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Top: Old Similar Crop Top / Skirt: Chic Wish / Shoes: Old, Similar Red Pumps / Bracelet: HRHCollection / Bangle: Kate Spade / Ring: T+J Designs / Earrings: Kate Spade / Nails: OPI / Lipstick: MAC
If you follow my Instagram account or just know me in general, you're aware of my love for flowers. Peonies and hydrangeas are my favorites but I also gravitate toward any large petaled and feminine toned buds.
This is why I virtually squealed when I saw this gorgeous Chic Wish skirt for under $50!!!
The squealing continued when I came across this beautiful nearby neighborhood flanked with fragrant flowers. I see tea parties and for-no-reason frolic sessions in this florals and stripes number's future!
What are you favorite flowers?
Blazer & Tank: Boston Proper / Leggings: Similar / Boots 35% Off / Sunglasses / Lipstick / Rings / Clutch: Old from Zara, similar here / Necklaces: Pearl / Oui
I'm not ashamed to say that the past three weeks have mostly consisted of relaxing by the fire, sipping hot cocoa and staying up to date on the Housewives. The rest of the time was spent attending intimate parties. Now its time to get back to reality. What better way to snap out of the holiday haze and lunge into the New Year than with a stunning and fitted blazer?
From ladies who lunch to girls who rock out, this chanel-ish piece will work for anyone or occasion. I've opted to pair it with these (on repeat) leather leggings. It shows that I'm eager to get back to business but still a little rebellious.
How are you dressing to ease back into your work routines?
Tank: Similar / Vest: in white / Shorts / Shoes: here in classic colors / Clutch: Similar / Necklace / Rings / Arrow Cuff / Bracelet / Lipstick
I am a true lover of Spring. It really is my favorite time of year. I eagerly embrace bright florals and prints, but sometimes miss the edgier styles of fall and winter. My solution is to keep mixing in edgy pieces with girly and summery things.
This nod to Chanel with HRH Collection's Mermaid Bubble Pearl necklace is the perfect combination all on its own. Placing the single statement drop on a choker length chain creates a soft yet very in-your-face look. The clasp is substantial and one of the easiest to manage of any jewelry piece I own. I love how I can wear this with a pretty dress and sparkles one day, then turn around the next feeling just as cohesive with cigar band rings and studded accessories.
How are you adding edge to your Spring and Summer wardrobes?
Top: Jcrew, Skirt: Space 46 Boutique, Clutch: Gigi New York, Shoes: Similar, Multi-Chain Necklace: Waitlist Or Similar here, Deco Style Necklace: T and J Designs, Flawless Diamond & 3 Gem Bracelet: HRH Collection, Pave Link & Mixed Gem Bracelet: Jcrew, Silver Heart Bracelet: Similar, Bow Ring
Choosing the star of my first 2014 blog post was virtually a no-brainer. Dallas got up to 63 degrees yesterday and I couldn't think of a better time to debut this sweet little tulle number. Slipping it on instantly turned me into a giddy happy woman! I laughed, skipped and even twirled a bit. The only downside of this skirt was having to take it off at the end of the day. But the world has yet to see the last of "her". I look forward to pairing this baby with unexpected pieces in unsuspecting places.
One of my New Year Resolutions is to step outside of the box with this here blog. I want to explore different parts of the city besides what's in my neighborhood. I look forward to showing you all many parts of my beloved city and perhaps the country.
Happy New Year!!!
Top: Jcrew, Skirt: Milk & Honey, Tights: Express, Shoes: Christian Louboutin, Earrings: Local Boutique Similar, Mixed Gems Bracelet: Jcrew, Large Crystal Bracelet, Pave Link Bracelet: Jcrew, Bag: Kate Spade Consignment find Blingier, Jaguar Ring: Sold Out Fox Version
The versatility of this outfit makes it possible to have a fancy dinner then head straight out on the town for drinks. This skirt (which I scored here for under $50!) makes me want to twirl the night away surrounded by cascading glitter and flowing champagne. It is the epitome of why NYE is my favorite holiday, yet wearable for many other occasions.
So there you have it. The 3rd of my choices for ringing in the New Year. I still have the rest of today to decide. Will it be Pub Crawling in the neighborhood? Gathering friends at my place or twirling the night away? We shall see!


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Celine Necklace
Meet the accessory you'll want to wear with everything - the Celine Necklace. With a dusting of CZ stones and a gorgeous 14K gold filled chain that sparkles in the light, this pendant necklace is the perfect touch of sparkle for your everyday. Wear the Celine Necklace alone for a simple look or add it to your favorite layers for a subtle statement.
- Starburst Charm
- 14K Gold Filled
- Measures 16-18"
- Lobster Clasp
- Handmade in Los Angeles

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Casa Del Cheese Snowcake (Chevre Style) is a classic Casadel cheese, similar to that of french chevre`(fresh). Its firm yet extremely creamy. Excellent with grilled eggplants and pesto. You can use it on pizzas, with caramelized onions or simply relish every slice of this cheese with crackers and olive oil.
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Weekly challenge 9 will be structured slightly different than previous challenges. Because I'm trying to reduce the number of apps and things to update as well as to schedule things on my calendar, I'm dropping my personal use of coach.me. That said, if it works for you please keep using it to motive yourself!
This weeks challenge is a simple one, but one we probably all forget about. I want you to simply stretch every day. From what I've read our bodies start to tighten up as we get older and that can lead to other problems or at least make them worse.
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I made myself a quilt! I know, I've made a lot of quilts that I have shared with you on this blog. They are usually a gift for a new baby or sick friend. I also make them for family members. I guess I have made a few dozen over the last few years. But I rarely make one for myself.....
When I started this quilt I wondered who I would give it to. I loved the fabric and colors sooo much. Then it occurred to me that if I like it so much there was no reason why I couldn't keep it! More specifically, I could use it in my vintage trailer as a lap quilt. Yippee!
I used fabric from Moda's line Vintage Picnic and a red gingham I had in my stash. The backing is a red and white chevron fabric.
Machine quilted it on my domestic machine using Westalee ruler foot and shell template.
I seriously loooove how easy it was to use and how smooth the quilting looks. Might have to do a post on the ruler foot and templates.........
Don't you just love giant ric rac?
Here is a pic of the backing. This quilt is so cheerful! I can't wait to take the trailer out this summer and cuddle with this quilt while reading a good book and eating chocolate.......mmmmm.


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Palliative Care Reform
Palliative Care needs to be reformed. The current system allows too many people to die in hospital or residential care, rather than in their own homes with their families. A new system is required.
The publisher is The Centre for Welfare Reform.
Graphic on Reformed Palliative Care © Simon Duffy 2012.
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Dove Restyles Its Bottles to Look Like 'Real' Body Shapes
Limited-Edition Pack Designs Underline 'Real Beauty' Message
Editor's Pick
Dove's latest effort in its "Real Beauty" campaign extends to its packaging; to underline its message about beauty diversity, the brand created limited-edition versions of body wash bottles representing different body shapes and sizes.
Each of the six designs of "Real Beauty Bottles," created by Ogilvy London, has a different combination of size, curves and edges. Dove produced 6,800 bottles across three Unilever plants, and they have been sent to fans of the brand and beauty influencers in 15 different countries. So far, social media posts on the bottles have appeared in countries including France, Canada and Russia.
Sophie Galvani, Dove Global Brand Vice President, said in a statement: "Celebrating real beauty is at the heart of everything we do. We wanted to take it a step further and into the products themselves, using this to express our passion for beauty diversity. Just like the real women who feature in our advertising, now our product comes in all shapes and sizes as well."
