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Corn Snakes make very popular pets to reptile lovers – they are relatively easy to care for, and for that reason they are considered the ideal 'starter snake'. But if you are considering taking a snake on and you are new to reptile ownership, then you may want to consider these important points before giving a snake a new home…
Corn Snakes live on average for around 10 – 15 years. Make sure that you are committed to caring for your pet for this length of time. It is worth finding yourself a specialist reptile vet before you take on a snake, so that if you have any concerns you will already know where to go. Also, see if you can find any other Corn Snake owners, who will have the experience to be able to help guide you.
The temperature is important to any reptile. Reptiles require a thermogradient – this means that they need a warmer and a cooler end of the vivarium. You can use a heat lamp or a mat (make sure that if you are using a lamp it has a guard that will stop the snake pressing against it and getting too warm). The area where the snake basks and absorbs heat should be between 27 degrees Celsius and 32 degrees Celsius and the cooler end should be around 20 to 24 degrees Celsius. You will need to monitor these temperatures with a thermometer at each end of the vivarium. Make sure that the heating in your home is warm enough – A Boiler Installation Gloucester company including https://redbridgeandsons.co.uk/heating-systems-gloucestershire/boiler-installation-gloucester can help you with this.
A Corn Snakes main diet is mice and rats. When you are feeding your snake, it is important the prey has defrosted thoroughly and is no larger than 1.5 times the size of the widest part of the snake's body. This is where having a friend or a good reptile vet comes in – they can advise you the size of the food to feed to your snake if you are unsure. It is worth finding a stockist of frozen mice or rats before you take the snake on, so that you can ensure you always have a good food supply for your pet.
Corn snakes can get very used to regular handling – the main thing to remember is that 10 – 15 minutes is the longest recommended period of time to handle the snake for, otherwise the core temperature of the snake's body will drop too low. Also, remember that although corn snakes do bite when feeling threatened, the bite is not venomous – if your snake is feeling threatened it will show you by putting its neck in an 'S' shape. If it does this leave the handling to another time. Make sure that you support the snakes body with both hands when handling.

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This battleframe feels nice. I'll take one and that massive sniper rifle over there.
If you asked me a month ago which game I would like to beta test more than any other, I would have said Firefall without hesitation, and you can't really blame me. The game is being made by Red 5 Studios, a development team full of high-profile former Blizzard Entertainment employees. In addition, it is going to be completely free-to-play with no buy-in, and includes a heavy dose of PvE and PvP elements for MMO nuts like me. What else can you ask for?
At its core, Firefall is a twitch-based shooter. No matter how your character is specialized and equipped, you'll have access to a jetpack that takes your high vertical leap and doubles it by allowing you to glide mid-air. What this does more than anything is add another dimension (z-axis) of positioning, a theme that is exceptionally important in online shooters and extremely rewarding when mastered. Coupled with the high speed of play, quick target acquisition and a groomed trigger finger will go a long way toward keeping you alive against challenging foes that would like nothing other than for you to meet your maker.
In Firefall, classes are handled in a very friendly way. Your class is determined by which battleframe you have equipped—think of it as an armor type—and the best part is you can switch between them at certain locations in the game world. Battleframes include the long-ranged expert Recon, the soldier-esque Assault, the supportive Biotech, the cunning Engineer, or the intimidating Dreadnaught. This is one of the few MMOs out there that lets you play as any of the classes so you don't have to reroll an alt in order to enjoy the other styles of gameplay.
The most important value of the game is its cohesive shooting mechanics. There is a large arsenal of weapons to equip and collect, and they're as satisfying and precise as you'd want them to be during your ongoing effort to blow up enemy bugs into a cloud of insect smoke or show an online opponent that you have better aim. You'll also employ abilities and "calldowns" to give yourself some additional utility. Abilities are battleframe-centric and each one you unlock adds additional complexity and enjoyment to the game experience. On the other hand, calldowns are the equivalent of ultimate abilities and have lengthy cooldowns but if used properly have a dramatic effect on the battlefield.
You can customize your character in several different ways with three skill trees offered for each battleframe. Upgrades farther into the trees are valuable with substantial effects and even new battleframe armor with bonuses and flashier skins. Given that there are five classes and you can play as each, heading into the skill tree menu and deciding on what to put your points into next is fun in and of itself.
What the game offers to those who like to become deeply invested in their online games is a seamless MMO world and a PvP component. The world in particular has some great geometry which plays into the hands of the vertical-style gameplay, and the enemies are varied and unpredictable enough to reward you for learning the ins-and-outs of gameplay. Additionally, the game world features some dramatic moments of scenery, although the cel-shaded design—Red 5 calls it manga shaded—keeps it from being a showpiece.
The PvP environment is what will likely garner most of your attention. Red 5 is aiming for Firefall to be a commonplace eSport game, which is a feat that many have tried and failed at. What Firefall has going for it is a team of developers that have been successful in the past, a gameplay style that offers a high skill cap, and spectator tools ready to go for launch. Although shooters have disappeared from the high-end tournament scene with the advent of League of Legends and DotA 2, this one has a great shot at becoming a popular choice.
Given Firefall's conservative visuals, there are few excuses that will keep you from trying it when your friends keep bringing it up. It has the potential to be a killer on livestreams and a massive time sink for RPG players. Look out for it when it releases sometime next year.


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The Raimondi RAIZOR Tile Cutting System is composed of: two connectable guides with a cutting length of 5.2 ft. each, (10.9 ft. when combined) a die-cast cutting unit provided with a wolfram carbide wheel (5/8") and pin (pin rotates on bearings) a pair of cutting-off pliers for tiles/slabs with a thickness of 1/8" - 1/4", and 6 suction cups (3 per guide) with handles that perform at a 180 degree angle for cutting clearance. Everything is packed in a padded bag with shoulder-straps and modular compartments
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I would encourage commercial executives to join and contribute to the academy programme to make a true difference to the community and challenge yourself to operate in unique circumstances."
Harendra Madugalle, Head of Business Information, HSBC
How Academy Ambassadors works with leading employers
Academy Ambassadors matches talented leaders from business to board roles at Academy Trusts. Employers can participate by encouraging their staff to join the programme - knowing that they are investing in leadership development for their staff and improving the life chances of the next generation.
