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Prompt: 5 minutes "Stand Alone"
"Stand Alone"
Stand alone. On your own two feet. See what you can do without any others to stop you, to help you, to harm you, to interfere, to suggest other ways. What does your heart say? What is your heart saying to you?
Stand alone. You already do stand alone. But alone with a living God burning brightly inside your very heart chakra, comforting you, guiding you, suggesting ideas that will catapult you to the Highest Version of Yourself that you can imagine. We just don't often take the time to listen to that part of ourselves. Yes, I believe the Holy Spirit is a part of each of us, so intertwined with every fiber of our being that we can never not be holy. If we listen.
Stand alone. I used to stand alone and mope inside about being alone. Why doesn't anyone really understand me? I need them to understand me! I cried tears and sobbed guttural wails as I wrestled with the challenges of growing up, maturing, moving from an insecure teenager to an insecure adult, an insecure wife, mother, neighbor, church member, volunteer, over-achiever. Until it all came crashing down on me in the form of what would morph from one day of a swollen throat, fever, body aches worse than the flu, fatigue that slammed me flat to the surface of my water bed and wouldn't let me go, into the woman I am now. Twenty-five years I've lived inside my body alone, alone in houses full of people who cannot understand this bizarre chronic illness. But now I stand alone – secure in Who I Am.
Sat nam.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 11:11 am
Prompt: "Interior Vision" 20 minutes
Interior Vision
Interior vision happens when we stop the madness of the world to dwell with what's inside our very cells, our breath, behind our eyes where luscious sunsets melt their beauty, trickling rose and orange down into our very souls, at the cellular level we cannot see, cannot fathom, yet feel all the same.
Interior vision. With interior vision there are no blind spots, only more and more mirages that manifest into truths you feel with your very heart, way down deep. You think, "Aha! Truth!" But as soon as you think it, "it" dissipates into a thousand glass shards, reflecting light that bounces all over the place, like too many kids on a trampoline at one time. Truth ricochets from one side of your head to the other and you smile as you reach for it yet again, it was so profound, you almost had it, almost had it!
Damn. You lost it, but it felt so good. You felt so good for a second or two. One with the Divine, only lasting as long as the flutter of a soft breeze in the kelly green leaves of the mighty oak, planted solidly in the earthy ground, roots running long and deep, locked into the core of mother earth. And so you ground yourself again, resuming the long, slow, deep breathing, inhaling love, exhaling fear; inhaling peace, exhaling fear; emptying your mind of worldly thoughts of tasks that beckon you away from connecting with this interior vision. What's that about? Why so elusive?
Ahhh. Breathe again. More deeply. Even more deeply. Light the incense to help you find it again. Hold that crystal quartz, the malachite, the rhodocrosite maybe? Inhale the Nag Champa fragrance and close your eyes and make a path, a space for interior vision to come forth, to blossom. Inhale "sat," exhale "nam." "Truth is my identity." Breathe in time with the soft instrumental yoga music in the background, a clear sapphire pool of answers as you dare to stick one toe in. Not ready? Inhale deeply, exhale even more, with a full sigh if you have it in you. Empty out, empty out the garbage of your sticky life, your busy mind. Let the soft low beats of the tabla, the plucks of the harp, the lilting bass clarinet sing you once again into that quiet place where interior vision can emerge. Where truth rises up, a single image loaded with paragraphs of inarticulatable messages from spirit.
I am the smiling dolphin rising from the sea, nodding genuine loving-kindness and approval to the thirsty me on the shore. It is good. We are one. We are all One. Mere drops of the same healing ocean. There is hope. At least for this moment in my interior vision.
Prompt: 15 minutes: "A gentle heart…."
A Gentle Heart
A gentle heart is what I have sometimes, what I show to the world. I hide the dark part of my heart, my soul processing shameful feelings secretly, purging them of any power over me. The self-doubt, the insecurities, the grief, depression, desperation, feelings of futility, despair.
I breathe. Deeply. Remember to do as I've been taught — let those darker images pass, like clouds on a windy day. Breathe in love, breathe out fear. Fill myself up with so much love, so much light; breathe out any resistance, any darkness, any remnant of any fear. Cultivate a loving heart, a compassionate heart, a gentle heart.
In my mind I picture a little me, about three or four years old, and I take that little girl in her handsewn powder blue light cotton nightgown onto my lap, wrap my strong, warm arms around her. "Shhh…," I say. "It is all alright. I've got you now. You can relax, just be." And I clutch that little Ginny to my breast so I can hear my own heartbeat. It slows, beats steadily, then more quietly, strong but reassured as I relax and relearn to just be.
Be, like a perfect newborn, no expectations, so no disappointments. Inherently worthy. Without. Doing. Anything.
So hard, sometimes, to remember I am still this perfect child of God, even with all my imperfections. I am not Jesus Christ! I don't have to be perfect to be worthy! As a matter of fact, that is the Easter message, as I prepare my heart during this Lenten season, opening myself again and again to the abundant grace of God.
