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I am posting here with the dire hope that someone here knows what is going on or a doctor sees this and tells me what I should do next.
I had my gall bladder removed in May of 2010. For about a year after having it removed, I was perfectly fine.
Then, about a year later, I started getting diarrhea whenever I ate. So I avoided eating fatty foods, to no avail. I talked to my doctor at the time and he thought perhaps a medicine that binds bile acids would fix the problems. So I tried Welchol (tried twice now) and cholestyramine (?), and still getting sick every time I ate.
After a while, I just decided to deal with it as a fact of life. One year later, it got to the point where if I so much as ate a handful of goldfish or a single saltine cracker I was immediately in the bathroom.
When I relocated to Indiana, I sought out a gastroenterologist. He ordered several tests first: one to check for genetic marker for celiac disease, parasite tests, stool tests, all the typical lab work to figure out why I had persistent diarrhea.
When none of that showed anything, he ordered a small bowel series. I have personally read the radiologist's report, and he said that everything looked normal except that there appeared to be some "sprue."
Upon these results, my gastro doctor wanted to do a colonoscopy and endoscopy to check for several things, including celiac disease. Months later, I finally got in to do these procedures. They saw nothing causative, and biopsies found no microscopic causes.
At this point, my gastroenterologist said "It must be my gall bladder removal" and to try Welchol again. So I did.....and it didn't work...again. So again I resigned myself to this is just how life is now.
At this point (2 years after the colonoscopy), the problem is continually getting worse. It is to the point where on days I have to work, I cannot eat at all because I cannot teach a 3 hour class without getting sick. I get sick within 10-15 minutes of eating, no matter what I eat. I could eat a salad, a cracker, a chicken finger, anything. I'm going to get sick. I tried gluten free, avoiding fats, avoiding meats, and everything else I could think of to try. All of this has had NO effect at all. The only relief I had was when I had a concussion and the neurologist had me taking 6 caplets of fish oil a day to help my brain heal. This temporarily helped my stomach a bit, but has since stopped working.
I am absolutely fed up. At this point, I just refer to it as my punishment for eating. I only eat once a day usually, and only when I know I can be at home for when I get sick. I usually have to go to the bathroom 3-5 times after I eat, if not more. Whenever I go out anywhere, I have to know where the bathroom is because I have almost no warning whatsoever.
On a side note, perhaps of importance, if I get upset about something I tend to get sick as well, but only once and it is immediately upon getting upset.
Anyone dealing with something similar? Suggestions? Help? Solutions? I don't know what to do anymore and this is having a significant impact on my life. So far, no doctor has been able to tell me what is wrong, but just fall back on the "no gall bladder" defense.
Any suggestions are welcome!
Thanks in advance!
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I had no idea it could take that long for celiac to show up on biopsies.
Thanks for the info!View Thread
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Promoting Physical Activity in Black Barbershops
Black men suffer disproportionately higher rates of nearly all disease categories, including the leading cause of death in North Carolina -- cancer. An estimated 50% of cancer is preventable with lifestyle modifications such as increasing physical activity (PA), eliminating tobacco use/exposure and maintaining a healthy weight. Evidence suggests that physical activity can reduce risk to several types of cancer. Innovative ways to reach Black men with effective health promotion interventions are needed. Barbershops represent one place where Black men can be reached, but have not been utilized as settings for intervening to promote physical activity. An experienced, interdisciplinary, partnership between community members (barbershop owners, barbers and their customers) and researchers from UNC Chapel Hill/Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Gillings School of Global Public Health, and North Carolina Central University are proposing a two-phase outreach study to bridge this gap. Phase 1 is a series of inter-related formative research studies (in-depth interviews with barbers/owners; observations in shops; focus groups with customers) leading to the development of prototype, theory and evidence-guided, multi-level physical activity intervention (FITShop) designed to increase PA among Black men in barbershops. A test of the prototype FITShop intervention will be conducted in one shop. Using Phase 1 results, Phase 2 is a two-arm, group randomized, initial efficacy trial of the FITShop intervention in 14 Black barbershops with 40 customers per shop (n=560 total). Customers in Arm 1 (7 shops, 280 customers) will receive the FITShop intervention which includes barber training, PA contest in the shop, use of pedometers, community connections and personal feedback plus recommendations for PA. Customers in Arm 2 (7 shops, 280 customers) will receive a Financial Empowerment (FE) attention-control intervention that mimics exposure amount without influencing the primary outcome. Consistent with community-based participatory research principles, our Advisory Board will guide all aspects of the study planning, development, implementation and analysis of results. The primary outcome (physical activity) will be measured via accelerometer using a 7-day protocol and with self-report questionnaires at baseline and 6 months using a previously tested protocol with Black men recruited from barbershops. All primary/secondary outcomes will be measured on all customers at an assessment event/via questionnaire prior to randomization (and at 6 mo) using standardized, previously tested protocols. Process evaluation will assess dose of intervention delivered, received, fidelity, as well as reach, adoption and representativeness at the customer, barber and barbershop levels. Since barbershops are located in all communities, if effective, this intervention has promise for dissemination & sustainability.
