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Ruddy Turnstone
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Alternative name: Turnstone
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Length 21â26 cm (8¼-10¼ in), wingspan 50â57 cm, weight 84â190 g
The summer breeding plumage (from which it gets its name 'ruddy') can be seen for a month or so (mid April to mid May) before they migrate to the Arctic to breed, and again for a month after they return in late summer (August).
[edit] Similar species
Black Turnstone, which occurs with Ruddy Turnstone on the west coast of North America, is structurally very similar, but marginally larger; it is much darker blackish-brown, and in the breeding season has less white on the head, only a small white spot at the base of the bill and a weak white eyebrow. Its legs are also dark brown, rather than orange.
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A widely distributed species along shorelines of continents. Breeds on tundra in the extreme northern latitudes of North America, Europe, and Russia; also a small relict population further south in the Baltic Sea and islets in eastern Denmark.
Overwintering range on coasts almost worldwide. Generally rare inland and on fresh water, but fairly common on the shores of the Great Lakes of North America during migration.
[edit] Taxonomy
Formerly considered a plover, it is now classified in the sandpiper family.
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There are two subspecies[1]:
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Rocky shores. Marshy lowland slopes, and tundra. Casual inland on migration.
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Fairly long-lived, with an average around 9 years and a recorded record of 22.
A strong flier that during migration is able to fly from southern Australia to Taiwan in one stretch.
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The action of flipping over small stones to find food led to its common name. It will take just about anything organic, including insects, carrion, molluscs, eggs, worms, etc.
[edit] Breeding
Monogomous. Individual birds often return to favourite spots year after year.
[edit] Vocalisation
A long rapid trill.
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Jeremiah 17:7-8
Jer 17:7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.
Jer 17:8 He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit."
Friday, I was given the added responsibility to work on a project that will necessitate my being out of my office all next week. This new location disallows immediate access to my student files. I also just found out, our corporate auditor is anticipated to arrive this week. I will not be afforded any opportunity to scrutinize my paperwork for needed corrections.
I'm feeling some of the old fear and anxiety that I thought had been alleviated. I am realizing this process of building greater faith necessitates in my being tested over and over again. I must remain closer than ever to my Saviour, and not let up on my guard.
Yesterday, I didn't pray at all. Nor, did I read my Bible. For me, this blog has been a mechanism for me to commune with my Saviour. I've forgotten that I'm not writing it for you. I'm blogging in order for me to get closer to Him. If I choose not to blog, I must be even more persistent in my prayer.
Lord, each day brings me a new opportunity to learn what Your will requires. No matter what the day of the week, I must stay in Your presence. I want to see more of Your majesty so I might grow more deeply into Your will. Fear is not of You. You are my living water. Keep me obedient to a daily relationship with You, even on Saturday. Amen


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- So You Want to Become a Beekeeper – Don will take future beekeepers thru the realities of beekeeping – explaining where to begin and what to expect, including the required time and monetary investment.
- The ABCs of Bees – Don will discuss the biology and benefits of beekeeping and how bees affect our ecosystem and our health. He will also touch on the current evolution of beekeeping.
Don Studinski, is an entrepuneur directing his full-time efforts toward everything related to flying, stinging insects, especially honeybees. He provides Certified Naturally Grown products created locally in Colorado including Slow Honey™, Slow Honey Limited™, Slow Comb™ and Slow Wax™. The "slow" branding is a reference to his commitment to doing business locally both as a vendor and as a consumer. He also provides services including pollination, honeybee and wasp live removal, teaching and consulting. Don is the author of Beekeeping Mentor In A Book, published in September of 2014. He has also written about beekeeping for Bee Culture magazine, Living Systems Institute, Selene River Press, Bee Informed Partnership and Pesticide Action Network.
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PhD Higher Education Leadership, Management, Policy
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Rong Chen, Ph.D.
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Joseph Stetar, Ph.D.
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Robert Kelchen, Ph.D.
academic engagement, college student persistence
To remain globally competitive, the United States continues to set forth federal initiatives to promote college retention, persistence, and graduation. While employers seek graduates who demonstrate strong collaboration, communication, and time management skills, research reveals the level of academic engagement on college campuses is low. Although several factors contribute to first-year student persistence, researchers suggest that academically engaged students who participate in educationally purposeful activities in college are more likely to intend to persist than disengaged students.
Combining national data from the Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement (BCSSE), National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), and the First Year Experience (FYE) module, the purpose of this quantitative, correlational study is to understand the extent to which academic engagement factors— specifically student-faculty interactions, learning strategies, and collaborative learning— influence college students' intention to persist.
Utilizing Tinto's (1975) Interactionist Theory of Student Departure and Astin's (1984) Theory of Student Involvement as theoretical frameworks, the study examines differences in population means for academic engagement variables based on demographic characteristics, and finds associations between intention to persist and various control variables. Further analysis shares insight on the relationship (or lack thereof) between intention to persist and academic engagement indicators, and provides recommendations on how institutions can play a key role in student success.
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Burnette, Monica Ng, "College Academic Engagement and First-Year Students' Intention to Persist" (2017). Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs). 2419.


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[Context to these programs in lieu of critiques by the press and others of WHP: Watts Towers Art Center hosted excellent art programs for children during the summer months but, given the limited space and the additional children bused in from outside of the area, many children in the neighborhood were not allowed to participate. This is reason we decided to host art programs for these children.]
This was the second class I organized during the first Summer Art Series at Watts House Project. Working with a shoe string budget I had to improvise to realize the mural project. I borrowed from an observation made by one of the children in the previous month's gardening class about the driveway at the Platform (WHP's headquarters). She said that the concrete driveway reminded her of two flowing rivers leading to a large lake in the courtyard. I thought her insight was brilliant and imaginative, so I decided to make that vision a reality. I asked Raith Grimes, a graffiti artist attending Art Center, to lead the class. Raith and I prepped the space by painting the driveway sky blue and use that space teach the children how to stencil and paint. Raith and I cut stencils of fish, lobsters, seahorses, manta rays, and other ocean life from cardboard boxes that I picked up from grocery stores in the area. Cutting cardboard with dull scissors was a feat all its own! We capped the class with a delicious feast of ceviche.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Angel's Landing Marching Skunk
Be sure to stop over at Judi's blog to see what the rest of the design team has done. You won't be sorry!
