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Like many women, Sara put caring for others above her own health concerns and it didn't occur to her that her abdominal pain could be a sign of cancer
"I always sleep on my side and one night I experienced a sharp pain there. Thinking nothing of it I moved onto my back and felt fine. As time went on I started to experience shooting pains and that pain in my side became more consistent; it felt like an internal swelling but I still didn't take it seriously — cancer certainly never entered my head. I was used to that kind of pain as I'd had a lifetime of painful periods and just wished for them to end....that taught me to be careful for what I wish for!
It was mid-June, about six weeks after I'd first noticed it, that the discomfort became consistent. It wasn't until July when I started to diarise symptoms: tender when I breathe in, shooting pains down my right side, throbbing pain in girlie area and discomfort in my side starting to feel tight. I started to experience the shooting pains about four times a day and finally made an appointment to see the doctor. I had a really busy job and my family was dealing with the emotions of moving my mum into a home as her Alzheimers progressed. As you can imagine life was quite stressful and I put caring for others before my own health.
I waited two weeks for an appointment as I wanted to see a female doctor. Late July I met Dr. Scott and thankfully she took my symptoms seriously; my 10-minute appointment lasted 40 mins whilst she did a thorough examination. All blood and tests came back clear! The only thing I had to wait for was an ultrasound. I waited patiently for my appointment to come through from the hospital but it seemed to be taking forever. In the meantime I returned to my GP for pain management who gave me pain relief and tablets for IBS (which never worked, so I knew it wasn't that). Would you believe me if I told you that I then went on to do a 26-mile charity walk along Hadrian's Wall on 13th August and another one 10 days before diagnosis in London. I found that walking helped relieve my symptoms.
My ultrasound appointment finally came through — six weeks after my original GP appointment. By now walking had become tricky and I noticed my clothes were becoming tight. They told me that they could see a growth on my ovary and fluid on my liver. It sounds silly but I was just relieved they'd found something and I thanked them for it! They advised me to make an urgent appointment with my GP, which I did. Cancer still hadn't entered my head; I was now thinking cyst.
"This is the trouble with the disease in my view; the symptoms feel minor and before having it I'd never really heard of ovarian cancer."Sara Le-Surf
My diagnosis was quite straightforward once I had the ultrasound and the next day I was sent for a CA125 blood test and at 2043, it was suggested that it could be cancer (a normal level is less than 35). On 21st September 2016 my consultant gynaecologist diagnosed me with stage 3c/4 high grade serous, which was later revised to 3c, following further tests.
It was the time it took to get the ultrasound that still bothers me. Had the scan been earlier perhaps my cancer could have been caught at an earlier stage. But having said that, I didn't help myself by taking my time in getting myself to the doctor in the first place. This is the trouble with the disease in my view; the symptoms feel minor and before having it I'd never really heard of ovarian cancer.
My consultant admitted me the next day into hospital and he advised me that the priorities were to drain my ascites, to do a biopsy and start my chemo. They drained five litres of ascites from my tummy, leaving me 7lbs lighter!
I was advised by friends to accept any trial I was offered and I did. I was then referred to Mount Vernon Cancer Centre a couple of weeks later (my CA125 level now almost 5000) where ascites was drained again and I was offered the chance to participate in the ICONB8 trial. This meant I had three cycles of Carboplatin and weekly Pacilaxel before and after the operation. I've been quite lucky with side effects and was only sick on my first dose. Apart from hair loss I coped well with treatment, although I remember my skin peeled in the early weeks which was a bit horrid.
Having said that, at the time of writing this I am eight months post-surgery and I have been admitted into hospital five times in four weeks for obstructions in the small intestine, resulting in acute sickness and the most awful stomach cramps. Until this week I was being fobbed off that the obstructions were being caused by my scar tissue (adhesions) however I had a CT scan and on Wednesday I was informed the cancer has returned to my intestines and there is nothing more they can do for me except make me comfortable. I was not expecting to be told this horrid news. I'll see my oncologist next week where hopefully more chemo will be an option. I still have the strength to give this cancer another kicking!
I'm not one for planning but I returned to work straight after last treatment and I put things in my diary to look forward to, especially spa days as I get tense. I've given up work now and I will have fun for as long as my body allows me to. I intend to live with my dad now so he can take care of me; he has been amazing. Could you look after your wife with Alzheimers and a daughter with terminal cancer? The man deserves a big medal!
I am supporting Ovarian Cancer Action as I strongly feel the answer lies in research for a screening test and a cure."
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Legislative function: The political & social factors influence on the productiveness & accessibility of the well being providers. Health Ministry official Budi Sampurno was questioned but he maintains that tobacco firms had nothing to do with it. A confirmation electronic mail has been sent, and you'll obtain our subsequent publication quickly! The Mayo Clinic at present claims, based mostly on their survey of medical analysis, that 200-300mg of caffeine per day is safe, however 500-600mg daily could cause health issues.
Dr Francesca Crowe said: The primary message is that food regimen is a vital determinant of coronary heart well being. Current well being articles also mention the importance of having a proper nutrition plan to verify we are not having some kind of problems on account of lack of nutritional vitamins and minerals intakes.
St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica has obtained $100 million from Abraxis BioScience founder and CEO Patrick Soon-Shiong and his spouse, Michele Chan, to develop a state-of-the-art information-sharing community that hyperlinks physicians and sufferers to other hospitals and ongoing research being performed at USC and UCLA, the Los Angeles Occasions experiences.
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Booby - bird species in Central and South American Coast that commonly known as fond of hunting fish.
The name booby is derived from the Spanish word "bobo" which means fool.
If a booby bird comes your way and calls for your attention, what does it want to communicate with you? From the nature of the creatures' name derived from the word which connotes silliness, this means being associated with man's original instinct which is to survive.
Unlike any other birds, booby birds are not easy target food of other animals. Their most common predators are human. Other animals can only fed on the chicks of the booby but adults are too big for them.
Perseverance in fish hunting is a remarkable trait of booby birds. They can survive in hunting except for their known predators in oceans which are odd sharks. As observed in booby birds, they naturally become more beautiful as they get older which feet becomes brighter in color.
Age should not defy beauty within you. It may be unavoidable for humans to get old but nevertheless, there should be a lot of things learned from various experiences that could make up for our stunning old age. You have to refrain from putting limitations in your capability for it only depends on how decisive you are to conquer your aims.
To have animal totem is a way of reminding us about a lot of things in life that people aims to achieve. It also reminds us to appreciate our surroundings whether it is our own place or not. Learn to value things for they might unexpectedly become either contributor to success or reason for failure.
If you are afraid to face identified risks that may affect your life, what strength can a booby gift share? It's the wisdom of a booby bird to be fearless. They have never been subjected to be preyed by just any other animal because of its protective traits.
Booby birds mostly thrive near seashore for it is where their survival depends on. With their survival instincts, they are also known for their agility in water which means they have greater probability of survival even not in their primary habitat. Its link with water is also equated with flexibility.
As observed, among the nature of booby birds is display of their courtship which symbolizes magnification of felt emotions. If you have this animal, be concerned of your relationships with others that you may be able to let others feel that you care.
