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Monday, October 5, 2009
Chilly Monday
I try to not give her to much medicine to make her nice and keep her calmed down because it makes her sleep to much. So I am trying new things. Her nurse told what and how much to give her and which to take together . I just have to figure out which combo is the best. She has pills , gel you put on her wrist and Morphine you give her in a dropper . All to make her feel good , relax, be nice and take away pain. I can't give them to her all at the same time but am trying different ones to see which works the best and still she will be awake to eat. It is a pain in the bottom but I might of figured it out because Sunday was good. But today will be different I bet. Nothing is ever the same.
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My dad is on 17 different medications that he takes 2 times a day- my mom and I are still trying to figure out the right combination- even the doctors don't know! Its nice to know were not the only ones out there who haven't perfected it yet. :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2009 at 9:01 AM
I know exactly what you are going through! Hang in there...
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thank you Victoria and Donna Marie. Hope we get the meds right and I am hanging in.ReplyDelete
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How is your mom's medical status? It's none of my business, but I'm just wondering the origin of her pain. It can be so tricky to find the right combination of meds that will promote comfort and pain relief, but not cause so much lethargy that dehydration becomes a risk. You are doing such an amazing job with your mom.
She's been sleeping most of the day. But she eats and drinks slowly half a wake. She has pain in her legs and feet from gout and Arihritis. And she yells if you touch her anywhere esle on her body.From ,I have no idea. ThanksReplyDelete
I'm glad to hear that you had a good weekend. We had college football on all day Saturday. Our teams didn't do so well, however.ReplyDelete
I continue to marvel at the loving care you give to your mom. I think it can be so confusing to figure out medications issues. When I saw my mom yesterday she was very uncomfortable from itching. This is something new and I have no idea what is causing it as there is no obvious rash or anything like that. As you say, tomorrow it could be totally different.
Thanks and I hope you mom's itching stops. That would be so misable.ReplyDelete
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I love the new picture you've posted of your mom and dad. Indeed those do look like happy times, and I know you cherish those memories and pictures.
Your so right about nothing ever staying the same. It seems like people with Alzheimer's can change from moment to moment.
You're an amazing daughter!!
Thank you. I just found this picture today and has to post it.ReplyDelete
You have such patience and compassion in taking care of your mom!!ReplyDelete
You are truly amazing.
Glad you enjoyed your weekend with your son.
My gosh you are just wonderful what you put up with and how you take care of your mother, my mom is 62 and in good health so far but she has recently been dianosed with leukemia. I worry for her and know that some day i will be there to care for her. You are an angel on earth loveReplyDelete
Thanks Karen and Mandatory bloger. So sorry to here about your mom MB.She in my prayers.ReplyDelete
Hi KarenReplyDelete
You are a saint! I can't imagine having the patience that you do caring for your mom. I'll be praying for you and I hope you figure out the best combination of meds.
((hugs)) Rhondi
Praying for you. LindaReplyDelete
Thanks Rhondi and Linda .ReplyDelete
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Lee Band, Peggy
The fifth album by composer and cellist Peggy Lee with her gifted band of Canadian musicians playing a range of creative arrangements varying from haunting melodies to energetic sonic voyages.
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Brad Turner-trumpet, flugelhorn
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1. Invitation 2:45
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The ensemble consists of an all-star group of creative Canadian musicians whose collective experience covers jazz, new music, electronica, free improvisation, as well as classical music and pop. Consider the haunting melody and ambient textures of "End Waltz," the brilliance of Brad Turner's trumpet on "Path of a Smile," the collective textural improvisation that opens "Not So Far," the soulful Kwela inspired guitar of Tony Wilson on "Warming," Jeremy Berkman's Berio-influenced statement on "Why Are You Yelling," the burning jazz tenor of John Bentley on "Punchy," Ron Samworth's twelve-string psychedelia on "Little Pieces, van der Schyff's percussive overture to "Chorale," as well as the unique take on Mary Margaret O'hara's timeless "You Will Be Loved Again." Indeed, this is an ensemble that can do pretty much anything asked of it; and yet it maintains a unique and coherent sound thanks to the long associations between members of the group and a deep collective commitment to Peggy's music.
Cellist, composer and band leader Peggy Lee resides in Vancouver where she performs with a wide variety of ensembles including the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, the string quartet, Microcosmos and the new music ensemble, Standing Wave. As an interpreter and improviser she works regularly with longtime associates Tony Wilson, Dylan van der Schyff, Ron Samworth, Wayne Horvitz and Robin Holcomb, as well as in a new collaboration with vocalist Mary Margaret O'Hara called Beautiful Tool. In the past, Peggy has performed with the likes of trumpeter Dave Douglas, guitarist Nels Cline (Wilco), guitarist Bill Frisell and Eyvind Kang. With her own group, The Peggy Lee Band, she has been able to develop her compositional skills--the band has released five CDs including the most recent, Invitation."-Drip Audio
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"Cellist, improviser, composer Peggy Lee was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She studied classical cello, completing a bachelors degree in performance at the University of Toronto as a student of Vladimir Orloff and Denis Brott. She furthered her studies on the cello with lessons with Martha Gerschefski in Atlanta Georgia. In the fall of 1988 Peggy began a year residency with a string quartet at the Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta. It was here that she first became interested in collaborating with artists from different mediums and in veering away from the classical path. This led to a decision to move away from the known and thus to her relocating to Vancouver, B.C. where she now makes her home.
Peggy's first forays into improvisation in Vancouver happened with dancers at the EDAM (experimental dance and music) studio at the Western Front and eventually led to her meeting and joining guitarists Ron Samworth and Tony Wilson in their respective bands; as well as becoming a member of the New Orchestra Workshop, which went on to have interesting and fruitful collaborations with Butch Morris, Wadada Leo Smith, René Lussier, Barry Guy and George Lewis.
