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4 Reasons Why Exercising Daily is Beneficial for Your Health
Are you feeling lethargic and drained by the end of the week? It's all you can do to get yourself to the weekend so you can rest to try and recover to start the new working week?
This issue seems to be a frequent topic of discussion these days: and for good reason.
Lethargy and exhaustion: Why?
Before we look at one of the best ways to counteract the extreme lassitude and fatigue by the end of the work week, let's look at several reasons why we feel this way by the end of the week:
Our global society has moved from the Industrial Age where people were more active at work to the Information Age where people sit behind a computer for long hours without moving. Not only is the lack of movement an issue but many people do not sit behind an ergonomic workstation. Consequently, they develop conditions such as Repetitive Strain Injury, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and other maladies specific to the lack of movement.
The article published on Everydayhealth.com titled "The Real Effects of Technology on Your Health" notes that information is continuously available via mobile devices, and it can be consumed 24/7. This often causes the brain fatigue from the constant barrage of information. In summary, part of the reason why we feel overwhelmed all the time is that our brains never get time to relax. They are always processing and sorting out information.
Staring at a computer, or mobile device screen all day (and for most of the night) causes eye strain, loss of vision, migraine headaches, light sensitivity, and exhaustion. It also induces sleep deprivation. Firstly, we spend too long on our mobile devices when we should be sleeping. And, because our brains are so busy processing all the information consumed, it never calms down enough so we can fall asleep.
Exercise: One of the best ways to counteract exhaustion and fatigue
At the outset, it's important to note that I am not a medical professional. Therefore, it's important to check with your doctor before embarking on a programme of rigorous exercise.
That being said, here are several benefits to exercising on a daily basis:
Improves the quality of your sleep
As long you don't exercise just before bedtime, it promotes better sleep than if you don't exercise. Not only will you fall asleep quicker, but your quality of sleep will also be better.
Helps with weight loss
There is no doubt that our sedentary lifestyles are a major cause of the global obesity epidemic. The World Health Organisation's statistics show that "worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975." Therefore, exercising every day will help us reduce excess weight and reduce the likelihood of contracting obesity-related diseases like heart disease, and diabetes.
Is a mood booster
The Mayo Clinic website notes that "physical activity stimulates various brain chemicals that may leave you feeling happier and more relaxed." It gets your heart rate going, increases your natural endorphin levels and helps reduce the stress hormones like noradrenalin and adrenalin.
Improves energy levels
Does walking from your car to your office, or completing household chores exhaust you? Exercise increases muscle strength, density, and endurance levels. It also "delivers oxygen and nutrients to your tissues and helps your cardiovascular system work more efficiently." Therefore, when your muscles, heart, and lungs receive more oxygen, you will be able to go about your daily life without feeling tired and out-of-breath.
Final thoughts
Starting an exercise programme can be demoralising and tiring in itself. However, on the other hand, it can also be exciting, especially when you notice your fitness levels improving and your lethargy levels reducing. It is important to persevere, break down your fitness goals into bite-size chunks, and celebrate every small milestone.
Succinctly stated, your joie de vivre and raison d'etre will return, thereby, improving your quality of life and your ability to cope with all of the modern-day stresses. It is for this reason alone that it is worth embarking on a daily exercise programme.
Life Hacks
3 Life Hacks to Help You Survive our Post-Modern World
We currently live in a world that is plagued by regional conflicts, the threat of conflict, trade wars, rising violent crime levels, severe weather events due to climate change as well as the increasing cost of living while our wages stagnate. Therefore, it suffices to say that navigating our way through life is not easy.
However, the challenging geopolitical and socio-economic living conditions are not an excuse to give up. They are a reason to learn coping skills to live as healthy a life as possible.
Ways to live a healthy life in our crazy, modern world
Thus, here are three essential life hacks to help you learn the coping skills you need to live a full, successful, and healthy life:
Serve others
Helen Keller, one of the USA's leading educators and humanitarians in the 20th century, stated that "optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."
As an aside, it is worth noting that she was left deaf and blind after a devastating illness at two years old. As a result, it would be understandable if she was cynical and bitter throughout her life. However, the opposite is true. She went on to live a life of service to others and, in 1920, she ultimately co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (ALCU).
Additionally, Chad Cooper highlights "the importance of being in service to others for your own success" in his article on Medium.com. The salient point here is that if we serve others, we focus on others and forget about our misfortunes. Thus, we end up stronger people, better able to cope with the challenges that each day throws at us.
Thus, it makes sense to try and emulate Keller's and Cooper's example.
Mindfulness: Stay in the present
Mother Theresa, who also spent her life in service to the most impoverished communities in Kolkata, India stated: "Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more." It is vital to not let past events contaminate the present and the future. Therefore, treat each moment of each day as a separate, isolated event.
Imagine, a moment, raindrops falling on a surface. Each droplet can be equated to a moment in time. Depending on how hard it rains, how big the drops are, and how level the surface is, the individual drops will either run together to form a raging river, or they will dry up when the sun comes out. Thus, in our scenario, it is vital to ensure that the raindrops do not form a raging river, no matter how hard it rains. The trick is to keep our emotional surface as level as possible.
Spend time outdoors
Making a weekly date with nature is vital. It doesn't matter whether you visit an inner-city green space, walk along the beach, or hike forest and mountain trails. Nature is therapeutic. Exercise is also extremely beneficial for your physical and mental health and wellbeing. Therefore, can you imagine the benefits of combining exercise and spending time outside?
Final words
The fact that our modern, crazy life is challenging to say the least. However, as mentioned above, it is possible to thrive by spending time exercising and in nature, living a life of service to others, and by treating each moment of each day as a unique opportunity to do good.
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5 Life Hacks to help you Beat Stress
If you feel overwhelmed by the strains and stresses of life, just know you are not alone. A recent study by the American Psychological Association revealed that 75% of Americans experience moderate to high levels of stress on a regular basis. Even more alarming, 91% of Australians feel stress in one or more crucial areas in their lives. About 50% feel overly stressed in at least one area of their lives, this is according to Lifeline Australia.
Going by the numbers, stress is part of life. However, when it exceeds the normal threshold, then it becomes a problem.
Here are five life hacks to help you beat stress:
Don't rush through life
Today, everything is moving so fast. It seems as though "fast" is the trend. We want to rush through college, rush to get an internship, rush to get a job. We are rushing because the society expects us to do so. We also are rushing because we want to compare our success to that of our peers, in the name of keeping up.
Not to say that rushing is bad; but if you think about it, when was the last time you had no worries, or when did you last relax? When was the last time you felt happy moving in the direction of your choice? I bet you can't remember.
Here's the thing, rushing only adds to your anxiety and stress; it's unhealthy, it affects your decision-making skills, it causes you to miss out on opportunities and what's worse, it won't make you happy. So, slow down. Appreciate yourself and things around you. Learn to say no, and don't take more than you can handle. Live life without regrets: work hard, play harder and just let things to take care of themselves.
Be responsible for your actions
It's not uncommon for people to want to blame others for the negative things that are happening in their lives. They are always blaming their jobs, their spouse, their mother-in-law, the government, their neighbours, the media, the receptionist at the hotel, or the tailor who took wrong measurements.
Placing the blame for whatever it is you're feeling on others can make you happy for a moment, but does it really help you to address the real problem? No. think of it this way, how is it that your spouse is responsible for your stress? Are you their slave, puppet or tool? How can you lose the control of your emotions when other people confront you?
Remember, everyone else is but a pretext; regardless of how restricting the situation appears, you have a margin of freedom to act on. Like if someone points a gun at you and manipulates you into doing something, you still have the power to surrender or not.
Don't create your own storm and get upset when it rains. In the face of a problem, you should accept that you took part in creating it and believe that it is a lesson learned, then grow from it. You can take some time alone to review the situation and once you have everything figured out, let go of your attachment to the problem.
Learn to accept help
Accepting help is not a sign of weakness as many would want to imagine. The notion that it's a sign of weakness is what makes a lot of people want to struggle with their problems, even when it's killing them. Human beings are social beings and need one another to thrive.
Your prideful or flawed thinking is most likely the reason why you don't want to ask for help: it could be that you are scared of what others will think of you or of showing your weakness. However, you should know that it is all in your head – you are the one who's reinforcing unrealistic ideas. So, instead of struggling with something, learn to ask for help and to trust other people too.
A good approach is to not second-guess yourself – when the thought crosses your mind, act on it. Just be selective about who you are asking for help. Above all, do not undermine your problems – whether it's difficult or easy. A problem is a problem and belittling it as not worth being solved only makes it harder to cope with.
Don't let tomorrow's worries ruin today
Omar Khayyam said, "Dead is yesterday, unborn is tomorrow, why fret about them if today is sweet?" Worrying about tomorrow will only ruin your beautiful today. And the worst bit is, worrying never changes anything; in fact, it only makes things worse.
So, instead of worry about tomorrow, do your best today, and forget about the rest. Often, things are never as bad as they seem.
This list wouldn't be complete without exercise – and what better way to release the tension and stress from the mind than exercising? Regular exercise is good for your bones and muscles. It can help reduce your risk of chronic diseases; it can help with your skin health; it can help your memory and brain and can help with relaxation and sleep quality. Exercise will also make you happier.
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We're so excited over here we are crying and jumping up and down! Finally the United States is equal for everyone.
We are updating our guidelines for Same Sex couples as soon as we get confirmation from all of our attorneys as to what this means for the legal process now in texas and elsewhere where the laws were not favorable for Gay couples, and as soon as we have this new information we will post it and make it widely available. It will only mean great things for everyone as we move forward! Congratulations to all who fought for equality for everyone, our nation owes you a great thanks!!!
Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules, 5-4
WASHINGTON — In a long-sought victory for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage.
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in the 5 to 4 decision. He was joined by the court's four more liberal justices.
The decision, the culmination of decades of litigation and activism, came against the backdrop of fast-moving changes in public opinion, with polls indicating that most Americans now approve of same-sex marriage.
Justice Kennedy said gay and lesbian couples had a fundamental right to marry.
"No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family," he wrote. "In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were."
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., in a dissent joined by Justice Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, said the Constitution had nothing to say on the subject.
"If you are among the many Americans — of whatever sexual orientation — who favor expanding same-sex marriage, by all means celebrate today's decision," Chief Justice Roberts wrote. "Celebrate the achievement of a desired goal. Celebrate the opportunity for a new expression of commitment to a partner. Celebrate the availability of new benefits. But do not celebrate the Constitution. It had nothing to do with it."
In a second dissent, Justice Scalia mocked Justice Kennedy's soaring language.
"The opinion is couched in a style that is as pretentious as its content is egotistic," Justice Scalia wrote of his colleague's work. "Of course the opinion's showy profundities are often profoundly incoherent."
As Justice Kennedy finished announcing his opinion, several attendees seated in the bar section of the court's gallery wiped away tears, while others grinned and exchanged embraces.
Justice John Paul Stevens, who retired in 2010, was on hand for the decision and many of the justices' clerks took seats in the chamber, which was nearly full as the ruling was announced.
As in earlier civil rights cases, the Supreme Court had moved cautiously and methodically, laying careful judicial groundwork for a transformative decision.
As late as October, the justices ducked the issue, refusing to hear appeals from rulings allowing same-sex marriage in five states. That decision delivered a tacit victory for gay rights, immediately expanding the number of states with same-sex marriage to 24, along with the District of Columbia, up from 19.
Largely as a consequence of the Supreme Court's decision not to act, the number of states allowing same-sex marriage has since grown to 36, and more than 70 percent of Americans live in places where gay couples can marry.
The court did not agree to resolve the issue for the rest of the nation until January, in cases filed by gay and lesbian couples in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. The court heard extended arguments in April, and the justices seemed sharply divided over what the Constitution has to say about same-sex marriage.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs said their clients had a fundamental right to marry and to equal protection, adding that the bans they challenged demeaned their dignity, imposed countless practical difficulties and inflicted particular harm on their children.
The Obama administration, which had gradually come to embrace the cause of same-sex marriage, was unequivocal in urging the justices to rule for the plaintiffs.
"Gay and lesbian people are equal," Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. said. "They deserve equal protection of the laws, and they deserve it now."
Lawyers for the four states said their bans were justified by tradition and the distinctive characteristics of opposite-sex unions. They said the question should be resolved democratically, at the polls and in state legislatures, rather than by judges.
The Supreme Court had once before agreed to hear a case arising from a constitutional challenge to a same-sex marriage ban, California's Proposition 8, in 2012 in Hollingsworth v. Perry. At the time, nine states and the District of Columbia allowed same-sex couples to marry.
But when the court's ruling arrived in June 2013, the justices ducked, with a majority saying the case was not properly before them, and none of them expressing a view on the ultimate question of whether the Constitution requires states to allow same-sex marriage.
A second decision the same day, in United States v. Windsor, provided the movement for same-sex marriage with what turned out to be a powerful tailwind. The decision struck down the part of the Defense of Marriage Act that barred federal benefits for same-sex couples married in states that allowed such unions.
The Windsor decision was based partly on federalism grounds, with Justice Kennedy's majority opinion stressing that state decisions on how to treat marriages deserved respect. But lower courts focused on other parts of his opinion, ones that emphasized the dignity of gay relationships and the harm that families of gay couples suffered from bans on same-sex marriage.
In a remarkable and largely unbroken line of more than 40 decisions, state and federal courts relied on the Windsor decision to rule in favor of same-sex marriage.

