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Confession time: When I set up my self-initiated blogging challenge, I never imagined it would grow like it has. I am amazed, inspired, and awed by all of the exceptional educators who have taken on this challenge to blog more consistently. The range of ages, levels, content areas, geographical locations, and more astounds me. What I love is the authenticity of the challenge. I am on this journey with each of you!
This challenge has also led me to tackle one of the areas where I have wanted to improve… reading and commenting on others' blogs!
So what am I doing about it?
I have set up a column in my Hootsuite for #BC20 on Twitter so that I can see what posts people are sharing each day. If you aren't using #BC20, please do! It is a great way to support one another on this crazy ride.
Many of you are tagging me on Facebook and Twitter, which I love! I'm trying to read as many of the posts as I can find. I'm already getting so many great ideas from you that I'm starting phase two of the blogging challenge based on what I'm investigating from you!
My goal: Read and comment on at least 2 posts per day. I know this won't cover everyone's, but I have to be realistic and fair to my time. I tend to be one who obsesses and goes a little overboard with pressuring myself to be perfect. It's actually hard for me to let go of the idea that I can comment on every single one of everyone's posts. Argh.I'm also checking out the list you've added to HERE on our encouragement page. Again, if you haven't signed up yet, go for it! I promise that no one will seek you out if you don't complete the challenges, but there's just something about "signing up" that makes you want to finish!
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Thanks so much for organizing this blogging challenge, Kelly! I used to blog every day, but I got away from it. I had forgotten how much fun it is. Thanks!


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Another fatal school stabbing in Durban
A schoolyard knife-fight claimed the life of a teenage boy on Monday' bringing to three the number of pupils killed in a week in Durban schools.
It is understood that the 16-year-old boy from a school in Inanda' north of Durban had been stabbed repeatedly by two of his classmates. He was rushed to hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Police spokesperson colonel Thembeka Mbele confirmed that detectives were investigating the murder. They had' she said' rushed to a clinic where the boy had been taken. "They found a body of a 16-year-old boy with a stab wounds to the chest. The motive for the attack is unknown'" she said.
This follows another school attack the Masakhaneni Secondary School in KwaMakhuta' south of Durban' last week. Two learners' understood to have tried to intervene in a scuffle over a stolen cellphone' were stabbed to death.
The double murder prompted the closure of the school for a week' with a rot of mismanagement' gangland activities and ill-discipline exposed by KZN Education MEC Mthandeni Dlungwane.

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Finding Passion, Hunger, and Inspiration with Vladimir Funtikov | Casual Connect Video
It is the year 2015 and some may be wondering: Where is my hoverboard? In his session entitled "Back to the Future! Gaming Startups Then and Now", Valdimir Funtikov reflected on the fact that the future is different than we may have expected, but it is still exciting. Join him as he takes a look back at his startup days and examines what it would be like to do it all again in 2015. "If I were creating a startup today, I would still choose to produce mobile games", Vladimir Funtikov revealed at the Casual Connect Europe 2015 conference in Amsterdam.
For Vladimir Funtikov, playtests are a very enjoyable part of his job as co-founder CEO of Creative Mobile Games. He says, "Live playtests never disappoint. Players ignore all the obvious clues and do some really dumb things over and over, then beat your score by a large margin and leave you wondering what the hell just happened, and whether you know a thing about game design after all these years."
CM tries to playtest as soon as there is enough of the game to test. Playtests are key in trying to uncover issues early on in development. As soon as there is a basic gameplay loop, internal testing begins. External testing comes later at 3-6 months before the intended release date. This process includes gameplay recordings as well as questionnaires. Once as much data as possible is gathered, CM has "a dedicated and impartial group analyze the data and deliver feedback to production teams". Vladimir sees it as super effective in evaluating a game.
The most interesting reaction Vladimir ever witnessed has happened several times and in numerous games. Picture this: "A person desperately tapping every element on the screen except the BIG GREEN ANIMATED BUTTON with a call-to-action". He divulged that it boosts his ego when people ask if they can play Nitro Nation on their PS4/Xbox. It is a sign they have made a good game. The fact that we are dealing with mobile games makes such a request to play it on consoles a very big compliment.
Vladimir founded CM in 2010 by teaming up with his colleagues from his previous job. Together, they had €10,000 to finance the new company. Fortunately, their one year of time and money spent were not in vain. They accumulated a quarter of a billion downloads for the games they created. Within a mere two years, they achieved an astounding seven digit profit. Vladimir admits to feeling like he had virtually zero experience, stating, "I was brave and stupid, with a bit of programming skill, and that was just the right mix to start a project like CM". His bravery was inspired by his parents' example when they quit their jobs in order to run a business when he was a child.
Staying Hungry
Passion for life is a key attribute Vladimir searches for in future employees. He explains, "I enjoy working with hustlers who don't take "no" for an answer, fight until the end and assume personal responsibility for anything that happens around them, rather than high profile folks who know there will always be another job for them". This is what he refers to as staying hungry. People need to be able to stay hungry in order to stay driven in this industry. He says, "I guess I can call it 'passion for life'. It's much easier to teach someone programming or art rather than teach them to be driven, energetic, and kind."
When asked what he does when trouble arises within the company, he jokes, "We lock troublemakers in the room and get them drunk. Did I mention we are hiring?" Vladimir points out that the hardest jobs to fill are ones that shoulder the most responsibility, such as producers and lead game designers.
In fact, one of Vladimir's favorite things about his job is when he gets to see someone he trained or hired perform better than he does. He loves the fact that he works with a great group of people and that CM has a massive audience. His second favorite thing about his job is seeing players enjoying one of their games. He explains that the ultimate form of inspiration to pursue his career was born through "seeing millions interact with the product of your creation".
In reflection of what his staff may say about him, he responds, "My job is to be fair and to help others do well, not to be everyone's friend or the smartest guy in the room. I'm happy to be the least appreciated member of the team if, by the end of the day, the company is profitable and people are enjoying themselves".
Launch Point and Beyond
Vladimir became involved in the game industry at a young age, making content such as 3D models and Counter-Strike maps. He never dreamed it would be a real job one day. He reflects, "At some point I impressed a classmate with my coding skills and he encouraged me to apply for a Java position in a post-production studio. I got in and never looked back."
Part of that never looking back includes facing up to the challenges that come in the game development industry. For him, "the biggest challenge is transitioning from working on a product in a small team to working with dozens of people and processes on a larger scale. It may sound like a luxury problem, but mismanaging this transition has killed many good businesses." In working to overcome this challenge, he finds taking a break from the 24/7 work and changing something about his environment in order to remove himself completely. He then approaches the old problems as if it were the first time. This exercise gives him a fresh start.
