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FirstSpirit, the content management system from e-Spirit, meets the highest standards of usability and performance. It manages content for websites, portal or similar, in the form of page containers, which in turn can contain further structured content containers. Each container is based on a template that bundles the dynamic and validatable user form and template source text per output channel. The source text is formulated in a proprietary template language. This achieves a strict separation of content, structure and design (layout).
Editorial content that does not change constantly needs to be generated only once and will be available on the web server. Dynamic content is delivered live as needed. Within the editorial environment provided, the content is dynamically displayed to give the editor direct feedback about its changes (WYSIWYG). The access rights administration (visible, read, change, create, delete, release, see metadata, change metadata and change access rights) can be configured flexibly and can be supplemented by individual workflows.
The VANTAiO FirstSpirit Integration Package for SAP enables the administration of Web content in FirstSpirit and the subsequent publication of the content in the SAP Enterprise Portal. It makes the portal editorial work particularly comfortable and intuitive.
Based on the latest SAP standards, we have developed a basic software suitable for FirstSprit CMS, which makes your portal solution ready for use quickly and provides all functionalities for a smooth use. A specific integration package ensures optimal integration of the diverse VANTAiO modules. These are freely selectable from an extensive pool with the four categories "People & Collaboration", "Documents", "Content", "Applications & Processes". This is how you can conveniently and easily design your individual portal solution based on FirstSpirit CMS.
Whether intranet or extranet: always the optimal framework for your portal solution. VANTAiO workFrame and webFrame are highly flexible and performant portal frameworks – with them you can easily organize your portal.
Responsive multi-column portal grid for assembling modular, dynamic content pages. Required for a device-sparing presentation and arrangement of the VANTAiO modules.
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Ursa Major – "Genesis"
Ursa Major drops the official visuals for the song titled "Genesis" directed by John "DatzHott" Reedburg cinematography by Aaron Ryder & Saad Hameed, camera by Crystal Kelley, Reggie Simon & Ted Endres. Enjoy this video stream below after the jump.
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OVER the weekend in our Under-10s league Redcar Athletic entertained Kader FC and in an entertaining match went down by four goals to one with Billie-Jo Farmer scoring the consolation goal and for Kader Chloe Bedford netted a fine hat-trick and Emily Hannah finished the scoring, and in the only other match Skelton Utd lost 2-1 at home to Cali Ladies with Sophie Bowers scoring for Skelton and Abigail Cooper hitting a brace for Cali.
In the Under-12s Redcar Athletic Lasses drew 2-2 with Kader with goals from Kelsey Pattison and Ellie Gordon and the Kader goals were courtesy of Chloe Biggs with a brace, and in the other games Skelton Utd beat Middleton Rangers 3 nil at home and South Park Rangers drew 1-1 at home to Redcar Athletic.
In the Under-14s, the only game saw Cali Ladies beat Kader 6-1 and in the Under-16s it was a heavy 11 nil home defeat for Redcar Athletic against League Leaders California Ladies with Charlie Mett scoring three, Emilie Garbutt, Sofia Cansado Fernandez and Lottie Barnes all scoring a brace each and one apiece for Adele Hughes and Zara Johnson.


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T'was the Night Before Christmas Printable
T'was the Night Before Christmas Printable
Lovely Christmas printable inspired by the timeless Clement Clarke Moore Poem, T'was the Night Before Christmas. 8x10 for easy printing and framing. Perfect for gifts for coworkers, friends and family.
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"I will protect the innocent."
From the globally popular multiplayer first-person shooter Overwatch comes a figma of Pharah!
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These are the artifacts of my radical and relentless pursuit of joy.
For much of my working life, I have been a graphic designer — it is a world in which there is much consideration and hand-wringing given to the balance of form and function. (If you think about it for an extra second, much of life suffers this same scrutiny — this job or that one, this partner or that one, this dream or that security.)
In contrast, the natural world has shown itself to be insanely beautiful in every instance despite the fact that it doesn't have to be. Mama Earth always chooses the joyful option and for this, I am grateful to my core. It is an answer when I can find no other.
A few years ago while I was working on my MFA at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, I put together a manifesto. I did it by combing through years' worth of letters, journals, and emails. I was pretty desperate to find out what I knew about myself. It turns out that I actually knew quite a bit and had known it for quite awhile. But I wasn't brave enough to listen to myself.
Mamha Life is a kind of surrender to what I KNOW. It is a search for joy and purpose and meaning that waxes and wanes like the moon — full bright to dark to full bright again. Every cycle a chance to learn, grow and let go of what is no longer serving me.
Mamha is a vibration of appreciation for the ever-present reminders about who I am and who I want to be that come from Mama Earth, from Source, from the Universe, from God, from... It is also a vibration of acknowledgment and love from my searching heart to yours. A ripple of energy I want to put into the world.
There are a lot of different things on this site, but the majority of them are bowls. Hand-made, heart-made vessels to hold what most needs holding for you.
A nourishing meal to feed your body.
A candle for contemplation.
The wedding ring of the marriage that doesn't fit anymore.
A crystal for healing.
The small and wondrous gifts from the hands of a young child.
Flowers and herbs for making your magic.
There is nothing perfect here other than my intention to set off the vibration in you. To remind you of your intentions, your magic, and your power to seek and manifest your joy.
You are magic. I am magic. We are insanely beautiful.
We are heart-made, too.
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I have a small software to send data to a database using an Arduino with a GPRS shield. This is continuous data (every 15 minutes) from a PV Power Inverter with a RS 485 link, with storage to buffer when signal not available...
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My name is Ryo Sato, and I work for Higher Ground as a SEL Instructor, Child Advocate and a Rec Coach. I go to Tucson Unified School District Alternative Education Program site in the morning to teach Social Emotional Learning, Social Skills at Sunnyside School in the afternoon, and build relationships with students at our main facility during after school hours.
Something interesting about me is that I was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan and spent 19 years of my life there. This is my 10th year living in Tucson. I enjoy the food and culture here.
I strongly believe that what we do is making a huge impact to the community. Through my work, I hope that I can be a part of this community and make a positive impact with my knowledge and experiences.


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I am here in gorgeous Georgian Bay, at Belle au Clair beach in the Township of Tiny, which is named for one of the dogs of Lady Sarah Maitland, the tall, red-haired asthmatic wife of the Governor-General. Neighboring townships are named for her other dogs, Tay and Floss. There is a traditional prayer recited by the locals on Canada Day, expressing gratitude that her dogs were not called Spike, Killer and Vicious.