Peggy continues to collaborate frequently with Ron and Tony and with her husband, drummer Dylan van der Schyff, as well as with many other longtime musical associates including Dave Douglas, Wayne Horvitz, Robin Holcomb, Veda Hille and Lisa Miller. She also leads or co-leads a number of musical projects: The Peggy Lee Band, Film in Music, Waxwing (with Tony Wilson and Jon Bentley) and Beautiful Tool (with Mary Margaret O'Hara).
She has also collaborated extensively in theatre and dance with companies and artists such as Ruby Slippers, Rumble Theatre, Presentation House, David Hudgins, Peter Bingham and Delia Brett.
In 2005, Peggy received the Freddie Stone Award for integrity and innovation in music and in 2010 she was awarded a Jesse Richardson Theatre Award for outstanding composition."-Peggy Lee Website (http://www.peggylee.net/about-peggy.html)
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"Vancouver-based guitarist/composer Ron Samworth is a high profile presence on the Canadian scene, equally at home playing in the jazz tradition or the extended sound worlds of new and improvised music. Nominated for the 2002 National Jazz Writers Award "Best Jazz Guitarist", he leads the acclaimed quartet Talking Pictures and co-leads the 15-piece NOW Orchestra. He has appeared at all of the major jazz festivals across Canada, the Jazzfest Berlin, Chicago Jazzfest, New York's Knitting Factory, Vienna's Let's Cool One Chamber Jazz Festival, and at prestigious venues in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He has performed and recorded with many leading international artists including John Zorn, John Medeski, Han Bennink, Marc Ribot, Wayne Horvitz, Butch Morris, Bobby Previte, Marilyn Crispell, George Lewis, and Canadian jazz legend Claude Ranger. His inter-disciplinary work includes composition, performance and sound design for theatre, spoken word, film, and dance."-Capilano University (https://www.capilanou.ca/jazz-studies/bios/Ron-Samworth/)
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"Vancouver's Coastal Jazz and Blues hails him as "unquestionably one of the most original guitar stylists on the Canadian scene". Down Beat Magazine entitles him as "...a talismanic West Coast figure." Tony Wilson has studied with many acclaimed jazz musicians including Dave Holland, John Abercrombie, Kevin Eubanks and Steve Coleman and has shared the stage with well know international artists such as William Parker, Gerry Hemingway, Han Bennink, Toby Delius, Benoit Delbecq & Eric Boeren. As a composer, he has been commissioned by Standing Wave, Joe Trio, the Little Chamber Music Society, New Orchestra Workshop and the Hard Rubber Orchestra. He has released six CDs under his own name for the Drip Audio recording label. Favourable reviews of his work have appeared in Downbeat, the Wire, Exclaim and Signal to Noise among other publications."-Pugs and Crows (http://pugsandcrows.com/about/)
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"Originally from Québec City, André Lachance has been based in Vancouver since 1990. He has been a member of the Brad Turner Quartet, the Peggy Lee Band, the Guillaume Bouchard group, the Bruno Hubert Trio, the Ian McDougall Quartet/Sextet, the Chris Gestrin Trio, the Hard Rubber Orchestra, the Kate Hammett-Vaughan Quintet, Stillpoint, the Kevin Elaschuk Quartet and many more ensembles, as well as leading his own group as a guitarist, Quatuor André Lachance, with Chris Gestrin, Brad Turner and Joe Poole.
As a acoustic bassist, electric bassist and guitarist, André has toured extensively both nationally and internationally as well as recording for various labels such as Songlines, Cellar Live, Maximum Jazz, Justin Time, Spool and for the CBC and Radio-Canada. André is involved in projects in jazz, musique actuelle, funk (notably with Soulstream), pop music and has also collaborated with various dance and theatre companies. Teaching both basses and guitar at Capilano University's Bachelor of Jazz program since 1996, as well as being on faculty at the Banff International Jazz Workshop in 2004, he has also been an educator in many workshops in various high school band festivals and music camps across the country. He has also worked as a sound engineer for Radio-Canada FM in Vancouver.
Aside from being a multi-talented musician and educator, André has often had the honour of accompanying visiting international musicians, such as Joe Lovano, Lee Konitz, Benny Golson, Kenny Wheeler, Frank Morgan, Clark Terry, Harold Mabern, Dave Douglas, Julian Arguelles, Roy McCurdy, Jon Mayer, Kenny Werner, Jason Moran, Gary Bartz, Claude Ranger, PJ Perry, Phil Dwyer, Seamus Blake, Michael Blake, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the NOW Orchestra with George Lewis."-Capilano University (https://www.capilanou.ca/jazz-studies/bios/Andre-Lachance/)
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"Dylan van der Schyff was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1970. He now makes his home in Vancouver, Canada, where he lives with his wife, cellist Peggy Lee, and their two children. Van der Schyff attended the schools of music at the University of Victoria and, briefly, McGill University; and he studied military drumming while with the Band of the Ceremonial Guard in Ottawa. He received his MA from Simon Fraser University and is currently engaged in graduate research in music psychology at the University of Sheffield in the UK.
As a performer and producer, van der Schyff has appeared on close to 100 recordings spanning the genres of jazz, electro-acoustic, improvised, experimental and new music; he has performed in almost every major centre in Europe and North America including international festivals in Berlin, Lisbon, Stockholm, New York, Chicago, Montreal, Trento (Italy) and Molde (Norway); and he has collaborated in numerous interdisciplinary projects involving theatre, dance and film. A partial list of notable performance and recording collaborators includes: George Lewis, Joelle Léandre, Dave Douglas, Mark Helias, Peggy Lee, Eyvind Kang, Nicole Mitchell, Brad Turner, Tony Wilson, Wayne Horvitz, Marilyn Crispell, Torsten Muller, Robin Holcolmb, Michael Moore, Ellery Eskelin, Sylvie Courvoisier, Rob Mazurek, Talking Pictures, Ken Vandermark, Paul Rutherford, John Butcher, Tobias Delius, Louis Sclavis, Evan Parker, Mark Dresser, Fred Frith, and Gary Peacock. Van der Schyff has also performed as a sideman with Roswell Rudd, John Zorn, Butch Morris, Misha Mengelberg, Georg Graewe, Oliver Lake, Wadada Leo Smith and the Kenny Werner Sextet with Randy Brecker.
