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I'm a researcher working at the intersection of computer graphics, computer vision, and human-computer interaction. My main area of interest is navigation, editing, and transformation of digital media, especially digital video. A full bio and publication list can be found on my personal website.
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FitDayPC, no "Stats" section?
Now that I have my new body fat monitor, I want to track my results. FitDay (Premium, at least) has a Stats tab and allows you to track many different, well, "stats". You can even create a custom "stat" (such as BMI as reported calculated by my monitor).
This is great, but FitDay PC does not seem to allow one to enter these types of "stats". You can do body measurements but that seems to be it.
Sure would be nice if that was added into FitDayPC during an update!
One would think that if there is synching between FD PC and FD Premium that there would be parity between all of the functions.
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The air in Port of Spain is safe.
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) yesterday issued a release which stated that air quality tests were conducted which revealed that "levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particulates are at acceptable levels".
The tests were conducted at the same locations near the Brian Lara Promenade, near Sea Lots and near the Foreshore respectively.
However, according to the release, the technical team observed winds blowing in an easterly direction resulting in smoke covering a significant area of the Beetham.
The team conducted tests near the Maritime Plaza in Barataria to determine whether air quality was affected by the wind patterns, which revealed elevated levels of VOCs and particulates in comparison to readings taken near the POS and environs areas.
The release stated that the team will continue to monitor this development and update the public accordingly.
The EMA stated that its advisories were based on careful scientific analysis of the test results received.
"Scientific evidence is our absolute guide and we stand by our methods to assess the air quality in these affected areas. The public should be guided by reliable data and take the necessary precautions to safeguard their health, as each individual will respond differently to the smoke emanating from these fires," stated Dr Allan Bachan, EMA chairman.
He reassured that the EMA will continue to work with other state agencies to monitor the situation until air quality levels have regularised.


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I'll never think of corn flakes the same way again.
Looking through the offerings at Reddit.com tonight, I noticed a headline suggesting that Dr. Kellogg developed corn flakes as a remedy for masturbation, which he considered to be a great threat to law and order. I hadn't heard this claim before I viewed this documentary by Terry Jones (of Monty Python fame), but it's true. I'll never think of corn flakes the same way again.
And I now have it on my list to watch the entire documentary by Terry Jones: "The Surprising History of Sex and Love" (2002). It looks like it was especially well written and produced.
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It doesn't work. Trust me on that.
Sterling: My understanding is that you can't just eat one bowl and be cured. You'll need to eat a bowl every day for at least a couple weeks before the evil urge subsides. And if you cut up a banana and throw it into your bowl of cornflakes, it is a cure for sloth.
Bah, humbug! As a young male, I ate corn flakes like they were candy. I can assure you that it would amaze me if Mr. Kellogg were correct, and sheesh, what if he were?
Here's a video Catholic guy warning of the immense "evil" of masturbation. I kept thinking that it was a joke and that there was going to be a punch line, but it just go more and more serious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGaglQfjxBI&feature=share


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Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte are in attendance to accept the Toast of the Town award while David Robertson will pick up the Good Guy Award, which was voted by the chapter members.
It was an obvious choice for Rivera and Pettitte to be the 'Toast of the Town' and Robertson was a great choice for the Good Guy Award due to his work with his charity High Socks For Hope. The dinner is just underway but it promises to be a great evening for baseball.


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I cannot seem to get over this feeling of despair that's been slowly invading my life. I'm usually not a pessimistic person. I always try to find something to be thankful and grateful for. When my father was first in the hospital after his accident, I even wrote an entry on the old chorus, "This is the day, I WILL rejoice."
But life has been so hard for me lately. I feel my father's absence so much more than when he first died. I'll be going about my day and all of a sudden it will hit me…oh, he's gone. The tears are still just right under the surface. When will I be able to think of my dad without them pouring down my face?
And being in church is so hard as well. I can close my eyes on a Sunday morning and picture myself back in Bethlehem. I see my father up on the platform worshipping during a song service. I hear him saying, "Sing it again, sing it again!"
But to think about my dad preaching just makes me so sad. He was such a powerful preacher, I still think one of the best I've ever heard. When my father was packing up his study before their move last spring, I asked him for a few of his sermon books. He gave me all of his sermons on the book of Psalms. Oh how I have loved reading them! I love just flipping through the pages, thinking of how much time he spent preparing them and praying over the words that are on each page.
So I will leave you with one of my favorite verses today for Scripture Saturday and a little of what my dad wrote…
Psalms 30:11,12
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing:
Thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
My father wrote, there was a heavy heart, a sad eye, a downward look and a dragging step…oh that describes me these days! But, then Jesus came and He made all things new, He brought change, now there is an upward look, a bright eye, a glad smile, a fast step that even at times springs as if you were to dance.
He has saved us with a great salvation that our praises may abound unto Him and not be silent…be not silent, but sing of your salvation!
I feel as if my dad is speaking this to me…I will try…I promise…Amen!


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Intranets and business continuity: lessons from 1987
This week marks 25 years since the Great Storm of 1987, widely (but erroneously) considered the only UK hurricane in living memory. 23 people died in the storm, which also caused £7.8bn worth of damage, cut power to thousands of homes and drove transport to a halt as fallen trees blocked roads and train lines.
But one of the less-well-known consequences was in the financial markets. Severe travel problems across the south of England meant few traders managed to struggle into work in London on Friday 16 October 1987. Unfortunately this coincided with the Hong Kong and Tokyo stock markets crashing and financial crisis spreading west through Europe.
Many analysts believe part of the blame for the speed, timing and impact of Black Monday was due to the storm which left London's markets unable to function on that crucial working day. By the time London re-opened on the following Monday (19 October) there was mass panic selling of stocks, with the FTSE 100 closing 10.8% down. At the time it was the biggest one-day fall ever and destroyed £50bn of market value.
