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The children?s hospice that helps terminally ill kids really live
On the reception desk, by the oak staircase, at Canuck Place Children?s Hospice rests a green Victorian lamp, which staff light when a child has just died?or is expected to die in the coming hours. This lets everyone in the house be mindful of the energy shift. A child?s death unleashes immeasurable grief for loved ones, but the families of kids who come to this innovative palliative care centre can take some solace in how their kids lived out their final days.
Michaela Evanow?s daughter, Florence Marigold, was a patient at Canuck Place. A sweet child with fawn brown eyes and a chin like a ripe peach, at just three-and-a-haf months old, she was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) type 1?a progressive neuromuscular disease with a terminal prognosis. Photo: Provided by Canuck Place Children?s Hospice
Wearing his signature bowtie as he does his rounds of the nine in-patient beds, medical director Hal Siden explains that paediatric palliative care didn't exist until the 1990s, and even then it was all about pain management. He is proud of the holistic program that he and his colleagues have created at Canuck Place. ?Our service is about life,? he says. ?We can?t change these kids? diagnoses, but we can change everything around it. Our thinking is: For these kids every day has risks, so how can we make each day great for them"?
Last year, Canuck Place managed 1,736 outpatient consultations, offering their services to families in their home or at the hospital,...
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The Ten Things to Do When Your Life Falls ApartThursday, May 27th, 2010
"He who sits in the house of grief will eventually sit in the garden." — Hafiz
Hard times, more than any others, reveal to us the truth that the signature of our humanity is our emotional nature. What differentiates us from stones and butterflies is the degree to which what happens to us affects us on an emotional level. We don't just experience things ― get a divorce, lose our house, watch our dog die from eating poison ― we have feelings about these events. It is the depth and nuance of our feelings ― of our joy, sorrow, anger, and fear ― that give texture to our humanity.


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Friday, September 13, 2013 - Jaro and Borek - Screen Test RAW - FULL CONTACT
Jaro and Borek - Screen Test RAW - FULL CONTACT
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Daniel Koc and Kamil Jezek came in for a duo. They start off, on the bed, sharing some grapes. Then they begin to kiss and to feel each other. Daniel leans over and kisses on Kamil's body, removing his shorts to take hold of his cock and suck on it. Kamil has reached round and is feeling Daniel's ass. With both of them naked Daniel sucks on Kamil's hard cock and wanks himself. He sucks and licks on that dick as Kamil reaches to wank him as well. Then Daniel lays on the bed so Kamil can be on top of him for some hot 69ing. Then Daniel stands up for Kamil to suck him some more. That cock is throbbing as he suck, but Kamil wants more. He moves Daniel into doggy position and slides his cock deep into that waiting ass. He fucks that hot hole nice and deep. Daniel moves onto his side, cock trapped between his legs as Kamil continues to work his hole. He fucks that ass real good and then they flip, with Kamil on his back, legs in the air as Daniel's dick works his ass. Kamil loves the feeling and wanks his throbbing cock as his ass gets it good. As Daniel pounds that ass Kamil is wanking hard and blows a big load right up his body. Daniel pulls out and shoots his cum too. Then he leans over and kisses Kamil. They go off to the shower to clean up, with Daniel's cock still rock hard. I reckon he could easily go another round.
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Happy Friday the 13th to you! It seems more like Halloween than mid-September. Fall seems to be approaching quite quickly in Central Europe. My update on the Czech elections: You might as well tune in on Politico in the USA, the same kinds of insults are being traded. With all that's at stake, I don't detect much interest in the elections. But I'll keep my ear to the ground and report anything significant.
I looked at today's trailer and my thoughts were, there's a whole lot of hard sukat goin' on.
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This all got me to thinking about the things that never fail to get me excited about winter. Autumn unarguably brings the best food along with it (butternut squash – so soon!), but, if fabric can be seasonal (and I'm fairly sure it can) I think it brings the best fabrics with it too.
Summer is all pulled chiffon and dull cotton, but winter, for me, is all about tweeds, wool and sequins. Add a breton stripe or two (as I always do) and you have a perfect winter wardrobe I reckon. Layer upon layer, thermal upon cosy thermal, topped off with grey wool tights, a well-wrapped scarf and a sequin or two to keep it happy, and you're away.
Top line: 1. Lolitanie 2. Hanneli 3. Good Night, Day (via)
Bottom line: 4. & 6. Maska Knits 5. Kris Atomic
I know a man who weaves tweed on a beautiful big old noisy weaving machine, have a mother who knits wool into lovely jumpers and have already sourced a sequin/glitter wholesaler or two, so I think, on my budget of air, I might just do alright this winter.
Top line: 1. Sequin clutch (it's from Zara, I recently discovered) 2. Miu Miu Boots
Middle: 3. by whimsical
Bottom line: 4. Zara September lookbook (via) 5. The Sartorialist
Bottom line: 4. Zara September lookbook (via) 5. The Sartorialist


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Ugh, I hate the sound of my own voice. My girlfriend and I are listening to the podcast and I'm cringing every time I speak (or unintentionally cut someone off...so embarrassing).If I'm ever on again, I'll be using Skype on my PC, not my iPhone. The audio quality on my phone sounds really bad and I keep cutting in and out (which adds to the cringes).
At least you didn't sound like a Reaper.
...and Aaz revealed my last name...he must be silenced!
Blame Walter for recording the parts that aren't supposed to be on the show.