Although there have been a few, his proudest moment in his career happened just this last December. At this time, a small group from within CM decided to make a movie about the company. He reflects, "The soundtrack song was titled 'Work Bitch' and this was when I realized our corporate culture is awesome." Some other proud moments were when the company was awarded the prize for best start-up of the year on national television.
As a child, Vladimir had never expected a career such as this. Now, he does feel that he would have taken a similar career path. No matter what industry he was part of, he always wanted to start a business. When he is not working, he still loves to travel, despite it being necessary for his job. He strives to have at least a partial day to himself while traveling for business. During this time, he avoids tourist traps and goes on foot as much as he can. Thus far, his favorite place to drive abroad was the Hahntennjoch pass in Austria. At home, he keeps it simple by either playing FIFA, going to the gym, and/or kicking back with a glass of a nice single malt.
Moving Forward into the Future and Beyond Your Fears
Vladimir emphasizes the importance of listening for any trade, including public speaking. In spite of being a frequent presenter at industry events, he is still haunted by shaky hands, dry mouth, and occasional panic attacks while on the stage. His approach to countering these moments relies on thinking about himself and the audience as parts of the same team. "They want you to say something useful or entertaining, even if their faces say 'you suck'. They want to take notes and tweet your statements. If you don't know what to say to them, just ask what they want to hear. Keep that in mind in the future, the next time you are about to speak in public".
In the future, Vladimir imagines there will be more specialization, which means fewer developers' with only one aim, success. He says, "The industry is maturing and becoming more competitive; at the same time players are expecting more from their games". This push will be due to indies trying to make something truly innovative rather than mixing and matching top ten games. He also envisions, "clever marketing will become more important, and I don't mean only UA, but listening to the consumer and tailoring content to their expectations".
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Emily Baker is the Production Supervisor for www.gamesauce.biz. Emily loves learning about cultures, taking care of her hobby farm and spending time with her two kiddos.


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|SCBWI British Isles Conference
photo provided by Sandra Nickel
It's been a few weeks since the SCBWI British Isles conference, but I'm still buzzing and inspired after all the useful and interesting workshops and keynote speeches. It wasn't my first conference, I've been to the British Isles Conference before and also attended the Europolitan conference in Paris in 2013. Each conference offers something different, but they all inspire and excite in their own different ways.
Before the conference started on Saturday, pre-conference activities had been arranged. This included a Scrawl Crawl through Winchester and a critique group meeting. The critique group was one of my conference highlights as I find being critiqued incredibly helpful for developing my writing and it was interesting to hear different opinions on my story. Later during the conference I had the time and opportunity to talk further with the members of my group about their comments which was very useful.
The theme of the conference, Riding the Waves of Change, was brought to life by a multitude of workshops. During the picture book industry panel workshop I attended, Eric Huang of Me Books talked about how they are adapting traditional storybooks for the digital market. As part of the 'How Publishing is Reinventing Itself' panel, publishers also discussed how they are adapting their policies in the light of new technology and digital media. We were introduced to Wattpad, a site where you can download and publish your own stories, and The Story Adventure, an interesting innovation from Hot Key books in which children can add their own ideas to an author's story. There were concerns about how being published on sites like these would affect later chances of publication but the publishers involved said that if it was fantastic writing it shouldn't be a problem.
Links for Wattpad - https://www.wattpad.com
The Story Adventure - http://www.thestoryadventure.com
Me Books - http://www.mebooks.co
Break times gave us a chance to meet up with old friends, chat with new ones and buy raffle tickets and conference badges. It was lovely to see people who I had met at the Europolitan Conference in Paris and I also met two of the members of my online critique group. Putting faces to names is one of the aspects of a conference that I enjoy, as well as talking to a wide range of people who all come together as a result of their interest in children's books. I cannot emphasise enough how friendly and chatty people were.
Nick Butterworth at work
photo provided by Sandra Nickel
Another highlight of the conference was Nick Butterworth's keynote address, in which he spoke about the inspiration for his books, did some live drawing and explained how his Q Pootle 5 stories had been adapted for children's television. Nick has written many of my favourite stories, the two books of his I have on my blog are some of the most viewed, so it was great to meet the author behind the books. In his smaller, more informal session, Nick answered questions about his work, his inspirations for writing and how he illustrates. It's absolutely fascinating to hear about the work process of the author / illustrator of some of your favourite books.
I also took advantage of having my manuscript critiqued by a professional. This one-to-one critique was very helpful and the editor gave me ideas on how to improve my manuscript. I left tired but buzzing with ideas and inspired to sit down and write immediately!
Sunday was filled with a large range of workshops to choose from, including illustration workshops, publishing workshops, novel writing workshops and also workshops which were aimed specifically at authors and illustrators who are already published. I went to the picture book intensive with author / illustrator Mike Brownlow and Jude Evans from Little Tiger Press who started the session by sharing their favourite picture books. Then it was our turn to start writing and illustrating and during the day they supported us as we wrote and developed dummy picture books in small groups. This was a useful exercise in terms of listening to how others approach picture book writing and writing a picture book collaboratively.
I came away completely inspired by the enthusiasm, the friendliness and the excitement that buzzes through a conference. I'd like to say a huge thank you to all the SCBWI members who organised a fantastic weekend, it was great!
SCBWI members from the European regions are now hard at work planning the Europolitan Conference in Amsterdam next year. Like the conference in Paris, this will be on a smaller scale to the British Isles conference but I am sure that it will be no less friendly and no less inspiring. I hope to meet you there!


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Detection of Internal Defects in Bearings – Part 5
All bearings manufactured undergo through various stages of process to acquire the desired shape and dimensional stability. The bearing while undergoing all these processes is subjected to a great deal of stresses. These stresses can induce defects at any stage of the manufacturing process of the bearing. The defects induced due to stress are quite difficult to be analyzed using other techniques. One of the most successful methods for detecting such types of defects is the Barkhausen Method of inspection of bearings.
Principle of Barkhausen Method
This method works on the principle of magnetoelastic interaction, which is the magnetostrictive and elastic lattice strains of the material
This principle in the working of this method is quite simple – A ferromagnetic piece if magnetized will tend to elongate in the direction of its magnetization and vice versa i.e. a elongated piece will get magnetized in the direction of its elongation
But when the same piece is compressed, the piece tends to get magnetized 90 degrees to the direction of application of the compression load.
