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A designer who creates a truly unique identity and applies it practically across a vast digital platform needs creative firepower, seasoned design ability, and eagerness to get their hands dirty in development. I've worked relentlessly to become that designer.
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There's a time and place for everything. I understand where a more creative, even 'crazy' approach has the potential to achieve project goals in a way nothing else could. I also understand where it's a completely pointless waste of time while something much more simple would've done just as well.
So no, I don't try to do something completely outside of what people are used to with every project, in fact I still enjoy design that needs a more practical focus, and I intend to continue doing that type of work as well.
I will admit however, I certainly have a history of intentionally seeking out projects where that more creative, crazy approach is exactly what's needed. That's just my personal creative drive, it's been a part of me as long as I can remember and it wakes up with me every day.
Design was my original passion, I strived to be a designer and nothing more for a very long time. As I gained more experience and felt both the joy and heartbreak that comes with suceeding or failing in the creation of something you've poured your heart into, I cared less about being 'a designer', and more about being whatever it took to actually create the things I aspired to.
With that mindset, I've expanded my skillset far beyond I'd ever thought I even wanted to. Most importantly I've gradually honed sharp front-end development skills, without which my efforts to push design boundaries would end in miserable failure. These also contribute more than I can express to my abilities in branding, animation, and more.
I've done it all and I do it all, because I see myself simply as someone who creates things. It doesn't mean I need to take over every role in a project, just that I've done so before and I understand the complete process, allowing me to work with teams even more effectively.
At this point I've worked with just about every type of design process there is to see in this field. I've worked with multiple acclaimed digital agencies, multiple small botique studios, a ridiculous amount of startups both large and small, and of course I've done a ton of solo freelance work with unlimited variety.
I've learned so much from everything that it's been a while since I've felt like I needed to fall back on a particular process or strategy for a project. I approach every project within itself, and dynamically adjust how I approach every step based on the situation. I've found that this flexibility allows for greater results than a rigid process.
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When I was 16 years-old, I dropped out of high school to go full-time with the freelance design work I was already doing. Since then, I've moved around the country, worked for a few different agencies, and went through the wringer in the startup world. I now live/work independently between NYC & Chicago.
Part of me lives for unique experiences. Having strangers crash at my place through couchsurfing.com, practicing public improv challenges, climbing urban structures, etc. My typical weekend involves skateboarding all over the city covered in glitter and dressed head to toe as Spider-Man, eyes open for opportunities to explore new places and meet new people.
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Inner Sanctum – Band Of The Year 2009
Victory at GIR and iRock, a headlining position at the Deccan Rock Festival and lots more. No other band has achieved as much as Inner Sanctum has in one year. Here we proudly present the Indian 'Band Of The Year' – Inner Sanctum.
HB: You've just been selected as Headbangers India's 'Indian Band of the Year'. Give us your comments. How eventful has 2009 been for Inner Sanctum?
Chintan: Band of the year! Thanks a ton! If you expect anything in return, let me make this clear. We are a poor band and we like women!
Michael: 2009 brought us our first headlining show, our first release (and a good one at that), our I-Rock victory and our first GIR… Oh, and the perfect line up. Further, we just headlined Strawberry Fields 09, NLS and we also get to share stage with Textures and Amon Amarth. It's been a good year!
HB: Congratulations on releasing your debut EP 'Provenance'. How has the response been so far?
Chintan: Provenance has been the best decision we've taken so far. It's created a positive buzz all over and with awesome reviews coming up on Rolling Stone, Metalstorm, Kvltsite, Metal Underground, Headbangers India etc. We are more than pleased. With regard to sales, we've just ordered our second batch of CDs, and it's just been 3 months. That says it all.
Gaurav: Provenance is definitely the band's biggest achievement by far. Recording, finalizing and then releasing a CD was much tougher than we thought but was a great learning experience. The response has been awesome so far. Although I am sure everyone may not have enjoyed it as much as the rest… But then again it's very hard to please lame people ha-ha.
HB: The whole recording was kept extremely secretive. Any particular reasons? How did you guys suddenly come up with the idea of recording an EP?
Chintan: Provenance wasn't really an impulsive thing. We didn't decide one day, out of the blue that we needed to record an EP. It was definitely something we had on the back of our minds. The only issue was finding the right time and the right amount of resources. When we had both, we decided to start work on Provenance. Our only condition was that we wouldn't stop till the damn thing was international quality. We had to raise the bar, we had to get it to sound like it just came out from some massive record label. To a large extent we've succeeded.
Why was it kept a secret? Coz it's more fun that way! I remember the first time I gave a few friends of mine a sneak preview of Provenance. it blew them away.. and to a large extent it was because of the fact that they had no clue that this was coming their way.
Michael: Haven't you heard of those big budget Hollywood movies that keep everything hush hush? Well we did the same thing. It got you guys excited didn't it? Well apparently Bobbins (Abhinav) had this dream where Mario Duplantier (Gojira's drummer, for you losers who don't know) slapped him as he couldn't play "Remembrance" right. And so he awoke and said (with the same dramatic look in all his photos), "We must make an EP"
HB: We heard that the EP was mastered in Germany. Do tell us more!
Michael: Yeah we like zee Germans, so we figured they would be our best choice. Plus we all share the same ideals. Wir müssen die Juden ausrotten!! 😀 (We're joking, that's just a reference to South Park).
Gaurav: It was mixed and mastered by Lasse Lammert of LSD studios Germany. LSD studios is the best decision we have ever made. Lasse's sound made us release our man juices in our pants. So all the eargasm that you have been experiencing currently is because of him.
HB: Any funny incidents or madness from the recording sessions that you'd like to share with us?
Michael: Well, Headbangers India don't have one of those, "Enter if you're over 18" warnings before you can view the site, so next question.
Gaurav: Tonnes, I think we should just upload the videos of "THE GAY ADVENTURES OF INNER SANCTUM" and let you people decide. Obviously after that, people will no longer come to our shows and we will then have to sue Headbangers India for it.
HB: Which is your personal favourite song from the album? Any specific reasons for that choice?
Chintan: I would have to say Agent Of Chaos. It probably best expresses where Inner Sanctum is now, musically. It's got all the elements that make us what we are today.
Gaurav: Agent Of Chaos. Because I named the song, the rest of the songs have shitty names thanks to Chintan Chinnappa who is supposedly, and I quote "Lawyer by day, wolverine by night, mwhahahaha."
HB: Congratulations on your recent spree of wins. First I-Rock, then the performance at GIR. How was the reaction of the Mumbai crowd? Can we expect another win at Mood Indigo soon?
Chintan: Cheers. Yeah, both I-Rock and GIR have been really memorable for us. Honestly, we didn't do I-Rock to win, as unbelievable as it may sound the fact that we had an opportunity to do Mumbai itself was reason enough to play…. Winning was just a bonus.
We're doing Mood Indigo only coz Porcupine Tree is playing on the 21st. Again, if we do make the finals or win, it's just a bonus.. We'll just gun it. If we win, super. If we don't we have Porcupine Tree 😛
Gaurav: Pssst… Let this be our little secret… We paid the judges. 😛 But on a more serious note, yes, this year we have worked hard and had our share of good luck and I think the results act as proof to this. Mood-I eh. Quick give me the judge's number, must bribe them too, before some deserving band takes away our unfair advantage!!
