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Why It Hurts to Swallow
Throat pain is one of the most common ailments in human physiology. This pain can be quite discomforting and in many situations it will worsen to a point where it hurts to swallow anything and everything. There are many reasons for a sore throat and it is often not required to go to a doctor for this condition, as one can easily take some simple measures to help the condition. In this article we take a look at some of the common reasons for sore throat. Looking for a quick remedy? View our 10 Remedies for A Sore Throat.
Muscle strain: One of the most common causes of a sore throat is muscle strain. When we yell or speak with high intensity, our throat muscles tend to get over worked and consequently result in a sore throat. With muscle strain it is difficult to swallow food since the throat hurts whenever muscles come in contact with anything passing through it. As with every muscle strain, some rest for the muscle can repair the strain.
Lump in throat: Lumps in throat can be very painful and can make swallowing anything down the throat a nightmare. Lumps are also susceptible to some serious underlying disease and could even be cancerous. So if you find painful swallowing in your throat due to a lump, get it checked immediately by a doctor.
Phlegm in throat: Phlegm in throat can become a major cause of discomfort. Phlegm can be caused by several reasons including infection. When confronted with phlegm in throat, one tends to feel quite uncomfortable and there is an urge to cough the phlegm out. This forceful coughing can be harmful to the throat and can result in a sore throat thus causing painful swallowing. Phlegm in throat is usually greenish or brownish in color but sometimes it can be reddish, which is a cause of concern. One has to keep a close eye on phlegm since blood-filled phlegm can be a sign of serious lung disease.
Itchy throat: An itchy throat is a very common phenomenon. Itchy throat itself doesn't cause painful swallowing but when one is confronted with an itchy throat there is an urge to scratch the throat internally or to further agitate the throat. This can cause the throat to inflame and cause painful swallowing. The best way to deal with an itchy throat is to use a soothing Popsicle.
These are some of the common causes of a sore throat. Most of the time these conditions heal by themselves or might require doing some common counter-measures such as gargles (gargling salt water, etc.). Antibiotics are not recommended unless the infection is very severe since an over exposure to antibiotics results in resistant bacteria which is immune to antibiotics.
The throat is one of those body parts which can be easily damaged so take care of your throat and if faced with a sore throat causing painful swallowing, take the simple measures mentioned above to relieve yourself. If the pain persists, you should see a doctor.
Diagnose your throat pain or search for a remedy before visiting your doctor.
Search our extensive diagnosis knowledge base to learn the potential causes of your swallowing pain!
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Most Common Cause of Painful Swallowing
Viral Pharyngitis
The most common cause of a sore throat or discomfort while swallowing is something called viral pharyngitis. Without delving into specifics, your pharynx (a part of your throat) becomes swollen and inflamed due to some sort of viral infection within your body.
Viral pharyngitis usually lasts between 5 – 10 days, and will run a course all its own.
There is no specific treatment plan of remedy for pharyngitis. Most physicians simply aim to ease the discomfort until it passes.
Methods of treatment:
- Anti-inflammatory medications ( acetaminophen etc )
- Throat lozenges or anti-inflammatory sprays (in moderation).
- Reduce your throat pain! See our 10 Home Remedies for a Sore Throat.
Visit viral pharyngitis in our diagnosis knowledge base to learn more about symptoms, remedies, and prevention measures.
*Remember! If swallowing pain lasts longer than two weeks, please consult your physician. Only a doctor can diagnose and confirm that your medical issues are not serious. *
Second Most Common Cause of Painful Swallowing
Drainage in Throat
Sinus drainage down the back of the throat is the second most common thing that makes it painful to swallow. Drainage occurs for a variety of reasons. Simply put, be hygienic, maintain a healthy diet, and avoid friends or family members that may be sick.
Nasal drainage is commonly caused by bacterial/viral/fungal infections. Are you feeling symptoms besides the sore throat? More times than not, my throat hurts when I swallow when I have the cold, the flu, or my allergies are acting up. The excess sinus drainage down the throat should cease when the rest of your illness passes. If this is not the case, go to you physician to assess any issues.
It is always important to stay on your medication regimen prescribed by your doctor, especially if allergy or sinus related.
Learn about advanced and serious causes of sinus drainage in our knowledge base.
*Remember! If swallowing pain lasts longer than two weeks, please consult your physician. Only a doctor can diagnose and confirm that your medical issues are not serious. *
3 Common Remedies for a Sore Throat
View more home remedies in our 10 Home Remedies for a Sore Throat.
1) Over the counter lozenges and sprays
A highly effective method depending on the severity of your throat pain.
Like anything in life, having too many lozenges, or using the throat spray more often than recommended can easily have the opposite effect on your throat. Hard sugar-free candy is also an option.
2) Gargle and swish around salt water in your mouth.
This little trick has been known for ages.
Take 1 teaspoon of salt and stir it ferociously into one glass (8 fl oz) of warm water.
Gargle often, multiple times a day to relieve throat discomfort, and reduce irritation.
3) Prevent dehydration!
Drink plenty of water. Being hydrated benefits your throat by helping with natural secretions. Liquids such as a gentle tea, or a thin soup can also help soothe your irritated and swollen pharynx.
In general, keeping hydrated also will help your body get back in to tip top shape. Water is crucial to maintaining a healthy immune system.
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The average weight gain is 9 pounds during the holidays, so if you want to keep the weight off you've worked so hard in losing this year, give these tips a try.
Have The Celebration In Your Home
When you are in control of the menu, the portions and the ingredients, you are in control of your health. Guests always love the holiday classics, but try spicing it up a bit. Being creative and offering healthier choices can spark healthy conversations -- and impress your friends around the table.
Share Edible Gifts
Roasted edamame, curried chickpeas, spiced nuts and warm breads can all be prepared quickly. Wrap it up in pretty cloth and tie a recipe on it; it's always accepted with gratitude. These edible gifts will introduce the recipient to possibly a whole new world of healthy options.
Be a Rebel
Try a new recipe; something outside of your comfort zone. If you have never worked with a pomegranate before, then pick out a few recipes to try. If you are unsure about serving fish at a traditional meal, try it out. It shows creativity and offers your guests a new perspective.
