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The Bay City St Patrick's Day Races are a major fundraiser for Bay Area Runners Club, a 501c3 Charitable Organization donating proceeds right back into the community.
Where do I find results for last year's race (2018)? Right here! https://hub.enmotive.com/events/2018-barc-st-patricks-day-races/results
Where is the start line? Downtown Bay City - Center and Washington! Clearly Marked!
GPS users: 301 Center, Bay City, MI 48708.
What time do the races begin? 8K Run - 9:30 AM, 5K Run - 11:30 AM, 5K Walk - 11:35 AM, My Team Triumph/Running Chariots at 9:20 AM.
When is the Leprechaun Run? The Leprechaun Races are on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at the Dow Bay Area Family YMCA, at 2:00 PM, located at 225 Washington, Bay City, MI. 48708. Race distances are ¼, ½, and 1 mile.
What is the Irish Double? A combination of both the 8K and 5K run events that provides participants with lower pricing than runners pay for the races individually. This year, those registered for the Irish Double will also receive a higher quality 1/4 zip shirt signifying participation in the Irish Double and both the St Pat's AND larger Irish Double Finisher medals. The Irish Double offering is limited to 900 participants (up from 750 in 2017). Participants must PRE-REGISTER for this event by 2/28/19 at Midnight - IF spots are available at that time. NO ON-SITE REGISTRATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE IRISH DOUBLE.
Can one run both the 8K and 5k? Yes. Runners should register for the Irish Double if spots are available. If the Irish Double is sold out, participants may still register for the 8k and 5k races individually but will not receive Irish Double swag.
When and where can I pick up my race packet? You can pick up your packet at the Dow Bay Area Family YMCA, 225 Washington Ave, Bay City MI on Saturday, March 16, 2019 from 10AM to 3PM or Sunday, March 17, 2019 from 8:30AM to 10:45AM.
Where can I find a map of the course?
Can one sign up for the race at the Fitness Expo? Yes. On site registration is available from 10 AM to 3 PM. Please note that shirts are not guaranteed to late registrants. If you want to run the Irish Double, you must register before February 28, 2019 by midnight - IF the 850 Irish Double spots are not filled. Parking for the Expo is available in the Uptown area along streets and in the Uptown parking lot. YMCA Parking is for members ONLY.
How can I become an exhibitor at the BARC Fitness Expo? Please go to the link at the top of the page titled "Expo" or click HERE.
Can one register the day of the race? Yes. From 8:30AM - 10:45AM at the Dow Bay Area Family YMCA, 225 Washington Ave, Bay City, MI 48708.
Where can one park on Sunday? Plentiful street parking is available in Downtown Bay City or with many parking lots accessible too - and they are all open on Sundays!
Is there a giveaway at the expo? Yes, the first 2,000 participants to pick up their packets will receive a special gift from Bay Area Runners Club. Doors open at 10:00AM.
Where can I sign up? Click HERE for the registration page.
Can one mail a registration form? Yes. But manual registration pricing is slightly higher than online registration. CLICK HERE for printable mail-in registration form.
What is the deadline for guarantee of receiving an event shirt? February 28, 2019. Those registering after that date are not guaranteed a race shirt.
Can race packets be picked up by someone other than the registered runner? Yes they can!
Are there hills on the course? No! This race course is VERY flat and VERY fast!
Will restrooms be available? Yes. Port-a-johns will be available throughout the start/finish area.
Are there finisher medals? Yes. Leprechaun race participants will receive special Leprechaun race medals. All 8k and 5k finishers will receive high quality medals signifying their accomplishment. Irish Double participants will receive both the 8k/5k participant medal AND a special Irish Double finisher medal.
Are there awards? Yes. Awards are as follows:
8k Run – Overall 1st-3rd Male and Female
8k Run – Overall Masters* 1st-3rd Male and Female
5k Run – Overall 1st-3rd Male and Female
5k Run – Overall Masters* 1st-3rd Male and Female
5k Walk – Overall 1st-3rd Male and Female
5k Walk – Overall Masters* 1st-3rd Male and Female
*Masters category begins at age 40.
Age Group Awards - 8k Run, 5k Run, and 5k Walk events will have awards for 1st-3rd Males and Females. Age Group Awards Age Breakdowns: 1-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-56, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-98
A location for pickup of customized awards will be communicated. We ask that winning participants living in the Great Lakes Bay Area please attempt to pick up their awards from that location. The more we save on shipping, the more we can put back into the community. All out of state and out of town awards will be mailed. When the awards become available, locations/times for pickup will be posted on www.barcmi.com, and the Bay Area Runners Club Facebook Group, and St. Pat's Facebook Page.
Is there a special medal for the Irish Double? Yes. If you register for one of the 900 available Irish Double spots and complete both races (8K & 5K run), you will receive a special 3" medal for the Irish Double along with one Shamrock finisher medal for a total of 2 medals.
Can I run AND walk the 5k? Yes, but if you intend to run even a little, you must sign up for the 5k run! No running is allowed if you are registered for the walk. CLICK HERE to view the Guidelines for Walkers.
Can I WALK the 8k? Participants in the 8k event have 1 hour 20 minutes to complete that event. Race begins at 9:30AM, so all 8k participants must be across the finish line by 10:50AM. Participants should not sign up with the intention of walking the 8k event and should work to finish as quickly as possible. We understand that some participants may have to alternately run and walk the 8k event, but just walking it is not allowed. There is NOT an 8k Walk race category as the timing and event management companies need to close out the event and prepare for the start of the 5k races.
Are showers available? Yes. Keep your bib with you and the Dow Bay Area Family YMCA, 225 Washington Ave will allow you to shower at their facility! Bring your own towel please!
Can I use or bring: my dog, a stroller, in-line skates, large objects or bicycles? No. Due to our liability insurance we cannot allow these things on the course. The course will be crowded so please do not jeopardize your safety or the safety of others.
Will there be refreshments at the finish line area? YES. Bottled water, fruit and cookies will be available!
If my family takes some really good pictures at the race and I want to share them, can I send them somewhere? YES. PLEASE. We are always looking for good pictures! Please contact Tritofinish. (email@example.com) You can also post them on the Bay Area Runners Club Facebook page.
Where and when can I find results? Results are automated and are posted shortly after completion of the race. Use a mobile phone to scan the code on your race bib for instant results!
I am walking with a group of friends; can we all walk side by side? Whether walking or running, please limit the across width to be no more than three across -- at max --Two is preferred! Some of the streets are narrow and you MUST allow room for others to pass! Be courteous out there - we are all friends!
Will there be aid stations on the course? Yes. There will be one aid station for the 5K run/walk at the corner of 2nd Street and Park. Water only. There also will be an additional station at Nebobish and Marshall for the 8k run. Water only.
Are sponsorships available? Yes, there are numerous sponsorships available. Please contact email@example.com and put Sponsor in subject line and we'll be in touch!
Refunds and/or Transfers are not available for this event.


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Sorry for the late notice, but until Sunday night, you can get a FREE ALBUM!
Greg Howlett is generously giving away his brand new album, Solace, for FREE until Sunday night. As the name implies, it is an album of quiet, background like music that is peaceful and refreshing. Get it for free while you can by clicking the link or the picture!
Songs include:
Sweet Hour of Prayer
Day by Day
Hiding in Thee
Holy, Holy, Holy!
Near The Cross
Christ Arose
The Old Rugged Cross
He Leadeth Me
Search Me, O God
Jesus, What A Friend For Sinners
Also, he is offering his complete set of 11 courses for 25% off right now! These are 10, no, 11 great reasons to jump over to www.greghowlett.com and check out his website right now!
