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Last weekend I spent three days in McCall, Idaho. I had a blast teaching at Shanti Yoga Studio and camping at Ponderosa State Park. Since pictures are suppose to be worth a 1,000 words I have included a fun picture gallery of some of our adventures with yoga. I hope they encourage you to explore your physical environment in new creative ways. Hope you are all having a great summer and doing lots of yoga outdoors under the sun!
The Sick Politics of Health
In a country with wealth beyond most people's dreams, it is a crime that so many people are sick and without healthcare. I don't even know where to start to explain how upset this makes me. To make things worse the less power you have in the society the less likely you are to have the care you need. This means the individuals that need care the most are the least likely to get it. This includes children, the mentally ill, the developmentally disabled, the chronically ill, those with learning disabilities, drug addictions, physical disabilities and the elderly. Not to mention the socioeconomic division between wealth and poverty. The list goes on long enough to make one realize that we are not talking about a minority of people, but instead a majority. Please do what you can to be informed and to advocate for access to health for everyone.
Below you find an overview of some related articles, overviews supplied by Mental Health in the Headlines which is a weekly newsletter produced by Mental Health America:
Services Facing Cuts despite Rise in Number of Beneficiaries: States are cutting Medicaid payments to doctors and hospitals, limiting benefits for Medicaid recipients, reducing the scope of covered services, requiring beneficiaries to pay larger co-payments and expanding the use of managed care. The moves come as $90 billion in extra funds originally authorized in stimulus legislation will run out in July. At the same time, the number of beneficiaries is higher now than when Congress approved the aid. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that federal Medicaid spending will decline in 2012 for only the second time in the 46-year history of the program. The cuts are likely to increase costs in other parts of the health care system. Doctors will be less likely to accept Medicaid patients if they receive lower payments, which will cause people to turn to hospital emergency rooms for care. Hospitals and other health care providers often try to make up for the loss of Medicaid revenue by increasing charges to other patients, including those with private insurance, experts say. (The New York Times, 6/15/11)
Better Medicaid Coordination Would Cut Costs: Health policy experts say one of the best ways to reduce costs for Medicaid without sacrificing care would be better care coordination for "dual eligibles." These are the people who qualify for Medicare and Medicaid because they require hospital and long-term care. Although they represent only 15 percent of Medicaid's beneficiaries, they account for 40 percent of the program's spending. If their cases were coordinated better, costs would be reduced and people would be healthier. But enacting better care coordination can be difficult. (The Washington Post, 6/16/11)
Children on Medicaid More Likely to Wait for Care: Children on Medicaid are much more likely than kids with private health insurance to be denied appointments with medical specialists and wait longer on average to be seen, according to a new study. Research assistants posing as mothers of sick children called to make appointments for specialty care at 273 clinics in Cook County, Illinois, one month apart. In one call, they told the clinic they had public insurance. In the other, they said they were privately insured. Two-thirds of fictitious Medicaid patients were denied appointments compared to 11 percent of privately insured patients, researchers reported in New England Journal of Medicine. In 89 clinics that accepted both types of insurance, children with public insurance also waited 22 days longer on average for an appointment with a specialist. And in more than half of the phone calls, the caller was asked what kind of insurance their child had before an appointment could be scheduled. Low reimbursement rates, payment delays and hassles associated with the payment process were cited by the study's authors as likely reasons for doctors' reluctance to see Medicaid patients. (The New York Times, 6/15/11)
Visions of apps are swimming in my head!
I am a self professed technophobe, but I have to confess that I am quickly recovering. When faced with learning how to use a new computer, program or phone I have been know to get hives. About five years ago I realized that no matter how hard I tried technology was going to be all around me. I decided to begin to 'make nice' and figure out ways that technology could serve me rather than unnerve me.
I didn't own a computer, but decided Match.com might be fun. Well, long story short…I met my husband, Stu, after only two months. We just celebrated our third year wedding anniversary and I think he is the most amazing person I have ever met. Stu works remotely from home so of course he didn't understand how I survived without a personal computer. It didn't take long before my lap was getting cooked by the tiniest laptop Dell makes.
This is where the snowball really started growing…I started a Facebook page, built my website, began my blog, discovered Twitter…oh my, I figured I was cured. Somehow, though, smartphones and Kindles still weird-ed me out. Four days ago I took a step into another realm and bought an iPhone 4G! It is the coolest gadget ever. It can do almost anything and I was still able to figure out how to use everything my old phone did in less than an hour.
Now the real point of telling all of you about my experience is that I have discovered some amazing apps that can really help a person gain deeper awareness. Seems counter-intuitive that a micro machine could connect us better with our inner environment, but I believe it might. Below you will find a list of the kinds of apps I am talking about. I have also included some links for you Android lovers.
- Mood charting apps that allow you to quickly record mood-triggers and self-care. In seconds you can record your current emotions, stress level, hours sleep, naps, exercise, medications and so much more. Then you can hit one button to look at a simple line graph of all your information. It even allows you to send this information to your doctor via email. Examples can be found at: http://www.findingoptimism.com/home.html
- Meditation timers galore to choose from. Examples can be found at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meditation-timer/id289187420?mt=8
- A mantra app that allows you to pick from about a hundred mantras or chants and listen to recordings. Examples can be found at: http://www.freeware4android.net/sony-ericsson-xperia-x8-x8i-se-shakira-device-1641/buddha-voice-download-34202.html
- A pranayama (breathing exercise) app that is really quite amazing. It is particularly helpful for equal-ratio breathing or facilitating a deeper, slower breath. Somehow while watching the little 'pie-chart' image move about & direct when to inhale and exhale it seems almost impossible to not have your breath sync up with it. It works the same way that watching the waves crash in at the beach or the swinging pendulum of a grandfather clock influences our heart rate and breath. Examples can be found at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/health-through-breath-pranayama/id341935130?mt=8
- Yoga apps that will help you build sequences or recommend postures for specific needs. Examples can be found at: http://www.appolicious.com/articles/1661-the-best-yoga-apps-a-comprehensive-review
- Nutrition apps…http://androlicious.com/details/com.saagara.organicdietbuddy
I could list even more, but I just wanted to encourage you to take a look at ways to make your technology work for you and not the other way around. Happy hunting and I hope to see you out in the real world.
Inner Peace
If you can start the day without caffeine,
If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without alcohol,
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,
… Then You Are Probably …
The Family Dog!
Poem courtesy of Shauna Ault, DVM.
If you are looking for alternative care for your pet I highly recommend Dr. Ault.
For all non-pet owners bare with the 'dog posts'. I have been leaning extra heavy on the tiny shoulders of my Chihuahuas this week. I don't know what I would do without their constant and unconditional love. I bow to the power of sweet 'fur-babies' to help us center and find our ground.
Doggie Neurophysiology
If You Love Someone with Mental Illness
I have found one thing more challenging than having a mental illness….knowing how to help those I love who have a mental illness. I know what has helped me and know what my studies have taught me, but the true test comes in implementation. It has taken my lifetime to find just the right formula of self-care, medications and help from others that allows me to live nearly free from symptoms. I have felt so empowered by this experience that I want to help everyone find freedom from their pain. Unfortunately, it is not an easy task. Every person with mental illness experiences their diagnosis differently and each individual will have to find their own path to wellness. There are powerful tools, skills, techniques, medications, and therapies (the list goes on) that can all give a person some relief. Most likely, though, it will be a combination of many things that will provide long-term quality of life. This means a lot of trial and error and a lot of faith that someday the right combination will be found.
Needless to say this process asks a lot from a person who is already suffering, not to mention the toll on family and friends. But to get to my point, if you love someone with mental illness please be loving and gentle. They are already hurting. Their internal world is at war with itself and they can not escape it. They are not trying to get attention other than to ask for help in the only way they know possible. The reality they are struggling with is very real to them whether or not you understand it. Above all have patience, give them respect and be compassionate.
