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Looking after an infant is hard work and baby wipes are convenient. However, due to the fragility of an infant's skin, parents need to be conscious of the preservatives, ingredients, and chemicals used in baby wipes and other personal care products. The questions that parents should be asking are – what is in the product? Does my child have skin sensitivities? How good is this product for my child's health? Is this product harmful to the environment?
Alcohol is a common preservative and defined as a natural ingredient. Alcohol is known to dry out the skin that leads to skin irritants such as eczema, allergies and hormone imbalances. Due to an increase of awareness and concern for infant-care, alcohol is used less in infant products. Variations of alcohol can be found under the names cetyl, stearyl, Cetearyl, or lanolin.
Bleach is used to whiten household goods, such as baby wipes. It is used as a disinfectant that can remove or lighten color and can be used on baby wipes. Bleach in large amounts can be corrosive and deadly. The lye, also known as caustic soda, reacts to the fats and oils on your skin. It can increase the chances of asthma and allergies. A study published in occupational & environmental medicine suggests exposure is associated with increasing the change of childhood respiratory illness and other ailments.
Bronopol & DMDM hydantoin
A preservative that is a skin, eye and respiratory irritant. Over time this preservative has been found to release formaldehyde, and when released into rivers and oceans, is very toxic to aquatic life. This can get into the water through landfill waste which slowly erodes the chemicals in baby wipes which can leak into the soil and surrounding waterways.
Butylphenyl methylpropional
A synthetic fragrant ingredient that has a strong floral scent. It must be listed on the packaging if the product contains more than 0.01% of the chemical. This also means that it needs to be rinsed off the skin because it is a chemical that can cause irritation.
Formaldehyde is one of the common chemicals in baby wipes that are used to maintain shelf life, but in very small amounts that usually aren't harmful to people, unless they have skin sensitivities. The main danger of formaldehyde is being inhaled through gas or air. However, 60 percent of chemicals can be absorbed by the body. Formaldehyde is known to trigger rashes and inflammation that are dose-dependent. Formaldehyde can be hidden under the names of methylene glycol, methanal, oxomethane, formalin and more. (link).
Often contains many synthetic chemicals such as phthalates. Phthalates are used to soften PVC plastic and solvents that can damage internal organs such as the reproductive system, liver, kidney, and lungs. "Fragrance-free" doesn't necessarily mean the product doesn't have smell because it can be scented with other additives such as essential oils. Unscented products use fragrance, or masking agents to cover other smells, which are typically made of phthalates (link). Be cautious of the terminology around fragrance, and if you are susceptible to skin sensitivities, the 'fragrance-free' label can indicate essential oils have been used to naturally perfume the product.
Iodopropnyl Butylcarbamate
Another preservative that easily penetrates the skin and has been linked to allergic responses. The chemical is thought to be harmful and can cause skin irritation.
Used as an emollient to lubricate the skin and preserve moisture. It also prevents water-loss due to its high-fat content. Generally considered safe, it is worth noting that the incidence of allergies is increasing with children that are predisposed to eczema reactions, termed lanolin allergy, due to being repeatedly exposed to lanolin.
A common chemical in baby wipes to limit bacterial growth that has been linked to allergic reactions. In high concentrations, it has been known to burn and irritate the skin membrane.
Parabens are the most widely used preservative within personal care. They are also listed as fragrance ingredients. They can be absorbed through the skin. Parabens are also known under the name of ethylparaben, methylparaben, butylparaben, propylparaben, and isobutylparaben. Parabens are believed to penetrate the skin, remain within the tissue and disrupt hormone function, however, 'paraben-free' has been a buzz word through the health and beauty industry, used as a marketing tool and 'green-washing' tactic to position the product as being better for you. This is why it's important to read the label because parabens are disguised under many names and may be replaced with another chemical that acts as a preservative, that can have similar effects to this chemical in baby wipes.
A preservative used as a substitute for parabens. Side effects are mild that include irritation of the skin, eczema and other allergic reactions. Phenoxyethanol is absorbed orally and through the skin. This is harmful to infants and their central nervous system function. Exposure can be through breast milk and baby wipes.
Potassium Sorbate
A mild preservative commonly found in food and personal care products. In mico-doses, potassium sorbate is fine to eat, however, it has been known to cause skin allergies. Sorbates are commonly used because they are water-soluble. This is important to note because the skin of an infant is so delicate and in large doses, even mild preservatives can cause allergies.
Potassium Benzoate
A mild and natural preservative that is widely used for preserving food that inhibits bacteria, mold, and yeast. Potassium Benzoate can cause skin or scalp irritations when this chemical is used in baby wipes
An antibacterial and antifungal agent that reduces or prevents bacterial contamination used in anti-bacterial wipes. This is important to note because parenting is hard and wipes are convenient, even if it is using the wrong type of wipe as a substitute in the event of being low in baby wipes. This can increase the chance of children developing eczema, asthma, and allergies.
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I will wait till Monday. I will approach the manager. I prefer to approach the manager rather than go to maintenance. I never know who is going to be in that office when I get there. I never know how I will be treated. Sometimes, whatever problem I bring up, I get poked fun at. I'm serious, guys, they do poke fun at me. Like they beat around the bush or change the topic. Or say that they have no clue what I'm talking about and refer me elsewhere. I once called, this ages ago, and they did nothing but make jokes about the problem I was calling about. I think I said there was a mouse in my apartment and the lady made jokes about "mousie," and so on. I honestly wanted to inform them and was rather upset to have a mouse there. I had mixed feelings, too. I wanted to deal with this little creature humanely. I think he or she just ran off. Maybe he didn't want to be called "Mousie," eh?
Meanwhile, I will just keep my fingers crossed that by tomorrow at 7:30 or so, I've got water warm enough for a shower, or guts enough to be like a kid again, hold my breath, and take a cold one.

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It's time for a tax on sugary drinks
Soft drinks are fast becoming our nation's vice; our go-to drink choice that's more bitter than it is sweet.
Soft drinks are fast becoming our nation's vice; our go-to drink choice that's more bitter than it is sweet. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are packed full of calories, yet provide no additional nutritional value or health benefits, and are a major factor driving obesity in Australia and overseas.
Consider your average 600ml bottle of Coca-Cola – for most people, a single serving. That bottle might cost you $3 from your local supermarket, and contains approximately 64g of sugar.
For the average person, this alone exceeds the WHO recommendation that no more than 10 per cent of your dietary energy should come from free sugars. Not that we're paying much notice to this recommendation, though – most of us exceed it on a daily basis, and SSBs such as that $3 bottle of coke play a large role in this.
Sugar-sweetened drinks are Australians' largest source of free sugar intake, perhaps adding flavour and energy to our day, but certainly nothing more. Sugar is only one factor of many that predispose to overweight and obesity, but plays a considerable role that merits attention. A 2006 systematic review, for example, found SSBs to be a 'key contributor' to the obesity epidemic, calling for prompt public health strategies to discourage consumption.
In total, 63 per cent of Australians are now overweight or obese, a staggering four-fold increase on 1980 levels. Perhaps more concerning is the fact that one in four children exceed the upper limit of normal for BMI, and many of these kids will continue on to become overweight or obese adults. Most people know that overweight and obesity lead to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke, diabetes, certain cancers, and a multitude of other diseases. But something that's often overlooked is their economic toll.