In 1987 the web was still a twinkle in Tim Berners-Lee's eye, with the first web browser not emerging until three years later. Surely the same thing wouldn't happen today? Enterprise technology means knowledge workers can access work systems from multiple locations and devices, right?
But it's not quite that simple. The challenge for digital workplace professionals is to ensure their tools support business continuity plans effectively and work in the event of a crisis. So how do you do that?
Identify the business impacts
As part of their planning process, most organisations will have carried out Business Impact Analysis, which identifies the most crucial functions and the length of time the organisation can survive without them. Part of this process is focused on gathering technical or logistical requirements for each of these critical functions to be restored.
Intranet managers have a key role to plan in this process, liaising between IT, business stakeholders and end users so that the planned solution isn't just feasible, but it something that people can use and rely on.
Key questions to ask include:
- What are your vital systems – the ones your organisation simply couldn't work without?
- Who needs them?
- How can they access them?
- What information do they need to use these? As well as access to business systems themselves, people may also need to access supporting information or documentation, particularly if they're using these in usual or exceptional circumstances.
Know your threats
Weatherman Michael Fish famously dismissed suggestions that a hurricane might be heading our way. Don't be so dismissive, or you too might end up a laughing stock, to be ridiculed for decades to come. Alongside the impact analysis, your business continuity planners will also have undertaken some threat and risk analysis. This considers the likely threats, how they might be eliminated or minimised, and what specific steps might need to be considered to recover in the event of a particular event or set of circumstances.
As part of your intranet business continuity plan, you should consider possible threats and what might need to change on the intranet in order to recover from this. Remember, this might include your own non-availability; who will manage your intranet and other critical systems in the event of your absence?
Establish and implement a plan
You have identified the business impact and threats and now it is time to create your intranet business continuity plan. Be realistic, your plan may document specific scenarios, remember to establish an overall approach in order to help you, your team and your colleagues react to a number of situations.
Involve key stakeholders to test your plan. Walk them through the potential risks and impacts to the business and your approach to each one. The success of a business continuity plan relies heavily on your colleagues. Make sure they understand and agree with your plan.
Test your plan
No one had considered the impact of a single day's widespread absence following the 1987 storm, and how business-critical it was for the workforce to be there. A simulated exercise will help you test your business continuity plan, revealing weaknesses and the potential risks to your business. Running through a test exercise will help to uncover any holes or gaps, or where people do not have the information they need.
Test your technology
Don't wait until a real incident to check your equipment works. Ensure your priority teams have a real drill in re-located or home working so that if disaster strikes they're confident their technology works.
Remember that in a real emergency everyone will be accessing remotely, so ensure your testing doesn't just prove everyone can log on, but that they can all log on at the same time. When the UK Civil Service planned for the London Olympics this year, they did real, fortnight-long exercises involving the full workforce to ensure their systems were resilient enough to support large numbers of people working remotely for extended periods. In doing this, they could be confident their systems could support both short-term transport failures and any unexpected but more catastrophic incidents too.
Think about what would be important in an emergency situation
What are the few things that become vital if staff were forced to work from home or from an unfamiliar office? Which departments or teams might need to call in extra staff or support? How might your homepage change to support these things in a business continuity plan? Do people have permission to edit the page in emergencies?
Use this to your advantage
All too often, the crucial role the intranet can play in business continuity only becomes clear when it is tested in a real crisis. In fact, the vital role the digital workplace plays in avoiding and recovering from catastrophe is one of the strongest reasons to invest in usable and resilient technology. Your intranet is what could stop your business going down the pan in the event of a crisis. This should definitely be in your next business case for intranet investment.
Maintain, measure & evaluate
Never ignore your plan until you need it. Always review your plan, have others review your plan and ensure it is up to date. It may be useful to hold biannual or annual review sessions with your team and key business stakeholders. These meetings should confirm the plan is still factually correct, that employees identified in the plan are trained and are aware of their role and that there has been a yearly test conducted to evaluate the plan.
Remember, a successful intranet business continuity plan follows the highly effective 'Plan-Do-Check-Act' model. If you are struggling to create your plan, break it down into easy to manage pieces. You can always start small and grow from there. If you are still struggling, you can always buy the business continuity standard.
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What a great post Sharon – loved the way you opened with the interesting telling of a captivating story.
When you imagine a day when every single employee has to work from home instead of heading into the office, there are three technological requirements that stand out for me:
1) Searchable employee directory: If I am working from home all of a sudden, in an unexpected and unfamiliar situation, I need to be able to find and contact people. The employee directory needs to be searchable by names as well as keywords and employee profiles should include everything from photos and email addresses to mobile numbers and any sort of messaging/video conference usernames. If you can't find and connect with people beyond email, then the digital workplace is… well, it's just an overactive inbox.
2) Presence: When I'm working remotely I simply HAVE to be able to see if people are available so I can reach someone immediately or decide the best communications medium or to contact someone else. Presence should at least be available in each main communications software system, though preferably as a persistent feature that shows up the same in all systems.
3) Full spectrum of communications tools: Email isn't enough. I should have communications tools that span the spectrums of i) synchronous-asynchronous and ii) one-on-one to many-to-many. Skype's model of being able to scale a one-on-one chat into a group chat, into a group call is a good initial example of scalable synchronous communications.
These three technical features/systems/toolsets that allow employees to connect, communicate and work together through the proper channels/mediums are critical. Without them, the potential disaster that forces people to work from home can bring a company to a virtual standstill.
The perspective of disaster preparedness that you've put forward can light a fire under the bums of folks who've been procrastinating on modernizing their digital workplaces. Way to go!
Martin White
Another important bit of the jigsaw is to look at the IT disaster recovery plan. They may well have decided that the intranet is not a priority because it's " just a web application". The web site may well be externally hosted but not the intranet, so perhaps some core information can be accessed through a log-on hidden on the web site.
Not only do you need to know how long it will take to get the intranet back up but what will be the date of the recovered site. It might be several days earlier depending on the caching of the servers.