Adapting to fit your organisation
Our programme can be adapted to fit your needs. Academy Ambassadors can either provide significant control to the employer over which employees volunteer or offer a more open programme. Many organisations use Academy Ambassadors in a very light touch way – introducing us to a number of their senior leaders, from which point the Ambassadors team works with them one-to-one to brief them and make introductions to trusts. Other organisations want a group of leaders to be placed with trusts as part of a leadership development programme.
For example, some employers choose to work with Academy Ambassadors as part of diversity, female leadership, retiring partners or top talent programmes. The programme usually involves communications to employees at an appropriate level: business breakfast events with senior leaders and occasional Ministerial events.
Employers receive feedback on responses, appointments and impact. The key competencies developed are in the areas of: strategic leadership; accountability; people; structures; compliance and evaluation.
A range of roles for different levels of experience
Multi-academy trusts can have anywhere from 2 to 60+ academies and budgets ranging from £20m for a small trust to £100m + for the largest. That range provides scaled opportunities for staff at varying stages of their career.
Board roles are available for senior leaders seeking their first board-level experience through to those already holding a commercial non-executive director portfolio. The non-executive director role offers opportunities for accountants, lawyers, marketing professionals, HR directors, change managers and a range of other professionals.
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Non-executive directors have significant influence and impact - their authority is backed by the devolved funding, accountability and control inherent within the academies organisational structure. Academy trusts also have a clarity of purpose that gives the non-executive director role focus because academies are 'pure play' organisations established to raise educational standards and performance.
The Academy Ambassadors 2016-17 cohort will deliver over £4.5 million in value measured by time commitment alone, with much greater value delivered in terms of impact on academies' costs and performance.
Nearly half of the non-executive directors surveyed by Academy Ambassadors in July 2016 said that the opportunity to have a positive impact on their multi-academy trust is greater than they had expected. Read more about this here.
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- board presentations or business breakfast events to explain the opportunity to senior managers and partners;
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- one-to-one meetings support for interested candidates to find appropriate opportunities and guide them through the matching process;
- networking opportunities for staff with regular events at leading education and business institutions; and
- support for staff in their non-executive role with online induction materials, sharing of best-practice and leadership thinking and introductions to peer mentors.
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Furniture and Product Design BA exhibited at the new building
To celebrate the opening of their new buildings, the philanthropic institution Toynbee Hall commissioned two pieces from Cass students. Furniture and Product Design BA were asked to design 'Furniture for 21C Reformer' and Textiles Design BA were asked to design a furnishing fabric for the new Artist in Residence accommodation.
Cass Projects worked with Toynbee Hall and Studio tutors to develop the briefs, and to develop the competition specification. Toynbee Hall Chief Executive Graham Fisher chose the competition winner from BA Furniture: James Whittam. James designed 'Chair 0', a solid oak chair that also provides a writing surface. The piece is now exhibited in Toynbee's permanent heritage collection, and James has been commissioned to make further pieces.
BA Textile Design student Denise Lewis won the competition to design a furnishing fabric for the Artist in Residence rooms. Denise's design, based on Booth's poverty maps, has now been installed as curtains in the residential rooms. Toynbee Hall was so pleased with the design that they have also used the fabric in communal areas of the building.
Image: Chair 0 by James Whittam
More recent projects
London Festival of Architecture
Cass events in response to 2018's theme of Identity
Cass Extended Degree and Undergraduate Architecture hosted popular events for the London Festival of Architecture 2018.
News from Cass Projects
EVENT: Making a Living Week returns to the Cass
25-29 November 2019
Festival of employment brings students and creative industry professionals together.
The Cass Session 4 is published
Latest yearbook celebrates student work and achievements in 2017-18 academic year.
28 Brick Lane - Street art competition opens for student submissions
Entry deadline: Midnight on Monday 2 July 2018
Cass Projects and Tower Hamlets Council are delighted to announce the launch of a artwork competition.
Brady Clubs at The Loom
25 May- 5 July
A selection of photographs and memorabilia from the Brady Clubs Archive exhibited at Aldgate gallery
Cass Foundation course shows to open on 22 May
Senior lecturer Chi Roberts shares some exciting news about this year's Cass Foundation course shows.
Irish Writers in London Summer School
7 June - 13 July 2018
Dates announced for 23rd annual summer programme where students work with leading authors.
Celebrating the Olympic legacy with 'Conversation Pieces'
Students from The Cass's Unit 5 launch book to highlight design pieces from the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.
New Student Work at The Loom
Textiles BA and Fashion BA students celebrate another exhibition changeover at The Loom.
New approaches to animation explored by London Met lecturer
The practical guide hopes to encourage a more versatile approach to animation practice and features a cover image by Cass alumna, April Slocombe.
I wanna be adored
Cass jewellery students Valentine's offerings on show at Contemporary Applied Arts
The Cass Session 14-15
The first annual Cass yearbook, embodying the life, culture and achievements of the School has arrived.
The Cass Session 2014-15, a celebratory yearbook
A new yearbook celebrates the first cohort of students graduating from The Cass, newly created three years ago.
Toynbee Hall: Cass Students to Help Reinvigorate Hub for Community in East End
Cass students were invited to join discussions
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Winning Olympic Gold with Half a Lung – Santiago Lange | Against All Odds
At these games, I was the
oldest sailor competing. From the day I decided
to join Ceci and participate in an Olympic
campaign, my dream was to win a gold
medal. One day they told me that I was
going to have a piece of my lung removed. The nine months
following the surgery until Rio required the greatest effort
of my sporting career by far. Santi never threw in the towel,
he never gave up. Never. (AGAINST ALL ODDS.
SANTIAGO LANGE) (PRESENTED BY BRIDGESTONE) Rio was exciting because the
same happens at sea as on land. Anything can happen. The first two or three days
after the championship started you saw that it was going to be
between those in front. Santiago and Cecilia were not
the best on any day of their Olympic campaign.
