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CFDb Interviews Carlucci Weyant ~ Actor/Writer/Producer/Artist/Musician/Visionary
= > What inspired you to get into the film industry, how did you get started? What was your Journey?
Watching films while growing up allowed me to explore areas that still inspire me to this day. Whether it was picking up a guitar and playing it, painting a picture, writing a story, exploring nature or learning a sport, film helped me explore areas that were already deeply rooted and allowed them to manifest into my present. I began my journey into the arts when I pursued music as my chosen "career". My life primarily consisted of art, music and sports. I wanted to become a professional musician, but quickly found out how difficult it was to get "noticed". It was in 2001, when my life was unraveling quickly, that I came across a book that allowed me to view life differently. "Conversations with God" by Neale Donald Walsch had an immediate impact on me. It allowed me to forgive not only myself but also others and helped me remember the importance of who we are as individuals. It reminded me to love others, share my art, passion and knowledge with all.
That was when I knew my "calling" was to help, heal and inspire others to find their own beauty. I continued on my path towards music while living in Los Angeles but the film industry started to intrigue me a bit. I did my first film "Scattered and Saved" and instantly fell in love with the craft as well as the business behind the art. As I continued on my Journey, I wanted to create pieces of work that would help engage, inspire and open audiences towards love and freedom. I've done a few films in which I've had individuals come up to me and actually thank me for portraying a certain role or producing a type of film. Hearing how I could help someone break out of confinement or whatever it may be is an absolute blessing. I have a long way to go but will continue to do work that will help others to Dream, Create and Inspire.
= > What is your favorite role that you've played thus far?
I can't say I have a favorite, as each role will always be an important moment during that time. Each film has its own story and message that needs to get across and am thankful for the opportunities I've had in telling those tales. Each role has stretched and developed me as an artist, from playing a wealthy, New York City broker in the psychological film "Karma" to playing an angry, short fused character in the dark comedy "Dedd Brothers" to playing a crazy, unbalanced, cuckoo, hoarding character in the psychological drama "Samuel Bleak" to an out of work actor of Muslim descent living in NYC after 911 in "Benjamin" to the latest film "Ashes of Eden". There's just to many to pick out a favorite. J
= > Can you tell us a little bit about your recent role in "Ashes of Eden"?
Well, I'd like to first say that working on that picture was fun! It definitely was one of my most valued experiences in film. I really enjoyed working, connecting and creating with everyone on set while making some relationships that'll last a lifetime. The role came about when a good friend, DJ Perry, (which I met in India while shooting "Karma" and have since worked together on a few projects) sent me a text saying to take a look at a script he just emailed. Honestly, at the time I was so inundated in work for my company Split Vision Entertainment, (getting things organized and ready for 2013) that I didn't have time or desire to read any script. DJ, who I value his opinion and eye for great material, told me that I would really enjoy reading it. I remember finally taking a look at the script, reading it in one sitting and saying "Wow, that was a dang good script!". The writer (amongst other positions) Shane Hagedorn did something not too many people can do. To capture the human essence, the vulnerability, the innocence, love, hate and strength of each character through moments, good and bad in 100 or so pages is amazing. There was an immediate connection to each character; you feel their pain, their struggle, their joy and highest excitement. You paint a picture in your mind and realize that many of these qualities resonate in our own lives. The role of Carlos was a struggle at some points. There were moments so deep, so real that had to be portrayed. It was a role that you had to dig as deep physically, mentally, spiritually as you could go and just when you thought you were done, you had to dig deeper. The only way to truly show the beauty of the script was to immerse yourself entirely in tears, blood, pain, joy, darkness and loving places of your mind and soul. It was raw and real, as you'll see in the film.
= > How has God influenced your decisions in the film industry?
Through Inspiration, guidance, love, healing, strength and awareness. The industry has a tendency to break one down. Whether it be negative energy that constantly floats around or the inability to know what avenue or direction you need to go, or not having the means to get by or fit in "Society" whether it be money, transportation, a place to live, materialistic items or anything else. In the beginning of my journey I struggled, and I struggled for a long time. A lot of people don't realize the years and sacrifices that it takes to get to a certain point. There were a billion and one moments where I almost quit or could of easily "lost" my mind, my soul, myself, but instead had the strength and awareness to realize the bigger picture and the guidance to lead me down the right path. I've become more enlightened over the years and now understand the reason for such hardships. Understanding that we all have the ability to create our realities and have the ability to love and manifest whatever we believe in.
= > What would you recommend for others trying to get into the film industry?
Go into it for the right reasons. Make sure you are truly inspired by the art and craft. Whether it is art, music, writing, becoming an engineer, an architect, doctor, lawyer etc., be true to it. It's the idea to truly be the unique individual we were created to be. When everyone is truly the fullest individual they can be, that's when we will achieve true unity and harmony in our world. Don't chase money! Its an important lesson that took a long time understanding but when you chase money it runs away, when you do something you actually love and have zero doubt in doing it, the money will come. It happens every time. Have patience! Learn to love all things that come your way whether good and bad. Obstacles are put in front of us to give us a deeper understanding on life, a deeper appreciation for who we are and what we do. Live every single moment, we forget what a gift every single breath is that we're given. We need to appreciate every single second of the day, every moment, every breath no matter what the circumstances. Get your tools for becoming an actor, director or writer. Watch films and artists that inspire you. Meet as many people as you can but don't go into it for just reasons to help you get up the "Film" ladder but rather get to know them, connect with them and feel their passion, embrace their story. Do it all with no expectation.
=> What do you like about all the social media outlets you use?
Connection. I love how it connects us so easily to those far away; Family, friends and fans. Social media is a great way of sharing and receiving art on a global scale. Earth….. Take out the E and H and it spells art.
=> What are some of your favorite hobbies?
Being creative, writing, reading, sketching, drawing, playing, writing and listening to music. Learning, research, sports, football, working out, walking in the dark, meditating, exploring. Watching movies! Spending time with family, teaching and helping others. I'm fascinated with knowledge, learning the human psyche, the brain, medicine, holistic medicine, and different cultures. Breathing, yoga, crafting and boxing. I enjoy life and always try things at least once. I love challenging myself, whether it's trying to learn a new language or instrument to pushing my body, mind and spirit to new levels of awareness.
= > What do you have coming up? How can other learn more about you and your work?
2013 is a very busy year for Split Vision Entertainment. We have about a dozen or so large films that will get into production between this year and 2014. Some in which will break the mold for filmmaking. "Samuel Bleak" "Dedd Brothers" "Benjamin" "Locked in a Room" and "Ashes of Eden" all will be coming out this year. As an actor I'll be shooting about 5 features thru the course of the year. "The Falashas" which is about two hundred Ethiopians, known as Falashas, that were left behind and scheduled for execution by Mengistu's Government during the 1985 Airlifts. It's a beautiful story about love, commitment and shows how the actions of a few change lives forever. "Chapo" which is based on a true story about a young boxer in the 1950's. It shows a young man that fights his personal struggles, the mafia, his family, his love and his life. "18 Mila Street" another film based on a true story. It's April 1943, the surviving individuals of Warsaw are faced with execution on the final deportation to Treblinka. Instead of being taken they choose to die fighting. I'll keep the others for a surprise. J You can find anything related to film at www.splitvisionent.com or you can find me on twitter at www.twitter.com/carlucciweyant where I share a lot while on my personal quest, thru quotes, pictures, art, music, my new jewelry line CIIIW in which launches soon and much more. Come join the party and hang with me! My love goes out to everyone.
