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It's an FO!
I know and trust y'all to fill in the appropriate whiny noises over my werk situation the last couple of days. Don't abuse that trust -- make it really, really annoying and high-pitched.
[SUMMARY: Breezy.]
In hopes of making yesterday's little SNAFU† a distant memory, I'm providing what I think are truly spectacular FO pictures, pictures to rival the Retarded Superhero Theatre of Christmas.
Without further ado,‡ eBeth's Mom Mittens§
In their resting state...¶
Now, watch it go from glove...
...to Muppet...
wacka wacka wacka
...to snake puppet...
[SUMMARY: Are you not entertained?]
In the ongoing series of Stuff Out My Office Window, we witnessed a nasty bus-pedestrian accident the other day.††
The pedestrian had the light. The pedestrian was in the crosswalk. The bus was making a left turn and hit the pedestrian. We believe the pedestrian survived, as nothing turned up in the news. However, we‡‡ also believe it was questionable at the time because they were measuring all kinds of stuff.
The white mini-van was the RTD insurance/legal guy, who was filling out forms and taking pictures and generally wandering around in the middle of the street and almost got hit himself through his own dumbassery.
I begin to question the overall intelligence of your basic RTD on-the-street guy.
Anyway, the pedestrian was placed on a surfboard and transferred from the ground to the ambulance, which sat right there for at least 45 minutes. This lead to more wild speculation from the peanut gallery.
"Don't you think that's a bad sign?" asked the client. "If you have an injured person..."
We all took a moment of silence for the implied dead guy.
That night at Drunken Knitting, further speculation took us to the idea that the victim needed to be stabilised before he could be transported.
In any case, it never showed up on the news, so we may never know.
Being a curious sort, I asked the questions, "Are there passengers on the bus? Are they just sitting there waiting for the investigation to be done? When they're done, are they going to let the errant bus driver drive the bus back to the bus barn? Will he get a ticket? Will he get arrested?"
The answers:
- Yes.
- Sort of -- that bus on the left in the picture actually showed up to pick up the passengers from the bus of doom.
- No. They sent a second RTD guy in a second white mini-van to cart the driver off to RTD debriefing (I assume).
- Yes.
- No.
I'm pretty sure you have to have at least three items to make a proper pig-licking, so let me squeeze out one more story for y'all before I leave you to your own devices§§ for the weekend.
Last Sunday, in a fit of adult responsibility and unforeseen foresight,¶¶ I decided to stock up on vacuum cleaner bags against the coming cleaning spree.
You see, I will be hosting poker on the 19th in my very cool basement## and am fully aware that there is a fine layer of dust, kitty litter and cat hair over EVERYTHING in the basement. Not to mention the part where I leave any residual laundry that won't fit in a load in a pile by the washing machine, which then gets kicked over and spread about so my basement looks like the aftermath of a tornado in the garment district.
But I digress...
I went to Sears††† to get a new HEPA filter and bags for my vaccum cleaner. I located the empty pegs where they should have been, but instead found a sign saying, "Please ask a sales associate for assistance."
After the requisite half-hour quest‡‡‡ for a sales associate, I was informed by the pompadoured infant who "helped" me, "Well, there's nothing on the hook, so clearly we're out of them."
And if the sign on the hook had said, "Clearly we're out of these," I wouldn't have wasted his valuable associate time.
When pressed, he admitted they might be getting a shipment on Tuesday. Or Thursday.
[SUMMARY: Inventory is more art than science.]
So guess how I'm spending my Friday night? Yeah, baby. I can honestly say that this Friday night? I will totally suck.
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): Knitter SNAFU: Stitches and needles, all frogged up...?
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): Don't you "much ado about nothing" me, young lady. Go to your room.
§FOOTNOTE (swerved): Mom Mittens 'cause I figure she has to hook up car seats and tie shoes and scrape guacamole off shirt fronts and other things that require naked, fully functioning fingertips. In the real world, you call them Convertible Gloves. Which makes less sense because I don't know that eBeth has ever even owned a convertible.
¶FOOTNOTE (paragraphed): Isn't self-striping yarn just a little miracle? Angelique (who is a professional roadie, therefore joining Tina-Avril-Lavigne's-Former-Assistant in the ranks of people who cut my Six Degrees from Hugh Laurie by a high percentage of degrees) and I were talking about it at Drunken Knitting the other night. How do they know it's going to stripe instead of clot or zig? Miracle, I tell you. And I'm glad Angelique is on that particular dork wagon with me. Oh, I know some of you who actually dye will want to get all technical and stuff, but I know I'm not alone in self-striping worship.
#FOOTNOTE (pounded): Yes, that's my black leather jacket. Yes, I feel I'm cool enough to wear black leather. Yes, I feel I can pull black leather and mittens off. Yes, I've always been a little delusional. Thank you for asking.
††FOOTNOTE (ddouble-ccrossed): I took pictures. I know it's in questionable taste. The client, Hans and I were looking out the window, speculating wildly, when Hans said, "I can't believe you're not blogging this." Besides, I think it's part of my quest to educate the masses to be able to tell you definitively that a bus driver who hits a pedestrian is not allowed to drive the bus back to the bus barn. And provide the artistic statement of the police car sitting on the reflection of the power outlet. Deep.
‡‡FOOTNOTE (doubble-crossssed): And by "we," I mean "I," since someone told me long ago -- and it may be purley apocryphal -- that they only measure when someone dies, looks like they might die, or there's more than some large dollar amount in damages (presumably if you crashed your car into Big Bob's House of Caviar and Crystal. Or a Bentley).
§§FOOTNOTE (do the twist!): May all your devices be C-Battery or better.
¶¶FOOTNOTE (Bam! Bam!): There's an oxymoron if ever I wrote one.
##FOOTNOTE (pounded like a Jenny Craig before picture): I believe "cool" to all the married guys that will be joining me means mostly there's no carpet to ruin and no wife to bitch about the cigar smoke.
†††FOOTNOTE (really, really cross): Motto: Hide and Seek, You're It.
‡‡‡FOOTNOTE (just stitched together there): They want to make sure you're serious about needing help. They don't want to offer their valuable service to just any schlub seeking assistance on a whim. No, you earn your Sales Associate at Sears.


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New Zealand posted a seasonally adjusted current account deficit of NZ$2.6 billion in the first quarter of 2019, Statistics New Zealand said on Wednesday - following the NZ$3.256 billion shortfall in the three months prior.
The current account/GDP ratio was down 3.6 percent on year versus expectations for a drop of 3.5 percent after sliding 3.7 percent in the previous quarter.
Seasonally adjusted goods imports were down NZ$76 million and exports up NZ$17 million from the December 2018 quarter, resulting in a narrowing of the goods deficit to NZ$1.1 billion.
The fall in imports was led by intermediate goods, with crude oil the largest contributor to the change. The increase in exports was driven by milk power, butter, and cheese, following a fall in the December 2018 quarter. Logs, wood, and wood article exports were also up.
The seasonally adjusted services surplus narrowed by NZ$120 million to NZ$970 million, with imports rising NZ$85 million and exports falling NZ$36 million. Transportation imports were up NZ$20 million whereas the fall in exports was led by a decrease in spending by visitors to New Zealand, down NZ$26 million from the December 2018 quarter, and transport exports, down NZ$17 million.
Primary income flows between New Zealand and the rest of the world represent income earned from investments and compensation of employees.
