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I like routines. Call them rituals, if you're feeling fancy. Call them predictably mundane, if you're feeling twenty-two. I love rituals and especially writing rituals. When my bloggy friends cover the same topic again and again, I find it as comforting as soup. Ordinary, yes, but still damn good. Besides, it is downright tradition to become boring with age—probably also to love soup more too, come to think of it.
Let's all slow down and have a bowl of soup! I will someday happily exclaim to my eye-rolling grandtweens.
Whether because of motherhood or just plain aging, I've grown increasingly fond of writing and reading about the commonplace. There are writers who have elevated this practice to a fine art. Take, for instance, David Sedaris' New Yorker articles on topics such as: shopping trips to Tokyo with his sisters, the turtle he watched being fed pizza, and his adventures in fitbit-induced garbage clean-up [See also: Commonplace by Dina Relles]. I am not quite so clever in how I write about my experiences. I am always telling, rarely showing. But before you think I'm digging for compliments, you should know I'm okay with that truth about myself. I'll get to that in a moment.
When I turned thirty-six, I felt an itch again to write about my age, an age that pulls me closer to forty than thirty. Though only a year had passed since I last wrote about age, I'd begun to feel a persistent shift that, imperceptible as it may have been to the outside, was monumental in my head. But it felt a little too indulgent to travel that road again so soon, even for a self-obsessed navel-gazer like me (I'm paraphrasing from one of my favorite blog comments of all time. Thanks for setting me straight, Anonymous Troll!).
Then again, screw it. Life is short. Let's talk about me again.
Now seems like a good time because I just celebrated my half-birthday. Yes, I still mark the passage of these milestones, if only in my mind, but an Eeyore's sigh has replaced an exclamation point at the end of the thought, "Closer to my next birthday than my last." Timing is also good because Vivi just turned eight, and I have been wanting to write her a letter on her birthday.
When Vivi turned six, I stopped my tradition of writing the girls birthday letters on my blog to give them some privacy back. In this era of oversharing, I'm still glad I did that. But one thing I miss is being able to pull up the letters to reread at any time. Although I may have written the girls private letters for their recent birthdays, Lord knows where I put them. The greatest thing about blogging about my family, as I've often repeated, is that it keeps my memories in a place where I can find them later.
Inspired by my friend Kristen, who wrote a series of real and poignant letters to her daughter called "If you ask me…," I'm sharing some changes I've experienced lately in the form of a letter to my daughter. I hope that by charting my growth, my girls might learn these lessons earlier than I did, but I don't pin all my hopes on that possibility. I recognize people change throughout their lives as part of normal growth. As Auden pointed out:
"Between the ages of twenty and forty we are engaged in the process of discovering who we are, which involves learning the difference between accidental limitations which it is our duty to outgrow and the necessary limitations of our nature beyond which we cannot trespass with impunity."
-W.H. Auden, found on an archive post on Gretchen Rubin's blog
Some references I make below will be way past their expiration date by the time Vivi reads this letter, but "you," the Other Reader, might be interested in them, so here they are:
- Happier podcast episode, "Stop Apologizing"
- Dear Sugar podcast episode, "When Politics is Personal"
- Check out Christine Koh's response to the episode above
- I agree with this review in the New Yorker of Yes Please
- Watch Samantha Bee's Full Frontal on TBS. I have watched the clip of Sam telling a politician he is "the wrongiest wrongheadedest wrong person" so many times, both because it's hysterical and because I can't imagine how she got the guts to do it.
And as for the bomb I drop mid-letter about moving to Boston, I realize I'm burying that lede. But it's a story for another day, and if you read on to the end, you'll get the gist of why.
Dear Genevieve,
Eight is an age I recall well. You are so like me in so many ways: your tendency toward organization and planning, your passion for recording everyday life in a journal, your love of letter writing, and your desire to make everyone happy. These traits will serve you well; though your sensitivity and openness will certainly lead to being hurt, I do not worry about whether you'll come out strong from those situations. Here's where our likenesses diverge. I know you'll stand up for yourself because a braver girl has never lived than you. Thanks to Glennon Doyle Melton, I have learned to tell you that your only jobs are to be brave and kind, and I hope you believe it. You already live up to the task.
Because I know it will please your organized heart, I tried to pool my thoughts below into categories. But enough explaining. Let the navel-gazing start!
1. acceptance
I don't want to give you the impression that I obtained confidence suddenly in my mid-thirties and that, "you will too if you just hang in there long enough!" Rather, I had to make a conscious effort to build up the courage to accept my flaws, realize that I deserve love and support, and stop saying 'I'm sorry' unnecessarily. You say you're sorry a lot right now. I try to undo that need for you, even though I realize I'm likely the person who put it in your mind to begin with, since it's what I do. Call it a product of being raised in the genteel south.
It's not that we should never apologize, just that sometimes we do it so much that it becomes burdensome to other people, like a tic, a need to be reassured that everything is okay. Sometimes it is better to say thank you instead of apologizing. Like yesterday, when I was late picking you up. I looked your teacher in the eye and instead of apologizing profusely, I said, "Thank you for staying late with them. I appreciate it." An apology would have required him to say something like, "No worries!" In this case, my thanks gave him recognition he deserved for the good deed without forcing him to make me feel better about myself.
Acceptance, to me, means acknowledging you aren't perfect and forgiving yourself for those imperfections, even embracing them. Your quirks are what make you, you! I learned this lesson from Gretchen Rubin when reading The Happiness Project and Better than Before. A big part of her message is to accept your quirks as part of who you are.
Here's a quirk of mine that I'm sure you're all too familiar with. I talk and talk way past the point that the other person has understood my meaning, and then I keep on talking: I am a teller, not a shower. Gretchen calls her rule, "Be Gretchen," because she realized that although she was odd about certain things, it made her happier to accept those things and be different than it did to try to fit in. It's a simple concept, but a powerful one too.
Maybe the primary message to Sheryl Sandburg's Lean In was for women to build up their confidence enough to accept their flaws and stop apologizing, although I didn't take it that way when I was reading it. She seemed to be saying, "Everywhere I go, women are doing it all wrong!", but I couldn't glean any specific tips from her. It was like, "Get a mentor! But don't ask anyone to be your mentor because that's too needy!"
But luckily, Sheryl isn't the only source of feminism; there are far better badasses in my generation. Cheryl Strayed is my (and everyone else's) writing guru and all-around feminist badass. Her Dear Sugar essay, "Write like a Motherfucker," is the stuff of legend. Recently she offered a great counterpoint to the challenge to "Stop Apologizing." She noted there are two kinds of apologies, the one we give when we've done something wrong, and the other that acknowledges someone else's pain. "I'm sorry you're hurting," we say. It took me a few sessions of marital counseling with your dad to acknowledge the merits of such a phrase, but I've grown to accept it, and the more willingly I offer it, the more natural it becomes.
Feminist comedians are doing a great job of moving the conversation forward. Amy Poehler is another example I look for in a public mentor. In fact, I recall back when I read Tina Fey's Bossypants that my favorite story wasn't even about Tina herself, although she too is a feminist badass. It was instead the anecdote regarding Jimmy Fallon having told Amy a joke of her's wasn't 'cute,' and Amy shouting at him, "I don't fucking care if you like it!" This is 100% Boston Badass Woman (she's from Burlington), and it's the primary reason I'm excited to move you back up to that area this summer. Boston has its flaws, chiefly its latent and blatant racism, and it is as cold as well digger's ass in January. But it is also a place that raises women who stand up for themselves. I have no doubt you'll do just that.
Last September, on my lady-friend trip to Colorado, I devoured Amy Poehler's Yes Please. It is a feminist manifesto. Read it. But first, brush up on some of the best of Amy's comedy, like Parks & Recreation and clips she did on SNL, like her Sarah Palin rap from Weekend Update when she was a week away from delivering a baby. PURE comedy gold. Amy's insistence on her point of view, and her unflinching ability to look straight into anyone's eyes and say, "I deserve to be here!" inspires me.
