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Chancellor George Osborne announced a number of swingeing tax increases targeted to hit individual buy-to-let investors in his summer Budget last year. The measures are complex, harsh and highly discriminatory against private landlords.
In fact, they are so financially absurd they have been described as the "Alice In Wonderland tax grab".
The four key changes are as follows:
- Removal of the 10 per cent wear and tear relief for furnished lettings from 6 April.
- An extra 3 per cent stamp duty payable on purchases of second homes above £40,000 from 6 April.
- Removal of higher rate tax relief on mortgage interest staged over three years from 6 April 2017.
- Capital gains tax payable on the sale of an investment property within 30 days from 6 April 2019.
Landlords are up in arms about this. So much so they created an online campaign using the Crowd Justice website in order to raise a £15,000 fighting fund that will enable them to contest clause 24 of the Finance Act 2015. The campaign was so successful they raised the required amount in a matter of days and, subsequently, a further £35,000 very quickly.
The aim is to get a judge to accept a judicial review of the potential removal of higher rate tax relief on mortgage interest for private landlords.
The proposed new law appears to break both European law and the resulting UK law in the 1998 Competition Act, which outlaws putting one party at a competitive disadvantage to another.
As these measures are discriminatory against buy-to-let landlords as opposed to companies, which appear unaffected by the changes, they seem to have a justifiable case. The most disturbing feature about the proposals is they were imposed without any consultation. Our democratically elected Government's attitude is more akin to that of a one-party dictatorship.
And while buy-to-let investors will be badly affected by these changes (especially the accidental amateur ones) the ultimate losers in all of this will be the tenants. Landlords will have no choice other than to increase rents to cover their increased costs.
As a result, tenants will not be able to save enough money for a deposit to buy a house. Less people will become buy-to-let investors, so less private sector properties will become available to rent.
Fewer properties with higher rents will result in further house price increases, which will make house buying even less achievable for first-time buyers. It is a simple case of the law of unintended consequences. Such an experiment was tried some years ago in Australia and it failed miserably. If the law is enacted here I predict the same result for the UK.
Unfortunately, the Chancellor's obsession with eliminating the deficit very quickly in order to make him electable as the next Prime Minister will have the opposite effect. He is fast alienating all sectors of society and this will be his ultimate downfall.
Tony Byrne is financial planning director at Wealth And Tax Management and author of Wealth Magic


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Shiau, J. S. and Merifield, R. S. and Lyamin, A. V. and Sloan, S. W. (2011) Undrained stability of footings on slopes. International Journal of Geomechanics, 11 (5). pp. 381-390. ISSN 1532-3641
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Solutions for the ultimate bearing capacity of footings on purely cohesive slopes are obtained by applying finite element upper and lower bound methods. In a footing-on-slope system, the ultimate bearing capacity of the footing may be governed by either foundation failure or global slope failure. The combination of these two factors makes the problem difficult to solve using traditional methods. The importance of a dimensionless strength ratio in determining the footing capacity is broadly discussed, and design charts are presented for a wide range of parameters. In addition, the effect of footing roughness and surface surcharge are briefly quantified.
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Potato is widely used in Asia. For vegetarians, it is just like chicken. Potato contains low amount of protein. In Ireland, potato is more consumed instead of bread and rice. Potato has a good taste even in boiled form. It is not necessary to fry it. Because it is rich in carbohydrates, it can be consumed as whole food. Potato is a high calorie food so it can be used as a substitute of rice and wheat without affecting health. United nations have declared 2008 as the year of potato; the purpose was to spread the awareness about the importance of potato. Potato is forth biggest crop after rice, wheat and corn. According to a research conducted by international food and cultivation institute, production of potato in 2006 was 315 Million Tons. China is the largest producer of potato; Russia is second and India is on the third number. In the start of this century, world wide consumption of potato was 33Kg per head.
Research indicates that potato not only provides us energy but it also protects us from cancer. It contains Chlorogenic Polyphenol which reduces production of cancer cells. Potato regulates glucose level and ensures better usage of insulin. Potato is rich in potassium which is essential for human body. Potassium reduces blood pressure. Potato doesn't contain sodium so it cannot cause high blood pressure. Artificial additions of salt, oil can make it difficult to digest.
A normal size potato contains 110 calories which makes it a high calorie food. Boiled potato is very easy to digest so it is wise to include it in children's diet due to increased need of calories in child age. Potato is an important source of vitamin B. Vitamin B is necessary for nervous system and normal growth of teeth. It makes us active and healthy.
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Comment from Mojo
Time June 2, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Potatoes are a part of our lives. We eat them every they in the shape of chips, fries, etc. I love them. However beware that and extra ordinary use of Potatoes can make you a Potato as well lolzzz. I mean It can make you so fat that you might look like a potato. 😀
Comment from Minjur
Time March 15, 2010 at 9:33 pm
i love eating potatoes and i eat too much
right now i m thin i m hapy to know that it makes fat. now i will start eating more
Remember "potato is the king of vegetable"
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Tuesday, 19 October 2010
(The) Phantom Band – The Wants
Get a grip, popular music. I mean, look at the fucking state of you. Seriously, come on. We gave you such a long length of rope in the 1990s and for parts of the 2000s you almost were breached by some of our "darling indie bands" but they themselves fell under your spell. These days popular music is nothing but a pastiche, almost a parody of it's self – it is indeed beyond parody now with clones upon clones of the same music entering at number one week in week out and labels are constantly looking at the internet to try and predict exactly how the tide will turn. These days of Twitter and instant feedback suddenly we are all the same collective hive mind and those fans what would've just bought the records are suddenly able to sound off about how much they "luv Bibier omG fukin luv him" in a cacophony of intense infinite and incessant imbeciles.
So pop music, get a fucking grip. Check into rehab, gather your thoughts, and come out next year ready for a change. In the meantime bands like the Phantom Band are quietly producing some of the decade's first exceptional songs and collating it into an, almost archaic, best-of-the-year list album. For the demise of the album just look at the EA Sports style releases of the Lady Gaga, Rihanna and the aforementioned "Bibier", with their 2.0 and 3.0 versions of "Art" for the required evidence needed for the cultural cease and desist.
The Phantom Band hail not only from my city of birth but also from the record label that has given Scotland and Glasgow some of the greatest home grown wing-spreading in the past 15 years. With the release of their debut album Checkmate Savage there was a glimpse of a band that for a short while would be playing and creating music as wild and speculative as any imaginable. There was a rugged feel to the album and it had it's moments and to be honest I didn't see them releasing anything like it again – and I was right and I was wrong. The Wants is the perfect sequel to Savage but unlike most Hollywood sequels this album isn't more is better but different is better. There are lines drawn from here to there that will tell you this is a Phantom Band album, with the crooning vocals and small electronic signature bleeps here and there, but in essence this album is like what we were promised music would be like in the future. This is the future and it's not like this all the time. The Wants is not going to be for everyone for several reasons:
- Everyone is an idiot.
