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Silver Helps Rebuild Tissue
The mechanism by which silver ions help rebuild tissue has been studied for more than a decade.
Dr. Robert O. Becker, M.D. of Becker Biomagnetics in New York, initially reported his findings at the First International Conference on Silver and Gold in Medicine, co-sponsored by The Silver Institute in 1987. Since then, this technique has been used in clinical settings where hundreds of patients with various wounds have recovered. In addition, a laboratory study conducted by the US Army Institute for Surgical Research at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, showed that laboratory animals with burns treated under controlled conditions experienced shortened time for reconstruction with silver-nylon dressings.
Recovery of skin function was faster when electric current was applied compared to no application of electric current. Dr. Becker received a U.S. patent for the devices, materials, and techniques involved in the regeneration of tissue using silver ions.
After several hundred cases, Dr. Becker believes that the technique works in three stages. The first stage is the chemical combination of highly active free silver ions with all bacteria or fungi present in the wound, which are inactivated within 20 to 30 minutes. The second stage occurs over the next few days. Silver acts on fibroblast cells to cause them to revert to their embryonic state, becoming stem cells. These cells are universal building blocks whose role is to reconstruct new tissue. In the final stage, silver ions form a complex with the living cells in the wound area to produce immediately convertible stem cells. The end result of this conversion is that the stem cells supply all the building blocks necessary to completely restore all anatomical structures.
Additional research by Dr. Becker indicated that during laboratory tests he conducted, cancer cells reverted to normal (not killed, but returned to normal). Other observations he and others have made are a correlation between silver deficiency and illness, proper immune system functioning, soft tissue and bone repair acceleration, the formation of cells that appear to be able to repair virtually any part of the body, reduction of inflammation, antimicrobial, antifungal, antibiotic properties, etc. All of these observations are yet to be fully understood.
No other known treatment provides sufficient numbers of the embryonic or stem cells required for true regeneration of damaged or destroyed tissues in human and animals. The success indicates that there is the potential not only for the healing of near-surface wounds, but also for regenerative repair of internal organs such as the heart, liver, brain, and the spinal cord.
Patients have found relief from staph, strep, prostate and sinus infections, as well as laryngitis and sore throats, when treated with colloidal silver, says Debra Brammer, N.D., a naturopathic physician and faculty member at Seattle-based Bastyr University. Though few medical professionals are familiar with colloidal silver, no one disputes the need for an alternative to traditional antibiotics. Its proponents cite decades of word of mouth supporting its effectiveness, as well as published clinical studies in Europe and Australia.
- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has stated that because colloidal silver has been in used for over 60 years (prior to 1938), it may continue to be marketed (Sept. 13, 1991, letter from consumer safety officer, Harold Davis, U.S. FDA). Additionally, the FDA has no jurisdiction over a pure, mineral element. However, the FDA restricts what can and cannot be said about colloidal silver and no claims can be made about its properties.
- Dr. Robert Becker's "The Body Electric" recognizes a correlation between low levels of silver and sickness. He stated that the silver deficiency is responsible for the improper functioning of the immune system. Dr. Becker's research concluded that silver works on the full spectrum of pathogens without any side effects or damage to any cells of the body. He also states that the silver was doing something more than killing disease-causing organisms. It was also causing major growth stimulation of injured tissue. Burn patients and even elderly patients noticed more rapid healing. And he discovered that all cancer cells change back to normal cells. All strains of pathogens resistant to other antibiotics may be killed by colloidal silver.
- Dr. W.J. Simpson, C.M.G., M.D., (Professor of Hygiene) Kings College, London, and Dr. R. Tanner Hewlefler, M.D., F.R.C.P. (Professor of Bacteriology) University of London, published an article in The Lancet, back in Dec. 1944. In essence, it said that the typhoid bacillus, which they were working on, was killed outright by the silver colloid solution.
- Alfred Searle, founder of the pharmaceutical conglomerate, wrote in 1919: "Applying colloidal silver to human subjects has been done in a large number of cases with astonishingly successful results. For internal administration, orally, or hypodermically, it has the advantage of being rapidly fatal to parasites without toxic action on its host. It is quite stable".
- "Colloidal Preparations of Silver" in Pharmacy, British Medical Journal, February 1923. Pure silver is entirely non-irritant. In tests, at very high dilution rates it has been shown repeatedly that the rapid exerted disinfectant action is of considerable therapeutic value.
- Alexander Tomasz, M.D. of the Rockefeller University of New York City, states: "Common bacteria that cause pneumonia, children's ear infections and many other diseases are evolving into forms untreatable by all known medicines, threatening a frightening post-antibiotic era that is a looming medical disaster".
- "Silver our mightiest Germ Fighter", Science Digest of March 1978. As an antibiotic, silver kills hundreds of disease-causing organisms, and resistant strains fail to develop. Silver is absolutely non-toxic and the best all round germ fighter that we have. Doctors are reporting that, taken internally, it works in cases of syphilis, cholera, malaria, diabetes and severe burns. Richard L. Davies, executive director of The Silver Institute, which monitors silver technology in 37 countries, reports: "In four years, we've described 87 important new medical uses for silver".
- Dr. Bjorn Nordstrom, of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, has used silver in his cancer cure method for many years. He says the whole thing is very simple. This brought rapid remission in patients given up by other doctors.
- Rather than in a chemical compound, silver, in a colloidal state, may be applied in a much-concentrated form, with corresponding better results.
- According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Poison Control Center, colloidal silver is considered harmless. Dr Samuel Etris, a senior consultant at The Silver Institute, reports that there has never been any allergic, toxic, or carcinogenic reactions to colloidal silver. The U.S. Government's Center for Disease Control confirmed that fact in 1995.


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Blood enters the heart through the atria. When the atria contract the blood is forced through valves into the ventricles. The ventricles then contract pushing the blood out of the heart. Both sides of the heart pump together but the blood moves in different directions.
Valves are very important in ensuring that the blood flows in the right direction. In a human heart there are four valves:
- two between the atria and the ventricles
- two between the ventricles and the body
All four valves act as one-way valves. They control the blood flow by opening and closing when the heart contracts.
NOTE: You don't need to know the names of the valves.
The third type of blood vessel in the blood is the capillaries. The function of a capillary is to let food and oxygen reach the cells. It also takes away waste products like carbon dioxide. In order for this diffusion to happen faster the walls of capillaries are very thin: only one cell thick in fact.
