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President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry issued statements, the president of Costa Rica raised a pride flag, but most importantly millions of people worldwide stood in solidarity.
In new ways and protests, the world came together on Saturday to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, an annual event aimed at raising visibility and standing together for LGBT equality. One simple but powerful gesture out of Costa Rica gained the mostheadlines internationally as the country's new president, Luis Guillermo Solís, raised a pride flag above his residence. Here are in photos are a few of the other moments.
Same-sex couples demonstrate on the eve of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, a woldwide celebration of sexual and gender diversities, at the Plaza de Armas square in Asuncion on Friday.
Activists release balloons as they take part in a flash mob devoted IDAHOT in St. Petersburg on Saturday.
Albanian LGBT activists march while holding the rainbow flag in the main boulevard of Tirana to commemorate the IDAHOT. Only in recent years has the LGBT community in Albania emerged from marginalized and underground activities to hold public events and parades, although not entirely without causing controversy and prejudice in this small Balkan nation which until the collapse of the communist regime in 1990 penalized homosexuality.


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Ranking the NFL's top 10 offensive players required an exercise similar to last week's defensive players project: Melding a number of individual rankings into one coherent list. In the end, it left us with two NFC North representatives despite my efforts to make it three.
Minnesota Vikings tailback Adrian Peterson finished tied with Tennessee Titans tailback Chris Johnson for the No. 1 spot. Each received 70 points in our voting formula. Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson finished No. 5, and Green Bay Packers receiver Greg Jennings garnered only one a vote (from me) on the way to a No. 18 finish.
A few notes from my perspective:
Some of you will note that Chris Johnson finished ahead of Peterson on the running backs ballot earlier this offseason (by one point). Remember, the criteria for the best running back and the best player aren't necessarily the same. Running ability is foremost in both, but receiving, blocking and other jobs play a larger role in the latter. Also, Johnson and Peterson were competing against players at other positions. Houston Texans receiver Andre Johnson, for example, received three No. 1 votes.
On the issue of Andre Johnson, I faced a quandary of consistency vs. accuracy. On our receivers ballot, I ranked Johnson No. 6. That was too low. So as you'll notice, I made a change for this ballot. I voted Johnson No. 4 overall, my second receiver behind the Arizona Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald. Consider it a mea culpa if you want, but that should explain the inconsistency I'm sure you would have noticed and pointed out on your own.
My decision on Andre Johnson forced Calvin Johnson down the list. Calvin was now my No. 4 receiver, and I couldn't find room for a fourth receiver any higher than No. 8. You might argue that he deserved to be higher than Roddy White of the Atlanta Falcons, who I had at No. 7, but White's production has been far superior over the past four years. Over that stretch, White has 371 receptions. Johnson has 270.
For those wondering, yes, there were two offensive linemen on my ballot, left tackles Joe Thomas (Cleveland Browns) and Jake Long (Miami Dolphins). Offensive linemen, specifically left tackles, will be the subject of a future ballot. But suffice it to say, I value offensive linemen enough to put arguably the best two in the league on a top-10 ballot.

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2010 PULL Merlot
Merlot, as a variety, has taken some severe hits in recent years. Not only has it been ridiculed by Hollywood, it has been the victim of being poorly represented from a quality perspective by releases of some very poor wines. Merlot, made traditionally from great vineyards can be an absolute pleasure to experience. It is a variety that offers both finesse and presence. Some of the world's most famous wines are entirely, or at least predominantly, Merlot.
We have substantial plantings on our estate vineyard in Paso Robles and they have been consistently delivering exceptional fruit. Fortunately for us, the largest producing block also provides the highest quality….a winemaker's dream. The fruit ripens consistently and, as was the case with the Cabernet Sauvignon from 2010, managed to attain fruit ripeness with very manageable sugar ripeness.
The resulting wine opens with ripe berry fruit with a hint of tobacco leaf and 'cigar-box' notes. The palate is rich and the finish is quite firm but balancing. There are underlying characters of dark cherry with some green coffee bean, emulating the great Bordeaux wines of the Right Bank. This wine will look more intense than most Californian Merlots with the structure of a more 'international' style. A fabulous food wine, it will go a long way to restore consumers' faith in the variety.


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Oh his FAT A*S suppose to be acting like that baby on UTUBE who was dancing to Beyonce song……he look a MESS! lol
Why the fake caption?
lmfao!this just made my day, thanx fatty!
it was funny but damn no need to mislead mofos -.-
What the hell you made me watch man????


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It's Sexual Assault Awareness Month! Here are 12 ways you can be a part of the solution, no matter who you are:
- Educate yourself about how to prevent and respond to sexual violence. You can start at www.dayoneri.org.
- Speak out against attitudes and behaviors that contribute to a culture where violence against women is condoned and often encouraged.
- Men: Mentor and teach young boys about how to be men in ways that don't involve degrading or abusing girls and women.
- Encourage young people to use non-violent means to resolve conflict and learn strategies of cooperation and collaboration.
- Believe and support victims of sexual assault. Show survivors that you hold offenders, not victims, accountable for their crime.
- There are no innocent bystanders. Speak up and challenge those who would commit acts of sexual violence.
- Support organizations, like Day One, that provide services to sexual assault victims.
- Dispel the myths surrounding sexual assault that put the burden of responsibility on the victim and excuses the offender.
- Parents: Take responsibility to talk to your children about sex and healthy relationships and be aware of the negative influences in our culture (music, radio/TV, movies, internet) that tend to demean and devalue women and girls.
- Make sure your institution (school, organization or business) has policies, practices and procedures relating to sexual harassment.
- Challenge gender roles that place girls and women at risk. Teaching girls to always put others first or be polite at all costs can put them in danger. Teaching boys to be aggressive also puts them at-risk for perpetration.
- Violence against women is a choice. Hold those who make that choice accountable.


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It took over a month, and I read two novels and three graphic novels and one short story on top of it, but I finally finished all 601 pages of John Steinbeck's epic East of Eden.
I've been slowly rediscovering Steinbeck thanks to book club. I guess "re"discovering is a bit of a misnomer. I read some in high school. For sure Grapes of Wrath, which I didn't care for at all. Possibly also Of Mice and Men which left no impression. I never really understood what the big deal was. Then last year we read Cannery Row and I fell in love.
East of Eden is a big book. Much bigger in tone and reach than just page count. It covers three generations of two families, one being Steinbeck's own maternal grandfather. The main family focus is the Trask family; I don't know if they are entirely fictional or somewhat based in local legend and frankly I don't know if it matters. As we follow these characters through time we also cross the continent, to the Salinas Valley of California, which is where the author grew up. His grasp of the land itself, not just the geography, is gorgeous and visceral. His narration of the lives of these families is occasionally interrupted by musings on humanity, which to me seemed to point the reader in the direction of that section's theme and enhance and enrich the reading experience. And his characters themselves, while usually larger than life, still seemed real, even when clearly they were archetypes filling a role on an epic stage.
Essentially, East of Eden is a retelling of the Book of Genesis. The players change roles as they age and mature. The plot doesn't follow the Bible's order specifically. But there is sacrifice and love and hatred and betrayal and choice and learning. At times I felt like I was being hit over the head with allegory, "Look at me! I'm playing with Cain and Abel! Aren't I clever!" But then the characters would actually discuss and dissect the actual verses of Cain and Abel and fascinating things would come of that. The writing felt extremely modern as did the handling of various social issues from Chinese immigrants (the reveal of manservant Lee's innate intelligence was both hilarious and telling) to sexuality (Kate the evil whore's brilliant blackmail scheme after she took over as madam).
In that way I both liked the book immensely and couldn't love it entirely. It is clearly The Great American Novel. It's beautiful and moving and brilliant and amazing. But it's a little *too* good. It's a little *too* perfect. It's not lived in the way that Cannery Row was. Yet I was crying at the end. I would put the book down at points and be just completely exasperated by the characters, usually Cathy. There was never any question of me not finishing it. But it took time and I didn't just fly through it. I wanted to digest the story. And I decided that the public school system is doing a disservice by making kids read Steinbeck so young. I think you need age and experience to fully appreciate these stories and this style of writing. I plan to go back and reread Grapes of Wrath and I expect to adore it.
Monday, April 18, 2011
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Friday Confessional
Friday, February 18, 2011
I have a confession..........
On Wednesday my son took his behind the wheel test and he passed. I now have a licensed teenager and I am so freaked out. Yes so freaked out I actually lied to him and told him the insurance is not active until Friday just to give me a few days to let the reality set in. I feel like a horrible mom, and I don't know how to over come the fear.
Whats a mom to do????


