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Plastic bottle plant pots
Find another use for your plastic bottles while spend quality time with your child by creating these plastic bottle plant pots! Reading and following instruction skills will help develop your child's reading and communication skills.
Single-use plastic is in the spotlight at the moment – it's littering our cities and harming creatures that live in the ocean. Find another use for your plastic bottles while spend quality time with your child by creating these fab plastic bottle plant pots!
You will need:
- A clean, empty two litre bottle
- A small succulent plant
- A pencil
- Thick glass paint in two colours
- A paintbrush
- Permanent marker pens
- Scissors
- A ruler
- Any decorations you would like, such as glitter glue or googly eyes
- Take a marker pen and draw a straight line around the perimeter of the bottle, about 9.5cm from the base
- Draw the outline of your animal's ears, going upwards from the horizontal line. They should be long and oval-shaped for a bunny, short and triangular for a pig or semi-circular for the outlines of a frog's eyes
- Put the discarded plastic from the top half of the bottom in your recycling bin
- Ask an adult to cut around along the line and around the animal's ears
- Paint two coats of your chosen colour of glass paint with a thick paint brush, letting it dry in between coats
- Paint the features of your animal on the pot
- Take your small plant pot and place it in your new animal holder
- Display in your home for everyone to see your environmentally-friendly creation!


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As Mandela Month kicks off, the Boikanyo Foundation has started an initiative to raise funds for children with congenital heart disease.
The Foundation has partnered with the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital in Parktown, Johannesburg, to assist critical cases in need of surgery.
Congenital heart disease is a condition undetected in newborns.
The life-saving surgery is costly and many succumb to the condition.
Cardio-thoracic Surgeon, Dr Krubin Naidoo says 11 000 children in South Africa alone are born with the heart condition.
"11 000 kids are born in SA alone with congenital heart disease. A quarter will get cardiology. Most will die. It is the commonest heart disease. A lot of these congenital present as newborns are misdiagnosed and not referred onto a more dedicated centre. Those children will die unless they receive treatment in the first few weeks of life."
Surgery costs R50 000 and Dr Naidoo says that the demand is high.
"One of four patients are getting to our attention and the rest are not. Even if they are picked up, they go on to a waiting list and the list goes onto 100. What happens in that time, patients that are treatable become untreatable. Some cases that are simple can become complex. They become worse."
Alex Standiland from the Boikanyo Foundation says it is important for them to save lives.
"A congenital heart defect is a curable disease. However, kids on government waiting lists are dying because they are not getting that surgery timeously. So, it was important for us to save lives. We needed to do something big."
The team will leave South Africa for Romania on July 14th on a VW Beetle and will trek through 12 countries before arriving at its destination in Romania.

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Here's How Much Your Old Phone Is Worth on eBay
Selling your phone on eBay is a great option, whether you're looking to earn money towards purchasing a new smartphone or just looking to clear out your junk drawer. As much as you'd like to offload your unused cellphones as fast as possible, you also want to make the most money possible when selling them — which is where the Instant eBay Voucher program comes in handy.
The way the program works is simple: First, make sure your phone is on the list of eligible models (the list is on their website and includes more than a dozen makes). Then, answer a few prompts about the model, carrier, and condition of your phone. If everything meets the program's requirements, you'll get an offer for an Instant eBay Voucher. Once you accept, send your phone to the specified location where it will be inspected. If it passes muster, the voucher will be credited to your account, and you can use it for all future eBay purchases.
For example, a used black 32-GB iPhone 7 on Verizon that's in excellent condition and comes with the cable and charger is worth $228. It still pays (literally!) to do your research and compare that quote with other sites. However, if you want the phone off your hands ASAP, then the Instant eBay Voucher program isn't a bad deal.
Obviously, the downside to this program is that you'll be paid in the form of an amount credited to your eBay account, rather than your bank account. However, if you're an avid eBay user (it's a great place to buy and sell knickknacks from your childhood that are worth a lot of money today), a voucher and a credit in your bank account are all the same to you.
With Christmas coming up, why not treat yourself to a new phone? Your kids and grandkids surely be impressed.
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makes one 8″ round cake
for ginger-pecan cake:
- 1 cup (140 gr) All purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (60 gr) toasted pecans, finely ground
- 1/2 tspn salt
- 1 1/2 tspn baking soda
- 30 gr (1 oz) fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
- 1 cup (200 gr) lightly packed dark brown sugar
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, at room temperature
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tspn vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease and flour the bottom and sides of the cake pan, and line the bottom with parchment paper. If desired, use bake-even strips.
- Whisk together the flour, toasted and ground pecans, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a mixer bowl, combine the grated ginger, brown sugar, and butter. Cream on medium until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add the eggs one at a time to the butter mixture, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract.
- Add the flour mixture in two batches, alternating with the whole milk. Beat well after each addition, but do not overmix.
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Smooth the top with the back of a spatula if necessary. Bake for ~60 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out cleanly. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes before removing from the pan and cooling completely.
for brown sugar frosting:
- 2 1/2 Tbspn All Purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/2 tspn vanilla extract
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
- 1/2 cup (50 gr) dark brown sugar
- Combine the flour and milk in a small saucepan and cook, whisking constantly, over medium heat until the mixture thickens considerably. Remove from heat and let cool completely. Stir in the vanilla.
- In a mixer bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy and the sugar is no longer grainy. Beat in the flour and milk mixture.
- Spread over cake.
for topping:
- 2 large peaches, sliced
- Arrange the peach slices atop cake.


