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Two University of Texas Rio Grande Valley faculty and one alumna have been approved to join the Texas Institute of Letters, an honor society that recognizes literary achievement among Texas writers.
Named were Professor Steven Schneider and Assistant Professor Jose Rodriguez, both of whom teach MFA creative writing in UTRGV's College of Fine Arts, and one alumna of UT Pan American, Katherine Hoerth.
The TIL was founded in 1936 and has consisted of the state's most respected writers, including Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award and Academy Award winners. This year, 19 writers are inductees.
"We have a record number of distinguished writers elected this year," TIL President Steven L. Davis said. "The bar to get elected to the Institute is high, so this shows that Texas is now home to a number of major writers that we should be very proud of. Our literary arts are flourishing."
The 19 selected – including Willie Nelson, the first songwriter on the TIL roster – will be inducted April 6-7 at the annual TIL meeting in San Antonio.
McAllen native Rodriguez teaches in the Creative Writing (MFA) program at UTRGV, his alma mater, and growing up in the Rio Grande Valley is a central theme in his work.
"My work is rooted in memory and place, in the construction of the concepts of self, home and belonging — in the myriad ways personal experience and our perception of it is rooted in what we've been taught or what we've absorbed from the world around us," he said. "I'm interested in socially engaged literature and writing that never forgets the self when exploring the other."
He says teaching at the institution he once attended is a truly unique and rewarding experience.
"As a first-generation college student, higher education was a new world, with a new discourse and expectations," he said. "I struggled, early on, at least compared to high school. But then I got the hang of it. As faculty, it's a new relationship to learning. Now I'm the facilitator, the one leading the classroom, though of course none of us is ever done learning. The eagerness and motivation of students inspire me."
Rodriguez is a poet, memoirist, translator and author of several books, as well as the recipient of several awards, including a TIL award for poetry. His work has appeared in The New Yorker magazine, Poetry, and other publications.
"Being inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters is very gratifying, very affirming of my work," he said. "TIL is an institution I respect for its commitment to promoting and supporting writers in Texas."
Schneider teaches in the UTRGV Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Creative Writing program, which he co-founded during his time as chair of the Department of English at UTPA from 2001 to 2007.
Since moving to the Rio Grande Valley in 2001, living on the border has served as a source of inspiration for his work – most evident in his books Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives and The Magic of Mariachi. Both books are illustrated by his wife, Reefka Schneider.
"Our work was inspired by field trips we took along both sides of the border, where we met and talked to people," he said. "Our goal was to portray the humanity of people on both sides of the border and promote cross-cultural understanding."
Schneider was chosen this fall to give the inaugural UTRGV Distinguished Faculty Colloquium series lecture. He has received five National Endowment for the Arts Big Read grants, and has won a Poetry Fellowship and Residency from the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, and a Poetry Fellowship from the Nebraska Arts Council.
"I am honored and excited to be elected by my peers to the Texas Institute of Letters, which includes such distinguished writers as Sandra Cisneros, Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy," Schneider said.
Alumna Hoerth was a part of the 2007 inaugural class of the Creative Writing (MFA) program at UT-Pan American, where she earned her bachelor's degree in English. She worked as a public school teacher while earning her master's degree and graduated from the program in 2011.
Much of Hoerth's work is rooted in feminist theory. She is the author of two books of poetry and is the winner of TIL's 2015 Helen C. Smith Memorial Award for Best Book of Poetry Poet for Goddess Wears Cowboy Boots. She is incoming director of Lamar University Literary Press, where she is a professor of creative writing.
"The first poem that I wrote for a creative writing class — that I was actually proud of — was a feminist poem about baking cake," Hoerth said, chuckling. "From the beginning, that's always kind of been where my work's gone."
Hoerth will be inducted alongside two professors she considers her mentors.
"Having someone who was more experienced and who knew a lot more about poetry than I did as a guide while putting my thesis together was really invaluable," she said of Schneider.
"These people really helped me and they made my journey smoother," she said. "I always had people to go to for advice, so to be recognized in the same light as them is a big honor."


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On 03.10.2017, Day 3 of the arguments in the Hadiya case, Dushyant Dave appearing for Hadiya's husband Shafin Jahan argued that the court had overstepped the limits of jurisdiction by ordering an NIA probe into the issue, for doing so was contrary to the very spirit of a multi-religious society. Mr. Dave further cited examples of senior level BJP functionaries who being Muslims had married Hindus, questioning whether such cases would also be termed "love jihad" mandating an NIA probe into the matter.
The argument however was not well received by the Bench which asked Mr. Dave to limit his submissions to the law and present logical arguments. On the question of the judicial propriety of the NIA probe, ASG Tushar Mehta contended that the probe had been consented to by Shafi Jahan's earlier counsel Mr. Kapil Sibal and the same was necessary to determine whether Hadiya's was an isolated case or there was an emerging pattern.
Significantly, CJI Dipak Misra has questioned whether the High Courts in its exercise of the powers of jurisdiction under Article 226 can order that a marriage be nullified as has been done by the Kerala High Court in Hadiya's case. He further went on state the possibility of appointing an alternate custodian for Hadiya who is currently in the custody of her father.
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Two comedians in London, England created a non-religion religion called Sunday Assembly. They wanted the feeling of religion without the God parts.
It's good to get together with people you might not otherwise meet and listen to music and maybe do a community project. That's what religion is about.
Theoretically I'm all for opportunities for people to take part in community, expand their horizons beyond their particular view, and get involved in their community. That's the opportunity Sunday Assembly is trying to provide. This is already being done in various ways by clubs, nonprofits, and community organizations already in existence, but if Sunday Assembly can attract people to what it offers, that's all to the good.
What bothers me, though, is the generalizing attitude toward religion among people quoted in the linked article. Those interviewed suggest that Sunday Assembly has isolated something about religion and offered it up to be practiced by secular people: church, you know, but without the hard religion parts.
Except they haven't jettisoned religion entirely.
The article claims "there's little God talk at Sunday Assembly." A member says they aren't out to critique or debunk religion. Pippa Evans, one of the group's two founders, says simply, "It's all the best bits of church, but with no religion and awesome pop songs." I'll admit, this is a refreshing change of pace from so-called New Atheist proselytizers like Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins – especially Dawkins, with his half-baked philosophies and reductive fundamentalism.
