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Aging Index
There's no reason to dread getting older. It happens to everyone. Luckily, as time goes on we have all kinds of ways to make aging easier. For example, medicine and information have made older life much better. Here are a few aging tips to help you cope with aging in a positive, capable manner.
"Aging is an outcome of regular biological operating where there are significant modifications in our cells," explains signed up dietitian Maya Feller, MS, RD, CDN of Brooklyn-based Maya Feller Nutrition. "The process of aging can be accelerated secondary to illness. We do understand that antioxidants from foods and some supplements might act in a protective manner, lowering cellular damage.
Aging and Oxidation
Serena Poon, CN, CHC, CHN, chef, nutritional expert, Reiki Master, and creator of the Culinary Alchemy program, says anti-oxidants cancel the results of totally free radicals, which are naturally developed by your body but also originated from environmental aspects like pollution, chemicals, and smoke. "If complimentary radicals and antioxidants are out of balance in the body, it can cause oxidative stress, which plays a role in numerous age-related illnesses such as arthritis, diabetes, dementia, cancer, atherosclerosis, vascular illness, obesity, osteoporosis, and metabolic syndromes," she adds.
Research suggests that levels of CoQ10 decline as you age, and supplementing with it have actually been shown to enhance certain elements of health in older people. CoQ10 supplements help decrease oxidative stress, a condition characterized by a build-up of complimentary radicals and other reactive molecules that accelerates the aging process and start of age-related disease(,). Though CoQ10 reveals promise as an anti-aging supplement, more proof is needed prior to it can be advised.
Supplements to Combat Aging
Astragalus membranaceus is a stress-reducing herb used in traditional Chinese medicine. It might help combat aging by lowering oxidative stress, promoting immune function, and avoiding cellular damage (). Fisetin is a flavonoid compound that's thought about a senotherapeutic, indicating it can eliminate senescent cells. Resveratrol is a polyphenol in grapes, berries, peanuts, and red wine that may promote durability.
At the cellular level, vitamin D helps to regulate the genes that encode proteins. A lot of those proteins assist to control cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. To put it simply, vitamin D may aid in the maintenance of cells and might help slow down cell death (apoptosis).
Including anti-aging supplements in your diet plan as a preventative measure can be a basic and effective way to enjoy these advantages. Of course, there's extremely little policy in the supplement industry, so we're typically delegated our own devices to do the research study on an item and identify whether it satisfies its guarantees.
Curcumin the primary active substance in turmeric has been revealed to possess effective anti-aging properties, which are credited to its potent antioxidant potential. Cellular senescence takes place when cells stop dividing. As you age, senescent cells accumulate, which is believed to accelerate aging and illness progression(, ). Plus, curcumin has been shown to combat cellular damage and significantly increase the lifespan of fruit flies, roundworms, and mice. This compound has actually been shown to delay age-related illness and relieve age-related signs too (,). This may be why turmeric consumption has been connected with a lowered risk of age-related psychological decline in human beings( ). Curcumin is the primary active compound in turmeric. It may slow aging by activating specific proteins and securing versus cellular.
Epigallocatechin gallate( EGCG) is a well-known polyphenol substance concentrated in green tea. It offers excellent health benefits, with research supporting its usage to lower the danger of certain cancers, along with other health conditions like heart problems. EGCG might slow aging by restoring mitochondrial function in cells and acting upon pathways involved in aging, consisting of the AMP-activated protein kinase signaling path (AMPK). It likewise induces autophagy, the procedure by which your body removes broken cellular product(). Green tea consumption has actually been connected with a reduced risk of all-cause mortality, diabetes, stroke, and heart-disease-related death.
Supplements for Cognition
Huperzine-A appears to be of some benefit to people with Alzheimer's disease, according to a 2013 research review published in PLoS One.?? Researchers searched for all randomized controlled trials on the efficacy and safety of huperzine A for Alzheimer's disease and concluded that huperzine A was more effective than a placebo in terms of its effects on cognitive function, behavioral disturbance, and functional performance.
Clinical trials in China have shown that Huperzine-A can improve memory in elderly people with benign senescent forgetfulness and in patients with AD and vascular dementia, with minimal peripheral cholinergic side effects and no unexpected toxicity (Zhang et al., 2008; Wang et al., 2009a).
Research shows that increasing acetylcholine levels can reverse normal signs of cognitive decline that results from aging.
A review of these trials states, "Thus, it appears that HupA (huperzine A) is more effective than other drugs that affect the cholinergic system and that are currently on the market in the USA for the treatment of mild to moderate AD.
Not only used as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease, but huperzine A is also said to enhance learning and memory and to protect against age-related cognitive decline.
Final Words on Aging
While you are aging, be sure to maintain a balanced diet. Thinking about a balanced diet isn't just for your younger years. In fact, it is more important as you age. Make sure your body is getting the proper amount of fiber, vegetables, fruits, cholesterol, and fats. Being proactive on this will help you keep up your health for a long time.
Use these great tips as a way to pave your path toward growing older. Follow them and look for others to help you on your way. While aging is inevitable, you have the information available and medical access that generations before you didn't have; use these things to have a great life for as long as you live.
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Second Inversion and the Live Music Project create a monthly calendar featuring contemporary classical, cross-genre, and experimental performances in Seattle, the Eastside, Tacoma, and places in between!
Keep an eye out for our this flyer in concert programs and coffee shops around town. Feel free to download, print, and distribute it yourself! If you'd like to be included on this list drop us a line at least 6 weeks prior to the event.
Racer Sessions
A weekly showcase of original music with a jam session based on the concepts in the opening presentation.
Every Sunday, 8-10pm, Cafe Racer | FREE
Wayward Music Series
Concerts of contemporary composition, free improvisation, electronic/electroacoustic music, & more.
Various days, 7:30/8pm, Good Shepherd Chapel | $5-$15
Check website for complete listings
patchtax at Vermillion
patchtax is a viola/saxophone duo based in Boston who explore unconventional performance practices within the realm of classical chamber music.
Thurs, 11/3, 8pm, Vermillion Art Gallery & Bar | Pay-what-you-can
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Reflections on Sound and Silence
SMO presents Andrew Waggoner's Concerto for Piano featuring soloist Gloria Cheng along with works by Wolfgang Rihm & Vykintas Baltakas.
Thurs, 11/3, 8pm, Good Shepherd Chapel | $10- $25
Cornish Presents: Bora Yoon
Korean-American composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Bora Yoon presents audiovisual storytelling through music, movement and sound.
Fri, 11/4, 8pm, Kerry Hall | $10-$20
Seattle Composers' Salon
Composers, performers, & audience gather in a casual setting that allows for experimentation & discussion of finished works & works in progress.
Friday, 11/4, 8pm, Good Shepherd Chapel | $5-$15
PLU Symphony Orchestra: Kracht, Copland, Youtz
Svend Rønning premieres a violin concerto by Jerry Kracht. Also on the program: Copland's Appalachian Spring.
Mon, 11/7, 8pm, Lagerquist Concert Hall, Tacoma | $5-$8 (PLU Students/18 and under free)
Seattle Symphony: Sonic Evolution Co-Presented with Earshot Jazz
The Garfield High School Jazz Band & singer Grace Love join SSO in celebrating Quincy Jones & Ernestine Anderson with a world premiere by Kenji Bunch.
Fri, 11/11, 8pm, Benaroya Hall | $21-30
Cornish Presents: Inverted Space
Seattle's Inverted Space Ensemble presents two continuous sets of music from Anthony Braxton and Morton Feldman.
Sat, 11/12, 8pm, Kerry Hall | $10-$20
On Stage with Classical KING FM: Multimedia/Art Mashup
Art leaves the gallery and becomes an interactive and musical experience led by artists from Gage Academy and the Skyros Quartet.
Sat, 11/12, 7:30pm, Resonance at SOMA Towers | $25
Meany Center for the Performing Arts: Imani Winds
Joined by pianist Fabio Bidini, Imani Winds presents a program of Piazzolla, D'Rivera, Mozart, Valerie Coleman (Imani Winds flutist), and more!