Be sure to check out my earlier post this morning - something different for me... (click on pic)
Image: Angel's Landing
Paper: Core-dinations
Ink/Color: printer, Copics
Other: Cuttlebug machine and embossing folders, dew drops, sewing machine
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too STINKIN cute Cindy!! and love the embossed holly!!ReplyDelete
What a cutie, Cindy! That skunk sure looks like he is having fun, especially because you colored him so wonderfully! I love your inside out card. . .you did a wonderful job!!! Love your choice of colors too!ReplyDelete
Cutest skunk I have ever seen :) I just love the embossing folder and your stitching....looks so flawless! Great job.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous work with your wonderful sanded holly, Cindy!! How perfect for this little drummer cat and his holly decorated music!!ReplyDelete
What a fabulous holiday card!!
Very very pretty!!! I love the skunk, and the dp you used on this card!!! Beautiful job!!!!ReplyDelete
Just beautiful, Cindy! Even if he is a skunk! Love the embossed holly and it just goes so well with the holly border!!ReplyDelete
I absolutely love this card,Cindy! That little skunk is so adorable! I NEED that embossing folder! Everything is just gorgeous!ReplyDelete
P.S. You may say anything you want on my blog **wink*
Such a cute little drummer skunk, Cindy. I like the way you've layered his arm and leg for dimension. That embossing folder is so appropriate with the holly sprigs. Nice choice.ReplyDelete
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just adorable! and not the least bit stinky, you silly thing! :) love that embossing.ReplyDelete
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REALs is of course an acronym for Rich Environment for Active Learning and is related to the work of Vygotsky who is a Russian teacher and psychologist involved in developing social learning theories. Social learning theories help us to understand that we learn from each other and the impact that learning communities have on us. The social learning theory dictates that we learn through our interactions and communications with our peers, teachers and other experts. Since the environment is very important, it should be rich with opportunity to interact with others and have discussion. Consequently, teachers would want to create a learning environment that maximizes the learner's ability to interact with each other through discussion, collaboration, and feedback. So I think of this not so much as a model but more of an environment that can be used with a constructivist approach.
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This has the most appeal to me and our group and will most likely be the method that we use for our project. This is also know as Guided Inquiry Learning. I have found two really good books that are recently published that demonstrate the value of this approach. Guided inquiry: Learning in the 21st century and Guided Inquiry Design: A Framework for Inquiry in Your School . These were written by a mother and her two daughters, all of which have many years of accumulative knowledge and expertise in this field. In their book, Kuhlthau, Maniotes and Caspari (2007) confirm the origin of Guided Inquiry Learning (GIL) is based on the solid theoretical foundation grounded in the constructivist approach to learning. The constructivist approach is based on Dewey, Bruner, Kelley, Vygotsky and Piaget. The constructivist approach holds that learners impose meaning on the world and construct their own understanding based on their unique learning experiences.
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Black Hawk College's new leader is now on the job. Last month, the board of trustees hired Dr. John Erwin as interim president.
He'll serve in the position while the college looks for former President Bettie Truitt's permanent replacement.
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• Prescribe Family Dinners for Cyberbullying
• Explaining the Unexplained Growth in Autism Prevalence
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MM: Parental and family connections are supportive. Having order and limits provide a sense of ease to most people. It only makes sense that re-instituting traditional family values and activities such as regular family dinners would decrease the need to dominate others and to bully them. Although our busy schedules make these activities challenging, we should try to implement as many of these activities as possible. I would add to this list, regular weekend family activities, game nights and other interactive events.All of these should help with self-confidence and provide tools for interacting on multiple levels.
JAMA Pediatr 2014 Nov; 168:1015
Prescribe Family Dinners for Cyberbullying
Among the nearly 20% of surveyed teens who experienced cyberbullying, family dinners were helpful in protecting them from its harmful effects.
Cyberbullying is known to adversely affect teen health. To assess its effects on mental health and substance use, researchers conducted a survey of Midwestern teens. The number and regularity of family dinners was used as a proxy for family interaction and support.
Results were as follows:
- Of 18,834 adolescents surveyed, 18.6% experienced at least one instance of cyberbullying during the previous 12 months; however, only 2.2% experienced it frequently.
- Cyberbullying victimization was more common in girls than in boys (odds ratio, 2.95).
- Girls victimized by cyberbullying were less likely to have substance abuse issues compared with boys but more likely to have internalizing problems of anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, and self-harm.
- The frequency cyberbullying was positively associated with risk for mental health problems and substance abuse. Family dinners were significantly associated with reduced risks for all mental health and substance use problems (odds ratios ranged from 0.79 for over-the-counter drug use to 0.95 for fighting).
- Cyberbullying frequency had less impact on mental health problems in adolescents reporting ≥4 family dinners weekly versus none.
Comment: Cyberbullying is frequent and associated with numerous mental health and substance abuse problems in adolescents. The new finding from this study is the positive impact that family dinners (a surrogate for family communications) had on reducing the negative impact of cyberbullying. We should prescribe family dinners for many reasons.
Citation(s): Elgar FJ et al. Cyberbullying victimization and mental health in adolescents and the moderating role of family dinners. JAMA Pediatr 2014 Nov; 168:1015. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1223)
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MM: Autism growth has expanded beyond any reasonable growth rate. It's true that expanded qualifying criteria will increase the prevalence of a condition in the community but the prevalence of Autism has increased at all levels. I feel that we must examine non-traditional potential causes as well as those that we already recognize and re-assess the things that we simply assume are safe or damaging. We need to determine if we are on the correct path or one of those paths. This is true not just for ASD, but for other chronic and increasing diseases that are not adequately explained.