At Belle au Clair beach, stately pines stand erect at the point where the white sand dunes meet the sandy soil that loves oaks, and the water is tropically warm on account of the shallowness of Lake Huron, but in order to connect to Wi-Fi I have bicycled three relatively flat miles to the Tiny Fire Station in Lafontaine which is not named for the author of the fable of the Bees and the Hornets.
From the cottage at Belle-au-Clair to this Fire Station is exactly 1/200th the distance traveled by the intrepid Father Jean Brebeuf, the Jesuit missionary, 'Apostle to the Hurons', who paddled and portaged from Trois Rivières in Quebec to the Huron Country around Georgian Bay.
This tubercular but determined young man arrived in Canada in 1625. At that time, the Hurons were engaged in friendly trading with the French; all the while warring with their traditional enemies, the Iroquois. Brebeuf set out to learn the Huron language and wrote the first French-Huron Dictionary, which includes seven different words for bear, to distinguish the age and temperament of the bear in question, as well as a 23-letter word for "a splay-footed female who used to be my wife". By 1647 Brebeuf had managed to convert thousands of Hurons from their heathen ways to the rituals of Christianity. He even composed a Huron Christmas Carol, in which the friendly Indian Christmas tree is an eerie foreshadowing of the clear cutting of their vast pine forests. The denuded lands were later replanted and reinvented as Christmas tree farms, and this leads us directly to the fact that every December a Quebecois, hawking his hewn conifers, inhabits every street corner in Manhattan.
But this happy state of affairs (caroling Hurons living in harmony with bilingual frog-eating blackrobes) could not last forever. By 1648 the Iroquois were winning the war with the Hurons, and in 1649 Jean de Brebeuf and another Jesuit were captured and tortured to death. It was said that the Iroquois were so impressed by his courage under duress that they cut out his heart and drank his blood, in order to ingest his strength. The Iroquois may have remained adamantly unconverted, but apparently they had their own form of communion.
A few days later his body was recovered, and some forward-thinking Hurons – anticipating Brebeuf's canonization as well as the touristic value of his bones – boiled his body with lye and gathered his bones as relics.
And that is how Jean Brebeuf's skull came to reside in a gold Gothic reliquary at the Martyrs' Shrine in Midland, Ontario where I dragged my three friends, a former Christian Scientist, an Anglican and an atheist, for all of whom this Papist relic-worshipping is anathema.
Actually, it only the left half of his skull that inhabits Martyrs' Shrine. Was this decided because that part of the skull encased the left brain that enabled Brebeuf to learn several Native American languages? Not that fluency in their tongue stopped the Iroquois from hanging red-hot tomahawks around his neck.
And where is his right skull?
A Klondike bar would have been perfect after viewing the skull of Brebeuf, but sadly The Martyrs' Shrine Café was closed. Nous etions desolées. Imagine the menu possibilities.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Posted by Christine Lehner at 11:40 AM
Labels: Georgian Bay, Hurons, Iroquois, Jean de Brebeuf, Jesuits, Martyrs' Shrine, Ontario, Tiny
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- Diggitt said...
I took 10 gigs worth of pics around Georgian Bay two weeks ago, and my cards and their backup were both in my backpack when it was stolen. Still, life is good. We loved Georgian Bay, at least the Niagara Escarpment side of it.
- August 15, 2010 at 4:04 PM
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Pieces Of Advice That When Followed Will Transform You To An Excellent Leader At Your Organization
You do not require to have expert knowledge to know that to become an outstanding manager in your organization can be a quite daunting task. You should keep in mind that your firm is banking on you so that you can give the best directions which means that you cannot afford to be careless when discharging your duties. You cannot afford not to sacrifice some of your time for the advantage of the company and think that you will be an effective leader. It is wise that you examine the knowledge that you have regarding management so that you can have the chance to identify ways through which you can increase it. The article will discuss the tips that will assist you to become an effective leader at your firm.
It is necessary that you ensure that you look for some time for yourself which means that you must be ready to divert your attention from other people and works for a moment. You should not forget that leadership is one of the skills that are inbuilt which explains why you cannot afford not to take care for yourself. You should know that you will need the energy and confidence that comes from within you if you want to be a successful leader. It is wise that you see to it that you use the period that you have delegated for yourself to gather more knowledge regarding the management task.
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Stick Boy Bread Company wants to help local kids start school feeling confident and prepared.
This week only - bring any NEW packaged school supplies to Bakery location and receive a $1 gift card in exchange. If you bring folders or items small individual items, then quantities of 10 or more equal a $1 gift card. If you bring 5 packaged items then you will receive a $5 gift card!
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This past holiday season Starkey HearCare held their inaugural "Dear Santa" Holiday Contest. The goal of this contest was to be able to provide the gift of hearing to someone in need this holiday season, specifically, someone that did not have the means to purchase their own set of hearing instruments.
Starkey HearCare works closely with the Starkey Hearing Foundation, which gives hearing aids to those in need across our globe. The Starkey Hearing Foundation gives over 100,000 hearing aids to children and others suffering from hearing loss in 3rd world countries per year. Starkey HearCare wanted to do their part back home in America.
For more information on the Starkey Hearing Foundation please click here.
Over 20,000 individuals had the chance to apply. These were people who had previously visited an Starkey HearCare Network Clinic in the past and showed signs of hearing loss but never purchased.
The contest was designed to have a loved one, such as a family member, friend, or acquaintance, write to Starkey HearCare explaining why this individual should receive the gift of hearing. After reading through several touching submissions, Ms. Lynda Coats was selected as the winner!
Lynda's two daughters and four grandchildren all participated in providing their input on why their mother and grandmother should receive the gift of hearing. Ms. Coats had previously had a hearing examination conducted and she was diagnosed with moderately to severe hearing loss. She is also losing her vision in both eyes. After reading the touching letters, Starkey HearCare decided she was the perfect candidate to receive the gift of hearing in order to engage in conversations with her family and friends again.
Since Lynda was out of Alabama, she met with Pattillo Balance and Hearing Center's Fred Turner. Fred is a Hearing Instrument Specialist with over 15 years of experience in the hearing aid industry. Fred has helped thousands of people enjoy the gift of hearing and he was ecstatic to help Lynda on that same journey! The fitting was covered by the local TV station as well as the local newspaper. We want to thank Fred and Lynda's family for helping us provide her the gift of hearing!
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Well hello blogger land! I know, I know, this isa non link up post. I'll give you all a minute to let the astonishment sink in. ;-)
Life lately has been completely wonderful, with the occasional busy meltdown on my part, but all in all, it's been pretty fantastic. I can't believe the summer is almost over!! Actually, is it terrible of me to look forward to the beginning of school? I love listening to the kids playing in the neighborhood, but, not past 8:30pm. I'm and old fart and I go to bed around that time every night, so, when noisy kids enjoying their summer freedom mess with my sleep, I look forward to them going back to school prison. I swear, one of these days I'm going to turn into that lady that chases the kids away with a broom. I encountered a lady like that once, and she was terrifying.