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If you want to browse the cube and validate dimensions, hierarchies and calculations using the data from only one partition, here is what you can do. Deploy the new cube solution, run a process structure for the cube and then process only one of the partitions. Process Structure will process all the dimensions plus mark all the measure groups as processed. That way, you can start browsing your cube with all the dimensions and one small partition processed.
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XP Just Won't Die, So Microsoft Sorta Gives Up On Vista
While Apple is busy trying to protect its current-generation operating system, Microsoft has been trying to kill off its elder one. Windows XP use has rumbled on far longer than Microsoft would've wanted (original termination was scheduled for January 2008) thanks to poor reception of Windows Vista. And now Microsoft has caved a little further, and extended the deadline for incorporation of the OS into new PCs from original equipment manufacturers until May.
An earlier extension had allowed manufacturers of netbooks to add XP to their machines until 2010, but desktop manufacturers had to move to installing Vista. But with Vista's successor due mid-2009, and continued image problems dogging the OS, it looks like Microsoft has all but thrown in the towel.
Windows 7 will debut sometime shortly after this new extension, meaning that manufacturers who've previously had to install Vista with a "downgrade" option to XP can simply skip to the new OS.
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Nobody wants XP but I keep it for sentimental reasons!
Microsoft: The CUSTOMER is ALWAYS RIGHT. Stop trying to force Vista down everyone's throats. Regardless of how you feel about Vista technologically, the brand hurts you. It is like Edsel. Shed the name VISTA asap. The Mojave Experiment should not have even been an experiment. You should have shed VISTA long ago and repackaged it as Windows XP Mohave. XP is regarded as the most solid version of Windows ever. Just like MacOS X was the turning point for the Mac and they won't shed the X even though they are WAY past version 10 at this point. USE your XP branding which has equity with your user base and "feels" to consumers as the most solid reliable version of Windows. Use the XP the way Apple uses MacOS X Leopard - Windows XP Mojave. You should never have done it as a test. You will fail again and again trying to tell customers you're smarter than they are at choosing the brand they trust... even if you actually are. Windows 7 will suffer the same fate. Take a lesson from Coca-Cola -- take your lumps and refer to the brand that has the most equity - that is XP. The product should be called Windows XP 2.0 or Windows XP 2009 or Windows XP Greyhound (start using big dogs the way Apple uses big cats). 7 by itself means absolutely nothing and shedding the XP letters will be perceived as MISSING the XP part since predecessor products had that naming convention minus the XP. This is the first time I gave this much free advice on an open forum. I hope you will take it.


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The Memphis City Council approved Tuesday, Aug. 7, sending $2 million in city funding to the Center City Development Corp. for blight remediation at the Chisca Hotel on South Main Street.
Memphis City Council members gave final approval Tuesday, Aug. 7, to a second ballot question for the Nov. 6 ballot in Memphis.
