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Lambeth Cabinet to decide on new social care charging policy
Following the recent public consultation programme on its proposed non-residential social care contributions policy, Lambeth's Cabinet will decide its new policy at its meeting on Monday 25th July (6pm, Room 8, Lambeth Town Hall).
This is a public meeting. You can find the agenda and papers for the Cabinet meeting http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/moderngov/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=225&MId=7643. You can also ring Democratic Services for further information – 020 7926 2170
The report and additional papers can be found by scrolling down the agenda page for the Cabinet meeting to item 15.
Only one amendment has been made to the original proposals. If agreed by Cabinet, the recommendations would mean that, from October 2011:
- Each service will be charged at its actual cost. This means ending the provision of free day care and double handed personal care for thos people who can afford to pay
- Charging full cost for sheltered housing and direct payments
- Removal of the current maximum charge of £300 per week
- Removal of exemptions from charging for Supporting People services
- Only people receiving Attendance Allowance or Disability Living Allowance would automatically receive the £25 waiver for Disability Related expenditure (those who do not would have to evidence this)
- People using care homes for planned respite would be cahrged on their ability to pay rather than on a standard fixed charge
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DREAM was developed by IBM Researcher, Gustavo Stolovitzky in collaboration with Andrea Califano from Columbia University. DREAM Challenges officially commenced in 2006 with a conference that brought together stakeholders in the community. Under the direction of Dr. Stolovitzky, DREAM has grown and thrived over the succeeding years as teams of scientist collaborate from universities, the public sector, and industry. In February 2013, and based on the success of collaborating to run the 2012 Sage Bionetworks/DREAM Breast Cancer Prognosis Challenge, Sage Bionetworks merged its open science efforts with those of DREAM.
The DREAM Challenges have had hundreds of scientists representing over 50 different institutions participating in the organization of different DREAM Challenges through the years. It is this diversity of expertise and ideas that is in our DNA; it is what makes the DREAM Challenges work.
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This Costa Rica vacation not only visits beautiful locations from cloudforest to pacific ocean, but also offers wedding services at a small private chapel in the pristine countryside. This program features two upscale, intimate, boutique resorts with spa facilities as well as many other natural amenities and activities. The program can also be altered to suit your needs.
Day 1: Today you'll be met at the airport by our representative and made welcome to Costa Rica.
Day 2 – 3: Today you will be transferred to the lovely villa Blanca Cloud Forest Lodge. Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Hotel & Spa is nestled serenely within 75 acres of gardens, pastures and cloud forest property. Weddings are performed in the pretty on-site chapel, a remnant of the bygone era when the hacienda was a fully functional, self sufficient community in its own right. On the main hilltop is the Hacienda House, the centerpiece of the hotel, where you check-in and where all the dining facilities are located. You can enjoy freshbaked breads and pastries at El Cafe del Bosque and fine dining on authentic Costa Rican cuisine at restaurant El Sendero, all the while savoring the awe-inspiring views of majestic Arenal Volcano.
If you are coming to Costa Rica for romance, this the right choice. The hotel spa facilities are world-class. And the beauty of the Los Angeles Cloud Forest Private Reserve that surrounds the property provides the perfect setting for inner peace and tranquility. Spa features several a la carte services like Costa Rican lava rock massage, aromatherapy, exfoliation, and more. There are many locally guided tours available as well.(B)
Days 4-6: Today your driver will meet you at Villa Blanca and take you across to the Nicoya Peninsula on the Pacific ocean. Here you will spend 3 glorious and relaxed nights at the Harmony Hotel. The graceful simplicity of earth tones and crisp whites creates rooms that are rooted in nature and beach life at the Harmony. All 24 accommodations reside on a path that meanders through a tropical garden overflowing with native vegetation. The path ends nearby at the warm, inviting Pacific Ocean on Playa Guiones, Nosara. Closest to the pool, each Cocos Room opens onto its own private, enclosed back patio equipped with a heated shower and seating area. An overhang allows you to enjoying the outdoors in the shade. At the Harmony, comfort meets effortless sustainability. Here guests can enjoy the rare luxury of knowing that the beauty they see is rooted in ecologically sound practices. (B)
Day 7: Today you will be transferred back to San Jose by semi-private surface transfer. (B)
Day 8: This morning you will be taken to the airport for the flight out of Costa Rica. (B – if restaurant is open in time for your flight.)
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March 11- 6 p.m. SL: Sin Fronteras Poetry Workshop & Reading. Moderated by Maria Miranda Maloney, publisher and author of The City I Love (Rancho Press, 2011). Join us at the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum Sin Fronteras Cafe. Be ready to write and share your poetry. Participants will need an avatar. Click here to get one!
March (Date/Time TBA)- Interview with Rafael FJ Alvarado, founder of Hollywood Institute of Poetics and host of the Moe Green Poetry Hour on blogtalkradio. Location: Sin Fronteras out door cafe. Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum. Participants will need an avatar.
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Margaret Randall is a poet, essayist, oral historian, activist and photographer. "Throughout my life, I have thought myself as a bridge: as a bridge between Latin America and North America. As a bridge between generations. Sometimes as a bridge between genres..."
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Kennedy v The Charity Commission [2014] UKSC 20
Judgment Handed Down: 26th March 2014
In Kennedy v Charity Commission, the Supreme Court considered the issue of whether s.32(2) Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides an exemption to the
freedom of information regime which continues after the conclusion of a public inquiry.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 allows a public right of access to information held by public authorities. However, s.32 creates exemptions for certain
documents which mean that a freedom of information request can be denied. Section 32(2)(a) Freedom of Information Act 2000 creates an exemption for:
"any document placed in the custody of a person conducting an inquiry or arbitration, for the purposes of the inquiry or arbitration".
Where an exemption to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 applies, disclosure would be governed by the Public Records Act 1958 whereby the information
would remain secret for 30 years.
In Kennedy v Charity Commission, Mr Kennedy made a request to Charity Commission for disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 of documents
regarding three inquiries which took place between 2003 and 2005. These inquiries were conducted by the Charity Commission into the Mariam Appeal which
George Galloway had launched in relation to sanctions imposed after the First Gulf War on Iraq. Relying on the exemption discussed above in s.32(2), the
Charity Commission refused the request.
The case was appealed to the Supreme Court on two main issues:
- As a matter of statutory construction, does the exemption in s.32(2) continue beyond the existence of a public inquiry?
- If so, is that absolute exemption compatible with Article 10 rights to receive information?
The decision of the Supreme Court was split with Lords Wilson and Carnwath giving dissenting judgments, which will be discussed further below. Lords Mance
and Toulson gave the leading judgment, with whom Lord Sumption concurred.
On the first point of statutory construction, it was held that the natural interpretation of the wording of s.2(2) Freedom of Expression Act 2000 was that
the exemption continues to apply after the end of the inquiry. The reasoning is that the words 'for the purposes of the inquiry or arbitration'
were used by the drafters of the legislation to qualify the preceding clause and relate to the purpose for which the relevant documents were entrusted to
the body or person in question – in this instance the Charity Commission. It does not relate to the purpose for which the body or person still holds
the information at the time the freedom of information request was made. The key issue is why the information came to be in the Charity Commission's
custody, not why it remained in its custody.
Having determined that s.32(2) creates an absolute exemption beyond the life-span of an inquiry, their Lordships went on to consider whether this breached
Article 10 ECHR rights to access information. On this point, it was held by the majority that s.32 merely created an exemption from the freedom of
information disclosure regime but it was never intended to determine whether or not the information should be disclosed as that would still be subject to
other governing rules at common law and in statute. Their Lordships were persuaded by the Court of Appeal dictum in R (Guardian News and Media Ltd) v City
of Westminster Magistrates' Court (Article 19 intervening) [2012] EWCA Civ 420, [2013] QB 618 where it was stated that it would be wrong to infer
"Parliament intended to preclude the court from permitting a non-party to have access to such documents if the court considered such access to be
appropriate under the open justice principle".
