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Pound Gaining As Bank of England Take No More Stimulus
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Pound Gaining As Bank of England Take No More Stimulus
07 October 2010
07 Oct 2010
Pound Gaining As Bank of England Take No More Stimulus
The Bank of England has chosen to keep interest rates at 0.5 percent and introduce no further stimulus measures at their policy meeting this morning. Following the recent concerns over whether new stimulus would be taken, the Pound has begun to climb on the Euro following the recent heavy losses. Sterling was trading at the mid-market rate of 1.1442 against the Euro and 1.6013 against the US Dollar at 12.30 pm today.
Pound Sterling – UK Markets
The Bank of England decision this morning to keep interest rates at 0.5 percent was largely expected by markets. The less certain announcement that no further stimulus measures or asset purchases are to be made may help to soothe the recent hype over the need for quantative easing as recently stated by Adam Posen, Bank of England policy member. In the first few minutes following the decision, the Pound began to rise against the Euro, as investors took new positions. Whether this will signal a re-adjustment in the current state of play long-term and change the recent slide of the Pound against the Euro will remain to be seen throughout the day. Yesterday, the Institute of Directors added its voice to the demands for further quantitative easing measures to help speed up growth so the issue still remains even though action has not been taken this time. The minutes from today's Bank of England meeting will be published later this month will be read with interest as it is only in the minutes that markets discover how the split of the vote on policy was, and whether stimulus plans were discussed for the future. It is expected that these minutes may reveal a three-way split on policy which would not bode well for Sterling. Prior to the Bank of England decision, the Pound was suffering following other economic data releases. The worst of these was today's Halifax housing report which revealed house prices fell by 3.6 percent in September, the largest drop on record.
US Dollar – US Markets
The US Dollar has been falling against the Pound today and is still at around the weakest levels against the Euro in eight months. Despite Japan focusing on depreciating the Yen against the Dollar, the US currency is also at around a fifteen year low against the Yen. The currency is still suffering from mounting speculation that the Federal Reserve are becoming increasingly likely to step up stimulus measures and asset purchases to support the slowing economy. This was reinforced by a poor set of jobs data as the ADP report on employment in the private sector for last month, showed a fall in employment by 39,000 not meeting economist's expectations of a rise of 20,000. This does not bode well for other employment related data out of the US for the remainder of this week including jobless claims data later today and non farm payrolls tomorrow.
Euro – European Markets
The Euro has shown remarkable resilience lately shaking off significant news on various Eurozone economies such as the scale of Ireland's costs to bail out the Anglo Irish Bank. The currency also shrugged off the fact that Ireland's rating was downgraded to A from AA- yesterday by Fitch's with the Euro still advancing on other major currencies throughout Wednesday. The currency has been widely benefiting from the uncertainty hanging over the UK and the US and whether these other nations need to introduce stimulus measures. There is therefore the possibility that this morning's Bank of England meeting could begin to adjust the general sentiment, with it being confirmed that the UK is holding interest rates and asset holdings at current levels. In the first few minutes following the rate decision, the Pound began to gain back on the Euro. The European Central Bank is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged at 1 percent today.
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Red Cross Blood Drive, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Hurley Elementary School.
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Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families, 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m., Bessemer V.F.W. Post 3673, 605 W. Lead St., Bessemer; 1-2 p.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-667-0283.
Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110.
Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org.
"Business and Brews," noon, Bessemer Public Library.
Free Community Dinner, 5-6 p.m., Wakefield Methodist Church. Public is invited.
ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood.
Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Pere Menard Assembly 471, 6 p.m. business meeting, KC Hall, Ironwood.
Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley. area74.org.
Knights of Columbus Council 1396, 6:30 p.m. business meeting, KC Hall, Ironwood.
Hurley Senior Center Nutrition Advisory Committee, 1:15 p.m., senior center.
Bessemer Parks and Recreation Commission, 2 p.m., City Hall, Bessemer.
Ironwood Planning Commission, 5 p.m., meeting, Women's Club Room, 2nd Floor, Memorial Building, Ironwood.
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Red Cross Blood Drive, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., A.D. Johnston High School, Bessemer.
Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center.
Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood.
Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655.
Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org.
Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org.
Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org.

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There are some very good reasons why I don't read The Guardian any more – and most of them are linked to my blood pressure and stress levels. But today, I came across an article that originated from there, and was reprinted in another journal.
The writer was seriously putting forward the view that the government should have the courage to increase the taxes on the rich because… wait for it… the 'middle classes' are being made to feel poorer and inferior in comparison.
That's right… she wants the government to raise taxes on the rich simply so her mates won't feel quite so jealous. I don't think I've ever seen the politics of envy demonstrated so blatantly or clearly before this.
