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Morocco- My Best Trip In My Life!!!
I am really delighted to tell everyone about one of my recent encounter with Morocco. As there is so much to tell, I find it difficult to tell you all but even then I shall try.
Every year we go in a group of 4 families (12 persons in total including adults and children) to a different place. We prefer to avoid the organised tours as these tours force to run from one place to the other without allowing you to really enjoy something. This year we selected Morocco. Though the first reason for choosing Morocco was that it seemed to be inexpensive but after the visit we are happy to say that we really fell in love with the place.
We reached Marrakech by air. The airport building was really impressive made of high roof with slots for the sun light to come in. The place was filled with life and seemed to be greeting us with open arms. The building was clear indication of the progress that is now happening to Morocco. It was perfect blend of old with new.
We took a taxi (a minivan as there was 12 of us) who dropped us in Marrakech for just 16 Euros. We selected a hotel that was in heart of the market of Jeema el-Fena, a busy place in both day and night. The market was very lively and was selling everything that one can need in their daily life.
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One advice to new comers, never fall prey to taking pictures of the locals in traditional attire of carrying snakes. Because you may love taking shots but then they will demand money. We also learnt it in a hard way. In our 2 days that we spent in Marrakech we visited many normal tourist spots mainly the souk, the Majorelle Gardens, the Saadian Tombs and also the Tower of Hasan II.
Before planning to go to the other more serious places in Morocco to get a real feel of the things it is advisable to hire a good tour guide as was done by us. Your hotels will help you to find one that is well conversant in your mother tongue. Our tour guide, who was incidentally the driver of our minivan, was named Hasan Jamal and had good command on English. He was very jovial and indeed the main reason for the fact that we has such wonderful time in Morocco.
We started from seeing the Kasbah Ait Benhaddou in Ouarzazate. We were told that many famous movies have been shot here. After this we went to Todra Gorges. We stayed here in the canvas tent and this was indeed the best night spent in Morocco. After this we covered Rissani, Erfoud, Zagora and Merzouga. The presence of Hasan made the visit to all these places a really memorable one as he explained everything in detail and always tried to ensure that we get the best of everything.
On advice of Hasan, we took the chance to visit a desert oasis on camels. There we spent the night in tents. There with no pollution of city light once could have counted each and every start of the Milky Way. A real peaceful place it was.
The sand dunes has some magic attached to them, it will not be a exaggeration to say that they have a soul of their own. That is what we experience when sitting on top of one we watched the sun set. This had a very calming and has a hypnotising effect. It made every one of us to think upon the reason to be here in the world. You may call it a magical moment of introspection. We really enjoyed seeing all the colours in nature changing and dancing around us with every passing moment. Once the night falls the sky got full of starts. None of had seen so many starts in night sky.
The magic of the place was further enhanced by the sound singing and dancing of the Berbers. The beating of their drums and the night fire was the experience that I have still not forgotten. Let me tell you I really rediscovered the lost romance in that very moment.
Riding the camels was also real fun, though a little tiring. But, a really good ride to try at least once in lifetime. One may also drive through the desert. But irrespective of the mode that you chose, always venture into the desert with a good guide else it is not very difficult to get lost among the sand dunes.
Let me also recount an incident when one of our friend got severe headache. Our tour guide advised us to use the traditional Berber means to curing such ailments. One old lady gave foot and head massage to our friend using some warm oil. To our surprise he became perfectly alright within hours after the treatment.
I would also like to explain a unique event that happened with is in Zagora. When we stopped at a place to take pictures two young boys came to sell their earthen wares. They wanted us to buy them. My wife asked them where they make them so they asked us to come with them. Our tour guide told that it is perfectly alright and if we wish we can go with them. Those boys took us to an old Moroccan village of artisans. Though let me say that this gave us insight into the abject poverty in which some sections of the Moroccan society is living in, but the best part is the collection of the earthenware these people had to sell, which really surprised us. All of us bought something or other for decorating our houses. The art work that we saw gave us real insight of the rich past of Morocco.
Hasan took us to see a rug factory. Morocco is very famous for the rugs made up of camel wool and these are exported all around the world. There we could see a vast variety of rugs under different stages of manufacture and with different colours. We took our lunch there in the factory canteen. We bought a small rug for our bedroom from the factory. The price was very reasonable compared to what we would have paid in our native town.
I shall close the article with special thanks to Hasan, who made us see the real Morocco. He did his best to make our stay really comfortable arranging clean drinking water, taking us to the best places to eat local food and always ensured that our families remained safe and comfortable. For his presence we never felt that we were among unknown people and a new place with no knowledge of the native language. Hasan, always ensured that he is around when we needed him and even then never interfering.
