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Personal health records (PHRs) have emerged as important patient-controlled tools for managing health information. PHRs can be beneficial because they centralize information on patients' medical history, physician encounters, and evaluations and treatments. Studies have suggested that greater adoption of PHRs can enhance care by providing physicians with a more complete picture of the patients they treat. This information exchange may lead to fewer treatment errors and better follow-up.
Despite the potential benefits of PHRs, several barriers to adoption exist, including the economic costs of developing and paying for the system, a lack of a universal or standard platform for interoperability, and the transference of patient information from paper charts to electronic records. Furthermore, many physicians and patients have inadequate levels of computer competency, making adoption of PHRs even more challenging in some situations.
"Patient care in the ED is often complicated because we're unable to obtain an accurate history of patients even when they're able to communicate with the ED staff," says Anil S. Menon, MD, MS, MPH. "PHRs can help mitigate the impact of information gaps. EDs may be able to promote greater use of PHRs because these settings serve as an entry point into the medical system." For example, patients may be willing to initiate a PHR while waiting for care in the ED. This is a time when they are focused on the importance of their medical care.
Taking a Deeper Look
In the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Menon and colleagues had a study published that sought to identify which ED patients were willing to initiate a PHR. The analysis also assessed whether ED physicians would use their patients' PHR during treatment. In a cross-sectional analysis, surveys were collected on 184 patients and 210 emergency physicians. In addition to demographic data, the study group gathered information on willingness and barriers to adopt a PHR.
According to findings, 78% of patients wanted their PHR to be uploaded to the internet. More than half of the patients who were surveyed reported using the internet on a daily basis and that they would accept the hospital as the source of the PHR (Figure 1 and Figure 2). However, less than 10% would accept their PHR being controlled by private software enterprises or governmental agencies. Assistance with information upload was also important for patients. About 68% of PHR users indicated that they would upload their information, but only if they did not have to do it themselves.
Patients with multiple medical problems, life threatening allergies, a primary care doctor, and private insurance were just as likely to use a PHR as those who were not, according to the study. There was no significant relationship between patients' perceived severity of disease and their willingness to use a PHR. Information technology security, privacy, and insurance use were the most frequently cited barriers to uploading information from the internet (Figure 3).
Perceptions of Emergency Physicians
The study by Dr. Menon and colleagues also showed that 83% of providers felt they would access PHRs if the opportunity presented itself. "Emergency physicians were very likely to use a PHR if it was available, but they usually didn't want to spend more than 5 minutes interfacing with the system," says Dr. Menon. More than half (57%) would only use a PHR if it took less than 5 minutes to access.
"Emergency physicians were more likely to use PHRs for patients with more than one medical problem and for those who were severely ill," adds Dr. Menon. Time constraints may increase the need for a rapidly accessible PHR in complicated patients, but this is a problem that is not specific to the ED.
Considering the findings, Dr. Menon says the ED should be viewed as a potential focal point for PHR developers and hospitals interested in adopting and using PHRs. "The key is to ensure that PHRs are controlled by healthcare facilities rather than other groups," he says. "During PHR development, the focus should be on maximizing speed of access for physicians while simultaneously making it easier for patients to initiate the PHR. Though PHRs are most commonly discussed and initiated during primary care visits, the ED can provide an additional opportunity as patients wait to receive care by emergency personnel."
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Ben McGrath's discussion of the endless discussion of a Michael Bloomberg third party presidential bid is appropriately arch, but still doesn't, I think, quite get at the core madness of this talk:
Speaking at Harvard, the day before the election, Bloomberg said, "I think, actually, a third-party candidate could run the government easier than a partisan political President," and then he went on, as he always does, to deny that he intends to pursue the position. He is, as he is fond of saying, Jewish, unmarried, pro-choice, anti-gun, pro-immigrant, and pro-gay-marriage. Add to that a strong allegiance to Wall Street, a weekend house in Bermuda, and his vehemence, last summer, in defense of the mosque near Ground Zero, and it's hard to see how he plays to the populist moment. A recent Marist poll indicates that only twenty-six per cent of New Yorkers favor the prospect of his running.
Yet the dream persists. "I think it's a strong possibility," Clay Mulford, the chief operating officer of the National Math and Science Initiative, and, as it happens, Perot's son-in-law, said the other day. "The mood of the country is not ideological but more practical. The timing is unusually right." Mulford mentioned that a Google search of his name and Bloomberg's would reveal that the two of them met, a couple of years ago, to discuss ballot logistics. "His people put the story out," Mulford said.
The question that needs to be asked about all these notions is what kind of legislative coalition is President Bloomberg supposed to be governing with? The version of ARRA that passed was the one Senators Collins, Snowe, and Specter were prepared to support. So what difference would it have made had Barack Obama been somewhat less liberal? I bet a third party president would initially impress people with his bold truth-telling and lack of need to cater to old bulls on the Hill. But it would swiftly become apparent that the constitution hasn't been repealed, that the only bills that pass are the ones members of congress will vote for, and that members of congress all belong to parties. The only way you'd be able to get anything done would be to find a way to work within the party system somehow.
The point is that most of the stuff people like to decry about American politics — the venality, the small-minded partisanship, the bickering, the corrupt deals — happens in Congress. Wishing for a different president doesn't address any of it.

