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Have you tried and failed to find an opportunity you can TRUST online?
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Soooo, that is why I am here.
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The number of scams and questionable products out there are unbelievable and I find this frustrating … I would much prefer to try before I buy and that is why on my site I only recommend products or services that I have tried and can recommend to you.
Ok a scenario, before you buy an expensive product, maybe the latest iPhone 7, Mac or so on, you go instore and try it out. If you're happy you purchase, if not you walk away ….
Now, maybe you can see what I am getting at. This is the precise reason I recommend to you services/products I have tried out and have been given the opportunity to touch, feel and experience. I want to give you my personal review on them before you hand over even a CENT of your hard earned cash …
Now, at TheIncomeStatement.net we recommend, if possible, trying before buying and to me that makes really good sense.
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"Online success, what do you feel is the most critical thing preventing you succeeding?"
I'm asking you the question so you can think … think of … the one thing you feel is preventing you from achieving success so far?
- Afraid of failing?
- Scared of trying new things?
- Lack of support, help and guidance?
- Fear of being overwhelmed and not understanding?
So what are you afraid of? Ok … there has to be explanations for not achieving as yet … this is where I can help you!
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Factually, achievement or non achievement online can be narrowed down to a number of things, mainly three in fact …
"The Three Things needed to Building a Business Online …."
My story is I worked in a boring job for 25 years, was made redundant in 2006 and realised I wasn't computer literate. I did a few courses, went to university, graduated in 2010 with a degree in Business Studies, specialising in Accountancy.
I have learned a lot about online success, about people, the different ways people create success …. we are all different but fundamentally there are things common to all people who earn money online …. basically three things!
1. Access to Help
Who among us gets frustrated when we're stuck and can not figure something out … feel we have no where to turn and just feel like giving up?
Right, so where do we get the best help from?
2. They Have Their Own Website
Ok, online business website is essential nowadays … if you don't have a website, there will be no success … being in the online world with no website of your own is just not going to be successful ….
Don't be worried though ….
3. Learn on a Regular Basis and Proper Practice of this Learning
We all learn, every day but if we haven't learnt something … well we can't do it … Learn to drive a car, the instructor puts the training into segments and as we learn, something new is introduced until we go for our test and get our driving licence.
They simplify the processes, this supports and guides us
- By training
- By self motivating
- As we learn, it comes more naturally to us to the point of being second nature, in other words, we don't have to think about what we are doing anymore, it becomes automatic.
Ok, so this is going to happen as you get more experience …. but importantly you are given PROPER PRACTICE of this learning to bring the best outcome.
There is a common theme that you can see here ….
- I enjoy building online businesses from scratch.
- I believe in supporting others and welcome questions.
- Questions are extremely important, we learn so much from asking questions and getting accurate answers.
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- We all need professional and economical help in areas we are not proficient in and there is nothing wrong with that!
- I can help you with this … please ask and nearly anything is possible.
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Gibraltar's Justice Minister, Daniel Feetham, recently published the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Bill 2011. Whilst it is a document for the legal purists my attention was captured by the minister's intention to introduce Asbos – antisocial behaviour orders - to the Rock.
I asked a Gibraltar lawyer what he thought of the proposals in the bill and received a glazed eye look in reply. The inference was there is more to life than reading such documents. This left me shocked as I naively believed that is what lawyers do. As a mere hack I presumed Daniel Feetham had waved around some A4 sheets which were "the bill". It was only when I accessed the lengthy Criminal Procedure and Evidence Bill 2011 for myself that I realised what the lawyer had meant. However not to be outdone I did wade through its various headings and provisions which means that apart from the minister I could be the only other person to have read it – a frightening thought indeed.
My interest in Asbos is not only because they have received a worse press than the yobs they were meant to protect people from but also there seem to be two main objections to them. The first is on civil liberty grounds and the second is more fundamental, they apparently don't work.
There are those who are concerned enough about civil liberties in Gibraltar to suggest that a new law that compromises those freedoms still further is not what is called for. In England there are a number of civil orders such as Asbos that can be imposed on a person who has never been found guilty of any offence but if the order is breached it becomes a criminal offence. Civil liberty lawyers argue this trend dangerously blurs the divide between the criminal and civil law.
When Theresa May became Home Secretary after last May's General Election she signalled the death knell of the Asbo. In a speech shortly after taking office she reported that the breaches of these orders had risen by over 50 per cent and their use was at the lowest level ever.
She added: "These sanctions were too complex and bureaucratic. There were too many of them, they were too time consuming and expensive, and they too often criminalised young people unnecessarily, acting as a conveyor belt to serious crime and prison."
Now May is doing away with the Asbos and bringing in a new system insisting the new streamlined proposals would provide faster and more visible justice for victims and communities without unnecessarily criminalising teenagers.
Not so say children's charities. Bob Reitemeier is chief executive of the Children's Society - he said of the Home Office's proposals: "This appears to be more of a rebranding exercise than anything else and is a missed opportunity to adopt a more effective approach for dealing with children and young people who are deemed to be antisocial. There is no doubt that sometimes difficult behaviour, particularly by teenagers, remains an issue of great concern in many neighbourhoods. But rather than continue to demonise children and punish them without addressing their behaviour, there is an urgent need to develop real solutions that make a genuine difference to children, families and communities."
Which brings us back to Gibraltar. I am curious why the Minister for Justice is introducing a measure which the Home Secretary in the UK is in the process of rejecting. Daniel Feetham is a lawyer which Theresa May is not hence he may feel that Asbos or perhaps the Rock's own variant of them, G-Asbos, will serve a useful purpose in a small closely knit community.
One also has to be cautious over May's seeming rejection of the Asbo system. Nineteen different powers including Asbos were introduced by Tony Blair's Labour government to deal with antisocial behaviour. Their rejection and rebranding by a Conservative Home Secretary may have more to do with politics than justice. Daniel Feetham was a member of New Labour in England so it may well be he feels more secure following in Blair's legal footsteps than May's. I am sure once his bill comes before Gibraltar's parliament he will tell us.