A gentle heart. Thank God God has a gentle heart for all Her children. I crawl up into the lap of God and listen to the steady beating of His gentle heart. I breathe along with the breath of God until our hearts beat as One. I close my eyes and inhale deeply the Oneness, and I fill myself up. Then I slide off my Father/Mother's lap and prepare to go about my day with a quieter, gentler heart.
Six Weeks
In six weeks I'll be a grandmother and I don't really know what to think about that. Everyone says, "Congratulations! It's so much fun being a grandmother! Bet you can't wait to get your hands on that baby!"
I do love babies. I consider "the nurturing mother" my strongest archetype. Yet for some reason the expectation of this first biological grandchild has me feeling a bit unsettled, and I'm not sure why.
I love to hold newborns. I do so easily, naturally, swaying back and forth automatically. Whenever I stand up to hold a baby, cradling it in my arms, immediately my weight wants to shift side to side like a metronome. My eyes take in the little one, peering into those innocent eyes, or admiring the sleepily closed, rosy eyelids. I stop momentarily to lift the little bundle to my nose to breathe in that heavenly, sweet new baby smell they lose after a while, when they become bigger children.
And they do grow — so quickly. It seems like yesterday when I held my own babies in my arms, swaying, and sometimes I was just so tired that I longed for a night of uninterrupted sleep.
Sometimes, in the moment, it's hard. You're tired and she cries and you don't know what she needs, what she wants, and she can't tell you yet, and so you give her everything you've got, I mean everything you've got, and sometimes she settles down and you sigh with relief and resume the loving, natural, relaxed stance, but sometimes … sometimes it's just not enough.
Like when she's in middle school and you hate those catty girls she seems to care so much about, who say mean things to your precious one and you want to tell her it doesn't matter, that in ten years you won't care, if you even remember at all that they laughed at the new haircut you were so delighted with as you smiled at your reflection in the mirror that very morning before school.
Like when she's in high school and thinks she's grown up and doesn't need to be in by 11pm, no one else has to be in so early, I was only ten minutes late, you can't ground me for that, oh yes I can, give me your car keys. Now. I hate you, well, I still love you, but we'll talk about this later, go on to your room. Now.
God, it's hard to grow up. It's hard, sometimes, to be a kid, a teen, a young adult, a parent, a mother, especially a "good" mother, whatever that is, and it changes with each child, with the times, and there are no rule books, there just aren't. Maybe I'm scared it'll be hard to be a grandmother, too.
Breathe. Sigh.
It always turns out all right. Perfectly, really, since there is no one "right" way, only choices, then more choices that add up to one's life — infinite possibilities, and they're all okay. Really, they're all okay.
Perhaps it's best I don't know what to expect in six weeks. Sure I've heard, I've read, and mostly it sounds terrific. But will she love me as much as she loves her other grandparents? Will I have the energy to be present in my granddaughter's life the way I want to be? Health challenges limited and defined so much of how I ended up mothering my own, but we lived under the same roof so at least I got to be with them, reading books in bed, inhaling the Johnson's baby shampoo smell on their clean toddler heads. Will I have the physical energy to drive to see this new baby, to keep her overnight when her parents go out-of-town or need a break?
It blows my mind to see my little girl all grown up now, round with child, resting her arms on her belly, wondering if she might have "an outie" before her daughter sees the light of day. It amazes me to see her organized home, where decoratively painted and ribboned wooden 3, 6, 9 numerals hang on the rod in the nursery closet, already separating by sizes the matching outfits and dresses others have graciously given them or they've already bought from Baby Gap. It touches some part of my heart I cannot name, do not know, when I am shown the inside of the drawers of the dresser/changing table given to them by friends and now filled with freshly washed and folded onesies, teeny tiny socks, soft pima cotton swaddling blankets, hooded bath towels. Was I ever this organized? If so, it was definitely when I was awaiting the birth of my own firstborn, this now-almost-mother who is no longer "mine." Ahh…maybe this is what threatens my peace in some way — a feeling that this milestone will somehow end a chapter of my own life, when really it should just open up a new one.
Now, in my own home, I sway with anticipation, cradling my doggie (my dogs have always consoled me) and I wait, tentatively, for the birth to be behind us, for all to be healthy and well and on the other side of this momentous occasion. How strange to know this new little life will fill all our hearts with more love than we can imagine, stir feelings in me I've never known, complete some part of the circle of life I don't even feel I'm missing. All I know is that my own grown up little girl better be all right. God, may she have a smooth labor and delivery, a healthy baby, and the strength and good health to enjoy the abundance of rewards that come with the blessing of motherhood. Keep her safe, God. Just keep my baby safe.
I dedicate the sharing of this post to my daughter, Caroline Craft Merrill, who will soon be a pastor's wife. I am so very proud of her and of her husband, Cameron! Love you both!
Prompt: 40 minutes: "Older"
June 17, 2013
Older is a loaded word, a plant growing out of its pot, roots bound together in a clump of experience seeking desperately fresh soil, nutrients, water — that life-giving, liquid oxygen.
