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The festival will take place along the banks of the Congaree River next to Founder's Park, just downstream from the Blossom St. Bridge. MAP IT
You can park in the Founder's Park (USC Baseball) parking lot on the corner of Williams and Blossom Streets (entrance on Williams St.). MAP IT
Well behaved dogs on leashes are welcome.
Ticket purchases can be made in advance at various local businesses for cash for check only. Advance tickets are also available online through eventbrite, payable by credit or debit card. Tickets at the gate are payable in cash only. We will have an ATM on-site.
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Birdsell Grant LLP is seeking a summer student for full time employment from May to August, 2016.
Birdsell Grant LLP is a full service law firm located in Stony Plain, Alberta. We are a small/mid-sized firm, with eleven lawyers, one articling student, and approximately 25 support staff. We also have an office in Edmonton, which operates by appointment only.
The lawyers of Birdsell Grant LLP have provided legal services to the people and businesses of Stony Plain, Spruce Grove, Parkland County, Edmonton, and surrounding communities since the firm was established in 1984. Our tradition of professional, committed and accessible lawyers and staff has earned us a reputation for providing high quality services to our clients and community.
Our ideal candidate will be enrolled in the first or second year of law school at a Canadian University. We value a positive attitude, strong work ethic, common sense, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
The successful candidate will work in all areas of law. Although some work in legal research can be expected, our Summer Students will spend the bulk of their time assisting lawyers in a diverse array of legal matters, including sitting in on client meetings, observing court and municipal hearings, and reviewing or preparing contracts, pleadings and other legal documents. The successful applicant will be assigned a "mentor" lawyer throughout the period of employment; however, our Summer Students are encouraged to work with all lawyers in the firm. Summer Students will also have the opportunity to participate in firm and community events.
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I thought it would be great to create a Hall of Shame page on my header. This will include companies who have products that create waste.
The example above is a single use plastic bag that is distributed every week with filler ads to our door X 6 units in our building. Every week it gets thrown away. The advertisers on the plastic bag need to rethink their PR. Our building needs to post a sign.
According to http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/about/laws/posting-and-graffiti-laws.shtml, it is illegal for any person to place or allow to be placed any unsolicited advertisement where the property owner has posted a sign, at least five inches tall by seven inches wide, with one inch letters stating: "Do not place unsolicited advertisements on this property." In a multiple dwelling building, each unit owner or lessee must consent to the posting of the sign. In a multiple dwelling building, the property owner may designate a place for the placement of unsolicited advertisements.
Violations of this section shall be enforceable through property owner complaint forms submitted to DSNY by property owners. The complaint form may be obtained on DSNY's website or by calling 311 or visiting nyc.gov/311.
Fine: $250
I think I would like the job of enforcing litter laws!
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Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station is huge (one of Asia's biggest). It's Shanghai's main bullet train station, an important metro hub, and is conveniently next to Hongqiao Airport.
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Conventional trains are available from Shanghai Station and Shanghai South Station. They are cheaper, but they may take two or three times longer. For example:
Shanghai Hongqiao Station opened in 2010 and is one of the biggest in Asia with an area of 1.3 million square meters. The modern design helps make travel easier.
To find your waiting section, you should check the ticket and follow the LED screen which tells you the exact place for waiting and ticket checking.
Temporary luggage deposit is in the waiting section on 2F. Prices start at 5 RMB/piece for one day.
For luggage portage, ask the help and information desk staff on level 3 for porter help getting your luggage on the platform (about 10 RMB/piece).
See How to Get On/Off a Chinese Train and 7 Things to Know Before Riding a Train in China for more.
Here are some typical daytime fares and journey times:
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Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport has two terminals that are wide apart (about 20 minutes' walk), so it is important to go to the correct one to avoid time consuming delays.
The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is just one of the very tall buildings popular with tourists in the Pudong area.
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5 Apps to Refresh and Organize Your HomeMarie Look on May 15th 2013
If you've ever taken a look around the house and seen the dozen or so little projects that await your attention — things to be fixed, cleaned, moved, sold, boxed, tossed, and so on and so on, you'll appreciate this roundup of apps focused on home improvement, decorating, design and more.
On the other hand, sometimes a home just needs a little freshening up as your style and tastes evolve over time. If your abode is in need of a makeover, look no further. Herein you'll find tips and tricks, plus plenty of inspiration. Now roll up your sleeves and click "more" to get started. (more…)


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Specialized Australia Launch
Specialized enlisted the support of EMG to showcase their new product range, to their top dealers. The event, held in Australia for the first time ever, had an important element of branding. EMG worked closely with the client and the venue to create an event that vocalised Specialized's unique brand experience.
As bicycle dealers were visiting Australia specifically for the event, EMG went above and beyond standard event requirements to organise special tours and dining experiences. EMG further undertook destination management (flights, transfers, accommodation) and full service registration management from website design and build to onsite processing.
The event pushed the boundaries and saw the hotel transform its space to put on an event unlike anything that had been produced there before. EMG manages all logistics including the bump in of six 40ft shipping containers. The event further included mountain bike testing on a world-class mountain bike track.


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I decided to flip the sketch vertically for my card. It was my friend Leanne's birthday last month and I was asked to participate in a special birthday post for her. I always look forward to seeing Leanne and Renate at CHA!
I hope you all have a wonderful Saturday! Today I'll be joining a new crafting group at the library. I think it'll be fun to meet more crafting peeps and have a good time! Anyone doing anything fun?


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We can do it! Everton boss Roberto Martinez confident of top four finish after Fulham win
ROBERTO MARTINEZ reckons the race for the Champions League will go right down to the wire.
Everton remain right in the top-four hunt after a 3-1 win at rock-bottom Fulham cut the gap to fourth-placed Arsenal to just four points.
The fifth-placed Toffees also have a game in hand and host the Gunners this Sunday.
Boss Martinez said: "Every game in this division is going to be down to small margins and it will go to the last game of the season.
"Spurs are still fighting and Manchester United won't give up fighting.
"Mathematically, you have still got seven teams fighting for the four positions, so I do think it will go down to the end."
David Stockdale's own goal and strikes from subsstitutes Steven Naismith and Kevin Mirallas earned Everton a fifth straight league win to maintain their European charge.
And Martinez is eyeing another thrilling finish after overseeing two great escapes and an FA Cup win in his last three seasons at Wigan.
He said: "It doesn't matter if you are fighting to avoid relegation, win a title or finish in the top four.
"You need to gain momentum and find a real focus in the squad. Football miracles happen.
"Now it is fair to say, with the points we have, that we have a realistic chance to fight for that aim.
"I won't say if we will get there or not. The challenge against Arsenal on Sunday is phenomenal.
"Now it is fair to say, with the points we have, that we have a realistic chance to fight for that aim. I won't say if we will get there or not. The challenge against Arsenal on Sunday is phenomenal"Roberto Martinez
"But again, the fact we can do it, reflects on what a good season we have had."
Fulham are five points from safety with just six games left and look doomed.
But boss Felix Magath said: "No I am not planning for the Championship. I am disappointed but we will go on and we will try next week again.
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January 16, 2016 from 4:00 to 6:30 PM. At Lihu`e Library Conference Room.
Kauai Alliance for Peace and Social Justice hosts Ret. Army Col. Ann Wright.
World renowned Speaker/Peacemaker Ret. Army Colonel Ann Wright returns to Kaua'i to inspire and inform with her accounts of her recent trips to the Middle East and the Pacific Rim. Her chronicles of the impact of war and military imperialism on the cultures and citizens of the world will broaden your understanding of what is going on in other parts of the Pacific Rim and how it relates to us. Live music and a display of Hawai'i's Labor History as inspired by Martin Luther King is also featured.
To raise awareness of the relevance of Kaua`i's position as the Pivot of the Pacific Rim. Free event, light refreshments.
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Training programs require multiple levels to address the ranging complexities of different roles, responsibilities and requirements. SeerPharma provides scalable training offerings across Quality Assurance (QA) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) topics that can be uniquely packaged and mapped to each client's needs to deliver a tailored solution.
