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Sarcoidosis Overview
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What is sarcoidosis?
Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease that affects one or more organs but most commonly affects the lungs and lymph glands. As a result of the inflammation, abnormal lumps or nodules (called granulomas) form in one or more organs of the body. These granulomas may change the normal structure and possibly the function of the affected organ(s).
How does the condition progress?
Although no one can predict how sarcoidosis will progress in an individual patient, some clues as to disease course can be gained from patient symptoms, findings from physical and laboratory studies, and patient race. For example, a sudden onset of general symptoms--such as weight loss, fatigue, fever, or just an overall feeling of ill health--usually means that the course of sarcoidosis will be relatively short and mild in severity. Symptoms of shortness of breath and some types of skin involvement mean that sarcoidosis will be more long-lasting and severe.
In Caucasians, the disease often appears suddenly, which usually indicates a more mild form of the disease that is of short duration. African-Americans and Puerto Ricans, on the other hand, tend to develop the more long-term and severe form of the disease.
In the United States, the lungs are often the most common site of initial symptoms for those who experience a gradual onset of their long-term disease. Lung symptoms are common in African-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Scandinavians. Persistent dry cough, fatigue, and shortness of breath are the most common initial lung-related complaints.
Some patients who experience sudden onset of disease have Lofgren's syndrome, a form of sarcoidosis that affects the lymph nodes and is accompanied by a skin condition that produces red nodules under the skin, as well as fever and arthritis pain. Patients with Lofgren's syndrome usually can expect a good outcome; the disease goes away on its own in 85% to 90% of people.
How sarcoidosis progresses: What happens at the tissue level
At the tissue or cellular level, sarcoidosis disease progression can be divided into three phases:
- The first change that is seen is inflammation.
- In the second phase, granulomas form. Granulomas are masses or nodules of chronically inflamed tissue and are the classic sign of sarcoidosis Granulomas are the body's attempt to wall off or isolate organisms and other foreign particles that are difficult for the immune system to eradicate or dispose of.
- In the third phase, fibrosis (scarring) of tissues or organs occurs. If scarring is extensive in a vital organ, sarcoidosis is sometimes fatal.
In some people, the disease advances from one phase to the next in the tissues of the organ affected. In others, the different phases of tissue changes take place within the same organ at the same time. In many patients with sarcoidosis, the granulomas go away on their own in 2 to 3 years without the patient knowing or doing anything about them. In others, the granulomas progress to irreversible fibrosis. The immune system changes that allow one person's disease to progress while another person's disease resolves are not well understood and continue to be investigated.
Does sarcoidosis run in families?
While the latest research does appear to indicate a genetic susceptibility to the disease, more research is needed to clearly identify and confirm the genes involved. However, numerous reports have revealed racial/ethnic and family-line occurrences, including the following:
- Irish immigrants in London have a three-fold likelihood of developing sarcoidosis compared with native Londoners.
- Natives of Martinique living in France have an eight-fold higher chance of developing the disease compared with the native French population.
- African-Americans face a 4 to 17 times greater risk of the disease compared with Caucasians.
- Within individual families, the presence of the disease in a first- or second-degree relative increases the risk by nearly five-fold.
Still other types of disease clusters have been identified, including seasonal and occupational clustering. Researchers in Greece, Spain, and Japan have reported a clustering of diagnoses of sarcoidosis in the months of March to May, April to June, and June to July. In the United States, a higher percentage of cases of sarcoidosis have been reported in health care workers, naval aircraft servicemen, and firefighters.
What causes sarcoidosis?
The exact cause of sarcoidosis is not known. The disease can appear suddenly and then disappear, or it can develop gradually and produce symptoms that come and go for a lifetime.
Researchers believe that the disease is caused by an abnormal immune response. (The body's defense system does not react as it should to a foreign substance "intruder.") In a healthy person, inflammation occurs as the cells of the body's immune system come together to fight the intruder at an organ or tissue site. In a person with sarcoidosis, however, cells that come to fight end up clumping together into small lumps called granulomas.
It's still uncertain which foreign substance "triggers" the body's abnormal response. Some researchers suggest that fungi, viruses, or bacteria are likely triggers. In fact, cases of sarcoidosis have occurred in groups of people who had close contact with each other, as well as in recipients of heart, lung and bone marrow transplants. But, so far, no data have been able to convincingly and consistently establish this "infectious" connection as the cause of the disease. However, some types of bacteria have recently emerged as possible candidates and continue to be closely studied.
What are the symptoms of sarcoidosis?
The symptoms of sarcoidosis can vary greatly from individual to individual, and depend on which tissues and organs are affected. In some people, symptoms may begin suddenly and/or severely and subside in a short period of time.
Others may have no outward symptoms at all, even though organs are affected. Still others may have symptoms that appear slowly and subtly, but last or recur over a long time span.
Most common initial symptoms:
- Shortness of breath (dyspnea)
- Cough that won't go away
- Reddish bumps or patches on the skin or under the skin
- Enlarged lymph glands in the chest and around the lungs that produces cough and shortness of breath
- Fever, weight loss, fatigue, night sweats, general feeling of ill health
Other disease characteristics include:
- Red and teary eyes or blurred vision
- Swollen and painful joints
- Enlarged lymph glands in the neck, armpits, and groin
- Nasal stuffiness and hoarse voice
- Pain in the hands, feet, or other bony areas due to the formation of cysts (an abnormal sac-like growth) in bones
- Kidney stone formation
- Development of abnormal or missed beats (arrhythmias), inflammation of the covering of the heart (pericarditis), or heart failure
- Nervous system effects include hearing loss, meningitis, seizures or psychiatric disorders (for example, dementia, depression, psychosis)
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Summer Porches06.23.13
A porch has always been more than an outside extension of the home. It's a place where families make memories, relaxation ensues, and jovial conversations emerge. Cotton Candy editors spotted some of the most uniquely designed outdoor spaces, using color and shapes in the most inspiring ways. Porches can be designed as places where you come to rest, play, and be yourself. And these designs show just that. Peruse some of these ideas, so don't let the lazy days of summer pass you by. Sit, relax, dream and enjoy the charm that radiates from a lovely summertime porch.
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When Art Impressions sent me a package of stamps from their latest releases – this had to be the first one inked up. That pig! LOL! Love that he's a little yellow bee!
Silhouetted Background – and mini action wobbles!
This is one of those grouped stamps that doesn't need to be masked – the three little images are all in one stamp. The "wobbly" sections – torsos and heads of the pig and duck – are separate stamps, and there are matching dies to go with them! I've been wanting to make a card with a really really simple background that everyone can handle – and this complex image seemed a good time to do it. Watch the video below or click HERE to see it in HD on YouTube!
Below are links to the supplies I've used for today's project. Compensated affiliate links may used, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support toward the costs of running this blog! Read more.
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LIVALL Bling: Smart Cycling Helmet Keeps You Safe0
Meet the LIVALL Bling: a smart cycling helmet that keeps you visible, safe, and connected. Its top lights keep you visible while the 8 colored LED tail lights serve as direction indicators. There is a built-in gravity sensor to detect when you have been in an accident and alert your emergency contacts.
The Bling Helmet has Bluetooth speakers and a microphone, allowing you to take calls and listen to music. The Bling Jet is a smart controller that lets you get even more out of your smart helmet. The companion app provides you with data and helps you stay connected. The battery lasts over 20 hours. Yet another interesting Indiegogo campaign.
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When the concepts of thread was introduced in the operating systems, it was considered light-weight processes. As the clock speed of the CPU is increasing dramatically and also number of CPU cores available for the programs are increasing, even this light-weight processes are deemed to costly to start. Thus introduced the concept of cached threads. Erlang solve this problem by introducing ultra-light-weight processes. Millions of such processes can be spawned within few seconds. This is not the case in kernel threads. Even when kernel threads are used, there is a cost of context switching to schedule those threads from wait state to run state.
