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"You don't need to see the whole staircase, you just need to take the first step" – Martin Luther King Jr. If you want to live a life that truly makes you happy, go and follow those things that makes you feel excited and passionated!
Sometimes we can get so overwhelmed with getting clear on our big dreams & visions, and even though I do believe in the act of getting clear on what you want in order to get it, I also believe that at some point in our lives, when we are not entirely sure what it is that we really want, the best thing you can do is to go follow those things that excites you.
"You don't need to see the whole staircase, you just need to take the first step" – Martin Luther King Jr
As Martin Luther King Jr said it, you don't need to see the whole staircase, you just need to take the first step. Take actions towards what excites you!
Go to that workshop, read that book, go out in nature, reach out to that person etc. You don't necessarily know where these things will lead you, and you don't have to know, you just have to go and do the things that makes you happy and you follow your passion!
"Following whatever lights you up is how you will light up the world" – Rebecca Campbell
And by following each of these little things that excites you, you will eventually see that you're on the exactly right path for you. If you go and do things all the time that you really don't want to, you'll end up seeing that you've been heading in the completely wrong direction. – you just need to take the next step!
Have you been following the things that lights you up? The things that you are passionated about? If not, take this as a sign to start doing more of the things that makes you excited, happy and feel full of passion!
"It is through following each and every little call – a step here and a leap there – that we find ourselves living the life we are called to live" – Rebecca Campbell


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Hi! My name is Rich Aguilera. This page is here in case you want to know a little more about "The Mud Guy" behind One Mustard Seed.
Travel is my favorite hobby. I enjoy going on architecture trips, mission trips, archaeology digs, or just plain filming trips.
I'm fascinated with geography and exploring God's unique nature in every new place I visit. Currently, I've traveled to 49 of the 50 US states, and 76 countries on all 6 inhabited continents.
After working in architecture for 16 years, I felt a strong call to work for God full-time on youth and children's ministries a series of events led to the clear indication that this was the direction God was calling me: To use 100% of my creative energy for Him!!!
I shut down my architecture practice and I created One Mustard Seed in 2008 and got right to work.
The last few years our goals have been dedicated into working in various areas of children's ministries, and teaching people young and old about God as our Creator and the authority of Biblical truths.
With the theory of evolution infiltrating society at every level, especially with a clear attack on children, we made our focus on finding fun, creative ways to teach people to see the evidence on our planet that our loving Father God created everything.
By the way, if you're wondering where the "Mud Guy" name came from, it's because I write a nature column called "Mud" for a great magazine called "Guide Magazine" that targets kids 10-14 years old. You can also watch some of my programs on several Christian TV stations including 3ABN and Hope Channel.
The name "One Mustard Seed" is a daily reminder that if we have the faith the size of even ONE tiny mustard seed, the results through God can be enormous!
All I know is– Serving God is the ultimate adventure!"
-Rich Aguilera-

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Jeff Haden's genius article about characteristics of highly charismatic people: top class! Mancini's great list of 10 top things learned from years of visioneering & NT Wright on how we dialogue theologically!
Tony Morgan's genuisly insightful reasons that churches get stuck…….a great letter for a discouraged pastor,….or almost anyone for hard days, missional questions, and Henri Nouwen on spiritual dryness and renewed intimacy with God!
The mystery of oikos: slaying the idol of the nuclear family, another great 3DMuk offering and Pete Scazzero's helpful Women leadership resources.
Pick, prune, pluck : life's best lessons, and kingdom living.
In a nod to the Olympics: Michael Phelps should retire, The Olympic power trip, Paul Haywards great journalistic summary, Olympic heroism & playful photo of Bolt near finish!
Malcolm Gladwell on Salazar and the art of being a slacker!,
Unlikely lines from the bible: Mock the week goodness, part one & part two.


text: Over the past six years, I have seen these two sweet people grow together. Every year for the holidays, they call me and set up their couples photo shoot so that they will have the most beautiful holiday card. What a wonderful job that I have seeing my clients return over the years. They just called me and told me that they are now engaged so I had to put together a compilation of all of their beautiful photo shoots together. Wedding Bells...can't wait!


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A reader sent this in, knowing that I think donkeys are the best:
- They're always with the Holy Family: Nazareth to Bethlehem to Egypt, all the back to Nazareth, and then bringing Jesus to the Cross.
- They're intelligent, not stubborn (mules are stubborn, for a reason), instead only doing what they understand (which is really smart). This is why those who interfere with children would have been better off (as Jesus says) to have a specifically (always left untranslated) donkey-millstone tied about one's neck and thrown into the sea. In other words, donkeys are much more intelligent than those who do such things.
- They sing, their praying being braying, but the donkey above has moved to opera!
- They guard the flock, stopping the threat of predators:
All priests should be donkeys, and be proud of it.


text: Baked chicken breasts cook in the oven while you mix together a Mediterranean salad–packed with veggies, whole-wheat orzo and an easy homemade Greek vinaigrette–for a weekend-worthy dinner on the table in under an hour. The leftovers from this healthy 400-calorie meal make a delicious packable lunch for the next day. Source: EatingWell.com, November 2017


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The J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) today holds massive protests against the Centre Govt in District Baramulla saying that Mod Govt will continue to remain as the main source behind disillusionment among the masses in the Country.
A meeting of Senior Party Functionaries and workers was held in District Baramulla today, which was presided over by MLA Vice President Haji Ab. Rashid Dar. The Programme was coordinated by MLC Vice President JKPCC Gulam Nabi Monga, District President and EX. MLA Shoiab Nabi Lone also addressed the meeting.
The Congress Workers and Leaders lodged a strong protest against the policies of the BJP Govt, blaming the Centre Govt for rampant corruption in defence deals.
Speaking on the occasion Haji Ab. Rashid Dar said the hike on essentials items have pushed the people to the wall, despite the failure of the Centre Govt to contain the price hike, Prime Minister is making tall and false claims with regard to progress to mislead people for electoral gains.
Speaking on the occasion Gulam Nabi Monga lashed out at BJP for giving lies and deceit to people rather than fulfilling the promise Narinder Modi has made to people, as a result, there is a large-scale resentment among the people in the entire Country.
Addressing the meeting Shoiab Nabi Lone said that BJP cannot escape the responsibility of economic losses, as that people have realized the real face of BJP and have decided to through BJP out of power. He also blamed the BJP for making compromises while procuring defence material to benefit the Corporator giants.
Later a detailed Memorandum was submitted to President of India through Deputy Commissioners in both the Districts. (PTK)


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Thinking about leaving studio dance for your school's sideline team?
If so, you've probably listed the pros and cons of each…or considered doing both.
Although there are similarities between both styles, here are three differences you should expect when joining sideline.
Big, bold choreography versus technique
In sideline, your choreography will emphasize transitions and formations that are bigger and bolder compared to studio which focuses heavily on technique.
Technique, although important, is not a main focus in sideline because the crowd will be sitting higher in the stands making it hard to see smaller movements.
Bold choreography and big transitions are emphasized because it is easier for the crowd to see and enjoy your performance.
The biggest adjustment will be maintaining strong, linear lines in your arms and legs instead of perfecting specific techniques like you would in studio.
Sideline dancers are energetic
Sideline requires dancers to have a higher level of excitement and energy.
As a sideline dancer you are expected to pump up the crowd and get them excited for the game which means adding more jumps, kicks and smiles to your performance.
This will be a major adjustment as facial expressions and movements varied depending on the genre you were performing.
Casual performance wear
There are two main performance looks for sideline.
The first performance look consists of a shell and matching skirt (similar to cheer). The second option is a shell paired with black performance pants.
You'll most likely wear the shell and pant option when your team performs as it allows you to kick, turn and leap without restriction.
Jazz shoes or dance sneakers will be your go-to depending on the location of your performance.
If your team is performing on a harder surface, you'll wear jazz shoes. If you're going to be on a soft surface like a football field, you'll probably perform in dance sneakers.
Unlike studio, hair and makeup are casual, requiring less time to prepare before performances.
Practice makes perfect
If you still have your heart set on joining your school's sideline team, remember to work on formations, transitions and expressions.
One way to perfect your sideline skills is to practice in front of a mirror and compare your movements and expressions to online videos submitted by pom squads.


