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The Beatitudes
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Blessed John Paul II "saw the 'poor in spirit' as those souls who had a deep sense of the interior life, and, consequently, an acute awareness into the interior attitude of faith. As his post-Vatican II work, Sources of Renewal, stated: this is quintessential to the realization of the universal call to holiness, and the springtime of the Church. The beloved pope defined the interior attitude of faith as an active relationship with Christ, but not yet in-action; the attitude that involved 'taking up a position,' and being ready to act, in accordance with it."
On reflecting on the meaning on what it means to be poor in spirit, I came across Pope Francis' World Youth Day 2014 message. I believe what he shared is better then anything I could say. I could not say it much better than he, for to be poor in spirit is an interior attitude. One that the chronically and seriously ill must have if they even hope to have joy in their life.
Pope Francis talks about how it takes courage to be poor in spirit. I love Pope Francis and so here are his words below to challenge you. I pray they give you courage in your daily struggles and suffering. They have encouraged me.
Challenge of the Week: Read them with love and intentional purpose. He writes in a way that is easy to follow and very precise theologically. I will break up his words with images to rest and reflect on through out his statement. When you come to a picture stop and think out the words he has spoken to you.
Dear Young Friends,
How vividly I recall the remarkable meeting we had in Rio de Janeiro for the Twenty-eighth World Youth Day. It was a great celebration of faith and fellowship! The wonderful people of Brazil welcomed us with open arms, like the statue of Christ the Redeemer which looks down from the hill of Corcovado over the magnificent expanse of Copacabana beach. There, on the seashore, Jesus renewed his call to each one of us to become his missionary disciples. May we perceive this call as the most important thing in our lives and share this gift with others, those near and far, even to the distant geographical and existential peripheries of our world.
The next stop on our intercontinental youth pilgrimage will be in Krakow in 2016. As a way of accompanying our journey together, for the next three years I would like to reflect with you on the Beatitudes found in the Gospel of Saint Matthew (5:1-12). This year we will begin by reflecting on the first Beatitude: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Mt 5:3). For 2015 I suggest: "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Mt 5:8). Then, in 2016, our theme will be: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy" (Mt 5:7).
1. The revolutionary power of the Beatitudes
It is always a joyful experience for us to read and reflect on the Beatitudes! Jesus proclaimed them in his first great sermon, preached on the shore of the sea of Galilee. There was a very large crowd, so Jesus went up on the mountain to teach his disciples. That is why it is known as "the Sermon on the Mount". In the Bible, the mountain is regarded as a place where God reveals himself. Jesus, by preaching on the mount, reveals himself to be a divine teacher, a new Moses. What does he tell us? He shows us the way to life, the way that he himself has taken. Jesus himself is the way, and he proposes this way as the path to true happiness. Throughout his life, from his birth in the stable in Bethlehem until his death on the cross and his resurrection, Jesus embodied the Beatitudes. All the promises of God's Kingdom were fulfilled in him.
In proclaiming the Beatitudes, Jesus asks us to follow him and to travel with him along the path of love, the path that alone leads to eternal life. It is not an easy journey, yet the Lord promises us his grace and he never abandons us. We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort to remain faithful to our call to holiness, and many others. But if we open the door to Jesus and allow him to be part of our lives, if we share our joys and sorrows with him, then we will experience the peace and joy that only God, who is infinite love, can give.
The Beatitudes of Jesus are new and revolutionary. They present a model of happiness contrary to what is usually communicated by the media and by the prevailing wisdom. A worldly way of thinking finds it scandalous that God became one of us and died on a cross! According to the logic of this world, those whom Jesus proclaimed blessed are regarded as useless, "losers". What is glorified is success at any cost, affluence, the arrogance of power and self-affirmation at the expense of others.
Jesus challenges us, young friends, to take seriously his approach to life and to decide which path is right for us and leads to true joy. This is the great challenge of faith. Jesus was not afraid to ask his disciples if they truly wanted to follow him or if they preferred to take another path (cf. Jn 6:67). Simon Peter had the courage to reply: "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life" (Jn 6:68). If you too are able to say "yes" to Jesus, your lives will become both meaningful and fruitful.
2. The courage to be happy
What does it mean to be "blessed" (makarioi in Greek)? To be blessed means to be happy. Tell me: Do you really want to be happy? In an age when we are constantly being enticed by vain and empty illusions of happiness, we risk settling for less and "thinking small" when it come to the meaning of life.
Think big instead! Open your hearts! As Blessed Piergiorgio Frassati once said, "To live without faith, to have no heritage to uphold, to fail to struggle constantly to defend the truth: this is not living. It is scraping by. We should never just scrape by, but really live" (Letter to I. Bonini, 27 February 1925). In his homily on the day of Piergiorgio Frassati's beatification (20 May 1990), John Paul II called him "a man of the Beatitudes" (AAS 82 [1990], 1518).
