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On the 23rd October 2013 my precious baby boy turned one. You can probably tell from my last post how reflective and emotional I have been about it. On his birthday I spent a lot of time thinking about it. I thought about him as a newborn in the first few hours. I thought about the first few weeks and the huge adjustment hubby and I went through. I thought about each month after that and how much he changed. I thought about every 'first' I have recorded and then those that I probably missed. I thought about the future. I thought about the gifts we had bought him for his birthday. Well I have one more – this letter. I hope one day he will read it.
To my precious boy on your first birthday,
I cannot believe you are one already, baby boy. Time certainly does fly when you're having fun. And what fun I have had with you over this past year. The most fun I have ever had. You make me laugh like no one else can. When I laugh with you, proper big belly-laughs, I am positive you look at me with a knowing smile. You are a very funny young man, but I think you know this already.
A year ago today you arrived into my life full of character. The word I used to describe you was spirited and you certainly are that. You were kicking and screaming and clearly very unamused. But the minute you were placed in my arms you were calm – the connection between us immediate. Whenever you are upset this is the only way to calm you – in my arms. I love being able to make it ok for you. I hope I always can.
You most certainly had a personality from the moment you were born and I see it develop every single day as you change from a baby to a toddler. It scares me how quickly you are growing, but the future and what we have to look forward to is so exciting. When you make babbling sounds, I hear your voice. When you get excited and push a ball around I see you looking at daddy as you score your first goal. When you get frustrated I see you being misunderstood and when you cry and need a cuddle, I see forever.
Your amazing ability to eat anything put in front of you has become your trademark. I have so many photos and videos of you eating – I promise to keep taking them. You will probably wonder why your mad mummy is constantly taking pictures of you with your mouth full of food. When you are a dad yourself, you will understand. Daddy and I are convinced you are going to be a chef. Not only do you love food, but you are obsessed with touching the Michelle Roux Jr cook book in the kitchen. You clearly have good taste already.
Nothing fazes you, my gorgeous boy. You are incredibly sociable and are more than happy to be passed from person to person charming them with your big grin and your happy chatter. You have lots of friends – Evie, Freya, Grace, Joshua, Leela, Myah & Stella – who you love playing and with whom you're very good at sharing your toys. Your favourite programme is In the Night Garden and your favourite character is Iggle Piggle. One of my favourite memories of you is you squealing with delight and shaking the first time you saw him on the TV.
Baby boy I feel so lucky to be your mummy. When I look into your big, beautiful blue eyes, it makes every day feel like a summer's day. If I ever feel blue I try to see the world through your eyes. I think about how it is for you to see the sun, the rain, the park, new people, flowers and animals. To see everything so fresh must be wonderful.
I want to give you some advice. It is the same advice that I will give you every year until I die. Here goes – always dance, always laugh and always jump in puddles. Look at the sun, run naked in the rain, eat chocolate and drink beer. Pull your mattress off of your bed with your brothers, sisters and cousins and bump down the stairs on it really fast. Make dens. Go to the theatre and travel as far and wide as you can. Never judge too harshly. Be confident in your abilities and don't let anyone tell you you aren't good enough – because you are baby, you are more than good enough. Love your friends, love your family and love yourself. Most importantly be kind. Always be kind to those around you. It's the advice nanny gave me and daddy on our wedding day and now I'm passing it to you. It's a good one to remember.
My sweet boy, you have changed my life. I look at you every day in total amazement that daddy and I made you. That you are him and that you are me, but more than anything – you are you. And you certainly are that. I will always be your mummy. When you are ten, when you are a teenager, a twenty-something and when you are a man, I will always be your mum. But you need to know that I am not perfect. I will make mistakes, I will misjudge, I will frustrate you and you may think I have let you down. But I promise you this, with my hand on my heart, I will always keep you safe and never let any harm come to you. I would die a thousand times over for you baby boy.
You are my first born child and because of that you have taught me something that no other adult, child or book ever could. You have taught me how to be a mother and for that I am ever grateful to you.
Thank you for making every day of my life so wonderful. From when I wake in the morning to your happy chatter, to seeing you standing in your cot excitedly bouncing up and down waiting for me to pick you up, to breakfast, to playtime, to nap time, to bath time, to bed time. You constantly amaze me.
Thank you for being the most funny, kind, passionate, spirited little boy that I know.
Thank you for being you.
Happy first birthday, my beautiful boy. I hope your day is full of sunshine and sparkle.
I love you so much.