I am new to Java concurrency framework. So I am taking baby steps to learn to use the classes available in Java 5.x. All the concurrency related classes are in java.util.concurrent package.
First step in start using these classes is to introduce Executors class. This class has several class methods to create thread pools.
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
ExecutorService threadPool = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
The above code create a cached thread pool. Behavior of this thread pool is documented here.
Creates a thread pool that creates new threads as needed, but will reuse previously constructed threads when they are available. These pools will typically improve the performance of programs that execute many short-lived asynchronous tasks. Calls to execute will reuse previously constructed threads if available. If no existing thread is available, a new thread will be created and added to the pool. Threads that have not been used for sixty seconds are terminated and removed from the cache. Thus, a pool that remains idle for long enough will not consume any resources. Note that pools with similar properties but different details (for example, timeout parameters) may be created using ThreadPoolExecutor constructors
A task can be submitted to the newly created thread pool for execution. A task must be an instance of Runnable interface. Submitting a task to the ExecutorService will return an instance of Future interface. This is a wrapper around the task submitted. This instance can be used to query the submitted task for completion, as well as to cancel the task.
Future task = threadPool.submit( new Runnable() {
public void run() {
System.out.println( "Hello world from within the thread pool" );
Finally wait for the task to be completed
while ( !task.isDone() ) {
Once the task is completed and thread pool is no-longer necessary, send shutdown message to the thread pool to terminate all the threads created.
while (!thread.isTerminated()) {
There it is. First Hello world code using the Concurrent Thread Pool in Java. As and when I learn new methods in this framework, I will write about that here.
Until then, happy thread pooling and utilizing all the cores on the system.
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Evidently, I had maxed out my storage space and found myself being unable to upload photos to the blog. I had a few options:
- Delete old photos to make space
- Pay $99 a year to upgrade disk space
- Register a new account for 3GB of free space
Option 1 sounded sad and unproductive.
For convenience, I wanted to go for option 2. However, I was only maintaining the journal for personal logging's sake. I was not using this for commercial's purpose and I was reluctant to pay. One year was fine, but what about subsequent years?
Hence, I decided option 3 would be the best way forward. Catch me at the new journal site where the daily rambling would continue, as well as the upcoming backdated posts on the 17N/16D Japan trip.


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BELGIUM(non) Reception of BRB Living Water Ministry Broadcasting, March 21: 1500-1600 on 9650*unknown probably PUG to NEAs Korean Tue-Thu, fair to good *co-ch on same 9650 CON 050 kW / non-dir to WeAf French Radio Guinea, Conakry *broadband QRM 9515 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Albanian R.Cairo 1500-1555UT BIG PROBLEM in A-17 for BRB Living Water Ministry Broadcasting & Radio Guinea 1430-1730 on 9650 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to NEAf Arabic VIRI IRIB PARS TODAY!!
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An iconic symbol of South Korea that overlooks the city of Seoul, N Seoul Tower is built at the highest point on Namsan Mountain. Take in the breath-taking 360-degree view of the city and check out other highlights which includes the "Locks of Love", a famed spot to hang locks on the trees; and also the Wishing Pond where throwing a coin into the pond offers hope for visitors who are seeking for eternal love.
Opening hours may vary due to weather conditions.
Last entry to The Observatory is 30 minutes before closing time.
Monday - Friday
1000 - 2300 hours (GMT+9)
Thursday - Sunday
1000 - 2359 hours (GMT+9)
One-time Admission Ticket includes Observatory Deck
You must go to the Kiosk in front of the ticket office and redeem the paper ticket with the PIN codes on your voucher to enter the observatory Deck.
*Free admission for children below ages of 3
How To Buy
1. Purchase online
2. Receive an email with the e-voucher(with Pin Code)
3. Present the e-voucher at the kiosk to get your tickets to N Seoul tower
4. Enjoy your visit
Want to try out the traditional Korean Hanboks in N Seoul Tower?
Try out the N Seoul Tower Cultural Hanbok Experience when you drop by!
Contact us
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Tickets are valid for 7 days from date of purchase.
The e-voucher cannot be exchanged for cash or used on more than one occasion.
The value of the e-voucher is in Singapore dollars.
Any alteration(s) on the e-voucher will not be accepted by Changi Recommends and the appointed merchant.
No refunds will be entertained for cancellations.
Toss heart coins and wish for eternal love at the Wishing Pond located in Tower 2F. Part of the profits will be donated to the development of teenage schools in China and Southeast Asia through CJ's Donors Camp.
105, Namsangongwon-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
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Seoul Station (Exit 9)/Itaewon Station (Exit 4)/Hangangjin Station (Exit 2) → Shuttle Bus No. 03 → N Seoul Tower
Myeoung-dong Station (Exit 3)/Chungmuro Station (Exit 2) → Shuttle Bus No. 05 → N Seoul Tower
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Your office space should inspire employee productivity, facilitate business growth, heighten customer perception and complement your business goals. Many businesses make a key mistake by not realising just how integral their office space can be to maximising their business potential.
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For over 26 years, we have served as the leading office fitout Melbourne provider, helping hundreds of businesses in the wider Melbourne to grow and attract the right employees and clients through superior office design. Unlike many other office fitouts Melbourne based providers, we are a full service provider.
We have the skills and expertise to manage every single aspect of your project. Our team of registered builders and experienced, highly qualified designers define your needs analysis, operate best practice space planning, organise building permits, certifications and documentation, deliver custom joinery, workstations, kitchens, partitions, ceilings and floor coverings, manage data & electrical requirements, air conditioning, plumbing, glass partitions and signage for your office space.
Achieving the best office design for your workspace requires careful thought and planning and deep knowledge and expertise in branding, lighting, texture, colour, form and function. That's what sets us apart from our competitors. The quality and scope of our services and our personnel is simply unmatched.
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Today, I received the paperwork with our PGD Chromosome Aneuploidy Screening. Our four embryos tested on day 5, B quality blastocysts (this was reported from our embryologist at our clinic), all had 46 chromosomes. They are listed in a "confidence" level, meaning "*the confidence for a chromosome call is an estimate of the probability that the call is correct." Each chromosome has a percentage to show the confidence of each. Our embryos all rate 95% and above for every chromosome. I'm not quite sure what all this means just yet. We have an appointment with our doc on May 14 and we can ask more questions. There is a notation that says "*confidences < 85% for chromosomes where aneuploidy could result in a liveborn are flagged" which I guess means that above 85% should be considered a relatively trustworthy result. I'm so glad and feeling so extremely blessed that these results came out this way. I had no idea what to expect. Even though I am impatient beyond reason at this point, I am thankful that we had the guidance to move forward with this testing. It has given me a peace of mind that I would have otherwise been lacking. *These statements are taken directly from the results page from Natera.
Embryo Testing
10 Apr 2013 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: Chromosome Screening, embryo, frozen embryos, IVF, IVF with Low AMH, Low AMH, PGD, testing, thanking God
Big Day
07 Feb 2013 1 Comment
in Testing Tags: 1.0 AMH, A.M.H., Acupuncture, AMH, Anti Mullerian Hormone, diet, fertility, HCG, hysteroscopy, injection, IVF, Low AMH, Reproductive Endocrinologist, shot, testing
Today was a big day. We met with the financial consultant (signed papers). We also met with our IVF nurse (medication and injection info AND signed more papers) and I began to chug 32 oz. of water. We were also informed that due to my egg health (low AMH), we would be doing a dual trigger. The additional medicine would be put into our pharmacy to arrive with the other medications. Then, we were off to the trial embryo transfer (TET) with a very full bladder.
