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I Should have believed…
All the ones who told me about you…
All the times you told me they wanted you back and these bitches were just trying to cause problems because they were desperate and pathetic
I know what it means about the negatives in trashing someone who TOTALLY needs to be trashed.
If I hear one more person tell me "To get over it" I may look like the Scream doll that Edvard Munch painted.
I had a blow up of that also,but I beat it to death.
Positive feedback:
The sociopath N is very convincing and charming. I think you should blow the lid off him and expose him fully, even if only for a while. Then remove it. Trust me, Google will keep it forever anyway. Tee-hee. You'd be protecting many women from the same horror.
You want to hear a really good one. As I mentioned in the Letters I will Never send I WAS told so many times about his habits of collecting hearts and kids.
This past one, probably not his last; but at any rate she told me "Move On! Get a life,you are desperate and pathetic "
Wonder where she heard that from…OH right, from HIM.
"How Many Times, How Many Lies"
They would try to tell me something
Oh, but I was hearing nothing
When they said you was just playing me
I didn't listen
I didn't want to
You couldn't find a blinder fool
I'm here
Searching through the wreckage
Wondering why the message never got through
And I found I misplaced all of my faith
How could I put my faith in you?
How many times?
How many lies?
How long you been sneaking?
How long you been creeping around?
How many lies?
How many times?
Were you here deceiving
While I was here believing in you
I got to put the blame on myself
Should've known with everyone else
Just knowing they knew you was just bad news
I should've walked out (I should've walked out)
I should've seen clear (I should've seen clear)
I'm glad your sad ass is out of here
I've gone and thrown out all the records
All the ones that ever reminded me of you
I've gone and tore up all the pictures
Cause there was not one shred of truth
There were so many times
There were so many lies
I don't know why I stayed on you
There were so many days
There were so many games
I should've thrown your sad ass out
But now the game is through
I'll never trust in you
I've finally got wise
I opened up my eyes
Your game is over
I've gone and thrown out all the records
All the ones that ever reminded me of you
I've gone and tore up all the pictures
'Cause there was not one shred of truth
I opened up my eyes
Oh Yeah
Lyrics and song by The Pussycat Dolls
Kokopelli is a fertility deity, usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with a huge phallus and feathers or antenna-like protrusions on his head), who has been venerated by some Native American cultures in the Southwestern United States. Like most fertility deities, Kokopelli presides over both childbirth and agriculture. He is also a trickster god and represents the spirit of music.


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Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Discussion
Trainer Tools and Resources
originally posted by reik0303:
does any of you guys knwo where i can get the Ebony claw for the jagged crown quest??
It should be next to a body near the door.
its not there, checked the body's near the door with the 3 symbols you need to put in the right order, noething there.
After that i checked all the corpses again in the entire temple and no ebony claw.
Plz help........
[Edited by reik0303, 11/13/2011 8:09:04 AM]
player.setav speedmult <--- affects both sprinting and non-sprinting speed, which is quite a problem.
So anyone managed to get the first command to work? can you explain what exactly did you do to make it work? :|
Has anyone found a way to delete world objects yet??? I'm trying to delete some tables, chairs, crates, etc to make room for usable chests, bookshelves, etc in my Solitude home. I've looked through EVERY console command, but to no avail. It's driving me crazy!
Update: Well, if you open the console, click on the crate (or whatever you want to delete), and type: disable, it does delete some things, but not all. I'm still playing around with it though.
[Edited by Green129, 11/13/2011 5:21:00 AM]
Well... As of Morrowind and Oblivion:
disable does not really remove the objects. It just marks them as hidden. They can be reactivated with enable if you have stored the ObjectRef in some kind of variable. The object is still present in your savegame as it is not removed from the game world.
As long as you do remember this, everything will be fine.
open console by pressing tilde "`" then type in "help "dragon claw" 4" it will list all the dragon claws in the game, which should be 6-8 or so. Next type in "player.additem [ebony dragon claw's id number] 1" to add it to your inventory and use it on the door.
Also if you have a high bounty on your head, a1maverick said to try this:
player.setcrimegold X
Set it high, aka 1000, if you want to fight.
set it low, aka 0, if you want to be free.
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Plantar fasciitis is a common cause of heel pain. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), around 2 million people are treated for this condition each year. This condition is common among people who stand and walk a lot on their feet.
What is the plantar fascia?
The plantar fascia is a strong band of tissue that supports the arch of the foot. When the plantar fascia becomes inflamed or irritated, it is called plantar fasciitis. The fascia is actually a thin, long ligament that is beneath the skin at the bottom of your feet. This structure connects the heel to the front of your foot.
What causes plantar fasciitis?
The plantar fascia absorbs high stress and strain placed on the feet. However, when there is too much pressure, the tissue tears or is strained. The body's response to injury is inflammation, which with plantar fasciitis, causes pain of the heel and stiffness.
What are the risk factors for plantar fasciitis?
Plantar fasciitis develops in certain people more than others. Risk factors for this condition include:
- Repetitive activity (running/sports)
- Walking/standing on feet
- Obesity
- High arches
- Onset of a new activity
Do heel spurs cause plantar fasciitis?
Many people with plantar fasciitis also have heel spurs. However, spurs do not cause plantar fasciitis. While 1 in 10 people develop heel spurs, only 1 in 20 people with heel spurs have foot pain, which is around 5%. The pain associated with this inflammation is treated without removal of the heel spur.
What symptoms are associated with plantar fasciitis?
Not all patients with plantar fasciitis have the same symptoms. Common symptoms are:
- Pain on the bottom of the foot near the fascia
- Pain with the first steps upon rising in the morning or after resting
- Pain that subsides after a few minutes of walking
- Pain after exercise or activity, but not during
The doctor will examine your foot arch, assess for tenderness along the bottom of the foot, and check for pain with flexing of the foot. In addition, x-rays will be taken to check for stress fractures and bone problems. Other imaging tests include magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound, but these are not routine ordered.
How is plantar fasciitis treated?
More than 90% of patients with plantar fasciitis improve with conservative treatment measures. However, some patients have heel pain that is long-term (chronic). Treatment options include:
- Rest and ice – The doctor may advise you to cease activities that bring on the pain, or taking a rest from physical exercise. Athletes may need to avoid sports activities for 1-2 weeks. Ice is used to decrease swelling and inflammation.
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) – These medicines reduce pain and inflammation and include ibuprofen, naproxen, and Clinoril. The doctor will advise these for short-term, as long-term daily use is not advised.
- Physical therapy – Since plantar fasciitis is aggravated by tight calve and feet muscles, the therapist will teach you stretching exercises to alleviate pain. Other therapy modalities include ultrasound and heat therapy.
- Cortisone injections – Cortisone, dexamethasone, and triamcinolone are corticosteroids used to decrease inflammation. The doctor can inject the plantar fascia with these medicines.
- Supportive shoes/orthotics – The doctor may have you see a specialist to recommend shoes with thick soles and extra cushioning. This will reduce pain with walking. In addition, pre-made or custom orthotics are shoe inserts that support the arch and sole of the foot.
- Night splints – To keep the plantar fascia in a stretched position, night splints may be recommended.
- Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) – High-energy shockwave impulses stimulate the healing process of the injured plantar fascia. This helps with pain and inflammation.


