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Wondering if anyone else is on this? Just took my first dose Friday evening (loving the once a week shot, but it did hurt more). I "feel" so much better but not sure if it is this (was on byetta before) or the 50,000 IU of vitamin D that I started at same time.
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I have been on byduron and metformin for the last year and a half and this shot is still making me horribly sick the day after its injected,I have no appetite,cant even eat a piece of dry toast,can barely stomach drinking water,its usually better the next day.I thought this would go away after id taken it awhile but guess not,I'm not sure how much more of this sickness i can handle.
I started Bydureon about a month ago. My sugars are wonderful, and I've been able to cut down on my insulin dosages to prevent low blood sugar reactions, but I'm getting terrible stomach aches that feel like acid reflux (which I already have and take medication for). Sometimes I feel nauseous, too, but haven't vomited so far. I want to stick with this drug because of the excellent blood sugars, but it's going to be hard if I'm going to get belly aches like this most of the day. Can any of my fellow Bydureon users reassure me? Thanks in advance and love, Bobbiev
I was prescribed Bydureon a couple of weeks ago. My doctor said I was only the second person he has prescribed it to, so he wanted me to come back in a month to give him a report. I took my first dose last Tuesday at 5 p.m. I had a decent size meal at 8 pm. At around midnight I began violently vomitting, pretty much every 10 minutes for 5-6 hours. It was so bad I couldn't breathe at times from the wretching. I could barely move from the nausea for the rest of the next day. I had to take the next day off from work. I don't want to scare anyone else about this drug, but I don't think I can go through that again. Has anyone else had an experience like this?
I have been on Bydureon since 11/19/16 every dose makes me violently sick for a day, no appetite what so ever, do not eat much, most time I have to make myself eat. Sugars are awesome weightloss 17lbs. Energy level way down. Will be going in for a check up today we will be talking about appetite and nausea.
I posted last year how wonderful this product is but I have been on it for about 1 1/2 years. My appetite came back and I gained the 20 pounds I lost. But in October we came back from a trip to Hawaii and I was the highest weight I have been in years. So I was determined to lose. I quit the sugar and bread and pasta. I try to move more. It's been 5 weeks and I have lost 13 pounds. I am determined to get it together.
Are you still on Bydureon and how you doing I have been on it for 7 months,
Thank you everyone for your comments. I just started this drug and have been quite concerned with my numbers. I was taking Victoza and metformin only and was never over 200 after meals and usually fasting was 100 or lower. With this new medication even 3-4 hours after meals I am still 160-200 and it's scary compared to what I normally had on Victoza. At least I know I am not the only one.
I have been on Bydureon for almost 9 weeks. It is like a miracle if you can handle the nausea. I have lost about 10 - 12 pounds which I needed to do. It has helped me stick to low carb, no sugar, no breads and smaller meals. I find that I do better on 4 to 5 small meals a day. Like someone else posted I could never stop myself from eating too much even if i was miserable afterwards but with this medication your reach your full level and you have to drop the fork immediately. I cannot explain the feeling. My husband and I went to a BBQ at some friends and there was like 15 people and I don't know what I ate but I went outside for fresh air and threw up in some bushes all my dinner and my 1/2 glass of wine too. Anyways my Fasting and 2 hour after eating Blood Sugar numbers are Awesome!!. Morning fasting last time was 103. My 2 hour numbers have never been above 140. I am also on High Blood Pressurea and High Cholesterol Medication. I take 6 prescriptions plus this weekly injection. I am really hoping to get off some of these meds.
I have been on Bydureon for 8 months and have lost 42 pounds plus, i live in the UK and dont understand the sugar readings posted on this site. The tummy thing does settle down x :)
I'm on my second week, I've switched from Byetta.
I had seen the warnings about blood sugar going up at first, and boy that's turned out to be true. On Byetta I was averaging 140 fasting, sometimes just over 200 post-meal. So far on Bydureon, fasting is all over the place — sometimes 120, sometimes 200. Post-meal has been downright scary, ranging from 200 to 400. I've tried to cut carbs dramatically and that's helped, and gradually I'm having fewer terrible readings and more so-so readings (not many "good" readings).
Given experiences reported here I won't give up yet. The once/week would be a big help as I travel frequently, and I've seen the data showing better long-term control vs Byetta. Still, I have not had a number above 300 since I was first diagnosed 10 years ago, so seeing all those "3"s has been really disturbing. :(
Zero gastro-intestinal side effects. I had mild nausea my first month on Byetta back in 2008, but fine since and no issues since changing to Bydureon.
my levels have finally reached normal, although I have just had my first low, but still only one in seven weeks.
I'm willing to give it another month, but at the end of 3 weeks I'm still running 150-180 fasting, and consistently 250 for several hours after meals. And that's making a real effort to eat better than I was on Byetta, e.g., today I had an apple and a slice of ham for breakfast and was still at 250. On Byetta I was 120-150, and very rarely >200 after meals. At least I haven't seen any more in the 300s, but pretty discouraging — really hope it improves.
Yup. Just switched from Byetta to Bydureon. Once-weekly part is great but doing the injection is an annoying little ritual. Glucose levels are coming down, but gastro side effects are a bummer. Don't know which end to stick in the toilet first …
Great endo visit today! A1C decreased 1.6 which really made my day. I also lost 17lbs since my last visit. I am doing Weight Watchers and had already lost about 6lbs before beginning Bydureon.
That's great. I lost 8lbs when I started byetta again in feb but then hit a plateau. Hoping I start dropping again with bydureon
Hopefully you will start losing again. The Bydureon gives you a different type of appetite suppression, sort of you are full even before you start to eat. Plus, for me I get the start of nausea feelings if I over eat a tiny bit. I stop eating immediately when that happens.