Tue, 11/15, 7:30pm, Meany Hall | $40-$45
Music of Today: DXARTS Fall Concert
The Cuong Vu Trio collaborates with UW faculty composers Richard Karpen and Juan Pampin and Vietnamese master musician Nguyễn Thanh Thủy (Six Tones Ensemble).
Thurs, 11/17, 7:30pm, Jones Playhouse | $10-$15
John Cage Musicircus
Music & lectures written and influenced by John Cage. Dance inspired by Cage & Cunningham. Live art inspired by the I Ching & chance operations.
Sat, 11/19, 7pm, Town Hall | $5-15 (youth free)
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra: Copland and Glass
Saxophonist Amy Dickson presents her transcription of Philip Glass' Violin Concerto No.1. Barber, Copland, and Bernstein round out this all-American program.
Sat, 11/19, 7:30pm, Pantages Theater, Tacoma | $19-80
Second City Chamber Series: Looking Back – Looking Forward
A program exploring the great chamber music of the past AND present composed by former SCCS Artistic Directors William Doppmann & Jerry Kracht.
Sun, 11/20, 7:30pm, Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma | $10-$25 (18 and under free)


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Bernheim, Gotthardt Dellman
8 Nov. 1827–24 Oct. 1916
Gotthardt Dellman Bernheim, Lutheran pastor, educator, and author, was born in Iserlohn, Westphalia, East Prussia. His father was John Herman Bernheim, a Jewish convert to Christianity who, following his baptism, entered the Lutheran ministry and labored as a missionary to Jews under the direction of the London Missionary Society. His mother was Lizette Dellman. In 1832 the Bernheims emigrated to the United States and settled in western Pennsylvania, where Pastor Bernheim became a member of the Lutheran Ministerium. Here Gotthardt, the elder of two sons, received his early education and was confirmed into the Lutheran faith in Armstrong County. In 1846 he rode horseback to Lexington, S.C., to attend the South Carolina Synod's Classical Institute and Seminary, where he was graduated in 1849. Licensed in the same year and ordained in 1853, he was pastor of St. Andrew's Church, Charleston, from 1853 to 1858. Later his brother, Charles Herman, was educated for the Lutheran ministry and became a prominent pastor in southern churches.
In 1858, Bernheim affiliated with the North Carolina Synod and until 1860 served the historic St. John's Church in Cabarrus County and New Bethel Church in Stanley County. At the same time his interest in the educational mission of the church led him to accept a position as financial agent for the emerging North Carolina College, a Lutheran institution for men in Mt. Pleasant. Soon he was elected to its first board of trustees. In 1861 he removed to Charlotte to become pastor of St. Mark's Church which he had previously organized, and of St. Michael's, Troutman. He served both churches until 1865. Following his Charlotte pastorate, he worked actively in the North to secure funds for the purchase by the North Carolina Synod of the North Carolina Female Seminary, later Mont Amoena Seminary, at Mt. Pleasant. Successful in this venture, he was elected president of the seminary and occupied that position from 1868 to 1870. During these years he also organized and was first pastor of Ebenezer Church, Rowan County. Afterward, he was called to the pastorate of St. Paul's Church, Wilmington, where he remained from 1870 to 1882. While at St. Paul's, Bernheim established a parochial school and the St. Paul's Female Seminary. In 1877 he was the recipient of an honorary D.D. degree. Following his ministry in Wilmington, he was briefly president of North Carolina College. Then he left the state to serve Grace Church, Phillipsburg, N.J., from 1883 to 1892. He returned to North Carolina in the latter year to accept a call to St. Matthew's Church, Wilmington, where he remained until 1901. In that year he retired at Charlotte and was supply pastor of St. Luke-Morning Star Parish in Monroe from 1905 until 1907. At that time he again became interested in educational pursuits and joined the faculty of Elizabeth College, a Lutheran institution for women located in Charlotte, where he was dean of the faculty and professor of the English Bible and sacred literature.
Bernheim's influence was especially apparent in the work of the North Carolina Synod and Ministerium of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. In 1861 he was elected secretary of the synod and in 1863 and 1878 he was its president. During the Civil War he was influential in organizing the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Confederate States of America and served as a delegate to its sessions. For many years he was an officer of the Missionary Society of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina.
Bernheim's literary contribution was considerable and widely recognized. He was associate editor of the southern general synod's the Evangelical Lutheran in 1866 and 1867 and edited a literary magazine, At Home and Abroad, from 1881 to 1883. His published works include History of the German Settlements and of the Lutheran Church, in North and South Carolina (1872); The First Twenty Years of the History of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wilmington, N.C. (1879); and, in cooperation with G. H. Cox, The History of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and Ministerium of North Carolina (1902).
Bernheim was married twice: on 25 Apr. 1854 to Elizabeth Crowe Clayton of Charleston, S.C. (eight children); and after her death to Amanda Ella Lease of Nokomis, Ill. on 22 Apr. 1897 (five children).
Hugh G. Anderson, Lutheranism in the Southeastern States, 1860–1886 (1969).
G. D. Bernheim, The First Twenty Years of the History of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (1879), The History of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and Ministerium of North Carolina (1902), History of the German Settlements and of the Lutheran Church in North and South Carolina (1872), and, ed., At Home and Abroad: A Monthly Journal of General Literature and Information (1881–83).
Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 1916.
Life Sketches of Lutheran Ministers (1966).
Lutheran Church Visitor, 2 Nov. 1916.
Paul McCullogh, ed., A History of the Lutheran Church in South Carolina (1971).
Minutes of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and Ministerium of North Carolina, 1857–83, 1892–1900.
Jacob L. Morgan, ed., History of the Lutheran Church in North Carolina (1953).
Abdel R. Wentz, The Lutheran Church in American History (1923).
William T. Whitsett, "A Lutheran Romance," Lutheran, 10 Sept. 1931.
Additional Resources:
Gotthardt Dellman Bernheim, historiographer and pioneer of southern Lutheranism. By William Richard Fritz; Schools of Theology in Dubuque, Ia. Library: https://www.worldcat.org/title/gotthardt-dellman-bernheim-historiographer-and-pioneer-of-southern-lutheranism/oclc/6318018
History of the Lutheran Church in North Carolina, Bernheim, G. D. (Gotthardt Dellman), 1827-1916, 1872, Volume 08, Pages 758-796, UNC Libraries: https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.html/document/csr08-0372
Bio, North Carolina Synod: http://nclutheran.org/historical_sketches/bernheim_gotthard.pdf
Image Credits:
Gotthardt Dellman Bernheim. Image courtesy of "The history of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod...". Available from https://archive.org/details/historyofevangel01bern (accessed April 11, 2013).
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What began as a used car store in the 1970's soon blossomed into one of the premier classic car dealerships in the country with a showroom boasting more than 25,000 square feet. During that time, celebrities, professional athletes, movie stars and prominent businessmen were highlighting the Duffy's satisfied customer list. That company, founded on solid Midwest values and work ethic, would become the model for what all future classic and specialty car dealerships would emulate. The "new" Duffy's is now home to more than 60 vehicles in the same glorious showroom that brought them prominence from the 1980's through the early 21st century. A full service automotive and detailing department meticulously tends to each vehicle ensuring a fun, sound investment opportunity for its owner.
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Most of us don't. We're too busy getting all excited when we find some free public WI-FI. After all, that means we get to stop using our expensive cellular data and save some money, and who doesn't want that? But is it really free?
Cybercriminals have several ways to grab hold of the information you are sharing or sending using a WI-FI hotspot. Here is a short list of some of the most popular methods and what you can do to protect yourself.
Do you know what a "honeypot" WIFI network is?
Most free WI-FI comes courtesy of your local hotel, coffee shop, or some other business. Be careful about sniffing around for these free networks, though: some hackers are known to have setup routers and call the network "Free Coffee Shop Wireless" or something like that. If you're sitting in a cafe and you see that wireless network, you might not think twice about logging in. Plenty of people will connect to a free wireless network and go about their business.
That's how they get you.
In fact, some hackers simply just set up a duplicate network and call it the same name as the legitimate network. You could see two "Starbucks WIFI" at your local coffee shop, and never think that's odd.
