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5 Ways to stay Zen..
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Last week was Mental Health Awareness week and an opportunity for all of us to consider 'how we are'..
Most of us find a way to cope with the struggles, complexities, and confusions of life, but that doesn't mean we are happy coping, some days we feel like we can just about 'get through'. It's probably fair to say that we all want to lead happier, more content, more fulfilled lives and that some inner peace is favourable to eternal worry, distress, and anxiety. So how do you stay zen?
The first step is to appreciate that we all feel stress. Our boss, our fitness teacher, our family doctor, the most together mum at the school gate. It's a fact that the human brain is eternally wired to look for problems – it's the fight, flight and fright part of our survival mechanism that is always looking for the next threat. Its how we respond to that threat which becomes important.
Pioneering endocrinologist Dr Hans Selye, who studies and researches biological stress states "it is not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it".
So how can we stay zen when all around us is spiralling out of control?
- Lots of people think that they can't meditate because they can't sit still, and they can't 'think of nothing'. Well in fact, meditation is not about thinking nothing, not immediately anyway. It takes years of meditation practise to get to that, indeed if we ever do. As my wise yoga swami said to me "just as you can't stop the heart beating, so you can't stop the mind thinking". When we are looking at happiness it's how we react to those thoughts, that's the important bit. We all think, all the time, a million different thoughts a day, often flitting from one voice to the other, one opinion to the next. Thoughts often pull our emotions around, or indeed vice versa. Meditation is about calming the thoughts, making peace with them, befriending them even, so they don't cause you distress anymore, then maybe we can learn to get some real inner peace. There are lots of different forms of meditation, for whatever your needs are on the day, but to understand what those needs are you need to understand yourself, so the first steps to meditation are…
i/ Meditate and notice when you get distracted, and what those distractions are. Do your best not to judge them, just notice them.
ii/ Be aware of how the distractions, or thoughts, which are sometimes functional and often emotional, draw our awareness. Now we begin to place awareness on the thoughts, wind them back, see where they came from. Once we begin to understand this, we begin to understand ourselves. Once we begin to understand ourselves we begin to be aware of our needs, and can start to be more kind to ourselves, once we begin to be more kind to ourselves we can begin to be happier
iii/ Once we begin to be happier we are more content to be still and happy in our own space. It is this stillness of body and mind, whilst sitting in a content and mindful space, that can lead to a more fulfilled and happy mind, and perhaps more importantly heart. This leads to inner peace. Maybe even one day bliss…
- Mindfulness is another way of experiencing a moment of bliss, or a moment of being. First, just consider how many times in your day you are in the present moment. What does that mean? Well take a moment away from this blog right now and think about how often during your day you think about the future or the past, i.e. what's coming up next, or all the things you have done. As opposed to 'right now'. (I'm pausing while you think).
Probably not very often, unless you are already practising mindfulness of course.
When our brain is continuously processing future, or past knowledge, it is busy. And most people if you ask them will say their brain is too busy! It's a fact that these busy thoughts usually involve not just the processing of the actual thing that happened, but all of the reactions to it, not just ours, but the reactions of how other people viewed that act, or what other people would have thought about it, and these thoughts are often critical, rather than kind. So, we can be led quite easily down negative thinking, unless we learn how to stop it for a while, and just, well, be in the moment. Mindfulness is a way of quietening the noise and appreciating a moment for what it is: the taste of a piece of cake, or the avocado we have in our mouth, the look of the way the sun is glistening on a lake, or a puddle, the sound of the music on the radio, or birdsong outside. Taking notice. Drawing our attention to something not bound in 'right and wrongs', just 'isness'. And, this usually involves positive thought, an appreciation of the way something is, or looks, smells, or tastes or feels, and this positive thought gives us a little burst of feel-good, or happy hormones like endorphins, serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin. Happiness is largely a chemical experience, as these feel good hormones activate the parasympathetic nervous system which carries with it good health to all of our bodily systems, the endocrine system, circulatory, digestive… therefore mindfulness it's not just good for your mental health, its good for your physical health too! Try it today… from now… just pause and listen and look at something around you and appreciate being alive and being able to do be in it… this, is, a moment of bliss.
- Ok, so without getting too 'neurosciencey', alpha brain and theta brain are the brainwaves we swim around in when we are in a calm relaxed state of mind. Getting yourself into these brainwave flows help our body stay in that all-important para-sympathetic nervous system, where those feel-good happy hormones hang-out. So, doing alpha, or theta brain activities are great for mental health. These are activities when you get into the mindfulness of the present moment through doing something you love, like listening to an orchestra, or a rock band, like playing tennis or doing some yoga, like reading a fictional book or watching an uplifting film, baking, singing, making a pot from clay, painting your skirting board, these are all alpha flow activities and are a good way to stay focused on your zen.