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Sarah E. Rotar, age 16, of Lombard, died on December 29th, 2017 after a 16 month battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 from 3-9pm at Brust Funeral Home, 135 S. Main St., Lombard, IL. Funeral services will start at Noon on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018 at Brust Funeral Home, followed by a procession to Forest Hill Cemetery in Glen Ellyn.
Sarah is survived by her loving parents Joe and Elizabeth (Clark), her sister Samantha, her brother Joseph (Joey), grandparents Ralph and Jane (Austin) Clark, her very close great aunt Jenny Austin, and many, many, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Sarah grew up in Lombard. She went to Park View Elementary School, Glenn Westlake Middle School, and also Glenbard East High School. She was a focused young lady with aspirations to become a pediatric surgeon. She cared for her grades and was her hardest critic on herself. There was no one more dedicated and focused than Sarah. She missed her freshman year of high school because of her illness and she was hurt emotionally that she could not do any work while having treatments. She often cried that she would not graduate on time with her friends.
Sarah was the happiest student when she was able to physically go to school. Though she had no hair and braces on her legs, she still walked through her high school halls proud. She was confident in who she was and why she was there. She didn't want anyone to feel sorry for her. She appreciated all of the compliments and words of encouragement and would come home and share them all.
Sarah was the most loving young lady. She loved her brother and sister so much. She was their biggest fan and would support them and look after them in every way. She was also a loyal friend. She was so sad when her friends bickered and never wanted to choose a side. Feelings were important to her and she never hurt anyone nor wanted to be hurt in return. She had many friends but she cherished the bond with all the members of "SQUAD". It made her cry when friends left the group. She never lost contact with any of the people that touched her life.
In elementary school she loved to run so she did track for a year in middle school. Though she was shy and timid when it came to large crowds, she wanted to perform. So she joined drama club and performed in plays the next two years.
Sarah loved to go camping and would count down the days until she got to go. She loved when she could go down to Lafayette, IN to see her "Indianian" cousins and run around on their goat farm. Shopping was also a favorite. She would look forward to going to Gurnee Mills on the annual family Christmas shopping trip. She was the biggest GLEE fan and she melted away when she got to meet Chris Colfer who was her favorite actor. There was no bigger Blackhawks fan than Sarah. She was speechless when she got to meet her favorite player Patrick Kane. She also had the time of her life when she got to go on her Make-A-Wish trip to Disney World in Florida. She was so happy and it gave her strength and hope for the future.
For more information, please call 888-629-0094.