Once you connect to their hacker's WIFI, they can start probing your device or computer for weaknesses, plant a virus, or spy on your browsing. They can even redirect your browsing so you end up on a malicious website.
So how do you stay safe?
First off, resist the temptation to join anything free. We know, that's hard, but you've got to be careful with these things. If you're in a business where you might expect to be able to access free WI-FI, check with the staff to get the name of the correct network to join. A lot of places have started to password-protect their networks to ensure legitimacy, so they'll be able to tell you how to log in.
We also recommend the use of VPNs to encrypt your Internet connection back to your office, making sure all traffic is safe.
Never forget that cybercriminals can hit you at home as well if you are using an unsecured WI-FI network. Make sure you lock down your home wireless network as well.
Have you heard of packet sniffing?
Packet sniffing has been around for a very long time. You don't even need to connect to the hacker network for packet sniffing to work. You can connect to the free legitimate network offered at the hotel or coffee shop.
Information sent on the Internet is sent in small packets of data. Packet sniffing means that a hacker is intercepting these packets and checking them out to see what you are doing. This includes usernames and passwords.
A hacker can also read your messages, social media posts, text messages, and other clear text information. Trust us, it doesn't take long to re-assemble all the packets using special software.
What can you do? Make sure you are connecting to an encrypted connection or use a VPN application. If you need to get online, avoid the use of banking sites and other websites that you need to put in personal information. If you need to do any banking, use the banking app on your smartphone.
What are you sharing online?
Is your computer, laptop, or mobile device set to share folders and files? Most systems today are set to share with anyone, and this includes hackers. Microsoft has made sharing easy, and the steps to share information are simple to follow. If you must share information from your device (and really, think twice before deciding to do so), make sure you follow the prompts to lock down your sharing.
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WASHINGTON – A coalition of ethanol and farm groups today sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency opposing the American Petroleum Institute's (API) recent petition requesting reconsideration of the 2020 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) final rule.
API claims reconsideration of the 2020 RFS rule is necessary in light of the coalition's recent Tenth Circuit court victory that overturned small refinery exemptions illegally granted by EPA. The successful Tenth Circuit court challenge was brought against EPA by the Renewable Fuels Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Farmers Union, and American Coalition for Ethanol.
Specifically, API argues that the 2020 RFS rule should be revised to eliminate measures that prospectively "reallocate" RFS blending obligations expected to be lost to refinery waivers. API claims reallocation of expected waivers is no longer needed because the Tenth Circuit decision should significantly curtail the number of waivers granted. However, EPA has not yet confirmed that it will implement the tenets of the Tenth Circuit court decision nationwide, meaning reconsideration of the 2020 RFS rule would be woefully premature.
"There is no basis for revisiting or modifying EPA's current approach until EPA acknowledges that the central tenets of the Tenth Circuit's decision are appropriately applied throughout the country," the groups wrote.
In fact, the 2020 RFS volumes should not be adjusted downward to remove reallocated volumes even after EPA applies the Tenth Circuit court decision nationally, according to the coalition's letter.
"As noted by the Court, EPA's recent abuse of its small refinery exemption authority has significantly harmed the U.S. ethanol industry. Indeed, nationally, more than four billion gallons of 2016-2018 renewable fuel volume requirements were lost due to EPA's illegally issued small refinery waivers. Applying the Tenth Circuit decision nationally while leaving the 2020 RFS rule intact would begin to restore a small amount of the renewable fuel volume requirements lost to past small refinery exemptions; still, doing so would come nowhere near fully redressing the demand destruction wrought by the exemptions."
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Bi-Color and Calico Persians:
Past, Present and Future
The Past
"American fanciers have always shown a partiality for broken-coloured cats, and orange-and-white and blue-and-white cats have classifications given for them at the leading shows. In England there is a marked antipathy to these cats chiefly because they have little or no value for breeding, though they undoubtedly make pretty pets. Speculative, but, I must add, persevering fanciers might derive interest and amusement from trying to breed out-of-the-common specimens. A black-and-white spotted like a Dalmatian hound, or a cat marked with zebra stripes, could doubtless be produced in time by careful and judicious selection." Frances Simpson, The Book of the Cat
The above passage was published in 1903 in Great Britain in a chapter entitled "Any Other Colour Persians." We have still not seen the zebra-striped black and white Persian in CFA shows; but, if Ms. Simpson could only see the bi-colors now, almost a century later, she might well be more surprised by the row upon row of glorious cats in their "fancy dress" colors than if a zebra-marked cat were presented to her.
The piebald gene is among the most common of all natural mutations, and manifests in many different forms dealing with the restriction of color pigment in a specific pattern. Some form of this gene appears in all species of domesticated animals, but is absent in almost all wild animals. Under Mother Nature's ruthless methods of culling, the flashy markings would mean death for either predator or prey in the wild. A notable exception is the aforementioned zebra, but its stripes serve as camouflage in its natural surroundings. In domesticated animals, though, the colorful markings are appreciated and selected for.
Where did the bi-color and calico Persian originate? Today's Persian is an amalgamation primarily of the longhaired cats imported into England and other parts of Europe during the mid to late 1800s from the geographical areas around the then-countries of Persia and Turkey. The piebald gene was especially prevalent in the latter of these two, often masked by the epistatic white gene that was particularly prized in Turkey.
Snob appeal, in the early years of the cat fancy as now, dictates much of fashion in cats. In the shows at that time, all longhaired cats were judged together, and "breed" designations were made more on the basis of color than on country of origin. The U.S. fancy followed the lead of the English shows in this regard, so that in the earliest U.S. shows, for instance, white cats were all judged in one class, whether their ancestry traced to Persia, Turkey, or the local Maine cats (originally stowaways from Viking sailing vessels). This practice facilitated the near-demise of the Turkish Angora cats, as they were assimilated into the larger breed that became known as the Persian.
The early books of the cat fancy leave some gaps. We do know from the Simpson book and others that around the turn of the century, bi-color and calico Persians were a part of the earliest registry and show scene both in England and the U.S. We know that they were not as "prized" in England as were the solid-colored cats, and that, in fact, some active efforts were made to cull them. One 1904 article in Cat Review suggested, in reference to bi-colors, that "it is far better to chloroform such mismarked specimens or sell them entirely for pets than to keep them as breeding cats, thereby tending to ruin their strain both in value and reputation."
By the time the amalgamation of the longhaired breeds into what was to become the Persian was complete in the early 1900s, there was no need for a different breed designation within the category of "Longhairs" until the advent of the Himalayan as a breed in the 1950s. Bi-colored and calico "Longhairs" (Persians) can be traced through the British and American Stud Books, even during the period of time that they were considered declasse (that old "snob appeal" again) and were barred from being shown. They appeared in CFA Stud Books as "Any Other Variety," and some were admitted under the rules for "Foundation Registry." This was a common practice in all breeds, which allowed registration of cats which were "known to be of pure breeding" but which were otherwise unregisterable (most frequently because CFA did not recognize their registry of origin).
The exact period of time that bi-color or calico Persians could not be shown is difficult to pin down, but was certainly relatively short. We know that they were still on the show bench as late as 1933. Evelyn Buckworth-Herne-Soame wrote in Cats: Long-Haired and Short, in a chapter devoted to "Tortoise-shell and Whites": "This is a most picturesque and fascinating variety. It is a great pity there are not more of them."Fanciers are hampered in having none, or very few, males of the species or I am certain the breed would go ahead very quickly." [Note: Color still equated "breed" in 1933.]
In that same book another chapter is entitled "Black and Whites, or Magpies." Again, the author bemoans the fact that "They are so scarce that shows never give a class for them, thus making things difficult for anyone trying to work the breed up. At present, black and whites have to be entered in the 'Any Other Colour' Class."
At some point after 1933, the bi-colored and calico Persians were officially eliminated from competition in the U.S. until 1955, when Dorothy Anderson's work accomplished the re-acceptance of the calico in CFA. It was not until 1971 that the other bi-color colors were accepted. The Stud Books show that they continued to be bred during those 22 years, and the piebald gene was often masked by white.
