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About me
Hello – Thanks so much for stopping by.
So about Darsana Tea – In my world Darsana is the Goddess of Tea.
A Goddess that bestows wisdom, enlightenment and compassion on those that follow her teachings on the abundance of life.
The name or word darsana or darshana at a basic level means a download of enlightenment from the gods or goddesses.
Like a source of inspiration an idea that comes like a gift from the universe.
I am Renée – founder of Darsana Tea and creator of all the Chakra blends. I am herbal blender, graphic artist and designer of all things on the Darsana Tea website and brand.
After a life time of reading numerous books and studying all things esoteric from many sources, some of which include my studies of World Religions at Langara College. My journey has now led me to sharing my story about how the creation of Darsana Tea came to be.
Back in 2003 I owned a small cafe in Edmonton, and I began blending herbs with tea but doing so mainly for flavour. I then began to notice that the teas I was making created a sensation of movement of energy in a part of my body. This I later determined was due to the frequency of the plant and how that plant resonated with the frequencies of the organs they are historically used to help put that organ back into balance. This led me to exploring the idea of creating a line of herbal tea blends that focused on the areas of the body consistent with the location of the chakras. Thus the 7 chakra blends I have here are based on the frequency, colour and flavour of fruits, roots flowers and leaves. All created through my personal experience with the plants via numerous tea cuppings with the intent of determining the energetic frequency of the plants.
But as luck would have it instead of moving forward with this idea it went indefinitely to the back burner all due to an illness that came upon me very suddenly in 2005. Labyrinthitis left me very sick and basically unable to walk (let alone just move) for about a month. After taking many more months to heal, basically rewire the brain IE walk down the stairs without vertigo. (The Homeopathic Vertigoheel works!) I was in essence though still forced to close the café. I was pretty devastated by this turn of events and decided that 'well I guess the universe doesn't want me to go any further here with my teas, or maybe even with Edmonton', the lovely city I grew up in.
So I decided then that it must mean it was time to do something completely different and move back to the city I was born in, but didn't grow up in – Vancouver B.C.
Time to be once again by the ocean and go through a second rebirth if you will.
Thus I moved back to Vancouver and returned to school. I started studying Display & Design at Langara which I loved doing and actually learnt (I honestly was not aware of this) that I had some artistic talent especially when it came to graphic design and 3D construction. But after a year of that course and some very unpleasant experiences with two of the instructors, instructors that didn't have any issues with bullying or manipulative retaliation with drastically dropping grades, I left.
Without any help to turn to from various department heads (that knew of what was actually going on) or the Student Union were either unable or unwilling to help rectify the situation. It was possible someone was probably retiring soon.
I eventually later returned but went into an Academics program studying Anthropology / Archaeology and some Fine Arts. Unfortunately again I had to leave but this time due to the extremely high costs of living in Vancouver, and lack of finances, I was not able to complete the program and get the degree I was working towards.
I eventually moved into working in film (tried the Art Department for awhile) I ended up joining the camera union IATSE 669 as one of Vancouver's very few female Digital Loaders then D.I.T's Digital Imaging Technician. For those interested in what I worked on, I am on IMDB. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2683727/
During this time though I kept thinking about how I might still create my own line of Chakra based herbal teas. In 2017 I decided maybe it was now time.
I created all the images you see with the Goddess, the chakras and logo's. I created this website and of course all the blends.
In 1995 I worked (and learnt so much) at Self Heal Herbal while living in Edmonton, run by Robert and Lori Rogers (incredibly knowledgeable couple) who now have the Northern Star College. I also studied some herbology through the Wild Rose College. But more currently I have also taken online courses through Evolutionary Herbalism, The Herbal Academy, Learning Herbs, and now a great program out of the UK The Heartwood Foundation Course in Herbal Medicine.
Though my life often went off in an entirely different directions. I never stopped learning or using plant based medicine. I also have taken online courses which offer recognized Tea Sommelier accreditation and herbal tea blending courses.
With all the skills I have learned during the Tea Somm classes (and continue to do so) I began documenting visually all the tea cuppings I was doing. Tasting and testing over a hundred teas and herbs, noting the primary and secondary Chakra they open, their compatibility with each other and with flavour. Then double checking their historically documented properties with the corresponding organs. Many of these cupping, with images are up on the website Darsana Herbal
The resultant line of teas was done over a period of 2 years which basically means I did lots of R & D around teas, herbs and blending. I attended many workshops, expos, conventions, sought out suppliers, local and stateside. Looking for companies that were sensitive to not only the environment but my very specific colour needs and budgetary restrictions around labels and of course packaging. Currently I also make the organic cotton bags the Chakra Blends are sold in.
The big question many have around the herbal Chakra teas is the differences in the colours I use for the representation of the Chakras.
For further study – On this page is a list of the books to read more about this. They are all from well respected authors in their field of study.
Basically though the colours of the Chakras we now see everywhere was not firmly established in the mind sets of most New Ager's until 1968. Thus it now considered another 'westernized' version of the original Hindu teachings. Though the colouring of the Chakras had technically already started by others those that could see the colours in peoples aura's and how they reflected peoples emotional states at the time. They where not given credit for that work. H. P. Blavatsky, Charles W. Leadbeater, Alice Bailey, Guy & Edna Ballard, etc. come to mind. See attached image from the book Rainbow Body.
This current version of the Chakra system seemed to come about because of a book published by Christopher B Hills. He wrote many books but the one in particular that changed everything since was called the 'Nuclear Evolution: Discovery of the rainbow body'. Catchy title – though his real claim to fame was introducing to the world the benefits of Spirulina. He wanted to end world hunger which is a very noble cause to be sure.
Honestly haven't read it as yet, but this is only due to the ridiculously high prices people are now for some reason, asking for it. But in essence he knew from all the past esoteric studies available before him that the aura was like a 'coat of many colours' and that much of this colour came from the frequencies of the Chakras and this was primarily due to HOW* they were being used. Negatively (muddied / dark / lower order un-evolved colours – more black) or Positively (pure, clean, lighter and higher order or evolved colours – more white).
Without reading the book in its entirety its hard to say if he intended it to imply this was actually what the Chakras are like definitively or if over the decades others have simply interpreted their own version of the colour system because of this. Sorta like the blind leading the blind so to speak.
(*This part is really important. Cover more on this later.)
Take for instance we know that red at times comes from the Root / Base chakra. So because we know that this can and does happen he then, it would seem and incorrectly surmised that the root Chakras natural state is then of course – Red!
sigh… nope – in its purest form it's a pearlescent white*.
Think intense white fire with flashes of colour. This is the white fire flame of creation, of the Mother – thus in the moment of creation of life we start as a flame of pure white light.
Anyways he simply took the image of the rainbow and conveniently super-imposed it over the body. Done….
Though as mentioned it is true that the colour red can come through the base Chakra. It's more about the why of it being red.
Ok then – so what's wrong with that you say. Well…. and also technically speaking the colour red is also the lowest in frequency as violet is the highest (visibly speaking). Red is the colour that is associated with things that are also high intensity and not always the good kind. But of uncontrolled passion through rage, anger, lust and war. Isn't Mars considered the God of War and the planet is mostly red? Don't we say we 'see red' when we're angry?
Besides, all the emotions of that frequency can get really dark and begin acting out very negatively really fast. When that happens it needs to be transformed and then raised to the frequency or energy of something that it was not. That being energy of adding white – Compassion, Love, and Purity with that we now have changed the frequency of red to the colours and frequency of a ruby (violet / blue / pink) a colour being raised and expressed out of the heart Chakra.
Why do we see red – simply speaking it is because of the frequency that the earth had de-evolved to. Without getting into all the history of this. This has everything to do with the frequency and tones that we listen to through music. Starting with the 4th Root race which moved the Earth into a state were we are maintaining a sense of perpetual duality. We didn't start in that way, but due to free will we have ended up in that way. So for the earth to evolve and return to its higher frequency state out of duality we also need to evolve – out of duality. Duality is not defined by there being 2 genders either. That's another can of worms entirely. But one of 'believing' (the lie) that evil is necessary for the good to exist. That black is necessary for white to exists. Since black is the absence of light and white is the presence of all light. It's actually the other way around. But if by our freewill choices we are not ready, when this being we can a planet continues to evolve – the outcomes for many will vary.
It might also be worth noting that in physics and astronomy we know that we currently see only 4% of the visible universe. 96% of it is 'dark energy' 'dark mater' what does that mean? Well it means 96% of the universe runs on a frequency of energy and mater that OUR physical eyes cannot actually see. We know its there but we're (possibly) too spiritually blind or un-evolved to either see or comprehend it. A humbling and sobering thought really.
More info on this in The Human Aura
*Those that I have talked to that have actually gone through the kundalini experience, have also confirm this.
The lower expression of emotion, coming through as the colour red is expressed as the lowest frequency of what should have been white. That means then when your expressing your Root Chakra as RED, instead of WHITE its also saying your not expressing this Chakra with a very spiritually evolved level of the mastery of that emotion. Which is fine – if that's where your spiritually at in that your a very young or new soul. IF your not a new soul and your not trying to master your emotional body or work on your spiritual evolution – well welcome to the world of your going to reap what you sow. So to speak. In others words your old enough to know better so maybe it's time to pull up your big girl – big boy pants and deal with it.
This then becomes more of an ego thing (if we chose to ignore it) and if we are here to spiritually evolve (we are) overall it may serve us better to focus our attention less on our ego needs but on our Root Chakra being the purity of a white fire instead.
Since white contains all colours as it rises it is also purifies the other Chakras into expressing their evolved and higher states being, rather than staying in an un-evolved and a lower consciousness state. Or in other words PMSing or the poor me syndrome – I want what I want – just don't stand in my way! This is just as much a male issue as it is a female issue.
Next, If you think about it do you really want your root Chakra ie kundalini rising through the other Chakras as red? A colour with one the lowest of the frequencies well next to black* that is?
In art class when you mix red with anything but white you pretty much just get muddy colours that lean towards a brown. Doesn't sound like you'd end up with very clean Chakras or very enlightened either.
It should be pretty easy to put 2 & 2 together then deduce that if red is a frequency of lust and or rage then red is also frequency that can ONLY exist on the realms (like the physical) of a lower frequency. Rage and lust being 2 of the 7 deadly sins and the frequency of red it makes complete sense that this frequency cannot exist in the higher frequencies and enlightened realms of the Angels / Masters or around those that have already attained the ascension. IE They mastered their emotions especially ones that resonated with this frequency or they would never had ascended thus where they reside it cannot. So next time you hear of a master that is on the red ray, a completely contradictory statement you might want to question exactly what is the source and what is the motivation behind saying that?
Mastery of the physical means overcoming the hardest part, that being mastery of the emotions. And – if you've now reading this it probably also means you needed a refresher to remind your self of this and if you've slipped spiritually to get back on track.
Those that are very new souls probably won't even find this site. And there is no judgement towards that. Some souls really really like using red in all they do. The Asian culture really likes all things red. That is where their at thus it is perfect for them at this time.
When people are ready they will move to the more deeply intense Ruby fire colour of the heart.
*Technically – Black is not actually even a colour but the absence of light.
Please note that what we are mainly talking about is a focus of Red as it relates to the Root Chakra.
In other words the negative release of light energy in the frequency of the colour Red via the Root Chakra – through rage, anger or lust.
That being said wearing red or seeing to much red in your environment can also over stimulate the root Chakra negatively.
As we are all still in the physical and our blood currently is still red, we can also still benefit medicinally from the physical effect that infrared and Red Light Therapy * can have on the body. It will penetrate the skin to enhance healing through stimulation of the circulatory system.
When we have mastered the physical and evolved so will our physical body. Our physical body then will be quite different (no not like the ugly scifi types) and with that our blood will also no longer be – red.
*Not endorsing the info on this site or book – just consider it a reference point for more information.
The intent for the herbal tea Chakra blends is first and foremost to aid in creating a balance the frequencies of the Chakras. Doing this through the combined use of the frequencies and colours of the herbs. Hopefully to aid in attaining the sense of having a 'Darsana' moment one cell at a time.
When a body is aligned and in-tune with the frequency or rhythm of the earth and properly grounded in reality, it is nearer to maintaining a state of balance.
One then can gain easier access to the higher realms of spiritual attainment to consciously participate or aid in our souls evolution, and technically our reason for being.
This in turn allows us to connect with the frequency of our own Christ Consciousness, and our own Higher Self. As well as the Angelic guardians here to assist in souls growth through protection and guidance.
Last but definitely not the least, all the Nature spirits of Earth, Air, Fire and Water. The great beings, or the elementals of the earth that provide and nurture our every need so that our soul and body has an opportunity to simply remain in the physical. We need them for us to evolve and to ascend, as they will also benefit from our evolution and our ascension.
All the herbs and teas used for the blends are organic sourced from reputable suppliers locally, Gathering Place Trading Company, Chickadee Farm and then just south of the boarder, via Starwest Botanicals, Mountain Rose Herbs, Pacific Botanicals, Wild Oregon Harvest.
I hope you'll get a chance to try the teas and have gained a little more incite as to the background of their origin.
Rainbow Body – Chakra – Hill