From entry-level induction training for short-term staff to targeted upskilling and professional development in key business areas through to postgraduate qualifications supporting career development, SeerPharma can help wherever you have a training need.
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Your smartphone screen may soon be able to tell you if you have a disease.For a while now, researchers have been looking into collecting samples of saliva, urine or blood using a cheap, USB-stick-sized lab-on-a-chip. Now, Hyun Gyu Park and Byoung Yeon Won, of the Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, are suggesting the lab-on-a-chip "could present a tiny droplet of the sample to be pressed against a phone's touchscreen for analysis, where an app would work out whether you have food poisoning, strep throat or flu, for example," New Scientist reports.
The technology takes advantage of the way touch screens detect very small changes in capacitance — the ability (usually of a fingertip, in the case of a phone screen) to store electric charge.
"Since these touchscreens can detect very small capacitance changes we thought they could serve as highly sensitive detection platforms for disease biomarkers," Park told New Scientist.
But don't sneeze on your iPhone just yet. The technology isn't ready for prime time.
You'll be happy to hear that Park also plans to develop a special film to cover the screen. Good, 'cause, yuck.
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This was found in a recently acquired book of poetry by Bill Knott. It was printed on a standard sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper, folded and laid in.
With the glacial shift underway in the world of publishing one can easily see a wave of similar messages accompanying self-published books. The "review material", the publicity component of the book that is inserted in copies going to reviewers and booksellers, can become a great source of creativity for the self-published author and just might make the difference as to whether or not your book gets read.
Knott, an ardent self publisher for many years, has vowed never to publish a printed book again. Now it all goes on his blog.
Interview with Knott by Robert Arnold


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In Bradshaw v. Richey, 2005 WL 3144332 (Nov. 28, 2005), the Supreme Court reversed a grant of habeas relief to an Ohio inmate convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to death. Richey had set fire to an apartment to kill his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend; they escaped unharmed by a two-year old daughter died in the fire. Richey was convicted on a theory of "transferred intent." Federal habeas relief was granted on the ground that Ohio law does not recognize a transferred intent theory.
Reversing, the Supreme Court held that Ohio law does recognize a transferred intent theory in murder cases. The Sixth Circuit erred in applying the rule that limits transferred intent liability for arson, not murder.
The Court also found that the habeas petitioner had waived his ineffective assistance of counsel claim, but remanded the case to the Sixth Circuit for a determination whether the State had itself waived its waiver objection.
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Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Administration Centre
Congratulations on becoming a research student at the University of Sydney.
You are studying at one of Australia's best universities, producing high quality research of national and international significance. You will be in contact with the best researchers in the country and indeed the world.
The HDR Administration Centre provides advice, information and resources to support your candidature from enrolment to graduation.
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The Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Administration Centre is open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Phone: 1800 SYD UNI (1800 793 864)
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We're always happy to meet you to discuss any aspect of your candidature.
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As avid boating enthusiasts at AcryliCo and with a passion for fishing, we are able to study first hand what works best when out at sea and design our tackle centers accordingly, incorporating details which not only improve the features of the units, but also add to the joy of the sport.
A complete tackle center must be able to contain the angler's gear in an orderly and accessible fashion. Leaders, hooks and other tackle all have a precise place so access can be achieved even on a rough sea.
Similarly, our acrylic storage doors and drawers have T slot seals to guard against water intrusion and to prevent rattling.
There are endless opportunities on a boat for storage. With acrylics it is possible to make these parts, such as doors and drawer faces, blending well into an organized interior or cockpit.


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A week past Friday, I was up and at it early. Well early for me or any chronic illness sufferer. Being alert at that time of the morning can only mean one thing. No, sadly not limited edition shoes, that's thankfully usually a more attainable 12pm! I had a medical appointment. A meeting actually. It's happened reasonably quickly (in the NHS world) and I was keen to tell you all about it and get my thoughts from the day down on paper (so to speak) while it was all still fresh-ish in my mind. A bit of background first and something I haven't told you, I'm currently seeing a clinical psychologist and have been since last year. It's not my first donder down this path, years (and I mean YEARS) ago, I was referred by my doctor in the hope that they could offer something new to try, as they were dealing solely (in my area) with pain management and chronic illness. Back then I think I baulked at the idea. How could talking about an illness that was disabling physically and tiring physically, help me? Were people thinking this was an illness "all in my head" (not uncommon unfortunately) or even that I was depressed and in need of counselling? Did I say this to anyone but my nearest and dearest? No, I graciously accepted any help that was offered, mostly for fear of being mistaken for someone happy in their current situation, not in need of help and not willing to get better.
I think this was roughly 10 or more years ago, so at that point I only had a few years of back-story to produce, to a woman around my age (who I immediately quite liked-she was on my wavelength). I think I saw her once or twice and then she left, so I was placed with someone else. Cue the whole back-story again. I can't recall what happened to them, but they sent a third person. A young Irish student. He was terrified of me. He literally shook in my presence. Am I mean if I say that made me giggle? I vividly remember some of the routine I went through with him and naturally the back-story. Again. We sat at the dining table, him shaking (obvi) while he pointed to a diagram of a body and talked through each part while I said whether or not I felt pain there (because the concept of "hurting all over" isn't clear enough) and he circled it. We were 3/4 of the way through by the time I realised he had only been talking about the front of my body and we were still to do the back. Y'know for those moments when you can feel the front of your ankle hurting but not the back (!) I'm sure there was awkwardness of extreme proportions when it came to the 'bottom' on the figure. A decade on, I'm still cringing.
Anyway, this boyo too moved on to pastures new and yet again I was given a new person to strike up a relationship with and likely work through more awkward diagrams with. By this point, I'd been given nothing helpful to work on and my cliched visions of laying there while they found a link between being an awkward middle child and falling ill (!) were just cliches. These people knew nothing about me, had no interest in getting to know me or seeking answers for why I was unlucky enough not to recover after glandular fever all those years before. They seemed to be big on paperwork. I endlessly filled in "diaries" of literally every single thing I did in a day. Was I to include the 2 hours it took me to remember what I did or on days I'd forgotten about it altogether,'make up' what I'd done? To someone struggling with energy, writing constantly is a tricky task, not to mention I wasn't gaining anything from it. I'm sure I spent longer filling in the damn thing than whatever I was supposedly doing. The worst part is, nobody took any interest in the data. I think they just wanted to leave the house each visit with filled in papers, because it looked like they were doing something with me. I dreaded each visit, which in itself was detrimental to my progress and energy levels. I'm terrible for second guessing too. Every time I was asked a question I pondered "why are they asking me this?", "if I say "x" they'll assume this and they'll lock me up in a padded room thinking I'm severely depressed and have brought this illness on myself". Even the diary must have right and wrong entries I thought. So sometimes I'd tell the truth, other times I'd tell them what they wanted to hear or what I thought they wanted to hear, because I didn't have the energy to argue. The more I acted like I had my shit together, the quicker they'd leave and I could go back to my miserable existence without being accountable to someone.
They did indeed send me one last person to deal with though. She was older, hard to talk to (not that we ever spoke of anything personal), entirely out of touch with the real world and nuttier than a Snickers. Seriously if anyone needed help, it was her. This one nearly drove to me to insanity. Unlike Irish boy, I couldn't get a laugh out of how horrendous this situation was. Not even with a distance of 10 years to be honest. She started me on a well known method for M.E. sufferers of pacing and graded exercise. The theory is, you walk for say 1 minute a day and do this every day. Some days you may feel able for more, you don't. You stick to the minute. Some days you can hardly move, tough luck mate, you walk for a minute. Over time you slowly increase this (I recall by a very small 5%, but I could be wrong) and it would become easier as your body adjusted and accepted this new physical activity and it became "normal". I kinda see where they are coming from. Firstly, everyone needs something measurable to build upon and see progress and in theory (and that should be in bold print) you'll feel in time, that minute of walking is no problem (because of course at first, it'll be sore) and it soon becomes 10 minutes and by the end of the year you're doing that walk on a beach in Ibiza with one of those drinks with brollies and sparkly things in.