The primary income deficit narrowed by NZ$203 million to NZ$2.4 billion, with income from investment abroad up (led by portfolio investment income) combined with a decrease in income from foreign investment in New Zealand.
Investment income from New Zealand investment abroad increased NZ$119 million to NZ$2.4 billion. Income on portfolio investment made up NZ$113 million of this increase which predominantly came from an increase in investment income on equity and investment fund shares. Of the NZ$596 million of portfolio investment income on equity and fund shares, NZ$542 million was paid as dividends on equity.
Investment income from foreign investment in New Zealand decreased NZ$125 million to NZ$4.7 billion. The main driver was a NZ$113 million decrease in direct investment income. Direct investment income on equity and investment fund shares, and interest income were down on last quarter (NZ$77 million and NZ$35 million respectively). Of the NZ$2.4 billion of direct investment income on equity and fund shares, NZ$1.7 billion was returned as dividends while the remainder was reinvested.
The financial account recorded a net investment inflow of NZ$726 million in the March 2019 quarter.
After a recent high in the December 2018 quarter, New Zealand's net liability position (international assets minus liabilities) has decreased by NZ$4.0 billion, to NZ$164.4 billion at 31 March 2019.
The narrowing of the net liability position was mainly due to rises in valuation from net financial derivative changes (NZ$3.2 billion) and net other changes (NZ$2.3 billion).
Market price changes increased liabilities by NZ$6.4 billion, and also increased assets by NZ$5.7 billion resulting in a net market price change of NZ$725 million.
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Formula 1 could delay 2021 engine rule change
Formula 1 may be better off delaying the introduction of new engine rules planned for 2021 so it can be sure to attract new manufacturers, says the sport's managing director of motorsport Ross Brawn.
F1 owners Liberty Media and engine manufacturers have been working for several months on putting together a package of rules to revamp power units for 2021.
The hope was that the louder, cheaper and less-complicated regulations would attract new entrants – with Porsche, Aston Martin, and Cosworth all considering projects.
However, with delays in framing the specifics of the rules, and a push back from the current manufacturers to keep the current MGU-H, the interest from the outside partners has fallen away.
With fading hopes of new car makers coming in, Brawn has suggested that it may now make better sense to delay the rules overhaul.
"We want to try and create a set of technical regulations on the engine, which are appealing to new manufacturers coming in as well as consolidate our existing engine suppliers," said Brawn, in an interview published in the Belgian GP race programme.
"And I think we just need to think of our timing on that, whether 2021 is the right time to do that, or whether it's better to keep that powder dry until we can be certain that major regulation change will bring fresh blood into the sport."
While a major technical shake-up may be delayed, Brawn says there could still be scope to make changes in the sporting rules to level the playing field more.
"My feeling is that there's still quite a lot we can do on the engine side in terms of sporting regulations such as limits on dyno test time, number of upgrades during a season, consistency of specification to all customer teams etc," he added.
"On the engine, we need to decide if now is the time to have a revolution or an evolution."
Cost cap trial
Brawn is clear that other changes being planned from 2021 – including new chassis regulations and a cost cap – are still being pursued.
And he has suggested that a plan is in place for a 'soft' cost cap trial to be introduced from next year so problems can be ironed out ahead of a proper introduction in 2021.
"The good news is that with the FIA and in consultation with the teams we are progressing well on the economic initiatives," added Brawn.
"Work on the mechanism of a cost cap is going well. At the moment we are looking to introduce it in a soft form, with dry runs in 2019, and 2020 and then it will be become regulatory in '21.
"I would say that barring some last-minute discussions that's pretty much finalised now."
There is also likely to be more use of standard parts to bring down costs.
"Why don't we all have the same transmission, at least the core parts of it – the same shafts, the same differentials," explained Brawn.
"That would have quite a significant economic impact. And the effect on this on the perception of the competitiveness of the sport would be negligible.
"For a marginal gain, the individual costs spent by each team are significant. If you are developing your own transmission, I'd estimate you are spending between $5-10 million a year – and no one sees it."
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Retired Police Officer Finds 'Top-Notch' Breast Cancer Treatment at UAMS
| Patty Allen is the first to admit it: Mammograms make her nervous.
With no history of breast cancer in her family, she never imagined the test would come back positive. But the experience always left her rattled nonetheless.
That's one reason Allen starting having her annual screenings aboard the MammoVan, a mobile mammography unit operated by UAMS.
"The women who work on the MammoVan are wonderful and really make me feel at ease," said Allen, who spent 28 years as an officer with the Little Rock Police Department.
One of those MammoVan staff members is Allen's long-time friend, Crystal Smith.
"Crystal is always on me about getting my mammogram," Allen said. Smith has been a mammography technologist for 11 years at UAMS, five of them aboard the mobile unit.
The MammoVan regularly travels across Arkansas offering quick and efficient screening mammograms for women who either do not have access to a mammography facility or who, like Allen, simply prefer the convenience.
In Allen's case, the ability to use the MammoVan would ultimately impact her life in a way she never expected.
With Smith's encouragement and the ease of having the MammoVan in her hometown of Cabot, Allen managed to keep most of her annual appointments, with the exception of 2018.
"For whatever reason, I skipped my 2018 mammogram. But after that, Crystal wasn't having it," she laughed.
Although Allen and her husband moved to Colorado about two years ago, she frequently returns to Arkansas for extended visits so she can travel with her daughter's college basketball team.
It was during one of those visits in February 2019 when Allen kept her promise to Smith and received her annual screening aboard the MammoVan.
"I thought I was done for another year," she said.
Then the phone rang.
While she expected the caller to give her good news about a normal test result, that unfortunately was not the case.
"When my radiologist called and asked me to come into the UAMS Breast Center for a biopsy, I knew something wasn't right," she said.
The MammoVan staff worked with the UAMS Breast Center to schedule Allen's biopsy for a few days later. When the results came back positive, she and her husband weighed her options.
Because the cancer was found early, it was considered Stage 0, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), meaning the abnormal cells were contained within a milk duct but had not spread to nearby tissue.
However, evaluation of the biopsy cells did note that it was a high grade tumor.
"Tumor grade refers to what the cells look like under a microscope. High-grade cancer cells tend to be more aggressive than low-grade cells. Although we don't know if Mrs. Allen's cancer would have eventually spread, about 30% of tumor cells found in the duct do go on to become invasive cancer, which can then spread to other parts of the body," said Daniela Ochoa, M.D., a breast surgeon and associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Breast Surgical Oncology.
Due to the large segment of duct affected by cancer cells, a lumpectomy was not recommended. Ochoa instead told Allen that removal of her left breast was the best option with the lowest risk the cancer would return.
For her own peace of mind, Allen chose to undergo a double mastectomy instead.
"I didn't want the burden of worrying about it coming back in my other breast someday," she said.
In addition to the double mastectomy, Allen also elected to undergo reconstruction. In discussing her options with plastic surgeon Keith Wolter, M.D., she was pleased to find out she could undergo both surgeries back to back under the same anesthetic. Wolter is associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Division of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery.
Breast reconstruction often involves the surgeon placing expanders under the muscle after the breasts are removed. Over time, the expanders stretch the muscle, creating a pocket into which the implants are placed during a second surgery.
However, since Allen already had breast implants, the pocket was already formed and the muscles did not require additional stretching.
"I was the perfect candidate to have my mastectomy and reconstruction done at the same time. It was really a blessing," she said, adding that the surgical team made her feel comfortable and assured that she was in the best hands.