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Let's start with the 'middle class'…
The writer I am referring to, a Jenni Russell clearly considers herself to be of middle class. How do I know this? Because she calls herself Jenni, rather than Jenny for a start. That would be far too common for her. So I think we can all reasonably assume she also has a vested interest in all of this.
It may be just me though, but I find the whole notion of describing yourself as 'middle class' these days as quite abhorrent and vastly outdated. And to do so, carries with it two very unacceptable and unpleasant assumptions…
Firstly, that there is obviously another class above you, to whom you are vastly inferior for no other reason than an accident of birth. And secondly, that that there is another class below you, to whom you are superior by virtue of the way you each earn your living.
Now to me, the idea that someone is of a higher or lower class by way of their parentage, schooling or occupation is simply outmoded and just plain wrong in the 21st century. After all, we are all born with nothing and at the time of birth we are all equals. So if you MUST still divide people by class in 2010, then please do it in a more relevant way…
1. The working class
Anyone who earns their own money, or is part of a family financed by someone earning their own money, is by definition, working class. The short-term unemployed would also be included here, and people who can't work through no fault of their own. It doesn't matter what they do for a job, where they went to school, who their parents are or whether they use the words napkin or serviette… settee or sofa. If you finance your life through any form of employment or a business, then you're part of the working class.
2. The non-working class
These are the people who don't work, but are still self-supporting. Retirees would fall into this category, along with anyone else, not working, but at the same time, not living off of the state.
3. The Underclass
Simply put, scumbags to you and me… people who choose not to work… people who choose to live off the taxes paid by the working class.
But our Jenni Russell clearly doesn't agree with me though.
She obviously makes a differentiation based on HOW people earn their own money. And she says that the middle class (civil servants, academics and managers according to her) have a legitimate expectation of a comfortable life-style as a result of their social position.
And this expectation is currently being undermined by the fact that the new rich have more money, and make them feel relatively poor. They're constantly trying to play catch up all the time, she says, and it's personally damaging to the poor souls.
And her solution? Let's take some money off 'the rich' so that the middle classes don't feel so relatively poor and hard done by.
It's the same old Marxist clap-trap garbage which used to be put forward as an argument for making the 'working class' less dissatisfied with their lot in the past. But it's just been upgraded because… horror of horrors… even the Guardian journalists are starting to feel poor in this day and age.
The truth of the matter of course, is that the 'middle classes' are no more entitled to expect a comfortable life-style (and to feel economically superior) than anyone else who works for their money.
Yes, the needs of society are constantly changing, and those changing needs are often reflected in the money paid to, and accumulated by, different occupational groups within that society. But just because what are described as 'middle class' jobs were guaranteed a comfortable lifestyle in the last century, it doesn't mean they should guarantee the same in this one.
And it definitely doesn't mean that the old order should be any more or less supported and shored-up by a state backed confiscation of the money of members of society more valued by the current market – just to redress some old fashioned baseless balances.
And what about me you might be asking, where would I personally fit into this wide scheme of things? Well I forcefully consider myself to be completely immune from being pigeon-holed into any manufactured social grouping system…
Simply put, I am what I am, and where ever you may put me on any social scale is down to my own blood, sweat and tears. If I'm not happy with my lot, then it is up to me to go out and better it. No body will do it for me and no amount of tantrum throwing on my part will ever do anything to improve things for me, so why would I even bother?
You see regardless of whatever I will ever say or do in my lifetime, people will still continue to be telling me that I've got no class whatsoever, just like they have been for the last twenty five years or so.
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Last Sunday night, I posted on FB the highlights of my weekend - and one of them I formulated as "cooking, cleaning and feeling the hostess of our castle". It was an unusual selection of words, and I felt something positive and surprising about that phrase. I thought it was because I have not done it in a while - but there was more to it. It stayed with me overnight. When I reflected on it in the morning, I made a startling discovery:
I never felt completely fully the hostess of our castle since we moved into this house.
It was that aha moment - which both takes you by surprise and yet you know it to be true.
In the last few years, every time I felt disassembled in some way - the need to take care of my environment, namely the house, was always at the top of the list. Yet it invariably felt difficult to do, and even when I started - I would get tired quickly and come to a halt soon after.
This new realization of not feeling fully the hostess was like a ray of light that both made everything suddenly make sense - and illuminated the whole 9+ year journey with the house: inviting me to see both the details, and the important message behind the details.
So I invite you to follow me on this - as some pieces might click for you.
When we were selecting the house, I was pretty sick with ovarian hyperstimulation, going through IVF that brought us our first daughter. It was our first house purchase, it had taken us a while to decide we wanted - needed? - a house, and we felt weary after having to readjust our aspirations and expectations so much over the course of looking at what was available. When my husband suggested we make an offer on this house I was more relieved than excited.
