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7 Things I Learned When We Both (Parents) Fell Sick
What do you do when both parents/caregivers are sick? I have previously argued about who's sickness is of more significance, the working partner's or the stay-at-home-spouse's? This is not that kind of a post and I don't have an answer but I have a few lessons that I would like to share from what I learned as a result of this happening to us.
Now, I have nothing against the common cold. For years, I found the idea of getting a flu shot, a ridiculous practice that was meant to appease the hypochondriacs amongst us. So you get sick…big deal. That is something our body needs to do to become stronger, dust those immunity-boosting cells by giving them a jolt of adrenaline, and in general, give our bodies a much needed break from the busy-ness with which we surround ourselves.
Then, I got pregnant.
A protective instinct toward one's fetus that kicks in from the moment you find out you are pregnant, completely puts to shame any lingering ego issue related to well…pretty much anything, but particularly something as relatively benign and actually helpful, as a flu shot. I have been getting flu shots regularly since 2013 now.
Except, I didn't get one this last year. Why, you ask?
Because between getting my two kids their flu shots and doing everything else that I need to get done, I have had no time to drag my own behind to a health clinic or my doctor's office and get a shot for myself. Aaron got one at the clinic at work. And to think…I probably need a flu shot more than anybody else in this house…okay the kids do, but still.
Starting Saturday last week, first Aaron fell sick, followed by Baby E who had fever for a night, then I fell sick with a minor cold and cough, and it took until Sunday for TJ to get a fever that lasted all day. Just when we thought we were done with this craziness, Aaron fell sick again and I did too, that same evening continuing into the next day. We both had tremendous body aches and cold chills. I also got a fever. It was finally after taking a dose of Ibuprofen that my fever finally broke and I started feeling human again. Now, Baby E is ill again with a fever, runny nose, and occasional sneezes and coughs.
Even as we are still recovering there are a few things I learned (still learning) along the way:
7 things I learned from the experience of us both (parents) falling sick.
- When life creates two sick parents, continue to remain a team. Help each other out. Kindness and empathy still go a long way. Don't become another sick child and expect your spouse to parent you.
- Soups are really good while sick, especially the brothy kinds. Remember to make them more liquidy so you can breathe in the steam to clear your nasal passages. The only problem I have with store bought ramen noodles is the ridiculous amount of sodium. One soup that I bought without reading labels at my local Japanese store had a daily sodium content of 81% EIGHTY-ONE!!!
- Swallow your pride and take some medicine. Forget about your rationale for letting your body do its thing or nature taking its course. Save those for the days when kids are older or when they don't live with you anymore.
- So the house will be a mess for a little while, who cares? So be it. Just do the bare minimum if you can. If not, just get to it when you can.
- If you need supplies or are lucky enough to live in a city with multiple delivery options, take advantage of them. I have only tried Amazon Prime Now and used it twice in the last week (have used it multiple times before this week as well) and it really helps to at least have all my basics stocked up.
- Let go off your TV/Tablet watching time limit for your kids. If you aren't up to it, just let them watch a little longer than they usually do. If they have never done this before, don't feel guilty about starting now. Your first priority is to get better. Everything else comes second or thirty-third.
- Don't stress over cooking. Order in or get food delivered. Order pizza, if you have to.
Still sick, there were five things I learned that are specific to my family:
- TJ loved getting so much TV-Tablet watching time. He would lose interest at times but even if he was playing with his trains, he still needed the TV on as background. While I was not pleased with this, I was happy that for an almost three-year-old, he sure did have some great attention span (of the wrong kind!). I also learned that once he loses interest, he wants to be with us, with me. Kids don't like their parents being sick either (even when it means extra TV time for them). TJ would climb into my chair to be with me and just hang out with me there, sometimes even resting his head on my lap, tired himself. Perhaps from watching too much television.
- Baby E can be fairly independent already. I would leave her in her safe "Baby Zone" (basically a wall of large toys) and watch her entertain herself for at least 5-8 minutes while I rested my eyes or took a quick snooze. After a while though, she would break free, and follow me to where I was seated, wanting to be picked up and hugged. She has learned to reach out to us with one hand and that is just the cutest, most adorable thing she can do as a baby now. When a baby shows her love for you by reaching out to you, there is little you can do to resist wanting to reach back at her by picking her up and hugging her. (this was BEFORE she fell sick, as I write this, that poor baby is in her crib, restlessly "sleeping" because of her own fever)
- We like a clean house so much that even in the midst of our worst sickness, even if it is the bare minimum, we do clean up the messes in the kitchen, and on the dining table. We straighten up and put away all the toys strewn around, and generally, make the living room more inviting for when we come downstairs the next morning. This usually worked because we were both on the power of medication by that time of the day and had our fevers/bodyaches, etc. under control.