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What's the deal with Mormons and earrings?
In a recent (2000) talk, the president of the LDS church, Gordon B. Hinckley, made some comments about youth getting tattoos and body piercings.
Some LDS members have interpreted the piercing counsel to mean: "Thus saith the Lord thou shalt have but singly-pierced ears." BYU's dress code, for example, was modified to prevent women from having double-pierced ears. I disagree with those members, and believe that Pres. Hinckley's sermon doesn't say that at all.
First, let me quote Hinckley's actual comments.
from the Fall 2000 Relief society conference:
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[Mothers] Teach them [your children] to respect their bodies. The practice is growing among young people of tattooing and piercing their bodies. The time will come when they will regret it, but it will then be too late. The scriptures unequivocally declare:
"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
"If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are" (1 Cor. 3:16-17).
It is sad and regrettable that some young men and women have their bodies tattooed. What do they hope to gain by this painful process? Is there "anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy" (A of F 1:13) in having unseemly so-called art impregnated into the skin to be carried throughout life, all the way down to old age and death? They must be counseled to shun it. They must be warned to avoid it. The time will come that they will regret it but will have no escape from the constant reminder of their foolishness except through another costly and painful procedure.
I submit that it is an uncomely thing, and yet a common thing, to see young men with ears pierced for earrings, not for one pair only, but for several.
They have no respect for their appearance. Do they think it clever or attractive to so adorn themselves?
I submit it is not adornment. It is making ugly that which was attractive. Not only are ears pierced, but other parts of the body as well, even the tongue. It is absurd.
We--the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve--have taken the position, and I quote, that "the Church discourages tattoos. It also discourages the piercing of the body for other than medical purposes, although it takes no position on the minimal piercing of the ears by women for one pair of earrings."
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from the Fall 2000 General Priesthood meeting:
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[Fathers] Teach your children self-respect. Teach them that their bodies are the creation of the Almighty. What a miraculous, wonderful, and beautiful thing is the human body.
As has been said here tonight, Paul, in writing to the Corinthians, declared: "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
"If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are" (1 Cor. 3:16-17).
Now comes the craze of tattooing one's body. I cannot understand why any young man--or young woman, for that matter--would wish to undergo the painful process of disfiguring the skin with various multicolored representations of people, animals, and various symbols. With tattoos, the process is permanent, unless there is another painful and costly undertaking to remove it. Fathers, caution your sons against having their bodies tattooed. They may resist your talk now, but the time will come when they will thank you. A tattoo is graffiti on the temple of the body.
Likewise the piercing of the body for multiple rings in the ears, in the nose, even in the tongue. Can they possibly think that is beautiful? It is a passing fancy, but its effects can be permanent. Some have gone to such extremes that the ring had to be removed by surgery. The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve have declared that we discourage tattoos and also "the piercing of the body for other than medical purposes." We do not, however, take any position "on the minimal piercing of the ears by women for one pair of earrings"--one pair.
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Now for my own thoughts:
1. These comments were placed in the context of counseling *parents* what to teach their *children*. For example, other things mentioned in both talks included teach your children to develop good friendships, the importance of education, to stay away from drugs, to pray, to stay honest and virtuous, etc. So, "Tattoos are bad. Body piercings and double pierced ears are bad" was not the main thrust of Pres. Hinckley's talks.
2. Notice that the comments were specifically about the behavior of children, not adults (although some of the principles involved are the same for adults, no doubt).
3. The decision to talk about this is the RS and Priesthood sessions seems to indicate that he is talking specifically to members of the church, rather than saying to all people, "Thou shalt not double-pierce".
4. From the context, it seems like there were a couple of major reasons why he gave this counsel to the parents. Things that stood out to me were that (a) these types of things will affect the rest of the kids' lives (and they may well regret their choice later), and (b) your body is a temple which should not be defiled. Those seem to be the two guiding principles which we should keep in mind when applying Pres. Hinckley's remarks. The particular applications of these principles may be society-dependent, but the principles themselves are not. The principles certainly apply to adults as well.
5. He did not say that "one earring is good, two is bad". Rather he said that the church has not taken a position on single earrings, which seems a little different to me. Take that for what it's worth.


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Keshav was one of the driving forces behind IWA, and he has an excellent entry this morning on what the Informix Warehouse Accelerator is all about.
Administrating and Developing with Informix
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Keshava Murthy's Blog
Smart Meter Cloud using Websphere and Informix.
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Interesting little nugget on Computerworld UK.
Seems to be focused using Websphere Messaging and Informix databases.
Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition.
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Hi All,
Wanted to pass along the official link for Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition
That of course is the standard marketing story. The key piece being added to this edition is
For those of you who also follow DB2/Z this is effectively the Smart Analytics Optimizer for Informix. The above link is to our documentation on the product.
I've had the opportunity to work with members of my own team in the Accelerated Value Program on the Ultimate Warehouse edition for the last month. It can be made transparent to the application developer and Flat out flies. Once setup and enabled IWA has generated, for my team so far, a performance improvement of more than 66 times the speed of the same informix query when not accelerated. That query had already been significantly improved because of the Star/Snowflake support in the Optimizer added in 11.70.FC1. Essentially IWA has turned the OLAP/ROLAP queries we were running into ROLAP/OLAP queries with OLTP response time.
If you noticed above, possibly the best part of this is that it is transparent to the application, so if you are using IBM Cognos, or any other Business Intelligence type of tool, you just have to request the DBA to turn IWA on for you, you don't have to get any special "IWA aware" tool to use the product.
I will definitely talk more about the IWA as I have time and am allowed. For those of us that have to write against and Use warehouses or Data marts, this is a big deal.