That being said, while Ms. Evans may argue to the contrary, there is a theology at work behind the scenes at Sunday Assembly. The word "theology" simply means "God talk" (Theos: "God" + Logos: "Word" or "Talk"). Though the rejection of the divine may go unspoken at Sunday Assembly's meetings, this unspoken theological position is the grounding principle which speaks the group into existence. I found a short paragraph near the end of the story interesting. A New York chapter of Sunday Assembly has suffered a split over how much to emphasize their rejection of God. How much God talk is too much for a people who've rejected talk about God? Better hire a theologian to figure that one out. Maybe hire two.
But I'm not a religionist. I'm a Christian. And as a Christian, all of the throwing around of the word "church" opens Sunday Assembly to critique.
Specifically troublesome is part of the quote from comedian Pippa Evans, above: "it's all the best bits of church." From what I can tell, "all the best bits" seem to be the parts that feel good. The word "feel," or a form of it, appears seven times in the roughly 920 word article. Often accompanying all of this feeling are references to belief (also appearing seven times).
Another comedian, Louis CK, has something to say about beliefs. Namely, that we hold "believies" that make us feel good just for having them and then there's the way we actually live.
I suppose it's an indictment of the Church in the West that the generalities Sunday Assembly isolates from the experience of church is "believing things," "doing good," and "feeling good." But, religion cannot be practiced generally, it must be practiced specifically. It must not simply be believed, it must primarily be lived. The best of Christian practice does not call people of faith in Christ to strive toward a poorly defined ideal of cultural "goodness" or to consume the good feelings that may come from being in community. No, a Christian is called to become a servant, to become not more but less, so that the mystery of grace may increase in one's life and work.
I can see why Sunday Assembly hasn't repackaged this bit of church. It doesn't necessarily feel good. It downplays the ever-present "Self," so precious to us, in favor of servitude to the neighbor and to God.
That this call to become less embraces death makes the glossing over of the particularities of church even more predictable in a culture that worships at the altar of eternal vitality. Indeed, to lay down one's life is what leads to a becoming in the self that is greater than servanthood. But only after becoming empty shall one be filled.
Believe what you want though, you know. I don't want to push my beliefs on you. It's not like it matters or whatever.


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When it comes to the various social networking platforms, then the name of Instagram can't be ignored. It is an app with which you can share pictures and videos too. By sharing the pictures, you can share your daily moments with your friends. There are many other features that are , and these can also fall you in love with it. You can also use Instagram to interact with your friends from all around the world. If there is an Instagram page that you want to check out without follow it, then it is not easy.
You can't see their pictures without follow the account. In this case, you can create a fake account and follow it to View Private Instagram Photos. It is a time-consuming thing and also requires a lot of efforts. It is the reason that people are ignoring this method and looking for the alternatives.
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Meet Dave and his new 2014 Rocky Mountain Altitude 750 MSL. The Altitude is a Christmas gift "to Dave from his wife". We have a very sentimental note that Dave conveniently wrote for his wife on his behalf. Swing by the shop to have a read! As with Dave, we think it's a creative bargaining strategy with your significant other.
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Therapies with cord blood have gotten more successful. "The outcomes of cord blood transplants have improved over the past 10 years because researchers and clinicians have learned more about dosing cord blood, picking better matches, and giving the patient better supportive care as they go through the transplant," says Joanne Kurtzberg, M.D., director of the pediatric bone marrow and stem cell transplant program at Duke University.
Many expectant parents would love the opportunity to bank their baby's cord blood and cord tissue, but with an initial fee of $1600–$1800 for a quality service and an annual fee of $150–$175, the cost of banking cord blood may seem out of reach. At Cryo-Cell, we are committed to offering a high standard of service at the best price possible, with absolutely no unexpected fees or hidden surcharges. To help keep cord blood banking in everyone's budget, we offer in-house financing options that begin for as little as $199 down and $128 per month. In addition, we regularly offer specials and have a number of discounts for current clients, referrals, multiple birthes and medical professionals. We will even meet the price of any reputable competitor through our best-price guarantee.
Priority shipping: Cord blood companies that use priority shipping services have families ship them cord blood in a heavily insulated box, which arrives at the cord bank at a certain time, but does not guarantee that the blood remains at a certain temperature.
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Thornley I., Eapen M., Sung L., Lee S., Davies S., & Joffe S. (2009). Private cord blood banking: Experiences and views of pediatric hematopoietic cell transplantation physicians. Pediatrics, 123(3), 1011–1017 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
Initially, cord blood stem cell transplantation using allogeneic umbilical cord blood was performed in relatively small children, because the cell dose per weight of recipient was shown to be important.19,20 However, older children, adolescents, and adults have benefited from unrelated allogeneic umbilical cord blood transplantation.34,55–61 Because of the relationship between cell dose per recipient weight and transplant outcome, the number of cord blood cells needed for marrow reconstitution in older children or young adults is much larger than that needed when cord blood is used for transplantation in small children. Cord blood transplants using multiple cryopreserved units from separate donors have been performed successfully in adults, and the approach is currently under investigation as a strategy to increase the dose of cells for transplantation in a single recipient.62 Cord blood is collected in observance of good obstetric and pediatric practice.45
Stem cells in the umbilical cord blood were first discovered in 1978. The stem cells found in cord blood give rise to all the other blood cells and are the foundation of our bodies' immune system. More recently, scientists discovered a rich supply of a different type of stem cell in the cord tissue. These stem cells give rise to the tissues that comprise our nervous system, sensory organs, circulatory tissues, skin, bone, cartilage and more.
Tracey said she felt lucky since she banked Anthony's cord blood with a private company. And Osteopetrosis is one of 80 diseases listed by many cord blood companies in their marketing material as treatable with stem cells.
Shai was a feisty little girl whose mother used her scientific background to search for the best approach to cure her cancer. Shai narrowly escaped death many times, including a recovery that even her doctors considered a miracle, yet she died at dawn on the day that she would have begun kindergarten. Her mother went on to found this website and charity in her memory. Read more…
The stored blood can't always be used, even if the person develops a disease later on, because if the disease was caused by a genetic mutation, it would also be in the stem cells. Current research says the stored blood may only be useful for 15 years.
For families that choose to bank cord blood, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends public cord blood banking. Estimates vary, but the chances of a child having a stem cell transplant, with either bone marrow or cord blood, are 1 in 217 over a lifetime. Although the AAP states cord blood has been used to treat certain diseases successfully, there isn't strong evidence to support cord blood banking. If a family does decide on cord blood banking, the AAP recommends public cord blood banking (instead of private) to cut down on costs. If you donate cord blood and your child eventually needs it, you can get it back as long as it hasn't been discarded or used.