You may also find that the search application is low down the priority. In fact this needs to be at the top if you are going to search for people etc. The problem here is again when the index was last backed up. SharePoint 2007 is a particular problem – I won't go iinto details but if I tell you that the standard book on SP2010 disaster recovery runs to 450 pages you may get a sense of the scale of the potential problems. Sp2007 is even more tricky.
When a disaster does arise access by mobile devices will be very important. Blackberrys operate on a hosted service but if you have a BYOD policy it is advisable to check VERY carefully with IT about how these are going to be supported.
Finally, access to many services may be through a corporate-supplied lap-top and if you are using your own from home authentication could be a serious challenge, perhaps not to the intranet but possibly to applications that run beneath it. It may not be obvious which little widgets are sitting inside your corporate lap-top until there is nothing to shake hands with back at HQ.
good info about business continuity and i advise you to read the info on drbcpt.com as there are lots of good information as well.
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City Splash Pads Open Up Across Buffalo
May 27, 2016 - Mother Nature is turning up the heat this Memorial Day Weekend and in anticipation of the high temperatures Mayor Byron W. Brown and the City of Buffalo announced today the opening of nine splash pads throughout the city this weekend.
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Bristol Reference Library, SR4 pb Southey MSS B20855. Previously published: Kenneth Curry (ed.), New Letters of Robert Southey, 2 vols (London and New York, 1965), I, pp. 540–541.
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Accept my thanks for the three prints of Redcliff church. &
for the honour you have done me in one of them.
I wish it were in my power to furnish you with any information to your purpose. But with regard to the church itself I have only looked at it to admire it, – never as an antiquarian. You <know> probably that the old ceremony of strewing the church on Palm Sunday is still observed there, – I know not whether it be retained any where else in England, – but I have seen it there some five or six & twenty years ago, when it never failed to draw together a great crowd.
The Rowley question has long been dismissed from my thoughts. In
fact since I had the slightest acquaintance with old English literature I was
perfectly convinced that it was utterly improbable the poems could be genuine. I
will however mention one decisive argument, which I owe to a friend. The little
facsimile of Cannynges feast contains manifest proofs that the
hand-writing is feigned. e is written in some eighteen or twenty different ways. It
may be worth while to avail yourself of this observation, & exhibit all the
varieties, a glance at them will settle the question.
Now also there can be no impropriety in mentioning what could not
be said when the collected edition of Chattertons Works was published, – that
there was a taint of insanity in his family. His sister
I have heard persons who remember him say that he was at one time a great coxcomb in his dress.
Of the honour which he has gained in his own country, there is
one whimsical instance. Ten years ago a Leathern-Breeches maker & Undertaker
had upon his shop-card an urn "sacred to the memory of Chatterton". One of these
cards is penes me,
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Majority of Catholic senators voted to fund Planned Parenthood
April 20, 2011
The United States Senate voted 58-42 on April 14 to reject a House resolution that would have denied funding to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its affiliates. The measure had passed the House by a 241-185 margin.
Voting to continue federal government funding of Planned Parenthood were 17 Catholic senators: Mark Begich (D-AK), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Robert Casey (D-PA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Tom Harkin (D-IA), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Jack Reed (D-RI).
Voting to defund the nation's largest abortion provider were the other seven Catholic senators: Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), John Hoeven (R-ND), Mike Johanns (R-NE), Jim Risch (R-ID), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Pat Toomey (R-PA), and David Vitter (R-LA).
Further information:
- Fiscal Year 2011 Appropriations (NCHLA)
- Senate Vote On Passage: H. Con. Res. 36 (GovTrack)
- Meet the Catholics in Congress (National Catholic Register)
- US bishops urge Congress to end funding of Planned Parenthood (CWN, 4/15)
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Posted by: -
Apr. 21, 2011 3:43 PM ET USA
Will the Catholic bishops of these 17 "Catholic" senators come out from under their desks and SPEAK with respect to this scandalous vote?
Posted by: lauriem5377 -
Apr. 21, 2011 6:01 AM ET USA
I pray their local Bishops will make them each aware of the impact of their shameful vote on their souls. It is hard to believe it remains funded by the vote of 'Catholic' politicians.
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Apr. 20, 2011 11:17 PM ET USA
Anselm. Following article will give you some insight about the effect of "Faithful Citizenship" documents. This is about the 2008 document which was not as bad as the 2004 version, but still ambiguous. Will "Faithful Citizenship" Win the Catholic Vote For Obama? http://www.insidecatholic.com/feature/will-qfaithful-citizenshipq-win-the-catholic-vote-for-obama.html Some minimal research will further demonstrate my point. "Sound bites" from encyclicals are often used to "spin" political ideology.
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Apr. 20, 2011 10:24 PM ET USA
I am from PA and I would like to thank our new senator, Pat Toomey, for doing the right thing. Planned Parenthood leads the abortion industry in this country. They do not need public funding. The vast majority of abortion providers rank among the wealthiest of Americans, and they have earned their fortunes by killing unwanted children in the womb. This is a fact. Shame on you, Senator Casey - you have disgraced your family name, yet again. May God have mercy on you.
Posted by: Anselm -
Apr. 20, 2011 8:55 PM ET USA
@Impossible: It is obvious that they missed the entire first page that speaks out against abortion on the short version and the first half of the booklet in the full version! @Obregon: Not sure where the Bishops supported Obama, I do know they support some democratic standings on some social justice issues and capitol punishment, all based on writings on the Popes. More likely they were giving credit on the parts of Catholic teaching they get right.
Posted by: lauriem5377 -
Apr. 20, 2011 7:49 PM ET USA
I hope everyone here will pray for and write to those Catholic Senators who remained faithful to the Word of our Lord in their vote to defund the nation's largest abortion provider. I also hope everyone here will pray for the souls of those who voted to give material support to the nation's largest abortion provider and write to let them know how disappointed you are in their vote against the precious little souls entrusted to all our care.