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Estonia As Home Base For Roaming EntrepreneursPosted: 23/01/2015 | Author: sten | Filed under: In English | Tags: e-gov, estonia, innovation, skype, startups | Leave a comment »
Had some great interview questions from Arkadii Zaitsev, who is writing a piece about Estonian e-residency for a Russian-languaged publication called Meduza (worth checking their design!), operating out of Latvia for freedom of speech reasons. As it took a while to get these thoughts together decided to publish them directly in English too:
Robots Remake the WorkplacePosted: 12/04/2013 | Author: sten | Filed under: In English | Tags: conference, innovation, notes, robots, siliconvalley, video | 3 Comments »
Spent half a day today at legendary research hub SRI International, for Xconomy-organized robotics forum (see full agenda here), listening to an impressive lineup of industry pioneers of mass-market appealing robotics talk about their businesses. Some speakers were still physically on stage, others embodied inside telepresence robots, of course. And answering to a recurring moderator question if robots will take away human jobs with a recurring "no".
As Steve Jurvetson (yes, we keep having these sweet Estonian reunions) put it well in the final venture capital panel: it would be absurd to think that "we should pull Excel out of organisations, because we would create more jobs when people tabulated numbers manually again." The times they are a-changin', and for sure not back towards a robot-less world.
See brief notes from all the sessions (and a bunch of videos of cool commercially available robots in action!) below the fold.
Week 27: Tech IPOs, Seed Investing, Bankruptcies & International TradePosted: 25/02/2013 | Author: sten | Filed under: In English | Tags: angel, gsb, innovation, investing, sloan, stanford, startups, vc | Leave a comment »
Stanford GSB Sloan Study Notes, Week 7 (27), Winter quarter
After the public holiday last Monday (which I realized could not have been more eclectic between sick kid babysitting, running, building a unit economics model for a startup business plan assignment and babysteps in hacking social graph analysis in Mathematica) there was no breathing room throughout the rest of the week.
Eric Schmidt taught his legendary IPO class, we took a bunch of convertible note based seed financing setups apart and put them back together, the original mad-scientist-turned-CEO Art Levinson shared his thoughts on scaling innovation, we discussed how different can be the approaches to seemingly similar private equity investments, I finally made it over for a long-overdue visit to Stanford Technology Ventures Program and there was a fun reunion with ever-joyful Meg Whitman whom I hadn't seen since the good old pre-politics and pre-HP days of her more regularly hanging out with us at Skype, in Tallinn and elsewhere.
When I was walking towards the study rooms on late Friday afternoon to get at least a bit of the two different finance group projects due Monday on the way, ahead of the expectedly busy Estonian Independence Day weekend, I got rerouted in a room where Craig Barrett, long-time Intel chairman & CEO was having a candid small class discussion about navigating global business structures despite of government interventions. Only in Stanford. Good news: what he figures competitive nations are supposed to do is pretty much aligned with where the 95-year-old birthday state of Estonia is heading.
And after all this, the most unexpected meeting of the week? Perry, the original Shrek donkey. (He is on YouTube too)
Covered in this issue:
- How and why Google ended up running an unusual IPO process
- Changing landscape of seed & angel investing + rare data on performance
- Scaling innovation from startups to large public companies
- Inner workings and different flavours of Private Equity partnerships
- How defaulting and going bankrupt is different between US and various EU markets
- Practical guide to managing through international trade barriers
- Guests: Meg Whitman (eBay/HP), Art Levinson (Genentech/Google/Apple), Craig Barrett (Intel), Google Ventures, Snapchat, Private equity partners from General Atlantic, TA Associates, Francisco Partners
The Intersection Event 2013Posted: 20/01/2013 | Author: sten | Filed under: In English | Tags: book, conference, entrepreneurship, innovation, science, startups, vc, video | 6 Comments »
Spent an inspiring day at The Intersection Event at Googleplex. Full agenda is here and my notes from the sessions below.
Weeks 18-20: Innovation Economy, Debate Blunders and Creative ComputingPosted: 09/12/2012 | Author: sten | Filed under: In English | Tags: book, communication, decisions, economics, gsb, innovation, management, politics, pr, sloan, speech, stanford, strategy, UX, vc, video | 1 Comment »
Stanford GSB Sloan Study Notes, Week 8-10 (18-20), Autumn quarter
Not to worry, despite of the three week scope in title this is not a monster-length post. Between a lovely wedding, an unexpected funeral and Thanksgiving break in between my focus has temporarily shifted a bit away from school as this quarter concludes. Do enjoy the little there is to share below – and as special gift to reader A.M., yes there are more videos.
A notable off campus educational highlight last week ago was an event at A16Z where William Janeway (being interviewed by Marc Andreessen on the photo above) discussed his book Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State. Combining his 40 years in venture capital with a PhD in Economics, Bill has great insights into when, how and where governments should play any role financing tech innovation and where progress should be left for markets. And as a curious subtopic – the need for an occasional bubbles in the latter case.
Covered further in this issue:
- How to avoid small groups polarizing towards extremes in debate
- Kõrvalmärkusena Eesti lugejaile: jah, teadus teemal Reformierakond VS Väike Grupp!
- Centralization VS distribution of control in global organizations
- More history of Presidential candidates screwing up in public
- Financial ratios and common size reports in accounting
- Effective networking tips'n'tricks exchange with Sloan classmates
- How computing changes human bodies and the definitions of creativity
- How big internet players have changed hardware IP value chain
Week 2: Explorers/Exploiters, Public Governance and NormalsPosted: 27/07/2012 | Author: sten | Filed under: In English | Tags: culture, government, gsb, hiring, innovation, politics, sloan, stanford | 2 Comments »
Stanford GSB Sloan Study Notes, Week 2, Summer quarter
Pages assigned for reading: 310
- Reminder: think of normals not in their absolute value, but as "how many standard deviations from mean" (Statistics)
- After going through the theory and visualisations behind probabilities of standard normal distribution (Z) and t-distributions, I have a growing suspicion, that in 95% (pun intended) of real life business cases needing confidence estimates, we'll be dealing with a simple constant: 2. (In case of 95% probability on standard normal distribution, Z=1.96 and in cases the sample size n < 30, you should technically use t but, it in reality tends to be so close, that all other uncertainties around sampling and data collection would rarely be less than the benefits of simplicity of multiplication by two) (Statistics reading + class discussions)
A Year With EstelonPosted: 05/12/2011 | Author: sten | Filed under: In English | Tags: angel, entrepreneurship, estonia, gadgets, hifi, innovation, investment, startups, vc | Leave a comment »
Pretty much exactly 12 months ago I made my first angel investment ever in a company that makes physical things. My entire entrepreneurial career and the businesses I've supported on the side have always evolved around outcome you can not really touch: would it be software or consulting and services.
On this backdrop, the magic of turning ideas into physical objects has a special appeal for me. Estelon's flagship speakers weigh 85kg a piece yet are delicate enough to ship with a pair of white gloves for handlers. Their distinct shape is driven as much from physics as from visual aesthetics. And when they actually perform their primary function of music delivery it is as close as it gets to engineering creating pure emotion. The kind which both justifies and makes you forget the fair value on the price tag at the same time.
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Summer of Startups 2011Posted: 25/07/2011 | Author: sten | Filed under: In English | Tags: aaltoes, entrepreneurship, estonia, europe, event, finland, innovation, investing, politics, seedcamp, startups, vc | 4 Comments »
Spent almost a full day last week in Helsinki by invitation of Aalto Entrepreneurship Society (See also: #aaltoes & on FB) to speak to 10 teams of their Summer of Startups program. All-in-all it was a worthy time investment for me, and I hope for the teams too – after a lecture on the history and learnings from building Skype I could spend about 20 minutes in a mentoring session with each of them.