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Kathy and I are fast approaching our 35th wedding anniversary. Recently I pulled out our wedding albums to reminisce on one of the happiest days of my life. The photographs showed two young people filled with excitement and anticipation surrounded by hundreds of well-wishers and supporters. Many years have come and gone since that eventful day. I would like to share with you some basic principles that have guided us throughout the years keeping our marriage a blessing.
From the time we went out on our first date to reaching the altar took about five years. I remember getting advice every three months or so from Sam Laing, one of the ministers at Crossroads Church of Christ. I'd go in hoping this would be the time I'd get the ok to ask Kathy to go steady but instead would leave with a list of things in my character to work on. To this day I am grateful for his advice that allowed me to "unpack" unhealthy behavior and to grow in my character as a man. I finally got the "green" light (pun intended) to ask her to be my wife and was thrilled when she said, "yes!" Genesis 29:20 "So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her."
In my role as shepherd, I teach both young and old men how a gentleman is to treat a lady, i.e. with dignity and respect and honor. I often ask the single guys, "are you becoming the person the person you are looking for is looking for?" Then they sit perplexed for a while and ask, "What does that mean?" I explain that so many guys are in search for "the right one" instead of preparing themselves spiritually so that when God brings "the right one," into their life, they will be ready and they will be right for that person.
To this day I emphasize with brothers and sisters the importance of falling in love with Jesus, spending time with him. When reading the Bible I try to put myself there listening and watching Jesus. It helps me to watch movies featuring Jesus and his disciples to try to understand better what they experienced with him that I may, "know him." John 15:9-14 "As the father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command."
Close to my heart have been the wedding vows made so many years ago: I, Ted, take you, Kathy, to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, forsaking all others, to love and to cherish, until death do us part." The vow I made to Kathy, in the presence of God and many witness, is not to be taken lightly as so many these days are inclined to. As I turned 65 last month and now possess my red, white, and blue Medicare care, the vow "in sickness and in health," becomes significant as the aches and pains increase with each additional year.
Many can relate to the "for richer, for poorer," as our fortunes shift from year to year. We have known plenty and we have known little, but always we have trusted God to provide. Then "forsaking all others," in this day and age of pornography, perversion, and indulgent gratification of desires, has taken on a significant relevance in marriages. I remember in a marriage devotional saying to the group, "None of you here wakes up in the morning wondering, 'how can I make my husband miserable today?'" To my disbelief one of the women said, "I do!" When wedding vows are broken there can be little joy in the relationship. In our life together "divorce" has always been a four letter word that is never uttered nor an option. There has never been, nor will there ever be a "back door" to exit the relationship through. Matthew 19:6 "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what god has joined together, let no one separate."
Books have played a great part personally in our marriage: Five Love Languages, Five Languages of Apology, Boundaries, 20 Surprisingly Simple Rules and Tools for a Great Marriage, Financial Peace, and many others along the way. In Gary Chapman's book, Five Love Languages, he lists the languages as: words of affirmation, acts of service, gifts, physical touch, and quality time together. It wasn't until 10 years into our marriage that I read the book, but I wish I had read it prior to getting married as it has been helpful in strengthening and maturing our relationship.
I remember the first time I held Kathy's hand as well as the first time I kissed her. I was walking on cloud nine! My feelings were indescribable! But a relationship based on feelings alone is doomed. The book instructs how to build a foundation over the years based on meeting the other person's love languages so that when the feeling subside and the infatuation has passed, there will be a mature foundation based on love and not feelings. I would add building the foundation with Jesus as the capstone. Matthew 7:24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock."
Authors Chapman and Thomas list in the book of the same name the Five Languages of Apology: "I'm sorry," "I was wrong," "what can I do to make it right?" "I will try never to do that again," and "will you please forgive me?" As the book expresses, for some people a mere acknowledgement that they have been hurt by you and you are sorry for that is more than sufficient to achieve forgiveness. For other injured parties it takes not only that but also a confession by the offender that they were wrong. For some to be able to forgive requires all five! Of course there are some life situations where no apology is forthcoming and forgiveness still must be extended for as scripture says: Matthew 6:14-15 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your father will not forgive your sins.
In 20 Surprisingly Simple Rules and Tools for a Great Marriage by Steve Stephens, each of the 20 short chapters gives specific advice on how to have a great marriage. An example is "celebrate your differences." How many times has a couple been attracted to each other because one is very gregarious preferring to be out and about socializing while the other is more reserved and shy, preferring to be at home. Each is attracted initially to the other because of the difference. The outgoing party thinks, "She settles me down and is an oasis and a place to be still." The other thinks, "He draws me out of myself and it's thrilling to be out with him." Over the years (sometimes mere months) one starts hearing the complaints: "you never stay home with me," or "you never want to go out anymore-what's wrong with you?" What once was celebrated has now become an irritant. Kathy and I have learned to celebrate our differences and enjoy them. Our marriage is stronger because of this. Proverbs 5:18 "May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth."
One of my favorite sayings is: "95% of the time Kathy is right. The other 5% doesn't matter!" Ha! Ha! Although the Lord made me the leader, my wife is one of the wisest persons I know and I'd be a fool not to listen to her. I've seen so many couples who in an effort to be "right" destroy their marriage. Perhaps a more familiar saying is, "happy wife, happy life." Many, correctly so, emphasize the importance of communication between spouses as a key to a successful marriage. I agree and that's why in a conversation I listen 85% of the time to people before speaking. As Stephen Covey in his book, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People states, "seek to understand before being understood." It is amazing how much information and insight can be gleaned by asking simple questions and then sitting back and listening to the person's heart. If Jesus, who knew what was in a man's heart took the time to ask probing questions and then discipled the heart, then we should follow in his steps and ask. Proverbs 20:5 "The purposes of a person's heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out."
It is believed the number one reason for divorce is over finances! In Dave Ramsey's iconic book, Financial Peace and his later book, Total Money Makeover, basic, easy to follow steps for getting out of financial debt are taught. Kathy and I have followed these for years and it has enabled us to be generous in giving and helping out others. Romans 13:8 "Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another…"
From year to year and from situation to situation the Bible has guided us. As promised, life is full of trauma, drama, and moments of joy. We've made it a practice to celebrate the moments of joy because we know just around the corner is more drama! Throughout it all our anchor has been God and his word. Matthew 7:25-27 "The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."
Marriage is between one man and one woman and was instituted by God starting with Adam and Eve Deuteronomy 30:19-20 "This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land…" I urge you with all my heart to heed the advice given and you will have Unity in Marriage!


