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Interview with Arjuna: "yoga must adapt to each person, and not backward"
When it came to yoga, Arjuna recalls that this was still undeveloped: "the Indian model had been taken and an asana was done after another without a process of internalization". "This way of transmitting of"This is done so, repeat it" It has prevailed until today. Why Arjuna calls for a creative yoga that is more set on the essence and less on Forms. Interview Yoga network.
Julián Peragón Arjuna started doing yoga in year 76, with 16 years. "Franco had died but the society was closed to the outside. People had need to wake up, open, try", he recalls. Some years later Arjuna begins classes of Josep Berneda, expert in Viniyoga and direct student of Desikachar. ""It was an approach to yoga that spoke of adapt to each person, more therapeutic yoga, the less colorful, less than positions and more listening". The yoga which, many years later, today day, Arjuna would apply to his own school, Yoga synthesis.
What do you remember era beginning to popularize yoga in Spain?
Teachers who traveled to the India took the hindu model and applied it without any filter here, in the West. I think that cut and paste has done wrong because not has been customized or adapted yoga. Classes without any interview or health tab, start and then can focus yoga the person according to their problems, their needs, the style of life and work which makes.
Perhaps it has been necessary to go through this stage of dissemination so that everybody knows about yoga, from children to grandparents, but now we need to take a step of maturity and depth. It is not that everyone do yoga, but each one to find the yoga you need.
The truth is that sounds revolutionary, for the uncommon. How are it has to be that custom yoga?
I am in favour of a creative yoga, which preserves the base, the essence, but then adapts to the here and now. I am now developing yoga in a wheelchair because I've noticed that older people, people with limitations, or going in a wheelchair, can not take the mat to put it on the floor and work well, because obviously shortened muscle blocks the diaphragm and prevents a good breath. On the other hand, in the Chair the perfect job can be because the vertical ensues with ease. The bones are well placed in the seat, and without resting the back in the back, we can do all the movements of the column. You can do a yoga very simple and also more advanced with the Chair as a parallel to the mat practice regulation and intensification.
Clear, Chair does not form part of the culture in India, which is a culture of sitting on the ground. Even the Indian body is not ours; they can make easily Padmasana, Lotus position, on the other hand we have damage, even us break meniscus, for trying to imitate people who have another culture.
Therefore, I defend that creative yoga in which no us set up both in forms but in the essence.
Have you ever spoken three guidelines which must be yoga...
One is the active health. The person manage their own health through an age-old technique that is yoga, and do not passively submit to therapy or treatment (of the type that is). My first teacher said: "here does not come to do yoga but to learn yoga; you have yoga to do at home ". Today, the student is customer. It comes to receive service: relax, stretch out breathing. In the tradition, yoga was pedagogy; were you taught to understand your body, manage your tensions and not rely on, because if we are always dependent on the teacher or yoga teacher, we are relinquishing autonomy. Customers should make a leap so that people who come to us are also students, not only. This is the first orientation of yoga: conquer the health with the own effort, every morning, relaxing me, stretching me, meditating.
And the second orientation?
It is the benefit from yoga as a mirror to recognize my attitude, grow it and to grow personally. Because much of the tensions of the body are not only physical; they are emotional, attitudes. When one speaks of svadhyaya, level, is a way to understand yourself, know who I am, what my true nature. From here the errors of vision, of calculation in life, become brighter and one stop having so many unnecessary problems, because yoga, somehow, is a response to the suffering.
And the third orientation?
How to regain the spiritual dimension of life that does not follow a religion, a dogma, but understanding that the spiritual is a reconnect is something greater: the life, the totality. And also that it is not enough only to experience, but should get to experience. That's wisdom, the gateway to spirituality. Whenever we try to connect with something greater and give meaning to what we live, we are still deeply spiritual.
One of the problems of the teacher or yoga teacher is you can't address the spiritual dimension without entering too hackneyed clichés and to remember that Church has been more controlling than inspiring. But I believe that we we must directly address this spiritual longing that is in each of us. If we only practice and philosophy, bowels and head, we are left without heart. And the heart of yoga is spiritual.
How is the yoga of the physical to the emotional and mental working?
The physical work is needed because it is the gateway to the inner work. There is an integrated whole. When we do asana there is also a respiratory - pranayama - and a mental care dharana/dhyana. To meditate also are doing asana and pranayama.
Above all have to understand that Asana is only a stand of attention. Apart from the technique, which is necessary, we must try to deepen the experience of the asana. I can present you a cake very well cooked and made, but how important are not the ingredients but how digieres it you. Do you how you feel Uttanasana or Trikonasana? This experience of the position is finally real, how will integrate it. From there go to opening up spaces of sensitivity, working on your ego on how much knowledge and dialogue with your limits. But above all you use the posture to be present, to make a short circuit in the agitation of the mind.
How you personalized yoga apply in practice?
Through a good integration between group and individual class. Class individual, more frequent at the beginning, is the way to adjust your personal practice. Teachers identify your stress points and you indicate the adjustment you have to make different positions when you are in a group class. That gives you security, confidence, to not follow automatically that makes the group. From these proposals from the teachers, can go by adjusting and regulating positions. A few students used the same body resources and other external elements of regulation as the wall, Chair, Ribbon, block, blanket. Welcome these elements because it will lead us to the point that we seek, which Patanjali called sthira sukathe balance between the comfort and stability of posture or abandonment within the position.
A Council for the practitioner who feel that it does not advance in yoga?
A liberating idea: yoga is an internal process, we have nothing to prove. There are students who say: "I don't know if I have to do a yoga training level". Clear, because you do not have to adapt you to yoga, but yoga adapts to you, when you are. And there is that of "do it right or wrong", unless there is a movement that is harmful.
There is nothing to prove. Yoga is not competitive; It is an internal process that frees us from complexes, tensions, and leads us to that internal experience of mental calm and listening to our own nature.
What do you think the yogas called "modern" emerging creative and playful?
You have to see to cater more to the person transmitting that to the name or the title of yoga that makes. Because if you actually live with passion and depth yoga, do what you do what will convey is that internal delivery. And that will help that person live a training process. Then, I do not think that there is much problem in the different forms that adopts the yoga as the philosophy that lies behind each one.
There are yogas that make competition, and that is to lose the North. But do believe that in yoga, there may be minor objectives that are part of the process. For example, therapeutic yoga is fantastic, but the deep purpose of yoga is not therapy, and if we focus only on this level, we are losing us liberation of consciousness, which is seeking yoga. Then. you have to see if next to the minor objectives is the main objective, and if so, I believe there is no problem.
Why did you feel the need to create your own school, after many years in Sadhana?
