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"Mom, what's a cell?" she asked on the way home from church, evening service, sun was setting.
I gauged my words, tried to chose those that would make most sense to her, "They are the smallest pieces in our body, you can only see them through microscopes, but build up all our parts."
I waited for a deluge of follow up questions, but just heard "Oh," after a long pause. Waiting, "What happened to Ruby's cell?"
Baby Ruby lives near us and each time Maria sees her, Maria can't contain herself and compliments her beautiful lips, her round, wise eyes. Baby Ruby has cancer.
"Ruby has something called cancer and it makes her cells sick. Baby Ruby has to go to the hospital and have the doctors work on her. But something special is that Ruby's whole, big family, and friends pray and pray for God to heal her. And when they hand her to the doctors, they say, 'We have been praying for you and praying for this time for Ruby and we are thankful for you,' and the doctors think, 'What, that's weird, I'm a doctor, you weirdo,' but they tell them anyways. And just this week, her doctors told her that what happened to her was closest thing to a miracle they have ever seen."
"Oh," Maria responded calmly. "What is a miracle?"
"Well…" I try to think of the right words she would understand, "A miracle is something that God makes happen that people can't explain or maybe doesn't even make sense. God can make miracles happen when we pray and talk to him, He loves doing that for us."
Looking at her clasped hands, her expression didn't show excitement at the prospect of miracles, because she was thinking of another time, her first prayer she ever muttered.
"Mom," she said in a small voice, cars whizzing past us in the opposite direction, "One time people told me about God. When I was in the orphanage, when I was littler. They brought a book and showed us pictures, and I was like, 'What? Who is that? I never heard of him before.' I saw him on a cross. No one told me, I didn't know about him. And then I started to pray. And I kept praying and praying."
"What did you pray for?"
"I was praying for a family. But then I gave up and said, ahhh nevermind. Because it was too long, I was praying for so long."
"You were praying for a family in Russia?"
"Yeah, when those people told me about God, I never heard of him before," she mentioned again.
"And then you got one!" I smiled.
"Yeah!" she smiled now. "After you left that first time, all the kids were asking me to take them with me, especially Katya, they were like, 'Maria, please, we want to come, we want a family, too!' But, I just told them, no."
"You did?" I smiled, I had cried enough tears over that thought in the past that I can casually engage now.
"Yeah," she smiled, "I told them, that they are my mom and dad, so, you know?"
I nodded to her.
"I am glad you prayed," I told her. "We prayed for you, too."
"Yeah," she told me, her spirit so much lighter now,
"I know."
God gives a hand to those down on their luck,
gives a fresh start to those ready to quit. Psalm 145:14
Please pray with us for baby Ruby.
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Party in the Park for Prevention — a free, community event celebrating National Child Abuse Prevention Month — hosted by Family Support Services of North Florida. Friendship Fountain April 25, 2014 6:00 – 8:00 PM ET Full information: http://events.jacksonville.com/event/party-park-prevention TimesUnion … Continue reading
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A couple of days ago I reported a liberal's assertion that conservatives seem "unwilling or unable to engage in issues that are fundamental to the future of mankind". In the last few days we've seen evidence of what social conservatives, at least (economic conservatives have different preoccupations), are engaged in, to the point of obsession: Crime, criminals, and punishment. The social conservative media are full of news and hand-wringing about the following issues, all of them crime-related:
Read or listen to any social conservative media outlet and you will quickly get the impression that crime is all they are engaged in — rare mentions of global warming or any issues "fundamental to the future of mankind" are only brought up for denial or belittling.
How do we understand this obsession with crime? Is it pathological (are social conservatives suffering from a kind of endemic mental illness)? What's behind it — an exaggerated sense of danger, insecurity and learned helplessness? Is it learned (spread) from peers and parents? Is it generally brought on by some terrible, traumatizing personal experience?
We need all the help we can get with the issues "fundamental to the future of mankind". If we want to recruit and engage social conservatives to work with us on these issues, we have to get them over their single-minded obsession withcrime, criminals, and punishment. Can anyone suggest a cure?
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Senior pranks are a time-honored high school tradition that usually start out with the best-laid plans and end up somewhere south of a giant penis joke. These days, if you want to go viral (any good teen's goal), you gotta up your game. So this year, the class of 2016 at Monarch High School in Florida decided they wanted to do something more memorable (and way more viral): Turn the parking lot into a giant dog park.
After a dog followed one of her classmates to school earlier this semester, Monarch senior Anna Douglas told me that her class decided to use that as their inspiration. All in, Douglas estimates around 70 students (out of about 500) brought their dogs to school on the last day of class.
"Our principal showed up and tried to put a stop to all of the commotion, (while he was taking pictures)," she said. "However, more students and their dogs showed up and he couldn't control everyone. There were dogs in purses, dogs in strollers." Douglas shared photos of the event on Twitter, which have since been retweeted by nearly 2,000 people and liked by several thousand more.
"We came to an agreement with our principal, that we could stay until the middle of first period. So my boyfriend drove his car over to where everyone was and played music," Douglas explained. "Our principal was trying to be mad, but then begged us to play 'Who Let the Dogs Out.'"
As far as actual mischief goes, the pooch stunt is about as tame as an episode of The Brady Bunch. But, hey, it's better than the 700-ish other unoriginal, soon-to-be grads who, as you read this, are no doubt purchasing three chickens (or pigs, or goats, or what-have-you) with plans of labeling them one, two, and four, and setting them loose in the halls.