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Investment is a Risk Business
The press has been busy over the weekend with articles about professional footballers and their more unusual investment and losses. Some of these accusations have spilled into the specialist financial media, as there have been comments over the commissions or fees taken on some of these transactions.
From the mainstream press, here are some examples:
From the financial press:
Often the most interesting part of these stories are the comments from the public or the financial audience at the end of the article, which varies from the sarcastic, to the acid and even to the constructive.
For me as an independent financial adviser, not active in the footballer's market, there are a number of lessons to be drawn:
All investment is a risk business; there is always a chance you will not get some or all of your money back. If that is a risk you cannot take, then you should stick to guaranteed investments like bank deposits.
Anyone investing needs to understand the risks; if they cannot be explained to you in a way you understand, do not invest.
No investment advice is free; you need to know who is being paid and how much. Total commissions of more than 5% suggest that the investment is higher risk and potentially more high-pressured, when it comes to selling.
Using an adviser or "consultant" recommended by another of your contacts does not mean you do not need to do any "due diligence" on them. You must check that they are who they say they are and that they are registered with the professional bodies they say they are.
You need to check to see if there is a potential conflict of interest between your close advisers and anyone they introduce to you. Someone promised 10% of your investment, as an introducer's fee will not be as objective as someone with "no skin in the game".
As an investor, you need to understand the difference between "regulated" and "unregulated" investments. If an investment is unregulated, your chances of any compensation for miss-selling are very small.
Almost all tax-mitigation schemes are outside of regulated investments and can place you in a worse position than just paying the tax in the first place, if the scheme fails. As there can be a long delay between the earnings that would normally be taxable and the eventual failure of the tax scheme, running out of cash is highly likely. Having no cash can lead to bankruptcy, even if you have a lot of assets.
Always do the boring stuff first. Pensions, ISAs, EIS and similar products are regulated and offer some recourse if things go wrong. Build a sound foundation before looking for anything out of the ordinary.
Our company policy is to steer well away from unusual transactions as the success rate appears to be very small over time. Paying some tax is inevitable, so be very careful that the potential tax saving does not dominate the choice of investment.
Contact me with queries
If anyone is looking for general advice, then please write in to the blog and I would be happy to help with anonymous advice posted here. Alternatively, please call us on 0116 253 5600 and ask to speak to an IFA, (Independent Financial Adviser), for a no-obligation discussion.
If you know you need formal advice, have a look at http://bankfield.net/personal/savings-investment/investments/, or ask around for a recommendation, it might even be me.


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The researchers were looking for an accurate basis to offer an easy-to-understand average risk over a person's lifetime, knowing that risk changes at almost every age. They used data from the Rochester Epidemiology Project, a long-term epidemiology resource based on patients in Olmsted County, Minn. The cohort of 1179, consisted of patients diagnosed between 1955 and 2007, allowed the team to extrapolate the nationwide estimates.
The adult lifetime risk in the United States of having some kind of inflammatory autoimmune disease is 8.4 percent for women and 5.1 percent for men. Based on year 2000 population figures, that means one woman in 12 and one man in 20 will develop one of the conditions in their lifetime. The authors consider that a substantial risk and say their findings should encourage more research on the value of early diagnosis and intervention for people with increased genetic risk of arthritis. They hope the new figures will help in counseling patients and in fundraising efforts to find improved treatments.
The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health.