For more tips on how to be the best support possible check out the link below:
Regards to all the humanity in brokeness…
A student and good friend of mine just sent a link to an intriguing article about a Goddess from Hindu mythology named Akhilandeshvari. In sanskrit her name means the "never not broken" goddess. What does this mean? Well, to me it says that even the gods and goddesses are known for their humanity. It is like the Japanese art of wabi-sabi to find beauty in imperfection. Acceptance of the natural cycles of life, reverence in authenticity and rejection of perfection all lead us to a deeper connection with the present moment. Life will take us through so many states of being and through the practice of yoga you will more easily be able to recognize the true you no matter where you are.
The Goddess of Never Not Broken <– (Click here)
What does Akhilandeshvari say to you?
Therapeutic Yoga Class
Tomorrow is the first class of Yoga for Life's new Therapeutic Yoga class. I look forward to seeing the class grow and would love to see you there. This restorative yoga class will include supported postures, breath awareness exercises and guided meditation. The sequencing, pace and tone of the class is specifically designed for those who are in the process of healing or have ongoing health challenges. This class is perfect for those with Fibromyalgia, Multiple sclerosis (MS), Arthritis, Asthma, other autoimmune diseases or in recovery from illness or surgery. It is recommended that you consult your physician previous to starting and during class always listen to and respect your body.
Location: Yoga for Life
Time: 5:30-6:30pm Fridays
Cost: Punch Card: 10 classes for $75.00, Unlimited Yoga classes for $60.00/Month, Walk-ins: $10.00 per class


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Questioned recently by a fellow artist, Stephen White:
"I've got to ask; what was your inspiration/goal behind words of wisdom (quite nice, by the way) matched with pictures of pigeon poop? I'm perfectly serious about asking: I'm not sure if you're going for irony, humor, or genuinely scatological art. In any case, I like the bold concept!"
Mary's reply, "Quite simply-I choose to change my viewpoint on what most people think of as "bird poop" to the work of art done by the pigeons. Most likely I'm going for all of the above as you state.
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So Mary is do-dooing just that…taking the works of art done by her new found friends, photographing them and writing inspirations to help to change people's perspectives in the world one picture and line at a time.
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John Legend is back with a new single titled Made To Love. This will appear on John upcoming album called Love In The Future, due out on September 3rd.
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Compute! magazine March 1984. Potential C64 owner buyers would probably only have seen the masthead saying "COMPUTE!", though
Recently, on my quest to find out more about the crappy Commodore 64 with its messed up memory map and why it was so difficult or impossible for me to program, although some people somehow managed it, I've been able to get access to lots of information which I didn't manage to get my hands on back in 1984-1985. This is because some of the information is contained in back issues of magazines such as Commodore User, published before I bought a Commodore 64, which was before I KNEW which computer I'd be getting, so I didn't bother to read those magazines, as well as in books I didn't buy. This may have been because I could only afford to buy a certain number of books instead of other items, or because reading yet another book which failed to explain what I needed to know put me off reading any more books about the C64 at all. Recently I've downloaded more books about the Commodore 64 free of charge than I ever owned in 1984-1985. I confined the publication dates of these downloaded books to 1984 or earlier, though. I found one book I downloaded was published in 1985, so I haven't read that one yet. I didn't own a modem until 1990, when I started using computer BBS systems on my Amiga A500, before I first heard of the Internet in 1994. I recently downloaded a PDF version of an Amiga book published before 1994 which mentioned "the ARPA Internet", but if I've ever read it before, then at the time I'd probably just have thought "What's that?!", then forgotten all about it until later hearing a lot of publicity about the Internet and reading how to start using it in .net magazine in 1994. As various people, but not everyone, knows BBS stands for Bulletin Board System, which meant a computer you could connect to, which was probably fitted with a hard drive (unlike most computers at the time) containing lots of text messages and some software for download. The display was either plain scrolling ASCII text or multicolour ANSI text. A lot of the BBS systems were part of a network such as Fidonet.
A big source of this Commodore 64 "semi secret stash of information" is Jim Butterfield (1936-2007), who as I mentioned recently, got a big head start on most computer users when he first programmed a mainframe computer in 1963, the year Doctor Who started. Unfortunately, someone was inconsiderate enough to assassinate President John Fitzgerald Kennedy the day before the first episode, which distracted people from watching it, but luckily it was repeated a week later. I didn't remember ever hearing the name Jim Butterfield or reading anything he'd written back in 1984, but I eventually found a familiar article in Commodore User magazine about "garbage collection" in Commodore BASIC V2. He also bought a KIM-1 computer by MOS before that company was taken over by Commodore, wrote a book called "The First Book of KIM" and later on bought and studied the Commodore PET in great detail. This meant that he was already an old hand at using Commodore computers before the Commodore 64 came out. He was easily able to cope with the new VIC-II graphics and SID sound chips and wrote a monitor/assembler called Supermon for the C64 which worked in the same way as the built in PET monitor. I recently found a type in listing of Supermon in a book. The fundamental way the Commodore 64 works is very similar to the Commodore PET and the VIC-20, due to their shared "Kernal" OS and PETSCII character codes, but of course PET programs in BASIC don't contain lots of PEEKs and POKEs, because Commodore BASIC V2 was actually designed for the PET hardware.
Jim Butterfield had a series of articles in Commodore User magazine which ran from late 1983 to mid 1984, finishing not long after I got my Commodore 64. This series of articles covered subjects including high resolution graphics, sprites, and even split screen displays! However, his book "Machine Language for the Commodore 64 and other Commodore Computers" dealt with the core Commodore "Kernal" OS, using techniques and ROM based routines common to all Commodore computers. It didn't feature colour, graphics, or sound, though.
Unfortunately, at that time Commodore User magazine seemed to be covering mainly the pathetic VIC-20 with its crappy 20-22 column display and no hires graphics, and limited sound, so that alone could have put me and other Commodore 64 owners off buying it. Unlike various other magazines, Commodore User didn't advertise back issues or their contents, so that means I and who knows how many other people missed out on this vital information. Most Commodore computer users at the time were using it as their very first computer, they hadn't upgraded from an earlier computer, as explained by Gail Wellington in a video clip I posted a link to not long ago.
One comment I had on my post "All Change at Commodore!" was from "John Borrowman", who told me about a magazine I'd never heard of before, when he said "Perhaps you should have subscribed to Compute's Gazette or Loadstar to learn programming instead of buying cheap dime-store books with crappy type-in programs. I have enjoyed my Commodore computers (VIC-20, C-64, and C-128) for many years and I still tinker with programming on them to this day".
Compute!'s First Book of Commodore 64
Amazingly enough, I've recently downloaded "Compute!'s 1st Book of Commodore 64" from http://www.bombjack.org/commodore/books.htm , and these same articles by Jim Butterfield are also published in there. It says Copyright 1983 from magazine articles published in "Compute!" Magazine in 1982 and 1983, but I don't remember ever having seen this book on sale anywhere in 1984. I wouldn't have noticed it if I'd seen it after 1984. It didn't even say in Commodore User magazine that Jim Butterfield was Editor of "Compute!" magazine, that the series of articles was originally published in "Compute!" magazine, have been published or will be published along with more information in"Compute!'s 1st Book of Commodore 64", so I think that's most strange!
"Compute!" magazine and their staff weren't really evil, unlike Jack Tramiel and his sons Sam and Leonard who went along with his con. They'd just got used to using the Commodore PET range of computers, then when Commodore brought out the VIC-20 and the C64, they already knew most of the details about how these computers worked, including the concepts of 6502 Assembly Language, memory maps, the Commodore Kernal, etc. Brand loyalty may be the reason they stuck with Commodore computers no matter what crap Commodore unleashed onto unwitting consumers who had never owned a computer before. They were probably interested in getting their hands on a colour PET with graphics and sound, which they could soon work out how to program, although first computer buyers wouldn't have a clue. "Compute!" planned to try and provide them with detailed explanations of this essential information.