Posted by: impossible -
Apr. 20, 2011 6:42 PM ET USA
Same old - same old! In 2004 "Catholic" Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) released a vote analysis covering 24 Catholic Senators with the conclusion that the five Senators most faithful to positions of the Catholic Church are Durbin, Kennedy, Leahy, Kerry and Mikulski. His office said those findings were based on "the criteria established by the U.S Catholic bishops." In compiling the analysis, Durbin's office used "Faithful Citizenship: A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility
Posted by: -
Apr. 20, 2011 6:22 PM ET USA
Pat Toomey is a Senator of Pennsylvian not as listed R. LA
Posted by: Obregon -
Apr. 20, 2011 2:14 PM ET USA
The bishops should take a hard look at what happens when good catechesis is ignored, and we should be able to see the difference between "real" and "nominal" Catholics! Finally the USCCB spoke clearly against Planned Parenthood but they also supported Obama knowing Obama believes in abortion and in the organization that funds it.
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Apr. 20, 2011 9:45 AM ET USA
If only all of these Catholic Senators were properly catechized...this would be a very different story.


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Humpday, 9 Reckning 2015
Things keep getting bleaker here at the Funny Farm. The bills are getting paid to date; but that might be coming to an end soon – unless I can eliminate enough of them to make the E2E ratio* slightly closer to being manageable. Still no sight of
land gainful employment. No nice clanky bits of loose change, delicate fivers thrust deep into bulging wallets, pert pieces of copper coinage thrust deep into trouser pockets, apologetic foreign money rolling against the thigh with ever diminishing familiarity…
Sorry. But I need money. Any money. I haven't found any generous benefactors willing to toss big bags of bills towards either The Midling Calendar or The Church of The Afternoon Nap even though I feel the church's message is much more meaningful and relevant than anything coming from the vacuous melon of the Hucksterbee, the Frothy Mix, Caribou Barbie, or the Girl With The Faraway Eyes, especially as it relates to not getting knickers in a twist over cats and dogs living together in what they consider to be sinful in the eyes of their Invisible Sky Fairy. Which, once again according to my religious beliefs, should be of absolutely no concern of mine or anyone else besides their own damn selves. Plus also too: what these individuals believe or do not believe should have absolutely no effect on the laws and regulations that are the law of the land, and I should not be required to waste one iota of consideration of their beliefs in order to function in society.
Unfortunately, I can see no solution to the ongoing situational issues that I will have to deal with for the forseeable future. Hopefully things will change for the better one of these days. And, if you are interested in trying to help please feel free to email me and let me know how you would be interested in helping me find a way to survive until such time as I can solve the money problem.
Hoping you're having a bit of a better time of it…
* – E2E = Earnings to Effort. Maximizing the E2E ratio is key to maintaining a semblance of sanity and minimizing the stress involved in survival for Your Humble Narrator.


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"Every decision we make today will be driven by fear or love. Who we toss the keys to determines a lot about the destination." –Bob Goff
Several years ago a good friend of mine gave a talk on parenting out of hope, as opposed to parenting out of fear and it has stuck with me. I didn't have kids then, but I knew I needed to remember this message. At the time, parenting out of fear was easy to dismiss, however I knew enough about parenting to realize fear can be a constant companion. Now that I'm a parent, I know that a lot of time is spent worrying about the big and meaningful and small and trivial. It's easy to get caught up in worrying about our kids. It's easy to begin to parent and make decisions based on that worry or fear.
Think about it. What emotions do you experience when you anticipate any major milestone in your child's life? First steps. First day of school. Last day of school. First taste of failure or rejection. Dating relationships. Driving. College.
You get the idea. There can be a lot of worry, anxiety, and fear in these situations. Do these emotions drive your response? Do you quickly rush in to build fences of protection? Are your actions motivated by fear above all else?
Helicopters and Lawnmowers
In our culture today, there's a reason many parents are described as "helicopter parents" who monitor and watch over their child's every move ("How helicopter parents are ruining college students"). Or, even worse, "lawnmower parents" who mow over any obstacle in their kids path ("Don't Be a Helicopter Or Lawnmower Parent").
But, what if we didn't let fear rule the day? What if we decided to adopt a posture of hope for our kids? Instead of spending anxious energy worrying about possibilities that may exist "out there", what if we began to pray our hopes and our dreams for our kids in these situations?
When I was in high school, I had the opportunity to go on a trip with a small group of people. It was incredible opportunity to spend a week with my youth pastor, the director of a large Christian summer camp, and other men and women who would have a huge impact on my life. It was a chance to do something significant that would change my worldview. It was a chance to have a formative experience in the this great big world we live in.
The problem for my parents was that it was in a third-world country where my safety could not be guaranteed. A country where our car might be surrounded by a large crowd at the airport (which it was) or where I would find my self in the presence of automatic weapons often (which I did) or where we would be taking a picture of the beautiful countryside and then get rushed into the bus because we were no longer safe there and needed to leave quickly (which happened).
My parents had a lot to be afraid of and plenty of fear and worry, but they allowed me to go. They chose to adopt a posture of hope. They chose to hope that this trip would expand my heart for God. They hoped it would be a trip where I rubbed shoulders with adult men and women who were following Jesus with all they had. They hoped I would see poverty up close and understand more about God's heart for the orphan and the oppressed. They hoped I would go on a great adventure and it would plant a seed to continue to follow God into the tough places and be a light to those in need.
It was their hope, not their fear, that came true and that trip remains a significant part of who I am and my faith journey. If fear ruled the day, my parents would have been seen as reasonable and responsible parents. No one would have faulted them. But I wouldn't have experienced the growth and transformation that trip allowed. This trip shaped my high school years and ultimately my future. I'm thankful for their courage.