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The recipient of the 2013 Award for Excellence in Medication-Use Safety, which is sponsored by Cardinal Health, was announced at a dinner honoring the awardees on December 8, 2013. The recipient and finalists are:
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Had a good time today with these drawings. They were created while in class sketching with my students. It had been awhile since I drew monsters as a subject so I thought I'd give it a go and see what I could come up with.
Started with this in blue pencil and black line pen.
Afterwards I got into these three. Blue pencil and black line pen along with graphite pencil. Blending the graphite and blue pencil together gave me some interesting tones that enhanced the images.
This was a loads of fun.
Hope to carry the momentum into tomorrow's session.
Thanks for checking into my blog.
Hope you enjoy the art.


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End Citizens United is a political association founded in 2015 with financing from grassroots givers. Their essential objective is to counter the impacts of Citizens United and help change the campaign finance framework in the nation. To show hopefuls, elected officials, the press, and voters how grassroots are battling the expanding trend of wealthy individuals purchasing their way to power in elections. Their endeavors are fundamental to setting up a wide coalition in making campaign changes and guaranteeing the legislators to take action.
End Citizens United Mission
As said before, their principal objective is to counter enormous cash in politics and end the fixed system by choosing finance reform activists and establishing with state ballot laws. The picked people will try changing Citizens United by putting an end to the incredibly rich people who purchase their way to dark money and power.
According to reports by USA TODAY, End Citizens United raised more than $4M during the first three months of 2017, and it hopes to raise around $35M before the midterm elections for Congress elections in mid-2018. If they manage to do that, it will be a significant increase from the $25M that PAC took a year ago, the first election cycle in operation.
According to Tiffany Muller, the PACs executive director, more than 100000 people contributed in the first quarter in 2017. Forty thousand of these people were participating for the first time. According to End Citizen United leaders, the aim is to elect a champion for campaign finance reforms to Congress. The average contributions that PAC has received are twelve dollars. According to Muller, they feel that the system is rigged against the less fortunate. Those who are rich and can write a big check have the upper hand.
Recently, PAC mobilized individuals to donate half a million dollars to the campaign of Jon Ossoff a Democrat vying for Congress. It surprised the political scene by raising more than four million dollars for the 18 April elections to fill in a Republican house seat in Atlanta left vacant by Tom Price the Health and Human Services Secretary.
According to Muller, the group is still examining the seats that it will support in 2018. However, it indicated that it might support Sherrod Brown a Democratic senator of Ohio and Jon Tester of Montana in 2018.
The leaders of End Citizens United run it like a traditional PAC and cannot accept donations more than $5000 from one person. However, despite this cap, money raised in 2016 helped raise it to the top positions of Democratic-aligned groups' expenditure in elections in 2016.


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HanaAssuna (lamejordelacuesta) and Ouranhostphan will join VeryBerryz after Kakkoiko graduates from the group.
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Japan's comics and animation industry intends to fight a ban on the sale to minors of comics and film depicting "extreme sexual acts" including rape, incest and child sex imposed by authorities in the capital, Tokyo.
Publishers have criticized the ban, included in a bill passed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Wednesday, as an infringement of free speech.
But supporters, including conservative Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, have praised it as "common sense."
"We feel a real sense of anger over this," Tomio Suzuki, head of industry group the Publishing Ethics Council, said in a statement.
Though Japanese comics, known as manga, cover a wide range of topics including romance, action — some are even devoted to food — a number feature violent sex acts, incest and sex with children or clearly underage characters.
The bill calls on the industry to regulate itself and prevent people under the age of 18 from buying or gaining access to both manga and animation, known as anime, containing material the government deems "unhealthy."
Violators will face fines of up to 300,000 yen ($3,573).
In a nod to criticism about freedom of speech, the legislation includes a clause that the assembly will consider "artistic and social expression" in considering what material will be restricted.
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See how video marketing is helping small businesses stay alive, and whether it's right for you.
Sadly, a business card is not enough anymore. Flyers and brochures are great, but can be expensive. Local networking still works but it's time consuming. Video lets us be everywhere at once, and is the next best thing to being there in person.
Did you know that 70% of marketers are optimizing video to get found in search engines? That's because video is 53 times more likely to produce a first-page search result than traditional techniques.
Forrester Research found that 1 minute of video can replace 1.8 Million words of text, or 3,600 web pages. But why? Humans respond to sight, sound, touch, taste and smell and, because video taps into sight and sound, messages are easier to deliver. Additionally, evolution has biologically programmed us to pay attention to moving objects in order to protect ourselves from danger. Videos are full of moving objects, thus making them much harder to ignore.
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Photos taken two years ago. Freshman year!
I am sick as a dawg. Fever was up 39.5C last night. Got nightmares. Scary.
Moved my flight to Sunday. So sad I won't be able to party with them Cebu peeps this weekend! Was looking forward to that. But my body just won't allow me to move a lot, plus I have to take care of some school documents that I was supposed to deal with this afternoon.
On a lighter note, I've gotten tons of invites from friends here in Manille for the weekend! HEYYY I'm supposed to be resting, right? :))
Fever's down but I still feel nauseated most of the time. I think it's because of all the meds. Will be seeing my doc tomorrow morning...


