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ITanoda for the Future of Avas
ITanoda for the Future of Avas – The After-School Programme of Kék Vonal Computer Clubhouse in Avas neighbourhood of Miskolc
The project aims at developing basic skills and learning capabilities of children and young people aged 11-20 in the disadvantaged neighbourhood of Miskolc.
The objectives are:
-to prevent drop-out of pupils with disadvantaged background
-to increase their school results by providing assistance in learning
-to develop their basic skills and motivation as well as their carrier skills
For these goals we organize mentored assistance in learning at daily level, out-of-school programmes, carrier orientation programmes, parental club, and consultancy for pupils as well as their parents.
European NGO Alliance for Child Safety Online III
European NGO Alliance for Child Safety Online III
ENACSO III project is actually supporting the work of the ENACSO network. The overriding goal is to create a safer online environment for children through fulfilling the following objectives:
- To monitor and to assess the online environment from a child right's perspective and provide recommendations for the development of future policies at national, European as well as international levels.
- To ensure the development of an effective strategy to promote and advocate among relevant stakeholders so that our positions and recommendations will be taken into account. This will also be carried out, by updating and strengthening the role of the "agenda for action", with the involvement of both key stakeholders as well as children and young people.
- To strengthen the active role of all network members, ensuring the development of shared positions and advocacy strategies to be implemented at national as well as at European and international levels.
- To ensure the meaningful participation of children within all the relevant processes related to the project; from the development of positions/recommendations and strategies to their implementation, both at European and international levels and above all within network members' countries.
Kék Vonal Child Crisis Foundation operates as one of the 17 members of the Network, representing Hungary in the European-level alliance.
Delete Cyberbullying
The Kék Vonal Child Crisis Foundation participates in a European project co-financed by the DAPHNE programme. The project started in February 2013 and finishes in June 2014.
The main goals of the project are:
- To call attention to the phenomenon of cyberbullying as a real and high-level danger for children
- To set up working groups to collect and share good practices on recognizing and preventing cyberbullying at school and family level.
- To develop recommendations about this issue for decision makers at national and EU level.
- To develop an online, user-friendly campaing material
- To organize a European conference in Madrid 2014
More information about the project:
Clubhouses for Tolerance
The project's purpose is to engage the Miskolc and Kecskemét Clubhouses in increasing the awareness in Hungary about the growing intolerance in the society by the use of visual art products developed by the children attending the Clubhouses.
Our objectives are as follows:
- To involve the children of the Clubhouses into visual arts project where their personal sensitivity towards intolerance will be evoked as well as they can experience success, creativity and self-actualization
To involve artists into the creative process in order to provide assistance to children as well as increase the public visibility of the project
To create arts product with the use of visual art as well as IT tools which can provoke the members of the public as well as increase awareness and sensibility towards discrimination, intolerance, anti-Semitism and anti-Roma feelings.
To open up an exhibition in Miskolc of the art products for the public via a large-scale Opening Ceremony event at the end of the project
Via all these objectives we would like to strengthen the young people's reintegration to local community and also we provide opportunity for youth to develop their creative, innovative, social and cooperative skills
The project is supported by the Intel Communities fund.
Better Internet for Kids Network Pilot
BIK NET (Better Internet for Kids Network Pilot) is a 12-month project in which EUN Partnership and INHOPE will, in close partnership with 24 organisations which make up 11 national Safer Internet Centres (SICs), plan, develop and roll out a multilingual platform to deliver integrated, interoperable core services across the 11 participating countries.
Its goals are:
-To stimulate the production of creative and educational online content for children and develop platforms which give access to age-appropriate content
-To scale up awareness raising and teaching of online safety in all EU schools to develop children's digital and media literacy and self-responsibility online
-To create a safe environment for children where parents and children are given the tools necessary for ensuring their protection online – such as easy-to-use mechanisms to report harmful content and conduct online, transparent default age-appropriate privacy settings or user-friendly parental controls;
-To combat child sexual abuse material online by promoting research into, and use of innovative technical solutions by police investigations.
The tasks within the project are:
-Plan, pilot, develop and maintain multilingual online tools to support SICs
-Pilot database to enhance hotlines' capacity to identify child pornography and analyse child abuse images and videos.
Safer Internet Plus Project
The Safer Internet HU3 Projects is the continuation of the HU1-HU2 projects proceeding from 2009.
In consortium with the International Children's Safety Service, and the National Info-Communicational Service Provider Ltd, the goal of the consortium is to act as a Safer Internet Centre in Hungary, organizing helpline, hotline and awareness raising activities. More information about the project: www.saferinternet.hu
The main part of KV Foundation in the project is to operate the Internet helpline.
The main aim of the Internet helpline is to help children recognize the online risks and give them advice to prevent the realization of these risks. We give emotional support to the victims of online harms and also helps to organise concrete help for the victims and their relatives. The helpline is a great opportunity for young people to share those experiences that they do not want to tell their parents, they can ask for help on their own, without the contribution of the parents.
The activities of the Kek Vonal Child Crisis Foundation within the project are:
to operate the nationwide Internet Helpline service 24/7: including telephone helpline service, e-mail service through kek-vonal.hu website (called EMIL), and chat service also through the website.
to carry on the promotion tasks in order to raise the visibility of the service among the target groups, to raise awareness about the online risks that children can be exposed to, and to highlight the importance of prevention.
to carry out "off-line" activities, such as school visit programme, participation at public events.
Our Foundation – within this project - helps children who are victims of cyberbullying, grooming, sexing or faced illegal or harmful content.
Parents and teachers are also able to find help through our channels (e-mail, chat and telephone) on internet safety issues.
The topics we deal with are: cyberbullying, grooming, inappropriate, harmful content, dangerous, harmful contact, internet addiction, data misuse, online games, abuse on the internet, online friends (chat, msn, SNS), sexing, safety tips, general questions about the use of the internet, problems and questions about internet safety.
Missing Children Hotline
The overall goal of the project was to strengthen the Hungarian child protection services by sustainable operation of the Missing Children Hotline.The Hotline Operation have been continuous, and this way vulnerable children could reach a low threshold anonymous service when in need, which was on many occasion the entry point for them to come into contact with the child protection system and receive professional help. The Hotline was reached on many occasions by professionals working with children as part of the child alert system in order to have consultations with us in regards to children safeguarding issues.
The Missing Children Expert Conferences and the various trainings provided to different stakeholders in child protection through this project, reinforced the cross-sectorial, inter-disciplinary cooperation procedures, improved the knowledge transfer between the different actors and supported the exchange of best practices. As a result of the project a more protective and empowering environment will be created by the professionals benefited from our activities for those children in need.
Awareness raising on the role of Kék Vonal in the child protection system as an entry point was reached by this project, as we experienced an increased number of calls from professionals from the child alert system, who needed our expertise and reassurance to report safeguarding issues to the Child protection services.
The calls received from children homes and foster placement have also increased as a result of our poster campaign. Children living in statutory care are the most vulnerable in terms of going missing or running away, but are many time reluctant to ask for help within their environment even if they are at risk. Through the anonymous conversations on the Hotline we could build trust with these children and managed to involve their carers and guardians to resolve the problems they were facing.
With our short movies and media coverage we contributed to the growing public awareness of the issue of child disappearances.
Our aim was to create a long term plan of the organization which ensure the sustainability of the hotline after the end of the EC funding. Kék Vonal evaluated the 116 000 Missing Children Hotline service and found its strengths and weaknesses and defined the areas for development.
The project is supported by the European Union Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020.


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Samsung has announced that its next-generation tablet devices will run exclusively on ARM architecture.
The move comes as little surprise as the Korean electronics giant is one of the biggest manufacturers of chips based on the Brit chip shop's designs.
Digitimes says the forthcoming Orion slates will be based on ARM's Cortex-A9-based dual-core processor created at Samsung's own 32nm fab, while GPU duties will be left to a quad-core Mali-400, also designed by ARM.
The Cambridge-based chip outfit recently announced that a new Mali-T604 GPU with five times the performance of the current 400 iterations is in development and could be seen in devices in the next couple of years.


