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Oratio V
Prayer 5
Ad Deum
To God
Ad obtinendam cordis compunctionem in oratione
For obtaining compunction of heart in prayer
Ignosce Domine, ignosce pie, ignosce et miserere, parce ignorantiae meae et multae imperfectioni meae.
Forgive O Lord, forgive tenderly, forgive and have mercy, spare my ignorance and my great imperfection.
Noli me tamquam temerarium reprobare, quod audeam servus, utinam vel bonus et non etiam inutilis et malus, et ideo valde maius quia te omnipotentem Deum nostrum terribilem et nimis metuendum sine cordis contritione et lacrymarum fonte, sine reverentia debita et tremore laudo, benedico, atque adoro.
Reprove me not as though reckless, because I dare be Your servant, even a good one and not only useless and wicked, and so most especially because You, our omnipotent God, terrible and greatly to be feared, do I praise, bless, and adore without contrition of heart and a font of tears, without the owed reverence and trembling .
Si enim angeli te adorantes et laudantes tremunt mira exsultatione repleti, ego peccator, dum tibi assisto, laudes dico, sacrificium offero; cur non corde paveo, vultu palleo, labiis tremo, toto corpore inhorresco, sicque obortis lacrymis coram te indesinenter lugeo?
If even angels adoring and praising you tremble, replete with marvelous exultation, I a sinner–so long as I attend you, speak Your praises and offer You sacrifices–why am I not frightened in heart, pallid in face, quivering in lips, a-tremble throughout my body, even as with upwelling tears before you I grieve without ceasing?
Volo, sed non valeo, quia nequeo quod desidero.
I will, but am not hale, since I cannot do what I desire.
Hinc enim mecum vehementer admiror, dum te nimis terribilem oculis fidei cerno.
Hence indeed with myself do I powerfully marvel, while I behold You, exceedingly terrible, with the eyes of faith.
Sed quis hoc sine ope gratiae tuae?
But who this without the riches of your grace?
Universa enim salus nostra magna misericordia tua.
Indeed all our salvation is your great mercy.
Miserum me, quomodo sic insensata facta est anima mea ut non terreatur terrore nimio, dum stat ante Deum, et suas illi laudes decantat?
Wretched me, how unfeeling is my soul that it is not terrified with exceeding terror while I stand before God and sing forth His praises to Him?
Miserum me, quomodo sic induruit cor meum ut oculi mei indesinenter non producant flumina lacrymarum, dum conservus sermocinatur coram Domino suo, homo cum Deo, creatura cum Creatore, qui factus est ex limo cum eo qui omnia fecit ex nihilo?
Wretched me, how hardened is my heart that my eyes do not ceaselessly produce rivers of tears while a fellow servant converses with its Lord, man with God, creature with Creator, who was made from the mud with Him who made all things from nothing?
Ecce. Domine, pono me ante te, et quid in secretis de me sentio, paternis auribus non taceo.
Behold. Lord, I place myself before you and what I feel in the secret parts of myself, I do not withhold from a Father's ears.
Tu dives in misericordia, et largus in praemiis, da mihi de bonis tuis, ut ex eis serviam tibi.
You are rich in mercy and generous in rewards; grant to me of Your goods, that from them I may serve You.
Non enim aliunde possumus tibi servire neque placere nisi de tuo munere.
Indeed else-wise we cannot serve You nor please You, unless from your reward.
Confige, quaeso, timore tuo carnes meas (Psal. 118:120); laetetur cor meum, ut timeat nomen tuum (Psal. 85:11). Utinam sic te timeret peccatrix anima mea, quomodo ille vir sanctus qui dixit: Semper enim quasi tumentes super me fluctus timui Deum (Job 31:23). Dator enim omnium bonorum Deus, da mihi inter laudes tuas fontem lacrymarum simul cum cordis puritate et mentis jubilatione; ut perfecte te diligens, et digne te laudans, ipso cordis palato sentiam, gustem, et sapiam [quam] dulcis et suavis es, Domine, sicut scriptum est:
"Pierce," I beg, "my flesh with your fear" (Ps. 119:120); my heart will be gladdened, "that your name may be feared" (Ps. 84:11). May my sinner soul fear you, just as that holy man who said: "Ever indeed as if billows swelling over me have I feared God" (Job 31:23). Indeed Giver of All Goods, God, grant to me among Your praises at the same time a font of tears with purity of heart and jubilation of mind, so that perfectly loving You and worthily praising You, in the very palate of the heart I may taste a flavor and savor how sweet and pleasant You are Lord, just as it is written:
Gustate et videte quoniam suavis est Dominus. Beatus vir qui sperat in eo (Psal. 35:9).
"Taste and see that God is pleasant. Blessed the man who hopes in Him" (Ps. 34:9).
Beatus populus qui scit jubilationem (Psal. 88:16).
"Blessed the people who know jubilation" (Ps. 87:16).
Beatus vir cuius est auxilium abs te, ascensiones in corde suo disposuit, in valle lacrymarum, in loco quem posuit (Psal. 83:6).
"Blessed the man whose help is from you, he arranges ascensions in his heart, in a valley of tears in the place he is placed" (Ps. 82:6).
Beati mundo corde, quoniam ipsi Deum videbunt (Matth. 5:8).
"Blessed the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Mt. 5:8).
Beati qui habitant in domo tua, Domine, in saecula saeculorum laudabunt te (Psal. 83:5).
"Blessed those who dwell in your home, Lord, into eternity shall they praise You" (Ps. 82:5).
Some notes for later:
[et ideo valde maius quia…sigh. I am torn between two renderings even after thinking it through. EITHER it is introducing "most especially why" God is reproving me–because I dare to praise-bless-adore without the necessary compunction OR it looks back to the reproving and I have to get started on the praise-bless-adore even though I lack the necessary compunction. I strongly favor the first but I cannot feel certain in it.]
[The will-want-wish words in Latin always make for trouble in translating to English since we also use will as a modal. I refuse to translate volo as wish or want, however. We also get to see how Latin doesn't mind leaving out direct objects. In English it would sound more correct to switch over to something like "I am willing but not able…"]
[sed quis hoc…Leaving unexpressed the ENTIRE PREDICATE. God Bless Latin.]
[universa enim…Even the pains and the sorrows of falling short and knowing we fall short are part of God's mercy. First step to being healed!]
[dum conservus…There's a funny choice here with conservus. I've chosen the straightforward rendering, which expresses something a little conceptually convoluted (the parts of the whole person are being personified as individual servants). The alternative is to make the syntax a little convoluted so that the concept is more straightforward–"while, a servant, it converses with its Lord."]
[paternis auribus…I might make this a big ol' post on its own, since I had to run down some other examples of this phrase to give it a sensible rendering. The options appear to be saying something in public or to one's father, metaphorical or biological. For one sample reference from the Google-fu, check out this old homiletic aid from Hugo de Prato Florido, OP, Concionum de sanctis, 1617, p. 229 (second homily for Epiphany): "Qui autem sine sancto desiderio orat est sicut aes sonans aut cimbalum tinniens, quod in auribus hominis resonat, sed nihil dignum vel gratum in divinis auribus personat. Sed cum Spiritum Sanctum interius pulsantem accipimus, audacter in paternis auribus personamus." He immediately quotes Romans 8 after this (spirit of adoption by which we cry Abba, Father!), which seems to give the sense.]
[confige, quaeso…I stumbled for a bit thinking sapiam was a noun appositive to gustem. Derp. Even after the fix, though the grammar is obvious, the render into English is a little weird. Taste a taste and taste that…]


