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Vitamin B12 is the common name for a nutrient known scientifically as methylcobalamin.
It's used as a dietary supplement and to treat certain anemias.
Vitamin B12 plays an important role in helping the body make red blood cells.
If you have low levels of vitamin B12, you may feel weak, have less energy, and experience slow thinking -- a condition called pernicious anemia.
Other symptoms of pernicious anemia include numbness or tingling in the fingers and toes.
Your doctor will run blood tests to determine if your B12 levels are low.
People who eat a plant-based diet (vegans) are at greater risk because animal products often contain vitamin B12 naturally.
Older people are at higher risk of a vitamin B12 deficiency, too, because your body has a harder time absorbing the vitamin as you age.
Also, low levels of folic acid and low levels of vitamin B12 tend to go hand-in-hand.
Vitamin B12 can be found naturally in foods such as clams, mollusks, and liver.
Fish such as tuna, rainbow, wild, or cooked trout, sockeye salmon, and haddock are also good sources of B12.
And meats like lamb, veal, and beef, and dairy products such as yogurt, milk, and cheese contain high levels of vitamin B12.
While some forms of vitamin B12 exist naturally, others are made in laboratories.
The most-commonly used man-made forms are cyancobalamin, methylcobalamin, and hydroxocobalamin.
You can buy cyanocobalamin tablets over-the-counter (OTC) in low doses, but you'll need a prescription to get higher doses, which are available in liquid or spray.
Methylcobalamin is the form of vitamin B12 that's the easiest for the body to use.
You don't need a prescription to buy methylcobalamin, but it can be harder to find and more expensive than the other forms.
Hydroxycobalamin is the form of vitamin B12 that the "good" or "healthy" bacteria in your gut make on their own. It's available by prescription and only as an injection.
In addition to helping boost vitamin B12 levels, hydroxycobalamin is also used to treat cyanide poisoning.
Talk to your doctor before taking vitamin B12 if you:
Depending on its form and the dose, vitamin B12 has two different safety profiles for pregnant women.
Vitamin B12 tablets that you swallow or let melt under your tongue are considered safe during pregnancy.
It's not clear, however, whether high-dose vitamin B12 could harm your unborn baby.
In either case, you should tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant before taking this medication.
You should also tell your doctor if you are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed.
Vitamin B12 is found in breast milk and is therefore not recommended for mothers who are breastfeeding.
It's always important to share with your doctor and pharmacist all of the medications you are taking.
This includes prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications, supplements like vitamins and other dietary supplements (nutritional shakes, protein powders, etc.), herbals, and any illegal and recreational drugs.
Some medications that have serious interactions with Vitamin B12 are:
Alcohol actually decreases levels of B vitamins in the body -- especially if you drink a lot.
You should avoid or limit alcohol consumption while taking vitamin B12.
You should avoid eating grapefruit and drinking grapefruit juice while taking vitamin B12.
How much vitamin B12 you should take will depend on your age and condition.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about the right dose for you, and read the label carefully.
For vitamin B12 deficiency, your doctor may prescribe a cyanocabalamin injection of 1000 mcg each day for one week, then once a week for one month, then once a month.
If you suspect an overdose of vitamin B12, contact a poison control center or emergency room immediately.
You can get in touch with a poison control center at (800) 222-1222.
If you miss a dose of vitamin B12, try to take it as soon as you remember.
If it's almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and take your next dose at the regular time.
Do not take two doses of the medication at the same time.
By Frieda Wiley, PharmD, CGP, RPh | Medically Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD
Latest Update: 2015-05-12
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Drenched. Soaked. An Awesome Life.
Saturday, 06 October: 2035
As I wrapped a few apple peels in a wastebin, I saw an old and muffled newspaper already lying in it. Ah, the world of sportspersons, celebrities, politicians, insurance advisors, estate agents, slum, artists and everyone. And HJS's.
What a commodity to have first early morning to read, and then to use it to wrap peels of fruits. I hated it.
It was an evening walk. I quickly revisited the task list for next day as (a) deposit term payment to LTA (b) download notes (c) call bank. The thoughts of court meeting next day brought spring in my stride, and then I slowed down. Walks after evening meals are meant to be slow, ahesta-ahesta.
I sensed some complexity in my walks. As if it was not simple enough. Something as *HJS* flashed across my eyes. That should not have been there. It was unfortunate. I wish I could take it out of that wastebin but it was too rubbished by then. Disrespected. I recalled all those newspapers I had with the editorials in The Tribune by Hari Jai Singh. A few pieces were absolutely marvelous, a lifetime treasure. Like a 281 by VVS Laxman. No technology had the DNA to match that, ever. I noted it on a paper, in CAPS. I thanked the Inheritance, and cherished it forever with me.
When I picked the current newspaper, it looked like borrowed. Like a preoccupied mind. Or as if an over-crowded bus. The thoughts were there but were not meant to be. News are NOT meant to be that way. Newspapers are not planned like transport. The accountability is similar but repercussions are different. And the scale is different. I feel it almost daily, the absence of HJS. The constant of his absence.
And it started pouring outside. How much I love this smell. Perhaps the power goes off though I am not sure. The doctors have evolved. They are more sure now. Life is more predictable. This too is Indian summer.
It is 24 years. But I will not be sad today. I am feeling like that key. Safe because I have been successfull to cherish HJS, CAPS, and Indian summer. Vulnerable because I am the CEO. I checked the *skillset* on my LinkedIn profile and realized that I am endorsed by my owner as *not sure*. Could the keys unlock only cars? or fear also? She broke down that day, same day it was. Saturday, 06 October 2012. I dint.
Twenty three years later today, I could not comprehend what I was thinking. The writer in me had paused. It went for a toss. As if a double space after a period. The longest key was in action for longer than it was required.
Life today had been the *awe* in *awesome*, again. The slow walk downstairs, the newspaper and the absence of HJS, the summer rain. The CAPS. The space. I am soaked like never before. Drenched.
As I gathered my thoughts, I felt that it was an awesome life. India completes 100 years of independence in 12 years, but this life started like a theatre 88 years back. It was no more a trial room for me. It is like a stage.
And amazingly for that moment, I felt as if the steel is accommodated in the periodic table.
I am no writer but his writerhood that I inherited brings this recap after 24 years. I hope to add to it some day.
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Today I am going to share Coloressence Satin Smooth Blusher Pink SH-4 Review, Swatches&FOTD with you all. I bought this blusher a month back, because the blush box attracted me so much and ofcourse I liked the shade also. I am not a blush addict person, I have only very few blushers in my stash. I love peach, coral and medium pink shades in blushers and lipsticks mostly. Coloressence is the brand which I came to know by their awesome lipstick collections. So tempted to try their blush and I did. Let's see the Review...
About The Product:
Price 250 Rs for 5 g
Shelf life 2 years
Available in online stores...
Product Description:
My experience with Coloressence Satin Smooth Blusher Pink SH-4:
Coloressence Satin Smooth Blusher Pink SH-4 comes in a cute round compact case with screw type transparent lid, which is easy to carry with us.
- Affordable and travel friendly.
- Gives a natural finish.
- Smooth&Satin Texture.
- Easy to blend.
- Suitable for all Indian skin tones.
- 100% vegetarian, no animal ingredients.
- Decent staying power.
- Best blush for oily skin type.
- Gives a matte finish which is good for oily skin, if their cheeks turns oily the blusher makes the oily look to glow look.
- Dry skin girls may find difficult with the texture.
- If not blended well may looks patchy.
- Coloressence left me curious about the ingredients without mentioning the full ingredient list
- Availability only through online I think.


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HIV Vaccine Awareness DayMay 18, 2005
Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. DirectorNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesNational Institutes of Healthon HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
May 18, 2005 marks the eighth annual HIV Vaccine Awareness Day. It is a day to educate our communities about the efforts to find a preventive HIV vaccine and to recognize and thank the thousands of volunteers, health professionals and scientists who are conducting and participating in HIV vaccine research. The theme for this year's commemoration is "Hope for the Future."
There is an urgent need to develop a safe and effective HIV vaccine. HIV/AIDS continues to devastate communities in the United States and around the world. In the United States, more than 40,000 people become infected with HIV each year. Individuals from racial/ethnic minority communities continue to be disproportionately affected by the epidemic: minorities constitute more than 70 percent of all AIDS cases but less than 30 percent of the nation's population. Approximately 40 million people are living with HIV around the world, with more than 5 million new infections each year. To date, more than 20 million men, women and children have died from AIDS worldwide.