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From the beginning I would love to introduce myself .....
My name is :Adel Shawky
I am 31 years old
I work as an architect
Address : well this is the problem!!!.....
That is because I live in
The official name is :Apartment No 17 ..
But the residents (there) call it a very different but more suitable name ..
A name that they will tell you in a lot of fear ..
Because they call it the apartment of Darkness!!!....
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There are a surprising number of celebrities who look like Disney characters. You wouldn't think that any human being could look anything like one of the doe-eyed animated stars of your favorite Disney movies, but some celebs bear more than a passing resemblance to princesses, princes, villains, and other beloved Disney characters. It's just a shame that they'll probably never play their look-alikes in live-action movies. Here's a look at a few celebrities who look like Disney characters:
1. Megan Fox as the Evil Queen in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
Most celebrities who look like Disney characters resemble the good guys, but there are a few stars who look somewhat sinister. With her pale skin, red lips, and high-arched eyebrows, Megan Fox would make an amazing Evil Queen. However, it's hard to imagine the Magic Mirror on the wall telling her that she's not the fairest of them all. Unfortunately, Charlize Theron and Julia Roberts have already played Snow White's nemesis in live-action movies, so it seems unlikely that we'll see Megan as the Evil Queen anytime soon. However, you can see her look-alike, the lovely Angelina Jolie, as another villainous Disney vixen in the movie "Maleficent."