Nurse checked it first, then Doc showed up and applauded my "good job" (haha) of filling my bladder sufficiently. I wanted to ask how many ladies pee on him in the process, but I refrained (yes, I was afraid I was going to do this, so I had a change of clothes in the car). The transfer was complicated by an obstruction of sorts and Doc said he would explore further with the following hysteroscopy. He was still able to pretty easily get the catheter right where it needed to be. Doc left and the nurse did our doppler ultrasound. My blood flow didn't seem to be as free as they would like, so I will continue to avoid caffeine and inform my acupuncturist, increasing appointments to twice a week.
The hysteroscopy revealed the tissue complicating the TET and Doc was able to make necessary changes that will hopefully make our real FET (frozen embryo transfer) a breeze.
A big day. A good day.
Prep for Day One
29 Jan 2013 2 Comments
in Testing, Treatment Tags: Acupuncture, doppler ultrasound, fertility, hysteroscopy, IVF, Reproductive Endocrinologist, testing, treatment
Yesterday, I met with my new acupuncturist. I look forward to working with her more. We have appointments set up for another this week and then once a week through egg retrieval near the end of February.
Today was my first day of oral contraceptives to prepare for day one of ivf stimulation drugs.
Tomorrow, both of us go in to have blood drawn for some labs they want to run prior to starting the stimulation meds.
Next week, we both go in for about 3.5 hours of injection training, financial planning, and more tests. They will do an analysis for him and a doppler ultrasound (to check blood flow), hysteroscopy (a camera analysis of the uterus), and a trail embryo transfer (no embryos involved for now).
At this time, the official "day one" is February 14, but I feel like today is the first day one. I know this process will not come to conclusion until sometime near the end of April or beginning of May, but I can't help get excited. After this, we will know more than we know now. We may have some answers. We may have a baby or few!
An IUI cycle with Injectables
15 Dec 2012 2 Comments
in Treatment Tags: femara, fertility, FSH, HCG, hcg trigger, Infertility, injection, IUI, letrozol, letrozole, Low AMH, luteal hcg, shot, testing, treatment
One IUI cycle with letrozole and injectables looks like this:
Day 2: Transvaginal Ultrasound & blood tests
Day 3: Letrozole pills
Day 4: Letrozole pills
Day 5: Letrozole pills
Day 6: Letrozole pills
Day 7: Letrozole pills
menopur shot
Day 8: menopur shot
Day 9: menopur shot
Day 10: Transvaginal Ultrasound & blood test
hcg trigger shot
Day 11: IUI
Day 16: luteal hcg
Day 19: luteal hcg
Day 28: Home Pregnancy Test
Luteal HCG
17 Oct 2012 1 Comment
in Treatment Tags: femara, Infertility, injection, letrozol, luteal hcg, shot, testing
Anybody heard of it? I don't see much information out there, so here is my experience so far.
I am scheduled to have an HCG shot every three days after my IUI. I was nervous when I received the box of syringes and needles at my door, but it wasn't all that bad. The stick was hardly a pinch and by recommendation from a you.tube video, I pushed the plunger slowly rather than forcing all the medication in quickly. I haven't noticed any side effects from the HCG other than breaking out everywhere, but that was happening before the injection (maybe it's from the letrozole I took on days 3-7?).
The IUI nurse told me that the luteal HCG will encourage the corpus luteum to make all those things that support the "pregnancy" that will hopefully be happening very soon, including progesterone. They will then do bloodwork on the last day of HCG injections and three days after as well to check the progesterone level. With these injections, I am told not to take a home pregnancy test until 12 days after my last shot. Hoping for a quick trip to 20 days past IUI and a +HPT, please : )
Update: The luteal HCG gave me lots of pregnancy symptoms, of course (hot flashes, a little nausea, light-headed, super hungry, unusually tired, tender breasts/nipples, gas, mild constipation). I was worried I wouldn't be able to wait to 17 dpiui, but my next cycle started exactly one week after my last HCG shot, no need to test (bbt fell from 98.2 to 97.3). My progesterone was quite high, so it did serve its purpose.
13 Oct 2012 1 Comment
in Treatment Tags: femara, HCG, Infertility, IUI, letrozole, Low AMH, testing, treatment
Of course, things can't go the way that would be convenient… My ovulation tests didn't detect a surge until I went in for an ultrasound this morning. That means a Sunday IUI it is! Excited, but I feel bad making people work on a Sunday morning.
The ultrasound this a.m. showed one follicle in my left ovary that was as big as my whole ovary! I didn't know they did that. There was a little fluid around the follicle which evidently means that it is in the beginning stages of ovulation. We could have done the IUI today, but since we were told our best opportunity would be tomorrow morning, we're going that way instead.
The femara/letrozole didn't have any side effects that I could tell of other than the extremely sensitive scalp, which the DHEA caused before all on its own. I have the HCG which arrived the other day in the mail. The needles freaked me out. I'll learn how to do that part tomorrow after the IUI and I might google for some videos just to be prepared.
I am so thankful to have met people along this journey who can share their experiences. I have also relished reading all the success stories and messages of hope. Thanking you all for sharing your journeys!


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Battle of Rogersville
150 E. Washington St
Rogersville, TN 37857
"Grumble" Jones' troops routed Union regiments. Burnside ordered Union troops to stay in Greenville and protect vulnerable Bull's Gap.
Following the Union invasion of East Tennessee from Kentucky in early September 1863, Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside was generally successful in pushing Confederate forces back into southwestern Virginia. In October, the Union army defeated a small Confederate army at Blue Springs, initiating a wild retreat by southern troops to Jonesborough and, eventually, all the way to Abingdon, Virginia. But in November, Burnside experienced a small crisis of his own at Rogersville in upper East Tennessee, where a Confederate force under Brig. Gen. "Grumble" Jones routed some Kentucky and Ohio regiments commanded by Col. Israel Garrard, capturing about 800 prisoners. Learning that Garrard and his regiments were encamped near Big Creek, about four miles from Rogersville, Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom on November 3 bluntly ordered Jones to attack. With an eye on the weather, Ransom worried that the Holston River might rise, as he made clear to Jones, "It looks as though it would rain, and we may be prevented from making the movement." Ransom further instructed Jones, "After starting directly for Rogersville, rapidity will be required both in the execution of your march and attack, and in your return to your present position." Jones promptly sallied forth from Kingsport and drove straight at Garrard on Big Creek, where he succeeded in surrounding the Union force and stampeding the Seventh Ohio Cavalry. Caught in a vise between Col. Henry Giltner's Second Cavalry Brigade and the Second East Tennessee, the Union rear guard of mounted infantry promptly surrendered. With the action at Rogersville opening Bull's Gap to Confederate exploitation, Burnside ordered Union forces at Greeneville to fall back and protect the Gap. Fortunately for the Federals, "Grumble" Jones elected to stay put in Rogersville to avoid any chance of entrapment on the railroad between Rogersville and Bull's Gap.
Key Facts
- Gen. "Grumble" Jones' Confederates routed Union regiments, captured 800 prisoners.
- At Big Creek, Jones stampeded the 7th Ohio Cavalry
- Burnside ordered Union forces at Greeneville to protect Bull's Gap, made vulnerable by the Rogersville action.


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Since it is Sunday it is a perfect time to release another WindowMaker theme called Golden. The theme has a wallpaper and the traditional theme parts which are needed in order to run it in WindowMaker. This is also GPL like the Darkburn theme. (https://www.techtimejourney.net/?p=520). If you do need any instructions on how to install this theme you will also find them well documented on my previous blog post about the Darkburn.
Some tips regarding the WindowMaker usage
1. If you like to change the background just replace the theme's wallpaper from the GnuStep theme directory and restart WindowMaker.
2. When you double click the window titlebar you can make it go slimmer. For an example look at the screenshot below and notice the slimmed Desktop window.