- Relax your jaw. Lots of people hold lots of tension in the jaw, some people grind their teeth, some people bite their cheek. Thoughts are directly involved in jaw movement, when we think, we think in words, even though we don't say those words we are still saying them in our mind and our jaw still moves, albeit in a smaller micromovement kind of way, but it still moves, constantly. So, relax your jaw, you will find, once you practise, it will also help to relax your brain!
- Breathe and relax your muscles… Yes, lots of people like me say this, but we say it for a reason. When we are stressed and in the natural 'fight, flight or fright' survival response, we breathe faster, with a shallower breath. This is because the adrenalin we are experiencing is pumping the blood through the heart and around the body faster, so we can deal with the potential threat. Modern threat examples… perhaps the fact that we are in a traffic jam and late for a meeting, being called into our boss's office, feeling like we have lost control of our children. The reason the blood needs to be pumped faster is, so we can fight, flight or fright, attack the problem, run away from it, or hide from it. This is the physical way that the body copes with all issues, it's why our bodies feel so tense when we are stressed. So, what can we do? take control and breathe. When we learn specific deep breathing and relaxation techniques we are instructing the lungs to slow down, stop shallow (panic) breathing, take bigger breaths, which then send a message to the brain that everything is ok – then we get that para-sympathetic nervous system kick back in and our good hormones start to roll. Likewise, when we totally relax our muscles the body knows it is not in an active state and therefore cannot be under threat (running away, fighting or hiding) and here we go… ahhhhh happy hormones flow.
So, here are some tips and tricks towards staying Zen. It's all about practise. We can only ever get good at something if we really practise it. Of course, we at the Orange Grove are very happy to help you 'get in your zen groove' whether it is massage, local yoga classes, international yoga retreats, helping you with your journey into birth and parenting, encouraging you to join our singing class, or indeed supporting you at our Nourish Networking with your business life. Essentially, we want to help lead you towards a happier you, where you can stay more zen, be calm, and potentially live a longer and more heathy life. Have a look around to see what we offer, and slowly begin to move towards a more zen you today 😊

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On Monday, November 16, NPR did a piece on what it terms called "e-patients". According to the article, "61 percent of adults say they look online for health information. There's a term for them: e-patients."
The article goes on to note that most e-patients go online to read about a health condition or a potential health condition. To be sure, there are a plethora of sites offering information on diseases and conditions (such as WebMD and HealthCentral). This approach has raised concerns over the possibility of patients self-diagnosing and misdiagnosing, due to incomplete information found online or a lack of expertise.
But there has been a new trend in the behaviors of e-patients. A Pew study notes that approximately 20% of those e-patients now go to social networking sites where they can talk to medical experts and other patients, says the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
"They are posting their first-person accounts of treatments and side effects from medications," says Susannah Fox of the Pew Internet and American Life Project in the NPR story. "They are recording and posting those podcasts. They're tagging content. They are part of the conversation. And that, I think, is an indicator of where we could be going in terms of the future of participatory medicine." She notes that internet sites have grown voraciously in the past several years, and that a "much deeper level of information" is available now.
The ALS community has clearly been deeply involved with this kind of social-media transformation, and much of it relies heavily upon these mechanisms of communication. Many PALS are familiar with Jamie Heywood's site, Patients Like Me. The site is a for-profit entity designed to be a "treatment, symptom and outcome sharing community for patients with life-changing conditions." The platform "enables patients the opportunity to share their personal stories and health information in a way that illuminates great ideas and new knowledge about their diseases."
Heywood created Patients Like Me because he was trying to find out about research advances that might help his brother (a PALS, who later died of the disease), and the site eventually grew to encompass other diseases. Patients Like Me currently has about 50,000 members.
Building on concepts of sharing and open information, Heywood suggests, is what makes his site revolutionary. "The amazing shift is that we've pushed out this concept of sharing," he said. "Which is to say: If you share information about your own experience with this disease, then we can facilitate the conversation that you want to have with the person in the world who is just like you — whether they live in Vancouver, Canada or Australia, or down the block."
A resource like this is meant to enable patients to find someone else who "is on the same treatments, is dealing with the same side effects ... whatever variable matters to you at that moment. To find out whether your concerns are justified, they make sense, whether you're doing the right thing — that's the transformation," Heywood says.