Love and care that is not translated is never felt. It is important that people surrounding you are aware of your emotions toward them.
The wisdom of booby includes understanding different layers that can be associated with the ability to read the actuations of people around you. This can also be manifested with your ability to accept possible changes that may come your way unexpectedly.
The BOOBY shows up as a spirit guide when…
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If you've ever attempted to use arrays or objects on a Backbone.js model, you might have run into some strange behavior.
At first glance, everything seams perfectly normal. You can define a model with arrays/objects as properties no problem.
But as soon as you try to change those properties you'll see that your model doesn't fire change events consistently.
Setting the property to a new array does fire the change event.
.get() and changing the array does not fire the change event, but does change the model.
(now it gets really weird)
.get(), changing the array, and re-setting it also does not fire the change event, but does change the model.
So what to do now?
Always use _.clone()
Underscore (a dependency of backbone), includes a handy
clone() function that can fix this problem. If you clone the array first, it will behave just like any other property.
This problem can be especially tricky to catch, because you most often won't notice it until your views are only rendering part of the time.
If you want to read more on this problem, there's a good in-depth answer on stackoverflow on the subject.


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Canon EOS Photo5 Entry 5: "Beware of falling lemons"
What is Canon EOS Photo5?
EOS Photo5 is Canon's annual creative photography competition that begins with a brown box. Inside there are 5 separate photographic briefs to challenge photographers. Visit the Photo5 website here: http://canon.com.au/worldofeos/photo5/
Brief 5: Inspired by Sound
This brief is about your creative interpretation of a sound. The task is to listen to the sound bite at the link below, and create a photo inspired by it – using any technique you want.
Sound bite link.
My Entry
The first thing that popped in to my head when I heard the sound for Brief 5 was the old Road Runner cartoons. I kept seeing Wile E Coyote falling off a cliff for what seemed an eternity before finally hearing a tiny "poof" as he hit the ground. The sound from Canon however didn't end with that final thud and for that reason I wanted to capture an object falling but not actually at the point where it'd hit the ground like an egg broken on the ground.
My original concept did however involve eggs; my lounge room was again transformed, newspaper covered the floor beneath an old outdoor table, light stands either side focusing on an area above the table through which I could drop eggs and remotely trigger the camera & flashes. It worked pretty well I could capture the egg mid fall but it didn't really look like anything was happening, I could've just taken a photo of an egg sitting on a table and you'd have the same photo.
It wasn't until a drunken conversation with a workmate that evening (and half a dozen broken eggs) that I ended up with the idea of a toy riding an egg to the ground cowboy style and capturing it mid flight. Again the frozen image had no point of reference, not to mention the figurines I had handy didn't bend too much and it looked more like they were laying an egg than riding it.
I decided to use the toy as a focal point and provide reference for something actually falling, more importantly I purposely dialled back the lights and shutter to capture some movement. The blur of the lemon (I'd run out of eggs) as it fell conveyed the sound more meaningfully to me, again the frozen image looking like some weird set shot of a toy and a lemon with no obvious meaning. Lastly having the table visible ever so slightly was again on purpose and served to again reinforce the object falling to an inevitable end.
Equipment used & settings
Canon 7D with 15-85 kit lens
ISO 100, 50mm, 1/320, f22
Bowens Gemini 500 with Soft Box attachment
Bowens Gemini 500 with Umbrella
1 toy figurine
1 lemon
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"Ink Mole"
"Bubble Gum Hair"
"A Tree of Smoke"
"Confetti Explosion"
"Beware of falling lemons"


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Morgan and Kendall are the owners of The Rolling Runway in Athens, Georgia. In this episode, we discuss how to start a business with a partner, why they decided on an airstream, and the benefits of having an online store.
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- Morgan went to college at the University of Georgia and majored Fashion Merchandising.
- They both meet while working part-time at a store that sold evening wear.
- Morgan took a class on Retail Entrepreneurship where she 1st learned about fashion trucks.
- They decided that starting a fashion truck in Athens, GA would be much cheaper than a brick & mortar.
- They purchased the airstream in 2014 and launched in 2015.
- They decided to pay for everything out-of-pocket for the airstream in regards to the purchase and renovations.
- The renovation process took about 10 months, with the help of Kendall's dad.
- They initially used WordPress for their website and Square for their POS system, but ended up changing over to Shopify for both the website and POS.
- They don't have the same style but they work it out while planning for the fashion for truck.
- They where the 1st mobile boutique in Athens.
- Athens has made it hard for mobile retail and food trucks to park.
- They were not profitable in their 1st year but saved a ton of money by doing the renovations themselves.
- In 2017, they both made The Rolling Runway their full-time jobs.
- They believe that their online store is very beneficial to their business.
- They sell a lot using direct messaging on Instagram.
- They recommend:
- doing your research before buying a truck
- try to do the renovations yourself.
- treat each person you meet as a new connection.
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The ICC on Monday barred electronic media from covering the remaining matches of the cricket World Cup 2011 for breaching the media guidelines.
ICC on Monday said that the electronic media has breached the media guidelines thus it would not be allowed to cover the practice session and the press conference related to the World Cup.
The electronic media other then ESPN and Star Sports will not be covering the two semifinals and final match of the tournament.
This will be applicable to both the semifinals in Colombo and Mohali and the final in Mumbai.
The Broadcast Editors' Association and the National Broadcasters Association (NBA) have decided to approach the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry on the matter.


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"Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die."
-"Equal Rights" Peter Tosh
Are you healthy? Most people would answer yes - except for this pain, my arthritis or allergies, my high blood pressure, etc. As an industrialized nation most of us have come to define health as the absence of disease above a certain level of distress to our bodies. Below that level, we think we are healthy in spite of the pain, sleeplessness or other stressors that plague the happiness of life. Above that level is "disease". Diseases have names, symptoms, and pills or surgery to counteract them and bring us back within the level we consider "healthy".
One dictionary defines health as "soundness of body; freedom from disease"; another states that health is "optimal functioning with freedom from disease and abnormality". Throughout our day we deny, accept, and live with our lack of health, yet, when we wake in the middle of the night feeling discouraged, in pain, and lost, we know we are not healthy.
Gwenio.com goes where few have gone before…seeking optimum health. Optimum Health is not just the absence of disease. It is soundness of body, a creative mind and stability of emotions. Pain, fear, and doubt are characteristics of the lack of optimum health. Gwenio will guide you toward optimum health by teaching you how to bring yourself into resonance with your environment.
Resonance occurs when two natural vibrations come into harmony with each other. When we are in resonance with our environment, micro-organisms cease to cause colds and flu. The stagnation of our energy and blood that causes pain is relieved. We wake in the morning rested and ready for our day knowing we are physically, mentally and emotionally ready for anything.
The name of this site is taken from the Seneca the name "Oh-yeas-seh-noh-ne-gi-wa-gwen-i-yoh" which means "She Who Restores Truth". It is the responsibility of every individual to restore their own truth. With that restoration, optimum health is achieved.
