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You guys always see me all dolled up and dressed up, but when i am home i always look for comfort. Liwa is a brand which makes pajama sets and night wear and strives for comfort for every woman. They have some really cute prints which i fell in love with. This zebra print jammies be my favorite!
I usually don't photograph myself in my jammies but i think it looks just so cute i didn't mind.
Shot some before bedtime shots in my bedroom and morning after shots in my balcony. (PS : Sorry about the makeup, i am usually bare faced at home :P)
Nothing better than a pair of adorable and comfortable jammies! Right?!
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Just sharing a project of how I just love to craft. Using patterned paper that I love, the color pink, an image from nature and a bit of paper piecing. This was pure enjoyment to put together.
The image is from Hero Arts. Thanks to Sue (once again) for the patterned paper.

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This tri-fold card is made for this month's CREATIVE CREW challenge ~ Design Focus. The DF is the beautiful Watercolour Wonder Designer Series Paper. It's so pretty. I used it in this cute little card which unfolds to show a fun 'inside' layout. The challenge samples all use the colours in this DSP and can be found here. Why not play along and upload to the gallery ....
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Creative Crew Summer 2014
Posted by Emma Fewkes at 10:21 PM
2 comments:
- Heide said...
Beautiful watercolor papers.
- May 3, 2014 at 9:55 AM
- Debra said...
Love this set and this DSP. Lovely card. My favorite colors.
- May 5, 2014 at 7:06 AM
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Farmers' perceptions about exotic multipurpose fodder trees and constraints to their adoption
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Mekoya, A., Oosting, S.J., Fernandez-Rivera, S. and Zijpp, A.J. van der. 2008. Farmers' perceptions about exotic multipurpose fodder trees and constraints to their adoption. Agroforestry Systems. 73(2):141-153
Permanent link to cite or share this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10568/3488
Many organizations in Ethiopia have for many years promoted exotic multipurpose fodder trees (EMPFT) for livestock feed and soil improvement. Despite the apparent benefits, the number of farmers planting these trees was low. The objectives were to elucidate farmers' perceptions about their use value, management practices and constraints to adoption in three districts representing annual (one wheat-based and one teff-based) and perennial (coffee- based) crop-livestock systems in the Ethiopian highlands. Data were collected from 235 farm households. Most farmers (95.3%) had awareness of EMPFTs and the principal information sources were development agents (75.3%). Over half of the farmers were motivated to plant EMPFTs for feed value. Motivation for other purposes depended on cropping system, vegetation cover and availability of alternative local fodder trees in the area. Farmers had positive perceptions about EMPFTs for their feed value and contribution to soil conservation. Current adopters had a mean number of 587 (SE ± 84 EMPFTs per farm. Major constraints to adoption of EMPFTs were agronomic problems, low multipurpose value, and land shortage. Majority of farmers (89.8%) were interested to either continue or begin fodder tree development. Of the interested respondents, 44.5% preferred local fodder trees whereas 55.5% preferred EMPFTs. We conclude that farmers are aware of use values of EMPFTs while perceived constraints suggest that introduction of EMPFTs need consideration of farmers multiple criteria, but also awareness of feeding fodder trees and resource availability. Moreover, current development approaches have to recognize the importance of involving the end-users at all stages through participatory approaches to enhance adoption.
AGROVOC Keywords
SubjectsANIMAL FEEDING; FODDER; LIVESTOCK;
RegionsAFRICA; EAST AFRICA
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Help me HEAL Chronic Lyme Disease
$710 of $15,000 goal
My story is a long one. I have a very profound life and story behind me, and it has been greatly impacted by lyme disease.
I have been debiliatingly sick. For a very Long time.
I have had this disease all my life since I was a child, and it severely debilitated me around the age of 12-13 when I swallowed a mercury filling. In turn - my immune system collapsed and... Well, let's say; I've never had a normal life since then. I didn't get to grow up with those teenage years in the summer, enjoying the sun and being outside, nor was any other aspect of my life simple. I was so sick growing up that I would collapse most days on my way to school in the morning / faint in class, and I had to leave school in grade 10. There were a lot of complications with my behavior and health which people didn't recognize and saw very superficially during that time, and even further than that, as It continued to get worse.
I used to have aspirations to be a pilot and was pursuing my pilot's license in air cadets, but would end up fainting and blacking out most days when I was attending cadets, and once again, I was too sick to continue on with that.
Everything in my life was ripped away from me. My dreams, my talent, my friendships were not easy, let alone relationships with partners or my family. It truly affects every aspect of what one's life consists of.
This is a devestating disease that not many people understand and over a decade ago, the doctors didn't even know existed basically. So there was little to no medical assistance or treatment, and more than that. A lot of indignation around the situations that surrounded my life. At one point I was forced on to psychiatric medications ordered by the courts because of what they thought was; hypocondria, skitsophrenia, bi polar, etc. I tried to keep telling the doctors of my symptoms and they would just brush me off, push me away, or try to give me pills to solve the problem.
Essentially for the behavior challenges that I was faced with which impacted every single human interaction I was involved with, it was a brain infection and a very bad diet that didn't support my brain chemistry. Not skitsophrenia, or anything else I was falsely labelled as.
I used to love snowboarding, skateboarding, flying planes, I LOVE to make music, and I'm a comptuer technician, audio engineer, I'm also an artist with adept skills in many different mediums, the list goes on... I have many talents and I try to achieve a lot in my life.
During the years of my decline in health, I had to essentially give up on everything in life that others get to partake in so easily and all the things I listed above plus more, I struggled with achieving, because I was hardly able to leave my bed most days, and if I did. I would black out even as I would get out of bed alone / my body would collapse to a large degree. Yet I was forced like everyone else to continue on. And I did... Somehow. Against all odds and some of the darkest things you can face within this world, and within yourself. Most of the time I did it alone.
During all of this, I started developing; M.S. - Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteo problems, severe Auto Immune Disorders, Respitory Illness, Mental Disabilities, Deep Suicidal Depression (which i acted upon many times.) - Chron's, FibroMyalgia, A very severe heart condition, and a whole list of degenerative effects... I could probably list about 50-60 things that were severely going wrong with my body and each would be considered a seperate medical condition. Most, if not all of these had reached very critical stages for me at one point or another and some days I was gasping for breath, clinging to life. All of this, ON TOP of the allergies that had taken over me and ruled my life. I couldn't leave the house because of how allergic I was to everything. These allergies are debilitating beyond anything you can comprehend and it'd get to the point where I would black out, faint, collapse and have to go to the hospital if I'd run into any of them at certain points in my life. It was life threatening almost every time, and this is happening on a daily basis. Ultimately, this was part of what is called a herxheimer reaction. A very complicated and challenging thing to face when clearing lyme.
Later on in life (A few years ago), I figured out what all of this was, and why it was happening, Why I was fainting and blacking out for all those years and why my body was constantly going into collapse to the point where my organs were failing to large degrees. I came to understand it as a good thing once I realized how to use the tools which are effective at treating it, and what's happening when I was fainting, blacking out and my body / organs were going into collapse; is that it's the effective die off of the lyme disease which will release heavy metals, endotoxins and a whole range of toxins that flood into the brain, muscles, etc. If this is not treated correctly at the time that it is happening, it causes very severe damage to the areas that it is affecting and this will overwhelm the organs, cause brain damage, circulatory system seizure, immune system failure, heart failure, etc - Essentially, it gets to the point where the body will collapse in a dire state that is life threatening. And this was happening to me on a daily basis for over a decade.