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Carl Reiner (b. 1922) is a comic director, writer and actor. He's known for creating The Dick Van Dyke Show (1960-66) and for his collaborations with Steve Martin and Mel Brooks.
In 1979, he made a brief appearance in the special The Muppets Go Hollywood. He later voiced Shep in the Jim Henson Pictures production Good Boy!
Reiner's son is actor and director Rob Reiner.


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The blog is (moving) reopening :,,)
to the weblogs.asp.net site. Since most of the content I write is web related, I think it makes sense to start writing my posts over there. I"m not going to close this blog since I"m not migrating my old posts.
If you want to keep following my blog and you"re consuming my feedburner feed, then you don"t need to do anything since I"ve already updated the feed to point to that blog. If you prefer to check the online version of the site, then you can check it here.
I couldn"t end this post without thanking the guys at msmvps.com for hosting my blog and keeping everything working out smoothly on these last years.
Since things didn"t really go well with my move to the weblogs.asp.net site I"m reopening this blog. Until the end of the day I"ll port my entries on the weblogs.asp.net site to this site (so I"m sorry if this will duplicate the posts on your RSS reader). If you"re already consuming my feed from feedburner, you won"t need to do anything.


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ITV have confirmed that Coronation Street is NOT moving to Canada, but say another new soap is in the works.
A newspaper report claimed that the popular ITV series was being remade for a Canadian audience, with the likely setting being Toronto.
But a show source tells Mirror Online: "Coronation Street is already shown in Canada, so we are not remaking Corrie.
"However, ITV stuiosare helping to develop a new show, a domestic Canadian soap."
It might be some time before the new soap arrives on TV screens though and the insider added: "The process of these things is quite lengthy."
Corrie won the best serial drama award at this year's National Television Awards, with Julie Hesmondhalgh also picking up a gong for best serial drama performance.


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FOR sale 16 trams. All of them used, repaired dozens of times, and described by their owners as "rubbish".
Yes, 16 Midland Metro trams are to be dumped just six years after the system was launched.
Centro is planning to replace the troubled trams built by Italian firm Ansaldo Transporti and buy in a new fleet at a cost of #72 million.
Centro hopes to sell the old ones on the second hand transport market.
The new trams would run on an expanded Midland Metro system including a new route through Birmingham city centre from Snow Hill to Five Ways and in the Black Country through Wednesbury and Brierley Hill.
The news was revealed as the West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority gave the green light to network expansion plans.
The cost of the controversial scheme for the two new lines has risen by 74 per cent.
The bill for the Birmingham city centre and the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill lines has leapt from an estimated #212 million in 2002 to #369 million by the time they are completed in 2011.
Three quarters of the cash will come from the Government and 25 per cent locally.
To gain Government cash the scheme has to meet a business case and Centro is confident the plans will succeed.
As part of the scheme Centro wants a brand new fleet of trams because the older Ansaldo Transporti models have been dogged by unreliability and poor build quality.
The trams have been a figure of fun - described publicly by operator Midland Metro, which owns them, as "rubbish" and having wiring like "plates of spaghetti".
Horrified bosses had discovered each tram was built to a different design, and currently one tram has been taken out of service to be cannibalised for spare parts.
A spokesman for Centro said: "The initial cost of the Metro scheme was #45 million and the trams would have been included in that. The new fleet of 40 trams would cost #1.78 million each.
"There is a second hand market for trams and this has been factored into the figures."
* Have your say on this story at www.icbirmingham.co.uk/mail/news/yoursay


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There's a ton of Republican second-guessing over the election. Bobby Jindal and Lindsay Graham are trying to change the Republican Party itself, blaming its inaccessible and close-minded approach for electoral losses. These critiques seem to overlook the role that both played in making the Republican Party the political equivalent of a bridge troll, but attention spans in politics are mercifully short.
The Romney campaign is obsessed with applauding themselves for convincingly winning demographic groups that constituted a majority in the late 60s. It's almost as though Mitt Romney really only wanted to prove that George Romney could have been elected president in 1968.
Conservatives on the other hand are finding every opportunity to stick to their sweet, sweet guns by blaming Romney himself. If the problem was the Romney campaign, there's no need to reform the platform Republican Party. Moreover, if the problem were Romney himself, there's no need to change the mechanics of campaigning either. The problem is not just that this is factually untrue, but it ignores Romney's record as a "severely conservative governor" if you judge him fairly.
Steve Baldwin writes the latter in RealClearPolitics:
The GOP establishment and some conservative pundits, such as Ann Coulter, are in full defense mode, claiming that Romney is not responsible for losing to an incumbent responsible for perhaps the most damaging fiscal crises in our nation's history. Don't believe it. Romney IS responsible for wasting a billion dollars to carry out an issue-free campaign full of simple-minded platitudes. Indeed, Coulter is leading the charge with her recent column titled, Don't Blame Romney. It's sweet to watch Coulter defend her darling Romney, but let's get real.
Oh Ann Coulter and her love affair with Mitt Romney. Oh wait, no. Also, "issue-free?" He did nothing but preach fiscal conservatism directly from a copy of Road to Serfdom (while his running mate gave Reader's Digest versions of the John Galt monologue). Was Baldwin's problem the lack of focus on social issues? Like abortion? That worked out well in Missouri and Indiana.
The reality is that Romney was one of the worst GOP presidential candidates in modern times. He was not the first choice of most conservative voters but he managed to rise through the ranks in the primary due to conservatives being split 4-5 ways…
This is an attractive salve for conservative wounds, but it's also not true. Only 3 candidates continued to challenge Romney after New Hampshire. With almost every delegate left to be awarded, the conservative vote wasn't split "4-5 ways." In fact, Ron Paul is always an outlier, taking votes from the libertarian wing of the GOP that would not support either a hardline conservative or Mitt Romney. Excusing him from the calculation, conservative votes were only split 2 ways between Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich. There's an argument to be had that had one dropped out the conservative movement would have coalesced behind the other. But there's an equally good argument that the reason conservatives didn't warm to a single challenger is that a segment of the Republican primary electorate hated the conservative alternative as much as they hated Romney.
Consider the fact that Newt Gingrich ceased to be a serious challenger after Florida but still received a fairly steady 5-15%. These were people who knew Santorum was the only alternative to Romney and still refused to support him. That's not a split conservative base, that a bunch of conservatives who actually preferred Romney over Santorum.
But as any conservative from Massachusetts knew, Romney was a liberal at heart who, as Governor, led the nation in passing three of the left's most sacred issues: Same sex marriage, Cap and Trade, and government control of health care.
This is the line that earned Baldwin the title of TDTIHTW. "Three of the left's most sacred issues." Romney passed same sex marriage? That would be news to him. A court decision legalized same sex marriage in Massachusetts and Mitt Romney expended considerable effort to delay the ruling from going into effect. As governor he did order marriage licenses issued, but that was only after the law came into effect. Executives don't have the right to violate the law (this isn't like President Obama's stance on DOMA, where he employed executive discretion to not prosecute cases — Romney had to issue marriage licenses).
Cap and Trade is a free market mechanism seeking to privatize environmental policy. Given that description, it should surprise no one that this idea was penned by conservatives trying to cobble together a solution to pollution and acid rain that would not allow liberals to mandate air quality standards. It allowed businesses to trade permits that constituted the cost of externality of pollution. Cleaner businesses were rewarded for efficiency by selling their permits and businesses unable to modernize immediately and seeking flexibility can buy permits to keep polluting. This was a right-wing theory and resisted by liberals. Eventually liberals came around to accept it as a good, if not ideal, solution (though they may be wrong). It is not a sacred cow of the left…if anything Romney's support for Cap and Trade in the late 90s and early 2000s demonstrates his conservative credentials at the time.
Finally, to be clear, Romney did not institute government control of health care. Romney mandated that individuals purchase private insurance or face a penalty. I wonder where he got that idea? Well, it was from the right-wing think tank the Heritage Foundation. The "left" that Baldwin claims to know desperately wants a single-payer system like the one that creates health care systems better than the U.S. in every industrialized country in the world. The conservative alternative was the individual mandate. Romney became a conservative social engineer for successfully instituting this conservative idea. And then it was successful. It all fell apart for conservatives when Democrats started saying, "meh, I guess we could settle for that."
Recap: When Romney instituted his health care proposal = triumph of freedom and capitalism. When Obama instituted the same health care proposal = tyranny and socialism.
When I was first in college a friend of mine said he couldn't think of "the Republican argument." I responded that it wasn't that the Republicans didn't have an idea, it's that the Democrats have accepted all the good ones. I was too young to fully grasp the issue triangulation strategy that would ultimately characterize the Bill Clinton presidency, but I was on to something. Cap and Trade was already earning acceptance with Democrats back then, foreshadowing the shift toward accepting the individual mandate.
Perhaps this is why Republicans have stopped coming up with ideas, settling for obstruction and denying any harms they cannot solve — they don't want Democrats to get credit for their good ideas any more.


