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DAI to hold Fall Festival
Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah attempts to bring together emerging artisans and small independent businesses, a diverse mix of vintage, antique and hip handmade products.
The event, which will be held on 25 November at Yarmouk Cultural Centre, from 2pm to 9pm, will also feature live music performances, art workshops for children and adults, food, craft goods and much more.
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."
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Nelson Beagle Marking is used for marking numbers on hunting dogs for the sport of hunting and dog trials. Apply sparingly to the animals fur, so as to not contact the skin. Product will wear off, or use a minimal amount of VM&P Naptha, vegetable oil or Mineral Spirts to remove. Wash fur immediately with dog shampoo to restore the natural oils in skin. Consult your veterinarian prior to use.


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My fun day with the Mobile, Alabama, Conde Cavaliers continued throughout the afternoon until late in the evening. At 6:30PM, the men paraded out of the Civic Center greeting the anxiously waiting and chilled crowd of well-wishers, fans, and family. Even before they got onto the floats, they were passing out beads, toys, and candies to the crowd.
The floats are all decorated with various themes and painted with florescent paints that glow with photography flash. The designs vary from simplistic to incredibly ornate.
Unfortunately, while preparing for the parade word spread among the crowd that one or more of the floats had trouble. In fact, it was my friend Lester's float, my neighbor and friend who helped me get behind the scenes. The tongue broke while they were moving the floats out of the storage facility to the parade starting point. A huge tow truck was brought in quickly and it managed to clamp onto the front of the float to keep it in the parade. Most of the floats are pulled by new trucks from the local dealerships, but his float was towed by "the biggest durn truck of them all" claimed Lester, after the parade.
The men climbed on board and immediately started tossing stuffed animals, beads, candies, hula hoops, and other toys to the awaiting crowd. Much of the crowd was dressed up in tuxedos and evening gowns awaiting the entry into the Civic Center for the grand ball after the men returned from the parade route.
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Saturday, October 01, 2016
My first Inktober
This is the first time that I take part in Inktober. I have so many different types of sketchbooks, pens and colours that I bought or gifted laying pretty on my bookshelves, I need to either give away or do something about it. It was last Saturday on 1 Oct that I took out the A6 size sketchbook I got from Royal College of Art in 2004 and doodled on it with a grey brush pen. I used to doodle underwater sea creatures during those office meetings in the day, all imaginative and nonsensical based on a grid. Let's do this again and see how far it takes.


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What's the point of handing in a transfer request?
As integral to the game as the net and goalposts, or a wheezing relic that needs putting out its misery? Sam Rowe finds out…
The back page of a newspaper – it's the football fan's Heat magazine during the transfer window.
While those obsessed with celebrity have the Daily Mail 'sidebar of shame', football fans will relentlessly refresh their Twitter feed in blind hope of an update on the whereabouts of Gareth Bale, or the identity of the latest club to put Charlie Austin through a medical.
But, amongst this summer's silly season – rife with Chinese whispers, cloak and dagger negotiations and oil-rich oligarchs gazumping teams just for the hell of it - spare a thought for the humble transfer request.
As although the window's been plagued by reports of stars like Kevin De Bruyne and David de Gea leaving their respective clubs, neither of them have thought to do what some may see as logical, and signal their intent with a transfer request. Neither did Angel Di Maria before departing Manchester, although Saido Berahino and John Stones now have.
The question is, why do some drop in a written note and some not?
For the fans
"Probably the single biggest reason is the impact it has on their relationship they have with the fans and fellow players," says Clifford Bloxham, vice president of Octagon sports agency, who has acted for the likes of Frank Lampard, Gareth Southgate and most recently, Daniel Sturridge.
"It's a real public statement of intent, and I would say one of the attractions of football is the intrigue. When you categorically say 'I want to leave this club' there's no more speculation, it's purely factual and it definitely damages the relationship with the fans, and also with their colleagues.
"Think about it. If you're in a job and you know that the guy you're working with day in day out doesn't really want to be there, it changes how you feel about them."
Barry Silkman, however, disagrees. Once a midfielder for Man City and Leyton Orient, these days the 61-year-old cockney is a no-nonsense agent, who has presided over a truckload of moves, including Demba Ba's arrival in England with West Ham. His views on the sanctity of transfer requests are a touch more pragmatic.
"It's a waste of time," he tells FFT, bluntly. "Those days have gone, years and years ago, because clubs know when you're not happy. You go and see the manager, you might go and see the chairman, you tell them you're not happy and you want to leave for whatever reason. To hand in a transfer request doesn't put you any closer to leaving – we've moved on from those old fashioned days."
The man's got a point. A cursory look at the official transfer list on to the PFA website shows that there are often just a few players listed for transfer from all the hundreds in the Premier and Football Leagues.
Given the vast amount of dressing room upheaval evert summer, the wasteland of the transfer list almost seems an oversight. But, according to PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor such a sparse list of 'available' players is commonplace nowadays.
"It's because clubs are reluctant to particularly say players are on the list," says Taylor, "as more often than not it can be an indication that if a club comes in for them, they'll be offering less than what they think the real value is." A valid point, as a club explicitly hawking a player to rivals can effectively slice their value in half – transfer list or not. Look no further for examples than West Ham's cut-price purchases of Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing, both made very available by Liverpool this summer.
Loyalty and legality
There's also little mystery to why perennial penny-pincher David Moyes, when in charge of Man Utd, urged Leighton Baines and Marouane Fellaini to submit transfer requests to Everton, in the hope of a sneaking a 'derisory and insulting' bid through the back door. But, on the subject of footballers seeing a transfer request as the last port of call, Taylor is surprisingly candid.
"Sometimes it's because of the structure of the contract being such that a lump sum's paid to players, providing they're not asking to leave the club," he explains. "That's why so many players often leave it as a very last resort, in order to avoid losing that amount of money."
Players often leave [transfer requests] as a very last resort, in order to avoid losing money"
So, despite the claims of loyalty to the club, respect for the fans, and forthrightness with the manager, it could be said that the biggest cause of modern footballers' shyness for transfer requests is the lucrative contractual bonuses they forego by submitting one. In short, a loyalty bonus tends to be spread incrementally over a player's contract – i.e. 20 per cent each year on a five-year deal. The same goes for a signing-on fee, but if a player does not directly ask to leave the club, they're usually still in line for the rest, or at least a fair portion of the sign-on fee, which let's just say tends to be a tad more profitable than Jobseeker's Allowance.
But, on the rare occasions where transfer requests have been administered in recent years, they've seemingly been used as a ploy by player and agent to snare a bumper new contract, such as with Wayne Rooney in 2010 and Christian Benteke in 2013. And although in the case of those players such high-stake posturing appeared to pay off, Silkman is adamant a top player needn't bother being quite so indirect.
"When players sign a contract, they don't sign it with a gun to their head," he says, "so they're obviously happy when they sign it. But if circumstances do change and the player feels he's not getting what he should financially, they don't hand in transfer requests. They just go to the club, or their agent will, and say we need to do a new deal.
"You do get those situations [like Benteke in 2013], and sometimes it will force the club into giving the player the deal he wants, because they know that if they lose him, they might struggle to replace him with a player of the same ability. But that becomes secondary – the first thing you do is actually ask for a new deal."
Amid all the talk of super agents being the puppet masters of modern football, with the phrase 'player power' wheeled out whenever a football club's adjudged to not be pulling the strings, there are examples of unprecedented stubbornness by clubs.