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This is a short, sharp and interesting piece that I liked. I did not find the dialogue and plot cheesy. Mysterious yes, but intriguing.
Are the bracketed words and phrases part of the text or notes to yourself?
The piece is present tense but you do lapse into past tense a few times, as in:-
"A sudden terror stopped (stops) her heart..."
"Her voice cracked (cracks) before she could scream."
"Trembling intensely, her unstable body caused (causes) the phone to slip past her palms and drops (drop) on the floor. The sound of the screen cracking made (makes) her raise her arms against her tightly shut eyes and let out a brief yet frightened scream."
"Madam, please come down." I assume 'come' should be 'calm'?
"Silvia feels as if the elevator drops at a much slower rate than usual, almost as if it is thrilled to enjoy the time to see her face swell with horror. (personification)"
This sentence reads awkwardly. I would remove the words "...enjoy the time to..."
"Next moment, red lasers surround her face and lighten up the entire surrounding (area). Silvia's eyes caught (catch) a glimpse of the source of the voice. The shadow wore (wears) a mask."
I would add the word "area" after "surrounding". And change the next two sentences from past to present tense.
Overall a good flash fiction type piece or excerpt. I would be curious to see what other readers think.
Would it be fine for you to give me some critiques? Thank you!
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Chek Jawa
A few weeks ago, on the spur of a moment I decided to join a tour to Chek Jawa organized by Naked Hermit Crabs, mostly because I wanted to see the intertidal area. The guided portion of the tour was to start at around 9:30, so I figured that gave me plenty time in the morning to walk there on foot from Ubin Jetty.
This fantastically designed sign greets you at the Changi Point Ferry Terminal
It was real easy to get there. I left the house early to go to Tanah Merah, took bus 2 to Changi Village and had a leisurely breakfast there, and then I got on a boat to Ubin at 8am, almost immediately. It was a good thing I went so early, because if you are slow like me then you might take more than the 45 minutes it apparently takes to walk from the Jetty to Chek Jawa, as proscribed by sources on the internet. In the end it took me over an hour to walk there...
A short boat ride away
Approaching Ubin Jetty
After this point, I started walking to Chek Jawa on foot. I could not see ANY other people walking. It seems that everyone else was on a bike or traveling there in a van. One van even kindly stopped to ask me if i needed a ride (probably with the assumption that I must be suffering from having to walk so far to Chek Jawa BUT I TOLD THEM NO! I WAS HAVING A DECIDEDLY GOOD TIME WALKING ON MY OWN!!!). The best way to travel around Ubin has to be by foot. Whenever I hire a bike on Ubin, I end up "exercising" rather than "exploring", and I really hate anything that resembles "organized exercise". Also if you are cycling you will have to stop to catch your breath and a billion mosquitoes will take advantage of your being still and bite you. This does not happen when one is constantly moving and walking. HA! TAKE THAT, ALL YOU NON-WALKERS!
A Guide to Pulau Ubin Tree Trail
NParks has marked out a tree walk along the way to Chek Jawa, however, I am slightly disappointed to say that it only points out the most recognizable trees in their latin names. I was already familiar with most of the trees on this list and could identify them on my own without having to look at this signboard, so if you had asked me it might have been better to go one step further in identifying more of these exciting tropical plants instead of superficially identifying the common trees. (I believe there is never such a thing as "too much information", I always enjoy reading more information on these signboards...)
Jackfruit Tree
Banana Tree
Durian Tree
Oho, I recognize the sign of JKFoo...
A series of bucolic shots of life on Ubin...
Finally, some sign pointing to Chek Jawa.
Along the way I saw many sticks with tiny saplings sticking out of the ground. They all had some ribbon tied to them.
Turns out that the ribbon has the name of the plant species next to it.
I was freaked out when I saw what appeared to be a GIANT ARACHNID crawling back into one of these mounds. Later I realized they were only mangrove lobsters. Somehow, on learning that, I was less alarmed, knowing they were simply lobsters. I wonder why are spiders this bit more shocking than lobsters?
Common Pulai Tree
Boars have been sighted in this location
The gates of Chek Jawa open at 8.30am
We met up with our friendly tour guide, and were joined by a bunch of older people who had randomly come to Ubin for a leisurely morning walk. They decided to join us on our boardwalk tour of Chek Jawa…
The view from Jejawi Tower
Jejawi Tower is named after the Jejawi or Malayan Banyan tree. (See, this is precisely why I think that for a Tree walk we should always be told the Malay/local names of plants rather than only the Latin names)
This is the Nipah plant, a common mangrove plant from which the Attap Chee fruit comes from.
Closeup of Nipah Plant.
On the boardwalk...
Pneumatophores (Aerial Roots)
Fruit of the Mengkudu tree (Morinda citrifolia, aka Cheese Fruit)
If this fruit looks a bit familiar, it might be because there is also a Mengkudu tree at the Armenian Church which frequently sheds its excitingly squishy and stinky fruit on the pavement opposite the Substation. I always walk past the tree and find its horrifying fruit rolling about everywhere...
Mangrove tree with stilt roots
Pneumatophores (Aerial Roots)
Intertidal Mudflats
Coastal Boardwalk
Clear skies and waters
Intertidal Zone. The white spots in this photo are oysters.
It looks like someone or something has eaten all the oysters! Hrmm...
Information board about intertidal crustaceans
Seagrass Meadows
Information board about Seagrass Meadows
Map of Chek Jawa
Our guide explaining something to us on the boardwalk.
I think she was telling us about Pulau Sekudu (of which I don't have a clear photo) which is a brocoli shaped islet in visible sight from Chek Jawa. The legend goes that a pig, elephant and frog were trying to swim from Singapore to Johor. All 3 animals had problems swimming the entire length and the pig and elephant turned into the rock that formed Pulau Ubin, whereas the frog turned into Pulau Sekudu (Frog Island). As the tiny island of Sekudu was previously badly polluted by people/sailors who stopped by the island and littered all over it, access to the island is now restricted so as to allow it to exist as a nature reserve.
Low tide at the intertidal zone
Our guide pointing out a TONGKAT ALI plant to us. Guys, wink wink, you should know what this plant is for...
As we retreated into the forested parts, we were being shown a man-made birdhouse. Whilst looking at the birdhouse, we also saw this strange tombstone-like structure in the undergrowth. A bit of concrete, like a tombstone for something...
But in reality it was a marker for something very urban.
I haven't figured out what this is yet but surely I will eventually figure it out.
(It was flanked by a 1/750 marker)
Finally we got to the final section of the boardwalk...
Picture of the Perepat Tree
The Actual Perepat Tree
House no. 1
Information on House No. 1
At the end of our tour the guides asked us to draw our impressions of Chek Jawa for them, so I obliged...
...which brings us to THE END OF THE CHEK JAWA COASTAL BOARDWALK TOUR!
BUT WAIT. The adventure to Ubin did not end there. After a lunch at the jetty, me and my friend Alex decided that since there was a bit of time (I just wanted to go home to work before the sun set), that we should try to find The Artists Village house on Ubin. Neither of us had seen it before. Unfortunately, we got completely lost cycling about and found something else instead...
Rented some el cheapo bike...
After too much cycling - this mostly consisted of Alex cycling a few miles down the road while I slowly pushed my bike up a small hill and then rolled slowly down the small hill, and then Alex cycling back to find me still having not progressing very far, repeated many times, because oh my god I apparently have zero stamina for any prolonged sort of cycling activity - well after what seemed like far too much cycling for me, eventually based on a map found online, we got to an old house with a sign that was almost falling off.
Behold, it looked like a sign for The Artists Village???
It looked like it COULD be the place, so I texted Mike to ask him if this was the place but he was like "NO!!!!!" Haha. Alright, I get the picture, it was the wrong house. Sadly, I suppose its like one of those things that always seems to happens in Singapore. You end up having two statues of Raffles and then wonder WHY it is that everytime you tell someone to meet you at the Raffles Statue, you or the other person always ends up at the wrong one. And never the twain shall meet...
Yeah, it looked like it could be the house for The Artists Village, but apparently it was not the house that was currently in use. Which was a great relief since it looked quite unused and I was worried about termites. Oh and for the curious who like opening up closed boxes and closed containers (that you knew you should NEVER have attempted to open), get ready for lots of SURPRISE INSECTS BURSTING OUT OF EVERYTHING! Endless horror and abjection (in the Kristevan sense) for hapless city slickers.
On the house next door, there was this disturbing letter.
Close up of letter. What a confusing letter. If even I cannot understand what is going on here, how will Ubin's residents (some of whom are illiterate) know what is going on? It just sounds like they are wanting to clear the original residents in order to build another obnoxious and unnecessary "adventure park". Or were they just doing a census? Which is it? There has been lots of debate on this lately and what the letter means.
Images of Ubin Life
I also met a sweet old man who asked me to take his picture.
How did the search for The Artists Village house go in the end? Well soon after that I gave up and we all went home. I guess I'll have to find it again next time I go to Ubin. Also, I've finally run out of writing juice now so ABRUPTLY THIS IS THE END OF THE POST.
(Thanks to Naked Hermit Crabs for organising these free tours to Chek Jawa!)
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"So-Slow the Frog," Friend, May 1972, 2
So-Slow the Frog
Georgie began his life as a little black egg in a crystal-clear ball of jelly and grew very, very slowly.
He was slow to grow his tail and slow to nibble at the jelly for his meals.
He was slow to grow his front legs and even slower to grow his back legs.
Everyone called him So-Slow, but he didn't mind—at least not while he was a tadpole.
But he was sad the day he lost his tail and became a real frog, because real frogs can jump and So-Slow didn't know how to jump. Everyone in Green Pond laughed at him.
So-Slow went to his mother. "Mother, I can't jump," he cried.
"Just try," his mother croaked.
So-Slow went to his father. "Father, I can't jump," he sobbed.
"Well, try," his father croaked.
"I have tried," groaned So-Slow.
"Try harder," advised his father.
So-Slow swam across the weedy pond. He was quite a good swimmer. "If only I could jump," he said to himself.
After scrambling onto a shiny green lily pad, So-Slow decided he was going to jump. So he perched himself right on the edge of the leaf and pushed and pushed, but he only fell head first into the cold still water.
Shrieks of laughter came from the frogs all around. "Did you see that mighty jump!" they roared.
So-Slow climbed back onto the swaying lily pad. He smiled at the other frogs, although he felt like crying. A moment later he tried again. This time So-Slow managed to go in feet first. Again and again he kept trying to jump—climbing out and then trying again.
The other frogs soon grew tired of watching and laughing. Since So-Slow did not seem to notice them anyway, it was not much fun laughing at him.
By sundown that evening, So-Slow could make a tiny jump instead of a slither. He could tell by the noise in the water that he was doing better. His jump was more splashy.
The next morning So-Slow was up before anyone else. He had practiced jumping a long time when the first frog appeared. Now So-Slow could spring from one green lily pad right over a little water and onto another lily pad.
"Pooh!" said the other frogs. "All that practice and you still can't jump as far as we can!"
So-Slow said nothing. I won't stop practicing, he thought, until I can jump right over the pond. No one else can do that.
His mother and father watched So-Slow every day. They were very proud of him because he was trying so hard.
One wet day when raindrops were spattering spotted patterns onto the pond, a loud voice was heard above the rain. It was Jamie the Jumper. "The cat," Jamie shouted. "The cat's after us. Help!"
So-Slow trembled. He was afraid of the cat, but he knew someone should do something. Should I? he wondered.
"I will," he decided.
Climbing quickly onto the bank, he put his feet down firmly in the grass and took a deep breath. Then jump! So-Slow soared right over the pond and landed almost on the cat's nose. The cat was so frightened that it took off over the field.
The cheering of the frogs was so loud that the noise was heard at Farmer Miller's duck pond miles away.
After that Georgie was never called So-Slow again.
And as for the cat—it stayed on the farm with the mice!


