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Press Coverage, Discussion and Debate
We need brave people to speak out An account of the launch by Angela Gilchrist
Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia An account of the launch by Lisa Borlotti
John Humphrys interviews Anne Cooke on BBC Radio 4 Today
Claudia Hammond interviews Anne Cooke on BBC Radio 4 All In The Mind
A layperson's view of 'Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia' Nicky Hayward
Delusions and hallucinations may be the keys that unlock psychosis Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman
If Psychosis is a rational response to abuse, let's talk about it Clare Allan
Redefining Mental Illness T M Lurhmann
Racialisation and Knowledge Production: A critique of the report 'Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia Jayasree Kalathil and Alison Faulkner
Open Letter from Suman Fernando et al
Statement regarding coverage of issues related to racism
Towards a New Understanding of Psychosis Noel Hunter
Noel Hunter's account of the report's US launch at the ISPS New York Conference in March 2015, including a film of the launch and an interview with Anne Cooke and Peter Kinderman
Causing a Stir: Launching "Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia" in New York City Anne Cooke and Peter Kinderman
Changing Society's Whole Approach to Psychosis Anne Cooke and Peter Kinderman
Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia: what about black people? Phil Thomas
Making Space for the Meaning in Madness Jay Watts
Pro and Con – the British Psychological Society Report on Psychosis Allen Frances and Anne Cooke
Understanding Psychosis - another Milestone Phil Hickey
Psychiatric Diagnoses: Labels, Not Explanations Phil Hickey
What is Madness? Eric Maisel
Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia: What are the psychological and social processes that contribute to psychosis? Graham Davey
Talking Point: a better understanding of psychosis Alison Summers
Understanding Psychosis David Ferraro
Understanding psychosis and schizophrenia – new report from the British Psychological Society Vanessa Pinfold


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Life in the Realm of Fantasy is a site dedicated to the craft of writing from the personal viewpoint of Connie J. Jasperson, author. Her worlds are crafted out of whole-cloth and peopled entirely with her imaginary friends. Sometimes reality intrudes and writing grinds to a halt, but through it all, she continues to build the worlds and their people that she loves so much.
She lives in Olympia, Washington. A vegan, she and her husband share five children and an ever-growing number of grandchildren, along with a love of good food, and great music. She is active in local writing groups, a founding member and editor for Myrddin Publishing Group, and is a Municipal Liaison for NaNoWriMo in her local area.
She is an active member of both the Northwest Independent Writers Association and the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. Music and food dominate her waking moments. She is currently working on three projects, each in various stages of completion and each based in a different unique world of fantasy.
As a professional structural editor, Connie works primarily with self-published and indie authors publishing under the various Myrddin imprints. When time allows, she does accept private contracts.
A lifelong artist with a knack for cartooning, she combines her hand-drawn art with computer graphics. Lately she has ventured into the realm of digital art and map-making.

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Published - 1st August 2010
Publisher - Puffin
Format - Paperback
Synopsis - Freshman orientation is
about mastering new things, but this is ridiculous. Percy didn't expect
that in his first week at school, he would have to face a squad of
demon cheerleaders. And the dangers are far more than scholastic:
Kronos's armies are threatening even the relative safety of Camp
Half-Blood. The fourth installment of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
deals out action, surprises, suspense, and gripping characters.
I've been reading the Percy Jackson series on and off for a while now and i'm finally nearing the end! I absolutely ADORE these books and Battle of the Labyrinth was no exception. From the opening line until the book ended I was completely hooked, on the edge of my seat and in love with the characters and the world that Riordan has created.
The one constant in Percy's life since finding out his true parentage has been Camp Half-Blood. It's a home, he has friends, loved ones and a purpose but this time, it is far from safe. Percy & co must save Camp Half-Blood and stop Kronos from rising, no matter what it takes. I found this book was a lot faster paced because of the threat to the Camp and to those Percy loves. It also introduced more Gods and their children which is just one of the things that I love about this series - I'm actually learning something. I know next to nothing about mythology but I can definitely hold my own now! I'm actually looking at getting some non-fiction books about mythology soon thanks to Percy.
One problem I have with the series, which isn't a problem at all really, is that I love Luke. He is so well written (though cryptically). I harboured grand ideas that somehow, Luke would redeem himself and return to Camp Half-Blood as family and not as an enemy. For anyone who has read the book, you'll understand why my certainty about Luke is waivering. I am SO anxious to find out what the hell is going on that it takes up a lot of my time! I've invested way too much into the Percy Jackson series lol! Though i've been spreading out the books hugely, I plan on reading the final book this week and so with that in mind, this isn't an overly insightful review as I feel i'd just repeat myself with the next review!
As a little side note - if anyone has read the second Olympian series by Rick Riordan - do you recommend it?


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Stories Hollywood Never Tells
Program #ZINH023. Recorded in Taos, NM on April 17, 1999.
Zinn, the people's historian, provides numerous examples of hidden material for possible movie scripts. There are great stories out there waiting to be told. Zinn recounts some of them. Recorded at the 1999 Taos Talking Film Festival. Introduction/tribute by David Barsamian.
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Dear friends and colleagues,
We would like to thank all of you, who contributed to making this Workshop a success.
Thanks for the high quality abstracts that you have submitted, for your (invited or selected) talks, for the posters, and for many questions, suggestions and discussions.
For sure, this Workshop gave a strong impetus to the field - as we had already anticipated.
See you again at lc2013.nl Danke!
Niki Romani, Patti Stoitzner, Heidi Elbe-Bürger & Georg Stingl
Innsbruck & Vienna, November 2011
LC2011 - complete program
Please look out for these Symposia:
The next Langerhans Cell Workshop, 2013
"13th International Workshop on Langerhans Cells"
Our "big brother" conference, 2012
"The 12th International Symposium on dendritic cells"
Daegu, South Korea.
This Workshop was dedicated to our late mentor and friend and winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Medicine,
Ralph M. Steinman.
He always promoted and stimulated the Langerhans Cell Workshops.


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- Define and narrow me, you starve yourself of yourself.
Nail me down in a box of cold words, that box is your coffin.
I do not know who I am,
I am in astounding lucid confusion.
I am not a Christian, I am not a Jew, I am not a Zoroastrian,
And I am not even a Muslim.
I do not belong to the land, or to any known or unknown sea.
Nature cannot own or claim me, nor can heaven,
Nor can India, China, Bulgaria,
My birthplace is placelessness,
My sign to have and give no sign.
You say you see my mouth, ears, yes, nose---they are not mine.
I am the life of life.
I am that cat, this stone, no one.
I have thrown duality away like an old dishrag,
I see and know all times and worlds,
As one, one, always one.
So what do I have to do to get you to admit who is speaking?
Admit it and change everything!
This is your own voice echoing off the walls of God.
- Rumi
- Awake, my dear.
Be kind to your sleeping heart.
Take it our into the vast fields of Light And let it breathe.
- Hafiz
- Grant a great dignity my friend
to the cup of your life
Love has designed it to hold His eternal wine
- Rumi
- O friend, understand.
The body is like the ocean, rich with hidden treasures.
Open your innermost chamber
And light its lamp.
Within the body are gardens,
Rare flowers, peacocks; the inner Music; Within the body a lake of bliss, On it, the white soul-swans take their joy.
- Mirabai
- Ground yourself, strip
yourself down,
To blind, loving silence.
Stay there, until you see
You are gazing at the Light
With its own ageless eyes
- Rumi
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Don't buy it! Was the first thing my best friend almost screamed in my ear when I was looking at some destroyed wide jeans. If there's something I've learned in middle school is that I don't listen to someone when it comes to style. Back then I caught myself quite often buying something mainstream or regret buying something really cool. When my eyes fell on these jeans I was sold. Every outfit will look cool in this jeans. I also have this thing lately with denim and light blue it looks clean or something I can't really explain. And by the way, have you seen these sneakers already? They are so cool and unique you will see them a lot in my future looks! What do you think of this jeans? Photo's by Leon de Poorter
I was wearing : Zara Jeans, Stradivarius Blouse, Axel arigato sneakers, Rayban sunglasses,


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Fantasy Basketball Team Names
I did this for fantasy football, and it was a lot of fun, so why not try it for hoops? If you're looking for a new fantasy team name, here is my offering.
Snake Chalmers – Tribute to Mario Chalmers, who strikes with snake-like quickness when stealing the basketball.
Anyone have a Brand Aid? – Elton Brand is done for the year.
The Lone Granger – With the Pacers 19-31, Danny Granger must think he's out there by himself on most nights.
Deron it Up – Deron Williams has been tearing it up lately.
Cara-Melo – Carmelo Anthony has been sweeter than candy since his return.
That's A'mare – When he flies 'bove the rim and boards like Big Tim (Duncan), that's A'mare.


