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Sure, when I was first diagnosed, I had days that I couldn't walk, couldn't change a diaper, couldn't even snap snaps. When I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, my doctor told me that my RA factor was over 1400. No wonder I was in such pain. But then about 6-8 months later, I noticed that my pain "free" days were more and more. And now, I have more days that I feel "normal" and less days of "I can't do that..."
Why is that? Why does RA effect all of us so differently? I know I have it, my blood work proves it.
Maybe having birthed 8 children, I have a higher tolerance for pain ?? Maybe I am hurting but I just don't show it or am not honest with myself? During a conversation this week, a dear friend of mine said, "She always says she is fine, but we can tell she's not. She lies." And I thought, yes I do, but can they really tell when I am in pain?
Anyway, I thought I would go ahead and be honest here, in this meme. At least I think I will be honest. LOL
From RAWarrior.com:
This RA meme is about the things we might ask each other over coffee the first time. Together, the responses to the questions create a kind of snapshot of our lives with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Hopefully, it will be fun and we can get to know more about each other.
- How many other diagnoses (co-morbidities) do you have?
I have not gotten a specific diagnosis and no one seems to think it is important to find out. But in addition to destroying my joints, my immune system is also destroying my white blood cells. I have a white blood count of less than 1.5 usually. It isn't felty's or lupus but we don't know what it is. I see a cancer/blood specialist every 6 months or so just so that they can keep an eye on it.
- When were you diagnosed?
I was diagnosed October 2008. Symptoms came on right after the birth of my 8th child. Although looking back on it, I can see where some of the pains I was feeling over the years were probably early indications of RA.
- How many Rheumatoid Arthritis treatments have you tried?
I took prednisone at the beginning (for about 6 months) and started plaquinel. Truth be told, I still have a prescription for the plaquinel but I do not take it at all. It was causing migraines but when I told my doctor, he said that he didn't know that to be a side effect. I stopped taking it, migraines went away. So I am taking nothing.
- What kind of a reward do you give yourself after taking any medicine that you hate?
Don't take my meds.
- Who helps you open doors or jars when you need it?
About 15 yrs ago, my husband worked at a retirement village. He would often come home with odds and ends from the residents there. One day he came home with this gadget that has a handle and gears. It adjusts to jar lids to help you get a better grip on them. I held on to it because I thought it was really neat. I am SO glad I have it now. It sometimes doesn't help but most of the time I can open jars with it.
- What would your ultimate good rheum doc do?
Dig a little deeper into my immune system and not tell me the same joke everytime I go to see him. LOL
- What's your favorite comfort for RA?
PJs, a good movie, and just not moving.
- What was the hardest think you have done since being diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Realizing that I cannot do everything. I need to set limits for myself and stick to them. Doing too much leads to exhaustion and usually a flare.
- What's your biggest RA-related fear?
That I will pass this on to one of my children or that I will develop some serious complications from it.
- How many pills do you swallow every day?
For my RA, none.
- Something surprising that you wish insurance would cover for Rheumatoid Arthritis patients?
I don't have insurance so I guess I don't care.
- What do you wish people knew about Rheumatoid Arthritis?
That my RA isn't like their aches and pains. That the weather doesn't bother me. That sometimes just touching my joints is painful.
- What would you like to say to your RA? Thanks for dropping by, you can leave now. LOL


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House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) told Breitbart News that his committee's Department of Justice oversight hearing on Wednesday will focus on the lack of accountability throughout President Barack Obama's administration and the Department of Justice. Holder is testifying at the hearing, beginning at 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
"The one unifying theme that I think should be the subject of questions tomorrow is: 'What has been done in the area of holding people who make these decisions accountable?' " Goodlatte said in a phone interview on Tuesday evening.
"It's simply a matter of people higher up in the administration including the Attorney General and others in his Department and in other Departments that are investigated by the Justice Department saying 'oh it was a lower level person who made that decision and I didn't have anything to do with it. No one in a policy making position had anything to do with it.' Then the question becomes so what have you done or are you doing to hold people accountable? Because, I find, when that's not correct, when the people that are being held accountable say 'well, I got orders from higher up' then they start to say 'well if I'm going to take a fall for this, I'm going to make sure the people know who else was involved in it.'"
Goodlatte added, "Accountability, I think, is something that has been lacking in many respects in many of these investigations thus far and that certainly applies to Fast and Furious, it certainly applies to Benghazi, and it may well apply to some of these more newly opened investigations and that is a place where I think the Attorney General needs to step up and if he doesn't, he won't be well thought of in terms of understanding what the public's concerns are with each of these issues."
The Judiciary Chairman went on to say that a wide range of topics will come up at the hearing, including the AP phone scandal, the IRS conservative and Tea Party targeting scandal, the Boston Marathon terrorist attacks, Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ's Civil Rights Division Tom Perez's nomination to be Obama's next Labor Secretary, Benghazi and wasteful spending at the DOJ.
"There is so many things going on that it is hard to pinpoint one," Goodlatte said when asked what to expect at the hearing. "This is an oversight hearing that we conduct on a regular basis, usually once a year. So it just happens that it's occurring two days after the announcement of the truth, or at least some of the truth that we know, about the AP investigation and the subpoena and the warrant to obtain telephone toll information regarding 20 reporters over a two-month period of time. That's a pretty broad subpoena. So, we have a lot questions about that and that certainly will be one thing."
On the Boston terror attacks, Goodlatte said "we have questions regarding both the lead-up to that and the investigation of that, and the issues related to the questioning of the surviving terrorist."
For examples of what he called "profligate spending," Goodlatte noted that before sequestration kicked in Holder had "rather dramatically warned" it would "force the Department to make cuts that threaten the safety of all Americans."
"Yet, they found the funds to buy a prison for $170,000,000 and hold $10,000 pizza parties and a lot of other expenses that would go a long way to making sure that law enforcement has the resources they need if you eliminated some of these very questionable items," Goodlatte said. "That's certainly something that we want to ask some questions about as well."
On Perez's nomination, Goodlatte said members of his committee "have really serious questions about how he ran the Civil Rights Division in the Department as well as the deal that he was at the center of with regard to the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, agreeing to drop an appeal to the Supreme Court and then a couple of whistleblower cases against the city get dropped. That's not in my opinion the way you administer justice."
Goodlatte also said that Holder is a part of the IRS scandal and that his committee has jurisdiction over some of the matters involved as well, especially since the FBI and DOJ are now investigating to see if there was any criminal activity that took place.
"It is the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee to ask questions about what any agency of the government is doing in snooping into what would be viewed by most people as constitutional rights that citizens have, asking questions like 'what books do they read' and that kind of thing," Goodlatte said. "It's pretty clear that this was not simply a matter of making sure that the tax laws were being complied with. It goes way beyond that. Secondly, because of the apparent abuse and the outrage expressed by the president yesterday, the FBI has now launched an investigation. So, their investigation is the subject of the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee's oversight responsibilities. So, that is another issue that will definitely be on the table and I'm sure questions will be asked about that tomorrow as well."