As there are other avenues technically open despite the s.32 exemptions, Article 10 ECHR is not breached.
A more human rights centred approach was taken by the dissenting Lords Wilson and Carnwath. The dissenting judgments would have allowed the appeal of Mr
Kennedy on the basis that the right to receive information under Article 10 ECHR would be breached, and hence, s.32(2) Freedom of Information Act 2000
should be read down under s.3 Human Rights Act 1998.
This is an interesting case which involved statutory interpretation and human rights issue regarding freedom of information. There was an opportunity for
the Supreme Court to follow the opinions of Lords Wilson and Carnworth and pursue a more liberal approach to freedom of information which less readily
denies access to information held by public authorities. However, although the majority dismissed Mr Kennedy's appeal, they did effectively highlight
that, regardless of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, there are other ways available to gain access to such information due to the principle of open
justice and the mechanism of judicial review.
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Nationally-known Miami pianist Alan Mason will be honored on Saturday evening, May 7, 2016, at 8:00 p.m., for his 25 years of service to Jewish music in South Florida and around the world. A concert in his honor will be presented by the Winter Jewish Music Concert and Temple Israel of Greater Miami.
Mason is best known for his work performing Jewish music across the country and around the world. On March 28, 2016, he accompanied a recital of Jewish vocal music at Washington's Kennedy Center, as part of Pro Musica Hebraica's series devoted to bringing neglected Jewish music to the concert hall. After that concert, a critic wrote that "The pianist for all the songs was Dr. Alan Mason, listed in the program as one of the country's leading accompanists for singers of Jewish music. It is easy to see why – his playing was warm, soft, lyrical, perfect for the music; its expressive virtues mirrored and complemented those of the singers."
The concert on May 7th will include a reprise of a portion of Mason's recent concert at the Kennedy Center, as Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell will appear on the Miami concert program. After the Kennedy Center concert, a reviewer wrote that "Russell's voice–to my ears–was perhaps the most beautiful I have heard in person." Also appearing on the Miami concert program will be special guests Karina Zilberman, the Director of Jewish Family Life & Culture at New York's 92nd Street Y; the Amernet String Quartet, the Ensemble-in-Residence at Florida International University; the Second Avenue Jewish Chorale; and singers from South Florida.
The evening will feature the world premiere of a work of Jewish music commissioned in honor of Mason. The composer is Michael Ochs, who has had a composition recorded by Josh Groban and another which was named Song of the Year by the Gospel Music Association (Dove Award) and which spent 14 weeks at the top of the gospel charts.
For a quarter century, Mason has served as Music Director of Temple Israel of Greater Miami, and also serves many other local synagogues. He created and serves as Program Director of the annual Winter Jewish Music Concert, one of the nation's leading concerts of Jewish music. Over the last nine years, the concert has presented more than 100 performers of Jewish music.
Mason has also performed Jewish music at a White House Hannukah party, at Carnegie Hall, and throughout the United States. Internationally, he has performed Jewish music in Israel, England, Italy, and Curacao. This summer he will be performing Jewish music in Spain.
Mason frequently performs at musical events presented by organizations within the Jewish community. Every two years he performs before 5,000 people at the national convention of the Union for Reform Judaism. For the last fifteen years, he has been an accompanist for the North American Jewish Choral Festival. He regularly performs for Jewish professional and academic organizations including the American Conference of Cantors, the Cantors Assembly, the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and the Jewish Theological Seminary. Mason is currently the President of the Guild of Temple Musicians.
Mason in 2015 became the founding director of HaZamir Miami, the local chapter of an international Jewish teen choir.
Mason has also led an active life performing non-Jewish music in Miami-Dade County, including with the New World Symphony, the Florida Philharmonic Choir, and YoungArts of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. In 2014 Alan retired from his position as Associate Professor of Music at Barry University in Miami, where he taught since 1996.
The concert will be presented in the Bertha Abess Sanctuary of Temple Israel of Greater Miami, a 1926 Gothic-Moorish sanctuary at 137 N.E. 19th Street, located in downtown Miami near Wynwood and the Arsht Center.
Tickets to the concert are $36, and include a post-concert dessert reception. Tickets can be purchased at www.JewishConcert.org or by calling 1-800-838-3006. For further information, contact Joel Berger at firstname.lastname@example.com or 305-573-5900.


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As it became known from the foreign edition of Motor1, a new version of the off-road car should debut before the end of 2017.
Acura will present the newest concept vehicle (the Precision Concept) on the Concept Lawn at 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
Everybody knows that Australia enjoys high performance vehicles. So, BMW will be sending nearly 100 extra cars of the M2 Coupe in Australia in 2016. Meanwhile Alpina is getting ready for the launch of the B4 Bi-Turbo Coupe this November.
The next year's Acura NSX took first place in the Time Attack 2 class at this year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
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I always wonder how much of our lives is due to coincidences and how much is due to fate. They always seem to be working together though. And this book is full of the two, which makes for a very lovely book.
Hadley and Oliver's chemistry is undeniable from the moment they sit and talk. They simply seem as if they've known each other for years. I enjoyed their banter to no ends. I was smiling so much my cheeks started to hurt. Of course, it wouldn't be a true love story without some obstacles or trials or some other damper, and these two have it happen all in a 24 hour period. And I was afraid they would not get what they hoped for in the end.
He laughs. "Marriage: for when everything sucks."
"Seriously," Hadley insists. "How else do you know that it means something? Unless someone's there to hold your hand during the bad times?"
"So that's it?" Oliver says. "No wedding, no marriage, just someone there to hold your hand when things are rough?"
"That's it," she says with a nod. – pg. 51
One thing made very clear in this book, is that love is complicated and when it happens, it's unavoidable. You may not be out looking for it, but if it's meant to happen, it will…with or without your consent. This plays into not only Hadley and Oliver's relationship, but also that of her parents. Hadley is still upset about her parent's divorce, primarily at her dad, who was the one to leave and is now getting remarried. The moments between Hadley and her father really touched me. I'll even admit to shedding a few tears. It really tore me up to see how if she would just talk to her dad, a lot of her angst about him would be resolved.
But Hadley understood. It wasn't that she was meant to read them all. Maybe someday she would, but for now, it was more the gesture itself. He was giving her the most important thing he could, the only way he knew how. He was a professor, a lover of stories, and he was building her a library in the same way other men might build their daughters houses. – pg. 153
This book packed a lot of emotion in so few pages and in only a 24 hour period. But it was just the good, cleanse-your-soul-and-be-happy kind of read I needed. I look forward to reading a lot more from Jennifer E. Smith in the future. Especially if her books will leave my heart feeling so light.
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The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
Published by Poppy
Pub Date: January 2nd 2012
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover | Source: Publisher
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
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Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?
Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan's life. She's stuck at JFK, late to her father's second wedding, which is taking place in London and involves a soon to be step-mother that Hadley's never even met. Then she meets the perfect boy in the airport's cramped waiting area. His name is Oliver, he's British, and he's in seat 18C. Hadley's in 18A.
Twists of fate and quirks of timing play out in this thoughtful novel about family connections, second chances and first loves. Set over a 24-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver's story will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expecting it.
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Apparel Design in the 21st Century: How 3-D Prototyping and Digitizing Save Costs By Reducing Labor
Just like in other industries, technology has had its effects on apparel design & manufacturing, which have led to advancements in the production process, such as 3-D Prototyping and Digitizing. Yesterday, we hosted a webinar on this topic to discuss the efficiency and cost-saving benefits of this technical transition. Don't worry, we'll recap the main points in this post in case you missed it!
