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What good is money without time? We decided that life is short and time is more important to us than racing through life waiting for weekends and climbing a ladder that could collapse beneath you at any moment. When we quit the man, we took on two jobs that would hopefully provide us with enough income to cover living expenses and provide us with more time to spend with our friends and family.
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Lord McNair: My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. At the beginning of my speech, I should have said that I was sitting on the Front Bench only incidentally because my noble friend could not be present then. My remarks were not Liberal Democrat policy in any sense; they were merely ideas which I felt may be useful to the debate.
Lord Lucas: My Lords, it is my experience that almost every policy is a Liberal Democrat policy at one time or another.
As has been said by many speakers, there is a great deal that needs to be done on the practice of microbiology in hospitals, ranging from the simplest matter of personal hygiene through to organisation and the raising of the status of clinical microbiology so that it becomes a profession that people seek to follow. An important part of that is making sure that research funds are available. Quality people follow money for research because they want to achieve something. If one cannot get money for a decent research programme, one will choose to do something else. There is little money for research in this area, but there is so much to be done, not only in basic research and in making sure that we have a continuing armoury of chemicals to deal with infection but also in diagnosis (to make sure that we have a quicker and better ability to understand what is happening to patients) and in practice, so that we know the best ways of dealing with infection control and can make use of all the data that we should like to see coming from better surveillance practices.
I share with at least one of the Liberal Democrat spokesmen a perception of what is the most important aspect of the report. I refer to the suggestion that the recommendation of the Swann Committee be taken up and that there should be an overarching government committee on antibiotics and infection generally.
I should like to look at that rather more deeply than considering just antibiotics. These questions are immensely complex. They cross not only departments, but run deep into the depths of individual departments. One example which has been quoted several times is the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in animals. The simple answer is to ban them, but we must consider also animal welfare. We must take decisions on which antibiotics we shall allow to be used on animals. We need curatives for animals. We need people who develop curatives for animals to know that they will not be taken away three years later because someone wants to use them for humans. Considering all the regulations these days, it still costs perhaps £100 million to produce
We must look at the costs to the industry of taking away such products. Under the World Trade Organisation regulations, we cannot prevent the import of a large quantity of, say, chicken from China or Thailand which has been produced using such substances. There is no way of detecting them by the time the chickens reach us. They will come in at a low cost. If we build a high-cost industry, as has Sweden, like Sweden we shall have to give it immense subsidies to survive. If we want to do something that allows us to make the change without incurring that cost, we have to plan for it long term. We have to consider tripling or quadrupling the amount of space allowed for chicken houses. That means that the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions will have to ensure that planning permission is granted. No one wants a chicken shed next to them. It is difficult to get planning permission for that.
Other questions relate to the alternatives. Sweden uses zinc compounds. That causes considerable problems with heavy metal wastes in the litter from chicken houses. Germany uses arsenic on pigs. I do not suppose that that is something that we want spread on our fields. All of the alternatives have consequences and require a great deal of thought and consistent and coherent planning.
One of the great lessons from the BSE disaster is that waiting until a problem hits you in the face is extremely expensive. We have spent something like £4 billion on taking out a disease which will kill seven people a year--a figure has been pretty consistent over the past four years--whereas we are here looking at a problem which could kill tens of thousands of times that number of people with the greatest of ease as soon as MRSA acquires a solid form of vancomycin resistance. All it takes is some daft scientist in a hospital to decide to see whether he can give MRSA vancomycin resistance because he wants to know if it can be done. Indeed, it has been done in a hospital not very far from here. The only good thing about it is that it was stopped before the scientist had time to drop the test tube. It will not be long before we have this animal with us. We must be prepared for it.
This Government have a considerable reputation for complacency. When faced with a difficult question they do not seem able to see further than a focus group can think. The astonishingly fatuous response of this Government to the report of this House on the medical uses of cannabis is but the most recent example. I expect nothing from the Minister but flannel and prevarication. Why else would the Government have taken seven months to reply to this report when it quite clearly
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: My Lords, today's debate has demonstrated once again the seriousness and complexity of the antimicrobial resistance problem. I am very grateful to noble Lords for their contributions which have been both constructive and helpful and are, as already stated, a demonstration of the valuable work of your Lordships' House.
The Government are well aware of the healthcare problems presented by antibiotic resistant strains of micro-organisms. The Government therefore welcome and commend the report of the Select Committee on Science and Technology. The report is comprehensive and far reaching and has found a wide and receptive audience. Indeed, the document has done much to stimulate the increased national and international attention this subject is now receiving. I pay particular tribute to members of the sub-committee and to the noble Lord, Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, for the enormous amount of work they undertook.
The Government will be giving their formal response to the report shortly. The Government are not complacent. We did not reply earlier because we want to ensure that the response gives the full depth and breadth of consideration that this important issue rightfully merits. My right honourable friend Tessa Jowell wrote to the noble Lord, Lord Phillips of Ellesmere, at the beginning of July making that point. He responded saying that he was content with the reasons for preferring to delay the response until the autumn. The Government will of course take particular note of the points raised by noble Lords in today's debate, although I doubt that I shall be able to respond to all of them tonight.
This is an important issue. Microbial resistance is a major public health threat that the Government take most seriously. I shall briefly summarise some of the major issues and outline the Government's strategy in tackling them.
The first antibiotic--penicillin--was discovered 70 years ago. Since that remarkable discovery, a variety of other antimicrobial agents have been added to our armoury against the effects of infectious disease. The efficacy of these agents has inevitably resulted in their widespread use, frequently reducing suffering and death. The noble Lord, Lord Perry of Walton, provided some graphic descriptions. It is of great concern therefore that the increasing resistance of micro-organisms to antibiotics jeopardises many of the medical advances made in the treatment of infectious disease. Although the problem is not so widespread in the UK as in many other countries where antibiotics are more freely available and infection control procedures may be less effective, it is nonetheless a very serious problem, and we are treating it as such. My noble friend Lord Winston had some very important points to make in that respect.
The message from the Science and Technology Committee, behind which the Government stand four square, is that there is no room for complacency. Our
It is clear that resistance is to some extent an inevitable consequence of antimicrobial use, a point identified by the noble Lords, Lord McNair and Lord Dixon-Smith. However, apparent over-use and misuse of antibiotics is fuelling the proliferation of resistant micro-organisms. Some antibiotics are being prescribed when they might not be needed. Some patients are adding to the problem by expecting antibiotics for every infection, needed or not. Each unnecessary use of an antibiotic for a viral infection, like a cold or influenza, increases the chance that resistant strains might proliferate and spread among the body's naturally occurring bacteria.
Even when antibiotics are prescribed appropriately, many patients fail to use them as directed. Stopping antibiotics too early kills the weak micro-organisms, leaving the strong to develop resistance, flourish, and perhaps spread through the community.
By their very nature hospitals are significant sites for the development of antibiotic resistance. Noble Lords have referred to that point frequently during the debate. Hospital patients typically receive several, and often intensive courses, of antibiotics, creating ideal conditions for resistant strains to emerge and thrive. Resistance moves easily between hospital and community settings.
We cannot just rely on hopes of successful development of new antibiotics with appropriate efficacy to solve the problem, even though there may be new antibiotics or novel therapies on the horizon. Resistance problems have always existed and probably always will, no matter how many classes of antimicrobial agent or new mechanisms are developed.
What can be done? Slowing down or delaying the emergence of resistant micro-organisms and limiting their spread will not be a simple matter. But much can be done. In the UK the Government have already commenced a strategic plan of attack. An interdepartmental multidisciplinary steering group has already been set up with responsibility for co-ordinating and driving forward work on antimicrobial resistance. There is a need for continued outside advice from experts and we are actively considering how best to put this in place.
Our strategy is based on three key elements: better surveillance; prudent antimicrobial use; and effective infection control. This strategy continues to evolve as
Across these areas a number of initiatives have already been undertaken or are under way. These include enhanced surveillance--a point made by my noble friend Lord Winston--a review of the clinical use of antimicrobial agents; a review of antimicrobial agents in the food chain; measures to improve infection control management and practice; and the promotion of research in the field and into the development of new antimicrobial agents and vaccines.
Last year the Chief Medical Officer asked the Standing Medical Advisory Committee to examine the issue of antimicrobial resistance in relation to clinical prescribing practice and make recommendations. The committee set up an interdisciplinary sub-group with cross-representation from the standing committees for nursing, midwifery, pharmacy and dentistry and it included veterinary and consumer representation. The final report entitled The Path of Least Resistance was produced and published in September. As my noble friend Lord Rea said, the main report is a comprehensive scientific source document, with summary and synopsis versions, that has been widely distributed in the UK and made available on the Internet. As an immediate step copies of the synopsis version were sent to all doctors. Alongside the Select Committee's report, the Standing Medical Advisory Committee's recommendations are key to the Government's future strategy and work programme.
Refinement of the use of antibiotics must be the key feature of the strategy to tackle the antimicrobial resistance challenge. The Government have an important role to play but they need support from, and action on the part of, healthcare professionals, expert groups and many others who have an interest in this important public health issue.
Reducing the unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics is likely to prove a significant factor in combating the development of resistant strains of bacteria. Patients, too, have a significant role to play by not pressurising their clinicians to prescribe them in circumstances where they are not effective, such as for colds and influenza. The noble Lord, Lord Soulsby, and my noble friend Lord Winston spoke clearly about the pressure on GPs.
Clearly, we have to get the balance right. When swiftly and appropriately prescribed, antibiotics can unquestionably be life-saving. We must scrupulously avoid discouraging people from visiting their GP when they feel unwell. Such a balance cannot be achieved overnight but is one which, in partnership with the profession, we can aim to achieve. The Department of Health is working on proposals for a public campaign. It is worth reporting that in 1997 GPs in England prescribed 6 per cent. fewer courses of antiobiotics than in 1995. Happily, that trend continued in the first half of 1998.
I turn to education, a point raised particularly by my noble friend Lord Winston. Educational initiatives for both health professionals and the general public are of major importance for improving the use of antimicrobial
The noble Baroness, Lady McFarlane, offered some valuable insight regarding the contribution of nurses, and specifically infection control nurses. Her comments will be studied with great interest.
A number of noble Lords raised the very serious issue of infection control in hospitals. The noble Lord, Lord Fitt, spoke movingly of his own experience in that regard. Improvements in hospital infection control arrangements are an important part of the action being taken by the Government. The responsibility for ensuring that effective arrangements are in place for the control of infection in trusts rests with the chief executive of the trust. Hospital infection control is an important part of an effective risk management programme to improve the quality of patient care. I wish to stress the chief executive's personal responsibility for the quality of care as part of the new clinical governance framework for which the chief executive is responsible to the NHS trust board.
All hospitals should have an infection control team which has primary responsibility for, and reports to the chief executive on, all aspects of surveillance, prevention and control of infection.
In 1997 the NHS Executive asked regional epidemiologists to survey communicable disease control arrangements at health authority level throughout England. The survey identified a number of shortcomings which have now either been addressed or are being addressed.
The NHS White Paper, A First Class Service, set out the detailed responsibilities of chief executives of NHS trusts for the quality of care to which I referred. That will include infection control services and will pick up many of the issues raised by noble Lords. For instance, as I said, as part of the clinical governance framework, infection control teams will be expected to produce regular reports to trust boards, but these could include hospital hygiene reports to bring deficiencies in cleaning standards to the attention of the trust board.
The noble Baroness, Lady Masham, asked whether MRSA targets could be established for each hospital. The Government agree that much work needs to be done to develop performance indicators and/or targets on hospital infection control, including MRSA, and are actively considering this recommendation alongside their proposals on clinical governance, to which I have just referred.
The noble Baroness also said that issues to do with infection control are as important in the community as in hospitals. The Government agree that there is a need for national standards and guidelines for community infection control management. The Department of
The noble Lord, Lord Soulsby, and my noble friend Lord Winston asked about funding for the PHLS. I can assure your Lordships that we shall be discussing the long-term funding of the PHLS with that body when it has completed the strategic review which it is currently undertaking. I am unable at this stage to say what the outcome of that review will be, but, in order to give the PHLS time to undertake the review, present its conclusions to Ministers and agree their implementation, £2.3 million in additional resources will be made available to the PHLS in the 1999-2000 financial year.