Characteristically to being just in the middle of a 10-week intense effort of forming their products in such an early seed stage it is far too early to tell which one of them will actually fly as a company. It could be well just 1-2 companies and I have my hunches to which one(s), if any – won't reveal that before their final pitches on August 10th though. Nevertheless that same hunch tells me that out of the people present the ratio of future success will be much higher, and even if their current concept fails they will find a new idea and potentially a differently formed team that will help them succeed in the future.
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A little rant on values and innovationPosted: 29/12/2008 | Author: sten | Filed under: In English | Tags: conference, innovation, presentation, values, video | 1 Comment »
Found a video of my five minute speech in a panel at Restart 2008 conference in November. To disrupt the overall tone of the day a bit — focusing on tangible, measurable and often plain numeric aspects of a successful (liberal) macroeconomic environment — I decided on spot that I will instead talk about the softer side of life, namely the role values and tolerance in particular play for creating an environment where innovation strives in Estonia (or anywhere).
The clip below also has my fellow panelist Rein Raud, Rector of Tallinn University continuing on the same topic of innovation and openness.
Back then, I did my original conference notes post) in Estonian, but now realized that we actually spoke in English there. So here you go:
For context, please also see the very entertaining and inspirational intro to our panel by Pekka Roine, entitled "The Only Obstacle to Innovation Is Wrong Policy Chosen by the State" (videos: part 1, part 2, part 3).
The rest of the presentations of the day are available in video too, of course.
Seedcamp 2008 was funPosted: 21/09/2008 | Author: sten | Filed under: In English | Tags: entrepreneurship, europe, innovation, photo, startups | 4 Comments »
Spent a day at London [Seedcamp](http://seedcamp.com/) Week's [Product and Marketing Day](http://seedcamp.com/pages/weeks_program#2008) again. Hit quite a jackpot on the mentoring group selection lottery and got to spend time with four out of the total seven winners of this year:
* Kyko – online multiplayer gaming by the creators of [Babuki](http://www.babuki.com/mainpage/), with a neat angle of tapping into existing social/IM networks to build their userbase.
* Stupeflix – French startup generating time-synced video clips out of static images and music. [Animoto](http://animoto.com/) competitor with a strong technical performance edge.
* [Toksta](http://www.toksta.com/en/liveconfig/) – whitelabel web based IM client for social networks from Germany.
* [uberVU](http://www.ubervu.com/) – my personal favourite, coming from Romania: crawler based harvesting of comments to and discussions around your content from wherever it get syndicated to. Think of seeing not only the comments to your video directly on YouTube, but also on any random blog that this video got embedded to or any twitter post referring to that video with a tinyurl.
[Decisions for Heros](http://decisionsforheroes.com/) whom I also met have found a very sharp niche of catering the dataporn needs for rescue teams, and I just loved their founder Robin´s passion. Wish them all the best even if they didn't win this event.
All-in-all and with a few exceptions, I was more impressed by the people and their passion rather than the specific business ideas. Of course, it sort of has to be very hard to differentiate a great company from an utterly silly one before it gets off the ground, otherwise we would all be angel inverstment gazillionaires in a blink. Judging people and their characters is a much more natural task – and I really did like most of whom I met.
In addition to the roster of enthusiastic startups, I am also very happy about making some new friends among [fellow mentors](http://seedcamp.com/pages/mentors), such as [Robert Gaal](http://www.linkedin.com/in/robertgaal), co-founder of [Wakoopa](http://wakoopa.com) (which I have been a user of for a few months) and [The Next Web](http://thenextweb.org/). Chatting with guys like him is very energizing and raises hopes about the vision of Europe as an innovation hub. Which was Saul's point of creating Seedcamp after all, wasn't it?


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If God Doesn't Need Anything, Then Why Does He Command Us to Serve Him?
by Mark Altrogge
God doesn't need our work.
He doesn't need our money, either. God can get everything done without a heavenly Kickstarter campaign. He didn't ask for any help when he created the galaxies. He can get along just fine without our peewee contributions to the universe. Continue Reading
If the Holy Spirit Lives in Us, Why Can't We Live Perfect Lives?
by R.C. Sproul
Let me suggest to you that we can live perfect lives. Now that may sound like the most outrageous thing you have ever heard, because one of the few things you'll get both Christian and non-Christian to agree on is that nobody is perfect! Continue Reading
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One of the interesting aspects of HSG MBA is participants from different nationalities (22 in current FT class). And it is an experience in itself in understanding each personality. Now I know 1000 year old Chinese eggs are only preserved for 100 days; There is the closest point between Russia and America that is only 4 km long; 1000 Swiss Francs is the highest denomination note in the world; Chile & Peru are still fighting over the ownership of 'Pisco' as a national drink; and yes..Barcelona is not Madrid (my buddy Robert will tell you more in alumni meets).
Aw c'mon! In this already crowded web-based-fountain-of-wisdom world, I'm not going to reveal HSG MBA's 101 secrets of World Domination. But I can leave you with one of the thoughts from Zen master Suzuki Roshi – To control your cow, give it a bigger pasture.
For me, it's a great quote. The cow can be seen as your mind and giving the mind a bigger pasture is about having different experiences in life. Understanding MBA participants is one such kind of experience. You will meet people from different backgrounds, cultures, nationalities; you will try to understand each other's style of working, reacting, absorbing and appreciating. Spending most of your time with intelligent people from different countries and backgrounds will give you a global perspective and will give you an opportunity to refine your PoV (Point of View). And as you will interact more, you will find that the cow (your mind) becomes richer as it roams around the extended pasture of interactions and learning.
PS: "To be stupid, selfish and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost."
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To be ethical means that you are doing what is morally right. But the 'right' way to interact with our horses is open to personal and fashionable interpretation.
Within the huge range of what 'might' be deemed acceptable my view is still far from 'super ethical'. At this point on my journey, I think that in principal, if the horse is comfortable, and the rider is considerate, then it's probably okay to ride, I even like to think that it might be possible to have a relationship with a horse whereby the horse likes being ridden! But lets consider a couple of examples of views from one end of the scale.
"all sentient beings, have a basic right not to be treated as the property of others" The Abolitionist approach to animal rights.
"…the horse is not designed to be ridden. The horse should not be ridden at the cost of their health and well being". Academia Liberti
The views of both the Abolitionists and the Liberty trainers may seem extreme to the vast majority of horse enthusiasts, however if we are to count ourselves as 'horse lovers and carers' as opposed to 'horse users and keepers', there are elements of their beliefs that must surely be given due consideration. Personally, I have huge respect for these views (see their websites) and admire these people who live by their super high values.
For millennia we have practiced speciesism, presuming our superior intelligence to animals and our right to dominate and exploit them because of their inferiority. But researchers from all over the world are making remarkable discoveries about animal intelligence. Just one example is from the University of Adelaide, where researchers argue that humans really aren't much smarter than other creatures — and that some animals may actually be brighter than we are, in fact Dr. Arthur Saniotis, a visiting research fellow with the university's School of Medical Sciences, says "science tells us that animals can have cognitive faculties that are superior to human beings" and Professor Henneberg (also from that faculty) says that "The fact that they may not understand us, while we do not understand them, does not mean our 'intelligences' are at different levels, they are just of different kinds. When a foreigner tries to communicate with us using an imperfect, broken, version of our language, our impression is that they are not very intelligent. But the reality is quite different"
Now… it is also widely recognized that, just like us, animals feel pain. But horses are stoic creatures, they have to be, if they acted like footballers every time they got a knock, then they would historically have been eaten! Then there is the concept of animals feeling emotions, however controversial this may be, any empathetic person will tell you that animals most definitely do have feelings, we recognize in our horses emotions such as excitement, depression, contentment, and anger… to name but a few.
