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What's the best way to kick off a weekend of yarny shopping, aside from enabling? A giveaway, of course! Here's how to enter to win a skein of French Market Fibers Quarter Merino Fingering in the Storyland colorway pictured above:
Make a purchase from any Indie Untangled vendor, either listed below or on the Marketplace, through the end of the day on Monday, Nov. 30 and forward your receipt to me at [email protected] Purchases from any Indie Untangled pop-up, including Berry Colorful Yarnings and Buttonalia, as well as the brand-new Indie Untangled Spreadshirt shop (see below for more details!), are also eligible. The winner will be chosen Dec. 1, so get your receipts in!
This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to the winner, Pat!
The only purchases that aren't eligible for this giveaway are subscriptions to the Indie Untangled Where We Knit yarn club. However, I'm not leaving you awesome subscribers out:: Anyone who has subscribed so far, along with any new subscribers, will be eligible to win a package of four patterns — one of the winner's choice from each designer participating in the yarn club. The winner will be chosen after sign-ups close Dec. 20 (but spots are getting very limited!).
**This list of sales will be updated throughout the weekend.**
The Never Enough Thyme Etsy shop has been updated with plenty of heal/toe sock sets, sparkling sock yarn, and their new Neverland colorwork sets. Use coupon code THANKS through Nov. 30, and get 20% off everything. There are also TWO giveaways: Any purchase made in November will enter you for a chance to win a hand-sewn Sock Sack and a skein, plus some extra goodies. If you purchase something through Monday, you'll be entered to win a second bag/yarn set. (I swear I came up with my giveaway idea before they posted!)
Bijou Basin Ranch knows how to put on a sale. From now through December 24, they're offering free U.S. shipping on everything, 15% off all regular-priced items with the coupon code YULE2015, AND all orders of $149 or more will include a $20 gift certificate. BBR is also kicking off the Rosi G Holiday Break Mystery KAL. New clues for the fingering-weight, fair isle shawl will be released each Wednesday, and MKAL-ers can enter enter YAK at checkout to get 20% off three or more skeins of Himalayan Trail for the project (not combinable with the holiday discounts).
I decided to launch the Berry Colorful Yarnings post-Rhinebeck pop-up shop on Indie Untangled with some special deals. The shop is filled with self-striping sock yarn, including the bright Brooks above, and sock blanks in some beautiful gradients. The first five buyers have the opportunity to add — for free — one of six remaining hand-stamped drawstring bags that served as the goody bags for the trunk show. There is also free U.S. shipping through Monday, Nov. 30.
While I was at dinner recently with a group of my knitting friends, one of them told a story about a time when she was agonizing over buying a skein of yarn at a local farmer's market, and her wonderful husband uttered the above phrase. I knew it had to go on a tote bag, and thus I created my first item on Spreadshirt. The site is offering free standard shipping on two or more items through Tuesday, Dec. 1, with the code 2GIFTS. Buy one for yourself and one for a friend!
Designer Karen Robinson, AKA KarenDawn Designs, recently launched Round Table Yarns, a line of hand-dyed yarns with base and colorway names inspired by the stories of King Arthur. Through Monday, Nov. 30, save 25% on all yarns with the code BLACKFRIDAY2015.
Invictus Yarns is also offering a great Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Whatever You Call It Sunday/Cyber Monday deal. Through Monday, Nov. 30, use the coupon code HAPPY15 at checkout for 15% off your purchase.
Houndstooth Fiber Arts is Erin and Christa, a new California-based indie dyer team that launched a little over a month ago and offer colors inspired by the Bay Area. They're making their IU debut with a Small Business Saturday sale. Discover their Painted Ladies sock yarn and colorways like Love Lies Bleeding and Pink Elephants — and get 20% off!
The With Pointed Sticks Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday sale kicked off Thursday night. Use the coupon code "THANKS" to take 15% off your entire order through Monday, Nov. 30.
Third Vault Yarns is offering a shiny long weekend of discounts on her geeky goodies through midnight GMT on Dec. 1. Get 10% off orders over £40 with the coupon code Cunning10 and 15% off orders over £60 with the coupon code BIGDAMNHERO15. Every order is entered to win a free mystery gift.
Get 15% off purchases of $15 or more from Eternity Ranch Knits with the coupon code THANKFUL through Dec. 1. Tami has seasonal yarns in stock, including her 12 Days of Christmas set of colorways (you can see all of them above) as well as the last of her special Broadway musical collection.
Get a generous 25% off all ready-to-ship skeins through Monday from JOMA Yarn with the coupon code BLACKFRIDAY25. Any Black Friday purchases will also receive a complimentary mini hank.
Christina of Sploops Inspired, who uses nail polish and stamping plates to create unique stitch markers, has come up with an awesome knitting-themed twist on the Advent Calendar. The 12 Days of Christmas Stitch Marker Gift Set is a set of 12 random stitch markers, each hidden in a seasonal origami envelope, strung across sparkly silver ribbon.
Haven't finalized your holiday wish list yet, or struggling to narrow down the choices for your favorite maker? Check out Linda of Kettle Yarn Co.'s first gift guide, available free as a PDF if you subscribe to her newsletter.
Lisa The Knitting Artist is back with a new series of Yarnbombed Postcards, vintage postcards painted with a yarny twist. The new set includes greetings from Washington, DC, the Grand Canyon and sunny Florida.


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Paul Play Dairo Vs MTN: N500million Copyright lawsuit.
PAUL PLAY: I am not a member of COSON, I have never given any right to anyone except my intellectual property manager. This is a case of theft and everyone involved will have to provide the evidence that I released the right to my songs to them when we get to court."
ULTIMA LTD: "As a law abiding corporate citizen, respecting the rights of all stakeholders in the conduct of our business, we have duly paid Copyrights Society of Nigeria, COSON, which was the government approved collecting agency, for all musical works that we used."
COSON: "Paul is not a registered member of COSON, notwithstanding we are bound to protect his copyright as expected of us. His royalties and that of others are with us and he can access his money whenever he's ready."
MTN: Silence (As usual)
Who is guilty?
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Discussion in 'Training Logs' started by Mattonaise, Dec 21, 2014.
IMO, you should deload first, since you kept saying how fatigued you were feeling.
