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For this week's Engadget Interview, journalist J.D. Lasica spoke with Steve Heiner, the head of Nikon's digital single lens reflex systems, about how Nikon is faring in the transition to a digital world, its new line of D70S and D50 cameras, and the hullabaloo about Nikon's encrypting white balance metadata in RAW image files in some of its cameras. Or at least he tried. Heiner, an accomplished photographer, spoke from Nikon's headquarters in Melville, NY, with two media representatives listening in.
Let's start with the big picture. In the age of film, Nikon was always known as the class of camera manufacturers. How has Nikon been faring now that we're transitioning to the digital age?
Nikon has had a line of SLR cameras for many, many years. Even before we started making SLR cameras, we were making world-class Nikkor optics. Our reputation has been built over the years as much on our lenses as on our camera bodies. We take a great deal of pride in that.
Twenty years ago, when I first joined the company, I got a peek at some of our first digital products. Back then, Nikon was the first to introduce the NP1000, a film transmitter designed for photojournalists at newspapers. You could web process a C41 or a black-and-white negative and scan it using this device, and it had a modem built in so you could transmit the photograph.
In the '90s we introduced a series of cameras with a moniker E at the beginning, E2S, E3. Those were cameras really designed for industrial purposes. They were large, bulky and very expensive but were very high quality for that time.
In 1999 we introduced the D1 camera and took the market by storm because no one by that date had produced a digital camera that was the same size form factor as our previous 35mm cameras at a price level below $6,000. We introduced that at about $5,500, and most other digital cameras were well over $10,000 at that point.
As the years have progressed, we've seen a succession of professional digital models, including a sub-$2,000 camera, which came out in late 2001. It was designed for enthusiast photographers, amateurs and hobbyists.
We introduced the D70 over a year ago, and it's been a tremendous success. Won 2004 Camera of the Year at Pop Photo and won numerous other awards and was accepted wildly in the marketplace because its price point for the body was just under $1,000. We then paired it with a very high-quality 18-70mm lens.
In the digital age and a new generation of kids who aren't familiar with the Nikon brand, aren't the digital camera manufacturers essentially coming off the same starting line?
Essentially. Even though they can't possibly appreciate the history of a company like Nikon going clear back to 1917 when we started making lenses, what matters most to that customer is the lens. Not to denigrate the importance of the camera body, but the old principle of garbage in, garbage out always applies, especially in photography. The quality of the optics, the clarity of the image, the simplicity of the camera's operation has got to be a major factor for anyone considering an SLR.
Our goal, from the design side of the company over in Japan, is to make that transition from a digital point-and-shoot camera to an SLR as easy as possible. We try to make these technologies — like our advanced multipattern or metrics metering system and the autofocus operation and all of the processing that takes place in the camera — as fast and as invisible as possible to the end consumer so that they're focused on getting the best image results.
This may be the year in which a majority of cameras sold will be digital rather than film—
Certainly digital SLRs over film SLRs. The popularity of digital overall has lunged ahead of film sales.
What have been some of the ramifications of that for your industry? Kodak, for instance, has had to reinvent itself.
Well, we've been doing digital photography for quite some time. We see, based on sales figures, that the demand out there in the marketplace is definitely for digital. There's no question that digital is fast replacing film as the camera of choice for most consumers.
Do you have an internal business unit devoted entirely to digital SLR cameras?
The majority of departments within this company are, for the most part, digitally oriented. We still sell quite a number of film SLRs, and there's still a considerable segment of the market who prefers to shoot film. But most departments in this company have long become digital-centric. …
Our digital SLRs take not only our latest dedicated DX lenses, designed specifically for the sensor we use in our digital cameras, but we also have a full line of regular Nikkor lenses that were designed for our digital cameras as well as our film cameras. So, we all sit in the same building, we all meet together, but there's no doubt that digital is the way things are going.
Another internal change, of course, is that you now have to write software for your products. How difficult is it for a hardware manufacturer to be producing software?
Actually, it's not, because Nikon has been real proactive about being in the software business. Even before our first digital cameras, we had digital film scanners that required special software designed by Nikon engineers. Every time we introduce a new camera, the software has to be compatible with all our previous cameras. So we're doing quite well in the software business.
In the past two years we introduced a new browser and basic editing software called Picture Project. Plus, we have a very capable image browser and thumbnail program called Nikon View and we have Capture software, which is designed to be an integral part of our digital SLR systems.
Macworld carried a story earlier this year saying the world is essentially divided into three kinds of digital cameras: compact point-and-shoot cameras; advanced amateur cameras that are a little bigger and offer more optical zoom power without interchangeable lenses; and professional SLR cameras. Would you agree?
I would, though they're not divided so much by the camera's controls or features so much as they are by the lifestyle they appeal to. We have Coolpix cameras that shoot an amazing photograph for their size and weight and price, and the person who buys that camera is just as interested in high quality as a person who buys a higher-level camera. It's just that their lifestyle dictates that this be an easy, affordable camera they can slip into a coat pocket.
So you have professional cameras, compact cameras and right in the middle are what other companies tend to call prosumer cameras. We tend to shy away from that word, but they're more advanced, more full-featured than typical compact cameras. And for people who want a digital SLR, we now offer two models under $1,000.
One of those would be the 6.1 megapixel Nikon D70 (pictured at right), which some have billed as a strong competitor to the Canon Rebel.
The D70 is the best-selling SLR camera we've had, by far. The goal of keeping a camera at a price point where it can be had by as many people as possible was always in the designer's mind. Unlike some camera manufacturers, we weren't interested in stripping down a camera to reach that price point. It was built to retain the most amount of capability.
The D70, unlike the Rebel, affords people the opportunity to grow much more, because there are many more menu settings and manual controls and options that are available to a photographer as their interest in photography grows, where other manufacturers — and I daresay the Rebel specifically — are limiting in their manual control capabilities.
The D70 is powerful and yet simple to operate. A photographer can take advantage not only of aperture and shutter speed but also those more complicated settings like in-camera sharpening and tone compensation and color mode, which are all automatically set.
You released the D70S (pictured at left) just last week. How does it differ?
It has a larger LCD (2 inches). It has a more refined auto-focus system so it can acquire the primary subject a little faster. It has improved focus tracking, so if you're autofocusing something that's moving, all of the sensors can concert with one another and track the subject better.
In addition, some of the feedback we got from customers was that the D70 has a small optional ML-L3 infrared remote trigger, a push-button you can use to trigger the camera. Many advanced amateurs and hobbyists had commented that it was difficult to use when shooting close-up photography on a tripod, for example, because the sensor is on the front of the camera. so we included a remote port on the left side of the camera so you can plug in an optional electrical cable release with a locking switch.
It now shoots with a higher-yield battery, which now can shoot as many as 2,500 images on a single charge, which is pretty amazing. The menu design has changed; it offers a different color scheme and a slightly larger font so it's easier to see, especially in bright light.
And the cost is $899 for the body, and $300 for an 18- to 70-mm lens kit?
Do only Nikon lenses work with the Nikon SLRs?
Well, there are aftermarket lenses out there, but for someone who's interested in getting the highest quality photographs you can capture, we highly recommend Nikkor lenses. It's also worth noting that the digital SLRs will accept the lenses used on Nikon's F-mount cameras going back to 1959.