The decade of the 1980s in bi-color and calico Persians was chronicled in a March 1991 Almanac article. It covered the hallmarks and the many "firsts" of this color division of Persians, recognized the many breeders who accomplished the rapid improvement and acceptance of these cats, and catalogued the first national winning cats.
- The Present
The closing challenge to that previous Almanac article was: "But as more and more jump onto the bandwagon that began rolling with the determined breeders from the '70s and '80s, watch out, Solids … here we come!"
Our opening statement for this section, then, must be: "Hello, Solids … here we are!" The traditional dominance of the solid colored Persians in showhalls, in finals and in end-of-year national and regional awards is now being continually challenged by the bi-color and calico cats. Some CFA regions have heavier activity in this division than others do, with the bi-color and calico presence often exceeding that of the solids. Sheer numbers and quality are the hallmarks of bi-colors and calicos in the '90s.
Not only has there been a veritable explosion of bi-colors during the '90s, but the breeders have also built upon the type established in the decades previous to produce stunning Persian type. Keeping in mind that there are still two more years in this decade to register even greater numbers, compare the 13 national winning bi-color and calico cats of the entire decade of the '80s with 38 already accomplished in the '90s. The first five bi-color and calico Distinguished Merit cats proudly took their place in history in the '80s, and 29 more have swelled their ranks in the '90s; finally, compare the 363 total Grand Champions and Grand Premiers from the '80s with the 959 already confirmed in the first eight years of the present decade. Is there any doubt that 1000 grands will be attained soon?
The rapidly growing numbers of the "with white" cats necessitated first, in 1991, the removal of these cats from the parti-color division and creation of their own division, and later, the dividing of the most populous colors into their own color classes.
In a 1991 Almanac article, we recognized the early breeders of the bi-colors – several breeders across the country who saw the promise of great things in the foundation cats that were, for the most part, lacking in competitive type. A good head start had been provided by the Pathfinders bi-colors originally imported from Great Britain by Bobara Pendergrast. These early breeders integrated the best of the solid Persian lines, and Cinderella emerged from her rags in amazingly short order.
During the '90s, some of those earlier breeders remained dominant forces and continued to make contributions to the bi-color and calico division. They include catteries such as Anz, Kitty Charm, PaJean, Brannaway and Harwood. All bred a significant number of grands in the '90s and, with the exception of Anz cattery, are all still actively breeding and showing bi-colors as we move toward the 21st century. Other, new bi-color breeders began to make their mark in this division during the '90s.
The Anz cattery has retired from active breeding, but the dynasty of winning bi-colors and calicos that they founded lives on in many of the winning lines, both in the U.S. and abroad. Six of the national-winning bi-colors in the '90s carried the Anz cattery name, and many more had Anz cats behind them. Their GC Anz Nicholas Nickleby, DM was CFA's first male DM, and produced 50 grands before he was neutered.
Another bi-color/calico dynasty-in-progress is PaJean cattery . Four national-winning bi-color cats in the '90s are from this cattery, as well as an impressive 81 grands!
Because of the sheer volume of winning bi-colors and calicos, this brief article will be unable to give proper credit to the dozens of dedicated breeders who have made a significant mark in bi-colors and calicos. To those many individuals we simply have not had room to recognize and to name – a tip of our hat to your hard work and accomplishments!
- The Future
The future is, of course, shrouded in mystery, and contains more questions than answers. A few of the questions, with our guesses at the answers, are:
1. Will bi-colors and calicos dominate shows in the future? The appeal of this flashy Persian cannot be denied, but neither are they for the faint of heart. Some breeders will now choose some of the less populous Persian divisions that they perceive to be "easier." Best guess is that the numbers seen in shows will begin to level off, with the bi-color and calico division sitting firmly alongside the solid division in popularity.
2. What new color classes within the division can we expect in the future? The CFA Executive Board at its February 1998 meeting turned down a majority vote of the breed council in favor of breaking the tabby and white colors into individual color classes. Discussion indicated that if the breed council would request separate color classes only for the colors whose numbers justify them and add an "Any Other Tabby and White" color class, that this would be favorably considered. For the third consecutive year, the odd-eyed and blue-eyed bi-colors failed to achieve the requisite 60% ballot vote by only one or two votes; undoubtedly this will be accomplished in the next few years.
3. What records may fall in the near future? In 1986, GC, NW Rambo's Rocky Mountain Sunrise became Cat of the Year and the highest scoring bi-color in CFA history, with 11,832 points. Only GC, NW Granddelight's P.J. of Mockingbird has challenged, scoring 10,785 in 1997. These authors do not have a genie to predict when – if ever – Rocky's record will be surpassed.
4. What changes, if any, can we expect with regard to the standard for pattern? Bi-color and calico breed council members have repeatedly turned down any major changes to their standard, which has remained substantially the same since 1988. During the '80s, as type was being developed and refined, some bi-colors with outstanding type, but with far less than the preferred minimum of white, were granding. This would be the exception rather than the rule today, as increased levels of competition dictate that the cat that will come out on top must meet the standard both for type and for pattern. Increased sales of cats both to and from the European market means paying attention to pattern standards in other countries' registries.
The Cinderella cats of the Persian world are now wearing their glass slippers. The 1970s saw the bi-colors and their van patterns accepted for championship, as well as many notable "firsts," including the first bi-color and calico Grand Champions, the first national winners and first Cat of the Year. The 1980s was the decade of development, of building the house and painting it. The popularity of this division in the show world was firmly established and included claiming more "firsts" – the first DMs, the first Kitten/Cat of the Year – and acceptance of the tabby and white colors for championship. The 1990s have seen the bi-colors and calicos come fully into their own, with breeders adding the refining touches and establishing consistency of both type and pattern, and the acceptance of smoke and white colors for championship. Rapidly increasing numbers of cats being shown in the '90s dictated first, the establishment of the bi-color division as separate from the particolors, and later, the dividing into separate color classes those colors where numbers being shown warranted it.
Now we move not only into a new decade, but a new century. The wonderful foundation for our cats began not just 30 years ago, but a full hundred years ago. Perhaps in the year 2098, a bi-color breeder will be searching CFA archives and see this article and these pictures. What will he or she think?
- How CFA's Bi-Color Standard Compares
As the cat fancy becomes progressively more global, breeders are more interested in what is viewed as ideal in the registries in other areas of the world. We list here a comparison of the CFA Persian bi-color standards to the other major registries "across the pond."
GCCF (Governing Council of the Cat Fancy)
A recent move in Great Britain's Governing Council of the Cat Fancy to eliminate what is known there as the "Ultra" Persian saw the addition last year to the Persian Standard in GCCF of a "Withhold Certificates or First Prize in Kitten and Open Classes" (the CFA equivalent of a disqualification) for "The upper edge of the nose leather above the lower edge of the eye." There continues a raging debate in the British cat fancy over this issue.
Additionally, that GCCF Standard lists in its "Withhold Certificates," as above: "Incorrect proportion of white to colour in Bi-colours and Torties and Whites" and "In Van Distribution Bi-colours and Tri-colours: (i) Excess colour on the body and/or (ii) No colour on the head and/or (iii) White on the tail. Under the GCCF standard, the Tortoiseshell and White (equivalent of the CFA calico) and the Bi-Color must have not less than 1/3 and not more than 1/2 of the coat to be white. The face must show both color and white, and the legs must be white with some color allowed. Some white on the tail is allowed, but listed as a fault is "A fully white tail."
The Van distribution in the GCCF standard calls for a coat "basically white with the colour confined to the head, ears and tail. For perfection there should be no colour on the body or legs, but up to three small "spots" of colour may be allowedÉTail to be fully coloured."
This standard, of course, would penalize those cats that show more than half white, but less than that required for a Van. The 1989 CFA Standard change addressed this issue to fully embrace those flashy cats, many of which grace the show rings and finals today.