Monday (3/2/2015)
Weight: 144
Squats: 3x6x155
Deadlift: 2x6x185
Tuesday (3/3/2015)
Weight: 144.0
Bench: 3x6x115 (Went up nice and easy)
Dumbell Row: 3x6x40
OHP: 1x6x85
Wide Grip Lat Pulldown: 1x6x110
Single Arm cable curls: 3x12x20 (Much harder on left arm than right arm)
Cable rear delt flies: 3x12x10 each arm
Friday (3/6/2015) (Fell asleep yesterday :c)
Weight: 145.0
Paused Squat: 6x4x135 (Kept the weight low to start due to the amount of sets)
Paused Deadlift: 3x4x155 (Again kept the weight low as I hadn't ever done these before. A great core exercise I must say)
Saturday (3/7/2015) (In Candito's program this is more of a hypertrophy day for upper body. Higher volumes, lower weight, etc)
Weight: 145.0
DB Row: 4x8x35 each hand (Normally start with BP, but the rack was taken)
Lat Pulldown: 4x8x100
Bench: 4x8x105
Incline DB Press: 2x8x25, 2x8x30 (When I started 25 felt heavy enough during the first set, but oddly it felt too light in the second, so I bumped up the weight for the last two sets)
DB Shoulder Press: 3x10x25 (Normally comes after row and pulldown, so had to be a little lighter this day since it was after two pressing movements)
EZ Bar Curl: 1x6x45, 2x10x35 (Went too heavy the first set)
FacePull: 4x12x60
Cable Lateral Raise4x12,12,12,10x10 pounds each side (Decided to do some lateral raises as one of my optional exercises since my overhead pressing was lighter this day)
Monday (3/9/2015)
Weight: 144.5
Squat: 3x6x160 (Felt pretty heavy but doable)
Deadlift: 2x6x195 (Gonna progress on the deadlift up to my usual weights since I haven't done them straight after squats for a while)
Monday (3/16/2015)
Weight: 144.5
Squat: 3x6x160
Deadlift: 2x6x205
Allergies hit me towards the end of the week, so I took a break from lifting and restarted last week.
Tuesday (3/17/2015)
Weight: 146.0
Bench: 3x6x120
DB Row: 3x5x40,45,45
OHP: 1x6x87.5
Lat Pulldown: 1x6x115
Facepull: 3x12x65
Cable Curl with V-bar: 3x12x50
Thursday (3/19/2015)
Weight: 146.0
Paused Squat: 6x4x145
Paused Deadlift:3x4x165
Goblet Squats: 3x12x30 (Ride was arriving in 10 minutes, so I did some light goblet squats to pass the time)
Friday (3/20/2015)
Weight: 144.5
Bench: 4x8x110
Incline DB Bench: 4x8x30,35,35,35
DB Row: 4x8x40
Pullups: 8 (overhand), 6 (neutral grip), 7, 5 (chinups)
DB Shoulder Press: 3x10x30
Single Arm Cable Curl: 3x10x25,20,15
Rear Delt Cable Flies: 3x12x10
Straight Arm Rope Pulldown: 3x12,12,10x30
Monday (3/23/2015)
Weight: 144.0 (Not eating enough but anxiety stuff has been making it difficut)
Squat: 3x6x165
Deadlift: 2x6x215 (Man deadlifts suck after squats)
I see from your original post that food is causing your anxiety but what is the issue? I would have thought at your body weight that you could bulk (approx 1 lb per week) at between 2300 and 2600 calories per day (current body weight multiplied by 16 to 18) and again in the original post you intended to eat between 2500 and 3000 per day - what is your current daily intake?
Tuesday (3/24/2015)
Bench: 3x6x125
DB Row: 3x6x45
OHP: 1x6x90
Pullups: 1x6xBW
Rope Cable Curl: 3x12x50
External Rotations: 2x8x15, 1x12x10
Thursday (3/26/2015)
Weight: 144.5
Paused Squat: 6x4x150
Paused Deadlift: 3x4x175
Food isn't the cause but it's a catalyst since my symptoms are so physical and in my stomach. They surround relationship type stuff mostly, and I've just been chatting with a new girl. Hasn't been too bad so it shouldn't be too much of a problem, if it does for some reason become significant I will elaborate.
Friday (3/27/2015)
Weight: 145.0
Bench: 4x8x115
Incline DB Bench: 4x8x35
DB Row: 4x8x45
Chinups: BWx8,6,6,6
DB Shoulder Press: 3x10x30
EZ Bar Curl: 3x8x35 (Biceps were pretty shot after chinups)
Cable Chest Fly: 3x12x20,30,30 each side
Rear Delt Cable Fly: 3x10x13
If you meet your macros, you'll gain mass and then "relationship-type stuff" won't be a problem anymore .
Monday (3/30/2015)
Weight: 146.5
Squat: 3x6x170
Deadlift: 2x6x225
Last few reps on both squat and deadlift were tough
Tuesday (3/31/2015)
Weight: 147.0 (Weight seems to fluctuate a lot, a few days ago it seemed low again and now it's jumped back up)
Bench: 3x6x130 (Almost failed on the last rep, could feel my chest giving out. Depending on how fast the weight moves next tuesday I'll either repeat this weight or if it goes up fast I'll go to lmao1pl8)
DB Row: 3x6x50
OHP: 1x6x92.5
Pullups: 1x6xBW+5
Cable Curl: 3x12x50,55,55
FacePull: 3x12x60,60,65
As much as I wish this was the case it's not a confidence issue. But recently it's been significantly better than it has been in the past, so I think I will be good.
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Kim Go Eun May Join Gong Yoo In "Descendants Of The Sun" Writer's New Drama
Actress Kim Go Eun confirms that she is looking over the lead female role in Kim Eun Sook's upcoming drama, "Goblin" (working title), to star alongside actor Gong Yoo.
Her agency states that the actress has had one meeting with the production team to discuss the role, and is reviewing the drama positively.
Actor Gong Yoo has already confirmed his participation in drama, which will be his return to the small screen for the first time in four years
Writer Kim Eun Sook has written many hit dramas, such as "Secret Garden," "A Gentleman's Dignity," "Heirs," and "Descendants of the Sun."
Meanwhile, this drama is about a goblin, who needs a human bride in order to end his immortal life, and a grim reaper, who suffers from amnesia. They somehow end up meeting and living together, whether by fate or by a curse, and the drama follows the strange, mysterious, sad, but beautiful daily lives of those who see off the souls of the dead.
"Goblin" will start airing in November on tvN.
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Mrs. Yoshio Fujita's Ravi's Song, unhurried early in Saturday's featured $60,000 Pelleteri Stakes for older fillies and mares at Fair Grounds, closed with a crescendo by hitting all the high notes late to be best by a length and a half at the wire.
"She made a tremendous late move," said trainer Carl Bowman when describing the race to his wife Diane over the phone immediately after the race. "She really ran her heart out."
"We've really had quite a bit of luck with this whole family," Bowman noted later when speaking to reporters. "Her mother (Lu Ravi) won the Fair Grounds Oaks here and the Chou Croute Stakes twice. But this filly has a lot better mental attitude then her mother. You couldn't ever hit Lu Ravi with the whip. If you did, she'd just stop."