Yeah, in theory. In the real world there are set-backs (plenty) and the illness is still there. Pacing almost makes the whole thing seem like a motivational issue. If you just stuck at, you'd be cured! The other problem was, it wasn't just the walking, but pacing was to be applied to my whole life. Back then I wore makeup if I was going anywhere (oh the days), so I was to apply makeup for 5 minutes. Every day. Even days when I wouldn't be wearing makeup and if I was and couldn't squeeze it into those 5 minutes, I was screwed. I was going to look like a total numpty. A quarter made up numpty. Computer time, limited to 10 minutes. Did we even have broadband then? Probably not and so signing into emails and checking a few, filled your time and you logged back out, only to go through the same routine again later in the day and in the end you never really achieved anything within the time limits. I recall my Dad rushing home from work each night to take me out in the wheelchair for 20 minutes. Every night, even in freezing snow or when you really didn't want to or feel up to it.
I watched a lot of TV, so this also got a heavy dose of crazy all over it. Ten minutes on, ten minutes rest. Ten minutes on, ten minutes rest. I kid you freakin' not. For a start, I live in a house with 3 other people. I cannot disrupt their quality of life by switching off the telly and laying in a darkened, silent room for 10 minutes intervals. Neither can I take myself off upstairs, because you know, hello chronic illness here, running around the house is kind of the issue (ditto going upstairs to do makeup for 5 minutes or getting up and down off a seat to go on the computer). This was in the early days of X-Factor and I realised I was hitting my head against a brick wall whilst trying to explain that this intermittent viewing routine was highly disruptive and causing an adverse reaction to the pleasure I was supposed to be gaining from it in the first place. I explained each contestant (during live shows) was on screen for less than 10 minutes and I'd miss every second performance and that I'd likely miss the next one for asking what the person before sang and how they did. She just couldn't understand this. I couldn't believe I was throwing a hissy over a bloody singing contest, but the principle was what I was really fighting. In the end I think I probably lied to her to keep the peace (and my sanity) and paced myself, within reason. I also recall a near fight one week when my Mum, who worked at the time, happened to have a day off and was home to witness what I was up against. Snickers was demanding my friend help out more because she had a car and we didn't (which poses no end of problems for other people, but none for us). Mum explained my friend was only home to deal with her very ill Father after her Mother had just died and that there was no way I was imposing on her too. It didn't go down well. Soon after that, she too left, because she couldn't deal with the job. No kidding! That was it for me, I was done with all the psychology department had to offer. They said I was doing brilliantly and could manage on my own now anyway, so hooray for me.
Fast forward to a couple of years ago and you all know I suffered a huge setback after an undiagnosed iron deficiency and side-effects of the disruption while we were renovating the house. Once we dealt with the iron but I still hadn't recovered, I was absolutely at my wits end. I was desperate for anyone to come up with something to get me back on track and back to the semi-life I had a few years ago. I spoke about this on the blog back then, but my doctor consulted with a local specialist and they came up with several options for me. I agreed to most of them. I'd try them all if it was the key to turning things around. One option was seeing a psychologist. I still had the same doubts I had back then about them not being able to help me because I was suffering physically and talking was never going to help or that they assumed I'd become depressed, even though I insisted I wasn't. Plus my previous "experience" in this area had obviously severely discouraged me from trying it again and seeing as I was now in a worse position than back then, nothing they'd done had helped anyway. You can tell how desperate I was, that I was willing to try it again and once more it's that thing of not wanting to knock back "help", however disguised that may be and I was at a point where I didn't think it was possible to get any worse.
It didn't get off to a great start, there's a long waiting list for mental health these days. In the meantime I tried the other options on the list (physio (again) which didn't really go anywhere and seeing the specialist again (the stories with him are worse than psychology). The physio seemed to be pinning all her hopes on psychology, I was obviously sceptical, but as usual didn't voice this. I eventually got a phone call, out of the blue, from someone wanting to (surprise, surprise) know my story in my own words. UGH! We spoke for over half and hour. I was shattered by the end of it (talking can be really tiring for me), but she said she felt psychology could perhaps offer me something. Like shit, I didn't know me rambling was actually a hidden test on whether or not I qualified for help! This was before she dealt me the blow that she was going on maternity leave, so wouldn't be dealing with me personally (WHY did I just give you my life story?) and that now I was on the waiting list to see someone. So there's a waiting list to get on the waiting list! I sincerely hope any remotely high risk cases are dealt with quicker than that. I've since learnt there's a whole department purely dealing with chronic illness and clearly there are a lot of sufferers out there, but more than once I've worried that with psychologists spread so thinly, that I'm wasting their time when I'd rather it went to someone that really needed it.
I eventually and I can't remember how long this whole process took, but I think it may have been around 18 months, got an appointment. It was at the local hospital (aka my second home) and along I went. I had a form to fill in beforehand, which I thought was hilarious because you could evaluate yourself on it as the scoring system was clearly shown next to each answer. I can't really remember it now, but it was multiple choice and the results reflected depression or anxiety. I could see how much "D" scored on each answer and how much "A" scored, so if you had any sense and for whatever reasons (like you are dangerously insane) wanted to cheat the system (and "yourself"), then it's easily done. I told her this. Part of my new approach, was to be totally honest this time and not fall into the trap of going along with whatever they said to keep the peace. Your perception changes a lot from mid 20's to now (mid 30's) and I guess I just woke up to the realisation that these people don't always have the answers. They may act like they do, but I wasn't going to get anything out of this if I blindly followed like a sheep and didn't offer my opinion on what does and doesn't work. Anyway, the questionnaire really bothered me because I answered honestly, but could tell I was scoring high in depression and anxiety for some, when it was really a physical issue for me. Like I say I can't remember it exactly but it was things like meeting up with friends (or withdrawing from them) or taking care of your appearance. Well I suck at both these days, but it's not because I'm depressed, it's because I'm physically unable to get out of the house to meet anyone or have no strength to brush my hair. I told her this too. I even specifically chose not to wear all-black to the meeting (I was gutted I couldn't find any "happy" yellow in my wardrobe), on the off-chance she'd see that as me feeling down or wanting to cover and hide myself or something! She came out dressed head to toe in black and I virtually fist pumped!
She was around my age and completely threw me by asking about my story, but not just about how I fell ill, about my life from birth. Actually pre-birth! Yeah my second guessing thing was in overdrive (did she think there was a link between something in my childhood to me being ill now and again it's this trust thing where I'm never sure who I'm dealing with and if they are in the camp that believe this is a real illness or those that think it's in my head), though the doctor said he would tell her I did this (I don't know if he ever did). I told her the family basics, what I was interested in (fashion), school life (sucked), Uni life (loved it), working in London (really loved it) then my final year of Uni and falling ill, blah, blah, blah. At the end, she asked me and it's something I've been asked a lot by many different people, "what are you looking to get out of this"? Seeing as I was on a roll with being completely honest, I admitted I had my doubts about what she could do for me, but that I was desperate and everything I'd tried so far had never come to anything great. If once more I could point out a serious error in the way they handle things, she said I'd now be on a waiting list to be seen by someone regularly. Ugh! Seriously, I don't think all this waiting is acceptable. I'm not depressed, but even I felt dejected and of no importance to them (IIRC any correspondence was always worded abruptly and ended with something along the lines of "if you no longer require our services" in a bid to weed out those that got bored waiting). I'd imagine if you were struggling mentally, this would heighten that feeling of being an inconvenience to them. Plus she said it might not be her I saw. I REALLY had to control myself at that point. After an hour of talking, I might have to relay this to someone else for the millionth time or worse the information is just passed along and key points lost?14 years has been a hell of a long time to repeat the same story over and over and guess what? I already know it, because erm, it happened to me. It sucked to go through it. I don't need to hear it again. I don't want to hear it again and I certainly don't want to waste any more energy on it. It's not easy to divulge all these details to a stranger and more so when you feel like the information is just used as an entry level to whatever they are offering and that nobody actually cares about the real story. I'd also like to add, it's not just me that feels this way. Whilst I was story telling, Mum says a guy kicked off in the waiting room, because he was so angry at seeing a different person every visit and having to explain his story each time. Continuity of care really needs to be corrected.