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Monday, 13 August 2012
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It's my first day of school in NUS and I can't wait! I'm so so excited for school :D
& I've passed my driving I'm so happy!
I can finally drive on a road - I've got a license!
On a side note, I've permed my hair and I kinda regretted because it's way too curl. Maybe I didn't explain myself clearly :(
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Originally published as a "Historicist" column on Torontoist on October 30, 2010.
When browsing the cookbook section of any thrift shop or fundraising book sale, it's not unusual to find a few media-related pamphlets or tomes. Whether produced to support a charity or satisfy audience members who misplaced that roast chicken recipe they clipped or quickly transcribed, these cooking tomes provide as much lasting value as glimpses into personalities who once entertained large audiences as they do with culinary advice that may or may not stand the test of time. One such item we found earlier this year is 1979's Etta Sawyer at the House of Warren: Kitchen Capers at CFRB, which spotlights the kitchen skills of both a popular cooking teacher and a veteran Toronto radio host.
A native of Regina, Earl Warren Segal (who dropped his last name during his first on-air gig at the tender age of seventeen) joined CFRB in 1961 after stints at several stations out west. He spent the next two decades as the station's honey-voiced late morning/lunchtime host. Warren described House of Warren as "a real homey show" where he chatted to listeners about "anything from my kid's measles to a fight I had with my wife." By the early 1980s, the show's laid-back mix of personal stories, news, and easygoing music drew 116,000 listeners, which was three times more than the nearest competition. Warren's boss, Alan Slaight, felt that the host "came across as a really warm, natural human being, and that's not easy to do in radio."
Among his regular guests by the end of the 1970s was Etta Sawyer, who appeared on Tuesdays and Thursdays to lend her culinary advice to listeners. Born in Hungary, where her family had a long tradition of cooking for nobility, Sawyer began teaching night school cooking classes for the Toronto Board of Education in the mid-1950s. She was hired to supervise the Canadian National Exhibition's Kitchen Theatre demonstration area in 1962 and first met Warren that year when he appeared as a celebrity chef. As Sawyer remembered in her introduction to the cookbook, they disagreed over what should go into a pot of fudge.
He said he liked plain unadorned fudge, while I on the other hand liked maple walnut. Among the ingredients on the tray there were walnuts so in they went! Besides, this was MY show! The Kitchen Theatre audiences fell in love with him as did I. We were all hooked on Earl.
In 1971, Sawyer established the Academy of Culinary Arts on Bayview Avenue in Leaside, where she taught thousands of students the ways of the kitchen until her death in 1987 (the retail arm of the business continues to serve cooks of all skill levels).
The recipes in the forty-eight-page book were, according to Warren, perfected during a "three-day orgy—cooking orgy that is…Etta has done the cooking and I've done the eating!" The featured dishes range from kitchen basics to age-old favourites from both of their families. Among the latter was a recipe for latkes inspired by those Warren's Grandma Segal made during his childhood that he often discussed on air:
Every day after school, when most kids were having peanut butter sandwiches and milk, I came home to a big glass of chocolate milk and a plateful of hot, fresh pancakes made from potatoes dutifully hand-grated by Grandma every afternoon. I used to eat them while sitting in front of the radio, listening to a program called The Mailbag from Radio CHAB in Moose Jaw. It was then that I decided to carve out a career as a radio broadcaster. I think those pancakes inspired me.
Those looking for similar inspiration can test the simple recipe while enjoying their favourite media outlet:
2 large potatoes, grated
½ cup all-purpose flour
1 large egg
½ cup milk
Dash salt and pepper
Instructions: "Place all ingredients in a bowl and beat until smooth. Fry in hot pan, preferably in vegetable oil." If desired, grated onions could be added to the mix. In an interview with the Star about the cookbook, Warren admitted, "I am not a top latke-maker. But I am a top latke-eater—especially when it's Etta making the latkes."
As for the other dishes in the book, the name of one suggested as an accompaniment to a simple curry may have made readers unfamiliar with Indian cuisine think the authors slipped in a joke about eating man's best friend: the "e" is usually dropped off the end when you order a rose-flavoured "Lassie" in a restaurant. While there are pictures of the authors sampling the recipes, most of the illustrations show them nurturing Warren's beloved stable of horses.
Warren remained at CFRB until House of Warren was suddenly axed in June 1983. Station management decided a change was required to draw younger listeners and felt that Warren's audience was too elderly for their liking to fit the station's gradual shift to a news-talk format. He ran a travel agency, did PR work for the Constellation Hotel, and continued to dabble in radio through a big band music show based out of Burlington. His final on-air gig was a Sunday morning show on AM 740 that he hosted until two weeks before his death in 2002.
Sources: the March 16, 1980, June 18, 1983, October 25, 1987, and October 20, 2002 editions of the Toronto Star.
An early draft of this article combined coverage of this cookbook with The Naked Gourmet, a 1970 collaboration between soon-to-be Toronto Sun editor-in-chief Peter Worthington and cartoonist Ben Wicks. I decided that book was worth a future article of its own, which the world is still waiting for (I don't own a copy, and never took down notes the times I borrowed it from an institution of higher learning). I'll leave you with the bizarre cover for now…
Introductory notes from the authors. Based on the price penciled inside the front cover, I bought this at the Elora Festival Book Sale, during a period where I bought anything historically related to Toronto regardless of what it was. After all, who knew when something might come in handy?
I've curbed my buying excesses since this period, gradually getting rid of materials that I'll either never use or may have one use and are available at local libraries or archives when the time comes to use it. A few cookbooks slipped into my collection, and future posts will plow through those that remain before they find new homes.
I wasn't kidding when I said there were a lot of pictures of horses in this book. Over the course of its 48 pages, there are six shots of horses, along with one on the back cover. Warren's Star obit observed that "he loved horses, but lost a lot of money on them," which led to his other business ventures. Not surprisingly, there are no recipes for cheval.
The curry recipe, along with the accompanying lassi. This is an old school interpretation, heavy on the fruit and relying on curry powder for seasoning. Once in awhile I'll make a dish along these lines, though my preferred recipe turns it into a baked chicken casserole with almonds, raisins, and dried apricots.
If you'd like to browse the entire book, reference copies are available at the Toronto Reference Library and the University of Guelph's Canadian Cookbook Collection.
Toronto Star, March 16, 1980.
Toronto Star, October 25, 1987.