"Dr. Ochoa, Dr. Wolter and their entire teams were top notch. I left the hospital with a plan for my recovery, which was such a relief," she said.
After awakening from her 11 ½ hour surgery at UAMS on May 14, Allen was told there was no evidence of cancer in her lymph nodes and she was now considered cancer free.
Following a few weeks recuperating at Smith's house, Allen was released to return home to Colorado.
"I knew I could trust the world-class care at UAMS. I'm thankful to everyone at the MammoVan and the UAMS Breast Center, along with my surgical teams, for their kindness, expertise and understanding," she said.


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I have to admit I love the fall. It's not too hot, the leaves change colour and kids get ready for Halloween.
For the past two years, I've had it in my head that I want to capture that perfect pumpkin picture with my son.
Last year, he wasn't quite sitting up on his own, so I had to sort-of "prop" him up against a pumpkin, while I quickly took pictures.
One hand was on the camera, and the other was ready to catch him as he slowly slumped to the side. Taking a vertical picture one-handed was a lot harder than I thought, but I managed to grab a couple of cute pictures, even if Nolan wasn't really into it. His grumpy look said it all. "Stop taking pictures, mom."
He wasn't impressed with my endless photo shoot to get that perfect shot.
This year, the visit to the pumpkin patch was a reunion for the group of other moms and tots I hung around while on maternity leave.
The kids are all walking now, and their personalities are quite evident. One boy managed to find every puddle in the place, while another girl just wanted to quietly sip her juice box.
Nolan decided he was going to be the pumpkin carrier.
He picked up ones I'm sure were too heavy for him – judging by the wincing of his face – and started to pass them off to unsuspecting friends. The other tots didn't know what to do with his orange 'gift' and quickly handed the pumpkin back to him.
He did this pumpkin passing for at least a half-hour, and smiled at his dad and I, proud of his own generosity.
We of course had to take a few small pumpkins home with us, since he enjoyed them so much. It'll give him something to do the next time we're outdoors at home, providing he doesn't drop them on our front pathway.
But then again, he likes to sweep too, so I'm sure he'd be willing to help clean up the mess.


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This week from The Broke and The Bookish we have to pick a genre of our choice and share out favourite characters in that genre. I'm not very good with genre specific topics because I don't usually pay attention to them but for this I am just going for Young Adult Fiction.
Travis from Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Mikey from You Against Me by Jenny Downham
Gem from Notes from the Teenage Underground by Simmone Howell
Cammie from Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter
Riley from Everything Beautiful by Simmone Howell
Grace from Entangled by Cat Clarke
Four from Divergent by Veronica Roth
Mara Valentine from Vegan, Virgin, Valentine by Carolyn Mackler
Bree Tanner from The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
Theo from Blood Ties by Sophie McKenzie


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This is my last post for "Father's Week," and I saved the best for last.
As an assignment for a class, I memorized the entire "The Family: A Proclamation to the World." I know that there are many readers who are not LDS, but I truly believe that the principles outlined in this wonderful document are applicable to any family, regardless of religious beliefs.
God, as magnificent as He is, chooses to be called Father. Why? Because this is his most sacred and important role.
Our fathers have the great responsibility of learning from the attributes of our Heavenly Father and being an example of the love He has for us.
I am going to cut this post short and attach this video. This is a clip from the closing speech in the movie Courageous.
My reason for writing these posts on fathers and fatherhood is to illustrate the important role that they play in our lives. I love my father and my husband. They are great examples of the Christ-like attributes that we should always strive to develop.
Enjoy the movie and remember to express your love and appreciation to your daddy :)


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A good digestive system is essential for one's health and well being. However, thanks to our hectic lifestyles and erratic eating patterns, a majority of us suffer from indigestion at one point of time or the other. The good news is that digestion problems can be cured with some natural home remedies. The following are some of the simplest and most effective ones.
• Boil 3-4 slices of ginger in a cup of water and drink up this concoction after every meal. Ginger has for long been used in traditional medicine to cure indigestion. Consuming ginger juice after every meal helps in detoxifying the stomach and stimulating the intestinal muscles.
• A glass of lemon juice after every meal also helps in curing indigestion. Lemon juice helps in reducing the silica content in the body, thereby enabling it to digest food faster.
• Make sure your breakfast includes a glass of fresh orange juice or consume at least one orange a day as a mid meal snack. Oranges help in regulating our bowel movement by stimulating the formation of digestive juices.
These home remedies along with a good diet and appropriate lifestyle changes will ensure that your digestive system functions normally.


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Kate offers one-on-one consultations with the aim of educating you, supporting you and empowering you with the tools, knowledge and confidence to take charge of your own health and reach all of your health and well being goals.
Initial consultation (1 hour) – $110
In the initial consultation, a full health and dietary assessment will be undertaken. You will receive nutritional and dietary guidance and advice individually tailored to your goals and needs. If necessary, testing may be undertaken (hormonal, allergy, parasitology, vitamin/mineral deficiency etc.) to gather further information and provide a more specific picture of your overall health status.
Subsequent consultation (1/2 hour) – $70
In the subsequent consultations your progress will be reviewed and any changes to your treatment plan will be discussed as well as any test results reviewed. We will discuss what is and isn't working for you as well as develop strategies to overcome any physical or emotional barriers that may be standing in the way of you achieving optimal health.
7 day personalised food plan (existing clients) – $50
In your initial and subsequent consultations you will be provided with guidance, advice and some recipes to suit your individual needs. However, some of us struggle to come up with ideas of what to eat each day that is enjoyable but also stays in line with our intolerances, nutrient requirements and overall goals. If you are somebody who benefits from more structure and would like to have a plan of exactly what to eat each day then a 7 day food plan (with recipes and shopping list) is for you.
Shopping consultation (1/2 hour) – $70
Do you ever feel a little confused and overwhelmed walking into the grocery store and being surrounded by all the different products claiming they are 'healthy'? A shopping consultation may be just the thing you need to complement your face to face consultation and take away some of the confusion when it comes to shopping for healthy choices for yourself and your family. Shopping consultations will take place in one of the CBD grocery stores, however, a consultation in your local grocery store can be arranged upon request (travel fees may apply).
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Kate is available to deliver talks and seminars to your workplace or group on a wide variety of topics. Please contact Katalyst Nutrition to register your interest and discuss your needs/request and pricing.
All face to face consultations will take place within the Andrew Vincent Chiropractic Clinic, Level 1, 245 Albert Street, Brisbane CBD. However, if you find that you are unable to attend appointments in the city, Skype consultations are also available.


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Мантру "подслушал", исполнение запало мгновенно.
My vision of best footage from Baraka documentary, combined with a highly meditative sound from Ben Leinbach, named Khumjung (The Spirit Of Yoga album).
The film opens with a quote from the Book of Job.Afterwards, a mysterious, wavering light that resembles a flame flickers in the darkness. Mrs. O'Brien (Jessica Chastain) recalls a lesson taught to her that people must choose to either follow the path of grace or the path of nature. In the early 1970s, she receives a telegram informing her of the death of her son, R.L., at age nineteen. Mr. O'Brien (Brad Pitt) is notified by telephone while at an airport. The family is thrown into turmoil.In the 2000s, eldest son Jack O'Brien (Sean Penn) is adrift in his modern life as an architect. One day he has an argument with his father regarding R.L.'s death. Later, after Jack sees a tree being planted in front of a building, he begins to reminisce about his life as a young teenager during the 1960s.The universe is formed, including the Milky Way galaxy and the Solar System. Voices ask various existential questions. On the newly formed Earth, volcanoes erupt and microbes begin to form. Early sea life is shown, then plants on land, then dinosaurs. From the vantage point of space, an asteroid is seen impacting the Earth. (For these sequences, the music is "Lacrimosa," a movement from Zbigniew Preisner's Requiem for My Friend [1988].)