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The robbery that didn't happen
Aug.20, 1989
Jersey County State's Attorney Richard Ringhausen had asked a judge to stop defense attorney Donald Groshong from surveying potential jurors to find out if Paula Sims could get a fair trial in Jersey County. Groshong hired Regional Research and Development Services of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville to do a telephone survey of people in Madison and Jersey counties to get their feelings on the Sims case, a director said. Ringhausen asked Circuit Judge Claude Davis for a restraining order to stop Groshong from contacting residents because he claimed it would interfere with jury selection in the Sims trial. Groshong declined to discuss the questions or results of the survey. Sims' trial in Jersey County was set for Nov. 28 in Jersey County, who was charged with obstructing justice and concealing the homicidal death of her daughter Loralei in 1986. Judge Davis would convene a hearing on Ringhausen's motion. Sims was also charged with first degree murder in the homicidal death of her 6-week-old daughter Heather in Madison County. No trial had been set in Madison County.
Aug. 20, 1964
Alton police swarmed three banks after receiving a tip that one of them was going to be robbed – but came to naught. The police were apparently victims of a prankster. Several police officers called out to cover the banks, were tied up from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. while keeping watchful eyes on the three banks.
One of the kidnappers of Alton meat packer and banker, August Luer in the early 1930s, was killed when his car was cut in half by a train. Percy M. Fitzgerald, 70, once known as the Dice Box kid, was killed near Illiopolis by a Wabash Railroad freight train. The former St. Louisan was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1933 after he was convicted of kidnapping the then 77-yearold businessman.
The National Safety Council recommended that an increase of 37 officers would bring up the total strength of the department. In delivering the inventory report to the city council finance committee, George V. Kern, traffic safety adviser of the Illinois Division of Traffic Safety was an "ideal" department. He said that increasing the police force to 30 officers would be "rough" financially. Alton had reported four fatal accidents in 1988.
Aug. 20, 1939
Elizabeth Fines of Degenhardt Street, widowed mother of five children, answered an ad in the Telegraph that August M. Crivello had placed there after he lost $31 on his way to the bank. Crivello, house secretary of the Knights of Columbus, had high praise for Mrs. Fines who, he said, called his home five minutes after the Telegraph was delivered. A family member had found the cash.
Jersey County youths won the cattle competition at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield with first places: Jersey, William D. Landon; Holstein, William T. Kibler, Guernsey; Louis Noll, Ayrshire; and Milking Shorthorn breeds, Jersey county group, District 3.
A record crop of watermelons was reported from the Elmer Schaub farm located near West Alton. Schaub had planted 100 acres that were expected to yield about 10 carloads. Schaub had sold 148 carloads of 40 pounds each, and had donated a 60-pound melon to the West Alton picnic.
An East Alton citizen called on the village board to bring charges of disorderly conduct against "girls who ride bicycles in shorts," saying it was a "disgrace to our town."


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@Peace have just released another new single from their forthcoming album, @Peace and the Plutonian Noise Symphony, which is out this coming Friday. Titled 'Lite Year', take a listen below and check out a list of their remaining tour dates in Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin and Christchurch.
Friday March 14 – Monte Cristo Room, Auckland (Tickets From UTR)
Saturday March 15 – Bodega, Wellington
Friday March 21 – TBC, Dunedin
Saturday March 22 – TBC, Christchurch


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Be Anxious for Nothing: The Art of Casting Your Cares and Resting in God
by Joyce Meyer
"Outstanding Bible teacher and author Joyce Meyer gives practical and powerful answers as she shares her past defeats with worry, frustration, and stress. Readers will discover the victorious principles that helped her to overcome these obstacles and revolutionize her life and ministry."
"This book blessed me in a time when I was unsure about many things in life. I wanted to prosper but I wanted it now not later. This book help me to see that God has an appointed time for everything and that we can go to God with our cares and let Him handle everything."
Description and Review Above from
Joyce Meyer @ Facebook
I read this book earlier this year, and, like the reader who commented above, it really blessed me in a time when I was very anxious. Just as it said in the book, I was feeling that way because I was trying to mentally get into things that have not yet happened, and fretting over things in the past — both equally fruitless and frustrating things to do.
The whole book was a much-needed reminder for me of so many great Bible truths, with perhaps the most personally significant being that I can either trust in what I can do (which ain't much!) or trust that our good God will do what He says He will (which is how we truly find relief from anxiety!).
If you like this some rain, some shine blog – or even if you don't – and if you ever find yourself with a heavy heart, I absolutely recommend this book. Joyce Meyer has been through a lot in her life, and I'm so glad she chose to write about her journey.