The book "Compute!'s 1st Book of Commodore 64" is written by various authors and starts off by trying to explain the totally fracked up C64 memory map which prevents users from accessing 64K unless they can turn off the BASIC and Kernal ROMs, as well as the I/O ports. The first two chapters cover the C64 chips, as well as the crappy Commodore BASIC V2, which I recently found out was actually based on the source code of Commodore BASIC 4 for the PET series, but had all commands that weren't in BASIC V2 deleted. I think these commands were only for using disks, such as DIRECTORY, CATALOG, DLOAD, and DSAVE, though. Obviously, they mention that users are required to use a lot of PEEKs and POKEs to access the Commodore 64's colour, graphics and sound facilities. They quote the familiar pathetic Commodore excuse that they reused BASIC V2 on the C64 to make it possible to convert PET BASIC software for the Commodore 64, but surely this is nonsense, because they could just have added new commands to it, while keeping all the older commands complete with their tokens. Even if they'd changed the tokens, the programs could have been saved as ASCII text, then loaded or merged onto the C64 with a more advanced BASIC, similar to V3.5. I read that the SID chip designer went on to create the Ensoniq range of synthesisers, but as you may have guessed, there was no need to PEEK or POKE them to play music! It also clearly explains that the often mentioned raster interrupts, which bad spellers may have thought were a way to stop a Reggae musician from playing, but I had no real idea what they were in 1984, are a way of changing the screen display part of the way down the screen to display more than one character set, or increase the number of sprites above 8. I think this is quite crude compared with Atari computers' "display list", allowing users to create their own customised display modes, though. Interrupts seem to be a limited form of multitasking for 8 bit computers. Unfortunately, Orson Scott Card claims in this book that it's easier to learn Commodore BASIC V2 on the C64 than "high school" French or Spanish, so that's obviously false, because I speak French and can understand books and TV programmes in French, but I can't program much in the way of graphics or sound in C64 BASIC V2. I can also read and understand more Spanish than I can speak, because it's similar to French. Following this, there's an explanation of the extremely tedious Commodore BASIC V2 method on how to set SID chip registers using numbers combined with logic operators such as AND, OR, EOR, or XOR to set register bits. I think this is similar to what the classic Doctor Who companion Adric was trying to do to the Cybermens' bomb on the freighter at the end of the story "Earthshock", but then (luckily?) a Cyberman zapped the console before his brain may have exploded from the stress this would have caused him, so at least he may have died a more peaceful death! Chapter 2 is actually called "BASIC Programming" and starts off with an explanation of the obscure command WAIT, which it turns out can be used to scan the keyboard instead of the missing Microsoft BASIC command INKEY$, or GETKEY in Commodore BASIC V7 on the C128. WAIT can even read a joystick! There's also a method of stopping people from using LIST to see your BASIC program. Things really start getting interesting in Chapter 3 with that tutorial by Jim Butterfield, most of which was republished in Commodore User. He gives everyone a detailed description, which he calls just an "introduction", to the 6566/VIC-II video chip, starting off by giving the easy to remember Hexadecimal addresses of $D000-$D02E. His tutorial includes details of all Commodore 64 video display modes, as well as how to use the sprites. It's much better than the so called explanation in the crappy Commodore 64 Programmers' Reference Guide! Unfortunately, this is done in the ancient Commodore BASIC V2, instead of Assembly Language/Machine Code. He doesn't list a program to get Commodore BASIC V2 to accept hexadecimal numbers either, although I found one in another book. The location $D01A is the interrupt enable register, which I think is fairly easy to remember if you think it has priority 1A. All the colour data is stored in locations $D020-$D026, meaning border, four background colours, as well as two colours reserved for sprites. He explains multicolour sprites and how to detect sprite collisions. Locations $D01E/53278 and $D01F/53279 register any collisions. He tells people how to reconfigure memory to emulate a Commodore PET. There are tutorials on how to redefine character sets, and plot hires graphics. He also gives a listing for a simple game called "Lunar Lander" which actually uses the often ignored function keys! Unfortunately, this requires decimal data for sprites, as well as about 22 POKE commands and 3 PEEK commands in the space of only about 84 lines of BASIC. He also reminds us that our nosy neighbours or "curtain twitchers" keeping track of our whereabouts on the screen live at addresses $D011 and $D012. These nosy neighbours can actually help us to change display mode, character set, and/or sprite data when we get to a certain raster display line, after we tell them which line this is! In Chapter 4, entitled "Creating Games" Sheldon Leemon confesses to being a traitor to the amazing, groundbreaking Atari 800 computer, (which started with 128 colours, was upgraded to 256 colours, had custom graphics and sound chips and BASIC commands to support them) who was somehow roped in to the Commodore 64 cult. He soon confesses to being shocked by Commodore BASIC V2 on the C64 and the User Guide. He tells us how difficult it was to find out how to read input from joysticks on the C64. He gives two listings on how to move sprites using joysticks in Commodore BASIC V2 with lots of POKE commands, as well as in BASIC V2 with Machine Code in decimal POKEd into RAM, then called up with a few SYS commands. Chapter 5 is about what a pile of crap the Commodore BASIC V2 commands for disk handling are. It points out that even the simple commands CATALOG and DIRECTORY from Commodore BASIC V4 aren't available in Commodore BASIC V2. It tries to implement these functions using some Commodore BASIC V2 programs. There are further articles about how to try and overcome the total inadequacy of how to handle disk operations under Commodore BASIC V2, including a disk menu maker and how to back up disks. Following this, we're told how to program the User Port, which may not be any more complicated than on computers with advanced dialects of BASIC. Chapter 6 lists utilities such as a text search, music keyboard, and programmers' alarm clock. Chapter 7 explores the memory map and architecture of the C64, including how to modify BASIC, as well as memory management. Chapter 8 has a roughly 14 page long Machine Code listing for a program called Micromon, which is a monitor less capable than Supermon, or the built in MONITOR on the C128. A few Appendices deal with how to input programs using the checksum software MLX and how to avoid any errors typing in BASIC V2 programs. All in all, it's totally amazing and wipes the floor with the Commodore 64 Programmers' Reference Guide!
Compute!'s Second Book of Commodore 64
The book "Compute's 2nd Book of Commodore 64", which I also downloaded from http://www.bombjack.org/commodore/books.htm , explores the Commodore 64 in even more detail. It contains a word processor listing written in just over 16 pages of Machine Code, an arcade game called "Spike" listed also over 16 pages (4K) of Machine Code which can even be paused or frozen, "Martian Prisoner" a text adventure listing in just over 3 pages of BASIC V2, a mailing program listing in 3 pages of BASIC V2, and a spreadsheet listing in about 4.5 pages of BASIC V2. There are also some short educational games for school kids in BASIC V2. After this, there's a section about the SID sound chip, with a 13 line BASIC V2 listing that actually plays a chord! There's a sound editor in BASIC V2, as well as a BASIC/Machine Code listing called SYS Sound which is 3 pages long, that claims to enable users to create sounds that they can use in their own programs without a load of PEEKs and POKEs! There's the Note Name Game, which teaches musical scales and is about 4 pages of BASIC V2. There's also a chapter about how to define custom character sets and sprites. From there we move on to how to detect the function keys being pressed from BASIC V2, as well as an explanation of arrays. Starting in Chapter 5, then continuing in Chapter 6 the most impressive part of the book has two listings to extend Commodore BASIC V2, as well as an explanation of how this is done! The first article with a listing starts off by explaining how the Commodore 64 processes lines of BASIC using something called a "BASIC Indirect Vector Table", which starts at location $300/768, and continues up to $30B/779, including the routines for error messages, line entry, tokenising, detokenising, executing commands, and evaluating functions, which I think could all be used for a replacement BASIC such as a C64 version of "Microsoft Extended BASIC". According to this article you have to redirect BASIC away from these vectors if you write an extended BASIC, but the routines themselves are held in the ROM at addresses $A437-$BC49, so I think these routines could still be used in a replacement BASIC, not an extended BASIC. This article is limited to 5 simple commands, to fill the screen with a single character, set text colour, PEEK two adjacent addresses (often called DEEK), pause for a time defined by the number which follows, and turn off these extended commands. It doesn't give various commands for colour, graphics, and sound which C64 owners were desperate for, but a second listing called SuperBASIC 64, which runs to about 12 pages, does give this among 41 extended commands, which all start with a [ character. Following on, there are some demo programs written in this extended BASIC. There are also listings to copy non program files, merge programs or routines together, as well as to restore a program after a NEW command. The book ends the same as the 1st book with MLX and the Automatic Proof Reader. In general this book is even more amazing and revealing than its predecessor!
