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Roy Kreitner, Calculating Promises: The Emergence of Modern American Contract Doctrine (Stanford University Press, 2007) is reviewed for H-Law by Matthew S.R. Bewig, Department of History, University of Florida. Kreitner's book was awarded the Cromwell Book Prize in 2007. Bewig begins:
Anyone who has taken the first-year law school course on contract law knows that the doctrine of consideration--the legal rule that the law will enforce only those promises made in exchange for some thing of value--is the defining characteristic of modern American contract law. To the extent that history of any kind enters into the discussion,it is distinctly teleological, as "ancient" cases are mined for evidence of later developments. Indeed, the doctrine of consideration is to contemporary American contract law as the doctrine of originalsim is to Christian theology: both locate the crux of the irrespective systems in the selfish nature of human choosing, and both teach that they have been around forever. Roy Kreitner's important book persuasively points out, however, that the centrality of consideration to contract law is barely a century old, a product of the social and political tumult accompanying the victory of industrial capitalism over its alternatives. At that time, conservative legal scholars invented the concept of individual calculating promisors as the only valid actors whose agreements their notion of contract law would protect. Though these libertarian ideas would have been literally unthinkable to the framers of the Constitution, who analyzed agreements according to the participation of the parties in one of several status-based relationships, some scholars now use them in constitutional interpretation as though they reflect original intent,a claim that this book lays to rest.
Kreitner's book "certainly requires substantial understandings of common-law reasoning, modern contract jurisprudence,and legal terminology generally. Therefore, those who are unfamiliar with such concepts as "quasi-contract," "past consideration," or"privity of contract," will do well to keep a copy of Black's Law Dictionary nearby." But those who persist "will reap rewards well worth the effort, because they will find an important argument about the relationship between the development of modern law and modern capitalist social relations." The book
demonstrates the fatal flaws in the dominant historical narrative of contract law, which incorrectly assumes that it has always focused on which promises to enforce between acquisitive economic actors. This narrative also teaches that before the modern era, courts rarely policed contractual relationships, seeking only to prevent fraud and coercion, and that substantial regulation of contracts emerged only with statutory reforms such as the consumer laws or the Uniform Commercial Code. All of this, of course,constitutes falsification of history.
As Kreitner shows, before the late nineteenth century, "contract law"did not exist as an independent field of legal thought and inquiry.Thus, the treatises of Edward Coke (1615), William Blackstone (1769),and James Kent (1830), set forth no substantive, freestanding discussions regarding contract law. Instead, common-law judges and scholars construed and enforced agreements of various kinds according to several well-understood jural relationships, such as those between principals and agents, masters and servants, landlords and tenants,parents and children, husbands and wives, or bailors and bailees.Each of these relationships was defined in explicit(ly) legal terms,and each human being in such a relationship possessed a well-defined constellation of legal rights and obligations which inhered to them because they were in that relationship. The "will of the parties,"which under classical legal thought has become the paramount factor in defining the terms of a contract, often was a secondary aspect of contract interpretation.
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This Philly.com story on the advantages of ultrasound needle guidance and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital's findings is not only informative but is written in a particularly engaging style accessible to a wide readership. An informed public goes a long way in helping to reinforce the value of clinical ultrasound's multiple benefits.
Here is an excerpt from the article by Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer Stacey Burling:
. . . An emergency physician at George Washington University Hospital found that use of central lines, the fallback when the staff can't connect to a peripheral vein, fell by 80 percent after technicians learned how to use ultrasound. That's important because central lines are more expensive and prone to infections. Learn more of iatrogenic pneumothorax prevention through POCUS here.
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Miley Cyrus was in Madrid for the EMAs. Jared Followill was there with Kings of Leon. Apparently they went after-partyhopping together, flirting all night, and texting too. This is what I find so confusing about the young generation. They were at the same place, at the same time, and face to face at the club. And then she goes back to her seat and continues the game on her blackberry? Why not just stay up in his face? That's how it worked back in my day. If there was action with a boy that could be handled with some up close whispering and an occasion touch of the arm progressing to eyef-cking, there's no way I'd leave that to go sit at a table only to start writing short letters to him as a follow-up This must mean I'm old.
As for whether or not they actually made it happen, well, she and Liam Hemsworth are over again for the second time, and it's not like there's a lot of supervision going on here, and he's had Ashley Greene too who recently worked on a movie with Miley and, wait, did Miley set up Ashley and the Jonas Vagina? Maybe Ashley returned the favour.
Also... you know the substances that are available at rock star parties, right? You know the word "no" hardly ever applies, right? I'm just saying Miley turns 18 in a couple weeks. It's about to get very, very interesting.
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Lewis Hamilton took victory in his home race at this afternoon's British Grand Prix, while Nico Rosberg was forced to retire.
- Lewis scored the team's eighth win in nine races in 2014 – and his fifth of the season so far
- This marked Lewis' 27th Formula One victory, putting him level with Sir Jackie Stewart
- His win came 60 years and two days after the first Formula One victory for Mercedes-Benz at the 1954 French Grand Prix
- Nico retired his car with gearbox problems just after half distance on lap 29, having led from the start
- Lewis ran an option/prime/option tyre strategy, with Nico running option/option before his retirement
- The team now leads the Constructors' Championship by 158 points after nine of this season's 19 races
Lewis Hamilton
Winning in front of your home crowd is just the best feeling. We really do have the greatest fans here and thank you so much to everyone for your patience after yesterday. To see the support all around the track is just amazing. I said before that I'd never give up but it was a tough qualifying and I really needed to dig deep and come back positive this morning. A huge thank you to my family and all of the fans for pushing me on – I couldn't have done it without them. Nico had a pretty big gap at the beginning of the race but I kept pushing and was happy with my pace. After extending my first stint, we switched to the prime tyres and I honestly couldn't believe the pace that I had and was closing up to Nico. Of course, he then had a problem and I saw him pull over. It's a shame for the team and I never want to see a team-mate fall behind – I always want to battle it out – but I'm sure we will get to do it again in the future. It's been a rollercoaster weekend and to come away with the win after a day like yesterday is fantastic, so thank you to everyone in the team for all their hard work. I'm proud to have done it for them here – so close to our factories in Brackley and Brixworth.
Nico Rosberg
It's a pity what happened today as I lost a lot of points in the Championship. We are always aiming for 100 % reliability but unfortunately that didn't work out for me today. I had a small issue in the installation lap but the car felt great in the beginning. By lap 20, though, the gearbox started to become a serious problem and from then it got worse. I tried to get it into some safety settings, let Lewis through and just keep going until the end of the race. But there was nothing we could do so I had to stop the car. All I can do is accept that these things happen and work with the team to find out what went wrong. It's a shame for the race in a way, as it could have been a great battle against Lewis, but congratulations to him for the win. Now we are heading to Germany with the quickest car and I'm looking forward to a home Grand Prix for both Mercedes-Benz and myself.