Luckily, I now hold answers on how to resolve that aspect of this. But from the ages of 12 - 25, my life was severely impacted by this affecting every single facest of how my life worked on a daily basis. And no one understood... My family, friends, jobs, doctors, everyone. No one understood what I was truly suffering through, and anytime I'd express this to people. They'd push me away and how I felt was that I didn't deserve life, that my suffering was my own and that I was worthless, which seemed to be justified by people's cruelty towards me. Or people would look at me and really have no clue what was going on with what they were observing. I even had people judge me for how I looked when i was sick, spreading rumors that I had aids, or smoked meth. I truly felt that my life didn't matter and I should end it all... I struggled with this thought, everyday. For 10+ years, and only recently this summer have felt the shift into something that is so profound, in which I approach each day now with love and gratitude to the best of my abilities. But prior, while I had this infection... There's no choice in feeling any differently, as the brain is so severely damaged, and usually being bombarded with heavy toxicity that causes severe chemical imbalance.
Over the years, with all the fear that built up from interacting with others that judged me and didn't understand what I was facing. It got to a point where I was afraid to ask anyone for help, and for so long I've conditioned myself into feeling that I don't deserve help or love from others. But now I know that I deserve to be loved through my darkness, and I truly deserve assistance in my circumstances. specially after I've gone so long, virtually on my own. Fighting every day to even find a reason to stay alive and not end my life. Let alone everything else that I've had to go through.
Only with the advent of discovering what was affecting me a few years ago, did I truly realize that it can be overcome, but it hasn't been easy. It's a very long journey curing this ailment, and it's not as simple as other diseases where you can just eat well, and change your lifestyle. It requires very specific protocols to overcome, and sometimes if not done correctly. It can be life threatening. Which it has been for me many times... Going to the hospital wasn't an option in these circumstances either. They really have no idea how to treat this. As well; the damage from the herxheimer, causes muscle tissue to collapse, organs to fail and so many things that need to be constantly repaired with the correct tools, so it gets quite expensive to continue to treat it like this.
Another part of my story here, which is important; is that I used to get fired from every job I ever had because I wasn't able to honor my body and the process I was in when I was sick everyday. I was fainting at work most days, or collapsing even and having to go to the hospital on 3 seperate jobs. I'd push myself far beyond the limits of what a chronic lyme disease patient can handle, and essentially... I was stressing my immune system far more than I had even known.
So to continue; When I was 20, I had acquired a tech job for the government in the province that I live in, But I lost it and couldn't apply for social assistance.
I went from having a nice residence, with stable income - to being homeless and sleeping in a tent, with no food, and hardly able to access water. My health in this circumstance had taken a turn for the worse to the point where as, I was already extremely ill most days even at this point, to being on the verge of death and hanging on to each breath. WHILE sleeping in a tent in a park. No one even knew I was in this state.
During this, I received virtually no help in the ways that I truly needed, Even though I reached out to try and get social assistance, or ask the homeless assistance programs to get me back on me feet. They didn't know how to. I couldn't work, and I could hardly feed myself other than mcdonalds. Luckily I did have friends that helped me in ways, but it was very stressful to a lot of people that tried to support me, and most of them didn't have the capacity to, but were forced to take me on.
I ultimately was forced into living in my mother's 1 bedroom apartment while she slept on the couch and I resorted to eating microwaved kraft dinner / other fast cheap food, My body and my immune system were not happy from these diet choices amidst the rest of the stress that was causing my immune system to collapse further. At this point, I really couldn't handle it any further, the lyme came out worse than ever and due to my inability to take care of myself properly. I ended up becoming more and more depressed. My body was almost in full collapse continously, and I was suicidal on a daily basis. I spent a good 15+ hours a day sleeping, and the rest of the time when I woke up was spent thinking about how to end my life. It felt like no one cared. Luckily, one did... She saved my life and I owe everything to her.
This girl was my partner at the time. She was someone that loved me so dearly and if she hadn't been there for me at this period, I would be dead otherwise, I really wouldn't be alive today...
She was there to feed me and do the things that needed to be done to keep me alive. Thank you.
--Eventually I learned Search Engine Optimization. I became very good at it, to the point where I earned a substantial amount my first month. And subsequently for years after that, was making quite a bit which I would be able to support myself with. I was able to finally PULL myself out of a lot of this damage by being able to afford; vitamins, ORGANIC food, assistance from naturopathic doctors, etc. But ultimately still, no resolve... I didn't know why I was deathly ill on a daily basis and I was still suicidal with this brain infection running through me, let alone everything else that was hard to deal with. So most days I was paralyzed in the emotional realm, and then my body was failing still.. It was unbearable. To keep myself alive through this period, I turned to gambling. Playing poker. Needless to say, with my cognitive function at minimal capacity, I had no ability to keep the money I had earned, so I lost a large sum of money that would have otherwise been very useful in my process of healing if I had known at the time that I was suffering from this infection.
-- Gambling was the only thing that comforted me in this pain, suffering and the agony of having to get up everyday and live / feel like this. I didn't do drugs, and I really didn't enjoy drinking / beating my body up in other ways like some people do. So I turned to this as a crutch to help me cope with life.-
Around this time, my mother passed. And it changed my life, I didn't want to be sick anymore, and I didn't want to gamble my life away. But I couldn't really travel and couldn't leave the city I was in. So I was stuck, Eventually, I found a doctor that gave me an answer. Finally...
He diagnosed me with lyme disease. An infection that had been taking over my body unchecked all my life. Causing these problems. And from that point on, I have been on a journey since 2 years ago, healing this. I've found so many answers along the way, some of these things, that AT TIMES - healed me beyond anything I've ever felt in my life. I've been shown that I can have my life back, and that I can be healthy for once in my life. I know that this is cureable. I have for the better part, been able to connect to my creativity again, and make music / art. Something which I lost for so many years as I had no energy, will, drive or ambition to be creative... Even if I tried, I was at a loss in trying to create art or music. It hardly came out of me. I was very disconnected from my spirit.
Although I have experienced large degrees of health during times recently, the bacteria is still in me, and it's a process of removing it all slowly and being diligent with the answers that I now know, It is important that it happens slowly, as to not overwhelm the detox / immune system because the bacteria has defense mechanisms which essnetially cause this collapse of the body if killed off too fast, These defensive measures, also allow it to hide from anti biotic / immune system attack.. So it's a fairly slow process that takes years to heal when approaching it in certain ways. During the times that I achieved great health, I had thought I was never going to be sick again. Although it continues to relapse continously, There's been so much hope restored with these small experiences of health, and after 15+ years of not knowing health in the way that I deserve to know it, I finally had glimpses as to how strong and how powerful I am, and of all the things I am able to achieve.
As I have been finding health, it is dependant on a number of factors. Unfortunately - Finances being one of them at this stage in my process. Environment being another, amidst a whole range of other things like emotions, will, drive, diligence, tools, SUPPORT AND LOVE from people in my life, access to the things I needed, etc.
Very complex things in my life that still aren't easy to this day.
My finances were essentially dependant on google. I do Seach Engine Optimization work. (SEO) And over the past few years, google started updating their ranking systems. Which this year, my sites failed and suffered, so at times I went flat broke and even more so recently. For the past year, I've had little to no money because my sites haven't recovered. So I've been living month to month, rent to rent, JUST enough food to survive, but not to fully overcome this part that requires tools and my finances to be set. I unfortunately cannot work a conventional job as it puts me in a position where my immune system collapses and I fall back down to sqaure one with treating the lyme disease.
**HEALING, is a full time job.**
There's a lot going on in my life that has inhibited me from being able to overcome the final stages of clearing this out. I can't even afford to buy the antibiotics that I need to be on at the moment. I use herbs and vitamins, etc. But I've found that I want to use a combination of pharmaceutical antibiotics (which cost a good 3-400$ a month) along with all the other tools I've come across that have helped me get to a point where I am now. I need help though. I need to pay for doctor bills which have been pilling up, I am in debt, I've sold my music equipment to pay for my expenses (which is painful, as it's my way of expressing myself and being creative.) and luckily my doctor is extremely patient with me and understands my situation. So he's been treating me on a promise to pay him back, (200+ for the tools) sometimes multiple times a week. And then I need to pay my rent, buy organic food. I just ran out of most of my supplements that have been helping, and I have so many bills to pay for. Life is expensive when you're sick... And through this, I've probably paid a good $100.000-$150,000 + out of my own pocket for all the expenses that have occurred during this process of healing in the past years. I've been lucky enough to have the ability to pay these costs for the past while. But I'm at a point now where I don't make much, and can't afford during this stage of my progression to really have something as ridiculous as finances get in the way of what I know that I can achieve with my health.