Jockey Corey Lanerie was aboard Ravi's Song, riding his third winner of the afternoon. The daughter of Unbridled's Song accomplished the 1 1/16-mile distance in 1:45.72, increased her career earnings to $198,173 with her fifth victory in 11 lifetime starts and returned mutuels of $12.20, $6.20 and $4.20.
"When I called on her at the three-eighths pole, it was like driving a car," Lanerie said. "I was driving in and out of traffic and she was going pretty fast."
Jim Tafel's Fighter Wing made the pace with early splits of 24.25 and 48.89, and continued willingly in the late stages to best Skychai Racing and Twin Creeks Farm et al.'s Age of Humor by a length for the runner-up spot.
Fighter Wing paid $12 and $6 and Age of Humor returned $5.80 to show.


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PJI's Light of Justice Program Director, Calvin Duncan, presented at the ACLU of Louisiana's critical panel, The Shame of Our State: Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts in Louisiana, to discuss the impact of non-unanimous jury verdicts in Louisiana.
Louisiana is only one of two states to allow felony convictions by only a portion of a jury. This unjust practice stemmed from post-Reconstruction racism and is a leading cause for wrongful convictions. Calvin Duncan has devoted his work to shining a light on this injustice and creating a more equitable system for those who are trapped within this system.


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Common Communication Challenges Women Face—And How to Effectively Navigate Them
Many women face challenges in how we communicate, whether it's with our partners or our colleagues. The specifics of the situation don't really matter, but the results are the same: We're left feeling resentful and frustrated.
For instance, according to relationship specialist Amy Kipp, LMFT, we often have a hard time expressing our needs and asking for them to be met. We fear that we'll be seen as needy, or we'll be inconveniencing people, she said. We fear that others will think we're high-maintenance, said Elizabeth Gillette, LCSW, an attachment-focused therapist, who specializes in working with individuals and couples as their families grow.
And it doesn't matter whether the request is something small—like asking for a hug—or something big—like asking for a raise, said Kipp, who has a private practice in San Antonio, Texas. It all feels difficult, maybe even impossible.
We also struggle with being direct. We use words like "just," "only," and "kind of," said Cheryl Sexton, LMFT, a psychotherapist in private practice who specializes in working with families and couples in Chandler, Ariz. We minimize our own message, water down our requests, and ask for permission, she said. We might say things like: "I was just calling to check on that deadline" or "Can we talk about that report that was due?"
We tend to start sentences with an apology, Sexton said, such as: "I am sorry, but can I have a minute of your time?" or "I'm sorry to bother you …"
We fear that being direct implies we're being "'rude,' 'career-obsessed,' or 'selfish,' among other [negative] things depending on the context," said Gillette, founder of Heirloom Counseling in Asheville, N.C.
A lot of this stems from socialization and societal narratives. "While everyone has a different individual experience, girls are typically taught to be nice above all else," Kipp said. These may be overt lessons by being told to be nice, or it might be subtle: "'Nice' behavior, rather than bold or direct behavior, is more often rewarded with praise."
So, as girls, we learn that it's unacceptable to express ourselves directly, which either prompts us to be passive and cater to everyone else's needs or to express our needs indirectly in passive-aggressive ways, she said.
("To be clear, both of those behavior patterns are also present in many men, but for some women it's an unconscious strategy to continue being perceived as 'nice.'")
In fact, Gillette believes that the socialized desire to be seen as nice is the biggest "communication barrier that keeps women from having their fullest, most fulfilling experiences in all areas [of our lives]."
We also learn that in order to maintain relationships or in order to be accepted and loved, we must be very vigilant about not upsetting others, she said. And we learn that women who state their needs are demanding, difficult and dramatic.
So we "dilute or abandon [our] own needs as [we] make the connection with the other person a higher priority. And resentment, frustration, and anger can result—as well as the fact that [our] own needs are likely not going to be met," Gillette said.
But thankfully communication is a skill. It's a skill we can learn and practice. It is a skill that gets sharpened over time. And it doesn't require big, sweeping changes. Below, you'll find helpful tips along with real-life examples on cultivating clear, confident communication.
Prioritize and name your needs. The most important message Kipp gives to women struggling with direct communication is two-fold: recognize your needs by regularly asking yourself: "What would make me feel best in this situation?"; and know that you always have a right to express your needs.
"In any situation, asking for what you need simplifies the situation for everyone because it puts the expectations clearly on the table," Kipp said. Which means that you can openly and honestly discuss them.
Because this can be tough, Kipp suggested starting small in everyday conversation. This might look like saying, "I'd prefer to eat at that new Japanese place," or "Can you help me clean the living room tonight?"
Reflect on how often you soften your communication. As Sexton said, sometimes we're not even aware that we're apologizing and using qualifying language, or we don't realize the frequency. Gillette encourages her clients to check in with themselves about how often they soften their communication in order to seem "nice."
Aim to be effective (versus nice). For Gillette being effective means making sure that her message is heard clearly. "When I am focused on being 'nice,' I tend to garble the message a little bit in hopes to soften how it is received."
Of course, this doesn't mean that you can't be kind and direct, she said. "But when we focus on being nice, what we are really doing is being unclear."
Gillette shared this example: When she's being nice, she might say, "Just checking in to see if you got the email about the event next week. I know you are so busy right now (aren't we all?!), and you have a lot on your plate, so if you aren't able to accomplish that task, I totally understand. If you are able to get back to me and let me know where you are with everything, I would appreciate it! Thank you so much!"
However, when Gillette is focused on being direct (and kind), she might say, "Hi! I hope you're doing well. Please let me know when you will be finishing up the project for the event next weekend. Thank you so much!"
Avoid passive speech. According to Sexton, "I would advise women not to use qualifiers or passive speech to make their position seem smaller or less than someone else's position."
She shared these examples:
- Instead of "I just wanted to check on that report," try "I need an update on the report."
- Instead of "I was only planning something small," try "I planned an intimate event."
- Instead of "I kind of wondered what you thought," or "Does that make sense?" try "I look forward to hearing your feedback."
- Instead of "I am not an expert, but…" try "I have thought a lot about this and …"
It's hard to undo many years of socialization. It's hard to do things differently after many years, too. However, you can start small. And you can regularly remind yourself that it's OK to have needs, and to express them. Everyone has needs—and this doesn't make you needy, difficult or demanding. It makes you human.
"By stating your needs, you are being more authentic and genuine than if you were to hide them and wish someone would notice," Gillette said. Which also means cultivating more authentic and genuine relationships.