Toto Wolff
It was a day of two halves for the team – a fantastic result for Lewis at his home race and disappointment for Nico when he had to retire. First, the positive aspect: Lewis drove a faultless race today. He made up positions at the start and in the opening laps after the restart, then it was shaping up to be a big battle until Nico started to suffer the gearbox problems. But what I want to praise most of all is Lewis' approach today. He had a bad qualifying session but he arrived at the circuit this morning in such a positive frame of mind and determined to perform – and he did that for his home fans. It was a great performance that showed his mental strength. Nico was doing a great job leading the race today and handled his retirement like the professional he is: he understands that this is part of motor racing and that we still have a long way to go this year. For our team, it's great to win at Silverstone for the second year in a row, so close to our factories in Brackley and Brixworth. And for Mercedes-Benz, it's a special day too – to win on the 60th anniversary of the company's first victory with Juan Manuel Fangio. It's a proud day for all of us.
Paddy Lowe
It's fantastic to produce a win at our home circuit and I'd like to dedicate this to all our team-mates in Brackley and Brixworth – I know they will have been living through every second with us, so this one is for you all. Our W05 Hybrid car was very strong today: Silverstone is a benchmark circuit not just for engine performance but also for aerodynamic efficiency, and we saw incredible pace from Nico and Lewis in the opening stint. There we had two of the best drivers in the world, right on the limit, fighting tooth and nail – and every sector of every lap counted. It was great to watch. We decided to put the drivers on different tyre strategies, with Nico planning to run option/option/prime – and Lewis offset on the slower option/prime/option strategy, which could have given him a chance to challenge for the lead in the closing laps. It was shaping up that way until Nico's problems. It was a real blow to lose Nico's car: there was an early sign of a problem with a strange downshift, then it went away for 10 laps before recurring. We tried to change settings to remedy the situation but ultimately he lost drive and had to retire. But on the positive side, Lewis delivered a fantastic home win for the crowd – and it couldn't have been better at Silverstone's 50th British Grand Prix. It's eight wins in nine races now, which is an amazing statistic, but today also reminded us that we need to keep focusing on every small detail if we want to maintain that level of performance.


text: Back Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy Does this test have other names? Bone marrow exam What is this test? This is a two-part test that looks at the blood cells in a sample of bone marrow, the spongy tissue within certain bones. This test may help your doctor diagnose or monitor a blood disease or health condition affecting your marrow. Your bone marrow has a liquid consistency and also a solid part. Aspiration uses a needle to remove a sample of the liquid part of bone marrow. Biopsy uses a larger needle to remove a small amount of bone with its marrow. Part of the job of bone marrow is to make blood cells. This test can find out how well your bone marrow is working. This test is also done to find some types of cancer. Why do I need this test? You might have this test if your doctor wants to find out the health of your bone marrow or to check on how well your marrow is making blood cells. You may have an aspiration to check for: The health of your bone marrow for a transplant Acute leukemia Multiple myeloma In some situations, bone marrow aspiration is used to confirm chromosome disorders in newborns. You may have an aspiration followed by a biopsy if you could have: Bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infection Unexplained anemia, leucopenia, or thrombocytopenia Metastatic cancer or many other diseases What other tests might I have along with this test? Your doctor may also order these tests: Complete blood count, or CBC Reticulocyte count to find out your red blood cell survival rate What do my test results mean? Many things may affect your lab test results. These include the method each lab uses to do the test. Even if your test results are different from the normal value, you may not have a problem. To learn what the results mean for you, talk with your health care provider. The lab will look at different aspects of your bone marrow to help find certain diseases or conditions. These aspects include: Type and number of blood cells Any abnormalities in the size, shape, or look of cells Level of iron in the bone marrow Abnormal amount of young white blood cells, called blasts Any chromosomal abnormalities Depending on what is seen, your results may mean you have an infection, a blood disease, leukemia, or cancer that has spread to the bone marrow from another site. If your results are negative, your doctor may order other tests to diagnose your condition. How is this test done? These tests require a sample of bone marrow. A number of sites on your body can be used for marrow aspiration, but the hip bone is a common spot. You will likely lie down flat on an exam table. your doctor will numb the area of the test. You may feel a slight prick from the needle that the doctor uses to give the numbing agent. Does this test pose any risks? It's not possible to numb the bone, so you may feel slight pain during the procedure. But you shouldn't feel any pain afterward. Risks from a bone marrow test are rare, but you could have bleeding or an infection. What might affect my test results? Other factors aren't likely to affect your results. How do I get ready for this test? Tell your doctor if you take aspirin or have any allergies. In addition, be sure to tell our doctor if you are pregnant, take any "blood thinning" medications, or have a history of bleeding problems. Be sure your doctor knows about all other medicines, herbs, vitamins, and supplements you are taking. This includes medicines that don't need a prescription and any illicit drugs you may use.


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It's National Cyber Security Awareness Month in the US, and a group of companies, government entities, and nonprofit organizations kicked it off with some research. The survey from McAfee and the nonprofit National Cyber Security Alliance found that 90% of people surveyed responded "not completely" when asked how safe they feel from "viruses, malware and hackers while on the Internet." Their biggest concern is identity theft (41%), followed somewhat distantly by having their machines get infected with malware or a virus (16%), someone hacking into their financial information (13%), loss of privacy (5%), and so on. There were a few findings concerning kids and families….
- On the age-appropriateness of owning various devices, respondents thought it appropriate for children 10-16 to own a tablet (46%) or smartphone (53%).
- As for social networking, only 31% of respondents feel it's appropriate for 14-to-16-year-olds to have social network accounts and 45% feel that's appropriate for young people 16+ (8% said it's never appropriate for minors to have social-network accounts).
- Though this was mainly a study about cybersecurity, the researchers threw in some questions about parents' safety concerns. Their biggest worry was sexual content/pornography (39%), followed by having contact with strangers when kids are online (27%), bullying/peer harassment (10%), identity theft (9%), "portrayals of drug or alcohol use" (3%), and long-term damage to their reputation (2%). portrayals of drug or alcohol use; 2% long‐term damage to their reputation.
- On data exposure: 26% of respondents "received notification by a business, online service provider or organization that their personally identifiable information (e.g. password, credit card number, email address, etc.) was lost or compromised because of a data breach.
I was interested to note that the survey made no reference to social engineering (or phishing, for that matter), since social engineering is a significant part of personal and family security breaches. I can see why, for maximum clarity and response, researchers wouldn't use the actual terms, which are new to people, but the survey doesn't even ask questions around the tricks phishers and other criminals use to get people to "click here" or "reply to this." The survey doesn't seem to acknowledge that, in participatory media and technology, users are not just passive potential victims. In the case of cybersecurity, they are sometimes tricked to participate in their own victimization. We need more research on how that happens!
