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Hey Jesse! I really appreciate your blog. This is my first WHM winter and I'm really enjoying the cold walks. Thanks for all your tips, it's made my experience fun and safe while I grow into the cold.
With winter in full swing in the Northern Hemisphere, I want to encourage everyone to remember that there are quality cold experiences waiting to be had outdoors! For many new practitioners of the Wim Hof Method or cold training in general, graduating from the controlled environments of cold showers or the ice baths can be a daunting task. We have been conditioned to see the outdoors as the untamed wilderness, full of danger! And, to some degree, it is! Wim Hof often talks about "hard nature" as the ultimate teacher, and while cold showers and ice baths are incredible tools for health and wellness, in the end, our ultimate goal is to overcome mental obstacles and fears that prevent us from living fully. The winter weather gives us an opportunity to break through our modern conditioning. You've seen it in other people's videos and pictures, now it is time for you to make your move! Time to get out into "hard nature!"
Now that you are ready to get out into nature, there are three big rules for cold walks to follow. Incorporate this wisdom into your practice, and get ready for a unforgettable cold exposure out in nature!
This is a rule that many people don't think about early on. We are excited and confident in our ability to endure the cold, so we just assume that we won't need any warm clothes. After all, isn't that the point of a winter walk?
Why would we bring clothes along?
At first, you might not need a Safety Bag. Perhaps you are simply going to walk outside in your driveway for a little while. Well, in that case, if you feel the need to escape the cold, it will be very easy to walk indoors and warm up. No big deal.
However, when you begin to get more confident and more adventuresome, you will likely want to wander further away from the safety of the indoors than a simple driveway walk. As for me, I generally like going to parks and nature preserves. I love the quietness and the serenity that I feel when I am all alone in nature. In many cases, I wait for the cover of night to take a winter walk simply because I don't want to have to hassle with onlookers. This means that I may be more than a 5 or 10 minute walk away from the safety of the indoors, and that means that if I don't plan for an unexpected need for warmth, I could find myself in a dangerous situation. Suddenly, the very act that was meant to make me stronger and happier could lead to extreme afterdrop, hypothermia, or even frostbite. That is why we always pack a safety bag.
A safety bag is your portable warm place. It is the insurance policy that you want to have so you can focus on the experience, knowing that you are in no real danger. In my safety bag, I always pack warm-up pants, a hoodie or sweatshirt, a coat, and possibly even a yoga mat. Why a yoga mat? Well, in some cases, it is nice to have an insulated floor to stand on if you need to change into thermal clothing quickly. I don't always take a yoga mat, but if I have any plans to take off my shoes or get into water, my yoga mat is coming with me!
You should always have gloves and a hat on a winter walk, and you should always wear shoes in your winter walks unless you are very well trained and want to do extreme extremities training. Wim Hof ran a marathon barefoot above the arctic circle, but he was very well trained! Even with all of his training and mind/body control, he suffered frostbite on both of his feet. Frostbite is a real thing, and it is nothing to play around with. Wear shoes if you are going on any walk of any real distance, especially if you are walking in the snow. It is okay to take off your shoes for a little while, but don't make "barefoot" your clothing choice on any significant cold walk.
Again, being prepared for the off chance that you begin to feel miserable or cold in your core is the difference between someone who is serious about training for a healthy life and someone who is asking for problems.
Winter walks can be a lot of fun. They can challenge us in ways we have not been challenged before. Things like windchill, precipitation, and barriers in the road can make a winter walk unlike any other cold experience you have ever enjoyed. This is why it can be easy to lose concentration and forget to listen to your inner voice.
What do I mean by your inner voice? Well, first of all, it doesn't use words. It is the subtle way that your body communicates with you. It will let you know the difference between the cold that you feel on your skin and the cold that could actually hurt you if it has infiltrated into your core. Especially early on, it is important to try to do cold walks that allow you to focus on your cold experience. This is how we learn to listen to the inner voice. Focus on the way your body feels. Focus on how you respond to changes in the temperature or in the wind. Focus on the cold itself.
This is why it is usually not a good idea to have a lot of conversation during your first winter walks. It keeps us from listening to our inner voice. Don't get me wrong. Anyone who has trained with me knows that I am a talker! Having your friends at your side or being with others who are interested in cold training is very good! It adds an element of safety, and it provides for great insights in discussions afterward. The thing to remember is that the goal of the exercise that you are performing is to learn to listen to your body and to increase your self-control. Try to focus on the task at hand. Appreciate what is happening in the now, and when the experience is done, take some time to reflect.
People often ask me, how long should I stay in the cold? The answer that I always give them is, "it depends!" Not very satisfying is it?
Please understand that I don't mean to be cryptic. It's just that the answer to the question is not going to be the same for everyone. It depends on a lot of things.
The two most important factors to consider are the level of cold training that you have accumulated and the state of mind that you are in. If you have done a lot of cold training and you are very focused, your abilities in the cold will vastly outweigh a novice to cold training or someone who is not focused.
Even with that said, how much cold training have done recently? Did you train hard yesterday? Well, you might be recovering from that today. You may need to take it a little easier today in your training. Did you trian really hard for weeks and then stop altogether for a month? Well, you have probably lost a small amount of your cold resistance.
Even with that said, focus is a factor that is impossible to fully measure. You might really be focused one day and climb a mountain in your shorts with no problems whatsoever. It is really impossible to tell another person an exact time.
The only one who can answer that question is your inner voice, the little whisper that will let you know that you are about to reach your limit for the day. In the beginning, it is hard for us to hear that voice, so I usually recommend that you never wait until you feel miserable to go in. Just set a reasonable distance or time goal, and go in immediately after that, even if you feel like you could go for hours and hours.