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Newsom place is in St Albans in the county of Hertfordshire which resides in the East of England region of England. The postcode is within the Clarence ward, which is in the constituency of St Albans. This page is a collection of useful information for Newsom place, St Albans, and the neighbourhood in which it resides.
Regarding the Index of Multiple Deprivation, AL1 3NG has a score of 27499 out of 32844.
We found 4 house sales in AL1 3NG. The most recent transaction was number ASLIN COURT that sold for £350,000 on 11 Apr 2016. The most expensive house purchase so far has been number ASLIN COURT that sold for £385,000 on 20 Dec 2011 and the lowest has been number ASLIN COURT that sold for £258,000 on 16 Dec 2011. If you are interested in more detailed information then keep reading as we give insights about all of them in this page later on.
The most common ethnicity is White. Residents have the following ethnicities: 310 White, 0 Gypsy, 5 Indian, 7 Bangladeshi, 9 Other asian, 4 Black, 10 Mixed.
According to the 2011 Census, the UK population claims itself as 87% white. The second largest group are asian 6% and black 3%.
|White: 310
|Gypsy: 0
|Indian: 5
|Pakistani: 0
|Bangladeshi: 7
|Chinese: 4
|Other Asian: 9
|Black: 4
|Mixed: 10
|Other: 0
The national average of social housing is over 18%.
|Owned outright: 29
|Mortgage: 52
|Shared Ownership: 0
|Council: 31
|Social other: 21
|Private rented: 39
|Private employer: 0
|Private relative: 1
|Private other: 2
|Rent free: 5
In 2011 this place had 8 detached houses, 17 semi-detached houses, 44 terraced houses, 73 flats, 41 converted house shares, 3 flats in commercial buildings, 0 caravans.
The most common house type here is Flat.
There are no flats, apartments nor maisonettes on Newsom place.
Please note that the figures may include adjacent streets
|Detached: 8
|Semi-detached : 17
|Terraced: 44
|Flat: 73
|Converted house share: 41
|Flat in commercial: 3
|Caravan: 0
Please bear in mind that an individual may hold one or more passports.
|No passport: 25
|Ireland: 3
|Other EU: 20
|Other Non EU: 3
|Africa: 3
|Middle East & Asia: 10
|North America & Caribbean: 4
|Central America: 0
|South America: 0
|Antarctica & Oceania: 9
|British Overseas: 0
The UK is mainly a Christian country, with 59% of residents. 25% of the population claim to have no religion. 4% of the population identify themselves as Muslim, 1.3% Hindu, 0.7% Sikh, 0.5% Jewish, 0.4% Buddhist, and 0.4% as other religions, while the remaining 7.2% did not state their religious views.
|Christian: 177
|Buddhist: 1
|Hindu: 1
|Jewish: 2
|Muslim: 8
|Sikh: 0
|Other: 2
|No religion: 132
|Not stated: 26
Proportion of the population experiencing deprivation relating to low income
Proportion of the working-age population in an area involuntarily excluded from the labour market
Lack of attainment skills in local population
Risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life
Risk of personal victimisation
Measures the quality of the local environment
Proportion of all children aged 0 to 15 living in income deprived families
Proportion of all those aged 60 or over who experience income deprivation.
Attainment of qualifications among children
Lack of qualifications in the resident working-age adult population
Physical proximity of local services
Accessability of housing due to affordability
Quality of housing
E.g. Air quality, road accidents
|No qualification: 30
|GCSES 1 to 4 any grades: 90
|NVQ Level 1: 7
|One A level: 169
|NVQ Level 2: 19
|Apprenticeship: 11
|Two plus A level: 132
|NVQ Level 3: 22
|Degree: 124
|NVQ Level 4-5: 20
|Professional qualification: 73
|Other vocational qualification: 39
The median age of this location's residents is 34.0 while the mean age is 36.5043. The most frequent age group is Thirty to fourty-four. These conclusions are made from the following data: 0-4 years: 37, 5-7 years: 11, 8-9 years: 2, 10-14 years: 7, 16-17 years: 4, 18-19 years: 7, 20-24 years: 23, 25-29 years: 38, 25-29 years: 38, 30-44 years: 96, 45-59 years: 67, 60-64 years: 17, 65-74 years: 18, 75-84 years: 12, 85-89 years: 7.
This location in St albans is categorised as Urban city and town.
Some people have different preferences regarding the altitude of areas, this postcode's altitude is 114 metres above sea level. Areas at higher altitudes could be more favourable due to the expected rise of sea levels in the not so distant future.
182 had very good health and 0 had very bad in this area.
This data lists the total number of room each house have.
|One: 3
|Two: 44
|Three: 34
|Four: 35
|Five: 18
|Six: 18
|Seven: 12
|Eight: 7
|Nine: 9
According to the latest census which took place in 2011, this postcode had a population of people that includes overnight visitors as well as permanent residents. Furthermore, there were households.
This data lists the total number of people normally resident within each household.
|One: 72
|Two: 70
|Three: 22
|Four: 10
|Five: 5
|Six: 1
|Eight: 0
Across the UK, the gender split is equal.
|Total: 349
|Males: 165
|Females: 184
Health is usually influenced by age and the affluence of a neighbourhood, since deprived areas often showing poorer standards of health.
|Total: 349
|Very good: 182
|Good: 118
|Fair: 34
|Bad: 15
|Very bad: 0
Many postcodes have been retired over the years but AL1 3NG is not one of them and it was first introduced on 31 Aug 2011.
Geographically this area resides in -0.330175 longitude and 51.754007 latitude.
If you are interested in getting to know more about the location codes of this area then it might also be valuable that it resides 515358 eastings and 207465 northings.
Some might find it useful that this area's grid reference number is TL153074. The grid reference number uses cartesian coordinates.
The district code of AL1 3NG is E07000240 and its county code is E10000015.
Its MSOA code is E02004934, its LSOA code is E01023676, its parish code is E43000079 and its constituency code is E14000960. These codes can come handy when you want to find out more about this location as not all services work with postcode.
Furthermore this area is in a national park.
We found 22 crimes in AL1 3NG in December 2018. Our records show that there were 6 antisocial behaviours, 5 violence and anti-social behaviours, 0 burglaries, 2 criminal damage and arsons, 1 drugs and 0 vehicle crimes. For more detailed analysis please continue reading as we have data for each crime type and all the nearby streets, close to AL1 3NG.
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|Criminal damage and arson
|Under investigation
|Crime type
|Last outcome
|Bicycle theft
|Under investigation
|Under investigation
|Other crime
|Under investigation
|Public order
|Unable to prosecute suspect
|Theft from the person
|Under investigation
|Violence and sexual offences
|Investigation complete
|Violence and sexual offences
|Under investigation
|Crime type
|Last outcome
|Anti-social behaviour
|Crime type
|Last outcome
|Anti-social behaviour
|Anti-social behaviour
|Anti-social behaviour
|Criminal damage and arson
|Unable to prosecute suspect
|Other theft
|Investigation complete
|Violence and sexual offences
|Under investigation
|Violence and sexual offences
|Under investigation
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|Last outcome
|Anti-social behaviour
|Crime type
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|Anti-social behaviour
|Public order
|Investigation complete
|Public order
|Investigation complete
|Violence and sexual offences
|Under investigation
|Crime type
|Last outcome
|Bicycle theft
|Under investigation
If you are interested having a closer look at this postcode then check out the link below that links directly to google maps with the postcode already set. Once clicked it will open in a new tab.
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Tenor: Keith Houts
Lead: Brian Beck
Bass: Earl Hagn
Bari: Dennis Malone
When the Side Street Ramblers of Dallas captured the 1983 international championship in Seattle, lead Brian Beck collected his second gold quartet medal. Bass Earl Hagn, however, was singing in his first quartet.
Discrepancies in experience and height (Earl was 6'5 while Brian was 5′ barely) seem to typify the quartet's ups and downs, ins and outs, and backs and forths on their long road to the gold.
Tenor Keith Houts, bari Dennis Malone, and then-lead Jim Law were seeking a bass in 1975 when Dennis' company suddenly transferred him to California, with only a slight chance he would return.
The other three found Earl (a guest at a Vocal Majority Chorus rehearsal. Dennis did return, and the Ramblers won the 1976 Southwestern District Contest. They placed 28th at the 1977 convention, qualified for the 1978 contest – and then Jim Law moved away. Because Jim had moved, they had to skip the competition in Cincinnati.
Their coach, Bill Thornton, who with Brian had won a gold medal in Dealer's Choice, stepped into the lead slot, and the Ramblers jumped to 7th place in 1979, repeating that finish in 1980. Bill then moved to Oklahoma City, and Brian became the Ramblers' third lead. The results were third-place bronze medals in both 1981 and 1982, and finally, in 1983, the gold.


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Ralph Lauren's Car Collection Travels to Paris
If you're at the head of a now decades old fashion empire, eventually you're going to get bored of bathing in money and hiring the locals to feed caviar to your lions. The obvious next step is to get into collecting something. If you're Ralph Lauren, those things are cars, of which he now has many. Starting yesterday and running through to the end of August, the fashion baron will be showing off a selection of his amassed sports cars at the Les Arts Decoratifs museum in Paris under the title, "L'Art de L'automobile. Chefs-D'Oeuvre de la Collection Ralph Lauren." You can read briefly about the exhibition on the English side of the museum's site, and even more if you speak French here. Some additional details are at the Lauren-affiliated site dedicated to his cars. Or better still, this short clip announcing the exhibition's opening, which features at least one, but maybe two, strangely Photoshopped images of Lauren standing in front of a car.


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Being me - supporting children and young people
What keeps children in care happy, healthy and well? Care-experienced children and young people worked with RCPCH &Us to create these free resources, including 'health and wellbeing passports', a poster and games to help share who they are, how they are feeling and what support they would like - as ...
BPSU Rare disease tea party - reports from past events
Since 2014, we've invited stakeholders from across the rare disease community to this informal networking event. Young people speak about their experiences of living with a rare disease, and patient advocates, researchers and health professionals talk about working in the field. Read on for highligh...
Case studies for children and young people's engagement
Are you a paediatrician in the community, an acute setting or a specialist service? Are you a nurse, allied healthcare professional in a local surgery, hospital, community setting or working one-to-one with children and young people and want to know more about engagement, participation or involving ...
Chatterbox game on five ways of healthy wellbeing
Based on the classic children's game, this game provides 'Facts vs Myths' surrounding the subject of mental health, which can enable a teacher/healthcare professional to facilitate a discussion regarding this issue.
COVID-19 - 'shielding' guidance for children and young people
This page provides advice to members on which paediatric patient groups are considered to be clinically extremely vulnerable during the COVID-19 outbreak and at very high risk of severe illness from coming into contact with the virus. It also provides frequently asked questions on how 'shielding' ap...
COVID-19 &Us - views from RCPCH &Us
RCPCH &Us is working with young people to reflect on their experiences of COVID-19 and the lockdown. This will help inform future planning for times of national crisis such as a natural disaster, another pandemic, terrorist incident or other cause of nationwide disruption.
DCH Clinical exam - how to apply
If you are taking the Diploma of Child Health (DCH) Clinical in the UK or another country, find out when and how to apply, how places are allocated and what to expect after you submit your application. New guidance in relation to preparing for remote delivery of the DCH Clinical Examination is provi...
DCH Clinical examination candidate guide
The Diploma of Child Health (DCH) Clinical exam assesses whether candidates have reached the standard in clinical skills expected of a newly appointed General Practitioner (GP) who has completed a short period of training in paediatrics. It is one of two exams for the Diploma of Child Health, and is...
Diabetes Quality Programme - ideas for innovation
We work with organisations in England and Wales to improve outcomes for children and young people with diabetes. In our Quality Improvement and Peer Review activities, we seek to identify examples of good practice from participating teams that we can share across the paediatric diabetes community to...
Diabetes Quality Programme - resources
Guidance and resources for clinicians involved in the delivery of paediatric diabetes care. The Diabetes Quality Programme team will regularly update this page - please keep checking for the latest resources.