EDIT: I have a question: Who bought Dragons Dogma?
Everything gets put on the show unless I'm told otherwise
I didn't. Canceled my preorder a few days before it shipped.
Me too.
Did I miss something last-minute and controversial about the game?
I think that me and DirectDK would be good friends! I played Smash Bros since the N64 era and I currently still brawl it out on the Wii.
Thanks for the input Rhombaad and DK. I know the movies don't do justice to the manga, but I"ll watch them.
Ugh, I hate the sound of my own voice. My girlfriend and I are listening to the podcast and I'm cringing every time I speak (or unintentionally cut someone off...so embarrassing).
Man, wish I didn't have to work ... would've been sweet to join in this one with DK and Rhombaad. Here's wishing/ hoping the special guests of all the podcasts so far get to come back again at some point!
Special guests DirectDK and Rhombaad join the three admins in sharing their perspectives of Berserk movie 1.
It would have totally been awesome to have you too. I know you have a lot to say about the movie as well. Sorry for calling you out in the podcast, heh. =P
I'm used to hearing my voice in song, but when I hear myself speak, I hate it too! LOLOL. And not gonna lie, I was hella nervous in the beginning. Even though we're all friends, speaking my humble opinion about the Berserk movie against the BIG 3 was intimidating as fawk!
Thanks again, Walter, Aaz, and Grif for inviting me on!!! You guys are a fun bunch, and it was a pleasure chatting with you all. Now, I'm gonna go catch up on the last few eps so I can get ready for Guts' flashback!!!
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New 'Bachelor' Spin-off CONFIRMED! 'Bachelor in Paradise' Begins this Summer!
There's a new member of the "Bachelor" franchise! It's called "Bachelor in Paradise" and it's confirmed by ABC to be starting this summer!
Entertainment Weekly exclusively reported today that the new show will last six episodes and feature a rose ceremony!
It will reportedly take place on an isolated island location and will bring back many favorite "Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" contestants.
This is sure to be a welcome replacement for fans of "Bachelor Pad" which did not get renewed for last summer.
It seems that this new show will feature more on love connections and hookups than game playing, although I wouldn't rule anything out at this point.
Chris Harrison announced the other day that there would be a big announcement and this is big! He, of course, is returning as the host.
The premiere date and location of the show have not yet been revealed.
Hugs, Kisses, & Roses,
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I've been in quite a few meetings recently and read quite a lot of documents where people have made claims about the relative sizes of the public and private sectors in health care delivery. A recent report from the World Bank Group on the private sector in Africa claims that "the private health sector now provides half of all health services in the region." A document I reviewed recently claimed that "much" of medical care is provided by the private sector – an assertion I hear quite often.
As far as I can make out, the data underlying such claims reflect a very partial picture. The Africa data are from the Demographic Health Survey which captures only treatment for (outpatient) maternal and child health services (MCH); it also covers only the developing world, and only the poorer part of it. Some claims reflect data for just one country. I've heard a lot about India, but these data (obviously) cover just India, and only outpatient visits.
WHS to the rescue
To get the big picture, I thought it might be useful to crunch some numbers from the World Health Survey. (Actually, to be completely honest, I crunched some numbers from a dataset that some coauthors and I have constructed from the WHS for a paper that we're nearly done writing.)
The WHS was fielded in the early 2000's in 70 countries – spanning the World Bank's lower-, middle- and high-income categories. The WHS enumerators asked a randomly-selected adult in each household about his or her use of inpatient care and outpatient care; in the numbers that follow I've focused on use in the last 12 months. For both types of care, the enumerator also asked whether the last facility visited was public or private.
The WHS has some drawbacks. The regional coverage varies: it was implemented in most of South Asia, but much more sparsely in Latin America. It is ten years old. We can tell only whether inpatient or outpatient care was received, not the number of contacts. And the public-private information is for the last facility visited only.
Still, it gets us much closer to the big picture than if we focus on MCH outpatient treatment in the world's poorest countries, or on outpatient care in just one country.
The picture's actually rather different from what we often hear
The numbers in the maps below show the share of inpatient admissions and outpatient visits delivered in public facilities. Green means mostly public – the darker the shade, the larger the public share. Blue means mostly private – the darker the shade, the larger the private share.
On the inpatient admission map, there's just one country that's blue – India. There's not even much light green on the map. In the developing world, 81% of inpatient admissions are in a public facility. Even in South Asia, the figure is 63%. Globally, the public sector's share of inpatient admissions is 82%.
There's more blue on the outpatient visit map. South Asia stands out: in this region, the majority (66%) of outpatient visits are in the private sector, and in all countries except Sri Lanka, the private sector delivers the majority of outpatient care. In other regions – including the OECD – it's the public sector that delivers most outpatient care: the private sector's share is just 33% in these countries. Globally, the public sector's share of outpatient visits is nearly two thirds (62%).
And the Africa report?
What then of the Africa report's claim? Well, it turns out that in sub-Saharan Africa just 25% of outpatient visits are in the private sector, and only 16% of inpatient admissions are. Both figures are rather a long way from the report's claimed "half".
