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It's THE FESTIVAL season…Navratri, Durga Puja, Diwali, and top it with this being the shaadi season of all times..there's so much looking extra-good to be done these days, isn't it? And with a little one to look after, there's not much time to head out for those beauty sessions or relaxing spa appointments. Since we couldn't help you on that front, we came up with the next best thing – sharing with you the top 10 quick and easy-to-do at home tricks to make 'looking extra good' that much more easier for you…Do remember to share your 'special' tips as well 🙂
1. Make some green tea by soaking 02 green tea bags in hot boiled water. Let the tea bags remain in the water till its naturally cool. Pour the water on your hair, let it remain for some time, then rinse off with warm water – makes hair soft and shiny.
2. Apply some olive oil on dry hair to bring back shine for dull hair.
3. To get rid of dandruff, mix some white vinegar with water and use as a shampoo. Massage properly, leave on for a few minutes, then rinse off with warm water.
4. Control frizzy unmanageable hair by applying a little olive oil or coconut oil to help smoothen it out.
5. Oily hair and no time for shampoo? Take a little talcum powder on your hands and apply with fingers on the roots for dry, grease-free hair in minutes.
6. For any ungainly pimple or rash that comes up at the last minute, don't burst it. Instead, apply a little lime juice on the spot.
7. No time for a facial? Rub the inside of a papaya skin or a fresh banana peel on your face and see the glow.
8. Apply a little Vaseline on your eyelids, cheekbones and eyelashes for a healthy shape and shine.
9. Take a little lemon juice and sugar granules. Mix together and rub over your face. Not only is this good for lightening the skin and removing any tan on regular use, it also avoids pimples and gives your face a glow.
10.If you want those perfect rosy tint on your lips in the morning but don't want to look like you applied lipstick, put on some bright red lipstick on your lips before you go to bed. Clean up in the morning for a rosy tint, without applying any lip colour!
THE MOST IMPORTANT TIP OF ALL: Lots of healthy food and plenty of water, and mums, you're definitely on the right track to looking, feeling and being beautiful and fit!


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Eyeshadow palettes—we all have a love / hate relationship with them. They draw us in with their whispered promises. "Buy me and you will always have the perfect look! I was put together Just. For. YOU!" They appeal to the part of us that misses our childhood watercolor kits.
But the relationship is usually doomed to fail. There is always that one color that you never wear, the applicator that falls apart. You move on to the next but you've been scarred. You can't let go of the bitterness left in your heart by that one damn bastard who took off after he stomped …
Wait, are we still talking about eyeshadow? Oh well, betrayal is betrayal in my books!
I discovered the ideal palette and I am not alone. Urban Decay. That's right, I am not going to try and pull some obscure brand out from under my butt just to sound ahead of the curve. The fact is that as often as people have tried, the Naked palettes remain unmatched. Naked 2 is my personal go-to, ride-or-die, always-has-my-back, baby.
Look at that! What color here would you NOT wear? If you find one then you are a savage. A SAVAGE! It works for everything. This is my everyday makeup.
OK, park your judgey judgersons at the door. I know you are used to beauty bloggers showing full makeup, but this is reality speaking. I get up at FIVE AM! That's right. It's pretty much a nightmare I never thought I would have to live in all of my years as a night owl. My body naturally wants to stay up until 3 and sleep until noon. I'm sure that you can understand that at 5 AM makeup will be simple. Thanks to this palette it is also pretty.
Fourth from the left across the upper lid. BAM! Second from the left under bottom lashes. BOOM! Second from the right under outer bottom third of lash. KABOOM! And just to make the palette that much more versatile, the fifth shade from the left on brows. Uh huh. Perfect color match for me. DONE!
The brush that comes with it is also phenomenal. Even better than some of my pro brushes.
If I want to go out later, I just add a bit of a darker color to the outer v on the lid and I'm ready in lightening flash. I don't always go with a liner because on my eyes it can seem a little overpowering, but at night one of the two darker ones on the right are perfect along the upper lash line.
Have I waxed sufficiently poetic? There are other Naked palettes as well. The only problem is that you will want all of them. Make room now.
Off to my therapy session. I guess I learned earlier that I may have some trust issues. Who knew?
Until next time, MEOW!

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"It's basic logic." Cedric explained. "The key to blackjack is being able to remember." He was sitting with Adrian at one of the small circular tables in the casino. She was distracted by his white silicone and gold watch, flashing as he shuffled the cards.
Pop music hummed through large speakers in the ceiling and Adrian heard the occasional eruption of excited voices all around her. Cedric wore a ghost white tee. She noticed it fell loosely, yet fitted enough to reveal the clean outline of large rounded shoulders and a defined upper chest.
"After the deal, if the remaining deck has more ten and ace cards, you have a higher statistical advantage of winning," said Cedric. She half-consciously replayed in her mind the way he said statistical, kind of like—focus, Adrian.
"You gotta count the cards as they're played." He continued. Adrian said nothing, only nodding occasionally, careful not to betray her projected confidence. He sat close, she could have easily reached out and touch his extended knee under the table.
"Don't forget the count value of previous hands, it tells you about the cards that are left in the pile for the next rounds." Cedric paused to let the information process. He dealt two cards face up to her, a four of diamonds and a six of spades, and then dealt himself a king of spades and another card face down.
"Double down?" Adrian asked after the deal. "If I double my bet I'd have a good chance of getting ten or eleven, right?"
"Well, d'you remember the cards played in our last hand?"
Adrian looked at him coolly, wordlessly shifting the expectation on him to answer his question.
"Remember, all cards below six are worth one positive point and all cards ten and above are worth one negative—"
"Yeah, I know, I know, you said that."
"Okay, so," He lifted up his arm to scratch the back of his neck. She could smell his deodorant. "Keep doing the math in your head. It gets easier, I promise. You jus' need to keep adding, subtracting, or," he paused, adopting an increasingly instructive tone, "if the card is a seven, eight, or nine—"
"Don't add or subtract anything."
"Right. So, when do you have the advantage?"
"When the point count is positive."
He smiled, "Because…?"
"'Cause there's a higher amount of ten or ace cards that could be dealt," she blinked thoughtfully a few times, "and I'm more likely to win."
"Oh, you're good."
Adrian felt a warm sensation run through her.
"Alright," Cedric said quickly, filling the silence when she didn't say anything, "so is your count positive or negative?"
"Definitely positive."
"Double down." He said, and handed her another card.
Adrian nodded slowly. "I think I'm getting it." She rested her elbow on the table and delicately reached over to take the card from Cedric.
She never anticipated enjoying blackjack, or, she had to admit, the time spent with Cedric Davis. He was charming and well kept, always in thick denim jeans and spotless white tees. His coarse hairline was shaved along the edges, accentuating perfectly straight lines against the dark skin.
They practiced in the casino to simulate the feel of an actual game of blackjack. Cedric began by dealing one card at a time face up on the table, starting the count after each card was dealt for the entire deck. He paused occasionally in the processes to ask Adrain the count. They practiced at different speeds. If she was able to count the entire deck correctly, Cedric dealt the cards a little faster. Eventually, Cedric stopped counting. He'd pause and ask for the count, she'd write it down, note where he stopped, then they'd go through the deck at the end to check her accuracy. Soon she was able to score one hundred percent after every deal, regardless of dealing speed.