Manchester United have dug their heels in over the sale of David de Gea and Rooney, while Southampton held on to Morgan Schneiderlin last summer, and Everton and West Brom are putting up a stern fight for Stones and Berahino respectively so far.
If you want to leave, you have to go in and drag your feet [...] that's the harsh reality"
Admittedly though, the power dynamic usually hinges on how long the player has on their contract.
With David de Gea only having 12 months of his contract to serve out, there's certainly more chance of a move to Madrid happening, although Man Utd seem to have decided that they would rather keep the player to the very end of his deal, than sell for a relatively paltry amount a year early. So, when top players are hamstrung by long-term, multi-million pound deals and want to break free, what's the answer?
"There are so many tactics," says 31-year-old midfielder, Rohan Ricketts. "You don't turn up for training, or you turn up late a few times and don't look interested. If you want to leave, you have to go in and drag your feet. You can't affect the group directly, but you have to be seen as miserable and not happy around the place – that's the harsh reality."
Is that how David de Gea looks currently, United fans?
Currently playing in Hong Kong, former England U21 star Ricketts is a player in footballing purgatory. On Arsenal's books as a youth player, Ricketts then signed for Spurs, making 63 appearances before a spate of domestic loans and eventually leaving for Barnsley. A successful stint in the MLS with Toronto FC followed, as did spells in India, Moldova and Hungary. Yet, despite his wide repertoire of clubs, insight into football culture around the globe and an awful lot of air miles, it was in his early days at Arsenal that Ricketts himself aggravated for a move – taking matters into his own hands rather than submit a transfer request.
"A guy who was a friend of the vice chairman of Tottenham saw me play and said, 'You could play for Spurs in the morning, I'd put my mortgage on it', I'll never forget it," Ricketts recalls. "But I couldn't get out of Arsenal as I was on a contract.
"What I had to do – something happened at the training ground and a player's phone went missing. I said that I was the one that done it, but the phone was at the club. They didn't actually believe me, so I had to say I did it, to the point that they said 'We have to release you'. It had a slight negative effect, but Spurs signed me straight after."
The future of window shopping
If players would sooner be sacked than hand in a transfer request, perhaps the system is crying out for a reboot. But does it need it?
So, Messrs Stones and Berahino aside, it's clear footballers can still navigate their way out of clubs. And though it's frowned upon and technically 'illegal' under football law, the wheels of any transfer deal are invariably set in motion by, whisper it, tapping up.
Premier League Summer Spending: Window-By-Window
- 2015 – £870 million*
- 2014 – £835 million
- 2013 – £630 million
- 2012 – £475 million
- 2011 – £485 million
- 2010 – £365 million
- 2009 – £450 million
- 2008 – £500 million
- 2007 – £470 million
- 2006 – £260 million
- 2005 – £235 million
- 2004 – £215 million
- 2003 – £215 million
*at the time of writing
"It happens every day," concedes Ricketts. "Say I'm playing for Spurs; if Man United want to buy me, how are they gonna let me know that? They're going to tap me up indirectly through my agent – that's what he's there for. It's simple. I don't know why they brought out some of these rules, they make no sense."
In terms of reform, it's unlikely a Bosman-esque overhaul is imminent: even if transfer requests are seldom used and somewhat irrelevant, they're not really causing any harm. That is, of course, unless the transfer window is redrawn, as is often suggested by managers – most recently Tony Pulis. The Stoke boss suggests the window should close on the eve of the new season, a suggestion applauded by the PFA's Gordon Taylor.
"I do see problems with the transfer window being open when a season's started," he says. "Managers are not certain whether they're going to get players, keep players or even replace players."
It's a popular viewpoint among managers, who can have an entire pre-season thrown off kilter by an ill-timed transfer offer.
Mind you, the stance is far from universal, and player-cum-agent Barry Silkman believes it'd cause far more problems than it would solve. "You would get clubs completely held to ransom for players," he says, "and clubs that can't get rid of players in time would end up going bankrupt.
"Why make the transfer window shorter? It only goes on for about eight weeks, now. It used to be you could do a transfer before the first Saturday in March, and I don't understand why it ever changed. Whoever invented these transfer windows wants hanging, it's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of in my life."
Taylor disagrees, and the intense media interest around the transfer window might back up his case – as does the amount of money it generates.
"They said the death of the game when the maximum wage was removed," says Taylor, "same with the right to move, same with Bosman. But transfer fees have continued to increase, particularly with the very best players. To some extent it reflects the interest in the game and the fact that, against all the odds, the game continues to do extremely well commercially."
The transfer request is dead. Long live transfers.


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Thursday, February 11, 2016
Little Miss Tilda
Hope we are all well ad crafty?
I am here today with 'Little Miss Tilda' from the Sakura Collection by Magnolia.
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges-
lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia- Use a heart
Stamping Sensation- Anything goes
Magnolia-licious Challenge blog- bingo or anything goes- I picked bingo- Ribbon bow, not a square,
charms , lace, pink, not square, ribbon bow, pink, 3 pattern papers, oh and doily lol!
The ABC Challenge blog- 'A' is for Animal- I used the cat die from the latest doohickey club and Tilda is dressed as a rabbit.
So I coloured Little Miss Tilda with Distress inks. The papers are from the First Edition Paper collection called 'Rose Garden'.
The shape of the card is a Go Kreate die. I used Magnolia dies and the cat is from the latest Doohickey collection. My lace is from Live and Love Crafts as is the shabby seam binding that I used for my ribbon bow.
My flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. My bling jewel on the bottom is from The Ribbon Girl.
I used a little charm which says 'Love' which is tucked in the flowers and a little heart shaped button. My others heart shapes are the die from from Magnolia.
Hope you have a great day.
[Glitterfy.com - *Glitter Words*]
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Very pretty! Gorgeous embellishments! Thank you for sharing your lovely card with us at Stamping Sensations.ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous Davinia. Tilda is so sweet and I love your beautifully embellished design.ReplyDelete
Enjoy the rest of your week.
Hugs Sharon. x
Such a beautiful card Davinia. Love the design, gorgeous hearts and beautiful Tilda. Thank you for joining us at LHOSM, good luck and I hope you will join us again.ReplyDelete
Gina xx
A great card Davinia and so pretty embellishing.ReplyDelete
Many thanks for joining in with our February theme at Stamping Sensations challenge.
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Wow Davinia this is really beautiful, thanks for sharing your creation with us at ABC Challenge and good luckReplyDelete
Andrea x
Gorgeous card, Little Miss Tilda is beautifully coloured, love the new Cat sitting above Tilda, just gorgeous!!!ReplyDelete
Good luck with LHOSM
hugs Sandy xxxx
super cute and cool creations
Thanks for joining us at ABC challenge
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Davinia, this card is just to sweet! Your coloring is perfect. I so love your cards all the time! I think you really used the die cuts perfectly as well! Great card!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining the Magnolia-licious Challenge!
Wonderful card, fabulous colours, wonderful Details. . Thanks for joining us for our LHoSM Challenge.ReplyDelete
Stunning card, Davinia. Tilda looks fabulous. Thank you for sharing it with us at Magnolia-licious.ReplyDelete
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Case NumberEdit
- Full Case Name: Oliver Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al.
- Argument: December 9-11, 1952
- Reargument: December 7-9, 1953
- Decision: Monday, May 17, 1954
Facts of the CaseEdit
Black children were denied admission to public schools attended by white children under laws requiring or permitting segregation according to the races. The white and black schools approached equality in terms of buildings, curricula, qualifications, and teacher salaries. This case was decided together with Briggs v. Elliott and Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County.