We all returned back with feeling that perhaps this trip to Morocco was one of the best trips we had. The insight in the feelings, and the values of a new land with different culture and society than ours was the real fun. My family and friends hereby join me in thanking all who have our trip so special. We look forward to come back to Morocco again someday.
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Anchor installation and repair
A Greek customer honored us with an order for the installation of his new anchor and to repair the old one.
After the successful installation of the old one, we also succeeded to repair the old one.
The old anchor was tested for cracks as a result of the damages. No cracks were found and we could start repairing the anchor.
After heating up and straightening we managed to get the anchor back in it's original shape. Once again the anchor was tested for cracks and once again she passed the test.

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There are few performers as consistently funny and interesting as Will Ferrell. Sure, he'll take a gig in a studio paycheck film, but often those are often weird and interesting too (say what you will about Land of the Lost, that's not a boring choice), and so it's no surprise that Ferrell would appear in a movie in which he spends the entire movie speaking Spanish. He stars in Casa de mi Padre as a rancher stuck in the middle of a drug war. He's between his brother (Diego Luna) and the town's vicious drug lord (Gael Garcia Bernal), and all three have interest in his brother's fiancée (Genesis Rodriguez). Our review of the Blu-ray of Casa de mi Padre follows after the jump.
Ferrell stars as Armando, a simple farmer with two simple cowhands (Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez) as friends. He witnesses a mob murder, but does nothing, and goes home to find his brother Raul (Luna) has come back with money and a lady named Sonia (Rodriguez). She and Armando fall for each other right away, but it's complicated. At home Armando's father Miguel Ernesto (Pedro Armendáriz Jr.) thinks he's an idiot and celebrates his brother, even though it's obvious Raul earned his money in illicit ways.
Then enters Onza (Bernal), who is pissed at Raul and looking to get revenge. This partly is due to Raul stealing Sonia away from him. There's also some government interference with the DEA (headed up by Nick Offerman) investigating the drugs.
It seems that the film most influential on this movie is Grindhouse, as this film sets about aping the style of other things for both intention and comic effect. In Casa there are moments when it makes fun of the Mexican melodramas past and present that influenced it and you can see what they're trying to do, but ultimately, it never settles on the right tone. There's a bit where Bernal is smoking two cigarellos at once, and it just dies on screen. It's a moment that feels like it's meant to be a joke, like a fart sound (which makes this also feel a little like Nacho Libre), and the tonality of the project doesn't feel right. It doesn't feel authentic, nor does it feel like a straight satire. It lands in the middle between those two and doesn't really work.
There are fun performers here, and Ferrell is fully committed to his character, which helps, and there are some side jokes that work well enough (the number of hot maids at the home, etc), but even Nick Offerman isn't that funny in the film. There may be a great movie in mocking the purple passions of the Telenova film, but this isn't it.
The film is presented in widescreen (2.35:1) and in DTS-HD master audio. Most of the film is in Spanish, so it feels like they missed a free joke by not having a dubbed in English version. The film comes with a commentary by Ferrell director Matt Piedmonet and writer/producer Andrew Steele, which I found slightly more entertaining that the film itself. The film comes with a making of (16 min.), ten deleted scenes (20 min.), a music video, three parody commercials, and an interview with Armendáriz Jr., who passed away after the film was shot.


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CALENDAR ITEM: MU Cyberinfrastructure Day
Story posted: Oct. 04, 2017
By: Jeff Sossamon
WHAT: University of Missouri Officials will host MU's Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Day. The theme of this year's conference is "Leveraging Shared Resources for Innovation and Discovery." This event is part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
CI Day offers practical information on resources, services and emerging technologies. Attendees will discuss issues concerning the use of advanced computing in research and MU's cyberinfrastructure.
WHO: CI Day is open to faculty, research scientists, students and any research support staff who use computing technologies for research.
Speakers at the event include:
For a full list of speakers, please visit: https://doit.missouri.edu/cyberinfrastructure-day-2017/
WHEN: 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4
WHERE: Stotler Lounge, Memorial Union, MU campus
NOTE: The event is free; however, those wishing to attend must register:
MU News Bureau: https://nbsubscribe.missouri.edu/education/2017/1004-calendar-item-mu-cyberinfrastructure-day/


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|... quick bit of shadowing ...
|... and now she is starting to look like the adorable dog she is!
|I love expressing emotions in animals' faces. I painted this one, called "The Laughing Labrador", several years ago for a good friend.
Thoughts and tangential meanderings on horses, painting, and anything else that captures my interest
|I have started my second try at Miss P. I painted the background doing a w/w wash with permanent rose and quin. burnt orange, and then scrumbled with those colors and cobalt blue. Then I did another rough application with a violet made of indanthrone and pink.
|... quick bit of shadowing ...
|... and now she is starting to look like the adorable dog she is!
|I love expressing emotions in animals' faces. I painted this one, called "The Laughing Labrador", several years ago for a good friend.
|I love the expression she has here - another face full of happiness! Just began last night, with two washes of phthalo blue for the background, and am working on her face this morning. I have no idea what color to paint her scarf - I need it bright and sunny, but not overwhelming. Any ideas???