If an artery has started to narrow, the blood flow is restricted. A stent is then inserted to hold open the artery thereby allowing blood to flow through more easily. It's essentially a small wire mesh tube. Once it has been surgically inserted into an artery it expands, opening the blood vessel. In general they're used to support coronary arteries and can take a lot of stress off the heart and help with chest pains. If a blocked artery is left untreated it can lead to a heart attack or heart failure because not enough oxygen can reach the heart.


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April 30, 2015
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, congratulated Cascade Aerospace Inc. on the delivery of an upgraded C-130K Hercules aircraft to Mexico's Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA).
Under a contract negotiated between SEDENA and the Canadian Commercial Corporation, Cascade Aerospace carried out full modernization and overhaul of the aircraft and will complete repairs on a second. Over its lifetime, the project will sustain approximately 700 jobs in Canada's advanced manufacturing sector.


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You can rest assured that we have arrived safe and sound back in San Juan after a pretty crazy two weeks of travel. February 18th we left San Juan del Obispo destined for Cobán and the cloud forests of Guatemala. After about 6 hours on our school bus, we arrived to CCFC (Community Cloud Forest Conservation) where we met Outtatown partners Rob and Tara. They have been working in Guatemala for over 10 years serving the Mayan community, teaching and working with them to make sustainable and healthy agriculture a part of their everyday lives. They also teach Mayan families how to feed themselves well, how to use what they have to make a living, all while instilling the importance that girls get an education past 6th grade.
It was this ministry that we partnered with for a whole week; it was a place where we got to rest our heads inside the very building that past Outtatowners had been working on for a couple years, and eat spectacular food made by the Mayan ladies that were staying with Rob and Tara. You could sense the hospitality of all these people the moment you walked through the gate. It made you feel like you walked into a home.
Over the course of the next few days, we learned a lot about what they are doing in Cobán. The first day we got a tour around the conservation grounds where Rob showed us how they were trying to sustainably use the land they had. They had natural water filtration from the sinks to the river so the chemicals we use everyday wouldn't pollute the water; all the toilets are composting to avoid the whole water pollution and then filtration steps; and every vegetable and herb they use for meals is grown on site. We then got to explore a giant cave that was only a short walk from the lodge and garden area. You were dwarfed by the size of this thing! All in all a pretty fascinating day of learning.
A few of the other days were spent helping out around the site with whatever tasks they needed to have done. This included gardening/pulling weeds, sitting in on agriculture lessons to Mayan school children, assisting the construction crew with the new building they were working on, and dragging freshly cut, full eucalyptus tree trunks out of the forest to use as support posts for the new building. I was lucky enough to both sit in on these lessons with the kids, and later haul giant logs out of the forest with 14 others. By the end of our time there I think we managed to pull about 15 logs out of the forest with sheer man-power. Oh the fun stories we will have from that experience!
Now not all the time was spent in physical labour. Saturday the 20th and Sunday the 21st of that week we piled into a small bus and visited some remote villages around the area. Saturday was a little rainy, making the ground into a mud soup that sloshed with every step. Thank goodness for rubber boots – although, our pants didn't fair so well by the end of the day. Nevertheless we made our way to the home of a Mayan family Rob and Tara have worked with for a couple years. They welcomed all 24 of us into their home, served us sweet coffee and stuffed frijole tortillas, and told us about what they have been working on in their village for the last few years. The hospitality of these people, strangers frankly, was heartwarming.
On Sunday we found ourselves in the city of Cobán at a Dominican monastery learning about the history of the Mayans before and after the Spanish invasion. We then attended the main Catholic Church in Cobán's Parque Central for their evening service. It was an interesting experience seeing the difference between what I know as church at home, to what Catholics know as church. It was very much more a strictly religious practice with many traditions formulated to weave in and out perfectly. As Outtatown does best, we expanded our world that day to open our minds to understanding what life outside our own bubbles is like.
Well I would have loved to say that was the extent of our busy week, but that would be very far from the truth. After our time at the conservation site, we were sent off to our Mayan homestays in the village of Cebop. We were matched up with our host siblings before hopping on the bus and a few in the back of a pickup to drive to the village. We soon arrived at the base of the village, grabbed our backpacks, and followed our hosts on foot as they guided us higher and higher up the steep slopes of the mountain.
I think we were all incredibly thankful for the hiking experience we had a few days prior, otherwise I know I personally would have collapsed at some point on that climb. My host family lived on the very top of one of the shorter mountains. Giving them an incredible view all around. For each of us, the rest of the day was spent interacting with our families. In the morning everyone hiked up to the local school with their host siblings where we witnessed a bit of a presentation before heading back to our homes with the task of making a trilingual picture dictionary with the kids. Fun times came from that and each of us has our different stories. All in all I think the time we spent with these families was incredibly valuable. We felt incredibly welcomed from the moment we met them, and made memories that will last a lifetime.
So that about sums up our week in Cobán. Our next week gave us a much needed retreat from the physicality of the one before. We headed to Lanquin where we stayed in a hostel on the edge of a river for a couple days. It was nice to be able to spend the days to ourselves lying in hammocks, eating home-like food, and sleeping a solid 8-9 hours on an actual mattress undisturbed. We took a day trip into Semuc Champey where they have the famous layered pools/waterfalls that you can swim in. The day brought us the adventure of caving in waist deep water, tubing through the fast current of the river, the opportunity to jump off a short bridge into the water, a 30 min hike up to a cool viewing place for the pools below, and then time to swim in the water while having little fish try and nibble at you. It was the perfect balance of adventure and relaxation.
Our final destination during our travel weeks was a beach hotel on Lago Ixobel called Denny's Beach. A few hours drive from Lanquin, and then a 20 min boat ride across the lake brought us to this secluded little getaway. The water was so warm in comparison to other places we had swam, that the moment we got our rooms, everyone dawned their bathing suits and jumped into the lake as we watched the sunset. This weekend brought us back to first semester days when we had two Knowing Yourself sessions with two of our leaders. In the morning we completed the Enneagram personality test. In the afternoon we talked about on the importance of diversity within the church and in community through scripture, and then expanded that through small interactive activities.
It was good to take some time to devote to ourselves and understand what's going on in our hearts and minds. Although the next two days were un poquito rainy, that didn't stop us from enjoying time together as a community as we visited hot spring waterfalls across the lake, cracked open a couple of coconuts, and sat around the fire singing until the rain sent us running for cover.
It's been a crazy past few weeks but I wouldn't trade the experiences we had for anything else. I am encouraged day in and day out by our community, and growing in the knowledge that God is ever present in the midst of it all.