- It's a difficult album to easily understand
- And it will consume your life like a Japanese demonic spirit.
So, polarising it might be for the unlearned masses, but whereas Arcade Fire might've fucked up their new album by missing the mark entirely, coming under Be Here Now syndrome and forgetting to install an editor as well as a producer, this album's concise nine track length forgoes that need for more and gives us more. If that makes sense then I have made my point.
Pop music, get a fucking grip. Until it is discharged with a clean bill of health we can enjoy this album, this band, and their little nugget of anarchy while no one is looking. The Wants is exactly what we need.
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mmm. i'll give this a listen - i enjoyed the last phantom band album, but it was the kind of album i found myself never really going back to.ReplyDelete
i think you've kind of half hit on an interesting point regarding twitter and stuff. it's like, we're at the ultimate of zeitgeist, and maybe it's just me living in london (itself painfully zeitgeist-y), but hype more and more leaves out unfashionable bands, and the phantom band are quite unfashionable, i'm sure you'd agree. maybe it's suffocating the sort of music we'd go for because it doesn't really go well with oversize glasses and your mum's cardigan?
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Health & Medicine
Nurse creates two events to advocate for lung cancer research, patients
Ignace Fenlon Winterberg, Bud to his friends, started smoking when he was 11, although some family lore says it was 9.
He was born in the 1920s, and his was a world filled with ads touting the health benefits of cigarettes and billboards telling people things like "four out of five doctors recommend Pall Mall."
His daughter Lisa Maggio said she thinks she saw something like betrayal in his eyes as he was dying of lung cancer. His unfiltered Camels were his constant companion and source of comfort. Now they were killing him.
Maggio's dad died in 1990 at age 69. A railroad engineer all his life, he never got to enjoy the retirement he'd so long talked about.
But his death did put Maggio on path that led to her current efforts to educate people about lung cancer and to advocate for improved research. She co-chairs the Free to Breathe Lexington Walk on Nov. 10, and a Shine the Light on Lung Cancer vigil on Nov. 13.
It didn't happen all at once, she said, but after her father died, as a nurse, she spent too many days patching up patients suffering from smoking-related illness.
"I decided I was working on the wrong end of the problem," she said.
Lung cancer advocates say it is the lethal stepchild of the cancer world. According to Lungevity, a lung cancer advocacy group, lung cancer takes more lives annually than breast, prostate, colon, and pancreatic cancers combined. Kentucky has one of the highest lung cancer rates in the nation.
Maggio's personal story is of watching a loved one suffering to the end with an addiction to smoking, but she also wants people to know that "anybody can get lung cancer." In fact, more than half the people diagnosed with lung cancer have never smoked or have already quit smoking, she said.
There is no other cancer whose sufferers almost immediately are put on the defensive about their part in creating their disease, she said: "The first thing the doctor asks is, 'Do you smoke?'"
"I think stigma has a lot to do with why we haven't done more as a nation for lung cancer," said Jeanni Thompson, a nurse navigator specializing in oncology at Central Baptist Hospital. "People just accept it, and they don't get the help they need because of the idea that they caused this and did this to themselves."
Thompson, who is helping to organize the vigil, said it's important that cancer survivors and families who've lost someone feel support from the community.
"There hasn't been support for patients and their families," she said. The vigil shows "that we are going to do something to help."
Regina Vidaver, executive director of the National Lung Cancer Partnership, said that is especially important in Kentucky.
"In that area, there are so many families affected by this disease. This vigil allows people to feel recognized and that somebody is fighting for them too," she said.
Thompson hopes the vigil and the walk can spread the word that there is a recently approved screening for lung cancers, she said. Those at high risk for lung cancer, heavy smokers or those exposed to environmental hazards that could cause cancer should look into a low-radiation CT scan.
That, she said, could improve the long-term survival rates of those who are diagnosed. Currently, the five-year survival rate for lung cancer is about 15 percent, and it has remained largely unchanged since the 1970s, Maggio said. Money from the walk will go to cancer research to help change that statistic, she said.
"The message that I want to make sure is clear is that we are trying to make lung cancer is just as survivable as breast cancer," Vidaver said.


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Where to honeymoon??
Where to honeymoon??
Where to honeymoon??
Maldives has been on our radar for a couple of years now…and to be completely honest, we would have probably never consider it if it wasn't for our honeymoon. For one it's a liiiiittle pricier than what we like to spend on trips and two, it is REALLY, REALLY far (from Las Vegas), 38 hours far to be exact!
BUT it is our honeymoon and we've been dying to go! And boy was this place a little piece of heaven!!
If you've ever done any research on the Maldives, there are about 200 islands/resorts to choose from, ALL of which have 4.5 to 5 stars on Trip Advisor. I mean, how do you even choose where to stay?? After weeks of research, we found the perfect resort of us… Shangri La Villingili. There were several reasons why this island was perfect for us; size, vegetation, price and varied activities offered. Not to mention, this is the only island in the Maldives with a golf course. Yup, my husband was sold right then and there.
If you are looking to save money (I mean, who isn't), May-November is considered their slow season. Rooms are typically cheaper during those months and there are fewer people on the island, giving it a very intimate and exclusive feel. And if you are looking to save even MORE money, join Shangri La's Golden Cirlce. It's free to join and it saves you 20% off of rooms, 25% off at restaurants and bars, and 50% off their SPA services. You're welcome.
For our first 3 nights, we decided on Shangri La's Water Villa. A suspended villa over crystal clear, turquoise waters was a MUST in the Maldives. I mean, this place was a dream! We'd have coffee on the terrace and watch the sunrise (we were jet lagged and up early), snorkel right off the back of the villa and enjoy an afternoon nap on the hammock. No complains here, easy living for sure!
For our remaining 3 nights, we stayed at a Tree House Villa. I was hesitant during the booking if we would want to or feel like switching rooms during our vacay, but we're so glad we did! Our personal villa host came and picked us up along with our luggage and made the move fast and easy! These tree house villas are located on the other side of the surf side of the island, so it was a whole new experience waking up to the crashing of the ocean waves.
As for activities on the island, there's plenty to do or (not do) if that's your style! We snorkeled, played tennis and golf, went scuba diving, Maldivian night fishing, tried out paddle boarding and kayaking as well. The best part of all… they give you complimentary bikes which we took EVERYWHERE!
This trip was very special to us in many ways. After our beautiful wedding, we were so excited to get away and RELAX. Don't get me wrong weddings are great, but they are stressful to say the least! And if the excitement of our honeymoon coming up wasn't enough, we got another surprise a couple of days before we left…
we're adding one more to the tribe!! Onto the next adventure!!