2. grace
I've been hearing this word more often in the context of describing my actions toward others (and by 'more often,' what I mean is: at all). Of course my first reaction is to mimic Elaine, "You think I have GRACE?!" I've never been described as graceful in the physical sense, for obvious reasons, i.e., several broken bones, countless bruises, etc. But on further thought, I truly believe when I'm described as having grace it's because of #1 on my list, the self-esteem that comes from accepting ourselves. It's like that old adage, "You can't forgive others until you've forgiven yourself." Or maybe that's a brand new adage I just created, and if so, you should use it. It's a good one. You could insert other words for forgive, like love, tolerate, admire. It works!
The older I get, the less black and white the world is becoming. I think it's by seeing most situations as gray, by admitting I can't see all sides and that there are plenty of mysteries and complexities to any situation, that I'm able to offer others grace. Whatever grace I have to offer always comes back to me again. I still fall short so often, but the good and bad news is we never stop having chances to offer and receive grace.
3. slay
Around my birthday, my neighbor begged me to come work at the public health non-profit organization where she had just started a job because they needed so much help. I didn't exactly saunter into that room, but I will admit I was the most nonchalant I've ever been in a job interview. I have to imagine it's how many men probably approach their everyday lives, but for me it was highly unusual. The thing was, they loved me! They wanted me even though I was up front with them that I didn't want to work full time and that I probably wouldn't take the job for more than six months. I got the job!
I came home from that day feeling I could do anything.
"The perception of meaning, as I see it, more specifically boils down to becoming aware of a possibility against the background of reality or, to express it in plain words, to becoming aware of what can be done about a given situation." -Viktor Frankl
The hurdles that had kept me from pursuing my dream of nursing school were still there, but I decided that day to stop telling myself it was impossible and just DO IT. I sat down at my computer and immediately got to work doing the last few things I needed to apply. I registered for a microbiology class at the local community college and modified my new work schedule to allow me to attend the lab on Friday mornings. I asked my old faculty from graduate school to write me recommendation letters, again. Then I wrote a damn good essay, closed my eyes, said what the hell, and sent my applications to Northeastern and Columbia.
When the holidays came, I stuffed my face too full of food to do any real pondering, as usual, except for the time spent preparing for my annual "I need to cleanse my body of all this sugar!" elimination diet/eating disorder. When I was still emerging from that yo-yo, I got the word. It seems that Columbia could use a gal like Justine. And I was all:
I'll admit my reaction after elation was to wonder: why me. I mean really, why me??
A week later, I witnessed Beyoncé's incredible Formation video and Super Bowl performance. The confidence it must have taken to dream up and enact a sea of female dancers dressed as Black Panthers, and the courage and power she demonstrated on that stage in front of thousands of white male football lovers and millions more on TV…well, it awed me. Then the negative reactions that followed such a wonderful display of powerful female art dismayed me. But in another way, I felt boosted up by the positive reactions from the girls and women between your generation and mine, whose voices rose up above the hate to say that we will not suffer the disregarded and diminished fate of the women who came before us.
Then a fog lifted from my brain, and I immediately thought, I KNOW WHY ME. Me because I worked my ass off to become a birth doula even while damn near every person within earshot of this decision would offer their unsolicited opinion of why this idea was no good. I did it anyway, not because I knew it would help my career, but just for its own sake. In discussing the success of his book Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl said,
"Don't aim at success—the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long run—in the long run, I say!—success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think of it."
Me because I'm the one who had to schedule middle-of-the-night sitters so I could kiss you tiny toddlers on your sleeping cheeks after I dragged my ass out of bed to attend 30-hour births. Me because I'm the one who stood by the side of fifteen brave laboring women, three of whom were LGBTQ, while they attempted to navigate a health system not always committed to giving them the evidence-based births they wanted and needed, and did not even necessarily recognize their right to be mothers. Me because I am the hen who ground every last grain to make bread.
Even though you know by now that I turned down Columbia to go to Northeastern in Boston instead so I could bring you girls home again, I will always be able to say I AM the reason I got into Columbia.
Because I slay. We slay. You slay.


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There is a great national debate about guns taking place across the country today - in Congress, in state legislatures and at school board meetings. More importantly, this debate about guns is happening at kitchen tables, backyard cookouts and in the breakroom at work.
It is a very important and complex debate. It's about the latest newspaper headlines and our oldest historic culture; it's about passion and principle; it's about black and white; it's about husbands and wives; it's about fear and hope - it's about life and death. And ultimately, it's about who we are as a people, as South Carolinians and as Americans.
The gun debate is a cultural and political war and, as Sen. Hiram Johnson of California famously said, "The first casualty of war is the truth."
So before the gun war in South Carolina heats up to a fever pitch, it would be good for us to establish "the truth." What are the cold, hard, indisputable facts about guns in South Carolina and how do we compare with other states?
The authoritative Center for American Progress recently completed a 50 state analysis of gun violence and gun laws entitled America Under the Gun. Here are the findings for South Carolina:
• One person in South Carolina is killed by a gun every 14 hours.
• From 2001-2010, there were 5,991 people killed by guns in South Carolina.
• This number killed was 15 percent more than all U.S. combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
• Overall, we rank 6th in the nation in the highest levels of gun violence.
• We had the 7th worst gun murder rate in the nation, 39 percent higher than the national average.
• Between 2002-2011, 16 law enforcement officers were murdered by guns.
• The rate of law enforcement officers killed with guns in South Carolina is the 4th worst in the U.S.
• From 2001-20010, South Carolina ranked 4th worst in the nation in the rate of women murdered by guns. This was 64 percent above the national average.
• In terms of women murdered by men, in 2010 we ranked 2nd in the nation and more than half of these murders were committed with a gun.
• S.C. has the 6th highest rate in the country of crime-gun exports - i.e., guns sold in South Carolina that were later used in crimes in another state.
By this one key marker of illegal gun trafficking (exports), as of 2009, S.C. is more than twice as bad as the national average.
So, these are the numbers …the facts. We may not like them, we can ignore them, we can even deny them and say they are not true, but that doesn't change things. It does not change the simple facts.
Now, there is another aspect of the gun debate that is relevant here in South Carolina as well, and that is the status of our gun laws. Here things seem to get a little more complicated, but not really.
The NRA types want non-restrictive or loose gun laws and, by their analysis, S.C. gun laws rate high on their scale. To those who want more restrictions and tighter gun laws, S.C. laws rate at or near the bottom on their scale. So regardless of whether you are for or against the current law, both sides agree that S.C. has relatively non-restrictive, loose gun laws.
Now, let's take this one step further and compare the list of states that rank high on incidents of gun violence and the states with loose gun laws. And what do you get? Again, as per the American Progress study, there is a strong correlation between high gun violence and loose gun laws.
Of the 10 states with the weakest gun laws in the county, eight are among the 25 states with the highest rates of gun violence.
Of the 10 states with the strongest gun laws, nine are among the 25 states with the lowest levels of gun violence.
Note carefully, neither I nor the study has said this is a provable, direct "cause and effect" link between violence and laws….but the correlation is clearly there, so you be the judge
However, two things that are indisputably clear here in South Carolina are: 1. We are killing each other at frightening rates, and 2. Virtually none of our elected officials in the state legislature are doing much about it.
So, by the time you wake up tomorrow morning - 14 hours from now - there will be another South Carolinian lying dead from gun violence.
No matter what the politicians say, it's not a great day in South Carolina.
Phil Noble is a businessman in Charleston and serves as President of the SC New Democrats, an independent group founded by former Gov. Richard Riley committed to big change and real reform in government and politics in South Carolina. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or go to www.SCNewDemocrats.org.

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- Preheat your oven to 180 degrees celcius and line the bottom of two 8 inch cake tins with greaseproof paper and grease the sides and bottom of the cake tin
- In your mixing bowl beat together the butter and sugar for around 5 minutes, it should be smooth and creamy. Add in the eggs one at a time and mix, then add the vanilla and buttermilk and beat till everything is mixed in
- Sift in the flour, corn flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and fold in gently (or beat at a low speed, do not over mix) until everything is incorporated
- Divide the mixture between the cake tins and pop in the oven for 25 minutes or until golden around the edges. Check the cake by inserting a tooth pick into the centre of the cake and if it comes out clean your cake is done.