A number of noble Lords, including the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, referred to the recommendation of the committee that a single multi-disciplinary government committee should be set up to oversee all aspects of antibiotic use. The Government have established an interdepartmental multi-disciplinary steering group to develop the recommendations of your Lordships' Select Committee and the Standing Medical Advisory Committee to turn that into a wider government strategy and to steer and co-ordinate activity in this area. Consideration is currently being given to the need to set up an expert group to provide advice on scientific aspects of antimicrobial use.
My noble friend Lord Rea asked about vaccine research. The Government are involved in establishing a national framework for co-ordinating vaccine research. We intend that the UK population should have available at the earliest possible opportunity safe and effective vaccines. I should like to reassure noble Lords of the high priority which the Government give to this area.
The noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, asked about the Government's position in relation to over-the-counter antibiotics. I can reassure him that the Government will continue strongly to promote adherence to prescription-only status for all antimicrobials within the EC and elsewhere.
My noble friend Lord Rea asked about advice to general practitioners on prescribing. I can confirm that all health authorities continue to employ both pharmaceutical advisers and primary care medical advisers to provide advice on the use of medicines. As an important part of this role, they continue to visit GPs to discuss their prescribing. A number of studies have confirmed the effectiveness of their activities in this regard. My noble friend Lady Hayman announced last week that PRODIGY, a computerised prescribing-decision support system, is to be made available to all GPs without cost. Shared doctor-patient information screens and patient information leaflets can be printed to advise patients on management of their illnesses, which I think is a great advance.
My noble friend Lord Rea also raised the issue of the new primary care groups. With their establishment, subject to legislation, the Government will expect them to take an active role in professional development in this area. We also have examples of good prescribing practice in the use of antimicrobials in primary and secondary care. These will be identified and
A number of noble Lords, including the noble Lord, Lord Dixon-Smith, referred to deficiencies in information in the health service. In September this year my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Health launched the new information strategy for the NHS. This is part of a £1 billion investment to get the information systems right and to make information work for NHS patients and staff. Over a period of time it will ensure that we provide lifelong electronic health records for every person in the country, and instant access 24 hours a day in every hospital and GP surgery to patient records and best clinical practice. The whole emphasis is to bring together outcomes, activity and prescribing data. I believe that that will very much help the health service meet the very difficult problem that it faces.
There have been widespread concerns in the medical community and elsewhere that problems of resistance are being fuelled particularly in respect of foodborne pathogens such as species of salmonella by the use of antibiotics in animals. Much has been said about this by noble Lords today, particularly by the noble Lord, Lord Soulsby, in his introduction to the debate. I am not able to respond directly to that issue today. However, noble Lords will be aware that the Government have set up an investigation into microbial resistance in relation to the food chain which is being carried out by a working group of the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food. The noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, referred to the matter. As he suggested, the working group is expected to report to the committee before the end of the year. The committee will then offer advice to the Government on a range of issues concerning the responsible use of antimicrobial agents as veterinary medicines and growth promoters.
A number of noble Lords referred to the international dimension. The Government are determined to give constructive support to international initiatives and to take a leading role if required to ensure that effective systems for monitoring antimicrobial resistance can be set up without delay. We shall press for this to be given priority in the World Health Organisation's next global and regional biennial work programmes and in the future framework for European Union action in the field of public health.
With UK support the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution in May 1998 which urged member states to take measures broadly in line with the planned UK strategy and called on the director general to promote international co-operation. Within Europe, too, the European Commission in its communication of April 1998 on the development of pubic health policy in the European Community identified the growing problem of resistance to antibiotics as one of the new risks to health. The Commission's scientific steering committee has set up a working party to examine all aspects related to this question.
I would be failing in my duty to your Lordships' House if I gave the impression that there was a quick solution in sight. Tackling antimicrobial resistance is a long-haul task that requires partnership between government and a wide range of organisations and individuals across many disciplines in both the UK and internationally. There is no doubt that antibiotic resistance presents one of the greatest challenges to us all. It is an unending battle, according to the noble Lord, Lord Dixon-Smith. The UK Government are rising to the challenge and taking action to help tackle the problem. They are playing a leading role both nationally and internationally but alone they cannot do all the things that need to be done. If they are to succeed they need a strong spirit of partnership, co-operation and determination among healthcare professionals, expert groups, communities and every individual citizen.
Today's debate and the reports of your Lordships' committee and the Standing Medical Advisory Committee present a very clear message to us all. The Government will be resolute in their response.
Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior: My Lords, the hour is late and I shall not detain the House much longer. I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate. They have supplemented one another's contributions to an extent and provided important information both from their experience and the report. They have expanded on areas that I have failed to deal with adequately.
I do not think that anyone who has heard the noble Lord, Fitt, describe the tragic end to his wife's life can now doubt that antibiotic resistance is a very important entity to which we must attend. We should thank him for so bravely bringing the information to us. It must put an indelible mark on our minds that he is a person who has experienced at first hand the tragedy of antibiotic resistance.
The noble Baroness, Lady Masham, identified the problem of pressure sores to individuals like her who have to sit in a wheelchair. All these are very important matters which may well miss the attention of those of us who consider ourselves to be reasonably normal, although at times that is under challenge by various people.
Perhaps I may briefly identify some of what I believe to be the headlines of this debate. Surveillance has been identified by a number of noble Lords. To my mind that is particularly important. I was pleased to hear from the Minister that the Government are going to attend to some of deficiencies in the public health laboratory service, which have been identified with the input of several million pounds. I did not deal with research in my opening comments, but it is particularly important. If we had more research so that we could identify antibiotic resistant organisms in a clinical environment such as in a doctor's surgery it would be a major step forward.
The education of the doctor at the undergraduate and postgraduate level has been identified. The noble Baroness, Lady Platt, who, unfortunately, is not in her
The use of alternative medicine has been identified by the noble Lord, Lord McNair, and my noble friend Lord Clanwilliam. That area was touched on only briefly in the report. Some evidence was given to us about alternative medicine. I am delighted that my noble friend Lord Lucas takes probiotics every morning in order to repopulate his intestines with beneficial bacteria instead of antibiotic resistant bacteria. I do the same occasionally, but not every morning. That is an area for future development. The noble Lord is a little ahead of the game in that respect.
He mentioned the Swedish system for the control of the use of antibiotics in animals. Initially, that was not viewed very favourably; but after 10 years, and due to the fact that the Swedes depended very much on the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry for the control of disease, that has now been improved and the benefit of the withdrawal of antibiotics in animal husbandry has been shown to take place. The amount of antibiotics used is now very much reduced, but, as mentioned by several noble Lords and the Minister, that cannot happen overnight. It takes quite a long time.
We had a very good input from the noble Baroness, Lady McFarlane, on antibiotic and infection control in hospitals. In committee her experience and knowledge of the matter was very valuable and put into perspective the problems that we have and which we identified.
I am delighted to hear the Minister say that there is no place for complacency. We were aware that the response was to be delayed but, with due respect to the Government, we did not expect it to be this delayed. The response may well be the better for that delay; I do not know. However, the publication, The Path of Least Resistance, is welcomed. It details effectively how to handle the situation.
Education is welcome too. I have mentioned the £2.3 million additional funding to the Public Health Laboratory Service--that is also welcome--and its strategic review. It is good news that there is to be, I hope, an overarching committee, and progress is being made on that. We find that important in dealing with the problem of antibiotic use and resistance.
Finally, we are delighted to hear--as I am sure is my noble friend Lord Jenkin--that the Government will abide firmly by the principle of no over-the-counter antibiotics.
We have had a good debate. It has been a prolonged debate, but much of importance has been said. I commend the Motion.
On Question, Motion agreed to.
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Hello again and welcome to part 4 of our Beginner Series: Living on Your Own. To read Parts 1 to 3, click here.
This post is all about being organized.
Like many of you, I suspect, I usually have a limited amount of time in mornings to get myself up and out of the door in time for work. One of the reasons why I always seemed to be running late, was that I couldn't find anything!! It drove me nuts! But, with a little bit of organization, it doesn't have to be this way.
I know it can be very overwhelming to try and get it all in order, but if you attack one small area at a time and follow these simple steps, you really will start to see progress more quickly than you think.
Begin one room at a time. Set aside a certain amount of time each day to get it done – it may be an afternoon, an hour or even 15 minutes. You'd be surprised how much you can get done in only 15 minutes. Or during the ads while watching your favourite TV show (yes, I've done that!)
Part of being on time for work has a great deal to do with whether you can find your clothes quickly and easily. If your closet is organized, that's half the battle.
About a month ago, I organized my closet from this mess
to this
It only took an hour or so. You can read about how I did this here.
1. Sort through your clothes and shoes for anything you don't wear anymore, and donate to a local charity or toss if they are too far gone. This includes clothes that are no longer in fashion, no longer fit, or clothes you haven't worn in a year. And some that were "seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time" purchases! We all have those in our closets.
2. Separate your clothes by season. Put out of season clothes in storage. I have under the bed storage that I put my out of season clothes into. They are in Vacuum Storage Bags to create more space.
4. Hang scarves, belts and ties on a hanger or rack.
5. Use a shoe rack to keep shoes organized and throw out shoe boxes that clutter the floor or closet shelf.
Our bathroom countertops always seemed to be full of "stuff." Hair spray, lotions, hair brushes, hair clips, perfume – you get the picture. The same with the drawers – things thrown in any old how.
So I went to the dollar store (my favourite store) and bought a few of these containers
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Other ways to organize your bathroom are:
1. Buy a plastic tub (or two), place all of your accessories in it and keep it under the counter. Take out the tub when you are ready to use it, and put it back again when you're done!
2. Buy a Shower Caddy for your shower and place your soaps, shampoos, etc. in it.
3. Once a month, go through your drawers and medicine cabinet and throw away all items that are old or that you don't use anymore, such as prescription and over-the-counter medicine, make up, lotions, etc.
5. Install hooks on the back of your bathroom door for towels and bathrobes, or buy one that hooks over the door.
1. Organize your cabinets into several categories. Place the plates in one section, the glasses in another, and so on.
2. Have your coffee and tea cups/mugs as close to the coffee maker/kettle as possible and store the tea, coffee, sugar bowl etc. near that also. That way, you're not running from one end of the kitchen to the other in the mornings. My tea and coffee cups and coffee and tea are in the cupboard above the coffee maker and kettle. You can see that I have placed a tray on top of the microwave that houses sugar, coffee filters etc., so it's all in one place and saves me loads of time in the mornings.
3. Have the kitchen utensils you use the most close to the stove as well as and your pots and pans. I use a big white jar to house mine as seen in the picture above.
4. Group your foods together in the pantry for easy access and to help you identify them when inventory is getting low. For example, group together your canned goods, cereals, pasta, etc. Place all packets (gravy, Jell-O, sauces) in a basket or plastic container.
5. Buy a Spice Rack and place it within easy access of where you cook/prep your food.
6. Dedicate one cabinet or drawer for all of your plastic containers and Tupperware items, and try to purchase stackable containers to maximize your space. I place all the lids in a large plastic container to keep them in one place.
7. Save your countertop space for items you use daily like the coffee maker, kettle, microwave. Store other items like your slow cooker or blender in a cupboard within easy reach. Only keep cookbooks that you really use. I store mine in a cupboard above the stove.
8. Place plastic grocery bags inside of 1 bag, or buy yourself a plastic bag dispenser and attach it to your back door or a wall. Take them with you next time you go to the grocery store to put your groceries in. Better yet, purchase some cloth, reusable grocery bags.
8. Get into the habit of cleaning out your refrigerator before you go grocery shopping. That way, you'll avoid buying extra food. Dispose of any food that is no longer edible or your family is not going to eat. Click here for meal planning ideas.
Find a way to store your items neatly and where they are easily accessible. You don't need to go out and buy a lot of expensive containers – you can utilize shoe boxes, cardboard boxes or baskets that you already have in your house. My half bathroom also doubles as a laundry room. I didn't want my guests (or myself for that matter) to see this mess when they used the, er, facilities
So I repurposed two baskets that I had in the living room that were doing nothing. Now it looks not so bad and I can still find all my laundry and bathroom supplies!
A launch pad is a designated area close to your front door, where you put everything that needs to go with you in the mornings. That could be keys, bus passes, sunglasses, purse or wallet. I have a little tray on the ledge just the other side of my sink that seemed to be where everybody dumped their stuff. It's an easy place to pick up and drop off these items on our way in and out of the front door.
1. Make or pack your lunch the night before and place in in the same place every time so it'll be easy to find.
2. Get into the habit of putting things back in their place. This is a challenge for me. I tend to leave materials from projects all over the place, and I have to work hard to clear it all away and put it back in it's place. But I've worked hard to organize my house, and if I want to keep it that way, I need to make a conscious effort to put things back when I'm done with them.
2. Top up the gas tank so you don't have to worry about getting gas if you're running late.
3. Make a to do list for the next day.
Sometimes, a system just doesn't work! Don't be afraid to tweak it or reorganize it, until it works for you.
Leave me a comment with your ideas to organize your space.