Echoing Jesus' Prayer
Recently, I came across Jesus prayer in John 17 and decided to adopt it for my own kids. As Jesus' time on earth is coming to an end, he prays for those he will be leaving behind. Jesus knows what is out there and what they will be up against. He knows the dangers of the world and desires to protect those he loves. Knowing this he prays:
"Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name…my prayer is not that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one." John 17: 11, 15
For my kids, my prayer is that they will engage the world and be a light of God's love to those they meet. In order to grow into the strong, courageous person that requires, I have to let go of control. I have to take risks. I have to allow them to fail. I need to give them space to grow and explore. Is that going to be easy? It's not proving to be. But when I step back and imagine the end (my little girls as adults living in the world), I know the answer lies in hope not in fear. God, give us the courage to trust you, cultivate hope and smother fear.
What does it look like for you to echo Jesus prayer for you kids? What protections do you need to trust God for? What ways do you need to allow them to stay in the world and engage? In what ways are you doing God's job of protecting and need to take a step back?
There will be a part two to this post coming soon with some practical thoughts on this can play out, but until then:
Who are you giving the keys to – fear or hope?


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Environmental activists in Saint John says they are pleased with new greenhouse gas rules for New Brunswick's biggest polluters.
The rules require industries, such as Irving Oil Ltd.'s refinery, to submit plans with benchmarks and targets to lower emissions.
- Irving Oil's plans questioned after Red Head land purchases
- Irving Oil refinery's pollution limits unchanged in new permit
Gordon Dalzell, a Saint John clean air advocate, says the new rules are legally binding.
"That's very positive," said Dalzell.
"This is not like a voluntary arrangement or guideline or perhaps you can do it, perhaps you don't have to do it. This plan has to be submitted.
'It sounds pretty good.' - Leanne Sutton
The guidelines for the new management plan were quietly introduced in July.
Although a spokesperson for the Department of Environment and Local Government says industry stakeholders "were aware and involved in the implementation."
A document on the New Brunswick government's website makes it clear that submission of a greenhouse gas reduction plan is a condition of each industry's approval to operate.
According to Environment Canada, the Irving Oil refinery released 2.99 million tonnes of greenhouse gases into the air in 2013, the most recent year listed.
That rate was fairly constant through the nine previous years, ranging from 3.2 million tonnes in 2004 to 2.8 million tonnes in 2012.
Leanne Sutton, the chairperson of the Red Head Anthony's Cove Preservation Association, says she can often smell the refinery from her home in Saint John's Red Head neighbourhood.
Sutton says she is cautiously optimistic about the new requirement.
"It sounds pretty good, if it's done properly," said Sutton.
She says she is particularly pleased that each company's greenhouse gas management plan and annual progress reports will be accessible to the public.
Irving Oil did not respond Thursday to a request for comment on the new requirements.
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Our many prayers of the last year were answered as more than 205 writers, staff, and faculty gathered to worship, study, and fellowship at the OCW Summer Conference in Portland, August 4–7. One-third of our conferees were first-time attendees, and conferees came from all across the country. Our numbers grew to almost 250 during the Wednesday evening Cascade Awards.Read More »
Post-Conference Prayer
We prayed, Lord, and you answered! What a spirit of love pervaded our summer conference! As brothers and sisters in Christ, we celebrated one another's writing victories and offered soaking prayers for every difficulty.Read More »
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The last couple months have been very interesting to say the least. With the passing of my grandpapa and the everyday struggles of school; its been very hard to keep myself motivated (musically) at times.
So, I was super surprised to find out that I had been selected to represent Halifax (and the whole east coast) in nationals in this years Red Bull Thre3style. Thinking back just a couple weeks ago, I wasn't even going to enter this year's competition given the reasons I stated above but overall im glad that I did and am very thankful that I made the cut. Maybe someone is watching over me (who knows!?).
Thanks to everyone who has showed love and reached out to me with positive words over the years. Its very much appreciated.
Also, thanks again to everyone involved in making Red Bull Thre3style continue to happen each year and pushing the dj culture forward.
Below is my entry video. I was going to clean it up and re-release it later this week but I decided not to. Give it a watch and enjoy!


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Dial M for Mukerjea
No one really seems to care about Syrian refugees or servicemen's pensions or sedition laws or Sensex crashes or Sania's 'Khel Ratna' or the slanging of the Jain community during Prayushan or the shuffling of top cops.
No one really seems to care about Syrian refugees or servicemen's pensions or sedition laws or Sensex crashes or Sania's 'Khel Ratna' or the slanging of the Jain community during Prayushan or the shuffling of top cops. OROP and OBC have twirled around in our consciousness briefly. But all this has disappeared under the weight of the two most pressing problems facing the nation just now. Matters of life and death. Okay, mostly death.
1.Was Sheena Bora, Indrani's daughter, sister, sister-in-law, Peter's son's girlfriend by his first wife or second wife? Or all of the above?
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2.How big was the infamous 'suitcase' that it could fit an entire body?
I mean, the third question that was asked — 'Who killed Sheena Bohra?' — was answered weeks before the actual evidence came in.
Every woman I know, said confidently, "Of course, she killed her own daughter!"
And when you asked, naively, "How can you be so sure?" you were told, "Trust me, I'm a woman, we know these things!"
Yup, a woman's instinct — solid unshakable proof.
On the other hand, every man I know, said, "Yaar, she's not that hot. What did all these men see in her? These Bengali chicks, are… you know."
The fact that she is Assamese, didn't seem to cut any ice.
Our desi Lady Macbeth had strangulated her 'child'. Whether she spends the next 14 years in jail wearing a green saree playing volleyball, remains to be seen. What interests me, however, is that every B-grade writer, Bollywood badshah and Breaking News channel is creating content based on this most chilling of cases. Here are some that I know of:
Times Now is starting a division called Assam Now — it will be kicked off with a programme called Crime Story, a detective series where a male investigative journalist called ArGo and his female counterpart InMu solve crimes in various forests all over the country.
Ekta Kapoor and Balaji Telefilms are planning a serial called Kyunki Sheena Bhi Behen Thi.
The Bhatts are already shooting for Murder 4. Emraan Hashmi plays Sanjeev Khanna and Sunny Leone plays multi roles.