When we got the keys to the house - it felt weird and unreal. The house felt strange and unprepared (the guy took his time to move his stuff out past the key handing day). And when I came over to plan the renovations and cleaning needed before we move in, I felt nauseous - both from the pregnancy, and a stomach virus that hit both me and Vitalik later that day.
When we moved in, I was 5 months pregnant. It seemed like I summoned all my energy (pretty lacking for the first 4 months of the pregnancy) to pack up our condo and have the goodbye party with friends - only to feel completely drained when we moved it. Our floors were not done - we had to stay at a friend's place for a week. We had no kitchen, very little furniture. My husband stopped talking with me for a few days after the move. It took me many months to understand the discomfort he must have felt with the unsettling we moved into, and being mad at me for not project managing this whole process better.
By the time the key furniture started to arrive and the kitchen was operational - our daughter was born. My mother in law came to stay for three months to help with the new baby. She was taking care of the meals, some of the boxes remained unpacked, friends offered to put things in place - I sometimes reluctantly agreed, not understanding why I resisted it so deep emotionally. We hired a cleaning lady - for the first time ever. All very logical practical moves, that made our life easier. When I turned 40 that same year, and my family came over to celebrate, it was the first time I was ok not worrying about cleaning the house or cooking the food for my party.
Or so I thought.
Don't get me wrong - we had plenty of loving and beautiful moments in this house during that time. We enjoyed our patio, had fun cooking Saturday breakfast on an electric pan outside, Vitalik loved pacing the spacious floors, empty of furniture, and Dima and I loved exploring both the neighborhood and different parts of Toronto, scouting furniture and eating out while our kitchen was taking a while to install. That part of our journey is cherished and loved - I am just focusing on the discovery made in the last few days, which relates to the disconnects that I had with this beautiful place we now called home.
Between all the circumstances of our first months in the house, and all the practical moves due to the birth of our Misha - I never completed even one full cleaning of the whole house, where I would touch every little part, and make it my own.
After spending more money than we wanted on the new kitchen, the furniture, the most important curtains (as I was boiling in our south facing bedroom breastfeeding and feeling constantly hot for the first time in my life) - my husband reached the point of unease about spending more money on the house. He voiced this unease - and that was enough for me to stop all the remaining projects. So the other curtains, finishing up the fireplace wall in our bedroom, re-hooking the washer and dryer so the doors would not clash, even the picture wall I wanted to arrange - got halted.
Here is where it gets deep. While I mention my husband - he was NOT AT ALL the reason those project stopped.
On the first, surface level, it could seem to be about the money - that I did not feel justified spending. I already got the kitchen option that I preferred - while we both wanted a new kitchen, I was in favor of a more expensive version. I got the curtains that I so desperately needed - even if we both did not really like how they turned out. The other curtains, the plumbing for the laundry room, let alone the fireplace wall - did require substantial further spendings.
But now, 9 years later, having gone through many rounds of deep personal discovery - I know there was more at play. And that more kept getting in the way of me doing the projects, or even tidying up the house all those times that I tried.
Through my life it felt like important things took a while for me. It took me a while to find a guy I wanted to marry. It took a while for this guy to propose to me. It took us a number of years of effort (and sex :)) to get our first baby. On my 40th birthday, my husband lovingly teased me, that by 40 I got all that I wanted - a family, a kid, and even a house. I remember the weird discomfort I felt hearing that. Not because he was teasing - I love his teasing! Now I know it was because what he was saying did not align with my deepest beliefs, or rather doubts, about me deserving all this happiness. And with that doubt, I would easily give my power away. When my husband mentioned spending too much money on the house - instead of hearing his concern or talking with him about it, I heard that I did not deserve to have what I wanted. Which he would never dream to imply.
And so in all these years in the house, I kept accepting things to be incomplete, undone, not fully arranged - which bugged me deep down, and yet I was the one keeping them that way. I kept wanting to put those pictures, to get those curtains, or do that wall in the bedroom - in fact, I made a few designs and got estimates for it. When my husband would say he was not happy with our house - I almost screamed, me too! Yet even the zen space of my walk-in closet has been ALMOST in order, with some things always ending up out of place.
The true reason for that was I was not allowing myself to have the environment I really wanted - and so my mind kept putting the resistance mechanisms every time I attempted to arrange it to my liking.
Gradually, things started to shift in the last 18 months. I burned old papers, released baby clothes, gave away my own clothes I hung on to for years, had a large garage sale letting go of even the valuable jewelry I no longer wore. I arranged some pieces of the house to my liking and managed to keep them tidy for months. I even put up a few pictures.