Go Green
Serve and carry "no packaging needed" whole foods. This way you avoid clean up and you're sticking to the recommended plant based diet. Many studies have found that a diet abundant in whole, real foods is associated with a reduced risk of diseases such as, cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes.
Lighten Up
Traditional dishes can pack in a tremendous amount of fat and calories, but lightening them up may even improve their flavor. Try using organic, cold pressed, canola oil, which has nearly half the saturated fat of traditional butter and it includes heart healthy omega 3's. Or, try substituting fat-free evaporated milk or, unsweetened coconut milk in place of heavy cream. Another option is to top entrees with warm fruit or vinaigrette in place of creamy sauces. Maybe try a vegetable puree that's made with water as a soup base. The smooth, creamy texture feels indulgent, and the pureed veggies provide a nutritional boost.
Stay in Control
Holiday weight gain is not as extreme as you may think. According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine people may actually put on less than a pound from October to January. This doesn't give you any free passes. If holiday weight gain becomes a yearly tradition, the years can pack on many pounds and lead to trouble.
Thinking back on Christmases past it's a shame we don't do a better job in documenting them. So this year, break the cycle and create a Christmas memory book. A neat new tradition to preserve the memories of the past.
Who, What And Where?
Even the most mundane of details take on greater significance when shared years later. Write down special visitors who stopped by, whose house you visited while delivering cookies, holiday celebrations you attended and who else was there. Lots of things change over the years — favorite neighbors move away, children just keep getting older and beloved family members pass away. Documenting these interactions with family and friends helps us remember and reflect on the holidays.
Favorite Memories
One fun thing to capture each year is a favorite holiday season memory from each family member. It doesn't have to be important to anyone else, just memorable to them. Maybe your husband loved seeing your expression when the tree fell over or your son couldn't get enough of watching holiday movies as a family. As your children get older, their favorite things will change — and looking back will bring a smile.
Best Cards
So many Christmas cards wind up being thrown away when the holidays end. Each year, there are always a few from friends or relatives that really take the prize. Whether it's the hysterical family picture or just a beautiful message, keep a few of your favorites each year to add to your book — and one of yours, of course.
Favorite Gifts
This isn't about the most expensive thing or the craziest, but those gifts that you always want to remember. Maybe it's the year your son received his first bicycle, or your daughter was given the stuffed rabbit she still sleeps with. Remembering who gave your family cherished items at Christmas is a great way to keep them in your hearts.
Visits to Santa
If you have a tradition of visiting Santa — at the local mall or elsewhere — including a memory and a photo of your annual visit in your Christmas memory book is crucial. In future years when your little kids are teens, these photos will make them groan — and make you grin.
Your Memory Book
You can make your own scrapbook and use your imagination, or you can order one that is intended to be a Christmas memory book. Most of these have enough pages to last for 20 to 25 years, plenty of time for your little family to make lasting memories.
Mystic Seaport Christmas Memories
: This beautiful memory book from Mystic Seaport ($38) has old-fashioned designs and gorgeous artwork on each page inside — and room for 20 years of memories.
Our Family Christmas Legacy Journal:
This Christmas journal available at Amazon ($10) will hold 25 years of your family's cherished holidays, with beautiful pages of artwork in a spiral bound book.
Christmas Journal: A 25 Year Christmas Diary:
With original artwork on each page, this paperback holiday journal is available at Amazon ($20) and also includes space to record 25 years of Christmas memories.
Christmas, the Holiday Journal
: Available in red or kraft brown hardcover from Journals Unlimited ($18), this spiral bound holiday journal has room for photographs, favorite cards and memories for 25 years.
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People who intend to migrate to Australia as a partner of an Australian citizen or permanent resident (or an eligible New Zealand citizen) may apply for one of the following visas at the Australian Embassy Moscow:
Fiance – subclass 300 Prospective Marriage
Partner – subclass 309 Partner (Provisional). This includes married spouses and de facto partners (including same-sex partners). A subclass 100 Partner (Migrant) visa may also be granted - this will be assessed by the case officer and no separate application is required.
You must be outside Australia when you apply for and also when granted a Partner (Provisional) or Prospective Marriage visa. You can be in or outside Australia when a Partner (Migrant) visa is granted.
Detailed information about Partner and Prospective Marriage visas is available from the website of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP): www.immi.gov.au
How to apply
The Australian Embassy in Moscow would prefer that you lodge your Partner visa application online. If you are unable to do so, you can send your application to us by mail or courier. If you wish to lodge your application in person at the Embassy, you will need to make an appointment through the Europe Service Centre. Please follow the links below for further information:
Health Requirements
All applicants for permanent entry to Australia must meet health requirements before the grant of a visa.
Please do not undertake health examinations until instructed to do so by your visa case officer.
Please do not contact your visa case officer to check whether they have received the results of your medical examination - your visa case officer will advise you if the results have not been received.
See: Medical Requirements
Processing Times
The service standard processing time set by the Australian Government for Prospective Marriage and Partner visa applications in Moscow is 12 months. However, due to an increased demand for Partner visa places in 2014, the Australian Embassy in Moscow will be able to finalise most applications in 10 - 14 months. Please apply as early as possible before the time you wish to move to Australia.
If you wish to visit your partner in Australia while your Prospective Marriage/Partner visa application is being processed, you can apply for a Visitor visa. Details on how to apply for a Visitor visa can be found here: Applying for VisasWe cannot guarantee that a Visitor visa will be granted, as every application is assessed on its merits.
Attention: Please do NOT take any action dependent on the grant of a visa before the application has been finalised - such as selling your home, purchasing air tickets, resigning from employment or paying costs associated with wedding preparations.
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If your Partner visa application is successful, you will be advised of the date you are required to enter Australia (your 'initial entry date') at the time of the visa grant. This is generally (though not always) within one to three months of the date of visa grant, and is usually linked to the validity of an applicant's health and character clearances. If you do not enter Australia before this date, you will have breached a condition of your visa and your visa may be subject to cancellation.
The initial entry date for a visa cannot be extended after the visa has been granted. If you are aware that you will not be able to travel within one to three months after the grant of a visa (assuming your application is successful) you should notify your visa case officer BEFORE your visa application is finalised, and indicate when you would be able to travel. An extension to the visa entry date will only be granted for up to three months, and only in very exceptional and compelling circumstances. If an extension is granted, you may need to undergo new health and/or character checks.
