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One of the most amazing features of a GoPro is its ability to go everywhere. I can put it my pocket or my backpack (or my son's diaper bag) and I know my next adventure or outing with my family will be well documented. However, like with every camera, if you are not familiar with its settings and abilities you can still end up not getting that shot you wanted.
Here are some tips and information that will help you GoPro your next adventure.
What GoPro model do I get?
This all depends upon the user. For me, I knew I wanted a model with a time lapse feature with a high megapixel setting. This led me to the Hero3+ Black Edition . Since my purchase, which was about 2 years ago, GoPro has come out with newer models. For most people, a silver edition camera is perfectly fine. It provides more than enough megapixels for photos and it shoots great HD video.
What settings do I shoot video in?
What I recommend is shooting in 720p at 60fps. The reason I typically shoot in 720p and not 1080p is because most people cannot tell the difference (not sure if I can) and it does'nt take up as much space on my memory card. It is also a little easier to manage in terms of transferring files. I shoot in 60fps because it gives me the ability to slow down the footage a bit if I want to. If you plan on shooting a lot of video, make sure your SD Card is class 10 and at least 16gb. This will give you room to shoot and hold a lot of footage on your GoPro.
Spend time with your GoPro
Spend a lot of time taking photos so you can see how the camera angle works best. The GoPro has a unique feel to it and if you treat it like you would your iPhone, you might not like the photos as much because the lens angle is not what you are used to. When I first got my GoPro, I put it in time lapse mode with it taking a photo every second. I would take photos of different objects in the yard from different angles so I could compare the images and see how the angles differed.
Time lapse everything
I actually do very few traditional "time lapses." I use the feature to get a maximum amount of shots in a short period of time or to get multiple shots of a specific target.
I kayak fish on a regular basis and one of my favorite things is to get a picture of a fish being released underwater. In order to do this, I put the GoPro on the time lapse setting with it taking a photo every half second. What this allows me to do is get tons of photos of the fish while it is sitting there and also while it swims away. I then sync my GoPro to my GoPro app on my phone and preview the photos, and because of the time lapse setting, I have tons of awesome photos to choose from. I then download the photos to my phone and upload them to VSCO to be edited.
The time lapse feature is also great when you are taking a "selfie" or a group shot because it allows you to get the camera out in front while it takes multiple photos. You can get some cool candid shots by doing this as well.
Last but not least are the GoPro accessories. There are a ton of mounts available. Whatever activity you are into there is mount that can meet your need and give you the angle and point of view you want. What I use more than any mount is a GoPole. You can really get a great shot and get an extra wide view by being able to put your GoPro in hard-to-reach spots. It's also great for getting large group shots.
I hope after reading this you know a little bit more about your GoPro, or maybe you are now ready to go buy one! It's a great camera to add to your collection and will give you a unique point of view on your next adventure!

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The father of the alleged victim, who apparently had her jaw broken in two separate places, took to social media to vent his anger over the incident.
"My daughter's jaw was broken in two places at Rehab Nightclub," he wrote.
CINews has been told the female victim is also suffering from psychological injuries following the assault.
"Now my daughter doesn't know all the beautiful family and friends she has," wrote the victim's father.
However, the police spokesperson says no report was made to the police service at the time of the incident.
The police officer was off duty at the time of the alleged incident.
"Any claims made against a police officer – or any other person, cannot be substantiated at all, as yet.
"Following the claims posted on Facebook, the police officer identified in a photograph as being involved has been interviewed as part of an investigation into the alleged fight.
"He and one other person have provided helpful information about the night," said the spokesperson.
Although the spokesperson claims "the police treat such incidents with seriousness," CINews has been told the officer is still active on the CIPD roster, having avoided suspension pending the outcome of the investigation into the alleged assault.
Earlier this year, another police officer was discharged without conviction after assaulting a female family member. The decision was seen as being highly controversial at the time, with prominent lawyer Wilkie Rasmussen questioning whether there was one law for all or whether it was "different" for some people.
The police spokesperson says no complaint has yet been made. However, he has confirmed the CIPD is still looking into the alleged incident.


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The process for provisioning a departmental file service begins when a department submits a request for network storage space to be used for shared work product. Requests can be made at www.stevens.edu/sd Once approved, Information Technology creates file space on network storage for the requesting department, creates permission groups as needed, and assigns users to the permission groups. Then the designated departmental file service administrator creates the desired directory structure and assigns permission groups to control access. Information Technology manages permission groups and their membership according to the directives of the file service administrator. The administrator utilizes the permission groups to manage access to the data as appropriate for the department's needs.
The first step in the process is for the requesting department to identify the departmental file service administrator. The administrator is responsible for managing access to the service and for interfacing with Information Technology when changes are needed. More than one administrator may be designated, but all matters pertaining to the file service should be directed to the file service administrator, who will liaison with Information Technology when necessary.
Once the administrator is assigned, Information Technology will create the service and create permission groups and assign Campus domain users to those groups based on information provided by the file service administrator. A common name prefix is used when creating permission groups so that a department's permission groups can be easily identified. For example, if a service is being created for Athletics, security group names might be prefixed with "pefs" (Physical Education File Service), for example pefsadministrator, pefsaquatics, pefslacrosse, pefsvolleyball, etc.. Users may belong to more than one permission group.
Once the permission groups have been created, the file service administrator can assign them to govern access to files and directories. File service administrators should be familiar with Windows file permissions, but if they are not, Information Technology will work with them to assist. However, Information Technology will not assume the role of file service administrator for a department. Managing file service access is not difficult as long as the permission structure is kept simple.
Only permission groups should be assigned to files and directories to control access. Individual user accounts should not, even if that means a permission group with a single user must be created. If there is a change in a user's job assignment, it is much easier to change their access if all access is governed through the use of permission groups.
Once the service is established, new groups and membership changes can be made as needed. The file service administrator can request permission group updates at www.stevens.edu/sd .
Departmental file services are designed to store files and documents that need to be shared with others. Every Stevens faculty, staff and student also has individual network storage space, which is where users' files should be kept when they are not to be shared.


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Women mourn during a memorial ceremony in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AFP
OTTAWA: An Indian-origin man has lost six of his family members in the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 people on board.
The victims were identified as Pannagesh Vaidya, 73; his wife Hansini Vaidya, 67; their daughter Kosha Vaidya, 37; her husband Prerit Dixit, 45; and their two children - Anushka and Ashka, Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown was quoted as saying by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
The family, all living in Canada, was headed for a "fun trip" to Kenya. Pannagesh Vaidya and Hansini Vaidya were Indian nationals.