Anyway.... life has been keeping us incredibly busy! July was packed full of family time, photo sessions, and a lot of running around. The beginning of August has followed suit. I've been scheduling more week night photo sessions vs. weekend sessions, and I think it's worked out pretty well, aside from a few snags.
:::The pros: I get to spend a lot more time with my boys on the weekends! And, I get to sleep in a little...till a whopping 7am..whoo hoo! It's also given me some time to relax, which has been so SO nice.
:::The cons: I am so busy during the week, that I barely get time to spend with the boys. I come home from work, spend maybe 20 minutes there, and then leave for a session. This also involves me getting up earlier in the morning, like 4:30am, so I can get some editing done.
You win some, you lose some, right? In reality, I'm just trying out different schedules/appointment times to see what works best for me and my family, because I am a mom and a wife first, and my family always comes first, before anything else.
The weather has been amazing the past few weeks in Illinois, and because of the lighter workloads on the weekends, we've been able to spend quite a bit of weekend time outdoors. I've been trying to get my camera out on a more 'candid' basis so I can take random shots of Ryder and Darren, because really, I don't do that enough! I'll look back on these pictures one day and be so thankful that I have them!
Gah, his eyelashes are SO long! I wonder if I'll always fawn over them?!
Love this man. :-)
This little guy LOVES the slide.
Love this picture. :-)
I miss taking landscape shots!! I'm going to have to venture out sometime soon to get some new ones to add to my collection. :-)
Beaaaaauuuutiful sky. I can't wait to edit these up a little bit. These photos are SOOC (straight off of camera) so I can't wait to 'play' around a bit when I get more time.
I think this one will be nice once I figure out how I want to edit it. I have a vision in my head, but I just haven't had the time to sit down with it yet.
Can you tell he's allllll boy?! He loves jumping and running around all over the place!
Tonight, we're taking Ryder out to the Fairbury fair. Last year wasn't a rousing success, so, I'm hoping he's more into it this year.
Have a great weekend, folks! Darren and I are having a little date weekend away, and I'm really looking forward to it!
Happy Friday! :-)
Tonight, we're taking Ryder out to the Fairbury fair. Last year wasn't a rousing success, so, I'm hoping he's more into it this year.
Have a great weekend, folks! Darren and I are having a little date weekend away, and I'm really looking forward to it!
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So we have learned that brick buildings built in the 1800's need ALOT of TLC-- alot alot. Currently the Brick Doctor is back at the Inn fixing the lining on the back chimney, getting it ready to fully functional so that the new wood stove that has been installed in the library can start burning wood! Yay!
Sometimes it is AMAZING to think about all the hidden work that has gone into getting this beautiful building ready to take guests. It feels like there won't be a corner untouched once it is complete. It can feel discouraging when you have to put time and energy into a house project that doesn't make it "look pretty" but in the end, HAS to be done.
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Swimming Pool Testing
Swimming Pool Testing shows that high chlorine does not mean that a swimming pool it is devoid of bacteria and dirt.
Do you think your pool is clean because you can smell the chlorine? That Chlorine smell is actually chloramines, a substance that results from a mix of chlorine and bacteria. When bacteria enters the pool the chlorine binds with it giving of that distinct odour. Chloramines are responsible for making your eyes red when you swim. The irritants are also thought to trigger asthma attacks and may even lead to some skin irritation and aggravate sensitive skin.
"A really healthy and clean pool would not have an odour at all," Christopher Ohl, a professor of infectious diseases at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina, quoted. More chlorine does not equal better either as it can cause irritation to swimmers. Thats why its so important to get the right balance of Chlorine and theres no easier way to measure it than using Pool Gem for your swimming pool testing. Do you know how much your pool chlorine levels fluctuate and what causes this. The pool gem takes readings at 15 minute intervals so you can see exactly whats going o.
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Hickory End Grain Cutting Board With Inlay
These cutting boards are absolutely stunning and a blast to make. They are made from Hickory lumber and we have two different inlays in them. We are certainly open to customers' request with regards to inlay design. We used Peruvian Walnut on the side of the legs. The dimensions are as follows:
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Mexico, Central America, & the Caribbean: Intense water deficits forecast for southern Mexico & Jamaica
24 August 2018
The 12-month forecast ending April 2019 (below) indicates severe to exceptional water deficits in southern Mexico. Primarily moderate deficits are forecast in the central north, and some moderate surpluses are expected in Sonora.
In Central America, moderate to severe deficits are forecast for Guatemala and El Salvador. Some pockets of moderate surplus are forecast in southeastern Guatemala and Nicaragua.
In the Caribbean, severe deficits are forecast for western Cuba, and surpluses are expected in central Cuba.
The 3-month maps (below) show the evolving conditions in more detail.
The August through October map above indicates the emergence of significant deficits in southern Mexico, and are expected to be exceptional in Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas, and Campeche. Moderate deficits are forecast for Tamaulipas, and severe deficits will persist in the northern Baja Peninsula. Moderate to severe surpluses will emerge in eastern and southern Sonora.
Deficits will reach into Central America, with moderate to severe deficits forecast for Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and western Nicaragua. Surpluses are forecast for southeastern Nicaragua, eastern Costa Rica, and Panama.
In the Caribbean, deficits will downgrade to mild in western Cuba, will spread and intensify somewhat in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with some severe pockets. Conditions in Jamaica are forecast to transition from surplus to extreme deficit.
From November through January exceptional deficits will shrink considerably in southern Mexico, though deficits will remain widespread and severe in the region, with a pocket of exceptional intensity persisting in Campeche. Deficits will spread in Central America – reaching deeper into Nicaragua, and into Costa Rica and Panama – and are expected to be primarily moderate to severe. Deficits in Baja will downgrade to mild. Surpluses will persist in Sonora and will emerge along the Rio Grande. Conditions in the Caribbean will downgrade to mild deficits.
The forecast for the final three months – February through April – indicates that deficits in southern Mexico and Central America will see an uptick in intensify, with more pockets of exceptional deficit. Surpluses will diminish in Sonora but persist along the Rio Grande.
(It should be noted that forecast skill declines with longer lead times.)
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua have gone long periods with no rain since June, threatening food security of millions of Central Americans. While dry conditions are expected in this region in August, this year's dry period, or canícula, began much earlier than normal, causing crop losses amounting to $37 million in El Salvador, and $44.5 million in Guatemala. Eastern El Salvador went over a month without rain while temperatures peaked at 41 degrees C (107.6 degrees F) last month, leading the country to take emergency measures. Guatemalan dignitaries requested that the government declare a state of emergency, while a parliament member conjectured that 40 days without rain will result in a 78 percent loss of basic crops.