I really haven't been this excited and pleased with painting in months. But working on these two portraits is such a joy!Thank you so much for dropping by!
Warm winter wishes, Debbie... First, the watercolor o the Lab is unbelievable! The highlights on his fur are beautiful, and such detail on his mouth. Wow!
As for Miss P... Her EYES are gorgeous, and I just love the colors in the background...
Now I did not know you were also planning on painting the other pose of her... I am so happy about this.. I love that expression... As for her scarf, now that's a hard one... Maybe a shade of green or yellow?
I know you will come up with a great choice.
Kathryn, these pets are so adorable. I think their laughing is contagious. :)ReplyDelete
I LOVE these paintings of the dogs, Kathryn!! You do animals so well!! The lab is absolutely fantastic!!
These paintings of the dogs are fantastic Kathryn!!!! Your work with animals lately is amazing and the Lab is outstanding!!!!!!
They're all beautiful! We love them all!ReplyDelete
These are lovely! Of course I particularly love the Labrador since I have one my self ;0)ReplyDelete
Dear Kathryn - loved seeing your beautiful painting of the Labrador. Your colors always look gorgeous on these sweet pets. Do use usually use indanthrone blue for your darks? Must give this a try. Miss P is looking very good and I am so glad you are having fun painting her. Have a great day.ReplyDelete
Hard to believe the laughing labrador is actually a painting , it is SO true to reality , I had to put on my extra strong glasses ! xxReplyDelete
We love these paintings too,, and we love that your having fun!
Wow, these are wonderful paintings!ReplyDelete
Isn't it great when things go well and you can enjoy your art, instead of battling with it? It really shows in your work. I love Labs! I always smile when I open your blog: those geese laughing away, and are totally brilliant.ReplyDelete
Oh.... a red polka dot scarf!ReplyDelete
I LOVE those laughing and happy faces! And John is right: seeing your happy geese makes me happy too.ReplyDelete
Love miss P. I have thought about buying such a dog, my favourite! Lovely dogpaintings! Merry christmas!ReplyDelete
Ils sont tous adorables ! j'ai envie de leur faire un gros câlin :)ReplyDelete
Kathryn, you have an incredible talent for finding and expressing emotion in pet portraits such as these! The Laughing lab is fantastic - it makes me happy not only to see him but to think about him after I saw him! Have a warm and wonderful holiday and the very best and creative of New Years!ReplyDelete


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The Proper Content Type for XML Feeds
RSS Feeds have a content type problem. Most people end up serving them with the content-type:
text/xml. But this practice is frowned upon for several reasons. The main reason people don't like
text/xml is because its very vague, there are content types such as
application/rdf+xml, and
that describe the content of your feed much better than
text/xml does. We should be using these types for our feeds.
The problem, however with the more descriptive content types is that Firefox and IE prompt you to download the XML file instead of displaying it in the browser like it would a
text/xml document.
So what I have decided to do, is to serve the feeds as
text/xml if the user agent contains
Mozilla. So for IE, Firefox, and Safari 1.x my feed will be served in
text/xml other clients will get the proper
application/rss+xml MIME type. Here's my code for this:
<cfif cgi.user_agent contains "Mozilla"> <cfheader name="Content-Type" value="text/xml"> <cfelse> <cfheader name="Content-Type" value="application/rss+xml"> </cfif>
I realize that this is not a perfect solution, it may cause browser plugins to have to do some extra work to determine if the document is an RSS, RDF or Atom Feed. Additionally if aggregators are including Mozilla in their user agent, they will get
text/xml. But I'm not going to risk loosing potential subscribers over this issue, as some bloggers have reported to be the case when switching.
So I will serve a variable content-type at least until bug 256379 is fixed in a production release of FireFox (or if IE beats them I guess :). You can vote for that bug in bugzilla if you find the save dialog to be annoying when you click on RSS feeds.
I also hope that IE7 is will serve the rss related content-types as it would a text/xml doc by default. Scoble, can you make sure IE7 deals with this? (apparently Robert Scoble will read your post if you put his name in it...)
Tim Bray has pointed out why its important for people to get their act together:
- To manage the traffic load we're going to have to do some caching. Fortunately, RSS contains some publication and expiry-date data to help intermediate software do this, but to do this it has to recognize the data as RSS and read this stuff. This isn't going to happen until RSS gets served with the proper Media-type.
- When someone writes RSS-reader code to live in the Web Browser, it's going to need a consistent Media-type to be able to recognize RSS.