"Compute!'s 3rd Book of Commodore 64", also on http://www.bombjack.org/commodore/books.htm , follows up with some more amazing stuff. This includes an extended BASIC called 64 Paintbox listed over 7 pages, which provides Atari BASIC style commands enabling users to type in Atari graphics programs. Another program gives the C64 an 80 column display by using a special character set and a trick to position it in 80 instead of 40 columns. There's also a turtle graphics interpreter and a section on programming graphics and sound. This includes a hires graphics editor, which is much better than David Lawrence's effort in "The Working Commodore 64" and you can save your creations! There's also HiSprite, a Machine Code routine to control sprites at high speed. Some more slightly useful programs are Colorfill to change the entire colour memory, and a real time clock. JEP is a Machine Language program to enable disabled people or young children to write in BASIC using a joystick instead of the keyboard. The program One Touch Keywords adds the facility to type in any of 52 BASIC commands by pressing two keys at a time, similar to the Acorn Electron, and not that different from the Sinclair and Timex/Sinclair computers. Another program is Autoload, which makes loading programs more automatic. There's also the program Cruncher, which reduces the length of BASIC programs by removing spaces and REM statements. There's also the program Machine Language Saver, which enables C64 users to save Machine Language from RAM onto tape or disk, like with BSAVE in MSX BASIC and Commodore BASIC V7, etc. There's even a program called "Disk Surgeon", which allows users to rename disks, delete and undelete files, and print out lists of disk files, like users of Commodore BASIC V4, Acorn DFS, Atari DOS, CP/M, etc could already do!
These books by "Compute!" are so much better than the official Commodore 64 Programmers' Reference Guide and much easier to understand. In spite of this, there should have been no need for a third party publisher to print all this information to fix Commodore's mess. Commodore should have told people how to program the Commodore 64 themselves!
The "Compute!" books contain a utility originally from "Compute!" magazine called MLX, which is a Machine Code loader that expects the user to input Machine Code in decimal numbers (because the crappy Commodore BASIC V2 can't understand hexadecimal numbers), then provides a checksum for each line. This is a much better way of typing in programs than was used by most computer magazines of the time. I recently found out that similar system was also adopted in 1985 by some British magazine whose name escapes me now.
Of course, this information from "Compute!" should have been the basis of the Commodore 64 Programmer's Reference Guide, or at least another book published by Commodore themselves, complete with their "chickenhead" logo, but it wasn't. I don't think this information is contained in that book, or at least not in a way easy enough for most people to understand. I think it's more like ancient Greek, Latin, or Norse compared with the modern, simplified languages French, German, or Danish.
I missed out on all this information when I owned a Commodore 64 for a few simple reasons. These are as follows
1. The magazine which published it was called "Compute!" instead of Commodore something. The publisher made them cover various computers instead of just Commodore computers.
2. The magazine "Compute!" wasn't widely available or widely publicised in Britain.
3. I don't remember ever seeing any books by "Compute!" about the Commodore 64.
4. I don't remember reading any reviews of these books anywhere either.
So, to sum up Compute! 10 – Commodore/Sams 2


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Rock for the garden
Dug out a rock from the dirt pile to put in the garden between the newly transplanted fruit trees.
Then it was a matter of cleaning off a million years worth of dirt.
Its fractured, so I get to see inside. The outside is a purple colour but the inside is a conglomerate of rounded rock. So that tells me that the smaller rocks were part of a shoreline or a river bed. Cool.
Well you can position it as best you want, but in the end the rock will go where it wants to go.
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Concert Gallery: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at the House of Blues in Boston, MA
March 28, 2011 by TWRY Staff
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For New England music fanatics, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals seem to have been music's best kept secret for quite some time now. While New England is known for churning out some of music's best, Vermont's Grace Potter seemed to fly under the radar for quite some time considering you'd be hard pressed to find a more charismatic, energetic, engaging leading lady. And lead she does, from the moment she hits the stage she commands it like a star. Oh and her band? Not too shabby either, in fact, her band has their OWN band. Yep, they're that good! If you get to the shows early enough you'll be able to catch Blues and Lasers featuring GPN's guitarist Scott Tournet, drummer Matt Burr, and rhythm guitarist Benny Yurco.
In the past few years it's been fun to watch GPN's popularity grow and after last night's sold out show at the House of Blues in Boston I guess you could say the secret's out! GPN will close out this leg of their tour and play some festivals before heading back out on the road in June where you can catch them at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston on August 20th. You can check out all their live show listings here and check out our gallery of photos from their recent Boston show below.
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I was at Happy Harbor Comics yesterday, checking out the new location and cleaning out my file, when I wandered by the local-creator section and saw this:
…the last copy of my mini-comic, Laleeloo.
It's probably been sitting there for, what, two years now? Three years? God bless you, Jay, for using up valuable display space for my little comic!
What is IN that mini-comic that makes it such a popular purchase?
- A comic about a bōsōzoku boy who ate too much cheese
- Subversive Animal Crossing 4-koma comics involving a stalker anteater
- Other random comics. (C'mon, it's been a few years since I last read through it!)
So, how about this… if you buy the very last, first edition, probably never gonna be made into a physical copy again, copy of Laleeloo from Happy Harbor, tweet me a photo of you with it and I'll draw you a picture of a character of your choosing as thanks.
Let's help Jay out and clear a spot on his shelf for another local creator's work!
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Miss Cherry has a special language that only Peaches can understand 🙂
Miss Cherry has a special language that only Peaches can understand 🙂
Today is midsummer in Sweden when people get to eat a lot of strange (and delicious) food, wear wreaths made of flowers (cute), dance around a pole (no sexual meaning there – I promise) and last but not least; drink until very drunk. Totally normal – it's called culture 😉
Me, I'm planning to eat lots of food 🙂
Have a nice midsummer everyone!
I'm so sorry to bother your perfect life with my depression.
But to be honest, I find your extreme happiness just as annoying. Not to mention you arrogance.
So fuck you and good bye. Good luck having any friends when life strikes you one day.
And even if it never does, you will still remain an asshole. A happy asshole, but still an asshole.


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New lenses expand the Leica SL-System
The mirrorless Leica SL-System successfully launched in October 2015 underlines the positioning of Leica Camera AG as a premium-segment provider of professional tools and services for all areas of photography. Its impressive electronic viewfinder features EyeRes technology, a concept developed by Leica especially for this camera. With a latency time below the threshold of perception, an impressive resolution of 4.4 million pixels and magnification reminiscent of a medium format camera, this electronic viewfinder offers an entirely new visual experience Whether shooting still pictures or Cine 4K video, the 24 MP resolution of the camera's full-frame sensor makes no compromises in terms of imaging quality. At the same time, the Leica SL sets entirely new standards with its intuitive handling concept, logically positioned, individually configurable controls and outstanding versatility. Reasons enough for the top ratings and outstanding reviews the dust and spray sealed camera received not only from its users, but also from specialist photographic and technical media around the world.
In perfect time for photokina 2016, Leica Camera AG now provides an outlook on the coming lens line-up for the innovative camera system. Within the next eighteen months, Leica SL photographers can look forward to the expansion of the SL-System lens portfolio by an ultra-wide zoom and four prime lenses, granting a whole range of new usage scenarios.
The Leica Summilux-SL 50 mm f/1.4 ASPH. is the first prime lens for the Leica SL-System and sets a new standard on the market. Its large maximum aperture makes the high-performance lens the ideal partner in situations with challenging lighting conditions and enables the use of shallow depth of focus as a creative tool. Fast, precise and reliable autofocusing guarantee that photographers can concentrate fully on composition and creativity rather than on the search for optimum sharpness. The imaging performance of the lens fulfils the most stringent standards. Particularly when shooting at maximum aperture, the combination of its resolving power and soft bokeh in unsharp areas clearly isolates subjects from their surroundings. Thanks to uniform contrast rendition throughout the focusing range, this applies at all distance settings.