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The word Corposcindosis is derived from corpus (body), scindo (to divide or sever) and osis (a
The CS model generates a great number of falsifiable predictions about physiological changes in autonomic function, most of which have been reported anecdotally in the oral history. Several of these changes have been empirically confirmed in humans, several others have been confirmed in animal studies only, none have been refuted, several have not been studied at all.
Bilateral thoracic sympathectomy involving the T2 ganglion invariably results in full-blown corposcindosis, and is easily recognizable under thermal imaging. Bilateral thoracic sympathectomy not involving the T2 ganglion may or may not result in full-blown corposcindosis.
Primary immediate regional (above the nipple line) symptomsPrimary regional (above the nipple line) symptoms of corposcindosis may include: anhidrosis (inability to sweat), increase (up to 12 degrees F) in skin temperature, decreased heart rate and contraction strength, diminished baroreflex response, diminished lung volume, decreased carbon dioxide transfer out of blood, loss of vasoconstriction, loss of goose bumps, increased fat cell count, diminished lypolysis (fat burning), increased bone resorption, decreased osteoblast formation, confused stem cell function within bone marrow, delayed skin healing, calcification of arteries, chronic pain and parethesia.
Cannon effects (denervation supersensitivy)Over time, as some denerved receptors become supersensitive to catecholamines, symptoms may include: rapid weak heart beat (Post Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), additional pain syndromes, hypersensitivity to sound and/or light, and many other possible supersensitivity effects.
Compensatory regional (below the nipple line) symptomsCompensatory regional (below the nipple line) symptoms may include: hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating), loss of libido, plus several other possible hyperactive sympathetic responses.
Changes to systemic functionChanges to systemic function may include: poor thermoregulation in response to both hot and cold, loss of selective brain cooling, diminished exercise capacity, and lowered endocrine function.
Primary psychiatric effectsPrimary psychiatric symptoms may include: diminished subjective experience of strong emotions, such as fear, thrills, and excitement; diminished alertness.
Secondary psychiatric effectsSecondary psychiatric symptoms may include: anger, depression, suicide and suicidal thoughts.
Disease ClassificationCorposcindosis is a disease in every sense of the word. Corposcindosis presents the interruption, cessation, and disorder of body functions, systems, organs, glands, and muscles. Corposcindosis has a proven etiolgy - ETS surgery. Corposcindosis has an identifiable group of signs and symptoms, and presents consistent anatomical alterations. The word "disabled" and "disabling" appear in the literature with reference to the effects of thoracic sympathectomy in humans. The National Institutes of Health have included thoracic sympathectomy in their list of "neurocardiologic disorders".
Corposcindosis is definable, predictable, measurable, photographable, preventable, incurable and disabling. Subjectively, ETS surgery patients may consider their corposcindosis to be "life ruining", "hateful" and "disturbing".


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Upcoming Small Business Seminar – QuickBooks for Beginners
QuickBooks for Beginners
Learn how to be more efficient and simplify your bookkeeping using QuickBooks Accounting Software. The QuickBooks for Beginners seminar will demonstrate functions useful for daily operations in you small business. Additional topics to be covered include Setting up Your System, Navigating QuickBooks Software, Organizing the Chart of Accounts, Computerized Balance & Income Sheets, Accounts Payable/Receivable and Daily Operations Including Payment of Invoices & Creation of Customer Invoices.
This seminar will be held on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 from 9:00 am – Noon at the Moreno Valley Conference Center located at 14075 Frederick Street, Alessandro Room A, in Moreno Valley. This workshop is being sponsored by the City of Moreno Valley; there will be no charge to attend. Pre-registration prior to the seminar is strongly recommended, as seating is limited. For reservations or additional information on this seminar, contact us at (951) 781-2345. Online registration is available at www.iesmallbusiness.com. Business owners and start-up entities alike are welcome to attend this presentation.
The Inland Empire Small Business Development Center is hosted by the California State University San Bernardino, University Enterprises Corporation. The Center is partially funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the California State University Fullerton Tri-County Lead SBDC. All of the SBDC programs and services are offered on a non-discriminatory basis. Reasonable arrangements for persons with disabilities will be made.


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A car designer is building a prototype of an electric "horseless carriage" that animal advocates hope will replace New York City's horse-drawn carriages.
Jason Wenig of the Creative Workshop is basing his design after a 1909 Pierce-Arrow and Packard, according to the Daily News.
He says his Dania Beach, Fla. workshop was contracted by New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets to build the car. It seats eight people and will cost about $450,000 to make.
The group says it wants to get the horseless carriage on the streets of New York City as part of a pilot program. It hopes it could eventually replace horse-drawn carriages.
City Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito is in favor of the pilot project but it doesn't have the support of Council Speaker Christine Quinn.


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5 Jobs With Epic Championship Tournaments
You don't need to be a superstar athlete with a million-dollar contract and a billion-dollar ego to be a champion. Here in the good ol' U.S. of A., tournaments aren't just reserved for sports; we have competitions that can turn the most menial and everyday professions, tasks, and skills into nail-biting tournaments and gripping challenges.
1. Pizza making
Dominos Pizza used to pride itself on being able to make and deliver hot pizza pies as fast as humanly possible with their famous "30 minutes or less" guarantee. The company has since realized that a speedy delivery promise doesn't matter much if the pizza tastes like piping hot cardboard, but they haven't given up on trying to create a fleet of super fast pizza makers. Every year, they've held a World's Fastest Pizza Maker competition with competitors from their global franchises to see who can put together a pie the fastest. The title is currently held by Pali Grewal of Surrey, England, who put together three large pizzas in 39.1 seconds.
2. Bagging
Putting your groceries in bags looks easy, but that's just because the best of the best can make it look easy. Every year, the best and brightest in bagging are tapped by the National Grocers' Association to compete in their annual Best Bagger Championship. The first competition was held in 1987 in Dallas, Texas, and had just two contestants from Texas and Oklahoma. These days, contestants from all 50 states converge in Las Vegas for the annual competition.
It takes a lot more than just a good time to win the big bagging trophy. According to the NGA's official coordinator manual, contestants are judged by speed, bag building technique, weight distribution, and "style, attitude and appearance." The bagger with the highest score gets $10,000, the "Grocery Bag" trophy, and "Best Bagger Golden Lane" to proudly display in their store. Admiral, Washington's Andrew Borracchini took home the latest grand prize earlier this year.
3. Firefighting
Being a firefighter requires countless hours of training and education and strict fitness discipline. Some firefighters dedicate additional time to compete in the Firefighter Combat Challenge, where the world's best and fastest firefighters compete in a grueling obstacle course that incorporates all of the skills and challenges of traditional firefighting. The course measures individual and team runs in events that include hauling and hoisting a firehose pack up a high-rise structure, victim rescues, and forcing entry into a simulated burning building.