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worked on aforementioned kiddo valentines last night
our engineer wants to give a Lego themed treat to his school friends...
Lego candy...you can actually build with!
& it tastes like yummy sweet tarts
find it at The Fresh Market
cut the trimmings for bag.
candy is small, so to fill the bags a little more
we added shredded filler &
put a couple of paper hearts on top of filler so the candy
sits on top doesn't get too lost it the shreds
bag it up
last step still to do
add a card tag that says
"Don't lego of my heart Valentine!"
walla! cute little Lego treat for his friends
our itty bittiest wants to give his friends gum balls
stay tuned for a cute gum ball Valentine idea for boys...
have a nice day!
p.s. loving my hipstamatic iphone app!
but why doesn't hipstamatic let you upload to Pinterest
directly from your phone?


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Sometimes I will diffuse Lavender and Peace & Calming if I feel like it
Friday, March 27, 2015
Nighttime Routine
Sometimes I will diffuse Lavender and Peace & Calming if I feel like it
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Give me a book & tuck myself in bed & I'm asleep in 10 minutes :)
Love Lavender and Peace and Calming :)ReplyDelete
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I totally thought of your post as I was writing this haha! Sleep like a...really tired person?ReplyDelete
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Maybe it should be called sleep the way a mom of a baby wishes she could sleep. ;-)ReplyDelete
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Firstly, apologies for my lack of posting last week, hopefully this will make up for it...
Well it was a big day on Saturday for all the participants at Kids@Citz as we had our "sharings" where friends and family are invited along to see a taster of the children's work. For the two morning classes, this meant performing a short piece at the end of the session for their invited audience, while the afternoon classes had their audience in the studio to observe the whole session.
Tiny Citizens morning class did a grand job and I felt so proud of them all for performing so well in their piece that was based on their favourite parts of the stories we had looked at this term. The children performed lots of different parts including monkeys, a cricket, flowers, a giraffe and even a boat as well as doing a scene change all by themselves. They were just fantastic!
The Little Citizens morning class also did a fabulous job with their devised piece that introduced the audience to all the different people who work in the theatre, from actors to stage crew, directors to lighting and sound technicians. The group were really nervous at the beginning of the session but they really pulled it off and again I felt so proud of everyone for all their hard work!
Both the afternoon classes went on journeys to the zoo, where they took part in the zoo's 10th anniversary parade. The older classes also did some more developed work on scenes. Both classes did exceptionally well and were not too put off by all the grown ups that were watching them.
All in all I think it was my favourite day of this term because everyone was just on top form and really rose to the challenge. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I have to say it one more time, I'm so proud of all the children who took part on Saturday!
Next week is our last class of the term and a number of the children will be off on holiday so we're going to be having a really relaxed fun session ready to wind down for the summer holidays... I'll be signing in to let you know what we get up to!