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- May 04, 2017
- Brand:
- Dove
- Client:
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- Agency:
- Ogilvy-London
- Global Executive Creative Director:
- Andre Laurentino
- Executive Creative Director:
- Gerald Lewis
- Chief Creative Officer:
- Emma De La Fosse
- Chairperson:
- Charlie Wilson
- Creative:
- Lorenzo Spadoni
- Global Executive Creative Director:
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- Design Director:
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- Producer:
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- Managing Director:
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- Managing Partner:
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- Global Account Director:
- Georgina Howard
- Account Manager:
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- Account Manager:
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- Account Executive:
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- Photographer:
- Rick Guest
- Photographer:
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- Director, Photography:
- Steve Langmanis
- Editor:
- Tom Werber
- Music Production:
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- Music Production:
- Phil Lawlor
- Executive Vice President:
- Steve Miles
- Global Vice President:
- Sophie Galvani
- Global Brand Director:
- Dinara Bekmansurova
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I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Dipping your hand into an icy stream is a dangerous move – especially for a water bender. The feel of the water can bring back buried memories.
Count: One – two – three –
And dip.
The acrid smell of smoke filled her nostrils. Her eyes blazed and her cheeks stung from tears and smoke. She realised that fear was a physical thing – it made your fingers shake and your heart thump at twice its usual pace. Around her there was confusion and panic, but none of the drama she had imagined. There were just people, some clad in blue, some in red, and muffled shouts, and the scuff of boots on snow.
Katara gasped and tipped her head back, tucking her fingers inside her furs to ward off the cold. The stream that flowed inches from her knees had melted straight from an iceberg and it was unimaginably freezing. Her hands had been in the water for two seconds and she could no longer feel them.
What are you doing, Katara? What are you doing?
Her inner voice chided her stupidity, sounding exactly like her mother. Why are you doing this? Who are you trying to prove it to? Who is there to see you?
Katara scanned the ice wastes surrounding her. The nearest thing to a person in this desolate landscape was a scrawny wolf-rabbit, its eyes like black rocks entrenched in the surrounding snow. She stared at it, and it scrambled away.
Now there was just her. Just her, and the shouting of the stream. The summer months were coming, and water had begun to flow from the icebergs in earnest, filling the wastelands with hidden eddies leading to the open sea.
A long time ago, her mother had told her a story about such streams.
Katara shut her eyes and took a deep, shuddering breath. The air rattled between her lips. She untangled her hands from her furs, raised them – and plunged them back into the water.
The cold hit her like an anvil across the backs of her hands. Pain rocketed up her arms and she moaned, loudly, into the bitter air. Tears formed at the corners of her eyes.
What was she doing?
She was remembering.
Katara's hands sank into the water, and her mind sank into the past.
There was a fire at the centre of the village, to celebrate the winter's passing. It had been a harsh season, and this was the first day in months when snow had not fallen. Already the ripples of snow around the village were dirtying and churning up with footprints.
Katara was glad. She was sat in her mother's lap, her head pressed against her shoulder. Her mother's arms clasped protectively around her, shielding her in a cocoon of warmth.
It was just her, and her mother. Even her brother and father – telling jokes beside them, recounting some hunting adventure she was not privy to – seemed withdrawn and far away.
There was singing, laughing and even dancing from the villagers. Katara remained silent, watching them with huge, liquid eyes.
"Hey," said her mother in her ear. "Are you still here, Katara?"
Katara nodded sleepily. Her eyelids were as heavy as ten-tonne weights. Her tongue felt swollen in her mouth – from the warmth – and she could not speak.
"Do you want me to tell you a story?"
She nodded again.
"Long ago, there was a woman. She grew up in a village not far from here – it's gone now, of course, but if you walk far enough you can see the ghost of it on the horizon, and a thin black plume of smoke. Don't try it. Ghost towns are not worth the effort it takes to see them. Anyway, this woman was in love.
"You might think she was in love with a man, but hold on for a second while I tell you. The person she loved was a bear."
Katara lifted her head in curiosity, but her mother hushed her with a hand on her forehead.
"I said, hold on. Everything will make sense once I'm finished. This woman was in love with a bear. And what a bear he was... He had glossy white fur, sleek muscles knotted just beneath his skin, eyes as black as a pair of star sapphires, and claws that could rip the heart from a seal with a single twitch. He was a formidable creature."
"Why would she love him?"
Katara's mother ignored her and continued, stroking her hair. "They met when the woman was a girl of sixteen. She fell into a sinkhole, and you know what they say about sinkholes – once you lose sight of the opening to the air, you're dead. The woman lost sight of the hole. All she could see was the ocean fading to black miles beneath her feet, and an endless ceiling of ice above. She prepared herself for death – even murmured the prayers – but at the last second, she was saved."
"By the bear?"
"Yes. But when the woman first saw a giant creature swimming towards her, its fur flowing in the current of the water, she was absolutely certain she was dead. Now I will be ripped apart and eaten, she thought. Bears are frightening creatures. I hope you never see one. They are larger than you can imagine, and their sheer strength is enough to make you scream. But the girl was not ripped apart, and she did not drown. Instead she felt the weight and grip of the bear's paw on her parka... and the water rushing around her face as he swam her towards the surface and returned her to the sinkhole.
"She grasped at the surface. She lived."
Katara could stand the cold no longer. The bones in her fingers and hands screamed furiously, and she tugged her arms from the water. Again she gasped and clutched at her fingers. But this time, she was smiling.
It was one year since she last heard her mother's voice. She had thought she'd lost it – but here it was, resonating inside her head as strong and clear as if her mother was beside her once more, whispering the words into her ear. A story just for her.
She was lucky. Many of her friends had lost someone close to them in the Fire Nation raid – even four seasons later, the village was still grieving for its losses. None of her friends had this.
The stream really worked; her memory was refreshed and clear. She prepared to put her hands back in the water. The rational side of her brain called for her to stop acting so crazy, to stop causing herself pain. The emotional side of her brain, the part her mother lived in, pulled her fingers towards the water.
And – in.
"Is that the end of the story?"
"No. Patience. So, the woman lived. But when the bear climbed from the sinkhole, majestic against the reddening sky – it was sunset – she wished that she had died. Because as soon as she saw him, and her eyes connected with his, she knew she was in love with him. And that was worse than death. Her village hated bears. It abhorred them; bears were supposed to be killed without mercy or exception, and any sightings were supposed to be reported to the village chief.
"The bear gave her a lingering glance and then paced away. She knelt by the sinkhole until the sun was just a molten disc on the horizon, surrounded by charred clouds. She watched the bear leave and felt as though half of her heart was abandoning her too. It began to snow, and still she sat. Never sit in the snow by yourself, Katara, it is so lonely. Eventually she shifted herself, bones creaking, and made her way back to the village. She never expected to see him again."
"But she did."
"Yes, she did. It was the summer of the following year, and the water was flowing fast and loose through the landscape. Ice was breaking – you know how that sounds, the wrenching cracking sound of the ground tearing apart. It reminded her of her broken heart. Since the bear left, she had not been hungry, or hot, or cold or even very sad – she had just felt numb, as though her whole body was encased in a layer of ice. Her father could not understand it – neither could her brothers. The only person who understood exactly her feelings was the bear, because his emotions mimicked hers. They were both missing each other, loving each other in silence and secret, and it was slowly killing both of them."
"That's sad."
"Love is sad, sometimes. Hopefully not for you. But it was for the girl. Anyway, she met him twice more. The first time, she was fishing in a nearby stream. As soon as her net was set up, she settled on her heels and watched the banks of snow for the bear, as was her custom. She always did this – it was nothing special. But this time, she saw him. He was loping towards her across the snow. He was thinner – the winter had been difficult for him, and so had the spring. It had driven him closer to civilisation than usual... driven him towards her."
"What did they do?"
"Without a word, the girl rose from her sitting position and stood before him, the wind stirring her long black hair. Neither of them moved for a long time. It was not very romantic; it was awkward, because each of them loved the other, and neither of them knew what to do. Eventually the girl climbed on his back, and they walked."
