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American Legion post holds 'stand down' for homeless vets
Members of the community gathered at American Legion Post 426 in Alvarado Friday to distribute winter essentials to homeless veterans in Johnson County.
The event, called a "stand down," was a first for Johnson County.
"In the military, troops do a stand down when they are preparing for a mission," Angie Soliz, president of the auxiliary unit, said. "This stand down is preparing our homeless veterans for the winter months. We want to give them winter clothing head-to-toe with a sleeping bag and a blanket."
The legion hall was filled to the brim with donated duffel bags, jeans, coats, boots, sleeping bags and blankets. While picking up their new items, veterans were also treated to a hot meal, along with snacks and hygiene packs to take with them.
In Johnson County, there are over 1,000 homeless veterans, Soliz said.
"There really aren't a lot of facilities in Johnson County to meet their needs," said Soliz. "The unit participated in the Cowtown Stand Down last year. We saw it was so successful there that we wanted to bring it to Johnson County to see if we can help our hometown people."
The American Legion strives to take care of the men and women who have served their country, Soliz said.
"We are really committed to helping our people," said Soliz. "We take in displaced veterans for Thanksgiving and Christmas. If they don't have a means of cooking, we will cook them a holiday meal and take it to them. If they can cook, we will give them a gift card to a grocery store so they can go buy their stuff. We also give them gift cards for their children's Christmas presents."
Rooster Jackson, an Air Force veteran, said the American Legion helped him out when he retired from duty in 1999.
"I've been a member here for over 10 years," Jackson said. "The legion feels like home to me."
Jackson said that often, if is hard for homeless veterans in Johnson County to get to downtown Fort Worth to get the help they need.
"There are some good programs in the area, put on mostly by churches and a few shelters," Jackson said. "Like anything, those are temporary so they can't stay there all the time. At some point, they have to leave and that is where they start to run into trouble."
Jackson made it clear that despite these veterans being homeless, they are desperate to improve their situation.
"They do try and get out during the day to work," Jackson said. "They want to work and make a better life for themselves. They don't want to be homeless. They want to be productive."
Reverend Kathryn Fasci, director of veteran services for Johnson County, said the VA needs to do more for it's rural-based veterans.
"The VA is tied into Dallas, and a lot of the homeless vets in this area can't get to Dallas because they don't have transportation," Fasci said, noting she's seen veterans living in their cars and in sheds.
"Those veterans need help right away," said Fasci. "There is just a lot that is needed. The VA has made efforts, but they need to do more outreach for those who live in rural areas."
American Legion Post 426 is planning another "stand down" for December 11. If you would like to donate to the next "stand down," please call the post at 817-790-0997.


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Less than 350 entries remaining for the Deep RiverRock Belfast City Half Marathon
23 August 2018
Less than 350 entries remaining for the 6th Deep RiverRock Belfast City Half Marathon on Sunday 23rd September 2018!
Whilst we have our final entry deadline of midnight on Friday 31st August 2018, we are set to sell out before this.
In order to avoid disappointment, we would advise anyone who would like to enter...please do not leave your entry until the deadline.
This year is set to be our biggest year yet with around 4,000 participants setting off from Ormeau Embankment in 5 weeks time.
Our popular mainly flat and fast course remains the same as last year so it's perfect for your first Half Marathon or to seek a new PB!
For more details on this event or to sign up click here.

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How did we get here?
You can easily take a plane from Bangkok, Phuket, Ko Similan etc. or you can (as we did) take a night train from Bangkok.
It was very convenient to take a train during night. I slept whole journey like a baby (it takes about 14 hours). And don't be scare it is very safe there. We couldn't get tickets in first class, but the second class was good enough.
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai is both a natural and cultural destination. The city centre retains a 'small-town' intimate feel and houses numerous historical temples and attractions within walking distances of each other.
Just under half an hour's drive, Chiang Mai's verdant countryside and mountains offer limitless possibilities for nature explorations as well as visits to many fascinating ethnic hill-tribe villages.
Doi Suthep
Doi Suthep is a constant part of life in Chiang Mai. A Thai saying goes, "If you haven't tasted Khao Soi or seen the view from Doi Suthep, you haven't been to Chiang Mai." This regal mountain overlooks the city from the northwest, providing commanding views from its summit.
The highest peak in the park is Doi Pui which tops off at 1,685 meters (5,528 feet), making it the eighth largest mountain in Thailand. The forest is also home to a variety of wildlife, including many small mammals and birds as well as the rare Crocodile Salamander, which is only found in four places in Thailand.
Wat Chedi Luang
Wat Chedi Luang's massive chedi (pagoda) was built sometime between 1385 and 1402. At its peak, the chedi measured 60 metres across at the square base and 80 metres tall and was once the home of the Emerald Buddha, Thailand's most sacred religious relic.
Day Trip in Chiang Mai Area
We stayed in Chiang Mai almost a week. During this period we have booked different trips. The furthest will be in separate posts (Trip to Chiang Rai and Doi Inthanon Nation Park) but reportage from the trip in Chiang Mai area will be below.
The day trip was including:
-visit in Tiger Garden;
-Workshop "How to make eco-paper from an elphant's poo-poo?"
-Trekking in the jungle;
-Visit in botanic garden;
-Rafting and Elephant ride;
My opinion about Chiang Mai
I have really enjoyed staying there. Chiang Mai is known as a perfect place for "back packers". There is completely different style than in the South or Bangkok. The prices are also lower due to less tourists. If you like hiking, trekking, rafting, mountain biking-Chiang Mai is the right place.


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Millions of women, men and children in developing countries cannot change the circumstances in which they are living by their own efforts alone because they are being denied basic political, economic, social and cultural human rights: Around a billion people worldwide go hungry; they are being denied the right to food. Sixty-seven million children – more than half of them girls – have no access to primary schooling; their right to education is being disregarded. The list could go on and on… more - Human rights – A key prerequisite for development
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Many people derisively refer to Valentine's Day as a "Hallmark" holiday, invented and popularized by commercialized interests in the greeting card, floral and...
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What is the Latent Amusement-Muddlement Equation (LAME)? IT humor, for sure.
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Keeping time, from sticks in the ground to Stonehenge to the atomic clock
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Shelter WA welcomes today's announcement from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to make $250m available to community housing providers nationally.
This announcement from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation shows the application of an innovative financing model to increase the supply of environmentally sustainable social housing.
The Council on Federal Financial Relations Affordable Housing Working Group should be looking deeply into the work of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to gain a better understanding of how its model of providing concessional finance could be applied to investments in social housing more broadly.
This investment will create access to a new source of funds for community housing providers, deliver environmental benefits in terms of reduced emissions and, most importantly, lower the energy costs and improve the comfort of low income tenants.
Shelter WA said this program will allow community housing providers to access finance to build new energy efficient, affordable housing as well as retrofit existing buildings to reduce the energy bills of tenants in older buildings with low energy ratings.
Retrofitting could include switching to LED lighting, updating household appliances, installing solar panels and improving insulation.
Shelter WA looks forward to working with the WA Community Housing Sector to maximise their participation in this program.
Western Australia has a high level of unmet need for social housing, with some people waiting up to ten years to be housed in the public housing system.
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Moleskine Writing Collection: the family is getting bigger!
VIDEOImprov Everywhere's latest project, Say Something Nice.
"Tamiya Put It Together." A set of print advertisements featuring conspiracies around Elvis Presley, Roswell, the Moon Landing, JFK's assassination, and Marilyn Monroe's death.
Hexagonal-shaped tabletop elements formed this honeycomb-like table, called the Cloud table. By Lorens.