My blood sugar got really high on it in the beginning (which my doctor failed to warn me about). One of these discussions actually alerted me to the fact it can take a full 6 weeks to get in your system. BS has gone back down (I take my 7th shot tomorrow) but not as low as it had been on Victoza and I did have to up my dosage of Glimepiride. Weeks 2-4 were really bad for me because I experienced extreme dizziness. It has disappeared so I'm hoping I'm done with that side effect. Other than that, no other side effects which was great because Byetta made me violently ill when I was on it. Have my first checkup on Friday since starting the Bydureon so I will post my results as well.
My sugars actually hit normal the next day and suddenly I felt great. Not sure if it was bydureon or the fact I started vit D 50,000 IU at same time.. So far I've had no side effects other than decreased appetite but I had that with byetta also. Just glad this one doesn't make me neausated. I go back in 3 months for check up. Hoping my HgA1c drops some although technically it is good at 5.4
I'm curious how you are doing with the Bydureon. I switched back to Victoza at the end of my 8th week. My A1c went up .4 and no weight loss so the dr gave me a choice of staying with it or switching back. My Bydureon numbers never got as good as the ones I had on Victoza.
I take my 4th shot Wednesday and my fastings are70's-low 80's, post meal around 120. I don't go back to Endo until July for recheck, but my A1c started at 5.4. As to weight I hanging out at same weight, but have PCOS that I'm trying to get back under control which doesn't help with weight.
I have PCOS too and just took my first Bydureon injection. I ws on Byetta 10 for 5 years. I have insulin resistance but have never been diagnosed with diabetes (hope never to). I have been so frustrated with the weight issue. I am now on the IP diet and it is working so I hope to lose the frustrating weight that I have been unable to lose. I too am an RN. Hope no side effects from this as it is so much simpler to do once a week!
It was my endo's opinion that the PCOS was inhibiting my weight loss too. I lost about 65 lbs pre-diabetes diagnosis but had to cut out all carbs to do it. I cant do that with the medications i am taking and once i started taking meds i plateaued big time. I guess as long as the numbers arent going up i shouldnt complain, but it would be nice to lose those last few pounds. Good luck!
I have been on Bydureon since mid February and I love it! You may get higher BS readings for several weeks before they settle down. So far I am the only patient taking it on DC that I know of. I will be happy to answer and questions you may have. There is a FB group called Byetta and Diabetes that has a lot of patients on it, you have to join to post but you can read all you want. That helps me a lot. Since it is so new there is not a lot of real time information out there. I have used the BydureonSteadySupport site too. Let us know how you are doing. I am on my way to the endo today for my first check up since starting so I will let you know how I am doing. Good luck!
Can't speak to Bydureon, but I'm curious: how often are you taking the 50,000 IU of vitamin D and for what period of time?
Once a week for 10 weeks is what Gyn prescribed, but endocrinologist said she will change it if my level really was the 3.1 they told me.
Thanks. I take 4,000/day, but had seen another person mention taking the 50,000 and was curious about it. Why don't you search "Bydureon"? I believe there is another discussion currently about it and at least two others have acknowledged using it.
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City councilor Susan takes bribes from Reevers and allows him to deposit his garbage illegally in an old mine. But when she learns that he also dumps toxic wastes which threaten the nearby water purification unit, she wants to cancel their agreement. She asks her ex-husband Steve, a cop, for help, but before he can do anything she's found dead. Her sister Sunny decides to take revenge with help of a couple of friends, who once formed a female martial fighting squad.
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By 2010, more than 30 million will pay the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), and over time, if it isn't amended, it will be paid by 70 percent of all taxpayers by 2050. Reform is needed now, says columnist John F. Wasik.
Some major reforms to consider:
- End tax write-offs for energy producers which give away at least $13 billion to the most profitable entities on the planet; one industry shouldn't be targeted, though, all corporate write-offs should be examined.
- Regulate offshore tax shelters which help corporations avoid paying U.S. taxes on as much as $87 billion in income every year, almost a third of the amount that the government expects to collect in corporate income taxes for fiscal 2006.
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- Lower the "tax gap;" the U.S. Internal Revenue Service estimates that individual taxpayers underpay by some $290 billion.
- Keep the AMT at its 2006 threshold levels, and count dividends and capital gains in the alternative-tax calculation.
- The Washington-based Citizens for Tax Justice estimates these two measures would cost the U.S. Treasury some $33 billion over the next four years, far less than the $250 billion cost of simply extending the 2006 AMT tax relief.
An even simpler solution would be to restore personal exemptions and adjust them for inflation. Combined with trimming some of the corporate-welfare loopholes, the Treasury could break even with the creative adjustment of the AMT.
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Why you may be 15 years younger than you think you are
How long are you and I going to live? None of us knows, of course, but this number is important for a variety of planning issues—including, of course, how long your money will have to last in retirement. Actuarial tables tell us how long people will live on average, but that isn't much help for planning a specific person's life, and the averages conceal a lot of variation.
Living today is a huge advantage over living in the past, and living in a developed nation is a benefit as well. As you can see from the chart, life expectancy continues to improve; today, the global average is 70, and people who make it to age 65 have a good chance of living to 85 or longer.
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Bottom line: you may discover that you have 15 more years to live than you expected based on your experience with your parents, which means you can start thinking of yourself as 15 years younger when you look at your options and personal timeline.
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Updates on Medicare and Social Security
The news has been filled lately with updates and legislation that affect Social Security and Medicare. The first bit of news, as many Social Security recipients already know, is that there will be no cost of living adjustment to payments for 2016.
Medicare also announced recent premium changes. Some of these changes may dramatically increase Medicare Part B premiums for certain participants. Ironically, much of the increase is brought about by the absence of a cost of living adjustment for Social Security recipients. Under the "hold harmless" clause in Social Security, the government has to keep Part B premiums level for Social Security recipients in years when they receive no increase. However, the government is also required to collect 25% of all expected Part B costs from participants each year. As a result, Medicare participants who are not currently receiving Social Security may see an increase to their premiums. For those with income above $85,000 (single) or $170,000 (married), monthly premiums are expected to go up as much as 15%.
Additionally, a recent budget bill is closing the door on two rules that allowed spouses to coordinate benefits to increase the overall amount of money they receive from Social Security. Some have mourned the loss of strategies that allowed a couple to receive thousands more than they may have otherwise; others have called these rules loopholes that are now being closed. In either case, we now know that they will be phased out.