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Hazaribag is a very scenic city in Jharkhand, lying at an altitude of 2,140 feet. The city is blessed with a number of natural and manmade wonders. To mesmerize you, it contains numerous waterfalls, rock formations, hillocks and several large industrial complexes, among many other attractions. The climate of the city remains pleasant throughout the year. Some of the major attractions of the city are described below:
Canary Hill
Canary Hill, having a well-designed park, rests near the town, and is surrounded by three small lakes. Possessing an observation tower, the hill offers an amazing panoramic view from its top. This hill is considered to be the best explanation of Hazaribagh's beauty. It offers a bird's eye view of the town and the lakes along with the dense foliage surrounding it.
Wild Life Sanctuary
The destination offers a paradise for the eco-tourist, nature lovers and wildlife enthusiasts with its hills, deep nullahs, thick tropical woodlands, grassy meadows, among other natural wonders. You can find here the species of wild bear, sambhar, nilgai, chital, kakarare, sloth bears, tigers and panthers, and many more.
Rajrappa Temple
Rajrappa is located about 80 km from Ranchi on Ramgarh Chitrapur Road, at the confluence of Rivers Damodar and Bhairavi popularly known as Bhera. Once a desolate hillock with a small temple of Chhinamastika, Rajrappa has now become a famous Hindu pilgrim resort, mainly for devotees coming from Bihar and West Bengal.


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The music in the United States factory "foundation" never started alleged Ponzi scheme – the Sohu news for nearly two weeks the capital chain tension storm just calm down, as the plot reversal again. First, as the holding CEO Jia Yueting CKGSB students under the banner of the man Wah holdings, Luye pharmaceutical clarify not with music as signed investment arrangements; after media reports, in the U.S. state of Nevada LETV automobile plant has been just a clearing, Nevada Finance Minister even called the project "a Ponzi scheme". The new financing and turmoil earlier this month, as the capital chain problems of the news spread like wildfire, LETV shares fell continuously, and an important cause of capital chain tension in LETV car body. Then Jia Yueting LETV and adopted a series of remediation measures, the first is Jia Yueting send internal letter reflection, admits that "LETV expansion burn too fast", held 9 days and investors in the exchange to appease investors. The 13 day, Jia Yueting localization in WeChat in Hongkong, and said the "forage first, ecological strategy of second stage solid sail Mark". The industry believes that the so-called forage may refer to the financing. 15, LETV announced a $600 million investment in more than ten students Jia Yueting of Cheung Kong Graduate School of business. Jia Yueting micro-blog is also listed a long list of thank yous, "touched by ING, thank Chairman Hailanjituan Zhou Jianping, Hengxing Group Chairman Ke Xiping, Yihua Group Chairman Liu Shaoxi, USI holdings chairman Huang Minli, chairman Wu Guangming, chairman of the group of diving green group chairman Liu Dianbo, Morningside group Lu Wenchun." However, yesterday, USI Holdings asiapharm clarify not with music as any investment arrangements, USI holdings chairman said, only personally invested letv. For this, the music also released a note. That said, more than 10 students, Jia Yueting and Cheung Kong signed a total investment of $600 million agreement, which, USI holdings chairman Huang Minli, green group chairman Liu Dianbo Department of personal investment, the non-listed company for the senate. The music as the total investment of $600 million, will be divided into two phases, the first phase of $300 million will be credited to the account this month, the money will be invested as the car ecology and LeEcoGlobal. In the United States led to a serious problem is the factory, as the United States and the United States electric vehicle manufacturers to invest in the future of Faraday also came to the capital chain problem. Yesterday, the media reported that the state of Nevada, Treasury Secretary Schwartz said that the state of Nevada and the music group brothers Faraday future (FaradayFuture) have agreed, if Faraday in the state to build factories and investment of about $1 billion, the state will provide support through tax cuts and matching infrastructure investment. But the factory since the foundation has not started. Schwartz said it would take at least 3 years for the plant to start production. If the music or Faraday can not be developed and mass production, the factory must be extended indefinitely. Business, due to lack of funds and the project is not uncommon. Previously, Schwartz in an interview, the music and the most famous American Ponzi trader Bernie Madoff? (BernieMadoff.相关的主题文章:
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Today I helped judge school artists' creative masterpieces – what a pleasure that was.
The Mayor came to help us make our final selection and stayed for tea before the prizes were presented.
He pronounced the artwork 'fabulous'as pupils and parents from nine schools crowded into our University exhibition space and spilled out onto the lawns to enjoy a little sunshine.
If only all work days could be like this one.


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Music News & Reviews
Six things to do in the Bluegrass on Labor Day weekend
Bluegrass Classic Dog Show
The annual event at the Kentucky Hose Park, 4089 Iron Works Parkkway, offers a variety of events for dog lovers to see and even participate in. Events and schedules vary daily through Monday. See Facebook.com/bgclassicdogshow for more information.
Jazz on the Lawn
C the Beat headlines the annual Labor Day weekend event from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate, 120 Sycamore Road. The rain date is Monday. Admission is free. Parking is $5. The Ginkgo Tree Café will be open for dinner, and West Sixth Brewing and Sav's Chill will be on site. Henryclay.org.
'Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches'
Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, set in the early stages of the AIDS crisis, opens this week and runs through Oct. 10. Show times this weekend are 7 p.m. Friday, 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Actors Theatre of Louisville, 316 West Main Street, Louisville. 502-584-1205. Actorstheatre.org. $25-$72. The second part of "Angels in America," "Perestroika," will be presented Sept. 19 to Oct. 14.
The Past
The Lexington trio releases its third album, "The End of What's to Come," with an 18 and older show at The Burl, 300 Thompson Road, at 8 p.m. Friday, with a lineup that includes Mojothunder, Bad People and Sine Linguist. Mirror Twin Brewing will have a tap takeover. $8 in advance, $10 at the door, $15 younger than 21. Theburlky.com, Thepast-band.com.
Heywood Banks
Something of a comedy legend, Banks (the stage persona of Stuart Mitchell) bounces between stand-up and song, expounding on toast and things of that sort. He performs at 7:15 and 9:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 7:15 p.m. Sunday at Comedy Off Broadway, The Mall at Lexington Green. Comedyoffbroadway.com. $13-$20.
'WKRP' concert
The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra closes its summer season in Covington's Devou Park Bandshell, 1700 Montague Road, with a show based on music from the CBS sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati," which ran from 1978 to 1982. The program includes Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust," Herb Alpert's "Rise" and, of course, the "WKRP" theme you're humming right now. The show is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and admission is free. Kyso.org.


