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|Burn Baby Burn
I digress.
That was the old me. The new me is somewhat different. I can't tell you exactly how it happened. Maybe it was being burnt so many times by oversold theatre shows or the creased foreheads of my friends and family as I was late for yet another birthday. But I cleaned up my act taking notes and drawing planned-schematics of my life to come. These plans would be modified and tweaked repeatedly to achieve the ultimate goal, whatever flavour of the month that might be.
The Cortés story-of-military-exploit which I like best pertains to a decision he made as he landed his troop ships on the shores of Mexico in order to do a little bit of conquestadoring. To ensure his men were focused on the task at hand, and that the idea of retreat and early exit were removed as options, he declared "Burn the Boats!" This destroyed any chance of return to the motherland and kept the eyes of his crew on the ball. Whether this actually took place or not is slightly irrelevant but tells nicely the tale of a man who would do anything to capture victory.
Whereas I had been looking at nothing beyond the future's next 15 minutes, Cortés was destroying everything behind him to ensure focus was maintained on everything that lay ahead.
This new ideology of burning one's mode of retreat was refreshing. In my experience, the fifteen minute rule was riddled with surges of heroic stoicism that thwarted my abilities to achieve any consistency or equilibrium in my quest to disentangle patterns in the chaos. The new approach was far more outlandish and remarkable because it meant that you better have one hell of a plan if you are going to obliterate any means of escape. No cowering behind the cowardly 15 minute window so you can put your brain on idle and go Zen until the world explodes.
The new approach was a clear sense of direction towards something tantamount to enlightenment. The road ahead sharpens and with it come improvements of timing, arsenal stockades, mental fortitude and a powerful mind cleanse which eradicates the irrelevant minutiae and resistance to change.
|Simon Lessing - World Champion extraordinaire
With the end of the first month of 2014 upon us, I think of my planning and goals and keep reminding myself I am a professional from this moment forward. A pro in all things to which I have set my mind. Not tomorrow or next week or when I finish the project. I am a pro now. Everything I do. Everything I eat. Every act. Every word. Every thought. And now that I think this way, retreat is no longer an option. There's no going back.
And with those thoughts cemented in my head, the skies on the horizon start to clear.
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The immobiliser on my 1996 820si is refusing to de-immobilise! Car is consequently unusable. Have been advised that I need an auto electrician to fix it. Sounds expensive. All advice greatly appreciated.
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Healing herbs of Arshan
I once had an opportunity to visit lake Baikal in the reserve Arshan. Arshan in Buryat "healing water". Attitude to Arcanum, healing springs, the Buryats special. There, where the surface are mineral water, build places of worship, "about", arrange prayer services. The village of Arshan is located at the foot of the Tunka bald mountains at a height of 893 meters above sea level. The forest is surrounded on all sides (pine, larch, spruce, cedar). The Tunka ridge height of 1800-1900 m incredibly majestic and beautiful, for which he received the name of the Tunka Alps. Vegetation and fauna of the Eastern Sayan mountains are extremely rich. In this truly unique place to grow herbs, taking all the power and purity of this area
Camel tail (caragana maned) . It is believed that this herb feels the soul of a person. Caragana bearded contains an essential oil, ascorbic and organic acids, flavonoids, sugars, resins, tannins and resinous substances, sterols.
Caragana bearded is used in various inflammatory diseases. The caragana bearded used for rheumatism, wounds, especially purulent, boils, fistula, skin diseases, including eczema, pustular skin diseases, acne, pyoderma, neurodermatitis and other dermatoses.
Sagan Gave. This is a unique and rare medicinal plant in Siberia. Translated into Russian, Sagan-Dali means "prolonging life". According to ancient legend, the soldiers returning from a victory, sticking their spears in the slopes of the Sayan mountains, to give up the power to the ground. After some time on these places appeared, the plant is able to fill a man with strength and health. From the point of view of modern medicine, Sagan-Dali is a great tonic. Continue reading
The cultivation of medicinal herbs
Many herbs can be grown at home in a box or a pot on the windowsill, the balcony or loggia. For many centuries people ate different herbs as seasoning and in various diseases. Modern research confirms the role of herbs for the promotion and maintenance of health.
Many herbs are very easy to grow at home. It's cheaper than buying them at the pharmacy and will always have fresh herbs on hand.
Most herbs are rich in antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and carminative properties. Another plus – green plants always decorate the house, it heals a great hobby, which is a very beneficial effect on health. After caring for houseplants is always reassuring.
Top 10 medicinal herbs that can be grown at home
Basil. Basil is widely used in the preparation of many dishes. And Basil has healing properties. Basil has antioxidant, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. In the composition of Basil contain vitamins A, C, K, micro and macro elements manganese, copper, calcium, iron, magnesium and omega-3 fatty acids.
Basil can be used to treat flatulence, lack of appetite, increased gas separation, headaches, coughing, kamnjah the kidneys, nausea. Can with Basil to make a mask for acne, applied to cuts. Continue reading
Vinegar great and terrible
To begin, let, synthetic vinegar was invented by the German scientist K. Hoffmann in 1898. However, this product, only natural, was known to ancient Slavs. In "Domostroi" stated his recipe: "After the wort syrup to make sour four weeks, or longer, on the stove, and put in the vinegar honey molasses with gribenko or more, Yes peas a little bit of wheat to add a little, and also put cranberries and oak bark, and sometimes iron."
The most acidic
Avicenna wrote that the vinegar in the East they make from grapes, raisins, sugar, dates, honey, rice and other products. This natural elixir is a storehouse of vitamins, mineral salts, trace elements. I must say that the vinegar is the acid. It was used by the ancient Greeks, and the word in Greek means "sour". He was a dear and valuable product: even Cleopatra prepared a special drink of vinegar, dissolving pearls in it and thus obtaining the elixir of youth.
So what is vinegar? It is the result of fermentation lactic acid bacteria and depending on the raw material is alcohol, wine, fruit, beer, honey. In stores we see vinegar in 3-, 6 – and 9% interest, this means that vinegar in 100g contains 3 g of uksousnokisloy, double vinegar — 6 g, triple — 9 g acid.
Earlier alchemists vinegar was extracted by dry distillation of wood (bark, branches, sawdust). Now, in addition to acetic acid, you get wine, lactic, malic, citric and other acids. So, tartaric acid is produced from special salt deposited on the surface of wine barrels, milk — sugar waste molasses, lemon from. sugar and synthetic malic is from coal. Continue reading


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Brazilian recession changes dynamics of its aluminum industry
OREANDA-NEWS. September 21, 2016. "Crisis brings opportunity and change" is one of the most widely used expressions in the financial world, but in the case of the Brazilian aluminum industry, it sums up the current situation perfectly. The "change" referred to would require returning to the situation of only a few years ago.
It's not news that Brazil is enduring the worst economic depression in its history – the country's GDP shrunk 4% in 2015 after staying flat in 2014, and is expected to fall another 3% this year. How this crisis has impacted the local aluminum demand is truly astonishing.
The recession (deepened by the political turmoil which redounded in the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff) severely harmed activity in the automotive and construction sectors, the second and third largest aluminum consuming sectors in Brazil, only behind the packaging segment.