Short film by Lisa Eisner in which Alice Waters expounds on the inspiration guiding The Edible Schoolyard.
VIDEOProtein's video profile of Matt W. Moore, founder of MWM studios.
Beautiful bespoke letterpressed stationery by Eva Slade.
FEATUREDThis week's delicious roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious includes homemade California rolls, citrusy pomegranate sangria and decadent chocolate peanut butter birthday cake.
Beautiful geometric scarves from String Theory.
Wood camera iphone 4 case from PhotoJojo.
FEATUREDSea Lions ~ they are living the life underneath the Santa Cruz wharf! You can wander right up to them and they even balance on the pylons under the wharf!
Journey into the backwoods of Oregon with the Shwood crew to construct a community hideaway in the trees. The over sized nest is intended to inspire others to make the trek into the woods surrounding Mt. Hood.
Sensing the Future. Designers 'feel' the future and Whirlpool envisages it through concepts that reinterpret traditional forms and turn them into emotional rituals, transforming through technology.
Artist and architect Li Han of Atelier 11 charts Beijing's changing urban landscapes through manically-detailed isonometric drawings.
Riccardo Tisci designed the artwork for Jay-Z and Kanye West's collaborative album 'Watch The Throne'. The deluxe packaging printed on gold mylar with Tisci's patterns, includes an 18 panel poster.
This wildly cantilevered cafe by Steinbacher Thierrichter is an addition to a town hall built in the 13th century.
INTERVIEW: Severed snake tails, speech bubble constellations, and troubadour birds populate the alchemical dreams of UK-based artist Nick Sheehy.
Charles Bergquist is not your typical director and photographer, he has a very unique style that combines vivid colors with elegant imagery.
Plank, a film by Billy Polls that follows a 15 year old skateboarder through his day-to-day routine in preparation for the Damn Am in Amsterdam.
A portable stool/shelving system from Noon Studio.
VIDEODigital Alphabet in Stone. Great video for type lovers by studio autobahn.
Maximo Riera (who gave us the Octopus Chair) is at it again with this beautiful Rhino Chair that will be on show at 100% Design London.
VIDEOParking can be tough, but June Bum can give a helping hand. Cute short films in which giant hands seem to conduct the world.
The London Honey company sources local honey from around the city, cut straight from the hive, honey in its most natural state. A most delicious treat!
Hemiplanet's The Cave tent is a breeze to set up with the use of five modular, double-layer air beams that inflate in under a minute.
Check out this time lapse video that spans eight years in ninety seconds. It shows the construction of the 9/11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan, which opens this September.
FEATUREDConcept Cars filled the putting green at Pebble Beach for Concours D'Elegance, take a peek at the McLaren MP4-12C GT3, SSC Tautara, Lamborghini Aventador, Porsche 918 RSR, Jaguar C-X75, and much more.
Alicia Eggert and Mike Fleming use clock hands to create the words Eternity every 12 hours.
Artist Kris Verdonck transforms the first floor of a contemporary art gallery into a garden housing some of Belgium's most invasive species.
Mind bending public art piece by German collective Inges Idee with a great description of how it was conceptualized and fabricated.
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Delicious London steak restaurant Hawksmoor will be releasing a cookbook, "Hawksmoor at Home" this October. Beautiful cover!
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Lovely piece of street art spotted on the streets of Soho.
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|Lilypad dress (Vogue 8766 in White Tree Fabrics' lace)
|I swear that hem is straight in real life.
This project is part of a White Tree Fabrics blog series linked to the Great British Sewing Bee's new series, which I think most of you will have been watching. I've loved it, but the series seems so short! Is it really usually this short? Word has it that the GBSB contestants are going to use a lot of White Tree fabrics in the lace challenge. I'm wondering if I'll spot my lace! There are a group of bloggers making garments with the laces featured on GBSB. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else has made! White Tree Fabrics very kindly provided me with this lace and satin for this project, along with the pattern, Vogue 8766.
I decided to make view C, the strapless, full skirted version. I recently realised I don't have very many fancy frocks in my wardrobe, and this seemed to be the perfect chance to change that!!!
I do regret that didn't have the time I would have liked to spend on this project. A bit like the GBSB then! Having an actual countdown of hours and minutes must be so stressful. I'd hate that. I'm slow! So, I went ahead and toiled the bodice of V8766. It needed a lot of fitting work. No biggie, most patterns do, but just as I was about to hack into my traced pattern and start adjusting, I realised I had JUST completed a lot of fitting work on an almost identical princess seamed strapless bodice (Butterick 4443). Doh! At least I realised at this point and saved myself a lot of time. So this is my convoluted way of saying that this dress does look exactly like the pattern envelope of V8766, but it is actually the bodice of B4443 with the skirt of V8766 (which is a circle skirt, but I was glad to have the pattern pre-drawn rather than having to do the piece-of-string-tied-round-a-pencil circle drawing).
There are so many beautiful lace dresses out there. I just adore the feminine, fancy look of lace. I pinned about one hundred lacy ideas here - I would like them all please.
This particular lace is quite heavy, is corded and has a pretty scalloped edge. It would've been nice to use the scallops on the hem but obviously that's impossible with a circle skirt. I tried using them along the neckline but it looked a bit weird! While we're on the lace, I have to say I was really impressed with the quality. This is £9.25 per metre, which I think is excellent value for money. I'm very tempted to buy some of the red and make a fiery backless number at some point.
I am quite new to working with lace, but you might be seeing a lot more of it here soon (hint). I tried a bit of lace appliqué initially, to hide the princess seams, but I couldn't get it right, and the corded lace is quite thick. So I followed the pattern and sewed the lace and underlining together in the princess seams. I'm not sure Patrick Grant would be happy with my decision but I don't mind! Most RTW lace frocks I've seen are sewn this way, and quite pricey ones at that.
The underlining is lightweight satin. Both fabrics behaved well, but presented their own challenges. My tips if you're working with the corded lace:
- thread trace the seam lines of your pattern. It takes a long time but is much more accurate and is really the only effective way of marking this type of fabric!
- the lace will stretch on the bias (quite a lot). I hung my dress overnight before hemming so the circle skirt could drop where it's on the bias, and didn't expect the lace to drop very much, but it dropped a lot.
- be careful with the iron! I burned a hole in my hem trying to press it. Oops.
And the only tip I have for the lightweight satin is to pink everything if possible, even if you're finishing the seam another way afterwards. It frayed like a good 'un.
I moved the zip to the side, and decided to put in a lapped zip. Under normal circumstances I would have liked an invisible zip but that would have been absolutely impossible with the thickness of the corded lace, so I went lapped. It's a bit bumpy in the end but I'm happy with it.
My underlining hem wouldn't win any prizes, but it's the underlining so I'm not losing any sleep over that. I love a circle skirt but man I hate hemming them. Especially when there are two to do in one dress! I did a (far from perfect) baby hem on the satin by machine, and turned up a 2" hem on the lace and sewed it by hand. I much prefer hemming my hand, even if it does take hours on a circle skirt. The lace has so much give in the open parts of it that it's easy to ease it in when turning up the hem.
Anyway, I've gabbed enough. Can't wait to see the GBSB final and see who wins!
I'll leave you with some more shots of my lovely purple lace dress. I adore it. Now I just need an occasion to wear it!


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The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030
International Day of the Girl Child (#DayoftheGirl) is celebrated annually on October 11 to highlight issues concerning the gender inequality facing young girls. This year's theme was "The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030."