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One of my favorite things is doing hair! I love finding and inventing new fun hair-do's for my oldest daughter (I wish I could say she always loves it too!) It's always amazing to me how quickly the hair do's I work so hard on get messed up! With my two girls and 3 boys I feel like I am always needing to fix their hair. When I'm in a rush it's not always convenient to haul everyone into the bathroom, where I keep my hair stuff, and fix their hair up so I can get them out the door. I always find myself running upstairs a billion times to get things I forgot so that I can do hair while the kids are eating breakfast or walking out the door. I got an idea from my older and smarter sister. It is a simple idea, but so clever and saves so much time. This little hair essentials kit has everything you need to do cute hairstyles on the fly. It can easily be moved wherever you are so that you aren't running all over trying to find what you need, also you can just chuck it in your diaper bag or purse if you are in a hurry and you need to fix hair on the go. Also, its small enough you can hide it in a drawer or in a cupboard so easily. This way you always have the hair stuff nearby when you need it! I love this idea so much that I decided I would give one away to you! This contains all my favorite stuff for doing little girl's hair. This is about a $20 value (a penny saved is a penny earned right?) I will tell you below how to enter for a chance to win!
The hair kit includes:
A compact plastic container
Small Hair Spray
Detangler spray (pink spray bottle)
Small brush
A variety of colored rubber bands
Bobby pins
Small comb
A small Topsy Tail
Let me just tell you, the detangler spray I am adding works amazing. My 1 year old daughter wakes up every morning with a huge tangled mess in the back of her head. This spray makes it simple to get out (see my detangler demo pictures to see what I mean)! Also the Topsy Tail I am including is awesome. If you have never used one I highly recommend you get one (or win this one!) and try it out. It makes it so much easier to do so many fun hair styles. I also included my very favorite hair elastics for little girls hair. These are the best because you can use them more than once but they hold so tight and really are the best I have ever found.
One thing I have been wanting to add to my blog is a series of tutorials for doing different fun hairstyles. If you love doing hair or want to learn the basics for doing amazing hair styles for your kids, stay tuned I will start adding those soon!