Question Posed to the CourtEdit
Does the segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race deprive the minority children of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment?
Final Court RulingEdit
Yes. Despite the equalization of the schools by "objective" factors, intangible issues foster and maintain inequality. Racial segregation in public education has a detrimental effect on minority children because it is interpreted as a sign of inferiority. The long-held doctrine that separate facilities were permissible provided they were equal was rejected. Separate but equal is inherently unequal in the context of public education. The unanimous opinion sounded the death-knell for all forms of state-maintained racial separation.


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American Experience: Death and the Civil War
From acclaimed filmmaker Ric Burns, Death and the Civil War explores an essential but largely overlooked aspect of the most pivotal event in American history. With the coming of the Civil War, and the staggering casualties it ushered in, death entered the experience of the American people as it never had before - permanently altering the character of the republic, and the psyche of the American people. The work of contending with death on an unprecedented scale propelled extraordinary changes in the inner and outer life of Americans - posing challenges for which there were no ready answers when the war began - challenges that called forth remarkable and eventually heroic efforts as Americans worked to improvise new solutions, new institutions, new ways of coping with death on an unimaginable scale.
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Civil Rights Game Expanded into Larger Event
(MLB)–The Civil Rights Game is not only changing settings, it's getting bigger. Now approaching its fifth installment, the event has moved from two years in Memphis, Tenn., to two years in Cincinnati, to two years in Atlanta beginning this season. And for the 2011 version, the number of activity-filled days leading up has grown from two to four. Major League Baseball announced Thursday that the 2011 Civil Rights Game will be a Sunday afternoon affair on May 15, when the Braves host the Phillies — a team with two of the game's most premier African-American players, Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard — at Turner Field.


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vinyl windows
The main features of the best quality windows
Vinyl windows are considered to be cheap in comparison with wood. Advancements, on the other hand, have not just made vinyl frames more attractive, but more energy-efficient than wood or aluminum. A lot of cheap and physically poorer window frames are on the marketplace, as a result you should pay your attention to a range of aspects to guarantee you get the most excellent possible replacement window for your money.
• Good Vinyl features
Take into account that vinyl window frames are made from polyvinyl chloride. What's more the same plastic applied in plumbing and electrical pipes. Quite a few chemicals, plasticizers and stains include PVC, all of which are accessible in dissimilar grades of quality. The main indicator of quality is color. Remember that if the vinyl has a bluish shade to it, chances are it does not have enough quantities of titanium dioxide and natural tin. Be careful, still, as a number of manufacturers insert a bluish tint to their product, which lots of people think is more aesthetically pleasant. The most excellent indicator of quality is documentation.
• Frame construction
When shopping for Calgary vinyl windows, look at a cross-section of the frame. The frame has numerous chambers of dissimilar sizes. More chambers signify higher quality. Keep in your mind that frames and sashes of good quality have more chambers to keep away from deformation because of vinyl melting from the heat. As a result, you need to look for extra features that point to higher-quality windows.
• Design
Your house's design states what type of vinyl window is the most appropriate for you. The age and general aesthetics of your house in Calgary are vital considerations, as drastically changing the color or the style has an effect on how the exterior looks. Selecting the wrong style may make your house look poorer rather than improving it, and eventually be a deal killer when trying to sell your house. A range of finishes are accessible, with a number of strongly mimicking wood. Vinyl can be traditionally manufactured to harmonize with your home's paint color.
• R-Values
Take into consideration that frame construction and looks are not the just significant factors in picking vinyl replacement windows in Calgary. You should regard the quality of glass and its insulating characteristics, usually known as R-value. As a result, the larger the number, the better the energy efficiency. This is for the reason that the glass will have even more resistance to transporting heat in or out of your building. Glass works together with seals and fixed frames to generate an energy efficient window. That's why R-Value factor is considered to be one of the main aspects when choosing your vinyl windows.
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Microsoft's holding a 2 hour session to help you learn about building your next game on Windows Azure.
"Hear from a game developer just like you, Sneaky Games, who has successfully leveraged the cloud and Azure to build and deploy Facebook games such as Fantasy Kingdoms. The Azure Platform can revolutionize the way you do business, making your company more agile, efficient and flexible while allowing you to grow your business, enhance your customer's experience and save money towards your bottom line," stated Microsoft.
Event Date:
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How To Play European Blackjack
I remember when I first started testing sites in the for New Jersey, a friend of mine called me up and said, 'Hey this Blackjack is broken. It's only dealing the dealer one card!' What he didn't realize is that's standard European Blackjack, which only deals the dealer one card facing up. The other card which would normally face down (also known as the hole card) is dealt to dealer after all of the players on the table have made their decisions. The biggest difference between American and European Blackjack is the hole card. The dealer doesn't know if he or she has blackjack because they only have one card. Normally with American Blackjack, the dealer checks to see if they have blackjack prior to the players playing out their hand, and the player decides based on the strength of their hand if they would like to take insurance. No hole card means, no checking for blackjack and also change the way insurance is played out. From a perception standpoint, because the dealer's second card comes after all of the players on the table have made their decisions, its more frustrating when playing with people who don't understand the odds.
The other difference between American and European is that the dealer must hit on a soft 17 (which also works in favor of the house). Having grown up playing Blackjack in the US, and then later having managed several online casinos in Europe, I've gotten used to European Blackjack, but it still sort of irks me, especially when playing in a land based casino. Frankly, I more like the fact that it's available on 888Casino's site for variety but I would I would always opt for the Classic or Premium American Blackjack. For sure, it's worth a try!
Game Rules: 888Casino's variant of European Blackjack offers the following rules:
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- Re-splitting allowed twice
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- No Surrender option
This version of European Blackjack yields a 99.48% return to player which is slightly less favorable than American Blackjack. But if you are a big blackjack player, you may really like a change from your standard American Blackjack! According to the 888Casino website, it will soon be available in Play Mode so keep checking back here on SmartChoiceCasino.com to see when you can take that test drive for free!
Overall, I really enjoyed 888Casino's Blackjack. The quality of the graphics and audio far outweighs the slight disadvantage of the house-edge. The face that you can control your game speed using turbo play mode as well as playing up to 5 simultaneous hands is a real plus. Despite a few little hiccups, I give this one a Thumbs Up!


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Grove's Chill Tonic may not have been exactly tasteless, but in 1878 he suspended quinine in liquid form. In other words, the ingredients in Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic were not soluble, but suspended in the syrup. The tonic became an overnight sensation and a household name for decades.
I had a little drug business in Paris, Tennessee, just barely making a living, when I got up a real invention, tasteless quinine. As a poor man and a poor boy, I conceived the idea that whoever could produce a tasteless chill tonic, his fortune was made."—E.W. Grove
And make a fortune he did, although while his chill tonic was still in the experimental stage, North Poplar Street neighbors in Paris sometimes became upset with Grove as odors drifted from his pharmaceuticals bubbling in a kettle outdoors. Ironically, some of these families, including the O.C. Barton's, became millionaires after investing in Grove's Paris Medicine Company.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic was created not as a cure, but as a preventative and relief of malaria and its resulting chills and fever. Those who remember taking the chill tonic did not agree with the "tasteless" billing, although it was better than taking straight quinine. Quinine has been used for more than three centuries and, until the 1930s, it was the only effective malaria treatment. The chill tonic was so popular the British army made it standard issue for every soldier going off to mosquito infested lands and, by 1890, more bottles of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic were sold than bottles of Coca-Cola.