In 2005, data from the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle study put the total direct cost at $21 billion, with the figure ballooning out to $56.6 billion when indirect costs are factored in. Other estimates are more moderate, but the evidence is clear: our waistlines are costing us billions.
Compare that to the $500 million in additional revenue that a well-designed SSB tax could raise annually, as well as bringing about a 15 per cent reduction in SSB consumption and a resulting 2 per cent reduction in the prevalence of obesity.
The link between SSBs and weight gain is well established, as is the link between weight gain and poor outcomes – both health and economic. But where does a tax fit in? And why target SSBs?
Let's start with the first question. Put simply, price affects consumption. The more things cost, the less likely people are to buy them, particularly products with elastic demand such as SSBs. We saw this with tobacco and alcohol, with increased taxation dramatically reducing consumption. Now is the time to move this strategy to SSBs.
A 2013 meta-analysis on the impact of increased price on SSB consumption found that demand does indeed drop, leading to beneficial health outcomes. Further, the effect is more pronounced for people with low income, due to increased price elasticity. Given these people suffer disproportionately from overweight, obesity, and non-communicable diseases, this means they have the most to gain.
As a discrete and well-defined group of products that provide minimal nutritional value, SSBs are an easy practical target for sound fiscal policy. WHO has publicly recommended an SSB tax, and many countries, including Mexico, France, Denmark, Hungary, Norway, and the USA, have implemented a tax to generally good effect.
Data from Mexico is particularly promising, the tax reducing consumption by an average of 7.6 per cent a year since its introduction in 2010. In low SES households, this figure reached 17 per cent by the end of 2014. Back home, Australian modelling suggests that a 20 per cent tax could significantly reduce SSB consumption, and there is evidence to suggest that while SSB purchasing would drop, overall drink sales would be unaffected.
This is important for two reasons: first, it makes commercial cooperation significantly more likely, removing an important obstacle to implementation; but secondly, and perhaps more importantly, it means people of low SES wouldn't simply have to fork out more money in their weekly shop, instead being able to switch to alternative, less sugary drinks.
Australia led the way on taxing tobacco and alcohol. We now have a chance to join other nations around the world, and take responsibility for the enormous impact SSBs have on our health. This alone won't solve the obesity epidemic, but it is an important tool in the array of public health strategies we need. The AMA quite rightly advocates a 'whole-of-society', multi-measure approach to tackling the growing issue of obesity, and a tax on sugary drinks is an important part of this.
The health of our nation depends on us taking affirmative action in this space. The clock is ticking. We can't afford to wait until it's too late.
Patrick Walker is the 2017 Policy Officer for AMSA Global Health, and was a contributing author to the AMSA policy on Global Food & Nutrition (2016), which, amongst other recommendations, advocated for the implementation of a tax on SSBs.
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Published: 08 May 2017


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""Let me confess that I don't have any concubine and she has never caught me with any woman. As a matter of fact, neither my mother nor any of my sisters ever talked to me about my daughters, who they adore"
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Avanti'! Sempre Avanti"!
Our Senior Couples are invaluable beyond measure!
Every single one provides incredible support
for members in the areas where they reside,
the missionaries who circulate through each area
and the mission as a whole as they become needed
and necessary "extra hands" for this great cause
of moving the Work of the Lord forward.
We are ever grateful when these couples come
ever sad when they leave
as they have become an integral part of our mission family.
Their work is great. Their consecration is even greater.
Thank you!
Anziano and Sorella Hoopes with President and Sorella Allen
A final "family photo".
Avanti'! Sempre Avanti'!


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I had a "Hulk Smash" week until this morning, that's Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday painted green in my Training Peaks. New record, I'm celebrating that!
You might wonder "Well, it's only morning, you have all day to turn Friday green!" The truth is, I'm not following this plan. It's a plan written for a team, not specifically for me, my needs, my abilities, etc. Maybe that's an excuse not to follow a plan, maybe it's smart that I an in tune with my body and know when to push the comfort zone–which I am.
On Wednesday I ran some intervals, on my own will. It wasn't in the Training Peaks plan. I put those there. I pushed myself. Thursday night the Training Peaks plan had 3×8 minutes hard, I did 4×8 minutes hard. I know those who follow a plan and listen to their coach are shaking their heads at reading this, but I'm proud of pushing myself a little bit further than the guideline I'm following in Training Peaks.
This morning I miraculously got out of bed at 4:45am to go swim. What??? I didn't even hesitate, I've had such a strong week I was excited to get up and go for another green block! I must have missed the green Training Peaks green block by 100 yards, as it was a 2800 yard swim and I did 2200 yards. Hey, 2200 yards at 5:00am is a win in my world! An observation I made at the pool was that it was all women up early, swimming after their dreams. Way to go women!
This was a great week so far, and I've got the weekend ahead of me with a long run, and hopefully a bike ride outside on Sunday!


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Release Date: 2005 |
I think I downloaded a song from the 'Sands Of Time' and didn't think hugely of it. Then again, my musical tastes have changed a bit since then so I will give them another shot. Review was good, but if you opt for the track-by-tracks, you should aim to put quite a lot of detail into each songs description. Or give a general overview (preferred by a lot of reviewers) of the album itself. Still, twas' good read.
Alright, another amazing Australian Powermetal band that EVERYONE should know,
Album Rating: 4.0Well you should >:/
Funny story. I opened up Soulseek to check out this band based solely on the little thumbnail of the album that appears in the recent reviews bit at the top of the forums. Couldn't find any hosts, unfortunately, but they sound right up my alley. I shall redouble my efforts, and look in the record stores as well.
Good review.
Album Rating: 5.0I own this and Sands of Time. They're both brilliant, but I prefer Sands of Time.
Album Rating: 4.0This album rules kinda hard. Dragon Reborn is m/
Six Ribbons is m/
Visionary is m/
Never Surrender is m/
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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AWS Summit NYC, the rest of Day 2
In the afternoon of day 2, there were breakout sessions. Below are summaries from the ones that I found useful. There was also an expo on day 2, and my notes on the expo are towards the end of this post.
Building web-scale applications with AWSThis presentation opened with a customer anectode. As you may know, Reddit runs on AWS. When President Obama did an "Ask Me Anything" on Reddit recently, Reddit called AWS a day in advanced to give heads up. There were 3 million pageviews on Reddit that day, 500K of which was for the President's AMA. Reddit has added 60 dedicated instances and handled the extra traffic smoothly.
The presenter gave the takehome message in advance for his talk: While you scale, architect for failure, and architect with security. The rest of the presentation talked about these (mostly the first point) in more detail.
Architecting for failure. AWS has 9 regions around the world, and supports within each region different availability zones (AZs). An AZ is basically an independent datacenter. Use different AZs and regions to architect for failure.
There are various storage options for architecting for failure. There is S3, which provides durable (everything replicated to 3 nodes by default), scalable, highly-available storage. S3 also has good CloudFront (and also Route53) integration for low-latency access worldwide. Glacier provides a very cheap solution for longterm infrequently-accessed object storage, with 1 cent per gig per month. The tradeoff is that if you want to retrieve an object, this may take up to 5 hours for preparation (since it is based on magnetic-tape based storage). Finally, there is elastic block storage (EBS) which provides support up to 1 TB, is snapshotable, and is a very good choice for random IO.