Yet Another Community System cites some of the problems with
text/xml such as the character set issues:
The default character set, which must be assumed in the absence of a charset parameter, is US-ASCII or ISO-8859-1 for all MIME types prefixed by text, depending of the Request for Comment you are considering. Of course, having two different specifications is confusing to the software industry. But also, no one of these two charsets can support complex foreign charsets as those used in Asia. On the other hand, implementors and users of XML parsers tend to assume that the default charset is provided by the XML encoding declaration or BOM.
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"Choose Love" day in Darien honored Friday, Aug. 31 with Summer Nights fundraising concert
The Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement will team up with Darien Summer Nights for a special concert fundraiser featuring The Spadtastics on Aug. 31, 2018 at Tilley Pond Park from 6 to 10 p.m.. The fundraiser also includes live music by Free Flow and special guest, Doug Allen. Plus, a photo booth, face painting, food trucks and Choose Love merchandise.
After Darien native Scarlett Lewis' 6 year-old son was killed in his first grade classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary School, her friends from Darien High School rallied around to support her. Nearly six years later, they're even more committed to Being Part of the Solution and spreading the Choose Love message.
David Genovese, CEO of Baywater Properties, who, together with PG Properties, is underwriting this event, said: "We are in awe of the way in which Scarlett has transformed her tragedy into such a positive global platform in Jesse's honor. As a community, we need to Be Part of the Solution to protect our children and teach them to be connected, compassionate and resilient. They are the future."
The Jesse Lewis Choose Movement is a charitable organization with a mission to ensure that every child has access to Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). We do this in honor of Jesse and to spread the message he left on his family's chalkboard –Nurturing, Healing Love.
Darien First Selectman Jayme Stevenson stated: "As a mother of 5 children, I can't imagine what Scarlet and her family have had to endure. What I do know is that helping our children strengthen their social and emotional resilience will be proven to be one of the most powerful ways to ensure we have a society of healthy, compassionate and empathetic people. That is why I'm officially proclaiming August 31st – Darien Chooses Love Day. "
The Choose Love Enrichment program is a preK – 12th grade SEL curriculum that teaches kids how to get along, how to have healthy and positive relationships, deep and meaningful connections, skills and tools for resilience, emotional management, conflict resolution and responsible decision-making, among other qualities. Donations, grants and volunteers enable the Choose Love Enrichment Program to be offered to schools at no cost. If you can't make it to the fundraiser, please make a donation on The Impact Vine: https://theimpactvine.org/nonprofit/jesse-lewis-choose-love-movement/
"I'm so grateful to the Genoveses, the Glassmeyers and everyone else who has worked tirelessly to make this event a successful fundraiser," said Lewis. "I've dedicated my life to spreading awareness of the solution to the issues our children face today. I'm so grateful to my hometown for marking August 31st Darien Chooses Love Day. There's no greater mission than focusing on whole child development and keeping our children safe. SEL = Safer schools."


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Never thought this would happen, but for the third year in a row I have to give my person or the year award to Richard Nixon!
Presidential Anecdotes (Paul F Boller Jr., c – 1981, 1996 – Paperback pp 326-327):
"In 1960 , When Nixon ran for President against Kennedy, … The 1960 election turned out to be extremely close, and there were voting frauds in several states. For a time Nixon considered the possibility of demanding a recount but finally decided against it. "If I were to demand a recount," he explained, "the organization of the new administration and the orderly transfer of responsibility from the old to the new might be delayed for months. The situation within the entire federal government would be chaotic." Despite his decision, newsman Earl Mazo launched an investigation of the voting frauds and began running a series of articles about them in the New York Herald Tribune. Early in 1960, after the first four articles had appeared, Nixon invited Mazo to his home for a chat. "Earl," he said, as they shook hands, " those are interesting articles you are writing – but no one steals the presidency of the United States" He went on to say that the country would be torn by partisan bitterness if there was an official challenge of the election result and that the damage to America's foreign relation might be irreparable. ... Mazo agreed to drop the series! (emphasis added)
Hillary??? Any Democrat??? Never Trumpers??? Even Al (Chad) Gore!!!
When Nixon has you beat…………YIKES
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My ThanksGiving Outfit!
The food was great, my uncles talked about politics at the table (Thats what they always talk about, I find it rather amusing), I made Chocolate Pecan Pie, and was the only one who decided to get dressed up. After everyone left my parents and I watched Home Alone 2!
Dress: H&M
Shoes: Nine West
Tights: Target


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Solis grinder, Mastero grinds better than Starbucks' quality!
Solis grinder that you folks are familiar with should be the Solis 166 now known as Starbucks Barista, right? The one that is used exclusively by Starbucks and the reason why it is so well known.
The 166 is one of the earlier Solis model to be introduced and it has its strengths (if not, it would not be chosen by Starbucks;o).
