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ECMC – Taking Control of Disruptive Healthcare Events
Client Case Study: Erie County Medical Center
Taking Control of Disruptive Healthcare Events: Leveraging Quantros Solutions to Support Regulatory and Patient Safety Goals
The Challenge
In the Fall of 2008 Dr. Brian Murray, the Chief Medical Officer at Erie County Medical Center (ECMC), located in Buffalo, New York made a crucial decision. He assembled the ECMC Medical Executive Committee (MEC) and initiated a comprehensive review of the organization's policies and efforts surrounding disruptive events. After many cross-departmental meetings and reviews of The Joint Commission (TJC) and ASHRM standards, it became clear that the group had a major challenge. As Ann Victor-Lazarus, Vice President of Patient Advocacy for ECMC put it "We found ourselves struggling to capture and organize all the disruptive event information we needed."
The Solution
ECMC had been using Quantros Safety and Risk Management (SRM) Safety Event Manager solution since the beginning of 2007. This comprehensive electronic event self-reporting, event tracking, monitoring and workflow management solution had streamlined ECMC preventable medical error improvement efforts. In a real-time, hosted environment, SRM was used
by ECMC for identifying safety issues and track intervention performance.
ECMC turned to Quantros for a solution to their challenge concerning disruptive events and found a system that addressing their specific needs and requirements. Quantros Disruptive Event Manager (DEM), part of the SRM product family, is an integrated SRM module that streamlines disruptive behavior management and improvement efforts and addresses the need for sensitivity and confidentiality during the investigation and management of behavioral issues. With Quantros DEMTM healthcare organizations like ECMC can rapidly:
- Capture and log disruptive events in a separate, confidential environment
- Assign managers, schedule and track follow-up tasks
- Document actions and resolutions to ensure compliance with regulations
- Generate meaningful reports for constant monitoring, analysis and decision support
Key Results
Quantros DEMTM has helped ECMC successfully adopt an organization-wide culture of patient safety and a more proactive disruptive event management:
- Ensuring appropriate and timely event review and feedback takes place
- Routing the event based on the conflict source to ensure confidentiality
- Timely review of action plans or reports of completed activities
MEC members were thrilled to find such a simple solution to such a time-consuming challenge.
"Turning on the Quantros DEM solution was as simple as flipping a switch," said Victor-Lazarus.
While Quantros DEM was simple to implement, it was only one component of a comprehensive ECMC disruptive event management and patient safety initiative in the latter half of 2008. In addition to Quantros DEM system adoption, ECMC assembled a project team that included a group of super-users, leadership sponsors and the Quantros Professional Services team to facilitate this organization-wide initiative.
The project team left no stone unturned as they created and implemented a comprehensive plan to improve the way ECMC managed disruptive events. Critical tasks that were part of the endeavor included adjusting policies and bylaws, conducting a complete review of Quantros DEM functionality and definitions and creating a detailed training plan for system and process rollout.
"What I really like about Quantros is how promptly they respond to feedback and requests," said Victor-Lazarus. "For example, we needed definitions to appear next to each category to ensure organization-wide consistency. Their rapid response at every turn helped us complete a huge undertaking within our desired timeframe."
The Solution
Quantros DEM is a core component in support of ECMC's enterprise-wide culture focused efforts for providing a safe, non-hostile work and care environment. ECMC now has a system that supports the entire disruptive event workflow and provides valuable insight to the personnel assigned with ongoing improvement efforts. Quantros DEM has helped ECMC use a more directed approach to disruptive event management including:
- Ensuring appropriate and timely event review and feedback takes place
- Routing the event based on the conflict source to ensure confidentiality
- Timely review of action plans or reports of completed activities, including quarterly with MEC
ECMC felt that appropriate disruptive event routing and review was critical. At weekly Senior ECMC administrators, including the CEO and COO, review action plans and reports of completed activities every week. Using Quantros DEM, ECMC now has a complete system to meet TJC standards and support staff in a safe environment.
"We want to be a leader and an example for other healthcare organizations in the area of disruptive event management," Victor-Lazarus said. "Quantros DEM is helping us make that happen."
About ECMC
ECMC is one of the country's most modern, functional and efficient health care delivery systems. ECMC is a regional center for trauma, burn, rehabilitation and cardiac care, and is also a major teaching facility for the University at Buffalo. ECMC encompasses:
- 550 inpatient beds, 3 Intensive Care Units and 156 skilled nursing home beds
- On and off-campus health centers with over 40 outpatient specialty clinics
- Erie County Home — a 586 bed facility


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Changing Google algorithms necessitate changing your SEO and branding techniques
An exact match domain is a website domain that is purchased to target specific keywords or a search query on Google. SEO practitioners have historically used this method as a way of gaming the system and effectively increasing their rankings on Google. Examples include:
- carinsurancecompanies.com
- watchonlinemoviesforfree.com
- besthostingprovidersuk.com
Why did exact match domains work?
In the early days of Google, matching your domain name with the keyword you were seeking was seen as a viable and successful method of getting to the top of search engine results. If Google is trying to give the user the most relevant search result, it seemed logical to secure a URL with the exact name. So for buying a domain from GoDaddy or 123 Reg for a year, adding a bit of content and getting some links, presto, you would be on page 1 of Google.
Also, it meant that any links you had pointing to your website would typically be exact match anchor text, and this is something that would boost your search rankings as well, until the Penguin algorithm ended this in April 2012.
An interesting observation is how some of the best exact match domains are rarely seen in Google's search engine results pages (SERPs), such as food.com, cars.com, loans.com and insurance.com. If you visit some of these sites, they tend to be older companies or businesses that do not exist, with the domain owner hoping to sell the name for a huge fee. (Customers of 123 Reg will regularly see domains for sales, as the company acts as a broker for those looking for a killer name.)
A change in algorithm
An algorithm change by Google in 2012 aimed to penalize exact match domains. SEO guru Matt Cutts stated that this would affect 0.6 percent of English-U.S. queries and would significantly reduce the rankings of those exact match domain sites with low quality. Further, the impact of the algorithm change would potentially cause domains with long names to fall several pages behind on Google's SERPs or even disappear altogether.
In 2017, it is now rare to see domains with long names featured on page 1 of Google. Instead, there is a huge demand for short URLs, and SEO practitioners are encouraged to keep URLs short for best practice.
How to use exact match domains today
There is still a place for exact match domains, provided that you market them the right way. If you can turn that exact match into a real brand and company, you will be able to stand the test of time.
Some great examples of this include startuploans.co.uk and cashconverters.co.uk. Both of these domains explain exactly what they offer, but as established brands, they maintain top search results.
These brands also benefit from being early adopters in their field, so if you see potential growth in an industry, it is worth trying to grab the domain name early on. If you can, keep the name short and pick two strong keywords (and probably no more).