Manant Vaidya, the brother of Kosha Vaidya, said he dropped off the family at Pearson International Airport on Saturday morning - what would be the second-last day of their lives.
"It's a huge tragedy. I lost my parents, I lost my sister. I don't have anyone else now," he said.
The Boeing 737 Max 8 - flight ET 302 - en route from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to the Kenyan capital Nairobi crashed six minutes after take off on Sunday. It ploughed into a field near Tulu Fara village outside the town of Bishoftu, some 60 km southeast of Addis Ababa.
"This is an unbelievably tragic situation for this family," Brown said in a statement.
"As more details become known, I will provide a further update on how Brampton residents can assist this family. Our thoughts and prayers are with them during this time of sorrow and reflection."
Manant Vaidya said that his sister Kosha, who became a Canadian permanent resident in 2003, wanted to take her children to Nairobi to show them her birthplace.
"They thought March break was the perfect time for them to go over there, have fun. It was going to be a really great trip for everybody."
Manant Vaidya said his parents insisted that they also wanted to go on the trip. "I asked my dad why he wanted to go and he told me that in his life he wants to go one more time."
He said his brother-in-law was working seven days a week in order to pay for the trip.
The Indian Embassy in Ethiopia on Sunday said that four Indian nationals were killed and they were identified as Pannagesh Vaidya, Hansini Vaidya, Nukavarapu Manisha, a doctor based in the US, and Shikha Garg, the United Nations Development Programme consultant attached with the Environment Ministry.
Ethiopian Airlines said Kenya had the largest number of casualties with 32, followed by 18 Canadians, 9 Ethiopians, 9 Britons, then Italy, China, and the US with eight each.
There were seven French citizens, six Egyptians, five Germans, and four people from Slovakia on board.
Indo-Asian News Service
The SPEA said if parents are reluctant to send kids to the schools in the first phase of reopening, they can choose the distance learning option.
The ministry announced one death due to COVID-19 complications, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 358.
The statement comes as a big relief to Indians who were stranded due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Indonesia's rumbling Mount Sinabung erupted Monday, sending a column of volcanic materials as high as 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) into the sky and depositing ash on villages.


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So often models get a bit chilly in order to get 'the shot'... but not on this shoot with Niall who had gained access to an amazing location that also head central heating! Music to any models ears! Most of my work at this time of the year is studio based so it was great to be able to do something a bit different without packing the thermal longjohns & wellies ;)
I think Niall captured some fab images using the natural light available. You can read his blog about it HERE or see more of his portfolio HERE. He's always great to work with and the shoot always flies by as a wonderful collaborative effort. Thanks Niall!
I'm over in Ireland regularly so if you'd like me to hop over to work with you let me know! I'm also coming over with Ivory Flame this year for some duo work. If you'd like to book me or the two of us let me know - email@example.com
Until then loves, let me know which shots you like best so I can get them on my portfolio :) xx
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
Art Basel::TAC Focus – The Prince + Kruger Trend
It's interesting to note the trends that emerge every December at Art Basel, Miami. Amongst the most visible working artists this year were Richard Prince and Barbara Kruger. Prince's popularity has soared since his Guggenheim retrospective last year and several galleries exhibited works from the artist's Cowboy and Nurse series. Even a canvas from the brand new Canal Zone paintings, (a show of these works is still on view at Gagosian), were up for sale. The most interesting offering from Kruger was a customizable floor installation, reading "we are the slaves of objects around us (quoted from Goethe)." The $150,000 piece would be outfitted to fit the buyer's installation specifications. More images after the jump.
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[...] The Art Collectors have commentated accordingly of an apparent trend from this months Art Basel, that of the significant showing of the great Richard Prince and Barbara Kruger, two artists who have distinctive styles but more importantly have been historically influential beyond almost any. Prince's work has been of particular interest amongst popular culture of late since his involvement with Marc Jacob's Louis Vuitton, and his Guggenheim retrospective. Perhaps this is a sign of some resurrected interest on a popular level of Krugers work for 2009. Check out some of the amazing works on display after the jump. [...]
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The Spanish-Speaking World: Cultural Crossings
Fall 2014, Winter 2015 and Spring 2015 quarters
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Spain and Latin America share not only the Spanish language but also an intertwined history of complex cultural crossings. The cultures of both arose from dynamic and sometimes violent encounters and continue to be shaped by uneven power relationships as well as vibrant forms of resistance. In this program, students will engage in an intensive study of the Spanish language and explore cultural production by Spaniards and Latin Americans in historical context. Every week will include seminars on readings in English, Spanish language classes, a lecture or workshop conducted in Spanish and a Spanish-language film. There will be regular written seminar responses, synthesis essays and a winter-quarter research project. Please note that Spanish language classes are integrated into the program, so students do not have to register for them separately. We welcome students with any level of Spanish, from true beginner to advanced. No previous study of Spanish is required to enter in the fall.
Fall quarter, we will explore cultural crossings in Spain and Latin America prior to the 20th century. We will study the coexistence of Jews, Christians and Muslims in medieval Spain and the suppression of Jewish and Muslim communities during the Spanish Inquisition. We will also examine violence against indigenous peoples and Africans during Spain's process of imperial expansion and how subsequent colonial institutions were contested by diverse resistance movements, including Latin America's struggles for independence in the 19th century. Our readings will include historical accounts as well as contemporary cultural products that reexamine and reimagine these encounters.
Winter quarter, we will turn to the 20th and 21st centuries in Latin America, with emphasis on the roles of class, gender and ethnicity in various groups' struggles to contest unequal power relations and determine their own futures. Possible cases include: ethnic and national movements in the Caribbean; ongoing issues of land, violence and sovereignty in Mexico; indigenism and indigeneity in Mexico, Guatemala and Peru; legacies of the Nicaraguan revolution; roles of new social movements in transitions to democracy in the Southern Cone; and the impact of unprecedented migration in the Americas. In each of these contexts, we will explore the interrelationships between politics and cultural production and how literature and film can impact processes of social change.
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At the same time as the races in the bay there is an offshore race, which this year takes participants to Ventimiglia in Italy. These boats must comply with the Open Sea Class rules, which means being able to take three people and meet technical specifications defined in collaboration with the UIM.
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Switzerland's national railway has told its workers to stop using their normal orange reflective vests after confused Dutch soccer fans started following them on to the tracks.
A railway spokesman said the changed strip had been prompted by an incident in the Swiss capital Berne when a group of Netherlands supporters followed a worker on to the lines after mistaking his uniform for their traditional orange dress.
"We have now given out yellow vests to all our staff who have to work on or cross the tracks in Basel, where the Dutch fans are now based," Oliver Tamas said on Friday.