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Sometimes serious, sometimes funny, always trying to be warmth and light, focuses on parenting, and the unique struggles of raising a large Catholic family in the modern age. Updates on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday...and sometimes more!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Commuter Pop Quiz
Child A always sits in the front seat.
Child B and C are in the second row but not next to each other.
Child D sits in the third row, leaving a whole fourth row empty and two seats on either side.
Children E, F, G and H get in the car. E cannot sit near F or G or H and cannot sit in the far back row or Child E will start a fight. Child F will cry if placed in the back. Child H will also sulk if anyone at all sits in the same row, claiming to need more space.
How long before Mom decides making three separate trips to the school to pick up children is a viable alternative to the otherwise cantankerous ride home?
Explain your reasoning.
Problem #2
Why does it take 30 minutes to traverse the 6.63 miles to the Metro after 6:25 in the morning, but only 15 minutes starting even one minute before?
Follow Up: Why does it take less time to load 8 children into a van plus backpacks and lunches, allotting for possible trains to travel 10 miles to school, than to take one to the Metro?
Problem #3
Why does it take 45 minutes to successfully load the car with two toddlers and one baby and one adult, purse and diaper bag in order to get to school for pick up, but only 5 minutes for five children, two toddlers, one baby, one adult, six back packs, a purse and a diaper bag to disembark at home?
Please submit your answers in the comments questions. Suggestions welcome and if implemented, will be awarded extra credit.
2 comments:
- MightyMom said...
number 1. declare a Mad Hatter Tea Party Bus. Every child must sit in a brand new seat for the trip....then must change seats at every red light....or whenever Mom declares "New Cup (err seat) New Cup...Move Down Move Down."
number 2. Go the long way. Then you know it'll take a long time cuz it's the long way and you'll actually arrive ontime...after all "the closer we are to danger..the farther we are from harm" (wanna name the movie/character speaking/situation??)
number 3. after school milk and cookies waiting in the kitchen....and you even let each kid pick their fav type of milk!!!!!!!
- September 26, 2009 at 10:20 PM
- SherryTex said...
"That doesn't make any sense. But then, you are very....small."
Pippin and I are buds. My kids think second breakfast actually exists!
Will try number 3 though and let you know.
- September 27, 2009 at 10:37 AM
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Yes, another Valentine card! No worries, only a few more left...I promise! The color and pattern paper are Scrap Within Reach, Emerson collection (I so love this collection!). I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and the hearts were cut from George/Basic Shapes (1" shift option). I used embroidery thread to decorate the hearts and bottom border and the ribbon is American Crafts.
Monday, February 01, 2010
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- - - Sheryl - - said...
I love the colors on your card!!!!
P.S. - I left you a blog award - please see my posting today!
hugs - Sheryl
- February 1, 2010 at 8:38 AM
- Brenda Benoit said...
as usual jamie I love your color choices,very cheery..great job..
- February 1, 2010 at 4:15 PM
- Kim said...
Darling card! I love this paper too! love the stitching and the ribbons! YUM
Kim xXx
- February 1, 2010 at 6:03 PM
- Enfys said...
This is fabulous Jamie, simple but stunning, love the stitch details
big hugs
En xx
- February 1, 2010 at 6:29 PM
- Crystal aka Caitlynsmommy said...
Love it! I am about to finish up my Vday cards too! WOOHOO!
- February 3, 2010 at 9:06 AM
- Brenda said...
love the colors and the ribbons!!
- February 3, 2010 at 9:24 AM
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January 18, 1998
People became civilized, but they were out of the presence of the Lord. Just because our nation is what we term, civilized, is no sign that we are pleasing the Lord.
In the time before the flood, people built cities but they forgot the God that made them. The descendants of Cain had cattle, riches, and farms, but they had no approval of God upon their lives. They were rich in goods, but they were barren and poor as far as God's power was concerned.
The descendants of Cain invented many kinds of instruments. They had all kinds of music, but the Spirit of God was not in that music. They were artist in wood and stone. They were skillful with iron and brass, but they had failed God and cared nothing about serving Him.
The children of Cain followed in the footsteps of their father. They also became murderers. He had set the example before them and they followed that example. The judgment of God multiplied ten times.
"And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, harken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. If Cain shall be avenged seven fold, truly Lamech seventy and seven fold," Gen. 4:23-24.
We have come through some dark ages. Civilization has advanced in this generation, but people have departed from the faith, as Paul predicted that they would.
"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils," I Tim. 4:1.
As people modernize their cities, houses, land, highways, and church houses, they also try to modernize the old-time religion. They tried to streamline their church services. They moved, but the direction is the downward way.
Men build cities but they forget Christ. We have more cattle, lands, property and money than ever before, but the men are dried up in their souls.
Men today have better musical instruments, very beautiful, polished and expensive. They can play beautiful music on these instruments. This is wonderful if they would use those instruments for God and the church. As in the days before the flood they use these instruments for the devil.
In the days before the flood man made his own religion to suit himself. In the days before the flood people strayed away from the Lord. They prospered and made good wages. They had a high standard of living, but they were too busy to hear Noah preach the message of judgment. They thought a message of judgment was old and out of date. They were busy; but being so busy caused them to lose their souls. They were drunken on the cares of this world.
It is strange that people usually leave God when all is going well.
In our day people are prospering as never before. Men and women spend their lifetime eating and drinking. It seems that is all they are living for. The main thing about them is their stomach.
All the time men are building more and more fine restaurants. They build more and more fine homes.
All the time people are working shorter hours. They are getting more and more of the luxuries of life. But instead of spending that leisure time reading the Bible, praying or going to church, the average person spends it for themselves, to satisfy the lust of the flesh.
The places of amusement are full day and night. People are drunken on the pleasures of the world.
People today have time to travel and go on vacations. But they have no time for God. They would rather hear a man-made sermon, which has no warnings of judgment. They go to ball games, wrestling matches, carnivals, circuses, roadhouses, and boosedives of the devil, but they don't go to church. If they go to church it is on Sunday morning a few minutes to hear a sermon that tells them they are fine people.
Prosperity does not prove that a nation is religious. Prosperity makes many people forget God.
Violence increased in the earth in the days before the flood. The whole earth was filled with violence, Gen. 6:1. The people grew weaker and wiser. They were full of hatred, envy, lust and pride.
The men forgot God and became as wicked as men could be. They robbed and killed until God had to do something, or the whole world would have been affected by this wickedness.
When a farmer sees that his orchard is being affected with the blight, he at once begins to prevent it before it spreads to every tree in the orchard. When God saw that the whole earth was filled with violence, He immediately began to do something about it, before the corruption spread to all men of the earth.
In our day crime has increased as never before. It has increased several hundred percent in our generation. The world is coming about as it was in the days before the flood. We have millions of murder cases yet unsolved. Each second that goes by there is a major crime committed. The national news is filled with holdups, robberies, and murders. Look at the newspapers and you will see that prophecy is being fulfilled right before your eyes.
Morals reached a low before the flood. Men and women were filled with passion and pride. They married and gave in marriage. They were loose and low in morals. They were sex perverts. They had relations with evil spirits, or the devil's angels. It reached a startling climax, until God had to do something about it. He had to destroy them and start over again.
As a result of the relations with evil spirits there were demon possessed men born in the world, Gen. 6:4.
Today supermen are popular. The children are taught to look for a superman who can do supernatural things. They are going to find one. People in general are looking for some man who can perform signs and wonders; one who will not tell them to stop their wicked ways. The stage is being set for that superman who can bring fire down from heaven. Jesus said He came in His Father's name and they rejected Him; but another would come in his own name, him they would accept, John 5:43.
In the days before the flood the imagination of men's hearts were evil continually, Gen. 6:5. The devil took control of men's minds and hearts. He caused them to imagine almost everything. The devil actually took over men and possessed them. They were so taken up with evil spirits that God's Spirit ceased to deal with them anymore. God said, "My Spirit will not always strive with man," Gen. 6:3.
The devil had taken the people over completely. They sold out to Satan. It seemed that they had no more control over themselves.
Men went into apostasy before the flood. They had a Satanic religion. They were controlled by the wrong spirit. It was because they refused to give up sin. They communed with evil spirits. They talked to the dead. They are not ashamed to come out in the open with it. Many of them do it now in the name of the church.
They claim to call up the dead relatives. It is not dead relatives (or familiar spirits) that they hear talking. It is demon voices.
They are being deceived. They are traveling a dangerous road. "Some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils in the last days," I Tim. 4:1.
Now there were religious people in the earth before the flood. Don't forget it.
We have people today who are being led by the Spirit of God.
Enoch prophesied to the wicked of this day. He told us that Jesus was coming with thousands of His saints to recompense judgment on the ungodly sinners, Jude 14. Well, we have a group of people today who are warning the world as Enoch did, that the Lord is coming with ten thousand of His saints. As it was in the days before the flood it is the same today. Some hear us and some don't.
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::Day 31/365::
The other day I was rummaging through my parents attic and I came across a ton of that brass serve/cookware. I decided to take this and spray paint it black. I think it turned out quite cute. Now I have to go back and get the rest of it!
**If anyone is following my 365 Days in Photos, I have decided to make a personal blog to continue this in. I want this blog to be strictly my Scrapbooking and Crafts and this is definately taking over my blog. I will post a link soon!
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I used this as one of my projects which I submitted to Xyron to be on the Design Team.
Funny Story: While I was taking picutres of these in my craft room the light went out! So, I started to get up on the chair to change it and it was like out of a cartoon! The chair started wobbling underneath me and BAM! I am on the floor. OW! And you know what the first thing I heard after that was? My hubby in the other room laughing. Turd. Needless to say he came in and I was fine, crisis averted. Just thought I would share :p
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The most perplexing part of producing Bracketology each week has been which teams should constitute the all-important top-16 seeds.
The NCAA Division I women's basketball committee has released two reveals -- the third comes Feb. 19 -- but the insight those snapshots provide changes within days of being released. For instance, since that most recent reveal on Feb. 1, teams 12-16 on the committee's list combined to go just 11-8 through Sunday, and that includes Maryland's 4-0 mark in that time. Assessing which teams still merit top-16 inclusion and which will have to spend the next month fighting to get in was the most vexing challenge of this week's bracket.
Selecting which team should be No. 16 took more time than anything else involved in the process. Ultimately, NC State won that coveted last spot for the right to host first- and second-round games. The debate was between the Wolfpack, DePaul, Texas A&M and even Ohio State, which lost by 19 to South Florida on Sunday.
And it appears the smallest of margins will determine these decisions. This week NC State had the best balance of RPI (Ratings Percentage Index), strength of schedule (SOS), recent performance, season-long consistency and quality wins.
Texas A&M was included in both reveals, but the Aggies haven't been quite as consistent. They lost again Sunday, and their biggest win of the season -- beating Tennessee -- was somewhat offset by a 15-point loss to the Lady Vols the night of the last reveal.
The Blue Demons might have been the choice for the last spot in the top 16 had DePaul not struggled so mightily with 9-17 Xavier on Sunday. That's how close this was. A shaky performance even in a win hurts. The Blue Demons are on a six-game winning streak, but because of the nature of the Big East, four of those six are against teams outside the RPI top 100.
The Buckeyes are the most interesting case and came in at No. 19 on the overall board this week. They were not included in the last reveal, but then returned to the top 16 four days later in last week's bracket. All of the numbers -- No. 6 in the RPI, the third-toughest schedule in the country, six top-50 RPI wins -- scream top-16 team. However, Ohio State also recently suffered through a bewildering three-game losing streak that included losses by 30 and 14 points. The Buckeyes appeared to have recovered, but then on Sunday they stumbled in a noncompetitive 19-point loss at South Florida. They simply don't look the part of a team worthy of hosting NCAA tournament games right now.
Interestingly, Stanford -- a team the Buckeyes beat twice earlier this season -- is the chief beneficiary of Ohio State's fall (as well as stumbles by Michigan and Texas A&M). The Cardinal went from a 6-6 team to the co-leaders of the Pac-12 and now in the top 16 (No. 4 seed). With four games left in the regular season (Stanford should be considered a solid favorite in each) and a good run in the Pac-12 tournament, the Cardinal have the potential to climb as high as a No. 3 seed should teams in front of them stumble at all.
Stanford's Pac-12 mate, Southern California, was the answer to the second-biggest riddle in this week's bracket: Which team should be the last team in the field? The bubble is competitive, if not deep, this year, with most of the contenders stymied by bad nonconference scheduling.
USC, Nebraska, Minnesota, Buffalo and TCU all played nonleague slates that rank 188 or lower. Based on the past few seasons of tournament selection committee decisions, that is not a good recipe for making the field. A few of the other bubble teams -- Purdue, Creighton and South Dakota State -- challenged themselves more, and that was the overriding factor as to why they are on the right side of the bubble.
The Women of Troy's win Friday over Arizona State, plus their one-point, buzzer-beating loss earlier this season to Texas A&M, were the tipping points.
One of the committee's criteria for selection is a team's ability to elevate. Although none of the contenders had a significant nonconference win, USC's performance against the Aggies was tournament-worthy. The win over the Sun Devils was also the best conference win among the group of bubble teams. Each illustrates that the Women of Troy have the best chance of competing against NCAA tournament-caliber competition, making them the choice -- at least for this week.