The D70 and your SLRs take a compact flash card. But why did Nikon decide to go with SD cards rather than CF cards for your entry-level digital SLRs?
Not only to keep the body smaller and lighter, but also because of the popularity of SD cards. The D50 will take SD as well.
You're rolling out the D50 (pictured at right) next month for $899, and that's being targeted as a family camera, right?
The D50 is similar to the D70 but has simplified the process of taking images even more so. There's a child mode, because we recognize that a good number of users of this camera at this price point will be family users, people who want to capture everything from birthday parties to pictures of the kids playing soccer.
One of my favorite features in the D70 has been expanded even more in the D50, and it's fairly unique in the industry. We've built into many of our cameras a help menu to help the user with a full-featured, easy-to-understand menu. It will show you a description on the menu of exactly the setting you're about to set, so as you use the camera you can learn as you go.
The lenses that will paired with it will provide the first-time SLR user with a great deal of picture-taking power, frankly. It's paired with an 18- to 55-mm kit lens and an optional 55- to 200mm lens, so within those two lenses you'll have coverage from 18 to 200mm.
Why would people want to move up from low- or mid-level digital cameras to a digital SLR?
One of the inherent difficulties with a compact digital camera where you're really surrendering all of the control to the automated systems in the camera is that it tends to slow down the reaction time. In many situations that's not necessarily a detriment. But in certain instances, trying to capture that decisive moment, that expression or peak of action, sometimes it's difficult to do with a compact camera.
In a digital SLR camera, the response is much quicker, and it prepares for the next shot, and the shot after that, much faster. In addition, you get a wider selection of lenses and speed lights and other attachments. For someone who likes photography a lot will very quickly reach the limit of what a compact camera can do.
Sony's Cyber-shot is one of the best-selling digital cameras in the world. How did camera manufacturers like Nikon, Canon and Konica Minolta let an outsider like Sony come in and let that happen?
Well, Sony obviously has a great name that's ubiquitous and omnipresent in so many facets of this electronic life. When Sony makes a camera that appeals to people who buy that brand of product, it will always have some level of penetration. I daresay there are a lot of people who are used to buying home electronics and don't necessarily recognize Nikon's name. We want to change that and let people know we've been in the photographic business for almost 90 years. We're not just trying something new here.
Adobe has been trying to get camera manufacturers to adopt the license- and royalty-free DNG or Digital Negative standard. Is Nikon considering that?
Saurabh Wahi, MWW Group (PR representative): Actually, let me jump in real quick. Let's save that question for another discussion because we just want to talk about digital SLR cameras now. Is that OK with you, JD?
Well, it's not OK, because if you don't address some of these issues, our readers are going to rip into you. So it's for your own good to get in front of these topics that have been swirling around the past two weeks.
Wahi: I understand. But at this point, we have put out an advisory, and we want to forward that advisory over to you, but beyond that we have no further information. So I hope that's fine.
I don't know why Steve wouldn't be able to talk in general terms about these issues.
Wahi: There's so much information out there right now, we want to make sure we can come back with specific information that can help people, and we are in the process of putting that together.
There was a report in CNET on April 21 about the encryption being broken on the white balance metadata for RAW files in the Nikon Capture application, does Nikon plan to take any action against the programmer who broke your encryption code?
Wahi: Again, whatever information that we have available right now is available in the advisory, and I can make sure I can send that out to you.
Could we just talk about the business decision of Nikon encrypting its white balance metadata in the RAW files?
Wahi: Again, the advisory contains all the information that we have available to give to you, and we'll send that out to you.
I'd like to know what you would say to your customers who are hopping mad about this.
Wahi: The advisory contains all the information and as soon as we finish this interview I'll send you that.
Steve, talk to me briefly about FoveOn, a 5-year-old technology coming out of Silicon Valley that sounds like one of the most promising, revolutionary developments in the history of cameras and optics. And yet, virtually nothing has been done in the camera industry. Why is that?
Steve Heiner: From what I understand, it does take a very precise manufacturing process to ensure high quality, and I know this technology has been out there for some time, and FoveOn has offered it to many companies. I can't speak to our designers' technical reaction to it or to our business sense of it, but suffice to say our engineers are always looking at new technologies that come down the pike. I can't really address why that particular type of sensor type hasn't been widely adopted.
Tell me about the long-range outlook for Nikon and the industry. Will our cameras get smaller, faster, smarter, cheaper?
That's always the $64,000 question. Everyone wants a more efficient workflow, a more efficient camera, they want it smaller and lighter, but there's a point of diminishing returns. Many pros recognize that sometimes the smaller camera doesn't perform as well as one that is more stable in the hand. So our designers are trying to strike the right balance between performance and ergonomic comfort. Building a smaller camera isn't always the answer.
There's also a point of diminishing returns with higher resolution. We've gotten into the double-digit megapixel range, many photographers can't imagine needing a whole lot more. What you're going to see is a refinement of more fundamental elements of camera design, that being image processing, efficiency of operation, speed, improvement in new optical designs, things like that. I don't think the megapixel wars will necessarily yield the best possible cameras.
Elsewhere, we're already into our second generation of wi-fi transmission, which is an exciting prospect. We're able to transmit images directly to a server or computer, and the amount of interest in that has taken off in the pro market.
By newspaper and magazine photographers?
Yeah. We originally expected wire service and newspaper photographers and people on deadline would find it most appealing, and they certainly do. Now we're finding wedding photographers who use it as part of their service. They have the ability to be shooting in one part of a venue and transmitting images to a computer via 802.11g connected to an LCD projector so that people can see the photographs in nearly real time, which is pretty neat.
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This is one of the newer Korean BBQ restaurants in Richmond. It is located at Browngate Road diagonally across from Aberdeen Centre.
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With those provisos in mind, I encourage you to put your money where your heart and brain are, and "OCCUPY THE BALLOT BOX!"
Monday, June 4, 2012
Occupy the Ballot Box: Recall Scott Walker & Rebuke the Koch Brothers and the Chamber of Commerce
This is the last day to contribute to the recall of Governor Scott Walker, the poster boy for the Koch Brothers' and the Chamber of Commerce's coordinated attacks on unions, workers and women. With the help of a Republican legislature, Walker has rammed through nearly every regressive and repressive law that ALEC and other rabidly wrong-wing think tanks have on their "destroy the middle class" wish list.
Why would uber-wealthy corporations want to destroy the middle class? Read The Grapes of Wrath— especially Chapters 5, 19 and 25—for a brilliant and cogent analysis. A strong middle class makes demands, but when people lose their jobs, when people have been put out of their homes, when people's retirement savings have been decimated by the market manipulators, when a single illness can wipe out a family's life savings, then the people become desperate; they become hopeless; they become divided and selfish because they are convinced that there is not enough to go around and that getting theirs first, as meager as it might be, is all that matters. This is Ayn Rand's "virtue of selfishness" in practice.
The transformation of the middle class into the working poor (or even a "peasant class") is "Who Moved My Cheese" on a grand scale. In case you don't remember, this was a hugely successful "motivational" book from 1998 subtitled, "An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life." Its basic message was: Who cares what the masters have done to you? Don't ask, "Why have we been screwed?" Don't ask, "How did it happen?" or "Who is responsible?" Just quit questioning and complaining and learn to live with it!