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Mirai Pan-chan
the ger who likes my nephew... you are my sis too! relations a little confused here!
but never mind.. a wacky ger who wants to lick and eat me.. jk... *runs
here's your pressie,,,
been busy lately huh>? timmy... hmm...you are so sweet.. requesting for everyone to get a 2nd pressie
what should i give you? wishing you eternal bliss with stephy!!!!
Daenar aka Sam
my other sweet brother... you requested wanting me to get a big fat A on my chinese big test!!
I you why do u want me to write about you being weird? u r so sweet!!!!!
my godfather who has so many secrets ! jk.. i had fun with you guessing who you are in the
photo.. always remaining so mysterious eh?
Chloe aka spring_sakura
my giggle stick from australia who never fails to cheer me up and entertaining me with the gyole
voice and songs... get on singing and writing k?? a talented ger...
u added me into msn... realli sorry I've not been able to chat with you cos i;m always busy..,.
For those who have not received a present from me, i have a funny file for all
http://s12.yousendit...HY22BRBY0E87AZR --->Kangta, JunJin, Moon Hee Jun, Eugene, funny performance
and for newbies, i have some old files to share... my fav BoA songs are Spark,atlantis princess and merichri]
I upload them if anyone wants them,... there's something for everyone!!!woot.. i took 2h to do this!!
i'm having a chinese test on Monday... so people please wish me luck!!!!!
now i noe how hard adee has to work!!!!!! i'm so tired now,. but glad i finally finished this off!!!!!
i attempted to make a cute thread//.. but i'm somehow too dumb... sorry for the messy EMP!!!!!
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Something from my Playlist . . . This song always reminds me of all the years that my husband worked and traveled around the country. He would be gone for months at a time, it was always so sad to see that airplane take off, but we made it through! I would love to go somewhere right now! It's cold here, and the cold does not like me, especially my feet, it hates my feet.
I adore, Merle Haggard, always have. My husband is a cowboy, a true cowboy! On our first date, I remember driving down 1st street, (which was THE place to be), playing, "Okie from Muskogee", on the eight-track player, I know, some of you may not know what that is, it played music! Enjoy, if you like country music. If not, skip it!
When we brought mom home on Wednesday, the icicles were so long on the building. The longest one only came within inches of the ground.
On My Mind . . . I've read quite a few blogs that talk about being real - I like that. I do think that sometimes when I blog, I tend to make things seem like life is wonderful all the time. It's. not. I turned 60 on my last birthday, and I feel like I'm 60. I have aches and pains, I'm slower than I used to be, there are things I just can't do anymore, and I'm not sure I love that. This last week was one of those weeks that I hurt most of the week. I was slower at getting out of bed, and I am slower at getting ready for the day. My life is good, but it's not perfect, but it's my life, and I'm very content with it.
I love being at home, I love having my husband home with me, I hear women say that they just wish that their husband was not under-foot so much, and I can honestly say that I don't feel that way. I love having him home with me. We help each other, we share and do tasks together, we cook together, we clean together and we enjoy life together. Life is good, even with the ups and downs.
Dreaming of . . .
I love this little pincushion, isn't it cute?! Pop over to Wee Folk Art and it has all the instructions. She has a wonderful blog with so many cute and crafty things to make. I would love to make a few of these for Christmas gifts.
I love this idea. I am always looking for my remote, and I have lots of old jeans that can be refurbished. This looks very easy. I found the idea here.
I think we've all seen these cute pillow cases with crochet around the edges. I saw this idea on Flicker. If you follow Flicker, it was on Rose Hips group. They are so cute, I love all the fun fabric.
Taylor Jo is adorable, sweet. kind, and beautiful. She is a wonderful daughter, sister, cousin and grand! Isn't she a cutie?!
1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Topping:
1 egg white
1 teaspoon water
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt; set aside.
3. Cream together the sugar and butter on medium speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until each is thoroughly combined. Add the vanilla and mix to combine. Reduce the mixer speed to low and gradually add the dry ingredients, mixing just until a dough forms.
4. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and rub your hands with a little flour. Divide the dough in two and form each half into a log about 4 inches wide by 10 inches long. Places the logs on the prepared baking sheet. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg white and water, and brush each log evenly. In a separate small bowl, stir together the ¼ cup granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly over the brushed dough.
5. Bake on the prepared baking sheet until lightly browned and small cracks form on top, about 25 minutes. Remove from oven and cool slightly on the baking sheet, about 10 minutes (leave the oven on). Transfer the logs to a cutting board. Slice diagonally in generous ½-inch slices. Place them cut side up on the baking sheet and bake an additional 15-20 minutes or until slightly browned, turning over half way through. Cool completely on a wire rack. Biscotti can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for two weeks.


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ISO 22476-1: New Standard for Electric CPT TestingJuly 15th, 2013
ISO has developed within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) a brand-new standard for electrical cone and piezocone penetration test; ISO 22476-1. The introduction of this ISO standard facilitates the unambiguous exchange of CPT test results and will improve the acceptance of Cone Penetration Tests worldwide.
Upon the introduction of ISO 22476-1, the old trusty Dutch standard NEN 5140:1996 has been revoked as per January 30th, 2013 making place for this brand-new ISO standard.
Is it all moonlight and roses? No. ISO has done a great effort to really standardize and classify the CPT(U) testing procedures, but reading the document made clear that the committee members lack practical knowledge of CPT equipment manufacturing and CPT field testing. Too many technical assumptions have been made. The Bibliography of the standard only contains 8 (relatively old) reference documents; far too little for such an important standard.


text: A story from yesterday: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-kushnick/the-book-of-broken-promis_b_5839394.html I know that my own ISP, Verizon, has been guilty of this, taking millions in tax breaks from our state and local governments, making their existing customers pay fees and surcharges to implement this plan, and then failing on their promises to install fiber optic cable in large areas of N.Y.C. and the surrounding suburbs. Time for a class action lawsuit.


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Today I was thinking about my favorite FREE marketing tool. That's right…you may have already guessed that it's Instagram. It's the app that everyone uses now + it's something small businesses should be taking advantage of! So I thought I'd share some tips to help you guys improve your Instagram.
My first tip is to plan out your feed ahead of time. This not only helps you stay more consistent, but saves you so much time!
Choose which photos you want to post in advance so that you can see what they will look like next to each other. I use the app "UNUM" to plan out my images. In addition to planning out your photos you also will want to prepare your written content ahead of time as well. This is something new that I have implemented into my work schedule for the past few months. It has helped me be so much more consistent with posting at the same time every day + it has also helped me be more thoughtful with my captions / what I want to say to my audience. I write out 2 – 4 weeks of content at a time + store them in my notes on my phone. It's annoying to spend time writing all my captions out ahead of time, but it only takes me about 2 – 4 hours to do it. I set aside one morning or afternoon every 2 – 4 weeks to get this done. I try to make sure my written content tells a story (about the photo I'm posting), asks a question to engage with the audience / give them a call to action, or teaches something / benefits my audience in some way.
While you are planning out your feed you need to keep in mind that contrast + uniformity are key. What I mean by contrast is to try not to post the same type of photo in a row. Like when you post a close up of a couple kissing try to post a farther away shot of a couple laughing + running for you next post, etc. What I mean by uniformity is make sure that your editing gives all your photos on your feed the same look + feel. Using a preset is a good start for anyone that is new to the editing world. When your photos / posts look cohesive throughout your feed your potential clients know what to expect if they hire you + your audience can always recognize your images in their newsfeed!
I post 5 days a week between 9 – 10AM every morning. I don't post on the weekends since I am usually pretty busy with weddings, elopements + other shoots. Keep in mind that consistency can look different for everyone though! My consistency will be different than yours. If consistently posting for you is once a week on the same day + same time than that is awesome. Do what works best for you, but just be sure to keep it consistent! Have I said consistent enough times yet? 😉
Instagram stories are such a fun way to engage with your audience + show them who you are! Don't be afraid to try out the different things that IG Stories has to offer. For example the different stickers (quizzes, polls, questions, etc.) are a great way to get feedback from your audience + help them engage with you!
I love using VSCO to edit all my iPhone photos + videos so that they look a little more professional + are consistent before I post them on my IG Story. I also use the app "Unfold" for their lovely designed story templates to make my stories a little more appealing + unique!
This one is the easiest + also somehow the hardest haha. Even if you are more introverted, your audience still wants to see you + get to know you!
Show up in your feed. I try to make sure I post a photo of myself with a caption that tells my audience a little bit more about me every week / every 5 posts. This might be a lot for some people if they haven't every showed their face in their feed before. I'd recommend starting out by posting a photo of yourself every 9 images so that people that land on your IG profile can easily see who you are without having to scroll down to find you.
Show up in your IG Stories. This can be as simple as posting a photo of you drinking coffee in the morning to something more interactive like a video of you talking to your audience about your day. I'm not the best at this, but I try to post at least one photo or video of myself on my IG Story a day. This helps new followers get to know you a little quicker + helps loyal followers feel closer to you every day.
I hope this is helpful + that you can start implementing these to help your Instagram game. Happy Instagramming!
Learn more tips + tricks like this at workshop I'm teaching at this summer!