Nevet time, you can set a slightly longer goal, but on you first outing, set your sights on something very reasonable and don't forget your Safety Pack, as discussed earlier. As you experiment with slightly more challenging goals, you begin to hear the inner voice if you try. You'll begin to notice the subtle changes that occur throughout a cold exposure and be able to navigate them more effectively. Eventually, you'll hear the inner voice and know that it is real. It isn't just a made up "woo woo" thing.
When you hear the inner voice telling you to go inside or to put on clothes, you better do it.
Trust it more than the clock or the thermometer. Sometimes it will surprise you. Sometimes, I will have a goal to walk an hour in the snow, and twenty minutes in, the inner voice tells me that it is time for me to get warm. And it doesn't joke. The inner voice has no sense of humor at all. It's all business.
No one likes to listen to the inner voice when other people are around or when we are trying to impress other people. This is why the ego is your enemy when it comes to cold training. Yes, it is okay to be proud of your accomplishments, but don't get cocky! When your inner voice says "get warm," you had better listen!
We listen to the inner voice whisper. Don't wait for it to scream!
If you ignore the inner voice, prepare for after-drop or worse. The inner voice will not wait until you are miserable to speak up. If you wait until you are shivering and miserable, you have waited too long, and the best thing you can do is go into the warmth and try to relax while your body has to deal with the problem of cooled blood running through your core. If you feel really miserable, go seek medical help.
Always listen for the inner voice. Never wait to feel bad to go in. You should never feel bad throughout the whole experience. You should always feel in control.
In the end, "hard nature" is one of the most rewarding ways to train in the cold that I know of. I love cold walks and cold water swimming. Just remember that while these are things that I encourage everyone to try, it is important to take measures to ensure that you will have positive experiences so that you can continue to train in the cold for years and years to come. Now go out there and experience the cold!
Warm regards,
Jesse Coomer
Hey Jesse! I really appreciate your blog. This is my first WHM winter and I'm really enjoying the cold walks. Thanks for all your tips, it's made my experience fun and safe while I grow into the cold.
Hello Jesse,
Love your common sense approach to the W. I. M. Your approach, for me, is the "man/woman in the street" system as opposed the more professional requirements. At 75 I have no intentions of climbing the Alps in a pair of shorts.
Many thanks for your videos.
Michael Garvey


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A federal judge gave the city of Vallejo 14 days to release the employment information of a former Vallejo police officer accused of using excessive force during a July 2017 incident.
United States Magistrate Judge Allison Claire issued her 19-page ruling this week ordering Spencer Muniz-Bottomley records be turned over to the plaintiffs in a federal excessive force case against the city of Vallejo and several of its police officers.
Muniz-Bottomley and fellow officers Mark Thompson, Bretton Wagoner, Sgt. Steve Darden, and former Vallejo Police Chief Andrew Bidou are all named in the lawsuit filed by Carl Edwards.
Edwards alleges that he suffered head trauma, a broken nose, a black eye, cuts to his face, arms, back, hands, head, and he required stitches over his right brow when the officers tackled him while he worked on a fence outside of his woodwork shop at 433 Tennessee St. on July 30, 2017.
The city of Vallejo had attempted to block release of the records, which included Muniz-Bottomley hiring, possible promotions while with Vallejo police, and any investigations the department initiated into his background and fitness to be a law enforcement officer.
The city argued the information sought, which also involves his finances, high school grades, marital status, and interviews with his neighbors, violated Muniz-Bottomley's privacy.
Claire disagreed, stating that the records "are particularly relevant to plaintiff's claims against the city, as they could lead to discovery of information regarding the city's pre-hire knowledge of (Muniz-)Bottomley's fitness to serve."
Vallejo City Attorney Claudia Quintana didn't return a request for comment for this story.
Since leaving the Vallejo Police Department in 2018, Muniz-Bottomley was hired by the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office.
Claire also granted portions of the plaintiff's motion for the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office to turn over Muniz-Bottomley's employment application and any prior and/or subsequent complaints against Muniz-Bottomley.
Claire refused to order the release of any background investigation, personal history statement, references questionnaires the sheriff's office may have regarding Muniz-Bottomley's hire. She also said the plaintiff's side cannot have any documents the Vallejo Police Department may have given to the sheriff's office.
Finally, the judge blocked a request from Edwards' legal team to photograph the tattoo's on the officer's arms. The lawsuit alleges the tattoos show the officers are involved in a "gang" which operates within the Vallejo Police Department.
"Tattoo commonality among officers within California police departments has been linked to membership in an organized crime association or gang involving officers who collectively engage in highly aggressive police tactics," the lawsuit alleges.
All of Muniz-Bottomley's employment information ordered released in the case will remain under a protective order and away from public view.
Edwards incident
The lawsuit filed by Edwards alleges that he was working on a fence at about 4 p.m. when he was approached by Muniz-Bottomley.
Police were pursuing a person who had allegedly shot a sling-shot at kids in the neighborhood, the lawsuit states.
Video from Muniz-Bottomley's body camera uploaded to Youtube, begins with the officer sitting in his police vehicle as he drives westbound in the 400 block of Tennessee Street. He then makes a U-turn in the street and parks his cruiser near the shop at 433 Tennessee St.
As he gets out of the police vehicle, Muniz-Bottomley is seen, through his shadow on the ground, gesturing for Edwards to come forward. The officer continues to walk toward Edwards, who is standing near the fence, the footage shows. Although not seen fully, Edwards appears to be working on the upper portion of the fence.