There are nearly 600 million girls aged 10 to 19 in the world today, each with limitless individual potential, however they are disappearing from public awareness and the international development agenda. Between inequities in secondary education to protection issues, adolescent girls are uniquely impacted and should benefit from targeted investments and programmes that address their distinct needs. Investing in adolescent girls can have a formidable ripple effect to create a better world by 2030. It's in our hands to empower adolescent girls with the knowledge, skills and options they need to reach their potential.
On 11th of October 2015, we the WoMoz of Uttar Pradesh celebrated International Day of the Girl, a day when the world comes together to address the challenges that girls and young women face everyday. So we decided to make this day count. This was not a planned event, it was like a day before I just got an idea to do something on this day. I immedaitely picked up my cell and dropped a msg to the WoMoz of Uttar Pradesh. Since, this was a last minute plan so I expected the least number of participation but 4/7 WoMozUP agreed to join me for the cause. I immediately assigned the task to be done. Sneh, one of the active WoMoz of our community took the task to speak to an Ngo/orphanage/shelter home of adolescent girls and made sure that it is done. Jyotsna started designing the cover pic for the #dayofthegirl. Everyone was excited and was fully involved in doing their respective tasks. I started working on the agenda and the planning of what to do the next day. While working on the agenda suddenly somthing flashed across my mind and it was the thought by Nelson Mandella, "It is through Education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor."
The best way to empower a girl is through education! "Education is Lifesaving." If you want to change the world, invest in an adolescent girl. An adolescent girl stands at the doorway of adulthood. If she stays in school, remains healthy, and gains real skills, she will marry later, have healthier children and earn an income she will invest back into her family.
Some facts:
• Girls are 6x times less likely to get married as children if they have access to secondary schooling.
• In India, only 1 in 100 girls reaches class 12
• If India enrolled 1% more girls in secondary school, its GDP would rise by $5.5 billion
We decided to educate them, motivate them, empower them and help them in developing the right set of skills they need. We were all set for the day. This was another #WoMozUP initiative to celebrate the International day of the girl child. We reached the shelter home by 4 and started to interact with the girls since they were feeling timid. We made the girls comfortable by talking to them in person and then later asked them to sit in a semi-circle. I started the session by asking them what is so special about the event? As expected the answer was, "Sunday". The girls didn't know what was so special about the day. I started the session by telling them what is so special about the day, why are we here and what we want from the girls to do after we leave. After a short intro about the day, I began to talk about the Women leaders who are changing the world and helping shape the future of girls. I could see the the exhilaration in the eyes of the adoloscent girls as I was sharing the motivational stories. They all were content to listen to the stories of the young women leaders and we could see that they aspire to be like them. Now it was time for the girls to tell about themselves and what they wish to become. They started opening up by telling us their name and shared their abmbition with us. I was amazed to listen that more than 50% of the girls want to be a Doctor or Engineer. After knowing their ambition and desire I shared the importance of education is our life and how it is lifesaving. I told them how power of education helps us in fighting with every difficulty and challenges.
Subsequent to the knowledge, I asked them to draw something based on this year's theme, "The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030." Sejal, helped the girls in the drawing activity. Jyotsna was the photographer for the day. The incredible pics which we see is clicked by Jyotsna. Sneh very well managed the logistics and made it possible for us to do this session.
Special thanks to the WoMoz of Uttar Pradesh for showing up at the last minute and made this event successful. It would have been impossible without the help of the awesome Women of Mozilla Uttar Pradesh.


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Over the last year or so I (Laurel) downloaded several short stories by Stephen Huff from amazon UK. Huff writes science fiction shorts that I would put on a par with Asimov's in terms of their exploration of concepts, whether social or scientific. Considering the variety of settings, and Huff's application of topics to each setting, I am impressed by Huff's imagination and the way in which he tells his stories. It should be noted that these are generally not pleasant stories. Most have a dark side to them; perhaps an examination of the darker side of the human mind. For convenience, I'm giving these all a 4-star rating, as they are good.
Judgment on Rylox 5 – It's a terrifying future war on a far away planet unspeakably hostile to human life. While the slaughter is wholesale and nearly complete, the soldiers of this combat will find they have more to fear from their own kind than the enemy.
Survive as best you can, but be careful what you say.
The Wrong Side Of Backwards – He recently returned from an uneventful patrol in near space of the solar system. Though he recalls nothing odd about the voyage, something has gone terribly wrong. Standing before a mirror in his home, he realizes he has somehow found himself on the wrong side of backwards.
Everybody knows how mirrors reflect everything backwards. Right? An insightful short story.
Castaways – Having crash landed on a forgotten and hostile planet tucked away in a distant corner of the galaxy, the ragged, starving remnants of a once-promising colonizing voyage struggle to survive themselves and the harshest conditions nature can throw at them. Each future generation depends on the sacrifices of the generations gone before and a single taciturn cyborg.
Lost on a far away, frozen rock. Who will stock the freezers for the coming darkfall? An insightful short story.
Emerald Planet – This is a tale of reality television run amok, of daytime programming in the bloody Roman Coliseum. Survival is the game and vast wealth the reward. But what of the hapless individuals tossed together into competition? Can they retain their humanity and still do what it takes to win?
Fun and games in the depths of a hostile rain forest. An insightful short story.
A Friendly Visit – Mike and Ron arrive at their favorite fishing hole of an evening with plenty of bait and plenty of beer and plans to catch the usual mess of fish while exchanging vivid stories and bawdy jokes. It's their weekend ritual. This trip, however, will be significantly different for unearthly reasons. By the end of the night, one of them will have to return home alone to explain the mysterious disappearance of the other.
Two buddies swilling beer and fishing. Along came a stranger. The ultimate tall fishing tale and an insightful short story.
Bridgehead – Landing in the most desolate and sparsely populated continent on Earth, these foreign invaders would capitalize on a long and agonizing winter to hide their preparations for invasion. By the arrival of spring, they would establish an undeniable bridgehead on the planet.
They came from a long, long way away. All they need is a toe-hold on our planet. An insightful short story.
A Paradox of Distance – It is a machine void of machinery, a probe constructed of light and energy, sent on a distant errand of discovery into the farthest reaches of the cosmos. There, it will find the beginning is the end, and it will learn that the largest and smallest of things share a common origin.
Strange ponderance of space and time. An insightful short story.
VOX – His wife is a nag. His life is an unfulfilling failure. He only has one thing going for him, his personal computer. When he installs a mysterious operating system that promises personal companionship, his fate takes a deadly turn, and he can no longer imagine living without his newfound love, VOX.
The gift for the guy who has nothing. An insightful short story.
That Last Door Standing Wide Open – In an age of genetic modification and radical experimentation, one scientist is playing with the concepts of immortality as confined within a machine. He will ultimately succeed in his quest, but he will leave that last door standing wide open and a chimera will wander through it into a strange and foreboding freedom.
The monkey wears a suit complete with bow-tie and wingtips. Should he open that last door? An insightful short story.
Contract K-117 – The planet teems with unwashed masses and the wealth of the top one percent is greater than the worth of the remaining ninety-nine percent, combined. This disparity of worth has reduced the vast majority of humankind to the status of commodity. A global lottery determines who dies and who lives forever.
They're rich and powerful. He's poor and unknown. They want his organs. An insightful short story.
Out-World – A special agent sent out-world to recover a woman who knows something she shouldn't, something that could change the future of all human kind. Theirs is a race against time and the odds do not favor their success. Can he get her to safety before a powerful enemy liquidates her?
A desperate mission through the depths of space. They must get out-world to survive. An insightful short story.