Then there are database options, they provide a readily queryable system with consistency/performance options. A common use case for the database is for managing session-state for web applications. The session state store should be performant, scalable, reliable. Managing session state with the AWS database options achieve these, as well as divorcing the state from the applications (which is a great tool for architecting for failure). There are several options AWS provides for databases: DynamoDB, RDS (Relational Database Service), and NoSQL high I/O datastore solutions. AWS ElastiCache (protocol compliant with MemCached) helps provide speed support for these databases.
Data-tier scaling is the bane of the architect. It is still a hard problem, but AWS services can help make this a bit easier. There is no silver bullet, you just have to be aware of your options. First you can try vertical scaling, go for a bigger VM instance. For horizontal scaling, the simplest thing you can try is to have a master node and add read-only copies as slaves. (Using RDS and Oracle can create the read-slaves with click of a button.) If you need to go with the high-scalability version, this makes things more complex. This is the sharding and using hash-rings idea. You can shard by function or key space, in RDBMS or NoSQL solutions. DynamoDB provides a provisioned throughput NoSQL database with /fully-managed horizontal scaling/. Leveraging on its SSD-backed infrastructure, DynamoDB can pull this trick. DynamoDB is also well-integrated to AWS CloudWatch, which provided system-wide visibility into resource utilization, application performance, and operational health. Finally, AWS Redshift provides a petabyte-scale data warehousing solution optimized for high query performance on large-scale datasets.
Loose coupling. When architecting for failure, another important strategy is to use/adopt loose coupling in your applications. The looser coupled your application is the better it scales and tolerates failures. AWS SQS (Simple Queue Service) is your best friend for this. SQS offers a reliable, highly scalable, hosted queue for storing messages as they travel between computers. You use SQS as buffers between system components to helps make the system more loosely-coupled. SQS allows for parallel processing (through fan outs) as well as tolerating failure. A relevant service here is the AWS SNS (Simple Notification Service) which can be used to fanout messages to different SQS based on detection of failure or more traffic. Also you can then add CloudWatch for auto-scaling: if one queue size gets big, you can set the appropriate response to acquiring additional AWS spot instances. (AWS spot is the name-your-own price option for VMs, sort of like PriceLine but for VMs.)
Finally, when architecting for scalability and fault-tolerance, spread the load by using AWS ELB (Elastic Load Balancing) at the frontend. ELB creates highly scalable applications, by distributing load across EC2 instances, and also supports distributing load to multiple AZs.
Architecting for security. AWS provides Identity and Access Management (IAM) helps you to securely control access to AWS services and resources for your users. IAM supports temporary security credentials, and a common use case for IAMs is to set up identity federations to AWS APIs.
Some soundbites. A couple of nice soundbites from this presentation are "scalability: so your application is not a victim of its success" and "scaling is the ability to move the bottlenecks around to the least expensive part of the architecture".
After the talk, I approached the presenter and asked him: What about tightly-synchronized apps (for example transactional processing applications), how does AWS support them? His first answer is to scale vertically by using a bigger instance. When I asked about a scale-out solution, he said that there is no direct support for that. But a possible solution could be to use DynamoDB to record transaction state. DynamoDB provides consistency over its replicas, so it should be possible to leverage on that to build a scale-out transactional application.
Big Data (and Elastic MapReduce)The first part of the talk introduced big data and the second part talked about Elastic MapReduce (EMR) for big data analytics.
With the accelerated rate of data generation the data volume grows rapidly, and storing and analyzing this data for actionable information becomes a challenge. Big data analysis have a lot of benefits. Razorfish agency analyzed credit card transaction data to improve advertising effectivenes, and achieved they achieved 500% return on ad spend by targeted advertisements. Yelp, an AWS customer, analyzed their usage logs and identified early on a bias for mobile usage, and invested heavily in the mobile development. In Jan 2013, 10 million unique mobile devices used Yelp. Social network data analysis keeps a tab on the pulse of the planet, and a lot of companies are analyzing social network data today for market analysis, product placement, etc.
EMR is AWS's managed Hadoop service. (Read here about MapReduce.) Hadoop has a robust ecosystem with several database and machine learning tools, and EMR benefits from that. EMR providesagility for experimentation, and also cost optimizations (due to its integration with AWS spot, name-your-own-price supercomputing).
AWS datapipeline helps manage and orchestrate data-intensive workloads via its pipeline automation service, and execution and rety logic. A basic pipeline is of the form "input-datanode" -> activity -> "output-datanode", but it is easily expandable with additional checks (precondition) and notifications (of faults), and arbitrary complex fanning out and fanning-in.
Partner & Solution ExpoThere was a partner and solution expo as part of day 2 of the summit. The expo was more fun than I expected, there was a lot of energy in the room. You can see a list of companies in the expo under the event sponsors category at the AWS summit webpage.
Most of these companies offer some sort of cloud management solutions as-a-service (AAS) to cloud computing customers: security AAS, management AAS, scalability AAS, analytics AAS, database AAS. When I asked some of these companies "what prevents AWS from doing this cloud management support solutions themselves as part of AWS, and whether they feel threatened by that", they said "this is not AWS's business model". This seemed like a weak answer to me, because AWS has been continuously improving the management of its cloud computing services offerings to make it easier to use for the customers. Later when I asked the same question to an AWS guy, he told me that "These third parties should innovate faster than AWS otherwise they become irrelevant", which seemed like a more logical answer. Maybe the third parties can also differentiate by providing more customized service and support to companies, where AWS provides more generic services. After his forthcoming answer to this question, I asked the AWS guy, whether AWS is starting to eat IBM's lunch. He didn't comment on that. My take on this is that by democratizing IT services, AWS is enabling (will enable) many third parties to start digging into IBM's solutions/consulting market.
I talked with the AWS training people, they are in the process of preparing more training material for AWS. This will be very useful for developers, and also could be a good resource to include in the undergrad/grad distributed systems courses with project components.
I also talked with Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT) people. They have customers from news and media companies, and were trying to make new connections in the expo. Maybe Amazon should look into integrating AMT with AWS and provide "crowdsourcing as a service" well-integrated to other AWS services.
Finally, I also chatted with the Eucalyptus people. Eucalyptus offers a private cloud solution compatible with AWS. Eucalyptus is opensource, with a business model similar to RedHat (providing support and training). They told me that their use-case is to enable you to test your applications in your private cloud in small-scale and then deploy at scale in AWS. But, that doesn't look like an essential service to me; I don't understand why one couldn't have done that initial testing on the AWS already. Their main competitor is OpenStack, which is backed by RackSpace and a large coalition. OpenStack has been gaining a lot of momentum in recent months.
Wrapping upAWS is by far the top cloud computing provider, and it is slowly but surely building a datacenter OS, setting the standards and APIs for this along the way. AWS has currently 33 services (S3, RDS, DynamoDB, OpWorks, CloudWatch, CloudFront, ElastiCache, ELB, EMR, SQS, SNS, etc.) to support building cloud computing applications. I had the impression that AWS is about to see an explosion in its customer base. Most of the people I met during the summit have been using AWS in a limited way, and were currently investigating if or how they can use it more intensively.