And when you're clear and direct in your communication, whether at home or at the office, you're creating a more meaningful, fulfilling life, too.
Tartakovsky, M. (2018). Common Communication Challenges Women Face—And How to Effectively Navigate Them. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 29, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/blog/common-communication-challenges-women-face-and-how-to-effectively-navigate-them/
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We've been working hard on Aurelia and this release brings a number of bug fixes, improvements and new features. There are a few breaking changes, but those are relatively minor and easy to fix. Read on for the details...
Breaking Changes
- You can now access all the parent router parameters directly through the
paramsobject in the activate callback. As a result, the
paramsof the activate callback now contains all parent route parameters, the current route parameters and all query string values.The parent params are no longer available via the $parent property. Parent params can be accessed via navigationInstruction.parentInstruction.params in the odd case where this is needed. The injected *childRoute param is no longer available on the params object either.
refbindings now work differently. Rather than
ref.*, the pattern is now
*.refwhich improves consistency and makes the
refbinding work like all the rest of Aurelia's binding commands. Here are the available options:
attribute-name.ref="someIdentifier"- create a reference to a custom attribute's class instance.
element-name.ref="someIdentifier"- create a reference to a custom element's class instance
ref="someIdentifier"- create a reference to the HTMLElement in the DOM
- If you are manually bootstrapping Aurelia (usually because you are installing custom plugins) but you are not using the
standardConfigurationhelper method, then you may need to add some additional configuration. In order to make Aurelia more flexible, we split out the history configuration from the router configuration so that different implementations of history can be used. So, if you are using the router but not the
standardConfigurationhelper you need to specify to use the history plugin or else it won't be properly installed. To do that, just add
New Features
- Deeper integration with the module loader allows us to determine the module id of any export, thus enabling better convention-based composition of UIs.
- The Dependency Injection system can now auto-register non-functions and provides better errors when instantiation fails.
- The HttpClient now supports interceptors on all requests (Thanks @mordred !!!) and automatically adds the application/json content type when serializing content to json.
- Support for view bundles has been added to the loader. The next version of the CLI will support not only bundling JS but also bundling HTML.
- Enable multiple class bindings on the same element, which don't interfere with one another.
- Enable two-way binding to scrollTop and scrollLeft
- Enable ref bindings to work with all API properties for behaviors; both custom elements and custom attributes
- Enable custom observer location through getters and setters
- Massively expanded support for databinding to SVG
- Containerless custom elements
- Template part replacement in custom elements allows a custom element to specify certain parts of its view which can be replaced with alternate markup at runtime on a per-instance basis.
- New animation methods and events
- Default binding modes for custom attributes
- SyncChildren now works on view-models that are dynamically composed via the
router-viewcustom elements
- Support compiling templates from strings
- New
focuscustom attribute (Nice work @manuel-guilbault !!!) Read more about how it was built here .
Bug Fixes
- History now properly handles scheme-relative URLs and properly normalizes all history url fragments.
- The EventAggregator catches errors thrown by subscribers, preventing a misbehaving subscriber from killing event propagation.
- Route generation no longer encodes $ in query strings, thus enabling certain special parameter naming schemes used by various APIs
- Correct type conversion behavior in boolean binding expressions
- Fix memory leak in array observation
- Fix swapped trigger and delegate events.
- Fix Object.observe memory leak
- Polyfill ClassList for IE
- Query string no longer causes errors in child routers, Child routers with redirects now work properly, and lots more router fixes
- Template anchors use comments to no longer affect CSS selectors.
- Various cross-browser fixes
- Fixed some async resource loading issues
- Fix binding to rowspan and colspan
- Correct destructuring syntax parsing in repeat.for
- Various fixes to the
- Framework now properly exports the path module
- Improved error messages during startup failure
I recommend using
jspm install for each "top level" Aurelia library. Just look in your package.json file, in the jspm section and be sure to re-install all the Aurelia dependencies listed there.
We are moving quickly towards our Beta. Here's what we are working on now:
- CLI - In the next week you will see a new release of our CLI along with an accompanying blog post detailing how you can bundle both your JS and HTML for application deploy. The CLI we are working on is going to be amazing, featuring the same sorts of patterns and extensibility model as Aurelia itself. This initial release focuses primarily on our core infrastructure and bundling.
- Documentation - We're currently designing a new documentation experience that we're pretty excited about. The new docs are a major goal of the Beta and we're starting major work on them now. Just like Aurelia and the CLI are being designed for extensibility and customization, so are the docs.
- Performance - We've now begun serious work improving performance and reducing memory utilization and GC pressure. Today's release has a few improvements in this area, related to memory leaks. We've also helped track down a major performance issue in the ES6 system.register module format which affects all major transpilers: Babel, Tracuer and TypeScript. We've begun work on our benchmarking suite and will be using that to measure Aurelia as we put it through a number of implementation transforms designed to make it lightning fast. You'll be hearing more about that as we progress.
Stay Tuned
Thanks for joining us on this adventure and being part of our community! We treasure you and look forward to sharing even more cool stuff we've got planned. If you haven't starred us on GitHub yet, please do! We'd also love for you to sign up for our newsletter . Newsletter subscribers will get the first opportunity to participate in some of our upcoming online events. You won't want to miss out!


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Complete speed fixes
Visitors get frustrated and will leave your site if it fails to load quickly. They're increasingly browsing from slower and less reliable mobile networks making it even more crucial that your site responds fast. Slowness will affect your conversion rate. Google considers speed as a quality factor when it ranks your site. Plus, all search engines will not fully crawl a site that is slow. Speed is a key part of a solid SEO foundation for your site. Often there are ways to streamline your HTML, Javascript and CSS code files to make your site respond and download faster (technically speaking: minification, compression, removing redundant code etc.). This job will take one of your failing checks from the Plug in SEO 'Speed' check and improve it. All of the coding is handled for you: you don't need any programming experience. There might be some questions about apps that can be removed but other than that everything else will be taken care of to speed up your site. Fixing one of your failing checks often improves another check, so this can be enough to noticeably speed up your site.
- Remove redundant code
- Improve one of the failing Speed checks
- Test everything on site works as normal
- Detail what's been done


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Kilmer's win creates state Senate vacancy
Democrats in the 26th Legislative District have been preparing for Derek Kilmer's exit from the state Senate for months now.
At least seven candidates have expressed interest in getting the party's nod to be his replacement for the next year, then run against a Republican for the final year of Kilmer's term.
Kilmer appears to have sailed to an easy victory in his race to become a member of the U.S. House. The Gig Harbor Democrat had 59 percent of the votes counted as of Wednesday evening in his race against Republican Bill Driscoll. Kilmer will replace Democrat Norm Dicks, who is retiring after 36 years in Congress.
