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Prep + Packing: Icelandic Road Trip/
In a week, we'll head off on our big adventure for 2016: an Icelandic road trip.
Dave's been dreaming of it since he was a kid and I eagerly adopted his dream as my own. Since then been talking about this trip for years. This "kidless/adult/working/healthy" stage of our lives is unique in that we have fewer responsibilities than we will someday, but affording a big trip like this still takes quite a bit of financial and logistical planning.
I saw a quote that said early adulthood was the "time for small paychecks and big memories" and couldn't help but smile and agree. We're so grateful for freedom to explore and the means to do it.
This trip has been on again, off again for over a year, but finally in June we pulled the trigger, bought plane tickets, booked a camper van and dove deep into road trip research. The planning has been my favorite geography lesson. Our google road map is filled to the brim with awesome things. I didn't know about the My Maps function on Google Maps until wishing for a tool like it. Lucky for me, Google had already seen the need and filled it. I have loved building our own customized road map filled with all the fun things we want to see:
So far, the goal has been to be as educated as possible and then go with the flow once we get there. The biggest tip we've received from Icelanders is to "follow the weather" so that's our official plan, everything else could totally change once we get there.
Another thing we keep reading is that "there is no wrong weather in Iceland, only wrong clothing." This had us a bit worried, as the average temps during our visit will be in the 30s to 50s (˚F) range and we'll be camping. However, after a bit of research and purchasing some long underwear, I think we're going to be just fine. After all Michigan isn't artic, but I think it's done a fine job preparing us for cold weather adventures.
| Parka | Hat | Hiking boots | Swimsuit | Sweater | | Raincoat | Down vest | Camp shirts | Shirts | Long underwear | Hiking pants | | Snow boots | Scarves | Mittens/gloves | Wool socks | Leggings | Camp Shoes |
Lots of layers and different options for the variety of hikes and sight-seeing we have planned. I'm thinking I might even throw in 1 nicer outfit for when we spend our last night in Reykjavik. We've also waterproofed everything that was a realistic candidate for it, including our hiking pants, boots, vests, etc.
Little side note: the fact that I've grown up comfortable in both Austrian and American cultures has given me a slight fear of looking/acting like a tourist. (Heaven forbid I'm ever caught wearing white tennis shoes as street shoes in Austria! Sure sign of being an American tourist.) I'm mentally aware that there is no way in the world to get around this when visiting a new place, but I still end up with nagging feelings. This can't be unique to me, but I wish I had a better way of dealing with it than just telling myself to stop being silly and trying to ignore the feeling.
Anyway, I could gush about all the things I expect Iceland to be, but I'm pretty sure I can't even imagine right now. We love adventures and wild places, we're psyched out of our minds to have the chance to experience a true wilderness. We decided to head over during the shoulder season, when the daylight is shorter, but the chance to see the Northern Lights is bigger and the high season crowds have left. Hoping to have many places all to ourselves.


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Surviving: How Religious Holocaust Survivors Cope with their Trauma
Publication Date: January 2000
Publisher(s): Jewish Communal Service Association of North America
Author(s): Sara Botwinick
Topic: Social conditions (Discrimination and affirmative action)
Social conditions (Psychology)
Keywords: Social Services; Elderly; Psychology
Coverage: United States
Based on an in-depth study of four survivor interviews, this article traces the ways in which a traditional Jewish upbringing contributes toward fostering the development of a personality type that is able to mobilize specific coping mechanisms and to marshall a special resilience when a person is faced with severe persecution. It also looks at how these religious coping mechanisms and strategies hold up after the Holocaust and, most acutely, when these survivors are faced with the challenges of old age. Recommendations are given to helping professionals on how to provide supportive interventions to aging religious Holocaust survivors.

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Brewer Bites: Slow-Fermented Brown Ale
In 2009, we acquired a "new" four-vessel copper brew house from Germany and began brewing all of our flagship Switchback Ale on this 66 barrel system rather than on our original two-vessel 15 barrel system, allowing us to make significantly more beer at a time and subsequently giving our brewers a whole lot of extra free time. But of course, a brewer's mind never sits idle, and thoughts immediately turned towards new beers and recipes that we could brew on the old 15 barrel system. It was during this period when we were finally able to brew and release Dooley's Belated Porter (which had been in the works for nearly 5 years!), and many other thoughts and ideas quickly came and went. Our head brewer, Tony Morse, really likes Genesee Cream Ale, and with the obvious exception of Switchback Ale, it might even be his favorite beer of all time. When he suggested that we brew our own version of a Cream Ale, everyone else laughed, except for him and Switchback's owner/founder/brewmaster Bill Cherry, who knew that Tony was actually on to something big.
Bill had been wanting to brew and release another malt-forward beer for a while, and he began thinking about the effects of fermenting a malty brown ale at temperatures slightly lower than normal for typical ale fermentation. These conditions would suppress a number of the fruity esters produced by the yeast during fermentation, allowing the flavors of nutty and caramel malts to shine through. Also, when the yeast has to work in these cooler environments, they struggle to break down the sugars and convert them into CO2 and alcohol, but this struggle also produces a smooth, creamy mouthfeel like that of a Cream Ale, and this beer can indeed only be described as "crazy smooth."
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Wood Ports and Good Plots .../
This last week, the Auxier family descended on Southern California for a wedding. One of the things we like to do is play board games.[1. This is an understatement: Mary was not allowed to marry into the family until she could hold her own in whist.] One of our favorite games as of late is Settlers of Catan.
For the uninitiated, Settlers of Catan is a "German style" board game that involves building towns and cities on an island -- sort of a pre-industrial Monopoly that works on bartering rather than bank accounts. Settlers has helped usher in a golden age of board gaming, supplanting classics like Risk and Diplomacy as the favorite Friday night activity of nerdy boys in AP History.[2. Or IB History, as was the case for this particular nerdy boy.]
In fact, Risk is something I've used more than once to explain Settlers to newcomers. Both games involve a map, cards, and anxious rounds of placing armies/towns on unclaimed real estate. There is, however, one key difference between Settlers of Catan and Risk: I hate Risk.
Risk is Candy Land in wingtips and a smoking jacket -- a game of luck pretending to be a game of skill. "But how can you say that Jonathan?" you protest. "Risk involves military strategy! and sacrifice! and cannons!" Perhaps, but the fact is that when all is said and done, the dice are king. You could be Napoleon Bonaparte facing off against Gomer Pyle, but if you're rolling bad dice, you're going to lose.
Of course, luck is not in and of itself a bad thing. Pretty much every good board game includes a little bit of chaos to confound best-laid plans.[3. Except for chess, of course, which might explain its standing as a legitimate sport.] Settlers makes heavy use of dice and random card drawing -- so why doesn't it inspire the same frustrations as Risk?
This weekend I spent a lot of time thinking about the relationship between luck and strategy in these two games in the hope of figuring out how they differ … and I think I figured out an answer!
First let's look at how luck and strategy work in Risk: a player's turn begins with fortifying his/her countries with armies (skill); then they maneuver those armies to attack their enemies (skill); then they roll the dice to see if their attacks were successful (luck).