A few weeks later, Adrian was increasingly astonished that she was consistently winning hands in the casino. She was meticulous in her strategy: only taking carefully calculated risks and killing the excitement of every win. Where pathological gamblers lost themselves in the hazy whims of luck, she remained unshakable, grounded in the laws of card counting and self-control.
This wasn't a gambling game, this was a game of logic, this was knowing when to close and how to maintain an extremely high threshold against pressure. She learned the timing of a perfect night: when to bid low or take even money, and when to go home. Onlookers booed her decisions to cash out on a winning streak, but she wasn't there for fun and taking chances. Luck had never been on her side.
Cedric was right, the key to blackjack was basic logic, but it was also emotional extraction, she realized, which was another well-developed skill. She drained all feeling out of the experience—the lights, the excited voices, the low, omnipresent music—everything was shut out. She made a point not to make friends with anyone who worked there and didn't accept any favors or incentives, she played the game.
And if I can't win, she told herself, I won't play.


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A Beautiful Spring Wedding in Indiana, PA with a Fun-Filled Reception in Johnstown, PA.
On Saturday, we had the pleasure of photographing Tyson and Maria during their special day. Tyson and Maria were a fun-loving couple and perfect for each other. After the wonderful ceremony, we moved to the picturesque IUP campus to get a few specialty shots, then we headed to Ace's Banquets and Catering for an amazing reception. Lets learn a little bit more about Tyson and Maria in their own words!
Tyson and Maria have been together for five years with trivia being an important part of their relationship. They met at Steel City Sammiches playing trivia after Maria's friend recruited a teammate to help with sports' coverage. After a few months of trivia playing, Maria needed a date for a college friend's wedding, and Tyson accepted the offer (after her friend was unable to because he had to be somewhere else). They had an enjoyable evening in which they got to talking and learning more about each other, which led to Tyson finally asking her out on a date (what he believes to be their real first date) two weeks later. From there they started to "hang out" on weekends, all the while still playing trivia. Finally after many trivia games and several years, Tyson proposed to Maria (exactly one year prior to the wedding) during the current incarnation of trivia back where it all began. She didn't see it coming when he cleverly worked with the trivia company to incorporate the proposal as the answers to one of the trivia rounds during an actual game. In addition to their weekly trivia game, they enjoy traveling, fishing, and playing board games.
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It is unbelievable that my first-born grandchild could be six years old today. But he is…those six years have been very full for my sweet little guy…his road has been a rocky one, and he is wise beyond his years in ways that most children aren't. He has faced pain that many shouldn't and never will, yet through that pain he has become a thoughtful and remarkably astute young child who looks at life differently than the average child. His perspective often drifts more to the eternal while maintaining that childish sweetness. At times, pain in his little heart is overwhelming for him and the rest of us, yet he finds comfort from Jesus and knows how much he is truly loved. Through this child, I came to understand my mother's perspective on grandchildren. Truly they are the lace around the heart. Join me for a trip down memory lane…
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January 12, 2010 (NAPERVILLE, Ill.) --The DuPage County Board voted against allowing a Muslim worship center to open in the western suburbs.The Irshad Learning Center was to be built on 75th Street in Naperville.
Tuesday morning's 10 to 7 vote by the board came after long fight from nearby residents. Some were against the center because of concerns about potential noise and safety issues.
Those supporting the center say they'll take their request to the appellate court system saying the county board's decision was not legal.


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Global Engagement:
Centralized Support to Benefit a Decentralized Community
Perhaps the biggest barrier to implementing many recommendations in this section and advancing the University's vision for the future is also our greatest strength: decentralization. In the University's campus culture, decentralization promotes academic excellence and innovation. As a result, academic aspects of international education will and should continue to originate in the schools and colleges. However, it also appears that an openness exists among many campus groups for a greater degree of central infrastructure that will foster communication and collaboration among our programs, that eliminates redundancies and inconsistencies, that conserves increasingly stressed resources, that enhances the quality of student services and programs, and enables the schools and colleges to focus their energies on academic issues. A more central approach to internationalization would ultimately support the diversity of offerings and activities that are the hallmark of an otherwise decentralized institution.
Many of the recommendations in this report focus on units and disciplinary activities. Our organizational culture has time and again demonstrated that our decentralized structure is optimally suited for a diverse approach to change. However, today's lack of coordination and cooperation limits the impact and efficiency of the University's enhanced vision for internationalization, as envisioned in this study. Below is a list of key recommendations that, if implemented, would significantly help to address the disadvantages of our decentralized environment, but in ways that respect and do not dampen in any way its benefits.
The main recommendations for centralized action are:
Measurement, Tracking and Accountability
The findings and recommendations in this section form an enhanced vision for the University's commitment to internationalization. As we look ahead to the process of reviewing, planning for, and implementing these recommendations, it is important to reflect on the ways in which the University will measure not only its progress in this regard, but also to consider the ways in which we will measure the degree to which we are achieving our goals.
Measuring the success of internationalization efforts and drawing comparisons with other institutions is a complicated but critical matter. One ready measure, which the U.S. News & World Report has used in its rankings, is the number and proportion of students and faculty members at the University whose citizenship is outside the U.S. While highly ranked overall with respect to international activities, the University of Michigan scores in the lower range for this particular measure, showing that considerable progress can be made here (see 2008 World's Best Colleges and Universities). Increasing the number of international citizens in the University community would improve our international reputation and expand our growing international alumni network.
However, assessment of success should have a much broader base than the national origin of students and faculty members, and a first attempt at measures of internationalization is offered below. Ultimately the range and nature of our offerings, the make-up of the University, and our international reputation are measures that will assess the impact of our activities.
Earlier in the report, we described a set of questions that we asked each of the schools and colleges to respond to about their internationalization activities (see Units on Internationalization report). One of the questions was, "What are the measures by which the University of Michigan defines itself now or could further define itself as an internationalized institution?" Drawing directly from these responses, a summary set of measures was created for students, for faculty members and for the University. In each of these main categories, measures were sorted by type. Below is the overall structure for this summary, along with one or two sample measures within each type, representing a widely varied set of both quantitative and qualitative measures. As the University takes the next steps toward the recommendations in our self-study, this list of measures will be a useful tool to assess the progress toward meeting our goals.
Incoming Students
University Programs and Practices to Support International Students and Internationalization
Student Accomplishments and Outcomes
Composition of Faculty and Scholars
Faculty Activities, Accomplishments, and Honors
Support for Faculty Involvement in International Research or Creative Work, Teaching, and Service
History and Mission
Institutional Rankings and Prominence
Structure & Organization
Research and Creative Work
Academic Resources
International Partnerships and Agreements
Other Outreach Activities
Funds for International Initiatives and Activities


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Many local churches have partnered together to bring Perspectives to the Houston area. Join people from different local church communities for this amazing course!
Date: Monday, January 16, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Location: Cy-Fair Christian Church 9730 Grant Road Houston TX 77070
Contact: Doris Scott
God's purpose is three-fold: against evil—kingdom victory; for the nations—redemption and blessing; and for God—global glory in worship. God's purpose revealed in promise to Abraham. Exploring God's purpose for the nations: Blessing to the nations described.