This kind of effect in ferromagnetic materials is termed as the Barkhausen Effect.
This effect can be measured by measuring the magnetic intensity in the elongated or magnetized component with the corresponding direction of magnetization.
By determining the direction of magnetization the type of loading on the work piece can be easily determined.
This principle is used for determining the defects in the bearings. This is possible because of the stress induced defects tends to induce elongations in the bearings, which in turn produce a magnetic field based on the type of loading stress pattern it has been subjected to.
· The advantage of this method is that stress related failures that go unnoticed in other methodologies can be easily detected using this method
· Apart from determining the flaws due to stresses, it is also helps in identifying the processes that tend to induce such sort of flaws in the bearing components.
· The defects induced due to abusive grinding on the bearing components can also be determined.
This method also has a few drawbacks. They are as follows
· Special equipment for measuring the magnetic intensity is required as the magnetic intensity produced in certain cases will be of very low intensity.
· Larger size bearings cannot be easily measured in this methodology.
With this article we come to the end of the methods that are used for detecting internal defects in the bearings.
This post is part of the series: Detection of Internal Flaws in Bearings
This series deals with the methodologies used for detecting the internal flaws in the bearings other than the dimensional inaccuracies present in the bearing.


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Daniel Light and the Children of the Flaming Sword — Book 6
by C. Michael Perry ABOUT BOOK SIX: DANIEL LIGHT AND THE CHILDREN OF THE FLAMING SWORD What if you could control time? What if you only thought you could control time? The Prophecy continues to guide and influence the second generation as two children, human youths of unique abilities, are called on to infiltrate a part of the kingdom that no Enchanter or any other magical being has been able to penetrate. Hugh and Gillian are thrown together, not unwillingly for they have liked each other since they were very young, to succeed where no human or Enchanter has been able to. Their human journey is a truly magical one as they begin to break the barriers of the once impenetrable Forest of Bala, where Darkness is Queen. True to the Realms of the Crystal Orb, other ancient forces...Read More
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A novel of changes by C. Michael Perry That shift when the moon is full; that shift of thought when the blood stops flowing and a new creature is born; that six to eight hour shift that all teenagers have to work, at some time or other, at some burger place, or grocery store or movie theatre. The Night Shift explores all the shifts that are incorporated into our lives — or into our non-life, in this particular case. The living un-dead can be a source of great fear, great mystery and great misunderstanding. And great stories. Trenton, our 113 year old teenager is struggling with the shifts in his un-life. Human friends, the lack of a significant other, the strange feelings and sensations that plague him as he finally settles in to 'existing' among humans in Chicago. Then...Read More
Daniel Light and the Child of Promise — Book 4
by C. Michael Perry What would you be willing to do to protect those you love? ABOUT BOOK FOUR: To come at a time of greatest need, this Child Of Promise, is born and begins to grow. A favored child in every way, as most promised children are, he is nurtured by loving royal parents, grandparents and a peculiarly powerful uncle, Daniel Gregoryson — the Miracle of Mirador. The Child of Promise and The Prophecy (Daniel) continue to learn and grow and fulfill their individual prophecies in ways that are surprisingly linked together. The Darkness is alive. It seems impossible to just snuff it out. Now a new threat arises; a threat to the Realms, to the Prophecy, and to the Child of Promise. What sacrifice will be required at their hands to usher in yet another victory? Is...Read More
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by C. Michael Perry What if the enemy within turned out to be even more dangerous than the enemy without? ABOUT THE BOOK: The true nature and source of the Darkness that threatens all is revealed in its many-faceted horror to Daniel as he endeavors to build his Circle Of Light; his army of Young Enchanters. As they search out the long forgotten and almost discarded places of their continent, they find hatreds, uncertainties and distrust about the Realms and those who lead them. Daniel and his associates strike out into deep and Dark adventures on their Quest to form The Circle of Light. The Dark, however, has different ideas on what ruling over others means, and a representative council is not part of its totalitarian plans. In addition to fending off attacks by separated but still united factions...Read More
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Kira Yamato (Alliance Suit) - gundam seed
|New plan yet again.
Full Alliance outfit from Gundam Seed for a now large group at Amecon 2010.
man this is going to be too much fun!
Man hes not my fab character in the seed series but hell he does have a cool jacket lol! looking forward to seeing pics of this! i maybe doing that version of Lacus for the cosplay ball! we need pics when were finished lol!!!
good news dude we may have a lacus chevi has stated to watch seed n getting her into the charcter kimber as athrun me as mula flag will try to get becks as murrie exta
Yay a kira ^^ and yes as frains has stated im gunna be Lacus ^^
*is filled with lots of joy* YAY!!!!! A Seed group!!! :D IM SO HAPPY!!!!! Now to actually plan the jacket xDD
So cute lol i dont watch this but good luck it will be great XD
Hope you bring some tictacs for me, KIRA!
Oh! I can't wait to see this done!
jackets lookin good!
Jacket is looking amazing 8D You make me wana do another Lacus D8
Looking good, keep the work up soldier :)
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The old .su (soviet union) extension looks set to stay according to CNews. Protests by existing .su domain holders, from threats of legal action to calls to boycott ICANN, have persuaded the regulatory body to cancel plans to delete the domain.
ICANN made moves last year to delete several domain extensions, listed as 'being phased out' on their site. Some domain names that have already become obsolete include Great Britain's .gb, which has been replaced by .uk, East Germany's .dd and Zaire's .zr after the country became the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The corporation opened public discussion on deleting these old extensions, with the Soviet Union's .su and the former Yugoslav republic's .yu at the top of the list.
The public discussion in Sao Paulo, Brazil lasted from 5th December 2006 to the 31St January this year. ICANN were taken back by the level of protests that dogged the proceedings, expressing regret that the 'discussion has given birth to so many conflicts'. Elimination of the Soviet-era suffix would cause considerable damage to their owners, who have already paid to market their website and build branding. Many .su owners have questioned the authority of ICANN, in its contractual arrangement with the U.S. Government, to remove a country level domain in the first place.
The domain .su was registered in September 1990. But in 1994 when Russia's .ru was introduced the registration of .su names was suspended to be resumed in December 2002 only for brand owners. A year later the .su extension again became available to all internet users, both domestic and foreign, without restriction.
About 97% of .su owners are residents of the Russian Federation, of them 54% are legal entities (companies). Among the remaining 3% the percentage of company owned domains is considerably higher, 84%, most likely due to brand protection. The largest number of foreign registrations comes from the U.S., Germany, Ukraine, Belarus, Switzerland, Finland and Sweden.