Replacing Kilmer in Olympia will be taken on first by Democratic precinct committee officers in parts of Kitsap and Pierce counties, the parts that include the 26th District.
Gerry Baldwin, 26th Legislative District Democrats chairman, said about 18 people were initially interested in the Senate job until they were told they'd have to run for the position in 2013 before they could run for a full term in 2014.
Not interested is state Rep. Larry Seaquist, D-Gig Harbor. "I've told everybody that I am very happy in the House," Seaquist said Wednesday, a day after learning he had a more than 6-point lead over Republican Doug Richards in his re-election bid. Seaquist has been in the Legislature since 2005. "I like the people's house, so my plan is to continue there and thank the voters for sending me back there."
Baldwin declined to name the seven potential candidates for the one-year appointment, mostly because he hadn't yet told them he would go public with it. "It's not a secret. Internally, people know who they are, but it would be premature to do so until we have an opening."
Until Kilmer officially resigns there is no opening. Chris Gregorich, a Kilmer spokesman, said Kilmer has not yet decided when that will happen. "There are still a lot of variables we need to understand before Derek will resign," he said.
Once Kilmer does officially resign, the state Democratic Party will call a meeting of the 26th District Democratic PCOs to come up with three nominations in order of priority. Baldwin said Dwight Pelz, state party chairman, will then ask Kitsap and Pierce county leaders to pick the party's top choice. They can choose from any of the three, but Pelz can ask.
Baldwin said he thought it was reasonable the entire process will be complete in time to have Kilmer's replacement sworn in as the next legislative session begins.
One of the bigger questions PCOs will consider, Seaquist said, is who can win an election in 2013 to finish the remainder of Kilmer's term. He named state Rep. Jan Angel, the Port Orchard Republican, as a possible challenger for the Senate spot. If she doesn't run, it could be Terry Lee, former Pierce County councilman.
"My guess is that a year from now we're going to be looking at an extraordinary fight," Seaquist said.
Angel is considering the idea. "Now we'll start the conversation," she said. "I hope to make a decision very soon on it."
It will be an important seat for either party in what Seaquist described as a Republican-leaning district. Election returns Tuesday showed Democrats holding their 27-22 edge in the Senate, but a race in Clark County is close enough that Republicans can hope the margin will narrow.


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Why CBS Is Replacing David Letterman With Reruns of The Mentalist
Could summer strategy blunt James Corden's momentum?
How do you follow an icon like David Letterman and his perfect Late Show finale last Wednesday? For CBS, the answer might seem surprising: Simon Baker.
Do not adjust your television sets; CBS is indeed currently airing repeats of The Mentalist, starring Baker, in the 11:30 p.m. late-night time slot Letterman occupied since 1993. In fact, all summer, until The Late Show with Stephen Colbert debuts Sept. 8, the network will show repeats of a different CBS drama each week. The Mentalist will air until early June, followed by shows like NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Scorpion and Blue Bloods.
It's an unexpected strategy given how much attention CBS received earlier this year when it enlisted celebs like Will Arnett and John Mayer to guest host The Late Late Show from January to March and bridge the gap between Craig Ferguson and James Corden.
But, this time around, the network is sticking with the plan it announced in January: 11:30 p.m. this summer (technically the shows start at 11:35 p.m.) is about repeats. And, the network hopes Big Brother and its three summer original series—Under the Dome, Extant and new entry Zoo—will "get people in the mood for watching scripted content at 11:30," CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler said at the time. It's a return to what the network once called "Crimetime"—a play on prime time—when it aired from 1991 until Letterman arrived in 1993.
Asked earlier this month if Corden's Late Late Show momentum—last Wednesday's Carpool Karaoke segment with Justin Bieber already has more than 16.9 million views on YouTube—prompted CBS to rethink its strategy, Tassler reiterated that nothing had changed.
"We think there are still plenty of eyeballs out there to catch up on our freshman hits," she said. "We also think James, having built a fan base already, he's got great momentum in terms of the circulation on the viral clips. So, there's a lot of attention put on him right now. We have a lot of people watching CBS during the summer and a lot of people that will watch him at 12:30."
With Corden's viral success, "he's also creating his own momentum a little bit," said Kelly Kahl, senior evp of CBS Primetime. "In a way, we'll just leave well enough alone."
The network had limited options for filling the time slot. Letterman, who owns his show via his Worldwide Pants production company, told the New York Times in April, "When we sign off, we're out of business with CBS." That took Late Show repeats off the table. But, Brad Adgate, svp of research at Horizon Media, wonders what might have been if CBS had experimented with moving Corden to 11:30 for the summer.
"People could have found him who may not have watched him at 12:30," he said. "I think Corden is a guy who could work both time periods. He's pretty mainstream for a 12:30 host."
Adgate said CBS' move away from comedy at 11:30—which could drive late-night viewers to Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel or Larry Wilmore—is unlikely to affect the audience for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, thanks to the big promotional push that will lead up to that show's premiere.
"People are going to watch Colbert regardless of what CBS does this summer," said Adgate.
As for the surging Corden, however, "I don't think it's going to help him," said Adgate of the 11:30 decision. That doesn't mean Corden's ratings will take a hit, but some of his momentum could be blunted without Letterman, Colbert or other comedy options serving as a lead-in. However, Corden's current audience should stick with him through the transition. "I think people feel comfortable that he's capable of hosting a late-night show," said Adgate. "He's multitalented; he gets good guests. He gets the second-screen part of hosting a late-night show, which is becoming very important. I don't think it's going to be too detrimental to him."
And, no matter how his show fares this summer paired with the likes of NCIS and Blue Bloods, Corden—along with CBS—knows that the cavalry arrives Sept. 8.


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Workshop on equitable access to water and sanitation: Challenges, good practices and lessons learned
4 - 5 July 2011
Geneva, Switzerland
The Workshop on Equitable Access to Water and Sanitation - Challenges, good practices and lessons learned - was held on 4 and 5 July 2011 in Geneva. The workshop was organized under the leadership of the Government of France, with the support of the UNECE secretariat of the Protocol on Water and Health, and in cooperation with the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation.
The workshop brought together countries and other stakeholders engaged in the provision of water and sanitation services, who:
- Analysed the specific challenges and debated the political, economic and practical implications of equitable access to water and sanitation;
- Exchanged practical experience on the policies and measures to be enacted to provide access to water and sanitation to vulnerable and marginalized groups, to reduce geographical disparities in access and to address affordability issues;
- Identified good practices, success factors and lessons learned;
- Discussed how to support Governments in complying with the requirements of article 5 of the Protocol on Water and Health as regards promoting equitable access to water and sanitation, as well as their obligations under international human rights law.