HB: What can we expect from Inner Sanctum five years from now? (Please don't tell us someone's going to write GRE!)
Michael: Ha-ha, no GRE's we aren't that smart. I guess we would need to find a new bassist as I might be too obese to play onstage. Basu would definitely die of food poisoning. If you covered dog shit with chocolate sauce, he would eat it. Bobbins would be totally deaf and wouldn't be able to follow the guitars. Rajeev would be a bum living on the streets in his tube amp cab. And Chintan would still be playing his guitar in the jam room, even though no one would be around.
Gaurav: 5 years from now – Rajeev will still be trying to clear engineering, Chintan will be conning people and draining their bank accounts, Michael will be on the quest for tele-shopping products that make man breasts disappear within seconds, Abhinav will still be under the impression that you can buy an IQ and will go hunting for it at Chor Bazaar. And I will be a billionaire, dating the hottest models, drinking the finest liquor and be the proud owner of the Guinness Record for the largest penis in the world.
HB: Inner Sanctum was always one of the better bands at competitions, but you guys lost out a couple of times to "other" groups, and we repeatedly saw rock bands win over metal bands. Any comments on that?
Chintan: None whatsoever. They were better on that day and they won. We don't care. we do shows to have fun and we don't regret losing to these "other" groups.
Michael: The only reason the other bands win is because they sabotaged the equipment after they finish. 😛 . Anyway on a serious note, we don't really care if we are beaten by a rock band or an electronica band. It doesn't really matter to us as long as the crowd enjoyed the show. The only reason we like winning is coz you can make a quick buck. Yes, we are a greedy band, so now go buy our merchandise if you have not already, and give us your money.
HB: Your comments on the live music scene in your city. Though Bangalore is the metal capital of the country, do you think you'd have better opportunities as a band if you were in a place like Mumbai?
Michael: We are not in Mumbai so we can't say. But thankfully we aren't in Mumbai as Chintan would never make it to the jam room with the traffic and we would be constantly be late for all gigs. We loved the Mumbai crowd but Bangalore will always be home to us. The scene might be a little fucked right now but its developing. And the best thing to do is look forward, coz Basu just took a dump back there.
Gaurav: Firstly, we are a Bangalore band, and always will be. Bombay is awesome no doubt but we love playing here and Bangalore will always be closer to our hearts than any other town. However the local scene has a long way to go honestly. There is talent but no one has the time to sit and craft songs that are at par with what's happing on a global level. For it to become a full fledged scene that's recognized globally, it'll take another decade or so. But otherwise loads of international bands are coming down which is a great sign.
HB: This is your celebrity moment! How about some inspirational words to your fans…
Chintan: If you're reading this interview and think that this is the lamest part of the interview, I agree with you!
Michael: Oops, brain fart. I had something really brilliant and inspirational to say to all the young kids reading this. Oh well.
Gaurav: Hello. To all the underage guys, drink and do drugs, "it's cool." To all the older guys, have unprotected sex. It feels waaaay better, condoms are for pussies, Women suck, they are all whores, the only good woman is a quiet one and the only way to keep her quiet is to stick your dick in her mouth. Spit, litter, kick stray dogs. It's just so much fun…
If you agree with any of this, you are a scumbag and if I see you at our show, I will personally come off stage and beat the shit out of you.


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It has been a very good week so far for outfield prospects in the St. Louis Cardinals system.
On Monday, Memphis Redbirds outfielder Tommy Pham was recognized as the Player of the Week by the Triple-A Pacific Coast League for the period of August 4-10.
On Tuesday, he was joined by Gulf Coast League Cardinals outfielder Magneuris Sierra, named the GCL Player of the Month for July, as selected by Minor League Baseball.
In the August top prospect rankings from The Cardinal Nation, Pham is number 19 in the system with Sierra coming in 32nd.
Sierra, previously named the Cardinals system-wide Player of the Month by both the Cardinals organization and The Cardinal Nation in July, accomplished the following in his very first full month of official play in the US.
The left-handed hitter led the Gulf Coast League in slugging percentage (.598), hits (36), extra-base hits (10), batting average (.439), total bases (49), doubles (eight) and on-base percentage (.489). His 21 runs scored was third in the rookie-level league.
Across the entire Cardinals organization, the Dominican Republic native was the July leader in batting average, on base percentage, slugging percentage and of course, OPS, and tied for third in runs scored and stolen bases (nine).
Sierra, who stands 5-foot-11 and weighs 160 pounds, will not turn 19 years of age until next April.
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Already playing at a high level since May, Pham showed even more of what he can do when healthy and hitting on all cylinders in seven games last week.
During that time, the 26-year-old hit a Pacific Coast League-best .500 (14-for-28) with two home runs, seven RBI, 10 runs scored and four stolen bases in seven games. Pham walked five times and had a .750 slugging percentage with a 1.309 OPS hitting out of the leadoff spot. The outfielder collected a hit in every contest except one, recording four multi-hit games.
Pham became the first player in Memphis Redbirds history to compile four hits, four RBI and score four runs in a game. He followed that up with another record-breaker by becoming the first Redbirds player to notch back-to-back four-hit games.
On the season, Pham is batting .345 (91-for-264) in 84 games with nine home runs, 36 RBI, 46 runs scored and a team-best four triples and 13 stolen bases. After a rough start in April, the right-handed batter has been a different player since. From May 3 on, Pham's .377 (86-for-228) batting average is highest in the PCL.
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i have always been a fan of carlos' work. seeing it over the years in elle decor and architectural digest. the man knows how to use a pedestal. i particularly love his miami home most recently featured in elle decor. i'm blown away with the simplicity and the power of his work. everything is subtle, yet significant…so calm, yet dynamic… so easy, yet thoughtful…so elegant, yet casual…so masculine, yet soft…
as i interviewed carlos it all became all the more clear to me… his vision is simple. it's all about the beautiful objects, the meaningful pieces he curates in a space…the rest is just the backdrop.. and most importantly, it's about the architecture…what it really is, is just genius! enjoy!
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A Lockheed Martin-led industry team has completed successful functional integration tests of the spacecraft bus and network communications equipment on the first satellite of the next generation Global Positioning System, known as GPS III.
The recent testing of GPS III space vehicle 1 (SV 1) bus - the portion of the space vehicle that carries mission payloads and hosts them in orbit - assured that all bus subsystems are functioning normally and ready for final integration with the satellite's navigation payload. Systems tested included: guidance, navigation and control; command and data handling; on-board computer and flight software; environmental controls; and electrical power regulation. The SV 1 satellite's network communication equipment subsystem that interfaces with the ground control segment and distributes data throughout the space vehicle also passed all tests as expected.
This milestone follows February's successful initial power-on of SV 1, which demonstrated the electrical-mechanical integration, validated the satellite's interfaces and led the way for functional and hardware-software integration testing.