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Sunday, July 29, 2007
U.S. Med Students Study For Free In Cuba?
Here we go again with the media fawning all over this propaganda! I have several questions here concerning this piece, why do the medical students who went to Cuba only have to take the medical board exams to practice in the U.S.? Every state is different, but all dentist and doctors from foreign institutions are usually required to attend a program which usually last several years and THEN pass both parts of the national boards. Why not the Americanos who studied in apartheid Cuba? Why are they given preferential treatment? If the medicine is so great and its home to the largest medical schools in the Americas, why don't these eight students stay in Cuba and practice?
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Good question. I have a friend who was an ear, nose, and throat specialist in Cuba. This person sought asylum here (US) and isn't able to practice. They would have to attend that program and pass the state boards in order to do so.
As for these 'Norte Americanos' what would they say if they came back here and found out to their horror that their diplomas weren't worth the paper they were printed on. It would serve them right.
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I apologise for the lack of posts recently. There has been so much going on that I haven't found the time to report on events that have happened, and yes, there have been some events that have been happening recently.
Puyo Puyo Tetris PC:
Following the PC launch of Puyo Puyo Tetris on February 27th, a PuyoGB member led the way in creating a topic on Steam for everyone to post any bugs and issues they were having. This was picked-up by Sega Europe themselves who have thanked everyone for their feedback and bug reports that they have released two game patches within the space of four weeks. Sega Europe continue to urge players for their feedback on any bugs they might have missed, and are forever grateful for the support you've shown.
#PuyoGBOpen kick-starts online competition:
The first major online tournament for Puyo Puyo Tetris took place on March 2nd with the PuyoGB Open Invitational. The tournament was setup to be primarily a Swap Rules tournament with a players agreement to switch to a straight Puyo or Tetris battle should they wish. Players from across four continents attended the tournament which, despite some technical hiccoughs, was largely a success! Legendary Australian player Yoshi100_Aus won the tournament, with Arcade Puyo Veteran Puyomaha taking second, and French Tetris Grand Master Doremy finishing third!
Tournament Results.
#PuyoGBOpen Stream (YouTube).
The expansion of PuyoGB:
Our PuyoGB Discord has grown considerably since the last update, which is now home to over 100 members, including some like-minded fans from overseas. Due to this, the admins of the Discord have appointed three Moderators to help improve and facilitate the welcoming environment created by all of our members. We are now aiming to hold a raffle for when we reach 100 British Players, so if you're from the UK and want to take part in the raffle, please join our Discord channel!
On top of this, the newfound expansion for PuyoGB is beginning to open up more areas for us to target for our tours. Our Promoters and fellow players are looking to help spread the game and its reach at gaming centres and events to further cement and solidify Puyo Puyo as an eSport in the UK. If you want to help out with this, please contact us on Twitter, or email firstname.lastname@example.com, and don't forget to join our Discord too!
Future PuyoGB Tournaments:
As PuyoGB continues to grow and develop, there will be more opportunities for people to take part in both online and offline tournaments.
For online tournaments, PuyoGB is starting to move towards running various types of tournaments that match closely with the offline metagame standard. On Saturday March 31st, we are going to host our first Power Ranking tournament that should lay the foundation for player seeds across the board. This will be a Puyo Only tournament that will use the PC version of Puyo Puyo Tetris, and we welcome all UK players of all skills to take part, as this will help us lay the foundation for a three-tier system dedicated to Beginners, Intermediates and Pro Players alike. Click here for details.
Also, following the success of the #PuyoGBOpen, we are going to be holding various tournaments on a weekly or fortnightly basis, again hoping to utilise not just the PC version of Puyo Puyo Tetris, but also the Switch and PS4 versions, and Puyo Puyo Chronicle on the 3DS. For Puyo Puyo Tetris, we are pleased to announce that we are adopting the Mixed Doubles VS format for Team Tournaments. We began a small tournament to see if it would garner any interest or success and are happy to announce that it went down very well. Our maiden tournament might have only seen six teams compete across Double Elimination on March 17th, but will undoubtedly grow as players look to build further. It also provides an excellent platform for more tournaments to crop-up!
For offline tournaments, we are still trying to get in contact with various events organisers to inquire about prices for stalls and equipment. Following-on from the Kotaku UK article, and after receiving the backing of Sega Europe, Kei is continuing to push forward communications with events to help establish and co-ordinate tournaments that will offer prizes. We're still keen on attending MCM Manchester for a tournament, but have recently been given a lead which may prove to be a great stepping stone for laying the foundations further!
The success of the tournaments at PC Gamer Weekender, Battles in Glasgow and GEEK in Margate proved to be a good launching pad, and we are pleased to announce that Sega Europe donated a Puyo Puyo Tetris PC Steam Key as a prize to those that won the tournaments. As the winners of BiG and GEEK already pre-ordered the game, the runners-up of both tournaments won the keys.
Thank you to everyone who took part in these tournaments, and to our hosts who allowed us to take part throughout. We garnered interest from these events, with some attendees joining our community, and I know that through collaboration with other gaming clubs and societies, together, we can continue to grow the PuyoGB community and take that one step closer to making Puyo Puyo an eSport in the UK!
Sega Japan hosts its inaugural Puyo Puyo Cup Tournament:
Finally, we are happy to confirm and report that Sega Japan, after registering with the Japan eSports Union (JESU), have announced a Puyo Puyo tournament for the professional Japanese eSports players to participate in.
The tournament will take place during #SegaFes on April 14-15 at Akihabara, Tokyo. Participants are required to register by March 23rd, with the tournament check-in scheduled from 11:00 JST on April 14th. From 12:00-17:00 JST, all the preliminary rounds will be concluded, with the top players from those rounds taking part in the Finals on April 15th. The tournament will be played using Puyo Only on Puyo Puyo Tetris for PS4, and Sega have allowed participants to bring their own controllers.
The winner of the tournament will walk away with 1,000,000 yen (Approx. £6500). Second place wins 500,000 yen (£3250), third and fourth win 100,000 yen (£675), and fifth wins 50,000 yen (£338.50). All details here (Japanese website).
I must admit, the urge to fly to Japan, register, and take out some players for a chance to win that money is strong, and I'm sure I'm not the only one that's attracted by this tournament to do the same, but these are exactly the kind of tournaments we are looking to run! I know we're still a long way away from something even remotely close to that, but as long as we keep working together and pushing collaboration forward, a tournament like the above could well happen outside of Japan!
Wouldn't that be exciting?


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Hans van der Velden has created the Arcangeli Boats Website for the purpose of documenting the history of these beautiful classic boats. The following is based on excerpts and photos from his Website, and are used with his permission. Kudos from boatXchg.com to Hans van der Velden for developing this fascinating and comprehensive Website focusing on Giuliano Arcangeli and his Arcangeli Boats..
Carlo Riva once said, "Riva is like Rolls Royce; Arcangeli is like Bentley."
Giuliano Arcangeli, was born an Italian citizen in 1923. He started his nautical experience as a teenager on Lake Iseo, together with Serafino Riva. He moved to Switzerland to start his career at Cantieri Pedrazinni, manufacturer of Pedrazzini boats, where he learned his craft. He later worked at Cantieri Riva, manufacturer of Riva Boats.
In 1958, Giuliano began building his own motorboats on Lake Iseo (Lago d'Iseo) in Lombardy, Italy. In the same year, he started the boat construction company known as Arcangeli & C with his friend Giovanni Besenzoni. Giuliano took care of the woodworking while Giovanni handled the technical side of the business.
In 1960, they built a new shipyard in Sarnico, a municipality in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, about 44 miles northeast of Milan and about 12 miles east of Bergamo, at the southern end of Lake Iseo, where they employed approximately 60 people. In the early years, they produced about 70 boats per year; later increasing that to approximately 120 boats per year.
In 1963, they built the Jolly model with an outboard engine, followed by open runabouts: Super Jolly, Labrador, Commander, and Enrico. They also built Sebino cabin cruisers.
By 1965, Arcangeli Boats had representation in Germany and France, and they exhibited at leading fairs in Europe, including Milan and Genoa in Italy, as well as France and Germany. In those years, they built approximately 1,500 Arcangeli boats, of which only about 100 remain today worldwide.
In 1968, due to the national economic crisis, the Arcangeli shipyard closed forever.
In 1970, Giuliano Arcangeli moved to Salò near the seat of the city where he started a boat yard on Lake Garda for the restoration of Rivas. During the late-Seventies and early-Eighties, Giuliano's son Alberto joined the yard, which he currently manages, operating as Arcangeli Centro Nautico Salo.
At this point, nothing remains of the Arcangeli shipyard, nor any of its documentation or drawings. It is said that Giuliano Arcangeli himself destroyed all the plans, photos, and anything else left in the yard because of his disappointment at the closing of his business. Today, the boats are all that is left, approximately 80 to 100 worldwide.