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This Air Force base solar project is one of many solar plants being built on military land. Image: SunEdison.
With two sentences, one of the highest-ranking military leaders in the U.S. showed just how important energy innovation is. He would go on to ask important questions, such as "How do we take alternative energy and run it 24 hours a day? How do we construct a microgrid on a base? How do we store energy?"
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These are important questions for the military, and they're important questions for companies developing new products and innovations in energy today. If the military's challenges can be answered, building the next generation of the grid will be a cakewalk by comparison.
SunEdison is hoping that Solar Grid Storage will help it build a microgrid business. Image: SunEdison.
The military is pushing the envelope One of the biggest challenges the military faces is getting energy to troops in the field. Whether it's a base in another country or a remote site operation, energy is always needed and is often hard to come by in abundance. Energy convoys have long been a target for opposition forces;if the military could rely on renewable on-site energy, there would be "no supply chain vulnerability", as Richard Kidd, deputy assistant secretary of the Army in charge of energy security, said in 2013.
The solutions the military is looking for include microgrids and portable power. On the microgrid side, SunEdison , SunPower , and First Solar are all working on ideas that could create solutions very soon.
SunEdison bought Solar Grid Storage earlier this year in an effort to bring microgrid services to the market, and SunPower has built multiple projects for the military, although energy storage hasn't been a major component yet. So companies are moving in the direction of microgrids, but they're not there yet.
Another place where advances are necessary is in portable energy. Whether it's radios, satellite phones, heaters, or other energy needs in the field, the solar and energy storage industries could help. But they're not answering that call quite yet.
Goal Zero's Sherpa 100 Solar Kit includes solar cells and a battery that can give you power in remote locations. Image: Goal Zero.
Portable power progressing... slowly On the portable power side, progress is slower. Goal Zero, a company NRG Energy bought last year, provides some small, portable solar cells, and a battery as well. SunPower has dabbled in small chargers, but so far it hasn't made a big investment in portable power.
For the solar industry, this could be the biggest opportunity in the next five years. It's proven that stationary energy production using the sun is possible; now that technology needs to be made portable if the military is going to use it on a larger scale.
The military is asking for more innovation... and that's a good thing What's encouraging for the solar and energy storage industries is that the military is demanding more innovation from renewable energy partners. Where there is a will, and money, companies can find a way.
Microgrids are something that's possible even today, but more work has to be done on portable energy production and storage to satisfy the military's needs. But that presents a great opportunity, especially for U.S. product makers like SunPower and First Solar. Expect the military to be among their most important customers in coming years, because they'll push the envelope in ways that utilities can't yet imagine.
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An abandoned, overturned Civic is now part of a highway mystery that has CHP scratching their heads about what could have happened to it.
The red car flew about a 100 feet over a fence and drainage ditch from I-80. CHP found it Tuesday morning and can't figure out how long it's been there or who was driving it.
According to officers, there was no blood to suggest the driver was injured. The car is also not registered as stolen.


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Young artists' exhibition opens in Astana
Cold and rough gemstones and metals sparkle with bright colors and acquire new forms in the hands of a good craftsman. The guests of two exhibitions by the young and talented artists Yerbol Zhetigenov and Assem Dossanova were able to witness this. The artisans presented their sculptures, wooden and metallic wares and handmade jewels. The artists say the jewels are made not from the sketch but visually by combining the parts with each other.
I like imperfection. I think that unusual shapes are unique, their otherness is the main distinctive feature, shortly, I think it is a cherry on the cake. I like that greenstone was used here. Frankly, I don't remember where I bought it but I noticed it in the store straightaway.
The first personal exhibition of the young jewelers was named 'Merge of the Muse.' This perfectly reflects the main idea of the modern art – artists work jointly for the common purpose – creation of beauty.
We make jewels together. We brainstorm; prepare the sketches, the design very thoroughly.
The creative team's art pieces are unique and original both in shape and content. They are special not only by their quality but also by their usefulness. All this makes jewelry highly demanded among art lovers.


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A South Yorkshire canteen worker has found the recipe for success when it comes to enjoying her Lottery riches – keeping her feet on the ground.
Trish Emson scooped £1.7 million on the lottery in October 2003, but has stayed in her family home in Wath-upon-Dearne and continued working – and is now employed a dinner lady at her son's school.
Now new research from the National Lottery has found Trish may have had an advantage when buying her winning ticket, as cooks are among the luckiest professions when it comes to hitting the jackpot.
Chefs and cooks account for 667 major prize winners and 84 millionaires since the Lottery began in November 1994.
But they are not as lucky as builders, who count 331 lottery millionaires among their number.
Other top prize-winning professions include drivers and publicans.
Trish met other winners from Yorkshire for a special photoshoot at Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds yesterday, where the winners stepped back into their former uniforms.
She said she was surprised to find her job counted among the luckiest professions when it comes to winning the lottery.
The 45-year-old said: "I was quite shocked. You don't realise because you don't really find out what other winners are doing."
Trish said her life with partner Graham Norton and 11-year-old son Benjamin has not dramatically altered as a result of the big win.
Among their main purchases have been a caravan in Cleethorpes, as well as dream holidays to Lapland in Finland and the USA.
She said: "I wouldn't say it has changed my life, it just means you don't have to worry about money.
"We have a few more holidays and have bought caravans and cars and bought things for friends and family."
Trish, who worked in the canteen of a factory in Carlton when she hit the jackpot, won £1.7m after all six of her numbers came up after she bought a lucky dip ticket.
However, she did not find out she had won until the day after the draw when she finally got around to checking her numbers the next evening after a shift in a local pub.
She said: "I didn't really believe it to be honest. I don't think it hit me for quite a while and I don't think anybody believed it at first."
And her good fortune continued almost immediately after the big win when Trish found out she had fallen pregnant after five years of trying for a baby.
Trish said she hoped other people would get a chance to share some of her luck on the lottery.