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A Rare Event: Manufacturing Issues Are Discussed In The House Of Representatives
The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make the President responsible for creating a National Manufacturing Strategy. The legislation (HR-4692) received fairly glowing reviews from members of Congress while it was being discussed on the floor of the House on July 28 and at a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on July 12. But others aren't so sure. "We're really doing nothing but creating another study group, and that's about as duplicative as you could get," said Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) during the floor debate. "God knows how many study groups we have already created."
Despite the misgivings, the legislation passed by a vote of 379 to 38. It received endorsements from Republicans and Democrats, and it had the backing of 50 co-sponsors. The private sector is also on board, with letters of support entered into the Congressional Record from Motorola and a dozen trade associations.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), will create a President's Manufacturing Strategy Board that includes individuals from a dozen federal agencies, two governors from different political parties and nine individuals from the private sector. The board will be responsible for assessing all aspects of U.S. manufacturing competitiveness including comparisons of manufacturing policies and strategies relative to other nations' policies and strategies. It would be tasked with identifying emerging and evolving markets, technologies and products "for which the nation's manufacturers could compete"; making forecasts for the manufacturing sector; assessing levels of domestic production, productivity and the trade balance; assessing R&D resources, financing and investment, job creation, workforce skills and the "adequacy of the industrial base for maintaining national security."
The Manufacturing Strategy Board will produce a report one year after the passage of the act, and it will be updated every four years. Adoption of its recommendations will be analyzed by the Government Accountability Office and the National Academy of Sciences.
"The passage of the National Manufacturing Strategy Act will ensure that American manufacturing remains on the national agenda," said Rep. Lipinski during the House debate. China, India, Canada, the UK, Brazil and Germany already have such strategies. "It is about time that America does the same before it is too late for middle class Americans and for our national security," he said.
The bill is part of a "Make-It-In-America" legislative push by Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives. It includes four manufacturing bills aimed at quelling the increasing populist anger over the Democratic majority's refusal to consider legislation related to improving conditions inducive to creating good private-sector jobs. The campaign includes the manufacturing strategy act, a $15-million grant program to help U.S. manufacturers sell green products overseas, a miscellaneous tariff bill and the creation of an Emergency Trade Deficit Commission (see box below).
The initiative was criticized by the Washington group representing domestic manufacturers. Its timing -- "days before the House's summer recess and perilously close to the end of Congress's current session -- strongly indicates that its purpose is less to solve problems than to score political points for the upcoming off-year elections," says Alan Tonelson, research fellow at the United States Business and Industry Council. If the Democrats were serious about job creation in the United States, they would have included the Ryan-Murphy bill in their "Make-It-In America" legislative thrust, he adds. That bill would enable U.S. industry to counter the continuing drain on U.S. manufacturing by allowing it to file trade cases seeking compensatory tariffs against countries for manipulating their currencies.
Republicans said Congress already knows what to do to improve the prospects for U.S. manufacturers: lower the corporate tax rate, start negotiating and approving free trade agreements and reduce the burden of regulations. "There are many task forces in the federal government that are looking at this manufacturing issue," said Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.). There is the Interagency Working Group on Manufacturing Competitiveness and the Commerce Department's Manufacturing Council. The Manufacturing Extension Partnership program has issued its own recommendations. The Interagency Working Group on Manufacturing Research and Development is engaged in the issue. The Commerce Department conducted an analysis of the manufacturing sector in 2003, publishing "Manufacturing in America." President Obama issued his own "Framework for Revitalizing American Manufacturing" last December. And the National Association of Manufacturers just issued its own report on revitalizing U.S. manufacturing. "I think we need to take concrete action," said Whitfield. "We know the problems. [But] I will say that this legislation will provide an additional study and that may be important."
Rep. Don Manzullo (R-Ill.) was effusive about the bill. "Why is it necessary to have a study?" he asked. "Because Americans need to know the importance of manufacturing, but more importantly to bring to the attention of fellow members of Congress the absolute importance of protecting manufacturing in this country."
At a hearing of the Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on commerce, trade and consumer protection on July 12, William Hickey, president of Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp., said he was perplexed by the lack of a manufacturing strategy in the United States. The U.S. has a "policy of reacting to a crisis instead of planning for the future," he said. With a National Manufacturing Strategy the country "will have the opportunity to have a real debate on how to help Main Street provide jobs to our citizens versus having Wall Street bailed out by taxpayers."
Others at the hearing encouraged Congress to act. Scott Paul, executive director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, said that his members "respectfully urge you to pass" the bill into law. "As there is no Department of Manufacturing, it makes perfect sense to harness the best minds, as well as to coordinate among the appropriate agencies to focus on a government-wide strategy to advance manufacturing in both employment and output terms."
Others agreed. "The question of whether a National Manufacturing Strategy is needed is crucial, but also simple to answer: absolutely," said Mark Gordon, member of the executive committee of the Manufacturing Division of the National Defense Industrial Association and director of defense programs at the National Center for Advanced Technologies.
Kevin Hassett, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute was not supportive. "We tend to appoint task forces and commissions when we know what the right thing to do is, but are unwilling to do it," he said. "Commissions and task forces make for nice speechifying, but almost always have a negative policy impact because they allow elected officials to appear to be addressing key problems without actually doing anything."
Organizations that sent letters of support for the National Manufacturing Strategy Act and were included in the Congressional Record: * AFL/CIO * The Association for Manufacturing Technology * Precision Metalforming Association * National Tooling and Machining Association * The Cold Finished Steel Bar Institute * Aerospace Industries Association * National Defense Industrial Association * Coalition for a Prosperous America * American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition * American Iron and Steel Institute * United States Business and Industry Council * Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association * American Foundry Society * Motorola Inc.
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These cookies smell sooo good! Buttery & sugary! They are soft & sweet with lots of vanilla flavor. I found this recipe in my huge disorganized recipe binder. Lord only knows where I got it but I decided to try it. At first I was not so sure about the sugar cookies. I did not sprinkle the tops with sugar because I knew I was going to ice them so they were quite plain when they first came out of the oven and cooled. But after I spread some sweet vanilla buttercream on the top, it all came together and tasted delicious. They totally remind me of those big pink cookies you can purchase in delis or coffee stands - I think they are called "Uncle Seths". The texture is soft but not chewy with no crispness at all, not even the edges. I used more vanilla then the recipe suggested because I wanted a deep vanilla flavor. I also added the seeds of one whole vanilla bean. I suppose you could use some almond extract also. I'm not sure this would be a good sugar cookie recipe to roll out and use cookie cutters because all I did was scoop out the dough with my cookie scoop and flattened the ball slightly before baking. But the dough did seem pretty non-sticky, so it might roll out nicely. This recipe specifically states to use COLD butter so that's why the dough is nice and cold and not sticky. It has a little different mixing instructions then most sugar cookie dough recipes - there is no creaming of the sugar & butter.
So if you are looking for nice & thick & soft vanilla sugar cookies, then look no further. These are easy and delicious!
Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies
6 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups granulated sugar
4 sticks cold butter, cut into thin slices
4 large eggs
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
Place granulated sugar in a large mixing bowl and add the cold butter slices. Use the paddle attachment and mix sugar & butter till it resembles coarse meal. Add the eggs one at a time and then the vanilla.
Sift together the flour, salt, baking soda & cream of tartar.
Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture a little at a time and beat until well blended. Continue mixing for another 3 or 4 minutes (supposedly this additional mixing time adds to the texture).
Roll the dough into balls or use a cookie scoop. Place onto cookie sheet and flatten slightly. You can now sprinkle with plain or colored sugar or leave plain if you are going to ice. Bake until the cookies are light brown around the edges about 12-15 minutes.
The buttercream icing I used is simply a combination of 1 cube of butter, clear vanilla, about 4-5 cups powdered sugar & enough milk to achieve desired consistency plus food coloring of your choice.