Prize4Life is not alone in recognizing the importance of such virtual stores of information. In fact, in a project to provide both researchers and patients with a one-stop shop for good information on ALS, Prize4Life recently created the ALSForum, in conjunction with the Alzheimer's Research Forum.
The same Pew study found that 39 percent of e-patients typically use another social media site such as Facebook or Twitter. For ALS patients, assistive technology is clearly a lifeline, and Facebook, Twitter, and Patients Like Me are channels through which patients can more easily interact with each other and with the world.
Prize4Life was, however, pleased to see the NPR piece note that patients say they trust their most traditional resource the most when it comes to the hard questions of disease, diagnosis and treatment: their own doctor.
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EDMONTON - The Edmonton Rush meshed a six-goal second quarter and shut-down defence in the second half to defeat the visiting Vancouver Stealth 10-5 on Friday in National Lacrosse League action.
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Torre became manager of the Dodgers for the 2008 season following 12 years and four World Series titles with the New York Yankees, but he was not able to match that success in Los Angeles.
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Surprise, surprise, Norwegian winters are not known for being short, bright and warm. Yet you may have been told many many times that you simply must get outside despite the weather. It's true that being outside, even Norway's short and intemperate days, improves your mood. Perhaps it is an important cultural key to Norway's status…
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Settling into Bergen 2018
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Hei! A huge welcome to all the new international students for Spring semester! I hope you are getting settled, exploring Bergen, and not letting weather stop you from getting out and having fun. If you are new to Bergen this semester, you may be looking for some ways to get settled-in and get involved as…
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In response to a recent question I received on a different blog post, I thought it might be helpful for current and incoming students alike to have a master-post on volunteering in Norway. Volunteering is a pretty big part of Norwegian life, so here's a post with the whys, the wheres, and the hows about the importance…
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Find your niche: Fermentation
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Sometimes it can be a challenge to find your niche in a new place. It can help to know where to find other like-minded people. Of course, one potentially obvious way you can find people who you might have things in common with is to join activities or organizations that interest you. There's a world of…
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Study Break: So what's the deal with Vinmonopolet?
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So, new students, are you already acclimated to the Norwegian culture around alcohol? Of course, there are many aspects of this, from the vorspiel (preparty) to the nachspiel (afterparty) and a tendency towards big nights on weekends only (instead of moderation more often) – but today's focus is on buying alcohol at Vinmonopolet and other stores. If…
Arrivals, Bergen, International Student Life, Outdoors, Practicalities, Relaxation, Shopping, Student life, Transport
Gettin' familiar… with Bergen
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Hei all! I thought it would be nice for the new arrivals if I went over a few points related to the basic layout of Bergen. Maybe you've already mastered it in the short time since you've arrived, or maybe you're a seasoned student who wants to add some valuable tips – if so, just…
Bergen, Frivolity, International Student Life, Relaxation, Sports, Stress Management, Student life
Long awaited sports (well… football) post
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Here it is sports fans, the sports post! A long time coming, I'm sorry. I also have to admit that, while I used to play football (of course we called it soccer because we are heathens), basketball, and softball (boo on not being allowed to play baseball), I am not much of a, as I…
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Student Organizations Open House
by Stand Hiestand • • 4 Comments
Hello new International Students! Welcome! I'm feeling like a jerk because I'd long ago promised a post on sports to an incoming student who left a comment requesting it. Although I've continually been trying to "post the sports", other time-sensitive topics kept coming up. I was determined for sports-post to be this post, but the upcoming "Student Organizations on…
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Study Break: Lofoten
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I know I promised to write about getting Internet in Norway and I will absolutely address that in at least one of next week's posts, I swear. But, this week, my own Internet has been sparse because I have been enjoying scenic Lofoten's "elevated temperature anomalies". (Actually, it has been quite cool, a little chilly…


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a buffer overflow vulnerability in virtually all versions of the icq instant messaging program could allow a malicious hacker to run code on a user's computer, according to cert (computer emergency response team). the vulnerability can be exploited during the processing of a voice, video, or game message request, which is designed to invite the user to connect directly to another computer via a third-party application. some later versions of icq can also allow direct connection to another computer, bypassing the icq servers.
because there are no patches for versions of the icq program prior to version 2001b, aol has advised users to install this new version, which is more specifically identified as version 2001 beta v5.18 build #3659. this will delete the vulnerable plug-in, eliminating the hole.