On an 8-3 vote, the council approved on third and final reading the referendum ordinance that puts a one-cent-a-gallon local gas tax to Memphis voters. The same ballot will also include a referendum on a proposed half percent local sales tax hike the council approved in July.
Memphis City Council members take a final vote Tuesday, July 17, on a Nov. 6 ballot question that would raise the local option sales tax rate in Memphis by half a percent.
The vote at Tuesday's council session is on third and final reading of the referendum ordinance. Meanwhile, the council is scheduled to vote on the second of three readings of another referendum ordinance that would create a 1-cent-a-gallon local gasoline tax with revenues going to the Memphis Area Transit Authority.
The Association of Fundraising Professionals will meet Thursday, June 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Thomas Center at Christian Brothers University, 650 E. Parkway South. Cost is $15 for members and $25 for nonmembers. Register at afpmemphis.org.
The Memphis City Council will mark the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with the first city street named in honor of the civil rights leader who was killed in Memphis 44 years ago this week.
A local electrical designer is relocating its operations from Collierville to Hickory Withe.
Elite Electric & Lighting Inc. has purchased 5,000 square feet of the former John Deere Landscapes facility at 2875 U.S. 64 from K&L Highway 64 Investments LLC for $425,000.
Memphis' eyes were bigger than its stomach in 2011, but in a good way.
Some local restaurateurs launched completely new concepts; others entered new submarkets with additional stores. Even a handful of national retailers entered the Memphis market after having locations elsewhere in Tennessee for years.
Dallas-based Behringer Harvard has acquired the Arbors Harbor Town Apartments – a 345-unit multifamily community in Harbor Town on Mud Island – for $31.5 million, or $91,304 per unit.
9135 U.S. 64 and 9225 U.S. 64 Memphis, TN 38016
Sale Amount: $21.9 million
Sale Date: Dec. 6, 2011
Buyer: AB Merion Stonebridge LLC
The Center City Development Corp. board of directors will meet Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 9 a.m. in the DMC conference, 114 N. Main St.
The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. board of directors will meet Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 9 a.m. in the DMC conference room, 114 N. Main St.
Colliers International's industrial team of Andy Cates, Preston Thomas and Mike Driscoll has inked 63 transactions this year. Here's a rundown on a flurry of recent deals the trio has brokered.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Investor Warren Buffett says his company bought about $10.7 billion of IBM stock this year, giving it a stake of more than 5 percent in the technology company.
Buffett revealed the investment during an interview on CNBC on Monday. Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., planned to file a full quarterly update on its U.S. stock portfolio Monday afternoon.
7730 Trinity Road, 7740 Trinity Road, 7750 Trinity Road, 7760 Trinity Road and 7866 Trinity Road Cordova, TN 38018Sale Amount: $7.6 million
The number of businesses licenses filed with the Shelby County Clerk's office increased by more than 14 percent to 1,592 in the third quarter compared with 1,391 in third quarter 2010, according to The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com.
Two Memphis advertising agencies are combining forces to become one of the largest full-service firms in the Mid-South.
Cs2 advertising has acquired Thompson & Co. and its subsidiaries – Thompson Advertising, Thompson | Berry Public Relations, BottleRocket | Sponsorship Consulting and Due North Group | Barter Marketing in Memphis, and White | Thompson in Nashville in partnership with Evette White.
Despite facing stiff competition in Memphis from discount chains and department stores that have wedged rows and rows of cheap grocery offerings into their inventories, The Kroger Co. is feeling good about its position here.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The ranks of the nation's poor have swelled to a record 46.2 million – nearly 1 in 6 Americans – as the prolonged pain of the recession leaves millions still struggling and out of work. And the number without health insurance has reached 49.9 million, the most in over two decades.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Working-age America is the new face of poverty.
Counting adults 18-64 who were laid off in the recent recession as well as single twenty-somethings still looking for jobs, the new working-age poor represent nearly 3 out of 5 poor people – a switch from the early 1970s when children made up the main impoverished group.
Memphis Goodwill Inc. has financed a Goodwill store at 3830 Austin Peay Highway through First Tennessee Bank NA for $1.4 million.