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Exxon is a big, big oil company. The biggest. Its roots go back to the kerosene days of the 19th century and the baby steps of the Rockefeller fortune. It is rich too. In 2006, it made in profit almost 4 and a half million bucks an hour. Its profit for the same year was a cool 40 billion. The government of the Province of Alberta - supposedly rich - made about 12 billion from oil and gas revenues this past year. This is about 30% of Exxon's profits. Exxon also owns 70% of Canada's largest oil company, Imperial Oil.
The new CEO of Exxon is a fellow with the rakish but fitting name of 'Rex.' Rex Tillerson. 'Rex' means a King, a Sovereign, a male king. He's a Texan. Rex is big in the oil biz and will become bigger in the years ahead. His predecessor was a fellow with a more modest and plebian moniker. His name was Lee Raymond. But don't let the name fool you. When Lee walked out the Exxon door for the last time a year or so ago, his golden parachute was, when it all added up, a cool 400 million. What is 400 million anyway? Its half the cost of the big new hospital to be built down in the southern extremities of Calgary. Its about 70% of all of the money spent to date on the 42 kilometres of existing LRT track in Calgary. That's the kind of retirement money Lee took from Exxon. Approved by the Board of Directors, naturally. All going into one man's pocket.
But Rex needn't worry. There will be plenty more where Lee's rainy day fund came from. And he's off to a great start. On the job for only a year, Rexy already had a pay raise of 17% to almost 2 million a year, and his bonus has gone up more than two-fold to about 3 million a year. When he bites the dust, you can rest assured there will be no tag days to pay his funeral expenses.
Yes, Lee Raymond did well alright. Not that his career was unblemished. It was on Raymond's watch - in 1989 - that the Exxon Valdez oil spill happened in the environmentally sensitive Prince William Sound in Alaska. It was one of the worst environmental catastrophes of all times. 240,000 barrels of oil - and some say much more - was dumped into the sea, killing wildlife and polluting shores. A half million seabirds perished. So did 5000 sea otters, 300 seals, 250 bald eagles and 22 orcas. The spill continues to affect the environment and will continue to do so for generations. The captain of the vessel, a relapsed alcoholic, was drunk when it struck the reef that caused the spill. The owner of the vessel: Exxon. Cleanup cost was about 2 billion dollars, and Exxon remains in litigation over the debacle to this day.
It is interesting to follow the litigation. I think it says something about Exxon. In a class action brought in 1994 by thousands of fishermen and landowners, native groups and so forth, an Anchorage jury awarded the actual damages for clean-up plus 5 billion dollars as punitive damages. Punitive damages are awarded when the offence giving rise to the lawsuit together with the aftermath is egregious. In this case, the short-term and long-term environmental impact caused by the spill was so extreme, that the jury deemed that a punitive penalty should be paid. The purpose is to teach the perpetrator and all other potential perpetrators of such a disaster that such irresponsible actions will not be tolerated. The 5 billion was one year's profit for Exxon at the time. It is now 13% of its current profit.
Exxon was not happy with the result. It carried on with the fight over punitive damages. The various stages of litigation had the award reduced to 4 billion, increased to 4.5 billion plus interest, reduced to 2.5 billion, and upheld at 2.5 billion. Not happy with the results so far, Exxon has decided to appeal to the Bush-heavy Supreme Court. The company has still not paid a dime towards the punitive damage award. For the record, its position is that since the mishap was caused by an accident, then the punitive damage award should be limited by law to 25 million. Besides, its lawyers say, the company has already spent 2 billion in clean-up costs and 1 billion in settling suits.
Well, the other day Rex was in Calgary to speak at the annual Spruce Meadows Round Table, a genteel gathering of 70 or so business notables who pass the day discussing and pontificating weighty issues while watching equestrian show jumping. It was a timely visit. The Alberta government-appointed panel on what to do with oil and gas royalties in Alberta is about to report its conclusions. And Rex was there to have his say, perhaps - with luck - even to have the last word. In a message tailored for the ears of the Stelmach government and the people it governs, Rex warned, "I say be very careful and recognize that none of us know what oil prices are going to be - none of us." He also urged caution in amending the 1 % sweetheart royalty deal in the oil sands, saying, ". . . you need to be very careful about dealing with ongoing projects . . . because all of that risk is still out in front of us." Of course Exxon is big in the oil sands - 'big' as in high double digit billions.
And, naturally, he resorted to that tried and true bludgeon that big oil and little oil in these parts always dig up for doing battle with governments that want them to cough up a little more for the people - the National Energy Program. He urged the policy makers to 'look at the past,' and remarked, "We have a history in Canada of failed energy policies and fortunately sensible people came in and fixed that."
As could be expected, many industry executives oohed and aahed over Rex's warning with pursed lips and furrowed brows, vigorously nodding their collective heads in approval.
Despite putting all that money into Exxon's coffers, its executives', and the retirement accounts of senior officers, Exxon still pursues government handouts like a smitten young man pursues his first young sweetheart. Back in June at the Exxon Annual Meeting Rex said that the Canadian taxpayer must kick in with part of the 16 billion necessary to build the Mackenzie Valley pipeline project. Otherwise, said Rex, it should be scrapped. Exxon, Shell and Conoco Phillips are partners in the project.
Whether he is working hard enough to earn his current generous salary and bonus take, or to receive retirement stipends of $400,000,000 (yes, count the zeros!) plus is highly problematic. But give Rexy his due. He's a company man through and through.
And that is something that Stelmach, his government and the royalty panel should remember. Rex is a company man. That company is Exxon. It is not the people of Alberta.
Let's hope Eddie gets it right.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Posted by Darryl Raymaker at 10:33 AM
Labels: Ed Stelmach, Exxon, Exxon Valdez, Lee Raymond, Rex Tellerson, Rockefeller, Spruce Meadows
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Writers always give the advice be a reader; that by reading you broaden the sense of what you want to write for yourself. Painting can be derailed though when you start comparing your work with others. Firstly there is the 'it's not good enough.' feeling, which accompanies every piece. There is the 'my work is copying theirs, it's not original' feeling. That one is a killer as influence is important, visual learning and acuity is essential but plagiarism is abhorrent.
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Enterprises are turning to third parties to help them implement VoIP
and reduce expenses, increasing productivity in the process.
Wireless carriers for a long time have known their highest ARPU customers usually come from the enterprise. They've put a lot of feet on the street to reach those users, to varying degrees of success.
Enter some new vendors who can help them further penetrate the enterprise – or swoop in and grab those customers with lower-cost alternatives, depending on who you talk to. Many times, they're offering ways to help enterprises deploy dual-mode services, so workers can use Wi-Fi on campus and wide area cellular away from the campus.
But not all Wi-Fi phones are created equal. How Wi-Fi in the phone can be used varies based on the phone itself, what technical capabilities it possesses, and in some cases, what the carrier allows, notes Avi Greengart, principal analyst/mobile devices at Current Analysis. In other words, they're not all built for easy-to-use voice services.
Still, voice over Wi-Fi is part of the solution for enterprises. It started in earnest in health care because doctors, nurses and staff needed immediate communication, including automatic handoffs and indoor coverage. But it is moving more out of niche markets and into the mainstream.
DiVitas offers an MMC solution that consists of a Mobile Convergence Appliance (MCA) deployed inside an enterprise and a Mobile Convergence Client (MCC) running on handsets such as Nokia Eseries business devices based on S60 software on the Symbian OS. DiVitas says its MMC solution mobilizes applications such as voice, presence, e-mail, PBX desk phone functions and others over any network, regardless of the technology, and it expands mobility beyond the so-called road warriors to include corridor warriors.
Khuller: Focuses
on reducing costs.
When it comes to enterprises, one of their main concerns is reducing the overall costs of their cellular services. But companies typically don't come to DiVitas and say, "We want dual-mode phones." Instead, "they look at decreasing their costs," says DiVitas CEO and co-founder Vivek Khuller.
That's why DiVitas has tailored its approach. Instead of saying, "I can make your company more productive," the more meaningful story is promising to reduce their costs. "We go into companies and we talk about the cost issue upfront because that is more easy for people to relate to," he says.
Consider most people's personal lives. When outside the office, most people carry a cell phone so they can reach friends and family, and they can be reached. Why should it be any different inside the office? Despite the wide adoption of wireless phones, most workers still are relegated to desk phones. The salespeople and senior executives are the ones who get the mobile phones. "We take mobility for granted," Khuller says. "We are not as mobile as we could be at work."
Most major handset manufacturers offer dual-mode phones, but carriers have not done as good a job as they could to market the devices, Khuller says.
"Companies like ours are basically making these devices a lot more useful," he says. DiVitas has more than 20 deployed enterprise customers.
DiVitas in some ways competes with wireless carriers and PBX companies and partners with them as well. The large percentage of workers that still are not wireless represents a massive opportunity for carriers that DiVitas can help them address, Khuller says.
Of course, DiVitas is not alone in its quest. Plenty of other companies, including some traditionally large infrastructure suppliers, are competitors or quasi-competitors. Some names that pop up are Avaya, NewStep Networks, Nortel, Siemens and Tango.
Craig Mathias, founder of Farpoint Group, says companies like DiVitas fall into the enterprise-centric category of convergence as opposed to the carrier-centric version. "We are in the very early days of enterprise-centric convergence," he says.
Aruba Networks is another one of those enterprise-centric vendors whose approach is to put the enterprise in full control over the fixed mobile convergence (FMC) solution, according to Michael Tennefoss, head of strategic marketing at Aruba.
Aruba's system, for example, will detect when a user is talking on a phone, walking out of a building at the edge of the LAN and needs to switch from Wi-Fi to cellular as he or she continues to a car. If an employee is traveling throughout Europe, the phone is programmed to know, based on its location, whether it should initiate a call through the cellular network or through the local office. The same holds true if the user is in a location where cellular is the only available network. Aruba also has developed algorithms to improve the battery life in phones so that it isn't immediately drained from constantly looking for Wi-Fi access, he adds.
Aruba's system knows when the user is at the edge of the WLAN, and it uses identity-based security, where the users are assigned specific policies that follow them wherever they go. The idea is for a company to securely do anything remotely that they would do locally, whether it's from a hotel or during an emergency.
The transition between cellular and Wi-Fi is based on policies that the enterprise sets, and the policies are going to be much different if the enterprise sets them versus a cellular carrier, Tennefoss notes.
FMC is all about extending mobility to mobile workers. "It's what we call application continuity," Tennefoss says. "There should be continuity of that application as you move."
Source: For the Enterprise, It Boils Down to Costs, By Monica Alleven, WirelessWeek - September 15, 2007