Anyway after a few more months of waiting (and my memory is so terrible these days I can't remember exactly what happened, but I do recall several attempts to get in touch with her, because you call and the secretary answers, then emails a message that you've phoned and you play this phone tag game for weeks), but I started regularly seeing her and it was the same person I'd seen the first time, so no additional story telling, phew. Like I say, we've been seeing each other since last year now, every couple of weeks or so. In the beginning I had several home visits with my parents involved. She wanted to talk with all of us together, as my family are my main support and she just wanted to know if we were all on the same page or not. We had one hospital visit a few months ago in an attempt to get me out, but then I fell ill(er) and haven't been able to keep those up, so it's back to home visits. I'm not saying it's been smooth sailing, we've had disagreements on things, but I've spoken up a lot more than I expected to and certainly been more vocal than those other visits. I do at times feel like I'm still battling with being labelled as lacking motivation when it's physical things stopping me and then I also feel the more I protest, the more she might think I'm covering up for the fact she's right, which isn't the case at all. I realise my mind races and all this guessing what she's getting at is twice the work for me, but it's simply the way my mind works and I'm struggling to unlearn that. I've also always felt damned if I do and damned if I don't. You know one minute I'm doing too much and not resting and then in the next breath I'm not pushing myself enough. I feel like I can't win. It's been hard, but as we've built up a relationship, I've found I've changed the way I'm looking at things. She's given me a lot to think about and most of the time, I feel better once she's been. It's been nice to have someone to talk through these things with and it's spurred me on to start these M.E. On posts on the blog, because I'm otherwise bottling all this up.
She's taken a completely different approach to anyone previously and I totally appreciate that. She's actually taken the time to read my notes and see what hasn't worked before (and actually on our last visit, she'd really read back all that stuff as she was worried about how ill I'd become and was trying to pinpoint why) and she's keen not to push the same diaries/diagrams/pacing/getting nowhere stuff onto me. I've told her about my blog and she's worked this into things we've been doing. Most of the time I don't advertise that I write a blog, out of fear they'll take it away and say it's not doing me any good, when actually it's my only connection to the outside world. So I'm ecstatic she can see what it means to me and is willing to incorporate it into what we are doing. She even and I feel terrible about this, has tried to move our appointments around because they kept landing on a Friday around 12pm which coincided with shoe launches, but again, she's seen that this is something that is important to me.
She's also been totally honest from the beginning about how she's not going to cure me. She can't take away the physical pain or make me any less knackered and I've never had someone admit that before. They usually make me feel like if I follow their commands I'll be cured and if I'm not, then I've been doing something wrong. Instead she's aiming to manage the current situation a little better. Which if I'm honest, I'm a little sceptical about, because the reason the doctor thought I should see psychology was because I manage so well and apparently I should be an emotional wreck by now and I'm not. We even chatted about this the other week, she said she felt like she was prodding me to cry, because she can't understand why I'm not crying at how desperate things become at times, especially having told her about the life I was living right before I became ill. Again I'm just so appreciative that she can picture (or try to picture) the person I used to be, because that's never meant very much to anyone before (however I do realise it's hard because none of these people I'm dealing with knew me back then). She said last time, I'm difficult to read and my mouth and face may say one thing, but she wants to press for what's in my head. Old habits die hard I guess! No, I am opening up to her more, but in the back of my mind, I do keep thinking she'll leave because she'll grow tired of not being able to do anything for me or else I'll be doing better and she'll think I've cracked it and move onto someone else. It's happened a lot over the years and then I end up on my own again with no outside contact and at some point deteriorate and there's nobody there checking in on me. Anyway, because I'd been really unwell recently, she thought it might be good to get my doctor, the physio and the specialist all together with me and discuss what can be done for me.
I mentioned it to the doctor, who had been thinking the same thing as he gets frustrated that he can't do anything to help and so this meeting was arranged, which takes me up to Friday. This post has turned out much longer than I anticipated, so I'll leave you with this background info for now and write the second post as the meeting part.
Monday, 26 September 2016
M.E. On: Seeing A Psychologist
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it seems im having a problem, i cant load it in sketchup.
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me too
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and me as well, very discouraging
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Please contact me via email. I'm sure we can get it working. There is an email link on the right side under Contact Options.
- June 28, 2008
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Oh, did you enable the plugin from the Extensions dialog? Go to the Window > Preferences menu and select the Extensions tab. If Custom Toolbars is installed correctly, you should be able to enable the Custom Toolbars.
- June 28, 2008
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To new beginnings and hope you find new ways and new paths to happiness. Keep smiling!
Friday, July 31
a time to celebrate !!!!
Our school is spread across three floors,with classes never close enough to take a gossip break with the 'teacher next door',and in spite of all the complicated and time consuming time table scheduling,the co coordinators spend numerous hours on,there are always a unlucky few who have their classes all across the three floors(it's a great excuse I give myself whenever I skip exercise).Our staffroom on the third floor, like our students in class, is the nosiest and the most notorious of the three. We often thank our stars for being the canopy of the school, because we know that, thanks to 'high noise levels' ,the principal would have needed an extra pair of hands to keep the teachers in check. In happier times, last year ,we even had to shut the door of the SR most of the time, to seal the sound of guffawing and peals of laughter(in spite of the elevation). This year,however the staffroom resembles a railway station cloak room,when it should ….a waiting room. People use their desks more to park their luggage than themselves. The chairs are never occupied and lunch time has suddenly lost its flavour. Teachers come in with a huge payload of books, check a mountain pile of notebooks and go back home with yet another huger consignment.Some ….actually most of us carry a bigger and a heavier bag than our students.
The only time(these days) you hear someone speaking loudly is, when they are making an announcement. The announcements too, are never about cheerful events, like a sudden holiday or a staff picnic or 'you can go home early today' news(teachers are simple creatures).They are always about impending doom i.e deadlines..notebook checking deadlines,assignment deadlines,event deadlines,exam deadlines,question paper deadlines and thereafter correction deadlines. Not that these deadlines didn't exist last year,but they were always booed,commented and cribbed about.At least they were commented on.This year its more of resignation.
You know for sure that people(teachers) are awfully busy when they don't comment on each others sarees.Comment doesn't always mean compliment.The fact that no one in the staffroom has time to even criticize confirms the fact that women are unwell,blind,busy,stressed or (people like me)have no taste for good clothes. Even if they can't see eye to eye,they'll always keep an eye on who is wearing what. Right from the necklines to the mismatched petticoats. You can't escape a teachers eye.Once a teacher always a teacher,even though theres' a colleague on the receiving end.
And then, suddenly there was a whirlwind of enthusiasm in all three staff rooms. The energy and chatter was infectious.It's the same kind of energy that is witnessed when either Kumble or Dravid or both of them, come visiting or to pick up their kids or for a school event(at such times there are no prizes for guessing why so many of us opt for the VIP reception duty).I remember making the mistake of mentioning, that I saw Dravid at the school reception, (standing at the staffroom door). I nearly got crushed by the stampede.Oh ,I digressed.So,suddenly,all the teachers(most of us) who leave at the stroke of three thirty,were in no hurry … they strolled and walked out .The coffee wending machine, was working overtime and became a gossip exchange server. It was time for the annual increments to be announced and we were under a strict professional oath, (that was the first line and the last line of the fine print) not to disclose any details to each other,to maintain professionalism.Easier said than done.Teachers are the worst ,when it comes to following rules. You(I) suddenly became an identity and my raise was part of that identity, which everyone was most curious about.