And now Settlers of Catan: a player starts his/her turn by rolling a dice, which determines how many resources they acquire (luck), then they barter with other players for the things they need (skill), and then they spend the resources to expand their empire (skill).
So, in Risk, people make plans and then luck determines the outcome; but in Settlers, luck initiates the action and then players must react. When I broke it down like that, I began to wonder whether the key to a board game being fun for me was in the sequence of luck and strategy. Whist, Canasta, Cribbage, Scrabble, Scatergories … in all these games the biggest piece of luck comes at the beginning rather than the end of play.
So what does this have to do with The Scop?
Well, the more I thought about my luck/strategy preference, the more I thought it could be applied to more than just board games. I like the idea that humans have a chance to react to the things we can't control. Consider, for example, how luck interacts with stories. In all my favorite books/movies/plays, some unpredictable event (luck) thrusts a hero into the middle of a plot in which he must react (strategy).
In fact, this idea of keeping your biggest piece of luck at the top of the story is pretty well documented in the writing world.[4. "luck" in this case being defined as a plot event that the main characters have no control over.] When it happens at the beginning, we call it an "inciting incident." But when writers save their biggest roll of the dice for the final scene, we call it a "deus ex machina."
And nobody likes those things.
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I have recently been inspired by book critic Laura Miller to try limiting my in-text links in favor of a list at the end. Let me know if you approve:
- A fantastic Wired feature about how Settlers of Catan is the "Monopoly Killer"
- Speaking of, watch this hilarious mock trailer for a Monopoly movie
- TV Tropes article hating on Deus Ex Machinas
- A discussion of inciting incidents in screenwriting
- The Salon article in which Laura Miller dumps on hyperlinks


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Woe to the once-hallowed trickster. In ancient mythologies, the riddler-thief and agent of change held a position of prestige. Now, we don't know what to do with him. In our two Americas, we do black and white, either/or, with us or against us. The trickster is in between, both and neither, a character on the fringes.
Take Aaron Swartz, the wunderkind programmer who helped lead the successful challenge to the overreaching Stop Online Piracy Act. In 2011, Mr. Swartz was accused of breaking into computer networks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and downloading files from the academic journal hub Jstor. He was arrested on federal charges related to hacking, and was facing up to $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison when he committed suicide at the age of 26. How will he be remembered, and, separately, how should he be remembered? As a revolutionary, a villain or both?
A new documentary, "The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz" (being released Friday), posits these questions and others as it tries to deal with the complex figure Mr. Swartz cut online and in real life. With dozens of testimonials from friends, lawyers and colleagues as well as significant video footage of Mr. Swartz himself, the filmmaker Brian Knappenberger aims to create a portrait of a tragic computer prodigy who became a lightning rod for debates about freedom of information, digital security and the function of the web. It is a fraught topic, and a subject all the more fascinating for the Wild Westness of the online space Swartz was helping pioneer.
If tricksters are among us, they are probably online, in the digital forest where morally ambiguous "gray hat" hackers and bands of pranksters like Anonymous roam as if they were Robin Hood and his Merry Men. In films, at least, the hacker appears as a kind of complicated folk hero. Consider the mercenary bandits in "Sneakers" (1992) who thwart a domestic surveillance ploy, only to turn the Holy Grail of code breaking over to the National Security Agency. Following their rebel leader, Martin Bishop (Robert Redford), these "sneakers" are a unit of mostly reformed hooligans turned hackers and burglars who contract their services to banks and other secure institutions to reveal just how insecure those clients are. When we meet them, all's fairly right in the sneakers' world, except that Marty has a past and a warrant out for his arrest. So, when two N.S.A. officers stroll into his office with a shady job offer, the lure of amnesty and financial reward is enough to persuade him to commit treason. Though the crew's absolute morality is never entirely in question, it is easy to wonder whether they are breaking codes and laws for the seemingly paltry award or because they can.
Of course, code breaking and slipping through gateways is the trickster's forte. Movies have always been a bit awed by the occult magic of computer whizzes, doing whatever it is they do with those letters on a screen, casting and cracking software spells. Sandra Bullock's programmer in "The Net" (1995) was deemed so dangerous to the players in a government conspiracy that they allocated what must have been millions of dollars to chase her. But if she was a de facto criminal, it was a corrupted and criminal system that had made her so. And it is only when she is forced outside the law that she can destroy the conspiracy Chimera to reclaim her life. Similarly, Alan Cumming's hacker in "Goldeneye" the same year, much like Justin Long's in "Live Free or Die Hard" (2007) and Tim Robbins's ersatz Bill Gates in the wretched "Antitrust" (2001), had the power both to wreak and to prevent cataclysmic damage.
The ne plus ultra of this sort of morally slippery figure may be Julian Assange. In Bill Condon's "The Fifth Estate" last year, Mr. Assange is presented as the 21st-century evolution of the truth-first newshound and his WikiLeaks as a sort of cyberfuturistic version of a newsroom. Overbearing to the point of megalomania, this Assange, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, sees himself as a crusader for Good, willing to sacrifice just about everything in its pursuit, and, fitting the classic trickster mold, utterly unaffected by the ripple effects of his actions. Alex Gibney's documentary "We Steal Secrets," a portrait of Mr. Assange, is still more complicated. Some consider this Assange a monster, a threat to state security and maybe even a war criminal.
As interactivity has demystified technology, the gamer, the programmer and the hacker have ascended the hierarchy of film archetypes. No longer do we expect an orange-haired Seth Green ("The Italian Job," 2003, and "Enemy of the State," 1998) to bang heavily on keys in some remote location while the real hero does heroic stuff elsewhere. Beginning perhaps with "The Matrix" (1999), in which a Christlike Neo went digital for our sins and became a eucharistic amalgam of ones and zeros, hackers have been portrayed as heroes with the power to affect the outcome of their lives, and thus their movies. Lisbeth Salander in both versions of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" hacks her way out of indentured servitude to her parole officer and then into avenging angel for the "real" hero Mikael Blomkvist. And it is a sort of rejected man's revenge that initially motivates the vicious Mark Zuckerberg character in "The Social Network" (2010) to design a site that lets him and others cyberevaluate their classmates.
Even if hackers like Mr. Swartz are still a problem for us to reconcile in real life, maybe it is in the movies, with their capacity to empathize with the outré, their ability to present difficult, morally prismatic antiheroes, that we can properly come to terms with them. Especially now, in a world so vividly shaped by complex agents of change like Mr. Assange and Edward J. Snowden, we may need movies to help us comprehend our shades of gray.


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Ericsson shows it doesn't need to collaborate with Sony on everything.
What good are 250Mbps mobile broadband speeds without the hardware to attain them?
Stepping up to the plate this week is long-time Sony partner Ericsson which has announced the world's first LTE (Long Term Evolution) or 'Super 3G' (as it more is commonly known) mobile platform: the 'M700'.
Designed in terms of size and power consumption to measure up with existing 3G platforms currently available, M700-based products will initially be peripheral based such as laptop modems, Express Cards and USB modems rather than dedicated Super 3G handsets. These devices will be capable of 100Mbps download and 50Mbps upload speeds – quite enough given the real world drop-off expected from Super 3G.