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This 2007 article from The Independent in the UK follows up on the story.
Dangerous practices: Off-label prescriptions
Just because a drug is tested to treat one illness doesn't prove it's safe to combat other conditions. So why do doctors still prescribe 'off-label'? Jerome Burne reports
Tuesday, 3 April 2007
When you go to the GP, you can rest assured that any drugs you are given have been tested to make sure they work and are safe. Or can you? The fact is that hidden in medical journals are many reports showing many drugs are prescribed with no scientific evidence to show they work for the problem you've got.
Last year, the eminent medic Professor Michael Baum used this fact to mount an attack on CAM (complementary and alternative medicine). He urged NHS trusts to only fund treatments that are "based on solid evidence", and won a lot of support. After all, drugs have to be rigorously tested, so why shouldn't the alternatives?
Prescribing a drug for a condition it has not been tested to treat is known as "off-label" prescribing. When a drug gets a licence, it is for a particular use - to treat asthma, lower cholesterol - and the drug company has to provide evidence that it does this better than a placebo.
The scale of the "off-label" problem was revealed in a paper published in the Archives of Internal Medicine recently. It showed that 21 per cent of the 160 most commonly prescribed drugs in the US were given to people on an off-label basis. For instance, 46 per cent of heart drugs (except those to lower cholesterol or reduce blood pressure) were prescribed off-label, while in the case of Neurontin, licensed for epilepsy and nerve pain, 98 per cent of its uses were for unrelated conditions such as bi-polar disorder and depression. In the US, the FDA is under pressure to recognise the possibility that Neurontin increases suicide risk.
Of course doctors should be allowed to use their experience and judgement to prescribe unlicensed drugs where other treatments have failed. But the study - conducted at Stanford University - showed that for nearly three-quarters of the off-label uses, there was "little or no scientific support".
Off-label prescribing has a long history. In the 1980s, people with a mildly irregular heartbeat were given Tambocor or Enkaid, which reduced the risk of sudden death in people with severe arrhythmia. An estimated 200,000 Americans with a mild version were given the drugs on the assumption that it would help them, too. However, when a proper trial was finally done it showed that it doubled or tripled their risk of death.
What also needs to be examined is the role the drug companies play. Encouraging off-label prescribing, for instance, is a cheaper way of increasing drug sales than conducting large trials for every new use.
Reports in both the British Medical Journal and The Lancet have shown that sleeping pills are neither very safe nor very effective, but they still feature regularly in the top 20 most prescribed drugs in both the UK and US. But an extensive review recently found that counselling and psychotherapy were not only more effective but also without side effects. If evidence-based medicine was really what was on offer, counselling is what insomniacs would be offered. But try getting that from your GP.
Children are particularly vulnerable to being given drugs with little or no evidence base. Recently, the journal Science reported that "between 50 and 90 per cent of drugs used on adults have never been tested or licensed for children... as a result 100 million children in the EU are often prescribed off-label or unauthorised drugs".
The risks that this brings was well illustrated by the scandal involving the 60,000 children prescribed antidepressant SSRI drugs off-label in the UK. In December 2003 the drugs watchdog - the MHRA - advised doctors that, with the single exception of Prozac, no other SSRI should be used for children because they doubled the risk of suicide.
A major study in The Lancet had shown that four other SSRIs were not only unlikely to produce any "clinically important improvement" in children with depression but, in one case, had a rate of "suicide-related events" 14 times greater than a placebo. However, questions in the House of Commons revealed that 18 months later more prescriptions for those SSRIs were being issued than for Prozac.
The tendency for people to turn to non-drug treatments for less acute conditions starts to look less like a "flight from reason" and more like a rational option. Of course, the ideal that treatments should be properly tested is an excellent one but the notion that drug-based medicine has a monopoly on testing is a myth - and myths have no place in good science.
Food Is Better Medicine Than Drugs: Your Prescription for Drug-Free Health by Jerome Burne and Patrick Holford is published by Piatkus (£16.99)
Drug testing: the facts
Drugs licensed as safe and effective kill 10,000 people a year in the UK.
Trials run by drug companies have been shown to be four times more likely to produce results favourable to the company than those funded from other sources.
One study on SSRI use in children, sponsored by a drug company, concluded that "most adverse effects were not serious". An independent review found that seven of the children on the drug had been admitted to hospital.
When it was pulled from the market in 2000, the heartburn drug Propulsid had been involved in an estimated 300 deaths and 16,000 cases of heart damage. It had also been used off-label to treat infants in intensive care even though none of 20 trials had shown that it benefited them.


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ChemComm was proud to sponsor two prizes, which were chosen out of 60 oral presentations and 108 poster presentations.
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The FLEXTURBINE consortium is built around an industrially initiated nucleus: Core representatives of the European turbine industry have joined forces and involved leading European universities and research institutes to address the identified research and technology questions. They will cooperate to achieve the project objectives, sharing experience and know-how and developing results with complementary skills. The following figure outlines the contributions of each partner to the FLEXTURBINE topics and the impact on the future market drivers for flexible energy generation.
The consortium setup comprises all steps of the value chain and thus ensures that the technology is applied as soon as possible. The industrial design capabilities are complemented by selected high profile university departments, which are also involved in modelling activities as well as in preforming rig and component tests.
The University of Belgrade is the oldest and the largest university in Serbia. Nowadays, the University
of Belgrade consists of 31 schools, 11 research institutes, and 8 centres. The Faculty of Mechanical Engineer-ing has close to 400 employees, including about 250 working in teaching and research. Currently, about 3,000 students are studying at t the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and about 400 students per year graduate. The Laboratory of Thermal Turbomachinery, headed by Prof. Dr. Milan Petrovic, has long experience in the field of thermal turbomachinery design, testing and optimization. New methodology for aerodynamic design of gas turbines, steam turbines, turbocompressors and in-house codes were developed. The laboratory was included in development of new gas turbines for several world leading turbomachinery producers
The Laboratory of Thermal Turbomachinery has established a new system for aero design of thermal
tur-bomachinery which was well validated by experimental data and confirmed in several industrial projects performed in the past.
The Laboratory of Thermal Turbomachinery's contribution comprises the development and validation of a tool for analysis and diagnosis of the overall performance of gas turbine engines. In particular, focus is laid on flow calculation, performance and operational behaviour.
Prof. Milan Petrovic
Full professor and head of Laboratory of Thermal Turbomachinery at the University of Belgrade,
Ph.D. 1995 University Hannover, post-doc at Pennsylvania State University, more than 30 years of experience in aerodynamic design of thermal turbomachinery.


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we plan the world of tomorrow.
It is of great importance for the Company that our Client and other stakeholders perceive Technital to be properly addressing sustainability.
As a matter of facts, the Company maintains an open dialogue with employees, clients, organization, partners, financiers and shareholders.
In such respect, information on Company governance and business conduct can be found in our Annual Report.
The Company sets policies on governance and responsibility. The Chief Executive Officer is the board member in charge of setting corporate responsibility and of the company performance. A common management structure governs quality, safety and environment and the Company has also internal policies for: business conduct, data protection, dignity and equality at work, and the appropriate use of information technologies. All these issues are reviewed regularly and updated to reflect changes in the legislation, emerging good practice, and business needs.
Internal control
Internal control rules for production are set in order to monitor activities and in order to undertake corrective actions whenever needed for organizational reasons.
A Project Manager is appointed of the development of each project. The Project Manager's goal is to develop the production activities at the standard required by the Company, to the satisfaction of the Client and within the budget assigned.
The Project Manager guides and coordinates resources taken from the Engineering Department of the Company, takes care of the relations with Client, with associated Companies and with sub-consultants. He is responsible of following the technical aspects, respecting contractual terms, respecting the schedule, respecting the budget, managing invoicing matters and in general of the operating efficiency.
A Project Coordinator is also appointed of following the same project for providing support and advise to the Project Manager. The application of separation of responsibility allows a separate check and balance of each other's actions.
As far as commercial activities is concerned, they are developed by the Domestic Development Department and by the International Development Department both headed by a Director referring directly to the Chief Executive Officer . Such arrangement reflects the application of the principle of the separation of responsibility in in the same way as for Project Managers.
The overall activities lies on a certified Quality System ISO 9001.
Business conducts: integrity and ethical behavior
Ethical and responsible decision making is very important for the company in terms of risk management and in order to keep actions within the ethical and legal boundaries.
For that reason that the company is adopting a code of conduct for its executives and directors able to fulfill requirements for responsible decision taking. Such code aims at reducing the possibility of stepping outside set limits.
Rules for financial reporting
The Board of Directors has primarily the responsibility for the company external financial reporting functions. The Chief Executive Officer is the crucial participant in such process in conjunction with the Head of the Administrative Department and the Board has a high degree of reliance on them for the integrity and supply of accounting information.
During such process, the Chief Executive Officer uses the Head of the Administrative Department for overseeing the internal accounting systems, and is also dependent on the company's accountants and internal auditors.
In order to reduce risks of apparent performance of the company and to enhance the integrity of the profit-loss balance, the company financial reports are audited by an external auditor who issues an yearly financial audit accompanying the financial statements. The financial audits are prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and endorsed by the European Union while the financial reports are in accordance with Italian legislation governing the preparation of financial statements ("Italian GAAP").
Visibility rules
"Planning" is the key word of Technital's corporate image.
Technital aims to transfer its know-how through a timeless communicative style, which is not influenced by trends and fashions. This is possible thanks to a relaxed style, neither aggressive nor particularly creative.
The predominant colour is always a neutral tint, which guarantees a more effective interaction with the contents.
Order and organization sustain the choices that define the visibility rules, because it must be easy to enter the technical contents which are presented in the different communication tools used by the Company.


