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If this was grade school, if you said the boot, you'd get a big red-penned smiley face next to your answer.
But several miles west of grade school, these objects all describe our moving weekend. Thursday night, I broke my fibula. Wish I could tell you an amazing story at this point about para sailing or skydiving - some activity meriting a broken ankle. I can't. Walking down the stairs, I stepped down wrong, rolling my foot and snapping bone. Just like that.
Let me tell you, I'm not a-sit-around-and wait-for people-to-help-you sort of girl. I like rolling up my sleeves and getting to work. I like independence. I like the freedom of loading my kids up in the car and going on some adventure. I like being able to walk up the stairs to kiss them goodnight. I like to sit outside on a blanket in the uneven grass with my son; kick the soccer ball around with my daughter. I like taking care of my husband, making sure his work clothes are ready for the week, trying out new recipes he'll like. I've been looking forward to setting up our new home, getting organized just so.
I can't put weight on my right foot for 6-8 weeks, maybe more if surgery is needed. I'm not sure how a pregnant momma of two little ones with spring outside survives a sentence like that.....but I know we will.
It's so easy to doggie paddle in the deep end of self pity, thinking about all the ways this inconveniences my life; going down the list of things I won't be able to do with a big yellow "why me" highlighter. A shower becomes a production. A trip to the grocery by myself, impossible. Book on the floor, a major hazard. Trust me, I've had my doggie-paddling moments already.
It'd be so easy to stay there, highlighter poised. 6-8 weeks is a long time. But it isn't forever. And it certainly isn't life-threatening. I feel pain, but at least I know the pain will end. I have a support system surrounding me, family and friends jumping in to help out. Many suffer alone. Above all these things, I belong to a God who sees. A God who cares.
I hope Jon and I look back on this season and laugh as we remember the fanny pack I broke out to get things from place to place, hobbling around on crutches. (Okay, for now the fanny pack is a joke. I'm using my pockets. But in a week or two, I might be pretty tempted...) I hope we look back and remember the family and friends who showed up, not because they were obligated but because this is part of life, too, and all a part of doing life together. I hope we remember with absolute clarity how our Good God was near us, providing all we needed along the way.
Let's try again. What doesn't belong?
A loving family.
Supportive friends.
A kind God.
An ungrateful heart.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie
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text: Casoria to Comiso trains might be a good value for money solution: travelling in Italy by train is often rather cheap and faster than taking a bus indeed Trains leave from Casoria-Afragola and arrive at Comiso every about 4 hours on average. If travelling with Trenitalia, you need to know the Casoria to Comiso train schedule: the first train leaves at 08:46, while the last ride is at 21:58. A Casoria to Comiso train cost about 60.5 €. But how long is the train ride from Casoria to Comiso? Your journey takes about 15 hours on average.


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Finally received a response from Mackay regarding pregnancy test and other instructions in a letter from our doctor, to be given to our doctor in Manila also if our pregnancy test turns out positive.
We are told to have our blood HCG test the following day, Oct. 6. In our previous IVF clinic, the test we had were beta HCG tests. Googled it and they are one and the same. Quantitative blood test for pregnancy.
Advanced maternal age? I'm 35 by the way. I thought advanced maternal age would be 40s. I do not like the sound of it but that's so much better than the HOWEVER part 🙂
Attached to the letter are other details of our treatment. Here they are, our 8 embryos / chances to have a baby, graded. Will know tomorrow if it will be 8 still or 7 chances left when I take my blood test.
What do those grades mean? I googled and found this – they must have used the same grading system. The number of embryos transferred depends on the quality of the embryo and the patient's age. In our case, the doctor decided to transfer just one.
Here are more details about the grading system, from advancedfertility.com.
EB must stand for early blastocyst.
More from the website:
Definition of a blastocyst:
- An embryo which has developed to the point of having 2 different cell components and a fluid cavity
- Human embryos from in vitro fertilization in culture in an IVF lab, or developing naturally in the body, usually reach blastocyst stage by day 5 after fertilization
- Blastocyst transfer with IVF can give high pregnancy success rates with very low risk of triplets
I thank God that we have 8 embryos that reached blastocyst and that their grades seem ok.
Stayed at home the whole day, watched a movie from Netflix (surprisingly interesting and funny. Shed a tear on one scene – hormones?)
Went out in the evening – had a blessed time of studying God's Word with friends.
4 Love is patient,
love is kind.
It does not envy,
it does not boast,
it is not proud.
5 It does not dishonor others,
it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects,
always trusts,
always hopes,
always perseveres.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
That's how my last day of "acting like a pregnant lady but not really officially pregnant yet" ends. Hoping for the best! Thank God for another day of His blessings 🙂


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The New York Times reported last night in less explicit fashion that Major Baseball League (MBL) commissioner Allen Huber "Bud" Selig blinked in his game of chicken with Alex Rodriguez.
A-Rod will not cop a plea but will appeal his suspension, which means that he can play for the Yankees against the White Sox in Chicago tonight. The Times reports that the players union finally showed some backbone and told MBL officials that it would fight any attempt to use extraordinary means to discipline players, meaning Rodriguez.
OK. It's on. Hopefully at least some of the other players will fight, too.
One thing that makes all of this so sad is that it is all so unnecessary. The players did not need to continue to tempt fate. The MBL could have simply looked the other way. Sometimes you just let it go.
Once joined, however, the natural instinct, especially for competitors like these payers, is to fight, even if you do not have any principle involved. They are fighting for the right to flaunt the rules. Not very high minded.
For Selig, why play the bully? Why pick on Rodriguez to such an extent that he becomes, if not actually sympathetic, then at least understandable. Nobody likes to be pushed around. Nobody. Even when wrong. By overcharging and grossly suggesting various baseball death sentences, Selig provided Rodriguez with some credibility.
Rodriguez works as hard as any player, including teammate Derek Jeter. Rodriguez should not be punished for receiving a lot of money from multiple MBL teams. Rodriguez honors his contracts. His current team, the Yankees, should do likewise.
Before executing Rodriguez, Selig should state how many games the following players were suspended during his tenure as commissioner:
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Sammy Sosa
David Ortiz
Andy Pettitte
Jason Giambi
Ken Caminiti
And does Selig apply anything close to this steroid policy regarding other illegal substances to himself, MBL employees, and team owners? How about past transgressions? Read Nolan Ryan, who runs the Texas Rangers baseball team in Dallas.
Have any players of note since the eight 1919 Chicago White Sox players, including Joe Jackson, been given a baseball death sentence? And for the umpteenth time: those White Sox players took money to intentionally lose the World Series!
Steroid users paid money to improve their performance and that of their team.
One group tried to lose, the other tried to win. That fundamental difference is what makes the threat of a baseball death sentence so revolting. Selig is a bully of the first order and good for A-Rod for standing up to the bully.
Also for the umpteenth time, cheating on the field has been tolerated all along and it's much worse than taking some drugs to improve performance. Whitey Ford and Gaylord Perry made no secret of their actions. Perry even wrote about his cheating during his career, promising to stop. Years later he was voted into the Hall of Fame. For those who say that steroid use is different: grow the heck up.
Oh, and go check NFL players.
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Monday, August 5, 2013
Selig blinked. A-Rod will play in Chicago.
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Starring:Genevieve Nnaji , Uche Jombo Majid Michel , Ebele Okaro, Chelsea Eze
Genre: Romance
Jessie ( Genevieve ) is a single mother who has been many times by men . She has a daughter named Ella who your typical teenager. She smokes, drinks and stay out every night with her boyfriend Naeto( Majid). After many attempts to stop her daughter bad behavior Jessie decides to send her to her in London.Naeto ella's boyfriend falls under hard time because Ella is not There to give him money anymore, he then decides to take a job as a Ella mother's personal Driver .Jessie and Naeto slowly became closer and closer . What would happen ? will Naeto dates mother , and daughter? you will have to watch to find out ..
My rating is: 80%
Should you watch it:This is very good story line and seems to be original however there were several unnecessary scenes and certain situations that did not make sense. I think you should watch it , you might be a bit disappointed with way the movie ends .
Performance of the Actors: Good Genevieve performance as usual is outstanding .