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All advice of visa decisions is sent to applicants and/or their agents by the method of correspondence indicated in the application form. If you have nominated your partner's address as the address for correspondence, we will send the advice of the decision to that address.
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Nexon's newly appointed CEO Owen Mahoney tells Reuters that his company is keen on acquiring North American IP to gain a better footing in Western markets. Nexon runs the still-popular MOO Maple Story and plenty of other online free-to-play titles.
"We continue to believe that North America is a big, big opportunity for us," Mahoney told Reuters in an interview his appointment as Nexon's new CEO was announced. "We want more access to IP and want to be more successful in the West with the kinds of games that will resonate with Western tastes. But we're also prudent about what we do, so if we see a good opportunity we'll definitely go after it."
Nexon certainly has the cash on-hand to do whatever it wants; the company reported a cash balance of around ¥138.8 billion ($1.4 billion) in Q3, and noted that it needed to improve its revenues from Western markets such as North America and Europe. Asian markets (China, Japan and Korea) accounted for 93 percent of Nexon's sales in FY2013, with North America representing a meager 3 percent of revenue.
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Mother helping parents cope with kids' drug abuse
Andrea Salzbrunn's life belonged to her children.
She was the first in line to volunteer in their classrooms, she planned snacks as a team mom and spent the majority of her days caring for their needs as a homemaker in Southwest County for more than two decades.
That's why the addiction that threatened the life she hoped for her family proved to be so paralyzing two years ago. Today, Salzbrunn is the founder of Temecula's Parent Support Group, where she helps parents grappling with the very question she asked upon realizing one of her children had a substance abuse problem:
"What did I do wrong?"
"There were many days where I felt everything I tried to do as a mom had failed," Salzbrunn said as she fought back tears in her new office in Temecula. "That's tough to wrap your brain around, and that's the common thread between myself and all the other moms who sit in these groups. You give birth to these children, you give them everything, and to think it's going to end up like this -- they are doing drugs and they could potentially lose their lives to these drugs -- it's not easy."
These parents, however, are not alone, Salzbrunn insists.
What: A counselor-facilitated support group for the parent whose child struggles with the substance abuse or dependency.
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That's where she, her husband, John, and counselor Felicia Durling step in with weekly meetings aimed at supporting parents as they piece their lives back together in the wake of addictions threatening to tear families apart. In fact, when Salzbrunn learned of the campus drug stings that led to the arrest of more than 20 Temecula-area high school kids in December, the 50-year-old homemaker-turned-community beacon immediately turned her thoughts to parents suddenly thrust into a world of juvenile court proceedings and rehab clinics.
Many of those parents, Salzbrunn said, likely heard for the first time that their high-school-aged children had become entangled with marijuana, cocaine, LSD, ecstasy and heroin. Some people who attend the group are parents of middle school have children with substance abuse issues, she said.
"This group is something that I've wanted to do because we've walked through it," Salzbrunn said. "We had a child who got into trouble with drugs, and we found that when we were searching for help, we as parents couldn't find any.
"That's the vision we have: To be a resource for parents who are filled with confusion and fear and all the things that come with the reality that your kid is using drugs. It's a very scary place to be."
Two years later, Salzbrunn said, she and her family are well on the road to recovery, largely the result of innovative thinking that she learned while working with Durling and the skill sets she shares in the weekly group, in one-on-one counseling and in the group's workshops.
Plenty of parents know about tough love. Dealing in absolutes, however, doesn't work with addicts, Durling said.
"One of the things we talk about is how to get your kids' hearts while still having boundaries at home," said Durling, who has worked in the field for more than 15 years. "I really want parents to know it's not that old-school, tough love. We give parents permission to still love their kids and support their kids while still incorporating boundaries."
That means reframing ultimatums to say that a child choosing drugs is choosing not to live with their parents. It's about having parents tell their children that their hearts are breaking over their children's choices instead of singling out their shortcomings, Durling said, and it's made a world of difference to John Salzbrunn, a 54-year-old retiree who is supporting his wife's new calling.


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Fitch Affirms Vodafone's Debt Ratings -- Warns of Negative Outlook
Published on: 4th Mar 2014
Note -- this news article is more than a year old.
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Vodafone's Long term debt rating at 'A ' and removed it from Rating Watch Negative (RWN), but warned that the outlook is negative.
The rating actions reflect that although Vodafone's leverage is currently low for an 'A-' rating, the planned expenditure on Project Spring over the next few years will push this metric towards the higher end of the 'A-' range and visibility over the return on these investments remains limited. The strategic temptation for Vodafone to continue to acquire European fixed line assets in order to reduce the potential threat from converged offers, and heightened potential for emerging market acquisitions are also factored into the debt ratings outlook.
Fitch warned that if these acquisitions occur, they could come at a time when headroom at the 'A-' rating will be significantly reduced due to the Project Spring investments.
Project Spring Payoff
Vodafone's plan to spend an additional GBP7bn in capex over the next two years could allow it to build a network quality advantage over its competitors, which could increase market share and over time, improve cash flow generation. Visibility of a return on this investment remains limited. However, Vodafone will need to be able to demonstrate to subscribers that a quality differential exists and the subscriber might have to be willing to pay a price premium for this network advantage, depending on Vodafone's competitors' reactions.
Potential Acquisition Risk
Vodafone says it takes decisions on European fixed-line infrastructure on a country-by-country basis and that it could obtain this infrastructure by buying an existing operator, building its own or agreeing a wholesale deal with an incumbent. Vodafone's headroom at the 'A-' level is likely to be significantly reduced over the next few years as a result of Project Spring. In addition to potential European fixed line acquisitions, there is also possible consolidation in the Indian market as well as other additional emerging market opportunities. All of these add acquisition risk to the rating.
Increasing Emerging Market Exposure
Post-Verizon Wireless disposal, Europe's contribution to overall group cash flow is continuing to decline, while the importance of Vodafone's emerging market business continues to grow. This exposes the group to higher degrees of emerging market risk compared with historical levels.
The two Indian tax cases and the uncertainty surrounding the 2013 Indian spectrum auctions highlight the unpredictability of these markets. The increasing exposure also exposes Vodafone to the threat of increased FX variability, although Fitch acknowledges the presence of offsetting local currency debt to help mitigate this risk.
