about awesome hobby seminars all four days from Justin McCoy (Founder, Secret Weapon Miniatures) and Roman Lappat & Raffaele Pica (Massive Voodoo). Let's also not forget Jessica Rich, who paints for nearly every mini manufacturer out there (like Reaper and Dark Sword, to name a few). I took six (6) classes this year, with at least one from each of the four teachers.


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Yomiuri Giants pitcher Miyaguni gives Valentine's chocolates to female fans
February 15, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 14, at Okinawa Cellular Stadium in Naha, the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, which commenced its second training camp, held a special Valentine's Day event in the stadium. Two young pitchers, Ryosuke Miyaguni, who is from Okinawa, and Yuki Koyama, gave Valentine's Day chocolates to female fans who came to support the team.
The Yomiuri Giants held the event two hours earlier than scheduled to fit it in with the training schedule. One hundred female fans, including school children, who were chosen by lottery, waited eagerly for Miyaguni and Koyama to appear.
Eighteen year-old Ayaka Uechi, who said that she is a fan of Miyaguni, came all the way from Miyako-jima for the training camp. She wore a Yomiuri Giants replica jersey bearing Miyaguni's number. Uechi was thrilled when she was given some chocolate with a card autographed by Miyaguni, and said, "This chocolate is too valuable to eat."
Miyaguni smiled bashfully as he interacted with the fans. After the event, he gave a glimpse of his shy side, saying, "I was a little nervous because I did not expect so many people to come see us."
(English translation by T&CT, Mark Ealey)
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Taiwanese jobseekers might benefit from increased hiring activity next quarter, as employers in the nation's major industries are planning to raise headcounts, US-based human resources advisory firm ManpowerGroup Corp said yesterday, citing a survey.
Of the 1,033 employers who responded to the quarterly survey, 67 percent said they would keep current staffing levels, 29 percent forecast an increase and 3 percent predicted a reduction.
After seasonal adjustments, net employment gains stood at 24 percent, down 1 percentage point from the previous quarter and flat from a year earlier, it said.
"Employment levels are expected to climb in major industry sectors in the July-to-September period, led by firms in finance, insurance, real-estate and manufacturing sectors," ManpowerGroup Taiwan general manager Joan Yeh (葉朝蒂) said.
The development of financial technology by local financial service providers and robust global demand for Taiwanese exports account for the uptrend, Yeh said, adding that renewable energy investments also lent support.
Firms expressed keen demand for employees with information technology backgrounds, such as software developers, designers and engineers, Yeh said.
On average, individual companies intend to hire 10 to 20 more information technology personnel, she said.
Large companies have higher demand for personnel than small and medium-sized enterprises, the survey found.
There are many open positions for process, quality-control and equipment engineers in the semiconductor industry, as the nation's export orders rose over the past 21 months, it found.
Electrical engineers and mechanical technicians are also in great demand, as the government seeks to boost offshore wind farm construction, Yeh said.
Firms in the service sector also expect an increase in staffing levels in the next three months, encouraged by the fast-growing popularity of mobile devices, virtual reality gadgets and streaming services, ManPower said.
That explains why companies expressed demand for big data analysts, Internet of Things engineers and information safety professionals, it said.
E-commerce operators are also recruiting personnel to meet business needs, the company said.
However, the survey showed a slowdown in hiring activity compared with three months earlier, which ManPower blamed on falling domestic demand.
Luxury restaurants, hotels and department stores have announced closures to stem losses, whereas discount store chains plan to expand and add personnel, it said.
Firms in the mining and construction sector forecast a steady workforce for the next quarter, while jobseekers can expect a positive landscape in the transportation and utilities sector, the company said.