Katara's fingers came out of the water. Again there was the groan, and the frantic attempt to warm her fingers.
This was madness. Why was she punishing herself, when the only reward was a story she could easily tell herself, safe in her tent with her brother by her side?
No. This kind of memory only came when she was alone in the snow. Her mother was right; it was unbelievably lonely.
Katara understood now the woman felt, now, loving something that was impossible to love.
The barrier between the girl and the bear was as insurmountable as death, but still they walked together.
Katara stared at the water, foaming and hissing as it rushed through the ground. It had the power to bring the next part of the story – and her memories of her mother – to life. All she needed to do was put her hands in.
It meant pain, but it meant memory.
Again, she braced herself.
"For how long they walked, neither of them could tell. They saw the sun rise and set at least twice, and the weather changed from fat drops of snow that fell heavily on their shoulders, to the kind of crisp day when the sky glows blue. Their pace was leisurely; they did not rush. They did not communicate much but were content to be lost together in the snow. Each of them was focused on the other's heartbeat, the warm rushing of their blood... the kinds of things memory cannot conjure.
"They could have walked forever. But eventually the girl began to starve. Bear, she told her companion, I must return. I will die otherwise. And my family will be missing me. She felt a pang of regret, then, because while she was walking with the bear she had forgotten her father and brothers. Their faces had become lost in the snow.
"When she returned, her family hugged her and cried, and asked where she went and why. She could not reply, and remained silent throughout their interrogation. We missed you, said her youngest brother fiercely. Why won't you tell us where you went? She did not reply, because she could not reply. She felt deeply guilty for leaving them, and guilty for her desire to see the bear again."
Katara said, "You said she only saw him twice."
"Yes, and that was the first time. The second time was – again – a year later. She was eating grilled fish with her family around their campfire, and happened to glance into the surrounding darkness. The bear stood there, barely distinguishable from the snow in the dim light. Without a word, she told her brothers and father that she was feeling ill, and that she had to return to the tent. She needed to lie down, she said. Really, though, her heart was dancing inside her chest. This time she was determined not to return. She knew that one of her lives must fade – and she chose the bear.
"She did not know that this was not her decision to make – that it would be taken out of her hands in the space of a few minutes."
The hands emerged again, aching and trembling, from the water. Katara stuffed the fists into her mouth this time – her parka was not warm enough. The tips of her fingers and her nail beds were turning a painful blue.
Even so, with a mouthful of fingers, she smiled. The story was almost complete now. She could feel the presence of her mother beside her, almost alive again.
In the air around her was the crazy, unspoken idea that if she endured the pain – if she reached the end of the tale – her mother would wake from the dead.
In went the fingers. Out came the pain, and the story.
"The woman packed a few meagre supplies with shaking hands. She was in a hurry. If one of her brothers came in now and spotted her, the bear would die and it would be her fault. They were leaving together! She tried to bite down her excitement, but could not help grinning despite the guilt of abandoning her family. From now on, she would walk with the bear in the snow. They would be together forever. It seems trite to say that, but that was her dream.
"But when she sneaked from the back of the tent into the snow beyond, her youngest brother – the fierce one – saw the shaking of the tent poles and grew suspicious. Without a word to the rest of the family or the villagers, he retrieved his spear from the ground beside him and followed her silently.
"You can imagine what he saw. You can imagine how shocked he was."
More pain, flowering in her fingertips. But she was so close, now – so close to the conclusion. Beside her, her mother grew stronger by the second.
Katara's hands plunged for the final time.
"The woman had been standing with her hand pressed against the bear's temple just above its eyes, but when she heard his boots crunch in the powdery snow she spun around. For a second none of them moved; the woman, the bear and the warrior. The woman's brother and her love eyed each other with hatred and wariness, each one preparing for an inevitable battle. They sized each other up. The bear decided that he could crush the brother's skull with little trouble, so long as he avoided the tip of the spear. The brother decided that his best bet was to get beneath the bear, stab it through the stomach, and then dodge out of the path of its falling body.
"The only thing holding them back was the woman, stood between them. She looked back and forth between the two.
"The bear pleaded with her with its eyes. The two black jewels glowed at her from the darkness, telling her of all the days they could spend, walking in the snow and admiring each other's heartbeats. The brother pleaded with her with his voice. He beseeched her, he bribed her, he threatened and begged; he told her legends of the bloodthirsty bears that had decimated her village several generations back, and he told her she was a human and her place was in the village, with her people. The woman did not move. She could not. She was frozen in place, as firmly lodged into the ground as the centre pole of a tent.
"Eventually, the brother and the bear grew tired of waiting. Each one was excited and ready to fight for the woman's place in their world. They moved to the side, the woman still rooted in place. Then they charged. The result was a battle of the kind of magnitude only usually seen in epic tales of heroes. The boy and the bear fought as valiantly and mercilessly as any heroes. The bear bellowed, the boy screamed, and paws and boots scuffed across the snow. The girl had become unfrozen and stood to the side, helpless to break apart the clashing of the beasts."
Pain, pain, pain. But the memories were so clear – especially her mother's voice. She could hear the low vibrations of the words, and feel the stirring of her mother's hot breath in her ear.
"Who won?"
"The boy won, despite the bear's superior strength and size. He was more cunning. He let the bear think he was injured by limping, and when the bear reared up to deliver the fatal blow, he slipped his spear between its ribs and stabbed its heart. He was a very clever boy – but this story is not about him. It is about the woman and the bear."
Katara felt unwelcome tears intrude beneath her eyelids. She swiped them away by rubbing her face on her mother's sleeve. "So the bear died, then, did he?"
"Yes. The woman was devastated. She knelt beside the corpse and screamed at her brother: Why did you do that? Why did you take him away from me?
"The boy replied, Because he was going to take you away. Your place is not out there, he gestured at the desolate lands that encircled them. Your place is with the family, back home. Then he pointed at the fire, glowing orange in the distance, and the tents that surrounded it in a cosy circle. I would not let you lose yourself in the snow.
"The girl hated him for it, of course. She kept a starving vigil beside the hulking body of the bear, eating snow to keep herself alive but otherwise staring numbly into the distance. She waited until three snowfalls had completely obscured the bear's body. Then she trudged back home."
There was a silence. Katara stared at the bonfire, unseeing. What she could really see was the woman, treading a solitary path back towards her village, her footprints deep, her sorrow even deeper.
In real-time, Katara was crying. She was crying because the woman's loss was nothing – nothing – compared to the loss she had sustained when her mother died. She was crying because her little-girl self had not known about the grief she would soon endure.
"Is that the end?" said the young Katara.
Oh. Pain. Katara had thought her fingers were completely numb, but now there was more, flowing up her forearms, rippling through her body.
"Yes, apart from one thing."
The stream rattled and babbled against her wrists, and she bit her lip so hard it bled.
"The girl saw the bear again."
"But you said only twice!"
"She saw the bear in his living form only twice. But one day, while fishing, she found a way to remember him."
Just a few more seconds, Katara promised her arms and hands. In a few seconds, she would be able to warm them up properly.
"How? How?"
"She dipped her hands to the wrists in a stream of freezing water."
Ten seconds more.
"The sharp pain that accompanied it reminded her of her grief, and it pierced a hole in the dam in her mind. Suddenly, memories of the bear and their walks together filled her mind. As she closed her eyes and endured the pain – it was terrible pain, Katara, never do this – she felt the hulking form of the bear form in the air beside her. It was just a slight thickening in the snowflakes, or perhaps a particular way the sunlight bounced off the ice, but for a second she saw the bear as clearly as she had ever done."
Five seconds.
"Did they go off together?"
"Perhaps they did. Perhaps they didn't. All we know is that, on that day, the girl disappeared into the tundra. She might have died from the cold, or the shock – or she may have finally run away with her white bear. Either way, her story ends here. It's time for bed."