A difference of one centimeter in the middle of the Ocean can become kilometers when you advance towards the coast. If you realize that your approach and your ideology is different, you have to take a leap and do what gives you your heart. It is the law of life; We walked together a piece of the road, but then the view opens and each must follow the own. I am grateful to all schools and teachers who have helped me, but now I'm happy to focus on yoga that think, that of listening, a creative and open, eclectic yoga.
Yoga synthesis that is: take the best from each tradition. Purism is not held, because the yoga which was made in the 2nd century has nothing to do with who was in the 10th century, when it appeared the current Tantric, or which is now in the East and in the West. Yoga has transformed, has been taking different contributions. Why not let's make mergers, always respectful, which are giving way to the yoga and make it more effective? Yoga synthesis we make a seasonal yoga, for the fall, winter, spring and summer. That is borrowed from Chinese culture, because in the India stations are not so marked as here.
I believe in that synthesis, but well made and without leaving us as essential. For us the Sutras of Patanjali are the skeleton of our approach to yoga, we depart not one millimeter. But the way that adopts that yoga has to change.
If yoga is not intelligent and remains on the surface, not going anywhere. I believe in a pedagogy of yoga, to find the reason for every thing we do, and in this way our intelligence working with the process of self-realization. Yoga "that is so, repeat it" was a traditionalist elementary, but already we have awakened to a level of discrimination in which it is necessary that everything we do know where it comes and where it goes.
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Air Force Guy left on Sunday for some additional training. He packed like a Geardo.
Now, you may think that means that he packed all his gadgets, gizmos, helmets, knives, and 550 cord - but that's not quite how a Geardo packs.
AFG did indeed pack every bit of Under Armor in the house. I didn't even know there was that much Under Armor in the state! Shirts, underwear... Under Armor has been stealthily taking over here. I'm sure we'll have a couch made out of the stuff sometime in the near future.
He also packed his Sure Fires. All four of them (varying sizes, you know. How can he predict which one he's going to need? He might need to change the color of the light beam in the middle of a desert somewhere!).
Six pairs of 5.11 pants went into the mix, as well as SealSkinz socks, cotton socks, some other kind of deployment socks he was issued once, and a few pairs of black dress socks "just in case". In case of what? A sudden hostile takeover of the Men's Wearhouse?
I tried to help pack. I dutifully went down to the basement and grabbed a few CamelBaks for him to choose from. He did not put a CamelBak in the pile.
"Sweetie! Won't you need a CamelBak? You're going to overheat and pass out or something! It's HOT there!"
I was absolutely horrified. How can the man think ahead to pack SealSkinz and completely ignore the CamelBaks in the house? He had an answer ready for me.
"They are going to be issuing the CamelBaks with backpacks. If I show up with my own, they might not issue me one."
I should probably add that of the several CamelBaks of varying sizes and shapes we have stored in the basement, not one of them were acquired through a store. The man has a talent for finding out how to get wherever gear is going to be issued.
And the CamelBak wasn't the only thing AFG didn't pack because he wanted to collect more issued gear. His Leatherman, for example. It would be too much to ask for him to leave every Leatherman he owns behind - he feels more naked without that than he does without his clothing. I mean, you can MAKE clothing out of tree bark, a few weeds, and some crushed bugs if you have a Leatherman, right?
If the world ended, the man would be fine if he just had his Leatherman. At least, that's what he thinks.
Did I mention that they were going to be issuing the super-deluxe version of the Leatherman at this training? AFG has two. Apparently when his training ends he will have three.
He did take 550 cord with him - and I'm sure he'll use it. I'm also totally convinced that when he comes home he will have managed to acquire even more 550 cord than he left with. And he will roll it up around a big piece of cardboard and store it with the rest of our 550 cord. No matter how much 550 cord we use, the pile stored in our basement never seems to go down.
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text: Home » Blog » Medical Advertising Agency » Sage Advice: Medical Advertising Agency Words of Wisdom In the healthcare advertising agency industry, we've found that clients who are open to advice and guidance are those individuals who understand that there is a best practices approach to doctor marketing and advertising. Sometimes wisdom comes from making mistakes, but the wiser approach is to listen to and learn from the experience of others. Avoiding mistakes and doing what works is often the better course.Although we've been in the health care advertising agency business for many years, we're also open to listening to sage advice about marketing and advertising. We often find that the words of others have sharpened a concept to a precision point.Here are a few quotes about marketing and advertising that are both insightful and instructive. They are mainly from business and industry but they all have application to medical marketing:ON PLANNING:"Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now." –Alan Lakein"A goal without a plan is just a wish." –UnknownON DELIVERING SOLUTIONS:"Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers." –Seth Godin"The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well that the product or service fits him or her and sells itself." –Peter Drucker"Advertising doesn't create a product advantage. It can only convey it." –William BernbachON TELLING YOUR STORY:"In good times people want to advertise, in bad times, they have to." -Bruce Barton, co-founder BBDO Agency"A man who stops advertising to save money is like a man who stops a clock to save time." –Henry Ford"He who has a thing to sell and goes and whispers in a well is not so apt to get the dollars as he who climbs a tree and hollers." –Unknown"A good basic selling idea, involvement and relevancy, of course, are as important as ever, but in the advertising din of today, unless you make yourself noticed and believed, you ain't got nothin.' " –Leo BurnettON SUBSTANCE OVER FORM:"What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your advertising, not its form." -David Ogilvy"Marketing takes a day to learn. Unfortunately it takes a lifetime to master." Phil Kolter"Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one." -Adlai Stevenson"Don't underestimate the value of beginning a headline by naming the people you want to reach." –John Caples"Everyone—no exceptions—responds to well-written, persuasive, emotionally based copy. Not everyone can write it, that's why copywriters are often paid so much, but no one can escape its power." –Joe VitaleON ENGAGING YOUR AUDIENCE:"The aim of marketing is to get customers to know, like and trust you." -UnknownAnd finally, this quote from advertising pioneer Rosser Reeves is close to our own healthcare advertising agency philosophy:"Let's say you have $1,000,000 tied up in your little company and suddenly your advertising isn't working and sales are going down. And everything depends on it. Your future depends on it, your family's future depends on it, other people's families depend on it . . . Now, what do you want from me? Fine writing? Or do you want to see the sales curve stop moving down and start moving up?"We like a good quote that communicates an important idea in a few words. What's your favorite quote or saying about advertising and marketing? We'd like to hear from you.Lonnie Hirsch and Stewart Gandolf, MBA Stewart GandolfChief Executive Officer & Creative Director at Healthcare SuccessOver the years Stewart has personally marketed and consulted for over 1,457 healthcare clients, ranging from private practices to multi-billion dollar corporations. Additionally, he has marketed a variety of America's leading companies, including Citicorp, J. Walter Thompson, Grubb & Ellis, Bally Total Fitness, Wells Fargo and Chase Manhattan. Stewart co-founded our company, and today acts as Chief Executive Officer and Creative Director. He is also a frequent author and speaker on the topic of healthcare marketing. His personal accomplishments are supported by a loving wife and two beautiful daughters.Comments


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Can I ask you, why do you think you are a sell out? Who would you be selling out? I thought a lot about this too, and like you I felt like I was giving something big up.