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Police in Berne also ditched their orange vests after Netherlands were drawn to play all three of their group stage matches in the city.
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This Insider's Guide to the Legoland Florida Hotel has everything you need to know to have an incredible stay!
A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to stay and the brand new Legoland Hotel in Florida. It opened in May (2015) and we were thrilled to get to visit during their inaugural summer! Since it's brand new and most of you haven't had a chance to stay there, I wanted to do an Insider's Guide to the Legoland Florida Hotel.
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:: The Attention to Detail is Incredible!
There are Legos everywhere you turn at the Legoland Florida Hotel. The entrance has giant mini figures greeting you and a huge dragon made of tiny bricks. There is also an enormous wall of mini figures behind the check-in desk with some really rare and interesting characters.
:: There are Lego Bricks for Kids Everywhere!
You'll find Legos for kids to play with at every turn. There's a box of bricks in your room to play with. Plus, you'll also find them in the lobby! Your kids can build with bricks and play on the ship while you check-in. The play areas are also visible from the hotel bar so you can sit and have a drink while the kids play.
:: Free Master Classes for Kids!
Every kid that stays at the Legoland Florida Hotel can take a free Master Builder Class. Since these are only open to kids at the resort, they aren't crowded and are much more personal. It's also a fun way to take home a memorable souvenir.
:: There are LEGOs in the Pool!
Sure there's a waterpark inside Legoland but don't miss a chance to visit the hotel pool. They have soft, oversized Lego bricks floating in the pool. It's fun for everyone, including the adults. My husband got in on the action too and built boats and buoys and other fun things with the kids! And if you can't get enough, you can order some for your pool at home…for a pretty penny.
:: There's a Dance Party in the Elevator!
Once the elevator doors close, the light go out and the disco ball comes on. Have a mini dance party while you wait to get off. This was one of the highlights of the visit for my kids. They loved taking the elevator!
:: All the Room are Built for Kids!
Every room in the hotel is a themed suite with a separate area for kids. The kids side has bunk beds with a trundle as well. They come in varying themes: Pirate, Adventure, Kingdom and Lego Friends. My kids loved our pirate themed room. It was really fun for them to explore and find all the fun pirate details around the room.
:: In-Room Treasure Hunts!
Every room has a treasure box. Look around your room for clues to crack the code that opens the box. Inside, the box is filled with kid friendly treasures. While I'm sure the contents vary by season and availability, ours was spectacular. Inside the boys found the latest Lego Club magazines and catalogs, juice pouches, lanyards, snacks and even two mini Mixels bags.
:: Separate Areas for Parents
The rooms carry their fun themes into the main sleeping area too so even adults feel like one of the kids. However, it's nice to have your own space where you can watch TV after the kids go to sleep.
:: Start Your Day with Breakfast!
Legoland Florida Hotel includes free breakfast for their guests. First thing in the morning, head over to the Bricks Restaurant for you complimentary breakfast. We were really impressed with the offerings. The breakfast buffet has an omelet station, pancakes and french toast, fresh fruit and so much more. It's a great way to kick off a long day in the park.
:: Get Early Park Entry!
One of the best perks to staying at the Legoland Florida Hotel is that hotel guests can sneak into the park a half hour earlier than the general public! It's only 130 kid steps to get from the front of the hotel to the main gates. This makes it easy to get there in the morning and take full advantage of the extra hour.
There are literally too many things to mention in our Insider's Guide to the Legoland Florida Hotel. You'll just have to experience it for yourself! We had an absolute ball during our stay a the Legoland Florida Hotel and we were all sad to leave. After our incredible experience at this hotel and park, we are hoping to visit the California park now too. Maybe next summer! Huge thanks to Legoland for letting us be a part of their inaugural summer!
—> Don't miss our Legoland Florida Tips and Tricks too! <—
Disclosure: While Legoland hosted our family, the opinions and statements in this Insider's Guide to the Legoland Florida Hotel are all mine.


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Kroncong (pronounced "kronchong") is the name of a ukulele-type instrument and an Indonesian musical style that typically makes use of the kroncong, a flute, and a female singer. Characteristics
The name "Kroncong" may be derived from the jingling sound of the kerincing rebana, as heard in the rhythmic background to the music created by the interlocking of instruments playing on or off the beat. This background rhythm runs faster than the (often) slow vocal or melody, and is created, typically, by two ukuleles, a cello, a guitar and a bass. These instruments, especially the pair of ukeleles, interlock as do the instruments in a gamelan orchestra, and it is clear that the musical traditions of Indonesia have been applied to an orchestra of European instruments.
One ukulele, called the "cak" (pronounced "chak") may be steel-stringed and the instrumentalist strums chords with up to 8 strums per beat in 4/4 rhythm. The off-beat strums are accentuated. The other ukulele, called the "cuk" (pronounced "chook"), is larger and may have 3 gut or nylon strings. The instrumentalist may pluck arpeggios and tremoloes using a plectrum, and the on-beat is emphasised. As a set, the cak and cuk form an interlocking pair that mostly gives Kroncong its characteristic kron and chong.
The cello may have 3 gut or nylon strings and chords are plucked rapidly, often with a unique skipped-beat, using the thumb and one finger. This instrument then adds both rhythm and tone. The guitar may play similarly to either cak or cuk but, more often, plays extended scalar runs that provide an undulating background to a chord or bridge chord changes. The bass often is played in a minimalist style reminiscent of the large gongs in a gamelan.
On top of this rhythmic layer the melody and elaborate ornamentation is carried by a voice, flute or violin. The violin or flute are used to play introductory passages (often elaborate), fills and scalar runs, both faster and more elaborate than the guitar. The vocalist sings the melody which, in traditional Kroncong, is slow with sustained notes.
The repertoire largely uses the Western major key with some arrangements in the minor. One departure from this occurs when Kroncong orchestras play Javanesse songs (Langgam Jawa). Javanese music ordinarily uses scales and intervals that do not occur in Western music. Kroncong Jawa maintains Western intervals but adopts a 5-tone scale that approximates one of the main Javanese septatonic scales. When playing this style, cak and cuk leave their characteristic interplay and both play arpeggios to approximate the sound and style of the Javanese instrument the siter, a kind of zither. The cello adopts a different rhythmic style as well.History
Kroncong music began in the 16th century as sailors brought Bobian instruments and music to Indonesia. Lower-class citizens and gangs, commonly called buaya (a reference to "buaya darat" or crocodile on land, a term used to describe playboys to this day) adopted the new musical styles. Eventually, they were assimilated by the upper-class citizens. Paul Fisher writes,
The small kroncong guitar, also the name of a music, is derived from the Portuguese braguinha, sharing its root with the Hawaiian ukulele. Kroncong music is believed to have originated in the communities of freed Portuguese slaves in the 16th century. European influence from this time can also be heard in the music of the Batak people of North Sumatra, and from the end of the 19th century, the beginnings of guitar accompaniment incorporated within a distinctly Indonesian idiom in music from Sumatra, South Sulawesi and elsewhere.