The M700 is a flexible platform too supporting bandwidths between 1.4 and 20MHz and can support up to six band, including 700MHz, making it viable across the globe.
"This world-first launch marks a milestone in Ericsson's technology leadership and reflects our commitment to developing LTE as an evolutionary path," said Robert Puskaric, Ericsson Head of Mobile Platforms. "It is set to boost operators' service offering and provide consumers with a superior experience with full service broadband on any device, anywhere, at any time.
Samples of the M700 will be made available this year with commercial release targetted for 2009 in time for the release of end user products in 2010 – when Super 3G is expected to launch.
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Manufacturer: Bates (View all products by Bates)
Model: Caprilli 16" close contact (View all Caprilli 16\" close contact reviews)
Category: Close Contact Saddles
Purchase: I bought this saddle for a steal on ebay for 900 dollars. I am a lesson student and I needed to have my own saddle (how annoying is sharing a saddle with 20 little kids?) Anyways, I had to purchase my own irons and leathers, but it came to me in pristine condition, so who can complain about that?
Likes: I love, love, love this saddle. It it SO comfortable. The seat is the most deliciously soft leather that you will find (especially in the $1000 price range) The leather is a beautiful color and absolute best quality. The best thing to me about this saddle besides its comfort is its versatility. Because of the "cair" panels and the adjustable gullet, it can be adapted to a wide variety of riders and horses, which is perfect if you ride more than one horse.
Dislikes: I was a little difficult to find a pad that properly fit the shape of the saddle, but I just took it with me to my local tack shop to try them out until I found one that fit. I also wish that Bates made a matching bridle, but the color was not hard to match.
Quality: Fantastic quality and construction. I have been riding in it for a year now, 2-3 days a week, and the wear is minimal. My trainer sat in it for a demonstration and noticed the comfortable position and the nice soft leather. (She rides in a Antares, so thats gotta mean something). The quality is simply unmatched in this price range.
Summary: I tried out a few different saddles before deciding on this one, however after sitting in it I was hooked! It is comfortable for me, gives me security over jumps, and is an all around great saddle. I almost got a pessoa, because of the name brand and the resale value (plus, it is what everyone else in my barn rides in) but 3 of the girls that I ride with bought a pessoa the same time I bought my Bates, and they have already noticed really bad wear on the flaps, and it is impossible to adjust it without lots of pads. One of the girls saddle has a really weird tear were the leather tore away from the stitching along the twist. A thousand dollar bummer. However, my saddle has continued to age very nicely. I highly recommend the Bates caprilli to anyone at any level, especially compared to the other saddles in the same range.
Rating: 5
Author: Megan
Date: 2006-12-01
Usefulness Rating: 2.9 out of 5.
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|Washed the Trunks with Black Ink
|Sprayed with a Cheap can of Spray Glue from £land
LuckyJoe suggested a cheap hairspray as being a good substitute for varnish. Now sadly I got his comment too late but it is defiantley one for the future.
|Undercoated New Characters for scale
|Same again
This project was so easy to do and I found it fairly relaxing. Not exhibition standard but certainly OK for gaming purposes. The height is also good, more by accident then design. The foliage is thick and that needs thinning and the trees are a bit homogeneous. But as a Mark 1 its fair. Varying lengths of twists and twist concentration should give the further Marks a more varied shape. Now to build the rest of the forest.
Thanks for viewing. Enjoy the rest of your week.
PS I've been lax in responding on your posts. Sorry, but when I catch up with them, during the week, the security processes on the computer I use won't let me post on some of your blogs, and I don't get much time in the evening. I still think that this community is as good and as friendly as anything. Take care out there.


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A Failure of Story: The Star Wars Prequels/
Yeah...so, I watched the Star Wars prequels again.
I've had a lot of people ask me why. It's not because I like to torture myself…it's just that I felt like I should rewatch Episodes IV, V and VI before The Force Awakens comes out and since my OCD addled brain makes me a completionist, I had to include the prequels.
I haven't watched them in a long, long time. The last time I saw The Phantom Menace was in 2012. It's been at least ten years since I'd watched Attack of the Clones and I only ever saw Revenge of the Sith once…in the theater in 2005. Plus, I'd never watched them all in a row in a relatively short span of time…viewed the trilogy as the complete story it's intended to be.
I'll admit, a part of me was hoping they weren't as bad as I remembered. Unfortunately, they were worse.
This isn't another Lucas hate, bash the prequels, fanboy anger fest…I think the internet already has that covered. What I really want to talk about is why I think the prequels are so flawed and why the original trilogy still resonates with audiences today.
The main difference is the clarity of the story being told.
(Spoilers from this point on…seriously though, the last movie came out in 2005…get your life together.)
Take a look at the opening of the two trilogies. In A New Hope, the opening crawl gives us everything we need to know. Rebels are fighting an evil Empire. The bad guys have an ultimate weapon. The good guys stole the plans and are trying to escape so they can use them to save the galaxy. Straight and to the point…by the time we see the Star Destroyer pursuing Princess Leia's ship, we're already invested. We're already routing for Leia to escape and save the galaxy.
Now let's look at The Phantom Menace opening crawl. I'll go ahead and paste it below:
Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute. Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade of deadly battleships, the greedy Trade Federation has stopped all shipping to the small planet of Naboo. While the congress of the Republic endlessly debates this alarming chain of events, the Supreme Chancellor has secretly dispatched two Jedi Knights, the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy, to settle the conflict...
Ok, so there's turmoil in the Galactic Republic, so far so good. Then there's some issue because trade routes are being taxed? I guess that makes the Republic the bad guys? No, wait, it says the Trade Federation is greedy so I guess they're the bad guys? Maybe? Looks like they're blockading a planet to stop the taxation? (How does that fix anything?) Wait, Jedi are on the way so I guess whoever attacks them first will be the bad guy.
It's a convoluted mess and it only gets worse from there.
In the original trilogy things are very clear…Empire bad, wants to enslave the galaxy…Rebels good, want to bring freedom to the galaxy. In the prequels things are murkier…the Trade Federation is the big villain in Episode I and they want…less taxes? Count Dooku and the Separatists are the bad guys in Episode II, they're evil because…I guess because they don't want to be in the Republic? Does that make them bad? I guess? Of course, Emperor Palpatine is truly behind everything and trying to take over the galaxy. Fair enough, but man did it take a long time to lay that out and I'm still not 100% sure what his actual plan was.
Now I'm not saying all stories need to be simple, I love a complex plot I get to spend time chewing on, but you do need to know the story you're telling and do so clearly. The original trilogy was the classic heroes journey; Luke goes from a farmer to a hero with great power who then defeats evil and saves the galaxy. The prequels try to tell that same story but with a tragic ending…Luke's father goes from being a slave to a hero with great power that succumbs to evil and dooms the galaxy. The problem is that the prequels are so wrapped up in this mess of galactic politics that we usually lose track of Anakin and his journey.