I thought back to why I decided to study humanities, and realised it was because I wanted to understand something bigger than me. I wanted to learn how to understand more than one culture, how people think, how to communicate, how society evolved over time.
I never had to give any of these things up in my career. Maybe, I am not a noble prize winning author, and probably I never will be, but I am using my skills, and focusing my work on something valuable to me.
Working in digital does't have to mean compromising on your values, or selling out for a high paying job. The concept I find that most humanities students struggle with is, how am I going to discuss the likes of Proust in my everyday job, and use all of this knowledge that I have, and if I don't where did I go wrong.
University is out of touch with the real world, and that's not your fault
There is a huge disconnect between academia and employers, and at university we are taught how to solve abstract, research problems that don't apply to the real world. After graduation, we find ourselves lost and confused as to why our First Class English degree isn't getting us where we want to be.
It's important that you stop thinking of yourself as an academic, and to stop focusing on your academic achievements. It's not because they are not important, but because they can't directly help you get a job.
You need to leverage the skills that you have and use them to seek out careers that require those skills as basic requirements. Then actually learn the skill-set of the new field you are interested in. Build on your academic skills with new practical skills. That's the type of winning combination that employers are looking for.
Stop obsessing about the content of your degree
At university when you go to the library you can neatly find any book by its subject matter. The English books are on the first floor, Classics on the second, and History of Art on the third. University organises the world by subjects, but the world isn't organised by subjects, it's organised by skills.
You need to let go of the subject. I had to let go of Klimt, Kafka, Dante, Brecht and many more great minds of the past to understand that I am not giving them up, or selling them out, but I am using the skills I developed to understand their work to now understand problems I can solve for my employer.
If anything, they have taught me with their writing and art that what was once a common problem is still very much current. You are not saying goodbye to everything you dedicated the past 3,4 years to, you are embracing the lessons learnt and applying them to something new.
That doesn't sound like a sell out to me, do you agree?


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In the twelve-course meal of fucking, I'd still rank the blowjob as a favorite appetizer, a filling (if somewhat salty) main course, and if you're feeling a little peckish post-feast, a delightfully sinful dessert. Truth is, most men still complain they aren't getting nearly enough sucky-sucky. And, truth is, still - - most women don't want to do it.
My thought has always been how women are looking at the penis as a potential attacker, ready to spit out at them at the slightest provocation. I remember being that girl - - so fearful of the sure-to-be quart of jizzload shooting down my throat and landing me in the ER like poor old Rod Stewart ("allegedly.") I can't remember when that all changed over for me, and sucking became more pleasure than chore, but I assure you it's a mind over mouth arrangement.
First: the penis is your friend. No, scratch that - - the penis isn't your friend so much as the very center of the universe for your man of that moment. Get down right next to it (or "him" if you insist) and get to know it. Rub your face over it, smell it, stick your tongue out a little and taste it. Sour from all day stuffed inside a tighty-whitey prison? Ask your guy to jump on the bidet to decrease the gag-factor. I'm sure you'll find he's willing to do whatever prep is needed to get your little pink mouth down there working his joint.
Some things are imperative if you want to give a world-class blowjob. Wetness is absolutely key. And, more than the clinical term 'salivate', you basically want the wetness of your pussy to take possession over your mouth. Look like you're drooling down your chin from wanting to get that cock between your lips.
I'd say if you don't think sucking it down your throat is an option in this lifetime, you'd better learn to use your hand as an attachment. Like you're giving a blowjob and a handjob at the same time, get the two parts working in perfect syncopation and your guy won't give a shit that you aren't Linda Lovelace. If your mouth is wet enough, he probably won't even notice you're using your hand at all!
Also, you can't be afraid of semen. Girls, it's natural. It's earth and life and juice from the faucet of the man you love. Okay, well, it's at least not as bad as you're trying to build it up to be. The actual shot of semen you'll get in an average blowjob is about a teaspoon to tablespoon's worth. It's definitely cheating if you give one of those halfway blowjobs where you pop off his dick at The Big Moment and start giving him a wimpy handjob, whining about how you don't want it in your mouth, it's ickie. Buzzkill! If it's your first time swallowing, have a soda, preferably warm and at-the-ready. That'll get rid of any post-swallow throat bubble and aftertaste. Can't bring yourself to take it like a woman? It's also nice to let him shoot it on your face, so in his post-spray stupor he can bite his lip and watch it dripping onto your naked chest. I can't think of a guy anywhere who doesn't want to see that, and if you keep your eyes closed it's relatively pain-free.
Even more important than those things, though - - and really the secret to giving a good blowjob every single time, is the one special little magic word: desire. You really, really have to want it. You can't put something like that on for show - - I've seen right through those girls in porn who act like they want it. I've given the half-heart blowjob where I was thinking "God, hurry up and come already, I'm late for work!" and it's just not the same. Sure, I mean, you could argue the penis (and the man) only cares about getting sucked and less about your genuine enthusiasm, but I disagree. Those stellar, knock-his-block-off blowjobs are only delivered when you are so into the moment, blissed out on the sucking and drooling, the face-as-pussy transaction, that you might not even remember what you're doing until the first shot hits the back of your throat - - reward for all your good, hard work.
Who says anal is the blowjob of the 2000s? Learn it, love it, make it your art. Vive la face-fuck!
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The following summarises the information we will require to complete your application. If you have any queries or concerns please speak with a member of our team.
To comply with the Immigration Act 2016 we are required to carry out an identification check. A range of documents can be used to complete this check, including a UK passport, EEA/Swiss national passport/identity card, UK immigration status document endorsed with unlimited leave, a certification of naturalisation or registration as a British citizen, and more.
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You need to choose a market where the people within the market have needs and have a willingness to pay.
I'm going to give you three ideas. These are randomly selected, but three ideas of markets that might be good markets as examples. I'm not saying that they're just great markets, go out and get in them, but as examples, a market that fits that criteria. People have needs and they'll pay money to find out the answers.
The first one is dog training. People buy a dog, they're excited about buying a dog, they spend $500 for this dog, and they get it home and it marks all over the house.
They've begun to fall in love with the dog. The kids fall in love with the dog. They paid $500 for the thing and they're frustrated because it's marking all over the house. So what are they going to do? They're going to find somebody to teach them how to train this dog.
There are a few different ways you can do that. You can go find somebody local, take classes, $500 for a 6-week class, or you can do it at your leisure online and subscribe to a program, something you might create, maybe even a video program so the person can literally watch you as you're training a dog. Of course, we're assuming that dog training is your particular speciality and you know something about it.
Those are people who have needs and they're willing to pay to solve those needs.