The assault on the middle class is an organized attempt to overthrow one hundred years of social, political, and economic progress and get us back to slave wages, no social safety net, squalor and desperation for the masses as the prerequisites for unrestrained power and wealth for the "intellectually and morally superior supermen" (see Ayn Rand); or Milton Friedman's amoral, free market corporate executives; or the newly-coined, ironic misnomer, "job creators" all of whom share the same view that unencumbered personal gain is the only moral measure of human worth. Those peons, i.e., the middle class and working poor, who demand a greater share of the largesse amassed by the "creators of wealth," are evil parasites trying to siphon off the just rewards of the divinely favored rich man. The call for minimum wage, labor negotiations, pensions, overtime, health and safety regulations, environmental regulations, non-discrimination, education, and health care are just examples of the selfish desires of the lazy and irresponsible workers to feed off of the rich.
Both sides agree (Boehner bragged about the fact) that corporations are sitting on billions (perhaps trillions) of dollars of cash while the economy falters and workers' lives and families are jeopardized through this inaction. Everyone knows that the big banks and the big market gamblers were "bailed out" during the Bush administration with no strings attached, followed by a second, "bail out" in the early days of the Obama administration (again without "strings" as demanded by the Republican lawmakers), and that lack of strings has brought no significant reform to the wildly reckless and deregulated speculators in the banking, securities, energy, pharmaceutical and insurance industries who daily threaten our economic well being. Nor has it curtailed the consistent efforts of the Republicans to thwart the recovery at all costs while using their propaganda echo chamber to blame the results of their intransigence on the President.
The job numbers continue to be dismal because for every job the private sector "creates," two or three workers in the public sector are losing their jobs. We don't have too many teachers, too many firemen, too many policemen, too many health and safety inspectors, too many support staff in the courts or public service agencies; the truth is, in most cases, we don't have nearly enough, yet these workers are being fired by the millions. Grover Norquist (of the "Taxpayer Protection Pledge," which has legislators vow, "I will oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes") famously said, "My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub." As early as 1955, Milton Friedman was denouncing public education per se while promoting vouchers or government subsidies for private education. Howard Jarvis, leader of the Tax Revolt, spoke openly about eliminating public education.
Scott Walker and Paul Ryan are both from Wisconsin. Ryan has blatantly championed his proposals to privatize Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while lowering taxes and maintaining government handouts and protections for cutthroat criminal corporations and war profiteers. Scott Walker is the "executive branch" of this transfer-of-wealth juggernaut. Destroy public workers rights, women's rights, immigrant's rights, and you have a formula for fleecing the consumer and the worker while carting corporate tax-dodging wealth off to the Caymans.
"Citizens United" was the contribution of the ideologically and morally corrupt conservative majority of the Supreme Court to the overthrow of the middle class. As a result, we cannot hope to compete with corporations and their unfettered billions, but millions of us contributing something can counter their impact.
We can't truly Occupy Wall Street physically for any length of time, but we can "occupy" them morally and legally if we "Occupy the Ballot Box!" We can rein in their reign of terror, reduce their obstructionist clout, and curtail their economic blackmail if we educate ourselves to the failure of the corporate raider free-for-all that has wreaked havoc on the lives of everyday Americans for the last thirty years.
It's pretty simple these days: if the Chamber of Commerce has its name on it, it is not in your interest. If it claims that regulation is the problem, it is not in your interest. If it claims that the market is magic and should be left alone, it is not in your interest. If its name is "Taxpayers For" or "Taxpayers Against," you know that they are not really taxpayers but tax dodgers, and their policies are not in your interest.
With those provisos in mind, I encourage you to put your money where your heart and brain are, and "OCCUPY THE BALLOT BOX!"
"The Greatest Threat to Democracy is Hypocrisy! Seek Truth! Speak Truth!"
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Exodus 40:18;22-27;30-35
18 Moses set up the tabernacle…22 He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain, 23 and set the bread in order on it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses. 24 He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle, 25 and set up the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses. 26 He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the curtain, 27 and offered fragrant incense on it; as the LORD had commanded Moses….30 He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing, 31 with which Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet. 32 When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed; as the LORD had commanded Moses. 33 He set up the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and put up the screen at the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work. 34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Acts 1:13a-14b, 2:1-21
13 When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying…14 All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer…
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. 5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. 6 And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. 7 Amazed and astonished, they asked, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? 9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs-- in our own languages we hear them speaking about God's deeds of power." 12 All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?" 13 But others sneered and said, "They are filled with new wine." 14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. 15 Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning. 16 No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: 17 'In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. 18 Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. 19 And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. 20 The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord's great and glorious day. 21 Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'
Philippians 2:4-11
Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. 5 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, 8 he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death-- even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.


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About Wisdom Teeth
The average mouth fits 28 teeth as an adult. The additional 4 molars are known as your third molars or wisdom teeth. By adulthood, a mouth can have up to 32 teeth. In some cases, when a wisdom tooth grows aligned correctly, and gum tissue is healthy, a wisdom tooth does not have to be removed. Unfortunately, this is not the case for the majority of the population. By the time we are adults, our mouth size and shape have already become accustomed to 28 teeth. The additional molars that follow can cause serious issues with the shape of your jaw, smile, and bite. In many cases, leaving your wisdom teeth can cause serious pain, infection, and injury to your mouth.
Why Have Your Wisdom Teeth Removed?
If your wisdom teeth are position correctly and do not cause any pain, there is no reason to have your wisdom teeth removed, unless otherwise recommended by a dentist. There are several reasons why a wisdom tooth would need to be removed, below we will discuss some of the main ones.
Wisdom Teeth Cavities
The average person does not clean all of their teeth evenly. Because of the angle and location of wisdom teeth, it is more difficult to maintain their oral health. Poorly position wisdom teeth that are not being clean completely can become a breeding ground for bacteria. This, in turn, can cause cavities, which can lead to infection and pain if not treated.
Impacted Wisdom Teeth
Perhaps the number one reason for wisdom teeth removal is impactions. This is when a wisdom tooth does not erupt completely or not at all from the gum. Wisdom tooth impactions are caused by not having enough room in your mouth and blockage from surrounding teeth. If a wisdom tooth does not have an open area to emerge, it will set wrong.
Impacted wisdom teeth are dangerous to keep in your mouth because they can cause inflammation, infection, and damage to surrounding teeth while emerging. There are many types of impacted wisdom teeth, depending on their direction of growth and presence or absence of disease.
Symptoms of Impacted Wisdom Teeth
Symptoms of impacted wisdom teeth include:
- Difficulty opening your mouth
- Swollen gums
- Reddened gums
- Tender gums
- Bleeding gums
- Jaw pain
- Headache
- Bad breath
- Unpleasant taste in your mouth
What to Eat After a Wisdom Tooth Removal
After having wisdom teeth removed, a wound is created within the gums and alveolar bone. Improper care of the wounds in your gum can lead to serious and painful infections. One of the most important things to know is when a tooth is removed you will have to change the way you eat until your wound has healed.