For the first 30 seconds of Muniz-Bottomley's camera footage, there is no sound, until he taps the camera as he nears Edwards.
"Put your hands on your head, bro," the officer is heard saying. He follows up with "What the (expletive)…" before he suddenly grabs Edwards, who utters his own expletives.
Muniz-Bottomley's camera gets covered up in the ensuing struggle.
Both the city and Edwards' lawsuit agree that officers Thompson and Wagoner, who were standing at 414 Tennessee St., rushed over to assist Muniz-Bottomley. When the camera isn't obscured anymore, it shows Edwards struggling with the officers.
"Why are you guys doing this?" he asks as his left arm is forcibly bent over his neck by the three officers as Edwards is on his back.
"Give us your hand," one the officers said as Edwards is flipped onto his stomach. At this point, his nose appears to be injured as blood begins to pour from that area of his face.
Edwards continues to struggle as the officers attempt to pull his left arm behind his back, while he is slightly on his ride side. An officer is heard saying, "if you have to break, break it" in reference to Edwards' arm.
"I didn't do anything to you guys," Edwards says, as officers finally get his left arm behind his back.
Officers eventually move Edwards' right arm behind his back. As he is handcuffed, Edwards continues to say he hasn't done anything wrong. A pool of blood is seen on the concrete from the struggle as Edwards sits on steps in front of the building.
Hired by the Vallejo Police Department in June 2015, Muniz-Bottomley was the subject of a claim filed against the city stemming from a March 2017 incident.
The city eventually paid out $75,000 to Dejuan Hall, of Vacaville, after cell phone video showed Muniz-Bottomley punching and hitting the man with a flashlight in the middle of Fairgrounds Drive in North Vallejo.
Muniz-Bottomley responded to a call on March 10, 2017 of a customer at a gas station, later identified as Hall, acting erratically. Hall ran after being confronted by police with Muniz-Bottomley giving chase. One of the videos shows Hall running away and sitting down on the median before Muniz-Bottomley tackles him as onlookers shout in anger.


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…the meaning of life in a few words, yet insufficiently spoken…
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
[Elizabeth Browning]
…well, for love of life we can hold off on that last line of the poem…


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We arrived shortly after 5pm. We were greeted by three cowboys at the covered bridge. The children were so shy that they hid behind me after we were greeted with a hearty "Howdy!" It's a pretty relaxed sort of place. You freely wander about the grounds. You can shop in the many stores and even get an old time picture taken. Although I wouldn't recommend the photo thing, unless you have plenty of $$$ to spend. If we were to have a picture taken it would have cost us a family of four $45.00 for one picture! We found other things to do. It was fun to watch the girls react to everything. There were random gunfights and some people in jail. Plenty of questions from Leah kept my mind spinning.
Never one to pass up an opportunity for a funny picture Keith posed for this silly one. Of course the staff thought Keith was really drinking from the trough. After we sorted it out with the staff we moved on to other activities. Both girls rode the camel Willie. He was a nice fella and even Mom and Dad had fun. After the camel Olivia wanted to see the animals. I went into the petting zoo with the girls. There we petted all sorts of farm animals. Olivia was most pleased with the mini ponies. She loves ponies and wanted to take them with us. We took a very slow stagecoach ride around the dusty back roads. It was bumpy, noisy and dirty. Olivia pointed out at least 50 jackrabbits. That part was the most fun for her. We ate supper at the famous restaurant there. Numerous celebrities have made an appearance here. Most are singers and have performed on stage in the main dining room. We ordered steak and ate while listening to country music played live. I don't remember the name of the band they were very good.
During the meal a nice woman stopped by to make a balloon animal for the girls. Leah chose a butterfly and Olivia insisted on having Spider-man You never can tell with Olivia. After dinner we were looking for something to do. We passed by the crazy miner, he frightened the girls nicely, and made our way towards the train. By this time it was dark and scary and perfect for a train ride. We had a few more things to see before we left, but only went to see the snakes. That was not nearly as fun as Daddy had hoped. The room was so hot and crowded that we didn't look around long.


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There won't be any municipal tax increases for residents of Carbonear in 2020.
That was one of the highlights of the $7.5 million budget recently adopted by the town.
The budget came in at $7,493,902, to be precise, and Mayor Frank Butt told SaltWire the town is happy with its fiscal situation.
Butt said the town's debt servicing ratio is only 14 per cent, less than half of the 30 per cent threshold set up Municipal Affairs.
"We're well below that but we're doing a lot of work in Carbonear," he said. "We're doing it in a financially sound way and not incurring large debt."
Some of the big-ticket items in this year's budget are transportation infrastructure, recreation, and environmental health.
Just under a third of the budget is set aside for transportation services, coming in at $2,433,489.
Butt told SaltWire there is a lot of work planned for the upcoming year for transportation, largely in conjunction with federal and provincial funding.
The town has budgeted $600,000 for asphalt and $60,000 for curbs and sidewalks, part of $4.2 million in funding the town has applied for in infrastructure projects to upgrade water, sewer, and roads. Phase two of the Downtown Revitalization project funded by ACOA, the province, and the town is scheduled to go ahead this year.
Recreation and culture high on list
Butt said the over $1.1 million allotted for recreation and culture covers several projects, including continued renovations and new video surveillance equipment at the pool, expansion of the Princess Sheila NaGeira theatre building, upgrades to softball facilities and $12,000 for uprights for Avalon Minor Football.
Butt said the group came to the area a few years ago and football has been growing in popularity since. He said this will be a big help for the sport in the region, which he thinks will continue to grow.
The theatre upgrades are about $1 million, Butt said, with the town paying 10 per cent.