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Meet at Highlanes Gallery Reception, Laurence St.
TICKETS: TICKETS: €20 (includes bus and boat tour)
Experience the Boyne Valley through art and nature. Community historian Brendan Matthews welcomes you to Highlanes Gallery to view key works from the Drogheda Municipal Art Collection featuring Drogheda and the Boyne Valley, focusing on the history of the area. Then, a short festival bus trip away brings you to the banks of the Boyne where the tour turns aquatic.


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Helga and Monika are having drinks with Jose, Sean, and Troy. Of course, drinks will spill and Monika's shirt is ruined! Oh no, guess she'll have to take that off. The party continues then Sean goes to get a level (for what I don't know) stands on a chair while Monika sucks his dick. 3 vs. 2, this should be interesting...
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Wessex FM News
Community Groups Offered A Helping Hand
8:34am 12th June 2013
A step in the right direction, community groups are being offered a helping hand in Chickerell.
Dorset Community Action and Magna Housing are hosting an event for local volunteers to discuss ideas and learn more about what they can do to improve.
There are a number of volunteer run groups in the town and its surrounding villages.
The networking event is being held next Thursday 20th June at the Willowbed Hall, Chickerell.
A free buffet lunch will be provided.
Although free of charge anyone wishing to attend is advised to book a place in advance.
For further information or to book a place for the lunch or surgery, go to www.dorsetcommunityaction.org.uk/training-events, call Dorset Community Action on 01305 216407 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Being closely associated with Google, Blogger has always been focusing on improving the SEO attributes of its blogs. Working in the same direction, the recent development is the integration of Google's Spam filtering technology into Blogger. For you, it's just another new tab in your Blogger Dashboard: Comments…
NOTE: This feature has not yet been added in all the blogs. So, if the tab is currently absent from your dashboard, then do not worry – it will be added soon.
If the tab is already present in your blogs Dashboard, click on it. Now if you have activated "Comment Moderation" in your Blog Settings ( -> Comments), then you will see three sections under the tab "Comments", like this:
NOTE 2: To better manage your blog-comments, moderate them directly from your email.
And if you haven't activated "Comment Moderation" in your blog, then you will see only two options under the tab Comments, viz. Published and Spam.
Now, this "Comments" section not only allows you to manage all your comments from one place, but the "SPAM" sub-section is the main advantage and purpose of adding this new section to the dashboard.
According to Blogger;
Blogger now filters comments that are likely spam comments to a Spam Inbox, much like the spam folder in your email. When someone leaves a comment on your blog, it will be reviewed against our spam detector, and comments that are identified as possible spam will be sent to your blog's Spam Inbox, found at Comments | Spam.
You can help improve our ability to automatically detect spam comments by checking your Spam Inbox and deleting spam comments and marking real comments that may have been flagged as spam as Not Spam.
NOTE 2: Spam filtering currently only applies to new comments.
So, log in to Blogger and see if you already have the new tab or not. And moreover, you can report any issues with the new spam system by clicking on the "Report spam filtering issues" link on the bottom of the Comments | Spam page, or by visiting this Help Forum page.
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text: Human Rights Observatory Senate Leaders Optimistic About Debt/Shutdown Deal A White House meeting with congressional leaders was postponed Monday afternoon to give negotiators more time to work out a plan to avert a default on the nation's debt and end the partial government shutdown. Analysts warn failure to resolve the budget and borrowing issues by Thursday could have serious ramifications for the US and global economy. The clock is ticking closer to the Thursday deadline after weekend negotiations failed to produce a compromise. On Monday, ...Read complete article© Voice of America - Monday, October 14, 2013


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This is a super fast and easy recipe.
It takes me less then 5 minutes to get it mixed and in the oven.
4-5 Bananas
2 Eggs
1 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Apple Sauce
2 cups Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
We like to add in 2/3 of a cup each of walnuts and chocolate chip.
Mix & Bake @ 325 for 60-70 minutes.
Not only is it dairy free for Buddy Boy but it is delicious!
The family will finish this off within a day.