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Wednesday, October 02, 2013
Chatting to my local MP about No More Page 3
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A few months ago I emailed my locals MP's asking if they were voting against the badger cull and when I was at work, one of them actually popped over to my house for a chat but because I wasn't in, he came down to the local schools summer fete that I was volunteering at. It was really good to talk and to find out that he was also very against the cull.ReplyDelete
I think it's really good that some take their time out to answer simple questions face to face. Many MP's only visit houses when it's near election time.
I used to be lib deb/green party and now I am solely green party. The lib dems (like all the other parties) lied and are supporting the cull which is something they were originally against.
Helen x
I don't think I ever saw any local MP knock on the door when I was growing up, certainly never even around election times although we got countless leaflets. I grew up in a very, very strong Tory region too (although I grew up in a Lib Dem/Labour household) so I guess maybe that explains why - no one else had a chance of winning that region to be honest.ReplyDelete
Sadly at the moment, I think a lot of people certainly of our age and older are getting caught up in the Daily Mail and UKIP myths and beliefs which is a shame, there's certainly a strong undercurrent of hatred which I hope doesn't come through in any future elections.
Nice to see a blog post about politics though!


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Pastries and sweets have always been a part of German's cuisine. Generally, depending on the recipe it's possible you'll need to butter it once more, however often not. With the mixer on speed 1, add the butter one chunk at a time, until the combination types a grainy consistency, between 30 seconds and 1 minute. Add baking powder on the price of 1 teaspoon of baking powder to 6ozs of flour.
Dense sour-cream and vanilla cake is perfect for spring when served with a candy-and-tart rhubarb compote. Made with just six elements, this delicate flourless cake has a decadent, pudding-like middle. As your cake layers bake within the oven, the tops will develop into slightly domed.
Uncover the now-frozen vanilla layer, fill with chocolate ice-cream, cowl with the circle of brownie and freeze for one hour. Preheat oven to 350F (177C) and put together two deep 8″ round cake pans by lining the bottoms with parchment paper and calmly greasing the sides.
Add the flour mixture in four parts, alternating with the milk in three parts, beating just till each addition is integrated earlier than adding the following; don't overmix. Scrape the edges and bottom of the bowl then add the dry ingredients in 3 parts, stirring gently till they disappear and the batter is clean.
Using a spatula and gently hand-mixing, alternate adding flour mixture and buttermilk to the butter combination, starting and ending with flour combination and mixing until simply combined after each addition. Don't let the combination sit before pouring it over the cake or it's going to begin to thicken and not soak in the holes as well.


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Hi, friends! We are in the middle of making BIG changes to our Clubhouse, and we have lots of blog posts planned to show you some of the projects we have planned, as well finally showing you the details on some of the fun and funky things we already have there! I thought we'd start by showing you the ORIGINAL artsy trashcan that Melody made out of a bucket and paint and scraps. We now have trash cans like this scattered all around the Clubhouse and WE LOVE THEM!! I thought it might be fun on this grey February day to bring out this post again and think about making things that are full of COLOR and FUN and FUNKY-NESS…all out of stuff we have laying around the house!
If you make your own Artsy Trash Can, send me a photo at email@example.com…we'll do a blog post about them. Won't that be fun?!?!
So, the first thing you gotta do is ask your man….any man in your life will do (EDITED***all you girlfriends who have YOUR OWN BUCKETS…ROCK ON!!! Use YOUR BUCKETS!! Sometimes the chicks have the buckets instead of the dudes, or we both have buckets…or NONE of us have buckets so we gotta get 'em at Home Depot…this is an equal bucket-owner blog 🙂 )…..just go and ask…."hey, do you have a 5 gallon bucket you are not using?" It's your choice whether or not you tell them that you are going to paint and decoupage all over it, it's your choice whether you tell them whether they will ever get it back or not. I chose to just ask….and I got this old, used one…..so, I didn't feel so bad when I completely changed it from it's manly form…..
Ok…next, I took it from it's home in the garage and said…"Bucket…..I love you!" It's important to build trust, and I wouldn't have said it unless I meant it. Then said "bucket, you are going to stay here in this beautiful studio with me now….you are going to be a lovely receptacle for the stuff that I just can't find a way to repurpose….you are going to be the prettiest trash can, ever" Then, I swear I heard the bucket say "Well, that's waaaayyyyyy better than holding soapy, dirty water or rusty nails…" and so I said…"yes, bucket…yes it is…" So we began….
Now that everything was cool with the bucket, I just went for it……now, if you are gonna make one of these…just know that you can do it with whatever fabric and paper you choose….you don't have to make it all colorful and wild like I did. I am not the boss of you, no one is!!! So….do it however YOU want to do it….but, here's how I did it…I chose paper and fabrics that I loved and cut them into big ol' random scallops, freehand….cuz that's just what I do. Then…THEN THEN THEN, I got the paint out….have I told you lately how much I LOOOOOVE paint? I always find myself smiling the goofiest, hugest grin when I am painting…..it's kind of embarassing, but I can't stop. Anyway…I chose some more colors that I love, and I just went for it….painting 4 big stripes around the bucket. The bucket LOOOOOVED this part. But, as you can see, I was not careful or meticulous, I did not measure……but you can if you want to….you really can….
Next, I had to do the part that is very hardest for me, always…..I had to wait for the paint to dry. Have I told you lately how much I DEEEEEETEEEESSSSSSSST waiting for paint to dry? Well, I do.
Oh, what did I do while I waited for the paint to dry, you ask? Well, thank you so much for asking!!! Actually….I played my guitar….(learned a new song and everything)…AAAND, I watched Titanic. For reals.
Can I tell you for a second just how much I love my new studio? I CAN NOT WAIT to do the studio tour here on the blog in a few weeks when I am done with THE CRAZIEST TRAVEL SCHEDULE known to man. I love love love my studio…I think you might just love it too!
Ok…MOVING ON….next, I got out my bottle of happiness….Mod Podge…and started "podging" on the scallops (stole that word from Amy at Mod Podge Rocks) This is the part that is so fun because I just slather it on, and it's so messy and fun and freeing….
When I was finished (and you can see that I did not Mod Podge any scallops over the painted part…..because I painted it SO that you could see the color through it) anyway, when I was finished, it looked like THIS:
then, guess what I had to do AGAIN, dang it? I had to wait for the Mod Podge to dry!!! Ok, I know that inquiring minds want to know….and I am here to please….so here's what I did while I waited for the "Podge" to dry…..I hung out with one of my little men…he's the one that will just sit and watch me for hours…..help me with stuff….and every so often ask questions like "Hey, does dad know you are doing that to his bucket?"
and…by this time….legally blonde was on…and seriously, you are totally lying if you tell me you don't like that movie. It's ok if you never tell anyone that you do, because it is kind of embarrassing to admit…but you like it and you know it. I mean…who can resist this Brave Girl? She reminds me of my friend, Kat…….I totally love everything about her.
I recently told someone that I am not a t.v. person, I think I fibbed. My husband hooked up a t.v. in my studio for me, and I must say….during late night deadlines, it is quite enjoyable.
OK….on we go….NEXT, (and I must admit that I did not wait until the M.P. was all the way dry) I scripted some words on in black paint….just because I love words….they are my favorite art supply 🙂
and then I decided that I wanted to fancy up the totally banged-up little plastic handle….so I grabbed some embroidery floss, put a little dab of hot glue, and started wrapping it round and round and round….
THEN, guess what???? It was done!!!! It did need to dry a little longer….so I played another few songs on my gee-tar…..
And then I introduced my happy little bucket to it's new home….right under my favorite work table……I know it will be very very very happy here. Hope you have fun making one…if you do, send me a photo!!! I would love to see! Have fun!