3.Here is a screenshot of the theme Golden. You can see that I have launcher bar featuring all my most used programs on the right side of the screen. You can get something similar by just opening up your favorite programs and then dragging and dropping them to the right side of your screen below the WindowMaker default icons. If you some day want to get rid of some program just drag it out of the right side panel and drop it somewhere on desktop and it will disappear.
Enjoy WindowMaker and if you have any feedback you will be most welcome to give it.
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Friday, December 21, 2012
Christmas Sale!
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Interpreting the Interpreter
Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology
According to Clifford Geertz, anthropology—"long one of the most homespun of disciplines, hostile to anything smacking of intellectual pretension and unnaturally proud of an outdoorsman image"—has, together with much else in social science, been changing in recent years. He says that its golden age, when there was widespread agreement on the general aim of the social sciences—"to find out the dynamics of collective life and alter them in desired directions"—is over. Today, he says, "calls for 'a general theory' of just about anything social sound increasingly hollow, and claims to have one megalomaniac." Social scientists no longer feel the need to mimic the methods of physicists and other natural scientists. Social thought is being "refigured," and the exploration of new metaphors for understanding social and cultural life drawn from the humanities has produced new and unfamiliar "blurred genres"—scientific speculations resembling belles-lettres, histories resembling mathematics, and, as we shall see, anthropology resembling literary criticism.
A learned anthropologist who has written books on Bali, Java, and Morocco, and essays on many other issues, including economic development, religion, and "third world" politics, Geertz has for many years been articulating and promoting a theory of culture and a method for understanding it, most effectively in his collection of essays, The Interpretation of Cultures (1973). Cultural anthropologists, we know, investigate and try to grasp the workings of the religions, myths, rituals, kinship systems, of other cultures (or of our own). But what is a "culture"? And in what does such "understanding" consist? How should cultural anthropologists see their task? And what methods promise to assist them in accomplishing it? The essays that make up Local Knowledge extend and refine the answers to these questions used in Geertz's earlier work on the theory of culture and discuss not only subjects that he has dealt with before but also some new ones—the nature of art and of law, the "symbology" of power and domination, even academic career patterns in the United States.
In a review of the work of Lévi-Strauss published some years ago, Geertz wrote that the anthropologist's
personal relationship to his object of study is, perhaps more than for any other scientist, inevitably problematic. Know what he thinks a savage is and you have the key to his work. You know what he thinks he himself is and, knowing what he thinks he himself is, you know in general what sort of thing he is going to say about whatever tribe he happens to be studying. All ethnography is part philosophy, and a good deal of the rest is confession.1
For Geertz, human beings are not finished products of biological evolution, but "symbolizing, conceptualizing, meaning-seeking" animals, who wish to "make sense out of experience, to give it form and order." Not only is this desire "evidently as real and as pressing as the more familiar biological needs," it has causally affected them. Geertz's view of human nature contrasts sharply with the claim that human culture is an offshoot of biology, a…
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3 Million dollar McLaren P1 GTR (the track-only version of the P1 plug-in hybrid) soon will be able to drive on public roads. Lazante Motorsport specialists converted McLaren to for road-use.
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The 986 hp McLaren P1 GTR is one of the fastest racing cars in the world. With this beauty can compete only a few cars (like Porsche 918 Spyder) on equal terms.
But, alas, it's not available to drive legally this car.
Yeah, you've heard me correctly. Even fellas with deep pockets have their own problems.
3 Million dollar McLaren P1 can't meet road-going regulations in some states and particular countries.
But it's all about to change very soon.
Specialists from Lazante Motorsport decided to undertake the conversion work following demand from customers who have bought the track-only version of the P1 GTR from the factory.
More than 40 P1 GTRs were sold, with the cars being offered to existing P1 road car owners only.
Cool, isn't it? Of course, I'm not one of those guys who can easily pay through the nose 3 Million bucks for the car (as well as you are), but the facts remains – it's a real crime to buy such amazing vehicle and not be able to drive it legally.
What exactly will they change?
We don't know. The level of standard modifications has not been revealed, nor the price of conversions, because of the complexity of customer requirements.
"We will be tackling all conversions on a case-by-case basis," said Dean Lanzante. "What we do will depend on where the customer wants to run the car and what the regulations are in that region. But whatever we do it will always be done sympathetically; the GTR has been built to be a step beyond the P1, we're trying to keep as much of that spirit as we can. It will still be lighter, have more power, better aero and so on."
McLaren agrees
Neither the McLaren factory nor its MSO division is directly involved but it is believed to have given the project its blessing and will co-operate with Lanzante to help ensure its success. "I wouldn't do anything to damage our relationship with McLaren, which we've built up over 20 years through our work on the F1," said Lanzante.
When they'll start modifying the P1 GTRS?
Work on the first conversion is expected to begin mid-year. The completion date will depend on how long the regulatory paperwork takes to be processed.
Reports have already suggested that the next generation, factory-developed P1 could be track-only as a result of tightening regulations restricting what's possible for road-legal vehicles.
However, a final decision on the direction of the next P1 remains some way off. McLaren chief executive Mike Flewitt has already stated that the firm won't replace the current vehicle until technological advances allow McLaren to make a significant step forwards in terms of performance.
As such, the next generation P1 is likely to center on hybrid powertrain developments and is believed to be at least a decade from production.
Well, good luck with that. Racing cars with even more performance will always be putting smiles on out faces.
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Is it a good decision or it's better to leave everything in its original look?
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Montreal, Canada
May 25, 2017
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Hotel Bonventure
- Gain an understanding of behavioural economics and how this emerging field combining psychology and economics influences knowledge mobilization in nutrition, agriculture and health research, and potential strategies to further the food for health agenda through these approaches.
- Explore opportunities to transfer our food and agriculture knowledge into health policy and interventions via cost-benefit analysis and behavioural economics.
- Examine the various pulls and pushes that influence decisions at consumer, institution and whole food system levels.
- Determine opportunities and limitations of economic approaches to food, agriculture and health research.
Access the full video playlist from this Workshop
Welcome and History of Food for Health– Dr. David Ma, CNS/University of Guelph – Video
Food for Health Survey Results – Dr. David Ma, CNS (video above)
Behavioural Economics – 'Nudges'
Nudging Food Health
Richard Williams, Mercatus Centre, George Mason University – Video
Using Language as a Motivational Strategy to Increase Pulses Consumption and Improve Healthier Behaviours
Joanna Castellano, Q: Quest Inc. – Video
Nudging Better Dietary Choices with Different Types of Information
Ellen Goddard, University of Alberta – Video
Lunch and Networking
Cost Benefit Analysis – 'Pulls'
Is a New Agri-Food/Health Partnership Possible?,
David McInnes, Principal, DMci Strategies – Video
The Cost-Effectiveness of Oral Nutrition Supplementation for Malnourished Older Hospital Patients: Analysis of the NOURISH Study
Scott Goates, Abbott Nutrition – Video
Nudging Nutrition Action: Unravelling Food Labelling's Potential
Alfred Aziz, Health Canada – Video
Panel Discussion – Video
Concluding Remarks
David Ma, CNS/University of Guelph
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Thirty years ago, Vicky Colbert returned to Colombia after completing a master's degree in education. Her graduate studies at Stanford had been all about the possibilities to be achieved through active, child-centered learning facilitated by well-prepared teachers. But back in the country where she grew up, she found high dropout rates, lack of training to improve teaching methods, and few connections between school and community. Undaunted, she took on a challenge that no one else seemed to care about: improving rural education.