Wall DA, Carter SL, Kernan NA, et al. Busulfan/melphalan/antithymocyte globulin followed by unrelated donor cord blood transplantation for treatment of infant leukemia and leukemia in young children: the Cord Blood Transplantation study (COBLT) experience. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant.2005;11 :637– 646
Parents often complain about cord blood banking costs. This is not an industry where costs can be cut by running a turn-key operation. Each cord blood unit must be individually tested and processed by trained technicians working in a medical laboratory.
Cord Blood Registry is a cord blood storage company that collects, processes and stores stem cells to help families with medical needs later in life. Founded in 1992, it is the world's largest newborn stem cell company.
1. As today's children grow up and some of them develop cancer as adults, autologous (self) cord blood transplants will become more commonly used. Pediatric cancers and adult cancers are completely different diseases at the cellular level (to learn more about cancer visit the website of the National Cancer Institute). While pediatric cancer patients rarely receive autologous transplants, among adult cancer patients the autologous transplants are more common than transplants from donors.
Your baby's cord blood could be a valuable resource for another family. From foundations to non-profit blood banks and medical facilities, there are numerous locations that will collect, process, and use the stem cells from your baby's cord blood to treat other people.
For the 12- and 24-month payment plans, down payment is due at enrollment. In-house financing cannot be combined with other offers or discounts. *Please add $50 to the down payment for medical courier service if you're located in Alaska, Hawai'i or Puerto Rico. **Actual monthly payment will be slightly lower than what is being shown. For the length of the term, the annual storage fee is included in the monthly payment. Upon the child's birthday that ends the term and every birthday after that, an annual storage fee will be due. These fees are currently $150 for cord blood and $150 for cord tissue and are subject to change.
One of the first things I learned is that the couples in my childbirth class were not unique. In fact, research indicates that most pregnant women are underinformed about the issue of cord blood banking (Fox et al., 2007). While reviewing the literature on cord blood banking, I also found that the information available for nurses and childbirth educators often comes from private cord blood banks or their employees (Cord Blood Registry, 2009; Wolf, 1998, 1999), thus introducing the chance of bias.
The "cell recovery rate" is often used to compare processing methods. Expressed as a percentage, the cell recovery rate tells you how many cells are retrieved from the original cord blood collection, once plasma has been removed and red blood cells have been reduced or removed. It is expected that some cells will be lost during processing, and most processing methods have published cell recovery rates between 80%—99%
Because there are no scientific data at the present time to support autologous cord blood banking and given the difficulty of making an accurate estimate of the need for autologous transplantation and the ready availability of allogeneic transplantation, private storage of cord blood as "biological insurance" should be discouraged. Cord blood banks should comply with national accreditation standards developed by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Federal Trade Commission, and similar state agencies. At a minimum, physicians involved in procurement of cord blood should be aware of cord blood collection, processing, and storage procedures as shown in Table 2.
Our annual storage fee is due every year on the birth date of the child and covers the cost of storage until the following birthday. The fee is the same $150 for both our standard and our premium cord blood services. The annual cord tissue storage fee is an additional $150.
In 1988, a 5-year-old named Matthew with a rare type of anemia received umbilical cord blood cells from his newborn sister, who didn't have the disease. That transfer, called an umbilical cord blood transplant, worked, and the boy was soon free of the disease.
Bielorai B, Trakhtenbrot L, Amariglio N, et al. Multilineage hematopoietic engraftment after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation without conditioning in SCID patients. Bone Marrow Transplant.2004;34 :317– 320
Wagner JE, Rosenthal J, Sweetman R, et al. Successful transplantation of HLA-matched and HLA-mismatched umbilical cord blood from unrelated donors: analysis of engraftment and acute graft-versus-host disease. Blood.1996;88 :795– 802
Additional ethical concerns about umbilical cord blood banking involve the timing of clamping the umbilical cord after birth. Overall, the issue of when to clamp and cut the umbilical cord is controversial. There is no consensus on how early or how late in the birthing process the umbilical cord ought to be clamped and cut, although the cord obviously still provides nourishment and removes waste until it is clamped or spontaneously stops pulsing (Lothian & DeVries, 2010). However, some practitioners might clamp the umbilical cord early in an effort to maximize the amount of cord blood obtained for banking, and thus "short change" the child and allow the infant to become anemic (Drew, 2005).
The second couple listened intently to the conversation, interjecting that they hadn't considered cord blood banking, and they looked toward me. They started asking the other couple, and me, many questions about cord blood banking. What is the cost? How is it done? What are the uses of cord blood? Is it only used to treat the baby later in life? Will cord blood treat myasthenia gravis? And finally, is it worth the time, effort, and money to invest in cord blood banking?
Cord blood has been shown to contain pluripotent stem cells that have the potential to differentiate into nonhematopoietic tissue, such as cardiac, neurologic, pancreatic, and skin tissue, in vitro.53,54 Extensive laboratory research is taking place to explore the potential therapeutic benefit of cord blood under these circumstances. The results of this research will be necessary to formulate future recommendations regarding autologous cord blood banking.
New England Cord Blood Bank was founded in 1971 and is one of the pioneers in processing and cryopreservation of human cells and tissue. The company is continuing to expand its research and development center.
You've just visited the doctor and the good news is that you're going to have a baby and everything looks good. Thirty years ago, your doctor may have given you a baby book and information about products that sponsors want you to buy for your new addition. Today, along with pretty much the same materials, you'll be asked to consider saving the blood of your newborn that's left over in the umbilical cord and placenta after the delivery. Another big decision, and possibly a costly one.
A person will always be a 100% match to his or her cord blood, which is the best fit as there are some conditions that can only be treated with one's own cord blood stem cells (or a perfect match). However, other conditions can be treated using donor stem cells that are partial genetic matches.
Parents have the option to privately store their newborn's cord blood stem cells. There are now over a dozen private cord blood banks, and more open every year. Some have their own labs, while others contract with a lab. Cord blood stem cell banking is not a regulated industry; there are no certifications or licensing requirements to open a cord blood bank. Several banks are accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks. Please keep in mind there is a big difference between being accredited by the AABB and being a member of the AABB. To be accredited, the lab must follow strict standards and be inspected by the association.
Medical shipping: Some cord blood companies use medical shipping companies to deliver cord blood; these companies guarantee that cord blood is kept a certain temperature and delivered to the facility by a certain time, typically within 24 hours of collection.