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For the first two decades of his life, Mathias Cormann didn't speak a word of English. Australia's Finance Minister has a back story unlike any other in Parliament.
But on arrival in Perth he was mesmerised. As author
The relationship with the Perth girl didn't last, but Cormann's love of his new country did. Nearly 20 years later, his name will be printed alongside that of
It's been a fast rise for a man who is still not widely known by the Australian public – and quite some journey. When Cormann says everybody comes to the job in "their own circumstances", he references a personal story unlike any other in Parliament. While he isn't the only politician with a migrant background, he is the first senior economics minister whose mother tongue is German. Growing up in Raeren, a small town in eastern Belgium, he didn't speak a word of English for the first two decades of his life. His attempts to master his fourth language after German, French and Flemish came only after a solid period studying law in Belgium.
After his initial visit to Australia, Cormann returned to Belgium intending to make a career in law there. But the pull of Perth was palpable and he returned four months later, this time for a summer Christmas. "The sense I had at the time was that everything was so big. There was so much opportunity. It sounds like a cliché but you could literally feel the likelihood that this place was going to develop quite incredibly strongly. At the time I thought, 'Wow, this is great. I want to be part of it.' " He returned to Belgium yet again but Perth loomed ever larger in his head. In July 1996, Cormann formally migrated to Australia, a country none of his family or circle of Belgian friends had ever visited.
A tale in two chapters
Cormann's life is a story of two chapters. In the first, he helped his mother raise his sisters while his father struggled with illness and alcoholism. As a second-year law student at the impressionable age of 19, he was politicised by the fall of the Berlin Wall. The second chapter saw him swap Belgium for Australia and law for politics. Running through the entire narrative has been his conservative Christian faith.
Sitting in his ministerial office in Parliament House in Canberra, Cormann is matter of fact about his back story. A cautious, disciplined and seemingly unsentimental person, he answers questions in short sentences and emits a slightly forced, staccato laugh when they get too close to the bone. He has got to where he is by stepping lightly, and even close colleagues say that they know little about his pre-Australian life. Yet Cormann is not secretive about his past, responding directly and in detail when asked about his German-Belgian origins. That he is an "unknown" suggests, rather, that it is only dawning on the wider public that a significant new figure has arrived on the national political stage.
Cormann's relationship with Hockey runs deeper than that of many Treasurers and their finance ministers. Hockey is also from an immigrant background: his father was a Bethlehem-born Armenian-Palestinian. Hockey describes Cormann as a safe pair of hands. "He's incredibly good at getting across the detail of his brief. But he also knows what the policy motives are. I regard him as my wingman in a brutal dogfight."
Straight after question time on the days that Federal Parliament sits, Hockey and Cormann slip out of the building to a private courtyard where they chat, each smoking a cigar. They no doubt discuss the budget bottom line, but have more interesting things to talk about, too. Both Hockey and Cormann are proud of their origins. Hockey describes his father as his hero, the man who has most influenced his life. Cormann says he is immensely proud of his father – but for different reasons.
Herbert Cormann was working as a turner in a local factory when he developed health problems. "My father was a very hard worker until serious illness struck him down at a time when he and my mum had four kids under 10," Cormann recalls. Describing it as "a very personal matter", he adds that Herbert became an alcoholic. "It is fair to say that the most challenging time for us as a family was during that time, from when I was 10 to when I was 15." His father overcame that addiction and has not drunk since. "That was a great achievement and something we are all very proud of."
Mathias formed a close bond with his mother. Speaking after her son's appointment as Finance Minister, Heldegard Cormann told Fairfax Media that her son had "learnt everything necessary to look after the other children and to do the housework . . . He became, not like a father exactly, but much more grown up. He organised all the family affairs . . . My son and I always spoke a lot about things. I liked it because he wanted to change things that are not good."
The Cormann household was sustained through these difficult years by a state disability pension and the support of the local church, where Mathias served as an altar boy. He performed altar duties for weddings, and after each one was given a book from the Tintin series by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, books he chose. Cormann still has all 23 books. There are Tintin prints in his ministerial office – alongside a framed, autographed West Coast Eagles football jumper. His Belgian childhood hero was an intrepid, truth-seeking, crime-busting boy reporter; his Australian heroes are men who play a code of football he didn't know existed before he migrated.
Faith remains a strong force in Cormann's life. He is a regular church-goer and his wife, prominent Perth lawyer Hayley Ross, is also a Catholic. Cormann met Ross nine years after he settled in Australia and they have a one-year-old daughter, Isabelle.
The Catholicism with which Cormann grew up reflects the deep conservatism of the German-speaking region of eastern Belgium. Formerly part of Germany, the region was annexed to Belgium under the redrawing of borders that resulted from the Treaty of Versailles. Between the wars, German-speaking nationalists agitated for reunification with Germany. The retaking of Eupen, where Cormann was born, was an important symbol of Adolf Hitler's early military triumphs. Eupen was one of the first towns the Nazis declared to be "free of Jews" after Jewish residents were shipped out to concentration camps. Because of its symbolism, Eupen became a key target for American forces after the D-Day landings in 1944 and the region, including Raeren, was the scene of some of the most ferocious fighting in what became known as the Battle of the Bulge.
Inspired by the fall of the Wall
Cormann's parents were born after World War II, but Cormann says the war had a serious effect on their families. A grand-uncle on his father's side, who had been the editor of a local newspaper, ended up in a concentration camp for publishing anti-Hitler articles. Cormann is acutely aware of the amount of Australian blood spilt on Belgian soil and of the vast fields of white crosses that mark the places where young men – about the age he was when he came to Australia – ended their journeys.
But it was a subsequent war, the Cold War, that profoundly shaped the philosophy and beliefs of the young Mathias. He was a law student in Belgium during the protests that marked the beginning of the end of communism in Europe. The chance to witness a great, historic event propelled him and some of his university friends to jump in a car and hurtle to Berlin just days after the Wall had been breached by huge, cheering crowds. What Cormann observed in Berlin still sits powerfully with him. Looking from the Wall to the East and then to the West, he says he saw why capitalism had triumphed over communism.
"You had two German populations divided by the Wall," he says. "You had millions of people living side by side with the same challenges after the war, the same opportunities, same climate, same geography. All the preconditions were the same. But they were subject to different policy choices and different systems of government. On one side, you could see freedom, reward for effort and encouragement for people to stretch themselves and where that had led. On the other side you could see where lowest-common-denominator policies had led."
These impressions were reinforced when Cormann studied in England. "There were students there from East Germany who had started to come to west European universities. I spoke to them and it was very obvious: socialism holds people back; policies based on freedom, free choice and reward for effort ultimately lift everyone."
Cormann's mother and father were not interested in politics, he says, but he found himself increasingly drawn to public life. "At some point growing up I developed an interest in current affairs and became more and more conscious of the impact of political systems and decision making on people's quality of life. I developed a sense that I had some capacity to make a positive difference."
Three forces helped stir his political ambition. The first was the decision to study law. The second was the tuition of the Jesuit lecturers at the Catholic University of Namur in Brussels where he took up his legal studies. Cormann says they taught him to question, challenge and argue points of view.