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i know that a have some impulses. i'm not proud of them, i even wish i could control them, but it seems all i can do is remember them and how much danger i was in.
i have better control of them now and if i can't control them i lose a few choices, because i submit to a Dom. i'd rather lose those choices than continue what i was doing. i'm doing better because of my Dom. i didn't understand at first that he was helping me, not like i understand now. There are some things i won't do again and some things that i struggle with not doing again, but i no longer feel as though my life is out of control and i'm lost in the chaos. i didn't know that i could be doing as well as i am now, but i'm still so far from where i'm headed. i don't even know where i'm headed. i know the direction, i know it's far off, and i know it's better than where i am now.
i don't tell people i was molested just that one time when i was 16, what does it matter? i feel bad for even thinking about it or having flashbacks because people have been through worse, what right do i have to be upset about nearly being raped just one time by a man i hoped would become my stepfather? Maybe it was that point that i figured that men would just take what they want or that maybe i should give it to them. Except it's not simply a thought, it's been engraved upon me somehow as if i were branded with it. i had my first encounter at 17 when a guy followed me home and wanted to talk, so i invited him in. He attempted to seduce me while my mother was in a heavily medicated sleep from 9pm until sunrise. i became scared when he said he wanted to stick it in, because i didn't know that was meant to happen. When he wouldn't stop trying to remove my pants i'd told him to leave or i'd scream. i knew my mother wouldn't wake up, but he didn't know that. He left, i showered and got ready for school as usual, and i never saw him again. After i had given my virginity to whom i chose, i was no longer held back. When men on the street called to me i answered and when they asked if i wanted to watch them cum, i followed them and watched, but afterwards i would make my escape. i had also taken rides from unknown men when offered, but i don't anymore, because men wanted favors or thought they could pay me.
The age of 21 is when my active obsession with men started. It actually started at 17, and i had an encounter at that age, but i did nothing actively until i was no longer a virgin. At 21 a friend who was at least 5 years older and i would go to the library and use the computers there to go to chat rooms and have sexual conversations. i went with her to meet someone she met online and we posed nude, that's all that happened. i was about 3 months pregnant at the time. At 24 i followed a man that offered me a job, but found out he was offering prostitution and i turned it down. When he learned who my boyfriend was, he left me alone, i had no indication he was ever going to try anything, he just seemed scared. At 26 i started college and had very sexual conversations with people on the bus which they initiated somehow and i had no shame, i was just being honest. A few years later i had a computer and went online. i had a gaming messenger and was only interested in talking about games, but received some messages from guys interested in sex chat and i blocked every guy that immediately started talking that way. There was one guy that didn't talk that way and we were friendly before he started. We messaged as friends, but also sexually, so i was drawn back in. i accepted every friend invitation that came to Skype or GTalk. i was also messaging another guy and did Skype video with him once or twice, but don't remember what we did, although i suspect it was sexual. i did video on Skype with strangers. And did sexual rp on GTalk that often lasted up to 4 hours.
i had stopped for a long while and lived in a world apart from everyone else, i couldn't grasp reality or even cope with it. i had found experienceproject.com where i could share stories. i shared and read stories, but i got sexual messages and did as guys wished with rp, cybersex, or watching them cum on video. Online i was drawn to anything a guy wanted to do, but had no confidence in doing any of it. i had posted stories about wanting some structure in my life so i could resemble a functioning and responsible person. So i got a few volunteers to help with that. (Skipping the first volunteer whom i was in contact with for 3 months about 2 years ago.) There were a few i tried, but they didn't actually help and only wanted to be sexual. i had met someone whom wasn't sexual. We had talked alot and there was nothing sexual. After days i had asked him to become my Dom. He had already known some of what i was dealing with from reading my stories. i had let Sir Dave know that i didn't want to do those sexual things anymore, but that i couldn't control it. On Day 2 of having Sir Dave i was already grounded from Skype because i was being manipulated there. i had meant to behave a lot longer. After about a week i had given him access to all of my social accounts. i'd been supervised previously (2 years ago) and i needed that. i tell him everything that's going on and he trusts me because i haven't lied, i've just always been happy with being honest and i can't deal with guilt very well. Despite my honesty, Sir Dave still checks my accounts because i'm not aware of being lured into those past situations until it's too late to avoid them. i always suspect that a guy wants something, but i make no judgments. i'm not allowed to add anyone to any account without permission and people seeking sexual interaction are blocked by him or by me. i'd been glad when he started blocking people, because when i do so it hurts my heart. i've slipped up a few times by being unable to stop talking to men i'm not allowed to talk to. Sometimes i get stuck in a conversation with a random guy and i love that i can let Sir Dave know that i'm on the verge of being in trouble and that he'd help me out of it. i do have the problem of feeling unable to ignore messages, but i have ignored a few of them that i felt were headed for trouble. i'm not allowed to delete any messages and that's okay because i'm not trying to hide anything. i tell guys that Sir Dave doesn't allow the things that they desire, i'm glad that i don't have to make that choice, i don't trust myself to make that choice.
The rules and guidelines he's given me don't just cover how to deal with other guys, but other struggles i deal with everyday. i understand everything so much better when with him, i don't feel alone, and i don't feel afraid. i feel capable of things i've never considered before and i feel more responsible. i feel from him the strength and motivation to do what i need to do and i've never felt that before. i feel that he has an inescapable hold on me and someone needs to have that hold, because i often don't have the self control or the motivation. That hold is never greater than when i hear his voice and then i feel capable of anything. Why do i start to get irritable if i don't hear his voice everyday? When he scolds me, why do i feel better instead of worse? Why do i feel so much more secure with the restrictions he's placed upon me? He makes me feel comfortable doing the things i should have been doing, but was afraid to fail at doing. Sir Dave has said that i should always be polite to my husband and that's difficult alot of times, but i'm happy when i finally get it right. i had never been guided before, i can't remember ever having any guidance at all. What i have with Sir Dave is alot better than feeling invisible and now i'm sorry that i ever felt that nothing i do matters, i have fallen behind everyone else and i think that maybe i can catch up. I'm in the process of catching up. i had asked my husband to fill the very same role and i had ended up feeling lost. i'm not lost anymore and is there any reason to go back to where i was when where i am and where i'm going are so much better?
It's not an accident that i use lowercase pronouns. i painstakingly do it on purpose. i'm allowed to talk to one other Dom. i begged for that exception because my female friend suggested i talk to her Dom. And my curiosity took over. So i talk to Sir Brian maybe once or twice a week. i hide nothing. i have always told Sir Dave about receiving an email and i have forwarded them to him as requested. Sir Brian had told me that i should be using lowercase letters and i apologized if i had insulted him. i have done so ever since. i do it everywhere now even in texts to my family. No one knows what it means, they don't need to know. i know what it means and i'm proud to identify myself in this way.
It might be surprising to know that all of my 5 kids are by my husband and that i've had only 2 sex partners. This has been the best i could do with resisting situations, my very best. My husband knows only that i was molested. i've been told not to tell him anything more. i managed to get out of every situation safely, but now i don't feel so lucky. i survived without guidance, i'm still here. Now i'm grateful that i have Sir Dave, i'm ready to face my fears and LIVE.