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BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN (Continued from here)
Quick Background: Socialist Action are a Trotskyite entryist organisation founded in 1982 when the International Marxist Group entered the Labour Party and changed its name to the Socialist League. The group became generally known by the name of its publication, Socialist Action, which first appeared on the 16th March 1983. In September 1983, assuming that the Labour Party's actions against Militant groups would extend to Socialist Action as well, the group decided to disappear from public view, taking measures to guarantee invisibility. Members were assigned pen names and met in an assortment of pubs. The group adopted an entryist strategy "to protect members from any potential Militant-style purge".
Now, many of your closest aides – some of the ladies known as "Ken's wimmin" – they were Socialist Action people, weren't they, Mr Livingstone? Your Mayoralty team members back in 2001 – Jude Woodward, Anni Marjoram, Mark Watts, John Ross – were all Socialist Action members. They have never denied it, even when asked by Channel 4's Dispatches.
And Socialist Action adores America and despises extremist Islamism, right? Which is why none of them would ever celebrate 9/11, correct?
Socialist Action Trotskyites despise America, detest Israel, denigrate their own country, Britain, as an imperialist warmonger, support extremist Islamism, call the Falklands Malvinas and have been IRA fans – terrorist sympathisers – even during the darkest days of the Troubles.
Here are a few choice snippets from their Twitter timeline of late:
If you want reminding of Socialist Action, Mr Livingstone, then please have a ganders here. That would be the same Socialist Action described in 2008 as "Militant Political Plotters who ran City Hall".
Your City Hall – while you were Mayor (at a time when these Trotskyites showed some loyalty and didn't divulge all to politically centrist capitalists like me).
A cadre which seeks a communist revolution and believes that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a "tragedy for humanity"? I mean, really! What a bunch of sick anoraks! All those millions of murders later? They can't be serious!
Here's the Socialist Action website today promoting Gerry Adams' tribute to Fidel Castro on its front page. Here's where they cover their member, and your close Mayoral aide and employee, Redmond O'Neill's funeral at which a tearful you and Diane Abbott spoke.
Socialist Action's support over the years for the IRA and extremist Islamists is, frankly, vomit-inducing, don't you agree? And leopards don't suddenly change their spots just because you hired them to work for you as Mayor of London.
The truth is you'd not have punished Socialist Action members, who were your staff, for celebrating their sick beliefs on 9/11 as you knew full well all along about their paramount disdain for the US; how they viewed Islamist terrorists as the lesser evil, if as an evil at all.
So this was another lie:
(Ken Livingstone Quote copied directly from The Daily Mail, 1st December 2016)
So, bo****ks back to you, Mr Livingstone.
Socialist Action was instrumental in getting you elected to the Labour Party's National Executive Committee in 1987 and 1988. Back in the 1980's the group adopted you as a figurehead, regarding Arthur Scargill and Tony Benn as spent forces. Whose faith in you was repaid by you giving them cushy jobs when you were Mayor of London.
You yoked them. You surrounded yourself with Socialist Action devotees. They were your team. In spite of you knowing full well they were a Trotskyite entryist terror-apologising organisation harbouring sick and dangerous views – twisted views that are unpopular and despised across Great Britain.
In 2007 you stuck your neck out for them again – changing the GLA rules so that your eight key advisers, four deeply associated with Socialist Action (including John Ross and the late Redmond O'Neill), who as temporary appointments would not normally have been entitled to severance pay, received an average of £200,000 each.
Socialist Action members of your Mayoralty have not just retired on their golden handshakes have they, Mr Livingstone? They are at the very heart of Labour in 2016:
"Members of a Trotskyist entity calling itself Socialist Action to which John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn are closely associated"
Simon Fletcher – who has been on the Socialist Action central committee – was appointed Corbyn's Chief of Staff and is now Labour's Director of Campaigns and Planning while your mate John Ross has been linked to Corbyn's inner circle.
Entryist Trotskyists are popping up all over Momentum at the moment too:
"The dyed-in-the-wool Trotskyists are not the majority in Momentum. But they are a vocal, disruptive and overbearing minority who have won themselves key positions in the regional committees, national committee and even the steering committee," wrote Laura Murray only this Monday. Her piece was covered in the Guardian the same day.
By putting Socialist Action on the public teat during your Mayoralty, you – inadvertently – planted a bomb under Labour of 2016. Socialist Action would have broken up by now if it wasn't for you. And Corbyn, McDonnell and Lansman know it too well. Privately they want you gone. They are permanently tarred by the words and actions of Socialist Action and its Trotskyite offshoots – they know full well that if the public knew what today's Labour Party really represented, as your Tourettes keeps letting on, then they'd not win a single seat in a UK General Election.
Because Brits were disgusted by what Al Qaeda did that day. They are disgusted by the IRA. Disgusted by Hizbollah. Disgusted by any people who could possibly consider having you as a figurehead – the man whose default word is Hitler. They find Socialist Action's policies warped and would never vote for them, even disguised as Labour.
I feel most sorry for those Labour-supporting, working class families whose sons died in Afghanistan and Iraq. How would they feel reading what Socialist Action people – your people – say about the British Army.
Just …. sick.
The Tories and others have until the next General Election to get that message out there.
Labour's gone if they do.
All Labour's opponents need to do is out the Trotskyites in Corbyn's team and across Momentum … and Labour will be blown to smithereens. As if Labour weren't already massively exposed by Rotherham, PIE, Co-op, PFI cronyism, mass immigration, betraying the working class … now by Socialist Action Trot fanatics cheering on 9/11.
You didn't reprimand your wimmin that day because you know and accept that is how they are. That is how they think. At heart they are Britain-hating, US-hating, IRA-supporting, anti-Semitic Bolsheviks.
In the words of Labour MP John Mann, who you called a mad nutter (just as you intimated at our friend Mr Singh) you too are a disgusting racist. At least, you surround yourselves with them. They are your chosen political family.
It was you who fed Labour's cancer, Mr Livingstone. And now the cancer's terminal.
Socialist Action is the bomb waiting to go off underneath Labour and those who despise Labour will find the fuse.
It is time for you to walk off the public stage for good, Mr Livingstone. It would seem that your newts need some serious Daddy time.


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Tuesday 3rd July 2018 – 9.25am – Jamie Arrowsmith.
Despite the best efforts of ambulance staff, a man has died in Coventry in the early hours of this morning.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to reports of a collision between a car and a pedestrian on Barras Lane, Coventry, shortly before 12.40am and sent two ambulances, a paramedic officer and the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance Critical Care Car to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "On arrival, crews discovered a man who had suffered serious injuries in the collision and was in cardiac arrest.
"Ambulance staff immediately began CPR and also administered advanced life support which continued en-route to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.
"Unfortunately, shortly after arrival at hospital it became apparent nothing could be done to save the man and he was confirmed deceased."


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"In every proceeding for dissolution of the marriage, a party may claim alimony and suit money in the petition or by motion, and if the petition is well founded, the court shall allow a reasonable sum therefor. If a party in any proceeding for dissolution of marriage claims alimony or suit money in his or her answer or by motion, and the answer or motion is well founded, the court shall allow a reasonable sum therefor."
In cases where children are involved, pendent lite is usually given due to the circumstance. As far as the amount of money owed or duration of payments, this is determined based on the case. The condition of pendente lite, however, is that it is upheld until final litigation is agreed on, therefore dissolving the need for it.
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I have a problem.
I need to share it with you to get some solution of it. A girl is after my
husband. She is making use of magic and spells to control him. My husband is
least interested in her, but I don't know with what magic tricks she is
trying to get control of his mind. At times, my husband suffers from fits in
which he does not recognize anyone, forgets his past, and starts thinking
about her. I am extremely worried and so is my husband. Few days back, my
husband had blood spots on the back of his shirt as well. Kindly suggest any
type of tasbīh (words praising the Lord).
I am sorry to hear
that some woman is contriving to ruin your marital life. She is certainly
incurring a grave sin and if she does not stop, she will meet a dreadful
fate in the Hereafter and very likely in this world too.
Two sūrahs from the Holy
Qur'ān namely Sūrah al-Falaq and Sūrah al-Nās would be helpful in this
regard. Ask your husband to learn their meanings and recite them whenever he
finds time in his day while pondering on the message both sūrahs
communicate. You may please know that there is no strong and lasting shelter
than the shelter of God from all that is evil. These sūrahs are in fact
supplications; whoever utters these finds himself under the supreme
protection of Allah. He feels that he is wreathed by the divine circle of a
large squad of angels who protect him all the time as he seeks his Lord's
In addition, you and your
husband also need to establish your obligatory prayers five times a day.
After saying your obligatory prayer, you should pray to the Lord for your
husband. I believe no one can pray for him as sincerely as you—his wife—can
There are two other
supplications of the Prophet (sws), which you and your husband may recite
whenever be in distress. These are:
حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ عَلَى اللَّهِ
تَوَكَّلْنَا (تِرْمَذِى رَقَم:
Allah is sufficient for
us. He is the best disposer of affairs. In Allah [only] we repose trust. (Tirmidhi,
No: 3355)
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ
أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا (مُسْلِم رَقَم:
We belong to Allah and
to Him shall we return; O Allah reward me for my affliction and give me
something better in exchange for it. (Muslim, No: 1565)
Spells often cause
psychological effects, as you mentioned about your husband that he forgets
things. I would very humbly suggest that if this woman is from among your
relatives or in a position where you and your husband have to see her, you
both should immediately rearrange your plans as to avoid even having a look
at her. Your husband especially needs to never come in any sort of contact
with her. Let her do, in his absence, what she pleases but ask your husband
not to see her anyway. I am very hopeful this will greatly help.