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In the study, researchers tested a daily omega-3 pill against placebo, and the statin drug Crestor (rosuvastin) against placebo, on two groups. Those who took the fish oil fared marginally better than those taking the statin drug.
The fish oils increase the body's HDL 'good' cholesterol levels, which also helps prevents abnormal heart rhythms, whereas statin drugs work on attacking 'bad' LDL cholesterol.
(Source: Time magazine, August 31, 2008).


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Whither And Why: Nairntivity
From the festively-festooned decorative desk of Gerald Honk, esq.
An undoubted highlight of our village's annual Christmas Eve church service is the local Sunday School's production of the nativity story, and it was this subject that drew me one morning to the home of my friend, the erroneous Adventist and uneducated Unitarian, Sir Hilary Harrison-Nairn.
"Happy Honkmas!" my friend exclaimed, the bells on his hat jingling all the way. "I have news. A Harrison-Nairn exclusive, not even revealed to The Pelican yet! You are aware that my housekeeper, Mrs Clutterbutt, also masquerades as head of the local Sunday School?"
I nodded. When it came to the theological education of our village's youth, the usually demure Mrs C had a fervour worthy of any Old Testament leader.
"Well, she has asked Samantha," HH's wife, recently returned from touring her one-woman physical theatre show, "and me, to help out with this year's nativity!"
"You must exercise Caution," I insisted, for the local police dog had been leaping all over me for the past several minutes in a vain attempt to lick off my moustache.
"Yes, she has been rather restless," my friend replied. "I fear retirement is not suiting her. She attempted to arrest the postman not a few days ago for trespassing! But when Sam and I heard she would be in need of a home we decided to proceed with Caution and allow her to stay. She and Bismarck have been getting on famously…"
I returned to the subject at hand. "HH old chap, Mrs Clutterbutt takes the nativity play extremely seriously, as she rightly should. I plead do not be… well… you… and turn it into an extravaganza of any kind. Simply assist her, and by Christmas, all will be well."
Some weeks later, I attended a rehearsal. Samantha and her actor's instincts, I observed, appeared to have taken over somewhat. I watched as, one by one, she took over each of the children's roles, offering a donkey's soliloquy in ancient Aramaic, a succession of shepherds, each with a different dialect and an utterly convincing childbirth sequence. HH meanwhile was badly understudying the doll that would take the role of the baby. To suggest Mrs Clutterbutt was displeased would have been an understatement the size of Portugal. Her ire rising like the temperature of a boiling kettle she was the colour of a new bruise when she'd finally had enough.
"Mrs Harrison-Nairn!" she yelled, louder than I had ever heard her before. "This WILL NOT DO!" Samantha stood in shock. "You will not alter this story, the Oxen need not engage in a metaphysical discussion! The parts will be played by the children! That is final! Do you understand?"
Samantha, aghast, nodded as her husband attempted to hide under the manger.
" I will make you a star, young lady!" Mrs Clutterbutt said to Samantha with a deafening finality." There was a truth in her – admittedly – cryptic words. One that I would only recognise on the night of the one and only performance.
Christmas Eve jingled its way into view and with all the excitement of the upcoming celebrations accompanying us, Lillian and I went to church to sing carols, listen to the service, and watch the nativity.
Bismarck and Caution made fine sheep and oxen, after a fashion. My friend narrated, proving he could stick to a script with the right incentive – or fear of a skittle drought. And Mrs Clutterbutt stuck to her word. Samantha was a star. The star, in fact, dressed in yellow, limbs outstretched, static, with not a single line of dialogue and suspended from the Church rafters with a line of stout tinsel.
The whole thing went as it usually does, which is to say, not without incident, but overall, wailing children aside, it was a splendid part of the festivities
HH and Honk hope to see you at their local church on Christmas Eve, where they promise neither they nor their associates will have any involvement in the Nativity portion of the service.


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How's life treating you nowadays?
Keitta: Life is good, man. I can't lie. Things are moving on smoothly. Plans that were set in motion a while back are starting to produce results. I'm very grateful to God for how far He's brought me. This show business is crazy but I'm accepting everything and taking it all in my stride.
In what way would you say your stint on Big Brother Africa changed your life?
Keitta: Well for starters, I'd say it got people to know me. Being exposed to the entire African continent is a big deal. I definitely got caught up in the whole "celeb" lifestyle. The reaction I get from people is truly amazing. Especially in other African countries like Nigeria and South Africa. At first I was a bit taken aback by the whole thing, but as time goes on I'm getting used to everything and it's cool.
Before all this, you were pretty much a laid back character, and you never really craved for the spotlight. Would you say that has all changed now?
Keitta: I wouldn't really say that because I still keep my circle small. Even though I go out there and meet so many people and I have to be nice and courteous, my true friends are still in my small circle. I'm still the indoors kind of guy, with my video games and stuff. The only thing that has really changed is that now people know who I am. I chose my career path so I have to deal with the popularity that comes with it. It's all part of the package. BeingReggie Rockstone's kid brother, I grew up seeing how his stardom affected him and those around him. So I knew what I was in for.
Eazzy and Keitta
When you were in the Big Brother House, did you at any point regret your decision to take part?
Keitta: Not at all. Never. I needed that exposure for all these projects that I'm working on. "The end justify the means" as they say. I also enjoyed all of my stay in that house. No regrets whatsoever.
What would you say is the worst thing about being in the BBA House?
Keitta: Man, you can't have sex! As a man, you need to "let it all out". (laughs) You need to be able to release the stress, and you can't really do that in the house. You can try at your own risk, because the whole continent, including your close friends and family, will be watching you. Luckily it's only for a few months or weeks, depending on how far you go in the game, so that's not too bad. Obviously, you all start to miss home at some point. You miss your regular routines and stuff as well.
Your relationship with your girl Mildred aka "Eazzy", came under quite a lot of scrutiny during your stay in the game. How has it affected your relationship?
Keitta: Well it was kind of wobbly, but I always try to keep things strong. If you believe in something, you have to do everything you can to make it work, despite all the obstacles. Every relationship has problems at some time or another. It's even harder when you're in the spotlight. But whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. We went through our ups and downs and we're still together, and I can say our bond is tighter than ever.
The new season of BBA has just started. What are your thoughts on the show as a whole?
Keitta: Before I went to BBA, I hadn't really watched it. But I will definitely be glued to this season. It's interesting for me now as a viewer who's been there and knows what it's like. From when I came back from the house until right now, I still haven't seen myself in the house. I have not watched a single episode. I think it's kind of vain for me to watch myself on TV so I don't. I'm just not that kind of guy. I wish our representatives lots of luck though, because it's really time for Ghana to win.
What would you say to other people who might want to go for auditions next year and hope to be part of BBA?
Keitta: Well I'll say it's a risk. You might go in there and do well or you might flop. It's when you come out that everything hits you. While you are in the house, you're completely unaware. Sometimes you even forget that the cameras are there filming you. The longer you stay in the house, the more detached from reality you become. When you come out, there's a whirlwind of events, appearances and attention that hits you and it can be very overwhelming at times. But you need to comport yourself. I know it's all entertainment, but our lifestyles need to be on point as Africans. As much as people say they'll just "be themselves" when they go in, once you're in the house, a lot can change. The key is to try to keep it as real as possible despite all the distractions. When you get out, you also need to capitalize on the platform you've been given.
Would you say that you capitalized on the opportunity you were given?
Keitta: Yeah, I'd say so. I've got quite a few modeling gigs. I just finished a movie which I'm excited about. It's my first movie and even though I'm not really an actor, I love to try new things. I'm working on opening up my own production house, where we'll be producing everything from music videos to commercials.
How's your relationship with your brother Reggie Rockstone?
Keitta: We're cool. It's great. Sometimes it's all about tough love, but I know I can always count on him for anything because he's got my back. He's just opened the newly renovated Rockstone's Office and I'm very proud of all he's accomplished. He says he's proud of me too. (laughs)
A message to your fans?
Keitta: Shout out to Team Keitta and all those who have supported me all this time. Let's keep the unity and peace we're enjoying because that's what it's all about. I love you all. God bless.