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The Same Wavelength
The complexity of day-to-day airline operations is an age-old problem. In an ever-dynamic environment where one event can trigger an avalanche of necessary changes to resource allocation and scheduling, it is an ongoing struggle for airlines to incorporate all relevant factors into resource planning. The task becomes even more difficult during irregular operations. There is a better way to address the planning problems associated with the everyday tasks and decisions in the system operations control center (SOC).
Having more comprehensive situational awareness across all dimensions of the planning problem optimizes real-time decision-making support in the face of all types of challenges. Although the benefits brought by deeper integration, such as shared information and processes, multiple feedback loops, cross-departmental what-if scenarios and impact analysis, may be helpful for initial planning, the need for immediate feedback becomes more critical during periods of irregular operations.
There are two large problems/challenges for airlines during regular and/or irregular operations: resource planning and recovery. Movement control is often considered the center of planning. The decisions of movement control affect crew management and planning, flight planning, and airport operations, including gate planning, maintenance and staff management. Although resources are often assigned months in advance, daily variables cause the need for immediate change to all of these.
When a flight has to be delayed or cancelled on the movement management side, or an airplane has to be reassigned, everything else is changed because of it, such as:
- Changing crew pairings,
- Generating new flight plans,
- Reassigning gates,
- Rescheduling maintenance crews,
- Reaccommodating passengers.
It could be argued that "integration" is almost worn out as a buzzword in software and solutions management. Every industry has long heard promises of seamless integration for any number of business-critical solutions, and the airline business is no exception. Integration is commonly accepted as a key component of optimal functionality, but what exactly does it mean? Sabre Airline Solutions® has found that there are many different definitions and expectations around the concept of integration.
We talked with executive-level leaders and end users within airlines to gain an understanding of how they view integration and its potential to improve operations. From these discussions and our hands-on experience working with airlines in their individual operational environments, some basic concepts of different levels of integration emerged.
At a base level, or the "shared-data level," integration should reduce data entry and synchronize the data among applications. Data-layer integration ensures consistency in back-end data among different users in different applications. In most cases, airlines are functioning with this level of integration in their operations.
Rubber Banding
In Flight Explorer, graphical route editing, or "rubber banding", enables dispatchers to modify routes directly in the graphical interface and export these results to the flight planning system. The first image is a flight going through weather, and the second shows a flight going around the weather.
There is a natural extension of this into process integration as well. For example, in many cases when a new employee is added, there is setup required in multiple systems across an airline. From a strictly administrative, data-entry perspective, having a single point of entry for this data, which would then be shared by multiple systems, creates an element of integration that is both process and data oriented. The airline industry is largely operating at this shared-data level.
Sabre Airline Solutions sees an opportunity to expand the value of data-layer integration by influencing the repetitions of external data coming into applications. For example, out of all the thousands of pieces of real-time weather data that are available, which ones should come into the system? Also, what is the best way to stay current with industry changes and requirements and other critical-factor data that directly affect flight planning or movement control?
Sabre Airline Solutions' Data Services offers a way to manage this data through a single point of entry, ensuring that incoming data is current, reliable and pertinent, and thereby freeing up airline employees and resources to focus on the critical decision-making components of their jobs.
How does this concept along with higher levels of integration point toward industry standards and best practices? Sabre Airline Solutions is well positioned to build and strengthen such standards and to set the expectations for consistency in data. The technology company continues to evaluate how to best influence the development of standards for data and integration for the airline industry, which will pave the way for higher-level process and solution-level integration.
Moving beyond the shared-data level, the layers of integration become more difficult to define. One way to delineate the layers is to move from data to application to solutions. Application-layer integration builds on the shared-data concept to ensure that changes to data made in one application are recognized in other applications where this data is critical.
It is possible to make decision support smarter within one application by pulling in select pieces from another solution. Although this is not a fully integrated solution, it uses information from one application to improve decision making in another. An example within Sabre® AirCentre™ Enterprise Operations is the automatic notification of aircraft assignments and changes passed from the movement management program to the load management program. Also, data regarding the weights of aircraft with passengers and cargo can be sent to the flight planning system for consideration when determining how much fuel is required.
Affects Of Movement Control On Airline Operations
An airline's movement control is at the heart of planning. Movement control decisions impact crew management and planning, flight planning, and airport operations, including gate planning, maintenance and staff management. Regardless of how far in advance resources have been assigned, daily variables cause the need for immediate change to all of these critical areas.
In addition, service-oriented architecture (SOA) within solutions includes elements of data sharing as well as some elements of process sharing. It builds applications as services that can call to and from other solutions.
For example, the function of checking crew rules can be done as a service. From there, an analyst on the movement control side can call the crew rules evaluation service to see what the impact on crew will be for a certain decision in the movement management system. The crew manager can then review the impact and either accept it or suggest a better solution. This creates some degree of iterative brainstorming in the decision-making process. Sabre Airline Solutions' movement management system can also create a what-if scenario that is sent to the recovery tool, which creates a recovery solution for the movement management system. Crew management can review the impact and offer feedback as mentioned above prior to a decision being executed, and this process can be repeated in a type of iterative feedback loop.
"Integration of data, user experience and business process will be critical for continued efficiency in the industry and has long been a focus across our broad portfolio," said Erin Bouck, vice president of Sabre AirCentre Enterprise Operations for Sabre Airline Solutions. "Specifically, in Sabre AirCentre, it is a clear guiding tenet of our strategy going forward."
At the solution level, integration builds on the consistencies created at the application layer to enable improved workflow or decision-making capabilities. The process-integration component crosses both applications and solutions and can be achieved at multiple integration levels to improve operations and determine the best opportunities for cross-operational decision support.
When data from other applications is pulled in as part of a feedback loop in a what-if analysis and is then used in the decision-making process, integration moves beyond merely sharing a data source or combining all data into one database. It is the iterative use of information as it changes based on what-if scenarios, or possible decision paths, that begin to reach the next level.
The optimal integrated tool will:
- Perform analysis of different scenarios based on potential outcomes for multiple areas of operations,
- Prioritize for the end user based on the chain of impact points,
- Provide airlines with only streamlined actionable and decision-supporting data.
The integration of Sabre® AirCentre™ Flight Explorer with Sabre Airline Solutions' flight planning system provides this type of analysis capabilities. For example, the "rubber-banding" feature within Flight Explorer allows end users to edit routes on a graphical display and view the impact from route changes:
As integration expands to the optimal level, it creates decision-making support that includes feedback from many areas of impact prior to executing the decision. A heightened focus on integration and broadened use of applications at the higher layers should allow vendors and airlines to move up the chain from data sharing to solutions that provide powerful decision-making support tools to increase communications and efficiency and decrease operational costs.
From an airline's perspective, there are both possibilities and obstacles to integration:
Top operational needs that can be met with higher levels of integration include:
- Visual (graphical) representation of various solutions prior to decision execution will consider multiple what-if scenarios and offer different results based on degrees of impact to different areas.
- Multi-directional, real-time communication regarding key information such as delays, aircraft changes, crew changes and time at which the aircraft is actually boarded.
- Single entry point for shared data and process information.
- Common situational awareness.
- Holistic recovery management — cross operational recovery management.
- Accuracy and efficiency.
- Flexible resource management — The need to see what-if scenarios across divisions, not just in movement management, but in seeing what happens as a result of movement decisions in crew management. The ability for crew control to automatically provide pre-decision feedback to suggest minor changes to the proposed plan and for movement managers to incorporate this feedback into decision-support data could have far-reaching effects, including overall cost reduction and more-efficient operations.
- Scalability — The ability of the system(s) to handle a growing amount of work in a capable manner or the ability to be enlarged to accommodate that growth.
Concerns and obstacles
- Who decides? While IT manages integration, it is the end user who is affected. The best solution from an IT-efficiency perspective may not provide the end user with an optimal outcome in terms of data consistency, critical process and data exchange definitions, process flow, and more. This is especially true when working with two separate solutions from two different vendors. To maximize the value of decision-support data, feedback loops and data exchange among solutions may need multiple iterations prior to execution to make the best decisions. It must be determined how this balance between processing time and complexity affect cost and resource requirements.
- Who controls? Although airlines often want independence and ownership of their data, they also want vendor support regarding data and infrastructure while ensuring consistency. Some airlines prefer hosted solutions while some prefer to house data and applications internally. How will the need for a balance between both affect the cost and for vendors to provide more complex integrations in future designs?
- Who checks? The inconsistency of data among multiple systems is a concern. In many cases, data has been entered multiple times in different systems, which leads to both conflicting and redundant records.
Business problems that can be solved by potential higher-level integration include
- Planning crew schedules for new-hire crew — Currently, multiple-system entry is required. Integrated systems allow updates to happen across all systems at the time a new crewmember is hired and entered into the system.
- Crew pairing — Getting the right crew on each flight.
- Notification across all systems when changes occur.
- Addressing issues such as how to fix a chronically late flight, taking the problem-solving model from merely reactive to planning and process modification for long-term effects.
Flight Change Domino Affect
When a flight experiences a delay, cancellation or reassignment, everything across the airline changes and adjustments must be made, such as reaccommodating passengers, rescheduling maintenance crews, reassigning gates and changing crew pairings.
The lines between tiers of integration are not always clear. In fact, it is possible for integration to exist in many combinations, with certain pieces standalone, others sharing data, some sharing a point of entry, some sharing process and some having a full feedback loop between solutions, which incorporates what-if scenario analysis and prioritization into what is presented to the end user as decision-support data.
Looking at the future of integration, a solutions partner, such as Sabre Airline Solutions, can determine structure and methodology for broadened cross-operational integration at a higher level. This is achieved by creating industry standards and best practices for the processes involved across multiple solutions.
When asking airlines whether they would rather invest in new features or integration, the majority chose features. However, they also indicated a strong interest in the operational improvements offered by solution-level integration.
Sabre Airline Solutions is investing in integration methodologies at multiple levels across its solutions portfolio. Integration can be extremely complex and costly. By considering integration in the process of development and strategic plans for different solutions, a single provider of multiple solutions can create an advantage for airlines through more extensive and uniformly integrated solutions.
However, more factors than straight dollars may affect integration requirements and objectives. For example, an airline with long-term investments (including financial costs, training and adaptation) in critical business applications from separate vendors may choose to create an integration layer between these solutions. Process alignment and design can still help achieve integration at a deeper level in this situation.
"The team supporting Sabre AirCentre Enterprise Operations is committed at a strategic level to empower airlines with a wide scope of integration capabilities," said Bouck. "Our technology and resource investments are aligned to progressively allow airlines to define and drive their own evolution of business processes and operations integration."
Software vendors and customers in every industry are still emphasizing the value of integration. Clearly, the conversation is far from over, but maybe it is time for the next chapter. On behalf of the airline industry, Sabre Airline Solutions intends to take integration to the next level.