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Download Anaïs Nin's Hot Cross Buns
Who Said It?
"Tell Henry Miller how lovely your eyes are so he can brag about his bestiality and intoxication. Which he will do if you let his dough rise for 30 minutes."
That's in steps 10, 11, and 12 from the recipe, "Anaïs Nin's Hot Cross Buns," one of the many faux recipes in the funny little gift book, Nietzsche's Angel Food Cake: And Other "Recipes" for the Intellectually Famished.
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These soft tissue fillers can add more volume and provide immediate results at a lower cost than surgery. These treatments aren't permanent, however, and they must be repeated and maintained.
Some dermal fillers are used in conjunction with other skin rejuvenation treatments such as injections of botulinum toxin. A consultation with the Lip Doctor will assess your needs and recommend one or a combination of treatments to achieve superb youthful hydrating effects.
Dr. Fab Equizi, the Lip Doctor in Liverpool, said: "I can achieve a really natural look with dermal fillers and target imperfections in the skin to create smoother, tauter and more youthful-looking skin. That's why I sometimes refer to dermal fillers as the "liquid facelift."
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Our time has come to an end....
I am sad today. With the boys turning three on Monday, Cormac ages out of early intervention. He has been enrolled in EI since he was suspected of having hearing loss. He will now be part of our local school district.
His teacher of the deaf, Joan, came for her last session yesterday. I cannot express in words what Joan has done for our family. I have seen Joan three days a week for over 2 years. She came to the house twice a week for an hour of therapy and she was also Cormac's teacher when I took him to group class once a week. I can't think of many people I see three days a week other than Frank and the boys (well, maybe my Mom). Joan has given Cormac his voice. She has taught him how to listen and hear. She has given him the tools he needs to be all he can be. She has taught Frank and I what we need to do to make sure Cormac is a successful user of his implants. She showed up every week and managed to keep Cormac entertained with her "bag". Cormac's first words when he saw her were "what's in Joan's bag?" He always knew she brought fun things. He never realized he was learnging the entire time.
Joan was here when he made his first sounds. SHe celebrated with us when he finally said "aaah ahhh" for an airplane all the way to yesterday when they had a conversation with each other. Her skills and kindness will be remembered forever. We will miss her terribly. Thank you, Joan, for all you have done for our family.
We will also no longer be going to group. This is also said for me. ONce a week I would take Cormac and while he was in class I was able to sit and talk with the other Moms in the group. And the occaisonal Dad. Miriam led the group. The education we received from Miriam as well as other parents was priceless. I strongly feel I would be lost if I did not participate in the parent infant program. I love being part of Summit Speech School and hope to continue to attend anything we are allowed to attend! I want Cormac to know other children who have hearing loss. OTher kids with cochlear implants. I want his brothers to know other children who are like Cormac. I want Cormac to see the alumni who return and are successful, happy people.
I guess this is just another transition in our lives. While it is sad, it is also happy. Cormac is moving on to the next stage of his development. He is no longer and "infant". He is a three year old and ready for his next challenges.
But I want to make sure to thank all those who have helped us in the past few years through the parent infant program and early intervention. We would not be where we are today without all the wonderful people we have met along the way.
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- Val said...
oh, I remember those days, but you have to remember, when they age out of one thing, they age INTO something else. My kids turning three turned into the BEST experience because I discover some of the best preschool teachers ever. Both of my kids (B's about to leave **sniff**) have aged out of preschool reading for crying out loud. So you know he's gonna be fine, and if not, Mama will make if fine (I hear she's smart!)
Brook is fascinated that you had three babies at once! She still has the one "Emma" but is beginning to think "Emma" needs a brother or sister so she may actually purchase a second (or third)doll.? She sits at the computer some days going thru my "Favorite Blogs" folder and looks at the children under age five! Love the post! and I loved the one (I'm pretty sure it was you) about one of your kids telling you you're beautiful, oh, the sweetest ever!
- April 29, 2009 at 3:43 AM