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Let's face it: Atheism is in. Not since Nietzsche have disbelievers enjoyed such a ready public reception to their godless messageand such near-miraculous royalties. But even that hasn't put them in a good mood. Snaps Christopher Hitchens, who wrote God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (although not, presumably, the pronouncements of atheists), "Many of the teachings of Christianity are, as well as being incredible and mythical, immoral." A feuding Richard Dawkins suggests that believers "just shut up." Apparently, they didn't get the tolerance memo.
Other authorsincluding Douglas Wilson and Francis Collinshave quite capably refuted the new atheist shtick. But remembering Bertrand Russell's famous essay, "Why I Am Not a Christian," here is a Reader's Digest version of why I am.
Creation: The universe, far from being a howling wasteland indifferent to our existence, appears to be finely tuned through its estimated 13.7 billion years of existence to support life on this planet. Tinker with any one of scores of fundamental physical laws or the initial conditions of the universesuch as gravity or the cosmological constantand we would not be here. As physicist Paul Davies has admitted, "I have come to believe more and more strongly that the physical universe is put together with an ingenuity so astonishing that I cannot accept it merely as a brute fact."
Beauty: Beethoven's Ninth, a snowflake, the sweet smell of a baby who has been sleeping, and a sunset beyond the dunes of Lake Michigan all point to a magnificent and loving Creator. And isn't it interesting that we have the capacityunlike mere animalsto gape in awe, to be brought to tears, before them? Truly did David say, ...1


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Kutte ki Dum
Santa was inserting dog's tail into pipe.
Banta: Oye, kutte ki dum kabhi seedhi nahi hoti.
Santa: Idiot, main to pipe bend kar raha hoon.
More Sardar Jokes
Cow par baithe ek sardar ko traffic police ne rok kar kaha:
Aap ka helmet nahi hai..?? Chalan hoga..!!
Sardar: Dhyan se dekh neeche andhe four wheeler hai.
Sardar ki promotion ho gayi exective se manager ban gaya.
Wo ghar gaya aur bivi ko naye style main bataya 'tu aaj raat manager naal soye gi'
Bivi behosh.
There was once a Sardarji who couldn't distinguish between his two horses. Since he didn't know what to do he asked his neighbor for advice.
He responded, "Trim the tail of one of the horses." "You are a very clever man," said the Sardar.
For a couple of months it was all right, but then the tail grew back to its normal size. "You'd better trim the mane of one of the horses, "advised the neighbor. For another couple of months it worked, but then the mane grew back.
"The best thing to do is to look for some characteristic that doesn't vary with time, like the height of the horses," said the neighbor.
"You are a very wise man. I'll measure them and tell you about it."
After a few hours the Sardar returned to his neighbor. "You were right! I've Measured their height and the white horse is three inches taller than the black one."


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Jill and I have known each other for a really long time. So long, in fact, that when we tell people how long we have known (and loved) each other people are often nothing short of amazed. We even had a dude from Stanford ask if he could do a case study on us. We are just that awesome! (Although, no case study was ever done because dudes forget things all the time.) All the same, the years Jill and I have known each other are approaching 30. Now, I'm not going to tell you that we have been perfect friends who have been dangerously close to fusing into one person for the past 30 years. We have most certainly had our ups and downs. Middle school brings out the worst in people, we all know this. There were fights all the typical pre-teen and teen angsts. There were parents who didn't understand, parties that lead to one of us (usually me) doing or saying something wildly embarrassing, misunderstandings, boyfriends that took us away from each other, the distance of college and marriage and babies at different times in our lives. Yet somehow Jill and I always found our way back to each other because together was the best place to be.
I could literally fill a book with stories about us. I have millions of pages of journal entries and letters we would exchange on our way between classes. I could share a thousand pictures of us being weird. I could share hilarious tales of our awkward teen years and how we barely survived any of it had it not been for each other and the pretty incredible group of friends we shared. Somehow, in the crapshoot of life, we ended up together. But better than that, we stuck together – and that has made all the difference.
You'll probably have noticed some new stuff around Cap City Moms since the start of the year. You may have noticed the change in the look of our site, the stuff we are posting about, and the fact that I have been around a lot more. Last year when we attended BlogHer, Jill and I realized that Cap City Moms is US. And you, our awesome friends near and far – some who we know and some who know us only from the glow of your personal internet viewing device – are the amazing group of people we are now so lucky to be surrounded with. And so, now Cap City Moms, Jills amazing brain child and labor of love is about two friends sharing with all of you the things we have learned, are learning or really freaking need to learn. Along the way, we are going to share some stories about the history of us. We will tell you true and semi-horrifying stories of growing up together in a small town, being friends for so damn long and only once or twice wanted to kill each other, how Jill makes me a better person and a more confident mom (because she had to do it all before me so I'm just riding her coat tails) and how I push her to jump outside her comfort zone and also dance more. There should be more dancing.
Most of all, we are going to be sharing more here on Cap City Moms. We have big plans! More videos! More fun! More stories! More how-to's! Just MORE! So welcome to one of the oldest friendships in Northern California. We're glad you're here.


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Installing and Renaming Worlds
When playing MCPI it can be a pain to tell which world is which as they are all called 'world'. Luckily, thanks to 'edweed00' and also partly me, we have come up with a way to change your world's name!
- Open up 'File Manager' and click 'View'. Then tick the box that says 'Show Hidden'.
- Tons of folders will now appear in your user dictionary (Default is 'pi'). One will be called '.minecraft', open it.
- Open the 'games' dictionary, then the 'com.mojang' dictionary and finally the 'minecraftWorlds' dictionary.
- In here will be several folders. They will be named 'world', 'world-', 'world–' etc. To rename the world, simply just right-click on one of these folders and click 'Rename'. Then just type what you want the world to be named!
We have also found a way to install custom maps! To get a custom map, head to the MCPE: Maps section of the Minecraft Forums. Although the maps are built for Minecraft: Pocket Edition, most of them should work on MCPI as the Pi Edition is a port of the Pocket Edition. I have put a map in the MCPI DropBox if you want to download it from there. It is a remake of the popular game, Slender (Made by A00000A – Official Thread)
- Download a MC:PE or MCPI map
- If it comes in a .zip file, extract it and move it to a USB Storage Device.
- Plug the USB Storage Device into your Raspberry Pi and move the extracted folder into the /.minecraft/games/com.mojang/minecraftWorlds dicitonary.
- Load up MCPI and double-click on the new world!
If you found this guide helpful, please leave a like! If you are having problems following this or any other guide, please leave a comment!