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Hey friends.
At this time today, I was supposed to be at JFK, awaiting my flight to Portland to visit my friends Jasmin and Mariann. As my tweets and Facebook posts last night indicate, I started feeling weird in the early evening, and by 9, I was nursing a fever, chills, aches, and a headache. This morning, I woke up with the same symptoms but an upset stomach, too. It may be destined to pass quickly, but it hasn't passed yet, and after a long morning of phone calls to the airline, taking my temperature and hoping to watch it magically fall, and checking in with my intuition–not to mention getting on the phone with Jasmin, who is beyond sweet and supportive–I've decided to stay in NYC, at least for today. I may be able to get on a standby flight tomorrow morning, but there isn't a lot of space, so we'll see. I'm not the type of person to cancel any plans I'm looking forward to–if anything, I tend to bulldoze through ailments heedlessly in order to stick to my plans–but I really don't feel right today, and I didn't want to make it worse or put passengers around me on a plane at risk.
Anyway, as long as I'm going to spend the day on my mother's sofa drinking coconut water, I figured I might as well write a blog post as scheduled. A few weeks ago, Kate Sornik contacted me to say that she's also located in Washington, D.C., and that she has started a new line of vegan snack bars. They're called Kate Bakes Bars, and they're 100% vegan, contain no gluten ingredients, organic, and prepared lovingly in small batches. Kate asked if I'd like to taste them, and I said yes, of course! I've grown very, very weary of dried fruit/nut snack bars lately (Pure bar overdose), so anything oat based (which these are) is a welcome, welcome break!
The bars certainly lived up to my hopes. They're sweet, but not sugary, the texture is awesome, and they've also got 7 grams of protein and 4.5 grams of fiber a pop. The flavors are scrumptious: chocolate coffee, banana cinnamon oatmeal, and sunflower butter raisin. I actually expected to like the chocolate coffee the most (chocolate and coffee, these are a few of my favorite things), but actually, the sunflower butter raisin were definitely my favorite of the bunch! It reminded me a lot of my sunflower butter oat bars, but softer and lighter. A lot of oat bars tend to get really heavy and dense, but these guys fill you up without weighing you down.
I asked Kate about the "no gluten ingredients" label, and she explained that, while all of her ingredients are certified GF, she does not have a special, GF kitchen space as of yet, so she has hesitated to label them as gluten free. I think this is obviously the right move, and appreciated her honest and immediate answer to my email on behalf of my readers with celiac. The bars are obviously not suitable for those with celiac disease, but that they may be tolerable for those of you with non-celiac gluten/wheat sensitivity. Use your judgment!
I'm so glad to have had a chance to sample these tasty, 100% vegan, organic snack bars! It's great to be able to support a local small business! Right now the bars are available for online order here, but check the website periodically for more information as the brand grows.
Second order of business: green recovery stories seem to be getting more and more popular with readers, which I love! Thank you for welcoming the guest posters with so much goodwill and compassion. Given the number of personal comments the series gets, I suspect many more of you have Green Recovery stories that you're either too nervous to share, or not ready to share. I don't want to push anyone into a submission–these stories have to come out when you're ready–but if shyness alone is holding you back, I want to encourage you to submit a story today! All I need is a Word or Google doc. No required length, no required format. Some common FAQ's about the process:
1) Do I need to be vegan? Right now, I really want to stay true to the series' original mission of talking about recovery through the prism of a vegan (or at least an aspiring vegan) diet. I've had some posters who aren't quite vegan yet, but who are well on their way and committed to veganism as an ultimate goal. If that's you, then do please share with us!
If you're not vegan and don't suspect you will be anytime soon, then this particular series may not be the right venue for you. There are lots of other online resources for recovery dialogs, though, so I encourage you to seek them out actively!
2. I was never clinically diagnosed with an ED. Can I still share? Yes. Absolutely. EDs that meet diagnostic criteria (low BMI, amenorrhea, osteopenia, etc.) present special challenges to treatment providers, and the severity of their associated health risks is important to heed. That said, the criteria are imperfect. It is possible for a person with "normal" BMI to be seriously disordered in habits and in mindset, and defining EDs only as conditions marked by extreme weight loss or amenorrhea is misleading and problematic (because so many cases fall through the cracks). Green Recovery welcomes all stories of disordered eating and disordered thinking about food.
3. Can I remain anonymous? Absolutely. Just tell me you want to be anonymous, and you will be.
4. I want to write a Green Recovery story, but I'm not fully recovered yet. What should I do? Lately, I have been featuring some "recovery-in-progress" stories, so you are certainly welcome to share your own. Just be very clear about the ways in which you know you still need to work on your recovery, and the ways in which you feel you've already come a long way. Be honest with yourself, and with us. I will note in my intro that this is a "recovery in progress."
In my opinion, all recovery is really "recovery in progress" (as last week's post on dedication vs. obsession shows, I myself am always actively working to be more at peace with my body image and food choices), but I think we all know that there is a difference between full recovery that still allows for a few bad days, and recovery that is still very much underway. I trust you guys to know that difference, too, and be candid with me about where you are in the process.
5. But I'm not a great writer. I'm sure you're a better writer than you think you are! And remember, this is not an essay contest. It's a collection of open, personal testimonies. A community journal, if you will. The only thing you need to worry about is giving us an honest account of your story. Short n' sweet is fine. You can leave the verbosity to me–Lord knows I have enough of it to go around 🙂
I hope this inspires you guys to share. I know that there are a lot of stories out there, waiting to be told. You can email your GR submission to [email protected].
OK. I should nap and keep loading up on electrolytes and TV. Have a great Monday, all.


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7.4.5 The Instability of an Imposed Solution
(This is a current page, from the Patterns of Power Edition 3 book contents. An archived copy of this page is held at https://www.patternsofpower.org/edition03/745.htm)
A solution that is imposed militarily by one country upon another is inherently unstable because the loser inevitably has a feeling of having suffered an injustice:
- Confrontations, such as that between Israeland Palestine, can continue for many years, periodically sliding into armed conflict and back again, and potentially never reaching a stable peace.[1] Both sides have been intransigent. Israel's military victories in 1948, 1967 and 1973 have failed to produce peace, yet there are still those who ask us to Remember, The God of Israel is Also a God of War! – and who argue that "evil must be vanquished first".
- History has repeatedly shown that settlements reached by force are temporary and eventually resurface – sometimes decades or even centuries later – because agreements made under duress aren't seen as binding. There is an easy transition to war when the balance of power changes substantially. The Iraq-Iran war of 1980-88 is an example, where "The Iraqis, especially the Baath leadership, regarded the 1975 treaty as merely a truce, not a definitive settlement".[2] Saddam Hussein thought that he had chosen an opportune moment to attack when Iran was militarily weak, as he "watched the once invincible Imperial Iranian Army disintegrate",[3] after Iran's Islamic revolution in 1979.
- Memories of injustice don't die quickly. Wars cause refugees to leave their homes, and sometimes to settle in camps in other countries for several generations. The children growing up in such refugee camps will have been told of their parents' loss of property and hardship, so they are likely to join resistance movements as soon as they are old enough to bear arms. Hezbollah recruits from the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, for example, and has continued to be a thorn in Israel's side.[4]
A balance of power lacks the legitimacy of an agreement which has been meaningfully negotiated, or a judgement which has been made impartially and transparently under a jurisdiction which is respected by both sides.
Peace can only be achieved through reconciliation, which requires political negotiation – such as that which led to the formation of the EU (126.96.36.199), for example.
[1] Rupert Smith described the paradigm of confrontation and conflict in chapter 5 of his book The Utility of Force. At the start of the chapter he refers to:
"a continuous criss-crossing between confrontation and conflict, whilst peace is not necessarily either the starting or the endpoint; and whereas conflicts are ultimately resolved, it is not necessarily the case with confrontations….. the Israeli-Palestinian confrontation is still not resolved after fifty-seven years " (p. 181)
[2] The GlobalSecurity.org article entitled Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), which was cited earlier (7.3.1), mentioned the revival of the border dispute; it was available in May 2014 at http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm.
[3] Ibid.
[4] On 4 December 2013, the BBC published a profile: Lebanon's Hezbollah movement which was available in May 2014 at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10814698.
A BBC portrait of life in the Shatila refugee camp described the refugees as keeping alive a hope of return to their original homes in Northern Israel; this was available in May 2014 at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7390166.stm.