However, they did obtain the best average across the
championship. But, as always,
everything can fail. In fact, in the last race
he had it very difficult. (MEDAL RACE. SAILING NACRA 17) We were in first position for the Medal Race on the
general table, in a 20-minute race
where anything can happen. We had to defend
that first place. Absolutely nothing in it, so just one position change for any of those boats will
affect the whole of the race. Australia and Austria were the
two countries that posed the biggest threat. If we were in the first three,
we would win gold, for sure. And if we were in the top five,
we would be certain of a medal. The Medal Race encapsulates in 20 minutes all that my life
has been about. Sailing is in Santi's blood. His family were sailors. His father competed
in a navy vessel. My husband took them out to
the boat, and he loved to see the river. Santiago could never stay
away from the water. He could not be far from water, from the sea, the stars, from his entire inner life. And he has a communion with
water that is out of the ordinary. (YACHTING CLUB SAN FERNANDO,
ARGENTINA) The only thing I wanted to do
was to sail. But my old man said to me,
"You have to study something." There was no possibility of
continuing to sail and having no backup plan. We went to study together in
England when we were 18 or 20 years
old. We liked naval design. The only place where you could
study that was in England and there we went, thinking, both he and I,
that our future was going to be designing or constructing
ships. My father gave me money
for the whole year and we spent it in three
months, going to compete in three
international championships. He transported the ship
on a dolly, and then it was loaded on a
ferry and he went to France. Walking the three or four
kilometres with it until he got to the club,
he navigated, won, and then returned with the ship
and the trophy, bringing the dolly back with
him again. Santi won almost everything he
raced in. As a child, Santi won the
Optimist, then he won several World
Championships at Snipe. So I preferred to dedicate
myself to sailing professionally. In '88 he was 26, when a sporting career is usually over for most
sportsmen. It was hard to imagine
that a person of that age was going to have the time
to do what Santi did next. It was the worst possible start
we could have had. And there it is, they're
under way at the Nacra 17. This is the
final gold medal race. We, along with most of the
fleet, decided to go to the right
and really ease the sails. You don't have right of way. The one trying to go left
has the right of way. Like a line of cars. Even before it began,
we received our first penalty. An issue with the Australians. They were coming second. If they had been first,
they would have won the gold. Basically, if you're in the
right, you've got the rights, and the boat on port is
required to keep clear. To get out of this, they needed
to turn themselves around. By the time they had finished
the turn, they were at least 100 metres
behind the penultimate boat. We started the regatta last, at a great distance from
the nearest competitor. (CLUB NAUTICO SAN ISIDRO,
ARGENTINA) In terms of sports, I have
suffered a lot of adversity throughout my career. It was very difficult to get
there, given the precariousness of the
means that he had, because it had been difficult
for him to secure sponsors, support from the State
and so on. In Argentina we didn't have the
possibility to travel to Europe when I first started. Being able to go to the Olympic
Games, which I was able to do in '88,
was already so much. And I went with borrowed sails
and a borrowed boat. It was my second
international championship. Athens 2004 marked the creation
of a great team, with someone we both had been
dreaming about since '93. We raced in different
categories in '96 and in the 2000 Olympic Games. There was an illusion that united all in the general
nautical world, and that was that Argentina
would win a medal after so many years. Why not someday sail together and go in search of
a gold medal for our country? It looked like we were going
to have the resources, and then in 2001 came
the crisis in Argentina and we were left with no money. We thought, "Ciao." We would be able to
compete on equal terms. And we raced in a championship. Getting a medal was, for me,
something incredible. It was a dream to win a medal. But I never found out why we
lost, because I cannot find one
mistake that would allow me to say, "Look, in this race
we failed here." We raced some great regattas,
but we lost. I am convinced that Santi continued on in his search
for the gold medal because he knew that we were
very close. We got together for a year,
between games, and since we had such little
time and it was thought that there would be very little wind
in Beijing, we didn't do any training
for very windy conditions. The first day was a very
difficult day. Only 15 boats compete
at the Olympic Games. That first day with Santiago
we ended in 13th place. We had a very windy day
at the Olympic Games and that meant we lost
the gold. The two bronzes, I wouldn't say they were
anything to be scoffed at, no. But I knew we could win the
gold. (OLYMPIC GAMES. RIO DE JANEIRO.
2016) How are we going to take
advantage of the opportunities of this regatta so that we can recover
all that we have to? Can Santiago Lange,
at 54 years of age, can he come through the fleet? I stuck my head out of the boat
to look for an opportunity. The whole fleet had moved
to the left of the racecourse, and I decided to continue to
the right. Ceci looked at me and said,
"Old man, make some magic." I replied to her, "Calm down,
baby, it's going to be OK." And then they began to recover. You see him crumpled over,
55 years old, racing against kids that are
23, 24, 26… "Come on, old man, fuck!" And he went on, and on, and he
reached as far as he could. We reached the first buoy
closer to ninth place. He recovered something
that seemed almost impossible. We reached the second buoy
in sixth position. It was exciting, it was… It was crazy. (CLUB NAUTICO SAN ISIDRO,
ARGENTINA) I felt that Santi's mind-set was focused on returning to the
Olympic Games. He was reaching a very
important stage in his life, as is the possibility of sharing the Olympic experience
with his children. And he knew it, and the possibility of winning
a gold medal was still pending. I was training my children completely outside of the
Olympic arena. We called him "the sponsor". He was our sponsor, and I think
he was the main sponsor of our campaign for two
or three years. Yago had already begun
his Olympic campaign for Rio. I suffer a lot. I see my children's regattas
and I suffer, like any father would. I said, "No, I cannot be a
coach." That change of direction in the
campaign was very important because he also found
his partner Cecilia to sail in Nacra. The meeting with Santi, we could say that it was
something magical, because I clearly went
to ask him for advice about the matter
of my sports career. I said, "Well, I'm going to see
Santi. "This old sea dog will have
some advice to give me." Following that crazy
conversation, full of impulsiveness, I asked, "Why don't you sail with me?"
but Ceci would not answer me. And I thought to myself, "This little girl who will not
answer me, "who does she think she is? "Does she think I'm too old
to sail?" When I was one, he competed
in his first Olympic Games. And before I was even a
thought, he had already attempted to
qualify for the Olympic Games. I told him, "Look,
we'll give it a try. "I don't know if my knees
will hold out, "or if I'm going to have the
motivation." Out of that meeting and
my subsequent questions came Santi's return to the
Olympics. When he announced that
he was going to race, those who knew him said,
"Wow, and what for? "You have two medals
in the mixed Tornado class." When I am presented with a
challenge, I get passionate. The greater the challenge,
the more it motivates me. (CLUB NAUTICO SAN ISIDRO,
ARGENTINA) I have a lot of belief in young
people. With that desire, that
ambition, so eager to learn. That creates a tremendous
effervescence effect. I had never worked as a coach. At that time, if I'm not
mistaken, Santiago was 52 years old. I was 19. He was my idol. Suddenly, we found ourselves
caught up in the madness that we were going to race in
the Santander World Cup, which was the first
classification round for the Rio Olympic Games,
and we were world runners-up after having sailed together,
I don't know, for 30 days. It was crazy. We were already in Rio,
now all that was left was for Klaus and Yago to come
to Rio. I wanted, as a family, to share the Olympic Games
together. Clearly, the classification
in Santander for the Olympic Games was key to our campaign. If we had not classified
in Santander, we were sure to have a problem because later on we were
in the middle of… we were caught up in another
problem which was bigger than qualifying for the
Olympic Games. (OLYMPIC GAMES. RIO DE JANEIRO.