However, Optimum Health is not a substitute for treatment of disease by trained medical practitioners. The idea of this website is to show how each of us can achieve Optimum Health ourselves so we can reduce the cost of medical care in America. With 75% of medical costs currently spent on diseases that result from life style choices such as poor diet, lack of exercise and stress; a simple, effective way to restore our own health is certainly indicated. Nowhere in the current money-driven debates has the concept of health education been fostered.
This is not another diet/exercise program. Gwenio is based on the knowledge of Traditional Chinese medicine. For over 5,000 years this knowledge has explained how the vibrations within our bodies interact with the physical, mental and emotional functioning of our bodies. Gwenio is also based in Seneca philosophy. The Seneca Nation of Indians have for centuries taught the concept of our relationship with the world around us. Like Taoism that is the well from which Chinese medicine drinks, Seneca philosophy is grounded in Motherearth. Combining these two great philosophies in simple to follow exercises allows us to move stagnated vibrations throughout our bodies so we choose healthier foods, exercise more effectively, and improve our relationships by simply speaking the truth.
We don't have to be health practitioners to learn how to care for our own bodies. When Gwenio first began teaching over 20 years ago one of her students asked: "Why don't we get a shop manual for how to fix our bodies when we are born?" Gwenio.com is that shop manual.
With Gwenio we explore two pathways to health: Optimum Health and Councils in Truth. Below is a chart of the discernments between the two. Throughout the site both pathways are linked to the other path so you can explore conveniently. You're invited to explore both in your personal search for Optimum Health.
2 Pathways for Exploring Gwenio
Our gracious Seneca guide, Twylah Nitsch - a Seneca Elder and woman of wisdom, explained the importance of gratitude in all aspects of life, including health. Read the following poem. It is based on the Seneca word, NYAH WEH, which means "thank you".
N is for nature, the lessons she provides
Nyah-weh, one love
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Council on Truth
Thousands of years ago Native Americans developed the medicine wheel as a symbol for their understanding of their environment. It included all that they then knew and all that they did not yet understand. It became a foundation as well as a guide to living.
The Seneca refined the medicine wheel concepts into three great wheels: The Pathway of Peace, The Cycles of Truth and the Body Wisdom Wheel. Twylah taught the Pathway of Peace and the Cycles of Truth as taught to her by her grandparents and parents. Her grandfather, Moses Shongo was the last of the traditional Seneca medicine men. When she initiated Gwenio into the Wolf Clan, she gave her the quest of recovering the Body Wisdom Wheel. These three great teaching wheels are presented in the Councils on Truth.
Though circles have no beginning or ending, each of the wheels has a natural opening to facilitate learning. In all we will explore each wheel three times (nine individual Councils) expanding and deepening our understanding with each trip around the wheels.
In nature based cultures like the Seneca and the Chinese, wisdom is passed from one generation to the next in teaching stories, sometimes called medicine stories. They are called "medicine" stories because their purpose is to help the listener heal themselves within the structure of their environment – the nature around them. These stories carry multiple messages depending on what the listener is facing in he or her life at the moment.
As we begin to discover ourselves through the medicine wheels, we'll see the story they tell in different ways. Each time we revisit each stepping stone of the three medicine wheels, it is like visiting an old friend. We already know a lot about them, but there is always something new to learn. Keeping this in mind we can gain the wisdom we are seeking with an open heart and willing hands.
Our story of the three medicine wheels begins with the Body Wisdom Wheel. According to Chinese medicine our Shen enters our body with our first breath and is then housed in our hearts. The story of the Body Wisdom Wheel is the story of our body, its energy and its purpose in manifesting as "our" body. It is the story of the Temple that houses all our inner desires, all our thoughts and all our emotions.
The Body Wisdom Wheel is the love story between yin and yang within the limits of our physical vehicle. It is here in the cauldron of chemicals that we call a body that we have the most - indeed the only – control over our environment. For the purpose of having a body is to draw the Yang – Sky Energy down into the earth as we draw the Yin Earth Energy up into the Sky. This is the exact same purpose that all of nature has.
In this process, as with any machine, energy in the forms of heat and light are released. There the work of the body ends. It has transformed yang into yin and yin into yang. Now it is up to the mind and the emotions to determine what to do with the by products of heat and light that our bodies have produced.
The Mind and Emotions in the natural worlds of the Seneca and the Chinese are housed in the heart, not in the brain. They both gain information about the world around them through our senses. They are accessed through chemical reactions throughout the body and they are very powerful. However, they differ in their approach to change.
The Mind, represented by the Pathway of Peace looks at the world in a logical, rational manner. It thinks. If there is this, this and that, what can we do with them? It is concerned with the future. The favorite question if Mind is: What does the future hold in store for me?
Emotion determines its position in the world through relationships. It is concerned with survival. The future is a dream beyond its ken. Emotion keeps track: What happened the last time these energies combined? Emotion's favorite question is: Who am I right now?
In the past we have seen Mind and Emotions as enemies… a battle between instinct and intuition while our bodies, the starving child, is caught between them. It's no wonder that so many of the world's problems revolve around hunger, and its sister – greed and the whole issue of scarcity and abundance.
We are at a critical point, as a species and
as a planet.
We are at the point where our mere survival not only depends on following our instincts, our ability to get food, shelter and clothe ourselves, but also on our ability to recognize the direction our logical, rational minds are taking us and make the changes necessary to let our planet heal and all on her not only survive but thrive.
Through our struggle we have earned the ability to create. Now we need to learn to create from resonance so no energy is wasted in maintaining destructive postures.
Let's begin with the Body Wisdom Wheel


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FOI: early years dataset as at 31 December 2016
These statistics are published in accordance with Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation.
There is a requirement that public authorities, like Ofsted, must publish updated versions of datasets which are disclosed as a result of Freedom of Information requests.
Information that is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act is not made available. Examples of this include the locations of women's refuges, some military bases, and all children's homes and the personal data of providers and staff.
Ofsted considers that the names and addresses of registered childminders are personal data that should not be made publicly available unless those individuals have given explicit consent. This information has therefore not been included in the datasets.
Data for both childcare and childminders are included in the Open Document Spreadsheet (ODS) file.


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Winnebago County has bona fide elections for high county offices about as often as Halley's comet returns. That's because the Republican and Democratic branches of the Incumbent Courthouse Party (ICB) have for decades been experts at engineering democracy out of the process of succession.
Winnebago County has bona fide elections for high county offices about as often as Halley's comet returns. That's because the Republican and Democratic branches of the Incumbent Courthouse Party (ICB) have for decades been experts at engineering democracy out of the process of succession.
Here's how it works: The incumbent resigns midway through his term. The ICB's replacement is installed, making him the incumbent come election time. That gives the "incumbent" a huge advantage among voters who don't pay heed to the ballot after "For President of the United States."
The appoint-a-successor process worked like a charm. But in the 2008 state's attorney's race, it might not. Republicans tried to adhere to tradition, but when popular GOP loyalist Paul Logli resigned from his 21-year stint as the state's attorney to take a judgeship, party leaders were as clumsy as elephants. Instead of naming Logli's choice, First Deputy Assistant State's Attorney Chuck Prorok, County Board Chairman Scott Christiansen picked Phil Nicolosi, the Loves Park city attorney.