Quinine, cinchonine and cinchonidine are alkaloids extracted from powered cinchona bark. These active ingredients in Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic were in a crystallized form. To make the intensely bitter taste more palatable, sugar syrup and lemon flavorings were added. The tonic had to be shaken and quickly swallowed before the active ingredients settled back onto the bottom of the bottle.
Taken as directed, the tonic was equally good for adults and children. Acute attacks of malaria required two tablespoonfuls, three times a day. For control of recurrent attacks, two tablespoonfuls, morning and evening, were to be taken for a period of eight weeks or during the entire malarial season.
Unlike many turn-of-the-century patent medicines, Grove's products contained little or no alcohol. Grove, a staunch prohibitionist, frowned on alcohol at his Grove Park Inn. In fact, he owned a prohibitionist newspaper, the Atlanta Georgian, now the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Quinine manufacturers initially received their ingredients from suppliers of cinchona bark which grew chiefly in the South American countries of Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador. Cultivated cinchona trees were later found in Java, Columbia, Ceylon, Jamaica, Bolivia and India. The Paris Medicine Company established branch offices in London, which was the chief market for bark from India. Other offices were established in Toronto, Canada; Sydney, Australia; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Paris, France.
Malaria, once known as the "scourge of the South" struck as far north as Grove's home area of the Tennessee Valley. Springtime flooding resulted in large areas of stagnant water. These pools became a breeding ground for mosquitoes, the primary carriers. Once the Tennessee Valley Authority put flood control projects into effect in the '30s and '40s, regional malaria subsided. As other areas began mosquito elimination programs, domestic chill tonic sales plummeted.
It was the Laxative Bromo Quinine, the world's first cold tablets, that kept the Paris Medicine Company afloat. Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine was a treatment for "La Grippe," which was the early 20th century term for an influenza epidemic. Each tablet contained two grains of phenacetin and was also effective for colds and headaches. Grove's son-in-law, Fred Seely, invented the machine that created, sorted and counted these cold tablets.
From the bottom of the box: "An excellent remedy for Coughs and Colds. Relieves the Cough and also the feverish conditions and Headache, which are usually associated with colds. The second or third dose will move the bowels well within 8 or 10 hours, when the cold will be relieved…."
Grove was understandably worried about copycats and combated them by educating patrons. "Imitators use the names as nearly like Laxative Bromo Quinine as they dare, but they can not use the signature of E.W. Grove which appears on every box of the genuine. BE SURE IT IS LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE."
The chill tonic continued to be produced by Grove Laboratories even after it became a division of the Bristol-Myers Co. in 1957. Bristol-Myers continued to use the familiar orange packaging with the original "laughing baby" trademark.
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While I'm not quite in that boat at the moment, the event horizon is visible and starting to exert some gentle sucking.
Sunday morning, we'll wake up as though it's just another day in paradise, and then have to pack up all our stuff into mysteriously smaller bags than we started with and begin the trek home.
Sometimes that seems impossibly far off. Impossible in the, "I can't believe it's really going to happen so I'll ignore it until it does," type way. Other times, well, sigh.
If our holiday was a pottle of yoghurt, the tip of our teaspoon has just scraped along the bottom. There's still a fair whack of dairy goodness left, but we're on notice for what's coming next.
And the worst thing about these holiday niggles, is that nobody who isn't on holiday at the moment facing the same conundrum doesn't express any sympathy whatsoever. You unfeeling illegitimate children.
I suppose it would also be going to far to ask for empathy as I say that right at the minute I'm feeling uncomfortably hot from all of the unending sunshine, and I can't work up the enthusiasm to get into my swimsuit for another swim. Poor me. #firstworldholidayproblems
I'm certainly far too hot to keep typing. I don't want to accidentally sweat any more symbols off my laptop keyboard.


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I keep hearing about "mommy wars." At first I thought it was good to grow awareness about the concept. This term didn't exist when I had my first child, and I was shocked at how mean other moms could be! Recognizing this feeling of isolation helps prepare new parents so they aren't surprised when they're judged for everything from their diaper choice to vaccination decisions. As time goes on, though, it seems like this discussion point has been turned into an ugly categorization of mothers as a whole. I've spoken a lot about work-life balance and the more this topic is broached with me, the more I feel inclined to change the conversation.
Yes, parents have been horrible to each other. But we have something in common that bonds us all: an absolute adoration of these tiny human beings we've created.
And the stuff we do for them is sometimes, well, downright weird.
Bizarre Stuff Parents Do
- Watch them sleep. This is something stalkers do in horror movies. Yet when I do it to my 4-year-old? Perfectly normal.
- Eat food that they've licked. Gnawed-on chicken nugget = dinner. WE DON'T WASTE PROTEIN IN THIS HOUSE.
- Wipe their butts. The people I'd do this for are very, very few and far between.
- Bring items they've forgotten to school. What am I, a chauffeur? If anyone else called with this issue I'd be like, "Your stuff, your problem."
- Touch vomit. Since the day they come shooting out into the world, kids puke all over everything. Parents don't seem particularly skeeved out by it.
- Speak baby-talk. We all swore we'd never do it. But then the wittle bitty munchkin footsies appear.
- Take lollipops from those jars at the bank. I only cash checks in-person so I can stock up on Dum-Dums for future bribery.
- Swap out similar-looking pets. I swear that goldfish has been alive for, like, eight years. It's a freaking miracle!
- Let them win games. This doesn't jive well with my competitive nature.
- Talk crap about other parents. Yes. This one is making the list because as awful as it is, this behavior is driven by a personal need to justify one's own parenting choices. Ultimately, parents do this to further the good of their family in their own mind.
We're still working with Similac, and of course I had some thoughts to offer when they asked me to share my thoughts about "mommy wars" and the way parents treat each other in general. Go watch the Similac film trailer to get involved in the movement!
What are some weird things you've done for your kids?


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If the guys up front who block for 1,300-yard rusher Mark Konieczny didn't feel any pressure to perform in Oak Harbor's first four games of the season, they probably will now.
The Rockets' hopes for a Sandusky Bay Conference title and the program's first appearance in the postseason since 2007 lies with the offensive line, according to fifth-year coach Mike May.
"Our goals are always to win the SBC, and we definitely have a goal to qualify for the playoffs this year," May said. "The biggest key in us accomplishing our goals is the offensive line. That's the most important position on the field."
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Oak Harbor enters Friday's game against rival Port Clinton with a 3-1 record (1-0 SBC). The Rockets opened the season with a 63-6 rout of Sheffield Brookside and won their conference opener last Friday, 42-20, over Margaretta. Their lone blemish is a 43-21 loss to fourth-ranked Genoa.
May and the Rockets welcomed back three starters, all seniors, on the offensive line in tackle Dalton Reau (6-1, 235) and guards Mitch Hayslett (6-0, 210) and Nate Segaard (6-0, 230). All three also start on the defensive line, and Hayslett and Segaard are team captains.
"Dalton is a real strong kid, one of our best kids in the weight room," May said. "Hayslett and Segaard are guards, and in our offense the guards are the most important position on the line. They do a nice job for us; they pretty much make our offense go."
The other tackle is junior Aaron Hopkins (6-2, 200) and the center is senior Zane Troknya (6-2, 220). Both are first-year starters. Troknya replaced three-year starter Alan Boss.
"Aaron is a kid who, coming into the season, we felt had to step up and be a starter for us and he's done that," May said. "He's done a solid job. Zane has worked extremely hard in the weight room and he's put on a lot of weight the last couple years. He's really stepped up as a senior and picked up right where Alan was. We haven't missed a beat at center."