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Iowa Legal Research is designed for teaching legal research to first-year law students. Others who will find it helpful include practitioners, paralegals, librarians, college students, and even laypeople. The goal is to make the complex process of legal research understandable and accessible.
Outlines of the research process and examples from Iowa resources make the book easy to use. URLs point researchers to where they can find access to free or low-cost legal materials on the web. Screen shots and excerpts are used frequently to help in understanding a resource.
In addition to covering Iowa-specific resources, the book discusses how to find applicable federal law. Thanks to that comprehensive coverage, Iowa Legal Research can be used as a stand-alone text or in conjunction with a research text covering U.S. law. The book begins with an overview of the research process and legal analysis so that the reader can better understand the nature of these complementary components in finding and reviewing the law.
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Snow was reported sporadically for the first 36 hours of the forecast period in Utica. The grand total accumulation was about 2 hundredths of an inch of precipitation, which is probably less than half an inch of true accumulation. Downwind of the Great Lakes, that practically qualifies as a no snow day. Temperatures were a challenge, cooling more than expected on Saturday. Ultimately, Victoria-Weather continued our winning streak.
Actuals: Friday, Snow reported, not measured. High 28, Low 21
Saturday – .02 inches of snow, High 28, Low 7


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Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) Jan. 4 named PayPal President Scott Thompson as CEO, ending months of searching after the struggling media company fired Carl Bartz from the role in September.
Thompson, who was also appointed to Yahoo's board of directors, will take the helm Jan. 9, when interim CEO Tim Morse will resume his role as CFO.
Thompson has helped PayPal maintain and fortify its position as the top global online payment service since he took over as president in 2008. Under his leadership, PayPal grew its user base from 50 million to more than 104 million active users in 190 countries worldwide, boosting revenues from $1.8 billion to over $4 billion in 2011.
eBay CEO John Donahoe, who was shocked by Thompson's exit, will take over as president of PayPal for the time being.
The revenue growth Thompson oversaw at PayPal is likely one of the major reasons Yahoo's board picked him. Yahoo has struggled to boost revenue and bolster user engagement despite enjoying more than 700 million visitors.
"His deep understanding of online businesses combined with his team building and operational capabilities will restore the energy, focus and momentum necessary to grow the core business and deliver increased value for our shareholders," Yahoo Board Chairman Roy Bostock said in a statement.
Bostock also said Thompson will work with the board on its "strategic review process," including specific investments or dispositions of assets.
On a press conference call, Thompson praised Yahoo's existing online media properties and said he would spend his first days at the company getting to know the executive, engineer and product teams, and learning more about the company's products. He will also work with Yahoo's sales teams to get a handle on what Yahoo advertisers and publishers need.
"We need to refocus our energies on doing what we do really well," Thompson said, noting that increasing value for shareholders and revenue growth were his chief concerns. He said building great innovative products for the 700 million-plus unique visitors will ultimately be his charge at Yahoo.
He didn't provide any clear indication of how he will go about building these great products or improving the company, which has been a familiar refrain from the last few CEOs at the company, including co-founder Jerry Yang and Bartz.
Thompson also declined to comment on how he could help Yahoo better compete in display advertising, which was Yahoo's bread and butter but has been passed by Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and is seriously threatened by Facebook. He cited the need to learn more about the company before setting out on a path to return the company to glory.
Thompson has a tough job ahead of him. Bartz was let go by Bostock by phone Sept. 6 after serving as CEO for 20 months, replacing Yang.
Bartz and Yang failed to restore Yahoo's flagging brand after Google soared past the company in search and passed it for the first time in display advertising in late 2011.
Google and Facebook also have cohesive social networks that drive user engagement, though Yahoo has tightly integrated with Facebook to boost traffic.


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What Are the Best Tips for Roasting Silverside?
The best tips for roasting silverside are to cook the meat for a long time in the oven, to cook it in stock, to braise the meat prior to cooking, and to season the meat prior to cooking. Depending on how the guests would like their meat cooked, the chef should cook it for different lengths of time depending on its weight. For rare, the meat should be cooked for around 11 minutes per pound (450 grams), and for medium, the time goes up to 14 minutes. Alternatively, slow-cooking the meat can provide a more tender result; a pound should be cooked for just over an hour at 275°F (140°C).
It's best to braise the meat prior to cooking it. The process of braising essentially seals the meat so the juices can't escape. Chefs braise meat by coating it in a rub with flour, salt, and pepper and shallow-frying it in the baking tray until the meat is brown all over. This locks in all the fat and the flavor it contains, and results in a much more succulent joint of meat. Silverside roasts, like most cuts of beef, benefit from this process.
Seasoning is also important. Generally, the seasoning mixture can be added to the flour that coats the meat before braising. Salt and pepper are recommended, as are herbs such as thyme and parsley. These can enhance the flavor of the meat and should be added according to the tastes of the chef's guests.
Roasting silverside while it is submerged in a stock can further add moisture to the finished dish. Using a beef stock can enhance the flavor of the meat, and it is often combined with a red wine for additional depth of flavor. Silverside submerged in stock will soak up a lot of moisture from the liquid and therefore turn out a lot juicier than a roast cooked without stock. In addition, keeping a lid on the pot during cooking prevents this moisture from being lost due to evaporation.
Slow-cooking can help prevent the silverside from becoming too dry. The best results come from cooking a joint over a low temperature for a longer period of time. Cooking the meat at 275°F (140°C) prevents it from drying out. A 2.5 pound (1.15 kilogram) silverside joint should be cooked for around three hours for the best result.
Discussion Comments
I mix English mustard powder with some flour and coat it in that to shallow fry it prior to slow roasting.
A crock pot is a great tool for cooking silverside. You just put the meat in with any veggies and stock you want, set it to cook on low all day and by the time the sun comes down you have the most tender roast you have ever tasted. It couldn't be easier.
What kind of seasonings do you guys like to use on silverside? I know that salt and pepper work great and probably garlic, but surely there are other spices I could use to kick up the flavor of the meat.
I especially like hot stuff so maybe some kind of chili powered or cayenne? Any other suggestions?
My mother used to make a silverside roast all the time for Sunday dinner. She would roast that thing for most of the afternoon and then serve it up with vegetables, fresh bread, beer, milk, the works.