Recently at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, I heard Colbert describe the successful program she has developed. She calls it Escuela Nueva—Spanish for "new school." Working first in small village schools, she was able to help teachers see the value of students learning cooperatively in multigrade classrooms. Learning at their own pace, driven by their own interests, connected to their communities, students began to blossom. And because Colbert created demonstration classrooms and encouraged peer-to-peer professional development, other teachers took notice. The model quickly spread—from rural to urban areas, then from Colombia across Latin American. Escuela Nueva now reaches some 5 million children in more than a dozen countries. The model will expand next to secondary schools.
Listening to Colbert, I was stuck by her determination to change not just one or two schools, but the entire system of education. Although she has worked within government for part of her career, she is savvy enough not to rely on bureaucracy to maintain reforms. She has built alliances with the business world, such as coffee growers who need employees to understand how to work as a team. She has gathered data to prove that her approach works. But the key to lasting change are the teachers and community members who now demand schools that are good for children. Colbert calls this "bottom-up social change," and it seems like an idea that needs to be exported back to U.S., where Colbert's hopeful vision first took shape.
Colbert shared one practical idea that teachers—anywhere—can borrow without having to wait for seismic change. Escuela Nueva uses a simple but powerful strategy to engage parents and other community members: invite them to share what they know. Each school fills out a set of "family cards" to capture the talents, skills, and interests of parents and other community members. "We ask, who in this village is the artist? Who is the storyteller? Parents have knowledge," Colbert says, "and we want to bring them in to the school." The result is what she describes as a "greater sense of belonging."
This common-sense approach reminds me of asset mapping (a strategy for identifying community resources that Jane and I describe in more detail in Reinventing Project-Based Learning). Without doubt, Vicky Colbert is an asset for children and everyone who cares about their future.
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Eric Schmidt was welcomed to the Tory party conference in Bournemouth yesterday.
Schmidt said he was a fundamental optimist. He explained the basics of the internet and search engines to the assembled blue-rinses.
He banged the drum for open standards and criticised companies which try to "bet against the 'net".
Schmidt said Google was built around "WOW" moments - the time when you Googled a vague search query and found exactly what you wanted. He said it was these moments which drove people to popularise the service.
He told the Tories about why Google needs to be fast. They received a letter from a man who Googled his symptoms which told him he was having a heart attack and should call emergency services immediately. He did and was told he'd have died otherwise.
Schmidt outlined Google's 70 20 10 model. Seventy per cent of time on core activities, 20 per cent on ajacent businesses and 10 per cent on new business. He said this model of creativity was a good way to run a company and may or may not be a good way to run a political party.
He talked about the paradoxes of the internet - truth emerges more quickly but there is more inaccurate information, there's more globablisation but also more tribalism.
He said Google needed to work with governments to create regulations and deal with privacy concerns.
Looking forward five years, Schmidt predicted simultaneous translation and truth prediction - the probability that a statement is true. Schmidt predicted new ways to search - take a picture on your mobile and search with it.
Schmidt said: "The internet can be and I hope will be a revolutionary force in repressive societies driving literacy and expression to new heights and to new prosperity."
The speech is available to Windows Media users here.
Or you could visit David Cameron's bizarre blog, including video footage of our Dave replying to emails, here.
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I recently received a vision during a listening time. I saw an archer shooting many arrows one after the other. As soon as he would shoot one, he would pull out another, take aim, and shoot.
At first, my impression was that he was hurting people with his arrows, and that he was a nasty guy. However, it turned out that he was Cupid, and that each arrow he fired, was making people love each other more.
My lesson was that it is always easy to view the person criticising us as the enemy, and as someone who is out to get us. However, when you think about it seriously, you realise that the people criticising you actually love you.
In the system people usually do not criticise each other in the area that counts most (i.e. spiritual development). They rarely fix up any tensions between themselves. However, after some time, all the poison that they have bottled up inside of them comes out in a big explosion, and people get hurt.
Even when tensions are brought up, they are not brought up so that the other person can have a chance to change and mend the relationship, but rather as a weapon against them, and as an excuse to end a relationship.
But in the Kingdom of Heaven, when people criticise you, they are doing it because they love you. Sure, they may be annoyed, disappointed and generally agro, but because they value their relationship with you, they take the necessary steps to resolve the tensions, by approaching you personally. This is much better than talking about you behind your back, and/or by storing away the bad feeling they have against you in a file under your name in their heart.
People who do not value their relationship with you, will bottle up all the tensions they feel, until they have enough dirt stored up to give them an excuse to end the relationship. So the next time you get criticised, stop and remember that the person criticising you has made the effort to take the first step in fixing the tension, because they love you and value their relationship with you!
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A retired Army general explains the tactical disadvantages the TPP puts the US in. The TPP is a bad deal all around, and will further erode constitutionally-protected rights as well as national sovereignty. Free trade is often good for the economies that participate unless, of course, there is a striking disparity in the value of labor capital between two trade partners–such as the case with the USA and China.
While I respect President Obama and the pact's military backers, I believe these arguments miss a crucial point: By facilitating the further offshoring of America's manufacturing base, the trade pact would actually undermine America's military readiness and global economic standing. TPP would hurt our national security interests more than it would help.
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It sounds like the twins (Skids and Mudflap) won't be back for TF3.
I don't think I've watched the second one since we first got it, might have to check them both out again sometime soon. I do remember it seeming a little too long though too - it just feels like, with a few exceptions, just over two hours is long enough for these summer blockbusters. Only a few movies (LOTR in particular) can be longer and still hold attention.
The extended forest battle scene was pretty awesome to see on BD. I agree that ROTF was too long by probably 30-45 minutes mainly during the final battle at the end. Remember - the movie suffered from the writer's strike so I'm sure Bay just filled the holes with a bunch of unnecessary garbage. I still feel the whole "space bridge" thing where they wound up in Africa and LaBeouf's "movie injury" was just very forced. Heck he even commented on how he hated the movie, but I still think it was okish...I have hopes that TF3 will be back on track to be a decent movie, and not just a major cash cow.
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You may not have heard (though let's face it, you probably did…) but Mario Kart 8 got an update today. Normally these updates are small patches, fixing a bug here and there, but today's update was different; Today's update added a new 200cc mode.
Nintendo finally did it. They made Mario Kart even crazier than it already was.
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A dream wheel for spinning fine yarns! A Scotch Tension, double-treadle setup. Spinners love Scotch Tension (flyer-led), the finer tension adjustments available in a ScT system allow spinners to more easily spin fine yarns. Julia is a full-size modern wheel that disassembles with a single knob for packing and flat, but does not fold. Store and transport in the optional carrying case.
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CSU leaders reach out to African American churches on Super Sunday, Feb. 12
SF State partnerships aim to address crisis in education
For the 12th year in a row, San Francisco State University will join the 22 other California State University (CSU) campuses in reaching out to historically African American churches throughout California during Super Sunday on Feb. 12.
Super Sunday is part of the CSU African American Initiative, a partnership between the CSU campuses and African American religious leaders with the goal of increasing college attendance and graduation rates among African American students. More than 100 churches are participating statewide. Alongside church leaders, SF State leaders will share information with churchgoers about the resources available to future students.
"Each year during Super Sunday, I'm reminded that SF State's five core values of courage, life of the mind, equity, community and resilience are reflected in the hundreds of people we meet during these services," said SF State President Les Wong. "As one of the most diverse campuses in the U.S., we are committed to raising awareness of the educational opportunities available at SF State, increasing enrollment of underrepresented minorities and increasing the graduation rates of all of our students."
The Reverend Amos Brown, pastor of San Francisco's Third Baptist Church and national board member of the NAACP, said educational and community leaders must work together to eliminate the severe racial inequities that continue to plague our educational system. "Our enslaved ancestors, who risked life and limb to educate themselves in underground 'pit schools' buried beneath ground for safety, burned into our DNA the passion for education as a critical tool to liberate and uplift our communities, resisting our major obstacle, the unspeakable cruelty of our oppressors," said Brown.