The Boy, The Girl – In the ravaged aftermath of an apocalyptic future war, a pair of twins struggle to survive, feeding themselves with tossed-away scraps and rumors of a better place. When his sister dies a hungry, lonely death, the boy vows to learn the truth. He will brave monsters of the wasteland to find sanctuary. If it exists, at all.
It's a long way to go, but hope is the fuel to fire his heart. An insightful short story.
The Violent Kind – Tired of the endless lies of youth and the unfulfilled promises of adulthood, one man decides to put reality to the ultimate test. Standing in line at a bank to make a final withdrawal with a handgun in his pocket, he remains unconcerned when a gang of criminals burst into the lobby. After all, they still believe in the lies he has long since abandoned, and he is the violent kind.
He's bound to snap, the violent kind. Sometimes goodness spoils the bad. An insightful short story.
Zuzus Petals – The ZuZu is a futuristic time clipper, a spacecraft capable of zapping backward and forward in time. As it embarks on its latest combat mission, one of the crew smuggles a forbidden keepsake onboard. It's a rose-shaped medallion given to him by his youngest daughter. After a spectacular military victory, he finds the petals missing, along with the entire population of his home world. Can he alter space and time to return his family to the present as he remembers it?
The smallest things count in large amounts, given sufficient time. An insightful short story.


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Life for a Newtown Parent, One Year After the Massacre
The father of the youngest victim talks about life without his son.
Noah lighting Hanukkah candles on December 13, 2012, the night before he was killed.
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"I sent three children to school this morning. Only two returned."
That was our friend Lenny Pozner's unimaginably heartbreaking text to us last December 14, after we'd called and texted repeatedly to ask if he and his family, who lived in Newtown, Connecticut, were safe.
"He was a perfect child," says Pozner, a soft-spoken man in his mid 40s whose only son, six-year-old Noah, was one of 26 people, including 20 children, murdered by a madman who shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School that mild December day. "He was kind, smart, and full of life—just perfect in every way. He was my son—we had a special connection."
Noah's cherubic face—with his huge hazel eyes, long eyelashes, and heart-melting smile—quickly became one of the most recognizable images associated with the tragedy. He was the youngest child murdered, having recently turned 6, and, like all the children killed, was a first-grader. "He was in school; he was where he was supposed to be, at his desk," says Pozner, "and somebody decided, 'You don't get to live anymore.'"
Pozner and his wife, Veronique, still relive that day, and Pozner remembers clearly the "regular" night before. "I was 'Mr. Mom,' for half the week, because my wife and I were separated at the time and we shared childcare. It was a typical Thursday night. We did homework, I cooked dinner, the kids played, Veronique dropped in on her way home from work to watch them take turns lighting the Hanukkah candles. Then I bathed them, and Noah fell asleep on my arm." Earlier that evening, Pozner recalls, "I was working at my desk, and Noah, who had been playing video games, stopped playing, and, out of nowhere, ran over and jumped in my lap, kissed me on the cheek, and said, 'I love you, Dad.' It was almost as if he knew we wouldn't be seeing each other again."
The next morning, "like most days, the kids didn't want to get out of bed, and I had to rush them along. On the drive to school, we listened to Noah's favorite song, 'Gangnam Style,' and we were a few minutes late." Pozner told his children to "have a fun day" and watched as they made their way into school. It was the last time he'd ever see Noah's beautiful eyes, which were so much like his own. "He got out of the car, kind of juggling his jacket and his backpack. That's the last image I have of Noah: walking along the path, juggling to get his brown jacket on."
Pozner was at the gym when he got the call. "I finished at about 10:30. When I got my stuff out of the locker, I saw a couple of automated messages from school, voicemails from Veronique, voicemails from friends." All the Pozners knew at this time was that the school was on lockdown, and Veronique, who was at work 45 minutes away, and Lenny, who was 20 minutes away, raced to the school, amid the sounds of sirens and the sight of rescue vehicles.
"It took maybe five minutes to locate both of my girls," Pozner recalls, "but it felt like a lot longer." Still, there was no sign of Noah. Pozner's older daughter told him that all the children were asked to close their eyes as they exited their classroom, but she "peeked."
As they continued to search for Noah to no avail, the Pozners were instructed to go to a back room in the firehouse. The mood there was somber and, as religious leaders, including a rabbi, priests, and other clergy, began to gather in the room along with the governor, fear turned to dread and then to despair. "There was the sound of continuous crying," Pozner remembers, "like a long, continuous wail." For hours, he recalls, "we were kept in the dark by authorities about the true nature of the horror we would all have to face. At one point, I remember Veronique saying to the governor, 'You have to level with us! Is it a morgue up there? If my son is in there, I want to cover him.'" Soon, the room was filled with state troopers, FBI, and other law-enforcement personnel. "Then we were asked for details about him so they could identify him."
A year later, Pozner, a one-time Dobbs Ferry resident, and his family—his wife (with whom he reconciled shortly after Noah's death) and two young daughters, including Noah's twin—have yet to truly grieve, let alone try to begin healing.
It's not that they don't cry, that they're not devastated, that they're not often still numb, still hoping it's somehow all a nightmare from which they'll awaken. In fact, the shock and horror of Noah's death, and the day-to-day challenge of living without him, have so traumatized Pozner, an IT specialist, and his wife, a registered nurse, that they both had to take extended time off from work. "I kind of go in and out of time," is how Pozner explains the surreal nature of it all. Though he is thankful that his two daughters survived the mas-sacre, one of the things that haunts him is the idea that "we could have lost all three children; their classrooms were near each other, all in the same corridor."


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Postgame Press Conference
(Head Coach Tracey Dorow)
Postgame Press Conference
(Kelsey DeNoyelles, Tricia Principe, Lindsey Pettit)
Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's basketball squad sent its senior class out with a bang on Wednesday (Feb. 22) night as FSU recorded a 61-51 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) home win over visiting Hillsdale at Wink Arena.
The contest marked the final regular-season home game of the year for the Bulldog women, who will host a GLIAC Tournament Quarterfinal Round contest in Big Rapids next Wednesday (Feb. 29).
As part of the regular-season home finale, the Bulldogs honored three seniors in Tricia Principe (Kalamazoo/Mattawan), Kelsey DeNoyelles (Mt. Pleasant/Sacred Heart) and Lindsey Pettit (Portland) following the action as part of "Senior Night" activities.
The senior trio, which led FSU to the school's second-ever GLIAC North Division Championship this campaign, provided plenty of highlights in their final regular-season home games in the building.
After FSU had taken a five-point halftime lead, Principe became only the 15th player in school history to notch her 1,000th career point in the second frame. She finished the contest with 10 points, six assists and two steals.
Pettit made her first start of the season on "Senior Night" and led the Bulldogs with 13 points in the game. DeNoyelles also made a strong contribution in the lineup by scoring four points and pulling down four rebounds as Ferris State improved to 19-5 overall and 16-2 in the GLIAC.
The Bulldogs limited Hillsdale to only 36.2% shooting for the game, including only 31% in the opening 20 minutes of action. The Chargers hit five-of-19 (26.3%) three's and four-of-six (66.7%) free throws.
Meanwhile, Ferris State hit 46.2% (24-52) of its field goals and was five-of-14 (35.7%) beyond the arc along with eight-of-11 (72.7%) at the free throw line.
Ferris State posted a decisive 41-26 advantage on the boards and had 10 offensive rebounds to only six for the Chargers, which led to a 16-5 margin in second chance scoring.
Besides Pettit and Principe, the Bulldogs had one other player reach double-figure scoring as sophomore guard Sarah DeShone (Elkhart, Ind./Jimtown) totaled 11 points. She also dished out five assists while Principe had six as part of FSU's 16 total helpers.