- TJ has taken on a new obsession with actually wanting to take medicine. Last year, when he got his fever that lasted 4-5 days, a couple weeks after Baby E was born, he drove himself and us crazy with his refusal to take medicine. In fact, it was so bad, that I remember the exact moment (I can still see it in my head), his obsession with stickers began. That was one of the days he refused his medicine and I promised him Thomas the Train Mini Dots Stickers if he took it. He did and I gave him his sticker. Since then, pretty much everything he does, needs to be incentivized. Now, he wants to take medicine all the time. Last night, he even went to bed holding his little Motrin medicine measuring cup and was holding on to it all day for some reason including taking it to bed at nap time.
- TJ can be very thoughtful. Every time I cough, he gently reminds me, "You need medicine, Mommy" or "Daddy, take medicine". We wonder if he is going to become a doctor like grandpa. Yesterday he said, "Take a cough drop, Mommy".
We are still under the weather. We are all still sick. No fevers, thankfully, but ever single one us, including Baby E, is stuffed up, is coughing, occasionally sneezing, and has some degree of a sore throat as well. Sigh…just want this to end already!
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The Squirmy Popple
It's so hard when one of you is sick – never mind all of you! We all had colds last week – luckily they were fairly minor, so we all just felt a bit crap rather than being completely out of commission. I desperately wanted to just crawl under the duvet and stay there for a few days, but that's not exactly possible when you have a toddler to take care of. #FamilyFun
I hear you. It is one of the worst feelings to be sick when the kids are sick too. I know what you mean by wanting to crawl under the duvet. Sometimes I long for days before kids when I could do that. Oh well….Thanks for visiting.
Thankfully this phase did not come yet but thanks for the Tips. Here through #familyfun
I am glad you don't have to go through this. It's one the worst feelings to see a helpless sick child. Thanks for visiting.
Oh no being sick is hard at the best of times when it comes to having little ones. I'm sorry to hear you are still poorly. I dread the day we both get really sick as as much as I love your advice about sticking together I fear I would end up the nurse for all, spouse included. I really hope you feel better soon and thanks for joining us at #familyfun
We are slowly getting better. Thanks. Pretty much every one we know has had some kind of a cold lately. It's been going around the city and childcare centers. I hope you never have to go through two sick children at the same time. Thanks for visiting.
The Mum Reviews
Totally agree with all your advice. Give yourself a break when you're sick and try your best to keeping working together as a family. I hate winter and its bugs though. I had the flu last week even though I had a flu shot! #familyfun
Ah…the flu shot 🙂 I am happy you did take one though. It may have tempered down the strain of the virus because of the shot. I need to get on this and be more vigilant for my own health but you know, time. Thanks for visiting.
Lucy At Home
Uuurgh it is soooo hard when you all get ill at the same time. I am always cynical when people say they have flu, but we ALL fell victim to it just before Christmas! For 2 solid weeks, none of us could leave the house. It was awful. Like you, I totally lifted the screen-time ban – it was the only way we could survive! I'm glad you're all feeling a little better and I hope you're all back to full strength very soon #FamilyFun
Oh no..hopefully, it didn't ruin Christmas for you.
Ever imagine how our parents or their parents dealt with sick children before tablets and other screen options. I am just so glad we are raising kids now and not decades ago. Hahaha..Thanks for visiting.
Being sick with little ones is dreadful! Hope you feel better soon. #Gobalblogging
Thank you. We are doing much better now.
Ali Duke
It is so tough when you are both sick. Like you said, take things easy, don't worry too much about housework etc, and if the kids watch a little more tv for a few days it won't do them any harm.
Yes, and yes. Thank goodness for the many kids-friend shows on subscription services/TV now.
Alana - Burnished Chaos
Oh no. Our house has been the same, just as you seem to get rid of it comes back. Hopefully the wiestbis over and you're all on your way back to full health x
Yes, I would like to believe it is. Thanks. I hope everyone at your end is doing better too. Thanks for visiting.
Karen | TwoTinyHands
It's awful isn't it! Thankfully we've never been sick at the same time but tag team parenting is definitely useful!! I love having an independent happy to play alone kid too! I think our kids would get on! Lol! Thank you for linking up to the #familyfunlinky
Aww…I think the Robot and TJ would have a fun time together too 🙂 Thanks for visiting.