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Submitted to: American Journal of Veterinary Research
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/16/2000
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Interpretive Summary: Economic losses each year in the swine industry resulting from neonatal morbidity and mortality are substantial. While these losses cannot be attributed to any one factor, losses associated with chilling and infectious diseases are recognized as major contributing factors. Currently there is limited information regarding the impact of environmental temperature on the baby pig's ability to cope with an infectious challenge The objective of this study was to determine what role environmental temperature may play in a neonatal pig's immune and stress responses to an immune challenge. In this study, we found that environmental temperature plays a critical role in the baby pig's ability to cope with an infectious insult. Results indicate that when combined, but not singly, cold stress and exposure to an infectious challenge induces a rapid and potentially fatal loss of body temperature in the baby pig. This information will be of finterest to scientists in academia, industry and government who are evaluating the effects of environmental inputs on neonatal pig survival. Additionally, this information may aid swine producers in evaluating the adequacy of their farrowing facilities.
Technical Abstract: This study evaluated interactions between environmental temperature (ET) and the neonatal pig's ability to cope with an endotoxin challenge. Male pigs (n=28; 24 h old) were placed in environmentally controlled chambers kept at 18 deg C or 34 deg C (n=14/ET). Rectal temperatures (RT) were recorded every 15 min for 3 h after an intraperitoneal injection of saline (Cont; n=7/ET) or lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 150 ug/kg; n=7/ET). Pigs were then sacrificed for tissue and blood collection. LPS pigs kept at 18 deg C experienced a period of hypothermia while RT for LPS pigs at 34 deg C did not differ from their respective Cont (P<.0001). LPS pigs kept at 18 deg C lost the most body weight during the 3 h (P<.015). LPS pigs kept at 18 deg C had a greater increase in serum cortisol as compared to LPS pigs at 34 deg C (P<.025). LPS increased serum tumor-necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in pigs at 18 deg C, but had no effect on serum TNF-alpha in pigs at 34 deg gC (P<.014). Serum prolactin (PRL) was reduced (P<.012) in pigs at 18 deg C as compared to pigs at 34 deg C. LPS increased serum PRL at 18 deg C but had no effect on serum PRL at 34 deg C (P<.05). LPS increased CRH mRNA expression (P<.04) in all pigs, and pigs exposed to 18 deg C expressed less ACTH receptor mRNA (P=.015). The LPS-induced increase in POMC mRNA expression tended (P<.08) to be greater in pigs kept at 18 deg C. These results suggest that ET can greatly influence a neonatal pig's ability to cope with an endotoxin challenge.


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Thank you for coming to visit my new Inspirations blog!
I can't resist a beautifully textured piece of metal and it doesn't matter to me whether the changes have been wrought by human touch or by nature - I mean, how can you beat a good bit of rust??!! I can often be found snapping away with my trusty phone and getting some very strange looks from members of the public, so be it! It is these very snaps which can lead me into all sorts of directions when I'm making jewellery, so I hope that you will enjoy seeing the pictures that set my pulses racing! I hope they inspire you too!
This particular picture was taken in Royal William Yard and features a peeling painted rusty door - gorgeous!! See you soon with some more pictures.


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Stay Beautiful – Summer Skin Prep By Lyndsey Scott-Furtado, Beauty Advisor & Aesthetician, A.S. Cooper & Sons, Ltd.
Summer bodies are made in the winter and so is summer skin. Of course, we should be taking care of our skin the whole year through but as the jackets come off and the shorts get shorter you should be confident in knowing that your skin is in tip top condition. Here a few early preparation tips to ensure your skin is safe and at its most radiant for Bermuda's favorite time of the year.
A Strong Defense
Building up the skins' protective barrier is crucial when preparing for exposure to the elements and the suns harmful rays. Aromessesnce Solaire by Decléor is a silky smooth serum designed to boost the skins natural defenses and prepare it for sun exposure. Argan and Rose oils reduce dehydration and Carrot oil stimulates melanin production to prevent burning. As a bonus, Aromessence Solaire is made without Parabens, preservatives and mineral oils. Apply to your face in the morning and evening under your regular moisturizer for at least a week before sun exposure and through the summer months for continuous protection. Always make sure to use your sunscreen on top. Shiseido's Urban Environment Oil-free UV Protector is a firm favorite.
Up the Exfoliation
Exfoliating is a key step to achieving smooth, bright skin. Not only does it leave your skin looking more even and radiant, it also promotes healthy cell regeneration and circulation. In preparation for the summer season, up your face and body exfoliation routine to twice a week. Try Origins Modern Friction for face. The creamy exfoliator contains skin-refining rice to remove dull, dead skin cells and Lemon Oil to brighten the complexion. My favorite Body exfoliator has to be the Jo Malone Vitamin E treatment scrub. Vitamin E is excellent for restoring and repairing the skin from the damaging effects of the environment while the Non-abrasive sugar particles exfoliate to reveal new skin. Not to mention, it smells amazing!
Increase the Moisture
Hydrated skin is happy skin and now is the time to put back all the moisture that those winter months took away. Opt for a moisturizer with anti-oxidants to further protect your skin from the elements. Clinique's Superdefense Daily moisturizer with SPF20 creates a healthy moisture barrier to resist irritants, while its oil-free texture absorbs quickly to leave your skin feeling comfortably hydrated. Let's not forget the Body. Moisture Rich Body Lotion from Clarins is a must for keeping your skin moist and supple. Extracts of Shea and Peach Milk visibly minimize the signs of ageing caused by the sun and protect against further dryness.
All of the products mentioned in this article are available from A.S. Cooper's Main Store at 59, Front Street, Hamilton.


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Monday, December 24, 2012
This will be a fairly short blog post as I still have an ever increasing list of things to get done before Christmas day tomorrow. The main reason of this post is to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and New Year filled with memorable wildlife encounters. I would also like to send you all a big thank you for taking the time to view the blog, for your comments which are always appreciated and for your support.
I was trying to think of what to produce for my e-card this year and really a Christmas card would not be right without some. Looking through my library I have relatively few photos of birds on snow so the choice was a bit limited. So I selected a Fieldfare one of the UK winter migrant thrushes. These birds love to eat berries so I thought the inclusion of the king of berries, a chilled strawberry, would make an appropriate present for the bird. Obviously I would like to point out, but I suspect you will have already guessed :), that the card below is a Photoshop creation. You don't tend to find too many Fieldfare wearing Santa hats.
5 comments:
- holdingmoments said...
Rich, it's been a real pleasure seeing your images this year.
All the best for Christmas to you and your family.
Let's hope next year is a bit drier.
- 2:01 pm
- Marc Heath said...
Awesome shots Rich. Have loved following the blog this year. Have a great Christmas.
- 6:07 pm
- Nancy J said...
Lovely photos Rich, and the PP with a Santa Hat, well, no reason not to add to his beautiful plumage. Greetings to you, I so enjoy all your photos, words with the details that enhance the stories so much. Have a very Happy Christmas Eve, and tomorrow may you have happiness, Peace, and maybe, just maybe, another lovely photo to add to your superb collection. Greetings from Jean
- 9:29 pm
- salma said...
Merry Christmas!
- 10:18 am
- Ben Porter said...
Stunning images as ever Rich- the colours and back-lighting on the Short-eared Owl are superb! Happy Christmas and have a great 2013
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Car manufactures bringing back the classics!
Classic muscle cars still draw a crowd. Rightly so, they gave them updated curves with aerodynamics and lighter body weights. Fiberglass is a miraculous invention. When I was younger, is was the distinct squeak of the that heavy door you had to slam shut. Cars were built heftier back in the day, I think safer, but I appreciate the new models that have been rolling out.
I parked next to this black beauty a few months ago. Still looks tough.
Here is a classic
We work on these older models. I'm sure in a few years the new ones will come our way.
I'm really partial to the new Dodge Challengers. Something about the way they look draws me in.
This is the new 2013 Dodge Challenger.
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A specialist service operated by Scottish Borders Council's Safer Communities team has exceeded one of its first year targets in the space of just nine months.
The Safe Housing Options service supports domestic abuse victims with housing issues in the Scottish Borders and has already reached its 100th referral since being established in April 2015.
It is recognised that secure, safe and long term housing choices are key to helping families recover from their experience, and the service works in partnership with homelessness services, registered social landlords, Border Women's Aid, Children1st and the Domestic Abuse Advocacy Support service to secure a better range of safe options for victims of domestic abuse and their children.
In addition to the partners who make up the Safer Communities team, including the Council and Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue service are a key partner in the Safe Housing Options service, with every client offered a free home safety fire check.
The Big Lottery has provided five-year funding for the service, which enables the provision of a wide range of resources to help victims, from installation of safety measures to help with moving, legal advice and help with discussions with landlords.
Councillor Donald Moffat, SBC's Executive Member for Community Safety, said: "Take up of the service has exceeded expectations and has enabled a range of tenants and private householders to access information, advice and practical resources to help them deal with the challenges of recovering from domestic abuse.
"The need for this service emerged from feedback from various services and domestic abuse victims, who detailed the struggle to find safe, stable housing and deal with all the barriers to leaving abusive relationships.
"Importantly the service gives victims a range of options as to where they want to live, something that is often denied them while they are suffering abuse."
Councillor Moffat added: "While it is pleasing to see that this service is fulfilling a need locally, it is a continued concern that domestic abuse is affecting so many people in the Scottish Borders.
"We are fortunate that locally we have a wide range of services in place to assist and I would encourage anyone who is suffering domestic abuse to get in touch with any one of these services and access the help and support that is available."
Registered social landlords operating in the Scottish Borders are a key partner in the Safe Housing Options service.
Jean Gray, Operations Director of Berwickshire Housing Association, said: "Safe Housing Options really emphasises the strength of partnership working in the Scottish Borders, with our aim being to ensure that domestic abuse victims gain greater personal safety, considerable confidence and wellbeing for themselves and their children.
"This way of working has developed positive relationships on the ground in our communities and has benefited clients and ensures they can remain within their own home, or find a new home, and feel safe and secure."
Victims of domestic abuse can find out about the support available and contact details from www.scotborders.gov.uk/domesticabuse or by calling Safer Communities on 01835 823204.