Umbilical cord blood stem cells are different from other kinds of cells in a couple of different ways. The first is that umbilical cord blood stem cells are unspecialized cells, which have the ability to renew themselves by cell division, even after significant time has elapsed since they were frozen. The second reason is that in certain situations, and under exacting conditions, the umbilical cord stem cells can become tissue- or organ-specific cells, allowing regeneration of those tissues.
Ballen K., Broxmeyer H. E., McCullough J., Piaciabello W., Rebulla P., Verfaillie C. M., & Wagner J. E. (2001). Current status of cord blood banking and transplantation in the United States and Europe. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 7(12), 635–645 [PubMed]
Quite simply, cord blood is the remaining blood from your baby's umbilical cord and placenta after birth. Cord blood is loaded with our "stem cells" which are origins of the body's immune and blood system and maybe the origin of other organs and important systems in the body. Stem cells are important because they have the ability to regenerate into other types of cells in the body.
Americord offers parents the ability to collect stem cells from the placenta and umbilical cord soon after the child's birth. These stem cells, obtained from cord blood, cord tissue and placenta tissue, can be used to help treat genetic diseases and other threats to the baby's life. Placenta tissue stem cells can also be used to benefit the mother.
Many cord blood banks will also store cord tissue. Research around cord tissue is still in it's early stages, and while there is little known about the benefits of cord blood tissue, researchers are confident that cord tissue treatments could included repairing damaged tissue, ligaments and organs resulting from burns, ulcers or wounds.
AlphaCord has a 100% success rate of viable specimens upon thaw. It has been in business for over a decade and is FDA-approved. The company aims to provide a low-cost means of collecting and processing cord blood for customers.
According to the statement, "Families may be vulnerable to emotional marketing at the time of birth of a child and may look to their physicians for advice. No accurate estimates exist of the likelihood of children to need their own stored cells. The range of available estimates is from 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 200,000." For this and other reasons, it is difficult to recommend that parents store their children's cord blood for future use. The AAP policy states:
Public cord blood companies are mostly nonprofit companies that are traded publicly, and doctors can utilize matching cord blood in these banks for treating their patients, even if the blood is not their own.


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Don't let the holidays end your itch to decorate. Who says we can only decorate for the holidays? No Ma'am or Sir. I say changing the house every few months is a must! It's a great way to keep a good flow of energy and keep your home always looking cozy and different. If your anything like me, all the build up before Thanksgiving and Christmas leaves me so sad when it's all over. I enjoy decorating so much that when it's over I'm a hot mess of sadness. Once it's all over and time to take everything down, I get empty house syndrome. I decided to keep the decorations coming this year. Check out some of my spring and summer decorating inspiration below!
New Years Colors!
Soon as the Christmas tree came down I got the itch to put something else out. This was my inspiration for January. Not ready to say by to the holidays yet but not about to leave the tree up any longer. This had a New Years feel to it as well.
Spring does not need to look like the Easter Bunny threw up at your house. Don't get me wrong, if that 's your thing go for it. I just like to be a little more subtle about it. Even if it's just a matter of changing out your darker pillows for some lighter options. Tip. TJ Max is a great option for affordable pillows all year round. Heck, try throwing in some yellows and blues and pink if your real brave. I love pink. Mix and match your furniture so you don't have to spend more money. Find an old table at a garage sale and paint it white, throw a beautiful simple glass vase on it with some colorful tulips in it, put some lemons in a light colored bowl, a white candle, and call it a day. It really helps with seasonal depression too. Get's you doing something fun for yourself and lightens up the house. Try burning some sage every few months to move out old energy as well. It really helps.
Throw yourself a party, do whatever you have to do because you made it to summer! The season most of us are most excited about. Whether it's the weather or the fact that vacations tend to happen around summer, it's just a fabulous time of the year. I understand there are a lot of polar bears out there who prefer cooler climates so winter is your jam, not me, I'm not a polar bear but I do love my polar bears.
You don't need to live at the beach to make your home look like you live at the beach. You don't need to live in an enchanted garden to make your home look like you love plants and flowers. I don't know about you but I think almost everyone wishes they lived at the beach or in an enchanted garden. Or maybe it is just me and growing up in California I love fairy tales. Keeping that beach feeling to your home is all about adding whites and light colored lightweight fabrics. Sand and shells in glass jars, flowers and plants everywhere. Give your living room texture by stacking old vintage books and putting Mason jars on them with pink roses. Keep flowers next to your bed and in your bathroom. Add plants to your kitchen and pray you can keep them alive! Spring is magical because it's the rebirth of life that has gone to sleep to survive cold climates, so now let's enjoy the beauty and leave those reminders all over the house. The house smells so incredible when you have gardenia, lavender, honey suckle, and roses all over the place. This also can make you feel like your a princess living in an enchanted garden. I'm one of those girls who says you can never have enough flowers..... and shoes of course.


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I love sharing information! I think it is a great gift to be able to share one's knowledge to make the world a better place. So many of my clients ask fantastic questions. I love being able to answer and dialogue with my clients, and if I don't know the answer, I love doing the research I need to do to find out. Knowledge can be the difference between a dull life and a vibrant life. Sometimes all you need is a little piece of information to let other things fall in to place.
I am a huge fan of meditation, breathing techniques, and yoga. I have practiced yoga for many years, and one of the most valuable lessons I have learned through my practice is how to breathe. It seems so simple and almost mundane, but our breath is always with us. It brings us life, nourishes our bodies, and, if we know how to use it, it helps us to stay calm.
I had a client recently who was suffering from a bout of "jitters", as she called it. Basically, throughout the day, she would find herself feeling jittery and unsettled. We had a little discussion on how the adrenals play a major role in regulating feelings of calm or feelings of anxiety (look out for more info on this in another blog post), and I gave her a few breathing exercises she could do to help her adrenals re-regulate in these times of stress. This, together with her customized nutritional protocol, made all the difference.
After just 2 days she reported feeling much more calm and less anxious now that she had a few breathing techniques to use in times of stress. Breathing is an inexpensive (read: free), and inconspicuous way to help your body re-regulate in times of stress. Virtually no one notices your breathing pattern, and yet, you can powerfully effect your physiological reaction to stress with a few simple steps. The best part is that you don't have to be a yogi or a master of meditation to benefit from these wonderful exercises! So, whether you are practicing yoga in the grass under a big tree, stressed out in the office, nervously studying for a test, or simply need a little break, these exercises are for you.