During the expo session, I had a chance to approach Werner and make acquaintance. I am a tall guy, but he is really tall and big. He is very down-to-earth person; he stood in the AWS booth and met with AWS customers to listen and help for at least 2 hours.
PS: 17 presentations from the #AWS Summit in NYC are made available here.


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This year I decided to paint my wee Christmas tree black & have a metal black Christmas. Here are some photos if you have not seen then already on my Instagram of my black Christmas tree.
Decorated with black & gold ornaments & ribbon. This year I used the same star topper as last year, next year plan on getting a small skull Halloween decoration to paint & make a new tree topper.
Hope you all have a happy & safe holiday season!
Thank you for reading 🙂
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Countries need to cast a wider net and collect a broader range of personal health information, in order to have a better idea of how well they are performing, according to Francesca Colombo, head of the OECD's health division.
"What we're critically missing is patient perspectives of care," Colombo told a conference on improving health system performance at the European Policy Centre in Brussels last week.
Colombo called on governments and health systems to change what they measure, going beyond traditional patient indicators such as mortality or life expectancy, towards a more relevant and important set of statistics on care quality.
"We'd like to capture quality of life, capacity to manage an illness, ability to function and the ability to live without care. We're trying to move towards having patient-reported outcomes – but it's going to take some time," Colombo said.
Since 2003, the OECD has published comparisons of how the health systems in its 35 member countries perform in its 'Health at a Glance' series.
The data have been powerful in informing policy in some countries. For example, when South Korea saw its lowly ranking against other OECD members in 30-day mortality after admission to hospital for a heart attack, it put a huge amount of effort into improvements.
Similarly, comparative data on unplanned admissions to hospital for people with diabetes show huge variations and drove policy change in France, which was doing badly.
Prevention not cure
Better patient data will help healthcare providers prevent illness—and not merely treat it, Colombo said. Knowing more about how patients live after treatment could prove useful as doctors look for clues to poor health and tailor interventions to address patients' needs, potentially preventing illness and saving money.
The big obstacle is not availability of data, of which there is an astounding amount. "It's a paradox – the health sector produces the most data, but somehow it's not being leveraged to improve performance. I believe health systems use data poorly," said Colombo.
Teasing out the appropriate information from the reams of data is tough, despite advances in big data analytics.
"We hear a lot about big data and the effect it can have on health systems," said Colombo. "The reality is more complex. Regular data is not collected or aggregated in a good way. There's a missed opportunity to use big data to cut out waste and improve surveillance and research."
Only half of OECD countries have comprehensive electronic health records in hospitals and primary care centres, according to Colombo. Hospitals have many different datasets and they are rarely linked together.
The European Commission is encouraging national authorities to develop Health Systems Performance Assessments (HSPAs) in order to identify where improvements are needed and to measure progress. It wants to see stronger country assessments and inter-country comparison tools, to help member states modernise their healthcare systems.
The OECD is working with the Commission on this, developing a new generation of health statistics, which will include better measures of patient outcomes. Such globally standardised datasets have the power to spur quality improvements both within and between countries.
Colombo said, "We're trying to become more granular and are starting to collect data directly from hospitals, rather than just relying on national data."
This is to circumvent the problem that national health averages hide huge diversity in performance inside countries. "It's extraordinary – for the share of hip replacement operations in a country for example, you can see a difference of up to six times between regions," Colombo said.
OECD health reports aim to collect data that is at the most two years old. But this should be improved on. "How can we support policy if we're working on minus two years?" Colombo asked.


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On February 5, 2010, Russia's president approved a new military doctrine.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A military doctrine is a theoretically substantiated and officially adopted long-term set of guidelines for the organizational development of the armed forces, use of military force and achievement of military objectives.A military doctrine is subordinate to military policy, being its chief derivative. It is the scientific and practical baseline for developing military concepts, programs, plans and other official documents that extend and elaborate on its contents.
Russia's military doctrine defines the political, strategic and economic foundations of its military security. It is one of Russia's main strategic planning documents and a system of officially accepted views on provisions for the country's armed defense.
The military doctrine is aimed at identifying and addressing Russia's main threats. It is periodically revised to take into account geopolitical changes at home and abroad.
Before 1991, Russia, being a constituent republic of the USSR, was guided by the Soviet Union's pronouncedly defensive military doctrine that was approved in 1987. This doctrine became null and void after the USSR's disintegration.
Russia adopted the doctrine titled "The Main Premises of the Transition-Period Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation" in 1993.
It stated that Russia had no potential adversaries. Russia committed to avoiding the use of military force for anything other than self-defense. Nuclear weapons were regarded as a political deterrent rather than a means of warfare. The "reasonable sufficiency" principle guided the policies with regard to the country's military potential that was to be maintained at a level commensurate with existing threats. The doctrine did not mention NATO at all.
However, NATO's expansion and its operations in Yugoslavia in 1999 necessitated a number of adjustments to the doctrine.The Russian Federation's first comprehensive military doctrine was approved in 2000. It systematically and firmly described the contemporary military-political situation, its destabilizing factors and sources of threats, defining any buildup of forces by other states near Russia's borders as "the main external threat."
A new military doctrine was adopted in 2010, because the nature of threats to the country's defense security had changed substantially in the years since its last revision.
The 2010 military doctrine is divided into four parts: Terminology and general provision; military threats and threats to Russia; the country's military policy; military-economic support for national defense.
According to the doctrine, the likelihood of a large-scale war involving Russia has subsided, but military threats are growing in intensity in a number of sectors.
The main military threats listed in the document are the strengthening of NATO through the acceptance of new members, the deployment of anti-missile defense systems, aggravation of military-political tensions and exacerbation of interstate relations, as well as the creation of conditions for the use of military force.
The establishment and training of illegal armed groups, their operation in the Russian Federation or in the territory of its allies, are also classified as military threats to Russia. Such threats also include provocative demonstrations of military force in the form of military exercises held in states bordering Russia or its allies, intensified activities of armed forces of certain states or groups of states involving partial or full-scale mobilization and the conversion of these states" government and military command-and-control agencies to wartime operation.The doctrine is aimed at the peaceful and nonviolent prevention and settlement of crises and conflicts. Russia is prepared to defend and uphold not only its own national interests and security, but also those of its allies.
The main distinction of this doctrine from its predecessor (2000) is that it allows the country's armed forces to be deployed outside Russia's borders in order to defend its interests and citizens, and to maintain international peace and security. The Russian president is empowered by law to decide on the use of the armed forces outside Russia.
The military doctrine emphasizes that nuclear weapons will remain an important deterrent against large-scale and regional wars. According to the document, "The Russian Federation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in response to nuclear weapons and other types of mass destruction weapons being used against it and/or its allies, as well as in the case of a conventional aggression against the Russian Federation, which jeopardizes the very existence of the state." This language is based on the principle of "defensive nuclear containment" and does not presuppose the delivery of a "preventive" or a "preemptive" nuclear strike.
According to the military doctrine, the main priorities for the development of the armed forces are the improvement of its air defense system and the creation of an aerospace defense system. Other priorities include improving the image of military service and better preparing Russian citizens for military service.The country's focus on defense-related military-economic efforts is possible because of the high level of financial and material-technical support given to the military to meet its targets.