Adíos for now!
Karissa Enns


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Forums › Niryo One › Troubleshooting › Arm goes automatically down › Reply To: Arm goes automatically down
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I guess I am used to doing automatic calibrations periodically since with the older software the manual calibration method didn't work as reliably.
Do you have a v1.x robot with a stepper on Axis 4 or a v2.0 robot with a Dynamixel XL-430 on Axis like @wodcleaner?
I assume that your robot is able to complete automatic calibration successfully. How is it behaving otherwise? Any problems or is it working as expected?


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Up to 60 mosques in Dubai have been fitted with systems to achieve 25% in water savings.
Imdaad has fitted 1,387 aerators in the taps of 60 mosques it manages for Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department (IACAD).
READ: fmME Site visit to Jumeirah Mosque in Dubai
The move is part of Imdaad's three-year integrated facilities management (IFM) contract with IACAD, including more than 500 mosques and 1,200 associated homes.
Jamal Abdullah Lootah, group CEO of Imdaad, told fmME that energy conservation systems will also be installed in 35% of the company's mosque portfolio in Bur Dubai through its Imtedaad platform.
Imtedaad's features include cognitive computing, predictive maintenance, machine-to-machine communication, automatic correction, real-time monitoring and asset tracking, and energy management.
The platform studies the performance of interconnected assets and provides co-related data analyses to produce recommendations and corrective actions for facility optimisation.
VIDEO: IFM delivery at Jumeirah Mosque with Imdaad
IACAD and Imdaad's renewable agreement is valued at $8.2m (AED30m) per annum.
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terrycloth dishtowel apron–a tutorial
My friend, Lynn, recently asked me if I could make a terrycloth dishtowel apron for her mother-in-law, aka Bubbie or Mrs. T. I didn't know what she meant at first, so to Google images I went. Oh, the pictures brought back memories and I knew exactly what Lynn was describing!
If you are over 50, you will remember these aprons worn by our mothers and grandmothers. In the 1950s and 1960s, resourceful, creative women would take a terrycloth dishtowel and add a waistband, ties, and binding to make an apron. It was a practical way to wear art that you could wipe your hands on!
I searched online for instructions to make one, and although there are loads of creative apron tutorials, I couldn't find one to make an apron exactly like Mrs. T wanted. So I made one up. Here's my take on making a terrycloth dishtowel apron.
Materials: terrycloth dishtowel, approx 16″ wide x at least 20″ long; coordinating fabric, one piece cut to 5″x17″ (for waistband) and two strips cut to 5″ x 28″ (for ties); and iron-on interfacing (two pieces cut to 2″ x 16″).
First, find a plush terrycloth dishtowel–not an easy task. You could use a regular linen-type dishtowel, but Mrs. T wanted one that you could really dry your hands on–only terrycloth would do (and I agree!). The best ones I came across were at Bed Bath & Beyond and made by Calphalon–they are reminiscent of the vintage Vera Neumann dishtowels with their bright artsy renderings of fruits and vegetables.
Cut the towel to 19 inches in length, discard the shorter piece, and zigzag-stitch the cut edge.
About 1/4 inch from the cut edge, baste-stitch so you can pull the thread to create a slight gather.
Iron the two strips of interfacing to the wrong side of the 5″ x 17″ waistband so they are centered and abut each other in the middle.
Find the center of the waistband and the center of the apron (by folding each in half and marking with a pin) and then pin the right side of the waistband to the wrong side of the apron, matching these center pins. Sew using a 1/2-inch seam allowance. The waistband will extend beyond the sides of the apron–that's ok.
Iron the waistband, turning 1/2″ under on the top and sides.
Fold the waistband in half over the top to the front, covering the seam beneath. The waistband width will measure 2 inches finished. Iron, pin and top-stitch the bottom edge of the waistband in place. Leave the sides of the waistband open. The sides of the waistband will extend about 1/2″ beyond the apron on both sides.
For the ties, fold each 5″ x 28″ piece of fabric in half lengthwise right sides together. Using a 1/4″ seam, sew along one short end and then the long edge. Leave the other short end open. Clip the corner and trim, turn inside out through the open end and press with an iron. Fold the open end to create a small pleat.
Insert this pleated tie end into the open end of the waistband. Pin in place, adjusting the pleat so the tie fills this open end smoothly. Top-stitch the seam shut, making sure to catch the back side of the waistband.
To finish, top-stitch the top edge of the waistband.
Here it is:
It is practical and cute–I hope Mrs. T loves it!
If you'd like a pdf of these instructions, you can find it here.


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Creating a forest garden plan with a satellite background image
As part of my online forest garden course, I've been looking at how to use a screenshot of a satellite photo as the basis of a forest garden plan. If you're comfortable with computers, the process is relatively straightforward.
Using a CAD plan, it's easy to move trees around to try out different ideas. The hard bit is setting up the boundaries of the land in the first place.
The easiest way I've found to achieve this is to take a screenshot of a satellite photo and scale it down to the right size in the CAD software.
This walkthrough will show you the 4 steps of importing and scaling the image.
What you need
- A copy of QCAD, Computer Aided Design software that is Free and Open Source. There's a free version which is absolutely fine for our purposes. In the demo, we're using metres as the unit!
- A bitmap editor like Photoshop. GIMP is a Free Open Source alternative.
1. Take a screenshot of your satellite image
- Use Google Maps, Apple Maps or Bing Maps and get the highest resolution satellite image of your land that you can.
- Make sure to include a metres scale (this demo is in metric!)
- Take a screenshot
- Open in your image editor and save as a JPEG in the same folder you'll save your CAD file.
2. Measure pixels per metre
- Using the rectangular marquee tool and measure the metres scale.
- In our example, there are 210 pixels per 30 metres.
- 210 divided by 30 equals 7 pixels per metre
3. Calculate image scale factor
- QCAD imports images in at 1 pixel per 1 metre.
- In our example, we want 7 pixels per metre.
- So, we divide 1 by 7, which gives us 0.142857143
This is the image scale factor, ie how much we need to scale the image once it's in QCAD.
4. Scale the image in QCAD
- Hop into QCAD, save a new file in the same folder as your background image
- Choose
File → Importfrom the drop-down menu, then import your image
- Select your image with
Select → Select All
- Bring up the Property Editor with
View → Property Editor
- Enter the image scale factor (our example is 0.142857143) into both the
Width Factor:and
Height Factor:fields
You'll see the image scale down. And now you can use the
Circle tools to create circles of a set diameter, which will represent trees. You can find the approximate height and diameter of common forest garden trees and shrubs from the brilliant Plants For A Future.