The third was joining a political party – the Christian Social Party in Raeren. Catholic and conservative, it was a natural home for Cormann. He secured a seat on the local council and later, a job with Mathieu Grosch, the party MP who held the seat reserved for German-speaking Belgians in the national parliament. Grosch suggests it was as much Cormann's driving ambition as the delights of Perth that saw him start anew in Australia. "He was my first personal assistant in Brussels; it was obvious he was intelligent, driven and charismatic but also blessed with youthful impatience and full of determination," Grosch said in a statement on Cormann's appointment as Finance Minister. "No road was too far for him to travel to reach his goal."
Whether or not Cormann calculated that he had better prospects for a political career in Australia than in a tiny German-speaking community in Belgium, it became clear after he arrived in Perth that politics offered him the best chance of a career here. His Belgian law degree was not recognised in Australia, so Cormann fired off hundreds of letters to all sorts of potential Perth employers asking for work. All that came of these efforts was a casual job as a gardener. "What I found was that if you just write letters, people just write back polite replies. I said to myself, 'You have got to be a bit smarter about this.' "
Cormann decided to take a direct approach. With two years' experience as a political assistant to Grosch under his belt and some knowledge of international law and treaties, he approached WA Liberal senator
"I rang him and asked for a meeting. I suggested to him I might be able to help as a volunteer while I was trying to find a job. We met, had a chat and essentially just started talking politics. Chris said 'Yep, give it a shot.' Within two weeks somebody on his staff got crook and I got put in as a relief staffer. The rest, as they say, is history."
Serious, savvy and committed
Cormann became a senior adviser to Ellison, who went on to become a minister in the Howard government. Cormann struck Ellison at that first meeting as a serious person of obvious intelligence, with a savvy political brain and a willingness to commit. Ellison was emerging as an increasingly powerful figure in the state Liberal Party. After years of turmoil and ugly factionalism in the WA branch, Howard gave Ellison the task of cleaning out the stables and uniting the party membership. Ellison did well, becoming political godfather to a generation of ambitious Liberals. Eight of his former staff, including Cormann, became state or federal MPs.
Bob Fisher, one of the five members of the Abbott government's National Commission of Audit panel, has known Cormann since soon after he arrived in Australia. Fisher was director-general of the WA Department of Family and Children's Services. In 1997 he met up with the newly appointed minister for the portfolio, Rhonda Parker, who had with her "this tall, good-looking young fellow who talked like Arnold Schwarzenegger". Says Fisher: "I couldn't make this bloke out. Who was he? What was a bright young bloke from Belgium doing in Perth working for a state minister?"
Fisher says he took Cormann out for coffee after the meeting, during which the young political staffer told Fisher he aspired to move into federal politics. "Then you will want to get into the House of Representatives. That's where the action is," Fisher told Cormann. "He said, 'No, Bob. The Senate. With my accent no one would vote for me if I tried to get a seat [in the House].' I thought, 'Wow. This is a young bloke who knows what he wants.' "
Identifying goals and systematically working to achieve them have been hallmarks of Cormann's professional life. At key points in his career he has overtaken potential rivals by clever back-room networking and astute political judgment. His surprise elevation to the cabinet and finance ministry – over the former shadow finance minister and one-time Liberal Party national director
A key political opponent has been Labor's Senate leader and Cormann's predecessor as finance minister,
She and Cormann have engaged in ferocious verbal combat, especially in Senate estimates committees where Cormann conducted forensic inquisitions of the former Labor government's carbon and mining taxes. To the outsider, estimates committee hearings can appear mind-numbingly dull and tedious, which they are if committee members have not done the grinding research necessary to know which rabbit warrens to go down in search of important details. Cormann did his homework. Those who appeared before him always knew to expect a hard time from him. He says the long hours spent in estimates committee were the best possible training for the job he now has, "because you end up being across the detail of all the issues, all of the arguments, from each side of the argument."
Wong says of those sparring matches: "We have certainly gone toe to toe in many different forums, but I think we are both able to have a chat in a reasonably cordial way outside of the chamber, which is the way I like it. I prefer those political relationships where you can keep some perspective and I've generally found with Mathias that we can have a pretty robust argument but we are still able to have a cordial exchange outside the chamber. Not all senators are like that."
While there were some audible grumbles when Cormann got the finance ministry ahead of Arthur Sinodinos, Abbott's judgment looks to have been vindicated by the entanglement of the assistant treasurer in the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiries. Cormann took on Sindodinos's duties when he stood aside from the frontbench while giving evidence to the commission. One powerful Liberal who might have cause to feel bitter towards Cormann is former Liberal leader and now cabinet colleague
Turnbull insists he holds no grudge against Cormann for the role he played in killing off his leadership and ranks him as one of the most important members of the Abbott team, branding him a powerful contributor to the government's pro-market, pro-free enterprise and smaller government economic agenda. Cormann has been a strong voice arguing the economic rationalist line on agenda-defining decisions on the car industry, the SPC Ardmona fruit cannery and
An economic dry
His ministerial colleagues count Cormann as a key "economic dry", a label he is happy to wear. He also proudly calls himself "conservative" rather than "liberal". He has publicly defended Senator
Cormann is cautious about linking his political ambition to his upbringing. "I always had this sense that you can make a difference through public service, through politics. I thought that if you didn't take an interest then you weren't able to complain about things that didn't evolve in the direction you thought they should."
As to whether there is a contradiction between his strongly pro-market, small government, budget discipline politics and his family's survival story – his parents were able to make ends meet because of state support in the form of his father's permanent disability pension – Cormann says he's not opposed to a social safety net.
"I genuinely believe that the best way to provide opportunity for everyone is to pursue policies which are based on freedom, free enterprise and reward for effort, lower taxes and smaller government. But ultimately, for sure, you have got to make sure that in every community there is a safety net to support people who are genuinely in need."
Two decades after that first long haul from Brussels to Perth and now with a life deeply entrenched in Australia, Cormann says he still feels strongly connected to his Belgian roots. He drinks Belgian beer: Stella Artois, from Leuven where he went to university. And he still loves mussels and chips, Belgium's national dish. But "Perth is home for me and my family. Travel to visit, yes. Moving back, no." Unlike many immigrants who encourage their Australian-born children to speak the language of their forebears, Cormann does not speak German to his daughter. If she wants to learn it one day that will be her choice, he says.
At the end of a long conversation, the question of ambition arises. How far does he want to go and how much sacrifice is he prepared to make in his family's life? This time, the 43-year-old is a bit more enigmatic. He and Ross have discussed the sacrifices involved in being a West Australian in Federal Parliament, with the long distances it constantly puts between them, but at this stage they are jointly committed to his Canberra career. The family recently moved home from Perth's northern suburbs to south of the Swan River, into the federal seat of Tangney, held by fellow WA Liberal
He denies any such plan but adds a cryptic metaphor to explain how he sees his career: "You climb the mountain until you get as close as you can to the top of the mountain and then you start going down the other side and you go home." So he doesn't know where the climb might end? "Well, the government as a whole is climbing the mountain for Australia. Hopefully that won't end for a long time to come."