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The number of WordPress Websites being used for Online shops is growing rapidly. The reason for this is four-fold;
- WordPress software makes managing Online stores extremely simple.
WordPress integrates very well with many APIs due to it's use of industry standards (e.g. PHP and JavaScript).
There are numerous very good WordPress plugins available that make setting up and managing Online stores a breeze.
The Total Cost of Ownership of WordPress Online stores as opposed to many other Online Store software is low.
I've recently had the pleasure of setting-up and integrating an Online store for a successful organic tea seller. I used the Shopp WordPress Plugin with eWay as the Payment system and Commonwealth Bank. Here, therefore is a review of the Shopp Plugin.
WordPress Shopp Plugin Review
Shopp Plugin is a powerful yet simple way to manager a WordPress Online store
Shopp is an ecommerce WordPress plugin that adds an Online Store to any WordPress Website. The Shopp plugin may be downloaded from http://shopplugin.net/ for $55 and whilst this is often the only cost involved in procuring Shopp, there are numerous free additional plugins available (such as an awesome mass product importer that makes mass adding of products to the store simple). Some Payment and Shipping Plugins may also be required to be procured such as the FedEx or AusPost shipping Plugins or the eWay Payment integration system ($25).
The Plugin is automated to a point in that it'll create the shopping cart and category Pages for you and they'll all be styled just like the rest of your Website. All that then needs to be done is configure the settings such as shipping costs and GST as well as Payment API details entered (e.g. the eWay Customer ID) and your Online Shop is ready to have products added. Adding Products is also simple yet has some very clever features. All one does to add a product is create a product Page which has the same look and feel of when adding a standard WordPress Page or Post and enter the various options. Options include setting quantities, setting up custom fields, providing additions or alternatives and so on. Shopp certainly get 5 out of 5 for making a powerful Product Page simple.
I found Shopp extremely powerful and easy to use. I'm confident that Shopp will suit large and small Online retailers alike and will prove very cost effective for any Online seller. The only problem that I encountered was that, when publishing a new product, the product isn't viewable on the product URL until a few hours after the product page is published (this is a time-zone issue).
If you are interested in setting up an Online store / shopping-cart then please contact me.


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The opportunities to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) are many:
Individual Confessions available:
Daily after 9:00 AM Mass
Saturday before and after 5:00 PM Mass
Sunday before and after All Masses
Wednesdays during Lent 7PM-8PM
The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available all during Lent after Mass every morning, on Wednesday evenings at 7PM, on Saturday evenings at 4:30 PM and on Sunday after each Mass.
Copyright 2003-2019 St. Bernard Church. All Rights Reserved.
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Whether you're working in the same field or you just know someone who does, it's important to understand what life is like for those who work in the BPO industry. Until now, there are still instances when call center employees are unfairly stigmatized.
Here, we have three movies and one series that might shed a little light on what it's like to be a call center employee:
1. Shift (2013)
The sitch: Estela (Yeng Constantino) is a "tomboyish" free-spirited call center agent who is struggling for direction in life. She befriends her openly gay co-worker Trevor (Felix Roco) and against her better judgment, develops romantic feelings for him.
2. Call Center Girl (2013)
The sitch: An OFW named Teresa (Pokwang) comes home to the Philippines after many years, only to find out that her family has fallen apart. Her husband passes away in his sleep, her children already have their own lives, and her youngest child Regina (Jessy Mendiola) has unresolved issues against her. Teresa accidentally lands a job at the same call center company where Regina is employed and vows to win her daughter back. In the call center, she meets people coming from different walks of life and finds a new family.
3. Sleepless (2015)
The sitch: This independent film stars Glaiza De Castro and Dominic Roco as two lonely call center agents who can't sleep. They both spend hours lying awake while everyone else is resting. Gem (Glaiza) can't seem to let go of a stifling relationship, while Barry (Dominic) can't let go of a great loss. They explore the city at night and find ways to kill time, talking about love and everything in between.
The sitch: This online fantasy series stars Jasmine Curtis-Smith as a 170-year-old vampire who works at a call center in order to earn money and buy blood packs. Being a vampire, working the graveyard shift makes it the perfect job for her. But what happens when she meets someone and falls in love? Will he accept her true identity?
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Business architecture is only one component of enterprise architecture. In an enterprise there are business objectives, technology and infrastructure assets, organizational units, security concerns information handling and processing and various other components, each of which can be defined as a separate architecture and part of a defined framework.
The business architecture encompasses the business flows, activity models, use cases, user models, class models, node connectivity diagrams and business information exchange matrices. Business architectures usually reflect a baseline known as the AS-IS architecture and defines a future aspiration known as the TO-BE architecture.
Enterprise architectures explain all aspects of an enterprise; its data, business processes, infrastructure, technology and business


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Friday, 10 September 2010
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well congrats on being asked to join two galleries, and I would just get back to them on the whole situation, perhaps they have a specific timeline... and the chair show sounds great, I had to do this for a local chairity... and it was a wooden rocker, so it was a moving target! quite a challenge. I painted a french post card scene.... have a lovely rainy weekend!ReplyDelete
oh; bet that rocking chair was gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Hi Anne Good luck for today I don't think we can make it today but hoping to visit on 27th ........all the very best I'm sure you will do really well ......Lorna xReplyDelete
good luck - it all sounds very exciting, and I find each new thing leads to another great opening or happening :)ReplyDelete
Wow - you are on an exhibition roll! Way to go! As for the chairs...I especially LOVE Olivia Bullock's chair. LOVE IT!ReplyDelete


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The Flip-Side of Technological Progress
By: Zara Sharpe
Humankind has a lot to benefit from leaps in technology. Who would have thought 20 years ago that we would be living in a wireless, always-connected and always-on society, where you could call a family member or friend on the other side of the globe and see and talk to each other in mere seconds? Or that we would have such advanced automobiles that could, realistically, be driving themselves within a decade? Or that we would have machines that can look inside someone's body with a level of granularity and details that surpasses the human eye, without even cutting into somebody? And as we celebrate these new developments and see how they are changing the way we work, live and love, we also know there is a flip-side to this all.
More recently in the news has been the pressure on kids nowadays (especially girls) to keep up appearances on social media. As social media now pushes the have's and have not's to the forefront (and the haves are sometimes even fake), kids are more prone to negative self-images and depression. On top of which, cyber-bullying and so-called 'trolling' has exploded the last few years. The internet, which has been a driving force for so much change the last few years, has really shaken up the direct environment people live in. This applies to our interactions with family and friends, but also how we function in society. It seems we are always ready to embrace the positives of new developments, but lack of seeing the potential negatives. This is not a new thing; it has happened in the past as well.
Take asbestos for example. Initially hailed as the material to construct with, due to its flame-resistant properties, it was used widely during the industrial age. It wasn't till 1960 when asbestos fibers were found to be possibly linked to cancer. And it wasn't till the late 80s before asbestos was phased out worldwide from everyday use in the construction industry and elsewhere. Nowadays we know asbestos is linked to four types of cancer: mesothelioma, lung cancer, laryngeal cancer, and ovarian cancer. The diseases themselves being bad enough on their own, as in most cases diagnoses will be terminal. What makes this all even worse is that the businesses responsible for installing asbestos (and therefore also responsible for removing it), in most cases, would have slow-walked making a decision based on a financial calculation. Therefore, if you are affected, you should contact a mesothelioma attorney.
As people are quick to adapt and embrace new technology, and slow to accept the negative side, so do businesses. It is a pattern we are all guilty of, and we would do well of slightly changing. This by no means we should stop embracing new technology. It means we need to skeptical about new developments and have a balanced view of things. Take mobile phones for example and the widespread use of sending data through the airwaves around us. Some would say that this much unnatural sending of radio and light waves will affect humankind in some manner. Does this mean we should just ban all mobile phones? It would probably be good to accept some form of ambiguity, and add some new sayings to the repertoire, such as: "if it's too good to be true, don't throw it out with the bathwater."