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Lamb Stew2017-07-24
Place trimmed lamb in large bowl; sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Cover and let stand at room temperature 30 minutes. Combine 1 cup chopped parsley, minced garlic, and grated lemon peel in small bowl. Reserve remaining 1/4 cup parsley for garnish. Heat oil in heavy large pot over high heat. Working in batches, add lamb and cook until well browned on all sides, about 7 minutes per batch. Transfer lamb to medium bowl. Add leeks and onion to drippings in pot and saute until softened, about 7 minutes. Add chopped parsley mixture and thyme; stir 30 seconds. Return lamb and any accumulated juices to pot. Add 1 1/2 cups broth and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer until lamb is very tender, about 1 1/2 hours. Lamb stew can be prepared 1 day ahead of serving. Cool slightly. Refrigerate stew uncovered until cold, then cover and keep refrigerated. Bring lamb stew to simmer before continuing with recipe. Fill medium bowl with cold water. Squeeze juice from lemon half into water; add squeezed lemon half. Break off tough outer leaves from 1 artichoke where leaves break naturally, stopping when first yellow leaves are reached. Cut off stem and top 1/2 inch from artichoke, then cut artichoke in half lengthwise and drop into lemon water. Repeat with remaining artichokes. Drain artichokes and add to lamb stew. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer until artichokes are tender, adding more broth by 1/4 cupfuls if stew is dry, about 25 minutes. Season stew to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to bowl; sprinkle lamb stew with reserved 1/4 cup chopped parsley and serve with Mock Risotto alongside.
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June 29, 2015
The weekend of June 20-21 was full of activities celebrating aboriginal culture at the ArtStarts Gallery. On Saturday we were excited to host our Vancouver Draw Down event and on Sunday we joined the National Aboriginal Day celebrations.
We were happy to welcome artists Anastasia Hendry and Christine Mackenzie, who facilitated an engaging workshop called Draw and Tell: Northwest Coast Storytelling.
After beginning the session with an acknowledgement of First Nations people and their territory, Anastasia introduced her practice as a Haida textile artist. Christine also shared with us her practice and her Kwakuitl ancestry.
As Anastasia narrated portions of the story of Lelou, a young man who explores and finds unexpected help on his treacherous journey, Christine drew on our gallery chalk circle elements that represented that particular moment.
Participants were slowly guessing the animal represented by the artist in the traditional style of formline drawing — and with surprise they discovered it was a wolf!
Soon after the artist finished the storytelling component of the workshop, participants moved into the ArtStarts Lab space to learn more about First Nations cultural traditions and art forms. As well as a deerskin apron and other fascinating artifacts, Anastasia showed the group a button blanket that her grandmother made for her that represents her killer whale crest. This provided a good context for participants to start making their own button blanket representing Lelou the wolf in the story.
Once the red and black felt pieces were assembled, all participants, big and small, were focused on attaching buttons to the piece. This was the first time some of the young participants held thread and needle in their hands. Some parents event manifested how valuable was this session to not only to provide important learning on ancestral culture, but also an opportunity to discover important life skills like sewing.
On Sunday we also celebrated and learned about Aboriginal traditions in art. After exploring some of the local animals of British Columbia, participants conntected with their inner animals and created animal masks. Using construction paper, pipe cleaners, pastels and creativity, we howled, growled and soared through the gallery.
We also got to learn printmaking techniques and created a collective piece to inspired by traditional Inuit block printing. With animals, houses and people, stories were told and shared in our community print.
Stop by the ArtStarts Gallery on Wednesday, July 1 for Canada Day and contribute your cultural colours to our community Heritage Loom. Also be sure to join us at many more free arts events for families!
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As I continue to get my thoughts organized, I can't help but think how quickly this idea turned into a reality. Makeup and fashion have been my obsessions since I was very young. I have been collecting pictures from magazines and books for years and years and now as I sit here with all of my scrapbooks filled with clothes, jewelery, makeup and perfume…….. I want to pay homage to each and every item I have ripped out and placed in my ever-growing pile of "loves". These clippings serve as not only inspiration but more importantly reminders for me to embody all the things I love. I have been known to put these beloved pics on my desk at work, my refrigerator or even in my wallet if just to glance at when I am buying my morning coffee. This clipping of the exquisite Tom Ford lipstick collection dates back to 2010 but guess what. I waited patiently, kept it close and when the time was right, I bought that baby right up. As you might imagine, it is worth every last dollar. Tom Ford doesn't do anything at bargain prices so when you ultimately fall in love with his collections, you know you're in for a treat. Yes – an expensive one but a treat nonetheless.
Keep track of products or fashions that catch your eye. Make an inspiration board and keep it close. Invest in organizing your thoughts. It will keep you on track to being you.
~Tom Ford Beauty Private lip color in Vanilla Suede, $45; neimanmarcus.com


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Baby Development Milestones: The first 3 months
Just like every other new mother, you probably are one confused mom!
Like most other mothers, you will also be subjected to extensive mental trauma regarding your baby's mental and physical development.
In this article, we are going to teach you 5 SIMPLE STEPS (Nursing, Crying, Communication, Social skills and Fine Motor Skills) that will help you assess the development of your child during the first 3 months.
If you fail to observe these protocols in your child even after the 5th month, then you should probably consult your child's doctor.
Here's a check list of what you should observe in your baby by the time he is 3 months old:
While nursing, your baby should suck well with his tongue, inner mouth and lips.
- The baby's feeding position should be correct.
- An orthodontic pacifier can help you with proper feeding positions to promote:
- Strong sucking skills
- Digestion
- Comfort
- He will cry loudly to express any kind of discomfort.
- After the 1st month, the baby's cries will be of different FREQUENCIES – to express different levels of discomfort.
- As a parent, you should listen carefully and learn the differences in frequencies.
- Try and understand what each cry means.
- For example- A long, loud wailing cry could mean that the baby is having colic/stomach pain. A short, softer cry in intervals may mean that your baby is starting to get hungry.This will help you attend to your child's requirements at the earliest.
- Note that this varies for each baby.
- Your baby will "coo" and gurgle as a mode of interaction.
- Makes different sounds in an attempt to respond to the surrounding happenings.
- Tries to blow bubbles through his lips.
- Imitate your baby's cooing sounds. This encourages communication.
- CHANGE YOUR TONE: Talk to the baby in different pitches to grab his attention.
- BLOW AIR from your lips on your baby's head or tummy – this improves his reactive capabilities. Be careful not to blow too hard.
- He will smile to express happiness and pleasure.
- Smile back at your baby. This is a signal that everything is fine.
- Place a rattle in your baby's hand. He should be able to grasp and hold it.
- Play with your baby's hand gently and allow him to hold your fingers.
- This encourages the development of fine motor skills.
Observe your child very carefully before making any conclusion. If in doubt, always consult your baby's doctor.
More interesting articles:
6 changes after a baby arrives
Tips to lighten STRETCH MARKS
Tips to reduce BACK ACHE after delivery
Understanding your baby's body language
5 parenting mistakes that you should avoid