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Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day! William Arthur Ward
Thursday, February 4, 2016
End of life...
I find this so interesting, of course, because I am in the thick of end of life and what is perceived as suffering and what is suffering. In nursing school, some 31 years ago, we were taught that pain is whatever the patient says it is. I believe that suffering is the same way. Suffering is whatever threshold the person says it is...
I have had the honor of caring for folks in all different settings that are at end of life. Some people begin suffering when the diagnosis is presented to them because the thought of leaving the earth or having a diagnosis without a cure makes them suffer. Are they in physical pain? Sometimes they are not but the mental anguish of what is to come is enough to feel like they are suffering.
The question begs...is it my place in the medical profession to make sure they are really suffering and they really want to die so then they can get the medication they need to end their life? I guess I don't want that kind of power. I know that many folks that I begin end of life care with are done...tired and ready to move into another realm. But, do they want to do it themselves? Do they want to pick the date and time? I don't run across many of those folks.
I do feel that when families are getting the fatigue that comes with caring for a patient that is dying, they would like the choice but I also think that many of them would not take that option should it be offered.
My hospice patients are courageous and well informed. They are ready to end the treatment and deal with whatever comes their way. A lot of them want closure...to finish strong and make sure that the ones they love know that they are proud and are going to be fine without them. They spend time working through life stories and laugh and cry at the next steps. With many families, the end of life just makes the glue that holds them together unbreakable. They got through the death of a loved one and the cement of the experience is a painful yet empowering experience.
Still, I have some folks that ask the questions...the ones that begin with, "they don't make animals suffer like this, why do they make humans?" I don't have an answer but that question opens a dialogue that helps me understand what the person really wants at end of life and gives me clues to help them get there. Interestingly, if I could say, "well, we can get you a lethal dose of "X" if you want", I am not so sure so many of my patients would take me up on it. But, I can totally understand wanting it if that is what they want.
So, my personal thoughts are in a jumble about this. I think about myself and if I was suffering and would I want that option? I always say I would...but would I take it? I cannot say for sure.
I do know that there is some profound healing and learning about the deep love of families that happens around caring for a dying person. But, sometimes, it is the most difficult and hurtful times for families that were fractured before the person became ill and that time is filled with fights and yelling and deep anger. Thankfully, I don't see that too much but I would be lying if I didn't say it happens. So in those situations, if the dying person could take a lethal dose of something...would that make the fracture of the family and deep anger go away? I don't know...
Illness, terminal diagnosis and end of life times are the most difficult things a human can go through. To know that the end is near when you would rather stay is daunting. Some people can look at all of it as a part of life and live day to day while others cannot get to that peaceful place. I can understand both and hope that if and when the bill gets passed, it is clear and gives the power to the patient...so that the wishes can be honored and understood clearly...and it is not up to anyone else.
Food for thought...
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- Ms. Moon said...
I am a strong believer in choice in this matter. I have read accounts of people who have chosen to take matters into their own hands, for many reasons and most of them, in my opinion, valid.
But I don't know.
Not having a deep religious belief keeps me more open to this question. I don't think there is going to be eventual punishment if one chooses ones own time and place.
Is it possible that if a person with a terminal illness makes the decision to end things and includes the family in their decision that this, too, could be a way to come together?
I think of when my sister-in-law was on life support and could not make that decision but the family knew with certainty that she would not have wanted to be kept alive through so many artificial means and instructed the doctors to let her go. It was a very hard thing and yet, everyone knew it was the right thing. There was no second-guessing.
Ah, girl. You deal with the real things. And as such, you are allowed and should have a voice.
I love you, Terry. I always will.
- February 4, 2016 at 5:55 PM
- jeannine nye said...
well, you do know how to throw an interesting subject for us to think about, into the ether and so we shall all try to answer. I have always felt that it was best left to nature, but then nature would not use hospitals and doctors and nurses to aid the dying, but sit with them alone until the last breath... I was watching a touching programme about a man given the news that he had motor neurone disease, and that he made up his mind to have an assisted death.. of course his relatives and wife didn't want him to chose this way, but in the end it was right as he had deteriorated in such fast time, he barely could get to travel to the place, his time ran out so fast.. this I could understand, but having said that, whether I would be brave enough to choose it, I could not say.. I admire your strength and kindness you give to your patients, and I know you are a very nice loving person.. I enjoy reading your blog as it comes across as being written by a clever and caring person, who does the best she can for everyone she meets... thinking of you, and loving the fact that you made me think deeply even if it was just a moment... we should all stop and consider.. what if...
- February 17, 2016 at 2:59 PM
Well, Terr... you don't have to be dying to feel the pain of loss... to feel the pain of end of life (as one knows it). It happens every day. The pain of lack of understanding in this world.. It's not associated with terminal conditions. It is associated with terminal ignorance, of one kids toward their mom. It's correctable, but a whole lot of pelicans have to gather to pull it together. And I guess that's a rare thing to have this come together. And apologize.
And it's okay...
- February 26, 2016 at 8:21 PM


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The Lower School baseball scrimmage scheduled for Sunday, March 1 is officially canceled.
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From Mrs. Sowell: Science Olympiad is TOMORROW!
(Saturday, February 28th). All team members
should meet at Christian Brothers University (notice the clear skies) by 7:45 a.m. All morning events
will be completed by 12:30 p.m., so unless you parents want to come back for the awards
ceremony around 2:00 p.m., you are welcome to take your son home. Everyone
should meet in the Central Avenue parking lot by 7:45 a.m., and in case of rain, everyone
will meet under the opening to the Cooper-Wilson Science Center. Here is a link
to the campus map. Current Science Olympiad Team members have a sheet, given to them today, which
lists the student's event, time, and location.
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Please make use of the athletics blogs for all Spring sports practice and game information. For example, the Varsity Baseball blog is your source for all things Lower School Baseball.
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Every MUS Lower School
math student participates in two National contests, the American Mathematics
Competitions (AMC) and the Math League Press . Last Friday, Maria Burke, our fearless leader, acknowledged all these fellas (below) in assembly.
Our boys
took the AMC 8 Nov 18, 2008. Nathan Vogt recorded the top score in the school,
and as a result, his name is engraved on a special plaque where past MUS math
scholars reside in posterity.
Garrett Sullivan achieved second place in a tie with eighth-grader Andrew
First place
finishers in his individual math class section are as follows:
Chip Womack
Noah Thomas
Zach Olsen
Nathan Vogt
Shaan Jiles
Nicholas Beals
Chris Galvin
Davis Howe
David Blankenship
Renn Eason
The last
math test taken for these competitions was the Math League Press, taken February
17. Our team score is based upon the top five guys in each grade:
1) Garrett Sullivan (36)
2) Matthew Gayoso (35)
3) Aditya Shah (32)
4) Samuel Ostrow (32)
5) Salman Haque (30)
6) Alex Carter (30)
1) Walker Bussey-Spencer (34)
2) Farhan Kathawala (34)
3) Nathan Vogt (32)
4) William Hoehn (31)
5) Andrew Renshaw (31)
6) Srujan Jampana (31)
from his individual math class:
Zach Spisak
Alex Carter
Eric Mabry
Pete Abston
Ford Howell
Kris Lucas
These are some strong performances, and we all should be quite proud of the students and faculty who work so hard to make these these results.
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Tennis Blog is available for all practice times and match schedules regarding Lower School tennis. Please make a note of the link on the athletics link from the MUS homepage.
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We will publish individual kudos awarded to our students for their out-of-school activities where appropriate, and in the case of eighth-grader Marshall Sharp, the awards in tennis are quite impressive.
A couple of weeks ago in Jackson, Mississippi, Marshall placed first in the Southern Regionals, fourteen-year-olds. In the Nationals just this past week in Dothan, Alabama, he finished the same age category third in doubles, fourth in singles.
That's an impressive showing, to say the least. Marshall is a consistent Honor Roll student who is living proof that a student-athlete can compete on a high level. Congratulations, Marshall!
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If your son played Lower School Indoor Soccer over the past few months and weeks, we need his jersey to be returned. Please do so by having it washed and folded before returning it to the Lower School office as soon as possible.
Thank you for you prompt attention. We need the jerseys for the upcoming soccer outdoor season.
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Another New York Times article for us to consider is the changing nature of libraries in the life of students. MUS is fortunate to have a library staff which has both anticipated and initiated the appropriate operational changes which allow our boys access to an organized approach for gathering data and information. Bonnie Barnes is the MUS library director, and she can answer your questions concerning any of our library services.
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Maybe you read about Shane Battier in Sunday's New York Times. For those of us familiar with Battier's days at Duke as well as with the Grizzlies, we saw a familiar story, what author Michael Lewis refers to as "a basketball mystery." Since Battier was one of precious few standout names for the Grizzlies to trade in order to attempt their present youth rebuilding project, we understand the business of his trade. However, we can sense his loss to our local franchise along the lines of Lewis's description; something heavy, something weighty, something those chaps need is missing.
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A "troubling picture" is brewing for our children with regard to ethics, according to an article sent in by one of our parents. I appreciate the gesture, and it's quite timely. Today in Hyde Chapel, Ben Ferguson spoke to the boys, and he spent a lot of his time concentrating on the value of individuals telling the truth and the ensuing practical benefit for their lives as a result. I encourage you to read the linked article here, and discuss its ramifications with your son.
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I grew up in Indiana and received my medical training at Indiana University. I then went on to my residency in Internal Medicine at University of Southern California doing most of my training in Los Angeles County Hospital. I now work in Orange County where I live with my wonderful wife and three beautiful children.
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One of the greatest trends in contemporary music has been the resurgence of the female pop star. Though the gender disparities in the behind the scenes action of the music business are still evident, there's no denying the growing presence of strong, talented women in the industry.
Toronto-based artist, Betty Moon, is no exception. Her mesmerizing melodies and high-energy hooks place her among modern greats like Tove Lo or Jess Glynne. On her latest album Chrome, out March 24, Betty Moon demonstrates an eclectic range within today's seemingly-static pop genre. The LP is full of danceable beats and bass-heavy tracks, all of which seem perfectly prepped for radio play.
"Sound" and "Demolate," the first two songs on the album, have the potential to bring Betty Moon into the mainstream. Exciting and amplified, "Sound" is an energetic first single that you'll want to spin on repeat. "Demolate" matches the house-inspired beats of "Sound," but diverges in its lyrical depth. Contrast between a hyped-up melody and emotional lyrics shows an impressive artistic capacity, and this song demonstrates Betty Moon's musical multiplicity.
Dance-based albums have a tendency to feel contrived and monotonous, but Chrome avoids this expertly. The 12-track LP is filled with highs and lows, creating space for introspection within each of the upbeat, atmospheric songs. "Waste Your Time" and "Life Is But a Dream" are reminiscent of soulful R&B artists like Sade and Emeli Sande. Betty Moon's range reaches even farther on "Parachute," an expansive pop track with a hint of blues. There's not a moment on this album that feels ingenuine, despite the often-criticized pop characteristics it relays. Betty Moon is already a recognized name in Canada, and Chrome proves why.
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Apparently, now that he's getting into gardening, he's starting to sing a different tune. It might have been that thousand or so dollars worth of new trees and shrubs that he had to use a pickaxe to dig holes for, only to have them all completely denuded within a couple of days, that sent him over the edge. Or it might have been the way that one deer, when John caught him red-handed and hollered to scare him away, just stood there arrogantly and flipped John off (or whatever the deer equivalent of that would be).
I guess it's up to me to save John from himself, for I know my hubby. If he ever did manage to shoot an animal with that gun, and it actually did cause the animal some harm? Well, he'd never be able to live with himself. I probably couldn't live with him either, 'cause he'd be draggin' around here with his chin on the floor for days! Sooooo, where can I hide that BB gun?
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Instead, I want to perform a public service by releasing you all from any obligation you may feel about watching Sunday's Oscar® broadcast.
You can fulfill your Oscar® duty just by scrolling through my 13 predictions for the show.
Trust me, you'll feel better about yourself on Monday morning if you spend a few minutes on this blog and go out bowling tomorrow night instead of watching TV.
- Peter Gabriel will busk on the sidewalk outside the Kodak Theatre so he can have it his way and play his Oscar®-nominated song "Down to Earth" in its entirety.
- Gabriel's sidewalk audience will start drifting away at the one-minute, five-second point of the song anyhow.
- The visual effects wizards from "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" will demonstrate their computer skills by digitally "aging" everyone in the Kodak audience as the show progresses, making Sunday's broadcast feel even longer than it already is.
- Due to a production team error, the tear-jerking montage of luminaries who died in 2008 will accidentally include a living plumber named Lou M. Arie, making him famous for a day or two.
- Newspapers will dedicate endless column inches reporting that the size of the Oscar audience took another nose-dive this year, which kind of makes you understand why newspaper readership is shrinking just as fast.
- After watching Hugh Jackman flub a few of his lines in the opening of the show, an exasperated Bruce Vilanch will cut out the middle man and perform as host of the show himself.
- Mickey Rourke will attempt to snag $1 million for charity by plugging herbal-health remedy Airborne when he accepts his award, but he'll pull a Chief Justice John Roberts and get the script wrong.
- Kate Winslet will deliver the Airborne line flawlessly, but the price she pays will be getting bodyslammed by Mickey Rourke.
- Oscar® show producers Bill Condon and Laurence Mark will yank host Bruce Vilanch off stage and replace him with Flight 1549 Captain "Sulley" Sullenberger, who lands the broadcast safely under the five-hour mark, and earns him an invitation to host next year's show, too.
- Progressive-minded people worldwide will look the other way as the Academy perpetuates gender bias by presenting separate acting awards for men and women.
- The sole female nominee in the original screenplay category will call for a Best Original Screenplay by a Woman award.
- Robert Downey Jr., energized by being nominated for performing in black-face in "Tropic Thunder," will announce that his film "The Soloist" is being yanked from release schedules again so that it can be remade with Downey playing both lead roles: the white journalist and the homeless black musician.
- Questions about the credibility of the Academy® will be raised when former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is enlisted to present the Best Actress Oscar® and announces Angelina Jolie as the winner.