To understand the new dynamics it is important to be aware of the past situation. It was mid-2013 when S&P Global Platts began receiving calls from market participants warning that smelters would soon start to close in Brazil due to the high smelting costs leveraged by the hike in energy prices, and that the market needed a local premium reference for primary aluminum. At that time, local P1020 production was already showing signs of weakness, imports were stabilized and Brazil has established itself as a net exporter of ingots.
A year later in 2014, soon after Platts launched the assessment, the country quickly became a net importer of primary aluminum. With domestic energy costs reaching record highs, with Novelis and Alcoa closing three smelters in total, imported metal started driving supply,while exports began drying up.
By 2015,only producers left were CBA, which reduced its output dramatically (and boosted its own-generated energy sales) and Albras, which sent half of its production to Japan owing to the contract between Hydro and the Nippon Amazon Aluminium consortium, who jointly control the plant.
By 2016, the recession had deepened causing several industry closures and reducing energy consumption. At the same time, a much stronger than expected rainy season increased the utilized capacity of domestic hydroelectric plants, which generate around 70% of the country's energy.
Lower demand, coupled with abundance of hydroelectric power pushed electricity costs downwards, while the devaluation of the Brazilian Real following the economic crisis increased the cost competitiveness of domestic power in dollar terms. With the bulk of international trade priced in dollars, exporting domestic aluminum become more viable once more.
More than an "opportunity" or a "change", this new scenario of devastated domestic demand and low smelting costs meant just one thing: it was time to export again. While domestic premiums remained attractive compared with those in other markets such as the US, Europe or Japan, smelters saw a benefit in selling at a low margin rather than stockpiling product, carrying the metal, and waiting for a buyer. The attractiveness of these carry trades was also reduced due to a tighter contango on the LME, which has been prevalent throughout 2016.
Since energy prices in the regular spot market have remained below \\$25/MWh for most of this year, it is reasonable to assume that Brazilian smelters are not really concerned about plunging premiums. However, a recent rise in power costs – with the spot market trading at around \\$45/MWh in September – could once again put Brazilian exports in jeopardy.
Brazil's paradigm has once again changed, raising its export profile – and pushing imports aside as the domestic premiums offered by producers are now below import parity, making Brazil an unattractive market for international traders. The net importer label just doesn't fit anymore in a lower power cost environment.
If energy drops again to around \\$25/MWh, it would make sense to think that some of the closed smelters could be reactivated next year, be it with an eye on exports, the domestic market – or a mixture of both. The situation favors smelting, and proof of this can be seen in the CBA having elevated the use of installed capacity since May, with Brazil's output outperforming last year's figures month on month.
As of 2009, Brazil had seven active smelters producing 1.5 million mt of primary aluminum. Compare this with 2015, when only Albras and CBA remained active in the market and with production levels at 772,000 mt — its lowest in decades, then the opportunity for changing this downtrend is open once again.


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10 ways to wake up at work: Energize your workforce and stop hitting "snooze" on productivity
From our headquarters in San Francisco, we hear about and see plenty of strange happenings. One recent protest by the possibly fictional San Francisco Sleep Movement highlighted the prevalence of insomnia and "incessant yawning" in our fair city.
Pajama days are best left to school environments and spontaneous urban gatherings, but this got us thinking nonetheless. It's hard to get anything done if you are sleeping at your desk, so we compiled a few tips to get you and your staff alert, energized, and performing at your peak.
Get more sleep
The best way to be less tired is to sleep more. I know, I know, it's not that easy. But educating your staff and yourself on the benefits of regular sleep may have more impact than you think. And don't forget to practice what you preach! Eight hours may be a stretch with your busy schedule, but the Mayo clinic says to make sleep a priority.
Walking meetings
Calling sitting the new smoking, Nilofer Merchant told the TED audience about the importance of breaking up your work day. If you have to spend your day in meetings anyway, ask your meeting mate to take the discussion on the move. (This works best for one-on-one settings.) Activity will get your blood pumping, and you'll be surprised how creativity finds you outdoors.
Find your rhythm
Your natural rhythm, that is. Research shows we're at our best when we work in 90 minute chunks. Make sure you schedule 15 minute breaks into your routine to get the most out of your 90 minutes. Stepping away from your work will keep you fresh and allow you to work with your body instead of working against it.
Sometimes the best answer is the obvious one. Caffeine can offer an important boost on slow mornings. If your workplace does not already offer tea and coffee for employees, look into making the investment. It's a simple solution that usually pays off.
Take a nap
A quick power nap (10-30 minutes) in those listless afternoon hours can get you back to work with new fervor. Whether you take a break in your car, on a bench, or under your desk, catching a few discreet z's in the afternoon has proven power.
Standing meetings
Keep company updates to the point and keep the workforce at attention with standing meetings. When you take away chairs, you'd be surprised how easy it is to stay on topic, and stay awake. To make this meeting style successful, keep the agenda short and focused on one clear objective.
Get out and explore! Walk around the neighborhood, discover a local museum, explore your industrial park's water feature, or check out that café that keeps catching your eye on your drive to work. Take a short break to get to know your surroundings. You will return to work energized and informed.
Break up the workday and burn a few extra calories right at your desk. Small movements like tapping your toes and twiddling your thumbs keep you surprisingly alert—and can really add up. Depending on your work environment, kick it up a notch with desk pushups and wall sits, or a few of these. Alternately, keep your core engaged by using an exercise ball instead of an office chair or lobby for a standing desk.
Clean your desk
Clutter can be exhausting, so pick it up! Straightening the stacks and stacks of paper on your desk (oh, just me?) will streamline your workspace, and give your mind a cognitive break from your usual work. And if your desk looks like mine, you can repeat this task every week!
If your usual caffeine ritual doesn't seem to be doing the trick, you are likely drinking the wrong beverage. Be sure to keep water in your routine. If the water itself doesn't help, regular trips to the water cooler—and bathroom—will get you up and moving.
What are your favorite tricks and tips to get the most out of your work day? Let us know in the comments!


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Priming the Pump for Impact Investing
Omidyar Network makes the case for a sector-based approach to impact investing.
In the last article, we described three distinct types of organizations—innovators, scalers, and infrastructure players—which together can spark, nurture, and scale entire sectors for social change.
But capital is not evenly available for all these types of organizations. Not surprisingly, most impact investing capital appears to be available primarily to scalers—firms operating in sectors that have already been substantially de-risked and which offer the prospect of strong financial and social returns. By contrast, innovators and industry-specific infrastructure firms often struggle to raise necessary funds and to get the human capital support often so critical to success. Indeed, capital appears to be thinnest precisely where it is needed the most: to prime the pump of innovation and deal flow.
The Innovator's Deficit
The biggest funding gap, by a wide margin we believe, is for early-stage innovators. There are very few impact-oriented investors willing to assume the high risks and uncertain and/or low returns associated with investing behind socially impactful early-stage businesses, particularly in geographies and industries where sector risk is perceived to be high. This deficit was described extensively and compellingly in the Monitor Group's recent report, "From Blueprint to Scale: The Case for Philanthropy in Impact Investing."
In 2010, JP Morgan and the Global Impact Investing Network estimated that the impact investments in the developing world would grow to between $400 billion to $1 trillion dollars worth of capital deployed within the decade. Although good data is hard to come by, it appears that the percentage of this capital flowing to early-stage investments in companies serving disadvantaged populations is quite modest —probably ranging in the low hundreds of millions of dollars globally per year. These estimates are based on activity levels of a handful of leading players doing early stage impact deals in the developing world.