FIFe (Federation Internationale Feline)
The standard in FIFe (Federation Internationale Feline) defines three separate color divisions: 1) the Bi-Color, which must have at least 1/2 but not more than 2/3 of the coat in color (a white blaze on the face and white on the back is "desirable"); 2) the Harlequin, which requires at least 1/4 but not more than 1/2 of the coat to be colored; and 3) the Van, which specifically requires "1/6 solid colour(s), 5/6 white." The Van pattern further calls for "2 colour patches in the face, separated by a white blaze" and "One patch commencing on the rump and ending at the tip of the tail" and allows 3 small colored patches on the body and/or [Author's emphasis] the legs to be tolerated.
The CFA Standard describes the aesthetic ideal without requiring judges to be mathematicians. The judge is provided guidance with a pattern standard which describes the amount of white as "a preferred minimum." (Contrary to a widely held misconception, there is not, nor has there ever been a set percentage of white in the CFA Standard such as there is in the European ones.) More guidance is given by the division of the 20-point color allocation, 10 points for color and 10 points for pattern. Thus, the standard provides parameters for judging while allowing for discretion on the part of the judge to balance color with proper type.


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Establishing Seat of Acharya
The whole world knows that Bhagwan Shri Swaminarayan has established seat of Acharya in His Dharmkul and has handed over the reins of religion and Sampraday to Acharya. This is also described in the scriptures of our Sampraday. Even today many great people and saints feel divine experience in these other form of Shree Hari, while performing darshan of H.H.Shri Acharya Maharaj. But there are some people who are very much jealous about these and they do not accept even the seat of Acharya. Some of these so called intelligent persons who consider themselves more intelligent than Lord Shri Swaminarayan, constituted Satsang Security Council of 51 members and wrote a booklet in the name of the council in the year 2000. But no one has written the name of the author of this book nor it is declared later on. This council believes that the pious scripture Shikshapatri and footprint image or chakhdi of Shriji Maharaj should be established as Guru of Sampraday.
By reading this one may feel that these people are trying to advise to Almighty Lord Shri Swaminarayan. But in fact they do not know how difficult it is to perform One Vichsran and only Almighty or His other form can do it and therefore they should not be worried about Satsang. These divine seat of Acharya is established by The Lord Shri Swaminarayan himself and therefore no one can remove it. However, he may be strong. This tradition of the seat of Acharya has continued from the time of Shri Hari and it will continue forever. The doubtful souls can never get anything in their life on the contrary they invite their own destruction.
The most important scripture of our Sampraday is "Shri Satsangi Jivan" which was published with Sanskrit Shlokas in the year 2001 by Ahmedabad Kalupur Temple. In 60th Adhyay of 4th chapter, Suvrat Muni has narrated the whole incident of how the seat of Acharya who has established in the presence of the whole Dharmakul. When all the devotees and Haribhaktas were seating the Sabha then Shri Narayan Muni told Shri Rampratap and Iccharam that I am granted right by our guru Shri Ramanand Swami and now it is may desire that the reins of the dharma should be continued in our Dharmakul. So whom do you want to give me for this purpose. Listening to this Rampratapbhai and Iccharambhai showed their willingness to render the services of all their sons. Then Shri Hari asked for Ayodhyaprasad and Raghuvir and they were adopted as sons through the Vedic rituals.
Thereafter Shri Hari stated that many temples of Lord Shri Krishna are built under him. one of them is in Shrinagar (Ahmedabad) and another one is in Vadtal. At Ahmedabad there is temple of Lords Narnarayan dev and at Vadtal there is temple of Shri Laxminarayan and accordingly there will be Two Desh – one known as Shri Narnarayandev Desh vibhag and Shri Laxminarayandev Desh vibhag. All the earnings and the offerings for religion will be offered to the Lord Shri Laxminarayan. Then Shri Hari went to Sukanand Muni and got two booklets (Desh Vibhag Lekh) written from him wherein all the meanings are explained in detail.
In this way Lord Shri Swaminarayan himself established Shri Ayodhyaprashad, as Acharya of Shri Narnarayan Dev Desh and Shri Raghuvir as Acharya of Shri Laxminarayan Dev Desh. Similarly Shri Hari has established wives of both these Acharyas as guru of ladies devotees.
Therefore all the devotees and haribhaktas should worship them as Acharya and should offer their services to Acharya Maharaj and in the end they will get a place in Akashardham.
- Gordhanbhai V. Sitapara (Hirawadi – Bapunagar)


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The Agora (ancient Greek ἀγορά) was the central festival-, gathering- and market place of a city in ancient Greece. But neither localised nor time-bound, there were marketplaces worldwide, from ancient times through the Middle Ages until recent modern times, where the public and social life took its centre. Whether as a trading point, message exchange, people's and court meetings or rallies and spectacle, it was the focal point and centre of community life.
Even today they exist, official or un- places where you can meet people and exchanging ideas. People are telling, discussing and reciting. People interact. Our lives touch each other. Sometime just a little bit, sometimes very intense, cautious or intimately.
This idea of the encounter we want to carry on with our Agora. With our (for the present) four different virtual marketplaces, we want to invite all of you, all Europeans to exchange.
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Welcome to YungBlood Enterprises.
As an entrepreneur, I enjoy taking on projects and bringing them to life. I especially enjoy projects that require me to learn new techniques. I am willing to do whatever it takes to complete the projects I take on.
The current projects have been custom programming for Roku applications. Please check out the projects I've been working on.
This company is based on the belief that my customers' needs are of the utmost importance. I am committed to meeting those needs. As a result, a high percentage of my business is from repeat customers and referrals.
I would welcome the opportunity to earn your trust and deliver you the best service in the industry.


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Aerusales Phox
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Aerusales S. Phox, aka Jones, Aeris J.P. Sora Nonsavy, or Johnny Kakushido, is a red-eyed male fox with purple fur. Aerusales is an artist who has previously been accused of art theft
Personal facts[edit]
Aerusales registered on Fur Affinity in 2007 under the username AerusalesPhox. In 2008, another account was created, under the name Aerusalesphoxjr.[1] AerusalesPhox claimed this account belonged to his son; however it appears that the account is his own, and the two are the same person. The AerusalesPhox account has since been abandoned.
He used to be now known as Zade-Cathedral which can be confirmed on his 6th FA page due to having it writen as his "youtube account".
Aerusalesphoxjr once registered to VGcats forums but was attacked and then falsely banned 4 years later by every member of the site. Aerusale evaded using the name Zydrate but was banned the following week. Aerusale has abandoned all his old characters and constently makes new accounts (mostly by accident) with the name of his next character. Aerusale lies about his real name but on Facebook he claimed to be named Jean Prawstine Rippler, his lesbian sister's last name is different though so this may be false as well. Any other info can only be confirmed if asking Zade Cathedral for he doesn't want false information written down on his Wikifur.
(all these characters are now unused except for deidaeru who is now Zadeinxax Triphazard) Aerusales Phox's character is a powerful king on a planet called Luniacaron, in a universe based on Nintendo games. He is portrayed as an evil (yet unused) character of the webcomic VG Cats who is related to Aeris, despite not being a cat.[citation needed]
He also has several other characters: Ichigo Giygas, Deidaeru Triphazard, Trip, Lina, and a Smorg anthromorph named Soundtrack.
Ichigo Giygas is designed to have parts of famous video memes of final bosses like Flandre Scarlet's jewel wings. He is a Red Foxmorphed Apple, his hair makes him look like a strawberry, and his jacket is black with red markings. In Aerusales' characters' world, Ichigo is described as the true embodiment of crimson evil. He is believed to be from another universe, but has the exact same DNA as Aerusale's entire royal family, Deidaeru Triphazard, Soundtrack, and the Smorg experiments called Androse Dolls.
Deidaeru Triphazard is an extremely shy character. He is afraid of herms, even though he is one himself. Ichigo is always teasing him to do sexual things, which makes him very uncomfortable. Dei wears a purple shirt with sleeves ripped off, a striped yellow and orange longsleeved underjacket, and green-blueish emo pants with striped black socks. His girlfriend Lina can't tell the difference between him and Trip.
Trip is Dei's body double and exact opposite of him. Trip is extremely sexual and always carries a rave stick. He sometimes wears a black leather ninja suit with a black leather skirt. Both Dei and Trip have neon green beads replacing their eyebrows and both go out with Lina, though she does not notice it.