Frontier Ventures, Perspectives Study Program, Pasadena CA
James served as a pastor for 12 years before responding to a growing passion to see God's glory established among all peoples on earth. He is now on staff with Frontier Ventures in Pasadena, CA where he serves as the US Director for the Perspectives Study Program. James has been married to his wife Kelly for 25 years and they have 3 precious children. Their passion is to help every person, every church, every denomination, and every missions organization find their most strategic place in the completion of the Great Commission. b
Exploring God's purpose for Himself: How God has been steadily unfolding a plan throughout all nations and generations to bring about His greater glory, ultimately drawing to Himself the worship of all the peoples. Passion and prayer for God's glory.
Frontiers, Highlands Ranch CO
Dr. Jon Hardin is the National Communications Specialist for Frontiers. He has served in full-time missions work for over 25 years. Jon regularly speaks and teaches in churches, conferences, and various training events around the world--he has taught over 25,000 Perspectives students. Jon has a passion for seeing local churches and ordinary Christians step into strategic roles in the global missions enterprise.
Jon is an ordained minister, holds a PhD from the VU University in Amsterdam, and did post-graduate studies at the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague. He is also a graduate of Denver Seminary. Jon is a CPA and prior to going into full-time ministry he worked for IBM Corporation for nine years. b
Date: Monday, January 23, 2017
Exploring God's purpose regarding evil: How God has accomplished a defeat of evil powers in order to open a season of history in which the nations can freely follow Christ. The kingdom of God as the destiny of all history. Christ's mission seeks a hindering of evil to bring about a sign of the coming peace of the kingdom of God. Our prayers contend with evil in order to bring about the transformation of society with Christ's kingdom in view.
Grace Presbyterian Church, Houston TX
Currently, Chris serves as the Missional Living Pastor at Grace Presbyterian Church in Houston, TX. He also serves as the Moderator of the local presbytery's Ministry Partnership Team of the Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians denomination.
He received his Masters of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2005. He contributes much of his discipleship and development to a few congregations including La Canada Presbyterian Church just outside of Pasadena, CA, First Covenant Church in Oakland, CA, and Community Presbyterian Church in Ventura, CA.
He has lived in Houston for almost 10 years. He has been married for nearly 19 years to his beautiful bride, Amy and they have three daughters – Natalie, Jenna, and Sophia.
He loves coaching, drinking coffee, and all things outside. He is currently coaching two softball teams which his daughters play.
Date: Monday, January 30, 2017
Jesus shows great strategic interest in Gentiles; wise strategic focus by initiating a global mission on a few disciples among the Hebrew people. The Great Commission and the ways of God's sending in relational power. Dealing with the ideas of pluralism (all religions the same) and universalism (all persons saved).
SIM, Charlotte NC
Rev. Dr. Phillip Nelson pastored for over thirty years. He has served as a mission mobilizer for over ten years and, in addition, began teaching Perspective classes 25 years ago.
He is the husband of one wife and father of five saved adult children. He is a preacher and teacher of the Gospel for 45+ years. b
Date: Monday, February 6, 2017
The first followers of Jesus: obedient in costly, foundational ways. The climactic act of the book of Acts is the freeing of the gospel to be followed by Gentiles without Jewish traditions as a requirement. A foundational act of God which speaks to the situations where the gospel is hindered today. Strategic suffering and apostolic passion.
Montgomery TX
Dale Smith has served as lead pastor in local churches for over 30 years along with his wife, Jennifer, and their two daughters. During that time they also served as a church planters in Louisville, Kentucky and Northern Virginia. Currently he is privileged to serve Cy-Fair Christian Church as Executive Pastor. Dale is passionate about mobilizing people from all walks of life to engage people with the gospel of Christ beginning in their neighborhoods and stretching to the ends of the earth. Dale holds two graduate degrees in missions and evangelism. His passion is to lead the local church to identify and engage unreached people groups with the gospel of Christ. He has been blessed to invest his time and energy in the house church movement in East Asia. He has also been blessed to do work in Kenya, Southeast Asia and Mexico. b
Date: Monday, February 13, 2017
The story of God's purpose continues relentlessly from Abraham's day until the present moment. An overview of the largest and the longest-running movement ever in history—the world Christian movement. How the gospel surged through the peoples and places of the world. Important insights for our own day.
Outrageous Love, Choctaw OK
John Zumwalt is the Cross Cultural Coach for the innovative organization, Outrageous Love. After serving as a missionary among the unreached Minnan he returned to America and for over 22 years served as the founder and Director of the Missionary Training Institute, Beautiful Feet Boot Camp. He has trained over 300 Career Missionaries. He has a Doctorate of Divinity from International University for Graduate Studies. John has authored the book, Passion for the Heart of God and travels widely, preaching and holding seminars, raising up activist to go to the ends of the earth. John and his wife, Jamie, also pastor a church in a "red light district" of Oklahoma City. They have five children, Jessica, Josiah, Jael, Jewel and James. b
Date: Monday, February 20, 2017
The greatest explosion of growth ever has taken place in last 200 years in three "bursts" of activity. Why we could be in the final era of missions. The global harvest force comprised increasingly of non-Western missionaries.
, Georgetown TX
Joel is a resident of Georgetown, TX and an active member of Hill Country Bible Church - Brushy Creek Campus. Having an MBA from Texas A&M, he is a businessman with a heart for missions.
Joel cut his mission teeth in the Rio Grande Mission Ministry in the mid 80s, participating in construction/repair work, VBS, and evening evangelistic services on both sides of the Texas/Mexico border. That led to a passion for ministry to Latin-America. b
Date: Monday, February 27, 2017
Time: 6:25 PM to 9:30 PM
Today we anchor the race by continuing what others have begun. It's a day of finishing. All the more reason to learn the wisdom and the heart of ordinary people who did extraordinary things in earlier generations. Reading the writings of William Carey and other leaders to discern what these people have left to us. Exploring the contribution of women in missions throughout the centuries.
College Station TX
David is an avid storyteller. As a missions mobilizer he uses story to help people understand God's global purpose and discover their place in that plan. David grew up as a missionary kid in Panama. A graduate of Texas A&M University, David currently works for his alma mater. He also serves as a volunteer with a campus ministry. He has helped lead short-term student ministry trips and has worked with churches and church-planting ministries in several countries around the world. b
Date: Monday, March 6, 2017
God's pressed His purpose forward until the present hour of amazing opportunity. Understanding the concept of "unreached peoples" to assess the remaining task. Recognizing the imbalance of mission resources shapes strategic priorities. The basic minimal missiological achievement in every people group opens the way for working with God against every kind of evil so that the gospel of the kingdom is declared and displayed with clarity and power. The need and opportunity of urban mission.
Free Life Missions, Beaumont TX
Stephen Samuel has served in ministry since the age of 16. He is known for leading numerous trips into various nations and his unique teaching ability. He completed his BBA in Economics at Lamar University and then a Masters in Divinity at Midwest College of Theology. They are the founders of Free Life Missions and they have a passion for teaching and equipping leaders. They are parents of four young children and have been married for twelve years. They currently serve as mission's directors at Cathedral Church in Beaumont, TX.
Date: Monday, March 20, 2017
Culture and intercultural communication of the gospel. Communicating the gospel with relevance at the worldview level helps avoid syncretism (blending of cultural error with God?s truth) and also enables powerful movements of the gospel. Sensitive missionaries will look for ways that God has preserved or prepared people to hear the gospel, often finding redemptive analogies for God's truth.