At its core, The Fountain is the story of a 21st century man, Tom, (Hugh Jackman), losing his wife Izzi (Rachel Weisz) to cancer in 2005. As she is dying, Izzi begs Tommy to share what time they have left together, but he is focused on his quest to find a cure for her.While he's working in the lab, she writes a story about 16th century Queen Isabella losing her territory to the Inquisition while her betrothed, conquistador Tomás, plunges through the Central America forest in Mayan territory, searching for the Tree of Life for his Queen.Since she doesn't have time herself, Izzi asks Tommy to finish the story for her. As they look out to the stars, she imagines that their souls will meet there when the star dies. And we see astronaut Tom, in 2500, traveling there for the event, in a spaceship made of an enclosed biosphere containing the Tree of Life.The three story lines are told nonlinearly, each separated by five centuries. The three periods are interwoven with match cuts and recurring visual motifs; Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz play the main characters for all three narratives. Even within a given narrative, the elements of that particular story are not told in chronological order.
The healing sound is born in a deep meditative state. Just sit in silence in nature. Let the ancient cosmic harmony probe deeply into your heart. Breathe slowly and listen to the songs of trees, plants and birds. Breathe together with spring, be the unfolding flower, breathe together with summer, with the miracle of completeness. Breathe together with autumn, with the passing of time and breathe together with the quiet stillness of winter.
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A video reflection on meaning of life, that combines some stunning experimental scenes from "The Tree Of Life" - an esoteric film which chronicles imagery of the origins of the Universe, with a classic progressive trance piece - the "93 Returning Mix" variation of "Nothing", a masterpiece by James Holden Feat. Julie Thompson.
Музыка, олицетворяющая соединяющую всех существ во вселенной глубокой духовной связью систему - Shambala Networking.
Shambala Networks is one of the ambient projects of Oliver Dombi, who was born in Transylvania, on Christmas evening in 1981. In the first part of the 90s Oliver was mostly influenced by Metal and Hardcore music, later also influenced by Psychedelic Trance and Ambient.
This album, is about the whole Shambala Networking system, connected through all living beings across the universe , and this is a profound deep spiritual connection.Tracklist:1. Defeat Anxiety2. Emberi Meltosag S Egy Csomo Penz3. Invocation (Remember Yourself)4. Cars5. Ant Sin (Tru' Friendship)6. Deep Spiritual Network Connections7. Lack Of Empathy8. Beautiful Vacant Planet9. Freedom By The Third Ear


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Hey there, I'm Fern, pleased to meet you. I'm the admin on this wiki, so I've basically sold my soul to Eldarya.
I'll be doing my best to edit and help with this wiki, even though that includes spending half of my day editing when an event or something is happening. I'll also reply to comments to help as much as I can, but please have patience with me.
Wanna find me on Eldarya? View my profile here
What, you're not done stalking me yet? That's cool, I guess. Here's a little more about me:
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Los Angeles: A utility worker was killed and 15 other people were injured on Monday in an explosion, apparently triggered by a ruptured natural gas line, that levelled a house in the Southern California town of Murrieta, authorities said.
The blast, according to local media reports, sent flames shooting some 30 feet (9 m) in the air and rocked the surrounding Riverside County neighbourhood with such force that some residents initially mistook it for an earthquake.
City firefighters responding to reports of a gas line rupture were already at the house when Southern California Gas company employees came on the scene to address the leak, Murrieta Fire and Rescue Deputy Chief David Lantzer told a news conference.
The explosion occurred shortly after noon, about 30 minutes after the SoCalGas workers had arrived, Lantzer said. Murrieta is about 80 miles (130 km) southwest of Los Angeles.
One of the utility workers on the scene was killed, SoCalGas spokesman Randon Lane told reporters. Lantzer said 15 people injured in the blast were transported to hospitals for evaluation.
He said he did not have information on their condition, but added: "Of the 15, I don't have any reports of fatalities."
Los Angeles City News Service reported that the gas company also indicated that an occupant of the house may have been unaccounted for after the blast.
Local television news footage from the scene showed firefighters dousing the charred, mangled ruins of the house with water, with one of its walls still standing. A house next door appeared to have been damaged as well.
The Riverside Press-Enterprise newspaper quoted a SoCalGas spokeswoman, Christine Detz, as saying that the utility employees arrived at the home after a contractor working there had damaged a gas line.
"We are deeply saddened to learn of today's incident which took the life of one of our employees, injured firefighters, and impacted others," the company said in a statement issued hours later.
Lastacia Neat, 47, who lives across the street and two houses down from the one that blew up, told the Press-Enterprise the explosion shattered windows throughout the neighbourhood.
Another neighbour, Kevin McKinney, 63, who lives next door, was quoted as saying he heard "just a huge, huge explosion, and then I heard screams and went outside."
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Saturday, May 25, 2019 5:50 AM
A Video Of Ray J & Princess Love's Daughter Has The Internet At War Over Her WelfareBy: Vincent Tucker
Epitome of a Bad Dad?
Just months after a previous photo had the internet at war and wondering if the Him and wife Princess Love are good parents, Ray J finds himself in trouble once again in a new social media post.
The Love & Hip Hop Hollywood star shared an adorable video of his 11-month-old daughter Melody Love grinning from ear to ear.
In the video recorded by the first time father, his baby girl is laughing uncontrollably while sitting in her high chair.
In the caption, Ray J. wrote, "My little princess @melodylovenorwood."
However, a song laced with profanity is playing in the background as the b-word & s-word are said repeatedly.
The internet wasted no time weighing in on the video and blasting Ray J for playing "inappropriate" music around his infant daughter.
Another commenter stated: "She is so adorable but can't enjoy with your background music behind very disturbing not appropriate for your precious baby girl."
This person explained: "Not appropriate music for such a beautiful blessing baby girl from God, ABC song, wheels on the bus, twinkle little start, and if you happy and you know it clap you hands, Now that's 100."
"Alexa please play The Itsy Bitsy Spider for this baby," one fan joked.
"She's gonna know all kinds of curses before she can talk listening to this type of music," another fan added.
"Why the profane language around the baby," this commenter asked.
This sixth follower asserted: "Yeah I would have say the VIDEO is way cute, but what she hears an user's is more important. These are the days where she absorbs the most so you may want to take the music into consideration. No shade everyone raises their children different but I just wanted to give insight from a parent of 2 successful children."
Last August, Ray got called out by thousands of people over a different post about daughter Melody Love Norwood.
The singer shared an Instagram photo of wife Princess Love and baby Melody sleeping in bed next to each other.
Now this is where you ask, "Vincent, where's the issue with that?"
Let the internet tell it, the issue was the then 3-month-old lying on her stomach.
See the photo below:
Critics left Ray J mentions in shambles as they warned him and Princess about SIDS — also known as sudden infant death syndrome.
If you're not too familiar with SIDS, many health experts argue putting a baby to sleep on their stomach or side puts then at the risk of SIDS. Also parents sleeping in the same bed with their babies puts them at risk as well.