How important is it to Anakin's story that I know a queen from a Republic world can call for a vote of no confidence in the Supreme Chancellor? Time wasn't wasted with that kind of detail in the original trilogy…all we needed was an offhanded line about the Emperor disbanding the Senate. Boom. Great, the bad guy is in control and now we can go back to the hero who is trying to stop him. This isn't Palpatine's story…if it was then the intricacies of galactic politics would be key to the narrative.
So what is the prequel trilogy's big failure? Not too much CG (though I'd say there is), not terrible dialogue (to be fair the original trilogy can be a bit clunky), not even bad acting (that one I lay squarely on Lucas). The issue is that the prequels don't prioritize the story they're trying to tell.
This is a huge problem a lot of creatives suffer from…it's great that an author knows the complete history of an indigenous tribe that the protagonist runs into but does the reader need to know? Does it affect the protagonist's story? Does it play a part in his arc? Maybe…if it turns out he's a descendant of that tribe and their culture will affect future decisions he needs to make. Mostly likely though, it doesn't matter.
Clarity and focus on the core narrative, the Big Idea, is key to any type of storytelling. Doesn't matter if it's a novel, movie, comic, physical space or company brand. When you're telling your stories constantly ask yourself, "does this tie back to the core of the narrative I'm telling?" If it does, keep it. If not, you're better off dropping it.
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Privates on Parade opens
The RSC's production of 'Private on Parade' by Peter Nichols opened at the Piccadilly, running for six months. This play with music starred Denis Quilley, Emma Williams, Tim Wylton and Joe Melia. Directed by Michael Blakemore, the production gained excellent notices, with the style of the production particularly praised.


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I mentioned back in March that I was planning on entering the Simplicity star sewer blogger challenge - I decided to enter the Best Dressmaker Project category. The challenge was to make up New Look pattern 6145 (which was very kindly sent for free).
At first I decided to do view A using some fabric I bought in Vietnam which is a bright teal coloured broderie anglais. I liked the look of the softly pleated sleeves and the simple neckline. Then to change it up a bit I wanted to add a front pocket similar to a RTW tunic I'd seen.
I chose to make a size 12 using the fit help section of the Simplicity website.
I made the pocket by cutting the front piece in two, adding seam allowances to the cut edges and then constructing two horizontal in-seam pockets. I also shortened the dress by 12cm because I'm pretty short and I thought I would wear it more if it's more a tunic length, but maybe not so short that I couldn't wear it with thick tights and boots if I wanted.
The sizing is comfortable, although as you can see in that photo there's a bit of a gape at the front neck, there's also a little at the back, but not so much. I wonder if I'd cut out a 10 bust and graded to a 12 waist (which is what I usually do, but I was persuaded otherwise by the Simplicity fit guide) this wouldn't have happened, or if I actually need to do a neck adjustment another time.
I've worn it a couple of times already - so that's a good win for me :-)
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
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- Daisy Jones said...
Hi deb
I love this version of your dress and that is my favourite colour too! I have also entered this comp in the vintage category!
good luck to you!
- 11 June 2015 at 18:19:00 CEST
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Summerfest 2018
For the past five years the Knox County Board of Developmental Disabilities has thrown our annual "Summerfest" to celebrate summer, sun and have fun! Each year carries a different theme and activities- this year we celebrated with many different organizations across our county! We love being able to partner and collaborate with so many amazing organizations to help with inclusion and break down barriers for the people and families in our program!
It was wonderful watching everyone interact with the various booths set up from community partners and having conversations by asking unique and thoughtful questions to all of the first responders that came to support our event! Thank you to everyone who helped make last week so successful!
Thank you to all of the organizations that helped bring such fun to our day! Knox County Sheriff, Mount Vernon Police Department, Fredericktown Police Department, Mount Vernon Fire/EMS, Danville Police Department, Lashley Training Center, Knox County Health Department, Mount Vernon Street Department, YMCA, Knox Community Hospital, Ohio State University Extension, Center for Disability Services, Easter Seals, ODOT, Help Me Grow & Early Intervention, Knox Area Transit, Prosecutor's Office, Ariel-Foundation Park


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And that is more than the comment section.
Seriously, where did everyone go? I have tons of people viewing my posts but no one says anything? Well, okay then. I'll just sit here and watch my ego shrivel up some more. Actually, it's shark week as I'm now referring to that time of the month, so that may explain all the emotions and angst. I had cramps so bad it felt like early labor. I haven't experienced that in many, many years, so you can imagine my surprise and had to take pain relievers like they were tic-tacs.
Side note, don't call generic Tylenol - Tylenol, because some pharmacy tech snob will go off about how it's a totally different drug because Tylenol isn't Ibuprofen. And do not have the words to express how much I don't care that I'm calling it by the wrong name, just hand me the stupid thing to make my pain go away or I'll let you feel some of it. Ahem!
Bet you wished you were here.
You really wouldn't want to be because as my Facebook friends know - there is a cricket around here and we are at war.
The little twerp has been hiding out in the back area where all the storage and laundry stuff is at and I haven't been able to find him to put him out of my misery. For weeks, I just turn on a fan and it drowns out his happy little song as it won't shut up all night long. Gosh, maybe it's a female cricket. That might explain some things.
Anyhoo and what have ya, I gave the guys haircuts and had all the lights on in this area and didn't get them shut off until we were heading to bed. Crickets don't like a lot of light especially at night, so crawled it's way over to a shelf that was right near my side of the bed. And then sang like it was audition night for American Idol. Right near my head. All.night.long.
I think it was about 3 in the morning I started tossing shoes at the shelf to try and scare the thing quiet. It sort of worked.....for like 10 seconds and then away it went. By 4 a.m. I got up and in my sleep deprived mind thought it was in the shelf, so ripped everything off the shelf poised with shoe ready to send that diva to the great cricket chorus in the sky. I only ended up scaring the crap out of Fred.
Turns out the stupid bugger was behind the shelf that weight a ton and I couldn't move it. So there is Fred looking at me with his own bleary sleep deprived eyes, taking in the scene of my crazy self with clothes and things piled around my feet, shoe swinging through the air ready to strike while I cursed the bug's very existence. I'll give him credit that he didn't bust out laughing. He was probably too sleepy to put that much thought into it. But he did manage to ask what in the world was I doing?
I looked at him as I banged my shoe on the shelf that I knew that little jerk of a bug was hiding behind, waiting for the lights to go out again so it could sing it's second verse of "I Will Go On". He raised his eyebrow and asked again to which I replied it should be obvious that I'm trying to kill a cricket. A noisy cricket that won't shut up. I did look at him and started to say, since you are up, help me kill this sleep stealer but dude just flop back on the bed and quickly rolled over.
My hero.
I'm pretty sure I gave the bug some sort of trauma, because after I shoved everything back on the shelf, flipped off the light but kept a shoe close enough to zing it should the need arise, I didn't hear anything until it woke me back up around 7.
I'm sure I was a lovely picture of not with it at church. The Spackling that I used known as make-up had it's work cut out for it that day. I did sit there and sort of compose my message to the cricket that sort of followed the lines from the movie Taken. And that's how I ended up with "Dear cricket that kept me up most of the night - I have a very particular skill set that makes me a nightmare for insects like you. (It's called a shoe) Leave my house now and you can live. Otherwise, I will find you, I will kill you, and the last thing your cricket eyes will see is my face twisted in maniacal laughter as my shoe crushes your head...and everything else. You've been warned."