check out zdnet for more details.
ron's opinion
with the huge amount of instant messaging and communications applications used these days, it is not surprising that we have found more security flaws. buffer overflow vulnerabilities seem to be among the most common these days, which means that we should eventually see tighter code, with application developers paying more attention to this type of error. unfortunately, we are not there yet, and it will take at least a couple of years to get there.
aol was quick to admit and patch the flaw once it was found, and this is good. according to cert, there have been no known exploits of this problem.
user comments 15 comment(s)
|things that make you go hmmm (8:44am est tue jan 29 2002)
i wonder if they would stoop low enough to create a subtle vunerability and announce that they have found a security hole and have taken the initiative to fix it. i know it sounds sleezy, but in times where security is the buzz word, i wouldn't put anything past marketing dept… – by eyad
|umm eyad (9:21am est tue jan 29 2002)
very sleazy …
also very far-fetched?
lol, but hell it is the corporate world. image is everything… but there'd be worse pr if everyone labelled the software insecure and full of holes.
but it's surprising how few publibly known holes exist in these messengers, like ron said. – by k_y0s
|err.. (9:24am est tue jan 29 2002)
big typo there.. publicly? publically? – by k_y0s
|woah! (10:16am est tue jan 29 2002)
oh my god! a security flaw? i say we castrate steve case. – by necr0
|uhhhh…. (11:24am est tue jan 29 2002)
could you just delete the plug-in out of the version you are running?
doesn't the newest versions of icq shamelessly display advertising?
i never upgraded past icq99.
|trillian (12:10pm est tue jan 29 2002)
its my alternative… – by syn
|yeah yeah… (12:33pm est tue jan 29 2002)
what else is new???
kind of getting to be routine… – by ripvanwinkle
|question (2:26pm est tue jan 29 2002)
ok, i am behind. did aol buy icq? – by time
|yes virginia (2:34pm est tue jan 29 2002)
aol bought icq, and is now in the process of buying everything else… i think novell is next on the list. – by warner
|i wouldn't put it past them… (2:58pm est tue jan 29 2002)
…but not for publicity reasons. aol/icq has been doing everything they can to obsolete the older versions of icq to force everyone to download the new, "enhanced" icq versions – i.e., the ones with ads. call me a skeptic, but i have my doubts about whether or not this is a real vulnerability.
and ron? "aol was quick to admit and patch the flaw once it was found, and this is good." huh? seems to me they only patched it in the most current version, leaving half or more of their market vulnerable, and this is good? if microsoft had found an office vulnerability, only patched officexp, and told everyone to upgrade, we'd be screaming for their heads, and rightly so. 'course, not even ms would be so audacious, or so painfully negligent. leave that to aol. – by teamnutmeg
|true dat (3:10pm est tue jan 29 2002)
what teamnutmeg said.
– by eyad
|… (3:40pm est tue jan 29 2002)
maybe they are looking to get some postive responses from the public, by fixing these security holes. as if these are the only ones, right? {{{an outburst of laughter }}}anyhoo, on aol when you view somebodys profile window, guess how many ads your exposed too? four..before this change there were only two tiny ones….so in other words i am a advertising drone. aol is hurting. glad i gots no profile. :p – by a0l l0053r
|what else is new? (8:42am est fri feb 01 2002)
it is obvious that this is only one of the flaws related to icq… it is free, it is easy, full of features… at least it always could be worst: micro$oft does not own them (yet!) – by racer x
|icq (6:16pm est tue mar 05 2002)
i used icq once…it was great then. now its sadly neglected due to adware problems and msn is starting to look good. unfortunately for those programs there are other better programs around, but they werent the first. so they may stay in limbo forever. back to basics for me. i just use email and got on with my life. the wishlist is still there for a simple secure easy to use free program which doesnt overcharge the user with bombarded crap so often attached to these programs. – by software fairy pleas
|not fixed on all windows version (4:41pm est wed mar 06 2002)
this security hole is still not fixet for nt and windows 2000 systems. becouse the 2001b version dosen't run on this os and you still have to use 2000b or prior. – by kurly


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Botify won the Best Search Software Tool Award at the European Search Awards 2016. As someone who knows the company's past very well, I am elated about this win. Botify is a French IT startup which provides advanced analysis of crawl, log file, Google Analytics on big volume of data as a software service, SaaS to more than three hundred customers, such as Expedia, Ebay and BlaBlaCar. By collecting $7,2 million in investment funds, it is now in the top 10 French technology companies with the highest amount of investment funds in the first third of the year.