For example, Acumen Fund, one of the pioneering investors in impact investing for the base of pyramid has committed roughly $73 million in investments over 10 years. Gray Ghost, another early-stage industry pioneer investing in low income communities, has committed a similar amount of capital—$100 million since 2003. Other leading BOP investors boast similar ballpark figures, for example Elevar ($46 million invested since 2006), Ignia ($48 million invested since 2007), and Aavishkar ($53 million since 2007). Of the $550 million of capital that Omidyar Network has invested since 2006, more than $250 million has gone to early stage BOP investing, about a third of which went to grants.
Early stage investing requires not only a keen understanding of the market and excellent business judgment; it also requires a commitment to identifying top entrepreneurs and helping them scale up their capabilities and their team. It is quite common for the costs of these human capital efforts to exceed the size of the financial commitments, particularly given the small dollar amounts invested in early stage innovators.
Omidyar Network's average deal size for early stage deals in the developing world is about one to two million dollars. This is a modest size for a developed world venture capital investment, but a large amount of capital for an early stage firm in places such as India. Indeed, recent research by the World Bank, for example, suggests the gap in early stage funding for the BOP in countries like India is not just at the typical venture capital range, but at the angel and seed stage (tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars per deal instead of a million dollars or more). Of course, even decent financial returns on investments of this size would be quickly swallowed up by transaction and human capital costs. Thus, we ourselves often struggle with the challenges of going even earlier stage with our investments.
The reality, of course, is that if we wish to build an impact investing industry that successfully delivers on the promise of bringing market-based solutions to disadvantaged populations, our success depends on our support for these early stage innovators. It is today's fledgling innovator who sets the stage for tomorrow's next great scalable innovation that can also produce strong financial returns.
The Infrastructure Gap
It is encouraging to see infrastructure for the impact investing sector being built at the global level. Organizations such as the Global Impact Investing Network, the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs, and the European Venture Philanthropy Network play key leadership roles in stewarding the impact investing industry at global and regional levels. The emergence of promising new entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ventures, however, is also dependent upon a robust industry-specific infrastructure built at the national (and sometimes state) level.
For example, the previously mentioned 2011 McKinsey research on the medical technology sector in India, identified a host of infrastructure and ecosystem interventions that could collectively help increase the availability of medical services to the poor by millions of treatments per year. Such interventions included training institutions for medical device technicians, efforts to establish a national regulatory regime for medical devices, and the establishment of a center for excellence in social marketing for medical devices.
Many of these needs could be met by non-profit and low-profit organizations. Unfortunately, ready sources of funding for such efforts are hard to come by from impact and commercial investors who prioritize financial returns and/or measure their success on the basis of individual firm-level outputs rather than the development of industry sectors as a whole.
Where's the Money?
So, if there are yawning gaps in the capital curve for both innovators and infrastructure, then where is the capital likely to come from?
Commercial Investors
The largest source of potential capital is in commercial capital markets, which represent trillions of dollars of investable assets. Commercial markets work quite well in allocating capital to businesses that the market believes will yield risk- adjusted financial returns. So-called "returns first" impact investors—those impact investors who prioritize returns above social impact—appear to many to be a subset of the commercial capital market. In most cases, commercial funds—whether they are impact investing funds or not—are tapped in later stages of market development, after specific innovations and business models are de-risked. Large scale commercial funds did not flow into microfinance, for example, until several decades after the generic microfinance model had been pioneered with the support of multilaterals and philanthropy. Commercial capital is thus of exceptional importance in the later stages of scaling up impact investing industry sectors (and it recently did this for microfinance); it is unlikely, however, to fill the gap in funding needed in for innovators and infrastructure.
Established Foundations
US foundations alone deploy about $47 billion per year (and sit on total assets of about $650 billion dollars). They are another major potential source of funding for the innovation cycle in impact investing. Indeed, many foundations have active Program Related Investment (PRI) initiatives, enabling them to invest in for-profit organizations delivering a positive social impact. However, notwithstanding the pioneering efforts of foundations such as Gates, Rockefeller, Hewlett, and Skoll, PRIs still represented only one percent of capital deployed by foundations in 2009. Moreover, most of this capital went to relatively low-risk debt instruments. Only five one hundredths of one percent of US foundation capital deployed went to equity PRIs, which represents the type of capital necessary to help fund innovators.
Substantially increasing direct foundation investments in "innovators" would also require a dramatic mindset shift—from seeing philanthropy's primary role as addressing market failures to also embracing its potential to catalyze markets. Tapping foundation endowments, meanwhile, would require similarly fundamental shifts in endowment objectives and strategy. Given these obstacles, we think it is unlikely that foundations will dramatically increase their direct investments in early stage ventures. It is possible, of course, for foundations to provide funding to early stage impact investing funds, as Rockefeller did with Acumen. There is also great potential for foundations to provide funds for infrastructure and ecosystem work in industry sectors with strong social impact.
Already, existing initiatives such as the AGRA Alliance for Agriculture in Africa (supported by government and development institutions as well as foundations) and pioneering drug discovery for developing world diseases hold great promise in creating more opportunities for private sector innovators by increasing innovation and reducing risk. Large-scale, broad-based initiatives could be supplemented by more targeted short-term grants that benefit specific emergent business sectors and even firms.
Development Institutions and Banks
Development institutions and banks could be excellent sources of funding for innovators in impact investing, particularly in emerging economies. They deploy billions of dollars every year with the explicit goal of combating poverty and contributing to economic growth in poor countries. However, incentive structures within these institutions are sometimes an obstacle. Employees of development banks are often rewarded for volume of capital deployed, which makes it difficult to support smaller, early-stage deals. And aid institutions often are not encouraged to take on high-risk equity investments. Indeed, development banks frequently need to justify their continued funding by demonstrating solid returns, making it relatively unattractive to pursue high-risk, early-stage investments.
Despite these incentive structures, however, we see a number of hopeful examples of development banks and agencies taking on higher-risk, earlier-stage profiles. Programs like USAID's development innovation ventures, the World Bank's development marketplace, and the IADB's Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), and Opportunity for the Majority Initiative are steps in the right direction. We are also encouraged to see institutions such as the International Finance Corporation, the UK Department for International Development (in cooperation with CDC) and the Dutch development bank, FMO, take advantage of their equity windows to increase their involvement in early-stage investment. Development institutions and banks could also play a pivotal role in supporting the development of industry-specific infrastructure.
High Net Worth Individuals
We see the increased involvement of high net worth individuals in impact investing as potentially catalytic to the sector. Individuals such as Pierre Omidyar, Vinod Khosla, Steve Case, Jeff Skoll, Sir Ronald Cohen, and others have deep entrepreneurial backgrounds. They not only embrace innovation and have a high risk tolerance; they are also quite willing to experiment with market-based and for-profit approaches to achieving social impact.
We believe that individuals with similar approaches could have a transformative effect on the impact investing industry by investing in early-stage, high-growth ventures, and by funding industry-specific infrastructure to support these. We are eager to find creative ways to expand and support such efforts.