One Messy Mama
These are great tips. Every parent should read this. It's letting go of the cleaning that gets me every time! Thanks for sharing #globalblogging
I have made my peace with the messiness. I only do the bare minimum but my husband is the one obsessed with cleaning up so I let him take over. Haha.
Great tips. No need to be a martyr. It's more important to get better and heal.
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SA cyclists are upbeat in Rio/
Four of Team South Africa's seven cyclists – Daryl Impey, Louis Meintjes, Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and An-Li Kachelhoffer – are upbeat as they near the kick off the cycling campaign at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 August.
Impey and Meintjes will get the wheels turning on the 256.4-kilometre Men's Road Race course in Fort Copacabana at 09:30 (local time)/14:30 (SA time) on Saturday 6 August. *The route passes through Copacabana, Ipanema, Barra and Reserva Beach; and includes laps of the Grumari Circuit (four laps for men) and laps of the Canoas/Vista Chinesa Circuit (three for men).
Different racing strategies will emerge as the world's best professional cyclists will be competing as National Teams.
London 2012 Olympian, Daryl Impey (31), is a five-time South African National Time Trial Champion and in 2013, he was the first South African to wear the Yellow Jersey in the Tour de France, which he retained for two days. He delivered a solid result on Stage 7 in this year's Tour de France when he summited the Lac de Payolle in second place, a phenomenal achievement for the sprinter; and his support throughout the race to his team, particularly in Stage 10 when he led teammate Michael Matthews (AUS) to victory in a commanding breakaway, was incredible to watch.
Impey said: "Preparations have gone well, none of us have been injured or sick after the Tour. My feelings have been satisfying this past week and I'm excited to get things underway and to give my best performance on Saturday."
Coming off a remarkable Tour, where Meintjes kept South Africans enthralled as he steadily secured his position in the top 10 of the 2016 Tour de France General Classification, he finished the gruelling 21-day stage race in eighth place and was the second highest finisher in the Young Rider's (White Jersey) Classification. He is also the 2015 African Continental Road Race Champion and 2014 SA National Road Race Champion. The 24-year-old climber will also be remembered for his second place in the 2013 U23 Road World Championships.
Meintjes said: "My preparations have been really good and the Tour has been perfect preparation for the Olympics and it gave me some confidence. We don't often have the chance to race as a National Team so it's going to be different to other races and very unpredictable."
Moolman-Pasio and Kachelhoffer take to the 130.3-kilometre course in Fort Copacabana at 12:15 (local time)/17:15 (SA time) on Sunday 7 August. Racing along the same route as the Men, the Women's race will only complete one lap of the Grumari Circuit and one lap of the Canoas/Vista Chinesa Circuit.
London 2012 Olympian Moolman-Pasio (30) has channelled her early season adversity and setbacks due to untimely illness and crashes into positive energy in the lead up to Rio. She recently repeated her success of last year by winning the three-stage Auensteiner Radsporttage in Germany, and went on to finished second in the overall standings after the five-day stage race – the Aviva Women's Tour in Britain. Few will forget the memorable moment when Moolman-Pasio timed her lunge to perfection at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow to squeeze onto the podium by the slimmest of margins for a bronze medal. She is also a four-time SA National Road Race Champion, three-time SA National TT Champion and four-time African Continental Road Race Champion.
Having tested the 2016 Olympic Games Time Trial and Road Race courses, the climber and strong all rounder said: "Both courses suited me so well and the vibe and energy there was incredible, and I just gained such momentum being there."
Moolman-Pasio is South Africa's only TT competitor, and she can be seen in action in the Women's Individual Time Trial in Pontal at 08:30 (local time)/13:30 (SA time) on Wednesday 10 August. The women will complete one lap of the 29.8-kilometre Grumari Circuit.
Twenty-eight-year-old Kachelhoffer is a great all-rounder and has been competing abroad with her European team this season. Kachelhoffer claimed the SA National Championship title this year in Westville for the first time in her career and also claimed the 2016 Cape Town Cycle Tour victory. She also lists winning the Queen Stage of the Tour d'Ardeche in 2015 as one of her career highlights. Prior to cycling, Kachelhoffer was the 2007 20-24 age group Duathlon World Champion, and the 2005 Junior Biathle World Champion.
Kachelhoffer told iol.co.za**: "You can't be selfish in a sport like this, and I really think Ashleigh has a proper shot at this, and the course suits her to perfection. Her form is the best I've seen her in which is really great and it puts it at the back of your mind that you are racing for the right cause here."