The .su extension is more expensive than the more commonly used .ru (Russia) domain and far less widespread. There are only about 8'000 .su domains registered while the .ru domain has passed the ½ million stage now. Herein lies its attractiveness though, there are still many valuable one-word phrases available with the .su extension.
With ICANN now agreeing to halt the execution of the .su domain, commentators expect to see the number of registrations rise substantially.


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The Jaguar Vector racing team has set a new world speed record for a battery-powered boat with a new 2-km course average of 77.0 knots. The previous electric-boat speed record, 66.7 knots, had held for 10 years; the official world water speed record for any means of propulsion is 276.0 knots, and it has held since 1978.
This week, the Jaguar Vector's V20E boat recorded an average speed of 88.61 mph on two legs of the 1-km course on Coniston Water, England, a common venue for speed record attempts. "After 12 months of hard work, this is a fantastic result for the team and our partners," said Malcolm Crease, CEO of Jaguar Vector Racing. "It is a great honour for the Vector team to follow in the footsteps of Donald Campbell CBE and to set a world record on the historic Coniston Water." Donald Campbell was an eight-time world speed record holder who perished at Coniston Water during an attempted run in 1967.
The small but powerful all-electric V20E was built by Jaguar Vector and Williams Advanced Engineering, which provided battery, motor and control systems. Jaguar Vector co-founder and technical director Peter Dredge piloted the V20E, and the team intends to attempt further world and national records over the next 18 months.
For the V20E project, Williams Advanced Engineering deployed Formula E electric racecar technology for the design of the propulsion system. The firm provided all teams with batteries for the first four seasons of the FIA Formula E race series, and it was a contributor to the Jaguar C-X75 hybrid supercar, among other electric-power projects.


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Is Celine Dion, who is currently pregnant with twin boys, really hospitalized with an incompetent cervix?
For the past couple days, the Internet has been abuzz with this rumor, though there has not been any sort of official confirmation. Her publicist denies it, saying:
"She is 100 percent healthy and at home," Kim Jackwerth wrote in an email. "I have been speaking to both Rene and Celine weekly and everything is going great. It is very disturbing to have to respond to such malicious reports."
Dion, who is pregnant with twin boys after years of fertility treatments, is due in November.
An incompetent cervix is caused by the pressure the growing fetus puts on the cervix, which causes the cervix to start to open early. It's called both an incompetent cervix and weakened cervix, and happens in one out of 100 pregnancies.
If Dion is actually in the hospital, it's likely she's had a cerclage. Think of it like stitches for the cervix, a procedure that sews the cervix closed to reinforce the weak cervix. The sutures are removed between 36 to 38 weeks to prevent any labor problems.
If Dion has this, she's probably looking at weeks of bed rest. Hopefully these are just rumors, but if not, I wish her all the best for a healthy rest of her pregnancy.
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by Alice
The Viking Sword Museum in Ulen displays a number of historical artifacts. The primary exhibit is an authentic Viking sword.
The Ulen Viking sword was found in a farm field about 3 1/2 miles west of Ulen, Minnesota by Hans O. Hansen on April 20, 1911. Because of drought, Hansen had decided to set his plow blades much deeper than usual, and unearthed the artifact.
There is a monument to the sword at the entrance to the Ulen city park on the north side of town. An inscription on the monument says:
"The citizens of Ulen dedicate this monument to the adventuresom Vikings whose broken sword was unearthed three miles west of Ulen in 1911...."
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text: So most of you know I've been battling some pretty bad anxiety issues most of my life. Sometimes there are certain triggers, like a lot of noise or crowded stores, but more often than not I am getting random panic attacks all day long for no apparent reason. When the anxiety hits at home I usually help myself by going on long walks outside with music, taking drives down by the beach, or sitting in a tub full of warm water at night time. My techniques are pretty helpful and I rarely get really bad panic attacks at home anymore. My problem is at work. I am usually fine in the morning when I'm busy, but when my work slows down around 1:00 in the afternoon my anxiety level skyrockets. I can count on it coming on like clock work every single darn day and I'm getting rather sick of it. I'm usually stuck with bad anxiety symtoms for three hours till I can finally go home and take a hot bath or go for a walk. So do any of you have any suggestions for how to handle my anxiety while I'm sitting at my desk at work? I can't exactly take a walk, listen to music, or take a bath while I'm working. Right now I feel stuck with no relief in sight!


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HALOA From Kaibab
We found a Black man this week when we knocked on this door that S Allen and I had previously knocked. (I was so excited to see a black person!!!!) But he was not very open to listening rather he wanted to teach us - But Sister Hee was so amazing, asking inspired questions it gave me the courage and change of heart - to picture him in White and Testify of the Book of Mormon. We were able to give him the Book and we Hope and Pray that he will read it.
Zone Training was really good this week! The focus for the Mission is changing to Finding New investigators! And we got a boost of enthusiasm for FINDING and were able to find 4 NEW INVESTIGATORS!!! I think our focus has also shifted to actually contacting the referrals we have received which helps soooo much! I love the people in this area so much! and Sister Hee is just so Positive about this area even though she admitted that she was not too excited about coming here, but now that she has heard of how this area was hurt in the past by Elders - We are both so grateful that we are here in this area to SERVE and LOVE these people! Sister Hee and I hope to become LEGENDARY. She is ready to serve and has given me a BOOST of enthusiasm! We both still have weaknesses but we are striving to work on them!
Had my First BAPTISM ON SATURDAY!!! There was sooo much opposition in getting her baptized but after much perseverance we got to this day! I love this lady!!! She is such an inspiration to me! And the water was cold!!! haha
24 For behold, aangels are declaring it unto many at this time in our land; and this is for the purpose of preparing the hearts of the children of men to receive his word at the time of his coming in his glory.
Monday, 9 December 2013
SNOW!!!!! - Transfers!!!!!
As for transfers - They didn't do transfer calls on Saturday morning like they usually do so we were stressing the WHOLE day on saturday! it was crazy!!! But...
I am STAYING! and S Allen is going back to the Visitors Center! And serving in Washington with a sister that came out with me S Phagwah from some country in South America... Can't remember where... She is a cute little quite girl :)
I am so grateful that I am able to be in this area! it is a special place and I love the people here! We got a new investigator this last friday! She is 9 yrs old and wants to get baptized!!! Problem is her family is not very active - so we are going to try work on that!!
We have a baptism this week - Which S Allen is super sad about... I would be too. This Lady is just amazing! I love her to bits!
Goal for this transfer is to keep a journal!! lol I have really been slacking on that part!