Van der Schyff has served on the music faculty at Capilano University in Vancouver, Canada, since 2009. He also served on faculty at the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music between 2002-2005, and at the Vancouver Institute for Creative Music in 2006. Additionally, he has given seminars and workshops at the University of Indiana and at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Van der Schyff has appeared on Austrian television and Swedish radio as well as NPR, the CBC and Radio Canada. Articles about his work as an improviser have appeared in publications such as Downbeat, Jazz Times, The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, The Village Voice, The Chicago Reader, The Wire, Coda, and MUZIK."-Capilano University (https://www.capilanou.ca/jazz-studies/bios/Dylan-van-der-Schyff/)
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Watching Carl Edwards walking around with crutches and a limp reminds me of Kaiser Soze. Any minute I expect him to throw the crutches aside and lose the limp. Not to doubt the authenticity of his injury but, after the season he had last season I half expect him to confess he was playing possum all year.
I mean how do you go from nine wins while dominating NASCAR to making the chase with consistency and points racing? I just can't shake this feeling like he has been saving himself for the chase this year. Remember the Kaiser Soze quote from the movie "The Usual Suspects"? "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist".
So maybe the greatest trick Carl Edwards ever pulled was convincing the world that he can't win this year. He hasn't been spanking the competition like he did last year so, many fans have written him off for 2009. But, its important to remember that it would be difficult for anyone to repeat what he did in 2008.
The athletic Edwards not only won nine races last year. He had an incredible 27 top ten's, with a gaudy 19 top five's. I'm thinking that Edwards realizes that he can still make the chase while saving a little bit for a Championship run. After all, it doesn't matter how you get in the chase. As long as your there.
Of course you have to take into account the points you can pile up in the chase with regular season wins. But do regular season wins necessarily mean chase Championships? Well let's see. In 2004, Jeff Gordon had five wins to lead the field going into the chase. He ended up Third to Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson.
IN 2005 Tony Stewart and Greg Biffle lead the chase standings with five wins a piece going into Loudon. They ended up finishing first and second respectively. Biffle actually scored another win during the chase but, Stewart finished with the most points.
In 2006, things were a little weird with Kasey Kahne having the most wins with five. But, he started 10th in points going into the chase.Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth were actually leading the chase in week one with four wins each. Jimmie Johnson won the first of what would be three championships in a row.
So the answer appears to be no. Regular season domination does not equate to championships. It appears that the chase is just like any other playoff series. It's pretty much a whole new season were every driver has a chance.
So maybe the injured guy on crutches is just biding his time. He's just letting people wonder what happened to his dominating ways of 08. He's Kaiser Soze plotting the demise of the other 11 drivers while they forget he is even there. Time to stand up straight Kaiser...


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Videos of the week: Successful wound healing with borate glass nanofibersPublished on April 28th, 2011 | By: email@example.com
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As reported on in the just-published May issue of the Bulletin of The American Ceramic Society, the Mo-Sci Corporation recently announced its development of a novel and inexpensive wound care pad — composed of borate glass nanofibers — that helped speed the healing of venous stasis ulcers in a majority of patients enrolled in a small human clinical test group of adult diabetics.
The tests were supervised by the internal review board of the Phelps County Regional Medical Center. Each of the 13 patients in the trial suffered from hard-to-heal lower leg wounds. Some patients had wounds that had failed to heal for more than two years.
Care for the patients in the study was delivered by a specialized wound-care nurse, supervised by a PCRMC physician. One patient dropped out in the early stages of the trial. Of the remaining 12, eight have had their wounds heal with little or no scarring. The wounds of the remaining four patients are nearly healed.
The wound-care pads, named 'DermaFuse' by Mo-Sci, will soon be tested at the Center for Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
In the first video interview, conducted in March 2011, Ted Day and Steve Jung discuss the trials and the glass fiber material used in the DermaFuse pads. Jung, along with veteran glass researcher Delbert Day (Ted's father), developed the glass fibers while doing research at the Missouri University of Science & Technology in Rolla.
In the second video, Peggy Taylor, a nurse who specializes in wound care and who provided the treatment in the DermaFuse clinical trials, discusses the history of the trials, the patients and her use of the the glass fiber pads.
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I have just recently gotten a venous statis ulcer to heal that I have had for 4 years. Ironically I am from Rolla. MO and in 2009 was a patient at Phelps County Regional Medical Center and Mrs. Taylor was my wound nurse but at that time I'm assuming this wasn't developed yet, so for my time in the hospital was spent on a wound vac but the wound was so painful that it couldn't be turned up high enough to really do any good, plus I also had MRSA. I was almost to the point of saying amputate because of the pain but slowly but surely using other methods it is healed and I hope stays healed but at least now I know that help may just literally be around the corner if it happens again. I had one on each leg with one being much worse and taking longer to heal. Mine were not from diabetes but from having extreme blood clots and my circulation being so poor. I am so happy to hear this new development for myself if it is ever needed again and for anyone else that may have to go through this painful ordeal. 4 years is a long time to be in pain. If there is any studies I could help in I would be more than happy to. Just contact me by email and I may give Peggy Taylor a call in the next couple of days. God bless you all for coming up with this.