Directing Capital to the Right Places
One of the great successes of the impact investing movement is that it has drawn attention to the fact that businesses can generate tremendous social impact as well as financial return. There is ample capital out there; the key is tapping into appropriate sources for appropriate needs.
In so doing, investors will need to grapple with the complex and controversial topic of subsidy. Under what circumstances should investors consider using grant funds or concessional debt or equity in support of impact investing work? We turn to this topic in our next article.


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A student teacher that I had many years ago taught the quadratic formula to my class by song and it was a hit. I have students coming back to my class and telling me they remembered the QUADRATIC FORMULA because we sang it in class. I just used this recently. It is a great time for the class. Of course I sing it. More importantly, I have many of my students sing it. (sometimes I give out extra credit) Let's try it now.
Hum Pop Goes the Weasel to yourself...
Hum it one more time...
Now put these word to it...
X equals negative b
plus or minus the square root
of b squared minus 4 a c
all over two a
I found someone else did it to on you tube. Check it out.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Pop Goes the Weasel and the Quadratic Formula
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The First Bank of Greenwich is pleased to announce that Shawn L. Gregory has joined the business as Vice President, Senior Commercial Lending Officer. In her new role, Gregory is responsible for providing financial solutions to the Bank's existing and prospective commercial clients.
Gregory brings to her new role 30 years of banking experience. She specializes in commercial real estate, construction and commercial and industrial financing and she has a strong credit background.
Prior to joining The First Bank of Greenwich, she served as a Vice President, Senior Commercial Lender at Newtown Savings Bank. Previously, she was a Vice President, Commercial Lending at Union Savings Bank, and she spent 13 years at Bank of New York, where she last served as an Assistant Vice President.
In addition to her career, Gregory is an active member of the community. She has volunteered for the United Way of Western Connecticut's Resource Development Committee & Financial Coaches program. Also, she has served as a mentor in the Danbury Schools and Business Collaborative. She is a regular participant in Fairfield County based Chambers of Commerce events and an active member of the Stamford Chapter of The Real Estate Finance Association.
Gregory earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Management from the State University of New York at Albany.
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So I was looking for something unique to add to our home decor and found this amazing lamp shade. I have never seen anything like this but loved it immediately. It is also a great way to recycle those cocktail umbrellas after you have a party or get together. This lamp shade is a piece that will make your home decor stand out and have people talking about it.
Materials Needed:Cocktail Umbrellas in all designs and colorsHard, hollow plastic ball-any shape and size as long as it can fit a bulb insideLight bulb
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Diana Milne Reviews Take Me To Your Heart Again by Marius Gabriel. The author has offered a giveaway to one lucky winner. To be in with a chance of winning this amazing novel, simply leave a comment below or on our Facebook page. The winner will be drawn on 8th August 2016. Good luck!
Tensions between three sisters, divided by life and love, are about to spill over into all-out conflict.
It is 1942 and the world is at war. The eldest of the Redcliffe sisters, Isobel, impulsive and ideological, strives to make herself heard in a world distracted by violence. But her ambitious new path is strewn with obstacles, not least a private scandal that threatens to become public. Optimist Chiara has had to grow up fast, to set aside teenage dreams and make way for the unexpected realities of adulthood—but who can she count on for help? Meanwhile Felicity has challenges of a more spiritual nature: will her journey of self-discovery lead her away from the convent she thought was her calling?
Separated by distance and war, Isobel, Chiara and Felicity must learn to confront life's challenges with passion, strength—and unity. Because family is the tie that binds tightest of all.
This is the second title in the Redcliffe Sisters series and follows on from Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye.
I have read many books by Marius Gabriel (sorry Mr G! I haven't had time to review them all yet - life gets in the way of good intentions) and all of them have been enjoyable and engrossing from page one, but this one really stood out and I read it in about a day and a half, barely stopping to eat and sleep.
The first thing you notice is the cover and the careful choice of the period photo and the colour, together with the excellent use of unusual fonts, set the tone for a compelling and engaging story.
The book is part two of a trilogy, but would easily work as a 'stand alone' book and although what happened in book one is made known to the reader, it is not done in an invasive way and just flows naturally as part of the story, not as pages of tedious repetition that would be boring or unnecessary to readers of Wish Me Luck. In this book we meet again the Redcliffe sisters, three young women as different as chalk, cheese and blue paint, who despite their differences have a solid core of love, tested to the limit by the vagaries of war and each girl's actions.
Gabriel is a master of his craft – an extraordinarily gifted wordsmith and a meticulous researcher. Hours of study must have gone into ensuring every aspect of this book to be historically accurate. I am in awe at the amount of old photos and documents Gabriel must have pored over, let alone visiting the places he writes about so that he can paint word pictures enabling us to see the scenes portrayed in the book.
The opening chapter hits with the power of a left hook. Not only is Gabriel a dab hand at descriptions, his dialogue flows naturally and his understanding and depiction of emotions show a rarely paralleled mastery.
"And a garret suited her mood. She didn't want to see anybody outside of work, didn't want to have to entertain or be entertained, didn't want room to expand...
"To another woman, the stone walls of the attic might seem bleak. To her they were a fortification. She was safe up here, walled off from the world, not needing anything and not needed by anybody."
Mr. Gabriel's knowledge of Cairo and London brings those wonderful and exotic cities to life and without giving too much of the story away, the depiction of an air raid in London and a riot in Cairo were so vividly realistic, that I felt caught up in the terror and violence.
Occasional flashes of Gabriel's wonderful sense of humour come across so vividly, "Our leaders have a touching idea that Rommel is exhausted and will pull back at the last minute to rest. In my opinion, That's like hoping a man will pull back and rest when a girl's got her knickers off and her legs open."
I only have one complaint!! Book three is not out yet! Mr. Gabriel. Hurry up! I need my fix!!
About the author: Marius Gabriel served his author apprenticeship as a student at Newcastle University in the North of England, where, to finance his postgraduate research, he wrote thirty-three steamy Mills & Boon romances under a pseudonym. His identity as a man had to be kept secret until he turned to longer fiction under his own name. Gabriel is the author of eight sagas and historical novels, including the bestsellers The Mask of Time, The Original Sin and The Seventh Moon, and was once accused by Cosmopolitan magazine of 'keeping you reading while your dinner burns'. He very seldom burns his own, however, being an enthusiastic cook, as well as an artist and a musician. Born in South Africa in 1954, he has lived and worked in many countries, and now divides his time between London and Cairo. He has three grown-up children ... and is a damned good fellow with a wonderfully wicked sense of humour and a good friend! (This last sentence is not part of the official biography!)
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Ciao ciao! Today I would like to show you some outfits from Mauro Grifoni, spring-summer 2013 collection. This label started in 1992, with a series of handmade shirts for men and women. The fabrics used are high quality.There is a main shop in Milan but during one of my "shopping session" I have recently discovered other places in the city where you can find some nice pieces from this "chic with a twist of funky" brand! Would you like to wear one of these?
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That's funny, because every time I wake up in the morning, it's still the present. I may have to spend the rest of my life living in the now.
I point out this paradox because of my column last week on the RSS protocol (really simple syndication). This format makes possible "RSS feeds", periodic blurbs that your computer downloads whenever a website is updated with new writings.