We should all be more careful in how we characterize health services provision statistics. We can all frame the available data to make our particular point. If I want to make the private sector seem less significant, I can reference a household survey that asks people about facilities, as the World Health Survey did. If I want to make it seem more significant, I can reference the DHS which asks about careseeking - and therefore captures a much broader set of sources to which people turn when ill (e.g. traditional healers, pharmacies, drug shops and the like). You can look at the aggregate figures from the most recent DHS for SSA here http://www.ps4h.org/globalhealthdata.html Obviously which of these statistics is more relevant depends on what issue you are trying to understand; or which problem you are trying to resolve. The far bigger problem (than strategic data source selection) is that we are turning to household survey data to try to understand health services organization and operation. People's experiences with the health system are certainly relevant and important; however, people do not know much about the organization and operation of health services provision - not even for providers with which they have interacted. The WHS findings on OECD service provision which you reference can serve as Exhibit 1. Primary care organizations are predominantly private in 20 of the 28 OECD countries (see the OECD Health System Institutional Characteristics Survey results here http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/health-systems-institutional-characteristics_5kmfxfq9qbnr-en. Interestingly, Sweden has just tipped over into the private provision dominant category. And, specialist care is predominantly private in about half the countries (same source). The likelihood that 70% of outpatient consultations are in public facilities is nil.
OECD survey respondents likely overstate public outpatient consultations because they are thinking of "private" as referring to "outside the system" provision - meaning privately paid.
To me, their misunderstanding illuminates the much more important issue: the collective delusion we all cling to in thinking that we have a handle on important facts and features of service provision systems from examining household survey results.
I think Will Rogers nailed our problem rather well:
"It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so."
Adam -- thanks for the
Adam -- thanks for the interesting post. I was surprised to see that the WHS found that most outpatient care in the OECD region is public. In 2009, 21 of 29 OECD countries reported that primary care is predominantly private. The picture is more mixed for outpatient specialist care, where it's closer to 50-50, since many countries deliver this through public hospitals. At any rate, perhaps the WHS had a smaller (and biased) sample of OECD countries.
On a separate note, in Sri Lanka times have changed since the WHS... now slightly over half of outpatient care is delivered by the private sector, bringing it closer (for better or worse) to the South Asia norm.
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PS: I should have clarified,
PS: I should have clarified, that, at the PS4H weblink in my previous comment, you can see the most recent DHS data on careseeking aggregated for each region, and broken down by wealth quintile.
If you click through to see the Africa region data, you will see essentially the same stats as are quoted in the IFC report - slightly updated, as a few DHS results have come in since the IFC report was published. Basically the same figures though-approximately half the time someone is ill, or their child is, they seek care from private sources.
Interesting, for me
Interesting, for me especially the India in blue. Various figures are quoted and requoted in public health literature. The most often quoted one that I have seen is 90% outpatient care being private sector provided in India. Indian government documents put it at 80% and the figures for my state (Karnataka) from a recent survey of about 4000 households puts it at 69%. Of course, there is wide variation within India on such figures. There are vast regions even in the relatively better-off districts and states in southern India with very sparse private sector presence. The average has a strong message nonetheless.
Concerning SSA, the claim
Concerning SSA, the claim that the most people access healthcare services from the private sector is widespread and almost "accepted as a given" by most people. From what you have just presented, 25% outpatient and 16% inpatient admissions are from the private sector. What is really at the base of this "misconception"?
Thanks, Andy. Not sure
Dear Adam -- Thanks for the
Dear Adam -- Thanks for the interesting blog post. It is good to see that the 'Healthy Partnerships' Report on Africa you refer to (of which I was the lead author) continues to spark debates about the evidence regarding public- and private health care provision. As you remind us in your post, and as also April's comments emphasize, the question of what the public-private mix is for an entire region is not an easy one to answer. In order to help tackle this challenge in developing the Report, we assembled an advisory panel that included experts from across the World Bank Group, think tanks, academia, and the WHO to think through the (dis)advantages of the available indicator sets, including DHS and WHS. The decision to go with DHS was supported by the panel for a number of reasons, but the higher country coverage of DHS was a particular factor. Even with the higher country coverage, as you point out correctly and importantly (this can get lost when communicating the 'headline' only), the DHS data represent only a partial view; especially the regional average. Of course, this is true for the WHS data also, which is available for 18 countries in the region. It excludes for example, Nigeria, where 18% of the region's population resides and where the private health sector dominates. For a population-weighted average, this is not trivial. -- But aside from the pros and cons about such averages, which you and April have articulated in detail, I'd like to recall the context in which the cited 50/50 average appears in the 'Healthy Partnerships' Report. The section is titled "The private health sector in Africa is too large to be ignored, though it is only partly and often poorly integrated in the health system". I trust we can agree that this statement holds true, even as the debate on the precise public-private split continues, as it should. The private health sector is something governments should pay attention to and be strategic about. It is important to be reminded, as you did here, that regional averages should be enjoyed with appropriate caution, whether DHS or WHS, especially for a region as diverse and dynamic as Africa. The repeated scrutiny of such numbers is most welcome, and it points to the need for improved research and analysis of the role of private sector in health. [I might add, it would certainly be a most fruitful conversation here in Indonesia.] -- Connor
Hi Connor, thanks for the
Thank you Adam for this
Thank you Adam for this extremely useful post. Our experience at Oxfam chimes with yours – at conference after conference, and in paper after paper we see and hear the same figures being quoted about the size of the private sector, often coming back to the very same source – the IFC reports. The serious concern is not only that the figures used overstate the size of the private health care sector in developing countries but that they are themselves being used as justification for a greater allocation of public resources to private health care.