That night, not one sound was to be heard in any area of the house. Thinking victory was mine, I could feel my smugness rising to new levels. Until I went to bed last night where it was happily singing away back near the dryer.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Cricket, Cricket
And that is more than the comment section.
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Vroom, Vroom!
The last few weeks have been speeding right by. Matter of fact, everything is going a bit too fast for me. I think Fred has given up how many times he's heard me say, "I'm not ready for this" to "I don't think we're old enough to be going through this" in just the last month.
We got the guys a car. They were too cute about the whole thing. We just got them their own set of keys and while it's been fun and exciting to see them on this next stage, behind close doors I'm just a wreck. I go from being over the moon happy for them to downright depressed. I think some of it was we're having to battle our car insurance company. They insist we have them covered on all our vehicles to the tune of 2,153 for 6 months of coverage. After I talked Fred off the ledge and he picked me up off the floor, we came up with plan B which is they can have their own insurance coverage once they're 18.
All this talk has turned to the guys getting jobs, phones, and opening bank accounts. Granted, this is normal and I had a paying job since I was 15 to a couple months before I popped them out, so felt we were behind on that curve. But since life has refused to cooperate with my plans and things being out of my hands, I shrugged it off. So now I feel like we have all these life lessons are screaming in and smacking me upside the head.
So not ready for all of this.
Plus, we've had a zillion things going on to boot. I've been canning relish, went to a book sale and a bridal shower, survived a few days with my mom, still a bit stiff and sore from another epic badminton marathon, and just finally got the last of our stuff ordered so we can start school here shortly.
No pressure.
Oh, and spent yesterday with my man as we celebrated our 19th anniversary. How is it even possible it's been that long? We've been getting a lot of requests for marriage advice lately to which we say find something to laugh about. There are some years I wish we could repeat, and some I hope never see the light of day. But no matter how bad I want to smack him upside the head with a frying pan, we both make an effort to find the funny. A stupid quote from a movie can sum up the whole situation but gets us both to laugh and take a breather, which is enough for us not to kill each other.
Although, I need some movie quote to help me cope with all this kids growing up thing. This is too much for me! I have a feeling this is going to be a crazy year and I'm not sure how to prepare for it. So far, denial is working. And lots of hours on Netflix.
Can I take a moment to tell you how much I love Netflix and how much I hate HuluPlus? And I mean like with a passion. Actually, I wouldn't be stuck with Hulu if Netflix would get on the ball and have all the seasons I'm waiting for but my denial level seems to require a lot, so to sit around waiting for a sweet forever of who knows when? - not working. Sissy got us hooked on Once Upon A Time. Bones will be kicking in which we spent the summer watching all 8 seasons. That was after we spent all winter slugging through all of 24.
Yes, I'm aware just how pathetic that sounds.
If you have actual suggestions for my denial and all it's freaking out, I am willing to slightly listen.
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Labels: freak out, teenagers, the days fly by, they are now driving, tv junkie, yikes
Thursday, August 1, 2013
T-T-Times Are Ch-changing!
Fresh new month with a now working dishwasher and in that few seconds of peace and calm, I suddenly realized I haven't finished my book order, nor finished grading papers to give the guys actually grades. Crap! And goodbye peace and calm because this tends to push me into this panic state of I'm not ready for school to start!!
And then I get mad because I feel like this thought just totally hijacked my August and it's not even a full day old. Which then makes me sort of curse school and all it's scheduling and stuff. This naturally causes me to question why do I even bother to homeschool. And we haven't even started the year and I'm freaking out.....again.
So basically since this is same thing, different year - I'm right on schedule in an odd sort of way.
However, this time I feel a slight glimmer of hope, because I think I'm having a serious moment. I was so happy about this place finally not needing someone to come work on it that I decided not to flog myself for slipping on a few things. Besides, we've been busier than normal and I think I reached this thing called I DON'T FREAKING CARE!!!
I know! I think I even scared the chicken part of myself.
There has been tons of stuff going on and if I were to list some of the great things, you know I'll get all long winded and ramble on and on and I'm trying hard to work on that. Probably because my lil Sissy is driving me up the freaking wall with giving me blow by blow details of her life. I think I sort of startled her when I interrupted one of her rants by saying, "And I gave you the impression that I care, how?"
Nice to see I can still be a bit of a pill.
She's coming down this weekend so it's looking like a crazy few days are on deck. Plus, I had the brilliant idea of getting one of those cheapo outdoor fun pack from stuffmart. Fred took my brilliance and trumped it by 6 as he got some plastic pipes and cemented them in a couple of old ice cream buckets so the poles can slide right in and the net is always stable and steady.
All together - dang, he's good!
But we have been having a blast doing badminton. Once we finally got the hang of it, we've had hours and days of fun. So much fun that some of us have been really stiff and sore and was a little happy that it rained and we couldn't go outside to play for a few days.
Stop pointing fingers - yes, I was one of them.
And no Fred wasn't the other one - jerk.
I keep waiting for some sign of aging to appear on him and other than he's still carrying a few pounds of Christmas cookies that he used to burn off by now, that's it.
But we have discovered none of us are competitive enough to dive for the birdie to get the point. We don't even keep score. I've been told we aren't normal. Eh, we're too busy having fun to noticed. Either that or I'm still too busy with some nasty skeeter bites to pay any attention.
Although, I wish the skeeters would eat the neighborhood delinquents. We've had for the last couple months of getting punked by some neighborhood kids. We've had firecrackers tossed in our mailbox, our recycle bin dumped over, and last night they banged on our door at 3 a.m.
Fred refuses to let me have the paintball gun. 1) it's out of air, and 2) we all know since I'm involved, chances of this going epically wrong are at a high probable. He wouldn't even let me pull it out to threaten the little jerks.
I did get a little bit of revenge. Last time Sissy was down, she wanted Taco Bell so we made a quick run to the boarder and came back. She had backed into the driveway and we were sitting there talking as the sun went down and the pack of hooligans came waddling out. I'm not sure what the deal was but the dude that tossed the firecracker in our mailbox started to head towards us. It was dark enough that they didn't see us. Sissy had heard my angst about this group so when the dude lumbered towards the house, she turned on her lights and hit the horn! It was epic! Dude stopped dead in his tracks and then took off running as the rest of their crew scattered. We hadn't heard anything from them since until last night. I can't wait for their school to start so they'll leave us alone.
However, this is sort of a bittersweet moment of being the twins' senior year. Hard to believe, but there were many years I thought it couldn't get here fast enough. I want to be done ordering books and grading papers. I want to be free to pursue some other things. It's been extremely busy getting teenagers all together. A weird balance of life experiences and book knowledge. Times of rubber meeting the road and stuff they know and having to walk it out. Lots of prayers, lots of unknowns, but a sense of newness just around the corner.
I'm reading a book called Bittersweet by Shauna Niequest. Her comment caught me a bit off guard. "Sweet is nice enough, but bittersweet is beautiful, nuanced, full of depth and complexity. Bittersweet is courageous, gutsy, earthy."