Let's look at another one: weight loss. Weight loss is a need that people have and they regularly spend a lot of money to solve their problem. People spend millions of dollars across the country, but personally hundreds of dollars to learn how to lose weight. People enrol in local programs, pay $100-200/month to have a support group to help them lose weight.
You can duplicate the very same thing online. These people have needs and they're willing to pay money to meet the needs.
Let's look at one more – how about people in poor health. Let's take a disease like diabetes that in many cases can maybe be controlled with diet. So rather than spend hundreds of dollars per month on medicine, maybe somebody would simply learn to eat better if they caught it in earlier stages.
So that's a market that you can go into. These people have needs and they have a willingness to pay to meet those needs.
Contrary to what you hear online – I hear a lot of times that internet marketing is burned out, too competitive, etc etc – well, I'm in internet marketing and it took me 13 months to hit a nice income, so I don't believe it's too competitive.
That gives you four markets right there. These aren't examples for you necessarily, but use the thought process of… Do these people have needs that are in this niche and will they pay money to relieve their needs?
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After six years since he created with Marius Moga the project Morandi, after the local and international success that they had, after concerts in over 20 countries, after many international awards, Randi has decided to seek new challenges and has started his solo career. For each artist is meant to grow and develop his talent, Randi has entered a new phase of his career, that he hopes will complete him as a musician.
Thus, Randi has released his first single – Anybody, which is already climbing the charts. The single was released in Russia and Ukraine, countries where Randi and Marius Moga were constantly in the top of the charts with their hits.
Randi's solo career does not exclude his participation in the project Morandi – he and Marius Moga are still part of the band. And the two promise to relese soon their fourth album, Zebra.


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It's getting towards the end of the week and there isn't a lot left in the cupboard.
So time to go down to the vegetable garden to see what there is that I can use for dinner tonight.
I came back with a big bunch of Silver Beet, parsley and spring onions as well as collecting a couple of lemons from the tree as I walked back to the house.
The great thing about a garden is that you can always find something to use that is fresh and tasty.
I'll use the frozen pastry, add some cheese and use the fresh eggs our neighbours left us this morning. A touch of nutmeg and pepper and salt and we will have spinach pie.
The pie was just perfect!
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LEARN spent two days at Our Lady of Peace (SWLSB) exploring makerspaces with the whole school. Students were challenged to spin art, robotics, Makey Makey, lego construction, and so much more… It was a great two days of hard fun
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The LEARN team visited Forest Hill Jr. (Grades K-2)… We spend two days in our Pop-up Makerspace and were able to have the whole school experience the magic of an open creative space. The students were excellent, the teachers were
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LEARN spent the day at Mansonville Elementary of ETSB and had a wonderful day of learning, tinkering and playing… Our STEAM day was with the whole school, all 27 students from grades 1 to 6… The students worked very well
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LEARN spend some time at Laurentian Elementary (SWLSB) exploring the language of computers… The students explored Scratch, TurtleArt, plus constructed some pretty cool cranky contraptions, Lego vehicles, and artbots. Lots of hard fun for all; the students loved it and
Pop-Up Makerspace at Arundel – 2018
We were able to transform a classroom into a full-on makerspace and then take it all down in a single day! Look at all the learning that go done!
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LEARN's Pop-Up Open Creative Space was at Montreal's Mini Maker Faire this past November. It was amazing to see all the makers come out and get involved with materials, friends, family, and community. It was a busy two days, but
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Quelques photos du FCC 2018 et la session Lab Créatif avec Pierre Lachance du Service national MST (CSBE) et Thomas Stenzel, Christine Truesdale, Chris Colley, et Carolyn Buteau de l'équipe du Service national à la communauté anglophone (LEARN). Les
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LEARN brought their pop-up makerspace to Souvenir Elementary for a day of STEAM challenges. Grade 2 and 3 spent most of their day exploring, building, programming, creating, building, learning… Great fun!


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You may be wondering why this blog is called "Bullets and Butterflies." Simple, really. While my fiction tends to be on the dark side, primarily horror and suspense (bullets), I also write a good deal of nonfiction, particularly on the subject of gardening (butterflies). Although I focus more on fiction writing in this blog, I will often discuss garden writing as well.
I've enjoyed writing for Gardening How-To for many years now, and fully appreciate Amy Sitze and her editorial staff. My latest article, "Unusual Salad Greens," is in the current issue. "Fresh garden salad means much more than just lettuce or spinach these days. Why limit yourself, especially when less-familiar greens such as claytonia, orach, corn salad, and cress are so easy to grow in your home garden?" I also described other greens such as purslane, mustard greens, arugula, upland cress, watercress, endive, escarole, and a few others. The graphics staff at Gardening How-To provided excellent photos to illustrate the article content. Bravo!
When I write articles like this, my intent is to teach gardeners to experiment with different varieties, different techniques, and new strategies to improve their gardening experience. I especially love to teach folks how to grow crops they generally can't find at the local produce market.
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You may be wondering why this blog is called "Bullets and Butterflies." Simple, really. While my fiction tends to be on the dark side, primarily horror and suspense (bullets), I also write a good deal of nonfiction, particularly on the subject of gardening (butterflies). Although I focus more on fiction writing in this blog, I will often discuss garden writing as well.
Gardening How-To: Vertical Veggies
The May/June issue of Gardening How-To magazine contains my article, "Up, Up and Away," about vertical vegetable gardening. This makes two consecutive issues containing my material, and this time I received top billing on the cover. Way cool! Once again, the editor, Amy Sitze, and her staff have done a superb job formatting and illustrating the article. (See my earlier blog, Gardening How-To: Colorful Cauliflower.)
Here is a short online sidebar, Grow Up!, that provides a list of some of the varieties I recommend for growing on trellises.
I've been growing vegetables vertically for years, but, as I wrote this article for Gardening How-To, I decided to totally maximize my garden this year. I've added vertical structures to three of my six raised beds (two already had fencing). This growing season, I'll be trying a number of varieties I've never grown before, so this is something of an experiment for me. But, hey, that's half the fun of gardening. (The other half, of course, is eating the fresh veggies!)
Here are some pictures from the garden, earlier this season.
I'll post more photos in the coming months as the garden begins to fill and produce. In the meantime, I'd love to hear from other gardeners who have had great success at vertical gardening. Share with us!
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Way to go. That must be thrilling to have the top billing like that!
- Amanda June Hagarty
May 11, 2010 10:53 AM EDT
This is actually my second "cover story" for the magazine; I've been writing for Gardening How-To for five years or so. I really like the magazine and the folks who work there. It's been an excellent experience working with them. More important, I think the readers enjoy the magazine, the Web site, and the wealth of information provided.