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Oh, the places we'll go!Tuesday, June 06, 2017
We are going on a little adventure of the year! Hubby-planned so I will only find out the places as we go, but so far, two clues: a new pair of walking shoes, and a new piece of international driver's permit. Where will we go? Not long now til we find out :)


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Desktop Support Engineer - Expired
|Job Title
|Desktop Support Engineer
|Job Type
|Dublin, Republic of Ireland
|Start Date
|Our Reference
|Job Advertised
|about 3 years ago
Desktop Support Engineer
Desktop Support Engineer sought to join an international company in Dublin, working as part of the Desktop support team and you will provide end to end user technical support. You will have responsibility for 90-100 users which include senior management.
- End to end user technical support as a part of deskside team for both hub and sites
- Handheld or iPad technical support
- Email configuration, App and image build with deployment
- Troubleshooting email client configuration and web mail app
Skills need to have:
- Knowledge about IT Service management, distribution of package and image testing
- ITSM knowledge would be beneficial
- Experience on Ticketing tools like service now would be advantageous
The role offers a competitive salary along with bonus, healthcare., pension, education support and further career progression.
Further information contact directly Som on (1) 603 5075 or email via: email@example.com


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How do I prepare for the real world?
M: I recommend that you buy organic shampoo. We're beginning to find that wastewater treatment facilities aren't able to handle all the chemicals that the average consumer disposes of through drains and toilets. For example, Environmental Pollution will publish in June a report on the massive quantities of cocaine and antidepressants in the tissue of Chinook salmon found in estuaries near Seattle. With a bottle of organic shampoo, you may wake up a little less worried about your environmental impact. This could give you just the drive you need to get in the shower and out the door with a fresh head of hair.
P: Even considering that college is mostly just a playground for those who can afford it, the idea that there's any strict divide between the life you're living now and the one you're about to start living is an unhelpful delusion. Your relationships, interests, and thinking patterns will continue despite the new challenges and life situations you will inevitably find yourself in. More relevant is the question of how to prepare for the specific challenges that you see confronting the difference between your life as it is now and what it might become. Thinking in the abstract terms 'college world' vs. 'real world' won't get you any closer to the real challenges these things entail. Or welcome to the Real World, you're already being surveilled.
At this point in my college life, it feels as if almost all of my relationships are superficial. I don't seem to have a clear group of friends; instead, I hover around the periphery of various social circles but am never at the center of any of them. The worst part is that, throughout the year, various people have reached out to me and tried to become friends, and for stupid reasons, like getting caught up with school, I often missed the opportunity. It's not just focusing too much on school, though, because I do make an effort to hang out with people a lot. The problem is that I feel as if I never get past being acquaintances with someone. It seems to me as if after a certain point, people decide they think I'm interesting or nice or cool (or not) but for whatever reason they don't really want to be better friends with me. Maybe I'm just a boring person? I don't know. Basically, I don't often get included in things, I just see people around; they seem glad to see me, but they'll never say "Hey, we should get dinner sometime." How do I get past this and actually make good friends, especially when everyone has their own insular groups?
M: I'm really bad at making friends, too.
P: Often I'm inclined to chalk this up to a sort of dangerous-animal-confrontation problem, where something like 'they're as afraid of you as you are of them' would apply. But mostly I find that sort of unhelpful. I have some friends who are just better at initiating friendships and I—fairly or unfairly—often rely on other people's skills to put me in positions where I can get to know people more intimately. My advice would then boil down to two threads: to understand that forced and artificial situations sometimes have to be engineered by yourself (or through others) to put yourself in a position to get to know people better and to be patient, that these things really do take a while, and that it's okay that it may take longer for you to really find your people. Hit me up for ice cream in the meantime.
How do I help someone who's going through the same thing I am? If I'm depressed right now and can see that one of my friends also is, what can I do?
P: I always hope that there's some way my own sufferings or problems can be made to help others. Without this hope, it can feel like I'm suffering for no reason and that can make me feel even more lonely and purposeless. Depression especially feeds off this kind of feeling, trapping one into feeling that one's problems are uniquely and specially—and often incommunicably—one's own, that there can be no way of sharing and working them out with others. In my experience, recognizing that this is the case and even beginning to share this doesn't solve much of anything. Rather, I've found the best thing to do is to be very patient with your own suffering, to understand that sometimes you are unable to do certain things or provide certain types of care. Letting others know how they can contribute to your own patience—how they can check in, occupy you with other things—then goes a long way to helping them to see that they too can lean on you for help.
Just doing activities that don't center on the spiral of thinking about how depressed you are often does the most for me. Find the things you have the energy for and ask your friend to join you. These can be really simple: go to the movies, go read in the park, get an ice cream. Personally, I like building puzzles.
Forgive my vagueness, but: I made a stupid, thoughtless mistake that may have fucked up my relationship permanently. How do I ask for forgiveness although I'm not sure I'm worth forgiving?
M: Why does it matter that you be forgiven? It seems that there's two obvious answers to this question. This relationship matters to you and forgiveness might mean saving your relationship. A fortiori, it matters to you that you be forgiven. Now, there's nothing wrong with this answer. However, it seems self-serving in an important way. Forgiveness would really be a way of skirting around the consequences of whatever it was you chose to do. You'll get what you want in the end, even if what you want is a good thing. But it might also matter to you that you be forgiven, because it matters to you that you rectify the situation, regardless of the outcome. If this is the case, asking for forgiveness means acting like someone deserving of forgiveness. It shouldn't be enough to simply ask. Would it then matter whether or not your partner chooses to forgive you? It seems to me that it wouldn't, because you've done all you can to mend your relationship, and that's what mattered all along. Ask yourself what you want. If it really is forgiveness, you'll need to act, not ask.
How to say goodbye?
P: You also shouldn't feel that you have the sole responsibility for saying goodbye. Any really heartfelt goodbye is going to be something reached mutually between two+ persons based on all sorts of factors: the rhythms of the relationship, where you hold each other in your projected futures, what makes the relationship worthwhile. This doesn't make it any easier but it does mean there's no wrong way to do it. And maybe there is no satisfying way to say goodbye—that too is and will be an important and treasured part of your relationship. And to be fair: Travis does get a new dog after Old Yeller.
Summer is beginning to unfold before me like a massive black hole. I just hate it, mostly because I always feel like I waste all this time that I've been given. So tell me, O Wise Ones, how should I spend the coming three months?
M: It's questions like this that highlight the inanity of advice columns. What you ought to spend your time doing depends on factors inaccessible to your advisors. What do you care about? Does anything make you happy? How can you be useful? Does being useful matter to you? You need to be asking yourself questions like these as school comes to an end.
The best advice I can really offer is to write down your answers and to revisit the questions that you're asking. This could go a long way in helping you unearth the interests and desires that may point in the direction of a solution.
P: It's also okay to have purposeless and bored time in your life. Often this is where you find new things to value or ways of living that sustain you beyond outside obligations created for you. It's maybe important to remind yourself that the useful-summer-internship grind is a weird historical blip of hyperproductivity intersecting with romantically coddled youth culture. So set yourself some projects but make sure there's some give. Bike to the beach, have a summer fling, get really into cooking. I don't know, maybe chill out and have an ice cream?