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Although, may I ask, did you spray the VW badge on the front black?
It was imported here in the early-mid 90s. I reckon it had two owners in the UK. It's had two previous owners in Australia, so I'm the fifth owner I guess. It had its 30th birthday in March, but the car was in a workshop waiting for a new distributor, so that was a bit of downer, haha.
Some interior pics below, taken after we gave it a bit of a clean up. Probably should have vacuumed first though. It's a bit tatty in places, but overall in very good condition considering its age. I think the seats must have changed because as far as I can tell it was tartan seats only for GTIs until the MY81 update a few months after my car was built.
The steering wheel is not original, it should be a three spoke "Wolfsburg" wheel. I have one, but the horn push is busted so its just a matter of trying to find some parts or a new wheel to get the look more authentic.
Although, may I ask, did you spray the VW badge on the front black?
I'll be in the waiting list.. if u ever want to sell it ^______^
Edwin or Ed
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Looks good Liam, would be hard to find one at all let alone one that's been well looked after. A lot of history there, awesome seeing the Golfs evolve!
Very nice liam! Is it expensive to maintain?
Love the MK1 GTI mate, I'm just about to pick up something quite special for my self in 2 weeks. Can't freakin wait..LVD


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Kristy's Success Stories
Old BSQ Score: 48
New BSQ Score: 13
My BSQ is much lower than it was at the beginning of TAFYH. When we went away for a couple of days and I didn't take my blender or smoothie stuff, my husband and I noticed how tired and lacking energy we felt. We couldn't wait to get home to have a smoothie! This past weekend we had our annual summer bonspiel. After taking collatrim plus, I was not stiff and sore like I usually am. The rest of my teammates and other curlers were complaining about how stiff their muscles were and by the end of the weekend they were exhausted. I gave them a solstic energy at the beginning of the final game and it wasn't long before a burst of energy kicked in! We will definitely be using it as a team for the upcoming curling season!
My mom had taken TAFYH in the fall and it helped her immensely with her cancer/chemo symptoms after 10 years of treatment. Anyone who knew her could see the improvement in her health. It gave her another 6 months of her life. This is the reason that I strongly believe in the power of TAFYH and Nature's Sunshine Products.
A lot of people I have talked to about Nature's Sunshine are very interested and are just starting to use the products. As they see success and their experiences spread by word of mouth, I will be able to help more and more people.


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Every healthcare executive, administrator and clinical staff member has heard and understands the phrase \'vital signs\'. The vital signs play an important role in monitoring the well-being of the patient. Using the analogy of \'vital signs\', author explains the importance of identifying Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to improve the healthcare services offered by the hospitals.
Every healthcare executive, administrator and clinical staff member has heard and understands the phrase 'vital signs'. Temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration, and come to mind. Vital signs are used to assess and measure the state of the patient and monitor their progress to a desired 'cure' or outcome. But what about your organisation's 'vital signs' and 'outcomes'? What organisational disease states will you improve or 'cure'?
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) is located in Abu Dhabi City, the capital of UAE. SKMC consists of a 550-bed Acute Care Hospital and 14 Specialised Outpatient Clinics accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI). SKMC also operates 120-bed Behavioral Sciences Pavilion, an 88-bed Rehabilitation Center, 9 Primary Healthcare Centers and 2 Dental Centers distributed over the city of Abu Dhabi. SKMC employs over 4,600 caregivers and administrators from different nationalities. SKMC is a Governmental Healthcare Institution managed by Clinic Cleveland in partnership with HAAD and SEHA, the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company. Cleveland Clinic is consistently named one of the top hospitals in the USA by U.S. News & World Report.
Diseases and disorders of the circulatory system rank as the number one diagnostic category at SKMC. This tertiary care programme offers comprehensive surgical, cardiac and interventional care for adult patients with acquired heart disease. The programme offers the entire scope of modern adult cardiac diagnostic and cardiac surgery including mechanical circulatory support but excluding heart transplantation. Given the scope, volume and complexity of such an important service line, it is imperative that the performance of this department be monitored, measured and managed with patient and process outcomes at the 'heart' of ones focus.
Process Improvement is defined by Joint Commission as "The continuous study and adaptation of an healthcare organisation's functions and processes to increase the probability of achieving desired outcomes and to better meet the needs of patients and other users of services" and outcomes as "the effect an intervention has on a specific health problem'. So instead of stethoscope and blood pressure cuff one can select from a variety of Performance Improvement tools to take its operational 'pulse' and improve outcomes. Current methodologies and literature identify many Performance Improvement tools including Plan Do Study Act (PDSA), Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma and Lean Sigma processes are available for use in assisting an organisation in its outcome management process. The overlay below compares the various systems.
In a multidisciplinary approach, the PDSA process uses a centralised Quality Department, an oversight body, the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Committee, and through the placement of Quality Review Officers (QROs) designated in each department or area, including Cardiac Sciences. The QRO's role is to facilitate and direct departmental process improvement activities. Each QRO is made aware of performance improvement methodologies, tools and team building techniques to enable and empower departmental ownership. This process is coordinated and monitored to ensure that six steps of alignment are maintained.
Alignment involves, first, reviewing the process to identify the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) or performance outcome to be achieved. Outcomes may include, but are not limited to mortality, complications, readmissions, distribution of appropriate discharge instructions, Door to PCI time and 'All or none compliance' to evidence-based quality measures. Second, determine the pivotal actions in the process to achieve the desired outcome. Documenting the flow of the process to be monitored is critical. This allows for a point-by-point or action-by-action review and visually illustrates the intended and actual process. Third, identify who performs the pivotal actions and ensure communication and documentation of expectations. Fourth, determine the wherewithal and resources needed to achieve the actions. Fifth, establish the time lapse between when a pivotal action does not occur and notification of follow up (i.e. feedback loop). This is most easily done by face-to-face communication, simply paging or telephoning a colleague for clarification or comment.
Other effective ways of closing the feedback loop include the use of Grand Rounds, Peer-conducted Mortality and Morbidity Review (M&M), Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA). Lastly, validate the alignment of the process. Validation includes measuring and analysing whether your organisation has met its goal, improved outcomes, reassigned thresholds and benchmarks or implemented an improvement process change.
Documentation is important. The outcome, its metric and definition are recorded on a PI template tool (see Figure 1) and a record of action documented through the use of a QRO template. Dashboards are then used to compile the results into an easy-to-use, simple graphical representation. Hyperlinks are provided to move between dashboard and PI Template views. This gives the user the ability to review the outcomes at the macro and micro level. Each of these tools is available and recorded on the SKMC intranet to provide access (feedback) and enhance ease of use. SKMC & Cleveland Clinic use an intranet-based format to share and disseminate results throughout the system.