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Vermouth or wormwood - named after the wormwood herb - is a wine enriched with various herbs and spices. It has an alcohol content of 14.5-21.9% and a bitter taste. According to the EU regulation wormwood is called "flavoured wine with characteristic aroma which has been mixed with alcohol".
The origins go back to ancient Egypt, Hippocrates used the elixir for example against jaundice or tetanus. There are clear differences in taste between dry French and rather sweet Italian wormwood.
Depending on the sugar content, the tetanus is divided into different categories:
- Extra dry: 0-29g sugar/litre with at least 15% alcohol content
- Dry: 30-49g sugar/litre with at least 16% alcohol content
- semi-dry: 50-90g sugar/litre
- Sweet: 90-130g sugar/liter
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eHealth Radio Interview with Golden Care CEO, Porsha Vogt
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Organisation empowers 194,330 women in one year
A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION, the Lift Above Poverty Organization
(LAPO) said it has within the last one year built the capacity of 194,330 women on health issues. it said the development has led to increased health consciousness and positive living among the benefiting women.
The South East Regional Manager of organization, Mrs. Blessing Iyoha, who stated this during the organization's yearly training Enugu, said 126,705 were screened for Malaria, High blood pressure, hepatitis, diabetes and other ailments free of charge and provided with necessary support.
Iyoha added that 50,977 other women received various trainings on how to confront obnoxious socio-cultural and traditional practices militating against their progress.
Explaining that the organization's desire was to ensure improved living and empowerment of women, Iyoha disclosed that the intervention has improved early dictation and management of common diseases among the vulnerable people of the country.
According to her, since inception in 1987, the organization had demonstrated unwavering commitment to poverty alleviation through the implementation of innovative credit and non-credit empowerment programmes, adding that LAPO Microfinance Bank currently provides financial services to 1.41 million persons.
Speaking on the theme, "Women Economic Advancement: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow", Iyoha said it was aimed at showcasing the efficacy of economic empowerment as a catalyst for women's financial independence, inclusion in decision making and participation.
In a lecture entitled, "Empowering Women and Empowering Humanity", a
Women's Rights Advocate, Mrs Iruka Nwokedi, a lawyer, charged women to jettison self-imposed limitations and use resources around them to improve their living condition.
She stated that women empowerment was sacrosanct and was required for any society to move forward.
Nwokedi encouraged women to stop playing second fiddle, especially in politics but use their natural endowment to contribute to the development of the nation.
She identified inheritance issues/rights, ignorance, illiteracy among others as militating the progress of women, and urged them to develop the political will to overcome their challenges.
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Bring the world of puppeteering to your setting with your very own puppet theatre and a range of home-made puppets
Puppet theatre
To create a puppet theatre, cut two large rectangular openings in opposite sides of a strong, cardboard box, one to form the 'backstage' where the puppets can be held up to face the audience, and the other for the 'front stage' as viewed by the audience.
Invite the children to decorate the edges around the 'front stage' using colourful paints or sticky-paper shapes, and use strips of sticky-backed Velcro to hang a panel of fabric on either side of the opening to create theatre curtains. Tie the curtains back with thick wool. Stand the decorated theatre on a low-level table draped in a large sheet of fabric to hide the puppeteers as they crouch 'backstage' manoeuvring their puppets.
Place a row of chairs in front of the puppet theatre and a 'ticket office' nearby with a toy till, home-made theatre tickets and programmes, and real or pretend money. Help the children to make a selection of signs and posters to display around the theatre, such as 'Daily puppet shows', 'Tickets for sale', 'Entrance', 'Exit' and so on.
Use your puppet theatre to encourage imaginative play.
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Large, strong cardboard box; large scissors (adult use); colourful paints; sticky-paper shapes; strips of sticky-backed Velcro; nonfraying fabric such as felt, braid or thick wool; low-level table; large drapes or an old sheet; chairs; toy till; home-made theatre tickets and programmes; real or pretend money; strips of card; thick pens; selection of commercial and home-made puppets, tape recorder and tapes.
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The new major version of Mimer SQL is the result of more than three years development with focus on performance and scalability. The result is improved performance in the database kernel, in the SQL compiler and the optimizer, performance in the integration with the host operating system and performance in the client communication, just to mention a few.
A minor, but still very visible, change on the Windows platform is the new installer. The installation procedure has been streamlined and can now be done in just a few steps and it takes seamlessly care of an upgrade situation and un-installs the previous version automatically.
In May 2019 Unicode version 12.1 was announced and this new standard has been implemented in Mimer SQL 11 with the result that Mimer SQL has support for 150 different language collations, as well as support for all 137.929 characters.
We are also proud to announce that with the release of Mimer SQL 11 we support all of SQL-2016 core SQL features as well as 137 of the extended features.
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The result of this work is that records can now be of variable length and all datatypes are implemented in formats native to the platform we are running on. The larger page size allows Mimer SQL 11 to better use improvements in modern disk technology, and data is stored in a more compact and more efficient manner than ever before. In addition, the main memory cache also has unlimited size which allows Mimer SQL to use large main memory efficiently, typically found on server systems.
The upshot is an increase in performance which is a prerequisite for scalability, expandability, and is a foundation for taking Mimer SQL to the next level.
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No, this isn't about public schools, it's about another kind of education entirely — the training of foreign military and police forces by the US military and the CIA. Even when compared to the success rate of your typical inner-city high school, it's a failure.
How many billions of dollars has the USofA spent "training" the Iraqi army and police forces who promptly abandoned their positions, leaving their US supplied weapons behind, when IS took over Ramadi? How about the half billion or so spent recruiting, training, and arming Syrian "moderates" — 51 of them by best estimates, of whom roughly five still are in the field? Then, just last week, American trained forces in Afghanistan abandoned Kirkuz to Taliban invaders, despite outnumbering their enemy and being better armed. To add insult to injury, military spokespersons have persistently reported glowing success for the training programs, even as graduates turn tail and run away.
Some blame the inadequacy of Iraqi and Afghan officer corps, but it's probably just as well that the USofA can't take responsibility for officer training. Our Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly called the US Army School of the Americas, has been training Latin American military leaders for many years. Its graduates are best known for leading military coups against elected governments and some of the worst human rights abuses on record.