If the strongest keyword is not available, e.g. ,carinsurance.com or propertyloans.com, consider using a partial match that includes two main keywords and adding things like hub, online, ltd, US or UK at the end of it. There is still value in having one or more main keywords in the domain name, and some great examples include moneysavingexpert.com, amigoloans.com and moneyadviceservice.org.uk.
The role of brand SEO
The reason is that these domains are successful is because they have evolved into brands – and this is what Google is looking for.
If you can take your domain name and practice good brand SEO, you will be in business. Using bridgingloanhub.co.uk as an example, you can see the following brand techniques on their websites:
Trust signals. There is a real address and phone number on the website, and this is consistent with the company's Google Business listing. The site includes links to real social media pages. Further, there is an About Us page, a Contact page, a privacy policy and terms and conditions to show it is a real company.
Content. There is clear site architecture, including landing pages and useful content. The company also links to reputable websites, including news and government sites, and to other pages on the website.
Links. A real brand is featured in the news and on websites in the same industry, hence their listings on Mortgage Introducer and Bridging and Commercial. If you are being recommended as a real company, your rankings on Google will reflect this.
In fact, if you type in the most competitive SEO keywords like "life insurance" and "car insurance," you only see big brands, because Google is more likely to trust these businesses than an individual who set up a website with a long domain name from their home. In conclusion, while having an exact match domain name can help you with SEO in 2017, creating a brand online is far more important.

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Rub Crock Pot with Butter (I used Salted)
1 Butternut Squash, deseeded, cubed, we leave skin on
1.5c Diced Cooked Ham (I used Ham Steak)
3c Vegetable Broth (I do Cubes+Water)
3c Chicken Broth (I do Cubes+Water)
1 can Pinto Beans, drained
3c Fresh Kale
1 Red Pepper, cut up
1 SMALL Onion
1/3c Frozen Corn
1.5c Baby Carrots, cut up
1/2T Fresh Garlic, minced
1/2T Curry Powder
1/4tsp Ginger Powder
1/4-1/2tsp Himalayan Salt
1c canned Coconut Milk (Last Hour.)
Cut, deseed, and cube Squash. Add all, except Coconut Milk. Cook on High first 2 hours, then, low, for an additional 3-4hours (Until Squash is soft). Last hour, scoop out most of the Squash Cubes. Add Squash to blender with some of the soup juice. Blend smooth and add back to crock. Pour in Coconut Milk. Cook on low another hour.


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Random Bits of Happy
*I learned to knit on Thursday thanks to the lovely Emily! We sat in the dimmed, candle lit den of the Underbelly and had a wonderful evening chatting and learning. I am so pleased with the end result and have started 2 other scarves already. I can lose myself while knitting, it's much like meditation, clearing of the mind. It's wonderful.
*Friends threw a Sept./Oct. birthday bash since there were a handful of Libras in our circle of friends. My Baby Brother included. He turned 30!!! It was great to have everyone together and having a good time. It was a beautiful day and hadn't gotten cool yet so the boat was buzzing across the water the whole day with people tubing on the wakes. Lots of fun was had, meats were smoked, conversations were vibrant and friendly. Missed was my girl Jes, she's in Japan but we all took photos and I sent her the bunch of them, so she could feel our love!
*I went to the eye Dr. for my yearly exam and they had a new laser that mapped 200 degrees of your retina instead of the 30 degrees they can see by dialating your eyes. This took a quarter of a second and required no trippy eyes for hours after the exam. With all the wonky problems my family has with eyes I opted to pay more and MAN was it COOL! And for the first time in years my eyes stayed the same, they didn't get worse. That is super good news.
*The final bout of the season for Rollerderby was this weekend. It was fun to see the girl playhard and play it to win! The first bout our B team kept the score close but in the end they lost, but our A team brought it and won with a 20 point margin. It was a huge crowd and they had a great time hamming it up for all the new people that had never been to a derby game. Seems "Whip It!" got the word out that Rollerderby is around.
Quick Mentions:
*Cool weather is finally here, not for long but it's still nice! *rediscovered Regina Spektor – Far *Leaving the windows open at night and snuggling under blankets. *Music that FEELS like fall and seems to match the weather. *fuzzy yarn *text messages from my honey full of love. *sitting outside to knit while my man does manly things. *good non-fiction books, it's hard to my attention with a NF book and this one does! *Good friends chatting me up on IM *Hair that dries into the perfect 40's coif just by pinning it!
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Starting is easy—it's finishing that is difficult. You've been there. We've all been there. One lap, one quarter, one period to go. How you finish is what separates a good legacy from a great one.
When the finish line comes into view it can give rise to a range of emotions—especially if the stakes are high and the important people in our life are counting on us.
Finishing strong requires you to sustain and extend your focus and energy when your body is tired and your mind is fatigued—pushing you beyond simply wanting to be done. It is very uncomfortable, but don't discount the discomfort. It is an indication you are in pursuit of meaningful and tangible impact.
I recently asked someone, "Where do you want to be in five years?" He began to describe a number of career scenarios and how it would affect the other roles in his life. Then I asked him, "Who will benefit from what you envision?"
Now my friend took a deep breath. He quickly realized the context of how he viewed the next five years had just changed.
Defining Impact—Understanding your Legacy
Impact is living out your legacy today—intentionally thinking about how you will invest your time, talent and resources to affect positive change in your life and in the lives and causes that are important to you.
Legacy is something you must purposefully design and craft. It's thinking and acting like a creator—using your time, talent and resources to serve the people you love and lead. Pull back the covers on impact and you find it is the seed of great personal fruit—joy, happiness, satisfaction, excitement, connection and community. Think about it this way, do you know anyone who when asked about being successful does not use these words to describe the success they desire?
I was listening to someone talk about his visit to see a friend who had moved into a new home. He painted a word picture of magnificence and splendor. After describing the outdoor living space, he asked, "How many televisions do you think are in this house?" He quickly answered his own question, "20," he exclaimed, "it is amazing, 20 televisions!"
I asked, "How many televisions will he be taking with him when he passes on?" "What do you mean?," he asked. What I was describing was the fact that no one will remember he had 20 televisions. I can't imagine that he would want to be remembered for what he owned. Would any of us want our legacy to be described by what we owned?
Creating Impact—Living out your Legacy
Which brings us back to thinking about how we live out our legacy and create impact.
Impact rises as the stakes rise. You want the stakes to be high enough to garner your focus and attention. Impact means investing your time, talent and resources so you create ripples that equip the future.
To zero in what is essential to creating impact and raising the stakes of your race in 2017 answer these two questions.
- What do you want to be remembered for? Think about the influence you would like to have—problems solved, opportunities created or relationships nurtured.
- Who do I want to be remembered by? Think about if you create the "what" will it truly be meaningful to the people you most want to help?