Registries are also widely used in the compilation, management, analysis and comparison of performance outcomes and data. According to the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ), a patient registry is defined as "an organised system that uses observational study methods to collect uniform data (clinical and other) to evaluate specified outcomes for a population defined by a particular disease, condition, or exposure, and that serves a predetermined scientific, clinical, or policy purpose(s)". Cardiac Science registries currently used at SKMC include the European Society of Cardiology Euro Heart Survey PCI Registry, Euro Heart Survey—ACS Registry, Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events and The Get with the Guidelines-Heart FailureSM (GWTG-HF) programme.
With over 140,000 registered patients and more than 450 hospitals participating, it is the largest hospital-based heart failure registry in the US. Recently published studies of GWTG-HF, and its predecessor, by Fonarow, et al. OPTIMIZE-HF, "have clearly demonstrated the ability of this programme and the GWTG-HF PMT® to improve care."
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City is the first institution outside of the US to be permitted to attempt the first use of the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines programme to analyse and describe HF epidemiology and outcomes. The programme emphasises protocols created to ensure that cardiovascular patients are cared for according to accepted standards and current evidence-based guidelines and recommendations. Over 140 elements are recorded for analysis and comparison. In addition, this programme was modified to include 36 additional elements unique for the Middle East and Asia. GWTG is effective as hospital and achieved quantifiable care improvement in a short time. Globally, More than 50 clinical trials have shown that process affects outcomes. These include studies regarding ACE inhibitor, Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs), and beta blockers and their performance in reducing mortality, readmission and reduce symptoms.
In the interest of transparency, SKMC shares its operational 'pulse' with patients, caregivers and community. A health-related publication is in print and was distributed to healthcare providers and interested parties. Outcomes books for each of our major clinical service lines are in the process of being published. One outcomes book will be ready for issue each quarter of 2009 with the first of these centering on Cardiac Sciences. Four (4) SKMC Performance Improvement Projects received awards at the 2008 Arab Health Awards, recently held in Dubai, UAE. Of the four, three received were "Highly Commended." The Cardiac Science Performance Improvement Project "Four years of Delivering Primary Angioplasty in the U.A.E" was named the winner of Arab Health 2008 Achievement and Innovation Awards in Emergency Medical Services. This process used most of the techniques previously described, including, PDSA, Lean, Morbidity and Mortality Review, feedback through weekly team meeting and registries to document the reduction of Door to PCI times from 101 minutes in the year 2006 to 85.5 minutes in the year 2007 to an average of 82.6 minutes in 2008.
Anecdotally, teams using similar processes have won three out of four top awards in the Cleveland Clinic Patient Safety Best Practice Awards programme in 2007 and 2008. This included a programme Called 'Code Crimson', a Door to Balloon (PCI) improvement process, which is now the recommended best practice for PCI and AMI care in the Cleveland Clinic Healthcare system.
In addition, 86 'vital signs' or KPIs are monitored throughout the Sheikh Khalifa Medical City. In 2008, 86 quality-related Key Performance Indicators were monitored with 68 or 79 per cent showing improvement or achieving their target value. New outcomes and KPIs are currently being reviewed and revised for 2009.
Through a multidisciplinary process SKMC created and implemented a comprehensive Quality and Leadership Education Programme. All presentations are posted on the SKMC intranet and are available for use by any interested party at SKMC, its parent organisation and the Government of Abu Dhabi. Courses are open to not only SKMC employees but also other SEHA hospitals, HAAD and other medical facilities. A curriculum of 31 topics covering all aspects of continuous process improvement and leadership was initiated in 2008 and is continuing in 2009. CME credits are approved and awarded. As of 2008, 14 courses have been conducted with over 770 persons having attended with approximately 11 different content experts contributing to them. Overall satisfaction scores and individual speaker evaluations are quantified and forwarded for speaker use. Courses have been very well received with 90 per cent of the scores in the 'Good' to 'Excellent' categories.
Our organisational 'vitals' are strong, but we'll continue to 'take our pulse' (monitor) and administer 'treatment' (performance improvement practices) in the interest of improving our organisational 'well-being' and enhance the health status of the patients and communities we serve.
Performance through 6 Step Alignment:
Identify a KPI or performance outcome to be achieved
Determine the pivotal actions in the process to achieve the desired outcome
Identify who performs the pivotal actions and ensure communication and documentation of expectations
Determine the wherewithal and resources needed to achieve the actions
Establish the time lapse between, when a pivotal action does not occur and notification of follow up (i.e. feedback loop)
Validate alignment


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I've written here about the color management problems with Lightroom on Mavericks before here and here. With the recent release of OS X 10.9.5, color management now appears to work right in Aperture and in iPhoto. However, it is still broken in Safari and preview. This is quite disturbing. Amazingly, both Chrome and Firefox do the color management right. It appears that Safari has built-in code to deal with sRGB tagged images because it treats them differently than any other embedded profile. It ignores the sRGB gamma curve and assumes it is the same as your display gamma profile! Below is a little test link for your pleasure to illustrate the problem. Rollover to switch between adobeRGB and sRGB tagged images. The sRGB image will have the darkest patches blocked completely in Safari. The adobeRGB image is correctly displayed. In Chrome on Mac OS X, since it is color managed, you will see only a very subtle difference due to the gammas being different in adobeRGB and sRGB and there therefore being subtle bit errors but both displays are essentially correct. The same is true for Firefox.
Mouse over to see the problem. Loading the alternate image might take a few seconds. You won't see it unless you are on Mavericks/Yosemite and are using Safari. If the darker patches change brightness, you have the bug.
On a well behaved browser these two images should be close to identical. Safari in Mavericks (I tested 7.1) is no longer well behaved and completely destroys the shadows. It is important to note that preview.app is also broken but in a different way. Strangely it does not display black correctly. Aperture and iPhoto do behave correctly as of 10.9.5 but used to be wrong in earlier versions of Mac OS X Mavericks. Photoshop, since it uses its own color management routines, behaves correctly too. Lightroom only behaves correctly in the Library views as I have shown before. In Develop it has the same blocked shadow problem as you see in Safari. This problem is non-existent in 10.8.
Edit: Before any confusion arises, I need to explain the numbers in the images above. The sRGB version of the image shows the values of r,g,and b in the sRGB color space as encoded in the file. The adobeRGB version is the same file, but converted to adobeRGB color space in Photoshop. The numbers are still the r,g,b values of the patches in sRGB space, but the file is simply encoded in adobeRGB. The display should therefore be identical in correctly color managed environments as it is in Photoshop. EDIT:10/17/14. Finally got around to installing Yosemite. Unsurprisingly, this is still broken in Safari like it is in Mavericks and the Webkit nightlies. Unfortunate. Strange that this is not getting picked up as this bug is present on every single Mac that has Mavericks or Yosemite installed. No matter whether it is hardware calibrated or not. Mac OS pre Mavericks did not have this bug.