Given that horses are intelligent, sentient beings, what right do we have to use them, or to use force to make them perform for our entertainment?
We should question every part of our training and 'use' of horses, and we should allow horses to live as closely to their natural condition as it is possible in this crowded world. At this point on my journey, I am not suggesting that we all stop riding horses, and I want to believe that there is a way to interact with horses in a respectful and mutually beneficial way.
But how would you like it? If we accept that horses can feel, just like we can, then all we have to do is imagine ourselves in their place. How would you like to be kept in your bedroom (no matter how comfortable your bed is, or how smart your wardrobe is) 23 hours a day? and how stiff and unfit would you feel if the other hour you were made to work hard in the gym? What would work better for you, Pilates and Yoga or having straps and draw reins to make you stay in 'the right shape'? Would you be happier running towards pleasure, or away from pain? If someone insisted you had a piece of metal in your mouth, and you opened your mouth because of some discomfort, would you want someone to listen to you, and look to remove the discomfort for you, or would you want a crank cavesson, or tightened flash to stop you showing your pain? And where does this pain originate? Generally from ignorance on our part.
As long as horses are part of an 'industry' they will be open to abuse. Industry is all about money, there is no room for sentiment in business. But horses need time and understanding, and as long as we accept that horses are part of any industry, they will be bred in huge numbers, ridden before they are mature, forced to perform, broken down, and then discarded. So it is paramount that the governing bodies of ALL equestrian sports have welfare, and the constant improvement and implementation of welfare at the very top of their agenda. At the present time, it is my belief that most of them just give lip service to welfare, they are still governed by the need to make money, please sponsors, and make the sports more spectacular! But sports are the theatre of horsemanship, what the elite show, the masses will believe is right, and will follow… sports governing bodies have a huge responsibility for equine well-being.
The best horse people listen to their horses, and they feel their pain. Oh my dear God, I am SO far from getting this right! I am human, but I hope that I am learning from my mistakes, I hope that the horses forgive me and continue to teach me, and I pray that humankind wakes up, and we become kindhumans.


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An "Easter egg" is a hidden message or in-joke that software developers will sneak into whatever project they're working on.
There are plenty in OS X and Windows. We even found a few in Firefox.
We've gathered them here for you so you can see the secrets hidden in the software you already have.
You can choose between the "scale" or "genie" effect when you minimize a window on your Mac. But there's a secret third choice called "suck."
Start up Terminal and type "defaults write com.apple.dock mineffect -string suck" and restart your computer. The new effect is activated.
Open the System Preferences. Go to the Speech pane. Turn on Speakable Items as well as Speak Back Text.
Say out loud to your computer, "Tell me a joke," and it will indulge you. There are a lot of different jokes, but if you keep asking for them, it will literally tell you to get back to work.
This isn't anything embedded in Mac software (you can do it in Windows or Linux as well), but it's a pretty cool to access over Telnet.
In Terminal, type "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" to watch all of Star Wars: Episode IV in ASCII characters.
(Han fires first in this one. None of that revisionist nonsense.)
Open up Notepad and type "bush hid the facts" before saving and closing. When you open the saved file, a weird change has taken place.
This is a weird bug in Unicode -- the same thing takes place for any combination of words with a character count of 4-3-3-5. So if you typed "cats cat cat bacon" the same effect would occur.
If you use Windows 7, create a new folder on your Desktop and name it "GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}" to see the numerous options it gives you -- administrative tools, backup and restore options, security settings. It'll make you into a power user in no time.


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Quick Definition: All valid claims and phenomena are the product of nature
From Wikipedia:
Metaphysical naturalism, also called ontological naturalism, philosophical naturalism and scientific materialism is a worldview which holds that there is nothing but natural elements, principles, and relations of the kind studied by the natural sciences, i.e., those required to understand our physical environment by mathematical modelling. In contrast, methodological naturalism is an assumption of naturalism as a methodology of science, for which metaphysical naturalism provides only one possible ontological foundation.
Metaphysical naturalism holds that all properties related to consciousness and the mind are reducible to, or supervene upon, nature. Broadly, the corresponding theological perspective is religious naturalism or spiritual naturalism. More specifically, metaphysical naturalism rejects the supernatural concepts and explanations that are part of many religions.


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Welcome to the Grow Your Blog Link Up!
It's a link up specifically for new bloggers (those with less than 500 followers per social medium are welcome too). It's also a chance to meet other new bloggers, and hopefully build networks and friendships.
There are no fees for co-hosting. Just email me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you're interested.
Link ups start every Wednesday at 3pm NZDT (that's Tuesday 6pm PST and Wednesday 1pm AEDT if that helps).
Each week, one participant will be randomly selected, and gets featured on the following week's blog hop. More free exposure!
There'll also be a giveaway from time to time, so make sure to check back each week.
1. You don't have to, but I'd appreciate it if you could follow One Chocolate Box.
2. Follow the co-hosts! Let them know you're following from the Link Up, so they can follow you back.
3. Link up in the appropriate section using your blog URL or profile URL. Remember you can only link up in the section if you have less than 500 followers in it.
4. Visit and follow at least 1 other blogger. Let them know what you like about their blog.
5. Return the love, follow your new followers!
6. It would be super if you shared the Link Up via Facebook or Twitter. The more people join up, the more potential followers you can get.
7. I'd love you forever if you grabbed the button below and place it on your sidebar!
Meredith at MereLynne
Thanks so much for co-hosting ladies!
This week's feature is Mary at The Clarity Chase
Make sure you go say hi, and check out this post of hers. A little heartbreaking, but great insight!
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Cooper confident Lightning can extend seriesby James Murphy
MONTREAL -- As Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos fielded questions from a large media scrum outside the Lightning dressing room after practice at Bell Centre on Monday, his coach, Jon Cooper, made his way to the front of the scrum without Stamkos noticing him.
"Any questions from the rookie reporter?" the reporter next to Cooper asked.
"How you feeling today?" Cooper asked using a water bottle as a mic.
"Ah, I feel better than I did yesterday. I'll probably be a game-time decision," Stamkos said, laughing.
Another reporter then asked, "How do you think the coach has done in this series?"
"I'd like to get out there a little more. I'm not complaining. We'll see," Stamkos said with a smile.
This was just another example of how Cooper, a potential Jack Adams Award candidate, is keeping things loose and positive despite his team heading into Game 4 on Tuesday down 3-0 in their Eastern Conference First Round series against the Montreal Canadiens.
Following Tampa Bay's 3-2 loss in Game 3, Cooper was adamant his team had played their best game of the series and that if a couple of breaks had gone their way they might not be facing elimination in Game 4 (7 p.m. ET; NHLN-US, CBC, RDS, FS-F).
On Monday, Cooper maintained that mantra as he returned to the other side of the scrum and entertained questions from the media.
"I'm not going to throw out all the clichés and 'let's win one for the Gipper' and all those little kinds of things," Cooper replied when asked what he will tell his team prior to Game 4. "The reality is you can't win a series in one game. You can just help your cause a little bit. All I know is that I felt we played well enough to win [Game 3]; we just didn't win the game.
"If we play with the passion and determination we played with (in Game 3), I truly believe there's really not much more wrong that can go against us. At some point karma's going to come around and we just need it for one night. All of a sudden you just gotta win one and you win that one and everybody's back on a plane. Who knows what happens after that?"
Lightning defenseman Matt Carle was part of the 2010 Philadelphia Flyers team that came back from a 3-0 series deficit in the Eastern Conference Semifinals to beat the Boston Bruins. Cooper was asked if he and his teammates can use Carle's experience, and pointed out the way his players are handling their current situation will likely be more helpful.