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Advertised January 11, 1913
William Vincent Cahill was born in Syracuse, New York in 1878. He began his studies of art at the Art Students League in New York learning from Howard Pyle and then went on to study in Boston, Massachusetts. He moved to New York and is a successful illustrator for magazines and advertisers.
Tom Amidon was the head miller for a small grain mill in North Dakota. In 1893 the mill was on the verge of closing when when Amidon who had begun making a wheat-based hot breakfast cereal for his family, suggested to the other millers that they try selling it. Amidon coined the porridge Cream of Wheat because it was made from the "cream of the crop." The product made its debut at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. The cereal became very popular. In 1900 boxes featured the image of a African-American chef named Rastus developed by artist Edward V Brewer. It has been suggested that a chef named Frank L White from a popular Chicago restaurant was photographed in 1900 and was the model for Rastus.
In the January 11, 1913 issue of THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, an advertisement for Cream Of Wheat appeared with artwork by William V Cahill.
Parfums Lubin is one of the oldest perfume manufacturers in the world. Pierre Francois Lubin founded the company in 1798 and his fragrances won over the Imperial Court and was worn by the likes of Josephine Bonaparte. When the Bourbons were restored, Lubin dedicated his fragrances to Queen Marie-Amelie. Eventually Lubin's perfumes were worn by all the crowned heads of Europe, and were imported to America in 1830.
In the January 11, 1913 issue of LA VIE PARISIANNE, Parfum Lubin advertised it's new scent – "Chrysantheme" with an alluring exotic nude.


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Last Sunday during worship here at Mount Hebron Presbyterian Church we were thinking about the question "Who's the Greatest?" Our sermon can be found here. This week we are asking "Who's in Charge?"
In Mark 9:38-50 the disciple John comes upon a group of religious people doing the work of God. He has never come across them or heard of them before. He overhears them praying, and they are using the words; "In Jesus name." This makes him mad.
Who did they think they were? He was the disciple! What right did they have to be doing disciple stuff? How dare they use the name of Jesus to work miracles, when they hadn't been through the kind of training he had been through! Preposterous!
Some Musings.
1. Today we'd probably call John's problem a control issue. Somebody was in his space, operating in his personal domain and he did not like it. Maybe we can identify areas or issues in our own experience where we feel threatened because we feel that the particular area is all about us. Jesus suggests to John that it is never all about us. That it's all about God and God's purposes being done.
2. This passage also gives us what critics suggest, are some of the harshest words ever spoken by Jesus. "If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire." Plainly this is not a passage to be interpreted literally! A less dramatic way of interpreting these verses, about cutting off hands and gouging out eyes, would be to say; "If something is damaging your life, cut it out!" As I will suggest in our sermon this coming Sunday, Jesus is here saying, 'John, if you want to control something, then work on controlling your self!"
3. The passage closes with a call for Christians to 'Have salt in themselves, and be at peace with one another.' Salt back then was used for seasoning and preservation. When a person has a sense of their own worth before God and a desire to live in the will of God they exert a positive influence on those around them. They are not afraid to seek peace. They look for the image of God in others. That's how the Kingdom grows and changes the world. It's the little grains, the little things we do, that make a huge difference. Who's in charge? Sometimes we just have to let go and "Let God."
Prayer: "Lord we all have control issues. Help us to realize that it's not all about us and allow You greater room to move in and through our lives. Where we are involved in practices that may be damaging to ourselves or others, help us to take Your advice and 'cut it out. Teach us what it means to be 'salt' in our world and live at peace with one another. Amen."
For some music Stuart Townend and Keith Getty offer a song called "Jesus is Lord." (Which includes some tasty lead guitar... never a bad thing in my book!) This little blog will be taking a couple of weeks break as I'm taking some study time away from home. But I shall return! God Bless.
The Reverend Adrian J Pratt B.D.


text: The Teen Choice Awards handed out trophies on Aug. 12 at the Forum in Los Angeles for its fan-voted awards.On the country front, Carrie Underwood bested Blake Shelton, Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini, Maren Morris and Thomas Rhett in the Choice Country Artist category, while Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha's "Meant to Be" won Choice Country Song over Thomas Rhett's "Life Changes," Luke Bryan's "Most People Are Good," Brett Young's "Mercy," Kane Brown's "Heave"? and Carrie Underwood's "Cry Pretty."Florida Georgia Line, Chris Stapleton, Kane Brown and Maren Morris also picked up nominations in all-genre categories, but were bested by their competitors.


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Refractive errors
A refractive error may also dramatically increase the likelihood that the alignment of the two eyes will become abnormal (strabismus). Glasses may prevent or treat such a turning of the eyes.
Seeing at school
Do you have more selection?
We have an extensive array of other frames at our clinic, including as Adidas, Nike, Converse, X games, and Miraflex. Many of these would incur a part charge, but the 2 year warranties they have can be well worth it. Because the variety is so huge you would be better to come in to try them.
We also have a web-store "www.kidspecs.co.nz" for families who do not have the Enable subsidy, which shows a selection of these cool kids frames.
"Free glasses?" Is that even possible?
We specialise in providing glasses and patches to children aged 0 to 8 who have poor vision or a 'squint'. Because we can provide these at no cost (or little cost) to families who have a Community services card we list all of our products as 'subsidised'.
They are not 'free' – the Enable* spectacle or higher spectacle subsidy is covering the cost if your child meets their requirements. It is far to complicated to be able to quote you accurately on what subsidy your child will have available before we have their details when you make an order.
Because we are providing a service we work with you to clarify the subsidy, the most appropriate frame and lenses, and advise you if there is to be any part charge before you need to decide whether to go ahead.
*We need a letter or prescription from your child's eye specialist, as well as their details including date of birth, hospital number, and then one parent or child with a valid card, or child with High-user card. Once we receive these it is a quick process to find out the available subsidy, which determines the cost.
You can come into the Children's Specialist Center to try on frames, we do have a large range of styles, fits/sizes and colours for smaller children, toddlers and babies.