Diversity is needed across all aspects of HIV vaccine research. While people of color are overrepresented among U.S. HIV/AIDS cases, they are underrepresented in U.S. preventive HIV vaccine trials. We need to ensure that a diverse group of volunteers is enrolled in clinical trials so we will be able to show that a vaccine works for everyone regardless of their race, ethnicity or gender. Therefore, all communities are needed to participate in the research process—as volunteers, community educators/recruiters, researchers and community advocates.
A comprehensive approach to controlling the HIV/AIDS pandemic includes prevention strategies, provision of care and treatment, and HIV vaccine research. Prevention efforts have reduced the number of HIV infections in certain countries worldwide, and advances in HIV therapy have improved and extended the lives of many people living with HIV/AIDS. However, existing prevention approaches and treatment are only part of the solution; a preventive HIV vaccine will be an essential tool in a comprehensive approach to ending the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
There is hope for the future. Scientists have been searching for a vaccine to prevent HIV infection since the virus was first identified in 1983. Each clinical trial brings us one step closer to finding an effective vaccine. More than 25,000 HIV-negative individuals have participated in both government- and privately-sponsored HIV vaccine trials. Today, approximately 30 NIAID-sponsored HIV vaccine clinical trials of various stages are currently underway or planned in the United States and internationally. More vaccines will be studied in the next two years than in the last five years combined; thousands of additional healthy volunteers from all populations will be needed for these trials. NIAID's Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center, the NIAID-supported HIV Vaccine Trials Network and our colleagues in the public and private sector are committed to developing a preventive HIV vaccine.
On May 18, show your support for HIV vaccine research by wearing your AIDS ribbon upside-down to symbolize a "V" for vaccines and the vision of a world without AIDS. Take the opportunity to talk with others about the importance of developing a vaccine and to learn more about HIV vaccine research. Join me and thousands of others in the community as we commemorate HIV Vaccine Awareness Day and say thank you to those who are working to end the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
For more information about HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, vaccine research or HVAD events at the local level, visit www.aidsinfo.nih.gov or call 1-800-HIV-0440 (bilingual English/Spanish).
Dr. Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
Media inquiries can be directed to the NIAID News Office at 301-402-1663, email@example.com.
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day—October 15, 2008 | En EspañolOct. 8, 2008
Statement: The U. S. Transplant GamesJuly 11, 2008
NIAID Media Availability: Dr. Anthony S. Fauci to Receive Presidential Medal of FreedomJune 11, 2008
NIAID Media Availability: Dr. Anthony S. Fauci to Address the United Nations on HIV/AIDS on June 10June 5, 2008
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Visit this Extraordinary Learning Environment
UCLA Anderson School of Management is a beautiful complex located in the north/central section of the UCLA campus, near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Westwood Plaza. The Admissions Office for the MBA program is located in Gold Hall (shown on the UCLA Campus Map as the B building), Suite B201.
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Parking Lots 4 and 5 Map *PDF
Taxi Drop Location Map *PDF
Anderson Complex Overhead Map *PDF
Driving Directions to UCLA Anderson
Northbound: Take Interstate 405 (San Diego Freeway) north, and exit at Sunset Boulevard. Turn east (right) onto Sunset at the end of the off-ramp. Turn south (right) onto Westwood Plaza, and proceed to the parking kiosk.
Southbound: Take Interstate 405 (San Diego Freeway) south, and exit at Sunset Boulevard. Turn left at the end of the off-ramp and turn east (left) onto Sunset. Turn south (right) onto Westwood Plaza, and proceed to the parking kiosk. Inform the kiosk attendant that you are interviewing or attending a group information session at UCLA Anderson, and you will be directed to the nearest available parking structure. The parking fee is $10.
Transportation to UCLA from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
Taxicab: Although taxi fares may vary, you can expect to pay $25 to $30 from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to the UCLA campus. The trip will take approximately 25 to 45 minutes.
Shuttle Service: Shuttle services are a more economical but slower means of transportation. Allow at least one hour and 15 minutes to the UCLA campus from the airport.
Hotels Near UCLA Anderson
Beverly Hills Hotel
$ Rich in Hollywood history
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$ Opulent haven for the rich and famous
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W Hotel
$ Luxury, hip and trendy
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$ Central location and elegant
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Talk:Numeric Haskell: A Repa Tutorial
The tutorial contained some stub sections that were empty. I am moving this stub sections here to keep the tutorial page clean. These were originally placed after section 10 (Optimising Repa programs):
Advanced techniques
Repa's parallel programming model
Discussion about the gang threads and hooks to help
Programming with stencils
Discuss the stencil types model
--killy9999 09:16, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Things I've Learned So Far
If you specify a slice as such: (Z :. All :. 2), for example, you will get many pages of type incantation errors. In order to be a true wizard you must touch the 2 with a salve of type annotation as so: (Z :. All :. (2 :: Int)). This will satisfy the type demons that compile your code.
The reason is that GHC assumes literals like 2 are of type Integer, and Repa demands Ints.
I'll post more "oopsies" as I come across them.
--Danharaj 00:51, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
I have a bunch of simulation code that, every frame of simulation:
- Creates a few intermediate arrays.
- Creates a list of intermediate arrays then folds them immediately
- Adds and multiplies a few intermediate arrays with (*^) and (+^)
The thing is, unless I force at every intermediate step, the performance is so abysmal that the application loses responsiveness. With the forcing, it runs fast enough (need to optimize the code to make it run faster), but then...
I get this gem of a runtime warning (reported every frame)... sometimes!
Data.Array.Repa: Performing nested parallel computation sequentially.
You've probably called the 'force' function while another instance was already running. This can happen if the second version was suspended due to lazy evaluation. Use 'deepSeqArray' to ensure that each array is fully evaluated before you 'force' the next one.
--Danharaj 16:48, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
The solution is to use deepSeqArray at each intermediate step, as the warning suggests. It works. Forcing arrays is idiomatic of Repa I think. You use it to specify sharing. force is lazy, however, so you have to deepSeqArray in order to get everything working nicely.
--Danharaj 18:47, 24 April 2011 (UTC)


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First of all, hello. How are you? I hope you are well.
Secondly, thanks for reading my blog. I struggle to keep up with posting new articles; I'm a full time professor and father of a two and a half year old, so with all of that going on, and playing the occasional gigs, it's hard to find the time to sit down and write.(At this very moment, my son is watching "Wibbly Pig" on TV right now, so that's a little distracting at the moment. But I shall press on.....)
I have also read some of your writing. As you know, I was critical of your review of Nicholas Payton's "Bitches" back in December of 2011. I believe you have the right to your opinion; however, I felt you were a little bit harsh regarding Payton's singing.(It seemed more like a personal attack than an objective review, which is why I felt the need to defend Payton.) However, at that time, I read many of your other reviews, and I admired your good taste and solid writing. I think, even if we disagree over some things, I think we could find common ground on quite a lot of music.
Your recent post, entitled "Amanda Palmer:Who Cares?"(September 18th, 2012), refers to what I said on my latest blog post ("Amanda Palmer:Musician, Nude Model, Scientologist, D#&*hebag"). The main point of my article was that Palmer, after getting 1.2 million dollars from a Kickstarter campaign, published a call to have local musicians join her on stage in every city of her world tour for a couple of songs. However, instead of offering to pay the musicians in actual money, she offered the following:
we will feed you beer, hug/high-five you up and down (pick your poison), give you merch, and thank you mightily for adding to the big noise we are planning to make.
Palmer went on to insist that the musicians should actually know "HOW TO PLAY YOUR INSTRUMENT!" before showing up to not only an unpaid performance, but an unpaid rehearsal as well. As a professional musician, I felt that this was wrong. And I'm glad to see from your update that Palmer is now planning to pay her musicians. As I said, it's a tax write off; and with all that dough from the Kickstarter, she will need to see a good accountant.
But what I am having trouble trying to figure out is the correlation between my negative description of Palmer's music and the fact that I have hired a publicist on two occasions. In your words:
The irony here being that George Colligan admitted on the same blog that he once paid a publicist 3k in hopes of getting a good review. Take a long hard look in the mirror George, before you trash an artist that you are seemingly not familiar with or fork over another 3 large remember this...