DALLAS (AP) – Southwest Airlines Co. set records for full planes, and higher fares boosted revenue as the summer vacation season kicked into high gear.
Rhodes College has filed an $11 million permit with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement to expand and renovate its main dining hall facility.
Known by students as "The Rat," Catherine Burrow Refectory opened in 1958 and has three dining areas – Neely Hall, Hyde Hall and Rollow Hall. Smaller meeting rooms include the Alburty Room, the Davis Room and the Bell Room.
By the end of 2011, Bardog Tavern owner Aldo DeMartino will have two new Memphis restaurant concepts up and running.
First, The Slider Inn, 2117 Peabody Ave., will fill the 1,200-square-foot space formerly occupied by Bluff City Bayou. The owners, Les Carloss and Jeff Corrigan, moved from the Edge District to the Midtown spot in 2009 and closed it shortly after to pursue catering endeavors.
Memphis-based Evolve Financial Group has brought a new chief financial officer on board.
Howard Lasley, who has more than 30 years' experience in financial services and has worked in the banking, thrift, investment and mortgage banking spheres, has joined a company with three primary business divisions, 220 employees at year-end, 22 mortgage offices and five full-service bank branches in Arkansas and Tennessee.
When Douglas Swink, owner of Renaissance Development Co. and Renaissance Realty, is asked what he does for a living, he always says he's retired.
After two straight years of reporting a loss, the city's largest credit union is back in the black.
And Daniel Weickenand, who took over as CEO of Memphis Area Teachers' Credit Union in August, gives the impression of now having his arms fully around the organization and a plan in mind for where it needs to go.
Chris Chastain's career can be characterized by two main themes: service and community.
Before stepping into his current role as executive director of the Crittenden Regional Hospital Foundation in June of 2008, Chastain served as associate director of annual giving at Rhodes College, development officer at Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation and director of institutional advancement at Lausanne Collegiate School.
Southwest Tennessee Community College plans to build a $6 million educational institution in Fayette County. The facility will be located about two miles from downtown Somerville on U.S. 64.
TLM Associates of Jackson, Tenn., prepared initial drawings for the 26,050-square-foot building, dubbed the Fayette County Higher Educational Center.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The nation's health system can't be transformed by rationing medical care, President Barack Obama's new Medicare chief said Monday in his first major speech.
Dr. Donald Berwick's appointment earlier this summer without Senate confirmation was contentious because some Republicans accused him of being willing to deny care to save on costs. Since then, the administration has kept Berwick out of the limelight, turning the otherwise well-known medical innovation guru into something of a mystery man in Washington.
Downtown's development pipeline continues to hum with new business activity, judging by the development incentives totaling $153,121 the Center City Development Corp. will take action on Wednesday.
Downtown's development pipeline continues to hum with new business activity, judging by the various development incentives totaling $153,121 the Center City Development Corp. will take action on at Wednesday's meeting.
William Adair's quad-cab, four-wheel-drive pickup truck is splattered with mud. The office where he parks it out back, a converted country home at the corner of Tenn. 196 and U.S. 72, is littered with maps.
It would be easy to fall into the all-too-typical discussion that pits Fayette County development against Shelby County development.
The flight of Memphians who are voting with their taillights on their judgments about the quality of life in Memphis is a legitimate factor. Memphis leaders concerned about the city's direction feel it's a factor that can't be ignored.
3355 Brunswick RoadBartlett, TN 38133Loan Amount: $1 millionLoan Date: June 16, 2010Maturity Date: June 10, 2011Borrower: Great Oaks Church of ChristLender: BancorpBank South
Shelby County Schools has filed a $6 million permit with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement to build an office facility at 2800 Gray's Creek Drive in Arlington.
Details on the project – including timeline, total cost and contractor – weren't available by press time, but the school district decided in early 2009 to build a new headquarters at that site.