The resistance was still there - but I could overcome it, at times, and it was diminishing. The more I connected with myself - the more I allowed myself to be and do what I liked, - the more progress I could make.
Finally, in the last couple of months - it lifted. The heaviness, the tiredness, the resistance. I easily bagged the remaining clothes I wanted to give away, started disposing of kids daily artwork, I even threw away our beloved steamer - the most used (and now unused) appliance we had for years.
I went through a lot of deep unlayering in the last two months. Old difficult emotions came out, and beneath them I could see the beautiful person that I am. Glimpses at first, then more.
So now this phrase - being the hostess of our castle - was like the last key. To fully see what was not working. To now see what I do want. And to connect with who I am when it comes to my environment. The reason I formulated this phrase this week was because I was ready to face it - and to do something about it.
I cried many tears while writing this. It has been a blog post of discovery, of connecting, and of letting go. I felt regret, sadness, and even anger - and I felt them dissipating. Like the light dissolves the darkness - the old doubts are now dissolving with this new clarity and new trust.
I am the hostess of our castle. It feels fantastic - and true.
Now I am ready to face the next question:
How much of the hostess of my life am I NOT being?
I will let you know what unfolds from here :).


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Okay - on to the reporting! This month has actually been full of "first time ever" events - without me even trying!
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Okay - on to the reporting! This month has actually been full of "first time ever" events - without me even trying!
5 comments:
- Cynthia said...
I love this chicken idea.... It's one that I would consider, as I've always wanted some sort of mini farm on our property. Don't get me started on how much I want a miniature donkey! But what do you do if you want to go away on a holiday? Get a chicken sitter?
- April 30, 2010 at 8:19 AM
- Joanne said...
Oh Cynthia! You are a woman after my own heart!!! A miniature donkey! I would come to visit just to see it. :-) According to what I read, you can't leave chickens without someone to give them water and food every single day, so yes... you would need a chicken sitter! That is definitely a drawback... we do have neighbors who have girls that look after our dogs/cats, so I am thinking maybe adding chickens into the mix might not be asking much more. Still - a big consideration.
- April 30, 2010 at 8:33 AM
The merry merry month of May. Yours is surely turning out like that Joanne.
I laughed at Catch's picture- seems they find the smallest, tightest vessel and after a few curls and turnarounds, they get comfortable. And I can't find a good position in a queen size bed! How does THAT happen?
This workshop sounds like it will propel you further and give you great tools to make that happen.
Chickens, oh chickens, if we were zoned for it here, I'd have chickens, AND a goat. Goats are wonderful, and as affectionate as dogs.
First time evers are even better when they're checked off the list. Then you get to make a new list.
PS word verification for this comment is " fullygo ". Ha! Guess the cyberbots have seen your list!
- May 1, 2010 at 2:24 PM
- Liana Yarckin said...
I am inspired by all of your firsts!
- May 8, 2010 at 11:44 AM
- Joanne said...
You should try this! It is easier than you think, and it makes you aware of how you are really LIVING your life. :-) Have a great weekend!
- May 8, 2010 at 3:07 PM


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Starting with FlippingBook Publisher 2.4, Professional and Business editions allow embedding of YouTube, Vimeo and Wistia videos into publications.
Note!FlippingBook Publisher Basic doesn't have the option to embed YouTube, Vimeo and Wistia videos.
To embed a video using your Professional or Business edition of Publisher, first upload it to YouTube, Vimeo or Wistia services.
Now open your project in FlippingBook Publisher.
Start adding video by clicking on the Content editor button and choosing the button Video:
Note! If you don't see the Content editor button most likely your version of FlippingBook Publisher is not up-to-date one. Please, update it or add your video by using the button Insert Media > Insert Video.
The Content Editor will open in the new window, overlapping your publication. Now you can embed a video.
A blue rectangle represents an area in which the video will appear. You can change its size or position on the page by dragging the corner with the mouse.
Please note the «Video Settings» tab in the left lower corner of the screen.
Here you can paste the video link or embed code in the Video URL field.
To copy this Video URL, open your video in Youtube or Vimeo and copy the URL of the video from the address bar of your browser.
If you have an account with Wistia, just open your video project there, open the video and copy the URL of your video from the address bar of your browser at the top of the web page:
For every video you can set the following settings individually:
- Aspect Ratio defines the relation between the width and the height of your thumbnail. 16:9 and 4:3 are fixed formats. This means that if you increase the width then the height is also increased correspondingly. If you select Custom, then you can set the size anyway you like.
- Autostart will start playing the video automatically when your users open the page with it. When you deselect this, then your users will have to manually press the play button in the pop-up player to start playing the video.