Following the success of 166, Solis came out with new machines, supposedly better than 166 and it is one of them that would gives you quality better than Star Bucks...
If you are here, you love to drink coffee. So, what would you say if you can get free coffee in the place where you spend most of the time? Or, would you be interested in getting free coffee and save enough to send you for a short holiday?
If you tried a Solis 166 grinder, then you would probably heard of the Mulino. The value add that the Mulino has, is the ability to grind directly into a filter basket. And similar to 166, it has consistent grind, fine enough for espresso.
However, it is also a very noisy grinder and maybe it is due to the static, there are a lot of grounds left inside the grinder. These 2 flaws lead to sales number that are not so fantastic and might be the reason that this range was discontinued.
And it is with the discontinuation of Mulino range and the introduction of this Solis grinder that would interest us -the Solis Maestro. It's innovation is really cutting edge.
Take for example, anyone knows that to have even and consistent grind, one would use a burr grinder with metal (heavy) body. However, the Solis Maestro is a burr with mostly plastic body.
Although, it is mostly plastic, the grind is consistent and even comparable to the Solis 166 grinder, with much lesser noise. According to Solis, it is the plastic that plays a part in reducing grinding noises.
Then, because it is plastic, this Solis grinder looks good with its angular curve coupled with slight matt tone. Not a very important feature to have for a grinder, but with interior design for homes going into high gear, having a grinder with a touch of class is always good...
There you have it, a Solis grinder, that is a result of an innovation from its Starbucks sibling. A much quieter grinder compared to the Starbucks one, look better than the StarBucks' one. So, if you are going to grind your own beans, this has to be the one right?
Oh, you noticed that we did not mentioned a very important factor, something that is critical to all shopping decision -the price. So, how much would this Solis grinder, Maestro set you back?
If you are looking at below $100, then probably you should not be looking for a burr grinder. However, if you are worried that this is $200 and above, like a Rossi or Rocky, then you would be delighted to know that this Maestro that has almost the grinding power of a commercial grinder comes just below $150.
Here is how it goes, you want to grind your own coffee, because you want it the freshest right? That means, coffee quality is important to you.
If you have come so far as to purchase a grinder for fresh coffee, why not throw in some more investment and get one that grinds for Starbucks (I know there would be comments, but in general they are known for good coffee).
Get a Solis grinder
that performs even better than Starbucks' grinder...


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On this day, around this time, one decade ago, I had a brain haemorrhage.
Every year, it is important to me to take the opportunity to thank all those who helped saved my life and who have helped and supported me. To my sister, Tiffany, who was with me and raised the alarm, to my ex-neighbour Jane, who called the ambulance, to my Mum, Pauline, and Dad, Gary, for their everlasting love and support, and to all my friends and family too. Thanks needs to go to the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA) and the NHS at John Radcliffe Hospital.
Below is the chronology of the event and treatments since. There are a few photos, some which I have never shared before, and a couple of videos:
Ten years ago, at the age of 15, I was about to get ready to start the Friday of my half term from school. I was relaxed, and had really enjoyed the break from school but had lots of homework and some coursework to do. It was a normal day. I remember waving goodbye to my Mum, and I'd gone upstairs about to get ready. A headache came on. It wasn't like a conventional headache, or even a migraine, as it was a pulsing and instantly painful one. As a youngster, I had had migraines and the sequence of the pain, vomiting and then resting was expected. I therefore lay down to the toilet; I'd already gone to get my pillow. I had alerted my 12 year old sister, Tiffany. She called my Mum and explained that by this stage I was in great pain and had started sweating. Thinking it was just a severe headache, she got off the phone and called my Dad at work, telling him to go home as I wasn't well. My sister called my Mum again just a few minutes later as I had suddenly stopped responding. I drifted into unconsciousness; I remember for a few seconds hearing my sister speaking but I couldn't respond. My Mum rushed home.
Time, I imagine, stopped for my sister, and needing help she called my neighbour, Jane. She instantly came round. It worked out that Jane, my Dad and my Mum all arrived roughly about the same time. Jane, called for an ambulance. A fast response vehicle pulled up soon after and they checked me over. It couldn't be established what was wrong; one eye was dilated. A normal ambulance came and took me to my Kettering General Hospital. I was scanned and a huge clot on my brain was discovered.
The air ambulance was called and thankfully it was available. It flew me from Kettering General to John Radcliffe Hospital, in Oxford, the neuro-surgery specialist in only 23 minutes. The journey between the hospitals by land ambulance would have taken well over an hour – and that's not factoring in traffic.
Once at John Radcliffe Hospital, they operated on me. They cut the muscle at the back of my head, pulled it open, and cut a circle in the skull. After removing it, they cleared the blood as well as the some of the abnormal vessels, the arteriovenous malformation, which had caused it. The haemorrhage consequently meant I had had a stroke.