Here are a couple of my favorites:
4-Count or Equal Breathing
This is a simple focusing exercise that focuses your mind and body on the same goal: counting to 4.
- Exhale completely through the mouth
- Take a slow, deep breath in through the nose to a count of 4
- Exhale slowly through the nose or mouth to another count of 4
- Repeat as needed
You can increase the number you count to for a more focused effect. In times of stress I have practiced equal breathing to a count of 10 on inhale, and 10 on exhale. Start with a 4 count and work your way up to 6 or 8 and see how you like it.
Square Breathing
This one is similar to Equal Breathing in that we use a 4 count to maintain focus on our breath, with the added component of "resting on"/holding your breath.
- Exhale completely through the mouth
- Take a slow, deep breath in through the nose to a count of 4
- Hold/rest on breath in to a count of 4
- Exhale slowly through the nose to a count or 4
- Hold/rest on breath out to a count of 4
- Repeat as needed
Some people like to add a mantra to this breathing technique to decrease stress by increasing awareness of gratitude. To do this, think about something you are grateful or thankful for during each step of this exercise. For example, your gratitude list may look something like this:
- Take a slow, deep breath in to a count of 4 "I thankful for my warm home"
- Hold/rest on breath in to a count of 4 "I am grateful for hot tea"
- Exhale slowly to a count or 4 "I am thankful for this moment of peace"
- Hold/rest on breath out to a count of 4 "I am grateful for my loving pet"
3 Part Breathing
3 Part Breathing is another segmented breathing pattern to help bring clarity and focus. Some people like to begin by placing the palm of one hand on their belly, and the palm of the other on their chest. If you want to remain inconspicuous, you can skip this step and just do the breathing part. I like to focus on a 6,2,6 count for this breathing technique, but you can feel free to lengthen or shorten the count to suit your preferences. The count is broken down in sets of 2, but this is a fluid breathing process (no stopping between counts).
3 Part Breathing focuses the breath in 3 sections: your lower abdomen (belly breathing), your lower lungs/mid-chest, and your upper lungs/upper chest. By breaking the breath down through these 3 phases, you can increase a sense of calm and peacefulness.
- Exhale completely through the mouth
- Begin taking a deep breath in through the nose, filling the lower abdomen with air (a 2 count)
- Continue filling the belly with breath, filling the mid section/lower rib cage with air (2 count)
- Finish the inhalation by filling the upper lungs/ribcage with breath (2 count)
- hold breath in for 2 counts, then begin to reverse the process for your exhalation through the nose
- Exhale from upper chest/ribcage for 2 counts
- Exhale from mid section/lower ribcage for 2 counts
- Exhale from lower belly for 2 counts
- Hold out for 2 counts
- Repeat as needed
4-7-8 Breathing
This is one of my favorites! It is simple and effective, and you can modify it as you like.
- Exhale completely through the mouth
- Inhale through the nose to a count of 4
- Hold breath in for a count of 7
- Exhale slowly through the mouth or nose to a count of 8
- Repeat as needed
I like this exercise because it helps to keep your focus on breathing and counting, rather than whatever is causing anxiety or stress. You can breathe in for a count of 4, hold for a count of 4, then exhale for a count of 8, or pretty much any variation that you like just so long as your exhale is longer than your inhale.
I hope you all enjoy these breathing exercises! They have served me and my clients well over the years. You can use and repeat any of these exercises as frequently as you like. Be sure to let us know your favorites!


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Among the release was the iOS 11, Apple TV 4k and the Apple Watch Series 3 which also supports Wireless Charging.
And while their new flagship devices have been the talk of the town (obviously because it of the cool technology it features), the fast charge and wireless charging is something that really caught my interest.
But unfortunately, Apple will not let you use them straight away.
I wish I could answer that...
The iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X all come with the regular 5 Watt charger right out of the box, but that charger doesn't do the wireless charging magic.
For you to use the fast charge you'll have to buy a separate charger and cable.
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The 3 new iPhones will charge fast and wirelessly on Apple's USB C- 29 Watt charger, the 61 watt and 87 Watt Power adapters.
With "Watt" everywhere, you're probably scratched your head right now. (hehe)
Okay, Let's talk money instead.
The USB C- 29 Watt charger is bigger in terms of power than the standard iPhone chargers and that makes it charge quicker and faster.
The usual 5 Watt iPhone charger doesn't let you charge wireless, you'll need the 29 Watt or greater. But the 29 Watt Charger cost about $49/€59/£49 which is roughly around 19,000 Naira.
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I feel very honoured to have been commissioned by Artfelt - The Children's hospital charity within Sheffield Children's Hospital - for our latest site specific commission.
Artfelt transforms the hospital's walls and spaces with bright art, helping children recover in an environment tailored to them and we were invited to design some large scale cushions to be fitted into internal windows within the newly completed ward.
The scale of the large internal windows provided an opportunity to create a space within the corridors for seating. These individual pods could provide semi private, quiet spaces for waiting and contemplation and we were asked to design some complimentary soft seating pads.
Each window had it's own distinctive colour and we used this alongside the style of the internal environment (namely the 'Play Tower' in the central atrium) as starting points for the designs.
The four individual cushions follow a tonal theme inspired by the space they occupy and the designs themselves have been inspired by wooden blocks and children's construction toys.
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Combining the forces of my drone and all the towels in our house, I have become a cartographer. Behold my new map of the universe (i.e. our backyard):
Even without leaves, it is hard to see the trail through the trees. If you look closely, you can see the towels (20 white rectangles) showing me key rocks or trail intersections. That was enough for me to draw in the trails (white lines), creek beds (blue lines), and lot boundary (black lines).
This is another view of the towels, laid out somewhat less strategically:
Here is a picture of our new garden shed:
That location by the street was not ideal, so I carved out a better spot:
Then learned the hard way the side panels have to be tightly connected, or else the corners do not fit!
Turned out nice:
This new storage gave me the excuse to empty out the garage and hire some pros with a big cement grinder to put in a nice epoxy floor:
Looks so nice now that we don't want to put the cars in it:
We also finished the new garden terrace for the garlic bud I wrote about last month that started all this commotion:
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Just being another decade on the timeline was not good enough for the
1920s. When its brief turn came, it had to be the biggest, the loudest,
the brightest. A calamity gave it birth, and a calamity ended it. It was
a decade of giants, like none before or since.