2016) The Argentinians, if they can
get back into this race… Third place was already at
stake, and he knew that if he finished
third he was guaranteed the gold. The anxiety we felt going
forward. We continued to force
our way to overtake boats. Ooh, I think that could be
another penalty there. Then came the situation in
which we had dubious passing with the Austrians. – It's a penalty.
– Yes, it's a penalty! – Everything was very fast.
– These were critical moments. "Stop, stop!
Let's see where we are." That's a penalty against the
gold medallist. And there was no time to speak, because the regatta was already
very tense. It cannot be that
you are penalised again when you have recovered that which is normally
unrecoverable. All the work we had done
was disappearing. And, well, then what happened
happened. (CLUB NAUTICO SAN ISIDRO,
ARGENTINA) The old man always took flights and we were with him at a
competition and he was sick
the entire day of training. What one feels when they are
sick is very bothersome. The relationship sometimes
became tense, because he was sick. With all the travel and time
differences and the competitions
and demands, during 2014 I got sick
all the time. "No, I'm in Valencia now,
but I'm sick. "It feels as though the planes
are making me sick. "Aah, no, I'm sick again,
with the flu. "Hey, guys, close the windows
or else I'll get the flu." He would go sailing again, and then lie down to rest,
to recover, but he never recovered. I started to have some tests
done. Nobody found anything. One doctor after another,
"What's wrong with me?" Until one of them found the
lump in my lung and that's when everything
started. He told me that he had
a lump in his lung. He said to me,
"I have lung cancer." "This cannot be happening to
you. Don't tell me this." Why me? I had taken care of myself,
I was a healthy guy. I eat healthily, I don't smoke, I don't drink alcohol,
I play sports. And this was always hard for me
to understand. Why was this happening to me? But to be defeated, never. This was the reality
that I was living in and I had to go through it. (HOSPITAL QUIRON, BARCELONA,
SPAIN) That lump needed surgery. I always say that nobody should be taken into surgery
forcefully, but in this case, waiting would
have proven fatal. "Will I recover to make it
to the Olympics? "I will have surgery, but I
want to go to the Olympics." We said, "With so many months
to go, "and because you will
have the surgery today, "the logical thing is that you "will be ready in time for the
Olympics. "Not with the same lung
capacity, "because we are going to remove
a piece of lung." It's surgery that we can only
perform on three out of every ten
patients that have a lung tumour. It was a very complicated
procedure. You didn't know whether he is
going to live or not, the old one over there. And nothing, to see his face… I remember that he grabbed my
finger and said to me, "Well, see you." And you don't know whether you
will see him again or not. Honestly, there was something
telling me that everything was going
to be OK and the family spirit
was one of… there was a spirit of
"let's get over this". The relationship with my
children is the most important
thing in my life. Much more than sports. I had a nice talk to Yago
and they all said to me, "Dad, I want to go,
I want to be there with you. "To me, the most important
thing is to be there with you." We did a number of crazy
things. Trying to classify for the
Olympics, while he was getting
surgery. They had a great challenge,
a big dream, which was to be able to
participate in the Games, and I said to them, "No, stay
there. "Calm down, I'm going to
be all right." Fortunately, I don't have to
tell you the story about my father dying while he was trying to go to
the Olympics. From the first videos that I
received, there is one where he is
walking, holding the bag that was
connected to his machines for medication, and these were the first steps
he took, with Theo. OK, we're here with the old man
here, walking like a champion. Then he made a move as though he was pretending to play
squash, which is the one thing
we all like, and it was very impressive
to see the old man there… the old man walking like that, and as they had made some
incisions on his throat, he wasn't able to talk. Then, it was,
"Hello, Borja, how are you?" Good morning, puppies. Here waiting for Edu to go
home. This is the last visit to the
hospital. A tremendous view. This is the armchair that saved
me on a couple of nights. The button to call the nurses. The nurses would answer me
through here, "Yes?" The bathroom button is so stiff
that I couldn't press it. But hey, now… ..I can press it without
a problem. That's why I'm being
discharged. So I think that today
we should go to Cabrera. I love you, champ. It is very important to me
that you are here with me. Hey, boss. Let's go, Theo. Just as to me the most
important thing that Yago and Klaus could do
at that moment was to prepare for their big
dream, it was nice to know
that Theo and Borja were there, that for them the most important thing was to
accompany me at such a special time. (CABRERA DE MAR, SPAIN) When sailing, and more so in a
Nacra, a ship that really flies, respiratory capacity is very
important. He told me, "I can't breathe." Suddenly, in the middle of
closing haul, I felt like I didn't have
enough air. Let's remember that where there
were two lung lobes, now only one remains. That one remaining lower lobe has to occupy the rest of the
haemothorax. I had so little strength
that couldn't turn the boat. We just sailed to one side. The nine months
from the surgery to Rio required the greatest effort
in my entire sports career by far. (MEDAL RACE. MANOEUVRE PENALTY) Yes, yes. This is it. This is the losing of a gold
medal for Argentina! I saw how much ground he had to
recover after the penalty he was given. And I thought that that was it. Anyone would have lost
the chance of a medal, not only the gold one. The mistake has already been
made, and then you must fix it. ..and put that down to that
infringement at the top mark. Suddenly, we saw that the globe
went down, that it had made a 360-degree
turn… We really thought that it
was very difficult. You don't get excited,
because it's impossible. You have already learned that you are in the middle of
the sea, and then a storm comes, and you
can't say, "Well, I'm getting out here." Santi never threw in the towel,
he never gave up. Never. (CABRERA DE MAR, SPAIN) Santi started cycling and,
of course, he got tired. There beside me, pedalling with
a lot of enthusiasm? The support of my friends,
of my children, of my family, they were great supports
in being able to overcome this and look ahead
with optimism and confidence. At this very table, Ceci said, "We have to go to live in Rio, "we can't afford to lose
even a day." There was no time for anything
but the Olympic Games. It was very arduous. The physical preparation
we had to do was very arduous and the number of them
that we had to navigate, but we could carry on thanks to
our mental preparation. You can be sailing,