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The Leica Super-Vario-Elmar-SL 16-35 mm f/3.5-4.5 ASPH. ultra-wide zoom rounds off the currently available range of two zoom lenses and offers a zoom range ideal for a diversity of uses ranging from landscape and architectural photography, wedding, event, and concert photography to reportage and documentation. In addition to its typically high quality and imaging performance, the spray and dust sealed construction of this zoom lens make it an ideal companion in unfavourable conditions.
The Leica Summilux-SL 50 mm f/1.4 ASPH. will be launched in January 2017 and will be followed by the Leica APO-Summicron-SL 75 mm f/2 ASPH. in summer 2017. The launch dates of the Leica APO-Summicron-SL 90 mm f/2 ASPH. and the Leica Super-Vario-Elmar-SL 16-35 mm f/3.5-4.5 ASPH. are respectively scheduled for autumn and winter 2017. The Leica Summicron-SL 35 mm f/2 ASPH. will then appear in spring 2018.
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Some time ago, I coincidentally stumbled across the song 'Finders Keepers' by Miriam Bryant and absolutely LOVED it. What an amazing voice!
Although Finder Keepers is still one of my hot favourites, Last Soul On Earth is serious competition.
If you don't know her already, make sure to check her out! It's amazingly deep, soulful music!
This is set on repeat during my knitting sessions now. Which basically means (ahem) all day. Don't judge me.
What are your current favourite tunes? Anything you just can't seem to get out of your head? I'd love to get some new musical inspiration from you!
See you soon lovelies!


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Information for 10038IIED
An operational framework for Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development (TAMD)
Nick Brooks, Simon Anderson, Ian Burton, Susannah Fisher, Neha Rai, Ian Tellam
Working paper
The Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development (TAMD) framework offers a 'twin track' framework for use in many contexts and at many scales to assess and compare the effectiveness of interventions that directly or indirectly help populations adapt to climate change. TAMD differs from other assessment frameworks by emphasising the need to assess development interventions in the light of changing climate risks. This is to avoid missing effective interventions whose outcomes are obscured by increasing risks and vulnerability. This paper outlines the steps needed to apply the TAMD framework, providing practical guidance on how to put the concepts outlined in Cliimate Change Working Paper no. 1 into operation (see Additional Information).
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The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is working with partners to develop and pilot a framework, called Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development (TAMD), to track adaptation and measure its impact on development.
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All of us have heard the story of Hansel and Gretel and each and every child without exception, has dreamed of at least getting to see – if not living in – an edible house made of cookies, chocolates and other treats. Though not in the literal sense, most houses and buildings made during ancient times were small symbols of the legendary Hansel & Gretel house.
Food and Architecture
Our ancestors were very deeply connected to nature and this reflects clearly in every aspect of their lifestyle, a major one being architecture. Architecture is a wonderful example of the adage "Necessity is the Mother of Invention"; architecture being the invention, necessity being nomads settling down in one place to pursue agriculture as an organized activity. It's really amazing how food-centric every aspect of life is. And architecture is no stranger to this concept.
It is widely believed that ancient monuments were made of straw, mud and stones. However, this is only the partial truth, for though these materials were the major components of houses, monuments and buildings, they were held together by food. Yes Food!!!
Some interesting ingredients were commonly used in construction in the bygone era. If we start at the very basics, rough straw or bamboo structures were one of the very early attempts of building. Initially, this building of structures was done using the fallen branches of trees or tusks of wild animals, held together by strips of hide. However, as agriculture developed, some byproducts like straw of grains like wheat, barley, oats, etc. slowly started featuring as structural materials, once the grain was threshed away. Forest dwellings were made using bamboo, popular even today as food.
As time progressed, so did the invention capacity of man, his observation and awareness of the usefulness of various materials. Gradually, as man began to use mud and clay for construction, the need for a binding agent was fulfilled by liquids such as sugarcane juice, coconut water, molasses, honey, milk, curd, whey and animal blood. Though an ancient practice, the use of sugarcane juice and curd continued right till the 18th century.
Sugarcane juice
The Bara Imambara in Lucknow is a prime example of a monument built using a lime mortar containing sugarcane juice. Sugarcane juice was mostly used in its raw form. However, there are numerous instances of construction, particularly of monuments commissioned by the elite wherein the use of sugar or jaggery solution is recorded. Lime mortar, it is said, was mixed with a fermented sugar or jaggery solution and re-fermented to be used as the binding liquid for "liquid cement".
Pre-Concrete era
As mud and clay structures made way for stone and brick buildings, liquid binding agents were further supported by a "concrete" mixture. Concrete of course, is a modern day creation. The pre-concrete era saw a mixture of lime, clay and sand mixed with a coarse flour of ingredients like lentils (particularly urad dal and mung dal), barley, wild rice, unhusked rice, millet, horsegram; oilseeds like mustard seeds and sesame and also things like egg whites, egg shells and cashew shells. This mixture was often fortified by mixing it with the pulp of fruits like figs, cashew, bananas, papaya or tendu fruit.
Sesame Seeds
Cashew Fruits
The tendu fruit is a tribal favorite in places like Orissa and Madhya Pradesh where it grows on trees, the leaves of which are used to roll beedis.
Tendu fruit
Tamarind effect
The monuments made from these ingredients stand tall and strong even today. The passage of time does show itself in the form of cracked walls, chipped corners and damp roofs. These cracks were repaired using yet another remarkable ingredient – tamarind seeds. Anyone who has grown up with a tamarind tree in the vicinity of their home knows what a delicious snack roasted tamarind seeds make. This delicious snack was used in powdered form, mixed with lime and jaggery solution to fill cracks. However, the use of tamarind seeds almost fades in comparison to the ingenious waterproofing method used. The simple trick was to use flax seeds. Yes, the healthy nutritious superfood of today was boiled till a thick slimy mucilaginous gel formed in the water. This gel was strained and collected and brushed on the outside of walls and roofs to waterproof them. Flax seed oil is used even today in some wooden heritage structures as a hardy polish.
Architectural benefits of these food ingredients
It may seem like the use of all these ingredients were the result of surplus or a show of opulence. But that is not the case. The reason for use of these perishables to create everlasting monuments was a scientific one. According to Mrunal Savkar, an archaeology student, "the ancients used perishables in lime mortars because they knew that lime hardens when exposed to carbon dioxide. The ingredients used would rot over time and release carbon dioxide among other gases, aiding the process of carbonation and thus hardening the lime even from within." This knowledge was not limited to India, but prevalent the world over.
Romans also used milk and animal blood in cement solutions used to create the magnificent structures that draw tourists even today. The Great Wall of China, the only manmade wonder to be seen from space, has stood the test of time thanks to the strength provided by sticky gelatinous rice and soya beans. The temples of Angkor Vat are constructed using Khmer bricks, which are a mixture of clay and vegetable fibers. In African countries, dung floorings are a common sight. The mixture used to create these contains pig's blood (which hardens the floor on drying) and dried powdered mint (to prevent any foul smell from lingering). In Canada, hemp (cannabis) fibers are used in combination with cement to make sturdy bricks.
Looking at the situation today, one wonders if we should go back to using these supposedly "outdated" environment-friendly construction tactics, which were not only natural and safe, but also left no carbon footprints thanks to wastes and by-products being used constructively (in the literal sense). Maybe that's what will save the earth.


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RCMP investigating private addiction rehab centres in Alberta
RCMP are investigating two private addiction treatment centres, called Addiction Canada, after employees in Alberta claimed they were not being paid.
John Haines, the man who owns the rehab centres in Sundre and Glendon, also runs three facilities in Ontario where he is currently facing several charges including fraud of more than $6-million, money laundering and drug trafficking.