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It all depends on what you wish to use it for! Because we want a diffuser to use with essential oils then we need to ensure we choose one that does not rely on heat. Heat has a negative impact on essential oils and many of the health giving and healing properties of essential oils would be destroyed by heating them.
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Mist Options – Low or High mist output.
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Number 3 – Arvidsson Aromatherapy Essential Oil Diffuser Humidifier, Aroma Oil Diffuser for Essential Oils
Unique And Artistic Design:
The Arvidsson essential oil diffuser is also a room humidifier. It is made from PP plastic with an external, artistically inspired, iron cover. It's unique and compact design means you can move it easily and safely from one room to another or venue to venue! Great for the home and office … or both!
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Enjoying ultrasonic technology, the Arvidsson essential oil diffuser operates in near silence and produces an incredibly fine magical mist. This ultralight mist really permeates your space allowing you to bask in comfort as you enjoy the healing fragrance.
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Your Arvidsson essential oil diffuser has 4 time settings:
- 30 minutes,
- 1 hour,
- 2 hours,
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With a 100ml water capacity you can set and forget the diffuser. The auto off function means it will turn itself off automatically if the water runs out .
7 Color Soft Romantic Glow Settings:
Our Arvidsson diffuser features 7 led colored lights to choose from. Perfect for creating a romantic, calm or peaceful atmosphere whether you are dating, cuddling, working, studying or simply sleeping.
Satisfaction Guarantee For Customers:
Arvidsson state clearly that customers always come first. Their guarantee is that they will stand behind every product and offer a hassle-free money back guarantee.
Number 4 – HappyDemy – Ultrasonic Oil Diffuser 400 ml – Humidifier for Essential Oils And Aromatherapy
Updated Modern Design:
HappyDemy introduces the updated wooden tulip diffuser with high quality manufacturing, awesome cool mist technology and giftbox!
This is a stunning addition to the best essential oil diffuser guide! It's sleek shape and natural lines ensure this diffuser and humidifier looks great in any environment and in all decor.
Super Safe Switch:
The HappyDemy Tulip diffuser can be set and forgotten. It automatically turns itself off when the water runs out. This is complimented by the super simple time set modes – 1 hour, 3 hours and 6 hours. It's modern, it's on trend and it's completely safe!
Effective Ultrasonic Output:
Our HappyDemy electric essential oil diffuser has regulated mist output, water capacity of 400 ml and, depending on settings chosen, up to 14 hours continual operation. This means the HappyDemy tulip produces enough misting to humidify the air of both small and large rooms with ease.
Super Silent Teamed With Simple Settings:
- Intermittent ultrasonic settings – 1 hour, 3 hours, 6 hours or continuous.
- Near silent ultrasonic technology.
- 7 beautiful soft LED colored lights – choose your favorite color or completely customize them to display and switch (enjoy all coloration's) with the option of bright or dim display. Don't want lighting? Simply turn the lights off and enjoy fragrance only.
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Large Capacity With High Output:
This may seem an odd entry in our best essential oil diffuser guide because it is a true humidifier in every sense of the word. It is designed to increase the humidity of your room and home. Featuring a 6L (1.6gal) tank with a super high mist output it can last 50 hours between refills!
So Why Is It Our Number 5?
It may be large, but it is perfect to keep your home filled with healing aromatherapy fragrance alongside it's ultrasonic technology which means the Everlasting Comfort diffuser works in near silence.
Built In Aromatherapy:
The Everlasting Comfort features a tray to add your favorite essential oils. This enables the ultrasonic vaporizer to atomize the oils and circulate them via mist. Experience truly clean, pure and fresh air with healing fragrance.
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Set And Forget Auto Switch Off:
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No More Expensive Filters:
Many ultrasonic humidifiers, similar to air conditioning units, have a filter that needs to be replaced every few months. Replacing filters is costly and can be cumbersome. The Everlasting Comfort is unique as both the diffuser and humidifier due to the design eliminating the need for a filter. Amazing!
So which of our 5 is the best essential oil diffuser for your home? Do let us know which you choose!