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In Brief is a compilation of notifications, rumors, and Android-related news tidbits, which for whatever reason, did not end up with a post of its own on AndroidGuys. These are things that we still feel are worth knowing, even if in a passing manner. Consider it a grab-bag of Android goodies. If you have something that you think is worth a mention on AndroidGuys, be sure to reach out to us via our contact page.
[dropcap1 variation="red"]N[/dropcap1]AMCO BANDAI Games' recently released a social/mobile title called Deluxe Cafe which lets players run and manage a successful bakery of their own, complete with customized furniture, cooking ingredients and much more. Since it's NAMCO BANDAI Games we're talking here, you'll also notice characters like PAC-MAN poking around the game. Download Deluxe Cafe for free!
[dropcap1 variation="orange"]D[/dropcap1]roidCon London takes place in just over a month's time. If you are an Android developer or plan to pick up coding in your free time, this is one event you'll want to check out. Come October 25th – 26th, you'll be able to learn from speakers such as Mark Murphy (CommonsWare), Matt Gaunt (Google), Simon Cross (Facebook) and more. Also in attendance this year will be members from companies like Samsung and Sony. Join the crowd of 1000+ Android developers, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts. You can see the whole line-up here.
[dropcap1 variation="yellow"]T[/dropcap1]he guys at PowerTraveler have begun teasing something big in the YouTube video above. We've been big fans of their other stuff and really look forward to seeing whatever it is that the PowerGorilla is!
[dropcap1 variation="green"]D[/dropcap1]oSomething.org is putting the bite back in the fight for homeless shelter animals with their new release of the Pics for Pets app for iOS and Android. Now teens and animal lovers alike can use their mobile devices to become a shelter fur-tographer by uploading pictures of worthy shelter animals in their communities, or they can share other shelter animals across the country. The ultimate goal is to increase shelter animal adoption rates.
[dropcap1 variation="olive"]S[/dropcap1]Stitcher Radio has found that 60% of those polled would use their smartphone to vote in the upcoming elections, if that were an officially recognized option.
[dropcap1 variation="teal"]J[/dropcap1]orno, the unique folding keyboard for smartphones, is halfway to meeting its Kickstarter goal. If you'd like to help fund the creation and participate in the project, you can get your own keyboard for as low as $89.99. On top of that, you'll also get free shipping! Retail pricing is expected to be $119.99 once it starts full production.
[dropcap1 variation="blue"]I[/dropcap1]f you're really into benchmarks and comparative performance of Android devices then you may want to check out the freshly redesigned Vellamo app from Qualcomm. The free app is available for any Android smartphone or tablet running 2.3 and above.
[dropcap1 variation="deepblue"]S[/dropcap1]lacker Radio has added a number of new albums to its on-demand listening lineup. Between last week and this week, there's a little something for everyone. Note that these are only available to Premium subscribers. Sign up for an account for only $14.99/month!
- Carly Rae Jepsen – Kiss (http://slacker.com/r/jRJFp)
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- Kreayshawn – Somethin 'Bout Kreay (http://slacker.com/r/jRJ2k)
- Green Day – ¡Uno! (http://slacker.com/r/jvd2P)
- No Doubt – Push and Shove (http://slacker.com/r/jvd2D)
- Mumford & Sons – Babel (http://slacker.com/r/jvdPp)
- Dragonette – Bodyparts (http://slacker.com/r/jvdMS)
[dropcap1 variation="purple"]U[/dropcap1].S. Cellular and Devicescape recently launched a free app for Android called Wi-Fi Now which lets users easily connect to Wi-Fi hotspots wherever they are. The client detects and automatically connects U.S. Cellular customers to available Wi-Fi hotspots, and helps for a seamless transition from the cellular network to Wi-Fi.
[dropcap1 variation="hotpink"]B[/dropcap1]ig fan of crossword puzzles? Try your hand at Turbo Crosswords which features 1500+ clues across 30 difficulty levels. Looks great and is available across multiple store-fronts, including Amazon Appstore, B&N Nook, and Google Play!
[dropcap1 variation="slategrey"]K[/dropcap1]eep An Eye puts your mind at ease, watching over your laptop for any activity. Receive an instant notification whenever one of the following events occur:
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[dropcap1 variation="mauve"]H[/dropcap1]ave you seen the new version of Feedly yet? It's really sharp looking stuff and makes for an even greater way to read all your favorite RSS feeds and news sources. It's faster, more stylish, polished, and really shines on a 7-inch tablet like the Nexus 7!
[dropcap1 variation="pearl"]O[/dropcap1]fficeDrop lets users take a photo of a document and turn it into a PDF file that gets hosted in the cloud. Everyone who signs up gets a free account with 2GB searchable storage however single users can get a paid plan starting at $9.99/month with unlimited document search results and larger search storage. Additional details in the service include OCR software, desktop sync, and Evernote, Google Docs, and FreshBooks integration.
[dropcap1 variation="steelblue"]K[/dropcap1]indle Fire HD uses will find that they can now download and install three titles from Smule. The popular apps have done quite well for iOS and Android thus far and should do just as good for the Amazon tablets.
- Magic Piano allows users to choose from the largest song catalog of any piano app and effortlessly play their favorite songs from Bruno Mars to Mozart
- Songify turns speech into song using sophisticated artificial intelligence technology
- AutoRap uses Smule's proprietary "rappification" technology to map syllables of speech to any beat, creating a unique rap every time
[dropcap1 variation="mossgreen"]S[/dropcap1]amsung Galaxy S III owners looking to get some extra juice out of their handset are encouraged to check out the new PowerSkin. Yes, it even works with NFC support! Amazon is offering the extra 1500mAh battery/case for only $59.99, a savings of $20 off the normal price.


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The possible discovery of the Higgs boson has prompted a flurry of books – in part because it's significant (and because the Large Hadron Collider is a sexy bit of kit) and in part because the whole business of the Higgs field and its importance for the mass of particles is one of the most obscure and unlikely bits of physics in the current canon.
I have really mixed feelings about this entry in the genre from physicist Sean Carroll. It's not because his book is too difficult to understand – it's almost because it's too easy. Generally speaking, there are three levels of good popular science. There's TV news popular science, which cuts a lot of corners to make things totally simplistic, but manages to get the message across quickly. There's the kind of book a good popular science writer will produce – highly approachable and readable, giving a lot more depth than the TV news and the best way to actually get an understanding of what's going on for most of us, but still cutting some scientific corners. And there's the kind of book a good scientist will write, which will probably go over your head the first time you read it, but if you persevere will give you the best illusion of knowing what the real science is about and getting some feel for the world of the scientist.
In his previous book From Eternity to Here, like Cox & Forshaw's Why Does E=mc2, Carroll didn't pull the punches. Much of the text was readable, but it may well have taken several attempts to get it to sink in. It was the perfect popular science book by an academic. Parts of this one, unfortunately verge on TV science. Some of it is so fluffy and approachable that it almost disappears into meaninglessness.
Luckily, this isn't true of all the book. The early parts are worse. Oddly, he gets significantly better when talking about the building of the Large Hadron Collider than he does in his first attempts on the physics. And it is worth persevering as Carroll improves with his approach further in (best of all are a few appendices where he goes into more detail and we see the old, mind-bending Carroll emerging).
Some specific issues I had: it was really irritating that Carroll uses units like degrees Fahrenheit and miles rather than scientific (or European) units throughout. This is real poor TV science stuff. A lot of his science is what I'd call 'plonking' he states it as if it is absolute truth, not the current best theory. So, for instance, he speaks of dark matter as if it were certain fact (nary a mention of the rival MOND theory). And he says at one point 'The world is really made out of fields. Sometimes the stuff of the universe looks like particles… but deep down it's really fields.'
I have two problems with this. One is that one of my absolute heroes was Richard Feynman and he said of light 'I want to emphasize that light does come in this form – particles.' If particles are good enough for Feynman, they're good enough for me. Secondly I think that what Carroll should be saying is 'fields are the model that work best to describe what's out there.' In the end it's a human devised model of something we can only inspect extremely indirectly. It is almost bound to be wrong – it's just better than anything else we have at doing the job. (Yet.)
Perhaps the worst problem is the way he oversimplifies. Oddly this is a classic problem when a scientist is writing popular science (and why a good science writer is usually better) because he doesn't know what the lay reader finds puzzling, so doesn't bother to explain. His explanation of the application of symmetry to physics simply doesn't fill in enough of the gaps. He says, for instance, that a mentos and diet coke experiment is symmetrical in all sorts of ways – you can point it in any direction, or translate it to any position and it works the same. Clearly this isn't true. It wouldn't work the same if the bottle was upside down, pointing straight at the ground, nor would it be the same if you translated it under the sea or into space. It's a classic case of handwaving generalisation, missing out all the provisos and so making the explanation fail.
It's certainly not a bad book – but I did prefer its rivals on a couple of counts. For a better heavy duty attempt at the physics, Frank Close's The Infinity Puzzle wins (though that definitely is a 'several reads to get it' book). And for the best overall description of the search for the Higgs, combined with the most approachable but informative information on the Higgs field and the whole standard model of particle physics I'd recommend Higgs by Jim Baggott. But Sean Carroll's book still did have a lot going for it and is still well worth considering.
Review by Brian Clegg