- Weldon Burge
Gardening How-To: Colorful Cauliflower
The March/April issue of Gardening How-To magazine contains my article, "Colorful Cauliflower." I've written for the magazine many times over the past five years or so, and the editor, Amy Sitze, and her staff are superb and a joy to work with. This time, they outdid themeselves! The graphics and photos accompanying the article are beautiful and perfectly complement what I've written. I particularly like the photo of various colored heads of cauliflower arranged almost like something you'd see in a flower market. Wow! Cauliflower never looked so good!
Here is a short online sidebar, The Origin of Orange Cauliflower, that I wrote for the article.
If you don't already subscribe to Gardening How-To ... well, you should. Simply join the National Home Gardening Club, and you'll not only receive a subscription but a wide range of other services--including access to the forums and archives. Well worth the membership dues. Read More
Starting a Company Community Garden
For the past year or so, my employer, Independent School Management, has supported wellness initiatives for employees. With this in mind, I proposed starting a small but highly productive vegetable garden that ISM employees would maintain and harvest, an ISM "community garden" on the company's grounds. Here is a synopsis of my proposal to the company CEO.
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The Almanac for Farmers & City Folk
I just received my 2010 copy of The Almanac for Farmers & City Folk. I've been writing for the annual publication for the past five years, and I'm pleased that the Editor, Lucas McFadden, and the Executive Editor, Thomas Alexander, selected six of my articles for this edition:
- Garden Huckleberries
- India Rubber Plant
- Succulent Swiss Chard
- Vertical Cukes
- Crotons: Brash and Bold
- Ornamental Bananas
Of course, the issue includes 14-month weather forecasts, fishing and planting tables, nostalgia, cooking tips, the zodiac, bizarre stories--the usual fun stuff you find in almanacs!
Keep an eye out for a copy at newsstands and book stores in the coming month or so! You can also order a copy here. Read More
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I, too, had a publication in the 2010 edition, Spring Tonicin'. but have lost my copy. Would you have an extra copy?
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November 14, 2010 12:59 PM EST
Unfortunately, no. I only had one copy. Maybe you can purchase one from the publisher?
- Weldon Burge
May 20, 2019 2:28 PM EDT
Articles that have meaningful and insightful comments are more enjoyable, at least to me. It's interesting to read what other people thought and how it relates to them or their clients, as their perspective could possibly help you in the future.
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Monday, June 24, 2019
Post #2 Choosing a Significant Other By Smell
After reading a section of the book on this topic, I decided to look more into people choosing their significant others solely based on smell. It kinda sounds crazy when you first think about it but after watching this video (that I attached below) it makes a lot of sense. There is real biological reasoning behind using your nose to find a significant other. Certain pheromones and smells that people give off are more attractive to people who are compatible with one another.
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Sometimes we just want to do things ourselves. The feeling of helplessness can sometimes set in when we're constantly calling upon someone for help, especially when that person is unavailable at the time of need. With so manwy helpful tools, resources, and information at our fingertips today, we find out that many day-to-day chores can be accomplished with a simple search and click. This is meant to serve as one of those resourceful tools. Here, I will take you through the steps of how to make simple titles using Windows Movie Maker. Once you've done these steps you will be able to create simple texts to enhance your photos/video! Let's get started!
Using "Windows Movie Maker" I will demonstrate how to make special effects
- Open Windows Movie Maker
- you will see that the canvas is blank
- see. row of menus at top left of screen
- in order for you to add your video click option: "Add videos and photos"
- Once you have imported your video or photo see. row of menus at top left of screenclick "home tab"
- Reminder: We are doing a title overlay effect on the video or photo we are going to choose the "add caption" option.
- after clicking the "add caption" button, you will notice a new editable text dialog box over your image or video.
- Click in the dialog box and you will be able to type in anything you want to say!
- Also, you can change your font, text color, text size, etc. by going to the text edit field which is right above the image or video canvas
- Happy creating!
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|Friday 12th December 2014
|PRESENTER Natalie Sawyer
|GUESTS David Prutton & Keith Andrews
|COMMENTATORS Daniel Mann & Garry Birtles
|REPORTER David Craig
|7.45pm Kick Off; The Amex 7.30-10pm FL72 Live on Sky Sports 1
It was proving to be a very difficult introduction to Sami Hyypia's managerial career in England. Back-to-back Championship defeat sent the Seagulls into the drop zone in the opening weeks but had plateaued to just above there after that. However, defeat at home to Fulham at the end of November saw the team sink back into the red again where they sat ahead of tonight's crunch clash with fellow strugglers Millwall. Time and patience were wearing incredibly thin, with supporters already calling for the manager's head. Hyypia had just three League victories in the campaign to his name; away at Leeds and home to Bolton back in August was followed by an eleven-match winless streak.
A one-nil defeat of Wigan Athletic in the first midweek of November, thanks to a first-minute Gary Gardner strike, provided three absolutely vital points but five weeks later and it hadn't been matched. Two draws and two abject defeats followed to place Brighton in twenty-second. The problem wasn't necessarily losing matches, it was the sheer number of draws which hampered progress. Nine of the last sixteen fixtures ended all square, with a real lack of potency in the final third clear to see. The club didn't replace Leonardo Ulloa when he was sold up to Leicester in pre-season, instead investing the £8million fee somewhat cheaply on unproven Championship strikers Sam Baldock, Adrian Colunga and Chris O'Grady. Between them the trio had scored just three goals, whilst centre back Lewis Dunk led the way on five in all competitions.
A whole host of loan players were brought in as a bid to improve performances, but the rules stated a maximum of five were allowed in the matchday squad at any one time, forcing certain players to miss out. The combination of not owning much of your squad with a huge number of injuries spelt trouble for a club that went so close to the Premier League in each of the previous two campaigns. Not many had anticipated such a drop in results.
Tonight's opposition Millwall however, were far more used to this. They only narrowly survived the drop last time, changing managers half way through in the process. The 2014/15 season began far brighter with three wins in the opening five games, and progression to the Second Round of the League Cup. Form dropped off completely in September, losing four out of five. Going into the clash at The Amex, Millwall were in a dreadful run of form having won just once in fifteen. Sky Sports, perhaps in gallows humour, selected this fixture for Live broadcast on a cold, Friday night in December.
Goalkeeper David Stockdale transferred from Fulham over the summer to come straight in as first choice following the release of Tomasz Kuszczak. However, he was forced to miss much of last month through injury. Spanish right-back Bruno missed even longer, as injury set him back six weeks but was fighting fit again. Today's captain Lewis Dunk was partnered by former Colchester and Portsmouth centre-half Greg Halford. He was drafted in on loan from Nottingham Forest and made his Albion starting debut tonight covering in Gordon Greer's absence. Left-back Adam Chicksen made the move from MK Dons eighteen months ago but struggled to maintain a first team place; behind Stephen Ward last season and Joe Bennett this. Chicksen went out on loan to Gillingham to gain playing minutes but was recalled prematurely just the day before tonight's clash. With the maximum of five loan players in the starting line-up, Joe Bennett had to be left out.