8057 Wilkinsville RoadMillington, TN 38053Permit Amount: $3.9 Million
Project Cost: $5 millionPermit Date: Applied June 2010Completion: July 2011Owner: Shelby County SchoolsTenant: Millington Central High SchoolContractor: Barnes & Brower Inc.Architect: Steve Landwehr, Fleming/Associates/Architects PC
3167 Cypress Ridge DriveArlington, TN 38002Permit Amount: $7 Million
Project Cost: $7 millionPermit Date: Applied May 2010Completion: October 2010Owner: Earle M. Jorgensen Co.Tenant: Earle M. Jorgensen Co.Contractor: TBDArchitect: TBD
As the housing market begins a slow but steady comeback, the condominium sector is contributing its part after a particularly dreadful slump.
Shelby County saw 67 condo sales in April, a 5 percent improvement from 64 condo sales in April 2009 and a 24 percent improvement from 54 condo sales in March, according to the latest figures from real estate information company Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to entice employers to keep early retirees on their medical plans, the Obama administration announced Tuesday it's making $5 billion available until the safety net of the new health care law is in place.
Talk Shoppe will present "What Sales Professionals Need to Know About Facebook" today from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South, 3693 Tyndale Drive. For more information, call 482-0354.
The Memphis Rotary Club will meet today at noon at the University Club of Memphis, 1346 Central Ave. Sister Maureen Griner, co-director of Dorothy Day House, will speak on the topic "Understanding Poverty." Cost is $18. To register, e-mail Taylor Hughes at email@example.com.
Mallard Creek Realty Inc. owner Stanley Holmes has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
2491 Winchester RoadMemphis, TN 38116Permit Amounts: $89.5 Million
Project Cost: $121 millionPermit Date: Issued March 2010Completion: Spring 2012Owner: Memphis-Shelby County Airport AuthorityTenant: Memphis-Shelby County Airport AuthorityContractor: The Flintco Cos. Inc.Architect: Walker Parking Consultants
Recession casualties in the business sector could be easing, according to the most recent numbers for privilege licenses in the greater Memphis area.
The number of business permits issued during the third quarter slipped by 2.8 percent from the same period a year ago, according to The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com. That compares to an 8.8 percent drop in the second quarter.
Commercial real estate deals used to be hammered out in boardrooms, but with the rise of foreclosures in that sector, many of them are now being negotiated at the courthouse.
The steps of the Shelby County Courthouse proved to be a hot spot for high-dollar, high-profile commercial deals in June, a month that saw the most lucrative transaction and two of the top three sales occur following foreclosures.
Less than a year after handcrafting its first batch of beer, Memphis-based Ghost River Brewing is expanding.
The company today takes delivery of a new 900-gallon fermenter, increasing the company's brewing capacity 33 percent from 2,500 kegs per year to more than 3,300, said Ghost River co-owner Chuck Skypeck.
A one-acre outparcel of the Corner Shops retail center at 2957 Canada Road in Lakeland has been sold for $2 million to a pair of California-based trusts. Corner Shops LLC, whose principal is developer Kevin Hyneman, sold the parcel June 19. The one-acre property has a land lease with Regions Bank to build a branch there.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes dipped in May from April, and the annual increase was the smallest in three years.
But as layoffs, rather than risky mortgages, become the main reason that borrowers now default on their home loans, foreclosures likely will remain elevated this year and into 2010. Many economists expect unemployment, now at 9.4 percent nationwide, to rise as high as 10 percent, and some project it will exceed the post-World War II record of 10.8 percent.
The Memphis Rotary Club will meet today at noon at the University Club of Memphis, 1346 Central Ave. Marshall Gramm of Rhodes College will speak. Lunch is $18 per person and reservations are required. For reservations, e-mail Taylor Hughes at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Salvation Army's Annual Dinner will be today at 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn-University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Willard Scott, NBC's "The Today Show" centenarian birthday announcer, will be the keynote speaker. Cost is $125 per person or $1,250 to reserve a table for 10. For more information, contact Elizabeth Duncan at 260-9130 or email@example.com.
GENEVA (AP) As swine flu cases topped 6,600 worldwide, vaccine makers and other experts met Thursday at the World Health Organization to discuss the tough decisions that must be made quickly to fight the evolving virus.