One mother shared her opinions to the picture by saying: "First off babies sleep best in a fetal position which is on the stomach dummy 2nd off she can sleep how she wants with her child fall back and give them a break let @rayj @princesslove be the awesome parents they are ain't no [expletive] manual Or instructions to parenting god leads you and guide you through. You guys are GREAT! Parents .. Sleeping on their backs, that's for the parents that sleep 5 rooms from their babies and don t check on them. It's always about the vibration that you bring. You baby has several ancestors watching over her."
Another commenter shared: "Technically you're supposed to switch your baby from their back to their stomach it prevents their [sic] hairline getting all [expletive] up. But what you're really not supposed to do is have the baby sleeping in the bed with you that is a one-way ticket to SIDS. But the picture was taken, so the baby is being watched."
This detractor wrote: "She should be on her back. PERIOD!!!"
Ray J. and his wife Princess Love welcomed their adorable baby girl into the world on May 22, 2018.
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Horses are magnificent creatures. They are so gentle and soothing. Since ancient times horses have served a wide range of purposes. They have carried men into battle, hauled hundreds of pounds of materials for construction purposes, have even herded cattle and other livestock for ranchers. In today's culture many of these horses have been retired from doing these tasks. When looking at a horse today many might have them used for riding and training. When doing this riders will need special horse tack to ride.
The saddle
The most common piece of equipment used is a saddle. The saddle is the seat that riders will use to mount and ride the horse. There are several different types of saddles made from a variety of materials. The most common material is leather.
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The bridle is the part of the tack that goes into the horse's mouth and around their face. Like saddles there are several different types of bridles that you can choose from. Each one fits different breads of horses, different age groups and even different riding styles. Without a bridle the rider will have a difficult time controlling the horse.
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An Equestrian is the person who rides the horse. When riding a horse shorts and a tee shirt will not do. Many riders will have specific pants, shirts, jackets, boots, spurs and crops that they will use when riding their horse. Each Equestrian will have their own style of gear that they feel most comfortable in and will allow them to perform the tasks, tricks and actions they do on the horse.
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Walk 9 – Boca de Tauce to Guia de Isora – (Posted 20th Nov, 2013) Despite severe damage in the 2012 forest fire the Barranco de Tagara, and its surrounding area, which this walk passes through is now recovering well, and the path through the barranco has been repaired.
Walk 10 – Circular from Chirche thru Barranco Peguerias – (posted 12th Feb, 2016) Unfortunately I have to report that the path through the Barranco Peguerias has become overgrown since the fire of 2012, and it is virtually impossible to find the path.
Walk 11 – Ifonche to Barranco del Infierno viewpoint – (posted 20th Nov, 2013) The main path used by this walk, up until point 11, is now way marked with yellow/white signposts and way marks to help navigation. Pictures below show the junctions of the paths to and from the viewpoint at point 11 and 15.
The plants mentioned, particularly at point 9, were badly affected by the 2012 forest fire, but are starting to re-grow now.
Walk 33 – Los Organos of La Orotava – (posted 26.10.2017) For a while the upper part of this walk was closed due to a landslip. I am pleased to find out that it is no longer closed. Super walk – Enjoy!
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SAP EH&S Data Model - Use of Compositions
One of the significant aspects to the success of Safety Datasheet Generation / distribution projects is to use and adopt the eixsting data structures. Even for meeting regulatory requirements like to manage REACh Compliance, Volume Tracking or notification management it is necessary to use of right data model. Even, if EHS Data is needed for uploading to ECHA - CLP Notification Tool or REACh - IT, then information from Pure Substances is needed. For meeting these varied requirements there are a number of types of compositions which are available in SAP EHS. So if you are into a client project / needed to manage their data structure for meeting varied requirements, the first thing to notice is to study their existing data model and judiciously use them for meeting the to legislative needs. Remember the point that the priority would be not to disrupt existing business process and achieve the project objective.
The different types of compositions encountered in EHS include, Standard Composition, Exact Composition Based on Products (ECbP), Exact Components based on Components / Starting Material, Hazardous Composition, Legal Composition, REACH Use and Exposure Composition (U&E Comp), Impurities, Hazardous Ingredients (EU), DPDPlus and Pure Composition. Besides above standard types, based on client requirement there might be other flavours too. Here's the short overview of each of the component type.
1) Exact Components based on Products – Substances that are actually contained in the product after the production process has been completed and that can be detected by analysis. Can also consist of products which in turn consists of other components. This component type is generally used by different Expert Rules to calculated secondary data.
2) Standard Composition – Ingredients are substances, that are actually contained in the product after the production proces has been completed and that can be detected by analysis. These are generally taken from ECbP composition type and added together. Thes are calculated by Expert Rules – EHS Standard Comp Rule set.
3) Hazardous Ingredients - On the Composition tab page, specify the contents of the corresponding ingredients with lower limit, upper limit, and average value. In addition, specify the unit for the selected reference value.
4) Components with Occupational Exposure Limits - List of ingredients or ingredient groups (and their quantities) that are subject to an atmospheric limit value and must be specified with this limit value in the EU Safety Data Sheet in the current version), or in accordance with the Technical Regulations for Hazardous Substances.
5) Legal Composition – It's an optional composition type excluding all impurities from Standard Composition for meeting legal requirements lik REACh. This together with recent release of Impurties –ideally should equal to Standard Composition.
6) REACH Use and Exposure Composition – Contains all substance, which are relevant for supply chain communication. Substances which are used in Compliance Workbench for triggering Supply chain communication.
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Senior MPs have savaged ex-BHS boss Sir Philip Green for running the high street chain into the ground while amassing "a fortune beyond the dreams of avarice."
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Well day one of the new 'every day posting' gig, and I very nearly conk at the first chukka. The internet was down this morning, so I spent an inordinate amount of time trawling round Notting Hill looking for a place to set up camp. Combined with my natural inclination to sack it all in […]
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Playing with your food
Always an inspiration to see this sort of stuff. Very daft elaborate sculptures made from food featured in today's Guardian. I love the impermenance of it and also the thought process that drives someone to model a life-size Dita von Teese out of cheese. I've only posted a few below, but check out the Guardian […]
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If you've noticed that I start a lot of blog posts by saying that 'this'll be a quick one' or something similar, it's because I tend to write them at the end of the day when I've still got some thoughts ricocheting around my brain, but I really should have gone to bed hours ago. […]
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Here's something spectacularly pointless that I can't afford, don't need and wouldn't use. But for some reason I want it. For around $3,500 (how much is that these days – about half a million quid?) you can treat a loved one to this automatic pancake-making machine: According to food2.com, it churns out 200 pancakes an […]
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Got myself a bit caught up over the weekend, what with Hallow'een and all. So just a quick post today to alert you to this, that's been doing the rounds on the design blogs over the last couple of days: It's designed by British design student Alex Creamer, who says, according to Monoscope, that […]
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Lots of good stuff going on this weekend, so I'll try to contain my feverish excitement and space them out over a few posts. First up is Plum Idol. Now it's not an overstatement to say that P.G. Wodehouse is the greatest writer in the English language. Not just the best comic writer, but the […]
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I've got a real soft spot for the jelly company Bompas & Parr. This is only the second time I've encountered them, but each time they're up to something fun. Last time it was making a city out of jelly, or something like that; this time it's a cocktail comp. OK, so it's all marketing […]
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The second full moon of 2018 falls on the 31st January at 14.26. This full moon is in Leo and is known as a Super Blue Blood Moon, another super moon of the month where the moon will seem brighter and closer to earth than usual. A blue moon refers to the fact that this is the second full moon of this month which is rare, hence the phrase once in a blue moon. The blood moon refers to the lunar eclipse taking place that night. What an intense energetic time, to put this into context the last time we experienced a Super Blood Blue Moon Eclipse was 36 years ago, but having this type of Eclipse in the sign of Leo is extremely rare.