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Virgin Atlantic Launches New Economy Class Dining Service
AirlinesFood and DrinkTravel Technology November 2, 2011 Staff
Virgin Atlantic Airways is offering a new dining service in all of its Economy Class cabins as part of the airline's recently introduced £100 million product investment.
"We have a passionate team of food experts, hospitality managers and designers who have put every single aspect of our meals service under the microscope and our goal was to make sure that any ideas we came up with made our passengers' journey even better than it was before," says Paul Sands, head of customer experience for Virgin Atlantic Airways. "After a difficult period for the industry we have invested £100 million into our product and the result is the best meal experience ever in our economy cabin."
Now available on all Virgin Atlantic flights, the new meal service is intended to create a more restaurant-like environment, using a redesigned menu which aims to offer a fresh approach to dining at 30,000 feet. Upon reaching cruising altitude, passengers are offered a 'welcome cocktail' – a refreshing blend of fruit juices served "virgin" or with vodka.
The 'welcome cocktail' is served in a new purple glass and finished with a red swizzle stick.
Following the new beverage service, Economy Class passengers will have the option of selecting a main course from a menu featuring a selection of fresh and inventive dining options.
The redesigned and upgraded meal service will be presented on smaller, soft-touch, non-slip metal trays with redesigned cutlery to give economy-class passengers more space to eat their meals and sample their overall in-flight experience.
Passengers will be offered a new dessert menu, featuring a rotating array of dessert items intended to entice the palate. In addition to a choice of coffee or tea, Virgin Atlantic will begin offering hot chocolate on evening flights.
When the lights are dimmed and the in-flight movies begin, a retro movie-theater environment is created as Virgin Atlantic's flight attendants make their way through the aisles of the aircraft wearing custom-designed usherette trays, serving passengers treats which include the on-board ice cream and popcorn for which Virgin Atlantic is known.
Virgin Atlantic says that, with environmental sustainability constantly at the forefront of all of the airline's initiatives, its new in-flight dining service has made significant enhancements in this area.
The new soft-touch tray removes the previously used paper tray liner and is 46 per cent more greenhouse-gas efficient over its life cycle than the tray it replaces, according to Virgin Atlantic The new menu is also printed on Forest Stewardship Council-approved, part-recycled paper.
With these changes, Virgin Atlantic says it will save 132 kilograms of weight per aircraft. The airline says that, compared with the fuel-burn and CO2 emissions resulting from the weight of its previous dining service, the new service will offer a 4 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions, the same amount used to produce 167,000 new Economy Class glasses.


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i'm still here, honest
There was a rumour that the BBC implanted chips in long serving staff, with a view to preventing them leaving, Wedlock-style perhaps. I didn't fall victim to anything so dramatic.
Nor can I blame my silence on overwork in my new job. There's been loads to learn but that's not the problem.
I've been over-committing myself elsewhere. Everything seems to be happening at once, from my writing for FUMSI, speaking events and Open University deadlines, plus trying to get the garden ready for winter.
Unfortunately blog-neglect also meant an unpleasant job of ploughing through weeks and weeks of comments spam. Always a nauseous task.
So to come…talking about the future of the web at the V&A, SharePoint IA, and the challenges of creating accessible IA deliverables.
I'm knackered. What with work, freelance stuff, studying, and then trips to hospital with PW, it's all been a bit too much.
I've noticed that being tired has made me more abrupt and more likely to put voice to my frustrations. It isn't very me and makes me uncomfortable, but it is more honest and there's some satisfaction in saying how annoyed you are, rather than going home and kicking something (hopefully not the chickens).
Sorry if you've been on the receiving end but the chickens are grateful.


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It's funny...I've become so accustomed to getting daily labs from BB's clinic that it's an almost unimaginable wait to have my blood drawn on Monday the 11th and not have the information until Friday the 15th! And yet, that was the case for a lot of my data.
I called SH's office to get the all important numbers: M-spike, IgG, and CRP to see if I'm gonna be sick or not.
Good news all around.
M-spike is now 0.63. This is about an 85% reduction from diagnosis and almost 90% from start of therapy. My expectation is now that I will be in complete remission after my second transplant -- so barring anything really unfortunate happening, I should be cancer free in about three weeks. Then I'll have an additional course of chemo plus thal and dex afterwards just as a "good bye and good riddance" kick to the face.
Most people would stop treatment now, but BB's treatment is only half over. It's aggressive, but it will be the difference between remission and cure, I think.
IgG is now 1083. This is so normal it's not really worth tracking any longer. This, too, is about an 80% reduction from diagnosis and about 90% from start of therapy. I suppose it will go lower still, but normal is 700 to 1400, so I don't expect it to drop too much further. There simply isn't that much cancer left in me.
CRP is 3.9, which is still low enough to permit therapy to continue -- although this was Monday, before the tickle in the throat (which persists, but I think with some luck I may have caught it early enough).
Going to celebrate with some steak from Lobel's this evening...and a very nice bottle of wine.
Friday, May 15, 2009
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In a new clip on the upcoming blu-ray/dvd release of the next DC Animated film, we see Teen Titan Raven encounter her father Trigon.
The demonic forces of Trigon infiltrate the minds and bodies of the Justice League, turning the veteran super heroes against their youthful counterparts in the all-new DC Universe Original Movie, Justice League vs. Teen Titans.
"Justice League vs. Teen Titans" is now available on Digital HD, and will arrive on Blu-ray Deluxe Edition, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD on April 12, 2016.


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DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) should emerge from the coronavirus pandemic with a permanently reduced cost base after it scrambled to reduce its cash burn to withstand a two-month shutdown in North American production as part of efforts to halt the spread of COVID-19, its top executive said on Tuesday.
"We were quickly able to take out significant costs and we are being very conservative about what costs we turn back on," Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra said during an investor event with Credit Suisse. "I believe we will come out of this with a lower cost structure that is permanent."
Barra said those permanent cost reductions could included few different vehicle platforms offered by the No. 1 U.S automaker and reducing the complexity of those platforms to be more focused on producing the versions consumers want most.
She said that the pandemic had given GM the opportunity to go through all of its line item expenses and eliminate redundant processes.
"We've found things that we don't need to do and things we can do more efficiently," Barra said.
The U.S. automotive industry has been ramping up after the coronavirus shutdown, and major automakers have been keeping a close eye on suppliers in Mexico to see the pandemic disrupts the flow of parts.
Barra said on Tuesday if there are problems in GM's supply chain, the automaker will focus on diverting parts for its popular, highly-profitable pickup trucks.
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"Mercy is displayed only in and through Christ. God outside of Christ is a consuming fire. It is only in Christ God proclaims His name, 'a God gracious and merciful.' (Ex. 34:6)
Christ is the mercy-seat, and throne of grace, at which men obtain mercy and find grace. He is the channel through which it flows, and through whom it, in its effects, is conveyed to the sons of men.
Redemption itself is a glaring instance of the mercy of God. Mercy resolved upon the redemption and salvation of the elect.
Being viewed as fallen in Adam, and as sinners, mercy provided a Redeemer and Saviour of them, and laid their help upon Him.
And mercy called Christ to undertake the work of redemption, and engaged Him in it.
Mercy sent Him in the fulness of time, to visit them, and perform it.
Mercy delivered Him up into the hands of justice and death, in order to obtain it, and it is most illustriously glorified in it.
Mercy and truth have met together, (Psalm 85:10), yea, Christ Himself, in His love and pity, has redeemed His people, (Isa. 63:9).
Complete salvation, and eternal life itself, flow from the mercy of God. He saves, 'not by works of righteousness, but according to His mercy,' (Titus 3:5)."
–John Gill, A Complete Body of Doctrinal and Practical Divinity: Or A System of Evangelical Truths, Deduced from the Sacred Scriptures (vol. 1, London: Tegg & Company, 1767/1839), 1: 125, 127, 128.