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Yes, it can be left in place. It appears to be absorbed or breaks down. Nurse Taylor says that sometimes she sees residue that looks like small grains of sand that she flush from the wound, however she says that she was better off leaving it in place because she believed that it appeared to be starting to be anchored into new tissue. Sometimes she would repack the wound with new fibers, but eventually all of the glass fibers disappear. She describes more of the process in the online magazine article that is linked to in the story.
Would like more information please. You talk about leaving it in place- for how long? Do fibers stay in the wound?
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Destinee Eakle BSN, RN , CWOCN Director of Wound Care UK Healthcare
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Bushfires of Black Thursday, 1851
'When the smoke turned day into night'
'It was the women who suffered the most, when they saw their homes and all their household wealth, years of strict economy, thrift, Labor and self-denial had been reduced to ashes in a moment's time'
Black Thursday, February 6th, 1851 is considered to be one of Australia's most important colonial paintings and one of the State Library's most valuable. It depicts a devastating bushfire that struck Victoria in February 1851. Many died in the fire, which was so fierce and far reaching that its glow could be seen by ships in Bass Strait. (Painted by William Strutt and Courtesy of State Library of Victoria).
The threat of bush fire must have been a major concern for the pioneers of our area, given the lack of any significant water supply nearby. On Thursday February 6, 1851, the pioneers worst fears came perilously close to being realised. On that day the Yuroke Plains were devastated by a bushfire that burned all the way from Melbourne, past Mt. Ridley and further northward.
Remarkably, though the fire was heading directly towards Mt. Ridley at Craigieburn it actually changed course and only burned the lower reaches of the eastern side of the hill, leaving Olrig, Mt. Ridley and other homesteads untouched, while the nearby village of Kinlochewe was burned to the ground. Watching the fire approaching from the higher vantage point of Mt. Ridley must have been a terrifying experience.
The morning of February 6 dawned unusually oppressive, with a stinging north wind. Older pioneers said it was the hottest day they had ever experienced, with temperatures reaching 110 degrees in the shade. The bushfire broke out later that day in several places at once in the north and west of Melbourne. From the direction of Sunbury, where starving sheep had eaten the grass down to the roots, the fire faltered from lack of fuel.
Along the network of creeks and rivers, however, where there was still something to burn, several small fires converged to form a single front. Perhaps a nuclear blast is the only apt metaphor for the intense heat, speed and impact of the flames. Unstoppable, they hurtled down the courses of the Merri and Darebin Creeks and the Plenty River. Before the day was out, Sydney Road from Kilmore to Mahoney's Road was on fire, with considerable loss of life.
Thursday February 6, 1851 was described as a day of extreme unpleasantness for everyone in Victoria, the north wind was so fierce that the thick smoke reached northern Tasmania, turning day into night. The 1851 Black Thursday bush fires were when the hills were alight to the Alps themselves - a frightful day as the temperature in Melbourne rose to 47degrees centigrade (110 degrees on the old scale) at 11 am. Melbourne Town was in grave danger of destruction by encircling bush fire. Approximately 12 lives, 1,000,000 sheep and thousands of cattle were lost.
One writer describes it thus:
"6th February 1851 will long be remembered as the most disastrous day that has ever up to the present, befallen any of the colonies or dependencies of the British Empire. In the year 1851 the colonists experienced a very severe season, through the long continued drought.
The heat continued until June, and no rain fell until July and August. Food and water became scarce in every district, and great number of stock perished. For two months preceding Black Thursday, the country had been under the influence of hot winds. Everything was in a manner baked.
The north wind set in early on the morning of the sixth of February, and by noon increased to a hurricane, and bush fires swept across whole districts, crossing roads and wide streams, destroying everything that stood in its way. From Gisborne to Carlsruhe nothing could be seen but the blackened stumps of trees. The wind suddenly changed at nightfall, and the thermometer dropped down to 80 degrees,"
The writer goes on to tell of a great amount of destitution, with large numbers utterly ruined. In Melbourne, Geelong and elsewhere relief funds were raised to help the destitute, Geelong alone raising £1,100.
Another describes it thus:
As the summer advanced, the temperature became torrid, and on the morning of the 6th of February, 1851, the air which blew down from the north resembled the breath of a furnace. A fierce wind arose, gathering strength and velocity from hour to hour, until about noon it blew with the violence of a tornado.
Many lives were lost, and the value of the property and live stock destroyed on "Black Thursday " can only be vaguely conjectured. Late in the evening a strong sea-breeze began to blow, driving back the heavy pall of smoke that had deepened the darkness of the night, and the next day dawned upon blackened homesteads, smouldering forests, charred carcasses of sheep, oxen, horses, poultry and wild animals, and the face of the country presented such an aspect of ruin and devastation as could never be effaced from the recollection of those who had witnessed and survived the calamity.
It took years and thousands of pounds to recover from the Black Thursday bushfires and in most cases took several years to right the losses after properties were reduced to ashes. some never recovered from the deadly fire like the village of Kinlochewe that found it unprofitable to rebuild and disappeared quietly off the face of the map forever after 1851.


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Celebrities React To Kate Middleton Royal Baby News: Excitement As Duchess Goes Into Labor
As soon as news broke that Kate Middleton, 31, was in labor Monday morning, celebrities took to Twitter to express their excitement about the royal baby's arrival. The Duchess of Cambridge was taken to the private Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital in west London's Paddington neighborhood at 6 a.m. with Prince William by her side.
According to reports, Middleton will be giving birth naturally and was not induced into labor. No one knows the sex of the royal baby, including the Duchess and Prince William, making the British royal birth that much more exciting. After her arrival at the hospital, a spokesperson confirmed that everything is going well. "Things are progressing as normal," they said.
The birth will not be made public until the royal family is briefed, and the royal baby -- boy or girl -- will be third in line for the throne. As the sex of the baby is not known, some celebrities made their own predictions. Journalist Piers Morgan, for one, decided both the sex and the name of the royal baby.