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Are Heavy Metals Causing Your Chronic Fatigue?
Fatigue is incredibly common. Almost every single one of my clients complains about low energy to some degree. And for others fatigue is chronic. There is a good reason why Starbucks is a multi-billion dollar company; it's feeding our number one addiction, coffee, which, at least temporarily, alleviates symptoms of fatigue.
Fatigue is a very important sign that something is not working right your the body. Anything that interferes with your body's ability to produce energy can leave you exhausted and worn out. Heavy metals, which are prevalent in society, are very good at disrupting the cell's ability to generate energy.
Within our cells we have tiny organelles called mitochondria. The mitochondria are little powerhouses that basically function as a command center for the cell. Through a series of chemical reactions, including the Kreb's cycle, the mitochondria generate ATP, the energy molecule that powers your cells and your entire body.
Anything that can interfere with mitochondrial function can also limit your body's ability to make ATP. With a lack of ATP, you feel fatigued, burnout and total drained, no matter what you do.
According to WWF, between 1930 and 2000 global production of man-made chemicals increased from 1 million to 400 million tonnes each year. That's a TON of chemicals. Many of these chemicals include heavy metals.
Heavy metals naturally occur in the environmental in small amounts. But with the ever growing industrialized complex, they are being released more regularly into the environment.
Heavy metals attacks the mitochondria in two ways; 1) they down regulate or stop ATP production and 2) They negatively affect antioxidant systems.
Most people have heard of free radicals. They are considered a villain in the whole health game since they have the ability to break down cells, cause per-mature aging and have been associated with degenerative illness. Damage from free radicals is also known as oxidative stress.
The reason why smokers age so quickly has to do with oxidative stress. Each cigarette releases significant amounts of free radicals into the body and overwhelms the antioxidant system. These free radicals destroy cells and speed up the aging process.
But looking at free radicals as "bad guys" is short sighted. What many people don't know is that the mitochondria are a major source of free radical production. We actually need free radicals to have efficient cell function. When the body is healthy, we can generate enough antioxidants which neutralize free radicals and prevent them destroying the mitochondria.
Heavy metals not only prevent the proper functioning of mitochondria, which affect energy levels, but they produce significant amounts of oxidative stress which overwhelms the antioxidant system and seriously drains your resources.
The health of your mitochondria effectively determine whether you are an active person who can easily exercise or are someone who is sluggish and struggles to move regularly.
How Do You Know if You Have Heavy Metals?
According to many detox experts, we are all full of metals. It is really just a matter of how many we have. In modern life, heavy metal exposure is unavoidable. They are in our air, water, soil, vaccines and virtually everything around us.
Additionally, nutrient and mineral deficiencies make it more likely that your body will hold onto toxic metals rather than detox them. Since metals have similar structures to minerals, your body can actually use certain metals instead of the mineral you are deficient in.
Let's use Thallium as an example. Thallium is an extremely toxic metal. In fact, it is ten times more toxic than mercury. Thallium was the metal added to unleaded gasoline after lead was removed. It stops gas from knocking in the engine, allowing a car to last longer.
Thallium has similarities to potassium so a deficiency in potassium makes it far more likely that you will hold on to Thallium rather than detox it.
To help you understand, let's look at my test results. Earlier this year I ran a Hair Mineral Analysis on myself along with a stool and urine metals test.
Below is my hair test, as you can see I am very low in potassium.
Now look at my urine and stool metals test. See where my Thallium is? It's totally through the roof.
How Do You Detox Metals?
This is tricky business. You want to make sure that you have the help of an experienced practitioner. This is not something to take on by yourself. Promise me this!
Many practitioners use chelation therapy. While chelation is very effective at removing metals, especially when there has been an acute poisoning, it's not great at dealing with long term metal exposure.
Chelators basically act like a binding agent and pull metals out of the body. They are quickly expelled from the body so they only grab what is quickly available. In order for chelation to be effective, they need to be taken every 4-5 hours over a period of time. The risk of chelation is in the way that it may "stir up" heavy metals but not actually fully remove them from the body.
Additionally, if you have been paying attention, I mentioned that sometimes the body uses metals to replace deficient minerals. If you strip the body of metals, then you may leave the body depleted if it was using that metal to perform an important function.
I believe this is a huge reason why chelation therapy often leaves people fatigued and worn out. I have heard many people tell me that their health completely crashed after chelation therapy.
An extremely important component of heavy metal detox is re-mineralizing the body. When the body has the proper minerals it needs to perform daily functions, it can easy let go of metals and allow them to be detoxed out of the body.
Heavy metal detox is not a race. Slower is better and makes it more likely that you will keep the body balanced while simultaneously improving your health and energy levels.
How Do You Re-mineralize the Body?
Start with a Hair Mineral Analysis. I believe this is one of the most effective tools for not only detoxing toxic metals but increasing the energy efficiency of the body. It is an inexpensive test that offers significant information.
It's important that you find someone who is experienced in interpreting these panels. HTMA is not straight forward and is easily misinterpreted.
If you are interested in detoxing your body from metals, please sign up for a free 30 minute call with me. We can discuss your challenges and see if my program is a fit for you. You can do that here.
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There is probably no diving centre in Egypt that has a shorter distance into the water than Coral Garden. 20 complete equipment sets are available for loan, 120 twelve and fifteen litres steel bottles are available to the divers. In addition to a Bauer compressor, that achieves 340 l/min, there is also a unit that provides Nitrox.
It's only a few steps into the water from the base. At only five metres, divers will find a large seagrass bed. If you are lucky, you will encounter one of at least three seahorses who live there. The reefs into the bay slope steeply in the north and south and enable fantastic dives. Furthermore, we also offer trips with the minibus to additional rather lonely dive sites between Coral Garden and El Quesier. Boat trips to the outer reefs at Safaga are also possible for guests at Coral Garden.
Enjoy the 360 ° tour through our ORCA Dive Club and dive into the Red Sea. If you have a VR glasses and want to have a full view, please click here: 360° panorama