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Instructions below ONLY apply to truForm.
In this section, we will go over the following:
Invite a Patient
This would be used to invite a patient to complete their online registration (or any other forms PBHS has created for your practice) online BEFORE their scheduled appointment.
- Once you login
- Select "Access Forms"
- In the upper right hand corner, select "Invite Patient"
- The below "Invite A Patient" form will open, fill out the needed areas including:
- First Name
- Last Name
- Email Address
- Confirm Email Address
- At least one phone (Phone or Cell Phone)
- Which forms would you like the patient to complete?
Make sure to select the form (or forms if you have multiple) you would like the patient to fill out. These will be presented to the patient through our secure portal once they sign-up to complete online.
- Is an appointment scheduled?
You can set the scheduled appointment, with the 24hr email reminder to remind your patients to fill out their forms BEFORE their upcoming appointment.
Patient Portal Signup
- Once you "Invite" the patient from your doctor portal, this will email the patient an invitation to signup!!
- The Patient would select the URL within the email to complete their 2 step patient verification:
- The patient would select "Continue" and would either get a phone call (if landline) or a phone call or text message (if mobile) depending on the option they choose within the drop down above...
- The call/text would give them a secret code to enter for registration below
- Select "Continue" once entered.
- The patient can have the secret code resent by selecting "Re-send Code" at anytime on this screen
- The patient can go back and choose a different delivery option by selecting "Change Delivery Method"
- Instructions to the RIGHT will give them the needed requirements for this password. Once you have met all requirements, each item will turn from red to green:
- Re-enter your password to confirm, and select "Continue"
Patient Portal
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- Once they have logged in, the patient would select "Access Forms":
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- The patient would select "Continue Form" to open and completed the needed form:
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Two elderly motorists were rushed to the hospital after the car they were in went over an embankment in Point Loma on Monday morning.
The car crashed at about 9:30 a.m. after going over the edge at a parking lot at Cabrillo National Monument. Maurice Luque of San Diego Fire Rescue said the vehicle went about 225 feet down the hillside before flipping and traveling another 25 feet or so and finally coming to a rest, according to Luque. The 77-year-old passenger was able to get out of the car and managed to go about 25 feet, seeking help, while his friend was still trapped in the car. Rescuers soon reached both victims and started attempts to extricate the driver. It took them nearly an hour to rescue the second man, who is 75, according to SDFR.
"According to a passenger ... his friend was driving, and his friend, he said, had a bad hip, and he mistook the gas for the break," Luque said.
Both victims were taken to USCD Medical Center. The driver had major injuries, according to Luque, and was taken by Copter 2 to the hospital. The other man suffered minor injuries, according to Luque.


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A San Antonio woman's swashbuckling response to brain cancer
By Richard A. Marini
July 26, 2017
Photo: Tom Reel /San Antonio Express-News
Anna Marie Lopez (right) fences against opponent James Murphy as she works out at the San Antonio Phoenix Fencers' Club. After surgery to remove a brain tumor left her with multiple medical issues, she took up fencing to return "strength and courage" to her life.
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Take a look at the Akerlund catering menu:
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Hotel Akerlund is one of the oldest continously running hotels and restaurants, dating back to year 1928. It is, by tradition, a place for celebrations, holiday festivities and special events.
Akerlund's catering is a great choice for everyone who wants high-quality food for your special events, corporate dinners or other large or small arrangements.
At Restaurant Akerlund we work with a focus on high quality and personal service. We use only first-class materials from carefully selected providers.
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Double happiness: ice cream that's gourmet but guilt-free
Forget store-bought, we learned to make tasty frozen treats the old-fashioned way
Forget store-bought, we learned to make tasty frozen treats the old-fashioned way
Young Post's junior reporters learned how to make delicious ice cream that is dairy-free, soy-free and gluten-free. They were taught by local ice cream maker Happy Cow, which was founded by vegan couple Isaac and Lacey Goldstein in 2012.
Our junior reporters went to the Happy Cow factory in Kwai Chung, and here's what they learned.
Nearly 90 per cent of East Asians are lactose intolerant, so more and more individuals are turning vegan. With many others turning gluten-free, there's huge demand to find alternatives for popular foods. That's where Lacey and Isaac's journey started.
The couple was inspired to start vegetarian and vegan lifestyles after watching emotional videos online, and reading books such as Dr Joel Fuhrman's Eat to Live. They soon realised the benefits of veganism, such as improved blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
Eager for a more environmentally sustainable life and determined to live ethically, the couple started whisking up recipes they found online to satisfy their love for ice cream. In 2012, they founded Happy Cow to give people "a healthier alternative to ice cream, which was not only better for their bodies, but also the planet," says Lacey.
Their products are dairy-free, soy-free, and gluten-free, and contain no artificial flavours, colours or preservatives. Isaac calls it a "great way for people to start thinking about what they're really putting inside their tummies."
Less than three years since it started, Happy Cow can be found in almost 50 shops around Hong Kong. There are currently 25 flavours, including the locally-inspired flavours "Red Bean Crunch" and "Yin Yang Sesame".
Bakhita Fung
Delicious ice cream doesn't grow on trees … or does it? Isaac showed us how to make one of the most popular Happy Cow flavours: banana caramel swirl. It was surprisingly simple to create this amazing ice cream.
First, fresh bananas were blended into a thick brown mixture with some coconut sugar, which tasted much sweeter than normal sugar, and looks like a brown powder instead of sugar crystals. Then we added a little bit of concentrated banana flavouring and vegan stabiliser made from beans. Isaac said people had a preconception that ice cream contained large amount of additives. In fact, only less than a teaspoon of these additives goes into a tub of Happy Cow ice cream.
Next, the mixture was put into a whipping machine with coconut cream, a dairy alternative. After the ice cream was made, it was blended with caramel syrup, and packaged.
Packaging was as easy as pie … or ice cream. You just put the container under a machine similar to a hair dryer, which heats the plastic wrap and seals the container.
Vegan ice cream is definitely a healthy and organic alternative to normal ice cream.
Rosaline Chan
There's no doubt about it: compared to your typical supermarket or gelato shop ice cream, Happy Cow is almost angelic. It's made of all-organic materials and it's soy-free, gluten-free, low glycemic, and kosher. And there's even one extra gram of fibre thanks to the coconut sugar used. With fewer calories, carbohydrates, and less sodium, it seems like an obviously healthier alternative. Holy cow, indeed.
Critics, however, may point out that the saturated fat content in a cup of Happy Cow is comparable in a cup of Haagen-Dazs. Wait - what?
"First off, the biggest difference between our ice cream and normal brands is that there's zero cholesterol," Isaac explained. "Also, there is such a thing as 'good' saturated fat, and the kind in this ice cream is the good, plant-based, coconut kind."
He has a point: saturated fat has important functions in the body. And Happy Cow provides this fat without the extra additives, fats, and emulsifiers found in commercial varieties. So can this vegan dessert alternative help people lose weight?
Isaac doesn't claim his product is a magic fat-burner. "There is no such thing as quick-fix weight loss. What we try to promote with Happy Cow are gradual lifestyle changes. The most important thing about healthy eating is having good quality food. But that's not the only thing; in the long run, you need to have a healthy work-life balance and a higher sense of purpose in life."
So that means you can't binge on several buckets in one go. In the end, it is still a dessert and not a meal substitute. "We're ice cream, just made better," Isaac smiles.
Now that's moo-sic to my ears.
Catherine Wang
A business like Happy Cow, which provides vegan and gluten-free alternatives to everyday food, is great for Hong Kong, where so many products are imported from other countries.
"People buy frappuccinos from Starbucks without thinking how that affects them and where they live," Lacy says. "They don't think about all the sugar they're consuming, or that they're just benefiting another country. And because so many things are imported, people don't realise that there are many local companies which provide fresh, healthy products."
Lacey and Isaac hope Hongkongers become more aware of the consequences of their consumption, which would help both the health of consumers, and the growth of local companies.