I have abilities to earn a bit of income at the moment, but unfortunately it's not enough. I am doing my best to do what I can for myself. In the future, I will be back on my feet, but at this point, I do need to ask for help.
I've learned how to cure this WITHOUT money to a large degree, and I feel ultimately that my healing has nothing to do with money at the end of this, but I can only do it at a certain point when my health reaches a threshold that it crosses over. I'm close again to that, and hopefully if no factors or complexities of life get in the way again this time. I can finally, once and for all resolve this and move on with my life..
It's been a very difficult life for me. If you can imagine 10+ years of suicidal thoughts which I acted on many times. The agony of what I had to face each day with the excruciating pain I was in, and little to no support from family or friends through this all as most didn't understand or even know how sick I truly was. Let alone the lack of adequate care from doctors or the health care system. There's just no words to articulate what I've been through with this. The easiest way to put it; is that my life had been ripped out of my hands at an early age and I was tested for 10-15 years - everyday, with struggles that threatened my life, I never got to experience what everyone takes for granted. Now even the simplest things like sunshine on my face, makes me so joyful. I was even outside today gardening. Something I've never really been able to do because of the fact that I can hardly get out of bed and make food for myself. Which most days in the past, was the case, up until recently.
Luckily I have evolved vastly from this all and now see this journey as such a beautiful experience... I have achieved great spiritual and personal awakening / strength in it all. But I find myself in the moment, stagnant in a lot of ways at this point with tangible things that are needed, and I'm needing to ask for help from community. Something which I've never really done before, and am having to find deep levels of courage and strength to be able to reach out towards.
I have my answers, I know how to heal myself. I need help.
To describe where I am at, and what I'll be using the money for;
Currently, my body works to a large degree. I can get out of bed with ease most days and I've recovered my organs, muscles, tissues, brain and everything that was going wrong. I've reversed the damage to a large degree, but still have a lot of healing to work towards. I do yoga daily now, where as I used to be in atrophy and laying in bed with just skin drapped off my bones, Severely emaciated, and hardly able to breathe... Now I'm filling out and have muscle mass. I can excersize and go on hikes without fainting, but still struggle to some degree with exercise when my blood pressure is heightened. I'd like to start running / jogging soon, but anytime I do that, I get pretty sick and it's like taking 2 steps backwards. I'm starting to learn piano and wanting to learn guitar - Things that I could never do before because of how much pain my bones and muscles caused, and the arthritis / osteo problems, I couldn't even walk up stairs without almost fainting.
-I'm excited for when I can return to all my physical activities that I used to love so much.
Eventually, I would really love to play my music to the world and go out to events.
I want to enjoy life in general like everyone else. Something as simple as attending a concert, or going to a yoga class. Riding a bicycle in the summer sun. Eating at a resturaunt... These are not things that one can do with ease, when they suffer with chronic lyme. And if you understand what lyme disease does, you'll know that it can actually put someone's life at risk to push people in any sort of circumstance of physical exertion, or emotional stress. Leaving the house is a great risk to these people. As it has been for me for so long, and that's no exageration.
I was at a beach last week and I was meditating near the ocean... It was profound to feel the contrast of what it used to feel like, and how it does now. I appreciate the little things in life and all the intracacies that this reality is comprised of.
I am to the most part these days, self sufficient, being able to clean my residence on my own, taking care of myself, and on top of this. I go out of my way now to help others that are sick and are in need of help in these ways.
I will be starting another campaign soon to raise large amounts of funds to contribute to the other people that are sufferign from this, in the same ways that I did, and can't work jobs, have no social assistance or families that can support them. ETC. But before I help others heal, I need to heal myself.
My friend's mother has this in the ways that I did, and suffered all her life like this as well. She's not able to pay for much, whether it's - organic food, doctor bills, medication, let alone the tools that she needs to cure this. My intention is to help support her when I have the capacity.
And this is just ONE person of the hundreds that I've come across suffering from this, I seem to be finding so many more people with lyme disease and a lot of them are in the same, if not similar positions. Can you imagine how many more are out there? Hundreds of thousands like this...
Once I cure my own illness once and for all, I will be dedicating a large part of my life to helping others (which I'm already doing.) and part of that means acquiring the tools (which cost money) to be able to overcome this. And then provide all these tools to others in these stages of their fight with Lyme Disease.
What I'll be spending the money on;
1. Biomat - Amazing piece of technology that has gotten me through the past few years. Something I view as necessary in this process of healing.
2. Herbs, Vitamins, Supplements, Amino Acid I.V. drips (cost is $200 per session.) Organic food (expennnsive.) Amidst a range of other tools that I've found to be so amazingly helpful in recovering my body to the point where I feel like a normal operating person again most days. The list is vast, and quite expensive... One bottle of deer antler velvet (which contains elevated amounts of IGF1 that helps to stimulate the body into rebuilding itself, specially needed after the damage that is caused.) Costs $239 + $40 shipping +40 customs fees. I can pretty much use a bottle or two a month, as I've found it very useful.
This is just ONE of many tools that I need in this process.
3. i need to pay rent, it's as simple as that. I've sold off most of my studio music equipment. (I had a semi- professional music studio for a while.) To pay for all of this when google crashed and my sites died in the ranks. I haven't been able to fully recover them yet, and unfortunately I need to be considerate of the place I live. It's a very delicate thing for a lyme patient to be in a place with mold, toxicity, stress, EMF, and a whole range of other things that can suppress the immune system.
I make enough money at the moment to JUST pay my rent, but this month I'm actually selling off my music production computer, which is pretty much the last piece of material that has value which i can afford to sell to support myself. It breaks my heart to lose my ability to be creative and make music... It's lifeline for me. But I'm willing and ready to do whatever it takes to achieve health.
I have found a place that is great for me, and I hope to stay here while I deal with this for the next few months until I feel it can be resolved fully.
4. Bills. I need to pay my doctor back, I need to operate on the internet in order to work on my websites and SEO. I have other expenses which I've had to learn how to budget with essentially, so I'll be prioritizing some of this. (Had hydro shut off my power a few times and had to live in the dark at times.) This is not condusive of a healing environment... So i need to be realistic.
5. Having this mercury filling in my tooth removed by a professional dentist that can remove it with minimal damage.
6. Have my blood cleaned through an Ozone Machine.
7. Transportation and other costs.
For me, this has been a beautiful journey. I actually wouldn't go back and change any of this for anything, as I have come into such deep levels of wisdom, compassion, love, consideration... Things that I will take into the world and help others with along the way.
I constantly see people sick from cancer (which I know how to cure.) **by the way, I've had cancer during all of this and cured my own cancer.
Once I move forward with my life, I'm going to continue to live it to the fullest extent, appreciating things in new ways each day. And more than that, dedicate as much as my selfless soul can provide to others that are sick. I hold many answers in my wisdom that I've come across, And I feel like this is my mission here in this life... So your support and faith in me, means that I can eventually go on to continue helping others the way that I have been in the past year but with even more strength once I am healed. I have dedicated almost the equivalent of a full time job at certain points, to helping others. Although right now I need to take time to heal myself, but this is what my life has become throughout this whole journey. Selflessness. Caring for others that are suffering through illness.
This is a synopsis of my story, believe it or not. I can write several books about the profound things that have happened in my life in between.