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Guided by a belief in the power of communities, the Fund leverages public and private resources, advances learning, and guides policy change to accelerate and scale an equitable and just economic transition—from the ground up.
To address the energy transition challenge, the Fund utilizes a new philanthropic approach—acting as both a grantmaker and nonprofit innovator—to help scale community-based economic and workforce development models that create a pathway to prosperity for coal workers and communities. Through direct, grantmaking investments we're improving the effectiveness of the field and creating innovative funding streams for transition projects to accelerate communities' ability to respond. By arming the field with technical assistance and specialized resources, we're identifying replicable strategies and solutions to bring new 21st Century economic development models to coal communities.
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How do you measure a height of exactly 560,08 meters? Is the mountain higher with cow dung on top? And – where on earth is this mountain?
No sign indicates the country's highest mountain. We have to trust our mobile phone and the navigation system of the camping car. It's another mountain we can "drive through". I long for the day we can finally pack our trekking bags and our topographic maps and can start with the real mountaineering!
I did imagine our project very differently. Since days, we sit in the car and the longest distance we have walked to far was inside a gigantic supermarket.
Kneiff makes no exception- we can drive almost to the top, we only have to stroll 20 meters across the cow paddock.
No wonder that the Luxembourger often quote the Burgplatz near the picturesque village of Huldingen as their highest point.
At Kneiff, there is really nothing extraordinary. The only thing worth mentioning are maybe the wind turbines of the largest wind farm in Luxembourg. Around 20% of the country's electricity is covered by wind energy, in Germany, it's less then 10%.
At least, there are no other people in sight and for the first time during the journey, we can fly our drone- 5 minutes long, then it starts to rain again.
How much bad luck can we have?
The hill is inside the nature Reserve Our in the Ardennes mountain range, a place well known for its oak forest, brimming with wildlife and habitat for the rare wild cat and hazel grouse.
But with this weather, I also would not dare to put my paws, respectively my claws outside. We decide to say goodbye to the last Grand Duchy of Europe and to the bad weather. We want sunshine, let's go South! There, our next "lowest high mountains" are waiting for us.
Don't forget to check out the icons on top of the page, we look forward to continue our journey with you in a couple of weeks!


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Re: A proposal to bring together the conlang communities
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I've been reading with much interest the posts on
Sai's proposal to have a unified prescence for the
conlanging community. At the risk of wading into the
debate, I'll add my thoughts...(sans snips from
previous posts...It would appear most everyone has an
idea of the original and subsequent issues raised).
1) A unified wiki/blog/list etc:
I, personally, think this is a great idea. While I
agree that we are a diverse community with diverse
interests and inclinations, we all share at least one
aspect IMHO: an interest in how language works and how
language components can be manipulated in an
artificial environment, whether this environment is
Middle-earth, outer space, a peaceful integrated real
Earth (where everyone speaks "our" favorite auxlang),
in our own con-world, or just the environment in our
own heads. Having a "one-stop shop," so to speak,
would have a two-fold benefit: aspiring conlangers (or
simply interested lay people) could be directed there;
experienced conlangers could more easily keep updated
on developments within the community. As I see it, the
interested aspiring conlanger would be able to taste
all that conlanging has to offer, take a bite of
everything, and decide what they like or don't
like...oo, that spicy engelang was tasty! I think
we've discussed the fragmentation/Balkanization of
conlanging on this list before, and I, for one, am a
proponent of the "big tent" theory. I was not around
then, but I understand the fear of "flame wars" with
auxlangs, but it certainly sounds like it was a lively
list back then. My upcoming exhibit (post coming soon
again) on conlangs includes everything from Esperanto
to Elvish and everything in-between. That is what I
would envision for the omnibus wiki/site/etc.
2. A conlang journal
Personally, I think a PDF journal would be the way to
go. It certainly cuts down on costs (printing,
postage, etc.) and still allows for a nice
professional printing if desired. E-journals
definitely seem to be the trend anyway. I'm still a
little daunted by the "journal" concept however. And
what would the audience be. Would we be preaching to
the choir or would we look to expand the readership to
a general audience (albeit one linguistically
inclined). I believe I remember reading content would
include book reviews as well. I may be putting the
cart before the horse, but just something to think
- Don
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Posted on October 27, 2012, in Café, Fairtrade, North Balwyn, Organic, Roasting, Urban Social and tagged A1 Customer Service, Café, Coffee, Coffee Beans, Coffee Roasting, Excellent, Latte Review, Melbourne - Eastern Suburbs, Ristretto. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
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Autosport International is a key event for every business operating in the motorsport industry, with every specialist company in attendance it is a great opportunity to network with likeminded people who are passionate about the sector. Of course for Moorgate Motorsport it's a no brainer, with a portfolio of existing customers in attendance and a range of new business opportunities to pursue, it's an event not to be missed!
From the moment Moorgate arrived we were in our element, embracing the opportunity to talk to people who speak the same language and who love fast cars! For those who haven't heard of Moorgate Motorsport, we are a unique finance provider who offer specialist advice to the sector. Unlike many finance services, our Motorsport department are active in the industry both in and outside of work and can often be found at track days or at the many events throughout the year. Their love for the sport and hands on knowledge makes them well placed to act as interpreters from the motorsport world to the banking world and we were pleased by the response received at Autosport 2018, with many companies interested to find out more!
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Henry Street Settlement opens doors of opportunity for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers through social services, arts, and health care programs.
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Nepal's Road 2011 – A Journey to the reality of Third world country. British Comedians Rhod Gilbert and Greg Davies attempt to drive through the mountainous, landlocked nation of Nepal. Starting from the chaotic border with India, they travel across the country's most important roads, from highways that maintain its cities to freshly-dug dirt tracks that connect to isolated communities. There are uplifting stories throughout, but it is a journey that is fraught with danger. Besides having one of the world's highest rates of road traffic accidents, floods and landslides are an everyday occurrence, blocking traffic for days on end and claiming dozens of lives every month. After days of swerving overloaded buses, dodging trucks and clinging to crumbling mountain roads, disaster strikes within sight of their final destination.
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text: Reviews Review: In Like Flynn Australian action hero Errol Flynn gets a swashbuckling but wearily cartoonish biopic based on his pre-fame days. Thomas Cocquerel stars in In Like Flynn. Thanks to the phrase that gives this biopic its name, Errol Flynn has long been immortalised not just in cinematic history, but in general vernacular. Post-film text on screen explains that "in like Flynn" arose from the actor's charm, allure and effectiveness with the ladies; however the entire feature is an ode to both his appeal and his legend. Charting the exploits that preceded Flynn's successful foray into acting, it's a bright, breezy and affectionate romp through a real-life figure's larger-than-life backstory, painting him as equal parts Indiana Jones, Casanova and Danny Ocean. That said, the feature is also as broad, overdone and formulaic as that description intimates, even if it is based on Beams End, Flynn's own memoir. Before he swashbuckled his way across cinemas as one of Australia's first major action stars abroad, In Like Flynn has its namesake (Thomas Cocquerel, Celeste) escort a filmmaker (Dan Fogler, TV's The Walking Dead) and his crew through the jungles of New Guinea. Hijinks ensue, and so does an offer of the 'if you're ever in Hollywood…' variety. Upon returning to Sydney, Flynn's thoughts reside squarely with getting his hands on Guinean gold, although he'll need a ship to do so. After fleecing thugs for the cash needed, tussling with a Chinese pirate (Grace Huang, The Osiris Child) to procure a boat, and recruiting his pals – brawling Canadian Rex (Corey Large, who also co-wrote the script and produces) and prim-and-proper Englishman Dook (William Moseley, The Royals) – he's on his way onboard the Sirocco, albeit with the vessel's brooding original owner Charlie (Clive Standen, Vikings) joining the crew and towing along his own woes. Under the guidance of veteran Australian director Russell Mulcahy (Razorback, Highlander and its sequel) and writers Large, Steve M. Albert (The Ninth Passenger), Marc Furmie (Terminus) and Luke Flynn (Errol's grandson), Flynn and his friends embark on a rollicking caper. This ragtag group are soon sailing up Australia's east coast, and stopping in Townsville for run-ins with a questionable local priest and mayor (David Wenham, Romper Stomper) and one of Flynn's former sweethearts (Isabel Lucas, Chasing Comets), all on their way to potential riches and glory. Hurtling forward with a gleeful glean, In Like Flynn treats the details like a pulpy fantasy more than a tale steeped even the slightest part in reality. Of course, when it comes to Flynn, his sensational reputation and his enduring fame because of it, massaging the myth is the entire point. Purposefully over-the-top as it may be, In Like Flynn ducks its intended marks more than it inspires sparks; Mulcahy may be aiming for a boisterous good time like the Flynn-starring classic Captain Blood, but the flat, template-like raucousness of the Pirates of the Caribbean series oft proves more fitting. Glossy, busy, frantic and tongue-in-cheek are all traits that suit the material, yet even when the film's liveliness is infectious, the entire production still feels thin and weary. While embellishing an already self-exaggerated origin story doesn't call for nuance or depth – conversely, it calls for almost pantomime-esque theatrics, which are delivered in spades – charisma and exuberance can only work so much magic. That was rarely the case for Flynn himself. Accordingly, courtesy of both its highlights and its flaws, he'd likely approve of Mulcahy's "mostly true" account of his early days. Writing two other tomes based on his experiences – 1946's romantic-leaning Showdown and 1959's posthumously released autobiography My Wicked, Wicked Ways – he was as committed to slinging outrageous stories about himself as he was to starring in spirited adventures, and it's in those footsteps that In Like Flynn happily follows. Cocquerel inhabits his swagger with flair, in what may be a bridge to bigger things; however ultimately this matinee-style effort wades rather than splashes or swims. It's a yarn about a yarn, but it's also wholly enamoured not just with its subject, but with the act of spinning his cartoonish larks into something to smile and wink about. Rating: 2 stars ★★ In Like Flynn Director: Russell Mulcahy Australia, 2018, 98 mins Release date: October 11 Distributor: Umbrella Rated: MA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Send to a friend Trending now 1 Victorian government announces $32.3 million more for arts and culture support 2 When will you return to the arts after COVID-19? 3 Why art museums will open before performing arts venues 4 9 in 10 arts audiences will return as pandemic fears ease 5 The economic argument against the arts is over. The government lost. Sarah Ward Friday 12 October, 2018 About the author Sarah Ward is a freelance film critic, arts and culture writer, and film festival organiser. She is the Australia-based critic for Screen International, a film reviewer and writer for ArtsHub, the weekend editor and a senior writer for Concrete Playground, a writer for the Goethe-Institut Australien's Kino in Oz, and a contributor to SBS, SBS Movies and Flicks Australia. Her work has been published by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Junkee, FilmInk, Birth.Movies.Death, Lumina, Senses of Cinema, Broadsheet, Televised Revolution, Metro Magazine, Screen Education and the World Film Locations book series. She is also the editor of Trespass Magazine, a film and TV critic for ABC radio Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast, and has worked with the Brisbane International Film Festival, Queensland Film Festival, Sydney Underground Film Festival and Melbourne International Film Festival. Follow her on Twitter: @swardplay Share Share Email