In early August, seven former employees, including managers, alleged they were never paid, that medical staff were laid off and clients were not provided the care they were promised.
In an interview with CTV, Jennifer Scheible said she worked for a few weeks without pay before leaving, but some of her other colleagues carried on for months without receiving their paycheques.
Scheible said she and many former employees stuck it out for so long because they were concerned about the clients.
"I enjoyed working there and I loved the clients and staff," said Scheible.
RCMP would not provide details into the investigation and would only confirm that officers were looking into complaints.
Wendy Caron, a former client who now lives in B.C., said she paid $26,000 for treatment with Addiction Canada. Caron said she was promised a five-star resort equipped with a gym, massage therapist, and high-end meals prepared by a red-seal chef. She told CTV none of those amenities were available when she arrived on site.
Her biggest concern, however, was getting the care she needed for her addiction.
"It was horrible," Caron said. "I wondered if [staff] would come in or not. Not only are you deathly ill, you were thinking if this guy doesn't pay them, I might not have them tomorrow."
A spokesperson with Addiction Canada denied allegations about non-payment, adding the company is restructuring and that all bounced cheques have been replaced.
"By no means at all are any of the clients in any way, shape or form in any type of danger or not being treated properly through their therapy," said George Hirschler, Addiction Canada's National Director.
As for the RCMP investigation, Hirschler said in a statement:
"We are not aware of any current RCMP investigation but if there is, we will remain transparent and cooperative. As we at addiction Canada maintain that we provide the very best in drug and alcohol addiction treatment as many of our successful paths and present clients will attest to."
Fifty-one former employees of both locations have filed complaints to the provincial labour board.


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With our new policy regarding song covers, is this artist really needed?
Тексты песен Glee Cast
I agree with you, it's just that there are some songs smashed together into one. How would that be identified?
Honestly, the cover policy has changed so much that I don't know what needs to be done here... If the Glee versions are different (lyrics are different), then they can remain here. Now covered songs are properly linked to the original version, so that wouldn't create duplicate entries in the artist pages.


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What To Expect When You Get A Mammogram — This Video Walks You Through It!
Getting a mammogram can be a scary thought, especially if you don't know what to expect. This informative video explains in great detail the different steps involved when getting your annual mammogram.
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Is Egypt sharpening its knife?
The Egyptian authority has claimed that there was no bomb on the destroyed Russian passenger plane which took 224 lives on 31st October 2015 over Egyptian sky in Sinai. According to a western news source, Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry issued a statement Monday mentioning lead investigator Ayman Al-Muqaddam, who said that his team had found nothing so far that "indicates illegitimate interference or an act of terrorism." (1) This statement completely contradicts the Russian, US and ISIL claims. Both Russia and the ISIL claimed that the Airliner was bombed down by homemade explosives. (2) But now the country that was responsible for the Airliners safety on its sky came up with conclusion that there was no bomb on the plane. These claims and Contraclaims have already triggered many questions about the so called strong relationship between Egypt and Russia; such as, why Egypt is claiming that the Russian Airliner was not bombed down by the terrorists when others claimed so. Does it want to assure its own people, reckless businesspersons and dumb tourists that Egyptian territory is safe from terrorism? But why did it forget the global political reactions and the so-called strong relationship with Russia?
According to the American chamber of commerce in Egypt, the Trade volume between Russia and Egypt has been increased nearly 100% in last three years. And the trade balance has boomed from $3 billion in 2013 to $5.4 billion in 2014, of which $540 million is for Egyptian exports and the rest for Russian exports to Egypt, mainly oil, steel and wheat. The two countries also signed a $3.5 billion arms deal during a visit by Al-Sisi to Russia. Like the Turkey, the major Egyptian export into Russia is Potato. (3)
On the other hand, the US has significant foreign policy towards the Egypt. It is the second largest beneficiary of foreign aid after Israel. The United States is among Egypt's largest trading partners with a volume of trade reaching USD 7.9 billion in 2014, rising by 16.5% from 2013 and representing approximately 2.8% of Egypt's GDP. In 2014, Egypt exported USD 1.4 billion worth of goods to the U.S. The major Egyptian exports to the US were apparel, textile furnishings, fertilizers and other agricultural chemicals and a few amounts of potatoes. (4)
But, Israel- with joined US interests should be considered as the key player of Regional politics in the Middle East. The Israel-Egypt peace treaty paved the way of Israeli influence in the Egyptian state system. Later, Egypt has been becoming an important strategic partner of Israel. A former Israeli defense minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer had once stated that "Egypt is not only our closest friend in the region; the co-operation between us goes beyond the strategic." (5) According to the Israel-Egypt agreement, the U.S. began economic and military aid to Egypt, and political backing for its subsequent governments. From 1948 until 2015, the United States provided Egypt with $76 billion worth of aid. Egypt receives about $1.3 billion annually. (6)
Since Egypt is not running by the rules of US Policy of Democracy in Action, many policy analysts have been considering Egypt an ally of Russia. Some of them assumed that Egypt is now out of the US bloc and searching for a new one. But understanding the relationship between the US, Israel and Egypt and their collective goal in the Middle Eastern future political economy, Egypt is actually camouflaging as an ally of the China-Russia bloc. Egypt will never fully align with the alternative bloc of the west rather Egypt is looking for a soft-power identity in the Middle Eastern regional politics. And to acquire that status of western recognition as a regional power, they will do whatever it takes to make bargaining chips available for negotiations with the west.
So, by claiming that the Russian passenger plane was not bombed by the terrorist, Egypt is showing off their importance in global public opinion making. It has expressed its hidden intention that it may break away from so called strong bilateral relationship with Russia, and opens a path of negotiation for clandestine operation in favor of the west against the Russian interests in the Middle East. Since, the Middle-Eastern turmoil are taking shapes and changing momentum every week, Egypt is now seeking some opportunities for itself for its own regional interests associating with the US-Israeli bloc. Meanwhile, The Turkish action against the Russian jet encouraged few Middle-Eastern countries similar to Egypt to align and work more with the western bloc. By counterclaiming the Russian conclusion over the passenger plane tragedy, Egypt gave a signal to the west that after Turkey, Egypt is immorally ready to take a chance to stab Russia back when stabbing Russia from the back can give an international recognition as a regional power or the Soft power.
- http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/14/world/egypt-russian-jet-crash-investigation/index.html
- https://www.rt.com/news/322630-russia-plane-attack-lavrov/
- http://www.amcham.org.eg/online_services/tas/View_Projects_Email_twitter.asp?project_id=34140
- http://www.amcham.org.eg/resources_publications/Trade_Resources/egypt_us_relations/EgyptUSTrade11new.asp
- http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/915535/israeli-concern-for-peace-partner/
- https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33003.pdf


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Peter Tutton is Head of Policy for StepChange Debt Charity and was speaking at last week's Indebtedness event run by the Money Advice Service (MAS) to launch their report A Picture of Over-Indebtedness. The seminar was to establish the levels of over-indebtedness around the UK and identify indicators to help us spot those at risk before it's too late. But it also posed three central questions: How do we prompt people to recognise their over-indebtedness? How do we trigger a decision to take action? How do we reach them in the first place?
The MAS report draws together research to pinpoint factors that can help us target those at highest risk of over-indebtedness, that is, those who consider 'keeping up with bills and credit commitments a heavy burden' and/or those who have 'fallen behind or missed payments in at least three of the last six months'. Key factors include:
- Age: 25-34 year olds are four times as likely to be over-indebted than the over-65s
- Income: Households on less than £10,000 – one in four (24%), compared to 15 per cent above this income bracket
- Family: One in five parents are over-indebted, rising to one in four for parents with three or more kids; 28 per cent of single parent families are, compared to 18 per cent with two
- Renting: 25 per cent of tenants are over-indebted, more than twice that of home owners (12%); 29 per cent of social tenants, compared to 21 per cent renting privately
"We know that the five key predictors of over-indebtedness are age, income, number of children, number of parents in a household and housing tenure. If we look at the three nations we can see differences in these measures.