JAMA Pediatr 2014 Nov 3
Explaining the Unexplained Growth in Autism Prevalence
Autism prevalence is altered in part by changes in diagnostic criteria, inclusion of outpatients, and sex differences
Rates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been increasing for reasons that are not fully understood. To examine this increase, investigators used data from the Danish Psychiatric Registry.
This registry is considered highly reliable because only child psychiatry specialists can diagnose ASD in Denmark. Also, the investigators were able to examine the effects of two changes in the registry: the change from the 8th edition to the 10th edition of the International Classification of Diseases in 1994 and the addition of outpatient diagnoses in 1995. Participants included birth cohorts between 1980 and 1991 (N=677,915); follow-up continued through December 2011 (3956 participants with ASD diagnoses).
To estimate prevalence changes, the researchers compared rates before and after the two changes to the registry and compared actual rates with those expected from prior trajectories. Overall, 60% of the increase in ASD rates was due to changes in diagnostic criteria or to the inclusion of outpatients, but in subanalyses, the effects due to changes in diagnostic schema were greater in boys.
Comment: These data solve part of the as-yet-unknown reasons for the increasing ASD rates. Still, 40% of rate increases remain unexplained, indicating the continued need for pregnant women to avoid environmental risk factors (e.g., pesticides, maternal smoking, phthalates). Milder male pathology may account for the increased prevalence, as suggested by the increase due to diagnostic schema occurring only in boys, along with the increases due to outpatient diagnoses. This concept is bolstered by the CDC's finding of higher prevalence in boys with milder severity (Natl Health Stat Report 2013 Mar 20; 65:1). Furthermore, in a genotyping study, risk polymorphisms differed between males with mild symptoms and higher IQs and girls or boys with lower IQs and greater severity (Nature 2014 Nov 13; 515:216).
Citation(s): Hansen SN et al. Explaining the increase in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders: The proportion attributable to changes in reporting practices. JAMA Pediatr 2014 Nov 3; [e-pub ahead of print].
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MM: I like the idea of establishing better predictive models of Breast Cancer Recurrence as this allows us to limit treatments to those who are at greatest risk and not expose women to unnecessary treatments that are costly both economically on their Quality of Life (QOL). This approach should be expanded to other forms of cancer as well for both men and women.
J Clin Oncol 2014 Oct 20
Predicting Late Recurrence of Breast Cancer
Gene signatures with or without clinical data may help identify at-risk patients.
Late recurrence in breast cancer is more frequently a manifestation of endocrine–sensitive breast cancer compared with other breast cancers and may reflect tumor-cell dormancy. Equally important is the recent clinical finding that longer durations of endocrine therapy, particularly tamoxifen, may be appropriate for patients with hormone-sensitive, early-stage disease. All systemic therapy, including endocrine therapy, is associated with the potential for some adverse effects as well as a recognition that compliance declines with longer durations of therapy. Therefore, an ability to identify patients at risk for late recurrences would be valuable.
Now, investigators report on the use of the PAM50 risk of recurrence (ROR) score and the Clinical Treatment Score (CTS) to determine the risk for late distant disease recurrence among patients in the ABCSG8 trial (Ann Oncol 2014; 25:339) and the ATAC trial (J Clin Oncol 2013; 31:2783), both of which involved use of endocrine therapy for postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor–positive breast cancer. A total of 2137 women who did not have recurrence 5 years after diagnosis were included in the combined analyses. The ROR score was calculated using a 46-gene subset of the PAM50 genes plus tumor size. Risk stratification was based on the predicted distant recurrence risk at 10 years: (ROR score 0–26 = low-risk [<10%], ROR score 26–68 = intermediate risk [10%–20%], and ROR score >68 = high risk [>20%]).The CTS was developed using information on nodal status, tumor size, grade, age, and treatment.
The CTS was the strongest prognostic factor 5 years after diagnosis. The ROR score was significantly prognostic by itself in years 5 to 10. In HER2-negative, node-negative patients, more prognostic information for late distant recurrence was identified using the ROR score than the CTS.
Comment: Gene signatures with or without clinical data may help identify patients at risk for late recurrences, and by extension those with estrogen-receptor–positive breast cancer who are most likely to benefit from extended endocrine therapy. Prospective data will be required to validate the utility of these assays.
Citation(s): Sestak I et al. Prediction of late distant recurrence after 5 years of endocrine treatment: A combined analysis of patients from the Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group 8 and Arimidex, tamoxifen alone or in combination randomized trials using the PAM50 risk of recurrence score. J Clin Oncol 2014 Oct 20; [e-pub ahead of print].
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MM: More conscientious living and eating should lead to a longer and better life and improved Quality of Life. This is a pretty simple premise but many of us are so addicted to certain aspects of our lifestyles that it is difficult, in fact almost impossible to modify them. The fear of death that is far away is simply not enough to make most people alter their lifestyles. A nearer, more imminent result is a much better incentive. This is one of the reasons that the HCG weight loss and metabolic syndrome protocol seems to be so effective. Patients see an immediate change in their weight, their appearance and many times, their need for medication for other conditions such as arthritis, hypertension and diabetes. This combination of short and long term benefits is likely the best way to establish overall lifestyle modification.
High Adherence to Mediterranean Diet Linked to Marker of Healthy Aging
By Larry Husten, Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM
Women who closely follow a Mediterranean diet have longer telomeres, a key measure of healthy aging, a BMJ study finds.
The study included some 4700 Nurses' Health Study participants who completed food-frequency questionnaires and who also had their telomere length measured. Women who adhered closely to a Mediterranean diet (emphasizing vegetables, fruits, nuts, whole grains, legumes, fish, and monounsaturated fats, plus moderate alcohol intake) had longer telomeres after adjustment for characteristics likely to influence telomere length, including age, body mass index, smoking history, and exercise.