A senior colleague and admirer offers a prediction which cautious Cormann would never go near. "I would not be the least bit surprised if he ends up becoming Australia's first German-speaking prime minister. How could you rule it out, given how far he has come already?"
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Who's That Girl?
She plays to packed stadiums around the world, graces international magazine covers, and dates some of the hottest actors and pop stars on the planet.
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Rumors that the teenage lesbian from Mississippi who was banned from attending her prom only to be re-directed to a fake prom with a mere five other students in attendance have been confirmed, quite hatefully, by McMillen's classmates.
A classmate of Constance's named Lindsay Begley wrote a rather lengthy explanation of why she and her classmates are a bunch of horrid bigots, and if following this story from the outset hasn't brought back the wretchedness of the highschool hierarchy, Begley's message certainly will. (And if you're the type of person who would throw rocks at McMillen and call her names, you can join the Facebook group "Constance, quit yer cryin'.")


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I am 34 yr old single lady, I have not had a kid yet but still am prayerful about a marriage and possibly a kid. I am nearing a 130lb weight loss and wondering if a Tummy Tuck will prevent or restrict me from having kids in the future.
Can I Have a Tummy Tuck Even if I am Planning on Having Kids Later?
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Pregnancy after a Tummy-tuck
I would encourage you to seriously consider a tummy-tuck at this juncture in your life. I believe the benefits out-way the small possibility that you might need some additional work after a pregnancy. There is no medical reason to wait, it will not hinder a pregnancy.
Tummy tuck prior to pregnancy.
I have had 3 patients proceed to have unintended and subsequently uncomplicated pregnancies following a tummy tuck. If this is your choice, please be aware you may need a second tummy tuck after pregnancy to restore the appearance of your abdomen.
Learn more: http://www.bodysculptor.com/body-surgery-chicago/tummy-tuck/
Tummy Tuck Timing
Hi there-
Congratulations on your weight loss- quite an achievement.
With regard to the appropriate timing of a tummy tuck, there a few considerations, an no one correct answer for all patients...
If your goal is to look as good as possible as soon after your weight loss is complete as possible, and don't mind the possibility that after you have a few children you may need the tummy tuck revised, and especially if you do not have plans for a family in the near future, then I would say you would be okay to proceed once you are at a stable weight. There should not be significant risk to you or your baby of becoming pregnant after a tummy tuck (other than possibly needing a revision).
If, on the other hand, you either have plans to start a family within the next year or two, or if the idea of needing to revise your tummy tuck after babies is objectionable to you, then I would wait.
Again- congratulations!
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If you are planning on having kids in the next year or so, it might be best to wait before having a tummy tuck or abdominoplasty. However, if kids are in the future, then there is no reason to hold off on the procedure. Good luck.
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Tummy Tuck Even if I am Planning on Having Kids Late
Great results from weight loss 130 pounds WOW! Yes you can have a tummy tuck but it is best to have a very excellent informed consent prior to the operation especially discussing the possible outcomes of future pregnancies. If than you are satisfied than go get it! Best of Luck.
Tummy tuck before childbearing
There are many women in your situation after major weight loss. You want to look good now, not knowing what the future may bring. I frequently perform skin-only abdominoplasty (leaving the muscles alone) in women with severe skin excess who are planning on becoming pregnant. I have also done full abdominoplasties on women with muscle tightening who unexpectedly became pregnant. I have seen no issues on the pregnancy at all. There is always a chance of recurrent abdominal protuberance from pregnancy, weight gain and aging.
Tummy tuck after weight loss works despite future pregnancy
After a very significant weight loss, the skin can become very saggy and deflated, and tummy tuck can have wonderful rewards in restored confidence. Pregnancy should not be an issue, as there will still be sufficient give to allow a normal course. I would not even worry about the 'need' for a second tummy tuck. You've lost the weight, look well and be confident, enjoy your life and the prospect of a family.
Best of luck,
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Tummy Tuck before Pregnancy
Congratulations on your weight loss. You certainly could benefit from a TT following a 130# weight loss and this should not present any functional problems with a future pregnancy. Be aware, however, that pregnancy(s) might lead to need for another TT.
You may have the tummy tuck now
You need to have tummy tuck to remove the excess skin from lower abdomen. This is very common post massive weight loss and will not prevent you from getting pregnant later. You may need another tummy tuck or revision later.
Here are the options
If you have lost this amout of weight usually surgery is the only way to remove the excess skin. Also since you have probably lost a large amount of intra-abdominal fat your muscles may be streached. Having the procedure done before having children is an option however it may need to be repeated after you have your family. If having children is years away you can go for it now
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Have a Tax Question? Ask a Tax Expert
The general rules for nonresidents of the US is that only US source is taxable by the US. For general information on taxation of nonresidents of the US see Taxation of Nonresident Aliens
Real property sales are reported on 2008 Form 1040 (Schedule D)
and on 2008 Form 1040NR
Complete information is available from Pubilcation 519 Effectively Connected Income :
"Gains and losses from the sale or exchange of U.S. real property interests (whether or not they are capital assets) are taxed as if you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States. You must treat the gain or loss as effectively connected with that trade or business."
Gains realized by nonresidents on the sale of U.S. real property will be subject to a 10% withholding tax on the gross proceeds. Alternatively, a taxpayer may withhold 30% of the capital gains realized upon sale of the property. The 10% or 30% withholding are required to be made at the source.
I hope this helps for understanding the taxation of sale of real property in the United States by a nonresident.
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The Dynamics of Antisemitism in the Second Half of the 20th Century
1316 June 1999
The Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism will convene an international conference to be held 1316 June 1999 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on the Dynamics of Antisemitism in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century.
The conference theme will be deliberated in an interdisciplinary context, within the historical framework leading from the end of World War II to the present. Although national and regional factors will be taken into account, it is the conferences aim to generate debate on concepts and methodology: to lay a pattern rather than present surveys on the development of antisemitism in various countries.
Can antisemitism be measured? Can antisemitism be fought? These two issues will be addressed in connection with developments in Western Europe and the United States, along with the possible link between antisemitism and racism against other groups. Antisemitism in Eastern Europe can be examined in the context of Communism and post-Communism and their historical roots.
The study of Jewish and Israeli perceptions of antisemitism touches on the objective role of the Jewish State. The denial of the Holocaust in all its forms in mitigating or fanning antisemitism will also retain our attention. The role of religious antisemitism during this period will also be considered. In this framework trends in the research of antisemitism will be evaluated.
Along with well-known Israeli scholars, expected participants from abroad will be Per Ahlmark, Prof. Yaakov Ariel, Prof. Wolfgang Benz, Florent Brayard, Prof. Irwin Cotler, Prof. Leonard Dinnerstein, Dr. Rainer Erb, Prof. Sander Gilman, Dr. Andras Kovacs, Prof. Tony Kushner, Anthony Lerman, Prof. Richard Mitten, Prof. David Weinberg, Dr. Paul Zawadzki.