Christiansen then used the Nicolosi appointment to criticize Logli's stewardship of the office. The chairman, a Republican up for re-election in 2008, has since apologized and Logli accepted it. But among some of Logli's friends and supporters, the wounds have not healed.
That GOP unhappiness could benefit the newly minted candidacy of City Attorney Joe Bruscato, the Democrat who entered the race Tuesday. His candidacy has the potential to gather disaffected Republicans and unite them with independents and Democrats to mount a full-fledged, well-funded campaign.
Bruscato's campaign will be led by community activist and businessman Mike Broski. I know about Broski's civic work — he headed the successful effort to wrest ownership of the Roy Gayle youth baseball park land from Houston-based SCI Inc., a cemetery and funeral services company. He was a brilliant strategist who remained cool under fire. "Just as with Roy Gayle, we have a good team to elect Joe Bruscato," Broski told me.
Neither I nor Michael Vick has dogs in this fight. I heard Nicolosi when he spent an hour with the Editorial Board last week. I'll talk to Bruscato soon. I'm glad that voters will have a choice.
Hoffman's raise: Did you all notice that item in Wednesday's paper about Tom Hoffman's raise? Seems that Hoffman, the Rockford School District's chief operating officer — numbers cruncher — was about to be recruited by the Dennis Thompson Traveling Superintendent Circus and whisked away with the Dixie Chicks to Naples, Fla.
The Rockford School Board thinks Hoffman is worth keeping, so it gave him a $60,000 raise, bumping him to $180,000.
To put this in perspective, Hoffman's $60,000 raise represents the combined incomes of three families of four people, each living on the poverty wages of $20,000 a year.
Downtown plan: There is yet another plan to develop the old Amerock and Tapco factories into lofts. Great! I will believe it when I watch tenants moving in. Oh, I'm still a believer in downtown redevelopment. I'm also a realist who has been consuming Rockford news since I was a child in the 1960s.
If just 25 percent of the hundreds of stories promising a "major downtown project" had turned out to be true, our Forest City skyline would rival Chicago's, not Chemung's.
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I have decided to participate in a charity event next week for MS. I've been needing an excuse to clean my recumbent bike so I set to work this fine Saturday afternoon in the garage. By nature recumbent bikes have unconventional frame shapes which will not fit the clamp of the typical bicycle maintenance stand. Unfortunately this means getting down to ground level to work on the wheels and underside of the bike.
A few years ago I bought this handy device called the Rollastand. Although designed specifically for motorcycles I have found the Rollastand is perfect for use with the recumbent. The two black rollers turn smoothly on heavy duty cartridge bearings. I can easily rotate the wheel and gain access to the hub, rim and all the spokes. Inspecting the tire and applying preservative is likewise a breeze.
I also have a padded four wheel creeper like the auto mechanics use that I sit or kneel on while performing my maintenance tasks. For working on diamond frame bikes the Park stand can't be beat but with a bit of ingenuity I have found ways to make working on the recumbent somewhat comfortable and easy. And as a result more fun.


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Stirling Sets Up Ireland Victory
Ireland 120-7 (Stirling 56) beat
Wings XI 104 (K O'Brien 3-9) by 14 runs
Twenty20 game, Dubai
Paul Stirling hit a half-century as Ireland beat Wings XI by 14 runs in their latest ICC World Twenty20 2014 Qualifier warm-up match in Dubai.
Wings XI had beaten Afghanistan in their previous match but Ireland, thanks to Stirling's 56 in 43 balls and then three wickets apiece from Max Sorensen and Kevin O'Brien, were too strong.
Stirling hammered three sixes and four fours to help Ireland post 120 for seven with Gary Wilson (21) and William Porterfield (17) also contributing with the bat.
Mohammad Waseem kept the batsmen honest with three for 16, but Wings XI were quickly in trouble at seven for three when they began their run chase.
Ex-Zimbabwe international Charles Coventry and Barbados all-rounder Alciendro Holder put together a 55-run partnership in 11 overs but Stirling removed Coventry for 36 to all but end Wings' chances.
Holder made 41 before becoming the last of Sorensen's victims and O'Brien then delivered an excellent spell at the death to pick up three for 19.
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Morning Saturday and well it's raining again but very cold wind surpose we should be lucky and no white stuff insite!Well hope you all have agreat weekend whatever your up to.Were going with hubby to fish aquatics shop he has new hobby tropical fish,can't moan as i have my crafts prob spend more than he does!He's so chuffed one of his fish is having babies...lol as if he aint got enough shouldnt say that prob says that about me when i go get more stamps or papers.
Onto Crafting just to say received my creativity mag for this quarter some fab things and freebies.You can get it at the glitter pot.I subscribe so get it early!!one perk!plus for all you that are happy that they have brought back the goody bags March one is also available from them.
Best Wishes Card i have made for a the challenges;
Cute Card Thursday:Ribbon-Tastic
Cardstock;Stampin up
DesignPaper:Kaiser Craft,& Wild Asparagus
Image:Tilda from " Ceiling kit"
Inks;Copics,Memento Tuxedo Black
Tools;Scor=pal,Big Shot,Nesties Labels 8,Stampin up Top note Die,Stampin up oval and scalloped punches,Maguils Fern Punch.
Flower;made with the SU 5 petal punch
Ribbons,Lace,Bows,:Papermania,Angel Crafts
"Just A Note to Say......."
The second card i have created is for this weeks Challenge over at;
Fun with Shapes;Letter
Hope you like my take on your challenge.
Materials ;
CardStock;Whisper White SU
Design Paper;By Joy Quick Quotes Paper
Image;Tilda Writing,and Chair
Inks ;Copics,Memento Tuxedo Black,Whisper Blue
Tools;Scor Pal,Nesties Label 8,Su Pinch Circle,Magills Fern Punch
Sentiment;Stampin Up
Flowers :Prima , Wild Orchard Crafts
Lace;Angel Crafts
Pearls :Kaiser Craft
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Ars Technica reports that Microsoft is teaming up with open source cloud platform OpenNebula:
OpenNebula, cloud software released under the Apache License, was already supported by VMware, Xen, and KVM, but not by Hyper-V. That will change in mid-October when a prototype of the Hyper-V and OpenNebula integration components will be released under the Apache license, says OpenNebula project director Ignacio Llorente.
It's good to see Microsoft open up more and more to open source solutions and projects. A diverse ecosystem is a win-win for everyone involved.


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Transphobia in Healthcare: Unhealthy, Unsafe, and UnacceptablePosted by: Mason Dunn | Posted on: January 19, 2018
This week we're witnessing new attacks on the health and wellness of trans and gender nonconforming people. Nationally, the Trump administration has created a new division under the HHS civil rights office geared towards allowing and promoting discrimination against LGBTQ people in healthcare. Under the misleading name of "conscience and religious freedom," this division will open the door for healthcare providers to deny care to anyone they may disapprove of, including denying care to trans and gender nonconforming people. We all value and enjoy religious freedom as established in the Constitution of the United States; this policy, however, is more concerned with denying health care to marginalized communities than the exercise of faith.