The authors calculated that the difference in telomere length among women who were more adherent to the Mediterranean diet could translate into an average gain of about 4.5 years of life, roughly comparable to the difference between nonsmokers and smokers or being highly active and less active. "Our results," they conclude, "further support the benefits of adherence to the Mediterranean diet for promoting health and longevity."
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MM: I'm not a big fan of adult circumcision but its lifelong benefits are difficult to deny for a male infant.
CDC Releases First Guidelines on Circumcision
By Kelly Young, Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM
Uncircumcised adolescent and adult males who have sex with women should be counseled about circumcision following an assessment of their HIV risk, according to new circumcision guidelines from the CDC.
These males should be told of the potential benefits and harms: Adult male circumcision has been shown to reduce the risk for HIV infection acquired through heterosexual sex by 50% to 60%, based on data from sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, the risk for genital herpes and some strains of human papillomavirus are reduced by roughly 30%. Rates of adverse events (e.g., pain, bleeding) range from 2% to 4%.
The CDC notes that no definitive data exist on whether circumcision reduces the risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections for men who only have sex with men.
Circumcision is not explicitly recommended for newborns. Parents should be told of the potential benefits and risks: Circumcised infants are less likely to experience urinary tract infections, a relatively uncommon event. In childhood, balanitis and balanoposthitis are less common in circumcised boys. Complication rates are roughly 0.5% in infants and increase as the child gets older
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MM: It certainly makes sense that the greater the exposure to and repetition of a particular stimulus is likely to make the greatest impact on a young mind and I have no doubt that women provide the majority of child care in most societies but as a father I have seen my children and granddaughter respond immediately and joyfully as soon as they hear their father's voice. I think the most important part of this article is the recommendation to, "narrate your life" to your child irrespective of whether you are a man or a woman.
Pediatrics 2014 Dec 1; 134:e1603
Patterns of Parent-Infant Communication Differ by Gender
Mothers initiated communication more frequently and elicited more responses from infants compared with fathers.
Vocal communication between infants and parents is the foundation for developing language skills, which begins shortly after birth. New digital technology was used to define patterns of reciprocal vocalizations between mothers and fathers and their infants during their first year of life.
In a prospective cohort study, researchers assessed language output of 33 late-preterm and term infants and their parents. Sixteen-hour communication sessions were recorded during the birth hospitalization, in the home at 44 weeks' postmenstrual age (PMA), and at infant age 7 months using a digital language environment analysis instrument worn by the infant in a custom-made vest. Each session was analyzed for adult word count, infant vocalization count, and conversational exchanges.
Infants were exposed to significantly more female adult speech from birth to age 7 months. Mothers responded more frequently to their infant's vocalizations compared with fathers, and infants preferentially responded to female adult speech from birth to 7 months. Mothers preferentially responded to girls versus boys at birth and 44 weeks' PMA. A nonsignificant trend was observed for fathers to respond preferentially to boys at 44 weeks' PMA and 7 months.
Comment: Mothers provided the majority of language input and responded quicker to infants' vocal cues compared with fathers. Infants had preferential vocal responses to their mothers, and parents seemed to respond to infants preferentially based on gender. The study was limited by the small sample size, and most participating families were white, highly educated, and urban residents. The pattern of parent-infant communication requires further study in other settings. Nonetheless, these findings are similar to those of previous studies and remind us to inform mothers and fathers about the capacity of infants to listen to and respond to speech at an early age. Years ago, a wise parent taught me to encourage parents of young infants to "narrate your life."
Citation(s): Johnson K et al. Gender differences in adult-infant communication in the first months of life. Pediatrics 2014 Dec 1; 134:e1603.
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MM: I'm pretty sure that we'vc all heard that a pregnant woman should be able to eat whatever she wants because she is "eating for two", but, this is just not the case today. When a society has starvation and nourishment deprivation, then this adage may be viable but today we have an over-abundance of calorie laden products that are readily available. In fact, pregnant women need to pay greater attention to their food intake and focus on healthier choices; especially whole foods that are as free from chemicals and additives as possible.
Maternal Overweight, Obesity Linked to Infant Mortality
By Amy Orciari Herman, Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM
Infant mortality rates appear higher among women who are overweight or obese in early pregnancy, a BMJ study finds.
Using a Swedish birth registry, researchers studied associations between maternal weight in early pregnancy and neonatal outcomes among nearly 1.6 million live singleton births from 1992 to 2010. Overall, rates of infant mortality (within the first year of life) rose with increasing maternal BMI, ranging from 2.4 per 1000 births among normal-weight women to 5.8 per 1000 among those with BMIs of 40 or greater. The association between high BMI and infant mortality was observed mainly among term infants (e.g., death from birth asphyxia), although an excess of preterm deliveries among overweight and obese women also contributed to the association.
An editorialist writes: "Midwives and doctors who are involved in antenatal care should counsel women about the risks associated with overweight and obesity, and help them set targets for gestational weight gain informed by pre-pregnancy body mass index."
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Home-Based Intervention Improves Asthma Control in Adult Asthma Patients
Quality of life also was better, compared with usual care.
Patients in lower socioeconomic groups are affected disproportionately by asthma, and many adult patients do not know how to self-manage their disease. Researchers in Seattle randomized 366 lower-income adults with uncontrolled asthma to home-based asthma management or usual asthma care. The home-based program included five in-home visits during 7 months from trained community health workers who provided asthma education (e.g., asthma action plans, spacers, inhalers, allergen avoidance measures) and social services support.