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|Antonio - David - Jackie
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We made our way through the nice twisty roads and dropped into a little town of Manassa Colorado. Well I guess we did not slow down enough, so the next thing I knew I was having a nice conversation with a local sheriff. There was 4 people on the street that morning. The three of us and him.. he wrote me for 42 in a 25. We all thought it was a 35.. doh! He was nice enough, but damn really ?? you had to write me? Oh well just a fee I seem to spend every time I visit Colorado.
|meeting some of the locals..
We headed back to New Mexico and had a good lunch in Red River NM. As many of you know, we are very familiar with this area as we attend Jamie's family reunion here every year. It has to be one of my favorite places. We enjoyed a nice lunch. We took the long way back to Sipapu to kick tires and check out the rally.
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It was a fun day of riding. We hung out at the Rally and just chilled out. We had a beer and got to chat with some nice people. This is a great rally. We could have camped this year as the weather for the most part was very good. Here are some pictures from the rally site.


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You get the idea. That's what I have been doing every.single.day ... make porcelain beads, make stoneware beads, make some more porcelain beads, go back to the stoneware...
I've been making smooth round beads. A LOT of smooth round beads. I've been making textured beads. A LOT of textured beads. They take forever to make! I worked all day Wednesday and at the end of the day I felt like it should have been 3 times more beads to show for it.
I must say, I love the little textured ones...
Here are some of the finished beads in a bazillion colors!
Very very soon they will be grouped by color and listed on my website and in my Etsy shop. Once I get ahead with my stock of beads they will become a staple in both places.
I have also been making pendants. I listed a bunch of new ones in my shop today. I love hearts for Valentines Day. We don't really celebrate Valentine's Day at my house - well, we have pink milk and if we are having mashed potatoes they are pink too, but that's about as exciting as it gets around here. But, I do love hearts! and I do love the idea of Valentine's Day so if you are looking for some heart pendants check out my shop cause I have a bunch (I'll be listing more tomorrow or Monday)
Some of these other pieces have also been listed today
Moving on, you will be happy to know that my case of Shingles (yes, Shingles) that started between Thanksgiving and Christmas is FINALLY starting to go away! yay! It's been making me a tad cranky but things are on the upswing mood wise. I'm looking forward to the new year. I have a lot of plans for my little business. New items, new patterns, new colors. Fun. Have a great weekend! I'll let you know when the rest of the new pieces are listed.