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League One Round-Up
By Richard Scott
Last Updated: 01/01/70 1:00am
Freddy Eastwood grabbed a hat-trick to keep Southend United top of the table.Southend stayed top of the table after beating struggling Bristol City thanks to a Freddy Eastwood hat-trick and Lee Trundle also grabbed a hat-trick to take Swansea up to second after thrashing Chesterfield at The Liberty Stadium.
Southend recorded their first win in three games thanks to Eastwood's treble. Eastwood's goals came on 25, 48 and 76 minutes and leave Bristol City in big trouble near the bottom of the table.
Swansea thrashed Chesterfield 5-1 to move them up to second in the table. Adebayo Akinfenwa opened the scoring for the Swans after 7 minutes before Trundle doubled the lead after 11 minutes. Steve Blatherwick got Chesterfield back in the game after 21 minutes only for Swansea to run away with it with further goals from Trundle (28, 72) and Owain Tudor-Jones (48).
Barnsley beat ten-men Walsall 2-1 at Oakwell thanks to a second half winner from Brian Howard (66). Walsall had equalised Paul Hayes (13) opener for Barnsley through Matt Fryatt (63) after Craig Pead had seen red in the 58th minute.
Scunthorpe got the better of a six goal thriller at Glanford Park as they moved into the play-off places after a 4-2 win over Oldham. Andy Liddell (17, 33) scored twice for Oldham in the first half but Scunthorpe took the points thanks to goals from Andy Butler (28), Andy Crosby (52) and Billy Sharp's (31, 56) 11th and 12th goals of the season.
Huddersfield slipped out of the automatic promotion spots after being held at home to Swindon. Swindon had taken the lead thanks to an Andy Gurney penalty after 40 minutes but Huddersfield equalised through Chris Brandon (54) in the second half.
Colchester snatched a 3-2 victory over Yeovil thanks to an injury time winner from Chris Iwelumo. Yeovil had taken the lead through Pablo Bastianini (32) but Iwelumo (43) equalised just before half time. Yeovil went ahead again through Matt Harrold on 51 minutes only for Cureton (68) to level again for Colchester before Iwelumo's winner.
Bournemouth recorded an impressive victory over fourth place Brentford thanks to goals from James Keene (26) and James Hayter (40).
Tranmere won for the first time since the end of August through goals from Steve Davis (41) and an injury time goal from Steve Jennings.
MK Dons equalised with 10 minutes to go through Malvin Kamara after Andy Monkhouse had put Rotherham ahead after 24 minutes to maintain their record of only losing two out of their last 22 at home.
Neil Harris (65) got the winner for Gillingham as they beat Blackpool 2-1. Keigan Parker (23) for Blackpool and Chris Hope (49) were the other scorers.
Nottingham Forest beat Bradford 1-0 and moved within two points of the play-off places after David Johnson (24) scored his 50th goal for the club.
Port Vale dropped out of the play-off places after crashing 2-1 at home to Harlepool. Eifion Williams gave Hartlepool the lead after 12 minutes but Michael Cummins equalised just before half time for Vale only for Thomas Butler to score on 64 to give Pool the points.
Click below for match summaries:
Barnsley 2-1 Walsall
Brentford 0-2 Bournemouth
Bristol City 0-3 Southend
Colchester 3-2 Yeovil
Doncaster 0-2 Tranmere
Gillingham 2-1 Blackpool
Huddersfield 1-1 Swindon
MK Dons 1-1 Rotherham
Nottm Forest 1-0 Bradford
Port Vale 1-2 Hartlepool
Scunthorpe 4-2 Oldham
Swansea 5-1 Chesterfield


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This is the first ever moving picture image of a kiss. It was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. There is a longer Edison film of a kiss, filmed in 1900, that has at times been confused with this one.
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The Do's and Don'ts of Video Testimonial Interview Questions
The do's and don'ts of video testimonial interview questions are pretty simple.
Mostly, it comes down to knowing how to work with people who aren't used to speaking on camera in order to achieve great testimonials that feel natural to viewers. It's a learning process for you as you're getting started and the people you're working with to receive the video.
Here's how to make it happen!
Don't: Ask, "Do you like our product/service?"
Do: Ask questions that require more than a yes/no response.
Testimonials work so well because consumers like to hear from one another. Instead of asking questions that receive a clipped, short response, consider asking questions that allow for some explanation.
Think up questions that touch on the specifics of what you do – what you're best at, and why you're the one that consumers need to turn to when they need your product/service.
Don't: Expect a perfect testimonial each time
Do: Remember that people aren't used to speaking on camera
Nerves get the best of us all at some point. Some people are better than others at speaking in person or on camera. No matter how great your questions are, it can feel weird to speak on camera if you're not used to it, which is why it's so important for you to remember that not every testimonial will knock it out of the park.
Weird lighting, odd background noise, and other mishaps happen. The great thing about testimonials as opposed to big budget video, is that consumers are way more forgiving of goof ups when they're coming from one of their own.