Deteriorating Trends
Vodafone has experienced deterioration in organic service revenue growth in almost all of the company's main markets. While macro conditions and regulatory headwinds should begin to improve, there is still likely to be a continued drag on EBITDA over the coming few years and there is limited visibility over an inflection point in this trend.
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Advance registration ends March 7 for 'Free to Breathe' 5K in Innsbrook
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The second annual Free to Breathe® 5K Run/Walk will take place in the Innsbrook Corporate Center on Saturday, March 10. All proceeds help support the National Lung Cancer Partnership's vital research, education and awareness programs.
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The Kids' Fun Run starts at 9 a.m. The one mile memorial walk will then begin at 9:10 a.m. and the 5K Run/Walk at 9:20 a.m. For details and to register, visit http://www.freetobreathe.org
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The Asian American Society of Central Virginia will hold its 19th Annual Asian American Celebration on Saturday, May 21 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, 403 N. 3rd St. in Richmond, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free.
The theme for this year's celebration will be "Our Heritage," in recognition of May as the Asian Pacific American Heritage month, designated by the U.S. Congress in 1992. > Read more.
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Badger Sunscreen Recalled For Possible Microbial Contamination
According to the FDA, W.S. Badger Company is voluntarily recalling select batches of Daily SPF 30 Kids & Baby sunscreen lotions. The recall applies specifically to all bottles of Badger's 4-ounce SPF 30 Baby Sunscreen Lotion and one group of Badger 4-ounce SPF 30 Kids' Sunscreen Lotion.
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What the Fork expanded its fleet of trucks over the weekend with the addition of a new food truck nicknamed "the beast."
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"The new truck is a beastly looking thing. It's taller, wider, longer, bigger, badder, faster, and its all around a better truck for our business," Mr. Bevilacqua said. "It gives us more room to work inside and we want to do new things like incorporate a TV at the serving window for our schedule and menu or to play the game."
Mr. Bevilacqua said customers can expect to see the new truck on the streets in March.
What the Fork now has the original truck, "the beast" and one smaller van nicknamed "the little forker" which is used for catering.
They are also currently working to bottle their famed sauces, Mr. Bevilacqua said. The business currently has eight employees, but between the additional truck and the sauces, Mr. Bevilacqua said the business will be looking to hire approximately six new employees in spring 2014.
Mr. Bevilacqua said he plans to add a third food truck, establish a brick and mortar location, and work on franchising in the future. He hopes to have a permanent location in downtown Scranton by fall 2014.
"I'm looking for a permanent brick and mortar location, but not necessarily the typical brick and mortar," Mr. Bevilacqua said. "We're looking for one spot where we could put a stationary food truck that would remain there permanently and be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner."
Mr. Bevilacqua said the demand for What the Fork has increased dramatically since being on the national talk show.
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In an election year it seems appropriate that the Dragons would open their season against the Presidents of Quincy High School. Fortunately for Duxbury, they made a last ditch effort in the final two minutes of their inaugural game to overtake the newest Patriot League entry and escape with a 4-2 win.
Despite showing some early season rust from a lack of playing, Duxbury had the advantage in play, but couldn't finish. Jimmy Landry had the best opportunity for the Dragons when he was brought down in the penalty box on a breakaway, but watched his penalty kick sale wide of the Quincy net.
At the 27th minute of the first half, the visitors scored the game's first goal when they penetrated the Dragon defense along the end line and centered a pass across the goalmouth that was redirected past goaltender Danny McManus for a 1-0 lead.
It took just two minutes for the Dragons to get the goal back, thanks in part to a nice solo effort from Joe Carroll, who collected a loose ball, won a tackle and dribbled around the Quincy netminder to fire on net and tie the game at 1-1.
It was Quincy's turn to score four minutes later and they made it 2-1 when they collected a loose ball at midfield and dumped it over the Duxbury defense. The Presidents beat their hosts to the ball and fired a low shot past a diving McManus.
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They dominated second-half play, limiting Quincy to an occasional burst over midfield, and in the process wore down the visitors in the process.
With 16 minutes left in the game the hosts got even, as junior Dan Sangster was positioned at the far post and headed home the tying goal off a corner kick.
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GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - It's as important as packing your suitcase with the right clothing these days; you must pack your smartphone with the right travel apps.
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Nina Willdorf of Travelocity was our travel expert for this story. She says having the right apps on your phone helps you travel smarter, cheaper and easier all around.
She starts with one from toilet tissue maker "Charmin."
It's called Sit or Squat and it helps you find the best public restrooms.
She says it's also smart to have the app from the restaurant rating service Zagat.
"So what you can do is filter it by the type of food you want, the type setting you want, the neighborhood you're in."
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Forget about business class, luxury hotels, cash machines and convenience stores, some of those sites don't even have electricity and paved roads.
A little extra preparation is the key to a successful adventure. The Jakarta Post Travel offers these helpful tips to improve your trip.
Be alert
As a rule of thumb, stay alert when you travel to strange places. Be aware that traveling to remote areas in Indonesia might expose travelers to certain risks. Robbery and pickpocketing are common crimes in Indonesia, particularly on public transportation, traditional markets and anywhere crowded.
So, never leave your belongings unattended. Avoid wearing glittery jewelry and an expensive watch on public transportation. It is also wise to keep your fancy smartphones and DSLR camera inside your bag when you are walking in public places.
Talking to local people can benefit you, as they can share the dos and don'ts of local etiquette, things that you will not find on Google or in a tourism brochure.
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When traveling to remote places, pack light and take a backpack or carrier. Wheeled luggage can slow down your trip. If the trip includes exploring Borneo's lush tropical forest or scaling Rinjani's peak, a good pair of hiking boots is a good choice to keep your feet comfortable and dry.
The rainy season, which usually falls between November and March, can harm your belongings. Bring dry bags, and remember to cover your backpack with a rain cover.
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Money matters
Money changers are widely available across Indonesia, but in remote villages finding a place to withdraw or change money (especially for currencies other than US dollar) can be a major headache.
Therefore, it is better to load up on rupiah before heading to Indonesia's outer islands. Cash machines for international banks such as Citibank, HSBC and CIMB are commonly available in major cities and tourist destinations, but only limited local bank ATMs can be found in rural areas.