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Filipo Levi's massive hit on Jarrad Hoeata sparks mini duel
The commentators are about to glue their pants
5 Years, 11 Months ago
Morgan Parra vs George Chuter, and Manu Tuilagi simultaneous yellow
I think the facts of the matter are that
a) Chuter was late, but not high
b) Parra "milked it"
c) The ref's wrongly thought that Chuter's tackle was high, most likely influenced by Parra
Given this, I think it is harsh that Chuter gets Yellow. Does the law allow for a sending off for a late tackle? I think given the circumstances, Chuter was stupid to go in late.
I don't want to see Rugby degenerate into a soccer style play-acting. Sure, players will want to do all they can to win, but I don't want actors when we should have rugby players. The ref's have a responsibility to act fairly and not be influenced by such behaviour. In this case they failed.
Perhaps Rolland / the touch-judge can justify themselves by saying that Chuter was late, but this does not make it the right decision.
6 Years, 8 Months ago
What is a Forward Pass?
Nice one. Got a link?
6 Years, 9 Months ago
Dominiko Waqaniburotu suspension upheld for tackle on Pat Lambie
Yes, I saw that. The french player banged his head as a result.
It was definitely a mid-air tackle and dangerous play by the AB. It should have at least been a penalty.
6 Years, 10 Months ago
Danie Rossouw's big hit on opposite number Luke Charteris
Ok, should this not be a penalty to Wales?
It was a good hit but he doesn't roll away and lies on top of the player and ball, prohibiting the release.
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whoever believes in religion is a fool...
Originally posted by STEADFast
whoever believes in religion is a fool...
its about faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and knowing that His Word is the source of truth.
This truth is foolishness to those who are going to perish.
Originally posted by AmrikazNightmar3
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I don't understand? I mean, I'm with you as far as what you just posted. I don't care for religions, any, but I do believe in God. Do you believe that too?
Your avatar of a cross, and mood being repentant are throwing me off.
Originally posted by AmrikazNightmar3
I see your signature. What's the stats on mushrooms?
Anyway, I believe in God. I don't believe in organized religion...they've missed the message.
Originally posted by awake_and_aware
Originally posted by AmrikazNightmar3
I see your signature. What's the stats on mushrooms?
Anyway, I believe in God. I don't believe in organized religion...they've missed the message.
What message? How can you define God but religion cannot?
I'd propose that no man can define God, or prove whether a deity exists. You can't extract objective morals from simply observing reality. It's a conjuring trick from abstraction.
I'm very much enjoying the Theist (NOTUrTypical) arguing against yourself (The Deist)
I find it amusing that someone can move from the Deist position to the Theist, to claim to know what God's thoughts, wishes and desires of any given lifeform are. I find that amusing.
A belief in God is one belief, a belief in the being's thoughts, desires, emotions and commands takes quite an extraordinary ammount of faith.
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The State appealed the trial court's granting of Defendant's motion to suppress evidence during a traffic stop of a truck in which Defendant was a passenger. During the stop, the driver consented to the search and police found methamphetamine where Defendant was sitting. Defendant argued that the request for consent unlawfully expanded the traffic stop because the officer did not have reasonable suspicion of criminal activity or a threat to officer safety. The State responded that the officer was permitted to ask questions unrelated to the stop during an unavoidable lull while the officer waited for results of a records check. Furthermore, those questions do not require independent suspicion, and therefore, the stop was not unlawfully extended. The trial court agreed with Defendant, suppressed the evidence, and the State appealed. The Court of Appeals reversed, holding that, under the unavoidable lull rule, the officer was free to request the driver's consent while waiting for the results of the records check, and the search did not unlawfully extend the traffic stop. Reversed and remanded.


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Deceased Actor Leaves Millions To 9 Year Old Daughter
Money can never replace the loss of a loved one, but we're pretty certain that this little girl will enjoy the big bucks she just inherited.
When actor Dennis Hopper passed away back in 2010, he left behind a 9 year old daughter, Galen, and an estranged ex-wife, Victoria Duffy. Now, according to TMZ, Hopper has left Galen with the ultimate parting gift—$2.25 million in cash and $600,000 worth of property.
Prior to his death, the pair were reportedly in the midst of an unfortunately nasty divorce. Thanks to a pretty tight prenup agreement however, Victoria got nothing when he died. He also made sure she had no share or control in Galen's trust fund—making that detail clear in his will.
Based on reports, it seems like everything worked out as it should've in the aftermath of Hopper's passing. We just hope that Victoria doesn't try and manipulate the situation, or her daughter, for the sake of money.