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In the face of rising homelessness nationally, Foundation, a charity working across the north of England, launched a new hub for homeless services in Scarborough, on Friday 23rd March. The hub provides a home for numerous specialist services, including a legal service, and 19 accommodation units for young homeless people, doubling the capacity previously available […]Read More
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Our North Yorkshire Young People's Pathway service, supports young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Practical support is provided to help young people into accommodation, but with a long term view the support aims to prepare young people for independent living at the end of the pathway and reduce risk of homelessness […]Read More
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Home is not a place, it's a feeling… Foundation services give emotional and practical support. Our young people have often faced homelessness and may have had a tough start in life. At Mercury House hostel the cooking groups offer a great deal of practical support to help the young people develop some of the practical skills […]Read More
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Garden Makeover courtesy of 'Denplan'
Last Friday a team of employees from Denplan, the UK's leading dental payment plan provider, volunteered at school for the day. As part of Denplan's commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility the volunteers helped to give a garden makeover to our horticulture area. The team worked tirelessly all day to clear the garden in preparation for a new accessible pathway that will be built in the next few weeks. The team also painted and planted some raised decorative flower beds that are now looking beautiful.
We can not thank the team enough for their hard work and we are so glad they enjoyed their day in the sunshine away from their office! We hope to invite the team back to see the finished garden later in the term.


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I have a Garmin GPSmap 60Sx connected to my laptop by usb. Can I use it realtime with OSM?
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Yes. You would need gpsd to translate between the gps and the application.
To get live gps data in JOSM you have to install LiveGPS plugin.
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Private equity continues to be an attractive career path for new grads and seasoned financial veterans alike. The firms are very selective about who they hire, when they hire, and as most firms are small in terms of staff size, they typically only hire a few new people each year.
The good news, for those looking for private equity jobs, is that there is no default profile for the perfect candidate. These firms hire based on need and their needs vary based on many different factors.
Competition for a Small Number of Private Equity Jobs
If you are an undergraduate or even a newly-minted MBA, you might find it tough to break into private equity. You will find yourself competing against a number of ex-bankers and other financial professionals who have years of experience. These more experienced private equity professionals bring to the table the skills necessary to hit the ground running immediately when they join a firm.
The Usual Suspects
If you are determined to join the private equity ranks, it is no surprise that it helps to have a great network of contacts and to go to the right schools.
Ivy League schools have long been the schools of choice for those in private equity. Stephen Schwarzman, founder of the Blackstone Group, for example, is a Harvard Business School grad. The head of MBA admissions at Harvard is quoted as saying that more than 27% of the senior leadership of private equity firms are graduates of Harvard Business School.
The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth also has a well established center for private equity and entrepreneurship. Speaking to his early job-hunting experience, Tuck alumnus Ed Diffendal, Vice President at Broadview Capital, noted in an interview: "My strategy was to identify connections (either a Tuck connection or a personal connection) to specific funds and evaluate whether I would be interested in joining these funds."
However, don't be discouraged if you didn't attend an Ivy League school. Having an MBA from a top tier school and experience working for an investment bank is certainly helpful but is not required for entry into a private equity firm. In fact, the Job Search Digest Private Equity Compensation Report revealed, for private equity professionals with less than 5 years of work experience, less than 10 percent started in private equity immediately after graduating from an MBA program.
While Ivy League connections can help throughout your career, ultimately, employers want to know you have the skills to do the job because they have a gap to fill.
You will need to have outstanding academic credentials and a stellar track record of work with a top investment bank, management consultancy or accounting firm — even if it's through an internship.
For junior positions, you'll need to demonstrate strong financial skills and the ability to quickly work your way up the learning curve. For senior roles, you'll need a wide network of industry contacts and the ability to build rapport easily with executives.
Entry Points
Investment Banking continues to be a common entry point to a job in private equity. It provides an outstanding training ground for intense analytical and financial modeling skills needed for the business.
But private equity is changing and, along with the industry, talent are also starting to change. As private equity shifts from a financial engineering focus to an operational focus, we see an increasing focus on operational experience. Professionals are migrating into private equity after years of working at companies in a particular industry sector or as a management consultant.
To break into the industry, no area is more important than private equity networking. You cannot rely solely on your school and alumni relationships. You'll need to ramp up your networking to identify friends, family, colleagues – and their second and third level contacts — who may be able to connect you to people in your targeted firms.
But what about the recruiters? How important are they in the hunt for private equity jobs? Well, our research says maybe not as important as once thought.
You may want to position yourself so you come into contact with more people in the private equity industry. If you're an investment banker, for example, you may want to get assigned to the bank's financial sponsor team. The financial sponsor team provides capital markets expertise, contacts, strategies for operational improvement and advice to private equity firms. Being part of the sponsor team helps you broaden your network of private equity professionals and possibly uncover an opportunity to join a particular firm.
Some private equity firms use headhunters to recruit new candidates, which is even more important if your personal network is not very strong. You should develop a couple of strong relationships with the niche recruiting firms. If you are looking for private equity recruiting contacts, Job Search Digest maintains a database of firms as part of their Premium Private Equity Jobs Digest service.
Consider Making a Move
In addition to investment banking, other professions can offer a springboard into private equity. These alternate pathways include management consulting, law, accounting and operations.
Some private equity firms are known for hiring associates from management consulting firms. Some corporate lawyers who have worked extensively on leveraged buyouts have made the transition to doing deals themselves. People in lead advisory roles often have both the skills and experience to make the transition into a private equity firm.
Another route is to gain experience as a senior level executive in an industry which interests private equity firms. Private equity firms often hire C-level executives to help them run their portfolio companies more efficiently. Once you have proven yourself on the front lines, the transition is much easier.
One path we don't recommend is trying to break in through the back office. Back office refers to those who play a supporting role in the firm, such as accounting, IT, and human resources. These positions are not as well respected by the alpha males in the front office who bring in and manage the deal flow.
Mergers and Acquisitions Experience
Another entry point is to gain M&A experience in a corporate role. For the most part, M&A transactions will be closest to the types of work you will be doing in private equity, and are therefore a good area to focus on. Private equity firms will not necessarily expect you to have closed deals at the early stages of your career. They will be looking for what you contributed to a deal, what you learned from it, and whether you were part of an unusual transaction.
In addition, you should try to polish your skills in research and due diligence, discounted cash flow (DCF), debt structuring and LBO modeling.
When the Going Gets Tough in Private Equity
Breaking into private equity has never been for the faint-hearted. Smart, talented, determined people succeed against the odds. They do it through persistence and by networking until they find a way to get their foot in the door of a private equity firm and impress the right person.
Persistence and the ability to sell will serve you well throughout your private equity career. You will need these skills to sell yourself and your fund to theCEOs of prospective portfolio companies, to potential investors to raise capital, and to partners in your firm to convince them to invest in a particular deal.
The best piece of advice we can give is to think long-term about where you want to be 5 to 10 years from now. There are a number of strategies you can take to improve your chances of eventually winding up in private equity. Consider the following:
- Places where you can work for a few years to more easily transition to private equity. Areas such as investor relations and risk management meet this criteria.
- Working for a portfolio company of a private equity firm. There's no guarantee you'll be hired by the firm but at least you'll be able to expand your network of PE contacts.
- A pre-MBA analyst position at a PE firm. Junior level positions don't guarantee moving up in the firm, however, they are a great starting point and expand your experience and contacts.
- Taking an investment banking or corporate job that involves mergers and acquisitions to build up your track record in deal making. Alternatively, get a job where you can participate in M&A from the services side (just stay away from support roles).
- Gaining operational experience or deep industry niche experience. Become a star in the right industry and private equity firms will seek you out. This also gives you the chance to pick an industry you are passionate about – which will no doubt pay off in the long run with better work and personal life balance.
Private equity has always been a challenging and rewarding career path. You need more than a stellar resume, great analytical skills and winning personality to get in.
Connections and experience is what separates the top dogs from the rest of the pack, especially in tight job markets.