Here in Massachusetts, we have recently learned that the Group Insurance Commission – the state agency which provides healthcare coverage for Massachusetts state employees – is making changes to the plans available to employees. Under these changes, former plans, which provided coverage for transition related medical care, have been eliminated. The new plans to be offered by GIC have little to no coverage for transition related healthcare for trans and gender nonconforming state employees. This is a major problem, impacting the health and wellness of many members of our community. MTPC is currently making plans to attend upcoming public hearings on the issue, to ensure our voices are heard by the state.
Trans and gender nonconforming people already face disproportionate levels of discrimination, harassment, and denial in healthcare – and these new developments will likely raise those rates in alarming ways. The Mass Trans Political Coalition is here to send the message to policy makers and healthcare providers: transphobia in healthcare is unhealthy, unsafe, and unacceptable.
For more information, questions, or ways to get involved, contact Mason: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Through sport every child, young person or vulnerable adult can develop valuable qualities such as confidence, leadership and self-esteem. Each individual therefore has the right to have fun and be safe in sport whether they are playing as part of a local team or school, representing their county or even participating at an elite level.
Northumberland Sport is committed to working with partners to ensure that all children, young people and vulnerable adults in Northumberland have the right to protection from abuse and to be safe in sport without the risk of harm.
Child Protection in Sport Unit
Northumberland Sport works with the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit to safeguard children and young people in and through sport. Our Child Protection Policy and Procedures were developed with the support of the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit and our partners locally.
Help and advice
The NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit have some very useful information on their website;
- Information for children and young people
- Information for parents and carers
- Advice for coaches and volunteers
Reporting a concern
Any concerns about a child where the child could be in immediate danger should be reported to the police immediately by dialling 999.
The following guidance is intended for those concerns that take place in typical local sporting environments.
- In a leisure centre – if your concern relates to something that takes place/took place within a leisure centre you should inform the facility staff in the first instance who will take the appropriate action in accordance with their own child protection policies and procedures.
- At an affiliated Sports Club – if your concern relates to something that takes place/took place within a sports club that is affiliated to a National Governing Body of Sport (NGB) please inform the Club Welfare Officer in the first instance and refer to the specific NGB safeguarding procedures.
- At a non-affiliated Sports Club – if your club or activity isn't affiliated to any NGB you can seek support from Northumberland Sport or your local Children's Social Care Team.
When reporting any concerns please ensure you keep a record of your concern and how you reported it.


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London Previews: Sat 29 July, 14:30 and 19:00, Soho Theatre Upstairs Edinburgh: Thu 3 – Sun 27 August (not 14), 12:20 (60mins)
Soho Rising and Talawa Firsts star Natasha Marshall makes her Edinburgh writer / performer premiere with Half-Breed, a one woman partly autobiographical dark comedy about faith in yourself: finding your voice, fighting for what you want and being fearless in who you are.
What was the inspiration for this performance?
Loads of things like proving to myself I could ACTUALLY write a play. Speaking up for the voices who can't speak. Proving people wrong who told me my dreams were unrealistic. Writing a strong female role who is her own surveyor and source of faith. Creating a story I have always longed to see on stage, that's real. Half Breed has always lived in me and now feels like the right time to finally speak up, stand for something and speak my truth.
Is performance still a good space for the public discussion of ideas?
Yes! I feel I listen more and learn more through watching performances then I ever did in school. No offence to my school! I just feel with performance there are no limits, no filters, there's no right or wrongs and it's very freeing to watch. There's something exciting about that. I truly believe performance/art can shift a generation and change the world. And that's not me living in my hippy happy land, I just don't underestimate the power of performance.
How did you become interested in making performance?
I started as an actress and found myself frustrated with the limiting roles I was playing, which consisted on being the mixed raced girlfriend of a boyfriend in a London gang. I just wished I could play more diverse roles and become less of a stereotype. I love theatre and was really inspired by 'Gods Property' which felt exciting because it was outside the box. I left that show feeling like we need to see more black theatre like this. I realised if you don't right about it then the voice will never be heard .i want to right strong and unique roles for BAME actors to peak up, read and wanna act in because it feels so fresh and exciting.
Is there any particular approach to the making of the show?
if someone had a gun to your head and said right a play now that will save your life. You wouldn't hold back would you?!!! you'd think CRAP! and go for it. Yes that might seem a tad extreme, but what I'm tryna say is I tried to write Half Breed like my life depended on it. I tried to write the play that was gunna save my life. I'm not gunna lie though, I daydream A LOT and YouTube can be very distracting. But daydreaming is important to because even if its small, I've discovered grate ideas can come from it..... even if it's taken you half a day to get there!
Does the show fit with your usual productions?
This is literally my first play!! so I'm hoping for the best really! Ahh
What do you hope that the audience will experience?
I want them to feel moved, I want to open peoples eyes to a different perspective on life, that's real and resonates to the core of yourself. It's such a rare thing when a peace of theatre can do that and it feels very magical whenever I have experienced it, hopefully I can do that to people. I want the play to stimulate discussions that are important and relevant within today's current climate. I want Half Breed to give people hope.
Growing up mixed race in the West Country, Natasha moved to London to attend Soho Theatre East15 Acting School. During the course Natasha discovered her love for writing poetry and started writing.
After graduating in 2012, Natasha made her Edinburgh Fringe acting debut in Thugz and Tearz where her character died in the first scene. Taking a six month break from it all, Natasha returned to the regions working in loads of different factories (some more depressing than others) before moving back to London to participate in Royal Court Writers.
When asked about premiering Half-Breed in Edinburgh, Natasha said, "This is what I wanted to do with the show but I didn't think it would be possible. I just know that it's a Soho show. If I can wake up at 4am in the morning and take two lifts to go and work 12hour days in a factory, I can do Edinburgh. My whole lifeI've been holding my breath but when I perform Half-Breed I feel like I'm breathing. I want to bring something real and different to the Fringe. I want to create a conversation, I want to open people's minds up."


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Windsprites (formerly known as Longhaired Whippets) are a delightful, small, coated sighthound. Although closely related, they are a totally separate breed from the more widely known smooth coated Whippets.
The International Windsprite Club is the international parent club and registry for Windsprites. We are dedicated to promoting these enchanting hounds and their incredible versatility. Our club wishes to unite all those interested in participating in performance events, breeding, showing, or simply enjoying or learning more about this extraordinary breed.
Windsprites are incredibly versatile and enjoy everything from playing ball to lure coursing, agility to tracking, obedience to hiking, nosework to freestyle dance. . . or simply sleeping late, taking leisurely walks, or lounging around.
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Northeastern Printing Plan
Northeastern Printing Plan – FAQ
The Basics
Printing from a Computer
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The Basics
How much does it cost to participate in this program?
The print credit is provided to all undergraduate, graduate, and faculty and staff members for free. Once that amount is used, you will need Husky Dollars to do additional printing at the swipe-to-print stations.
How much free printing do I get?