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"Beauty Is All Around You; You Just Have To Look"
Some of My Favorite Instagram Moments…
The Great American Zoo Trip
by Joel Sartore
For many of Earth's creatures time is running out. There are simply too many humans now, more than seven billion. All of us consume resources and space. Wildlife just can't compete.
The concept behind the Biodiversity Project is simple: to show what's at stake in terms of species loss and to get people to care while there's still time.
In zoos, in private collections, and in the field with biologists around the world, I'm trying to photograph as many species as I can by using a portable studio with black and white backgrounds. I've been at this quite a while now and have captured nearly 1,800 in the past five years. That's not nearly enough, but it's a start. Starting tomorrow, I'll be visiting several zoos over the next month, hoping to add at least 25 species to the project. The subjects will range from turtles to tigers and everything in between.
This black-and-white background technique gives all species equal weight and importance. A tiny beetle is as interesting as a lion, and a two-toed sloth as cuddly as a panda bear (see photos at left). The clean background, combined with nice light, allows the viewer to look every species in the eye, the window to the soul. I hope these portraits will connect with viewers and get them to understand that all creatures have at least a consciousness as well as a basic right to exist.
Experts say that half the world's plant and animal species are now threatened with extinction. My job is to get you to look at them in a new way, to understand that all of this complexity and beauty has been shaped by millions of years of evolution. It would be a crime to doom even one of these species to extinction. It may also threaten our very existence. It is folly to think that we can doom everything else to extinction but that we'll be just fine.
The time to do this is right now, while zoos still have a substantial "inventory." Many animals simply don't breed well in captivity, and so in the past we've been able to get replacements from the wild. For some species, we just can't do that anymore. The captives are all that are left.
There's no time to lose.
Watch the Video and Read more at The Biodiversity Project
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We all know that images are important and impactful. Whether you are trying to create an advertising campaign or just inspire people to click a link — images are what pull people in. And to serve as inspiration, here we have some of the most amazing photos of 2011, courtesy of TwistedSifter. Every day at 5pm the Sifter posts the Picture of the Day, and in this post, The Top 50 'Pictures of the Day' for 2011, they chose the most overall amazing images of the year. Below you will see some of my favorites from the bunch, but be sure to check out All of the images on the site. While you're there, if you click any of the pictures you will be taken to the individual post to learn more about the photographer and picture taken. Enjoy & Inspire!
Posted in Digital Darlings, Link My Thoughts
Flower Bombs was my design partners, Arlene Delgado, thesis project for her last quarter at the Miami Institute of Art and Design. She decided to explore the world of guerrilla art with the idea of sending out positive karmic vibes in the form of different typographic collateral. Together, we went out into the Wynwood Art District and posted these messages all over using environmentally friendly wheat paste. Our friend Sindy Perez took these shots. Arlene was very happy with the results, as was I. Some of these posters are available for download. Feel free to print and post in your hometown. And make sure to email Arlene a picture. Spread the positivity and explore the karma of design.


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Wouldn't it be great if you could build a project without using clamps or waiting for glue to dry? How about assembling strong joints in a fraction of the time it takes to cut tenons and mortises?
That's what you get when you use pocket screws, and if you haven't given them a chance yet, you might want to try.
The joinery process involves two parts. First, a shallow-angled hole is drilled into one board to create the "pocket", usually by using a special jig. The workpiece is then butted against the adjoining piece and joined using special pan-head self-tapping screws. The joints take a minimal amount of time to prepare, and the results are more than strong enough for many applications.
What do you need to get started? Well, of course, you need to start with a pocket hole jig. The jig not only guides the drill bit but also holds the workpiece in place while you drill a perfect shallow-angled hole. CMT, General, and others make excellent jigs, but you can't say "pocket screw" without immediately thinking of Kreg Tool Company. Kreg produces a number of kits and jigs to suit any budget or shop setup, ranging from a small pocket-sized mini to more elaborate kits with built-in toggle clamps and dust collection.
A crucial component of any pocket screw kit is the step drill bit. This bit drills a square-bottomed hole for the screw head to bear against and a shank hole for the screw body to pass through.
Many of the tools you already have in your shop will also be pressed into service, such as a drill. If you are drilling a lot of pocket holes, you might consider dusting off the old corded drill since battery life won't be an issue. A cordless drill with a clutch is ideal for screw driving and will help avoid driving the screws too far. Obviously your project boards need to be cut to proper dimension, so whatever means you use to get them there is up to you. Just as with any other type of joinery, pocket screws work best with clean, square, tearout-free project parts.
The screws themselves are of the pan head self-tapping variety. They come in various lengths for different-sized parts as well as coarse and fine threads for different materials. Generally-speaking, I use fine threads for hardwoods and coarse threads for softwoods, plywood, and composites.
First, your parts should be cut to proper length and width. This brings up an important benefit to the pocket screw system: you don't have to account for joinery. No more mental gymnastics when trying to calculate tenon lengths! When you're ready to join your pieces, simply mount the workpiece onto the jig and drill the holes.
When you set up to drive the screw into place, its a good idea to use one of the manufacturer?s face clamps. These specialized clamps work very much like vise grips, but the wide faces help keep the surfaces flush as you drive the screws home. Many times, I will employ an additional clamp (F-style or parallel) across the joint just to help ensure everything is held as tightly as possible.
Once the screws are set, you can remove the clamps and move on to the next step, even if glue is involved. This may sound like a minor point, but when you think about the complexity of some projects, this can help keep you sane and negate the need for a wall full of clamps. Furthermore, you'll save yourself a great deal of time! Take a face frame for example. If you cut classic joinery on the frame members and then glue them together, you'll lose at least an hour just waiting for the glue to dry. Then, of course, you have to glue that face frame to the casework. That's another hour. With the pocket screws, you can go from step to step without missing a beat.
Without a doubt, pocket screws shine when it comes to cabinetry! As I mentioned, I use these screws exclusively when working with face frames. There's nothing easier for the task, and it saves a great deal of time. I use them not only to join together the solid wood face frames, but also to attach solid wood reinforcing edging for plywood shelves and the plywood boxes as well. Pocket screws also work very well for attaching table tops, flat mitred items like picture frames, legs on occasional tables, and repairing broken pieces of furniture. Many folks use them as an exclusive joinery system for all types of projects.
Let's face it: the pocket hole itself stands out like a sore thumb! When designing a project, take your time to lay out the joints where the hole will be in an inconspicuous area. Putting them toward the inside or back of a project is always a good idea. If you can?t hide the hole, manufacturers also make special plugs that you can insert into the hole and sand or plane flush. They are made out of many common wood species and you can find one to match or you can use a contrasting species to make a statement.
Remember also that the screw and wood are dissimilar materials. While they hold well for static loads, when you use them in projects that deal with a lot of shifting loads and racking forces, specifically chairs, you definitely want to lean toward more traditional, beefier joinery methods.
Pocket screw joinery is fast and strong. While I don't use them on every project that leaves my shop, I do find them incredibly useful and my Kreg Jig was a solid investment.
Here are some great examples of projects made using pocket screws from the Wood Whisperer community! From left to right: Dyami Plotke, Mike D'Alfonso, Dean Jackson, and Roger Turnbough.
This article was written by Tom Iovino, Managing Editor of TomsWorkBench.com and columnist for Wood Magazine. Editing and photos by Marc Spagnuolo.