Twinkle Khanna is writing a sequel to Mrs Funnybones, titled, Bones.
Peter Mukerjea is back to TV head honcho-hood. He is reviving his channel 9X. It will be renamed 2Xhusbands.
Chetan Bhagat is writing a murder mystery called The Driver Did It. The movie rights are yet to be sold.
And finally, a new reality TV show opens this season. It is called BADA BRO. The location will be Arthur Road jail. The contestants will be Indrani Mukerjea, Sanjeev Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan and Subrata Roy. Shiney Ahuja will be joining them.
Right, dear reader, I'm off, I need to leave to buy some meat. Today is the second day of the ban. Apparently, there is a shop that is selling good quality mutton in Mira Road. Or is it Bhayandar? I will let you know. In fact, I will let the nation know.
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She then went on to become the first lady by right of arms to rule as Baroness of the Palatine Barony of the Far West and the first lady quadruple peer in the Society (Laurel, 9/28/1975, TRM Douglas II & Lorna II of the West; Pelican, 10/3/1981, TRM Albert & Selene of Atenveldt; Viscounty, 6/11/1978, Princess of the Sun), as well as three-time Princess of the Sun and once Queen of Atenveldt. She was also the first and only queen to knight someone by herself (Sir Gareth of Bloodwine Gorge).
Sir Trude's knighting marked a turning point in the Society. There are now at least 25 other women who have been knighted since 1977 and scores of lady fighters throughout the Known World. Countess Sir Kolfinna kottr and others have a Website (http://www.swordmaiden.com/) which covers articles and items of interest for lady fighters, including old "fanzines" containing articles and observations by Sir Trude and other lady knights.
In June, Countess Sir Trude will make the pilgrimage to the West to witness Crown Tournament and visit with friends and former kingdom-mates. Happy Anniversary, Sir Trude!


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text: "Between the idea of elaborating an urbanism and the thesis that all urbanism is an ideology is a profound modification. In fact, by saying that all urbanism was a bourgeois ideology, [the situationists] abandoned the problem of the city. They left it behind. They thought that the problem no longer interested them. While I, on the other hand, continued to be interested; I thought that the explosion of the historic city was precisely the occasion for finding a larger theory of the city, and not a pretext for abandoning the problem."


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I have always enjoyed reading History as a subject in the school. A few weeks back, I had the fortune of dining with Durban's best known short story writer, Dr. D. A. Padayachee and well known poet / activist Danny Naicker. Dr. Padayachee took us to Jewel of India which is a part of the exclusive Elangeni Sun at the Durban beach front. We had the pleasure of having Rogan Josh with all its subtle flavours and I have often wondered about it since then. The history of the ultimate delicacy Rogan Josh is as interesting as the dish itself. Curiosity about its origins led me to learn a little more. Many years back, I had been served Rogan Josh by my Kashmiri friends in Gwalior. Its rich aroma prepared by Aunty Katju still gives the sense of olfactory fulfilment. After that I have had the pleasure of enjoying Rogan Josh prepared in different varieties in different countries.
Modern Orthopaedics is shaped on the skills laid down by centuries of tradition handed over by Bone Setters from all over the world. Liverpool is not only famous for its cobbled streets, drunken brawls at the wharf, the prettiest of wimps trading their wares, the Beatles but also to one Hugh Owen Thomas who is considered, the father of British Orthopaedic Surgery. His father Evan Thomas was an unqualified Bone Setter from the hills of Wales. He suffered bitter opposition from qualified doctors which gave him this firm determination of sending all his five children to Edinburgh to study for a Medical Diploma that would protect their profession of Bone Setting. Hugh was the eldest of all. Quoting from Watson – Jones, Fractures and Joint Injuries, ' Power, prestige and reward were as nothing to him, but he won such a place in the hearts of seamen, dockers and housewives that when he died in harness they lined the streets of Liverpool in thousands, sobbing testimony to the friend they had lost.'
It's strange that from my childhood time during every election, I felt sad. There was always somebody who would be elected and represent Gwalior in the Parliament as a back bencher. The beauty of Gwalior was always mercilessly trampled by such people who never knew the actual Gwalior. The parliamentary seat always went to obscure people who obviously have used their financial clout to get a seat allotted for them. M.J.Akbar, a former Member of Parliament and a well known literary figure has confessed in his blog about the vast amount of money which each contesting member spends to retain the constituency.
Prabhat Kiron Bose was my Pishomoshai. Well, for my non-Bengali readers, I'd better explain who a Pishemoshai is. He is the husband of Pishima, my father's sister.
I never remember seeing him as he had passed away during my childhood but he always remains an enigma for me till today. Prabhat Kiron Bose was a great writer, a well known figure in Bengali literature of the fifties. His mansion at No. 7 Rajabagan Lane, Hatibagan (Elephant's Garden), Kolkata was frequented by writers, poets and freedom fighters. My father and his brothers who were great admirers grew up reading his stories and poems. He was one of the very few writers of that period who took up writing as a full time profession.
So this is something which happened many years back.
Something which stuck to me, fibrils like so many others.
It was in 1985.
I was working in a high altitude hospital in the Kingdom of Bhutan.
It's Friday again and the afternoon is resounding with the distant marimba beat inoculating that certain joyousness which heralds the coming of a weekend.
My one-year old son, now so tuned to the marimba, crawls out towards the sounds, his face lit up with the same spirit which is common to the people here. He has an Ndebele name lovingly given to him by the nursing staff. He is Tabani.
That was Bulawayo fifteen years ago. My friends also called it Little London.
For me JS was not just a magazine.
It was much more than that.
Through JS I met the most talented and charismatic people who influenced me in my later life.
Love poetry, the British Woman, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century India
Just when one felt that the final misery had been reached and not another day nor another degree of heat could be borne, with the setting sun the rain came – in a torrential downpour which lasted for forty eight hours. Clad in the briefest, I rush out into the darkness to the still red hot brick chilboutra and let the deluge pour over me, while the thunder rumbled and the lightning played around the inky skies.