Two other blockers who have contributed to Oak Harbor's successful I-formation attack — Konieczny is averaging around 180 rushing a game – are junior tight ends Cliff Biggert (6-0, 175) and Josh Sarahman (6-3 165).
"Cliff is very similar to Aaron Hopkins," May said. "He's a young man coming in who we knew had to step up and be a starter and a contributor. He's done a nice job blocking and catching the football, and he's one of our best athletes.
"Josh has really come on. He's a tough kid. He got a lot of playing time against Margaretta when we used a two-tight end formation. He's improved quite a bit since we started two-a-days."
May added that assistant coaches Scott Schulte and Doug Slagle, who both coach the offensive line, have done a good job getting the line to play together. Schulte is also the Rockets' offensive coordinator.
"We constantly stress to our kids to finish and play to the whistle," May said, "and I think they're a very well-coached group. The key to our season at this point is we've improved up front every week. They push each other and they get along real well. They're a close-knit group and they play really well together."
Every coach worth his salt knows that while the skill-position players always get the glory, it's the guys in the trenches who can make or break an offense.
"We have some pretty good skill-position players," May said. "Mark Konieczny, I think, is one of the top running backs in the SBC and Austin Wiegand, our quarterback, has done a nice job. A.J. Cecil, our top receiver, has done a nice job, but the guys up front have made us go. They often don't get the credit they deserve."


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Here is to a Tuesday full of new adventures... like wearing floral pants! Ha! So out of my comfort zone... but there you have it! I kinda like it!
Pants: Lauren Conrad at Kohl,s Shirt: TJ Max, Cardigan: Thrifted, Bracelet: Garage Sale, Watch: Target, Clutch: unknown
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One of Microsoft's tidy little businesses that you don't hear too much about is providing operating systems for retail point of sale devices. Today, they released a new version with a typical Microsoft elongated name – Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 which replaces the old Windows Embedded for Point of Service:
Today, at the National Retail Federation (NRF) Annual Convention & Expo, Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of the latest offering from its Windows Embedded Ready product line for key device categories, Windows Embedded POSReady 2009, the next generation of Windows Embedded for Point of Service (POS). Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 is Microsoft's embedded operating system optimized for OEMs building POS solutions and enterprises using POS devices. This next-generation POS platform is a flexible operating system designed to seamlessly connect POS solutions with peripherals, servers and services.
In addition, the company announced strong growth momentum for Windows Embedded in the retail market. According to a recent report published by IHL Consulting Group Inc., Windows Embedded operating systems accounted for 36 percent of retail and hospitality POS shipments in North America in 2007.
There are more details on the enhancements at www.POSReady.com, but basically Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 provides an embedded OS for POS hardware and networks that has been updated to support all the "latest Microsoft technologies, including the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Internet Explorer 7, Windows Media Player 11, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft SQL Server Express and Microsoft Office Viewers."


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Imagine if we had good data, an empirically based rationale to develop a program that consistently:
1. Reduced levels of childhood poverty
2. Reduced infant and early childhood mortality
3.Reduced maternal depression
4. Reduced affective disorders in middle school students
5. Reduced juvenile crime for children of both sexes
6. Reduced likelihood of substance abuse
7. Reduced likelihood of early sexual activity
8. Reduced teen pregnancy
9.Reduced risk of child abuse
10. Reduced likelihood of substance abuse
11. Reduced likelihood of obesity
12. Reduced likelihood of dropping out of school
13. Increased likelihood of academic accomplishment
Imagine the clamor to put in place a program that did all these things. Well, it's been done. It's just that not everyone's on board with the program. It's called Fatherhood. You can read more about these studies here.
(Update: after I posted this piece earlier, I came across another site discussing some research about the benefits of dads. You can see that here.)
The fact that I have to write this--or that it might be controversial--is a sign of cultural madness. We all understand that correlation is not causality, but at some point, it seems that wise people might look at all this smoke and start to wonder if there is a fire.
Normally, I post a cheerful, warm reflection on fatherhood. But I've been noticing that more and more, the very idea of fatherhood, and the idea that it might be important, is becoming extremely unfashionable in many circles--we see everything from amused apathy to outright hostility.
Instead, however, of honoring good fathers and sending cultural messages that they are important, our culture is rife with examples of bad, stupid, and clueless fathers. TV commercials, movies, television shows have all somehow given in to the stupid-father cliche, or the fathers-are-unnecessary theme.
Yes, there are some counter-examples. But I would suggest that, culturally speaking, we have generalized bad/dumb fathers into our collective conscious, while reducing good fathers to isolated examples. That is, we grant that there are some exceptions to the dumb dad syndrome, but our general cultural bias, our unexamined cultural default setting, is that most dads are somewhere on the scale of benign idiot to abusive jerk.
Let's think about this for a minute. I wonder if we could try a thought experiment. I wonder if we could look for places in our society where there are large instances of fatherlessness--places where engaged fathers are rare. We might look at those places and see if they are places that most of us want to live. Most likely, they would be places with high crime, low educational opportunity and probably limited chances for economic advancement. We might also look for places where engaged fathers are more common and compare the quality of life and living conditions. Are there differences?
Discerning clear-cut cause and effect in complex human systems is difficult. But this seems like a no-brainer to me. And yes, obviously a child can grow up in a house without a father and be happy and successful. No one says that it's impossible for a mother to raise good kids alone. But if we are really worried about the kids, as opposed to various ideological agendas, then we have to be honest about what is the best way to maximize the likelihood of the best possible outcomes. I'm not a social scientist, but my understanding is that this is a case where the data are pretty consistently overwhelming.
It makes me sad to think that there are kids in this world who will not ever know the security of a father. The absolute, un-cool, possibly stodgy, old-fashioned, total security that comes from this unique role.
It makes me sad that there are kids who don't have dads and don't know any different--and who are absorbing messages from the culture that it's okay--that dads are lame or useless.
The producers of such garbage are doing a huge disservice to who are already vulnerable.
This is a problem all of us need to face. The health of our culture and the strength of families in that culture effect us all. They effect us in terms of tax dollars needed for educational intervention, in increased crime, in medical interventions for obesity and so on.
Our culture is the air that our society breathes, the way our collective values are both formed and expressed.
Dads are not moms. They do different things. They play different roles. They are not interchangeable. Like moms, dads make mistakes. They do things wrong. But these studies I mentioned above didn't rely on perfect dads. Some of them just demonstrate a benefit from the presence of a father. Some demonstrate a benefit from an engaged father. But they all show what most of us ought to just know and understand intuitively : having a father makes a profound difference in a child's life in ways that can be measured and in ways that have significant outcomes for society at large.
It's time that we start encouraging, cheering, and celebrating fathers. It's time we start teaching young men that fatherhood is a worthy aspiration and something to look forward to. It's time we teach young women that having a husband involved in her life and the life of her child should be the default setting. Sure, there might need to be some exceptions, and we don't want to ostracize and stigmatize--but let's re-establish the optimal situation and then figure out exceptions with kindness and support.
I am going to interrupt the hoopla surrounding the roll-out of my book, as well as the red-hot giveaway (with participants now in the low double digits :) !!!! Click here to be next!) to blog about something that was infinitely special, and to remind myself of a lesson I learned yesterday.
It started with an interruption.
It's spring break, and I had hoped to do a LOT of writing: I have a new novel I'm trying to rough out, I wanted to get some posts in the bank for my gig on Mormon Mommy Blogs, and then I wanted to work on a plan for a book trailer for The Road Show. Promoting a book is almost a full-time job. Yesterday, I was going to be super productive.