A few days later, on November 5th, I was taken for my first attempt to surgically glue some of these abnormal vessels. This procedure meant going in the artery in my groin, and feeding a tube up to my head and into the brain and then squirting glue just in the right place.
Over the next few years I had this embolisation treatment a few more times as well as angiograms to check on the progress in between.
Here's a photo of an angiogram taking place on 21st August 2008:
I had my most recent angiogram on 24th January 2017.
Here's a video showing what the angiograms entail:
These subsequent embolisations just couldn't fully remove the AVM (arteriovenous malformation). The surgeons managed to glue as much as they could but it was just too tricky to continue. An alternative treatment was proposed. On February 14th 2010, I had a procedure called stereotactic radiosurgery at Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield. The procedure itself was completely painless, but the preparation for it was not. There are a series of small laser beams which culminate at a very specific focussed point. The individual beams are harmless and so they travel through the skull and brain matter without having much of an effect. At this specific point however, the power is strong and somehow it spurs on growth over time to hopefully close up the vessels. In order to be completely accurate, my head was not allowed to move at all, and the only way to ensure this was the case, was to drill a frame into my head and lock me to the table. It wasn't pretty.
Getting ready to go down:
I had the frame screwed in my head:
And here's a photo of me locked into the machine:
Here's the video of my stereotactic radiosurgery journey:
I have been back to hospital numerous times since the stereotactic radiosurgery for angiograms and consultations.
The hospital is eager for me to do something about it. Initially, in consultation with a surgeon, he obviously, sung the praises of surgery. The idea was that open head brain surgery would allow access to the vessels to cut them all out. I cannot currently fathom the idea. In the event of an emergency, or facing inevitable death, brain surgery would be an option. But I am wondering how I could choose to go into theatre as a healthy individual and possibly come out not so healthy. The risks are too high. There is the risk of death, as what comes with any surgery, but there is also the risk that a healthy part of the brain may be damaged. I love typing, talking, and using my legs (mainly to cycle). The area of the brain where the AVM is located is the co-ordination part.
A later consultation floated the idea of having further embolisation treatment. Stereotactic Radiosurgery was not effective, and the AVM has in fact since increased in capacity due to it recruiting other vessels. There are risks associated with embolisation. The abnormal vessels in my head are messy. In order to get at them, must involve a very steady hand. Without the guarantee that they can all be removed, I am not comfortable with proceeding along this route just yet.
For now, I will leave it as it is. But no doubt, I will shortly have to make my mind up to take some kind of action. Leaving it as it is has the risk of having another brain haemorrhage at a cumulatively of 2%.
Ahhh, decisions, decisions. For now, I will enjoy life and make the most of it. Remember, life can be taken away in the blink of an eye. Grasp it and go. Carpe diem.
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I swear, I think or write about something and suddenly it's everywhere!
Take My Money, HBO is a new website where you can type in a dollar amount that you would be willing to pay per month for a standalone subscription service for HBO Go. You have to have a Twitter account for it to work.
The network has already responded saying, and I'm paraphrasing here, dream on suckahs! They say they would lose money this way.
Maybe, maybe not. You have to look at how many people would cancel their cable subscription and opt for HBO Go (which, presumably, would cost far less than the HBO bundle you get with cable) versus how many new people would pick up the Internet only option.
Me? I'd actually be willing to pay up to $20 a month for it. Quality programming with a great back catalog? That's worth paying close to what we pay Netflix in our house.
Sadly, HBO just isn't hip enough.
Speaking of hip enough, I keep tossing around the idea about creating a Twitter to coincide with my blog- mostly so I can post stuff I don't really want to expound on but still want to share.
Also, I'm working on a post about Deanna Troi! 😮 exciting, I know!


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A 68-year old man has occupied the seat next to the window every time he has made a journey for the the past 60 years.
Michael Marzipan, a retired fluffer in the thriving Irish porn industry, says he doesn't care if he's perceived as a 'fucking miserable old git' and a 'window hogger'.
Michael has travelled widely and each time has a perfect view - on one side at least.
"I went to Mount Kilimanjaro a few years back", he said, "bloody marvellous it was. Went by boat up a mountain.
"Sat right next to the window on the starboard side. Saw a man die from a fall. Broke his head in two. One half kept on laughjing and joking while the other was screaming 'Mammy! Mammy!".
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36.6°C – The ideal temperature for investment in Russia
We have heard mixed accounts of Russian businesses lately, and against this backdrop I was pleased to note some positive developments in the Russian pharmaceuticals industry.
According to a report from RBC, the US firm Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), the world's largest network of pharmacies, has acquired a 15 per cent stake in the Russian pharmacy chain 36,6. This forms part of a wider deal, which also includes the acquisition by 36,6 of WBA's distribution arm 'Alliance Healthcare Russia', whereby 36,6 is aiming to add to its retail activities by making inroads into the wholesale market.