Older is not for sissies. No, it takes a bit of bravery, or at least the show of "a stiff upper lip" as my dad would say. "Everything's super," he says, when I know he must have aches and pains, feelings of grief and loss somewhere down inside that aging body, now a size small.
Older is watching your parents age, Dad shrinking, Mom getting shorter, rounder. Older is watching myself get rounder, wrinklier, heavier, more tired, less patient inside but more patient in front of youth.
Older is the home around me — walls needing paint touch-ups, cobwebs stretching from chair legs to corners, not having moved for months, years.
Older is the dog lying contentedly beside me, an occasional sigh sounding full of resignation perhaps. Or maybe it is just sheer acceptance.
Acceptance. That's what older requires. Acceptance — of life, people, days gone by, limitations. Really? Or am I just too sleepy this morning to be more upbeat? Maybe older is needing more leisure time to wake up, or maybe it's having so much leisure time that I don't "wake up" until the day is well on its way.
Older is sighing when I don't feel like making the effort to open my eyes, get out of bed, put the pen down, and go on with my day.
Older is knowing you have surgery in less than four days to remove cancer from your body. Older is looking around the house at the accumulation of a lifetime and just not knowing where to begin to sort it all out. I don't want those I'll leave behind to have to do it, yet I'm not ready to burn it, shred it, dispose of it just yet — I might live many more years and wish I could find those notes I took when I was in my 30's, trying to sort through life. I might want to get inside that young woman's mind again sometime. Words can take me there.
For now, I think I'll just close my eyes and rest a bit.
From my writer friend, Carol Henderson, with whom I share a mother's heart at all times. Thanks for sharing yours with us, Carol.
Breast Surgery, Ducks and Pillows
Her warm dark eyes smiled at me through the wispy remains of the anesthesia.
"Hi. My name is Sandy and this pillow was made by some volunteers here for you to take home with you to help with the pain during your recovery."
Sandy handed me a black pillow with bright colorful figures on it, about eight by twelve inches and rather light and thin, not stuffed too full.
"You can hold it under your arm, kind of supporting your breast and it should help with the pain," she explained.
A friend had reminded me of the pillow trick the day before, but I hadn't looked for the little one I'd used five years ago after my first breast cancer surgery. I tend to block out the negative and only remember the positive. I hadn't wanted to give thought to how miserable I might be post op, so I hadn't read up or prepared much this time. Instead, I'd paid bills, wrapped and delivered birthday and graduation gifts and cards, stocked the panty, the refrigerator, the freezer. I'd returned clothing items I'd had sitting around for a while, made phone calls and scheduled appointments, stitched up holes in Roosevelt's Mr. Bear and Squeeky Chick, and bought fabric for window treatments I had put off for years, keeping busy until the day of the surgery.
"Thanks," I replied with heartfelt appreciation, looking intentionally into Sandy's liquid chocolate eyes.
All morning I'd noticed the kindness of the staff at the hospital as they dealt with a gurney that was hard to keep going in a straight line through the corridors, a temperamental mammogram machine, my questioning the wording on the consent form before I signed, wanting to make sure "partial mastectomy" was the same thing as "lumpectomy." Who knew what was going on in each of their own personal lives? But here they were at work, me just another patient in a string for the day, the week, their career, and they were offering me such individual compassion and attention. How refreshing and reassuring to experience great care despite the fallout of Obamacare swirling all around.
The most difficult hour that day was spent with Dianne and Jennifer in radiology. They ended up taking another ten mammogram images (I'd had 25 the previous week). Because my tumor was vey small and located so close to the chest wall, it was difficult to image.
"Ok, let's try this," Jennifer decided. "Stick your butt out like a duck and lean into the machine. I'll just reposition your breast … I'm really sorry I've got to pull on it so, but I've got to get as much of your body into the machine as I can."
At one point the machine malfunctioned, while I was uncomfortably pressed into it.
"What can I do?" Jennifer asked Dianne. "Sometimes if we stop and start over and spin the arm all the way around, it will start working again. Why don't we try that?"
"Because I don't want her to have to keep doing this any longer than necessary," Dianne said as she began turning the tight knob by hand with her own brute force. She made a joke about getting her workout for the day, but kept a smile on her face. "I'm sorry this is so uncomfortable, but we've got to get a good image. You're going to be bruised and sore tomorrow. I'm so sorry."
"That's okay, you're just doing your job. I'll have to tell you my duck joke later," I said good-naturedly. "It's actually a joke my grandmother used to tell."
"Okay! We like a good joke, but we need you to be still while we try to get these images. I wish we could give you something to take the edge off, but we need you standing and able to follow directions. As soon as we're done here, you'll be getting some sedation."
The two ladies retreated behind the safety screen and snapped another x-ray.
"Yes! We've got it!" Ok, don't move a muscle! Just keep leaning in with all your weight and keep sticking your butt out like a duck. I'll go get Dr. Campbell."