I had the chance and the privilege to work with many of Botify's founders and employees, both in IT and sales teams, at their former company Aposition. This small French company, known to be the most expensive in its field, had as its customers the world's largest websites, of which very well-known brands such as Priceminister, Allocine, Pagesjaunes, Dailymotion and Ebay. Its power derived from two genius computer scientists; Stephane Chauvin (now Botify IT Architect) and Jerome Spiral (now Rive World Founder and COO).
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Crawl is the main difference, which distinguishes in the past Aposition, today Botify from other SEO companies. We, for whom science is a religion and crawl a worship, never tried to convince search engines that we deserve top positions in SERPs based on beliefs, superstitions, second-hand hearsay information; "in my opinion", "based on what I read on the Internet" or keyword-targeted micro modifications on the sites. Instead, we did big data analysis. We never began our analysis from the last stop of search which are SERPs, instead, we always began it from the source which is crawl. And therefore, while all the world's SEOs were shaken due to their KPIs which became obsolote when Google passed to "not provided", we were not affected from that at all because we never based our KPIs on keyword tracking. And maybe that way of analyzing search data explains now the quote from Yoda at the entrance of Botify's head quarter in Paris; "You must unlearn what you have learned".
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Giant websites need giant crawlers. Botify has a crawler, one of the most powerful in the world. It is holding the world's record of most URLs crawled from a single website which is 150,000,000. It can crawl 200 pages per second which makes 17,280,000 pages per day meaning it can crawl 100,000,000 pages of a whole website in less than a week. I had once witnessed googlebot crawling 10,000,000 pages per day on a single website but unfortunately I have not had the opportunity to see more yet.
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It is a brave new world, and James Grabau has a front row seat.
He works in Applied Marketing for Illumina, Inc, selling DNA sequencing equipment. The company's leading-edge technology is helping to transform agriculture by accelerating the selection process that identifies more productive crops and livestock.
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Doing historical research is a bit like falling down Alice's rabbit hole – you have no idea where you're going to end up. You can go round in circles on the trail of an elusive fact or, as in author Truda Thurai's case, follow an intriguing hook and end up writing something entirely unexpected.
Truda's first novel, The Devil Dancers, is set in Ceylon , now known as Sri Lanka, so when she discovered that the country is also referred to within Charles Dickens' unfinished novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood, she was intrigued. Once on the trail of the connection, however, Truda was sent on another journey entirely and ended up writing a collection of short stories entitled Barley Bread and Cheese. She kindly dropped by the Magpies nest to explain how it happened…
Hello Truda, please push the twigs aside and make yourself comfortable. Now then, can you tell me what you were hoping to find when you visited Rochester Cathedral – the setting for Edwin Drood?
I was intrigued. What had influenced Dickens to refer to what was a relatively small outpost of the British Empire? Why not India or Africa?
My antennae started to twitch. I love history and I love mysteries.
I visited Rochester Cathedral and found some fascinating stories inscribed on contemporary memorial tablets, but nothing relevant to Ceylon. So, I did a bit more research.
I discovered that Dickens's lifelong friend was the celebrated actor, William Macready. Macready had a son, also called William, who was a civil servant in Ceylon. That had to be the connection for Dickens and what inspired his reference to Ceylon in Edwin Drood.
By now, I had gathered a lot of information from memorial tablets about individuals working in far-flung corners of the Empire in Dickens's day. These accounts were so vivid that I decided to weave them together in a story called The Cinnamon Peeler's Daughter. This was to become the first story in the Barley Bread and Cheese collection.
Your short stories were also inspired by paintings, books, carvings and Saints but what made you choose those items in the first place?
While researching the Dickens angle, I made several trips to the Cathedral. I began to read about it and to chat to the guides who pointed out unusual aspects of the Cathedral that I might otherwise have missed. I became fascinated not just by the individual objects but also by their history.
For instance, there is a particular irony attached to the medieval Wheel of Fortune wall painting in the Quire. Cromwell's soldiers scraped part of it from the wall. By luck, one half of the painting was obscured by a pulpit and survived. This was the half of the Wheel that corresponds to good fortune.
Other objects, such as the Green Man, fitted in with my own memories and experiences. The story of Jack includes a reference to a little man, dressed all in green, who used to visit my mother's shop every spring. Interestingly, when my mother's neighbour read this story, she also remembered this character. He used to sit on her garden wall while her sons fed him cheese sandwiches.
Did you have an idea of how many stories you wanted to write and then set out to find the objects or were you led along by your discoveries?