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We are excited to announce the launch of SBAC Empower, a nonprofit created to help individuals, who may be at a crossroad in their professional life, determine whether starting a small business is the right choice for them.
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Another Stunning Supercell Time-LapseBasehunters Chasing took social media by, ahem, storm when they released an incredible, dramatic time-lapse of a supercell thunder storm forming in the skies over Oklahoma on May 18th. Their video is exhilarating, allowing viewers to feel the terror and tension of storm chasing:
Today, we have another stunning supercell time-lapse video to share with you.
Photographed and edited by still & motion photographer, Stephen Locke, The Climax, Kansas Supercells also features footage captured in America's heartland from earlier in the month. And though the viewing angle isn't directly in the storm's path, Mr. Locke takes a more cinematic approach to his compositions, editing together multiple storms to give viewers a wonderful sense of scale and scope. Mother Nature at her most grand. Simply breathtaking.
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Ola Bini shows how Test::Unit tests can spiral out of control and adds some code to keep them in rein.
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ACL Laxity and Knee Braces. The ACL is the inner duct tape (otherwise known as a ligament) that holds the knee together in a front-back direction. This means that it prevents the lower shin bone (tibia) from moving forward on the thigh bone (femur). This ligament can be stretched or torn completely. In these cases the joint is said to be "lax" and in need of either surgical repair, non-surgical repair, or knee bracing. Bracing a knee with ACL Laxity involves stabilizing the femur and tibia in a front-back direction. However, there are pros and cons. One of the problems is that bracing still allows some movement, which ultimately injuries the joint. Up until now, there has been no way to repair a stretch injury to the ACL without surgery. However, the development of injection based therapy for partial ACL tears and laxity has been a big advancement beyond surgical grafts. As an example, the Regenexx procedurenow allows doctors to inject the patient's own stem cells onto the stretched ACL ligament and tighten that ligament back to it's normal strength and length. This development allows the patient to get rid of the brace all together. Since there is no surgery needed, the recovery is much quicker and bracing is only used for a few weeks after the procedure if the laxity is severe. This newer technique doesn't work when there is no ACL left, but only if there are ACL fibers that can still be detected on MRI.
As a physician who treats patients with these injuries, the best brace is the one that fits well. For general fitting and measuring instructions, click here. Also, I often advise my patients to consider getting a slightly used brace. Ebay can be a great place to to find a knee brace that will help with ACL laxity.
Below is a short video on the topic of repairing ligament tears by injecting your own stem cells. While this shows an ankle ligament example, this could just as easily be a partial ACL tear.


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GL Partners AMK's U Aung Moe Kyaw, Others in Major Myanmar Expansion
BANGKOK, Oct 13, 2016 - (ACN Newswire) - SET-listed digital finance firm Group Lease PCL ("GL", SET:GL) is taking another important strategic move by partnering with U Aung Moe Kyaw and other investors at AMK Consortium to launch a major expansion of financial services in Myanmar.
Under the new partnership, GL will set up a joint venture company with AMK Consortium. This joint venture will support Century Finance Company Limited, a Myanmar finance company owned by AMK, to provide a broad range of financial services to the booming Myanmar markets, especially for people in the rural countryside.
GL, through its holding company in Singapore GL Holdings (GLH), will hold 57% in the new JV company while AMK Consortium will take up the other 43%. The new company is expected to be established by the end of this year or in early 2017.
"We are very pleased to enter into this collaboration with U Aung Moe Kyaw and his partners," GL Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Mr. Mitsuji Konoshita stated at a MOU Signing Ceremony with U Aung Moe Kyaw in Bangkok on October 13. "This is a win-win partnership because our expertise and efficiency in digital finance will combine and complement with U Aung Moe Kyaw's extensive network throughout Myanmar," he added.
According to GL's official filing with the SET on October 13, AMK Consortium is currently controlling approximately 65% in the whisky distribution and managing more than 22,000 grocery shops in Myanmar, including 1,400 wholesale shops, some of which are already operating pawnshop businesses. This distribution network is the biggest in Myanmar in terms of number of outlets, which will perfectly match with GL's digital finance platform.
Mr. Konoshita noted that as GL has already proven in Cambodia with True Money, GL's digital finance business model is the only model that can utilize 100% benefits from AMK Consortium's extensive agents network.