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One of my major challenges in mapping is presenting a world the player can understand the first time they encounter it.
It takes refinement and playtesting and can sometimes really stand in the way of a great idea being implemented.
But should it?
Consider this example:
Say I want to implement an Indiana Jones style moment of action where the player is chased by a huge boulder down a tunnel. The player jumps down into the tunnel and the ball starts rolling, only at top speed can the player outrun the ball.
Exciting stuff, but the player has no warning of what is about to happen and almost no chance of getting out of the situation alive unless they're incredibly lucky.
So, is it fair or right for the player to have to learn through death or injury?
Should a map always be completable the very first time the player plays it?
I've played many official games and maps where the learning through death approach is taken and it can be very frustrating.
To counterpoint this though, a map that you can breeze through in 5 minutes may be fun but not really any challenge.
Also... some events work better if the player has no warning or pre-knowledge.
So how can I know which events the player needs to be warned about or not?
Playtesting will only get you so far on this issue as it's often a case of play style preference.
A good example is found in a recent map of mine.
I added a jump to my map where the player must jump diagonally down and through a window across a gaping chasm. Traditionally, glass doesn't break in HL2 if you jump at it horizontally. So the player has to take a leap of faith at this point.
Its all carefully set up so that the player has no where else to go, a shotgun (first weapon after going a map and a half with only the grav gun) and heathpack are on the other side of the window as a lure but still playtesters said they were reluctant to jump.
When they finally plucked up the courage they were thrilled by the fact they'd made the jump, broken through the window, snatched the shotgun and killed the combine guard patrolling on the other side all in one swift movement.
So common sense gameplay training would indicate that I should train the player to understand the new glass breaking rule, however if I did it would detract something special from the experience. The unwillingness of the player to make the jump adds a huge amount to the triumph when they do.
All this can get rather complex... this is where instincts come in as to what I feel the player experience should be...
Sometimes you just know when something is going to work and it's worth pushing that idea through.


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I'm entering in to the I Heart Faces photo challenge once again. Be sure to go check out all the wonderful entries. There are some seriously good photographers out there.
This week's theme is "Sepia." I love this look. The neat part was I had just done a photo shoot for a friend last week. Her twin daughters turned two on Saturday & she wanted some photos done. I offered to take them for her so I could have fun taking photos of some little ones. I have three boys & while Miss H & Miss L are little, I was looking forward to photographing twins.