Bulldog sophomore forward Nikki Arner (Ludington) contributed eight points and a game-high 10 rebounds in the victory with freshman forward Christina Branch (Grand Rapids/West Michigan Lutheran) contributing six points, eight rebounds and two blocked shots.
FSU finished with five steals and four blocks in comparison to Hillsdale's seven steals and one blocked shot. The Chargers handed out 10 assists.
Chelsea Harrison paced Hillsdale with 17 points in the game while Lea Jones added 13 points and four assists in 37 minutes of action. Angela Bisaro had nine points in relief off the bench.
All 11 Bulldog players saw action and played at least five minutes each as FSU outscored the Chargers 17-9 in bench production.
Finally, Ferris State turned the ball over 17 times to 12 for the Chargers with Hillsdale owning a 12-8 advantage in points off turnovers. FSU totaled 28 points inside the paint to 22 for HC in a game that featured six lead changes.
Ferris State will visit Grand Valley State on Saturday for its last GLIAC regular-season matchup this campaign. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. (ET) inside the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena and the contest will be carried live online only by the Bulldog Sports Network at www.FerrisStateBulldogs.com.
Game Notes: FSU has clinched a GLIAC Tournament berth and will host a quarterfinal-round matchup on Feb. 29. Pairings will be announced at the conclusion of regular-season play this weekend .... FSU is currently ranked fourth in the latest NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Rankings announced today ..... Ferris State improved to 34-23 all-time against the Chargers, who had won 11 of the last 18 matchups overall entering the game ..... The victory was FSU's 13th in its last 14 contests this campaign.


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Until six or seven years ago I ran a British political blog which generally opposed the appalling pseudosocialist tyrannies of Blair and Brown. It did reasonably well, ran for a few years, and racked up a reasonable score. I never much cared for stat porn, feeling that if one person in the whole world were to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest what I had written, it would matter much more than twenty thousand people clicking, gawping, masticating apathetically and immediately clicking away, but I was told that the numbers were good ones.
I note that Julia M and Cats still have links to my old blog, which I closed down owing to medical difficulties; bless you both. My old character, the sort of tweedy, Middle England sort of a chap who might have been played by Arthur Lowe, succumbed to these medical difficulties and is no more. Having in that rôle been only an average human, I have now been reincarnated as the kind of water-bird that some might walk all the way around the other side of the lake to avoid.
The reason for all this historical flannel is a troll.
On my old blog I never managed to attract the attention of anything more than the usual amateur-hour keyboard terrorist anxious to exhibit his (it's usually a 'his') repertoire of invective. However, I followed, and still do, the blogs of those who, while hardly promoting the smoking of tobacco, vigorously oppose those who seek to restrict its use and sale. The grand masters of this order are still Snowdon, Puddlecote, Davis and Leg-iron, though others often provide backing vocals.
It was this sort of blog which first attracted what seemed to me to be a professional troll; one whose dedication, targeting and resources immediately suggested to me that he was being paid by the health-nazis to stir it with their critics.
Things moved on, as did I. But now I'm back, and it looks as though this individual never went away. Instead, he seems to have broadened his target group, from anti-anti-smoking blogs to those of anyone who opposes the sort of nanny-state of which I still believe he may be a paid employee, or even those of anyone who knows anyone who does.
The plot appears to be thickening in that on 3 September national treasure Anna Raccoon (who is so hard she makes nails look like spaghetti) posted a piece describing a personal encounter with a couple of people who, by a series of technical investigations, had been put, as we say in Peckham, 'in the frame'.
The result of her 'bold, unexpected, positive and effective direct action' seems to have been a piece posted on 5 September on the uncompromisingly named …Is A Cunt blog (abbreviated ISAC), which now confidently names the individual confronted by the fearless Raccoon.
My points are these:
First that I still maintain that 2000 or more access attempts using 700-odd servers is not the mark of the amateur, and that I believe that the individual responsible is being paid or otherwise supported in what they do;
Second that had ISAC named an innocent, that party would by now have gone to law to have the allegation taken down, which does not seem to have happened;
Third that perhaps owing to my lifelong enthusiasm for Conan Doyle I would, on the basis of La Raccoon's account of the incident, suspect strongly that it is the wife, and not the husband, who is the troll.


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Common Route
- Use knife
- Run
- Play harp
Character Route
Good Ending
- Where did we meet before?
- No, I won't run away.
- I'm sorry for asking.
- Play harp
- My friend is hospitalized here.
- Thank you so much
- Grab onto Demento
- He's my friend…
- Mochi with grape filling
- Both versions of you are cool
- I don't want to go home, though.
- I wish I had been by your side
- I'm glad you're safe
Merry Bad Ending
- Title Screen → History→ Radius Route → Chapter 7
- Kazuha's Almighty Level 5
- Radius' Affection 0
- I missed you
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He is a former startup founder, management consultant and research lead. He founded tech and non-tech companies, which he ran as its CEO. He consulted Dax-listed companies on organisational development and team building. As a research and project lead, he managed public funded research projects on the intersection of internet, politics and society.
Jan holds an advanced degree (M.A.) in Political Science, Economics and Business Administration from Stuttgart University.


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Conventions in Antigua
Antigua Guatemala is an outstanding choice for all types of congresses and conventions. The Colonial City of Antigua in Guatemala is one of the world's most unique locations for congresses and conventions. With modern conference facilities, outstanding hotels and a great variety of restaurants, Antigua has the infrastructure necessary to hold large and small conventions. Because Antigua is located only 45 minutes from Guatemala's international airport "La Aurora", it offers a convenient location free of the noise of large metropolitan areas and almost no traffic.
Conference guests can stroll from their hotels to meetings, along cobblestone streets lined with adobe houses and colonial buildings. Antigua offers museums, colonial ruins, art galleries and cultural events to occupy conference goers in their free hours. They are equipped with modern audio-visual equipment, and can easily arrange other services, such as translations. In addition to conference centers in hotels, several of Antigua's monasteries and convents have been adapted for conference use. In total, conference space for as many as 3,500 people is available in Antigua.
With a hotel capacity of about 600 rooms, the city offers excellent accommodations in all price ranges to suit every taste. Naturally, Antigua is where world leaders stay when are visiting Guatemala. Both United States President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton chose Antigua hotels during their visit to Guatemala.
As everyone who has attended a conference knows, informal meetings where people can exchange information and renew old friendships are just as important as the main events in the conference rooms. Antigua Guatemala offers lots of lovely places for private conversations and dining. Guatemalan Dishes and International Cuisine is elegantly served in colonial courtyards draped with bright bougainvillea flowers.


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Last weekend, LSU players gathered at teammate Christian LaCouture's apartment to watch the BYU-Portland State game. As the Cougars offense struggled to gain traction against its FCS competition, its SEC-opponent for this week was watching. Despite those struggles, that may play into coach Kalani Sitake and his Cougar's favor.
Not many outside the state of Utah are giving BYU much of a chance to beat LSU. The cougars are 13 point underdogs in the game. That said, history could be on the cougars side. BYU is 6-5 all time against six current members of the SEC. And the cougars have two big week 1 victories over Power 5 opponents on neutral fields: 14-13 win over Oklahoma ('09) and 18-16 win over Arizona ('16).
This year's BYU team is bolstered by a staunch defense, especially up front, that is coached by second-year defensive coordinator, Ilaisai Tuiaki. Across the ball, LSU's offense is undergoing a bit of a makeover. The Tiger's new head coach, Ed Orgeron, made it a top priority to bring in a top-rated offensive coordinator, Matt Canada from Pittsburgh. Known for its bruising, power rushing attack, this season, LSU is searching for its offensive identity. The Tigers lost its top running back Leonard Fournette to the NFL, but the talent level doesn't drop off, as the tigers feature Heisman hopeful, Derrius Guice, who has missed parts of the last week with minor injuries.