A separate section of the doctrine is dedicated to the country's military-industrial complex and yet another section concentrates on the Russian military's political and technical cooperation with foreign states.
According to the doctrine, its provisions may be adjusted to take into account changes in the nature of military threats, military security and defense operations, and the state of the country's development.
The military doctrine was amended in 2014, when new threats emerged, specifically NATO's expansion in the direction of Russia's borders and its plans to develop a global missile defense system and deploy strategic weapons in outer space.
On December 26, 2014, the Russian president endorsed the updated military doctrine.
Its main provisions remain the same, but there are new clauses on securing Russia's interests in the Arctic and on allied relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The new aspects of the military doctrine include defining operations by foreign private military companies in the vicinity of Russia's borders as an external threat. The same applies to regimes established in neighboring states, whose policies threaten Russia's interests, and to the subversive activities of foreign intelligence agencies or their coalitions against Russia.The document notes that military is facing more domestic dangers and threats and is increasingly dealing with cyberwarfare threats.
Russia regards expanding the range of its partner states, including members of BRICS (a new element in the doctrine), CSTO, CIS, OSCE and SCO, as a move that will help to contain and prevent military conflicts.
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Easy homemade Thanksgiving outdoor decorations for kids and grownups
Table of Contents
- Easy homemade Thanksgiving outdoor decorations for kids and grownups
- Thanksgiving outdoor decorations past, present and future
- How to make a Thanksgiving scarecrow for your front porch
- How to make terracotta pot Pilgrim boy characters
- Foddershocks make perfect Thanksgiving outdoor decorations
Homemade Thanksgiving outdoor decorations add a little something to your holiday decor because you made them yourself. And they look even better when the kids can lend a hand. Here you will find three homemade Thanksgiving decorations that you can make at home along with your children.
The Thanksgiving decorating trend developed after it became a United States official holiday in 1941. People decorate their homes and yards with Fall and harvest themed ornaments. Actually, most of these decorations were used in harvest pagan European festivities while some other of these decorations developed during the 20th century.
Thanksgiving decorations that you can see in your neighbours' yards and houses include foddershocks, pumpkins, cushaw and scarecrows as all of them are symbols of the Fall season. If you want to learn how to make some of them yourself and get even more creative, then take a cup coffee and read on.
Thanksgiving outdoor decorations past, present and future
One of the most cherished Fall ornaments is the scarecrow that comes right away from one of the oldest European pagan customs. Pagans used to build a "wicker man"; which was bound to burn after they filled it with the first fruits of the harvest as offerings to the gods.
Another very popular of such embellishments for the yard is the wreath. This one is another Fall related ornament that originates from the European pagan customs. Mostly wreaths were made out of grapevines or oak limbs and decorated with acorns, holly, raffia, gourds and other Fall natural items.
Both ornaments crossed the Atlantic Sea to become Thanksgiving symbols where they survived the changes of times and are still cherished.
How to make a Thanksgiving scarecrow for your front porch
So when it comes to homemade Thanksgiving outdoor decorations, you can't overlook the scarecrow. This is a must-have that you should create yourself – with a little help from the kids. If you have enough place on the yard or on the porch, you will want to make this absolutely fabulous Thanksgiving craft!
Here are the 6 steps to take so as to make your very own strawman for the yard:
- Put together two sticks so that they form a cross and tie them firmly.
- Put a long sleeved flannel shirt on the stick and as well as pants to feature the body and the legs.
- To make the head, fill a pillow case with straw or old newpapers.
- With a permanent marker, draw the eyes, the nose and the mouth of your scarecrow on the pillow case.
- Tie the head to the vertical stick with a strong lace.
- Add a few details such as socks, a straw hat and old boots to perfect the scarecrow.
2 more options to customize your homemade scarecrow:
- Use a carved lit pumpkin to feature the head,
- Top the pumpkin with a Fedora hat instead of one made out of straw for a humorous twist.
With a little creativity, you can start making your very own traditional and original Thanksgiving strawman and even an entire straw family – which you will find nowhere else.
How to make terracotta pot Pilgrim boy characters
Another type of exquisite homemade Thanksgiving outdoor decorations are the clay pot Pilgrim characters. You can do this using plant pots declined in different sizes. Here is a tutorial to help you make a pilgrim boy out of terracotta pots. You can also make a girl, a man, a woman. And, with some creativeness and skills, you can even produce Native American characters using the same type of supports. You will quickly be able to recreate the scenery of Pilgrims and Indians who celebrated the very first Thanksgiving holiday in Plymouth.
- 5″ terracotta pots (big for the bodies)
- 2.5″ terracotta or clay pots (small for the hats),
- Black construction paper,
- 4″ Styrofoam balls,
- White fabric,
- Straw meant for crafts,
- Black and yellow or gold paint,
- Paint brushes,
- A black marker,
- A pair of scissors,
- A hot glue gun.
- Paint the terracotta pots black. Allow to dry.
- Turn all pots upside down and paint a belt buckle using yellow or gold paint on them.
- Cut a square out of the white fabric: it will be used as collar.
- Cut out a slit in the center of the fabric and provide its edges with a curvy shape. You can provide all edges with a round shape, this will add to the realistic look.
- Using the black marker, draw eyes, nose and mouth on the styrofoam balls.
- Remember that the pots are turned upside down! Glue the white fabric on top of the 5″ pots – must feature the pilgrim boy's collar.
- Glue the styrofoam ball on the collar.
- Use the straw to feature the pilgrim boy's hair.
- Once the hair is dry, glue the 2.5″ terracotta pot uspide down on top of the head.
Here you are: you have made a cute Pilgrim boy out of clay pots. Go on and create some more of them.
Foddershocks make perfect Thanksgiving outdoor decorations
If you choose to display only homemade Thanksgiving decorations on the yard, then you can't do without a foddershock. Foddershocks or corn stalks will have your kids occupied with joyful outdoor activities and provide you with one of a kind Thanksgiving yard ornament.
In order to create your own Thanksgiving foddershock, you first will want to embark the whole family in the car for a visit to a corn field or a farm and get some dried corn stalks after harvest.
Making a Thanksgiving foddershock is quite simple: gather the corn stalks together, tie them in the middle of the bundle with a strong lace so that you create some kind of "tepee" shaped form. The lace that serves to tie the stalks can be a natural one, but it can also be made of a wide themed Thanksgiving ribbon, that will remind passers by from the holiday.
Place the foddershock in your favourite area on your yard or garden and surround it with pumpkins, gourds and squash. Obviously you can spread as many of these ornaments all through your garden.
Aren't homemade Thanksgiving outdoor decorations the very best of the best ornaments ever? Happy Thanksgiving crafts.


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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The scores from 97 feature-length motion pictures are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for Hollywood's 84th Academy Awards.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made the announcement Friday.
The list will be whittled down to five nominees to be announced Jan. 24. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 are to be presented Feb. 26 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.