"The spinoff from that alone will certainly pay dividends to the residents and corporate citizens of the town," he said. "It brings people into town, visiting different venues and businesses."
The upgrades to the pool will make it more accessible, he said and increase the size of the change rooms, which will cost about $500,000.
Landfill and garbage fees raised
There will be an increase in garbage collection fees and landfill fees, which is the first time in over three years, Butt said. Those rates are set by the Eastern Service Board (SP) and went up from $67 a ton to $75 a ton.
Butt pointed out it costs much less for recycling, which he would like to see continue to increase in the town.
"I'd like to see a fairly massive project to educate people on recycling," he said. "It brings down the coast of garbage disposal and is a benefit to the environment."
He said the annual cleanup day is pretty well attended and leaf composting is popular in town but he's like to see more. The total amount budgeted for Environmental Health is $693,395.
Wastewater a concern
The town also put $100,00 away for the impending changes to federal wastewater regulations, which has been a concern to municipalities across the province. So far the town has $500,000 in the fund, which Butt says they know won't be enough.
The legislative changes will mean big infrastructure upgrades will be required for many towns and cities and Carbonear is no exception.
"We estimated the cost would be over $20 million to put in a waste treatment centre and even with us contributing 20 per cent that's $8 million. We don't have that cash. So we've been squirreling away $100,00 a year. It won't cover what needs to be done but it shows we are trying."
Butt said the federal government needs to provide a lot more funding if they want these wastewater regulations to work and be effective. Raising taxes would be the only way for Carbonear to get more funding, Butt said, and he knows no one in the province has the appetite for that.
"The people of the province are petty heavily taxed, people do not want another increase at this particular time," he said.
Low-income program continued
The town is offering an Interest Adjustment Policy to assist residents whose combined taxable family income is below $50,000 to pay their town taxes.
Butt said they recognize they have people from different economic strata in the town and this program helps people who want to use a payment plan.
The budget has now been submitted to Municipal Affairs for approval.


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Just your weekend dose of thinking out side the box, Norway 2015.
Leading lines, well there are 3 sets of motion, 1st, most obvious is the purple flowers to yellow flowers to white rocks of shore line drawing you to the point. You go either up in the sky or down into the water.
The 2nd, is the purple flowers to lighter color grasses up to the white pebbles and then the coastline up to the point. again, you could go up or down.
However I have a 3rd set of motion lines, the purple flowers have an angle running just above it at about 23 degrees. But that changes to a little past 45 degrees in the sky, therefore I would guess at least 75% of readers went up into the sky First. The sky also has whiter cloud colors which also draws the eye.
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In the ad "Chicken fries beat potato loser", the robotic voiceover says: "Burger King's new chicken fries are the new potato. We are not sorry, the potato deserved this." Indeed.
In fact, the ads were not "written by AI at all", but by retained agency David Miami, the people behind many of BK's recent fun and creative manoeuvres. Still, rather than get involved in some kind of ethical reverse Turing test, just sit back and enjoy the ridiculousness of the ads.


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If anything the series just became more accessible on Netflix compared to Disney XD. Just think of how many things Netflix has had just in the last few years that became absolutely huge. Stranger Things, Orange Is The New Black, House Of Cards, Bird Box, Fuller House, Making A Murderer... and very recently Tiger King. And from what I noticed Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution trended big time when it was released. So that bodes very well for Pokemon Journeys getting a very good viewership on Netflix.It's weird that for how large of a property Pokemon is, it keeps becoming more exclusive. First it was on a basic channel with WB, then shifted to basic cable with CN, then more exclusive cable with Disney XD and now a subscription based streaming platform with Netflix. It seems that as time goes on, it becomes less accessible.
Also Netflix is working on that live action One Piece series which reportedly will be the most expensive series that Netflix has done to date. That fully explains why Netflix is adding the One Piece anime on June 12th with the first two seasons.


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PROVO, Utah (May 11, 2013)—BYU Professor J. Scott Miller was announced as the incoming dean of the College of Humanities on May 11 by the university administration.
"I am pleased to inform you that following a careful and deliberate search process, Professor Scott Miller has accepted the appointment as the dean of the College of Humanities. He will begin his five-year term as dean on June 1," Academic Vice President Brent W. Webb said in an announcement to faculty and staff on Monday.
"Dr. Miller received strong support from the faculty search committee, and he has the full confidence of the BYU administration. He brings a combination of experiences that prepare him well for this new responsibility," Webb said. "I am confident he will continue the legacy of outstanding leadership by his predecessors in the dean's office. Scott is looking forward to working with you in the further development of the college."
Miller is a professor of Japanese and comparative literature. He received his B.A. from BYU in comparative literature and later earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in East Asian studies from Princeton University. Miller was an associate professor of Japanese at Colgate University prior to joining the faculty at BYU in 1994. He has also served as Asian Studies coordinator in the David M. Kennedy Center, associate dean of Undergraduate Education and Honors Program director, and as co-director of BYU's International Cinema program.
Outgoing Dean John Rosenberg has worked closely with Miller as chair of the Asian & Near Eastern Languages Department.
"Scott has served well as a two-term department chair and as an associate dean of Honors. He is a true intellectual with interests that bridge east and west," said Rosenberg. "His judgement is sound and his demeanor is kind, and I very much look forward to him being my dean."
Webb spoke of Dean Rosenberg's service to the college during Convocation services on April 24.