Annually undergraduate, graduate, faculty and staff receive $120 in print credits to be used throughout the entire academic year. There is no rollover of prints; you cannot accumulate pages across print periods. The total number of pages you get will depend on the type of print you select:
- Black and White Letter (8.5×11) | $0.10 per piece of paper
- Black and White Tabloid (11×17) | $0.30 per piece of paper
- Color Letter (8.5×11) | $0.30 per piece of paper
- Color Tabloid (11×17) | $0.75 per piece of paper
Will I be warned that I am running out of pages?
There is no warning if you are nearing the end of the $120 print credit balance. If you do not have enough pages to print a job, your Husky Dollars will be debited for the shortfall. Your balance is displayed every time you swipe your Husky Card at a swipe-to-print location, so you are able to track how much remains every time you go to print.
How can I check my print credit balance?
You can check your print credit balance by logging into myNortheastern and using the "Husky Card Account Balances" and "Husky Card Account Transactions" applications. This information is also available in the Northeastern app NUGO, and your balance is displayed every time you swipe your Husky Card at a swipe-to-print location.
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You can purchase additional pages by adding to your Husky Dollars. Any additional pages will be charged to your Husky Card. You should monitor your print balance and add Husky Dollars as needed.
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No. Print credit balances reset annual just prior to the start of the new academic year in September (typically during Intersession in August). Previous balances will not be carried over.
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When you assign students to download materials from online resources, please remember that students do not have unlimited free printing.
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No. After you lose access to myNortheastern, you will not have access to any free or paid prints on the Northeastern Printing Plan.
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How do I connect my personal computer to the Northeastern printing queues?
To print to the queues, you must download and install the Virtual Print Client from myNortheastern. See How To: Install the Virtual Print Client software on your own computer. If you are on campus, you must be connected to either a wired campus network (ResNet/NUnet) or NUwave. Printing will not work using NUwave-guest.
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Has it been a while since you focused on your email marketing? Not that you haven't been keeping up with it, per se, but that you've made some much-needed improvements to it?
Email Monday recently took a look at some of the top trends in email marketing for 2017. While some of these trends may not apply easily for most agents due to limitations with technology or time, you can apply a few this year to increase your success with email marketing.
Shorten Your Content
With emails being read more and more on smartphones, emails are better received when short and sweet. Research conducted in 2016 shows that content should be between 50 and 125 words.
That doesn't sound like a lot, does it? But the first three paragraphs of this post total 117, so, as you can see, it's plenty of space to relay any message you'd like.
How can you ensure that you cover what you need to, make an impactful message and keep your audience's attention at the same time?
Say you have an open house coming up to send to your home buyer leads. A simple picture of the house (use the address as the alt text so it shows up when photos are automatically disabled) and a catchy description is all you need.
No need, in this case, to copy down the entire listing description. Make it more exciting and punchier with what makes the house a must-see. Then link to the description of the house to your website.
Keep It Conversational
You want to make as many deep connections with your audience as possible. Your email marketing should do the same. By keeping the tone of your content conversational and as much "you" as possible, your emails will keep your audience engaged and familiar with your particular brand and personality.
Be honest and tell a story to better connect with your leads and clients. Ask a question, for example, to get their opinion or to understand better what they are looking for in a home or in a service.
Integrate Interactive Elements
Put those videos to good use! Besides posting them on your social media feeds and your website, be sure to embed them into your emails. Putting this front and center of your email will get more engagement. Most email marketing applications will allow you to simply add a YouTube video link so that your video automatically pops in.
Alternatively, including a slider of photos is a great interactive element. Whether its for an open house, to showcase photos from a past event or to introduce your team, a slider of photos will keep your audience captivated while taking up little space.


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Dream Wallets, Jaipur-based crowdfunding platform,owned by SeedLogix India Pvt Ltd, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding in seed round led by Rakesh Gupta and Aditya Aggarwal.
Founded in July 2015 by Nikhil Agrawal and Manish Harodia, Dream Wallets is a reward-based online crowdfunding platform. It showcases initiatives on diverse interests relating to short films, documentaries, arts & crafts, social causes, photography, environment, film & video, technology, food, etc.
DreamWallets is a platform where users can browse through a bouquet of ideas that appeal to them and be a part of the process to convert the project creator's dream and passion into reality. The contributor in return gets rewarded in unique non-monetary ways full of gratification. DreamWallets has a team size of 15 people and are helping ideators start crowdfunding campaign across 16 categories like Movies, Theatre, Events, Art & Craft, Music, Literature, Photography, Travel, Tech Product/ Service, Social causes, etc.
Along with Rakesh and Aditya, Other investors who participated in this round included Siddharth Banerjee, Vikas Ranjan, Anshul Jindal, Sunil Koul, and Sanjeev Agrawal.
So far Dream Wallets has run more than 100 campaigns across genres and has contributors coming in from over 200 cities and has have over a thousand registered users who regularly endorse and support the projects listed on its platform. Dream Wallets will use the newly raised funds to double up business development team, investment in technology, and for creating awareness about the crowd funding concept.


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DC's Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete Third Season DVD
Starring Victor Garber, Brandon Routh, Arthur Darvill, Caity Lotz, Franz Drameh, Amy Pemberton, Dominic Purcell, Nick Zano, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Keiynan Lonsdale
All 18 episodes from the third season of the US action drama based on the DC Comics heroes.
Having defeated the Legion of Doom, the team of superheroes and villains, including Dr Ray Palmer aka Atom (Brandon Routh), White Canary (Caity Lotz), Jefferson Jackson (Franz Drameh) and Professor Martin Stein aka Firestorm (Victor Garber), reassemble to return all of the anachronisms their actions have created across time, before the time stream falls apart.
The episodes are: 'Aruba-Con', 'Freakshow', 'Zari', 'Phone Home', 'Return of the Mack', 'Helen Hunt', 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Crisis On Earth-X: Part 4', 'Beebo the God of War', 'Daddy Darhkest', 'Here I Go Again', 'The Curse of the Earth Totem', 'No Country for Old Dads', 'Amazing Grace', 'Necromancing the Stone', 'I, Ava', 'Guest Starring John Noble' and 'The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly'.
- Format: DVD
- Region: 2
- Certification: (15)
- Catalogue number: 1000703114
- Studio: Warner Bros. Home Ent.
- Release date: 24/09/2018
- Genre: Drama
- Colour: Colour
Other Formats
- Blu-ray from £16.35


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Ryan Seacrest Tapped by Kelly Ripa as Co-Host
Ryan Seacrest Tapped by Kelly Ripa as Co-Host
Ryan Seacrest is the new co-host of 'Live' with Kelly Ripa ... which means a coast-to-coast move for the former "American Idol" host.
Ripa has been without a co-host for a year, since Michael Strahan bailed for "Good Morning America."
Seacrest has had a long-standing relationship with NBC, so it looks like he's bailing from the Peacock.
We know talks have been in the works for more than a month, and there's no doubt he's making wheelbarrows full of loot.
Unclear if he'll still do stuff for E!.