Re/Max of Kentucky/Tennessee Inc. has filed a breach of franchise agreement complaint against Stan Holmes, his realty company and the four Re/Max franchises he operated in the Memphis area, for a litany of unpaid fees plus penalties and other costs.
The U.S. Community Health Partnership will hold a workshop today from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Bridges, 477 N. Fifth St. The event will feature a health-focused media workshop covering challenges of linking patients to community health resources, important local health statistics and detailed information about the most prevalent diseases in the Memphis community. For reservations, call 516-377-6146 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohioans lined up early Tuesday to cast ballots in a historic election that ended hard-fought campaigns set to change the White House, the U.S. Capitol and the Ohio Statehouse.
NEW YORK (AP) – Wells Fargo reported Wednesday its third-quarter profit fell 25 percent as it took hits on investments in troubled finance companies and increased its credit reserves, but results were better than analysts had expected.
On the presidential campaign trail, it's an issue raised as part of daily talking points, economic proposals and stinging attacks against the opposing party's record.
But in Memphis and Shelby County, the growing number of home foreclosures is more than an abstract concept. It is a drama that threatens to upset the area's economic structure when it comes to property tax revenue and next year's countywide property reappraisal, among other things.
About half a dozen community meetings had been held and roughly 3,000 signatures gathered on a petition as of last week in an effort to stop the world's largest retailer from building a new Supercenter in Cordova.
It's an old story, and it generally follows the same set of events: Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, pursues a piece of real estate that catches its interest. Opponents of the retail giant gather their forces, develop an organized campaign and attempt to stop the development of a new store in its tracks.
Askew Hargraves Harcourt & Associates (A2H) will host the opening reception for two exhibits by glasswork artist Teresa White and painter John Graubman today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at A2H, 3009 Davies Plantation Road. To R.S.V.P., contact Nicole at 372-0404 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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a born-again koan
By Diogenes (bio - articles ) | Nov 21, 2007
Much as I sympathize with him, and commend his practical political insight, I question how the Dalai Lama can choose his own successor.
Sure, it makes sense for him to make the choice, rather than leave the decision in the hands of unsympathetic Communist bureaucrats in Beijing. Smart move. But...
If I understand properly, the man known to us as the Dalai Lama is in fact believed by his followers to be the 13th reincarnation of the original Dalai Lama, who died in 1474. In the past, each time the Dalai Lama has died, monks in Tibet have spent the next year or two locating the young man to whom the illustrious soul has allegedly migrated. Aided by modern means of transportation and communication, I can readily see how they might cut down on that response time. But how can the Dalai Lama be reincarnated in some young Tibetan John Doe, while still fully occupying the body of the current title-holder?
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Unfortunately for Buddhists, this is the equivalent of the Pope saying that the Resurrection was not an actual event. I don't think the "spiritual" people who despise Western culture and look to the Orient for inspiration understand the import of this statement. It is very sad indeed that the perceived need to "save" the Tibetan culture from communism comes at the cost of abrogating a central tenet of its culture. IMHO, Beijing wins in the longer term if HH The Dalai Lama makes this move.


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Why You Already Have Everything You'll Ever Need.
This life is precious.
I don't realize that too often but I'm better at it than I used to be. I used to not think that at all. In fact, just a few years ago when I was still drinking and using, I used to wish this life would just end as quickly as possible.
In Buddhist terms we call this life a Precious Human Life. Yes, in capitals. When we take some time to think about what we really have, we realize how rare and special our lives are. We also realize how fleeting they are, how they can be extinguished in a moment. As a result, we are motivated to use this life with more intention and purpose.
Don't take my word for it. Take a few deep breaths, come into the present moment and look at your life closely. Maybe you haven't done this in a while, so take your time with it.
At the very least you will find that you're alive and breathing. (This is good. Rejoice at this!) You're able to read, think and make choices. You have enough food, clothing and shelter or else you probably wouldn't be reading this in the first place. You live in a free country. You aren't a slave or someone's property (working 9-5 doesn't count!). You can study and practice whatever spiritual path you choose. You have many privileges, leisure and opportunities that not everyone has.