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At the core of our Hormone Replacement Therapy at Physician's Age Management Centers, PLLC is a commitment to best practice models of science and medicine, with the goal of helping each patient achieve optimal health, vitality and well being . "Whole person" review and assessment allows us to understand you, and your specific needs and goals, and provides the springboard for a healthy journey of recovery and wellness.
At Physician's Age Management Centers we utilize only Bio Natural Hormones in our practice. Not only are they safer and more effective, but they are hormones which the brain fully recognizes and allow the body to restore itself to its previous, vital state.
Bio Natural Hormones are compounds which are manufactured in the lab to have the exact same chemical and molecular structure as the hormones that are produced in the human body. Though any hormone can be made to be "bio-natural", the term is most often used to describe formulations containing estrogens, progesterone and androgens (testosterone). Symptoms of hormonal imbalance of testosterone in men include loss of muscle, weight fluctuation, decreased libido, depression, fatigue, erectile dysfunction, lack of focus and joint pain. For women, symptoms of hormonal imbalance of testosterone, estrogen and progesterone include depression, hot flashes, night sweats, severe migraines, fatigue, mental fogginess, mood swings, anxiety, decreased libido and insomnia.
The history of Bio Natural Hormones dates to the 1930's in the United States, and still many Physician's remain unfamiliar with them. At Physician's Age Management Centers, it is what we specialize in for our practice. We are not serving patients as a "side" business. Bio Natural HRT IS our specialty.
At Physician's Age Management Centers, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is practiced as medicine and science with service at its core. We believe that treating each patient is a unique and individualized process, not a "one size fits all" format. We have developed an extensive and detailed evaluation process for patients that include blood work, medical history and physical, and an interview process with our practitioners to determine if treatment is indicated, and which delivery system or Treatment Option is right for each patient.
Physician's Age Management Centers has researched and developed medical guidelines to ensure quality patient care and outcomes. An outgrowth of our research and treatment of patients over time has provided us with knowledge of, and necessity for, use of varied Treatment Options for our patients. Each allows for unique delivery systems, but with similar outcomes. The variance, or "option" of the delivery system utilized for the patient will be discussed with you by our clinicians, but whichever delivery system is used, you can expect symptom relief from your hormonal imbalance.
Treatment Options
At PAMC we utilize four treatment options for our patients: Pellets, Injectables, Creams (Transdermals) and Capsules (Oral). Each is unique in its process.
Pellet Therapy
This long lasting treatment option is easy and convenient. Instead of dealing with daily or weekly pills, creams or injections, the patient meets with the practioner every three to four months for their "insertion" of Testosterone or Estrogen Bio Natural Hormone pellets. During a simple and quick in office procedure, tiny pellets are inserted into the buttock area. The small incision site needed for the insertion is covered by a small bandage afterward, with no suture required. The pellets release small amounts of the hormone needed by the body over time, so that hormone levels remain constant without highs and lows. After each procedure your clinician will monitor your levels via periodic blood levels and interviews. If needed, dosing adjustments are made to ensure symptom relief is maintained with optimal hormone levels. Most patients see symptom relief over the first two weeks on this treatment.
Compounded Testosterone, in either Cypionate or Enanthate form are made by "Depot" drug formulation. This creates a slow release of the testosterone and allows a prolonged action. Injections are often given weekly or may be given at smaller doses twice per week to reduce peaks levels and ensure a consistent level is sustained. Typically, the injection site is the buttock area. Symptom relief by injection is usually seen rapidly by the patient. Patients are evaluated periodically for symptom relief through blood levels evaluation of testosterone and interview.
Creams (Transdermals)
Creams or transdermals are a treatment option that allows for the hormones to be delivered through the skin. Testosterone, Estrogen and Progesterone are all available in transdermal form. Transdermal hormones are applied directly to the skin. They are typically used daily in small doses that allow for avoidance of peaks and valleys of hormone levels. Transdermal application is a convenient and effective treatment option for those patients with an aversion to needles and insertions. Special care must be taken with transdermals when used, as they are easily transferred with a partner. Caution must be used with transdermals when physically interacting with children.
Oral (Capsules and Pills)
Oral treatment options are available for bio natural hormones at Physician's Age Management Centers for Progesterone and Armour Thyroid. Testosterone and Estrogen are NEVER given at Physician's Age Management Centers in oral form. Oral delivery of testosterone and estrogen pass through the liver before entering the bloodstream. This allows for greater risk of blood clotting and stroke, even if the hormone is bio natural. Progesterone in pill and Troche (dissolved under the tongue) form are used to reduce symptoms of anxiety, stress, painful or tender breasts, night sweats, insomnia, weight gain and headaches among other symptoms. Armour Thyroid, a bio natural, is used to treat patients with hypothyroidism. The thyroid secretes several hormones (T-3 and T-4) and its inability to function as intended decreases valuable hormones to the body. Symptoms related to hypothyroidism include an inability to lose weight, sleep disruption, fatigue, muscle weakness, thinning hair and depression.
Choosing the treatment option right for you at Physician's Age Management Centers is our focus. Outcomes that achieve symptom relief and improve your health and well being are always our goal. Call us for additional information to see how we at Physician's Age Management Centers can help get your life back on track through Bio Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy.
Treatment Questions
"How did I get here, and why do I feel so bad?"
As men and women enter into their later 30's and 40's, the youthful high levels of hormones begin to wane. Testosterone for men, testosterone, estrogen and progesterone for women, are all in a state of gradual decline. Symptoms begin to show themselves slowly for most as hormone levels decline, then are more prevalent and continuous as we age. If you are a woman who has had a hysterectomy, the loss may be sudden and the symptoms more dramatic.
With this natural decline in testosterone for men, common symptoms are weight fluctuation, loss of muscle mass, decreased energy and stamina, increased anxiety and stress, difficulty focusing, joint pain, erectile dysfunction, decrease libido and depression. For women, symptoms of low testosterone of depression, hot flashes, night sweats, migraines, mood swings, poor sleep and a decreased libido may also occur. A decrease or loss of the hormones of Estrogen and/or Progesterone may also be a cause for these symptoms in women.
"Is there a treatment that will work for me?"
At Physician's Age Management Centers, we recognize the need for treatment that meets the needs for symptom relief of each individual. This is accomplished with a thorough medical evaluation by our medical team, including medical history, blood level assessment, symptom identification and severity, lifestyle assessment and family medical history. From this evaluation your specialized and patient specific treatment plan will be developed. Following the medical evaluation, treatment options will be discussed with you that meet your specific needs. Additionally, all of outpatients are coached in healthy lifestyle changes with a diet and exercise plan that meets their individual goals and healthcare needs.
"What are my treatment options?"
First, Physician's Age Management Centers uses only Bio Natural Hormones in our medical practices. Bio Natural Hormones are compounded, using natural ingredients that closely mimic those hormones naturally produced in our bodies. The delivery systems, or treatment options, available for hormone replacement consist of creams, pellets, injections, troches and capsules. The type of delivery system or treatment option you choose is a matter of preference to the individual patient. All of the treatment options will be discussed with you at your medical assessment to help you determine which the right is one for you and it can change over the course of treatment.


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Emergency and disaster medicine
SECOM - Satellite Enhanced Coverage of Mobimed
To enable remote monitoring, in an ambulance, of patient vital signs, assessment of diagnostic quality ECG's and any relevant patient history.
Contact: Francesco.Feliciani @ esa.int More info »»
Telemedicine-via-Satellite for Commercial Aviation
Management of Medical Emergency for Commercial Aviation will be aimed to develop, integrate and validate, in a pre-operational pilot, a portable telemedicine system to support diagnosis from on-board of civil aircrafts.
Contact: Pierluigi.Mancini @ esa.int More info »»
I-DISCARE - DELTASS for operational users community
aims at proposing DELTASS to operational users community first on a free basis & afterwards on a commercial basis.
Contact: Giovanni.Garofalo @ esa.int More info »»
DELTASS - Disaster Emergency Logistic Telemedicine Advanced Satellite System
To improve the benefits & efficiency of the management of the rescue, first medical aid and emergency operations in disaster situations like earthquakes or explosions.
Contact: Francesco.Feliciani @ esa.int More info »»
NESA - Next-generation Emergency Satellite Assistance
On-field radiology & diagnosis with digital X-Ray apparatus and vital signs devices on-board an emergency vehicle. Communications via satellite facilitating remote analysis and diagnosis.
Contact: Francesco.Feliciani @ esa.int More info »»
TELANY - Telemedicine Anyware
Telemedicine support for routine care, pathological needs, & continuous follow up of patients at their location, as well as emergency and on-field telemedicine scenarios in extreme cases
Contact: Francesco.Feliciani @ esa.int More info »»
Satellite Enhanced Coverage of MobiMed for Helicopter Air Ambulances
Completed project to confirm the viability through realistic flight trials of satellite communications technology and improve medical services provided to the oil and gas industry through continuous ECG monitoring of patients during helicopter evacuation from oil-platforms in the North Sea
Contact: Francesco.Feliciani @ esa.int More info »»
IEMN - Integrated Emergency Medicine Network
To develop, implement & test a multi-tier emergency service to serve as the basis of a province-wide emergency medicine network.
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News__ Shakuhachi A/W '12
| By Kate
PJs and scuba gear for the Shakuhachi's a/w '12 collection
We gave you a sneak peak of Shakuhachi's a/w '12 ready-to-wear a little while back, but now here's the full monty. As always, the Australian label's collection is totally smooth yet never predictable. This summer Shakuhachi gets you ready for anything--by having you comfy and incorporating a little of well, lots of things. Soft lingerie-like peach-colored pieces are balanced by structural scuba wear. Wallpaper print are freshened up with interesting silhouettes. And pyjama pants and traditional Asian motifs are packed in. It might seem a little off, but it works. It works well.
Check out our picks from the Shakuhachi a/w '12 lookbook below,