- The Preview Image (appears for the Pop-up window Display Mode only) will show the Youtube/Vimeo thumbnail of your video in your publication if you set this to Thumbnail. If you set it to None then the area will be completely transparent apart from the 'Play' button. This is useful if your publication already contains a suitable image that you want to link to the video.
- The Video Display Mode which will allow you to indicate how you want your video to open in your publication. Actually there are 2 variants for that:
- Auto which gives you an opportunity to play the video directly in your publication;
- Pop-up window which will open your video in a pop-up window.
Note!The display mode Auto will not work directly in your publication in some of the cases.
Here they are:
- if you open your publication on the smartphones that run iOS mobile operating system;
- if you open your publication in Safari on desktop;
- if you video is located in the middle of a wide page;
- if the height of your video is less than 144 pixels. Also this size can change if you resize the window of your browser.
Once you have finished placing and setting your video, you can simply close the Content Editor and FlippingBook Publisher will save the changes automatically.
The video will start playing once a reader clicks on it.
Also, kindly note that FlippingBook Publisher 2.9.30 and later includes a very convenient highlight mode for all your interactive elements - links, videos and pop-ups. Here is how it works - when the user clicks on any blank spot on the page, all interactive elements on the page are highlighted. Another click on the page hides them.
This feature can make your publication much easier to work with.


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Concert dayPosted by smr on August 15th, 2013
We had an early breakfast so that we could get on the road and see all of the adventures that were planned for all of the campers today – and then get to our cave concert.
Our first stop was the Pilgrimage Church of the Holy Virgin Mary in Krtiny (about two hours away – and near Brno). We saw a crypt with about 150 skulls. Not a lot is known about the remains, but there were six special skulls that had been painted – around the year 1620. Archeologists are still trying to determine the exact meanings, but it was a fascinating room and held sacred to the Protestants of the region. Upstairs we found a new carillon and one of the priests came out to have it ring just for us. Finally, we entered the breathtaking Baroque sanctuary. Wow.
Next, we stopped in to visit a wonderful glass artist. He is well known for his special techniques and beautiful artistry. After a quick tour of his workshop, he took us to a beautiful modern church in Sosuvka that he designed. Words can't describe the beautiful work throughout the church, and the photos only begin to show the beauty.
Finally – our visit to the cave. I'm not sure of the name of the cave or the area, but it is used for breathing treatments for those with difficulties. Most of the patients visit the cave twice daily for treatment – but you can't stay for too long since it is a brisk 46 degrees Fahrenheit. We set up, practiced briefly, and then went up for warmth. Then back down for the concert which was VERY well attended as you will see in the photos.


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There are lots of people that go through anxiety, albeit not many of them want to admit they have a problem. In reality, everyone's life has nail-biting moments, stress-filled days, the demand to meet quotas and deadlines at work, and with all that pressure, it becomes harder to live creatively. When your brain is placed under significant amounts of stress, it triggers a hormonal release to counteract the stress, which tells the body, either to run away or fight back. Our brain is designed chemically with anxiety and courage intertwined, and it is a biological reaction ingrained in everyone, from wallflowers to warriors.
The first step towards finding the courage to control and overcome your anxiety is to accept that this is a normal feeling that comes out as a result of stress. There are different states of anxiety you must consider, and it is related to creating something meaningful in life. It could be within our work, free time, our relationships, and even in our minds.
We create our relationships or work, just as we create a piece of art. We contribute to it, mold it, consent to it (or not), we make choices that inedible change/create our existence. If I told you that you aren't the only one struggling to find the courage to overcome anxiety and live creatively in Seattle, would you believe me? Yes, there are thousands of people in this unique city, which touches the hearts of people, and inspires them to not only dream big, but let out their creative juices, yet most of them fail in their pursuits. Why is that the case? As Sylvia Plath wrote in her journal,
"The worst enemy of creativity is self-doubt."
How does one live creatively? How do we overcome the anxiety we have about change, where does the courage come from? The paradox is something that confounds everyone.
It's Okay to Feel Lost
Before we can even come to courage, it is important to understand that the feeling we have of being lost isn't inaccurate. This is something you see all around you. You feel lost, not knowing where your life is going. Some people seem to have direction, but you can see the lost souls wandering around Seattle. Wondering what life has in store for them next. It is easy to blame yourself during such times. It is easy to increase your anxiety by wondering what is wrong with you and why you cannot find direction, just like other people around you can.
We feel lost not because there is something wrong with us, but because we are alive in times of change. Society keeps going through cycles of changes. It finds something new, settles into it and lets everyone become comfortable, and then everything is upended again. Just look at what happened after World War 2. Life, as people knew it, ended in WW2. Post-WW2 was a completely new world, a completely new society, with completely new mores and new desires.