"PREDICTION: A boy, called George, weighing 8lbs 2oz #MysticMorgan," he stated. Morgan continued to write, "Keep Calm...and Carry On. #Kate #Labour."
"Whoop whoop the royal baby is comming," former Spice Girl and television personality Mel B wrote.
New mother and reality star Snooki said, "Push, girl, pushhhhhh ! #KateMiddleton #RoyalBaby #excited."
"I'm so excited for the royal baby!!" British singer Cheryl Cole said.
Kelly Osbourne wrote, "It's all so exciting, the royal baby is on its way!"
"Kate Middleton is in labor!!!! The royal baby is coming!! The wait is over! FINALLY!!!" wrote celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.
A spokesperson for the royal family stated that the newborn's official title will be "His or Her Royal Highness Prince or Princess of Cambridge." The title was announced earlier this month and chosen by Queen Elizabeth. Media from around the world is surrounding St. Mary's to get a glimpse of the royal family. Both Prince William and his brother Harry were born at St. Mary's, with William the first heir to be born in a hospital; previous heirs were born at the home of a royal family member. After the new royal baby is born, Prince Harry will be demoted to fourth in line to the British throne. This will be the couple's first child together.


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Community of Skaistgirys town
Community (association) of Skaistgirys was recorded in Domicile register in 2008, 11th of January. It's a social, not-profit-making organization, which represents its members' interests, operates according to community regulations, for the good and welfare of community's members. Community unites 114 members this year. Community's premises are established in the centre of Skaistgirys town, in the former two-storied building of the parish.. Accomodation (214,78 sq.m.) is used by lending agreement with local growverment of Joniškis, for ten years.
The first constituent assembly of community occured in 2007, 1st of April. The foundating group was : Angele Pikiene, Vida Urboniene, Vida Norkuviene, Reda Peckuviene, Romualda Brigita Drigotiene, Danute Raliene, Jurgis Vladas Radvilas and Virginija Kaikariene – the Elder of Skaistgirys town and undertaker of community establishment. The aims of association were defined in constituent assembly:
- Unify residents and other people, who are natives of Skaistgirys.
- Encourage and organize residents to clean the environment and living-place.
- Discuss and participate in solving communal and public problems of the town.
- Solve problems of socially affected people and families, especially children.
- Organize cultural, sports, wellness events, general holidays, etc.
- Propagate healthy lifestyle, independent of age, sex or religious convictions.
- Mass people to ecology activities, rise sanitary culture.
- Cherish traditions of community, maintain cialis : generiques regional activities.
- Represent and protect interests of residents and people from Skaistgirys.
- Arrange projects and programmes in order to get financial or other support.
- Afford offers and demands to Grovernment and Parish.
42 residents of Skaistgirys participated in the first constituent assembly. They decided to become members of community. During three years of community's existence 114 people have become members of Skaistgirys community.


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Friday, 19 September 2014
I'm a little bit late...
Anyway back to my card. This week s challenge at Delicious Doodles is 'Tag it', you can make a tag or add a tag to your creation. I made a tag shaped card using one of Teri's newer images Tall ship and banner which you can find here. This is such a fabulous image...would make a fantastic pirate ship!I simply printed it in blue and die cut it, then mounted on a die cut circle, added some twine a metal button, brad and fancy paperclip (which was silver so I coloured it with a copic marker).
We'd love it if you 'tag along' with us this week! Just click here to see the rest of the team's fabulous makes and to add your own creation.
Can't keep my eyes open any longer, so I'm off for a lovely bath and an early night!
Have a fab weekend
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Gorgeous creation, love the image and a great pity that all of it is on a tag and not a card. Love it.ReplyDelete
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BEAutiful! I LOve your colours and design Chris..ReplyDelete
I'm amazed at how much you've managed to put on this tag. It really tells the 'story'.
Tags are something I never attempt..To small a space for me lol.
We are doing well for weather! Glad you all enjoyed x
Gorgeous tag shaped card Chris :-) the whole nautical theme is fab :-)ReplyDelete
thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
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Delightful!! What a great tag for a guy - bold colors and design, the elements are all very masculine, - the use of burlap & twine & metal are perfect! Well done! Thank you for sharing your project & your creativity at our house!ReplyDelete
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Fantastic tag, Chris! Love the masculine feel to this! Very cool design, papers, image, and embellies! :^)ReplyDelete
Glad you had a great vacation! :^)
Hugs, Penny
I do like the tag shaped card and the nautical theme. Love all the texture. Great metal embellishments - the paper clip is fab! Thanks so much for playing along with The Male Room this week!ReplyDelete
Love it doing crafty stuff for the male of the species is sometimes tough but love this nautical theme. I really love all the textures and embellishmentReplyDelete
Lovely tag!ReplyDelete
A stunning tag Chris, I love the nautical theme, a fabulous design and gorgeous papers - a lovely image and lovely gorgeous details!!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for joining Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Heather xx
Sounds like you enjoyed your holiday. Welcome back. Being an old salt this image drew me right in. Love this tag. Excellent craftsmanship. The composition is amazing. - JimReplyDelete
Oh my absolutely stunning! Thank you for sharing with us at The Kraft Journal Tag Your It challenge. I do hope you will join us again this week for our current sketch challenge. We would love to see your art in our gallery again!ReplyDelete
Love all the layering here, Chris! Great image for the "transport" theme over at Tag Along Challenge Blog this week.ReplyDelete
A fabulous male card - thanks for sharing this week in TMR - Jacqueline xxReplyDelete
I love this card. It is such a perfect male card. May I post a link to your card on my Manly Monday blog post? It's a post where I showcase masculine cards for my readers. Let me know if you want your card in the Monday post and I'll send you a link to it after it goes live. My email is grohcm at gmail dot com. Send a link with an email so I can find your card again.ReplyDelete
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love this gift tag, perfect on a bottle of wine, to celebrate a home coming,ReplyDelete
Fabulous make, thanks so much for adding it to our challenge at Countryview Challenges!ReplyDelete
This is a Super Tag! Love the ship but also all the wonderful colours you have surrounded it with..ReplyDelete
Great tag card, perfect for our theme of metal. Thanks for joining us in The Male Room this weekReplyDelete


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Online defamation includes reviews, social media postings, website comments, chat room discussions, podcasts, blog posts, and more. If it's false, damaging, and available to a third party, it's probably defamation — and it probably hurts. As the target of defamation, you're likely angry and feeling injured as you suffer from difficulty finding work, growing your business, or simply hearing about what others have said about you online. Without a doubt, it's infuriating to have lies spread about you, online or off, especially when they cause real damage.