There's so many pages of experiences that fit in between all my words as per above. I could go on forever in describing it all.
Thank you for your consideration, love, support. Everything you can offer.
I am open to accepting advice, knowledge, wisdom, hearing other's stories, helping others that are suffering from illness, pretty much anything I can do to benefit this world. So if you aren't able to donate, know that you can help in other ways as well, even if it's just to say that you love and consider me, and that you had taken the time to read part of my story here. It means the world to me to have this love from people after... An entire lifetime not knowing support, compassion, love, health in the ways that I needed.
Thank you, I love you!
Any extra money contributed goes towards donations for helping others that I know. And I know quite a few people that are in need of this same support... Your genoristy means the world in the dark world of Lyme Disease.
I have no ability to generate an income at the moment, due to my inability to work a conventional job, because of how it will most likely set my body into a state of collapse.
I am currently needing help paying for my medical expenses, and here is what your contributions will be helping me afford;
Amino Acid IV Therapy - $200 per visit ($2000) per month, needing these multiple times a week to allow my body to have the pure chemical constitutions and tools to be able to repair the damage that is constantly undertaken.
High Quality Vitamins / Supplements - Approx $600+ a month.
Essential herbal treatments; including chinese medicine and western medicine herbalism. - $500 a month.
Practioner Costs - $3-600 a month
High Quality Organic food subsidy. (Already paying the large extent myself, and this is all I can afford. Having to spend any money that would otherwise go to rent; on this.)
There are many more costs on top of this to keep myself stable and thriving in my fight against chronic lyme.
This does not include my rent which I cannot afford, so have been forced into a position of being homeless.
I've included a short brief on my story and illness below.
I have been severely sick and debilitated since the age of 14.
For many years, I was confined to my bed, barely able to sit up. I was mostly in atrophy, and the doctors had no idea what to do with me, so they all turned their backs on me.
Eventually, in 2013. I was diagnosed by two different doctors with lyme disease, and have been on a journey of discovery and healing ever since.
I have demonstrated that this can be cured, and I have recovered most of my health back. Being able to now at times; hike mountains, ride a bicycle again, accomplish daily tasks of taking care of myself again, and I feel like I've been getting my life back after 15+ years of being so severely disabled, that I was almost in a wheelchair.
Unfortunately, I have spent every single penny that I've had, and had to sell off all my belongings in order to pay for my medical costs. My friends and family have nothing more to give, and I have also become homeless since last year, and have at times been sleeping under trees without a tent in the pouring rain, with little to no help in a lot of these circumstances.
I am only here, because of how complicated it is with the lyme.
Although my body has recovered and is operating at 80+% most days, I still cannot work a conventional job, due to a number of factors that can severely compromise my health and set me on a downward spiral into collapse.
A good example; being in the past 2 weeks, my organs going into almost complete failure. While being homeless, having to hitch-hike around and no where to stay. I ended up going into almost full on collapse, and almost had to go to the hospital.
I am needing your help, to pay for my costs of recovery, to keep up with my fight, and to get me back on my feet after a very difficult journey. I simply cannot afford to fight this alone anymore…
If you can please share this with your friends, networks, family. Anything that might help me in this battle with a disease that no one knows anything about, but is in many respects the hardest and most challenging disease to deal with, in all it's complexities.
Thank you.
Another doctor visit today to recover from extensive damage with the lyme disease which puts me into states of collapse that require many days of working on myself, up to a week to recover from. $300+
I was prescribed antibiotics after taking one this week and I am noticing a HUGE difference, making it clear that I needed to combine pharmaceutical antibiotics back into my lyme protocol.
The day before I had taken one, I was; sick, lethargic, fainting in excruciating pain.
The day I had taken it, I was out on the dock doing yoga and qi gong. Felt vital again and it was clear to me that the infection isn't being properly addressed in the full spectrum protocol I'd like to treat it with, which has been proven to me to be effective alongside everything else that I do for treatment.
I cannot afford the prescription though and am needing help to pay for it. I don't have any other options at this point but to ask my friends and people that believe in me and what I am doing.
Currently, I am homeless, in austerity, and can hardly afford to eat the food that I am needing in my specialized diet. I have lost a considerable amount of weight recently.
I cannot afford the vitamins that I am needing, and any help would be much appreciated right now.
Luckily my business' is operating and working again, but it's a matter of patiently waiting for it to gain the traffic. So I am in a position of need and asking for assistance to get through the next few weeks until I can begin to fully support myself again.
Treating lyme is expensive, and I am doing all that I can for myself, within my limited means.
I am curing this and almost healed. Compared to the 10+ years in collapse, atrophy, disabled and debilitated situations I used to be in where i couldn't even leave my bed without blacking out and fainting.
I can now hike mountains! Ride a bike! Swim in a lake again.
I need to keep going.
If you can consider helping me in any way at the moment, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. heart emoticon
Thank you everyone for the continued support. It means a lot to me. I'll soon be able to support myself again as it seems things are starting to flow in the direction of my business and work efforts generating finances again.
Until then, I am still in need! Still homeless, and luckily friends have been hospitable to the point where I can keep going.
Your love, kindness, selflessness and contributions towards me have made all the difference in my world.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
The donations that people have contributed have already gone to buying supplements and the things that I need to keep myself stable.
I am in need of more support though, in many different ways.
With the recent donations, I have been able to purchase the very essential vitamins that I've needed to stay alive and allow my body not to collapse, but I cannot afford the herbs, antibiotics and food / shelter that I need to continue on with my fight. I currently do not have an easy or accessible safe source of water that is safe for me to drink either.
It is very difficult being homeless with lyme disease and all the restrictions in my diet that i have to honor.
I cannot eat or drink what other people are used to putting in their bodies with such ease.
I am content for the most part, as the weather is beautiful here and I'm just considering it a chance to spend time outside, but in order for me to continue treating myself, I need access to very specific tools and an environment where I can continuously rest and not exert myself when I do not have energy or the capacity to push myself. Which is a daily occurrence.
I want to live life, I want to continue on, and I want to find my ultimate resolve. I have found my answers on how to cure this, and I need support from my friends, community and strangers for the process that is required over the long term of clearing out a chronic infection like this.
Please consider sharing this on your social media pages as well as asking your friends to share this as
I need every ounce of support I can get to continue on with this fight.
Thank you for all that have supported me already, through thick and thin. For those that continue to find strength and courage to assist me in my deep states of need at times, and for all those that have found love for me and my situations. I love you all. <3
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Conditioner then Shampoo?
Conditioner then Shampoo?
I would have never thought to use conditioner than shampoo my hair. I got chosen to receive a TRESemmé VoxBox from influenster and I am so happy I did.
To be honest, when I got this I was really scared to try it. My hair is so hard to deal with and even more so in the heat.
So once I received the conditioner and the shampoo I gave it a try and have been using it daily.
What has changed with my hair? It smells so good all day long. It shines and looks the healthiest it has looked in a long time. When I wake in the morning my hair is still soft and doesn't look frizzy like it uses to when I woke up in the mornings. I can comb my hair after it dries and it still looks great! My hair no longer feels heavy.
Would I try to use a conditioner other than Tresemme? No, I will not be that brave. I will, however; change to Tresemme and it will be the daily routine to condition my hair first then shampoo.
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I don't know about you, but sometimes I eat more than I need. Why do people overeat? How have portion sizes changed? And how can we moderate our food intake?
Some of us eat that little bit extra, even when we're not hungry. Why? The causes are often emotional. The pleasure of eating can temporarily take our minds away from dark pockets of dissatisfaction.
The unpleasant side effects of overeating are not only physical (lethargy, poor digestion, gas and weight gain). Guilt and remorse can arise when we let the old emotional eating habit over-rule the healthy aspiration.
I collected a habit from my dear Dad, who always used to have 'just a little bit more for nice'. This thought pattern no longer serves me and now I am actively changing it. The old habit feels like cumbersome luggage rather than 'nice'.