Lina is the girlfriend of both Deidaeru Triphazard and Trip. She cannot tell the two apart and does not know she is dating more than one person.
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Aug. 28. 44
The Black Pony.
All is the same as when first I beheld it,
Nothing is changed since those glad summer days.
The cool air still flows off Chevin,
Over the vale, to the meadow's gate.
The deep green leaves of the spreading trees,
Dry last night's shower in the sunlit breeze.
I sit outside the grey house of stone;
Only I am changed as I sit alone.
All I see of the moors and trees,
And the vale between, in the sun and breeze,
Is the meadow-gate and your figure there,
And the little black pony that came to your call,
And you fondle his nose and smooth his hair,
As you did before in that summer fair.
You are gone away but seem so near,
Nearer than all the trees and moors,
But you are away on the mountain's height,
While I am here in the vale.
And the little black pony is gone away.
'The Black Pony' was written in memory of husband, Will, when May and Jean had visited Emmie's family in Yeadon for the first time without Will after his death. It was in Yeadon where Will had met the black pony at the meadow gate near Emmie's home. May had been somewhat apprehensive about the visit (see 10 August 1944). Her writings concerning it, both before and afterwards, showed that her thoughts were dominated by memories of happier times with Will. Ron, of course, was also constantly on her mind at this time.
The poem has been added to the poems collection on this site. It also appears in the book The Casualties Were Small which contains over twenty of May's poems as well as selected diary extracts, including those which suggest the background to each poem, accompanied by many nostalgic photographs.


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Have you been reluctant to get into the forex market because you are concerned that you do not know enough about it? Do you want to learn more about the market and practice trading without the prospect of losing all of your capital? If so, you should get a demo forex account.
Most of the bigger brokerages offer demo forex trading accounts. These accounts simulate the forex market. They allow you to make trades in real-time, just like in the actual market, but they are "dummy" trades: no actual monetary transaction has taken place.
For those just starting out, a demo forex account allows you to learn the market with a "safety net." You can also use a demo account to test out new strategies or learn about different facets of the market if you are more advanced. Another advantage is that most of these accounts are free. Brokerages usually offer demo accounts as a way for you to preview their services. As you work through the demo forex contest, they are hopeful that you will sign up for an actual account with them.
The best way to find a good demo for forex trading is to start, as so many journeys do, with your favorite search engine. If you put in "demo forex account" or something similar, you will find links to demo forex accounts and to sites that actually review the best ones for you. It is a good idea to read the reviews first and find out the one (or more) that suits you best. Demo forex trading accounts usually ask you to sign up, providing at least your name and email address. Because they are often part of the promotional campaign for a brokerage, you will probably receive marketing materials from them once you have signed up. This is still a small price to pay to get free practice.
Once you have your demo forex account, you should use it to practice consistently and frequently. If you are in a training course, demo accounts work well for practicing what you have learned. If you are teaching yourself basing on the information you can find, this is an excellent way to try out what you are learning without losing your shirt. Sometimes experts also use demo forex trading accounts to try out new brokerages and to test new strategies. The best thing to do, though, is to just keep practicing on a demo forex account, keep working hard and see exactly where it takes you!


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Agile methodology is a set of tools, skills, and knowledge that is considered (collectively) as an alternative method to conventional product management and development. It is often used in software development wherein teams act and decide in response to unpredictability through iterative work sprints.
The Origin of Agile
The 1970 publication by Dr. Winston Royce entitled "Managing the Development of Large Software Systems" criticized the sequential process involved in product development.
Dr. Royce emphasized that software should not be developed like a product on an assembly line where each component is added in sequential phases, and where each phase must be completed before starting the next phase – the so-called "waterfall" approach. He opposed this phase-based approach wherein developers first gather all of the requirements, complete all of the architecture and design elements, write all the code, do all testing, and so on. Dr. Royce specifically opposed this style of process because of the lack of communication between the specific groups which complete every phase.
In waterfall methodology, teams only have a single chance to get things right. It is also not an optimized method compared to the concept of agile. Waterfall method assumes that each requirement can be identified prior to the design and coding processes. Could you tell your developers all they need to know (requirements and all elements) to include in the software before it is up and running? Or would it be easier to illustrate your idea to the development team if you could give feedback on functional software?
Why Go the Agile Way?
Using agile technology provides opportunities for your team to assess the direction of your project during the development process. This is attained through regular iterations, at the end of which, teams should present the resulting product increment. This method is described as 'incremental' and 'iterative' due to the process of repetitive shortened work cycles and the functional product they produce. There are different types of agile methods that use the original principle stated in the agile manifesto. The most popular types are the following:
Scrum specifically focuses on how to manage tasks within a team-based development setting. It is the most widely implemented agile method possibly because it is easier for IT development teams to understand and follow. Scrum is not repressive and doesn't demand loads of technical discipline unlike well-defined Agile methods. It lets the development team decide what to do and how to do it; as well as get up to speed and begin doing Agile swiftly and cost-effectively.
Scrum certification helps fulfill the objective of the Agile manifesto by encouraging collaboration, productivity, and accomplishment among team members.
Dynamic Systems Delivery Method (DSDM) Possibly the original agile method, DSDM was already in existence even before the term 'agile' was used and adapted in software development. DSDM fixes cost, time and quality at the outset and uses prioritization scope into "musts", "shoulds", "coulds", and "won't haves".
Extreme Programming (XP)
Extreme Programming or XP is a more thorough type of agile method which focuses on process analysis, development, and test phases through frequent releases in short development cycles intended to improve productivity and introduce checkpoints to accommodate new customer requirements.
Among the three popular types, DSDM is possibly the most comprehensive agile method, while Scrum and XP are a lot easier to implement and complementary since they deal with various aspects of software development projects and both are established on very similar concepts.
In the last decade, many industries have seen the benefits of using agile technology. Media, marketing, technology, large corporations, as well as government sectors have seen a dramatic improvement in their IT development projects and team efforts, which also provides that much-needed competitive edge.
In agile product development, project management is a little different as it relies more on the team leader's skills in coordination, communication, and facilitation with less emphasis on planning and control. However, not all projects go well with this method and it is not always the key to instant success. The key is to understand many techniques from different agile and waterfall methodologies, and pick out the best approaches that will suit a specific situation.
Agile technology, with a combination of your team's skill and experience, can help you have a more flexible approach and less documentation, more collaboration and visibility that allows for a more rewarding team experience and better products as a result.


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I am blessed to have had three mothers. My first mother, of course, gave birth to me. My grandmother assisted in my rearing; I consider her my second mom.
Then there is my 'finishing" mom.
I call her that because she finished the job of raising me. You see, I was 17 when I married her son and like most 17-year-olds, I thought I was pretty smart. In reality, I knew nothing.
Through her open heart, smiling face, undying service and unconditional love, she gave me many tools that have shaped my life.
We bury her today. This is my tribute to Mildred Olsen.
My grandma met Mildred through work. They became fast friends. Grandma started attending the church down the street and found the Olsens attended there.
That's where I first met my third mom. I remember her incessant smile. I also remember sitting behind her and seeing her rearrange the sausage curl at the end of her hair.
I was 14 and had an immediate crush on her son. Three years later I became her daughter-in-law and she became my mother-in-law, a title she hated because of the negativity surrounding mothers-in-law and the ensuing jokes. She worked hard to dispel the stereotype and she achieved that.
She always treated me as though I were one of her children. My Christmas and birthday gifts were as generous my sisters-in-law's gifts. She both praised and scolded me (gently) as if she were my own parent. I never resented it. In fact, I loved the feeling of family she instilled in me.
I imagine she was taken aback by my ignorance of keeping a home. As the oldest in my family, I was expected to labour outside on the farm. The extent of my kitchen skills were peeling potatoes, setting the table and washing dishes.
She taught me how to cook. Not so much taught, but allowed me to observe and ask questions. I often helped her do her Christmas baking. I learned how important food presentation is. The tomatoes weren't simply sliced, but neatly arranged on the plate. I still serve tomatoes this way.
Her apple pie was legendary. In fact, Pastor DeMaere told me she made the best apple pie he ever ate and he had been served thousands of slices of apple pie over the years. A roast beef dinner evokes sweet memories of her Sunday dinners.