Once you had reached your Full Retirement Age (66 for most of today's retirees), File and Suspend allowed your spouse to collect Social Security benefits based on your record, while you delayed collecting on your benefit. This allowed your benefit to continue to grow, while your spouse collected a benefit. This option is being discontinued as of May 2016. After this date, if you are not already using File and Suspend, you will not be allowed to start. In order for your spouse to collect their benefit based on your work record after May 2016, you must be receiving your benefit as well.
Restricted Applications
A Restricted Application was a strategy to allow you to receive your spousal benefit, leaving your own benefit to grow. This option is also phasing out.
Despite the changes coming, some currently eligible to receive Social Security will be allowed to continue these strategies:
- If you or your spouse currently receive benefits, nothing will change. You will continue to receive the same benefits.
- If you are a widow or widower collecting survivor benefits, nothing will change.
- If you are eligible to receive benefits but have not yet filed, you still MAY be able to take advantage of File and Suspend and/or Restricted Application.
- If you are not currently eligible to receive Social Security benefits, you will likely NOT be able to take advantage of these strategies. The earliest age at which most are eligible to receive Social Security benefits is 62.
If you have any questions about the new Social Security rules and how they apply to your unique situation, please contact HC Financial Advisors.
End of Year Reminders
Before the end of year, we always like to remind our clients to complete any of the following financial activities:
- Gifting you would like to qualify for 2015. This year's annual gift exclusion remains $14,000, which means you can gift this amount to as many people as you would like this year, tax free.
- Any charitable contributions which you would like to be deductible for 2015.
- Any contributions to 529 accounts that you would like to count as a 2015 contribution.
- Any catch-up contributions to 401(k) accounts. The maximum contribution to a 401(k) is $18,000 this year, plus a catch-up contribution of $6,000 if you are age 50 or over. If you are self-employed, you may want to consider setting up a Solo 401(k) by year-end. Although you must establish the 401(k) before year-end, you can still fund it until April 15, 2016, if you have an unincorporated business, or 15 days after your fiscal year-end if you are incorporated. A SEP-IRA is another option for the self-employed and needs to be established and funded before the individual's personal tax deadline (April 15, 2016).
As always, we are glad to help with any of these year-end items so please give us a call if you'd like to discuss any of these issues.
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In October, after successfully completing a course through the College of Financial Planning, DeAnne Cardona passed the exam and is now a "Chartered Mutual Fund Counselor℠." She will use this knowledge to assist with our mutual fund research and analysis.
Kim Yuers, our Office Manager, has extended her hours and is now full-time. We look forward to her continuing the provide great service to our clients.
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During the holidays, our offices will be open during normal business hours, with the exception of the following days:
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As you all know, I'm a strong supporter of gay rights. The LGBT movement, which has been in full swing for the past thirty years, is the great civil rights battle of our time. Progressions towards gay marriage are sweeping the nation, including a trio of issues that are before the US Supreme Court. Support for gay rights has never been higher, and numbers are growing. Celebrities like George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt and Steven Spielberg (to name a few of many) are active supporters. Businesses are also taking note, adding protections against discrimination in the work place and giving benefits to their gay employees.
But there is another, more important, reason why I'm such a gay rights booster.
I'm gay myself.
Coming out in public isn't an easy decision for anyone, and it wasn't for me. I've come out in stages, starting shortly after I first realized and accepted it towards the end of my junior year in high school. Admitting it is threatening in and of itself, and telling others is even more so. But I've had the support of my friends and family, and I've come out in stages over the years. The question I've been asking myself isn't so much who knows but who doesn't know. I assure you, the number of people that I interact with on a regular basis who do not know are few.
The real fear of coming out is being discriminated against. It's like being bullied, and it's not fun. But my fear of that has lessened along with my other fears related to my sexuality to the point where I'm having trouble coming up with convincing reasons to stay in the closet in any form.
Let's start with the basics: Facebook. When I first created an account in 2006, after I got accepted into the University of Iowa, it was still a fairly new thing. For the first moments I had an account I listed myself as "Interested in Men and Women," not because I was bisexual, but because I was open to talking to guys and girls (silly me). Not wanting to encounter discrimination so early, I said I was straight on my profile, and it's been that way until now.
But why should I still set myself as straight on the world's largest social network? Will people unfriend me if they knew? I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did. Still, I have over 1,000 friends on Facebook, about 90% of whom were people I met at a party in college or just on Facebook and haven't talked to since. Why should I care what they think? If they unfriend me, it's their loss. They won't get updates when I post a new review (ha ha).
How about the job market? The job market sucks enough as it is, so I don't need to publicize anything that could keep me from getting a job. But here's the thing: it's 2013. There are lots of protections against discrimination because of sexual orientation (not so much in the government...yet) in many businesses. If it came out that a business refused to hire or fired me because I was gay, the backlash would be huge. Their company would take a massive hit in the public eye, and they would have to make their PR department go into overdrive to do damage control. And even if that were the case, would I actually want to work at a company that wouldn't be accepting of my sexual orientation? Of course not. Being out saves me a hell of a lot of grief.
Then there's the potential for violence and bullying. This is a very real threat, but everyone has that threat by simply breathing in and out. I live in a big city, and while Missouri is pretty conservative, Saint Louis is not, especially when it comes to gay rights. It's more embarrassing to be against gay rights than it is to be gay or an open supporter.
Finally, there's the potential for stereotyping. Again, everyone is stereotyped in some way, so why should this be any different? And I'm my own best defense against the stereotypes. I'm not feminine; I don't talk like Chris Colfer (although I love "Glee"). I drink beer, although I won't say no to a mixed drink. I have terrible fashion sense, mainly because I don't care about it (I feel more comfortable in a t-shirt and shorts than in a button down and slacks). My brother is a much better dresser than me when he's lounging around the house, and he's been dating the best girlfriend ever for so long that I've lost count. I don't have a weird hairdo (provided that I've had a haircut recently, because I do have Irish hair, despite the fact that it's brown). I don't have any piercings or tattoos (neither of which are predominantly associated with being gay, by the way).