Kroncong (currently spelled Keroncong in Indonesian) is now considered old-fashioned folk music by most Indonesian youth, although efforts have been made since the 1960s to modernise the genre by adding electric guitars, keyboards and drums, notably in so-called Pop Keroncong sung by Hetty Koes Endang. The melancholic spirit of traditional, acoustic Kroncong (so similar to Portuguese Fado music) has been recorded by Samuel Quiko and the members of his Jakartan Krontjong Tugu Orchestra, who have performed at the well-known Pasar Malam in The Hague.
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Sepasang Mata Bola
Juwita Malam
Selendang Sutra
Keroncong Kemayoran
Bengawan Solo
Bumi Emas Tanah Airku
Sapu Tangan
Dewi Murni
Di Bawah Sinar Bulan Purnama
Gado Gado Jakarta
Hitam Tapi Manis
Melati Di Tapas Batas
Rangkaian Melati
Rayuan Pulau Kelapa
Jembatan Merah
Lenggang Lenggang Kangkung
Mangga Pisang Jambu
Pulang Kampung
Supir Taksi
Tukang Becak
Rindu Lukisan
Sapu Lidi
Satria Sejati
Mengapa Kau Menangis
Pasar Gambir
Bandar Jakarta
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|Dave "Hump" Humphries
It is with great sadness that I relay the news of passing away of a great man, Dave "Hump" Humphries. For those who don't know Hump, he was a coach/sponsor for the Pine Knob / Premier Ticket / RSIG Security teams based out of Michigan in both 50 major plus and the last couple of years 55 major plus divisions. He also coached and sponsored many younger teams that played under Humps Softball Club. Many of Michigans best players at one time or another played for Hump. Personally he was an inspiration and was like a second father to me. RIP my friend, the world is better place for you being a part of our lives.
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Sorry to hear about "Hump". he was a good person. Crump had called me today and gave me the sad news. Softball will miss him.
|Jan. 29, 2010
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|Thanks for your kind words Butch17. He will truly be missed.
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|I have only heard of Hump, and understand he did good things for many good things away from sports as well.
Stick, sorry for the loss!
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|Thanks E4/E6. He was definitely all that you elluded to.


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This roasted carrot soup is topped with a simple parsley and walnut pesto and makes a nice easy dinner with some crusty bread on the side. The vegetables are roasted in the oven before being pureed into the soup, giving a deeper depth of flavour.
When I went to the Okanagan in BC for yoga training, a wonderful person I had never met before offered to pick me up at the airport and let me stay at her house for a night. Her name's Rachelle, and she was becoming a teacher too. She is easily one of the kindest people I've ever met. Rachelle has her own yoga business now and I can't think of anyone who is more perfect to be a teacher than she is.
There was a huge walnut tree in Rachelle's front yard, and walnuts were falling everywhere. They had buckets of them just sitting around and she was kind of annoyed about having to pick all of them up. I was in awe of this tree. We don't have walnut trees growing in Manitoba, where it's a struggle to grow just about anything other than crab apples because of the extreme weather.
Actually, crab apples are a great comparison, because so many people here have crab apple trees and just let the apples rot instead of doing something with them. (They make excellent apple butter.) I couldn't imagine having a nut tree in my yard, and considering the outrageous price of walnuts at home, I was pretty thrilled when she gave me a container to take back with me. I've been saving them for months, but finally brought some out for this recipe.
Despite eating soup at least a couple of times a week during the colder months, I haven't posted a soup recipe since August! We're in a strange transition time right now where there isn't really any exciting new produce available, but winter staples are starting to get a bit tired.
Simple meals like this roasted carrot soup are tiding me over until spring really begins. Marie had a gorgeous pumpkin soup recipe as her guest post in October, but come on, it's April. Get your shit together, Alexandra.
Graham was cracking the walnuts for me and found a perfect little heart inside one. Of course.
About this roasted carrot soup – it's crazy easy. You just need a few ingredients, and the main ones are roasted in the oven, so no chopping/dicing/grating or any of that junk. All you need to do is roast some carrots and onions, toss them in a pot with some vegetable stock, spices, and lemon, and blend it up.
There's about five minutes of work involved and the result is excellent. This is one of those recipes that you'll want to make after a long day. There are just five ingredients plus a handful of common spices.
While the pesto might seem like a fancy, time consuming addition, it's easy and speedy to make too. A minutes in the food processor or with a hand blender and you're good to go. It's a great dressing for grains, too, so if you have some extra, throw it on quinoa or millet or add it to a buddha bowl. I used a mortar and pestle for this the first time and it took forever, so I recommend using a blender of some sort.
Let's connect! If you liked this recipe, make sure to leave a comment below, I love hearing from you! Tag me on instagram @occasionallyeggs and #occasionallyeggs so I can see what you're making, and stay in touch via facebook, pinterest, and bloglovin.
Roasted Carrot Soup with Parsley & Walnut Pesto
This roasted carrot soup is topped with a simple parsley and walnut pesto and makes a nice easy dinner with some crusty bread on the side. The vegetables are roasted in the oven before being pureed into the soup, giving a deeper depth of flavour.
Carrot Soup
- 8 medium carrots, or about 400 grams
- 1 medium onion
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil*
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 cups vegetable stock
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- Salt to taste
Parsley & Walnut Pesto
- 1/2 cup 30 grams fresh parsley, stems removed
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup walnuts
- Zest and juice of a lemon
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Carrot Soup
- Heat the oven to 400F/200C and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scrub and trim the carrots and place them on the prepared sheet. Peel the onion, cut it in half, quarter each half (see above photo) and add them to the sheet with the carrots. Drizzle with the oil and sprinkle the salt and pepper over them.
- Roast the vegetables for 45-50 minutes, or until the onions are starting to brown on the edges and the carrots can be easily pierced with a fork.
- Place the roasted vegetables in a medium sized pot and pour the stock over them. Add the lemon juice, maple syrup, hot pepper, and garlic powder. Puree with a hand blender until completely smooth. Alternatively, if your blender worked with hot liquids, you can add everything to it instead and blend until smooth.
- Add some more salt if necessary at this point, and serve the soup hot.*
Parsley & Walnut Pesto
- Add everything to a food processor or blend with a hand blender until smooth. Serve over the soup with an extra drizzle of olive oil.