This spring, LSU's offensive line was expected to be a strength. Since then, the tigers have lost 11 players to attrition, five of them from the offensive line. Starting guard Maea Teuhema's suspension and transfer was probably the biggest loss. During fall camp, the tigers have been forced to rely on contributions from walk ons to run drills and scrimmages. BYU's front seven against LSU's ailing offensive line is a match-up that favors the cougars.
In 2016, LSU allowed 19 sacks on only 298 passing attempts. The tigers offensive line has been compared to road graders, but when it comes to pass blocking, LSU's offensive line sometimes struggles without many true tackles. After attrition LSU only has three true offensive tackles on its roster: Sr. K.J. Malone (son of Utah Jazz F Karl Malone), Jr. Toby Weathersby, and Fr. Austin Deculus. LSU will use converted guards at tackle to shore up their depth, which provides opportunity for Sione Takitaki and teammates to get pressure on LSU's quarterback, Danny Etling.
Last season, BYU missed Takitaki, who redshirted while working through off-season issues. Takitaki has returned to the line-up with more focus, and that is paying off with two sacks this past week against Portland State. BYU returns 61.5% of its pass hurries from 2016. In an injury-plagued season last year, LSU's Etling struggled against competition that put pressure on the quarterback. During the off-season, Etling had shoulder surgery and reclaimed the starting role according to Orgeron this past week.
If there is a trademark of Ilaisai Tuiaki's defense, it's the ability to create turnovers. BYU was #2 last season in turnovers gained and #7 in turnover margin in the FBS. Last week, the cougars got a late fourth quarter interception by safety Zayne Anderson that helped seal the win.
Across the line of scrimmage, LSU will be running its new Matt Canada offense for the first time against opposition. Canada's style involves pre-snap motion in order to create NFL-like personnel mis-matches. The tigers will be attempting to do this with a relatively inexperienced receiving corp. After starters D.J. Chark and Russell Gage, the remaining LSU receivers have amassed only 10 receptions across the group. Offensive coordinator Matt Canada promises that the new-look offense won't resemble the old one.
LSU's offense struggled during its rain-shortened spring game, and there was disagreements over how much of the new offense was installed over the spring. Struggles by LSU's new offensive scheme and limping offensive line could force the tigers into situations that favor BYU's ability to take the ball away from its opponent. Swings in the turnover battle could give the cougars a short field.
Orgeron announced this week that LSU will be without its leading defender Arden Key, who has been sidelined all camp by a shoulder injury that required surgery. Also, LSU's prized NG recruit, Tyler Shelvin, was only recently allowed to begin practicing with the team, but is academically ineligible to compete this season. The tigers have faced injury and turnover to the NFL draft before, but this year's LSU front seven will be high on talent and light on experience.
Unlike LSU, BYU's offensive line has been more steady. Returning four of five starters, the cougars' offensive line anchors BYU's offense. Sr. center Tejan Koroma leads this unit that will be blocking for a running back by committee. Gone from last season is cougar-legend Jamaal Williams. Jr. Squally Canada got the most carries last Saturday, and ended just two yards short of the century mark. Canada and his fellow runners will look to take pressure off quarterback Tanner Mangum. If BYU is able to exploit their advantage against a young LSU defensive line, the BYU ground game could help lead the cougars to victory over LSU.
BYU isn't intimated by LSU. After all, the cougars have beaten SEC opponents before. With a thin and ailing offensive line, BYU's defense could lead the cougars to the win over the Tigers by shutting down LSU's new offense, pressuring the Tigers into turnovers and taking advantage of the short field to score points through its rushing game. If BYU can win these battles, the cougars can top the tigers.


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Monday, January 23, 2012
Never Thought it Would be This Hard
Two endocrinologists and one year later, my blood work as done once again. My doctor couldn't figure out why my blood sugar readings were so normal, but my A1C was at an 11.7. They tell diabetics to strive for under 6. It was a Friday morning I had my appointment. I forgot to charge my phone that night, so it died. When I got to work at 5:00, I put my phone on the charger and realized I had six messages from my doctor urging me to call him. Of course, office hours were past time, so I called and left a message. Although I was nervous, I decided I would call first thing Monday morning. That let me sleep that night.
Saturday morning, my husband and I received a phone call from my doctor. "Charli, you need to go to the emergency room right away. Your blood sugars are in the 700 range" he said. "I will call them and let them know you are coming, but cancel all your plans for the day."
He believed I had Ketoacidocis.* The ER checked me. They found few ketones, but they did find what my doctor had suspected for months: I had Type 1.5 Diabetes, or LADA**. Which meant my pancreas slowly stopped producing insulin until it decides to just quit. Every once in a while, we believe my pancreas is still trying to crank out the insulin, making it very difficult to take the insulin I need without overdosing and getting low blood sugars. (I had never experienced lows before. They are scary.)
They also found that my kidneys were damaged from the Type 2 medicine I was on, along with my liver. This was even better news.
What this meant was that I would never be able to go without insulin injections again, unless in some wild dream they came up with a cure. This made me incredibly scared.
I told myself, as well as my husband, lots of friends and family, and the doctor that I NEVER wanted a pump. Call me vein and crazy, but I was afraid what I would look like in a bathing suit, and in a formal dress. I didn't want to connect it. I knew nothing about my disease. I thought if I was going to have a pump, it meant I was doing something wrong and I would never be able to be independent from my disease. I was scared people would see it and judge me for having a pager. I remember joking with a kid in high school and calling him Insulin Boy. (Sorry Brad.) I was afraid of the cost and stipulations. I was afraid of having sex and knocking it off. I was afraid my husband, with his fear of needles, would never want to touch me again. I was afraid I would never be the same and no one would look at me the same. I was just scared.
Then I met Jess. She had a pump. And she got me thinking about it hard core. She introduced me to the DOC and they reached out to me and told me stories about their pumps. They told me funny stories. They told me scary stories. They told me painful stories. And they told me "Thank God for my pump and CGM*** " stories. They showed me pictures that made me cry, gasp, and wince. But it was what I needed.
About a week ago, I decided it was getting closer. I started doing research and asking more questions to the DOC. I looked at all the pump companies and saw what they offered. I looked up assistance programs. I called my insurance to see what they covered--after my $1200 deductible, they covered 50-80% of the cost. Which means still, I'm looking at 1200-2500. I called my parents for help. I looked up studies to participate in. I looked into refurbished pumps and pumps from other countries that might be cheaper or help me better. I even looked at alternative medicine methods for a cure for diabetes.
Tonight, I talked to my doctor. Together, we decided I would go with medtronic. I have no idea how much I'll have to pay yet. Dr. G is giving the representative and counselor my information and we will set up a date in the next two weeks to get this bad boy in.
I have been crying all day. I'm still scared of everything I was before. But now, I know it will give me a better quality of life than I have been having the past couple of months. It won't make everything perfect, but it will regulate me more. I am excited for that. I am excited that my husband, my parents, my friends and some other family members are very supportive. And I am excited that I will have a new "pancreas." I am excited I won't have to carry my brief case of insulin any more. I am really excited I won't have to prick my fingers as much. Thats the best part.
I know I can do this. I have a lot of help. My doctor is awesome. And I ask a lot of questions. Plus, it will be around the time of JDRF**** in KC so I'll have physical support from people that are normally my electronic communication support.