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The much-anticipated Region 4-3A basketball season begins on Friday with three varsity doubleheaders.
The headline twin bill is Lower Richland's visit to Dreher. Elsewhere, Chapin is at Westwood and A.C. Flora travels to Camden.
At Dreher, the Lower Richland girls (10-0) put their unblemished record on the line against the defending state champion Blue Devils (11-3). Dreher beat the Diamond Hornets four times last season on the way to a 25-1 record and the 3A title, including a triumph in the Upper State championship game in Greenville.
LR has not played since Dec. 18. The Diamond Hornets displayed incredible depth in the first month of the season with junior center Breshay Johnson (10.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg) leading the way. Junior Christian Brown (8.7 ppg), senior Dayonshe' Mitchell (6.7 ppg), senior Jasmine Richardson (5.9 ppg), freshman Dejah Williford (5.5 ppg) and eighth-grader Kameron Roach (5.2 ppg) all offer solid support. But defense remains Lower Richland's calling card. So far, the Hornets are averaging 17.1 steals per game and allowing 35.9 points per outing.
Dreher (11-3) got off to an 8-0 start before taking part in two of the top three girls basketball tournaments in the country – the CresCom Bank event in Myrtle Beach and the Naples Holiday Invitational in Florida. The result was a 3-3 combined showing at the prestigious holiday hoops gatherings.
The Blue Devils 31-game winning streak came to an end in Myrtle Beach, but Teresa Jones' team is still riding a 29-game roll against South Carolina opposition.
Junior Kaydra Duckett is off to a great start, averaging 15.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.7 steals and 2.7 assists. Jhileiya Dunlap (11.9 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 4.6 bpg), senior Jazmine Robinson (8.3 ppg, 3.2 spg, 2.9 apg), junior Mikayla Johnson (5.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg) and sophomore Jordan Starr (6.7 ppg) provide solid backing to Duckett. Starr had a career-high 23 points, including a 9-for-9 effort at the free-throw line, in Dreher's most recent game.
In the nightcap, the 12-0 Dreher boys, led by sophomore Tevin Mack (22.8 ppg) and John Myers (10.9 ppg) will get its first major test of the season against a Lower Richland team that is still feeling its way under new coach Willie Thomas. The Diamond Hornets went 4-6 in December with center Vincent Hicklin leading the way.
At Westwood, junior Shaleighya Sulton leads Chapin (8-5) against the host Redhawks (4-7). Sulton 17.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, 4.6 steals and 2.5 assists with a high game of 28 points in the Eagles season opener against Irmo. First-year Westwood closed its inaugural month of hoops on a high note with a 2-1 showing at the Home Pest Control tournament at Heathwood Hall. Sophomores Kaylah Cohen (11.0 ppg), Kayla Atkins (9.5 ppg, 12.6 rpg) and Stacia Gayton (9.2 ppg, 8.0 rpg) have emerged as Westwood's top producers.
Chapin's boys bring a 8-6 record to the table, and fresh from a tournament championship at its own Claw Classic last week. Tanner Springston scored 20 points and Tony Dargan added 18 in the Eagles' 67-48 win over Eau Claire in the Claw Classic title bout. Westwood (4-7) also went 2-1 and reached the finals of the Heathwood Hall tournament. The Redhawks are still sorting things out, but insiders Adonus Lee and Austin Madison are making some noise.
A.C. Flora's boys (8-5) closed December with 2-1 showings at the Chick-fil-A Classic and the Capital City Classic. Matthew Howard and Rion Davis are the Falcon headliners. Senior Josh Council and junior center Delton Bradford pace Camden (6-3). The Flora girls (8-6) rely on senior Kyeshia Dawkins (13.8 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 3.5 apg, 2.7 spg) and sophomore Haniyyah Howard (10.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg). Sharneece Gary is Camden's top player.


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Water Lily Inspires Waterproofing
Catch this biomimicriffic tidbit: Scientists are using lotus leaves to make better waterproofing fabrics. One of nature's most waterproof materials, the leaf of the lotus plant inspired scientists to develop a simple way to create synthetic coatings with exceptional anti-wetting properties. These coatings not only help to reduce drag on ship hulls and improve separation processes in mining industries, they can also help stain- and water-proof your favorite jacket. The air trapped in the crevices of a leaf's surface prevents water from adhering to the solid. Last year, researchers at a university in Turkey were able to re-create this naturally super-hydrophobic surface, making a highly-porous gel coating with water-repelling capabilities comparable with those of the lotus leaf.
Superhydrophobic coatings already in use often require expensive materials and time-intensive application procedures. The new findings show that the water repellency of polypropylene can now be significantly and easily increased in just one step.
No wonder the lotus is linked to the work "aum", the Sanskrit word that onomonopoetically signifies all things being at one with the universe. ::Scientific American


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A son makes a simple yet meaningful gesture, and it impacts his father for eternity…
The dad's name is Richard. He had always been an active and committed father. He poured his time and his energy into his kids; he was very devoted to them. But he had never truly embraced God as his heavenly Father. He attended church and he would tell you that faith is very important, but he was never fully committed as a believer.
Richard's son, 23 years old at the time, played pro baseball for a minor-league team. As he worked his way up the ranks Richard naturally followed him as best he can. He traveled to some games and went online to keep up with what happened when he couldn't be there.
One evening Richard was checking out the results on his computer, and he found a highlight clip of his son making a great play. What a thrill to be able to see that online! Then, after the play, his boy stood still just for a moment, took off his cap, bowed his head for a short prayer, and then pointed to the sky.
It's what you see players do sometimes, right? Well, for Richard it was no ordinary thing. He was moved almost to tears. He had no clue that his son's faith was that important to him.
Richard felt some regret to a degree, because he knew that equipping his kids in their faith was an area where he had fallen short. At the same time, he was humbled that in spite of all that, God still worked in his son's life to bring about the kind of faith where he could openly give honor and glory to God for his own success.
That experience has had a long-lasting influence on Richard. Today, he is taking his own walk with Christ much more seriously, and he's paying more attention to the spiritual lives of all his children. What do they believe, and how much does it matter to them? How can they bring glory to God with their lives? Best of all, he's become a better example of a sold-out, fully devoted disciple of Christ.
Dad, if you're like Richard used to be, you might be comforted in knowing that God can get through to your children in spite of your weaknesses. But then, why take that chance? Get close to God, and lead your children there as well.
Through his work across the country, Casey has earned a reputation as a dynamic communicator, especially on the topic of men being good fathers. He's known as a compassionate ambassador, particularly within the American sports community.