Ultimately that extra serving is contributing to growing girths. Not immediately, but in slow increments over years until whoops, we hit middle age with a few extra rolls around the middle. In the US obesity has increased by approximately 15% from 1971 to 1999. Portion sizes have grown accordingly.
Let's be clear. A little cushioning may be a natural acquisition as we age. The big questions are whether we stay fit, healthy and most of all content with our bodies. One good friend of mine hit menopause and realized that she could have seconds and keep growing or change her ways. Now she rarely has second helpings, feels and looks wonderful.
Portion sizes have changed, and so have perceptions of normal portion size. In one study young adults chose items for each meal. Compared to a similar study 20 years ago some portions were up to 40% larger.
Eating 'just enough' contributes to good health. Chinese medicine has always recommended slightly under-eating. Studies show that nutrient dense food in smaller portions contributes to longevity. My husband's 100 year old great great grandmother said, "I always leave the table feeling like I could have eaten a little bit more."
I know I feel more energised and emotional content, when I enjoy my meal and stop before that extra serving. For me this takes awareness and commitment to my total wellbeing.
So how can we stop eating before feeling over-full? Here are ten helpful hints to moderate portion size
1) Be free of emotional eating and over-eating. I find EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique ) brilliant for this. There are many excellent therapists using effective techniques to discover the real reasons for the habit, and providing tools to heal.
2) Sit down when you eat. Eating at the bench or from the fridge is a sure way to over-eat. Put reminder post-it notes on the fridge until you have established a new pattern.
3) Serve yourself. Adults take less when they serve themselves.
4) Serve your meal in the kitchen rather than from dishes on the table. This gives you a chance to feel whether you need more. It may also prevent the chance of unnecessary seconds.
5) Use slightly smaller plates. This makes a huge difference to portion size, but is unlikely to change satisfaction levels. One of my clients used this technique for her overweight husband. They used smaller plates for every meal, his weight dropped off, and his heart health improved.
6) Be mindful. Slow down. Perhaps sit and just breathe for 3 long breaths. Allow yourself to arrive before digging in.
7) Include protein with your meal. Protein slows down the digestion of carbohydrate. Having a balanced meal including protein, healthy fats, and whole food carbohydrates provides increased satiation.
8) Minimise refined carbohydrates. Processed foods like sugar and white flour products make you want to eat more, because the body is still craving nutrients. Eat whole foods.
9) Eat with kindness. Be gentle with your body as you eat, and imagine the food as healing medicine.
10) Cultivate Gratitude. Say a grace appropriate for your family. Gratitude increases happiness. Happiness supports healthy digestion.
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You are bidding on 5 Vintage partial built kits from the 1970's.#1: Revell M-35 Truck. Partial build, with lower chassis glued. 1 front wheel appears to have been broken and glued. the other spins. Not sure if it is complete. Picture shows all that is included. #2: 2 Monogram Jeeps. 1 painted 8th army colors with 2 broken front wheel hubs. Green jeep appears complete and unbroken. 3 men included. 37mm parts also included, but some are missing. Decals for green jeep, no instructions. Good box.
#3: Monogram 1/2 Track. Decal, instructions, modeling tip brochure and box all intact. I had planned on installing a 75MM gun in this, so the AA mount has been modified. Not sure of completeness, so it is all laid out in picture. 2 sets of men included (in Bag), could make 1 nearly complete intact set. Some men broken hands, bazooka rounds, bases etc.
#4: 1 set of Testors / Italaeri US Marines, new and in the box. Unbuilt.
Great chance to fill out a collection or compete kits. Great diorama pieces. Lots of parts.
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text: Yes, I know this has probably been brung up n times before but anyway... I really want to have Doom on my DS but have been unable as I dont know how . I couldnt find any information on the internet regarding how to "install" it, or even any information on GbaTemp, there was a wiki but it had only dead links. Could anyone help me with this process or better yet explain to me what I should do ? ( Maybe even a link?) Thanks everyone !


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Neighbors, "Armageddon" and Trap-doors
Truth be told (and this is embarrassing), I am much better at talking about "neighborhood" then I am at simply being a neighbor. I marvel at my buddy Tim Soerens who seems to integrate life with his surrounding community so effortlessly, knowing the people, passions and problems of his immediate time and space. Me? I have a hard time getting to know the middle-aged single recluse next door. I have to ask Aimee to remind me the name of Donna's husband across the street. I struggle to make it to more than an occasional neighborhood-association meeting. My hypocrisy is so insipid that, reading the Overlook Neighborhood monthly newsletter is the pinnacle of my dedication. Shameful.
Thank God for my wife… (I feel like I should pause for a moment and just let those five words rest in the air around me…)
Where was I? Oh yes. Thank God for my wife. She set up a "Know Your Neighborhood" meeting for last Wednesday. It is a service of the City of Portland.
The concept is simple. Anyone can volunteer their home. The host provides coffee/refreshments and make a simple invitation to all their immediate neighbors (we invited everyone between the stop-signs along our block.) Portland sends in two staff members with a forty-five minute presentation on the topics of disaster response (we were informed that a minimum 9-point earthquake was a mathematical certainty in the next decades AND that as a result our entire street would slip off the bluff and into the Willamette river… so it is nice to know that we will get the chance to live inside a Bruckheimer film. Where do they find these presenters?) And the other topic is crime prevention.
The ideas are fast-moving and they are committed to taking less than an hour of everybody's time. Plus, though a bit melodramatic, the topics are things that real people worry about but don't know what to do. They give only practical application and the attendees gets a surprisingly well designed guide to neighborhood integration/preparation.
The real brilliance of it for us though, is we get an almost effortless opportunity to host our street. We get to open our home. Our neighbors are full of gratitude that we would initiate such an important meeting. And as if that is not enough, the group that came included two families that have lived on the street for almost forty years and they had great tales about our home's previous inhabitants.
Who would have guessed that in the late sixties, quasi-British rockers lived in our house? They painted every surface red, white and blue. And in a moment of what I am sure can only be described as "rocker-brilliance" they had dug a hole in the middle of the kitchen floor for quick basement access. I digress.
All that to say, we are working on this whole neighbor thing. I am shocked by how unnatural it sometimes feels. But I am equally encouraged by how easy it can be.


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From Reverend David Phears – Sangha Center For Spiritual Living Huntington Beach California
How many of you feel that there is just too much love in the
world? Really – then how many of you would love to see more love expressed in
the world? Then have I got some good news for you – today is the beginning of
the era of love.
"The season of love begins today"
This whole month we'll look at how we can see more love
showing up everywhere we look – not only in our lifetime but beginning right
here and right now.
After all to see the love that you want to experience, you
must realize that the experience of that love can and will only be experienced
by you. And you have everything; the ability and the tools to bring your
personal vision into your present experience.
Bottom line is that to experience this love = you and I have
to be the place where love happens. Because we are the only place where we can
ever truly experience the agape love of God.
"It's an inside job"
And so this inner balance of love becomes a focal point of
contemplation. The key word here is balance, finding that place in your
everyday life flow to remember to go and be within. To choose from that place
of spiritual connection and enjoy the shift in your relationships as they
Today's title is: Observation
For us to reach the pleasant, powerful prosperous state of
inner balance on a continuous basis – we must look at how we observe life
When my wife Michelle, and my daughter Davina and I are in
the airports or universal studios –however the Diaspora and mix of humanity is–
we people-watch, and in the process create positive scenarios about the lives
of the people we see. It's fun and takes up the time but it doesn't truly let us
in on the hearts of the folks; just our own observation/perceptions and conclusions.
Many people go through their own lives the same way in
reverse, they make choices, decisions and changes in alignment with what they
think other people are thinking about them. Living from the outside in.