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Time of Thanksgiving & Christmas
Monday, 25 November 2013
Kaibab Weekly :)
PPS we are getting a JEEP on saturday for our area!!!!! YIPPY!!!!!!!!! they are getting 3 new Jeeps and we are getting one of them!!! :D
Monday, 18 November 2013
What? an investigator in Co City????!!! =D
" 6 Now ye may suppose that this is afoolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by bsmall and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.
7 And the Lord God doth work by ameans to bring about his great and eternal purposes; and by very bsmall means the Lord doth cconfound the wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls."What small and simple things are you doing to bring about the salvation of many souls?
Monday, 11 November 2013
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Monday, 28 October 2013
End of Transfer 1!!!
He quotes C S Lewis:
"Give me all of you!!! I don't want so much of your time, so much of your talents and money, and so much of your work. I want YOU!!! ALL OF YOU!! I have not come to torment or frustrate the natural man or woman, but to KILL IT! No half measures will do. I don't want to only prune a branch here and a branch there; rather I want the whole tree out! Hand it over to me, the whole outfit, all of your desires, all of your wants and wishes and dreams. Turn them ALL over to me, give yourself to me and I will make of you a new self---in my image. Give me yourself and in exchange I will give you Myself. My
will, shall become your will. My heart, shall become your heart."
Monday, 21 October 2013
Fwd: WEEK 6!!!
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Pictures from Sister Hollander's Shenanigans (Posted by Deirdre on behalf of Karen)
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We went up to one of our Bishops cabins in Long Valley. It was so beautiful!:
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Monday, 7 October 2013
General Conference!!
I decided it was time to tackle personal emails and give a better response :) Well last week was great!! Finally think I am getting the hang of this.
We had ZTM last week ago which was a real boost for me! was great to just have everyone so positive and trying to work together to find ways to serve etc. It was still a hard as A LOT of our appointments cancelled!! It's hard to just be out trackting the whole time. But we will carry on and do that which is expected of us.
Monday, 23 September 2013
Fwd: St. George Utah Mission!!!!
Sorry that I did not email last week - I did not have time :'( I went out to Salt lake and the Humanitarian Center with all the internationals in the morning!! was awesome! But then got back in time for lunch and immunizations which took way too long and then had 5min to mail and then head to the temple! The new movie still blows my mind but I was quite tired from it all. Any MTC is "Not for the weak" as Sis Ramekgoe put it! There is so much to learn and they always seem to tell you all about what you should have done in your TRC or progressive investigator AFTER you teach them. But its good - if it were not for the failed lessons i don't think we would have grown much.
There is sooo much I want to tell you about my area goodness but there won't be enough time. So We stay in 2 houses. every Friday and Tuesday night we stay in Cane Beds (to do Colorado city and Moccasin cause they are so far out) and the rest of the time we are in Kanab. We cover a whole Stake with 7 Wards. Its tough trying to keep track of everything and where who lives and to know where the boundaries are etc. But I'm getting there slowly - I've become real shy again - had so much confidence in the MTC and that has all just dissapeared. Anyway. On Day 6 here and I think I have improved somewhat and have started speaking up. I still have sooo many of the mission rules to learn - they don't tell you everything at once :| I can only write letters on P-day so I might not be that great at replying... But I will try my best!!
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hope you had a wonderful (3-day) memorial day weekend. ours was rough...
chase & i got food poisoning on saturday evening and spent the night with mr. ceramic bowl. literally, the WHOLE night. i'll spare you details.
however, it was a blessing in disguise, i tell you. we got to spend every second together, pouting, moaning, and drinking lots of gatorade. i wish every time one of us got sick, the other did too (sounds like an awful thing to say haha). we camped out on the couch with lots of blankets and law & order: svu. lots of cuddle time...i just wish vomiting hadn't been involved.
so after a weekend in texas, a couple of days in denver, and then spending the weekend sick, the house is a wreck, i'm behind on orders, and the grocery store is beckoning. i also HAVE to start my english teaching certification course this week. (did you know we're going overseas to teach english in august? now you do.) yikes!


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How do I get a job in Canada if I'm not a resident?
How do I get a job in Canada if I'm not a resident?
We receive literally hundreds of emails every month from prospective migrants who need a job in order to get into Canada (or simply to eat once they are here) asking us whether we can help them to get the job or how they should go about doing it. Naturally it is the biggest concern for anyone moving from one country to another.
Given that it is now crucial to your chances of successfully migrating here for many Federal Skilled Immigrant Category applicants you need to have some guidance on the matter.
Just because you have a job at home does not mean you will find a job here. That is the first warning.
Just because you may be granted residence of Canada without a job also does not mean you are employable here.
Just because Canada has trade and health skills shortages (possibly in your area of work) does not mean any Canada employer will be interested in employing you.
The fact is that the vast majority of you are going to require that offer of employment in order to make living in Canada a reality. We receive hundreds of letters and electronic messages from people telling us that they have sent off many curriculum vitae to Canada companies, schools or other potential employers and have not yet been offered any job. They seem surprised. We are not.
Most of the net based recruitment companies clearly point out on their job sites that you cannot apply for the job if you do not have residence or a work permit. But you may be in the position where can't get residence without a job and you (usually) cannot get a work permit without being offered a job. So what gives?
How do you reconcile these obvious contradictions?
The first thing to do is to appreciate that our immigration policies are as dysfunctional as the next country's. This is not to excuse it; just to state that our bureaucrats and Government have come no closer to solving this problem than most Governments. We don't know why as it is not rocket science!
On the one hand Canada does have in many sectors a trades and health shortage of skilled workers. The Government has introduced some new policies such as the work to residence programmes to try and address this issue. They may work to alleviate shortages but they don't appear to be a roaring success.
The fact is our employers would always prefer to employ locally if possible for reasons of cultural certainty and because they don't want to deal with Canada Immigration Department if they can avoid it.
On the other hand they often have little choice as local candidates become more and more scarce.
However, Canada employers, like those in your own country we are sure, are reluctant to employ people that:
1. They have not met face to face and had a chance to talk to, and
2. Can have no guarantee of getting a work permit/visa for if they offer them work (regardless of the torture they have been through in trying to fill the position locally) because policy settings and the attitude of the bureaucrats can make it so difficult, and
3.Do not have residency in Canada and possibly never will, and who understandably are reluctant to "burn their bridges" at home and come over to Canada to take up a job (if one was offered) without any guarantee of residence.
If we haven't put you off you might just make a good migrant……
Clearly there are major difficulties lying ahead of you. How do you get around the problem? Is it possible to find work without visiting Canada?