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Rescue crews from the Cosumnes Fire Department saved a driver trapped on a flooded roadway Friday morning.
Flood rescue boats responded to a call at around 7 a.m. on Twin Cities Road just off Franklin Boulevard in Elk Grove.
The Cosumnes Fire Department reminds drivers to "Turn Around, Don't Drown" when approaching a flooded roadway.
Driver has been rescued that was stranded in flood water on Twin Cities. Remember - "turn around, don't drown. " pic.twitter.com/5JLkLsbsPg— Cosumnes Fire Dept. (@CosumnesFire) January 13, 2017
Crews with the Cosumnes Fire Department rescued more than a dozen people Thursday from flooding.
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Domain Name Issues That Could Land You in Federal Court
If your domain name infringes on another company's trademark, you may be sailing into dangerous legal waters. Under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, or ACPA, registering or using in bad faith a domain name that contains someone else's trademark is illegal, and you could face a fine of up to $100,000. This guide will help you understand the difference between trademarks and domain names, what exactly would constitute bad faith, and how disputes between competing trademark and domain name owners are commonly handled.
What is a Trademark?
A trademark is a right that allows businesses and individuals to exclusively own and promote a name. Basic trademark law was written to protect the consumer, not the trademark owner. Lawmakers were concerned about the possibility of confusion in the marketplace that might occur if two companies in similar industries attempted to use the same or similar trademark. For example, Delta Airlines and Delta Airways would present a problem, while Delta Airlines and Delta Plumbing would not.
What is a Domain Name?
A domain name is used to direct consumers to a particular website, and is not required to be a registered trademark. Two companies that own trademarks within their respective industries each might legitimately claim the right to the same domain name, and in many but not all cases, the domain name would go to the first one registering it.
The organization that oversees domain name registration, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, established the Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy, or UDRP, to help resolve disputes over domain name issues.
The Federal Courts and the UDRP Both Hear Domain Name Disputes
Disputes over domain name issues may be heard either by the court system, or submitted for resolution to the UDRP. Court filings are much more costly than the UDPR, and there is no universal definition of the proper jurisdiction where the case may be heard. On the other hand, UDRP findings may be appealed to and overturned in court.
The issue of bad faith is an important consideration no matter who hears the dispute. In essence, registering a domain name with the intention of either confusing the consumer who may be searching for the website of the actual trademark owner, or attempting to profit from that domain name by offering to sell it to the trademark owner is considered bad faith.