When you point 1 finger you have three coming back at you...A second rate pianist at best should know when he is over stepping his reach. You did not hesitate to attempt to try and trash me and my reputation over my review of Nicholas Payton's Bitches and now you are doing the exact same thing...
Pot meet kettle...Kettle meet pot...
First of all, I checked out enough of Palmer's music to have an informed opinion. I admit, I was probably harsher than I should have been. However, if you check out some of her videos, you might get the impression that she is more of a performance artist than a songwriter. And the fact that she wasn't paying musicians really bothered me. But I will say that she is, considering the genre, not the worst singer I've heard. At best, I'll just say I'm not a fan of her music. Maybe she's really serious about music. Judging from her nude and semi nude videos, it seems like she's more concerned with her image. Unfortunately, as I alluded to in the blog, I think that musicians almost have to be visually shocking these days to become famous. You can't merely come out on stage and play; there has to be something OUTRAGEOUS. This is why most jazz doesn't get much attention. There's no sideshow; it's merely music.
Now, to be clear, I have no interest in shifting my own focus to nude videos and a shocking image in order to gain more notoriety as a jazz musician. However, I feel the need to explain to you the way publicity works. You make it sound like I am the first and only jazz musician who ever paid a publicist. I must inform you that this is the norm; most jazz musicians who want to publicize their CD have to hire a publicist in order to get reviews in major publications. This is absolutely a fact. And unfortunately, publicists don't work for free. Whether it be hiring a publicist, or buying ads, or whatever, the more you spend, the better your chances in getting reviews and articles. There's just no way to break through the massive amounts of CDs being released without some kind of marketing. One might have created the greatest music that has ever been heard; without some kind of campaign, it won't see the light of day. A CD without some kind of publicity is like a presidential candidate without any advertising and campaign appearances. They raise millions of dollars for the sole purpose of publicity. This seems to be how our society works now, much to my dismay.
I guess you thought I was trashing Palmer, but you think I shouldn't have because I also want good reviews for myself? I don't really see the correlation. I guess you thinking is that, since I'm the only musician that ever paid a publicist, that I must be desperate for positive reviews. Sure, I'd like some positive reviews-who doesn't? And maybe the fact that I'm a musician also makes it unfair that I should judge Palmer so harshly. That might be true.
Perhaps, in fairness, I should let Palmer blog about my music. I can see her review now:
"....Colligan sounds like he knows how to play the piano, but I imagine that he would look terrible if he appeared naked in his videos."
(I have my doubts that she knows anything about jazz.)
Also, I really never intended to "trash your reputation". I took issue with your comments on Payton; I have nothing personally against you as a human being or a writer. Unfortunately, the entire "Bitches" incident really got out of hand; I think that things got a little too heated in the comment section of my blog. Sometimes, when people feel strongly about certain things, they tend to get defensive and stand their ground. (Some of the issue is that the internet is not the same as talking to someone; I wonder if you and I, and Nick Payton and Dwayne Burno were all in one room, would it really be as contentious as it was in cyberspace?) If you think I trashed your reputation, then I am sorry.
Finally, in regards to your labeling of me as a "second-rate pianist": part of me wonders if you have ever heard any of my music. If you have, and you still feel like I'm second rate, then I'll accept that. I've recorded a bunch of CDs as a leader and a sideman, and there are many clips of my music on youtube, so it wouldn't be impossible to find an example of my piano playing or composing. I don't think of myself as second-rate. Maybe I'm more second-tier, or third tier. Honestly, when I hear all the great pianists out there, living or dead, I think of myself as not even close to fourth-rate. Any jazz pianist who has sat at Bradley's and heard two or three sets of Geoffrey Keezer, or Mulgrew Miller, or Kenny Barron, or James Williams, or Dave Kikosi, or Harold Mabern, or Benny Green, would probably just want to cry rather than rate themselves among the first tier of pianists! And you might not want to hear this, but I believe Nicholas Payton is actually a better pianist than I. (I subbed in his band about 10 years ago, and during one of the sound checks, he played so much piano that I wanted to quit. It's true. I know you don't like his singing, but he can play instruments!)
After all, those who can't, teach. And those who really can't get tenure track jobs at universities! Ha! So in a way, you are right. If I was first rate, maybe I would have more gigs!
Anyway, I just wanted to say that I don't hate you, and I actually would hope that if you were ever in Portland, Oregon, you would look me up, and maybe we could have a civilized conversation. I think we probably could find a lot in common.
I wish you all the best with your blog and your future endeavors.
George Colligan


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Thankfully I can feel myself awakening and coming out of a depression. I guess I'd call it depression. As I come out on the other side it is easier to look back and call it what it was/is.
Without training for an ultra, with my Mom's sickness and death, I suppose depression isn't surprising.
After Mom's passing I found myself looking to others' passions. A family members church, my Dad's passion for Mozart and classical music. Running more. Running away, running to..who cares as long as it makes me feel better and just deal..right? Running long give that openness to myself, to dig deep, to figure it out. I am.
A few weeks ago I reached out to a long time running friend of mine. I don't often reach out to anyone. I prefer to cover myself in my blanket of privacy and isolation. Especially when I'm feeling depressed. I reached out and was asked if I'd like to road trip to the Louisville Lovin' The Hills 50K February 9, in KY. As tears began to drop from my cheeks I new there was only one answer: yes.
I checked in with the family and there was nothing on the calendar. Reaching out like that, stepping from my comfort zone, was the spark to lift the depression. That spark is growing.
Two weeks ago I met a group at Lebanon Hills for an awesome 14 mile run, last week I increased my weekly mileage for the first time since JULY to 45 miles and this past Saturday I ran 22 miles at the Lebanon. It's not *only* the act of running long that has me seeing the light again. It's all that comes with that. Seeing my friends again. You see, when I'm running 5 miles with Topaz each day, I hibernate myself. I love that 5 miles to begin my day, but when I don't get out to socialize at all..it's not good. Pushing my body further. It feels wonderful. It's so good for me to push past comfort, to see what I can do. That 14 miles two weeks ago on hilly trail had me sore for 4 days! This past 22 miles..same trail..I wasn't sore at all and was able to run another 10 yesterday. That just puts a smile on my face. It's drinking water, eating healthy, taking time for me, being happy, taking care of me, adequate rest, smiling, scheduling my runs, enjoying the excitement of a race..the road trip planning. I've really missed it.
As Maria and I ran our final 7 miles yesterday I was thinking about how fast and strong she has become! She was running all the hills-waiting for me at the top-as I trudged up. I used to run hills! I just am not in that shape anymore! It's so inspiring to see how Maria has turned it on this past year. I can do it again, too.
Today it is -14F/-40WC outside. I almost ran on my treadmill until I looked at Topazs' excitement to get out and run. We ran 8 miles and it was just fine.
I'm getting there. Slowly but Surely! I'm getting there.


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"Ban is a pavilion which has been constructed for the Beijing Design Week 2012. The Chinese title refers to flower petals, and similar to the way that the shape of a flower is created by its bent petals, Ban is constructed from bent polymer sheets which form a self-supporting structure and create shapes and volume from a multitude of leaves.Based on Orproject's research into anisotropic sheet morphologies, the geometries have here been used in a structural orthogonal orientation and form a system of columns, arches and vaults, all based on single-curved elements. The resulting field of lines takes the viewers eye across the structure and into the sky, and like a giant flower Ban is hovering in the air above Beijing's ancient Hutong roofs."
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A childhood in slavery
Samuel A. McElwee was born a slave in Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee, in 1859. After emancipation his parents, Robert and Georgiana McElwee, purchased a Haywood County farm. McElwee attended Freedmen's Bureau schools, although, since he was needed at home to help with the farm work, he could rarely attend school more than three or four months a year. However, his former master's children had reportedly taught him to read as a young child, and he was a hard worker who "studied until midnight, burning patiently the light which would give him opportunity to read," as an 1888 Nashville Daily American article asserted. His efforts enabled him to pass all the tests the schools required, and by the age of sixteen he was teaching in a Hayward County school.