Indian Summer
A Mem-sahib in India and Sind
April Swayne – Thomas
Another time we meet
As strangers, friends or who knows
As lovers again
Turn, turn, turn to the rain again.
Strangertime – Pritish Nandy
Indo English Poetry in the Seventies
The seventies were great years. They had a momentous impact on me. I found myself in the midst of a lot of happenings. Bangla Desh was liberated. Noor e Alam Siddiqui alias Tiger Siddiqui, Abdul Qudus Makhan, Shahjahan Siraj and Mohammad Abdur Raub, their bravery at the helm of Mukti Bahini stuck to my mind. General Niyazi was brought to my home town of Gwalior. His surrendered pistol adorns the mess at Gwalior. The boy king, His Excellency Jigme Singhe Wangchuk sat on the throne of Bhutan at the same time. I had embarked on my medical studies in Gwalior Ten years later, I watched him playing soccer with his uncle at the stadium in Thimphu.
I read yesterday that he wants to quit monarchy and give Bhutan a democracy as much as I would love to leave medicine and enter a world of creative involvements.


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Spinal Cord is a vital Organ in our body and it is our Central Nervous system. It extends from base of brain and connects various organs of Human body through nervous system. It also helps in controlling blood
pressure, heart rate, and the temperature of the body. Here you can see the Presentation on Spinal Cord's connection with Organs and our body.
This was presented by Dr. P. Sivagnanam in ATAMA Doctors meeting held at Hosur, India.


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'O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, Thou tree most fair and lovely!' We're visiting the Space Needle in Seattle at Christmastime again this week. This view is on Fifth Avenue at about Blanchard Street as seen between the elevated tracks of the monorail. The stylized tree atop the Needle is beautiful, during the day the angled strings of lights are almost invisible, but at night they become a brilliant symbol of Christmas that can be seen from several miles away.
Shot last Christmas season in 2011, I caught the Needle's top through the fog. I loved the atmospheric, ethereal feel of this shot at night. I had my camera mounted on my tripod to get a good steady shot. I actually was standing in the lane of travel and had to keep one eye on traffic coming south on Fifth to make sure I didn't become a photographic road pizza. You know, fold it up and run…set it up and shoot, run/shoot, run/shoot. Do you take risks to get the shots you want?
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44 Responses to Christmas at the Needle – Weekly Top Shot #61
Hi Madge, thanks for hosting this meme. For some reason a few days ago your pictures stopped loading onto some IE browsers. Possibly just a local thing.
Great photos. I well be heading to Seattle next weekend to spend Christmas with my family. I hope to see the Space Needle then.
I am not much of a risk taker in area of my life. Glad you took this risk,because the results are spectacular.
Madge, thanks for the party this week. I am finally back after a few weeks off. Could you make a list for me on the must sees of your city including YOUR favorite hidden gems along with restaurants. I will be there in May. Thanks so much.
Take risks? – many, many times! Much to often in fact, and one day it's going to bite me.
oh, how pretty! we're most likely coming to Seattle next summer, can't wait! do I take risks? i've been taking photos on rooftops and in traffic and sometimes on the run to catch that perfect moment 🙂 but i stay safe. Happy Holidays, Madge!
Oh, I love the tree!
Here i was thinking about this wonderful photo and how that tree got up there and who would be brave enought to do it, and what they had to do to get it up there, then i read you were standing in traffic to get this amazing shot. i wondered how you get all your magnificent shots… now i know. and the reason I don't have magnificent shots is i am a big fraidy cat and never put myself in danger for any reason, and that includes photos.
What a pretty soft light, and dreamy!
Well done brave soul! Yep, I take risks…usually with traffic. There is one spot I love to shoot from a bridge. I have to walk down a road with no sidewalks and then cross another country road and stand on the bridge. There is a sidewalk on the bridge BUT it is absolutely amazing how fast the cars and trucks cross that bridge. Then there was the time I had someone chase me off their property with their dogs. But we will carry on! This is an absolutely beautiful Christmas photo!!!
It's a top shot all right!
Oh! Beautiful! I've only seen the space needle from the window of my airplane. I really wish I could see it with that Christmas tree!
Hahah! That's my window of the airplane ( I don't actually have an airplane…)
beautiful shot of the needle!
I've stopped in the middle of the road many times but not actually stood in the road. Lovely shot!
Great shot, Madge. Please be careful, though, as you capture these wonderful images. No road pizza, okay?
Oh, I really like this shot of the tree on top of the Space Needle – perfect. I have to confess that I have taken a risk here or there for a shot – but I do strive for safety.
I have taken those kinds of shots – run, shoot, run, shoot – and also dangerous ones of straddling a ditch, leaning to the right and balancing the camera on a seawall to get a shot of a heron on the beach – and now I am recovering from back surgery from that very time – ruptured a disk and they found an extra shard of bone in my spine that was piercing it – so that picture was NOT worth the extra chance I took. Though I probably will take chances again, though not quite as often. LOL I do love the shot of the space needle – and thanks for taking the risk for us. We haven't driven through
Seattle at night so have not seen the tree lit – not likely this year, maybe next. It is a wonderful shot!! Thanks
wow Madge, that is really beautiful!
Oh, my heavens. This must be the most beautiful capture of the Needle yet, my friend. xo
Wow, you really do take risks to get the shot! And I thought I was crazy for rolling on the ground trying to get good photos of my chickens 😉
But it was worth it – awesome photo! Glad you are safe, too 🙂
Oh how lovely!!
You definitely took a chance with traffic, but the shot is beautiful! I love all your photos of the needle and this one does not disappoint! Great job!
You did get a perfect shot – I suppose because of the risks you took standing on the road! I don't think I can remember taking risks, but I know I can be a nuisance!
Hi! Beautiful capture! I enjoyed your photo very much.