What to Eat and Not to Eat
Avoid: Do not eat anything hard, crunchy, crumbly, sticky, spicy or hot. You should also avoid tobacco products.
Eat: Soft, cold or room temperature food. Good examples of these are ice cream, smoothies, pudding, yogurt, and soup.
Avoid: Straws – Never use a straw for anything. Using a straw creates a suction action within your mouth and could dislodge blood clots that your body formed over your wounds to heal. If the blood clot is dislodged it could cause bleeding, possible infection, or dry socket. You should also avoid, alcohol, hot drinks, caffeine products, and carbonated drinks.
Drink: It is important to drink plenty of fluids during the healing process and keep your body hydrated, the best way to do this is to drink water. You can also substitute meals for smoothies and other nutritional drinks.
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Your comfort is our number one priority. Schedule an appointment with us to learn what kind of wisdom teeth you have and whether or not you will need wisdom teeth removal.
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The Vancouver Kendo Club is one of the oldest kendo clubs in Canada. The Club can trace its roots to the early 1900s, and has a long history of developing strong kendoka (practitionners of kendo) and promoting kendo in the Vancouver area. A number of our members have been chosen to be members of the team representing Canada at the World Kendo Championships. We also sponsor an annual kendo tournament that attracts participants from all over North America.
Our sensei believe that the key to good kendo is strong fundamentals. Both beginners and senior kendoka work on the basic elements of kendo in every practice. We work to ensure that all our kendoka strive to follow one of the basic tenets of kendo: ki-ken-tai-ichi. Ki is spirit, ken is about handling he sword/shinai, and tai refers to body movement and posture. These elements, when they come together into one entity (ichi), are the requirements of a valid strike.
Vancouver Kendo Club strives to provide its members with physical and mental challenges that will help them grow into strong kendoka. We encourage our members to push themselves and challenge their limits. We emphasize the importance of courtesy, dedication and team spirit to kendo, and help fosters these ideals in the dojo and by organizing both kendo and non-kendo events.
Important notice:
Our regular practice will resume this week on Thursday and Friday (Sept 5, 2019 and Sept 6, 2019), and as well as the following Monday (Sept 9, 2019)
All Levels Practices:
Mondays: 8:30pm-10:00pm
Fridays: 7:30pm-10:00pm
Full Bogu Practices:
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New Delhi: AAP Government promises end to Inspector Raj in health
New Delhi: A delegation of doctors and hospital owners, led by the Delhi Medical Association President, Dr Ajay Lekhi, met with the Health minister of the Capital, Shri Satyendra Jain, asking his intervention to end the growing inspector raj in healthcare in the capital. Two issues were highlighted in this meeting.
The first issue pertained to the renewal of registrations of Nursing Homes in the capital, under the Nursing Home Registrations Act and Rules, which specify that all nursing homes have to apply for renewal every three years. This process includes a mandatory inspection, which in the past has led to a high degree of corruption not only on the part of the the inspection, but also on the part of procuring the 70-odd licenses which are necessary for renewal purposes.
DMA apprised the minister, who understood the issue and agreed with the doctors. The minister concluded that policy changes will be made to incorporate the fact that if there are no major changes, either in the structure or in the set-up of the hospital/nursing home, then hospitals from now on will have a REVOLVING REGISTRATION, that is, registration by depositing of fees without having the mandatory inspection related documentation every three years.
The second issue pertained to the increasing harassment that hospitals face on account of legalities of the Environment Act. Apparently, There is a severe confusion regarding the requirement of hospitals to have STP plant as the act says upto 50 beds don't require an STP, while contradictorily saying 50 and above require STP. Dr Ajay Lekhi, DMA President Pointed out that because of this 50 becomes an ambigious figure and clarity is needed on this regard. Dr Lekhi also pointed out to the minister that occupancy in hospitals is generally 50-60% and thus this number of bedded hospital requiring STP be increased. Moreover, that the requirement of STP plant arises in those healthcare facilities which are located in areas where the sewage is not Centrally Treated. Since the capital has got more than 31 centrally sewage treatment plant , many of them are working under capacity, the insistance of STP plants in hospitals is illegal, irrational and leading sheer waste of money and hospital efforts. This has also led to high degree of corruption by Environment officers.
The minister has promised to look into this matter, and increase the legislation to have a requirement of STP plant for 100+ bedded hospital . The minister also promised to help medical professionals by removing the inspector raj and ongoing corruption on the healthcare of the capital.
Delhi Medical Association has expressed positive hope towards this removal of inspector raj. Speaking to Medical Dialogues, Dr Lekhi said," We are thankful to minister for a positive attitude,and hope that these licensing procedures are simplified in the future to put an end to the inspector raj in the capital."
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pumpkin carving
Posted by Rosemarie at 10/30/2012 1 comment:
Labels: creating, family life
glue ghosts
I am so in love with the fact that we have so many places to put things and hanging things is so easy because we have wood walls!
Posted by Rosemarie at 10/30/2012 2 comments:
Labels: creating
The Notch
We took a nice Sunday drive yesterday through Smuggler's Notch. We have been coming up here for the past 6 years and have never driven through the notch because it is always closed in the Winter. It was a very cool place, with some pretty neat hiking trails. We said next summer when I wasn't so pregnant we would check out the trails. They are pretty steep. For now it was just cool to look at.
Posted by Rosemarie at 10/29/2012 3 comments:
Labels: adventuring, family life, outside, photography, weekending
There have been lots of discussions of when was the right time. How we all felt about it. We miss having a sweet pup in the house. We can never replace our Gritty, but wanted to add to the family.
We decided to just go take a look. Well, one out of a litter of 10 won over our hearts. He just kept coming back to us and wanting to jump into our laps. The boys were excited. We stepped away for a moment, to be sure. Everyone agreed that it felt right. It had to be a family decision. So we scooped up this little ball of fur and carried him home.
It has been so much fun to watch the boys run around and play with him. They wait anxiously while he naps so they can take him outside to play. They are sweet and gentle with him and love to take care of him.
It's a good thing.
Posted by Rosemarie at 10/28/2012 8 comments:
Labels: family life
swim time
After two months out of the water we finally got back in. We joined a homeschooling group for Friday swim and tennis lesson/play time. The boys had a great time, the highlight being an indoor water slide they get to use at the end of class. We met some more new people and I got a chance to sit and chat with some very friendly moms, while knitting away. I think it will be a fun 8 weeks!
Posted by Rosemarie at 10/26/2012 2 comments:
Labels: family life, sports
Thursday afternoon
On the way home we stopped at a local farm stand and they picked out their carving pumpkins.
Halloween is approaching fast this year.
I usually do not tend to get to worried about costumes because they tend to chose from their variety of dress up clothes from Grammy. However, William is trying something new this year. He wants to be a magician. We have most of the necessary clothing except black pants and shirt. He needs them to be just right he says. I say we can make do, but not him. So we are trying to find them at Goodwills or thrift shops but are not having too much luck. They are far and few between here. Hoping that tomorrow's outings will lead us to just what he wants.
Posted by Rosemarie at 10/25/2012 3 comments:
Labels: family life
leaf sun catchers
We made some simple and pretty sun catchers this morning. The boys collected as many colorful leaves as they could. Our peak season has almost passed. Then we stuck them onto contact paper, stuck the contact paper directly to the window and now have some nice views in our windows.