Think about how structured our societies were before the nukes were dropped, before the nuclear arms race. Look at the way people worked, the way they loved, the way they lived, and you see a drastic change. In the 50s, for example, having a child out of wedlock would be scandalous. From there we came to the current era, where people have their children attending their weddings, and no one even bats an eye.
Whenever society is cycling towards change, things are fun and exciting. New possibilities and new doors are opening every single day. However, things are difficult for people who were born with one set of mores and have transitioned into a society that has different rules now – they feel lost. This is exactly what is happening to most of us.
Why So Many Of Us Go Through Anxiety?
Everything around us isn't just changing – it is clear that something new is being built, a new age which we are all marching towards but one which isn't here yet. You see this in technology – new apps and gadgets being researched to revolutionize the way we will do things in the future. You see this in social sciences, where new research is blowing up our old ideas and suggesting new ways to encourage better societies. You see this with sexual dynamics; women and men fighting the current way we date and love to create a new, fairer and better way of doing it. Cryptocurrencies are making people millionaires, jobs are being lost to automation, and artificial intelligence is threatening to replace all of us in our offices.
The problem isn't that change is happening. Change does need to happen. Change is good. We do need better technology. Women do need more power in the world until things are fair for them. We do need to rethink identities, jobs, politics, our economic systems, and so on. The problem is that the new future, the one we should aspire to, isn't clear yet. We can't direct ourselves towards it, we cannot change ourselves to conform to it, because it does not exist for us yet. In a society with well-defined social mores, it is easy to conform and succeed. You feel fulfilled when you know you are on the right path, but:
We don't know if we are one the right path, because we don't know which path is right yet.
The solution to this is simple, but not easy in real life. We do not need to wait until someone gives us direction. No, what we need is the courage to create. That is how you know what the future will be like, that is how you fight anxiety about what the future will hold. You don't wait to see what happens to you, you gather the courage to create.
Why Creation Is Courageous?
Creating something new is one of the most courageous things we can do, because it means fighting everything that came before. Imagine every artist who changed the way art was made. They were the ones who dragged art into a new frontier. Whether it is Paul Cézanne, who defied 19th century art norms and ended up laying the foundation for 20th century art; or Andy Warhol, who redefined what people would consider art in the later parts of the 20th century.
Think of the musician who decides to create a new style of music. Think of the people who first created jazz, rock and roll, and hip hop. They defied the artistic norms. There was a path there already. Right now, you can see that becoming a rapper can be a profitable path. The first rappers became rappers when society didn't even know what rap music was. They had no idea whether it will be profitable or successful. Yet they had the courage to go out and do what they wanted to do.
All creation is an act not just of courage but of rebellion as well – rebellion against all that has stood before. This doesn't mean that you must give up everything from the past – even an improvement in something is an act of rebellion.
Thus, if we are to become creative, we must gather courage. We must also rethink what creativity and art means.
Understanding Art And Creativity, And How We Can All Be Artists
One of the most simple and therapeutic things this generation has, and perhaps lost, is the ability to create music-mixes. Like we use too create a collection of music on CDs to the season of life, music that defined it. Not just defined it, but it was a symbol or an object that accompanied and held us amidst what it is we were feeling. That is what music is, art, an expression of the creator of something that is coming together within them made up of the material of their lives.
Something that is accompanying and comforting them. It seems we have lost that in these days. Those of us who do not do creative work are often unfulfilled. We wish we were creators instead of just doing something menial. The problem here is that our thinking of what creativity is and can be is wrong. When we think creativity, we think of people who create music, writings, paintings, videos, and other such things. We have confined creativity and art to a profession. Creativity isn't a profession; creativity is an approach. It is a way of life. Consider what Edward Degas, the legendary French artist said:
A painter paints a picture with the same feeling as that with which a criminal commits a crime
You may disagree with Degas here, but here is why this statement is hard for us to agree with: we aren't artists. Since Degas was already an established artist when he said this, he understood art, though maybe he did not understand how others would not be able to understand what he meant. He is not saying that an artist feels good the way about a painting the way a criminal does. It is not a judgment on the nature of the artist or of the criminal. Instead, the focus is elsewhere – it is on creativity.
Something we must realize is that art isn't restricted to the canvases and mediums we have confined it to, as it can't be measured or compressed into boxes.
Creativity isn't restricted to just creating 'pieces of art' – creativity means doing what you do in your own way.
Creativity is a baker who bakes a new type of cake which people love. Creativity is a developer who creates a new app. Creativity is looking at the way things are done and realizing that there may be a better way – a more courageous way.