The workshop discussed the draft document on "Good practices to ensure equitable access to water and sanitation" that had been prepared by a drafting group of experts under the leadership of France. The document aimed to provide policymakers and other actors, at national and local level, with guidance on how to fulfil their commitments to ensure equitable access to water and sanitation. The intention was that, by providing examples of how different countries have attempted to reduce inequities in access to water and sanitation services, policymakers would find inspiration to try similar or innovative measures.
The workshop was the second one organized on this theme in the framework of the Protocol on Water and Health. It built on the results of the 2007 workshop and illustrated recent developments in this area. Information on the first workshop, "Equitable access to water" (Paris, 5–6 July 2007) can be found here.
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Background paper "No one left behind. Good practices to ensure equitable access to water and sanitation in the pan-European region"
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Equitable access to water and sanitation throughout the UNECE region: obligations under the UNECE/WHO-Europe Protocol on Water and Health
· Political commitments and international human rights law
Ms. Mara Bustelo, Coordinator, Human Rights and Economic and Social Issues Unit, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations
· Political commitments and realities: the experience of Hungary in the EU accession process
Mr. Andras Kiss, Head of Section, Ministry of Rural Development, Section for Water Supply, Hungary
Non discrimination in assuring access: addressing inequities between present and future generations
Mr. Sandor Fülöp, Parliamentary Commissioner for Future Generations, Hungary
The Croatian Experience with Roma settlements in the context of access to water and sanitation
Mr. Branko Socanac, Head, Government Office for National Minorities, Croatia
Social access to water and sanitation in Paris: from Commitment to action
Ms. Anne Le Strat, Deputy Mayor of Paris, France
Access by vulnerable groups and groups with specific needs to water and sanitation: modern situation and policy measures in Russia
Mr. Alexander Razumov, Deputy Director General, Institute for Labour and Social Insurance, Ministry for Health and Social Development, Russian Federation
Post-hospitalization assistance to ensure access to water and sanitation in Kyrgyzstan
Mr. Marat Jidebaev, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity, Kyrgyzstan
Conclusions of the first day of the workshop
Mr. André Flajolet, Workshop Chair, Member of the Parliament, French National Assembly
Keeping water and sanitation affordable for all. Introduction to the topic
Mr. Henri Smets, Académie de l'Eau, France
Social measures in Flanders to ensure affordability
Ms. Ingeborg Limbourg, Regulation Unit, Flemish Environment Agency (VMM), Belgium
Examples from private water operators within and outside the UNECE region
Mr. Erasmo de Alfonso, Senior Water Advisor, AquaFed (The International Federation of Private Water Operators), Belgium
Social Measures in Bucharest, Romania and in Yerevan, Armenia
Mr. Bruno Jannin, Veolia Water Europe, France
Housing subsidies in Ukraine
Ms. Anna Tsvietkova, NGO "Mama-86", Ukraine
Reducing geographical disparities.Introduction to the topic
Mr. Jaime Melo Baptista, President, Water and Waste Regulatory Agency (ERSAR), Portugal
Addressing national differences in terms of access to water and sanitation in the Ukraine
Mr. Mykhailo Yatsiuk, First Deputy Chairman, State Agency of Water Resources, Ukraine
Reducing geographical disparities in the price of water in Wallonia, Belgium
Mr. Cédric Prevedello, S.A. Aquawal, Belgium
Cooperation between Nablus Municipality and Kufur Qallil Village
Mr. Mahdi Al-Hanbali, Councillor, Nablus Municipality, Palestine
Access to safe water in the outskirts of Gyula City - Analysis of local environmental conflicts
Mr. Sandor Fülöp, Parliamentary Commissioner for Future Generations, Hungary
Providing access to remote rural areas in Uzbekistan Ms. Nadejda Vakhitova, Ecoforum of NGOs, Uzbekistan
Main conclusions and the next steps as well as the way forward to the World Water Forum
Mr. André Flajolet, Workshop Chair, Member of the Parliament, French National Assembly


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Here is the ultimate guide to 50 of the world's best marathons. If you're a long-distance runner looking for a new challenge, or a marathon novice with a spirit of adventure, this informative guide will help you choose the perfect course. The marathons included here embrace far flung corners of the globe and every continent. They include fast and flat city runs, endurance events in hot and humid climates, scenic mountain challenges, the chance to run through historic sites and even in the polar regions. Whether you're chasing a personal best time, hoping to compete with the elite, taking on a personal challenge and raising money for charity, or are a back-of-the pack runner taking in the sights and sounds of a life-affirming event, this informative guide will provide you with all you need to make an informed decision about each event. Each marathon is rated for difficulty, and includes an expert analysis of the course. Included too, are practical details such as the organizing body to contact for each event, when to enter, and when the run takes place, so that you can plan ahead. Stunning photography provides an overview of each marathon experience.


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Harlowe G's brainchild Jean Jacket started off as a solo excursion but on his debut self-titled LP he brings a number of different collaborators on board. These include the State Of's Stephanie Taylor, Lauren Suarez, and fellow Miami act Million Young. Jean Jackets mellow and moody electronic style has made waves already and continues to build momentum as the release date nears. Harlowe worked on the album at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, alongside his long time friend and producer Josh Berg who has worked with the likes of Earl Sweetheart and Mac Miller.
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When a woman is planning a birth it's a really good idea for her to have a thorough birth plan, this is especially true for a woman planning a VBAC. She should also have a vision of how she would like her birth to play out. Hospitals tend to have quite excessive policies for VBAC, so having a VBAC birth plan is crucial, and having a vision is what gives you a compass.
What is the difference between a birth plan and a birth vision? Your birth vision is what you use to create your birth plan. It's especially helpful to have a vision if you have previously suffered from birth trauma as many VBAC hopefuls have. Having a VBAC birth plan is essential for the VBAC hopeful, but you can't make one unless you have some idea of how you'd like your birth to play out.
BIRTH VISION: A birth vision is just that. It's like a photograph of the future. It's how you imagine your perfect birth will be. In your dream birth, will you be lying on your back waiting for someone to give you a wrapped, wiped clean baby, or will you be in a birth pool? Who would you like there? What will their role be? Who will be the first person to touch your baby, you, your husband / partner or your care provider? Will there be bright lights or will there be candle light?
A birth vision must be acknowledged as just that. A vision. It may or may not come to fruition. You use it to create your birth plan by researching what will and won't increase the likelihood of your vision coming true.