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Light & Dark Office Interior Schemes Create Interest In New Subdivision
Having worked successfully with us before on previous speculative fit outs and within the same building, 151 Property Group trusted Outkast to take the lead with the creative process, asking only for flexible spaces that would appeal to a large target market and ensuring that natural light was maximised throughout the 2 tenancies.
Outkast created two contrasting interior schemes:
Tenancy 1
Tenancy 1 has a light interior scheme, featuring thick glazed white aluminium profile glazing with a neutral palette. The reception features timber tiled flooring providing warmth in contrast to the polished concrete that can be found in Tenancy 2.
An open plan layout allows future tenants to adapt the space to suit their needs. An AstroTurf collaboration area further allows for flexibility as it's easily reconfigured or relocated.
The scheme has highlights pastel pop colours that enhance the warmth, all of which are built in to the loose textures to allow future tenants to easily remove them if they don't fit in with their corporate branding and image.
Tenancy 2
The second tenancy has a contrasting dark theme, featuring New York style black gridded glazing with black framed recessed feature ceiling to compliment the linear elements. A monochrome pallet allows future tenants to inject their corporate branding and colours into the space, therefore not limiting potential clients.
An open plan office environment was created and the natural light maximised through the use of low, minimal screen dividers and casual meeting hubs on the end of workstation banks.
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FreeStyle Header & Banner Containers
In the old days of RapidWeaver themes, banner and header containers were typically formed out of a box container with a CSS background applied. Although these worked okay, they could not resize easily on different screen sizes (due to fixed height or width settings applied) and typically you could only apply static images. It became clear that many RapidWeaver users wanted greater freedom and flexibility; after all the page header or banner is one of the most important parts of a page and often the first thing website visitors see.
The term 'FreeStyle' was coined by a ThemeFlood customer, who discussed the need for "a more free-style approach to theme banners and greater flexibility with what you can do in them". FreeStyle should not be confused with a series of RapidWeaver themes from another company, also called 'Free Style'.
FreeStyle is a sort-of hybrid between ExtraContent and the banner controls you may be used to in Concrete5 (if you've ever used Concrete5 before). As the name implies, the fundamental idea behind FreeStyle is to give you, the web developer, a very flexible space in which to create beautiful, fully-responsive theme banners and headers in RapidWeaver. In particular, FreeStyle has the following advantages over traditional fixed-sized theme header and banner containers:
- You can display different images on different pages, and not hit a 20 or 40 background image limit imposed by the theme
- FreeStyle images can be pulled in from RapidWeaver resources, dropped into a page, sourced from an online warehouse, or pulled in from a website like Flickr
- Ability to assign attributes on the images (like title, width, height, language or ALT attributes), to improve SEO, navigation, performance and overall site accessibility
- Images used can follow any naming convention you already use, and can be in JPG, PNG or GIF format
- Any image in a FreeStyle banner is set to 100% wide by default, and scales down responsively to fit the screen size
- FreeStyle banners automatically resize, and do away with the need for complicated height, width, breakpoint and positioning settings
- Customise FreeStyle banners using your own custom CSS code; like rounded corners, borders, box shadows, padding and margins
There are several different ways to use FreeStyle and get attractive banners setup in your websites. Some of the methods outlined are ideal for novice RapidWeaver users wanting to avoid complicated code or configuration, whereas other methods will appeal more towards users seeking to warehouse static images or setup a greater number of custom banners within a project.
Creating a FreeStyle banner using dragged-and-dropped images
The easiest option for static banner images (which has been added to all of our theme designs as-of March 2016) is to simply drag and drop a suitably-sized image into your main page container or styled text sidebar, named one of the following:
- banner.jpg
- Banner.jpg
- header.jpg
- Header.jpg
- freestyle.jpg
- Freestyle.jpg
- freestyle.jpg
- FreeStyle.jpg
If one of the above (named) images is seen in the content or sidebar region, it will be moved into the FreeStyle container. No additional code or configuration is required.
Creating a FreeStyle banner using ExtraContent
The second method is to toggle-on the Preview ExtraContent Containers option in the theme Miscellaneous style settings. Look for the designated ExtraContent container marked 'FreeStyle Banner' or 'FreeStyle Header' in red text (or any other area advertised as being a banner, header or slideshow region). Then use the standard ExtraContent code snippet or ExtraContent stack to place images or other content into that numbered ExtraContent container. ExtraContent is already discussed in detail in this theme user guide.
If you like using the Stacks plugin, then you should definitely try the free ExtraContent Plus stack, or the FreeStyle stack (pictured below). This will let you setup a range of different FreeStyle banner types, including static images, sliders and video. The stack consists of clear instructions and various 'templates' relating to the type of content you intend on setting up in your FreeStyle banners.
Creating a FreeStyle banner using basic code snippets
The traditional method for getting FreeStyle banners setup (and arguably the quickest for regular static images) is to type the following HTML code into your page content or sidebar container:

Then enter a standard HTML image tag, to pull your image in, like this:

Images can be pulled in using the normal RapidWeaver resource macro:

Or using the %pathto()% macro for an image that is already stored in the theme contents (like one of the example banner images supplied with the theme):

In the above pathto example, incrementing the number of the image (e.g. 1.jpg), will change the image displayed. So 4.jpg would display a different image.
These code snippets can be saved in RapidWeaver for quick future use. The alt='' attribute you see in the image tag can be used to provide a description about your image to search engines and social media services.
When a FreeStyle-enabled theme sees the 'fs' code, it knows to treat that as content for the FreeStyle container. It's hoped that this new FreeStyle concept will give control of theme banners and headers back to theme users again, and help streamline developer workflows.
Useful tip: If you find your FreeStyle banner images are causing content to get shifted down the page as it loads, try providing a height and width attribute in the HTML image tag, set to the same width and height as your original image:

All modern web browsers will then reserve a space (equal to the dimensions you specify) for the image to load in, which will reduce shifts occurring during and after page rendering. Quite a few web browsers will even go ahead and calculate responsive scaling, before the image has finished loading. So this can be a useful trick to know about.
Many of the example demo sites published on the ThemeFlood website are using examples of FreeStyle banners. When you download these project files using the links provided on the website, you can see how the FreeStyle banners were configured on each page. Typically we use the HTML code snippets discussed above to display static images, and these code snippets can typically be seen in the main content or sidebar regions, in RapidWeaver edit mode.
As always, any custom code being used to setup or modify theme graphics should not be pasted into the RapidWeaver Custom Header box, in the page inspector. This input box is reserved for code you need to put in the page header, above the visible section of the page. Putting content code in here risks breaking the page or creating other problems. Typically the FreeStyle banner code discussed above is best to put directly into a page content container or sidebar (even if the container has been set to hide).
Embedding images in a FreeStyle banner using RapidWeaver 7 banners
RapidWeaver 7 introduced the ability to drag and drop images into a banner placeholder (within the site setup or page inspector). This feature is enabled in all the latest versions of ThemeFlood themes. This is by-far the easiest method for quickly embedding static images within your theme banner region.
For banner images dragged and dropped into RapidWeaver 7, the RapidWeaver site setup displays the recommend size of banner images (below the drop-zone). These are provided just for rough guidance and your are always welcome to provide images of your own size or shape. In most themes, the banner automatically resizes to fit the images you provide.
Images will not be scaled larger than their original size. This is because stretching images to a larger size (using CSS or HTML) typically results in images becoming blurry. If you do wish to stretch your images larger, you can use custom CSS code like this:
#rwBanner img {
width: 100%;
height: auto;
max-width: none;
If using images dragged and dropped into RapidWeaver 7, the option is also given to provide an ALT attribute. The ALT attribute (alternative text) comprises of a short description explaining what the image is about. As well as being of significant benefit to search engines (that can't see your images) the ALT attribute is also used by visually-impaired website users; to get a spoken description about the image they can't see.