If you are really open to the deepest aspirations of your hearts, you will realize that you possess an unquenchable thirst for happiness, and this will allow you to expose and reject the "low cost" offers and approaches all around you. When we look only for success, pleasure and possessions, and we turn these into idols, we may well have moments of exhilaration, an illusory sense of satisfaction, but ultimately we become enslaved, never satisfied, always looking for more. It is a tragic thing to see a young person who "has everything", but is weary and weak.
Saint John, writing to young people, told them: "You are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one" (1 Jn 2:14). Young people who choose Christ are strong: they are fed by his word and they do not need to 'stuff themselves' with other things! Have the courage to swim against the tide. Have the courage to be truly happy! Say no to an ephemeral, superficial and throwaway culture, a culture that assumes that you are incapable of taking on responsibility and facing the great challenges of life!
3. Blessed are the poor in spirit…
The first Beatitude, our theme for the next World Youth Day, says that the poor in spirit are blessed for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. At a time when so many people are suffering as a result of the financial crisis, it might seem strange to link poverty and happiness. How can we consider poverty a blessing?
First of all, let us try to understand what it means to be "poor in spirit". When the Son of God became man, he chose the path of poverty and self-emptying. As Saint Paul said in his letter to the Philippians: "Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in human likeness" (2:5-7). Jesus is God who strips himself of his glory. Here we see God's choice to be poor: he was rich and yet he became poor in order to enrich us through his poverty (cf. 2 Cor 8:9). This is the mystery we contemplate in the crib when we see the Son of God lying in a manger, and later on the cross, where his self-emptying reaches its culmination.
The Greek adjective ptochós (poor) does not have a purely material meaning. It means "a beggar", and it should be seen as linked to the Jewish notion of the anawim, "God's poor". It suggests lowliness, a sense of one's limitations and existential poverty. The anawim trust in the Lord, and they know that they can count on him.
As Saint Therese of the Child Jesus clearly saw, by his incarnation Jesus came among us as a poor beggar, asking for our love. The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that "man is a beggar before God" (No. 2559) and that prayer is the encounter of God's thirst and our own thirst (No. 2560).
Saint Francis of Assisi understood perfectly the secret of the Beatitude of the poor in spirit. Indeed, when Jesus spoke to him through the leper and from the crucifix, Francis recognized both God's grandeur and his own lowliness. In his prayer, the Poor Man of Assisi would spend hours asking the Lord: "Who are you?" "Who am I?" He renounced an affluent and carefree life in order to marry "Lady Poverty", to imitate Jesus and to follow the Gospel to the letter. Francis lived in imitation of Christ in his poverty and in love for the poor – for him the two were inextricably linked – like two sides of one coin.
You might ask me, then: What can we do, specifically, to make poverty in spirit a way of life, a real part of our own lives? I will reply by saying three things.
First of all, try to be free with regard to material things. The Lord calls us to a Gospel lifestyle marked by sobriety, by a refusal to yield to the culture of consumerism. This means being concerned with the essentials and learning to do without all those unneeded extras which hem us in. Let us learn to be detached from possessiveness and from the idolatry of money and lavish spending. Let us put Jesus first. He can free us from the kinds of idol-worship which enslave us. Put your trust in God, dear young friends! He knows and loves us, and he never forgets us. Just as he provides for the lilies of the field (cf. Mt 6:28), so he will make sure that we lack nothing. If we are to come through the financial crisis, we must be also ready to change our lifestyle and avoid so much wastefulness. Just as we need the courage to be happy, we also need the courage to live simply.
Second, if we are to live by this Beatitude, all of us need to experience a conversion in the way we see the poor. We have to care for them and be sensitive to their spiritual and material needs. To you young people I especially entrust the task of restoring solidarity to the heart of human culture. Faced with old and new forms of poverty – unemployment, migration and addictions of various kinds – we have the duty to be alert and thoughtful, avoiding the temptation to remain indifferent. We have to remember all those who feel unloved, who have no hope for the future and who have given up on life out of discouragement, disappointment or fear. We have to learn to be on the side of the poor, and not just indulge in rhetoric about the poor! Let us go out to meet them, look into their eyes and listen to them. The poor provide us with a concrete opportunity to encounter Christ himself, and to touch his suffering flesh.