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A key part of John Alexander's argument against a government cover-up is the fact that Alexander used his high level government access to ask "need to know" officials such as the director or deputies in all the alphabet agencies the question about whether or not there is a department within the government dealing with the UFO phenomena. Alexander stated that he was told that although officials might have had personal experiences or interest none of the officials indicated any knowledge of government involvement.
This Alexander position came up again in the just concluded Dolan – Alexander debate on whether or not there is a government cover-up or a black program to deal with UFO technologies.
Because of these inquiries by Alexander, many researchers and media people, recognizing Alexander's clearances, have conceded that maybe there is no government role in the UFO mystery.
Although Alexander is probably telling the story as he experienced it, I have a problem with the no UFO cover-up based on my own limited experience. I am a Canadian with no security clearances or access to high level officials like Alexander. My limited encounters with high level officials, and the study of these officials, has produced answers exactly the opposite answers to what Alexander said he was given.
Personally, I have had only one personal encounter with a high level official. In April 2001 I asked then Vice-President Dick Cheney about the UFO cover-up when he was a guest on the Diana Rehm show in Washington D.C.
Assuming that Cheney would have the necessary "need to know" I asked "In all your jobs in government, have you ever been briefed on the subject of UFOs, and if so when was it and what were you told."
Cheney answered, "If I had been briefed on that subject it would probably be classified, and I couldn't talk about it."
That is a long way from Alexander contention that there is no cover-up and that high level officials openly conceded to him that they knew nothing. "UFOs would probably be classified." It sounds like there is some UFO material that is being withheld to me.
If a nobody like me can get the only official encountered to conceding that the UFO subject is classified (as opposed to the "I know nothing" response that Alexander got 100% of the time) it leaves open the possibility that Alexander talked to the wrong people or asked the wrong question.
A few years after I had this encounter with Cheney my friend Dr. David Rudiak asked the same briefing question to General Wesley Clark after he made a statement while running for President stating that he believed we could go faster than the speed of light, and after I got an inside tip that Clark had been briefed on UFO crash recoveries. The conversation went like this;
Q: Gen. Clark, when you were running for President, you said you thought mankind would one day fly faster than light and visit the stars. My question is, when you were in the military were you ever briefed on the subject of U.F.O.s?
A: I heard a bit. In fact, I'm going to be in Roswell, New Mexico tonight.
Q: So you were briefed?
A: There are things going on. But we will have to work out our own mathematics.
Again, as opposed to Alexander getting the answer "I know nothing," Clark indicated he heard a bit and there are things going on. How is it that Alexander did not get such an answer from all the people he asked?
The final example from my limited experience with high level people came when I reviewed the personal papers of Senator Barry Goldwater. In the papers Goldwater wrote a number of letters on UFOs which he was very interested in. In many he described his attempt to get into the Blue Room at WPAFB (where all the Top Secret UFO material was rumored to have been stored) but was denied access by General Curtis LeMay. In reference to the Lemay incident, Goldwater added in a 1975 letter, "It is still classified above Top Secret."
Prior to 1981 Goldwater stated in his letters that beyond this Wright-Patterson incident he didn't know anything more than the man on the street. In 1981, after Goldwater became Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the tone of the letters changed. He no longer stated that he knew no more than the man on the street.
After 1981 Goldwater began to speak of a cover-up of UFO information by the government.
Speaking to a fellow ham radio operator Goldwater made this statement indicating that he had obtained some secret inside knowledge on Roswell, "Relative to your question about the accuracy of the details in the "Roswell Incident," they are partially true, but not completely. I can't give you any other answer than that so please don't push it."
In addition, unlike Alexander's contacts who claimed total ignorance, Goldwater indicated in another post 1981 letter that despite the USAF position that all the files were released in 1969 there was information covered up and it would not be coming out any time soon, "I have been interested in this subject for a long time and I do know that whatever the Air Force has on the subject is going to remain highly classified." (please note Goldwater says "I do know" as opposed to I think or I would guess)
Finally, in an interview with Larry King Goldwater stated, "I think some highly secret government UFO investigations are going on that we don't know about-and probably never will unless the Air Force discloses them."
Is there a cover-up of UFO information by the government? My brief interaction with high level officials show the answer is a resounding yes.


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Dr. Frederic Dufaux is a CNRS Research Director at the Laboratoire des Signaux et Systèmes (L2S, UMR 8506), CNRS - CentraleSupelec - Université Paris-Sud, where he is head of the Telecom and Networking division.
Frederic is also Editor-in-Chief of Signal Processing: Image Communication, and a Fellow of IEEE.
His research interests include image and video coding, distributed video coding, 3D video, high dynamic range imaging, visual quality assessment, video surveillance, privacy protection, image and video analysis, multimedia content search and retrieval, video transmission over wireless network. He is author or co-author of 3 books, more than 200 research publications (h-index=42, 7600+ citations) and 20 patents issued or pending.
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Recent books:
|"High Dynamic Range Video"
|"Digital Holographic Data Representation and Compression"
|"Emerging Technologies for 3D Video"


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This handbook exists so that all developers are working in a consistent manor and everybody is "on the same page".
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Well hello lovelies ... how are you??
We are all just fine and dandy thank you.
All housework and homeschooling and other chores aside;
I did a wee bitty bit of crochet this week.
Now an old professional hooker I am not ... however with my dear friends on youtube reminding me (constantly) what is sc and dc I was able to whip up some nice things !
Both free patterns on the net - Icelandic jar covers & PomPom Quarterly Bracelets / Bookmarks.
Sooooo... I am starting over with my Fermentation Kraut.
I had it all going so well - 3 weeks in and it was tasting so good. Then we brought some ripe tomatoes in and someone sat them right beside my crock and before you know it , those horrible pesky little flittering winged batty tiny summer pests from hell had invaded my beloved Kraut. %$&&*&@@ !
Anyway I do have two sponsor giveaway posts that I must put up very soon ! Are you excited to see?