Oxfam has also criticised the figures used by the IFC for unhelpfully merging the informal and formal private sector to come up with the false claim in their 'Business of Health in Africa' report that 'A poor woman in Africa today is as likely to take her sick child to a private hospital or clinic as to a public facility.' Our analysis of the same figures found that 40% of the care labelled as 'private' by the IFC was in fact informal and unqualified (http://bit.ly/1bwnQd3). Another distinction which we think is critical but so often ignored, is between profit-making and non-profit private providers. Profit-making brings the inherent risk of market failure which must be acknowledged and responded to. Lumping together church facilities which do often make up a large portion of health care in sub-Saharan Africa for example, with elite profit making facilities designed only for the wealthiest makes little sense for those interested in really understanding the risks, roles and contributions of different types of non-state providers.
Wherever one stands in the spectrum of positions on what role the private sector can and should play in health care systems in developing countries one thing that should unite us is a call for robust and meaningful new data collection on the role and contribution of public and private (profit and non-profit) providers. In the mean time the use of such misleading figures to justify greater investment in profit-making private health care in some of the poorest countries in the world is in our view extremely dangerous.


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On August 21 Scott Tilton, the CEO of Hookit.com, and his team will celebrate their tenth year in business while just having relaunched their brand. Those ten years have been both revelatory and circuitous ones as they fine tuned their location based, action sports social network that connects riders, brands, shops, and spots with as many lessons for the brand as their are stories amongst its 700,000+ followers.
The tale begins with the launch of SponsorHouse, which was originally designed to help aspiring riders connect with sponsors, but devolved into a clearing house for companies to unload excess product, an unintended outcome of a model that built a stigma against the founders amongst core retailers. In 2006 the company decided to refocus its efforts on creating more of a social network for riders, and relaunched as Looped Network, which further devolved into a two-year trademark dispute with Loopt, another social networking site, that eventually saw the company reformulate its business plan and launch under the name of Hookit.com.
The new site, which rolls out officially this week, is a dream come true for aspiring riders and travelers, as well as shops and brands looking to connect with their audience, with as many features and nuances to capture eyes and build communities as there were twists in this company's ten-year history. For the launch, the Hookit team has hit the road, partnering with Monster Energy on its Spots & Sessions Tour to visit and promote 150 skate, motocross, surf, BMX, mountain bike, and wake spots and retailers across the country.
As the tour hits its final legs on the East Coast, we caught up with Tilton to learn more about the company's history and its business model, which still includes direct sales deals from brands for members, but is increasingly focused on driving those sales to independent retail members, and promoting local scenes and spots from the ground up.
The new model sounds really cool. Give us some background on your company's history and how you arrived here.
We didn't get a lot of momentum until '03 when we relocated from the Northeast to San Diego. We've raised a couple rounds of capital over the years and brought in some pretty prominent tech people and entrepreneurs. It wasn't until about 2006 that we decided we wanted to evolve and grow outside of the sponsorship model. What started as a novel idea, got abused pretty quickly by the brands. We wanted it to be a legitimate sponsorship service and it turned into brands blowing out product at discounts. We knew that wouldn't be sustainable and it was turning off retailers so we changed the name in 07, and had the beginnings of a social platform for action sports.
Then we got into a trademark dispute, which threw us into a tail spin for about two years.
That's fun. Did you win that?
We settled. It was a silicon valley- based, VC backed company, Loopt. It was a huge time suck and mind meld. We both had our trademarks approved in the same week so we got into a battle over the name. We went from SponsorHouse to Looped Network. Once we settled, they gave us a year to change the name, paid us to change it, and we put it out to the member base to pick a new name and came up with Hookit around getting hooked up.
The day we went live we found that about 30% of our members couldn't access because it used to be a porn site about six years ago.
I was wondering where all that content went! That sucked.
Haha. You used to be a member? It was wild, it took us about a month to get things cleaned up. All the big companies like News Corp, ESPN, and TransWorld have site blockers that automatically filter adult content. It turned out that there were about 60 different providers that we had to contact to get reclassified as a sport site.
Take a quick tour of Hookit.com here:
So you went from one headache right to the next.
Yeah, we got things settled last year and then immediately started re-working the product, getting the location based stuff out. About two months ago we released our local business services and new mobile apps. Even though we officially released them, we haven't announced it all yet because we've been piloting with some of the local shops. We have about 20,000 spots in the system now with moto tracks, wake facilities, skate parks, mountains.
So I'm looking at your local business profile page, how does the spot piece work? Who sets that up? Is it free?
The spot profiles are free for the spot owners to claim. We pre-populated it with every moto track, mountain, skatepark. Members can add their own spots if they don't exist. What we've been doing around the tour, is make it a co partnership, give them access, and then they can post updates. All the local tracks around here have claimed them. We're starting here in Southern California and expanding it out and the tour is helping us do that. We've visited about 70 spots since June 1 from San Diego, LA, San Fran, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake, Denver, Chicago, New York, and Long Island.
What are you guys doing at each stop?
The stops aren't demos, it's varied-sometimes we're visiting events, sometimes we're hosting contests for the locals.
And you're publicizing that through the site?
Yeah, we have a whole site called hookit.com/tour.
How is it going as far as attendance?
It's good – sometimes it's a few hundred, sometimes you have 20. It all depends on the region. We've hit some great places. Just in the past week we've done The Kitchen in South Bend, next week we're doing Incline Club then heading down to Greenville next week. There's just a ton of stuff going on and we're tying it in with the sponsors as best as possible with the pace of the tour.
What sports are you strongest in these days?