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Land of Gold Slot Machine
Land of Gold is an Irish-themed online slot game powered by Playtech. While the thought of another Irish-themed slot game could have you rolling your eyes, what's interesting to note about this version is that there are 5 reels and a cool 576 ways to win, which makes Land of Gold really stand out from its peers. In addition, the game features three bonus rounds that could see you walking about with that famous fortune the Irish are known for.
All the popular symbols associated with Irish luck are present, including gold coins, leprechauns, four-leaf clovers and more. What's more, the game also boasts an exclusive progressive jackpot that can be triggered when you land two toadstool symbols on the first and fifth reels.
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- Slot Type: Progressive
- Genre: Irish
- Software: Playtech
- Reels: 5
- Pay lines: 576 Ways to Win
- Min Coin Size: 0.01
- Max Coin Size: 2.00
- Wilds: Yes
- Scatter: Yes
- AutoPlay: Yes
- Multipliers: Yes
- Free Spins: Yes
- Progressive Jackpot: Yes
- Mobile Play: Yes
Bonus Rounds and Payouts
As mentioned before, Land of Gold features two exciting bonuses, which play out in the following manner.
- Stacks of Luck
Land three stacks of the high value symbols on reels two, three and four and you could win between 5x and 25 your total bet. Stacks of lucky symbols like pots of gold, rainbows, four-leaf clovers, harps and horseshoes spin on the reels, and when it cover the three middle reel, you will win a cash prize. Landing three stacks of any one of the symbols grants you another random cash prize.
- Lucky Spins
The Lucky Spins feature is triggered when you land three scattered leprechauns on the second, third or fourth reels. You will now be taken to a Wheel of Fortune style game, which will award free spins and multipliers until you are ready to collect. All collected spins will take place with the option to trigger more spins if you land additional scatters. This means that the Lucky Spins bonus can be triggered indefinitely as long as scatters make an appearance during the feature.
- Golden Coins/Progressive Jackpot
The game features a rewarding progressive jackpot that can be triggered by landing two toadstool symbols on the first and fifth reels. Once triggered, players must make the leprechaun jump to collect gold coins, with each coin being worth a different prize. If you hit a black crow, the feature ends. If you land three four-leaf clovers during this round, you will trigger the progressive jackpot.
Additional Game Features
Land of Gold is a five reel, three/four row and 576 ways to win online slot featuring two bonus features and, if luck is on your side, a progressive jackpot that could be worth millions. You will come across all those familiar Irish symbols on the reels, including a pot of golf, rainbow, golden horseshoe, harp as well as standard card symbols 9, 10, J, Q, K, and A.The game logo is the wild and substitutes for all other symbols except the toadstool bonus symbol and the leprechaun scatter.
- Symbols
Leprechaun, Game Logo, Pots of Gold, Rainbow, Horseshoe, Harp
- Wilds
Wild symbols replace all symbols except bonus and scatter.
- Scatter
Three scatter symbols trigger the bonus game.
- Free Spins
Free spins and multipliers awarded during bonus game.
The luck of the Irish will certainly be on your side as you spin your way to riches with the Land of Gold Online Slot from Playtech. In addition to two rewarding bonus features, the progressive jackpot adds even more excitement to your experience with the possibility of becoming a millionaire at any second.
Whether you are a fan of Irish-themed games or not, Land of Gold has enough features and winning opportunities to impress the most discerning player.


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When I was asked to share our adoption story I knew it had to be an honest recounting. To this day, those who were vulnerable and shared both the highs and lows of the process with us during the training are the ones whose words I remember and hold onto.
When people ask if we would do it all over again, our response is, "Absolutely." We all know the biblical basis and God's heart for adoption. And what an incredible moment it is when the judge declares your child yours. Adoption, for us, has also been a faith-building, knees-buckling in prayer, tear-filled journey at times.
Our hearts adopted our daughter in 2005 when she was 3 years old. Her official adoption date came in 2006. God gently and beautifully brought her into our lives after we lost our initial dream to adopt two little boys who were with us for five months. That is another story that can perhaps be shared another time. Our daughter joined her family of Dad, Mom, and two older brothers.
For a good period of time, we lived what I call the "bungee cord phenomena." There was this cord binding us. We would inch closer and closer until the intimate proximity became too much for our daughter and she would shove off hard, creating more distance. When that would happen though, the distance was even more frightening causing her to pull back on the cord quickly, only to get too close and start the process all over again. It was wearying, exhausting, hurtful, and felt endless at times.
I never asked myself, "Why? Why did we do this?" because I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that God called us to this. What a gift that assurance has been. I did ask, however, "Were we crazy?!" It all came to a head for me one year when I was at our church's women's retreat. I was feeling defeated and exhausted, unloving and unlovable. I was resentful of past pain and occasionally overcome by unseen fears of the future. In the middle of all this, God reached down in His incredible love and gave me hope and a promise.
The full story is too long to share here, but in the end I walked away with a clear promise from Him that our daughter would find complete healing and wholeness in Him and a promise from His Word:
"…And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints,
to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that
surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine... to Him be glory..."
Ephesians 3:17-21
He not only promised healing, but He promises to do it way beyond what we can ask or imagine for her. What a promise!
So, do we still have hard times? Oh my, yes. BUT, in God there is hope, joy, and freedom from fear. And in this place of peace, I can see our little girl reaching up to hold her daddy's hand in the parking lot for the first time after being with us for several months. I see our 2nd grader hugging and crying with her teacher who had just lost her dog. I hear her asking us to stop and pray for a friend who is having a hard time. I see our pre-teen walking away from a group of friends after a soccer match to go sit in the middle of a muddy field with a 4-year-old Batman who needed a friend.
I see healing. I see compassion. I see love.
Is adoption hard? It sure can be. Is it worth it? Beyond words.


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1 Sylvan Way is a class A office property located at Mack-Cali Business Campus. Considered one of New Jersey's top corporate addresses, Mack-Cali Business Campus offers an award-winning office environment situated on a beautiful 600-acre site in Morris County—home to numerous Fortune 500 companies. Tenants take advantage of a host of campus amenities including hotels, restaurants, banking, and a child care center, as well as nearby shopping, restaurants, and business services. Located directly off I-287, the campus is also conveniently near a vast network of major highways and just 45 minutes from Manhattan.Property features:
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The world's largest art festival transforms the capital every August when thousands of performers take to hundreds of stages – from big names in the world of entertainment to unknown artists looking to build their careers, there is sure to be something for everyone. Shows include theatre, comedy, dance, physical theatre, circus, cabaret, children's shows, musicals, opera, exhibitions and events.
For more details and to book tickets visit The Fringe website


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The Lenoir County Historical Association was founded in 1971 to promote projects of historical importance, especially the preservation of Harmony Hall which is oldest building in Kinston, N.C., and was at one time the property of North Carolina's first governor Richard Caswell.
April 20, 2012, (unprocessed), 20.0 cubic feet; Approximately 20 cubic feet of records (ca. 1920-2007, n.d.), including correspondence, minutes, financial records, membership records, building plans for Harmony Hall, museum artifact records, newspaper clippings, publications, photographs, calendars, and subject files. Donor: Dr. Junius H. Rose, Jr., President, Lenoir County Historical Association
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|Subject: Re: Business Loss
|Date: 4/8/2013 7:48 PM
|Author: ptheland
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It seems that we can't take a Schedule E business deduction in this case even with active participation. Is this true?