Dr. Campbell, a male, came in and introduced himself and described what he would be doing. I would need to stay standing in the awkward position without moving while he injected lidocaine into my breast, then inserted a guide wire, marking the area to be surgically removed. I would need to stay in that position until more mammogram images confirmed the wire was in the right place.
He got down on the floor, literally squatting or lying (I couldn't tell which from my vantage point), reaching up through the opening in the panel of the machine and started the stinging injections of lidocaine. When my breast was numb, he began inserting the guide wire into my abused left breast.
They lightened the tone for me and for one another, peppering the stale, dark room with casual, upbeat comments. When the doc was finished, they took one last image.
"Perfect!" he pronounced. "That is perfect!"
Dianne and Jennifer came back over to me and released the compression, but kept me still while they covered the wire in gauze and bandaged it to my skin for the surgery. I was glad I wasn't able to see the wire sticking out of my body.
Before they escorted me back onto the gurney, I told them about the mama and papa ducks and the little baby duck getting lost and how they tried to find their way back home. "So, the father duck stuck his beak under his wing, ruffled around in his feathers, popped his head up and said, 'My instincts say go north.' I imitated the duck movements with my own nose bending down near my right armpit, then popping up to deliver the next line of the joke. "The mother duck stuck her beak under her wing, popped her head up, and said, "My instincts say go south." So the baby duck stuck his head under his wing, then popped his little head up and squeaked, "My end stinks too, but it doesn't tell me which way to go!"
They laughed as they got me back onto the gurney and began maneuvering me through the doorway. I hoped maybe they would remember it to tell the joke to other ladies poised so uncomfortably in the restricted position — maybe take the edge off another woman's nervousness in the future.
After my surgery, back in Bed #5, Lois, the tall nurse dressed in dark blue, explained my post op instructions. It was hard to take it all in — the bright lights, tight quarters, people in and out, voices beyond the curtain, still groggy. Lois explained that I couldn't shower until the next day, needed to wear a bra like the surgical one I found myself in upon coming out of anesthesia, and that Dr. Tolnitch would call with the path report and to set up my follow up appointment in a few days. I had no memory of anyone putting a bra on me ("free" surgical bra, woo hoo! Or maybe it will be an outrageously expensive line item on my hospital bill!). I wondered how in the world someone had managed to accomplish that if I was a limp dishrag. Or maybe I wasn't. I was glad I couldn't remember. I'm all for good anesthesia.
I vaguely remembered the large male anesthetist giving me multiple shots in the upper chest on my left side to complete the nerve block. I recalled some nice nurses before that — maybe Sandy, too? — stooping down in front of me as I sat on the side of the gurney, the large man behind me injecting stuff in my upper spine and shoulder area. Later, Michael said they had had some difficulty getting me numb. Thankfully I can't remember this very clearly. Let's hear it for sedation!
Back at home, days later, I still cradle the black pillow with its bold cactus, animal, Southwestern hunting motif, positioning the cold gel pack wrapped in a pillowcase between it and myself. I lie back and close my eyes. I see Sandy's lovely deep brown eyes looking kindly into mine. I'm glad it is done.
June 10, 2013
Prompt: 10 minutes: "this time"
This Time
This time I am braver. I haven't even sent out an email yet, put it on Facebook, keeping the cancer private, more or less, for the past week. This time it feels so much more manageable — almost routine. I mean I know it's surgery and I don't like pain or recovery exercises, but this time I don't have a fear of death — I truly believe it's just a little left over from five years ago, a remnant. But we're going to get it good this time, and hopefully I won't have to deal with this again for a long time, if ever.
This time I'm taking it in stride. Getting my ducks in a row, practically speaking, but the emotional component either hasn't hit me yet, or it's really just not a big deal the second time around. I guess if the docs were more worried, maybe I would be, but …


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Skye View – Luxury Hot Tub – Northumberland
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Other Utah Ski Destinations
Sundance Mountain Resort. It's hard to go wrong in Provo, the nation's number one place for business (Forbes) and the nation's best place to live and happiest city (Gallup). You will find great local food and proximity to Robert Redford's renowned Sundance Resort and some of the mountain range's most picturesque slopes.
Get here: Time from Salt Lake City International Airport to Sundance Resort: 55 minutes.
The rustic but modern rooms, suites, dining and event services of Sundance make for one of the finest complete destinations in Utah, especially when measured against the breathtaking views of Mount Timpanogos, perhaps the loveliest peak in the Wasatch Mountain Range. Visitors to Sundance also lodge in Utah Valley or farther up the road in the Heber Valley. Both destinations offer excellent accommodations and access to outdoor recreation, like ice climbing in Provo Canyon or hundreds of miles of cross-country skiing near Heber, including the Olympic Biathlon Experience at Wasatch Mountain State Park's Soldier Hollow. For fine dining, check out Provo's Black Sheep Cafe or Communal, both near the up-and-coming downtown scene.
Northern Utah
Cherry Peak & Beaver Mountain. With Logan as your base camp, you have access to some very attractive lift prices at two intriguing Utah ski resorts: the sole family-owned resort (Beaver Mountain) and Utah's newest resort (Cherry Peak), in addition to diverse winter recreation in an endless national forest.