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Deering Dyer, Chase Jones, Jacob Ley, Stephen Neumeyer
December 22, 2018
It's Christmas! This week the guys talk about their favorite and least favorite Christmas songs/hymns and even get into Christmas cartoons and movies. They also talk about Santa Clause - so parents beware! The guys also have a discussion of what Christmas looks like at their respective church plants. In the ep there is a TGC article by Ronnie Martin titled "3 Ways To Become A Christmas Loving Pastor". Check it out here: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/3-ways-to-become-a-christmas-loving-pastor/ Merry Christmas to you and yours! As always, this episode is brought to you by The Saturate Movement - a church planting movement in northeast Ohio with a vision to plant 10 churches in 10 years. If you would like to learn more about our church planting residency, look us up online at https://saturatemovement.life. The Saturate Movement is a ministry of http://thechapel.life.
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My name is Elijah Ness and I am a fourth year student at Vassar College pursuing majors in Urban Studies and Chinese Language. This past Spring semester I have been working at Hudson River Housing as a Community Design intern. I have worked to develop a series of synthetic maps that depict housing conditions and occupancy rates on the Northside of Poughkeepsie. This has involved on-site surveying, data compilation and analysis, and mapping…Continue
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It's been a while since I've written a blog post for Middle Main and so much has happened in that time. I'm now in my…Continue
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My name is Karibo Opuiyo, and I attend Poughkeepsie High School as a Sophomore. I found out about an internship at Hudson River Housing a month ago, thanks to my sister who had previously done the internship there in the summer. She urged me to apply fo a job there and I ended up actually doing it. I soon found out that I got the job there and I would be assigned to a place called the "Mid Hudson Heritage Center". At first I had never heard of the place, the only…Continue
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Hi, my name is Karibo Opuiyo, and the event I participated in was with Spark Media Project in Poughkeepsie. Spark Media Project is a program that provides workshops, programs, and projects that teach youth skills on the viewing of media, encourages youth to be engaged in Media Arts, and offers employment and growth opportunities. Spark Media was called to my school to do an event with the students involving the city of Poughkeepsie. This was brought about based on a…Continue
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Hi my name is Javier Rolon, and my event I am blog about today is the "Day of The Dead". I attended this event awhile ago and I had a great time at it. This event was very inspiring and was very culturaly diverse, there was very inspiring art to celebrate "la dia de muerto" (the day of the dead). The day of dead is a holiday celebrated by latinos to recognize and pray for the loved ones friends and family who have moved on, this is celebrated to also those love oves…Continue
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My Jessica Thompson and I am a current freshman at Dutchess Community College. This summer I was an intern though the Hudson River Housing L.E.A.P program. I was assigned to the local business Sweet Willy's Treats, and while there I was surrounded by great, supportive people who have allowed me to become confident in myself in ways I never thought possible.
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Hi, my name is Jessica Thompson and I am a current freshman at Dutchess Community College. I've lived in Poughkeepsie my whole life but I had never been very active in the community until I started working with the Hudson River Housing Projects LEAP program. While working with them I learned about the La Guelaguetza Festival, and decided to check it out.
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This summer, I participated in Middle Main's Youth LEAP program. All in all, it was a really great experience, and I recommend it to any young person who wants to get more involved in the community. My experience with the program was unique because I had interned with Middle Main before, and the program provided me with yet another amazing opportunity to be involved with the community.
I got to help Middle Main carry out a survey of resident…Continue
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Over the summer I completed an amazing internship with North River Roasters(NRR) through the Hudson River Housing Youth LEAP Program. I learned so many new things and worked with so many wonderful people. Learning how to roast, weigh/package, and taste coffee was really fun and gave me a new perspective on coffee overall. Doing this internship helped me develop a skill that is important to life, which is public…Continue
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This summer, I did an internship with Hudson River Housing called the Youth LEAP Program. The LEAP program had 6 students aged 16+ and over work at 1 of 5 local businesses on Main Street. I chose to work with the Middle Main Initiative and it was one of the best work experiences I've ever had so far.
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Recently I completed an internship at the Mid- Hudson Heritage Center through Hudson River Housing. I found out about this experience at a high school job fair and thought it would be a great opportunity. At the job fair I was told I would be paired up with a business on Main Street. When I got home I looked at all the different opportunities that were being offered and thought this Youth Leap Program would benefit me the most. I immediately sent in an application and…Continue
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Last Friday, I attended a community event, located at 517 Murphy park, and I must say it was amazing. I arrived at around six o'clock and immediately noticed the chairs and tent set up. There was also tables that had an array of things on it such as water, cups, plates and etc. I soon have a seat and the event commences. The first portion of the event began with a ceremony to honor those in the Poughkeepsie community who've helped renovate and make Poughkeepsie a…Continue
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When I stumbled upon the opportunity to be a summer intern for the Middle Main Initiative on a google search, I figured my time here would be spent doing menial office tasks or coffee runs. Instead, I have found myself surrounded by opportunities to watch and participate in community revitalization. One of the main summer projects I have been assigned is to focus on planning Community Clean-Up days with local organizations and places of worship. Through convincing busy church…Continue
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There are not many natural hills in Ostrava so the local residents had to build some themselves. One of them is the 315 metres above the sea high Ema Heap in Silesian Ostrava which consists of tonnes of waste rock, these days covered by birches. It is the only state protected heap in the Ostrava-Karviná Region. Thanks to the amazing view, the top of the heap is very popular among visitors. The interesting point is that the heap is still working. Clouds of smoke containing mainly methane and sulphur dioxide rise from the heap and the inner temperature reaches over 1000 °C. The trip to Ema Heap is allowed at the peoples' own risk. The top can be reached following the tourist track from Silesian Ostrava Castle, Miloš Sýkora Bridge or from the Zoo.
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Traveling In China – 2002
|Thursday, December 5, 2002
|Drove to San Francisco International Airport. Flew to Beijing on Air China.
|Friday, December 6, 2002
|Arrived in Beijing in the evening. A hotel shuttle drove us to the Grand Hotel (just a few blocks from Tiananmen Square). We arrived at the hotel around 8 PM. Since we barely slept on the long air flight, we had just enough energy to order room service before turning in for the evening.
|Saturday, December 7, 2002
|Sightseeing in Beijing. No tour guide. We walked around the city on our own. We went to the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. We ended up having dinner at the Outback Steakhouse located in a hotel next door to the Grand Hotel. Food was exactly like the food at the Outback Steakhouse back home.
E-mail sent to friends on December 7: Hi everybody. We arrived in Beijing last night at about 8 PM. Although there is only one other couple with us adopting through our agency, there were a lot of people from all over the country on our airplane who are also here to adopt a daughter. Although they will be traveling to other parts of China to pick up their babies, we will meet all of them again in a week when we are in Guangzhou (the only Chinese city with a U.S. Consulate that deals with international adoptions). While we were at the Forbidden City
today, there was a large tour group made up of families with adopted
|Sunday, December 8, 2002
|Flew to Nanchang (capital of the province of Jiangxi, where Emily was). Met our adoption guide at the Nanchang airport. Took the hotel shuttle from the airport to the hotel. We met Emily at the hotel. She was already there waiting in the lobby when we arrived. She was sitting on a sofa with the orphanage director and caregivers probably only 25 feet from the hotel entrance. As I was checking in at the front desk, Emily was already in the arms of Susan. Within 30 minutes, the orphanage director and caregiver were gone and Emily was playing in our hotel room.
|Monday, December 9, 2002
|Met with an official of the Department of Civil Affairs (adoption finalization process, obtained adoption finalization documents) and then an official of the Notary of Jiangxi Province (to officially certify the adoption finalization documents). We were required to stay in Nanchang until Emily's Chinese passport was issued (normally, takes five days after adoption finalization before passport is ready. We picked it up late in the afternoon on Thursday the 12th). After our morning meetings, our guide took us to the local supermarket/department store where we bought snacks, baby supplies (diapers, wipes, baby food, formula), baby shoes and clothes, and a week's supply of soft drinks.