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Essential Oils For Pets
As a longtime holistic skin care specialist and licensed Esthetician since 1983, I have always been interested in aromatherapy. I was certified and trained and loved working with essential oils in my skin care practice, as well as for massage clients. I have been using essential oils with great success for pets and people for many years.
High quality essential oils can help in many capacities with pets, especially dogs. (Less so with cats, more below.) I recommend the Young Living Essential Oils for animals with full assurance that they are safe. I have used many brands over the years, but have come back to Young Living because of their purity for both dogs and cats.
(I also want to mention that selling essential oils or anything through MLM is not my 'thing' or interest here on this website- but I do feel for pets it is of utmost importance to only use the best EO's on the market today. So I do sell a few Young Living oils for pets here and use them in my own blends- If you want to get them yourself at wholesale please do that-scroll down to link and join YL)
I am all about raising the vibration of the whole being into a 'High Vibe' state. These essential oils are wonderful for enhancing the immune system and raising the frequency of the body.
Pets all have their own vibratory resonance and frequency level. If they are diseased, stressed or not fed a species-appropriate diet they can have a lower level of frequency.
Our entire world is vibration, frequency. Basically everything is energetics. All that we come into contact with has its own energy signature. The entire animal kingdom, our pets, each individual human, plants, minerals even differing places and things all have a frequency that is vibrating energy.
This energy is what is known as 'electromagnetic vibrational frequency'.
This energy system exists within us all of us. It is surrounding the bodies of our dogs and cats. It has been known in eastern scientific systems for centuries. Often known as Chi or Prana, it is the basis of acupuncture which uses it to unblock inner energetic pathways.
High-grade pure essential oils have the highest vibration and healing frequencies of anything else on the planet. They penetrate into these energy pathways and do an an amazing job of unblocking and raising the energetics of the pet or being they come in contact with.
So this is why essential oils for pets can
quickly raise that vibratory rate.
A higher frequency can raise a lower vibration due to the 'principle of entrainment' – the propensity for two types of energies to be raised to the level of the other where they vibrate in harmony as one. This is exactly how the higher frequency of essential oils can raise the electromagnetic frequency within your pet's body.
Sometimes raising the vibration faster raises the emotional frequency and the level of physical well-being simultaneously.
Environmental toxins, pollutants, 'bad vibes', low-end food all lower the pet's frequency. Commercial kibble and canned dog and cat foods having a lower vibration and frequency: about zero.
Because essential oils are lipid-soluble, they can be quickly transported into cells through the cell membrane and help very effectively when nothing else seems to be effective.
These precious oils are distilled from plants. Each plant, too, has its own unique energetics. Real essential oils have a very different bacterial resistance than synthetic drugs.
As I mentioned already, I have tried many brands of essential oils over the years and have returned to Young Living Oils, inspired by the purity of the therapeutic grade they sell, which I feel is safest to use on pets. Many aromatherapy oils you can purchase online or at healthy food stores are designated by law as "perfume grade." While the label says "100% pure" they can have additives and/or fixatives and extenders, and other ingredients that are toxic to dogs and especially to cats.
These typical store bought oils should not be used on pets and can actually be dangerous to use on dogs and never on cats.
If you are not sure as to the quality of the essential oils that you already have or are considering purchasing, it is best just not to use it. If it says on the label "for aromatic use only," it's definitely safer not use it on your dog or cat, or yourself.
PLEASE NOTE: The bottom line is this: It is of the imperative for High Vibe, optimal health for your dog or cat that you begin with a foundation of raw food, a species-appropriate diet for your carnivore pets. You must embrace a holistic approach to health care for them as much as you possibly can. If you don't do this all the natural remedies in the world are not going to have their full ability to work effectively. You will never get the desired effect on your pet's long-term well-being without the whole system in place.
Once you start using 'Young Living' essential oils, they will raise the electrical frequencies and work powerfully and synergistically to generate an environment within your pet conducive to the High Vibe state of being that will make them immune to disease.
Use 3-5 drops and dilute 80-90% in a carrier oil for many concerns, including:
Flea control
Stress, anxiety attacks
Pain: arthritis, after surgery
Wounds and Scars
Strains and Sprains
Skin issues such as hot spots, bacterial or fungal infections
Enhance the immune system
Keep in mind when using essential oils with your dogs and especially on cats: LESS IS MORE.
Use only the highest quality therapeutic grade, 100% pure essential oils, and then DILUTE these oils before using them. (There are some essential oils that can be used undiluted on dogs, but only if you are an experienced user and know what you are doing.)
A good basic recommendation is to add about 3-6 drops of essential oils to a 1 oz. bottle of carrier oil. Use a lesser amount of diluted oils on small dogs and even less on cats, puppies and senior dogs. For big dogs you can use a bit more.
Another good option is to get a high-quality hydrosol, a water-based byproduct produced during the steam distillation process of an essential oil, and use it as a spray.
Essential Oils known to be safe for dogs:
- Angelica Root
- Basil
- Bergamot Black Pepper
- Cajeput
- Caraway
- Cardamom
- Carrot Seed
- Cedarwood (Atlas)
- Chamomile (German)
- Chamomile
- Cinnamon Leaf
- Citronella
- Coriander
- Cypress
- Elemi
- Eucalyptus
- Fennel (Sweet)
- Frankincense
- Rose Geranium
- Ginger
- Grapefruit
- Helichrysum
- Juniper Berry
- Lavender
- Lemon
- Lemongrass
- Mandarin
- Marjoram (Sweet)
- Melissa
- Myrrh
- Neroli
- Nutmeg
- Orange
- Palmarosa,
- Patchouli
- Peppermint
- Petitgrain
- Melaleuca
- Rose
- Rosemary
- Sandalwood
- Spearmint
- Spikenard
- Tea Tree
- Thyme
- Valerian
- Vanilla
- Vetiver
- Yarrow
- Ylang Ylang
Essential Oils for Cats:
Essential oils for cats is a very debated l topic. Many people are against using oils around cats. However, from what I have learned on the subject it all comes down to the quality of the essential oils. This is another reason I came back to using Young Living again. The oils I recommend have been used for cats with much success.
(We recommend this book 'Essential Oils In Animal Care' for using Young Living oils on pets)
Here are a few of essential oils for cats that are very safe for cat use.
- Cedarwood
- Lavender
- Frankincense
- Geranium
- Helichrysum
Essential oils for cats need to be very diluted and used sparingly. Use a carrier oil like fractionated coconut oil. It is odorless, colorless and no greasy feelings.
Dilute essential oils for felines at least 50 to 1.
One good way to administer EO's to cats is to put a drop of the diluted oil on your hands and gently stroke your cat all over their body. It is the energetics of the oil that they can feel as it merges with the cats vibration. I highly suggest purchasing the book by clicking on it above. There are suggestions of how to use these oils safely on cats.
In spite of the commercial aspect of Young Living being a multi-level company, their EOs, hands down(especially for our 'furry kids') are the best and safest way to go. They are a brand that has set the standard for essential oil purity and authenticity by carefully monitoring the production of their oils through their unique 'Seed to Seal' process. They can be trusted for purity and safety.
"From the time the seed is sourced until the oil is sealed in their bottle, they apply rigorous quality controls to ensure that you are receiving essential oils exactly the way nature intended. These oils are often imitated by other companies, but never duplicated; they are that good!"
Here's How to purchase 'Young Living' high quality, therapeutic grade essential oils:
1) How to get your Young Living Essential Oils- (Yes you have to join to get the discounts!
You pay your one time membership fee of $45.00, then save 24% on oils and toxin free, oil infused products.