Get here: Travel about 90 minutes from Salt Lake City or Pocatello, Idaho, to Logan, and then it's between 20 and 40 minutes to Cherry Peak or Beaver Mountain.
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Rita Kalnejais set her romance, This Beautiful Future, now showing at The Yard Theatre, on the backdrop of Collaboration Horizontale
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The review of the acquiring market was sparked by concerns expressed by "various stakeholders".
The PSR lists out six specific concerns and whilst there are a few which appear to be non-issues I agree with them on the whole. The more salient point, though, is that all six concerns only really affect SMEs as larger corporate customers can mitigate each issue.
1) Acquirers have not passed on to smaller merchants the savings they made from the interchange fee caps introduced by the EU Interchange Fee Regulation
This statement is demonstrably true. Our blog posts in 2015/16 quite clearly evidenced that whilst acquirers passed on in full the debit fee increases, they only passed on around 1/3rd of the credit fee decreases.
This was borne out both by analysis of fee letters provided to us by merchants (click here and here) and analysis of WorldPay's 2015 accounts and 2016 accounts. These show the extent to which their profitability was boosted by these retained interchange benefits and is undoubtedly indicative of the financial benefit for the wider acquiring market to the detriment of its SME customers.
The key point is that it is only SMEs who suffer from the lack of interchange benefit pass through. Larger merchants are priced on what is called Interchange Plus pricing and automatically receive the benefit.
But so what? Where does it say that businesses must automatically, and in full, pass onto customers the savings they realise in their supply chain? Well, nowhere! And regulatory intervention to achieve such a thing would be very worrying.
But this does emphasise two points.
- The disparity in treatment between large businesses (who immediately received the full benefit) and small businesses (who received approximately 1/3rd of benefits but several months late); and
- The extent to which the market is compromised by the dominant market share of WorldPay and Barclaycard, which have a combined market share of approximately 80%. These two acquirers set market pricing and when they choose not to pass-on benefits then the rest of the market follows.
2) There is a lack of transparency around the fees merchants pay to accept card payments
Again, this is demonstrably true and is the very reason I started Cardswitcher. If you compare card acquiring to mobile phone tariffs, market pricing shrouded in secrecy and only disclosed if you ask in the former and is readily and publicly available from every provider in the latter.
Furthermore, fees are generally not easily comparable amongst acquirers.
For example, each acquirer has a slightly different definition of non-secure (for a full analysis on non-secure fees, see our blog post here), some treat business debit differently, others charge premiums on consumer credit cards and PCI non-compliance fees remain a minefield across the entire market.
This makes the process of shopping around nigh impossible for time-scarce small business owners. Large corporates, on the other hand, have the resources and expertise to make comparisons as part of any re-tendering process and acquirers bend over backwards to help them in that process — unlike their support to SMEs.
3) There are barriers making it hard for merchants to compare and switch acquirers, and they tend not to shop around
Other than the transparency and comparability issues noted above, there are other barriers for SME's in switching. The key barriers are as follows.
- Terminal contracts are one obvious issue with their high termination costs and minimum monthly charges.
- Acquirers usually also rent terminals to merchants. When acquirers raise acquiring fees, they normally trigger the merchants' right of termination because of a material change of the acquiring contract terms. However, that right of termination doesn't extend to the terminal contract so merchants can only really terminate if they re prepared to pay the terminal termination fees. The acquirer does not allow them to keep the terminal and use a different acquirer.
- For eCommerce merchants, similar to the terminal issue above, some acquirers sell their own payment gateway alongside acquiring services and do not permit the merchant to continue to use the payment gateway without using their acquiring. Merchants then need to go through a painful technical integration exercise with a new payment gateway if they wish to switch acquirers.
4) There are barriers to offering services that would help merchants to compare and switch between acquirers
A real barrier that exists in offering a comparison service to help merchants switch is the resistance of the acquirers themselves to participate in such a service. Research shows that card acquiring is a 'sticky' product with the average merchant staying with its incumbent acquirer for five to six years. Therefore, it is not in the acquirers' commercial interests, currently, to support comparison or switching services as that will undoubtedly shorten their customer life and value. Thats not to say that when comparison services gain more traction (and they will) it will be in the acquirers' best commercial interests to be on comparison services – the time has just not quite arrived…….yet.
Furthermore, research demonstrates that the longer a merchant stays with an acquirer, the higher their fees become due to regular annual price increases.
So a large proportion of merchants are paying above market rates for their card acquiring. Acquirers know that if they participated in a comparison service and made public the rates they offer new merchants, this would come to the attention of their existing merchants who would no longer pay inflated premium rates.
At Cardswitcher we get around the issue of acquirer participation by partnering with ISOs who are more prepared to disclose pricing and compete on price.
5) The fees that card scheme operators charge to acquirers (called 'scheme fees'), and the rules they set, favour larger acquirers
We're not sure to what extent this is material.