4. Baristas
Every morning when you shuffle into your neighborhood coffee shop, you're probably too tired to notice the amount of work it takes to brew your cup of wake-up juice. It's such a delicate and complicated process that every year, the United States Barista Championship holds a heated competition to find the best Barista in the country. The competition covers three rounds: preparation, competition, and clean-up—each in an elimination-style tournament with a certain number of the highest scores moving to the next round. The baristas must make a single cup of espresso, cappuccino, and signature drink coffees for a group of specialized judges who determine the coffees' "sensory" qualities and the Barista's "technical" skill and award each player points based on their judgments. Pete Licata from Parisi Coffee of Kansas City, Missouri, won the last Barista championship in Boston.
5. School bus driving
Very few automotive competitions involve skills like parallel parking, "diminishing clearance," and a knowledge test of driver safety. The National School Transportation Association makes up for these sorely needed competitions by holding an annual safety competition for school bus drivers. Some of the world's best and brightest bus drivers travel to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to show off their safe student transportation skills in a very thorough gauntlet of driving challenges that include "elementary student loading," curb lines and stop lines, right turn events, and "railroad crossing and clearance." They also take a general knowledge and vehicle inspection test as part of the overall competition. The top 2012 drivers included Mark Koelbl from Calgary, Alberta, Antonio Perez from Encinitas, California, and Russell Altizer from Christiansburg, Virginia.


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Basic care - Health program for your older pet
When a health problem is detected early, one can act more quickly and improve the chances of success of the treatment. This way, we can prolong a pleasant life for our four legged companions. The annual exam (biannual for some animals) is vital to assess your animal's health and to collect data for a follow-up. In addition, there are various diagnostic tests (blood tests, urine analysis, blood pressure, X-rays, etc.) that help establish a bill of health.
At the Centre Vétérinaire Laval, the veterinary and technical staff, in cooperation with the reception staff, has decided to develop a health program for its senior/geriatric patients. When your pet reaches the age of 7 years, during the annual check-up, we will hand out a questionnaire to you; this will allow us to better answer your pet's needs. Please take the time to fill it out before seeing your veterinarian.
Then, during the meeting with your veterinarian, you will discuss your pet's needs and have the opportunity to talk about any questions and concerns you might have. A short-term hospitalization (usually one day) will allow us to carefully assess your pet's health and do the necessary diagnostic tests. Afterward, the veterinarian will inform you of the results and give his recommendations.
Benefits of the senior health program
- Early detection of health problems permitting a rapid intervention and a better treatment plan.
- Annual blood analysis to improve security during anesthesia (drug choice, monitoring, etc.)
- Increased safety during administration of drugs, and detection of concomitant diseases
- Appropriate senior diet recommendations based on the health check-up.
- Allowing for the best medical follow-up possible.
Senior patient questionnaire
To help you know your senior pet better, here are a few questions that you should ask yourself.
- I think that my animal has lost weight
- I think that my animal has gained weight
- My pet's energy level/its liveliness has diminished
- My pet coughs, or has difficulty breathing
- I have noticed lumps on my pet
- My pet's stools are harder
- My pet has diarrhea
- My pet seems to drink more than usual
- My pet seems to urinate in larger quantities
- My pet seems to have more difficulty seeing
- or hearing.
- My pet has bad breath The appearance of my pet's coat has changed
- I have noticed that my pet has difficulty walking
- My pet has had convulsions
- My pet shows signs of change in behavior
- My pet seems to be incontinent
If you answered yes to one or many of these questions, you should consider the possibility of having your pet participate in the senior health program.
Most common health problems of senior/geriatric patients:
They are often the same for human geriatric patients.
- Obesity
- Dental problems
- Hyperthyroidism
- Chronic renal insufficiency
- Cardiovascular disease
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- Anemia
- Liver disease
A senior health program (exam and diagnostic tests) is very important to detect these diseases early, and successfully develop suitable treatment and follow-up plans.
Senior cat health program:
- Yearly exam (weight follow-up, dental evaluation, ophtalmoscopy, otoscopy, cardiopulmonary auscultation, abdominal palpation, dermatological evaluation, detection of lumps, rectal examination, myoarthroskeletal and neurological evaluation if necessary)
- Hematology / Biochemistry / Electrolytes / T4 (thyroids)
- Urology
- Blood pressure
Depending on the case: thorax/abdomen X-rays, ECG (electrocardiogram) cardiac/abdominal ultrasonography.
In order to evaluate carefully your pet's health, a short-term hospitalization (one day usually) will allow us to do the necessary diagnostic tests.
Basic cost: Yearly exam, hematology, biochemistry, electrolytes, T4, urology, blood pressure, short-term hospitalization
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Dr. Wakefield's study once showed a link between vaccinations and autism. Too bad it was based on fraudulent data and "an absolute lie". Bill Gates has pledged 10 billion dollars to make it the "year of the vaccines".
Specifically, Gates' $10 billion will be spread over 10 years. In an interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta for CNN, Gates has some ideas on how to improve vaccination:
We have to do three things in parallel: Eradicate the few that fit that profile — ringworm and polio; get the coverage up for the vaccines we have; and then invent the vaccines — and we only need about six or seven more — and then you would have all the tools to reduce childhood death, reduce population growth, and everything — the stability, the environment — benefits from that.
As for the Jenny McCarthys of the world who stand against vaccines, well, he has some choice words for them as well.
"Well, Dr. Wakefield has been shown to have used absolutely fraudulent data. He had a financial interest in some lawsuits, he created a fake paper, the journal allowed it to run. All the other studies were done, showed no connection whatsoever again and again and again. So it's an absolute lie that has killed thousands of kids. Because the mothers who heard that lie, many of them didn't have their kids take either pertussis or measles vaccine, and their children are dead today. It's a very sad thing, because these vaccines are important.