McKinney TX
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Date: Monday, March 27, 2017
The incarnation as a model of missionary humility. How missionaries can enter appropriate roles in order to form relationships of trust and respect to develop a sense of belonging, and thus to communicate with credibility for understanding. Explore the intricacy of identification in another culture. Explore the even greater complexity of presenting identity with integrity in a globalized, terrorized, pluralized world. Recognizing the dynamics of social structure in order to initiate growing movements of ongoing communication throughout the society.
Katy TX
Omar is the Missions Pastor at Kingsland Baptist Church in Katy, Texas. He is a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and has served as a writer for LifeWay Christian Resources since 1995. Omar enjoys leading the people of Kingsland to make meaningful connections with others from Katy to the ends of the earth. The Kingsland Missions Ministry mobilizes more than 4,000 volunteers annually to serve in local and international missions initiatives. Omar and his wife Cheryl have three grown children. When Omar is not traveling, he enjoys outdoor activities and marathon canoe racing with his son, Jonathan. You can read more about his global adventures at GoBeyond.blog. b
Date: Monday, April 3, 2017
A survey of world need. Dynamic balance of evangelism and social action. Hope for significant transformation as a sign of Christ's Lordship by Christian community development. Exploring the charge that missionaries destroy instead of serve cultures. Healing the wounds of the world between the peoples.
Restore Hope, Athens TX
James (Jim) is a 35 yr veteran missionary with the Southern Baptist International Mission Board. He and his wife Viola have directed disaster relief and community development projects, church planting, and leadership training. Most recently Jim and Viola were part of a church planting movement that saw over 200 churches planted in 12 years among the Miskito people of Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua and Honduras. b
Date: Monday, April 10, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Look beyond institutional features of churches to understand churches as dynamic movements of Christ Himself being followed. Such a view of churches as organic, living things opens up the practicality of seeing them multiply rapidly as movements and also flourish in society bearing the fruit of social transformation. Churches as counter-communities, acting as salt and light, bringing change to their cultures. How movements multiply by connecting with entire families and larger social structures.
Innovative Mission Opportunities, Pearland TX
Four years working with university students in Taiwan, Twenty plus years on church staff with emphasis on missions, Nineteen and a half years mobilizing short-term mission teams...last sixsteen years plus to closed countries/unreached people groups. Founded Innovative Mission Opportunities (www.imoi.org) in 1998. Founded Innovative Humanitarian Solutions (www.innovativehs.net) in 2002. b
Date: Monday, April 17, 2017
The hope of planting churches among unreached peoples. How the breakthrough of the gospel in an unreached people requires that the gospel be "de-Westernized". The difference of contextualizing the message, the messenger and the movement. Distinguish and appreciate people movements, church planting movements and insider movements.
Sugar Land TX
Alice and her husband David, along with Joshua and Jonathan served in Southeast Asia with OMF International among an unreached people group from 2002-2014. Upon returning the States, they are now serving as missions mobilizers with OMF international. Alice is currently the Area Coordinator for Texas with OMF International. b
Date: Monday, April 24, 2017
What it means to integrate life for Christ's global purpose as a "'World Christian". Into the great story for His glory: a Person-driven life as a way of. pursuing a purpose-driven life. The basic practices of world Christians: going, sending, welcoming and mobilizing. The essential disciplines of World Christian discipleship: community, giving, praying and learning. Simplifying your lifestyle as if in "war-time". Exploring the practical ways of pursuing God's purpose. Business and mission. Short-term mission. Welcoming international visitors. Wisdom in working with local churches and in partnership with Christians in different parts of the world.
Pioneers / The Lausanne Movement, Tulsa OK
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Colleges won't apply new sexual-assault guidelines
In a move that surprised few, the Trump administration announced Sept. 22 that it was rolling back Obama-era protections for sexual assault victims on college campuses. U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said the new guidelines are designed to make things fairer for accused perpetrators.
What is, perhaps, surprising is that administrators at all of the major local campuses — Portland State University, University of Portland, Lewis & Clark College and Reed College — said they have no plans to change how they handle allegations of sexual assault at their schools.
Not yet, anyway.
Under the new Trump guidelines, colleges now have the option of making it harder for an alleged victim to successfully accuse a schoolmate of rape in college misconduct cases. That's because colleges are now permitted to change their internal policy to allow only "clear and convincing evidence" to find a student guilty of assault. Under President Obama, colleges and universities were required to use a lower standard of guilt, a "preponderance" of evidence. Using that standard, colleges had to find that it was more likely than not that a student engaged in sexual misconduct.
Representatives from PSU, University of Portland, Lewis & Clark and Reed said they have used that lower standard of guilt for all cases of student misconduct — everything from plagiarism to vandalism — and that it continues to make sense to apply it to sexual assault.
Unlike in criminal court, colleges aren't deciding whether accused students should go to prison but whether they can continue to go to school with the person they harmed or, in less serious cases, whether their behavior needs to be corrected. "We're looking to educate students," said Jane Atkinson, vice president and provost at Lewis & Clark. "We're not trying to be a court of law."
The change by the Trump administration comes in response to several high-profile lawsuits by young men who said they were unfairly ejected from school after classmates accused them of sexual assault.
One of those cases hit Reed.
In 2015, a former student identified in court papers only as John Doe filed a federal sex discrimination lawsuit against Reed saying a 2013 episode of group sex that led to his expulsion was consensual. He further argued the college's investigation was tilted against him because he is male.
Court records in U.S. District Court for Oregon show Judge Michael Mosman dismissed the case on June 22, 2016. David Angeli, an attorney for the young man, did not respond to a request for comment. Kevin Myers, a spokesman for Reed, said only that Reed paid no settlement and that the case did not prompt any changes to the college's process for handling sexual-assault allegations.
Mike Brody, vice president for student services at Reed, said the college's process is judicious and that a substantial number of cases result in consequences less severe than expulsion.
He said nothing about the Trump changes would alter the college's primary emphasis.
"Most of our work should be focused on prevention," he said.
The National Women's Law Center, a nonprofit in Washington, D.C., said it knows of no college or university that has immediately embraced the Trump administration's option of a higher standard.
But that doesn't mean Abby Sherman, a senior at the University of Portland, is letting down her guard. Sherman, 21, helped form Students Against Sexual Assault at the private, Catholic university last year, just before a female UP student very publicly accused administrators of failing to believe her when she charged that a male student had assaulted her sexually.
Following the Sept. 22 announcement, the Trump administration opened a public comment period on its new guidelines. Sherman said she and other activists are prepared to ensure colleges maintain the option of using the lower standard of guilt.
"To make it even harder on a survivor is so detrimental," she said.


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Executive functioning comprises a set of cognitive processes that support the ability to learn new knowledge and skills, hold in mind goals and information, and create and execute complex, future-oriented plans. Executive functioning in early childhood is associated with initial school readiness, academic success, and risky behaviors in adolescence and adulthood. As early childhood is associated with rapid behavioral and neurological developmental changes related to executive functioning, determining how such skills develop in young children is critical to identifying strategies to nurture and support the development of these skills to promote adaptive outcomes throughout life. In this study, we aim to identify specific aspects of environmental experience that support or inhibit the development of executive functions in early childhood. In order to conduct this research, we will ask participants to complete interviews, surveys, and behavioral tasks within the home environment.
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Blue Line Train Accident Kills Another. Reminders How To Be Safe.