When I was in India a few years ago, I was speeding down the road in the back seat of a hired cab. We blew through village after village and every one looked poorer than the last. What I realized was that if I had been born there, I wouldn't have any of the opportunities I have now. There would have been no coming out to family and friends. No "finding Buddha". No working hard to save enough money to go on a pilgrimage to a far away place. My life and my choices would have been already decided for me.
So think about this for a few minutes. It's not about taking yourself on a guilt trip. But you can cultivate a sense of gratitude for what you do have. Once you do that, you can make an effort to use what life you have left to benefit others. It doesn't have to be the whole world all at once. Start small. Start at home. You can make life better for your family, your children, your friends, your co-workers. In that way, little by little, you willmake the world a better place.
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12 Responses to "Why You Already Have Everything You'll Ever Need."
You are welcome, Kate. Thank you so much for reading!
A lovely reminder. Beautifully, simply put. If I ever go to CO I would very much like to hug you for sharing this gentle reminder.
Thank you
Lovely article, thanks Chris.
You're welcome, Daisy. Thanks for reading!
Life IS precious. Thank you so much for sharing this reminder! I have spent a long time trying to make the world a better place, only to realize that my idea of better is not necessarily the next person's idea of better. I am truly seeking the answer to a question that has recently been driving me: Is there more wisdom in allowing things and people to be as they are or in trying to help make them become "better"? I would love to hear your thoughts.
You're right of course. What is better for me is not always better for you. I think the best we can do is be an example to others, showing them how we are working actively to improve our own condition in a wise and skillful way. That way we are not forcing our judgement values on others. This is really hard to do and I find myself failing at it often. But as long as we have this as at least an aspiration, I think we're on the right track. Hope that helped a little and thank you so much for reading!
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Very, very thought provoking! It is so hard sometimes to accept paradox when we bump into it, often forgetting that it is at the core of everything we are and everything we do. To do nothing and to do something may simply be different paths to the same place. I wonder if enlightenment might be about seeing through duality to the oneness in all things… Thank you!
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The New American Foundation's Federal Education Budget Project (FEBP) unveiled a new online guide dedicated to giving a complete overview of the current 15 federal programs devoted to teacher development and training initiatives. The guide breaks down the programs in detail, complete with the specific appropriation of funds.
The President's budget for FY2011 would consolidate a number of these federal programs and revise or terminate others. The anticipated reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) could further revise programs regarding teacher quality.
BoardBuzz will be monitoring the potential changes in federal funding and authorizing bills in order to keep school board members informed of how emerging policy could affect them. The existing programs detailed by the FEBP's guide seems like a step in the right direction towards improving and rewarding teacher quality. What arguments can be made against allocating funds to give teachers more training and compensation for increased performance? Obviously critiques of the process of teacher evaluation are warranted, but in BoardBuzz's mind it makes sense to reward more effective teachers with more money, especially when teachers have the option of professional development available and the incentive based pay programs have the simultaneous approval and support of the members of their respective school districts.
To learn more about issues involving teacher quality, check out NSBA's advocacy resources on teacher quality.


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Installation Art
Installation Art
& Characteristics
Installation art is a relatively new genre of contemporary art, practised by an increasing number of postmodernist artists, which incorporates a range of 2-D and 3-D materials to influence the way we experience or perceive a particular space. Installations are artistic interventions designed to make us rethink our lives and values. For other new art styles see Contemporary Art Movements.
As in all general forms of Conceptual art, Installation artists are more concerned with the presentation of their message than with the means used to achieve it. As a result, computer art is becoming a key feature. However, unlike 'pure' Conceptual art, which is supposedly experienced in the minds of those introduced to it, Installation art is more grounded - it remains tied to a physical space. Conceptualism and Installations are two of the best examples of Postmodernist art. Admired and hated by art critics, both forms are widely exhibited in many of the world's best galleries of contemporary art.