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18th Century Fashion with Deborah Selwood Part 2
Learn how Fashion and Beauty photographer Deborah Selwood tackle the fast paced and demanding job that is photographing with a Hair & make-up college.
Join Deborah in the old lace mill that is her studio, with its distressed walls and shabby chic styling, as she shoots this series of 18th Century Fashion themed images for a local Hair & Make-up college. In this first part Deborah explains the first of three different set-ups for the day, a shabby chic Fireplace and Bed set in one of the studio many side areas. Deborah explains why she put together the set and how she plans the lighting, so she can quickly adapt to the varying needs of each student. Then watch a Deborah works with a range of students to bring their ideas to life, explaining her choices and adjustments as we progress through the shoot.
Equipment: Canon 5DMkII, Canon 7D, 2x Canon 24-70mm, Canon 70-200mm, Canon 100mm Macro, Canon 15mm, Elinchrom Skyport, Sekonic L-358 Lightmeter, Elinchrom BRXi500, Elinchrom Softlite White Reflector 70cm 80° with Diffuser, Elinchrom Softlite White Reflector 44cm 55° with Diffuser, Elinchrom Rotalux 50x130cm, Elinchrom Quadra with Ranger A Heads, Calumet Stand Castors


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According to Feng Shui, Good Garden Brings Good Fortune
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Feng Shui believes that garden can bring fortune and good luck for home owners. Then, how to make the right garden? Here's how:
Feng Shui is a method that has existed for centuries. This method focuses on balancing the life energy or Chi. This energy is believed to affect the Yin and Yang. A good garden design, according to Feng Shui, should pay attention to the garden elements. The following are some of the garden elements that affect our life:
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5 Tips to Present an Ideal Minimalist Fish Pond at Home
Soothing sound of water is a powerful stress cure that can also beautify a home. It can be obtained if there is a fish pond at home. We cannot deny that the existence of a fish pond in a minimalist home is able to provide calming shades and relaxing impression. Well, here are five tips to bring the minimalist fish pond in your home:
It is a good idea to put a fish pond in a place where the family members are usually gathering or in a place which is quite …
Basic Tips for Hydroponics Gardening
Gardening is a fun and useful hobby which makes your house look green and fresh. It will even better when you have the right yard size to be planted with various plants.
There are also many planting methods you can choose. One of them is hydroponics. This method is fairly simple, without the use of the soil media.
By having a large yard, growing hydroponic plants will be very exciting and rewarding. However, not all homeowners have that large yard for planting various kinds of plant. This hydroponic method is useful for …
Feng Shui Tips for Your Garden
Garden is always able to make a house look more attractive and cool. Yet, having a garden means that you have to really understand on how to maintain it. There are a lot of things to consider when you deal with your garden, including the Feng Shui of garden.
With the right Feng Shui, you can get peace and quality aspects in your life. The following are five important points to create a good garden Feng Shui:
The first thing you need to consider in Feng Shui your garden is about what …
How to Keep Your House Plants Alive
Bringing plants into your house provides you a lot of advantages. It helps filtering dirty air coming into your home, so that the air you breathe is clean. In addition, plants are always able to make your house look way more attractive and cool.
However, growing plants inside the house is not the same as growing them outdoor. You have to keep your plants fresh, clean, and well maintained. As long as you take care of your house plants thoroughly, they will continue to grow beautifully in your house.
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Bellevue Bed & Breakfast Melbourne
General Description In our quiet home close to the city, overlooking parkland and Freeway Golf, and with extensive views, you will experience a home away from home. A large living area with many comforts and a kitchenette makes your stay here easy and attractive. You can breakfast downstairs in style, or take a leisurely breakfast in your own area at your convenience. Nearby there are simple restaurants where you can eat in or take away excellent Thai-Vietnamese or Indian Food or simply Chinese. A short drive in the car or the Freeway Bus takes you to Lygon Street or the city where you can shop all day in Melbourne, visit all Melbourne's attractions and theatres. Here,close to the Freeway you have a good starting point to visit all Victoria's sights, whether it is the Great Ocean Road, Healesville Sanctuary, many wonderful wineries or even the snowfields. Attractions Rest and enjoy the surroundings, travel to the city or surrounding areas, play golf or tennis or attend the new local heated outdoor swimming pool. Child Policy There is no provision for other guests here. you will be the exclusive guests. If there is a need an extra person or two can be accommodated on fold up beds or on the floor in the living area for a small charge. Transportation Bellevue Bead and Breakfast is a 30 minute drive from Melbourne Airport along the Tullamarine Freeway and the Eastern Freeway to Bulleen. From the City it is possible to travel here on the No. 48 tram, or by the 200 Bus service from Lonsdale Street.
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Across the country, most Republicans haven't committed fully to any of the party's presidential candidates. In the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll, 69 percent on the GOP side said there was still a chance they could change their minds about their choice.
In Washington, an elite focus group of 289 Republicans was even more indecisive.
That group consists of the GOP members of the House and Senate, of whom just 60 — or 21 percent — have publicly endorsed a presidential candidate, according to a list maintained by the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call.
The lawns of Iowa and New Hampshire are still covered mostly with leaves, not snow, so lawmakers have some time left to choose a side. But the endorsement pace has been much slower than it was during the last election cycle.
As of Nov. 9, 2007, 107 Hill Republicans — 43 percent of the total then serving — had offered their endorsements to a White House contender, according to a Roll Call tally at the time.
The current list includes 36 endorsements for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, 14 for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, six for ex-House speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.), three for Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) and one for businessman Herman Cain. That total does not include Paul himself, although his preference appears clear. The same is true for Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.).
Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. and ex-senator Rick Santorum (Pa.) have yet to receive any Capitol Hill endorsements.
Four years ago, Romney led the way with a similar number, 33, followed by Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) with 29, ex-New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani with 24 and former senator Fred D. Thompson (Tenn.) with 21.
The simplest explanation for the current sluggish pace is that members are just as confused by this primary as their constituents are.
"The commitment level is very low [among voters], which leads you to believe the race is still very fluid," said Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), an economics adviser to Perry, adding that "it sounds like that same sentiment" exists on the Hill.
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Romney's congressional liaison, had a slightly different explanation.
"I think that everything this cycle has been on a slower pace than the last one, whether it's fundraising or endorsements or just getting the campaign started," Blunt said.
Although some prominent conservatives have been hesitant to back Romney because of his past positions on issues such as abortion, health care and climate change, Blunt said he did not believe such criticisms were having an effect on lawmakers' willingness to endorse Romney. He suggested that more members were just waiting for the right time and would be backing Romney soon.