Katara's mother wrapped her arms around her daughter and slid to her feet, clasping her to her chest. "Come on. Let's get you warm and dry, my love."
With a shout of surprise and victory, Katara clamped her hands against her chest. She fell backwards into the snow, her face scrunched up, and nursed her fingers by rubbing them between the folds of her parka. She hardly dared look at them. When she opened one eye for a glimpse, the tips of her fingers were a frightening, bruised shade of blue.
Eventually, Katara lay still.
She did not open her eyes. Beside her – kind and comforting despite the cold – was the presence of her mother. She could feel it. She believed in it, wholeheartedly.
Okay, Katara. Moment of truth. If you open your eyes and she's there...
She won't be there.
But what if she is? What if you've really done it?
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RightsNow Pakistan (RNP) & Human Rights Alliance (HRA) call upon the Pakistani Government to ensure security of refugees, extension of validity of the PoR (Proof of residency) cards for Afghan refugees currently residing in Pakistan. Pakistan is host to one of the world's largest and most protracted refugee situations with approximately 1.5 million registered and about a similar numbers or more unregistered Afghan refugees, most of whom fled the Soviet invasion in 1979. We believe that in all these years that number has increased because many Afghans have been born, schooled, raised and married whilst residing in Pakistan.
After skirmishes between Pakistan Afghan forces and escalation of tension on Torkhum border and ultimately killing of soldiers and injuries on both sides curfew was imposed and border was closed. This tension, violence and killings have negative impact on the security of Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Increasing violence on border, allegation on Afghan refugees involved in terrorism and crimes and shrinking socioeconomic opportunities for host community is causing decrease in the tolerance level of host community. Statements of Federal Minister SAFRON & Advisor to Prime Minister on foreign affairs has confirmed it and on the other side voluntarily return of Afghan refugees to home seems very slow. 2015.
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Civil society actors shared following concerns:
– Afghan refugees are doing cheap and low paid jobs in Karachi and rest of the country and job and employment opportunities for refugees are being shrunk creating hatred for refugees in locals.
– Under age Afghan children were seen working in factories in site areas in hazardous environment and they are also being sexually abused. Afghan children are being trafficked in Pakistan under an scheme and plan.
– Weapons and drugs are coming into Karachi/Sindh/Pakistan through refugees from Afghanistan and Afghanis are involved in crimes and terrorisms.
– Afghan leader are taking refugees in Pakistan but whenever they find opportunities, they use bad words for Pakistan, commit terrorism in the country. Former Afghan President Karazai was living in Quetta Pakistan for 20 years, Mullah Mansoor along with his two wives was living in Karachi and using Pakistan as shelter.
– During Cricket match there was clash between Pakistani and Afghan youth few days ago and they were using force and violence against each other.
– Afghan women are alluring Pakistan men and getting marriages with them for settlement in Pakistan and there is malafide in it.
– If Afghans in the name of refuge were not prevented will convert Pakistanis into minority.
– UNHCR, UN and international community is not acknowledging role of Pakistan and sacrifices of Pakistani where Afghan refugees have lived in Pakistan like home.
Ration of returnees of Afghan refugees to homes seem decreasing which has further increased the concerns of host community who are also facing shortage f drinking water & other facilities. 6000 Afghans returned to Afghanistan in 2016, compared with 58,211 voluntary repatriation last year.
On 12 January 201, the Pakistan Government announced the extension of stay for registered Afghan refugees' PROOF OF REGISTRATION (PoR) cards until 30 June 2016. We welcome that news and it was also applauded by Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) and international community.
Currently practice of short extension by Pakistan Government is creating a strong sense of insecurity and uncertainty among refugees and they are facing a multitude of insecurities including risk of police abuses, exploitation and discrimination.
· RightsNow Pakistan & Human Rights Alliance recommend the Gover of Pakistan to extend the legal residency status of Afghan refugees at least until 31st December 2017 and meanwhile Pakistan Afghanistan Iran and UNHCR and work out a resettlement strategy or other long term solution.
· Take immediate action to ensure that police and other law enforcement agencies cease any abusive and extortive practices towards Afghan refugees.
· Prosecute any person, law enforcement or otherwise, that is found to exploit or abuse refugees, regardless of whether they hold a PoR card or not.
· Take extra measure to ensure women, children, citizens of different orientation and other vulnerable groups in the refugee community.
· Ratify the 1951 Convention relating to the status of Refugees and/or its 1967 protocol and enact national law reflect protection of refugees enshrined in international law.
· We urge UNHCR, international community to fully support & fund efforts of Pakistan Government to provide protection to Afghan refugees.
· We urge UN/international community/ Pakistan Government to verify the facts of involvement of refugees in crime/terrorism activities/support a research so the real situation can be found.
· We urge media & civil society to help Pakistan Government & international community in ensuring protection or refugees while their stay in Pakistan and their safe and voluntary return to their homeland.
· NARDA ensures its employee must not issue fake NICs to aliens and if anyone caught with fake NIC card must be penalized severely.
· Afghan Children and children from other countries are being trafficked to Pakistan and being forced to work in factories in hazardous environment so Pakistani agencies (FIA, Rangers) UN take it notice.
· These under age children including Afghan children seen as refugees are also sexually abused in Karachi.
· Afghanis working in the name of Pukhtoons on different job on low wages and salaries need to be registered and should not be allowed without any registration as low paid employees.
· Pakistan-Iran- Afghanistan Government must find durable solution of Afghan refugees and UN and international community should support Iran Pakistan and Afghanistan.
· A thorough investigation must be undertaken to see the involvement of refugees in crime and terrorism.
· Census must be held to know the ratio of increase in population and population's composition will identified and legal status of individuals living in Karachi and Pakistan will be known.
· No one in Karachi or Pakistan should rent out house to anyone without government permission.
· Strong vigilance and security be deployed on Pakistan-Afghanistan border and gate construction must be completed without any delay.
RightsNow Pakistan & Human Rights Alliance appreciate the efforts of Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) for protection of refugees in Asia-Pacific region & Pakistan.
We extend or full support to efforts of Pakistan Government and UNHCR in protection of refugees and finding durable solution for them.
Worthy Participants: Nusrat Wahid, social activist and Political leader, Talat Naureen, Youth Development and policy reforms, Qurat Mirza, human rights activist, Shajil Aslam human rights defender, Eric, human rights defender, Riaz Javed Civil Society, Honey Sharaz Samual rights defender, Anwer Kamal a& Masood Velasi from National Empowerment Society, Abdul Fahim Moach Youth leader, Ms Safina Gill, eminent rights defender from Peace & Development organization, Zeeshan Sarshar Anchal Social Welfare, Imran Laghari Human Rights Alliance, Ali Palh advocate RightsNow Pakistan, Qirat Fatima RightsNow & youth leader, Kiran and Ayaz khan from Ufaq Newspaper and others.
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6 Ways Yoga Teaches Us How to Transition with Awareness & Grace
We transition dozens if not hundreds of times a day, from home to work, from work to working out and from waking to sleeping. Most transitions go unnoticed, but it is the ones we intentionally create and the ones thrust upon us that are often the most difficult to navigate.
I have been thinking a lot about transitions in my yoga practice recently. One of my teachers says you are more likely to get injured mindlessly transitioning between postures than in a posture itself. I have had to let go of what I think transitions should look like especially when releasing from splits or hanumanasana. It can be messy for me. As I transition from splits into a lunge my lead foot inevitably scrunches up my mat. I need to fully release the posture and adjust before I can return to my flow. It's not pretty. It's a process, but as one of my beautiful yoga teachers reminded me the prize is in the process.
Here are 6 ways to transition with awareness and grace on your mat and in your life.