This visual art form ranges from the very simple to the very complex. An installation can be gallery based, digital based, electronic based, web-based - the possibilities are limitless and depend entirely upon the artist's concept and aims. Almost any type of material or media can be utilized in contemporary installation art, including natural or man-made objects, painting and sculpture, as well as new media such as video, film, photography, audio, performance, happenings and computers.
Some compositions are strictly indoor, while others are public art, constructed in open-air community spaces. Some are mute, while others are interactive and require audience participation.
Some installations are custom-made for a particular space. Others - such as the still-life line drawings of clustered objects made from adhesive tape, by Michael Craig-Martin (b.1941) - can be assembled anywhere. Some even tour as part of a touring exhibition, examples being: the kinetic light environments of the Groupe Recherche d'Art Visuel which toured Europe; Earth Room (1968) by Walter De Maria (b.1935) which toured America before finding a permanent home in New York; and '20:50' by British sculptor Richard Wilson - a room filled with sump oil, viewed from a footbridge - which was shown in London, the Royal Scottish Academy and is now permanently installed at The Saatchi Gallery, the hypermodern art centre owned by the British philanthropist Charles Saatchi. (See also Turner Prize.) However, whatever their particular character, most installation artworks have a low intrinsic value: their real 'value' is the artistic effect they produce.
Difference Between Sculpture and Installation
At first glance, some installations may resemble traditional craft based sculpture or the more modernist assemblage art. But this is an illusion. Installation art effectively inverts the principles of sculpture. Whereas the latter is designed to be viewed from the outside as a self-contained arrangement of forms, installations often envelop the spectator in the space of the work. The viewer enters a controlled environment featuring objects as well as light, sound and projected imagery. The formalism of the composition remains of secondary importance - it is the effect on the spectator's spacial and cultural expectations that remains paramount.
Emerging during the 1970s, Installation is associated with Conceptual art and can therefore be traced back to artists such as Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) and his modernist readymades such as his controversial urinal called Fountain (1917). Other influences include the avant-garde Dada exhibitions in Berlin and Cologne; the work of the collage artist and sculptor Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948), notably his 'Merzbau' assemblage which filled a whole building; the Proun Room at the Berlin Railway Station in 1923, designed by the Russian artist El Lissitzky (1890-1941), possibly the earliest ever installation; the Spatial Environments of the painter and sculptor Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) and his White Manifesto outlining his theories of Spatialism; the "4-33" silent musical composition composed by John Milton Cage Jr (19121992). In addition, the assemblages and writings of the American avant-garde artist Allan Kaprow (b.1927) - notably his 1966 book 'Assemblage, Environments and Happenings' - were also highly influential on the development of the Installation genre.
Famous modern installation artists include: Joseph Beuys (1921-86) the war-scarred ex-Professor of Monumental Sculpture at the Dusseldorf Academy, whose lard and felt installations, extensive use of found objects, bold lectures on art and creativity and career long dedication earned him a retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York; Italian Arte Povera artists Mario Merz (1925-2003), Michelangelo Pistoletto (b.1933), Jannis Kounellis (b.1936), and Gilberto Zorio (b.1944); the German multi-media artist Rebecca Horn (b.1944), noted for her performance films, her kinetic installations, and her Guggenheim retrospective which toured Europe in 1994; Judy Chicago (b.1939), noted for her installation of feminist art - The Dinner Party (1979, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, New York); Bruce Nauman (b.1941), noted for his neon light sculpture and video installations; and the Frenchman Christian Boltanski (b.1944), famous for his installations of photographs, sometimes with lights. A unique form of postmodernism was practised by Christo and Jeanne-Claude (both b.1935), the Bulgarian-French couple who became famous for their huge 'empaquetage' interventions in nature. Other contemporary Installation artists include: the Norwegian Olafur Eliasson, whose works include The Forked Forest Path (1998, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne); Young British Artists like Damien Hirst (b.1965) and Tracey Emin (b.1963); and the Koreans Nam June Paik (1932-2006), noted for his videop art and Do-Ho Suh, noted for his composition Some/One (2002) featuring thousands of nickel military dogtags, at the Serpentine Gallery, London.
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