The raise is a boon, coz something is definitely better than nothing especially when a majority, are fighting to get their salaries into their accounts and I know, that ,the fact that our salaries were raised ,would naturally make us a subject of envy, discussion,awe in short demi gods.Had these been unrecessioned and happier times,this raise would have competed with peanuts and lost sorely to them.For as long as I can remember WE have always been content with the nobility of our professions' than with the pay packets.It has always been that 'last things on my list 'during interviews.The truth is that teachers need the moolah as much as any other 'real professionals'. They love the children they teach ,but they also love to have a cup of that Jamaican Coffee at Barista.WE love our jobs but we can't survive on love and fresh air alone. So,once in a while WE get greedy and talk money instead of morals.
So,while we bask in the warmth of this raised status, we do know and hope that it's not long before, time, money and salaries will catch up with us.After all,WE are the ones preparing all the future economists,in our laboratories called classrooms.Till then and even after that we shall be celebrating.
Monday, June 29
rules..happiness ka naya funda
My new project probably deserves a full post. But, in the meanwhile here' s a small excerpt from a book, that I discovered accidentally and read out in class as an opening activity.
'Seven habits of happy children" by Sean Covey has seven wonderfully written stories, that are interesting,funny yet convey the message in a very non preachy kind of way.(kids are very very wary of moral stories and they have this remarkable ability to pretend to listen to such stories with their minds completely off).
Read the book and the 'happy rules', if you have kids aged 5-12 years or if you are a teacher or work with kids and above all if you have a grumpy kid locked inside you somewhere .
I incidentally fall into all of the above three categories.
1. You are in charge of your own fun.
You can make your own fun.You don't need others to make it happen. Just look around there are things waiting to happen.
2.Say sorry,if you have been rude, much before you are asked to apologise.
3.Plan your tomorrow.Be it clothes or homework.or your day.Save time,it saves money too.Plan ahead of time.
4.Don't procrastinate.Be proactive.
Do what you have to do so that you can do what you want to do.
5.Seek first to understand,then to be understood.Listen before you talk.Listen with your eyes,your heart ,before you listen with your ears.
6. Complete your wish list. It's your wish list and only you can fulfill it.
7.1+1 synergise,value differences, but work together to make a difference.
Some of these rules may need explanation especially when you read it out to the younger ones.Let me know what you thought about the book.
Tuesday, June 9
Monday, June 1
Run Maddi Run
On Sunday May 31st,if you were on the road at 7 a.m with your sneakers on,with a large beaming smile,chances were that you were headed towards the Kanteerava Indoor stadium.If it wasn't the sneakers, then the little rug sack with the bright sunfeast logo gave you away.In our case,it couldn't have got any more obvious.We had our pin numbers proudly pasted on our tees.The autofellow didn't need any coaxing.Nobody seemed in a hurry to get to anywhere,yet looked focused. It seemed all roads in Bangalore led to only one destination.Even if they didn't ,everybody intended to make it to the same place.For a change being just one among thousands didn't feel as bad.This wasn't a race,it was more of a carnival.
You don't get many chances of running a marathon,not winning it and still feeling like a winner in the end.
Marathon statistics
Total participants 2009 sunfeast: 23,150
Majja run participants: 13,000
distance covered : 5 kms
race war cry: RUN MAADI RUN
Total Time spent on training : 2 weeks
last time you ran a race ever : NEVER
personal race timings : how does it matter !!!
No. of smiling faces in the stadium(including the sick bay): countless
race motivation factors:Milind Soman,cameras and being captured by the media.
prize trophy:an apple,a packet of biscuits,a sweet bun that never tasted better
and loads of memories.
in the picture,in order of best timing
Anshul finished the race first in 30 mins and spent the next 30 mins looking for his mother and the next 3 hrs rubbing my(poor race timings in).Padma was extremely focussed,on tracking Milind Soman,so she came in second and Shanu and Me decided to share the third position,as we felt the podium generally accepted three positions only.
Thursday, April 30
cinema stubs
1.Never judge a movie by its review.I stopped reading reviews and watching them after Rajiv Masand pronounced "Kabhi alvida...a brillaint movie"
2.I can't watch a movie in bits and pieces.I like them strong and on the rocks and I love having a celluloid hangover.
3.I am choosy and critical about the movies I watch.I often end up seeing reruns than new movies,if I can't find any.
A few memorable ones that I caught up with this vacation.
Dev D
Want to see some bOllywood ishtyle masala- romance-hate –romance ,chap films(that we can't do without).Please don't see Dev D.It's one of those movies that take you by the collar and proudly declare that Indian cinema is experimental,bold,aggressive and dares to be different !!!and you are all shook by from the first to the last reel.
If you think remaking classics is foolish,then what do you call remaking and adapting a classic into a contemporary film that challenges conventions of its original masterpiece ….you can call it BRILLIANT.
It's hard to ignore Mahie Gill as Paro,for her brilliance is partly conveyed through her expressions and sometimes just by her sheer presence(remember the scene where she vents her rage on the water pump).It is said that Anurag wrote Paro's character after he met Mahie.
The characters are all there…Devdas,Paro,Chanda,chunni…..yet boldly reinvented.The moulds of the quintessential broken down by the bold and the brazen.Driven by love,lust,drugs ,anger and pacified by booze, this is the young and crazy India.
In case you were missing the songs,they are all there(all 18 of them),expertly woven and brilliantly synced.My favourite though is the Pardesi track.Beware the music is addictive.
It can't get any better and we can't wait to watch more Mr. Basu.
Slumdog Millionaire
You can either love it or simply hate it,but you can't ignore the movie. It's like looking at yourself in the mirror.You may not like what you see.There'll be a lot of denial and blame on why things are the way they are.
The fact is that reality isn't always perfect and beautiful.Let's leave that genre to Karan Johar and his band of men and women.
Why the movie made it to the Oscars and swept them all away is understandable.Precisely the reason why I chose to watch the movie weeks after the hyper -media –hype died down and despite the excessive oscarization(I have to admit) the movie does leave you with a bravo,semi patriotic,I am Indian(partly proud partly not) feeling.That's what completes the Indianess in all of us.There's a subtle beauty in all that's grimy,dirty and filthy in India.We can't escape that.That the world loves to see that filth and celebrates it, is also a bitter reality.Sadly,it takes a Brit to tell the world, the story about what lies beneath a shining India.
Rahman and Boyle deserve their due,but the real heroes were Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali and all the child artists in the film.They manage to tug at your heart and stay right there(in it) even hours after the credits roll away.
Dil Kabbadi
Okay okay…it's a miserable ripoff of Husband's and wife's.I was warned.But I am a sucker for Irrfan movies,so couldn't ignore this one.
This movie starts where the others end.The classic seven year itch just got shrunk honey !! to a three year one. The film follows the lives of two modern day married couples – Samit (Irrfan Khan) and Mita (Soha Ali Khan); Rishi (Rahul Bose) and Simi (Konkona Sen Sharma),who are caught in the classic boredom in bedroom feeling after a few years of holy matrimony.The 'They lived happily ever after',is but a myth known and accepted only by the privilidged many–the married.The other side of marriage not always love,togetherness and fidelity.If you thought being in love was tough,then being married is tougher and being married and in love consistently with the same person tougherer….
Irrfan is his brilliant self as the adventure-lust seeking husband,complemented well by Soha.However,it's Konkana who manages steal the limelight and the attention with her brilliant portrayal as the passive aggressive…partly confused,wholly irritating,but gets what she wants.character..a winner in the end.Rahul is cute,but boring(and yes ...I meant Both the Rahul's please)
Being married and in love is a paradox….. no comments please !!!!
A rerun,but one that amazes me every time I see the film.Definitely one of his best..no def Naseeruddin Shah's best performance,till date.It has a heady and brilliant cast of big wigs like Anupam Kher,Shabana Azmi and several other stalwarts.Vijay Mehta 's direction leaves you spell bound.
See the movie,it's difficult to describe what its made up of.It's one of those classics where actors transcend mere acting and performances are so lifelike that you fail to see them(actors) being anyone else but their reel avtars.
A must see.
Also watched...