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With the lagging economy today, companies are looking for ways to cut costs while continuing to provide the same level of services that they have in the past to their customers and their employees. For years, many companies have allowed employees to work from home. In return, these companies seem to enjoy a higher employee satisfaction rate and employee retention rate. The work from home scenario provides a win-win for both the company and the employee and it is becoming more and more popular. If your business model will allow you the ability to have employees work from home, here are a few reasons to consider implementing this feature into your company:
- Reduction in Costs – Employees working from home saves on office space and parking as office space alone costs an estimated $10,000 per employee. Employees spend less in gas and maintenance on their vehicles due to reduced mileage driven. Lower costs for employees translates into happier employees since they are spending less money to get to work and will have the ability to use those funds as needed in other areas of their personal finances.
- Reduction in Absenteeism – Many employees are off work when a child is ill or due to inclement, unsafe weather conditions that preclude them from driving to work. If they worked in the office they would have to take a personal or sick day to attend to a child who was ill. Offering the ability for employees to have what is commonly referred to as "flex time" will allow them to stay at home, tend to their sick loved one or stay safe at home due to weather conditions and still get things accomplished for your company.
- Enhances Employee Productivity – Studies have shown that employees are more productive when working from home because there are fewer distractions or interruptions from meetings and less socializing with co-workers.
- Balances Work/Family Life – It provides better balance between work and family life since much of an employee's time is spent at work or traveling to and from work giving them less time with the family. By allowing them to work from home, you are giving them more time to provide attention to family by eliminating commute time.
- Increases Employee Retention and Loyalty – Employees are happier when they are able to work from home without the added stress of commuting, dealing with rising fuel costs, expensive automotive repairs, etc. Employees who work from home tend to be more content with their jobs and thus more willing to work hard for your company.
Allowing employees to work from home, even for one day of their week, is something important to consider for your company. There are a lot of details that need to be worked out and discussed with your management team. However, if you're able to do it, most experts say that you will see a rise in productivity and job performance will increase as well.
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Benefits: Makes great use of gravity, may be comfortable, facilitates a quicker birth. Drawbacks: Tiring, can be hard for attendants to catch the baby, can cause tearing, may not be allowed in the hospital.
Birth Position 8 - Standing
Although it's an unusual position, some women find that they feel like they want to stand up to give birth. This position makes the most use of gravity and might help in a stalled pushing stage. Bend your knees slightly, and rest your hands on your thighs (see picture at left) or on the birth attendant's shoulders. You can also have one person on each side of you and put your arms around their shoulders for balance. Make sure your partner or another helper stays by your side as you stand so that you can lean on them if you feel unsteady.
Benefits: Makes great use of gravity, may be comfortable, facilitates a quicker birth. Drawbacks: Tiring, can be hard for attendants to catch the baby, can cause tearing, may not be allowed in the hospital.
Birth Positions 7 - Birthing Stool
In this ancient position, mothers keep their feet flat on the floor, then squat down so that their bottom is a few inches from the floor. Some talented women are able to balance this position on their own, even pulling back on their legs as they push. Others prefer to hold onto something in front of them, such as leaning over a bed or chair, or holding onto a squat bar or rope. Another great option is to have your partner sit behind you on a chair or stool, get between his legs and hold onto his thighs or arms (see photo at left). This position can facilitate a quick birth as it opens the pelvis as wide as possible. It can be helpful if you've been pushing for a long time but can't seem to move the baby down. But some women find this position far too difficult to get into, or very exhausting to hold up. It may help to sit down fully between contractions on something soft like a bed or blanket, and have your partner help you get back into a squat during the contractions only. For trembling legs, this position can be very uncomfortable and even impossible.
Benefits: Excellent use of gravity, easy for attendant to see birth, opens pelvis, takes pressure off back, known as one of the best positions to facilitate a difficult birth. Drawbacks: Can be extremely tiring, hard position to get into, can cause a quick birth and tearing.
Many women in labor choose this position to chive birth because squatting opens the pelvis and takes advantage of the gravity, pushing the baby down the birth canal faster. This birthing position gives the mom-to-be a sense of control and the pelvic opening is about 30% wider during squatting than in a supine position. If you get tired, try to stand or sit back to relax in between contractions. You can also use a birthing ball. Using a birthing ball will help relax your perineal area and legs during labor.
Birth Position 6 - Sitting
A common position is sitting up, either on a chair or other elevated surface with your feet flat on the floor, or sitting up in bed or on the floor with your legs bent. You may want to hold onto your legs for levarage, or pull them back or apart slightly. Between contractions you might want to keep a pillow behind you and rest your head back against it.
Benefits: Good use of gravity, easy for attendant to see birth, opens pelvis, provides good back support. Drawbacks: Puts pressure on tailbone, doesn't open pelvis, can cause tearing.
Birth Position 5 - Side Lying
If you are trying to slow down a quick birth, getting on your side may help, and curl inward slightly as you push. Your birth attendants also might suggest getting on your side if the baby's heartrate is fluctuating. Side lying can often help take pressure off your uterus and improve the heartrate, especially your left side (see photo at right). You may also just feel more comfortable and relaxed in this position, especially if your back or legs are hurting. If you are giving birth in this position, have someone help you hold up your leg as you push.Benefits: Slows down a quick birth, less chance of tearing, improves baby's heartrate, easy for attendants to rub back and legs, works well with an epidural. Drawbacks: Doesn't open pelvis very wide, can give the sensation of pushing "uphill" against gravity, not a good position for a tough pushing stage.
This women doesn't appear to be in a semi-sitting position but ....you get the idea.Many hospitals will usually position laboring mothers in a semi-sitting position, with the hospital bed partly reclined. They will also put the mother's legs in stirrups as you would do at an ob/gyn appointment. While many tired mothers report that they are very comfortable birthing in this position, it is not the most effective position for opening the pelvis for birth. However if a woman has the shakes as is common, it can be comforting to have her legs supported by stirrups. Additionally if you have an epidural, it may be hard to get into any other position.
Benefits: Easy for attendant to see birth, not tiring, holds trembling legs still, works well with an epidural.Drawbacks: Doesn't make use of gravity, can increase instance of tears and interventions, back pain.
Birth Position 3 - Hand and Knees
Warning: graphic - nudity but I included this one because it really shows the power of a birthing women and the peacefulness of this baby.
When left to labor on their own, many women find themselves wanting to get on their hands and knees. This position can be really great for taking the pressure of the baby off a woman's back. It also makes use of gravity to help get the baby out. Put something soft like a blanket under your knees when using this position.
Benefits: Gravity, eases back pain, feels natural, great for stuck shoulders or a posterier (face up) baby. Drawbacks: Can be tiring to hold yourself up, harder for attendants to see birth.
Birth Position 2 - Flat on Back
In this position commonly used in hospitals, the mother lays flat on her back. Sometimes this position is necessary, when the mother is just too tired to be in any other position. An epidural may make it hard for her to move as well. And it makes interventions such as forceps easier to administer. However many mothers report that this position is extremely uncomfortable and not very natural. It can narrow the pelvic opening and make birth harder, and the baby can press hard on the perenium and cause tearing. Most homebirth advocates oppose using this position unless the mother prefers it.
Benefits: Easy for attendant to see birth, interventions easier in this position, good position for tired mothers, good position for an epidural. Drawbacks: Back pain, pushing against gravity, slows down birth, doesn't open up pelvis, may increase risk of tearing, uncomfortable, can make woman feel vulnerable.
Birth Positions 1 - Birthing Stool
A birth stool is a tool specifically made for childbirth. It is usually about a few feet high, with a seat that resembles a toilet seat. It is open below. You sit on it like you are sitting on the toilet. Like squatting, this position can facilitate a quick birth as it opens the pelvis wide. It can be helpful if you've been pushing for a long time but can't seem to move the baby down. A great benefit about this position is that for mothers who are having trouble knowing where or how to push, the act of sitting down as if to bear down on the toilet can help, as the muscles used are similar. In fact some women prefer to do some pushing on the toilet itself. The birth stool however is a little lower, so that you can draw your legs back while keeping your feet on the floor comfortably. If you want to try a birth stool, make sure you remember to ask your midwife or doctor beforehand if they can provide one for you. You also might want to try sitting on one before labor begins to see how it feels.
Benefits: Excellent use of gravity, easy for attendant to see birth, opens pelvis, takes pressure off back, known as one of the best positions to facilitate a difficult birth, helps mother to focus pushing efforts.Drawbacks: Legs and bottom may fall asleep, can cause a quick birth and tearing, requires midwife or doctor to provide a birth stool.
Should you, shouldn't you
I needed a reason to post this photo of my grandson. He is the reason why I get flu vaccines. I really never think too much about what other peoples decisions are about getting vaccines. Either you want to do it or you don't. No big deal because I believe in free choice. But this year, I have been doing a lot of research about this flu vaccine. I learned about the research done in Japan over the last 50 years and the difference it was making in the number of absentees at the public schools. Seems when they lifted the mandating of the flu vaccine with school students the number of flu cases rose. But I am a show me person so I can think of many things that could scu these findings. Tonight, I was looking on a no vaccine site and came across these finding from Yale.
Yale Study Says Vaccinated Mothers Have Healthier Newborn
well, you know - Yale and all - should be legit. Then I read further and saw this statement
further down the page. Even before the new findings, which are published Wednesday in
Clinical Infectious Diseases, health professionals have recommended flu shots for pregnant women since influenza can lead to miscarriages. Also, pregnancy can make women more susceptible to the flu because of its effect on the immune system.
REALLY, I said and because I was skeptical I searched even further and found what
I was looking for confirmed. As I learned at a pregnancy and nutrition class earlier this year,
when the core temperature is elevated early in a pregnancy, complications may arise.
If you get the flu early in your pregnancy and a fever develops your core temperature can be effected if the fever is extreme. But I can almost hear you saying
.... putting that flu vaccine into you can cause problems too. maybe????maybe not.
I am sure more honest research is needed by people we can trust.
But for now, I'll go with the flu vaccine, plus echinacea, gypsy cold care, osilli, cold calm......
Viral infections - This can be a risk early in pregnancy, especially in the first trimester (three months). Influenza (flu) at this time can cause miscarriage, although it's probably the high fever rather than the virus itself which is to blame.
Infections, such as rubella (German measles), can lead to severe damage to the foetus and often end in miscarriage. Most women are tested to see if they've had rubella (and are therefore immune to catching it) when they first see their ob/gyn early in their pregnancy.
Chickenpox can also cause fetal abnormalities and miscarriage, although more than 90 per cent of babies born to mothers who catch this infection early in pregnancy aren't affected. Infections much later in pregnancy are more worrying, because the baby may be born with a severe chickenpox infection (pneumonia or encephalitis). However, this complication can be prevented, simply by giving the newborn baby an injection called zoster immune globulin (ZIG).
I found this blog about how much mercury is truly in thimerosal. I know that at the clinic we take precautions to offer vaccines that are thimerosal free. Any vaccine that is Pre filled or single dose has a much smaller dose of mercury than a multi dose vial.
While surfing today I found this site that really put it more into focus.
HOW MUCH ANYWAY - check it out.
IMMUNIZE CANADA - concise explanation of thimerosol usage however, in America at least, flu vaccines for children and some adult are typically free of thimerosol.
Labor, Birth, Babies...........