So why do we continue to throw good money after bad in the Middle East? Because "training" seems like a reasonable substitute for boots on the ground. Given that a reprise of the Bush invasions that got us into the mess in the first place would be understandably unpopular, and that just taking what remains of our marbles and going home is not an option, we seem to be trapped in what economists call the "sunk cost fallacy." We'll continue to invest more and more into a losing proposition.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Crisis in Education
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Mother's Day Gift Guide: The 4 Gemstones You Need to Know
Would Mom love a lavender spinel or is she more of a pink tourmaline? Find out which gemstone matches Mom's personality for the perfect Mother's Day Gift.
The Stone List
Wondering what to gift her this year? Sparkles always work. Turn your focus to special color stones that capture her to perfection. Whether she is the ambitious career type or feels best at home, loves a healthy lifestyle or can't wait to take out her Louboutins on Friday, I've curated the pieces that reflect her best.
1. If Ambition & Career Sound Like Pet Names To Her...
Chic Lavender Spinel
Spinels do the job perfectly: this rare stone is a favorite among gemologists, gem dealers and collectors because of its beautiful brilliance, very good hardness (i.e., the stone can handle it when a business deal didn't go the way she wanted and she - accidentally - hit her ring against the wall) and gorgeous colors. This lavender one is truly delicious. Subtle enough to be worn in the office but brilliant enough to easily compete in beauty with Rubies and Sapphires.
Chic Lavender Spinel - oh la la - Like Brigitte.
2. If Her Home Is Her Castle ...
Soft And Sensual In Pink
Amazing pink for the lady who loves her home. An almost 5ct stone to wear in the house? Why not enjoy beauty in private. Brightly colored Sri Lankan Tourmalines were brought to Europe by navigators from the Dutch East India Company in the late 17th century who gave the stone the name 'aschentreckers' meaning 'ash attractors' because it could attract dust and lint when charged with static electricity and so, they used it to clean their pipes after smoking (couldn't ignore this fact obviously). Now this electric pink stone will awaken her senses and everyone else's for that matter 😉
Sultry and soft in pink tourmaline like Lana
3. If Glamour And Glitter Reflect Her Inner Nature
Size Does Matter
This huge yellow-green dazzling Beryl for sure is a head-turner. More than 7 carats to be draped around her neck or finger... This special stone belongs to the same family as emeralds. When a green beryl contains chromium and/or vanadium, it is called 'emerald'. Without these elements, it is named a 'green beryl'. The stone is typically lighter green than emeralds - not something that would bother me personally, in fact, I find it far more original. This stone has an excellent cut which is rare for colour stones and gives it an amazing sparkle. Just what she was looking for on her night out;)
A Yellow-Green Dazzling Beryl Will Make Heads Turn Like Marilyn
4. If Vegan, Paleo Friendly Almond Milk Cappuccino Is Her Thing
Go Green. Gracefully
This spectacular stone is so intense blue-green that it is called Lagoon Tourmaline: the color of an exotic sea, and of anything lively and luscious for that matter. The name Tourmaline is derived from the Sinhalese and Tamil 'turmali' meaning the "stone of mixed colors": this one stone family reflects all the beautiful colors in nature imaginable. As most color stones, each stone is unique and a fine one, such as this stone, is rare and distinctive. Like her morning cappuccino.
Go green. Gracefully. Like Jane.
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Brian is a well known Bible teacher with a particular emphasis on Biblical end time events. Believing that these events are already underway, he believes that the Rapture of the Church to glory is imminent. Brian and Gilly (pic here with Bethan)travel throughout the UK and he also teaches in Europe and the USA. Although they are regularly in fellowships and churches who know them well, they are most happy to visit new venues to bring the message of the Gospel and the nearness of Christs return.
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"1. Please can Archbishop Welby explain how he can act as a Patron of the Woolf Institute which has commissioned the Commission on Religion and Belief in Public Life report, and then sit as an 'independent' giver of evidence to a report that he has helped to commission?""2. Can he also explain how he can now personally support a report which decries his own Christian faith, and which has been heavily criticised by his own church?""3. In the interests of truth and transparency, and in view of his role as a patron of the Woolf Institute, can he also state how much money was received for the Commission from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, the Woolf Institute and George Soros Open Society?"


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text: I was very skeptical of RFID at first...but now after using it at Sugarbush I've been converted to a believer. From my personal experience it is faster and more efficient than the old bar code passes/tickets. And to be fair, many of the times that someone gets stuck at a gate it is because they can't read the signs and follow simple directions. Everyone once in a while my card might not scan and I just back up a few inches and re-approach the gate and it works. Sure beats the countless number of times that the barcodes didn't scan in the past.


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Porta presents a 5-course plant-based nosh paired with Organic Wines.
This October for one-night only, Porta presents an extraordinary 5-Course plant-based nosh with a focus on root vegetables. If this is not rare enough, pair it with organic wines from Paul Jaboulet Aine's collection. These wines are produced by one of France's most distinguished winemakers, the Frey family, who has carved a name in being certified with sustainable farming practices. They're now progressively adopting biodynamic farming where each plot of land is manually ploughed by horses, in a dedicated quest to commit to a spiritual-ethical-ecological approach in producing wines.
Porta is proud to introduce gourmands such a unique wine collection that undergoes stringent and meticulous production techniques. Each of Paul Jaboulet Aine's label possesses relish and precision with a caressing texture that is at its most compelling and alluring.
Start with the Lotus Root crisps and kombu-braised daikon followed by the baked and seared Baby Beetroot with citrus-infused rose apple, this dish is dressed in an uncommon savoury finish of soy caramel, olive oil and lemon, alongside slices of fresh green apple, lime gel and crunchy cacao nibs. To enhance the intense depth and character of this dish, recommended pairing for this dish is the Cotes du Rhone Parallele 45 Rouge 2016 that blends 55% Grenache, 35% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre grape varietals. Red fruits and spice aromas, with fresh, balanced and silky tannins. Palate is delicate with hints of raspberries, redcurrants and licorice.
Third course is the The Purple Potato Soup followed by sliced Celeriac prepared in roasted onion sauce over medium heat, while the highly prized Maitake or Hen of the Woods mushroom is sautéed with garlic, banana shallots and a touch of lemon jus. A sprinkling of shio kombu produces an intense umami flavour profile to the entire experience. Crozes-Hermitage Les Jalets 2016 is recommended for this creation. Nose opens up to notes of small red fruits, redcurrant and floral scents of violet and a touch of licorice. It is generous on the palate, with a finish of full finesse.