Yes. At least as long as your AGI is over $150k. But all is not lost. The loss is simply deferred into the future. If your income drops below $150k, you will be able to use part or all of this deferred loss. And if you should dispose of the rental in a fully taxable transaction, you will also be able to use the loss in the year of disposition.
Someone said they thought we were using the wrong schedule since the cottage is an LLC. Would that make any difference?
Not if the only owner of the LLC is you and/or your wife. Schedule E would be the right place on the Federal return. States might have different issues. (Notably, California, where you'd need to file an additional return, form 568, to pay the required taxes on an LLC.)
Last year will be our last full year of owning the LLC because my wife is gifting it to her youngest son, but that is a different story.
Not so much a different story as a sequel. ;-)
A gift is not a fully taxable disposition, so you would continue carrying forward this loss, waiting for your AGI to drop enough to use it.
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Telecommuting goes agile as employees unplug
John Halamka is busy. As CIO of CareGroup Health System in Boston, he's responsible for making sure four Boston-area hospitals' critical IT systems are up and running. In addition, he's helping lead the charge to set national standards to enable interoperable healthcare systems.


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Nothing knocks it out of the park quite like our Triple Play Treatment. Where else can you enjoy a precision hairstyle, steamed towel and shampoo massage for men? You also have the option to extend your Triple Play Experience into extra innings.
A man's natural habitat isn't the salon seat, but a guy has to look his best. Our lineup of Guy-Smart Stylists deliver the sharpest hairstyles for men throughout Austin. Before we begin, we provide a no-cost consultation to show you exactly what to expect. Haircuts and shaves for men are where we excel, so you can always expect an all-star look.
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Email Marketing in PerspectiveEmail Marketing is a great way for businesses to get word of their product or service to current and prospective customers. Email is a big part of the way people communicate today so it is also a great way to advertise and stay in touch with customers. Using email marketing companies can communicate with customers and improve relationships with customers it already has, or send emails to customers it hopes to obtain. There are a number of ways companies can use email marketing to their advantage. Companies who wish to use this type of marketing can use online programs to help send out emails, this email marketing software is a great way to get the word out while keeping it all efficient. Some businesses offer email marketing newsletters that customers can sign up for so they can be updated on new products or sales. There are a lot of businesses out there that can help other businesses with this. When one uses an email marketing service it can get all the perks of email marketing with less work on its own time.
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New studies on the risk factor's for ADRD, as well as the protective factors which can help guard against these diseases, are now being published on a regular basis. These studies are revealing more and more about the inner working's of this of diseases. A sampling of this research is collected below.
Many of the risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias are the same familiar risks associated with the development of other chronic diseases:
A study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research shows a dementia risk from carrying a lot of weight in the abdominal area. The study found that normal weight individuals who have a big belly in their 40s are 89% more likely to develop dementia later in life. While obesity at middle age had already been linked to later dementia, this is the first research to suggest that people who are not overweight also increase their risk if they are "apple-shaped" rather than "pear-shaped." The reason is not yet clear, but it's suspected that abdominal fat may pump out higher levels of insulin. High levels of belly fat have previously been linked to a higher risk of developing diabetes, heart attack, and stroke.
Experts expect the number of people with Alzheimer's to soar as a result of the obesity epidemic. Evidence is mounting that dementia, like heart attack and stroke, has lifestyle causes. "If you are overweight at 60, you are twice as likely to have Alzheimer's by the time you are 75," said Clive Ballard, director of research at Britain's Alzheimer's Society.
A new study suggests that depression, rather than being an early sign of Alzheimer's, is actually a risk factor for the disease. In other words, Alzheimer's does not cause the depression – the depression may cause the Alzheimer's. Study participants were followed for up to 13 years. Those who developed Alzheimer's showed no increase in depressive symptoms during the three or four years preceding clinical diagnosis. However, participants with more depressive symptoms at the start of the study were more likely to later develop Alzheimer's.
An earlier study found that individuals scoring very high on a personality test's pessimism scale had a 30% increased risk of developing dementia several decades later. Those scoring very high on the test's depression scale likewise had a 30% higher risk of developing dementia. The risk was even higher – 40% - for those who scored very high on both the depression and anxiety scales. The study was designed to test more rigorously the findings of an earlier, exploratory study conducted at Mayo Clinic that suggested pessimism, depression, anxiety, and social introversion could be risk factors for Alzheimer's disease.
The inflammation theory of Alzheimer's disease led to a study of the preventive effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as Celebrex and Aleve on cognitive decline in older people who did not have Alzheimer's disease. While the study was halted early due to adverse cardiovascular events now known to be linked to some of the drugs used, researchers said it was already clear that the drugs provided no protective effect against mental decline.
Scientists have known for years that the ApoE-4 variation of the Apo-E gene is linked to Alzheimer's disease. Now they've found that the 25% of the population that carries this genetic variant is more vulnerable to the herpes simplex virus, the virus that causes cold sores, and that the activity of herpes in the brain is greater than in people carrying other forms of the gene. People with the ApoE-4 gene who are infected with herpes are more likely to get Alzheimer's disease than people infected with herpes who have a different form of the ApoE gene or than people who have the ApoE-4 gene but don't have herpes. While the mechanism for this connection is not yet well understood, one possibility is that the body's immune response against herpes somehow damages the brain, and that such damage is worse in people with ApoE-4. Inflammation is the earliest change that can be detected in a brain affected by Alzheimer's disease, before any plaques and tangles and long before any behavioral changes are seen. Such inflammation is often a byproduct when the immune system fights an infection.


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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Paddy Power Betfair, touted "huge progress" in the developing U.S. market and a strong first quarter for its established Australian business as revenue rose by 17 percent despite sports results favouring gamblers.
The Dublin-based group merged its U.S. business with fantasy sports company FanDuel last year to target a market set to open up in the coming years.
On Thursday said that had resulted in a 47 percent jump in U.S. revenue for the three months to March 31, accounting for just over 15 percent of group sales.
Its Australian Sportsbet brand delivered revenue growth of 20 percent as the group's decision to increase investment in response to tax increases paid off.
More modest growth of 4 percent in its main European business was driven exclusively by its recent acquisition of Georgian gaming company Adjarabet.
"In the U.S., FanDuel Group is making huge progress," Chief Executive Peter Jackson said in a statement noting a New Jersey sports betting market share of 50 percent.
"FanDuel remains well positioned to generate good returns on ongoing sports betting investment and for the rest of the Group we remain on track to meet our full year profit expectations despite the adverse sports results in Q1," he said.
Shares in the group were up 0.5 percent in Dublin at 0810 GMT but down almost 5 percent in London.
That was as a result of the Irish stock exchange being closed for May Day on Wednesday, meaning the stock could only be traded on Britain's FTSE 100, where it rallied by almost 5 percent in advance of the trading update.
Davy Stockbrokers estimated that the unfavourable soccer and horse racing results would have impacted first quarter profits by about 14 million pounds before any recycling of winnings but that the underlying momentum appeared better than anticipated.
"As each long-anticipated regulatory change is implemented, the Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) investment thesis is becoming more straightforward," analysts at Davy wrote in a note, referring to the increasing cost of regulation in established markets.
"The group and sector are not out of the woods. Yet, for the first period in some time, performance appears more balanced between those divisions reflecting the group's underlying growth prospects (in the U.S. and increasingly Australia) and those still hampered by either external and/or internal challenges (Europe and retail)."