Education and election
In 1875 McElwee attended Oberlin College in Ohio for a year, paying for his education by washing dishes and windows, waiting tables, and picking currants. He supported himself as a teacher for five years in Mississippi and another year in Alabama, also peddling patent medicine, books, and Bibles on the side, and acquiring the nickname, "the chill doctor." Two nights a week, after teaching all day, he walked ten miles to study Latin, German, and algebra with a white Vanderbilt student. The youthful tutor eventually called the attention of Fisk University officials to his student's astounding aptitude, and McElwee was able to enroll at Fisk in 1878. In 1882, while still a university student, the 24-year-old won a seat in the 43rd Tennessee General Assembly as representative of Haywood County. His name is also listed in the State School Board minutes for January 10, 1883, as the recipient of a Peabody Scholarship to Fisk University. During his first legislative term he was successful in amending the Normal School bill to provide funds for African American teacher education. Most of his other bills that term, including one that would have enforced racially equitable jury selection, were not successful.
McElwee graduated from Fisk on May 26, 1883, at the end of his first legislative term, opened a store in Haywood County, brokered cotton, and began reading law on his own. In February 1884 he was elected secretary of the Tennessee Convention, a gathering of African American leaders from across the state. On the second day of the meeting, he delivered an eloquent address setting forth "the grievances of the race" and "urged the necessity of education." Later the same year he joined James C. Napier as a delegate to the Republican National Convention, where a black newspaper favorably noted his self-confidence and drive. After his first wife died in 1885, McElwee placed his two small children with his wife's parents and entered Central Tennessee College (renamed Walden University in 1900) in Nashville, where he received a law degree in 1886.
Re-elected to his second term in the General Assembly (1885-1886), McElwee was the focal point of a historic vote. On Tuesday, January 6, 1885, Roderick R. Butler, a well-respected white legislator who had served as a U.S. Senator (1868-1875) before being elected to the Tennessee Legislature, nominated Samuel A. McElwee to be Speaker of the House of Representatives with these words:
Mr. Speaker: It affords me much pleasure to nominate a candidate for speaker, one who was a slave in the days of slavery, which I thank God have passed away. One that by his own strong arm and determined will, and being blessed with a splendid intellect, graduating a short time since at the Fisk University in this city with high honors, and those of us here who served with him in the last Legislature remember his gentlemanly bearing and industrious habits, always vigilant and active, looking after the interest of his constituents and especially his race. I mean the honorable S. A. McElwee of Haywood county. I am proud of this occasion, and it is but another evidence of where the race must look for recognition. Having been born in the midst of slavery, and a slave-holder myself, I am grateful to know that I state the feelings and sentiments of my party associates. I would not say a disparaging word of the gentleman nominated by the Democrats. I have served with him a long time, rating him to be an honest man & will preside over the deliberations of this house impartially and will treat the minority with fairness. While I say that much in justice to Mr. Hanson, I can say of a truth that S. A. McElwee is the peer of any member on this floor, and will make an excellent speaker, and it affords me much pleasure to vote for him.
Although control of the House was in the hands of the Democratic Party, and McElwee had little chance of being elected, the honor was a sincere one. McElwee, a 26-year-old black man only 20 years out of slavery, received 32 of the 93 votes cast. Butler, First District congressman and longtime East Tennessee party leader, continued to support most the bills proposed by the black legislators throughout his legislative career, reasoning that the Republican party could not afford to lose the support of African American voters.
In March 1885 Samuel McElwee delivered an address to hundreds in attendance at Tennessee Day of the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans. While still in his 20s, the young legislator was developing a national reputation as an orator. The following year, freshly registered to practice law in Brownsville, Tennessee, he won his first court case against two experienced lawyers. According to historian Dorothy Granberry, McElwee was the first African American to practice law in Brownsville . . . and the last until the 1960s.
First African American elected to a third term in the Tennessee legislature
Samuel McElwee was the first black Tennessean elected to a third term, once again representing Haywood County in the (45th) General Assembly (1887-1888). During this session, McElwee gave a highly publicized speech in the House pleading for stronger legal powers over lynch mobs. "Great God, when will this Nation treat the Negro as an American citizen?" he cried. "As a humble representative of the Negro race, and as a member of this body, I stand here today and wave the flag of truce between the races and demand a reformation in Southern society." In spite of his powerful words, the House tabled the bill by a vote of forty-one to thirty-six. In 2006 the men of the Legislative Black Caucus reenacted McElwee's speech in a special ceremony to honor the African American legislators.
Throughout the 1880s, more than half of Haywood County's voting population was African American. Encouraged by McElwee's election to the General Assembly, black voters became much more interested in gaining a more equitable share of local political control. Not only did they send McElwee to Nashville for three terms in the General Assembly, but they also elected many others of their race to responsible positions in local government, including county registrar, district constable, and county court magistrate.
Having gained a national reputation by this time, Samuel A. McElwee was invited by Booker T. Washington to speak at the 1887 graduation of Tuskegee Institute. His address was described as "a masterpiece of sound practical common sense." McElwee served as president of the Colored World's Fair Association during that same year.
Marriage to Georgia M. Shelton
In 1888 Miss Georgia M. Shelton, described as a "handsome and cultured young lady," became Samuel McElwee's second wife. Their wedding guests represented Nashville's "high society," both black and white. The marriage ceremony was officiated by Erastus Milo Cravath, one of the founders of Fisk University and its president for more than 20 years. The Daily American ran a lengthy article about the wedding on June 7, 1888:
An event of interest in high colored society was the marriage of the Hon. Samuel Allen McElwee, a Republican delegate from the State at Large to the Chicago Convention, and the ablest colored Republican in Tennessee, to Miss Georgie Marie Shelton, daughter of the late John Shelton, at five o'clock yesterday afternoon. The marriage, which took place at the residence of the bride's mother, on Maple street, was a very quiet one, only the immediate friends of the contracting parties & political allies of the groom being present. Among those in attendance were Gen. George Maney, Charles Nelson, Granville P. Lipscomb, Maj. E. B. Stahlman, Dr. R. F. Boyd, George C. Lampkins, J. H. Keeble, G. T. Robertson and President Cravath, Prof. A. K. Spence, Dr. H. T. Noel, Misses Cahill and Morgan, of Fisk University, and Miss Mamie Braden, of Central Tennessee College. At the hour mentioned the groom and bride walked into the parlor, preceded by Mrs. G. A. Shelton and Mrs. D. L. Lampsley, the bride's aunt, when they were impressively married by President Cravath. Many congratulations followed the happy event. The bride was attired in a peach blossom grosgrain silk, with white tulle veil. The presents were numerous and elegant. After commingling with their friends for about an hour, the bridal pair left the house and took the evening train for Louisville, Cincinnati, Washington City, and New York, from which last named city they will go direct to Chicago, where the groom will go into and participate in the National Republican Convention. The bride was educated at the Central Tennessee College, and for a while taught a select school in West Tennessee. Her father was the late John Shelton, who served as a quartermaster's agent, was elected jailer of Davidson County in 1869, in which position he served with credit to himself and honor to the county, and was subsequently one of the most faithful mail-carriers in this city until the time of his death.
[Note: George Maney, a Confederate General in the Civil War and then a powerful force for reconciliation during Reconstruction, was president of the Tennessee and Pacific Railroad, a State Senator, and ambassador at various times to Colombia, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Paraguay. Charles Nelson was a prominent businessman and distiller in Middle Tennessee, who reportedly urged his coffee delivery boy, Joel Cheek, to sell his coffee blend to the Maxwell House Hotel, and encouraged his butcher, H. G. Hill, to start a grocery store. Granville P. Lipscomb, half-brother to David Lipscomb, was a leader in the Lebanon Church of Christ. Major E. B. Stahlman founded the Nashville Banner and served as a director of both the Southern Railway & Steamship Association and the Louisville, New Albany, & Chicago Railroad. All of these individuals were white.]
In the summer of 1888 McElwee, now both a working lawyer and a new bridegroom, began his campaign for a fourth term in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Also in this whirlwind year, he served as temporary chairman of the state Republican gubernatorial convention, which nominated Alfred A. Taylor for Governor. [Taylor would lose the election to his younger brother Robert, a Democrat.] Judge A. M. Hughes, chairman of the state Republican executive committee, urged white delegates to give blacks a stronger role in developing party positions. Hughes himself seconded the nomination of Samuel A. McElwee as a delegate-at-large to the national convention. McElwee was elected unanimously and played an important role at the national convention, representing Tennessee on the credentials committee and nominating William R. Moore for vice-president.