One of the most efficient elements of this advanced era is that labor costs have been brought way down with the assistance of CADD in creating sketches and making patterns. CADD is computer-aided design and drafting. It's moving the apparel industry from hand-drawing, cutting, and sewing, to digitally crafting a copy first, for precision and quality assurance. Digitizing also enables the existence of an easily transferrable file, to be used and shared digitally.
All of this brings about 3-D Virtual Prototyping, which is a fit session on custom-made avatars via the web. There are many advantages of 3-D Prototyping a few of which are:
-It allows for fixing patterns before cutting and sewing
-You can visually try out custom color choices
-Ability to sell or market on website with 3-D samples, for consumer product testing
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Kamel, Fouad and Baguley, Margaret and Thorpe, David (2011) Enhanced graduate attributes by engaging engineering students in teaching episodes. In: 22nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AaeE 2011): Developing Engineers for Social Justice: Community Involvement, Ethics & Sustainability, 5-7 Dec 2011, Fremantle, Australia.
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Presentation skills are increasingly becoming essential in the engineering profession. This research addressed the importance of presentation skills for engineering students and presents the results of a peer-assisted learning 'student-teaching' episode. The assessment has been carried out through a questionnaire completed during the teaching episode to ascertain the skills required for effective presentation. Initial results indicated students appreciated the opportunity to engage with a student-led session and believed that this approach enhanced relationships amongst themselves and their lecturers.
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TMK: Rocastle injured in Gold Cup, USA ready to step up
It's going to be a brief Morning Kickoff today boys and girls. It's business time at Livestrong Sporting Park and I'm going to be doing work today out there at The Legends. But don't worry about me -- I'm doing all of this for you.
Three Sporting Kansas City players saw their first Gold Cup action last night:Shavar Thomas went 90 minutes in a 4-0 victory over Craig Rocastle's Grenada.
Rocastle was injured after a nasty collision and had to be subbed off. Fantastic.Roger Espinoza was forced to sit on the bench and watch a dull 0-0 draw between Honduras and Guatemala.
The big game tonight is the USA vs. Canada at Ford Field in Detroit.The Yanks will be looking to rebound from the Spanish beatdown they received on Saturday.
Landon Donovan, who missed Saturday's game, is expected to start.
Kickoff is at 7 p.m. on Fox Soccer Channel.
With a full-strength squad, the United States needs to step up and win this tournament on its home soil.
My best guess at the USA Starting XI -- GK: Tim Howard; DEF: Steve Cherundolo, Clarence Goodson, Oguchi Onyewu, Carlos Bocanegra; MID: Landon Donovan, Michael Bradley, Jermaine Jones, Clint Dempsey; FWD: Jozy Altidore, Juan Agudelo.
This is an excellent teaser video for the USA. Get pumped
The other Group C game will feature Sporting KC's Stephane Auvray and Guadeloupe taking on Panama at 5 p.m.KC's professional soccer roots trace back to NASL and the Spurs. Former Wizard defender Nick Garcia will be training with Sporting this evening, according to a source.
My best guess is that a Garcia trial fits for two reasons: 1) He's local and a known quantity and 2) With Shavar Thomas away on Gold Cup duty, Sporting are down to just three fit central defenders.
This wouldn't be the first time the team took a flier on a local guy. Seth Sinovic went from out of the league to No. 2 left back.


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I love this dish. It's quick and straightforward, and demonstrates just how great the results can be when you take well-produced, local ingredients – even pretty humble ones such as lamb's liver and onions – and give them a really imaginative treatment.
Serves 2
300g very fresh lamb's liver, thinly sliced
½ a medium onion, thinly sliced
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground caraway
1 tsp ground cumin
A pinch of smoked paprika
A pinch of cayenne pepper
1 clove of garlic, finely sliced
½ tbsp rapeseed or olive oil
A small knob of unsalted butter
Salt and black pepper
Put the liver and onion in a bowl, along with all the spices, the garlic and the oil. Toss together with your hands, then cover and leave for 20-30 minutes.
Heat a large frying pan over a high heat. When it's good and hot, add the liver mixture, making sure it's well spread out. Throw in the knob of butter too. Let the liver sear for about a minute, then give it a good stir or toss and cook for a minute or so more. Season, then serve straight away on toast, trickling over any juices from the pan. Serve a salad alongside.
• This is an edited excerpt from The River Cottage Cookbook by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (HarperCollins, £25). © Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 2011. Buy a copy for £20 from the Guardian bookshop


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A wonderful, three bedroom semi-detached house offering a lovely home for the growing family. The property boasts a large reception room with bay windows, separate dining room and kitchen, both providing direct access on to the 92ft rear garden. The first floor comprises of a generous master bedroom with bay windows and a feature fireplace, second spacious double bedroom overlooking the garden, a good sized third bedroom, bathroom and separate WC. Charming original features include wood floors, picture rails and an original built-in pine dresser. The large loft, spacious private garage, brick built tool shed and the potential to extend STPP are also additional benefits. Bromyard Avenue is a beautiful tree-lined road ideally located for a wealth of amenities on Uxbridge Road including excellent bus links and a wide range of shops and restaurants. Virgin Active gym and a local supermarket are only within a short walking distance, as well as Acton Park David Lloyd Club which is an ultimate family club for health, sports and relaxation set in 27 acres of beautifully maintained grounds, courts, terraces and gardens. Local transport links include Acton Central (Overground), East Acton (Central), and Shepherds Bush Market (Circle & Hammersmith) stations. Shepherds Bush Westfield, Ealing Broadway, Chiswick and Acton High Street are also within easy reach offering further shopping/transport facilities. Future Crossrail station at Acton Mainline is located nearby offering quick and improved links between the capital's major commercial and business districts - Heathrow, the West End, the City and Canary Wharf.
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Governor couple worship at Chandi Yaagam - NTv
Governor Narsimhan and his wife, Vimala Narsimhan reached the venue of Aayutha Chandi Yaagam being performed by KCR couple and worshipped there. The dress code is red and all the ritwiks and other workers were seen in red. They chanted vedic hymns even as the Governor couple worshipped. Narsimhan and wife had performed the rituals on the first day of the Yaagam too.


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I am brand new to this forum, and after reading some of the existing topics and posts, I feel less alone in what has recently happened to me. It has definitely made me want to share my story in hopes that some of you can help me with what has worked for you, and if I can maybe help someone else in some way.
I would first off like to say that I have NEVER used drugs (street drugs), ever. So my story isn't based on years of using drugs and then wondering "what happened?" I think it's from a combination of my lifestyle, and my poor judgment. I live in Los Angeles, the mecca of unnecessary stress. I just turned 30 years old a few months ago, and that's when this story really begins. It may just be pure coincidence, but I had my first life changing, anxiety/ panic attack experience exactly 2 months ago. The only thing I did different that day was have about 5 Sunkist sodas throughout the day. Later that evening, in front of the TV while relaxing, that's when I felt as if I couldn't breathe. It felt as if something was sitting on my chest, I couldn't breathe, and I was shaking horribly. I was suddenly out of control of my body. I could NOT stop shaking. I was snapping my fingers uncontrollably, I couldn't sit still, and I was losing the ability to breath. I really thought I was having a heart attack. I was rushed to the ER by my wife after trying to calm down for about 45 minutes. When I got to the ER, they looked at me like some guy on drugs because I guess that's what someone looks like when they OD or something. They tested me for EVERYTHING and everything came back completely clean, and actually my levels were healthy. No high cholesterol, no high blood pressure, no diabetes, they ran 2 EKG's and those checked out fine..... I was basically "fine". They said I had a panic attack.