Unlike in 2000, when he served as the House liaison for George W. Bush's campaign, Blunt said lawmakers now "want to know when it would be most helpful to endorse," partly depending on where their states fall on the primary calendar.
Mulvaney also expects more support to gravitate toward his candidate. He is arranging a meeting with Perry this month for 20 to 25 congressional Republicans eager to learn more about the governor, and he predicted that the floodgates would open "as soon as the non-Romney candidate becomes apparent."
Of the 25 Texas Republicans in the House and Senate, only eight have endorsed their governor. Three have endorsed other candidates.
Rep. Joe Barton, for example, is a Gingrich backer. But while Barton said he believed Gingrich was "the dark-horse candidate who's going to exceed expectations," he also said he only endorsed the former speaker after Perry told him he wasn't running.
"If Newt were to drop out, I would switch over to Governor Perry," Barton said.
Compared with 2008, Barton said, "it's a lot more open this time. There's a lot more uncertainty."
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) endorsed Giuliani in early 2007, in part because he knew the former mayor personally. This time around, he's keeping his powder dry.
It's not helping, Nunes said, that "most of our candidates at this point are arguing with each other rather than talking about Social Security, Medicare, energy" and other issues.
Having more than 20 endorsements in November 2007 didn't do much good for Giuliani, nor did the support of some former Hill colleagues keep Thompson's campaign from flaming out quickly.
And Romney was unable to parlay his early endorsement lead into the Republican nomination.
"I think endorsements are overrated," Mulvaney said. "The real question is, do you have buy-in from the people who say they're endorsing you? . . . An endorsement is one thing, active participation is another."
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Employment fell an average 9% across the New York Times Co. by the end of 2008 vs. 2007 -- to 9,346 full-time equivalent employees from 10,231 the year before, according to the company's most recent annual reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
But the annual change within the NYT Co.'s five major divisions wasn't uniform, based on a review of the so-called 10-K returns filed with the S.E.C. (chart, above).
For example, the Regional Media Group, which comprises 14 small community newspapers, lost 13% of its workers vs. 8% of all at the NYT Media Group, which mostly comprises The New York Times. Meanwhile, two divisions, the digital About Group and the Corporate office, actually gained a small number of employees, the filings show.
Earlier: Documents track annual NYT Co. employment cuts
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Organizers: Ulrich Müller (University of Victoria) & Lynn S Liben (The Pennsylvania State University)
The thematic focus of the 2016 meeting will be on the powerful connections between children and the physical environments in which they develop. Environments scaffold children's everyday lives and, by providing affordances for thought and action, influence development. At the same time, children are constructive agents in shaping the ways that they interact with, cognize, and impact their environments. One goal of the meeting is to examine theoretical models and empirical work that illuminate the how physical environments affect development. A second goal is to examine ways that children understand, represent, feel about, and use various kinds of physical environments (e.g., natural landscapes, urban centers, schools, and museums), and to identify ways that responses vary across differing environmental qualities and programs. A third goal is to consider implications of children's developing environmental conceptualizations and actions for design—both design of spaces themselves (outdoor, indoor, and virtual) as well as design of educational programs and experiences addressed to the physical world (Earth, ecology) intended to promote conservation and a sustainable life style.
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We all know the recent effort to acknowledge and tackle the alcohol and drug problem among college students in our community was long overdue. But now that there does seem to be a sincere desire to reach out to the community for ideas, I would like to again propose a project that I put forth 10 years ago, shortly after student Adrian Heideman"s death.
I suggested that we obtain permission from the parents of students who literally partied themselves to death to frame their portrait, and create a memorial exhibit. A paragraph stating their age, hometown and aspirations would be under each one, followed by the date of their death. The permanent home for the exhibit would be the BMU, but it could "travel" throughout the campus and community to any number of student-related events (dare I say bars?) as a sobering reminder that we do have this problem and are taking it seriously. In the event of a student death, a prayer ceremony could take place on campus, as yet another portrait of a young, bright, promising student is added to the memorial.
Ten years ago this was rejected for political reasons and considered too "drastic" of a PR campaign. As a Chico State University graduate and resident since 1974, I could understand that. I love our community and hate what this has done to our image. But it"s time to turn it around.
This is only one idea, of many, that need implementation. I for one am on board.
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♥ They serve very authentic Malaysian hawker food! Om nom nom...
♥ They sell a variety of frozen Malaysia durians! *burp* :P
♥ They have freshly made nyonya kuih daily!
It's quite a tough task having to convince The Boyfriend to do half-half with me as he loves his har mee a little too much to share!
You can opt for either mild, medium or spicy. Although I am not one to tolerate spice, I got a little ambitious and went for the medium thinking it would be moderately spicy, but oh hell no, my tummy was on fire! But worth it. So yum! :)
Think the combination of coconut, pandan and juicy gula Melaka bursting on your taste buds with every piece you pop into your mouth!
Oh my, gimme some ondeh-ondehhhhh now!!!
If you're not a follower on Twitter, you might not have heard of my ondeh-ondeh story.
I was craving ondeh-ondeh for over a week and finally managed to talk The Boyfriend into taking me there during the weekend. As we were in the queue waiting to place our order, the lady in front of us bought the last box of ondeh-ondeh. Nuuuuuuuuuuu! (T_T)"""
The worst thing was, she sat right next to us and after they finished their meal, I watched as she cracked the plastic container open and eyed as she slowly popped the beautiful green round pieces into her mouth. Arghhhhhh!!!
At that point in time, I was this close to grabbing the box of ondeh ondeh and run for my life. This close. The boyfriend cracked up laughing because I was all ^#+£€<%}^#* urghhh! He thought it was really funny, but to me it was pure torture. :(
I cannot reiterate enough how much I love Madam Kwong's - it is a staple on my favourites list.
The Boyfriend and I have been to Madam Kwong's many times, and more to come for as long as they are open for business. Well, they better not close down the shop, or I will cry BIG TIME!
Thinking of where to go for the weekend? Well, think no more, I've sorted that out for you. ;)


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Meet the new Miss USA.
Deshauna Barber, Miss District of Columbia, was crowned the winner during the Miss USA Pageant Sunday night.
The 26-year-old joined the Army when she was 17, and currently serves as a logistics commander.
She's also an IT analyst for the United States Department of Commerce.
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She was born December 6, 1989, in Columbus, Georgia, but moved often due to her father's military career. Her mother was also in the Army.
The 26-year-old joined the Army when she was 17, and has been an Army Reserve officer since 2011. She currently serves as a logistics commander for the 988th Quartermaster Detachment Unit in Fort Meade, Maryland.