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Arron Kallenberg
Technical: LAMP (Linux, Apache, MYSQL, PHP), HMVC, Redis, MongoDB, JavaScript & jQuery, CSS, GIT, Subversion
Business Development: Technology Strategist, Process & Solutions Architect, Team & Project Management, Fundraising
Written Communication: proposals, guest articles, press releases, etc.
Note: With the exception of VaynerMedia, I have been a founding member and technical lead of every company listed in this section. As a founder and CTO, my responsibilities ranged from fundraising and investor relations to hiring, project management and software development.
September, 2011 - Present
Which Ventures, Inc. - Villij.com
Technical Co-Founder & CTO
Villij.com is a social recommendation utility that allows consumers to make better informed purchasing decisions by leveraging the expertise of their social network. I originally co-founded Villij in 2006. One year later it was accepted into TechStars. The project was shelved for a few years while I worked on other ventures (see below). In 2012 Which Ventures Inc (toutd.com) announced that it had acquired Villij. As the CTO at Which Ventures, I hired the entire development team, worked with management to rethink the product and eventually rebuilt Villij from the ground up. Business Insider later named Villij one of the most successful startups to come out of TechStars.
October, 2010 - Present
RevHarvest Media, LLC
Co-Founder & CTO
RevHarvest is a performance-based ad network co-founded by myself and Frankie Brannon. I assisted with business development and was also fully responsible for RevHarvest's proprietary ad serving and optimization technology. I architected and developed the technology from scratch to fulfill our specific requirements, which included serving millions of ads across multiple high traffic publishers. Needless to say, the project offered several unique technical challenges that were extremely rewarding to overcome. Incidentally, building on this experience, Frankie went on to join the Obama campaign's digital display ad team during the 2012 election.
October, 2010 - Present
Founder / Advisor
FanSignal.com is a music video discovery service and fan-driven promotional platform that is working to redefine the way fans gain access to and connect with their favorite artists. I started FanSignal as a side project in the fall of 2010 with a small seed investment from Gary Vaynerchuk. In 2011 Phase One Network took a 50% equity position in the project and has since agressively worked to mature and commercially launch the site. Although I do not currently maintain an official position at FanSignal, I am still actively involved in advising Phase One's management team as well as the development team, which I helped put in place.
June, 2010 - October, 2010
VaynerMedia, LLC
Entrepreneur in Residence / Software Engineer
VaynerMedia is a national social media agency co-founded by Gary Vaynerchuk and his brother AJ. In late 2009 VaynerMedia took an equity position in one of the companies that I cofounded (Olive Interactive, LLC - see below). Prior to selling Olive's consumer facing and enterprise solutions (see below) to a Canadian SEO company, I temporarily joined VaynerMedia as a software engineer and entrepreneur in residence. Between June of 2010 and November of that year I worked on multiple internal projects for the firm.
April, 2008 - Present
Olive Interactive, LLC
Co-Founder / CTO
Olive Interactive, LLC is an IP holdings company co-founded in 2008 by myself, Sara Czyzewicz and Anthony Dimitre. Orginally the company offered web-based services that helped businesses and individuals develop, manage, track and monetize their social media presence. Olive's primary offering was Claim.io, a B2B paid service that proliferated a brand across hundreds of the most popular social media and social networking sites at once. Olive also offered a free consumer-facing service called DandyID.org. Both DandyID and Claim.io were acquired in 2011 by a Canadian SEO company (my NDA prohibits further disclosure).
June, 2006 - April, 2008
Localcents, Inc
Co-Founder / CTO
Between 2006 and early 2008 Localcents, Inc. created two consumer facing applications: Localcents.com and Villij.com. Localcents.com (now dormant) was a free classifieds and local deal site (a much more novel concept back in 2006). Villij.com (acquired by Which Ventures, Inc. in 2012) started out as a people and content recommendation engine for the distributed web. In 2007 the company was accepted into the inaugural class of TechStars, a seed stage mentor-driven investment fund.
2003 - 2006
Kalbay Systems
I founded Kalbay Systems while attending Western Washington University in 2003. Kalbay was a consulting firm that specialized in creating custom web-based business process solutions. We had a wide variety of clients, including many in the real estate and manufacturing industries. We assisted Catholic Community Services with an early web-based fundraising campaign. We also did some interesting work for a boutique financial firm. In addition we built a remarkably successful proprietary data-driven sales solution for a local contracting firm. I shutdown Kalbay after Localcents received funding in 2006.
Custom MVC Development Framework
I am very passionate about software development. One of my ongoing side projects is a lightweight open-source PHP framework designed to let you quickly develop and deploy web applications. A few of the framework's key features are listed below:
- MVC (Model-View-Controller) Architectural Pattern
- Object-Relational Mapping / Database Abstraction Layer
- User Creation, Authentication and Session Management
- Command Line File Structure / Code Generation
- Simple Routing
- Integration with Template Engine & Support for Multiple Themes / Layouts
CoDesignMix is a participant-driven meetup for designers, developers, entrepreneurs and those who wish to collaborate with them.
Class of 2007
TechStars, Boulder
TechStars is the nation's leading startup incubator and seed stage mentor-driven investment fund. In 2007 I was accepted into the program and participated as a member of its inaugural class in Boulder, Colorado.