Over the last two years, drought in Panama has caused over $72 million in agricultural losses. Over 5,000 hectares (over 13,000 acres) of corn and rice were lost in the 2015-2016 season, when the country faced one of its worst dry seasons in 100 years.
Costa Rica will begin a $457.8 million project to deliver water to the dry northwestern region of Guanacaste. Guanacaste historically receives little rain relative to the rest of the country, but in recent decades the dryness has been exacerbated and has strained the region's population and its farmers. The proposal for the project had been pending since 1983.
Jamaica's National Water Commission reported that a treatment plant in Manchester Parish is at 65 percent capacity, causing interruptions in service to some customers.
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New and Exclusive Orkney 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch
Following on from our very popular, and very good, exclusive St Ola® Orcadian blended malt, we are back with another exclusive Orkney scotch whiskey. This time a single malt scotch bottled by our chums at Berry Bros & Rudd:- a company synonymous with quality spirits. And this Orkney single cask that we have exclusively selected is no different. So without further ado, we are delighted to bring to you our Orkney 15 Year old, 2002, Berry Bros Exclusive 56.8% Cask #3.
From Orkney Islands
We don't need to beat around the bush too much here. We all know from which Orcadian distillery this comes from. Think HP sauce; Orkney's main town, Kirkwall; St. Magnus Cathedral and you are thinking correctly. And as we always say, we STILL haven't come across a Scapa cask. Furthermore, the whisky speaks for itself with a definitive character from this renowned scotch distillery. So what are the details? Well, just 180 bottles are available at cask strength 56.8%. Matured in a sherry butt #3 having been distilled in December 2002 and bottled 15 years later in 2018. All natural colour and no chill-filtration in sight. Proper scotch.
Tasting Notes
Usually we like to add our own notes but Berry's have done a spot on job in our opinion.
"This sherry butt has archived the tricky balance of peat and sherry beautifully. Aromas of cigar box, leather and honey abound.
The palate delivers a near perfect orcadian whiskey, combining dried figs, dates and runes with peat smoke and complex floral notes.
The is superlative whiskey finishes with clove rock and more rich fruit."
Couldn't have said it better. This Orkney whisky brings in all the elements of peatiness, sweetness, rough, smooth, fresh and musky in perfect harmony. Class.
At 15 year old, cask strength, single cask and approx £80gbp, this is a scotch whiskey to take a closer look at.
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One of the most important pieces of gear is what you decide to sleep in. Especially when you are sleeping in it for months on end. The one unfortunate thing about sleeping bags are their rating system -- or lack thereof. Here in America, there is no standard way of rating a sleeping bag, and even if there were, the differences between people's circulation, comfort, etc. makes it difficult to really know how a sleeping bag will work for you.
The first and foremost thing you must do is test out your bag. Companies like REI and backcountry.com allow you to return used products if they don't work out, so it does make sense to purchase two sleeping bags, and see which you like most.
There are a few key factors to take into consideration: the varying temperatures of your trip, the conditions (super rainy, or bone dry), and lastly, how you personally sleep. I am a warm sleeper. I would say a hot sleeper. And because of the fact that we have been in the desert for the past month and a half, and will be in the mountains soon, I needed a bag that would keep me comfortable without overheating me, or letting me freeze.
Down is the choice for me. Down regulates temperature better, and with the Phantoms 800 fill power, keeps the bag lightweight (FYI, fill power has NOTHING to do with warmth. It has to do with the quality and weight of the down). Synthetic material is good for wet conditions when cmaping in a bivy, and the potential for the bag to get wet is high, but it weighs much more, and is much bulkier. Keep the down in a dry bag, and it will be good to go, take up less room in your pack, and be much lighter!
The Phantom weighs in a hair over 2 lbs. For a 15 degree bag, that's pretty darn good! The bottom is on the tighter side, but my legs aren't suffocated or squished in there, so am happy they cut down on the weight and slimmed it down a bit. As it goes up the bag, it widens out -- big time. There is plenty of space to move around and get cozy. The draft guard is an extra bit of down that covers the backside of the zipper preventing any air from hitting your body through the zipper, making for a comfortable sleep.
My one qualm with the bag is the mummy hood, it's a sliver. When zipped up all the way, your face is covered and only room for your eyes to peak out. This makes for a good cold weather bag, but gets a little in the way on warmer nights when it's not zipped up all the way. I would prefer a little more room for my head up top, but I'm sure I'll appreciate the extra warmthin the mountains to come.


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5 legislators push for audit of Clemson
Five legislators who last year requested a probe into Clemson University's public services activities say they still want the Legislative Audit Council review after a state senator failed to have Clemson answer questions directly and avoid an audit.
The Legislative Audit Council in December postponed any action on the request by five House members for an audit to allow Sen. Mike Fair of Greenville to attempt to satisfy the legislators by arranging meetings between school officials and the lawmakers.
"They were not able to satisfy one another," Fair told The Greenville News. Fair is an ex-officio member of the LAC, the state's watchdog agency.
Clemson's Public Service Activities program operates a variety of research facilities and education centers throughout the state, as well as local extension offices and the 4-H program. The PSA last year had a total budget of about $69 million, $38 million of which came from the state's General Fund.
The five lawmakers are concerned, they wrote to the LAC, over "random" budget cuts to PSA, hefty salary raises to certain personnel and whether the school's extension services are being harmed by the "realignment" of funding to nonagricultural services, such as to the Restoration Institute, the North Charleston home of the Confederate submarine Hunley and the future home of a wind turbine test site.
One of the five lawmakers requesting the audit, Rep. Dwight Loftis of Greenville, alleged that the school lobbied the LAC and lawmakers in an attempt to prevent the audit.
"I think there is suspicion of a problem there with an agency that has more power over the audit council than the legislative body that set it up," he said. "Is there an ethics question there? I think maybe there is. When an entity to be audited says, 'No, we don't want to be,' maybe we need to look into that."
David Wilkins, the former U.S. ambassador to Canada who chairs the Clemson board, denied the school had tried to lobby the LAC or legislators over the issue. He said the school's director of governmental affairs, who also serves as the trustees' executive secretary, talked to the LAC about audit procedures, when they would take it up and "what the options were."
Wilkins, a former House speaker, said he talked to Loftis twice about the issue.
"I expressed my view that Clemson had absolutely nothing to hide, that we would be happy to sit down with him and answer his questions fully," he said. "Of course, if he wanted to move forward with the audit and incur the expense of that, which is expensive in these dire economic times, then he certainly had the right to do that."