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The women and children of Burghfield were continuing to contribute to the war effort. The children's collection of horse chestnuts was ready to send to be made into munitions, while the women sewed. But they were saddened that a local convalescent home had been forced to close due to the economic conditions.
The centres for collection are the New Schools (Burghfield C of E) and Mrs Bland's School. The whole will eventually be stored at the former School until sent for by the Director of Propellant Supplies, 32 Old Queen Street, London, SW1.
Holiday House
Not every village is fortunate enough to possess such an institute as Holiday House, though it is coming to be felt more and more that some such centre is needed in villages, where people may meet each other and relieve the monotony of the long dark winter evenings…
That Burghfield Common has such a place is entirely due to the generosity and public spirit of a lady who has the welfare of the Common very much at heart, Mrs Kirkwood. Founded in 1914, it has been the home and centre of varied activities: a band, Boy Scouts, dances, socials, entertainments, lectures, debates, are some of the chief, besides its nightly bill of fare of billiards, draughts, cards, etc. Not by any means the least of its activities have been the War-work Party started early in the war to make shirts and other necessary garments for the wounded, and also splints, bed trays and various other appliances. There is also a canteen, under the care of Mrs Bailey, who supplies refreshments and tobacco to all comers; but no alcoholic drinks are allowed on the premises.
St Catherine's, Burghfield Common
The war has brought in its train many economies over which we need waste no lamentations. Other economies, however, cannot be passed over without a sigh. We allude, more particularly, to those which have lessened the power of people of moderate means to continue their contributions to charitable institutions…
It is therefore with peculiar regret that we have to record the closing of St Catherine's. This Home was founded in 1913 by Miss Morison, and was offered by her to the Margaret Street Hospital for Consumption (Cavendish Square, W) for the benefit of girls and women in the early stages of tuberculosis….
From first to last no less than 130 patients have passed through the Home, and in the large majority of cases they have been discharged completely cured, or with the progress of the disease arrested. When we think of the wonderful air which those of the uplands of Burghfield are privileged to enjoy, it is not so very surprising to learn that the number of patients who got worse instead of better may be told on the fingers of one hand. It is a matter of grief to us all that Miss Morison has found it necessary to limit her beneficent work in the great crusade against what is so graphically called the "White Scourge" of these islands.
War Hospital Supplies
The Red Cross Working Party has re-commenced its meetings at the Rectory on Wednesday afternoons at 2.30. Mrs George will be glad to have some new members as the War Hospitals Supply Depot in Reading is urgently appealing for more comforts for our soldiers and sailors, ad we are anxious to send as much work as possible from Burghfield.
Burghfield parish magazine, November 1917 (D/EX725/4)


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THE MERYL MEME has taken over Twitter.
Basically, the idea is that you take this shot of Meryl shouting at the 2015 Screen Actor's Guild Awards, and fill us in on what she's shouting.
She just reminds us of… us, and the Irish versions are A+.
1. Gaeltacht Meryl
2. Maniac 2000 Meryl
3. Alive-o Meryl
4. Clongowes Meryl
5. Correct response in mass, Meryl
6. Irish aural Meryl
7. Drunk football spectator Meryl
8. I'm in mass again, Meryl
9. Republican Meryl
10. Every drunken night Meryl
11. Teenage memories Meryl
12. Rebel Meryl
13. And finally, school tour Meryl
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Daily GoodThis is totally innovative, and has never been done before in a public park, Margarett Harrison, lead landscape architect for the Beacon Food Forest project, tells TakePart. Harrison is working on construction and permit drawings now and expects to break ground this summer.
The concept of a food forest certainly pushes the envelope on urban agriculture and is grounded in the concept of permaculture, which means it will be perennial and self-sustaining, like a forest is in the wild. Not only is this forest Seattles first large-scale permaculture project, but its also believed to be the first of its kind in the nation.
The concept means we consider the soils, companion plants, insects, bugseverything will be mutually beneficial to each other, says Harrison.
That the plan came together at all is remarkable on its own. What started as a group project for a permaculture design course ended up as a textbook example of community outreach gone right.
Friends of the Food Forest undertook heroic outreach efforts to secure neighborhood support. The team mailed over 6,000 postcards in five different languages, tabled at events and fairs, and posted fliers, writes Robert Mellinger for Crosscut.


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1.) H&M just completely revamped their women's sizing. Have you ever noticed inconsistencies in H&M's sizing? I have- not just by item type but often by piece. This made online shopping (or "eyeball" shopping while hoisting two toddlers) a real gamble. The great news is that the clothing giant just took huge strides to eradicate that issue- they revamped their entire sizing philosophy in order to better meet the needs of the American women who just want to be confident about their size. Starting this summer and continuing into fall, H&M has switched the sizing up completely. On the whole, they say you should go one size down from your norm- if you usually buy Medium at H&M, you should go Small. However they encourage you to come try on a few items to learn your sizing according to the new policy, and they promise more consistency going forward. Yay!
2.) This is not necessarily "news news", but it was news to me- and GREAT news at that. H&M is a part of an awesome recycling initiative that benefits your wallet- by donating your clothing in-store (not necessarily H&M clothing- literally any clothing), you get a 15% off discount on your purchase. As few as 3 items are accepted per visit, but you can certainly bring more in, and they'll give you the discount right then and there. I love that there's an element of sustainability and environmental consciousness that allows you to feel good about being a part of their mission while reaping the benefits on your purchase. Win-win. Tell your friends!


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Allow the beauty of the Philippines to captivate you the Filipino way
'Kaibigan' means friend in Tagalog, one of the primarily spoken languages in the Philippines.
In the presence of real friends, it's easy to shift to a positive mood as you rest in the comfort of their embrace. A similar feeling arises when meeting Filipino people, being part of their local gathering or investing time on activities like watching dolphins swimming in their natural habitat.
It simply raises your vibration! Dolphin sighting is one of the must do activities when you land in the Philippines. You will be amazed at how beautiful the combination of scenery and life-infused mammals are. It's a great spectacle to watch as they spin around above the deep waters.
The province of Bohol which is located in the Central Visayas Region happens to be one of the premier dolphin watching destinations in the country.
Breeze across the azure-coloured Bohol Sea on board a 'Banca'-the popular traditional Filipino boat, the 'Canter' – a former whaling boat or simply, choose the common speed boat
The waters in the southern coast of Pamilacan Island is where the current is the strongest and is known as the dolphins' play area. They can be spotted throughout the year, but are especially prominent from the months of March to June. The same goes for whales. The schedules to spot the endangered whales of Bohol are usually paired with the dolphin watching trips, so you won't have to wait another day to get up close with these mighty sea giants.
Tease your taste buds with a signature Boholano recipe – cookies shaped like a miniature 'Chocolate Hills'- a place that is popular among tourists
No matter how tasty these miniature 'Chocolate Hills' cookies are, they can never be a substitute for the real 'Chocolate Hills' which is a place that should not be left out of your Bohol itinerary list.
From the viewing deck atop the hill in Carmen town, they look like a bunch of chocolate 'Hershey Kisses' spreading across a humongous piece of land.
To be exact, there are more than 1,268 cone-shaped hills. During the rainy season, these hills are covered with grass and blossom with green pastures. On the flip side, when the dry season begins, the colour turns into brown.
Feel an immense sense of gratitude and respect at places of worship
If you keep an open heart and mind, you can reflect on the country's rich heritage as well as witness the people's strong Catholic beliefs. To walk into the 'Basilica Minore del Santo Nino' in Cebu City is such a precious experience! How about admiring the Santo Domingo Church, one of the biggest Churches in Asia? Did you know that the only shrine in the whole world that is dedicated to the seven Archangels exists in the Philippines? Yes, the 100-year old Baroque structure is known as the 'National Shrine of Saint Michael and The Archangels'.
Hire an underwater photographer to capture your ultimate underwater experience
How about leaving your foot prints on the world's best island - Palawan? Experience spectacular marine life at El Nido or Coron. Explore its many attractions that will enchant you beyond your senses!
Elevate your mood as you dip into the crystal clear waters of Malapascua and have a close encounter with majestic thresher sharks. Keen to observe the gentle whale sharks as they swim with their mouths wide open, to collect plankton and small fish? Head to Donsol.
You will come to a point of pinching yourself to make sure you are not dreaming!