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9:30 am - 8:00 pm
"Martin Kelly: a 19th Century Laborer in Sandy Hook," 9:30 am-8 pm, C.H. Booth Library (in first floor display case, near elevator), 25 Main Street, collection of Newtown Annual reports, business records of Curtis and Son Corporation, personal letters and other ephemera from Newtown Historical Society, offer a view into the life of 19th Century Sandy Hook resident and Curtis & Son employee Martin Kelly, on view through November 30.
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
9:30 am - 8:00 pm
C.H. Booth Library 25 Main Street - Newtown CT 06470
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- The World Economic Forum today launches Forum Academy, an online learning platform to deliver professional leadership courses
- Non-profit initiative for certified professional development on a continuous and sustained basis
- Brings a Davos-level curriculum on global, regional and industry topics to a global audience
- Enables top business, academic, political and other leaders of society to interact with future leaders
- For further information and to sign up for the first online course on global technology leadership, visit http://forumacademy.weforum.org
Davos, Switzerland, 22-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The World Economic Forum today launched Forum Academy, an online learning platform, in partnership with edX, a non-profit initiative created by founding partners Harvard University and MIT for online education. Forum Academy will provide continuous leadership development and updating, offering courses for professionals and organizations to enhance their strategic knowledge in a fast-changing world.
Forum Academy will:
- catalyse an online global learning environment for continuous and certified professional development
- create a world-class curriculum, providing cutting-edge global, regional and sectorial knowledge
- establish a network of academic and other members to develop standards, best practices and joint certification models
As rapid technological, economic and social changes affect the context of professional work, there is a pressing need for insights into the latest developments and best practices on relevant topics. Forum Academy will help to address this need for yearly certified updates on the latest professional developments, leveraging the Forum's worldwide multistakeholder network of the best and most relevant knowledge providers. The professional leadership courses will focus on specific global issues and industries. It will also focus on regional developments and provide updates related to professional and technological issues.
Professor Klaus Schwab, the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, said: "The reshaping of our world requires professionals to develop a transformational mindset and constantly update their knowledge. However, this knowledge is becoming increasingly difficult to attain through traditional means, precisely due to the growing complexity, velocity and uncertainty in the world. Forum Academy will contribute to the mission of the Forum by providing a global audience with strategic insights on global, industry and regional developments"
Anant Agarwal, President of edX said: "Like the World Economic Forum, edX is committed to improving the lives of people around the globe. We are happy to provide the Forum Academy with the cutting-edge educational tools needed to create courses that will enable leaders – of today and tomorrow – to transform their communities, countries and regions."
Sign up is now open for the first course, Global Technology Leadership, which will start in May 2014. Aimed at current and future leaders, the course will give an overview of the key emerging technologies that are driving technological shifts and reshaping the social, political and economic context. For further information, and to sign up for Forum Academy courses, please visit http://forumacademy.weforum.org.
Notes to Editors
More information about the Annual Meeting 2014 is available at http://wef.ch/davos2014
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Symptoms, Solutions, Surgery, Preparation, Recovery, and Tips
Symptoms of Macromastia (Large breasts)
Large breasts can cause a multitude of problems, including neck, back, and shoulder pain, headaches, shoulder-grooving (where the bra-straps dig in), postural problems (which contribute to upper extremity nerve problems), interference with activities and exercise, rashes under the breasts, inability to find clothing that fits properly, and problems with self-image. As a result, women with large breasts are often in chronic pain, have little energy, may be overweight because they are unable to exercise, and have self-image problems, all of which interfere with quality of life.
Possible Solutions to the Problem of Large Breasts
Weight loss and exercise are usually suggested (if not required) by insurance companies prior to approval for breast reduction surgery, but often futile. Weight loss, even if successful, usually does not alleviate the symptoms of macromastia. Many women are unable to exercise because of the large breasts themselves – hence, a catch-22. Aspirin, Tylenol, Ibuprofen, and other medication may benefit some, but usually their effect is limited. Powders may reduce your chance of developing a rash in hot weather. Chiropractic care is of limited help, particularly in cases involving significantly large breasts. Invariably, breast reduction surgery is the most effective, most efficient, and most successful way to treat the problem of macromastia.
Breast Reduction Surgery
Breast reduction is an operative procedure in which breast tissue and excess breast skin are removed. The removal of breast tissue results in a smaller breast. Removal of excess skin results in a breast that is higher on the chest wall and more aesthetic. This is an important component of this operation, because it allows the breast to be restored to a youthful appearance and shape. If excess skin were not removed, the breast would actually look worse following breast reduction than before surgery.
So, think of a breast reduction as a breast lift in which your breasts are also made smaller.
During your breast surgery, your nipples will be moved to a higher position on your breasts. This is usually accomplished WITHOUT removing your nipples and putting them back on. The technique plastic surgeons use to accomplish this is called transposition, in which the nipple stays fully attached to the breast – only the surrounding skin is moved. Because the nipple preserves its attachment, most women retain (or improve) nipple sensation, the ability to attain an erect nipple,
and the ability to breast feed.
Women who have such markedly large breasts that attempted preservation of the nipple can threaten the entire operation may be advised to have a free-nipple breast reduction. In this operation, the nipple IS actually removed at the beginning of the operation and placed on at the end of the operation as a graft. Nipple sensation, appearance, and function (breast feeding) will be forever altered, but this is sometimes the best option for women whose breasts are so large that other operations would pose too great of a risk. Once again, this technique of free-nipple grafting is not nearly as common as the techniques which involve preservation of the nipple.
Preparation and Recovery from Surgery
Anesthesia: General
Location of operation: Surgery Center or hospital.
Length of surgery: 2-4 hours
Length of stay: Overnight or Out-patient
Discomfort: Moderate. Anticipate 3-7 days of prescription pain medication. This can be reduced through the use of long-acting local anesthetics used by your surgeon at the time of surgery.
Swelling and Bruising: Improve in 2-4 weeks.
Bandages: If bandages are used, they will be removed in 1-3 days.
Stitches: Will be removed in 5-7 days or will be absorbable. Most plastic surgeons use stitches which absorb, so removal is not required.
Support: You will wear a sports bra or ace wrap for 1-4 weeks. Avoid an under wire bra until your surgeon approves it.
Back to work: 1-2 weeks.
Exercise: May be resumed in 2-4 weeks.
Final result: Will be seen after the scars have matured, which will take about 1-3 years.
Tips on Breast Reduction
Probably the very best tip is that if you have large symptomatic breasts, don't put off having a breast reduction. Most women site procrastination as their main regret of this operation.
Other Tips:
- If your insurance company does not cover this operation, do not despair. You may always choose to have it performed as a fee-for-service procedure (meaning that you pay out of pocket). It is ironically around the same cost as having a breast augmentation – although women having breast augmentations and women having breasts reductions are two groups of women who may never understand one another.
- Wait until you are finished child-bearing before having a breast reduction if possible. Although this is not mandatory, pregnancy may cause breast enlargement or droop, which may in turn send you back to your plastic surgeon for another procedure. If you are able to wait until you are finished having children, you may be able to avoid this. On the other hand, young women with symptomatic macromastia who do not intend o have children for several years may appropriately choose to proceed with a breast reduction at a young age, as deferring it can take a different toll. So, in general, Dr. Loftus recommends that if you are planning to have children within a few years, hold off on the breast reduction until you are finished. If child-bearing is finished or a long ways off, then do proceed with a breast reduction.
- Ask your plastic surgeon to use long-lasting local anesthetic at the time of your operation to reduce your post-operative discomfort.
- Ask your plastic surgeon if he/she can use absorbable sutures so that they don ot require removal.
- Macromastia is the medical term for symptomatic large breasts. Reduction Mammaplasty is the medical term for breast reduction.