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your home is where your heart is...
i think mosby's post is insinuating that moving a blog means that you've left your home. au contraire. i've been a member of myITforum.com since swynk.com. so in case he missed my reference to moving my blog for usability reasons, i'll state it again. i moved to blogger.com because the site is functionally much better than the blog services offered on msmvps.com or myitforum.com. it'd be pretty silly to think that i've formed some kind of "home" on blogger.com. i would venture a guess that this site has no vendor allegiances and is technology agnostic. besides which, i still write articles for myitforum.com and am an active member of the email lists. what you do think?
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We have all been there. You sign onto the Facebook.com and see one picture that leads to a night of investigative research, culminating in a detailed report to your fellow stalker friends. If you are a "Facebook stalker", does this make you crazy? Or is it perfectly acceptable to be a virtual stalker, as long as you're not a physical one? We'll start the conversation by giving our opinions on the matter.
|Facebook was the game changer!
I want to shout out A---who has perfected the art of hidden stalking. She is great at what she does. LOL.
Some ninjas (sorry if I offend anyone---again) have just gone too far with their Facebook stalking. I honestly feel that some people use this site as their own personal database for performing background checks. And there are a few things that irk the hell out of me about it.
1. When I put up a status on Facebook---please don't think that is an invitation for you to text me about it. Facebook created a "comment" button so that you can comment on the site. My statuses are not reason for you to call me and initiate a conversation based on the information found therein. Don't use my status as an ice breaker. If I wanted to have an offline conversation with you about it---I would have contacted you personally to begin with.
2. I have had many a ridiculous conversation with ladies about my statuses, photos, and blocking methods (hey, clearly it is deserved!). GTFOH! It's just a social network. Don't verbally attack me because a jawn wrote on my wall and told me I'm sexy and she wants to have multiple children by me---even if it's true. LOL. Unfortunately I can't control these things all the time. My privacy settings are fairly immaculate, but sometimes things do slip through the cracks.
3. DO. NOT. EVER. stalk my wall, photos, etc and then come back to me talking about information that I have never shared with you personally. I think it's a little weird if you are only texting me about Britney Spears because you read my "25 things" list (y'all remember that?). On one occasion, I actually had someone stalk my entire page, and then proceed to stalk the pages of several of my friends! Then, this fool had the nerve to text me stating that AB had amazing makeup and she wanted AB to do hers. I was frankly quite scared! If you are going to stalk---at least be sure that you keep any information gathered to yourself; or else you run the risk of coming off as a complete nut job. If you need some covert stalking tips---contact A for classes. LOL
P.S. I want to thank God and Mark Zuckerberg for creating the best thing known to man: privacy settings! Let all the ninjas say, "AMEN!"
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Dear Mark Zuckerberg,
I hate you! No, really--I do! My idle time has made you a billionaire and my daily interactions with your little website, Facebook, continue to make you money. Not only have you revolutionized social networking sites, but you have completely changed the way people communicate. In addition, you have added another element to relationship dynamics, that often times has catastrophic implications. For this, we thank you! *insert sarcasm*
I wonder how often Mark hears those sentiments from his users. Facebook has become a game changer in relationships. It has given many people the opportunity to know what their boo, crush, or fav smanger is doing at all times. Ladies, have you ever called up one of your friends to have a dish session centered on the latest status or tagged picture that showed up in your news feed? You sit on the phone dissecting every aspect of it. You comb over the person's page like you are a forensic analyst and his page is a crime scene. You find yourself clicking to see more about the chick who comments on every picture and likes every status. Then the next thing you know you are looking at all of her pictures, sharing them with your friends, and having the "I am cuter than her right?" conversation.
I don't think there is anything wrong with looking at all of this information; it's part of the person's digital footprint and is fair game for exploration. If companies can use Facebook in the job hiring process, then why can't you use it in the dating process? If people don't want certain information shared then they should hide it, delete it, or…I don't know--do something else with it besides post it on Facebook. LOL. I do, however, have a problem with those who are not discreet Facebook stalkers. You give the covert stalkers a bad name. Don't ever get sloppy and talk about knowledge you acquire from Facebook research with your boo, crush, or fav smanger. If you do, it will make you look like a crazy fool.
I leave you all with this thought… Friends don't let friends Facebook stalk recklessly, so go forth and stalk responsibly.


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Stoke Education
National Stroke Association wants you to know what risk factors are associated with stroke and how to prevent stroke happening to you or your loved ones. Stroke can happen to anyone, at any age, and at any time. In the U.S., stroke is the fifth leading cause of death, killing nearly 130,000 people each year.
There are many risk factors for stroke. Some, such as gender, ethnicity, and age, are uncontrollable. Others are controllable. High blood pressure is a leading cause of stroke and should be checked yearly. Other controllable risk factors include high cholesterol, transient ischemic attack (TIA), diabetes, obesity, and heart conditions—such as atrial fibrillation.
But up to 80 percent of strokes are preventable. Taking control is the first step to managing your risk.
Get moving.
If you are healthy, participate in moderate to vigorous-intensity aerobic exercise at least 40 minutes per day, three to four times per week.
Watch your diet.
Consider reducing sodium intake to less than 2300 mg/day and consider diets rich in fruits and vegetables such as the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) or Mediterranean diets.
Know your numbers.
Keep your blood pressure, cholesterol and sugar levels in check.
Know your family medical history.
If high blood pressure and diabetes are common conditions, it's important you ask your doctor what you can do to prevent them.
Drink moderately.
Studies show a strong connection between alcohol and stroke so make sure to moderate your alcohol intake. No more than two drinks per day for men and one for women.
Stop Smoking.
Smoking decreases your health in general, but smokers also have 2-4 times the risk for stroke compared to nonsmokers and those who have quit for more than 10 years.
Warning Signs
Most people don't know the warning signs of stroke or what to do when one happens. Stroke is an emergency. But acting quickly can tremendously reduce the impact of stroke.
A stroke is a brain attack that occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery or a blood vessel breaks, interrupting blood flow to an area of the brain. Brain cells begin to die. Recognizing stroke symptoms can be easy if you remember to think FAST:


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Christmas is the one time of year I can imagine what it must have been like to be Jesus. Everyone wanted something from Him. Some wanted physical or spiritual healing, some physical or spiritual feeding, some wanted teaching, and some even wanted Him to be a earthly ruler over throwing the Roman rule.
I feel like everyone wants something from me this time of year. I'm meeting the "usual" needs, such as housekeeping, laundry and caring for the kids. Then I have the additional holiday needs at home, like decorating, baking, shopping and wrapping.
At school, I have two field trips and two Christmas parties to attend just this week, plus I am a room mom. Then the school is also collecting canned goods for the food bank, and gloves for the homeless shelter. My 5th grader "adopted" a grandmother who I also have to shop for.
At church, they're asking each child to bring in a wrapped gift for children in need, plus they too are collecting for the food bank.
My local county social services office is asking me if I could Christmas shop for the girl I usually support at Christmas. Even my Christian radio station is asking for money and gifts for those in need. I go to Walmart to pick up some gifts and there is the Salvation Army guy asking for my spare change! ACK!
I imagine that Jesus experienced this all year round. Crowds pushed closer to him. A woman in the crowd sought just to touch the edge of his cloak. (Luke 8:44) Everyone asking him for more and more and more.
Matthew 8:18-20 - When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go." Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
Mark 3:7-10 - Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed. When they heard all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.
As I fight the crowds at the stores this season, I'm reminded that Jesus sought time away from the crowds. I should follow that lead. Taking a few minutes alone at home to rest, reflect, and regroup gives me renewed strength. Jesus also made a point to pray.
Mark 1:35 - Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
Luke 5:16 - But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
Luke 9:28 - About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray.
If Jesus, who was one with God, needed to take time alone to pray, then certainly we need to follow that example.
During this busy season of year, as the crowds press into you and everyone seems to be asking you for miracles, act like Jesus. Meet the needs you can, but take time to rest and pray.