You can save even more money with exclusive specials and promotions every month! And you do NOT have to sell oils or own a store to qualify for wholesale pricing.
Essential Rewards: As a member, you are eligible to enroll in the Essential Rewards program and earn as much as 20 percent (20%) of each order in Essential Rewards points that can be redeemed for oils and/or products.
2) Young Living Sell The Best Essential Oils
Because you, your family and your companion animals deserve the best!
From life's little emergencies to long-term health support and restoration, there are oils to support every system of the body.
Just one bottle of essential oil has a myriad of different uses, essential oil's benefits are multifaceted in their properties. However, they all have high vibrational frequencies that will work to harmonize, balance and bring wellness physically, emotionally and spiritually.
As a small animal naturopathic health coach and holistic health practitioner for pets, my focus is on total well being and building a 'High Vibe' life force and powerful immune system in your pet.
A whole health lifestyle for your pets is about maintaining a balanced state of well being between each symbiotic function of the bodily systems to build immunity.
The goal is awakening the body's own core healing life force within using the laws of health directed by nature.
If you would like to join my team or learn even more about essential oils, you can go here to enroll: ENROLL ME IN YOUNG LIVING
my member ID is 12960753
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Skip to 0 minutes and 12 seconds So, did luck or chance play a role in my story? I think actually, I'm a big believer and I always say to people, 'There's a huge degree to which you create your own luck', so the fact that my co-founder had experienced a problem that she wanted to then solve and she was working in a venture capital fund, and I was a consultant and we had really good complementary skills. Well, she called me because we'd worked together when I, you know ten years before when I was the sports president University of Bristol and she was my vice president.
Skip to 0 minutes and 46 seconds So there's a kind of serendipitous result that goes on there, but I think that's really about people being proactive, people thinking long term with the way that they do stuff and who they interact with and then stuff does happen and it's really freaky sometimes when that stuff happens but it's really exciting all the same. So in terms of helping create your own luck, I think again it goes back to the way that you act on a consistent basis in the long term. It's about the relationships you hold with people and hanging out with people that you that you like, that you admire, that you find interesting and that are good to you and you're good to them.
Skip to 1 minute and 29 seconds All of those things, you might not, you can't expect a kind of short-term return from that. That's just about being a person and a good person but I think if you if you do that consistently then that will lead to the luck creation if you like. Totally. Definitely. If they hadn't talked to me about the topic I wouldn't have spent the last three years working in menstrual health and becoming obsessed with periods and being the 'period Queen' as lots of my friends like to call me. It would, you know, just wouldn't have featured in my life.
Skip to 2 minutes and 1 second So yeah, luck and chance are big parts of of creating the organisation and everything that's happened since like the homelessness project only came about because someone approached me and said, 'I want to do my dissertation in homelessness and menstruation' and again I was like, 'Why have I not thought of this?' You make your own luck if you are putting yourself out there, people know what you're interested in and you're telling others your ideas and you're open to going in different directions.
Skip to 2 minutes and 31 seconds Those opportunities wouldn't come about if you weren't kind of saying that, that you're open and ready for new and exciting things and that's where the luck then comes in I guess, of who you meet and yeah how that happens. I don't think anybody gets anywhere without luck or chance particularly the deeper you look at it. So the fact that I did my PhD and I happened to end up in the same lab as Ben one of the co-founders who is a sort of mathematics and algorithms genius, there's no chance we would have made it to where we are today unless he happened to be in the same lab as me and think that's, that's a huge amount of luck.
Skip to 3 minutes and 13 seconds So I happen to go to an event at a restaurant and it was University of Bristol event, bump into somebody who runs a few restaurants and he happened to have the contact card
Skip to 3 minutes and 23 seconds to the CEO one of the largest entertainment companies in the world: completely disconnected but just happen to find these things along the way. I think to a certain extent you can create your own luck but I also think there is a large element of you've got to make the most of the luck that you get. I see luck as opportunities opening but then you actually have to grab them for yourself and do something with it. I think you make your own luck. I think luck is a little bit overstated and actually have to create your own opportunities. There's definitely an element of serendipity, especially when you start.
Skip to 3 minutes and 56 seconds Sometimes you get that push and it forces you into doing your own thing and sometimes people need that push to start a business. But I think at the very start you try and go to as many events as you can, meet as many people, talk to as many people. A big part of it is actually vocalising your project, is actually speaking to people and saying 'this is my idea, this is what I'm going to do.'
Skip to 4 minutes and 14 seconds Because unless it's an idea that you're confident enough to speak to other people about, you often just play around with it for months and you don't get anything off the ground, so I do think at the start you really have to push opportunities and create your own luck. One of the most important things I did for creating luck within the magazine was meeting PR agencies before launch. A huge amount of what we do is based on PR agencies sending us information and new restaurant openings and content, and the only way to start receiving that information is to be on their radar. So actually much before we launched, three, four months before the website actually launched.
Skip to 4 minutes and 47 seconds I was speaking to people as if it had already existed and saying, 'this is what we're going to do', and we took trips before it launched and we had really great information coming through so we started that process much before. I think luck is, luck's played a huge part in our journey and anyone that says it hasn't I think is lying. Our biggest break was, so very early on we kind of started talking to a lot of people about stuff and we went and had a coffee with this guy Peter Holbrooke that runs Social Enterprise UK, that's the kind of support body for social enterprise.
Skip to 5 minutes and 21 seconds I don't really know why I had a meeting with him but I just kind of sent him an email and he was nice enough to give us an hour of his time and we explained the idea and he thought it was cool and that was kind of the end of it, and then about 18 months later we got a call from UK government from DFID that were interested in starting this program called Develop First and they had gone to Peter Holbrooke and had said, you know, 'we're looking at doing this idea,' and Peter said 'you should go and talk to these guys Balloon because they're already doing this' and that contract was worth kind of almost like three-quarters of a million pounds or something, so overnight our organisation went from three employees to fifteen employees and it was a huge stroke of luck that they'd gone and spoken to Peter, Peter pushed them through to us and and then it'd come about like that.
Skip to 6 minutes and 10 seconds I think all you can do as an entrepreneur or someone in business is you can try and make the right decision as often as possible, so as long as you, or hopefully, as long as you make as many right decisions as possible you'll get enough luck.
The Bristol Case Studies on luck and serendipity
Here, we go back to the Bristol Case Studies you met in Step 1.6 to ask them about the role luck or chance has played in getting them to where they are now.
Think about your own story and where you are in your life at the moment:
- Did luck or chance play a role in your story?
- Can you tell us how that happened?
- Do you think you did anything to help create your own luck?