Artful Parent.
Artful Parent.
Posted by Rosemarie at 10/24/2012 3 comments:
Labels: creating
on our drives
Every time we head out to do an errand or head into another town I am awe struck by the beauty of this land. I hope that I never take it for granted, being able to see such views.
When the days get tough, I remind myself how lucky we are and grateful that we here. It is a place to be savored and taken in daily.
When the days get tough, I remind myself how lucky we are and grateful that we here. It is a place to be savored and taken in daily.
Posted by Rosemarie at 10/23/2012 2 comments:
Labels: outside, photography, reflections
Our weekend was so grand in just the plain normalness of life with a little extra spice thrown in here and there.
A visit to a new butcher to check out their meats.
Tooth fairy pillow making. I loved how I had my little boy right next to me helping the whole time.
A visit to a new butcher to check out their meats.
Tooth fairy pillow making. I loved how I had my little boy right next to me helping the whole time.
Labels: family life, weekending
Sunday Smiles
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I don't know as much about birds as I should, but I enjoy seeing and hearing the songbirds that roll through the region every spring en route to points farther north. With help from others who know more than me, I've learned to recognize a few of the less obvious species by the calls that emanate from the woods of the family getaway in northern Minnesota.
My favorite is the veery thrush, a small songbird with a call described by the "Audubon Guide to North American Birds" as "a rich downward spiral with an ethereal quality."
The call of the veery thrush definitely qualifies as ethereal, but I've also described it as a kind of circular spinning sound, and I'm not the only one. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's "All About Birds" website describes the call as resonating "as if whirling around inside a metal pipe."
Hearing a veery thrush tells me it's summer in the same way chorus frogs tell me it's spring.
My latest memorable songbird encounter started last Saturday morning, when a friend from Minneapolis texted about seeing a huge flock of waxwings in a nearby stand of hackberry trees.
"Very striking. Not a sound," he said of the encounter. "There must be hundreds of them.
"I've never seen anything like this."
The day was cool and breezy in northern Minnesota, perfect for working in the yard, and I spent the next few hours mowing and sweeping up grass clippings in areas where the lawn had grown particularly long.
It wasn't all work, though; I also found time to pick a batch of wild asparagus, of which there is a bumper crop this year.
The lawn chores complete, I took advantage of the afternoon sun to enjoy a cold beverage on the porch, which is next to a large flowering crab tree that was in full blossom.
The tree was buzzing with honeybees.
I was admiring the flowering crab and enjoying the rewards of my lawn work when I noticed the branches of the tree were rustling.
This wasn't honeybees, and it was more than just the wind, which was largely masked by the dense grove of trees to the north.
Eventually, the source of the rustling came into view — waxwings. How many is difficult to say, but there were at least a dozen. Like the honeybees, they were enjoying the blossoms of the flowering crab and dining on the delicate white petals.
Not being a bird expert, I wasn't sure if they were bohemian waxwings or cedar waxwings but I was able to get a close enough look to see the fine markings, which included a yellow band on the tip of the tail and a tiny patch of red on each wing.
These, a Google search told me, were cedar waxwings, so-named for the patch of red that resembles a dab of wax.
Like the tree on which they fed, the waxwings were resplendent. I'd seen them in the same tree on previous springs, but it had been a few years. The flowering crab most likely attracts them every spring; I just hadn't been there to see for myself.
Not so this time. I watched the waxwings — some unseen except for the rustling branches in thicker parts of the tree — for at least half an hour. The encounter was a pleasant diversion from the yard work that had consumed the first part of the day.
The waxwings were still gorging themselves on blossoms when I left the porch to enjoy the rest of my day.
The next day, the waxwings were gone, most likely to points even farther north where they breed, even though the flowering crab remained in full blossom.
The dining session, apparently, was just a stopover I was fortunate to witness, a grand, but fleeting moment in nature's springtime spectacle.


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Another Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunity for NVIDIA
NVIDIA (NVDA) is aggressively focusing on the deep learning market, as it is projected to grow over $100 billion in yearly revenue by 2024. The company stated that deep learning plays a very significant role in changing computing.At present stage, NVIDIA's GPUs are used by many companies to create their own machine learning computers. For instance, social media giant, Facebook (FB), uses the company's Tesla M40 GPUs for its Big Sur machine learning computers. This is a huge growth opportunity for NVIDIA and given its track record of being successful in several markets, I think the company will benefit from it.Moreover, the company has already begun marketing some of its GPUs, such as Tesla P100, mainly to the enterprise market for corporate data centres. As a matter of fact, this…
Link to Full Article: Another Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunity for NVIDIA
Another Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunity for NVIDIA


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Choosing Non-Science General Education Courses
Non-science courses in the General Education component are intended to enhance critical skills in reading, writing and thinking while broadening perspectives on scholarship and the diversity of human experience. Courses that mainly entail learning a skill or that are technical, analytic, or mathematically-oriented are not appropriate. The areas of study and lists of courses here include courses that are expected to fulfill the intentions of the general education component.
If you are a first-year student you should, if possible, select a 1000-level course for your first non-science course. In your second year you should generally select a 2000-level non-science course. Many 3000-level courses are also eligible for non-science credit but you must have the required prerequisites and be confident of your ability to handle course work in that subject area at the third-year level; i.e. at the same level as third-year majors in that subject area. Please also check the "Restrictions" listed below to verify your choice of course.
Subject to the restrictions listed below, courses in the following areas may be taken in the Faculties of Glendon or Liberal Arts and Professional Studies:
- Anthropology
- Classical Studies*
- English
- French Studies*
- Gender and Women's Studies***
- History
- Humanities (courses not cross-listed with with science and technology studies (STS)
- Languages, Literature and Linguistics*
- Modes of Reasoning
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Social Science (courses not cross-listed with with science and technology studies (STS)
- Sociology
In addition, the following courses offered by the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies may be taken to satisfy this requirement:
- Introduction to Arab Culture AP/ARB 2700 6.00
- Introduction to Chinese Literature AP/CH 2200 6.00;
- Canadian Writers in Person AP/CLTR 1953 6.00
- Introduction to Microeconomics AP/ECON 1000 3.00
- Introduction to Macroeconomics AP/ECON 1010 3.00
- Microeconomics for Business & Life AP/ECON 1900 3.00
English as a Second Language
- Canadian Language and Culture AP/ESL 1000 9.00,
- Advancing Reading and Writing in Academic Contexts AP/ESL 1010 3.00
- Thinking about Contemporary Canada AP/ESL 1450 6.00
- Approaches to French Literature: An Introduction AP/FR 2200 6.0
- The World Today: An Introduction to World Geography AP/GEOG 1000 6.00
- Human Geography AP/GEOG 1410 6.00
- Historical Geography AP/GEOG 2060 3.00
- South Asian Literature and Culture AP/HND 2700 6.00
- Aspects of Italian Culture AP/IT 2751 9.00
- Contemporary Japanese Culture and Society AP/JP 2700 6.00
- Introduction to Linguistics AP/LING 1000 6.00
- Language in Its Social Context AP/LING 2400 6.00
- Language and Gender AP/LING 2410 3.00
- Language, Power and Persuasion AP/LING 2430 3.00
- Language and the Law AP/LING 2450 3.00
Modes of Reasoning
- Modes of Reasoning: Reasoning About Social Issues AP/MODR 1730 6.00
- Modes of Reasoning: Reasoning About Morality and Values AP/MODR 1760 6.00
- Modes of Reasoning: Techniques of Persuasion AP/MODR 1770 6.00
The following courses offered by the Faculty of Environmental Studies may be taken to satisfy this requirement:
Environmental Studies
- Earth in Our Hands: Introduction to Environmental Studies ES/ENVS 1000 6.00
- Foundations in Environment and Culture: Philosophy, Arts, Technology, and Education ES/ENVS 2100 6.00
- Environment, Technology and Sustainable Society I ES/ENVS 2150 3.00.