in the middle of the sea, and can be doing yoga because you are connected to
yourself, with what you are doing. You are enjoying
what you are doing, and you are doing what you want
to do, that is yoga. It is part of our work method. One of the most important tools
that we use is visualisation. If I think I'm going to win, and I feel confident
that I am going to win, the body begins to create
neural connections so that when the time comes it is going to start acting in
that way. When we visualised,
we imagined what we wanted. We were the ones who trained
the most. We were the ones that spent
the most time in that place, we did not take breaks. By April, we had already won
two regattas. Then we could see
that we were the fastest. The guys were going home
and we stayed on in Rio, training every day. My dream was to get
to the Olympic Games with the possibility of winning
a medal. I felt invincible, I felt like I was there
operating at 200%. (OLYMPIC GAMES, RIO DE JANEIRO,
2016) When we were at the ceremony
in Rio de Janeiro, he told us, "Guys, maybe we'll never walk
in an Olympics parade "together again. " What I felt that night,
sentimentally and emotionally, was as big as having won
a medal. (MEDAL RACE. ENDING
CLOSE-HAULED) Two unforced errors by
Argentina! Wow! After the second penalty
in the men's final regatta, at that moment of tension where it seemed as though we
had lost the medal, and Cole and I were almost
crying, there was a moment when
Cole touched me on the back and made me turn. Dani was there with his eyes
closed and smiling. And I began to visualise, and I started to see them… ..reaching the finish line. And I saw them with their arms
raised, I saw them winning. I could see them winning and I felt that they were
going to win. It was a moment of relaxation and the three of us gave
each other permission to laugh because the reality was that it
was totally out of our hands. What you believe, you can create. It could be Argentina, still,
for gold. It could be! I started to see the arrivals
and I did not see Argentina. I start to see flags from other
countries and I wondered,
"What's going on here?" As it was so clear to me that
what guaranteed us the gold was finishing in the top three.
And as we were guaranteed a medal if we finished in the
first five, when I arrived to the finish
line, and as we were sixth, I thought we had lost
all chance of a medal. Argentina come over the line! I wanted to know the final
positions. People were saying everything. One said that I had not
won a medal, another that I had the bronze,
another didn't know. I thought Australia had won the
regatta, and, with the points we had,
I thought we were in second. But, luckily, I was wrong. I confused the Australian flag
with New Zealand's. The New Zealanders had won the
race and with this result,
we had won the gold. It is fascinating. It's beautiful to have won a
gold medal. It's very beautiful to have
fulfilled a dream after so much work, so many experiences,
so much effort. But the most important thing
is the journey. That person who, as a kid,
began to dedicate himself to his passion. Since the first Argentine
championship that I won, the Optimist,
which I won the last year I would be able to compete
in the category, until what happened with the
gold, somehow, it was like closing
the circle of a life dedicated to a passion. The Medal Race should remain
a testimony to what can be achieved and about not giving up. The cancer made him win
the medal. I once said, "We had the bad luck
to have had to go through "this situation of adversity." And when I finished the
sentence I said, "Maybe it was not bad luck." Maybe all that had to happen so that lots of other nice
things could happen to us, among them, winning the gold
medal. It was worth it. The Medal Race encapsulates in 20 minutes all that my life
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Google has more than?300 million monthly active users by google source. Google became popular due to it's first product 'Google's core search engine' launched in 1997 along with email and social networking tool called Google Buzz, but it wasn't that popular and discontinued by end of 2011. However, we are not here to talk about google story rather to understand how some of the products are successful while others are not even though the company is number 1 as per Alexa ranking. Let's talk about the new product by google; Google Keep and compares why it can not replace Evernote.
These are some of the popular products/services such as Gmail, News, Web, Images, Maps, Videos, Youtube & Yes Google+) from google used by most of the consumers these days. However, google also has so many products launched for different target groups to make their life easier by using product or services such as Drive, Sites, Blogspot, labs, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Docs, Checkout, Code, Webmaster, Adsense, Analytics, Adwords and much more which can be seen under the?list of google products.
There are so many note taking applications for mac, windows, linux including mobile platform. Every note taking application has different vision by keeping target users in mind i.e. college students, researcher, managers or even bloggers.
In my earlier post Evernote to Organize your Text Content Efficiently?I have explained some of the best usable features of Evernote. In March 2013, Google has launched?Google Keep?for both?Android Version?and Desktop platforms however the desktop is not promising at all for the time being. There are so many posts running on 'google keep vs Evernote' but if you are an existing user of Evernote then you will never like the current version of google keep desktop. Here I am putting down some of the notes that compares…
why Google keep can't replace Evernote.
Pros ??Google keep
- It allows you to create a new Note & List
- Google keep desktop is really fast due to it's powerful search engine
- Unlimited numbers of notes that you can have
- It keeps on saving while you are editing or creating notes
- It let's you view your notes in 2 formats, Grid view or List view
- The search note (on the top) will help you find a particular note from your keep dashboard
- You can also assign colors to each note for identification
Cons ??Google keep
- The UI is very much confusing in between the creation of Note & List i.e. as you see there is an icon for Create List but no icon for Create Note which appears as search box on the top and just below the Google Note Search.
- It does not allow you to insert Images on Safari Mac (version 5.1.7) rather on Chrome Mac.
- No options for note sharing as Evernote has.
- 'Adding a tag' is missing which is really helpful when you have similar notes under a main category such as Cooking or Education.
- Text formatting is missing that means no Bold, italic, Color, Underline etc.
- More view options are required such as Compact rather than just Grid and List views.
- The main advantage of using evernote is offline mode which is also missing in Google Keep.
- You cant even use google keep as standalone native desktop client rather on web.