Loftis said: "My concern has been that Clemson is moving away from their land-grant mission."
Others requesting the audit are: Rep. Mike Pitts of Laurens, Rep. David Umphlett of Moncks Corner, Rep. Jeff Duncan of Clinton, and Rep. Mike Gambrell of Honea Path.
Wilkins said he doesn't believe an audit is necessary. He said the school also disagrees with some of the statements made in the letter requesting the audit.
Cathy Sams, a spokeswoman for Clemson, said the university wants to be transparent about its operations, including PSA.
"We have offered to meet directly with members of the Legislative Audit Council," she said in a statement, "so that we would have an opportunity to correct some inaccurate information that was included in some of the initial communication, and so that we could respond to all questions and provide all requested information without incurring the expense of a formal audit."
Loftis said he has been told the PSA's research centers have been told that they have to "earn their own way" because of the state's budget situation, that some PSA employees have received raises of 39 percent while others have been furloughed, and that pass-through funds have been frozen.
He said while the university has provided information in response to Fair's request, he has no way to verify it. He said, for instance, while the university has provided information that the Restoration Institute's funding is valid, he wants the LAC to look at the issue.
Pitts said his chief concerns are with the state's veterinarian office. He said the university provided information and answers to his questions, but he still wants the LAC to proceed with an audit.
"I would still like to see a review of Clemson PSA," he said. "Some of the questions I had are still in place. It just keeps coming to the surface that there are some problems at Clemson PSA, and I think an audit would shed a lot of light on it."
Philip Laughridge, chairman of the LAC, said the next step will be to ask Loftis to clarify the exact scope of his request and then to bring it to the board for a vote, probably in a couple of months.
However, former Rep. Tommy Hartnett, a member of the LAC, said he is opposed to having the LAC audit Clemson with the information that has been presented.
"From what I gathered, it was the sentiment of the members of the council that was really an administrative decision," he said of Clemson putting more money into some programs than others in PSA. "If they want to emphasize one thing over another, it's hard to say that's a subject for the Legislative Audit Council."
He also said the LAC has had its funds slashed dramatically, and other significant requests are pending. "I do not think I would vote to spend our very limited resources on that audit," he said.


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a little love
"You sure you like the tree?" I ask nobody in particular as I set down my plate at the table. The new Christmas tree is adorned with a multitude of white lights and a few ornaments I stole from my ex's stash. "Come over with your ornament box," I pleaded to him in my cellphone the day before as I was snapping the three prelit pieces of plastic splendor together in my new living room. "Hey, I watched Charlie Brown's Christmas with the boys this year and I really enjoyed it," my ex replied with enthusiasm. I was focused on bending my tree's wire branches into position. "Uh huh… so I think there are some I want and you're not using them, right? And come over now if you can, I want your opinion," I said. I clipped the cellphone shut, plugged in the cord, and stood back to get a better view.
The glow of the tree's millionth mini light bulb gave it an overall neon look, less like the "faintly-reminiscent-of-snow covered" look it had in the Big Lots store. It was now looking even more fake than I thought.
"Mom, the tree is fine. At least you got a tree. I can't believe you were thinking of skipping it. You can't have Christmas without a tree," says the younger teen walking past me with his plate of food in his hand. Across the table, the tea light candles shimmer in the new mercury glass holders and cast a glow on my partners face as she nods in agreement. It's dusk outside on a mild December day and the horizon glows pink in the spaces between the pine trees in the far back yard. Two boxwood wreaths in each window, designed to match the ones from the page I tore out of the Olive and Cocoa catalog, hang from a red grosgrain ribbon. A green blinking triangle starts to form in the very corner of my eye, and I try to pretend I don't really see the artificialness of the tree.
The younger teen plops himself down at the head of the long rectangular table and puts his plate down on the mat just as I'm sliding it into place. This is the room where my partner has traditionally hosted large dinner parties and holidays and the three of us now look slightly lost. We are crowded over at one end of the table, a large plate of italian sausage and white beans before us, the place settings flanked by cloth napkins, and the table center studded with three small flickering candles.
"Do you think you added enough olives to this, mom?" asks the younger teen creating a brown cone-shaped pile on the edge of his plate.
"This recipe has olives and capers to give it that salty taste," I say to him. "You like the rest of it though, right? You are eating the escarole right now."
"Hey! what about me?" asks the older teen now emerging from the basement and sniffing out the smells of dinner wafting from the kitchen stove.
"Go get yourself a plate," I say to him. "But I"m not sure you will like it."
"Mom, can we order the IPad now? I can show you the one I want," says the younger teen.
"Hey, I left my Christmas list on the table too, did you see it, Mom?" asks the older teen.
"Do you like the tree?" I ask him as he sits at the table beside me.
Without looking up from his plate he says, "It's great. Nice tree."
"Should I put it in an envelope and send it to Santa?" ribs my partner directing her fork toward the older teen across the table."
"Yah? you think you're funny, huh J dog? And you over there, son, don't say anything or I'll hurt you," he says, looking at his younger brother.
I tune out the flurry of Christmas list conversation and remember my mom's text message to me as I walked the aisles of the Big Lots store days before. "I can't believe you are shopping at Big Lots, you have changed."
And she is right, in a way. A lot has changed this year. It's been five months since my teens and I moved in to my partner's house down the street from my old apartment. The house is different, the tree is artificial, and we are ordering high-tech toys from my laptop computer at the dinner table with a credit card and calling it Christmas cheer. But what's really new is that I don't know when I'm going to muster up some holiday spirit this year. And maybe it's ok if I don't try to fake it. Maybe it will arrive magically over dinner on Christmas day, when we all sit together sharing a meal like this one, and the sun sets in the backyard, the candles start glowing, and we are all suddenly and brilliantly reminded of how grateful we are to have each other. The same as always.
"Yeah that's better," I think to myself and look directly at the bright spectacle in the corner. I conjure up images of Charlie Brown and his unadorned real tree in contrast to my spanking new, pre-lit fake one.
It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love.
I just texted my son from my bed at 7am. It went like this. "Hey I'm trying this foolishness." And instantly, to the tune of one very annoying sound bite from a "Panic in the Disco" song that goes like, OOOOOOOH well imagine… as Im pacing…, my winged text is here. Here it is flying around on my cell phone screen. I open the envelope and it reads: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I try again, painfully scrolling through the letters one at a time to form a tiny little word with my thumb. And while I'm doing this from the comfort of my bed, here comes "Panic in the Disco" yet again. OOOOOOOH well imagine… as Im pacing… Another little envelope with wings dances across my cellphone screen. My son, from the TV room, has expertly and instantly texted me again. It reads, "Do u mean texting?"