You can watch the 2016 Rio Olympic Games Road Races and Time Trial for Men and Women on Supersport at the following viewing times:
Saturday 6 August: Men's Road Race - DSTV SS6 from 14:20;
Sunday 7 August: Women Road Race - DSTV SS6 from 17:00;
Wednesday 10 Augsut: Men and Women's Time Trial - DSTV SS6 from 13:25.
South Africa's cyclists will be racing in a brand new Olympic edition cycling kit. The design is the creative work of one of our office ladies, Tarryn Duncan.
*Source: http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/rio-2016-olympic-road-race-and-time-trial-courses-confirmed-167881/
**Source: http://www.iol.co.za/olympics-rio-2016/cycling/moolman-pasio-feeling-bullish-for-second-effort-2053473

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Last Tuesday night, we bundled up and headed to Zoo Lights at the Calgary Zoo. We chose to go this night because it was the warmest night in the forecast before Christmas. And we figured that the crowds would be sparse on a Tuesday night. And we were right. We got rockstar parking and dealt with NO crowds while looking at all the great light displays.
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These lights and the display across from it was synchronized to music. It was awesome. Penelope was entranced the entire time.
My favorite dinosaur lit up in my favorite colour – it doesn't get much better than that!!!
This was the first time we went on a weeknight instead of weekend. And I am so glad we did. The kids enjoyed it a lot more because you don't have to wait to get close to a display and it was easy to manoeuvre. We are big fans of the Zoo and the Zoo lights so we encourage everybody to take it in even if you have already – especially if you have young kids like us. They loved it!!


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Finally, under pressure from the parliamentary forces, Maoist supremo Prachanda and his party's central committee have decided to halt running their Peoples' Government in villages and taking forced donations. But the Chairman has made it clear that the party will keep accepting voluntary donations to feed the People's Liberation Army. Well, party and comrades never said before that they were taking forceful donations. They always talked about voluntary donations. So we wonder what kind of donations the party will stop 'accepting'. Continue reading Maoists Leadership Wants To Halt Forced Donations. Will Cadres Follow?
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3) In openssl.cfg .Did the following changes
dir = c:/openssl <-- This is the OpenSSL installation directory
certificate = $dir/private/cacert.pem
#crl = $dir/crl.pem
4) Create Self-signed Certificate with command
cd /d "%OPENSSL_HOME%"
openssl req -new -x509 -days 2000 -keyout private\CAKey.pem -out private\CACert.pem -config bin\openssl.cnf
5)Convert the certificate PEM file to a DER encoded file
cd /d "%OPENSSL_HOME%"
openssl x509 -in private\CACert.pem -out private\CACert.cer -outform DER
This command creates file CACert.cer in the private subdirectory.
6) Modify
Root Certificates
cd %JAVA_HOME%
keytool -import -keystore jre\lib\security\cacerts -alias AppOpenSSLCert -file %OPENSSL_HOME%\private\cacert.cer
This adds our self-signed CA certificate to Java's trusted CA certificates, which are kept in file jre\lib\security\cacerts in the Java JDK installation directory.
Our self-signed CA certificate was stored under the alias AppOpenSSLCert.
As per documentation it should have worked(i.e i tried hitting the URL with https) but it did not work .
To make it work I had to run one more command i.e
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_23>keytool -genkey -alias
-keyalg RSA which generated .keystore file((which will have SSL certificate which will be send when client makes https request and client matches this certificates in truststore and private key)
Finally i made changes in server.xml and it worked
Thats why whole confusion came to my mind. If we are using certificates pointed by .keystore file generated in 7th step,what is the purpose of steps i did from 1 to 6(CAKey.pem and CACert.pem files).
Last question on the verisign(
. ) link. it talks about two certicates i.e SSL certificate and digital certificate. Where SSL certificate and digital certificate fit in above scenario?
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It was shrewd of The Sacramento Bee's editorial board to choose its words carefully when it called for tax reform ("There's no time like April to talk about tax reform"; Editorials, April 13).
As the editorial points out, Gov. Jerry Brown is not running for re-election and the Democrats have comfortable majorities in the Legislature. As such, the editorial board urges policymakers "to show the courage to tackle one of the state's most vexing problems."
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Black Cube is a freeware game of logic and deduction for Mac OS X. Fire rays into a cube and deduce where the hidden pockets of dark matter are, based on where the rays emerge. Extends classic "black box" gameplay into the 3rd dimension.
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Sept. 13 (UPI) -- New York Knicks star Kristaps Porzingis got into it with a former Knicks player Tuesday at the European Championships.