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It is possible to sue for online defamation, and there are a number of cases where the plaintiff has won — and won big. But should you sue for online defamation? That's another story. A lawsuit can amplify what you hope to hide forever, and even in the best case scenario, it can make an already bad situation worse. Let's take a look at what exactly online defamation is, what it does to your reputation, and what you can do about it, as well as alternatives to an online defamation lawsuit.
What is Online Defamation?
Defamation is ultimately any statement that can hurt your reputation. When it's online, it's written, and known as libel. Defamation is civil wrong, not a crime, and an individual or other entity can sue others for libel. By definition, defamation is published, false, injurious, and unprivileged. That means it's publicly available, not true, and damaging.
Online defamation can be found on review websites, social media, in public comments on websites, blogs, individual websites, and more.
How Online Defamation Damages Your Reputation
Any bad review or public complaint about you or your business can be damaging. However, true defamation is particularly damaging because it is objectively false and injurious to your reputation. As in, your reputation has suffered due to lies someone has spread about you online. That hurts.
Online defamation can lead to a number of issues for both individuals and businesses, including:
- loss of a job
- inability to find work
- lost clients or customers
- fewer to no new clients or customers
- decreased revenue or income
- harassment by the press and/or on social media
- embarrassment with friends and family members
- loss of business
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Cases of Online Defamation
- In 2006, $11.3 million was awarded to a Florida woman for a lawsuit against a client who posted negative messages about her parent referral service. The plaintiff pursued the case even though she knew the defendant would not be able to pay the award — rather than focus on the monetary award, she wanted to simply clear her name using the court.
- A Texas couple won $13.8 million in a defamation suit fighting back against anonymous commenters on Topix.com. The posters had said they were drug dealers, molesters, and sexual deviants. The couple had to move out of town, and the wife lost her business after they were accused of sexual assault. They were found not guilty of all charges, but online attacks continued — and their reputation suffered as a result, thus, the successful lawsuit.
- No one won in a 2014 defamation case in which a contractor's client wrote scathing reviews of his work on Yelp and Angie's List — and the contractor fired right back with his own accusations in responses to the reviews. Ultimately, a jury found that they were both guilty of defamation, and neither would receive damages.
- A doctor in Minnesota lost his online defamation case against a patient's family. The doctor was unhappy with online reviews left by the family, but the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that none of the statements were actually defamatory.
When You Can Sue for Online Defamation
Are you thinking of filing an online defamation lawsuit? A lawyer should be able to advise you whether your case qualifies or not. However, there are a few ways to quickly determine if you may actually be dealing with defamation — or just an unflattering opinion.
Ultimately, the most important thing you'll need to prove in a defamation suit is that the information shared is not only false, but a statement of fact. A review that says, "I was served a moldy muffin at The Flower Cafe" is a statement of fact, and if that statement is not true, it's defamation. (Of course, proving that there was never a moldy muffin is another story.) However, a review that states, "The server at The Flower Cafe was rude" is simply too vague and opinionated to qualify as defamation.
Additionally, the statement must be public. This is pretty common in online defamation, as most statements are made on a review site or social media. But a private conversation between the business owner and individual does not count — unless it's been made public. However, "public" does not have to be widespread. In fact, all that matters is that the statement is made to a third party.
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There are other requirements, including different standards for public figures and private figures, knowledge that the statement is false, and more. For specific details, it's best to contact a qualified attorney. However, note that before you can even consider a case, you'll need to be sure that the statement or statements in question are fact based, false, damaging, and made available to a third party, as this is the basis for proving defamation.
Damages for defamatory statements can range from zero to millions. Typically, damages are calculated based on actual injuries, such as lost income, lost earning capacity, personal humiliation, and of course, pain and suffering.
Can You Win an Online Defamation Lawsuit?
No one wants to start a lawsuit they can't win. It's expensive, a big hassle, and perhaps most importantly, can be embarrassing and even damaging. This is especially true if you're suing a current or former customer, particularly if the public is watching (and they probably are). So if you're going to sue for online defamation, you should be sure that you can win — and that it will be worth it.
To start, you should ensure that you're actually dealing with online defamation. That means assessing whether your case of defamation actually is defamation with a statement that is published, false, injurious, and unprivileged.
Another factor to consider is anti-SLAPP laws. Meant to defend individuals against strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) that seek to silence their free speech, anti-SLAPP laws can place the burden of proof on to the plaintiff — and ultimately, stop a defamation lawsuit in its tracks, making it difficult to win even if you're in the right.
Should You Sue for Online Defamation?
While it is possible to sue for online defamation and win, ultimately, it's usually not a good idea except in extreme cases that have caused serious harm. For example, a single false review about a moldy muffin probably won't completely tank your business and cost you thousands in lost revenue (especially if you have other positive reviews to back up your good name). However, a more concentrated effort to spread false information about you or your business, like a website made to defame you (such as yourcompanysucks.com) combined with a slew of false online postings from multiple personas who are ultimately revealed to be a single person is essentially an attack that can cause real damage, and might warrant action.