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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Dog Day Afternoon
So, now, we were back in Iowa. Which was great because I got to spend the entire weekend with Rufus and Elsa who, you know, now live in Iowa City. And, yes, Rufus was in another dog show and he took Best of Winners on both days. In fact, this was the third weekend in a row where Rufus took Best of Winners EVERYDAY.
But, really, the best part was that I got to spend lots of time with 4 of my fifteen pups. Rufus and Elsa and Angus and Roxie. They all got along incredibly well and learned to share the Nylabones.
On Sunday, after the show, we all suited up and headed off to Thornberry off-leash dog park in Iowa City. It has three separate areas: a large small-dog area, an agility training area, and a HUGE play park which contains a pond (which is fenced separately in case your folks don't want you to get wet or completely filthy). Well, we all ran around like nuts and then sat peacefully in the shade of a tree. It was a VERY HOT day.
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GOT7 Poses for Grazia Photo Shoot
Fashion magazine Grazia has released a series of photographs of boy band GOT7 after the group completed a photo shoot and interview with the publication.
The pictures show the boys in a wide range of outfits, including a group picture that features the whole group wearing all black, as well as individual pictures (check those out below).
During the interview, the members of the group took the chance to speak about their personal lives and thoughts.
Jr. revealed that he is a keen reader, and explained, "Doing the same thing every day can make a person tired. So I started reading books in my free time. I am currently reading [Milan Kundera's] 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being.'"
Member BamBam explained that he takes an interest in fashion. He said, "I have been watching a lot of fashion videos of late. Fans of the group know how interested I am in this subject."
And Jackson took the opportunity to talk about his close relationship with his parents. He said, "I call home every day to speak to my parents. I also send some money to my parents whenever I can. My father is the coach of the Hong Kong national fencing team, so during the recent Incheon Asian Games, I went to the airport by taxi to meet him when he arrived. It cost me quite a lot of money, but I was desperate to see him."
The full GOT7 interview and photo shoot will be featured in the December edition of Grazia.


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In ten days the archbishop of York is coming to Hexham Abbeyto launch the Tynedale Community Bank, an idea whose time has come all agree. It has cross party support as was demonstrated by the evidence session of last weeks Treasury Select Committee.
More details of the bank, and what we are trying to do as a community, and why, here:


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27th November 2015
Beaconfield A.D. Plant
Beaconfield is a 165kW AD plant situated in Patrington, Hull and is owned and operated by Mr Robin Meadley and his sons Michael and David as Beaconfield Renewables Ltd.
Beaconfield Renewables have benefitted from an AD plant as a method of managing the waste produced from farm animals; in this case, the farm yard manure produced from the hundreds of pigs they breed each year, along with grass silage that is grown on the farm.
This plant has been operational since October 2015 and commissioning was completed positively in January 2016.
Robin Meadley, Managing Director of Beaconfield Farm and Founder of Beaconfield Renewables, said:
"Our AD plant has been running at 100% output for a number of weeks, and we're now able to look at other ways of maximising the potential of the plant. This project has not only allowed us to diversify the farm but will also now provide an additional and sustainable long term income stream for myself, my sons and future generations.
This is particularly important for us following the difficult time the British farming industry has been through in recent years. At times, this digester has provided a steep learning curve, but my sons and I now understand the plant inside and out and we know enough about to be able to help other farmers who have, or are thinking about having a biogas plant on their farm."


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I'm here, I'm fierce, and I'm not going anywhere! Well, except downstairs to get some El Pollo Loco. Yum...chicken and lemonade...
So things are pretty cool here. Last night I hung around Hollywood for awhile. I pretty much plan to befriend all Hollywood inhabitants because they have access to the good drugs and a lot of money. That's something I could really get behind.
My apartment isn't anything special...just two bedrooms, a living room. kitchen, balcony (for when midterm exams come and I really need to end it all fast), the usual. Weird that my roommate isn't here yet. Actually, I've been the only person here since 9 am. It's kinda cool/eerie. I still have to buy a TV so I don't become a complete hermit. But yeah, everything's pretty chillza here.
School is a different story. There is a mad frenzy at the bookstore because not only can you register to vote there today, the cast of Greek is filming...and I guess talking to devoted, slobbering girl fans as well. I don't know. I haven't gone. I don't even watch Greek, and if I did, I doubt I'd want to meet the cast. Unless I could run down there and jump in a scene or something...maybe flash some deuces and shout a "holla!" really quick? Or throw on my "I Want To Be Sarah Morrison When I Grow Up Shirt"? Either options.
That's pretty much it, I guess. Hey V, will you go ahead and email me when you read this? Grazie. And pictures will be up soon...when I have time to take a deep breath, and I don't feel so lethargic. Can anyone else believe I just drove four fucking days to be here?! Straight up ridic.
Oh yeah, and the post picture is the note I left for my roomie. I had to go drop my mom off and I wasn't sure whether or not she would be in when I came back, so I courteously left a note. I mean, I'm so sweet, right?
Saturday, August 23, 2008
What Is Los Angeles Spanish For Again? The Angles?
I'm here, I'm fierce, and I'm not going anywhere! Well, except downstairs to get some El Pollo Loco. Yum...chicken and lemonade...
Posted by Erika at 5:18 PM
Back Words: Cool Kids, Ladiezzzz Helping Ladiezzzz, New and Improved, New Shit, Rad
6 comments:
- Valentina said...
What is Greek? I have never heard of such a show. However, you should have gone down there wearing the Sarah Morrison t-shirt, and you should get me one too. That way we can wear them to cinespace or whatever!
- August 23, 2008 at 8:10 PM
- MACK said...
back back...to cali, cali! i'm moving into my apt. tomorrow, holding down nyc for V! YAY! i bought zebra dishes.
- August 24, 2008 at 1:37 AM
- Anonymous said...
why are you SO obsessed with sarah morrison? seriously.
- August 24, 2008 at 6:02 AM
- Erika said...
Oh my god, why the fuck does it matter to you? And more to the point, why are you still reading this?! I think the better question is why are you so obsessed with me?? I'm not obsessed with Sarah Morrison btw, I just happen to think she's really fucking cool. But you, anonymous (yeah, that's clever), are just a fuckwad and I would appreciate it if you never left another comment here again. Thank you. :)
- August 24, 2008 at 2:14 PM
- purvaceous rex said...
I love Greek! Watch it (if you have cable) and it's not just cause I am in love with Cappie and just interviewed Clark Duke (oh hai, this is Olivia). And my best friend works on Greek! I'm gonna move to LA and trick them into hiring me to write for the show! You're invited erika. Also, fuck you anonymous. You are anti-fun and anti-friend. The end.
- August 27, 2008 at 8:00 PM
- Erika said...
Yay! Olivia just joined the party! I think the Greek kids are going on some kind of vote/self-promotion tour. I think you can find them at the University of GA next. And if they don't hire you, let me know. I have cousins that could do some Godfather type ish for you. :)
- August 27, 2008 at 11:02 PM