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Links: Competence in military intelligence - Reviewed on 2.4.17
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Promoting Cross-Cultural Competence in Intelligence Professionals | Small Wars Journal
Video released by Pentagon to prove Donald Trump's deadly Yemen raid was successful is a decade old and available… https://t.co/Q4yMZIlkFi pic.twitter.com/btTCRSWCQl— Telegraph News (@TelegraphNews) February 3, 2017
Poll: Trump has lowest approval ratings of any new president ever polled http://hill.cm/3w3EFNl
Information and the principles of modern warfare
These musings below are on the roles of the military information systems integrations processes, including in the building of the new military alliances, and the role of the common information space in these processes.
America is our mother and our father. No other nation is as worldly and as world-centric as this nation: "At the worldcentric ethical stage, the subject is concerned with the welfare of all human beings."
By extension, The World is our mother and our father. What is good for America, is good for the world, and vice versa, what is good for the world as a whole, is good for America. This appears to be the main principle of the Global Security, which incorporates the U.S. National Security, and to which the regional and the other sub-regional and national security arrangements are the logical and natural extensions and derivatives, built on the existing alliances, and sometimes requiring the new alliances.
This is not the question of injecting the facilitating, curative lubricant into the ailing sick knees, this is the question of getting the additional new pair of good, well functioning, smart, and sometimes very smart, useful, helpful and well-allied legs. Any extraneous, or dysfunctional, or not adequately functioning obstacles in this process are secondary to the main considerations and should be put aside. Besides, I trust the natural and the facilitated processes of uncovering the truth.
The success of the modern warfare and military operations, including the ever and the inevitably expanding SOF operations, depends to a significant degree on the successful, efficient, and secure integration of their governing and commanding functional information systems. The existing alliances are strengthened and integrated on the basis of these systems. The new, emerging alliances should be built with the recognition and understanding of their respective information systems' roles, and with their help. In other words, the new alliances are made of, among the other factors, and come into their functional existence by the integration: relative, gradual, flexible - of their component information systems, which, on a larger scale, are the special and the specific, the military, but the logical extensions of the world's common information space. The seemingly intangible emotional, cultural, and trans-cultural factors, such as communications and their patterns, language, customs, styles, personalities, good will, trust, and bonding, are, in fact, paramount and tangibly important, and also are the part and parcel, prerequisite and sequence, part of the structure and the function of this process in its totality, which is positive feedback driven, and integrates these factors simultaneously with the others, more "tangible" ones. Well integrated and well, smoothly functioning professional information system will facilitate the process of integration for these factors also.
If the "battlespace" is the war space governed by the integrated information system, the same, but for the reversed purposes, can be said, conceptualized, and built for the "Global Security Space" as the cooperation and the peace maintenance space, based on the shared and integrated information systems; they constitute the two sides of the same coin, the two opposites of the same dialectical unity and entity.
The historical processes of the social evolution based on the shared values of The World-centric Western ("European, Judaeo-Christian") Civilization, commonly but misleadingly called "democratization" in the individual world nations and regions, are facilitated by their incorporation and integration into the World System, with its common information and the "battle-security" spaces.
These processes of social evolution should be viewed not as the function of the mode of the political governance, of which the misnomer "democracies" is not really the "best" system universally. As it was so famously noted, it is actually the worst but without the acceptable and viable alternatives for the Western societies. However, in other societies and cultures, and in some situations and circumstances, the better, and the better functioning in those circumstances alternative can be found.
The democratic systems function relatively well and naturally in the relatively ethnically homogeneous (the Socrates' thought, find the exact quote, if you can, please) and in the culturally, educationally, and economically advanced societies, and is not at all in the ethnically, racially, or linguistically heterogeneous and non-advanced societies, where it is simply not applicable, not reflective of realities, or is not a viable concept in terms of descriptive power and real-life functioning, with "dysfunctional democracy" as the more correct term, and with the "benign paternalism" as the much more appropriate mode of the political governing and social advancement. This evolution, or the process of social progress and advancement, has to be viewed as the function of the Social Health, and, in a circular return motion, as its prerequisite, be it the "democracy" or the "benign paternalism", or any other form of the political governance, whatever was naturally historically formed and is working properly and successfully for the any given society and/or culture at any given moment of its historical development.
As a matter of fact, the "benign or not so benign paternalism", in its various shapes and forms, from the Chinese Communist Party rule to the Russian pseudo-Western pseudo-democracy, to the theocratic Middle Eastern and the cannibalistic African tyrannies, appears to be the predominant mode of governing, under the whatever names, guises, and claims.
The truly benign paternalism, well educated, enlightened, free from corruption, built on the models of the Western European traditions of civil service, "progressive" (not "socialist" necessarily) or progress oriented, and egalitarian, etc., etc., appears to be a much more viable system than any other, like the dysfunctional ones, calling themselves the "democracies".
The Healthy Society is comprised of the healthy individuals and the healthy families, continuing to perpetuate the Healthy Culture, the unhealthy ones are the diametrically opposite in their various and miserable diversity and multitude, reminding the Tolstovian dictum: "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
The concept of benign paternalism as the model and the system of the international relations and the instrument of maintaining the global security would fit naturally into the bio-social hierarchy of the world order with the American-Western exceptionalism and its broad Western culture based alliance as the pacemaker and the peacemaker, as the pace-setter and the rules-setter, advancing the conflict resolutions and maintaining the global security on the long-term and stable basis; replacing the chaos, the wars, the misery and suffering with the conditions for the unabated social and economic developments.
What does all of this have to do with the battlefields and the information systems integration?
The war-peace functional-dysfunctional continua are inevitably related, conceptually and causally to the continua of the functions of societies, healthy or unhealthy, and to the resulting conflicts between societies and cultures, which sometimes turn into wars. Military information systems, their integration, and role in building the alliances reflect the concepts of the common information space, world system, and the world information system, both at peace and at war.
If it takes a village, it takes a platoon, too.
With all this, much remains to be thought out, conceptualized, verbalized, operationalized, utilized, and sometimes even "monetized", as our civilizational custom and habits are. Free thinking generates guilt, it has to be bound and tied to the familiar utilitarian lampposts.
Information is Power. Raw or refined, political, military, ideational and ideological, creative, scientific, artistic, in all its ways, shapes, and forms - but the genuine, unadulterated, many-faceted and many-dimensional, universal Power.
Michael Novakhov
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BISMARCK, N.D. - The North Dakota Stockmen's Association has begun accepting applications from ranchers seeking relief aid to help offset losses incurred during an early October blizzard.
The storm that hit with surprising intensity on Oct. 4-5 dumped up to 2 feet of snow in southwestern North Dakota. There is no official count of the number of dead cattle, but the Stockmen's Association believes the number is more than 1,000.
"It's still pretty fresh in our minds," said Julie Ellingson, executive vice president of the association. "Our hope is to be able to provide some help to those hardest hit."
The Stockmen's Association and the Stockmen's Foundation each contributed $10,000 to start a relief fund for affected ranchers. With other donations, the fund totals nearly $50,000, and donations are still being accepted.
Ranchers can apply for aid for themselves or for others. Application and nomination forms can be found at http://www.ndstockmen.org . The deadline for submissions is Jan. 31. The Stockmen's Association plans to disburse the money to producers early next year based on need.