But whether you feel like you have a case worth pursuing or not, it's important to keep in mind that any action you take in this area may make things worse before they get better — if they ever do get better. In the best case scenario, you'll quietly file and win your lawsuit, be awarded damages, and ultimately, clear your name. But the reality of what happens may be much different.
When you start a defamation lawsuit, particularly one that attracts media attention, what often happens is what's known as "The Streisand Effect." The Streisand Effect essentially refers to a situation in which trying to fight back against or censor information actually amplifies it — and an online defamation suit is the perfect situation for this to happen.
If you start such a lawsuit, you should know that the press may (and probably will) report on it, ultimately filling Google results for your name or your business name with reports of the lawsuit. And that can hurt for the months or years that the lawsuit goes on — whether you're winning or not. Ultimately, if you win, you'll be vindicated, and you can hope that the press reports on your win to clear your good name. But in the meantime, taking legal action can, and probably will, make matters worse.
If you've got a real case worth pursuing, this effect may be a risk you feel you can take. Of course, it's important to keep in mind that things will likely get worse before they get better. And if you lose, your reputation will be much more difficult to repair after word gets out that you sued your customer — and lost.
Other Ways to Remove Online Defamation
Even if you're not interested in suing for online defamation, you may feel that you don't want to just let things go. That's normal, and there are a number of options within reach. Instead of pursuing a lawsuit, you can:
- Contact the review website: If the statement in question is posted on an established review website, contact the website. Often, review sites have policies that will allow for mediation or removal of reviews that are found to be false or fake.
- Contact the individual: If you know the individual who has posted the statement, contact them and ask them to remove it. It will help if you offer an apology, and even a token of appreciation for their opinion, as well as an explanation that they are damaging your reputation — and that a retraction would greatly help you. Remember to tread lightly here and be polite and apologetic, not defensive and accusatory. Do not threaten legal action, as this is not likely to encourage them to help you.
- Do better and move on: If you're not getting through on a website or directly with the reviewer or individual who posted the statement, you may be out of luck unless you want to pursue legal action. But ultimately, a single review or online statement should not completely damage your reputation. Instead, of suing, focus on building a positive reputation that can overshadow any negative mentions. Develop a blog, open social media accounts, solicit positive reviews, and simply become more active online in a productive way so that your search results will reflect more positively on you.
The Bottom Line on Online Defamation Lawsuits
While it is possible to file (and sometimes win) an online defamation suit, it's important to weigh the consequences to your reputation.
If you're able to win, you may receive damages, but ultimately, no one wins in an online defamation lawsuit. Cases may take months or years to find a judgement, and by that time, your livelihood and business may be ruined. Even if you're completely in the right, most people are intimidated by and wary of individuals and businesses who have been involved in legal action of this kind, and with a lawsuit, your Google search results are likely to be filled with information about the lawsuit for years (possibly decades) to come. If you win, you'll likely be awarded damages, and the world will see that you were right — but you may never be able to build your reputation back up again.


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Top 100 Agencies: RevHealth
Revenue at Morristown, NJ-based RevHealth took a healthy jump last year, going from about $12 million to more than $16 million, just shy of managing partner Bruce Epstein's forecast.
Existing client wins included two new Novartis brands and one new Merck brand, assigned as a result of the agency's membership in the Independent Network (formed in 2011 and led by JUICE Pharma).
New relationships began with Ranbaxy (AOR for two dermatology brands), LifeCell Corporation (project work on hernia repair products), and United Allergy Services (professional project work).
An AOR assignment on a Pacira Pharmaceuticals' pain product came in earlier this year.
Digital work, including iPad visual aids, patient social media programs, wireframes, and some website coding, represents about 30% of revenue.
Epstein says many clients, including Watson, Novartis and Merck, now recognize the value of one agency working on a project from beginning to end.
"In the past clients would have their professional agency hand some work off to a digital agency, and it was less efficient," he explains. "Larger companies are recognizing their professional agency may be capable of managing the entire project."
The partners continued to bolster their digital bench with eight digital hires in the last 12 months, including SVPs Peter DeLorenzo, who leads digital strategy, and Jeff Kurek, who leads digital design. Sheri Thornberg also joined in 2012 as SVP, client services.
Staff went from 53 at the end of 2011 to 70 last year. It's now at 80. The agency moved into a 20,000 square-foot office space in March 2013. Epstein says a lot of good senior level people are looking for new growth opportunities given consolidation at large agencies.
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Challenges last year included risk aversion within the industry and agency consolidations driven primarily by procurement departments. Epstein also notes the increasing power of managed care and decreases in the number of products being promoted and in the promotional sensitivity of prescribers.
"We've had no issue in finding qualified digital people from pharma and consumer agencies," he says. "We've also found a lot of strong copywriters, which has always been difficult."
Revenue is expected to hit $20 million this year. Continuing to help clients become more efficient will be key to growth."Efficiency is not about hourly rate," Epstein notes. "It's about having a senior staff of people do good work in less hours than the inefficient big agencies. We continue to win because our competition still hasn't recognized how to hire people with the greatest growth potential."


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There's no way you could have missed the hype surrounding the groundbreaking launch from St Tropez this June. If in-shower moisturisers were your product of choice in 2013, then you'll love this innovation that allows you to shower, tan and go. The rich creamy formula of their In-Shower Gradual Tan (£14.50) is applied to wet skin and left to develop for three minutes, before washing it off and getting on with your day. (I've taken to turning off the shower and brushing my teeth to pass the time.) Although there's no instant colour, it does develop throughout the day to leave a delicate golden glow without the biscuity scent; you just have to be careful to cover skin evenly or you'll end up with a patchy result - and wash your hands!