The short answer in 95% of cases is no. If you are a nurse, possibly; a n IT specialist, Engineer or a tradesman you might get very lucky.
The first thing which you should do before even contemplating seeking employment in Canada is to find out from a lisenced immigration consultant what your options are with regard to meeting Canadian entry criteria, whether that be temporary or permanent and what issues you might confront.
No point looking for a job if you are unlikely to either gain a work visa or residence.
We are constantly amazed how many people find jobs in Canada expecting to be able to stay permanently only to be told that their chances are virtually non existent because they do not meet permanent entry criteria. Often this has occurred after they have shipped goods to Canada, uprooted their spouses and children and naturally it comes as a great shock when they get here. So before you do anything else, ask for our questionnaire, e-mail it to us along with your payment for one of our licensed consultants assessment fee and we will then advise you whether we can get you to the starting gates!
If after they have assessed your options we believe residency is a genuine possibility (or a work permit is) and you require an offer of employment their advice to you will be quite simple.
If they believe you have sufficient points (less the 50 – 60 a job offer is worth under the Federal Skilled immigrant Category) and they believe that you are employable (if necessary they will discuss your employability with qualified recruitment specialists), we will advise you to seriously consider retaining them. They will then advise you on what is required to file your Expression of Interest (in permanent residence) and on the basis we believe you will then receive your invitation to apply for residence they will instruct you on what documents you require, encourage you to travel to Canada, seek work and once you have found a job instructing us to apply for both work and residence permits at the same time. If you do so and have a willing employer (who will jump through the necessary hoops – which many will when they have our guidance) then the work permit should be secured within a few weeks while the residence process takes its course at the same time.
The alternative (and less certain route) will be to buy an airline ticket and book a trip to Canada, which will last at least 4 weeks to 4 months to find a job before beginning to prepare to lodge residence papers. The risk of failure is far higher if this approach is taken as the time frames become drawn out and employers don't like being kept waiting.
Might it be possible to line up interviews before you land in Canada?
Possibly, but again it is less likely than if you are here. If you have some specialised skill and a patient employer-to-be in Canada then this does happen especially in occupations where there is a desperate shortage. You should really only begin this process a few weeks before you get here or you will be of little interest to employers and recruitment agencies.
It is unlikely a recruitment company will market you in this way before you are here to actually attend any interviews they might be able to line up.
So generally our advice is to start this process when you are here.
Who is the best person to market my skills?
Once you are in Canada we believe that as a general rule the best person to market you is you.
Around 40% of all migrants get jobs because they have identified companies that might be able to use their skills and have approached them directly – often those companies were not even advertising.
If you have friends or family here and you can tap into their networks that too is a very good way of finding work.
Personnel recruitment agencies generally speaking show n a lack of interest in people who are not permanently resident or who do not have work permits. We know of many who will not deal with you at all if you cannot start work immediately i.e. you need a work permit or residence. They will seldom give you more than a passing consideration as a consequence. Even if they do consider you it will probably be because they have some incredibly desperate employer/client who cannot fill the position locally. This doesn't mean there aren't jobs – it just means Recruiters are not interested in helping you because Canada employers are often reluctant to get involved with the immigration process (and having to deal with the immigration bureaucrats) or are reluctant to get involved with migrants full stop. The Recruiters who are paid based on commission understandably prefer the least risk option for them which is get locals because they don't need work permits. This often applies even if you are a better candidate.
Therefore if you do not want to apply for residence and get your points approved first, we advise the best way of finding a job is as follows:
1. Use Google and search online recruitment sites, and
2. Identify companies which may be able to use your skills and approach them directly. Also local Yellow Pages telephone directory is very helpful in this regard. The yellow pages is now on the internet (http://www.yellowpages.ca),
Try Personnel recruitment companies but don't be disappointed if they don't appear overjoyed to see or hear from you.
The role of the Internet in job seeking:
The internet can be incredibly valuable for checking out who is looking for workers and what jobs are going. It appears to be the worst place to look for work if you are an immigrant or thinking of immigrating to Canada. If you check out any of the major internet based job sites almost every one of them will tell you that you must be a Canada resident or citizen to apply. These employers are not interested in thousands of CV's arriving from offshore by migrants on a job fishing expedition.
It is common to be rejected because "you have no Canada work experience" or "Canada qualifications". There is nothing you can do about this except try and stay sane. Then if you set your sights lower and apply for lower level jobs you may be told that you are "over-qualified" for the position. This is often a polite way of telling you that the employer does not wish to employ an immigrant who has English or French as a second language or a name they cannot pronounce. Do not let these responses deter you. Those that persevere generally succeed if you have the time, the patience and the drive. This part of the process will really test your commitment!
The bottom line is that the more advanced you are with the residence process the easier it will be to find employment for those with English or French as their home language and who are culturally close to 'European' Canadians.
The speed with which migrants obtain work is probably related to how high up they are on the list below:
1.English or French home language, resident permit holder of Canada
2.English or French home language, open work permit holder of Canada
3.English or French second language, resident permit holder of Canada
4.English or French second language, work permit holder of Canada
5.English or French home language not in Canada
6.English or French second language, not in Canada – a big ask!
According to the findings of the ongoing Immigration Survey – wave one, 90% of immigrants who reported English or French as a language they spoke best were employed either when their residence or landing immigrant was granted or shortly thereafter.
If this makes the process sound racist, that is an accusation that can perhaps fairly be levelled at many Canadian employers. We are not excusing that but would like to try and explain it to you. We believe that most Canada are not racist on a one to one basis but are as racist as the next bunch in terms of stereotyping groups of people. Potential migrants must understand that generally, Canada who are old enough to be employers, largely grew up in a country that was effectively mono-cultural – read, English or French – and many are taking time to adapt to the new multi-cultural paradigm. Many are simply afraid of what might happen if they employed an engineer who has a name they cannot pronounce and who might have English as a second language. This frustrates immigrants beyond belief but it is reality that will take time to change and thankfully has begun changing in major centres like Toronto.
In our experience once a company has employed one immigrant they are usually keen on employing more.
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce has established a website which you may wish to visit. This is an attempt to put recently arrived migrants in touch with Canada employers who are happy to be dealing with migrants. You can go there now by clicking on http://www.occ.on.ca/
Is there any other way of finding a job?