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International Friendlies Standout Stats: Ronaldo Breaks Portugal Scoring RecordMarch 6, 2014
Wednesday was a busy day of international friendly action as we continue to count down the days until the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The highlight of the day came when Cristiano Ronaldo broke the Portuguese scoring record 21 minutes into the clash with Cameroon.
Across Europe, some of the continent's top teams collided and some standout stats came out of them as well.
Here is a roundup of all the standout stats from a busy day across the world of football.
Ronaldo's Record Breaker
The inevitable occurred in the 21st minute in Leiria as Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 48th-career international goal for Portugal.
The goal broke the previous record that was held by Pauleta:
Ronaldo went on to score his 49th goal for Portugal in the 83rd minute of his team's 5-1 over Cameroon.
England's 1-0 Oddity
England took down Denmark, 1-0, at Wembley thanks to a late strike from Daniel Sturridge.
Sturridge's goal ensured the Three Lions a result with Denmark that they have achieved in five of their six clashes with the Scandinavian nation at Wembley.
The sixth matchup saw the Danes win by the same scoreline:
Italy Continues To Limp Toward World Cup
Italy's trip to the Vicente Calderon did not go as planned as it fell, 1-0, to Spain on a second-half goal.
The loss extended the Azzurri's winless streak to five games, a streak that contains one loss and four draws:
France Continues To Build A Home Fortress
France continued its buildup to the World Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands at the Stade de France.
With the win, Les Blues extended their home unbeaten streak to four games for the first time since 2006:
The match also marked the fourth time in a row where the Oranje failed to score after the 47-minute mark:
Bad Luck Dempsey
Clint Dempsey was non-existent in the United States' 2-0 loss to Ukraine in Larnaca, Cyprus.
The loss by the Yanks extended Dempsey's poor run of form as an individual and as a team member:
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JESUS said many things during His Work on earth including His resurrection that came true. So Jesus spoke of the rapture that He has Prepared place in heaven so will come back to take those who believe to be with Him in God's Presence. When God Feels Enough is Enough Jesus will come based on praying to God to shorten the evil days. In 2 Peter 3:10, the day of the Lord will come as a thief at night for rapture to take believers into heaven.
God said give Him no Rest day or night until He Restores The Peace of Jerusalem connected to all world peace. Messiah Jesus Christ is so Perfect one would not expect word thief to be associated with the Son of God. Jesus Chose to use word thief to warn people of His unexpected coming. God will send Jesus to earth in the clouds to rescue believers who accept rapture unexpectedly like thief at night.Jesus said His Coming Will be sudden so be vigilant day or night. There are TV documentaries of transformed thief shows property owners weakest link in entry points so enable them to select property to rob. It includes gates left wide open or broken locks not fixed or repaired. Jesus warns to be wide awake not in spiritual darkness with regard to coming for rapture in clouds anytime.
Windows left ajar or the door unsecured. Other information include exhibitionism so tenant occupier's daily movement or routines is easily monitored due to their carelessness. With shocking details of anonymous phone calls to test run if a property is empty. Tweeter information hints access of absent owner of property.
As chilling as this information sounds, the transformed person guides the public on how to secure premises to make sure it becomes harder for easy target access. Similarly, Jesus is reinforcing the importance of Christian vigilance at all times, day or night. The night time is dark so easy to blend in darkness to conceal stolen goods. Jesus tells us where our treasure is there our heart will be. Seek heavenly wealth that is more precious and of a great price.However with the night vision tracker it is impossible for the bugler to run and hide. God makes provision for protection inside His Son to hide from the painful impact of robbery. Jesus said His Coming Will be so sudden like a thief's cunning timing of the property owner we so must always watch out for Him. The believer is not to live in fear or dread of Jesus coming as a thief causes anxiety.Rather the believer is to carry on daily life normally yet like seasoned Christian soldier in readiness on call of duty. Jesus Will return when the world is busy doing its own things as usual. There will be so much to do to keep people occupied and with things of this world. It is this time of busyness that takes focus on God to other distractions. This is the crucial time to watch out for Jesus' return.
Jesus forgave pardoned thief on the cross at Calvary assuring him of salvation and entry into paradise with Christ. Thief was able to recognise Christ in humility so pardoned and saved into heaven. So rejoice for your SALVATION is near. Even at the door according to GOD'S Time table to rescue Christian believers and the Children of God in Christ. End time relentless cataclysmic overwhelming events occurring simultaneously show God's warning of changes comingGcsoon. Mankind is able to live consistently in the space station above earth. So GOD'S Home Above earth has mansions for all His Children to be taken to live in after rapture. There is hope for believers to be saved from God's Wrath.
Then 144,000 chosen male Virgin Jews will work with them to save countless MULTITUDES from all tribes and nations more than SALVATION has ever achieved throughout living history. If you are the property owner entrusted with GOD'S most treasured asset you, be sure to secure yourself in Christ and be saved in Jesus Name. The cucified thief on the lookout for salvation received God's Love and Mercy extends to him same day. For material things you may risk your life for are perishable.The repented thief asked Christ to remember him in Glory. The thief comes to steal, steal and destroy but Jesus came to give abundant life more abundantly.
Jesus forgave the thief and those who crucified Him by saying "Father forgive them for they no not what they were doing. So GOD'S Mercy and Grace extended to the sinner who asked for forgiveness. Jesus is warning on many occasions using different parables to confirm His Coming to save mankind. The world events show birthpangs end time agenda of GOD'S Own Timing.
Since nobody can predict exactly precise moment on GOD'S Mind, Jesus said it could happen day or night. So it is good to have a test run of how earth looks like at night should God choose to send Jesus at night for rapture. It is such wonderful sight to observe but the quick action of rapture means it will be so rapid like the twinkling of the eyes. The people need to be ever ready for Christ Coming to save.This means one may not have privilege of seeing that view in action on the way into heaven. However, it is good to be in the know of how rapture may seem while ascending ALIVE into heaven. The view from earth will be distant memory. God has Compassion on all those left behind to give them a last final chance to repent before it then becomes forever too late. After rapture, God will send back Prophet Elijah, Prophet Enoch or Moses to evangelise people on earth.
Then 144,000 chosen male Virgin Jews will work with them to save countless MULTITUDES from all tribes and nations more than SALVATION has ever achieved throughout living history. If you are the property owner entrusted with GOD'S most treasured asset you, be sure to secure yourself in Christ to be saved in Jesus Name. If opportunist thief on the lookout for vulnerable entry points GOD'S Love and Mercy extends today. As material things risked life is perishable.
So seek greatest asset treasure salvation of your soul. God said when you first seek first your personal SALVATION and the salvation of others all other things will added to you. You do not have steal from no one because. JEHOVAH Jireh the great Provider will provide to supply all needs according to GOD'S Riches in Glory by Christ Jesus
The world in spiritual darkness globally will be saved if only people choose to accept the SALVATION plan of God. As busy as people maybe buying, selling or being given in marriage and getting married there is greater joy beyond the modern understanding of God. It is also necessary to make effort to love God
If you thrive by depriving others also to enrich yourself unjustly remember that earthly material things are completely useless in heaven. Jesus said seek the imperishable treasures that do not rust or could be stolen by the thieves. So God says invest in souls as the greatest asset treasure of God into eternal life. So do not gain the world and lose your soul. You are so precious and a priceless to God He Sent Jesus to die to save you into eternity. No matter labels choose Life, God's blessings for your life and the loved ones in Jesus Name.


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Little Stars (live)
Live, presenter-led show, 20min (+Q&A on request), Early Years
Available in both the on-site and mobile planetariums. Minimum age yrR in the on-site planetarium due to the style of seating.
A child-centred introduction to the planetarium for younger children, allowing the children to make their own discoveries by observation, encouraging them to notice differences between the stars and planets. This show is presented from the front of the planetarium, allowing the presenter to use body language and to interact directly with the children.
Little Stars includes lots of calling out and pointing, a story, and a chance to sing Twinkle Twinkle to encourage the stars to show themselves. It is designed to allow the children to respond naturally to what they see without needing always to remember to be quiet or sit still.
It is also great for SEN groups working at early-years levels. Just be aware that it has very gentle visuals; attention is held largely through audience interaction with the presenter. Some groups/individuals unable to follow speech may prefer a more visually/auditorally dynamic show.
The show includes:
- A gentle introduction to darkness while singing, and enough light to see the presenter throughout to give confidence in the unusual environment of the dome.
- Looking at stars in the sky, noticing how these vary in brightness and colour, pointing out ones with particular characteristics.
- The Moon.
- Making dot to dots in the stars.
- An example constellation with an age-appropriate story (note this may not be the original Greek tale as they often include highly inappropriate themes).
- A quick look at all the other constellations.
- The Sun as a star.
- Looking at Earth (in on-site planetarium only).
- A quick look at some other planets - how do they look different from Earth?
The general content for a show is the same in both planetariums, although the style of delivery and detail of content differs to best draw on the advantages of each setting.


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I was chatting with a doctor about how to cut costs in health care, a rather topical issue, and she told me this: one of the reasons there is wasteful spending in health care is because it is so difficult for one medical provider of a patient to access that patient's other medical provider's records. Electronic (or worse yet, paper) medical record systems between providers are so awkward and difficult that it's often easier (and in the best interests of the patient for expediency's sake) to simply perform a particular medical test again locally rather than try to order the records from a remote previous provider who had also performed the test. And so there's wasteful spending in health care.
What does this have to do with Free Culture? Well, let me spin a fanciful tale -- who knows if it would have been true, but it's an illustration of how technology develops.
Imagine if, in 1999, the recording industry had not sued the peer-to-peer file-sharing software pioneer Napster (and its founder, Northeastern University student and Brockton, MA native Shawn Fanning), and copyright law permitted file-sharing.
In such an alternate universe, file-sharing technology would have thrived and grown over the past decade. Peer-to-peer technology would be able to reliably and correctly deliver any file that someone had chosen to share online (these are technically difficult challenges still not completely solved in our real universe because no one wants to develop file-sharing technology for fear of getting sued like in MGM v. Grokster).
At some point, in this fanciful alternate universe, a medical professional, possibly a medical information technology department, might wonder, "Why is it easier to access a song from someone else's computer over a peer-to-peer file-sharing network than it is to access a patient's medical record from some other medical provider?" And the solution dawns on them, to piggyback medical records sharing on the this reliable, robust, easy-to-use peer-to-peer network that music files are shared on to make it just as easy.
Of course, medical records will have an additional layer of encryption and authentication so that only authorized people can read a patient's record.
And thus, in this fanciful alternate universe where Napster wasn't sued, we prevent the same medical test from having to be performed again (and again) because one medical provider can easily access the test results of another over a file-sharing network. We save wasteful health-care spending.
This is how technology develops. There is an initial application (in this case, music), that spurs the development and growth of a new technology (in this case, peer-to-peer file sharing exemplified by Napster) until it becomes pervasive. Then technology spreads to other applications (in this case, medical record sharing) ultimately improving the lives of everyone well beyond the initial "killer app".
But alas, this fanciful alternate universe is not our universe, because, through copyright lawsuits, the RIAA and big content owners killed file-sharing technology before it could grow. This has been an illustration of how copyright enforcement today is directly stifling innovation, and how it affects everyone's lives, even if you are not interested in file-sharing music.