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Vortrag am 10. Oktober 2012
Talk Announcement
Speaker: Thorsten Staake, ETH Zurich
Location: Rundeturmstraße 10, (Building S3/20, room 111)
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 3:00 p.m.
Title: Green ICT for behavioral change? Obstacles and pathways towards a sustainable energy usage
The ongoing effort to reduce fossil fuel consumption and to integrate renewable sources within the electrical grid fosters the installation of smart meters in millions of households. Smart meters can measure electricity, gas, or water consumption at a high resolution in time and make related data available within a computer network. This fine grained consumption data contains valuable context information on the demand side and as such forms the basis for novel services and applications.
Prominent examples include the timely provisioning of feedback information on personal energy usage in support of better energy related decision making and the time-base shift of demand to integrate energy from stochastic sources within the emerging smart grid. High hopes are being placed on this integration of information and communication technology (ICT) and the electrical grid. However, researcher and practitioners are still far away from turning their vision of effective, powerful feedback technologies and energy aware appliances into reality.
In the presentation, Thorsten Staake will provide insights why smart feedback technologies do not lead to the hoped-for effects, why user do rarely invest in Green ICT, and what potential approaches exist to change the situation to the better. The talk will detail results of several large scale field studies on smart metering as well as insights from industry projects and startup activities revolving around behavioral change by means of ICT.
Short Biography:
Thorsten is lecturer at ETH Zurich and director of the Bits to Energy Lab, a joint research initiative of ETH and the University of St. Gallen. His work is dedicated to bringing together Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp) technologies with insights from behavioral science to build products that motivate and help consumers to conserve energy. Primary fields of application include end-user oriented Smart Metering systems and related feedback technologies. Prior to joining ETH, Thorsten worked at the Auto-ID Labs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Infineon Technologies, and Clariant. He holds a PhD in business administration from the University of St. Gallen and a diploma in electrical engineering and information technology from TU Darmstadt. Thorsten is also co-founder of Amphiro AG, a clean-tech startup that engineers miniaturized generators and self-powered smart water meters for the faucet and fittings industry, and of BEN Energy AG, which develops smart grid software for utility companies.


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"Mike & Dave" doing night shoots in Chinatown thru Friday. @olv #zacefron #adamdevine #aubreyplaza #AndreaRussett pic.twitter.com/ls0O62nYip— Reel Tours Hawaii (@reeltourshawaii) July 22, 2015
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Got to watch Adam, Zac, Anna & Aubrey do their thing tonight. 👊 #zacefron #adamdevine #aubreyplaza #AnnaKendrick pic.twitter.com/5eIVVUqRPe— Reel Tours Hawaii (@reeltourshawaii) July 23, 2015
@LisaCim I SAW ZAC EFRON YESTERSAY pic.twitter.com/ZZly62m6XF— Katelyn (@Jauregui_girl_) July 23, 2015
My son TakoyBatt wanted to say thanks for the awesome day yesterday on set props for being so good to him@ZacEfron— sbatt (@battmans) July 22, 2015
Also Chloe Moretz has been cast in Neighbors 2. That plus Seth's involvement gives me some hope that this will buck the trend and not join the ranks of shitty sequels.


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A half of an acorn shell — skull cap,
or devastating news to a young boy —
lay buried in the garden. A squirrel hid it,
a secret no one tells. Useless as a clipped
azalea someone forgot to put in water. A part
of an object is better than nothing.
Perhaps, it will be the spare to another item.
I saved spindles for chairs in case I broke one.
It was obvious that the better part, the soft inside,
was scalloped out, like an oyster from a clam.
I hoped the doctor removes all my friend's cancer.
Both breasts were gone, envelopes of desire and milk,
and concave was better than no person. The weather
was overwhelming with bad reports; she felt a shell
of her former self: less than before, but still alive —
more desirable than the cruel alternatives.
She chattered on the phone about every day events,
avoiding going deeper, under the skin of worry.
Squirrels scold this way. I gripped a chair hard enough
to rip it apart in two. Her chemotherapy arms
were thin spindles, bony. If I blew on them
like lit matches, harsh as a capsizing storm,
would she scatter like flushed petals?
A shell can look like angel wings, or lungs,
or hands asking for more time, all spindly
flanges in an x-ray, trying to hold her breasts
supple, in place, knowing they will be excavated,
vacated, drained. She informed me the cure
was almost as bad as the cause.
You'll never know when a day ends,
or extends, or is operated on, or if showers last, or
if you will be able to do everything you wanted to do.
Martin Willitts Jr won the Turtle Island Quarterly Editor's Choice Award, "The Wire Fence Holding Back the World" (Flowstone Press, 2016). His most recent full-length is "Dylan Thomas and the Writing Shed" (FutureCycle Press, 2017).


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Realistically, not much is going to be done [in America] to address the short-term problems, but we can at least use this winter of recuperation to address the country's underlying structural ones. Do tax reform, fiscal reform, education reform and political reform so that when the economy finally does recover the prosperity is deep, broad and strong.
Unfortunately, the country has been wasting this winter of recuperation. Nothing of consequence has been achieved over the past two years. Instead, there have been a series of trivial sideshows. It's as if people can't keep their minds focused on the big things. They get diverted by scuffles that are small, contentious and symbolic.
Take the Occupy Wall Street movement….[their] core theme…is that the virtuous 99 percent of society is being cheated by the richest and greediest 1 percent.
This is a theme that allows the people in the 99 percent to think very highly of themselves. All their problems are caused by the nefarious elite….


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Mucker Q&A – Chris Anderson, Team Victory, MuckFest MS Twin Cities
Meet Chris Anderson, number one fan of Team Victory at MuckFest® MS Twin Cities. We're excited to share his story, what MuckFest MS means to him, and his advice on how participants can get the most muck out of their MuckFest MS experience.
MuckFest MS: What made you first decide to become involved with MuckFest MS?
Chris: I started my involvement with the National MS Society in 2005, shortly after my own diagnosis. I started Team Victory at that time. My girlfriend, Haley, heard about MuckFest MS and was captain of the MudSeekers in 2012. At that time, I wanted to expand Team Victory into an additional event and MuckFest MS was the perfect opportunity. In 2013, Team Victory debuted at MuckFest MS. I have helped the team to more than double its size. While my fundraising season was once confined to the springtime, it has now become a year-round thing for me.
MuckFest MS: Why is supporting the National MS Society important to you?
Chris: While I live with MS, this cause has become so much more important to me since I have talked to so many people who have MS or people who have loved ones who live with it. My purpose is to help others living with this disease and to prevent it from reaching one more person. I do not want anyone to have to live with what I have to live with. I have seen that there are so many with the same passion that I have. I cannot take this cause on alone and more and more, I realize that I do not.
MuckFest MS: What is your single best fundraising tip?
Chris: Do not be afraid to ask for funds for this cause. The worst they can say is "no." Without asking, they are not given the opportunity to respond. If they say no or are not able to contribute, thank them for their time. Even if you get rejected for a donation, you are still telling people you are doing a wonderful thing at an amazingly fun event for a worthy cause and you are STILL raising awareness.
MuckFest MS: If you could give one piece of advice to MuckFest MS Team Captains, what would it be?
Chris: I have always found that enthusiasm is contagious. A captain's motivation for the cause spreads to others easily. When others see your passion, they want to do whatever they can to help. That passion easily begins to snowball.
MuckFest MS: What is your favorite MuckFest MS memory?
Chris: As I have not been able to participate in MuckFest MS due to my MS, I have been quite the cheerleader for Team Victory. When Haley finished MuckFest MS in 2012, she was so proud. She ran up to me to give me a muddy hug. I was still clean and ran away to avoid it. "Oh no you don't," I told her. In 2013 it was a different story. She warned me, "Running away isn't going to happen this year." She came up to me, wrapped her muddy arms around me and I was officially a MuckFest MS participant. It was a muddy, mucky, fun and hilarious moment.
MuckFest MS: What three words you would use to describe MuckFest MS?
Chris: If the event can be described in three words to me they would be "fun," "fun," and more "fun." I suppose you need a little more than that though, so I will use a phrase used by a MuckFest MS participant. "Mucktastically good times!!!"
Thanks so much to Chris for his incredible support, and keep an eye out for Team Victory at MuckFest MS Twin Cities!