Therefore, the business model in Myanmar will be a mixture of the 'Channeling Services' model in Indonesia where GL partners with Bank JT and the 'Agent' model in Cambodia with True Money. "These business models are quite new, unique and innovative. Combining them together, we shall be able to effectively provide a wide range of financial services for the benefits of the Myanmar people, especially those in the rural grassroots areas," Mr. Konoshita stated.
Century Finance, one of Myanmar's 15 non-bank finance companies licensed by the Myanmar central bank, currently provides car leasing services.
With GL's expertise and support, its range of financial services will now broaden to cover the leasing of motorcycles, agricultural machinery and solar panels and other consumer finance credit under 'channeling services' managed and provided by the new joint venture company.
GL's latest partnership with AMK Consortium comes after its recent take-over of BG Myanmar Microfinance (BGMM). The new joint venture company, therefore, completes the full range of financial services and products that will be offered to the Myanmar markets - from small microfinance loans through BGMM to big-ticket items like rice-harvesting machines through Century Finance.
The full-scale expansion into Myanmar comes in the face of a booming local economy following the lifting of US economic sanctions after extensive local political reforms. For GL, the latest partnership with AMK Consortium has also come following its successful expansion from its home base in Thailand into neighboring Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
The successful expansion has resulted in steadily increasing revenue and profitability. For instance, its Q2 net profits of 255.85 million baht nearly doubled from the same period last year and represented the seventh consecutive quarter of new record highs. Company executives have expressed confidence that profits will continue to scale new heights in the medium and longer-term future.
About Group Lease PCL
Group Lease Public Company Limited was established on 6th May 1986 and listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in 2004 (SET:GL). In 2007, APF group has become major shareholder by holding around 65% of total shares. The company has expertise in hire-purchase of motorcycles as it has been in the motorcycle leasing business for over 20 years. The motorcycle brands for financing include Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki.
In 2012, GL announced a long-term business plan to become the leading finance company in the Southeast Asian region. In order to do so, the Company has acquired Group Lease Holdings Pte., Ltd. (GLH), a Singapore holding company, as a headquarters for its expansion plan in other countries. For more information, please visitwww.grouplease.co.th.
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The 2nd International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES2), 3 - 7 July, 2005, KOS - GRE (IEEES2-2005)
Venue: Kos International Convention Centre (KICC)
|Event Date/Time: Jul 03, 2005
|End Date/Time: Jul 07, 2005
|Registration Date: Jul 03, 2005
|Early Registration Date: May 30, 2005
|Abstract Submission Date: Jan 15, 2005
|Paper Submission Date: Apr 15, 2005
The 2nd International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES2) will provide a multidisciplinary forum for researchers, scientists, engineers and practitioners from all over the world to exchange information, to present high-quality research results and new developments in the wide domain covered by exergy, energy and the environment, and discuss the future direction and priorities in the field.
Invited Keynote Papers
Technical Papers
Book and Product Exhibition
Awareness Week Activities
Short Courses on Specific Topics
The Symposium will be held at five star Kipriotis Hotels at Kos, Greece. Kos, the birthplace of Hippocrates, the father of medicine (460 B.C.), is a beautiful Greek island. Located in the southeastern part of the Aegean Sea, it is the third largest island of the Dodecanese islands. The gentle climate of Kos, among the finest in the Mediterranean, is the primary reason for the island's abundant green and other physical charms. Many have called it "Garden of the Aegean". Kos can be accessed by airplane from several major European airports as well as from Athens (flight time from Athens is approximately 35 minutes) or by ferryboat (from the port of Piraeus with Fast Ferries approximately 6.5 hours). Kos is close to Rhodes (2 hours with Flying Dolphins) and about 40 minutes from the Turkish coast.
The format of the IEEES2 will be arranged with the following major elements as general papers presented in oral sessions, keynote papers by invited speakers, and panel sessions on special topics and posters. Also, there will be book exhibition, social events and tours.
All papers will be reviewed under the direction of the International Advisory Committee. All accepted papers, in English, will only be published in the Proceedings of the Symposium which will be available during the Symposium and included in the registration package.
Journal Papers
High-quality papers of archival value will be considered for publication in various internationally reputable journals (International Journal of Exergy, International Journal of Energy Research, International Journal of Green Energy, International Journal of Environment and Pollution, Environment and Sustainable Development-An international Journal, International Journal of Sustainable Development, Energy Sources).
Abstract Submission
Initial screening will be based on the abstracts, and authors should submit 300-500-word abstracts. Each abstract should contain the title of paper (Times New Roman 16 pt, upper and lower case letters), name of authors and affiliations and complete addresses (along with the phone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses), and summarize the content of the work, objectives and main findings. Please note that all abstracts should be submitted by e-mail only. Abstracts should be written using Times New Roman 12 pt or equivalent.