During the 12-month study, participants in the home-based group (compared with the usual-care group) averaged 2 more symptom-free days during each 2-week period (number needed to treat [NNT] to gain 2 symptom-free days per 2 weeks, 7); the intervention group also scored significantly higher on a quality-of-life measure. In both groups, patients averaged 1.4 fewer urgent care visits during the study than during the previous year; the difference between groups was not significant.
Comment: With every outpatient visit for asthma, I give patients asthma action plans and instruct them on inhaler use and trigger avoidance. Still, many patients don't use their controller medications regularly or correctly and can't verbalize their management plans. Rather than stepping up to increasingly expensive asthma medications, home- and school-based interventions might be better and less expensive ways to improve asthma control. As the authors point out, the per-patient cost of the home-based intervention was US$1300 — less than the cost of a 1-year supply of a typical inhaled steroid.
Citation(s): Krieger J et al. Community health worker home visits for adults with uncontrolled asthma: The HomeBASE Trial randomized clinical trial. JAMA Intern Med 2014 Nov 24; [e-pub ahead of print].
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MM: I remember in the 1990's hearing Dr. John Lee present data that women who were injured in automobile accidents and sustained brain or spinal cord injuries, statistically fared better if these injuries occurred in the latter portion of their menstrual cycle. The better outcomes corresponded with higher systemic levels of progesterone. The fact that progesterone was higher at the time of injury seemed to support the theory of a better functional outcome. Unfortunately, it appears that in order to have improved results, the levels must be higher to start with and not after a traumatic injury or event. Although this information doesn't support post injury supplementation, it certainly doesn't preclude the benefits of general supplementation.
Progesterone of No Clinical Benefit in Traumatic Brain Injury
By Amy Orciari Herman, Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
Progesterone does not improve functional outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to two phase 3 studies in the New England Journal of Medicine. The finding contrasts with earlier animal studies and phase 2 trials among adult patients, which had suggested some benefit.
In one study, nearly 1200 patients aged 16 to 70 with severe TBI were randomized to receive intravenous progesterone or placebo, beginning within 8 hours after injury and continuing for 120 hours. In the second study, some 880 adults with severe, moderate-to-severe, or moderate TBI were similarly randomized, with treatment starting by hour 4 and continuing for 96 hours.
The primary endpoint — favorable functional outcome at 6 months on Glasgow scales — did not differ significantly between progesterone and placebo recipients in either trial. Secondary outcomes, including mortality, also did not differ.
Asked to comment, Richard Zane of NEJM Journal Watch Emergency Medicine said: "As logical or intuitive as it may seem, it appears that progesterone does not improve outcomes in TBI and should not be used in acute care. More to come, I am sure."
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Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; South Florida
Aviation Accident Final Report - National Transportation Safety Board: https://app.ntsb.gov/pdf
Investigation Docket - National Transportation Safety Board: https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Accident Number: DCA18CA055
Date & Time: 12/06/2017, 0307 UTC
Registration: N670NK
Aircraft: AIRBUS A321 231
Aircraft Damage: None
Defining Event: Turbulence encounter
Injuries: 1 Serious, 1 Minor, 100 None
Flight Conducted Under: Part 121: Air Carrier - Scheduled
On December 6, 2017, about 2207 eastern standard time, Spirit Airlines flight NKS265, an Airbus 321-231, N670NK, encountered turbulence during approach to land at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (KFLL), Fort Lauderdale, Florida. One flight attendant received a serious injury and the airplane was not damaged. The regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 from Atlantic City International Airport (KACY), Atlantic City, New Jersey, to KFLL.
According to the flight crew, the flight encounter the severe turbulence while descending through about 12,000 shortly after entering instrument meteorological conditions. There had been no reports of turbulence in the area and the seat belt sign was activated.
At the time of the turbulence encounter, the flight attendants (FA) were conducting their final cabin checks when all five FAs were thrown to the floor. One FA sustained an ankle injury and remained on the floor for the remainder of the flight. After landing, all five FAs were transported to the hospital where the FA was diagnosed with a medial and posterior malleolar fracture.
Probable Cause and Findings
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence that resulted in a flight attendant injury.
Environmental issues
Convective turbulence - Effect on personnel (Cause)
Factual Information
History of Flight
Turbulence encounter (Defining event)
Pilot Information
Certificate: Airline Transport
Age: 45, Male
Airplane Rating(s): Multi-engine Sea
Seat Occupied: Left
Other Aircraft Rating(s): None
Restraint Used: 5-point
Instrument Rating(s): Airplane
Second Pilot Present: Yes
Instructor Rating(s): Airplane Single-engine
Toxicology Performed: No
Medical Certification: Class 1 With Waivers/Limitations
Last FAA Medical Exam: 09/13/2017
Occupational Pilot: Yes
Last Flight Review or Equivalent: 11/06/2017
Flight Time: 14300 hours (Total, all aircraft), 3700 hours (Total, this make and model), 7300 hours (Pilot In Command, all aircraft), 80 hours (Last 90 days, all aircraft), 38 hours (Last 30 days, all aircraft), 0 hours (Last 24 hours, all aircraft)
Co-Pilot Information
Certificate: Airline Transport
Age: 28, Male
Airplane Rating(s):
Seat Occupied: Right
Other Aircraft Rating(s): None
Restraint Used: 5-point
Instrument Rating(s): Airplane
Second Pilot Present: Yes
Instructor Rating(s): None
Toxicology Performed: No
Medical Certification: Class 1 Without Waivers/Limitations
Last FAA Medical Exam: 05/15/2017
Occupational Pilot: Yes
Last Flight Review or Equivalent: 11/28/2017
Flight Time:
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: AIRBUS
Registration: N670NK
Model/Series: A321 231 231
Aircraft Category: Airplane
Year of Manufacture: 2016
Amateur Built: No
Airworthiness Certificate: Transport
Serial Number: 7106
Landing Gear Type: Retractable - Tricycle
Date/Type of Last Inspection:
Certified Max Gross Wt.: 205030 lbs
Time Since Last Inspection:
Engines: 2 Turbo Fan
Airframe Total Time:
Engine Manufacturer: IAE
Engine Model/Series: V2533-A5
Registered Owner: SPIRIT AIRLINES INC
Rated Power: 11990 hp
Operator: SPIRIT AIRLINES INC
Operating Certificate(s) Held: Flag carrier (121)
Operator Does Business As:
Operator Designator Code: GTIA
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site: Instrument Conditions
Condition of Light: Night
Observation Facility, Elevation:
Distance from Accident Site:
Observation Time:
Direction from Accident Site:
Lowest Cloud Condition:
Lowest Ceiling:
Visibility (RVR):
Wind Speed/Gusts:
Turbulence Type Forecast/Actual: Unknown
Wind Direction:
Turbulence Severity Forecast/Actual: Unknown
Altimeter Setting:
Temperature/Dew Point:
Precipitation and Obscuration:
Departure Point: Atlantic City, NJ (ACY)
Type of Flight Plan Filed: IFR
Destination: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Type of Clearance: IFR
Departure Time: 2003 EST
Type of Airspace:
Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 1 Serious, 1 Minor, 5 None
Aircraft Damage: None
Passenger Injuries: 95 None
Aircraft Fire: None
Ground Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 1 Serious, 1 Minor, 100 None
Latitude, Longitude: 26.072500, -80.152778 (est)
Sunday, July 01, 2018
Spirit Airlines, Airbus A321-231, N670NK: Accident occurred December 06, 2017 at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (KFLL), Broward County, Florida
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Between now and the spring, we're sharing the history and haunted legends associated with each of the hotels and B&Bs included in our forthcoming book,
|Hotel St. Nicholas
an amateur ghost hunting guide
to Haunted Hotels
in southwest Colorado.