Scheme fees used to operate on a tiered basis where the acquirers with the largest volume received the lowest scheme fees. We had believed that the card schemes (MasterCard and Visa) had now introduced a flatter fee system to create more of a level playing field but perhaps there are still some volume aspects.
Visa Europe, in particular, used to offer significant rebates on its Visa debit scheme fees for increased volume but that was removed in 2016 when it was acquired by Visa Inc.
6) The scheme fee portion of the fees that merchants pay to acquirers is increasing significantly
This is also undoubtedly true but again I'd question the materiality. In recent years, we've seen scheme fee increases of 40%–100% depending on the card type. More importantly, each time the card scheme's increase fees, acquirers use this as a profit opportunity and pass on increases greater than the scheme fee increases they themselves have experienced. This point is reasonably complicated so check out our deep dive on the subject here.
However, it's important to note that card scheme fees are still a small component of the total fee a merchant will pay to process a card. Card scheme fees are typically 0.02%–0.04% of transaction value whilst interchange is 0.2%–0.3% (consumer cards) and acquirer's processing margin is 0.2%–0.7%. So the card scheme fee accounts for less than 5% of the total charge a merchant pays to process a card. The regulator's time would be better-spent focussing on the acquirers' margin which is now the largest single component part of the total acquiring fee.
What next
The deadline for comments on the scope of the regulator's terms of reference (TOR) has now passed and we await their next pronouncement on that final TOR, next steps, the timeline for publication of their findings and importantly what actions they might recommend.
The big question is whether merchants will actually see a decrease in prices or a cap on these prices following the regulator's review. It would seem unlikely but perhaps they will take some action to lessen WorldPay and Barclay's stranglehold on the UK market.
It would be no bad thing, for example, if the regulator forced Royal Bank of Scotland to publicly tender WorldPay"s referral contract which is currently due for renewal and consider similar measures for Barclaycard's relationship with its parent bank Barclays (which is admittedly difficult). See the Payment System Regulator's full consultation here.


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In a creative industry such as this one, our talented team are always looking for ways to reinvent the old and come up with the "next big thing" in event design. We also feel responsible to educate our clients on what is possible for their wedding or event, and encourage them to think outside the box to create a celebration that is uniquely "them".
Quite often, it is hard to put our whimsical imaginings into words, so we gather together our favourite wedding suppliers to bring our dreams to life.
In this section of our website, you will see the styled shoots we have created with our nearest and dearest. We truly hope these inspire and excite you, as much as they did for us when we created them!
See some examples of our Styled Shoots below.
If you are a venue or product that requires images to promote your property, please don't hesitate to contact us to discuss how we can help to create this at your property.
A short film of a styled shoot Sugar & Spice was involved with, by the talented Poetry in Motion
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An interesting forwarded message I received last night.
What's wrong? No one to snitch on anymore? That was the only thing you were good for, right? I mean the whole time I was with the magazine YOU NEVER CLOSED A DEAL. Sales and Marketing Manager? Yeah right. You were more like the Farmville Manager, leftover food hustler and "Ms. I will cry when people point out how much I suck at my job ." You should've been the secretary instead. You were always good at taking down notes. Spell Amsterdam quick!
I wonder how much stuff and mulah you got on the side working on those dubious deals.


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So once again, I did not book while on board (I know, I need to break the habit!)
What are some good sites that people frequent, or newsletters you subscribe to, to keep your finger on the pulse of a good deal? I have price alerts set up through this site, but is there any other sites people like to frequent?


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May 13
Pushkin everyone! Hope life is good! Over here, we're in full rehearsal for tomorrow's broadcast of the second semi final. I did a quick head count, and we had around 960 meters of high heels in the venue last night. I just LOVE the way Russian girls dress!
Start the day with a good sniffing from the bomb dog, even the bomb police is cute, even though she doesn't wear high heels to work.
There is nothing like a happy elephant on the top of your head!
Tom van Hemelryck is here visiting. He runs the Procon office in Belgium.
Now, this is a MATRYOSHKA in my taste! Crap, I should start invoicing Coca Cola..............
Our dear photographers starts every day in the Viewing room. Believe it or not, but this is actually where we had our Production Office the first four weeks, before we moved out to the containers!
Frank is modeling his Procon jacket. Such a pretty boy!
John Casey on the stage he designed. We couldn't get the cleaning lady to move off the stage for this pic!
There's VIP....and then there's SUPER VIP!! Interesting how cheaply the signs were made......Shouldn't they be made of diamonds and caviar or something??
So here's the poor Sync test guy, standing on the monitor for at least half an hour, snapping his clapboard over and over and over...... Totto thought it would be funny to see how he looked in glasses!
Ok.............. So there are Russian Dolls and Bears and God knows what in the interval act for the two Semi Finals. Sure, people might think it's cliché BUT I LOVE IT!
And now I can't hold myself any longer! Below is the Swedish Interval Act that got SO much crap from Russia.
Ok, we'll go live with the second broadcast in 15 minutes, so I need to run!