Now I'm sweating. I have to finish my sentence before noon. My answer reads. Yes (and then a space because I can't find the comma) I cant find any punctuation. And can I just mention how long it took me to type the word punctuation? I'm a Web professional. I work with young hipsters on such marvels as UX interfaces and wireframes and I sit in meetings where we discuss CSS and the latest CMS. But I just can't do this texting thing. It's maddening. OOOOOOOH well imagine… as Im pacing… My son's next text reads, "It's ok, where are you?"
It should be obvious where I am on a Saturday morning at 7am when he has several teenage boys strewn across the floor of the TV room right now still in their jeans from last night's sleepover. But one's whereabouts are truly irrelevant in the brave new teenage world of text messaging and virtual family time. I concentrate fully and whip out a three word instant reply, "I'm in bed." OOOOOOOH well imagine…as Im pacing…
And the next text back reads, "O haha, can we have breakfast?"
That sums it up. I'm restored. Can we have breakfast? Now that I can do. I whip the cellphone on the bed, put on my flannel pajamas, and walk seven steps to the door of the TV room and peek my head in. My son is sitting on the overstuffed chair with the TV blaring and a cellphone in his hands in the text keyboard mode, headphones on, feet on the table, three other sleepy boys of all sizes lounging on every surface. He grins at me. "How about cinnamon buns?" I ask in a real voice looking at my real son. Yep. There he is. He's still a kid, but just barely. He's still mine. I still have another morning.
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Kelly 174: Serco's Patentee Grenfell Fires, Mueller's LEO Crime Scene Pride, AD Letter Of Marque
General John F. Kelly
White House Chief of Staff
Washington, D.C. 20528
Open letter from the Cloud Centric Crime Scene Investigators of Abel Danger
December 31, 2017
Dear General Kelly:
Please accept Brief 174 from Field McConnell – United States Marine Corps whistle-blower and Global Operations Director of Abel Danger (AD) – on Serco's digital fires instructors at USMC Base Camp Pendleton who allegedly initiated patentee devices described in Variable yield device and method of use US 8371224 B1 and Double sheet aluminum panel and method for manufacture thereof US 20160096343 A1 on June 14, 2017 to control body counts and times of deaths during the Grenfell Tower fires in London for betting by Serco private equity groups through Real-time interactive wagering on event outcomes US 8512129 B2 (Developed by Hillary Clinton's bundler Howard Lutnick in Cantor Fitzgerald's office in WTC1 for the 9/11 attacks?).
McConnell alleges that Serco used Demon face recognition software to track the Marine Corps veteran and former FBI Director Robert Mueller through Law Enforcement Online (LEO) networks including the FBI Bomb Data Center Database; the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the DOJ Joint Automated Booking System and the virtual command centers, and allow DOJ Pride insiders to sabotage crime scene investigations (CSI) into London's Grenfell Tower and the NYC Twin Tower arson attacks.
McConnell alleges that Serco – formerly RCA GB 1929 – private equity groups and shareholders have custody of patent-pool devices which allow the Greek Life associates of Bill Clinton (Phi Beta Kappa) and Wilbur Ross (Kappa Beta Phi), Serco's former investment banker at N M Rothschild & Sons, to bet on death by digital fires and destroy evidence of murder for hire in a conspiracy with DOJ Pride.
Contingent on receipt of a Presidential letter of Marque and Reprisal, Field McConnell is standing by to brief you on how an Abel Danger Marine Expeditionary Unit, would seize and transfer the assets of Serco's and Rothschild's patentee SWAT teams to the lawful custody of the United States' government and destroy the Greek Life secret societies which McConnell alleges were responsible for the arson attack on the U.S. Patent Office in the USA Post Office, Blodget's Hotel, Washington, on December 15 1836.
SERCO GROUP PLC: List of Subsidiaries AND Shareholders! [Note agents for Northern Trust and the Teachers (TIAA) Pension Fund would have met with agents of the government of Saudi Arabia on the 47th floor of WTC 1 on 9/11]
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"Digital Fires Instructor Serco – [Marine Corps Base] Camp Pendleton, CA Uses information derived from all military disciplines (e.g., aviation, ground combat, command and control, combat service support, intelligence, and opposing forces) to determine changes in enemy capabilities, vulnerabilities, and probable courses of action."
"The Grenfell Tower fire broke out on 14 June 2017 at the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of public housing flats in North Kensington, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, West London. It caused 71 deaths, including one stillbirth, and over 70 injuries.[1][2][3]Occupants of 23 of the 129 flats died,[4] but 223 people escaped.[1][5] Inquests for all 70 victims have been opened and adjourned at Westminster Coroner's Court.[6]
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry held its first hearing on 14 September 2017,[7] and evidential hearings started in October.[8][9] Police and fire services believe the fire started accidentally in a fridge-freezeron the fourth floor.[10] The rapid growth of the fire is thought to have been accelerated by the building's exterior cladding, which is of a common type in widespread use.[11] An independent review of building regulations and fire safety is in progress.[12][13]"
"Factory owned by Grenfell cladding manufacturer catches fire
Telegraph Reporters
A factory owned by the maker of Grenfell Tower's cladding panels has caught fire.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service was called to the production plant of Arconic in Exeter just before 1.30am on Saturday.
The US firm produces the Reynobond PE panels, installed as one component of the west London block's cladding system during a refurbishment.
Due to the potential serious nature of this incident and knowledge of the type of building involved, fire control made the decision to redirect fire appliances from other lower priority incidents in the area Fire Service
It is suspected that the material, which is coated in aluminium but has a plastic, flammable core, helped fuel the devastating blaze in June.
Fire crews rushed to the factory on Kestral Way following reports of a fire in the casting plant at its foundry section.
The fire service said: "Due to the potential serious nature of this incident and knowledge of the type of building involved, fire control made the decision to redirect fire appliances from other lower priority incidents in the area to ensure fire service resources were in attendance as soon as possible."
Eight fire engines were sent to tackle the blaze, which started accidentally, along with additional support vehicles.
By 2.30am, the fire had spread to part of the roof of the factory, but firefighters using breathing apparatus brought it under control and extinguished it before 3am.
The factory's furnace area was damaged by the fire and smoke, but no-one was injured.
In June, Arconic announced it was stopping global sales of Reynobond PE cladding for tall buildings, citing concerns about the "inconsistency of building codes across the world".
It said in a separate statement that the panels were provided to a company which supplied them to the facade installer working on behalf of the contractor for Grenfell Tower's refurbishment.
The company wrote at the time: "We were not involved in the installation of the system, nor did we have a role in any other aspect of the building's refurbishment or original design.""