Not only did I learn how to cook in her kitchen I learned hospitality. Mildred loved nothing more than having company. Out would come the coffee and squares or cakes. Her reward for serving her guests was their company. That suited me well. I am thankful I learned hostess etiquette at her side.
In her kitchen I also learned how to clean. Her kitchen gleamed. Everything was wiped down daily and because of that regularity it was easy to keep it up. I will never claim to be as meticulous as she was but I learned how nice it feels to work in a clean kitchen.
Her message was consistent: whatever you do, do it to the best of your ability. Go the extra mile. Make it look beautiful just because.
I used to marvel at her energy. She was the first one up and the last to bed, always working, always doing, usually for others.
When my babies came, she taught me how to care for them. She was their second mom and I always felt comfortable leaving my children in her care. I knew she loved them at least as much as I did. I am forever grateful that my children got to have all those comfortable memories of time spent at Grandma's.
She was our moral barometer. When the girls were teens and trying out racy language, they would claim it wasn't so bad. "Would you say it front of Grandma?" They would hang their heads, "No." Settled. If we were ashamed to do it in front of Grandma it was likely shameful.
She and I used to talk for hours on the phone or play games Sunday afternoons when the men were napping off their big meal. Those conversations shaped my thinking. Mildred also influenced me by sharing her self-help library. To this day my reading includes self-help books, which most people find boring.
Mildred had class, quiet dignity. She genuinely cared about people. She was happy in her roles of wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker.
Luckily, I see Mildred in my girls. R____ has her darker skin and hair and voluptuous figure. She reveals her pain through her eyes, just like her grandma. She is also meticulous in everything she does. H____ shares her openness, loving spirit and her innate sense of morality. She thrives on company too. My girls both appreciate having known this wonderful woman and they acknowledge her profound influence in their lives.
As I compile this, the memories of her love flood my mind and it's hard to choose which should be included. The most indelible one is this:
My grandma and Mildred were neighbours and friends for decades and forever connected through their descendents. In the last years they were in the same seniors lodge for a time.
My grandma began to deteriorate. At one point she was unable to walk to the dining room for lunch. The lodge wasn't exactly accommodating.
One day my sister arrived at the lodge in time to see this: Grandma was perched on the seat of Mildred's walker. Mildred, bad heart and bad hip notwithstanding, was pushing Grandma slowly towards the dining room.
This image of my finishing mom supporting my second mom, regardless of the hardship it might cause her, is the statement of how Mildred lived her life. It is how I will forever remember her.
In service to others in her own quiet way. With a smile and great love.
"There is no greater love than to give one's life for a friend."
Thank you, Mildred, for finishing me, for being my grandma's longest friend and for helping me raise my daughters. I could not have walked this way without you.


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This release compiled at Monday, 7 Mar 2005 (19:06).
Calendar._TT["WEEKEND"] = "0,6"; Calendar._TT["DAY_FIRST"] = "Display %s first";"WEEKEND" specifies a string with comma-separated numbers from 0 to 7; they define what days are marked as "weekend". 5 and 6 mean, of course, "Sunday" and "Saturday". Day first is the tooltip displayed when a day name is hovered; "%s" will get replaced with the day name. Updated languages are "en" and "ro", which I maintain. Please note that languages wich are not updated will not work. If yours is one of them, please consider fixing it and sending me the fix so that I can include it in the distro.
Wow, there were quite some changes :-D Enjoy it!
This release's primary goal is to fix a wrong license statement which can be found in some files from 0.9.4. For instance in README or calendar.js, the statement was that the code is distributed under the GNU GPL; that's because I had plans to change the license, then changed my mind but unfortunately I committed files so. I am sorry for this inconvenience, please use the latest (0.9.5) release which is fully covered by LGPL.
Other changes:
parameter of Calendar.setup
. This
is useful, say, to automatically set a value in a second field based
on the value selected in the first field. See the documentation and
first sample in simple-1.html.Calendar.setup
low-level parameters, for those
wanting to have the complete control: onSelect
. The handlers are called when something is
selected in the calendar or when the calendar is closed.setDisabledHandler
was replaced with the more general setDateStatusHandler
method (the old one is still available for backwards compatibility but
will be removed). More details about this in the
documentation. Also see simple-3.html
for a live sample.strftime
format specifiers from ANSI C. This
makes it possible to use dates like "YYYYMMDD" (the corresponding
format for this would be "%Y%m%d"). Details in the documentation.
Please note that the new engine is not compatibile with older
calendar releases!The translation files need to be updated in order for the calendar to work properly. Currently the only updated files are calendar-en.js (main file) and calendar-ro.js (well, yes, I am a Romanian ;-).
Specifically, they need the following:
If your favorite language is not there yet, or it is but not updated according to the main calendar-en.js file, then please consider translating calendar-en.js and send the translation back to me so that I include it in the official distribution.
Check SourceForge, I didn't keep track. However, there were a lot of bugfixes.
This covers only those bugs that have been reported at SourceForge.


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The parsha of Maasei represents the culmination of the story of Israel's sojourn in the desert after its escape from Egypt and the revelation of the Torah on Mount Sinai. The Jewish people are poised to enter the Holy Land and to adjust to a more "normal" national existence. Manna will no longer come from heaven daily nor will there be miraculous traveling wells of water accompanying them. The parsha now deals with the issues of the borders of Israel and its attendant problems and with the methods of the division of the land amongst its inhabitants. All of this is pretty mundane stuff compared to the heady experiences of the desert – miracles, plagues, rewards and punishments, Moshe's masked radiant countenance and the thrill of building and servicing the mishakan. The parsha even tells us that there will be murders and murderers in the Land of Israel and that cities or refuge must be built to house them and protect them from avenging enemies. From the Midrash it may be implied that there were no such murderous occurrences during Israel's sojourn in the desert. In short, the rarified atmosphere and purely spiritual existence of Israel in the Sinai desert is now over. The challenges of creating an ordered, just and Torah society under natural national and human conditions are now the order of the day. It will take four centuries, until the times of Shmuel, Dovid and Shlomo for these challenges to be successfully met. The transition from the supernatural to the mundane is much harder to accomplish successfully than is the transition from the ordinary to the spiritual.
To help this transition occur, memory of past events is vital. The newness of the experience of the Land of Israel will be seen in perspective by remembering the previous experiences of Egypt and the desert. Faith and confidence will dominate Jewish life when the Jews recall the history of their existence and their survival and triumph over daunting odds. Rashi indicates that the listing of the thirty-eight encampments of Israel during their trek through the Sinai desert is to remind the Jews of their past difficulties and struggles and how they nevertheless prevailed. Part of the difficulty that Israel faces today in attempting to build a "normal" state and nation is that the early founders of secular Zionism not only denigrated the experiences of the Jewish exile but attempted to erase them from the memory of the "new" Jew they wished to create. Thus, the problems that challenge and disturb us today here in Israel – boundaries and demographics, value systems and the creation of a kinder, gentler Israel – are compounded by the lack of memory that could help us make reference to previous generations' wisdom and strengths. The truth is that we have all been here, in one way or another before, and common sense would dictate that we therefore remember what happened then. But amnesia is the greatest Jewish malady of our day. All of the problems and difficulties that we face are in reality byproducts of that amnesia. Maasei teaches us that we should remember where we have been so that we have a sense of faith and confidence in where we want to now go.
Shabat shalom.
Rabbi Berel Wein Text Copyright © 2005 by Rabbi Berel Wein and Torah.org


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This guest post came out of a conversation that's been percolating among readers on the blog, facebook page, and over email, about the actual financial risks and repercussions of doing a Ph.D.. Indeed, last week's blog post, Should You Go To Graduate School?, catalyzed an intense debate in the comment stream about just how little a graduate student should be willing to live on to "live the dream" of the academic career.
Far less understood, however, is that even those who get the coveted tenure track position often still do not make enough to cover their actual day to day expenses, which may include unavoidably high rent or mortgage payments (depending on the locale), medical expenses when dealing with a health challenge, day care that is easily $1000 a month, as well as the payments on 5- or 6-figure undergraduate and graduate student loans.