BE Good, and hope you like the show!


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Alnatura Productie en handel GmbH, Darmstadt, Duitsland
Alnatura Productie en handel GmbH
Organic food industry
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The Alnatura Campus is undoubtedly an unusual reference in many respects. When it came to the construction of its new 13,500 square metre building in the southwest of Darmstadt the organic business enterprise set very high standards in respect of working culture, ecology and sustainability, all of which were fulfilled. Key elements of this building project therefore focused on the sustainable use of existing resources and a simple aesthetic approach close to nature. The outcome was Europe's largest office building with a clay façade and space for 500 employees that can be extended at any time. As the building has an asymmetrical crest, Alnatura demanded the highest standards of the light concept. Close cooperation between Alnatura and Waldmann resulted in the choice of customised LAVIGO free-standing luminaires.
So far, they are the most powerful members of the LAVIGO free-standing luminaire family, which besides an exclusive design, impress with a particularly high level of intensity, light quality and even dispersion of light. The luminaire's direct and indirect light can be dimmed separately for individual light adjustment. Another bonus is the easily accessible, multifunctional control element. It is also worth noting that the LAVIGO is the world's first office luminaire to be awarded the Cradle to Cradle® certificate. "Cradle to Cradle" refers to products made of materials that are returned to the biological or technical cycle and subsequently re-used to make new products. Alnatura and Waldmann: a symbiosis of architecture and efficiency.


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10 Week Program for students ages 6+!
Sandbox Fitness opened up a 10 week program that will be limited to 10 kids ages 6-9. Starting November 21st, the program will run on Wednesdays at 5:00pm. Their will be no classes December 26th and January 2nd due to the holidays. Sign up today before the class sells out!
This off season offers a rare opportunity to improve your child's athletic abilities. Sandbox Fitness pioneered a fun and flexible program for kids who want to level up their game before the next season starts.
This innovative program allows for each child to go at their own pace while advancing their speed, agility, hand-eye coordination, strength and balance. Parents have reported that their kids developed a greater level of confidence, an increase in mental focus and acuity, and a greater ability to perform their best in critical situations.
Coaches from professional sports leagues on down to organized youth sports, have utilized and recommended Sandbox Fitness' facility and training programs to their players because it offers significant advantages over traditional strength building programs with a much lower risk of injury.
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3 Ways Interior Design can Drastically Improve Your Life
Hold up.
This sounds a tad dramatic. That interior design can DRASTICALLY improve the quality of my life?
Yes, and I'm going to prove it to you right now, away we go:
1. Great Design Creates a Sacred Space
The world is crazy right now, on this we can all agree. I'm very involved in several causes which I won't launch into at the moment, except to say, there are some days where with all the information in the headlines it can get really depressing. I've always been a "glass half full" kind of gal, but somedays it's harder than others to stay on this side of the glass.
Whatever your particular pain point, be it the environment, animal rights, politics, an unreasonable boss or grumpy neighbor, your home is where you come as a respite, a safe space away from ALL that madness.
Which is why I love beautiful things and interior design.
It's not that we're burying our heads in the sand. We know all that is still out there waiting for us the minute we step outside the door. But let's face it, we need home now more than ever, a sacred sanctuary where we can collect ourselves again before heading out to go another round. And since it is your home you get to create it to be the most joyous, the most zen, the most fun, whatever it is you want to express in your personality. Where else do you have that kind of control?
Moreover, your home is where you can be surrounded not only by the things that express your personality, but your MOST beloved and favorite things.
See what I mean by "drastically"?
2. Great Design Creates Peace
Great design creates a harmony and flow in your home, a rhythm in your space. It's the furniture layout, color, lighting and accessories all working together like an orchestra (or jazz band) in collaboration with each other. This is why it's important to stay on top of messes, paperwork and other items that can block that flow or make us frustrated.
When our homes are organized and well designed we're more open to creativity and good feelings because that's what comes naturally from beauty.
3. Great Design Connects Us
How can we talk about great design without talking about inviting our favorite people into our homes? When your home is flowing with great design vibes you want to share the love and your awesome space! You create time for more dates at home, more dinner parties, and true connection with others, something that social media just can't provide.
Design is imperative to having guests in the first place. You need to consider where people will gather, sit, eat, and my favorite, dance.
We've all heard of FOMO, but have you heard of JOSI? It's the Joy Of Staying In. And that's what you want to do when you're just madly in love with your home. And when you're feeling the love and peace in your home, others are picking up that energy too. This creates an opportunity to have your loved ones over more often, enjoying both your home and each other.
If you need help creating great design in your space, we can help you long distance or in-person. Start by scheduling a complimentary Discovery Call with us to discuss!


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There is a light
in a glass of whisky
that never goes out
as it travels
to dark places.