"I'm sure it helps him, but I don't know about the other 19 guys that will play [Tuesday] night," Cooper said. "The one thing I really appreciate about our team is nobody's hanging their head; nobody's feeling sorry for themselves and nobody's kicking the can saying why me? It's pretty cool going into that locker room, and for a bunch of young guys like that … I hear, 'I wish we were playing tonight,' and when you hear that come out of a bunch of the players' mouths, it's a pretty good room to be a part of. So I'm looking forward to [Tuesday]."
As Cooper pointed out, not only is his team full of young players getting their first taste of the playoffs, but it's his first time through as well. He was asked what he has been able to take from the first three games of the postseason.
"I'm so proud and privileged to be in this situation of making the playoffs; I'm sick to my stomach that we're down 0-3, but you have to embrace the challenge," Cooper said. "There's so many different things. We did it to ourselves; we fell down 0-2 at home. But who knows? You get a break here and there, and I think about the overtime. Whether we deserved or not to get into that overtime, we were there and some of the chances we had to win that game in overtime, all of a sudden one break goes your way and who knows what happens in Game 2? Everybody knows what happened last night. Maybe we're up 2-1. Maybe we're up 3-0."
As it stands, the Lightning just want to prolong the season and send the series back to Tampa Bay Times Forum for a Game 5 on Thursday.
"But that it happens so fast, and that's why you really can't let the playoffs sneak up on you," Cooper said. "We've been prepared and we're ready, but that's the one thing, I just can't believe how fast everything goes. But the thing is, we're still playing a hockey game tomorrow night and it hasn't been that fast yet. Hopefully we can keep this ride going."


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Halloween is an all inclusive holiday- no ghoul gets left behind.
So if you caught my Fruity Halloween recipes yesterday, you may be left thinking, what about the veggies? Where's their Halloween debut?
Well- no need to fear.
I have the best, and only veggie Halloween recipe you need this year. Stuffed pepper-o-lanterns, complete with the best scary face you have ever seen on a humble bell pepper.
A sure fire way to get your scare on at the dinner table. This recipe can be created in less than half hour, and you can stuff your peppers with anything you like, if my tasty herbed chicken, veggie rice doesn't take your fancy.
Why not try a fire-y chilli, or a curry for a different spin?
Ingredients: For 2
Orange Bell-Peppers (1 Each)
1 Chicken Breast
1/2 Onion
1/2 Courgette
2 Mushrooms
Handful or Peas/ Sweetcorn.
Sprinkle of Garlic
100g Rice
Chicken Stock
Salt, Pepper to taste.
Mixed Herbs to taste.
Using a small pairing knife, carefully cut off the top of your pepper- take out the seeds, then cut your best scary face.
Sauté your onions in a little bit of butter and garlic then add in your chicken chunks and cook for 4/5 minutes.
Add in some dried mixed herbs, along with the courgette, mushrooms, pea/sweetcorn and cook for a further 3/4 minutes.
Add in your dry rice to the pan and stir for 2/3 minutes to 'crack'
Add in your chicken stock and leave to cook for 15 minutes or until your rice is fully cooked. (Keep an eye on them, and top up with more stock if drying out)
Once fully cooked, add salt and pepper to taste and drain any excess liquid.
Fill your peppers with the rice mixture, then add on its top and serve.
A scarily brilliant dinner.
What would you fill yours with?


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Bob Tallent
The Synergy Group
23rd November 2011
As business people, you may have heard of the theory of price elasticity. It's a very real theory that operates in real life. In short, if a product is price elastic, it means that if you increase the price – you sell less, and if you decrease the price – you sell more. In fact, when you look at it practically, it makes sense. I hope the government take note of it in the upcoming budget when it comes to VAT increases. But that's for another article.
Well, HP has inadvertently put that theory into practice. Let me explain. When HP took over Compaq and then Palm, it decided to use the Palm operating system in its newly developed tablet – the TouchPad. For a whole string of reasons, including the lack of apps on the system, it didn't take off and HP decided to kill off the TouchPad earlier this year.
As you no doubt know, Apple, with the iPad, is the leader in this market with their iOS operating system. And others are following, e.g. Samsung, Asus, Motorola and Acer. From January to October this year market share, after Apple, is as follows:
Samsung, 16%
Asus, 10%
Motorola 9%
Acer 9%
Apple is expected to hit 65% of the market by the end of 2011. So far, January to October, they have sold 25,000,000 Tablets, so the mathematicians out there can work out there rest of the figures from there.
NPD, the market research company, has carried out this research and say that the manufacturers sold just 1.2 million Tablets from January through October, bringing in $415 million in revenue. As the year moved on, sales increased steadily. Second-quarter sales were three times better than the first, and third-quarter sales were twice that of the second, NPD found. A nice trend to be part of!
Now, back to the start of the story and HP! When HP decided to drop their TouchPad, they dropped the price in order to shift their stocks. When they did that, they passed out Samsung in sales and became second in the market, after Apple. They got 17% of the market.
Now that shows the theory of price elasticity. Can you make it happen in your business?
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Written by Adrian Rush
AMR Enterprises
21st Nov 2011
There are many reasons why Micro Businesses, Small Medium Enterprises and Companies would consider entering the Tender Process. However there are many myths and misconceptions about the whole process some of which I hope I can dispel.
Firstly what is Tendering?
Tendering is quite simply a method by which a company, organisation, Government Department or County Council look to find the most suitable company to do a specific project or contract.
Why does a company respond to a Tender?
The most obvious answer to this question is because they can do the job and they believe they are the best option for the people advertising the Project or Contract. In my view this is probably 60% of the truth. When I respond to a tender it is because I know I can do the project or contract for sure, but also because I know I am the best option for it. I also know that am very competitively priced and finally because I am a small business I am flexible. There is also another very basic reason - it will bring fees into the company.
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- They can do the Project or Contract.
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- Competitively priced.
- Flexibility (if you are a SME).
Why should a Company Tender?
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- Panic
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It was clear that these entrepreneurs believe it's possible to harness the power of social media sites to attract Irish people here and abroad to get the message across that Ireland is indeed open for business.
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Sunday mornings I help out in my church's "junior high" ministry that consists of sixty-plus middle schoolers playing fooseball, talking a mile a minute before cramming around tables with their friends for the lesson put on by our awesome junior high youth pastor.
Yesterday's lesson's focal point was how God never wastes our time. Using the Biblical example of Joseph, we read a part of his story from Genesis and the kids dove into dissecting how Joseph must have felt when he was betrayed by his brothers, and they then related stories as to whenever they felt like they were betrayed by friends...all after the hilarious ice-breaker of sharing about how they feel their time is wasted as middle schoolers. School was the top answer for that question.
As the youth pastor drove the point home of God being ever-near and never letting us down or wasting our time, I sat back and prayed for the precious hearts in the room to be good soil, but little did I know that later on I'd get a small bit of news that drove the lesson home in my own heart.
After church we traveled out to spend the day at my grandparents in celebration of my grandfather's recent seventy-ninth birthday. If you've read my book God's Will, there are two characters named Ted and Judy who have a huge impact on young Kathy and Elliott alike. The characters were named and modeled after my grandparents who I love dearly.
|Grammy's smack in the middle. Surrounded by all her daughters and all her granddaughters.
Three generations...and Grammy's puppy, Lucky.
It was a low-key, nice time with everyone. Two cousins have significant others now, the majority of my friends are in some way or another which I am so genuinely happy for, getting to watch God unfold their love stories.
When I try to tell well-meaning family members this, they cut me off with, "You gotta get out there and meet people, Meghan Mary."
Me, inwardly: Yes I do, because I live under a rock and only leave the house for work.
Not the point, however.
Whilst there, I was texting with a close friend and I get a, So there's this guy...