I can't believe how little I knew at the beginning. I probably still know nothing. But at least I'm learning. I'm learning about my disease. I'm learning to take care of myself-both physically and mentally. I'm learning what this will do for me. I'm learning to forgive myself for not being perfect. I'm learning to love myself with diabetes. I'm learning I can do this.
*Wikipedia: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a potentially life-threatening complication in patients with diabetes mellitus. It happens predominantly in those with type 1 diabetes, but it can occur in those with type 2 diabetes under certain circumstances. DKA results from a shortage of insulin; in response the body switches to burning fatty acids and producing acidic ketone bodies that cause most of the symptoms and complications.[1]
**Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults (LADA), also known as, Diabetes Type 1.5, is a term coined by Tuomi et al. in 1993 (Diabetes 42:359-362) to describe slow-onset Type 1 autoimmune diabetes in adults. The Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus (Diabetes Care, Volume 30, Supplement 1, January 2007) does not recognize the term LADA; rather, the Expert Committee includes LADA in the definition of Type 1 autoimmune diabetes ("Type 1 diabetes results from a cellular-mediated autoimmune destruction of the beta-cells of the pancreas. In Type 1 diabetes, the rate of beta-cell destruction is quite variable, being rapid in some individuals (mainly infants and children) and slow in others (mainly adults).") The National Institutes of Health (NIDDK) defines LADA as "a condition in which Type 1 diabetes develops in adults." LADA is a genetically-linked, hereditaryautoimmune disorder that results in the body mistaking the pancreas as foreign and responding by attacking and destroying the insulin-producing beta islet cells of the pancreas. Simply stated, autoimmune disorders, including LADA, are an "allergy to self."
***WEBMD: CGM A continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) is an FDA-approved device that records blood sugar levels throughout the day and night. There are several approved devices -- Medtronic's MiniMed device, DexCom, and the Navigator, for example -- that can provide up to 288 blood sugar measurements every 24 hours. The system is used to measure an average bloodsugar for up to three days, while the person with diabetes continues daily activities at home.
****JDRF http://www.jdrf.org/
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Hi CharliReplyDelete
And you're right you can do this, you're not alone and it's ok to be scared of things that are new and can have such a profound impact on your life and those who care for you...
Don't worry about the future, just focus on what you need today... tomorrow will get here eventually and you will have all that you have learned from today to work with.
Not to mention that you are not alone in this
What a ride you've had so far. The pump is amazing and I hope you find that it makes things much more smooth for you. I'm glad you have such a great support system (and more importantly that you know how to use it). Once you get started on CGM, please come share your thoughts.
I wish I knew more about this a year ago, where the hell have I been, how did I miss this?! Well you know I'm here now...and at least you know there's someone out there who knows less than you do about it all! But I'm willing to learn :) Hugs!ReplyDelete
I just want you to know that you scare me half to death. But that's good because I have been a lot more conscious of my own diabetes as a result. Even having seen my father deal with his own diabetes most of my life, it just never really hit home. So, just in case you were wondering if you were making a difference anywhere, you are. I'm so sorry you have to deal with all of this.ReplyDelete
You are so strong! I love you, and I am here for you always and forever! ♥♥♥ReplyDelete
you, my friend, are an inspiration. truly. i mean that.ReplyDelete
i am so proud of how far you've come in such a short amount of time.
and yay medtronic! i'm biased though. i love them. ;) let me know if you have any questions.
Charli, I have to apologize to you. Maybe because it was so long ago that my grandma and aunt both got diagnosed, and their circumstances were different, and you know my mom played it down so we wouldn't worry. Maybe because you're so strong and you never complained much, and I could never imagine anything getting the best of you. But I didn't understand how hard all of this had to have been for you. I just want you to know how proud I am of you. You're handling everything like a champ. And remember, you're moving a lot closer to your extra family- anything you need, ANYTHING, all you have to do is let us know. You don't even have to ask, just let us know what needs done, we want to help you. Lol, in fact, I think mom is secretly just dying to come take care of you. I'm sorry you're going thru all this buddy. But it's going to get so much better.ReplyDelete


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17 June (Part 2) - It's the cuts stupid
you live in the deprived North West corner of Bexley one of the things you have
to get used to is no Refuse Recycling Centre. If you need to get rid of
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you can without being in Dartford, or as far south without crossing the border
with Bromley and the cost in time and fuel rarely makes that wothwhile. Is it any wonder that the area is
blighted by flytippers?
In the whole of my 27 years living in Bexley I have not once been to either of their recycling centres.
I went to Bromley's once (with a Bromley residents rubbish) and wasn't asked for any ID but Greenwich council which has a dump in Abbey Wood are wise to such things. Personally I find that everything goes in the wheelie bin if you chop it up small enough.
But in two weeks time Sidcup residents will know what it is like to live in Abbey Wood, on Wednesdays anyway. From that day the Footscray dump will operate a six day week. It is part of the budgetary cuts recently agreed in council with which you apparently wholeheartedly agreed.
£50,000 chopped off the recycling budget, more than enough to spend on unnecessary extra councillor allowances. Less rubbish pays for more rubbish.


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How to spot the signs of type 1 diabetes, plus what to do following a diagnosis.
Dr Ellie Canon busts the most common myths about the condition.
Diabetes is a condition that makes someones blood sugar level to be too high which is controlled by the hormone insulin.
The World Health Organisation predict that within 20 years, 650 million people worldwide will have diabetes
Knowing your measurements is a great way to keep track of your body. We show you the ones you should be recording.
Everything you need to know about diabetes and blood sugar
Exercise plays a key role in treating diabetes. How does exercise improve diabetes?
Diabetes doesn't just affect your lifestyle
Around 3 million people in the UK have diabetes – and the number is growing. Find out what causes diabetes and if obesity is to blame.
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Here are a few of RIGBY'S KARATE ACADEMY's instructors and other staff members, starting with :
Mrs. Judy Rigby started her karate training in 1973 under her husband Reese Rigby in Dover, Delaware. She did this with the intention of spending more time with him. She became her husband's first Black Belt in December of 1977. She will be the first to admit she was not a natural athlete, and although the moves did not come easy for her, she had a lot of determination and just loved to train!
In the late 70's and 80's she became one of the top fighters in the Mid Atlantic region. She was very instrumental in getting the Black Belt Women Divisions out of the "back rooms" at tournaments and into the center stage with the Black Belt Men.
In 1991 Judy and Reese Rigby had the honor of Grandmaster Uezu staying at their home during his U.S. Tour. This gave her a new insight and respect for the art of Isshinryu Karate. Since that visit, Judy and her husband have entertained Grandmaster Uezu an additional six times in their home in Delaware and have traveled to Okinawa, Japan three times, in 1992, 1995 and 2002 to train with Grandmaster Uezu. In 1992, Judy and Reese Rigby traveled to Okinawa Japan to visit Grandmaster Angi Uezu, to practice Isshinryu Karate in its homeland, and to participate in the dedication ceremony of the re-opening of Shuri Castle, which was destroyed during World War II. As part of a group of 27 of Grandmaster Uezu's senior students from the United States, and in addition to other Isshinryu karateka from various locations around the world, Judy & Reese Rigby performed with the group in a demonstration of Isshinryu forms for the audience as part of the ceremonies.
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35 Totally New Free Fonts for your Designs
In typography, a font is traditionally defined as a quantity of sorts composing a complete character set of a single size and style of a particular typeface. For example, the complete set of all the characters for "9-point Bulmer" is called a font, and the "10-point Bulmer" would be another separate font, but part of the same font family, whereas "9-point Bulmer boldface" would be another font in a different font family of the same typeface. One individual font character might be referred to as a "piece of font" or a "piece of type".