an amateur ghost hunting guide
to Haunted Hotels
in southwest Colorado.
This week, we feature the Hotel St. Nicholas in Cripple Creek, Colo. (If you missed -- or want to revisit -- the paranormal investigation we conducted at this hotel, you can click here, as well as watch YouTube clips from our actual investigation.)
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Shades of Alfred Hitchcock – but with a lot more class. Because this building is a renovation of a former Sisters of Mercy hospital and sits elevated on a hill above the town, the setting resembles the classic haunted hotel. The three-story brick building, shrouded by tall Ponderosa pines, appears imposing and impressive with outside balconies and a cupola still topped with an iconic Christian cross.
Historical Context
The Hotel St. Nicholas's colorful history began in 1898 when the Dublin-based Catholic Sisters of Mercy built it to accommodate the Cripple Creek area during the Colorado gold rush.
|The hotel lobby
"While the sisters were evacuating patients to safer locations, a member of an anti-Catholic society entered the hospital's kitchen and attempted to destroy the building by placing dynamite in the stove chimney. To the man's misfortune, the dynamite exploded prematurely, causing little damage to the hospital, but blowing off his leg. He was evacuated with the other patients, and the compassionate care he received from the Sisters led him to express remorse for his deed. His shoe, which had landed in the tea kettle, was kept by the Sisters as a memento."
The nuns, convinced they needed a safer structure, hired a Denver architect to design and build a three-story brick hospital for a cost of $12,000. The first two floors served patients, reserving the third floor for the nuns and the attic for the hospital orderly. Completely modern for its day, the hospital contained electric lights, steam heat, hot and cold running water, and surgery facilities. The first patient was a young miner who had fallen down a mine shaft.
The Sisters left Cripple Creek in 1924, and local doctors bought the facility. After closing in 1972, the building served as a boarding house but eventually stood vacant by the time it was purchased and refurbished as a hotel in the mid-1990s.
Legends, Stories, and Guest ExperiencesThe community abounds with ghost stories, and the Hotel St. Nicholas has its fair share. Paranormal activity occurs on all three floors.
|Third-floor hallway
An employee later saw that same man, wearing the same clothes, as he strolled past her out of the nuns' room and simply vanished before her eyes. Only sometime afterwards did Susan and the employee compare notes to discover they had witnessed the same apparition.
Not to be ignored, the derby-hatted gentleman appeared again to part-time local Tom Tunnicliff in the first-floor hotel lounge. He and several friends stood at the bar. The front doorbell sounded and the on-duty staffer left to check but soon returned – no one had entered the otherwise empty hotel. Tom felt someone touch his shoulder, and he turned to see the dark outlined silhouette of a man in a long coat and derby. The apparition passed through Tom's arm, giving him a tingle, and proceeded to walk through the bar as well as through the antique boiler against the outside wall.
In an article in the Pikes Peak Courier, the hotel also remains home to ghostly former patients of the hospital's mental ward. The article cites another reported recurring presence – a ghost called "Stinky," sighted on the back staircase and making his presence known with a "sewage-like smell."
Hauntings occur throughout Cripple Creek. Many casinos claim to have regular ghosts that play slots. One establishment reports a recurring apparition who sits at a particular machine. The ghost plays for a while and then disappears. One wonders who collects the earnings, if any.
Several people visiting Tom's own house, just below the Hotel St. Nicholas, have witnessed an apparition arrive on his porch, come through a locked door, and walk through the home.
"People in Cripple Creek often dress up in period clothes," Tom said. "But sometimes they disappear. You don't know if you've seen a real person or a ghost."
* * *Next week, we share history and ghostly stories for Cripple Creek's other haunted establishment in our book, Linda Goodman's Miracle Inn (formerly Last Dollar Inn), which may contain a portal to another dimension in its basement.


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Miguel Ángel Gil: "A bad day cannot make us lose sight of what we're doing"
Our CEO spoke about the defeat in Turin, while highlighting the great future that lies ahead for Atlético de Madrid.
Miguel Ángel Gil spoke about the Champions League exit against Juventus.