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I encourage you to consider nominating a public servant, or a public service team, for the Lieutenant Governor's Award of the Saskatchewan Regional Group of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC).
This prestigious medal recognizes a person or work team that has demonstrated distinctive leadership and exceptional achievement in public administration in Saskatchewan. The Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan will present this award on September 21, 2017 during a ceremony at Government House hosted by the Saskatchewan Regional Group of IPAC.
Previous recipients of this award include meritorious public servants from all levels of government and a variety of fields of interest and public sector specialization across Saskatchewan.
Annually we also accept nominations for an award to honour promising new public sector professionals in Saskatchewan. I invite you to nominate an outstanding new professional for the Saskatchewan Regional Group of IPAC's Promising New Professional award.
This Promising New Professional award recognizes an individual or team of individuals with less than five years of cumulative experience in public service who demonstrates:
- leadership potential within the public service;
- the ideals and values of public administration; and
- the ability and potential to contribute to excellence in public service in Saskatchewan.
Nomination packages for both awards are available at http://www.ipac.ca/Saskatchewan/Awards. The deadline for nominations is June 30, 2017. Please direct any questions regarding the awards to Alison Hamilton at email@example.com
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Happy Wednesday!!
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Newton's Nook Designs September Release
Happy Wednesday!!
23 comments:
Love the pretty background you created with distress inks! I gotta get me some of those (well, more of those, I have ONE, LOL!!) The house looks great all glossed up too! Great card Stephanie! ~ MeredithReplyDelete
Very well done ..bold colors pop of image love the house embossed in black!ReplyDelete
Well done!
Fun idea, love the stars and the twilight look.ReplyDelete
Love the layered colors on this card. Nicely done!ReplyDelete
Such a lovely Halloween card! I really like the gradient sky, so pretty!ReplyDelete
So in love with your colors! Love the embossing and inks! Wonderful!ReplyDelete
I love how your card turned out with the combination of embossing and distress inks! The colors are amazing!ReplyDelete
I love Halloween cards! Yours is fabulous! I love these fun new stamps!ReplyDelete
I love it; you took Creepy and turned it into Pretty!ReplyDelete
Love the distress ink background on the tag!ReplyDelete
So fun and awesome!!! Love it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 17, 2014 at 8:08 PM
Love the layering of the colors on the card - from the "grass" to the sky.ReplyDelete
Making it a tag was a great idea.
thanks for sharing a fun card.
All I can say is cute, cute, cute!ReplyDelete
Oooooooooh your card!! Stunning! That tag is awesome! I loooove the colors you used on the background! And the house pops so much! Amazing!ReplyDelete
This is so pretty! Love the embossing and the pretty inks in the background.ReplyDelete
The distressed background looks like a beautiful sunset! Super cute card!ReplyDelete
Awesome colors in the background on your fun Halloween card! Love that spooky haunted house!ReplyDelete
I love the beautiful blending of the distress inks and the stars make that night sky. What a perfect background for that creepy house!ReplyDelete
Love the colors on the tag!ReplyDelete
Love the colors you chose for your background, such a cute tag on your card.ReplyDelete
Great color behind the haunted house.ReplyDelete
super cute tag, I adore the haunted house...so glad you played along with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!ReplyDelete
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(This is the third of three blog entries about possible cultural ramifications of growing up in the age of instant communications)
One upside of the instant communications (phone, texting, and Internet including email and instant messaging) is that it makes it easier for people who are experiencing emotional turmoil to obtain information and resources to help them, such as social support—from friends and family, even from strangers on the Internet through websites and chat rooms.
This instantaneous knowledge and support has a downside. Consider that when someone is angry or frustrated, it's almost too easy to vent those feelings:
• Directly and privately to the person via email, texting, or phone;
• Indirectly and privately by communicating with others about the person via email, texting, or phone;
• Publicly, by posting the negative feelings via a website.
These rapid communications mean that people no longer have to "sit with" uncomfortable feelings: If we're annoyed by the service at a restaurant we can, with our web-enabled phone, rant about it on our blog or as a "reviewer" on a food website. If we're upset about a transaction with a friend, we can call most anyone to talk about it via our cell phone (and theirs), or send a long email about it. As soon as we have an uncomfortable emotions, instant communication technologies allow us interactive outlets to try to transform these negative feelings.
Before instant communications, people coped with life's emotional vicissitudes in a variety of ways:
• We talked to a friend or family member in person;
• We tried to distract ourselves with activities;
• We wrote, in a diary or in a letter to a friend, family member, or to the person who aroused the feelings in us, to vent or better understand our feelings;
• We thought about and reflected on our feelings, the events that precipitated them, and the effects of possible courses of action.
What these activities had in common is that they typically require some effort and sometimes some patience and ability to tolerate our feelings until we could transform them or act on them in a significant way—we had to find the people we wanted to talk to (no cell phones or pagers) and we might have had to wait until they were available to speak to us; we had to work a bit at distraction—leaving our homes or offices, or at least leaving our chairs (rather than districting ourselves with the internet on a computer always at hand). And thinking or writing about what had transpired gave us pause to reflect without acting on our feelings.
People can still cope in these ways, or with their modern communication equivalents; however, these newer modes of communication require significantly less effort and let's face it--why not go with the easier path? Moreover, the speed of our ability to express ourselves, and obtain a response, is much faster. This speed can be a good thing, minimizing the time that people experience discomfort without relief. But it also has a downside: People have less experience or practice managing their emotions without acting on them rapidly. Unfortunately, the instant aspect of these communications seems to discourage deep reflection and encourages immediate reaction, leading instead to simple venting or "look at me" type communications—profile updates and photos, comments on blogs or websites, and youtube videos—that are less an attempt to share considered, reflective thoughts and images.
For each of us, these new technologies can become, in essence, extensions of ourselves that help us regulate their emotions. Feeling blue? We can shop (or window shop) online, communicate with friends, find solace and support in a chat room, post a comment on a website. Angry? Vent your anger in a call, email or post (in which you can be anonymous).
We've become used to acting quickly in response to uncomfortable feelings; we've become less adept at being able to manage or regulate our feelings without acting. Then, in cases where instant communication fails us (either technologically or emotionally—because our feelings are so powerful or the instant communications don't work sufficiently), we are less able to tolerate or regulate the uncomfortable feelings. And when we're emotionally aroused, we become jangled and less able to reason and use to use our good sense. The combination of being used to acting instantly, in combination with being less able to reason things through, lead us to be more likely to act impulsively, without thought for the long term consequences.
Are my speculations in this three-part missive merely the typical grumbling of someone from an "older generation" complaining about the change arising in with the times and affecting newer generations? I don't think so. Neuroscience research has accumulated to the point were we know that brain development is affected by the patterns in our emotions, thoughts, and behavior. The new instant communications now available are influencing the ways that our brains develop--particularly younger generations who grew—or are growing--up with the new technologies during formative years. We just don't yet know the specific ways that brains and behavior are being affected.
We can't unplug the internet, nor should we. I just think that we should try to anticipate the unintended but predictable consequences, some of which I've laid out, and then try to prepare for their negative effects—a less reflective, more action-oriented (and perhaps impulsive) populace, with a greater desire to be seen and heard than previous generations, who have at their disposal an ever-increasing smorgasbord of ways to obtain attention.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Brave New World, Part III: Instant Communication and Regulation Problems
Posted by Robin S. Rosenberg, Ph.D. at 9:07 AM
Labels: communication, emotional regulation, internet, teenagers
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Monday evening January 25
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Opening response
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
From the rising of the sun to its setting
your glory is proclaimed in all the world.
Prayer of thanksgiving
Blessed are you, Sovereign God,
our light and our salvation,
to you be glory and praise forever.
You gave your Christ as a light to the nations,
and through the anointing of the Spirit
you established us as a royal priesthood.
As you call us into your marvelous light,
may our lives bear witness to your truth
and our lips never cease to proclaim your praise.
Blessed be God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Blessed be God forever.
Hail! Jesus Hail! Our Great High Priest
Charles Wesley
Hail! Jesus hail! Our great High Priest,
Entered into thy glorious rest,
That holy, happy place above;
Thou hast the conquest more than gained
The everlasting bliss obtained
For all who trust thy dying love.
The blood of goats and bullocks slain
Could never purge our guilty stain,
Could never for our sins atone;
But thou thine own most precious blood,
Hast shed to make us priests to God,
And seat us with thee on thy throne.
Not without blood, thou prayest above,
The marks of thy expiring love,
God on thy hands engraven sees!
He hears thy blood for mercy cry,
And sends his Spirit from the sky,
And seals our everlasting peace.
Thankful we now the earnest take,
The pledge thou wilt at last come back,
And openly thy servants own;
To us, who long to see thee here,
Thou shalt a second time appear,
And bear us to thy glorious throne.
Confession of sin
Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.
Silence may be kept.
Most merciful God,
we confess that we have sinned against you
in thought, word, and deed,
by what we have done,
and by what we have left undone.
We have not loved you with our whole heart;
we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,
have mercy on us and forgive us;
that we may delight in your will,
and walk in your ways,
to the glory of your name. Amen.
Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins
through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all
goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in
eternal life.
The Word of God
Psalm 119:41-56
I will rejoice in your commandments.
Lord, let your faithful love come to me—
let your salvation come to me according to your promise—
so I can have a response for those who mock me
because I have trusted in your word!
Please don't take your true word out of my mouth,
because I have waited for your rules.
I will always keep your Instruction,
always and forever!
I will walk around in wide-open spaces,
because I have pursued your precepts.
I will talk about your laws
before rulers with no shame whatsoever.
I will rejoice in your commandments
because I love them.
I will lift up my hands to your commandments
because I love them,
and I will contemplate all your statutes.
Remember your promise to your servant,
for which you made me wait.
My comfort during my suffering is this:
your word gives me new life.
The arrogant make fun of me to no end,
but I haven't deviated from your Instruction.
When I remember your ancient rules,
I'm comforted, Lord.
But I'm seized with anger because of the wicked—
because of those who abandon your Instruction.
Your statutes have been my songs of praise
wherever I lived as an immigrant.
Lord, I remember your name at nighttime,
and I keep your Instruction.
This has been my practice
because I guard your precepts.
Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and will be forever. Amen.
I will rejoice in your commandments.
Psalm prayer
Faithful God,
let your word be the treasure of our hearts,
that we may delight in your truth
and walk in the glorious liberty of your Son Jesus Christ.
Old Testament reading
Isaiah 56:1-8
The Lord says:
Act justly and do what is righteous,
because my salvation is coming soon,
and my righteousness will be revealed.
Happy is the one who does this,
the person who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath, not making it impure,
and avoids doing any evil.
Don't let the immigrant who has joined with the Lord say,
"The Lord will exclude me from the people."
And don't let the eunuch say,
"I'm just a dry tree."
The Lord says:
To the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths,
choose what I desire,
and remain loyal to my covenant.
In my temple and courts, I will give them
a monument and a name better than sons and daughters.
I will give to them an enduring name
that won't be removed.
The immigrants who have joined me,
serving me and loving my name, becoming my servants,
everyone who keeps the Sabbath without making it impure,
and those who hold fast to my covenant:
I will bring them to my holy mountain,
and bring them joy in my house of prayer.
I will accept their entirely burned offerings and sacrifices on my altar.
My house will be known as a house of prayer for all peoples,
says the Lord God,
who gathers Israel's outcasts.
I will gather still others to those I have already gathered.
Silence may be kept.
New Testament reading
Colossians 1:24-2:7
Now I'm happy to be suffering for you. I'm completing what is missing from Christ's sufferings with my own body. I'm doing this for the sake of his body, which is the church. I became a servant of the church by God's commission, which was given to me for you, in order to complete God's word. I'm completing it with a secret plan that has been hidden for ages and generations but which has now been revealed to his holy people. God wanted to make the glorious riches of this secret plan known among the Gentiles, which is Christ living in you, the hope of glory. This is what we preach as we warn and teach every person with all wisdom so that we might present each one mature in Christ. I work hard and struggle for this goal with his energy, which works in me powerfully.
I want you to know how much I struggle for you, for those in Laodicea, and for all who haven't known me personally. My goal is that their hearts would be encouraged and united together in love so that they might have all the riches of assurance that come with understanding, so that they might have the knowledge of the secret plan of God, namely Christ. All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in him. I'm telling you this so that no one deceives you with convincing arguments, because even though I am absent physically, I'm with you in spirit. I'm happy to see the discipline and stability of your faith in Christ.
So live in Christ Jesus the Lord in the same way as you received him. Be rooted and built up in him, be established in faith, and overflow with thanksgiving just as you were taught.
Silence may be kept.
Gospel canticle
The Magnificat (The Song of Mary)
Here is my servant, the one I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; the anointed one on whom my Spirit rests.
With all my heart I glorify the Lord!
In the depths of who I am I rejoice in God my savior.
He has looked with favor on the low status of his servant.
Look! From now on, everyone will consider me highly favored
because the mighty one has done great things for me.
Holy is his name.
He shows mercy to everyone,
from one generation to the next,
who honors him as God.
He has shown strength with his arm.
He has scattered those with arrogant thoughts and proud inclinations.
He has pulled the powerful down from their thrones
and lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty-handed.
He has come to the aid of his servant Israel,
remembering his mercy,
just as he promised to our ancestors,
to Abraham and to Abraham's descendants forever.
Luke 1:46-55
Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and will be forever. Amen.
Here is my servant, the one I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; the anointed one on whom my Spirit rests.
Brief silence
The Apostle's Creed
Let us unite in this historic confession of the Christian faith:
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
Thanksgiving and intercession
Thanksgiving may be made for the day.
Intercessions are offered
for peace
for individuals and their needs
Lord of life
In your mercy, hear us.
Silence may be kept.
Collect of the day
Almighty God,
whose Son revealed in signs and miracles
the wonder of your saving presence:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your mighty power;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
The Lord's Prayer
Believing the promises of God,
as our Savior taught us, so we pray
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and forever.
May Christ, who sends us to the nations,
give us the power of his Spirit.