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This article will deal with the subject of Homemade Explosives usually referred to as Improvised Munitions or Improvised Explosives. Before this subject is explored a word of warning; This article is for information or entertainment purposes only, explosive chemicals are very dangerous and should be handled carefully, never lose sight of the fact that the careless handling of explosive devices could easily result burns, dismemberment or even death to the handler.
A lot of Anarchy related websites have already covered this subject to a large extent however such information is usually impractical and/or not feasible practically. A lot of Anarchy web sites related information is unreliable and vague at best. This article is not a step by step procedure but rather a broad overview that will help you understand these devices. A few easy and simple examples are also reviewed.
Safety Precautions
Fundamental Principles
Fundamental Principles : Types of EXplosive
Fundamental Principles : Elements of Devices
Examples : Overview
Examples : Uses of Gunpowder
Examples : permanganate and Sugar
Examples : Permanganate and Aluminium
Examples : Chlorate and Vaseline Plastic Explosive
Examples : Carbon TET and Aluminium Liquid Explosive
Examples : Napalm Alternative as fuel additive
Examples : Urea Nitrate Explosive
Safety Precautions
A few things are necessary for self protection during the creation of explosive devices. Goggles, gloves and overalls for self protection during the handling of toxic materials. Breathing filter for guarding against toxic gases and a long stick to light the small quantities of explosive to be tested. When the materials are added together this should be done gently and carefully to avoid spontaneous detonation, there is especially a danger of friction igniting the material when a chemical is being powdered. Another danger of friction is in the use of pipe bombs, the steel of the pipe can easily cause the powder to explode prematurely so it is advisable to use a plastic bag or paper between the pipe and the chemical. Completed explosive chemicals should be tested in small quantities to verify their operation. When using toxic chemicals such as acids they should be handled in a fuming cupboard or in an open ventilated enviroment. Storage should be in a dark cool dry place away from other chemicals, a lot of explosive devices require use immediately after completion so storage of these could be dangerous. And finally if an electronic detonating circuit is to be used a safety switch should be added to the circuit to prevent an electronic fault causing an explosion.
Fundamental Principles
Explosives are simply chemicals or devices that when initiated are decomposed into a gaseous form at a very rapid rate, expanding into a large volume in high pressure. This in turn causes any casing or parts to fragment and fly outward causing damage. A large amount of energy is released which is dissipated as heat. Explosive chemicals are made up of the oxidizer and the fuel, the oxidizer provides oxygen and the fuel burns that oxygen, they work together at a fast rate to cause an explosion. A fuel ignited alone would try to take oxygen from the air therefore burning very slowly, burning out if the air supply is not present.
Fundamental Principles : Types of Explosive
There are two types of explosive devices, High Explosives which when initiated expand into their gaseous phase at a very fast rate. A low explosive however expands at a slow rate. A well known high explosive is C4 and Gunpowder a low explosive. Detonating explosives are very sensitive to heat, friction and impact, there are two types of detonating explosives; Primary and Secondary, the Primary is extremely sensitive and dangerous to handle, usually used in small quantities in detonators. The Secondary explosive is very safe to handle and is usually initiated by the primary explosive.
Fundamental Principles : Elements of Devices
The fuse is a slow burning cord that is used to initiate an explosive device by use of a short term delay, this is usually used with low explosives that are detonated by incendiary techniques. A High explosive is usually so stable that it requires a blastic cap or detonator to initiate. Explosive detonators can be improvised however their quality does not match the commercial detonators available. The advantage of Detonators is that they can be used with an electronic circuit which provides a large degree of accuracy in control of the explosive device. A metallic pipe can be used to contain low explosives so as to build up pressure and cause an explosion at high pressure. Plastic explosives are High Explosives added to wax or oils to create an easy to handle material that can also be molded into shapes.
Examples : Overview
The following examples are the simplest and easiest techniques for building explosive devices. All the materials are well known and has presented as an uncomplicated approach.
Examples : Uses of Gunpowder
Gunpowder which can be bought from a gun shop or emptied from shotgun shells has quite a few uses. A fuse can be created by laying down sticky tape sticky side up and sprinkling with powder or it can be used as a filler for a pipe bomb.
Examples : permanganate and Sugar
Potassium Permanganate is usually found as a purple powder sold openly in drugstores and chemical supply stores, it is very safe to handle on it's own and is a very well known oxidizer. Sugar is the fuel and is available in grocery stores. The finer the powders are in this case the better the explosion, a rolling pin can be used to refine the powder if it is too coarse however this should not be done to the compounded powders but rather to each powder individually. Once refined they can be added together by placing them on a paper and moving the paper to and fro to effectively create the mixture. Used alone this is a low explosive and will burn slowly, however it can be placed into a capped iron pipe and ignited with fuse for an effective explosion.
Examples : Permanganate and Aluminium
If the explosive force of the Permanganate/Sugar device is not adequate the sugar fuel can be replaced with powdered Aluminium which an be acquired from a paint store or a chemical supply store. The mixture created is a lot more volatile and will produce a better explosion when used in combination with a capped iron pipe and fuse.
Examples : Chlorate and Vaseline Plastic Explosive
Potassium Chlorate is a very useful powerful oxidizer but is a little difficult to acquire. Asides from chemical supply stores where it is well known as an explosive component hardware stores carry it as something called Solidox which is used for welding. It has to be powdered finely before use. 9 parts Chlorate to one part vaseline (Petroleum Jelly) are neaded together to form the plastic explosive. This requires a blasting cap to be effectively used and can be shaped as a plastic explosive.
Examples : Carbon TET and Aluminium Liquid Explosive
Carbon Tetrachloride was commonly used as a solvent, however these days it has been labeled as carcinogenic and is difficult to get hold off without visiting a chemical supply company, even then it causes suspicion as it is considered a difficult to handle chemical. Aluminium powder can be obtained from a chemical supply company or from a paint store as bronzing powder. Stir two parts aluminium to one part Carbon TET in a jar until consistency develops into a syrup. This can be detonated directly without the use of an iron pipe but requires a blasting cap detonator. Beware that the gases given off when the chemicals are stirred is toxic and that the chemical should be detonated within 72 hours afterwards.
Examples : Napalm Alternative as fuel additive
When using an explosive device it is useful to add to the device a container of petrol so as to cause incendiary damage to the target. Petrol being very volatile does not burn for a long time. Napalm burns for a very long time and sticks to any surface it is forced to contact with. To make Napalm simply stir half volume petrol with a half volume of Generic Soap shards, that is, soap with no added perfume or chemicals. This can be placed as a glass container next to the device for effective damage to the target.
Examples : Urea Nitrate Explosive