"His eighteen years of leadership in the dean's office have been marked by a deep commitment to the mission of the university to provide the finest disciplinary education possible in an environment of faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ, said Webb. "While humanities elsewhere report experiencing something of an identity crisis, this college – its students, faculty and programs – has never been stronger or more confident than under the leadership of its exceptional dean. Only rarely could it be said of deans at other institutions what I now observe of Dean Rosenberg; that he is truly beloved of his faculty colleagues in the College of Humanities."
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The Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority (the "Financial Regulator") has confirmed in an updated policy note that it has amended its naming convention for Irish authorised investment funds, so that sole reference to an investment manager's name will now be permitted in the title of a sub-fund within an umbrella fund structure.
With effect from 1 September 2010, the Financial Regulator will permit the sole name of an investment manager in the title of a sub-fund where:
- the name of the umbrella fund contains the name of the promoter; or
- the name of the umbrella fund contains the brand name of the promoter.
In both cases, where a supplement to the prospectus is published in respect of the sub-fund, the name of the promoter must be stated clearly on the supplement cover.
Until now, sole reference to the name of an investment manager in the title of an investment fund or in the name of a sub-fund within an umbrella fund was permitted only where the majority ownership of the investment manager resided in the promoter or its parent.
Advantages: UCITS and Third Party Platforms
This is a beneficial development for umbrella funds generally and for fund platforms. From the promoter's perspective, the primary purpose of a platform is to enable the offering of a wider range of investment management expertise to the promoters' clients; to provide a platform for the distribution of a wider range of funds; to work with, and to provide products and expertise to investment managers on the platform. The benefit from the managers' perspective is that the platform gives them exposure to UCITS where they may not previously have had experience in establishing and operating a UCITS; it gives them access to the distribution and other resources of the promoter; and it enables them to build up a track record in managing UCITS assets which would be of benefit to them should they decide to establish their own UCITS fund in the future.
A number of the world's largest investment banks and international institutions are increasingly choosing Ireland for the establishment of UCITS fund ranges and to establish third party fund platforms, recognising the benefits of the efficiency of the Irish process together with the greater level of understanding of derivatives products within the Financial Regulator and the Irish service provider community.
The recent policy update by the Financial Regulator in relation to the naming of sub-funds within an umbrella structure is a welcome development which will enable clear branding of an investment manager's UCITS strategies on a platform.
To date, with the exception of open-ended retail distributing investment funds which invest predominantly in debt markets, Irish investment funds have been permitted to charge fees and expenses to capital subject to appropriate constitutional enabling powers; appropriate disclosure in the prospectus including the rationale behind the policy and the effects of charging fees and expenses to capital; and a similar disclosure in the subscription application form referring to the effect of the charging policy.
The Financial Regulator has confirmed that it has revised its approach in relation to open-ended distributing fixed income funds and, with effect from 1 September 2010, all investment funds are permitted to charge fees and expenses to capital, with the following disclosure requirements applying in the case of retail fixed income funds in addition to those outlined above:
- The greater risk of capital erosion given the lack of potential for capital growth must be highlighted, together with the likelihood that due to capital erosion the value of future returns would also be diminished;
- Where the priority of the fund is the generation of income rather than capital growth this should be highlighted. In addition, the prospectus should include a statement that distributions made during the life of the fund must be understood as a type of capital reimbursement; and
- Any income statement issued to investors where expenses have been charged to capital should include a statement to explain the effect of this accounting policy including wording to the effect that the investor's capital amount has been reduced.
A copy of the Financial Regulator's policy note 3/10 in relation to these matters can be accessed here.
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Today's Bengaluru is the IT city of the country, a major hub for all the engineers and technological developments. The quaint paradise of yesteryears is now full of malls, tech firms, pubs, and exciting and thrilling nightlife. For those who still miss those quiet and subdued days here are some places in Bengaluru that even now offer the same sublime bliss and joy:
Bangalore Walks
Bengaluru is the greenest city of India. One of the best offerings from the city is the "Green Heritage Walk." It offers a variety of walks. There are multiple knowledgeable volunteers who offer a plethora of information to those interested. For example, The Military Heritage Walk provides a history of miners and Madras Sappers. The history includes documentation of the courage, gallantry, and valor of the "Thambi" who served from 1800 onwards.
Another walk is the Cubbon Park Walk. It is the repository of the history of the city covering architecture of a few of the best buildings in the city of 1860s. Cubbon Park offers a view of the five statues of the people who contributed to history during those times.
Oota Walks
Shibaji Ghosh and Simi Matthew are the people behind Oota Walks in Bangalore. Almost a decade ago, Simi and Shibaji, both a dedicated foodie met each other and together with other people interested in food formed a group calling it Oota Company. It, later on, evolved into Oota Walks.
Both Simi and Shibaji thought of making people discover the rich stories and heritage through food. The first walk started with Basavanagudi that offers legendary eateries like Brahmin's Cafe, Vidyarthi Bhavan, and SLV. The group of foodies includes 23 people who enjoy exciting stories along with much-savored South Indian dishes.
Bengaluru By Foot
Bengaluru By Foot by Mansoor Ali offers you darshan of temples, monuments, and even old Basavanagudi houses. Ali tells everyone the story behind Kallu Malleswara temple and what is 'Lal' in Lalbagh Gardens. The tour also gives you details about Tipu Sultan's rockets that the historians found in the working condition 60 years ago in the Kingdom of Mysore. You will also get to know details about Nagarathpete textile dyeing.
From old style food to a traditional fine-dining experience – Mansoor Ali will give you all the details, taking you through yummy bakery goodies and Chamarajpet evening snacks.
INTACH Parichay Walks
The Indian National Trust For Art and Cultural Heritage, a non-profit body was set up in 1984 to preserve the heritage of India. The group includes a team of engineers, architects, writers, planners who take you on the walk. It helps you understand the contribution by the Protestants and Catholic missionaries to the beauty of Bangalore. Also, it gives you a tour of the vintage cars that the royalties and dignitaries once owned.