Sometime designers find it a difficult to get the right font that will be perfect for a certain site. They may not like to use the traditional fonts and want to do experiments with the fonts. There are many smart, attractive and professional looking free fonts over the internet. It's difficult to go through each of them. To make your life easier, we selected 35 Totally New Free Fonts for your Designs. These new and free fonts could be used widely by the designers who like to do something new and creative. All these fonts are modern and have a very professional look.
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Rex is a font family with three weights – light, bold and bold inline – that was designed to create unique titles on the fly. It's all caps font, but there is a difference between both – caps & small caps (see in the examples). Applicable for any type of graphic design – web, print, motion graphics etc and perfect for t-shirts and other items like posters, logos. Cyrillic version is included. Have fun!
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2. EXO Free Font
Exo is geometric sans serif font family. Its design started almost two years ago as way to discover typography in a more advanced way. Exo is a very complete font family, it has 9 weights both in regular and true italic versions. Each font comes with a lot of opentype features such as small caps, ligatures, alternates, oldstyle figures, tabular figures, fractions, and more. Exo is a successful Kickstarter project. Now you can use this font for free.
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3. ARVIL Font
Arvil is a strong, condensed display Sans Serif font. It has strong lines with rounded, soft terminals, to produce a strong, yet friendly letterform. Available in all caps with numerals, punctuation and also a wide range of symbols, Arvil is versatile and sure to deliver your next message with style.'
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4. That's Font Folks!
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The Kabel free font is a new contemporary display typeface designed by Mathias Nosel. He started playing with Photoshop in 2002. Studied from 2007 to 2010 graphic & design in Munich and working until now at Serviceplan Munich. One of most successfully ad-agencies in Germany. In his free-time Mathias often working for fun projects like "The Kabel Font". This font is not useful for long texts. With this font you can design nice topics. Have fun!
The Kable Font
7. Bispo Free Font
Bispo is a script typeface made inspiring on italic chancery calligraphy, with a flat nib pen and a module of 10 pen widths. I decided to make this typeface after months studying calligraphy, to allow everyone be able to create pieces with a charm of calligraphy, taking advantage of the Opentype features. There are also alternates and swashes glyphs to use as you want.
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8. Free Font: FV Almelo
This is an all caps condensed rounded free font. The capitals in this font are the standard glyphs, when a character has an alternative you'll find it using lower case
Free font: FV Almelo
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Villa Didot – A Christmas Present
11. Haymaker
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12. Noticia Text
13. Lorena Free Font
14. Static Free Font
Static is contemporary free font constructed with strong geometric forms in monospaced style. Applicable for any type of graphic design – web, print, motion graphics etc and perfect for t-shirts and other items like posters, logos.
Static Free Font
15. Origram Free Font
Inspired in Origamis and Tangrams, the basic shape is an octagon. Gemotric, regular, its a display font! Feel free to use it.
Origram Free Font
16. Meander Font
Meander is a free face creating a freestyle winding and intertwining style. Curly, twirly, swirly font for an illustrative effect. Made by doodling with felt pens, this font is best used at larger sizes.
Meander Font
17. Sullivan Free Font
Not your traditional modular typeface. Sullivan is a bold display face that comes in three variations. Each can be used effectively on their own or layered for a uniquely modern, industrial effect. Originally inspired by the letter "S" design by Scott Allen Hill of Foundry Collective.
Sullivan Free Font
18. Archive Free Font
Archive is contemporary free font constructed with strong geometric forms. Applicable for any type of graphic design – web, print, motion graphics etc and perfect for t-shirts and other items like posters, logos.
Archive Free Font
19. Cubano Font
A confienet, yet friendly display Sans Serif. Cubano's personality is defined by its rounded corners, wide strokes, and semi-condensed letterforms. Featuring 167 glyphs, Cubano is available in all caps with numerals, punctuation, symbols and most accent marks. And with webfonts included, you can easily solidify your next site with Cubano!
Cubano Font
20. Bemio Free Font
Bemio is an ultrabold sans with an extensive character set. It bridges the gap between old signage and craftsmanship with modern forms and simplicity. With more than 1000 glyphs, and full Language Support, Bemio is versatile and robust.
Bemio Free Font
21. Atreyu Free Font
Atreyu is a contemporary textura blackletter inspired from Gothic Illuminated Manuscripts of 14th century Germany. I've always had an affinity for blackletter since I grew up drawing calligraphy. And lets face it nothing can say Heavy Metal to Happy Holidays like a good old fashion blackletter.
Atreyu Free Font
22. Carton Free Font
A strong yet sensitive slab-serif inspired by letterpress.
Carton Free Font
23. Alegreya Font
Alegreya is a typeface originally intended for literature. Among its crowning characteristics, it conveys a dynamic and varied rhythm which facilitates the reading of long texts. Also, it provides freshness to the page while referring to the calligraphic letter, not as a literal interpretation, but rather in a contemporary typographic language.
Alegreya Font
24. Blanch Free Font
Blanch is a display face, designed for the 'Fruita Blanch' brand, a family-run company. A traditional font with a contemporary feel, The Blanch typeface family is comprised of 6 weights; 3 condensed weights and 3 caps weights.
Blanch Free Font
25. Poly – Free Font for Free Peoples
Poly is a medium contrast serif font. With short ascenders and a very high x-height, Poly is efficient in small sizes. Thanks to its careful balance between the x-height and glyph widths, it allows more economy and legibility than standard web serifs, even in small sizes. The aglutinative language for which it was designed contains very long words. The goal was to develop a typeface that would tolerate cramped tracking and that would increase the number of letters on a single line. Poly is a Unicode typeface family that supports Open Type features and languages that use the Latin script and its variants.
Poly – Free Font for Free Peoples
26. Onramp Free Font
A Bold addition to any project, this ultra readable sans serif radiates 'badass'. Font includes an extensive set of accent characters, and symbols not found in most faces.
Onramp Free Font
27. Lavanderia Free Font
Based on lettering found on Laundromat windows of San Francisco's Mission District, Lavanderia features numerous opentype features and three weights.
Lavanderia Free Font
28. Saturn V Font
A heavy-duty, lowercase slab-serif inspired by the monumental Saturn V rocket that carried men from the earth to the moon.
Saturn V Font
29. Alexis Free Font
A mid-century modern inspired typeface, Alexis is a reverse contrast slab serif with a lot of sass.
Alexis Free Font
30. Franchise Font
A powerful new display typeface meant to communicate your message quickly and with power. The characters were meticulously drawn to achieve a unifomity without compromising style.
Franchise Font
31. Ribbon Free Font
First appearing as a Numeral Set, Ribbon is now a full display face, including Opentype features for an alternate alphabet.
Ribbon Free Font
32. Homestead Free Font
Inspired by our desire and need to explore. Always searching for the place to call home.
Homestead Free Font
33. Ranger Free Font
Saddle up! This weighty italic display face comes custom fit with the spurs.
Ranger Free Font
34. Vevey Font
Vevey is a dreamy, refined sans serif inspired by a vintage travel poster found in the Swiss Riviera.
Vevey Font
35. Mensch Free Font
A condensed uppercase typeface with regular, thin, inline, and bold weights.
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Botanical Gardens Hike
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Take a break and get out in nature for a little bit with this short hike through the beautiful Berkeley Botanical Garden. Whether you're a plant enthusiast or just want to get a little exercise on a sunny Sunday afternoon, we'd love to have you come along!
We will meet on the front steps of the International House at 2 PM. RSVP at the link below to save your spot!