We get lost on our way to the finish line when we fail to maintain clarity about who and what we want to be remembered for. Clarity makes it easy to decide what to say, "Yes," to and what to say "No," to. It pushes randomness, confusion and hesitancy to the sideline. Clarity eliminates distractions and focuses your thoughts and actions on what you have identified as being important.
You can raise the stakes by putting your answers to an important test. Ask the people you most want to be remembered by how they were impacted by your how you spent your time, talent and resources?
The truth tellers in our lives are always the people we say we most want to be remembered by. If we put these people first, we will never be disappointed.


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MAOIs (Parnate, Nardil): Misconceptions and Questions No. 2
I am ashamed to tell you that the quote below is a doctor speaking (and echoing mis-informed opinions that I have encountered all to frequently):
"I don't use MAOIs because it is so difficult with drug interactions or to change to another drug and you have to have a months washout after you stop it … etc."
This is another sad and incorrect misconception about MAOIs.
The idea that using MAOIs is difficult and dangerous is a complete myth. Doctors who say that are revealing their own limited knowledge of pharmacology. Obviously, lots of things are difficult if you do not know how to do them, but if you do know how to do them then they are quite easy. Generalisations usually tell you more about the person who is speaking than they do about the subject under discussion.
MAOIs actually have less pharmaco-kinetic drug interactions (in fact- none) than the newer drugs (1). There is really only one potentially problematic pharmaco-dynamic interaction, that of serotonin toxicity, in which I am an acknowledged International expert. Also, much of the over-concern about tyramine and diet is a fuss about nothing. So I am on "home-turf" here.
The truth is that all you have to avoid is combinations of SSRIs (and any other drugs with significant serotonin reuptake inhibitor potency) and also indirectly acting sympatho-mimetic agents (ISAs). ISAs are hardly a problem at all because they are almost never used therapeutically*. So all we are left with is SSRIs. Since they are not effective antidepressants in the first place, that is hardly a loss.
In practice what are the actual difficulties? If somebody is already taking an SSRI antidepressant and you want to start an MAOI then you need to allow 3 to 5 half lives before doing that, that means 3 to 5 days for most drugs. Hardly a major problem.
It is perfectly possible, and often quite sensible, to try a tricyclic antidepressant like nortriptyline before an MAOI. That can act as a bridging antidepressant prior to starting an MAOI. Something like nortriptyline is compatible with any SSRI, with appropriate dosage adjustment if pharmacokinetic interactions are possible, such as with paroxetine or fluoxetine. So, just add NTP to the SSRI, cease the SSRI immediately, or after a few days (tapering-off of the SSRI is usually not needed, unless the dose was very high); then once the SSRI is out of the system the MAOI can be started in combination with the TCA, since it is quite safe to administer TCAs and MAOIs concurrently. The only exceptions to this are the TCAs imipramine and clomipramine, because they have significant SRI potency. Other possibilities for bridging the gap between SSRI treatment and MAOI initiation include any other antidepressant which doesn't have SRIs properties, i.e. things like mirtazapine, trazodone, bupropion, in fact anything else except an SNRI. In other words there are a hardly any restrictions. How difficult is that?
Equally, concerns about having to leave a treatment free gap after ceasing MAOIs are misconceived, for exactly the same reasons. The only thing you cannot do is to start an SSRI within 2 to 4 weeks of ceasing in MAOI. But why would you want to do that anyway? It is almost certain that the patient would have had failed treatment with an SSRI before going on to the MAOI in the first place, but even if they had not, if they are not responding to an MAOI they are hardly likely to respond to an SSRI. Again, a non-problem.
To summarise: it is useful to understand the myths about what you can't combine with MAOIs, especially the myth about tricyclic antidepressants. The possible interaction with TCAs is that of serotonin toxicity, but that can only occur with imipramine or clomipramine (2). All the other trycyclics have insufficient serotonergic potency to cause problems with serotonergic side-effects, or serotonin toxicity, if combined with an MAOI (3). Trazodone/nefazodone are, contrary to what is often said, not serotonergic antidepressants. Indeed they are 5-HT2A antagonists,which means they actually reduce serotonergic side-effects and symptoms of serotonin toxicity. Exactly the same applies to the anti-depressant efficacy-challenged twins, mirtazapine/mianserin (great sedatives), which have in fact been used to prevent symptoms of serotonin toxicity successfully in animal models of ST. Likewise bupropion is not a problem.
So, there you are, all a bit of a storm in a teacup caused by the embarrassingly large proportion of psychiatrists who simply do not understand pharmacology.
* The injections dentists give which contain local anaesthetics related to cocaine are not a problem because most of them contain adrenaline (Epinephrine) which is not an ISA (ephedrine is an ISA). Any lingering concerns can be bypassed by using felypressin (octapressin).
- Gillman, PK, Advances pertaining to the pharmacology and interactions of irreversible nonselective monoamine oxidase inhibitors. J Clin Psychopharmacol, 2011. 31(1): p. 66-74.
2. Gillman, PK, CNS toxicity involving methylene blue: the exemplar for understanding and predicting drug interactions that precipitate serotonin toxicity. J Psychopharmacol (Oxf), 2011. 25(3): p. 429-3.
3. Gillman, PK, A review of serotonin toxicity data: implications for the mechanisms of antidepressant drug action. Biol Psychiatry, 2006. 59(11): p. 1046-51.


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We stumbled upon this book quite by chance. I make it a point that the kids must borrow at least one Chinese book each time we visit the library. So the girl was looking around and I was helping and I saw this book and showed it to the girl, cause she loves reading "Seven Little Mice" series, and I thought this drawing looks similar with that (I later found out they were from the same illustrator). The boy also quipped in to share that he has read another book from this 十四只老鼠 series in school and enjoys it. So we borrowed two from the series back home.
And since that day, the two books were read almost everyday before bed time. The kids simply love the illustration which is funny at times.
I believe "十四只老鼠大搬家" is the first in the series. It talks about how the family of 14 (Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, Mom and 10 siblings) were out scouting for a new house. They walked in the forest, slept in the open, met the weasel and finally found a big tree that meet their requirements.
So off they go to build their house. They even manage to connect water from a waterfall all the way back to the outside of their house. It certainly show the kids that team work is very important. Everyone has a part to play in the family.
Apart from learning about working together as a team, we learned quite a handful of Chinese vocab from the book. For example, the boy asked me "What is 黄鼠狼?" (haha, Mama knowledge of animals and Chinese is limited). I had to check with Mr Google to find the answer.
If you are looking for a good 绘本 to read to your pre-schooler, consider this book. It has interesting story and beautiful illustration.
Title: 十四只老鼠大搬家
Author: Iwamura, Kazuo
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The Florida woman whose antics against an Uber driver went viral appeared on ABC Miami today to explain what happened.