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It's after midnight and my thoughts continue to spin out of control. It's been a long time since I've updated this blog. Too long, in fact.
This past month left me mired in fear. In early January I fell ill with a nasty virus. After two weeks of congestion, headaches, sore throat, and a wide breath of other shitty effects, I went on antibiotics and prayed they'd work. It took another week, but I started to recover. Was it the antibiotics or the natural course of the illness? A viral or bacterial infection? I'll never know. Regardless, my dear old MS decided it felt left out during this lovely endeavor.
Not to be outdone, she decided to shower me with episodic spells of dizziness, fleeting (but intense) moments of weakness in my right arm and both legs, and weird, pulse-like electrical sensations in my limbs (try explaining that to your friends and neighbors).
When these episodes did not stop after I fully recovered, my mind went into overdrive. Did the illness push me into a relapse? Is the Tysabri suddenly not working? Is this break-through disease activity?
Worry turned to anxiety which led me further down the rabbit hole. Anxiety is that annoying 20-year acquaintance I just can't avoid. If ever a cure is discovered for the big "A", I'll be the first to sign up. I've spent too many nights sick with fear.
So, my fear ramps up, I call the neurologist, request a script for my MRIs, and schedule my appointments when the scripts arrive two days later.
Fast-forward to today. After weeks of agonizing and worrying, my MRI's are (so far) clean! My brain and cervical scan show no new lesions and no change from last year's MRI. I'm still waiting to receive the thoracic report, but am hopeful it will be the same.
Needless to say, I am much relieved. This relief is temporary of course, but I'll take it. Frankly, I'll take whatever I can for as long as I can.
It's hard to make sense of the subtle (and not so subtle) changes to my body. So many weird sensations on a daily basis leave me resigned to the fact that yes, there is definitely something wrong with my central nervous system. Rational acceptance is not the same as emotional acceptance. I've spent the last six years, trying to be rational about MS, and it's not working.
So, fuck it. I'm throwing in the towel to navigate the terrifying, muddy waters of emotion. I have yet to acknowledge my pain, fear, anger, and disappointment; let alone know how to manage it. I won't become all kumbaya with my MS (because let's be honest here, it sucks), but I do need to learn how to accept it, for better or worse.
I guess it's time to steer my ship directly into the storm even with nothing more than hope and a broken compass.