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I watched the Saints game while doing a little revising at home, and when we won, I decided to hop on the bike and head out to see how folks were celebrating. I passed a bunch of Saints-clad bicyclists going the other way–why anybody drives to the game, especially in weather like this, I just don't understand. Anyway, I think I might have been the only sober person in a many block radius, so I got off my bike and headed to Bourbon Street to get up close and personal with some drunks. There was some heavy police activity, so I stood to the side to see what was coming. A parade! Fantastic. I love a parade. Using my Ph.D. level deduction skills, I figured this was the Oktoberfest parade (it's October, lots of lederhosen, etc., etc.). It consisted of a few floats and some VWs with girls on top, like this shiny red one, a couple of small bands, and a fire truck. I yelled for my beads and waved and screamed the name of this year's Miss Oktoberfest. It was such a lovely little treat it even lured some ladies out of the Hustler Club across the street. Shoot, we all love a parade!
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1, Two big vents on the two sides of the vacuum pumps for inspecting the gap, corrosion and other conditions.
2, All bearings import from Japanese NSK to ensure the precise orientation of impeller and high stability during the running.
3, The material of the impeller is welded with nodular iron or stainess steel to ensure the high stability and increase the lifetime of the vacuum pump systems greatly during any harsh conditions.
4, The cast iron or stainess steel vacuum pump body improve the lifttime.
5, The shaft sleeve as the most easily damaged part, we use the stainless steel material to increase the lifetime more than 5 times than normal material.
6, The pulley (when the pump is driven by the belt) use the standard high precise taper bushing pulley to keep the reliable running and increase the lifetime; also it is easy to dismantle.
7, Special separator built-on the vacuum pump system can save the space and reduce the noise efficiently
8, All the parts are cast by the resin sands with great quality, no puttying. Keep the heat dissipation is the best
9, Import all the mechanical seals (optional) to fully ensure the vacuum pumps for sale in the long-running process without leakage.


text: There is an antique store in town that is a pretty reliable spot for antique kitchenware, one of my weak spots. Since I'm currently lost in the Edwardian era, living in an Edwardian building, I couldn't pass this one up. Some of the recipes look absolutely delicious, and the instructions on how to manage help are fascinating. If I wanted to, I could slap together a twelve-course meal with the help of this book! I might have to whip up some of these recipes, particularly some of the deserts.


text: New Delhi:Known for his portrayal of realistic characters in hard-hitting films, National Award winning actor Manoj Bajpayee says he prefers a good script over working with popular stars and that commercial filmmakers have no suitable roles for him. The actor, whose next film "Budhia Singh - Born To Run" is releasing on Friday, said he has no qualms in acting in any kind of film as long as it has a "good script". "I do realistic films, I do small-budget films and I am known for doing small-budget films. For me, script matters and not known people or faces," Manoj told IANS in a telephonic interview from Mumbai. Asked why he doesn't feature much in commercial Hindi films, Manoj said: "I don't think that commercial filmmakers have suitable roles for me. The day they have them, they will definitely offer them to me. "But I don't think that they see a role like that for me in films. I have no qualms in doing any type of films but I would definitely want a good script and role." The 47-year-old star, in his over two-decade-long journey in Hindi filmdom, has worked in critically acclaimed films like "Satya", "Kaun", "Zubeidaa", "Pinjar", "Gangs of Wasseypur", "Aligarh" and "Traffic". Why don't critically acclaimed films make it as big as commercial films at the box office? "The media should focus on the goodness and story of a film and leave the box office numbers to those who know about it. And talking about the kind of films I do, they don't make Rs 200-250 crore, but the producer doesn't suffer any losses. We enjoy and feel satisfied making such films... That is what we want," the "Shool" star said. A versatile actor, Manoj's most recent power-packed performance was as a gay professor, Ramchandra Siras, in Hansal Mehta's biographical drama "Aligarh". He also impressed his fans and critics with his portrayal of a character named Sapan in Shirish Kunder's short film "Kriti". Asked if he would like to play more negative characters onscreen, Manoj said: "For me, there is no positive or negative... Roles are either good or bad. I always look out for good roles. Short films like 'Kriti' or 'Taandav' give me an opportunity to perform differently in front of the audience." And for the future too, he promises to keep bringing varied characters alive. "You will see different roles and characters in my future films... I don't understand these positive and negative characters," he added. In "Budhia Singh - Born to Run", the actor will be seen essaying the real life character of Biranchi Das, who coached a boy named Budhia to run the marathon. "I have played a mentor in the film. I think every child needs a person like Biranchi Das, who recognises the talents of small children and takes it forward in life and pushes them towards their dream." Budhia had catapulted into the limelight as a four-year-old after running a record-breaking 65 km from Puri to Bhubaneswar in 2006, in seven hours and two minutes and securing a place in the Limca Book of Records. He has now faded into obscurity, complaining that his current coach wants him to run shorter distances and not the marathon. The Hindi movie "Duronto" on his life created an impact at the 63rd National Film Awards and was cited as the best children's film of 2015. The "Chakravyuh" star says the life and struggle of Biranchi Das and Budhia "is very inspirational and a lot can be learnt from it". "The film is not just for a particular section of people, but for all the schools, students, teachers and parents for recognising their children's talent and how to take it forward," he said.


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GATE is a proud sponsor for the SPE Summer Series Session 1 on Floating Production Systems. The summer series will offer one presentation each week for the next six weeks. For more information on the individual presetations, please click here: http://www.spegcs.org/events/2615/
PF&C Summer Lecture Series - Session 1: "Floating Production System Host Selection"
Speaker Dr. Wei Ma, Chevron ETC - Global Responses and Concept Engineering Technical Team Leader
Dr. Wei Ma received his Ph.D. degree in Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering from University of California at Berkeley in 1995.
Session I of the Summer Series on "Floating Production Systems" presents an operator's view on key drivers for floating production systems concept selection. Technical aspects of the concept selection will be discussed via a demonstration of sizing a wet tree semi-submersible for a deep water field in the GOM.
Deep water will require a large portfolio of projects to be developed with floating production systems. While FPSO vessels are expected to dominate the concept selection primarily from lack of pipeline infrastructure, semi-submersibles, spars, and tension leg platforms are often candidates for fields where existing infrastructures are available. Many operators have a large portfolio of floating systems and continuously explore development opportunities that may require floating production systems to develop.
These sessions are perfect opportunities for either an introduction to Floating Production Systems for the engineer just starting in the industry, a refresher for the more seasoned individual, or just a great networking opportunity for those involved in this arena. Each session is scheduled as a one (1) hour presentation followed by a thirty (30) minute Q&A period.