From relatively humble origins back in 2003, 36,6 (whose name refers to the healthy human body temperature of 36.6°C) grew quickly and became the first Russian pharmaceutical company to hold an IPO. As Forbes reported nearer the time, by 2007 it had grown its network to over 1000 stores nationwide. Indeed, the company's earnings in 2015 amounted to RUB 54.1 billion (around $817 million).
Although 36,6 has been challenged in the markets recently, a number of steps taken in 2015 and 2016 indicate that it will consolidate its market position. Most excitingly, the latest partnering with WBA will, in the words of the general manager Vladimir Kintsurashvili, give it "access to the experience and knowledge base of one of the world's leading international companies".
The pharmaceutical and healthcare industries are often being cited as 'recession-proof' (Forbes; Dividend.com), and the WBA-36,6 deal is another indication of the strength of this sector in Russia. On this blog back in the summer of 2014, I highlighted two major pharmaceutical deals from the time which provided reasons to be confident in some of the more 'off the beaten track' sectors of Russian investment. The point clearly remains valid today.


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ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL SECURITY IS FALSE and also STILL false is the Rapture doctrine, which was generally the invention of the Plymouth Brethren led by John Nelson Darby (1800-1882), the idea that Jesus Christ will return for His true Church just before the beginning of the Great Tribulation in a secret gathering or "catching away" was an important part of Darby's teaching and by 1860 the "rapture" had made its way to the United States
Scriptures that refute "Eternal Security"
1 Parable of sower
- Mark 4:16 (Luke 8:13) "And in a similar way these are the ones on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; (they believe for a while) and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.
2 Fallen from grace passage:
- Galatians 5:4 "You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace."
3 Pruning passages:
- John 15:5-6 "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch, and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned."
- Romans 11:19-23 "You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear; for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you. Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God's kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off. And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again."
4 Hebrews Passages:
- Hebrews 6:4-6 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God, and put Him to open shame.
- Hebrews 10:26-27 For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment, and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries."
- Hebrews 10:38-39 "But My righteous one shall live by faith; And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him. But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul."
5 Doctrinal Apostasy passages:
- Acts 20:17,28-30 "And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church." … "I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them."
- 1 Timothy 1:18-21 "fight the good fight, keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith. Among these are HYMENAEUS and Alexander"
- 2 Timothy 2:16-18 But avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness, and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are HYMENAEUS and Philetus, men who have gone astray from the truth saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and thus they upset the faith of some.
- 1 Timothy 4:1 "But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons"
- 1 Timothy 6:20-21 "O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called "knowledge"-which some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith."
- 2 Peter 2:1 "But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves."
- 2 Peter 3:17 "You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard lest, being carried away by the error of unprincipled men, you fall from your own steadfastness"
- 2 John 8-9 "Watch yourselves, that you might not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son."
6 Moral Apostasy passages:
- 1 Timothy 6:9-10 "But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves with many a pang."
- 2 Peter 2:20-22 "For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment delivered to them. It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.""
- James 5:19-20 "My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth, and one turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins."
7 Revelation passages:
- Revelation 2:4-5 "'But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. 'Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you, and will remove your lampstand out of its place-unless you repent."
- Revelation 3:5 "'He who overcomes shall thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels.
- Revelation 3:16-17 'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. 'Because you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked"
8 Old Testament passages
- Ezekiel 18:24-26 "But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die. "Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right? "When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity, and dies because of it, for his iniquity which he has committed he will die."
The fact the Bible exhorts to faithfulness proves one can be lost
1.be steadfast immovable: 1 Cor 15:58
2.If these qualities are yours…2 Pe 1:5-11
3.we will reap if we do not grow weary: Gal 6:9
4.be faithful unto death and I will give crown of life: Rev 2:10
5.practice these things and God will be with you: Phil 4:9
Eternal salvation is only given to the obedient –
Once made perfect, he [Jesus] became the source of eternal salvation for all who OBEY him (Heb. 5:9). All , people need to get saved and stay saved, which often doesn't happen! The Christian life is a fight against sin (Heb. 12:4). Sin not only defiles, it can bring a righteous person to his spiritual death. To be worthy of Jesus, you must place him first in your life (even before your family), take up your cross and follow Jesus (Mt. 10:37,38). Only the continual followers of Jesus possess eternal life. Multitudes in our day, who profess to be Christians, only have the faith of demons. They profess Jesus as the Son of God, but live in sin. They do NOT have eternal salvation.