My heart dropped to my stomach and I was glad she couldn't see my face or hear my voice. Between the family members' well-meaning comments I thought I had let roll off my back, this text kind of hit me in a place I thought I was okay with for a good long while, actually. Meaning it had been weeks since I last wrestled with it.
Some deep breathing calmed my heart and I focused on this friend and the details of, not training wheels but the ride of her life that may very well be unfolding. Her analogy made me smile, and I pray the Lord let it be so.
On the hour-long ride home from my grandparents, I plugged my earbuds in and listened to my worship playlist on Spotify, squeezing my eyes shut against the tears. I could've had a lot to say; I could've been bitter and angry and asked God "Why? When?" a million times...but I didn't. To be frank I was too tired and heart-sore to go down that road. God's doing, right there. I subconsciously realized I didn't have to put up a front of being angry or resentful because, just maybe, I've let go and let God more than ever.
The first song that came on was Hide Your Love Away by Anthem Lights. A coincidence? Yes. A heavenly one.
I just poured my heart out to God in half nonsensical sentences that ride home. Intermittently lifting my dear friend up in prayer and thanking God for His faithfulness and holding me up through everything...even if this single season be quite a while longer.
Listening to Holy Spirit by Kari Jobe, the lyric, I have tasted and seen of the sweetest of loves. Where my heart becomes free... the youth group lesson from the morning came to mind and I almost completely lost it.
God does not waste our time.
There is a purpose for the pain of smiling thru tears when you're so happy and rejoicing for friends, all the while the spot in your heart for one special guy remains empty. I've had friends
Even though I don't know a blessed thing about how my love story God's going to play out, I know He's holding it and working behind the scenes. And with such stark clarity more than ever, I realize and embrace that thank you Lord, that's not all there is to life. A guy and a book contract are two huge desires of my heart, but in the waiting, God does not waste my time here. The weekend came full circle for me in the backseat of our family car, in a way...
I went to a memorial service for a coworker's father on Friday. The man was a believer, and his memorial was the most hope-filled one I have ever gone to. Also the only non-Catholic funeral I've been to, so there's that. But as we sang Amazing Grace and listened to the pastor tell of the man's legacy he left thru his marriage of 65 years and three children, my heart ached for heaven.
I embraced my coworker afterwards and told her, "Your dad's legacy is an amazing one." Her eyes welled and she hugged me back and told me how she just wanted to talk to her dad and ask him how heaven was. How perfect eternity with Jesus was.
It's a lifelong fight to not get swept up in the temporary trials and worries and hardships of life. It's a mind over circumstance battle to keep our hearts eyes focused on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith, and on the surety of eternity spent with Him.
My Lord and lover of my work in progress soul is changing my perspective slow but sure...loving me where I am, but loving me so much to not leave me here.


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Description and Brand Names of Buprenorphine (Injection Route)
US Brand Name
- Buprenex
Buprenorphine injection is used to relieve moderate to severe pain.
Buprenorphine belongs to the group of medicines called narcotic analgesics (pain medicines). It acts on the central nervous system (CNS) to relieve pain.
When a narcotic medicine is used for a long time, it may become habit-forming, causing mental or physical dependence. However, people who have continuing pain should not let the fear of dependence keep them from using narcotics to relieve their pain. Mental dependence (addiction) is not likely to occur when narcotics are used for this purpose. Physical dependence may lead to withdrawal side effects if treatment is stopped suddenly. However, severe withdrawal side effects can usually be prevented by gradually reducing the dose over a period of time before treatment is stopped. completely.
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.
This product is available in the following dosage forms:
- Solution
Before Using Buprenorphine (Injection Route)
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated pediatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of buprenorphine injection in children 2 to 12 years of age. However, safety and efficacy have not been established in children younger than 2 years of age.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of buprenorphine injection in the elderly. However, elderly patients may be more sensitive to the effects of this medicine than younger adults, and are more likely to have age-related kidney or liver problems, which may require caution and an adjustment in the dose for patients receiving buprenorphine injection.
Studies in women breastfeeding have demonstrated harmful infant effects. An alternative to this medication should be prescribed or you should stop breastfeeding while using this medicine.
Drug Interactions
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are receiving this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Alfentanil
- Alphaprodine
- Atazanavir
- Carbinoxamine
- Cobicistat
- Codeine
- Crizotinib
- Dabrafenib
- Diazepam
- Dihydrocodeine
- Eslicarbazepine Acetate
- Fentanyl
- Hydrocodone
- Hydromorphone
- Levorphanol
- Meclizine
- Meperidine
- Methadone
- Morphine
- Morphine Sulfate Liposome
- Oxycodone
- Oxymorphone
- Piperaquine
- Propoxyphene
- Sufentanil
- Tapentadol
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Darunavir
- Etravirine
- Fosamprenavir
- Perampanel
- Rifampin
Other Interactions
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
Other Medical Problems
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
- Addison's disease (adrenal gland problem) or
- Brain tumor or
- CNS depression, history of or
- Enlarged prostate (BPH, prostatic hypertrophy) or
- Head injuries or
- Hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid) or
- Kyphoscoliosis (curvature of spine that can cause breathing problems) or
- Lung or breathing problems (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], cor pulmonale, hypercapnia, hypoxia) or
- Mental illness, history of or
- Problems with passing urine – Use with caution. May increase risk for more serious side effects.
- Alcohol abuse, or history of or
- Drug dependence, especially narcotic abuse or dependence, history of – Dependence may be more likely to develop.
- Hypertension (high blood pressure) or
- Respiratory depression (hypoventilation or slow breathing) – Use with caution. May make these conditions worse.
- Kidney disease or
- Liver disease – Use with caution. The effects may be increased because of slower removal of the medicine from the body.
Proper Use of Buprenorphine (Injection Route)
A nurse or other trained health professional will give you or your child this medicine. This medicine is given as a shot into a muscle or through a needle placed in one of your veins.
Your doctor will give you a few doses of this medicine until your condition improves, and then switch you or your child to an oral medicine that works the same way. If you have any concerns about this, talk to your doctor.
It is very important that your doctor check the progress of you or your child while using this medicine. This will allow your doctor to see if the medicine is working properly and to decide if you or your child should continue to take it.
This medicine may be habit-forming. If you or your child feels that the medicine is not working as well, do not use more than your prescribed dose. Call your doctor for instructions.
Using narcotics for a long time can cause severe constipation. To prevent this, your doctor may direct you or your child to take laxatives, drink a lot of fluids, or increase the amount of fiber in your diet. Be sure to follow the directions carefully, because continuing constipation can lead to more serious problems.
This medicine will add to the effects of alcohol and other CNS depressants (medicines that can make you drowsy or less alert). Some examples of CNS depressants are antihistamines or medicine for allergies or colds; sedatives, tranquilizers, or sleeping medicine; other prescription pain medicine or narcotics; medicine for seizures or barbiturates; muscle relaxants; or anesthetics, including some dental anesthetics. Check with your doctor before taking any of the other medicines listed above while you or your child is using this medicine.
This medicine may make you dizzy, drowsy, confused, or disoriented. Make sure you know how you react to this medicine before you drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are dizzy or not alert.
If you or your child has been using this medicine regularly for several days, do not suddenly stop using it without first checking with your doctor. You or your child may be directed to gradually reduce the amount you are using before stopping treatment completely to lessen the chance of withdrawal side effects (e.g., abdominal or stomach cramps, fever, runny nose, anxiety, or restlessness).
Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.