But then Jeff, my three year old wanted to play Memory. I hate this game and have since I was a kid. The fact that my three-year old trounces me has not made me like it any more. Simultaneously, my seven-year old wanted to play Monopoly. I had Church meetings last night and I knew if I didn't get my writing done in the window I had, I never would.
But, I chose put the writing aside and go play with my kids. They're growing so fast and life is so busy that I don't get many opportunities to do that.
I've been sad lately to see Jeff start talking more like a child than a baby--saying his "r's" and "l's" and just growing up. I've been a little emotional about that--my baby is getting big. He's also not nearly as cuddly as he used to be.
I played Memory (and won!) and then started Monopoly. While we were playing that, Jeff started to get tired. He came and curled up against me and just stayed like that for a good hour or so--drifting off and dozing, and cuddling. In only happened because I was down on the floor and available.
We're so busy with all the kids, work, church and so on, and Jeff's so big, I don't know how many more opportunities I'll have to just cuddle with my little boy before he's too big and grown up to do that. So yesterday was a gift. I'll have plenty of time to write later. But those few moments will never come back. I've been reliving--and relishing them--ever since.
I'm so glad I paused to play the game. If hadn't interrupted my work, I would have a few more pages in my novel, but no memories of a cuddly, chubby three-year old on an afternoon in early spring..
It's spring (almost) which means it's time to start preparing for our spring concert at school. While going through options for the selections, I pulled out one of my favorite songs, "When You Believe," from the movie, Prince of Egypt. As I started singing it in my mind, I was overcome with a rush of emotions and memories.
In 2005, I had just been called as a bishop of our ward and started a demanding, new job. At this same time, my program at NYU got a new director. He made it clear that if I didn't have my dissertation finished in a year, he would kick me out. I had one year to get my proposal approved, a committee in place, go through the human subject approval process—and then to do the research and writing.
Somehow, I had to do all that on top of my time-intensive job and the responsibilities of my new calling.
That description sounds a little bland and tame. I don't know how to capture the gut-twisting, cold-sweat, stay-awake-at-night worry that I felt.
This task was totally and completely impossible. The stress grew exponentially. One night I was reduced to complete hopelessness and near an internal breaking point. My wife, Meredith, cued our copy of Prince of Egypt to the song, "When You Believe."
It's a beautiful song and the moment in the film where it occurs is quite powerful. The main refrain is "there can be miracles when you believe."
This gave me some comfort and I went back to plugging away. The song sort of became our theme song, during an impossible time.
I worked as diligently as I could during the school year, but got little done. Finally, summer came and school let out. I worked on the research every minute I could. This required hours and hours and hours of interviews, transcribing, analyzing and organizing data. I worked all day every day. Mere drove everywhere so I could grab precious minutes of work in the passenger seat.
By the end of the summer, I was done with my research and ready to start writing. My professor was pressuring me to be finished the Monday after Labor Day.
At the height of this rush to finish, Mere's grandmother died. We felt like it was important for her to attend the funeral. So she left town for four or five days.
Zach, our youngest (at the time) was not in school yet, so I was responsible for taking care of him as well as the three older kids.
Zach watched a lot of DVDs that week. He was incredible and non-demanding. Somehow, I managed to get the work done by the deadline. There was a lot more work after that, rewriting and editing, but that was a key milestone and eventually, I graduated.
Fast forward to last spring. Meredith went out of town to take care of sick parents. I took some time off work, and stayed home to take care of our 3 year old. Given these circumstances, I couldn't help but think back to the last time Mere left and I was in charge of the house and kids. But this time I was comfortable in my job and calling and I had no dissertation to do. It seemed like a piece of cake in comparison.
During this time, I went to our oldest son's band concert. The last number was performed by the choir with the band accompanying them. It was, "When You Believe" from "Prince of Egypt."
As I stood there hearing that beautiful song, this all rose to my mind, and then sunk deeply into my heart. I got chills and a little teary as I realized that there really had been a miracle.
"In this time of fear
When prayer so often proves in vain
Hope seems like the summer birds
Too swiftly flown away
And now I am standing here
My heart's so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say
"There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who know what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe"
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Mercier makes some fun gestures to the first (Cunningham drinks from a flagon) additionally searches for astute upgrades: is the undetectable shroud the new character the Spanish-based wrongdoing manager Searbhan (Gleeson in a little part) offers the escapees? This Spanish succession is by a long shot and away the most grounded on appear.
Yet, there's a lot of back-story to channel through the hard bubbled dialog; when Diarmuid is gotten some information about "the day you killed that tyke… "It's less a fascinating improvement, increasingly a stop-the-press minute – 'Hold up a second… what was that?' And it considers itself excessively important, similar to it's a small scale Michael Mann motion picture, which is a disgrace on the grounds that occasionally Pursuit falters into a comic drama (Don Wycherley's botching criminal, the carport chaperon who becomes involved with the couple's flight). Possibly a spoof of the myth may have been the best approach.


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If you've been watching the local news in the last month, you have seen footage of soldiers leaving for the Middle East. There are several military bases in South Carolina and the flow of soldiers oversees has been constant. Every time I see such a story, I think of a high school friend.
His name was Allan Gaines, but we called him Yank. His family moved south during his early teens and he never lost his accent. When he graduated from high school in 1967, he joined the Marines and left for Parris Island.
The rest of us stayed in touch, some writing letters for the first time in our lives. When Yank came home on leave before going to Viet Nam, he had the same look I see on television today. He was crisp, clean and confident; a well-trained warrior who was eager to go do his job and find out if he was man enough to live up to the legacy of his uniform. Yank joked with us over beers about how easy war would be and suggested a deer hunting technique as the best way to end the conflict rapidly.
"We'll get some hounds and drive them toward us," he said on his last night home. "We can wait by the Mekong River and shoot them as they appear."
All the military people on camera today resemble the ones I remember from the late sixties. They are well trained and sure of themselves. Clear eyed and doubt free, they are the best we have to offer to the world and are ready to show everyone what it means to be an American soldier. I expect them to be ready and eager to go fight. It's their job. Everyone dreams of a chance to perform under tough conditions. We all want to show our stuff.
I guess this vision that seems to appear every night on the news is why I worry about war with Iraq. I haven't thought much about the motives of the people in charge, although I have a tendency to mistrust the very rich. They usually have selfish reasons for everything they do.
I don't have a problem with getting rid of Sadaam. He is an evil man who is living a sadistic fantasy at the expense of an entire people. But is it our place, especially under the present circumstances, to take him out. It seems extreme for the United States, a country that has never invaded another country, to be looking to cast the first blow in this case. Especially when one takes a hard look at the evidence revealed so far and the existence of so many other tyrants who seem as dangerous.
I'm not in agreement with the pacifists and dreamers who think we can reason with such a man, or that war is never the answer. They are naive. Sometimes war is the correct answer and sometimes it is the only answer. But, I've seen little evidence that this is one of those times.
There is some irony in the fact that the loudest proponents of attacking Iraq speak feverishly of supporting the Military. Common sense tells you that the best way to support our soldiers is to keep them out of harm's way.
Eight months after Yank left for Viet Nam, the call came. We were at a party on a Friday night when someone called to tell us that Yank had been killed. I remember no one knowing what to say, not only to Yank's mother and sister, but to each other.
In the funeral home, I noticed where his face had been put back together with clay and makeup. I heard later that a mortar shell had exploded in his foxhole. Thirty years later, at the black granite wall in Washington, I rubbed my fingers over his name. Holding my grandson's hand at the time, I broke down and cried like a little baby.