In the video, Anjali Ramkissoon believed her Uber had come to pick her up, but it was actually intended for someone else. Enraged, Ramkissoon engaged in a physical altercation with the driver, kicking and slapping him before eventually going into his car. When inside she began to throw the driver's belongings out the window.
While on TV, Ramkissoon said "I'm trying to stay under the radar with a few friends. I didn't realize this was going to be such a big deal, I've been indeed suspended and I don't even know when I'm going to get back to work."
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Silver Smithing
Learn Metal Smithing in Sydney.
Silver Smithing is the art of creating out of silver or other precious metals beautiful jewellery, as well as hollow-ware; dishes, bowls, cups, and flatware (plates). Be introduced to the traditional silversmithing skills and understand the similarites of silversmithing to jewellery making. You will also learn many different techniques such as forging, casing and soldering as well as decorative finishes, that will make your piece an unique masterpiece.
The individual tuition will ensure that you complete a metal piece with the confidence you need to create more for yourself, to give as gifts or even sell in your own business.
Ideal for…
This course is designed for all levels.
You will design and make
- Either a napkin ring/wrist cuff or a tea light holder
- Option: If you would like to create your piece in silver, please purchase the silver (200mm x 60mm x 0.7mm, supplier: A&E Metal www.aemetal.com.au) and bring it to class
Course content
- Measuring, cutting and texturing metal
- Bending and forming metal into a 3D form
- Soldering
- How to use a blow torch
- Finishes to give your work the professional look
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- accurately measure and cut metal for soldering
- safely use a blow torch and drill
- create texture with hammers, punches and a rolling mill
- solder metal
- finish the edges of metal
What we provide
- Base metal (copper or brass)
- Apron
- Tools, chemicals and solder
Please bring to class
- Notebook and pen
- Textured paper, dried leaves, lace that can be used to emboss the metal (Please note, these materials will be damaged/destroyed by the process)
Other Information
- Closed-in shoes required
- Please don't wear loose clothing
- Long hair must be tied back
Avoid disappointment. Enrol early.
Please ensure that you have given a valid email and mobile number as all course changes will be communicated via sms or email.

Learn Metal Smithing in Sydney.

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Approximately 30 car spaces for free unlimited onsite parking. If you get to class early you have a good chance of getting one. Surrounding street parking is free, for 2 hours max.
Public Transport
Catch any of the frequent buses over the Anzac Bridge from Town Hall, which takes approximately 5 mins. Check the transport NSW app or website for more information.
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|Sat 13 Apr 2019
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Your Member of Parliament needs to know that constituents like you are calling for a comprehensive national response to the alarmingly high rates of violence against Indigenous women.
Phone or meet with your Member of Parliament (MP) during the week of October 14-17, when MPs are home for the Thanksgiving break week, to express concern about the scale of the violence and to call for a National Action Plan on violence against Indigenous women coupled with a National Public Inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women.Who is your MP?
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New Jersey's first openly gay legislator, Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D), has introduced a bill that would allow New Jersey voters to approve marriage equality at the polls. Though he admits his reservations about voting on civil rights, he believes "the timing is right." Gov. Chris Christie (R) would likely sign such a bill, because when he vetoed marriage equality earlier this year, he said that people should have the opportunity to vote on the issue. ThinkProgress has previously pointed out that a ballot fight would be incredibly costly and detrimental to the health of LGBT New Jerseyans. A lawsuit challenging the state's civil unions law is still playing out in court, and the legislature could still override Christie's veto, avoiding the costly burden of referendum campaign.
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Cheating at SolitaireBy J.P. Smith
July 01, 2010
Some years ago I tentatively began work on a novel about a boy growing up in Paraguay with a father who had once been a high-ranking Nazi and was now in hiding. It was to be called Eldorado, and I recently discovered the mere 37 pages I had written of it tucked away in a folder on my laptop's hard disk. It's not bad, and maybe one day I'll do something with it. But back then I had great plans for this book. I imagined scenes in which the boy celebrated his father's birthday with the man's friends, all of them also ex-Nazis who still held allegiance to the Führer in the late 1950s and early '60s. Looking back from adulthood, the narrator would remember being jogged up and down on the knee of kindly Dr. Mengele, and when his father's cake was brought in, the candles, embedded in a layer of vanilla frosting, formed a blazing swastika. Klaus Barbie, "The Butcher of Lyon," was definitely going to play a role in this tale of a boy outgrowing his family's past.
Here's a paragraph lifted from that unfinished novel:
That night there were the usual guests, those I had watched arrive in the waning hours of the afternoon: the Doctor with his soft angelic eyes; Uncle Klaus, the man known throughout the continent as the Consultant, emerging from his rented white Mercedes with a smile of goodwill and a gentle pinch on the cheek for me, merry Klaus Altmann with a spring in his step and a song on his lips, the smell of La Paz or Lima still lingering about him. Anyone else passing through on the network, traveling on business, or simply feeling nostalgic, was also welcome. They had not yet begun to grow old and careless: most wore new names, the novelty of mustache, the superfluous eyeglasses that made them appear to be pharmacists and elementary school teachers in search of herbal remedies or truant children. Once the Doctor came dressed as a priest, his soutane blowing in the evening breezes, and when he saw me amidst the merry guests he anointed me with his thumb and a smear of Veuve Cliquot. "He has good bone structure," he told my father as he squinted at me through a cloud of cigarette smoke, showing the gap between his front teeth. "Breeding is everything, you know."
The "Doctor," of course, is Mengele. And Klaus Barbie—he used the name Altmann while residing in some comfort in Bolivia (and working for Bolivian intelligence, to boot)—lived more or less openly wherever he was on the continent, often under the protection of the government in power. His escape from Europe via a ratline had been aided by both a number of Catholic priests as well as, it was suggested, officers of what would soon become the CIA; the logic being that he may have been a Nazi but, hey, he was an ardent anti-communist.
I twice watched Marcel Ophüls's harrowing "Hôtel Terminus," a three-hour-plus documentary on Barbie and his long happy life prior to his arrest and trial. I remember vividly the scene in which Barbie rises up, wraithlike, into the dock of the courtroom in France and turns his skull-like gaze at the spectators and the camera: a look of such simmering darkness and malevolence that one had to turn away from it for fear of one's soul being caught by the dull blueness of his dead eyes. He was a man of immense cruelty and love of power, and his choice of victim revealed a streak of cowardice that had grown sharp with use. While in charge of the Gestapo in Lyon he had ordered the deportation of forty-four Jewish children living in an orphanage in Izieu, ranging in age from four to seventeen, to a certain death in Auschwitz. All but two were gassed; the remaining children, the oldest, were killed by firing squad. Their class photo hung above my desk while I wrote: ranks of smiling faces in the sun, terribly alive, on that still bright afternoon before Klaus Barbie signed their deportation order.