The 97 eligible scores, along with the composer, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title:
"The Adjustment Bureau," Thomas Newman, composer
"The Adventures of Tintin," John Williams, composer
"African Cats," Nicholas Hooper, composer
"Albert Nobbs," Brian Byrne, composer
"Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked," Mark Mothersbaugh, composer
"Anonymous," Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser, composers
"Another Earth," Phil Mossman and Will Bates, composers
"Answers to Nothing," Craig Richey, composer
"Arthur Christmas," Harry Gregson-Williams, composer
"The Artist," Ludovic Bource, composer
"@urFRENZ," Lisbeth Scott, composer
"Atlas Shrugged Part 1," Elia Cmiral, composer
"Battle: Los Angeles," Brian Tyler, composer
"Beastly," Marcelo Zarvos, composer
"The Big Year," Theodore Shapiro, composer
"Captain America: The First Avenger," Alan Silvestri, composer
"Cars 2," Michael Giacchino, composer
"Cedar Rapids," Christophe Beck, composer
"Conan the Barbarian," Tyler Bates, composer
"The Conspirator," Mark Isham, composer
"Contagion," Cliff Martinez, composer
"Coriolanus," Ilan Eshkeri, composer
"DAM999," Ousepachan, composer
"The Darkest Hour," Tyler Bates, composer
"The Debt," Thomas Newman, composer
"Dolphin Tale," Mark Isham, composer
"Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, composers
"Dream House," John Debney, composer
"The Eagle," Atli Orvarsson, composer
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," Alexandre Desplat, composer
"Fast Five," Brian Tyler, composer
"The First Grader," Alex Heffes, composer
"The Flowers of War," Qigang Chen, composer
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composers
"The Greatest Miracle," Mark McKenzie, composer
"Green Lantern," James Newton Howard, composer
"Hanna," Tom Rowlands, composer
"Happy Feet Two," John Powell, composer
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2," Alexandre Desplat, composer
"The Help," Thomas Newman, composer
"Hop," Christopher Lennertz, composer
"Hugo," Howard Shore, composer
"I Don't Know How She Does It," Aaron Zigman, composer
"The Ides of March," Alexandre Desplat, composer
"Immortals," Trevor Morris, composer
"In Search of God," Rupam Sarmah, composer
"In the Land of Blood and Honey," Gabriel Yared, composer
"In Time," Craig Armstrong, composer
"Insidious," Joseph Bishara, composer
"The Iron Lady," Thomas Newman, composer
"J. Edgar," Clint Eastwood, composer
"Jane Eyre," Dario Marianelli, composer
"The Lady," Eric Serra, composer
"Like Crazy," Dustin O'Halloran, composer
"Margaret," Nico Muhly, composer
"Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol," Michael Giacchino, composer
"Mr. Popper's Penguins," Rolfe Kent, composer
"Moneyball," Mychael Danna, composer
"Monte Carlo," Michael Giacchino, composer
"New Year's Eve," John Debney, composer
"Norman," Andrew Bird, composer
"One Day," Rachel Portman, composer
"Puss in Boots," Henry Jackman, composer
"Rampart," Dickon Hinchliffe, composer
"Real Steel," Danny Elfman, composer
"Rebirth," Philip Glass, composer
"Red Riding Hood," Alex Heffes and Brian Reitzell, composers
"Restless," Danny Elfman, composer
"Rio," John Powell, composer
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes," Patrick Doyle, composer
"The Rite," Alex Heffes, composer
"The Rum Diary," Christopher Young, composer
"Sanctum," David Hirschfelder, composer
"Sarah's Key," Max Richter, composer
"Senna," Antonio Pinto, composer
"Shame," Harry Escott, composer
"The Skin I Live In," Alberto Iglesias, composer
"The Smurfs," Heitor Pereira, composer
"Snow Flower and the Secret Fan," Rachel Portman, composer
"Super 8," Michael Giacchino, composer
"Take Shelter," David Wingo, composer
"The Thing," Marco Beltrami, composer
"Thor," Patrick Doyle, composer
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," Alberto Iglesias, composer
"Tower Heist," Christophe Beck, composer
"W.E.," Abel Korzeniowski, composer
"War Horse," John Williams, composer
"Warrior," Mark Isham, composer
"Water for Elephants," James Newton Howard, composer
"The Way," Tyler Bates, composer
"We Bought a Zoo," Jon Thor Birgisson, composer
"We Need to Talk about Kevin," Jonny Greenwood, composer
"Win Win," Lyle Workman, composer
"Winnie the Pooh," Henry Jackman, composer
"X-Men: First Class," Henry Jackman, composer
"Young Adult," Rolfe Kent, composer
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Yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasuries dropped five basis points, or 0.05 percent, to 2.17 percent, despite economists saying the US economy added more than 200,000 jobs in March ahead of the Labor department's report tomorrow. The spread between 10-year TIPS and 10 Treasury Notes, known as the break-even rate, narrowed to 2.258 percent, the lowest since March 9.
The iShares Barclays 20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) rose 0.81 point, or 0.72 percent, for the day, while the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) added 0.16 points, or 0.19 percent to Wednesday's close.
US stocks closed mixed Thursday, with broader markets falling for the third day in a shortened week as worries over European debt crisis returned despite positive weekly claims data ahead of Friday's nonfarm payrolls report for March.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) slid 14.61 points, or 0.1 percent, to 13,060.1, off 1.2 percent from last Friday's close. Bed Bath and Beyond Inc (BBBY) zoomed 8.49 percent a day after retailer announced better-tan-expected fourth-quarter results. Wine maker Constellation Brands Inc (STZ) after the company's projected earnings for 2012 fell short of analysts' expectations. Despite posting 6 percent higher same-store sales in March, retailer Costco dropped during the day's trading.
The S&P 500 Index (SPX) shed 1 point, or less than 0.1 percent, to 1,398.08, off 0.7 percent on weekly basis with the consumer-discretionary sector faring the best and the defensive sectors retreating the most among its major industry groups.
The tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite Index (COMP) buckled the day's trend and added 12.41 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at 3080.50, still down 0.4 percent for the week.
For every two stocks advancing, about four stocks retreated on the NYSE.
Oil prices for May delivery gained $1.84 to close at $103.31 a barrel.
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Wow, in only 2 days did I read this book, majorily due to distractions and oversleeping. This is the first book I read since 2009, and the first book by Amanda as well. What a great way to start a new year. I actually just finished it about 10 minutes ago after staying up all night just to do so. Like I said, I am so happy to have been gifted this book by my Mom. I was hesitant, thinking that it was a novel that just wasn't my type of reading material. I couldn't have been so wrong. It was such a wonderful supernatural journey filled with wizards, witches, vampires, and even educational history. I loved the vampire lore twist that Amanda gave. I have never heard of many of them like she had described. Being a predominantly vampire genre fan, it made me giggle inside learning different abilities and "ways of living" that her characters posessed. This is another of them rare books that has that paradoxially (if that's even a word?) ending. You know what I mean. That kind of story that just keeps you on the edge until the last few pages. As you read them you're mad as hell at the ending, but in your mind you're like..."well it couldn't have ended any better." LOL!
Today I am venturing to the wonderful world that few of us know and love, while other's are clueless into the magical realm it can take them- called a library, to get a few more of Amanda's books to keep me enthralled these wintery months. She has a special power all her own, it may not be supernatural, but the magic she posesses in creating her novels is just immeasurable! (Damn, that really sounded like a real book critic!) :) I left Amanda a brief comment on her website and I will post it below to let you all see what she has said. Thanks again Amanda for the magical journey you took me and all your other readers on. God Bless!