Yours Truly India
It is neither walking nor bus tour of Bengaluru. Rather "Yours Truly India" is a "Tuk-Tuk Rickshaw" tour hosted by Sushma. The tour includes a visit to dhobi ghat, a wrestling house, a laughing club, the Aurobindo Ashram, and a mystery temple. It offers you options to choose from food history, heritage, and religion-oriented walks. One of the important ones is a visit to Kali Temple in a graveyard. The group also offers day-trips to Nandi Hills, Mysuru, Chitradurga, Madhugiri Betta, Lepakshi, and Belur.
Formed by Poonam Dasharathi, Unhurried has a lot of things to offer; the most special being the "A Trail Through Bengaluru's Market." The tour of the market includes KR Market famous for flowers, and Russell Market well known for fresh fruits, dates, and vegetables.
The British Trails offers a tour of Cantonment area of Bengaluru. Frazer Town Food Walk introduces you to halwa puris, khoya naan, kulfis, and biryanis. And the Military Hotel Food Walk is especially for non-veg lovers.
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What does it actually mean to boost your immune system, why should you be doing this and how is it going to help keep you healthy?
The cold & flu season is in full swing. It's also the holiday season and you'd think we'd all be outside enjoying the crisp air, holiday lights and festivities, but that's not really the case. That's because many of us are stuck in bed with coughs and sniffles. Are you finding that you or your loved ones are in this situation more often than not?
Take heart. We have just the tips to help you alleviate your symptoms so you can be enjoying those holiday festivities in no time. We'll also share some tips to boosting your immune system so you're not so susceptible to those nasty bugs.
Researchers at the Common Cold Center at Cardiff University compared hot beverages to lukewarm beverages. They found a marked improvement with hot beverages over their lukewarm counterparts.
While all beverages in general combat dehydration (an important concern during a cough or flu), hot beverages "provided immediate and sustained relief from symptoms of runny nose, cough, sneezing, sore throat, chilliness and tiredness".
So next time you're feeling congestion in the midst of sickness, reach for a hot beverage.
Lemon and ginger is like a herbal tag team. If you're feeling sick, lemon and ginger have no problems giving your symptoms a double suplex. After all, if sickness isn't going to play nice with you, why should you play nice with it?
Lemon gives you a nice dose of Vitamin C. While mostly known for boosting your immune system, Vitamin C may reduce phlegm -- which is why citrus fruits are often used with lozenges. But just as important, Vitamin C can also relieve upper respiratory tract infections and other illnesses.
Just like lemon, ginger may also help soothe a cough or sore throat. Ginger is also an antimicrobial, which means it helps the body destroy the invading pathogen. It's also a diaphoretic, so it promotes sweating. This is important because your skin can play a major role in your get-well-soon protocol, helping eliminate waste from the body.
The best way to combat colds and flus is to not get them at all. A superhero against sickness is black tea.
Immunologists at Harvard University report that drinking five cups a day of black tea over a period of two weeks turns the average immune system T-cell into "Hulk cells" that ragefully smash against infection. That's right, if you want to trigger your immune system into a Bruce Banner transformation, black tea will activate it.
That's because people who drink five cups of black tea pump out 10 times more cold and flu virus-fighting interferon than people who don't.
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Drink our Remedy tea throughout the winter and increase how much you're drinking if you're feeling sick. It's formulated with Chinese Medicine Principles to warm the body, promote circulation and kill viruses and germs. Chinese Medicine calls for the warming of the body to open the respiratory tract and release the virus- and bacteria-causing pathogens.
You hear it all the time - this product or herb or ingredient is "immune boosting". Sounds like you need it, but what does it really mean?
Your immune system works hard for you, 24 hours a day it's battling would-be environmental invaders. The immune system is a vast network of cells, organs and proteins that protect the body from infection. Your immune system identifies harmful foreign influences and neutralizes pathogens (like bacteria and viruses) and removes them from the body. When your body's cells have changed due to illness (such as cancerous cells), your immune system works for you here too.
When your immune system is compromised, you may be feeling fatigued all the time, getting sick frequently, you might have digestive issues, your injuries may take a long time to heal or you may develop allergies. Let's focus in on getting sick and how you can keep yourself healthy for the holidays and beyond.
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"I have to go to the train station for the first train air-evac. All eight patients are reported to be stable and none of them require ICU." Zettler gave Norman's left hand a squeeze. "I'll call you and give you the list of diagnoses so you can update the MOOD. TA-TA." She turned away from him and gave her behind a slight wiggle Norman knew was just for him.
God he was so much in love with her. Well, he had to focus on the emergency room now. It was one of the JMOOD's charges. Two interns, one medical and one surgical, were working in the ER and they reported to him.
"Dr. Norman?" LT Ralston motioned the JMOOD over to a curtained-off area.
"What have you got here Dr. Ralston? I checked with the ER charge nurse and there are only three 'worried-well' patients on this cold Christmas morning." Norman tried to be cheerful. He went behind the curtained examining area to come face-to-face with a young Hispanic woman with red eyes holding and swaying her 19-month-old daughter side-to-side.
"The baby's in no distress but Teresa Sanio, the mother, says her father was putting together a Christmas toy and noticed a large metal nut was missing. They think the child swallowed it."
"So what's the big deal? The kid'll just poop it out in 8-hours." Norman smiled at the young mother. Her husband was in Vietnam and she was pretty much fending for herself except for the good intentions of her elderly father.