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Slovenia sensation Luka Doncic, thought by some as a possible future No. 1 pick, scored 27 points and had nine rebounds in the win.
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Here's Anthony Randolph's cheap shot on Porzingis that led the technicals: pic.twitter.com/M8fszIXQ0Q— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) September 12, 2017
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Reflections on Games as Media
Early last year I blogged about how we construct definitions of 'gaming' versus 'real life'. For me, I am fascinated by the acknowledgement of artifice that is invoked as soon as we call something a game.
Just yesterday, Dean Groom posted a lovely long comment, and I thought it a shame to leave it languishing at the bottom of my post, so here it is, below. Dean tweets here and blogs here. I find Dean's writing to be nuanced, insightful and subversive.
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Hey, thanks for happy comment Steve. What I'm really interested in is this: How do games (as a form of media remediation) change the way in which families negotiate fantasy and reality. I'm mostly talking about kids 7-12, pre adolescents, as there is spotty research. I happen to think kids need to explore the bounds of reality, and have always done this though fantasy - playing out games with anything from shadows, to sticks and more lately games like Minecraft. What I think is significant is that parents now have to learn to deal with games as a media form - having no previous experience (as parents) even if they are players. It adds to the anxiety and dilemmas we all face. As much as I like games, my kids like different ones for different reasons. They negotiate playing them (and the media at swirls around them) in way that I might not like, or even be aware of.
Ultimately I believe that many kids are locked into a commercial hyper-reality which reflects the goals or vast corporations (be that Apple, Google or Rio Tinto). I find it unsettling that teachers are commonlt used as preachers for this. I guess I completely reject the Will Richardson "Blogs, wikis and podcasts" because it failed to deal with the ethical realities that schools (and society) are now dealing with.
To me, games allow some kids to find respite and connectedness. They need fantasy to deal with the relentless pressure for them to be what commercial and political interests wish them to be. I grew up in the 70s and 80s, so we bought guitars and hung out in video arcades ... but today that seems impossible for most kids. So why not let them blow stuff up, and be knee deep in gore - as the literature that opposes it yet to prove more than debatable.
To me this is the role of teachers - to take kids to imagined reality of what they could be. I accept there are tests and content, but see no reason that they two things are separated. It matters nothing if teachers or parents don't like games, or don't like the kind of games kids want to play.
Games are simply another layer of the ever evolving cultural literature that is all around us. Play is absolutely real, because it is an autotelic function of the imagination being coerced by our conscious. What we think we are doing and what we are actually doing have been show to be quite different.
The problem with GBL is that it is a commercial hyperbole, which should (but doesn't) present teachers with an instructional method that aligns with outcomes (and what is popular). GBL is simply the act of holding your hand to the sun in order to create shadows, and that is something being driven out of childhood IMO.


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I knew deep down that I was here for something bigger, that my life had a purpose, but I couldn't seem to figure out what that was. Looking back now, I see it so clearly. I was so focused on the chaos that I wasn't taking care of what mattered most – my body, my health and in turn, my heart and my soul.
For years I lived my life based on what other people would think of me. It affected all parts of my life so it's no surprise that I turned into a bland, watered-down version of myself and felt completely lost.
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There is no better feeling than to be living your purpose, and earn a living doing so. But what if we don't know what our purpose is?
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I believe everyone is here for a reason, and our purpose lies in our passions. As human beings, our bodies, minds, and hearts are designed to be doing things we love.
I have to admit, I've been guilty of buying into these myths even though I knew they were holding me back. For years, I justified them by telling myself that they were keeping me safe and protected from failure or disappointment.
My life-consuming corporate job was totally distracting me, taking up all my time, and ultimately holding me back from becoming who I was truly meant to be.


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Embracing Autumn
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Autumn can be a challenging season. For those who love the heat of the sun and long light evenings it can be difficult to accept the crisper days and darker evenings Autumn brings.
Finding Something to Love in Every Season
When we observe nature and align with the changing seasons we can create a healthy experience where resistance is replaced with contented mindful acceptance.
Finding something to love about Autumn can help us enjoy the change. Although I'm not so keen on darker evenings, I do enjoy the changing colours of the leaves, acorns, squashes and pumpkins, spiced tea, vegetable stews and baked apples. I like meditating by candlelight and walking without feeling overheated. By focusing on what I do like about Autumn and learning to adjust in preparation for change I can now enjoy what used to be a tough time of year for me.
Getting in Step with Nature
When we live closer to nature we naturally adjust with the seasons. Harvesting apples, nuts, pumpkins and firewood are all part of the natural transition to Autumn. But we, in our heated homes and cars, tend to move through life in an artificial climate controlled mono-season. We do the same things and eat the same things all year round.