The following courses offered by the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design may be taken to satisfy this requirement:
- Dance Studies: An Introduction FA/DANC 1340 3.00
- Introduction to Film (for Non-Majors) FA/FILM 1401 6.00
- Hollywood: Old and New FA/FILM 1701 3.00
- Film, Television and Society FA/FILM 2401 6.00
- The Music of Bollywood Films FA/MUSI 1500 6.00
- The Musical Experience FA/MUSI 1510 3.00
- Rhythm and Blues, Soul, Funk and Rap FA/MUSI 1520 6.00
- Rock and Popular Music FA/MUSI 1530 6.00
- Latin and Caribbean Popular Music FA/MUSI 1550 6.00
- Contemporary Black Urban Music FA/MUSI 2520 6.00
Visual Arts
- Introduction to the Study of Western Architecture ARTH 2110 3.00
- Modern Art: 1750 to the Present ARTH 2620 3.00.
Restrictions (for BSc, Honours BSc, iBSc Candidates)
- Courses which are cross-listed as SC courses or which are eligible for SC credit cannot count towards this requirement.
- *Courses whose major focus is increased facility in the use of a language cannot count towards this requirement.
- Quantitative courses focusing on techniques of mathematics or statistics cannot count towards this requirement.
- **Geography courses cannot be used to satisfy the requirement for students majoring in geography.
- ***Excluding gender and women's studies courses which are cross-listed with natural science courses.
- Humanities and social science courses cross-listed with science and technology studies (STS) courses cannot count towards this requirement.
- Courses taken in fulfilment of this requirement may not be taken on a pass/fail basis (refer to Pass/Fail Grading Option in the Faculty of Science Regulations Governing Examinations and Academic Standards section).
- Students may not take for credit any more than three humanities/social science foundations courses (27 credits).
- Non-science courses are normally taken at the 1000 or 2000 level, but higher-level courses are acceptable, subject only to prerequisites and course access specifications for enrolment.
- Permission may be granted by the Office of Science Academic Services, on an individual basis, for a student to take a course outside the areas and Faculties listed above in fulfilment of the requirement subject to the course fulfilling the Faculty of Science breadth and critical skills requirements, the student having the appropriate prerequisites and the course access specifications permitting enrolment. A student who is in doubt regarding whether or not any specific course will fulfill the requirement should consult the Office of Science Academic Services.


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A short entry to announce a theme issue on Musicality in Philosophical Transactions B (celebrating this year its 350th anniversary). Online 2 February 2015 and in print on 19 March 2015.
Honing H, ten Cate C, Peretz I, & Trehub SE (2015, in press). Without it no music: cognition, biology and evolution of musicality Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 370 (1664). 10.1098/rstb.2014.0088


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Blueberry picking, visit a farm and pick your own corn from the stalks or grab a lettuce from the ground.
Spend an entire weekend in a bathing suit and shorts and t-shirt with sneakers...I HAVE TONS OF TIMES...ALL OF THE ABOVE...over and over again and it never gets old! This is how I was raised in our summer home, country cottage and family home.
Chasing the waves at the water's edge, being buried in the sand or building a great sand castle only to be destroyed by high tide! Knowing the best time to be at the beach is late afternoon when the birds come to the water's edge to play with the tide rolling in and out on the private beaches in your community.
If you are a millennial this is the perfect investment for you. You are not buying condos so you need something to tell Uncle Sam. Buy an income property and hold a few weeks for yourself but rent it year round. By the time you are ready to settle down and have your own family, you will have a summer cottage paid off. A great country home for your family to enjoy for years to come, making memories.
Beach resorts are economical and safe and won't break your bank like crossing the pond or traveling to parts unknown. The only travel cost is a few tanks of gas. Many of these homes are walking distance to the lake and private beaches with a lifeguard. The homes come fully equipped with everything you need for the beach, internet/tv and all the comforts of home and device and electronic friendly. When you leave, you just leave the key where you found it, take your personal belongings and a maid service comes in behind you and cleans up. Now that's a vacation! The turnaround time for renting is only a few hours to clean up. So one renter can leave before noon and the new renter can show up early enough to walk to the lake with a glass of bubbly to catch the sunset. Does it get any better than this?
These homes rent up usually by mid-March and are rented through Labor Day. There is also a great fall/winter market because you are so close to the city for long weekends. Many of these homes rent year round and once you get to May, it is almost impossible to find something to rent for the summer.
There is no downside. This is a chance of a lifetime and here is the best part. You can rent these homes for most of the season and keep a few weeks for yourself. This investment is one of the safest and if you just want to buy and use it yourself, your investment holds its value because there are always people who want a place in the country. Country living, a cottage close by, a getaway place, a hideaway, a little love nest or your family home away from home.
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Have you ever traveled to the lake areas of Indiana and Michigan? Enjoyed the private beaches, been on a cookout with s'mores and burnt marshmallows. Enjoyed a great dinner al fresco in an affordable family restaurant. Walk to the beach with a glass of wine or beer to view a spectacular sunset every night. Took a walk along the lake at night--safe and secure.. there are no street lights and you can see billions of stars and a moon to guide you. Sit on the lawn after a great grilled chicken dinner and corn on the cob with some wine….good conversation while you listen to the music of the crickets and the tide rolling in and out. Or quietly show your little ones a fawn on your back lawn eating leaves from a tree.


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For all natural hair care fanatics, equipping yourself with a good quality brush is imperative. We all know brushing can help tame hair, getting rid of knots and flyaways but brushing can also cleanse your hair by brushing away waste materials that get caught in there throughout the day. Brushing can condition and strengthen your hair by better distributing natural sebum oil your body creates. It can also help prevent hair loss by massaging the scalp, boosting blood flow and circulation.
But for these benefits, you can't just use any old hairbrush. You need to invest in the best quality styling tools. Ones that use the best quality material and have the most effective designs and features. Whilst each may offer different benefits and haircare action, each offers the best possible experience and nourishment for your hair.
We have a wide selection of the unrivaled Denman brushes including the small gentle D76 Curling Brush which is perfect for styling and smoothing all lengths of hair. For those wanting a larger brush there is the D83 Large Paddle Brush. Perfectly balanced and resistant to chemicals this brush is ideal for grooming your hair into a professional finish. If detangling is what you're looking for then you need to get your hands on the D90L Tangle Tamer. Available in a wide range of colours, this is the perfect tool for long thick hair and it can also be used on hair extensions or wigs.