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ICYMI: A&E Network Told Viewers to Get Ducked with Duck Dynasty Marathon
If you ever doubted what your gripes mean to TV ratings, look no further than here.
Merry Christmas to all of you who took serious issue with Phil Robertson, the patriarch of 'Duck Dynasty,' and his seemingly anti-gay and anti-Jim Crow law stances during the past few weeks. If you were trapped in your bomb shelter over the holidays or just bombed on that spiked egg nog your lush grandmother brought to the party, you may have been watching A&E TV's Christmas gift to America:
A 24-hour 'Duck Dynasty' marathon, which of course, came with a colossal middle finger hailing in the Christmas sky.
The Yuletide "Kiss my Grinch" festivities began Christmas day at 3:30 p.m. eastern with Episode 1 … of 25. This fun and yuks commenced until December 26 until the infomercials took over programming selling Shamwows or the inane Flowbee hair vacuum.
According to Cate Meighan, senior writer for Celeb Dirty Laundry (who is being quoted everywhere about this never-ending kerfuffle), A&E is just giving the fans what they want.
"I think, honestly, it's A&E trying to play both sides of the coin," she said. "They've come out and not supported Phil's statements… however they're also looking at the backlash from the fans, and they have a huge amount of backlash from the fans." Plus, in the TV world, it all comes down to money, she said. "Duck Dynasty" is the networks top show, and it has reeled it more than 14 million viewers at its peak, which means big advertising bucks for the network.
"It is really a money thing," Meighan explained. "You're going to have the same people tuning into 'Duck Dynasty' that always have and the same people not watching that always have."
And that is the broadcasting Circle of Life, kids.
You act. You get paid. You act too big for your britches. They bitch. The networks choke on their escargot. They "suspend" and remember what it's like to have a No. 1 rated TV show. And then ask the agape-mouthed fool back on the show because you people suck anyway.
Welcome to America, at least the 14 million acolytes of the show. The rest of you don't matter so much.


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3000 blips later...
Back in December I had my 8 year blip. I didn't do a celebration picture at the time. I was in the thick of fighting to save Blipfoto and I didn't feel like celebrating. I knew that one way or another I would keep this journal, and that a celebration image would be a very bitter memory if Blipfoto died and I was looking at the journal elsewhere.
Today things are a bit different, and it feel safe to celebrate...
It's not a very elaborate celebration. Just a balloon to go with my balloon on here.
I'm incredibly busy with work. Blipfuture is still occupying a lot of time too - there's so much to do behind the scenes transferring ownership of everything, wrapping up the crowdfunding and putting in place the foundations for a sustainable future.
CyclopsJnr is a little under the weather again. We thought it was probably Slap Cheek Syndrome (he had really red cheeks at the weekend) but we're now wondering if it might be Chicken Pox.. Anyway, that is adding sleepless nights and extra vomit cleaning duties to my day.
Oh, and we're having building work done so there's the extra distraction of keeping an eye on that.
However, right now I have cake, a nice glass of cold orange squash, my boy sleeping upstairs, my wife just across the room (also with cake), and a nice warm feeling that comes from the fact there is still a blipfoto for me to post it on.
Life is blooming amazing isn't it?


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Servings: people
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Their Brioche donuts are WAY too good.
"Me want another one, right now, please!"
Moira was pretty comfortable in the shade.
You guys have such cute kids! Peyton is suddenly looking like such a big boy. Maybe because Moira is so full of tiny baby cuteness. :)
I will be thinking of you tomorrow and praying for God's comfort, peace and joy to be upon you. Cannot believe its been 4 years....
I'm a bit slow... I thought today was the 16th and tomorrow is the 17th. I'm sorry...
Such a pretty dress for Moira!
I once found a handmade wool, little girls sweater and I couldn't believe someone would donate it! I still have it.
Great pics!
How sweet she is, Erin! Congratulations and way to go. You have such a happy little family. What a blessing.
Thanks for your sweet words on my Gram blog entry. I do wish I could have gotten there before she passed. I meant to send our love on the 17th and I totally missed it. I am so glad to see that you guys had such a wonderful visit though. I happen to find the cd with the pictures from Gabriel's birth and I had a sweet tear-filled remembrance of that time, getting to see such a beautiful example of a mother's love, and how abundantly he has blessed you and Scott in continuing to grow your family.
How sweet she is, Erin! Congratulations and way to go. You have such a happy little family. What a blessing.


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I can get my Oak to connect to my wifi network, but I have not been able to get it to update (I think) or register with Particle.io. Have you been able to do this?Are you going through Particle.io to upload your sketch? I am not aware of any way to use the device until it is configured in particle.io. Pretty new to this, so any suggestions would be appreciated.Thanks!
D:\work\arduino\Oak\OAkRestore> ./esptool.exe --baud 115200 --port COM5 write_flash -fs 32m 0x1000 blank.bin 0x2000 oaksetup_restore.bin 0x0081000 oakupdate_restore.bin 0x101000 blank.bin 0x102000 blank.bin 0x202000 blank.binConnecting...A fatal error occurred: Failed to connect to ESP8266PS D:\work\arduino\Oak\OAkRestore>
onnect Pin2 to GND on the Oak and power it up via a good stable power supply or good USB port.
It would help to have a list of links to where the "good" advice is posted, so that we would not have to read every single thread to extract the information.


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Education transforms lives and is at the heart of UNESCO's mission to build peace, eradicate poverty and drive sustainable improvement. We call for elimination of structural impediments which progressives throw within the path of poor folks: Over-regulation of start-up enterprises, extreme licensing necessities, pointless restrictions on formation of faculties and day-care centers serving neighborhood families, and restrictions on offering public companies in fields like transport and sanitation that shut the chance door to all however a popular few.
Folks from everywhere in the world contribute to HubPages by sharing words and footage Get to know us a bit by studying what everyday individuals must say about Education and Science , and Science Festivals & Experiments The breadth of content on HubPages is extensive, however each article is particular in its personal special means! If young people had been in cost, the educational system in Nigeria wouldn't be in its present state, and unemployment would be diminished.
Overseas staff with a very good expertise and education as caregiver or nanny, will be certified to use with a work permit in Canada. At this time world economics and societies are altering very rapidly; it wants depth in each discipline of education on this high time. Republicans are main the effort to create it. Since 1965, the federal authorities, by way of greater than one hundred programs within the Department of Education, has spent $2 trillion on elementary and secondary education with little substantial enchancment in educational achievement or high school commencement charges. The Tax-Credit Scholarship Program supplies personal college tuition vouchers to low-revenue students. Past political corruption, the Nigerian education system suffers in other ways.
Galaska, of Boyertown, and three other Pennsylvania lecturers, none of whom are union members, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against their districts, the superintendents, and the union that represents the college, the Pennsylvania State Education Affiliation, as well as its native branches, including the Twin Valley Education Affiliation. Fails to listing one primary cause: In Sunday's Washington Post, Mitt Romney offered a ringing endorsement of Betsy DeVos, Donald J. Trump's multi-billionaire nominee for secretary of education. A consultant from Day Webster Education might be on campus on Wednesday January 18, 2017.
Cory was fired quickly after this request, so I'm certain Mr. Trump never saw it. At the moment, I seen that after the absurd choice of Ben Carson, Mr Trump is now fascinated by appointing to secretary of education the head of Success Academy. Yes, smaller households of 1-4 kids insure that children receive the right individualized consideration and that there's MORE monies allotted per youngster for cultural and educational issues.