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Welcome to the July 2005 round up of news and views on UFOs, alien abductions, crop circles, ghosts, the paranormal, the unexplained, the weird and the wonderful.
Microsoft, UFOs and Aliens
I have been asked to judge a competition being run by Microsoft. MSN Spaces are inviting people to submit a picture (real or fake) of a UFO or alien, and follow the clues to track down the location of a hidden UFO base. Prizes include a holiday in Florida with VIP access to the NASA Space Center at Cape Canaveral, a digital camcorder, MP3 players and the trendy new Qee toys. Check out http://www.msnspacerace.co.uk/ for details, or enter the phrase MSN Space Race into Google.
Crop Circle Conference 2005
On August 13, 14 and 15 the Wiltshire Crop Circle Study Group are putting on what promises to be one of the largest crop circle conferences in recent years. The conference will be held at Marlborough College and speakers include Francine Blake, Michael Glickman, John Major Jenkins and Jay Goldner. Helicopter flights over crop circles and sacred dances in formations will also be available. Email [email protected] for further details.
Glastonbury Symposium 2005
The other big crop circle conference is the annual Glastonbury Symposium. This will be held on July 22, 23 and 24 in the Town Hall at Glastonbury, and speakers include Andy Thomas, Robin Heath, John Michell, Marcus Allen and Sir Laurence Gardner. Check out www.glastonburysymposium.co.uk for further details.
Crop Circles and The Sun
Top UK tabloid The Sun put a crop circle on its front page on June 10. Under the headline Aliens Back Our Bid, the newspaper featured a formation in the shape of the Olympic symbol. The Sun was behind the stunt, and admitted they had commissioned the making of the formation, but it was a timely reminder of the enduring power of crop circle imagery, and the extent to which this is now part of popular culture.
The War of the Worlds
The must see movie of the summer, The War of the Worlds, is now on general release here in the UK. It remains to be seen whether such a Hollywood blockbuster will
Alfred Lambremont Webre has authored a book entitled Exopolitics. His involvement with the study of the UFO phenomenon includes work with the Carter Administration and the prestigious Stanford Research Institute. Exopolitics is a controversial part of ufology, which attempts to define the position of humanity in a Universe populated with other intelligent civilisations. Check out http://www.exopolitics.com/ for details of the subject, and http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/
ref=sr_1_2/104-8721351-2327150?v=glance&s=books for details of the book. Alternatively, key the word Exopolitics into Google or Amazon. Subtitled Politics, Government, and Law in the Universe, this book is bound to be controversial.
The Secret History of Lucifer
A fascinating book by top paranormal and esoteric author Lynn Picknett threatens to challenge everything you thought you knew about Lucifer. People expecting satanic revelations will be disappointed, because it seems the devil has been much maligned. Lucifer, Lynn suggests, has far more to do with Goddess worship, pagan rituals and enlightenment than anything evil. The subtitle Evil Angel or the Secret of Life Itself well illustrates the debate at the heart of this book. Check out http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/
-/078671560X/104-8721351-2327150?v=glance for further details of the book, or search for the title on Google. And stand by for fireworks when this controversial book falls into the hands of the fundamentalist, patriarchal Christians that Lynn so despises. A more comprehensive review of this extraordinary, interesting, well-researched and controversial book will appear next month.
Alien Abduction Study
As mentioned in my column last month, the scientific study into the alien abduction phenomenon carried out by Professor Chris French at Goldsmiths College, University of London, has now been completed. I had a meeting with Chris and his team at the outset of the project, discussing methodology. I also helped promote the study and encouraged abductees I had worked with to take part. The analysis is now complete and Chris gave an overview of the study at a conference held at Liverpool Hope University College on Saturday June 4. Check out http://www.hope.ac.uk/anomalousexperience/programme.htm for details of this talk. The full report on the abduction study will be ready shortly. Chris forwarded me a copy of his paper, but asked me not to post it for now, as this might cause problems with subsequent publication in scientific journals. He did, however, say that I could post a summary of the paper. I am wary of this, as I am not a scientist, but I think I can safely say the following. The study involved 19 abductees (8 male, 11 female) and a control group matched by age and gender. The study looked for postulated psychological differences between the two groups, for differences in susceptibility to false memories and for differences in ESP and PK abilities. Significant differences were found in areas such as tendency to hallucinate, absorption and dissociative tendencies. The results were less clear on fantasy-proneness, while no significant differences were found on susceptibility to false memory. Greater incidence of sleep paralysis was found among the abductees, though it was acknowledged that this might be a symptom of, and not an explanation for, alien abduction. The tests on paranormal abilities did not appear to show any significant differences, though there was one apparent difference on the clairvoyance test, which I am attempting to clarify. Once the paper has been published in scientific journals, I will feature a more detailed analysis in this column.
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Nick Pope has written four books. Open Skies, Closed Minds is an overview of the UFO phenomenon with the emphasis on his official Ministry of Defence research and investigation. The Uninvited is an overview of the alien abduction mystery. Operation Thunder Child and Operation Lightning Strike are science fiction novels about alien invasion, incorporating UFO and abduction data. All four titles are available from most good bookshops and all the usual Internet book sites.
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A truncating mutation in CEP55 is the likely cause of MARCH, a novel syndrome affecting neuronal mitosis.
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BACKGROUND: Hydranencephaly is a congenital anomaly leading to replacement of the cerebral hemispheres with a fluid-filled cyst. The goals of this work are to describe a novel autosomal-recessive syndrome that includes hydranencephaly (multinucleated neurons, anhydramnios, renal dysplasia, cerebellar hypoplasia and hydranencephaly (MARCH)); to identify its genetic cause(s) and to provide functional insight into pathomechanism. METHODS: We used homozygosity mapping and exome sequencing to identify recessive mutations in a single family with three affected fetuses. Immunohistochemistry, RT-PCR and imaging in cell lines, and zebrafish models, were used to explore the function of the gene and the effect of the mutation. RESULTS: We identified a homozygous nonsense mutation in CEP55 segregating with MARCH. Testing the effect of this allele on patient-derived cells indicated both a reduction of the overall CEP55 message and the production of a message that likely gives rise to a truncated protein. Suppression or ablation of cep55l in zebrafish embryos recapitulated key features of MARCH, most notably renal dysplasia, cerebellar hypoplasia and craniofacial abnormalities. These phenotypes could be rescued by full-length but not truncated human CEP55 message. Finally, we expressed the truncated form of CEP55 in human cells, where we observed a failure of truncated protein to localise to the midbody, leading to abscission failure and multinucleated daughter cells. CONCLUSIONS: CEP55 loss of function mutations likely underlie MARCH, a novel multiple congenital anomaly syndrome. This association expands the involvement of centrosomal proteins in human genetic disorders by highlighting a role in midbody function.
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- Frosk, P; Arts, HH; Philippe, J; Gunn, CS; Brown, EL; Chodirker, B; Simard, L; Majewski, J; Fahiminiya, S; Russell, C; Liu, YP; FORGE Canada Consortium, ; Canadian Rare Diseases: Models & Mechanisms Network,, ; Hegele, R; Katsanis, N; Goerz, C; Del Bigio, MR; Davis, EE
Published Date
- July 2017
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Volume / Issue
- 54 / 7
Start / End Page
- 490 - 501
PubMed ID
- 28264986
Pubmed Central ID
- 28264986
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1468-6244
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1136/jmedgenet-2016-104296
- eng
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- England