While questioning for eight solid days Simone Lagrange, a 13-year-old Jewish girl arrested along with her parents, he gently stroked a kitten before finally, and brutally, beating the child, smashing her head against the desk in his Hôtel Terminus office. It was his hand stroking the cat that this woman who'd survived the camps and testified at his trial always remembered: how could such an apparently gentle man be capable of such violence? When she first saw him (and I translate from her testimony given at Barbie's trial), "[He] caressed my cheek, he said I was cute." And when he struck her, she said, "it was the first time in my life I had been slapped by anyone." In the film the neighbors who had not lifted a hand to save her and who still lived there now claimed not to remember her. Perhaps they were ashamed of their behavior. Or maybe it's just that the past really is another country. But not for Simone Lagrange.
It was that which gave rise to my idea for the novel. I thought: how does a child escape the malign influence of a man who had instilled such fear and brought so much suffering to so many people? And what complex collision of feeling and memory did this man have to negotiate day after day as he lived his life out in his South American backwater? Okay, so far so good. The tone was mordant, sometimes blackly comic, and I had a very good idea where the story was going.
So I began to do some research. Never having traveled to South America, knowing very few words of Spanish, I did a fair amount of reading, and eventually met at my daughter's school a South American whose child was also there. For legal reasons I'll call him Ramon. He was around my age, perhaps a few years older, a man of many talents: a storyteller who could hold the attention of a class of eight-year-olds; the illustrator, he said, of at least one children's book; a guitarist with more than passing ability. He also told me he'd been in advertising in New York for several years, working at the legendary agency known as BBDO, often alluded to by Don Draper and his cohorts at Sterling Cooper, and known to every New Yorker who has walked past their building on Madison and 47th. He told me (and others) of some of the advertisements he'd been responsible for, big, clever campaigns we all had seen. He was indeed an impressive man.
I happened to mention to him my plans for the novel, and wondered if he might help me get my bearings on Paraguay, where I intended to set my book. Certainly, he said, he'd be happy to help. "Come to my house for a few hours and I'll tell you everything I know about Klaus Barbie."
"You knew him?"
"Let's just say that I was one degree of separation from him."
Research usually doesn't get that good. I figured I'd question him on life among the exiles (and war criminals) in that country, and get a sense of the rhythm of things in Paraguay. So I came to his house, and while he told me a slightly ribald story of having a drink with a certain Latin-American singer at a café in the West Village and suddenly finding a well-known actress perched on his lap, he prepared what he called a merienda, a traditional midday snack. My idea of a snack is maybe a cup of yogurt or a few crackers. This was the better part of a cow cooked in stages on a grill, and a bottle of very rich, very potent South American wine. It was eleven in the morning, and I was clearly not going to be myself for the remainder of the day.
When it was time to work, he got out a map and pointed out the terrain in various parts of the country, explaining the climate, the state of the roads, the kinds of cars people owned who lived far from the cities; good places for people to hide (though Barbie often lived in the cities, under the protection of the local constabulary and army). I took copious notes; this was going to be a killer novel.
He opened a box of photographs that had belonged to his family. Some, decades old, were of a mansion of European design, perched on the edge of what could only have been a jungle. His grandmother, he said, had worked as a housekeeper at this palace. "See? Here she is standing on the step." And then he looked at me: "They used to call Barbie 'The Consultant'."
I looked at him. "This was his house?"
"No, no. He was a well-known figure. Everyone knew him. He traveled here and there, went to one house for dinner, to another for a meeting…"
"And your grandmother-?"
"Of course she saw him often. She didn't know who he was exactly. To her he was just another German. But she said he was charming, a very nice man."
So we went through the photos and some more maps, and we drank some more wine and ate more beef, and when I left—I should say staggered off—I felt I was now able to write this novel. I had a sense of the local color, and a grasp of the respect a Klaus Barbie could command in the country of his exile. But something troubled me about the whole thing (above and beyond the whole "charming Nazi" paradigm, eternally distasteful). I couldn't put my finger on it, but it was as if I'd been told a story that lacked a center; a kind of doughnut tale that remained vaguely unsatisfying.
Two weeks later I ran into Ramon at the school. He had bad news; in fact he looked so awful that I was prepared for the worst. Ramon had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. It was in the exact center of his brain, and there was nothing anyone could do about it. Until now no doctor had even been aware of it. A sentence of death had been handed to him. The specialists had all given up.
And then he dropped out of sight. His child continued to be a student at the school, and I'd see his (American) wife now and again on the carpool line. And then I received a call one evening from a friend who said that Ramon had been seen walking along the side of a road carrying a rifle. Carrying a rifle? What the hell was this all about? He seemed troubled, my friend said, and it was obvious he was intent on killing himself. The story had some coherence to it: an inoperable brain tumor leads to suicide. Okay, I'll buy it.
Things started to escalate, or rather veer off in all the wrong directions. His wife got wind of the story of the brain tumor and apparently had never been told anything about it. One prominent advertising campaign he'd said he'd devised ("on the back of a napkin over lunch") was demonstrably not by him. And a week later, while catching the six o'clock news, I watched as a disheveled Ramon was marched off to a police car in handcuffs. He'd been robbing banks all over the area and, his disguise proving so unremarkable, was spotted after turning over yet another bank before he was promptly arrested. At another woman's house.
The entire structure of this man's life—his supposed career, his brilliant advertising campaigns, his tales of South America among the Nazi war criminals—nothing could be trusted now. There was no brain tumor, there was simply…nothing there. The man had been lying and, worst of all, lying to his own wife. Possibly—probably—even to himself. He was a fiction, and when he was about to be caught out something imploded within him. Life could no longer make room for this sad man, though life may very well have accepted the sheer ordinariness of a life lived less spectacularly, stripped of its ornamentation and bravado, had he allowed himself the chance to give it a try. He was like a man who, late at night, alone in his apartment, cheats at solitaire, caught in an endless round of self-delusion, a life full of jacks and queens and kings and, of course, the joker at the bottom of the pack.


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The resources below are intended for teachers, parents, other youth leaders and student groups to use with youth.
Individual or group games and activities
Build a model Habitat for Humanity house (.pdf)
Build a model Habitat for Humanity two-bedroom house using this free downloadable activity and an empty cereal box.
Card creation kit
Young people can use the resources in this kit to make cards for donors, homeowners and volunteers, as well as friends and family. Download instructions and templates.
Habitat Bingo (.zip)
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Hands-on building activities for youth
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Group activities
Welcome home housing simulation (.pdf)
Using the welcome home housing simulation, groups of teens role-play as homeless individuals who must seek adequate and affordable housing in relation to their different situations. Participants learn about different aspects of housing assistance, such as applying for a lease and Section 8.
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Classroom lessons
Teach students about housing issues around the world with complete classroom lesson sets. Lessons in a variety of subjects are included for elementary, middle and high school students.