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Moyashimon – Impatience will brew you
Other than the cute microbes we get to see from Moyashimon, and very educational facts about fermentation, we also witnessed Tadayasu's and other characters' struggle in their interpersonal relationships such as Hasegawa. Her statement on how a person is judged struck me the most.
"When others judge you, they judge you based on your abilities. That's why everyone is working so hard."
I have to agree on that on some part, although Hasegawa is also missing something here. I'm glad that throughout the character development, all that's missing was filled in.
Call it petty or trivial but personality does really count at times. It would probably be the greatest mistake that Hasegawa could commit if she thinks only those who have the greatest abilities could achieve the greatest things in life. To put it in simpler terms, a human resource manager does not merely look at your credentials when they hire you.
Hasegawa's statement on how she was very willing to drink Tadayasu's blood, granted that it would enable the transfer of his unique power of seeing the microbes through his naked eye to her, was rather absurd. Although I understand her gripe that Tadayasu's ability would really further intensify her researches and discoveries, I don't think I'd be so desperate on wanting that ability. For Hasegawa to utter such thing, there must be some reason behind her despair.
Although our innate abilities are the ones that makes us heterogenous compared to other people, it's not only our abilities that makes us different and level above other people. Tadayasu might possess an ability that's beyond the power of an electron microscope but it still doesn't make him a proficient person because he's rather carefree and still remains as a budding scientist unlike Hasegawa who seems rather accomplished already in her field of expertise. Yet, she still expresses envy towards Tadayasu.
Hesagawa is an impatient person as we can observe from Prof. Itsuki's remarks on her actions towards Tadayasu. I can only see her impatience rooted from the pressure she gets from her parents trying to pull her out from the university in order to marry some other guy she clearly does not like since it even reached to the point of her asking help from Kawahama and Misato. She wanted to stay in the university in order to escape from the grasp of her parents and she knows that the university won't be able to protect her that much once she already finishes her doctorate. I think this is the very reason why she's impatient. She's already a postgraduate student and only time can tell when her thesis/dissertation will be finally done and ready to enable her to graduate. Hasegawa is trying to think of ways how she'll be able to taste freedom even though she has already finished her doctorate. One answer that I can think of is for her to be relatively popular, known and distinguished, to the point of allowing herself to be independent – not just ordinarily acknowledged in her field of study. This only points her to Tadayasu as her hope and means to discover and expand her studies regarding microbes and such in order to gain recognition. Much to her chagrin, Tadayasu's inexperienced as a novice in the field of microbiology. The only thing he knows about is how yeast works.
Just as how many times Prof. Itsuki has told her, patience is the key. It can be observed in the ending of the series that she has really improved her patience meter on how she'll supervise from there on Tadayasu's progress. It was a big progress on her part as well that she has learned to accept the pace of things around her, unlike before when she's known to drag everyone around her until she's satisfied.
It was rather ironic that someone who's specializing in/studying fermentation lacks patience. For a fermentation process to succeed, one needs to be patient on when is the right time to act or do something on the produce. I think she's normally patient and passionate about her research as she stayed countless overnights in the university already but sometimes, the feeling of discontentment about her disposition puts her on a crazy mood. No one can blame her though. It was evident on how she's haunted by her parent's shadows right at the first episode where her parents immediately warranted for a search from the policemen after she went missing.
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|Can Hypnotherapy Help With Panic Attacks And Anxiety
Everyone is susceptible to getting a panic attack, but there are some people who can cope with anxiety and worry utilizing a few natural techniques.
Often what works for one person will work for another. This is why programs work so well. A proven technique that works for many different people, and is backed up by a ton of testimonials, is bound to be adopted and sought after by many more people!
However, in a surprising twist, those that receive hypnotherapy typically do not incur large expenses due to panic attacks and anxiety because of the fact that this form of therapy teaches them how to effectively control the troublesome physiological and psychological symptoms that accompany their condition.What is Hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy is a form of therapy that is used to assist individuals in reaching what is considered to be a heightened level of awareness. Many refer to this heightened state as a "Trance". There are many techniques that are utilized to reach this state. Examples of these techniques include guided relaxation exercises, intense levels of concentration and focusing the attention span.
The ultimate goal of the therapy is to ensure that all environmental distractions and mental distractions are effectively blocked so that the participant is able to focus on the instructions and/or tasks issued to them by the trained professional, who is referred to as a "Hypnotherapist".
How is Hypnotherapy Effective for Panic Attacks and Anxiety? Hypnotherapists assist the patients that suffer from panic attacks and anxiety in numerous ways. In addition to assisting them in reaching heightened levels of awareness, many of the therapists also use psychotherapy.
In general terms, this is counselling and/or general therapy. It is quite common for patients to find that they experience troublesome thoughts, unbearable emotions and memories that have been blocked from their conscious mind while undergoing hypnotherapy. Psychotherapy assists in helping patients overcoming these thoughts, feelings and memories.
Medication.Medication is a technique and treatment which has mixed opinions. Doctors recommend medication such as Alprazolam, Lorazepam, Clonazepam and Diazepam, along with instructions that the patient should take medication at the beginning of a panic attack.
Many people do not like the idea of taking medication and this technique does have many mixed reactions. This is certainly a technique which would require you to consult with your doctor before taking any action.
Additionally, you may want to start telling yourself more positive things in place of those negative thoughts. For instance, if you are starting to become anxious about losing a job, then start to create a new, more positive, thought about being promoted. Often times, changing your thoughts to something more positive will allow you to feel better and relieve your of the anxiety that you are feeling. Relieving the anxiety is a great help for panic attacks.
Panic attacks can be uncomfortable and frightening, which is why it comes as no surprise why sufferers are looking for tips and tricks and the best self help for panic attacks. This article gives tips on the things that you can do to relieve yourself of the symptoms should such attacks occur.
Dealing with panic attacks can be difficult. The good news is, you don't have to deal with these forever. It's possible to find relief from the symptoms. Listed below are the things that you can do to help yourself in the event of an attack.
In the end, remember that there is preventative help for panic attacks as well. A healthy diet, adequate exercise, stress reduction, and living a simple life are all ways to reduce your chances of having an attack. But if you are suffering from panic attacks right now then following in other's footsteps (proven methods that work) is the best way to start relieving your panic attacks.
Lots of individuals globally are agonizing from anxiety and panic attacks as they live their everyday lives; this is especially true for those people who are part of cultures that are relatively stress-inducing. Should you think you belong to this category of individuals who would like a treatment for stress, anxiety and panic attacks then go on reading through this piece of writing so you can learn about solutions for stress and anxiety.
You might want to stay away from coffee and cigarettes, as caffeine and nicotine can make you even more jittery, which can then worsen and increase the frequency of your panic attacks.Keep a diary. Keep a panic diary, where you will be noting down the instances when you had a panic attack. This will give you an idea on what things trigger your attack so that you will be able to stay away from these.
Learn to relax. Don't be stressed and anxious all the time, or this can worsen your attacks. Instead, learn how to unwind. Pick up a hobby. Learn how to meditate. In doing so, you will become less jumpy than you used to be, which can then make you less prone to having these attacks.
When you feel like you're on the verge of an attack, make sure to use these tips in order to ward off the symptoms of the condition. It may take time to get used to using these, but don't worry, or you'll end up even more anxious than you already are. Instead, give yourself room for error and play with these tips.
Most commonly, panic attacks are caused by work, family, and relationship stress and can also be caused by financial and emotional instability as well.Understanding the importance of breathing techniques and letting go of worry is essential to overcome attacks and stress in daily life situations.
The more you worry and fear a panic attack, the more intense the outcome will be, especially if you are already stressed or nervous.Panic attacks can affect your day to day life and also stop you from doing things you enjoy, including hobbies and in some cases, your own work.
Seeking self-help for panic attacks is possible in your own time and helps with balancing your emotions and getting your life back under control and on track.