Dear Amanda,
Since Twilight has ended, I've been at a loss for a great vampire saga to escape reality. I've never heard of you until yesterday when my Mom came home and said she got me a new vampire book to read, Immortal Sins. While it isn't a saga, it's not even been a full 24 hours and I am already more than halfway finished with the book. I was hesitant at first, being fearful it was another Harlequin romance novel-type. Thankfully I was wrong, and glad I was brave enough to give it a shot. I am excited to obtain the other vampire books in your collection. I quickly browsed your site and I have to say you're my new favorite author. I recently began reviewing new books for companies and Immortal Sins, will be my next blog addition. I have so much more to say but I will add that to my blog and save room for your other fans. :P
P.S. I seen your favorite vampire reads. If you can find a book titled "Sins of the Blood" by Kristin Kathryn Rusch, which is what caused my vampire obsession, I do believe you will enjoy it.
Hi Steven ~ Thank you for your comments. I'm delighted to be your new favorite author. And please thank your Mom for finding me a new reader!!!! While I don't write sagas, I do have a 4 book series (Night's Kiss, Night's Touch, Night's Master and Night's Pleasure). A 5th book, Night's Mistress, is a distinct possibility. I would love to read your review of my book. Also, next time you stop by, please leave a link to your blog so we can check it out. I hope you're having a wonderful weekend. Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to see if I can find it. Mandy 1/9/10


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Published: 29th August 2014 | Source: ASUS | Price: £329 |
Up Close continued
After seeing the crisp white X99 Deluxe it's almost, and we do mean barely almost, a bit dull to return to the black and red of the Rampage V Extreme. It's fantastic for ASUS that the Republic of Gamers brand identity is so strong that you could draw what it looked like without seeing it. However, as is so often the case, the colour scheme isn't all there is to talk about.
The CPU socket area is certainly busy. The 8 DIMM slots take up plenty of room and when there is such a large heatsink placed above the IO area it definitely gets crowded. Yet, at the same time, there is a logical layout that lets you know that ASUS haven't got a single capacitor out of place. You can also see the unique socket that keeps the four holes free, so if you want to bolt your sub-zero pot to it you can do so without dismantling things first.
It wasn't that long ago that 4 SATA 6Gb/s ports were considered an extravagance and yet here, even if you take up the SATA Express slots, you still have a massive eight left over for your storage devices. As SSDs become ever cheaper more people are choosing to have a collection of decent sized SSDs rather than one giant HDD, so it's nice to have lots of places available. We'll take a look at the buttons in more detail in a moment, but just for now look at how far in the ATX 24 pin power port is. The part of the motherboard that takes the most stress due to the thickness of the cable, and it's not on the edge to reduce the risk of getting a break in the solder. It's the little details like this that demonstrate the quality of the Rampage V Extreme.
Speaking of details, the PCIx1 slot is down the lower end of the ladder of PCI Express slots so you can run two cards without compromising your ability to run a PCIe x1 card in the correct slot. The Rampage V Extreme supports up to four cards - Quadfire/SLI - so if you have a 40 PCI Express lane CPU such as the i7-5960X, you really can go hell for leather at those world records.
Considering that the X99 included a shield/heatsink all the way down the left hand side over the onboard sound components it's somewhat surprising the Rampage V Extreme hasn't gone down this route. It looks great and you want the best possible aesthetics, especially for the flagship board.
At the very least you wont be short of fan headers. They've been crammed onto every available inch of spare PCB.
The heatsink for the power phases, like the many ATX power inputs, shouts about the target audience for the Rampage V Extreme. This is designed for the most power-hungry, performance desiring users.
When it comes to inputs and outputs there is plenty available on the R5E. From left to right are the reset and ROG link buttons, combined PS2 along with two USB 2.0 ports, 10 (count them) USB 3.0 ports, the Intel GigaLAN RJ45 jack, Wireless antenna spots and outputs for the ASUS SupremeFX 2014.
Finally all the important tools for hardcore overclockers are placed in one area. It's good to have the Error 7Segment display right next to the ReTry and Safe Boot options. The Safe Boot, as we said before, is an absolute godsend, enabling you to squeeze the maximum out of your setup without fearing you'll tip over the edge and lose everything. With one button press you're back up with the last settings. It frees you up considerably, or at least removes a lot of the stress when on the ragged edge.
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As I understand it, we are on the verge of seeing lots PCie connected storage as new standards have been finalized (NVMe). These require PCIe 3.0 x4 interfaces and that will not be possible on this board if you run SLI.
I doubt storage on the M2 interface will work for desktop users. Firstly, is was designed for laptops/tables in mind - and it does not seem line more than one connector is available on the boards who does have this interface.
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On Monday, September 25th, at 7:15 PM, Father Francis Ng, our Church's Parochial Vicar, will be presiding on this special night. For more information, get in touch with the St. Angela Merici Parish, by either visiting their office, calling (714) 529-2277 or visit their website at www.StAngelaBreaChurch.org. Our annual Rummage Sale is just around the corner! On October 1st from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM, we will be holding our Rummage Sale in the Parish Hall. We will be having items such clothes, toys, books and much more. You can drop your items off for the Rummage Sale during the following dates and times: Friday, September 29th // 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM Saturday, September 30th // 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM All you have to do is drop off your items and we take care of the rest. Please do not drop off large, heavy items, such as furniture or appliances. We have no way to dispose of them if they do not sell. For more information, contact Martha Corbett at *protected email*" >*protected email*. You can also check out the Rummage Sale flyer under the SCHOOL DOCUMENTS folder in the DOCUMENT section of Sycamore, located on the left hand side of the page. It may only be September, but planning for Summerfest 2018 is already underway. The Summerfest Team is in need of new parent volunteers! Rise up and get involved in our successful, fun and community building event. The following are positions that we need Chairs for, and they ALL count as parent jobs! Event Chairs: 1-2 people are needed to help lead the event this year. Duties include helping run planning meetings, helping coordinate events and working with the other chairs. Last year's co-chairs will help guide you through the event. Volunteer Chairs: 1-2 people are needed for this job. We already have a parent handling all the online sign-ups and emails, but what we need is two parents to share the duties of checking in and coordinating volunteers during the event's weekend. 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"Back to Eden" invites you to take a walk with Paul as he teaches you sustainable organic growing methods that are capable of being implemented in diverse climates around the world.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
"Back To Eden" Gardening God's Way!
"Back to Eden" invites you to take a walk with Paul as he teaches you sustainable organic growing methods that are capable of being implemented in diverse climates around the world.
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Thanks, Clint, for the Blogger award! Hope you're havin' a great weekend!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes I am, just got back from shopping with my 12 year old daughter, now off to my brothers!Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 11, 2012 at 11:27 AM
I have hear so much about this video that I really need to take the time and watch it myself. Thanks for taking the time to post the link.ReplyDelete
Thank you also for the kind comments on my blog. Most people think we are *odd* for doing such things when it is too easy to go to a store and buy it.
It may be easier but it's definately not better ;- )
Have a wonderful weekend in THE LORD!