I'm with Bill. Check out the whole Bill Gates interview at CNN. [CNN]


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Parents Anniversary Poem & Photo Gift Idea- Gift for Mom and Dad - Hanging Canvas Photo and Poem-pix
Parents Anniversary Poem & Photo Gift Idea- Gift for Mom and Dad - Hanging Canvas Photo and Poem-pix
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Spiritual intimacy in marriage is a beautiful thing. When we have it, we can truly make love, not just have sex. I think that's actually part of God's plan for sex. Think about it: in sex we bare ourselves physically. But for sex to really work well, we also have to bare ourselves emotionally. We have to be able to be vulnerable. We have to be willing to "let go". God created people with first and foremost a desperate longing for relationship. We long to know and be known, and in that knowing to be accepted. It's our deepest need. When we focus only on the physical, sex too often can seem shallow. When we combine the physical with the emotional and the spiritual, sex is stupendous, because it encompasses all that we are. One of the reasons that our culture has become more pornographic–and why things that were once considered sexually taboo are now pretty much mainstream–is that our culture has made sex into something only physical because they don't have anything else. And yet they know they're missing something, so they try more and more extreme things. We have the ingredients for an amazing sexual relationship, because it's real intimacy, not just orgasm. (And, by the way, that makes orgasm even greater!). Excerpts form an article found at http://tolovehonorandvacuum.com/2012/02/29-days-to-great-sex-day-27-experiencing-spiritual-intimacy-while-you-make-love/
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There are times when you have something you want to say to the entire world, but words just don't seem to cut it. These profound thoughts, such as "hello" or "tea is the best" shouldn't be kept all to yourself. Purchasing an entire billboard may be a bit too much, but there are other options out there.Read More
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BOSTON -- At an Internet of Things (IoT) conference here, people are well beyond thinking about sensors and analytics. They are considering what happens once these tools are a part of every product sold. The implications are, potentially, huge.
A business is no longer selling a stand-alone product. There is a very good chance that the device leaving a factory will be remotely controlled, monitored, updated and maintained using remote management tools, sensors and predictive analytics that continually collect device data that can identify problems before they happen.
What companies are actually selling is a service. Think Zipcars or even Adobe's decision to move to its Creative Cloud subscription model for a read on this trend.
The technological capabilities of the IoT "is the basis" for a shift to physical products as a service, said David Sherburne, the research director and CTO of application development at medical device maker Carestream Health. His company sells a laser printer used in medical imaging as a service.
No customer wants to call a help desk, Sherburne said. They want vendors that use predictive analytics to avert problems and that continually monitor the product to keep it maintained and supplied. "Good proactive service drives loyalty," he said.
Sherburne was at the Axeda Connexion conference, a company that provides a platform for managing machine-to-machine and Internet of Things applications. There were 600 people at the conference, 25% more than last year and an indication, said Axeda CEO Todd DeSisto, that "connected products have become part of a corporate strategy."
Axeda announced this week that customers could now integrate with Salesforce Sales and Service Cloud, which means the use and status of support needs of connected devices are available on those platforms, which some Axeda customers were already doing on their own.
Peter Coffee, vice president for strategic research at Salesforce, also believes that the IoT will help move businesses away from an equipment ownership model as device vendors develop the means to better monitor and control what they sell.
Every business, "wishes it could avoid having things on its balance sheet that aren't generating value all the time," Coffee said. Many businesses rent equipment, but what the IoT may do is expand the idea and provide more reason not to own, he said. Many of the businesses adopting IoT technologies are in the medical device area, where any downtime can translate into a real patient issues.
For the broader business market, IoT adoption is still in its early days, said Al Velosa, research director at Gartner, who spoke at the conference. "We're at the beginning of it," he said.
But Velosa urged businesses to experiment with IoT technologies, and compared the current market to where the PC was 40 years ago. "Start thinking about the opportunities for your business," he said.
This article, Internet of Things may make owning less appealing, was originally published at Computerworld.com.
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AKRON, May 06, 2009 - The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today announced that it has priced its offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 7-year senior notes. The notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the company. They will be sold at 95.846% of the principal amount and will bear interest at a rate of 10.5%. Goodyear expects the offering to close on May 11, 2009, subject to customary closing conditions. The offering was increased from a previously announced offering size of $500 million
Goodyear intends to use the net proceeds from this offering, together with current cash and cash equivalents and unused availability under its credit facilities, for general corporate purposes, which will include the repayment on or prior to maturity of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of its senior floating rate notes due December 1, 2009.
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. served as joint book-running managers for the offering.
A shelf registration statement was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and became automatically effective upon filing on May 5, 2009. The offering of the notes may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from:
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This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs approximately 71,000 people and manufactures its products in more than 60 facilities in 25 countries around the world.
Certain information contained in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. There are a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control, which affect our operations, performance, business strategy and results and could cause our actual results and experience to differ materially from the assumptions, expectations and objectives expressed in any forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: deteriorating economic conditions or an inability to access capital markets; our ability to realize anticipated savings and operational benefits from our cost reduction initiatives or to implement successfully other strategic initiatives; actions and initiatives taken by both current and potential competitors; pension plan funding obligations; increases in the prices paid for raw materials and energy; work stoppages, financial difficulties or supply disruptions at our suppliers or customers; a labor strike, work stoppage or other similar event; our failure to comply with a material covenant in our debt obligations; the adequacy of our capital expenditures; potential adverse consequences of litigation involving the company; as well as the effects of more general factors such as changes in general market, economic or political conditions or in legislation, regulation or public policy. Additional factors are discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent our estimates only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing our estimates as of any subsequent date. While we may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, even if our estimates change.


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BERLIN (REUTERS) - In an extremely tight German state election that seemed to produce few clearcut winners, there was no argument over who the biggest loser was - Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Her Christian Democrats (CDU), led by rising star David McAllister, convinced themselves over the past week that they were on the verge of a stunning come-from-behind victory in Lower Saxony, a major agricultural and industrial region that is Germany's closest approximation to a swing state.
On Sunday, however, they came up agonisingly short, losing power to the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens that together garnered just one more seat in the state assembly than the centre-right.
The defeat is a bitter one for Dr Merkel, even if she remains a strong favourite to win a third term in a federal election eight months from now.
In one fell swoop, it gives the centre-left a majority in the Bundesrat upper house of Parliament, meaning the opposition can block major legislation from Dr Merkel's government and initiate laws themselves.
"I assume it won't be possible to push anything through the Bundesrat that the SPD doesn't want," Mr Volker Kauder, a Merkel ally and leader of her CDU in Parliament, told German public television on Monday morning.
That will not change after the national election in September, even if Dr Merkel's centre-right coalition with the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) manages to hold onto power.
In the run-up to the federal vote, Dr Merkel's room for manoeuvre will be limited, and the notoriously risk-averse German leader may take a more cautious stance on a range of policy issues, including her management of the euro zone debt crisis.
The vote is also a blow to Mr McAllister, the 42-year-old half-Scot who had ruled Lower Saxony since 2010 and become a protege of the Chancellor, declaring on the eve of the vote that he was happy to be "Merkel's Mac".
There will be much hand-wringing in the CDU about Mr McAllister's not-so-subtle hints to supporters in the weeks before the election that they use their votes to boost the score of the FDP.
His message resonated with CDU voters, but perhaps stronger than he would have liked.
The FDP, which had been expected to struggle to make the 5 per cent threshold needed to enter the state assembly, ended up with a surprisingly strong score of 9.9 per cent, largely thanks to CDU backers who split their two votes. (In German elections, voters cast ballots for both a party and a local candidate).