She stood up for women's roles in the military after being asked if opening all combat roles to women had "put political correctness over our military's ability to perform at the highest level."
Source: USA Today
She responded, "As a woman in the United States Army, I think it was an amazing job by our government to allow women to integrate into every branch of the military. We are just as tough as men. As a commander of my unit, I'm powerful, I am dedicated and it is important that we recognize that gender does not limit us in the United States."
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Are you suffering from the symptoms of low T?
Are you looking for a way to naturally increase testosterone?
The chances are pretty good that if you do have low testosterone levels, the first advice you were given was to begin losing weight, right?
That's the common advice and it is true that it losing weight can give your T levels a boost.
If you're looking for more ideas beyond going on a diet, then you've come to the right place! Here are some of the top proven methods to naturally increase testosterone.
Make Sure You're Getting Enough Zinc Every Day
One of the key minerals that acts as a building block for your testosterone is zinc. Diets that don't get enough zinc in them can have lower levels of this needed hormone almost immediately! In comparison, it can take as little as 6 weeks with a zinc supplement to restore your T levels to the place they ought to be.
How do you make sure you're getting the zinc you need? The simplest way is to take a supplement with zinc in it. If you're not a vitamins and minerals kind of guy, however, you can also get better zinc levels by adding some specific foods to your diet like:
- dairy products, such as raw milk,
- animal based protein products, or
- beans and other vegetable products with higher protein levels.
Spend Some More Time Out In the Sun
When you're drinking those dairy products, there's a good chance that you'll see something that says "Vitamin D added" on the product. Having optimum levels of Vitamin D in your body will also help to create better T levels for you, but getting these vitamins in your food or in a supplement form isn't the best way.
The best way is to simply expose your skin to the sunlight each day for as long as you can. Sunlight creates powerful levels of this needed vitamin and it will spur your body to naturally increase testosterone levels. Don't let your skin get burnt, but don't necessarily slather yourself in 90 proof sunscreen either. As a last resort, a tanning bed could work too.
Best of All, Limit Sugar and Improve Your Exercise
Sugar is a killer of testosterone because of one specific reason: it creates higher blood sugar levels. Guys who have higher blood sugar levels tend to have lower testosterone levels. And, just like a diabetic is encouraged to workout to lower blood sugar levels, so are guys who suffer from low T levels. It isn't necessarily about losing weight. It's more about being smart with your strength training.
You want to reach your peak intensity with every exercise rep you take. That means slowing down with the weights and doing more reps, but over more time. It might mean stepping up your cardio workouts or doing max output in an interval based workout.
Most importantly, focus on you. If you're stressed out or not eating right, then you're not making testosterone right. That's why taking care of you first really is the best way to naturally increase testosterone levels.
Testosterone Boosters That Will Restore Your Levels Quickly
If you're feeling weak, lethargic, and you just don't want sex, then there's a good chance that you've got a hormonal imbalance going on. You could go to the doctor to get some tests done to confirm it if you wish. You could also utilize these effective testosterone boosters to kickstart your system to see if you can restore your levels naturally.
Get Jacked Up! PUMP IT UP! Restore Your T Levels NOW!
Walk into your typical store that sells testosterone boosters and these are the typical slogans and marketing efforts that you're going to see. Don't fall for it! Any product that needs to come up with a gimmick to make you feel even more inferior than you feel with low T levels isn't really going to be worth your time. I mean – Sly Stallone even has his name on a booster these days! Did he really just secretly use this stuff over the years and just now want to make money from it?
There are great boosters out there on the market today. There are effective products that can help to restore your T levels.
The problem is that they are overshadowed by the ridiculousness of these marketing schemes that make people think the manufacturers of these boosters are out to just make a quick buck.
Look for testosterone boosters that contain these products:
- Tribulus Terrestris
- Zinc
There are also herbal supplements that can encourage the body to restore its own T levels without the introduction of a hormone treatment. Go for the product, not the marketing, and you'll be on the right path.
Are There Side Effects To Testosterone Boosters?
The primary issue with taking boosters to help restore testosterone levels is that they can lower good cholesterol levels. This ultimately can put some stress on the heart or the circulatory system and that's why guys are encouraged to stay away from them. Now let's be honest, guys – if you're not eating right, you're going to have these issues. You can't fix a poor diet by simply adding more testosterone making substances to your body!
Some guys also notice that there are increased levels of estrogen being made by their body. This is especially so if guys are taking DHEA in amounts that are above the recommended dosage. The same is true with other herbal boosters not listed here – if you take things above and beyond the recommended dose, you're going to put yourself into some trouble.
Here's the bottom line: testosterone boosters can help to restore your T levels to where they need to be. Don't take more than the recommended amount. Find a product that works with your body and your needs. It's not going to happen overnight, no matter how much of a supplement you take. Follow these steps and you'll be well on your way to feeling like yourself once again!


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A good piece about Jackie Robinson Day over at Bless You Boys, and a nice tribute illustration at BCRS.
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Pulwama, June 20: Government Forces arrested father-son duo in a nocturnal raid in Wagam Chinar Bagh area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district.
Reports said that a joint party of army and Special Operations Group raided the house of Bashir Ahmed and arrested him along with his son Abrar Bashir.
The raid and subsequent arrests sparked nocturnal protest in the area.
Pertinently, last month on 11 May, the house of Bashir Ahmed was blasted by Government Forces after it was occupied by militants. The gunfight had resulted in the death of a CRPF trooper while militants had managed to escape from the house.
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- Publication Date : October 2010
The One Year Book of Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament
Guthrie, Nancy
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Publisher's Description
We tend to look to the New Testament to tell us about Jesus, yet it was the Old Testament about which Jesus said, "the Scriptures point to me!" In The One Year Book of Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament, Bible teacher Nancy Guthrie takes readers from Genesis through Malachi, shining the light of Christ on the promise of a descendent who will put an end to the curse of sin; the story of a father who offers up his son as a sacrifice; the symbol of a temple where people can meet with God; the prophecy of a servant who will suffer; the person of a king who will rule with righteousness—and so much more. Day by day throughout the year, readers will see the beauty of Christ in fresh new ways, creating a deeper understanding and appreciation for who Jesus is and what he accomplished through his Cross and Resurrection.
400 Pages
Published October 2010
About the Author
Nancy Guthrie and her husband, David, and son, Matt, make their home in Nashville, Tennessee. Nancy and David are the co-hosts of the GriefShare video series used in more than 8,500 churches around the country and host Respite Retreats for couples who have experienced the death of a child. Nancy is currently pursuing graduate studies in theology via distance education from Covenant Theological Seminary. She is the author of numerous books including Holding on to Hope and Hearing Jesus Speak into Your Sorrow and is currently working on the five-book Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament Bible study series.