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Flipping channels the other night, my husband tunes into that History Channel show with those two guys from Iowa that travel the country to buy junk. For some reason he finds this show entertaining. I find it annoying. Please don't take offense, this is just my opinion. I know many people like and enjoy this show and I do recognize the value in some of the items these guys come across. I usually skim past the show as it just really isn't of much interest to me. Knock, knock, knock. Enter compromise. The television remains on the channel and he continues to watch so I pick up my book and read a few pages. I glanced up and saw a guy on the show talking about chopping down the roofline of an old rusted out car. What really caught my attention was that he was wearing a t-shirt that had a definition style to it – definition – like a dictionary (yes, I know I'm dating myself!). But that shirt was pretty unique!
noun. (fab-ri-keyt-r)
Someone who makes something you can't.
I thought "Hey – that's us – that's Stellar!" We've got fabricators, welders, assemblers, material handlers, painters and more! We have this great big team of employees that all have a hand in making something that not just anyone can. They use their hands to make something that our customers find value in. And I do have to say it's a pretty great feeling when you are out away from home and see that Stellar Industries, Inc. logo on a work truck, crane or a piece of equipment that you actually know who helped build it. Knock, knock, knock. Enter hometown pride.
So maybe I did glean a benefit from watching the antiquing show…. I get it now. The stuff Mike and Frank are finding during their episodes is what has led us to where and who we are today. It's our history. That piece of history was made by someone, someone who used their hands, spent their time and effort and put a lot of sweat into creating or fabricating "something" much like our team members do here.
We are resourceful. We are dedicated. We are owners.
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Inzaghi looking to restore Milan pride
Filippo Inzaghi intends to restore pride and give Milan supporters something to cheer about next season.
Milan face their first campaign out of European competition since 1998-99 after finishing eighth in Serie A last term under Clarence Seedorf, who succeeded Massimiliano Allegri in January
Inzaghi was promoted from the club's youth team after Seedorf left the club and has big plans for Milan.
The 40-year-old cited the success of La Liga champions and UEFA Champions League finalists Atletico Madrid last season as a source of inspiration and vowed to field an organised, hard-working side.
"I want a positive team who want to play from the heart in order to beat the opposition," Inzaghi told Sport Mediaset. "We have everything and we do the best job in the world.
"You can't be sad and anyone who is out of the team needs to prove that I'm wrong. The Milan shirt must go back to mattering.
"This situation motivates me even more than ever because I know that people who give their best will get their rewards in the end.
"The fans will definitely see a team that fights and wants to achieve its targets by doing everything possible. Let's see if that is enough.
"Our target is to bring the fans back to San Siro and make sure they recognise this team."
Inzaghi won two league titles, two Champions League finals and the Coppa Italia during his 11-year playing career with Milan.


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The subplots to Sunday night's Broncos-Patriots matchup don't end with Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady.
While the 14th meeting between the two Canton-bound quarterbacks deservedly hogged the headlines this week, rest assured plenty of eyes will be on slot receivers Wes Welker and Danny Amendola when 7-3 New England hosts 9-1 Denver at Gillette Stadium.
Welker vs. Amendola has been debated by Patriots fans ever since Welker — feeling slighted by New England's offer — bolted for the Broncos and quickly was replaced by the ex-Ram Amendola last spring, but the comparison truly will come into focus with both players on the same field.
It almost didn't happen, considering Welker suffered a concussion in last week's 27-17 victory over the Chiefs, but he passed all of the medical tests during the week and is considered probable to face his former team.
Each of the diminutive receivers has lived up to his reputation so far, which means Welker is getting the best of the head-to-head showdown.
The leading receiver in Patriots history with 672 catches, Welker hasn't missed a beat with Manning in Denver. Not only does he return to Foxborough, Mass., with 61 receptions for 648 yards, but Welker — with six games to play — already has matched his career high for a season with nine TD catches.
Just like he did in New England, Welker quickly became Manning's favorite target. Those 61 catches lead the team, impressive considering the Broncos' host of big-play targets, led by wideouts Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker and emerging tight end Julius Thomas.
Thomas reportedly is a toss-up to play Sunday night because of a leg injury suffered against Kansas City, so Manning will have his eye on Welker even more if Thomas can't go.
That especially is true if the Broncos use the quick-throw style against New England, as they did last week against the Chiefs — to make up for an injury-battered offensive line, Manning's sprained ankles and the fearsome K.C. pass rush.
Amendola also has been true to form in his first season as a Patriot, which means he has been productive and reliable … when healthy.
The 5-foot-11, 183-pound Amendola didn't even make it through his New England regular-season debut without a significant injury. He caught 10 passes for 104 yards in a 23-21 win over the Bills in the opener but injured his groin severely enough to miss the next three games.
Amendola lasted just two games before a concussion forced him to sit out the Patriots' 30-27 overtime loss to the Jets, although he has been able to stay on the field since. He also enjoyed his best day with New England two games ago with four catches for 122 yards and his only TD catch of the season in a 55-31 rout of the Steelers.
Amendola's overall numbers with Brady are modest and certainly aren't making New England forget about the fan favorite Welker. Amendola has just 29 catches for 341 yards, although he appears to be developing chemistry with Brady lately.
Where the Patriots really miss Welker is on third down. New England led the NFL with a 48.7-percent conversion rate on third down last year but has plummeted to 10th at 36 percent this season, while the addition of Welker has helped the Broncos become the league's top third-down offense this year at 48 percent.
Although Welker will get the better of this comparison once again Sunday night, it won't be the difference. What will be is the combination of cold weather (a longtime Manning nemesis), Brady's fury at getting robbed in Carolina last Monday and the Patriots' home dominance.
PICK: Patriots, 35-31.