Moto, [users select each sport they're into]. We have 170,000 members and then skate just exceeded it at 190. Then BMX is a distant third with 75,000 and then it trickles down from there.
How are you going about getting new members? Is it a viral thing at this point?
It's always been viral but now we're being a lot more aggressive. We've been able to stretch things quite a bit because most of our relationships are constructed as partnerships. Currently we have the tour going, a lot of different things with endemic media, some FUEL TV spots running. This year a lot of our efforts with the spot owners include partnerships where active people posting photos and content are automatically entered to win prizes.
How has the acceptance been on the shop side?
We've signed up about 30 shops in the first three weeks. It's starting to go. For the first 100 shops, theypay an annual listing fee, it's like $299 or $549 depending on if it's basic or premium, then what we do is give them an ad credit for Hook Ups, which are local deals [on product for members]. We match their annual listing fee and it's a pay per click model. If they pay $299, they have $299 in ad credit to post local hook ups. These are all location based and you can access them with our app.
Can riders connect with other riders based around a spot or a shop?
Yeah, if you pull up a local shop, you can see other members that have added that location.
Did you have much push back from retailers from the days of the brand gone direct approach considering some of the disaffection for how SponsorHouse shook out?
Especially on the moto side, there are still a couple wounds out there, but so far. the people that are following it and know what's going on have seen that we've downplayed that. So far, so good. I would say the biggest challenge has been on the surf and skate side, they're just not really aware of this type of model and concept.
If you had 30 seconds with a retailer to get them to sign up, what would your pitch be?
We have a lot of members using this app and this site to find local spots and post sessions. While we're doing that we can recommend all the local shops in their area and it's a really easy way to get in front of them.
You have 700,000 plus members already?
Yep. It's been building over the years and the majority of them have come on in the last two years. We were at around 400,000 when we changed from Looped.
How much traffic are you guys doing?
We get about a half-million uniques a month right now, which is on the rise. We've redeveloped the entire site over the past 10 months. All the sections are new and it's really fast and has Facebook Connect integrated.
On the brand side, how are you targeting that piece?
We're educating brands on how they can do it. It's all so new at this point that the brands are still using it as a way to market their products, but now it's getting inter-connected so that the local shops can add all the brands they carry. We're trying to connect all those dots. It's much more of a social thing than a marketplace at this point.
I think people got confused with the name changes, but I think it's coming into its own at this point.


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The Sandercock family lived there until 1974 when their bachelor son Wilbur aka Tiny died.
Recently the St. Mary's Museum in St. Mary's Ontario did a write-up in the St. Mary's Journal Argus about the Sandercock family and this house. Much of their genealogical family information came from my husband,
As the published article states, Sam and Ann lost two of their sons in WW1. I've written about the Sandercock family and those boys previously on the Olive Tree Genealogy blog, and featured a postcard sent by one of them (Cecil) to his only sister Myrtle (my husband's great-grandmother) during the war.
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In a serendiptitious twist, last year hubs was given Sam Sandercock's mustache cup to add to his collection of antique mustache cups.
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The planet which is recorded in the galactic databanks as #37563, also referred to as 'Medivo' is a small, Earth-like geoid in a rather small and remote galaxy. It resembles Earth, both in size and geology; though the galactic factions show no interest towards it, as its core has a unique kind of radiation, which negates all high-tek reactors and engines, making orbiting impossible. It can be reached via magikal means, though, such as portals and rifts.
This radiation forces regular teknologikal advancements to halt, hence the natives are stuck at a medieval/early renaissance teklevel. The planets' inhabitants live as the ancient royal bloodline's descendants, but at a different time and place, and while the forces and factions resemble those of the age of modern dragon's ones, it's all just for the sake of plot convenience.
Medivo has four known Continents: Westeron, located at the South-West; which governed by various forces and factions. The other continent is Northeros, which is up in the North-East, and the majority of minifigs are under a unified rule. Several smaller isles exist as well, though they are not well documented by cartographers, as both continents' inhabitants are locked in constant conflict. As such, diplomacy between continents is between non-existent/limited. A third, Midran, is south of Northros and east of Westeron. It is divided equally between our Lady of Vengence, the Hollows in the Wrath, and tne Second Kingdom to the South West. Not much is known about the 4th continent, aside from it being known as the Eastern Isles, and the fierceness of its barbarians and the might of its Dragon Guard.
The Inhabitants of Medivo
Medivo is populated by many different races of minifigs, almost all of them can be found anywhere in the galaxy. Aside from regular minifigs (who often give themselves the title 'humans', and are the dominant species), other sub-species that can be found include:
Beastmen: one of the lowliest lifeforms, Beastmen are exactly what it says on the tin: minifigs with animalistic features. They come in multiple shapes and forms, from furbeasts to minotaur; even the rather dubious cyclops are considered as such. Most of them inhabit the South-Eastern corner of Medivo, known as the 'Amazon Patch': a lush, verdant jungle basin. However, some nomadic tribes, mostly bullmen, wander the Bone Wastes of the West. Savage and feral, they have issues with being organized, hence did not pose much of a threat so far.
Dwarves: Dwarves are short, stout, and possess such qualities as fascination towards ale, inventive nature, greed etc. Dwarves typically consist of seventeen main organs: The beard, the boozehole, the gratuitous Scottish accent, 13 livers and an axe. They were the first to discover gunpowder and explosives, which they shared with the humans. They're in an alliance with them, since everyone else are worse. Dwarves originate from 3 clans, each distinguished by their beard color: The Crimsonbeards (red), The Oakbraids (brown), and The Ironguts (black).