The next day my Dr. put me on Ativan. This has been the only thing that's helped me in time of panic to this day. I have now been taking it for 2 months. She also put me on Celexa. Taking Celexa made me feel 100% WORSE. I had similar symptoms to those listed by others on this site that have taken Lexapro or other medications like this. I felt like I was WIRED and couldn't sleep on Celexa, it felt like I drank 8 Red Bull drinks. Celexa made me feel more anxious, wired! I stopped taking Celexa and since I stopped I've felt better. People have been telling me to take Lexapro, but I hear now it has the same or similar side effects as Celexa! I also am being told the only thing that won't have these side effects, or at least as bad, and that actually works, is Effexor. Is this true? If anyone can shed some light on Effexor or Lexapro, I am all ears. I'm wondering if either of these will allow me to stop taking the Ativan. Additionally, my Dr prescribed Ambien CR to help me sleep because there are times I just CANNOT sleep because of the anxiety. So I am taking that nightly. I have NEVER slept so good with the Ambien. I have had problems sleeping since I was a little kid. I have always been an anxious person, and the Ambien CR has been a lifesaver at night.
I am currently taking 1 MG a day of Ativan (two 0.5mg under the tongue), and it is the only thing that helps get through the severe anxiety at the end of my day. I only need the Ativan at the end of the day. During the day for the most part, I'm pretty good, and I'm able to live a daily life for the most part. It's weird, I only get anxious and the panic starts in the evening, at the end of the day not doing anything at all! I actually get the severe anxiety more at home when it's quiet or in front of the TV, relaxing on the couch.
It has been the hardest thing I've had to go through in my life to date, primarily because it affects EVERYTHING. It's like some people say "if you don't have your health, you have nothing". It's true. If you feel like crap, everything else that's positive and happy is VERY hard to enjoy. At least it is for me at this point. I have always been the "multi-tasker", cramming 50,000 things into one day, anxious, rushing on the freeway, kind of person until this happened. Now that I've been diagnosed with this I honestly don't know how I made it this far without this happening to me sooner.
I am not overweight, but I definitely had gained more weight in the last year than I've ever had, and I attribute it to poor diet (fast food) and more importantly, all of the soda I would drink. The combination of the caffeine, sugar, high anxiety, stress, and feeling of self invincibility (taking everything on at once) for all of these years, because I'm "young" is what I feel brought all of this on. If I could have known that I would get this condition from all of these I surely would have made more changes to prevent this instead of now coping, and trying to repair the damage I've done to myself.
It is definitely easier to deal with this now than it was the first 3 weeks, but I really attribute any kind of "normalcy" to absolutely NO CAFFIENE of ANY kind, and the Ativan. I have cut way back on sugar, and basically not putting anything into my body that can "boost" me. I can't imagine drinking anything caffeinated at this point, especially after the ER visit. Caffeine is absolutely horrible, but I guess that is a no-brainer.
The breakdown is …
I'm on 1mg or Ativan every night, and I know I need to decrease and get off of this because of the dependency problems. However, this is the only thing that seems to work right now. I am in therapy and trying to learn how to further adjust myself to reduce stress. I am taking Ambien CR to sleep at night. I need to know if Effexor or Lexapro will benefit me. I am closely watching what I eat (no fast food), drinking water exclusively, and have been since the night this started. I know I need to exercise, and have been told this will help, but I'm a little overwhelmed to start under all these conditions. Will the exercise really help?
Sorry for such a long story, but I really wanted to share my story and ask questions from others that have more advice and coping techniques. I really look forward to hearing any of your feedback, responses, and opinions.
Thank you
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I tried Paxil several years ago and it worked. I am unable to take it this time due to having a baby.
My panic attacks came back like they never have been. Went to Dr they put me on zoloft and increased up to 100mg. I was dead tired... couldnt function and didn't want to get out of bed. Couldn't live that way and work and take care of kids.
Dr then put me on Effexor, I am now up to 150mg. I can tell a world of difference... I am completely happy. I have heard others talk about withdrawl, well I will worry about that then. Because I was to the point I couldn't leave the house or drive my daughter to school. I am now able to do some of the things I enjoy. I am praying it will continue to get better. I think sometimes people have problems coming off medications because they rush it too much. You have to be under Dr care to wean off of these meds.
Hope this has helped.... :)
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Way to many meds to put down ..........
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Print on demand (POD) is a technology for generating very small quantities of a book - even one copy at a time. Thanks to this technology and the phenomenal reach of the internet, many companies have sprung out of nowhere. They'll take your manuscript, charge a small typesetting or setup fee, and make your book available from amazon.com and every bookstore on the planet.
Sounds great, but there are still problems with Print on Demand, whether the process is used by a company or an individual. For example, POD books are usually more expensive than those printed using conventional means.
POD books are nearly always non-returnable, which is another point against them. Normally, a bookstore can return unsold copies for credit (if they couldn't do this, they'd go broke. They can't predict which books will sell and which will languish on the shelves - not even publishers can do that, and they're the ones buying up manuscripts in the first place!)
With POD books, a customer goes into a store and places an order using the ISBN, author and title. In many stores, the customer has to pay for the book there and then, because the bookstore doesn't want to end up with a copy they can't sell. (They've all been conned by unscrupulous authors who've ordered copies of their own books and never returned to pay or pick them up.)
The bookstore order is handled by the POD company, who print and ship. It used to take a long time, but this has improved and it is now down to a few days.
The next problem is one of perception. There are good books being published using POD, but the vast majority are works which, before the advent of the technology, would have languished in slush piles. Many POD publishers will accept anything if the author is willing to pay the bill, and that means book stores have been deluged with people trying to get POD books onto their shelves. The last thing they want is for their regular customers to end up with someone's first draft, and as there's no way they're going to personally read everything they're offered they generally refuse to take POD books point blank - although they will order copies in to fill firm orders. But how do they know it's a POD book? There are more clues than you'd expect:
The paper. Many POD books are printed on white paper - since the machines that print them are basically huge laser printers, this shouldn't come as a surprise. I recommend cream-coloured paper for fiction - that's more in line with the industry standard.
The sales rep. Bookstores order stock through a handful of reps, or through head office if it's a chain store. When someone comes in with a cardboard box full of books under one arm all kinds of alarm bells start ringing.
The imprint. If the book store owner has never heard of the publisher they'll probably enter the name on their computer to see what else they've published. Or they might scan the barcode on the back of the book. Unless...
No EAN barcode or ISBN. These cost money, so they're often left off POD books. I recommend you do things properly, and get an ISBN.
No CIP data. Catalogue information used by libraries. This is free in Australia, but you have to apply for it. Part of the requirement for getting this data is that you have to submit a copy of your book to the National Library and another to your State Library.
The format. As in the size of the book. Most paperbacks are A or B format, or trade paperbacks. If the paper hasn't already given them a clue, books which are almost exactly the size of A4 or Letter size paper cropped in half do the trick.
The price. As mentioned above, POD books cost more to print, and as a consequence the retail price is often set too high.
And the killer... No returns. The bookstore has to be able to hand them back for a full refund if they don't sell. While you might be able to deal with your local store personally, book stores elsewhere will just turn them down.
All of these things count against POD books. You can rant all you like, but it won't change the perception that POD is primarily used for books which don't have a big enough market to make a proper print run worthwhile.
What's the alternative?
Trade publishers. Unlike POD publishers, they do the following:
Print thousands of copies up front, just like newspapers and magazines.
Get your books into brick & mortar bookstores across the country, which is where the vast majority of books are sold.
Allow stores to return books for credit against future purchases.
A POD publisher does none of the above. They may argue that they're modern and efficient, but an author would (or should) ask how people are going to pick their work off a bookstore shelf if it's not there in the first place. Being available is nowhere near the same as being stocked.
Having listed the pros and cons ...