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- Are the fares reasonable for you? __________________________________________
- How many people are there in your group? __________________________________
- How do you like the on board amenities (like food, drinks, lodging) of the cruise? __________________________________________________________________________________________
- The other amenities (like swimming pool, club, and gymnasium) were of good quality? _____________________________________________________________________
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Let's be honest, we all hate telemarking phone calls and the annoying sales pitch. But, there's another type of scam authorities want you to be aware of so that you don't become another victim.
Scammers are now targeting unsuspecting individuals by calling and claiming that they are with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Scammers have figured out that if you don't recognize a number, it's unlikely that you'll answer the call. So, what they are doing now is calling you and hoping that you don't pick up.
The call goes to voicemail and this is where things get interesting. Often times the voice will sound robotic or the person speaking will have a foreign accent. However, the message is crystal clear.
The scammers will leave a telephone number for you to call back, include a reference number, and tell you that you have an outstanding tax lien or tax debt. You're also told that until you pay the debt, you may have to appear before a judge or worse…be arrested!
The key here is no matter what the scammer tells you, don't believe them! The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reported in January of this year that over 10,000 unsuspecting individuals fell victim to this scam and since October of 2013, those victims have paid over $54 million to these scammers.
So what should you look out for if you receive one of these phone calls? Be on the look out for messages and callers who demand immediate payment, request that you wire transfer money, or that you send money via a debit card, gift card, or even an iTunes card.
Often times the scammers will sound legitimate. They will give you fake IRS badge numbers, case numbers, and may even know your name and address.
The IRS wants to remind you that they will never call you and demand a specific payment, threaten you by contacting the police, demand payment without sending you documentation and giving you a chance to review your file, or ask you for credit or debit card information over the phone.
If you receive one of these phone calls, you're encouraged to hang up and contact the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 1-800-366-4484.
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Zoe: A classic love story
From the moment I saw the cover for Zoe by T.A. Ford, I was entranced. The rich pastel textures reminded me of sweet confections reminiscent of beautiful previous century tapestries. The fact that a beautiful girl with smooth coffee skin instead of the usual porcelain complexion graced the cover made me sit up and take notice along with the laced title.
I don't usually read historical romances, mainly because the heroines were of the run of the mill same variety without much difference between them. Thus I couldn't find much interest. I did read historical fiction, like the Feast of July & Legends of the Fall, and many movies that took placed in the previous century that were adapted from books still grace my shelves to this day.
However Zoe has helped introduced me to a new love in a genre I hope to find more of in the coming days: IR Historical Romance.
And yet it's so much more than that.
From the moment we're introduced to Zoe, her sister Marianne and her stepmother Madame we enter a world of rare privilege and high society. Where women's futures are defined by the men they marry. Marianne is set to ride this path as she is to meet with the Count Julien La Roque de Toulouse as they enter his home. But once the Count sees Zoe, he is entranced by her and sets to make her his.
Most of the synopsis is in the back of the book so I won't recount it. I'll share my thoughts on the book instead.
In a word, this book is magnificent. A richly described novel that takes you into the depths of the character's turmoils, loves, frustrations and fights as they interact in early 19th century Toulouse, France. Author T.A. Ford takes you on a journey of the self discovery of her title character as she leaves childhood behind and enters womanhood. There were so many beautiful descriptions and wonderful quotes. One in particular stands out:
She reached down and pulled up the covers. She
understood now that being a woman was not losing her virginity.
Being a woman meant understanding her heart.
Zoe is definitely a strong independent female character forced to grow up wiser than her years due to the inhumanity she grew up around as a child and that she was reminded of by her stepmother everyday. Even through all the atrocities she faces and as she fears the loss of her family and her loves heart, you can't help but love her and keep cheering her on as she struggles to survive a cruel world.
Count LaRoque is a complex romance hero that defies mere terms like that of alpha and beta. He lives and breathes right off the pages as he goes from cold hearted womanizer to lovelorn hero within the pages. Once his past is revealed, it all becomes clear.
Author T.A. Ford said this book is part factual and part fantasy and I can see where some liberties may have been taken. But overall the book feels like it could have taken place in a very real time not too long ago. The descriptions of the scenery as well the character's dresses and actions made it seem like a period movie played out in my head as I read. I wished all the more that my dreams for directing had already come to light as this would definitely be a story I would be more than eager to adapt for the visual medium of storytelling (with the author's consent and guidance of course ;-) ).
I can't say enough about Zoe and I can't remember when a book last had me cheering out loud one minute, crying the next, and yelling in surprise the next minute after that. I started reading the book late last night with only the idea of reading one chapter and ended up reading until the sun started rising outside my window. Tonight I finished the second half of the book and haven't remember plowing through a good book in that short amount of time since I was thirteen reading Jurassic Park in three days.
This book has definitely made it to my keeper shelf and I can't wait to reread it again later. The book may seem rather costly but do not let that sway you. It is an amazing, entertain and beautiful read that you should definitely check out.
Zoe has earned it's way as number 1 on my best reads of 2008 list and I can't wait to see what else T.A. Ford has in store for her readers. I hope IR Historical Romances start popping up like Zoe, because if they do, I'll definitely be eating them up like hot cakes!
A highly recommended read.


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Apple has filed suit against a company it accuses of falsely representing that its products are genuine Apple cables and adapters when they absolutely aren't. Up to 90% of the "genuine" Apple cables and adapters sold on Amazon are estimated to be fake.
Apple is reported to be prepping its MacBook Pro refresh for later this month — say hello to faster chips and OLED touch screens and goodbye to USB connectors, if the rumors are right.
For the last few years, Apple has been an AMD-only shop. That could change if rumors are true; Apple may be preparing to pivot back to Team Green.
Apple still isn't acknowledging that touch disease exists, but multiple employees are claiming the company is fully aware of the problem. It just doesn't intend to do anything about it.
Apple is supposedly prepping a major refresh on the MacBook Pro, with a total overhaul and major new features for the platform.
Some of Apple's hardware is getting long in the tooth — but that's more a reflection on the moribund state of the industry than a statement about Apple.
Apple could be planning a major refresh for the MacBook Pro with an OLED panel replacing the function keys, a MacBook-style keyboard with butterfly switches, and a thinner chassis.
Apple has formally confirmed that QuickTime is dead, but the company's phase-out doesn't seem to have taken the needs of its partners into account — and it's not exactly bending over to notify users, either.
A new ransomware program is thought to be the first of its kind for Apple systems. Is this a one-off, or are more on the way?