|Tuesday, December 10, 2002
|Sightseeing in Nanchang
|Wednesday, December 11, 2002
|Sightseeing in Nanchang
Blog post made on December 11, 2002 at 5:14 am (Pacific Time):
Hi everyone. I am currently typing from the business center of the Lake View Hotel in Nanchang, China. We left San Francisco on Thursday, arrived in Beijing on Friday, went to the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square on Saturday, and flew to Nanchang on Sunday. I had big plans to videotape the exact moment when we got Emily. However, I was caught by surprise. As we were walking into the lobby of the hotel on Sunday, Emily was already there (with the orphanage director and a caregiver) sitting in a sofa just a few feet from the hotel entrance. Before I had a chance to dig out my video camera, our adoption agency guide was introducing us to the orphanage director while simultaneously the caregiving was handing off Emily to Susan. Within a minute, the guide was urging me to check into the hotel. As I was busy filing out the hotel registration information, Susan had Emily in her arms playing with her. I have some tape of the initial 5 minutes of the meeting however it was less than I hoped for. I'll post more details later. But it's been an interesting few days. I can say that it has been a fascinating trip. China is a fascinating country. I really wish I could have spent more than one full day in Beijing. I'll post pictures when I get a chance.
|Thursday, December 12, 2002
|Sightseeing in Nanchang. Picked up Emily's Chinese passport at the local Public Security office in the late afternoon. With the receipt of Emily's passport we were allowed to travel onto Guangzhou.
Blog post made on December 12, 2002 at 3:44 am (Pacific Time):
In case you're wondering: For all of those who thought Emily would attach to me and not Susan. You are wrong. Emily likes to be held by Susan more than I (although that is slowly changing each day). At first, Emily ONLY wanted to be held by Susan. Race as an attachment factor was nil. We did not learn until yesterday that Emily is a skilled crawler. We initially thought that she was VERY behind developmentally. For the first few days, she did not turn over on her side and barely crawled. Now she is crawling (with great speed) everywhere. She is now getting into everything. We've had to close our hotel bathroom door and raise the trash cans off the floor. And it is true about the little old ladies in China. They love kids. In public areas (parks, city streets, supermarkets, public buildings) they will come up to Susan, smile at the baby, and interact with Emily (even pinch her cheeks). If they don't think Emily is wearing enough layers (it is cold in Nanchang), they will lecture Susan about putting more clothes on Emily. Some will even put there fingers up Emily's arm or leg to determine how may layers she is wearing. One time, I saw one lady pacing around us who looked very concerned. I saw her go from person to person around us. Finally, after 5 minutes, the old lady found a man who spoke a little English. The man came up to Susan to tell her that the lady wanted to tell Susan that 2 layers is the minimum amount of layers a baby should be out in. She seemed relived that her message got to Susan. Some are less direct and will simply come up to Susan and Emily, smile, pinch Emily's cheek, and zip up Emily's jacket (or button up a jacket up) as they are interacting. Never have any skin from a leg or arm exposed on a baby while in China. Otherwise, feel the wrath of an old lady. Tomorrow we fly to Guangzhou, home of the U.S. Consulate in China with an adoption unit.
|Friday, December 13, 2002
|Left Nanchang in the late afternoon and flew to Guangzhou (location of the only U.S. Consulate in China that handles international adoptions). Checked into the White Swan Hotel (the closest hotel to the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou). Unlike Nanchang, where the weather was very cold (at or below freezing, even during the daylight hours), temperatures in Guangzhou were in the 70's (F). Even the evenings were warm in Guangzhou.
|Saturday, December 14, 2002
|In the morning, we went to a local photo shop across the street from the hotel to get Emily's U.S. visa photos and then walked five minutes to a local medical clinic to get Emily's physical exam (both were needed for Emily's U.S. immigrant visa application). Spent the rest of the morning filling out the required application forms for Emily's U.S. visa with the guidance of our adoption agency representative, Chris. We had the rest of the day to sightsee.
E-mail sent to friends on December 14:
Welcome from the White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton, home of the only U.S. Consulate in China that handles international adoptions). We flew in to Guangzhou from Nanchang last night (the adoption city, the capital of the province where Emily is from). This morning, we had Emily's visa picture taken and took her to the physical exam required by the U.S. Consulate (she passed). We were in and out of the medical facility in 30 minutes. Then we spent about an hour with the adoption agency guide filling out the required paperwork for the U.S. adoption visa. Then we were free the rest of the day to explore Guangzhou. Guangzhou is in the southern part of China. In Beijing and Nanchang, we had to wear several layers since temperatures got to freezing and below. In Guangzhou, it is warm so we got to go out in short sleeves today. Sunday, we will sightsee. Then Monday, our agency guide will drop off our papers at the U.S. Consulate. Monday afternoon, we will go to the Consulate for the swearing in ceremony. Tuesday, our guide will pick up Emily's U.S. visa at the Consulate. Wednesday is a sightseeing day (we could go home but we couldn't book a flight). Thursday, we fly home.
|Sunday, December 15, 2002
|Sightseeing in Guangzhou.
|Monday, December 16, 2002
|Chris submitted our visa paperwork at the U.S. Consulate in the morning (he went by himself). Around 3:30 PM, we were escorted by Chris to the U.S. Consulate. In a room of the consulate, Susan, Emily, and I gathered with 40-50 other babies and their adopting parents. Each of the families were called up to a window, each family had to present their faces (the parents and babies) to a person behind the window so she could verify that the people in the room were the ones on the visa applications (in addition to the baby's visa photos, the parents had to submit a passport photo with the visa applications). Then a consulate official came out, asked all of the parents to raise their right hand and swear that all of the information we had written on the visa applications were truthful (took about 20 seconds). Then he congratulated us on passing the final hurdle in our adoption journey. We were out of the Consulate by 4:30.
|Tuesday, December 17, 2002
|Chris picked up Emily's immigrant visa from the U.S. Consulate in the afternoon and brought it up to our hotel room. Chris handed us a one page 8.5 x 11 inch immigrant visa stapled to a brown 9 x 14 inch envelope. We were warned not to open the brown envelope. The envelope could only be opened by the INS officer at the U.S. port of entry (for us, San Francisco International Airport). However, we had to show the immigrant visa (along with Emily's Chinese passport) at the various Chinese airports in order for Emily to board airplanes.
|Wednesday, December 18, 2002
|Sightseeing in Guangzhou (we could have left for home today but we were not able to get a flight back. I guess even in China the Christmas season is a popular time for travel).
|Thursday, December 19, 2002
|Flew Guangzhou to Shanghai to San Francisco. Due to international dateline, we arrived home the morning of the 19th. So we got to have two December 19s.


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1. With Christmas just two months away, Argos is worried about finding a lump of coal in its stocking
2. After mulling a move to the east, HSBC is thinking about taking its HQ Stateside.
3. The new national living wage could cost Costa Coffee owner Whitbread up to £20m.
4. Google is the 'most sought-after' employer in Britain, according to LinkedIn.
5. Sky has added one million new subscribers in the past year – not bad considering its fierce battle with BT.
6. After VW's emissions scandal, James Dyson has claimed its fellow German firm Bosch has also been manipulating test figures.
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Earlier this month, at the Gibson Showcase Lounge in Memphis, 13 new inductees to the Memphis Music Hall of Fame were celebrated in in words and music. This latest round of inductions, following last year's inaugural event, honored The Bar-Kays, The Blackwood Brothers, Rev. Herbert W. Brewster, Johnny Cash, Roland Janes, Albert King, Memphis Jug Band, Phineas Newborn, Jr., Knox Phillips, David Porter, Sid Selvidge, Kay Starr and Carla Thomas.
The city of Memphis, recognized globally as the home of the blues and the birthplace of rock 'n' roll, launched the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2012. The 2013 Induction Ceremony brought the Inductee roster to 38. The Hall of Fame is administered by the Smithsonian-developed Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum.
Lifting the roof from the very beginning was national gospel recording artists Kevin Davidson & The Voices, paying tribute to Rev. Herbert W. Brewster. They were joined by choir members from East Trigg Avenue Baptist Church, the church led by Rev. Brewster from 1930 until his death in 1987. Worship at The Gibson Showcase Lounge continued with the induction of The Blackwood Brothers and a harmonizing, crowd-raising performance by the current members led by Billy Blackwood, son of founding member James Blackwood.