I should point out that I've used a POD printer (Lightning Source) for my latest novel. The cost price is low enough to make it worthwhile, the print quality is excellent, they offer cream-coloured paper and my book will never go out of print.
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Presentation and public speaking skills are critical success factors in the modern workplace. Every professional job at some time involves sharing information in some capacity. The principles of effective presentations apply whether you're speaking to a small group or a large audience, whether you're speaking to people inside or outside of your organization and whether you're trying to persuade or are simply conveying facts.
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Whether your role involves communicating with employees, co-workers, customers, or other stakeholders, it's a fact that your ability to create - and deliver - strong presentations can have a direct and significant impact on your credibility and - ultimately - your professional success in your current position and beyond.
What you say matters - but how you say things matters just as much, if not more. You can be an expert in your topic, but you won't be successful if you can't convey your meaning. How you deliver information determines whether or not people will listen and understand what you have to say. Improving presentation skills takes practice, but practice only works if you know what principles to follow.
Attend MTI's Public Speaking Success: How to Create and Deliver Powerful Presentations seminar and learn:
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On Thursday 14 May, my colleagues at Basware and I hosted a group of senior Finance and Procurement leaders at London's recently opened (and incredibly stunning!) Sky Gardens to discuss the topic 'Cash Today for Growth Tomorrow'.
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Alongside a fantastic meal and great wine, the following issues were laid out for discussion amongst the attendees:
Kicking off the evening, we were delighted to be joined by Rob Kortman and Ian Morgan from PwC's Working Capital Management practice who shared some insights from the latest PwC Working Capital Management study – 'Cash for Growth'. Rob explained that for so many organisations, cash is tied up in processes and that by freeing this up it opens up opportunities for investment (be that through acquisition or in new projects), reducing debt or paying dividends, for example.
He went on to explain that working capital improvements remain the most obvious way to access cash and that PwC believe opportunities are driven from four key levers:
After giving the audience some food for thought, the discussion around working capital optimisation opened up to the table and I got some interesting takeout's from this:
No two companies are alike – we all believe that our own company is completely unique, but when it comes to working capital optimisation it seems that they really are. It was very clear that the way it is viewed, managed and prioritised across industries varies massively and that each organisation faces its own unique nuances and challenges. The industries that are really focused on this right now are Retail, Consumer Goods, Industrial, and Utilities & Telco. However, more and more companies are starting to think about how process optimisation can help 'free up' trapped cash.
Interestingly, one of the barriers to e-invoicing (or perceived barriers) amongst the organisations present was the on-boarding of suppliers. My opinion on this is that if early or prompt payment is offered to suppliers as part of the on-boarding process, this could be a real incentive to get them bought in. The more suppliers that go electronic, the better for the process and working capital optimisation for the buyer.
In conclusion, it seemed that for many of the companies at the table, having a strategy for cash flow and working capital management was important. However, many are at the early stages of implementing process efficiencies and very few are thinking about a top level working capital/cash strategy.
This is not unusual – our work with organisations around the globe has highlighted that there are four stages that organisations evolve through as they adopt more automated functionality for their P2P processes. Only at the fourth and final stage do you find that organisations have worked with their suppliers and customers and are making use of 'best-fit' payment programs to optimise working capital in the financial supply chain.
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Much of the analysis of the 2016 Presidential election has focused on the specifics of the campaign: Donald Trump's ability to appeal to angry white working class voters; Hillary Clinton's "baggage" as a candidate; the oddities of the Electoral College system. However, these issues may miss the larger point altogether.
Trump's victory may be less a portent of transformation of the political system and more the product of factors long preceding his candidacy. For those who worry that our democratic system is at peril, this risk goes far beyond Trump himself.
The election was so jarring because none of the normal expectations of electoral politics seemed to apply. Trump won despite disregarding long-standing political norms, overcoming personal disclosures that would have sunk any traditional candidate and giving little indication of how he would govern. His candidacy seemed in many respects more an assault on the political system itself than a forecast for what his presidency would be like.
In fact, the political system was already incredibly wobbly although we have been largely blind to that reality. And, more significantly, the weakness of our basic institutions is, if you reflect, the result of years, even decades, of undermining by well-organized political forces.
The decline in trust in government, reflected in the chart above, can be traced to events such as Watergate and the Vietnam War, as well as to the slowdown in economic growth in this country. Another significant factor has been the demonizing of government by politicians. Ronald Reagan's critique of government as "the problem" opened the floodgates for that era. The drumbeat of attacks on Washington, on bureaucrats, on government overreach, has taken its toll on American voters.
The campaign against government has also been furthered by conservatives arguing that all taxes are bad, that they should always be reduced and never increased. The result is a self-fulfilling prophecy that government is not capable of responding to the needs of the country. Infrastructure is crumbling, schools are in decline, the safety net is being shredded.
Additionally, Republicans who controlled Congress for most of Barack Obama's term as president demonstrated a single-minded determination to prevent him from accomplishing anything. Voters saw gridlock and stalemate in Washington and attributed it to inherent failings of the political system rather than to a deliberate strategy to incapacitate a political opponent.
As a result, when Trump promised to "drain the swamp", he was plowing ground that had been made fertile by years of systematic attacks on the very concept of government.
Another institution under assault is the media. The president-elect didn't invent press bashing, but he certainly made an art form of it. While the press has always had its faults, the founders of our constitutional system still saw an independent media as an essential safeguard for a democratic system.
That institution is under siege from three directions and what its future in our political system will be is far from clear. One challenge is the rapidly shifting economics of the media. The Internet has undercut the traditional revenues streams and forced the press to reconfigure itself in ways that are still evolving. As a consequence, the press is left with significantly fewer resources and less capacity than it once had.
A second challenge is the proliferation of media outlets and disagreement about the very definition of news. Multiple web sites, bloggers and the appearance of "fake news" have created a cluttered environment for news consumers. Where once we could confidently describe Walter Cronkite as the "most trusted man in America", no one can claim that mantel today. The phenomenon, well-documented, of people relying primarily on sources that reinforce their own views has altered the role of the media in this country in ways that diminish its ability to be the watchdog of democracy.
Finally, and perhaps most distressing, the credibility of the media has been seriously damaged. Some of that is self-inflicted but most results from constant criticism. Trump made the media a prop for his campaign and urged his supporters to disparage reporters at every opportunity.
The logical, or illogical if you prefer, conclusion of these trends, has been the assertion that we are in a post-factual era. Certainly, fact-checking of Trump during the campaign seemed to have minimal impact on his supporters. Now, some of his advocates are claiming that there is no such thing as facts, only perceptions and opinions.
My conclusion, based on these observations, is that safeguarding democracy in this country and avoiding the more ominous dangers of a Trump presidency will require more than the steps that have been generally discussed so far. The foundations, the basic institutions of our political system, have been under sustained and systematic attack for years. Without a common understanding of what is essential for a democratic system, we get the kind of destructive actions that characterized the election of 2016.
Finding ways to rebuild trust in our most cherished institutions is going to be essential if the United States is to have any chance of preserving the basic values of the constitutional system. Ben Franklin, after the convention in Philadelphia in 1787, was asked what sort of government the delegates had established. His answer, very much relevant today, was: A Republic if you can keep it.


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If you on the fast track to retirement and are seeing your retirement savings deplete and your plans get sidetracked, you may be wondering if you can retire at all, much less earlier than planned.
With a few simple strategies and ideas there are a couple of ways to salvage your retirement plans.
Funding your retirement: No matter what your age, start your retirement planning now. If you retire early you'll need to be sure you have enough money saved, or have other sources of income, to finance your retirement. If you qualify for Social Security you will need to research places that fit your budget.
There's never been a better time to stop spending and start saving. Every little bit of money you put away now can be enjoyed later. Continue to build your retirement investment nest egg.