Of course there is another way. Notwithstanding what we have said above while you are in Canada you will very quickly realise that people are friendly and helpful. Employers included! The more of them that you speak to about your difficulties the more doors will open as a consequence of our seeming genetic drive to help our fellow man. Someone who may not have been looking to fill a vacancy may just offer you a job – it happens a lot especially now given the skills shortages that exist. Many employers have given up wasting money on advertising in the print media or through consultants as the skills are simply not locally available.
What happens if you are offered a position while visiting Canada? What should you do then?
If you are offered the position you must understand that the employer is in all probability going to want you to start work immediately or within a few weeks. This creates problems.
The employer has made the offer, they want you to fill it, therefore flying home and handing in and working out your notice, selling your house, letting the children finish the term at school, packing up and flying back to Canada some months later with permanent residence may well not be an option as far as that employer is concerned. Obviously a starting date can be negotiated but again it is our experience that one of the reasons non residents are not offered jobs in many situations is because of their unavailability in the short term to take up the position offered.
You can increase your chances of success by being prepared to either:
1.remain in Canada and apply for a work permit while preparing and processing your residence papers, or
2.return home for perhaps 6-8 weeks to work out final notice and to give you (us) time to arrange a work visa for you.
If you were to decide on option "ii", and you are married it is probable that you will then arrive back in Canada to take up that position on your own with your spouse staying behind to tidy everything up. This is stressful but it is a reality for many of our clients. In order to keep the job you have got to be here to do the job and that will cause many inconveniences and further strains along the way.
Having read this you may well be thinking that it is almost impossible but I can assure you that of those clients that we have given this advice to who speak fluent English and who come from English speaking countries, we estimate around 95% have actually obtained the offer of employment they require which has then lead to a successful conclusion to their residence application.
And under current policy settings many of you do not require job offers to gain residence.
The role of consultants in obtaining jobs:
Because statistically so many of you need jobs to get into Canada many immigration consultancies and lawyers and associated organisations have begun marketing their services to you which often include promises and guarantees of jobs and job offers.
We caution you most strongly to be very sure about what you are paying for in this regard in light of our experiences as outlined above. This consultancy alone receives innumerable complaints from people who have handed over thousands of dollars to offshore companies (and sometimes onshore companies here in Canada) who have all given the impression that they are able to find you jobs.
Be careful, be careful, be careful:
We are not suggesting that they all do not fulfil their promises and obligations but it is our belief based not only on our experience but our unofficial research into several companies offering this kind of service that success rates are nowhere near as high as many of them would have you believe.
Again however, we caution you that we are not suggesting that they are all unethical or unprofessional, but we are advising you to be sure to read the small print in the event that a job is not secured for you in regard to what refunds you may get or what recourse you have. Hand over your money only when you have something water tight in writing that you are happy with.
Hineni Media do not offer any direct job search or job placement service. We have done so after some years in the immigration publishing business based on our experiences in the realities of obtaining work for non residents in Canada. We will however, assist our clients as much as we can when seeking offers of employment before they are resident permit holders or after through subscription to our database. We are sure that the process that way is less complicated, less expensive, less difficult and stressful than perhaps you have contemplated to this point. You might as well be aware of that now.
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Marisol Diaz is an experienced workshop presenter, specialized information publisher, and a SOHO specialist. She also has been writing on Canada settlement and immigration law since 2006. contact her @ firstname.lastname@example.com. You can improve your Canada job search through the Canadian database for Int'l Employers or the Key Canadian Employer Directory , a Paid Content or Informational Services site run by Hineni Media.
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So I figured I would take a moment and introduce myself. My name is Tonya and I am 33 years old. I have been on a weight loss/ healthy lifestyle journey for just about forever now. Just kidding. I joined a gym in 2001 and started trying to get healthy. I later joined Weight Watchers to continue my journey in 2004. I still am not exactly where I want to be and still struggle with staying on course on a regular basis. I started this blog to keep me accountable and maybe even inspire somebody.
Some things you should probably know about me: I try and be completely transparent.
I am not perfect.
I type like I talk… kind of sporadic and probably not the best English. So I apologize in advance.
And I probably share to much. But for now that is my intro. oh…and if numbers are your thing I am currently down 75ish lbs. from when I started this journey. The reason I named this blog *butterflyification* will be explained later. But, for now… nice to meet ya!


text: This isn't true, or is it? I don't know. I have not been here for some time. That can be said of many areas of my writing, public reading and personal life for quite a wee while. A lot has been going on. Moving four times this year. A big bereavement. Renovating properties to try and ground my life in a way that allows me to work on novels with less pressure. Being a Mama, a friend and human with a heart that beats — in a world that has far too many reasons to create existential dread in even the most positive of people. I didn't write my novels for about ten months. I just wasn't sure there was a place for the novels I was working on. The things I was doing to get security — so I can keep writing and provide for my family, were so hard. Each of them was taking me further and further away from getting back to words. I could say I've never felt less like a writer than I have done this last year. I wonder if Jessie Kesson felt like this in her crofting years? Most recently I've been living in renovations for seven years straight — in the hope of finding a core stability so I can keep working on my books, which can take years to write. Literature is a privileged industry. For those of us with a -+ in such things, there are many reasons at times to lose hope. However, I loved words a long time before anyone read them. I could have picked another career to make a good living from and done well. I am particularly skilled at making houses beautiful. I take old wrecks and restore them from scratch. At the end you'd never guess how derelict or smelly or weird they were when I got them. It is hard work. In the last ten years I've moved over ten times and done up every house by myself, some were in extraordinarily bad condition. It was so exhausting. There is a certain art and endurance in taking a house back to the bones and rebuilding it. I am an artist, so my eye to detail is acute. I recently read Tanizaki — In Praise of Shadows. I felt a huge solace in the essay. It's exploration of aesthetics is so pure. I have gone a long road unseen this last year or so. Now I have come back to this place — where I type and think and begin to create worlds that mean something to me firstly. I know some writers would be appalled by that, those who write for readers, or editors, or reviews, or glory. I write to become. I write to try and make great art. It's very impractical of me. I write to challenge, to rage, to love, to mourn, to lust, to hope, to pursue mortality in the ways it does me. I write to unfairness, and cruelty — I write to be. I have not been doing the longer pieces. The novels. Life has been taking me out. Despite that I brought out my last poetry collection — There's a Witch in the Word Machine. It's a book I really care about and I'll blog about that separately. I wrote a play. I wrote other things. But, if I am not writing novels then a part of me feels I am just not working at all. So, anyway — I'm back in this space of fiction. I drive up and down the A1 listening to music way too loud and over these ten months of non-faith, non-practise (novels anyway) I have come to some big decisions. I worked out the structure of my 100 year-novel, I reclaimed its ending from the following novel. I am ready to stand by some things which I think are fundamentally vital as an artist. The right to create work that does not always comfort or soothe. The ability to believe in myself even when my content pushes boundaries too hard, or in too real a way? Perhaps keeping the multiplicity of real life in literature is rare. The world has never seemed so culturally conservative. Is it incidental that we are watching the censoring of media, of challenging thought, the use of propaganda, fascist far-right dogma. Is it an incident that clinging to ideals which claim to be middle-class or elitist as the only way to save us, is beginning to seem old fashioned, out of touch and outright dangerous. We live in a world that should know by now — there are no 'classes' of people, there are only those who have more money, and those who do not. I am responding to a hundred years of history in one of those novels — to patriarchy and social exclusion in particular. There is much to make a person feel a true and righteous rage when considering these things. I read a blogger whose articles I find hugely challenging at times. When I find them at their most difficult, it is because they are teaching me about my own biases or ignorance in an area I don't yet understand. I am identified as threatening at times (in my work) because of the edge I bring to the literature I write. I am an edge walker. I am a risk taker. You don't come from my walk of life and do what I am doing, without that ability to throw down your soul as the most truthful thing you own. My life has been beyond challenging this last forty-one years, and this last twelve months have been off-the-scale. Stick that in your discordant syntax detector. I'm standing by all the gaps. The unusual. The uncomfortable. I am thinking about my novels daily again. This time I may not stop for a decade. I may be glad of my years knocking walls down. May they have prepared me for continuing to do so, and more.