Family activities
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Learn how decent, affordable homes affect children's daily lives. Grade level: elementary school.
- Save energy at home (.pdf)
Learn why it is important to save energy and how families can help save energy—and money—at home. Grade level: elementary school.
- Building our home (.pdf)
Learn about the materials and types of labor that create a home. Grade level: middle school.
- Healthy homes (.pdf)
Learn how clean, decent homes affect people's health. Grade level: middle school.
Youth group activities
Youth and service groups can use these activities to learn about global housing needs and to develop an understanding of the role they play in their own communities.
- We're all connected (.pdf)
The group will learn about the importance of supporting the housing needs of people around the world. Grade level: middle school.
- A global issue (.pdf)
The group will learn about the scale, causes and effects of substandard housing around the world, and how they can help solve the problem. Grade level: high school.
- Educational Activity Guide (.pdf)
The Educational Activity Guide provides new opportunities for young people in the Habitat community to learn more about our ministry and how they can impact the world. Find detailed instructions for a variety of discussions and activities that explore leadership, teamwork, poverty and diversity in relationship to Habitat for Humanity, and use the "Act as an Affiliate" activity to explore how Habitat serves communities.
- Helping Hands for Habitat (.pdf)
A service-learning program designed for students of all ages. The program challenges youth to raise money for their local Habitat for Humanity affiliate.
- Paper house campaign
Children of all ages can speak out against substandard housing. The paper house campaign lets youth as young as 5 communicate their concerns to their local lawmakers.
- Service Learning Guide (.pdf)
Habitat for Humanity is an excellent way to get your classroom involved in a service learning activity. Our Service Learning Guide can give you some tips on working with your local affiliate to set up a service learning project with Habitat for Humanity.
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The Missouri Attorney General's office isn't commenting about any potential implications from a court ruling on Oklahoma's execution policies.
An Oklahoma judge ruled that state's execution law unconstitutional on Wednesday because it prevents inmates from finding out the source of the drugs used in executions.
A spokeswoman for Attorney General Chris Koster declined to comment Wednesday about the Oklahoma court ruling, citing ongoing litigation.


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ACG Parnell College student Jessica Wu has come Top in the World in Cambridge International A Level English Language.
The award is given to the student who has achieved the highest standard mark in the world in an individual subject. Jessie said the result was a huge surprise. "I remember walking out of that exam room feeling more unsure of myself than I had ever felt in my life."
A top student, Jessie's favourite subject was English Language, and particularly its marriage of analysis and creativity.
"With language being such a fluid and ever-changing medium, to not only understand its nuances, but to apply them into writing, is to understand the complexities of human nature," she said.
Teacher Lauren Sawyers said strong English Language students needed to have a genuine interest in the power of spoken and written discourse. She said they needed to be inquisitive and analytical and driven by a desire to find out how and why language has an impact.
Ms Sawyers said Jessica was a resilient student who happily accepted challenges, set herself clear goals, took on board feedback, and only ever submitted work that was the best she could produce.
Attracted to the rewarding and altruistic nature of medicine, Jessica will now study Health Science at the University of Auckland. She thanked the school for its role in her success.
"Everything I have achieved, I owe to the college and its staff. I have had an amazing four years at ACG Parnell College, and I couldn't have asked for a better peer group, or a better set of teachers to navigate my high school years with."


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The Holocaust Memorial Museum is proud to provide the San Antonio community with opportunities for advancement through our certified TCEU program. Past workshops and seminars have included "The Paper Clips Project," "Kindertransport," "How Civil Servants Became Mass Murderers in Hitler's Third Reich," "The Ideology of Annihilation," "A World Behind Wire: The Nazi Camps and Ghettos," and "Faces of Survival." Led by our Director of Education and our Distinguished Scholar in Residence, these trainings offer a focused look at Holocaust history, and a glimpse at the motives of history's worst perpetrators.
In the coming months, the Museum will invite Holocaust experts to join Dr. Ed Westermann in leading a diversity of workshops and seminars. Proposed subjects include Hitler's Police Battalions, an open-house for educators, anti-Semitism, Human Rights Atrocities of the Modern Age, Refuge in the Americas, The Future of Holocaust Studies. For sponsorship opportunities for the titles listed above, please contact our Education Coordinator at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Arabic Baptist Church of Boston is a local church reaching out to people of all cultures and backgrounds. Our Sunday morning services are held in both Arabic and English. We also have events during the week catering to Arabic speaking adults, English speaking young adults, as well as children.
The Arabic Baptist Church Boston community is much more than our services on Sunday mornings; it is about the people who come and share their lives with one another and encourage one another, just as the early church did. We hold various events during the week catering to Arabic speaking adults, English speaking young adults, as well as children.
Our community consists of Christian believers who have immigrated to the United States from all parts of the Middle East as well as local believers and visitors from the Greater Boston area. We also welcome those who are new to the journey of following Christ and those who are exploring Christianity for the fist time.
Our church aims to live the Acts 1:8 challenge of being witnesses for the Lord in Jerusalem (our local community of Newton), in all Judea (Greater Boston Area), in Samaria (United States), and to the ends of the earth (The World). Our services to the community includes:
- Locally, via the Newton Food and Clothing Pantry ministry, our Sunday morning services, weekly youth and ABC kids meetings and our weekly bible studies.
- In Massachusetts, via our WNTN 1550 AM radio ministry broadcast throughout the Greater Boston area and involvement and support of the Greater Boston Baptist Association and the Baptist Convention of New England.
- In the United States via our annual July 4th Conference inviting people to attend from across the U.S, and our partnerships with Arab evangelists, ministers, Christian ministries and churches across the country. We are also a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, a national network of more than forty-five thousand churches and church-type missions with nearly sixteen million members who worship in more than two dozen languages each week across the United States.
- In the World, through the welcoming of all people regardless of cultural background into our church family, and our prayerful support of global missionaries and Arab ministries doing the good work of sharing the gospel worldwide. Our members are also working to fulfill the Great Commission through international missions to the Dominican Republic, South Africa, London, Ethiopia, Uganda, Jerusalem and many other nations worldwide.
Nationally, we are a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, a national network of more than forty-five thousand churches and church-type missions with nearly sixteen million members who worship in more than two dozen languages each week across the United States. Locally we are also members of the Baptist Convention of New England (BCNE) and the Greater Boston baptist Association (GBBA).
We hope to see you soon,
Arabic Baptist Church of Boston
|Sunday School & Worship Services
|English College & Career Bible Study
|Arabic Bible Study & Prayer Meeting
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This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:
"Lord, who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:
"He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their hearts,
so they can neither see with their eyes,
nor understand with their hearts,
nor turn—and I would heal them."
Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him.
Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved human praise more than praise from God.