3/23/2010Several weeks ago, a southbound Metro Blue Line train hit and killed an elderly woman. Although this accident is still under investigation, it is unclear what happened because the woman was in a crosswalk and in an area where there were crossing gates. Moreover, this is just one in a long list of accidents on this train route that unfortunately has a higher-than-normal rate of incidence.
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The Blue Line is well-known for its high rate of accidents and is considered to be the most dangerous of the entire light rail trains in Los Angeles, and in fact, the whole country. Since 1990, over 100 pedestrians and motorists and been killed at crossings and more than 800 injuries have occurred.
The Blue Line runs a 22 mile elevated and subway route between Long Beach and downtown Los Angeles. It is the busiest of all the trains in the city, with an average of 70,000 daily passengers. A recent study by Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc was requested by the MTA to identify problem areas and find key factors that were contributing to this high accident rate. One of the main problem areas that were found was a densely populated area with lots pedestrians and vehicles crossing the tracks. Additionally it is a varied socio-economic community with language challenges to public educations campaigns as well as slow moving trains that produce more aggressive, risk-taking behaviors.
Last month in a joint effort focused on pedestrian safety, the Los Angeles Police and Sheriff's Department's cited over 330 violators in a four hour period. Most violations were pedestrians jaywalking, illegal turns and running red lights. Also, over thirty warnings were given to drivers who tried to out run trains. In addition to more police presence, the MTA has also installed more crossing gates and cameras to provide extra security.
The following are some safety tips if you are driving or walking near light rail trains:
While driving:
· Never stop or park your car on light rail tracks.
· Never race a train through an intersection
· Light rail trains are quiet. Look for flashing headlights and listen for warning bells and always expect a train if you're crossing a track.
· Look both ways before crossing the tracks
· Remember: Trains can't stop as quickly as you can.
While walking:
· Remind your kids to stop, look and listen.
· Remember that jaywalking is illegal and dangerous.
· Cross only at crosswalks
· Be alert when near the tracks. Light rail is extremely quiet. Look for flashing headlights.
· Stand behind the warning rails until the train passes or comes to a complete stop.
Lastly if you ride a motorcycle or bicycles, always cross the track at a 90 degree angle.
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The wildest story in the world these days is not fiction, it's what's really happening all around us as the world's global economy has gone into freefall. How did we get here? What does it all mean? How could so many smart people be so dumb and believe their own hype? Accessibly, cleverly, and with mordant humour, Lanchester trots the globe in search of the answers to these questions -- to Iceland, the scene of catastrophic bank collapse, to Hong Kong, the city of his birth built at the altar of free-market capitalism, to the high-stakes leveraging of Wall Street and to the tragedy of lost homes in small-town America. And in his capable hands, we see and understand what went wrong and why. Lanchester believes that this crisis gives us an opportunity to bring about much-needed change and that a stonger and more compassionate system can emerge from the wreckage. This is the book that people will still be reading a generation from now, as we read Galbraith's brilliant analysis of the Great Depression.
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I've read numerous books on the 2007/2008 financial crash, most of them fairly good, all of them well-intentioned as far as attempting to explain what actually happened, but none of them anywhere near as successful in that intent as I.O.U. Hands down the best book on the subject I've read and, as all of the other comments call out, just incredibly clear and understandable in its explanations of the conditions that led up to the crash, and the financial machinations that caused it. Despite the clarity and the simplicity of the approach, though, this is not a quick skim of the crash - it addresses pretty much every one of the points the other books I read address.
I've recommended this book to many of my friends, and I strongly recommend it to anyone and everyone who wants to understand this subject fully.
Great discussion of the economic disaster of 2007 (and more). Complexities are well explained. Villains are named; underlying behavior is examined. The author's witty writing puts something funny on every page so that a tough subject is never boring.
This is the most understandable account of what happened to put the world economy into such a downward spiral beginning in 2008. I was left with a very bad taste in my mouth and a desperation in my heart. What can we do, and who can do whatever it is, to get us on track to living within our means as nations when there doesn`t seem to be anyone in charge.
Unusually clear and well written (author is a novelist) account of the 2008 financial crisis. Closest I've come to understanding what a credit default swap is. Might be the one book to read on this fiasco.
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Excellent introduction to the debt crisis that plunged the world into chaos in 2008. This book is written by a novelist who has a keen understanding of finance and can explain it so lucidly that even I now know how a Collateralized Debt Obligation works. The book is alternately hilarious and horrifying, as Lanchester tours through the delusions, greed, and simple oversight that brought on this crisis. You will never again trust to the expertise of economists and bankers after you finish this book. We are going to spend years recovering from this particular party, and everyone should understand just how we got here and how we can avoid a recurrence. Reading this book would be a great first step.
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More Bands Added to Austin City Limits Festival
The impressive line-up for the second annual Austin City Limits Festival continues to grow. The event will take place September 19 21 at Zilker Park in Austin, TX. Performers include R.E.M., Los Lobos, Lucinda Williams, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Ween, String Cheese Incident, Galactic, Michael Franti & Spearhead, North Mississippi Allstars, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Steve Winwood, Soulive, Charlie Hunter Trio, The Polyphonic Spree, Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keen, Nickel Creek, Liz Phair, G. Love & Special Sauce, Ben Kweller, Cody Chestnutt, Jay Farrar, O.A.R., Pat Green, Patty Griffin, The Beta Band, Tift Merritt, Yo La Tengo, Howie Day, Kings of Leon, Al Green, Rosanne Cash, Beth Orton, Spoon, Old 97s, Abra Moore, Mavis Staples, Alejandro Escovedo, Dwight Yoakam, The Mavericks, Shawn Colvin, Asleep at the Wheel, Hank Williams III and The Dandy Warhols, among many others.
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Exploring the impact of implementing a community-based outreach and navigation cancer prevention and screening program on the uptake of cancer screening in immigrant communities
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EVIDENCE OF PROGRESSThe purpose of this project is to raise awareness of colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer, while guiding new immigrants in Windsor through their recommended cancer screening tests. The project has two primary goals. First, it aims to provide relevant information regarding the importance of cancer screening among underserved communities in Windsor, particularly the Arabic speaking community. Secondly, through Healthy Bodies Healthy Souls, the team seeks to gather empirical data that may shed light on the primary factors that affect an immigrant patient's decision to screen for cancer, and the various barriers that may exist in doing so.
The project encompasses four aspects: community outreach, one-on-one patient navigation, involvement with primary care clinics, and engagement with Ontario cancer screening programs. To date, the project team has tracked and continues to monitor screening uptake at local clinic Windsor Medical Centre (using Screening Activity Reports), continuously hosts various community educational sessions raising awareness and recruiting eligible participants and ensures patients who complete screenings receive adequate follow-up and treatment.
This has required networking with various community centres around the city to determine individuals who are overdue for cancer screening, and recruiting willing participants to the study through organizations such as Windsor's local chapter of the YMCA, the Multicultural Canadian Council (MCC), Al-Hijra Mosque, Dominion Mosque, Rose City Islamic Centre (RCIC), and Windsor Women Working with Immigrant Women (W5).
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For buy-to-let investors, the issue of whether lettings agents are worth their fees is a topic likely to spark heated debate. Many try negotiating down the fees; others look to cost-saving options such as using online agents or doing it themselves.
But if you are an expat landlord, who may live thousands of miles from your property, the lettings agent is arguably the most crucial person in the equation. It's the individual you rely on most to make the investment stress-free and successful.