End your meal with a refreshing fruit-based dessert experience follows. Sapodilla or chiku butter cake is served with tenderly-stewed persimmon, roselle jam, poached jujubes and gooseberries paired with the Muscat de Beaumes de Venise Le Chant des Griolles 2014. Orange, marmalade, apricot liqueur explode on the nose, where the palate is dense and rich – enhanced for a beautiful finish.
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|Trump asks SCOTUS to block Deutsche subpoena
|Friday, 06. December 2019 21:24
In an emergency request filed on Friday, President Trump asked the Supreme Court to halt a subpoena issued by House Democrats seeking his financial records from Deutsche Bank.
Trump acted in response to an appeals court ruling which ordered Deutsche Bank and Capital One to comply with the subpoenas for the president's financials.
This is the third time Trump has filed an emergency request to the high court in an effort to stop the lower chamber of Congress to scrutinize his financial dealings.
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Truth: you can make almost anything sound inspirational if you play the right music.
On the 15th episode of "Too Long; Didn't Listen," comedians Rachel Feinstein and Nate Bargatze discuss their latest stand-up endeavors and everything from creepy memories about the Easter Bunny to dreams of being a criminal profiler.
Feinstein has a new stand-up album coming out this year, is currently producing a pilot for Comedy Central with Amy Schumer and will make a cameo in the movie "Trainwreck" this summer. And to think, all this after shirking college as a teenager to move to New York City with a band called Dicksister and getting fired from her first job "On Broadway" (at a store called Phat) after just four hours.
Bargatze's new one-hour special, "Full Time Magic," is premiering on Comedy Central on Friday, May 2, at midnight, the title of which is a nod to his father, who is actually a magician. Things weren't always top hats and tuxedos though, as Bargatze explains. His father used to be a clown who made family pictures extra weird and once gave the Easter Bunny a ride home from the mall (side note: that might be the saddest end of a sentence ever written).
Listen until the end to hear the advice Bargatze and Feinstein would have given themselves when they were first starting out, including a speech that we made extra-inspirational with the addition of a little mood music:


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Light up your home or terrace with this stunning lantern from House Doctor. The Tabia lantern will create summer vibes and set the right mood for a cosy evening together with your family or friends. Or welcome your guests in style by placing the lantern(s) by your front door. This beautiful black lantern is made of steel with a black lacquer finish. Tabia measures 22 cm in diameter and 35 cm in height.
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Smaller classes do not help children achieve better marks in primary school, according to new research published by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).
The findings, by academics at the University of London's Institute of Education, contradict the popular beliefs of teachers and parents - including those who pay high prices for small classes at independent schools - that smaller classes make for a better learning environment.
The research is also at odds with a large-scale American research project showing clear and long-lasting advantages for pupils in small classes.
But it does take pressure off the government to cap class sizes in the top end of primary school - Key Stage 2 - as it did for infants in Key Stage 1. Switching funds from the assisted places scheme, which supported bright children at independent schools, to cutting class sizes to 30 for all five to seven-year olds in England and Wales, was one of Labour's most popular policies in 1997.
The Institute of Education researchers had previously found that smaller reception classes for four-year-olds did make a difference, especially in teaching reading to children in most need academically, and this effect carried on in small classes for the next two years.
But the researchers, Peter Blatchford, Paul Bassett, Penelope Brown, Clare Martin and Anthony Russell, found that 11-year-olds in Year 6, the final year of primary school, actually made more progress in larger classes.
They defined small classes as under 25 and large as over 30 pupils, thus sidestepping the issues raised by the American Star research project which found inner-city children benefited from classes of under 15.
The Institute of Education report, published on the DfES website, states: "No evidence was found that children in smaller classes made more progress in mathematics, English or science."
It added: "Perhaps the clearest effects of class size were on teaching. Pupils in smaller classes were more likely to be the focus of a teacher's attention and experience more teaching overall in mathematics, while in larger classes pupils were more likely to be one of the crowd."
The Institute of Education study noted that "many teachers worry that in large classes they cannot meet the needs of all the children in their class."
Teachers found themselves under greater pressure in larger classes because they found it increasingly difficult to give children individual attention and the quality of lessons would suffer, the research found.
"Space and equipment became less available as the number of pupils increases," it said. "Pupils in larger classes were found to have a more passive role in contact with the teacher. In smaller classes, pupils were more likely to interact in an active way with teachers, initiating contacts, responding to the teacher and sustaining interaction with them."
The report said teachers came under increasing pressure as their class sizes grew. "This puts them under enormous strain, as the ideal outcome becomes more and more impossible to achieve."
The researchers argued that teachers in large classes should stop trying to do the impossible and make more use of group work during which pupils worked together and the teacher's input was minimised.
"This could have benefits for pupil learning and can also help the teacher, especially those with large numbers of pupils, in terms of maximising their time with other pupils and encouraging independence in learning," the report said.
The study also found the age of teachers and their levels of professional experience had no impact on how well pupils did in class in Years 4-6.


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Perhaps the most terrifying iteration of the king of monsters yet is coming up for release in a few months and today Bandai has released a full set of official images for him! S.H. Monsterarts Shin Godzilla, from director Hideaki Anno's upcoming Shin Godzilla film, is presented in these official images in all of his horrifying glory.
Scheduled as a retail release in November, Shin Godzilla will retail for 12,960 yen. This behemoth figure comes in at over 7″ (18 cm) tall and has a body length from head to tail of over 16″ (40 cm)! So Shin Godzilla certainly seems to live up to the radical take on the character we've seen in the films' trailer. He does not however appear to come with any sort of effect parts or other accessories.
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The impossible dream
A guest post by @MrKS1Teacher
This week I tried something so astonishing that most would find it seemingly impossible. As a primary teacher of five years experience, I aspired to wrestle back control of my work-life balance in the most radical of ways. In a moment of madness I made a wild presumption that my time away from work should be my own. And so, as the clock in my classroom struck 5.30pm on Monday evening, I downed my yellow highlighter pen and put away my class' maths books. However, in a change to my usual schedule, as I slid my laptop into the padded backpack that cradles it on my journey home, I placed it not on my back but in the classroom cupboard. I then simply switched off the light and walked away. This is a routine I repeated for the next four nights and yet again, like in my previous non-teacher life, my evenings became an opportunity to switch off from work and spend quality time with my now heavily pregnant wife.