Outside-in living is not natural. It might be the norm of
the herd, but living in reverse and expecting to arrive in a different place is
a set up for insanity and at worst a deep sense of intense separation.
Feeling separate is buying into an illusion. There can never
be anything separate form God, and God is all that there is, so it's not the
reality of life that get's in the way, it's the un-clarity of the observation
that leads to a tainted conclusion and a rancid choice.
"Think before you stink"
S – separation
T – thinking
I – invariably infects
N – new
K – knowledge
All of this information – these spiritual tools – this
blessed philosophy is all about you – your inner life and getting clarity on
your best; your best life – best love best fun and best you.
These tools are like car wash… you drive up with the energy
of a thought that is worn, use and soiled, then run it through the spiritual
law with a wash of possibility, a scrub of determination, a rinse of gratitude,
some wax of highest good and you come out on the other side with clarity and
C – choose
L – love -
A – and
R – radiance
I – is
T – truly
Y – yours
I can see clearly; the fog of fear,
the smog of doubt and the mist of lack and limitation are gone. All that
remains in my life are love and all of the blessings that I can handle and
share – thank you God in me.
The essence of all life is god. This eternal 'I am' is all
that there is. This presence is the source and supply of all life. The external
weather itself is a product of this eternal energy. This energy is also within
me and all that I know and see – this energy – God – allows me to choose how to
deal with my inner weather, the climate of my daily living. Just like an
umbrella, sun screen or snow shoes does for external weather, I have the necessary
tools for thriving through any internal weather that shows up. I've got
headlights of faith to cut through any fog of fear and fresh breezes of
spiritual knowledge to dissipate any smog of doubt and windshield wipers of
love to erase all drops of lack and limitation. I am clear, yes I am clarity itself
right here and right now. Thank you God in me I let this thought fly free – and
so it is and so it is and so it is amen!


text: Just a little note to tell you how happy I am that you've arrived. After the chaos that we call the holidays you are absolute calendar perfection! Thirty-one blissfully empty little squares to fill with soup making, time by the fireplace, even a little organizing. Sadly, some find you boring. You are not one of those pushy months that shoves events at us nonstop, but a quieter month that requires some effort. Many would argue that this effort is primarily spent on snow removal. Weather issues do tend to overshadow your more subtle charms, but charming you can be. So again, thrilled to have you back!


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On Monday the Mac EvangeList Digest will be back with an exciting new upgrade that will finally put the 'list' on the web for all to enjoy. If you were wondering what happened to us, keep reading...
The Mac evangelist Digest has been screwed over by a slick con-man from Waterloo, Iowa. I went to Waterloo to get our ISP going with this guy.
While he claimed to be an absolute Internet guru, It turns out that he lied and lies about everything. He gave me office space, but when I told him that I had decided not to go ahead with the ISP with him due to his compulsive lying and the way he spoke of customers behind their backs, he changed the locks, and kept everything in it, including: 1x brand new iMac, 1x Olympus E-10 Digital camera, 1x Sony TRV17 Video Camera, 1x MZR900 MiniDisc recorder, 1x Bose headphones, 1x Sony headphones, 1x Kensington flex light, 1x NFR copy of Extensis Portfolio, and all my CDs of my brazzers backups. He has now tried to defame my name by spreading vicious lies to Mac news sites, and he has contacted all our advertisers, most of which have now stopped advertising with us. He even contacted the Church I am attending here and tried to defame my name with them.
But the most important thing he stole is the Mac EvangeList Digest database. With tons of CzechCasting and xartporn.tv videos in it. He had refused me access to the machine it was hosted on, and we later discovered that he had made copies of all the data. After telling me to log in and retrieve the list, he called the police and accused me of hacking. The police came with a warrant and seized my PowerBook, which he had previously boasted to a Mac news site that he had successfully stolen, he was mistaken.
I have spent all my money on an iBook so I can try to get everything back working again, but until the police hand back my PowerBook, I do not have any of the email databases from any of our lists. So, there is some free time for public porn it seems. Need to check out new Mofos trailers as well.
Amazingly enough, this person's best friend saw what he was doing and came to my rescue. I also discovered that I am not the first person he has screwed like this. A group of web designers suffered under this guy's hand in nearly exacting circumstances very recently. I have started a multifaceted law suit against the person (which is why I can not identify the individual), and I am confident that the 'hacking' investigation will not result in anyone being charged except this guy for lying to the police. Once this has gone through the courts, I will give you the persons name and publish the court records as they will then be public documents. This could be over a year away though. In the meantime, I am not sure what will become of the Mac EvangeList, but I would appreciate your prayers, especially as my only source of income has now been pretty much destroyed - . If you are interested in making me an offer on the macevangelist.com/.net/.org domains and all related content, email me.
The amount of people offering support has been staggering. I am not accepting donations. If you want to help me out financially, consider moving your web site to our new hosting facility that has nothing to do with the situation above. Giving me your business is what will really help. And I am also a good web designer, so if you need a web site, let me give you a quote.
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Raheel Sharif gets govt NOC to head Saudi-led military alliance
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief General (retd) Raheel Sharif was issued on Fridaya no-objection certification (NOC) from the government to join as Chief of Saudi-led Islamic military alliance of 39 countries, ARY News reported.
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Friday confirmed that former Army Chief General Raheel Sharif has been granted NOC for his appointment after endorsement from the GHQ.
Gen (retd) Raheel Sharif today left for Riyadh in a special Saudi plane, which had arrived to pick him up earlier today.
On January 11, Khwaja Asif had said that former army chief General Sharif didn't seek 'no objection certificate' (NOC) for any foreign vocation.
Issuing a statement in the Senate, Asif had said the Defence Ministry issues NOCs to retired army officers for any such jobs, but Gen (retd) Raheel Sharif didn't seek any such clearance or certificate.
He maintained that prior permission either from Defence Ministry or the Pakistan Army was a prerequisite for any retired army officer before undertaking a new foreign job.
Formation of Islamic military alliance
Saudi Arabia on December 15, 2015 had announced the formation of Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism, a move welcomed by the United States which has been urging a greater regional involvement in the campaign against the militants who control swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria.
The Saudi statement described the military alliance's objectives as: "a duty to protect the Islamic nation from the evils of all terrorist groups and organizations, whatever their sect and name, which wreak death and corruption on earth and aim to terrorize the innocent."


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At home in the city of Atlanta, Rain Lyle has a career and a home and is well on her way to establishing herself as a music producer. But she has forgotten where she came from. Her brother shows up on her doorstep and tells her that he's on his way back to Montana, their home state, to visit the family since he hasn't seen them in so long. Rain decides to accompany him, mostly because she wants to remember a childhood that she lost four years ago.
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Really Racism?!! or maybe just Phobia?
A lot of posts talked about the racism against Arabs in dictionaries, I'd like to mention
Sinan, Roba, Omar, Eman, MMM
I did feel fishy about all the Racism in Dictioneries posts... so I tried looking up the word "Jew" in 2 of those dicts.
one of em is the most famous Websters
...comber, booly; globegirdler, globetrotter; vagrant, hobo, night walker, sleep
walker; noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman; trecker,
trekker, zingano, zingaro
almost the same as Arab.. which rules out the Racism factor...
The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition:
1.To bargain shrewdly or unfairly with. Often used with down.
2.To haggle so
as to reduce (a price). Often used with down.
I guess that rules out WATA's arguments..??!
I rest my case...
[this wasn't a thorough search... a very quick and shallow one that lead to THESE results...]
I honestly this that this topic is over-rated...!!!


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Recently published
Ubuntu technical problems and solutions reference, a modern cookbook.
Recently I was faced with a new issue/challenge: adding custom man pages for a custom/user defined command. This being said, I started to dig into the configuration and structure of the man command.
I will not go too deep into the man theory, there is always Google for it, or the official manual pages:
man man
As I now know, after reading documentation, there are 9 section of documentation for each command. So, it means separate documentation file for each section.