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I had planned on grading some of my students' papers.
I had planned on getting cozy in my fuzzy robe and snuggling with James to watch the 2nd half.
I had planned on cheering the Steelers to victory- or maybe booing to a defeat. But I wanted victory… We DID live for a while outside of Pittsburgh and I know what a difference a winning Steelers teams means to them.
What I had not planned on was spending most of the 4th quarter holding my son and rocking with him in the rocking chair as he raged against his anxiety that the Steelers would pull a come-from-behind victory. I have to say that I was very, very glad that the Steelers lost the ball in the last minute rather than making a miraculous touchdown because it saved me hours of calming afterwards.
Ray has been fixated about football for about six months now. He started with UGA football, and moved on to selecting teams based on his opposition to us- Emily wanted Auburn to win in the BCBS title championship- therefore he turned in a University of Oregon fan. I was cheering for the Steelers- therefore he's a Green Bay fan. He selects teams based on how much he wants to be resistant to the person who is a fan.
We went to a friend's house for the first half. He was cute then. He wasn't as tired and he could interact with other football fans. He and our neighbor engaged in man-talk- exchanging stats and information. Rick was amused at Ray's fervor, but Ray was coherent and it was funny. We all enjoyed the commercials. The Packers had a clear lead. We mostly enjoyed the halftime show (although it appears we were in the minority).
It was a different story when we got home. Ray was tired and less in charge of his emotions- and so the not-focus, not-fixation, but primary-purpose-for-being started. He was shaking in his anger at his dad when James verbally analyzed the game to determine how the Packers could lose. And the Steelers started a come-back. And continued to improve. And with a minute to go, victory was possible. And so, we wound up in the rocking chair, where I kept repeating my mantra "It's a game. It's only a game. It's a game… "
I have never been so glad to see the Steelers lose as I was last night. (Sorry, Pittsburgh friends!). Football season is completely over for six months. And maybe Ray can find a new fixation. Although Ray informs me that the NFL draft has started. sigh…
It hurts me to watch him wrestle with whatever it is that's got him anxious. I know that by trying to control a game, he's trying to control his life. I know that he's trying to learn all he can about football so that, as in his life, he can predict the outcome.
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What would you do if you could find out your purpose in life? Would you want to know or be completely left in the dark?
Katie Jenkins finds out her purpose, but not in a way most people do. After a night of shots of tequila and a bet from her best friend, she is coerced to seek a fortune teller for insight into her future. What she finds out changes her life forever.
Katie comes from a long line of Romanian Gypsies cursed with the ability to not only read Tarot cards, but they also have to deliver the bad news to whomever the cards reveal. She, along with her best friend Phoenix (Finny) Carrington, seeks out those who are doomed and try to change their lives before something awful happens to them.
Can Katie stop a mad man from the deaths that surround her, or will she fall victim to the very same mad man responsible for the death of so many?
About Elicia M. Seawell
Elicia M. Seawell started out as a freelance graphic artist and fell in love with writing when she began her work in the newspaper industry. After long sleepless nights, she found writing as a way to combat her insomnia however most of her characters were developed while standing in the frozen food section deciding on ice cream. She is the author of "Peach River Acres" and "The Tarot Diaries" series, both being released by Rebel Ink Press. She is also the author of the self-published YA novella, "Shadows: The Story of the Kayouta." Elicia is currently studying Behavioral Analysis/Psychology and is married to Michael Seawell. She has three children: Brandon, Rachel and Greta. She was also born in Darlington, SC and currently resides in Darlington.
Excerpt from Tarot Diaries: The Fool
"I must say dear fellow, you've traveled quite a distance to get here," a voice said.
I looked to my right and saw a man sitting on a throne covered in vines. Upon his head was a crown made of gold, vines and red flowers. His robe was covered in grapes, blue lines and vines. He held a scepter in one hand and a pentacle in the other. His face looked kind as his armor covered leg propped upon the head of a lion or boar.
Clearly I'd dozed off and was in a dream, a third party watching as the Fool stopped in front of the King and bowed.
"Sir, I seek advice and assistance. I've traveled a long way to learn more about myself and I was told you were the one I should speak with."
The king adjusted himself in his seat, never letting go of his pentacle.
"What is it you seek, young traveler?" he asked.
"Generosity, kind sir. I want to learn more about what it means to be truly generous. The word throughout the countryside is you have a way of turning rocks into gold. Everything you touch becomes highly valuable. How is it you can do that yet be so generous at the same time?"
The king laughed a hearty laugh. "Dear traveler, I believe you should do unto others. I would give you this golden scepter and golden pentacle if it meant you needing to eat or settle a debt. I would feed you the very grapes that grow on my throne if it meant you needed sustenance. I give because it is better to do so than to be greedy. You will learn, dear friend, that in order to make yourself happy, you must give all you can to those who are less fortunate."
The Fool stood for a moment absorbing everything the King said to him.
"But kind King, what if I have nothing to give? As you can see, I'm a poor traveler with only a staff and a canine to keep my companion."
The king laughed again. "My friend, there are things you can always give. A smile, a kind word, a helping hand to an old man who cannot lift a heavy bag of grain. There are many things you can do, even if you are a poor traveler yourself."
The Fool nodded in understanding. I could feel his heart growing with knowledge.
"Every time I give something of myself to others, I find more growth in my bountiful garden. The universe was developed on the rules of give and take, but never forget to return the favor. That's what keeps the circle of life going."
The King stood and walked to the brick wall behind him.
"Do you see this kingdom? It was once nothing but dust and dirt and one by one, as weary travelers such as yourself stopped seeking shelter, they stayed to return the favor of my generosity and never left. They created this kingdom and without kindness, it would be a barren wasteland of contrite, unhappy people."
I watched as the Fool stood beside the King, his equal, no man more important than the other. I could feel the Fool's energy increasing as he smiled. His weariness was leaving. The king reached over to a bowl that sat on the edge of the wall and handed the Fool a bunch of grapes and the Fool took ate until his belly was full.
"Dear kind King, how can I repay you for this most important lesson?"
The king sat down on throne again and smiled.
"Weary traveler, you can repay me by spreading the word of kindness. You've come this far in your path to enlightenment and I only ask that you follow my lead and help others that are less fortunate never asking anything in return. Since you've learned this lesson, your life will be full of plentiful bounties. You will never go hungry and you will never be alone. Good luck on your travels, young son. May your life always be full."
The Fool nodded as he walked down the winding stairs to his next destination.
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Carly Fiorina breaks into song
Carly Fiorina, recently unveiled as Ted Cruz running mate, starts singing during a campaign event in Indiana. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: Carly Fiorina was so happy to be named U.S. presidential hopeful Ted Cruz's running mate, she broke into song during her acceptance speech. But the chorus that greeted her on social media was anything but complimentary. Cruz announced at a rally on Wednesday in Indianapolis that the former Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard would join his ticket. But the unveiling faced scorn on social media after she started to sing while addressing the crowd. "I know two girls that I just adore," crooned Fiorina, in reference to Cruz's two daughters, Caroline and Catherine. "I'm so happy I can see them more. 'Cuz we travel on the bus all day; we get to play." Twitter users reacted with bewilderment, mocking Fiorina over her singing. After suffering a series of crushing losses to Trump in nominating contests on Tuesday, Cruz praised Fiorina as a principled fighter for conservative values who knew how to create jobs and would be a valuable ally on the campaign trail.