Choosing the right hair tool is just as important as getting the best shampoo and conditioner. Take a look for yourself and discover a hair brush and comb perfect for your hair care from some of the best sellers out there. With everything from cushion brushes to detangling brushes you'll be sure to find a product to suit every hair type from our professional quality range. We also sell round brush, boar bristle brush styling brush, wet brush, detangling comb, tail comb, tangle teezer, vent brush and so many other hair brushes and combs that are perfect for curly hair, are perfect for using with styling products. We sell hair combs and brushes that are perfect for curling irons and blow dryers, that have a thicker plastic so that it doesn't melt.
We also have a selection of straightening brush, blow drying brush, thermal round brush, detangler brush, boar bristle hair brush, teasing brush, paddle hair brush and so many other different types of hair brushes that it's hard to pick one. The hairbrush also depends on the hairstyles that are being done. To figure out the best hair styling tools you need to find the right hairbrush, if you want a quick brush that is able to get the most coverage then a round hair brush would best best however if you want a hair brush that is good for fine hair then a tangle tamer would be better.


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We welcome and thank you for your interest in Rocky River Presbyterian Church.
We hope that you will find many ways to connect to our family through our worship, fellowship, children's ministry, youth ministry, Sunday School, social groups and more!
One of the unique things about Rocky River Presbyterian is the fellowship of the people and our support and encouragement of each other to grow in faith and be in ministry in our community and beyond.
We hope that you will explore the sections above to find different ways you can connect and help us grow God's table.
Come and visit soon - we look forward to being in ministry with you!


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Visions of sugarplums
More than 100 years ago, my great grandmother excitedly recorded in her diary that she had found oyster crackers to purchase as a surprise for the Christmas stockings. She was delighted as she anticipated the pleasure of her children when they discovered this special treat. Today's children would certainly not consider oyster crackers a memorable holiday surprise!
Expectations of both children and their parents have multiplied since my great grandmother's time. Children expect to have every toy advertised and parents take it as their responsibility to see that their children have a perfect life. Children are exposed, through TV, to an array of toys that my great grandmother could not have imagined. Parents, wanting to make the holidays a perfect time, free of any disappointment or frustration, buy for their children every toy they request. They shop until they are exhausted, do without themselves, and overspend their budget so badly that they must spend the rest of the year worrying about how to pay the bills. If they cannot find or afford a requested toy they worry that they have ruined their child's life forever. This Christmas attitude does not make children happy. It makes them greedy and prevents them from learning to deal appropriately with the disappointments and frustrations that are inevitable in life. It makes parents so tired and stressed that they can't enjoy their children. The holidays become a time of lost tempers, harsh words, stress, and worry.
It is important for parents to remember that it is part of their job to say "no" when children have unrealistic expectations. As adults, we are lucky if we get even a small percentage of the material things we want and yet we try to give our children everything they ask for. Is it wise or loving to raise our children with unrealistic expectations for the adult world? This holiday, instead of focusing upon extravagant gifts and flawless decorations, concentrate on spending time working together as a family. Children would really rather have family times than perfection. If the children really can't help in some part of the preparations, then talking with them and including them in the planning makes them feel a part of things. As adults, they will recall times spent together not Hokey Pokey Elmo or Kasey the Kinderbot. Make sure that these memories are filled with hugs and laughter, not worries and harsh words.
When WRAPPING PRESENTS, choosing the correct size box or paper can be a real challenge to the youngsters. Give them scraps of paper or the Sunday funnies, blunt scissors, and lots of tape, and they can wrap the gifts for home exchange or they can wrap and decorate an empty box for grandma … grandmas like anything!
If you are BAKING COOKIES, give them a small amount of dough to roll and cut out. A soup can with the label torn off makes an extra rolling pin. The results aren't important, it's the process that counts. Let them do it their way. If you have other kitchen work and need to keep them occupied, a squirt of shaving cream or dishwashing soap on a cookie sheet on a newspaper-covered floor will keep them busy for a long time. The results are very washable.
When it is time to DECORATE THE TREE, if you really can't stand junior grade creativity, cut off a branch, stick it in a flowerpot of sand and let them do it all themselves. They can make decorations, or use old or unbreakable ones.
I would like to wish each Toddle Towne family a very individual Season's Greetings. Thank you for being a part of our lives. I hope that your holiday celebration is a very special time for you and your family and that you build memories that will last for a lifetime!


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You can't say there isn't choice – there are now 53 bachelor or higher degrees and 30 bridging courses approved by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA).
For undergraduate bachelor's degrees there are 26 available around the country, as well as 16 graduate diplomas and 11 master's degrees.
Including an additional 66 historical degrees, there have now been 150 courses approved by FASEA.
New entrants into the industry must hold a tertiary qualification, have passed the FASEA exam, complete a professional year, and comply with continuing professional development (CPD) requirements from the start of this year.
On 30 August, it was announced by Senator Jane Hume, Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Services technology, the deadlines had been extended following joint lobbying by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). This was a significant move as advisers had previously been under stress to meet the previous deadlines in time.
For existing advisers, their deadline to have passed the exam was extended by one year to 1 January, 2022 and the deadline to have received tertiary qualification was extended by two years to 1 January, 2026.
FPA chief executive, Dante De Gori, said: "We are pleased that Minister Hume has listened to the feedback from our members and been willing to work with the FPA and AFA jointly to deliver a better outcome for all financial planners and their clients".
The next exams are on 19-23 September with registration having closed before the end of August, but registrations were still open until 8 November, 2019 for the 5-9 December, 2019 exam.
The results of the inaugural exam held on 20-24 June, 2019, saw a pass rate of 90%, with 579 advisers across the country having sat the exam.
There are numerous preparation courses available, including the Financial Planning Association's (FPA's) Return To Learn, Kaplan's FASEA exam workshop, TAL's Risk
Academy Masterclass, Cram 4 Exam, as well as FASEA's own exam preparation guide.
One of the major issue advisers face was the cost of taking up the required study, given that tertiary qualification costs easily run well into five figures.
Checking with prospective institutions what recognised prior learning (RPL) could be accepted would reduce costs, as well as enquiring about any scholarships available.
The most common method of university education fee payment was via the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) which is available for students studying in a Commonwealth Supported Place.
If you were ineligible for HECS-HELP, FEE-HELP was available typically for private institutions and postgraduate study at public institutions.
Mark Olynyk, program director in financial planning at Deakin University, said there were options available to soften the financial blow.
"FEE-HELP is like the HECS scheme – the Federal Government covers your tuition fees as a loan, which you pay back through tax once you reach a taxable income threshold," Olynyk said.
"To check eligibility see the Federal Government's Study Assist website, if you aren't able to defer tuition fees using FEE-HELP, you can also opt to pay your fees in instalments."
Olynyk said in-house financing from your organisation may also be an option worth checking.
"Employers appreciate staff who demonstrate a keenness to learn more and take on challenges, you should approach your supervisor about financial or in-kind support for your postgraduate study," Olynyk said.
You might also be able to claim it for tax purposes, but it was important to check with the Australian Tax Office (ATO) or a tax agent.