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HMRC has released a series of consultations regarding financial services taxation. The proposed measures are in line with the Government's "UK investment management strategy", a commitment announced in the 2013 Budget to protect the UK's position as Europe's leading centre for fund management. The most significant consultation for the alternative asset management industry proposes helpful amendments to give certain offshore non-UCITS funds (or "alternative investment funds" (AIFS)) additional comfort that they will not be treated as UK tax resident.
Read "HMRC Consults On Tax Residence Of Non-UCITS Funds Managed By UK Managers".


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Muthoot Finance today reported 59 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit to Rs 464 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, the highest ever quarterly gains on increased demand for loans.
The company had made a net profit of Rs 291 crore during the corresponding quarter of 2016-17.
Total income grew by 16 per cent to Rs 1,567 crore during the quarter, as against Rs 1,346 crore in the same period last fiscal, the company said in a statement.
The loan asset size of Muthoot Finance stood at Rs 28,265 crore at the end of December quarter.
Chairman M G Geroge Muthoot said since this is the record quarterly profit, the company will give the highest ever dividend of 100 per cent or Rs 10 per equity share to the shareholders.
"The consolidated loan book of the group has increased by 10 per cent year-on-year at Rs 30,712 crore continuing with diversification activities," he said.
"Our subsidiaries have again shown an excellent performance. We expect to grow our AUM by 10-12 per cent in this fiscal because of increased credit demand," said George Alexander Muthoot, Managing Director of the company.
On asset front, gross non-performing assets (NPAs) or bad loans rose 5.62 per cent of the total loan extended as on December 31, 2017 from 2.92 per cent on the same date of 2016. Net NPAs also rose to 4.93 per cent against 2.54 per cent.
The company made provision of Rs 197.50 crore for bad loans for third quarter of 2017-18, up from Rs 101.90 crore in the year-ago period.
"The rise in NPA accounts is mainly on account of more time given to customers for repayment on our shorter tenor loans of 6 months which became NPA faster than our conventional loan tenor of 12 months.
The "company is currently maintaining increased standard asset provision of 1.25 per cent higher than the regulatory requirement of 0.35 per cent," George A Muthoot said.
Shares of Muthoot Finance closed 7.38 per cent higher at Rs 432.35 per unit on BSE.["Source-moneycontrol"]


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The largest stained-glass window in the world is at Kennedy International Airport in New York City. It can be seen on the American Airlines terminal building and measures 300 feet long by 23 feet high.
The Bingham Canyon copper mine in Utah is the biggest manmade hole on Earth. It is more than a half-mile deep and 2.5 miles across. An astronaut can see this hole from the space shuttle with his bare eyes.
Most insects used in a film: 22 million bees in The Swarm.
Did you know that the beam of light shining from the top of the Luxor hotel is the most powerful in the world. The equivalent of 40 billion candle power, the beam is visible to airplanes from a distance of 250 miles.
The company, Kodak, is the largest user of silver.
Linn's Stamp News is the world's largest weekly newspaper for stamp collectors.
Jackie Bibby holds the record for sitting in a bathtub with the most live rattlesnakes. He sat in a tub with 35 of them.
The largest movie theater in the world, Radio City Music Hall in New York City, opened in December, 1932. It originally had 5,945 seats.
If you walked the entire length of the China's Great Wall, you would be walking farther than the distance between New York City and Miami, Florida. The wall stretches for over 1,500 miles. The driving distance between New York and Miami is just over 1,250 miles. Provided you don't get lost.
Tom Wolfe was paid $5 million for the film rights to his novel, Bonfire of the Vanities, the most ever earned by an author.