Now that major corporations such as Microsoft and Cisco are starting to release bulletins as RSS feeds, every responsible enterprise needs a plan to support the reading of these things at every seat. But this is a case of the more things stay the same, the more they change. Allow me to explain.
RSS is stable and has become relatively widely accepted. The "best" way to support RSS reading, though, doesn't yet exist. I already count more than three dozen reader programs, called RSS aggregators, and those are just the ones for Windows. That's a healthy, competitive market. But no matter how good these aggregators may be, it's almost guaranteed that RSS reading will eventually become a feature of Microsoft Office, Outlook, Internet Explorer, and/or Windows itself. So no matter what you might roll out today, you'll probably have to do it all over again in the future.
That's no reason to live in the past, however. RSS is a time whose idea has come. You'll be much better off implementing something for your end users immediately, rather than forcing them to install multivarious solutions on their own.
Knowing that there's no one "right" way, therefore, I've picked some ready-to-roll contenders that you should definitely consider:
NewsGator. If you're committed to Microsoft Outlook and Exchange, NewsGator should definitely be on your short list. It integrates with Outlook 2000, 2002 or 2003 and allows users to sort incoming RSS feeds using Outlook's own folders and tools. When they find an RSS- enabled website (perhaps using the www.syndic8.com directory), they can right-click the feed in Internet Explorer and instantly add it to their Outlook view.
AmphetaDesk. If you prefer a cross-platform solution, AmphetaDesk is an open source application that runs on Windows, Macs and Linux.
SharpReader. If Microsoft's .Net Framework is your chosen environment, SharpReader may fill the bill for you. Available at this writing is release 0.9.0.1, which features its own, Outlook-like three-pane interface and supports proxy servers and proxy authentication.
You can see a complete list of aggregators, with links to the ones above and many others here.
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text: Our Spiritual Selves Awakening Dawn March 1, 2012 No Comments Greetings! Where I live, spring is just around the corner. This morning I'm getting a taste of it as it is an unusual 64 degrees. My windows are open & my cat is purring in front of me. She's already been sitting in one of the open windows. Some winters, I live for spring & this has been one such winter. I plan on sitting out & soaking up the sun later today. This is a really good time to write about awakening as soon the natural world around us will be waking up. I want to share an experience of "awakening" that happened unexpectedly on Monday night. I had gone to bed but was not yet asleep when I felt pressure on my root chakra. It literally felt as though the round edges of a can was being pressed against me & was about that size in diameter. Just as the pressure was beginning to get too uncomfortable, it began easing up & then disappeared altogether. I was puzzling over this phenomenon & wondering what it was & what it meant when suddenly there was a sudden & rapid "whoosh" sensation from my root chakra up the center of my body & out the top of my head. It was over in a second followed by a feeling of heat. I immediately recognized this as what is classically called Kundalini Awakening or Kundalini Rising. I am not an expert in the Hindu & Yoga teachings which are the main source of information for understanding this experience but you can go to Wikipedia for more information which is where I went the very next morning. You can also simply enter "kundalini" or "kundalini awakening" in your favorite search engine. This morning when I awoke, it happened again, suddenly & spontaneously, without the pressure on the root to warn me. It paused in several chakras on the way up & with each one I heard & felt an intense purring like a cat's purr in that area & then it "whooshed" up to the next. I don't know how long it took but it seemed pretty fast & was again followed by heat. Although, it did occur slowly enough that I had time to worry about it. I know enough to know that if you have blockages in any of your chakras, it can get unpleasant as the energy builds up to clear the blockage. This is probably the reason for the "almost pain" in the root chakra that I felt the previous time. So far today, I seem fine just really tired. The purring in the chakras felt like the action of the energy working to clear that chakra & when clear, it moved on to the next. The fact that the first time through only caused pressure on the root & the subsequent time was working on other chakras indicates to me that this energy was clearing different levels. In other words, the first level of the chakra system was relatively clear so it went through without resistance but the second level required some clearing. You can also think of levels as bodies. As a side note to others interested in spiritual phenomenon, I must warn against trying to force this experience. Even as I lay there after the second experience (& knowing better!), I contemplated seeing if I could cause it to happen at will & I no sooner had this thought when I heard the voice of one of my mentors warning me against doing so, so of course, I didn't. In case I haven't already mentioned this, it's important to have a spiritual group in the physical & especially a mentor to help you on your journey here – an individual/group with experience, discernment & caution who questions & weighs everything, even Spirit, as not all of spirit is clear just as not all individuals are clear. Blessings on your journey, Dawn Blog Blockages, Chakra, Energy, Heat, Hindu, Kundalini, Kundalini Awakening, Kundalini Rising, Mentor, Purr, Root Chakra, Spirit, Spiritual Group, Spiritual Phenomenon, Yoga


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Visited Top Of Europe, Swiss in 2012. So much views I missed while traveling there. Flipping through the old photos when in the mood of holiday really bring me back to where I supposed to be. With so much hope that one day I will be there once again with my love one.
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Rambus Shares Tumble 60% on Antitrust Ruling
A jury delivered a major legal defeat to Rambus in a closely watched antitrust case against Micron Technology and Hynix Semiconductor, sending Rambus shares tumbling 60 percent. Don Clark has details on The News Hub.
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China Revises Taxes on Imported Goods Purchased Online
Effective April 8, Chinese consumers will pay a 17 percent cross-border e-commerce comprehensive tax comprising a consumption tax and a value-added tax on imported goods purchased online. The CECT will represent a 30 percent discount from the normal tax rate for general trade items.
The CECT will be assessed on the real transaction value (retail price plus freight and insurance) where such value does not exceed RMB 2,000 per transaction, and total annual transactions may not exceed RMB 20,000 per person per year. Articles and commodities on a positive list of tradable commodities via cross-border e-commerce, which should be published shortly, will be eligible for the CECT. Subject imports that exceed these values will be taxed more heavily as general trade items.
The CECT will replace the postal articles tax on imports purchased online, which combined an imported goods tariff, import VAT and consumption tax. That tax, which is primarily assessed at a rate of 10 percent but can range as high as 50 percent, is assessed on goods valued at less than RMB 1,000. The new policy will also eliminate the duty exemption for goods with a payable tax of less than RMB 50.
Also under the new rules, the postal articles tax will be assessed at three rates – 15 percent, 30 percent and 60 percent – depending on the category of goods to be imported.


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Welcome to my shop. My passion is to seek out unique and beautiful gemstones so I can create treasures for your jewelry box. I hope you find something to love!
You revel in connections inspired by nature and capture that beauty with your individual style.
That intense feeling when you see "the one" — that piece of jewelry that makes you swoon — I totally understand it. I'm Sara Pocius and as a jewelry designer I seek out materials and natural gemstones that evoke a pure sense of awe. The more colorful, unique or raw, the better. I take those gems, give them an urban-boho twist, and create pieces of jewelry that let you boldly express your sense of wonderment.
My passion for jewelry can be traced back to my grandma's 1980s living room and its amazing bowl of tumbled gemstones. I lost hours memorizing the colors, shapes, and details of each stone — I was especially fascinated with a lovely rutilated quartz. But as children often do, I grew up and somehow abandoned those stones in the green ceramic bowl. Many years later, when I stepped into a little bead shop seeking a break from the noisy city, that long-forgotten connection to those tumbled gems came rushing back — it nearly knocked me over. Sara Pocius jewelry was essentially born that same day!