While musical tributes honored many of the inductees, Stax legends Carla Thomas and The Bar- Kays wowed the audience with their own performances. Carla belted out her 1960 hit, "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)," with sister Vaneese Thomas on backing on vocals. The Bar-Kays, including front man and original member James Alexander as well as original member Ben Cauley, brought the crowd to their feet with performances of "Soul Finger" and "Freakshow on the Dance Floor."
Other musical highlights included blues icon Bobby Rush performing a rousing performance of Johnny Cash's "Walk the Line," backed by the legendary Hi Rhythm Section, and Bad Company frontman Paul Rogers, in town recording, honoring inductee Albert King with a soulful rendition of King's "Born Under a Bad Sign." Producer Jimmy Jam paid tribute to legendary songwriter and performer David Porter followed by an explosive rendition of the Isaac Hayes / David Porter-penned hit "Hold On, I'm Coming," and performed at the ceremony by rising Memphis artist and 2013 finalist on NBC's The Voice, Kris Thomas.
The late Sid Selvidge, who performed in the influencial 1970s alternative rock group Mudboy and the Neutrons and as a solo artist, was honored with a stirring performance by Sons of Mudboy, with lead vocals performed by son Steve Selvidge, and also with original Mudboy and the Neutrons member, Jimmy Crosthwait. Until his death this past May, Selvidge produced the popular syndicated radio show, Beale Street Caravan, heard on radio stations around the globe.
The 2013 Memphis Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony performances were produced by Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell, owner of Memphis' iconic Royal Studios and son of legendary Hi Records producer and 2012 Memphis Music Hall of Fame inductee Willie Mitchell.
The thirteen 2013 Inductees will also be joining the 2012 Inductees, which include Elvis Presley, Al Green, Isaac Hayes, Sam Phillips, B.B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis and others, on the award-winning Memphis Music Hall of Fame web site at www.memphismusichalloffame.com.
Inductees are selected each year by a Nominating Committee of local and national music professionals, including studio owners, producers, authors, and historians.
In response to November 7, 2013 inductions, Memphis Mayor AC Wharton commented, "Everywhere I go, people know Memphis, Tennessee. Every country around the world recognizes Memphis as the epicenter of music. The Memphis Music Hall of Fame lends focus to this fact, and pays tribute to the musical pioneers and icons whose contributions to our culture and our heritage, both locally and globally, are unequalled."
The Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum is located at 191 Beale Street at FedExForum, and was researched and developed by The Smithsonian Institution. The museum is open daily from 10:00 am until 7:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.memphisrocknsoul.org.
2013 Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction gallery (higher resolution versions available on request)
David Porter, Bobby Rush and Boo Mitchell; Carla Thomas; The Blackwood Brothers
The BarKays; Bobby Rush; Kris Thomas
David Porter and Jimmy Jam; Knox Phillips and Mike Curb: Paul Rodgers


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Does Camilla regret that HER children aren't allowed to officially appear with her at such events as the balcony at Trooping the Colour?
Are step family members not accepted into the royal family
9 Answers
- 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵Lv 711 months agoFavorite Answer
TBH I wish they would stop Princess Camilla appearing in public too.
- ObserverLv 711 months ago
Step family as you called then are not part of the Royal family and have never been accept as such. Carmilla was totally aware that her children would not be part of Royal family appearances when she married Charles.
- Verulam 1Lv 711 months ago
Apart from the fact that Camilla children are now adults with kids of their own, I seriously doubt either is losing any sleep over the fact they don't appear on the balcony after Trooping the Colour! They most probably do attend some events, as and when appropriate however.
- CloLv 711 months ago
No. Camilla's children are invited to many royal events but they are not official royals. They did not become royal when their mother married Charles. Camilla's children are private citizens, and they are accepted by the royal family, being friends of William's and Harry's. They are not automatically invited to all events, but they are invited to some. Being invited to Trooping the Colour doesn't mean a balcony appearance, either, and, perhaps, Tom and Laura don't want to appear on the balcony.
The royals invite many people to events that the general public do not know about.
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- Anonymous11 months ago
Camilla doesn't seem the type to do regrets.
- Anonymous11 months ago
Having her children there would be too much of a reminder to the public that Camilla was married to another man for 22 years. He fathered Camilla's children, not Prince Charles.
Prince Charles was the man she was having an affair with whilst married to the children's father.
The royals want people to forget all of Charles and Camilla's adultery and to forget Charles' first wife - the mother of William and Harry. They want to present a false narrative, wrongly making it appear as if Charles and Camilla have been married from the start and as if they are both parents of William and Harry. In actuality, Charles and Camilla were in their 50's when, after divorcing their first spouses, they got married in a registry office.
Having Camilla's children appear with them on the palace balcony would destroy that false image that the royals want desperately to present.
- 11 months ago
On more than one occasion they became stuck on the elevator.
- Anonymous11 months ago
No because they are not royalty so she knows it will never happen
- PAMELALv 711 months ago
No, she does not want them included, they live nice private lives.


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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited, chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system. It affects more than 30,000 children and adults in the United States alone, with approximately 1000 new patients diagnosed each year. In CF, a faulty gene leads to the production of unusually thick, sticky mucus that changes normal processes in the lungs and digestive system.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) is a potentially life-threatening type of bacteria that can grow in the lungs within the mucus associated with CF. Once it settles in the lungs, Pa causes a chronic lung infection that can reduce lung function.
Chronic Pa infection progressively worsens lung function as patients get older.
Do not take BETHKIS® (Tobramycin Inhalation Solution) if you are allergic to tobramycin, or any of the ingredients in BETHKIS, or to any other aminoglycoside antibiotic.
Before you take BETHKIS, tell your health care provider if you have or have had hearing problems (ringing or other noises in your ears), dizziness, kidney problems, muscle weakness such as myasthenia gravis or Parkinson's disease, breathing problems such as wheezing, coughing or chest tightness, or have had an organ transplant. Before you take BETHKIS, tell your health care provider if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if tobramycin in BETHKIS will pass into breast milk.
Tell your health care provider about all the medicines you take. Taking BETHKIS with certain other medications can cause serious side effects. If you are taking BETHKIS, you should discuss with your healthcare provider if you should take other medicines that may harm your nervous system, kidneys or hearing, or "water pills" (diuretics) such as Edecrin® (ethacrynic acid), Lasix® (furosemide), mannitol, or urea.
BETHKIS can cause serious side effects including hearing loss or ringing in the ears (ototoxicity), worsening kidney problems (nephrotoxicity), worsening muscle weakness, harm to an unborn baby, and/or severe breathing problems (bronchospasm). Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have hearing loss or hear noises in your ears (such as ringing or hissing), develop vertigo, dizziness, difficulty with balance, shortness of breath with wheezing, or coughing and chest tightness. Your healthcare provider may do a blood test and urine test to check how your kidneys are working while you are taking BETHKIS.
The most common side effects of BETHKIS include worsening of lung problems (decreased FEV), noisy breathing (rales), abnormal red blood cell sedimentation rate (determined by a blood test), and changes in your voice (hoarseness). Tell your health care provider about any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.
BETHKIS is a prescription medicine for people with cystic fibrosis (CF) who have lung infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. BETHKIS solution contains tobramycin, an aminoglycoside antibiotic.
It is not known if BETHKIS is safe and effective in children under 6 years of age, in people who have decreased lung volume (FEV1 less than 40% predicted), in people who have lung infection with Burkholderia cepacia bacteria, or when BETHKIS is used for more than 3 on/off cycles.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
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Trusts & Settlements
Maitland prides itself on its character as a multi specialist set of chambers covering the whole spectrum of chancery law from the commercial to the traditional.
In the latter context we have barristers who cover all areas of trusts will trusts and other fiduciary relationships, from drafting and advising on the construction of documents to participation in the contentious trust cases that have become a major feature of trust law in recent years, both in this country and in other jurisdictions; we have barristers who have taken part in many of the headline trust cases of recent years.