Yet each season brings its benefits and challenges and knowing them helps us keep in step with nature and take better care of our bodies and minds.
Autumn Energy
In Autumn, the air is highly charged with vital energy (prana). Autumn is a wonderful time to walk and fill your lungs with cool clean air. Stepping through the crisp coloured leaves, counting your steps and your breaths, or repeating a mantra or affirmation can transform your steps into a grounding meditation that helps to calm your mind.
As I write this I'm sitting in a tea shop at a country park with a pocket full of acorns. Outside the window a tall fennel plant is swaying in the breeze. It has thousands of seeds. Seeing it reminds me of nature's generosity - fennel seeds make the perfect tea for Autumn. Fennel gives a grounding energy and gentle warmth that nurtures us and helps us stay healthy in Autumn.
The nuts, pumpkins and squashes coming into season are also rich with the properties that help us create a healthy sniffle free season. Baked apples with cloves and cinnamon are rich with vitamin C. Hot apple juice with ginger protects us from colds.
Chinese medicine teaches that we become attuned to the chi in our local environment; another good reason to eat local seasonal vegetables whenever possible.
Autumn Health Challenges and How to Overcome Them
Autumn is the season of drier, lighter air, and cooler winds, this provokes vata and the nervous system. Autumn directly affects our anxiety levels, our digestion and our skin.
Ayurveda teaches that "like increases like" that means that the cold, dry, light, and sometimes erratic windy nature of Autumn increases those same qualities in us. If we are vata in nature we will be strongly affected as vata is very like Autumn. Vata, like typical Autumn weather, is also dry, light, cold, moving and erratic.
If you are of a vata nature and suddenly find that you feel more anxious, or stiff and achy, or your digestion becomes sluggish, your skin becomes dry, and your sleep is disturbed you can know that this is may well be due to the influence of Autumn.
Knowing this, you can take steps to look after yourself and get back in balance.
Here are some tips for creating a healthy Autumn for your body and your mind:
Try getting up early before the world gets busy and invest a few minutes in a relaxing breathing practice.
Oil your body. Massage yourself with warm sesame oil. Sesame oil is lubricating and warming to your skin, joints and muscles and will help protect you from dryness, cracking joints, and stiff muscle pain.Applying a little warm sesame oil to the inside of your nose and ears also protects from the influence of cold dry weather. It helps prevent ear aches and supports your immunity by protecting your nose and ears from infection.
Practice pranayama (yoga breathing exercises) to take advantage of the increased prana in Autumn air and energise your body and mind. Pranayama will also help you calm your mind and lift your spirits.
The ideal autumn diet should consist of warm foods that are sweet, mildly spicy, and salty. These are the tastes that increase moisture in the body and help us feel grounded. Try pumpkin soup, seasonal vegetable stews with a little olive oil and black pepper, and baked apples. Porridge with cinnamon and maple syrup makes a perfect Autumn breakfast.
Ending your day with a cup of hot milk with a pinch of nutmeg will help to settle your mind and nourish your nervous system for a peaceful night's sleep.
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Apple shares are lower as the company continues its biggest event of the year.
The company is holding its annual World Developers Conference ( WWDC) in San Francisco.
Near 1:52 p.m. ET, the stock was down nearly 1%; it had climbed to as high as $129.21 per share in morning trading.
After CEO Tim Cook started speaking at around 1:06 p.m. ET, the stock dropped below its previous low, but has now rallied above that level.
Shares are up 15% year-to-date, and 36% over the past 12 months.
According to Walt Piecyk at BTIG, Apple's stock has fallen 1.3% on average on the day of every developer's conference since 2008, 1.2% the day after, and about 0.7% one month after. Shares climbed 3.5% in the month leading up to WWDC events.
The company has unveiled OSX El Capitan, its new operating system for Macs and iOS 9.
You can follow all that's happening at WWDC on our live blog here, and this post will be updated as the event continues and the stock moves.
Here's a chart showing the movement in trading. The stock is now well above the lows reached since the event started.


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Dear Tathagata
Did you practice meditation to reach enlightenment. I have been practicing meditation and yoga for a while but can't see any benefits at all. I want to learn Buddhism but every time I go to a Buddhist place they just teach me meditation, shall I stop, is meditation and yoga beneficial for me or not, please explain the benefits or dangers.
Answer from Tathagata
Dear Jenny
In order to understand my answers you need to check the following points. Firstly, please confirm whether there is somebody who has achieved the enlightenment by the practice of yoga or meditation in human history.