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Based at Espiritu Santo, however, was Task Force SUGAR, commanded by Rear Admiral Norman Scott, and organized as follows:
2 heavy cruisers:
San Francisco, (F), Capt. Charles H. McMorris
Salt Lake City, Capt. Ernest G. Small
1 light cruiser:
Boise, Capt. Edward J. Moran
3 destroyers, Capt. Robert G. Tobin
Farenholt, Comdr. Eugene T. Seaward
Buchanan, Comdr. Ralph E. Wilson
Laffey, Lt. Comdr. William E. Hank
The Task Force as thus constituted was too small for effective operations against the enemy units likely to be encountered. It was augumented therefore by three other ships operating in the vicinity of Espiritu Santo: the light cruiser Helena (Capt. Gilbert C. Hoover), and the destroyers Duncan (Lt. Comdr. Ennis W. Taylor) and McCalla (Lt. Comdr. William G. Cooper).
If dispatched within the next few days, this force would, when off the southern shore of Guadalcanal, exert a protective influence on the left
flank of the Army convoy moving toward that island, even though not connected with the convoy in an operational sense.4 Since its creation as a separate unit on 20 September, it had engaged only in target practice.
Accordingly, Task Force SUGAR was ordered to sortie from Espiritu Santo on 7 October, and steam to a point in the neighborhood of Rennell Island, from which, upon receipt of air search information that enemy units were moving towards Guadalcanal, it would proceed to the Savo Island area in time to intercept them. Its stated mission was to "search for and destroy enemy ships and landing craft."
4 Troops and supplies from this convoy were disembarked at Guadalcanal without incident the afternoon of 13 October.
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|Georgia Gwinnett College
|Dorms at GGC
|"B" Building at GGC
But the biggest surprise, they have baseball now! The GGC Grizzlies will play their very first NAIA Collegiate Baseball game on 2/8/2013. So I made my way over to the new baseball field, the workers were hard at work building the stadium!
|34 days til first pitch!
I needed to get 10 miles for this walk in prep for a half marathon later this month, but the campus really wasn't big enough for that without looping. So after about 4.5 miles I headed over to Suwanee Greenway for the other 5.5 miles. The best part of the 10 miles today - no knee pain, none! This is good.


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One of the ways we get the best price is by shopping Amazon.com. They use computer algorithms to decide what to price their items at, and usually their algorithm undercuts pretty much everyone. I wouldn't want to compete against them as a company, but as a consumer, they are awesome to deal with. If they are not the best price on something, I can be assured that they are at least close.
Amazon Primehttp://www.amazon.com/gp/prime
When my wife first told me about this last year, it seemed like a horrible deal. 80 bucks a year just to save on shipping? It didn't seem like a good use of that money. And a clever nerd can often score free shipping just by hitting the right sales at the right sites. But she talked me into it, and we bought a Prime account.
Not Just Free Shipping
Before we got Prime, I thought that the only real benefit to us was going to be free shipping. Over the holidays, I had bought a bunch of stuff with all my Amazon gift cards. Most of my orders were over $25, so I got free shipping, which I just automatically figured was the same thing my wife had bought. Seemed like it was just a matter of keeping all my orders above $25, right?
Nope, most of my orders were taking up to 2 weeks to arrive, where my wife was getting hers in a few days. The quality of the shipping was clearly better. She was placing an order over the weekend and in some cases getting it delivered on a Monday. I was placing my order over the weekend and wondering if I was going to die of old age waiting for it.
No Minimum Order
This took a while to completely sink in. I'm a decently paid nerd. Coming up with $25 worth of stuff to buy so I could get the free shipping wasn't a big deal. But I found myself ordering fluff items to put me over. I have no proof, but I suspect part of their pricing algorithm is to maximize the fluff you have to buy to get the free shipping.
But then it hit me. It's almost the same as going to a local store. I can buy something for 99 cents and have it be here in a couple days. Was it something I liked? Yep, I buy a couple more for $1.98 and they are here in a couple days as well.
Share With Family
Amazon allows you to share your Prime account with up to 4 close family members. I always knew that they let you share Kindle books, but this is seriously awesome. If you have a flock of nerds (gaggle?) all shopping online, then they can sniff out your Prime account at 100 paces. But there's no need to put all their orders through you - now you can share!
Other Perks
There's other perks, some of which we use. They have a streaming service that presumably competes with Netflix. They also offer deals on Kindle books. The wife loves her Kindle Fire, and I know that she gets the full benefits. I am currently using a Netbook as a reader, but I appreciate that Amazon is stacking up value when they could have just stopped at the shipping benefits. Prime is 80 bucks well spent.
Prime has changed the way we buy almost everything. Items we wouldn't have considered buying online we now get through Amazon. Plus, it's really cool to know I'm getting next day air delivery on a pair of socks.


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Well, it's getting to be that time of year when I have increasingly more to share with you and increasingly less time in which to share it. But I had to share this. Can You Not is a PAC for white men, by white men, basically encouraging white men to step back from running against women and minority candidates in majority minority districts. From the site:
"Can You Not PAC was founded on the idea that while there are amazing groups doing great work to recruit and support women, people of color, and LGBTQ folks who are running for office, there was one small thing missing.
Can You Not PAC is a political action project that aims to dis/empower and dis/incline people in positions of privilege, specifically straight white men, from ambitions of running for office in progressive urban districts. We challenge brogressives and others to reject any notion that they are uniquely qualified or positioned to seek political office in districts that don't need them. As well-represented white dudes, we feel it is our obligation to know when to shut up and Not.
The Can You Not PAC was started by white men, for white men, asking white men that one important question: "Bruh, can you not?" We are happy to host interventions for the misguided bros in your life who looked in the mirror this morning and thought "yeah, it's gotta be me.""


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The ecommerce company Flipkart is a household name in India today which has made deeper inroads over the last few years across the country. The company, which claims to have come up with new payment model called Cash on Delivery (CoD), is now building artificial intelligence (AI) based products to fix challenges for its customers and sellers.
2015 was when the company set up a lab in the Silicon Valley with the aim to employ latest technologies for its datasets and gain insights on shopping behaviour of customers. F7 Labs over has been working to help Indian ecommerce giant improve its business processes and enhance shopping experience. The director of the lab, Mihir Naware, believes that "online commerce will soon become as easy and familiar as that of brick and mortar experience.''
The 10-member team of data scientists and data engineers of the lab is betting on data science and machine learning technologies to rethink ground up the challenge areas as their priorities.
The journey so far
The team say they have amassed a lot of fascinating insights on their customer behaviour –from the nature of their 'search queries to how they evaluate products before clicking the buy button. ''These insights have helped our product teams to optimize the experience for customers and sellers,'' says Jatin Chhugani, Principal Architect, F7 Labs.
Their AI-based model called, DeepInsight for instance, can extract 50 different features of an image while automating image processing for the entire catalogue of Flipkart. The insights are then conveyed back to their sellers to work on them.
''One problem we encountered is the difference in language usage of our customers. Compared to customers in the US or UK, the vocabulary used by our audience to express their sentiment is quite different,'' says Mihir. Given the current size of its audience, the company can't rely on manual moderation of reviews. They have developed a new NLP-powered algorithm which can generalize the search terms and phrases, including abbreviations. "We are now able to handle 100s of thousands of reviews with 98%+ accuracy,'' says Mihir.
The image optimization technique they call LightSpeed is another attempt by the lab to reduce the amount of data sent over the wire, which they say, is impacting 100M Indian customers. "For a typical browsing session, a user would save 500Kb – 1Mb data because of this improvement. In other words, customers can save 35% – 40% of image data,'' claims Mihir.
For the F7 Labs, there are a few things on the anvil. The team is working on a one-step process of information discovery on its platform. The goal of the initiative, called Mira, is to enable customers to express their desire in the most natural way possible. Users of Flipkart may soon get to see this in action, as ''this is closer to becoming a reality,'' says Jatin.
The company is working to come up with chat-bots, as Jatin hints at, to automate its customer interactions. The Lab plans to roll this feature over the next few months.