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This past weekend I went on a shopping trip with my boyfriend's mom and grandma to the Livermore Premium Outlets. Kind of inspired by Iris and Daniel's How to Stay Stylish on a College Budget post, I mostly went browsing at the Saks Off 5th, J.Crew and Barneys New York outlet stores with budgeting on the brain. I ended up getting some really awesome designer stuff from Barneys— a pair of Theyskens' Theory bell bottom silk jeans and a gray Barneys silk blouse.
The total came out to about $170, which is usually high for me on just two items but I still saved at least $300 compared to the retail price.
Here's a breakdown of my shopping budget per month:
- $100 at Chictopia Shop
- $0-300 online, at thrift stores, or other brick & mortar stores
I mix up my shopping with high and low, usually lots of thrifted items and online shopping (there's usually a discount coupon posted online so it's worth it to Google for one before hitting the check out button) making up the majority of my outfits. I also have a big girl job and am pretty good at saving, so I don't lose any sleep over splurging once every other month.
I didn't realize that a lot of people have trouble justifying splurges until I came across this forum post. It seems like a lot of us have trouble justifying expensive clothes, but personally I keep designer pieces for a long time, so in the end it's worth the price tag (and it's more of a save than a splurge). A $100 T by Alexander Wang maxi dress— expensive but still an essential in my closet. A $350 Harputs dress— major splurge but it keeps the SF fashion lover in me happy.
How much do you normally spend on clothes? Do you have trouble justifying expensive designer clothes or is it pretty simple for you? Would love to hear about your shopping budget in the comments!


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Centuries ago, Zander Lorens was cursed to walk the earth stripped of his Dragon Clan powers. Every night, trapped in a recurring nightmare, Zander relives his darkest moment. He can hardly believe it when the dream changes and a beautiful young woman appears. Zander believes she's the key to ending his torment. Finding her in the real world is one thing, but how will he convince her of who-and what-she really is?


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We are SO excited for spring! Fresh colors, fun accents, flowy skirts and scarves are just around the corner. Update your wardrobe just in time for patio season with these trends to help you shop.
Simple, classic styles get a fun flair of geometric accents and sparkle this season. Choose pieces with unique shapes, personalized letters, and thin bands and chains for a delicate look that pairs with all outfits.
It's no surprise that spring shopping means pastels! Add a little edge to the softness by mixing in neon colors with a traditional pastel palette.
Beautiful yarns and threads are popping up everywhere! Bracelets, necklaces, and earrings with softly textured threads add a unique juxtaposition to the hard stones and metals.
Mix up that all-black work wardrobe with some fun pops of color that still say professional. Add a bright yellow clutch or saturated statement necklace to add flair to any monochromatic ensemble.
One-of-a-kind pieces are always in style, but even more so this season we see handmade and locally made items that are especially unique. We love statement pieces designed by local artists both as gifts and as an update to your new spring wardrobe.
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Facebook shares — apparently not worth a poke
As Facebook took to the stock market last Friday, their share price initially rose as high as $42.05, but ended up the day essentially flat at $38.23 (and only because underwriters intervened to somewhat artificially prop up the price).
A second day of trading saw their share price begin to move steadily in the downwards direction, losing $4 (~10%). At the time of writing, the NASDAQ-listed stock has lost another 5% in value. So after just 2.5 days, the stock is down about 15% with respect to its IPO price. As investors get ready to dump more stock, I am happy to help by presenting the new facebook button that you can add to your website:
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John Updike celebrates the Fourth in the spirited children's poem "July," which begins: "Bang-bang! Ka-boom! / We celebrate / Our national / Independence date." The poem is one of 12, one for each month, collected in A Child's Calendar (Holiday House, 32 pages, $17.95 hardcover, $6.95 paperback, ages 4–8). Beautifully illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, this picture book won a Caldecott Honor for its images of four seasons in the life of members of an interracial New England family and their friends. Don't miss Updike tending the barbecue grill in the full-page picture next to the poem.
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June 9, 2009
Poet Mary Jo Salter Remembers TWA Flight 800, an Airline Disaster That Occurred 13 Years before Air France Flight 447 Crashed
On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800 took off from John F. Kennedy Airport en route to Rome via Paris and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean over Long Island en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_800. All 230 passengers and crew members on board died in the disaster, which the National Transportation Safety Board concluded had probably resulted from a fuel tank explosion caused by faulty wiring.
Mary Jo Salter remembers the tragedy in "TWA 800," collected in her Open Shutters and A Phone Call to the Future. In this brief poem Salter recalls that, months after the accident, friends of hers in France got a postcard from her that had ended up on the flight. "Sea-soaked but intact," the card was fully legible: "Shipped in a padded bag, with a letter / from the U.S. Postal Service ('apologies / for any inconvenience caused / by the accident')."
To read the entire poem "TWA 800," go to the Amazon listing for A Phone Call to the Future and use the "Search Inside" tool to search for "TWA 800."
© 2008 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.
May 16, 2009
Good Clean Limericks for Children – Poems for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Graders
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared!—
From a classic nonsense limerick by Edward Lear
Anyone who wants to encourage a child to read poetry should memorize three good limericks — stopping just short of any that begin, "There was a young girl from Nantucket" — and recite them regularly. Limericks have five rhyming lines and a bouncy rhythm that makes them easy to remember. So children tend to absorb them effortlessly if they hear them often.
The question is: Where can you find the clean ones? True limericks are always bawdy, some critics say. When they aren't scatological, they may include double-entendres or other risqué elements. Many limericks on the Web are also plagiarized — it's generally illegal to quote an entire five-line poem by a living or not-long-dead poet even if you credit the author — and could cause trouble for children who quote them in school reports.
But the Academy of American Poets has posted several out-of-copyright classics by Edward Lear (1812––1888), author of "The Owl and the Pussy Cat," at www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16814, including:
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared!–
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!"
The academy also offers facts about the rhyme and meter of limericks at www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5783. All 112 of the limericks in the 1861 edition of Lear's A Book of Nonsense appear on a site that abounds with information about his work www.nonsenselit.org.
A good source of limericks for young children is The Hopeful Trout and Other Limericks (Houghton Mifflin, 1989), written by John Ciardi and illustrated by Susan Meddaugh, available in many libraries. This book is used in grades 2 and up in schools. But some of its limericks would also suit younger children. They include "Be Kind to Dumb Animals" ("There once was an ape in a zoo / Who looked out through the bars and saw – YOU!"), which consists only of simple one-syllable words, and "The Halloween House" ("I'm told there's a Green Thing in there. / And the sign on the gate says BEWARE!").
Many limericks are mini-morality tales about people who get an amusing, nonsensical comeuppance. The Hopeful Trout has several in this category. "The Poor Boy Was Wrong" describes the unlucky Sid, who "thought that a shark / Would turn tail if you bark," then swam off to test the premise. Ciardi refers obliquely to Sid's fate, but any child who isn't sure what happened needs only look at the drawing grinning shark and a single flipper.
© 2009 Janice Harayda
May 11, 2009
'The Aeneid' in Three Sentences (Quote of the Day / Robert Fagles)
The problem with book reviewing in America isn't usually that it's unfair or inaccurate – it's that it's dull. And it's dull partly because it's timid. Reviews often tell you almost everything about a novel except what it is really "about" beyond the plot details.
This failing has less to do with dwindling review space and than with declining courage and intellectual confidence. You can express the theme or message of even a complex, multilayered work in a few sentences if you know it well enough. Here's how the classics scholar Robert Fagles summed up The Aeneid:
"It says that if you depart from the civilized, then you become a murderer. The price of empire is very steep, but Virgil shows how it is to be earned, if it's to be earned at all. The poem can be read as an exhortation for us to behave ourselves, which is a horse of relevance that ought to be ridden."