However – and this is my third point – the poor are not just people to whom we can give something. They have much to offer us and to teach us. How much we have to learn from the wisdom of the poor! Think about it: several hundred years ago a saint, Benedict Joseph Labré, who lived on the streets of Rome from the alms he received, became a spiritual guide to all sorts of people, including nobles and prelates. In a very real way, the poor are our teachers. They show us that people's value is not measured by their possessions or how much money they have in the bank. A poor person, a person lacking material possessions, always maintains his or her dignity. The poor can teach us much about humility and trust in God. In the parable of the pharisee and the tax-collector (cf. Lk 18:9-14), Jesus holds the tax-collector up as a model because of his humility and his acknowledgment that he is a sinner. The widow who gave her last two coins to the temple treasury is an example of the generosity of all those who have next to nothing and yet give away everything they have (Lk 21:1-4).
4. … for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
The central theme of the Gospel is the kingdom of God. Jesus is the kingdom of God in person; he is Immanuel, God-with-us. And it is in the human heart that the kingdom, God's sovereignty, takes root and grows. The kingdom is at once both gift and promise. It has already been given to us in Jesus, but it has yet to be realized in its fullness. That is why we pray to the Father each day: "Thy kingdom come".
There is a close connection between poverty and evangelization, between the theme of the last World Youth Day – "Go therefore, and make disciples of all nations!" (Mt 28:19) – and the theme for this year: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Mt 5:3). The Lord wants a poor Church which evangelizes the poor. When Jesus sent the Twelve out on mission, he said to them: "Take no gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts, no bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the labourers deserve their food" (Mt 10:9-10). Evangelical poverty is a basic condition for spreading the kingdom of God. The most beautiful and spontaneous expressions of joy which I have seen during my life were by poor people who had little to hold onto. Evangelization in our time will only take place as the result of contagious joy.
We have seen, then, that the Beatitude of the poor in spirit shapes our relationship with God, with material goods and with the poor. With the example and words of Jesus before us, we realize how much we need to be converted, so that the logic of being more will prevail over that of having more! The saints can best help us to understand the profound meaning of the Beatitudes. So the canonization of John Paul II, to be celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter, will be an event marked by immense joy. He will be the great patron of the World Youth Days which he inaugurated and always supported. In the communion of saints he will continue to be a father and friend to all of you.
This month of April marks the thirtieth anniversary of the entrustment of the Jubilee Cross of the Redemption to the young. That symbolic act by John Paul II was the beginning of the great youth pilgrimage which has since crossed the five continents. The Pope's words on that Easter Sunday in 1984 remain memorable: "My dear young people, at the conclusion of the Holy Year, I entrust to you the sign of this Jubilee Year: the cross of Christ! Carry it throughout the world as a symbol of the love of the Lord Jesus for humanity, and proclaim to everyone that it is only in Christ, who died and rose from the dead, that salvation and redemption are to be found".
Dear friends, the Magnificat, the Canticle of Mary, poor in spirit, is also the song of everyone who lives by the Beatitudes. The joy of the Gospel arises from a heart which, in its poverty, rejoices and marvels at the works of God, like the heart of Our Lady, whom all generations call "blessed" (cf. Lk 1:48). May Mary, Mother of the poor and Star of the new evangelization help us to live the Gospel, to embody the Beatitudes in our lives, and to have the courage always to be happy.
From the Vatican, 21 January 2014, Memorial of Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr
(Just a little message of joy to our Holy Father, happy one year anniversary Papa! We Love You!)
Let Us Pray: Join in prayer with Pope Francis:
"Enkindle in all of us a renewed desire for holiness: may our words glow with the splendor of truth, may our works resound with the song of charity, may purity and chastity live in our bodies and in our hearts, may our lives express the presence of all the beauty of the gospel, Help us to attentively listen to the voice of the Lord: let not the cry of the poor ever leave us indifferent, may the suffering of the sick and of those who are in need not find us inattentive, may the solitude of the elderly and the weakness of children move us, may every human life be loved and respected by all, Don't let us forget the meaning of our earthly journey: may the noble light of faith illumine our days, the consoling strength of hope orient our steps, the consoling warmth of love animate our heart, may our eyes always remain fixed there, in God, where there is true joy." [AMEN}
~Pope Francis I, Rome, on
A Video from WYD 2013 to fill your heart with a poverty of spirit and to embrace Joy in everything.
World Youth Day 2013 – Adoration with the Holy Father
Wow did you see the poverty in spirit? That complete dependence upon God. Watch it again, see those bishops, those young eyes, hear the power of need in Matt Maher praying that song in complete humility.
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Savard returning to Boston
Marc Savard will not travel with the team to Los Angeles tonight. Instead, Savard will remain in Denver tonight and fly home to Boston tomorrow to be re-evaluated. Claude Julien said Savard was not showing any concussion-related symptoms after he was belted by Matt Hunwick in the second period.
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I believe this is my very first OOTD (outfit of the day) post here on my blog! I am so excited.