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How your bedtime affects your BMI
Too little sleep and too-late bedtimes – at any age – may result in heavier bodies and wider waistlines, new research finds. Body mass index, which measures weight related to height, can rise even for those who get a full night's sleep but on a later schedule. Here's more about the sleep-weight connection, along with suggestions from experts on healthier bedtime routines for you and your family.
Kids Missing Sleep
Babies, toddlers and preschoolers need plenty of sleep, and when they don't get enough, it takes a toll. Dr. Elsie Taveras, chief of general pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, led a study that followed nearly 1,050 children, starting at 6 months old. Every year, up to age 7, mothers reported how long their children slept in a typical 24-hour period, and researchers ranked how often sleep was curtailed.
"We found a very striking relationship when children were chronically getting too little sleep in almost every single outcome you can look at for obesity," Taveras says. "We found higher body mass index, a higher risk of being obese, and at the highest levels of obesity in children, we found higher fat mass."
Kids are sleeping less than their parents did at similar ages and going to bed much later, studies show. "In my own pediatric practice, when we ask about bedtimes, quite often we hear that children are going to sleep at times that are really adult times," she says.
Taveras sees kids as young as 2 years old in her weight-management clinic. Most parents aren't following recommendations to ensure their kids get enough sleep, she says: Some 4-year-olds don't go to bed until 11 p.m. With casual bedtimes at night, but fixed start times for school or day care and for parents to be at work, there's no recovery of lost sleep time.
"We have such strict times for waking up that a 4-year-old has to go to day care in the morning and be up by 6:30," Taveras says. "So there's no way that child is going to achieve the recommended amount of sleep a week that we'd like for them to get."
Metabolism and its delicate balance could be a factor. "In children, some studies show that quality of sleep is very much tied to metabolism," she says. Disrupting that "careful synchronicity" could lead to weight gain in the long run.
Another possible factor: "It has been shown that children who aren't sleeping the recommended amount are also watching quite a bit of screen time," Taveras says. So these kids are seeing more television ads for high-calorie, high-sugar foods with little nutritional value.
The National Sleep Foundation recommends 14 to 17 hours of daily sleep for newborns to 3-month-old babies. Next, it's 12 to 15 hours of daily sleep at ages 4 months to 11 months. Sleep requirements drop to 11 to 14 hours per day for toddlers ages 1 to 2 years. Preschoolers at ages 3 to 5 should get 10 to 13 hours of sleep each day, according to the foundation.
Taveras gives parents the following advice:
Make sure children get their recommended amount of sleep.
Keep children on a consistent bedtime routine.
Maintain similar weekday and weekend bedtimes.
Remove sleep-robbing electronics and screens from the bedroom.
Promote good sleep quality for weight management and better behavior.
Young Night Owls
In a new study in the October issue of Sleep, Lauren Asarnow, a doctoral student in clinical psychology at the University of California–Berkeley, and colleagues looked at national data on more than 3,300 adolescents transitioning to young adults – specifically, at their bedtimes and BMI.
"Later bedtime was associated with weight gain," Asarnow says, even after taking typical development for that age group (13 to 32) into account. That held true regardless of the total hours of sleep, she adds: "For example, going to bed at 2 a.m., even if you were getting eight hours of sleep and waking up at 10 a.m., was associated with weight gain."
She offers another example: A woman of average height, about 5 feet 5 inches, and weighing 132 pounds, would gain about 12 pounds or two BMI units by consistently going to bed late during adolescence to adulthood.
Different studies suggest multiple possible causes. One small study found that eating and sleeping at unusual times of the day disturbed people's glucose-insulin metabolism. Another found adults with later bedtimes ate meals later in the day. These later meals were less healthy than those of early-to-bedders, with fewer fruits and vegetables and more calories.
As for her team's findings, Asarnow says, "We see this as potentially very good news. Bedtime is a highly modifiable behavior. So the next question is whether adjusting bedtime affects weight."
To improve sleep, Asarnow suggests making these changes:
Develop a wind-down routine that includes activities such meditation and yoga.
Start dimming the lights one to two hours before bedtime.
Make the bedroom a technology-free zone, from 30 minutes to an hour before sleep time.
Create weekend bedtimes no more than an hour later than weekday bedtimes to avoid "social jet lag."
Dare to Get Enough Sleep
Last year, a study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine looked at 225 patients in an urban family medicine center in Akron, Ohio. Dr. Edward Scott and colleagues found significant associations between sleep quality, duration, bedtime stability and obesity.
In a 2010 study comparing sleep quality and BMI among adult twins, shorter sleep was associated with higher BMI. "There's a strong relationship between sleep duration and obesity in both children and adults," says study co-author Dr. Nathaniel Watson, president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. "In particular, between short sleep and obesity."
Adults should get at least seven hours of sleep per night, according to revised June guidelines from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society. When you sleep is also important, Watson says. Nighttime sleep is associated with the release of melatonin – a hormone that regulates sleep-wake cycles – from the pineal gland of brain.
Untreated sleep disorders, like sleep apnea, can dampen people's motivation to exercise. "We do observe that clinically," Watson says. "We do see patients, once they get their sleep apnea treated, have more energy and vitality." That, he says, often creates a positive feedback loop in which people channel that extra energy into a more active lifestyle.
Shift work contributes to the problem, too, creating a mismatch between a person's body clock – their circadian sleep rhythms – and metabolism. A November 2014 study from the University of Colorado–Boulder found night-shift workers tended to burn less energy than other workers during a 24-hour period, putting them at risk for weight gain and obesity. A study of nurses and midwives in Poland, published in July, showed that as workers accumulated more night shifts, their BMIs and hip and weight circumferences increased.
Watson throws down a challenge to readers: "I would just encourage them to spend a two-to-three-week period of time where they go to bed as soon as they start feeling drowsy. And sleep and wake up when they feel rested. In fact, completely sleep-saturate themselves." See how you feel during the day and how effective you are at work, he says, and look at what happens to your mood and well-being. "It can be a transformative event for a person to explore sleep prioritization for a brief period of time," Watson says. "They should view it as a tool for a more effective life."
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Several years ago I began restoring estate pipes primarily to feed my "PAD" (Pipe Acquisition Disorder). While it seemed like a good idea at the time, it immediately led to an even more severe affliction known as "PRD" (Pipe Restoration Disorder). Once I had amassed a rather large pile of restoration tools and gained some experience with refinishing pipes, I had a life changing and (not-so) brilliant thought: "Well how hard could it be to make a pipe?"
Fast forward a few years, many boxes of Band-aids, a couple of stuffed-to-the-brim curse-jars, and I finally feel like things are coming together for me. My hobby has become my life and I'm spending a whole lot more time in the shop than in the field (much to my dog's dissatisfaction). A wise man once said; "The difference between a pipe-smoker and a pipe-maker is that the smoker can quit." He was right. I'm completely hooked.
Perfect pipes are the inspiration for my work and I have fairly unreasonable (nearly masochistic) standards. I cannot compete with the big names in pipe-making, but I can make a perfectly engineered pipe with all of the expected bells and whistles (5/32″ taper drilled and V-cut stem, integral/chamfered tenon, <.17″ behind the button, etc.). I believe I'm just hitting my stride with shaping, but that's the part of the process I most enjoy- the place where art meets science. Some days in the shop are better than others, but I have never had dissatisfied customer, and I put everything I have into every pipe I touch.
Both my father and my grandfather smoked a pipe and I was indoctrinated at a relatively young age. I am confident I can now make a finer pipe than either of them ever owned, but let's just keep that between us.
Thank you for visiting my website. It is still under construction but I do hope you enjoy poking around.
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I worked 10+ years as an auditor / consultant for a small accounting firm outside of Philly. Like most people in the corporate world, work/life balance is a struggle as there is a pile of work to get done, not enough experienced staff, deadlines are fast approaching, and things are constantly changing. With the ability to work remotely these days, there are no true vacation days, sick days don't really exist, and when you shut down your computer people can still reach you via email or cell all hours of the day. The expectation is that you are always available!
I'm a perfectionist. I like things to get done right and quickly. It is all about efficiency. There is no real down time because I multi-task or get started on the next item on the to do list. You could say this leads to a lot of stress in my life and that would be 100% accurate. My bosses told me to get my stress under control and had me attending every stress management training and conference we could find. But those courses did not provide me any realistic tools that could be used in the workplace and left me still drowning in stress, frustration, and anger.
Never did I think what I ate would have any impact on my life, let alone my outlook on life. I've always considered myself a healthy person, after all I was athletic (no superstar by any means but I enjoy being active) and thin. In fact the first year my gym offered a nutrition challenge, I volunteered to be the control because I thought paleo was a joke and unnecessary. A year later in 2014 I was proved wrong. For 30 days I followed the zone diet and to my surprise it changed my life. I had all this energy, clarity, no 2pm food coma, and started to see gains athletically (like muscle tone, faster 5K times, and a PR for most of my barbell lifts). That was only the start. I've continued to follow a whole food approach. It isn't so much about moderation as it is listening to our bodies, learning what works and doesn't for each of us. There is no one perfect solution that works for everyone – sorry!
Personally, the biggest ah-ha experiences are:
I no longer rely on coffee for energy. I am pretty much coffee free these days, but I will enjoy one occasionally
My energy is stable throughout the day, I'm not hitting a wall at 2pm during the workday struggling to keep my eyes open while staring at a computer or listening during a meeting
Pre-pregnancy, I could go hours without eating – this is huge for me as I was known for my hangry-ness
My breakdowns at work were rare to non-existent for the last 2 years
I honestly believe what we put in our mouths does effect our health and impacts the life we want to live. My life required a shift. I hit rock bottom at work – chronic stress was taking over my life, ruining relationships, and draining all my energy. Instead I wanted a life where I could manage my stress and emotions, be happy, and live a life full of adventure, explorations, and new things. By changing my lifestyle and diet, I've seen huge gains athletically, my emotional state, and the ability to handle stress on a day-to-day basis!
I am a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner trained through the Nutritional Therapy Association. Additional training includes the Energetic Nutritional Assessment Technique (ENAT) from Dr. Ken Davis and Craniosacral Fascial Therapy based on the Gillespie Approach.