In practice, I'm essentially out in every way but in name. I date. I hold hands with guys I like. I've even kissed them in public places. Who cares? I'm certainly not in your face about it, but I'm not doing to live in fear of my actions being construed as me being gay.
And it's not like I can keep it secret forever. I mean, I plan on getting married and having a family someday. That would be really awkward on my wedding day and for the family album. Why not start now?
I'll admit that doing this is a little threatening. But I'll get over it. Living openly and being comfortable is refreshing. I don't have to worry about how I word things in my reviews or online. I can openly say in the next Paul Walker movie that he is the most gorgeous individual I have ever seen (and for someone who is going to turn 40 in September, he still looks fantastic).
With all the progress in the fight for gay rights, I think it's a little hypocritical for me, who is comfortable in his own skin, to still hide behind this small bastion of insecurity. It's not worth it unless you take advantage of it.


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Conference to help recruiters utilise social media and internet technologies
Irish Recruiters is the largest social network of recruitment professionals in Ireland and the network is now holding its Social Media Spring Conference on 21 April.
Irish Recruiters was started as a LinkedIn group in December 2007 and is a community initiative with the aim of raising the level of recruitment sophistication in Ireland, so that as an industry, recruiters can get better at leveraging social media and internet technologies to source the best talent the world can offer to Irish shores.
The community has 1,100 members and promotes amongst itself conferences, Tuesday clubs and tweet ups, at which there is shared learning and debate by some of the largest multinationals and SMEs in the country.
The network is now holding its Social Media Spring Conference on 21 April, which will focus on major recent changes in the recruitment industry in Ireland and abroad, and will feature speakers from some of the key innovators in this area in Ireland.
Representatives from Microsoft, Google and Oracle will share some of their best practices, tips and viewpoints on how search engines and social media are evolving the industry.
The conference will dive into the latest innovations in the world of social media with special emphasis on real-time technologies. Specifically, it will look at areas such as Boolean searching and why every Irish recruiter needs to understand this; Googling to recruit; how Oracle has developed a world-class central sourcing strategy; and what APIs, widgets and web services have to do with recruiting.
Speakers will include Microsoft's global sourcing manager, Declan Fitzgerald; Noel Reidy, recruiter at Google; Roderick Smyth, CEO at Arithon; and Siobhan Corcoran, senior recruitment manager for Oracle.
The main business of the event, which takes place in the Radisson Blu in Dublin 8, begins at 1.15pm and runs to 6pm. This will be followed by a networking session until 8pm.
For further information, go to the Irish Recruiters Spring Conference website.
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Tune Tech Downtown
Review for Tune Tech Downtown
Ian F. on 06/27/2013
Ian said he is not sure if the pricing was totally fair at this business. They were pretty friendly and did everything he asked them to do. They did not try to add any extra services that he did not need.
Vehicle: Chevrolet Cavalier
Category: Service
Service Date: 06/22/2013
Review Created: 06/27/2013
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Enter partial innings as .1 or .2. So 5 and a third innings would be 5.1.
In baseball, earned run average (ERA) is the average number of runs a pitcher allows per nine innings. This stats is used as a measure of a pitcher's expected effectiveness since each game is nine innings. Runs scored as a result of an error by a fielder do not count. These are called unearned runs.
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brannume2003 Review
Please read the "Low to High" reviews before purchasing this bed. It will save you a lot of time and money. Unfortunately, I did just the opposite and paying the price. The bed support structure is poorly designed - it seems the company has tried to correct the problem based on the earlier bad reviews by adding a few more flimsy wood slats and these crazy little "plastic legs" that you screw into the slats from the floor up. THE PROBLEM - in addition to the flimsyness, if you ever want to move your bed (even just an inch) you would have to rescrew each of the 15 plastic screws each and every time. I can surely see why others say the bed totally feel apart after six months. I think I may go ahead and purchase a box spring early on, and see if I can replace it where the wooden slates and plastics legs are. Hope this helps...
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Looks the same
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. Very poor quality
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MAA airshow assurance activity: post display season feedback
- From:
- Ministry of Defence and Military Aviation Authority
- Published:
- 18 December 2015
- Last updated:
- 1 August 2016, see all updates
The MAA undertakes a series of flying display assurance and oversight activities to achieve a common goal of improving Aviation Safety (AS).
D MAA post display 2015 season letter
PDF, 69.1KB, 3 pages
2016 post season display symposium agenda
PDF, 41.2KB, 1 page
The MAA undertakes a series of flying display assurance and oversight activities annually to achieve a common goal of improving Aviation Safety (AS) at flying displays and special events. This letter from the Director MAA, provides a summary of the MAA's oversight from 2015.
Further Details
The policy, rules, directives, standards, processes and the associated direction, advice and guidance, which governs military aviation activity and against which air safety is assessed with respect to flying display and special events are covered at RA 2335 flying displays and special events
The following publication sets out the safety and administrative procedures to be followed by the organisers and participants of civil displays and special events in the UK: CAP 403 Flying displays and special events: a guide to safety and administrative arrangements.
The MAA and the British Air Display Association (BADA) run a pre and post season display symposium aimed at assuring and promoting air safety within the air display environment and are supported by the CAA.
The date of the next symposium is the 2016 post season display symposium to be held at Shrivenham on the 3 and 4 November 2016.
Document information
Published: 18 December 2015
Updated: 1 August 2016
- The 2016 post season display symposium agenda has been published.
- Display flying: the human factors and error management challenge (poacher turned gamekeeper) has been published.
- Due to a delay in the publication of the flight safety magazine the error management within the military air show domain document has been temporarily removed to coincide with the publication of the magazine.
- Error management within the military air show domain has been published.
- Links to the pre and post-season air display flying and training symposium and the BADA website have been added.