Working with unique gemstones, oxidized metals, and interesting textures I'm able to accentuate the natural beauty of these remarkable materials. You'll see the beauty of both yourself and nature reflected in my original designs. And you'll be delighted when everyone else sees it, too!
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Christmas Cards For 4 Year OldsFriday, December 09, 2011
As part of the Small Hands Christmas Swap, we needed to find some simple cards that everyone in the family could make. We decided on these Pipe Cleaner Christmas Tree Cards. I know it's a bit of a mouthful to say, but so much fun to make.
To make your own you will need:
Card stock (we used red, obviously)
Ice block sticks
PVA Glue
Pipe cleaners
Pliers (for cutting the pipe cleaners)
Scissors (for cutting the paper)
Step 1 - Cut pipe cleaners and wrap then around the ice-block stick tree trunk. Using the pliers, pinch each set of branches to hold then in place and then, with the pliers again, trim the tree to shape.
Step 2 - Thread the beads onto the branches.
Step 3 - Cut card to size and fold. Glue the back of the trunk to the tree. If needed hold the trunk in place with pegs until the glue dries.
There you have it. Finished trees. The kids' involvement varies with age - Miss 4 was able to wrap the pipe cleaners around each trunk and both Miss 2 & 4 too great delight in threading the beads on. We even had enough left over to start making beaded stars and course, I got a little carried away thinking about other shapes you could make.


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School of Business Announces ACBSP Accreditation
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MidAmerica Nazarene University's School of Business announced today that its programs of study have achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). This most recent achievement is the eighth program accreditation earned by the university in addition to its overall accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.
The following business programs at MidAmerica Nazarene University are accredited by ACBSP:
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Based on the criteria of the National Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award, ACBSP accreditation evaluates aspects of the institutional leadership, strategic planning processes, relationships with the community, quality of academic programs, faculty credentials and services, and educational support to determine whether or not the institution offers a rigorous educational experience and demonstrates continuous quality improvement.
"MidAmerica Nazarene University has shown their commitment to teaching excellence and to the process of quality improvement by participating in the accreditation process," said ACBSP Director of Accreditation/CAO Dr. Steve Parscale, who will present the Certificate of Initial Accreditation at ACBSP Conference 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, June 14. "This accreditation is evidence that MidAmerica Nazarene is committed to providing the highest quality business education for their students."
MNU Vice Provost Dr. Mark Ford commented on the achievement and its meaning for students and alumni.
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Women Build 2018
Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha County held our 4th Annual Women Build from May 7 – 12. More than 100 volunteers, mostly women from local companies, worked alongside future homeowners to construct the two new homes on White Rock Ave in Waukesha.
Throughout our community, women and children are the most impacted by substandard living conditions. Women Build is a unique and exciting opportunity for women in our community to come together, no matter their level of expertise, and roll up their sleeves to build strength, stability, and self-reliance through shelter. Women Build is open to any woman who wants to learn how to build and construct a home.
Women Build does not exclude men – it encourages women to become empowered to break down stereotypes and show what we can accomplish when we come together. Women Build provides a comfortable atmosphere for women to acquire construction skills they might not otherwise have the opportunity to learn.
Habitat's 2018 Women Build received a lot of attention from local media:
- How Waukesha and Habitat for Humanity are teaming up to revitalize a neighborhood in the central city - Journal Sentinel
- Dozens participate in "National Women Build Week" at Habitat for Humanity Waukesha site - CBS58
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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I am exhausted. And surely I lost a few pounds tonight. We are having a company-wide meeting in Dallas this week and tonight we all went to the Austin House (or something like that). The food was good. The games were fun. The music was okay. Being with all the clinic managers and the directors was great. And I spent a couple hours doing things like line dancing, the chicken dance, karaoke, and other stuff that I'm not even sure what it was. A great time was had by a bunch of women of all ages (the two guys left early). In the midst of all the heavy stuff we hear about during the day, like cutting costs while improving quality, it a nice break to get some exercise and have fun, too. Tomorrow I have my presentation. And I hear that tomorrow night we are going to "Billy Bob's". I may even try riding that out-of-control steer. Or maybe not. I have a lot of recuperating to do between now and then. Whew!
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Mississippians are reacting to last night's presidential debate. After Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump squared off, voters in the state digested what they were hearing -- and tried to decide who had won the debate. MPB's Desare Frazier talked to many Mississippians last night after the debate ended. She came back with this audio postcard of their reactions.
After last night's presidential debate -- the first of three between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump -- many are still trying to figure out who won. But like many things in politics, that decision doesn't necessarily come easy. With us this morning in the studio with analysis are Republican Austin Barbour and Democrat Brandon Jones. Both are active in their respective parties, and we call on them from time to time to give us insights on the political process. Welcome, gentlemen.
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Tank top under sweater: Merona from freecycle!!
Skirt: I have no idea . . . apparently I have had it so long that the tag is GONE!
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Most of my wardrobe is black, so you will be seeing lots of black over the upcoming weeks! I blame it on the fact that I grew up in a house full of Golden Retrievers (my parents raise and show them). I did not own any black clothes until after I graduated from college because it was hard enough to make lighter colored clothes look golden-hair-less . . . black would have been impossible. So, since that time I have gone a bit overboard on the black (plus, it is slimming, right?).


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Would You Do Something This Drastic to Not Have Diabetes Anymore??
On the way to dinner on Saturday night with the kids, I tried to get my husband's attention.
"Sorry, I was just deep in thought."
"About what?"
"I was just thinking about if we ever struck it rich what I would do. And I was thinking that one of the things I would love to do is go to Brazil and get a stem cell transplant."
"Yeah. I've been reading up on it, and I know that the stem cell transplants only last 12-18 months, but I wonder what it would be like to live without diabetes. It's all I've known my whole life. And although it's not always a big deal living with it since it's all I do know I would just like to know what it would be like to live without it. Even if it's only for a brief time."
The comment came out of left field for me. What would you do if you had enough money to live without diabetes? Would you consider doing something like this, even if it was only temporary?
(My husband has been T1 since he was 4 years old).
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to be honest i think id buy a nice car or something!! i think it would be way to emotionaly draining to all of a sudden be free of needles for a whole 12 to 18 months and then have to go back to a life with them again!! its after taken me 6 years alomst to get get used to it, and i dont think i could spend a whole 6 years getiing used to it again!!
I have coeliac disease ( condition for people who dont like that word) and id love to be able to eat proper bread again ! but sure life could be worse i suppose!!
Im getting a pump hopefully during the summer and to me this is going to be all the freedom i could ever ask for!! its goin to be like winning the jack pot! cant bleedin wait!!
Type 1 is especially hard because you truly DIDN'T do anything or there wasn't anything preventable really at all…I know Type 1's who are rocked hard by that fact. I'm sure as a Type 2 if I was more athletic and watched my sugar/carb intake I could have staved off diabetes if not for life at least well into my 40s/50s.
I don't support abortion, but if there was something like wisdom tooth or adult stem cells I might be open to it. It's quite a lifestyle change and I still get pangs of annoyance at not being able to just eat like everyone else.
I'd rather make a huge sacrifice for a permanent change than temporary. I'm healthier overall bc of my Diabetes so it's a tough decision.