In his nominating speech, McElwee stressed the important leadership role that blacks could play in the Republican party in Tennessee and elsewhere. The Republican platform insisted on "effective legislation to secure the integrity and purity of elections," and presidential nominee Benjamin Harrison promised to pay increased attention to civil rights issues. In fact, during his presidency Harrison did endorse two bills aimed at preventing Southern states from denying African American suffrage, and he also appointed former slave Frederick Douglass as minister to Haiti, a post that McElwee himself had hoped to be offered. As he prepared to leave Washington, McElwee wrote Douglass a gracious letter upon hearing the news:
My dear Sir:
Accept my sincere congratulations upon your appointment as Minister to Hayti [sic]. Was a candidate myself for the place, and would have been glad had I succeeded, but since the Pres't. saw proper to appoint you I desire to say I am pleased with the appointment. I am sure time will vindicate the wisdom of your appointment. You have my prayers & best wishes for your success and safe return. I leave tonight for home. Yours with sentiments of respect. S. A. McElwee
As he returned home after the national convention, McElwee's star seemed to be on the rise. He received many invitations to speak at events across the country. However, his political career came to a sudden end later the same year, as white radicals came together to terrorize black voters in Haywood and Fayette counties.
Driven from Haywood County by white separatists
In November 1888 hostile West Tennessee Democrats and white separatists took no chances that the popular and respected McElwee might be returned to the legislature. Opponents maligned McElwee as a "corrupt and venal politician" who did not represent Haywood County's interests in the General Assembly; men with guns patrolled the polling places to defend the "safety of the ballot box." Armed patrols even stalked through neighborhoods. When McElwee attempted to rally voters, he was threatened by a group of white men with weapons. Blacks knew they would face economic reprisals if they attempted to vote, and few were willing to risk their meager sharecropper jobs in order to support him. McElwee received only about 700 votes, less than a third of the number he had received in the previous election. The Democrats claimed overwhelming victories in every precinct . . . even when the majority of voters in those districts were Republicans. McElwee was driven out of the county, fleeing with his family to Nashville for fear of his life. Loyal friends risked their own safety to help him escape. He would be the last African American ever to win a county-wide election in Haywood County.
Black voters filed suit with the Sixth Judicial Court, charging election fraud. On June 7, 1889, a federal grand jury brought indictments against more than 30 county election officials, and prosecutors prepared their case, based largely on the testimony of voters from District 2 – all the black voters, most known to be honest and respected members of the community, swore they had cast ballots for the Republican candidates. As soon as the court declared the evidence insufficient to sustain a guilty verdict against the election officials, local whites blatantly admitted that they had manipulated the vote count to assure a Democratic victory.
Jim Crow legislation
The following legislative term – when no African Americans were elected to the General Assembly – the work of the General Assembly featured the expeditious passage of several laws aimed at disfranchising black voters in Tennessee. The Dortch Law of 1889, which moved rapidly through the Democratic-controlled legislature, instituted a secret ballot to replace the pre-printed party ballot previously in use. It also allowed voters who had voted in 1857 (i.e., before African Americans were permitted to vote) to obtain help in marking their ballots. Thus, illiterate black voters were rendered helpless at the polls, while illiterate white voters could obtain all the help they needed in interpreting ballot issues. Anxiety about literacy tests, the new poll tax, unchecked election fraud, and threats of violence were sufficient to keep many black voters away from the polls for decades. Only one African American was elected to the General Assembly between 1888 and 1964 – Jesse M. H. Graham in 1897. House members quickly pronounced Graham unqualified to serve and declared his seat vacant.
Residence in Nashville
Even though he could not return to Haywood County, McElwee still seemed free to travel around the state without inconvenience. In February 1889, for example, "the Honorable S. A. McElwee" was listed among the guests at a Memphis banquet given by the Live Oak Club for "aristocrats of color." Also present were Mr. and Mrs. Isham F. Norris, Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Church (parents of Mary Church Terrell), and Ida B. Wells, whom McElwee had met in 1886, and with whom he carried on a spirited correspondence for many years.
Samuel McElwee and his wife Georgia lived in Nashville for about twelve years, during which time the former legislator established both a newspaper and a successful law practice. He made frequent appearances as speaker at special events in Tennessee and other states. His family attended the Methodist Church, and their names often appeared on the social pages. McElwee was active in African American and civic organizations and became friends with James C. Napier, a well-known black council member. He and Napier served together on the original executive committee appointed to plan the Negro Department and Building at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897. McElwee, experienced in planning and promoting African American fairs in Tennessee, had taken part in the planning of the New Orleans Exposition in 1885. However, neither he nor Napier was still involved with the Centennial Exposition by the time of its opening.
The 1900 census showed Samuel (whose entry said he was born in June 1857) and Georgia McElwee residing at 75 Maple Street. (They had paid off the mortgage on their house.) With them were children Ethel (10) and Helen (7), and Georgia's mother. Four other children had died in infancy. McElwee had been forced to put his Haywood County land holdings under the name of his mother-in-law to keep his property from being stolen by unscrupulous white neighbors. Many black residents were robbed of their land during these years, but records show the family still owned 95 acres in Haywood County under the name of Georgiana Shelton as late as 1900.
Final years in Chicago
In July 1901 McElwee joined the movement north and resettled his family in Chicago, a focal point of African American migration. The 1900 Chicago Census lists 3,216 native non-whites from Tennessee, a number exceeded only by emigrants from Kentucky and elsewhere in Illinois. McElwee developed a profitable law practice there, and his name often appeared in Chicago newspapers. By 1910 he was one of 44 black lawyers in the city, competing with 3,822 white attorneys. His obituary in the Chicago Broad Axe mentioned that "his clients were composed exclusively of Jewish people." One of the highlights of his career was winning a three-million-dollar lawsuit against the Chicago City Railway Company. He and his law partner, W. W. Johnson, made the news in 1912 when they opened a branch office of their firm in McElwee's home, offering the special feature of a night office: "Legal service can be secured at any time." McElwee also continued to build his reputation as a public speaker, delivering addresses at many civic and social events. He died in Chicago on October 21, 1914, at the age of 56, leaving his wife, three young daughters, and his father (83) and mother (90), who still lived on their Brownsville farm in West Tennessee. Samuel McElwee was laid to rest in Glenwood Cemetery, now Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens (South). KBL 11/08/2012


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Then along came trouble! In the form of a 1 1/2 year old Bombay mix by the name of Sasha Marie!
"Look at me ma!"
"Hey! Are you looking??"
I think she may be a little bit of an attention hog!


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Combine the Empty Cheese Platter with Aged Dalaran Limburger from the cheese shop "One More Glass" and with 6 Half Full Dalaran Wine Glasses found on tables around Dalaran.
Bring the Wine and Cheese platter to Ranid Glowergold at the Leatherworkers in the Magus Commerce Exchange.
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Ranid Glowergold in the Leatherworkers shop in Dalaran has had a sudden craving for wine and cheese.
Collect cheese which is on the shelf at "One More Glass" in central Dalaran and half full wine glasses found on tables all over the city. Pour the wine together into a bottle and serve it with the cheese to Ranid.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen's (VOWG_p.DE) Audi division may suspend production of high-end luxury vehicles early next year if a slump in western European auto markets worsens, Audi's top labor leader said.
German premium car makers were considered largely immune to the crisis buffeting mass-market European auto manufacturers. But cracks are beginning to show as slowing economic growth and persistent unemployment deter customers from making purchases.
The world's number-two luxury car maker has twice shuttered its second-biggest plant in Neckarsulm in early and late October for a week each time, affecting production of models including the A7 coupe, the A8 sedan and R8 sportscar.
Neckarsulm, which lies near Stuttgart in southwest Germany, builds models ranging from the A4 sedan to Audi's most expensive cars such as the 70,000-euro A8 and the 125,000-euro R8 Spyder.
The October stoppages "are sufficient for a short-term period", Audi works council chief Peter Mosch told Reuters.
"Should the market situation deteriorate considerably at the start of next year, then it is possible that further action may have to be taken," said Mosch, who also sits on the supervisory boards of Audi and its parent VW.