As quoted by Charles McGrath in "Robert Fagles, Translator of the Classics, Dies at 74" in the New York Times, March 29, 2008.
© 2009 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.
March 14, 2009
Good Poems for Middle-School Students (Grades 5, 6, 7 and 8)
The middle school years are treacherous for reading in general and poetry-reading in particular. Up to a certain age, children enjoy poetry and may even prefer stories that rhyme. But by the time they reach middle school, they are often starting to lose interest. What books have poems that will hold their attention? Here are two possibilities:
Sad Underwear and Other Complications: More Poems for Children and Their Parents (Aladdin, 80 pp., $6.99, paperback, ages 9-12), by Judith Viorst. Illustrated by Richard Hull. The short and mostly rhyming poems in this book have the irreverent — and, at times rueful — wit that you expect from Viorst, author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Some of the poems in Sad Underwear deal with near-universal childhood woes like mosquito bites and lost sneakers. Others describe the trials of a certain sort of worldly wise preteen or teenager. ("I'm freaking! I'm freaking! / My mom's gone antiquing. / And guess who she's dragging along?") Sad Underwear has more than a few poems sophisticated enough to engage adults. But its picture-book format may limit its appeal mainly to younger middle-schoolers.www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=411400.
Classic Poems to Read Aloud (Kingfisher, 258 pp., $8.95, paperback, ages 9 to adult), compiled by James Berry. Illustrated by James Mayhew. Should you still read aloud with children in the fifth grade and beyond? Absolutely, if you read poems of the quality of the 138 in this book. The great virtue of Classics to Read Aloud is that it doesn't patronize children. It has easy poems like Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat" and Clement Clarke Moore's "A Visit From St. Nicholas." And it has many that are more complex: Emily Dickinson's "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," Robert Frost's "After Apple-Picking" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare to a summer's day?"). It also excerpts from epics such as "The Iliad" and "Hiawatha" (bereft of the famous lines, "By the shores of Gitchee Gumee, / By the shining Big-Sea-Water") So children won't outgrow Classics to Read Aloud. Neither will their parents. If you keep promising yourself that you'll look up "that poem in Four Weddings and a Funeral," you can stop now. Berry reproduces W. H. Auden's "Funeral Blues" on page 186.
You'll find suggested books of sports poetry for middle-school students on the site for the Horn Book, the leading children's literature journal
© 2008 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.
March 5, 2009
Muriel Spark Satirizes Bad Writing in Her Poem 'The Creative Writing Class'
"Read this!" the critic emoted. "You'll like it!" she opined. "And laugh!" she chortled.
Muriel Spark is better known for her novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie than for her light verse. But the 73 poems in All the Poems of Muriel Spark (New Directions, 2004) show how well she mastered this and other forms of poetry.
In "The Creative Writing Class," Spark satirizes the pretentious overwriting often found in the work of bad novelists, amateur poets, and students in MFA programs. This 20-line dialogue poem begins: "'There is,' he declared. / 'Really?' she grinned. / 'Undoubtedly,' he stated. / 'Tomorrow,' she burbled." The poem goes on in the same vein, with an alternating male and female voice, through a last line that suggests the frustration of a teacher who has had enough: "'Silence!' she sneered."
Each line in the poem ends with a word ending in "ed" (a variation on the device known as epistrophe, the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a line). And "The Creative Writing Class" could be a great poem to read aloud in a writing class: Students with a flair for drama could raise this one to a much higher level of hilarity even than it has on the page.
© 2008 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.
February 13, 2009
Valentine's Day Poems for Straight or Gay Lovers, Including Couples Getting Engaged or Married on Feb.14, With All the Words Online
Two poems that aren't usually thought of as Valentine's Day poems contain lines that would suit longtime lovers, including engaged and married couples.
Robert Browning's classic "Rabbi Ben Ezra" begins:
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be,
The last of life, for which the first was made:
"Rabbi Ben Ezra" isn't a love poem but a meditation in verse on the life of the 12th-century scholar in its title. But countless lovers have inscribed its famous first two lines, both written in iambic trimeter, onto the flyleaves of books or Valentine's Day notes and cards. And all three would work for straight or gay couples. The full text of the poem appears online at Bartleby.com.
Another classic with lines that would suit gay or straight couples is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's translation from the German of Simon Dach's "Annie of Tharaw." It includes the rhyming couplets:
Oppression, and sickness, and sorrow, and pain,
Shall be to our true love as links to the chain.
As the palm-tree standeth so straight and so tall,
The more the hail beats, and the more the rains fall, —
So love in our hearts shall grow mighty and strong,
Through crosses, through sorrows, through manifold wrong …
Though forests I'll follow, and where the sea flows,
Through ice, and through iron, through armies of foes.
"Annie of Tharaw" sounds less sophisticated than many contemporary poems, in part because of its anapestic meter, commonly found in children's poems such as "A Visit from St. Nicholas." But Dach's words may speak more directly than some of their modern counterparts to couples facing serious illnesses such as AIDS. Their sentiments implicitly ratify and amplify the "in sickness and in health" of wedding vows, so they would also suit anniversaries. The full text appears online at Litscape.
© 2009 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.
January 30, 2009
Good Valentine's Day Poems for Children With All the Words Online
Ages 4–8
At a certain age children love to know secrets, and Valentine's Day lets them show it. An example: The following two out-of-copyright lines appear in "To a Baby Boy," collected in Songs and Other Verse, by the American children's poet Eugene Field (1850–1895):
Who I am I shall not say,
But I send you this bouquet
Children could attach the lines to a bouquet — or to a drawing (or sticker collage) of flowers — for an easy-to-make free card.
Ages 9–12
Tweens and older children may be embarrassed by overtly romantic sentiments, yet still want or need to send Valentine's Day cards. The complete works of the Elizabethan poet Michael Drayton (1563–1631) include four out-of-copyright lines that might be sufficiently neutral:
Muse, bid the Morn awake!
Sad Winter now delines,
Each bird doth choose a mate;
This day's Saint Valentine's.
Teenagers who believe they are desperately in love can find many appropriate poems online. Among the best-known: Elizabeth Barrett Browning's iambic pentameter sonnet "How Do I Love Thee?" (Sonnet 43), which begins:
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
This much-parodied poem has become a cliché to many adults but doesn't sound trite to teenagers hearing it for the first time (and might inspire some to have fun writing their own parodies). The same goes for the lyrics to that Beatles's toe-tapper, "When I'm Sixty-Four":
When I get older losing my hair,
Many years from now.
Will you still be sending me a valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine.
You can hear Paul McCartney singing this one on YouTube by searching for "When I'm Sixty-Four" + "lyrics" (though I'm not linking to it because I'm not convinced that any versions of the song on YouTube are legal).
Other good poems and ways to celebrate the day appear in Ann Heinrich's Valentine's Day: Holidays, Festivals, & Celebrations (The Child's World, 2006), illustrated by Sharon Holm, and other books.
© 2009 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.
January 23, 2009
The Case Against Free Verse (Quote of the Day / J. V. Cunningham)
The battle for free verse was over by the time I became a critic: Unmetered poetry was, if not dominant, well on its way to it. So I missed many of the early great essays that argued for or against the verse of Walt Whitman and others.
But I caught up with one of them after the recent publication of Praising It New: The Best of the New Criticism (Ohio University Press/Swallow Press, 288 pp., $18.95, paperback), edited by Garrick Davis with a foreword by William Logan. Davis notes that in the essay, "The Problem of Form," the American poet and scholar J. V. Cunningham (1911–1985) makes the case against free verse with unusual skill: "The indispensability of meter has never been argued for more succinctly."