This is the accumulation of great American Eclipse on 21st August 2017 when the new moon was in Leo. We are being offered a lunar reset on all levels, in every aspect of our consciousness, lives and presence. There is a very strong feminine energy around this Lunar Eclipse which is likely to bring about global changes for women, think of the recent rising of feminine power and a focus on equal rights for women. This is already being addressed in some places.
The eclipse gives us an opportunity to clear frustrations, distractions and disharmonies to become our pure self. We embody the moon during the eclipse, we take on her feminine energy as she falls into darkness, we sit with that energy, that stillness and reclaim our own feminine power.
Here is a short ritual to help you harness the transformative power around at present.
It is best to do this during or around the full moon but no more than 72 hours later as the moon energy is at it's most transformative during this period. Spend some time in the moonlight if you can, connecting to her energy and light before beginning the ritual.
You will need a pen and two sheets of paper, a candle, an insence stick or some sage.
Find a comfortable place where you won't be disturbed. Sit comfortably.
Take a moment to connect to your breath and the present moment. Breathe in to the count of 4 and out to the count of 6 for a few rounds with your eyes closed.
Take your paper and write at the top of it "What do I need to let go of?" Take some time to write down everything that you are releasing with this powerful full moon and eclipse. Think back to August 2017, did you begin something then that is coming to it's accumulation now? Do you need to release to move on? As you write these things down bring to mind some objects that might represent this letting go for you and make a note of them as you will use them to create your altar.
Take your next piece of paper and write the answers these questions
How am I embodying the mother energy to protect myself?
My loved ones?
My creativity?
How am I making sure that I am birthing my projects?
How does the Divine Feminine show up in my life at present?
Once you have finished spend some time reconnecting to your breath. Repeat the breathing exercise.
Take your papers and put them in a sacred space, you can create your altar with the objects that you listed in the first exercise. Begin to place items in the East and move in a clockwise direction. When you place each item state clearly what you are releasing with it. Interact daily with you altar as you release and heal from all that does not serve you anymore. Be sure to remind yourself frequently how you are embodying your Divine Feminine, lioness power that you have harnessed during this full moon.
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For a while now, marketing consultants have been preaching the benefits of making B2B blogging the cornerstone of inbound marketing. It is difficult nowadays to find a marketing company or an independent expert not using a business blog to attract and engage with its target audience.
I use this blog to reach a wider audience than before, drive more traffic to my industrial marketing company's Website and establish my expertise in this niche.
But are industrial and engineering companies getting the message about B2B blogging?
GlobalSpec recently conducted a Social Media Survey of engineering, technical, manufacturing and industrial professionals and found that only 24% of these companies have a business blog.
In an earlier post, I had written about three industrial companies that were using business blogs very successfully. Those are well-known companies and their success stories in using content for inbound marketing are well documented. What about other manufacturers and engineering companies?
For this post, I researched and found many more industrial and engineering companies that are actively using B2B blogs. These are some more industrial and engineering blogs that I found and liked:
- Nikon Metrology – manufacturers of a full line of metrology products
- Kinetic Die Casting Blog – makers of aluminum die casting parts
- Kubotek – developers of 3D geometry-based engineering software
- CSC Scientific Blog – a blog about test equipment
It seems more and more industrial and engineering companies are beginning to accept and use blogging as an effective marketing tactic.
Business blogging among B2B companies in general is more widespread but less than half of B2B companies currently have blogs. That was one of the findings in the new report, "B2B Blogging Trends in 2011" from Tony Karrer and Tom Pick (co-creators of B2B Marketing Zone and Social Media Informer).
So there are plenty of opportunities for more B2B organizations to adopt blogging and Jay Baer says, "2011 will be the year that the B2B companies widely recognize the importance of having a viable blog."
Other marketing experts have weighed in with their own thoughts about B2B blogging. Some that caught my attention were:
- "Blogging positions the company as a thought leader, an expert. It is also ideal for search – frequent updates vs. static websites." Jeff Ogden
- "B to B marketers to be successful in the world of blogging, you must be focused on your target market." John Sonnhalter
- "If you don't have a corporate blog, you are way behind the curve." Kristin Zhivago
- "The blog will need to be part of an integrated marketing and communications plan." Chris Abraham
- "Story-telling is important." Blake Landau
You can download the full report from http://www.aggregage.com/b2b-blogging-2011 (doesn't need registration).
If you are still sitting on the fence, read my post, "Why Your Sales Funnel May Run Dry Without a Business Blog."


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Writing Lesson Week Three:
List as a Story Structure & Breaking the Fourth Wall
Welcome to Week Three! You have absorbed a ton of books in the last couple weeks and I have more for you today. It may take some time for all of this material to settle in but you have your download pages to capture any ideas as they come to you. I even recommend that you jot down any ideas that you have as you read through the lessons. As with any creative endeavor it's a matter of making time and space to give your ideas room to grow.
This week includes:
• Examples of Lists as a Cohesive Story Structure.
• Examples of Breaking the Fourth Wall.
• Your assignment
Lists, like the other forms we have looked at, create a cohesive structural support for a story. The subject of the list and the items in relation to each other can be simple or profound. The list, as used in picture books, can comprise very few words or the list can serve as a starting point in creating small vignettes. Because each page in a list is somewhat independent relative to the whole of the book, there is a lot of freedom in creating words and illustrations. Books that are more plot driven have many more constraints. I've put together some lovely picture books that are created from lists. Some of the lists are simple as in All Kinds of Cars, and some of the lists are complex as in Once Upon a Northern Night. Here are a few of these books for you to examine.
Breaking the Fourth Wall
My first time I remember thinking there is something fun and different about this book was with Mo Willem's Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! This book speaks directly to the reader. I realized it was "breaking the fourth wall". Breaking the Fourth Wall is a term that comes from the theater and it describes the imaginary wall at the front of the stage between the performers and the audience. Acknowledging this wall or speaking through it to the audience is known as Breaking the Fourth Wall. It makes perfect sense that Mo Willems would explore this form in children's books, since he worked in production at Sesame Street and for Public Television. Along Mo Willems there are others who have worked in this form. Bruno Munari alluded to breaking the fouth wall in his minimalist, conceptual graphic books of the 1960's. Crockett Johnson's Harold's Purple Crayon also utilizes the concept of the fourth wall but, in my mind, Mo Willems really brings it to the forefront of the children's book world. I recently bumped into Mo Willems at a children's book show at the R Michelson Gallery in Northampton MA where his collection of books was displayed on a table. He has created an impressive number of book over the last fifteen years. Everyone at the gallery assured me that Northampton was the epicenter of children's book makers and all this time I'd thought it was Brooklyn! In all seriousness, one of the fabulous things about being a children's book creator is that you can do it absolutely anywhere.
Breaking the fourth wall is an effective way of engaging and delighting your readers and an increasing number of children's book creators have followed Willems in using this form.