In every case, I was led along by my discoveries. Each of the 'treasures' mentioned in the collection has its own story to tell. This is especially true of Rochester's ancient 12th century manuscript, the Textus Roffensis. This unique source of Kentish history, law and language inspired two of my stories.
The Textus has been housed in the Medway Archive for many years. However, at the launch of Barley Bread and Cheese, we were told that the Textus will be returning to the Cathedral in 2015. What fantastic news!
I've got two: The Broken Wing and Jack. They are both written in very different styles. The Broken Wing has a lot of dialogue. I heard the voice of the narrator right from the start. Strange, because he's a Yorkshireman and I have a southern accent, but I could literally hear his voice. Writing that story was a bit of an out-of-body experience. Unlike anything else I have ever done.
Jack is very different. If I had to describe it, I suppose I would call it prose-poetry. It's very descriptive and I like reading it because it has a rhythm which suits my own voice. Not everything I write is like that.
It is difficult to choose a favourite object but, I suppose, that would have to be the Textus Roffensis because of its extraordinary adventures. Over the centuries, it has travelled up to London, been illegally sold, become the subject of two custody battles and been dropped in a river.
Its survival on the last occasion was thought to be due to the brass clasps on its cover which clamped the pages together so tightly that the water only penetrated their outer margins.
William of Perth is an unlikely character to become a real-life Saint, how did you start to unearth his factual story?
I began to read whatever I could about the Cathedral's history. It was through researching various sources on the Internet that I came across William of Perth, an obscure Scottish baker who shot to fame as Rochester's medieval saint. His only connection with the city was that he was murdered outside it while on pilgrimage to Canterbury. It seemed a very tenuous link. In fact, very little seems to have been known about him.
To try and make sense of what few facts I could find, I drew up a timeline – both for Rochester Cathedral and for Canterbury. I discovered that Rochester Cathedral had suffered two disastrous fires and was then subjected to a heavy papal tax. It was facing real financial hardship at exactly the time that Canterbury was making a fortune from the shrine of Thomas Becket. This seemed to me to offer an explanation for William's otherwise inexplicable celebrity.
Which was the hardest story to write and why?
I was coming to the end of my ideas for stories for this collection. I had written a short piece for The Wheel of Fortune, but it needed something else. I was really stumped.
Then, one day, I was hunting through my files when I discovered some notes, quickly scribbled down after a visit to a supermarket. One of the other shoppers there had fascinated me and, I remembered, she had looked remarkably similar to Lady Fortune in Rochester's wall painting.
I had completely forgotten about this episode but once I started writing it up as a story it came quite naturally.
I love the story of 'Jack' and his journey along the pilgrims way – is this a path you have walked yourself?
Unfortunately not. I suffer from M.E. and recently have had some additional problems with my walking. I've always loved walking and I deal with the frustration of not being able to do it by picturing scenes in my head. You can travel wherever you want if you write.
What I did was to research as much as I could about the Pilgrims' Way and some of the places along the route, such as Kit's Coty.
I also included references to other places close to Rochester which had interesting bits of history such as Burham where the Romans met resistance from British tribes. Another place of interest is Wouldham where sailor Walter Burke is buried in the churchyard of All Saints. He served on The Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar and cradled Nelson in his arms as the Admiral lay dying from his wounds.
How easily did each story come to you?
The Broken Wing was unlike any other story. I literally woke up with the plot – and the voice of the narrator – in my head. It was complete before I even started writing. That has never happened before.
I usually have to find my way through a story as I am writing. It is usually a bit of an adventure because I'm never sure where I will end up. All the other stories fall into this category and, because of that, they were much harder to write.
What did you enjoy most about putting the collection together?
I've never written short stories before. It was real fun because I could experiment with different themes and styles. If you are writing a novel, you have to aim for consistency from beginning to end. You do not have the luxury of switching the plot or using a different voice.
And least?
Editing. It's horrible and it's hard grind but so necessary. I don't think you can really call yourself a writer unless you are able to edit your own writing. It's 50% of the work and is rarely just a little bit of fine-tuning. Stories often get re-written at the editing stage. Other people's input is always useful and necessary, but you have to take the final editing decisions yourself. If you hand it over to someone else, you've lost control of your work.
What advice would you give to someone researching the history of an object or turning fact into fiction?
When researching, be as thorough as possible. Write lots of notes and always include a reference in them to the source. At some point in the future (usually when editing) you will need to return to the original text, mainly to check the facts but also to ensure that you have not quoted someone else's work verbatim. It's very easy to do that when lifting details from your notes to incorporate into your story. Always make sure you have used your own words, not someone else's.