Eric Bowman, 41, lives near Tallinn with his Estonian wife (who prompted the move) and two children and works in pharmaceutical sales. He owns four investment properties in his home village of Haverhill in Suffolk and is looking to buy four more in the coming year.
"I was working as a blacksmith in Haverhill before I had a bad motorbike crash in 1996, which left me wheelchair-bound for a few years. I was unable to work, so volunteered for some organisations and filled the days with little things, and I was living in a wheelchair-friendly housing association flat," says Mr Bowman.
"I had a lump sum from a compensation payout and needed a way to get an income without having to go out to work – so I decided to buy some properties."
He stuck to where he knew and bought a two-up, two-down Victorian terrace house for about £80,000 in Haverhill. "I knew which streets were good or bad and, by knowing all the local builders there, knew which older properties were solid and worth buying and which ones weren't.
"I got really good deals, kept my eye on interest rates and played the market quite hard."
Within six months, he had bought two houses and the following year, two more – all for a similar price in the same village.
"I used my compensation payout for the deposits – I put down the minimum on the first two properties and about 40 per cent on the second two – and mortgages were very cheap at the time. My repayments on each property were less than £300 a month and the rent was double that.
"I was aggressive about not using the income, apart from to pay off the mortgage," says Mr Bowman, who repaid all the mortgages last year.
He managed his own properties when he lived in Haverhill. When he moved to Estonia, his sister took over. "I was paying her more than I do my lettings agents now," he says. He later recruited a local lettings agent.
Now, he is a completely hands-off, long- distance landlord. "It requires a fair amount of trust, but my lettings agent deals with everything. I couldn't do it on my own," says Mr Bowman.
He found the agent through personal recommendations, having drawn up a shortlist and grilled them all. "It wasn't so much about price but about the level of service they could offer. I wanted to be confident they would make sure the council tax is paid, even if no one is in the property.
"With my lettings agent, whom I pay a six per cent fee for full management, I do absolutely nothing apart from answer their emails."
So uninvolved is he with his properties, he can't remember precisely how long the current tenants have been in occupation (it emerges one has been there since he first let it out 12 years ago) or who they are. "I've returned to England twice in nine years and I didn't even go to visit my properties. I don't want to deal with it. I'm paying for it all to be done and dusted for me."
He won't even return to Haverhill when he buys more investment properties there. As he knows the area backwards, he'll just look at the details his agent sends him. "They know that if they sell me a lemon, they won't get my business. There has to be a level of trust."
Mr Bowman is fortunate, perhaps, in not having had any major problems with his properties to deal with. "I've renovated them – double glazing instead of wooden windows, new guttering – but I've never had issues such as flooding. I furnish them basically so that the rest is up to the tenants. The less you put in, the less you have to worry about."
His complete physical – and emotional – detachment from his properties is what makes them a successful business, he thinks. "You can't get attached to an investment property and you don't need to know your tenants' names. Ask yourself if the price is good and can you make money on the rent. I know a lot of people who went wrong because they remortgaged and over-mortgaged.
"I've always tried to make sure the income is 50 per cent higher than the mortgage. Doing it any other way is just asking to fail."
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BlackRock has filed to create proprietary indexes for its iShares exchange-traded funds. The indexes will be "transparent to the public," the exemptive order says, indicating the indexes could be for actively managed ETFs.
While BlackRock does not say how many indexes it is planning or what sectors of the market they will cover, the investment advisor to $632 billion in ETF assets does indicate they will be for equity and/or fixed income funds.
Each index will be rules-based and transparent, with any changes to methodology revealed to the public at least 60 days prior and any readjustments to holdings or weightings revealed at least two days prior.
Industry experts believe BlackRock wants to create indexes for uncharted territory, not to mention reduce costs in light of the ETF price wars that Vanguard started more than two years ago.
If the SEC approves the order, BlackRoack will join the ranks of the handful of ETF providers with their own underlying indexes, including Claymore, Russell and WisdomTree,
BlackRock spokeswoman Christine Hudacko declined to comment on the filings for Reuters.
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Is Croup Contagious?
Croup is contagious. Symptoms of croup usually develop two to three days after exposure to viruses that cause the disease.
Croup is contagious. Symptoms of croup usually develop two to three days after exposure to viruses that cause the disease.
Croup is an infectious pediatric illness of the respiratory system that involves predominantly the vocal cords (larynx) and windpipe (trachea), and to a lesser degree the upper airways of the lungs (bronchial tubes). The majority of a child's symptoms reflect involvement of the larynx. Croup is usually a viral infection and may be caused by many different viruses, including those responsible for the common cold and influenza. Rarely, it is caused by a bacterial infection. Croup is more common and concerning in children between 6 months and 3 years of age and rarely occurs in children over 6 years of age. It is more commonly seen from late fall through the early winter months. It has a slightly higher frequency in boys than in girls. Bacterial croup is an infection of the same structures that are affected during a viral process. Treatment varies depending on whether the child's illness is caused by a virus or a bacteria.
Croup is contagious and is usually spread by airborne infectious droplets sneezed or coughed by infected children. When a healthy child inhales infectious droplets, symptoms can develop in two to three days. The infection can also be spread by infected mucus deposited on doors, furniture, toys, and other objects. A healthy child can become infected by accidentally touching the infectious mucus and transferring the infection into his/her mouth.
Viral croup can have two distinct presentations, both of which are a consequence of swelling of the vocal cords resulting in a narrowing of the airway. The more common variety has symptoms of fever (100 F-103 F), mild hoarseness, and sore throat two to three days after virus exposure. Quick to follow is the characteristic dry "barking seal" cough that may be associated with a harsh, raspy sound during inspiration. (This sound, called "stridor," has been noted to resemble the breathing of the Star Wars character Darth Vader.) The symptoms commonly last for four to seven days.
The alternative and less frequent presentation is called "acute spasmodic croup." These children will appear totally well when put to bed at night only to awaken their parents in the middle of the night with the above described barky cough and stridor. Fever and sore throat are not noted in these children, and the symptoms commonly resolve within eight to 10 hours from onset, and the child appears totally well until this same acute onset recurs the following night. This on/off pattern may occur over three to four nights in a row and then morph in to symptoms more characteristic of the common cold -- mucus-like nasal discharge and a "wet" cough for several days.
These two different presentations are the result of the particular virus that has infected the child. Manifestations of croup vary from mild (common) to life-threatening (rare). The severity of symptoms is proportional to the amount of relative narrowing of the airway. The more severe the vocal cord narrowing the more effort is required to inhale. A severely sick child will refuse to lie down, demanding to remain in an upright position. They will show retractions of the skin above the collarbone and between the ribs with inspiration and may develop facial cyanosis (bluish skin discoloration). Apparent exhaustion and decreased respiratory effort are an indication of impending respiratory failure and are cause for immediate paramedic evaluation and transport to the emergency department of the closest hospital.
In general, the duration of symptoms of croup is five to seven days. More severe croup may resolve in 14 days.