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Zite is an App that is available on iOS. This App could become your customized magazine. It could be added free on iPad. If you have been keeping an eye out for an online magazine with a content that can be customized to your preferences, Zite is the answer to your search. It is a social feed aggregator and pulls content from your own feeds and popular web based applications. It is quite similar to Flipboard which has been considered as Apple's App of the year.
The user interface of Zite is somewhat like a print publication. The whole design of the magazine is well organized. When you start up, the App will ask you to sync your Twitter and Google Reader feeds. You can then find a page with a whole range of customizing content. If you are a tech buff, you can choose feeds exclusively related to technology. You can even micro manage the feeds by selecting particular brands like Google, Apple or Microsoft and read stories that are related only to those brands.
An important feature of Zite is that it displays all the content in its own windows. This gives the App a print publication feel. You can play YouTube videos on the App but the App struggles with HTML 5 based content. Another great feature of Zite is its quick learning capability. If you like a particular article, the App adapts and offers similar content to you.


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This is another vaccination that our baby will get by the end of this month.
There's a PCV10 and a PCV13 available in the market today. The latter has a greater coverage which is strongly advised by our pediatrician and costs a thousand more than the other.
I am due to research on those two soon, since we need to decide a week before our schedule.
Anyway, here is an overview of pneumococcal vaccination in general, still from CDC.
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Chloe is passionate about sharing the joys and challenges of yoga with others. For Chloe, yoga has been a medicine through the highs and lows of life, teaching her the art of flow - of riding the waves - and growing, strengthening and softening within all the transitions.
Yoga can be many things for many people. By coming to your mat with openness - an intelligence of being, simply, who and where we are - Chloe believes that yoga can be a powerful practice through which we can simultaneously still, soothe, soften, listen, grow, strengthen, play and silence. By returning to our centres - our solid and strong core, our source - she believes we can then explore our edges, which so expand and grow.
Chloe is particularly passionate about the power of inducing physical intensity - safely through a rooted connection to our core and the earth - so that we can begin to learn and change how we respond to struggle. By willingly creating heat through powerful postures and strong flows, silencing and softening as we do so, Chloe believes that we can learn how to respond differently to difficulty - softening into challenges, breathing into blockages, flowing with what is, and expanding our ever permeable boundaries into that which is bigger than ourselves.
Chloe believes that each moment is a teacher, each moment is medicine, and that yoga is a powerful practice in which we can learn how to notice, taste and juice every flavour out of every experience.
After years of self-practice, Chloe trained to teach yoga in Nicaragua with Meghan Currie. She recently arrived in Brighton, and is ready to accompany you in your practice, your flow and your journey, hoping to help you realise your immense strength for the ride, and soften into all of the flavours of it's ebbs and flows.


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Hello Pinoylifers. I did some shopping at the local Filipino supermarket the other day and I wanted to share this with you.
Yes folks, chicha-f'n-ron. Just in case you can't read those magical ingredients on the front of the bag…
Mmmm… Pork Back Fat Skin + Salt + MSG = PINOY PRIDE!!!
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The philosopher Isaiah Berlin famously outlines a distinction between two types of thinkers: individuals who know many different things, chase after many different interests and tasks (whom he characterizes as "foxes"); and individuals who know and pursue essentially one big thing (whom he calls "hedgehogs").
Many people erroneously believe that interdisciplinary studies majors are hopelessly fox-like, too spread out, bereft of a unified vision. But having many different interests, being "spread out," is just one aspect of a true interdisciplinarian. We do value the cunning, curiosity, and energy of the fox, but we also are at great pains to connect everything to an overarching idea. In this regard we are distinctively like the hedgehog. Especially with respect to the Christian brand of our interdisciplinarity at NGU, we wish to see how all things connect back to God, who is sovereign and all-knowing.
We therefore take a decidedly holistic approach to Gospel truth, i.e., that the euangelion speaks to all aspects of life and culture. It's up to us to make all the connections entailed by this amazing fact; hence we need integrators, people who are trained to see and capitalize upon the connecting threads. So, yes, we look at ourselves as sort of "hyper-pioneer" types- restless, expansive, original - but we are ever-cognizant of our need for a center, a place of rest (even intellectually speaking), and we locate that place of rest in the heart-home we have with Jesus, who never changes as far as His truth, justice, and love are concerned. Oh, and by the way, recent and diverse studies show that interdisciplinary studies majors--whether foxes, hedgehogs, or perhaps "hedgefoxes"--are better prepared for today's global culture!