The association also has contributed $10,000 to a relief fund for South Dakota ranchers, who lost between 15,000 and 30,000 livestock in the storm.
"Many ranch families were impacted by this incredibly destructive storm," said Towner, N.D., rancher Jason Zahn, who serves as president of the Stockmen's Association. "The Stockmen's Foundation wanted to reach out and provide support to producers on both sides of the border."
The South Dakota fund, which was set up by the state Stockgrowers Association, Cattlemen's Association and Sheep Growers Association, has surpassed $2 million. The fund being administered by the Black Hills Area Community Foundation began accepting assistance applications in mid-November, with a deadline of Dec. 31. Forms are available at http://www.RanchersRelief.org .
Ranchers in both states hurt by the storm have not received disaster aid from the federal government because Congress has not yet passed a new farm bill.
"It's going to bankrupt some operations," said Bob Fortune, who ranches near the South Dakota town of Belvidere.


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Finally, Alan Merret has revealed to us what 'that' Games Workshop teaser video was all about! Apparently Games Workshop are releasing an entirely new paint range. Wow, I didn't see that one coming! So we all now know what the number 145 means! OK so that was me being sarcastic, I know, very out of character for me. So yes, we all probably knew before the Store managers officially knew, because Games Workshop has an insane fear of actually telling their staff and customers any information. Why? God only knows. But, putting aside the companies piss poor marketing techniques, and frustrating lack of dialogue with their customers and indeed their staff at the coalface, I actually think this move is a pretty good one on the face of it. I'm going to explain why...
- Their current paint range was being left behind by other paint ranges in terms of effects and mediums. This move brings it back into line with the market leaders and may even surpass them.
- Games Workshops games require people to paint a veritable bucket-load of miniatures to play them. To do this quickly and effectively requires a 'certain' type of painting. The original Foundation paints although too gloopy for my tastes actually worked well for this. So offering more shades and colours in the range as 'Base Paints' is a good thing for their version of the hobby.
- Following on from the previous point their original washes also helped with the speed painting of armies. So more of the same is a good thing surely? Well as long as the new 'Shades' haven't fecked around with the wargamers crutch of choice... Devlan Mud!!! If it has I expect burning torches and pitch forks to be out in force.
- 'Glazes'. Firstly I'm very pleased to see glazes come back. The original Citadel glazes weren't the best formula in the world, but with a dunk of matte varnish they worked a treat. If this formula works well then I think many will see them as a very welcome addition to their paints box. These are actually the paints I'm most likely to try.
- Increased range of colours allows for lazy painting. Again something that aids the painting of huge armies. Have you ever tried mixing that exact same shade of pink or aquamarine every time across 250 miniatures? No, because it's a ball ache. Having a greater breadth of colours allows a little bit more personalisation. that's a good thing people.
- The dry compounds are actually a pretty nifty idea, and I don't believe I've seen them done elsewhere. Although I could be very wrong. They will though yet again aid the rapid painting of armies, so I'm calling it a win for how Games Workshop hobbyists will approach the hobby.
- As for the texture paints... about bloody time too! Vallejo have offered these for some time now, and they're actually really good. In fact regardless of what the Citadel ones are like I'd urge you to take a look at the ones Vallejo offer. Still it's a damn good thing they're available and will yet again speed up army painting.
So yes I'm going to say that I for one welcome the new Citadel paint range. I don't currently use Citadel paints for a variety of reasons. I'm also not too sure that this announcement will change that state of affairs to be honest with you, but hopefully it'll make some of your lives easier. I know some of you are concerned about having colours that will match the current colour range, and thus the armies you currently have. I can honestly understand this concern. I have to be honest and say that it was Games Workshops dicking about with their paint range that forced me to jump ship and try other, more 'stable' paint ranges. I've ended up settling with the Vallejo range and the Tamiya range in the main, plus very recently I've tried and liked some of the P3 paints. Plus the new Warpaint range from Army Painter looks really, really good too, if a little bit 'brief' in variety for my liking. So I understand your concerns, but until we all actually see the paints in the flesh and the tones we won't really know what they're like for colour matching. On the whole as I've listed above I think it has to be a win for Games Workshop.
|So that's what 145 looks like.
I know it's the hip and cool thing to pick on Games Workshop at the moment. Hell, I've done it enough already myself with all their blunders over the last 12 months, but on this particular issue I think it's a smart move, and more importantly the right move. My only concern is with the pots the paints are actually in themselves. I knew that they'd not move to dropper bottles for a number of reasons, chief of which was the fact it would necessitate remodelling of how every single shop not only stores but also displays paints and that costs big money. BUT... I hate these pots. Seriously, I've brought a few paints that I still do use from the Citadel range every now and then in these style pots, mainly Bleached Bone and Scorched Brown and they dried out quicker than rapid setting concrete in the Sahara Desert. Simply put they're rubbish. So that's the one and only concern that I currently have. The paint pots suck the big one. Still I'll take a look at them in my local Games Workshop and see what I think, it's just that right now as things stand it's unlikely I'll be getting any given my huge store of paints I already have. Peace out!


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I think Shinichi must have been the biggest idiot in the world that he had not yet realized he was a tool of the japanese government to take cultural dominance over a foreign nation. At what point in his work did he not figure out already that he was making another country depend on japan and be indebted to them? Now, Shinichi is one thing, but the Japanese government isn't any brighter, it was pretty obvious that the country was going to produce their own material eventually, but that doesn't mean that they lose their grasp on that country one bit. Cultural influence is not something that you measure in money or land, it is something that will work in your favor no matter how you look at it. Now that japan had its first major cultural influence into their world and that they have a monopoly both in language and cultural influence it is possible for them to reveal the existence of Elbian to the whole world and use the new connection as a major economical trade hub. Because they had the first foothold they will easily manage to keep their influence over them even if new culture is imported and they will therefore have a significant military, political and economical partner which is situated at really short travel distance from japan. The economical advantage alone of this new way of doing things will bring about much more power to the Japanese government than starving the people of culture would ever have. For a show that is all about invading another country, they really choose poor ways of doing so.
I understand here that once again all the blame always just rises up as always and the politician are seen as the evil bad guys doing pure evil for the sake of evil, but in truth I feel like Shinichi is just as much a threat to his own country as the politician himself. After all there is a halfway point that could have been better achieved than the situation they are in now. Right now they are importing things to Elbian with no other benefit than the proliferation of Japanese culture, but it would seem rather easy of them to ask for compensation for the import of such culture. They said that the land of Elbian was filled with unused rare metal and material, it seems rather easy to trade in manga for gold and suddenly you have a much more profitable venture. We did it with indigenous people before, we could easily repeat it, even bonus that history proved that it is a good way to take control of land.
This was the conclusion of Outbreak Company and while the show was good, I don't think it made any wave. To me the show sounds like a really traditional anime that wasn't either bad or good and really just kind of out there. I wish I had some praise to give for the show, but even in term of Otaku reference it was rather moot. It is definitively not a bad experience, but I won't bother making a final review for it and I'll just say that I think it is a 7 out of 10. A good show, but not one worth recommending to others.
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