I like that!
For some reason that struck a cord with me. There are days I feel like I'll never be fully rid of bitterness so to see it in a different perspective was thought provoking and a little bit inspiring. Off to go read some more! I have been burning through books, so I am in my happy place.
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- Mailbox Monday is kindly hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. Be sure to visit her site and leave your link and also visit other linked blogs. It's a lot of fun to see what surprises are lurking in mailboxes around the world! This past week I received: Monday : Fight for Your Money by David Bach and Life Sentences by Laura Lippman from Shelf Awareness. Tuesday: Sonata for Miriam by Linda Olsson from publicity agent Thursday: Palace Circle by Rebecca Dean from Shelf Awareness
Monday, March 9, 2009
Mailbox Monday
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I was hoping to get SONATA FOR MIRIAM! I'll be anxious to hear how you liked it.ReplyDelete
Hi Kaye, I've heard good things about Sonata. Now I need to post my Mailbox Monday.ReplyDelete
The only one I've heard of is Life Sentences. I tried to get that as an ARC from Library Thing. Enjoy your new reads!ReplyDelete
Sonata for Miriam sounds so good. Happy reading!ReplyDelete
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Happy Reading...I'm with the group...Sonata for Miriam sounds like a good read.ReplyDelete
here's my mailbox: http://savvyverseandwit.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-monday-20.html
Sonata sounds good to me!ReplyDelete
Here is my mailbox.
I also received Fight for Your Money - skimmed it a little this morning, and it actually looks really good - lots of information.ReplyDelete
Here's my Mailbox! ~ Wendi
Sonata for Miriam looks so good. I hope you enjoy it.ReplyDelete
Ooh...I'm drooling over Life Sentences!ReplyDelete
Oooooh, I'd love Sonata for Miriam and Palace Circle. Happy Reading.ReplyDelete
They all look good to me! I can't wait to hear what you think of them.ReplyDelete
Oh I don't know any of the books you got except for Life Sentences which some bloggers got in the last few days.ReplyDelete
I hope to read your reviews soon :-)
My mailbox can be found here...
Check your email! You're the 2nd place winner in my book giveaway :-)ReplyDelete
Great week! They all look good.ReplyDelete
Thank you for stopping by the mailbox this week. 'Palace Circle' arrived in my mailbox this week.ReplyDelete


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- TripAdvisor's Seasonal Attractions Trend Index released the top US attractions of fall 2017.
- Historical sites like the National WWII Museum and the Grand Ole Opry are must-sees.
- Natural beauty also draws lots of visitors at parks like Pictured Rocks and Great Falls Park.
While international travel can be a fabulous way to see the world, traveling within the US also provides countless opportunities to learn about history, see natural wonders, and do a little bit of shopping.
TripAdvisor's Seasonal Attractions Trend Index tracked the top trending US attractions this fall based on year-over-year search activity.
Here are 25 must-see places to visit in the US this season — or anytime.
A visit to this iconic planetarium can also include a Hollywood Hills hiking tour for $52.
A general admission pass to the National WWII Museum costs $27 per person, but is free for World War II veterans.
For $23 per person, the Seattle Space Needle Observation Deck provides a 360-degree view of the city.
Dangle off the tallest free-standing observation tower in the US if you dare. It's worth the $120 price tag.
For an admission fee of $19, guests can peruse the world's largest collection of Johnny Cash artifacts and memorabilia.
The Newseum may be on the brink of closing due to lack of adequate funding, but it's still in operation. Its seven stories explore the five freedoms of the First Amendment: religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
Visitors can take a self-guided tour or attend a concert at this iconic country music hall.
If you don't feel like hiking, bus tours of the Grand Canyon's South Rim start at $100.


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Webroot's SecureAnywhere Essentials 2012 (£39.395 for one year, three PCs at the time of writing) offering shows lots of promise. SecureAnywhere represents a complete overhaul of Webroot's product line, with a brand-new interface and new internals to go along with it. The package is fast, and it's good at catching malware before the invader reaches your PC, but a higher-than-average false-positive rate and disappointing system-cleanup results keep it from ranking any higher.
Webroot's new offering is effective at stopping brand-new malware, as it blocked 96.2% of attacks in our real-world malware detection tests. It also detected 99.49% of known malware samples - that's a better-than-average outcome, though a little short of the best security performers, some of which can detect over 99.99% of samples.
In a couple of areas, however, the Webroot suite struggled: For instance, it mistook 11 known safe files (out of a pool of over 250,000) as being potentially malicious. Although that is quite low percentage-wise, it is a poorer false-positive showing than many of its rivals.
More worrisome was its inability to clean up malware that has already infected a PC: Webroot's package detected 60% of active malware infections, and managed to render just half of the infections inert. On both fronts, that was the poorest showing of our test group; the majority of the 2012 suites we evaluated were able to detect and disable all active malware infections on our test system. According to Webroot representatives, the company recently made some changes to the way its software cleans up malware infections. That said, we were unable to retest Webroot's claims of improved performance as of press time.
Webroot says that its new cloud-based SecureAnywhere suite is lightweight, and won't hog system resources. For the most part, that claim held true in our testing, as SecureAnywhere was the overall winner in our system-speed tests. Its impact on PC performance was minimal: It added less than half a second to PC startup time (as compared to our test PC with no antivirus installed), and it barely slowed file-download and file-copy operations.
Scan speeds were equally impressive. Webroot's suite completed our on-demand scan test - which shows how long a suite takes to check 4.5GB of files in a manually initiated scan - in a scant 59 seconds. That was easily the fastest time we saw in this particular test compared to its rivals, and it was a full minute better than the average for the suites we looked at. The on-access scanner - which kicks off when you open or save files to disk - tore through 4.5GB of data in 2 minutes, 4 seconds, finishing 30 seconds faster than its nearest competitor. To put that latter test into context, the average completion time for the suites we evaluated was 4 minutes, 48 seconds.
We like Webroot's revised interface, too. Installation is a breeze - open the installer, enter your licence key, and then click 'Agree and Install'. Once installed, the software will check your PC for malware. The main interface is nicely laid out: Five tabs along the left side of the main window let you access the suite's main features. The advanced settings screens can be a little technical in spots, but they too are well organised.
Webroot's new product line offers a lot to like, and we look forward to seeing it develop over time. But should you buy it right now? If you're an existing Webroot user, Secure Anywhere Essentials 2012 is a definite improvement. For users of other products, we can't give Webroot SecureAnywhere a recommendation just yet. Nevertheless, if Webroot sorts out its malware-disinfection issues, SecureAnywhere might just turn into a real contender.


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Steeping Black Tea
As is true for green, white, and yellow tea, steeping black tea in a gaiwan, a small or large teapot, or even in the cup from which you will drink will all yield delicious results as long as the proportion of leaf-to-water has been considered.
- First measure the capacity of your teapot
Fill your teapot to capacity with water and then measure this volume of water in ounces. Divide this munber by 6. Most recommendations for amount of tea to use are based on 6 ounces of water. For example, a 24-ounce teapot would require 4 measures of tea to make a full-strength pot of tea.