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Two of our former presidents, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, have been talking a lot about their views and feelings on Iraq. It would be nice if they took to speaking less and thinking more. They could start with an event in the latter years of Dwight David Eisenhower, a former president who knew how to do the job.
Forty-two years ago this spring, in April 1961, a young American president launched an amphibious invasion on a foreign shore. It was such a thorough failure that to this day the words "Bay of Pigs" are shorthand for "American military fiasco." The American-trained Cuban exiles who stormed the beaches of Cuba in hopes of liberating their homeland were, essentially, abandoned and left to die, denied the support they'd been promised by the U.S. government. Fidel Castro crushed them.
The Bay of Pigs invasion was badly planned, poorly executed and almost wildly unrealistic. (Months before it began former secretary of state Dean Acheson told JFK, in a private Rose Garden conversation, that you didn't need Price Waterhouse to figure out 1,500 guerillas aren't going to beat 25,000 Cuban regulars.) And yet after the invasion, when Kennedy both acknowledged the failure and took responsibility for it, he won the support of the American people. His approval rating jumped to 82%. He rallied. History, and his administration, went on.
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Do you remember or know how Kennedy's partisan and political foes responded to the crisis?
The Republican who'd lost the 1960 presidential election to Kennedy six months before and by less than a percentage point—and who had reason to believe that it may have been stolen—was invited to the White House. He didn't bring his resentments in his briefcase.
From Richard Reeves's "President Kennedy": " 'It was the worst experience of my life,' Kennedy said of the Cuban fiasco . . . to, of all people, Richard Nixon. . . . Kennedy wanted the symbolic presence and public support of both political friends and foes to show the nation and the world that Americans were rallying around the president, right or wrong."
Kennedy asked Nixon's advice. Nixon told him to do what he could to remove Castro and communism from Cuba. The meeting ended with Nixon telling JFK, "I will publicly support you to the hilt."
Kennedy and Nixon that day achieved something like "the kinship of competitors." Mr. Reeves writes. Nixon was good as his word, supporting the president and refusing to attack him.
Others did the same. New York's liberal governor Nelson Rockefeller and Arizona's conservative senator Barry Goldwater, both of whom thought they might run against Kennedy in the next election, met with him individually and gave the president their public support.
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But the most important backing Kennedy needed was that of his immediate predecessor, Dwight Eisenhower, who had led America through the previous eight years of relative peace and prosperity. He also knew something about amphibious invasions, as he had commanded the biggest in history, in June 1944, on the beaches of Normandy.
Eisenhower was not amused by what had just happened to his country. Called to Camp David, he dined with Kennedy, and then together they toured the grounds. It was on this walk that Ike delivered a stinging reprimand in which he challenged Kennedy's judgment, knowledge and understanding of the world.
Richard Reeves: "That was in private. In public, the two men came back from their walk to face the reporters and cameras. . . . Kennedy told reporters he had asked the General to visit him so he could 'get the benefits of his thoughts and experiences.' Eisenhower told the reporters, 'I am all in favor of the United States supporting the man who has to carry the responsibility for foreign affairs.' "
Ike supported Kennedy's leadership and refrained from making public criticisms. Later, when the smoke cleared and Eisenhower was dead, Kennedy staffers said that of course Eisenhower had to support Kennedy; the original idea of a Cuban exile force had been hatched while Ike was president. This was spin, and of a particularly disingenuous sort. Under Eisenhower—under every president—possible and contingency foreign-affairs initiatives are put forth and game planned. That's what governments do. It was Kennedy who, only weeks after his November election, told CIA director Allen Dulles that he wanted the agency to move forward on Cuban invasion plans. After he was in the White House he consented to and encouraged the plans, and personally tinkered with them, to their detriment.
Surely their conversation at Camp David strongly suggests that neither Kennedy nor Eisenhower considered the latter compromised by events. Quite the opposite, in fact. "Mr. President," Ike questioned him, "before you approved this plan did you have everybody in front of you debating the thing so you got the pros and cons yourself and then made the decision, or did you see these people one at a time?" Kennedy did not directly answer, and then said he'd just approved a plan recommended by the CIA and the Joint Chiefs.
Eisenhower challenged him: Had Kennedy changed any of the military plans? Yes, Kennedy said. How could you change plans after the Cuban exiles were already on their way to the beach? Kennedy said he was trying to keep U.S. involvement at a minimum, and meant to conceal that involvement in fears the Soviets would retaliate by moving on Berlin.
From Eisenhower a verbal smack. "That is exactly the opposite of what would really happen. The Soviets follow their own plans, when they see any sign of weakness they show their strength." JFK said he'd been advised not to show America's hand. Eisenhower hit back: American support, training, materiel and leadership would immediately be obvious to everyone. "How could you expect the world to believe that we had nothing to do with it?" He told Kennedy when America resorts to arms, "it must be a success."
Kennedy said that hereafter if he got into anything like this, "it is going to be a success."
"Well I am glad to hear that," Eisenhower snapped.
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The Bay of Pigs happened because JFK was a new president, inexperienced, and eager to show toughness.
But why did Eisenhower give him such public assistance and support? And why did the others?
Because it was another era. It was pre-Vietnam. To make partisan advantage out of an American failure would be classless, vulgar and most of all destructive. But it wasn't just the style of the times, it was their style. Ike and the rest showed support because they were fully mature and serious. They knew America was in trouble and they loved their country. So they put aside their own grievances and criticisms, put the country's needs ahead of their own, and showed the world unity.
They were, that is, patriots.
It is good to remember how badly shaken America's allies were. Historian and former Kennedy aide Arthur Schlesinger later wrote that in the beginning Kennedy had conveyed to Western Europe "an impression of United States foreign policy as mature, controlled, responsible, and, above all, intelligent." But now the New Frontier "looked like a collection not only of imperialists but of ineffectual imperialists—and, what was worst of all, of stupid, ineffectual imperialists." In "A Thousand Days" Mr. Schlesinger quotes as representative of European sentiment a statement in the Frankfurter Neue Presse: "Kennedy is to be regarded as politically and morally defeated." Italy's Corriere della Sera said that American prestige had, in a single day, collapsed.
And they were our friends.
This was bad for America, the West, and the world. A dangerous moment. But it was almost redeemed when America's leaders stood together, shoulder to shoulder, and showed the world we were not vulnerable and not weakened.
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You see where I'm going. We are not in the midst of a failed invasion; we are not on the ropes. But we are in a big fight, and our nation's prestige, credibility and leadership are very much on the line. Old friends attack us every day, new foes vow to give us a day that makes 9/11 seem like a picnic. Or so Saddam Hussein is said to have said. This would be a good time for unity, but that is impossible. Mr. Clinton is by nature a partisan and, deep down, an embittered one. Mr. Carter is a very nice, confused man of considerable vanity. Both of course have full rights of free speech and a right to their views.
But if they cannot offer unity, couldn't they offer discretion? Whatever their views, they should not put them forth in ways that undercut an administration that, right or wrong, is attempting to get a fair hearing from the world in order to take the steps it thinks necessary to make it safer from terror regimes.
Are we getting discretion from our former presidents? No. Mr. Carter is often most critical when outside our country. A few months ago he received the Nobel Peace Prize, and the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Gunnar Berge, announced that the honor "can also be interpreted as a criticism" of the Bush administration. Mr. Carter not only accepted the award under these circumstances; he used his speech to subtly cast doubt on the administration's actions and intentions regarding Iraq. Mr. Carter tours Europe giving help to those who oppose the American government's intentions; at his home in Georgia, he tells a British tabloid he admires its "Not in My Name" campaign to increase world opposition to the U.S. government.
Mr. Clinton, on the other hand, has taken to telling the world that "we should let Blix lead us to come together." Mr. Clinton calls Hans Blix, the chief U.N. weapons inspector, "a tough honest guy who is trying to find the truth." Does Mr. Clinton speak of the American president with such approbation? No. He treats President Bush with equal parts derision and faux sympathy.
He has taken to offering virtually minute-by-minute play-by-play on the administration's decisions, usually on cable. He seems to enjoy putting himself forward as the current president's obvious superior. He is more thoughtful, more experienced. He speaks from a great height.
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Why are Messrs. Clinton and Carter so careless? Don't they know that their behavior gives cover to foreign leaders as trying to block administration fortunes in the U.N. and elsewhere? Don't they know that it shows Saddam maybe he doesn't have to change, because America is torn and divided?
Why do they do this? A hunger for relevance, you say. A need for attention. Maybe. But those are personal needs and not worthy of a former president at a time of danger. One wonders: Does Mr. Clinton talk about Iraq and Osama so much because he is trying to hide in plain sight his own failures? He had eight years to get serious about them. He punted and dodged. The louder he talks now the more activist he seems then. But this is no time for legacy-spinning.
Messrs. Clinton and Carter might ponder that they themselves in their own times of crisis benefited greatly from the discretion of the presidents who preceded them, Mr. Carter at key moments during the Iran hostage crisis and Mr. Clinton at many points including—well, for a solid year during the Monica scandal, George Bush 41 was urged every day to speak out about what Bill Clinton had done to the presidency. And Mr. Bush wouldn't say boo. Would've been bad for the country, didn't want to make it worse.
Mr. Clinton and Mr. Carter are, truly, the anti-Ikes. They want their tongue lashings to be in public, for all the world to see. No matter the precariousness of the moment or the satisfaction of what foes in which caves.
Lucky for JFK he had Eisenhower. Lucky he didn't have them.