Jake Forster-Caskey only missed one League match thus far in the middle of the park, whilst Liverpool loanee Joao Teixeira hadn't started since the last win; against Wigan in the first week of November. Elliott Bennett won the League One title with the Albion back in 2011, earning himself a place in the Divisional Team of the Season en route, but then left Sussex for Premier League Norwich. After initial success there, injuries impacted his place; starting just twice during the Canaries relegation season in 2014. With spots limited, he re-joined Brighton on loan after the televised Bournemouth defeat. Winger Solly March started half of last season's League games but didn't feature in the side this campaign until last time out in the defeat to Derby due to a back injury.
The man charged with stopping the Seagulls rot in front of goal was the experienced Darren Bent. The Villa forward came in on a month's loan and scored on debut in the defeat at Fulham two weeks ago. His top flight experience with the likes of Ipswich, Charlton, Tottenham and Sunderland, as well as thirteen senior England caps, provided contrast to a fairly youthful side. The bench included Adrian Colunga, who had just two goals to his name to date, and Paddy McCourt, a summer transfer from relegated Barnsley.
Ian Holloway returned to The Amex for the first time as a manager since that disastrous Play Off Semi Final in 2013, having taken over at Millwall in January. He guided the Lions to Championship safety in nineteenth, four points above the drop. He brought in striker Lee Gregory from Halifax and Everton midfielder Magaye Gueye over the break. Goalkeeper David Forde became the Republic of Ireland's oldest ever debutant when he started in a goalless draw at Sweden in 2013, aged thirty-three.
Defender Danny Shittu won promotion to this Division under Ian Holloway in 2004, the year when Albion joined them via the Play Offs. Centre back partner Mark Beevers was targeted by Rotherham over the summer but their bid was rejected. Martyn Woolford was a regular in the middle having joined eighteen months ago from Bristol City. Spanish midfielder Angel Martinez was at Blackpool with Holloway and the pair were reunited at Millwall for his debut tonight. Substitute options included former Yeovil midfielder Ed Upson and Jamaican international striker Ricardo Fuller. Refereeing the contest was James Linington.
Natalie Sawyer was once again at the helm for Brighton's Live Championship match, following her first Seagulls game last month. Having begun hosting Leagues 1 and 2 and the Johnstone's Paint Trophy coverage last season, her role expanded to include some Championship games this season as number two behind Simon Thomas. This was previously the job of George Gavin, who very occasionally still covered Live matches, but was more regularly used to voice round-ups and present FL72 Preview and Review programming.
Joining Sawyer in the studio at The Amex was David Prutton and Keith Andrews. Prutton was Sky's new signing this season, having retired from playing following a short spell with Coventry. The midfielder began at Nottingham Forest, coming through the youth system, spending five years in the East Midlands before moving up to the Premier League at Southampton. He spent three years at both Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday, amongst other Football League teams, before bringing his career to a close over the summer. As well as punditing on Sky's FL72 Live and magazine programming, he was an in-vision reporter on Gillette Soccer Saturday travelling around the country covering the lower Leagues.
Keith Andrews spent the whole of last season on loan with Brighton under Oscar Garcia, making thirty-five appearances. His solitary Albion goal came against Sheffield Wednesday in October 2013. He returned to parent club Bolton following our Play Offs defeat to Derby, but with first team opportunities looking unlikely, Andrews joined Championship side Watford on loan towards the end of July. The Republic of Ireland midfielder earned thirty-five caps for his country, including all three matches at Euro 2012 before being sent off in the defeat to Italy. Despite this, he was named Ireland's Player of the Year for 2012. The 2014/15 campaign would be his final one before retirement.
In the commentary box were Daniel Mann and Garry Birtles. Mann was firmly second choice in the Football League behind Bill Leslie, but with Leslie also covering some top flight Live action, Mann's opportunities increased each season. He was Sky's voice of 3D commentaries for the previous four years, but the project was quietly dropped by Sky now due to a lack of uptake. Garry Birtles had been involved in Sky's League commentaries for over a decade, dating back to the opening day of the 2003/04 season. Whilst he had been overtaken by the likes of Don Goodman and Andy Hinchcliffe in recent seasons, Birtles still did a wide range of football including Premier League 3pm world feed matches, La Liga and international matches. He also was a regular in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy and Leagues 1 & 2.
The final member of the on-air team for tonight's clash was reporter David Craig. He was a long-standing part of Sky's reporting roster, primarily for Sky Sports News. This expanded to Live match interviewing as of last season, reporting on Johnstone's Paint Trophy and under-16 international Victory Shield games, as well as the second choice on the Football League.
Friday nights were a regular slot for Live FL72 action, as well as Saturday 12.15pm to go head-to-head with BT Sport's top flight lunchtime games. The programme began fifteen minutes prior to the 7.45pm kick-off, hosted from the stadium studio at The Amex towards the corner of the North Stand. Throughout the month of December, Sky Sports used special Christmas themed idents, as was now tradition for them. The famous animated snowmen of yesteryear were a distant memory, instead focussing now on snow-topped streets with the logo prominently place and commentary from a classic match over the top. Lights displayed the message "Merry Christmas". After the Screwfix sponsor bumpers and the "Run Boy Run" title sequence, new for this season, the programme was underway.
Host Natalie Sawyer emphasised the contrast in fortunes for supporters of the Seagulls who, for the past two seasons, were more used to the battle at the top than avoiding the drop. Millwall, on the other hand, had appointed a manager more used to getting teams out of this Division but were desperately fighting just to stay in it this time. A glance at the League table showed the precarious positions for both, with Albion in the drop zone in twenty-second place and two points from safety. Millwall had twenty points from twenty games, sitting prettier in twentieth spot. "This time last season, Brighton were thirteen points better off and just outside of the top six," Sawyer compared.
She was joined in the box by guests Keith Andrews and David Prutton. Andrews experienced the Albion during the previous campaign, reaching the Championship Play Offs. The current Watford man was asked what the downturn in form could be attributed to; "You can bring it back to a few seasons of turbulence off the pitch – managerial changes for the last three summers. There's huge ambition at this football club and it is set up for success and long-term sustainability, but I just think it's caught up with them a little bit."
The studio team picked out a couple of key players to watch out for, including Brighton's newest striking option Darren Bent. Keith Andrews was expecting Bent to do well at the club, citing "wherever he's been he has got goals". David Prutton believed the Albion were "in essence a great team", with decent possession stats and passing football. Due to the amount of loan signings, they were needing players who could gel quickly. As for Millwall, their key man was signed out of non-League; Lee Gregory from Halifax. The question of if he could make it in the Football League out of the National League was answered using examples that had gone on to better things; Andre Gray at Brentford and Jamie Vardy at Leicester, who also came from Halifax to move up. The pundits both expected the home side to be a threat and have enough to defeat Millwall tonight. With the previewing done, it was time for a quick ad break before the teams were in the tunnel and raring to go.