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999 pregnant patient rethink after tragic death of mum-to-be
A&E staff at Whittington were unaware ill woman was expecting a baby
25 October, 2019 — By Emily Finch
The Whittington Hospital
THE Whittington and the London Ambulance Service (LAS) have changed the way they treat critically ill pregnant patients following the death of a 40-year-old woman.
Senior coroner Mary Hassell, at St Pancras Coroner's Court, recommended that the Archway hospital and the LAS make changes after Fern-Marie Choya, of Highbury Crescent, died in February when she went into respiratory arrest.
In her Prevention of Future Deaths report, Ms Hassell was critical of how the "crucial" detail of Ms Choya's pregnancy was not conveyed to the Whittington's A&E department before her arrival by ambulance.
She wrote that it took "16 minutes post-arrival for the pregnancy to be recognised and the obstetric team to be called" meaning Ms Choya's initial treatment did not consider her pregnancy.
Ms Hassell added: "By the time of the laparotomy [a surgical incision into the abdominal cavity] it was too late to save Ms Choya."
The report highlighted how the ambulance crew who initially treated Ms Choya were told she was pregnant "at the very outset" by her husband.
But Garrett Emmerson, the chief executive officer of the LAS, said in his response to the coroner that the ambulance crew did not "confirm" Ms Choya's pregnancy to the control room who act as the intermediary between them and hospitals.
The person in the control room did not in turn "pursue and confirm this possibility" of Ms Choya's pregnancy either.
Mr Emmerson noted that "this is why that information was not passed on in the pre-alert information call to the emergency department".
Workers at the control room of the LAS convey patient details to A&E departments within a "pre-alert" call when they are critically ill.
Mr Emmerson added: "Had the correct information been passed, the focus of Ms Choya's treatment may have been different."
As a result of her death, the LAS has now "re-issued" and "extended" their guidance "to clarify the relevant details expected during pre-alert calls, to ensure that the appropriate clinical team is present on a patient's arrival" at hospital.
The LAS have also planned a joint training session with the Whittington on how they manage pregnant patients.
Staff at the hospital's emergency department have also been provided with "modified" guidance that prompts them to ask if a patient is pregnant when liaising with the ambulance service before arrival.
Ms Choya was a devoted Arsenal fan and a keen blogger who often chronicled her travels around the globe and her struggles with living with the chronic disease Lupus.
Ms Hassell gave Ms Choya's main cause of death as "hypovolaemic shock due to massive intro abdominal bleeding" and "rupture of the abnormal gravid uterus".


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QGIS for Hydrological Applications book launch and Mapathon
- 19 Sep 2019
- 17:30 - 20:00
- Westvest 7, 2611 AX Delft, A1B / restaurant
On 19 September, IHE Delft will host the launch of the book 'QGIS for Hydrological Applications – recipes for catchment hydrology and water management' by Dr. Hans van der Kwast and his co-author Kurt Menke. The first copy of the book will be presented to Ruud Grim, Senior Policy Advisor at the Netherlands Space Office.
The book launch will be live-streamed via this link.
An #IHEUrgentAction Mapathon will be organized following the book launch, in cooperation with 510 Global and the Dutch Red Cross. During the mapathon, the authors will sell signed copies of their book. By purchasing the book you financially enable IHE Delft students' attendance at FOSS4G and QGIS events.
More information about the book can be found on the publisher Locate Press' website. The pre-release e-book will be available for purchase as from August 23.
Mapping Party
During the Mapping Party, volunteers will map the buildings and other features in a selected region, on OpenStreetMap, a detailed, open-source map of the world. Volunteers in the mapping district will later add local information, for example on schools, sanitary provisions, hospitals and water points. That way the data on the map will become more relevant on the ground.
We invite everybody to become an 'online volunteer' for a night. You don't have to have any experience; it is easy to learn and we have trained experts available to help you on your way. Bring your laptop and mouse and join the initiative.
Importance of mapping vulnerable areas
Good mapping material is essential for strengthening vulnerable places around the world. Places which are suffering from epidemics, conflicts, natural disasters, poverty or environmental problems, for example. Mapping helps governments to make better (policy) decisions and aid organizations to offer better assistance, because they have more knowledge in advance about medical activities and the distribution of needed relief supplies. In cases of disaster, they are able to react better and quicker.
Missing Maps is an international crowdsourcing initiative through which people from all over the world contribute to the augmentation of the world map on OpenStreetMap. In doing so, they focus on the world's most vulnerable spots. More than 15,000 people are involved and, together, they have contributed more than 24 million updates. So-called mapathons are being held all over the world to bring the map more up to date, little by little.
Everybody is welcome to join the Mapping Party, which will be held at IHE Delft, free of charge. Specialist technical knowledge is not a prerequisite. Please sign up here if you want to join.
We also encourage all of our alumni to join online. For more information contact Maria Laura Sorrentino, Alumni Relations Officer.
Please find through the following link a video with instructions on how to participate in the mapathon.
Missing Maps continues
Missing Maps is an initiative of the Red Cross, MSF and other NGOs aiming to map the most vulnerable places in the developing world. Learn more about the project here.
You can get involved as an individual here, even before & after the Mapping party has ended, or if you are unable to attend. The Missing Maps organizers will let you know by email when there are tasks that need doing – or when there are other mapping parties, like this one, being organized.


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Fabio Aru (Astana) claim his second stage victory in a row, in so doing, he also claimed the fourth mountain top finish for his team. He also solidified his second place standing on the General Classification, and his Maglia Blanco has never been in doubt, Fabio Fellini (Trek Factory Racing) who holds second place in the young rider competition is over forty five minutes behind this young Italian. Aru pulled back over two minutes on the Maglia Rosa of Alberto Contador (Tinkoff Saxo), but the Spaniard knew exactly what his cushion was and seemed to hold back from the all out defense of Pink. Aru's teammate, Mikel Landa, who had often sacrificed himself for Aru's benefit, earned the final Maglia Azzurro for his efforts on the day. The young Italian certain has given his countrymen something to cheer about in their home Tour.


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TOKYO—A potential future prime minister of Japan is setting himself up as a role model by taking time off to help look after his new baby, something few Japanese fathers do.
Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, 38, a son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, said he would take about two weeks off over the three months following the birth of his first child, which is expected as soon as this month.
"I hope my child-care leave will serve as a spur for everyone in the Environment Ministry to take child-care leave without hesitation and advance a style of work in which that is easy," Mr. Koizumi said at a ministry meeting Wednesday, according to an official.
As a cabinet minister and member of Parliament, Mr. Koizumi isn't covered by any system of paternity leave and is entitled to set his own work schedule, so his description of his time off as child-care leave or paternity leave is purely symbolic.
Still, male employees at the ministry welcomed his announcement as an example for others.
"Because the minister took the lead, I believe the atmosphere within the ministry will change, and men taking child-care leave will come one step closer to becoming a norm," said Keita Suzuki, who works in the ministry's international strategy division.
Mr. Koizumi married news anchor Christel Takigawa in August when she was pregnant with their child. He is often mentioned as a future prime minister, although he has struggled as environment minister in balancing Japan's reliance on coal-fired electric-power plants with the demands of anticoal activists.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government has encouraged more men to take child-care leave, part of a campaign to add working mothers to the workforce. The government hopes to raise the rate of men taking child-care leave to 13% this year, compared with 6% in the year ended in March 2019.
According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Japan is among the most generous nations in parental leave, with eligible employees entitled to up to 52 weeks off at reduced pay. Some people such as day laborers and members of Parliament aren't covered by the policy. Most men don't take advantage, either out of ignorance of the system or fear that bosses and colleagues won't approve.
Mr. Koizumi said he wouldn't go fully off the grid during the days he is designating as child-care leave. He said he might work from home or come to the office for part of the day.
Akiko Kojima, a researcher at the Japan Research Institute, said many men were taking leave for a day or two to help companies meet government-encouraged targets, without much practical benefit for their wives.
"It would be better for fathers to take leave flexibly and continuously," Ms. Kojima said. "The true purpose of paternity leave should be division of housework and child care between a husband and wife."
Yoko Suzuki, a researcher at Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting, said people tended to see paternity leave as a way to support women but they should also keep in mind that there are men who want more active involvement in child-rearing.
Michihiro Oi, an Environment Ministry official around age 50, said the advances came too late for him. "I wish my minister had been Mr. Koizumi 20 years ago," Mr. Oi said.
Write to Megumi Fujikawa at [email protected] and River Davis at [email protected]
The post Japanese Men Are Taking Baby Steps Toward Paternity Leave appeared first on WSJ.