1. Get clear. Be Still. You won't always know where you are going. That's okay. Too often we forge ahead aimlessly, then wonder why we are letting the wind carry us every which way. So be still. Meditate. Journal. Sit quietly even if it is just for one minute each day. Over time you will create space in your mind and space in your body. Your intuitive direction will become clear.
2. Notice the spaces in between. Treat the time in between postures or destinations with the same awareness and regard as you would each yoga pose or life role. Notice the spaces in between your thoughts. Notice the spaces in between your inhales and exhales. If you reflect on past transitions you will likely remember the journey filled with pauses with as much gratitude as the goal. One is not possible without the other.
3. Let go of struggle. One of my favorite cues in yoga both as a student and teacher is let go of struggle. If you feel resistance during a transition ask yourself if it is fear based or intuitive. Where are you wasting unnecessary energy? Let go of fear based reasoning and release anything you know in your heart does not serve you in the moment. Intuition will sound when you are headed somewhere your body is not ready to be. Returning to step 1 will help here.
4. Practice loving kindness. Ahimsa in yoga means non-violence. Remember to practice this with yourself. Notice your idle mind chatter. Catch yourself in any self-sabotaging dialogue. Speak to yourself with as much love and compassion as you would a dear friend.
5. Lose where you think you need to be. Find where you are. Body wisdom develops on your yoga mat when you listen inwardly. Life wisdom develops when you do the same. It is one thing to look to others for inspiration but let go of judgement and comparison. Truly honor your personal path.
6. The prize is in the process. Yoga classes don't usually start in corpse pose or savasana. Your life doesn't start at the end. The prize truly is in the process. Remind yourself this with as many playful examples as you can. Over time your faith in transitions will grow and your discomfort in them will hopefully wane.
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Well, warmth is finally here and this mid section mound in between my boobs and thighs (no doublt filled with post-yummy desserts & snacks) just won't deflate. I've been trying with a great deal of sensible effort to lose this extra belly fat before it was picture taking time. I confess....I've been a bit agitated about having to bare arms (and legs, and full body parts). I committed to the resurgence of early mornning power walks and advanced workout classes to jump start these fat cells into shape. Frustratingly (is that even a word?), nothing I've tried has worked. Until 2 days ago.....
I must be living in a cocoon, because I'd never heard of the red wine vinegar boost for weight loss. I'm never a fan of these "lose 100 pounds in one day" type gimmicks. But, I thought I'd give it a try.
So, I'm pleased to report to the world and to others struggling with the same challenges, I've lost 2 pounds in 2 days. The belly fat has been significantly reduced and my appetite has taken a dive. I'm still eating healthy though...oatmeal, fruits, veggies and protein throughout the day - just not as much. All is takes (first thing in the morning) is: 2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar, 1 teaspoon of honey and a little warm water to mix.
My research tells me that red wine vinegar is actually healthy for you, especially if you have diabetic symptoms. It's been known to lower blood pressure, cholesterol levels and even the great Dr. Oz recommends it. It's natural, not harmful and works. I'm hooked.
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Something that continues to frustrate me when using mobile apps is the disconnect between discovery and consumption.
First let me explain my process. I'm not sure if this is similar to how others work when browsing content streams, but as I scroll through a feed I'm looking for useful articles, lessons, videos, etc.. that I will want to revisit later. Typically out of all the things I come across maybe 5% are something I want to go deeper on. Essentially I'm turning the stream into a queue.
Note, this is all when I'm actively looking for stuff. On the flipside there is content which arrives via channels such as Chrome, Hangouts, Spotify and PocketCasts. Again, I want to be picky about only paying attention to what's important and get the rest out of the way as quickly as possible.
What I almost always end up doing is emailing myself links using Android's built-in sharing feature. This creates a couple of issues.
1. It's time consuming to click share, start typing my own email address, click the address, click send. Every time I do this my thoughts are "man this feels like a broken process".
2. My inbox is sacred ground with a processing and priority system of it's own. Dumping more things into that queue creates for a sub-optimal workflow there as well.
It feels like there must be a better way to queue content. I'm not really looking for full blown "read it later" products like Instapaper or Pocket. Every time I've tried to use those it's turned into a dumping ground for long form articles that I never return to. What I'm picturing is something more like a lightweight async task queue for my brain.
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My lesson this year involved using government websites to manage tax payments: Income tax payments and, more aggravating for me, payments of estimated taxes.
Paying estimated taxes is a hassle, especially when you pay them by check . You have to remember to put them on your calendar for four payments a year. Then you have to actually look at your calendar at weird times. It's easy to overlook the mid-year payments because vacations occur in June and, in September, the kids go back to school and you are depressed about the end of summer. To top it off, the final payment is due in January, after the holidays leave you dazed and broke! Who thinks about income taxes at such times of the year?
This year I used TurboTax to prepare my returns. At the end of the procedure, I caught myself staring morosely at the pile of paper forms TurboTax had generated for paying estimated taxes. How long I had been immobilized? When I finally woke up, well, you know what people do when they recognize they face something that desperately needs to be done. We'll feel better if we surf the net for a few minutes!
Intuit had already emailed me to say that my returns had been electronically filed with the Illinois Department of Revenue. The filing process was easy and made me wonder whether estimated taxes could be electronically filed equally easily. I went to the Department's home and thence to the start of the Estimated Tax Payment Process.
Now I have to apologize. I am going to sound like I am pimping for a tax collector: It took just a few painless minutes to schedule the first electronic 2008 Estimated Tax payment so that it would occur automatically on time and keep my money in its interest-earning checking account as long as possible. Even far better, the remaining three payments were scheduled so they would happen automatically! No fuss, no muss, no more penalties for forgetting the payments when they were due and no more dealing with complex forms that by which you try to escape the penalties!
That success led me to investigate federal resources to e-file or make electronic payments.
I found that there are two different websites for these tasks.
First, learn about regulations, forms and procedures at the regular IRS federal website with its faqs and e-filing pages. (Notice the logo on the federal site is similar to the e-file logo at TurboTax. Are all these tax programs charging you for payment services that state or federal government gives you for free?).
At the IRS site, I eventually found an old news release describing a program for electronic payment of estimated taxes. A link at the bottom of the news release takes you away from the IRS home to a second website, EFTPS Online.
At EFTPS Online, you pay taxes rather than just learn about them. I gathered links to post, but none of them worked when I entered them in the blog. Pages from the website time out pretty quickly, probably for security reasons, so you have to enter the site from the IRS website or from its home portal: https://www.eftps.gov/eftps/home.do. Individuals can pay virtually all their federal taxes from this site. The only problem is that you have to register in advance for EFT payment of estimated taxes and it might take 10-15 days for your account to open.
So here's two frugal tax things you might want to think about for next year:
First, at the federal tax site, you can schedule automatic payments of your federal estimated taxes. You can also pay income taxes. There are no charges for these services.
Second, some (maybe all?) states provide the same free services.
It's well worth investigating these and other services your state and federal websites might provide to help you with your particular tax problems.
Just do so well before you need them! You don't want to be farting around with new websites and new procedures when it's April 14 and you're over the top with stress.


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And here, by "Pagan" I mean not just those who espouse the Wiccan Rede, or who endeavor to "reconstruct" the Heathen ways of pre-Christian Europe. I mean all those hundreds of millions of human beings in Africa, the Americas and throughout Asia who keep the old ways alive and who worship the Gods, Spirits, Ancestors, etc, who have been venerated since the dawn of humanity itself.
Anyhoo. Koenraad Elst has fought in these trenches as long as anyone currently drawing breath. So, if you are up for a little scholarly inside baseball, you really should read his most recent blog entry: A debate with an eminent historian.