BIRTH PLAN: Think of a birth plan as a map. Many people tell women not to bother with a birth plan because if things don't go to plan, you might be upset. Those people have a fundamentally flawed idea of what a birth plan actually does. Any good plan will have a PLAN B. Like a map with different routes. Imagine you live in a place that is prone to flooding. You might have one preferred road, but if it floods, a map will show you the back roads to town. This is how a VBAC birth plan works too, if things take a turn for the worse you KNOW which way to go. If things are fine, you know to stay on course.
A VBAC birth plan isn't about refusing the interventions you don't like the sound of, it's about knowing what makes those interventions necessary, and being confident to ask questions to help you determine the difference between a hospital protocol and a medical necessity all the while balancing that against your own personal preferences.
So when it comes time to sit down and make your VBAC birth plan, you should first spend some time creating a vision. Your vision might change as your pregnancy progresses, so the sooner you start working on it the better!
When making your plan it helps to know whether the care provider you have chosen and the venue at which you plan to give birth has VBAC supportive policies. You need the specifics. What makes them VBAC friendly? Furthermore, you need to know whether or not births such as the one you envision are common place under the care of your provider and venue or whether they think your birth vision is "only for crackpots".
One of the most important things you can learn on your journey to VBAC is what makes a care provider genuinely supportive of VBAC, what makes them merely tolerant of VBAC, and what makes them potentially dangerous.
A VBAC birth plan isn't really that complicated, it's hardly any different to planning any other birth. Although there is the well publicised, much hyped risk of uterine rupture, that risk is very low, and lower still if you avoid induction.
If you learn about normal birth you will know all you need to know to plan a VBAC. If you learn about how some care providers treat VBAC differently to normal birth, and what impact that may have on your VBAC, you will set yourself up for success! Some care providers will treat VBAC as if it is high risk but with a 0.5% risk of rupture, we can see that their perspective might actually be the biggest risk. After all, caesareans are major surgery, they are hardly risk free.
There are two opposing quotes that are highly relevant to this discussion:
"Sometimes the only thing that makes your pregnancy high risk is your choice of care provider"
"No one ever sues for the caesarean you did do, only the one you didn't do".
And right there we can clearly see how different perspectives can clash in the birthing world. Different people are driven by different things, mothers and doctors have different ideas about how birth should look. What is YOUR belief? Does it match up to the beliefs of your care provider?
Of course it's important to remember that each and every birth has the potential to end in a caesarean, but VBAC hopefuls hardly need reminding of that, do they? Generally speaking, just about everyone from your mother to the woman next to you on the bus will be falling over themselves to share their opinion on VBAC – which they had probably never even heard of until now.
So what if you do end up with a CBAC?
One question VBAC hopefuls frequently ask is "How do I prepare for the possibility of a CBAC". And, like magic, that question is an answer in itself! Preparing for it is acknowledging that it might happen. That's all there is to it! It might make you fearful, it might make you feel unprepared, but that's ok. Feeling unprepared and being unprepared aren't necessarily the same thing. Use the fear to create a solid VBAC birth plan and whatever you do, don't panic that being afraid can alter the outcome of your birth. Fear can make you choose things that alter your path in a negative way, but it can't alter biology, no matter what the new age gurus tell you.
Biology controls birth, not mumbo jumbo, and biology is an unstoppable force.
Part of planning VBAC is acknowledging CBAC, and making a solid plan for recovery, through potential birth trauma and grief. If you have a long list of unsupportive people in your life, don't tell them that you are planning a vaginal birth until afterwards. It lessens the risk of "I told you so" and other rubbish such as "all that matters is a healthy baby" and if you do have your VBAC, it will be even more fun to tell them about it – be sure to have your camera poised and ready!
Be absolutely certain that your care provider and venue for birth can meet the expectations of your birth vision, in the event that everything goes to plan. If your vision for birth is a darkened room with a birth pool, and you being the first person to touch your baby, then going to a hospital where the majority of women give birth on their backs with vagina spotlights, and they only have one birthing tub, probably isn't going to work. If your idea of hell is a homebirth in water ….. go to hospital, beg for that spotlight. They're unlikely to refuse that particular request.
The odds are exceptionally good that your body knows how to give birth. Your body has conceived and grown an entire baby from what was once little more than a speck of DNA. Given the right conditions, you can VBAC, so long as you make savvy decisions about who to hire, where to give birth, and what you will and won't consent to under varying conditions from perfect health, to severe complications. A VBAC birth plan can help keep you and your support team on track, and if things deviate from your birth vision, your VBAC birth plan will help you plot the course, or at least understand it as best you can. Remember that you are the one in charge, the final decision is always yours, and reach out for support after your birth if you need it. There is no shame in CBAC, and CBAC mums deserve a whole lot more respect that many people afford them!


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Police officers see a lot of bad things during the course of their jobs. But the police officers who came upon this small dog tied up and left in a freezing ditch, could not believe that its abuser would do that to the poor pooch. Because the person who had owned the dog clearly wanted it to die a slow, painful death, the cops could not believe it and brought the dog to get the help it needed – then they redoubled their efforts to see if they could find the monster who did this to the cute little dog.
"The deputy having that forethought to save that duct tape and took it back to the evidence lab and the techs worked on it for hours, and they were able to slowly peel that duct tape apart, and they found a fingerprint on the sticky side of it," Grant Bissell, the spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, told FOX 2 News.
After a relentless search for the animal abuser, the cops narrowed their search down to one man. His name is Paul Garcia, and he has been arrested for his cruel and abusive treatment of the dog. Garcia is lucky that his actions did not lead to the death of the dog, who has since been named Jimmy. If Jimmy had died, then Garcia would be going away to prison for animal cruelty and more aggravated charges. But since the dog was tough and able to withstand the abuses that Garcia forced upon him, the suspect will be charged with animal abuse and likely get a lighter sentence.
Because Jimmy was taken to a good place – the Ivan Animal Hospital – he was in good hands and able to make a recovery.
"His prognosis looks very good," Laura Ivan, the vet aiding in Jimmy's recovery, told the news outlet. "He has a little bit of a residual head tilt, which basically implies that he is off-balance a little bit, which when they tilt their head, they actually see straight ahead of us. But he's been happy, he wags his tail a lot, he's active, he's eating."
Animal abuse cases are getting more common. In the last few years, the amount of anger and rage in America has risen. People feel powerless and weak and – like all kinds of bullies – they seek an easy victim to abuse. People like Garcia look at the small animals in their homes and do horrible things to them as a way to feel bigger and bolder than they do around the humans who are not as impressed with them as they wish.
The Ivan Animal Hospital has shared a number of updates about Jimmy, including one in February, "Everyone looking for information about the Dachshund Jimmy in our care can contact the Jefferson County Sheriff Department! He's a sweet little guy and is doing great!"