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This Sunday- we will have from Leftcoast Writers: David Hathwell published Between Dog and Wolf, his second poetry collection, in June 2017. Muses, his debut collection published last year, won acclaim from, among others, Richard Wilbur, Dana Gioia, and Edmund White. His poems have appeared in more than a dozen literary magazines. A former high-school English teacher, he has degrees in English from Stanford and Columbia, and a degree in music theory from Queens College of CUNY. He has studied piano at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and sung baritone in the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco and the San Francisco Choral Society. He lives in San Francisco with Stephen Goldston, his partner of forty-one years and husband of eight.
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Social prescription
Our parent company Sustaincare CIC has worked with NHS primary care centres in the UK to develop models of social prescription.
Social prescription is 'a clear, coherent and collaborative process in which healthcare practitioners … work with patients and service users to select and make referrals to community-based services'.
In our models we identified the first key requirement for any successful social prescription initiative:
you need a dedicated facilitator!
The overwhelming requirement of this facilitator is that she or he knows both the practice personnel and the key points of contact among the local community. The facilitator becomes the easy point of contact for the prescriber. The simple social prescription becomes "I think you should go and see …". This person is a repository of local community facilities: exercise classes, arts and eco-therapies, and can help a patient find the activity that best suited.
This is where the Health Guide becomes a social prescription…
Our community prescription model
The Create Connections consortium was formed in Exeter, England in 2012 from charitable and community organisations, some of whom had come together through linked Ecomind projects.
It has developed an innovative model of community provision to help fill the growing gap in central health and social care funding.
In our model participants co-produce their own sustained recovery with voluntary and statutory partners in support. Participants take ownership of their own journey. They stop being 'patients'. They purchase creative or eco-therapy courses or other activities as supported care plans, and evaluate their own progress. The process is overseen by statutory professionals, and facilitated and supported by mentors and support workers. Mentors will later include project graduates.
Participants may be out of work, not sleeping, may be in pain or distress, caring for a loved one, or facing learning or mental health challenges. They are likely to feel alone. In such times they often do need support, of professionals and of his family and community. At the end however it is they who have the greatest opportunity to move on.
Anyone in this system who can support: the practice health facilitator, the community volunteer, the group leader or peer mentor is acting in the role of Health Guide.


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Their feathers were so intense and beautiful! These two were having quite the grooming session, taking turns nibbling each other.
I just wanted to pop in and wish you all a Happy Easter and couldn't do so without a picture!
Lovely! What a fabulous color palette, eh? Happy Easter!
I love these little guys!!!


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Appliance Services and Repair is a full service company that installs and repairs home appliances of all brands and models. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of excellence and provide warranty on all repairs performed.
Get in touch with us to request your free diagnostics and schedule your in-home repairs.
We have SAME DAY and EMERGENCY repair services.
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At Appliance Services and Repair we specialize in the installation and repair of household appliances and housewares, including:
- Built-in microwaves
- Wall ovens and ranges (including electric)
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- Dishwashers
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- Garbage disposal systems
- Ice machines and dryers (gas/electric)
- Refrigerators (top/bottom/side-by-side)
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- Wine coolers (under the counter)
We can work on products of the industry's best-known brands
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I was delighted to find that Caroline Lawrence has a website devoted to the Roman Mysteries series.
I was even more delighted to find out that she will be doing a book-signing at the National Roman Legion Museum at Caerleon, about an hour's drive from us, in July.
We are certainly hoping to get there to meet her and get copies of the latest book signed for the two young ones :-)


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Updated at 7:56 a.m. Monday, August 5
Governor Jerry Brown has put off the possibility of a BART strike for at least a week, appointing a panel to investigate the contract dispute between BART workers and management as the request of the transit agency's leaders.
In a letter to BART General Manager Grace Crunican and the heads of three unions negotiating for contracts, Brown said he's appointing a three-person board to look into the threatened strike, with a report due within seven days. In his letter, Brown wrote that the law prohibits a strike as the investigation proceeds.
"For the sake of the people of the Bay Area, I urge - in the strongest terms possible - the parties to meet quickly and as long as necessary to get this dispute resolved," Brown wrote.
Pursuant to state law that went into effect just over a year ago, the report will include a statement of the facts surrounding the dispute - including the parties' respective positions - but no recommendations regarding what should be done. The report will be made available to the public.
The BART board had asked the governor to invoke a 60-day cooling-off period in a letter sent today, saying the investigation would help clarify differences between management and labor proposals - differences that have led both sides to attempt to make their cases in the court of public opinion.
A cooling off period would "allow us to continue negotiating while assuring the public that it will have transit service tomorrow and for another 60 days as we continue to bargain," the letter said.
Leaders of the Amalgamated Transit Union 1555, which represents BART drivers, said they're hoping the dispute will be resolved, though president Antonette Bryant told the San Jose Mercury News she was "extremely disappointed" the governor had to step in.
"We sincerely hope to come to a resolution so the riders that we serve do not have to suffer any further inconvenience," the drivers' union posted on Twitter.
The board will be chaired by Jacob Appelsmith, who will be leaving his post as senior adviser to Brown and head of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to become chief campus counsel at the University at California, Davis in September; he also helped manage employment issues for the state attorney general's office. It also includes Micki Callahan, San Francisco's human resources head since 2007 and formerly of the State Mediation and Conciliation Service; and Robert L. Balgenorth, president emeritus of the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California. Callahan worked at the California Nurses Association and was a union representative for Service Employees International Union - one of the three labor unions representing BART workers in negotiations - while Balgenorth served for four years as business manager and financial secretary for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 441.
Even though the strike has been averted - for now, ferries will run on an enhanced schedule Monday, returning to a regular schedule Tuesday.
Meanwhile, traffic is crawling across the Bay Bridge into San Francisco due to a big rig fire near the Fifth Street exit that closed two lanes of traffic. Shortly before 8 a.m., the commuting website 511.org reported that the trip from the East End of Alameda to San Francisco was taking 54 minutes, instead of the usual 20 minutes.