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My personal experience of Buddhism goes back as far as 1985. I became interested in Buddhism and involved in the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (now the Triratna Buddhist Community) from then – with some gaps – until I finally joined the Western Buddhist Order itself in 2004 and left it in 2008.
I have learnt a great deal in the process both from trying to practise Buddhism, and from my friendships with Western Buddhists. The FWBO (as it was then) did a lot to help me mature when I was in my early twenties. However, there was always a conflict there as well, which at times led me to walk away from it. I would now understand that conflict in terms of the use of metaphysical beliefs as a basis of group identity. I wanted the support of a group, but I also wanted to think freely without any constraints of group approval or disapproval in forming beliefs that related to my experience.
In the end, when I left the Order in 2008, the basic issue seemed to be one of integrity. I felt my intellectual integrity to be undermined by the preponderance of metaphysical beliefs in the Order, together with the perception that by being a member of the Order I subscribed to them. Here I mean beliefs like that in enlightenment providing the Buddha with absolute insights into the nature of the universe, karma and rebirth, conditioned co-production and the Four Noble Truths interpreted as a universal metaphysical theories. Together with this there was allegiance to many practices that I did not find helpful, such as ordination, pujas, and the public worship of leaders. All of this sat alongside strong meditation practices, impressive individuals, lots of friendship and support, and a degree of critical thinking selectively applied, but the more thoughtful aspects often seemed to act as spoilers to get one to uncritically accept the rest.
It was several years after formally leaving Buddhism in this way that I encountered Secular Buddhism. Secular Buddhism is not exactly a group or an organisation as yet, more an ongoing discussion primarily based on the web. However, Stephen Batchelor has given public exposure to the idea of a Secular Buddhism, and it is debated by the nucleus of an online Secular Buddhist community in both the US and the UK. I find myself with a community of interests and ideas with Secular Buddhists. Like them, I want to adapt Buddhist practices in a way that drops all the metaphysical baggage.
However, some Secular Buddhists seem to take little account of, and have little interest in, the Middle Way as a central insight in the Buddha's teaching. Instead they offer scientific naturalism: a philosophical approach that seems to me just as metaphysical as any belief in karma and rebirth, because it involves the denial of (rather than just agnosticism about) the supernatural and the assumption that science discovers truths about "nature" rather than merely having provisional beliefs about conditions based on the evidence so far. If Secular Buddhism becomes predominantly part of a "religious" v "secularist" shouting match then I'm not very interested. However, there are still plenty of strands of the movement that are open to discussion, and I'm hoping that the Middle Way will gradually come to be seen as a more helpful principle to rely upon. The Middle Way, as a central teaching of the Buddha which is also universal enough to be applied to the most "secular" context, seems to me the obvious principle to use in order to bridge the Buddhist and the secular.
To put this into practice I have now started the Middle Way Society with others. This offers a clearer and more justifiable philosophical basis than Secular Buddhism, and also moves clearly beyond the Buddhist tradition to use the Middle Way in a universal way open to people from any tradition. Not having found quite what I was looking for in secular Buddhism, I am now looking to create it.
I found this on your McGilchrist write. I too have not given up on Buddhism but have looked at other eastern ways to the point of Neo- Confucianism. Seems to combine Taoism & Buddhism. I have been looking for someone to put the brain and cognitive behavior into context with the spiritual side, although, I like the middle way idea too. I do not see why we should not have a menu for a faith, some kind of plausible truth in good and tough times for ourselves and others. There is so much cognitive dissonance in capitalism and, well, basically the RH side of the brain.
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Good luck with your secular Buddhist movement.
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I have learned so much in the past year and have grown immensely through my blogging journey. I am celebrating this momentous occasion by upgrading my website from EmmaNoProblema.WordPress.com to EmmaNoProblema.com. Yay! I'm also taking this opportunity to reflect on the past year, I've learned a lot and am looking forward to what's to come.
"Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion."
Simon Sinek
Proudest moment
I was interviewed live on KOA NewsRadio with Mandy Connell to discuss my blog What is Your Happy Hour Type? Take the Quiz. Listen to the full interview below.
Most popular blog
My most successful post was Colorado wedding venues, recommended by real brides. I asked friends who had gotten married in Colorado for a description of their wedding venue and if they'd recommend it to another couple. This received a lot of attention from potential brides who were thrilled to see real photos and real testimonials – rather than paid advertisements.
Biggest regret
I didn't post as frequently as I would have liked to. I aimed to post at least one blog a week, instead, I averaged about two a month. My goal for the upcoming year is to post two blogs a week!
Blog that was the most fun to write
I LOVED writing 3 days visiting Santa Fe, Taos and the Great Sand Dunes. My husband and I went on a three-day-weekend trip to New Mexico and did every activity we could possibly fit into our schedule. We relied heavily on my favorite website, Atlas Obscura, for tips, and we just went for it. Blogging is really pushing me out of my comfort zone and making me try things I otherwise never would.
One piece of advice that I'd give to someone who is new to blogging
Know your niche. Pick something you adore, something that fires you up, and explore every single aspect of it. Let that passion fuel you and the rest will fall into place.
1. An Emma No Problema e-newsletter!
Soon, you'll be able to subscribe to my bi-monthly e-newsletter which will feature travel tips, Colorado attractions and behind the scenes stories from my adventures.
2. Interviews with experts
Quality information from the people who know the topics best!
3. Giveaways
This is still in the works but I'm exited to offer my readers cool things!
Thank you to all who have supported me over the past year. Having friends, family and complete strangers read my work has inspired me and improved my confidence greatly. I have celebrated every comment, every like and every share more than you will ever know. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Cheers to another great year!


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Spooky Grand Monday
And I thought Grand Rounds were a Tuesday thing. Oh well, it's Halloween, strange things happen.
And I thought Grand Rounds were a Tuesday thing. Oh well, it's Halloween, strange things happen.
Yesterday my most stable patient arrested. She was admitted as a purely social admission one week back, she was found without food or a place to stay and was brought to be placed in a homeless shelter. It was around lunchtime that her heart stopped beating and I was told that she was found with food in her mouth, turning blue and unable to breath. Shortly afterwards her heart arrested and we were able to bring her back fifteen minutes later. The chance of meaningful recovery is miniscule and I'm afraid that she would have probably been better off dead. My only conclusion is that she most likely aspirated her food.
Random conversation with an acquaintance
The Grand Rounds are up at Hospital Impact and it's been a long long time since I've plugged it. Shame, it's where I first got started and got noticed as a wildly entertaining and informative blog. Right?
GruntDoc recently gave an interview to Kent Bottles that he posted on his site. In spite of his own assessment I found the interview interesting. I also thought that it was entertaining to hear what he actually sounds like.
You remember that joke from the House of God about the patient who had a blood pressure of "Patent Pending/150"? For those who never read the book (You better read it): The words "Patent Pending were written at the top of the mercury column used to measure the blood pressure. Since the column would go no higher than this then the man's blood pressure was "Patent Pending/150".
Recently, the Wall Street Journal published an article regarding medical blogging (Republished here). I was surprised to see this blog mentioned. It's described as "An anonymous medical resident blogs about the often chaotic world of doctors-in-training". Which got me into thinking, is this really about the chaotic world of doctors in training?
Back on the wards and, as my readers know, this means the "Friday 10 Random things I asked my Interns to do today". However, today I asked my intern to do something so infintismally (is that a word?) gruesome that I automatically deferred the other nine for next week.
In Response to the prior post, with which I expected half a dozen readers to write about how disguisted they are, some of the readers actually surprised me. How you ask? Well, it seems that some of you have a mean streak I could only dream of For example, Barbados Butterfly who really would let this patient have it:
There were also patients that were grateful. It's certainly hard waking at five in the morning to get to work but the satisfaction of knowing you helped a soul in need is more than enough to provide the necessary burst of energy. I slaved away most days collecting samples for various tests and running between families. Such was my intern year.
This new month offers a different experience for a third year pro such as I. Off the city beat, I'm currently in a private, posh hospital full of private attendings and private patients. This experience is leaving me somewhat disappointed with the current state of affairs.
All that keeps popping up on my email are all these comments from blog spammers. You'd think that this page was ranked a PR 9.