- Measure of tea:
2 to 3 grams of leaf for every 6 ounces of water
For small leaf black teas ( such as Keemun Hao Ya A , Ceylon Koslanda or a CTC tea): use 1 to 1.5 teaspoons of tea.
For medium-size leaf ( such as 1st Flush Castleton Garden Darjeeling or Bai Lin Gong Fu): use 2 teapoons of tea.
For leafy, orthodox-style tea ( such as Ceylon Lover's Leap, Nepal Everest or Yunnan Jingdong Wuliang): use 1 to 2 Tablespoons
- Water Temperature:
use water that is 190 °F to 200°F.
Asian description: 'old man water' – that's just under a full boil. Or boil the water and let it rest for one minute
- Steeping time: keep the leaf in the water for the appropriate amount of time
Black tea steeping time varies depending on the cut of the leaf.
Finely cut leaf usually needs just 2 to 3 minutes, whereas a large leaf black tea may need 5 minutes to fully develop.
Some large leaf orthodox black teas, especially China black tea (hong cha) such as Yunnan dian hong and eastern China blacks such as Bai Lin and Golden Monkey can be re-steeped a second time, but most Indian and Ceylon black teas do not re-steep well.
Re-steeping works best when the first steeping has been for only a short time (2 to 3 minutes).
More tea steeping information:
Steeping Green tea & Jasmine tea, Steeping Oolong tea, Steeping Pu-erh & Hei Cha, Steeping White tea, Steeping Yellow tea


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Unless you're a part of one of these super human couples that does triathlons and meditation retreats together, you may have experienced the common demise of self-care when you find yourself in a relationship. Even in relationships that are secure and supportive, why is it that-self care often goes out the window? YEA, I TOTALLY RUN LIKE ALLLL THE TIME
Ever remember entering a relationship explaining all the ways you're "succeeding at life" to your potential partner? Whether it's running, yoga, book club, phone chats with your friends, the things that feed your soul (sorry, I have no other way to put it) as a single person gradually give way to other fun things….Sleeping in on weekends until bottomless mimosa brunches get you up, or the oh so popular "stay in on the sofa movie night." Sure, it used to feel great to take care of yourself but now…well now instant gratification and relaxation are found exclusively in the simplicity of your ever present partner.
When you wake up and realize that you're a little annoyed with your partner. I don't know…Maybe it was their lack of domestic abilities and the dishes have piled up one too many times. You're jolted into feeling motivated to focus on "you." However, this may be fleeting once you realize that the effortlessness it used to take to make plans with your girlfriends or go for a morning hike now appears to have every planetary obstacle in it's way. Low motivation included. The point is, by the time you reach adulthood you know what's good for you. One of the gifts of being single is finding how to cope with life and THRIVE independently of a romantic partner. What a gift, right?! Whatever it is that makes you thrive on your own, be sure to prioritize these parts of your life. It's a sure way to honor your relationship and your SELF.


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Diagnosing childhood non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Diagnosing childhood non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) usually begins with a visit to your child's doctor. The doctor will ask about any symptoms your child has and do a physical exam. Based on this information, your doctor may refer your child to a specialist or order tests to check for lymphoma or other health problems.
The process of diagnosis may seem long and frustrating. It's normal to worry, but try to remember that other health conditions can cause similar symptoms as childhood NHL. It's important for the healthcare team to rule out other reasons for a health problem before making a diagnosis of childhood NHL. If the doctor thinks your child has NHL, your child's care will be managed by a healthcare team that specializes in caring for children with cancer.
The following tests are commonly used to rule out or diagnose childhood NHL. Many of the same tests used to diagnose cancer are also used to determine the stage, which is defined by how far the cancer has progressed. Your child's doctor may also order other tests to check the child's general health and to help plan treatment.
Some of the tests listed below, such as biopsy, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, and lumbar puncture, can be painful. Others, such as MRI, may be uncomfortable. Find out more about coping with tests and treatment.
Health history and physical exam
Your child's health history is a record of their symptoms, risk factors, and all the medical events and problems the child has had in the past. The health history of the child's family may also help the doctor diagnose NHL. In taking a health history, the doctor will ask questions about:
- symptoms that suggest NHL
- a personal history of certain genetic conditions
A physical exam allows the doctor to look for any signs of childhood NHL. During a physical exam, the doctor may:
- check if any lymph nodes are larger than normal, or enlarged
- feel the abdomen to see if the liver or spleen is larger than normal
- listen to the lungs for any breathing problems and look for signs of a mediastinal mass (in the chest) on exam (shortness of breath, especially when lying flat)
- look for signs of superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS), such as swelling of the face and neck
SVCS is life-threatening and needs to be treated right away. It occurs when the superior vena cava (the large vein that carries blood from the head, neck, arms and chest to the heart) is compressed by a tumour. This group of symptoms includes coughing, difficulty breathing, headache, dizziness, fainting and swelling or flushing of the neck, face and upper arms. Find out more about superior vena cava syndrome.
Find out more about physical exam.
Complete blood count (CBC)
A CBC measures the number and quality of white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets. A CBC is done to check for low red blood cell counts (called anemia), which may be more common in children with NHL. Doctors also use the results of a CBC as a baseline that they can check against during treatment.
Find out more about complete blood count (CBC).
Blood chemistry tests
Blood chemistry tests measure certain chemicals in the blood. They show how well certain organs are functioning and can help find abnormalities. Blood chemistry tests may be used in staging certain types of NHL. Doctors may also use blood chemistry tests as a baseline that they can check against during treatment.
Children with NHL may have higher than normal levels of uric acid and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). The level of LDH at diagnosis is useful in prognosis. They will also check electrolytes (potassium, calcium, phosphate), which may be abnormal in NHL.
Doctors may also use blood chemistry tests to see if NHL or treatments have affected the bone marrow, kidneys or liver. Kidney function tests, such as blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine, show how well the kidneys are working. Liver function tests, such as alanine transaminase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP), show how well the liver is working.
Find out more about blood chemistry tests.
Chest x-ray
An x-ray uses small doses of radiation to make an image of the body's structures on film. A chest x-ray may be used to check for:
- larger than normal lymph nodes in the chest
- a mass in the chest, or mediastinum
- fluid around the lungs or heart
Find out more about x-ray.
CT scan
A computed tomography (CT) scan uses special x-ray equipment to make 3-dimensional and cross-sectional images of organs, tissues, bones and blood vessels inside the body. A computer turns the images into detailed pictures.
A CT scan may be used to check for enlarged lymph nodes or a mass in the neck, chest, abdomen or pelvis. It also allows doctors to see if any organs or large blood vessels are being compressed and if there is any disease in the brain or near the spinal cord. CT scan may also be used to see if the cancer has spread to any organs, such as the lungs, liver or spleen.
Often a CT scan is combined with a PET scan at the time of diagnosis of NHL.
Find out more about CT scan.
PET scan
PET scan uses a type of radioactive sugar to look for changes in metabolic activity of body tissues. A computer analyzes the radioactive patterns and makes 3-dimensional colour images of the area being scanned.