Finally Urea Nitrate which appears to be very popular with terrorists. Concentrated Nitric acid is required which is difficult to find anywhere but a chemical supply company and in addition Urine from animals or humans. 10 cups of urine are boiled down to 1 cup in size and then filtered and allowed to cool. Then 1/3 cup nitric acid is slowly added and left to set for an hour. After that filter the resulting solution through a cloth, the solid left on the cloth is Urea Nitrate which should be cleaned with water and left to dry for 16 hours. It can be spooned into a metal pipe and exploded with a blasting cap. For better effect powdered Aluminium is added to the Urea Nitrate. Beware that when adding Nitric acid to the urea toxic gases are given off.
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So i have made a decision. After much consideration me and Eric have decided we definately want our children to be homeschooled. We have found a christian based curriculum that we are going to use and Alexander will be starting kindergarten for sure this fall!! It is more pricey to homeschool..but totally worth it. From what we have seen the schools are a mess these days. I have had people say "well how are they going to be a witness if they don't go to school. And a blog I ran across had a reply to that, and I loved it. Do we want to expose our children to ungodly teaching when they are at a young age and unable to understand what's true from what's not? She asked if we were being selfish to put our own childs needs before societies needs. Then she went on to talk about how God has given us as parents the responsibility to teach and train our children. And that they can't very well go out and influence the world for good until they have been prepared for it. Proverbs 22:6 says Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. So that's what I want to do. I want to prepare my children here. Teach them about God and all the other things that they need to be taught. And spend all my time with focusing on equiping them. After all doesn't the bible tell us that children are like arrows? Sharpen them right, teach them right..and these children will be like arrows in the hand of a mighty warrior, changing this world. I do have to say that this will be a new experience and I'm sure it will take some time to get on track..but I'm excited! So if you are already a homeschooling mama and have some suggestions any tips/websites would be appreciated :)
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Currently I have 2 or 3 (depending on how ambitious I am tonight) scrapbook projects to make tonight for gifts. Then I have 12 SEWING projects to do for Christmas. Fortunately all those gifts won't be given until January 1st when we celebrate with my side of the family so I have extra time. However, next week is booking up fast so the more I get done before the 25th the better off I am. So far this week I have created 9 scrapbook gifts, baked treats for our neighbors, and hosted a gingerbread party today. Most of our gifts aren't wrapped either. I did manage to mail or deliver all the gifts that needed to go. I really have a lot to do ... I should be stressed but I am rather calm. I haven't had any breakdowns. I also have only had 8 hours sleep in the last 2 days (3 on Sunday night and 5 on Monday night). I really do love giving handmade gifts ... hope my recipients enjoy getting them. I do wish I would start earlier on them. I am enjoying this Christmas season just as much as last year's. Mostly I think it has to do with keeping a positive attitude and listening to Christmas music on pandora during dinner or it could be that I am completely delirious at this point.
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Numerous industries are actually enjoying the benefits that touch screen kiosks deliver. Actually different areas of governing bodies use the services it gives to people that are many. Now, the interactive kiosks bring a role that is big item campaigns, customer service, and consciousness to present events. Really, these techniques need tremendously place off the weight from records tables and office workforce.
Showing how these kiosk programs have actually greatly assisted the world that is modern presented in this essay are five significant organizations, which particularly utilize them. Let us read these people, to check out how touch screen kiosks were used.
Fast Food Joints
Point-of-Sales terminals were used as a replacement to standard cash registers, but what generated them better today would be that touch screen technologies got aside the clutter and spared space for the cashier counter. The software on this subject type of kiosks also generated the POS a great deal friendly, more than just debunking the various secret combination on a normal POS terminal. Presently, some food that is fast is enabling therapist purchase upwards through the kiosks and simply make attain pay and get her commands.
Finance Institutions
Banking institutions will be the biggest organizations taking benefit of these types of entertaining kiosks. Staff back in the days, hate gonna financial institutions only to ask about services because of click here long lines. Today, items data is only a point of a fingertip away from obtaining the ideas that is required by a client or customer. This also can be applied to insurance agencies which showcase their products and treatments in a consumer kiosk.
Electricity Agencies
Many folks could have experienced bills that are paying a convenience store, and that's just what these kiosks techniques is all about. In place of gonna a far expense repayment heart, why not go to a nearby store and spend their bills easily.
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Keskasay? Saint Etienne vs Right Said Fred
I do like a good cover version, me. I don't go much for photocopies, though, as they invariably end up a paler version of the original (Liberty X seem to be some of the worst offenders c.f. their limp version of Shalamar's 'A Night To Remember'). And frankly, I'm rather bored of artistes doing Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' – OK, you can sing already, now shaaaadup! I want a cover that does new and exciting/scary things to the original.
So, imagine my delight when I happened on the intermittently wonderful Saint Etienne and their rather fucked up version of 'I'm Too Sexy'. In 1992 some artists on the Heavenly label released a tribute to UK cheesemeisters Right Said Fred. Saint Etienne, The Rockingbirds and Flowered Up did one song each and The Fred EP hit the Top 30 and made some money for the Terence Higgins Trust. Hurrah!
Back to the track. Right Said Fred's version topped the US charts in 1991 and was pretty much ubiquitous for a couple of years. It was rather silly to begin with : "I'm too sexy for my cat… poor pussy, poor pussycat" etc. Then those arch retro Saint Etienne types put squelchy early-90s sequencers all over it, changed the lyrics a bit {"I'm too Shaky for my Stevens" indeed} and got Richard Fairbrass from the Freds in to reprise his vocal alongside Sarah Cracknell's breathy warbling. The whole this is equal parts cool and weird. This is (not) helped by it constantly turning into 'David's Song' (Theme from the tv series Kidnapped) for absolutely no reason. At the end someone repeatedly chants 'I'm a male stripper and a go-go boy' (a homage to 'Male Stripper by Man 2 Man feat. Man Parrish, I presume).
What on earth is it all about? And I would have paid a great deal of money to have seen this on Top Of The Pops that week in 1992.
As Minge might say, it's fabulous.
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Continuing the Dark Tower series; I just finished Wizard and Glass, the fourth book of the line. I again enjoyed it greatly. This book takes the reader back to Roland's past and one of his first adventures as a gunslinger and shows how the Dark Tower first enters his life. I am impressed that Stephen King can weave such a detailed back story into the stream of a story and make it feel uninterrupted. It feels natural to happen here, right in the middle of the series. There is some bookending done in the current timeline and a neat adventure in what seems like Oz, but the majority of the time is spent when Roland is only in his teens.
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These were primed white and then painted with 2 coats of red. It takes 2 coats to get a consistent covering. After that dried, I painted the weapons with a light grey. Finally, I covered the whole model with a black wash.
They don't look great up close, but they work well on the tabletop.
Now the break from the regularly scheduled Epic models is complete. We now return you to more tiny soldiers.
I've enjoyed painting the Imperial Assault models so plan to come back to them soon.