"We applaud Chancellor White and President Wong on this powerful partnership with our faith community leaders to insure that the doors of public education will remain open to support the aspirations of our coming generations. This collaboration is a model for addressing the crisis in Black education," he said.
MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Rev. Brown and President Wong will meet with the media at 9:30 a.m. at Third Baptist Church before the 10 a.m. service.
Third Baptist Church, 1399 McAllister St.
10 a.m. — SF State President Les Wong will deliver comments during the service
"Super Sunday is a dynamic opportunity to learn about how to go to college, pay for it and succeed when you are there," said Kenneth P. Monteiro, Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies. "We are grateful to our church partners for hosting the California State University campuses," he said.
Additional San Francisco State locations and speakers include:
Providence Baptist Church, 1601 McKinnon St.
8 a.m. — Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs Jennifer Summit will speak
10:45 a.m. — Vice President for University Advancement Robert Nava will speak
Ingleside Presbyterian, 1345 Ocean Ave.
10:30 a.m. — Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies Kenneth P. Monteiro will speak
Grace Tabernacle/Bell Chapel, City College of San Francisco/Bayview, 1397 Palou Avenue
1:30 p.m. — Tony Little, Chief of Staff, SF State Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs & Enrollment Management.
For the full list of participating churches and more information about the CSU's statewide effort, visit: http://calstate.edu/supersunday/
African American Honor Roll Celebration
What: African American Honor Roll Celebration:
SF State joins the San Francisco Alliance of Black School Educators to honor exceptional African American SFUSD students.
The 23rd annual African American Honor Roll is presented by the San Francisco Alliance of Black School Educators, sponsored by the San Francisco Unified School District, Comcast and others.
Who: SF State President Les Wong or his designee will speak at this event.
When: Thursday, February 23 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Where: The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, 1111 Gough St.


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Jacques-Charles Renaud Dubuisson [1666-1739] was the
Acting Commandant at Detroit in 1712. His first year was made difficult
by Cadillac who was still at Detroit and reluctant to give up his
authority and privileges.
In 1712 a war party of Ottawas and Pottawatomies
pursuing the Fox and Mascutens arrived in Detroit and insisted on
attacking. Dubuisson supported them since he was unable to stop them.
They besieged the Fox camp for 19 days. Several councils were held but
no peace could be arranged until finally the Fox and Mascoutins escaped,
going north only a few miles before they were forced to make a final
stand. When they surrendered most of the male captives were killed.
Dubuisson reported the total killed as 1,000 enemy, 60 allies, and 1
Official Report.
Sir, - As I have thought it was of great consequence to
inform you of the state of this post, by an express canoe, I have
requested Mr. De Vincennes to make the voyage, having assured him that
this arrangement would be pleasing to you, persuaded as I am, Sir, that
you are very solicitous about what passes here. The fatigue I undergo
day and night, in consequence of the public and private councils, that I
hold with the Indians, preventing me from rendering you a detailed
account of all the circumstances, Mr. De Vincennes has promised to
forget nothing, which has passed, in order to communicate it fully to
The destruction of two Mascoutin and Ottagamie villages, is
one of the principal reasons which induces me to send this express
canoe. It is God, who has suffered these two audacious nations
to perish. They had received many presents, and some belts, from the
English, to destroy the post of Fort Pontchartrain, and then to cut our
throats and those of some of our allies, particularly the Hurons and
Ottawas, residing upon the Detroit River; and after that, these wretches
intended to settle among the English and devote themselves to their
service. It is said, that the band of Oninetonam, and that of
Mucatemangona, have been received among the Iroquois, and have
established a village upon their lands. This information has been
brought by three canoes of Ontagamies, who have been defeated by the
Chippeways within four leagues of this post. I am under some
apprehension for the safety of Mr. Delaforet, because, being no doubt
upon his march to this place, he may fall in with some of those hostile
bands, who have joined themselves to the Iroquois.
The band of the great chief Lamima, and that of the great
chief Pemoussa, came early in the spring and encamped, in spite of my
opposition, at about fifty paces from my fort, never willing to listen
to me, speaking with much insolence, and calling themselves the owners
of all this country. It was necessary for me to be very mild, having, as
you know, Sir, but thirty Frenchmen with me, and wishing to retain
eight Miamis, who were with Mr. De Vincennes, and also to sow our grain,
and pasture our cattle; and besides the Ottawas and Hurons had not come
in from their winter hunt. I was thus exposed every day to a thousand
insults. The fowls, pigeons, and other animals belonging to the French,
were killed without their daring to say a word, and, for myself, I was
in no condition openly to declare my intentions.
One of their party entered my fort, in order to kill one of
the inhabitants, named Lagmenesse, and a daughter of Roy, another
inhabitant. I could then no longer restrain myself, but took arms to
prevent their accomplishing their object. I compelled them to retire
immediately from the vicinity of the fort, in order not to give them
time to strengthen their party, as they expected the Kickapoos, their
allies, that they might together execute their nefarious project; hoping
to be strong enough to retire without loss among the English and
Iroquois. They waited but for a favorable moment to set fire to the
fort.. . .
The church and the house of Mr. Mullet were outside of the
fort, and all our wheat was stored there. The contrary winds prevented
our allies from arriving, which troubled me much, as the circumstances
now pressing, I prevailed upon the few Frenchmen, who were with me,
immediately to bring the wheat into the fort. And it was well I did so;
for, two days later, it would have been pillaged. We had to fire upon
the enemy to secure it, and as it was they stole a considerable portion
of it. But the principal object was, to pull down, as quick as possible,
the church, the storehouse, and some other houses which were near my
fort, and so close, that the Indians, at any time, by setting fire to
them, might have burnt our works. And, besides, it was important in
order to defend ourselves in case of an attack, which very soon took
place. . . . .
Every arrangement being made, and while we were waiting with
impatience, I was informed that there were many people in sight. I
immediately ascended a bastion, and casting my eyes towards the woods, I
saw the army of the nations of the south issuing from it. - They were
the Illinois, the Missouries, the Osages and other nations yet more
remote. There were also with them, the Ottawa Chief, Saguina, and also
the Potawatamies, the Sacs, and some Menomnies. Detroit never saw such a
collection of people. It is surprising how much all these nations are
irritated against the Mascoutins and the Ottagimies. This army marched
in good order, with as many flags, as there were different nations, and
it proceeded directly to the fort of the Hurons. These Indians said to
the head chief of the army you must not encamps. Affairs are too
pressing. We must enter immediately into our Fathers Fort, and fight for
him. As he has always had pity on us, and as he loves us, we ought to
die for him. - And don't you see that smoke also. They are these women
of your village, Saguina, who are burning there, and your wife is among
them. Not another word was necessary. . . .
The different nations have returned peaceably with all their
slaves. Saguina has abandoned his village, and gone to Michilimacinac.
The Potawatamies abandoned also theirs, and will either come here or go
to the Illinois. More than half of the Ottawas, of this place, will
repair to Michilimacinac. The Chippeways and Mississaguas will go to
Topinanich. They have not at all been disposed to make any satisfaction
to the Miamis, for the murder of the last year, with Mr. Tonty. . . .
My success has been much owing to the great influence, I
have over the nations, Mr. De Vincennes is the witness to this. I do not
say this either to gratify my vanity, or to claim any credit, for truly
I am very tired of Detroit.
You can easily judge, Sir, in what a condition my affairs
must be, in consequence of having no presents, belonging to the king, in
my hands. However, I venture to trust to your goodness, and hope that
you will not suffer a devil to be reduced to beggary.
(Signed) DUBUISSON.
Au Fort du Detroit, Pontchartrain, June 15, 1712.
This letter was addressed to The Marquis de Vaudreuil, Governor General of New France.
From: OFFICIAL REPORT, MADE BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER,
OTTAGAMIE AND MASCOUTINS INDIANS. Detroit: 1845. 24 pages.