Don't count on being able to use your credit card when traveling to the country's remote villages.
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Even the best trip will not mean much if you are sick. There are some health considerations that you must look at ahead of your trip.
Food hygiene can be an issue when you are eating at street vendors. Lack of clean water and sanitation resources in remote villages can also lead to poor food hygiene. To prevent diarrhea, take immodium tablets or other like medicine with you. Keeping oral re-hydration packets in your bag is also a good idea.
Getting vaccinated for hepatitis A and typhoid before you reach Indonesia is a wise precaution. Various species of mosquitoes thrive in the tropics. In Indonesia, Dengue fever is a threat anywhere and Malaria still exists in several rural areas in Sumatra, Borneo, East Lombok and other eastern parts of the country. Malaria prophylaxis should be taken prior, during and after traveling to Malaria-risk zone to boost the immune system.
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Manpower A Case Study in Knowledge Management
Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Manpower is in a unique situation when it comes to knowledge management and sharing requirements because people and their knowledge are its products. "We don't have plants or equipment; we don't have inventory," says Chairman and CEO Mitchell Fromstein. "What we have are our 50 years of experience and success stories from people out there." Thus, the main goal of Manpower's knowledge management initiatives is to facilitate the real-time sharing of these stories and other knowledge to benefit both internal and external customers.
But perhaps the biggest difference between Manpower's and other organizations' knowledge management initiatives is that Manpower views these endeavors as marketing, rather than information technology or operations, projects.
Explains Jeffrey Joerres, senior vice president of integrated marketing, "It's all about how customers, both internal and external, view value from the company."
The Roots of Knowledge Management
Manpower's knowledge management efforts began approximately 15 years ago, even before the term was coined. "We didn't call it knowledge management in its early days," says Fromstein, "but the minute the term came on stream, we realized that's what we were doing."
Beginning in the mid-1980s, Manpower began to manage and store its information on customer accounts in bulky binders that were shipped quarterly to all 1,000 U.S. business units. While the binders effectively provided information to employees worldwide, they were costly to produce and quickly outdated.
Manpower supplemented these binders in 1994 with the Power Tools binder series, which provided detailed guidance on tools for cultivating business as well as shared "lessons learned." Power Tools helped Manpower discover that all of its global locations were experiencing similar challenges and that rework—which was occurring frequently—could be avoided if only the company found an effective way to share its knowledge.
Another early attempt at managing knowledge came in 1993, with the introduction of "Diana." Diana was a green-screen mainframe system designed to provide detailed customer information. Diana provided administrative options, a bulletin board, and a place where employees could share their success stories with other employees.
CEO Fromstein traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia to encourage employees to populate Diana with their stories. While employees bought into the initiative, it wasn't a widespread success—it was too big, too hard to grasp, and mainly encouraged the sharing of successes, not failures that could serve as lessons learned. In addition, Diana was technologically limited and was not successfully integrated into daily work processes. However, Diana paved the way for the knowledge management initiatives that are keeping Manpower at the top of its industry today.
A PowerBase of Information
Of the three main tools Manpower uses to manage knowledge today, PowerBase is the one that is used strictly internally. This integrated system houses the details of customer needs and requirements and temporary employee skills and preferences—and creates matches between the two customer groups. Created in 1994, the system is now being rolled out to Manpower's 1,600 North American offices.
"Manpower's vast network of offices and the consistent service they deliver is one of our greatest strengths," says Melanie Holmes, senior vice president responsible for service delivery. "Our customers expect and deserve seamless service throughout our network, and PowerBase is the vehicle we can use to ensure that seamless service."
That seamless service is made possible because of the extensive amount of data the system houses. "From an employee perspective," Holmes says, "PowerBase has everything we need from a legal and governmental perspective about an employee, plus their work history before they joined Manpower, their skills, their abilities, their preferences, their assignments with Manpower, and their quality ratings.
"From a customer perspective," she continues, "it has all the information we need to service the account. That includes rather mundane but very important information such as billing address and who the bill should be sent to, plus what their job requirements are, their preferences, and the skills they want from the people we send them."
PowerBase assimilates all this information about external and internal customers to create electronic matches for job assignments. Holmes stresses, though, since Manpower is in the "people business," the match is not made entirely electronically. "PowerBase provides the service representatives with a list of people who are appropriate for the job, and then they use some subjective criteria to make the right match," she explains.
All employees have access to the system. The front-line employees, or service representatives, who interview the temporary employees and take orders from customers, are "logged onto the system virtually all day, every day," Holmes says. All the different levels of management in the field offices, as well as anyone in the home office who interacts with customers, depend on PowerBase as well.
PowerBase Challenges and Successes
Manpower made the PowerBase development process as efficient and effective as possible by asking the system's future users for their input on its design. "We didn't sit here in our ivory-tower home office thinking that we knew what the field needed," Holmes says.
The challenge has largely been in implementing the system throughout the 1,600 North American offices. "We're not just changing one little tool in the office; we're changing the entire infrastructure," Holmes notes. "So we have to have offices rewired, buy all new equipment, install frame relay—it's a major, major infrastructure upgrade. Then, think about the training challenge we have. This whole change process, from a technology perspective and a people perspective, is a challenge."
But the challenges are proving to be worth the effort. "I haven't shown [PowerBase] to one customer who hasn't then decided to do business with Manpower," Holmes reports. "Our customers understand what this system is going to do to make the service they receive from Manpower better."
Virtual Account Management
In addition to serving internal purposes, Manpower realized that knowledge management offered external opportunities as well. "Large customers didn't have the complete picture of all they were doing with us," Fromstein notes. "They purchased and managed at a local level. At the same time we were trying to gather this type of information, our customers also had a thirst for this knowledge."
The first step Manpower took to meet this need was establishing a presence on the Internet. "When we saw the technology available to us," he says, "we did what most companies did. We created a home page. It was beautiful and filled with content. But it left us with an empty feeling because now what we had was a big maintenance task. Customers were coming at us saying, 'What are you doing for innovation?'"
In response Joerres and Fromstein came up with the concept for the Virtual Account Management (VAM) system, which would enable both Manpower employees and customers' employees to keep track of the accounts' activities. Then Fromstein generously gave the Marketing Department 90 days to develop the prototype.