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Eddie O'Sullivan: Trying times
There's an old joke that declares the definition of a good marriage to be a blind wife and a deaf husband. No communication better than bad communication then?
I don't know Declan Kidney's views on social media, but I'd hazard a guess that he doesn't do Twitter and, most probably, struggles to comprehend the thought processes of those who do.
On the face of it, he looks to be in charge of a team in turmoil. Just behind Wales in the table for the most-penalised side in the Six Nations, leading the charge in unforced errors; a backs coach at odds with his captain on matters of communication; players 'Tweeting' angrily against critical supporters; one even seemingly questioning the authority of the coach on selection.
And, to cap it all, a mid-Championship change in the pivotal position of fly-half.
On the surface, all the ingredients for crisis then. Except, they've won two out of three games so far. And they've still got a shout of being Triple Crown and even, potentially, Six Nations champions.
Frankly, I doubt even half of the problems documented are quite as they've been depicted. In my experience, none of them would even be generating debate if the team had been winning games comfortably. But, of course, it hasn't been. Thereby, a sense of crisis is easily conveyed.
It takes me back to my, shall we say, frank exchange of views with Ronan O'Gara in November 2005, two days after a defeat to Australia. We were training and I knew that Rog was still fuming over my decision to put David Humphreys on in his place early in the second half of that game.
So, before the session started, I called him aside and suggested we cleared the air.
And Rog, to his eternal credit, unloaded himself of every ounce of frustration burning away inside him. Our conversation took place at the far end of the pitch from where the players were doing their warm-up. They couldn't hear what was being said, but the body language was self-explanatory.
Suddenly, the newspapers were reporting a "massive training-ground bust-up", the incident recounted almost like a heavyweight title bout. One writer even likened the team camp to Guantanamo Bay. Incredible stuff. Yet, if anything, that argument strengthened my relationship with Rog.
Then you think about the World Cup in 2007 and the rumour mill that had players at each others' throats, Geordan Murphy on a flight home to Leicester and Alan Quinlan being pulled out of his bed to explain criticism of management. All urban myths, like the crocodiles in the sewers of New York.
Looking back, I can only be thankful that these moments pre-dated Twitter. When I was Irish coach, the only 'Tweets' I had to contend with came from a rather raucous family of thrushes that took to nesting outside my room at the team hotel in Killiney.
I still don't really get the appeal of Twitter and I wonder if a lot of those who do even fully understand it. Some of the players seem to have been offended this week by the fact that not all of their 'followers' have had positive things to say about the win in Murrayfield.
This strikes me as gross naivety. Once you open that Pandora's Box of giving people instant access, you surely have to take the bad with the good. This penny doesn't seem to have dropped with some. If you only want to encounter pleasantries, you need to control the access that people have to you. And, with Twitter, you can't do that.
Certainly, there are problems in this Irish camp. Last weekend's penalty count against the team was, for the third match running, unacceptably high. What would really concern me here is that this was one of the precise problems identified by coach and players a full year ago after the Croke Park defeat by Scotland.
So where is the evidence of remedial work? I can't see it.
On the contrary, it seems to persist as a mystery to everybody. I don't doubt that technical analyst Mervyn Murphy has produced a detailed portfolio on each of the referees that Ireland have had in this Championship. That's been a normal part of Irish preparation for 10 years or so now and was hugely instrumental in us becoming one of the most disciplined teams in world rugby.
Or, at the very least, a team familiar with the peculiarities of every referee encountered.
But somewhere along the way, we have lost the plot on discipline. Our average penalty count concession in this Six Nations is just over 12 per game. It's like a motorist picking up penalty points every time he gets behind the wheel. Before long, they're off the road.
Maybe this is down to confidence and individual players panicking when pressure is applied. Maybe some of it is frustration. Either way, it must be resolved.
Speaking of frustration, I was baffled by Alan Gaffney's observation before the Scotland game that the players needed to communicate more on the field. Brian O'Driscoll wasn't slow to pour cold water on this theory and it was unusual to see the assistant coach and captain seemingly at odds on such a fundamental issue.
Quite why Gaffney brought this up publicly is beyond me. This kind of dialogue should stay in the team room because the moment it slips outside, it grows out of all proportion.
That seems to be precisely what happened with Jamie Heaslip and his sympathetic observations on Leinster team-mates Jonathan Sexton and Fergus McFadden being dropped for the Scotland game. It has since been spun into Jamie questioning Declan Kidney's team selection.
Now I can't say I know Jamie particularly well, even if I did coach him for his first few international caps. But I would suggest that questioning Declan was the last thing on his mind.
Everyone agrees that neither Sexton nor McFadden did too much wrong against France so were unlucky to be omitted. Jamie expressing sympathy for them hardly represented earth-shattering news.
Still, O'Gara's performance last weekend has certainly put the fly-half debate right back on the table. His composure and balance justified his recall and he, essentially, put Ireland in a winning position that only the team's indiscipline almost blew.
This was bad news for Sexton, who was clearly No 1 during the November internationals. I expect Rog to start against Wales now as it's unlikely Declan will change horses again for the remainder of the Championship.
This, of course, will re-energise the question about the development of the next Irish fly-half to replace O'Gara. Most people probably thought the transition had already occurred. But nobody told Rog.
The important thing is to get a win in Cardiff that subdues all the existing negativity. Set up a Triple Crown joust with England in our final game and, suddenly, even the Twitter generation may desist from picking holes.
The Tower of Babel may not be what it seems.
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It's pretty cool over here in Florida.. enough to make me sick.
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Sitko's Repair Service
Review for Sitko's Repair Service
ART A. on 10/27/2015
"Hometown Repair you can trust"
I have been getting my car inspected by these folks since I moved to Yardley in 2009. Dan is an honest guy and has done his best to point out anything that is wearing on my vehicle and how long until it may need repair and explains clearly what needs to be done. He has always done his best to help me out during emergencies as well. Peggy is the great lady at front at the desk who keeps everyone together and the business running smoothly.