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Home services marketplace Plentific.com is now powering the 'Find a Tradesmen' feature on DIY Doctor.
DIY Doctor is a website dedicated to helping everyday people with their DIY tasks, providing tips, guides and how-to videos on a number of popular topics. The website also offers a service that allows users to find local tradesmen for their home improvement projects. Formerly powered by Checkatrade, this 'Find a Tradesman' service will henceforth be provided by Plentific.
Users on DIY Doctor will now be able to benefit from the services and features available to Plentific customers. All Plentific Pros have a profile page displaying their qualifications, past projects and customer reviews, which makes comparing options a much simpler process. Customers can even choose to book a 'verified Pro', who will have passed a comprehensive checking process to prove that they are high quality.
This partnership will provide our customers with a quality way to find, compare and book tradesmen.
DIY Doctor's users will also be able to get their projects covered by the Plentific Guarantee. This industry-defining policy can protect an entire home improvement project from start to finish and ensure a result that customers will love.
"We have high standards for websites that put customers in touch with quality local tradesmen," said Mike Edwards, Founder of DIY Doctor. "Plentific doesn't just find tradesmen for customers: It highlights the best options, lets customers compare them closely and even offers protection for projects in case things go wrong.
Plentific also understands trade professionals, offering them free leads and only charging them when they win a job. This partnership will provide our customers with a quality way to find, compare and book tradesmen; something we've not been able to offer before now."
Philip is always on the lookout for properties that inspire. He knows how frustrating home improvements and maintenance can be, which is why he covers everything from loft conversions to radiator repair! Phil's main interest is in modern properties, with a particular soft spot for skyscrapers.


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For Pete's Sake
In honor of Kobe Bryant, here are eight other memorable finishes to a career
Kobe Bryant put on a show in his last game with the Los Angles Lakers on Wednesday, scoring a stunning 60 points.
It was a heck of a way for the NBA star to end his career. Here are some other famous finales in sports:
TED WILLIAMS: In his final at-bat on Sept. 28, 1960, Williams hit a solo home run at Fenway Park. In his final season, Williams batted .316 and finished with a career average of .344, and his on-base percentage of .482 is the best in Major League Baseball history.
JOHN ELWAY: The Broncos quarterback shed his label as being unable to win the big one when Denver won Super Bowl XXXII and he buried it for good with a win in his final game: Super Bowl XXXIII. Elway threw for 51,475 yards in his career.
STAN MUSIAL: In his last plate appearance, Musial delivered an RBI single for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Cincinnati Reds. He received the ball from Reds rookie Pete Rose. Musial ended his career with 3,630 hits.
JACK NICKLAUS: The Golden Bear played his final competitive round on July 15, 2005 at the British Open. He birdied the 18th hole at St. Andrews.
DEREK JETER: In his final game in pinstripes in 2014, Jeter came through with a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Yankees beat the Orioles 6-5. It was the 3,465th hit of Jeter's career.
JEROME BETTIS: Bettis began his career with the Los Angeles Rams and then played in St. Louis. The Bus' final 10 seasons were with the Steelers, and they won Super Bowl XL, beating the Seattle Seahawks, 21-10. Bettis rushed for 13,662 yards in his career.
PETE SAMPRAS: People didn't know it at the time, but Sampras' win in the 2002 U.S. Open at the age of 31 was his final competitive match. Sampras defeated Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, and officially retired a year later having won 14 Grand Slam titles.
GEORGE BRETT: Come on now, you didn't think I'd forget Brett, did you? In his last plate appearance against the Texas Rangers on Oct. 3, 1993, Brett had a single, the 3,154th hit of his career.
Pete Grathoff: 816-234-4330, @pgrathoff


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Mid 70s Full Vintage Teddy Boy Drape & Drain pipes. Drapes generally show up, I have had a few and they tend to sell quickly, so this is pretty special. Made from Polyester in a beautiful teddy boy blue with black piping.
Jacket Overall in fantastic condition with just a little rip to the inside pocket, lining near the entrance, can be repaired easily. Trousers shows slight signs of wear obviously due to bopping etc. Perfect for lovers of the 50's Rock n roll Rockabilly teddy boy look.
Would be amazing as a wedding suit for a 50's theme. V, Film or theatre productions being such a fantastic vintage piece. Great for Promotional Magazine photo Shoots, music videos with a 50's Rock n roll theme.
This is a Small, Mannequin is a 40'chest and you can see that the jacket is slightly to tight. Pit-pit 20&1/2" Pit-cuff 17&3/4" Shoulder-cuff 24&1/4" Shoulder-shoulder 17" Nape-hem 34" Pit-hem 23&1/2" Trousers.
Waist 15" = 29-30" maybe 28 with Belt. Waist-crotch 9&3/4" Crotch-hem 31" & 2" Salvage Thigh 11&1/2" Knee 8&1/2" Flare 8" Waist-hem 40&1/4 inches Grab a RARE Piece. This will be dry cleaned and ready to Rock n roll.Please check out my other vintage items. The item "RARE Vintage 1970s Teddy Boy Rock n Roll Drape & Drain pipes trousers Suit. Small" is in sale since Saturday, May 26, 2018.
This item is in the category "Clothes, Shoes & Accessories\Vintage Clothing & Accessories\Men's Vintage Clothing\Coats & Jackets". The seller is "my-generation-vintage-clothes" and is located in Newport. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Antigua and barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Russian federation, Canada, Brazil, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei darussalam, Cayman islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Macao, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and caicos islands, Aruba, Saudi arabia, South africa, United arab emirates, Ukraine, Chile.