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Visme is an online design tool to create visuals for practically any use case. With Visme you don't have to be a designer or hire a designer to create visuals for business presentations, infographics, visual resumes, or any other type of visual content. Below a review of Visme.
Full disclosure: Visme contacted me to review their tool. They gave me premium access to try out the tool. This review is my personal view though on Visme. Some features and templates may only be available in the premium version.
What is Visme
Visme is an online design tool to create visuals for practically any use case. Visme makes it possible to create visuals without the need for design skills or dedicated design software like Adobe's Creative Suite. It isn't just a presentation or infographic tool but you can do so much more than that. Visme, for example, can also be used for other forms of visual content such as flyers, scatter plots, graphs & charts, social media graphics, and even to publish survey results. It's an online service, so you don't (can't even) download the software but work in the cloud. The tool works with templates.
View the video below to get an impression of Visme.
Creating Visual Stories By Non-Designers For Effective Communication
Communicating with text-only is, fortunately, becoming a thing of the past. Visual communication is more effective and more fun than traditional communication which has mostly been text-only. Business professionals realize this too. However, the biggest challenge for non-designers thus far has always been: How do I create beautiful visuals to present my message visually with no design skills? This is where Visme comes in.
With Visme anyone, with or without design skills, can create visual stories in the form of:
- Visual presentations
- Infographics
- Charts & reports
- Visual content for websites and social media
Getting Started With Visual Communication
Getting started to create visuals with Visme is very straightforward. Just sign up, and you're immediately good to go. You can sign up with only your email address and a password or create an account using your Google Account or Facebook account.
The whole concept of Visme is based on templates which you can customize to your liking. Once you've created an account, you can start creating visuals by selecting one of the pre-defined use-cases. Visme distinguishes the following types of content you can choose from:
- Presentations
- Infographics
- Documents
- Printables
- Web graphics
- Social graphics
- Custom size content
The first step in creating content is to select one of these content types. Once you've chosen the type of content, you'll see a library of templates for that specific type of content.
Goodbye PowerPoint, Welcome Visual Business Presentations
One of the challenging tasks of any business professional is to give a presentation which isn't boring. All too often business professionals accompany their presentation with a boring PowerPoint slide deck. The slide deck is filled with boring bullet points and massive amounts of boring texts that put the entire room to sleep instead of getting people excited about their ideas.
Visme offers business professionals an easy way to visualize an otherwise boring slide deck. When you choose to create a presentation in Visme, you can select from 800+ slides, all based on visuals. At the moment of writing you first choose from two types of slide designs: slides with a traditional design or slides with a modern, flat, design. Each of these two types of designs gives you access to 400+ individual slide designs.
Once you've chosen either one of the two slide designs, you'll be shown an editor to create your slides. On the right-hand side, you can add slides. When you add a slide, you can define what the general topic of that slide will be, and Visme will load a template for that specific topic.
Once the slide is loaded you can tweak all its elements:
- Text: Choose from different fonts, change sizes and colors, and even decorate the text.
- Graphics: Choose from Visme's extensive image library including photos (more than 500k photos) but also icons to change the background image or add an image to the slide. If browsing is too much of a hackle, then search whatever it is you're looking for.
- Data: Add data & charts elements to the slides. All data elements can be tweaked to show the numbers you want but also in the design you want. The map feature for example where every country can be edited is very nice!
- Media: Add YouTube videos, sounds fragments or any other type of embeddable content to your slides.
- Theme colors: Add a specific theme to your slides.
The slide editor makes it very hard NOT to visualize your slides. Tweaking slides and visualizing slides is very easy. You can also add your own images to the slides by uploading images from your computer. Adding animation to elements, like in PowerPoint, is also possible.
You can show the presentation in the browser by publishing it online or, if you have a premium subscription, you can export it to pdf or PowerPoint. The export to PowerPoint doesn't work well if you have a YouTube video embedded, i.e. the video shows up as an image in PowerPoint instead of a video. The video does work in the online version.
Playing around with different slides and adding different content elements I found it easier to work with than PowerPoint plus Visme has the bonus of a library with tons of images which PowerPoint and Keynote don't have.
Easily Create Infographics
There are various tools nowadays to make infographics yourself. Visme makes the process of creating infographics very easy. Again, the first step is to select a template for your infographic. There are many infographic templates to choose from. You can browse per topic for example. Below are the topics for which an infographic template is available:
- Process
- Timeline
- Reports
- Informational
- Hierarchical
- How To
- Anatomical
- Business
- Sales & Marketing
- Non-Profit
- Health & Medical
- Education
- Resume (also check this article about visual resumes)
- Science & Technology
Browsing through the entire list is probably not the most efficient way to find the template you like. Simply use the search bar on top to find the topic for your infographic and start from there. Once you've selected a template you're happy with an editor opens up which allows to you tweak every element of the infographic thus making it your own.
Similar to the presentation editor the infographic editor is very straightforward. You can change each element of the infographic and add additional blocks and elements to it if needed.
Turn Text-based Documents Into Visual Documents
Under the content type Documents, you can turn a variety of documents into visuals document. Think of reports, ebooks, newsletter, survey results, graphs & charts, etc. The first step is to select the type of content you want to create.
The editor works similarly as the Presentation editor. On the left side, you can choose from several layouts for your document. On the right-hand side, you can add new pages to your document. Also, you can add various elements from Visme's extensive library.
Visual Promotion Materials
There's also an option to create content for the physical world, i.e. printable materials like flyers, brochures, etc. Select the type of material you'd like to create and then choose the template you want to use. This leads to the editor where you can tweak the template to your liking, adding and changing the elements based on Visme's library. You don't have to worry about the format of the templates; they're in standard printing formats.
Create Visuals For Websites and Email Banners
The Web Graphic section makes it very easy to create the right visual to use on a website or in an email. The Web Graphic templates are organized according to standard size-formats used on the web, so you can also create your online banner ads with Visme based on one of the default formats.
Visuals for Social Media Websites
The templates for the Social Graphics are organized according to the most popular social media sites at the moment: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ (does anyone still use it?), YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Instagram.
Select the social media site you want to create a visual for. Once selected then you'll be able to choose fixed formats specific for that social media website, similar to the Web Graphic section. Selecting a format and then a design template will lead you once again to the editor where you can tweak your visual.
Pricing of Visme
Visme is free to use, but the free version does come with limitations: the choice of templates is limited, you can only create a maximum of three projects, you can only export in jpg or png format, and all created projects are public. If you don't want these limitations, then you can opt for one of the paid versions. Paid versions are all based on a subscription model.
Advantages and Disadvantages
The biggest advantage is of course that anyone can create visual content without design skills or even design software. The creator interface is very intuitive and easy to use. Browse through Visme's extensive image library to add visual elements to your content. It's all drag-and-drop, no special design skills required.
The template and image library are huge, so there are plenty of options to choose from. You can also import your own graphics to use. The number of templates is a possible 'disadvantage', though it's more of a luxury problem: there are just so many to choose from! Browsing through all the templates to find the right one can be a time-consuming task.
A disadvantage with these kinds of tools that are based on templates is that all designs become generic once more people start using it. If you want to have a unique design, then the best option will still be to hire a professional designer. However, if you want to create visual content quickly yourself without the need of a designer, then Visme more than delivers. Having a generic design is still better than a non-visual, boring piece of material.
If you have no design skills and don't want to hire a designer, but you do want to turn your story into a visual story, then Visme is an easy to use tool to do precisely that. The interface is intuitive, and it has a large library of templates and images to choose from. There's a free option to try out the tool before buying, so there's no reason not to give the tool a try. Have fun!


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Tomatoes and Cucumbers
I grow these in abundance as they taste SO much better than shop bought ones and they are relatively easy to grow either from seed or from the little plug plants you can buy in garden centres and even B&Q and the like these days.
I grow a real variety of tomatoes; from Buffalo ones for cooking, to more traditional salad tomatoes and cherry tomatoes. It is surprising how few of the cherry tomatoes actually make it into the kitchen! These are two of the many fruits and vegetables that the children simply love going outside and picking by the bowlful and hence are much more likely to eat therefore.
These plants have been grown from seed and are then transferred into a raised bed that is kept just for the tomatoes – last year the cucumber was in amongst the tomatoes but it became too competitive and affected the yield. I have a drip feeder system at the base so they get a regular water supply which is important if you want to avoid cracking and splitting due to an uneven provision of water. The plants are then trained up canes and up to strings across the roof of the greenhouse. These kept setting fruit until October.


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Toronto, April 24, 2012 — NexJ Systems Inc., (TSX: NXJ) a leading provider of next generation enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, today announced that financial results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2012 will be released on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at approximately 4:00 p.m. Eastern.
At 5:00 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, the Company will host a conference call and webcast of management's quarterly remarks and follow up question and answer period with analysts.
|NexJ Systems Inc. Q1 Earnings Announcement
|Tuesday, May 8, 2012
|5:00 p.m. Eastern
|Join the Webcast
|888-231-8191 (North America Toll Free)
|647-427-7450 (Toronto Local/International)
Investors should dial in approximately 10 minutes before the teleconference is scheduled to begin. A replay of the call will be available beginning May 8, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern through 11:59 p.m. on May 15, 2012 and can be accessed by dialing 416-849-0833 and using password 74116531.
About NexJ Systems Inc.
NexJ is a leading provider of enterprise private cloud software, delivering customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for financial services, insurance, and healthcare. Our next-generation, people-centered software combines industry-specific functionality with information from multiple applications and data stores to provide comprehensive knowledge of the individual.
NexJ was founded by an executive management team with extensive experience in the successful design and delivery of large-scale, integrated, enterprise software solutions. For more information about NexJ Systems call 416-222-5611, e-mail email@example.com, or visit www.nexj.com.


text: This past weekend when the weather was approximately 800 degrees we were hanging out on my patio sweating. bigj got tired of sweating and decided that he could MacGuyver up a mister out of a box fan, a ladder, and my garden hose. Ultimately I'd say it turned out pretty damn sweet. I had the great idea to use the BBQ tongs as a platform to get the hose farther in the front of the fan. It worked pretty well, wheezer got totally soaked by it! Baby Gabe liked it too, you can hear him laughing in the videos. Also bigj has chest hair that looks like the Phoenix !