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Bushcraft and Nature Connection Stag Weekends
A stag party out in the woods! Can there be anything more primal? Shelter, fire, whittling, sneaking games in the dark, maybe some woodland football and a wild and wonderful foraged meal – a great way for a stag to spend quality time with his friends!
The final agenda is up for discussion, but the event outline below gives you an idea of what we end up doing most often:-
Afternoon arrival
Arrival usually about 3-4pm at camp/woodland. The large group tent will be up and the site ready for your stag party. The provided night shelter is a gorgeous 6m tentipi canvas tent that sleeps 12-15 – or you can make your own survival shelters and bivvis. All tarps and string provided. I also have other canvas bell tents that sleep 8, if you are a large group.
The first task is to get the group gathering space shelter up, or to make survival shelters (if you want to get a bit more primitive) and make the camp fire (by friction). The group shelter is a parachute we suspend from the trees above the fire pit – this keeps the worst of the weather off, but lets the smoke breathe through. Some companies will have all this ready, but I like the fact you get to create the place you will be spending time around the fire.
To make the fire by friction I give a demo, then let you lads split into teams and have a race to make your fire making kits, and get the fire going.
Once the fire is going, we get the food on. What we eat is up to you.
The options are:
- trout or salmon, cooked over the fire ( I will instruct you), with local, organic new potatoes and a salad – usually foraged)
- game stew – may include venison, pheasant, pigeon and rabbit, with local organic veg –depends on what is on offer from the local marksman
- burgers or sausages (local, organic), potato wedges and local organic veg salad.
After dinner some kind of night game in the woods, getting camo'ed up, sneaking about and avoiding the 'superpredator' with the supersoaker waterpistol. A change of clothes is advisable.
Optional finish of a quick round of Russian roulette between stag and best man, with hard boiled and one un-boiled egg!
Late night fire side – storytelling – yours or mine, tales from the group, music making, drumming, general chat, bevies, didgeridoo playing, etc –again actual agenda is up to you.
Next morning – fry up, or cereal, fresh coffee and fruit juice.
Possible morning activities – Wild food walk -(forage for wild edibles and medicinal plants), Woodland bling (making cordage, wooden medallions and beads) – a good one for making something for the bride!), Archery, Balance beam martial arts contest.
Departure –
After breakfast, or just before lunch. I can suggest local pubs and eateries.
Here is a slideshow of images from stag and hen do's recently:
Click here for a video on youtube of an example day out foraging with Chris Holland
Depending on the site there or length of the event may be a possibility of building a woodland sauna.
There is always some kind of primitive toilet, cold shower and tea making kit available all hours.
You supply the alcohol, which is best kept to a minimum!
I will always have someone around to keep the fire/hearth place of the camp safe.
You need to supply bedding and sleeping mats –though I do have a few sheepskins available.
There will usually be two or more wholeland staff on site to ensure your visit to the woods is fun and safe. We know when to slip into the background and don't order you around!
Groups of less than 8 – 1 night £135 per person (minimum charge £675). Two nights £190 per person.
Groups of 9 or more 1 night £125, two nights, £180.
Longer event price by arrangement.
and remember… I do team building and corporate events too.
From a Stag night up on Dartmoor that included wrestling in a stone circle… very primal!