Yet, the FDP's strong showing appears to have come at the expense of Mr McAllister's CDU, which scored 36 per cent, down 6.5 points from their last result in Lower Saxony in 2008 and well below the 40 per cent-plus that opinion polls had forecast.
With the loss, Dr Merkel's CDU has now lost to the SPD and Greens in five states over the past two years, including in their longtime southern stronghold of Baden-Wuerttemberg and in Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia.
The string of losses is likely to fuel anxiety about Dr Merkel's ability to leverage her own popularity into votes for her party.
"The state election in Lower Saxony should be a warning for Angela Merkel for the federal election in the autumn," conservative daily Die Welt wrote on Monday.
The FDP were hailed as the big winners of Sunday's vote, but the result failed to silence internal critics who want to jettison national party leader Philipp Roesler before the federal vote.
Leading Roesler critic Dirk Niebel, who serves as development minister in Dr Merkel's government, said the Lower Saxony surprise could not mask the FDP's problems at the national level and demanded a special party congress in May to debate its leadership.
The SPD will take some satisfaction from having ousted loyal Merkel ally McAllister, but the narrow victory does not give them the major boost in momentum they had been hoping for heading into the national vote.
Instead, it highlighted the problems of their own chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrueck, who on Sunday accepted responsibility for weakening the party's score in Lower Saxony with a series of verbal blunders.
Just as with Mr Roesler in the FDP, the result is unlikely to quiet voices within the SPD who have begun questioning Mr Steinbrueck's suitability as a challenger to Dr Merkel.
The only party that came out an undisputed winner from Lower Saxony was the Greens, who with 13.7 per cent of the vote scored their best ever result in the state. Without a stronger performance from the SPD, though, their natural allies, the environmentalist party has little hope of dislodging Dr Merkel as they did Mr McAllister.
"We are doing our part," said Greens leader Cem Oezdemir."But the SPD needs to look closely at how they can improve their own score."


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Normally, I try to do my own baking and creating early on Saturday mornings.
It is at that time that the light is best in my kitchen for photography, Michael is still sound asleep, and there is a peaceful quiet resounding throughout the house. I think best during those times, and yet, lately I've been finding myself making other people's recipes more than creating my own! I have weeks like that. I see amazing recipes that others have posted and I don't even feel like tweaking... I just have to make them!
So today, I'm going to share with you several recipes that I have tried in the past few months that Michael and I are in LOVE with... and I really wish I had thought of them first!
Hhhhmmmm... I'm starting to sense a carb addiction around here!
- Sally's Egg Free, Casein Free, Yeast Bread -- That Sally, the girl really has a knack for allergen free baking and cooking! I was so excited to try this great bread from her. I often feel like I'm going to put chickens out of business with gluten free baking. I use a LOT of eggs. I was excited to try this egg free bread recipe! It is best the day it's made, and it makes great toast afterwards. This bread reminds me most of a loaf of sourdough in taste and texture! It's definitely a keeper!
- Sally's Bacon and Cheese Scones - Another egg-free, dairy-free winner from Sally! These hearty scones are perfect for a fiber and protein filled breakfast. I really love them. I can't believe how rich and wonderful they taste without eggs or milk.
- Shauna's Arepas -- I had to try this recipe the moment I saw the post. These warm corn cakes are absolutely delicious. They are worth the effort of finding Harina PAN. This is real, down to earth cooking. I loved using my hands to shape and form the arepas. The moment you smell these wonderful, naturally gluten free cakes cooking, you'll be drooling!! We'll be making these often in my kitchen!
- Sheltie Girl's Gluten Free "Thin Mints" -- I can't believe I hadn't seen this recipe until very recently. I. LOVE. THIN. MINTS. I thought I'd never have one of these cookies again until I made these beauties! This is a fabulous, fail proof, gluten free recipe for chocolate mint cookies and they are incredible. The entire batch only lasted two days in our house. Michael and I are still arguing over who devoured more! I also learned a great technique for making wafer cookies with this recipe. You can bet you'll be seeing some more cookie recipes here soon using this baking method!
- Kelly's Super Fast Gluten Free Waffle Bread -- Okay, yes, I know I posted this recipe. But it's not mine, and I sure wish I had thought of it first! Kelly is a genius for coming up with this recipe for whole grain gluten free sandwich bread! This is a quick bread with no added yeast and it's super fast! I LOVE having these waffles in the freezer for a quick gluten free breakfast or sandwich. This recipe has been a gluten free lifesaver in our house!
- Mary Frances' Black Bean Enchiladas -- Unfortunately, I don't have a personal picture of these yummy enchiladas, but I have relied on this recipe MANY TIMES since Mary Frances posted it! This is a fast, naturally gluten free, meat free dinner that absolutely rules. I've served it to company, I've frozen it and served it a week later, and I've made it when I didn't have anything else in the house. We love these enchiladas and I think you will too! You have to give them a try!
Photo courtesy of Gluten Free Cooking School
- Bette Hagman's Fudge Brownies -- The queen of gluten free baking. I love Bette Hagman's recipes. The only thing I change in this recipe is that I use whole grain gluten free flours, instead of white starches, and they still turn out fabulous. I have this recipe written down on a scrap sheet of paper and posted on the inside of one of my kitchen cabinets. We use it THAT often! This is the perfect gluten free dessert. I've made these brownies countless times and they never fail. But I'm making you buy the book for these, I'm not sharing! Give Bette full credit on these beauties and enjoy! You can buy her book here.
Make sure to stop by again this Kid-Friendly Friday for Kelly's Creamy Chicken Tacos!
Your kids will LOVE them!
Make sure to stop by again this Kid-Friendly Friday for Kelly's Creamy Chicken Tacos!
Your kids will LOVE them!


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Kristin on The Winner's Crime: I guess what I love about Marie's books and these ones in particular is that it's just got a certain emotional intelligence. They're very plot driven, they're definitely page turners, but the characters are believable, emotional characters and it's their feelings, their hearts that are driving the plot.
Q: So you're working on something now? I've been waiting for a very long time.
Kristin: I have two things in revisions right now. One is contemporary realistic YA and one is really weird. It's sort of a genre crossing bizarre thing that I can't really talk about because it could change but that weird one is probably going to be my next book that comes out. I'm also drafting a new fantasy that I am forbidden to say anything about.
Q: Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue are all interconnected. Did you plan that from the beginning?