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Big Data Problem Solving Capabilities Shift From Analytic To Synthetic
Fremont, CA: The tech market is awash with demands for big data and its allied products. So much hope and expectations are pinned to it that everyday new innovations are taking place with much zeal. The growth of Big Data and the abundance of programmatic interfaces to new fields and industries have altered the manner in which we resolve problems.
Zavin Dar, for Venturebeat explains how Big Data trends can be connected to analytic and synthetic truth.. An analytic truth can be derived from a logical argument and on the other hand, synthetic truth is a report whose correctness cannot be decided without access to pragmatic evidence or external data.
Similarly, with the emergence of big data, the world has shifted from creating novel analytic models to creation of infrastructure and capabilities to solve the problems via synthetic means.
Till now, the emphasis was on either creating new models or to use already present models to derive new statements and outcomes. But the development of computer systems and softwares has guided the transformation to synthetic innovation.
For instance, to understand the working of web in the synthetic approach, collection and synthesis of previous click streams and link are done to predict the user behavior in future.
But two infrastructural steps must occur before the application of synthetic methodologies to new fields. The first requirement is the underlying data must be in digital form and the second is the stack from the data to the scientist and back to the data must be automated.
Several instances can be quoted for digitizing existing data. Like Estimote, Innovation Endeavors' company is collecting physical data, which when applied to commercial purposes can help brick and mortar retailers or the adoption of Sports VU cameras to track location of the players and ball by the microsecond or Bitcoin, which represents an entirely digitized financial system.
Great emphasis is not only given for the collection of new data but also in storing and automating the action ability of the data. But the fact is that big data makes more sense when it is seen as a byproduct or as a means to solve a problem. View "big data" not in terms of data size or database type, but rather as a necessary infrastructural evolution as the trend shift from analytic to synthetic problem solving.
Essentially, a shift in approaching problems is taking place. By isolating from the intellectual and philosophical yoke of positing structures and axioms, no longer does one rely on step function driven analytical insights. Rather, what's happening is a widespread infrastructural adoption to accelerate the adoption of synthetic problem solving.
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From Uganda to Italy to the Philippines and seemingly everywhere in between, photos and videos of young climate protesters flood in.
From Uganda to Italy to the Philippines and seemingly everywhere in between, photos and videos of young climate protesters flood in.
Students from 1,800 towns and cities in more than 110 countries stretching from India to Australia and the UK to South Africa, walked out of lessons on Friday, the organisers of the action said.
Climate strikes are planned in more than 1,400 cities in more than 110 countries. Organisers say the number of young people taking part is set to top the 1.4 million people who participated in the global day of strikes in March.
The call was issued as young people prepared for what organisers have claimed will be one of the biggest student strikes so far on Friday, with protests expected in 1,594 cities and towns in 118 countries, according to the Fridays for the Future website.
A gulf is opening up between politicians and the people they claim to lead. Just as political elites around the world struggle to understand and respond to populism, isolationism and xenophobia, a new, more positive and more hopeful movement is welling up.
Germany's rightwing populists are embracing climate change denial as the latest topic with which to boost their electoral support, teaming up with scientists who claim hysteria is driving the global warming debate and ridiculing the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg as "mentally challenged" and a fraud.
An amendment to a parliamentary report declaring a climate emergency and calling on the parliament "to examine how [the Irish government] can improve its response to the issue of biodiversity loss" was accepted without a vote late on Thursday.
From 15-25 April, climate change was high on the news agenda in response to the Extinction Rebellion protests in London, a major BBC documentary presented by Sir David Attenborough and the visit to London by the Swedish school climate protestor Greta Thunberg.
Government advisors recommend climate target to be hiked to net-zero by 2050, a mark they said would lead the world and mobilise ambition in other countries — The UK will stop warming the global climate by 2050 and urge other countries to follow, under independent advice published on Thursday. In a 277-page report commissioned by …
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Massimiliano Gallo was born on August 9th 1986 in Agrigento, Italy. By himself, although many difficulties he succeed to determine and confirm his career in the West Sicilian music contest. Massimiliano is an italian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist too. Since he was fifteen years old he started producing and playing music as composer, singer and instrumentalist with particular love for the guitar. Through the music Massimiliano improved his way to understand life in its many meanings and this is the reason why we can say – according to that – the music plays an essential role on his life.
During his adolescence, Massimiliano started several musical projects with various artists and bands like – as musicians – Sergio Calì, Mirko Morreale, Flavio Cammilleri, Rosario Bevilacqua ecc… and Minimoug, Delir and Suprafonic – as groups – that can be considered some of the most relevant figure in the independent western Sicilian music perspective. With them he got a lot of live performance around Sicily. He also composed sixteen albums that contain different kind of music as blues, jazz, electronic and symphonic music; progressive, alternative, indie & brit rock, pop.
One of the most important experience in his musician life has been the co-creation with the Italian Musical Director, Marco Savatteri, about the production of theatre soundtracks. In this case, Massimiliano helped Marco Savatteri with his intuitions about electronic music. All of the people he worked with, contributed to increase his background as great composer and the musical "La visita", "Lo strano caso della famiglia Dupont" and "Otello" can be considered as the main expression of his professional exploit.
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Question 106: What is the ruling on the following categories of people in terms of belief and disbelief?
1- Who says that he does not believe in the Noble Qur'aan or in a verse of it.
2- A person who says that he believes his mind only.
3- A person who says to another, 'You committed apostasy' by going out with a girl displaying her charm.
4- A person who says: 'I am in no need for such-and-such Tafseer (exegesis of the meanings of the Qur'aan).
5- A person who acts as Imaam for his family in Friday Prayer at home and delivers a sermon claiming that he offers Friday Prayer at home. Is his Prayer valid?
6 – A person who says to another, 'Why do you not let the sideburns grow instead of the beard?' Does he scorn the Sunnah? The Prophet (peace be upon him) says: Let the beards grow.
7- If a person committing the previous sins is persistent and denies to repent, does he become a disbeliever for his rejection to the Qur'aan and Sunnah?
Answer: First, A person who says that he does not believe in the Noble Qur'aan or in a verse thereof or that he believes only his mind regardless of the Sharee`ah, should be told that this saying is an act of disbelief. If he persists in saying it, he is apostate from Islam. The Muslim rulers shall invite him to repent; otherwise, he should be executed, for the belief in the Qur'aan is an article of faith. Denying one Aayah of the Qur'aan is similar to denying the whole Qur'aan. The person who believes his mind only to the rejection of Sharee`ah is considered a disbeliever in the Noble Qur'aan and the Messenger (peace be upon him).