There is some belief that we will make short work of the Iraqi army. The general opinion of the supporters of this war is that it will be easy, much like the Gulf War ten years ago.
I hope that's true, but worry that it may be more like the Viet Nam War. This time we aren't fighting a shell-shocked army in the middle of the desert with low morale, retreating from a half-hearted invasion of one of their neighbors. We will be invading another country. For better or worse, it is their home and they might want to defend it. There is little doubt that we will win, but at what cost?
How long will we have to stay? How much more incentive will we give to the extremists who hate us already? How many innocent civilians will die? How many young men like Yank Gaines will be lost in the process? And what do we get in return?
Mike Cox
Mike Cox currently writes a weekly column in South Carolina for the Columbia Star called "It's Not a Criticism, It's an Observation." He is trying to grow old as gracefully as possible without condemning the current generation in charge to doom. Each day this task gets harder as the overwhelming evidence mounts. He currently has two published books; Finding Daddy Cox, and October Saturdays. His columns have won three South Carolina Press Association awards since 2003. Mike has three sons and two grandchildren and lives in Irmo, Sc, just outside of Columbia.


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Cooperative Agreement between Metropolitan State College of Denver and Fort Hays State University
Dr. Edward H. Hammond, President of Fort Hays State University and Dr. Stephen M. Jordan, President of Metropolitan State College of Denver recently signed an articulation agreement to allow Metro State graduates fast track admission to the Fort Hays MBA program.
Fort Hays State University is willing to provide an "automatic fast track admission" opportunity for graduates from the School of Business at Metropolitan State College of Denver. This special "automatic fast track admission" criteria for Academic year 2009-2010 is:
- 200 x Undergraduate Degree G.P.A. + GMAT Score >=990
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No one I know over 30 years old spends more time looking for toys and media that will unleash kids' interests and celebrate the fun of learning than Claire Green, the president of Parents' Choice Foundation and cofounder of Sandbox Summit. In anticipation of a long hot summer, Claire offers her perspective on the digital days ahead.
OMG. The kids are on summer vacation. Let the handwringing begin.
From the White House, to the pages of Good Housekeeping Magazine, the alarms have been sounded: Kids will be spending far too much time using screen-based media. And it's true.
By now, we can practically recite the respected Kaiser Family Foundation study findings of several years ago that kids are spending over 7 ½ hours each day with media. Yes, many kids spend too much time glued to screens. (As do their parents, letter carriers and bus drivers. But that's another rant for another time.)
As media creators and reviewers, we have the power to offer a counterpoint. We can suggest antidotes to the parade of pixels that plagues parents and trumpets warnings to avoid the summer slide. At risk of sounding like a Hallmark card, we can actually help turn a negative into a positive: use screen-based media as a springboard for summer learning.
Enable parents to enlist their kids in designing a summer vacation media plan. Whether it's fashion or friendship, watching things explode or flowers bloom, every hour spent with screen-based media will be the catalyst for spending 4 hours learning about the same topic in other ways. (And nice try kids, but sleeping doesn't count as off-screen hours.)
Encourage parents to make each text a conversation starter about learning a new language or the origin of words. Make every snap of a smart phone camera an opportunity to learn about photojournalism or commercial photography. Choose and tackle a subject, practice, practice, practice, then use Book Creator for iPad to pull it all together. Tell parents how BrainPop excels in answering the many questions they can't (How do airplanes stay in the sky? How does electricity work?). Extend the fun of learning how and why with a book, science kit, or toy. Use the spectacular Google Art Project as a virtual museum visit, then make plans for a real one. Make every app a reason to learn how to code and make their own with MIT's Scratch or Microsoft's Kodu. Can't get their heads, hearts and hands away from videogames? Have the kids research schools that offer videogame design degrees and let them make their case as to why they want to go. Rolling your eyes yet? Sure this sounds embarrassingly simple and obvious to those of us immersed in digital media and toys, but that's the point. Talk with parents and let them know that you, a children's media creator, understand that balancing screen time and real time is important. Be sure parents and educators know you're on their side. Comport yourselves as digital media ambassadors.
You are smart, fun loving, and creative people. Promote your work as a jumping-off point for summer learning and you just may be able to turn the tide.
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Wednesday, October 08, 2014
Thoughts on Healthcare: Recovery Time in the US vs UK
That said, I also have a number of friends in Canada, and acquaintances throughout the globe, and so every so often I'm faced with the fact that no, I do not have good healthcare.
I won't even delve into the ridiculousness that is America's maternity leave policy here because it's not one I'm qualified to talk about. What I will talk about is my own recovery from surgery to remove my uterus and fallopian tubes.
After I got home from my surgery - during the nights I couldn't sleep because I was in too much pain and couldn't take any pain medication (I'm allergic) - I had a lot of time to watch Netflix and read the internet. While doing so I stumbled across a message board for women who have gone through hysterectomy surgery. Through that message board, I found a number of threads from women from all walks of life, but what struck me was the difference between what I saw between women from the US and women from the UK.
My doctor wanted me up and walking the day after my surgery. She has stressed, repeatedly, that I should be exercising 40 minutes a day. A number of women from the UK posted that their doctors wanted them to "take it easy" and not "do too much" before they were ready (this usually meant no activity until two weeks post surgery). Those women from the UK talked extensively about the minimum three months they had to recuperate, with some getting extensions from their doctors. I have two months off work to recuperate. One woman talked about her doctor sending her home with special underwear and an abdominal brace. My doctor didn't send me home with anything. Even my sister, who is a nurse in a labor & delivery ward in a hospital, asked if I had been sent home with anything like that. I ended up buying my own after reading the message board and they took so long to arrive that by the time they came I'd spent days in agony.
Basically, what I'm getting at is that I think that in the US our healthcare system isn't really set up to deal with women like me. I had organs removed from my body, and all I'm hearing is that I should be well on my way to recovery but I hurt like hell.
You hear that America. I hurt like hell.
My incision burns all the time. I cannot sleep on my stomach, despite that being my favorite position to sleep. When I do go to bed, I'm uncomfortable and I fall asleep uncomfortable. When I wake up, I hurt. I can't laugh, cough, sneeze, or do anything that is remotely normal activity. But to hear people talk, I should be up and at 'em by now. And yet I'm not. I hurt. I'm sore. I don't feel well.
I think I'm feeling sorry for myself.
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I'm sorry you're sore and not feeling well. I've never had a hysterectomy but I have had two c-sections, and I think the takeaway is that health care in the US is wildly inconsistent. After C-section 1, my staples were removed too early, my incision got infected and reopened. I had no abdominal binder, I was horrifically swollen and not told what to expect (and given a fat ton of sodium in the hospital food) and my pain medicine didn't work well. After C-section 2 (at a different hospital, with a different doctor), I was given a binder without asking, I was told to drink lots of fluids to reduce swelling and given lower sodium food, I was supported in walking around instead of just told to, and my incision was stitched and glued and healed very quickly. Are you allergic to all pain medications? You should talk to your doctor about pain management and at a minimum be given super strong ibuprofen. HugsReplyDelete
The swelling is out of control. I'll wake up and be somewhat normal, but by the end of the day I feel like my stomach is on par with the balloons that took the house in UP away. My skin burns and is itchy too, which I can only assume means that I'm bound for some lovely stretch marks in the near future.ReplyDelete
Regarding pain medication, the only thing I can take is Ibuprofen. And it's okay, but it's not terrific. Since I have GERD, it also messes with my gut so I have to be careful how much I take and when I take it. I'm trying not to take too much because I don't want to deal with GERD and the rest of my pain (I say that as I'm dealing with a particularly nasty case of something brought on by last night's dinner).