It was Christ who said, "You will know them by their fruits." And Christ went on to say, "Not everyone who says to me Lord, Lord." shall even enter the kingdom of heaven next."" Not everyone who says to me Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my father who is in heaven." Which includes manifesting the fruit of the holy Spirit.
But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, … In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, {constantly} nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following (1 Tim. 4:1,6).
While it is true that Jude 24 declares, "To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy." God's power is able to keep the believer from falling and to present us before His glorious presence. But our eternal security is not just a result of God keeping us, maintaining our own salvation as we have our role, responsibilities as well.
The Lord Jesus Christ proclaimed, "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand" (John 10:28-29b).
Ephesians 4:30 tells us that believers are "sealed for the day of redemption."
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From the middle of the third to the end of the second centuries B.C., the adult male population was estimated to have risen from about 200,000 to 400,000 individuals. Those numbers, however, don't jibe with censuses organized by the first emperor Augustus in the first centuries B.C. and A.D., which showed a population that had increased to about 4 million to 5 million males.
While the granting of citizenship to allies on the Italian peninsula accounts for some of the increase, there is still an estimated unexplained doubling or tripling in the Roman population before the first Augustan census in 28 B.C. Just what accounts for that increase is a matter of intense debate.
One camp explains the discrepancy by suggesting that the Empire began counting women and children in the census. While this would account for the relative increase, it would actually imply an overall decline in the population of Rome and there are no suggestions that the entire populace was counted in historical records.
On the other side of the debate are those who suggest that the population simply boomed. This would mean that the Roman Empire — and other premodern societies — achieved much higher economic output than previously supposed. It would mean that Roman history as it is now understood would have to be rewritten.
The resolution of this debate was found in buried treasure. Two university professors, Peter Turchin of the University of Connecticut and Walter Scheidel of Stanford University, turned their attention to coin hoards — treasure that families buried during times of conflict and then were unable to later recover. Turchin and Scheidel reasoned that by compiling a record of such hoards, and the times in which they were buried, they could learn a great deal about population trends.
Their findings? The population of Rome declined after 100 B.C. and the estimates of a population of 4 to 5 million people was, in fact, the entire population of the Roman Empire and not simply a count of the male population. As LiveScience.com quotes Scheidel: "This may seem like an arcane dispute, but it isn't really because the difference is so large — 200 percent.... This model is much more consistent with the low count. I'm not sure that by itself it has absolutely proven it, but it certainly provides additional evidence for the low-count hypothesis." What is interesting is that it also means that if Turchin and Scheidel are correct in their analysis, even as Rome grew in wealth and power, the population of the empire fell. The demographic winter that is afflicting our powerful, wealthy but also increasingly spiritually empty society may echo the experience of an early culture that moved from being a republic to a "multi-cultural" empire.


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Doctor / Hospital Simulation Game - Arm Surgery 2
Arm Surgery 2 is an educational online activity for children who dream of becoming doctors, nurses or other medical professionals one day or just for today. It's your first day of work at St. Flak's Hospital, but you will be saving lives in no time. Choose your language at the right bottom corner of the game screen. Then click 'Operate' to start the surgery or 'How to Play' for Lara, the head nurse, to guide you through the game stages. A distressed patient with a bump on her arm is brought into the hospital. First, the nurse takes her to the x-ray. Your objective is to successfully operate on her broken arm afterwards.
Start treating the patient as quickly as possible. Answer the nurse's questions, choose the correct treatment for the injury. You must pick out the correct medical tools (such as scalpel, tourniquet, sterile string, tongs etc.) If your actions are quick and efficient, your patient will be back to good health in no time. However, if you are too slow or make too many mistakes, the patient can become too unstable to continue with the operation - and you will fail. Therefore, do your best and save as many lives as you can!
How to Play: Left Click using your computer mouse or touchpad to choose an item. Click on the green flashing circle to perform the procedure. Thank you Doctor / Nurse!
If this Flash-based game no longer works on IE11 on your PC / MAC, try playing on Chrome or Firefox browser.


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February 23, 1836
COMMANDANCY OF BEXAR, 3 o'clock p.m.: The enemy in large force are in sight. We want men and provisions. Send them to us. We have 150 men and are determined to defend the Alamo to the last. Give us assistance.
P.S. Send an express to San Felipe with news night and day.
From W.B. Travis and James Bowie
To James W. Fannin (at Goliad)
February 23, 1836
COMMANDANCY OF BEXAR: We have removed all the men to the Alamo where we make such resistance as is due our honor, and that of a country, until we can get assistance from you, which we expect you to forward immediately. In this extremity, we hope you will send us all the men you can spare promptly. We have one hundred and forty six men, who are determined never to retreat. We have but little provisions, but enough to serve us till you and your men arrive. We deem it unnecessary to repeat to a brave officer, who knows his duty, that we call on him for assistance.
A proper thank you is due to No-Neck who suggested this last year.