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September 5, 2009
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A bench headed by the chief justice was informed by the government's advocate Priyabushan Kakade during the hearing of PIL by a college lecturer Mayuri Patil on illegal online delivery of schedule H and other drugs by medical portals without prescription or cash memos.
The court was shown a public notice issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in March. The notice said all manufacturers will be required to register themselves online and enter data of sale of drugs to different distributors. Likewise, for wholesalers and retailers who will have to enter details of stock received and supplied to further distributors and retailers. "No retailer, chemist and e-pharmacist outlet shall be permitted to sell any medicine or drug unless such pharmacy is registered on the said portal," it stated, adding that schedule H, H1 and X medicines shall be sold only on prescription.
Adjourning the hearing after eight weeks, the bench said: "Let the policy come. We will close the matter."


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This time I had planned a trip in advanced but nothing work out, so as usual I started a totally unplanned trip (I just get down at Haridwar station then decide where to go)
I stayed in temples, caves and forest. Most of the time in tents
I met many sadhus who stay in solitude at high altitudes, in forest, by the river etc
It was indeed a very fruitful trip
First visited the ancient Ansuya devi temple
Atri muni ashram near Ansuya devi's temple
One needs to go behind this water fall to reach the ashram
Tungarnath the highest shiv temple in the world
Nandi ji
Stayed here for only Rs 400 a day
Chandrashila (literally the moon rock) reached after an early morning trek above Tungarnath
Sunrise at Chandrashila
Kalpeshwar mahadev in the urgam valley
Urgam valley
Note: Tungarnath and Kalpeshwar mahadev are one of the panch (five) kedar temples
Dhyan Badri (one of the panch Badri temples)
Hot springs at Tapovan off Joshimath famous for their healing powers, it was cold and I just did not feel like coming out of the hot water---Wash me, cleanse me, purify my heart and set me free. Psalm 51:2
Ancient temple of Bhavishya Badri in Sumai vllage
Then trekked up to the forest where the self-forming idol of Bhavishya Badri is located
My tent at Bhavishya Badri
Nandadevi as seen from Bhavishya Badri
Neelkanth as seen from Bhavishya Badri
Niti Valley
View towards tapovan, joshimath
Then spent a few days at Badrinath
Inside Ekadashi Gufa
Trek to Muchkund Gufa off mana village
On the left is Mana pass the highest motor able road, then is the mana village and the road to Badrinath
Muchkund Gufa
Trek to the base of Neelkanth
At the base of neelkanth
A cave ashram high above Badrinath temple, I always wanted to visit it. It is very well equipped, has a boiler / heater, solar panels and is fully insulated
View of Badrinath from the cave ashram
View of Badrinath temple enroute to the cave ashram


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Need to chat with another Foster Parent who has "been there, done that?"
Peer Partner Educators (PPEs) are CISS employees who are experienced Foster Parents. The PPE staff provide support to Resource Families (licensed Ventura County Foster Parents.) Families are matched with a PPE who lives near them and/or who has expertise to provide mentoring for the needs of the children currently in care. Phone support, in-person mentoring and training, information and resource referrals, as well as group support meetings are organized and lead by the PPE staff throughout the County. This program is funded through the Ventura County Community College District in coordination with Foster VC Kids.
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Appeal for missing Nelson man
Gwent police is appealing for information to help locate 45-year-old Keri Phillips who was reported missing on Thursday.
Keri who is from the Nelson area was last seen at approximately 3pm on the 3rd of February 2013 in the Nelson area.
It's believed he was wearing jeans, a brown check padded ski type jacket, boots and a hat.
Keri is described as being of a stocky build, 6 foot 1 inches tall with short, dark brown hair. He has a number of tattoos on his arms and back, as well as a tattoo of a swallow on each of his hands.
Anyone who has seen Keri or has any information about his whereabouts is urged to contact Gwent Police by dialling 101.