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"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or a small act of caring. All having the potential to change a day, a week, a month, even a lifetime."
(Quote I got a short while ago from a good acquaintance Arnaud Nilwik from The Netherlands)
This quote for me was the 'spark' to write this week my blog about touch.
Touch is one of the sensations processed by the somatosensory system giving rise to touching behavior (source: Wikipedia).
Ever thought about this idea? Just take some time to look more deeply. Watching, smelling, tasting and hearing are all touching.
Thinking about the art of listening for instance. Hearing is a sensation of sound waves travel through the outer ear, impacts (touch) the eardrum and causes to vibrate. Modulated by the middle ear it is transmitted to the nerves transmitting information to the brain, where it is registered as sound.
So you can see hearing as touching. And touching is connecting with energy flow.
As Wikipedia mentions, you can be touched physically and mentally / emotionally. Both in a positive or negative way. All having to do with the intention or expression of something (a person, animal, thing, situation) in the outer world on you.
When Abraham Maslow studied happy people, one of the things he determined was that they all had what he called highly potentiated lives. They could deeply enjoy the smell of coffee being brewed first thing in the morning if that's what was in the room, or the sound of toast being buttered. When their child took their hand it wasn't just a sensation, it filled up their whole (well-)being. Happy people had a "high porosity to aliveness". These people soaked up life.
We mistakenly think that touching - so watching, listening, smelling and tasting as well - occur on the periphery of our self, are a kind of surface things. But truthfully each surface stimulus travels far into the most hidden interior landscapes of our self. An integrated energetic body, mind and even soul connection takes shape.
The necessity of nurturing our senses and play with inner and outer caring and healing energy is very clear when we are at our youngest. Slightly older we typically found ways to build a huge, varied diet of using our senses and energy connection into our lives. Feeling inside the frequency, textures and intensities of this constant, rich field of contact.
As we grow up we exchange this banquet of physical contact for…. well, often for very little.
We eroded our "body-mind-soul" connection. Caused by internal and/or external factors.
Internal we hear the voices of our - wanted or unwanted - guides in life / our programming. Or we protect / armor ourselves out of fear or not to be hurt (again).
External influences like culture, religion, habitat, 'expected behavior', living an unbalanced, chaotic lifestyle and lack of responsibility in using the social media and the internet, have their impact.
These causes gradually can have limited our ability to be present and to express and experience the essence of who we, fully and freely, really are and what we really want. We slowly become cut off from our feelings and the ability to experience our creative inner energy in a connected, joyful, loving flow.
For most of us growing up coincides with a reduction in the range and quality of our tactile life. Our diet of nurturing physical contact and dealing with energy thins out, narrows down.
Ask yourself: "How went my tactile day today so far?"
Touching (so actually being aware of the influences of all our senses) is main part of one of our regular workshops (Tantra journey of senses and energy). It's remarkable to see how people release feathered and sparkling life energy full of unexpected potency and make themselves available for that what wants to 'show' itself.
It shows our senses and consciousness of energy could properly be regarded as instruments to deeply connect, to explore, and as a form of nutrition.
Overriding the harness of the known, allowing to explore what is possible, fearless entering a field of endless possibilities... goes beyond of what the head (thinking mind) can contain. Bringing the unconscious in the conscious elevating your quality of awareness. An interweaving of the energies of many levels of consciousness from the ordinary to the most intense. A path of integrating body, mind and soul. Realizing your full potential as a free unique human being.
Touch more in a positive way, with the right intentions, physically and/or mental / emotional.
Be open and willing to be touched. Explore to soak up life (again). Be aware of a kaleidoscope of (new) manifestations of intuitively feeling. Get a deeper and more meaningful connection with yourself and others. Redefine limitations and blockages of your mind, of body veils, body armoring and barriers.
Change someone's day, week, month or even his/her lifetime using the positive power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or a small act of caring.
Encounter jewels of aliveness and energy in your existence.
Frans Captijn
Host / Catalyst / Talenteer at Captijn Insight
Captijn Insight: "Catalyst in your process to new sustainable flow in life and work. Whether you are an individual, couple, team or an organization."


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Toxic Reaction to Lily House Plants
One of the most toxic household plants for cats is the common lily. In fact, eating as little as two or three leaves from the flowers can result in liver failure and, if left untreated, can have a fatal outcome for cats. Lilies are a widely used houseplant, with 10 to 11 million plants produced annually within the United States. Some of the most common lilies are Easter lilies, Tiger lilies, Japanese show lilies, Rubrum lilies, and Day lilies.
Symptoms and Types
One of the most immediate symptoms of lily poisoning is the sudden onset of vomiting. In addition, cats that are experiencing lily poisoning will often exhibit signs of depression, diarrhea, dehydration, and lack of appetite (anorexia). If the condition is left untreated, death can occur within four to seven days of ingestion (sooner if the cat consumes a larger amount of the plant).
Ingesting any plant in the lily family can result in poisoning. However, the Lilium and Hemerocallis genera lilies are the most dangerous for cats. Eating even a small amount of the plant will have a severe impact on a cat's system.
If possible, you will need to take a sample of the plant that was ingested along to the veterinarian when you take your cat for treatment. If you suspect anything else in your home of being the cause for the toxic reaction you should take that as well. This will make your veterinarian's ability to diagnose the reaction that much easier, and treatment can be prescribed swiftly, minimizing the probability of long-term organ damage. Some common issues that may be discovered during your cat's physical examination include swollen kidneys, fluid buildup (edema), and possibly an empty gut (gastrointestinal tract).


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SoftGuard : Pioneers in VIDEOALARM
October 27th, 2010
SoftGuard announces its advances in the management of interoperability with the revolutionary VIDEOALARM systems, as we are always in the search of new business for our users.
JR SECURITY and its VIDEOALARM system, called PRO4G is fully integrated in features with our SG-VIDEO via soft management platform.
Video alarm system
Pro4G presents as its most relevant feature the function of transmitting alarm images from PIRCAM detectors to monitoring station equipped with SOFTGUARD, via TCP-IP, GPRS or by email.
The video alarm system has been designed to verify the authenticity of events at the monitoring station itself, discarding the ratio of false alarms at maximum. It has also been designed to give the end user the possibility of checking his own system anytime and anywhere.
PIRCAM Jpeg images, whose number and quality can be selected in the configuration zones, will be taken in the following conditions:
- PIRCAM alarm condition: it will capture "n" frames and will send them to the PRO4G.
*Alarm images get to the CRA system, associated with the contact ID E140 event.
- Input path start: the PIRCAMs assigned to delayed zones will capture "n" images as soon as the entry time starts. If the monitoring station gets installed, images will be discarded, otherwise, other passing "n" images will be captured to alarm condition and will be transmitted to the pro4g 2*n images.
*Images taken at the moment of activating entry time will arrive at the CRA associated with the Contact ID E138 event.
-Tamper opening: when the tamper in the PIRCAM gets open, it will transmit an image to the PRO4G.
*The image taken during the opening of the tamper will arrive at the CRA with the contact ID E144 event.
*Reference image: this image is captured, according to programming, by the PIRCAMs after being installed and is kept till it's uninstalled, however if while it's being installed it goes to alarm, this reference image is sent to a receiver before sending it to the alarms.
*Reference images get to the CRA with the contact ID: E609 event.
*High temperature image: this image is taken by the PIRCAM in case the core temperature gauge detects temperature over 55°C.
*High temperature image gets to the CRA with the event: E114.
*Test images: these images are taken by the PIRCAMs under user request, via SMS control, lost call or CRA. In case the system is already running, those requests will be considered. However, if the system is not running, the images will be taken only in case the PIRCAM finds a request made with a privacy level.
*Test images will get to the CRA with the contact ID: E609 event.
Transmission speed
Response time for an alarm generated in a PIRCAM depends on:
-the communication channel used in the Zenit system (wireless or RS 485)
-Image quality
-Lighting, the less lighting, the greater level of noise, thus heavier images.
-Transmission system to CRA (GPRS or ETHERNET)


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Voter turnout for Saturday's presidential election was the lowest of the six direct presidential elections since 1996, data compiled by the Central Election Commission showed.
Voter turnout in the election was 66.27 percent, compared with 76.04 percent in 1996, 82.7 percent in 2000, 80.28 percent in 2004, 76.33 percent in 2008 and 74.38 percent in 2012, the commission said.
The figures were released alongside the commission's announcement late on Saturday that Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) had won the election.
Tsai and her running mate, Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁), received 6.89 million votes, or 56.12 percent of total valid votes, commission Chairman Liu Yi-chou (劉義周) said.
Tsai defeated Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) candidate Eric Chu (朱立倫), who garnered 31.04 percent of the total vote, and People First Party (PFP) candidate James Soong (宋楚瑜), who received 12.84 percent of the vote.
In the legislative race, the DPP won 68 seats out of 113, up from 40 in the previous election four years ago, to give it an absolute majority in the legislature for the first time.
The KMT won 35 seats, sharply down from 64 in the previous election, the commission said.
The New Power Party (NPP) won five seats to become the third-largest party in the Legislative Yuan, followed by the PFP with three seats, the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union with one seat and an independent with the final seat.
The commission said voter turnout in single-member legislative constituency races was 66.58 percent, and 66.25 percent for the political party vote that determined the distribution of legislators-at-large.
Turnout was 57.66 percent for the vote for Aboriginal representatives in mountainous areas and 51.72 percent for the vote for Aboriginal representatives in low-lying areas.
Meanwhile, the commission said that five political parties that have each garnered more than 3.5 percent of the total number of votes cast in legislative elections are eligible to collect NT$50 per vote annually over the next four years, in accordance with the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act (公職人員選舉罷免法).
The New Party, which garnered 4.18 percent of the vote, would also receive subsidies, although it will not hold any legislator-at-large seats.
A record 18 political parties competed in the legislative election and four of them — the DPP, KMT, PFP and NPP — received more than 5 percent of the total votes, making them eligible to be allocated legislator-at-large seats and to receive the election subsidy, commission statistics showed.
It is calculated that the DPP would receive NT$268.54 million (US$7.94 million) each year, given that it garnered more than 5.37 million votes in the legislative election, while the KMT can claim NT$164.04 million and the PFP NT$39.74 million.
The NPP would be eligible to receive NT$37.21 million per year and the New Party NT$25.5 million.