To register for individual lectures, click on the links below:
Session II - Introduction to FPSOs - July 9
Session III - Design and Construction of Tension Leg Platforms - July 16
Session IV - Introduction to Spars - July 23
Session V - Semisubmersible FPS Design Considerations - July 30
Session VI - Buoyant Tower - August 6
Note: Attendees will also be able to register for the sessions at the door. Member, non-member, and student prices for registration can be found using the above links.


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Meeting location: Angeles Crest Highway, 1 block north of 210 Freeway. If you miss us, drive up ACH to Red Box.
Our goal is remove trees blocking the Gabrielino Trail from Red Box to Newcomb Pass. There has been an unusually high number of fallen trees due to the the winter weather. We will also do some brushing and tread repair. Hike will be around 3-4 total miles with a few hundred feet of gain.
We try to accommodate each persons needs regarding tasks and hope that you have a productive and enjoyable experience. We will provide tools but you can bring your own if you prefer.
Hat, gloves, long pants & long-sleeved shirt, good boots and safety glasses are required (hard hat, gloves and safety glasses will be provided.) Sandals & Sneakers are not allowed. Please be sure to bring plenty of water and your lunch.
We hope to be back to La Canada by 4:30 pm. Cell phone number 562-286-3874.


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Magnetic Anisotropic Energy Gap and Strain Effect in Au Nanoparticles
- Po-Hsun Shih1 and
- ShengYun Wu1Email author
© to the authors 2009
- Received: 1 April 2009
- Accepted: 9 September 2009
- Published: 22 September 2009
We report on the observation of the size effect of thermal magnetization in Au nanoparticles. The thermal deviation of the saturation magnetization departs substantially from that predicted by the Bloch T3/2-law, indicating the existence of magnetic anisotropic energy. The results may be understood using the uniaxial anisotropy Heisenberg model, in which the surface atoms give rise to polarized moments while the magnetic anisotropic energy decreases as the size of the Au nanoparticles is reduced. There is a significant maximum magnetic anisotropic energy found for the 6 nm Au nanoparticles, which is associated with the deviation of the lattice constant due to magnetocrystalline anisotropy.
- Nanoparticles
- Magnetic anisotropy
- Magnetic properties
- Spin waves
Metal nanoparticles of Pd, Au, and Cu have been extensively studied, because, due to a reduction in dimensionality, their ferromagnetic polarizations are quite different from those observed in transition metals [1–6]. The most frequent effects of the small size are lattice rearrangement, crystalline imperfections, a higher degree of localization, and narrowed valence band width. It has been reported in previous studies [2, 4] that individual Pd and Au nanoparticles may reach their ferromagnetic moment at low temperatures, and that, theoretically, there may be a slight enhancement of the 4d localization, although Pd and Au are both characterized by diamagnetism in the bulk state. Bulk Au metal also demonstrates a typical diamagnetic response of −1.42 × 10−6 emu/g [7], when the [Xe]4f 145d 106 s 1 Au configuration has a closed d shell and a single s electron. Finite-size effects play a dominant role in determining the magnetic properties. A decrease in size can lead to unusual ferromagnetic and diamagnetic properties. The origin of the ferromagnetism observed in filled 4d or 5d electron nanoparticle systems can be explained as due to giant magnetic anisotropy [8] and Fermi-hole effects [9] that influence the evolution from the surface polarization spins to the diamagnetic bulk state. In this letter, we discuss the effects of surface polarization and weak magnetic anisotropy in Au nanoparticles, which indicate the appearance of ferromagnetic spin polarization and magnetic anisotropic energy at low temperatures. Moreover, the strain induced by the lattice can be used to tune the magnetic anisotropic energy, which is obtained from the quantum spin wave theory and the anisotropic Heisenberg ferromagnetic model.
Experimental Details
The Au nanoparticles used in the present study were fabricated by the thermal evaporation method. High-purity gold ingots (99.999%) were evaporated in the range of 0.1–2 T. The Ar gas was fed at a rate of ~0.1 Å/s. To avoid contamination by magnetic impurities originating from the stainless steel plate the samples were collected by a rotating silicon substrate maintained at the temperature of liquid nitrogen. The resultant samples consisted of collections of individual Au nanoparticles in the form of dried powder. The morphology and structures of the prepared nanoparticles were then characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM, JEM-1400 JEOL).
Results and Discussion
Structural Analysis
Here L(x) = coth(x)−1/x is the Langevin function, M s is the saturation magnetization, k B is the Boltzmann's constant, and χ D is the diamagnetic susceptibility term. The analysis relevant to Eq. 1 is based on a model which ignores the inter-particle interactions and the contributions of the distributions of the magnetic moment due to the log-normal size distribution of the nanoparticle system [15]. It can be seen that the fitted curves (solid line in Fig. 2a) are quite consistent with the experimental data. The mechanism often invoked to explain the occurrence of surface-spin polarization effects in nonmagnetic particles [4] is that the shell of the particle is ordered as a ferromagnetic shell, while the core of each Au nanoparticle still behaves as a diamagnetic single domain. Indeed, there is a discrepancy between the data and the Langevin profile shown in the M(H) curves taken at the low field regime. One possible cause of this difference in the fit is the production of a nonmagnetic surface layer by the chemical interaction between the particle and the oxidation. In light of the results obtained in various studies [16], we believe that this difference has a different origin. An alternate explanation has been made by Berkowitz [17, 18], who attributed the reduction in the expected magnetization at low temperature to difficulty in reaching saturation, because of a large surface anisotropy.
Magnetic Anisotropic Energy Gap
Summary of the size and fitting results for Au nanoparticles
<d> (nm)
M s(5 K, emu/g)
Μ th(emu/g)
An analysis of the results leads to an interesting conclusion: that nanosized transition metal Au particles exhibit both ferromagnetism and superparamagnetism, which are in contrast to the metallic diamagnetism characteristic of bulk Au. The superparamagnetic component of Au nanoparticles shows an anomalous temperature dependence that can be well explained by the modified Langevin function theory. Weak magnetic anisotropy was observed in the mean deviation magnetization. The energy of the magnetic anisotropic can be determined from the fitting of the anisotropic Heisenberg model and related with the change of strain. One possible explanation for the origin of the observed superparamagnetic component of the magnetization would be the existences of non-localized holes and charge transfer which would signify that deviation from stoichiometry would make only a small paramagnetic contribution to the magnetization [31].
We appreciate the financial support of this research from the National Science Council of the Republic of China under grant No. NSC-97-2112-M-259-004-MY3.