Understanding Courage
It will be a lie to say that courage comes easily. Think of it like swimming. Someone who knows to swim can be thrown into a large body of water and they have nothing to worry about – they know they can swim to safety. Someone who does not know how to swim will, instead, start panicking because they know they can drown in that water. Sure, they saw the other people swimming, but they themselves don't know how to swim.
Courage is the ability to swim through the troubles and obstacles that life throws at you. If you don't have courage, you drown. If you do, you swim through. However, it is important to note that as impossible as courage looks to someone without courage, we shouldn't forget that swimming feels just as impossible to someone who does not know how to swim. However, once we learn how to swim, all the fear of drowning goes away. That is what courage feels like as well – the realization that you will not drown – you will swim.
Courage doesn't just mean risking your life – though it means that as well. Courage also doesn't just mean doing dangerous things. Courage can be of many types. There is the physical courage, the one that is most readily apparent. The courage to put your life and health at risk to save someone, to fight for a cause, to even give up your life for your country. That courage is easy to see. Then there is moral courage – the ability to call the wrong thing the wrong thing no matter what. The people who fight racism, sexism, and other societal evils every day exhibit moral courage.
One of the most important types of courage, one we don't talk about much because it isn't easily visible, is social courage. The ability to be authentic. In many ways, the ways we have of showing courage now are just masks to hide something else, or aren't really that courageous at all. Taking your clothes off in front of other people requires a lot of courage, because of how insecure we are about our bodies, and due to the way society shames nudity. However, what is even more courageous is the ability to be naked mentally.
You ask yourself. Would you rather be nude in front of everyone you know, or would you rather have your thoughts be naked in front of them? Most of us will pick being nude, because sharing our real thoughts is the scarier suggestion. How can we expect to be fulfilled in an environment like this? When we cannot even share our thoughts, so how can we expect to be who we are? How can we self-actualize and overcome our anxiety if we cannot even be ourselves?
Choosing To Grow
When you choose to be creative, you choose to grow. You choose becoming something new, something greater than what you are. The anxiety you feel while doing such a move should not be a discouragement – anxiety is natural, the same way being scared is natural. A firefighter who walks into a burning building to save someone is not unafraid of fire. They understand the dangers of fire much more than we do. They have seen more horrors of fire than we could imagine. Yet they still go in, because they are brave. Bravery does not mean you aren't scared – because you can only be brave when you are scared.
How do the firefighters go into a burning building? With preparation. They wear protective gear. They study the plans of the building. They are trained to deal with smoke and other hazards associated with fire. This is the same way we need to approach our life. Yes, if we try to do something creative, something new, there will be hardships. That doesn't mean we do not make the attempt – it just means that we prepare for the attempt.
It means we get the emotional and social support that we need. It is about loving yourself, and accepting that every individual goes through the same process. It means getting professional mental health when needed. Courage doesn't just mean doing something, it means having the courage to start something new, and doing something that no one has ever done before. Be courageous and seek out your dreams. Do not let the obstacles stop you but don't ignore the obstacles either.
Instead look at the obstacles and prepare for them. Life is too short to go through it scared. Embrace courage and creativity.


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Exen Legal Solutions were amongst the sponsors at the Elite Vantage conference in London on the 19th & 20th September. Over 200 law firm delegates attended the conference and we were busy over the 2 days demonstrating how SmartEye provides and out of the box dashboard and reporting solution to firms of all sizes.
Plenty of attention was given to our shiny new Microsoft Surface tablets, running the latest Exen SmartEye fee earner dashboards. A big thanks to all who visited our stand and congratulations to Matt Saunders, winner of the Surface Tablet raffle.


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Banner by Khusbu Patel and Daniel Arnabar
Reconsidering Safe Injection Centers
by Elsa Carey
Accounts of the opioid epidemic have increasingly plagued news outlets for the past several years, including horror stories of 115 people fatally overdosing every day and videos on social media of zombie-like addicts wandering the streets. Both opioid abuse rates and overdose numbers have been exponentially increasing over the last decade. According the National Institute of Health, in 2015 2 million citizens in the United States suffered from a prescription opioid-related substance abuse disorder, and over 33,000 people fatally overdosed. In Alleghany County alone, overdose mortality increased by 60 percent from 2013 to 2015 to claim 400 lives in one year. The United States' stance on the opioid crisis and 'Just Say No' has taken a hard line with addicts that are suffering from substance abuse issues and have yet to have a positive effect. Penalties for even small-scale possession often include large fines and some jail time, both of which only create worse situations for addicts without offering any solution to the root cause of the problem.