The number of vehicles assembled by Audi in Neckarsulm may fall 6.8 percent next year to 243,348, according to research firm IHS Automotive. Mosch said no further cutbacks were planned "from a present-day perspective."
Audi, which accounts for almost half of VW group's operating profit, is not the only luxury-car maker to address weak demand.
Daimler (DAIGn.DE) said last month it had cut production of its flagship S-Class sedan until the next version of the model was ready to debut in mid-2013.
Porsche, also owned by VW, will scrap Saturday shifts from January at its main factory in Zuffenhausen where the sportscar maker assembles the 911 model and the Boxster/Cayman series.
Audi Chief Executive Rupert Stadler said at the Paris auto show on September 27 that the European car market, destination of half of Audi's global deliveries, may stagnate in the next year or two.
Possible stoppages could also affect Audi's main plant in Ingolstadt at a later stage, Mosch said.
Audi produces about 1,200 cars a day in Neckarsulm and about 2,500 in Ingolstadt, where the A3 compact and Q5 series are made. Output at Ingolstadt has been disrupted by refittings at the plant because of changes in A3 production.
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So imagine me, loaded down with my daughter's (heavy) guitar from her lesson and our groceries, son on one side, daughter on the other. As I shuffle down the busy avenue toward the subway station, bashing people in the side with the guitar case, I thought to myself: I don't think I can get on the subway and then walk half an hour home with all this stuff. So: taxi.
Mistake! MISTAKE!!! The driver literally took us for a looooong, circuitous route. Granted, I recognize that my Mandarin is woefully inadequate. However--none of the other taxi drivers I've met in China have had a problem with my directions. At last, we arrive at the entrance of our housing complex. I told the driver what I was going to pay--not what was on the meter, thank you.
Can you believe this?!
I was freaking out. Thankfully, I knew enough Mandarin to threaten the driver that I was going to report him. Important words, memorize them NOW if you are coming to China: Wo yao da dianhua ni de gongsi! (I'm sure the grammar is wrong, but it got the point across.)
So Stupid Taxi Driver backed down, unlocked the doors, stopped at a main thoroughfare, told me he didn't want my money. The thing is: I want to pay what's fair; nothing more, nothing less. I threw money at him, unlocked our doors, snapped at my kids: OUT! NOW! And then I ripped off the receipt so that I had his driver's license number.
Learning #1: In Shanghai, take the turqoise cabs. Do NOT take the navy blue or red ones. Do NOT. Are you listening to me? Do NOT.
Oh, sheesh, I'm still shaking from the experience. (Bu hao!!) So I will now immerse myself in Happy Thoughts of the beginning of the weekend. Our good friends, Stacey and Rich, cooked dinner to celebrate my hubby's birthday. My job was to bring cake. (Note: bring, not bake. They know my cooking.) So I researched the best dessert shop--the House of Flour--and brought a rocking chocolate cake. The best I've tasted!
Yesterday was our Family Adventure Day--our weekly date to explore a new part of the city. I picked up Tess Johnson's book with 6 different walks in Shanghai for my hubby's birthday and encourage you to look at this website for more info about the book.
We took the Yuyuan Lu walk and meandered through lovely, historic neighborhoods (or lilongs) built in the 1920s and 30s.
What surprised us most were all the gorgeous, western style homes tucked down narrow, winding alleys where laundry flew like multi-colored banners from windows. Turn a corner, and there are Tudor and Georgian and Italianate villas...
That thrilled me because over at readergirlz, we've been reading Paula Yoo's Good Enough about the pressures of getting into college. Overseas campuses like this are one of the wonderful opportunities that are afforded at college. And I hope all my teen readers take this to heart: if you have a chance to study abroad, go for it. Just look at this piece of paradise Pepperdine has created for the 40 students who are studying in Shanghai. Imagine yourself there. I'm thinking about approaching the center director to offer to do a one-night seminar on creative writing just so I get a chance to go inside...
That's necessary because one step outside of these narrow lanes, and it's back to modern Shanghai where there are no rules in traffic. (Or apparently in taxi driving! See! I haven't recovered yet! My kids are I were kidnapped! Ack!)
Back to happy thoughts... Walk finished, we embarked to the boondocks of Shanghai: the Minhang District. Last week, I was panic-shopping for my husband's birthday (note: shopping isn't my favorite activity and he's hard to shop for; and I was writing instead)...when I happened on a beautiful furniture boutique: Ancient and Modern Furniture Design. The designer is from Taiwan, and has residences in Shanghai, Taipei, and New York. He's been featured in the Wall Street Journal and won the Elle Decor design award in 2007.
Anyway, she invited me to a private party for the designer's major collectors in Shanghai, complete with traditional music and delicious eats. Best of all, the party has being held in the designer's showroom, created to look like an old Suzhou garden home...
It felt like I had stepped inside my second novel, GIRL OVERBOARD, because Syrah lived in a Chinese garden...just like this...
Syrah's personal art pavilion was somewhat like this one that the designer built for himself...
And there was even the bed that Syrah slept in... Just imagine silk curtains swathing the bed, and you've got Syrah's digs...
And then the truly remarkable part of the weekend was meeting up with our friends, David and Jen Risher, who are traveling around the world this year with their two girls. Around the world, folks! From Dubai to Shanghai, Vietnam to Sydney. This after living in Barcelona for four years. Ever since working with the two at Microsoft and then watching David's meteoric soar at Amazon as a much-beloved senior VP, I always find the Rishers super inspirational, especially their philanthropy. They and their kids spent two weeks in Xi'an, not looking at the terracotta warriors, but teaching English to children at a local elementary school in the country.


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by Tom Utescher
The golf squads from Chestnut Hill Academy and Penn Charter went stroke-for-stroke as they split their home/away series last week, with just three points separating their total team scores. On Monday at CHA's home course at Sunnybrook, the Blue Devils edged PC, 258-259. A day later at Huntingdon Valley Country Club the Quakers gained the upper hand, 249-251.
Each team had lost its league opener the previous week, CHA succumbing to Germantown Academy, and Charter falling to Episcopal. PC had logged a non-league victory over George School.
While Travis Larabee continues at the helm of the Penn Charter program, CHA has a new skipper in the person of former University of Pennsylvania coach Francis Vaughn.
A native of Hershey, Pa., Vaughn was a member of the golf team at East Carolina University. After graduating in 1991 he played professionally for five years, then spent 12 years at the University of Pennsylvania, becoming Director of Golf and overseeing both the men's and women's programs.
The women's team at Penn was started during his tenure, and the men's team won two Ivy League championships and was runner-up twice. After the 2007-2008 season Vaughn left the Quakers to devote more time to his business ventures in the thoroughbred racing industry.
The Inter-Ac league is moving its golf season to the fall, when just about every other league in the state plays the sport. This created a time crunch for longtime CHA coach Jim Talbot, who runs Camp Tecumseh in New Hampshire (which draws heavily from the Philadelphia area).
Around the same time, CHA's home course club, Sunnybrook, announced the departure of pro Jon Allen, who regularly provided instruction for the Blue Devils' players. Seeking new leadership, the school made the connection with Vaughn through his friend John McNiff, whose sons John and Nick are members of the Chestnut Hill team.
Under dry, balmy conditions in last week's first match against Penn Charter, John McNiff shot a 41, and his playing partner and fellow senior Ted Dalglish recorded a 47. The rest of their foursome consisted of PC junior George Braun and senior Jeff Blechschmidt, who scored a 43 and a 44, respectively.
McNiff is a team co-captain for Chestnut Hill along with classmate Jack Russell. Russell and another senior, Jack Maine, each came around in 41 strokes at Sunnybrook, ahead of the Charter players in their foursome, senior John Lee, with a 43, and sophomore Luke Angelakis, who shot a 48.
Charter also received a 48 from junior Alexis Lo, but her playing partner Bobby Wurtz proved to be the only golfer on either team to break 40, giving the Quakers a round of 39. The CHA half of this quartet, junior Nick McNiff and senior Quint Frazier, produced a 41 and a 47, respectively.
Within the remaining foursome, junior John Hass and freshman Jack Grasso each carded a 47 for Chestnut Hill. PC's Luke Schweitzer, a former classmate of Hass at CHA, scored a 46 for the Quakers, and sophomore Andrew Glatz had a 44.