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A few days ago, it looked like a done deal, but California appears to have thrown a monkeywrench into the tentative agreement between states' attorneys general and five major lenders over questionable foreclosure-processing practices.
Newspapers in that state reported that Attorney-General Kamela D. Harris considers the $25 billion proposed settlement inadequate. In October, Harris had pulled out of talks to hammer out such an agreement, concerned that the accord would keep individual homeowners from pursuing complaints against the lenders involved (she launched a mortgage fraud task force in May 2011).
California has had more foreclosures than any state since the housing bubble burst in 2006-2007, so what Harris says may determine the future of the agreement.
Other attorneys general also are reportedly not happy with the tentative accord, according to Twitter and blog posts.
Foreclosures are handled by the states. In September 2011, it came to light that thousands of foreclosure documents allegedly had been signed but not read by lenders and servicers before being submitted to authorities.
Eventually, attorneys general in every states began investigations, then decided to conduct a joint probe.
Under the proposed settlement, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Citibank and Ally agreed to provide up to $25 billion for principal reductions averaging $20,000 for one million borrowers, plus payments of $1,800 to others harmed by deceptive lending practices.
Some states are suing these banks for a variety of reasons related to the foreclosure crisis. The settlement, if accepted, might determine whether those lawsuits are pursued.


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Thank you,Vanessa King for sharing your idea with us. As a group, we decided to use a monkey for our traveling stuffed animal and had already purchased Mollie, the Scentsy buddy, so we all decided to use her to become Molly the Microcephaly Monkey. That is how Molly came to be.
ZooCephaly Introduces More Globe Trotting Plush Animals
This blog houses all the information about our GLOBE TROTTING PLUSH ANIMALS Molly and Milly the Microcephaly Monkeys, Leo the Lissencephaly Lion, Bennett Buzz-Bee the Hydranenchaphly Bee, and Sunny the Schizencephaly Bear. These animals are spending 1 - 2 weeks at homes of children who have Microcephaly, Lissencephaly, Hydranencephaly, and Schizencephaly and in doing so are offering comfort and spreading awareness about these neurological disorders. The stories of these animals' visits with these families are included. This blog also discusses our other outreach programs: SOCKIES FOR SICKIES, which sends sock monkeys to children who are chronically ill due to their neuro. disorder. These monkeys are for these children to keep. ANGEL MONKEYS, are also sent to families that have angels in Heaven, along with a framed poem.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
The Inspiration for Molly
Late last year, one of the members of the Facebook group, Children with Microcephaly brought to our attention a really wonderful idea from the Traveling Awareness Bears blog: http://www.travelingawarenessbears.org/
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After party leaders went head to head in a heated debate, PL and PN protesters clashed on the university's quadrangle area.
As the confrontation was taking a violent turn, SDM president and current gunnies world record holder for the longest facebook job history, Gabriel Micallef, posted a fresh passive aggressive facebook status.
Luckily this helped to dissolve the violent tensions, as all PN activists flocked to facebook to like the status, while the PL apostles huddled up to discuss which ONE news item they were going to like and share in response.
As both groups came back to their senses, PULSE and SDM chants ensued. The chants persisted, until both parties recalled their recent plea that there should be no relation between the respective student organizations and political parties.
As the chants dwindled, PL activists could be seen hiding their orange wristbands, while PN demonstrators were hastily crossing their hands in an attempt to hide the SDM logo embroidered on their polo shirt.
Later in the day, both ONE and NET news covered the clash calling it one of the biggest acts of disobedience in modern times, only comparable to the Rodney King riots and the Arab spring.
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Sarah was right. The little bakery in Penkridge is a cracker and well worth the walk into the village. All kind of cakes, buns, scones baked fresh that morning and all looking magnificent. We of course weakened and bought several naughty items.
Across the road the butcher was just as good. A proper traditional butcher using locally sourced meat and making his own pies and dry curing his own bacon. We bought quite a lot of fresh meat, sausages, old spot bacon, and pies. Someone else had tipped us off that he will vacuum pack the fresh meat on request, so that it will keep in the fridge for up to three weeks. Ideal for the travelling boater. Not only did he round our bill down to the nearest pound, but he gave us an extra half a large pork pie for free. We have one of his steak pies in the oven as I write.
We managed to do all our locks before the rain set in today, the last being Gailey lock where we popped into the little round toll house, for many years a shop selling canal ware, books, pictures, gifts and all that stuff. The last time we were there was in 1991 but I don't think it has changed. Neither has the lady behind the till. Alright, like us she is 22 years older but it is the same lady.
Right now we are out in the sticks about three miles above Wolverhampton. Tomorrow we hope to get ourselves past the amazing Bratch locks and we are on course to get to Stourport by Sunday evening. We're watching the Internet reports on river levels on the Severn and the Avon. As long as we don't get a lot more rain, it's all systems go for our river adventure.


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After my daily walk around the lake I decided that instead of working on either one of the two project I have in progress I should go exploring. Quilt shop hopping. I started in Apopka; driving 13 miles on SR 436 to get there and with the help of the GPS I found 2 quilt shops. Both are pictured below. I signed a Visa charge slip for purchases in both locations.
As miles go, Sanford is not that far from where I live. The shop is located not far from where my daughter works. Just one interstate exit. A perfect excuse to take her to work some morning. The shop in Sanford carries Aurilfil thread, the only shop I've been in so far that does.
After my morning walk on Saturday I made more blocks and then after a light lunch I went to the Art Quilt group meeting that meets once a month at the "Sewing Studio" There were about 12 in attendance and Saturday was devoted to making stamps with various materials and using Shiva Paint sticks.
Sunday I was back in the park walking which I rarely do on Sundays, but I got up feeling like I should, so off I went. The Christmas decorations have been completed. The park is a very busy place and today the street in front of the lake was closed to auto traffic because people were setting up for the Hispanic Heritage Festival.
I worked on my dye painting today before leaving to get Rene at the airport. On the way home we stopped at Carrabas (Sp) for Dunch (late lunch, early dinner). It has been a fully enjoyable three day weekend.


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Holy mother of gawwwwwd!
This guy just looks so damn happy, right? I hope none of those little prickers are sticking him where the sun don't shine.
Thanks to my favorite cousin Nicole for alerting me to this gem, which was actually posted on another cousin's FB page (the fantastic Sandi Pasero). As Nicole well knows, she and I are practically the only "normal" people in our family, which is why we're obsessed with plants that look like naughty people parts — especially all the crazy cacti that surround her in sunny AZ. Lucky!
Happy Friday to everyone, keep your eyes peeled for plant porn (which you should send to me) and enjoy the first day of fall. And yep, that's tomorrow!