I've helped hundreds of clients negotiate tenure track jobs, and the fact is that it's a binarized (feudalized) economy, in which the ivy league and elite schools offer wonderful, generous packages to new hires, while "all the rest" offer salaries that are scarcely above 1996 levels, when I was on the market, and are often inadequate to cover the reasonable living expenses of my clients.
Salary stagnation in the face of escalating costs of living has undermined the middle class and the whole idea of the American Dream. This is true in all spheres of the economy, not just academia. Academia is just less honest about the real financial suffering attendant on the career choice.
I'm currently "living the dream" as an academic. I got a TT job after four years of searching during the recession. Needless to say, I was thrilled, and I still feel like I won the job lottery. But I have noticed that many of my graduate students as well as those who have not yet gotten a TT job have a rather unrealistic idea about what "living the dream" entails. I'm going to try to provide a little window of insight into the real life of a TT faculty person in the first two years – the stuff that no one told me. This is from my own experience as well as colleagues in a variety of disciplines who all entered TT in the last five years.
When you are offered the TT job, it usually includes a relocation package. This is awesome, except that it may take several months for the university to reimburse your relocation expenses. It also doesn't pay for a whole host of major expenses, such as deposits. When you relocate to a major urban center with a very high cost of living, as I did, this means you will need several thousand dollars you will not see again to give to your landlord and the utility companies. You also want to be very careful about how you use your relocation funds, because the limited guidance the university often provides before you relocate is not necessarily what matches the very detailed requirements that higher level fiscal auditors have. This may mean more delays in processing your reimbursement or some expenses not being reimbursable at all.
Additionally, at my position, our contract did not start until a couple days before the semester began. Our contract, therefore, did not cover any of our time preparing fall classes during the summer, nor did it cover the summer pre-semester faculty meetings. Be prepared to pay for 1-2 months of living expenses in your new location while working for free. Health insurance did not kick in for an additional month after my contract began, so you will also need to plan for paying out of pocket for several months for insurance. It is a real possibility you will get sick, which is normal when you combine limited sleep (more on this later) with relocating to a new place and exposing yourself to several hundred new people in the first month of work – your new students, who are a breeding ground for germs. So be prepared to pay for insurance on your own (because you can't go to a low-cost county program, because technically you are making a middle class salary, even though you have not seen a paycheck yet). If you can't afford all this, as many of us can't, what you end up doing is spending all of your limited savings to relocate with no ability to pay for luxuries such as internet or phone, no health coverage, and no furnishings. Basically, you go "all in" hoping that you'll recover somehow in the following semester.
After surviving the first semester, which entails the financial stress of living like a middle class person without yet having a middle class income and working virtually every second, you enter the marathon of the first 2 years toward tenure. During this time, be prepared to work approximately 60-70 hours per week. Your contract will cover 9 months per year, and theoretically you have the summer off. But you don't actually have the summer off. During this time, you must prepare your fall classes and do the bulk of your research and writing, because during the academic year you are too busy teaching and performing administrative service. But it is a break, in the sense that you can work 40 hours per week. During these first years, you must simultaneously develop a stable of classes (preparing lectures, activities, assessments, and content for 2-3 new courses each semester for a while), teach a couple hundred students in about three classes per semester (whose evaluations also count toward tenure, quite a lot at a teaching university like mine), prove that you are conducting new research (i.e., go after grants and conduct research that is not repeating your dissertation), write one or more publications per year, attempt to transform your dissertation into a book (which is a bit like doing the dissertation all over again, but with a lot more criticism and stress), attend endless meetings to be in service to your university, and waste a lot more time than you'd think answering emails and filling out paperwork. In your few spare moments, you will attempt adjust to a new city where you know nothing and no one, and must find everything from a dry cleaner to a neighborhood you can both afford and not hate. You have to love university life enough that you don't mind working 50%+ more hours for the same pay (or less) that you'd get in the corporate sector and having virtually no work-life balance.
Before attaining the coveted promotion and tenure, you will likely make a very substandard income if you live in a high cost of living area – the very areas where most of the jobs are. Be prepared for "middle class" to cost more money than you make, and to accept that on a professor's salary, you are unlikely to be able to afford to buy a home in a decent neighborhood until you have received at least the first promotion. For example, you may make around $60,000 per year and a two-bedroom home in a good neighborhood may cost $500,000 or more (compared to $1500 in rent on a one bedroom for the same area). This means that many of my colleagues have delayed having children or opted to not have them, because they couldn't afford a second bedroom or child-related expenses until they were in their mid-40s to early 50s. If you have a spouse with a high income, it helps, but considering they may have to relocate and start over for you to take your TT job, it may actually pose a financial liability to be married. Be prepared also to use a substantial chunk of your salary (in the realm of thousands of dollars per year) toward work-related expenses, including parking fees, union dues, building your library, attending conferences, paying professional association dues, equipment, and augmenting research funds while you wait for a large grant to come in. Your university is likely to have some funds toward some of these things, but given budget cuts, will be unlikely to cover enough expenses to allow you to be free from having to substantially augment.
My strategy to deal with having expenses that were beyond my salary (such as alternative medical costs for my chronic illness that are not covered by insurance), aside from cutting corners elsewhere, was to continue doing limited consulting (which I had done prior to the TT job) in order to afford it all. Given the reality of how many hours I work each year, on my salary I am paid $21 per hour (before taxes, mandatory pension, etc.) as an Assistant Professor (this is given 60 hours per week, 50 weeks a year – which really is about how much I work). As a consultant, I make approximately $100-150/hour (pre-tax). It is no wonder that I am willing to take on an additional few hours per week in consulting in order to pay for the "extras" of home furnishings, clothes, having pets, and my medical expenses.
Given all this, you may well say (as do all of my non-academic professional friends) that I am crazy to do what I do. But I can't help it. I drank the academic kool-aid and I am addicted. I get enormous fulfillment from seeing patterns in my data I never saw before and from seeing my students "get it" for the first time. I love having the ability to work many of those 60 hours from my home office in my pajamas, and to work with my bio-rhythm (I get my best ideas and writing 4 pm to 1 am, so that 9-5 schedule really doesn't work for me). When I did much easier corporate work, I missed having the intellectual community of a university and the independence to lead my own research teams on whatever topics I fancied. And I am stubborn. I worked my entire childhood and adult life to get the perfect scores that would get me to this dream, and I'm not giving it up. I am four weeks from the "finish line" of the end of my second academic year – the end of the period I'm told is the hardest of my career. I now have a stable of classes, a book under review by a publisher, and a few large grants under review. I'll forgive the exhaustion and my biological clock telling me I am getting too old (with not enough resources) to have a child. But my advice to my graduate students and colleagues – make sure you want to "live the dream" the way the dream really exists. Be realistic – you will work long and stressful hours for very little pay… but if you love research and teaching as much as I do, you just might be crazy enough to love it and let go of what you miss.


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The first strapless strap-on with a remote control in the world, this couples toy provides more convenient vibrating pleasure during pegging or penetration that does not involve a penis. The shape allows one partner to insert the smaller end vaginally, holding it with their kegel muscles or adding a harness for extra support. A pad with ridges provides clitoral bliss as they grind against it. Meanwhile, every thrust will send the long, smooth shaft into their partner. The curves on both ends target the G-spot or P-spot for direct stimulation. Independent dual motors are easily controlled via the panel on the front of the Urge, or with the handy remote control! Explore 3 speeds of buzzing and 5 patterns of pulsation for each partner. It is even waterproof for wet, hot fun in the bath, shower, or pool. Made of premium silicone, the Urge is non-porous, phthalate-free, and thoroughly sanitized with mild soap and warm water. Preserve the material by avoiding use with silicone lubricant.
Measurements: 9.5 inches in total length. Vaginal bulb is 4 inches insertable length, 1.5 inches at widest diameter. Shaft is 6 inches insertable length, 1.65 at widest diameter.
Material: Silicone, ABS plastic.
Color: Pink.
Note: Instructions included. Charges via USB. Remote requires 1-CR2032 cell battery, included.