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Major health problems include infant diarrhea and upper respiratory infection caused by poor hygiene, particularly the lack of piped and treated water. Maternal and child health programs have been instituted and include widespread campaigns of inoculation against childhood diseases. As a result, infant mortality in Cape Verde is among the very lowest in the region. Cabo Verde has a relatively low prevalence of HIV/AIDS. Cholera has been known to occur periodically, limited cases of malaria have been noted in Santiago, and leprosy appears from time to time. Dressing stations with a rotating circuit doctor operate in remote areas. Clinics and health posts are operated at the local level with regional hospitals. There are central hospitals in the towns of Mindelo and Praia.
Water for public consumption is supplied either by precipitation, from storage cisterns or deep wells, or, in the larger towns, by desalinization facilities. Some groundwater sources are sulfurous; others, mainly on São Vicente and Boa Vista, are slightly salty because of the low water tables.


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Julie and Geoff decided to marry at the gorgeous Rosslea Hall hotel all the way from Ireland in a small yet beautifully intimate wedding.
The morning started off a bit dull and overcast but by the afternoon the clouds parted and the sun shone through! We were very lucky to get such a beautiful day.
When I arrived for morning preparations there was a lot of excitement as the kids were on a high and having loads of fun. Julie was calm and taking it all in whilst having her hair and make up done.
I took the dress and all the usual bridal effects to the honeymoon suit and got some beautiful images of the most beautiful dress I have ever seen. The amount of bead work was to die for. After this I went to meet the boys and captured some great images of Geoff, his brother and their dad before heading out for a short stroll to capture some grooms images.
The ceremony was very intimate and kept short. There must have been about 20 family members there and a handful of excited children who all sat beautifully during the ceremony.
Once the ceremony was over we then headed around the grounds and shot some beautiful personal images, Geoff decided he really enjoyed this part of the day and relaxed into having his photograph taken posing away much to Julie's amusement.
Once I had finished all group images it was time for the sit down meal and the rosslea sure know how to cater for a small wedding. The conservatory had been changed around and the centre of attention being the beautiful oval shaped table all planned with precision. A table at the patio doors had photographs from loved ones who sadly were not with them to enjoy there the joining of the families and the cake at the very top of the room was absolutely beautiful.
Julie and Geoff's wedding day was everything they could have hoped for and more.
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Alfred V. Kidder, (born Oct. 29, 1885, Marquette, Mich., U.S.—died June 11, 1963, Cambridge, Mass.), foremost American archaeologist of his day involved in the study of the southwestern United States and Mesoamerica, and the force behind the first comprehensive, systematic approach to North American archaeology.
Kidder began his career of fieldwork in 1907, with studies in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University (1914) for developing the first effective pottery typology relating to the prehistory of the Southwest Indians. During expeditions to Utah and Arizona (1914) and as director (1915–29) of excavations for Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., at the large pueblo at Pecos, N.M., he did much to further the study of anthropology and archaeology in southwestern universities and to establish scientific societies and museums. With Samuel J. Guernsey, the curator of archaeology at Harvard's Peabody Museum, he wrote two books on northeastern Arizona (1919 and 1921). Kidder's Introduction to the Study of Southwestern Archaeology (1924), which became a standard work, details the origin and development of the Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) culture. In 1927 he proposed the Pecos classification system, a regional archaeological timescale widely used by later workers in the Pueblo region.
Kidder remained with Phillips Academy until 1935. He was also a member of the Carnegie Institution of Washington in Washington, D.C. (1927–50), and of the faculty of the Peabody Museum (1939–50). For the Carnegie Institution he organized one of the first interdisciplinary research teams for the investigation of prehistory; he included cultural anthropologists, linguists, archaeologists, physical anthropologists, geographers, and even medical professionals—an approach that is now standard, albeit in various permutations, in essentially all archaeological investigations. As director of this group, he led a far-reaching survey that produced a culture history of the Maya of Mexico and Central America.
The American Anthropological Association instituted the A.V. Kidder Award for Eminence in the Field of American Anthropology in 1950 as an homage to his innovative and enduring accomplishments.


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To quickly answer: it's not quite possible.
The long answer: With AudienceStream acting as a real-time action engine, it typically takes a user generated action to update their visitor profile. Omnichannel and the Tealium Collect API are two other ways to update a user based on an offline action, but you need to know the Visitor ID of your user in order to update them. However, it's common for a user to be part of an audience and not have a visitor identifer declared as part of their visitor profile. That said, hopefully you see the conundrum this puts you in when you want to remove all users from an audience.
Therefore, it might be easier to just create a brand new audience with the same criteria. This will effectively do what you need without a lot of leg work.
If you're purchased AudienceDB and your audience criteria require the visitor have a visitor ID assigned, you can always export the list of visitors to a CSV file and perform appropriate logic to remove them from an audience. Just make sure your audience criteria has been setup so that it's possible for the vistitor to be removed from the audience. For example, if the audience criteria is that the visitor's 90-day rolling order value be greater than 100, then set that value to 0.
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Robert "Bobby" L. Richey, 82 of Moundsville, WV died Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at Liza's Place in Wheeling, WV.
He was born on April 30, 1931 in Majorsville, WV the son of the late Wilbert A. and Flossie Scherick Richey.
Bobby was a former operator for Columbia Gas, member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church, and carpenter who loved woodworking, gardening and his dogs.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Doris; two brothers, Randall and Charles "Chuck" Richey and step-son, Raymond Rutan.
He is survived by his wife of 17 years, Andrea "Dolly" Stanley Richey of Moundsville; three children, Mike (Sheri) Richey of Alberta, Canada, Pam "John" Frabell of Houston, PA and Robin (Ed) Rinaldi of Cincinnati, Ohio; three step-daughters, Jeanie Rutan of Moundsville, Lisa (Jim) Gibson of Wellsburg, WV and Debbie Lamp of Proctor, WV; one brother, Jake (Jenny) Richey of Ohio; seventeen grandchildren, Josh Richey, Jennifer (Derek) Aquilla and Brandy (Billy) Mauro all of Alberta, Canada, Joe (Susan) Frabell of McMurray, PA, Lisa (Glenn) Carlen of Monessen, PA, Eddie (Katie) Rinaldi and Danielle Rinaldi both of Cincinnati, Ohio, Tony and Raymond Jones both of Moundsville, Amanda (Casey) Fox of Cameron, WV, Darrell (Ashley) Rutan of Moundsville, Rikki Dufford of Cameron, Chad Gibson of Wellsburg, WV, Dock (Labon) Rutan of Dallas, WV, Aaron (Katie) Gibson of Wellsburg, Brittany Lamp of Moundsville, and Dylan Lamp of Proctor, WV; and twenty great-grandchildren.
A memorial gathering will be held Saturday, January 11, 2013 from 4pm to the time of service at 5pm at CARE Funeral & Cremation Service, 1500 Second St., Moundsville, WV with Evangelist, Devin Roush officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Marshall County Animal Shelter, 37 Animal Shelter Drive, Moundsville, WV 26041.