Cunningham holds that the popularity of free verse springs from American ideals: We live in a democratic society and "give a positive value to informality." Formal language is an anathema because we associate it with a hierarchical and authoritarian world with rules set by a privileged class. We see the measured or formal as insincere or a perversion of "the central value of our life, genuineness of feeling."
If we value informality, we believe we must get rid of formality or form, which is by nature repetitive, Cunningham goes on: "But to get rid of it we must keep it; we must have something to get rid of." And formal poetry involves a convergence of forms that — metrical, grammatical, rhetorical, conceptual and more. "Indeed, it is the inherent coincidence of forms in poetry, in metrical writing, that gives it its power." So when we abandon meter in poetry, we abandon more:
"And here in naked reduction is the problem of form in the poetry of our day. It is before all a problem of meter. We have lost the repetitive harmony of the old tradition, and we have not established a new. We have written to vary or violate the old line, for regularity we feel is meaningless and irregularity meaningful. But a generation of poets, acting on the principles and practice of significant variation, have last nothing to vary from. The last variation is regularity."
Cunningham wrote this decades ago, and a lot has changed. Many contemporary poets work at least partly with forms that include not just meter but rhyme. Those poets include Mary Jo Salter, editor of the Norton Anthology of Poetry, whose recent A Phone Call to the Future will be reviewed soon on this site.
So I'm quoting this not because I agree with all of what Cunningham says but because he makes an argument rarely heard these days. What do you think? Should more people be making it?
Read more about Praising It New at www.ohioswallow.com/book/Praising+It+New and about J. V. Cunningham at www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=80763.
© 2008 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.


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RTN001 – Cilocub – March Febrile EP
This EP from Manchester-based artist Cilocub marks our debut release with his fantastic record, March Febrile. A beautiful piece full of analog warmth, haunting pianos, organic percussion, twisted guitars and warbling voices akin to Boards of Canada and Bibio.
Everything comes together to evoke distant childhood memories of cold Autumn mornings in the park, stirring up emotions and creating a wonderful reflective mood that lets you drift away and remember how good things once were.
This record is available for download completely free and is also available for purchase in a very limited edition run of 100 copies. The hard copies are provided in unique Ejector cases with individually numbered covers and black surfaced discs.
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Elof Axel Carlson
Elof Axel Carlson
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State University of New York at Stony Brook
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|Hermann Joseph Muller
Elof Axel Carlson (born 1931) is distinguished teaching professor emeritus at State University of New York at Stony Brook, as well as an American geneticist and noted historian of Science. Carlson earned his B.A. in 1953 from New York University, and his PhD in 1958 in zoology from Indiana University[1] under the mentorship of Hermann Joseph Muller. Carlson is a past recipient of the E. Harris Harbison Award for excellence in teaching given by the Danforth Foundation.[2]
He has been a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota, San Diego State University, and Tougaloo College.[1] He was also a McMurrin Visiting Professor at the University of Utah.[3]
- The Gene: a Critical History (1989) ISBN 978-0-8138-1406-3
- Genes, Radiation, and Society. The Life and Work of H. J. Muller (Cornell Univ. Press, 1981)
- The Unfit: A history of a bad idea (2001) ISBN 978-0-87969-587-3
- Mendel's Legacy: The origin of classical genetics (2004) ISBN 978-0-87969-675-7
- Times of Triumph, Times of Doubt: Science And the Battle for Public Trust (2006) ISBN 978-0-87969-805-8
- Neither Gods Nor Beasts: How Science is changing who we think we are (2008) ISBN 978-0-87969-786-0
- Mutation: The History of an Idea from Darwin to Genomics (2011) ISBN 978-1-936113-30-9
- The 7 Sexes: Biology of Sex Determination (2013) ISBN 9780253006455 (cl : alk. paper); ISBN 9780253006547 (eb)
Scholarly works co-written[edit]
Demerec, M., Kaufman, B. P., & Carlson, E. A. (1986). Drosophila guide: introduction to the genetics and cytology of Drosophila melanogaster. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institute of Washington.
- ^ a b "Semester At Sea - Fall 2001". Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- ^ "USB Honors by Faculty Member". Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2007-11-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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Located in the suburban yet rustic Lawrence Road neighborhood of Weston, this stunning example of classic New England architecture was actually a new construction by Metropolitan Building Systems Corp. Traditional elements included columns in the front entrance, multiple pane glass design with shutters, gables and multiple fireplaces all added to the distinguished air of this New England manse. Key features include a total of 11 bathrooms, 6 bedrooms and the crowning achievement for Metro's team: a stunning 500 square foot mahogany library with custom milled moldings. Beautifully landscaped grounds completed the picturesque appearance of this luxurious home.
"…I was so delighted with the end result on this project. The 500 square foot mahogany library was the most amazing thing the team has ever accomplished." – Paul Wilkes


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While many women regard pregnancy as a wonderful and unforgettable experience, others recall it as a time of aches, pains, heartburn, nausea, and insatiable cravings. The advice in this article is designed to assist you in comprehending and taking charge of a number of the physical changes you are experiencing. If you take a few minutes to read this article, the next few months will be a lot easier.
Don't be ashamed to not want to go out with people when you're dealing with pregnancy. Your friends and family will understand that you have special needs during this time. You may be shocked by how much you need to go to the bathroom, how often you get tired and how nauseated you feel. Don't force yourself into anything uncomfortable.
Watch your weight even when you are pregnant. If you gain too much weight, you risk your own health later, and it is going to be hard to lose weight. You should not gain more than thirty pounds over your entire pregnancy if you had an average weight in the beginning.
When you are expecting a baby, pay some attention to your partner. Most partners are just as scared and confused as you may be, if not more, and they will need to work with you to calm down. Spend time together by going to the movies or taking a walk. Take advantage of the remaining time alone!
If you take the time to absorb all of the provided information, you are likely to find the information to help you make this an awesome time of your life. In many cases women will quickly forget the pains and ailments that they experienced during pregnancy, but hopefully this article will help you reduce them dramatically and you will make your pregnancy memorable.


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Go back to the main Aviation Instructor Page.
This category introduces aviation instructors to the underlying concepts of safety risk management, which the FAA is integrating into all levels of the aviation community.
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Thinking and behaviour with MND
In the last few years new research has shown that more people with MND than previously realised experience changes to thinking and behaviour (called cognitive change), including:
- Apathy and reduced concentration
- Language problems, including remembering words and spelling
- Problems learning new things and being able to recall these later
- Difficulties with planning and decision-making
- Impulsive behaviour.
These changes may affect 1 in 2 people, but they are likely to be mild, up to 15%, will experience a form of dementia called frontotemporal dementia (MND Association 2017).
Most people we talked to had not noticed any major changes in their own thinking or reasoning, but often others notice the changes first. Tiredness and difficulty in concentrating were common - tiredness is explored further in 'Tiredness, pain and discomfort'. Many valued the fact that even though their physical strength had been affected their mind seemed as clear as ever. Some even felt their mind was sharper. One man who was working full-time as well as doing a part-time PhD explained why this was important to him.
- Age at interview:
- 55
- Sex:
- Male
- Age at diagnosis:
- 51
- Background:
- Marcelin is a research and technology systems engineer, divorced, with 4 children aged 27, 20, 16 and 7. Ethnic background/nationality: African.