Kristin: So I was writing Graceling and there's a scene where Katsa and Po are talking about where Leck came from and he says he came to the Monsean court and would tell these stories about a land where monsters rise out of the rocks and armies ride out of the tunnels and I just made that up; I needed the stories to be about something. But I kept thinking about that and wondered what does that mean? What if that was the one thing that Leck said that was actually true? What is that place? And Fire grew from that. And because Fire takes place in another land I was able to do a much better job with world-building. [...] I was in the Jacksonville Public Library on the balcony having a conversation with my mother and I was like, "OH, thank god I'm almost done writing fantasy, I'm so tired of writing fantasy!" and she said, "You know who I really wonder about?" and I said "Who?" and she said "Bitterblue." And I knew that was going to be the next book; that's what all of this has been leading toward because let's actually deal with what this man did and Bitterblue is the one who had to get to the end of her story. How do you deal with what she dealt with?
Q: Are there any characters that seem smaller but in your head have a much bigger story but you don't get to tell it within the book?
Kristin: One character who probably doesn't seem small to anyone but in fact is bigger than he is in the book is Po. I hope someday I'll get a chance to write something from his perspective because I really think no one can quite understand what it is he's dealing with all the time in his own head and his own experience of just getting around in the world. But what I've noticed is that a lot of times it's some of my throwaway, on-the-side men who I'm just using as some sort of tool for the book, like Gideon for example, Gideon in Graceling who I hated--I just hated--and afterwards on book tours some people said to me, "You know who I really feel sorry for? Gideon," and I thought, "What if Gideon grew up? And changed and evolved?" I started Bitterblue not expecting him to be so important but he became really important. I don't really think about the characters except as they exist in the books so if I do start thinking about someone having a larger characterization it's probably because I'm hoping to write another book.
But characters can really surprise you, they can grow on you. In Fire it was Nash. I really didn't know I was going to end up caring for him. In fact, Nash was supposed to die in the scene where he gets attacked. I didn't keep him alive for my own purposes, I kept him alive because I realized I couldn't do this to Fire or she would never recover. It wasn't the story I wanted to tell. But I was, nonetheless, personally happy to keep him alive.
Q: One of the things that I loved in Bitterblue was the cipher and the coding. I found it really interesting and I always wondered where it came from.
Kristin: Bitterblue is one of those characters that likes a lot of things I don't like; a lot of things I'm not wonderful at. I find ciphers really boring. But, in this book, I had to learn about them and write them. I don't entirely remember but I know that it seemed realistic to me that Bitterblue's mother would have tried to convey something and that her father would have, in his self-important way, would need to write in a complicated cipher in a language that no one but him spoke. One of my sister's made the symbols for the cipher and I hired a friend, who also created the Dellian language for me. I didn't ask him to create it for me—I just needed three words—but he said, "Well, I've basically created a program. It sounds amazing but it's really not. It was just the easiest way." It's really cool but he could translate anything for me into Dellian. He said, "Oh yeah, I just brought English back a few steps into an earlier language and then I brought it forward a few steps into a language that could be created by a mountain." It's a really good language; he created a really good language for me. But he created the cipher for me, too.
You do remind me, though, of one of the sweeter moments. My mother sent me an e-mail after reading Bitterblue and it was a cipher and she didn't give me the key to it. Of course, it was my name, just as the cipher in Bitterblue was Bitterblue's name. It was a very sweet moment.
Q: I think all your books are focused on a theme, like womanhood. Do you start out with a theme because they all seem really focused?
Kristin: I start out with something that is beyond the plot and characters; just some sort of emotional story that I'm trying to tell, for every book. It can be a complicated one but I'm always going back to that.
Q: I think one of the great things about your books—and Marie's—is that they have such strong female characters. Is there one that you identify with more that was easier to write?
Kristin: Easiest to write was Katsa because she's so emotionally unaware. I guess if I had to say, there are certain ways I relate to all of them. Bitterblue is just a regular girl, she doesn't have any special powers, so I related to her. But she's like my daughter; they all start to feel more like my kids.
Q: What about Kestrel or Arin?
Kristin: I'm not as clever or manipulative as Kestrel. I'm too honest and she's an actor. I would love to be like her; she really plays the long game. I think I'm more like Arin. Marie is more like Kestrel, though. You kind of have to be able to think that way to write a character like that.


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Café Fanny, which is co-owned by Chez Panisse restaurateur Alice Waters, is closing. Tomorrow will be the café's last day, according to staff at the popular eatery who were only informed of the development today.
A senior staff member said the reason given for the abrupt shuttering was that the café was not financially viable.
Café Fanny was opened by Jim Maser (who also owns Berkeley's Picante) and his sister-in-law Alice Waters in 1984 and named after the heroine in Marcel Pagnol's 1930s movies, as well as Waters' daughter.
A statement from the owners reads:
Twenty-eight years ago Café Fanny was conceived in the spirit of Marcel Pagnol's trilogy - a love story involving the whole community, centered around a little standup café.
So it is with a heavy heart that we are closing Café Fanny today after 28 memorable years.
It is the right moment in time to explore new possibilities for this small space that can still house the romance and idealism of the original.
We want to thank our staff, suppliers, friends and most of all you, our wonderfully loyal customers who have been with us in bowls of café au lait and beignets for so long.
With gratitude and love,
Alice, Jim, Laura, Steve and Kermit, March 8, 2012
Reader AB, who tipped Berkeleyside about the imminent closure, said she was shocked.
"I work right around the corner and frequent the café. It's a shame to lose a great local business and I hope everyone who works there lands on their feet. Our office is buzzing with all of us wondering why this this happened so suddenly — the café is normally so busy there is a line out the door!"
AB went into the café this morning and said the staff seemed upset. "One barista I spoke with was already talking about looking for a new job."
Café Fanny, a casual, European-café serving breakfast and lunch, has been a popular Berkeley foodie destination for 28 years. It is located at 1603 San Pablo Avenue, sandwiched between Acme Bread Company and Kermit Lynch Wines.
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The Secret Beyond Matter
Allah has given human beings the power to think using a clear and unsullied reason. However, when people follow the promptings of their earthly desires they may be negatively affected by events that can pollute their thoughts and prevent them thinking in a healthy manner. One such factor that can affect people's ability to think soundly and can pollute their thoughts is 'doubt.'
Doubt is a state opposed to human nature. The human soul is predisposed to peace, calm, happiness and joy. But doubt eliminates all these. It damages the passivity in the soul, impairs its internal peace and prevents people being happy. It gives rise to unhappiness instead of joy, tension instead of calm. The human mind has also been created to think clearly and transparently. People can only be happy when they live with such a mind. They can only take the kind of decisions Allah wants when they make full use of their consciences. In several verses of the Qur'an, Allah reveals that believers are "people of intelligence." We are told in verse 190 of Surah Al-Imran that, "In the creation of the heavens and the Earth, and the alternation of night and day, there are signs for people with intelligence", in verse 19 of Surat ar-Ra'd that "it is only people of intelligence who pay heed," and in verse 18 of Surat az-Zumar that, "Those who listen well to what is said and follow the best of it, they are the ones whom Allah has guided, they are the people of intelligence."