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August 18th, 2010
Grandma & I flew to New Hampshire to help Auntie Leona. Our plane left Portland, OR at 9:15 am. When we left Portland, you could see 4 different mountains. It was pretty cool.
I think seeing the clouds from above is really awesome. It looks so different.
This is our plane after we got off in Kansas City. We changed planes there and then had a stop in Nashville, too. We flew Southwest.
The sunset looked really cool up through the clouds & above them.
We finally flew into Providence, RI at about 10:30 pm or so. Mike & Kathy Traffie picked us up & we got to Tim & Leona's at exactly 1:00 am. Tim got home 5 minutes later & then Leona came out & showed us baby Kenzey. She was just adorable & has a perfect complexion. We stayed up for a few minutes & then we all went to bed.
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Dear Rita,
I know you are sitting on pins and needles waiting to hear the next episode of the Schultheis Chronicles. I hate to leave you hanging in the tangles of his rose garden, but I have to surge off on a tangent for a minute. A bit of half-pass to the right please…
While it is true that I have adhered largely to the Schultheis School in my method of riding, I am an open-minded person, and I am always trying to improve my skills. My years with Bodo Hangen and Rudolf Zeilinger (both students of Schulteis) contributed much to the development of my craft, and my current training with Morten Thomsen continues to do the same. All of these men have increased my dedication to the Schultheis School while pushing me to expand my pool of knowledge.
I rely heavily on throughness in my daily training at all stages of development with my horses. My goal is a supple, powerful athlete that calls up instant impulsion when I ask for it and downshifts into a calm-but-ready state when I relax my own body. I want my horses reading my body language and not concentrating on what I do with my hands.
Generally speaking, I try always to ride forward toward the bit, no matter where I ask my horse to position his neck. Left, right, up, down, flat, round…I like my horses to respond in a soft manner to whichever position I indicate and then either relax in that position or step through from behind with intense energy and power. I often tell my students—position the frame where you want it, then leave the horse free in the neck so that you can ride the hind legs into your hands.
Bodo used to say to me: Play the neck like an accordion. Longer, shorter, higher, lower.
Schultheis used to say to me: Away with your hands. Poll high! SIT! FORWARD!
Zeilinger used to say to me: Relax. Flatter neck.
Thomsen says to me: When your horse wants to put his neck down, ride it up. When he wants to put the neck up, ride it down. You have to be able to ride where you want to ride.
I am not a rider of extremes. In nearly all facets of my life, I have learned that the middle way is almost always the best way. I believe that in riding as well. Therefore I do not ride in hyperflexion, and I do not train my horses into a frame that is too high for them to carry.
I do sometimes ride behind the vertical or with the poll lower than the crest of the neck. I do sometimes challenge my horse to carry his poll higher than he would like to or to open his frame beyond the vertical. Anyone trying to achieve Mastery in this sport should be able to do the same.
Having said all that, let me be clear about this: The best feeling I ever have on any horse is when I could ask for more impulsion with the poll carried willingly at the highest point, and when my horse has responded by stepping through from behind without resistance.
Because all of my training is geared toward reaching this ideal state, most of my training takes place in the process of getting there.
I have spent a lot of years embedded in the world of top dressage sport. I have seen good riding on overflexed horses, and I have seen bad riding in a correct frame. Riding with the frame up or down does not define good riding. A rider can ride badly with hands, bits, whips and spurs in any frame.
So look for good riding and when disappointed, don't blame the system. It is the Archer, not the arrow, who has missed the mark.
Diversity is necessary in life, and it is also necessary in dressage training. Taste it so that you can find the middle road.
Oh believe me, Rita, I have only touched the tip of the iceberg on this one.
I'm Catherine Haddad and I'm sayin it like it is from Vechta, Germany.
Training Tip of the Day: Can you play your horse's body like an accordion?
This video clip is a demonstration of me playing the accordion. This is not an actual training session. I took four minutes out of my warm-up today to totally confuse my horse for you, Dear Rita. Do not attempt this on a Shetland pony.


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With scarcely any help from management, knowledge workers can increase their productivity by 20 per cent. When we interviewed 45 such people across 39 companies in eight industries in the United States and Europe, we found that by identifying low-value tasks to either drop completely, delegate to someone else or outsource, the average worker gained back roughly one day a week they could use for more important tasks. (We detail this process in our HBR article, "Make Time for the Work That Matters.")
If that's what your team can achieve without you, just imagine what they might do with your support.
Yet here is the challenge you face as a senior executive: you cannot manage your knowledge workers in the traditional and intrusive way you might have done with manual workers. Knowledge workers own the means of production — their brains. So large-scale re-engineering programs, productivity drives, and changes to the incentive system are unlikely to work: they can easily be resisted, ignored or gamed. But just letting your knowledge workers figure things out for themselves isn't a good model either — it is an abrogation of your responsibilities as a manager, and it allows people to either shirk their duties or lose focus chasing too many priorities.
You need to find the middle ground: judicious interventions that allow knowledge workers to help themselves. Our research and work with companies suggest three broad approaches you can try, each with its own pros and cons:
1. Enact a sharp "decree" to force a specific change in behaviour. In 2011, Thierry Andretta, the CEO of French fashion company Lanvin, announced an initiative called "no email Wednesdays" because he thought people had stopped actually talking to each other. Atomic Object, a software company in Michigan, put in place a standing-only rule in meetings, to keep them focused and short. Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's CEO, ended the company's work-from-home policy to foster a more collaborative, innovative environment. Such decrees are risky; by forcing people out of their daily routine, you are bound to upset a few of them. For a decree to work, you need to be able to enforce it effectively, have a good reason to do it, and a thick skin. You should also position your decree as temporary — a way of forcing a change in behaviour for a few months or a year, so that people can subsequently figure out for themselves if this new way of working is sensible.
2. Build smart support systems. Smarter support systems are intended to de-bureaucratise work and to help people prioritise more value-added work. While they take some time to work through, their benefits are likely to be felt for many years. There are two main approaches: building something new or taking something else away.
In terms of building something new, consider the notion of task-sourcing and hyper specialisation. This is where a knowledge worker farms out specific tasks to a low-cost provider, so she can focus on more value-added work. One of us (Jordan) had personal responsibility for setting up such a service in Pfizer - it became known as PfizerWorks, and its aim was simply to help employees be more effective in their jobs. Now whenever a PfizerWorks user decides she needs support, she simply pushes a button, describes her need in a pop-up window, and presses send. Users then report time and money saved after each task is completed. For example, a worker may want to understand which states in the US have similar drug substitution laws. This request would be routed to an analyst who would first locate, then download the individual state drug substitution law from each of the 50 states websites. The analyst would then review each law and group them by similar characteristic. The resulting deliverable could then be turned into a presentation or even a database for delivery back to the requester.
Possibly the biggest impact is the ease in which an employee can summon support and the increased motivation that results in getting back to doing what is interesting and impactful work.
In terms of taking something away, there are many management processes in large firms that are ripe for simplification. For example, a few years ago the top executive team at UBS Wealth Management realised that the biggest constraint on their future growth was their cumbersome and conservative budgeting process. By eliminating this top-down process, and pushing accountability for target-setting down to the individual heads of trading around the world, they enabled the business to grow more effectively, and they got their knowledge workers — their client advisors — to take more responsibility than they had before. At a more micro-level, we saw a team at pharmaceutical company Roche recently experiment with a much simpler expense-claim processing system based around peer review rather than oversight, and again it was a useful way of getting rid of tedious and non-value-added activities.
3. Lead by example. A third approach is to follow Gandhi's dictum: be the change you wish to see in the world. Leading by example is about getting people to take responsibility for their own effectiveness. By pushing for significant changes in the balance of responsibility between your knowledge workers and the people who are nominally above them in the corporate hierarchy, you can help the knowledge workers to become more effective in their work.
Consider the case of Ross Smith, Director of testing for Microsoft Lync — the video conferencing and instant messaging service formerly known as Microsoft Office Communicator. Since taking the job four years ago, he has sought ways of giving greater responsibility to his 80-person division of software engineers. Last year, when Microsoft Lync 2010 was released, he was asked to reorganise his division so that the testing of the next generation product could begin. Rather than decide everything himself, he decide to let the reorg happen in a bottom-up way. He explained that individual contributors would select which of four teams they would like to be in. These 80 or so people became free agents looking for the position that was best for them. The team leaders could not offer more money, but they could offer employees opportunities to develop their careers, new technologies to work on, and new colleagues to work with.
The reorg — quickly dubbed a 'WeOrg' — took longer than anticipated, as people really wanted to do the research to find the right fit and to interview their prospective bosses. There was some scepticism about whether it would work, but Smith had already built a sufficiently strong culture of trust for his people to give him the benefit of the doubt. He was also able to promise there would be no staff cuts because of the changes. The outcome was that 95 per cent of the team 'liked' or 'somewhat liked' the new method. But more broadly, the result was that Smith's 80-person team felt a much greater responsibility than usual for structuring their work in a way that was most effective for them and their colleagues.
While these three approaches are very different, all are forceful ways of pushing people out of their comfort zones to find more efficient ways of working. And who doesn't want more hours in the day?
Jordan Cohen is a knowledge worker productivity expert at PA Consulting Group
He is the recipient of the 2010 Grand Prize at the Management Innovation eXchange (The MIX) for his previous work as creator and head of PfizerWorks at Pfizer Inc.
Julian Birkinshaw is a professor at the London Business School
You can view the article online here.