Vehicle: BMW 525i
Service Date: 10/02/2015
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Remember Kato Kaelin? (I know, blast from the past, right? I mean, I was only five when he was famous, but still: B from the M-F P). He was this doofy, laid-back actor guy, and then he became the star witness at the OJ Simpson trial 'cause he was at the Simpson estate the night of the murder, and for about a month you couldn't turn on a TV without hearing Leno joke about America's favorite houseguest.
Well, comedian Mark Malkoff makes Kato Kaelin look like a shaggy-haired creepster with a poorly furnished Couchsurfing account. That's because on a recent trip to Los Angeles, Malkoff crashed at the homes of not one, but thirteen celebrities.
Malkoff's adventures in celebrity couchsurfing started when he booked a trip to Los Angeles and decided that he didn't want to pay for a hotel room. Rather than do as you or I would and cancel his trip, contact his relatives in the area, or crash on the scabies-ridden couch of a stranger with a vintage Scandinavian erotica collection, Malkoff decided the next logical step would be to e-mail dozens of celebrities, and ask if he could crash at their places.
Through what could best be described as ferocious, honey badger-like tenacity, Malkoff wrangled his way into the homes of Family Ties' Justine Bateman, Bridesmaids director Paul Feig, Rob Corddry, Kristen Schaal, Ed Begley, Jr., Lisa Loeb, and some other celebutastic celebuprises. Also, some doofy, laid-back actor guy. I dunno, I think he was friends with the guy from Naked Gun or something.


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Catching Elephants Before They Fall (The Power of Partnerships)
By John Roberts
14 February 2017 00:42:00
For someone who does what I do it might come as a surprise to hear me say that I haven't had a connection with an elephant for quite some time.
If we think of elephants the way we want to think of them, with something approaching (if not surpassing) human complexity and if we look at my life in human terms then my decision to keep my distance makes sense. It might be OK to have favourites, to have some bonds when managing a situation but, as with humans, it is not sensible to have friendships or deeper if you have to manage with a clear heart and for the benefit of all.
Look back through the archives - if they go back that far - and you can probably guess the last ele I allowed myself to develop a relationship with.
The other day I met an ele, though, with whom I felt affinity. I am not narcissist enough to believe it was reciprocated; elephants are complex, you don't get their attention on an emotional level on a first or second meeting, as with humans, friendships take months, years to develop.
But this guy turned out to be exactly my age, well nearly, born in 2516, same year as me.
Plai Nin, like me, has been a working man damn near all his life - well that's not true, despite my father's best efforts I wasn't sent out to do hard labour at the age of four but I have done my fair share of physically challenging stuff to make cash. I doubt he really started at four either - in Myanmar elephants don't enter the workforce until 17, in the less regulated Thai timber industry it might have been earlier but 6 or 7 would be the earliest - six is when my son will be off down the salt mines if he's not careful.
Like me he's recently come into a more sedentary role, though unfortunately not the management one that keeps my brain active, having joined the Zoological Parks Organisation under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King's project for elephants to live in Ban Ta Klang he no longer has to work for a living, his wage & lifestyle are covered.
Like me he is beginning to feel his age, unlike me - whose diseases, syndromes & tics that follow me into old age will be largely the accumulation of lifestyle choices down the years - he was never given the choice of lifestyle, his mahout & owners did this for him.
Like me, though generally polite, he had that grumpy demeanour that made it clear he wasn't in the mood to speak to strangers - perhaps especially ones that were inclined to imagine they had something more than birth year in common.
Unlike me he was lying on his side and had been down there for two days, his legs having given way beneath him for reasons his mahouts put down to overwork in early life and the vets thought long term malnutrition. To be fair, for an elephant that had been lying on his side for two days he was remarkably cheerful, not in a mood to talk with strangers - as I have mentioned - but eyes alive and eating well, alert to food and the approach of people he knew.
There was life and fight in him, even in adversity.
This wasn't a random meeting, Plai Nin & myself. I was visiting him for a reason: you may remember I visited Ban Ta Klang about this time last year and was somewhat disquieted, in fact I promised to find ways to help.
When we say help, we mean long term, sustainable help; such help as only comes of building partnerships and designing projects based on experience and some best practices. Which is a long winded way of saying that, since my promise to help, I've had precisely: one lunch, two Skype calls and been photographed with a large cheque.
So bugger all then? Plenty of words but no graft? Well, you might think that, and the visit to Ban Ta Klang this time was still largely 'needs assessment' but this time with vets and project managers, people who actually know how to assess needs.
A project is born, a partnership between the Zoological Parks Organisation under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King, Veterinarians International and, er, us. As with all good projects common goals lead to blurred lines when it comes to responsibility but, broadly, the ZPO has a clinic infrastructure and on-site admin, between Veterinarians International & ourselves we will provide mobility, equipment, veterinary support and expertise. Well, we'll provide money and try not to interfere too much as ZPO use that money to provide the rest.
There are currently 175 elephants living in the village, unknown how many more living in the surrounding villages and thousands who might come home if they could. This partnership has the power to do some real good not only in helping the elephants but, following the lead of hospitals & veterinary partners in the North, teaching mahouts basic first aid, preventative medicine and some animal husbandry.
There's some more good news, there's really a fourth partner in this project - while we've been talking, building partnerships, trying to fit giant cheques into taxis too small etc. - the Department for Livestock Development vets have been making the hour long drive up to Ban Ta Klang three times a week - more when needed - treating the elephants mahouts tell them are sick and doing everything in their power (bearing in mind that they are responsible for every buffalo, chicken & goat in Surin province as well as all the elephants) to keep the elephants healthy.
We were not actually taken to meet Plai Nin but the heroic vet Dr Nut to learn more about the challenges he faces. After all, what better way to do a needs assessment than to ask the bloke who is currently doing the job where support is most needed?
…and what of Plai Nin? Good news here too, while we were there Dr Nut got him back to his feet. The next step is to ensure that he and his colleagues get the support they need to catch these eles before they fall.