"Northern Ireland has a high incidence of large families with 3 or more children, (11% higher than the UK average), and also single parents. Wales has the highest level of unemployment in the UK, and low wages, with 1 in 10 adults on a household income of less than £10,000.
"Scotland has a slightly older population, and older people are less likely to be over-indebted. The incidence of large families is the lowest in the UK. The biggest variation from the UK norm is in renting. Although the incidence of social renting is typical, the number of private renters is the lowest in the UK. But we must also mention that there were far fewer over-indebted people in Scotland than you would expect given the other data. This suggests the Scots have a different attitude to their debts or to missing payments that 'over-rides' the demographic factors."
MAS has clearly pinpointed who needs help and where they are but what of the central questions about what to do with this intelligence?
"We think there are simple tactical steps that could be used to encourage more people to take action," Jane Tully, Head of Insight & Evaluation at the Money Advice Trust, tells QIPN. "We should be using stories and testimonials from people who have resolved their debt issues, using language that refers to money worries rather than debt."
In an area as sensitive as debt, those most likely to be trusted when talking about it are those who have been through it and come out the other side. Dan Bicknell, Debt Advisor for Talking Money, agrees: "I think it is fair to say Talking Money's reputation was largely built upon recommendations from other clients, as well as building relationships with other organisations and statutory bodies. If a client sees us who has been recommended by a friend who has been singing our praises then that goes a long way."
It would be easy to say we should change the way British people talk about their money but there are too many competing messages for this to gain traction. Meanwhile, debt remains a taboo, where people are embarrassed and feel a failure. Speakers repeated the experience of clients feeling it is safer to do nothing, to leave the envelope unopened, and that to seek help could open a can of worms and a whole world of pain.
One way to engage people might be when they're walking a well-trodden path towards financial hardship, before they are over-indebted. Jane Tully suggests: "We could be setting up targeted and supported referrals with creditors, or engaging people at other moments when people experience life changes or income shocks."
According to Peter Tutton, 14 million people experienced these 'income shocks', according to research by StepChange in 2015, but their first port of call was not always debt advice, for example turning instead to GPs for help once it had impacted their health. "Debt advice is often seen as for when you're at the end of the road. It is not seen as part of the survival strategy when juggling finances," he reported. Four in ten of StepChange clients thought they could sort out their debt themselves and the same amount thought things would improve quicker.
Clearly, catching people at the moment of income shocks, like redundancy, or life events, like having a child or divorce, could be key to achieving MAS' target of doubling the number of people accessing debt advice by 2020. Partnerships with specialist agencies supporting people through these critical times could be invaluable and signposting money help on web pages visited by people seeking non-financial advice around the issues could prevent spiralling debt. This would pre-empt the sinking feeling and the emotions around financial failure.
There is a wealth of theory around behavioural change starting to be applied to financial wellbeing and it does help shed light on how human nature works against our best efforts to support people out of debt. How do we manage expectations when one group of people believes everything will work itself out in the end while another group believes the world will end if they face up to their problems? How do we challenge counter-productive decision-making when we all know how tempting instant gratification can be compared to the hard slog of long-term gain? And who hasn't been overwhelmed by something that seemed so big we couldn't think about anything else while feeling it's so huge there's nothing we can do about it?
The event acknowledged these enormous challenges but it seemed there is a lot of work yet to be done to map out exactly how and where to engage over-indebted people, and what to say when we do so we help them recognise a problem and choose to act on it. Again, behavioural science has some pointers around setting trusted messengers to work, providing a clear sense of control that consumers can opt into for quick returns, in a space they feel comfortable, but the MAS event stopped short of defining what exactly these interventions might look like that could capitalise on the research so far.
"Unfortunately, while I thought over-indebtedness and the seriousness of the problem was well recognised, I did not think a way of targeting individuals to engage with free services was made clear," concludes Dan Bicknell on reflection. "In fairness, however, it was discussed during the day that as each person's attitude towards money, and indeed debt, is unique and very personal, it would not be realistic to come up with one solution."


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The airport is located about 14km (8.5 miles) southwest of Nizhny Novgorod city centre.
603056 Nizhny Novgorod
Dialling code: +7
Telephone: 8 800 1000 333
Lufthansa at the airport
Lufthansa Lounges
You can relax, take forty winks or get down to some work before your next flight in the Lufthansa and Star Alliance partner lounges at all major international airports.
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How to get there
Driving Directions
The airport is signposted from the city centre. Follow Lenina road southwest from central Nizhny Novgorod, turning left onto Vedenyapina, then right onto Yuzhnoye. This road then becomes Arkadiya Gaydara, and subsequently Orekhovskaya Road. From here, turn right onto Bezvodnaya, which leads to the airport entrance.
Bus routes 11 and 20 run regularly from the airport into the city centre (journey time: 20-25 minutes; fare 20RUB) with bus 20 terminating at metro station Avtozavodskaya and bus 11 Ulitsa Druzhaev.
Cabs are available outside Arrivals. The fare for the 15 minute trip into the city centre starts at around 500 Rubles.
Car Parking
Long- and short-stay parking is available immediately outside the terminal.


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Time to bring Madiba's values to Canada
TheGlobeandMail.com – Globe Debate
Dec. 15 2013. Michaëlle Jean, Contributed To The Globe And Mail
National, international and intimate respects have now been paid to Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. As his body now lays to rest in his childhood village of Qunu in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa, I turn inward.
Back home for a few short hours before I depart again for a new UNESCO mission in Haiti, I am pondering Mr. Mandela's true legacy, especially what it means for me and for Canadians, for all of us who care about justice, a better country, a saner world.
What can we learn from his life? How can we embody the values, just some of the greatness shown and lived by the man who spearheaded the struggle against the ominous crimes of apartheid? What legacy will we keep here in Canada?
It is striking that so many leaders of the world decided to join with political opponents, with people from vastly different horizons, as they journeyed to pay their last homage to Mr. Mandela.
U.S. President Barack Obama chose to travel with George W. Bush, before he shook hands with Cuba's Raul Castro. Prime Minister Stephen Harper brought an unusual delegation on board the Royal Canadian Air Force Airbus – former prime ministers Brian Mulroney, Jean Chrétien and Kim Campbell, Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair, Liberal MP Irwin Cotler, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo, along with provincial and territorial premiers and two former governors-general, Adrienne Clarkson and myself.
I can tell you that the conversations aboard the plane were unique. I see it as highly symbolic that the gathering encapsulated the open, human values of the man we came to mourn, and whose life and achievements we came to celebrate.
This truly was a global wake, with widely relevant lessons.
The sentiments and the people brought together by Mr. Mandela's passing speak perhaps most eloquently about the man's most fundamental humanistic and ethical values.
A world of justice can be built only if we act justly with our opponents. A true community can come about only if we learn to work together, even when confronted by adversarial attitudes.
Just as Mr. Mandela's singular personal power was able to transcend divisions, to unite people across barriers, this African leader taught us all that greatness of soul and unshakable personal ethics pave the way to true and lasting change.
While I prepared to board the plane back to Canada, I could not hold back the tears. Everywhere I laid my eyes, I saw the heavy hearts, the pensive glances, the resigned smiles. In stark contrast to the first flight, the return trip to Canada remained eerily silent for a few hours. As if we all needed to absorb what we had just experienced. As if all of this needed to land back home somehow.
As a student, with millions of others, I put my shoulder to the wheel of moving South Africa beyond the ugly confines of apartheid. Leafleting supermarkets, asking customers and store managers to support the boycott of South African goods.
And one day, the clamour from the streets joined the voices from our government, as Mr. Mulroney stood in defiance of partners in the United States and Britain who were resisting the call to abolish apartheid.
In his eulogy and praise for Mr. Mandela in Johannesburg, Mr. Obama said: "We, too, must act on behalf of justice. We, too, must act on behalf of peace. There are too many of us who happily embrace Madiba's legacy of racial reconciliation, but passionately resist even modest reforms that would challenge chronic poverty and growing inequality."