Side Effects of Buprenorphine (Injection Route)
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor or nurse immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
More common
- Drowsiness
- relaxed and calm
- sleepiness
- Bleeding, blistering, burning, coldness, discoloration of skin, feeling of pressure, hives, infection, inflammation, itching, lumps, numbness, pain, rash, redness, scarring, soreness, stinging, swelling, tenderness, tingling, ulceration, or warmth at the site
- bluish color of the fingernails, lips, skin, palms, or nail beds
- blurred vision
- burning, crawling, itching, numbness, prickling, "pins and needles", or tingling feelings
- chest pain or discomfort
- confusion
- difficult or labored breathing
- feeling, seeing, or hearing things that are not there
- feeling that others are watching you or controlling your behavior
- feeling that others can hear your thoughts
- headache
- severe mood or mental changes
- shortness of breath
- slurred speech
- tightness of the chest
- unusual behavior
- wheezing
Incidence not known
- Anxiety
- cough
- diarrhea
- difficulty breathing
- dry mouth
- hyperventilation
- irregular heartbeats
- irritability
- large, hive-like swelling on the face, eyelids, lips, tongue, throat, hands, legs, feet, or sex organs
- loss of muscle coordination
- nervousness
- noisy breathing
- restlessness
- seizures
- shaking
- trouble sleeping
- wheezing
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
More common
- Nausea
Less common
- Constricted, pinpoint, or small pupils (black part of the eye)
- dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness when getting up from a lying or sitting position suddenly
- extremely shallow or slow breathing
- sweating
- vomiting
- Burning, dry, or itching eyes
- chills
- continuing ringing or buzzing or other unexplained noise in the ears
- decrease in frequency of urination
- decrease in urine volume
- depression
- difficulty in passing urine (dribbling)
- discharge, excessive tearing
- dreaming
- dry mouth
- false or unusual sense of well-being
- fast, pounding, or irregular heartbeat or pulse
- feeling of warmth
- hearing loss
- itching of the skin
- painful urination
- pounding in the ears
- redness of the face, neck, arms and occasionally, upper chest
- redness, pain, or swelling of the eye, eyelid, or inner lining of eyelid
- unusual tiredness or weakness
Incidence not known
- Acid or sour stomach
- belching
- bloated
- bluish lips or skin
- change in vision
- excess air or gas in the stomach or intestines
- feeling of unreality
- full feeling
- general feeling of discomfort or illness
- heartburn
- hives or welts
- impaired vision
- indigestion
- loss of appetite
- not breathing
- paleness of the skin
- passing gas
- redness of the skin
- sense of detachment from self or body
- skin rash
- stomach discomfort, upset, or pain
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.


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Do you want to know the fastest way to get more Twitter followers and how to Twitter your strategies automatically? Here is how to build a highly targeted list of real people and how to Twitter automatically including the process of targeting, following, setting up automated alerts whenever someone mentions you, and the best Twitter tools to organize and manage Twitter followers.
1. Truetwit.com is a great way to automate following real people. One of the problems with Twitter is the fact that there are a multitude of spammers using fake Twitter bot (robot) accounts. If you want to get some of the best Twitter followers, you need to sign up for Truetwit which is a free service. Many Truetwit users require Truetwit validation or they will not follow you. These are the type of people I want to follow me. So I signed up, verified that I was a human, and I set my account to auto-follow all Truetwit accounts that followed me.
2. Do you want to receive a quick update when anyone @ mentions you on Twitter? Just sign up at Twistra.com and they will send you an email whenever anyone mentions you.
3. TwitterCounter.com is one of the best Twitter tools to see who the most influential Twitter users are. The default view shows the top users by total Twitter Followers but you can sort by the number they are following and total tweets. You can look up your own Twitter Stats and global follower rank. Rank is the total number of Twitter followers against all active Twitter users as wells as track growth of your account and make your own Twitter count widget for your blog. I want to discuss one very practical discovery I made with this site.
When I first started using Twitter, I used this site to find some of the most influential Twitter Business users by follower to see how they use Twitter for business so I would know how to Twitter like them. What I found is that most of the business users with the highest follower count were quite famous and did not build their following through social networking expertise. They already had a huge following from their books, email list, RSS feed, etc that they just transferred over to their Twitter account. The one takeaway I did see was that these business celebrities were very active on Twitter. If you want to succeed on Twitter then post regularly.
4. Tweet Adder excels at building a highly targeted list of Twitter followers and users and doing it automatically. Once you build the list of highly targeted Twitter users with the Tweet Adder search engine, you can download the entire list so Tweet Adder can automatically follow your targeted list for you. Here are the ways you can find a targeted list for your niche with their powerful and simple search engine:
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If you have found some specific Twitter users who are leaders in your niche, and you have a global business, Tweet Adder can also automatically download the Twitter followers of a specific user and then follow them automatically. You can configure how many Twitter followers it follows at a time by number or ratio. Then you can set up times to run these tasks in the background. If you want to build up a highly targeted list of real Twitter followers and you are not a celebrity already, Tweet Adder is indispensable. Tweet Adder also automates unfollowing those who do not follow you back, scheduling future tweets, and many more features. Tweet Adder is one of the best Twitter apps and the only application I recommend that you will have to buy. But it will pay you back the first day you use it by automating hours of your time and building a large list or real, targeted followers in weeks.
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I'm getting really tired of all the nonsense the MSM is putting out about the Russians. This week it was a big story about Russian Bear reconnaissance aircraft in the Bering Straits. They've been flying those patrols forever. We've been intercepting the patrols forever. The air crew take pictures of each other, and depending on their temperament either hold up signs saying things like "Happy fourth of July" or expressing cruder sentiments. None of this is new. But over the weekend of the fourth, one of the Bears came near our airspace. When intercepted, someone in the bear held up a sign that said "Happy Fourth of July."
|These routine patrols have been going on since before I was born. We intercept them, they intercept us.
Fox put out a big segment featuring some twit of a Representative who waxed eloquent about how this "new evidence" of Russian aggressiveness boded ill for the future. I felt like throttling him.
Russia is a big country, it's a powerful country, and just like us it has to deal with all kinds of aggravations. Sometimes we don't like the way they do it, but there are always sources of friction between countries. I honestly think that Obama and his cabal of left wing stooges do this just to distract Americans from the reality of how bad things are getting in this country. I grew up hearing the Russians were going to get us one day. I served my entire time in the service practicing to fight the Russians. But it never happened, and enough is enough. With medieval fundamentalist Islam on the rise, we better start focusing on what really represents a danger, and it isn't Russia.
Bill the Bastard banned the import of Russian weapons in November of 1997. Before that, you could buy SKS rifles, Mosin Nagant rifles, SVT rifles, Tokorev semi-automatic pistols, Makarov semi-automatic pistols, Nagant revolvers,and all kinds of good gear. It was robust, reliable, easy to maintain, and cheap to buy.


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I saw a comment on the TheDomains.com regarding a post that was written about the uptrend in dot io. It was by a person that refuses to write anything less than 1800 characters and always feels there are forces of evil behind anything good. He feels that the success of dot io has been all hype. Hype by a select few and Flippa. A conspiracy. But this person always feels there is conspiracy. That Flippa is always evil. He is wrong. Dot io has caught on. It has reached the tipping point where the startup community and domain buyers feel that there is a future with this extension. Who caused the confidence is inconsequential. All that matters is there is a market. It also doesn't matter if there are bag holders. There are ALWAYS bag holders. Sometimes it takes a year to make them. Some times it takes decades. We are domain investors. We buy and sell domains. Are only goal is to buy them and sell them for more than we paid. You don't cry when you weren't smart or risky enough to buy when they are cheap and you don't cry if you can't sell a name for what you paid for it. If you are a domain investor you will at some point have done both. . The job of most of the industry is to market and hype domains. All the new extensions are built on hype and marketing. I am pissed I didn't buy any dot io. But if I see an opportunity to buy and flip a domain at any point I am going to take it. It's called a market. The entire stock market is built on it. Sure there are assets and performance behind the stocks but most of the price is hype. There is no reasoning to 99% of stock movement. Its controlled by computerized trading. Domain prices are at least controlled by a human. Humans are buying the dot io. They are consciously placing bids and many different people are doing it. The dot io market is humans doing their own buying. And nobody is forcing them to do so. Here are today's names.