Elves: Elves are ancient and rather secretive, just as in all fantasy settings. They don't differ much from regular minifigs, though males seem to lack facial hair. Two types are distinguished: High elves, who rule the North-Eastern corner of Medivo, including the Evergreen Woodlands and beyond; and Amazon elves, who are more tribal and known for their fierce females. They are an ancestral vanguard who have driven out the beasts of from the Evergreen Woodlands centuries ago and sworn to keep the feral threat contained inside the Amazon Patch. Elves, Dwarves, and the Empire together form the Alliance of Northeros.
Orks (strictly with a k): orks don't really differ from space orks, some even think that they're nothing more than descendants of a once crash-landed warband of space orks. They lived in the Western Wastelands along other beastmen, however, recently they have been launching numerous campaigns against the Empire of Northeros. Orks are destructive by nature, and they believe in various supernatural forces, ranging from shamanism to demon-worship. They are also naturally attuned to magik. Orks are allied with larger greenskins known as trolls, it is still a matter of debate whether they're a mutated orks, or a completely different species. Nevertheless, they provide some additional brawn for the hordes.
Undead: while not really a race, it is worth mentioning that on Medivo, for some reason, dead don't always stay dead. Although they appeared in the past, the undead hordes only appeared in great numbers when the rogue majistik Malekim visited Medivo. A lot of the current wars and conflicts stem from the undead rising.
As mentioned earlier, 'humans' are the most numerous inhabitants of the planet.
History of the 'human' minifigs of The Empire of Northeros
In the beginning, humanity was the same as dungan or beastmen, only with less fur. They lived in tribes, scattered, and weak. During these times, many things threatened the minifigs, natural, unnatural, and supernatural alike. Humanity almost faced extinction. Then, a hero emerged. His name was Zahru.
Zahru's origins fade to the past. One thing's for sure: with his emergence, humanity could survive his early years. Zahru wandered around the world, helping always who needed aid. Many tales tell about his great deeds. In one, he saved a village from a dungan warband, by teaching them how to use bow and arrows, so the villagers could cover him while fighting. In another, he fought against a dozen of trolls, slaying them all by himself. During the fight, he bathed in their blood, and gained troll strength and the ability to regenerate. His left arm was warped and became troll-like as well. Apart from these stories he slowly began to elevate from a warrior hero to a divine being in public consciousness. His most greatest deed was the legend of vanquishing the evil spirit known as Warhead; for this he gathered the best warriors from everywhere and forged an army. With their aid, Zahru could defeat the dark hordes and severely wounding Warhead; he sealed him in a mountain which he then hidden underground. The survivors of the battle were given demigod-like powers by Zahru, who left Medivo behind afterwards. Zahru's existence is still a matter of debate, but many hope that when humanity will face great danger that would threaten its existence, Zahru would return from the past and kick ass.
After the tribal ages, humans reached medieval tek, and thus began the Age of Factions. Many different houses and clans ruled in these days, loose alliances were made and broken every day. It was a time of strife and confusion. Humanity's new foe was itself. Many houses became powerful nobility later, such as the Lionmanes, the Wolfbanes, and the Crowclaws.
This age of strife ended with the coming of the Majistik. They were mighty wizards, all of them masters of different domains. They gathered some of the lesser houses, and reformed them as their own army: the Dragontalons. Asides from men, Majistiks had dragons; mighty green firedrakes. With an army of their own, the Majistik declared war on all factions: thus began the War of Unification.
While the war was raging, the Majistik did many things. They created ley lines of power, with which they could tame and channel the streams of magic; they also built countless monoliths throughout the world to serve as focus points where magic energies could be stored. Also, they left behind many laboratories; most places haven't been discovered so far.
The War of Unification ended with Dragontalon victory. However, instead of making everyone their vassals, the Majistik united the houses and established the united human kingdom, which would be known as the Empire of Northeros. After that, the Majistik mysteriously left, giving the reins of fate into Imperial hands.
All Troops of Medivo can be found in the Encyclopedia Medivo.


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A few days ago, BGR reported that the AT&T Nokia Lumia 1020 has had a temporary reduction in price to $199 (from $299) in few, select markets. The price drop is certainly significant but the vagueness of the report, which did not name any of markets specifically, was of little help. Plus, there's no indication that this is going national at the moment, though we suppose at some point the Lumia 1020's price has to drop.
Now, a reader has sent us an image from an AT&T in Huntsville, Alabama that gives visual proof of the price reduction for the first time. We've also learned that Gainesville, Florida is another market where this offer is evidently available. It should be noted that the free camera grip is only after a mail-in-rebate, which is slightly less enticing if you're less inclined to hit the post office.
In of itself, occasional price drops and regional sales should not be a surprise nor a reflection on sales in general. After all, carriers due test out various offers and discounts to see how it affects purchases of new devices all the time. The question is, how long will it be before the Lumia 1020 gets this price drop across the board? We'd venture to say 90 days seems like a fair guess. That appears to be the "new phone" launch period these days before something else is ready to be featured by a carrier.
While Gainesville, Florida and Huntsville, Alabama are the only two markets out there that we know of with this offer, there could be more. If you know of them you can share that information in comments for other readers.