Jodha Akbar
To sir with love
Bicentennial man (another brilliant watch)
Barah Aanah
(suggestions for any more movies are always welcome)
Wednesday, April 15
For,it's difficult to find a cross between Rudolf and Frankenstein walking in your neighbourhood.Add to that, one bloodshot eye that resembles Arnold's in Terminator.I don't blame people for staring.
In fact I forgive them.
My status has now been elevated.I am amongst the few(lakhs of women) who had to go under the knife to look like I do(stunning in every sense of the word). My lips have a bee stung look (which women spend Lakhs on).My chin is more well defined…sharper(am presuming..the rest will be revealed after the bandages come off) and the cheek has a permanent rosy err blood red blush. I wear my shades even when indoors and people are mistaking me for a celeb straight out of Page 3.
My current mental status too resembles that of some of the amnesia stricken characters from Bollywood.So,if I have lent you money in the past,there are chances I may never ask it back.
Unfortunately,the cause isn't as interesting.No gang wars or mafia or family dushmans involved here.If you are amongst the few who believe auto drivers in Bangalore,then according to reliable eye witnesses, it was a classic case of slip..skid and fall. Something I don't remember at all.All I remember was waking up in the hospital emergency and wondering why I was there instead of being in Lal Bagh(where I was supposed to reach that morning).
There were only two things on my mind as I sped on my two wheeler last Sunday morning.Meeting friends at Lal Bagh for a walk and the Pune trip,which I was so looking forward to." Life is what happens to you,while you were busy planning other things"
How…when and why??? is still a mystery.I don't recall much about .I was lucky that I was wearing a helmet,I had a mobile and some consciousness left to call home for help.But unlucky that I chose a half face helmet in a hurry and was(probably) driving much faster than I should.
I was lucky.
Please wear a helmet to save your head rather than your wallet (from the cops).If you are tempted to go bare headed because it's just a drive around the corner. Remember that so could be death.I was lucky to find people who picked me up and helped.In most accident cases,people are too scared to help.Some lessons are learnt the hard way.Some can be learnt through others experiences.
BTW…am allergic to roses, so red and white carnations can be sent in their place.
(If this post sounds disoriented and disjointed you know whom to blame)
Tuesday, March 31
lights, scalpel and action !!!!
"No", I replied, lying blatantly.
"You are in safe hands," he said and I didn't want to believe any other man on earth at that time.His eyes smiled at me,for that was the only thing I could see of him.
He was still there when I woke up,peering at me,gently, still smiling with his eyes.It's not everyday that a complete stranger waits patiently for me to wake up and tenderly asks me. "how are you feeling, now"?
"Never felt better!!! "I replied."It's am amazing experience. Quite like falling in love. Actually better than falling in love !!!!"
My anaesthesiologist laughed out loud and said that he had seen and heard lots patients hallucinating under anesthesia,but never one with an improved sense of humour.
An operation theatre is far scarier than it looks in the movies ,esp when you are wide awake and can smell the atrocious fumigation fumes. They smell like death itself. The nurses and doctors (for some strange reason completely forget that there is someone remotely human lying on the table).There's a strict protocol that they follow to get the patient ready before the doctors step in.It seems so mechanical,just when you are so vulnerable.
It's an amazing experience to hit the sack of unconsciousness in precisely 1 /100 of a second(esp for insomniacs like me) and then wake up without an alarm blaring in your ears and still feel like you have slept a hundred years. That's the power of anesthesia.
While I kept the spirits alive in the OT, with my trademark sense of humour,I was shit scared inside. The very thought of not waking up ever and seeing my family, is probably the worst fear I have ever encountered. It's a feeling unparalleled,in every sense of the word.
There was just one thing on my mind(as I came back) and I wanted to shout it from the rooftops(at least to my doctors, who were busy discussing patients and medical jargon). "I'm alive !!!" I screamed but I could hear just a whimper.I heard everybody laugh in the OT,despite their face masks.For the first time in my life,I thought I wasn't being funny and everybody was laughing.
I feel like dying,I must have said this, so many times in the past,completely exasperated with school,kids at school,traffic chaos,home...work and homework .But,now I shall exercise special restrain in saying it again surely !!!!
P.s I'm alive, kicking and well and am accepting get well soon cards,flowers and chocolates.


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ROME - Prosecutors in the Italian port of Bari on Monday opened a criminal investigation into how the car ferry Norman Atlantic caught fire at sea during a crossing from Greece to Italy.
As the Italian navy battled to complete the evacuation of the stricken ship, Bari prosecutor Giuseppe Volpe announced a probe to examine whether negligence contributed to the disaster in which at least one passenger died.
The investigation will seek to establish how the fire started and why it was able to gain such force that passengers feared they would be burned alive or suffocated by thick smoke.
The Italian owner of the boat has insisted that the vessel was in full working order and had passed a technical inspection which included its firedoors on December 19.
One of the first survivors to arrive in Italy on Monday has alleged that the staff were clearly unprepared for dealing with an emergency and appeared to be unaware of how to organise an evacuation.
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- Slow Food Columbia at Indie Grits Dinner. This is basically the kickoff party. You can preview the festival, listen to a couple of DJs, and make your own Lite Brite (!), but most importantly, you can sample Chef Scott Hall's Artisan Grits bar. Scott Hall is the mastermind behind Hungry Lady and Columbia favorite, Bone-In BBQ. Hall also owns Scott Hall Catering & Event Design, and as such is serving up Adluh stone ground yellow grits with assorted toppings like wasabi peas, crispy fried local herbs, shallot cream, artisan cheeses, assorted chutneys and salsas, and more! Slow Food Columbia is sponsoring a few of the ingredients so that more sustainable, local ingredients can be included.
- Slow Food at Indie Grits: Sustainable Chefs Showcase. This event is Sunday, April 22 at 4 p.m. at the All-Local Farmer's Market at 711 Whaley. This event was incredibly popular last year! At least 10 chefs from all of the best restaurants in town will be serving tastes of a dish made with at least one sustainable, local ingredient (most use plenty of local ingredients).
- And finally, we have a few Make events including an event at Motor Supply where Chef Tim Peters will teach you how to make your own charcuterie, and an event with Kristian Niemi at Rosso is also going to teach attendees how to make something wonderful at another Make event.
- There are also a few foodie films being shown, including Eating Alabama, which just premiered at SXSW.
As it happens, this Hungry Lady has an extra pass to the kickoff party. She is currently taking applications for someone to be her plus one. If you have any interest in attending (and come on....it's totally worth it because of the Lite Brite station), just let me know. It's from 7-11 p.m. this Thursday at 701 Whaley.
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Alongside my favourite lipsticks from Chanel, Tom Ford and YSL are some much more affordable, but equally well-loved, bullets from everyone's favourite highstreet beauty brand, Rimmel (such as these lovelies here and here).
So tales of the new and improved Moisture Renew range got me hot under the collar, and I've been putting a selection of these lipsticks through their paces over recent weeks.
If you like the moisture hit you get from a balm-like lippie, but want your colour to pack more of a punch, you should definitely investigate the range.
The formula and finish are similar to Lancome's Rouge In Love line: thinner in consistency than your average lipstick, they feel lightweight and have plenty of slip, while delivering an impressive amount of glossy pigment in just one swipe.
The vitamin-rich formula keeps lips feeling comfortable and hydrated, and it lasts well, too - I get about three hours wear-time which is pretty great for such a moisturising product.
Perfect for experimenting with colour without breaking the bank, the 13-strong range has the lot: brights, bolds, nudes, seasonal plums and a cheery selection of reds. I'm showing you my three favourites here but there are plenty more I'd happily pay lipservice to, including Diva Red and the hot pink, As You Want Victoria.
The Moisture Renew range is out now, priced at €7.99 a bullet - will you be checking them out?


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The other day, I was looking at GIC rates, because that's what COOL GUYS like me do. Older readers, think of me like the Fonz, wearing that kickass leather jacket and practically beating the ladies away with a stick.
So we're going to start things off with a little quiz. Which bank do you think has the best one year GIC rate in Canada?