A cross-departmental team of experts joined to create VAM, which is delivered through Manpower's server and accessed through the client's intranet. VAM gives both the customer and Manpower employees access to stories and detailed accounts of Manpower's relationship with the client through information provided by the Manpower account representatives. It is written in the terminology unique to the client's organization to create "customer intimacy."
Information put into VAM has to pass a simple test, Fromstein says. "My definition of what should go in here, at least at the beginning, is 'Is it gee-whiz? Is it compelling? Does it show success? And would it be of interest to others in the organization?'" Manpower also is careful not to include any sales-oriented or promotional information in the product, which could compromise its integrity.
While a staff of writers in Manpower's two Marketing Information Centers maintains the information, the global account manager for the client is responsible for gathering the stories and data to populate the system. Collecting the stories is perhaps one of the account managers' most important roles.
"People don't realize the successes they're creating as they go along," says Melissa Wheelehan, account manager for the global Hewlett-Packard relationship. "They think, 'This is just what I do for the customer.' They don't see it as having global implications."
But when those stories are put into the VAM system, along with all the other details about the customer's account, they can make a major impact on Manpower's ability to better serve the client.
"Virtual Account Management shrinks the world for me," says Wheelehan, who works out of a "virtual office" in California but spends most of her time traveling on planes to visit client sites. "When I'm asked a question, I can click on a section to find the answers. I can say, 'We had that challenge in the Bay area, and here's how that challenge was met.' For me, it's just an invaluable source of information."
Wheelehan points out that VAM shrinks the client's world as well. "In day-to-day life, you tend to be very myopic in looking at your own world," she says. "And as busy as everybody is, you don't have time to pick up the phone and say, 'Gee, I wonder what Joe Smith in Singapore is doing. I know he has a similar operation.' With Virtual Account Management, the customer can go in and see what the company is doing on a global basis."
Challenges and Successes with VAM
Although Manpower has encountered several challenges regarding VAM, development was not one of them. "Developing it was the easy part," Joerres says, "because culturally we were already doing these things, such as collecting stories for Diana." Implementation, on the other hand, has been difficult because Manpower has had to struggle with issues such as access beyond the customers' firewalls.
Keeping the content fresh is another tough issue. "We recognized right away that we needed a process in place to solicit stories from our team members and keep the information vital so that it isn't passe or arbitrary or doesn't matter anymore," Wheelehan says. "You can put the information up there, but if you don't add to it and take away from it, it just becomes a boring Web site sitting out there."
Although Manpower has created VAMs only for IBM and Hewlett-Packard so far, the company has been using the system to differentiate itself from competitors. "The Virtual Account Management system has become one of the most principal selling points we have," Fromstein notes.
While competitors could try to copy the system, they wouldn't have the information to populate it. "The main thing that makes it competitive for us is our bundle of experiences, which no one else has," Fromstein says.
Manpower knows it cannot create a VAM system for every company that wants one, so it plans to create an industry-specific knowledge system on a global basis. Companies currently are chosen to receive VAMs based on their geographical dispersion, complexity of service usage, and volume.
"The biggest risk is that we've let the cat out of the bag now, and our customers have expectations we need to meet," Joerres says. "We need to keep up with a program that's been very successful. Manpower has set an extremely high bar."
The Global Learning Center
Almost concurrent with the development of VAM was the beginning of an initiative to expand the way training was provided to Manpower employees. Throughout the past 20 years, Manpower has offered training to its employees in a variety of formats, ranging from classroom to paper to CD-ROM. The new Global Learning Center (GLC) delivers training to employees through perhaps the most convenient medium of the day—the Internet.
"While people will continue to come into our centers to take training, we recognize there is a new breed of worker out there—one who is very disciplined, very motivated, and wants to take charge of their own education," says Pam Brown, director of product program development and GLC project manager. "We recognize that not everyone can take time off of work to come in for training. So, by providing this to people over the Internet, they can take it in the evening or on weekends—any time that is convenient for them."
The main purpose behind the GLC is to be able to supply highly skilled workers to the company's customers. "It also keeps the employees current, it makes them employable, and they can continue to better themselves and upgrade their skills," Brown notes.
The Global Learning Center pilot, begun just recently, offers its more than 600 TechTrack courses on programs such as Java, Internet security, Oracle 8, SAP, and Lotus Domino—all of the newest technologies in demand by customers. "At the same time that we're offering the latest and greatest," Brown says, "we also make available to people the back releases of courses so they can update themselves on older technologies that might be required for a customer assignment."
While the pilot contains only information technology training, Manpower plans to incorporate professional development courses and its more than 150 Skillware packages—its proprietary training for office automation software products—into the GLC after its broadscale release.
Accessing the Global Learning Center is relatively easy. From a technological standpoint, users must meet some minimal software and hardware requirements, such as having at least Windows 95, either the Netscape or Internet Explorer Web browser, and at least a 28.8-speed modem. From an enrollment perspective, an individual may obtain a user ID and a password by submitting a résumé and filling out the simple paperwork at the local Manpower office. Then a resource manager from the office discusses the kinds of courses that might best suit that individual's career plans. The course registration information is sent by e-mail to the Global Learning Center administrator in Milwaukee, and that individual is registered to begin training within one business day.
"We did put some limits on the number of courses an individual can take at one time because we want these people to come back to the Manpower offices and let us know how it went, do they still have the same goals as when they started the training, and did they find they need something a little more advanced," Brown notes. "We want to make sure that we coach these people throughout the process, so we give them access to just a few courses at a time so we continue to dialogue with them and make sure the courses are meeting their needs."
Perhaps the most unusual aspect of this knowledge-sharing initiative is that it is offered free of charge to anyone who submits a résumé and fills out the paperwork. "This was a conscious philosophical decision made at the top of the company," Fromstein says. "The big picture is the people we keep, not the ones we lose—and we do a lot of business with the ones we keep. The incremental costs in these things are very low. Whether we train one or 1 billion with it, the costs are the same."
Further, it adds to the image Manpower has created and wants to sustain for itself. Says Joerres, "This is a strengthening of a sustainable competitive advantage that Manpower has in the global marketplace. This is Manpower as a training company."
Evaluating the Training and the GLC
The GLC offers employees access to not only training but also evaluation—an essential element if they plan to take their newly acquired skills into the workplace. Every course comes with a pre- and post-assessment test to help users gauge their skills.