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You are welcome Amanda, yes it is a great video in many ways! As fare as for gardening, it is a great time to spend with our Lord, You have a blessed day and come back!Delete
I started to watch your movie but have way too much to do on our Lil' Suburban Homestead right now to watch it through and we are going to finish it tonight! My husband was also looking over my shoulder we can tell you have led a fascinating life and look forward to finishing the movie. Thanks again for linking up to "The Ole' Saturday Homesteading Trading Post" blog hop!ReplyDeleteReplies
I hope you get to watch it all the way through! And thank you for stopping by, I hope you do more often!Delete
Will you be using this method on your garden or have you already tried it? I'm very curious to hear how it works for others and any challenges they have implementing it. I'm amazed at how difficult it is for me to find wood chips in my area although I'm using my own chipper and trying to make some of my own. I just need lots more.ReplyDeleteReplies
I am going to try it Amy, My raised beds are next to the railroad track and it is really rocky. I think I will take part of the area and start using this method. There is a place down the road I can get all the free chips I want. As fare as for you finding wood, he gives you lots of tips on were to find the wood, so watch and the video helps a lot.Delete
We started watching this and will finish watching it tonight! I can tell you have led a fascinating life....my husband and I are both looking forward to it! Thanks for linking up to "The Ole' Saturday Homesteading Trading Post"!ReplyDeleteReplies
Pop some popcorn and have movie night!Delete
Thank you for the share. I have heard about the movie, but never actually watched it. Planning to now!ReplyDeleteReplies
Its a good one. I really enjoyed the whole concept. I will be trying it and all the scripture!Delete
Thanks for stopping by earlier and this video looks really interesting. We are expanding our garden this year, so i look forward to coming back and watching. Thanks for posting itReplyDeleteReplies
You are welcome,I really enjoy the talent God has blessed you with!Delete
I love the focus on God in this video. Fabulous. I haven't had a chance to finish viewing but will make sure to find time soon!ReplyDeleteReplies
I do as well! It amazes me that he took a field of rock so hard and made that beautiful garden!Delete
Your enthusiasm for this video has gotten to me, Im going to watch it when Im done leaving you this comment. Thank you for the recommendation. Be well.ReplyDeleteReplies
I really hope you enjoy it as much as I did! And if you haven't don't forget to enter the give away.Delete
Dear Clint, I've just watched this two times through... WOW!ReplyDelete
This is amazing. I' ve been gardening for over 25 years now and this is just the best thing I've ever seen on growing anything. Thank you... I"ll be sharing this on my blog today!Replies
I am gonna try it in my little raised beds. We will see how it works!Delete
I'm going to try it in my raised beds too. I'm building them right on top of grass and sandy soil.Perfect! I write for MaryJanesFarm ( an organic lifestyle magazine) and I'm making mention of you and " Back to Eden " in this weekends post. I'll send you the link when I publish this Friday! Thanks again Clint for sharing all you do here on your blog! I'm so glad you decided to start blogging!Delete
Thank you so much Deborah. While it seems like the more I learn about both subjects I try to touch on here, the more I don't really know about them. lol! I just try to share the little bit I do know and hope it can be a help. Thank you so much, I am honored to have you mention my blog. And can't wait.Delete
Off the subject, I figured up yesterday how much cost I have in one 4'x8'x18" bed, one 4'x4'x18" bed and two 30"x6'x18" Beds, counting the screws and Lumber. I only have $40.00 in them all. My wife and I looked online an saw a kit that was a 4'x8'x17" kit bed for $378.00. My point is be frugal!
We live in the same community as Paul and his method has intrigued us. This past year we were happy to use some wood chips that a landscaper gathered from pruning jobs. We created a new space in our yard separate from the veggie garden to be our squash patch. We put down several layers of newspaper and 3-4 inches of wood chips and then planted our squash. The few weeds that came through the chips pulled easily and the squash did fabulous. Watering was minimal and the harvest was plentiful. I would recommend giving it a try--just don't till the wood chips into the soil.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for the testimony! I will be trying it out!Delete
I just watched this with my sister tonight and we were both super impressed. As I think you know, I'm hoping to start a community garden and at our first committee meeting next week I plan on strongly suggesting we develop our garden in this fashion. I am so excited to get out there and try it!ReplyDeleteReplies
I can't wait to see and hear how your community garden does. Please, share with use the process you have went through to get it started.Delete
This was such a good documentary, I bought it and have seen it about 3 times. Love the focus on scripture and how it ties our gardening experience to the nature of God. Another good one is "Fresh".......altho not a christian focus (altho the primary farmer IS christian) it is a great learning experience about proper ecology and how to raise animals the way God intended.ReplyDeleteReplies
I will have to check that one out as well, thank you so much for telling us about it!Delete
This video was a real eye opener for me. Thank you for stopping by my blog. I loved how everything he did with scripture in mind. I just haven't found a good source of wood chips and in the Northwest we have such a slug problem, I'm not sure if the wood chips would be beneficial or detrimental because the slugs love to hide in them. Blessings,
You can use Epsom Salts to deter the slugs! Thank you for stopping in!Delete
First time I have heard about this video. Thanks for sharing. I don't know much about gardening, but my hubby and I are planning to do a garden this summer. I'd love to start canning the produce we grow too.ReplyDelete
Nice to 'meet' you during the UBP12. I hope you have a great weekend!
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Thank you LaVonne for stopping in. I hope to have canning posts here as well. Please come back all the time!Delete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2012 at 10:37 AM
I love your blog.. very nice colors & theme. Did you design this websiteReplyDelete
yourself or did you hire someone to do it for you? Plz respond as I'm looking to construct my own blog and would like to know where u got this from. kudos
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Glad to meant you! The Picture at the header is one that I took in my back yard, the rest is just a Google blogger template. Have fun playing with your new blog!Delete
I had no idea how popular this movie is! It is my midwife and her husband's garden :) Paul is a great guy (and of course his wife, my midwife is THE BEST!), and I have fun memories of him showing me how to make kombucha :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I would love to meet him and talk with him!Delete
We absolutely loved this film. We are trying to use the sheet composting method here on our homestead.ReplyDelete
Made these four days ago, just tried them for lunch...I will never make another kind of dill pickle! Thank you so much for the recipe. They turned out great!ReplyDelete


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Well it doesn't have to be a zipper, feel free to purchase a button, a snap, velco….whatever. The point is you are more likely to get closure from those items than you are your former mate. It's okay to have questions about where it went wrong, how it went wrong, what was your part, etc… The problem comes in when it is expected that the information is owed to you, the information will make you whole again or the information will miraculously make you ready to move on with your life. Marriage or a one night stand, if that person hasn't made a commitment to stay with you and work it out then they don't owe you anything. You can feel entitled for as long as you like but the blatant truth is, it isn't owed to you and you may never get it the way you think you should anyway.
So where can you turn for closure? Turn to yourself. Closure always has and always will come from within. You have to reconcile for yourself (sometimes with no information from your ex) how the break-up will affect you, what it will teach, what it will change about you, how it will tweak your dating process, etc… Stop calling him. Stop waiting for him. Stop Facebook stalking him. YOU decide. YOU have the power. YOU give yourself closure.
As always, I encourage you to share your experience or debate mine!!