In the following example I will create custom documentation for section 1 (Executable user programs and shell commands) and section 4 (Information on device files). I call the command dummy.
#The following commands create the default structure for custom man pages cd ~/ mkdir ownman; mkdir ownman/man1; mkdir ownman/man4 cd ownman/man1 vi dummy.1 # Add some documentation here. Example: 1) Documentation for section 1 cd ../man4 vi dummy.4 # Add some documentation here. Example: 1) Documentation for section 4
Now that the structure is in place, the man pages for the the dummy command can be called. The -M option has to be used in order to specify the location of the man pages for the specific command.
man -M ~/ownman dummy 1) Documentation for section 1 Manual page dummy(1) line 1/66 (END) (press h for help or q to quit)
The default section is 1, so it's not necessary to be specified here. With specification, the command looks like this:
man -M ~/ownman 4 dummy 1) Documentation for section 4 Manual page dummy(4) line 1/66 (END) (press h for help or q to quit)
The structure and the call is in place now. But still, it could be tiresome sometimes to remember the path to the man pages, especially if one were to declare multiple locations.
To add the ~/ownman location to the locations man is looking at by default, the configuration file needs to be edited. On Ubuntu this file is: /etc/manpath.config (for Red Hat and Red Hat derivatives, like CentOS and Fedora, the configuration file for man is /etc/man.config)
# need sudo rights for this, as the owner of the file is root sudo vi /etc/manpath.config
Edit the file by adding a new entry in the MANDATORY_MANPATH section.
MANDATORY_MANPATH ~/ownman
If there is a need to specify different man pages path for different command paths, another edit needs to be made, further down in the file. A new entry for MANPATH_MAP
MANPATH_MAP ~/custom_commands_location ~/ownman
Now the simple, straight forward command can be called:
man dummy 1) Documentation for section 1 Manual page dummy(1) line 1/66 (END) (press h for help or q to quit)
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AutismAble are pleased to announce our very first family fun day. It takes place on Friday 7th August at The Custom Space in South Shields.
Entry is free for all and we have some fantastic activities including Bouncy Castle, Face Painting, Beat The Goalie, Sing Class Music Circle, Cafe, Games and More!
There is a Facebook event here if you need further information.


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Lebanon Frees two Political Prisoners Repatriated from Syria
Lebanese authorities freed Tuesday two of the 54 political prisoners repatriated last week from Syria, bringing the total number of releases to 31, judicial sources said.
The two freed men, a Lebanese and a Palestinian, had been arrested by the Syrian authorities on charges of spying for Israel, the source said.
According to Lebanese law, the government is to re-evaluate the cases of all repatriated prisoners. If sentences are upheld, the prisoners will serve their remaining prison time in Lebanon.
Lebanon released a first group of 11 political prisoners last Friday, and 18 more over the weekend. These men had been arrested on charges of spying for Israel, attacking Syrian troops deployed in Lebanon, smuggling drugs and cigarettes as well as belonging to outlawed armed groups.
On December 11, 46 Lebanese and eight Palestinians who carry Lebanese travel documents were repatriated by Syria after heated criticism over the secret detention of Lebanese citizens.
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud said Friday the government would reopen the files on Lebanese who disappeared during the country's 1975-1990 civil war after many Lebanese continued to claim that lost family members were being held by Syria -- BEIRUT (AFP)
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... this beginner's lace making kit, because I have been watching lace makers at work and I really, really want to play! This year we have been running a textile art project at the archive, encouraging people to create textile pieces inspired by documents in the archives. The project ended with a series of exhibitions at which a local lacemaking group gave demonstrations. It wasn't until the third and final exhibition that I started seriously watching what they were doing and having a go at basic stitches on a pillow set up for beginners to try. I got hooked.
I like crafting in various forms, but I am definitely more inclined towards crafts with a pattern to follow as I don't have a creative imagination. I don't mind things being intricate or fiddly so long as I know what I am supposed to be doing, and I think I could have a lot of fun making lace. I also like the historic element to the craft. Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire were two of the three main centres of handmade lace in England (Honiton in Devon was the third), and I know there were lacemakers among my Buckinghamshire ancestors.
Not only will I get to make pretty things, I can also collect pretty bobbins. I am trying to declutter and become more minimalist (although I have a very, very long way to go), but bobbins are small enough not to become a clutter monster and larger projects need a considerable number. I love the idea of using bobbins which are either meaningful or decorative or both. A few I have my eye on are this commemorative Magna Carta bobbin, chirpy Christmas robins, canal art bobbins (these are already painted, but a friend has started doing canal art and she may be getting some bobbin commissions), Jane Austen, and ... well, a glance at this site shows just how easy it would be to get carried away!
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Monday, November 3, 2008
V is for Vote
Many observers have noted the exceptional role of high technology in this campaign with respect to fundraising – the same could be said about its role in organizing and the dissemination and the debunking of rumors. Tomorrow technology will play its part in documenting the election experience. Among the several organizations encouraging citizen journalism are PBS and YouTube with Video Your Vote, the New York Times Polling Place Photo Project, and Twitter Vote Report. If you want to participate, be sure to peruse this how-to resource.
This is what my polling place, a public school, looked like two years ago – tomorrow I'll post pix from this year. The wait was modest then, but tomorrow I'm taking my knitting in anticipation of long lines. (It's a good thing the PTA always has a bake sale on Election Day.) NJ law prohibits electioneering inside a polling place or within 100 feet of its entrance, so I won't be taking any of my partisan finery or knitting projects – no pumpkins, buttons, T-shirts, mitts.
In New Jersey, polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Don't forget the two public questions – see analysis!) Find more NJ voter information here; for voter information for all of the U.S., see here.
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- Bezzie said...
I'm betting most people go this morning. I've yet to encounter long lines in any state for voting in any type of election. I also never vote in the morning either.
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- Deborah said...
times like these, i wish there was an Evelyn Wood for knitters...
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- Kelli Simone said...
thanks for the link to the question analysis. Before I saw the link, I didn't read my sample ballot.
Nice mitts. ~ksp
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- dragon knitter said...
i got lucky. i walked into my polling place with my knitting, and got right in. as i was leaving 6 people walked in the door, and i saw 3 more people parking. my area is notorious for slowness during the day as there are a lot of working people there. my daughters aren't voting ( :( ). the older doesn't due to religious choices, and the younger said she didn't feel she was up enough on the issues to make a choice, but that she knew that by not voting, she doesn't have the right to bitch, either. not happy about it, but i can't do anything, they're 24 & 22
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Jay and I went to a store called Kidzlands yesterday and the owner actually said "Oh Mom. tsk tsk tsk" when he saw my baby had that ring of bald on his head. GRRR. Does he not know that new babies lose their hair...does he not know that my kid sleeps on his back which is recommended by doctors and pediatricians. DON'T tell me I'm a bad mom when I know exactly the amount of time that I spend playing with Malcolm and interacting with him is WAY more than some parents ever do. I wanted to punch this guy. LOL.
Anyway, tonight Jay and I are finally going on a date. We are going for Supper at Tony Roma's and I can't wait. First he needs to come home though so I can hop in the shower. Maybe one of these days I'll shower when he's still at work.
Tomorrow is craft day in Millet and I'll be working on the invitations for my MotherinLaws birthday. I really hope they turn out and are acceptable. I'm going to make a few different ones just so we have a few to choose from.