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Jenny McCarthy Is In At 'The View'
Barbara Walters insisted last week that Elisabeth Hasselbeck wouldn't be replaced as a co-host on The View any time soon. Turns out "any time soon" was limited to a handful of days as Jenny McCarthy has just officially been announced as a new co-host on the popular daytime talk show.
Longtime The View fans already have some sense of what she's like on the panel. McCarthy, has made 17 previous appearances on the show, including eight as a guest co-host. For months the media has speculated that McCarthy is likely to fill a vacancy on the show.
"Jenny brings us intelligence as well as warmth and humor," Walters said in a statement. "She can be serious and outrageous. She has connected with our audience and offers a fresh point of view. Jenny will be a great addition to the show as we usher in an exciting new chapter for The View."
"I'm beyond thrilled … I look forward to helping make hot topics a little bit hotter, and showing my mom that my interrupting skills have finally paid off," McCarthy added in a statement.
Jenny will take on her new role later this fall.
What do you think about her addition to the panel?
I'm outraged. Jenny McCarthy has been an unabashed anti-vaccine advocate for years and has done irreparable harm to public health by presenting her beliefs and discredited theories as legitimate alternatives to proven science. Vaccines, like every medical intervention, are not 100% safe, but the very minimal risk is far outweighed by the proven benefits to both the individual and society. But because of people like Ms. McCarthy, a growing number of misinformed people, feeding on her paranoia, are choosing not to vaccinate their kids because of some ominous and unproven harm. We are now seeing a resurgence of preventable diseases (pertussis, measles, etc), in the US, and children are dying. Giving her a platform that lends her legitimacy will only spread her breed of ignorance and further endanger children.


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As children, we wanted to hide ourselves away in tree forts or playhouses. There we could be who we wanted to be without worrying about what others thought about us or wanted from us. As adults, we find that we outgrow the need for many childhood wonders. The need to hide ourselves away, however, is not one of them.
Be honest with yourself. You want to escape. Sometimes, you need to escape. Realistically, though, you can't quite squeeze into that old tree fort nor make it fit your personality. But you can have a place of your own that you can use as a diversion or as an abode to gather friends for an afternoon or evening of recreation. You need a game room in which to play.
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There's a different kind of gender gap that might make waves this election: Latinas versus Latinos. Both plan to vote for Obama, but women are taking it to a new level.
Obama has a 53 percentage point lead over Romney among Latinas compared to a 29 point lead among Hispanic men, according to a survey released Monday by Latino Decisions. Recent Gallup data shows about a much smaller 9 point gender gap among all voters.
It's a double-whammy for Latinas: both women and Latinos are more likely to vote Democratic. Put those factors together and you get a strong pull for Obama, said Louis DeSipio, professor of political science and Latino studies at the University of California Irvine.
And efforts by Mitt Romney and Republicans aren't making much of a dent.
"In the primary he used immigration to pivot the right from the rest of the fields," pollster Margie Omero said. "He's squandered his chance to deal with Latinos."
Although Latino Romney supporters moved up from 26 percent to 30 percent after the Republican National Convention, they've since dropped back down to 26 percent, according to the survey. Throwing Texas Senate candidate Ted Cruz and DREAM Act advocate U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida on stage isn't enough to bolster support among Latinos, Desipio said, especially since Romney said he'll veto the DREAM Act if elected.
"Those messages, though important, aren't being enforced at the top of the ticket," Desipio said.
Republicans backed Arizona-style immigration policies, seen as particularly unkind by many Latinos, in their platform during the RNC.
Latinas are especially interested in immigration status, not only for themselves but in seeking opportunities for their children and family, Desipio said. They rated immigration and the DREAM Act almost as high as the economy in their top priorities, according to the survey.
It's an uphill battle for Romney, who's working with a party known for its staunch stance against illegal immigration.
"He can't undo all of the rhetoric and all of the really harsh tones that came before him," said Sylvia Manzano, a researcher and senior project manager at Latino Decisions. "This job, reaching out to Latinas, is not going to be finished in three weeks and a couple of campaign ads."
But if Romney doesn't reach out Latinos, and Latinas in particular, he might be hurting come Election Day.
Most states with high Hispanic populations, like Texas, aren't swing states and tapping a Democratic-leaning Latina voter base likely won't make a difference come November, Desipio said.
In states like Nevada, New Mexico, Florida and maybe even Arizona and North Carolina it could change the political equation, Desipio said.
"If Latinos turn out in those states, I think we're almost guaranteed an Obama victory," he said.
Only 1 percent of Latinas surveyed said they won't vote this election, and 88 percent said they definitely will, according to the survey. About 84 percent of Latino men have the same certainly about going to the polls.
But people tend to overreport their likeliness to vote, and a slew of Latina voters is no help to anyone if they stay home, said Anna Sampaio, associate professor of ethnic studies at Santa Clara University.
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Monday, April 4, 2011
Mocha Walnut Roll
12 comments:
- AnonymousApril 4, 2011 at 2:00 AM
nice swiss roll you have there. i bet is really addictive :)ReplyDelete
Wow Reese! This is something to die for! The combination is just fantastic! Gosh, I must really try this soon! Thanks for sharing this!ReplyDelete
Looks good! :)ReplyDelete
ohh this is my kind of swiss roll! with generous dollops of cream! yummyyReplyDelete
Although I'm no coffee lover like you my friend, but I am very sure I will love this cake, heehee! The cake indeed looked very soft and love the generous filling and topping! Looks like you are getting more expert in Swiss roll making already! Applause!ReplyDelete
Reese...I think I would love this coffee flavored swissroll...with walnuts...mmmm yummy thanks for sharing the recipe :)ReplyDelete
Thank you...:)
You're gonna love this...heehee!