Ongoing Workshop
The Jewish Question and
Political, Social, and Cultural Radicalization
in the 1920s and 1930s
The workshop, inaugurated in 1997, continued in this academic year with the following topics:
January 18, 1998
Antisemitism and Totalitarianism A Reassessment: The Case of Hannah Arendt
Presenter: Robert Wistrich
March 15, þ1998
Italian Fascism and Antisemitism
Presenter: Meir Michaelis; Respondent: Mario Sznajder
May 3, 1998
Fascism and Antisemitism in the 1930s: Examples from Belgium and France
Presenter: Simcha Epstein
The Felix Posen Bibliographic Project on Antisemitism
Reference Bibliographies
Soon after the founding of the Center, the bibliography on antisemitism became one of its major ongoing research projects. The purpose was to create a reference bibliography for scholars and students engaged in research on antisemitism. Today, after almost fifteen years of listing and annotating works on antisemitism, the bibliography can truly be called an essential guide. The excellent, detailed subject and author indexes, and the table of contents allow access to the material in a variety of ways.
The Felix Posen Bibliographic Project on Antisemitism comprises an online database accessible through Israels university library network (ALEPH) and printed volumes.
The bibliography includes works published throughout the world about antisemitismbooks, dissertations, masters theses, and articles from periodicals and collections. It does not include newspaper articles, reviews, and works of fiction, nor does it cover antisemitic publications.
The project has two parts:
the retrospective bibliography listing books and articles published prior to 1984 (presently includes works published from 19701983).
For the purpose of this bibliography, antisemitism is defined as antagonism toward Jews and Judaism as expressed in writings (e.g., the New Testament, polemical works, literature), in the visual arts (e.g., art, caricatures, films), and in actions (e.g., massacres and pogroms, discriminatory legislation, the Holocaust).
The references are divided into three sections:
Antisemitism throughout the Ages
Antisemitism in Literature
and in the Arts.
A staff of abstractors, with high academic qualifications, continually catalogs new material. Two additional staff members deal with information retrieval in response to hundreds of requests received from around the world. In addition, assistance is rendered to faculty, students, and researchers at the Hebrew University. Bibliographies on specific subjects for workshops, conferences and study groups are retrieved on request.
In addition, there is a database on Jewish Question in German-Speaking Countries, 18481914 of approximately 4,500 references. This database is currently being expanded to cover events up to 1933.
This year, SICSA received
an allocation from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims toward the
establishment of a separate bibliographic database on the Holocaust. The
database is now in the process of being set up.
Online Access to the Bibliographies
The above databases are accessible through Israels university library network (ALEPH), and can be reached from all over the world via Telnet and Internet.
To gain access to the Bibliography on Antisemitism databases Telnet to:
The username is SICSA. No password is required. Instructions for searching are on the screen.
The online bibliography can also be reached via the Centers home page on the Internet:
Susan Sarah Cohen, ed., Antisemitism: An Annotated Bibliography, Vol. 1 (198485). New York: Garland, 1987. xxix +392 pp. ISBN 0-8240-8532-9
. Antisemitism: An Annotated Bibliography, Vol. 2 (198687). New York: Garland, 1991. xxxiv + 559pp. ISBN 0-8240-5846-1
. Antisemitism: An Annotated Bibliography, Vol. 3 (198788). New York: Garland, 1994. xxxiv + 544 pp. ISBN 0-8153-1282-2 1994.
. Antisemitism: An Annotated Bibliography, Vol. 79 (19911993). Munich: K.G. Saur Verlag, 1998.
. Antisemitism: An Annotated Bibliography, Vols. 1011(19941995). Munich: K.G. Saur Verlag (in preparation).
Rena R. Auerbach, ed., The Jewish Question in German-Speaking Countries, 18491914. New York: Garland, 1994. xxv + 385 pp. ISBN 0-8153-0812-4
The series Antisemitism: An Annotated Bibliography is presently published by K. G. Saur Verlag, Munich. For further information please contact:
Ms. Barbara Fischer
Rena R. Auerbach: The Jewish Question in German-Speaking Countries: A Bibliography may be ordered directly from:
Garland Publishing,
Recent Publications in the Studies in Antisemitism Series
Harwood Academic Publishers
Robert S. Wistrich, ed.
Demonizing the Other: Antisemitism, Racism, and Xenophobia
(1999, in press)
This pioneering volume is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive, full-scale portrait of the demonization of the other in various societies, times, and places during the past two thousand years. It is a bold and wide-ranging inter-disciplinary study, which brings together the work of leading historians of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists, art historians, literary c, and political scientists. Demonizing the Other breaks new ground in its comparative perspective on the dynamics of satanization as it has affected Jews, Christians, Muslims, women, foreigners, ethnic minorities, Orientals, and the marginalized outsiders perceived as a threat by the dominant culture and discourse of societies in crisis.
Antisemitism, racism, xenophobia, misogyny, and other prejudices are analyzed in this book as part of the universal human tendency to develop exclusionary and self-reinforcing stereotypes about the other which under certain conditions can and do slide into paranoid self-delusion and even genocidal massacres.
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Russian Antisemitism, Pamyat, and the Demonology of Zionism
Chur, Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1995
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Examines the emergence of the nationalistic Pamyat groups in Russia, whose fostering of anti-Jewish hatred continues to cause concern among Jews and the general community.
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The Catholic Church and Antisemitism, Poland, 19331939
Chur, Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1994
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Nail art, coffee cups, and bright lipstick are just a handful of our favorite things, but Sephora managed to capture them all in an Instagram snap this week. The megastore, along with a bunch of other brands and celebrities, had a particularly gorgeous week and chose to share it with all of us. Just keep clicking to see the best snaps of the week!


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By John K. Wiley, Associated Press Writer
SPOKANE, Wash. Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass remained closed Friday as workers struggled to clear avalanches that have shut the vital east-west link for the longest period in more than a decade.
State Department of Transportation administrator Don Whitehouse said officials would decide Friday night whether to reopen the state's main east-west traffic route across the Cascades, which had been closed for all but six hours since Tuesday morning. Throughout the day, crews used dynamite to dislodge unstable snow.
The closure is the longest since a storm shut down traffic over the pass for about 84 hours between Dec. 28, 1996, and Jan. 2, 1997, DOT spokeswoman Alice Fiman said.
More than 5 feet of snow has fallen on the pass 50 miles east of Seattle in a week-long series of storms. The Transportation Department said Friday morning that 19 inches had fallen at the pass in the previous 24 hours, and the National Weather Service forecast up to 20 inches more by early Saturday.
Snow is forecast for Washington's Cascade and Olympic mountains through next week. A heavy snow warning was posted for the north and central Cascades and the Olympics through Saturday morning, but the weather service said weekend storm systems are expected to turn south over Oregon and Northern California and just brush Washington state.
Snow depth on 3,022-foot-high Snoqualmie Pass was at 130 inches, or 165% of the average Feb. 1 seasonal amount, said weather service meteorologist Dennis D'Amico in Seattle.
The extreme weather closed a 70-mile stretch of I-90 from North Bend east across the mountains to Ellensburg, and Whitehouse gave no prediction on when the freeway might reopen.
"We're going to open this roadway when I believe it's safe for my family to travel on it," Whitehouse told reporters. "We're going make sure it's safe."