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MOSCOW – Wearing dark glasses over his damaged eyes, artistic director Sergei Filin returned to the Bolshoi Ballet on Tuesday to guide its troupe through a new season, eight months after he was nearly blinded in an acid attack.
The attack on Filin, who returned to Russia at the weekend after seven months of treatment at a clinic in Germany, exposed bitter rivalries at Russia's premier cultural institution, where Filin had the power to make or break careers.
Blinking through dark glasses under the theatre's bright lights in the gold-encrusted main hall, the 42-year-old thanked his fans for their support.
"I feel good and my condition is stable enough to be here at the opening of the season and to take on work," he said, his eyelids visibly swollen.
"I am very glad to see you," he told the crowd just hours ahead of the theatre's first performance of the new season.
Bolshoi spokeswoman Katerina Novikova said Filin had undergone at least 22 operations on his eyes and face since the attack, and he said more were in the pipeline in Germany.
Filin also thanked his deputy, Galina Stepanenko, for filling in for him "in this difficult time during my absence."
Novikova said it remained to be seen how many duties Filin could carry out with more operations planned.
A disgruntled top dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko, who earned a reputation for playing villains on the theatre's stage, confessed to ordering an attack on Filin, and is on trial along with two alleged accomplices.
Dmitrichenko said he did not want acid to be used. All three men face up to 12 years in prison for the attack which left Filin writhing in agony in the snow late in the evening on January 17 before he eventually managed to get help.
The Russian government appointed experienced theatre manager Vladimir Urin as director to rebuild the theatre's tarnished reputation, after veteran director Anatoly Iksanov was ousted earlier this year in the wake of the attack.
Before his departure, Iksanov suggested that another top ballet dancer, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, might have played a role in inciting the attack ordered by his protege Dmitrichenko.
Tsiskaridze has denied playing any part, and when his contract was not renewed in June, he said the management was conducting a witch-hunt against him to hound him out of the theatre.
Novikova also said she hoped Filin's return would mean the world's gaze would turn back to the Bolshoi's artistic output rather than the drama going on behind the scenes.
"This horrible event shifted attention from art to the criminal aspect. Sergei Filin is back now and he is not blind. I hope it ends here, especially as we have really interesting things going on," she said.
The Bolshoi's new 2013/2014 season will include premieres of Richard Wagner's opera "The Flying Dutchman" and ballet "Lady of the Camellias."


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Why Unions Can't Be Saved
I'm grateful to Michael Wasser of "Jobs With Justice," a labor-rights organization, for writing a reply to my Bloomberg post this week on the death of American labor unions.
Wasser's argument is straightforward: Unions aren't dead yet, and they are the only way to get public policies that advance labor and reduce inequality.
So there are two ideas here, the potential and the uniqueness of unions. Wasser says unions still have potential and that labor's gains from unionization are unique. I disagree on both. I think unions are far more likely to grow weaker over, say, the next ten years than they are to grow stronger. And I think that there are many other ways to advance labor -- ways that are, to my taste, preferable to re-unionization.
First, potential. In the Bloomberg piece, I linked to (but did not discuss) some research that shows pretty clearly that union decline has been driven by economic competition. Let me just pull one abstract from from Henry S. Farber* and Bruce Western:
...We then present an accounting framework that decomposes the sharp decline in the private-sector union membership rate into components due to 1) differential growth rates in employment between the union and nonunion sectors, and 2) changes in the union new organization rate (through NLRB-supervised representation elections). We find that most of the decline in the union membership rate is due to differential employment growth rates and that changes in union organizing activity had relatively little effect. Given that the differential employment growth rates are due largely to broader market and regulatory forces, we conclude that the prospects are dim for a reversal of the downward spiral of labor unions based on increased organizing activity.So the heart of the matter, it seems to me, is whether union decline is basically irreversible. For what it's worth, the rest of the literature is also pretty clear that U.S. labor law had limited impact. If the decline is permanent, furthermore, Wasser's claim about uniqueness has no independent policy implications -- it's merely a statement of pessimism.
Yet I still find that pessimism implausible if one considers this graph (via Jared Bernstein) showing the broad increase in wages in the 1990s. Why? Unionization was also low then. How did wages rise so quickly, then, for the bottom half of the wage distribution? You can thank full employment.
The chart Wasser puts at the top of his post -- the strong negative relationship between unionization and inequality -- is the reason he thinks unions are needed. As for me, it's the reason I think unions are doomed. In his view, that relationship is causal: the decline in the union causes the rise in inequality. In my view, the relationship is driven by a third variable, the global economy, which both raised inequality and punished unions.
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Rob Kardashian On Why He's "Hoping" For A Boy With Blac Chyna
Rob Kardashian is "hoping" to have a baby boy when Blac Chyna delivers their first child next month.
In a new preview for his and Chyna's new show, Rob & Chyna, the 29-year-old explains to Scott Disick why he would like a son. "I'm definitely hoping for a boy because I want to have the same relationship that I had with my father with my son, so that's what I'm praying for," he says.
According to some reports, the couple is actually expecting a girl, but we'll get to watch how it all unfolds on their show, which premieres Sunday, September 11 at 9 pm on E!
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Season sea bass fillets with salt and pepper. In a saute pan, over high heat, add the olive oil and sear fish fillets skin side down first, for 3 minutes or until golden brown. Turn fish over and cook another 4 minutes or until cooked through.
Meanwhile, prepare the croutons. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter. Toss with bread cubes and transfer to a baking sheet. Bake in oven for 4 minutes or until crisp and golden in color. Transfer to a small bowl and set aside.
In another saute pan, heat 2 tablespoons of butter. Over high heat, saute the baby vegetables until glazed. Divide into 2 and mound in center of plate. Keep warm.
Add the remaining 2 ounces of butter to the fillets and baste them with the butter. Place a fillet and the red peppers on top of the vegetables. Sprinkle half of the croutons on top and around each fillet. To butter, add shallots and continue to cook until butter turns brown. Deglaze with lemon juice, and add the lemon pieces, parsley, chives, tarragon, capers, and caper berries. When heated, pour half over and around each fillet. Serve immediately.
Note: if sea bass is not available, any firm white fish can be substituted.
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