Charter was able to avenge the close loss at Sunnybrook the following day, playing on its home course at Huntingdon Valley. Rain set in early in the encounter, but the golfers were able to get through the par-35 circuit and PC pulled out a two-stroke victory. The best score of the day belonged to the Quakers' Schweitzer, who birdied the second hole en route to a round of 38.


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A walk is made up of diagonal steps from left to right, starting at the origin and ending on the x-axis. How many paths are there for 4 steps, for 6 steps, for 8 steps?
How many ways can the terms in an ordered list be combined by repeating a single binary operation. Show that for 4 terms there are 5 cases and find the number of cases for 5 terms and 6 terms.
Use the numbers in the box below to make the base of a top-heavy pyramid whose top number is 200.
Imagine a machine with four coloured lights which respond to different rules. Can you find the smallest possible number which will make all four colours light up?
Show that all pentagonal numbers are one third of a triangular number.
Rectangles are considered different if they vary in size or have different locations. How many different rectangles can be drawn on a chessboard?
Can you dissect a square into: 4, 7, 10, 13... other squares? 6, 9, 12, 15... other squares? 8, 11, 14... other squares?
Mathematics is the study of patterns. Studying pattern is an opportunity to observe, hypothesise, experiment, discover and create.
Arrange the numbers 1 to 16 into a 4 by 4 array. Choose a number. Cross out the numbers on the same row and column. Repeat this process. Add up you four numbers. Why do they always add up to 34?
The Tower of Hanoi is an ancient mathematical challenge. Working on the building blocks may help you to explain the patterns you notice.
An article which gives an account of some properties of magic squares.
Libby Jared helped to set up NRICH and this is one of her favourite problems. It's a problem suitable for a wide age range and best tackled practically.
What is the total number of squares that can be made on a 5 by 5 geoboard?
Can you see how to build a harmonic triangle? Can you work out the next two rows?
Using only the red and white rods, how many different ways are there to make up the other rods?
A little bit of algebra explains this 'magic'. Ask a friend to pick 3 consecutive numbers and to tell you a multiple of 3. Then ask them to add the four numbers and multiply by 67, and to tell you. . . .
Can you find any perfect numbers? Read this article to find out more...
The sum of the numbers 4 and 1 [1/3] is the same as the product of 4 and 1 [1/3]; that is to say 4 + 1 [1/3] = 4 � 1 [1/3]. What other numbers have the sum equal to the product and can this be so. . . .
In this investigation, we look at Pascal's Triangle in a slightly different way - rotated and with the top line of ones taken off.
In 15 years' time my age will be the square of my age 15 years ago. Can you work out my age, and when I had other special birthdays?
The diagram illustrates the formula: 1 + 3 + 5 + ... + (2n - 1) = n² Use the diagram to show that any odd number is the difference of two squares.
An account of some magic squares and their properties and and how to construct them for yourself.
Bellringers have a special way to write down the patterns they ring. Learn about these patterns and draw some of your own.
Find b where 3723(base 10) = 123(base b).
Whenever two chameleons of different colours meet they change colour to the third colour. Describe the shortest sequence of meetings in which all the chameleons change to green if you start with 12. . . .
What is the remainder when 2^{164}is divided by 7?
How many more miles must the car travel before the numbers on the milometer and the trip meter contain the same digits in the same order?
There are exactly 3 ways to add 4 odd numbers to get 10. Find all the ways of adding 8 odd numbers to get 20. To be sure of getting all the solutions you will need to be systematic. What about. . . .
Investigate $1^n + 19^n + 20^n + 51^n + 57^n + 80^n + 82^n $ and $2^n + 12^n + 31^n + 40^n + 69^n + 71^n + 85^n$ for different values of n.
What can you say about the values of n that make $7^n + 3^n$ a multiple of 10? Are there other pairs of integers between 1 and 10 which have similar properties?
What is the last digit of the number 1 / 5^903 ?
What are the last two digits of 2^(2^2003)?


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Food and diet for anxiety and panic attacks
Food and Diet for Anxiety & Panic Attack Sufferers
Why is diet so important?
Food, diet, anxiety and panic attacks are all interlinked.
Anxious people either tend to eat too much because they comfort eat, or too little as their so nervous they don't feel like eating. If you're on a crash diet this is also not helpful. I can assure you if you stick to the diet I will recommend you will feel less anxious and panicky, and as an added benefit you will lose weight.
Having problems swallowing food?
Anxious people often complain of not being able to swallow food. This is because they are anxious and the body is experiencing the fight and flight response. This tends to try and stop us from eating because if you need to run away or fight your way out of trouble, then eating is not high on your body's agenda. Don't worry just practice eating when you're relaxed and calm. If it's easier to eat on your own then do this. In time when you're stronger you can then start to eat with family and then public places.
The Real problem with our Diet
Most people will fall into this category of the constantly snacking usually on sugary things. I recently watched a programme on somebody who suffered from epilepsy. He stated he often wanted to sleep after a fit because he used up so much energy whilst fitting. Anxiety and panic attacks are a bit like this. You burn up so much energy whilst being anxious and panicky that a quick fix is eating foods such as chocolate, sweets, cake, etc. Although this initially makes you feel better after a while you feel even worse which I will explain later.
Having a good, solid breakfast to start the day is essential. You would not expect car to start in the morning if the lights had been left on all night. Our 'battery' is the same it needs charging too, to face the day ahead. Our blood sugar levels are the single most important diet requirement we need to help us overcome anxiety. If you don't build a strong foundation then even if you implement other recovery techniques they won't work.
Anti Anxiety Diet
I am going to be straight with you – you simply have to eat a good solid breakfast or at the very least eat a mini meal soon after a small breakfast.
I am not a morning person. Quite often I don't feel like having a big breakfast. But I make sure I eat foods that will burn slowly and give me a solid platform to start the day. For example porridge, muesli, Shredded wheat or Weetabix would be good choice. Some of the most famous cereal foods, Co Co pops, Frosties, Rice Krispies contain a lot of sugar. Along with your cereal have a couple of pieces of whole meal toast. The whole grain is what you need as this will release energy slowly into your system. I often have a tangerine, apple or banana as part of my breakfast. Fruit is great for breakfast.
Protein is a must for breakfast which you can get from meats and poultry. Why not have a bacon sandwich, or combine it into the classic bacon, lettuce and tomato (BLT). Boiled or scrambled eggs for breakfast are also a personal favourite of mine. Again great for protein. Protein is good for you as it does not affect your sugar levels
One of the most frequent issues that panic sufferers face is that roller coaster feeling of being OK one minute and then panicky the next. One of the main ways of making your body a lot stable is to stop eating junk food. Crisps, chocolate, cakes, sweets, etc; although seem filling and give you an initial lift, ultimately will leave you feeling worse. The sugar rush will make you feel much better but there is a sting in the tail. Once the pancreas releases insulin to combat the sugar you will be left feeling irritable and anxious. It's much better to snack on whole grain snacks that release carbohydrates slowly.
So what can I snack on?
Foods like muesli bars, whole grain rice's, pasta or other complex carbohydrates snacks are healthy for you. Just check the label as by law they should show the sugar content. Proteins are good as well as they do not affect your blood sugar level. Examples are nuts, fish, yogurt, beans, eggs, etc. Fruits are other obvious examples of snacks that are good for you. Just be careful as some fruits are quite high in natural sugar i.e. bananas.
Rather than just picking at snacks it's much better to have five or six mini meals every day. You should not be going more than 3 to 4 hours without anything to eat. Plan out each day when and what you're going to eat and try not to comfort eat in-between especially on junk food. It's also important not to go to bed on an empty stomach. This will help reduce feelings of anxiousness and having night time panic attacks. Try to have something light like a yogurt or a small cheese and lettuce whole meal sandwich before you go to bed. Perhaps wash it down with some milk. This will help keep your blood sugar stable during the night. People who go to bed on a big meal tend to get indigestion problems and the rebound when their blood sugar drops after the body has managed to digest such a large meal. The same goes for alcohol. Although it may help you sleep in the short term as it suppresses the nervous system, the rebound effect will be felt later at night when the blood sugar drops and you feel anxious.