The results are shared with the Manpower administrators in one of two ways. "Students can either take courses online over the Internet, in which case all of their coursework and assessments are tracked automatically for them," Brown explains. "Or, they have the option to download the courses to their hard drive, disconnect from the Internet, and then take the course from their hard drive. When they do that, they must just click a button when they log back on to upload that progress for us to have."
While the pilot contains an evaluation tool that surveys how effective the Global Learning Center is for these initial users, the effectiveness of the system eventually will be measured by the number of courses taken compared with the number of courses taken by people who then remained on assignment. "We want to increase the number of continuous assignments," Joerres says, "and hopefully we can correlate the two to show that people are staying with Manpower longer because we continue to upgrade their skills."
No matter what the numbers show, however, Manpower is committed to this project because the company believes in its worth.
"Every time we roll out a product like the Global Learning Center," says Brown, "not only do we win—it makes good business sense—but our customers win and our employees win. It's just a good thing for everyone.
"This is something that hasn't been done by much of anyone before," Brown concludes, "so we really have forged new ground in this area. We feel we are in on the ground floor with a product that is very solid but that will continue to improve over time as performance on the Internet improves and more capabilities become available. We're committed to incorporating those into the Global Learning Center in continuing to make it a better product."
What the Future Holds
Because Manpower's philosophy was to get these projects up and running as soon as possible, it has yet to extensively address several issues, such as measurement and knowledge coding or taxonomy. It also plans to address the language gap that occurs within any global organization, although all projects currently are created in English.
As far as lessons learned go, Fromstein is happy to report that he has no major ones to relate. "The little lessons come up every day," he says, grinning. "The big lessons have to have some sort of failure associated with them—and we haven't gotten there yet."
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PITTSTON - A city woman lit curtains on fire at the assisted living facility where she lived because she was upset no one would go for a walk with her or give her a cigarette, police said.
Charlotte Reaggs, 59, living in the Pittston Heavenly Manor at 51 N. Main St., said her feelings were hurt and that she wanted to hurt everyone and kill them, so she decided to set the curtains on fire in the downstairs hallway, police said.
Officer Dion Fernandes said there were 51 residents and seven staff members in the building on March 1 when Ms. Reaggs lit the fire, according to the affidavit.
Assistant District Attorney Stephen M. Lentz ordered Ms. Reaggs to be mentally evaluated at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Two days after her evaluation, Ms. Reaggs was charged with arson, reckless burning, criminal mischief, 58 counts of risking a catastrophe and 58 counts of recklessly endangering another person. She remains in Luzerne County jail on $25,000 bail.
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RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. (WFMY) - The Randolph County Board of Education voted this week to remove all copies of Ralph Ellison's "The Invisible Man" from school libraries.
A Randleman High School parent filed a complaint about the book. She says the book's themes and language are too filthy for teenagers.
In a statement to the board, Kimiyutta Parson wrote, "And clearly, no one truly read through this book before they allowed it to be placed where young teenagers could freely check it out of your library."
The "Invisible Man" is about the struggle for African-Americans in the early 20th century. It was on the school system's summer reading list.
Last year, Guilford County parents protested to have Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" banned for its "mature content."
The Randolph County Board of Education will meet again next Wednesday at 5 p.m. to reconsider their decision.
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Linux enthusiasts gathered in San Francisco to learn about new tools, new initiatives, and even a new license.
The usual crowd of vendors, programmers, reporters, and Linux enthusiasts gathered at the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco for the US West Coast LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. Organizers expected a turnout of around 11,000 visitors with 180 exhibitors on the show floor. Most of the usual companies were in attendance – including HP, IBM, Intel, Novell, Oracle, Red Hat, and Sun, as well as many smaller vendors. Some new names were also in evidence, including interesting tools such as Splunk, a log file management tool, and Black Dog, a tiny Linux device that piggybacks itself onto a host system by pretending to be a CD-ROM drive. Even Microsoft couldn't stay away. Although the Redmond giant kept its head low, Microsoft was around the fringes of the event, handing out invitations and squaring off with Google in a geek trivia game.
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Love stories as fodder for music videos are a dime a dozen, more often than not a thinly-veiled reflection of the artist's own romantic travails. Justin Timberlake is, historically, no stranger to this tactic, but for his latest clip, he's taking the personal story in a new direction.
Coinciding with the long-awaited release of his long-awaited new album, The 20/20 Experience, JT has dropped the music video for the second single off the record, "Mirrors", which features an incredibly moving (though obviously stylized) homage to his own grandparents! "For William and Sadie", as the clip proclaims in its opening, an elderly couple look back on a lifetime spent together, where they know each other so well and are such a part of the others' very souls that they are, quite literally, mirrors of each other. Awww.
The video also includes an extended epilogue sequence wherein Justin finds himself in a funhouse of mirrors chasing (or being chased by) an enigmatic female figure. His very own feminine side perhaps? Hmmm, deep, JT!
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Nippon Ichi Software are best known for their work on the Disgaea series, along with several smaller franchises. Today their Western branch, NIS of America, announced that four new games are to be localized to both America and Europe.
First up is the JRPG developed by Compile Heart, Fairy Fencer F. This PS3 game has music composed by the great Uematsu. The game is set to come out both in physical and digital form at some point in 2014.
The 2ndgame has been announced comes right off the heels of its critically acclaimed prequel. Yes, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair for the Vita is coming to the West. This game will also release in both physical and digital formats, and is expected to hit this fall.
The third game is Battle Princess of Arcadias. BPoA is a side scrolling beat-em-up action RPG for the PS3. The game will feature English subtitles and Japanese Audio. It's set to come out in 2014 as a digital download only.
The final announcement was for the enhanced version of NIS's Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisted for the PlayStation Vita. The game is set to come out this summer in both a physical and digital formats.
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LOS ANGELES Sales of motorcycles and scooters shifted into high gear last year when gas prices soared. Then recession-wary consumers hit the brakes.
Now, like so many other industries, the makers of two-wheeled, fuel-efficient bikes are relying on tax breaks offered in the federal stimulus package and other incentives to get sales moving again, while easing gas consumption.