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Their governors might have hated Obamacare, but their attorneys general just love that Obamacare money.
Eleven states that chose not to set up their own health-care marketplaces filed court papers on Monday supporting the legality of federal subsidies that help their residents buy insurance plans through HealthCare.gov.
Those subsidies are being challenged by four lawsuits that claim only enrollees of health-care exchanges set up by an individual state can get that financial assistance, in the form of tax credits.


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...or 5.81 trillion yen.
That's five times more than first estimated and the Japanese government has so far only allocated one trillion yen.
These rocketing costs are unlikely to stop there. This figure doesn't even include the costs of properly disposing of all the contaminated materials, continuing to deal with the Fukushima reactors and the contaminated water leaking into the Pacific Ocean, or adequate compensation for the 160,000 victims of the disaster who still haven't been treated fairly by Fukushima's owner TEPCO or the government.
Like everything to do with nuclear power, the honest answer (and so one you rarely hear) to the question "How much is this going to cost?" is "We'll tell you when we're finished."
"How much will it cost to build this nuclear reactor?" "We'll tell you when it's finished." (A new nuclear reactor being built at Flamanville in France is at least five years late and its cost has tripled to €8 billion.)
"How much will it cost to decommission these nuclear reactors?" "We'll tell you when it's finished." (The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority can't predict the final cost of the country's own nuclear clean-up "amid fears total bill could exceed £100bn".)
So does anybody seriously believe 5.81 trillion yen will be the final clean up cost at Fukushima?
These are big numbers and hard to visualise. How many zeros are we talking about here? What could that money buy if it wasn't needed to clean up a preventable nuclear disaster? Take a look at our infographic...
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Imagine being able to eliminate global hunger for a whole year ($44 billion) and still have change left over to fund an Olympic games (London's 2012 games cost $13.7 billion). How about providing clean, sustainable wind-powered electricity for 11 million people?
This is what we're denied by the demands of the nuclear industry.
Justin McKeating has been blogging the meltdown of the nuclear industry for Greenpeace International since 2008. He is based in Brighton, UK.
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The event occurred many months ago. This is only one of a number of wicked problems we are called upon to acknowledge and address. If Japan cannot han...
The event occurred many months ago. This is only one of a number of wicked problems we are called upon to acknowledge and address. If Japan cannot handle it alone, then an international team needs to be assembled to confront this disaster. Ignoring a big problem like this nuclear disaster only results in a bigger, ever more wicked problem to overcome. My generation is simply not stepping up to the challenges before us. The consequences of our failures appear incalculable and profound with regard to the prospects for future human well being and environmental health. The very last thing a responsible person is to do in such circumstances is consciously and deliberately choose to remain silent, I believe. Are we not participants in and witnesses to yet another colossal failure of nerve? When are the leaders going to speak out in an intellectually honest way and act with a sense of moral courage? How terrible are things going to have to become on Earth before TPTB begin to talk about and do the right things, according to the lights and best available knowledge they possess?
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Matthew Macfadyen has defended BBC One's new drama Ripper Street.
The period crime drama drew viewer complaints for its violence and sexual content, but Macfadyen - who plays Detective Inspector Edmund Reid - told The Sun that "going back to seedy Whitechapel" is part of the show's appeal.
"People are fascinated by Victorian attitudes towards sex and society," the actor suggested. "And back then in the East End there was enormous poverty.
"Actually, it was the Ripper murders that brought to light the dire poverty in the East End. They showed them up to a greater audience."
The former Spooks star went on to praise the scripts for Ripper Street, calling the series "bombastic, big and colourful, and grimy as well".
"Ripper Street is a very original thing, really - there's lots of stuff in there," he said.
Ripper Street continues this Sunday at 9pm on BBC One.
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Carrabelle River is located in Carrabelle, Florida, and flows into St. George Sound and the Gulf of Mexico.[1] The area has been a base for commercial fishermen. It is home to a river festival. It is crossed by the Carrabelle River Bridge on U.S. Route 98. Upstream, the Carrabelle forks into the New River and Crooked River.
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"I HAD a pink kitchen." or "Testosterone, you need to chill.""
16 comments:
- Laura said...
Don't do it!!! The pink is perfect! Tell 'em they can paint it when they want to be the only ones that work in that room.
- July 30, 2011 at 4:20 PM
- Caroline @ The Feminist Housewife said...
I figure whoever is in the kitchen cooking gets to pick the color...lol.
= )
You make me want a pink kitchen!
- July 30, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- Elizabeth said...
You know what would look gorgeous in there (just for peace), would be gray - so beautiful with yellow...
-e (modern24seven.blogspot.com)
- July 30, 2011 at 4:43 PM
- Bri@Meyouandawiener said...
The pink is so pretty... men they ruin everything! But the yellow is pretty as well.
- July 30, 2011 at 5:05 PM
- Angie@Echoes of Laughter said...
Has your husband heard the phrase.."Happy Wife...Happy Life"?
Your kitchen looks gorgeous as it is! I wouldn't change a thing! If you have to change, a gray with a pink undertone would be lovely!! Angie xo
- July 30, 2011 at 5:38 PM
- Mary said...
Don't do it! Why does he get to decide what color it should be?
Doesn't he have anything else to worry about? Does he get to make all the decisions? If you re-paint, you'll resent him for it.
I know I would.
- July 30, 2011 at 6:00 PM
- Elisa @ What the Vita said...
NO NO it was perfect pink!! Even my husband likes it, tell ur hubby that! Gray would be a good back up but I don't even love pink and that pink with the curtain and everything in that room is PERFECTION.
- July 30, 2011 at 7:05 PM
- cheryl @ nefotlak. said...
ah - boo to those boys!!!!
don't give in - you deserve your little bit of pink!
(I wish you luck - I know it's hard when the whole family is ganged up against you)
good luck!
cheryl xox
- July 30, 2011 at 8:09 PM
- Heidi said...
I agree - whoever does the cooking gets to choose the color!!! Tell him to put on protective eyewear and deal with the daggers!
- July 30, 2011 at 10:23 PM
- Annie Loveridge Interiors said...
Easily sorted....cook according to the mood of the wall colour! A few 'blue' meals will have them letting you go back to 'happy pink'! Annie x.
- July 31, 2011 at 12:56 AM
- My Interior Life said...
Tell them if Ruthie Sommers gets to have a pink living room (or some major room in her house), you can too. Just because you're outnumbered doesn't mean pink shouldn't have a fighting chance! I say boo too. Although, the yellow looks pretty. Would you change the curtains or just leave them?
- July 31, 2011 at 8:55 AM
agree with the others.. what a perfect shade of pink! but i must say that i love yellow.. so whatever will make you smile when you're in the space.. go for it!! :)
- July 31, 2011 at 2:44 PM
- Heather Peterson said...
Oh, I, too, LOVE the pink. So pretty. So calm. Love the new curtains and the art. I think the yellow will be WAY too energetic and drive you bonkers. I agree with Elzabeth that grey could be the answer....
- July 31, 2011 at 7:05 PM
- court. said...
if they can remember to leave the seat down for two whole months, you repaint. otherwise, stand your ground.
- July 31, 2011 at 7:44 PM
- Ashley said...
I think the lady of the house wins on this one. Go with your instinct and keep the pink!
- August 1, 2011 at 10:36 AM
- Libby said...
oh no! the pink looks so great in your kitchen!! i say you need to have another talk with the hubs and make him see the light.
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