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Looking for a needle in a hay stack can be tedious. I'm never über impressed with store bought pin cushions and I always end up sticking my sharps into the couch, table cloth and my pants…which I forget about shortly after.
Fear no more! Cupcake inspired pin cushions are here to save the day!! The material is dense, so it really 'grabs' and holds the needle. The crochet gaps allow for larger wool and carpet needles to sit tightly too!
Oh and because cupcakes.


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19 Hottest GIFs of Lois Lane Actresses — Amy Adams, Kate Bosworth, Megan Fox & More
It's Batman v Superman week, both in theaters and around these parts. Yesterday we looked at some tantalizing GIFs of women doing their sexiest superhero cosplay. Today, we narrow things down to just one woman. Well, sorta. The woman is Lois Lane, and the twist is that lots and lots of actresses have played the Daily Planet's star journalist -- and we're big fans of those actresses.
Currently the lovely Amy Adams is holding it down, but over the years we've seen such starlets as Kate Bosworth, Erica Durance, Teri Hatcher and Margot Kidder on the big and small screens as the dashing reporter who's caught Superman's eye. And in somewhat lesser-known instances, even Megan Fox, Uma Thurman, Anne Heche and Kyra Sedgwick have taken the role. Let's have a look:
Amy Adams (Man of Steel, Batman v Superman):
Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns):
Erica Durance (Smallville):
Teri Hatcher (Lois & Clark):
Margot Kidder (Superman):
Megan Fox (Robot Chicken):
Uma Thurman (Movie 43):
Anne Heche (Superman: Doomsday):
Kyra Sedgwick (Justice League: The New Frontier):


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Glorious & Marvelous King
Bible Verse: These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. - Revelation 17:14 NKJV
Design Speak: Whimsical style broadway like type lights outlining the wavy texts creates an overall movement or an illusion of movement. The word "KING" is bold and big in the middle as the center main focus of the design. Gold cross and crown is placed in the background to reinforce the message of royalty.
Thoughts & Reflection: Cross reference: which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, - 1 Timothy 6:15 NKJV
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A recent study on film piracy conducted by the Rand Corporation confirms what India has been saying for long about Dawood Ibrahim, an underworld don who is currently on the wanted list by the Interpol. The Rand study says that Ibrahim is one of the examples exemplifying the links between crime and terror around the globe.
'The case of Dawood Ibrahim, India's godfather of criminal gangs from Bangkok to Dubai, demonstrates the blurring line between crime and terror around the globe,' the study said. The study noted that in his early years, Ibrahim's gang, D-Company, pursued the standard crime-syndicate practices of extortion, smuggling, and contract killings. 'However, Ibrahim and his cohorts have been able to vertically integrate D-company throughout the Indian film and pirate industry, forging a clear pirate monopoly over competitors and launching a racket to control the master copies of pirated Bollywood and Hollywood films,' it said.
'In 1993, D-Company was transformed into a terrorist organization when it carried out the 'Black Friday' Mumbai bombings, an attack that killed more than 257 people and injured an estimated 713.79 Later, D-Company developed ties to al Qaeda and the Kashmiri terrorist group, Lakshar-e-Taiyiba while its leaders were exiled in Pakistan, 'it said.
'For all these reasons, in 2003, the US Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control added Ibrahim to its terrorist watch list and froze his assets. Shortly thereafter, the United Nations Security Council's al Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee issued a similar order.
'This case demonstrates how an existing organized crime group that turned into a terrorist group leveraged rackets in the film industry to vertically expand into piracy. While there are no estimates of D-Company's proceeds from film piracy, the size and sophistication of Ibrahim's counterfeit DVD operation bespeak a highly profitable enterprise,' the report said.
The report, prepared by Greg Treverton, the lead author and director of the Center for Global Risk and Security at RAND, a nonprofit research organization, said that given the enormous profit margins, it is no surprise that organized crime has moved into film piracy. 'The profits are high and penalties for being caught are relatively low,' he said.
RAND researchers found no evidence that terrorists are widely involved with film piracy, but they outlined three cases where film piracy supported terror groups and warned that such connections could grow in the future.
'If you buy pirated DVDs, there is a good chance that at least part of the money will go to organized crime and those proceeds fund more-dangerous criminal activities, possibly terrorism,' Treverton said.
The report said that while the Northern Ireland terrorist groups aged into pure criminality, this (Ibrahim's) case illustrates the crossing of the line in the opposite direction, as D-Company transformed into an organization not just passively supporting terrorists, but with close links to them,' it said.
'Indian authorities had been aware of D-Company's film piracy operations in Pakistan since the 1990s but were practically powerless to intervene. Only after 2005, when US Customs seized a large shipment of SADAF-brand counterfeit discs in Virginia, did Pakistani authorities, under a threat of trade sanctions, begin raiding D-Company's duplicating facilities in Karachi, it said.