1. I like avocado oil because it does well at high temperatures. Use any high-heat safe oil in its place.
2. You may need to warm it up again on the stove if your vegetable stock was cold or if you stopped to take pictures of the roasted vegetables (ha).


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An Edmonton man is making sure awareness for black history isn't confined to the 28 days that make up Black History Month.
Toronto public schools have major and rising student achievement gaps based on race and income, according to a recent landmark report. One of the biggest blocks to closing these gaps is educators' understanding of why these gaps exist and the methods used to try and close them.
2019 has been named The Year Of The Return by Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo. During a September 2018 event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., he said the "time is right" for people of African descent to make the journey back, with Ghana leading the way with its open arms.
The York Eglinton neighbourhood of Oakwood isn't letting the dust of construction dim it's light. Instead, for its second annual Cityscapes Winter Exhibition, the local BIA has teamed up with the NIA Centre for the arts to re-invigorate many of the empty and abandoned storefronts with vivid art from a select group of Black artists. The theme is "New Perspectives of Home."
We've come a long way when it comes to women in the workforce, but when it comes to the construction industry, we've still got a long way to go. Even though construction is one of Canada's largest employers, women account for just 4.5 percent of those working in the skilled trades.
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When Michelle de Lyon saw a poster for Black Pysicians of Tomorrow in the hallway at Durham College, she knew she had to join. That was in 2015 when she was pursuing fitness & health promotion studies. Not only did she get involved, she put her past grant writing skills to use and helped the organization achieve its goal to aquire funding to broaden its scope beyond post-secondary institutions.
Toronto, ON (December 17, 2018) - ByBlacks.com announced their first People's Choice Awards with nominations beginning today in 50 categories, from Artists to Web Designers. Canadians will be able to nominate their favourite Black-owned businesses across the country via the ByBlacks.com/nominate web page.
A new multi media campaign called Crystals As Crowns recently launched in Toronto. It's a groundbreaking black youth resilience media campaign seeking to reduce negative conceptions of self and low self-esteem among black and racialized youth. The campaign includes empowering imagery of youth in control of their futures and rooted in a self-determined imagination, the "Crystal Mind."
There are rare moments when you get to witness history in the making. Some of us only realize the importance of an experience years after it has been lived.
This Ontario election seemed like we had more Black candidates stepping up to the plate than ever before. And the result ended up with some historic wins for our community.
In 2015, there were over a million small businesses in Canada, with less than half of these businesses partially or solely owned by women.
Achieving success despite the odds is nothing new for Shelly Skinner, who is a municipal candidate for Barrie Ontario's Ward 8.


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The Office of Educator Support is responsible for ensuring that Texas recruits, supports, and retains effective teachers and principals to serve the 5.5 million public school students in Texas. Educator Support leads work to recruit teachers through grant programs such as Grow Your Own, oversees educator preparation programs, certifies educators, provides training to improve teaching practice through programs such as Lesson Study and Texas Instructional Leadership, and protects students and the integrity of the education profession by investigating and sanctioning instances of educator misconduct. Educator Support also leads our work to improve low-performing schools across the state and to support districts in developing high quality options. This includes leadership of the Divisions of School Improvement, Charters, and Systems Support.
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After more than two decades, former hip-hop duo Kris Kross are reportedly reuniting to honor their one-time record label So So Def.
According to reports, Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly and Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith will formally hook back up next month.
Get ready to break out your backwards oversized gear again, because '90s pint-sized rap duo Kris Kross are all growed up and ready to jump jump back into the spotlight. It's been 21 years since Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly and Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith became famous for those ridiculous outfits -- and their monster hit "Jump" -- and they've just announced they are reuniting for a 20th anniversary all-star concert honoring So So Def Recordings in Atlanta next month. (TMZ)
Along with Kris Kross, former So So Def artists including Xscapeand Da Brat will reunite.
Atlanta-based So So Def Records will celebrate 20 years of making music by holding a concert at the Fox Theater. MayorKasim Reed joined the label and hip hop artists on Tuesday to announce a 20th anniversary concert on Feb. 23. So So Def starsJermaine Dupri, Xscape, Kris Kross and Da Brat will perform at the reunion celebration. (My Fox Atlanta)
Back in early 2011, Da Brat got released from jail after putting in time on a three-year jail sentence.
"It's been crazy, everybody has been hitting me up," she said in an interview. "I'm in the 'A' doing house arrest. I have this nice leg monitor jewelry. I'ma put some Swarovski Crystals on this...I actually had more freedom in the work release program because I got to go home on pass. In the transition center you work and go back and forth to your job. When you're on pass you can go home. But I ain't trippin'. It's all good. All of this will be over soon." (XXL Mag)
Kris Kross are most known for invading the rap scene in the early 1990's as teenagers.
Thirteen-year-old rappers Chris "Daddy Mack" Smith and Chris "Mack Daddy" Kelly became the pop sensations of 1992 as Kris Kross. The two were discovered at an Atlanta mall in 1991 by then-19-year-old producer Jermaine Dupri, who took them under his wing and came up with the gimmick of having the duo wear all of their clothing backwards, lending more significance to their name. Thanks in part to savvy marketing, "Jump," which sampled the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back," became the fastest-selling single in 15 years, staying at number one for eight weeks on the Billboard charts and pushing the sales of their debut album, Totally Krossed Out, past four million. Another gold single followed in "Warm It Up," and Kris Kross toured Europe with Michael Jackson and appeared on innumerable teen-oriented TV shows. (All Music)
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Danny Wilson is excited by the prospect of playing under the floodlights at Bramall Lane on Friday night.
The Blades are in rare Friday night action, owing to Sheffield Wednesday's home game with Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday (the Owls switched a fixture when the Blades were at home on the same day earlier in the season).
Looking ahead to the clash, Wilson said: "It will be a big challenge for us, Coventry are in excellent form of late and are just outside the top six.
"We have had two very good games against them already this season and as you saw they were very even contests.
"It is two big clubs going head-to-head with everything to play for.
"It will be a special atmosphere under the lights at Bramall Lane and I am sure the supporters will back the lads from the first minute to the last.
"I have said since the start of the season that Coventry will be there or thereabouts and Mark (Robins) has done tremendously well to get them up the league after a poor start.
"I am more bothered about our performances, though, and this is the first of two very important home matches for us."