See Also:
Dictionary of Canadian Biography 2: 562-563.
Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections 33 (1904): 483-85, 495-97, 506-8, 510-12, 517, 528-52, 554, 561, 572.
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Hey that's great then.....bring it on
Hey that's great then.....bring it on
Hi time4apogee,
I am happy that you have agreed to my suggestion
Will try to start the discussion soon !!
definitely man ...cheers!
How is Stalla study guide for CFA? Is Schweser better or Stalla....
Both Schweser and Stalla are good. You will find good & hard questions in Schweser and fine video in Stalla.
@ Akram Sir,
I'm confused with the kind of material that's already available. I have Schweser notes+videos...and then there's the institue material. Although I've enrolled for the program, I'll start studying only after my final yr exams in June. So if I start then, what would be the best material to begin with?...consider that I'll be working after that....should I directly start with Schweser or is the time enough to finish reading the inst books....what about Schweser videos??
Dear 'TIme4apogee'
In my opinion the Schweser videos are as always good.They will provide you definitely better understanding & visibility. You will be learning the topics from CFAs & highly qualified and experienced financial professionals.They will give you short cut & best techniques.
You can visit the link in youtube at http://www.youtube.com/user/AllenResour ... NiUOVwAZQI
Md Akram
And there goes one more resource for CFA :mrgreen: ....Sir,which would u prefer amongst these?....allen resource or schweser videos??
The Schweser study materials are concise, well organized & have long history as study provider where as Allen study notes are too concise. Allen has comparatively better test bank & video.
is it ok if i just stick to one study provider-schweser?....dont want to put my feet everywhere
also could you plz tell me what study strategy should i use?...i was planning to start reading the CFA inst books in june after my exams....so once im done with each topic, should i give the same topic a cursory reading from schweser?...or do i first go through the entire syllabus from inst books and then touch schweser last month(nov)...then ther'es the secret sauce also :? ...and what about question solving?...apart from the questions behind the chapters (in schweser and inst books) i have the cd and 2 books(vol 1,2) of schweser...when should i start all this?? .....just let me know if there are shortcuts elsewhere which can help me...i dont think ill hav the time to check every such material( like allen resource) unless u insist upon it being worth checking out....since u might already know what's in there, please let me know anything specific in such material that worth checking out


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text: Home > Entertainment Antoinette flattered to be compared with Marian ABS-CBN News Posted at May 14 2014 12:51 PM | Updated as of May 14 2014 08:51 PM Share Save Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Antoinette Taus and Marian Rivera. (Composite Photo) MANILA – Antoinette Taus is flattered when some people say she has a resemblance with Marian Rivera, the current girlfriend of the former child star's ex-boyfriend Dingdong Dantes. In an interview with ABS-CBN News on Tuesday, Taus said she finds such comments flattering because she thinks Rivera is really beautiful. "Everybody has been saying [that], which I always say na flattered din ako kasi nagagandahan ako sa kanya at napaka-sexy niya. So kung 'yun ang sinasabi nila, thank you. Honestly thank you talaga," she said. In fact, Taus said it was Dantes himself who first told her about that observation. "Ang daming nagsasabi …dati pa. Si Dingdong ang unang nagsabi sa akin niyan nung una pa lang na nag-show silang dalawa. And then 'yun na, sunud-sunod na," she related. Returning to showbiz Meanwhile, Taus revealed she is excited to be back in the Philippines -- and in showbiz -- 10 years since she moved to the United States. "It actually feels greater than I even expected. Supposed to be dapat long vacation lang ito so balak ko sana sa trip na ito, magwo-work ako ng konti lang and spend time with my family. Tapos ang dami na lang nangyari na hindi ko ine-expect. I always live life according to what I think God's will is. So ang dating is parang sinasabi niya sa akin na dito muna ako, so dito muna ako," she said. On Tuesday, Taus inked a contract with Viva Entertainment, which includes a comeback album. Asked if her supporters could expect a different Antoinette Taus now, the actress said, "Malamang. Una naman kasi talaga, parang hindi ko naman na kaya magpa-tweetums. The real me naman, I'm really bubbly. I don't want to say aggressive but I'm very outgoing and straightforward so hopefully makakita din sila ng ibang side sa akin." Taus said she is happy to return to showbiz, which, she noted, has become more dynamic. "Ang showbiz ngayon extra daring. I'm proud of the industry though. Nagbago siya, very Hollywood na 'yung ibang projects and 'yung mga artista, everybody is looking so amazing and fabulous. I'm really looking forward to getting back," she said. First onscreen kiss Despite this, Taus said she is quite nervous with her comeback because she has never had a kissing scene in all her previous projects. Asked if she would agree that her first onscreen kiss would be with Dantes, she said, "If so baka mas maging komportable siguro ako nun. Maybe. Ang weird. I don't know. Kasi at least matagal na kaming magkakilala and naging kami naman talaga before pero either way, I guess anything that you do on camera is different from what you do off camera. Kasi on camera, trabaho 'yun." According to Taus, she would love to have a reunion project with Dantes as much as she wants to work with other artists. "Ako I'm open to anything. Kaya nga hindi ko maintindihan 'yung mga nagpapaaway-away. Wala naman talagang anything negative on my end. I'm happy to be here and I'm excited to work with anyone. I'm excited. Feeling ko maraming exciting na pwedeng mangyari kung magkaroon ng projects na reunion so I'm open to anything," she said. – from a report by Mario Dumaual, ABS-CBN News Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Entertainment,Top Stories,showbiz,Dingdong Dantes,Antoinette Taus,Marian Rivera,star news Read More: showbiz Dingdong Dantes Antoinette Taus Marian Rivera


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1. Quad Biking
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2. Bar Crawl
The best way to visit all of Rarotonga's bars and clubs is by boarding a bar crawl bus and letting the local driver chauffeur you around. They'll take you to all the liveliest places, where cheap drinks and friendly locals and tourists add to the party.
3. Adventure Cook Islands
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4. Avarua's Party Bars
Get the party started and keep it going until the morning at Avarua's main clubs, where you can enjoy regular happy hours and special events. Rehab and Whatever Bar are the two popular clubs and they always have a lively crowd to get everyone in the mood for a good time.
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As the most established charter boat in Rarotonga, Seafari Game Fishing Charters is one of the best ways to get out on the water and reel in the big one. With all equipment and food provided, and specialty holiday packages available upon request, the lads will have a blast seeing who can catch the biggest fish out of the deep blue.
6. Paintball
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Atiu is home to a burial cave called Rima Rau that's lined with human skulls. You can explore the cave system and fulfil your boyhood dream of being Indiana Jones by taking a guided tour through the cave. Experienced guides show you the sights, teach you about the cave's history and share why the human remains are there.
10. Traditional Outrigger Canoe
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On Falling In Love
It is a haunting thought that for all the words love speaks, all its languages, the myriad manifestations of its desire for union, its bodily and spiritual components — none of these suffices to express the goodness, the exalted goodness, the true goodness of the thing, of the being it loves.
Purely human love can remain on the level of instinct, of the passions. If it does, it remains shallow. Though expressed with intensity, fervor, even supposed commitment, it lacks depth. But, as with all things that are subject to the transformation of grace, human love can also rise higher.
We speak often of "falling in love", as though the descent we describe as the act of loving another deeply were something good. A contrast exists, however, for this incomplete vision of human love. What we are actually called to do in the very act of loving another intensely is to begin "rising in love"— the ascent being the ascent of human flesh and of the human will to the likeness of God it is created in, and meant for.