"Those who listen well to what is said and follow the best of it, they are ... the people of intelligence," we are told. In order to be "people of intelligence," one of the basic characteristics of Muslims, one must avoid doubt and all sorts of perspectives that might prepare the way for doubt.
Because when a person falls into doubt on a matter, it does not end there. Doubt gives birth to doubt, and it grows with new whisperings and new thoughts. With the state of mind that results, it is impossible to think soundly or to evaluate events in a sound manner with the perspective shown by the Qur'an. What people therefore need to do in order to avoid doubt is never to forget the Qur'anic perspective in anything that happens, to think positively, to see the wisdom behind events and what is auspicious in them, and always to be hopeful. A person should approach the words and deeds of Muslims who fear Allah, who are honest and possess proper moral values always with submission and trust. For one to fall into doubt in word or deed of sincere Muslims who fear Allah and have good morals or to be skeptical about these will harm himself and prevent him thinking rationally and with good conscience.
That Muslims fear Allah, abide by the Qur'an and live for Allah's approval are sufficient for one to look at their words and deeds positively. These must be the measures by which one evaluates other people. People should treat any warning or criticism from Muslims or any word or deed of theirs on any subject with trust and submission.
A person with a skeptic view always wants things to be proved or documented or to be given further details. But if based on the moral values set out in the Qur'an, a Muslim's word is more important than any proof or evidence. It is enough to know that one is dealing with someone who fears Allah and has a healthy conscience. One must always think that the words and deeds of someone with taqwa (awe or fear of Allah, which inspires a person to be on guard against wrong action and eager for actions which please Him) are wise for the best. One must always trust and look positively at Muslims' words or deeds and be confident that these are the product of their conscience. One must not look for hidden meanings in what they say or do. One must trust the other party's conscience and not expect proofs.
The alternative is a way of thinking frequently observed in the society of the ignorant. And that way of thinking always leads to trouble and unhappiness. When people are skeptical of one another, even positive behavior becomes a cause for doubt. For example, they become suspicious when a friend complements them on a matter and try to work out the hidden significance behind it. When they encounter pleasant words or behavior in someone else they again become suspicious, because the moral values of the society of the ignorant are based on self-interest, and any disinterested good deed or complement becomes grounds for suspicion.
With Muslims it is very different, however. Muslims base all their behavior on honesty and the Qur'an. Since everything they do is based on Allah's approval, moral virtue and honesty, this eliminates all possible grounds for doubt or suspicion. People must believe in what Muslims say and have complete trust in its veracity. They must believe that Muslims want the best for them and place their trust in Allah. They must always look favorably and positively on Muslims' words and behavior. For example, when a Muslim tells them something they must always say, 'He is saying this in complete truth and honesty.' Or when a Muslim does anything they must say, 'He is doing this in my own interests and for my own good.' Suspicion, such as thinking , 'I wonder if he is telling the truth, if his words are true and if he really is well-intentioned?' are very tiring, both for the party harboring such ideas and for the person they are directed toward. Only with such a perspective can Muslims be calm and at peace. Any other state of mind leads to spiritual fatigue. It makes people unable to think properly and to see what is for the best in things. The human mind is not well suited to confusion and negativity from all directions. It is impossible to think healthily but live with doubts. Skepticism totally eliminates healthy thinking. What one therefore needs to do is to completely eliminate doubt and to think in line with the Qur'an, fearing Allah and making the best use of one's conscience.
Doubt is of absolutely no benefit to a person's soul, characters, moral development or body. On the contrary, it damages all these in a variety of ways. It prevents one thinking well and healthily and reduces the efficacy of what one does. It takes up valuable time that should be spent on drawing closer to Allah and profound reflection and causes one to waste it on empty and ridiculous concerns. It prevents one having a healthy mind, and is a source of constant worry and concern.
Muslims must place their trust in Allah, keep a clear mind by using their free will and always thinking in line with the Qur'an, avoid all skepticism and be aware that all things are created full of beauty and for the best.


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Now YOU can be sexy is just 15 minutes a day! Whoa, hold the twinkies, are you talking about yoga? This is the marketing message of Tara Stiles' new book Slim, Calm, Sexy, three little words that unlock a whole smorgasbord of emotions, connotations and a motherload of self-consciousness, maybe even worse than camel toe.
Eat, Pray, Love; Slim, Calm, Sexy; mind, body, spirit – we're on a 3-word roll! This, friends, is the new frontier of the Incredible, Edible, Yoga: bite sized munchkins of a practice formed from the whole of the yoga donut, downsized and palatable enough for women's magazine splash ads, and 3-minute morning show bits. Is this bad? Does it matter? Whether we like it or not Tara Stiles is the "new face of fitness" deemed so by 'Workout' Queen herself, Madame Jane Fonda. It's true. (The women's magazines are a whole other glob of dough to fry).
So Tara has seen her share of the spotlight, as a model, yoga teacher, American Apparel yoga ad-maker, Nissan yoga ad-maker, Deepak Chopra 'Authentic Yoga' iPhone app collaborator, and now author. She has done all of this with an impossibly thin physique! Something we assume she was born with, so we can't really fault her on that, right? (though we can certainly look on begrudgingly).
But WHAT about the message? Responses to the hyper-pinked marketing have ranged from "We love Tara! but…" to vehement and passionately dissenting, aghast at the way yoga is whittled down to a disposable diet fad to tackle the "epidemic of bra fat!". Stop the insanity! One commenter said it looks like something out of Cosmo, but we're thinking it's borderline late-night infomercial. We actually totally get the yoga every day thing. Great! Yoga to "give you the body of your dreams"? Ack. Yoga for the masses? WHO are the masses? Intention is there, but the message all wrong. Although, really, it's not that far off point as far as thi "mass" marketing is concerned. See the comparison of book covers between T. Stiles and Tracy Anderson, fitness expert to the stars! (Madonna, Gwyneth, etc) below.
In a society where obsession over "no pain, no gain" fitness is routine, a yoga community that is already tossing cookies over too-sexy/naked yoga ads, and the billion dollar industry where there are moguls, large-scale mass-produced corporate sponsored events, Hollywood movie franchising and yoga "talent" representatives, would we really be surprised to find that 1-800 number on the screen at 3 in the morning badgering us to 'act fast! feel the yoga burn with 4 easy payments of $19.99!' ? And should we be shocked if the bandwagon of merry yogsters pisses off the hardcore home team? Something is certainly shifting, but it's undeniable yoga is a hot commodity. Lather, rinse, repeat.
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I decided to do a version of the PB pillow with the stockings that was around for the holidays, except I adapted it for Valentine's Day.
I used fabric and a pillow form that I already had. I don't put much out for Valentine's Day, so this will work just fine for me.
I may put something on the reverse so that this pillow can then stay out for the rest of the year and blend in with my regular décor.
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