To the north, Stevens Pass was closed Friday for several hours by multiple collisions caused by snow and ice. It reopened at midday, with chains required on all vehicles except those with four-wheel drive. The state's remaining winter route across the Washington Cascades, White Pass in south-central Washington, remained open with traction tires required on cars and chains on trucks.
Windblown snow kept many roads and schools closed Friday in Eastern Washington, including Washington State University in Pullman and the University of Idaho in nearby Moscow.
On Thursday, Gov. Chris Gregoire declared a state of emergency for 15 counties, mostly in snowbound Eastern Washington, allowing local governments and the Transportation Department to bypass normal bidding requirements to quickly hire companies to help with snow removal.
The heavy snow delighted operators of mountain ski resorts, even if customers couldn't reach the slopes. At The Summit at Snoqualmie, normally the state's busiest resort, the hills were quiet and buried under rare powder snow, but marketing director Guy Lawrence said the loss of business was "a hiccup so far" in an otherwise lucrative winter.
Other resorts still reachable in Washington's mountains reported a surge in business, both because of Snoqualmie's closure and the excellent conditions.
Still, the long shutdown of I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass has disrupted the state's economy, Gregoire and other officials said. Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond said 7,000 trucks cross the pass each day, about one quarter of total traffic on the pass.
"We know these truckers have been waiting," Whitehouse said. "We know what this is doing to the economy."
State officials had no estimate on how much the pass closure might be costing the state each day. Gregoire said her emergency declaration was largely based on the potential economic losses.
After a 28-hour closure, Snoqualmie Pass was reopened for just six hours Wednesday before another slide hit two cars and the freeway was closed again. No one was injured.
A new setback came early Friday when an avalanche about 150 feet wide buried the eastbound lanes, Transportation Department spokeswoman Erin Bogenschutz said.
For trucker Barry Wagner, 60, who has been stuck at a truck stop near North Bend since Monday, boredom was the big enemy. Wagner has been trying to haul a cryogenic tank from Seattle to Pennsylvania.
Wagner told The Seattle Times that his daily routine has been: "Sit in my truck, come into the restaurant to eat, watch a little TV, watch a movie, talk on the radio."
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This group covers using RobotSee on a Linux host.
Members: 6
Latest Activity: May 18, 2012
You will need subversion, and a toolchain.
In Ubuntu you can get subversion using: sudo apt-get install subversion
To download the RobotSee interpreter source:
svn co https://robotseeintrptr.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/robotseeintrptr robotseeintrptr
Anyone can get/Checkout the source. You will need a SourceForge account to check in any changes you make.
To build simply execute make.
$ make
The Linux version of RobotSee is still setup for Chumby ( Hard-coded serial port ).
I also have not checked in the Linux sound module yet. I have one up and running using gstreamer. I just need to get it in sourceforge.
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Hi, The page says that the current version is tested only inside the Chumby. Does this mean that it cannot be used under the regular implementations of Linux? SaiContinue
I like RobotSee language. Trying to run it by Ubuntu I am getting error message:
Version: Beta 0x00000607 built on Apr 20 2012 at 11:09:20
Thread ID = 0
Opening: SSH_AGENT_PID=1827
!ERROR! -> File could not be opened
Error Opening File: SSH_AGENT_PID=1827
on line:
The another console says something about not able to open file /tmp/orbit-ipokorny
What I am doing wrong?
I am probably not very smart person - I started playing with robotics being retired. Could someone explain me how the RobotSee program is running in the controller the robot uses? I thought the .see file is interpreted in the robot board but it is apparently a bad idea.
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When it comes to building a strong, resilient immune system that consistently protects us from cold and flu viruses, most of us know the basics:
- Eat a healthy, nutrient-rich diet
- Exercise regularly and incorporate a variety of movement into your life
- Get direct, unfiltered sun exposure 15-20 minutes per day (try your best, Northerners!)
- Get sufficient sleep
- Try not to burn the candle at both ends… have outlets for your stress… do your best to create balance
There's another piece of advice, though, that you may not have heard.
Don't overeat!
Not only will this lifestyle strategy help maintain a stronger immune system on an ongoing basis, but it can help you fend off those annoying cold and flu viruses.
In fact, if you start to get that feeling… where you feel like you might be coming down with something (your immune system is "adapting" to something in its environment), then light fasting is a very good idea.
Remember why we were always told to wait awhile after eating before going swimming? It's because digestion takes more energy than just about any other daily human activity.
Placing an excessive burden on your digestive system (in the case of over-eating or eating large meals) diverts energy and important physiological resources that could be put to more important use assisting the immune system.
In addition to simply avoiding TOO much food in general, avoiding sugar and starch in particular, here is critical.
The research is clear. A high glycemic meal wreaks havoc on our primary immune response for hours after consumption.
It doesn't stop there.
Glucose increases insulin production, leads to increased free radical activity, and creates a more acidic internal terrain. It leads to breakdown.
Sugar is like food for the various pathogens we're trying to ward off. If you want the pathogens to stick around, then just feed 'em sugar!
Yes, all carbs (with the exception of indigestible fiber) are sugar once they reach your bloodstream. This includes bread, pasta, cereals, pastries & baked goods, potatoes, rice, juice (yes, even orange juice!), grains (including whole & sprouted grains), corn, conventional milk & other dairy products (especially low-fat/non-fat which are high in sugar), legumes (approximately 60% starch), and other sugary/starchy carbs.
Now, this doesn't mean you should necessarily opt for steak at every meal! Of course, consuming excess of any one food group is problematic. Excessive protein intake can disrupt some metabolic functions as well. Be consistent with moderate protein intake, especially if your immune system is temporarily or chronically compromised. Always choose the best protein sources you can, such as grass-fed, wild, pastured, and free-range.
What Should You Eat?
So, if you feel a virus of some sort coming on, or it's already here, what should you eat? Again, it's perfectly OK to not eat for awhile – let your digestive system rest. There's a high likelihood you won't die if you miss a few meals.
Pretty sure.
This is a biggie for parents with a child whose immune system is fighting something off. If your child is dealing with a cold or flu, or other short-lived infection, you don't necessarily need to worry if they don't want much food. Their body is preoccupied fighting the good fight!
And, when they do want to eat, do NOT opt for sugar-based foods! This is not the time for toast, cereal, pasta, orange juice… or ice cream, for crying out loud! We're trying to HEAL here, people!
Regardless of whose adapting immune system we're talking about, if you are going to eat, keep it clean and simple. Quality sources of protein, healthy fats, veggies, some fruit, stay hydrated, and avoid sugar and starchy foods.
Healthy fats can help you build a stronger arsenal. Coconut oil has incredible antimicrobial properties, as does poultry fat. Grass-fed butter provides an easily absorbed dose of fat soluble vitamins that are so critical for our neurological and immune function.
I don't know about you, but if I'm ever feeling run down, or those first signs of an immune system adaptation are showing up, I start to crave soup. Broth, to be specific. Light soups and bone broths top the list of immuno-supportive meals when you're fighting off a pathogen. Bone broth is known as a "super food" for good reason. It serves to heal the gut, which is responsible for 80% of our immune system!