Wishing you a wonderful week ahead.
Beautiful, Madge!
Thanks for hosting.
The fog always adds to a photo doesn't it? I like your Christmas decorations in your last few posts. Especially the reflection one – cool!
xo Catherine
That tree's a lovely needle-topper!
Love that shot in the fog…makes everything look so magical. Thanks for hosting each week!! Hope you are enjoying your holidays.
What a beautiful shot. But – be careful!!
Beautiful photo.
Great job from you.
Wish you a nice week.
From Hilda
Madge this is incredible so worth the risk:) I have been known to take a few risks. B
This is just spectacular for someone like me who lives in a very rural area of Connecticut!…:)JP
What a beautiful photo! So pretty in the fog. I have taken risks to take a photo – pulled off busy roads, stood on high things, went into pastures with not very friendly cattle. (Won't do that again). But I have never stood in a traffic lane in the middle of the city. That is brave, Madge! xx
that christmas tree is perfect on top of that needle. 🙂
Wonderful, looks like a spaceship about to land. Greetings.
beautiful .. i am in the process of ending my Through My Eyes blog … once the new year begins and its absorbed into my NY blog i will rejoin you in this wonderful sharing of Top Shots
Impressive shot. I am not much of a risk taker, but I might have chanced the traffic as you did…maybe! Thanks for the comment and the follow!
I can't imagine stringing the lights on the Space Needle! That is a fabulous capture, and I'm glad you didn't become "road pizza!"
Thanks for your visit and comment on my blizzard shots. 🙂
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A few years ago, back before I even started blogging as Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy, I reached my lowest point in my battle against depression and suicidal thoughts. It was quite difficult to re-visit this period of my life, so much so that I only opened up about it recently, when I wrote a blog post a few months ago that was titled Don't Lose Hope.
It wasn't necessarily a feeling of shame that previously kept me from discussing this topic. Instead, it was just the fact that I still had many unhealed wounds; wounds that were received from such raw (and almost unimaginable) emotional and physical pain.
I'm glad I finally opened up about my previous struggles, though. Not only has it helped me reach a point where I feel more healed than damaged, but I've also received more private messages that you can imagine, from others who currently find themselves in the same spot where I was a few years ago. Many people have told me that they specifically decided not to commit suicide, after reading the blog post mentioned above. I know exactly what it's like to be in the shoes of the person on the other side of the email, and reading words such as there always moves me to tears.
Yes, there is a lot of sadness in these tears that I shed, but there is also a lot of happiness. Happiness in the knowledge that by having shared some of my deepest struggles, I've been able to help others who currently feel like they're losing the battle against depression.
An interesting thing happened, when I finally decided that I needed to reach out to others for help and share what was going on in my head. I made an appointment with a psychologist, and before my first session I tried to figure out what I was going to say. Of course, the main issues that I was dealing with were obvious…but I needed to figure out how to get across all of the 'background': I needed to explain what rheumatoid arthritis was, I needed to describe how I was struggling with so many side-effects from all of the medicines, and I needed to relate some of the problems that I had encountered when dealing with previous rheumatologists.
So there I was during my first session, going through my mental list of things that I needed to say. Rheumatoid arthritis. Check. Methotrexate. Check. Losing two days a week to my prescription hangover. Check. Problems with Dr. X. Check. Problems with Dr. Y. Check. And so on, and so on. And as I continued to talk, I started to notice that every piece of information that I communicated was being received with a gentle nod. Did this psychologist across the room really understand everything that I was talking about, or were these just kind signals of acknowledgment?
I received an answer to my question towards the end of the hour. As luck (or fate, or whatever you want to call it) would have it, my new psychologist was the primary caregiver of a person who was living with rheumatoid arthritis. Talk about a wealth of information: in addition to all of my emotional issues, we started discussing a wide range of different treatment options that I might try. (And much to my 'surprise', I also learned that we both had the exact same problems with Dr. X!) And this, in a little more detail, was how I was finally able to change directions, and start along a path that has helped me reach the point where I am at this moment.
I share this additional information because I continue to receive all different types of messages from readers of this blog, and in these emails I've noticed that there are two questions which are asked much more frequently than others:
- How can you possibly be so positive while living with rheumatoid arthritis? I want to get to the point where you're at, but I just don't know how to.
- How do you keep moving forward? I can't do this anymore. I just want to give up.
And while my goal in writing this particular post is not to provide complete answers to these questions, I do–as the eternal optimist–want to point out what I see to be the positive aspects of these questions; questions which obviously communicate that the people writing them are facing significant challenges.
To people in the first group, I just want to reiterate that I haven't always been in the positive place where I currently am, but that I too had this hope, this idea, that things could and should be better than I once found them to be. To even be able to grasp such a thought is a recognition of the power and of the strength that resides within you. This thought, and this recognition, will continue to point you in the right direction, and take you down the right path. Right now the specifics may not be clear (how am I going to get there, when am I going to get there), but you do have a clear goal in mind: the desire to live a more happy, fulfilling, and positive life with chronic pain and disability. It may take a while to really start noticing some of the positive results (it certainly did for me), but I have no doubt that you will in fact achieve your goal.
And to people in the second group, you might be wondering how I can possibly find anything positive in your question. It's actually quite simple, though. Whether you realize it or not, you've *already* reached out for help…and this is a good thing! The exact minute when I realized that I needed help will always be one of the most important moments in my life. Even though I didn't see it at the time, it was at this point when I decided to stop suffering, and finally start living. I don't know how many other people you may have already reached out to for help, but that's exactly what I suggest to continue to do. Choose which friends and family members you can speak to about what's going on, and talk with them. Trust me, it helps a lot. I know, it's hard in the beginning…but with each new person that you reach out to, it get's easier…and things get better. And don't forget, working with a trained therapist or psychologist–like I did–can really make a world of a difference.
Sometimes it's harder than usual to find that silver lining…but it's always there. We just have to look for it.
Stay tuned…for the next adventure of Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy!


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