Symposium topics
Papers on related topics such as exergy (e.g. exergy analysis, entropy generation minimization and thermoeconomics), energy and the environment, not only in engineering but also in all other disciplines (e.g. physics, chemistry, biology, ecology, economics and management). Also, welcome are studies devoted to method, modeling, theory, computational simulation, design, experiment, and measurement. Some key areas of IEEES2 include but not limited to:
Bio-thermal and engineering applications
Crystal growth
Energy analysis
Energy conservation
Energy generation minimization
Entropy generation minimization
Environmental impact
Exergoeconomics and Thermoeconomics
Exergy accounting
Exergy analysis
Exergy, energy and environmental modeling
Fuels and alternatives
Heat and mass transfer
Heat exchangers
Heat pumps systems and refrigeration
Hydrogen production
Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Industrial ecology
New and clean energy technologies
Renewable energy
Process optimization
Refrigeration and heat pumps systems and applications
Sectorial energy and exergy utilization
Sustainable development
Thermal systems and applications
Thermodynamic optimization
Waste exergy emissions
Waste management
Cooperating Institutions
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece
Clean Energy Research Center (CERC), USA
European Association for Bioeconomics Studies (EABS)
EGE University, Izmir, Turkey
Hellenic Society of Chemical Engineers
Inderscience Publishing LTD, USA
International Association for Hydrogen Energy, USA
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
University of Aegean,Greece
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada


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#foodreads is our weekly digest of food and cooking ephemera from around the internet.
This Week in Food News: Refrigeration Ruins Tomatoes and Climate Change Threatens Wine
Plus: how to get teens to eat healthier.
Everybody knows that refrigerating tomatoes is a terrible idea, and now science knows it too—a study by researchers at the University of Florida found that keeping tomatoes in the fridge leads to "irreversible genetic changes" that "erase some of their flavors forever."
The problem with food 2.0
Looking across an unappetizing landscape of Soylent, caffeine cubes, and various other hellish Silicon Valley alternatives to actual food, David Sax writes for the New Yorker, "The problem with all this food-2.0 stuff isn't that it sometimes tastes horrible but that it misses the mark on how our eating is evolving. The tech world approaches food from the perspective of engineering," whereas the rest of us are more interested than ever in simple, healthy, minimally processed meals.
Oeno! Wine under threat
Climate change has already come for our coffee crops and now it is coming for the wine—global wine production is expected to drop 5 percent in 2016, due to "climatic events" in most of the southern hemisphere," reports the Guardian. Right now this is particularly hurting Malbecs, many of which come from South America, though global warming "could eventually make pinot noir grapes unsuitable for many parts of Burgundy."
How dough rises in Appalachia
For Paste magazine, Anna Brones goes deep on salt-rising bread, a naturally leavened—and tricky-to-make—traditional product of the Appalachian Mountains. In contrast to sourdough, this cheesy-flavored bread rises based on the power of the bacterium Clostridium perfringens, a common cause of food poisoning whose role in salt-rising bread can put off nervous eaters. (Fear not, Brones writes—studies have not found links between salt-rising-bread consumption and sickness.)
Is cage-free better?
Powerful food companies including Costco and Walmart are turning increasingly to cage-free eggs, out of concern for animal welfare, but newly released video from animal-rights activists raise questions about whether cage-free is actually better for chickens, who may experience higher incidents of aggression and cannibalism uncaged.
Kids stick it to big food
Enrolled in a study on healthy eating, a class of eighth-graders was divided into three groups. One received a typical public health–style message on the importance of proper nutrition; one received no message at all; and one read a purported exposé on how the food industry manipulates consumers. The results should come as no surprise: kids don't care about bland messaging on nutrition but they will embrace anti-corporate rebellion—even if it means putting down the Pringles.
When meal-kit subscribers pack it in
Subscribers are apt to bail on meal-kit services pretty quickly, according to an analysis by the firm 1010data, which analyzed consumer-spending data. It found that half of new Blue Apron subscribers stayed after two weeks, and only 10 percent stuck around till six months; the pattern was similar for BA competitors Plated and HelloFresh. The meal-kit services in question all disputed the findings, but didn't offer their own data. An article in Fast Company notes that, customer-retention issues notwithstanding, the meal-kit industry has grown more than 500 percent since 2014.