Now is the the time for Canadians to look across this land, where chronic poverty, derelict housing, suffering children and avoidable deaths and diseases still prevail – perhaps only a street, a neighbourhood or a reserve away.
Mr. Mandela showed keen interest in the plight of Canada's aboriginal and first peoples. He established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a model that Canada has since followed to help Canadians find the strength and the courage to bring truth and justice to our relations, and decide how to live together.
Our aboriginal brothers and sisters await a vast movement of all toward justice. Now is the time to land Mr. Mandela's legacy back home, to move boldly and push with all our might toward justice.
Michaëlle Jean was Governor-General of Canada from 2005 to 2010; she is the Special Envoy for Haiti for UNESCO and Chancellor of the University of Ottawa.
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Child Dedication at Sussex Campus
July 14, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am
If you would like to dedicate your child(ren) to the Lord at CrossWay, you may register for the Saturday service at the Germantown Campus or the 9:00 Sunday service at the Sussex Campus.
There will be one mandatory dedication class at the Germantown Campus for all participants from both campuses on Tuesday, June 25 at 6:30pm in Room 101 (please use the west/back entrance). The class typically lasts less than an hour and you may bring your child(ren).


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What is a facial filler and how is it different than Botox?
Facial fillers are what they sound like. They fill in!!! They replace soft tissue that has been lost as we age. If you look at a child's lovely face, they don't have lines or wrinkles because they have an abundance of fat in their face. As we age, we usually gain fat in the lower half of our body and lose fat in our face. In addition, they can be loss of skin elasticity as we age. Think of our skin as the wrapping paper and the fat and muscles of our face as the package. If the package shrinks with ageing, then the skin will hang and sag. Fillers can take up much of that laxity and, in fact, people refer to the addition of several cc's of fillers as a "liquid facelift".
Botox is a drug which is injected which causes the muscles to stop contracting. Botox is largely used in the upper face: the crow's feet, between the eyes and the forehead.
Where are fillers commonly injected?
They are commonly and effectively injected along the infra-orbitial rim, zygomatic arch, into the cheeks themselves, into the tear trough, the nasolabial folds, the upper and lower lips and the areas above and below the lips, in the pre-jowl hallowing. into the cervical-mento line, into the temple hallowing, into a deep furrow in the glabellar line. Basically anywhere on the face where it can be helpful to add volume.
Will I look unnatural?
None of my patients want to look like those movie stars who look way over-injected and who resemble Daffy Duck more than they do a person. The key is not to place too much filler. I always explain to my patients, it is better to add on the side of caution and place a bit too little and come back in a week or two and buy some more filler, than overload an area.
Will the injection hurt?
The injection should be almost painless. You are getting an injection but it is very manageable. i never use blocks etc. Most if not all, of the fillers that I use, are already mixed with lidocaine. This will render the area numb.
What should I avoid before my appointment to get fillers?
It is best to avoid Aspirin, Bufferin or any type of blood thinner for the week before. It is also better to avoid drugs like Motrin, Advil, Ibuprofen etc. Tylenol is fine since it does not interfere with blood clotting.
Which Fillers do I commonly use?
I use Juvaderm, Voluma, Radiesse, Restyalane, and your own fat.
How long do fillers last?
Different fillers last different lengths of time. Juvaderm and Restylane usually last 10-16 months. However, in some individuals when it is injected in the lips, it can last a shorter period of time. Voluma lasts about 2 years. Radiesse lasts about 18 months and sometimes longer.
Will I bruise?
The vast majority of patients will not bruise. However, anytime you are stuck with a needle, you can get a bruise.


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GoEngineer Earns Top Awards from SOLIDWORKS and Stratasys Worldwide
Salt Lake City, UT, March 1, 2016: GoEngineer, a leading reseller of SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD software, Stratasys 3D printers, Creaform 3D scanners, CAMWorks, and Oracle's Agile PLM, today announced its continued leadership position selling and supporting best-in-class engineering and manufacturing tools that enable its customers to unlock innovation and deliver better products faster."The recognition we have received from our vendors is due to the best employees in the industry who provide the best customer service in the world," says Ken Coburn, GoEngineer president and founder. "The fact that we were number one worldwide in SOLIDWORKS total licenses sold, and in SOLIDWORKS multi-year subscription service, and in Stratasys customer service agreements says volumes about the high-performing nature of our teams. We are glad that our customers continue to have the trust and confidence to invest in GoEngineer solutions."
GoEngineer won 40 awards at SOLIDWORKS World 2016. "Our company is evolving to provide not only a complete product solution set, but also services that help our customers streamline their process," says GoEngineer CEO Brad Hansen. "Taken together, our customers are more efficient, and save more time and money while being technology-enabled to produce the best products in the world." In late 2015 the company merged with Progression Technologies, one of the fastest-growing SOLIDWORKS resellers in the south central U.S. territory. "We only engage in mergers that make sense for our customers," says Hansen. "The Progression team brings not only seasoned sales and technical resources, but also a customer-first culture which dovetails perfectly with GoEngineer."
GoEngineer's digital presence is literally felt around the world with over 26,000 YouTube subscribers who have racked up over 5.1 million views. GoUniversity, Tips and Tricks, and numerous free webinars make the company a go-to resource for its customers. "We have been pushing the digital envelope for several years," says VP of Product Development Ramon Busboom. "Our goal is to produce high quality digital content that lowers the cost, risk, and time required for our customers to implement new design and manufacturing technologies."
Receiving top honors in both commercial and educational SOLIDWORKS sales is rare and also personally meaningful to the company. "It's super cool that we are the leader in so many areas, for so many of our vendors," says VP of Marketing Jennifer Douglas. "But our community involvement truly shows our heart and soul to the world." Educational and community-focused programs include Kids Camps (over 300 attendees in 2015), Boy & Girl Scout tours, robotics clubs, university formula racing teams, and much more. "Giving back to the community matters to GoEngineer," says Douglas. "We are motivated to serve both our customers and the community at large—it's just part of who we are."
This year the company dominated award categories for customer service from both SOLIDWORKS and Stratasys. GoEngineer Customer Loyalty Manager Val Meinen says that GoEngineer has worked hard to cultivate a culture of serving others. "Our support teams never forget that every computer, every 3D printer, and every piece of software is operated by a warm, caring human being." The GoEngineer Tech Support team achieved an astounding 97% customer satisfaction rating over the past two years. Meinen concludes: "At the end of the day we work with people first, striving to understand the needs of colleagues and customers alike. An organization is only as good as its human component."
About GoEngineer
GoEngineer delivers software, technology, and expertise that enable companies to unlock innovation and deliver better products faster. With more than 30 years of experience and thousands of customers in high-tech, medical, machine design, energy, and other industries, GoEngineer provides best-in-class design solutions from SOLIDWORKS, Stratasys, CAMWorks, Creaform 3D scanning, and Oracle's Agile PLM. For more information, visit www.goengineer.com.
About SOLIDWORKS
Powered by the Dassault Systèmes 3DExperience Platform, SOLIDWORKS 3D applications help millions of engineers and designers succeed through innovation. SOLIDWORKS delivers an intuitive experience in product design, simulation, publishing, data management, and environmental impact assessment.
About Stratasys
For more than 25 years, Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ:SSYS) has been a defining force and dominant player in 3D printing and additive manufacturing – shaping the way things are made. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Rehovot, Israel, the company empowers customers across a broad range of vertical markets by enabling new paradigms for design and manufacturing. The company's solutions provide customers with unmatched design freedom and manufacturing flexibility – reducing time-to-market and lowering development costs, while improving designs and communications. Stratasys subsidiaries include MakerBot and Solidscape, and the Stratasys ecosystem includes 3D printers; a wide range of 3D printing materials; parts on-demand via Stratasys Direct Manufacturing; strategic consulting and professional services; and Thingiverse/GrabCAD communities with over 5 million 3D printable files for free designs. With 3,000 employees and 800 granted or pending additive manufacturing patents, Stratasys has received more than 30 technology and leadership awards.
Jennifer Douglas, VP Marketing