Here are three excerpts to whet the intellectual appetite:
[I]t is not true that Aurangzeb [sixth Moghul Emperor, reigning from 1658 to 1707] was a cruel character, he was not more so than his less notorious predecessors. If he was cruel and fanatic, it was because he started taking the core doctrine of Islam to his heart. He was a pious person, more than is good for a ruler, so he became increasingly averse to the religious compromise on which his great-grandfather Akbar had built the Moghul empire. So at some point in his advancing years, not his personal predilection but his growing commitment to Islam took over. That is when he ordered all Pagan temples destroyed: when the Moghul empire became truly Islamic at last.
For lack of facts, Prof. Mukhia likes to throw names around instead. But a real historian remains unimpressed by this show of name-dropping. The fact that Prof. Mukhia has many like-minded colleagues in academe while his opponents have to remain on the outside is not the result of better competence among his friends, but of a deliberate policy in university nominations. Any young historian who lets on too early that he has pro-Hindu convictions, will see his entry into academe barred. Word will spread around that this man is "dangerous to India's secular fabric" and he will be excluded. There have been some old historians who entered the profession before their cards were on the table and who only became forthright critics of Islam at the end of their careers, the likes of Prof. Harsh Narain and Prof. K.S. Lal, both since long deceased. Today among university historians, the school that sets the record on Islam straight is simply non-existent.
In several respects, Eaton's count is incomplete [referring to RM Eaton's claim that only 80 Hindu temples were ever destroyed by Muslims]. Muslims destroyed Hindu temples before 1200 and after 1760 too, witness the near-absence of the once-numerous Hindu temples in Pakistan, witness the regular occurrence of temple destruction in Bangla Desh. It is also seriously false that for this period, Eaton's count is complete. How could it be? Off-hand, Venkat could name a few cases from his own Tamil village, which was only briefly touched by the Islamic invasions but nonetheless already lost several temples, and they don't figure in Eaton's list. Archeologists regularly find remains of destroyed temples, often underneath mosques, which do not and cannot figure in Eaton's list. Finally, one item on Eaton's list doesn't mean one temple destroyed. The thousand temples destroyed in Varanasi during Mohammed Ghori's advances ca. 1194 form only one item on his list. What Mukhia calls "eighty" is in fact thousands of temple demolitions. So in spite of his Islam-friendly intentions, Eaton has only proven what Hindus have been saying all along: Islam has destroyed thousands of temples.


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After the camp head coach Elize Kotze will select the squad to travel to Jamaica for the three-Test series.
The Jamaica series is one of a number of international engagements for the Proteas this year, leading up to the next major international tournament at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014.
Jamaica are currently ranked fourth, and should provide stiff opposition for the fifth-ranked South African team.
Kotze said her charges had their work cut out for them against the tall and physical Jamaicans.
"They have a height advantage in the goal circle at both ends, with exceptionally tall goalshooters and defenders. It is easier to counter taller defence, with speed and accuracy, but it is very hard to out-jump a very tall goalshooter."
Kotze said it would be crucial for her players to dominate centre court as they could not only rely on turn-over ball.
"But I have great faith in players like Amanda Mynhardt and Vanes-Mari du Toit, who are both very experienced, to deal with the Jamaican attack," she said.
Mynhardt is currently playing in New Zealand, but Kotze said she was returning to South Africa until after the national championships in August.
"She is gaining great experience in New Zealand, playing at the top level, week in and week out, but I would not like to be without her either as a captain or as a player," the coach said.
Kotze said it was important to develop a core of experienced players ahead of the tour.
"Developing a winning side is not a short-term exercise, it takes time. I'm very happy that the only regular member of the team who will not be available is Claudia Basson, who has work commitments … We will miss her experience and her ability as a goalshooter, but this will open up opportunities for younger players to test themselves against very tough opposition."
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Rio Salado College's Incarcerated Re-entry (IRE) program offers distance learning classes for incarcerated students. Classes are offered in print based correspondence formats.
Classes must be approved through the correctional education program at the student's facility. IRE complies with Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC), Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) and private prison policies regarding inmate student education.
Rio Salado College is committed to addressing the specific needs of incarcerated students. IRE staff coordinate the enrollment process including registration, academic advising, transcript evaluation and diploma requests and other student concerns. The purpose of the Distance Learning program is to help students earn a certificate or degree prior to release. A certificate or degree from Rio Salado College, an accredited college, can help student employability upon release.
Please view the PDF Correspondence Course Guilde to learn more about how incarcerated students can earn certificates and associate degrees at Rio Salado College.
The certificates offered in our program are listed below and will lead to an Associate of Applied Science Degree:
Note: Time frame based on 1 class a semester with 3 semesters a year, equals 3 classes a year and does not take into account placement scores into lower English course.
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May take 8 years to complete the Associate Degree
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Rio Salado College has partnered with several colleges and universities across the nation to offer you many ways to transfer credits and complete your bachelor's degree.
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Judith Olivia Dench popularly known as Judi Dench is a renowned stage, TV and film actress of United Kingdom. She was born on 9th December, 1934 in Yorkshire, England and started her career in 1959. She is a recipient of Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award.
Early Career
Popular Hollywood actress Judi Dench started her acting career in 1959, appearing in 6 episodes of a TV series titled Hilda Lessways. In 1964, she appeared in her first significant movie role in The Third Secret and played the award winning role of wife in Four in the Morning in 1965. In 1965, Judi appeared in two more movies titled A Study in Terror and He Who Rides a Tiger, which brought her into the limelight.
In 1968, Judi Dench landed a role in a commercially hit movie titled A Mid Summer Night's Dream. After appearing in different roles in various movies, she landed a role in A Room with a View, which brought her critical acclaim. The major breakthrough in her career came in 1997, when she played the role of Queen Victoria in the movie titled Her Majesty, Mr. Brown. She won several awards for her brilliant performance, which helped her establish her name as one of the best leading female actors of the time.
Career Highlights
The career of Judi Dench is marked with several successful roles for which she has earned so many nominations and awards. He tally of awards include eleven BAFTA awards in various categories for her work on stage, TV and movies, Two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and one Academy Award.
10 Best Hollywood Films of Judi Dench
- Four in the Morning
- Hamlet
- GoldenEye
- Mrs. Brown
- Tomorrow Never Dies
- Die Another Day
- Pride & Prejudice
- The World Is Not Enough
- Casino Royale
- Quantum of Solace


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- Course on LASER DENTISTRY
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- Course on LASER BIOMODULATION
November 6th, 2015
- PLENARY SESSION (A. Baruchin, I. Ilev, B. Rau)
- LASER FOR WOMAN'S HEALTH (S. Krishna, M. Stark, A. Vaitkuviene)
- TALK POSTER SESSION (A. Ignaciuk, R. Pirvulescu,. M. Postiglione, P. Smalley)
- LASER/LIGHT IN DERMATOLOGY, PLASTIC SURGERY, AESTHETIC MEDICINE ( Cheng-Jen Chang, R. Lubart,K.Khatri, T. Lotti , R. Lubart, A. Nemeth, V. Tsepkolenko)
- BASIC SCIENCE, LASER PHYSICS and SAFETY (A. Jelinkova, A.Lauto, J. Vaitkus)
- LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY IN VETERINARY PRACTICE (R. E. Hirschberg, R. Godine, K. Kovacs)
19:15 - Open Ceremony with Welcome Cocktail and Concert
November 7th, 2015
- LASER DENTISTRY ( C. Fornaini, JP Rocca, A. Pinheiro)
- LASER E.N.T. (G. Bastianelli, T. Dostalova, E. Merigo)
- LASER BIOMODULATION – CLINICAL PRACTICE (J. Anders, F. Al-Watban, GD Baxter, L. Navratil, P.F. Parra, S.Tumilty)
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The President of Italian Republic
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Florence Medical Association
UNESCO – UNITED NATIONS 2015 , International Year of Light
I.S.L.S.M. – The International Society of Laser Surgery and Medicine
W.F.L.S.M.S. – The World Federation of Laser Surgery and Medicine Societies
I.P.T.A. – The International Photo Therapy Association
I.L.M. – Institute Laser Medicine Florence
N.E.S.A. – New European Surgery Association
S.I.M.E. – The Italian Society Of Aesthetic Medicine
LIONS – Club Firenza Stibbert
R. E. Hirschberg1, R. Godine2, K. Kovacs3
1 Brockton Animal Hospital, USA ; 2 Ruckersville Animal Hospital, USA; 3 Laser Vet Clinic, Budapest, Hu
This six hour tract is intended for the practitioner who is new to LLLT (low level laser therapy) as well as practitioners who are currently using the technology.