Breaking the fourth wall creates a shift in realities. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! transports the reader into the reality / world of the book. The reader interacts with the characters and the book's minimal setting. Other books that break the fourth wall bring the book into the reality / world of the reader such as Herve Tullet's Press Here. See the difference?
Your book in the market.
One last note to consider as you continue with your book projects after this course has ended. Once you have an idea you're excited about and a vision for writing and illustrating your idea, you will want to see how it relates to other children's books that have already been published. Amazon in a great resource. You can see what books have been published with your title or theme, when they were published, the reviews they have received, and how well they are selling. If there are other books similar to yours, think about what your book brings to the market that is different from the others. I have changed direction with certain projects after looking at what has been already published and I have also abandoned ideas for books after seeing that were too similar to books already published.
I wish you many good books in your near future.
xo, Kristen
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Archive for January 4, 2010
I hate diets. Diets suck.
I'm sure 98% of you will know who Holly Madison is. She's beautiful, she's smart, famous and lives a luxury celebrity lifestyle. She's famous for her role in the show Girls Of The Playboy Mansion.
Perhaps this will refresh your memory?
Yup, that outta do it.
Well anyway, as you can very clearly see from these two pictures, she's a beautiful woman and I actually looked up to her quite a lot for managing to be a girl next door, have attended university, finished high school and become very successful without having gone off the rails. Also I liked how she handled the publicity of her split with Hugh Hefner (puke), she kept her cool and never lost her temper with the paparazzi.
HOWEVER, I guess, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end… and my admiration for her DID after reading one of her tweets (http://twitter.com/hollymadison123) the other day:
"http://twitpic.com/vzy04 – My "last supper" b4 massive diet starting 2morrow! I want my dancing w/the stars body back!"
8:27 PM Dec 31st, 2009 from TwitPic
I was really shocked and disappointed after reading this. But my disappointment continued to grow after reading following tweets:
"entering day 2 of my fruit diet . . . yesterday was successful . . one day down, two to go!"
9:48 AM Jan 2nd from web
"help me with my diet: who makes the best salad in Vegas?"
about 21 hours ago from mobile web
I know most of you probably don't understand why this bothers me, but it bothers me particularly for three reasons.
Firstly: Holly Madison does most definitely NOT need to be dieting so drastically. She doesn't need to be dieting at ALL! Especially not on an all-fruit diet, that is unhealthy and she will not be receiving all the nutrients and minerals she needs.
Secondly: If she wants her "dancing with the stars body" back, then maybe instead of fasting/dieting, she should… oh, i dunno…. DANCE?!?!
and Thirdly: There are so many girls and teenagers who admire and look up to her. She is a beautiful woman and by saying that she needs to diet so drastically when really the public can see no problem with her, she's putting pressure on her fans. Some girls may look at themselves in the mirror and compare themselves to her, and by her saying that she has weight to lose when she is TINY, her fans may follow her example and start fad dieting as well.
As the title clearly states, I am not a fan of dieting. This is because I've tried out a billion and one diets myself (stupidly, before I took up running and learnt how to eat properly), including fasting and it never worked long term or made me happy. I ended up hungry, miserable and feeling no better about myself than I was 3 kg's heavier.
Dieting is not rewarding in the long run, and the thing that people seem to disregard, is the fact that with diets, you're eating differently to normal, so once you go off the diet and resume regular day to day eating habits, YOU WILL PUT THE WEIGHT BACK ON!
I know you've probably all heard this a million and one times, but truly the best way to ensure a healthy body with a healthy weight is to eat healthy food with a balanced diet and regular exercise.
It sounds like a cliche, but that's because it's true!
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is so much easier than dieting aswell, and you feel so happy and satisfied from it.
It's not a quick fix, it's a long-term life decision.
I'm sorry Holly, but you've let me down here. I thought you were smarter than that.
I hope this gives all you readers something to think about. Have an excellent day!


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About noon today Al and I stopped to admire the Burrowing Owls on Power Line
Road in Hernando County. We counted 7 in the pasture with the lone oak tree
on the north side of the road, and one in the adjacent pasture to the east.
We then drove a mile west to the Sparton Electronics plant. In the pasture
west of that, we saw one Mississippi Kite in the dead tree. Then we looked
for more Miss. Kites in the trees on the west side of the dirt driveway,
which is just west of the Sparton plant. At one point we had 8 Mississippis
in view at once. We studied them to try to determine their ages. As far as
we could tell, all of them are subadults who were hatched in 2010! They all
had gray feathers on their bodies, though with variable amounts of white
spots. When the birds were perched, it was difficult to see any bars on the
tail, even when the wings were open so that the upper side of the tail was
visible. But then the bird would spread its tail or fly, and we would see
bars, particularly on the underside of the tail.
At the same site, Swallow-tailed Kites have been congregating all week. But
the high count may have been today, when there were 49 Swallow-taileds
spiraling up in a kettle above my head!
The site on Power Line Road can be reached from SR-50 by driving south on
Kettering Road, and turning west on Power Line Road, or driving south on
Lockhart Road and turning east on Power Line Road.
To finally get our "3 kite day" we stopped at Bystre Lake and spotted one
Snail Kite flying in with a snail on the far side of the eastern section of
the lake.
Bystre Lake is east of Brooksville in Hernando County. To reach Bystre Lake,
turn north on Clayton Road from SR-50. Drive north 0.5 mile to what appears
to be the end of road, and turn right after a fence into a grassy field.
This small, undeveloped county park is public, but the rest of the lake
front is private property.
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A taste for pi
The 1,000th decimal place of pi is 9. Ask James Niles-Joyal '08. He has memorized pi to the 10,500th digit. "People like doing things they're good at," he says. "If this were singing, I'd be on American Idol. But I'm memorizing digits."
A quick refresher: Pi (which dates back to the second century b.c. in Greece) is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, approximately equal to 3.14159. While the number is typically abbreviated to a few decimal places (usually to 3.14) in everyday math, pi has been computed electronically to more than a trillion decimal places, with no discernible pattern to the seemingly infinite string of digits. The aura of such a mathematically important number, combined with the challenge of its unending randomness, makes pi the grand pursuit of those seeking to test the capacity of human memory. It's a competitive sport.
Pi memorizers form an international community through websites such as pi-world-ranking-list.com, the authority for world, continental, and country-by-country pi records, and coconutcreampi.com (a how-to site). But pi is not the only game in town. The England-based World Memory Sports Council has, since 1991, attempted to create standard disciplines for what it calls "mental athletes." Its World Memory Championships include sprints (a deck of cards) and distance events like "names and faces." Bible competitions take place in the United States and Israel, while Muslims participate in Koran-memorization contests in Dubai and Gaza during Ramadan.
Niles-Joyal, a music major, made his rookie public foray into this competitive world at the Pi Day celebration on March 14 at Harvard University. He endeavored to recite pi to an eponymous 3,141 decimal places, but tripped up at the 612th digit. According to Niles-Joyal, his first thought was, "Oh man, I lost at Harvard." But an account in the Harvard Crimson drew attention to his effort from BC students, and he now says, "Apparently it's the best thing I've done [since I've been] at BC."
Niles-Joyal's journey with pi began last fall, in the middle of one long night. He remembers vividly: "September 25, I was having trouble going to sleep, and I just started making up a number in my head. I'd say '5,' then '5, 3,' then '5, 3, 4.' I grew a number, and I was able to remember it in the morning. It was 39 digits long." Vaguely aware of competitive pi memorization, Niles-Joyal decided to give it a try.