Secondly, whether yoga and meditation were started by the teaching of the enlightened one or not. If there were no enlightened people by practicing yoga and meditation or someone who taught them was not enlightened ,it is impossible for you to be enlightened by practicing them.
About your next question of the result of practicing them. I can answer to you only when you show me or explain to me in detail about how you do practice them. Then I will see what happens in the process of your practice. I have seen some yoga and meditation practice in the temples and yoga centers. I have found that they are rather dangerous to people who want the bright life and self. People can contact gods quickly, a god means the dead soul or ghost.
The numbers of ghosts are similar to the numbers of living people on the Earth in this age. Therefore if anyone practices sincerely their teachings one will invite the dead soul to their own body.
It is very hard to meet the real Buddha's teaching in this age. I always notice that the teaching of the existing Buddhism is not beneficial to humanity.


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Amy Adams Baby Name a Mouthful
Actress Amy Adams gave birth over the weekend to her first child with fiancée Darren Le Gallo. The Enchanted star and artist partner met in 2001 during an acting class. They began dating about a year later after appearing in a short film called Pennies. Their new baby girl, named Aviana Olea Le Gallo, is the first kid for both.Read More..>>


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Resource Manager on Azure documentation
Learn how to use Resource Manager to deploy, monitor, and manage solution resources as a group. Tutorials, API references, and other documentation show you how to set up resource groups and create templates for consistent and repeatable deployment.
Use various tools to create Azure Resource Manager templates for deploying Azure resources.
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Perhaps the litmus test of a good partnership, this piece grew from my aversion to spotted bananas and Edgar's willingness to eat them. Print of original ink and watercolor illustration with digital polishing.
Printed on quality 8.5"x11" paper, the image is centered to fit an 8"x10" frame. Each is signed.
Perhaps this is the litmus test of a good relationship


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The Harwood Institute in The Hartford Courant about work with libraries
Community Found
By LORETTA WALDMAN
February 20, 2015
Public libraries have been about more than books for decades, but the digitization of information and head-spinning pace of technological innovation has resulted in an expansion of offerings that Andrew Carnegie, or Jules Verne for that matter, could scarcely have imagined.
To their book discussions and story times, public libraries are adding 3-D printers and "Maker" spaces — an area where patrons of all ages can try out the printers, dabble in computer coding or work individually, or collaboratively, to create DIY technology. In Connecticut and elsewhere, robotics programs are hot. The library in Westport even acquired a pair of humanoid robots, Vincent and Nancy, to teach robotics and programming. Hartford Public Library is hosting job fairs and job training in partnership with community and state agencies. Patrons of the public library in Southington have access to more than 800 free online noncredit courses.
This evolution is stretching library resources as never before and altering the fundamental role of libraries in the community, says Jennifer Keohane, executive director of the Connecticut Library Consortium, a statewide membership collaborative supporting all types of Connecticut libraries. Instead of warehouses of information, public libraries are becoming information exchanges: places people not only go to learn but to interact with ideas, new technology, services and each other, she said.
Bucking predictions that technology would render them irrelevant, public libraries are busier than ever, Keohane and others say. A 2014 study by the Pew Research Center concluded that more than two-thirds of Americans age 16 and older are actively engaged with libraries.
"Because people are lacking a way to interact with each other, they are coming to us," Keohane said. "Libraries are the new town green."
Hartford Public Library has become a national model for community engagement efforts. Last year, it was selected as one of 10 libraries nationally to undergo an intensive 18-month, team-based community engagement training program as part of the ALA's "Libraries Transforming Communities" project. The partnership with The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, funded through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, helps libraries develop and distribute new tools, resources to engage with their communities in new ways, according to the ALA.


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I'm proud to announce the opening of Poznan Institute, the official home of neomasculinity. For the near future, it will serve as a reference archive so that all neomasculinity articles are accessible from one location.
The name of neomasculinity's home was inspired by the Polish city of Poznan, a place where Roosh lived in for over a year. Many of Roosh's ideas on neomasculinity were realized in Poznan, and it's also the location where he derived the term.
Poznan is a city where modern living and technology are clashing in full view against traditional European life. The city's name serves as a fitting metaphor for the clash that all men now have to face between their masculine instincts and the cosmopolitan environments they find themselves living in.
You can visit the site at PoznanInstitute.org and also follow it on Twitter. Alongside me for the ride is Quintus Curtius.