Try it out, you'll love it...:)
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Thanks to my "si-fu" (you know who)..heehee! Thank you so much...:)
You like coffee too? Woo..I found another "coffee buddy"..heehee!
I must have coffee at least one cup daily too. Your swiss roll just perfect .ReplyDelete
Lovely looking swiss roll you've got there. Making me wish for a piece!ReplyDelete
Btw, there's an award waiting for you at my blog. At the same time, you can also view my not-as-pretty-as-yours Cutie Strawberry Rolls. Thanks Reese for the recipe. (http://mamafami.blogspot.com/2011/04/cutie-strawberry-rolls.html)
How to make mocha paste? Did you buy it in store?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Amy, ya..I bought the Mocha paste frm store, I'm no good in making any paste anyway..:pDelete


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If you're the parent of a teenager, you know those years can be difficult.
That's why ECU Physicians offers adolescent medicine services. We welcome patients from ages 11 to 25 to see the area's only board-certified physician in adolescent medicine. What's more, we have male and female staff physicians, so your teenager or adolescent will feel comfortable.
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Wrestler Name: Prince Devitt
Ring Debut: 2000
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 178lbs
Finishing Move/s: Bloody Sunday (Single Underhook Lifting Implant DDT); Prince's Throne (Fireman's Carry Double Knee Gutbuster); Shingata Prince's Throne (Canadian Backbreaker hold twisted into a Double Knee Gutbuster)
Signature Moves: Brainbuster; Devitt's End (Fujiwara Ambar); Falling Overhead Kick; Diving Double Foot Stomp; Somersault Suicide Senton; Inverted Lungblower
Wrestling Style: Submission Technical
Promotions Performed In: NWA UK Hammerlock; MWF; NJPW
Current Promotion/s: NJPW
Career Highlight: Devitt is a one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, a title that has been held by the likes of Naomichi Marufuji and Jushin Liger.
Random fact: His wrestling style has been compared to that of the late Chris Benoit, earning him the nickname of Pegasus Kid II in Japan.
Quickly becoming a prominent figure in the Japanese pro wrestling market, Prince Devitt is a competitor with a pure passion for the business. After making his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2006, Devitt has managed to gain five title runs compromising of Tag Team and Singles championships.
With a technical moveset under his name, Devitt has managed to defeat some of the best competitors in the business, including names such as Davey Richards and Naomichi Marufuji. In the annual Tokyo Sports Grand Prix 2010, Devitt was awarded the 'Best Bout' trophy following his stunning October match which saw him team up with Ryusuke Taguchi to take on Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi.
In May last year, Devitt entered NJPW's 'Best of the Juniors' tournament and managed to eventually win the tournament. This gave him a shot against Marufuji for the IGWP Junior Heavyweight Title, which Devitt won after pinning the Japanese icon. Since June 2010, the title has been in his possession and has been defended succesfully four times, showing that Devitt will fight hard to keep the belt around his waist.
The talents of Devitt knows no bounds, and he is quickly becoming a rising star in Japan. Whether he will take his skills to the US and go far in companies like TNA, WWE or ROH, no-one knows. But for now, Devitt looks comfortable where he is, and will continue to fight his way to the top in NJPW.
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A dark orchestral track featuring a chasing, whimsical piano flowing with woodwinds and violins runs. It's a ironic track full of mistery and suspence. The central part has a calm rest before the intense and growing outro with orchestral percussions. It's a great, original orchestral track which can add really deepness and value to storytelling. It's the first movement from my suite "Flies", which includes other two pieces.
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Devices: Bring Your Own Human!
The growing trend toward telecommuting and outsourcing has driven companies to seek ways for remote workers and teams to communicate and collaborate more efficiently and effectively. This need has inspired a handful of innovative high-tech startups to create a new market: remote telepresence robots.
Several remote telepresence robots have come to market over the past few years, and more are on the way. Shown below are drivable remote telepresence robots from MantaroBot, Vgo, Anybots, and Suitable Technology. A lower cost non-mobile desktop alternative from Revolve Robotics, known as the Kubi, is shown at the right.
If you're still having trouble envisioning how it works, see the YouTube demo videos further on in this article.
Alien encounters?
What's it like to encounter one of these robotic avatars wandering around your facility, and interact with it? "For all the newness of the Beam, locals often forget they are dealing with a person on an RPD, as opposed to in-person, in as little as 20 minutes," says Scott Hassan, CEO of Suitable Technologies.
According to Hassan, the Beam's design features a large LCD display and a minimum of "bells and whistles" that would tend to interfere with natural interactions. "As a result, meetings via Beam lose their novelty pretty quickly and both parties just get down to work."
The photos below show the Kubi, VGo, Beam, QB, and TeleMe telepresence devices participating in meetings, rolling down hallways, and interacting with coworkers in various work environments. My favorite is the last one, in which two Beams encounter each other in a hallway and pause for a chat.
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How hard is it to remotely "drive" a telepresence robot? "Having some experience playing video games helps," says Hassan. "The interface for the Beam's remote pilot is very simple, and is picked up in a matter of minutes. Based, of course, on a limited sample size, those who are self-described gamers have been up and piloting the Beam in no time at all. The interface is very similar to a first-person shooter, but without the gun."
Next Page: Telepresence robot smackdown!