Although he professes no passion for math, Niles-Joyal says he has always had an affinity for patterns and relationships. He memorizes pi's digits in blocks of 150 to 200, working from a Word document copied from one of the dozens of websites that list pi to millions of decimal places. First, he takes about a half hour to scan a sequence of roughly that length, searching for patterns and idiosyncrasies. One group, for instance, may appear to have a "white glow," while another will somehow remind him of a certain object or emotion. After identification of these markers comes a half hour of memorization. "For me, when I'm at a place where I'm comfortable, [pi] is no longer random," he says.
At 10,500 digits, Niles-Joyal is far from the Guinness-recognized record for pi memorization, held by Chao Lu, a Chinese student who recited 67,890 digits in 2005. (A mental health counselor in Japan claims to have recited 100,000 digits last fall, but has yet to submit the proper documentation to Guinness.) Within reach is the North American record held by Marc Umile, a Medicare biller from Philadelphia, who typed pi to 12,887 digits on a spreadsheet before witnesses at a law office last December. Niles-Joyal plans to make a run at the record by the end of the summer, using two teachers from his high school in central Massachusetts as witnesses. His goal, unsurprisingly, is 13,141 digits.
Niles-Joyal composes music, is working on a screenplay, and has tried his hand at stand-up comedy at "BC Stands Up," the annual showcase of student comedians. Thoughtful and soft-spoken, he considers pi to be a humble piece of his larger quest to become a "true Renaissance man."
"I like to use that term," he says, "because it's about not having limits."
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Replacing ACA? Hard. Keeping HSAs? No Problem.
It is doubtful that there is a Republican in Congress who doesn't support health savings accounts. HSAs were enacted as part of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, which extended drug coverage under Medicare. For many conservative Republicans, the HSA provisions were the only reason that they voted for a law they thought was expanding government spending in healthcare. Since then, Republicans have been tinkering with the law to increase the number of people covered by HSAs.
We now have a new bill to repeal the ACA, the American Health Care Act that passed in the House of Representatives on May 4, 2017. This new bill contains a number of provisions that are helpful to people who participate in HSA programs.
The AHCA eliminates some of the provisions in the ACA that adversely affected HSAs. For example, the ACA placed a restriction on reimbursing over-the-counter drugs by an HSA; the AHCA eliminates that restriction. The AHCA rolls back the tax for HSA distributions not used for qualified medical expenses to 10%, which were previously 20% under ACA.
In addition to repealing provisions of the ACA that adversely affected HSAs, the AHCA adds new provisions that will increase the attractiveness of having a high deductible health plan and contributing to an HSA. Some of those provisions are as follows:
Increasing limits: Many HSA participants were worried that they could not contribute enough to an HSA to fund the additional deductibles and co-payments required under a high-deductible health plan. Under the ACA, contributions to an HSA are limited by a monthly amount which is adjusted for cost of living increases — $3,450 for single coverage and $6,900 for family coverage in 2018. Under the AHCA, the maximum contribution to an HSA will be significantly increased to an amount equal to the sum of the annual deductible and the out-of-pocket expense maximum for single or family coverage. If passed into law, the AHCA's maximum HSA contribution would increase from $3,450 to $8,000 for single coverage and from $6,900 to $16,000 for family coverage.
Playing catch up: Once an HSA participant reaches age 55, they are eligible to make an additional $1,000 catch-up contribution. Under current rules, if both spouses are over 55, they must make separate HSA contributions in their individual HSAs. Under the AHCA, this rule allows spouses who are HSA account holders to take advantage of catch-up contributions to one HSA rather than separate HSAs.
Falling ill too soon: The bill also fixes an issue that has vexed people who establish a new HSA. Namely, any medical expenses incurred after the coverage date of the HDHP will now be considered eligible medical expenses even if the expenses were incurred prior to the establishment of the HSA. This is effective so long as the HSA is established within 60 days of the date of coverage that the eligible HDHP begins.
These new provisions could spur the adoption of HSAs and HDHPs. Since the changes made as part of the AHCA will eliminate some of the obstacles that prevented people from embracing HSAs and HDHPs, passage of this bill will provide an opportunity for advisers and brokers to raise these option to clients.
Further, HSAs and HDHPs can be attractive in all segments of the insurance market, such as small and large businesses as well as the individual market. Eligibility to contribute to HSAs is not limited to employees; any individual who is covered by a qualifying HDHP has the ability to contribute to a HSA. And with the lower premium costs associated with a HDHP, small and medium-sized employers could gravitate to the increased savings opportunities provided to HSAs under the AHCA.
We recommend following the Senate's actions in crafting their version of healthcare reform legislation in order to know what provisions favoring HSAs and HDHPs will be included in their final version of the bill. These negotiations are being held behind closed doors in the Senate, so we will not know what is actually in the bill until Senate Republican leadership unveils the proposed legislation. But the provisions in the AHCA favoring HSAs and HDHPs will likely be in the final draft given the near universal support of these provisions by the Republican caucus.
With the legislative process on healthcare reform underway, one thing is certain: HSAs will be maintained and even expanded in the new law. Whether Congress can actually pass legislation and send it to the President is still under debate.


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I've worked in the customer service industry for the better part of my adult life in one fashion or another – whether it be in person, on a phone, through electronic chat, or by e-mail, and one thing I have learned is that it's really not hard to achieve good customer service. It takes a few key things to remember in order to make someone's visit memorable:
– Listen………actively listen to what the customer is saying
– Have an upbeat tone – make them feel welcome, and perhaps a little bit special
– Show attention to detail – make sure they know that you heard what they wanted, and are ready to deliver
– Under-promise and over-deliver – give them that little extra "wow factor" that makes them remember you
I know it sounds like something you might read in a training manual, but it's true. If you are going to work in any customer service industry, then you need to have a passion for it.
Yes – in this day and age, it's really hard to be upbeat and polite when a majority of the people you encounter are selfish, entitlement-minded, bitter people who just need to be high-fived in the face with a shovel, but this is the career choice you made. If you aren't ready to fulfill the expectations, then perhaps you need a change of vocation. One place I see this sorely lacking in is the fast food/restaurant business arena. People don't listen, they don't pay attention to detail, and they have no passion for what they are doing, and they don't realize just how much this makes them look like an ass and makes the business look like they don't care.
So, from a consumer standpoint, how do you make a difference in this arena that is slowly crumbling like the seashore coastline? It's easy, and it's right in front of you – when they push those surveys on you…………fill them out. Actually sit down, take some time, and tell each one of these places you do business with what you think of them. Backtrack through your experience, pick it apart, and lay it all out on the line. Any business worth their salt and gives one rat's behind, will pay attention to these and do whatever it takes to make their businesses better.
If they do not change, and no experience ever improves, then you say what's on your mind the other way – with your wallet. If you don't like the service, then find another place that will do what it takes to make you feel special and welcomed so that you'll want to come back again to them. I have seen many places rise and fall due to feedback like this. In our age of social media, that attention spreads like wildfire! There are groups on all forms of social media that specialize in discussing experiences with various places, plus you have many rating sites that also have postings listed right on their page that display each person's experience and the rating they gave them. If you don't think that matters, you haven't been paying attention.
So when you go to a store – a restaurant – your favorite burger dive, and they ask you to fill out the survey to let them know how you did – take them up on it! This is your voice to tell these places just what you think of them, directly to their face.