"Variable yield device and method of use
An apparatus and method for selectively varying the yield of an explosive device is provided. The apparatus generally comprises a main charge that may selectively be consumed and/or detonated to achieve the selected yield ranging from about 0% to about 100%.
Publication number: US8371224 B1
Publication type: Grant
Application number: US 12/315,489
Publication date: 12 Feb 2013
Filing date: 26 Nov 2008
Priority date: 26 Nov 2008
Fee status: Lapsed
Inventors: Christopher Boswell, Gerardo Pangilinan, Von Whitley
Original Assignee: The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy
Export Citation: BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
Patent Citations (14), Referenced by (6), Classifications (14),Legal Events (4)
External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet"
"Double sheet aluminum panel and method for manufacture thereof
A double sheet aluminum panel has a first layer of a first aluminum material attached to a second layer of a second aluminum material by an adhesive, such as a thermosetting polymer disposed there between, producing a non-flammable panel. In a method for making the panel, the adhesive is applied to one or both sheets of aluminum, heated, then pressure rolled to distribute the adhesive into a thin film that bonds the two layers of aluminum together. The layers may be of the same or different composition and thickness and may be subjected to anodization and conversion coating.
Publication number: US20160096343 A1
Publication type: Application
Application number: US 14/873,556
Publication date: Apr 7, 2016
Filing date:Oct 2, 2015
Priority date: Oct 2, 2014
Inventors: Laure Quiquerez, Eric Rominger
Original Assignee: Alcoa Architectural Products Sas
Export Citation: BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
Classifications (31), Legal Events (2)
External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet"
"STATEMENT OF ROBERT S. MUELLER, 111 DIRECTOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HEARING ENTITLED "THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION" PRESENTED May 20,2009 .. Phase I set the foundation for the entire enterprise. We are working with Lockheed Martin to implement Phase I1 in increments, with a target completion date of Fall 2009. … For example, we launched an initiative to consolidate the FBI's Unclassified Network with Law Enforcement Online (LEO), which is the unclassified secure network we use to share information with registered law enforcement partners. ."
"Law Enforcement Online (LEO) LEO now has over 50,000 users with secure connections and has implemented the FBI National Alert System with the ability to reach over 20,000 members in five minutes; over 240 special interest groups, including hosting services for the FBI Bomb Data Center Database, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Department of Justice Joint Automated Booking System; and 24/7 operational support, including a virtual command center, for special events. CJIS plans to continue expanding interest groups and membership to include critical infrastructure personnel who have a counterterrorism nexus."
"The December 15 1836 U.S. Patent Office fire was the first of several disastrous fires the U.S. Patent Office has had in its history.[1] An initial investigation considered the possibility of arson due to suspected corruption in the Post Office, which shared the same building, but it was later ruled out. The cause was ultimately determined to be accidental. This event is considered to be a turning point in the history of the Patent Office.[2][3]
Local fire suppression efforts were incapable of preventing the damage due to lack of fire personnel and old equipment. Many patent documents and models from the preceding three decades were irretrievably lost. As a result of the fire, Congress and the newly legally revamped Patent Office changed the way it handled its recordkeeping, assigning numbers to patents and requiring multiple copies of supporting documentation."
"Dr. William Thornton (May 20, 1759 – March 28, 1828) was a British-American physician, inventor, painter and architect who designed the United States Capitol, an authentic polymath. He also served as the first Architect of the Capitol and first [Privateer] Superintendent of the United States Patent Office. … Upon the abolition of the board in 1802, President Jefferson appointed Thornton the first Superintendent of the Patent Office. When Washington was burned by the British in 1814, Thornton convinced them not to burn the Patent Office because of its importance to mankind. He held the position from June 1, 1802 until his death in 1828 in Washington, DC. During his tenure, he introduced innovations including the patent reissue practice, which survives to this day.[9] Some of Thornton's reputation as an inventor is due to abuse of his position in the Patent Office. His improvements to John Fitch's 1788 steamboat are patented but didn't work. [10] When John Hall applied for a patent on a new breech-loading rifle in 1811, Thornton claimed he had also invented it. As proof, he showed Hall a Ferguson rifle, a British gun dating from 1776, refusing to issue the patent unless it was in his name as well as Hall's name. [11]"
"1819 June 14. (Jefferson to Thomas McAuley). "I have heard of the Alpha, Phi, Beta and Kappa society, but never understood either it's location or object. when I was a student of Wm, & Mary college of this state there existed a society called the F.H.C. society, confined to a number of six students only, of which I was a member, but it had no useful object. nor do I know whether it now exists." 15″
"Real-time interactive wagering on event outcomes
Systems and methods for real-time interactive wagering on event outcomes are presented. Clients are first qualified and given wagering limits before being allowed to interactively wager on event outcomes. Event outcomes may be based on, for example, financial markets and indices, sporting and entertainment events, casino performances, and natural phenomena such as weather and earthquakes. Events on which wagers can be placed include both those with known and unknown outcome probabilities, and wagers can be a fixed-odds type or a spread-bet type. Wager transactions, including acceptances and confirmations, are executed in real time. Clients can customize displays of events on which they are authorized to wager. Real-time client credit management, automatic dealer hedging, automatic price-spread adjustments, and automatic client and dealer defined wagering limits are also provided.
Publication number: US8512129 B2
Publication type: Grant
Application number: US 09/846,025
Publication date: Aug 20, 2013
Filing date: Apr 30, 2001
Priority date: May 1, 2000
Fee status: Paid
Also published as: CA2407679A1, 17 More »
Inventors: Philip M Ginsberg, Andrew C Gilbert, Howard W Lutnick, Lewis Findlay
Original Assignee: Cfph, Llc
Export Citation: BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
Patent Citations (181), Non-Patent Citations (83), Referenced by (5),Classifications (16), Legal Events (3)"


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Comings and goings
It's been a funny couple of days of preparing, packing and then - nothing and lots all at once! I was scheduled to fly out to Fiji early on Tuesday morning, but plans changed suddenly and our trip has been deferred until December.
Amidst the hurly burly, there have been both arrivals and departures. For the first time in my life I've accumulated enough airpoints to actually do something with them but if you said to me at the beginning of this year I would be doing this much travel, I'd have thought you were having a laugh.
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Park Place, architecturally designed by an international team, will become a spectacular addition to the skyline on Sheikh Zayed Rd and is set to be the most exclusive city address for corporates and residents.
Originally inspired by the shape of a perfume bottle that Mr Bin Drai came across ten years ago, the building has been designed by an Australian firm, Cox Architecture Planning Design, following a design competition between six top international architecture firms who competed to meet the brief.