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Open MPI State of the Union
SESSION: Open MPI State of the Union
EVENT TYPE: Birds of a Feather
SESSION LEADER(S):Jeff Squyres, George Bosilca
ABSTRACT:MPI implementations are a mixture of many scientific, engineering, and
end-user requirements including: message-passing's ever-growing need
for lower latency and higher bandwidth, the delicate balance between
MPI and application resource consumption, the non-portable adaptations
necessary for specific platforms and environments, the rise of
usability and tool-oriented features, ...and so on. Software
platforms that can fullfill all of these requirements are complicated
-- it takes an active community to both maintain and continue to
develop a portable MPI implementation such as Open MPI.
While the petaflop barrier was broken just two years ago, innovation
continues in the form of new end-user features, new hardware
platforms, MPI-2.2 and MPI-3.0 functionality, and the long road
towards an exaflop. As we've stated previously, we believe that a
diverse, open source team representing many different backgrounds,
philosophies, and biases (from both industry and academia) is uniquely
equipped to meet the challenges of providing a production-quality MPI
implementation that is capable of supporting world-class, cutting-edge
Indeed, advancing the state of computing is not only about the MPI
API; MPI implementations tend to be the "public face" of many
different pieces of technology. For example, the Open MPI project has
spawned multiple sub-projects towards extending the state of the art
in parallel computing. One such project is Hardware Locality (hwloc),
spearheaded by INRIA; a standalone library that provides platform
topology information.
In this year's BOF, we would like to hear (more) from the audience:
1. What do you like / dislike about Open MPI?
2. What feature(s) do you want to see in Open MPI?
3. What new environments will be using MPI in your organization?
4. How can you contribute to the Open MPI project?
Come hear where Open MPI is going, and how you can (and should!) join
our efforts.
Session Leader Details:
Jeff Squyres (Primary Session Leader) - Cisco Systems
George Bosilca (Secondary Session Leader) - University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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DX Gamer Driver Demo Video
Here's another demo video for the DX Gamer Driver that will be available on all Japanese toy stores one day before the new series, Kamen Rider EX-Aid, airs this October 2, 2016.
Categories: EX-AID , Kamen Rider , News , Tokusatsu , Toys
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Simple things.
Simply Simple
Simple things.
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Yes...green lights all the way!!! Love your list!ReplyDelete
Wonderful list! I just finished a bowl of cheerios before I read this, and I have to agree--they are pretty wonderful. Flip-flops and cat purrs, too! Have a fantastic day!ReplyDelete
Yep, cheerios are what's up! lolReplyDelete
You stole my heart and ran away with the empty rooms.
Simple and real.
I love all of these.ReplyDelete
and Cheerios were even good when smushy at the bottom of the bowl. :)
the list is wonder filled BUT the image so summer and simple!ReplyDelete
you had me at cheerios! the strawberries flip flops and analog clocks tips it over the top for me. Happy Wednesday.ReplyDelete
green lights all the way, no conversation necessary, easy purr...yes!!! a sweet and simple and quite perfect list. i would expect nothing less. :)ReplyDelete
I vibed with your list. Rereading books, flip flops and phones that take pictures.. I love it.ReplyDelete
Hi, my favourites on your list are analog clocks and tv socks.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 9, 2009 at 6:31 AM
yes - time with him without the need for conversation (preferably under the light of the moon and stars). heaven.ReplyDelete


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West Virginia
These West Virginia grants span 1980 - 2001.
Records Projects
West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Charleston, WV
$9, 906 in partial support of the West Virginia board's administrative expenses for one year. (2001-007)
West Virginia State Historical Records Advisory Board, Charleston, WV
$16, 745 for a one-year planning project to complete work on and publish its state assessment report and to develop and publish a strategic plan to ensure the preservation of West Virginia's historical records and documents. (96-013)
West Virginia State Historical Records Advisory Board, Charleston, WV
$39, 850 to analyze the current condition of historical records in the state, identify problems, frame potential solutions, and outline actions that can be taken. (91-124)
City of Charleston, Charleston, WV
$2, 933 for consultation on establishing a city archives. (85-055)
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
$17, 931 to make safety negatives and copy prints of selected nitrate and glass plate negatives in its collection of historical photographs of West Virginia and Appalachia, and to complete the organization of its photographic holdings into a comprehensive reference file. (80-138)
Subtotal (Records Projects) $ 87, 365
Publications Projects
West Virginia University Research Corporation, Morgantown, WV
$1, 000 for travel funds for its fellowship in historical editing of the Papers of Frederick Douglass. (97-086)
West Virginia University Research Corporation, Morgantown, WV
$53,989 for the Papers of Frederick Douglass. (1994-97)
Project In Progress
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
$18, 483 for the Papers of Mary Harris "Mother" Jones. (1981)
Project Completed
Subtotal (Publications Projects) $ 73, 472
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Developer TheChineseRoom's mystical adventure game, Dear Esther, has had a very successful launch. The indie Source engine game turned a profit in just six hours, selling 16,000 units at $9.99 USD (£6.99) a pop.
Dear Esther was originally released in 2008 as a Half-Life 2 mod. Robert Briscoe, who was an environmental artist on the Electronic Arts first person platformer Mirror's Edge, collaborated with the developer in 2009 to overhaul the visuals and level design to make it a viable commercial product.
The game is an experimental first person adventure game much in the vein of Myst, as a ghost looks back on his own life and relationships.
Indie adventure game Dear Esther turns profit in 6 hours
16 February 2012 | By Jonah A. Falcon
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This is not a self help blog for people who have been exposed to sexual violence some (maybe very early) time in their lives. It is a help blog for our societies that still find it extremely difficult – not to cope with the phenomenon – but just to look at it. Which is very understandable. But doesn't help. We'd have so much better lives and societies without sexual violence. Look at just the material damages it does: Every year, treating illnesses which are consequence of the trauma, costs billions (in Germany only). Let alone the sorrow for those concerned directly or indirectly (partners, children, friends). So: It's really worth talking about it!
And many people did already – in fiction, films, music, political action. Often not too directly, as the subject doesn't please very much. This is a platform that relates and shares this talk, also for those who feel concerned about the fact that millions of people are living among us who don't dare to speak out because they don't want to be considered as victims.


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You've Been Unicorn-ed!
We are so excited to announce a fun new game: You've Been Unicorn-ed!"
To play, you will simply put together a unicorn themed package, print out some of the "Unicorn Printables" (linked below) and anonymously drop off your unicorn package to neighbors and friends!
If you get Unicorn-ed by a friend or neighbor, post the "I've Been Unicorn-ed" printable in your window. If you are Unicorn-ed on Facebook or from a social media secret friend, change your profile pic to the "I've Been Unicorn-ed Profile Pic".
In the printables linked above, you will also find cupcake toppers, note cards, and even tags for gourmet unicorn poop! Here's your chance to get creative!
That's it! Have fun and pay it forward! We could all use a little magic and fantasy in our day!
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You found She Blossoms! Here are the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) about my She Blossoms and Blossom Tips blogs, plus helpful links to a variety of blossomy blooms and bouquets.
First, I have to share a quote I recently discovered: "They blossomed, they did not talk about blossoming." – David Stojanovic. I blossom and I talk about blossoming. My purpose is to write blog posts about how to set down your burdens – how to listen to the still small voice – and Blossom. I love the idea of fresh growth, blossoms, stretching upwards to God's big blue sky. Believe it or not, I also love the pain of blossoming. Growth can hurt…but it's worth it.
Below are the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) about my Blossom blog series. If you want to know more about me myself and I, visit my About Laurie page.
Laurie's 4 "She Blossoms" Blogs
Writing Blossoms is where it all began. I'd just started freelance writing, and wanted to share what I was learning. Hence, Quips and Tips for Successful Writers! Which took a bit of a long winter hibernation before blossoming. How Do You Write Your Memoirs Without Hurting Your Family? is one of my most recent articles.
Health Blossoms isn't my favorite blog. It started as Quips and Tips for Couples Coping With Infertility, created when my husband and I discovered we can't have kids. I'm mostly writing about women and their periods right now, because that's where the need seems to be. My most popular articles are about getting regular periods, so I'm going in that direction. For now.
How Love Blossoms is by far my most popular blog. Love, love, love! I write articles that help readers deal with the most problematic relationship issues, such as How to Stop Anxiety From Ruining Your Relationship.
Blossom Tips has always been my favorite blog! Quips and Tips for Achieving Your Goals was its birth name; my purpose was to write posts to help people who weren't blossoming in their lives. It's my second most popular blog, and I love it because I can write about anything from dogs to birthday gifts to rebranding to She Blossoms.
Finally, Travel in Faith: Tips and Tools for Travel That Transforms You is my newest blog. Coming to Vancouver, Canada? Read 10 Things to Take When You Visit Vancouver, BC.
Awesome, Blossom.
If you have any questions about me or my Blossom blogs, please ask below. I don't give personal advice (which is actually the Number One Most Frequently Asked Question), but I'm happy to share stuff about me.
Common FAQs About the Blossom Blog Series
Here are the most common FAQs about Blossom:
- Why don't you give relationship advice?
- How long have you been blogging?
- What makes your blog different?
- Why did you create a Blossom blog series?
- Why did you call your blogs "Blossom"?
- Why is your url theadventurouswriter.com?
- How do you make money blogging?
- How many blogs are in your Blossom blog series?
- Do you have a newsletter, and how do I subscribe?
- Are the Blossom newsletters the same as the Blossom blogs?
And here are my answers about blossoming, blogging, and being…
1. Why don't you give relationship advice?
I don't give relationship advice on my Blossom blogs (or anywhere) for these reasons:
- I'm a writer, not a counsellor or advice giver
- Blossoming is about listening to the still small voice inside of YOU, and doing what you know in your heart is right for you
- I don't know your full story, so how can I comment on it?
- I think it's irresponsible for anyone to give people advice when they don't have the full story
- I barely know what to do in my own relationships, much less give advice to other people!
- It takes a lot of time to give advice, and I'm a writer (see how we came full circle?)
Here's one of the most frequently asked questions: how do you let go of someone you love? Read Letting Go of Someone You Love – A "She Blossoms" eBook.
2. How long have you been blogging?
I started my "Quips and Tips" blog series in 2008, and have been making money as a blogger since the first month. A few months ago (perhaps it's been half a year already), I decided that Quips and Tips was too dry. I'm not sure how the theme of "blossoming" came to me (God), but somehow it immediately stuck.
So my She Blossoms blog series is only a few months old. It started as "Quips and Tips" and has blossomed into a brand new thing. "See, I am doing a new thing! Do you not perceive it?"- Isaiah 43:19.
3. What makes She Blossoms a different type of blog?
First, a confession: this isn't actually a frequently asked question about my She Blossoms blog series. I snuck it in this list of FAQs because I wanted you to know that my blogs don't fit the traditional definition of blogging. Most blogs are personal online journals, opinions, editorials, or even diaries. Not Blossom.
She Blossoms isn't a traditional blog because I rarely write about my life. Sometimes I'll share a little story or insight, but mostly I focus on sharing practical knowledge that people can actually apply to their lives. My purpose is to help readers solve practical problems in their lives, which is why almost all my blog posts are tips, solutions, ideas for healing, etc.
4. Why did you create the She Blossoms blog series?
I started my general "Quips and Tips for Achieving Your Goals" blog, and found that certain posts were super duper popular (such as Best Jobs for Introverts and Quiet People — but especially ones like How to Let Go of Someone You Love).
So I realized that "achieving your goals" was too general. I needed more specific blogs, dedicated to specific things. Hence "Blossom in Your Relationships" and "Blossom in Your Writing." And my She Blossoms blog series was born.
5. Why did you call your blogs "Blossom"?
Because of what comes to mind when I think of blossoming! Freshness, growth, sunlight, colors, variety, creativity, and health. I LOVE the idea of fresh blossoms in our lives, in our relationships, in our writing.
6. Why is your url theadventurouswriter.com and not BlossomTips.com?
That's a good question, dude.
Because when I first started freelance writing, I realized I needed a main website to showcase my clips and education. I wanted a url that was more than "Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen" or "Vancouver freelance writer." I'm adventurous, so….The Adventurous Writer came to and stuck with me!
Should I try to switch all my Blossom blogs over to a Blossom url or domain name? Probably. Maybe. I don't know. Do you have one for sale?
7. Do you make money blogging about Blossoming?
Another good question. Read How Bloggers Make Money – From Ads to eBooks – because that's where I tell all.
8. How many blogs are in your She Blossoms blog series?
9. Do you have a newsletter, and how do I subscribe?
Yup. See below for the sign up form for my weekly Blossom newsletter.
10. Are the She Blossoms newsletters the same as the blog posts?
True confessions time: I had such a hard time sending my newsletters at the beginning. I find it super duper easy to write tips-based articles and blog posts about problems, but sharing my own personal insights and encouragements? Gross. The newsletters are emailed directly to subscribers who sign up for Blossom. Those weekly emails are much more personal in nature.
In my weekly newsletter, I share stuff that's going on in my life, such as:
- "Aha!" moments
- Problems I have
- Solutions I found
- How I'm blossoming in my life, relationships, and spirituality
Here's one of my most recent newsletters: A Different Way to Look at the Bright Side – Echoes of You.
Those are all the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) about my She Blossoms blogs. If you have any questions about blossoming, please do ask below.
"…the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" – Anaïs Nin.
Go forth and Blossom!