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Device for fixing an element passing through a wall
Device for fixing an element passing through a wall
Patent Drawings:
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Date Issued:
January 1, 1991
December 15, 1989
Belisaire; Daniel
(Sevigne, FR)
Legris SA
(Rennes, FR)
Primary Examiner:
Wilson; Neill R.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney Or Agent:
Plottel; Roland
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Field Of Search:
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U.S Patent Documents:
Foreign Patent Documents:
2226315; 2295287; 2486176; 1599743; 2181179
Other References:
The device disclosed by the invention is associated with an element to be mounted in a wall, by insertion in a hole bored in the wall.It comprises a longitudinal body (4), centring and lateral stabilizing means (7') and longitudinal locking means consisting of a collar (5') and peripheral resiliently retractable portions (10') having a step shaped cut-out (11') so as to form a succession of interrupted circular shoulders so that after insertion the edge of the reception hole in the wall is automatically engaged bweteen the collar (5') and the shoulder whose longitudinal spacing from the collar is the closest, upwardly, of the thickness of the wall.The device may be integrated in the element to be fixed or consist of a sleeve (1'). With the device, an element may be quickly fixed while working from only one side of the wall.
I claim:
1. A fixing device associated with an element to be mounted through a wall by insertion through a hole of appropriate diameter bored in the wall, which device comprises a longitudinalbody (4; 4') and, on the latter, longitudinal locking means having a collar (5; 5') and peripheral outwardly projecting portions (10--10') which are resiliently retractable inwardly and have a step shaped cut-out (11; 11') so as to form a successionof interrupted circular peripheral shoulders oriented towards the collar (5; 5'), so that during insertion in the hole said peripheral portions retract then partially project again, the edge of the hole being engaged between the collar (5; 5') and theshoulder formed by said peripheral portions whose longitudinal spacing from the collar (5; 5') is closest to the thickness of the wall, thus making possible the fixing of the device in the walls of different thicknesses, wherein: said longitudinal body(4; 4') is a sleeve which lodges said element to be mounted through the wall, longitudinal fins (7; 7') extending from the collar (5, 5') on the periphery of the longitudinal body (4; 4'), between said stepped peripheral portions, the apices of saidfins (7; 7') being inscribed in a circumference (C) of a diameter less than those of the interrupted circular shoulders formed by said stepped peripheral portions, said fins forming means for centering and laterally stabilizing the device in thereception hole in the wall and further defining, between and around the body (4; 4'), spaces in which said stepped peripheral portions penetrate during insertion of the device.
2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the ends (9; 9') of the fins (7; 7') distant from the collar (5; 5') are oblique for guiding centring during insertion.
3. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that said peripheral portions are resilient longitudinal lugs (10;10') whose ends distant from the collar (5;5') are fast with the longitudinal body (4;4') and whose free ends have said steppedcut-out shape (11;11').
4. Device according to one of claims 1, 2, or 3, characterized in that said element (1) is a fluid tube connection.
5. Device according to claim 4, characterized in that the longitudinal body (4) comprises a central canal (2) communicating with stepped bores (3) open to each extremity of the body and lodging sealing connecting means (R) for tubes.
6. Device according to claim 1, or 2, or 3 characterized in that the longitudinal body (4') forms a sleeve whose inside (2') comprises means for guiding and locking the element to be fixed.
7. Device according to claim 6, characterized in that the element to be fixed is a connection (12') formed of two cylindrical end portions (13'a, 13'b) separated from a central portion (14') by two annular chamfered surfaces (15'a, 15'b), andhaving peripheral longitudinal fins (16'), and in that said guide and locking means consist of longitudinal grooves (17') receiving the fins (16') and a rib (19') of triangular section capable of retracting during insertion of the element (12') in thesleeve and forming a stop acting against one of the chamfered surfaces (15'a, 15'b) when the fins (16') abut against the bottom of the grooves (17').
8. Device according to claim 6, characterized in that the cylindrical body (4') has longitudinal slits open at the end opposite the collar (5') so as to permit insertion or removal of the element to be fixed through the end of the sleeveopposite the collar (5').
9. Device according to one of claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the collar ((5;5') is associated with an annular cap having a decorative and/or signalling function.
10. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the collar (5;5') is provided on its internal face with a flexible annular element for accommodating any longitudinal play with respect to the wall on which it is placed.
11. A device to be fixed to a hole in a wall comprising:
a hollow sleeve (4) adapted to fit into the hole in the wall;
a collar (5) at one end of the sleeve and extending radially outward beyond the hold size and adapted to press against the wall adjacent to the hole;
a plurality of fins (7) extending radially outward from the sleeve from said one end where fins have a first portion with a height approximately equal to the hole size, and a second portion sloping (9) towards the other end of the sleeve;
a plurality of lugs (10) cantilevered from said other end of the sleeve and extending normally radially beyond the height of said fins with cantilevered ends under an edge (6) of said collar, and having a plurality of transverse steps (11) in theregions adjacent said cantilevered ends;
whereby when the device is pushed into the hole in the wall with the other end entering the hole first until the collar comes to rest against the wall adjacent the hole, the lugs are displaced axially inwardly by the inside the hole with atransverse step on each lug holding the device against the other side of the wall in the region adjacent the hole.
The present invention relates to a device for fixing an element passingthrough a wall, such as a connection, a switch, an indicator light, etc. . . It relates more particularly to such a fixing device associated with a connection used in fluid circuits.
At the present time, the elements intended to pass through walls are generally provided with a collar and nut fixing means. Fixing these elements in the wall requires placing the element on one side of the wall and tightening the locking nut onthe other side, which is not always practical.
An object of the invention consists in providing a means for facilitating this operation by making it possible while working from one side only of the wall, and automatic after insertion in a hole bored in the wall.
According to the invention, a fixing device associated with an element to be mounted in a wall, by insertion through a hole of appropriate diameter bored in the wall, comprises a longitudinal body, means for centring and laterally stabilizing itin the hole and a longitudinal locking means consisting of a collar and peripheral outwardly projecting portions, resiliently retractable inwardly and having a step shaped cut-out so as to form together a succession of interrupted circular peripheralshoulders oriented towards the collar, so that during insertion in the hole said peripheral portions retract then partially project again, the edge of the hole being engaged between the collar and the shoulder formed by said peripheral portions whoselongitudinal spacing from the collar is the closest, upwardly, to the thickness of the wall, thus making possible automatic fixing in walls of different thicknesses.
The invention will be better understood from the following explanations and theaccompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a side view of a snap connection having a fixing device in accordance with the invention,
FIG. 2 is a schematic end view of the connection of FIG. 1,
FIG. 3a is a schematic sectional view through line III--III of FIG. 2,
FIG. 3b is a sectional view, substantially identical to that of FIG. 3a, but showing schematically the fixing device in an operating situation,
FIG. 4 is a side view of the fixing device according to the, invention, forming a separate piece,
FIG. 5 is a sectional view through line V--V of FIG. 4,
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the element of FIG. 4, through a line corresponding to the line VI--VI of FIG. 5,
FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the element of FIG. 4 through a line corresponding to the line VII--VII of FIG. 5.
The connection 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is provided for passing a fluid circuit duct through a wall. As can be seen in FIG.3, the inside of connection 1 comprises conventionally a median channel 2 communicating on each side with stepped cylindrical bores 3, which are open at the ends of the connection, and containing sealed connection means R, FIG. 1, for pipes not shown.
In the embodiment illustrated, bores 3 are intended to receive sealed snap connection means of the type described in French patent No. 2 102 796 in the name of the present Applicant, these means being shown schematically in FIG. 3a.
Connection 1 comprises a cylindrical portion 4 one end of which is provided with a collar 5 of substantially larger diameter. Collar 5 has a peripheral flange oriented longitudinally towards the other end of the connection.
Four longitudinal fins 7 project radially from the cylindrical portion 4, from collar 5. Fins 7 are spaced evenly apart about the periphery of the connection and, as shown in FIG. 1, they have a trapezoidal profile, their apex 8 being parallelto the longitudinal axis of the connection and their side 9 opposite collar 5 being slanted. The apices 8 of fins 7 are inscribed in a circumference C, FIG. 2, centred on the longitudinal axis of the connection 1, and whose diameter is very slightlyless than the hole to be bored in the wall for reception of the connection 1.