Just before kick-off, both managers were interviewed by reporter David Craig. Sami Hyypia was asked about the expectation of the job after such a poor start to his reign; "In my playing career, you play under pressure. I think pressure is good to be there." Ian Holloway explained he made five changes to freshen the squad up after a humiliating defeat the previous week; one which Holloway described as his "worst day in football". Then it was over the commentary team of Daniel Mann and Garry Birtles to talk us through the first half action, with 'Sussex By the Sea' ringing round as the teams walked onto the pitch.
The half time analysis centred around the goal from Lee Gregory. Pundit David Prutton pointed out the number of players Millwall were getting forward was much greater than when Brighton attacked. When Gregory struck for the goal, there were an additional five yellow shirts in the penalty area. There was praise for Lewis Dunk from Keith Andrews, blocking shots and being "a real leader at the back". The only success for Brighton probably came away from the game, as a half time proposal from one of the fans made it onto the Sky coverage. Natalie Sawyer name checked them as Kristina Sinclair and Jamie Howell, so congratulations to them. She did say "yes", by the way.
Straight after the final whistle, reporter David Craig was on the pitch speaking with Man of the Match and Millwall captain, Danny Shittu, alongside goalscorer Lee Gregory. "That's what this League's all about. You've gotta fight!" said Shittu. After the adverts, around eight minutes or so of the programme were left to wrap things up. The stats presented a slightly different picture than what the scoreline did, with Brighton having more possession, attempts and shots on target. But the lack of bodies in the box and clear-cut chances cost the Albion. The studio team spoke over a montage of half-chances created, with Keith Andrews adding "they lack real clinicalness and ruthlessness. They did create some decent chances, but the confidence is clearly low."
During his interview with David Craig, Millwall boss Ian Holloway echoed the point about confidence; "It's all about believing and your performances are what you work for. The last one was awful but we've got massive character at this football club, let's keep going." Once again, there wasn't time during the Live broadcast to hear from Sami Hyypia, with Natalie Sawyer directing us towards Sky Sports News for that later on. That is where the broadcast concluded, on a very bleak evening for the Albion. Change was needed. Change would arrive very shortly.
The visitors, in their change kit of all yellow, kicked off playing from right to left in the first half. Darren Bent was quickly showing what a good player he was, better than this level of football, with intelligent flick ons and lay offs. Unfortunately, a nice move down the left grounded to a halt when it was played back inside to Solly March, who opted for the wrong man in trying to loop it over the defence for Teixeira. Millwall enjoyed a couple of good moves of their own early on too, forcing the defence to work hard to clear the danger. Just before the quarter-hour mark, the Lions broke the deadlock to take a deserved lead through Lee Gregory. Brighton struggled to properly clear from Malone's cross on the left. It eventually went to Gueye who shaped to shoot on the edge of the box. He got into a tangle and dragged it but it fell kindly into the path of Gregory. With his marker Dunk on his backside, space opened up for Gregory on the right of the six-yard line to just lift it over David Stockdale charging out and nestle into the corner (below left image). Millwall had their opener as the boos began to creep in at The Amex.
The atmosphere worsened as the game went on. Misplaced passes were booed, groans were very audible and patience was wearing thin. Brighton were shading the possession but there was nothing to show for it. Ten minutes after the goal, the Albion tested Millwall 'keeper David Forde twice in quick succession. Jake Forster-Caskey hit a low drive from almost thirty yards to force Forde into palming away down to his left. The rebound saw Bruno's cross along the ground couldn't quite reach Darren Bent, as Forde again got there to deny Brighton. It was the first sign of any intent. Much of the Albion joy was coming from the left, with Teixeira key and Adam Chicksen supporting well. But finding Bent was proving difficult. Indeed, it was the Portuguese winger who made Forde produce another save, stopping his shot from the right this time. Real clear-cut chances were few and far between and at the break, it remained one-nil Millwall.
A chorus of booing greeted the half-time whistle, whilst a banner was unfurled suggesting Hyypia's time was up. It also criticised the role of David Burke, the 'head of football operations, who had been at the club for three years. He had been tasked with recruiting players and his results were, at best, mixed. Under both Hyypia and previous coach Oscar Garcia, high profile stars had been sold on but these were not adequately replaced, consequently making the squad worse. If Brighton had overachieved last season, the reality under Burke was hitting hard this time. Burke was dismissed from his role less than two weeks after this match. The booing continued into the second half, whenever the ball went out of play and Sami Hyypia touched it. Certain sections of the home support wanted their dissatisfaction to be heard. Loudly.
Having been warned about taking his time very early on, Millwall goalie David Forde was booked for timewasting ten minutes after the restart. But it was he who was keeping the Lions in the lead. Brighton's best chance so far though, a couple of minutes later, required no action from Forde as Solly March blazed a brilliant opportunity high and wide. Adam Chicksen put in a terrific first time cross from the left. It found March unmarked twelve yards out, in line with the near post. He got his shot all wrong as he leant back and allowed it to cannon off his calf to sail over. The England under-21 international really should have done better with that. After sixty-five minutes, March was replaced by Adrian Colunga, back following suspension for his sending off in the defeat here to Fulham.
Millwall had very little by way of attack in the final third throughout the second half. They did muster a tame shot with twenty minutes remaining which should have been easy for Stockdale to gather. But, perhaps due to the lack of confidence around the team, he spilled it and had to be quick to gather the loose ball. Albion made a second change, bringing on, according to commentator Daniel Mann, "the maverick talents" of Paddy McCourt, replacing Elliott Bennett in midfield. Within minutes he almost assisted an equaliser. McCourt's free kick was sent in dangerously towards the back stick. Gary Gardner got his head to it to float it towards the other post but Beevers was there for Millwall to clear in front of the goal line as Bent was waiting for the tap in. The possession was again edged by Brighton, much like in the first half, but that was not being converted to the scoreline. The chants of "We want Sami out!" were audible over the television pictures.
Five minutes were added on at the end of the ninety. A corner presented an opportunity for everyone, including goalie David Stockdale, to get in the box and apply the pressure. Teixeira's kick woefully didn't get above waste height and was cleared by the first man. A crossing chance for Adrian Colunga arrived a minute later, with five in blue and white waiting. The cross was too deep and alluded everyone. Frustrations were clear for all to see and hear. It petered out into a sorry, one-nil defeat. The final whistle blew, the boos rang louder than before. "More anguish at The Amex for Brighton", said Daniel Mann.


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I'm back into flight sims after a few years away doing Uni, and I'm dipping my toes into creating scenery.