Day 1
Will cover the science of PBM (photobiomodulation) and the various clinical applications including, but not limited to, osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease, CNS disease, retarded wound healing and recently CRD (chronic kidney disease). The strategy of offering this service to your clients will also be discussed.
Day 2
Will educate on PDT (photodynamic therapy) and the various applications such as treatment of squamous cell carcinoma, resistant bacterial infections and other diseases. Multiple case studies will be presented on both days of the conference with adequate time for questions and open discussion. This is the first time a veterinary conference of this scope has been offered at an international meeting outside the United States.
The role of International Conferences
Laboratory research is essential for the progress of the science. On the other hand, all the research must be addressed versus the improvement of man health. Principal role of good multidisciplinary conference is to accelerate the translation from the laboratory bench to the bed side. Data must be demonstrated, discussed and accepted, then translated in clinical practice, following guidelines of safety and efficacious.
The guidelines are important in each field of the science. Laser medicine and surgery requires continuously new definition and adjournment of them.
Our Congress would like to offer a window on this topic, putting together experts of different disciplines who only have in common the use of the same technology.
The International Academy of Laser Medicine and Surgery are looking to develop these guidelines and propose their use, especially in the sectors where the laser is widely used: Biomudulation, Surgery, Diagnosis, Photodynamic effects and more.
The year 2015 is declared by the UNESCO "Year of the Light" and IALMS World Congress Laser Florence will give his contribution for the development of this concept.
Scholarships are introduced in order to sponsor the participation of the most brilliant laser medicine expert under 40 y.o. from the five continents.
The leading international experts should compare their knowledge with the goal of establishing common rules and procedures for their respective specialties, from which sets of guidelines can evolve.
As always, one session will be dedicated to young researchers, in which the latest advances will be presented.
Another session is dedicated to discussion with patients already treated.
The IALMS ensure the high quality of the lectures and posters presented. The accepted abstracts will be published in the official journal of the IALMS, Laser in Medical Science, published by Springer Publisher, London. Selected papers from the Proceedings of the Conference will be published immediately after the event, both in hard copy and on line, in peer-reviewed journal Laser Therapy, and in "Advance in Laserology" book, printed by Medimond publ.
With the backing of the WFSLMS – the World Federation of Societies for Laser Medicine and Surgery, the IALMS continue the proposal of an International Master Course on Laser Medicine and Surgery, with a duration of 1 year. Laser Florence will represent an annual adjournment for the International Medical Laser Specialists. This year will be organized a brief Laser Safety International Course, one day before Congress, with the assignment of the ILLiS – The International Laser License System.
The Organizers of Laser Florence have one aim in particular: to establish an outstanding interaction between the delegates in a unique location and an unforgettable atmosphere where friendship, intelligence and scientific know-how are blended.
Several Awards are available for the presenters of the best papers and posters and the recipients will be invited to participate in the next conference of Laser Florence.
Finally, some Grants will be assigned by the IALMS and other Institutions.
Further news and abstracts submission form are available on-line, on the web.site www.laserflorence.eu.
Deadline for on-line abstract submission is July 30th, 2015.
Looking forward to meet you in Florence, warmest regards
Leonardo Longo
The I.A.L.M.S. President
The Meeting Registration fee includes the entrance, volume 2016 (four issues) of peer Journal Lasers in Medical Science, official journal of the IALMS; free Laser Florence 2015 Abstracts book printed in a special issue of the same journal, a meeting bag with pen & notes, Welcome Cocktail, coffee-break and a lunch for the days of the Conference/Course.
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Scholarships are introduced in order to sponsor the participation of the most brilliant laser medicine expert under 40 y.o. from the five continents.
Several Awards are available for the presenters of the best papers and posters and the recipients will be invited to participate in the next conference of Laser Florence.
Finally, some Grants will be assigned by the IALMS and other Institutions.
°P. Almeida, MD, PhD (Brazil) – Instituto de Ciências da Saúde Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador
°J.J. Anders, BiD, PhD (USA) – Prof of Anatomy, Physiology, Genetics, Neurosciences, USUHS Bethesda
° A. Baruchin, MD, PhD (ISR) – Plastic Surgery Dept, Ben-Gurion Univ. Beer-Sheba, Askelon
° G. Bastianelli, MD (I) – ENT, Firenze
° G.D. Baxter, TD, BSc, DPhil, MCSP (GB) – Dean, Otago Univ.(NZ), Sch.Health Sciences
° Cheng-Jen Chang, MD (TW) – Plastic Surgery Dept. – Univ. of Taipei
° T. Dostalova, MD (Czech Rep) – Charles Univ. 1st Medicine Faculty, Dept of Stomatology, Prague
° C. Fornaini, MD, DDS (I) – Odontostomatology Institute, Parma University
°R. Gianfaldoni, MD (I) – Pisa University, Dermatology Dept
°R. Godine, DVM (USA) – Ruckersville Animal Hospital, Virginia
°A. Ignaciuk, MD (PL) – President, Poland Society of Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery
° H. Jelinkova, MD, PhD ( Czech Rep) – Czech Technical Univ. -Nuclear Sciences Phys.Eng, Prague
° K. Khatri, MD (USA) – Skin & Laser Center, Boston
°K. Kovacs, DVM, PhD (HU) – Laser Vet Clinic, Budapest
°S. Krishna, MD (India) – Gastroenterplogy Dept, Chennai University
R. E. Hirschberg DVM (USA) – Brockton Animal Hospital , Massachussets
°I. Ilev, PhD (USA) – FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Bethesda
°A La Torre, MD (I) – Director, Angio-Ophthalmology Dept, Firenze University
°A. Lauto, PhD (AUS) – Physics Dept, Sidney University
°L Longo, MD (I) – President, International Academy Laser Medicine and Surgery, Firenze
°T. Lotti, MD, PhD Hon (I) – President, World Health Academy, Zurich-Rome-Firenze
° R. Lubart, BiD, PhD (ISR) – Biology Dept, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan
° L. Navratil, MD, PhD (Czech Rep) – Czech Tec.h. Univ. in Prague, Faculty of Biomed Eng., Dept of Medical and Humanities
°A. Nemeth, MD (USA) – Advanced Specialized Laser Center, Clearwater
°T. Ohshiro, MD, PhD (Japan) – Director, Japan Laboratory of Laser Medicine and Surgery, Tokyo
° A. Panti, MD (I) – President, Florence Medical Association, Firenze
° P.F. Parra, MD (Italy) – Physical Science, Pisa University
° A. Pinheiro, DDS, PhD (Brazil) – Dentistry Dept., Bahia University
° R. Pirvulescu, MD (Rom) – Institute of Ophtalmology, Bucharest University
° M. Postiglione, MD (I) – Former Director, W.H.O., Firenze
°B.K. Rau, MD, PhD (India) – Gastroenterology Dept, Chennai University
°J.P. Rocca, DDS, PhD (France) – Laboratory of Oral Health and Aging-University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice
° M. Santella, MD – Director, Ophtalmology Dept, Empoli Hospital
°P. Smalley, TN (USA) – Tecnology Concepts International, Chicago
°M. Stark , MD, PhD (ISR) – NESA President, Berlin University
° V. Tsepolenko ,MD (UKR) – President, Ukraine Society of Aesthetic Medicine, Odessa
°S. Tumilty, PhD, Centre for Health, Activity & Rehabilitation Research. University of Otago, New Zealand
°A. Vaitkuviene, MD, PhD (Lithuania) – Division of Biomedical Technology. Institute Applied Research.Vilnius University
°J. Vaitkus, PhD (Lithuania) – President, Lithuanian Physical Society, Vilnius University
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WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis University women's basketball team never led today as the Judges suffered an 81-56 defeat at the hands of the 12th-ranked University of Chicago Maroons. With the defeat, the Judges fall to 12-9 overall, 4-7 in the University Athletic Association. Chicago's win, their 18th in a row, improves the Maroons to 20-2, 11-0 in the UAA.