Speaking of institute, I filmed a four-part video diary while in crazy Toronto this summer when mayors and other politicians tried to stop my speech. I give a behind-the-scenes look at some of the events that happened, which I plan to include in a future book about the event.
After watching the above, check out Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.
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In anticipation of the newest Wes Smith endeavor, I sat down with the curator of the famous RIPEcast, Keith Deckard (aka DJ Deckard) to talk about the show. He is a member of the Space Cowboys, a San Francisco based Burner music and art collective.
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Tell me who or what are the Space Cowboys?
There is a really long history surrounding the Space Cowboys, I have been a part of them for 6 years now. It is a collective in the true sense of the word that was born from a fusion of two different Burning Man camps. They found themselves at Burning Man in a "coming together" moment. They had the same temperament and needs/skills/equipment that complimented each other ... and the camp was born. Today we have about 17 active members, builders, sound guys, maintenance, etc and each has their expertise that is used during the year for our activities, shows and at Burning Man itself.
Explain to those who have not been to Burning Man what the Space Cowboys do at the burn:
At Burning Man we have MOG which is an art car and last year we built a saloon. The MOG is a mobile party that is always on the move. We would rather be mobile and a bit harder to find than have a huge party that people plan on going to during the week. It's part of the experience, you have to make an effort to find us. It's almost a metaphor for breakbeat, a little off the beaten path. We want the people who love it to come find the art car or if you stumble upon it and have a great time listening to it and we gain new people, that's great too.
I know we ended up in deep playa one early morning at the MOG. We were the first ones there but a whole bunch of people showed up and we danced for hours. That was a great Burning Man memory for me, thank you Space Cowboys!
Who are the Space Cowboys outside of the burn?
Different parties we throw thoughout the year have different purposes. From specific Burning Man fundraisers to smaller shows that give our vibe and music but are most likely less of a production. We are a not-for-profit and we really try to back art projects. For example we backed the Bay Bridge lights project [https://thebaylights.org] where a local artist Leo Villareal did a LED light installation on San Fran's Bay Bridge. We also throw Ghost Ship which is a Burning Man type party but it also supports local artists. As we have been more successful with each show, we are able hire people/artists from other camps like Dusty Rhino (for example) and they are able to gain something from being there, helping their camp for the year.
What is RIPEcast?
Zach Moore championed the RIPEcast effort and spent a lot of time and effort getting RIPEcast to where it is now. It was born out of love and belief in the music from those with a love of breakbeats and ability to promote what we love. The sound has evolved a bit more from exclusively breakbeat, we play more house styles now as well. I'm even hearing more of that organic electro sound that we were hearing 6-7 years ago. We talked about it as a collective to widen the range of what is played and it has worked out really well- I feel like we have something pretty rare. Now Zach does the Armory Podcast exclusively and all of us involved in RIPEcast are figuring out how to get the word out on social media and in our communities.
How do you choose your artists/mixes for RIPEcast?
We are trying to record as many live sets as possible that we do during the year like our happy hours on Pier 70. Josh (8_Ball), a camp elder/leader, manages 1 mix a month plus a mixture of Space Cowboys DJS live, video or pre set mixes as well as other guest DJs. I am trying to curate producers/DJs that I follow and like to get more content. Even though I have a 9-5 job and limited time - it's like being a radio programmer, I get to bring music I am really passionate about to people who really like it and what we do as well.
How did the July 24th San Francisco "The Space Cowboys present ShOONanigans with Wes Smith" show come about?
This is a really good example of how we have different people who take on different parts and roles. Jenny (ShOOey) has a relationship with Jeff (GM) of Public Works in San Francisco and she is a huge fan of Wes Smith. It's her birthday and she was able to choose who she wanted to play. It's very organic, we have the infrastructure and level of expertise/knowledge to propose a plan and throw a great, successful party. We also have a good track record so it feels good when you have everyone's backing going into it. [Facebook Event]
How can we hear the RIPEcast?
It is available on Mixcloud, Soundcloud and for download on iTunes. Wes Smith's RIPEcast drops today at 11am pst.
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Keith is a Space Cowboy and is known as DJ Deckard. His "Definition of Chill" RIPEcasts are available on the links below (I'm listening to one now and it's great). I thank him for his time with me today, it was a awesome and interesting conversation that helps bridge the gap for me on music and what others are doing across the country for the love of music. I look forward finding the Space Cowboys and dancing with you all in Black Rock City in 2015. Giddy up!
Related Links:
[Wes Smith Website] [Space Cowboys Website] [DJ Deckard | Facebook] [DJ Zach Moore | Facebook] [DJ ShOOey | Facebook]