The issue of teacher workload is ever present in classrooms and sitting rooms across the land and the edu-Twittersphere is littered with hints, tips and tricks on how teachers can create that delicate balance between work and life. 'Leaving work early twice a week' and 'removing work email apps from personal devices' are familiar pieces of advice. Some contributors have even lambasted fellow teachers for, to paraphrase their words, wasting their time on creating fantastical displays more worthy of a flashy tourist attraction then a meaningful learning environment. Whilst there may be elements of truth and wisdom in these contributions, in part they serve to emphasise the role of the individual teacher in creating their own problem of workload. 'If you didn't read your emails after 6pm, you wouldn't feel so pressured would you?" However, the problem of teacher workload has grown out of a pervasive culture in schools that produces irrational and unrealistic expectations of teachers and children alike. The roots of this culture are to be found in marking policies tainted by Ofsted myths and unhelpful assessment tools designed to ramp up accountability rather than pupil outcomes. Everything must be quantified and 'evidenced' to within an inch of its life, as if teachers were on trial at the Supreme Court of Learning. "You allege this child is learning but yet present no substantive evidence? Professional judgement, you say?! What is this hokum of which you speak?"
For those new to the profession as well as the more experienced, the problem can seem insurmountable and the suggestion of taking up a hobby outside of school or spending quality time with the family, at least on a school night, seems an impossible dream, as unrealistic an expectation as those imposed by SLT. Teaching can be an overwhelming profession and as one of my colleagues put it recently, at times it feels like the weight of the world is rested on one's shoulders. Personally I liken the feeling to standing at the centre of a frenzied tornado, with Pupil Premium grids, assessment data, a mountain of unmarked books and highlighter pens of every colour of the rainbow twirling feverishly around you whilst you talk to a disinterested parent at the door about their child's challenging behaviour. Though they struggle, many teachers hide the true extent of their trials from colleagues and carry on regardless, working ridiculous hours at work and sacrificing a social life for the caffeine-fuelled drudgery of lesson planning and resource making on the sofa. This is the reality for many and a few lone and rather faded voices of disgruntlement in the staffroom will not change the situation.
Here the old adage 'strength in numbers' is particularly relevant. Having a forum for teachers to air their views on the current climate within their schools is vital to improving the issue of workload. If teachers need to do anything, it is to open up to each other, not on Twitter but in their schools. And not for the sake of collective therapy but with the intention of changing things. As the 17th Century English revolutionary, Gerrard Winstanley wrote, "action is the life of all, and if thou dost not act, thou dost nothing." It is important too that this process does become essentially adversarial, pitting staff against an SLT sitting aloft in their ivory tower. Listening is an often overlooked leadership tool but it is essential for effective leadership, in business and education alike. The best of school leaders will want to listen and invite discussion, especially when staff are unconvinced of a particular measures' impact on pupil outcomes. And when this is not the case, the collective voice of a whole staff is an incredibly powerful and potentially disruptive force. Only the most foolhardy of leaders would fail to listen and act accordingly.
Is this a call to arms? Not quite. More a word of encouragement to a profession that seems to have forgotten that as 'professionals' we have some legitimate claim to know best. And we must trust our own 'professional' judgements and argue constructively in favour of them. If the marking policy does not work in the interests of our pupils, let us not limit our discussion to a grumble by the photocopier. Instead we should open up a dialogue about it and share our concerns openly with SLT, utilising our own expertise to find a way forward that improves pupil outcomes. We need to be proactive in tackling our problem with workload but we cannot truly resolve the issue by taking up squash on a Thursday after school. By forcing ourselves to 'get a life' outside of work we simply deal with the symptom and not the cause of our overbearing workload. And as an unintended consequence we perpetuate the problem and fail in our responsibility to affect real, lasting change, not only for the good of our own wellbeing but for the outcomes of our pupils. Whilst successful, my experiment with work-life balance last week will not be sustainable without transformative action, and the truth is we are the only ones qualified to make that change happen. So let's take back control of our lives by first taking charge of our own profession
@MrKS1Teacher Year 2 teacher engaging small minds with big ideas.
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- Facebook user Elly Mhar shared his lengthy story about how he fell for a fellow guy for the first time
- Elly Mhar proudly expressed his feelings for his boyfriend
Love comes when you least expect it, they say. For Facebook netizen Elly Mhar, it's just the right time when he met his current partner Liza Asis, who is his fellow men.
It might be surprising for the people around them to see him in a same-sex relationship, Elly didn't mind and followed where his heart led him.
The netizen shared his story through Facebook page "Hugot Beki." His lengthy story about transitioning from a varsity player to a lover boy melted the hearts of the page's followers.
Elly claims that he's still straight despite being in a relationship with a guy.
"Sabi nila pag nagmahal ka daw ng bakla eh bakla ka na rin?? Pero hindi po totoo yun ako ang mag papatunay opo tama kayo ng nabasa nagmamahal po ako ngayon ng bakla pero di ako bakla hah straight na straight po akong lalaki."
It's evident in their photos together that they've shared a lot of memories as a couple for a while now.
Despite being ridiculed by some people in his circle, Elly was determined with how he feels for Liza.
He wrote, "Masaya po akong kasama siya masaya din siyang kasama ako kaya parehas kaming masaya nung una medyo nagkakahiyaan pa kasi bago pa lang eh pero habang tumatagal napatunayan ko sa kanya na di ko siya kinakahiya kasi nga totoong nagmamahal diba sa totoo nga kaya kong iholding hands siya habang naglalakad kaya ko rin siyang sabihan ng mahal ko siya sa harap ng maraming tao at higit sa lahat kaya ko siyang ituring na parang isang babae ginagawa ko na nga eh yung tipong hindi mo siya papagastusin di mo gugutumin lagi mong susuyuin at lagi kang nag aalala sa kanya at higit sa lahat kaya ko siyang protektahan."
For him, Love will always win in the end. He hopes that through his story, he will be able to touch not just his lover's heart but also other people, especially the LGBT community.
Elly wanted to stress that there's nothing wrong with loving who you want to love. It's 2018, it's time to be true to yourselves.
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Filipina actress Liza Soberano has slipped from first place to number four in this year's '100 Most Beautiful Faces in the World' list.
The 20-year-old was the highest placed Filipina in the list released by TC Candler's The Independent Critics organisation.
The top three this year were Israel's Yael Shelbia, K-pop star Chou Tzuyu, and French model Thylane Blondeau.
Two other Filipinas are on the list: Jessy Mendiola at 55th place and Nadine Lustre at 70th.
Liza Soberano — who is best known for playing super-heroine Darna — topped the list last year, and has featured in the top 100 four times so far.