Go ahead, think about it. Take some time. Here, I'll insert some very soothing music.
Okay, maybe we have different ideas of soothing. I might have an anger problem.
Now that you have the answer in your head, let's repeat the question, but this time with a five year GIC. If you're like most people, you're probably thinking the same bank. Because that's only logical.
So which bank did you choose? I'm going to go out on a limb and say it was Tangerine. That company has not only done a terrific job winning over the PF community, but they're also well known for having attractive interest rates paid to savers. The whole business model of having no branches sure does help.
Congratulations on the Tangerine choice. Too bad it's wrong. Very, very wrong. Here's a list of the best one-year GICs in Canada.
Tangerine is in 30th place, but at least they have the lowest minimums!
Granted, there are a lot of banks here that I've never heard of, and I follow this stuff relatively closely. Upon quick Google searches, many of them are credit unions in Manitoba and Ontario, as well as a few smaller banks. Oaken Financial is part of Home Capital, everybody's favorite non-bank mortgage lender.
Let's take a quick look at the same chart for five year GICs. There isn't much difference.
On the one hand, you can easily scoff and say the difference between 1.9% and 2.5% isn't much. And you'd be right, assuming the balance of the GIC was low. The difference per $1000 invested is a whole $6 per year. These days that barely buys you a hamburger at McDonalds.
But in the world of low interest rates, you can't look at it that way. Instead, look at it as a 26% difference in rates. By making the switch from Tangerine to one of those other banks paying 2.5%, you'll immediately give yourself a 26% raise.
It's easy to dismiss all of this by saying you don't need GICs and never will, because it's all about the stock market, baby.
In response to that, allow me to present the following chart, which shows exactly why you need some sort of fixed income in a portfolio.
These days, the XBB (that's Canada's largest bond ETF) pays a yield that works out to 2.81% annualized. Even though bonds are much more secure than stocks, there's still the chance of bonds decreasing in value. Many people might say screw it and own the GIC that pays 2.5% instead, knowing it will never go down in value.
The bigger picture
This post isn't just about GIC rates. It's about shopping around before you buy financial products.
Each of Canada's banks is working hard to market themselves. Some, like Tangerine, constantly push how good their interest rates are. Others will use the power of the interwebz, which apparently isn't just used for porn and sharing cute pictures of kitties. Others will use their clout to offer attractive signup bonuses. And so on.
But for the most part, marketing is just marketing. Tangerine does a terrific job making people believe they've got the best rates for savers, and occasionally they do. I've got some money parked in a savings account there that's paying something like 3% for the next couple months. I'm not sure if the deal is still going on, but it's a great promotion. That beats the pants off any GIC.
The point is this. Before you get a mortgage, GIC, mutual fund, or any other financial product, do a little searching to see what else is out there. Don't believe anybody who says they have the best deal. The financial industry preys on folks who shrug and stick their money wherever it's convenient. Don't be one of those guys.
Nobody in the financial industry is your friend. Except me. Still, you're going to have to bring the beer when we hang out. And how about snacks?


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Merry Xmas to all my readers,
May you have a safe & happy Holiday
May you have a safe & happy Holiday
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family and friends.
This gorgeous wreath is from Designer Eddie Ross, his tutorial can be seen "here", maybe a little late
for this year but a great idea to prompt you to collect up baubles for next year. I have just discovered
Eddie's website, its fab! lots of great ideas
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Minnesota Broadband and Biz: Februrary 2013
At the monthly Minnesota Broadband Task Force meeting, Task Force members heard about the role that broadband could, maybe should, have in helping the Department of Human Services provide health care services to older Minnesotans in a way that keeps them in their homes longer.
It seems to have set off a trend in several sectors; broadband is infrastructure that can help businesses make money and help other sectors save money. In the last month, the Blandin on Broadband blog highlighted several stories related to Minnesota broadband policy and the business of broadband.
- Community leaders ask the Legislature to invest in the future of Minnesota with education from Legislation has been introduced to allow for online noncredit classes in Minnesota.
- Legislators hear about the need for increased technology training to support Minnesota jobs that are going unfilled.
- Rep. Mary Franson (R-Alexandria) sponsors legislation that would prevent employees from having to provide their social media passwords to employers as a condition of employment.
- Grassroots campaign promotes broadband advocate Susan Crawford for next Chair of the FCC.
Business of Broadband:
- Speculators look at CenturyLink's business model as residential telephone services becomes less profitable, especially in rural areas.
- Arrowhead Electric Cooperative provides a brief history on their efforts to bring fiber to the North Shore as their installation of dark fiber is nearly complete.
- Farmers Mutual Telephone offers Fiber to the Premise services in Dawson, MN through network built with ARRA funding.
- Verizon is offering a new broadband service that provides connectivity for up to 20 Wi-Fi enabled devices and 4 wired devices at 4G LTE speeds. Available primarily in metro locations.
- Research indicates that broadband customers are migrating to faster speed tiers and receiving faster speeds than ever before, sometimes seeing speeds that exceed speeds advertised.
Broadband Supports Growth in All Sectors:
- Teachers are using technology in the classroom but there is discrepancy in availability and access based on socioeconomic standing of students.
- Patients in Cook County prepare to move health care management online with a new patient-center portal that promotes good health.
- Memorial Health Services in Dawson, MN support patients in rural areas with a growing range of e-services.
- Patrons are going to the library to get online and get books. It seems as if libraries and the Internet are here to stay, especially to support low income households.


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Henry has recently started taking an Algebra II class through Utah's Electronic High School. Last week he was puzzling over a problem...
Henry: A number x, is 3 more than another. If the other number is 2 less than twice x, find y. I don't think I can solve this problem. It doesn't work.
Abigail: All you have to do to solve that problem is find what x equals and why y equals. Read the instructions!


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Stand-Up Pouches – Look out for our dazzling unique samples at Packaging Innovations
Stand-up pouches are set to make a splash at this year's Packaging Innovations exhibition taking place this week at the NEC in Birmingham (tickets here).
We have produced a top of the range, stylish looking range of unique samples that are filled with goodies – come to stand H22 and pick up yours free!
These pouches in particular are made from a natural PE Polyethylene material, and feature a silver MET PET migration barrier which makes them food safe to BRC (British Retail Consortium) standards. They are then coated with a gloss laminate which makes them stand out, offering a stunning finish and colour fastness.
What else do they feature?
- A handy resalable zip
- A tear off notch
- A gusset that enables them to expand with the contents
- The addition of Color logic special effects, the metallic rainbow you see really stands out – check out the electric blue and other shiny colours
- Personalisation! Each pouch is individual, in this project we used:
- Personalised names
- Country flags
- Product name (project name)
- Individual product code
- Barcode area
- Low minimum order
- No printing plates or origination
- And wait for it – hidden QR code in the gusset – we can print inside!
How could you make the most of them?
- Promotional campaign – special event or small batches – think 'Share a Coke'
- Security and traceability of each and every pouch
- Competition codes
- Product mock ups – different varieties without having to order tens of thousands
- Market testing
- Personalisation for each customer
A well known brand of tea has just placed a significant order, watch this space for more details about why they chose digital for their stand-up pouches.
And don't forget to come and talk to us and pick up a sample on H22! Or if you can't make the show this time call 01902 365840 or contact us about your stand-up pouch requirements.


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This is a nice bicep routine from Scott Herman Fitness. This routine is tailored towards those that are short on time. You can perform this routine in under 30 minutes and still get a serious pump! get you in and out the gym in under 30 minutes and have those biceps burning!