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Vincent Kompany has responded to claims from Jamie Carragher that Manchester City could find it hard to overcome adversity in their remaining fixtures as it's been too easy for them this campaign.
Carragher claimed that City – who won the Premier League at a canter last term – have "not had enough recent practice dealing with discomfort" this season as they look to secure a quadruple this season.
City again kept the pressure on Liverpool as they beat Crystal Palace 3-1 thanks to two goals from Raheem Sterling and another from Gabriel Jesus.
"I am sure if you look around the media you will find opinions going in various directions on the topic," Kompany said.
"What I know for myself is that this team prepares well. If a team prepares well, a good team becomes even better.
"A win is a win, whether you do it the difficult way or the easy way. The next game will be different, but that's fine, it's a long season."
On the remainder of this season, Kompany thinks their previous experience of close title race could be invaluable, he said: "I don't really compare this season to last as there is not much to compare it with other than our performance levels being near enough equal to those of last season.
"There are more comparisons in terms of the pressure at this time of the season with the two titles we won prior to that.
"Having to win, having to perform, us getting a chance at it, then Liverpool getting a chance at it … that back and forth, back and forth.
"That's what I am drawing my experience on. It's a time of the season where you can still stay very calm and just prepare well, and trust yourself to do the job."


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Restaurant chain Wildwood will procure food display products from Dalebrook Supplies after striking a supply agreement with the company for its 50 restaurants.
Based in London and the south, Wildwood is a collection of contemporary restaurants serving stone baked pizza, freshly prepared pastas and a wide selection of grill options.
Wildwood was first introduced to Dalebrook two years ago after head chef, Marcel Gjini, began exploring innovative foodservice designs for its restaurants.
Gjini was impressed by Dalebrook's melamine range and has opted for its marble and rustic wood effect platters as they allow it to move away from real wood, which was difficult to clean.
The platters, which can be put through commercial dishwashers, are also shatterproof and break-resistant, meaning they will stand up to the rigours of everyday use in busy kitchens.
Dalebrook and Wildwood worked together to select four different product ranges which are now being used in all 50 restaurants to serve a range of meals, including pizzas, steaks and breads.
Commenting on the equipment roll-out, Wildwood managing director, Jo Bagery, said: "We were looking for a practical and attractive serving solution to showcase our Wildwood menu. Dalebrook Supplies introduced us to the advantages of using melamine in the restaurant environment, and we have been thoroughly impressed with the benefits of these products, without having to compromise on style."
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FAIRHAVEN — So far this season, the Fairhaven High School baseball team is proving that pitching and defense win baseball games. Just ask the Wareham Vikings, who were shutout 5-0 Monday by sophomore Billy Lessa.
Lessa tossed a complete-game, five-hit gem, struck out seven and didn't walk a batter, as the Blue Devils improved to 5-4 overall and 4-3 in the South Coast Conference.
While struggling at the plate at times, the Blue Devils have been patient in drawing 46 walks in their first nine games. But they'll need to get more hits as they push on towards the postseason.
"We are playing some pretty good defense and getting some really good pitching," said fourth-year head coach Rudy Bulgar. "Going into the season we had an idea that that would be our strength... we just need to improve our hitting."
Senior Brendan Rossi leads the pitching staff with a stingy 1.29 ERA and has fanned 25 batters in 21 innings. Junior Adam Mullen has a 3-1 record while striking out 21 in 21 2/3 innings. Lessa is 1-1 with 12 strikeouts in 13 innings after his shutout over Wareham, his only start of the season.
"Some of our players are swinging the bat very well," said Bulgar, "but on the offensive side we must utilize our speed on the bases to put pressure on their defense."
Bobby Perry, a junior, is leading the team in batting with a .458 average. He has scored seven runs, knocked in 10 runs and has three doubles. Senior Myles Perron-Sovik has one home run, a triple and two doubles and is hitting at a .354 clip. Lessa is hitting 8-for-24 for a .333 batting average, with four RBIs and three stolen bases, despite missing two games due to injury.
Other players are also making solid contributions on offense.
Ryan Magano has nine stolen bases, lead-off hitter Nate Winterson has drawn eight walks and knocked in six runs, Zach LeBlanc is batting .285, including five hits in the last three games, and Ryan Baldwin is sporting a .307 batting average.
"We need to keep every game close to give ourselves a chance to win," said Bulgar. "This year the league is loaded with solid pitchers, and even though we have been making some strides at the plate of late, we have to continue to get better on offense."
On Friday night, the Devils host Bourne under the lights at Pope Park in Acushnet. Game time is 7 p.m.