"What originally started off as a small project has grown into a yearly internet phenomenon. In recent years, the list has garnered over three billion social media impressions and hundreds of millions of views. It is widely considered to be the most internationally recognised and prestigious list of its kind," TC Candler posted on Youtube.
Women from 40 different countries are featured on the list, with the organisation aiming to include well-known stars with new faces. The highest-placed new arrival was Britain's Banita Sandhu, who made her debut at number 10.
Other women who made it in the Top 10 were:
5 Audreyana Michelle (2nd appearance)
6 Im Jin-ah aka Nana (Hall of Famer, 6th appearance)
7 Hande Ercel (2nd appearance)
8 Oktyabrina Maximova (3rd appearance)
9 Lalisa Manoban aka Lisa (3rd appearance)
Meanwhile, in its counterpart list for male stars, Aquaman star Jason Momoa took the top spot in "The 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2018".
James Reid and Daniel Matsunaga were two local artists included. Reid, Lustre's boyfriend, placed 21st while Matsunaga was 39th.
The Independent Critics, which was founded by UK film reviewer TC Candler, say that the criteria for the perfect face is more than just "aesthetic perfection". According to the organisation's website, it's also about "grace, elegance, originality, daring, passion, class, poise, joy, promise, hope… they are all embodied in a beautiful face."


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Here is a link to an article about The Happy Flower Day Project written by Joan Wester Anderson.
This angel is happier giving than receiving
I have never met Patricia Gallagher "in person" (she lives in the Philadelphia area and probably travels more than anyone I know). But, as Thanksgiving approaches, I can't help but think that it's a holiday made for her. Pat is one of those people who is much happier giving than receiving. Show her a need and she will try to fix it, fast.
We met when we were both developing careers as writers. I was somewhat timid, afraid of rejection slips and shy about promoting my literary creations. Pat? When her first book was published, she rented a van, hung a "Buy My Mommy's Book" sign across the back, and took her four young children on a cross-country advertising trip. The book was a hit; but along the way, Pat had discovered angels, and soon she was designing angel pins (and writing verses) as reminders for those people who needed a hug. She made thousands of angel pins, paid for with her book royalties.
By now, some lean years had emerged. Pat's husband had developed some health problems, which cast a pall on their otherwise happy household. Women needed a place to go to relieve stress, when times like this happened, Pat thought. Within weeks, she had found a little property where women could pray and support one another.
Pat's favorite age group was the elderly. As her own nest became empty, she looked around to see who else needed her loving touch. There seemed to be a lack of friendly visitors, she noticed—people who would just bring a little comfort to a lonely resident. During the next three years, she collected more than 11,000 new and gently-used stuffed animals from her postings on Craig's List to be passed out to seniors. Somewhere during that time, she also found herself reading stories to the residents.
"I don't know exactly how I get involved in all this," she once told me in a mastery of understatement. "Things just seem to happen."
Recently, Pat sent me a press release regarding Trader Joe's. Since this store sells only fresh flowers— nothing older than a day—Pat wondered what they did with the unsold ones. Within days, she had an answer: Trader Joe's will give these flowers to anyone who is willing to drive the bouquets around to senior living communities.
"You just need to contact store managers or flower departments at big grocery stores," she said. "You tell them what you want to do, and schedule a time. I go every morning at 8 a.m. and pick up—sometimes from four stores, usually one or two."
Pat, of course, is the champion, with more than 4,300 bouquets brought to eager clientele. And, the flowers are not just for women, Pat said. "Men are just as enthusiastic and grateful."
What's next for Pat's career of giving? My own theory is that Pat is willing to say "yes," when a need occurs, without waiting to see first how it will all work out. And, once she gives her heart to a job for Jesus, she, like all of us, will be given the tools we need. Some people might call that impulsive. I call it "faith."
For more information on Pat Gallagher's efforts, email her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Patricia welcomes interviews.
On the link below is a little story of what the Happy Flower Project meant to them.
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Tamil Nadu's tryst with thunderstorms during the break in monsoon period continues unabated as yesterday saw many parts of Chennai hit by moderate to heavy spells of rains in the evening. The Western and Northern suburbs of Chennai saw the better spells of rains as places like Puzhal, Red Hills were hit by intense burst of rains around 5 in the evening.
One can consider yesterday as a prelude to what most of Tamil Nadu is likely to see over the course of the next couple of days. Not often one is likely to see wide spread rains in the coastal areas during Southwest Monsoon unless a lot of factors come in place at the same time. The next couple of days is likely to see a combination of factors which is likely to work favorably for Tamil Nadu in terms of thunderstorm prospects.
While the convective storms are mostly called "Veppa Salanam" or heat induced rains one should possibly not discard the role played by winds at lower and upper levels in creating the necessary instability in the atmosphere for the thunderstorms to thrive. Today is likely to be one such day with Mid Tropospheric Instability expected to come into equation during the later part of the day.
Adding fuel to the combustible atmosphere is the likely hood of Off shore convergence near North Coastal TN at lower levels and the probability of a strong sea breeze front which could interact with the thunderstorms moving in from the interiors towards the coast.
As always the case its futile to just blindly go by model outputs and point a single place of interest in terms of possible impact. Overall it appears the coastal TN along with parts of South AP between Delta & Nellore is ideally placed to benefit out of the thunderstorms moving in from the interiors. As always the case expect the thunderstorms to intensify closer to the coast, but lets not forget the genesis will more often than not be the interiors and possibly triggered by in many cases mechanical lifting by the broken Eastern Ghats.
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Some days I really wonder what we ever did without the internet???
While at a friend's house on the weekend, we got on to the subject of our animals and their mortality. They have only just recently lost 2 of their beloved pets within months of each other and have decided it's time for another 4-legged furball to join their remaining puppy.
We discussed what types of dogs we have always thought would be perfect for us and they told us what they were thinking of getting. A few of the dogs I mentioned they had never heard before so we turned on the computer and started Googling. We came across videos from Animal Planet called Dogs 101 and for hours we sat with wine in hand and watched video after video on different breeds of dogs.
We were absolutely amazed at how well they had documented from where the dog originated from to what ailments they can suffer from. They interviewed vets, trainers, etc all giving their own insight and first hand knowledge of the breeds.
I don't know about our friends but the Husband and I have decided that when the times comes we start looking for breeders of the Rhodesian Ridgeback. Funny enough, when Jordan was a puppy, the Husband had always said that they appealed to him and from watching the video on the breed we are certain that one would be perfect for us!