The fact is that it's very important for me, because I've been working in this area for a long time, and I'm with the same company since now twenty-five years. And [coughs] for me it's very important because it's the progression of my career, leading me to do now application of a lot of my experience in the research and technology, where I'm working. So it's more intellectual rather than physical. Because I know that MND doesn't affect my intellectual capability etc, so I can use computers, I can do it. So it's for me one way to still exist and still be useful, and feel that I'm not useless. So it's very important, yes, to go every day, interact with people. And by luck I still can speak, and that's very important. I can communicate with people.
However, a few people had noticed changes in themselves or a family member with MND. One man said during his interview, "There are words that I can't get and words that I can get….I can't find the words for when I'm talking to you." He described a recent event when he had become confused, and how his concentration had been affected.
- Age at interview:
- 73
- Sex:
- Male
- Age at diagnosis:
- 68
- Background:
- Derek is a retired general manager, married, with 6 adult children. Ethnic background/nationality' White British.
Yeah, well, as I say, that - when I had a funny turn about two or three weeks ago, was it? I don't know when it was. I just didn't know, I just did not know where I was. I didn't know, I'd been to, I remember going to this dinner for a friend of ours, his birthday, and we had a good time. We, we got lost going over. I can remember getting lost in the car. You see, now, that wasn't me, because I knew my way all the way round this area, all the way...
You were driving?
I was driving. And we went, and got there. We was a bit late because there, I didn't know exactly where this pub was. But we had a good time, we had our meal, and things like that. But I can't tell you what happened afterwards. I can't tell you, I can't tell you if I saw a doctor. I got lumps taken out of my hands, I know that, where they was taking blood tests out of me. And I was laid in a bed, but I wasn't there as long as I thought I was, I was there. I was there - I felt as if I'd been there ages. I didn't even know my name. I just, it just was, everything had gone. But you see, and then of course I, I come back with the world, with the world of pretend again. I, get out of it that way, you know. I mean, if they'd have said, 'What's happened to you?' I could have told them what, what's happened to me. But how I got it, or what happened to me, put it that way, I don't know.
You talked a bit about feeling that, that the condition has affected your ability to remember things [Oh] and to find words. Just tell me a bit about how you noticed that happening.
Terrible, it's absolutely terrible, the words that you can't find. Always reminds me of Ronnie Barker and his 'worms' [laughs], you know. It's a relief, you know, you can look at something and, and think that somebody else has got the same thing. But, I mean they haven't, but this is just all part of the, the game really.
When did you first think it was affecting your memory?
Oh, about a year ago, eighteen months ago, maybe.
What, what made you first become aware of it?
I can't read.
What, when you pick up a book you can't?
Yeah, I can't concentrate on it. Yes. And that's what causes - again, it causes panic. Because you, because that, that's a substance that you can look at. You know you should be able to do this, or you know you should be able to do that. There is no way that you shouldn't be able to, at my age, pick up a book and read it. But I don't, don't read at all now.
And crosswords, I think you said.
Oh, crosswords, I do the crosswords. Well, again I used to [laughs]. I don't do them as well as I used to. I mean I used to be able to do sort of The Telegraph and things like that. But I, I'm shot right out there now. If I get halfway through The Sun I'm very lucky. Yeah. But I still keep on trying, because you never know - it might come back. If I got it that easy, I bloody should be able to get rid of it somehow, shouldn't I?
Often changes may be more obvious to a carer than to the person themselves. Some carers had noticed changes before diagnosis and thought at first it might be because of old age. It is important for carers to know of the possibility of changes, so they understand why their relative's behaviour has changed, and perhaps feel less frustrated or upset by it.
- Age at interview:
- 54
- Sex:
- Female
- Background:
- Ann is a retired hospital administration clerk, married with 2 adult sons. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.
Now, how do you think you cope now?
Probably a lot better. Because I'm no longer quite so scared of, of what might happen from week to week. So I will, I will try and make arrangements. But I have to be careful that I don't make him anxious by making arrangements for things. For instance I want to go and visit our grandchildren soon. So I'll start talking about it. And he's an intelligent man, but he's slowed down, if you see what I mean, in the way that things don't always go in first time. So I will repeat that we're going to go down, until it's in there. And then he will start checking with me when we're going to be going. And if I can play it slowly, he won't get anxious, and it won't get cancelled. Because when he gets, gets anxious he gets ill. So I, I can work things out, and I can go up to about six weeks ahead. After that I don't make appointments. There's no point really.
So you don't plan for the future?
No, there, there's nothing really, I can't plan holidays, because we don't go on holiday. I plan his respites four months in advance, because he doesn't need to know about it. He knows it's going to happen, and I will introduce it at such a time. And he knows that is what happens. He's not silly. He knows what I do behind his back. And I arrange things from week to week, to meet my girlfriends for a coffee, something like this. But other than that, there isn't anything we need to plan for.
- Age at interview:
- 59
- Sex:
- Female
- Background:
- Mary is a pharmacy assistant, married with 3 adult children. Ethnic background/nationality' White British.
We went to Ireland last April and while we were in Ireland I noticed many things. I noticed that he would forget where we were going. And one day he went right past my mother's house. And he would laugh at anything. It was very strange. Another day we were out and we were going to a garden centre and he had forgotten where the garden centre was, even though we had been there many times before. So this really started getting me worried. And I thought actually it was a brain tumour or it was Alzheimer's. I really thought that.
He's much, much slower. He's got very slow. And like last year before we knew he had this complaint we always thought he was getting so dithery. That's all I can describe it. And our sons used to say 'Gosh, Mum, Dad's getting so dithery. It's because he's not doing anything and his brain is stagnating' and all the rest of it. 'He ought to be, you know, start doing something.' The voice is like he's got a cold. When I speak to him on the phone it's like an old man. That's how I can describe it. He's like an old man on the phone. He spoke to my brother-in-law. He thought it was his father, because he sounded just like his father.
It is important to be aware that not all changes in behaviour are a sign of mental or cognitive impairment. They may also happen as a result of depression, or 'emotional lability' - this is a term used to describe a tendency to laugh or cry unexpectedly at what might seem the wrong moment, which affects some people living with MND. This can be distressing for those close to the affected person as well as the individual. Emotional lability does not necessarily mean there is any other change to thinking or behaviour. Treatments may help manage depression and emotional lability. These symptoms are explored more fully in 'Emotional lability, depression and low mood with MND'.
Cognitive change
Initially, it was thought that Motor Neurone Disease (MND) only affected the nerves used to control muscles. Research has given a better understanding of changes in the brain that affect thinking, emotion and behaviour. These changes are described as cognitive change. The MND Association website provides three information sheets to help: 9A: Will the way I think be affected? 9B: How do I support someone if the way they think is affected? and 9C: Managing emotions, which includes information about emotional lability.
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I dashed inside the shop and thumbed through the book's yellowed, diminutive pages from 1940 and discovered that the brick building I had been calling home was once owned by a sea captain who "commanded the boat which rowed Washington across the Delaware," and, "It is said to contain an authentic McIntire mantel." My building and its street, captured in black and white, covered in snow, in what must have been the late 30s, was nearly unchanged. It was as if time had grabbed me by my collar and shown me my place in the continuum.
Thus was my first encounter with the "American Landmarks" series from Hastings House, featuring the photography and writing of Marblehead's Samuel Chamberlain, who originally trained as an architect at MIT before becoming a successful printmaker, photographer and author. It was also the first I had heard of Salem's famed architect and woodcarver Samuel McIntire. I've gone on to collect a number of autographed Chamberlain books and to peruse several McIntire carvings and buildings.