After accepting the fact that I had Type one Diabetes (I was 20), I went through what they called a 'Honeymoon Phase'. I had to take the 4-5 shots a day and test my sugars 6-8 times a day for a few months, when, it seems, my pancreas tried to give one last ditch effort to produce insulin. I was able to stop the shots and test 1-2 times daily. I knew it was temporary, but it was amazing. I felt like I didn't have a care in the world. I think that lasted a month…maybe two.
When my sugars started going up again, it was devastating! I felt like I was starting over! I don't think I would do it again unless it was more permanent. 12-18 months would go by so fast and going back to the constant pokes and anxiety afterwards would be a horrible reality. Don't get me wrong…I have completely accepted my diabetic journey in life, but I have forgotten what it is like to eat without insulin and a glucose test and I don't think that I would want to remember unless I could stay that way for good.
After watching a friend of mine go through stem cell replacement twice (he has cancer) and the difficulties that ensue, NO WAY. Of course, that is me. I feel that watching what I eat and taking meds a lot less invasive and a lot less potential for problems. Again, this is for me. The risks and just the recover do not out way a temporary fix, in my humble opinion.
Hi. I'm a fairly "new" diabetic only six month I've known. I have to take shots daily at least two or three. Although I'm getting used to it it is difficult. I really don't think id go as far as a stem cell transplant for temporary relief. If I had lots of money their are definantly more things id rather do than a transplant.it is a tough and terriable disease that requires a lot of balancing.I supposed I've excepted that I have to live like this forever. I do wish they had a cure for everyone but until then I suppose I like everyone else will have to do what we can to get through the day.
I am not against stem cell solutions from placentas of live births. I could not live with myself if I knew the placentas came from aborted fetuses. I would not begin to say my life is more important than that of a baby. I would sooner give my life for my children than ask someone to give their life or the life of their children.
I truely believe life begins at conception.
May God Bless You.
A side note, science has proven it is adult stem cells that are effective not embroyic.
That is very comforting news for me!
Thanks for sharing.
I would gladly donate my stem cells to help anyone with their quality of life.
May God bless you.
Those stem cells could be autologous (harvested from one's own stem cells) and from what I read are most plentiful in your bone marrow. So Autologous stem cells should not have the issues of tissue rejection which would occur if someone else donated the stem cells. Then one should not have to worry about contracting others' diseases either. But there often seems to be a glitch or two along the way,
Glitches can often be overcome.
that may be true, but yet nothing seems to be gelling quite yet.
I started this search for discussions on stem cells on DC because I was thinking of telling the site about a hospital in mexico which claims to use stem cells to repair hearts, and, among other things create new beta cells. Wanted to see if it had been reported somewhere. Then I got drawn into some of other discussions.
When I spoke about glitches I also had my late wife "Jem" in mind. She had A LOT of "medical challenges", diabetes, congestive heart failure, lung problems, kidney problems, and the list goes on and on. I thought that she'd be an ideal subject for such stem cells. Except for 1 thing: she also had systemic Lupis Erithrimosis, (SLE) an auto immune condition which attacks the organs of her own body as though they were invaders. So even if the setm cells would be introduced and fix her organs, her SLE would attack her own organs as they were being repaired. The SLE made it not practical to do transplants of heart lungs and kidney.
The subject is fascinating!
Sadly in my opinion, it is not how far the medical profession has come, but that a big reason why more progress has not been made boils down to profit, so wonderful people like your late wife "Jem", are expendable. Maybe in some distant future people will matter more then ecomomic gain.
the way this ole world is going the only future where that will be the case is heaven, IMO.
I have become rather jaded in my nearly 60 years of life on this planet. I haven't given up hope entirely, but it flickers in the dark recesses of my soul, giving me hope and a bit of light.
And if there was a lady who was almost universally admired and LOVED by her Drs it was Jem. If those Drs had a secret knowledge of things which might help her, I didn't think they'd with hold it from her. So the secrets are with held at a higher level if they are with held at all.
I'm sure you are still a wonderful person, despite all the hardship you have had, and your deep loss. I know in my heart that it wasn't the doctors that refused her treatment. I blame the pharmiasutical companies and private industry interests. They hold profit higher than human life. Once in a while we still hear of miracles. They are too far, and few in between.
I think what I have gone through has made me what I am today. It is alll "grist for the mill" as the saying goes. And I believe the sweet and loving person which Jem was was BECAUSE of her hardships she faced in life. I have a lot of stories I could tell you about what SHE went through. It made me feel positively healthy by comparison.
I just jump in and post about my experiences and my researches on Google, and let others make their judgment of my character. There are some folks here on DC, as in real life who genuinely like me and others who loathe me. I don't worry about it because to change who I am to try to please those who loathe me, will probably not work anyway.
Blessings to you and yours!
Your reply reminds me of a line from the 1973 song called "Garden Party" by Ricky Nelson
"you can't please everyone, you have to please yourself".
I am not among those who loath you.
I diagree with those who do.
Blessing to you and yours also!
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Why are you posting such inappropriate responses to such serious questions?
We should all have humor in our lives, but some of your responses are over the top.
I have 5 children older than you, and I expect all of them to continue to act appropriately.
I hope you continue to enjoy being part of the community, but I also hope you will refrain from some of your answers in the future.
May God Bless You.
My reply seems a little out of place now that John Crowley deleted the posting that it was in response to.
I look foward to continuing to be an active member in this community.
May God bless you.
What a thought-provoking question. Yes, I think I would fully support my son in doing something like that if he or I had the means to do it.
To give him a year without having to worry about everything that went in his mouth, that would be incredible.
Now, there would also be the harsh reality of returning to the diabetic lifestyle. That might outweigh the relief/joy/benefits of having a "vacation."
Tough call really. But if I had the means and my son wanted to do it, I would fully support him.
When I think about stuff like this I usually think more of the harsh reality of NOT being in the diabetic lifestyle, especially for those who have been living it for a long time, rather than having to go back into it. I honestly don't know how I would handle not having to do all the things that are an everyday part of life and are almost done as a reflex, taking blood sugars, counting carbs, looking at nutrition labels, choosing something off a menu, taking meds, etc. Although it's not the same I would think it's similar to a spouse, partner or really good friend dying, something that was such a huge part of your life for so long is just not there anymore.
I'm not sure I would do anything that drastic for only a temporary solution. I just went through the gastric sleeve surgery to lose weight and get off so many meds by increasing my good health. But this will be permanent (I hope). I've already lost 66 pounds in 4 months, off Byetta and Amaryl for diabetes, off blood pressure and cholesterol meds, off all but one med for asthma, off CPAP machine for sleep apnea, and can actually exercise without hurting. My husband even looks at me like he used to when we were younger. lol
lol.way to go…Im looking at a gastric surgery this year…later in the year
I highly recommend it. I researched it for a whole year so i had my head in the right place. It's not a miracle cure but it is a nice tool to lose the weight. It has made me get back in touch with how my body feels. You still have to watch your diet and exercise. Make sure you get a doctor that will follow you "for life". There are several types of gastric surgery. I chose the gastric sleeve as the best for me.