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Norwich University of the Arts Library
The Library is a specialist arts, design and media collection that serves as a resource to stimulate and support the research and creative practice of students and pedagogy of academic staff.
The Library is located in the Duke Street Building, a delightful nineteenth century former school building which also houses studios, the Student Union Office, a Lecture Theatre and seminar rooms. The building is designed to be accessible by users with mobility issues. The Library team, in conjunction with the academic community, aim to ensure that the collections are relevant to the needs of the enquiring minds of creative practitioners.
Helping you learn about the Library
Finding information of all kinds is a key part of the student experience. The Library provides an induction programme and subsequent information sessions which aim to enable users to locate and evaluate information independently. There is a Helpdesk on the First Floor to help you with all types of library support.
You can also access our library catalogue online.
Print based media: Books and journals
The Library houses 33,000 printed volumes and subscribes to over 400 journal titles. The bulk of the collection is devoted to arts, design and media. The Library collects a variety of media and subjects including exhibition catalogues, graphic design yearbooks, guides to computer applications, computer games, feature films including a collection of animated films, TV programmes recorded under licence, books on arts, architecture and design practitioners and artist's books.
Online Library
As soon as you are registered as a student you will have a Library account. You will be able to renew your books, check reservations, and make reservations online. In addition the Library has a set of resources available on the University virtual learning environment (VLE) 'Moodle'. These include access to the catalogue, to electronic books and journals and to a variety of databases.
Other Collections
The Library has digital images in the form of online image banks which offer access to over 400,000 copyright-cleared images. There is a collection of over 2,500 DVDs that focus for the most part on arts, design and media. The Special Collections include a selection of artists books.
Printing, Photocopying and Scanning
The Computer room has colour and black and white printing facilities as well as a colour photocopier.
Computers in the Library
There are 18 computers, and a further 20 computers in the Library reading and study areas, including facilities for disabled users. The Duke Street Building is wireless enabled so you are welcome to use your own laptop if you wish.
Who can use the Library?
Access to the Library extends to all registered Norwich University of the Arts students and staff and to users registered within the SCONUL Access Scheme. In addition alumni, certain categories of educational users and artists/ designers are eligible to use the services. For more information and to join the Library as an external member, please download the application form and return to the address on the form or you can join online.
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If you are tired of not looking the way you want to, if you desperately want to get back in your skinny jeans, if you want to know exactly how to lose weight fast, and somehow you feel stuck, because you still have 50 pounds to lose, this article will be your perfect guide to achieving your weight loss goals! It will teach 5 tips to lose 50 pounds really fast!
But just by reading it, things won't change… It's all about how bad you want it! If you lose 20 pounds in the next 3 weeks, will you be able to enjoy life more? Would it be worth the effort? If yes, keep reading, because this tips come from my experience, and if they helped me, I'm sure they can do the same for you!
Before you learn how to lose belly fat fast, you need to understand why the ugly fat accumulates on your belly and the rest of your body.
If you find yourself stuck and lately, and lately you haven't lost almost any weight, even though you are working hard, it's because your two main detoxification organs are overwhelmed with toxins…that's right, you guessed it: your liver and your colon. Since this happens over a long period of time, your liver and colon become sluggish, slowing your metabolism. Guess what they also do? Shuttle excess toxins into fat cells. In most people, this fat is shuttled mostly to your belly, but also on your butt, thighs and arms!
And if you are wandering why does all that fat go to your belly, is because of your genetics. In many situations, even people that eat very healthy, have a little fat on their belly. Why? Because if your liver gets older it slows down your metabolism, and that way if you're genetically programed for accumulating belly fat and thigh fat, you will have problems in these areas, even if you exercise!
But the good news is that using these 5 fat loss tips you can win over those bad genetics and lose your belly fat and thigh fat in weeks, and lose over 50 pounds quite fast.
The 5 weight loss tips to lose over 50 pounds
How to lose weight fast – tip 1 – Clean Out Your Liver
Individuals who have sluggish livers are likely to display any or several of the following health issues:
– High cholesterol and triglycerides
– Non-insulin dependent diabetes (Type II), insulin resistance, or Syndrome X
– Weight gain, especially around the abdomen and thighs
– Difficulty losing weight
– Immune system dysfunction
The liver operates like a complicated filtering mechanism, breaking down fat and cleaning out substances that can harm the body. To accomplish this, it uses a substance called "bile," a greenish (sometimes yellowish-brown) liquid that cleanses the organs and blood. The bile fluids are recirculated throughout the entire enterohepatic system up to eight times each day.
It is critical that the liver regulates fat metabolism efficiently. If it fails to do so, weight gain will occur and fat accumulates in all the wrong places—usually in the belly region and thighs. For a person to lose weight, the overall composition of this circulating fluid should be low in fat and/or toxins; otherwise, excessive weight gain results as the body reacts naturally to these chemicals.
One thing you can do right now to clean your liver is to drink lots of lemon water each day. Make sure that the water is warm, at room temperature at least because it helps with digestion. The benefits of warm lemon water are:
– Aids in digestion and waste excretion
– Promotes immune system and heart health
– Rich in beneficial calcium and potassium minerals
A video will teach you how to clean your liver fast and easy: the foods and drinks that have the cleanse effect! So, first go ahead and watch my video below, as it will teach you everything you must know about losing 50 pounds in a few months.
How to lose 50 lbs fast – tip 2 – raw foods diet and juices
Nowadays, the soil is so depleted of nutrients that a peach taken from a tree 50 years ago has 10 times the nutrition of a peach today. Juicing gives you a super load of antioxidants, minerals, and
phytonutrients to fight off the fat from your belly and thighs.
It is a great way to get in lots of nutrients in a small amount of time, and sometimes the only way to meet the recommendations of 9 to 13 servings of fresh fruit or vegetables per day.
Our body is designed to stay "alkaline," which means the blood needs to be less acidic, and the body will try to keep its alkalinity. When we consume acidic foods and drinks, stop exercising, and have negative emotions, our body is overrun with acids. This causes major dysfunctions and leads to obesity and a host of other illnesses. When the body is acidic, it also holds onto fat, and stops you from losing weight !
When the liver is sluggish, these acids and toxins are shuttled to fat cells, where they are stored. (Can you see why it would be hard to get rid of this stubborn belly fat?).
To become "alkaline," start focusing 70-80% of your diet on alkaline foods and try to limit or eliminate acidic foods. Back this up with three to four liters of good quality, clean, filtered water each day, and you will be very pleasantly surprised by the way you feel. Also if you start avoiding the common mistakes that stop people from losing weight (you will learn them later) and through away all the junk food from your house, you'll start seeing how the fat from your belly and thighs is reducing .
How to drop fifty lbs in a few months – tip 3 – eat special foods that burn fat
The first three letters of "DIET," spell…"DIE." That is what happens to your metabolism as you yo-yo on and off the many popular diet plans. Each time you "fall off the diet band wagon," it becomes harder to get back on.
Here's why: When you drastically cut calories, your body goes into starvation mode. Your metabolism slows to a snail's pace because it anticipates a period of famine, and it is trying to conserve. This natural response makes it difficult to lose belly fat or fat from the rest of your body. To compound this problem, your body then dumps the most energetically expensive tissue muscle! So you end up losing muscle and storing fat, the complete opposite of what you need to do to lose weight.
These food groups are proteins and fibers containing complex carbohydrates. Your digestive tract needs exercise, and it expends energy just like you do. When you eat whole foods, or foods that are in their natural state, your digestive tract has to burn calories to break down the food, which in turn increases your metabolism.
Proteins have the highest thermic effect of all foods. Complex carbohydrates come in a close second for metabolism boosters.
Also, take 40 grams of fiber per day for LIFE! Fiber is good for clearing your digestive tract of toxins and it also keeps your bowels moving. The most important aspects about losing 50 pounds fast, can be watched here: http://youtu.be/d8W48f4JffI
How to reduce 50 lbs – tip 4 – help your body with the right supplements
There are very few supplements you really should take for dropping 50 pounds. Americans spend $35 billion a year on weight-loss products and supplements. Diet pills are definitely not something you should put into your body.
The use of a good, quality multi-vitamin will not make you lose weight all by itself, but it will make your body's systems more efficient to burn fat. When you feed your body the proper building blocks, your fat loss will increase ten fold. The more active you are, the more fuel your body demands, and this increases your need to supplement.
A good quality fish oil is critical. This might be the most important supplement you need, since we are so deficient in Omega-3. It is a natural anti-inflammatory, it helps suppress cortisol, it increases fat burning, and it enhances weight loss. Krill Oil is the best on the market right now. You also need Extra B Vitamins, green powders and a few more, about which you will learn soon!
How to lose 50 pounds – tip 5 – do the right workouts and exercises
Exercising has the following benefits:
– Increases weight loss by 1,000 %.
– Can change your DNA: If you are blaming your family for you being overweight, research shows that you can change this. (Watch the TV Show Biggest Loser)
– Builds and tones muscle.
– Turbo charges your metabolism so it can burn fat all day long and boosts your energy by 300%.
– Decreases stress levels: lower cortisol levels.
– Improves brain function: increases your memory, attention span, and your learning ability.
– Reverses the aging process.
– Improves your self esteem and self confidence, and lowers your depression.
If you want to lose belly fat fast, as long with all the excess fat from your body, and drop over 50 pounds, first you need to develop muscles. While muscles give us the metabolic ability to burn calories every time we move, their real advantage is that they constantly feed on calories, even when you are sitting at your desk typing up that last minute report for your boss.
Fact: Every pound of muscle burns 40 to 120 calories a day just to sustain itself.
Fact: Every pound of fat feeds on only one to three calories per day.
One thing you need to understand! You can't lose only belly fat or thigh fat. You'll have to lose the excess weight from all your body. And then, if you focus and exercise more on your thighs ( I only speak about thighs because it has been scientifically proven that the more you exercise for your abs, the less they will show, and that for example just by working your thighs more, your body will burn belly fat faster too), you will see that ugly belly fat reducing so fast!
And the most important part: you need to actually take action; watching some videos or reading a book, won't make a difference. You need to take these 5 steps and make them a part of your life and act daily towards your goal to lose weight. My name is Heather Jameson, and by working really hard every day towards my goals, I managed to lose 70 pounds in 4 and half months. The secret? Create a daily routine, and follow it every day!
If you enjoyed this article and my video, please share this url https://youtube.com/watch?v=d8W48f4JffI and click the Like button. Thanks
The last thing I need to to ad, is that It's ok to ask for help and to follow other people's advices and steps, even before and after photos, as long as they are experts. I was stuck for a while, my life was a disaster, but because I asked for help, I managed to bring balance to my body and get back in control. I lost so much weight, increased my confidence and and became a person that I am proud of.