When turning fact into fiction, the story must come first. Resist the urge to include too many facts or you will end up with a textbook. Avoid unwieldy chunks of information, however fascinating, because it will slow the pace of the plot. Restrict yourself to a few key facts, but make sure you get them right.
And lastly, what are you working on now?
I'm half way through a novel set in Britain in World War II. I like neglected corners of history and I think I have found an unusual one. Unfortunately, I had to put this book on hold while I promoted The Devil Dancers. I am returning to it after an absence of two years. Not an easy task. But I'm currently re-visiting my research and notes and planning to begin again in the next few weeks.
Thanks so much for taking the time to talk to me Truda I really appreciate it and please do let us know when you have some more talks arranged.
Personally, I absolutely loved reading Barley Bread and Cheese, and would definitely recommend it. I would just like to warn readers that you will probably need a bunch of tissues though as one story had me sobbing all the way through. It remains my favourite short story ever and you can discover it for yourself on the following links – Amazon: Kindle and paperback and Kobo
You can also find out more about Truda – who is, in her own words, 'a true 'Kentish Maid', and her writing by visiting her website and reading her blog. She also likes to chat on twitter and you can find her at – @T_Thurai
Angela Buckley will be the next author ruffling my feathers so please drop back soon to discover who was 'The Real Sherlock Holmes'?


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A factory reset procedure deletes the settings file on the camera and rolls it back to the default settings. Factory reset procedures can also be performed as a troubleshooting step for restoring a device to a previous working status if issues arise.
Performing a Factory Reset:
- If your camera has a microSD card, remove it before proceeding.
- With the camera plugged in, press and hold the setup button on the bottom of the camera for 10 seconds. If you have a Wyze Cam v1 hold it for 20 seconds. This will reset the camera.
- Allow at least 30 seconds for the unit to initiate. In some rare instances, this process can take up to 5 minutes.
- The LED on the back should move from Solid Yellow to Blinking Yellow.
- The device is now ready to start the setup process once again.


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Go Seek: Journaling to Spiritual Fulfillment (E)
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Writing, introspection, and meditation have all been used successfully to overcome depression and fear. Journaling specifically provides an ideal format for releasing or clearing stored-up negativity while making room for more positive emotions. Spirituality & Health Books presents a guided journaling program for those seeking assistance on their spiritual journey. In eight week-long sections covering touchstone topics like Truth Seeking, Nature, Daily Practice, and Synchronicity. Go Seek: Journaling to Spiritual Fulfillment takes seekers on a course of writing, introspection, questioning, and meditation.
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Contributions are stand-alone financial records in your database. Contributions can be:
- one-time donations keyed into the back office (check, cash, EFT, non-monetary)
- one-time event payments (credit card or pay later)
- payments nested under an ongoing pledge
- payments nested under an ongoing recurring credit card subscription (automated)
There are many ways to submit contributions, but not all of those ways will result in a balance being reduced on a pledge. Below is a screen shot of a contact record's Financial Summary tab and the different payment options offered - the numbers in the screenshot correspond to the numbered explanations that follow.
- Pay Balances will cancel the existing pledge and replace it with a recurring contribution. If paying in full, the pledge will be cancelled and a completed contribution will be created—if paying off multiple pledges with a credit card contribution (whether in full or by recurring installment), this option should be used.
- Using the credit card hyperlink under the pledge will record a credit card contribution against the pledge—if you are only making a payment against a single pledge, or not setting up a recurring contribution, this option should be used.
- Use this option ONLY if you are recording a cash/check contribution or an adjustment against a pledge—clicking on the "submit credit card contribution" hyperlink within this form will result in a credit card contribution that is NOT linked to the pledge (more detail on this option follows below).
- This option can be used for one-time credit card contributions and to set up recurring contributions, but these contributions will not be linked to any pledges.
- This option should be used for all non-automated contributions (e.g. cash, check, adjustments, etc.) - like with option #3, there is a link to get to the credit card contribution form, but like with option #4, these contributions will not be linked to any pledges.
Now, let's say, out of habit, you clicked on the Record Payment or Adjustment Button (option number 3), you will be presented with the "Pledge Payment" window as shown in the top screen shot below.