The diagnosis of croup is most commonly made by obtaining the characteristic history of sudden-onset of hoarse voice, barky cough, stridor during inhalation, and the possibility of low-grade fever. While the child may appear rather ill, the child does not have a look of pure panic or terror. There can be high fever (> 103 F), sitting forward positioning, and excessive drooling. A recent exposure to another child with croup helps to confirm the diagnosis. Laboratory tests are rarely necessary and are mostly limited to severe situations where concern regarding a secondary bacterial infection may have developed and is superimposed upon the primary viral process. A particular X-ray orientation of the neck will often show a characteristic elongated narrowing of the region called a "steeple sign." Such an X-ray finding is confirmatory for croup. Rarely will consultation with an otolaryngologist (ENT physician) be necessary to have a direct visual examination of the patient's airway. Such a procedure is termed fiberoptic laryngoscopy and is indicated if there is a concern for an anatomical malformation of the upper airway, possible aspiration of a foreign object, or should the child rapidly deteriorate or not respond to routine therapy in the anticipated manner.
Most infants are routinely immunized against the bacteria Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib). When the child is not immunized against Hib, the possibility of a more ominous, deep bacterial infection called epiglottitis exists.
Croup can be frightening for both children and parents. Therefore, comforting and reassuring the child is the first step. Breathing difficulties can develop and worsen rapidly. Close monitoring of the child is important during the early phases of the illness.
To help the child breathe more comfortably, a cool or warm mist vaporizer can be placed near the child. The humidified air promotes reduction of vocal cord swelling and thus lessens symptoms. To avoid accidental burns, hot water vaporizers should be out of the reach of infants and toddlers. Also effective is having the child breathe in a bathroom steamed up with hot water from the tub or shower. When cough or stridor worsens at night, 10-15 minutes sitting or driving in the cool night air can also help relieve the child's respiratory symptoms.
In infants and children, blockage in the nasal passages from mucus can further impair breathing. Careful instillation of saltwater nose drops (¼ teaspoon of table salt in 1 cup of water) into the nasal openings every few hours, followed by gentle suction using a bulb syringe, can be helpful in opening nasal passages.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends avoiding most combination cough and cold medicines. Several studies show that these medicines are ineffective in children. They can potentially cause side effects that could lead to more serious symptoms. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) and ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil) are helpful for pain relief and fever. Aspirin is avoided in the treatment of croup and other viral illnesses since aspirin is suspected as being related to Reye's syndrome. Reye's syndrome is a serious illness that causes kidney, liver, and brain damage, which can lead to the rapid onset of coma. Occasionally, an oral cortisone medication (dexamethasone) is prescribed for more severe cases of croup. Few patients have such severe respiratory symptoms that inhalation therapy with epinephrine (adrenaline) may be administered in a hospital setting; there continuous monitoring is available. Such therapy provides a temporary (two hour) reduction of symptoms but is commonly followed by a return of equally severe symptoms. This reappearance of symptoms is commonly termed as a "rebound" phenomenon. Side effects of epinephrine inhalation therapy include rapid heart rate, elevation of blood pressure, nausea, and occasionally vomiting and agitation. Because a virus usually causes croup, antibiotics are reserved for those rare occasions when bacterial infections cause croup or become superimposed on the viral infection.
Even though plenty of fluids are encouraged to avoid dehydration, forcing fluids is generally unnecessary. Popsicles are a popular means of providing fluid. Activity should be restricted to quiet play during the first days of the illness.
Children with croup are most contagious during the first days of fever and illness. Infection spreads easily in a household. Older children, teens and adults in the family will often develop a sore throat or a cough, without necessarily developing the characteristic barky cough and stridor seen in croup. Infants and children may return to school or day care when their temperature is normal and they feel better. A lingering cough can last another two weeks but should not be the reason to keep them at home.
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The major concern in croup is the accompanying breathing difficulties as the upper airway narrows. Close monitoring of the child's breathing is important. The child should be especially observed at night or when napping for breathing difficulty. The doctor should be notified if the child is having progressive breathing difficulty, unusual drooling, agitation or restlessness, fever over 103 F, or if the parent feels frightened.
The breathing difficulties seen in croup can progress rapidly, turning into a life-threatening emergency. On rare occasions, a child must be rushed by ambulance into the emergency room because of serious breathing problems. Signs of serious trouble include swallowing difficulty, nonstop drooling, bluish discoloration of the skin or lips (cyanosis), sucking in of the chest, and rapid breathing (over 60 breaths per minute).
While most children recover from croup without hospitalization, some children can develop life-threatening breathing difficulties. Therefore, close contact with the doctor during this illness is important.
There is no current vaccination to prevent croup. However, several laboratories are working diligently to develop one. The infectious virus is most commonly transmitted by coughing or sneezing. Touching objects contaminated with infectious viral particles also allows transmission of the virus. Airborne viral particles can be infectious for about one hour. Virus on objects remains infectious for several hours. Avoiding these exposures can prevent croup.
The prognosis for a child who develops croup is excellent. Most cases of croup can be managed at home by exposing the child to cool moist air. Rarely will a child need a dose of oral steroid medication. It is extremely rare for an otherwise healthy child to be hospitalized for croup.
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Acetaminophen is a drug that reduces fever and relieves pain. It is available alone, or in combination with hundreds of other drugs available both over-the-counter (without a prescription) or that that may require a prescription from your doctor, for example, acetaminophen and hydrocodone (Vicodin, Norco) or acetaminophen and oxycodone (Percocet).
Acetaminophen treats a variety of diseases or other medical problems that cause pain or fever. Examples of conditions acetaminophen treats include, headache, minor arthritis pain, back pain, tooth pain, menstrual cramps, PMS, osteoarthritis, common cold, tension headache, chronic pain, hip pain, shoulder and neck pain, sore throat, sinus infection, teething, TMJ, bites and stings, and sprains and strains.
Acetaminophen generally has no side effects when taken as prescribed. When
side effects are experienced, the most common are headache, rash, and nausea.
In 2014, the FDA recommended that doctors and other health care professionals only prescribe acetaminophen in doses of 325 mg or less. This warning highlights the potential for allergic reactions, for example, face, mouth, and throat swelling, difficulty breathing, itching, or rash. This action also will help reduce the risk of severe liver injury and serious allergic reactions associated with this drug. Other possible serious side effects adverse effects include anemia, kidney damage, thrombocytopenia (a reduced number of platelets in the blood), and liver problems.
Other patient information. Do not take more than one product that contains acetaminophen at the same time. Do not take more than one acetaminophen-containing drug than directed. Do not drink alcohol while taking medicine that contains acetaminophen due to severe liver damage.
REFERENCE: FDA Prescribing Information.
Chronic cough is a cough that does not go away and is generally a symptom of another disorder such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, sinus infection, cigarette smoking, GERD, postnasal drip, bronchitis, pneumonia, medications, and less frequently tumors or other lung disease.
Chronic cough treatment is based on the cause, but may be soothed natural and home remedies.
Coughing is a reflex that helps a person clear their airways of irritants. There are many causes of an excessive or severe cough including irritants like cigarette and secondhand smoke, pollution, air fresheners, medications like beta blockers and ACE inhibitors, the common cold, GERD, lung cancer, and heart disease.
Natural and home remedies to help cure and soothe a cough include stay hydrated, gargle saltwater, use cough drops or lozenges, use herbs and supplements like ginger, mint, licorice, and slippery elm, and don't smoke.
Over-the-counter products (OTC)to cure and soothe a cough include cough suppressants and expectorants, and anti-reflux drugs.
Prescription drugs that help cure a cough include narcotic medications, antibiotics, inhaled steroids, and anti-reflux drugs like proton pump inhibitors or PPIs, for example, omeprazole (Prilosec), rabeprazole (Aciphex), and pantoprazole (Protonix).
Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to reduce mild to moderate pain, inflammation, and fever. Ibuprofen works by blocking an enzyme that makes prostaglandin (a hormone-like substance that participates in a variety of body functions), which results in lower levels of prostaglandins in the body. Lower levels of prostaglandins reduce pain, inflammation, and fever.
Ibuprofen is prescribed to treat diseases and conditions that cause mild to moderate pain, fever, and inflammation. For example, Pain from strains and sprains; pain from cuts, scrapes, and puncture wounds; muscle aches and pains; tooth pain; common cold; mild headache; some arthritis conditions; joint pain; and to reduce fever.
Common side effects of ibuprofen include, diarrhea, constipation, nausea, heartburn, belly pain, drowsiness, headaches, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), and mild rash.
More serious side effects and adverse effects include, increased bleeding after injury, stomach ulcers, impaired kidney function, severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis), blood clots, heart attack, heart failure, and high blood pressure.
The maximum dose prescribed under a doctor's care is 3.2 g daily. Otherwise, the over-the-counter (OTC) maximum daily dose is 1.2 g daily. Dosage depends upon the age, weight, and any current medical conditions of the patient. Several drugs interact with ibuprofen so check with your doctor, pharmacist, or other health care professional with questions in regard to this drug. Doctors don't know if it is safe to take ibuprofen if your are pregnant, therefore it is not recommended if you are pregnant. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, ibuprofen is safe to take while breastfeeding.
REFERENCE: FDA Prescribing Information.
Laryngitis is an inflammation of the voice box (vocal cords). The most common cause of acute laryngitis is infection, which inflames the vocal cords. Symptoms may vary from degree of laryngitis and age of the person (laryngitis in infants and children is more commonly caused by croup). Common symptoms include
Chronic laryngitis generally lasts more than three weeks. Causes other than infection include smoking, excess coughing, GERD, and more. Treatment depends on the cause of laryngitis.
Sore throat (throat pain) usually is described as pain or discomfort in the throat area. A sore throat may be caused by bacterial infections, viral infections, toxins, irritants, trauma, or injury to the throat area. Common symptoms of a sore throat include a fever, cough, runny nose, hoarseness, earaches, sneezing, and body aches. Home remedies for a sore throat include warm soothing liquids and throat lozenges. OTC remedies for a sore throat include OTC pain relievers such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen. Antibiotics may be necessary for some cases of sore throat.


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I'm gaining weight at a slow and healthy rate. Right now, I'm on schedule to be 20 lbs lighter for delivery with Baby Brother than I was with Porter... HELLO. Now, to behave myself over the holidays... I know everyone encourages me that "gaining is good!", but that sort of thinking opens the door, for me, to make really poor decisions because, well, why not. My goal is health. My goal is no excess. So, to hear that that new attention/importance is paying off was the BEST. I still indulge, because... you know what? I have to push this baby out of my body and that deserves dessert. But, I'm also so much better about portioning, and drinking water, and chasing around a toddler... it evens out, right?
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Wednesday, 14 November 2012
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I love your house, lovely things where ever you look. Some nice pics there too. xReplyDelete
These little snippets of your home look adorable.:-)ReplyDelete
It looks lovely! Great use of textiles and I love your little collections of items. So cosy.ReplyDelete
Ooh, I am ALL about the details! You have some lovely collections, thank you for sharing!ReplyDelete
I love to see inside other peoples homes. I am very jealous of you being able to get a beautiful mirror up - I cannot get a thing in our walls - well nothing that would be able to hold a mirror that heavy. I am always seeing them at carboots for pence and can never buy them. WAAAAAAAAAAH!ReplyDelete
I spy two of my favourite things: a teapot from my youth (pic 8) and Expedit? (so brilliant for display). A lovely individual home xoReplyDelete
Loving your stacks of folded fabric!!!ReplyDelete
Loving your stacks of folded fabric!!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 November 2012 at 13:51
Yes! I get it. I love EVERYTHING just so long as I like it. I don't do colour schemes or styles as I couldn't possibly narrow myself down. Eclectic doesn't cover it.ReplyDelete
I think your pictures show your house to be beautiful but so interesting too. I'm fed up of looking at the same things everywhere with hardly anyone daring to express themselves and what they actually do like rather than what they feel they should like. I's so easy to be sucked in by that. There are so many blogs that just list daily all the stuff they bought and then everyone jots down where they got it and runs of to get the same.
Even with crafts there is the cloning thing going on. No one seems to trust their own colour and pattern choices any more. In so many ways the internet has opened up the world of making things to people but it has also closed down many people' unique sense of art that is different from anyone else.
Nice things can be new or old, hand made or made in a factory but I do like them to be something that makes me feel something. So many of the objects in your home have a story - how they were made, how they belonged to, who made them and what made you like them. That beats the Molly makes type of stuff or the Country Living (most of us live in cities!) aspirations hands down for me.
Nice post, thank you.
I love the way you showcase fabrics in your home. Our walls are still far too blank but am hoping to do some DIY over the xmas period (ie make the mister stick some pictures up finally).ReplyDelete
Lovely post x
Just beautiful. So many treasures. So much character.ReplyDelete


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FoDHS Second Hand Uniform Sales
The Friends of Derby High School run a second hand uniform shop which is based in the Senior School building. The shop offers parents the opportunity to purchase good quality second hand uniform at very reasonable prices and at a fraction of the cost of new uniform.
The shop will next be open on: Thursday 30th August - 2pm to 4:30pm.
Sales will be held in the Uniform Shop in the Senior School. Please come into the school via the entrance from the Hillsway car park (which is closest to the Uniform Shop). A FoDHS Volunteer will be at the door to let you in.
A Highpost message will be sent out shortly before each sale confirming dates of the sale.
As a parent, if you have benefitted from our Second Hand Uniform Sales and if you would like to support the ongoing sale of second hand uniform please leave your name at the main Senior School reception for the attention of the FoDHS uniform shop team.
We kindly ask that any uniform to be donated to the sale should be sent into school office during the first week of the relevant half term. Unfortunately, we cannot accept uniform outside of this week due to lack of storage.
As from 4th July 2013, proceeds from the sale of uniform will be split 50:50 between the parent and the Friends of Derby High School.
Terms and conditions of sale:
- All items for sale are left at owners risk.
- Only good quality, clean current uniform will be accepted into the sale. (Refer to suggested price list below for list of accepted items). The PTA and school's say is final as to the merchantable quality of uniform entered in to the sale. The PTA will send any items not considered suitable for resale to a material recycling scheme.
- Please label all items with a sales label & submit your printed sales list (the sales list and labels are available to download, auto complete and print from the Excel spreadsheet below) and attach the label with a safety pin only (adhesive tape may be used for tennis racquets and hockey sticks). Please refer to the suggested price list when adding a price to each item.
- Any unlabelled items will be deemed to be donations, with profits from their sale given wholly to the PTA funds.
- Payment to sellers will be made by cheque annually at the end of June
- No uniform once entered into a sale will be returned to a seller. If after a period of one year an item remains unsold, the price will be reduced if required at the annual stock check. If an item remains unsold after 3 years, it will be sent to a material recycling scheme.
- Please help us to help you. It does make economic sense to recycle items that are in good condition.
- By entering an item for sale, the seller agrees to these terms.
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