It is a 60-floor building, {15 floors of Office Building and a further 45 floors of Apartment Building} the building will be sheathed in a 'second skin', protecting it from the heat generated by the fierce Arabian sun as well as channeling cooler air around the inner layer of the building.
Architect: Cox Architecture Planning Design
Location: Sheikh Zayed Rd, Dubai
Date: 2007
Style: Postmodern
Construction: 234 m Double skinned facade
Type: corporate and residents.


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Weight Loss & Chinese Medicine: What You Need to Know
6 Minute Read: Chinese Medicine, weight loss, integrative medicine, alchemy, diet science, holistic health.
"Can you help me lose weight?" I get that question a lot as a Chinese Medicine doctor and coach. The short answer: Yes. I can help you lose excess pounds and body fat. What's more, I can help you do so in a way that fosters whole body-mind health. Now, you may be thinking:
"No, really. I just want to lose weight."
But trust me. You want this whole body-mind health thing. Not only because it feels good, but because it's the key to healthy, sustained weight loss.
So what's my secret? What sets Alchemist Eating apart from other diet and weight-loss plans?
The answer starts with Chinese Medicine and centuries of successful outcomes. It also aligns with cutting-edge science and the new, evidence-based paradigm on eating and metabolism.
First, Chinese Medicine.
In Chinese Medicine, one of our guiding principles is "always seek the root." This principle is a major reason for its effectiveness, proven over thousands of years.
As Chinese Medicine doctors, we go after the root of disease rather than focus on symptoms.
We know that treating symptoms alone will never result in sustained wellness. Sure, a bothersome condition might disappear for a while or even for good. But unless we also address the underlying imbalance, new (often worse) symptoms eventually arise.
In seeking and treating the root of disease, we pay attention to connections and patterns.
Rather than look at each symptom, body system, or aspect of health separately, we take a holistic view. One able to explain why seemingly unrelated symptoms appear in constellation. One able to predict and prevent further progression.
Still with me? Now we'll get back to that weight-loss question:).
In Chinese Medicine, being overweight falls into the disease category of fei pang (often translated as "obesity"). Typically, fei pang is a disease characterized by "deficiency at the root and excess at the branch."
This last bit is key: deficiency at the root and excess at the branch.
The specifics – and treatment principles – vary from individual-to-individual. (Indeed, we have at least five patterns of fei pang, each with its own symptoms and each warranting different herbal formulas and dietary prescriptions.)
In general though, we often see impaired digestive and hormonal functioning with a failure to properly metabolize food and drink.
Disease causes and development are highly variable and usually multi-faceted. Common culprits include:
A diet poor in vital nutrients
A diet full of sugar, carbs and/or processed foods
Emotional states, including chronic stress, anger, anxiety or depression
Prolonged or recurrent illness
Under- or over-exercise
Poor, insufficient or irregular sleep
Identifying and addressing these factors is essential to treating underlying deficiencies and the root of the problem.
Whatever the causes, as a consequence we see "excess at the branch." Impaired digestion and metabolism lead to accumulation of pathological metabolites, including what Chinese Medicine calls "dampness."
Dampness takes many forms – some more tangible than others. In general, it denotes stagnation and sluggishness in the body-mind. It's dirty, wet, heavy, slow and lingering and can manifest on physical and mental-emotional levels.
On a physical level, obesity or excess weight gain is one such manifestation. And because things that sit around too long tend to heat up, signs of heat are often present too (heartburn or feeling overheated, for instance).
Most mainstream approaches to weight loss totally ignore the "deficiency at the root" part, instead focusing exclusively on draining the branch excess.
This is why such approaches fail.
Sure, they may cause pounds to drop off in the short term. Ultimately, however, they will fail to produce sustained, healthy weight loss. Every. Single. Time.
And that's not the worst of it.
Approaches to weight loss that ignore root deficiencies and just drain, drain, drain (for example, by "cleansing," cutting calories or over-exercising) will, in the long run, make root deficiencies worse – leading to slower metabolism and an even bigger weight problem.
Now, many clients who come to me wanting to lose weight aren't clinically "obese."
Oftentimes they are 10 to 20 pounds over their ideal weight and frustrated by stubborn fat accumulation around the waist or elsewhere. Many are women who watched pounds accumulate post-menopause. Others are women and men of all ages who, despite regular exercise and dieting, can't keep excess weight off in a sustained way.
Most are frustrated, exhausted and feel as though they're fighting themselves.
Prolonged efforts to follow conventional "wisdom" by cutting calories, fats and protein; becoming chronic "juicers"; and engaging in chronic cardio and over-exercise have resulted in diminishing returns rather than lasting results.
Some clients, of course, actually do qualify as "obese," many of them suffering from associated health problems ranging from back pain to diabetes to cardiovascular disease.
But regardless of where a client falls on this spectrum, the fei pang patterns and treatment principles hold true. In other words, there's usually an issue of deficiency at the root and excess at the branch.
In treating these clients – and helping them lose weight and gain health – I focus on the root even as I simultaneously address branch symptoms.
That's the only way treatment will work. And by "work," I mean keeping excess weight and body fat off in a healthy way over the long haul.
how do I do this?
Ahhh....ancient Chinese secret. Not really. But it is an art as well as a science. It's also a partnership between client and doctor, self and support.
I'm here as a doctor and guide skilled in the synergistic application of powerful tools. Those tools include real-food, paleo-primal eating principles and herbal therapy.
And since patterns, relationships and beliefs surrounding food run deep and affect every part of our being, a client's individually tailored protocol also includes practical and mindfulness-based support strategies.
In addressing the root of the pattern as well as branch symptoms, I treat your whole body-mind. I also rely on you as an active partner in the process.
what about the "science-y" stuff?
Turns out, hundreds of studies conducted by some of the world's top researchers have proven conventional "wisdom" about weight loss dead wrong.
The new, proven paradigm in diet and weight-loss circles eschews symptom-driven strategies as ineffective and even counterproductive (i.e., contributing to impaired metabolism and long-term weight gain rather than weight loss).
Recognizing that attempts to starve and medicate our way to weight loss never work in a sustained, healthy way, this new paradigm embraces approaches focused on changing our hormonal and metabolic ecology.
In other words, the new science focuses on seeking the root and treating the whole system. Sound familiar? :)
It does so in ways that may surprise you – I cover key ones in Part 2 of this series.
As a teaser, let's just say conventional notions about how to eat and exercise for weight loss have been proven wrong. Meanwhile, very different, science-backed strategies have been proven to work.
At Alchemist Eating, I leverage these science-based strategies within the context of Chinese Medicine. My work is an alchemy of food, medicine and mindfulness that helps people eat, live and feel better.
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