Where to retire: One of the key strategies of your retirement planning should be deciding where you will move to. There are several resources where you can find information about places with better weather, lower taxes, or lower crime rates than where you may be living now. The problem is that you may not get the entire picture from these resources so a fact finding trip is advisable.
You need to know the best place to retire, where you can live very well on your retirement savings, a Social Security income, or even less. Places where you can live in comfort and security and not have to give up a single necessity, luxury or activity that you so well deserve after a lifetime of working.
What to do when you get there: Once you have settled into your new home country you may be thinking, 'well, what's next?' Many expats expect their lives to be completely different after they have made the move including the person they were before they left. This is not always the case.
Expats and IL editors and correspondents share their words of wisdom about retirement strategies.
IL's Uruguay Correspondent David Hammond says, "If you want something you've never had before, you have to do something you've never done before." Perhaps there is an overseas location right for you and if you have had a shake-up in your life's direction you should consider all your options. "In a different pond, you are no longer just another duckling, but a swan."
IL's Cuenca, Ecuadoreditor, Edd Staton thinks that answering a simple set of questions can make your decision to retire overseas a lot easier. "Is my glass half full or half empty? Do I feel the pull of life abroad? Is my spouse on the same page? Are my expectations realistic? What do I really want?" These questions can eliminate the stress and help you to make the right decision.
Paul & Gloria Yeatman, who moved to Costa Rica, are firm believers in joining in. "Learn the language and actually speak it. Don't limit yourself to just expat friends. Become part of the local scene." This is something that can be implemented in any country and brings with it opportunities and benefits of its own.
IL's Vilcabamba, Ecuador correspondent, John Curran says, "Don't change your lifestyle to suit some place else; find a place that fits the lifestyle that you truly want." The difficult thing is deciding what you truly want and not what you think you want.
Suzan Haskin advises to weigh all the factors that are most important to you then stand in the town plaza and check your gut. "If you get a warm little tingle about the people who live there – both local and expat – you've found your spot."
When weighing the factors she urges that you don't choose a place for the cost of living along. "Choose it because it fits your profile. Cheap isn't always better."
There are 12 steps that people preparing to move overseas should follow:
Step One: Make a list of your personal priorities and preferences—whether they are health care, good infrastructure, a low cost of living, proximity to the U.S. Consider which priorities are most important to you.
Step Two: Make a list of the world's top overseas havens. You can see International Living's report on the world's top retirement havens here.
Step Three: Consider the pluses and minuses of each country. See more country options here.
Step Four: Narrow your list of countries to no more than three or four.
Step Five: Cut the list to one or two countries.
Step Six: Meet with the tax man.
Step Seven: Decide how you're going to use your new home.
Step Eight: Meet with an in-country residence expert.
Step Nine: Narrow your list to one, and decide what's going with you.
Step Ten: Set up a portable global office.
Step Eleven: Look into international health insurance policies.
Step Twelve: Rent a home in your chosen haven before committing to buying property. If you rent for a month or two, you'll have a better idea if it really is the retirement haven for you. If not, you can always leave and try some place new.
A foreign retirement isn't for everyone, of course. Family obligations may be an issue for some people. Others might be uncomfortable in a place where they don't speak the language. But if you're the adventuresome type…or if you've dreamed of living in an exotic location–maybe on a sultry tropical beach, in a pristine mountain hideaway, or in a sophisticated, culturally rich city–with better weather and a lower cost of living, retirement overseas may be for you.
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SpokenWord is an open mic night and writers' community founded in 2006 by David Barnes. Originally it was called Kerouac:
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. — Jack Kerouac
SpokenWord is down to earth, it has no pretensions – its head is too crammed with shooting stars. It moves to a beatnik rhythm – everyone is free to express themselves. Chacun a son mot à dire. It is not a slam night. Our audience are drunk and receptive but they don't vote you through to the next round. It is an open mic.
SpokenWord speaks all tongues from English & French to Japanese & Swahili. SpokenWord does 6 impossible things before breakfast and lives on a feast of dreams. SpokenWord has a foot in all the great cities of the world. And sister SpokenWords in London, Istanbul, and Berlin. It was here before you knew you needed it. It will be here when you come back. It's performance poetry, story-telling, stand-up, monologue, a song. It's cabaret. Comedy. 5 minute plays. Sometimes it's dance. Or boxing. Mostly it's an original text or a classic read well. Lire vivant. It's a space to do anything with words or performance. There's only one rule – make the words come alive.
— David
SpokenWord Paris – open mic poetry since September 2006.
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The EUR/USD failed to break above the previous top (red) and the bearish bounce is showing strong momentum. This could indicate that there is an expansion of the corrective pattern via a WXY (blue) within wave 4 (purple). A new break above 1.25 however would still make an uptrend continuation more likely.
1 hour
The EUR/USD seems to be building a bearish ABC (green) zigzag when considering the strong bearish price action in wave A (green). A break below the support trend lines (blue) could see price fall lower towards 1.2250-1.23.
4 hour
The GBP/USD is still testing the main resistance trend line (red). A bullish breakout could indicate a likely chance of continuation once price breaks above resistance.
1 hour
The GBP/USD is probably in a corrective wave 4 (blue) and could be in a wave 5 once price breaks above the resistance trend line (orange).
4 hour
The USD/JPY came close to hitting the -61.8% Fibonacci target but missed it by a few pips. There is a chance that price will hit resistance and turn around to complete the target.
1 hour
The USD/JPY seems to have completed a wave 3 (orange) and price is now building a potential corrective wave 4 (orange).
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Modal Auxiliary Verbs are used to make sentences with tenses, moods, voices, interrogatives, negatives and emphatic form of speeches.
Will, would, can, could, shall, should, may, might and must are Modal Auxiliary Verbs.
Can :
I can lift this box.
Can I leave now?
Can I make use your cell phone?
He could drive the car once.
Could I take this book?
He could have taken the matter easily.
May I come in?
It may rain now.
I may come to Chennai.
Might I use your pen?
It might rain now.
He might get the ticket now.
I shall come tomorrow.
I shall attend the meeting.
I shall send an invitation to you.
You shall take to him now.
You shall attend my marriage now.
Should I take leave of?
It should be done now.
He should have come now.
You should better go tomorrow.
I will come with you.
He will visit there.
Anything will happen.
You will come with me.
I would attend your birthday.
I would take long walks in my youth.
He would be expected by 10 pm.
I would like to become a doctor.
I would like a cup of coffee.
You must attend the classes.
Must I come with you?
He must leave now.
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Watching the queue at the Apple Store opening
by The Editor
1000 and the doors open. The staff have counted down from 10 and the throng piles in.
0958. With two minutes to go the doors open and the staff run a lap of the queue offering 'high fives' to the faithful.
0956. Four minutes to go. It must be sweet relief for those at the front of the queue who have been here since 0530.
0953. All the staff are gathered in a circle at the back of the store receiving their final pep talk. The queue winds around the space previously occupied by Boost Juice, them all the way down past Country Road.
0950. There seems to be a lot of people here to check out the queue waiting to check out the store. It's all rather post-modern but, hey, we're a part of it.
0945. Lots of chanting coming from inside the store. Can't quite hear if it's "ONE OF US!!!"
0940. Well there's certainly a queue this morning.


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So, my last post was my December 2014 AJE Component of the Month piece, featuring a sweet white snowflake by Diana Ptaszynski of Suburban Girl Studio, LLC!
If you remember, I got behind and didn't finish it. I wasn't really happy with the layout and the clasp either. This is the before shot...
Since then, I have done a little renovation and am really happy with the end result!
Here is the after..."blue bird on a snowy day".
I changed the juxtaposition of the copper snowflake to be above the blue bird, added a couple more copper beads, some winter flowers and leaves with curly tendrils.