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With the help of Sun Commercial Realestate Ltd., Charity Foundation of Canada kindly donated $2,500.00 towards Twelfth Avenue Elementary School.
Twelfth Avenue Elementary school has a large number of low-income families and our donation helped to buy iPads, two document cameras and books for their library collection. The elementary school is a diverse and unique community with over 300 students. Charity Foundation of Canada is proud we helped this community enhance learning for students.


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The Trinity community continues to respond with assistance to those affected by the devastation of Hurricane Harvey in numerous ways. This week, Trinity's Student Government Association (SGA) and the Trinity University Volunteer Action Community (TUVAC) organized a drive to collect food and household items that will be donated to the San Antonio Foodbank. Students, faculty, and staff donated enough non-perishable food items, baby supplies, and pet food, among other household items, to fill a large truck.
TUVAC also organized an evening of service at the San Antonio Food Bank, which is helping to assist the Houston area. More than 40 students volunteered to package supplies that were heading to evacuees in Southeast Texas.
TUVAC has scheduled a campus-wide blood drive on Wednesday, Oct. 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Fiesta Room with the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center.
Trinity alumni are connecting on a Trinity University Hurricane Harvey Relief Facebook group. So far, nearly 300 Trinity alumni have signed on to the group as a place for the Trinity family to ask for help and to offer assistance.
Mission Presbytery sent a message to all members of the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities, of which Trinity is a member. Mission Presbytery is collecting donations to help people in need. You can also make clean-up buckets and hygiene kits online that can be sent to sites in need.
The Texas Higher Education community has launched a unified giving initiative to provide emergency aid to college students impacted by Hurricane Harvey. The Harvey HELP fund is a crowd-sourced relief fund dedicated to aiding the more than 500,000 students impacted by the storm get back in the classroom. The Harvey HELP fund is being led by the Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (ICUT), which Trinity is a member, and several other state higher education organizations.


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July 2017 – 3 years post HSCTPosted: August 1, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Dr. Fedorenko, HSCT, Moscow, PPMS, recovery, rituximab, THE MS GYM 12 Comments
Three years ago, I flew home after HSCT at Pirogov Hospital in Moscow with high hopes and dreams. I still have high hopes and dreams but they are more realistic now. The struggle continues and I'm still fighting Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. PPMS is an unrelenting bully, but I'm not giving up. I still experience overwhelming fatigue and I can't walk very far without my legs giving out. My left hand is limp and mostly useless. I can't help with household tasks unless my mind or organizational skills are needed. I joke that my mind is the only thing I have left, but it's pretty much true. Life is so difficult, so extremely difficult. But, I'm still able to walk short distances, feed, bathe and dress myself. I don't take anything for granted anymore. These could be the good old days I look back on. It's hard to imagine, but it's a reality I have to accept. I have dear friends who have continued to progress post HSCT and progression is sneaky and unrelenting. If and when I reach the next step in the progression of my disease, I'll know I've done everything in my power to stop it. Right now, the worst thing that I can experience is stress. I do my best to stay calm & positive, and I don't let small things bother me. However, stressful situations are sometimes forced upon us. My body reacts strongly and my walking deteriorates even further. My legs turn to jelly and won't hold me up. I've always only wanted peace and hated conflict. Now I have a physical reason for wanting everyone around me to try their best to get along.
I had my last of 4 Rituximab infusions in February. It can take up to a year to know if my progression has stopped once again. Right now, I think it has stopped. I joined the HSCT Non-Responders Support group after my HSCT was initially successful, and then my disease started to progress. I'm hopeful that the combination of the extra Rituximab infusions and superior guidance from The MS Gym will be enough to stop my PPMS from progressing. Time will tell. The Non-Responders group is extremely supportive, but it is a sad group to need to join. It's a group of people who have not responded to HSCT or have had their autoimmune disease progress after initially responding well to treatment. 20-25% of people treated with HSCT will benefit for a few years, before their disease begins to progress again. Some receive no initial benefit at all. Our group is eclectic and small. So far there are only 34 of us.
Somehow this summer, my right leg has been clearing stairs often and I can move my toes on both feet! It's still surprising to me, but it has been fairly consistent. I'm not sure why. I exercise daily and I'm trying to correct both muscle imbalances and weakness. A friend told me about The MS Gym on Facebook. Trevor Wicken started The MS gym a few months ago and I joined when there were less than 300 members. Now it has over 3500 members! He is a talented and caring trainer from Denver, Colorado who has a lot of experience helping MS patients with various levels of disability, including those in wheelchairs. Trevor and his wife, Misty, are both extremely supportive and motivational. They're filling a big void in the MS community. MS patients all over the world now have access to a knowledgeable trainer. If you know anyone with MS, please tell them to check out The MS Gym!
I made significant progress with my physical therapists when I was in Maryland. I practiced my balance and worked on improving my gait under their careful supervision. Much to my amazement, I successfully balanced and did mini squats on a Bosu. I moved from a cane to two trekking poles to help improve my thoracic rotation. I got to try an anti gravity treadmill a few times too.
I am back at the beach in Delaware this summer. For a few years, I've been saying this year could be my last. I'm looking into installing additional handrails, grab bars and maybe an elevator or a lift. I still use a beach wheelchair and push it to the beach. I also tried something new this year – trekking poles on the sand. Trekking poles on their own don't have enough surface area for me. I had my son modify them by adding a piece of foam noodle to the tips. Success! It's still very challenging, but it's a good challenge.
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Charlie was watching me :- )
Walking is more difficult as the sand gets softer.
It takes a lot of energy and concentration. BGB (butts, guts & blades) – The MS Gym
I purchased a beach wheelchair off of eBay last summer. I push it to the beach and back.
I practice walking with my trekking poles on the sand and exercise in an outdoor pool. My friends and neighbors at the beach are wonderfully supportive. I truly hope I can keep coming back to enjoy the ocean breeze and these special friendships.
I'm extremely grateful for my husband and son who help take care of me on a daily basis. God only knows where I'd be without them! Charlie, our sweet rescue pup, continues to delight us. Although he's pretty much given up skateboarding, he's learned to fetch and play with a ball! He's the best therapy dog ever! I'm forever grateful to Dr. Denis Fedorenko, Anastasia Panchenko, & all the staff at Pirogov Hospital in Moscow for HSCT and for giving me hope. Unfortunately, HSCT is still not available in the US. Knowing what I know now, I would definitely do it again!
July 4th, 2014, I was getting preparing to go into isolation at Pirogov. July 4th this year, was spent celebrating with family, friends, neighbors & Charlie at the beach!
Today I was able to celebrate the 95th birthday of my next door neighbor, Muzzy!!! Last week, my great nephew, Arlo James, was born and I'm so excited to meet the little fellow! Congrats to his proud mamas, Annie & Hilary!!! I'm looking forward to more celebrations of life this year.
June 19, 2016 Almost 2 years post HSCTPosted: June 19, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Anastasia, Chicago, Dr. Fedorenko, HSCT, Moscow, neurologic pt, PPMS, recovery, rituximab 17 Comments
My last post was almost a year ago. It's a whole lot easier to post positive, upbeat blog posts. It's been a rough year, and I've done a lot of questioning throughout. Did HSCT halt my progression? Would additional treatments help?
When I started researching HSCT for PPMS, I connected with as many other PPMSers who had undergone HSCT as I could, but there were not many others who had gone before me. I was only the 45th international (non-Russian) patient treated in Moscow. At that time, only Moscow and Tel Aviv would treat primary progressive patients. The results for the PPMS patients were mixed, and it was still early in many of their recoveries. I made the decision to pursue HSCT and told my family and friends about my decision. I was thrilled that there was something I could finally do to try to alter the course of my disease.
Roughly two years later, PPMS patients can now be treated in Russia, Israel, Mexico and the Philippines. Russia has treated 255 international patients! The most exciting news is that there is also a PPMS patient currently being treated at Northwestern in Chicago, by Dr. Burt. I'm hoping she's the first of many! Dr. Burt's Phase III clinical trial, the final stage, will be competed this year. There will be a 5 year required patient follow up, ~1 year to write and publish a report for peer review, ~1 year to write an FDA submission, ~1 year of committee review. Hopefully by 2022 the FDA will finally recognize HSCT as an option for MS patients in the USA!
My first year post-HSCT was a practice in patience and I learned to expect the unexpected.
I had hope for a stable future, an end to my progression, and an increase in the quality of my life.
My second year was more difficult and I started to question if my progression had really been halted. I struggled with balance, walking, strength and overwhelming fatigue once again. Dr. Fedorenko sent out a post HSCT questionnaire in January 2016 which helped me clarify my concerns. In February 2016, I made the decision with Dr. Fedorenko's help to pursue additional "booster" treatments to halt my progression.
The additional treatments to stop the progression are Rituximab infusions. Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody drug that is used to treat diseases with overactive or dysfunctional immune B-cells. It binds to the protein CD20 on the surface of B-cells, which helps other cells locate and eliminate the overactive B-cells. Rituximab was part of my initial treatment in Moscow. It's not a big deal to get extra Rituximab infusions. However, it IS a big deal to convince insurance to pay for it. There are some insurance companies that will pay for it, but the process often involves a great deal of effort by the patient and their doctors.
I had my first "booster" Rituximab infusion last Thursday. Everything went well and I will have three more that will complete my HSCT consolidation therapy. I'm still hoping to definitively stop the progression of my disease.
I've been working with a new physical therapist for the past 3 months. As a neurological PT, she's been able to explain to me a great deal about balance and gait that I never understood. She's had me focus on exercises that all have practical applications for my movement. I had a little epiphany when I noticed that the way I was shifting my weight for a balance exercise mimicked the motion of a "normal" gait. She has me practicing walking with a Lite Gait, on a rubber mat with a cane, and around obstacles. I've learned how to safely use a cane for short distances and stairs. Yesterday, I walked 300 feet (less than 100 meters)with my cane! She also took the time to give me an exercise plan that breaks down what I should do each day. In the past, I've always felt frustrated that I was unable to complete all of the exercises that I thought I needed to accomplish daily. Now, I have a manageable plan.
PPMS is a horrible progressive disease can easily rob us of our dignity. My family members that live with me help me with daily activities, take care of 100's of daily tasks that seem insignificant individually but add up to an enormous amount of time & effort and are my lifeline. I feel fortunate that my son, Adam, and my husband, Fred, are still available to help me. I continue to need their daily assistance.
I'll be heading back to the beach soon. Every year, I wonder if it will be my last – if I'll be able to continue using stairs and walking the 50 steps to the beach walkway. For those of you who have followed my HSCT journey, it's important for me to reiterate that I have no regrets. I was incredibly fortunate to have received this treatment from the kind and devoted people working in Moscow's Pirogov Hospital. I'm so grateful to have the support of other post-HSCTers around the world. We are a small group of individuals, but our numbers are growing.
I recently met a man with PPMS. He's the only PPMSer I've met outside of Moscow – and he lives 15 minutes from my house! I hitched a ride with him and his lovely wife to my first informal MS gathering – a La Casa Internationale Del Pancakes.
Charlie is so smart and full of love. We are all grateful that this sweet pup is part of our family.
Charlie is so smart and full of love. We are all grateful that this sweet pup is part of our family.