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We were Eurovisiontastic around our house last night, although it seems that every year the Duke of York Cinema in Brighton is the place to be!
The competition is often the subject of much criticism, as many countries, particularly those on the east of Europe tend to vote for neighbouring countries and it is not really a musical contest at all. However, this year the voting in the final was split between televoting and panels of musical experts, which was supposed to reduce the incidence of the contest being about population demographics. A total of 42 countries voted on the 25 songs. Norway were the overall winners...
I voted Germany, but in retrospect the song is now very annoying!
Tony Cassidy has produced a lesson on it here.


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Twitter users are the most affluent among users on other social media platforms, according to its head of revenue in the MENA region, Benjamin Ampen.
Speaking to Arabian Business, Ampen said users on Twitter are "wealthier" and also "slightly more educated".
"If your average non-Twitter customer is worth $100, a Twitter customer is worth $145," he said.
Ampen also said Twitter users are more influential, according to several studies commissioned by the social media platform.
"We did a couple of studies ... just showing that people on Twitter not only tend to be more affluent, but in terms of influence, they have a bigger impact, meaning that when you are a user on Twitter, you are more likely to recommend [a friend] to buy a brand ... compared to other platforms. That's pretty strong," he said, referring to a global study by data firms comScore and Kantar Group.
Twitter recently announced it added 9 million users in the first three months of this year, marking 328 million monthly active users worldwide. However, the numbers still mean it is way behind social media competitor Facebook, which logs in more than 2 billion users. According to Ampen, Twitter is more quality than quantity.
"We talk to a lot of advertisers, marketers, agencies -- it's not about being on the platform that is trendy at the moment. It's not about being on a platform that has billions of followers. Because you know what? Even the biggest companies in the world, if they wanted to, they couldn't buy this [Twitter] audience. So it's about being on a platform that your customers are on. In terms of influence on the world today, when something happens, when one of the [world's] presidents ... has something to say, they say it on Twitter," he said.
"Look, Facebook is about friends and family. Twitter is about what's happening in the world. It's about your interests. You want to connect with what really matters to you. When you think about the global, monthly, addressable audience, for advertisers for example, the number of people you can reach through people of the platform but also where the tweet goes because tweets travel through syndication ... Things we can't even measure today like tweets on TV or the newspaper. We're actually reaching almost a billion people per month.
"Twitter is live, public and conversational. I'd like to insist on the second point: public. Take Facebook, most of Facebook is not public. By public, what I mean is, if you don't have an account or you don't follow someone on Snapchat: it's a great platform, but it's private messaging. They have a bit of discover, but it's private messaging. So it's not the same today, when you want to push a message. Even if you're a person [who is not well-known], if you have the right message at the right time and you put it in front of the right people, it can become viral [on Twitter]. This public, live and conversational aspect is what makes Twitter unique," he said.
Ampen said the MENA is one of the engines of growth both in revenue and users for Twitter today, with Saudi being identified as one of the firm's top 10 global markets consistently for several quarters.For all the latest tech news from the UAE and Gulf countries, follow us on Twitter and Linkedin, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube page, which is updated daily.
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My new novel, THE LOST LEVEL, is officially available now in paperback, Kindle, Nook, and Kobo. To celebrate, I've written a new essay for my pal Nicholas Kaufmann's The Scariest Part. You can read the essay here. I talk about survivalism, prepping, and how the universe decided to teach me a lesson, and how all of this relates to THE LOST LEVEL.
And if you haven't yet gotten a copy, as I said, THE LOST LEVEL is available in the following formats: PAPERBACK – KINDLE – NOOK – KOBO


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- fair, big government, mercy minded progressives, (give to gov't charity)
- free, big market, justice minded conservatives, (give to private charity)
- USING "humble" servant minded leadership. (invest in adversaries).
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Replacing Sam Crawford
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- David OnkelsJanuary 28, 2015 at 9:20 PM
Mr. Knapp, who at one time was the Whatcom County Planning Director, is well, even superbly, qualified to serve on the commission during a period in which the county's Comprehensive Plan will be updated. He will bring much-needed perspective to the process, which I will follow with interest. I am not that familiar with Ms. Oliver, who appears to be a person of accomplishment.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for your gracious spirit and generous deference, David. I also stand corrected re credentials. We will miss your acuity. Time will tell if these persons can reach across the bias aisle and forge consensus. I hope I am wrong in my expectations. The saying goes, trust broken once, shame on you. Trust broken twice, shame on me. Teasing out conflict, then damning it seems to be the progressive way. JKDelete


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Including the preshow, MITB only has five announced matches. Two of them are the matches for the top belts, and the other two are for the contracts to a match for those two belts. I'm sure they will fill in a couple of other matches, like a Ryback squash match (maybe against Hawkins & Reks).
Preshow – WWE Tag Team Championship Match – Kofi Kingston and R-Truth (c) vs Hunico and Camacho
No question, no chance the titles change hands.
Winners – Kingston and R-Truth
MITB Match for a World Heavyweight Championship Contract
Dolph Ziggler vs Christian vs (not a Lord) Tensai vs Santino Marella vs Damien Sandow vs Tyson Kidd vs Sin Cara vs Cody Rhodes
Lots of competitors in this match, but I can't see Christian, Tensai, Santino, Sandow, Kidd or Sin Cara with much of any chance to win. That leaves Ziggler and Rhodes.
I'm going to go with DZ, because his character needs time to shine.
Winner: Dolph Ziggler
MITB Match for a WWE Championship Contract
John Cena vs Big Show vs Chris Jericho vs Kane
Kane is out. Zero chance of winning. Nearly the same with Jericho. 1%. That leaves Show and Cena. I have a feeling that the winner of this match cashes in on Raw 1000, and maybe the winner of the other match as well. Because of that, I'm going to go with Cena, so that he can close Raw 1000 with the belt over his head.
Winner: John Cena
World Heavyweight Championship Match – Sheamus (c) vs Alberto Del Rio
Since the only two people I can see winning the WHC Contract MITB match are both heels, Sheamus will retain the title here.
Winner: Sheamus
WWE Championship Match – CM Punk (c) vs Daniel Bryan – Special Guest Referee AJ
I can't see this ending clean. WWE wants to protect both Punk and Bryan, so it will be an AJ decision to decide it. I think they take the belt off of Punk here, so that Cena can take it from Bryan, leading back into a feud between Punk and Cena and possibly Bryan as well.
Winner: Daniel Bryan