Brandeis was unable to overcome torrid first-half shooting from Chicago, who hit 20-32 (62.5%) from the field in the first 20 minutes, including 12-15 (75%) in the second quarter. The Maroons led 24-12 after one period and 54-26 after two and never looked back. The visitors led by as many as 36 points midway through the third quarter before the Judges won the fourth, 17-9, to make for the final 25-point margin of victory.
For Brandeis, rookie Katherine Puda (Whitinsville, Mass. / Worcester Acad.) led all scorers with 11 points off the bench. She hit 2-of-6 from the field, 2-of-3 from downtown and 5-of-6 from the Iine. This was her fourth double-digit scoring performance of the season. Sophomore Hannah Nicholson (Sunderland, Vt./Burr and Burton Academy) had 10 points and tied for game-high honors with eight rebounds, while sophomore Katie Goncalo (Fall River, Mass./Tabor Academy) also had 10 points. Rookie Camila Casanueva (Santa Barbara, Calif./Dos Pueblos) had nine points and a game-high five assists, while senior Eva Hart (Manasquan, N.J./Manasquan) tied a career-high with six steals.
Chicago showed a balanced attack, with six different players scoring nine or more points. Mia Farrell led the visitors with 15 points, hitting 4-of-10 overall, 3-of-6 from downtown and 4-of-6 from the line. Olariche Obi had 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds, while four other UC players tallied nine points. Three players had three assists to lead the visitors.
UC cooled off in the second half and ended up shooting 48.4% for the game (30-62), while Brandeis finished at 31.5% (17-54). The Maroons outrebounded Brandeis, 39-36, though the turnover battled was even at 20-20. Chicago outscored Brandeis 19-12 in points off those turnovers.
Brandeis hits the road for their next two contests, playing at the University of Rochester next Friday evening at 6 p.m.
With their win, Chicago clinches at least a share of the UAA title, which they can win outright with a victory next weekend against Carnegie Mellon. In addition, the Maroons hold all the tiebreakers over Rochester, the team trailing them in the standings, giving them the UAA's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the first awarded this season.


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The Egg Cycle Method
According to Natural Gender Specialist Michal Naim, the Egg Cycle Method -- ECM -- is a natural method that can be implemented to pre-determine the gender of a child. "It does not rely on diet or positions during intercourse," she explains. "Rather, ECM focuses on the woman's body cycle and the time period in a woman's cycle that her egg receives and fertilizes an X or Y sperm."
Naim continues, "ECM relies on the fact that the woman determines the gender of the baby and not the man. The membrane surrounding a human egg emits ions, giving off an electrical charge. This charge attracts either the X or Y sperm during a woman's menstrual cycle. This attraction changes from cycle to cycle. It is important for a woman looking to have a specific gender to conceive during the cycle in which her ovum will attract the appropriate chromosome."
Naim lists some scientific studies on her website, which invites women to consult with her about ECM. However, not everyone is a good candidate for this method of gender selection. "Not all women qualify for ECM based on the data provided, including menstrual cycle irregularity -- 1 out of 4 women does not qualify for ECM," she says. And if you do qualify? Naim doesn't guarantee ECM will work, but she offers a money-back guarantee if clients don't give birth to the boy or girl they hoped for.
Learn why Americans prefer to leave a child's sex to chance >>
Gender selection with pre-implantation genetic diagnosis
Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), a procedure that tests embryos for genetic diseases, can also determine gender. "After an embryo has divided into 8-16 cells, one is removed, and a diagnostic technique called flourescent in-situ hybridization -- FISH -- is used to diagnose gender as well as specific abnormalities such as Down syndrome," explains Adam Wolfberg, M.D., from the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Tufts University. The embryo is then implanted through in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
Learn more about how PGD can prevent genetic disease before pregnancy >>
"The technique is reliable to identify gender, but it is rarely used for this purpose," says Wolfberg. "The exception is when only offspring of one gender could be affected by a genetic disease. So while it is reliable for identifying gender, it isn't used for this purpose except in rare circumstances. PGD is an expensive and complex diagnostic process appropriate when used to diagnose rare conditions -- not for gender selection."
While there are personal and ethical questions involved with gender selection, some doctors are perfectly willing to help parents who want to know in advance.
"We see nothing wrong with offering parents the opportunity to choose the gender of their children," says Maher Abdallah, M.D., of American Reproductive Centers. "It is a very personal choice, and one that we are perfectly willing to honor if a family desires it."


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The Heart Truth 2011
It's Fashion Week in Toronto. And The Heart Truth Fashion Show is always one of the highlights. The Heart Truth campaign encourages women to identify risks and warning signs for heart disease and stroke, providing women with the tools they need to take charge of their heart health. This is especially relevant for women 40 – 60 years old. Full Story


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Car and Care Program
Meet a colleague who lives near you and share a car ride. Or find a few people who are taking the same route after work and share a taxi.
A comfort zone for book lovers where they can discuss their favorite books and come up with new pieces to read.
Imagine yourself sitting in small groups of five or six people, earnestly and eagerly holding a discussion about the book you have just finished. Imagine the topics being learner-generated and the discussion natural, without formal comprehension questions or post-reading exercises. In our book club, this is not just a glorious pipe dream; it's reality.


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The title of this article comes from one of my favorite songs written and sung by Answers in Genesis dinosaur sculptor Buddy Davis. I want to bring to your attention today the hands referenced in the song's title. On this Christmas Day, I wanted visitors to this website to ponder the following:
Jesus Christ created the universe and all life (Colossians 1: All things were created by and for Jesus Christ). He created the first man, Adam.
God's Word in Isaiah 64:8 likens God to a potter and humans to the clay that the potter worked on: "But now, O LORD, You [are] our Father; We [are] the clay, and You our potter; And all we [are] the work of Your hand."
As He formed Adam's hands, He knew that one day He Himself would take on human flesh with hands like these—and that these hands would be pierced when He was nailed on a cross for our sins. As we read in Revelation 13:8, "All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."
Because of sin (when Adam rebelled against God's Word and took the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden), Adam and all his descendants were separated from God—and would, because of sin, be separated from God in eternal judgment.
The "clay pot" God made was now marred—it was cracked and broken because of sin.
However, our brokenness is not the end. "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).
It was prophesied in Isaiah 53:5: "But He [was] wounded for our transgressions, [He was] bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace [was] upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed."
And in Psalm 22:16: "For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet."
When Jesus was nailed on the Cross, in the agony of that terrible situation, and as He took upon Him the punishment for our sin, we can picture it this way: those pierced hands, bleeding and hurting, were tenderly working with the broken, marred clay pot of our life to make us perfect again in Christ.
Oh, how I pray that people would understand the true meaning of the babe in a manger—the truth of the wonderful saving gospel—the loving Potter who paid the price to restore the broken and marred clay pots that we are. I pray that all of you reading this have received the free gift of the gospel—that's what the AiG ministry is all about.
I have included two of AiG cartoonist Dan Lietha's cartoons that have a real Christmas message for us.
Have a blessed Christmas. As you receive your gifts from loved ones, thank God for the greatest gift of all: the gift from the Potter's hand, the gift of salvation in Christ.


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