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Sometimes you fall. You scratch your knees, and it hurts. You are experiencing pain, and as long as you deal with it in that moment, it may sting for a short while, but then you move on. If you don't hold on to the pain, you will be fine.
But what happens, if you don't manage to deal with the pain completely? It will later come back, and rise up to the surface to remind you that you still have something to heal. Unfortunately, the pain is also turning into suffering for you, because you are keeping a part of your experience in a place that you feel safer with, but nevertheless it is an unenlightened, dark space.
When pain turns into suffering, your connection with your Soul is like a radio transmission that is interfered with, sounding a lot like scratchiness. From this place, you can't really reach for your natural state of joy and peace, you feel drained, and you even experience a dark time in your life, leaving you to believe that you are alone and unloved.
Sometimes the best way to deal with pain is to keep it buried. It is a defense mechanism that helps you survive a traumatic event. Because the trauma that causes the pain is too big for you to be able to handle it, you take your time, and you allow only some feelings to surface. Then you cover up other pieces of this pain, and as time passes, you may think that it has disappeared.
If later on, you're able to access that moment when the trauma appeared into your life, and you heal it, then you can move on, and live happily and undisturbed. But the hardest time comes, when you haven't dealt with the whole trauma that was created, and you end up having to face this trauma and the ensuing pain, over and over again.
This is the most likely scenario that many human beings go through, and sometimes it takes a lifetime to go back to the initial innocence. But you should not feel discouraged.
The experience you are having as a human being, allows for such slow development, and processing of the pain that was created in your life. You go through life, accessing times of joy, love and innocence, but they are combined with experiences of pain. This is not happening because you need to be punished for anything. It is only happening because you are exploring a way to deal with the pain, and gain an awareness of your wholeness.
In reality, you can never be hurt. Every experience of life you've ever had, is going to point to that, no matter how big the trauma of your life has been. When you leave this body, you will return to the full awareness of your Wholeness, and you will know that while this journey has been rough in some spots, it was also only temporary and illusory.
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Speaker at TechReady7 – Creating and Presenting OFC302 MOSS 2007 scripting
Last week, Microsoft bi-annual biggest technical internal event took place at Seattle: TechReady.
It was 7th edition of this incredible technical readiness opportunity where products groups and field people meet.
This one was my 4th TechReady, but it was the first on 2 aspects :
- attending during summer,
- being a speaker.
I suggested content on MOSS scripting months ago, and the subject was selected to become OFC302 session.
The Breakout session happened on Friday august 1st afternoon, 1pm. It's a hard timeslot as a part of the attendees are off the event. Especially this friday, because it was the only real sunny day of the week.
With these circumstances, presentation went well, having 71 attendees in the audience + LiveMeeting listeners. The session received good feedback finishing with applauses. Thanks to the attendees, and thanks also to the posted feedbacks I'll improve the content.
As indicated in the presentation, here are the follow-up and feedback information for the session:
- The scripts are available, with the slide deck, on my internal "MySite". They can be found here http://myemea/sites/emberger/default.aspx in the "Shared Documents" DocLib, Folder TechReady7 (you need to be connected in the Corp LAN)
- The ASP.Net v2.0.50727 can be enabled directly during its setup. Just add "-enable" to the setup instruction (beginning by aspnet_regiis). More info here : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k6h9cz8h(VS.80).aspx
- To adapt the demonstration to Full Best Practices:
- during the session was pointed that the demonstration run was not fully compliant with all MOSS Best Practices. It's true.
- In fact, few items/actions have to be adapted to fully comply with Best Practices. Here they are:
- Use 3 disc partitions on Servers : System, Data, Logs
- REMOVE passwords from the service accounts description ;-)
- Use AD Global Groups to host Service Accounts
- Grant rights to AD Global groups, not to AD accounts
- Set policy to manage Service Accounts passwords
- Pre build your SQL databases to insure adapted options you want, before using them with SharePoint
- Plan and use the MOSS Service Accounts according your need (minimum 3, up to ….). More information here :
- Plan for administrative and service accounts (Office SharePoint Server) (TechNet link : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263445.aspx )
- Plan for administrative and service accounts (Office SharePoint Server) (TechNet link : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263445.aspx )
- Follow prescriptions regarding which AD group hosting the right service accounts MUST NOT be "Farm administrator" members
- Follow your customer needs and rules - they sometimes differ from Best Practices ...
- Build every scripts step-by-steps, test them, and adapt the to the platform need you build. Scripting is a very iterative process
- This presentation should be renamed: Yes, the initial aim was to cover the full scripting aspects of SharePoint. But, building the content & demo, I realized that the time will miss. 1 hour is needed to cover the full "operations" range by scripting, and one additional hour is needed to cover the "PowerShell" SharePoint scripting.
The OFC302 presentation should be renamed as "SharePoint automated setup"
This subject will grow in the nextt weeks. Keep connected and I'll update the topic.
Best Regards,
Enjoy August break