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The latest announcement from http://www.usmle.org/announcements contained some significant changes relating to score reporting and the exam format for those taking the Step 1 exam over the next couple months. The update stated, "the target date for reporting Step 1 scores for most examinees testing the week of May 11th through late June will be Wednesday, July 8, 2015." So, if you need your Step 1 score prior to July 8, the USMLE recommends you take Step 1 no later than Friday, May 8, 2015.
Secondly, the number of Step 1 questions will decrease from 322 to 308. When this change occurs, around May 11th, the transition will probably take around 6 weeks; however, there may be some locations where the changes take slightly longer to complete. The following changes were included in the USMLE's announcement:
- "Scores on new and old forms will be comparable; the decrease in the number of items per form will be accounted for in scoring the examination results.
- The length of the examination day will remain unchanged. The test day will continue to be divided into seven 60-minute blocks, administered in one seven-hour testing session.
- The number of items per block will decrease from 46 to 44. There will be a total of 308 items on each examination. "
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Elliot Justham: 6.5 - Very little to do apart from pick the ball out of the net twice. Slow to react in the second half though when Wallace hit the post.
Michael Harriman: 6.5 - Got forward whenever possible on the right as Pompey stood off Town at times, and did a sound job defensively too.
Jake Howells: 6 - Return to left back in the absence of Griffiths but would have been frustrated that both goals came from crosses on his flank.
Luke Wilkinson: 6 - Had to walk a disciplinary tightrope from very early on after cleaning out Dunne. At fault for the opener too as centre half is still not back to his best since suspension.
Steve McNulty: 6 - Was warming to the task against Taylor until his afternoon was ended by a head injury as he didn't reappear for the second half.
Cameron McGeehan: 6.5 - Played further forward this time and seemed to relish his advanced role. Might have done better with one effort in the first half though.
Andy Drury (STAR MAN): 7 - Back in the side after spell on the bench and looked to enjoy his slightly deeper role. Tidy in possession and got Luton moving by switching play left and right.
Alex Lawless: 6.5 - First start since October as he continues to build up his match fitness. Was inches away with a magnificent 35-yarder.
Luke Guttridge: 6.5 - Another who was always trying to engineer opening but just couldn't break down a solid Pompey defence.
Shaun Whalley: 5.5 - Was found on the wing a number of times, but didn't make the most of his opportunities, as too often crosses were either blocked or overhit.
Mark Cullen: 5.5 - Got through plenty of running, but with Town's final ball lacking for most of the afternoon, didn't have many sights of goal.
Fraser Franks (SUB): 7 - Confident display from the defender who was brought on to replace McNulty after the break.
Paul Benson (SUB): 6 - Good to see him back out in a Luton shirt after his broken leg, but had barely any service to work with.
Nathan Oduwa (SUB): 7.5 - Looked very lively from the second he came on and gave Portsmouth's back-line plenty of headaches. Must be due a start soon.
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Biochemical regulation of Bradyrhizobium japonicum during symbiotic development.
Biochemical and genetic regulation of the metabolic processes that are required for symbiotic nitrogen fixation is the focus of this research program. Rhizobium-leguminous plant symbioses are unique associations in which both the bacteria and the plant undergo complex metabolic and morphological changes. My laboratory is attempting to identify these processes and to elucidate the mechanisms by which these changes are controlled. The primary goal is to determine which factors, genetic and/or biochemical, limit nitrogen fixation and thus plant growth and development. After these limitations are defined, the appropriate generic alterations will then be attempted to enhance plant productivity.
A recent focus of the laboratory has been the elucidation of malate metabolism by the symbiotic form of B. japonicum which are referred to as bacteroids and the role of alanine excretion by bacteroids. Malate is the primary compound provided to the bacterorid by the plant and is believed to be metabolized via the citric acid cycle, but we have shown that neither α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase nor isocitrate dehydrogenase are required for symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Thus, the pathway of malate metabolism to provide energy for reduction of atmospheric dinitrogen remains to be determined. Recently, we have shown that alanine, not ammonium, is the principle nitrogen compound provided to the plant by the bacteroid. The metabolism of B. japonicum is being characterized via DNA microarray and proteomic analysis.
Jeon JM, Lee HI, Donati AJ, So JS, Emerich DW, Chang WS. Whole-genome expression profiling of Bradyrhizobium japonicum in response to hydrogen peroxide. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2011 Dec;24(12):1472-81. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-03-11-0072.
Sarma A.D., Oehrle N.W., Emerich D.W. Plant protein isolation and stabilization for enhanced resolution of two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Anal. Biochem. 379 (2): 192-5 (2008).
Oehrle N.W., Sarma A.D., Waters J.K., Emerich D.W. Proteomic analysis of soybean nodule cytosol. Phytochemistry. 69 (13): 2426-38 (2008).
Chang W.S., Franck W.L., Cytryn E., Jeong S., Joshi T., Emerich D.W., Sadowsky M.J., Xu D., Stacey G. An oligonucleotide microarray resource for transcriptional profiling of Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 20 (10): 1298-307 (2007).
N.W. Oehrle, L.S. Green, D.B. Karr and D.W. Emerich. The HFC/HCFC breakdown product of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and its effects on the symbiosis between Bradyrhizobium japonicum and soybean (Glycine max). Soil Biol. Biochem. 36:333-342 (2004).
D.B. Karr, N.W. Oehrle and D.W. Emerich. Recovery of nitrogenase from aerobically isolated soybean nodule bacteroids. Plant and Soil. 257:27-33 (2003).
L.S. Green, J. K. Waters, S. Ko, and D.W. Emerich. Comparative analysis of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum sucA region. Can. J. Microbiol. 49:237-243 (2003).


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Monday, May 27, 2013
17 comments:
- Linda said...
And to YOU, my Dear! It's good to spend a little bit of time reflecting on this day and why it is so precious to we Americans! I was watching the Faces of the Fallen Memorial this morning on the news. Five inch portrait squares of fallen heroes all painted by different artists. Sometimes we forget......and we should NEVER forget!!
You inspired me with your red/white and blue decorations! I am on my last cup of coffee and will be going up in the attic! By afternoon you will be able to tell we are PATRIOTIC Americans around here!
PS....98 degrees up there today? Oh, MY!!!
- May 27, 2013 at 9:49 AM
- Shirley said...
Hi Bj, We thank all of those who have served for our country. We do miss those who gone before us and pray for those who continue to serve for our country. It is a rainy stormy day here in our part of the country. Hopefully it will have a break in time to have the program honoring our soldiers. I enjoyed your previous post and yes we do miss our dads. Have a great day. Hugs and Prayers from your Missouri Friend
- May 27, 2013 at 9:51 AM
- Irene said...
Oh BJ I love a man in uniform. Your dad looks so handsome. Thank you for sharing him with us, especially on this Memorial Day.
- May 27, 2013 at 9:57 AM
- LV said...
A nice tribute to your dad. Mine was never in the service. Had lots of family members that were tho. Fortunately, only one killed in action.
- May 27, 2013 at 10:56 AM
- Auntie sezzzzzz... said...
We Remember...
- May 27, 2013 at 11:47 AM
- Marina Pérez said...
What a beautiful post! I love it!
- May 27, 2013 at 12:08 PM
- Cheryl @ TFD said...
Wonderful photos of your dad! My dad wasn't in the service, but my FIL served in WWII and his brother was a prisoner of war for 3 yrs in the Korean War. My hubby is a Vietnam veteran. Many other relatives served, but thankfully all of them made it safely home. Unlike those precious souls we honor today. My hubby certainly saw many fellow soldiers killed in action and 2 from his small hometown didn't make it home. So sad. We will never forget!!
Have a lovely day. We've had nothing but rain and more rain here today, but we're trying to make the best of it!
- May 27, 2013 at 12:28 PM
- Annesphamily said...
Such a dear tribute! I love your beautiful photos. I am so grateful to our military ,those that are here and those that have gone before us. I hope your day is wonderful. How are you since your move?
- May 27, 2013 at 1:55 PM
- Kathleen Grace said...
A big thank you to your father and all the other men and women who have served their country and sacrificed so much. We don't do enough for them!
Happy Memorial Day:>)
- May 27, 2013 at 2:56 PM
- Stacy said...
A lovely tribute to you dad ~ those photos are treasures!
- May 27, 2013 at 4:36 PM
- Happier Than a Pig in Mud said...
Happy Memorial Day BJ! Hope it was a great one:@)
- May 27, 2013 at 4:51 PM
- Love Of Quilts said...
Happy Memorial Day!
- May 27, 2013 at 5:22 PM
- Designs By Pinky said...
Beautiful tribute to your Dad. My dad was a photographer in the war. I have some historicasl photos that he took. I don't remember him, sadly, he died when I was 4 years old. I have missed him for all my life. XO, pinky
- May 27, 2013 at 7:33 PM
- xinex said...
What a sweet tribute to your dad, BJ. Happy Memorial Day! Come meet my newest grandbaby, sister of the twins....Christine
- May 27, 2013 at 8:12 PM
- Kathleen said...
Very sweet, BJ. Hope your day was grand!
- May 27, 2013 at 9:31 PM
- YamYam said...
I hope You have a great day- what wonderful pictures of Your dad.
Thank You for sharing it.
I lived at Mainz/Wiesbaden some years ago and there I had a car accident when I was pregnant-one very very nice American soldier helped me first-he was so lovely,friendly and so I was not afraid-he still went with the ambulance to the hospital with me and waited there till my husband arrived- every year I remember him and asking me,if he is still alive.
Sorry my English is not so good-so I hope You´ll understand me...
- May 28, 2013 at 9:10 AM
- Marydon said...
Never to forget! Love your Dad's pictures, BJ ... so lucky to have so many of him in the service.
- May 28, 2013 at 10:19 AM


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Time flies and the Doctor Who Season 7 Part 2 premiere has snuck up on us. I almost forgot about our good Doctor but noticed the uptick in searches on the site for "Doctor Who Season 7″. Well, it's a busy TV weekend with the Walking Dead finale and the Game of Thrones premiere both on Sunday. The premiere Doctor Who episode, "The Bells of Saint John", will be broadcast on BBC America on Saturday, March 30th at 8 PM / 7 PM Central. For those cord cutters or trimmers out there in time and space, the episode will also be available for download or to stream the next day on Amazon Instant Video, iTunes and VUDU.
This season picks up after the Christmas special, "The Snowmen". The Snowmen reintroduced the Doctor's new companion, Jenna-Louise Coleman who also starred in the season 7 part 1 premiere, "The Asylum of the Daleks". To get you excited for the episode, I've included the prequel to the Bells of St. John as well as the trailer for the season itself. Thankfully, this half season is a solid eight episodes. Hopefully, we'll have a rich, complex plot worthy of Doctor Who's 50th anniversary. As an extra bonus, I 've added the teaser trailer for the 50th anniversary special which is a great retrospective of all eleven Doctors. So, ready your sonic screwdriver and enjoy the premiere.
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