"She thinks the hardware will end up in the brain or the heart and her daughter will die." Ralston looked at Norman and then back to Sanio.
"Dr. Ralston, 99% of pediatric medicine is treating the parents." Norman liked teaching the Interns. He remembered his best teachers and vowed to emulate them and focus on imparting knowledge to the intern staff rather than berate them their lack of medical lore. "You have to deliver a sense of confidence and give the mother a sense of control and reassurance. X-ray the baby to make sure the nut is in the GI tract and if it is, show her the X-ray and tell her to strain the feces over the next 8-hours and call you when she retrieves the nut. When she does, give her a verbal pat on the back for a job well done. Straining shit is no fun and the family will be more vigilant with small objects around small children after this incident."
As Dr. Ralston imparted the plan and lack of danger to the toddler, Norman looked over at the train station where Zettler was heading. There was a fringe of colored Christmas lights strung around the roofline. He wondered if the patients on the train would see them and whether it would be a morale booster. One thing he knew for sure. When those maimed Vietnam returnees got a look at his Minnie, their vital signs would surely improve. At least their pulse and blood pressure should go up, and for some, their manhood would be slightly elevated. He smiled and thanked God again for his good fortune with this woman.
"What are you looking at Huxley?" Zettler stopped walking to the hospital exit that would take her to the train depot. Huxley was staring out a window looking at the train station. "The teletype didn't say respiratory therapy was needed for the incoming train patients."
Huxley was startled by the intrusion into his thoughts. He was waiting to be called after the blast. "You never know LT Zettler. You never know."
"What do you mean by that?" She gave him a stern look.
"I mean from past experience many of the reports we get from Fort Dix about the condition of the train air-evacs are wrong. Anyway, I'll be available if you need me, ma'am." He started to turn and leave.
"Huxley. I didn't dismiss you." Zettler was always assertive. It was what got her and Norman together. But she didn't like or trust this corpsman.
"Yes, ma'am?" He turned a hateful gaze back to her.
"At the 12-hour report, I want you to have an adequate explanation for the failure of Moustaffa's Byrd machine. LCDR Norton has called for a summary of all serious list and mortality events with the MOOD and JMOOD. They have to be presented to Captain Fascetta by 2300."
"I'll be there ma'am. Am I dismissed now ma'am?"
"I'm watching you, Huxley." She looked over toward the train station. "I'm reviewing all previous incidents with your involvement and let me tell you right now there have been one too many. You're dismissed." Zettler turned around and headed out the door wrapped in her winter wool Navy uniform cape to join up with the security team, three corpsmen and the three other Duty nurses going to meet the train. Twice before when she was JNOOD, there were incidents indirectly involving Huxley. A patient almost died due to a respiratory therapy error and the other was about a staff-scheduling problem. Huxley had the duty each time.
The first one she had fortunately come upon occurred on Thanksgiving Day. Both she and Paul Norman had that holiday Duty too. A relative of a New York congressman came in on the air-evac with a supposedly malfunctioning chest tube. It turned out that the chest tube was draining and providing for proper expansion of the soldier's lungs until Huxley arrived. Huxley had reported the malfunction.
"What are you doing here Huxley?" Neither Zettler nor the JMOOD had called him for this patient.
"I'm supposed to check any chest case that comes in with the air-evacs, ma'am." Huxley became red-faced.
"You're to come here only when the JMOOD calls for respiratory therapy. To my knowledge Dr. Norman didn't call you." She locked her eyes on his.
"Yes, ma'am."
Zettler turned away as Huxley left the ER air-evac station writing something on his clipboard. As soon as she was far enough away from the chest-tube patient, Huxley wrapped a small half-inch piece of adhesive tape to kink the tubing. He placed it close enough to the adhesive tape wrapped around the chest tube attached to the chest wall that it could go unnoticed and when discovered would look like an accident.
The patient began to yell for help almost immediately as his breathing rapidly became labored. Norman and Zettler ran to the patient. Norman saw the Adams-apple shift from the midline and recognized the signs. He immediately checked the tubing.
"Minnie give me your bandage scissors quickly." He unkinked the tubing with immediate release of the developing tension pneumothorax. Norman looked at the small piece of adhesive. "You're going to be okay, soldier." Norman turned to Zettler. "It's a miracle this happened in the ER and not during the ride from Fort Dix." Norman went back to the other patients.
Zettler noticed that the small piece of adhesive tape looked new and was sparkling white compared to the beige-looking older tape attached to the chest wall. She looked up to see Huxley rapidly walking away. She wrote an incident report and mentioned that Huxley had walked way from a patient in respiratory distress without doing anything about it. The incident would go on his permanent record. Had the patient died because of a tension pneumothorax there would have been hell to pay with a congressional investigation and a media splash.
The second incident she was indirectly involved with. It happened one week before Christmas Day. It was the day the Christmas Duty roster was posted and Huxley was pissed because he was taken off the list. For reasons that she couldn't fathom, Huxley wanted to work Christmas. The other respiratory corpsman assigned to Christmas also wanted to be there since he had no family and his girlfriend, a dental corpswave, was also on the Duty Crew schedule. A scene broke out between Huxley and his colleague with Huxley still off the Christmas list. The next day Ginger Kinkleman, the dental corpswave, was involved in an auto accident along with her boyfriend and Huxley ended up on the duty roster. Zettler remembered what Huxley had said to the respiratory tech during their argument.
"Don't count on being on Christmas Duty just yet. Things can happen." Huxley did not mask that his words were a threat.
"Fuck you," the other Corpsman said.