"It's true that the result of the first leg confused all the Atléticos. Our match in Turin was a bad day and it's already in the past. The difference against a team that receives over €200 million in revenues more than us was a 82nd-minute penalty. It's true that on that night we didn't compete like we've done in the last years, it wasn't the Atleti that we all know, in the same way as Juventus didn't compete at their usual level at our stadium. It's tough for all of us, but we have to admit that we didn't play well. This is football, and us Atléticos have always shown that we behave very well when we win and when we lose. A bad day cannot make us lose sight of what we're doing," our CEO said.
Gil Marín has full confidence in the project led by Diego Pablo Simeone.
"I have full trust in our sports project and in Simeone. I offered Diego a contract extension a week after the 4-0 defeat in Dortmund. I didn't do it to go against the flow or to thank him for these seven years. I did it because I'm convinced that we will enjoy the next three years as much as the previous ones. I'm sure that Diego will complete a decade at Atlético de Madrid that will change our history," our CEO added.
Miguel Ángel Gil spoke about the future.
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One of my favorite Anime, Gurren Lagann has about everything you could want. I finally got one of the action figures off of amazon for a really good price.
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Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985),[1] known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer and songwriter. Her music has been noted by critics for its stylized cinematic quality, its preoccupation with themes of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia, and its references to pop culture, particularly 1950s and 1960s Americana.[2][3]
Raised in Upstate New York, Del Rey moved to New York City in 2005 to embark on her music career. Following numerous projects including her debut studio album and the unreleased Sirens, Del Rey's breakthrough came after the viral success of her single "Video Games" in 2011.[4] She would then sign with Interscope and Polydor later that year. Her major label debut Born to Die (2012) proved a success, spawning her first top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 with the Cedric Gervais remix of "Summertime Sadness".[5] Since, Del Rey has released the US Billboard 200 number-one albums Ultraviolence (2014) and Lust for Life (2017) along with top-ten releases Paradise (2012) and Honeymoon (2015). She has received nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album for both Paradise and Lust for Life.
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Alright this will be my final post on black holes, I promise. Unless you want more, that is? Actually that's a silly question, of course you'd like more. But unfortunately you're not getting any, so make sure you savour this one. It's going to be… astronomical… (I'll see myself out).
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Last night, I quickly had a look at the weather forecast for today. It confidently reassured me that there would be a bright, sunlit morning with a 5% chance of rainy spells. Of course, I had no doubt in my mind that the forecast was telling the truth. In the morning, I awoke with a large yawn and a badly-needed stretch. As I got up to draw back the curtains and admire the sunshine, I felt a sharp chill creep up my spine. "Hmm, it's oddly cold in here", I thought. Throwing back the curtains in vivid anticipation, my eyes flinched at the glare. My garden was covered edge to edge in a thick layer of bright, white snow. Just as predicted, right?
An Antimatter of Fact
When I asserted that everything in the universe consisted of seventeen fundamental particles, I wasn't entirely telling the truth. The Standard Model only tells half the story, because, as I'm sure you're aware, each particle also has a corresponding… antiparticle.
Surfing Gravity's Waves
On 11th February 2016 the world rejoiced in the astounding news that the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) had confirmed the first ever direct observation of gravitational waves, predicted a hundred years ago by Albert Einstein in his theory of general relativity. This is hailed as the breakthrough of the century, like the Holy Grail of scientific discoveries.


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Thunderstruck Drinking Game
Thunderstruck Drinking Game: What to Expect
Thunderstruck is a super chill and easy drinking game to play at just about any time with any group size. This makes it super clutch for pre-gaming and breaking the ice in just about any situation! It's probably no surprise that the Thunderstruck drinking game was inspired by AC/DC's song, Thunderstruck. Get ready to jam, drink, and laugh! It's time for some Thunderstruck!
What You Need:
- Beer or Drink of Choice for each player
- 2+ players (more=merrier)
- Device to play Thunderstruck on
Set it Up!
This is about as easy as it gets! All players should be situated in a manner that makes it easy to go around a circle or other formation to quickly switch turns. Each player should have a drink and easy access to additional drinks. Have AC/DC's Thunderstruck ready to play, and designate a player to start!
Go ahead and hit play on the song! Once you hear "thunder" for the first time, the first player begins drinking. He/she keeps drinking until "thunder" is heard in the song again, at which point the next player in the rotation begins drinking. This player continues to drink until you hear "thunder" a third time—you guessed it! The third player begins drinking at this point. That's all there is to the Thunderstruck drinking game! Simply take turns drinking each time "Thunder" is said, and the drinking player rotates each time AC/DC says Thunder again! This continues for the remainder of the song.
It sounds super simple, but we promise you this one is a blast! There are a handful of points in the song with really long instrumentals between "thunders"-- who doesn't love waiting to see which one of their friends will get screwed into drinking for 20+ seconds straight?! Just hope it isn't you!
Play this one as many times as you'd like! It makes for perfect entertainment on a party bus, pregaming with friends, or for any other event you can think of! It is a great way to break the ice with a new group of people while getting pumped up (and pretty tipsy) for the night ahead!
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Saturday at Borough Briggs facing Elgin City was to be a historic day for the club, the first time the clubs had met in a competitive league fixture but ended for "The Wasps" a game in which we did ourselves absolutely no favours, we never got going in difficult conditions and allowed Elgin City to get ahead far too easily. However nobody could have for seen what was to turn the game in a three minute spell prior to half-time. Although we had been far from our best we still had a lot of possession in the first half but had no penetration, Elgin were far more direct and shot on sight, their second goal came out of the blue and the third on half time was horrendous defending which resulted in Mark Docherty pulling back Brian Cameron and a penalty and sending off. That left "The Wasps" a mountain to climb in the second half. The game was finished in the 56th minute when referee Barry Cook awarded Elgin a 2nd penalty after Craig Gunn had clashed with Scott Bain which looked harsh. Elgin scored their fourth goal of the game but Scott Bain persisted in arguing with the officials and foolishly added to the teams woes by being red carded. Now down to 9 players from there on in it was backs to the walls and damage limitation, all credit to Elgin City they took advantage of the situation and scored a 5th goal. Alloa Athletic need to take the result on the chin and learn from this result, regardless of who we are playing you have to give yourself a chance in the game and we didn't do that at Elgin and suffered badly. Not since 23rd September, 1995 have we lost a Third Division fixture 5-0, on that occasion we lost to Inverness Caledonian Thistle at home.