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Award ceremony for the Prix Schläfli "Physics" 2019
2019Nov 5
16:00 - 17:00
VenueUniversity of Basel
Department of Physics
Lecture Hall 1
St. Johanns-Ring 25
4056 Basel
Meeting pointUniversity of Basel
The Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) has awarded the Prix Schläfli 2019 to the four most important insights gained by young researchers at Swiss universities. Matteo Fadel has been awarded by the Prix Schläfli "Physics" for his findings in quantum mechanics.
Matteo Fadel will receive the Prix Schläfli "Physics" 2019 from Hans Peter Beck (president of the jury) and present the awarded work "The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox in a many-body system".
The ceremony will be followed by an aperitif.


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November 10th Minutes
Hopkins District Library Board Meeting
November 10, 2015
Call to Order – Karon Dunifin, Vice-President at 7:00 pm.
Roll Call Present: Tom Bailey, Natalie Bazan, Karon Dunifin, Lynn Francis, Mimi Gabriel, Chris Navis, Traci Rhoades, Barb Wrobleski
Absent: Suzanne Antvelink
Approval of Agenda –Mimi made a motion, seconded by Tom.
Approval of Minutes –Traci moved to approve the minutes with amendment, Karon seconded.
Treasurers Report – Motion by Lynn to approve the treasurer's report and seconded by Traci.
Correspondence – none
Public Comment – none
Director's Report as follows:
Programs: Ongoing: Book club. Upcoming: See newsletter.
Publicity: Up to 561 likes on Facebook, planning additional advertising on Facebook, Allegan County Community Foundation quarterly news is out, advertisement is still up at the Regent Theater, Aug-October newsletter, work has begun on the Nov-Dec newsletter.
Meetings, workshops, etc: Advisory and Board meeting for LLC.
Building Issues: none
Budget Issues: none
Library Closings: Upcoming holidays.
Volunteers: none
Lakeland, State other library news – KDL migration completed.
Patron comments and suggestions: Donations for the library and for the library cat, continued book suggestions, dvd suggestions and programming suggestions.
Other – Emerging leaders program, Boston ALA, Natalie has been one of only 50 accepted to attend. She is planning on visiting the Library of Congress during this trip. Wonderful opportunity for new books.
Old Business – Director's evaluation. Natalie received a great evaluation. It was noted that she needs to create a long range plan and she is presently working on one. We also discussed the possibility of a direct mailing next year.
New Business – 2016 Officer Slate: President - Karon Dunifin, Vice-President - Chris Navis, Secretary – Lynn Francis and Treasurer – Mimi Gabriel. Barb made a motion to accept the slate of officers and Mimi seconded the motion. All ayes.
Karon made a motion to approve the new budget and Barb seconded. All ayes.
Tom presented the idea that we need to give Natalie a raise and health benefits. Natalie offered that if we consider a raise the Dorr Library Board is researching getting her health insurance. This is tabled until our January meeting.
Public Comment – none
Adjournment – Karon made a motion to adjourn at 7:40 p.m. and Chris seconded.
Next meeting will be Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.


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The former president is reportedly raking in $400,000 per speech to massive financial firms.
by Jake Johnson
Less than a year has passed since he departed from the White House, and former President Barack Obama has already joined the "well-trod and well paid" Wall Street speaking circuit, a decision many argued will negatively impact the Democratic Party's credibility as it attempts to fashion a message around taking on corporate monopolies, tackling income inequality, and loosening the insurance industry's control over the American healthcare system.
According to a Bloomberg report published Monday, Obama has in the last month delivered two speeches to massive financial firms—Northern Trust Corp and the Carlyle Group—for around $400,000 a pop, and he is slated to attend a three-day conference hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald next week, for which he will make another $400,000.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced a wave of intense criticism following her paid speeches to Wall Street during the 2016 presidential campaign and later conceded that they weren't politically wise.
Obama, however, doesn't appear to harbor any concerns about the political impact his speeches may have—a fact that could be problematic for the Democratic Party, Bloomberg's Max Abelson notes.
"While he can't run for president, he continues to be an influential voice in a party torn between celebrating and vilifying corporate power," Abelson writes. "His new work with banks might suggest which side of the debate he'll be on."
News of Obama's decision to "cash in" following his eight-year presidency drew significant ire, particularly given his administration's failure to enact sufficient structural changes to the financial system following the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression.
As Abelson observes, Obama's "Justice Department prosecuted no major bankers for their roles in the financial crisis, and he resisted calls to break up the biggest banks, signing a regulatory overhaul that annoyed them with new rules but didn't stop them from pulling in record profits."
Responding to Bloomberg's report, a Twitter user asked Ryan Cooper, national correspondent for The Week, what a person could do in order to receive $400,000 for a single speech.
Cooper responded with a two-step plan:
three $400,000 buckraking speeches on Wall Street from Obama just in the last month https://t.co/SiegTvaTS0— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) September 18, 2017
Others reacted similarly to the former president's lucrative speeches, noting that given Obama's continued power over the direction of the Democratic Party—which was demonstrated in his successful push for former Labor Secretary Tom Perez to become chair of the Democratic National Committee over Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)—is reason enough for him to abandon the Wall Street circuit.
"This is a really crappy thing to do to the people who poured their hearts into his campaigns and administration," concluded Matt Stoller, a fellow at the Open Markets Institute. "Hillary Clinton publicly talking about why she lost [the 2016 election] is far healthier than private speeches to the Carlyle Group."
For investigative journalist Nomi Prins, Obama's Wall Street speeches are indicative of the deep, inescapable influence the nation's largest financial institutions exert over political discussion and policy in the United States.
"Wall Street knows no party," Prins concluded.
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James Yorkston Presents Tae Sup Wi` A Fifer: Martin Simpson / Seamus Fogarty / Duke Special
Sat 10th Jun 2017
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2 hours
Hosted by James Yorkston. Martin Simpson, Duke Special and Seamus Fogarty
Universally acclaimed as one of the finest ever acoustic and slide guitar players, and a fine banjo-picker to boot, his solo shows bear witness to an artist at the very top of his game. Whether interpreting materials from tradition or singing his own potent self-penned songs, Simpson is a remarkable storyteller: captivating and profoundly moving. His own song writing produced the poignant 'Never Any Good', from Prodigal Son, 2007's Folk Album of the Year.