But now that it is clear we have a problem and it shows no signs of slowing down, the question we are left asking is "What can we do?" Although there are a small number of programs in place to help addicts cope with their addictions, stigma and prejudice have prevented public health efforts from making a significant step in the direction of ending this epidemic. Despite the fact that Pennsylvania has the fourth highest opioid-related mortality rate in the United States (according to 2016 CDC data), there are only three needle exchange programs across the entire state and the implementation of others are not legal. This criminalization of syringe possession in Pennsylvania is due to the misled belief that legal needle access promotes drug use, when in fact it only tolerates more widespread problems, such as dangerous needle sharing and the subsequent spread of blood-borne diseases, as well as endanger local communities with used discarded needles. Approximately 120 safe injection sites are currently established in many countries around the world, making safe injection centers a new public health initiative which have shown considerably positive results, in both long- and short-term effects. However, the strong social and political hostility towards the introduction of safe injection sites in the United States should be reconsidered, for the general stigma behind the opposition is not justifiable and evidence that demonstrates the benefits of these centers far outweighs personal prejudices against drug use.
Safe injection centers are facilities where addicts can inject themselves with their own drugs, using clean syringes provided by the centers and with medical personnel present to supervise injections. Their implementation is a controversial idea, as many people believe that by overseeing drug injections, the centers are endorsing drug use. However, this common misconception not only prevents new and progressive methods of combating the opioid crisis, but actually propagates many dangerous aspects of drug use, including the spread of infectious disease and potential for overdose.
The first and most important goal of safe injection centers is to ensure that addicts don't harm themselves or overdose. Using data taken from North America's first safe injection site, located in Vancouver, 1 in 1,000 injections at the site result in overdose, but none so far have been fatal, due to the ability of employees to be able to respond efficiently and quickly. After the site was opened, statistics have shown that overdose-related deaths in Vancouver have decreased by 88 per 100,000 people per year. Staff also test the purity and content of drugs, ensuring that they are not laced with fentanyl, which is a rising cause of overdose. Because sterile needles and syringes are provided by the centers, needle sharing clearly drops, which immensely decreases the spread of infectious diseases, predominantly HIV and hepatitis C. Between 2010 and 2012, the CDC reported a 75 percent% increase in new hepatitis C infections, and in 2016, the CDC report demonstrated that of known causes, injection-drug use was over seven times more likely than the next leading cause to be the risk behavior to cause new hepatitis C infections. This ability to protect human lives both at the time of injection and much further down the line should be reason enough to take steps toward implementation in the United States.
Safe injection centers provide sanitary spaces and an open environment for addicts to be honest with themselves, something that can be difficult while in the throes of addiction. It also makes it much easier for people struggling with addiction to reach out for help. After run-ins with the law, addicts are often afraid to seek treatment and don't know where to turn. Safe injection centers provide a safe space that can bridge that divide by being welcoming and accessible while having direct contact with long-term treatment centers, in which the road to rehabilitation truly begins. Safe injection sites can be beneficial to surrounding communities as well — the presence of addicts in a city can be a safety issue, as dirty needles often litter the public streets and drug-fueled crimes spike. One study done around the safe injection site in Vancouver demonstrated that within the first three months of opening, the number of users injecting in public, discarded syringes and other injection litter all decreased by approximately 50 percent. Providing people with a safe and clean space to gather and inject drugs means there is no longer reason to use publicly and dangerously, or alone and with used needles and other contaminated equipment.
Without any positive results in the movement against the opioid epidemic, novel strategies must be pursued to gain traction against the growing number of lives that this crisis has already claimed. The positive results around the world from safe injection centers are not something to completely dismiss. The value of human lives must now outweigh personal preconceptions against drug addicts. Although safe injection sites will not cure the problem, the harm reduction that it displays is a first step in the right direction towards conquering the beast that is America's opioid epidemic.


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Jennifer Swajkoski
Jenny grew up in Boise and graduated from Timberline High School in 2007. Jenny earned her degree in sustainable agriculture from the University of Montana in 2011. As part of her undergraduate, Jenny worked on a student run farm in Missoula, Montana where she learned much more than just how to grow food. She learned the positive impact community farms can have on the community – from providing food security to the most vulnerable members of the community to creating long lasting relationships between diverse members of the community. Jenny then attended law school at the University of Idaho College of Law, where she had the opportunity to research how communities around the world have employed sustainable agriculture and urban farming and how doing so has helped improve local economies as well as quality of life. Jenny enjoys spending time with family and friends, in the backcountry, dancing to live music, going for bike rides, and cooking up food from her garden.


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Transformers Decepticon top loading Deck Box features a full flap cover and holds 82 cards in Ultra PRO Deck Protector sleeves. Acid free, durable polypropylene material and includes one matching divider.
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Year: 2017
Weight: 45 grams
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