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Weekly News Roundup (March 12, 2017)
So autumn is finally here in Melbourne, and the weather seems to be getting hotter, after our relatively mild summer. It's getting harder and harder to make sense of the weather, I don't know if it's climate change or something else, but the weather here is almost a complete reverse of what it was like here fifteen years ago.
There's finally some more news to go through this week, which means that the next week will probably be very quiet. Which is just as well, as weddings and other events means next week's WNR might be delayed or cancelled entirely depending on how much news there is and how much time I have left. But I have time this week, and there are news this week, so let's get at it.
So this week, we know a bit more about the somewhat secret agreement between Google, Bing and rights-holders, thanks to freedom of information requests by digital rights groups EFF and Digital Rights Ireland. And the more we know, the more we don't like about the so called "voluntarily" agreement.
So from sharing user data, to manipulating search results even for "neutral" search phrases, to domain registrant data spying, it's got a bit of everything. Except everything is all about Google and Bing appeasing rights-holders so they won't demand them implement some kind of "take down and stay down" regime. Good luck with that!
Meanwhile in crazy old Germany, it seems the job of educating today's youngsters about the dangers of piracy still lies with parents, who if they don't give their kids the old "piracy is bad, mmmkay" speech, they may find themselves liable for their kid's downloads.
I mean, I just don't see how this is enforceable in any way. How are parents supposed to prove that they've had "the talk" (well, the other talk) with their kids, in order to prevent liability? Should they record it, along with a time stamp, maybe with a live broadcast being shown in the background, but all of this is easy to fake anyway. And what's to prevent parents from making the speech (and they having proof of it), and then when the camera is turned off, to tell their kids to download at their heart's content now that liability has been removed as a threat.
Maybe the safest thing to do, from a copyright law perspective (and from the perspective of a rights-holder), is not have kids at all, or to give them up for adoption at your earliest convenience. It's the (copy)right thing to do!
I don't get the chance to write about the CIA a lot in this roundup, but when I get the chance, I plan to make the best of it. So a real opportunity came this week when it was revealed that VLC, the video player that everyone should have a copy of on their computer, has been used by the spy agency for other uses other than to play pirated Homeland episodes.
To be fair, the VideoLan Team was quick to explain that, while the software did contain a vulnerability that allowed malware to piggypack on to its code, to allow the execution of a CIA made computer scanning program, the vulnerability no longer exists in the latest version and future versions will be more "CIA proof".
I guess it's also a testament to the popularity of the free, open source media player (that can play almost all video formats without the need for any installed codecs) that it's a tool of choice for not only the CIA, but also for the targets of the CIA, which may include enemies like IS/ISIS/Daesh/Whateveritscalledthesedays, frenemies like Pakistan, and friends like Germany and Australia (or are we frenemies now? Can't keep track with Trump's foreign policy tweets).
So the CIA, child rearing advice, rights-holder appeasement, a bit of everything really for this WNR. See you next week.


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Hi Guys
Something which I didn't realise before having Jess is how little babies wear clothes before they actually grow out of them. I have been lucky and she has been in 3/6 months since she has been about 5 months and she has just grown out of it and she is 10 months old. Then you are stuck with the dilemma what do you do with the clothes which are all too small.
You could save the clothes incase you have another child in the future. This is something which I have not done due to the fact that I only have clothes for a girl and should I have another child in the future I would not find out the gender till they were born. So I could have all this girl clothes and have a boy also the fact that if there is another child I would have moved house because we plan on having a family home. So storing clothes which don't fit wouldn't work for us however I know it really does for some people so this is an option.
I have tried selling bigger items on Facebook on local selling pages they are usually called stuff for sale and then your area name. I have sold old toys on here hen I was sorting out the room because me and my brother swapped rooms. I have almost managed to get some bargain toys off then as well such as a space saving jumperoo for £25 instead of £80. Things like baby baths and other big items can always be found on these site so keep your eye on the for both buying and selling so you have more room in your house. Beware when doing this you do get a lot of time wasters who say they will come and collect and don't this may just be in my area I can't comment on everywhere. You can sell clothes on these pages but to me I notice people are either fighting for the clothes or nobody is intrested and you are trying to sell them on them for a while. This is why I do not sell clothes on these sites.
I have used eBay to sell some of Jess old clothes we do this because it is so simply and easy to use. I have sold everything from vests to outfits. Some of the items she was worn a fair amount of times but in the other hand some of them have only been worn less than a handful of times. Sometimes you don't get s lot of money for items but every little helps either in your pocket or your little ones money box. Major sure your photographs are of good quality you have a disc tiptop which is very accurate if it is something which doesn't have much wear left in it don't say it's hardly been worn. You wouldn't like it if the shoe was on the other foot.
Another way I have seen people sell old clothes is on Instagram. This is something which I am debating doing because I have a fair amount of followers in there. Plus the fact is that you open a second account which is the one which just becomes dedicated to selling and you list the items for the price at which you eBay to sell them and then people comment sold when they want the item. All the money is transferred through PayPal and then you okay the item to the new owner.
I know that I have a few friends who are having babies at the moment so I am going to ask them if they would like to look through some of Jess's clothes. The tree on why I am going to do this is because I could sell the items and not have to worry about postage fees. Gondi would make it cheaper for both parties. Plus the fact that I know that it is going to a good home and someone who needs it. Like one of my friends who doesn't have a lot of money however is expecting twins in January. Should one of the babies be a girl which we will soon know I will ask her if she would like some of the items.
I have also heard that should you go to some of the baby and toddler nearly new table top sales you can end up selling a lot for decent prices. However this is something which I have been unable to do due to the fact that I work on Saturdays and most of these do end up been on a Saturday. Keep your eye out to these been advertised you usually see them in shop windows and on street lights.
Finally you could donate them to the charity shop if they are in good condition but not the best which is why you don't want to sell them or you don't want to deal with the hassle. This is something which I have done with bits which I have recieved second hand due to be fact of the condition that they are in. This means that another person can have a bargin by shopping in the charity shop and that the charity which I have donated it to can have some money as well which always helps. Due to the fact that most charities hardly get any government funding to run.
How did you sell your old baby clothes or any of yours. Is it in a way I have mestioned if not please comment below I am always looking for new ways to sell.
Charlotte x


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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Good News Everybody!
Like most good news, this has nothing to do with the current administration.
By Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Troubled Asset Relief Program, which risked up to $700 billion of government funds to bail out troubled banks and automakers, will cost taxpayers a mere $25 billion, according to an estimate released on Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
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I just wanted to share some photos of my latest project – A Large Diplomacy Gameboard. I Used a large piece of furniture grade maple plywood, a Bosche 1619 router with a couple freud down-spiral bits, colored wood stain (not paint) from, a Razertip wood burning tool for all the country names, real 24k gold gilded on for the compass and supply centers, and a nice frame custom ordered from pictureframes.com . Each of the 7 major powers also got their own flag displayed along with their own unique font which spells out the power in their own native language. Please feel free to email me: email@example.com if you have any other comments or questions. Enjoy.