"Martin Simpson has transcended borders and oceans to quietly become a superb storyteller and musician of great depth and unquestionable taste" Stephen Fearing


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|The TURD
LOWEST RATING: "The Turd discovered behind Harry's Charbroil and Dining Lounge"
Starring: Gabriella Wilde, Alex Pettyfer, Bruce Greenwood, Joely Richardson, Robert Patrick
Review By Greg Klymkiw
Each time a song was insultingly coughed up into my face like some lump of technicolor phlegm by one of the infinite number of contemporary performers on the soundtrack of this horrendous 2014 film adaptation of Scott Spencer's magnificent novel, all I kept thinking was how much these gibbering gibbons had less collective talent than an infected cyst lodged deep inside Lionel Richie's ass-crack and a snot-tangled nostril hair poking out of the proboscis of Diana Ross. They were, of course, the duo du jour who crooned a number-one-with-a-bullet duet of the execrable (Oscar-nominated!!!) theme song "Endless Love" from Franco Zeffirelli's abominable 1981 picture which, like this 2014 version, also butchered the same great book. The intrusive pop tunes become so annoying - wedged, as they are into scenes like unwelcome music videos or worse, cascading noisily over dialogue - that they make Christophe's Beck's whiny instrumental score seem just this side of a lobotomized Bernard Herrmann as rendered by the 101 Strings Orchestra.
However, let it be said now, that the 1981 Endless Love which, was a sludge heap of immense proportions, must now surely be considered one of the greatest movies ever made compared to this 2014 bowl of Charles Manson's anal drippings. If Zeffirelli created a cinematic equivalent to an aborted foetus served up on a dollar-store paper plate, then it's clear the idiot-sans-savante, Shana Feste (she of the abysmal Country Strong) and who purportedly directed this version, must surely have outdistanced the cinematic abortionist styling of Zeffirelli and bloody well ripped a foetus from a womb with a rusty coat hanger, then stomped upon the gelatinous blob with the abandon of a lead performer in a crack-fuelled performance of "Lord of the Dance", then took a huge, rancid crap upon it and finally, with a hearty "Voila!", called it a movie.
I really have to ask: Why bother making this movie if the goal was not to improve upon Zeffirelli's? If the goal was to improve upon it, the manner in which its makers went about doing so suggests they must surely be afflicted with (what Borat might call) "the retardation". And, of course, the more pressing question is this: Why even bother to adapt a great book that, given its vivid characters, political subtext, emotional landscape, rich setting and superb story structure - all of it sitting there for even the most unimaginative filmmakers to take advantage of - why, oh why, oh why, butcher and/or patchwork quilt everything that makes the story great in the first place? If any book seemed movie-ready, it was this one and yet, it took not one, but two sets of brick-heads to screw it up within the course of Christ's rather short lifespan, 33 years.
At least Zeffirelli, in his addled fashion, attempted (albeit badly) to inject the movie with something resembling genuine passion and even vaguely acknowledged elements of Spencer's book that anyone with half-a-brain would have to do. Such is not the case here. The gaggle of morons leading the 2014 charge upon Spencer's fine prose appear to have been interested in crafting little more than an innocuous machine-tooled teen romance aimed at a Valentine's Day opening to sucker in as many undiscriminating female viewers as possible. I have no doubt the brain dead little ladies will get exactly what they paid for.
While it is true that every single person involved in the writing, direction and production of Endless Love 2014 is clearly a moron, even they must be bloody Rhodes Scholars compared to the brain-bereft slugs at Universal Pictures who hold all the remake rights to Spencer's book and chose to green light this utterly detestable piece of work in just the manner in which it's been wrought.
Endless Love tells the tale of teen lovers David (Alex Pettyfer) and Jade (Gabriella Wilde). He's poor. She's privileged. He's unsure about his plans after high school graduation. She's headed for university. She's going to be an eminent doctor just like her Dad, Hugh (Bruce Greenwood). Pater is, to make things interesting, protective and controlling to almost psychopathic extremes (with more than a few Oedipal peccadilloes). He clearly disapproves of Jade's boyfriend. Eventually, he places a restraining order against David. Jade moves on, unhappily. Their love, however, is endless. David comes to Hugh's manse to claim the woman he loves. Dad knocks a candle over. The house is soon ablaze. David saves Hugh's life. Hugh comes to accept David. Jade is happy. David is happy. Their love, you see, is endless.
None of this has anything to do with Scott Spencer's novel - a book so romantic, it hurts, literally. The book slashes, scourges, stabs, cuts, saws away at the bone and greedily sucks out the marrow. There isn't a wildly romantic beat that doesn't alternately soar AND emit pain. The novel brilliantly fucks with everyone's notions of romantic love, but does so in a way that we begin to question if its portrait of aching love is really as aberrant as we've been told to believe. Instead we accept, nay - we EMBRACE - that THIS is what love, in fact, MUST be.
Romantic love in its purest state MUST be a sickness. If it doesn't hurt, and hurt BAD, how can there be joy?
Spencer's tale of obsession, familial dysfunction and love is so excruciating, so aching, so debilitating that we, as readers, are plunged into an emotional landscape that's scary beyond belief - mostly because it's so true, so familiar, so real and finally one of the few literary depictions of love to have the courage to proclaim that the purest, most intense form of love borders on the aberrant, the antisocial and yes, even (at least in the eyes of society), the criminal. Spencer's story begins with pain and destruction, with fire - one that rages literally so that we never forget what burns beneath the flesh.
The movie that resides in Spencer's book continues to remain untapped - dormant. Zeffirelli missed the boat, but Feste jumps aboard and just sinks it without even trying. Casting Gabriella Wilde and Alex Pettyfer is the height of stupidity. Both actors are so insipid that neither of them feels like they're in a movie based upon one of the greatest works of literary art in the history of American letters. Instead, they both come across as if they're hitting their marks on some TV soap opera. They're as bland as Wonder Bread and on that basis alone, there's very little reason to care a whit about these people as characters. There is one fine performance in the film and one only wishes that the stunning malevolence, yet odd humanity displayed by Bruce Greenwood could have saved itself for another and better screen adaptation. Alas, he's wasted here.
The best thing about Endless Love, the movie, is the freedom to just skip it.
Just skip it and read Spencer's book. It's so great you won't be able to put it down and after you've read it once, you'll want to go back to it again and again. God knows, I have. For 35 years it's been a book that I am always happy to revisit and experience at various junctures of my life and, most importantly, at ever shifting stages of my life experience. It grows with you and constantly offers its own form of endless love - the ability of art to reflect life and, in turn, give you the sort of nourishment you need to survive - to fill your head and heart with truth and beauty - neither of which are EVER on display in this utterly abhorrent, despicably repugnant and contemptible pile of trash.
See Endless Love at your peril. I can pretty much guarantee the screen will be full of buzzing flies, all seeking resting points to devour the stools deposited by its filmmakers.
"Endless Love" is playing theatrically via Universal Pictures.


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When we sit around the ol' HIT campfire and swap interoperability stories, many of us have little to do but gripe.