Connection 1 further comprises four longitudinal lugs 10, spaced evenly apart at its periphery, between fins 7. Each lug 10 is fast with one end of the cylindrical portion of the connection, close to the end distant from collar 5. From thisend, lug 10 is directed obliquely outwardly, so as to project radially at a certain distance beyond the circumference C in which the apices 9 of fins 7 are inscribed, then beyond the circumference of collar 5. Furthermore, the external face of the endportion of lugs 10, adjacent the collar 5, is cut out in the form of transverse steps 11, so that each group of corresponding levels of the four lugs 10 form an interrupted circular shoulder directed towards collar 5. Lugs 10 have their free ends flushwith collar 5, inside the flange 6, and at rest they are urged against said flange 6 under the effect of their resilience. In another embodiment, collar 5, with or without flange 6, is interrupted at the level of lugs 10 whose free ends project fairlysubstantially outwardly beyond collar 5. This embodiment provides a better resilient return of lugs 10 during operation. In this case, an annular cap having a decorative function may be associated with collar 5. In all cases, such a cap may fulfil asignalling function, determined by the choice of its colour for example.
During positioning, when connection 1 is inserted by its end distant from collar 5 into a reception hole bored in a wall, it is first of all guided by the slanting sides 9 of fins 7, then it is centred and stabilized laterally by the apices 8 ofsaid fins. During this time, lugs 10 close up resiliently when approaching the cylindrical portion 4 and again open out partially, still by resilience, until the edge of the hole in the wall is engaged between collar 5 and the group of correspondinglevels 11 of lugs 10 whose longitudinal spacing from the peripheral edge 6 of collar 5 is the closest, upwardly, to the thickness of the wall. In this position, sleeve 1 is stabilized laterally in the hole by the apices 8 of fins 7 and it is lockedlongitudinally by collar 5 and lugs 10. Two such situations for different wall thicknesses are illustrated respectively by the upper and lower portions of FIG. 3b.
Of course, the stepped cut-out shape of the ends of lugs 10 will be provided so that the longitudinal spacing between the different groups of levels 11 and the edge of collar 5 are very close, upwardly, to the most usual wall thicknesses. Moreover, collar 5 may be provided on its internal face with a compressible and resilient annular element for accommodating any longitudinal play of the connection with respect to the wall. This will be particularly important in applications in whichthe connection is likely to be subjected to vibrations. The compressible element may be a flexible toric ring bonded to flange 6, for example, or the flange 6 itself if the resilience and characteristics of the material used for manufacturing theconnection permit it. Flange 6 may then be interrupted, so as to have more flexibility.
In addition, although in the drawings a connection 1 has been shown in the non operating condition in which the different step levels 11 are in transverse planes, it is preferable to provide them slightly slanted with respect to the transversedirection so that, when they are operational, with the lugs partially closed, they are then effectively situated in transverse planes.
Sleeve 1' shown in FIGS. 4 to 7 is a self-contained fixing means, comprising an internal housing 2', FIG. 5, for a conventional connection whose profile is shown schematically in the sectional views of FIGS. 6 and 7.
The body of the sleeve has a portion 4' with a generally cylindrical shape, a collar 5' with a flange 6', fins 7' and lugs 10'. These elements are substantially identical to the corresponding elements of the connection of FIGS. 1 to 3 andoperate in the same way, for which reason they will not be described further in detail.
Externally, the connection 12' for which sleeve 1 is intended and whose profile appears schematically in FIGS. 6 and 7, has two identical cylindrical end portions 13' and 13'b connected to a median cylindrical portion 14' of smaller diameterwhile forming respectively annular chamfered shoulders 15'a and 15'b. Around the median portion 14' are evenly spaced apart four longitudinal fins 16' whose ends are oblique and have their point of origin on each end cylindrical portion 13'a and 13'b.
The internal housing 2' is a cylindrical duct open at both its ends, of a diameter slightly greater than that of the end cylindrical portions 13'a and 13'b of connection 12'. Its surface has four evenly spaced longitudinal grooves 17' open atthe end of the sleeve comprising collar 5'. On the other side, grooves 17' stop before the end of the sleeve, their bottom being slanted so as to form an oblique end 18'. In practice, grooves 17' are provided in the same angular position as fins 7' soas not to make it necessary to have specific extra thicknesses of the cylindrical portion 4' of the sleeve. Grooves 17', intended to receive the fins 16' of the connection 12', have a profile complementary to that of the fins.
In the vicinity and short of the slanting ends 18' of groove 17', a circular transverse rib 19' projects from the surface of housing 2'. Rib 19' is of course interrupted in four positions by grooves 17' and its section is triangular, as shown inFIG. 7, its side 20' oriented towards the opening adjacent collar 5' being slanted and its other side 21 being straight. The internal circumference defined by the edge of rib 19' has a diameter slightly less than that of the end portions 13' ofconnection 12'.
In use, connection 12' is inserted in sleeve 1' before or after the latter has been fixed in a wall, exactly in the same way as element 1 of FIGS. 1 to 3. Connection 12' is inserted by its end portion 13'b, FIGS. 6 and 7, in housing 2' by theopening of the sleeve adjacent collar 5', each fin 16' penetrating into a groove 17'. At a certain moment, the end portion 13'b inside housing 2' abuts against the slanting edge of rib 2'. Under the effect of an increased insertion pressure on the endof the other end portion 13'a, connection 12' continues to advance in sleeve 1', rib 19' being flattened by the external surface of the cylindrical wall 13'. Then, just before the fins 16' abut against the oblique end 18' of groove 17', the chamferedshoulder 15'b adjacent the portion 13'b of connection 21' arrives at the level of rib 19', so that the latter straightens up again because of its own resilience, to form a stop in contact with said chamfer when fins 16' reach the end 18' of grooves 17'. Consequently, connection 12' is locked in sleeve 1', which is secured against rotation by fins 16' in grooves 17' and longitudinally in both directions, by fins 16' abutting against the ends 18' of groove 17', on the one hand and by rib 19' abuttingagainst the chamfered shoulder 15'b, on the other.
In another embodiment, the cylindrical body of the sleeve has longitudinal slits open at the end opposite the collar. An internal locking means, consisting of a peripheral rib, is associated with these slits for inserting the element to be fixedin the sleeve or removing it, through the end opposite the collar.
The device of the invention, whether integrated in the element to be fixed or forming a separate part, is advantageously manufactured by moulding plastic materials having appropriate resilience characteristics.
In addition, although here the device of the invention has been described in association with a connection, it will be readily understood that it may be fixed with all kinds of elements to be fixed in the body of a wall, such as control members,switches, indicator lamps, etc. . .
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced his plan to close the 2017 state budget shortfall.
"We've come up with a reasonable plan that makes the necessary cuts, but also protects our core principles in order to drive the new Virginia economy," Governor McAuliffe said to open his remarks Thursday morning.
Governor McAuliffe said while state revenues have grown, they have grown more slowly than anticipated.
"Total general fund revenues rose by 1.7 percent in fiscal year 2016, for a total of $18 billion, but fell short of the official forecast of 3.2 percent growth by $268.9 million. The majority of the shortfall was due to withholding and sales tax collections. In addition, transfers to the general fund fell $10.4 million short of the forecast. The combined shortfall including general fund revenue and transfers in fiscal year 2016 totaled $279.3 million," according to the Governor's Office.
The governor said the loss of high-paying jobs to sequestration and defense spending cuts at the federal level has really changed the employment mix in Virginia. He added that he has helped create thousands of high-paying jobs which have not yet been filled.
He said filling those jobs would help create new tax revenue for the Commonwealth to the tune of an additional $100 million.
"There will be no program cuts to public education, Medicaid for our families most in need, nor our core public safety services," he said. "We did not kick our budget problems to local governments by reducing payments to cities, counties or towns. These are obviously difficult decisions to make and there may be more to come, but I am confident that the progress and investments we are making today will put Virginia on course for strong growth well into the future."
The Governor's Office outlined the plan in the following statement:
In order to reach the intended budget goal the administration implemented three primary strategies.
First, the state budget contained an automatic trigger based on the revenue forecast that removed $125.1 million for pay increases.
Second, there is a proposal to transfer $392.3 million from the revenue stabilization fund, as permitted by state law.
Third, there are pledges from state agencies in 2016 that provide an additional $23.5 million in savings.
The administration also will use $43.3 million in additional unspent fund balances from the end of fiscal year 2016 to help close the shortfall and will reduce operating expenses in the current fiscal year, with exemptions for core services like education, health care, and public safety, resulting in savings of $73 million.
Lastly, a variety of other revenue actions were taken to reach the goal.
They include a suspension in changes to the accelerated sales tax program, transfers of lottery revenues for public education, and the use of Literary Fund revenues to offset teacher retirement costs.


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