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Fiapp has always paid attention to the needs of the Coiffeur & Beauty sector, and for this reason, over the years, it has expanded its offer with many products dedicated to hairdressing salons, SPAs, wellness centers and beauty centers. Today, Fiapp's offer includes dozens of furnishing solutions and accessories: everything you need to create sophisticated spaces with ad hoc items for every work area: workstations, cabinets with sinks, massage beds and armchairs, Saunas, areas for massage, sensory pathways and the most innovative treatments, without forgetting the areas reserved to the visitor, such as the waiting room or the reception area, with chairs, tables and wardrobe.
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When you wake up in the morning, what is the passion that fuels you to start your day? Are you living this in your work? If others asked you what drives you to achieve, would the answer be obvious? The triggers that motivate people to achieve are unique for everyone. But is the way we look at it broken?
How the Way We See Work is Broken
Apart from a paycheck, there are intangible values that, Barry Schwartz suggests, our current way of thinking about work simply ignores. It's time to stop thinking of workers as cogs on a wheel.
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Memory Primer
DDR and DDR2 memory modules dominate the current desktop PC memory landscape. What are they and why are they different from the other memory types? Let's find out.
DDR and DDR2 go by the full names of DDR SDRAM and DDR2 SDRAM respectively. The word "SDRAM" stands for Synchronous DRAM, which is a variant of DRAM (Dynamic RAM), a memory type widely used in PCs several years ago.
"RAM" stands for Random Access Memory. RAM is utilized in computer systems as main memory for temporary data storage. Most contemporary RAM is volatile, i.e. the information is lost once power is cut off. DRAM and SRAM (Static RAM) are the most popular RAM types used in computers. DRAM memory cells require constant refreshing because they utilize both transistors and capacitors; the latter of which loses the values it stores as time elapses if refreshing is not performed. Unlike DRAM, only transistors are used in SRAM memory cells, with no capacitors involved. SRAM, therefore, does not require refreshing, resulting in much higher performance. SRAM is much more expensive than DRAM, however, and is not used in the same memory sizes as DRAM. SRAM is implemented primarily in CPU caches (i.e. the CPU L1/L2 cache).
Going back to SDRAM, this type of memory utilizes a synchronous interface. This means it waits for a clock pulse to transfer data, and thus it is in sync with the computer system bus and the processor. SDRAM transfers one bit (per data line) of data per clock cycle to greatly improve the performance of system memory over previous FP/EDO memory, for which data transfer was possible only every other cycle. Typical PC100 and PC133 SDRAM modules provide maximum bandwidths of 800MB/s and 1066MB/s respectively.
DDR Basics
Short for "Double Data Rate", DDR technology doubles the bandwidth of SDRAM under optimal conditions. This is to say that twice as much data can be transferred between the memory and system during the same amount of time. This is because DDR SDRAM sends and receives data twice as often as common SDRAM.
How does it do this? SDRAM transfers data on every clock cycle (to be specific, on the rising edge of every clock cycle), while DDR transfers data on both the rising edge (clock signal bounces from LOW to HIGH) and the falling edge (clock signal bounces from HIGH to LOW) of a clock cycle. Therefore, two bits (per data line) are transferred every clock cycle. In order to do this, two bits are accessed from the memory array (where data is actually stored) for each data line on every clock cycle, this process is called the "2-bit prefetch".
A DDR200 module provides a data bandwidth of 1.6GB/s - we also call this PC1600 memory. Likewise, DDR400 is also called PC3200 memory, because it provides 3.2GB/s bandwidth. You can double the bandwidth by using same-speed memory modules in dual channel mode if your system supports it: dual channel DDR400 is capable of delivering 6.4GB/s bandwidth.
DDR2 Introduction
As 2nd generation DDR, the most important improvement found in DDR2 memory is its transfer data rate or bandwidth. As in the case with DDR SDRAM vs. SDRAM, the bandwidth of DDR2 memory can double the DDR's.
The DDR standard stops at DDR400 (of course, there are lots of DDR500 and even DDR600 products on market, but these are for overclockers), which provides 3.2GB/s bandwidth (single channel). The DDR2 standard starts from DDR2 400 and goes all the way up to DDR2 800 or even higher. DDR2 800 or PC2 6400 can provide 6.4GB/s bandwidth (single channel), twice as much as DDR400. Dual channel DDR2 800 will offer an unparallel 12.8GB/s bandwidth, which is a huge leap from the 6.4GB/s bandwidth of dual channel DDR400 memory.
Since DDR already transfers data on both the rising and falling edges of a clock cycle, how does DDR2 double the bandwidth yet again? The answer lies in the I/O buffer frequency, which is doubled with DDR2. The memory controller in our systems only deal with the I/O buffer on the memory chip. To double the data from the memory array to the I/O buffer, DDR2 utilizes a "4-bit prefetch" as opposed to the "2-bit prefetch" with DDR. This means that 4 bits of data are moved from the memory array to the I/O buffer per data line each core clock cycle.
The core clock cycle here refers to the cycle time of the memory array, and the frequency of the memory array is half that of the I/O buffer and 1/4 of the data rates. Take DDR2 800 for example: it has an 800MHz data rate, the I/O buffer works at 400MHz, and the core frequency of the memory array is only 200MHz. The core frequency remains the same as DDR400. However, the DDR400 I/O buffer operates at 200MHz. The time of "a core cycle" is therefore the same whether it is DDR400 or DDR2 800.
DDR2 chips may look different than DDR as well, because most DDR chips use the TSOP-II (Thin Small-Outline Package) form factor while DDR2 utilizes the FBGA (Fine Ball Grid Array) form factor, which is smaller in size than TSOP-II. FBGA chips also feature less electrical noise than TSOP-II, thus resulting in improved signal integrity at high operating frequencies.
Here is a quick reference of differences between DDR and DDR2.
|Data Rate
|200/266/333/400 MHz
or higher
|400/533/667/800 MHz
or higher
|Prefetch Size
|CAS latency
|1.5, 2, 2.5, 3
|3, 4, 5
|Write Latency
|Read Latency-1
|Package Type
Besides the enhanced bandwidth, DDR2 also uses less power than DDR by operating on 1.8V - a 28% reduction compared to DDR (2.5V). DDR2 has power saving features such as smaller page sizes and an active power down mode too. These power consumption advantages make DDR2 memory especially suitable for use in notebook computers.
DDR2 provides some other new features like OCT and OCD as well. We can find lots of resistors around the memory slots on a DDR-supporting motherboard, they are called termination resistors, which are used to eliminated excessive signal noise. You won't find these resistors on motherboards utilizing DDR2 memory modules, since the termination resistors are built into each of the memory chips on the module, which is far closer to the source of the noise. This feature is called OCT or On-Die Termination, and it can reduce interference within the chip, thus guaranteeing the stability and reliability of DDR2 memory when working under high frequencies.
There are other features such as Posted CAS and Additive Latency, which work together to prevent data collisions and utilize the data bus more efficiently; and the Off-chip driver calibration (OCD), which increases signal integrity and system timing margin as well.


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