What you really needed to click on was the "Credit Card" hyperlink (option #2), but you notice a convenient link to "submit credit card contribution", so you click to use that instead - it is logical to assume that the hyperlink offered from within the "Pledge Payment" window would also be considered a pledge payment, but, unfortunately, this is not the case. After clicking on the hyperlink from within the "Pledge Payment" window, you will be presented with a different screen titled "Credit Card Contribution" - note the absence of "Pledge Payment" in the blue header, as well as the pop up warning at the top right-hand corner of the screen indicating that to submit a pledge payment, the link should be clicked (although this will return you to the cash/check form, it is meant to make you aware that you are currently NOT recording a pledge payment regardless of payment method). It is important to note that if you want the contribution to be paid against the pledge, you must cancel out of this window and select either options 1 or 2.


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The aim of the study is to assess the safety and immunogenicity of two formulations of the
high-dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine compared to the licensed high-dose trivalent
influenza vaccine control in healthy elderly subjects aged 65 years of age and above.
Primary objectives:
- To describe the safety profile of all subjects in each study group.
- To demonstrate that the high-dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine induces an immune
response (as assessed by HAI geometric mean titers (GMTs) that is non-inferior to
responses induced by the licensed high-dose trivalent influenza vaccine for the 3 common
virus strains at 28 days post-vaccination.
Secondary objectives:
- To describe post-vaccination immunogenicity for the 4 virus strains (as assessed by
seroconversion and seroprotection) for subjects who receive the high-dose quadrivalent
influenza vaccine and the licensed high-dose trivalent influenza vaccine.
- To describe post-vaccination immunogenicity for the 4 virus strains (as assessed by
GMTs, seroconversion, and seroprotection) for subjects who receive the high-dose
quadrivalent influenza vaccine and the investigational high-dose trivalent influenza
All eligible participants will be randomized to receive a single injection of either one of
the high-dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine formulations or one of the high-dose trivalent
influenza vaccines at Day 0. They will provide blood samples for hemagglutination inhibition
(HAI) testing. Safety information as solicited, unsolicited reactions, serious adverse
events, including adverse events of special interest will be collected in the trial.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged ≥ 65 years on the day of inclusion
- Informed consent form has been signed and dated
- Able to attend all scheduled visits and to comply with all trial procedures.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participation at the time of trial enrollment (or in the 4 weeks preceding the trial
vaccination) or planned participation during the present trial period in another
clinical trial investigating a vaccine, drug, medical device, or medical procedure
- Receipt of any vaccine in the 4 weeks (28 days) preceding the trial vaccination or
planned receipt of any vaccine prior to Visit 2
- Vaccination against influenza in the past 6 months
- Receipt of immune globulins, blood or blood-derived products in the past 3 months
- Known or suspected congenital or acquired immunodeficiency; or receipt of
immunosuppressive therapy, such as anti-cancer chemotherapy or radiation therapy,
within the preceding 6 months; or long-term systemic corticosteroid therapy
(prednisone or equivalent for more than 2 consecutive weeks within the past 3 months)
- Known systemic hypersensitivity to any of the vaccine components, or history of a
life-threatening reaction to the vaccine used in the trial or to a vaccine containing
any of the same substances
- Thrombocytopenia or bleeding disorder, contraindicating IM vaccination based on
investigator's judgment
- Deprived of freedom by an administrative or court order, or in an emergency setting,
or hospitalized involuntarily
- Substance abuse that, in the opinion of the investigator, might interfere with the
trial conduct or completion
- Chronic illness that, in the opinion of the investigator, is at a stage where it might
interfere with trial conduct or completion
- Identified as an Investigator or employee of the Investigator or trial center with
direct involvement in the proposed trial, or identified as an immediate family member
(i.e., parent, spouse) of the Investigator or employee with direct involvement in the
proposed trial
- Personal or family history of Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Neoplastic disease or any hematologic malignancy (except localized skin or prostate
cancer that is stable at the time of vaccination in the absence of therapy and
subjects who have a history of neoplastic disease and have been disease free for ≥ 5
- Known allergy to iodinated radiocontrast media
- Moderate or severe acute illness/infection (according to investigator judgment) on the
day of vaccination or febrile illness (temperature ≥ 38.0°C [≥ 100.4°F]). A
prospective subject should not be included in the trial until the condition has
resolved or the febrile event has subsided.
A Study of the Safety and Immunogenicity of High-Dose Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine in Subjects Aged 65 Years and Older
Safety and Immunogenicity Trial of High-Dose Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine Administered by Intramuscular Route in Subjects Aged 65 Years and Older
Phase 2
65 Years
United States: Food and Drug Administration
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