As it goes
on its way it is
its own torch
and what sights
it sees in
there, in those
normally unlit
crevices — things
in some cases
not seen for years,
unexamined for
decades. Take,
for example, stories
of an absent father
who disappeared seeking
those same items
the same way years before —
there those stories are,
tucked into a cranny
above the acid fields
of the deep belly. Or
the memory of
first taste at twelve,
chased by
the memory of
that grapefruit soda
chugged after to cool
the flame that burned
again all the way back up
to the light and out again
leaving you heaving,
swearing never again,
no way, never, no way
never no more; that's
all there in the same
shadow as the others
and all the light there is down there
is in the first, second, third, fourth
glasses of gold, dense
shine barking briefly
in the tongue, its hazy
illumination upon those
secret places counterbalanced
by how it sweeps fact up
into emotion and then,
after a while, the light,
ever a lie, indeed
goes out while leaving more
dank remnants behind
inside to soon be sought again
with the breaking of the next
wax seal, the next crack of
the cheap tin on the cap
of the next bottle of flame.
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If you're in the market for a new smart TV, how do you know which one to choose?
We've compared a handful of midsize models from well-known brands Samsung, Sony, Toshiba and Vizio to help make your search for just the right web-integrated television a little bit easier.
Check out our analysis below, in order from least to most expensive, as you determine the right price point, features and brand for you.
- Price: $799.99
- Model: Vizio E600i-B3 60-Inch Smart TV (2014 Model)
- Size: 60-inch
- Display: LED
- Resolution: 1080p full HD
- Refresh rate: 120Hz
- Inputs: 3 HDMI, 1 USB
- Accessories: Smart remote
NerdWallet takes you shopping: Coming in as our least expensive competitor, this Vizio 60-inch model features an ultra-narrow frame, LED-lit picture and built-in Wi-Fi for Internet connectivity. With Vizio Internet Apps Plus, users can watch their favorite movies or TV shows and listen to their favorite music. Note that this TV is a 2014 model, and Amazon Instant Video is currently not available on it.
Good fit for: Those looking to get a smart TV without breaking the bank.
- Price: $1,080.69
- Model: Sony KDL60W630B 60-Inch 1080p 120Hz Smart LED TV
- Size: 60-inch
- Display: LED
- Resolution: 1080p full HD
- Refresh rate: 120Hz
- Inputs: 4 HDMI, 3 USB, MHL
- Accessories: Remote control, tabletop stand
NerdWallet takes you shopping: Roughly in the middle of the pack is this 60-inch Sony set. Its 1080p resolution and 120Hz refresh rate are comparable with the other models we analyzed, and its smart functionality means viewers can access Skype, Twitter and the Opera web browser. This set has more inputs than the Vizio model, so connectivity shouldn't be a problem. Use its included tabletop stand to set it up in any room in your home.
Good fit for: Interactive viewers who are looking to watch TV and tweet about what they're watching — all simultaneously from one device.
- Price: $1,097.99
- Model: Samsung UN60H6350 60-Inch 1080p 120 Hz Smart LED TV
- Size: 60-inch
- Display: LED
- Resolution: 1080p full HD
- Refresh rate: 120Hz, 240Hz clear motion rate
- Inputs: 4 HDMI, 3 USB, 1 component, 1 composite
- Accessories: Universal remote control, quad stand
NerdWallet takes you shopping: Next up is a 60-inch smart TV from Samsung. This set allows users to wirelessly beam photos, videos, presentations and video games to the TV's screen via screen mirroring. Plus, users can share movies via a USB connection. Added features include a full web browser, access to smart apps, personalized TV recommendations and Smart View 2.0 — the ability to view whatever is on your TV on your mobile device.
Good fit for: Those who want their TV and mobile viewing to be completely interconnected
- Price: $1,199
- Model: Toshiba 58L7300U 58-Inch 1080p 120Hz Smart LED HDTV With Built-In Wi-Fi
- Size: 58-inch
- Display: LED
- Resolution: 1080p full HD
- Refresh rate: 120HZ, 240Hz clear motion rate
- Inputs: 4 HDMI, 2 USB, 1 component video input, 1 high-def PC port
- Accessories: Stand, wireless keyboard with touchpad, illuminated universal remote control
NerdWallet takes you shopping: Despite its slightly smaller size than each of the preceding TVs, this 58-inch Toshiba is the most expensive model we analyzed. It's appealing because of its 240Hz CMR refresh rate — ideal for action-packed moments — as well as its plethora of accessories. This smart TV's features include built-in Wi-Fi, KontrolTV apps for games, a built-in Internet browser and a wireless QWERTY keyboard. Additionally, the device's mobile interactivity means users can view their Android or iOS mobile device on the TV's screen.
Good fit for: Television viewers who want their smart TV to be as connected as they are
So which TV comes out on top? It all depends on what you're looking for. We recommend you consider a smart TV's size, resolution, image refresh rate, accessories and, of course, price before making a purchase.
If you're not sure what all these stats and specs mean for your viewing experience, our TV Buying Guide can help you figure out which features are most important to you.
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Courtney Jespersen is a staff writer covering personal finance for NerdWallet. Follow her on Twitter @CourtneyNerd and on Google+.
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