I swapped out the original clasp for one the is a bit smaller and with a little more interest.
Of course, the LOS to add an antiqued patina makes the whites pop (just like a few of you said it would)!
Thanks for encouraging me to finish it! I will be listing it at Melismatic Art Jewelry hopefully today!


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Demolition is in full swing in the Oklahoma City area, which was recently devastated by an EF5 tornado that killed 24 people and affected nearly 4,000 homes, businesses and other buildings in five counties.
While more severe weather is forecasted to batter the region in the upcoming days, residents are carrying on with the rebuilding process.
(More: Severe Weather Outbreak: Latest Information)
Ten days after the storm, Weather.com spoke to Moore resident Randy Mitchell, who lived across the street from the devastated Plaza Towers Elementary School and whose home was flattened during the storm [pictured above]. While watching a volunteer crew break apart the splintered remains of his home, he told his tornado story:
The tornado touched down in Newcastle [at 2:45 p.m.], and they said it was a big one and getting bigger. So my 15-year-old daughter and I gathered up all the animals and headed across the street to my neighbor's storm shelter. Once I knew everybody was a safe, I was standing here, in my neighbor's driveway, watching the tornado come in. It looked just like a big flock of birds and sounded like jet engines going – just a solid roar. Once it got close enough I headed down in the cellar, too.
The May 3rd [1999] tornado [which killed 36 Moore residents] went north of here and I was hoping that was going to happen again. But we didn't get lucky this time.
There were 15 of us down in that cellar, with all kinds of dogs and hamsters and ferrets. Once everything was over, we come out and there's clumps insulation everywhere, it's coating everything. Even now, it's still sticking to everything and floating through the air.
So I came out and looked across the street at the house, standing right here. It was gone. Then I looked over and saw that the school was such a mess. I ran across the street and tried to help them dig some of those little ones out of there.
I don't ever want to do that again. I mean, that was terrible. It was terrible.
I've been real fortunate through all this. My family is safe. My animals are safe. I don't know if it's because I've lived here all my life, I don't know if it's just because we kind of knew what to do in storms like this.
You never think this destruction will happen to your home. You always think that there's that possibility, but until it does happen you just kind of keep going. That's all you can do.
[The demolition today] is strange. It's actually kind of bittersweet because when you get to this point, you're getting closer to the end. It's the end of this chapter. It's progress toward getting your life back. You know that this chapter's going to close and another one's going to open.
We haven't decided if we're going to rebuild the house yet. If we do rebuild, we're definitely going to have a shelter.
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There is less than a week to go until Valentine's Day, and your partner asks you a question.
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Panic sets in, and you start casting your mind around for some tunes with a difference.
After all, you're both sick of the same old crooners popping up around this time each year.
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We're just about to roll out a bunch of Lenovo T431s's but have an odd problem with the NICs on them.
Basically (from reboot) they are taking too long to initialise (i.e. the blue "swirl" on the system tray LAN icon takes about 5 seconds to disappear). (If you log off without rebooting, and log back on, the login script runs fine.)
Another peculiarity is that the icon then comes up with the yellow warning triangle even though the network is working. (You can browse the internet / ping etc)
The NIC is the Intel 82579LM. Have tried it with version 126.96.36.199 (latest driver from the Lenovo site) and version 184.108.40.206 (latest from the Intel site). The only other thing worth noting is that there is vPro on the machines.
Any suggestions how I can speed up the initialisation, or delay the script to wait for the network?


text: Jim, As someone else replied, there is the IC-9100. Pretty much everything but the kitchen sink is available for it. In the same range is the Flex VU-5K. It is still a work in progress, and there are some rough edged on the TS-2000 emulation which you use for CAT control. Still, it is impressive to be able to watch the entire passband of an analog satellite. Both are almost certainly overkill if you are looking at CubeSat telemetry and control. For a basic VU rig, I would try and find a good used FT-847. They are also out of production, but they come up on eBay from time to time. Mine, from 1998, is still going strong, though it is being moved to backup status. Later ones preferred, as Yaesu made several incremental improvements over the production run. Finally, software such as SATPC32 will allow you to take two rigs, such as FT-817s, and operate them as if it were one, full duplex rig. 73s, Alan WA4SCA -----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Jim White Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 3:48 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] satellite radios I would appreciate info on what the currently available satellite radios are. We have used the IC-910 and FT-736R for some time and now need to recommend a radio to a couple of groups building cubesats. The 736 is of course long gone but it appears the 910 is also no longer made. We recently helped a group who had bought a TS-2000 and I was not particularly impressed with it as a satellite radio. So what's current and what works well on V and U? Jim jim at coloradosatellite.com _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb


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Let's use this time machine I just invented to go back to 1984. No, silly, not the book. The year. Hop in, I promise it'll only be a little weird.
Now that we're back in 1984, what are you going to do first? Accidentally kiss your mother because that happens every time a TV show goes back in time? Accurately predict the winners of major sporting events, cleaning out Vegas? Or maybe you'll just want to sit back and enjoy a New Coke. Or maybe–
Apparently that's what happens when you go back in time. Turn down that damn boom box. No, not because I care about your hearing. The music is terrible.
I know what I'm going to do, now that I'm back in the 80s and typing this on a piece of technology that doesn't exist yet. I'm going to take exactly $76,214, and use it to buy the average Canadian house. I'm going to hold onto that house for exactly 30 years, where it will be worth $416.584. That's so awesome. Hell, if I did it twice, I could practically be a millionaire.
What are you going to do? Take your $76,214 and invest it in the S&P 500? What? That's so stupid. At least buy some Microsoft when it IPOs or something. There's no way you'll beat the performance of me buying a house. I make almost 5 times my money, and I know that I'll hold throughout the biggest housing bubble in history.
Let's do the calculations. Fine, but I'll win. I know that houses beat the stock market. Everyone talks about how good the investment has been, so that means it's gotta be true.
Okay, so we know the S&P 500 has returned 11.4% annually since 1984, thanks to this handy calculator from Don't Quit Your Day Job. This includes reinvested dividends. So if we were to invest $76,214 in the S&P 500 exactly 30 years ago, we'd end up with…
$1.94 million. Give or take a few bucks.
North America has been practically brainwashed into thinking that real estate is a terrific investment.
There are a few reasons for this. There are a lot of people who only invest in one large asset in their lifetime, their house. Sure, they might have some cash in mutual funds or other products, but they're not usually well understood, and are usually an afterthought.
Since stocks aren't well understood, people don't realize the potential returns. People look at market downturns and panic, thinking that years where the market is down 30% are the norm. Even when real estate has a crummy year, it usually doesn't swing as far down as stocks.
And the big one is something called subjective value. Basically, we value property we own at a premium simply because we own it. Little Timmy wet himself in that corner, and this is where little Susie beat up little Timmy. We still make fun of little Timmy for being beat up by a girl. Ah, the memories.
Memories are fine, but they also cause people to inflate the value of their house. Besides, many folks fail to consider that, unless they manage to sell the place themselves, their house is immediately worth 5% less than they think. What, do you think the Realtor is going to work for free?
This isn't to say you shouldn't own a house. There are many advantages to buying over renting. Like:
- You can choose paint colors, or to even put a urinal in your bathroom.
- Your mortgage payment usually gets cheaper over time, because inflation. Rent payments tend to go up over time.
- No worrying about a landlord kicking you out after a lease is up, or taking his sweet time replacing some broken something.
- After 15-30 years, you have the security of knowing the place is paid for
You notice how those reasons for owning are more emotional in nature, and not so number-y? That's because buying a house has a lot to do with the emotional part of our brain and not so much to do with the logical side. When you step into a place and fall in love with the pretty countertops, I wouldn't necessarily call that a decision based in logic. That right there proves your house isn't an investment.