As one that is T2 life without D is good with D not so bad iether
Before D I didnt eat right and realy didnt care with D I need to care and I do know better without D now I would still eat right I like it now lol
Eatting right that is not the D lol
So no I would not go that far for a temp fix
Best wishes
I'm a T2, without meds, so no, I wouldn't do anything drastic to live without diabetes. Much as I dislike having chronic illnesses, the diabetes just makes me choose healthy all the time. I do sympathize with those that have to take medications and shots, though, I am on an injection therapy for another condition, and I have the luxury of skipping a shot if I just really don't want to take a shot one day without any consequences like one would have if one skipped insulin. Good question.
Link to the study done: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,859...
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Fifty Years of "I know it when I see it."
On June 22, 1964, Justice Potter Stewart coined the phrase "I know it when I see it" in his concurring opinion in Jacobellis v. Ohio. Fifty years later, that expression holds the distinction of being one of the few modern legal phrases to become a regularly accepted expression among educated Americans. The half-century anniversary of Jacobellis provides a fitting opportunity to ask why "I know it when I see it" has enjoyed such popularity and what lessons that phrase and its history might hold for us today.
Jacobellis reversed the conviction of an Ohio movie theater manager for showing obscene material in the form of the French film Les Amants (The Lovers), which included a sex scene at its conclusion. The court's 6-3 decision was highly fragmented, with six opinions in total and the plurality garnering only two votes.
In a short 144-word concurring opinion, Stewart wrote that he found it almost impossible to define obscenity precisely, which should only include "hard-core pornography." His now famous line concluded the opinion:
"But I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case is not that."
At the time, the pithy phrase actually garnered little interest in the public sphere. Many newspapers chose instead to focus on another obscenity case decided that same day, Quantity of Books v. Kansas. Those journalists who did write about Jacobellis largely ignored "I know it when I see it" and chose to focus on the legal technicalities the case posed.
While it is difficult to pinpoint exactly when Stewart's iconic expression became common, we can chart its growing popularity via Google's Ngram search engine. Google Ngram measures the percentage of English language books that contain a phrase up to five words long. Because "I know it when I see it" is seven words, I ran the search for each five-letter segment of the phrase ("I know it when I;" "know it when I see;" "it when I see it."). The graph clearly shows the steeply rising and still growing interest in Stewart's phrase, starting slightly after 1964:
The Ngram search also reveals some interesting instances of similar phrases, both legal and not, pre-dating Jacobellis. Consider two examples: In an obituary for Benjamin Cardozo that ran in the Columbia, Yale and Harvard law journals in 1939, Learned Hand praised Justice Cardozo for his wisdom, writing:
"And what is wisdom — that gift of God which the great prophets of his race exalted? I do not know; like you, I know it when I see it, but I cannot tell of what it is composed."
Woodrow Wilson used almost the same phrasing two decades earlier. Discussing German attacks on American shipping prior to U.S. entry in the First World War, Wilson said in a 1919 San Francisco speech that he had not known precisely what would count as an "intolerable" act of war against the US: "but I am," he said, "perfectly certain I will know it when I see it."
While Stewart might have known of these pre-Jacobellis uses of the term, especially Hand's obituary for Cardozo, he was neither referencing them nor intending to create a widespread sensation. In 2007, YLS librarian and phrase-smith Fred Shapiro tracked down Alan Novak, Stewart's clerk in 1964. Novak remembered the phrase emerging out of a conversation with the justice. And it was, according to Novak, Stewart who wrote the actual opinion, including the seven words.
The unintentional popularity of "I know it when I see it" should be a note of caution for legal authors in the public sphere, from jurists to commentators more generally: it is very difficult to predict in advance what will capture widespread attention among the non-legal public. This is true of other well-known legalisms, such as Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s oft-cited example of a man falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater. (See Thomas Healy's excellent book on Holmes, The Great Dissent.) On the flip side, the legal corpus is full of opinions whose authors hoped would be earthquakes but whose prose was then largely ignored.
What is it about "I know it when I see it" that is so particularly appealing? The phrase has earned both public attention and the distinction of being one of the few legalisms that has outgrown the confines of legalese: People use Potter Stewart's language today without knowing its origin within the law. While other legal phrases, such as "for all intents and purposes," have made similar transitions into everyday speech, they are far older, often with roots in English common law. Most have taken centuries to trickle into Anglo-American vocabulary.
(Tom Clancy fans might quibble with me, pointing to his novel Clear and Present Danger as an exception — and another example of a well-known Holmes phrase.)
In contrast, "I know it when I see it" is today popular in almost every field of study and throughout the public sphere. In the course of my own historical research, I by accident found two scholars who have used the term in attempts to define propaganda, which led me to write this post. While a full rendition of those authors who have appropriated Stewart's phrase would be so long as to be counterproductive, it is sufficient to say the list is extensive.
In a 1996 article in the Yale Law Journal, Paul Gewirtz suggests that part of what draws us to "I know it when I see it" is it's non-rational element. For Gewirtz, Stewart's seven words capture the kind of intuitive, gut thinking made famous in Malcom Gladwell's Blink.
There is much merit to Gewirtz's point, but "I know it when I see it" further benefits from an allusion simultaneously to the rational, or more precisely, algorithmic thinking.[1] "I know it when I see it" implies that an algorithm, a test or a standard exists, but that it is difficult to articulate. When we use the phrase, we imply that we are not being arbitrary or capricious, but we are judging whatever is under judgment methodically. Unlike "taking something on a case by case basis" — another expression you hear quite frequently — "I know it when I see it" implies a uniformity in our logic which applies to every item we are examining. In other words, we are being quite deliberate; we just don't know how to describe our internal deliberation.
Happy birthday to Potter Stewart's phrase. Here's to fifty more years of knowing and seeing.
[1] Gewirtz does note that Stewart's entire opinion as a whole, not the seven words, is highly rational.


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A very quick (half an hour) and easy way to make a Barrage Marker.
Cut four thin strips of balsa wood 18 inches long and hot glue these together to form a square. I do this by placing a one inch square of card in each corner and then gluing the join onto this which will help to make it stronger.
Run the hot glue gun along the top edge of the balsa wood (do this in 6 inch sections or the glue will set before you get chance to fix) and then place the smoke in a long strip onto the glue. The smoke is that white fibrous stuff that you get in packing. Tease the fibre apart and shape it into long lengths ready for gluing.
Give the whole thing a very light spray with black paint and the job is done, simples.
In Chain of Command if a barrage is on-target, the resulting fire will cover an 18" square area of the table with the aiming point at its centre. The smoke will break the line of sight into and out of the area until the barrage ends.
Dave G is bringing his Russians around for a game of Chain of Command tonight, as mentioned before we are playing scenario six 'Attack on an Objective' and Dave's Russians will be defending against my Panzer Grenadier's, so it will be interesting to see what he chooses from the support list
We will either get another practice game in after this or we may kick off with the excellent new campaign supplement for Chain of Command from The Too Fat Lardies, 'AT THE SHARP END'.
Working on lots of vehicles for WW2 at the moment, Early and Late War German and British. The ones in the pictures below have been primed, then undercoated with appropriate colour. Since taking this picture, the Tiger1, Puma, SD.KFZ 251/10 and the Kubelwagon are just about finished, so they will be coming up in a future post. I also need to have lots of choice from the support lists if I am going to do a campaign. It is almost starting to become a bit of an arms race with Dave's Russians as he is constantly producing more and more stuff from his lists.