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Journal of Infectious Diseases, Jan 2017
Background. Rotavirus (RV) is the leading cause of diarrhea-related death in children worldwide and 95% of RV-associated deaths occur in Africa and Asia where RV vaccines (RVVs) have lower efficacy. We hypothesize that differences in intestinal microbiome composition correlate with the decreased RVV efficacy observed in poor settings. Methods. We conducted a nested, case-control study comparing prevaccination, fecal microbiome compositions between 6-week old, matched RVV responders and nonresponders in rural Ghana. These infants' microbiomes were then compared with 154 age-matched, healthy Dutch infants' microbiomes, assumed to be RVV responders. Fecal microbiome analysis was performed in all groups using the Human Intestinal Tract Chip. Results. We analyzed findings in 78 Ghanaian infants, including 39 RVV responder and nonresponder pairs. The overall microbiome composition was significantly different between RVV responders and nonresponders (FDR, 0.12), and Ghanaian responders were more similar to Dutch infants than nonresponders (P = .002). RVV response correlated with an increased abundance of Streptococcus bovis and a decreased abundance of the Bacteroidetes phylum in comparisons between both Ghanaian RVV responders and nonresponders (FDR, 0.008 vs 0.003) and Dutch infants and Ghanaian nonresponders (FDR, 0.002 vs 0.009). Conclusions. The intestinal microbiome composition correlates significantly with RVV immunogenicity and may contribute to the diminished RVV immunogenicity observed in developing countries.
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As the Denver Nuggets finished off their biggest win in franchise history Monday night, dismantling the Los Angeles Lakers to turn the Western Conference Finals into a best-of-three climax, a different thought came to mind.
It had nothing to do with strategy, effort or attitude. Nothing to do with weaknesses or missing links, a common lament for a team this close to a championship.
This feeling was something that happens only rarely in the National Basketball Association, sometimes not even for teams that rule the league. Denver's front office, starting with owner Stan Kroenke, has to keep this group together, as much as possible, no matter how far this Denver Dream goes now.
That conclusion was inescapable on a night when the Nuggets officially proved they could topple the mighty Lakers in this series, a night when they won even as their marquee star, Carmelo Anthony, battled stomach flu and took an IV at halftime.
Kenyon Martin, Chauncey Billups, Nené and Dahntay Jones simply stepped up the energy and aggressiveness. And Denver's other not-so-secret weapon — the bench, led by J.R. Smith and Chris "Birdman" Andersen, but with Linas Kleiza also a big factor — wore down the Lakers and guaranteed a Game 6 on Friday night back in Pepsi Center.
Even though the Nuggets came up short in Game 5 on Wednesday, leaving them with the daunting challenge of winning Friday and Sunday to topple the Lakers this time, it's clear now that Denver has the right mixture of players (along with head coach George Karl) to make another run next season.
This is how it was for the Broncos after they lost unexpectedly in the 1996 playoffs, before their two consecutive Super Bowl wins. Same for the Colorado Avalanche after winning the Stanley Cup in its first season (1995-96) at Denver.
When you're lucky enough to have so many of the right ingredients in place, you don't want to mess with anything.
Perhaps it's unrealistic to bring back the entire 13-man roster, if only because of the NBA's salary limitations and the Nuggets already in danger of having to pay a substantial "luxury tax" next season.
The good news: Anthony, Billups, Martin, Nené and Smith already are locked up for 2009-10 and for 2010-11. Andersen and Jones are free agents. The rejuvenated Birdman could command about $3 million a year, but with all the emotion and shot-blocking he brings, the Nuggets would suffer a noticeable loss if they let him go. Jones likely would stay for minimal money, but he could be replaced.
Kleiza is another wild card because of his inconsistency. At times during the postseason, he has looked worthy of being re-signed. Denver certainly could use him for inside depth over the long regular season, and he's capable of elevating his game even more. If Kleiza could improve to the point of producing regularly as he did in Game 4 against the Lakers (10 points, 2-of-3 from 3-point range and no turnovers in 13 minutes), it would be a no-brainer to keep him. The salary-cap reality, though, is that Denver might have to choose between Birdman and Kleiza. That's a difficult but clear-cut choice for Andersen, unless another team wants to pay him something outrageous.
There's also the matter of who will back up Billups at point guard. Anthony Carter has that job now, but he's an unrestricted free agent. Denver also could use its one draft pick (No. 34, early in the second round) for somebody like UCLA's Darren Collison or St. Mary's Patrick Mills. Carter's age (33) probably limits his marketability, so he could return for minimal money if the draft doesn't help.
Something else worth mentioning: As close as Denver already is to the NBA title, some veterans in their mid-30s might offer their services to the Nuggets for the minimum, just to have a shot at a ring. Grant Hill comes to mind, along with ex-Nugget Bobby Jackson, another point guard.
In other words, the Nuggets' fascinating story won't end when their postseason does.
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My Top 2 Tech Stocks Now -- and What They're Doing for My Portfolio
Each week, I report the results of the Big Idea Portfolio, a collection of five tech stocks that I believe will crush the market over a three-year period. I've done it before; my last tussle with Mr. Market ended with me beating the index's average return by 13.35%.
Real money was on the line then as it is now, which means any one of the five stocks you see below could cause me a lot of public embarrassment. This time, Google and Rackspace Hosting provided the heft need to increase my lead on Mr. Market.
Of the two, Google had the busier week. The search king is working on handling growing interest in an enhanced reality game called Ingress. Players join either the "Enlightened" or the "Resistance" in an online tussle wherein physical locations represent portals that emit exotic energy seen only through the lens of an Android phone. The Matrix, in other words.
But it's also just one way Google is aiming to get more of us using the Internet to enhance the world around us. Last week, the company spent $17 million to acquire BufferBox, a Canadian network of parcel pick-up stations. Clients ship to BufferBox instead of home in order to avoid the fear of missing a package. Amazon.com has a similar service called Amazon Locker active in the U.S.
No one should be so confused as to believe this buyout will meaningfully contribute to Google's business soon, if ever. But the idea of BufferBox is an interesting one: use the Internet to arrange how we want to receive important mail.
The deal was also the search king's second clash with Amazon last week. Google cut its prices on its Cloud Storage by 20%, only to the see the e-tailer respond with a 25% cut on its S3 online data storage product. Google fired back with another 10% cut. Call it the great data race.
Rackspace rose more than 6% on little news. The only notable comment came from CEO Lanham Napier, who told Investor's Business Daily that Asia "looks attractive" so far as expansion is concerned. Less clear is whether Napier meant expanding Rackspace's data center footprint there or growing the portion of revenue derived from the region. Either way, 25% of sales are currently sourced overseas and most of that comes from the U.K.
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Global growth across the portfolio added just the tailwind my portfolio needed to beat the market for the second consecutive week. As a group, my five stocks added another 204 basis points to my lead over Mr. Market.
He's having a hard time deciding which stocks matter and which don't. Blue chips barely nudged with the Dow up 0.12% last week while the small-cap Russell 2000 surged 1.83% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 1.46%. The S&P 500 also rose but at a more modest 0.49%, according to data supplied by The Wall Street Journal. Here's a closer look at where I stood through Friday's close:
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Apple also enjoyed a small rally thanks to a new unlocked edition of the iPhone, which should benefit long-suffering T-Mobile users. Verizon and Sprint Nextel didn't fare as well, since Apple said it would only sell GSM phones unlocked -- only AT&T and T-Mobile offer GSM networks here in the U.S.
Separately, Groupon made headlines last week when its board voted to retain co-founder and chief executive Andrew Mason. It's the right call for a few reasons, though the company still has a lot to prove when it comes to its troubled core business.
So does Zynga , which has signed a new partnership agreement with Facebook that provides more freedom but at the cost of allowing the social network the option to become a competitor, should it ever choose to enter the gaming business.
Don't be surprised if some investors clamor for exactly that. With so many burned by the most-hyped IPO in a decade, shareholders are quick to latch onto anything that smells like an opportunity to make their money back. But there's also a lot more to the Facebook story than just quick hits with gifts and games. Get a closer look all the opportunities and risks facing this company in our newest premium research report, and we'll tell you whether or not the stock belongs in your portfolio. Click here to get your copy now.
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