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Andreu Q&A: Armstrong took a big step after spiraling out of control
Former Armstrong teammate and friend Frank Andreu talks openly with VeloNews about his Armstrong confession experience
After Lance Armstrong confessed to doping in a televised interview with Oprah Winfrey on Thursday night, VeloNews caught up with Frankie Andreu on Friday morning to discuss his reactions to the much-anticipated confession by his former friend and teammate. Andreu also discussed what the admission meant for his wife, Betsy, who along with Andreu has played a pivotal role in the rise and fall of America's most famous cyclist.
VeloNews: What was your reaction to the interview and Armstrong's admission of doping during his seven Tour de France victories?
Frankie Andreu: I was shocked. It was a day I thought would never come. At the same time, extremely sad, you know, watching him. He admitted to cheating for all of his Tour victories and even before that. I'm not surprised at the doping — that was the culture. I was there; I knew how that was. But I was really surprised at the courage that it took for him to actually come out and just say, 'Yes, I did this; yes, I did this,' and took responsibility for it.
VN: Beyond Armstrong's long-awaited admission of doping, what else struck you during the interview?
FA: Obviously Betsy was extremely upset that he did not come out and just say the hospital room happened [Armstrong has attacked Andreu in the press for years after she testified under oath that he had listed a number of performance enhancing drugs when doctors asked him about medications he was taking when he began his cancer treatment in 1996]. I would have liked that too. You know, put it out there publicly that we didn't lie, that we didn't make all this stuff up, that it happened. I think it's a bit more complicated and there are some underlying reasons that I don't really know why perhaps he couldn't come out and say that.
But overall it's a huge step. People are saying this is a little step and it's not worth a whole lot, but for him to come forward and admit that he doped and admit to all this is a massive step. I mean, it's something nobody ever thought would happen. And it's incredible. And it took a lot of courage because people don't understand. The first time you've got to talk about what you did in the past, how you cheated, how you lied, it's hard, it's really hard. And he's got a ton to lose. I mean, he put it all out there on the line. I've got to give him respect for doing that.
Now, do I think he told the truth for everything throughout the interview? No. I think there are parts that he might have skipped over or he might not have told the whole truth. I even think there were parts that he was still lying about. But I think he's receiving some criticism for not being more open and divulging more, but Oprah is not the forum for that, you know? I mean, he took responsibility and talked about himself, and I think that is what he should have done. I don't think calling out names and specific instances on Oprah is the right way to do it. So you can talk about it being a small step, and the next step him conducting a meeting with the proper authorities to continue him speaking out, and bringing to light how he got away with everything and who helped him and how they were able to accomplish what he did.
It was a riveting interview, though. I thought Oprah did a great job. I'll tell you, at the start my heart was racing a million miles an hour about what was going to happen. It's crazy. My emotions were going up and down with what he was saying but also what he was going through with the questions. Those were some tough questions that he answered.
VN: Would those authorities you alluded to be the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and World Anti-Doping Agency?
FA: Yeah, or whoever else. The feds. I don't know. Somebody. But for sure I would say USADA, who obviously was the one who investigated this and having Lance's house crash down. They know a lot of information. If he cares for the sport, then yeah, he should definitely contact USADA and WADA, and that would be the correct forum for him to bring forward information that sheds a light on what happened in the past. Oprah's not the right place to do that. And I don't blame him for not mentioning names [on Oprah].
VN: Where, exactly, during the interview did you think that Armstrong was still lying?
FA: Well, the hospital room, one, because he didn't admit to it. Secondly, I have a hard time believing that he didn't have help from the UCI. I mean, he denies meeting with the laboratory when the guy from the lab said that they did meet. So it gets back into that lying mode of he said, she said. And it just seems weird to me that he had no involvement helping to shut down the federal investigation. Maybe it's just a play on words, like maybe he himself personally didn't have anything to do with it, but I would bet that his people and the extension of his people probably had something to do with trying to get that shut down. After reading that USADA report, it's like everything that is in there — how could [the feds] not have moved forward? What in there didn't raise red flags about him?
VN: What did the interview do for you in terms of your understanding of Armstrong and your relationship with him?
FA: Nothing. It doesn't change anything. I mean, there were times when it was pretty emotional watching, for me watching what was going on there. There were times where I felt for him. Partly because I know how painful and hard it is to come out and talk about the past and what went on back then. Again, I think it took a lot of courage, and I think he took responsibility on himself, saying, 'look, this is what I did.' I respect that, but does it change anything between us? No. I'm not saying it won't in the future, but it's going to take a while.
VN: Your wife, Betsy, was in New York City appearing on "Anderson Cooper 360" after the interview. What was that like for you?
FA: You know, it's kind of still personal. Even for you watching, knowing the sport of cycling, compared to my wife, it's so personal for her that she could watch that whole thing … You know, he took some responsibility and maybe some things were wishy-washy, but really, she was waiting for one thing. And the one thing that counted for her was being vindicated and having her credibility back and saying that that hospital room happened. And when that didn't happen, obviously she wasn't pleased about that.
I think it's harder for both me and her to look at it from a bigger picture because it's a different story for us, than, you know, just being about him doping and the Tour de France. There's all the slander and cut-throat. He talked about bullying, and we went through all of that. We experienced it all.
VN: It must have been difficult seeing Betsy so upset on TV then.
FA: It was difficult. And we didn't get a chance to talk at all. I didn't talk to her at all last night. She can get emotional and get pinpoint-focused. This morning I had a chance to talk to her a little bit about the bigger picture. The guy came out about cheating and doping for his whole career. That's a big step. I thought she did a great job. And her final sentence at the end was spot on, about Lance having a chance at redemption, to say the truth, but that he has to got to tell it to USADA and WADA. I think that was perfect.
This is a story for a lot people, but it hits home for her.
You know, he started out as a cool bike rider and a good friend, and as things evolved he became more and more powerful, more of an asshole, more of a bully and arrogant. You can say it spiraled out of control.
VN: Did you feel that he was being sincere?
FA: I'm not sure how sorry he is or sincere he is. But I'll say this: When he called me before the interview, I hadn't talked to Lance in a long time and the things he told me, which was an apology, that voice I heard on the other line was very sincere and was very apologetic and was a side of Lance that I thought was forever gone.
And so it was very surprising. We may not have seen that on Oprah, and I don't know if it will come out later on, but I think you have to give it some time. This is the first time he talked about this. You talk to any of the other guys who talked to USADA, who talked to Travis [Tygart], about how they lied and cheated, it's not easy. It's an extremely difficult thing to do. And sometimes it does take baby steps where you can't get the whole truth out at once because it's too big. The other parts of the truth have to come out later on.
VN: How does this admission by Armstrong help move cycling forward, or does it?
FA: I think a truth and reconciliation committee would be a good thing. What people need to realize is that we're talking about 15 years ago. The sport is different now. Pat McQuaid? I'm disappointed in him, with his comments after the Armstrong interview, about his comments and protecting the UCI and his own ass — he doesn't even see the bigger picture. Anybody else who's ever come out or gotten busted, usually Pat McQuaid ripped into them. Lance Armstrong comes out with the biggest admission in the entire history of the sport and McQuaid is like, 'well, this is good because the UCI shows they weren't involved in anything.' It's like he's just worrying about his own house. He's not worried about the sport. I'm just tired of this guy.
Lance's admission was a first step. But there is more that can be done. It should not be over with now.


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