Even the folks who are anti-home ownership tend to have an emotional reaction to buying. Renters who like renting have an emotional response to the issue just like home buyers do. Renters either want to buy, or, increasingly, have no interest in doing so. Renters like the freedom of being able to pick up everything and leave town in a month. Renters like knowing repairs will be taken care of. And especially in major Canadian cities, renting is cheaper than buying.
But that's okay. Buying a house is supposed to be an emotional experience. After all, you're going to spend every day there. You want to get something you like. I'd argue that a full 90% of us have more house than we need, and could easily downsize (or not buy so much house in the first place), but I realize I'm fighting a losing battle here. Fine, buy your stupid too big house. See if I care.
This is exactly why your house isn't an investment. Because when it comes down to it, buying is an emotional decision. Emotions have a place when choosing investments, but you're not going to do very well if you let the feels dominate your decision making process.
Your house is an asset. You can borrow against it, and generally it'll grow at a rate that is pretty much the same as inflation, maybe a little more. That makes it a good store of value, like a less crazy version of holding precious metals. But your house isn't an investment. Houses are just too tied to emotion to really be an investment. If you want to invest in real estate, do it through a rental property or a REIT. Not through your principal residence.


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I don't want to get into a battle of logic over a silly non-existant market - but won't my bet stand a better chance of being paid out because humanity survives rather than Iambic P who would expect a payout if it doesn't?ShaunWhite wrote:Because you lay money now, the question is how are you going to collect on your bet ?Jukebox wrote:How will you collect?iambic_pentameter wrote:I'm heavily laying humanity.
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Monday, 5 January 2015
Solo Zorndorf - part 5
On the Russian left Demiku's cavalry and Schorlemer's cavalry came to grips all along their lines.
On their right the pressure was building as Seydlitz brought his cavalry to an undefended length of the Galgen-Grund but, as it was, the Russians had had enough.
They broke and fled towards the Hof-Bruch.
Things were not going well for the Russians. The Observation Corps was beginning to feel the sting of Prussian musketry.
But, at the Galgen-Grund things were going from bad to worse as their line collapsed.
Seydlitz was across the Galgen-Grund and, cutting off the Russian retreat as they fled helter-skelter for the safety of the wetlands of the Hof-Bruch, his troopers captured them in their thousands.
What Russians remained to the left of the Observation Corps were pressed back onto the boggy ground. The elated Prussians began their advance to finish them off.
Only the Observation Corps remained largely intact.
The cavalry action on the right was now beginning, and the Prussians were getting the best of it here too.
This ended turn 5.
The last of the Russians fleeing to cross Hof-Bruch in the direction of Quartschen were captured by Sydlitz's troopers.
Then, by chance, things started to turn in the Russians favour on their left. Perhaps, just perhaps......
In the centre the last of Saltykov's and Galitzyn's troops were being shot to pieces.
In a last counter attack, born of desperatation, a couple of determined battalions of combined grenadiers take advantage of a lull in the musketry.
First one regiment of Prussians took to their heels...
...then another.
Was this last gasp of the Russian infantry enough to swing the battle.
The Prussians are down to a handful of morale chips. The Russians still have some to spare.
Back on the Russian right they are throwing themselves into the fight with some elan. Schorlemer's cavalry begin to break.
The Russians are invariably rolling dice of less value than the Prussians but are winning hands down on almost every roll.
Even the Cossacks are encouraged.
We are using a difficulty check before allowing Cossacks to close - this does not apply to Heroic Cossacks!
At first they are thrown back but,.....
..........they attack from every direction and overwhelm their adversaries.
It looks like it is too late. Without warning a fresh attack by Dohna's infantry upon the Russian left causes the Observation Corps to disintegrate.
The Russians draw double six and the Prussians draw a nine. The Russians have 21 initiative points. Low and behold, first card up is Command Indecision and they lose the lot! It never rains when it pours.
The Prussians now spend their six initiative points and win the first sixteen of the next initiative with a high double of their own. By the time it is spent, their are no Russian infantry still in the field. They only have a couple of regular cavalry units (the others having galloped off in pursuit), a few regiments of unreliable Cossacks, and two morale chips left. The Prussians have troops galore and one morale chip.
The Russians throw in the towel and order a general retreat.
The last two turns saw the Russians finally run out of luck. They got their cards at the wrong time, their firing was ineffective due to poor dice rolling, and the Prussians got much more initiative. Only in their last gasps did their luck begin to change but it was far too little, too late.
This was another solo success, as far as I'm concerned, The battle took seven or eight hours to play out, and playing it a turn at a time was definitely the way to do it. It also made the AARs easier to write as things were fresher in my mind. I hope you have enjoyed reading the AARs.
11 comments:
- steve said...
Great stuff as always James.
- 5 January 2015 at 14:12
- Edward Sturges said...
Really good AAR. Love the figures as well.
Assuming these are 24 figure battalions and 8? Figure cavalry regiments, what were the respective number of infantry and cavalry units and guns on each side?
- 5 January 2015 at 14:39
- Der Alte Fritz said...
This series on Zorndorf, in aggregate, is one of the best wargame reports that I have read in a long time. You let the colorful pictures largely tell the story, with just enough commentary to convey what happened and keep us on the edge of our seat.
There must be a way to condense this into an article for one of the wargame magazins.
- 5 January 2015 at 15:46
- Gonsalvo said...
Great series, James. Interesting that both armies were down to almost zero Morale Points, but he Russians had almost no army left!!!
- 5 January 2015 at 19:55
- AHunt said...
I like this way of doing it. Easy to follow and it keeps me coming back for more. Needless to say, the battle looked amazing, as always.
- 5 January 2015 at 20:05
- Phil said...
Great pics as always!
- 6 January 2015 at 00:21
- JAMES ROACH said...
THanks guys, I'm glad you enjoyed them.
Numbers were roughly:
Prussian: 38 Btns (25,000), 129 Sqds (10,500).
Russian: 55 Btns (33,308), 21 Sqds (3,382), 3000 Cossacks.
The difference in figure ratios (infantry Vs cavalry) has been commented before and my answer is still the same:
I don't play Btn level games, I play Regt. level.
An infantry Regt. (2Btns) and cavalry regt. (5 Sqds) have almost exactly the same frontage when in line. The cavalry Regt. has half as mmany combatants (roughly) so infantry at 24 should face cavalry at 12. However, the frontage of my infantry is such that it is impossible to get twelve cavalry on four stands each 45mm wide, so there are only eight (fitting nicely as it happens). My rules do not count heads, they count in something approaching 'unit integrity points' so actual figure numbers don't matter much. To be closer I could have used 16 figure infantry units, but that, two ranks deep, makes them look like they are in loose order (SYW infantry almost lock together with elbows in armpits when firing) and I don't like infantry in single ranks. It's a fudge but, it's one I happily live with.
- 6 January 2015 at 00:57
- JAMES ROACH said...
Oops, forgot the artillery note.
The Russian field pieces were outnumbered, roughly two to one. However, the battery frontages were similar (and the Observation Corps had LOADS of integral artillery). Consequently, to reflect this, I made all of the Russian batteries field pieces, and all of the Prussian batteries heavy field pieces, though much of the Prussian artillery has finished its work pre-game in this scenario.
- 6 January 2015 at 01:03
- Michael Peterson said...
Another amazing SYW game. I was hoping the Russians would rally and make a come back, but it looks like it as a exciting finish.
Always inspired by your games.
- 8 January 2015 at 16:14
Tricorns off to you! Beautifully painted armies and a great spectacle to share in such a richly illustrated way!
- 15 January 2015 at 23:54
- Scheck said...
A wonderful battle, great pictures showing all the little masterpieces you painted . I am deeply impressed - wonderful!
- 14 February 2015 at 02:16


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