Stumbling upon Chamberlain's charming book of architectural vignettes, rich with history, shared in a personable tone, filled me with a profound sense of belonging. As a young aspiring architect and photographer, raised in an early 1800's New England colonial, I had found where and what I was supposed to be. This little book seemed to tell me so.
Fast forward to today, and I'm reminded again of my place in the continuum; one of the photos I submitted to this year's Marblehead Festival of Arts Photography Exhibit won the 2010 Samuel Chamberlain Award.
If you find yourself in the area, please join me at the Award's Night Presentation on Thursday, July 1 from 6:30 – 7:30 pm on the grounds of Abbot Hall and then at the Artists' Reception for Photography afterwards at Old Town House.
The exhibit will be open throughout the Festival. Visit the event website for more information. Hope to see you there.
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Apple has launched its iPhone 5, and pre-orders for the new phone have begun today. It's set to hit the shelves on 21 September.
Here's everything you need to know about how to get your hands on the iPhone 5 and how much it'll cost you.
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We'll continue to update this article as we get more information.
If you're not sure whether the iPhone 5 is right for you, check out our review of the iPhone 5 for advice.
If you're looking to buy the iPhone 5 directly from Apple, you can pre-order it from the Apple Store now. The 16GB model costs £529, the 32GB is £599 and the 64GB model is £699.
Macworld's Editor-in-Chief Mark Hattersley has pre-ordered a black 32GB iPhone 5, which seems to be the most popular model according to Macworld's Twitter community.
"Like most Apple retail experiences the process was pain-free and left my wallet considerably lighter," he said. "I also ordered all the accessories, which we need for Macworld. The Lightning to 30pin adaptor is £25, which strikes me as high as the Lightning to Micro USB Adaptor was only £12.50. Apple was also offering the Apple TV and various AirPrint printers as optional extras. Aside from that it was a case of entering my iTunes account, confirming my home address and clicking Continue. Couldn't be easier."
EE, formerly Everything Everywhere, has revealed that it will be offering the iPhone 5 with 4G mobile broadband, but prices have yet to be announced.
While Orange and T-Mobile are both owned by EE, they'll also be stocking the iPhone 5.
Orange's two year contracts have unlimited texts and minutes, and are priced as follows:
A tariff with a 1GB data allowance will cost £36 per month, with a £109 upfront cost for the 16GB iPhone 5, £219 upfront for 32GB, and £269 for 64GB.
For 2GB of data, Orange charges £41 per month, with an upfront cost of £29, £139 or £209 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models respectively.
For 3GB data allowance, the monthly cost is £46, and you can get the 16GB iPhone 5 on this tariff for free. The upfront cost on this tariff for a 32GB model is £89, and for a 64GB model its £179.
Finally, an unlimited data allowance from Orange will cost you £51 per month, and you can get a free 16GB iPhone 5, or pay £39 for the 32GB model or £129 for 64GB.
Orange has more tariffs available here.
T-Mobile's Full Monty tariffs are two year contracts with unlimited text and unlimited data.
For £36 a month you can get 2000 minutes for an upfront cost of £109 for the 16GB iPhone 5, £219 for the 32GB or £269 for the 64GB.
T-Mobiles other three Full Monty options come with unlimited minutes. £41 per month will get you an iPhone 5 16GB for £49 upfront, a £32 GB model for £149, or a 64GB model for £219.
Upping the monthly cost to £46 will reduce your upfront cost to £29 for a 16GB model, £99 for a 32GB model or £189 for a 64GB model.
Finally, £61 per month will get you a 16GB iPhone 5 for an upfront cost of £19, a 32GB model for £29 and a 64GB model for £139.
T-Mobile's other tariffs are available here.
O2 has confirmed that it will offer the iPhone 5, but hasn't begun taking pre-orders yet and its website currently says iPhone 5 "Coming Soon". You can sign up to get updates from O2 when they're announced, but the company has told customers on Twitter that pre-orders will be available later today.
As for retail pricing, however, O2 has revealed that the iPhone 5 will be available in its stores from 21 September on a two year contract with unlimited minutes and texts and 1GB of data for monthly costs ranging from £26 to £46. Upfront costs for the 16GB iPhone 5 range from free to £249, the 32GB ranges from £89.99 to £359.99, and the 64GB ranges from £169.99 to £449.99. Click here for more details about O2's retail store prices.
O2 has said that it is in discussions with Ofcom to bring the 4G spectrum auction forward, but Apple's iPhone 5 will not support the 800MHz and 2.6GHz auctioned spectrum.
Three has also announced that it will be selling the iPhone 5.
On Three's "The One Plan" tariff, customers will get a 24-month contract with 'all-you-can-eat' data, 2000 any network minutes, 5000 tests and 5000 Three-to-Three minutes.
A 16GB iPhone 5 on this tariff will cost £79 upfront with a £36 a month bill. The 32GB model is available to pre-order for an £89 upfront cost and £39 a month, while the 64GB model is £109 upfront and £42 a month.
Three's "Ultimate Internet 500" is a 24-month contract with 'all-you-can-eat' data, 500 any network minutes and 5000 texts.
For a 16GB iPhone 5 on this tariff, Three is charging a £79 upfront cost with a £34 per month bill, while the 32GB iPhone 5 will cost £89 upfront and £37 a month, and the high-end 64GB model is priced at £109 upfront and £40 per month.
Vodafone is also offering the iPhone 5 on it network. It's main tariff options for a two year contract are as follows.
A 16GB model with unlimited texts and minutes and 2GB data allowance will cost £49 upfront and £42 per month, while £99 upfront and £37 per month will get you unlimited texts and calls and 1GB data. For £149, you can get a 16GB iPhone 5 with 600 minutes, unlimited calls and 500MB data allowance for £33 per month.
For a 32GB iPhone 5 with unlimited text and minutes and 2GB of data, Vodafone is charging £149 upfront an £42 per month. £209 upfront and £37 per month will get you a 32GB iPhone 5 with unlimited texts and minutes and 1GB of data, while £269 upfront and £33 per month will get you 500MB data, unlimited texts and 600 minutes.
Finally, Vodafone is charging £229 upfront and £42 per month for a 64GB iPhone 5 with unlimited texts, unlimited minutes and 2GB of data. £289 upfront and £37 per month will get you 1GB of data and unlimited text and minutes for a 64GB iPhone 5. An upfront cost of £329 and £33 monthly will get you a 64GB model with 500MB data, unlimited texts and 600 minutes
More pricing plans from Vodafone can be found here.
Virgin Media
Virgin Media currently doesn't offer any iPhone models, and has issued a statement that reads: "We are continually in talks with a range of mobile manufacturers including Apple to ensure we're able to bring our customers the best choice and great value across our pay-as you-go and pay monthly ranges."
We'll update you if any further information comes from the company about the iPhone 5.
Carphone Warehouse
The Carphone Warehouse is offering the iPhone 5 on various networks. The starting price for the 16GB model is £45 per month with no upfront cost. You can get a free 32GB model for a monthly fee from £61 per month, or a 64GB model free from £66 per month.
Similarly, Phones4U is selling the iPhone 5 across various networks too. With no upfront cost, the company is offering a 16GB model starting at £47 per month, and the 32GB and 64GB models from £61 per month.
See also:
Will iPhone 5 HD Voice work in the UK?
What Apple's new Lightning connector means for you
iPhone 5: Why no NFC?
Apple's iPhone 5 a mixed bag for European operators
How to get 4G LTE on your iPhone 5 with EE - UK guide
iPhone 5: What does it mean for third-party accessory makers?
iPhone 5: How does it stack up against competing smartphones?