"Depending on your circumstances, you may be able to claim education costs on tax. Other expenses associated with study, such as books, internet and childcare, may also be claimable," Olynyk said.
De Gori said the organisation had worked hard this year to set up programs to support people struggling to cope with the mental challenges.
"FPA Wellbeing is a free comprehensive health and wellbeing program providing confidential support by qualified counsellors and psychologists for FPA members," De Gori said.
"We're keenly aware of the toll these higher standards are taking on our FPA members, and the profession as a whole.
"We wholeheartedly believe the destination will be worth it, but not at any cost.
"It's not easy going back to study when you're running a business, a family, and volunteering in your community."
The FPA had also recommended FASEA settle its decisions on RPL for all outstanding professional certifications, and reconsider providing credit for experience and training through CPD.
"Just in case petitions like ours and from other leaders across the financial services ecosystem are not heeded, we're urging all financial planners to be ready," De Gori said.
Phil Anderson, AFA general manager for policy and professionalism, said they had hoped the completion of the new education requirements would give advisers the opportunity to specialise and pursue study in a particular area.
"This might have been possible if FASEA had agreed to graduate diplomas with a limited core subject requirement and then a range of elective options," Anderson said.
"Unfortunately, that is not the case and FASEA has set a requirement for 11 core knowledge areas, which higher education providers have been forced to fit into an eight subject Graduate Diploma.
"There is therefore not much flexibility in terms of what you can study now, which has caused a lot of frustration for many advisers who do not wish to study in areas that are not relevant to their area of practice and expertise.
"That said, we still think it's important to take into account the type of financial advice work you want to do and the type of clients you want to work with when deciding on your education pathway."


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To get a pair of shades you can break the bank for a name brand or head to the local gas station and get a $10 pair that falls apart on your face. Adam "Ace" Moyer saw this situation, had a problem with it, and did something about it.
Moyer is the founder of Knockaround, a sunglass company based in southern California.
"My dad used that word a lot when I was growing up," Moyer said. "Specifically, he called the sneakers he used to mow the lawn his knockaround sneakers. He had a nice pair of sneakers and then his knockaround pair. It seemed like a good fit for what I was trying to do with sunglasses. You'll always have your nice pair of sunglasses- but you also need a knockaround pair."
Moyer majored in studio art in college and after graduation he decided to get his MFA (master of fine arts) degree at UC-San Diego where he was offered a full scholarship.
"I had two months before classes started in the fall. I was bored, didn't know anyone, and had always wanted to start a business. San Diego is sunny everyday … sunglasses are expensive … I had lost like three pairs of nice sunglasses … VOILA! That's how Knockaround was born. When classes started a few months later I had a great way to break the ice with people: 'Hey I just started a sunglasses company! Want a pair?'"
Moyer no longer has to ask people on the streets of California if they'd like a pair of his glasses, (not saying that he wouldn't), thanks in part to a strategic advertisement plan focusing on social networking Web sites like Facebook.
Roland Eckstein '10 owns two pairs of Knockarounds.
"I saw their add on Facebook and checked out the Web site," said Eckstein. "I told a few friends about them and they were in immediately. I think all together we ended up ordering six pairs between the four of us."
College kids from the east coast aren't the only ones who dig Knockaround's, even the President is in on it. "My wife's uncle is former US Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE). He genuinely likes Knockaround sunglasses — he's been supportive since Day one and wears them all the time.," said Moyer. "You can imagine my delight."
Knockarounds are priced from $7 to $25."I think that is central to our company philosophy," said Moyer. "I want all of our products to be classically designed, tough, and affordable. The artist in me loves color — and so I try to put out products in as many colors as I can."
As for the future? Moyer has big plans. "I want to add new products — not just sunglasses, but other accessories — and start sponsoring events, bands and athletes. Oh, and I want to build a cedar strip canoe in our warehouse in National City, CA. I'd call her 'Lady Knockaround.'"


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I finally got around to taking some pictures of my house (holla!)… and now you can see the eclectic, colorful, fun home that I live in every day… I love it. It's always changing & evolving and soon enough these photos will be the "before" pictures. But as of today, here is what my front-living-room-turned-dining-room looks like:
This was the "sneak peak" that I showed you when I did the summer/front entry tour here. Right when you walk into our house you can see the living-room-now-a-dining-room. Originally when we moved in, this was the formal living room. You know, the place where you put your white sofas, turn on the gas fireplace, sit and have tea (with your pinkie finger ever so slightly elevated off the handle of your dainty tea cup)?… Well, that wasn't happening. Can we say 2 growing boys, 2 dogs and 1 husband = no white sofas and broken tea cups… hence the space is a dining room. Our dining room (or what was 'designated' as a dining room is now the office. And we have 1 living/family room, which is plenty).
Since this was suppose to be a formal living room, there is a fireplace, a gas fireplace. I love it! It's super fun to decorate the mantle and when we have guests over for dinner and such, I can light up the fireplace while we are sitting at the table…it's so fancy!
I especially love that this room is rarely used which means IT STAYS CLEAN! And yes, isn't that perfect…the first room you lay eyes on when you enter my house is the room that stays clean, and is little effort to keep clean. Pretty smart on my behalf, don't cha' think?
Because this room was suppose to be a living room, there are a ton of shelves. No problem except for the corner shelving where a big box TV once resided (circa 1994 when the house was built = no flat screens, just bulky TV's). So I had to get creative. Trying to keep it cute, not too cluttered and yet fill in the big open space, well it's a challenge. Magazines work great. Lanterns, globes, bulky items like that have been my go-to decor for those deep shelves in the corner.
And because there are so many shelves I had plenty of space to build a bar! It's getting a little crowded but it's fun and feels so sophisticated! Are't we fancy?! It's fun to make drinks from our little wanna be bar. I lined all the backs of the shelves with a lime green wrapping paper that I picked up from a local discount store. honest to goodness, all I used was glue sticks and about 5 rolls of wrapping paper… the bookshelves/bar/tons of storage space, looks super cool with the lime green background. And I figured it'd be easy to re-do when I feel the need!
Here's the corner of the dining room. A playful collage wall with no rhyme or reason to it. I just grabbed canvas prints, framed prints and other hanging goodies and tossed them up onto the wall for texture and to bring the otherwise dull space some lively-ness. And that's a lego set that my son put together on his 9th birthday. He was so proud and so was I!
Here is one last look into the dining room. This photo was taken near the front door of the house. Looking into the room you can see my lovely
generic ghost chairs that I totally adore! The lime green backing of the shelves (thanks to glue sticks and wrapping paper), our old but sweet candle chandelier (no ceiling light in this room), our plank ceiling that we painted grey with black crown molding, the awesome gas fireplace and wood mantle, and our sweat-nequity wood floors that we installed throughout our house (and it took forever!). I am pretty proud of how this room has turned out. I still have a lot of ideas for this space, but not for now. Future projects and back burner stuff. For now, I am smitten with how it has turned out.
Just to give you an idea… here is a photo right after we moved in, and after we'd tore up the old, dingy carpet:
Oh My Gosh!! What a difference, right? New floors, painted the cabinets and shelving, good bye 1970′s blinds (gag), and hello wonderful! Doesn't it look completely different?!! Oh My Gosh!
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