Although people are happy that Jimmy is doing better, they yearn for justice to be strong and swift against Garcia.
"By the grace of God, this dog was found and is being cared for. As an animal lover, I can't imagine if my pet was away from me, just concerned this could happen again."
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What Is Levomilnacipran Used For?
Levomilnacipran is primarily prescribed to treat major depressive disorder, also called clinical depression. However, there are also some off-label uses for levomilnacipran, such as treating fibromyalgia, anxiety disorder, and neuropathic pain. This antidepressant works by increasing the levels of certain chemicals in the brain. It is only approved for adults age 18 and older.
Levomilnacipran (Fetzima™) is a prescription medication approved to treat major depressive disorder. It belongs to a group of antidepressants called serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs).
Understanding Depression
Depression is a mood disorder that causes people to feel sad and to lose interest in the things they used to find pleasurable. Everyone feels down from time to time, but the sadness from depression is much more than just an occasional low mood.
Depression interferes with a person's ability to function normally, their ability to work, and their relationships. It can cause someone to feel hopeless, feel despair, and believe that things will never get better. Depression significantly affects both the person who has the condition and their loved ones.
There are several types of depression. Major depressive disorder, also sometimes called clinical depression or simply major depression, is one type. It is a serious medical illness that causes both psychological and physical symptoms. Some of the common signs of major depression include:
- Depressed mood
- Loss of interest or pleasure in things you used to find enjoyable
- Changes in appetite (eating more or less) or weight loss or gain
- Changes in sleep (sleeping more or less than before)
- Low energy or fatigue
- Restlessness or slowed activity
- Feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness, or guilt
- Difficulty concentrating
- Thoughts of death or suicide
- Physical symptoms, such as headaches or pain.
Not everyone will have all of these symptoms. However, to be diagnosed with major depressive disorder, a person will generally have many of these symptoms for most of the day over at least a two-week period. For many people, signs of depression last much longer than two weeks without treatment.
Most people with depression will need treatment to get better. Thankfully, depression is a treatable medical condition. Levomilnacipran is one of many antidepressant medications used in the treatment of depression (see Fetzima Alternatives for information about other available antidepressants).
Levomilnacipran can improve your symptoms and help get you back to functioning like you did before you became depressed. However, like other antidepressants, it doesn't cure depression, so you may need to continue treatment even after your symptoms have improved. In fact, most people with depression require long-term treatment, sometimes even lifelong. Your healthcare provider will tell you how long you need to take this medication.
It is important to keep in mind that depression treatment takes time. Like other antidepressants, it can take a couple weeks of levomilnacipran treatment before you start to feel better. Usually, physical symptoms, such as appetite and sleep, improve first. Improvements in mood and energy may take longer. Try not to get discouraged. Remember, you didn't get depressed overnight, and you can't expect to get better overnight either.
Nonmedication treatments, such as counseling or therapy, may be used along with antidepressant treatment (see Psychotherapy for Depression). Talk to your healthcare provider about nonmedication treatment options that may be beneficial for you.
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Paralympics 2012: ParalympicsGB given London medal targets
Last updated on .From the section Disability Sport
Britain's Paralympic team have been set a minimum medal target by UK Sport of 103 from at least 12 sports at the London Games.
UK Sport has also confirmed that the aim is to maintain second place in the medal table.
In Beijing four years ago, GB finished with 102 medals, including 42 golds from 11 sports, and were second behind China who won 89 golds.
The London Games begin on 29 August and will run until 9 September.
Based on data from all 18 funded Paralympic sports (the five-a-side and seven-a-side football teams are financed by the Football Association), a collective performance target range of 95 to 145 medals has been set with 16 of those sports targeting medals.
GB's Paralympic campaign has been backed by more than £49m of funding from UK Sport.
The British Olympic team had been set a minimum target of 48 medals for London 2012, but surpassed that figure, finishing with 65 medals which included 29 golds.
"British Paralympic sport is better-resourced and in a stronger position than ever before," said UK Sport chair Baroness Sue Campbell.
"We are able to confirm that our goal of holding second place in the Paralympic medal table at our home Games remains on track, in line with our intentions set out back in 2006 when extra funding for Olympic and Paralympic sport was secured.
"The fantastic news we received last week from the Prime Minister that funding for elite sport is to be maintained into the Rio cycle is a wonderful endorsement for the achievements of our Olympic and Paralympic athletes to date.
"And it is great to be able to say with confidence, ahead of the Paralympic Games, that the era post-2012 will truly mark a new beginning for Olympic and Paralympic sport in the UK.
"I'd like to wish our Paralympians, their coaches and support staff every success in London and I hope they gain the recognition they deserve for their commitment and dedication to British sport."
British Paralympic Association chief executive Tim Hollingsworth said: "ParalympicsGB is going into these Games better prepared through support from the National Lottery than ever before and we are all ready to give everything to achieve our target of second in the medal table.
"Equally important is the fantastic news that our athletes will be competing in full venues. Winning medals in front of an excited home crowd will give us a great platform to help shift perceptions of Paralympic sport and ensure that our athletes get the recognition they deserve."


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A quick June update!
I started this month amidst a whirlwind of recitals at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. I have the fabulous job of managing the annual Traditional Music Recital Festival, which showcased 36 different public recitals this year! The students played a really varied range of concerts, and all were really excellent. It's so inspiring to watch so many great performances.
I got to spend a few days up near Aviemore helping the Cairngorms Ceilidh Trail prepare for their upcoming tour. They're a lovely group of talented young musicians, creating thoughtful and dynamic arrangements.
Alongside this, I've been listening to the master of the new Kinnaris Quintet album, which is due out later this summer.
There have been a few gigs so far; I've been playing with Laura-Beth Salter in Loch Arthur for Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival, and also at Bitches Brew in Edinburgh, which is a regular showcase celebrating female improvisers. We're heading to Food in the Park in Blair Atholl on Sat 16th, The Lismore Bar in Glasgow on Sun 17th and Gigha Festival on 30th. The Gigha performance is a collaborative gig with Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton, which will be a lot of fun.
Speaking of Ross & Ali, I also had a trip to BBC Radio Scotland to play a live pre-record, which was filmed and is available on the BBC website.
This week, I've been getting stuck in to preparation for Claire Hastings' second album, and the arrangements are coming together!
Next week, I have a few days working with Laura-Beth Salter on some new material – we have a few gigs in July that we can test our new arrangements out on! I'm also playing some music with fiddler Adam Sutherland for Michelle Cohen's 'I Land' exhibition in Glasgow on Fri 22nd June.


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