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The Truth about Moving the Lawn
In the beginning of time when man had just freshly evolved from a newt, his priorities were food and women. He was either chasing or being chased by wild animals, kidnapping and raping wives, trying to hump first and then eat anything with a pulse and drawing cartoons on cave walls. Those were the good old times. Then the bugger decided to evolve a little more and became Homo Habilis, a tool user, with a penchant for polishing his 'own tool'. Mr Homo Habilis then one day downed tools one afternoon and decided to grab a bit of kip on the patch of grass in front of his hut. This is the day the lawn was born and the last time Mr. Habilis was going to have his afternoon nap. His free time- the time he was able to save because of his tools - would now forever be lost to that patch of grass called the lawn.
I personally hate lawns and I know the feeling is mutual. I don't have a green thumb, as a matter of fact I have what is called 'the touch of death' thumb to to anything with chlorophyll in it. I'm a plant serial killer. The Ted Bundy in the botanical kingdom. If you count the number of plants I've wasted and the ways in which I have wasted them, it would make Jack the Ripper look like a naughty boy. My lawn has black patches of earth that look like the've been scorched with some sci-fi super lazer. It has areas that are completely overrun by an assorted gang of broad leaved mutated weeds that could be the hell spawn of a nuclear disaster. It has patches of dense mini jungles, probably with mini anacondas and mini jaguars fighting each other. I've tried everything. From digging up the black patches to applying gallons of weed and feed, to using weedkiller to begging and pleading with the grass. Many a time, in my mind, I have relived the pleasure of dowsing my lawn with petrol and setting it alight, then grabbing the ashes in both hands and yelling like a banshee to the sky.
You spend your weekends moving it, edging it, weeding and feeding it, and it repays your love like the child in exorcist. Maybe I could manufacture little nanobots or genetically modify some insect like creature to kill the weed between the grass and make sure there is only one type of grass and not 500 like I have now. Or maybe pretend my lawn is Vietnam and fly small remote control F4 Phantoms over my lawn and drop small napalm bombs and de-foliating agents on it. Or individually pull out some weeds, torture them the way the CIA tortured the Iraqis and replant them so they can go and scare the other weeds into surrendering or committing suicide. Or possibly baptising the weeds and training them as alta boys and then bringing a priest to my home. What does one have to do?
There have to be low maintenance alternatives to the lawn. Astro turf is probably too expensive and green coloured carpets might smell after a while, and tiling the entire garden might make it look like a toilet. I beleive that man is more intelligent and capable than most plants. However, when it comes to the lawn, I have my doubts. The score is currently Lawn:100, Me:0, and that really sucks.
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And why do we care so much for this lawn? Because in the brief 2 minutes when rain actually falls and the lawn turns a bit green- we get complimented. Like little boys in grade school, we get a Star next to our name for decent lawn.
I get so frigging jealous of anyone on my block with lawn greener than mine. And that's about the entire block. This lawn, the extension of my penis when the car is parked in the garage, gets frowns and looks that make me feel like an incompetent fool who can't water grass consistently.
Sigh. Lawn: 200 Me: 1 (I won one time at the start of summer)
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Hmm, Lawn: 2 Me: Too tired to care. My lawn tries to kill me on a regular basis, mole tunnels that collapse under me when i walk on them risking a broken ankle and starving to death before anyone finds me, mowed over a wasps nest once - that was fun..... Need I go on. Yet I persevere for that moment when the sun shines, the ground is dry and I can't sit outside because my hayfever kicks in.....
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The Ultimate Shelter: A Sukkot Message
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Thank you! Just received news of layoffs at work and then decided to log on and check out Chabad.org...always a blessing. This encouraged me so much!!
The Ultimate Shelter Such spiritual insight - very moving - bringing me back to special meditation on our G_d. Thank you Rabbi Roth
desert The Lord has my self and other that i know in the desert a wilderness of dryness I have no job . Yet our G-d sustain us. I love the stars and what he said about them seeing the same stars. never though of this till now. thanks
What a beautiful heartfelt video... thank you.
The Ultimate Shelter
What a beautiful teaching. As I watched this video by Rabbi Roth, It transport me to that desert where the Jewish people spent 40 years. And my heart jumps with gladness by just imagining G-d's Shekinah in that beautiful place.
I feel a special warmth in my spirit, that only our Creator can give. How wonderful, how loving, and caring is our Heavenly Father!!!
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Park Si Hoo has been nominated for the "Grand Prize Actor" of the "2018 Korea Drama Awards" for his role of Choi Do Kyung in "My Golden Life".
Other nominations are:
- Daesang: Chun Ho Jin
- Drama Award: My Golden life
- Script writer Award: So Hyun Kyung
- Grand Prize Actress: Shin Hye Sun
- New Actress Award: Seo Eun Soo
Details 2018 Korea Drama Awards:
- Date: October 2, 2018 (Tuesday) 18:00 – 20:00 hours
- Venue: Gyeongnam Culture & Art Center
- Red Carpet: 17:00 hours
- Celebration Stage: Seventeen
- MC: Jo Woo Jong & Gong Seo Young
Tuesday October 2 the final episode of "Lovely Horribly" will be broadcasted on KBS 2 TV too. No nominations for this drama, but
Park Si Hoo deserves to win the Grand Prize for his interpretation of Choi Do Kyung in "My Golden Life"!
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