(0:30)- Routine Sets & Reps
(1:02)- Inside-Grip EZ-Bar Curl
(1:56)- Double-Dumbbell Preacher Curl
(3:00)- Concentration Curls


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Tim Bray wrote: > I'm surprised at the lack of response to date. The amount of > namespace-bearing XML in the world is increasing at a very high rate, and > that rate will accelerate dramatically sometime next year with the release of > MS Office 11. I think it's important that we get some consensus as to what > those namespace canusefully point at, to provide some interoperability in the > marketplace. I don't know about other non-participants, but the reason I didn't feel the need to make a proposal was because having implemented and used it I've found it to work well as it stands. This is not to say that it can't be cleaned up (especially if it's to be "officialised" somehow), but I haven't personally felt RDDL to have issues. > I propose one new element <rddl:rr> for each related resource, embedded in > XHTML as though it were in %Flow.mix, with attributes href, nature, purpose, > title, id, and prose. I generally like the syntax you show, with a few details: - "rr" isn't all that good a name imho. What's wrong with "resource"? - I would rather see that element be allowed to contain other elements. This allows one to directly relate some human-intended description with the enclosing RDDL pointer. - giving up on XLink is ok with me, but it does throw me off a little. I would tend to see "role" and "arcrole" as kludgy in XHTML too. > Pro: easy for anyone to understand, parse, and generate. That's true, I can see how I could convert existing documents and processors in an hour or two. > Con: Isn't RDF, so not directly part of the Semantic Web (on the other hand, > you could trivially generate any of the dozens of different RDDL/RDF > proposals based on reading the above). Well, I guess the RDDL for RDDL could contain the following: <rddl:rr href="/rddl-2-rdf.xslt" title="RDDL to RDF stylesheet" nature="http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt" purpose="http://www.rddl.org/purposes#transform-to-semantic" /> Or something similar :) Nothing would keep agents from using that on RDDL, and of course from using that purpose for other vocabularies so that RDF would cease to be needed as an authoring format. -- Robin Berjon <firstname.lastname@example.com> Research Engineer, Expway 7FC0 6F5F D864 EFB8 08CE 8E74 58E6 D5DB 4889 2488Received on Tuesday, 3 December 2002 05:48:35 UTC
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text: Zero Robotics is a robotics programming competition where the robots are SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites) inside the International Space Station. The competition starts online where teams program the SPHERES to solve an annual challenge. After several phases of virtual competition in a simulation environment that mimics the real SPHERES, finalists are selected to compete in a live championship aboard the ISS. An astronaut will conduct the championship competition in microgravity with a live broadcast! Zero Robotics has programs for middle and high school students. Find out more at zerorobotics.mit.edu!.


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The Fallon Air Show was back this year, at the Fallon Naval Air Station (ever see the movie Top Gun? that's what they do there. It's a real
This weekend, I'm living with the almost constant roar of motorcycles on the highway two blocks below us, all day long and way into the night. It's Street Vibrations time in Reno - "a celebration of motorcycles, metal, and music." Of course, a celebration of motorcycles means they're on the move, up to Virginia City, around the lake, with events spilling over to every bike shop and dealership in the area. Our roads are clogged with long dual strings of motorcycles.
While the men are out on the roads, the women are heading to Genoa. The Candy Dance Arts & Crafts Faire this weekend draws thousands to check out the hundreds of craft booths. Normally, that's where I'd have spent my Saturday. It's been an annual tradition for some of my Lake Tahoe girlfriends to meet up there for lunch and browsing.
But noooo, not this year for me. My Soroptimist Club puts together a big fundraising golf tournament each year. Since most of the funds raised go to pay for mammograms (over $17,000 last year), we schedule the tournament for early October, Breast Cancer Awareness month. But by October, our weather can be iffy - very nice Indian Summer sometimes, or like last year, 40 mph winds blowing snow. So this year, we changed it to late September.
I took this photo the first year we held the tournament, nine years ago. And while it makes a very eye-catching photo, I was lobbying against the balloon release right from the start. Pretty flying balloons eventually pop, and become non-degradable, wildlife-threatening litter. I'm happy to say that, finally, this year there was no balloon release. We had the balloons tied to the carts and they stayed there while the golfers played, then were properly disposed of by the cart crew when the tournament was over.
I like being outside, so I usually volunteer to be a witness on one of the special par-3 holes where we have a prize (a car, a vacation cruise) for a hole-in-one. So this Saturday, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m, I was sitting in a golf cart on Eagle Valley Golf's East Course hole #8. No hole-in-ones, although one group had a very nicely-played birdie. And instead of sitting wrapped up in a sleeping bag, I was glad I'd brought a blanket and clothespins to turn my cart into a little shade tent. It was downright HOT!! with temperatures in the upper-80's by the time I got to come in. And now, that's one more thing I get to cross off my crowded September list of things to do.


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The year 2014 will be seeing the 20th year of Gul Bahao's existence in the metropolis of Karachi. The last two decades of hard work and sacrifice have catapulted this organization into the International scene with both world organizations and media giving it enviable recognition. The following include some of them:
- Italian, French and Indian newspapers and a South Korean magazine
- CNN, Voice of America, BBC, ZeeTV etc
- Clinton Foundation, Ashoka (The undersigned is a life fellow of this American organization)
- UNDP, ILO, WSCC and Supreme Court of India
- German Nationals (including their Consul General)
- Pakistanis living in the Middle East, Britain and USA
Gul Bahao made its debut in 1994 with the clear objective of finding solutions to Karachi's waste management problems. However, it has ended up with simple and cost effective ways to revive the economy through its innovations. Hundreds of youth were given jobs through its scheme of "Kutchra do Sona lo" which is in line with the organizations scheme of "Safai/Kamai Bank" – a futuristic banking system, where the instruments of banking are assorted municipal waste. Here let me recall the immense interest shown by BBC to this "Third world solutions to first world problems." Twenty years of work and a whopping input of eight crore rupees (in 2002 Gul Bahao's audited accounts showed an expenditure of 1 crore and ten lac rupees) yielded the following innovations:
- Chandi Technology. A modular block which interchanges into a two storeyed house, furniture(tables,beds,sofa), water reservoir as well as tarpaulins.
- Fuel Pack for producing cheap electricity
- Gardens in the Air. Multistoried fields in the manner of multistoried buildings and many more.
For details please visit our website: http://gulbahao.org. In other words there are a host of projects that can be given to our youth to pick and choose from, where a MINIMUM OF INVESTMENT WILL YIELD MAXIMUM PROFITS. Why is this so? Simply because the raw material used is easily available, even free of cost as it is considered "useless" or waste. Here let me put on record that much of the "useless" raw material is simply leftovers, often as good as virgin material.
Gul Bahao's Research Center on main Rashid Minhas Road has been functioning there for the last 10 years or so and has been visited by local bodies institutions, bureaucrats, professionals, businessmen, students the print and electronic media etc. It is home to most of Gul Bahao's innovations. This can provide a platform or training ground for any ambitious scheme like "Rozgar la Mehdood".
Now you must agree that Gul Bahao can prove an asset to any democratic government which wants to depend on its own people for running its affairs. What is required at this point is that the government, business community as well as the educational institutes must come forward and make use of this facility and support it. Let me assure you that any help in this direction will go a long way in:
- resuscitating the economy
- decreasing the energy crisis
- giving our youth and more so our educated youth unlimited opportunities
On this occasion, when Gul Bahao is trying to consolidate its work of 20 years we are planning on a publication which will be listing, displaying and explaining the various innovations developed by us. The publication which is in English ,is to be used as a reference book and will be sent to:
- businessmen and organizations
- foreign diplomats
- educational institutions and professionals
- NGOs
The publication called "Opportunities-unlimited" will be launched on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the GUL BAHAO movement to be held in the month of February at the Arts Council. We would like you to sponsor an A-4 size book according to the following rates:
- Half page – Rs. 50,000 (Fifty thousand)
- Quarter page – RS. 30,000 (Thirty thousand)
- Your name in the list of sponsors – Rs.5,000 (Five thousand)
Money for the sponsorship may be paid in advance. Let me assure you that sponsorship of this program will go a long way in improving the socio-economic conditions of Karachi. What is more, it will also enable us to be a part of the world movement for a better Environment and betterment of mankind as a whole. Waiting for a quick reply.
I am,
Yours Sincerely,
Nargis Latif (Managing trustee Gul Bahao)