P.S. We haven't really been doing nothing, since last year we have expanded our English Teaching project to cover schools in three surrounding, also elephant, villages and taken the entire graduating class to Khao Yai National Park on a Conservation Education weekend. All in the name of broadening the horizons of the next generation of mahouts. Indeed the project discussed above also has the goal to provide scholarships so that this community can begin to provide it's own vets - something for which the English grounding we are giving them will prove invaluable.
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Every line has a meaning; every meaning has a line…
We think we have the worst story;
We heard other's, we exclaimed, 'GLORY'
It's cold now, when will it be hot?
Now it's hot, Oh Cold! Be our lot
When it rains, we crave sun;
Now it scorches, we say, 'Rain Is Fun'
We dream, but are afraid of its reality
We see reality but fantasize on fantasy
We despise love—it's cheap but deep;
We idolize hatred—it robs us of sleep
We want the flower, the tower and the shower
We want the whole world in our power
We want this; we want that
But we have neither this nor that
We want to be here, and there
But we are neither here nor there:
Joyful in sorrow; sorrowful in joy
Happy in sadness; sad in happiness
Laughing but crying; crying but laughing
Sane in insanity; insane in sanity
Filthy in holiness; holy in filthiness
Fearful in courage; courageous in fear
Poor in riches; rich in poverty
Healthy in wealth; wealthy in health
Love in lust; lust in love
Beautiful but ugly; ugly but beautiful
Speaking but silent; silent but speaking
Thinking while sleeping; sleeping while thinking
Filled with emptiness; empty in fullness
Abundant in lack; lacking in abundance
Fruitful in barrenness; sterile in fruitfulness
Praying in despair; despair in prayer
Strength for weakness; feeble in strength
Honesty in dishonesty; dishonesty in honesty
Peace in war; war in peace
Civil but military; military but civil
Goodness in evil; evil in goodness
Rising but falling; falling but rising
Coming but going; going but coming
Dead but living; living but dead…
To win or to lose: to be used or to use
Man is man when man knows man
Death will die, and life will live…
Copyright © Ajayi Angel-Simon | Year Posted 2012
At my pious avowal, my seed was sown.
A new vision, my liege Lord's race is known.
Century said he'd lived earlier to lead
Believers on how to water the seed;
and gather more fruits for the barn he build.
Some will fall on thorns or stones; better a field
To receive a hundred fold increase, lest
I'm bereft of my bounty soul harvest.
manger baby--my one-in-a-trillion-gift
I the master; sin my minion
perpetual dominion
I didn't scoff the grub;
for pleasure and sanit I scrub.
To doff trite piece of food
is my calling from the wood
When man meets assorted meat,
I grieve for the chewing treat.
I'm man's aurora friend.
Like the Ultimate man, to the very end
I search for decayed morsel particle;
to restore man's fresh breath is my hustle.
Cast me away and man's teeth will hide;
his tongue won't glide – that's my pride.
I'm his quotidian servant-master
adorned with creamy butter
to evict stinking gums from vocal isle.
Never weary, I renew his oral smile.
Quietus: 'Nna Grave, this is Quietus
from Vaults and Sons International.
My containers don arrive?'
Grave: 'Yes Oga Quietus. From:
—Ivory Coast—Rhodesia—Burkina;
but some of the goods (carrion)
were mutilated,
and left for Vultures.'
Quietus: 'Ok. I get business for Kangan(1960).
Oga at the top
has finally heard
His people's cry
by reason of their taskmasters.'
Grave: 'Goodluck Sah!'
©Angel Simon 2013
Amidst global political upheaval and terrorist pandemonium
which has increased mortality rate incessantly, this poem
(written in a dialogic format) is a conversation between two
business partners- Oga Quietus(Death) and Grave who both
trade in Carrion (dead bodies). The ethnical and symbolic
relevance of the Igbo Man for Death is because Death shares
some of the typical Igbo Man's commercial doggedness. Some
of which are industry, enterprise and adventure. Death is
really industrious in his Carrion business as we see his
branches in the above mentioned nations topping its supply
list from Grave. Enjoy!
Copyright © Ajayi Angel-Simon | Year Posted 2013
Nigeria & the New Year Presidential Gift
Silence! Stillness! Silence! Inaction!
All guises of an impending eruption
The only sound of merriment
Is in the coterie of increment
I wish there could be joy in this clime
Like the pleasure you get from my rhyme
Our busy rails, ports and roads
Are our platforms for relieving our heart-loads
On boards, boldly written are our words in hues
Is it our turn to be deprived of shoes?
We trek the streets proclaiming a new birth
While our detractors soar like birds in mirth
Silence! I encounter silence everywhere I ambled
Is it true that our peace has been gambled?
There are only two persons I see
The first person, a damsel, I glee
I will never have seen her, thanks to subsidy
But to Keats "beauty is truth, truth beauty"
I would have fallen for her seductions
But I resisted her like subsidy attractions
I would have blindly succumbed, rejecting truths
Now I discern why all hands protest, even youths
Our pains increase yet no decrease
All we patients, diagnosed for the same disease
Our misery, their fortress; our words, our refuge
We persist, our tears for justice in deluge
Empty promises sadden our weary lobe
Hence; we seem the dystopian part of the globe
The second person, like the Ancient Mariner
Expressed his pains and fears in this manner
"Once upon a time, in their kingdom, animals –
Birds, reptiles, insects, aquatic and mammals –
Rejoice over the death of their brutal king
In unity and hilarity, they dance and sing.
'At last,' they said, 'it's now authority, no more power;
Our words and woes will be respected in the new tower;
No despot reign, but a shepherd for us all sheep,
Tender-heart and loving; his promises, he will keep;
Our promise land! A new captain to steer our ship
He will use the mace to direct us, not as a whip'
All - ignorant of the dead despot's fairy - are whining:
For he was alive and in a shepherd's cloak, ruling"
Then the tale teller asked, 'Alas, Is that their lot?
Who's now leading, the shepherd or the despot?'
I'm not a
I'm just another believer.
I believe in the future of my
because we are the solution
My generation...