If you're a contouring addict, then Vita Liberata's Trystal Sunkissed Mineral bronzer (£35.00) will be a welcome addition to your makeup collection. The lightweight loose powder not only offers a delicate contour and sunkissed look to the face, but thanks to the inclusion of DHA it actually helps to tan the skin for a result that lasts up to five days. Containing micronised crystals for sheer coverage that buffs into skin flawlessly, this is a great way to keep your cheekbones looking chiselled even when you forget the final step in your makeup routine. I would definitely recommend applying this over a foundation alone, rather than as a final step, to get the most from the product - but it's a fab innovation that I'm sure will be a dream come true for many.
I'm frequently recommending all kinds of overnight treatments to tackle everything from damaged hair to flaking nails, but there's a whole new generation of night masks that also include tanning benefits. Vita Liberata's Night Mask (£30.00) is incredibly nourishing and leaves a golden glow the next morning (just be careful to blend into the hair line,) St Tropez Facial Oil (£23.00) helps to hydrate using nut oils while it tans over a five day period (you do need to give it a couple of goes before you see an impact,) while James Read's classic gel formula (£35.00) gets to work to leave a sunkissed glow without transferring to bedsheets. If you can chuck something on before bed and let it get to work during your eight hour slumber, then it's a winner in my book.
If you don't want to add any more products into your repertoire, then why not just add a little something extra to your usual body moisturiser? I'm a big fan of Dove's Summer Glow (£2.59) as the rich cream soothes dry skin while adding a universal sunkissed glow; it doesn't streak, nor does it take any longer to apply than your usual body lotion. Considering it's so affordable, it's a great product for wacking on when you've got a spare few minutes in the morning - plus it's not overly sticky or smelly. However, if you like your tanning products to be a little more bespoke, then Clarins Golden Glow Boosters (from £19.00) can be mixed with your existing products of choice. It transforms body lotions and face creams into gradual tanners with just a few drops, allowing you to dial up or down the result. (Again, just be careful to wash your hands after application or face little orange patches popping up the next day!)
Quick fixes may not be your thing, but when you make the time investment of applying a tan you want to make it last. Although there are lots of ways you can ensure your tan lasts as long as possible (read my maintenance tips with Sienna X here,) Vita Liberata's Phenominal Two Week Tan (£37.50) takes the effort out of the process. Once it's on, it's on - for a couple of weeks at least. If you're taking a trip away or just don't have time for twice weekly tanning sessions, this little bottle holds the secret to an ongoing sunkissed look. It's hardworking but still natural (thanks to the availability of multiple tones,) leaving skin looking fabulous for longer; I'm just waiting for the four week tan next!
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June 1, 2007
Anniversaries are wonderful, terrible things. They mark moments of celebration and commemoration. Anniversaries cement old stories, but they also give us a chance to turn long-accepted stories inside out–to ask questions, pose challenges, resist dominant narratives. On the fourth anniversary of "Shock and Awe," people across the United States took to the streets to call for an end to the Iraq war. In Iraq, people mourned the hundreds of thousands killed in the past four years–and the millions killed in more than a dozen years of U.S. involvement in their country.
June 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. (Despite the highly publicized 2005 unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, Israel continues military actions there and maintains a hermetic seal over the region.) Next May will be the 60th anniversary of the Nakba, the catastrophic events of 1948 in which Zionist paramilitaries destroyed more than 500 villages through massacre and intimidation, and at least 750,000 Palestinians became refugees. These are terrible anniversaries. These are anniversaries which call our attention and demand our response.
Israel's supporters celebrate these anniversaries with Israeli Independence Day every May. Around the world, celebrations obscure the Nakba experienced by Palestinians in the form of ongoing isolation, economic devastation, and military violence aided by the erection of a 730-kilometer concrete wall. Enabled by U.S. military aid, this massive construction project further confiscates Palestinian territory and isolates Palestinian communities throughout the region.
Condemned by much of the world as an "apartheid wall," Israel's cheekily named "separation fence" divides Palestinians from their agricultural land, their friends and family–even, in some cases, their next-door neighbors. Israel's unilateral boundary-making is designed to make as big an Israeli state as it can with as few Palestinians in it as possible. It turns Israel into the ultimate gated housing development, armed and exclusive, leaving Palestinians a bisected, militarily monitored mouse hole of a home outside the wall. Whether these Bantustans ever become a state is immaterial: the wall makes it a place where simple municipal services are monumental tasks, where water is scarce, and where hospitals and schools in neighboring towns can be impossible to reach.


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Earlier this month Heritage Auctions held their American Indian Art Signature Auction, which featured a beautiful redware jar, adorned with turquoise stone and fish etchings, that sold for $32,500.00. Is this the world's most expensive cookie jar to ever sell at auction?
The jar was made by Famed American Indian potter Tony Da and sold at the auction's highest price. The auction, observed by the world's third largest auction house, Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, realized a 96 percent sell-through rate for the event. Pottery dominated, with an overwhelming amount being sold at the auction.
Two items, circa 1900, from the Sioux, a beaded-hide bowcase and quiver and a beaded-hide-wear shirt, sold at $20,000 apiece. A third lot from the Sioux, a pictographic hide shield, circa 1880, sold at $18,750. A circa 1880 carved-caribou, bone-quiver raked in $11,250.
"It's thrilling to see numerous new buyers participate in another successful auction," Sullivan said. "This was a diverse auction and truly offered something for every collector," said Delia Sullivan, American Indian Art specialist for Heritage, in a prepared statement for the media.
A Navaho moki serape sold for $8,750, and a pair of women's beaded and fringed, hide-boot moccasins sold at $6,250. A plains-pipe tomahawk sold at $5,937, and a beaded-hide tobacco bag of Sioux origins sold for $5,313. Other high-priced selling items stemming from the event include Allan Houser's Night Watch, which sold at $9,063.
View the entire list of items sold at Heritage House's American Indian Art Signature Auction at the firm's website.