Is FHIR going to solve all of our interoperability problems? Definitely not right away, and who knows if it ever will? Can we get the big EMR vendors to share and share alike? They'll try, but there's always a catch. And so on. There's always a major catch involved.
I don't know if the following offers a better story than any of the others, but at least it's new one, or at least new to me. Folks, I'm talking about the Standard Health Record, an approach to health data sharing doesn't fall precisely any of the other buckets I'm aware of.
SHR is based at The MITRE Corporation, which also hosts virtual patient generator Synthea. Rather than paraphrase, let's let the MITRE people behind SHR tell you what they're trying to accomplish:
The Standard Health Record (SHR) provides a high quality, computable source of patient information by establishing a single target for health data standardization… Enabled through open source technology, the SHR is designed by, and for, its users to support communication across homes and healthcare systems.
Generalities aside, what is an SHR? According to the project website, the SHR specification will contain all information critical to patient identification, emergency care and primary care along with background on social determinants of health. In the future, the group expects the SHR to support genomics, microbiomics and precision medicine.
Before we dismiss this as another me-too project, it's worth giving the collaborative's rationale a look:
The fundamental problem is that today's health IT systems contain semantically incompatible information. Because of the great variety of the data models of EMR/EHR systems, transferring information from one health IT system to another frequently results in the distortion or loss of information, blocking of critical details, or introduction of erroneous data. This is unacceptable in healthcare.
The approach of the Standard Health Record (SHR) is to standardize the health record and health data itself, rather than focusing on exchange standards.
As a less-technical person, I'm not qualified to say whether this can be done in a way that will be widely accepted, but the idea certainly seems intuitive.
In any event, no one is suggesting that the SHR will change the world overnight. The project seems to be at the beginning stages, with collaborators currently prototyping health record specifications leveraging existing medical record models. (The current SHR spec can be found here.)
Still, I'd love for this to work, because it is at least a fairly straightforward idea. Creating a single source of health data truth seems like it might work.


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Inflammation and Autoimmune DiseaseErin, a 50 year old mother of 3 with a demanding full time job , sat in my office one day last year feeling overwhelmed and sick. Her job required that she spend a lot of time on the computer . Her hands were becoming so sore that she was finding it difficult to type on the keyboard. Every sentence felt like a Herculean effort. In addition to the gas and bloating in her gut that bothered her, she was having knee pain on both sides so it was becoming difficult to run. Running was her favorite form of exercise! And she was just so tired! When her schedule permitted, she would go to bed at 9PM and still wouldn't wake rested. Her life was a mess! She was not feeling well and wondered if this was the beginning of the end! Would she always feel this way, she wondered?' After we ran some bloodwork, I discovered that she had Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease. While we addressed the thyroid, I decided it was important to also look into improving her gut health too!
All autoimmune diseases originate in the gut. This is just a fact. When the gut becomes irritated through poor diet, environmental toxins, stress, microbial infection or imbalance, or conditions like Celiac disease, the gut becomes inflamed. When the gut becomes inflamed, tiny molecules of various foods can pass through the gaps between the cells. Then the body starts to form antibodies to other foods. This is known as "Leaky Gut Syndrome". When the body is repeatedly exposed to those foods, antigen-antibody complexes form and deposit in various parts of the body. For example, with people with Rheumatoid Arthritis, the deposits happen in the joints, in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, the deposits are in the thyroid, Ulcerative Colitis the colon, etc. These antigen-antibody complexes cause inflammation in the body as well!
The key ways to deal with any autoimmune disease and inflammation is to heal the gut and close the tight junctions between the cells to start to heal the leaky gut.
How does one heal the gut? First of all, the offending foods and allergens must be identified and eliminated from the diet. This usually means a RADICAL DIET CHANGE! This can be hard, and it CAN BE DONE and it will literally change your life for the better! Wouldn't it be worth letting go of some foods to literally get your life back? In my practice I often order Food Allergy Testing to start with, then I may order a Comprehensive Stool Analysis to look into the microbiome and the health of the entire digestive tract.
Once the gut begins to heal and the body is cleansed from the offending foods, one of the first things patients notice is an improvement in digestive symptoms and a lessening of their aches and pains. This is a direct result of the inflammation levels in the body being reduced and often is noticeable within the first few weeks off of the offending foods.
But this is only the beginning of the story! Celiac and Crohns patients are usually just told by their Western Medical Doctors that all they have to do is to cut out gluten and that is the end of the story. Their body will heal on it's own. This is COMPLETELY FALSE! Patients with Crohns and Celiac disease (and other autoimmune patients as well) often need to cut ALL GRAINS from their diet! And eliminate other foods as well. Some patients have such a microbial imbalance that they also need to eliminate certain fruits and vegetables to avoid certain naturally occurring sugars. They need to follow more of a FODMOPS diet.
The Western Medical Approach to managing inflammatory and autoimmune disorders certainly has its place. In severe cases patients often need to go on anti-inflammatory drugs such as NSAIDS (like Naproxen or Ibuprofen) or immunosuppressive therapies (like Methotrexate) and even in some cases Targeted Molecular Therapies (the mibs and mabs). In fact, it is not my job or my role to pull patients off of their medications that their Western Doctors have placed them on. I do take issue with NSAIDS , Immunosuppressive drugs and Targeted Molecular Therapies being given as a first line permanent therapy with no hope for a cure while ignoring the super important role that gut health and diet play in managing these conditions. In fact, many of my patients who can strictly adhere to the diet regimens can with the help of their Western Doctor, eventually decrease their dosages of prescription medications. Some even are able to go off completely. And with the changes and the naturopathic approach, many find a reduction in the intensity, frequency and duration of their flareups. Sure, when life is stressful and throws curveballs there can still be flareups but they will be much more minor and workable.
Erin adhered to the individualized protocol I came up with for her. Her chronic decades-long digestive symptoms, the bloating and cramping have pretty much disappeared! Her hands very rarely hurt and when they do it is usually because she accidentally was exposed to one of her food allergens on vacation or at a dinner party. For this reason she now mainly cooks and eats at home so that she has more control over what goes into her body. Her autoimmune fatigue has greatly improved both from the thyroid medications her doctor prescribed as well as the antigen-antibody burden having dramatically decreased on the plan. She was promoted at her job and her family life is a lot more harmonious because she feels so much better. She is able to show up and be a better parent and a better partner to her husband as well! And she is running again due to lack of knee pain and recently did her best time yet in a popular 10K race, too!
With all the benefits she has gained from working with me for the last year, Erin says " Changing my diet was so worth it! I am willing to give up any food in order to live my best life! I can't imagine where I would be had I not sought you out for treatment! I was dying inside and depressed and I now have my life back!"