My first project is St Mary's Airport in the Isles of Scilly (code EGHE). I know that Earth Simulations created what was apparently an awesome payware scenery, but since they have now stopped trading, I cannot get my hands on their addon, so I thought I'd try to recreate it myself using ADE and SBuilderX.
This is a problem I've been having after using ADE. After going around in circles trying to get my new EGHE into FSX, I managed it, but the default airport buildings are showing up at the same time, along with some very "interesting" overlaps with the terrain.
I'm kinda pulling my hair out, because I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong - I do admit to being a beginner and I have much to learn. If any of you can impart your wisdom onto me, I would be most grateful.
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P.S. If there is a way to (legally) get my hands on some good Isles of Scilly scenery, do tell me! I'm all ears.


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Meeting: Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Abstract number: 697
Categories: Adult, Clinical Vignettes Abstracts
Case Presentation:
A fifty-three year old woman presented with symptomatic anemia and hemoglobin of 6.8. She also described progressively worsening fatigue, dyspnea on exertion, weight loss and night sweats over the last three months. Given her history of Crohn's disease, she had been undergoing extensive outpatient evaluation for gastrointestinal bleeding which had been negative. Her medical history included bilateral renal angiomyolipomas, prior cerebrovascular accidents secondary to non-valvular atrial fibrillation and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Abdominal CT showed active bleeding into an angiomyolipoma in the left kidney, amassing approximately one liter in size. She underwent urgent embolization of the bleeding pseudoaneurysm without complication. The next hospital day she developed fevers, which continued for eight days without evidence of active infectious etiology despite diagnostic workup. She was transferred to the ICU for concern of DIC; once there, new neurological deficits prompted further workup revealing a large middle cerebral artery stroke and large aortic and mitral valve vegetations.
She was initially treated with empiric broad-spectrum antibiotic and antifungal therapy and then tapered to ampicillin-sulbactam and ciprofloxacin. With resolution of aortic and mitral valve vegetations on repeat echocardiography, she was discharged on this regimen for six weeks of total therapy. No microbiological pathogen was identified on extended bacterial and fungal cultures even after three weeks.
Timely diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) is important, as morbidity and mortality from the disease can be high. Subacute bacterial endocarditis differs from acute endocarditis as subacute bacterial endocarditis carries a significantly better prognosis. Subacute bacterial endocarditis is generally due to Streptococci species, compared to the highly virulent Staphylococcusspecies causing acute bacterial endocarditis. Diagnosis for IE is made with Duke Clinical Criteria comprising of major criteria (bacteremia, endocardial involvement) and minor criteria (fever, predisposing intravenous drug use, immunologic and vascular phenomenon, fever). Surprisingly, in this patient, only one major and one minor criterion are met, insufficient for a true diagnosis of infective endocarditis. However, the clinical suspicion for IE remained high given the new valvular vegetations and presence of new stroke.
In 20% of patients, blood cultures fail to grow causative microorganism for endocarditis. The most common fastidious organisms are Bartonella species, Coxiella burnetti, and Brucellaspecies. This patient's immunosuppression with azathioprine also predisposes her for fungal infections, though galactomannan and fungitellin serum assays and fungal cultures were negative.
IE is a notable cause of cardioembolic stroke and occurs in about 17% of cases. The risk for stroke is highest at time of presentation and declined within 1-2 weeks after antimicrobial treatment. Risk factors for stroke included infection with Staph aureus, large valvular vegetations, and immunosuppression. Fungal pathogens also increase the risk of embolization; one review of fungal endocarditis showed a 45% rate of peripheral embolization.
Infective endocarditis may present with negative blood cultures. If clinical suspicion is high for endocarditis, initiation of appropriate antimicrobial therapy may decrease morbidity such as stroke.
To cite this abstract:Moodabagil N, Bowles E, Bhatnagar D. Hacek Me If You Can. Abstract published at Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif. Abstract 697. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2016; 11 (suppl 1). https://www.shmabstracts.com/abstract/hacek-me-if-you-can/. Accessed April 4, 2020.
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The Supreme Court has refused to hear the case filed by Guatemalan national Encarnacion Bail Romero, regarding the adoption of her biological son by Seth and Melinda Moser, ending a custody battle that has raged for nearly seven years. Reports CBS News from Carthage, Missouri:
CARTHAGE, Mo. — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a Carthage, Missouri adoption case.
This appears to be the end of a long case that began when an undocumented woman from Guatemala petitioned to regain her parental rights… The custody battle for Melinda Moser and her family is believed to be over according to attorneys in the case.
Moser is the adoptive mother of 7-year old Jamison Moser and for nearly seven years she's fought to keep custody.
All the while, Jamison's biological mother tried to use the courts to regain custody of her son.
A relieved Moser recalls the experiences. "Kind of like people probably that suffer with a terminal illness, you never know which day will be your last. "
Jamison's biological mother, Encarnacion Romero, had been arrested during an immigration raid and was later convicted of identity theft.
After leaving federal prison in 2009, Romero filed to overturn the adoption case and won.
The Mosers appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court, that reversed the lower court's decision.
What's to be said regarding news like this? As adoptive mother, I cried when I read the decision, identifying strongly with the struggle endured by Melinda and Seth Moser. But that doesn't mean I can't imagine the pain and loss felt by Encarnacion Bail Romero. I do.
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I purchased some Cupro and Viscose twill from Blackbird Fabrics on Christmas day on a whim and when I got it, I had no idea what to do with it. Whoops! That's supposed to be against my rules. It took me a while to come up with the right pattern for the very small amount of fabric I purchased. Then I remembered I had purchased the Seamwork Addison tank a while ago and had never made it. It was meant to be!
This pattern and material go well together. The Cupro and VIscose twill is a slim enough fabric and irons well enough for the collar to lay nicely. It also has simple lines which really show of the gorgeous silk-like sheen of the fabric.
Unfortunately this fabric is is also super shifty on the bias and that made hemming it a real challenge. I had to get rid of the hem shaping in the front and my hem still didn't turn out well. Oh well. I made it to wear tucked in to my DIY pencil skirts anyway! I also adjusted the front and back armscye shaping a bit to make them wider and to show a little less skin. If you do this, don't forget to make the same adjustments to the facing pieces. I forgot and had to cut new facings out of a different fabric.
This is the perfect tank for layering and is going to become a staple of my work wardrobe along with my oh-so-comfy DIY elastic-waisted pencil skirts. I've paired it with my latest pencil skirt in these photos which I made out of the remnants from my last Seamwork Astoria. Can you believe this is the underside of that flowery ponti? I love that this skirt has secret flowers on the inside :) Also, yay for new work clothes after a string of pretty party dress makes!
I made this outfit for my Sewing Makes You Love Yourself (#smyly2018) post last weekend. If you haven't read that post yet, you can check it out here.
Thanks for stopping by!
~ Lindsay