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43rd Intramurals Games 2012 SSCT Clad in their most anticipated event with the pride. the Surigao State College of Technology successfully held their 43rd Intramurals 2012 with the subject "Sustaining Sports Excellence through Healthy Competition and Teamwork"held at the SSCT quadrilateral last September 12-15. 201. The plan was an all event activity compressed into a five twenty-four hours plan of different accomplishment competition. games. amusement. All pupils competed as squad with their several unit/department. The first twenty-four hours started and go meaningful with the long parade and a mass started precisely 6:30-9:00 am held at the academic centre ( mass ) and the long parade start after the mass. After the long-parade. everyone was welcomed by the supportive and active president of SSCT Dr. Gloria C. Gemparo. the gap of the their 43rd Intramurals game-2012 officially opened.
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Exchanges: Böcker blocked by nixed ASX deal
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Australian Treasury stops exchange takeover; Nasdaq, CME possible alternative partners
On April 19, Singapore Exchange posted its lowest quarterly profit in two years, hurt by costs related to a failed takeover bid for Australian rival ASX (above) and putting the spotlight on Böckers growth strategy
If it had gone ahead, the $8.3 billion deal would have been the first substantial exchange merger in the Asia-Pacific region, and would have created the second-largest hub by number of companies listed and fourth largest by total market capitalization (behind Hong Kong, Tokyo and Shanghai).
That the SGX will not try again reflects the fact that the bid was rejected because of something it could do absolutely nothing about: Australian political sensitivity. Partly this was about the tricky question of Australian national interest always a nebulous concept and partly about timing.
There could hardly have been a worse moment to get a politically dicey development through an Australian parliament. The government has no majority; it is only in office at all because of the assistance of a couple of independent parliamentarians who must be kept happy. In such circumstances, nobody was going to expend the political capital required to change the law and allow the national stock exchange to be taken over by a foreigner.
Pitch perfect
The odd thing is that everyone seemed to know all this from the start. Magnus Böcker, chief executive of the SGX who has completed more exchange mergers than anyone else built his pitch from the outset on efficiencies, logic, technology, liquidity; the nuts and bolts of an exchange merger in a new world of capital flows. He was right on all of it, as the ASX could clearly see; hence it backed the bid from the outset. But that was never the point on which the deal would thrive or fail. Böcker thought the force of this logical argument would be enough to persuade Australian politicians and public opinion. In that he miscalculated.
Speaking to Euromoney in January, Böcker answered "absolutely not" when asked if he thought the intensity of political objection was fiercer on this deal than previous exchange merger attempts. "In all exchange mergers there is that nationalistic sadness that comes up," he said. But he hoped the industrial logic of the deal as a means of providing new sources of capital to Australian companies eager to expand would win out.
The key decision maker was Australian treasurer Wayne Swan, who, in consultation with the Foreign Investment Review Board, had the final say on whether to approve the deal. In rejecting the deal, Swan called the decision a "no-brainer".
He argued that the deal resembled a takeover more than a merger, that it would have failed to provide greater access to capital markets, and that it would mean that Australias financial sector became a junior partner to a competitor in the Asia-Pacific region.
It is the first time Australia has rejected an important foreign investment deal since 2001.
Short-term benefits
In the short term, the only people to have benefited are the banks. They have earned fat M&A advisory fees on a deal that they must have suspected from the outset could not go through. The outcome of the deal for Böcker and the Singapore Stock Exchange is less certain.
It may not all be bad. It has certainly raised the profile of the SGX at a time when global exchange mergers are once again enjoying their moment in the sun. If Böcker has successfully represented Singapore as the best possible hub through which to bring Asian liquidity into an international alliance, then it might be well placed to tie up either with Böckers old employer, Nasdaq OMX, or even suitors such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
If so, everything will depend on the terms through which SGX enters such a deal. SGX being bought outright by a US institution would be politically difficult in Singapore. If Böcker is right in thinking Asia will make up half of the worlds financial markets within a decade, then its role in any merged global group ought to reflect that. Some sort of partnership, or a stakeholding allowing Singapore access to a global network while retaining some autonomy, might work well.
If none of that comes to fruition, though, Böckers reputation will have been dented unquestionably. The ASX bid was the signature flourish of a new chief executive in his first year. If all it did was cost lots of money in advisory fees, it is a poor start to his term.


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Shore Establishments => UK Establishments => Topic started by: John Swap on 07 January 2015 05:14:55 pm
HMS Cook 1945
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John Swap
07 January 2015 05:14:55 pm
I am trying to identify the location of my Father's final FAA posting in the UK in1945.
David Nathan Swap came over from New Zealand in 1940 to join the Fleet Air Arm (as a waiting list to join Air Force in the NZ).
He started at St Vincent as Naval Airman 2nd Class on 18.12.1940. After basic bell-bottom training followed by initial flying at 24 EFTS at Luton and SFTS at Kingston (Canada) he served at various Scottish RNAS stations (Swordfish/Albacore/Barracuda pilot) as well as North Africa and Malta before ending war back in UK.
His last UK service is listed as HMS Cook as Lieutenant (P) on 01.10.1945 - posted from HMS Owl. (this could be misspelt and actually HMS Cock as I only have an old typed copy of his service record from RNZNVR archives)
He returned to NZ around end of November 1945 - being discharged from HMS Philomel (Devonport/Auckland) on 17.05.1946.
I cannot locate where HMS Cook (Cock) is/was.
Any help gratefully appreciated.
Re: HMS Cook 1945
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02 February 2015 12:14:20 pm
Hi John,
HMNZS COOK was an RNZN depot at Clyde Quay, Wellington, and training establishment at Shelly Bay, Wellington, NZ. Commissioned 01.01.1943 and paid off 18.06.46.
Although there is nothing to support this, my assumption is that your father was transferred to the accounts of HMNZS COOK while awaiting his discharge in New Zealand. They would be responsible for his pay account and matters relating to naval discipline but he would have had no duties relating to the establishment. Likewise for HMNZS Philomel, also an RNZN depot at Devonport, Auckland.
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