Flourishing in righteousness
Walking in holiness
Nourishing in goodness
Connecting to grace yet
Overflowing amidst
Shining amidst darkness
Bearing fruits amidst
Blossoming amidst dryness
Breaking through in the
Triumphant in godliness
Abounding in greatness
Making tremendous
My generation...
Great stories yet untold
Great vessels yet unfold
Too glorious to uphold
Too beautiful to behold
Too fiery to be cold
So vibrant and so bold
We are the Master's mold
To Jesus, we are sold
For great testimonies to be
We are the generation with a
medal of gold
We are the royal priesthood...
My generation...
Holiness lovers
Sin haters
Glory carriers
Light bearers
Barrier breakers
Line crossers
Destiny builders
Future shapers
Corruption stoppers
Life savers
Freedom fighters
Nations leaders
Soul winners
Bountiful reapers
Tireless transformers
Peace makers
Pace setters
Great achievers...
My generation...
Radiating joy: no more
Rich in gold: no more borrow
Filled by God: not hollow
Deep in love: not shallow
Always on top: not below
Shield in amour: no arrow
All round eagles: no sparrow
Astute soldiers: no feeble
Rising from zero to hero
Right path; we will follow
My generation...
With the scripture as our life
The picture of our future has
no error
We are the generation of God
We are the generation of
heaven minders
We are the bountiful soul
We are the trees planted by
the rivers of water
We are the branches whose
leaves shall not wither
We are the generation that
will greatly prosper...
My generation...
A generation with God's
Looking unto Jesus: our
greatest motivation
Empowered for the Great
We are the world's inspiration
We are a holy nation
We are a chosen generation
We are the Unstoppable
We are a generation heading
to a glorious destination
We are the joy of many
My generation...
We will arise and shine
In eternity, with Jesus we will
wine and dine...
I'm not a preacher;
I'm just another believer.
Unknown, strange faces;
We are united
in the experiences
of classes to halls,
of tests to exams,
of rainy and sunny days,
of tears and laughter,
of fear and hope,
of friendship and enmity;
but in Love's loving arms.
In the darkness of ignorance, we began,
In the light of knowledge, we part.
We were early risers,
We were late comers.
Sometimes united,
Sometimes divided
in this intellectual confinement:
We are imprisoned to embrace freedom,
We are nurtured to become the panacea.
We are departing,
Known, familiar faces.
We, We!
(for my graduating class University of Lagos 2013)
©Angel Simon 2013
Homer,Chaucer, Shakespeare, Keats, Eliot
Soyinka, Okigbo, Osundare
Now me, recycling human ideas
he knocks at the majestic door
broke her crystal heart
and left her with splinters
she shuts the door for life
no gliding for love
living to mend the pieces


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Co-producer/director Bryan Singer dropped out of X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) for the chance to make the 2006 Superman reboot, but this proves a bad idea as the movie is a lacklustre disappointment. In the story, a sequel to Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980), Superman returns to Earth after a five-year absence and finds Lois Lane has moved on with her life but that it is business as usual with Lex Luthor.
Never once putting himself forward as a suitable replacement for the admittedly irreplaceable Christopher Reeve, Brandon Routh keeps up the lacklustre disappointment theme as Superman/Clark Kent, and so, surprisingly does Kevin Spacey as his nemesis, the arch-villain Lex Luthor, who is plotting a scheme that will destroy him and the world. If they make a weak impression, Kate Bosworth makes no impression at all as Superman's love interest Lois Lane, though the part is a feeble one and feeble written here too. Amusingly though, Lois has won a Pulitzer Prize for her article Why the World Doesn't Need Superman.
Despite all the obvious work and money (it cost an incredible $204million) that has clearly gone into Superman Returns, the story, visual effects and directorial style are all mediocre when they need to be astounding. All three star performances are charisma-challenged. Spacey's just rather embarrassingly arch and camp, but then what can you do with the Lex Luthor role? It defeated Gene Hackman in the originals too. James Marsden (as Richard White), Frank Langella (as Perry White), Sam Huntington (as Jimmy Olsen), Parker Posey (as Kitty Kowalski) and Eva Marie Saint (as Martha Kent) also star though none of these good performers are seen at their best here either.
Principal photography took place at Fox Studios Australia, Sydney, while the visual effects sequences were created by a number of studios, including Sony Pictures Imageworks, Rhythm & Hues, Framestore in London, Rising Sun Pictures, and The Orphanage.
Eerily, the late Marlon Brando appears in the film in a digital recreation as Jor-El, his role in the original Superman (1978). This is well meant as an homage, but comes over as a mistake.
Superman Returns: An IMAX 3D Experience was released simultaneously in 111 IMAX cinemas worldwide. This version includes 20 minutes of converted 3D film footage that is a huge help to the movie, though it begs the question why they didn't film it all in 3D.
There were no test screenings to gauge public reaction but Singer showed his cut to some of his trusted associates, then removed 15 minutes of footage, so the theatrical running time is 154 minutes. One of the key scenes Singer deleted was the Return to Krypton, which cost $10 million to film.
It was nominated for the Academy and BAFTA Awards for Visual Effects, but lost to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, a film that helped Superman's second week gross into a rapid declined from the first week. Bosworth was nominated a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress.
Warner Bros was disappointed with the $391 million worldwide box office return and cancelled their intended summer 2009 sequel. But Superman was rebooted again in 2013 with Zack Snyder's Man of Steel starring Henry Cavill, this time successfully.
At 2006 Comic-Con International, Singer blamed poor marketing and promotion for the film's lacklustre performance at the box office. 'A lot of people did their job, and a lot didn't,' he said. Warner Bros president of production Jeff Robinov said: 'Superman Returns didn't quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to. It didn't position the character the way he needed to be positioned.'
Taking into account the development costs since the early 1990s, total expenditure is estimated to be around $263 million, with up to a further $100 million spent on worldwide marketing. So they were still in profit, just on the cinema release.
Singer went on to direct Valkyrie (2008) and Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) and return to the X-Men franchise with X-Men: Days of Future Past in 2014.
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