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It did not take long until we had decided to book a trip...
August 07, 2003
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Photo © Søren Geertsen
Airsicknessbag and I met at Frankfurt airport infront of the Singapore Airlines counters where we checked in shortly after they had opened the desk at the First Class Check-In and already we got sequence numbers 317 and 318. So there must have been about 315 passengers who were on the JFK-FRA-SIN flight as the earlier numbers must have all been given out at JFK. Those passengers would spend two nights in the airplane as they journey goes over 16489 km's split into 6205 km for JFK-FRA and 10284 km for FRA-SIN.
After we got our boarding passes we took the Skyline train to Terminal 2 where we sat down at the Mc Donald's (the largest McD's in Europe btw.) and had a look out of the window where we watched the action going on outside. As the time of our departure came closer we went back to Terminal 1 to slowly go to our gate which would be B43, one of only a few gates in T1 also capable to have an A340-600 or 777-300 park there. When SAA operates the A346 to FRA that is usually the gate for it. I wonder how Lufthansa plans to have 10 of them on the ground on the same time in the future.
On these two pictures you can see our gate, in the first it is where the Air Canada A330-300 is parked and in the second where you see the left Lufthansa 747-400:
Photo © Sven De Bevere
Photo © Konstantin von Wedelstaedt
After we had arrived there our plane was already standing there and the passengers that came in from New York were leaving the plane for their two hour transit stop at Frankfurt.
It took a while and then slowly the passengers started to gather around the ground staff that would finally let us board the plane. We got to the door at the plane and since both of us knew where we would sit we had our boarding passes already packed away but the Flight Attendant that greeted us there insisted that we would show them to her. So we had to dig them out from our stuff just so that she could with a smile tell us the way. Since we thought of this messure to be very useless, at least for us, she heard a fairly rude reply that we already knew our way around. It took a long walk through the whole cabin until we reached our seats in row 63, one of just four rows where the 744 had only two seats instead of three because the fuselage narrows down there.
We stowed our bags in the overhead compartment and then took our seats. It didn't take much longer and the plane was completely boarded.
Pushback was on time at 1235 and while we started to move the crew welcomed us on the plane, first in English and then in German and then the safety demonstration video was shown and also every passenger got an Amenty Kit Bag consisting of socks a toothbrush and toothpaste in addition to the one that was already to be found on each seat upon boarding.
We taxied to the far end of the airport past the South African Airways A340-600 and Qantas 747-400 to runway 07L. A few planes landed before us and then we turned onto the runway.
The engines were slowly driven up to full-power and the fully loaden Jumbo slowly started to speed down the runway. This must have been on of the hardest take-off runs I've ever experienced as the plane was near MTOW and the outside temperature was almost 40°C.
It seemed as we would drive to Singapore. In the last quarter of the runway the plane lifted off the ground and gradually started it's climb.
It did not take very long until the Flight Attendants started serving the first meal.
Daniel had pre-ordered a seafood menu so he did not have to go through deciding which main meal he would want to have but I still had to go through the deciding process.
Since the flight actually started in New York I'll also start with what was served on that flight.
Main courses:
Grilled tournedos of beef with assorted mushroom sauce, seasonal vegetables
and roasted rosemary potatoes
Wok fried chicken in sesame, oill and ginger, braised beancurd with vegetables
and chicken rice
Cheese and crackers
Ice cream
From the bakery:
Roll and butter
But since I was still at home in Germany while that was served I can not give you more insight into that meal though...
Main courses:
Fish fillet in Thai yellow curry with seasonal vegetables and steamed rice
Chicken with grain mustard sauce, green beans, carrots and potatoes
Cheese and crackers
Ice cream
From the bakery:
Roll and butter
With the main menu I had the chicken with grain mustard sauce, green beans, carrots and potatoes since I do not eat any fish. The meal tasted very good and everything was very well fit together.
I was surprised when I saw the ice cream on the card and after we were done with our meat a F/A came by and handed a little box of ten chocolate-covered-vanilla ice-cream-cubes which was a very fine (in Singapore "fine" is really a special word ) way to end the meal.
After the meal we both slept for a while but that did not last long and we were also interrupted by the great scenery we could see.
Here you can roughly see our flightpath, except that we flew a little more southern route.
Leaving Germany we flew over the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Moldova,
Odessa (great view!), Crimea, Tbilisi, Caucasus, Baku, Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan, tiny bit of North
Eastern Iran, Afghanistan (Herat, then right between Qandahar and Kabul),
Pakistan, India (right over the Taj Mahal at Agra, unfortunately clouded),
Bay of Bengal, Malysian Peninsula and then to Singapore.
For those of you that know me when we were over Afgahnistan all I thought is "I'll be back!" hoping to be able to go to Kabul with the German Forces.
It was just too bad that we had an early night so everything from about the hight of Iraq/Iran was dark but you could still see the ground at least.
Probably some here want to know a few details about Krisworld... For those I have bad news since we had the flight mapper on the whole time so we didn't get the chance to look into it. I a few times just had a look through the system but never really played with it. But from the speed of the reactiontime from button-input to reaction on the screen was like on an old computer. From the little I can say The IFE system on LanChile was more of a pleasure. But as I said I didn't really use the system so I have no right to judge here.
During the flight there were a dozen rounds of drinks served by the very friendly Flight Attendants so we did really feel at home on Singapore Airlines.
Before we would land at Singapore Changi airport breakfast was served where again we had the choice between two different meals. But again first the JFK-FRA flight.
Light bites:
Croissant with wasabi, mayonnaise spread, smoked salmon and shaved cucumber
egg, bacon and cheese sandwich
Fruit salad
And now for our FRA-SIN flight.
Fruit appetiser
Light starter:
Wholesome beginnings:
Braised egg noodles with shredded pork in Oriental sauce and leafy greens
Scrambled egg with warm salad of potatoes, peas, mushrooms and tomatoes
From the bakery:
Assorted breakfast rolls, butter-fruit preserve
I had wanted to have the braised egg noodles with shredded pork in Oriental sauce and leafy greens but tough luck for me I had to go with the scrambled egg with warm salad of potatoes, peas, mushrooms and tomatoes. But this was not bad afterall as it did also taste very good.
And it was at least enough to get us to our hotel without starving.
It did not take too long and then our plane left the flight level on its way home. We could enjoy a night view over the Island as it still was dark outside and then we touched down at Singapore Changi International Airport more than half an hour early.
There must have been a cow or so on the runway as the plane was moving from one side of the runway to the other shaking the passengers around in their seats. Both of us were reminded of the TPE-accident in 2000, not that we were passengers on that flight, but we were lucky as the pilot seemed to have choosen the right runway this time.
I had never experienced a landing which involved that much veering off the centre line, and neither had Daniel.
Leaving the runway we taxied past a few retired Singapore-A310s some with titles and/or
logos removed and also a few stored "Megatops" to our gate where we than got out and went through immigration. But before every passenger got it's temperature taken by these "things", almost looking like German speed-messurement pistols used by the police, and both of us were no suspects of bringing SARS back to Singapore.
I hope you did enjoy this first part of our short trip to Singapore. Thank you for taking the time to read it. And I also recommend to watch out for Airsicknessbag´s coverage of our stay in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia as well as the return flight.


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Galley kitchen
The layout of this galley-style kitchen combines elegance with convenience. The doors at the end lead directly into the garden, which on a warm day extends the kitchen by bringing the outside in. The cool grey of the units, which makes the space feel so open and light, is warmed up by the injection of vibrant purple on the splashback.
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The most blinged out bike
You have seen blinged out humans, and blinged up cars, now bicycles are getting a blingy make over too. A Scandinavian design company Aurumania has launched a limited edition run of the world's most blinged-up bike.
At just over £60,000 (what's a little £60,000 for some solid bling), the Gold Bike Crystal Edition is believed to be the most expensive bicycle ever made.
Each of the ten produced, is hand-built and gold-plated with 24-carat gold, and decked out with over 600 Swarovski crystals.
Hand-sewn leather grips and a Brooks leather saddle provide finishing touches to the bike, with each limited edition number embossed with gold leaf and set into a leather badge onto the bike's headtube.
The company has also created a 24-carat gold wall holder for the bike, so it can be displayed as a work of art.
I am wondering if it is being bought as an investment on art or gold or a collectable.


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New Delhi: Two days after Smriti Irani tweeted about helping the injured after a highway pile-up in which her car was also caught, the young daughter of a doctor who was killed has come out with a different story.
Ramesh Nagar, an Agra-based doctor, was killed after a car in the minister's convoy hit him on the Noida Expressway, his family has alleged in an FIR or police complaint.
Dr Nagar daughter Sandili alleges that he died on the road after getting no medical help. Sandili and her younger cousin also on the bike and were going to a wedding with him.
Sandili Nagar alleges that she pleaded for help but "Smriti Irani ignored us". She and her cousin allegedly waited for several hours for first aid.
"The HRD minister's car hit our bike, which was at slow speed. Our bike fell. I asked for help but they said no. They said you can get help later. If she wanted, she could have helped us. If she had helped us, my father would have been there with us," said Sandili.
She claimed that Ms Irani walked out of her car, which was damaged, got into another car and drove off.
Ms Irani was on her way to Delhi after attending a BJP youth convention in Mathura when the accident allegedly took place.
"Unfortunately, the police vehicle before mine and my car also crashed," tweeted the minister.


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Who is he?
A 29-year-old South African-born pianist, who's specialising in the unglamorous role of accompanist to singers and instrumentalists.
Doesn't that mean he never gets noticed?
Not at all. The way Baillieu shapes the piano part of a song is so supple and full of musical and psychological character that he has been known to steal the show. His reputation is certainly spreading. He won the accompanist category of the Das Lied competition in Berlin so convincingly that one of the judges, soprano Annette Dasch, asked him to work with her.
How did he get into piano playing?
By a very odd route. "When I was about eight I was diagnosed as having poor hand/eye co-ordination and the doctor suggested to my mother that taking up the piano might help." It clearly did, though the good effects took a while to show. "I loved it, even though I was terrible at first. In fact I became quite obsessive, and my mother had to tell me to stop and go outside to play. But I still can't catch a ball."
How did he get into accompanying?
"It was at University in Cape Town, which had a really good opera school with some really great singers. I was put together with soprano Pumeza Matshikiza. I remember we sang Puccini's Vissi d'arte, and I remember thinking this is such a joy to make music with a singer."
How did he come to the UK?
By winning in 2005 one of the scholarships the Royal Academy of Music offers to foreign music students. He's just been appointed a professor of accompaniment there, and his performing career has received a big boost from being taken on by the Young Concert Artists' Trust.
Doesn't he ever wish he could be in the limelight?
"Well, I am sometimes. I make sure I do a few solo concerts every year. But it's a lonely business, and it reminds me how much I love the companiable nature of chamber music and song." James Baillieu appears at the Wigmore Hall on 7 November. His debut recording with flautist Adam Walker appears next March on the Sonimage label.