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Toms River is in Ocean County and used to be Dover Township, before undergoing a name change in 2006. There are close to 100,000 people living here and it is just slightly smaller than Lakewood Township. A family-friendly locale, this city was named as one of the safest in the country in 2006 by Morgan Quitno Press and made the list again the following year. It is often seen in TV shows, including the infamous Jersey Shore, and boasts a Little League team that won the World Series for Little League in 1998.
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Trinity Auto Transport
Trinity is in the Surf City area, but its professional reach stretches far beyond that, as many of the transport companies do. This company is solid, has a reputable industry standing and enjoys a reputation of excellence when it comes to shipping a vehicle.
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54 Washington Street
Mount Holly, NJ
Frank's Towing & Transport
Frank's is a respected towing company that also offers a transport specialty. The company is in Manasquan, which enjoys close proximity to Toms River. It can tow vehicles of all sizes and has a focus on fair pricing, which can be rare in both the towing and transport industries.
381 Brielle Road
Manasquan, NJ
Tri State Towing & Transport
Situated in Egg Harbor, Tri State does towing and transport in the tri-state region and beyond. The company has had a solid online cache of reviews from happy customers for a number of years and has enough trucks to be able to work with both individuals and car dealers alike to move one car or an entire fleet, as well as non-working vehicles.
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Grump's Towing & Transport
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Ocean County College– For more than 40 years, Ocean County College, a public two-year community college sponsored by Ocean County and the State of New Jersey, has provided area residents with the opportunity to benefit from higher education.
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
Fashion Update
Then, I ordered some tops from jcpenney.com in tall sizes. I got six blouses in total -- two 3/4-sleeved, four long-sleeved. Two of them are striped but the rest are solid colors. They finally arrived on Monday, and I was so excited when I tried them on. I could sit and not feel my bare back touching the back of the chair! The shortest part of the shirts -- on the sides -- was a couple of inches below the waistline of my pants! (Usually, it is right at the waistline.)
As for shoes, I bought some Mary Jane shoes like Twice and Jane recommended. They are very comfortable. I used to have big clunky shoes because small shoes like that made me look overly heavy. But now that I am close to my target weight (only 15 more pounds to go!) I feel more comfortable with my proportions.
These purchases were all fairly expensive to a cheapskate like me. (Euroyankee is my cousin and knows the mentality I grew up with. Thanks for your words of wisdom, cousin!) But I went ahead and paid the extra price anyhow, even though tall sizes cost even more than regular sizes. I was able to get two of the tops on clearance, but for the others I paid close to full price, which was difficult for me. But I held my nose and paid it anyway. And I'm glad I did: I'm definitely sold on tall sizes and I think that from now on, I will buy only tall sizes.
One piece of advice I'd like a follow-up on: Jenny F. Scientist, you mentioned scarves. I have a few scarves already, but I am 99.9% clueless about how to wear them. Jenny (or anybody else who knows), how do you wear a scarf?
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- EcoGeoFemme said...
Sometimes, I wear a scarf with a solid color t-shirt. I wrap it around twice and knot it. It is kind of cozy on days that are chilly but too warm for sweaters. Alternatively, they can be just draped around the neck like a towel. I think they dress up a basic outfit when you want to look just a little polished but not dressy.
I'm glad you discovered tall clothes. I'm really petite and feel real joy when I find clothes that are the proper length.
- Jenny F. Scientist said...
Glad you found some decent clothes!!
On scarves- I personally prefer long-ish rectangular ones, and I tie them like a tie only looser (with a prominent knot in front- kind of like this). Or I tie it loosely once and tuck it into my blouse- this is VERY Southern!
Another classic option is to fold a square scarf in half, roll it loosely into a tube, and tie around the neck.
Here are a few decent diagrams- boy, there are some weird ways of tying scarves out there! this or this slightly froufrou way or I sometimes do this but don't wrap it around first (start in back, cross in front, tie in back).


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Wednesday, November 22, 2006
2 comments:
- BSF said...
You could have made your point a bit clearer, certainly. And did you consider the possibility that Keynes never expected that one day he'd be a defunct academic scribbler? I once heard a distinguished economist of a generation which overlapped with Keynes' say that the basis of Keynesian economic policy was: Keynes was a Cambridge man, Cambridge men are smarter than anybody else in the whole world, so everybody else should do what Cambridge men, and in particular Keynes, said. Of course, the guy who made that statement was an Oxford man.
- 8:18 PM, November 22, 2006
- true dough said...
Ha! Yes, perhaps Keynes thought of himself as being above everything. Although, as Donald Trump says, "Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show you a loser."
Dr. Ferguson, I'm glad to see that you've resurrected your blog. It's been a while.
- 9:20 PM, November 22, 2006


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Last Friday I wrote an article which looked ahead to life at AC Milan with Adriano Galliani, who was CEO and Vice President of the club, tendering his resignation earlier in the day to be effective later this month with club legends Paolo Maldini and Demetrio Albertini taking over for Galliani. After a Saturday meeting with club owner Silvio Berlusconi, the narrative changed as Galliani withdrew the resignation he was going to present. The result of this meeting — aside from Silvio showing better negotiation skills than at any time he was Prime Minister of Italy with regards to getting Italy out of economic doldrums — was the announcement of a new executive structure at the club.
In addition to Silvio proving to be a good negotiator and a good friend of mine who is a diehard Milan telling me "see, I told you Galliani resigning wasn't 'official'", there was an announcement that there would be a new executive setup at Milan with Galliani staying on as a co-CEO along with Barbara Berlusconi, daughter of Silvio. In the new setup, Galliani will handle all sporting related matters while Barbara will handle all business, financial, and commercial matters. Without thinking of a better term, this new executive setup at AC Milan is nothing but a hot mess.
Now in order to understand why this new executive structure at Milanello is a hot mess one must understand some of what has gone on since last season to know that this hot mess is a disaster waiting to happen. The biggest criticism — and rightfully so — of Galliani and by extension coach Massimiliano Allegri is the failure to conduct smart transfer buys and failure to nurture and develop youth team players even though this has now become a point of emphasis given the economics that Milan and all Italian clubs must play under.
It has been the sporting side that is seen as broken and needing to be addressed with a change of CEO, Vice President, or any other title given to whoever runs the sporting side of the club. The reason for this is that Galliani has rightfully been blamed for failures of the sporting side as he has failed to modernize how he conducts business on the sporting side while having done a very good job in the commercial side of keeping Milan relevant on that end, although this could change if the on-field product continues to disappoint.
Add all of that to the fact that it was been reported that Barbara and Galliani have clashed and have two very different ideas of how to improve the sporting side of the club and now they are expected to co-exist as co-CEOs, and how am I supposed to buy into the narrative that this will work? This is somewhat insulting to anyone with a bit of intelligence given that these two will have to eventually sit down on a regular basis and agree on any and all sporting decisions when it's clear already that they can't agree if it's sunny or cloudy if they looked out the window. This does not even factor into the fact that we have no idea if Barbara is even a viable person to be a co-CEO or if she will be the next Rosella Sensi.
When I wrote my article last Friday I stated that all clubs, specifically legendary clubs, reach a point where they need to turn the page and make certain decisions in order to ensure that there can be success in the future. The decision to make Galliani now serve as co-CEO along with Barbara Berlusconi, aside from saving Silvio $60 million given that was the value of Galliani's severance package, means that none of the issues with Milan will be resolved. If anything, things will get worse before they get better over at Milanello.
Lucas Carreras is a contributing Soccer writer for RantSports.com. You can follow Lucas on Twitter by following him @maldini3fan and you can add him to your network on Google.