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But it's not just the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification that's increasing. Around the world there are dozens of green building certification programs in operation, particularly in Canada, Western Europe and the Far East. Many in the construction industry are already familiar with the LEED program, Pike Research noted.
According to the report, there are several factors driving green building certification programs:
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- Green building is seen as an important component of corporate social responsibility plans.
- Many industry personnel view the green building certification process as an opportunity to decrease expenses by implementing energy efficient processes in existing spaces.
- New government regulations — at the city, state/province and national level — are requiring green building certifications for certain buildings. Most of the recent regulations apply to public buildings, but Pike Research notes that a growing number of governments are creating laws "requiring other building types, including commercial office buildings, to achieve a certain rating under a green building certification program."
Looking to the future, Pike Research estimated that cumulative green building certified space will grow from about 6 billion square feet in 2010 to about 53 billion square feet worldwide in 2020.
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ReplyIs New Grade Ia of Diastolic Dysfunction Relevant at the Population Level?
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- Published online February 1, 2015.
Author Information
- Masaaki Takeuchi, MD, PhD∗ (takeuchi{at}med.uoeh-u.ac.jp),
- Hiroshi Kuwaki, MD,
- Victor Chien-Chia Wu, MD and
- Yutaka Otsuji, MD, PhD
- ↵∗University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Second Department of Internal Medicine, 1.1. Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 807-8555, Japan
We are grateful to Dr. Fontes-Carvalho and colleagues for their interest in our study (1). A different prevalence of grade Ia diastolic dysfunction between our study subjects and their cohort study subjects could be primarily related to the difference in the patients' background cardiovascular disease. A recent study from the Mayo Clinic also showed a high prevalence of grade Ia diastolic dysfunction in the study population, although they used different cutoff criteria to define grade Ia diastolic dysfunction (2). Of note, when we encounter patients at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease, there is increased prevalence and diagnosis of grade Ia diastolic dysfunction, and the recognition of this entity becomes important for appropriate management.
We acknowledge the high prevalence of mitral annular calcification (MAC) in grade Ia diastolic dysfunction in our study. Although the E-wave velocity (75 ± 20 cm/s vs. 66 ± 16 cm/s; p = 0.0017) and ε′ at the lateral corner of the mitral annulus (5.0 ± 1.5 cm/s vs. 4.8 ± 1.4 cm/s; p = 0.3477) were greater in grade Ia diastolic dysfunction patients with MAC (n = 44) compared with those in grade Ia diastolic dysfunction patients without MAC (n = 183), the difference in E/ε′ between the 2 groups was nonsignificant (15.9 ± 6.1 vs. 14.6 ± 5.0; p = 0.1318). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis revealed nearly the same outcome for major adverse cardiovascular events between the 2 groups. Thus, although MAC itself might have affected E-wave velocity as well as mitral annular velocity, it did not degrade the importance of grade Ia diastolic dysfunction, and the conclusion drawn from using the value of E/ε′ in defining this new diastolic dysfunction grade remained valid.
In our study, we aimed to take a keen interest in deciphering the role of left ventricular filling pressure (E/ε′) as the turning point in the progressive decline from impaired relaxation (diastolic dysfunction grade 1) to pseudonormal (diastolic dysfunction grade 2). Diastolic dysfunction grade Ia marks the transition of E/ε′ <10 to ≥10, while both left atrial mechanics and future major adverse cardiovascular events take their toll. In other words, as the editorial by Tajik and Jan (3) in iJACC pointed out, the importance of emphasizing E/ε′ in diastolic function could have powerful implications as assessing ejection fraction in systolic function. Moreover, the inclusion of diastolic dysfunction grade Ia in the existing classification of diastolic dysfunction also can refine clinical judgment, with improved intra- and interobserver agreement.
Finally, we fully agree that there was certain difficulty in correctly classifying diastolic dysfunction grades in some clinical cases. However, the new diastolic grading system could reduce the number of indeterminate patients and provide clear-cut information regarding subsequent prognosis as well as left atrial mechanics.
- American College of Cardiology Foundation
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- Kuwaki H.,
- Takeuchi M.,
- Wu V.C.,
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- Tajik A.J.,
- Jan M.F.


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Daytona Beach, FL - Expect that new turf smell soon at Historic Jackie Robinson Ballpark.
During last night's (December 5th) meeting, the Daytona Beach City Commission approved a new synthetic turf at the Jack to the tune of nearly $1 million, one which will be used primarily for Daytona Tortugas and Bethune-Cookman University baseball games.
Astro Turf Company - a Georgia-based company - will install the artificial surface for $938,391, according to documents posted with the meeting agenda.
City officials say the current playing surface doesn't meet Minor League Baseball standards and the new turf should resolve any lingering player safety concerns.
It's also expected to be a much more durable surface than the current grass field, making it better suited to handle additional community events at the city-owned facility.
The money to cover the costs will come from a $355,000 grant from the Racing and Recreational Facilities District, with the remaining $583,391 being pulled from a city capital project fund.
Installation is scheduled to start next week and the work should be done by March 1st, around a month before Opening Day.