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In (Christmas Time) Chimes Zabka's orchestra and chorus presents a 16-voice choir singing key phrases from familiar Christmas carols. In counterpoint to the sprightly "Chimes" theme you'll hear:
Arranged and conducted by Zabka, it's cut #2 on this CD, a delightful recording and a DJ favorite.
Besides (Christmas Time) Chimes, eleven other variation cuts on this CD include the original Chimes Theme; March; Fox Trot (2-beat); Rhumba; Hurdy Gurdy (2-beat); Tango; Pizzicato; Waltz; Dreamy-lush; Billboard (2-beat) and the Super Bowl I bonus cut. The variations were arranged and conducted by maestro and co-writer, Al D'Artega, now deceased.
This commemorative CD is now digitally remastered!
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Good Communities
McDonald's Founder Ray Kroc used to say, "We have an obligation to give something back to the community that gives so much to us." Today, McDonald's remains committed to being a good neighbor in thousands of local communities where McDonald's restaurants operate. More than 50 years after the Company's founding, we are still a good neighbor and leverage our size, global reach and franchise model to positively impact the communities we serve. Franchisees and suppliers also support community activities in the areas they serve.
While the expression of our collective commitment to giving back varies from country to country, the Company is globally aligned around two main priorities:
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Python, as Reviewed by a C++ Programmer
I haven't written here in 8 months. Part of the reason for that is that I've swapped jobs. At the old place, I spent about 90% of my time writing C++, and about 10% of the time using other languages, including Python, Perl, web languages, and last, and oldest, Fortran.
Aside: Did anyone see that movie, Hidden Figures? I loved it. But it made me a little uneasy when I realized people have been writing Fortran for about 60 years. I felt like a part of history? Not sure if good or bad.


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|01 Dec 2012
Can virtual pc format real C:/ disk?
Hi, im installing DOS to virtual pc and its asking me to format C:/ disk.
Is that the virutal disk or does it mean my own C:/ disk?
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If so then you need to format the new virtual disk with a dos formated floppy.
I would not worry about formatting your regular C drive as it won't let you do that, you need to run fdisk (which it sounds like you did) and then format the new vpc C drive using the /s option so that it is bootable.
as long as you are running in a Virtual Machine window, it won't let you format the main C drive.
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Okay. Thank you .
Topic solved.
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State regulators have fine the Orchard-Post Acute Care $75,000 for a patient's Los Angeles County, California nursing home death. The 78-year-old man reportedly died after his feeding tube was incorrectly inserted. Per the California Department of Public Health's Web site, because of this mistake, medicine and food entered his peritoneal cavity instead of his stomach.
Following the error, the patient, who suffers from Alzheimer's an been living at the Whittier nursing home since 2008 after suffering a stroke, began complaining of stomach pain. He was transported to an emergency room where doctors discovered that his abdomen was inflamed and he was suffering from septic shock. The elderly patient underwent surgery and was hooked up to a ventilator before dying six days later.
In addition to the fine, the assisted living facility also received an "AA" citation over the incident, which is considered the most severe citation per state law. The California Department of Public Health says that inappropriate care and services resulted in the patient's passing.
This is the 63rd time in five years that the state of California has fined Orchard-Post Acute Care. When the assisted living facility was known as Royal Court Health Care, Nursing Home Compare, the federal ranking system, gave it two out of five stars.
Feeding Tubes
Some nursing home residents cannot eat and drink without the help of a feeding tube. In other instances, a feeding tube might be required to combat malnutrition or dehydration. While some feeding tubes are inserted through the nose, others must be placed into the stomach or small bowel. It is important that a feeding tube is properly inserted so the patient can receive all the nutrients that he/she needs. It is also important that the tube be inserted correctly to prevent complications. Possible risks include infection, aspiration, damage to the abdominal wall, skin irritation, and other health issues.
Dementia Patients and Feeding Tubes
A few months ago, the New York Times wrote about the use of feeding tubes for patients with dementia and the recent study, which found 13.7% of families surveyed said that doctors had inserted feeding tubes in their loved ones without obtaining anyone's consent. Considering that getting informed consent is part of proper medical procedure, even if a patient is suffering from mental illness, this finding gives one cause for concern. For 12.6% of families that did give their consent, they said they felt pressured to agree to the feeding tube. Some reported that discussion of possible risks was minimal. Also, opting to give patients with dementia feeding tubes didn't necessarily improve survival, treat bedsores, improve the quality of life, or treat pneumonia.
Nursing Home Negligence
Nursing home workers must be properly trained in working with feeding tubes. Should negligence, inexperience, or carelessness cause a person to sustain injury, illness, or not get the proper nutrition and liquids necessary to maintain his/health, the assisted living facility could be held liable for Los Angeles nursing home negligence.
State fines Whittier nursing home for resident's death, Los Angeles Times, August 17, 2011
When Demented Patients Receive Feeding Tubes, New York Times , May 9, 2011
CDPH Citation (PDF)
Read more about the nursing home fine
More Blog Posts:
San Bernardino Nursing Home Negligence?: Assisted Living Facility Fined $80,000 Over 2008 of Patient Who Became Accidentally Disconnected from Ventilator, California Injury Lawyers, July 8, 2011
Los Angeles Bedsore Lawsuit Claims LAC Medical Center Attempted to Conceal California Elder Neglect, California Injury Lawyers, June 25, 2011
Los Angeles Nursing Home Negligence?: 94-Year-Old Woman Discovered in Freezer of Calabasas Nursing Home, California Injury Lawyers, November 17, 2010
Contact our Los Angeles nursing home abuse and neglect lawyers at Howard Law, PC, today.


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October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. Having worked with domestic violence victims and offenders for much of the past decade, I am grateful to have a space to discuss this concern every year. It is critical that we all understand the definition of domestic violence so that we can identify it within our relationships and educate our children to do the same.
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), "Domestic Violence is willful intimidation, assault, battery, sexual assault or other abusive behavior that is used as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated between one intimate partner against another…including physical violence, sexual violence, threats and emotional or psychological violence."
In the United States, an average of 20 people are abused by intimate partners every minute. One in three women and one in four men have been abused by an intimate partner.
And it starts early. Studies indicate that 1 in 3 teenage relationships involve physical or emotional abuse, and 57% of teens say they know somebody who has been physically or emotionally abused by a dating partner.
In Connecticut alone, one-third of all criminal court cases involve family violence. Tallies for one year (2014) showed 46,750 victims were served by domestic violence relief programs. In one day in 2014, Connecticut shelters served 1109 people. 44 were turned away because of lack of resources. I work with families across the entire Southwest region from Greenwich to Bridgeport. Our local shelters are full. All the time.
Because the definition of domestic violence extends far beyond the images of explosive fighting that may initially pop into our minds, I prefer to use the term "domestic abuse" in my discussions. While physically abusive behaviors are more identifiable and often result in outside interventions from police or child protective services, emotional abuse may be more difficult to recognize in ourselves and easier to hide from outsiders.
Emotional abuse is manipulative behavior used to make one's partner feel inferior, at fault, and deserving of poor treatment. Emotional abusive behaviors include constant criticism, humiliation, and mean, inappropriate or demeaning comments; disregard of a partner's feelings, dreams, accomplishments, and opinions; giving disapproving or intimidating looks; sharing personal information outside the relationship in order to embarrass or disgrace; isolating a partner from friends or family or making one's partner feel bad for wanting to do anything without them; controlling a partner's behaviors or constantly checking up on them via text or phone; and blaming one's partner for one's own problems or unhappiness.
Another more discreet form of abusive behavior is financial abuse. Although reported to occur in 98% of abusive relationships, financial abuse is known as the "silent form of domestic violence" because it is so rarely recognized or discussed.
Financial abuse goes beyond just keeping a tight hold on the family purse strings. It can include preventing a partner from earning or keeping an income, running up debt on a joint account or draining a partner's funds, denying a partner access to money or making them beg or commit crimes or "favors" for money, making a partner account for every penny spent or not permitting them to spend money on necessities, or insisting all or no accounts are in the partner's name. A victim of financial abuse can suffer short-term struggles with limited financial resources and a lack of necessary items, but there are also many long-term consequences such as restricted freedom to leave the relationship, limited knowledge about one's financial status, lack of job experience, damaged credit, significant debt, and low self-esteem.
From the outside, many wonder why someone would stay in an abusive relationship. But from within, there are many reasons. Love and emotional connections, the effects on children, the logistical strains of leaving especially with limited finances and support systems, social isolation or embarrassment, and fear of one's partner retaliating either physically or emotionally (even through children or social networks) are among the most common.
But the stress of an emotionally abusive relationship can take quite a toll, causing illness, depression and even long-term emotional trauma for victims and their children. That's why it is important to recognize abusive behaviors and reach out for help.
If you notice signs of abuse within your own relationship or that of someone you care about, talk about it and seek help. There are many counseling services across the area that can provide individual or couple counseling for both the victim and the abuser before it escalates, as well as local crisis services to help a victim establish safety more immediately.
For confidential assistance and information, contact The National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).
If you are in crisis, contact Domestic Violence Crisis Center of Stamford/Norwalk at (203) 588-9100 or (203) 853-0418 or Greenwich YWCA Domestic Abuse Services (203) 622-0003.
We all have a right to feel safe and secure in our homes and relationships. Domestic abuse is never acceptable and never deserved. Visit www.ncadv.org for more information on domestic abuse definitions and statistics, resources, and how you can help support victims of domestic abuse during October and beyond.
Rebecca Martorella, LMFT welcomes ideas and comments and can be reached at [email protected]