A PET scan may be used to look for NHL that has spread from where it started to other areas of the body or to measure how well treatment is working. It may be used instead of or in addition to bone scan. It is typically combined with CT scan for a more complete picture and 3-dimensional assessment of disease.
Your child will not be able to have any food or drink (other than water) on the night before the PET scan.
PET scans may not be available in all cancer treatment centres. Find out more about PET scan.
Ultrasound uses high-frequency sound waves to make images of structures in the body. It may be used to examine the abdomen and organs that may be affected by NHL, such as the kidneys, spleen or liver.
Find out more about ultrasound.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses powerful magnetic forces and radiofrequency waves to make cross-sectional images of organs, tissues, bones and blood vessels. A computer turns the images into 3-dimensional pictures.
MRI can be used to check for enlarged lymph nodes in the chest, abdomen or pelvis. It can also be used to see if the cancer has spread to the brain or spinal cord.
Find out more about MRI.
During a biopsy, the doctor removes tissues or cells from the body so they can be tested in a lab. The report from the lab will confirm whether or not cancer cells are present in the sample.
A biopsy may be done on an enlarged lymph node in the neck, under the arm or in the groin. A biopsy may also be taken from a tumour in the chest or abdomen. Children are usually under a general anesthetic so that the surgeon can get an adequate tissue sample. This requires close assistance of a pediatric anesthesiologist who ensures that sedation is safe in a child suspected to have lymphoma.
The type of biopsy done depends on where the doctors need to collect the samples from.
Surgical excisional lymph node biopsy is usually done to collect samples from lymph nodes. The surgeon may do an excisional biopsy, which removes all of a lymph node. In some cases, doctors may use an incisional biopsy to remove part of a lymph node.
Core needle biopsy may be used for some types of tumours, such as a large tumour in the chest or a tumour in the bone. The surgeon may use a CT scan to guide the needle to the tumour during the biopsy.
Find out more about surgical biopsy and core needle biopsy.
Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy
During a bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, the doctor removes tissues or cells from the bone marrow so they can be tested in a lab. This test may be used to diagnose and stage childhood NHL that has spread to the bone marrow. Doctors can also use it to tell some types of NHL from acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or other forms of leukemia.
Find out more about bone marrow aspiration and biopsy.
Lumbar puncture
A lumbar puncture, or spinal tap, removes a small amount of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the spine so it can be looked at under a microscope. It is done to see if childhood NHL has spread to the brain and spinal cord (called the central nervous system, or CNS).
Find out more about lumbar puncture.
Pleural fluid or peritoneal fluid exam
Doctors sometimes examine fluid from inside the chest (called pleural fluid) or fluid from inside the abdomen (called peritoneal fluid). They collect the fluid by passing a needle through the skin into the chest or abdomen. The fluid is then looked at under a microscope to check for cancer cells.
Sometimes a tumour in the mediastinum, or chest, can block, or obstruct, the airway. When this happens, it may be more difficult to perform a biopsy under general anesthesia because of the risk of breathing difficulty. In this case, doctors may try to use a less invasive procedure to diagnose NHL, such as biopsy of a lymph node, bone marrow biopsy, thoracentesis or paracentesis. A pediatric anesthesiologist is almost always involved.
A thoracentesis is done to remove fluid from the chest. A paracentesis is used to remove fluid from the abdomen. Find out more about thoracentesis and paracentesis.
Cell and tissue studies
Doctors can use the following types of cell and tissue studies to diagnose childhood NHL.
Cytogenetics is the analysis of a cell's chromosomes, including their number, size, shape and arrangement. Cytogenetic techniques show chromosomal abnormalities, which help doctors confirm the diagnosis and identify the type or subtype of lymphoma. The results of cytogenetic studies also help doctors plan treatment and predict response to treatment.
Some major chromosomal abnormalities can be found by looking at cells under a microscope. Most changes in DNA are more subtle and can only be found with a closer analysis using molecular techniques. These molecular techniques include:
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a molecular genetic test. It is used to identify chromosomal abnormalities and other genetic changes in cancer cells.
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a method used to make many copies of a particular gene segment so that it can be tested in the lab.
Immunophenotyping is the study of proteins expressed by cells. These techniques use a very specific antigen-antibody reaction to identify proteins in tissues or cells. They use monoclonal antibodies marked with a fluorescent label or specific enzyme label that binds only to specific antigens (proteins). The fluorescent or enzyme label allows doctors to see the lymphoma cells so they can tell the type or subtype of NHL.
The following methods are the most commonly used in immunophenotyping.
Immunohistochemistry uses a microscope to view the fluorescent labels. It also allows doctors to examine cells and their surroundings.
Flow cytometry is a technique used to sort and classify cells by their cell surface markers. The cells are labelled with fluorescent tracers and then can be sorted to look at many different cell surface markers at the same time. The cells are exposed to a laser, which makes them give off a light. A computer measures and analyzes the light. This technique allows the computer to quickly collect data from thousands of cells in a single sample.
Flow cytometry can help doctors confirm a diagnosis (by determining which type of cells the cancer arises from) and can sometimes also be used to measure response to treatment using minimal residual disease (MRD) in certain types of lymphoma. MRD means that there is a very small number of lymphoma cells still present after treatment, but they can only be found with more sensitive tests, such as flow cytometry or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on a blood or bone marrow sample.
Bone scan
A bone scan uses bone-seeking radioactive materials (called radiopharmaceuticals) and a computer to create a picture of the bones. It is used to see if childhood NHL has spread to the bones (called bone metastasis).
Bone metastasis is not common in children with NHL, so this test is usually only done if the child has bone pain or if blood tests suggest a problem with the bones.
Find out more about bone scan.
Questions to ask your healthcare team
Find out more about diagnosis. To make the decisions that are right for you, ask your healthcare team questions about diagnosis.
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NEW FEATURE: Estimated Earnings-Ad Network and Advertiser BreakoutUsers are now able to view the amount of money they made within a specific month from each advertiser through campaigns that they ran on 'My Campaigns', as well as each Ad Network that they have integrated (Pub owned ad network tags).
IMPROVEMENT: My Campaigns-Estimated Campaign Revenue
When creating or editing a campaign, you will be able to see how much revenue you should expect to generate from a specific campaign. For campaigns that have no end date, this will be based on a daily expected revenue amount.
IMPROVEMENT: Ad Network Tag-Integration Documentation per Ad Partner
From the adnet config page, internal teams will be able to enter a URL that points to documentation in Zendesk for that particular ad network. When a user creates or edits an ad network tag with documentation, they will be able to select a link to take them to the respective URL that was entered in the adnet config.
IMPROVEMENT: Ad Network Dashboard-View and Update Override eCPM
On each ad network's dashboard, users will be able to view if a tag has a specific eCPM override applied to it. Users will also be able to update the override price if it has already been set on the ad network tag.
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On each ad network's dashboard, the name of the ad network will now show up in the header for the metrics as well as before the settings title to provide a more customized feel per ad network dashboard.
IMPROVEMENT: Marketplace Dashboard: Price Floor Naming
On the Marketplace Dashboard, for internal users will now see the Price floor called "Pub Net Floor".


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