Speaking of the gut and it's intricate involvement with our immune system, anything that helps the gut will strengthen our immune response. Anything that breaks down the gut will break down the immune system.
Some of the most beneficial 'foods' for a healthy gut are rich with probiotics and live enzymes. Foods like traditionally cultured veggies, coconut kefir, and fermented beverages. Adding an excellent-quality probiotic supplement to the mix will help, as well.
So, while there are countless choices available to us to assist a burdened immune system (things like nutritional supplements, essential oils, tonics, homeopathic remedies, "miracle" berries, and so on), I feel it's important to look first to the underlying diet.
And, not just what we're eating… but how much.
Just something to chew on!
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Ed Kilman Collection
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Newspaper editor and columnist Edward Wolf Kilman was born at Ennis, Texas, in 1896. He was educated in Houston and attended Sam Houston Normal Institute in Huntsville, Texas. He joined the Houston Post-Dispatch in 1925 first as a correspondent and eventually rose to editor and editor emeritus of the editorial page in 1962. During this time period he wrote articles and books on the European theater of World War I, Britain's experiment in socialism and Texas history, folklore and politics including works on Hugh Roy Cullen, and the Karankawa Indians. With Louis Wiltz Kemp, he wrote Texas Musketeers, and The Battle of San Jacinto and the San Jacinto Campaign. Kilman and his wife Alice had one daughter and two grandchildren. Kilman died on June 8, 1969.
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The Ed Kilman Collection contains correspondence, a legal document, printed materials, creative works and a photograph which include information relevant to San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, the Brigham Monument unveiling in 1881, Washington-on-the-Brazos, and the No-tsu-oh Carnival. A letter from Alice Kilman to Dorothy Knepper, director of the San Jacinto Museum, discusses her research on Houston's No-tsu-oh (Houston spelled backwards) Carnival, which began in 1899 and was held annually every fall through 1915. The carnival began as a celebration of the harvest of the cotton crop in Texas. The celebration included a ball where King Nottoc (cotton) and his queen were to be crowned; it was the Houston social event of the year.
In the legal documents series is a document from the law suit of Michael McCormick vs. John Brashear, over the league of land located in Harris County on the San Jacinto River that was the location of the Battle of San Jacinto and is the present site of the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. With the document is a sketched map of the property focusing on key geography. Printed materials include an ornate and colorful invitation to the annual No-tsu-oh Carnival Ball on November 16, 1910, in Houston, Texas.
Also included is an advertisement for Chas. Gossage & Co., "leaders in novelties and high class", based in Chicago. Creative works include a typescript of a speech made by Temple Houston at the unveiling of the Brigham Monument in 1881 contributed by the citizens of Galveston, Texas, to the men who fell at the Battle of San Jacinto. A typescript of background information regarding the No-tsu-oh Carnival by Mrs. Ed Kilman is also included. A single photograph is of the gun shop at Washington-on-the-Brazos.
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Copyright has not been assigned to the San Jacinto Museum of History. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Jacinto Museum of History as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
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The Republicans warmed up for a major Supreme Court decision today by vowing to repeal President Obama's health care law if they win the November elections.
In the GOP weekly radio address, Rep. Erik Paulsen, R-Minn., said the health care law is putting a major drag on the economy, "driving up costs and making it harder for small businesses" to hire new employees.
"It's making things worse in our economy, and it needs to be fully repealed," Paulsen said.
Exactly what the law will look like remains up in the air. The Supreme Court is scheduled to decide later this month on the constitutionality of the health care plan that Obama signed in 2010.
One issue for the court: The individual mandate, the requirement that nearly all Americans buy some form of health insurance. The mandate is the key to financing the entire health care plan.
Obama and other backers said the law will provide insurance to nearly all Americans, and improve health care delivery while lowering costs.
The Republican radio address:
Hello, I'm Congressman Erik Paulsen from the great state of Minnesota.
Last week the U.S. Department of Labor gave Americans some very bad news. Only 69,000 jobs were added in May, and the unemployment rate is 8.2 percent -- far above the level the Obama administration promised it would be by now when the president's "stimulus" spending bill was enacted.
It's clear that getting our economy going again should be job number one for everyone in Washington. Too many Americans are still having a hard time finding jobs, small businesses are struggling to create them, and there's little mystery as to why. The president's policies are standing in the way of a stronger economy. His health care law well may be the worst offender, driving up costs and making it harder for small businesses to hire workers. It's making things worse in our economy, and it needs to be fully repealed.
Republicans remain focused on removing government barriers to job creation so we can build a stronger economy for all Americans. In the coming weeks, through our Plan for America's Job Creators, the House will act on measures to boost domestic energy production and stop the massive tax hike on small businesses that is scheduled for January 1st. This is on top of the more than 30 jobs bills the House has passed that are stalled in the Democratic-run Senate.
One of those initiatives, passed just this week, repeals a massive job killing tax increase on medical device manufacturers that is in the president's health care law. Repealing this job-crushing tax is a critical step, also worthy of the Senate's support. And, it's a vivid demonstration of why we need to fully repeal this health care law.
The medical technology industry is an American success story that accounts for more than 423,000 jobs in our country, many of which are in my home state of Minnesota. It's made up of America's best innovators, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, engineers and doctors, who are improving and saving lives. In other words, this unique industry brings the wonders of technology to bear on the toughest challenges of life. We're talking about small businesses, those with less than 50 employees that are already struggling. This new $29 billion tax has not even taken effect yet, but already employers are canceling plans to expand ... they are moving their operations overseas ... and they are cutting research and development.
Worse yet, I've heard from business leaders who say that this new tax is already forcing them to lay off workers and they may even have to shut their doors completely. We cannot afford to lose these -- or any -- American jobs.
Promises that this law would lower health care costs have also fallen well short. Health insurance premiums for the average American family spiked nine percent last year -- triple the increase seen the year before.
Clearly we can't go on like this. The health care law's one-size-fits-all approach is unsustainable and unaffordable, and soon, the Supreme Court may rule it unconstitutional. Republicans are ready to act on patient-centered reforms that protect Americans' access to the care they need. Families should be able to make their own choices, and see their own doctor. Those decisions should not be made from Washington.
The bottom line is this: the president's health care law is driving up health care costs and hurting small businesses, and for the sake of our economy, it must fully be repealed.
Thank you for listening.
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[Plugin: Connections] Image Display Issue
Hi there, I have used connections on various websites before, a great plugin!
I installed Connections on a website I am busy developing atm and the profile image does not display at all. Instead of the image, the loading bar is showing in an endless loop. I have tested it in Firefox and IE with the same result.
All files have the correct permissions and in admin settings are set and save as "public". I have tested it with all the default templates but images wont display, yet images display if I use the tile template.
Any idea how to resolve this issue?
I also have a few more questions:
How can I change the default input fields in admin (add/manage/edit entry)to reflect my own chosen fields? Is this possible at all?
I would like to use the plugin for a directory listing of sorts and I only want certain fields in admin so as to prevent confusion at a later date when the client updates the site himself.
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