"Even before we quote the price, we tell people how much they can get off the bike," said Jeff Bosco Biafore, a salesman at the San Jose Motorsport Scooter Center in Northern California.
Under the stimulus plan, the same provision that lets taxpayers deduct sales and excise taxes on the purchase of a new car or truck also applies to a motorcycle or scooter. They also can get a 10 percent federal tax credit if they buy plug-in bikes.
Before the federal incentives kicked in Feb. 17, California offered a $1,500 rebate for certain electric scooters, but there were so many applications that funding for the $1.8 million program for alternative fuel vehicles ran out.
Recently, state air quality regulators approved an additional $5 million in grants for plug-in cars and motorcycles.
With a new job that stretched her commute from 10 to 40 miles a day, freelance film and television editor Cindy Parisotto says she is considering an electric scooter to reduce her commuting costs and carbon footprint.
She's interested in an electric scooter from Vectrix Corp. that has a top speed of 62 mph and a range of at least 35 miles per charge. She would need to charge the bike everyday, but Parisotto says she figures her electricity bill will be lower than what she spends on gas.
The $10,000 bike also comes with a $450 rebate from the company, meaning she could save about $2,000.
Manufacturers and dealers say it's too early to tell whether the incentives are making a difference in sales.
One analyst says the tax breaks, especially for non-electric models, aren't enough to make a difference.
"It's a bit of a break, but it may not be enough if you lost your job or if there's a lot of pressure on your paycheck," says Robin Diedrich, senior consumer analyst for Edward Jones. "You don't buy a motorcycle because of $300 in tax savings."
The cost of a new scooter ranges from $1,000 to $10,000, while motorcycles can cost anywhere from $3,000 to more than $10,000, depending on the model.
Scooter sales reached their highest annual level ever last year at roughly 222,000, largely due to soaring gas prices, said Ty van Hooydonk, spokesman for the Motorcycle Industry Council.
Dealers say sales might have gone even higher if manufacturers could have made more to keep up with demand.
"Business was insane, we couldn't get bikes in the shop fast enough, and in the summer we had 30 to 40 people on the waiting list," said Mike Frankovich, owner of NoHo Scooters in North Hollywood.
Since then, gas prices have dropped to about half of the peak national average of $4 a gallon.
In the first quarter of this year, motorcycle sales fell 30.5 percent while scooter sales plunged 36.7 percent, compared to the same period last year, according to the Motorcycle Industry Council.
Those sales generally dip during cold winter months, and the discretionary nature of such purchases makes them easier to delay.
The tight credit market has also made it harder for potential buyers to finance purchases.
Still, shops and manufacturers are promoting the savings made possible by the stimulus package and other incentives.
NoHo Scooters is posting fliers explaining how much buyers can deduct on their income tax forms next year. The San Jose Motorsport Scooter Center is proclaiming the savings in newspaper and online ads and on posters throughout the store.


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Documentarian Amy Rice ("By the People: The Election of Barack Obama") was the lucky (?) filmmaker chosen to attempt to shoot Lindsay Lohan's recovery for the docuseries "Lindsay," premiering this Sunday, March 9th at 10pm on Oprah Winfrey's OWN. Winfrey interviewed the troubled starlet after her latest stint in rehab in August of last year, which lead to the two agreeing to make the eight-part series documenting Lohan's experiences as she moves back to New York and tries to maintain her sobriety.
The trailer for the series, below, suggests that Lohan isn't anywhere near ready to have this process put on the screen -- halfway through, Rice appears to note that they were supposed to film that day, but were being kept out of the actress' apartment by her sober coach. "This is exactly what everybody said was going to happen," Winfrey says while heading to meet with Lohan and tell her that she needs to cut the bullshit. This being OWN, one has to expect some kind of uplift as this goes along, but certainly the footage below is very uncomfortable.


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The Way of Perfection
by Saint Teresa, of Avila
No current Talk conversations about this book.
For anyone of any religion who wants to understand the struggles of a mystic recounted first hand. This one is more St. Teresa's "How to do" book.
LC classification: BX2179.T4 C3 1929
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A very beautiful book on the way of Christian living as understood and practiced by St. Theresa of Avila
Have read Way of Perfection, but not this study edition. Should be very good, helpful.
This is a very readable, even domestic, work from a 16th century Spanish mystic. I have somehow not read her before, other than some brief excerpts, and I gather that this is not representative of her more mystical works. Steeled for something more like St. John of the Cross, it took me awhile to get used to her tone. Once I did, though, I found her an engaging thinker who uses some wonderful images and extended similes to make her points.
The book was written at the behest of her fellow nuns as an instruction in prayer. The first third of the book is dedicated to preparing oneself to pray, and thus it talks about virtues like humility at length. The last two-thirds is an extended analysis of the Lord's prayer, going through each clause in detail. It is in this section where Teresa's greatest writing and thinking is to be found.
All in all, I enjoyed reading this book. I feel more prepared now to read some of her more mystical books in the future
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Of all of Teresa of Avila's works, The Way of Perfection is the most easily understood. Written at the height of the controversy surrounding the reforms Teresa instituted in the Carmelite order, it instructed the nuns in the practice of prayer. Teresa discusses the three essentials of a prayer-filled life -- fraternal love, detachment from material things, and true humility. Her counsels on these are the fruit of her practical experience. The book develops these ideas and takes up directly the matters of prayer and contemplation. Teresa gives various maxims for the practice of prayer and concludes the book with her masterful and impassioned version of the Lord's Prayer. "How is it that Thou canst give us so much with Thy first word?" she says of the "Our" at the beginning of that prayer.
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Does anyone know where I can find wavy window glass? Are there any companies that are still making this type of window glass? Terry
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Try a store that sells stain glass supplies, there are many or check with a local window installation company for some old glass they've removed. Old glass was wavy because it was rolled, commomly used in wooden storm windows.
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As I have posted in other answers, you need to be very carefull cutting the glass because it will be very brittle.
You could look at antique deales but, it will cost you.
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Do a search for Bendheim and restoration glass. They have a store in New jersey and NYC. It is made in Germany and they are the US distributors. anyone else is a retail remarketer and likely to be more expensive. This glass runs about three times the price of modern sheet glass.
I shall have several sheets or panes of wavy glass available shortly when the windows are replaced in my very old farm house. My location is Grafton, WV
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