text: Ok I've been noticing an odd trend on my HTC Friendstream/People application interaction. First, this is not about Friendstream's widget not updating.. we all know there are issues there... However, I'm wondering how many of you see photos from your friends in either the widget or on your PC, but CANNOT get to them from your Phone? For example.. I see my newborn cousin pictured in a friends stream on the widget.. I click on it to see the full album and it takes me to what appears to be the same screen in the People/Contacts app for pictures.. but then I get a message "No Albums can be found" I tried going straight from the contact app to the person's facebook photos (it's linked in my contacts) and the same message. I try the OFFICIAL facebook app on the phone, and it sees everything without a problem... After playing with my own profile I found out that if the person's privacy settings for Updates/Photos/Wall are set to anything but "Everyone", then HTC's implementation of the sync cannot get access to it! Since it does know who I am and am logged in (otherwise I'd never get links and friend lists) I can't understand why they didn't see this before. The official app works fine, but doesn't integrate with contacts. I don't want to have to tell my friends "Hey remove your privacy settings" as they'd never do that and I wouldn't want them to. Anyone seen a solution for this? It effectively makes HTC's widgets somewhat limited in use. I wonder if anyone's seen this before (tried to search and didn't see mention of it anywhere on the internet) and if so what HTC's response is? I put a support email into them but haven't heard back yet. Thoughts? PS- There's another app "Just Pictures" that also can read facebook pictures and it too has the same problem.. wondering now if it's some odd facebook restriction on 3rd party apps. EDIT: Ok.. think I might have stumbled upon the problem if anyone else notices this... I need to verify this, waiting on a friend atm, but looks to be the best explaination: If you're seeing this have the person who's photos your missing check the following area in Facebook's settings: Account -> Privacy Settings -> Applications and Websites (Far bottom left of screen) -> Info Accessable Through Your Friends. It seems facebook lets people determine not just who can access items on the profile, but HOW they access items.


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50 Women Every Christian Should Know – Learning From Heroines of the Faith
By: Michelle DeRusha
Published by: Baker Books a division of Baker Publishing Group
Date: September 16th 2014
The inspiring stories of the women who helped to shape our faith
Throughout history, countless women have boldly stepped out in faith and courage, leaving their indelible mark on those around them and on the kingdom of God. In lively prose Michelle DeRusha tells their stories, bringing into focus fifty incredible heroines of the faith. From Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Ávila, and Anne Hutchinson to Susanna Wesley, Harriet Tubman, and Corrie ten Boom, these admirable women live again under DeRusha's expert pen. These engaging narratives are a potent reminder to us that we are not alone, the battles we face today are not new, and God is always with us in the midst of the struggle.
My Review
I really thought I would love this book, especially with the advanced praise it has received by so many people that I highly respect. However, I have to admit I didn't like this book. It was a great historical reference but it definitely wasn't something I would read for pleasure the way I had thought it would be. I had expected a book that helped me to tie my life to those through history and to feel encouraged by these 50 women, yet it felt a lot like I was reading a text book and I struggled to retain the information in it.
As a resource I think this book would make an excellent addition to your shelf, but I don't recommend it as anything more than a text book.
Advance Praise
"This book is rich in inspiration and information. Reading it opened my eyes, broadened my vision, and challenged my faith. I highly recommend it to both men and women!"–Warren W. Wiersbe, author and former pastor of the Moody Church, Chicago
"Fifty women who teach us that famous isn't about how many people know your name and that brave often looks like pressing on even when you're afraid. My daughter and I are both indebted to Michelle for introducing us to many women we'd never met before and are sure never to forget."–Lisa-Jo Baker, community manager for (in)courage and author of Surprised by Motherhood
"In the face of some of the same questions, temptations, and doubts we encounter today, these women were pioneers. Their stories give the church of today–men and women alike–a courageous and brave example of living faith and of living
out faith, the evidence of things unseen."–Deidra Riggs, managing editor of The High Calling and founder of Jumping Tandem
"In this thoroughly researched and well-written work, Michelle DeRusha invites us into the lives of fifty women whose stories are our stories. This book inspired me, challenged me, and made me feel so proud to be a woman who belongs to Jesus."–Jennifer Dukes Lee, author of Love Idol
About the Author
A Massachusetts native, Michelle DeRusha moved to Nebraska in 2001, where she discovered the Great Plains, grasshoppers the size of Cornish hens … and God. She writes about finding and keeping faith in the everyday at http://michellederusha.com, as well as for the Lincoln Journal Star and The High Calling.
She's mom to two bug-loving boys, Noah and Rowan, and is married to Brad, an English professor who reads Moby Dick for fun.


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December 25, 2015 at 10:53 am #806515
Message from ISIS
The Islamic State's Promise To The West
Why aren't we hearing these words from our enemies in the mainstream media?As I learned while living in a bomb shelter for my teenage years: Take serious those who threaten to kill you because they mean it.Now is the time to stay engaged and GET INVOLVED >>> http://www.actforamerica.org/get-involved
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This could get ugly.
Furious Iran threatens to DESTROY Saudi with 'harsh revenge' over executions
IRAN has threatened to destroy Saudi Arabia with a "harsh revenge" after it executed a prominent Shia cleric.
The country's hardline Revolutionary Guards issued a chilling warning to the ruling Al Saud family saying they will topple the "pro-terrorist, anti-Islamic regime".
The website of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also compared Saudi to notorious Islamic State executioner Jihadi John.
Mr Khamenei added: "The unjustly spilled blood of this oppressed martyr will no doubt soon show its effect and divine vengeance will befall Saudi politicians."
It comes after the Sunni kingdom executed Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and three other Shi'ites along with dozens of al Qaeda members.
The move appeared to end any hopes that the common enemy of ISIS could lead to rapprochement between the two countries.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/631026/Iran-Sheikh-Nimr-al-Nimr-harsh-revenge-Saudi-Arabia-executionsJanuary 4, 2016 at 5:19 pm #806978
BBC Documentary Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman empire was an empire of contradictions. It was a war machine, yet it inscribed some of the fairest laws and produced some of the greatest minds in science and mathematics. It tolerated other religions besides Islam, yet it violently opposed them toward the end of its reign. It conquered the Roman Empire before it, spanned three continents, and lasted for 600 years.September 30, 2016 at 9:33 pm #817361
Whenever Jihad is brought up in a conversation, you often hear rebuttals that bring up the Crusades as being just as evil. This video by Dr. Bill Warner from the Center for the Study of Political Islam shows the Crusades were a minuscule compared to the centuries-long attack on Europe and begs the question, 'were the Crusades just a form of self-defense against the rise of the Islamic Empire'?January 1, 2017 at 5:14 pm #818388
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