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It's Time for Afrovibes! Tue 21 – Sat 25 Oct @ The Drum
After months of preparation and practice, Afrovibes 2014 has finally arrive in Birmingham! It opened last night at mac Birmingham to and will be on from Mon 20 to Sat 25 Oct.
The Drum will come alive with a sensational selection of South African Theatre, Dance, Music,Spoken Word and Visual Arts from internationally acclaimed actors, directors, performers and musicians. We hope you'll join us in making this year's festival even greater than the last, including our fantastic Afrovibes Closing Party on Sat 25 Oct at 10pm following Rhetorical.
Afrovibes Closing Party
Sat 25 Oct, 10pm
The Drum, Frontiers Café Bar
£3 OTD – Free admission with ticket stubs from any Afrovibes events
Join us at the Afrovibes Closing Party as we bid farewell to our South African guests and celebrate the end of the Festival. The Drum's Frontiers Township Café will become the ultimate African music hot spot as DJ Fenta Zulu and MC Appollon from the legendary Club Afrique are joined by Newstyle Radio's DJ Wali and DJ Fresh. Expect an amazing night of dance and music as we rock the Township Café with great classics and the latest hits from Soukous, Makosa, Afrobeat, Reggae, Hip-Hop and many more.
Also taking the stage for live performances will be a cappella trio The Soil presenting their stunning mix of township Jazz, Hip-Hop, Afro-Pop and Afro-Soul plus special musical vibes from the cast of Mamela, all hosted by Lit Fuse poets Amerah Saleh, Sipho Eric Dube and Nafeesa Hamid. Tickets for the Closing Party are £3, but take any ticket stub from The Drum's Afrovibes shows, or any show at mac or Birmingham REP, and you'll to get free admission! Even better, the same ticket will also get you £1 off any Afrovibes shows at mac or Birmingham REP – and vice versa!
Here's what you can look forward to across the week, so make sure you keep these dates in your diary!
Freedom or Death: Photographic Exhibition – Dr Vanley Burke
On until Fri 7 Nov
An unprecedented photographic exhibition charting the final days of South Africa's apartheid era, captured by documentary photographer Dr Vanley Burke.
Mandela 27
Until Sat 25 Oct
The Drum Café
Step into a recreation of Nelson Mandela's Robben Island prison cell and learn the history of his and South Africa's fight for freedom.
Punk in Africa
Tue 21 Oct, 7pm
Three chords, three countries, one revolution… the story of South Africa's multiracial punk movement.
An Evening with Jean 'Binta' Breeze MBE and Tracie Morris
Wed 22 Oct, 7:30pm
An evening of conversation and performance from Jamaican poet and dub artist Jean 'Binta' Breeze MBE and the acclaimed US poet and voice artist Tracie Morris.
Biko's Quest
Thu 23 Oct, 7:30pm
The legacy of inspirational anti-apartheid campaigner Steve Biko, brought to life through amazing contemporary dance.
Fri 24 Oct, 7:30pm
Hear the voices, hopes and dreams of the remarkable young women of South Africa's 'born-free' generation in a fusion of European and African theatre. Book your tickets, and get a special concessionary price on tickets for Township Comets.
Township Comets
Fri 24 Oct, 9pm
Enjoy a joyful mix of South African Township Jazz inspired by South African saxophonist Dudu Pukwana. Concession prices apply for anyone who has been to see Mamela
Sat 25 Oct, 7:30pm
Thabo Mbeki succeeded Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa in 1999, and the highs, and lows, of his political struggles are explored through the eyes of those he influenced.
Township Café
Every day during the festival
Relax in our specially created Township Café and enjoy unique art, drama, music and spoken word events happening throughout the day during the festival.
The Soil
Mon 20 Oct, 8pm
Soweto's award-winning, platinum-selling beatbox a cappella group combine an eclectic mix of township jazz, Hip-Hop and Afro-pop.
Tue 21 Oct, 8pm
In January 2008, in Skierlik, west of Pretoria, seventeen year-old Johan Nel went on a racially motivated shooting spree killing four people and wounding eight. Skierlik explores tragic effects on those left behind.
Rainbow Scars
Wed 22 & Thu 23 Oct, 8pm
Written by Mike Van Graan, Rainbow Scars follows Lindiwe, a black teenager adopted by white parents, confronting her racial identity in the new Rainbow Nation.
Double Bill: Mana and Dark Cell
Fri 24 Oct, 8pm
Double Bill: Uncles & Angels and Dark Cell
Sat 25 Oct, 8pm
In Mana, South African choreographer Vincent Mantsoe evokes the spirit of African dance and Shaman traditions. The award-winning Dark Cell draws inspiration from prisoners of Robben Island, using a prison cell as metaphor for mental imprisonment. Uncles & Angels uses breath-taking interactive dance and video to explore South Africa's traditional Reed Dance.
Fri 24 Oct, 7pm
Tickets: £5 (£3)
Making its UK premiere, this compelling short film reworks Noyes' Fludde by Benjamin Britten, relocating the story of Noah's Ark to present-day South Africa, and re-imagining Noah as a woman who must hold her family together.
Visit Afrovibes UK to view the full nationwide season of events. Find out more on facebook at Afrovibes as well as Twitter @AfrovibesUK with #afrovibes too.


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Bobbie Hanvey was born on October 31, 1945 in Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland to Johnny and Mary (née Donnelly) Hanvey. In his youth, Hanvey began "recording" the people and events of his hometown using his father's camera and a tape recorder given to him by his father. Johnny Hanvey and the people of Brookeborough have been profoundly influential on Hanvey and his work.
In 1966, Hanvey took a job as a psychiatric nurse (which included musical therapy) at the Downshire Hospital, Downpatrick. It was during his tenure there that Hanvey's photographic instincts and skills were honed. When a charge nurse began recording home movies for the patients, Hanvey assisted by taking still photographs. From the instruction of fellow nurses, books and practice, he learned the finer points of camera operation and how to develop and print his own negatives. By the early 1970s, Hanvey was able to work full time as a general photographer. His early subjects included weddings, press items and even images for album covers. In the mid-1980s Hanvey garnered three consecutive Northern Ireland Provincial Press Photographer of the Year Awards and two Northern Ireland overall "Best People Picture" awards.
A photographer, writer and musician, Bobbie Hanvey continues to record people and life in Northern Ireland, both through his award-winning photography and through his long-running Downtown Radio program "The Ramblin' Man." His photographic work has been used by news services, published in two volumes, Merely Players (1999) and Last Days of the RUC-First Days of the PSNI (2005) and featured in The Irish Century (published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998). He is also the author of the prose work, The Mental, based on his experience as a psychiatric nurse.
Source: Merely Players. "Introduction" by Brian Turner, Colourpoint Books: Newtownards, 1999.
Photo: Bobbie Hanvey interviewing group of travellers for his Downtown Radio program "The Ramblin' Man," 1978. View photo set.