HaveMore.com I think everyone wants more of something. My favorite name on the list today. Of course its the first and only name I've listed so far so it's a pretty easy choice.
LVWedding.com 17 years old. Las Vegas Wedding. No bidders and if it goes for $12 it will be a steal
GameExperts.com 16 years old. One bidder. Perfect name for a video game video site
IWasArrested.com No bidders. Pretty good legal name
Harmonizing.com Can be used for much more than a bunch of people singing together
MasterOfNothing.com Fun name, 14 years old. No bidders. Would make a great blog or email
Favoring.com Not sure how it would be used but its 12 years old and under $25 at press time
Yatz.com Nice short pronounceable LLLL.com Higher value than ever
Lipping.com No bidders at $12. I just thought it was worth a flyer for the price. Of course I'm not taking the flyer so call me a hypocrite. But as I type this I decided to make the first bid.
HHDM.com Something something Delicious Mango
DoItByHand.com And you'll have to if you live in a condo with your cat and made up your own nickname.
ChefMommy.com Fantastic blog name. No bidders
61380.com Yet another 5N.com that crosses $1K
31179.com Trailing the above but still has fans
15.biz Got a $500 bid and based on past results of some NN.biz sales it's actually a fair to good deal
NEW GODADDY COUPON CODE: $1.99 New Registration Godaddy hitched149
Munchies.com Product name or a site about them
KXX.com Already hit a very nice price
HCMF.com Nice to see a LLLL.com getting a decent price on Flippa. Usually GD or Namejet is the only place you get a decent price
RJ.net This one is getting close to hitting reserve
Weed.To Surprised how high this one has gotten. Get it? High
SEDO's Live Auctions Going on Now
LuckyShop.com I think the Asian community would love this. They are very in to luck. Then again, everyone likes to be lucky
ATLB.com I love the B side of Atlanta. 19 years old
AllInclusiveTravel.com A multi billion dollar industry. I like it because the ice cream is all you can eat every night
Printin.com Ghetto printing
DreamWeddingDay.com The goal of every bride
PlanoHomes.com Plano Texas is full of rich, white people. And they use the Internet a lot
SecretSpots.com They won't be once you publish them
LifesLuxuries.com Reminds me of VAT19. Marketing to try and convince people they need things they really don't
AMinus.com I would have been happy with this
Q1234.com If you want memorable this would do it
5346.com You should buy this
Seattle.tv Michael Cyger should want this one
MintBet.com 3 bidders think that this would make a good gambling domain
GiveLife.org Hopefully someone will use this for an organ donation site. Hoping it will make it into the right hands
For more great names make sure to check out CAX.com
Have a name at auction and need more exposure? Send me an email. We may be able to help. If you have an auction you want to promote, email us for details.
*All names chosen by me, Shane . (ie you click through and purchase a name you like) or an occasional paid listing. Everything I say is based on my own research or is opinion. Do your own due diligence. That means look it up yourself if you don't think the stats or my opinion is correct


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A Low-intensity Approach for Early Intervention and Detection of Childhood Disability in Central Java: Long-term Findings and Implications for "Inclusive Development"
Purpose: This paper describes a qualitative follow-up study, conducted eight years after completion of a low-intensity early intervention and detection of childhood disability project in Central Java, Indonesia. The original project sought to increase the level of skills and engagement of existing community health volunteers, for the support of children with disabilities. This followup study explored long-term outcomes and implications for the inclusive development approach.
Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 of the original volunteers. Interview notes were translated and thematically categorised.
Results: While the study was qualitative and descriptive, results indicate that despite the low intensity of the project, some early detection and prevention activities were still going on eight years later.
Conclusions: The study suggests that a low-intensity initiative such as this, which is closely aligned with the goals of a government department, may indeed achieve some ongoing change by extending the focus of the department towards disability-related concerns.
Implications: Implications are drawn for the emerging area of "inclusive development", which similarly seeks to promote change in mainstream services for the benefit of people with disabilities.
DOI: 10.5463/dcid.v22i3.48
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5463/dcid.v22i3.48
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JENS Farm&Pool House is one of the most challenging orders taken by our office. Work commissioned was a pool area at an old farm located close to one of the most outstanding natural parks in the country, La Garrotxa, including a main building that would house usual summertime activities around the pool, but also become owner´s self summertime house if wished so.
Council´s regulations on building matters would define the sort of materials to be used on the outside: local stone, old tiles on the roof were main features. The volume built has a combination of straight lines and organic shapes, with a large ratio curved corner at the back that shows the entrance to the farm&pool house complex.
The pool house was designed inside as a one-only space of around 130 sqm, with a 16 meter long window overlooking the pool and the breathtaking valley views behind it.
Apart from the usual design and program condition, there was a very difficult request from the client that needed to be achieved: the whole complex should be energy and supply self supporting and eco-friendly. In order to provide property with such feature, a massive engineering infrastructure runs underneath the ground where the complex sits upon, an inmense network of pipes and wires gathering rain water, taking it to vessels where it will be purified, geothermal systems warming pool and domestic use water up, wiring power from the solar panel and battery system….
The ancient farmhouse wouldn´t escape our hands either. Outside facades were totally refurbished, and an old barn, only part of the building remaining without works from the previous owner, was turned into a three bedroom guest apartment.
I´m proud enough to say here that after the whole project was finished, the client decided to move permanently to the pool house and make of it his first home among other properties the family owns around the world. The owners of this little piece of paradise where I was allowed to build proved to have an unbeatable will to carry this project out, and showed a priceless patience when sometimes things seemed to turn up just too difficult to go ahead. Without their skills to cope with the expected and the unexpected, this project would have never come true. My gratitude to both of them from me.
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The Top 4 Hot Button HR Issues in 2015
Now that we've finished more than half of 2015, we're starting to see some of the major issues facing HR managers and departments this year. These were front-and-center during the recent SHRM 2015 Annual Conference and Exposition.
Many HR challenges can either be solved or exacerbated by a company's culture. Workers are much more likely to feel valued and productive in a company that "gets them". It's not rocket science; it's much easier to get an employee to come to work at a place they like.
The fun environments of places like Google and Facebook don't work for everyone's culture, but companies are starting to strike a balance between their business goals and a culture that can attract and retain valued employees—especially millennials.
It's no secret that business is becoming more global every day. Companies are constantly sending employees out on international assignments as well as taking in foreign workers, making for increasingly diverse workplace. Forming these workers into a cohesive unit is a key challenge. HR departments are focusing on cultural training and development as primary strategies on this front.
Overwhelmingly, employees are more engaged in their work when they feel that their employers are interested in their growth and facilitating those opportunities. This requires some communication between business line leaders and HR departments to identify development opportunities that are appropriate and important to the growth of both the company and the employee, including language learning.
Retention will always be a key focus of HR departments. Retaining good employees rather than hiring outsiders is one of the primary ways for organizations to save money. Again, training and development plays a role here. If an employee feels as if the company is not providing enough room to grow, they will find somewhere else that will.
Employees have a career path in their heads. Even if they don't, they need to be able to see possibilities in the organization. A great way to meet these goals is to simply be honest about where you see the employee going within the organization. It's not a secret that people move around within the company. If the employee knows where they are going within the organization and what they need to do in order to make that happen, they're more likely to stay and fulfill that vision.