In his writing on the virtue of religion and the charity with which we ought to love God, St. Thomas Aquinas elucidates this reality by comparison and contrast
"The object of love is the good, but the object of honor and reverence is something excellent. Now God's goodness is communicated to the creature, but the excellence of His goodness is not. Hence the charity whereby God is loved is not distinct from the charity whereby our neighbor is loved, whereas the religion whereby God is honored, is distinct from the virtues whereby we honor our neighbor."
– St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica II.81.iv
It is here that we see both the difference between love of another person and the love we owe to God – a love distinct from latria, or worship, that constitutes the virtue of religion in its proper expression. Love of neighbor is analogous to what we must arise to: namely, the capacity to grow in what should be the exclusive love of every human heart: the love for God Himself, above all else.
In this distinction we also see the excellence human love is made for. Its capacity to love another, even to "fall in love" with another, is none other than the inroad to true worship of God, "For in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things subsist" (Col 1.16-17).
This is not a division. To love God exclusively — to love Him primarily above all else — is not to betray real human loves. And to love another, as is proper for human beings to do, as we are commanded to do by Christ Himself, is surely not to betray Him. The modern dualistic vision of the human person that divides soul and body has significant ramifications for the way we understand the human capacity to love God above all else and our neighbor as ourselves. But the commandment Christ left us remains a two-fold way to express one love. Christ states clearly "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' […] 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." (Mark 12.30-31).
It is not by accident that the greatest commandment, presented to us in the singular, calls us to love in two ways. Love of God requires the totality of our love. Only a full and undivided love of heart, soul, mind, and strength is the fitting offering, since God is the fullness of love itself. Arriving at this totality of love enables us, then, to love in particular ways, to love particular beings in ways proper to them, to love them in the right order. The capacity of human love for one's spouse, for one's family, for intimate friends, must stem from the individual's capacity to love God unreservedly, for He alone is the origin of the goodness we can love in others, and in Him alone can human love find meaning and become selfless charity.
Remembering this reality simplifies the complexities of human love as it creates an order for often confusing human experiences — experiences both of love and of betrayal. When human relationships flourish, they do so because they are ordered. Charity calls forth in us the capacity to love the true good of the beloved, to desire what is both good for them, and what is true about their life.
This is the deeper sense of what is meant when we say we "love someone for who they are" — for in loving then as they truly are, we love who they are ontologically, with all of their dignity as well as their faults, but also in the truth of who they are called to be. Propelled in and by charity in this way, we realize that to love another as they are is to enter into the profound privilege of loving them into sanctity, thereby protecting what is most beautiful and precious about them, and becoming helpers to them in the pursuit of holiness – for ultimately we are made to be with God, even as presently we can also be truly united with Him.
The greatest commandment requires both dimensions of love from us: love of God above all things, and love of neighbor as another self — and we are capable of this. Whether individually, or through celibate religious consecration, or in the vowed life of holy matrimony, every person is called to love in both ways: to love God exclusively with the totality of mind, heart, soul, and strength, and to love the other as another self.
Often we are tempted to think of this as a theoretical vision that falls short of reality, or perhaps as a paradox that requires an impossible choice between goods. The day-to-day expressions of human love are fraught with struggle, insufficiency, frustration, weakness, doubt, delusion, and betrayal. We do not trust ourselves, and often trust others even less. There is the temptation to think that to love another intensely detracts from God what is firstly and properly His: our undivided heart. Intense love for another seems to cloud our capacity to realize that even the most profound human loves do not compare to the totality of love God lavishes upon us and also requires of us in return. We feel as though we short-change God in the process, we take away what is His.
On deeper reflection, however, this is an incomplete vision of love in which we, being limited beings, do not realize that what we lavish on another in charity is something we have first received ourselves in superabundant grace:"…Of his fullness we all have received, grace for grace" (John 1.16). To truly subsist in God is to realize that the most noble and the greatest acts of human cherishing, of tenderness, of intimate affection and devotion, find their very strength, and authenticity, and fidelity in the life of grace, wherefrom flows all purity, and goodness, and charity. We are required to live in this strong hope, certain that "Everyone who thus hopes in him, purifies himself as he is pure" (1 Jn 3.1).
St. Paul exhorts us clearly: "Seek the things that are above" (Col 3.1). If the grace of charity is received as an infused grace that enables us to love God as He ought to be loved: for His own sake, and to love others in Him, then what we have at our disposal is the limitless love of God Himself. "Falling in love" then takes on a completely different significance, for it is a descent of our humanity, of all of the ways we love as human beings — both physically and spiritually — into the ascent of divinity. Only in this way is human love purified and made whole, as it "falls" into the knowledge of the ascent it is intended for, as it deeply seeks God, and the things that are above, in truth and grace.
The proper flourishing of this kind of love is profound interior reverence. True reverence is reserved for the holy, for what is sacred. Human love must first and foremost revere deeply the truest identity of its beloved. In so doing it enters into the very depths of the sacred mystery of divine love for a fallen humanity. We set our sights on the great love expressed in the Canticle of Canticles: "My beloved is mine, and I am his" (cf. Song of Solomon 2.16)—an all transporting love that is Godly — a love that places us in the very bosom of the Father who sent his Son in the flesh to redeem us in the flesh, and enables us there to find rest from the weariness of the disappointing, unsatisfying loves we often experience in our own lives.
It is there, in the Heart of Christ the Bridegroom, immersed in divine love, that we are asked to stay a while in reverence, in adoration, in communion. Soon, we will know that the heart's search for human love will not be sated. In this longing we discover that true Love is infinitely greater and infinitely captivating — and that it requires of us a constant pouring forth. In our rational capacity for authentic, selfless human love, we learn that the object of our love — the beloved — is himself or herself the object of God's infinite love first — is His beloved — and that in loving them we share in this communion, we allow them a share in our own longing for the One who is infinite Love Himself, as we even permit them the privilege of leading us to Him.
Such is the fleshly material of grace — its incarnation. From this standpoint, human love offered and received is equalized, as it seeks the same goods, the same meaning, the same delight, and the same end: God Himself. If, as St. Augustine poignantly reveals, our hearts are restless, then only when they rest in Him will our love find completeness and peace; only in Him will we be able to be truly one body – to be one as He and the Father are one (cf. John 17.21).
We may choose either jealous, possessively selfish love, or transcending, selflessly pure love. In choosing to act in accord with our capacity for pure love, the carnal dimensions of human love-giving are reordered towards the sacred. They acknowledge the very reality of human flesh as created in the image of God, as beautiful and attractive, as redeemed in the Incarnation, and as made for beatitude. In this vision, sustained in faith, the human body takes on in this life a new attraction, a transformed appeal, a semblance of the glory it is made to possess forever in the life to come—the glory of risen life itself.
To love another with this cognizance and conviction is to approach the love of the Holy Trinity, where truest communion denotes the fullest integration of love and truth: selfless love poured out for another, and ascent to the truth of who the other is in and for God.
"In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence."
-Hebrews 5.7
Such is the plea of human love made holy. And it is not a far stretch to say that this is the way even Christ "fell in love"—that He offered his very flesh for love and reserved none of it, descending into our humanity, experiencing every agony we know and avoiding no sorrow, with the full knowledge of the redemption his own Body would purchase for us.
The consummation of divine love is Love Incarnate, which, as we pilgrimage through the weariness of our own corporeal affections, becomes the goal of every human heart, and the measure for every human love worthy of the name.
Arriving at this point, no less will satisfy. The loud cry and supplication of the soul that has finally "risen in love" becomes a truly Eucharistic one: "May He make of us a living sacrifice – one body, one spirit, in Him."
He was heard because of His reverence. This reverence is a specific reverence: a proper ordering that models for us the truth of human love, its way to holiness, and the Life which gives it breath. There seems then to be no other way to truly "rise in love" than to be truly subsumed in Him, going to the altar of sacrifice and making the same living offering of ourselves, that as we live and breathe, we may partake of that reverence which saved the world.