At the same time we are ready to pursue issues of the administration of trusts and estates, including such matters as claims by dependents for provision out of an estate, the powers of trustees, questions of taxation incidental to the running of such trusts and the administration of estates, the many issues that arise out of the increasingly frequent use of foreign trustees, and the variation of trusts to enhance the value of the beneficiaries' interests. So far as this latter area of work is concerned we see not only the use of the Variation of Trusts Act 1958 and the compromise jurisdiction but also what is now more frequent namely questions arising out of powers of appointment and discretionary trusts, not least in the case of the potential for advantageous rewriting of will trusts within the period of two years after a death. We are not a tax set in the sense of being prepared to advise on what may be called tax schemes; but there is a frequent need to deal with tax questions in the course of the administration of trusts and will trusts, and we are ready to take these issues as far as is permissible without the need for specialist tax advice.
We frequently have to advise on such matters as the duties and potential liabilities of trustees of potentially insolvent estates, the indemnities which should apply in favour of trustees and/or beneficiaries, the position of trusts in divorce proceedings, changes in trusteeships, and the contractual liabilities of trustees and ways in which their exposure can be limited to the funds in their hands. As protectorates become more frequent so there is an increasing need for advice on the powers and duties of protectors and questions as to their status as fiduciaries; and we are ready to advise on all aspects of alleged breaches of trust or fiduciary duty.
Applications to the Court with which we are familiar range from the quasi consensual to the wholly contentious; directions for trustees under Part 8 of the CPR can often be resolved with comparative ease and at limited cost; Part 7 claims need the litigation skills for which Maitland has built up a formidable reputation.
It is important to note that in many trust matters it is a vital aspect of the case to preserve as much confidentiality as possible over a family's affairs, and we pride ourselves in doing what we can to prevent inappropriate publicity, something which calls for a readiness to explore all types of dispute resolution including of course the confidential processes of mediation. At present the potential for arbitration of trust disputes is limited, but a committee on which one of our senior silks was a member has explored the scope for arbitration and it seems likely that in years to come this will become a further method of confidential dispute resolution in which Maitland will be ready to lead the way.
Maitland does indeed see itself as ready to lead the way in a diversity of areas ranging from the setting up of structures of trusteeship, to the proper use of secret purpose or blind trusts, from questions of allegations of the use of trusts for money laundering purposes, to cross border trust transactions. Questions often arise as to the transfer of funds from one trust to another, sometimes in a different jurisdiction or subject to a different proper law, and we have wide experience of such matters. In the same way we are regularly called on to advise on questions of foreign trusts, above all those whose proper law draws on English trust principles.


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6 Good Online FTP Clients For When You Are On The Road
The fastest solution for transferring files from anywhere in the world is by using an online FTP client. Using such clients, you can transfer images or files from a digital camera or memory stick to a remote server from any computer. Here at MakeUseOf, we've covered a number of the best desktop FTP clients like FileZilla Transfer Files by FTP with FileZilla Read More , which Mark reviewed and various other FTP clients for Windows The 3 Best Free FTP Clients for Windows FTP is a useful file sharing method and the go-to method for uploading files to a web host. Here are the best FTP clients you can grab for free. Read More or Mac 8 Free FTP Clients For Mac Read More .
When you're on the go, desktop FTP clients just won't do. You've got pics on the memory stick that you've got to upload to your website, and you need to do it now. So pull into a library or Internet cafe, fire up the web, and browse through this list of the five best web-based FTP clients.
The Top 6 Web Based FTP Clients
JavaFTP is actually a java-based FTP client that I stumbled across when I first signed up for a web hosting plan at Webmasters.com. Over time, I've found that Webmasters isn't the best hosting company in the world, but they did create this awesome web-based FTP client.
The reason it deserves the top rank for online FTP clients is because of the side-by-side window pane setup. I've noticed most Internet FTP tools use a very non-intuitive single-pane interface. However, the two-pane web-based clients have the look and feel of the best desktop clients. Transferring files is as simple as selecting the file in the left pane, and then clicking the "upload" button.
Since side-by-side clients represent the best of the FTP breed of web-based clients, then it makes sense that the AnyClient FTP tool comes in a very close second. With AnyClient, you select the file in one pane and click the arrows to transfer to the other pane.
The only reason I placed this one behind JavaFTP is because the control interface is a bit scattered throughout the tool, so it takes a little bit of searching around to figure out exactly what you want to do and how to do it.
The next few apps one the list are single-pane FTP clients, but they make the top 5 list because they offer additional functionality and are well-programmed. If I was hard pressed and ended up on a computer without the ability to run Java apps, I would resort to using one of the following clients.
When I first visited Net2FTP, I really didn't think I'd like it. The main page has the look of a very cheaply made website. However, once you log in and get into the tool, it's actually well designed and very functional. Aside from the typical uploading and downloading functionality, you can also edit the files online by clicking "Edit" under the actions menu. This is a very useful feature because you can edit webpages on the fly without the need to download and then re-upload after edits – very cool!
Next up is FTPLive, for the same reason Net2FTP made the list, because you get the added functionality of editing the files by clicking the edit icon under the "Operations" field.
I don't like the layout of this tool as much as others, or the fact that you have to scroll down to the bottom of the window to access the upload or download functions.
With that said, the tool works well and offers everything you need in a web-based FTP client, and then some.
The next online FTP tool that made the list is Smooth FTP. I actually like the look and feel of this tool. You can't edit files on the fly, but you can change permissions and rename, and all of the functions like directory modifications or file transfers are all handled by clicking on the menu options at the top of the tool.
Smooth FTP is easy, convenient, and it'll get the job done fast.
Web to FTP
The final tool that I'd like to mention is called Web to FTP. When I first saw the login page for this tool, I was sure it would make the top of the list because it looked like one of the other high-quality Java tools I've mentioned. Unfortunately, once you log in it looks like the rest of the single-window FTP tools.
It is laid out a bit odd, and the functionality is a bit lacking, but if you just need to quickly upload a file and you need a quick online tool to do so, Web to FTP is ready to serve.
What FTP tools do you use when you're not at home and you need to upload files to your website? Do you have any of your own favorite online FTP clients? Do you have a favorite from this list? Offer your take in the comments section below.
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Potato Corn Soup
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Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 12
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 170.8
- Total Fat: 4.5 g
- Cholesterol: 11.1 mg
- Sodium: 116.0 mg
- Total Carbs: 25.4 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.7 g
- Protein: 7.7 g
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Number of Servings: 12
2 large potatoes diced
1 1/2 cups frozen corn
1 cup sliced carrots
1/2 cup diced celery
1 medium onion chopped
2 TBS Smart Balance spread
6 cups milk (1%)
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 cups water
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup flour (make paste with some of milk to thicken soup)
Sautee' carrots, celery, potatoes and onion in Smart Balance until veggies are close to soft. Then add corn and about 2 cups of water or enough to cover veggies. Let boil and simmer for about 5 minutes. Then add milk and cheese. Do not let soup boil at this point; just warm until cheese melts. Salt and pepper can be added on the stovet op or at the table. Wonderful served with biscuits!
Number of Servings: 12
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Silo's will not be booking new acts for the beginning of 2019. The entertainment venue will be closed (except for special events and private parties) while discussions continue on re-vamping the space and a new business plan is developed.
We appreciate each and every one of you. Your patronage and loyalty have made this journey worthwhile!


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Beeliar Community Voice Inc. (BCV) is the local residents association for Beeliar. It is run by a committee of dedicated volunteers with a desire to create a choice destination to live. Our Committee works to build local participation, and create a stronger sense of community inclusiveness and well-being. We endeavour to make the suburb safer for everyone and collaborate to promote a healthier environment. We will strive to build relationships with businesses, Cockburn Council, Government Agencies and other community groups in the area for the greater benefit of the residents. We will become leaders in recognising and celebrating outstanding efforts made by those working towards making our community exceptional.