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Here is a lesson in value I have been trying to learn for, oh, 20 years.
I first did this thumbnail (in Apple's simple Inkpad application). At this stage my only concerns (since this is a storyboard) should have been story continuity, and composition / readability. But hidden within this simple doodle are the seeds of my undoing!
Look closely, and you can see that I am very cleverly planning to have the upper canopy of trees cast their shadows onto only the upper parts of the trunks, and the guy's shoulders!
Here is the line drawing, done in Painter. I spent extra time on these lovely lines, and so of course I am reluctant to cover them up. I also got carried away, starting to add some of my clever shading with the linework. But I stopped myself, and moved on to the shading...
This was my finished, toned frame. I did the tones on a separate layer in Painter. I even tried to quickly show the dappled sunlight and cast shadows on his shoulders. I did a whole bunch more frames just like this. then I stepped back and looked at them all. None of them passed the squint test. They all looked like a mooshy gray mess!
I asked my friend Mike Vosburg, for his opinion.
He said: "Make the difference between the dark of the forest and the sun of the glade VERY evident. Use lots of blacks for shadows to contrast the stark light on the ground ahead. I would just emphasize your values more. Darks in the fg... If you don't get your values too close, it won't get mushy. All in all, as the great cartoonist Rowland B. Wilson intimated to me, keep your values strong and whatever you do it will work. I think in too many of your compositions you (are trying) to use one medium value in three or four shades.... instead of three separate values."
Ouch. His diagnosis is dead on. I've known it deep down for a long time, so I went back to the thumnail stage (actually Mike did a sharpie / Photoshop job just like this over my e-mailed frame). Now it reads way better.
Here is my corrected frame. It reads better, but I still kinda don't get it. I could have used the black and white on his shoulders to suggest the dappled light, without destroying the relationship of the values. And it would have been much quicker to draw!
Anyway, imagine my surprise that week, as I found this same lesson on page 136 of Loomis' Creative Illustration, as he gives us the great Howard Pyle's formula:
I was trying to put texture in the shadows (the bark of the trees) and trying to put form in the shadows (the form of the trunk's roundness, and the forms of the figure). I didn't need either in this case because it is such a simple composition. Hope I learned it this time...
Students, and those who think they are done being students - read this part where Pyle points out how difficult it is to get accomplished artists to stop exaggerating halftones, and just simplify!! I suppose Toth must've read this too...
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Me, Mike Voz, Loomis, & Pyle
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Once again, through the magic of scanning, it looks like I'm just cranking this stuff out, page after page!
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legs of a 5'8" chick are heavy.. help!
Sveta named this "to joe" and I must agree only joe would fully appreciate this picture
Ooh sophisticted mama.. WITH MY GLASSES *hmph!*
Hmmm.. what is up indeed
And a closeup of a Russian to end it all.. thank you
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(CNN) -- Second seed Rafael Nadal crashed out of contention at the ATP World Tour Finals after a 6-1 7-6 (7-4) defeat by Nikolay Davydenko at the O2 Arena in London.
The world number two cannot qualify for the semifinals of the season-ending event even if he beats in-form Novak Djokovic on Friday as his second successive straight-sets reverse means he cannot claim second place on countback.
The result meant that Sweden's Robin Soderling -- a late replacement for the injured Andy Roddick -- has qualified for the last four following his victory over defending champion Djokovic earlier on Wednesday.
"To be out of the [Finals], well, that's sport and everything can happen," Nadal, who lost his opening match 6-4 6-4 to Soderling, told the ATP Tour's official Web site.
"I didn't arrive to this tournament with the full confidence that you need to win these matches. And in the moments that I had to play well, I didn't play well. I made mistakes.
"I fought a lot. Both matches I fought. I tried my best all the time, but it wasn't enough to win these matches."
Nadal will now turn his sights to the Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic, to be played on home clay in Barcelona next weekend.
Davydenko, however, will seek to emulate last year's performance in reaching the final, where he lost to Djokovic when the tournament was held in Shanghai.
The Russian blew away Nadal in the opening set and led 4-2 in the second before being his opponent rallied, then took out the tie-break for his first victory of the tournament after his opening loss to Djokovic.
"It was an important tie-break," Davydenko said. "Tie-break for me, it's really important. I concentrated 100 percent. I tried to win. Almost every tie-break in last few months I have won. Again, I realize my tie-break today and I won."
"Just winning one match, now I am 1-1. Still maybe there is a chance, maybe not, to come to the semifinal. But after the first match, I showed my good tennis in the second match. We'll see if I can show the same tennis in the third match."
Davydenko has a decent record against Nadal, having beaten him three times in their previous seven matches, most recently in the final of the Shanghai Masters last month.
And he began superbly, setting up a break-point in the second game with a backhand winner then taking his opportunity when a lengthy rally ended with Nadal finding the top of the net.
The Spaniard, unusually, did not even attempt to chase down a number of balls and his record in the competition slumped to three sets lost and none won after less than half an hour as Davydenko secured a second break to love before easily serving it out.
Nadal looked a shadow of the player who dominated the first five months of the season and he was immediately in trouble at the start of the second set.
The Spaniard saved a break-point thanks to a big serve and went on to hold but Davydenko must have been scarcely able to believe how many half-court balls his opponent was presenting him with.
Nadal doggedly hung on in the third game but the pressure finally told two games later, Davydenko taking his third break point to move into a 3-2 lead.
The seventh seed then gave Nadal an unexpected lifeline as he slipped to 15-40 but the 23-year-old could not take advantage.
Nadal has reached the semifinals on both his previous appearances at the end-of-season tournament and he at last began to take the fight to his opponent, pumping his fist in celebration as a Davydenko backhand dropped long on break point.
A three-game winning streak for Nadal took him to 5-4 but the Russian stopped the rot and another feeble game from the Spaniard left Davydenko serving for the match.
An engrossing second set had another surprise in store, though, as a series of vintage Nadal shots allowed him to break back again.
A tie-break of phenomenal quality ensued, but it was Davydenko who came through thanks to the last of many winners in a match lasting one hour and 47 minutes.