Second: Going out with a girl displaying her charm is not an act of disbelief; it is a sin, for it is a means to illicit relations. A person who goes out with the girl displaying her charms should be advised. May Allaah guide him.
Third: The books of Tafseer are numerous. Some of them should not be read while some are reliable references to understand the Qur'aan such as those written by Ibn Jareer Al-Tabaree and Ibn Katheer. To give the true legal decision concerning this point, the relevant Tafsir denied by the person should be specified… read more here.


text: alysoncheatham 10 Report post Posted February 13, 2014 It had been a rough couple of days, vomiting, fever, extreme thirst, immense urination. Though diabetes was never a factor in mine or my husband's family history, as my 17- month-old son Carter struggled with these symptoms, I worried that diabetes might be rearing its ugly head. I immediately took him to Urgent Care. Upon being seen I made mention to the doctor that I was concerned about diabetes and her question to me was: "Does diabetes run in you or your husband's family?" When I replied no, she looked at his throat, assured me that it was a virus and to keep him hydrated with Pedialite, Gatorade, Jell-O, and have him on the B.R.A.T diet and in a couple of days he would be fine. The following Wednesday, as the vomiting continued, I left for work with a heavy heart filled with worry. When I arrived home, my husband gave me the run down of the day and let me know that Carter had stopped vomiting. When I walked into our living room and saw our son laying on the couch, propped up by pillows, unable to lift his own head I broke down into tears and said, "We're going to the Emergency Room." Once in Triage in the ER, I sat with my baby, so lethargic and gaunt but still fighting. When the nurse attempted to get a blood sugar reading and couldn't she turned to me and said the phrase I never wanted, nor was prepared to hear, "I think your son is diabetic." Immediately, I started sobbing. I have never felt so helpless in my life. We were whisked away to a room and he was placed on drip fluids. I gripped my son in my arms and as I lay him down on the table to be poked continuously, I felt my heart rip out of my chest and be laid on the table with him. As my husband and I watched our son be worked on by a multitude of doctors and nurses, one nurse finally came up to me and notified me that Carter was to be air lifted to a Children's Hospital in San Diego (70 miles away). I asked if one of us could ride with him and was told due to health regulations we could not. Fear gripped me as I struggled with the feelings of abandonment my son would feel without me by his side for the flight. How scared he would be, and alone he would feel with strangers. I had to acquiesce; I had no choice. I was told by the staff in the ER that Carter was in severe DKA (Diabetic Ketoacidosis) and it was expedient that he get to the Children's Hospital right away in order to save his life as he was in critical condition. My husband and I kissed our baby goodbye and headed home to drop our four-year-old off with family, and pack bags for a week that would forever change our lives. My husband and I arrived at Rady's Hospital two hours later and Carter was stable, but struggling. The doctors came and spoke with us, and since he was in such severe DKA he was going to be moved into the Intensive Care Unit. We spent two days up in ICU where we learned in-depth what DKA meant and watched our son's body struggle to balance itself out while on a continuous insulin drip. Finally, after two days, he was taken off the monitors and allowed to eat. Just prior to eating he received his first subcutaneous injection. He didn't like it at first, but once it was over, he was fine. He ate and we were moved to the pediatrics floor where we stayed for the next three days and learned all there is to know about Type 1 Diabetes and A1C levels. As we learned the severity of DKA, and the detriment of measuring carbs and of being insulin cognizant, I couldn't help but still feel the enormity of change and lack of control I was to face once we left the hospital and headed home. Burdened with a human resistance to change, and an overwhelming sense of duty and responsibility we walked out of the hospital a new family. As I clutched the bags of my son's belongings, I looked at him in awe of his courage, strength and survivor's spirit. He had been through **** and back, his life changed in an instant bringing with it shots, finger pricks and more blood draws then a healthy adult has ever seen, yet when the fresh air hit his face he became alive. He was so grateful for all of the small things and no doubt excited to get home to get back to his normal life. I watched his devastation as I administered his first shot in our kitchen at home. I did my best to make it a positive experience, but knew being such a novice I was so transparent. As the days went by, my comfort level grew, and the fear that crippled me in the hospital was almost gone. I remembered that as his mother I would do anything for him: I would gladly take the place of his pancreas for as long as I needed to ensure that his life would be a long and full one. I decided early that diabetes was going to fit into our life, not the other way around. We involved our four-year-old daughter from the onset of this diagnosis. I brought her to the hospital once Carter had been moved to the pediatric floor so that she had a firsthand glimpse of what life would be like once we all came home. Though life has changed, I am more carb conscious; I administer shots; check blood glucose levels continually; worry when he is sleeping and constantly check on him through the night. He is still my little boy, just with more buttons. The one piece of advice I can give to a newly diagnosed family is to grieve. Though this is a manageable disease, there are days that are riddled with difficulties and trials. I have learned more in two months about diabetes and life after a diagnosis then I learned in all my years of schooling. Maybe it's because there is more at stake now, and misjudging is more costly these days. All I know is that through all the disappointment, the pain, the anger and fear, there is life after a diabetes diagnosis. Though blood sugar highs and lows are frequent and a part of our future, I have learned so much through my son, post diagnosis. My son is probably the bravest person I know. His strength is unwavering and his patience with me as I struggle to accept it all is astonishing. I have found peace in allowing myself the bad days when I will cry over nothing, or look through pictures pre-diagnosis and obsess over the things I should have seen in order to have spared him a hospital visit. The grieving process is different for everyone and we don't need to be strong every minute of every day; living with a child who has diabetes is frustrating and heartbreaking, but also extremely rewarding. Through this experience, my family has grown closer and stronger, and my son has a newfound confidence in my ability to care for him. Diabetes has shown me how to take every day as it comes, love stronger, always be present, and, most importantly, learn how to listen to your body (or in this case, my son's body.) Getting a Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis is terrifying, but it's not a death sentence. It is a second chance at life that evokes an overall sense of understanding oneself and having a healthy relationship with food encompassed with frustration, aggravation, anger, sadness and awe at one's capacity to fight and ultimately survive. You can read more posts that I write everyday about Carter's journey (on my blog) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites