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Bring order to the chaos
How to set up your child with ADD/ADHD for success this school year
No matter how much they grumble about the end of summer vacation, most children look forward to going back to school.
But in families where a child's brain works differently – one that feels bombarded by stimuli that he or she can't filter out – the massive change involved in getting up and out early, managing homework and tight schedules, can be the stuff of nightmares.
"For children with ADD or ADHD, transitions can be very challenging," Sue West of Organize NH said. Strategic planning and establishing a routine for the entire family is key.
Diane Connell, EdD, a professor of special education at Rivier University, said children need to understand their brains work differently. Once they understand what this means, you can help them find ways to "self regulate."
"Most people with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder, leading to inattention) or ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, which includes hyperactivity and impulsivity) are relieved to understand how their brain is different, especially when you talk about the brain strengths they have," Connell said.
Everyone has strengths and weaknesses; the weakness for a child with ADD/ADHD is paying attention when the teacher talks.
"Children need to understand their brain first, so they can 'buy in' to finding ways for self-regulation," Connell said.
Visual cues help to stay on track
Children need to get used to the idea that schedules change, West said. Make it easier on everyone with visual reminders. Children who can read need a list or chart, something on a door or wall and bathroom mirror. Older kids with phones can set reminders there.
Have lots of clocks, West adds, "because that helps wake up the brain. They can see that 15 minutes have gone by and I have 20 minutes left." (Parents, expect to monitor time and tasks closely the first few weeks to see what's working.)
"The more [clocks] you have, the more likely they will look and see them." At difflearn.com, you can buy a clock that shows bright red when there are 10 minutes left.
"The time left gets 'skinnier' and you see the red. Kids get a sense of time passing and that attention piece is critical. Plus they don't have to know how to tell time," West said.
Kids with ADHD need something "in their face, since their sense of time is not as strong; they start daydreaming and get distracted. A list in front of you is a gentle reminder of the next thing."
Working memory, West adds, can be poor, meaning they can't hold many things in their mind at once, so use posters and charts so they can see what's next, that they haven't got their lunch, haven't fed the dog, etc.
She recommends having a family meeting to imagine what the first day of school will be like, from when to get up, to breakfast, getting dressed, lunch, the afternoon, and dinner, up to bedtime.
"Getting everyone to visualize engages the brain. If children aren't engaged, they're not going to remember it."
Get everyone to join in and "walk" through day as if it is happening tomorrow, all the way through to the end of the day.
After-school activities
Every child benefits from getting out and moving after school, so Professor Connell doesn't like the idea of doing homework just then. Activities such as sports, martial arts, and Girl or Boy Scouts are great outlets.
"Scouts and martial arts once a week are structured programs, where kids earn badges or belts. Plus there is the social component," she said. Many kids have trouble with boundaries, so the structure and emphasis on respect in these activities, and in sports, helps them gain control of their minds and bodies.
Get a good night's sleep
What time does bedtime have to be? Teens in particular need more sleep than they typically get.
Everyone's brain needs to wind down to ensure a restful night, and using electronics such as computers, video games and TVs – i.e., "screen time" – has the opposite effect. Set a time to unplug and stick to it.
For overall stress relief and focus, yoga and/or a mindfulness practice – i.e., meditation – is soothing. Reading out loud before bed also helps everyone wind down, so they can rest up for the next day.
Food for thought
There are other strategies in addition to organizing you can try to help manage ADD/ADHD.
Dr. Robin Bruck of Bedford Chiropractic Associates said chiropractic treatment can help eliminate things that stress the nervous system.
"ADHD is a combination of an overactive nervous system (which controls the function of every cell, organ and tissue in the body), and a brain difference (where it's tough to filter out other distracting sounds, thoughts and emotions).
"When your spine is misaligned due to injury, poor posture and/or muscle weakness, these 'subluxations' irritate your nervous system and interfere with signals to the brain. Allergies, food sensitivities and exposure to toxins also stress the nervous system," said Dr. Bruck.
"Chiropractic care keeps your spine and nervous system healthy." Plus, Dr. Bruck adds, certain foods lead to poor health, such as refined carbohydrates and most sugars, processed foods and those with additives.
"The entire family should enjoy mostly lean proteins, vegetables, nuts, fruits, and whole grains. If you don't eat salmon or tuna, supplements of Omega-3 and -6 fatty acids are helpful because they provide fuel to your cells. Enjoying food in its most natural state," she said, "is an important element of a wellness lifestyle."
Alan Brown is an ADD coach who blogs and gives advice on his website, ADDCrusher.com. He said the ADD/ADHD person's brain wiring is best fueled by a high-protein breakfast to last until lunch, and calls omega-3 and omega-6 supplements "brain boosters."
You can also talk to your family physician about exploring an elimination diet to see if taking something out of their diet or a different way of eating could help your child.
For parents who have ADD/ADHD (or think they do):
In adults and particularly women, many of whom have never been diagnosed with ADD, Sue West said, their memories are affected. Multitasking is self-defeating.
"Many women don't want to take medication," according to West, so strategies like getting exercise and meditation can help. Coaching in "executive functions" such as planning and time management helps, too.
Chaotic brains need clutter-free environments; get help from a professional organizer if necessary.
Alan Brown said his ADD causes him to be "addictive" in his use of screen time, whether gaming, TV or the computer.
This inhibits restorative sleep, but he's broken the habit. If you get sucked into the Internet vortex via Facebook, or are hooked on late-night TV, Brown suggests listing your electronic habits in order of the time you spend on them. Identify which one you can reduce or eliminate. Then "assign a new, more productive or enriching activity to take its place," Brown said.
Minding your use of media and gadgets is important. "Research shows that kids are stressed by the feeling of having to compete for attention against their parents' iPhones, Facebook feeds and so on," he said.
Brown adds that when he needs to focus, he "labels" it What I'm Doing Now. When his attention wanders, he asks himself if this is a trivial distraction, is it something that's important but not urgent, or is it "what I'm doing now" to bring himself back to the task at hand.
Mary Ellen Hettinger, APR is an award-winning reporter, editor and writer, and accredited public relations professional.


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Oatmeal Dinner Rolls
My third attempt at a new recipe for yeast rolls was my friend Iris's "Oatmeal Dinner Rolls." There were two reasons I decided to try these rolls: (1) I've really been into oatmeal lately, and (2) I was curious to try a recipe that doesn't call for milk as the previous two roll recipes I've tried included milk.
Step 1 of the recipe told me to soften 4 ½ teaspoons of yeast in 1/3 cup of warm water. In my earlier roll attempts, I've had trouble getting my yeast to "bubble" or become frothy, so this time I made sure the water was warmer than the last time I softened yeast, and I also let the mixture sit for 10 minutes. It worked! My yeast was frothy and bubbly just like I wanted.
Step 2 went well. I melted butter in a bowl, then added the oatmeal and 2 cups of boiling water. Next I mixed in the sugar, salt, and 2 cups of flour (that is, 1 ½ whole wheat flour and ½ cup white flour).
Step 3 turned out to be an ordeal. First, I added the yeast mixture immediately after completing step 2. As a result, the mixture was really, really hot when I began to add more flour to it. In fact, I had to add almost all of the flour just to cool the dough enough to handle it. Then I had to add the rest of it—all of it—as I kneaded because the dough was so sticky. During this stage, I began to freak out because I just can't tolerate sticky hands. At one point this scene happened:
"Chris, please—come help me!"
"With what?"
"I need you to pour flour for me!"
"Please! My hands are sticky!"
"Your hands are sticky?"
"I can't get the dough off!"
"So you need me to pour flour on something …"
"Pour it on the dough! Pour it on the dough! If you flour on the dough, then I can get this stuff off my hands!"
"Okay …"
"Okay, it's done."
"Oh, THANK GOD!!!!"
And there were a lot of other similar exclamations during this process.
Part of the problem I had with the kneading was that I tried to knead the dough on floured wax paper, but the wax paper slid all over the place and also stuck to the dough. So then I had to resort to flouring and kneading the dough on my oven, because it was the only surface I had big enough to work on. By the end of the kneading process, I was something of a wreck. So yesterday, I purchased a pastry mat from Amazon.com.
Anyway, on to Step 4. Jonah, in for the fun of watching his mother act like a maniac with her hands covered in flour and sticky dough, enjoyed this part. He watched me dump the giant mound of dough (remember, I added all five cups of flour) into a greased glass mixing bowl and cover it up. Then I told him we had to wait an hour for it to rise. At the end of an hour, the dough had risen up above the top of the mixing bowl, and Jonah got to punch it down. I kind of wish I'd gotten to punch it myself. Stupid dough!
Next I formed the dough into rolls and placed them in two 9×13 pans. I wound up with 40 rolls, not 48. Next I brushed each roll with melted butter. Then I tried to let the rolls rise a second time, but they hadn't changed after 15 minutes, so I went ahead and baked them as directed, for approximately 25 minutes at 350 degrees.
The finished result looked odd to me. They didn't brown on top, although they browned on the bottom. Unless things are brown on top, I tend to think they're not done. However, I tasted a roll from each pan, and they were definitely done, and tasty! Just not brown.
I do not know why. It might be partly because the rolls didn't include milk and partly because they included wheat flour—or even because they were baked at 350 rather than 400. Ultimately, though, I don't have an explanation.
We had plenty of rolls for dinner plus enough to freeze for two-three future meals. Also, Chris's friend Drew ate about a half dozen at dinner, which was reassuring. And, I ate some for dinner last night, after they'd been sitting on the kitchen counter in a bag for two days—still yummy.
Given my aversion to touching sticky dough, these rolls were tough to make. But a challenge is good for me. And, because they taste so good, I will make them again, with some adjustments, including letting the base dough cool down before adding the rest of the flour and using a pastry mat to knead the dough.
Oatmeal Dinner Rolls
From Iris Goodding
Makes 48 rolls. Freeze them right after baking to keep a fresh tasting roll on hand for a quick meal enhancement!
1/3 cup warm water (about the temperature of baby bath water)
2 pkg. Yeast (equivalent to 4 ½ tsp of bulk yeast)
3 Tbsp. butter or oil
1 cup oats, quick or regular
2 cups boiling water
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 Tbsp white sugar
1 tsp. Salt
5 cups flour (I prefer 1 ½ cup whole wheat flour in this)
- Soften yeast in 1/3 cup warm water in a bowl.
- In another bowl, melt butter and soften oatmeal in the 2 cups of boiling water. Add sugars, salt and 2 cups flour. (I recommend putting the whole wheat in the first mix).
- Add yeast mixture and knead in enough flour to make dough smooth and elastic. Let rise until double (1–2 hours*).
- Form into rolls and bake 20–30 min. at 350 degrees. These will go in a jelly roll pan, two 9×13 pans or four round cake pans.
Note: Keep a close eye on these as they bake. They are done when they are golden brown on the tops. You want to avoid over cooking them. Some days I find that they don't take long to bake, and other days they take longer.
*Usually one hour is just about right. I have done only 1/2 hour before in a pinch. Also you can let it rise longer. You might want to punch it down after an hour. If you let it rise too long (3 or 4 hours) it might begin to taste "yeasty." For the most part, bread is pretty forgiving if you don't do exactly as the recipe says.

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Girls is coming to a close. Recently, the HBO series wrapped its sixth and final season, Deadline reports.
The comedy-drama stars Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet, and Jemima Kirke as four twentysomething friends struggling with life, love, and work in New York City. The cast also includes Peter Scolari, Adam Driver, Alex Karpovsky, and Andrew Rannells.
On her Instagram, Dunham posted some heartfeld goodbyes to the series she created. The final season of Girls debuts in 2017.
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Girls Goodbye (1 of 3) It's 2 am on Friday morning and we just finished shooting Girls. Forever. No insert shots of cell phones or exteriors to grab. We're not missing a quick shot of Shosh marching down a Soho street. We're finished. We did it all. Jenni called that final cut, I dropped my costume on our van floors (sorry Kristen, sorry I never hang my damned costume) and we got into our vans to head home for the last time. To say I don't enjoy goodbyes is an understatement. But, as a wise woman once told me, "relish it. We so rarely get to choose our goodbyes." She's right. And we got to choose this one. But that doesn't mean it's easy– I know I'm not alone in the Girls family when I say this is the end of the largest and most potent chapter of my life so far. Before Girls I had zero identity, zero self-love and an urgent sense of untapped creative desire that kept me up and sweating at night in other people's beds, wondering why vague sexual affirmation wasn't enough to make me feel human. I had hardly an inkling of the responsibility we take on when we tell stories, or of the power words can have, but what I had- as an obsessed fan of shows from Girlfriends to Felicity to Ally McBeal- was the audacity to think that people might want to see women like my friends and me (broken, imperfect, angry) on television. When we shot our pilot six years ago, I never dreamed that I could be so fulfilled by the process of art-making, of collaboration, of honest expression. And so through this show I developed an identity, gained a new kind of family and began my life in earnest. It's an embarrassment of riches. There are too many essential personnel to name here, and the messages I have for them are far too intimate for this modern venue, but I trust I've made it clear who you are and what you mean to me. If I haven't, please feel free to demand explanations.
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Girls Goodbye (3 of 3) To the fans, you have blown our minds. You have made a big scary world seem small and intimate and I see blessings and safe havens everywhere because of the way you've normalized these experiences, the moments of being female that feel dark and unruly, that hurt like a gash. You've made me believe there was a place for the strange girls and the ones who don't know how to love quite yet. And I know you'll give the same warm reception to all the radical & essential female voices coming to TV in the near future. Because we are just at the the beginning of a golden era in which every woman– no matter her race, religion, body-type, or the gender assigned to her at birth– can tell her story and have it heard and recognized for its essential her-ness. Let's all make sure of that together, okay? We must. To the critics: you pushed us to grow and we did, even when the child in me wanted to stamp my feet and stand my ground. There is no greater gift than evolution. Thank you for that. To the cast & crew, the writers and producers, you will always be my comrades and I'd drop anything to be there for you at any time in your life. Thank you for accepting me, for creating a world of acceptance and for holding me through some of the toughest times I've known. Thank you for being fierce and creative. Thank you for putting up with my tits for six years, even when they got so, so boring. Thank you for making me feel like I was at the center of a trampoline of good will. To the men of Girls, both cast and crew, thank you for restoring my faith in the beauty and sensitivity that masculine strength can provide. Thank you for healing my fear and my heart. And the the women of girls, you are as bad as they come. Jenni and Judd: 🌝🌝🌝 Ilene and Gina 👊👊👊 Allison, Jem, Zosia 👯👯♂ It's going to take awhile to understand the heartbreak of saying goodbye to these characters, these collaborators and this life. I barely remember another one. So… all my love. Yes, love is all I have for every single one of you (even the 16 year old who keeps telling me to blow him in the comments section, though I do feel concerned he's not being parented closely enuf.
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Last pic of the night- @aw stayed until the bitter end like the queen she is. This is what 45 minutes of sobbing followed by me forcing a selfie on Allison looks like. #cryingselfie #crelfie #girlswillbegirls Goodnight. I love you all. I love the smell of the fall air. I love the rustling leaves, the city lights coming into view as I ride home and I really fucking love absolutely everyone I hugged tonight.
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Years ago, children spent all of their free time outdoors. They played ball, rode their bikes, and they went to the park. Unfortunately, today's generation has changed. Children have traded in their bikes and their balls for their tablets and their video games. While these electronics keep kids happy and quiet, they also have an adverse effect on children today.
Sleep Deprivation
Children who take their screens to bed with them at night are more likely to suffer from sleep deprivation. If your child is allowed to take their screens to bed, they will probably stay up later playing games and texting, causing them to lose hours of sleep. The screen can also lead to sleep deprivation. All devices emit a blue light. The brain interprets this light as daylight. When children are in bed with their electronics, their brain will send a signal that it is time to wake up. Rather than being tired at bedtime, your child will be unable to sleep, even after they have put their device down.
Childhood obesity is a serious problem today, and it seems to be getting worse than better. When children use any electronic device, they need to sit still. This prevents them from getting the exercise that they need to stay at a healthy weight. Years ago, children spent most of their time running, jumping, and playing outdoors, which helped them burn the necessary calories to remain at a healthy weight.
Vision Problems
Staring at a computer screen for hours can lead to eye strain and vision problems. Adults who work long hours in front of the computer are encouraged to use the 20/20/20 rule. This rule states that the person sitting in front of the computer screen should look at something 20 feet away, for 20 seconds, after every 20 minutes of computer use. Most adults can adhere to this rule. However, most children cannot. When a child is looking at their screen, they are not likely to look away every 20 minutes. Eventually, their constant use of electronics will lead to vision problems, which will require them to wear glasses.
Aches and Pains
When your child is using their cell phone or tablet all day, they can develop certain aches and pains, such as phone neck and text thumb. The head, neck, and wrists are at awkward angles while children use their electronics. Also, the thumbs were not designed to be used the way they need to be when kids are using electronics. These technology driven aches and pains can result in chronic pain in adulthood.
Loss of Social Skills
Before texting, email, and social media were invented, if a child wanted to talk to another child, they would walk right up to them and have a conversation. They would also call them on the phone. Smartphones have made face to face or telephone conversations obsolete. Today, children text each other or they will send a message on social media. For younger children, this will have an adverse effect on their development of social skills.
There are a few ways that screens can make children more aggressive. When a child is playing a video game, and they cannot get off of level 5, they will get angry. Some get so angry they stomp their feet and throw their device. Another form of aggression is brought out by the content of the video games that they are playing. There are many hand to hand combat and violent shooting games on the market, which can cause aggression at home and at school.
Electronics are all the rage in children as young as three years old. Before purchasing a tablet for your toddler, you should consider all of the negative effects that technology has on today's youth


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Book Review: Z for Zachariah, Robert C. O'Brien (1976)April 15th, 2013 12:20 pm by mad mags
Creepy and Horrifying
Trigger alerts for attempted rape, violence, misogyny, and speciesism.
It's been one year since the bombs fell like raindrops across the earth. One year since Ann Burden's remaining human family – father, mother, brother, cousin, and two elderly neighbors – set off in search of survivors, never to return 1und1 einzelverbindungsnachweis herunterladen. One by one, the radio broadcasts went silent. Nestled in her protected valley home – fortuitously equipped with a small working farm and a well-stocked general store, and fed by a fresh, uncontaminated underground spring – Ann thought she was the last person in the world. That is, until she spots the thin column of campfire smoke rising from beyond the ridge. Day by day, it slowly draws nearer her valley home, leaving 15-year-old Ann in a hopeful panic herunterladen.
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Written by Robert C. O'Brien – the man behind one of my childhood favorites, The Secret of NIMH – the manuscript for Z for Zachariah was finished by his daughter, Jane Leslie Conly (who also penned a prequel and sequel to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH), and published posthumously. The book takes the form of a first-person narrative in a diary kept by Ann. (The "real time" format is broken only once, when Ann foreshadows Faro's death; though it's certainly possible that that particular entry was written later in time.) Creepy and horrifying, it's a deceptively simple story that twists your intestines and refuses to let go herunterladen.
Though it's intended for younger readers – ages 12 and up – adults may find it enjoyable as well, and in fact may parse out more complex meanings. As some reviewers have noted, the pastoral valley setting – during the lush, green blooms of spring- and summertime, no less – can be read as an allegory for the Garden of Eden (wherein an unwilling Eve runs from Adam screaming) formel 1 spiele kostenlos downloaden. Ann's choice to leave the valley rather than kill Mr. Loomis to protect what's hers – as frustrating as her hyper-developed (even masochistic) sense of fairness is at times – reflects her decision to grow up and rejoin society, rather than plod along in seclusion.
Z for Zachariah is and isn't what I expected: given the book's overtly religious title, coupled with the brief description on the back cover, I'd assumed the stranger would be a sort of religious prophet -slash- cult leader, collecting and subjugating young women in the name of God and humanity allplan herunterladen. While the book is indeed shades of The Handmaid's Tale (but with greater death and destruction), Mr. Loomis is not at all the religious type. And yet, I was met with the sneaking, sick suspicion that Loomis meant to use Ann the same way he used the seeds and cows: to repopulate the earth and maintain its biodiversity. In Loomis's eyes, Ann is not a human, but an object to be exploited to his own ends. That his agenda is fueled by science rather than religion seems an inconsequential detail.
Some reviewers describe Loomis as "crazy" or "delusional." While it's true that his sickness and resulting fever resulted in temporary insanity, after his recovery from radiation poisoning the only sickness he exhibited was that of misogyny. Just as the cows, chickens, and fishes were his to use as he saw fit (speciesism), Loomis considered Ann his property as well (misogyny). At its most extreme, this attitude manifested itself in Loomis's attempted rape of Ann, and again when he subsequently hunted her after she dared run away (yet still continued to do all the chores at Loomis's direction, and further shared the fruits of her labor with him). Yet his feelings of entitlement and supremacy are still readily apparent in the smaller details: how Loomis assumed control of the valley's resources, bossed Ann around, and watched her "like an overseer."
At multiple times throughout the story, I found myself wishing that Ann had just left him alone in his sanitized tent to die a gruesome and horrible death. But perhaps his lifetime of solitude is punishment enough? Ann certainly seemed to think so. Yet I pity the living beings still stranded there with him.
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After years of chemotherapy, Eliza got to enjoy a relaxing and stress-free week at Disney.
Eliza has finally had her wish come true after enduring multiple rounds of chemotherapy. This adorable little five-year-old has been bravely fighting her disease since before she turned three but has refused to let it get her spirits down. For Eliza, swimming with dolphins was the wish of a lifetime and since she loves Disney Princesses almost as much as she loves dolphins. The thought of swimming with dolphins and enjoying warm weather take Eliza's mind off her chemotherapy treatments. What better way to make those dreams a reality than a trip to Orlando, Florida?
Before departing for Orlando, Eliza was taken to Macy's to get a full makeover and lots of cute outfits for her trip. Afterwards, she had a going away party at Maggiano's where she was surrounded by loved ones who were thrilled that Eliza's wish was able to come true.
Upon arrival in Orlando, the employees at her hotel, Give the Kids the World, gave Eliza and her family a friendly welcome. While in Orlando, Eliza got to visit the Disney Parks. She enjoyed meeting her favorite characters, spending time with her family, and most importantly swimming with dolphins.
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Crazy cat lady may have microbe to blame
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Toxoplasma gondii is the cat-borne parasite responsible for causing toxoplasmosis and a host of other problems in humans. This close relative of the malaria-causing protozoan may drive human behavior and immunity, in addition to causing acute illness and devastating birth defects. Recent research points to a single gene underlying this parasite's virulence in the human host. It's scary yet fascinating to think that a single gene from a single organism could have such dramatic effects on our species.
Warning pregnant women away from litter boxes
Because T. gondii infection can result in serious fetal defects, many pregnant women have heard of toxoplasmosis, an illness that often goes unnoticed in the afflicted person. Pregnant women are warned away from cat litter boxes and even away from gardening because contact with cat feces can mean contact with the parasite. T. gondii spends the sexual part of its life cycle in cats, but for its asexual life, it can parasitize a number of hosts, from pigs to lambs to mice to people. People also can acquire the infection from eating undercooked meat or drinking contaminated water. In some countries, like Brazil, up to 60% of the population has been exposed to T. gondii; in the United States, about 33% of people tested have antibodies to the parasite, indicating past infection.
Link between parasite and schizophrenia
The "crazy cat lady" has practically become a social stereotype in the United States and other countries, conjuring the image of a woman who lives with 25 cats and talks to herself a lot. But researchers investigating schizophrenia have actually identified a potential link between people who are exposed to Toxoplasma infection and the manifestations of schizophrenia; for example, several studies have identified higher levels of antibodies to the parasite in people with schizophrenia, and infection with Toxoplasma can cause damage to brain cells that is similar to the damage seen in patients with schizophrenia. Toxoplasmosis can also sometimes lead to symptoms of psychosis.
The fact is that most people don't know they have toxoplasmosis because they have healthy immune systems. In people with compromised immunity, however, such as those with HIV, T. gondii can precipitate an extreme form of dementia that eventually kills them. The dementia is so severe that the sufferer eventually becomes completely unaware of his or her surroundings and lapses into a coma. The bug, however, also can affect the central nervous system in healthy people and is also linked to severe eye problems even in patients who are not immunocompromised. One researcher has claimed that infection with the parasite makes men dumber and women act like "sex kittens."
ROP18: Watch out for this one
There are different strains of T. gondii, and investigators have noted that the Type 1 strain is most closely associated with disease. Studies of T. gondii, which has a genome with about 6000 genes, have pinpointed the virulence capacity of the strain to a single gene, dubbed ROP18. This gene encodes a kinase, one of a huge class of cell signaling proteins that add phosphates to molecules. Typically in cell signaling, kinases exist in a series, phosphorylating the next protein in the pathway, which helps maintain regulation of the signaling. The most virulent T. gondii strains have a form of the gene that differs from that carried by benign strains. Researchers speculate that this kinase interferes with a cell's normal signaling, hijacking it for its own purposes, including growth and reproduction. The good news is that because kinases are so important in cell signaling, pharmaceutical companies have developed libraries of molecules that inhibit specific kinases, so one potential path to preventing toxoplasmosis is to discover an inhibitor of ROP18.
Rats get a little nutty from it, too
Not only has this parasite been linked to the ability to alter human behavior, but it also appears to alter rodent behavior in ways that favor its own reproduction. For example, rodents exposed to toxoplasma via cat feces actually become more likely to hang out near cat urine. If a cat eats the infected animal, the toxoplasmosis bug can then move into the sexual phase of its life cycle in the cat.


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Rumours in Staneford (16th October 2013)
The Adventurers
Hallan – Fighter
Johan - Cleric
Paulix – Thief
Vox Comwy – Magic User
Magician in Flux - Freyasday 5th Quattrober 963 (Day 10) – afternoon
The village of Darenth lay under a grey blanket of drizzle. Everything was as soaked through as a washerwoman's apron on wash day. Vox, loaded down under his heavy sack of adventuring equipment, slipped and slid his way down the slight incline from Sir Richard's mansion, bringing up the rear of the party as they headed towards the comfort and dryness of the Miller's Arms tavern.
Once inside and sat at a table nursing a drink, he considered what he wanted to do with the scroll that had come into his possession. He quickly downed his jack of ale and squared his shoulders for the return journey to Sir Richard's manor. He told his companions that he would be heading out to try to exchange his scroll for something more useful.
Vox stepped back out into the rain, trudged his way back up the slope to the mansion and asked the guards at the gate whether he could see Godefroi, Sir Richard's vizier. The guards recognised him, and after a few moments they returned to escort him into the presence of the vizier. Godefroi asked what he wanted and when he was told that he had some information for him, his attention fixed upon Vox. The magician offered up the scroll and suggested that as Godefroi was a superior thaumaturge he might make more use of the magic contained within but that he would like something in return. Godefroi quickly studied the scroll and realised that it was a spell that he did not already have within his repertoire. He considered Vox's offer and countered that he would teach Vox a spell in return for the scroll and something extra as it was not certain that he would be able to copy it into his spell book without error.
Vox agreed to the trade and handed over the scroll. Godefroi led the adventurer into his study and attempted to teach him a variety of spells, but Vox could not grasp the subtleties involved in copying them down. Godefroi suggested that he might be tired after all of his adventuring and should he return on the morrow he would spend a bit longer with him; but for a price.
Meanwhile, the rest of the party who were still in the tavern wondered who the two prisoners that the men-at-arms had escorted into the lord's manor were. They thought about it and realised that it could not be any of their friends from High Beeches as Albus had only just recently started his return journey to the hamlet and could therefore not be a captive. They assumed that they must be a couple of scapegoats for the troubles that had occurred recently in the small village; burning crops, summoning demons (in the form of the living dead), and being in cahoots with legions of strange creatures were all things that could lead to accusations of witch craft and strong punishment.
Trial by Fire - Godsday 6th Quattrober (Day 11)
Just after the six o'clock morning bells, Vox sprang from his cot in the tavern, bolted down his breakfast and sprinted up the hill to see Godefroi for his magical training session. He ignored the drizzle in his haste and arrived at the gate out of breath. The guards chuckled at the sight of the highly energetic trainee mage, and ushered him through to Godefroi's study as arranged. As this was to be a training session, and would take the whole day, Godefroi charged Vox the going rate for his services; one hundred silver pieces. Vox handed over the coins and began his first session of serious study under an accomplished wizard.
The rest of the party killed time by sharpening their weapons, cleaning their armour and tending to their clothing and adventuring equipment. Paulix heard from Jaden that the trial of the two prisoners would be held later that afternoon, but he didn't see them getting out of their punishment. Samson headed to the woodworker's cottage to collect and pay for his newly affixed axe handle. The weapon was as good as new and he swung it in a few experimental strokes before being asked to practice his dangerous art elsewhere.
Just after lunch, the most important members of the village, Jared, the miller, the two priests and a couple of the more important farmers, trudged their way up to Sir Richard's manor, where they were ushered straight into the great hall. No-one else was allowed into the hall, either to take part in the proceedings or to watch from a public gallery. It was to be a trial by a jury of peers behind closed doors.
After a few hours of deliberation the verdict was given and a minor ruckus erupted within the hall that momentarily put Vox off his studies. A couple of Sir Richard's retainers headed down to the local carpenter and ordered the execution equipment to be set up. The party, still in the tavern, managed to see the activities begin through the tavern window and saw that a pair of large stakes and several faggots of wood were taken to the village green and set up for the guilty parties.
Just as the evening bells rang out to bring the farmers in from their fields, a sombre procession led down from the manor house to the green where the two prisoners were bound to the stakes, protesting their innocence all the way. The senior priest read out a sermon, asked the guilty to repent their sins, and when they refused he asked Sol Invictus to cast the evil-doers into the Abyss where they belonged.
The flames were lit and the crowd watched intently as the two sinners were taken to meet their demonic lords.
Later that evening a caravan pulled into the village and hitched their horses for the night. Hallan, Johan and Paulix approached the lead merchant and asked if he needed more guards for his caravan. He replied that he already had as many guards as he needed but would appreciate their company as extra security and would feed them on the journey the following day as a thank you for travelling with him. The party questioned the merchant about his journey so far and he replied that it had become increasingly more risky to transport goods around over the last year or so and less profitable due to having to hire more guards. He said that this danger from bandit raids could occur anywhere on the route from High Beeches right through to Castleford in the north by the river Abis.
Arrival in Staneford - Moonday 8th Quattrober (Day 13)
The caravan had an uneventful journey to Staneford. The first day passed without incident and the night they made camp to pass the night at the halfway stage passed without incident. The party almost wished for trouble to ease their boredom as the caravan wound its way through the woods and over the hills and dales on the journey north towards Staneford.
As the morning of the second day of the journey wore on, the caravan travelled down a muddy, rutted road lined with closely-grown hedges of brambles and shrubs. Here and there the road cut through a copse of trees or crossed a small rivulet. To either side, forest and meadow gave way to field and orchard. A small herd of cattle grazed in a field nearby and in the distance could be seen smoke rising from chimneys. The party passed the great stone-built chapel to Sol Invictus upon a nearby rise, noted the huge stone tower on a granite outcrop in the distance, and then to either side of the road ahead they passed many well-kept cruck and plaster barns and buildings before stopping in the courtyard of the largest building they had ever seen; the Plough and Stars Inn.
The merchant thanked the party for their help and got to work ordering his teamsters to unpack the produce and stable the horses. The adventurers looked around at the rest of the village before heading inside the tavern.
The interior was well aired and lit and there were a dozen or so customers dotted around the main common area, seated at comfortable tables and benches. The innkeeper, his wife and a handful of serving girls and pot boys bustled around the inn serving the hungry customers.
Ostler Gundigoot introduced himself and asked if he could be of service. The party booked private rooms for the night and headed back outside the doors to follow up on the clues that they had.
The Druid – afternoon
They decided that their first port of call should be Jaroo, the druid. They had spotted what looked like his grove just down the road from the tavern. The well-tended small copse within the village was obviously a place of worship. The trees lining the path were neatly pruned and the grass was well tended. A carefully placed line of bluish stones lined the path to a rock cairn covered in offerings of nuts, corn dollies, candles, garlands and flowers to the nature god Cernunnos. A small path beyond the shrine led to a low-roofed building placed under the boughs of the great central oak trees.
Vox knocked on the door of the small building but he received no answer from within. A few moments later a man dressed in un-dyed plain robes emerged from the trees and asked them their business. The party introduced themselves and showed the druid the metal amulet, asking him if he knew what it was. He said he didn't know what it was but recognised the symbols as being from the ancient Cthonic rune language. He couldn't read it but did know from the way that it was written that the runes spelled out a cartouche of some ancient demon.
The party asked him whether anyone else in the village would know exactly what it meant. He mentioned that Terjon, the new Canon who had replaced Canoness Y'Dey when she disappeared suddenly about a month ago, might know, as might Burne, the sorcerer in the round fortified tower. If they had no luck then they could always attend the New Moon meeting held every month where anyone could ask a question of the village council.
Just as they were about to finish their conversation, Jaroo led the party to the standing stones and asked them for a personal offering. Johan gave his staff, Hallan his cudgel and Vox a scattering of tea leaves. Paulix had nothing of any real personal value, so left a small pile of coins.
Jaroo walked them to the end of his path and bade them farewell but Vox had one last question. He wanted to know what it was with all the rain. Jaroo replied that he did not know but it did not feel right.
The bells for six o'clock rang out and the village began to return from the fields and prepare for the evening prayers. They noticed that maybe a third to one half of the village made their way to the church; more people than they had ever seen attending a Sol Invictus service. Johan swore that he must do something about this turning from the old ways.
The party returned to the tavern and spent the night carousing. They spoke to the ostler who told them about many of the characters in tavern and the village. Paulix spotted a card shark at a table; he won more than he lost but did it in such a way that the others at the table didn't feel cheated although Paulix concluded that he must either be an extremely good card player or he was cheating in some way. They also spotted the caravan merchant who stood them a round of ale. The men-at-arms, who were neither from Vannin nor Thuringia, were quite sociable and answered a few questions about security in the region. They mentioned a tale of a monstrous troll being hunted down by a bunch of adventurers about a year ago but were unsure what had happened to the adventurers except that they brought back the troll's ashes and a load of treasure before disappearing again. They also repeated the story of the bandit attacks beginning again about a year or so ago and that they had begun to get more frequent. No-one knew who the perpetrators were as there were never any bandit corpses or merchants left alive to tell the tale. Rumour had it that they might come from either the moat house in the marshes or from the despicable village of Nulb to the north. Throughout the night they saw one particular man by the name of Elmo wandering throughout the tavern, scrounging drinks and laughing uproariously in a drunken way at all and sundry. He offered the party his services as a fellow adventurer as long as they supplied him with a big axe and armour as he wanted to be like his brother Otis who had left the village at the same time as the Canoness Y'Dey. The party realised that they would get no more information that night, so retired to their rooms to plan what they would do the following day.
Getting to Know the Locals - Tirsday 9th Quattrober (Day 14)
The following morning the party rose early and broke their fast on the splendid morsels on offer. They glanced out of the tavern windows and realised that at long last the rain had stopped. They each had tasks to carry out, so they said that they would meet up again later after gaining as much information as possible.
Vox and Johan decided to take a look at the tower on one of the large granite outcrops. They noticed that there was a hive of activity going on. When they approached the outcrop they noticed that foundations were being dug for a curtain wall and a variety of stones were being worked on for the wall itself; the quarry being across the river at the other granite outcrop. There were maybe twenty or so labourers at work in a variety of roles and they seemed to be accompanied by their womenfolk and children as well as a few mangy curs. Johan and Vox realised that they might be able to grab a few converts from the workers and began to move amongst them healing a few sprains and closing cuts that affected the type of work some of the labourers could carry out. They spent the rest of the day with the workers, eating with them and preaching the word of Balder. This met with a little resistance from some but many were happy to hear the energetic preaching of the young cleric.
Meanwhile, Paulix headed up towards the temple in time for the first service of the day. On his way out of the tavern he noticed that there were a couple of warhorses in the stables being brushed down. He headed inside to the main altar room after making a small donation at the door under the insistence of the deacon Calmert. He watched the congregation rather than listening to the sermon and noticed that two well-dressed members were seated at the front. He assumed that these were the magician Lord Burne and his accomplice Sir Rufus due to the fact that they were surrounded by a number of men-at-arms. He took note of all the others present and waited for the service to end.
At the end of the service he approached the main priest Terjon and asked him if he recognised the runes on the amulet he held out to him. Terjon took a good look but admitted that other than it being in an old runic language he didn't really know what it said. The Canoness Y'Dey would have known but she had been called away at short notice only a month or so ago and he was her temporary replacement. As it gave off a magical aura, he suggested that maybe Lord Burne would be the best person to ask about this.
Paulix made his way up to the tower, passing a very busy Vox and Johan along the way. He walked up the pathway towards the tower and was called to halt by a guard on the tower walkway. The main tower looked to be about thirty-five feet tall with another centrally placed smaller tower rising a further twenty feet. On certain parts of the walls Paulix could make out several other guards and the shapes of several war machines (scorpions and mangonels). The entrance to the tower was only accessible by going up a flight of stone steps which terminated about ten feet above the ground. The outer door of the entranceway to the tower was lowered to form a bridge to the stone landing, and a raised portcullis and thick iron inner door completed the entranceway defences. Paulix observed that there were a number of arrow slits around the tower and the base of the tower was reinforced with a six foot splay to add more strength.
The guard asked Paulix what he wanted and came down to meet him when he said that he had urgent business with lord Burne. Paulix briefly described what he wanted to share with the mage and the guard mentioned that he could try to get him an audience for a small fee. Paulix handed over a few silver coins but the guard harrumphed until five silvers were sitting in his palm. He asked where he could be found later and when Paulix responded that he is staying at the Plough and Stars he said to the thief to await him there with news of an audience.
On his way back to the tavern, Paulix decided to have a short wander to see the last parts of the village he had not seen until now. On his travels he spotted Elmo bumbling around; he seemed to always be wandering around the village in his drunken stupor. Just across the ford from the tavern Paulix spotted a sturdy new building with a sign displaying three golden balls; the universal sign of a usurer. He remembered that he still had four of the gems left from the mara's treasure, so he headed to the door to change them up. He was met at the door by a burly guard in chainmail cradling a loaded crossbow in his arms with a fine looking sword at his belt. Two mastiffs chained nearby growled as he approached. The guard asked what he wanted and upon receiving Paulix's answer he rapped on the door. A slot in the door opened and the guard whispered to the man within. Paulix was then admitted to a small workshop by Melubb the moneychanger. After a brief look at the gems, he offered Paulix a value slightly less than he himself had appraised them at. Paulix needed the coins, so accepted the offer graciously and bid Melubb a good day.
An Audience with Lord Burne - afternoon
Paulix met up with Hallan at the inn and sat down with him to discuss what he had found out. Just after lunch, a couple of men-at-arms entered the inn and made enquiries after Paulix. They said that they had come to escort him to see Lord Burne about the news he wished to impart. Paulix and Hallan grabbed their weapons and followed on, picking up Vox and Johan along the way. All four were asked to hand over their weapons before being ushered through the entranceway, past the winding gear for the portcullis and up a flight of stairs to the upper level and into the chamber of the magician.
He welcomed them into his cluttered abode with a wave of his hand and said that they had magic about them. Paulix said that this was the reason he had come to see him and produced the metal amulet. Lord Burne leant forward and took it from him inspecting it as he did so. He went quiet for a while. He then said that this was one of the keys to the great doors of the Temple that bound a great demon. He asked how they had come by it but was puzzled by their response that Albus had one day found it in his treasure chest. He then proceeded to tell a little of the back story about how ten or so years ago an evil Temple had arisen in the area close to the village of Nulb and had terrorised the area. Warriors and mages from the surrounding nations got together and defeated the Temple's denizens, but not without great loss. A terrible demon that had aided the Temple followers was subsequently locked away in the lower levels of its dungeons before the whole lot was razed to the ground. Then, about a year ago, a small band of tough adventurers hunted down and destroyed a great troll which had nested within the Great Gnarley but was terrorising the surrounding countryside. It was at this point that the bandit raids grew more frequent and seemingly more organised. No clues could be gained from the raids as the bandits always got clean away and there were never any survivors to tell the tale. The appearance of the goblins and kobolds showed that evil humanoids were again being summoned from beyond the Void to do the job of someone or something. The places where the evil started ten years ago were around the Temple which was just outside of Nulb, but nearer to Staneford was a moat house in the fens that held a garrison that was the perpetrator of the local raids. Burne thought that this was most likely where the bandits were coming from at the moment as it was within striking distance of the village and easily re-enforceable from Nulb and the river.
He handed the amulet back to Paulix and said he would like them to go to the moat house to reconnoitre; any treasure found there they could keep. Burne said that he would just like any information detailing the new set-up of the Temple or any other similar clues relayed to him so that he could pass on the details to his superiors. Slightly annoyed at not being offered a reward, Paulix agreed that they would look into it and asked Burne if he would look after the amulet as it seemed so important. Burne quickly made his excuses and said he did not want anything to do with it.
The adventurers made their obeisance, leaving the wizard to his reflections, and headed back to the Plough and Stars tavern to figure out what to do next.


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This drop is despite mobile devices and social networking increasingly blurring the divide between personal and office use of the internet, resulting in widespread security lapses.
Sian John, security strategist at Symantec told SCMagazineUK.com, "Gobally the cost per victim is going up and it is not clear why the UK figures are so different to the rest of the world. But with an annual online spend of £1,000 per head, the UK has the highest spending online per capita. It was an early adopter of broadband, and is a high user of social networking, so it is likely that there is now more awareness of cyber fraud among consumers. In our view, this will have pushed criminals to go for lower value transaction frauds in an attempt to avoid being detected." An earlier Forrester report on online shopping highlighted that 70 per cent of the UK population shops online, the highest level in Europe (together with Sweden and The Netherlands), compared to just 34 per cent in Italy and Spain. Also, the UK is a major user of credit cards, facilitating online transactions
Despite the drastic reduction in the cost of cyber crime in the UK, the actual number of victims remains high, at some 12 million per year, some 45 per cent of online adults in the survey were reportedly the victims of cyber crime or negative online situations, not necessarily relating to any financial loss, but including malware, viruses, hacking and scams.
Of some 13,022 adults surveyed for the report across 24 countries in July this year, 32 per cent said that their company had no policy on the use of personal devices for work – with the same number saying they did use their personal device for work and play, and almost the same number, 31 per cent, saying that the convenience of being constantly connected outweighed any potential security risks. Mobile security ignorance – or bad practice – was rife, with 54 per cent of users not aware that security options for mobile devices even existed, half of social network users not logging out after each session and only 17 per cent of smartphone users installing mobile security software with advanced protection. Some 48 per cent of smartphone and tablet users did not take even use passwords, have security software or back up files from their mobile devices – which is particularly worrying considering 18 per cent had lost their mobile device or had it stolen.
The laxity on phones and tablets was worse than on PCs, with 35 per cent avoiding storing sensitive data files online via smartphones, 37 per cent via tablets, and 79 per cent via PCs. Similarly, 90 per cent of respondents deleted suspicious emails from their PC, but only 55 per cent from their tablet, and 44 per cent from their smartphone, indicating that users need educating that smartphones are effectively small computers.
John comments: "It is inevitable that with the growth of mobile and social media use there will be some blurring (of personal and work use of the internet and access devices), but there are safe ways to do it without sharing what is business and personal. If you are looking at humorous videos on a work device or sharing them at work, then that is both a work and a security issue. Users do need to take responsibility."
SC Magazine asked, but what about company responsibility and the lack of company guidelines? John responded: "Most companies are looking at awareness of company policy, which is a bigger issue than lack of policies. Plus if corporate Apps are placed in a more protected environment away from Apps that may be used for personal use, then they are more secure. But changing what users do is the best way to reduce risk, by increasing awareness, and changing complacent attitudes of 'it won't happen to me' that lead to convenience being put ahead of security."
On a global scale, cyber crime was extrapolated to cost some £72 billion per year, averaging £190 per victim, with fraud accounting for 38 per cent of losses, theft or loss for 21 per cent, repairs 24 per cent and 17 per cent other. Using Norton's rounded figures, China and the US both represented losses of £23bn, with Europe a further £7 billion, Brazil £5 billion, Mexico and India £2 billion each, while Russia, Japan and Australia are each on £1 billion.


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Happy New Year to you! This is a time of fresh starts and new beginnings for many people as we turn the calendar to 2017. I pray that God would bless you richly in the new year, as He has generously blessed me in 2016. If you're thinking about goals for the coming year, I encourage you to include this one: to experience and love Jesus Christ more deeply in the next year, allowing yourself to be changed by His presence in your life.
I'd like to share with you this testimony from Chiazo, one of the UNT girls I spent time with last year:
Friday night and stayed because people sought out His Word, ways to practice His teachings and made Christ-likeness a lifestyle- specifically, Autumn Priestley, a senior at the time I joined FOCUS. I constantly asked myself "why would someone who's about to leave college want to spend time with me"? She spent time with me because of the lessons she learned through FOCUS. As I make my transition into the "real world" and becoming a teacher, I will remember to seek to understand then be understood when working with students, parents, and other teachers. I will look at my students and love them. I will consider their needs and provide for them, whether that means that I attend their sporting events or support them through tough times. I will show them who Jesus is through my teaching, patience, and discipline on and off the podium. It's because of my involvement in FOCUS that I am able to know what it looks like to be a disciple in the "real world"."
Chiazo is about to begin student-teaching as a middle school choir director for the last semester of her degree. I know that she will bring her passion for serving the Lord into her classroom and bless her students tremendously. Please pray for her and all the students who are nearing the end of their degree programs and the start of their careers.
Over the Christmas break, while our students were away with their families, the FOCUS staff have read The Signature of Jesus by Brennan Manning. The following section from this book touched me deeply, and I hope it does the same for you:
"My futile attempts at self-improvement, the sadness that I am not yet perfect, the boasting about my victories in the vineyard, my sensitivity to criticism, and the lack of self-acceptance belie my profession of faith that Jesus is Lord - lip service from a shackled servant still in bondage to the insecurity that wears a thousand masks, still lacking the courage to risk all on him who is all, still thrashing about trying to fix myself, still struggling for that elusive achievement that will make me presentable to God... I resist the saving truth that I am lovable simply and solely because he loves me."
These words remind me that nothing I can say, do, or believe will change God's love toward me. I can't, by hard work and discipline, earn any more of His love; I can't, through selfishness and wanton sin, dampen the strength of His affection for me. God's perfect act of love was shown to us by Jesus on the cross; He waits only for us to accept it. I pray that you would accept the love that God so graciously extends to you, and that you would be comforted by the knowledge that your own efforts won't change it.
As we enter the new year and prepare for the spring semester, please pray for the many exciting things coming up in the life of our FOCUS community:
- Pray for the Keep FOCUS Growing fundraiser. We have raised over $40,000 and are still asking for your help to get to our goal of $55,000. Please pray for us, and also please consider giving if you haven't already: anyfocus.org/next20
- Pray for Winter Camp. This event is where many new students will catch the vision of what God is doing through FOCUS for the first time. Pray that our students who haven't decided yet would choose to go, and pray that they would be prepared to experience God there.
- Pray for SMU. We are planning our first outreach events at SMU this semester. FOCUS has been blessed with a special opportunity to reach this campus, so please pray that we would connect with students who are ready to hear from God.
- Pray for leaders. We are already thinking about which students will be ready to lead their peers next school year. Please pray for wisdom for the FOCUS staff as we make decisions about whom to invite to SICM, our annual leadership training conference that prepares many of our future Corefas.
Thank you for your donations and prayers! I wish you all the best in 2017.


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There are Apple fans around the globe counting down the hours until April 24th, when the new Apple Watch is to be released. We aren't necessarily the biggest of Apple crazed consumers here, but we did immediately start thinking of the applications that will make cooking and eating easier for the masses.
Some of the coolest apps and their uses:
Boiled Egg Timer
One of the simplest apps out there for cooking eggs is now part of the Watch apps. Select your desired level of hard-boiled-ness, the size of the egg, and off you go.
Couldn't be simpler than that. Enjoy your perfectly cooked eggs! But wait... you can now boast that you have the most expensive egg timer in human history, especially if you go for the USD$10k Apple Watch. Congrats on your success!
For Boiled Egg Timer, head here to download
Places Around
Remember this one? It used to be the go-to app before Google Maps, Apple Maps, Foursquare and all the other "whats nearby" apps. They seem to be jumping the behemoths to the new app rush again with their upcoming app for the Apple Watch. The app boasts speak to search functionality, so you can say "sushi" and it will search nearby sushi joints. Handy in a pinch!
Photo courtesy of Wareable.com
These guys have been rocking the app and note space for years, and we are happy users here at Foodie. It comes as no surprise they are upping their game with an Apple Watch app that is utilising most of the abilities of the new hardware. You may be thinking- it's impossible to type on the watch! Well, fret not... with Evernote's new app you can dictate your food review, poetry, essay, or recipe and it will do the rest. Yeah. We know. It's not a hoverboard, but it's pretty neat for 2015.
Pro-tip... Dictate shopping lists, view them at the store without clunking your phone. You just won the internet.


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I found it a bit hard to get booze in Morocco. Quite a shame. A drink to celebrate the beginning of spring.
Muddle mint, sugar, cardamom, and orange juice. Add remaining ingredients and ice and shake vigorously. Double strain into a glass tumbler with ice. Garnish with fresh mint. Drink and think of all the juke joints . . .
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From Geoffrey and Jessica; IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL WEEK
This past week has been quite an experience, the new people, culture and environment keeps me on my toes. I love the feeling of being completely out of my element because it forces me to rely more on God. I'm thankful, though, because Jessica and I have received such a warm welcome. There is a young married couple from Canada serving here, Jenny and Josh. These two have opened up their home to us, shared meals with us, guided us around the city and have accepted us with arms wide open. These two bend over backwards to accommodate us. The pastor of this ministry and his family, the staff of this facility and the leaders of this organization have been such godsends as well. Our accommodations are remarkable; the thought never crossed my mind that our home here would look like this. For the past two years this ministry has been constructing this new facility that has the capacity for the multitudes of people that ground themselves here. The almost complete building is four stories tall and is absolutely magnificent from the strikingly colorful tiles that brilliantly clothe the floor to the unyielding stone pillars that support the structure. The top floor is the church and allows for seven hundred people to sit comfortably, which I assure you will soon be too small for the vast amount of individuals that learn, grow and mature here. This place is stunning to say the least.
This city is very big and modern, I feel underdressed and as if my attire is out of date when I see the fashion and apparel the youth are sporting out here. The Buddhist temples with a beautiful Cambodian sunset set as the backdrop are picturesque and awe-inspiring, the fact that these remarkable shrines were hand crafted leaves you breathless. Don't let the inexpensive price of the Cambodian cuisine fool you, the food brings out the most exhilarating aspects of flavors and these meals leave your taste buds begging for more. Venturing out on a Tuk Tuk (motorcycle with a carriage) is the only real way to travel within this city, wearing a mask isn't fun but the rush of wind flowing through your hair (except around sewers) is elating and the view of the street vendors and community goes unmatched.
Throughout the week we will both be teaching numerous classes and training different English teachers. Every morning I will be training the teachers for two hours and afterwards I will be spending about an hour working with the preschoolers. I am really excited about working with these children, I can't tell you how adorable they are. I worked with a preschool for about a year (shout out to the staff of Precious Lambs Preschool) and that has given me a lot of different ideas for songs and games to play with these children. I'll be leading a bible study about twice a week. Every evening I'll be teaching English as well, knowing English is gold out here and to have a foreigner teach it is a rarity so the children seem to hang onto each word that is spoken from us. I'll also be speaking at this church on different occasions.
It is easy to volunteer and contribute towards a worthy cause but that isn't what I want for this trip. My hope and prayer is that I will fall in love with these people just as I fell in love with my Kenyan family. I want rejoice with them when they triumph in life and I want to mourn with them when troubles are revealed. 1 Corinthians 13:3 says "If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing." Paul knows the truth, to give, help and serve without being emotionally attached is simple to do, I want more than that. I want to be a life learner of loving others, rejoicing and praising God for the good and weeping and mourning the sting of life's troubles. I hope that when I come home from this trip I will have learned what it means to love without limits.
Playboy is a big deal here… they have playboy shirts and bags but they don't know anything about the playboy industry. They think it is a mischievous boy…lol
Taking off my shoes whenever I enter a building is going to take some getting used to
Jessica chipped her tooth and had a really big hole because of it. We took her to the dentist to get it filled and they did the wrong tooth!!
There is a dog here that has a bunch of blue ink all over his back… his name is Lucky
A boy here doesn't like going by his name. We asked him why and apparently his name means Lucifer… lol
Word of the day
Sngat – be quiet
I have had a lot of people ask me about a mailing address. It is…
New Life in Christ Church
ATTN: Geoffrey Nighswonger
P.O. Box 1234 Wat Phnom
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
To be completely honest I have everything I need right here. Jessica and I are perfectly content with everything we have. If you want to do something special for us it would be awesome if you made a donation to www.tumainiinternational.org or if you want to give us something very specific for us personally, maybe something pops into you head or you want to take us out for dinner or something along those lines shoot me and email and we can work out a donation on line or through my mom. I would love some peanut butter cups… but the odds of them actually making out here are pretty slim and the cost of sending them is pretty high but the call is on you. Thank you everyone for sharing in this journey with us.
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NEW ORLEANS — Faced with likely rejection because of procedural reasons, Entergy Corp. and ITC Holdings Corp. have withdrawn their Texas application to merge transmission systems. The move came at the end of an hours-long hearing Friday in Austin, Texas, before the state's Public Utility Commission. New Orleans-based Entergy and Michigan-based ITC are trying to merge by late December. They ...Read More »
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TVA reports substation expands capacity, reliability
WEST POINT — The Tennessee Valley Authority says its $55-million transmission infrastructure project in the southern portion of TVA's Mississippi District is expanding power capacity, improving system reliability and helping boost the region's economy. TVA's new 500-kilovolt substation in Clay County was activated in June. The utility says the project was completed on time and within budget. The project upgrades ...Read More »
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JACKSON — Entergy Mississippi Inc. says Mississippi stands to gain from a proposal by the utility to join a large regional transmission organization. This is according to a recent analysis by Mississippi Public Service Commission consultants Bates White, LLC, Entergy reports. The consulting firm was hired by the MPSC to provide an independent analysis of Entergy Mississippi's proposal to join ...Read More »
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KEMPER COUNTY — Mississippi Power Co. wants a 6 percent rate increase to pay for the coal-fired power plant it is building in Kemper County. Jeff Shepard, a spokesman for the Gulfport-based unit of Southern Co., said yesterday that would increase the company's overall revenue from its 193,000 customers by about $50 million. The Mississippi Public Service Commission could consider ...Read More »
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KEMPER COUNTY — The Mississippi Public Service Commission has given new approval for Mississippi Power Co.'s coal-fired power plant in Kemper County, pushing aside opponents call for a fresh look at the plant's finances. The commission voted 2-1 to approve the $2.4 billion plant today. Southern District Commissioner Leonard Bentz and Central District Commissioner Lynn Posey, both Republicans, voted for ...Read More »


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The Last Runaway
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visión de conjunto:Críticas Praise for The Last Runaway:'I have always admired Tracy Chevalier's un-showy brilliance and this moving story of a young English Quaker girl trapped between duty and conscience in 1850s Ohio is the best thing she's written since Girl with a Pearl Earring' Rose TremainThe Last Runaway is a joy to read. Chevalier handles the intersection of two stories – those of pioneering Quakers and escaping slaves – with verve imagination and above all compassion' Maggie O'Farrell'A brave warm-hearted moving book; the characters are well-drawn and credible; the local colour meticulously detailed' Joanne Harris'By far her best book since Girl With A Pearl Earring if not better' Amanda Craig'Chevalier places her heroine at the heart constructing a synergy between character and plot that makes this novel exquisitely complete… addictively compelling… Honor Bright deserves a sequel' THE TIMES'Her best since Girl With a Pearl Earring… as a serious novel about a genuine moral dilemma it is highly recommended' THE INDEPENDENT'Chevalier immerses herself in period and place. Her research as always is meticulous and lightly worn… an entertaining read' THE GUARDIAN'Chevalier's eye for the telling detail brings it vividly to life. As simple and plain as a Quaker bonnet but like a Quaker soul it contains a hidden light' LITERARY REVIEW'A gripping and potent novel which shows Chevalier at the height of her powers' THE EXPRESS'Tracy Chevalier has found a subject that both fascinates and moves her and the result is this quietly powerful and gripping novel' THE MAIL'An accomplished historical novelist and she successfully evokes the texture of life in the antebellum Midwest' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Reseña del editor 'Addictively compelling' The Times'A joy to read' Maggie O'FarrellHonor Bright is a sheltered Quaker who has rarely ventured out of 1850s Dorset when she impulsively emigrates to America. Opposed to the slavery that defines and divides the country she finds her principles tested to the limit when a runaway slave appears at the farm of her new family. In this tough unsentimental place where whisky bottles sit alongside quilts Honor befriends two spirited women who will teach her how to turn ideas into action. Biografía del autor Tracy Chevalier is the author of six previous novels including the international bestseller Girl with a Pearl Earring The Virgin Blue Falling Angels The Lady and the Unicorn Burning Bright and Remarkable Creatures. Born in Washington DC she moved to London in 1984 where she lives with her husband and son.


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11 Aug 1945
- USS Chub attacked a Japanese convoy in the Java Sea with her deck gun, sinking one small ship and damaging a patrol vessel. ww2dbase [Chub | CPC]
- Du Yuming arrived at Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. ww2dbase [Du Yuming | CPC]
- Against the orders given by Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kaishek, Communist officer Lin Biao began marching his troops into northeastern China, ahead of Nationalists. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Soviet and Mongolian troops captured Prince Demchugdongrub's palace and his family members at Sonid Right Banner, Chahar Province, China, but he was at Kalgan (Zhangyuan, later Zhangjiakou), Hebei Province, China. emchugdongrub's family would be taken to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Area, China and treated with respect. ww2dbase [Demchugdongrub | CPC]
- Ethnic Mongolian cadets of the Manchukuo Xing'an (Postal Map: Hsingan) Province Military Academy in northeastern China rebelled and killed their Japanese instructors while on a March to Baicheng, Liaobei Province, China. They would turn north to join the Soviets. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Emperor Kangde, the royal court, and most of the ministers of the puppet nation of Manchukuo evacuated Xinjing (Changchun), Jilin Province, China. ww2dbase [Manchurian Strategic Offensive | Puyi | CPC]
- The Dai Viet (Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam) held a demonstration in Hanoi, Tonkin, French Indochina in support for the Vietnamese royal government and for an independent Vietnam. In private, the Dai Viet leadership discussed the possibility of coup as they hear rumors of a Japanese surrender, but they could not come to a concensus on its execution. ww2dbase [CPC]
- I-402 suffered a punctured fuel tank during an American air attack on Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [I-402 | CPC]
- The J9N-1 Kikka prototype jet fighter was damaged at Kisarazu Naval Airfield in Japan after a RATO-related take-off accident and the war ended before repairs could be completed. ww2dbase [J9N-1/J9Y Kikka | AC]
- USS Blenny reported sinking three small Japanese craft with the deck gun in the South China Sea off Malaya. ww2dbase [Blenny | CPC]
- USS Carbonero sank a sampan with her deck gun in the Gulf of Siam-South China Sea area. ww2dbase [Carbonero | CPC]
- USS Whale set sail for Saipan, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Whale | CPC]
- From Moscow, Russia, US Ambassador to the Soviet Union W. Averell Harriman sent the full text of the declaration of war on Japan by the Soviet puppet state of Mongolian People's Republic. Harriman explained this action as Mongolia's attempt to act as a sovereign state, and warned that the Mongolian leadership seemed to have designs to occupy the Inner Mongolia and northeast (ie. Manchuria) regions of China. ww2dbase [Averell Harriman | CPC]
- US Secretary of State James Byrnes rejected the Japanese surrender terms offered on the previous day, citing the refusal for any Japanese preconditions. Meanwhile, American aircraft continued conventional bombing of Japanese cities. ww2dbase [Japan's Surrender | James Byrnes | AC]
- US Secretary of State James Byrnes ordered Ambassador W. Averell Harriman in Moscow, Russia to prevent the inclusion of the Inner Mongolia region of China in the borders of an independent Mongolia. The indpendence of the Soviet puppet state of Mongolian People's Republic from China was an issue Joseph Stalin was aiming to achieve in the Sino-Soviet Friendship Treaty which was in the process of being drafted. ww2dbase [James Byrnes | CPC]
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SQL Server Service Packs
I think I actually found it this time by accident looking at an article for SP hotfixes... and that had a link to the SP2 download page. Come on MS, make it easy for us to find these things, and let us know the last time the SP was refreshed.
OK, so here's the SP2 page for Yukon. I found it from the SQL Support page here.
Gill People
I'll tell ya man, every now and then you get one of those users who just tests every part of you. I've currently got this lady who calls about 3x/wk with one issue or another. She's a report writer, and not really a very good one, but anyway. This lady actually never shuts up while we're on the phone. I took special notice the other day when she called to ask me why her ODBC wasn't working all of a sudden, and she actually didn't breathe for like 2mins. It was amazing. I swear to god she's actually grown gills so she doesn't have to stop talking.
It's really hard to deal with users like that too. I mean, how can you tell someone to shut up and retain any kind of good customer service? It's tough really because I don't have time to turn a quick troubleshooting call into a 30min dissertation on the merits of using one font or another in an insignificant report.
What I've done is taken to putting her on the defensive right away. Whenever she calls, I'm always on my way to a meeting, but I've got 2mins to help her if she'll make it fast. So far it's working really well. Let's just hope she doesn't read my blog.
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- I am a Contributing Editor for InfoWorld Magazine, and a frequent contributor to SQLServerCentral.com as well as SSWUG.org. I live with my wife and 3 kids, and have practiced and taught Kenpo for 22yrs now.
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