Panic Attack Causes which Food
Often people will have a cup of tea or especially coffee before they go to bed. This is again a bad idea. Caffeine is in coffee as well as tea and is a stimulant. It often will make an anxious person more agitated. I can guarantee if I have a strong cup of coffee it will give me heart palpitations. I use to get this even before I suffered from anxiety and panic attacks. So I know my body is particularly sensitive to caffeine.
Finally it's never a good idea to lie in bed too long. Even if you had a bad night's sleep its best to get up after 8 hours sleep rather than just lie in bed. This will help you the following night to get a better night's sleep as you will be tired, and you need to maintain a steady blood sugar level. If you went to bed at eleven then get up around seven and have a herbal tea such as chamomile which as good calming properties. Then have a good balanced breakfast with whole grain, protein and some fruit.
Your diet is one of the simplest things you can change that can have dramatic effects to promote your well-being. To feel the full effects of a new diet may take several months but it is worth it. You may well see the added benefit of weight loss. Remember a stable foundation will lead to a much better chance of a full recovery and it's what your body needs.
Remember your body needs all the nutritious food it can get as its energy sapping and exhausting work for your body to keep initiating the flight or fight response. Not looking after ones health by eating poorly is one the main causes of panic attacks and yet it's one of the most overlooked keys to recovery.
The Anti-Anxiety Diet EBook (Approx 50 page eBook)
The Anti-Anxiety Diet will show you the exact diet to adhere to reduce anxiety symptoms and make your body more balanced and stable.
Having an effective dietary plan with natural treatments can significantly reduce anxiety. Lots of anxiety sufferers don't realize that what they eat is affecting their anxiety. Our diets can either make us feel good or increase anxiety.
You will learn in this eBook if you have a deficiency in certain minerals and vitamins and what you can do about it. You will understand what hypoglycemia is and how you can overcome it. You will learn about why blood sugar is so important. Through diet and natural supplements you will see an improvement in your natural emotional balance.
Whether you are an adult or child the Anti-Anxiety Diet will make you happier and healthier and improve your mental health. It will also help if you intend to come off Anti-Anxiety medication.
Hypoglycemia is a condition that occurs when your blood sugar (glucose) is too low. Panic attacks can be caused by this. Whether you have the condition or not it's so important to keep your blood sugars stable to feel well. Too much sugar and you may feel great for a while, then the crash. Diet is one of the must under-rated aspects of getting better and reducing the horrible symptoms of anxiety.
There are two books that I have read on this subject - New Low Blood Sugar and You: The Startling Facts of How Millions of People Suffer from Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar) without Knowing it - The Simple Diet That Can Completely Eliminate This Disease & The Low Blood Sugar Handbook . Both go into great detail and have recipes, facts/figures, lists of foods you can eat and programmes to get well. The nature of the topic can mean that reading is heavy going but it's worth at least reading one book on Hypoglycemia.
Food & Drink
As part of my programme of recovery I strongly recommend that you remove caffeine from your diet completely. That means no tea or coffee. I personally think a great substitute is Chamomile (calming properties) or Peppermint tea. If you buy from supermarkets it tends to be quite expensive. If you would like to buy in bulk then I would suggest Twinings Pure Camomile and Pure Peppermint tea .
If you suffer from palpitations some people recommend Pukka Clean Greens Powder - Organic Bio Nutrients - 120g Powder (I have not actually tried it myself). It comes in capsules as well but the powder is better value for money - 1 months supply for £25. Apparently it does not taste very good so be warned! Amazon seems to be the best price. You probably wonder what it is - it's a herbal drink. You mix one tablespoon with a glass of water. Clean Greens contains antioxidants, chlorophyll, vitamins, trace minerals and enzymes, all of which can help you cope better with our polluted environment and diet. When using Clean Greens daily, you should notice improvements in your digestion, skin appearance and general wellbeing.
Multivitamins & Minerals
Sometimes it's recommended to take Multivitamins & Minerals when you're run down. Any help you can give your body to improve and cope with the burden of anxiety can only help you recover. I personally took vitamins for a while as I thought this would give my body extra help and a boost to cope with all the stresses placed upon it. If you feel you need that extra help then below are some popular Multivitamins & Minerals tablets -
Sanatogen A-Z Complete 23 essential Vitamins and Minerals 90 Tablets or Sanatogen Vital 50+ Multi Vitamin & Mineral Supplement With Ginkgo & Ginseng Tablets 90 Tablets
Centrum Performance Multivitamin & Minerals Plus Ginseng & Ginkgo Biloba Supplement 60 Tablets
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Seven Seas A-Z Multi Spectrum Multivitamins & Minerals 60 Capsules
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NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's former U.N. ambassador, Nikki Haley , alleges in her upcoming memoir that two administration officials who were ultimately pushed out by Trump once tried to get her to join them in opposing some of his policies.
FILE- In this Sept. 24, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump talks to Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, at the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. Congressional and Trump administration officials told The Associated Press that Haley plans to resign. She was appointed to the U.N. post in November 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
In "With All Due Respect," Haley said then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and then-White House chief of staff John Kelly told her that they were trying to "save the country." Haley writes that she was "shocked" by the request, made during a closed-door meeting, and thought they were only trying to put their own imprint on his policies.
"Kelly and Tillerson confided in me that when they resisted the president, they weren't being insubordinate, they were trying to save the country," Haley wrote. "It was their decisions, not the president's, that were in the best interests of America, they said. The president didn't know what he was doing. ... Tillerson went on to tell me the reason he resisted the president's decisions was because, if he didn't, people would die."
The former South Carolina governor said the meeting lasted more than an hour and that they never raised the issue to her again.
Haley's book comes out Tuesday. The Associated Press purchased an early copy.
"Instead of saying that to me, they should've been saying that to the president, not asking me to join them on their sidebar plan," Haley wrote. "It should've been, 'Go tell the president what your differences are, and quit if you don't like what he's doing.' But to undermine a president is really a very dangerous thing. And it goes against the Constitution, and it goes against what the American people want. And it was offensive."
Trump fired Tillerson in March 2018. Later, Tillerson said the president was "undisciplined" and did not like to read briefing reports. Trump countered, calling Tillerson "dumb as a rock."
When Kelly was chief of staff, Trump chafed at the orderly processes the general imposed on his freewheeling style and White House operations at large. Trump let him go in December 2018.
When asked to respond to Haley's book, Kelly told CBS' "Sunday Morning" that "if by resistance and stalling, she means putting a staff process in place ... to ensure the (president) knew all the pros and cons of what policy decision he might be contemplating so he could make an informed decision, then guilty as charged."
One early reaction to Haley's book came from Trump's Twitter account. After noting the book's release and her book tour, Trump tweeted, "Good luck Nikki!"
Associated Press writer Deb Riechmann contributed to this report.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Members of the American Federation of Government Employees staged a protest Wednesday in front of Naval Air Station Jacksonville urging citizens to speak out and ask Congress to repeal the sequestration budget cuts that went into effected earlier this month.
The group represents federal workers with NAS Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport.
They say sequestration will result in money taken out of government workers' paychecks. They also say it could affect programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
"This sequestration is really designed to hurt communities," protester Philippe Abrigo said. "It's not just us, the hardworking American people. Instead of taxing those big companies, banks, car companies, those bailout companies, they're taking it out on the federal workers."
"There's 800,000 of us who are being given furlough messages, which accounts to 22 unpaid days in 22 weeks, starting the first week of May," Abrigo added.
Sally Wilson is an analyst for the Department of the Navy. She said that for her, this amounts to a 20-percent pay cut.
"This is money that I use to pay my mortgage, put gas in my car, shop in the local economy," Wilson said. "For some people, if they were planning on purchasing a new appliance or doing some remodeling to help stimulate the local economy, this is going to change all of that."
Protesters say in essence, local businesses will be affected, and worst of all, they say it'll put added stress on families struggling to make it through.
"A lot of families are going to have hardships feeding their children, clothing their children, putting gas in their cars and going back and forth to work," Wilson said. "It's going to impose a huge economic hardship on the whole local community and nationwide as well."
"I hope American people and Congress wake up and listen to the plight of the government workers," Abrigo added.
The protesters say in order to get things done, people need to contact their local senators and representatives to put an end to the sequestration.


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An exquisite sporty style key chain with half moon design with a swivel pendant with bowling strike design.
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Type:Zinc AlloyMetal
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