Beeliar is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Cockburn. Major features of the area include Beeliar Regional Park, Thomson's Lake Nature Reserve, Thomson Lake, Kogolup Lake, Beeliar Community Centre, Beeliar Reserve and several park-lands, two public primary schools, two daycare facilities, and two shopping precincts. Beeliar is easily accessible via the Kwinana Freeway, Stock Road, and Beeliar Drive. It is approximately 30km south of the city and less than 5km to the beach.
Name Origin
Beeliar Boodjar is the Aboriginal name for the entire City of Cockburn region and means the land of the Beeliar people. Beeliar Nyungar means 'river people' and are one of the clans of the Whadjuk group of Nyungar, who originally inhabited the area. The wetlands are very significant and sacred to the Nyungar. Lake Jilbup (Thompson Lake) means 'place of grass' and Kogolup (Lake Kogolup) means 'place of the quokka', the lakes are sacred to the Beeliar Nyungar.
(Beeliar Boodjar – City of Cockburn 2011)
Our Vision
The vision of the Association is to improve the quality of life for the community of Beeliar.
Our Mission
To make Beeliar an attractive, safe and community focused suburb.
- To improve the quality of life in Beeliar by:
- Encourage community participation.
- Providing an organised channel of communication.
- Promote the use of existing and neighbouring facilities.
- Initiate and support community engagement.
- Promote and participate in activities and project.
- Remain impartial on local issues, to not be used politically or for individual agendas.
Please see our Rules of Association for further information.


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Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook said he's aware the Spartans' will have a bigger target on them now that they're Big Ten and Rose Bowl champs, but he believes the team will be ready for the challenges ahead.
(Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)
EAST LANSING — Connor Cook doesn't pour over the gaudy preseason rankings Michigan State has started to receive or the hype surrounding the Spartans' upcoming 2014 season.
But Michigan State's returning starting quarterback knows what comes with the turf.
"If you have a target on your back then everyone is going to be gunning for you, especially because the expectations are so high,'' Cook said. "We know that and we're ready for it. We've been working extra hard this past offseason. We're going to keep working hard in the fall camp, but I think we have the guys and that we can continue to compete at a high level, continue to win, even if the target is on our back.''
Upset-minded Jacksonville State will be the first to get a shot when Michigan State opens the regular season with an Aug. 29 home game against the Gamecocks.
The Spartans have plenty of work to do between now and then, even Cook.
Cook was 11-of-21 passing for 159 yards with two touchdowns in the Green-White game last Saturday, but also, Cook threw two interceptions.
"I thought I was good besides the interceptions,'' Cook said. "(Safety) Demetrious Cox had a great play on the first one, and then the second, I think if I just threw it a little harder and a little higher, you know aimed outside more, then it probably would've been a completion or if anything, an incomplete pass. Those are two throws that I want to have back and I think besides those, I thought I played decent.''
Both Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio and co-offensive coordinator Dave Warner have said the Spartans were fortunate in many respects last season, and dropped would-be interceptions were a part of that.
Cook's ability to be effective involves his ability and willingness to stretch the field vertically as well as horizontally. Cook's strong arm and good mobility are two assets that play into that.
Cook's competitive nature led him to take a more intense approach to the spring game than some might have thought or expected.
"I was taking it extremely serious, (and) I was treating it just like a normal game,'' Cook said. "The clock was running so we had to have a little bit more of a sense of urgency but I wanted to score, I wanted to win that game and I think that everyone else did too.''
Cook did just that, leading the White Team to a last-minute touchdown, throwing to tight end Josiah Price, to key the 20-13 victory before the crowd of 35,000 at Spartan Stadium.
Dantonio, overall, was clearly pleased with Cook's performance; he likes the swagger Cook brings to the huddle and the locker room.
"He's a very confident player,'' Dantonio said. "I think he moves well with the ball. I think he's got a big upside in terms of what he can do with the ball more than just throwing the ball, in terms of his scrambling ability. He can create. I thought he made some good throws. He has a couple picks as well.
"Cook was sharp … I think there were good plays by the defenders.''
Cook revealed that the first play the White Team scored on, a 23-yard pitch to Damion Terry, had not been worked on a great deal.
There was some speculation that perhaps Michigan State was working on a package for Terry -- a backup quarterback -- throughout spring drills.
Not so, said Cook.
"This was actually the first time that we ever had him at receiver,'' Cook said. "We just wanted to do something different for the spring game and just try to mix things up.''
Michigan State offensive line coach Mark Staten, who recruited Terry, had promised earlier on Twitter he would have a package for Terry in the spring game.
The Spartans' offense, however, is clearly in Cook's hands moving forward, and Cook said he and the Michigan State offense are eager to get to the 2014 season and accomplish more — targeted by opponents, or not.
"I feel like everyone on our whole football team is just striving for greatness every day,'' Cook said. "You know for all the things we've accomplished, guys are more hungry and that starts with the older guys and the younger guys are following their lead.''
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John's musical journey began around the age of two. As a young child he would often play his mother's piano, but not the way you'd expect from a toddler. He would try to pick out tunes he'd heard and would frequently try to discover notes that sounded good together.
Though his fingers can now stretch a lot further, this time-tested methodology remains.
Throughout his school years, John was involved in choirs, jazz bands, and musical theater as both a performer and a musical director. His involvement in rock bands began during his Sophomore year in high school and has continued, in one form or another, to this day. This kind of broad range is one of his signatures: eclecticism. He often says that there is not a style that he doesn't enjoy listening to, and he strives for the same mark of diversity in his own music.
In 2001, John hit the San Diego County music scene as a singer/songwriter. He quickly gained attention in several local coffee bars, restaurants, and clubs. His ability to blend a wide spectrum of cover songs with his own original music made him a venue's first call when they were looking to book entertainment. During this time, he also joined the Positive Music Association and began performing at many of the Centers for Spiritual Living in the greater San Diego area.
Fast forward to 2008, and John has taken the Music Director position at Center for Spiritual Living, Temecula Valley where he has continued to hone the more spiritual nature of his music. He has continued to gig heavily in San Diego, Orange, Riverside, and Los Angeles Counties. He has also had the opportunity to provide a musical score for the independent film "Rehearsal" and for a children's edu-tainment cartoon pilot called "The Ironical Chronicles". Along with these recording credits, he enjoys being a respected go-to session musician for other artists at several noteworthy San Diego studios.
To date, John has released four studio albums. Future plans include the construction of a bonafide studio space, plenty more writing, recording, and performing, producing, music licensing, and publishing. You just never know where he'll pop up next!
In 2014, John and his wife, Tina, founded Love Notes Creative: a business dedicated to all forms of art that serve to elevate and inspire humanity. This business is centered at their home in Wildomar, CA where they live with their two children, two dogs, and pet turtle.


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The success of the SB line from Nike can be attributed to a whole lot of things really, but it is a combination of a select few that have really made the most difference. The first one would have to be none other than the Nike Dunk. This shoe helped more than anything to bring the lineup to the level of success that it is at today. The second thing in our opinion would have to be their signature shoes for pro skaters which have given them a whole lot of exposure in the skate industry. Today we are going to be taking a look at the latest version of that, this is the new Nike SB Zoom Stefan Janoski Boat Shoe Dark Oak.
This one features a nice boat shoe type of upper and the dark oak colorway that is featured here is very nice as well.


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What an exciting day yesterday! Some people already know because I shared this information on my Fan page on the Facebook but of course it would be a mistake to not to share it with you here officially. So, yesterday for the first time my work has been published in a fashion magazine! I am very happy because it is the culmination of my hard work which I put on so far on what I love the most – the photography. Of course, I would not be here if not true fans, family, friends and people with whom I worked so far and I hope to continue to work with 🙂 Thank you for being for me.
I hope this is the beginning of the success and that I will have more occasions to share my published work with you.
Other then that yesterday I photographed the first wedding in this wedding season. Beautiful couple, stunning venue, and already I can not wait to share these photos with you!
I'm still leaving the dream! 😀
Here are the pictures that have been published in the series "Unrequited love"
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Hair – Jenn Mathieson
Model- Magdalena Zalejska Modelling
Styling – Sharon Lumsden
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