Zettler overheard the dialogue. She felt very uncomfortable about this scene. She checked into it and found that Huxley could not be linked to a location anywhere near the auto accident. Fortunately both people were not seriously injured but they were taken off the Duty Crew list for Christmas.
The words "You never know"' kept creeping back to Zettler's mind but she filed it away for now. She was almost at the train station. It was freezing cold and her ears were already numb.
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Statement by Chief Stanley George
On January 16th, 2013, a group of six (6) young men, ages 16 – 21,along with their guide (age 37) left our community, Whapmagoostui, in northern Quebec – to walk 1100km and arrive at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. All men are members of the Whapmagoostui First Nation.
They called this journey "The Journey of Nishiyuu", an effort to show the world, including all First Nations, that we Crees in Eeyou Istchee (northern Quebec) are adamant keepers of our language, culture, traditions and way of life, and that we continue to adhere to the Sacred Law that guided our Ancestors since the beginning of time. This Journey is intended to inspire all peoples to reclaim their roots and culture. It's also a call for the leaders of tomorrow to shape a better future for all peoples in the world.
Indeed, it's a Journey for all humanity!
I speak on behalf of our community, Whapmagoostui, when I say we are greatly touched and proud of our young Warriors for pursuing their fearless vision for a promising future for present generations and those yet to come. For sure, they will touch the hearts of many! Their names will surely go down in history for their unwavering effort to be the change they want to see in the world.
Not too many human beings today can, in temperatures averaging minus forty (-40), walk day after day, often against high, relentless, cold, winter winds and sleep in canvas covered lodges at night. As the Warrior who will put his life on the line for the betterment of others, they left their loved ones behind and sacrificed the love of their community and homeland embark upon this difficult Journey. It is safe then to say that these are indeed true Warriors, not only for our people, but all peoples, with their great sacrifices, determination and commitment to carry their message successfully to their destination. For this they deserve praise, encouragement, commendation and highest claim!
Up to this point in time following the launching of this Sacred Journey, our Walkers have received recognition from many parts of the world and many supporters have come forward to help. We take this time to thank the participating Cree communities of Chisasibi, Wemindji, Eastmain and Waskaganish for their love and support. Your resource people – the police, you safety officers, first responders and others, have done a great job in providing them and the new walkers the support that they need. Thank you!
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by Geraldine Brooks (Viking 2011; ISBN 978-0-670-02104-8)
Geraldine Brooks is a master of historical fiction of the kind that zeroes in on someone or something you've never heard of and proceeds to make you care about him/her/it. I have already blogged about People of the Book and Year of Wonders. They were marvelous, but no more so than this novel based on the little that is known about Caleb Cheeshateaumauk, a Wampanoag (Wôpanâak) Indian who graduated from Harvard College in 1665, the first Native American to do so. Very little is known about him; Brooks summarizes it in two pages of an Afterword. What disposed him, the son of a chief, to learn English, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, to study the Bible in its original form, to leave his home on Martha's Vineyard and travel to Cambridge (not a nice place at the time) to attend a sort of prep school and then Harvard? Brooks' fictional Bethia Mayfield narrates her own and Caleb's stories and thus imagines some answers to these questions.
Bethia is insatiably curious and smart. More than anything, she wants the education her brother is given but cannot appreciate. She is a born feminist living in a culture that scorns women's intellect. As a girl of fourteen and fifteen, she wanders away from her home on the island for a breath of privacy and meets Caleb, surprising him with her rudimentary knowledge of his language, which she has overheard her father trying to teach her slow-witted brother. They become secret friends. Eventually, Caleb decides that he can best help his people by learning the ways of the English, and he comes to live with Bethia's family (her father is the preacher/missionary in their small community). Later, when Caleb and her brother Makepeace travel to Cambridge to continue their studies, Bethia accompanies them, as an indentured scullery maid for the preparatory school where they are enrolled. When they move to Harvard, so does she, lured by the possibility of listening in on the lectures she is forbidden to attend openly. The narrative then jumps to 1715, with Bethia now an old woman. She takes up the tale where she left off and tells how Caleb and his Wampanoag classmate Joel Iacoomis (also a real person) died young, soon after successfully completing their bachelor's degrees at Harvard, and how she came to return to Martha's Vineyard to live out her days.
Bethia is a wonderful character who believes in the fundamentalist teachings she was brought up with but cannot quite bring herself to accept her lot as a woman in that society without pushing the boundaries as much as possible. She and Caleb discuss theology and culture, and each has an effect on the other's beliefs. After he shares the Wampanoag creation story with her, she writes, "Of course, I thought it all outlandish. But as I rode home that afternoon, it came to me that our story of a burning bush and a parted sea might also seem fabulous, to one not raised up knowing it was true." (p. 35) Bethia even finds herself drawn to aspects of Caleb's beliefs, and her guilt over this causes her to blame herself for her mother's death, one of several tragedies in her life. Despite the title, I felt that the novel was more about Bethia than it was about Caleb, because the reader is treated to her inner thoughts and feelings, whereas we must guess as to his, much as Bethia herself must; Caleb does not openly share his emotions.
Brooks/Bethia has great sympathy for the Native characters in the book and Native Americans. She describes the hypocrisy of the English Christians who would convert the "salvages" but never fully accept them, who preached the gospel to them while stealing from and slaughtering them. The character of Tequamuck, Caleb's uncle and the shaman of the tribe, predicts a future that the reader knows to be the truth: "his people reduced, no longer hunters but hunted. . . the dead stacked up like cordwood, and long lines of people. . . driven off from their familiar places." He asks Bethia, "How should I worship your God, no matter how powerful, when I know what he will allow to befall us? Who would follow such a cruel god?" Who, indeed?
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