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Eric Zane's Other Gig – Hockey PA Announcer [VIDEO]
Many of you know that Eric Zane from the Free Beer & Hot Wings show as the guy who doesn't have a filter, but did you know that he is also the PA announcer for his home town minor league Hockey Team too? Check out this quick montage that shows him hard at work at his other job.
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Zane has been the PA announcer for the Grand Rapids Griffins for a few years now and it's nice to finally get a look at him doing his other passion.


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After many years of a casual love affair with yoga, while finishing grad school and in the midst of writing a novel, Laura's practice became something more serious. Yoga offers an answer to the persistent question: what now? The answer of yoga has come to her again and again, as a profound source of healing. Yoga inspires her to reside fully in the present moment and reminds her that the process of change is constant.
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Globalisation, qualifications and livelihoods: an annotated bibliography
This annotated bibliography was compiled for the DfID funded project Globalisation, Qualifications and Livelihoods: aspirations of youth. This project has three objectives. The first objective is to examine the impact of globalisation on livelihoods, education and qualification structures; secondly to examine the aspirations of youth for livelihoods, education and qualifications in the context of economic globalisation. A third objective is to explore the implications of the outcomes of the first two objectives for pro-poor national and international policies on education, qualifications and livelihoods. These objectives are addressed by empirical field research, but this is supported by a literature search into writing that informs the objectives and related research questions. The resulting database covers literature which meets each of the themes and objectives of the research.
The literature can be sorted into the following headings: first, literature which covers the theory of globalisation in its broadest sense; second, literature which examines the perceived effects of economic globalisation on livelihood structures around the world; third, literature dealing with the impact of globalisation on educational structures; fourth, a small literature examining the effect of globalisation on qualifications, and fifth, a literature (especially from Sri Lanka) which looks at the impact of globalisation on youth in society.
Institute of Education, University of London, UK. 85 pp.
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A school known as the trail blazers of academic success, and small town-big dream city; the La Vega Elementary Pirates in Bellmead, Texas are ready for the STAAR test being administered on Tuesday & Wed (April 21st and 22nd). La Vega Elementary celebrated the coming of the STAAR test on today, (April 17, 2015). Like a bank, La Vega Elementary students were showered with words of value and encouragement from administrators and teachers with an event I coin as a "One Moment in Time Experience."
As the 250 plus 3rd graders filled the cafeteria, they were greeted by administrators, teachers and some community leaders. When the occasion of encouragement began, Ms. Stewart (Principal) took to the microphone to tell the students that she was proud and offered encouraging words for next weeks test administration. Next, the baton was passed to an awesome instructional coach whom I know as Ms. Denmark. Ms. Denmark, who is the guru of motivational messages and instruction, described and allowed students to view important motivational clips from a theme movie entitled, "Facing the Giant!" The movie, "Facing the Giant," is a hit movie on the LVE campus with the message of, "Never Give Up!" All students were inspired and actively engaged as they watched football players try to win a hard victory. Many of the students were laughing throughout the movie or watching curiously to see what would happen next. When the movie was over, the main message chanted by the students was, "Never Give Up!"
Coming to the center stage was Dr. Patterson who offered words of encouragement and reminded the students to use innovative strategies for learning that they were familiar with all school year. Once the instructional piece was over, Ms. Hunter blazed the stage with her original, hot new hit, "Catch that Star!" With zest and zeal, Ms. Hunter chanted proudly that the students should catch that star. As the chant concluded, all the teachers and staff present threw a star so each child could really catch that star! Finally, the STAAR affair was followed by the La Vega Elementary A-Team (Administrators) who performed a dance routine to motivate the students. (Please see the video below).With a fun-filled morning, the 3rd graders were back to work to catch that star on next week!
I would like to thank Pastor Lawrence E. Scott, Sr, Wife and children (Pastor of New Branch Worship Center, Waco, Texas) for their support and providing that good rock and roll sound with the guitar.
As an administrator of the La Vega Elementary students, I greatly appreciate serving the children in any capacity. I believe that each one of our students can be successful and it starts with parents, schools and community leaders. On behalf of the ministry, talk show and the words flowing, I wish each 3rd grader at LVE blessings and great scores. I also want to wish all test takers blessings and great scores.
Tips for Success:
Pray for your children
Have your child/children go to bed before 9:00pm CST
Eat a good breakfast (Home/School)-Sugars are not recommended. (Peanut butter is great for thinking)
Please make sure students are fully present (21st and 22nd)
Please remind ALL students to be on their best behavior
Encourage students to do their personal best
Show your work
Process of elimination
Some tests are 4 hours and some are all day (use your time wisely)
IMPORTANT-These tests determine future progress (Good for placement, college etc)
Dr. Alfreda Emonya Love
Media Writer/Radio-blogtalkradio.com/fredalove
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As promissed in my previous post, here is the turorial for the cosmetic bag with pleats. It is easier than it looks, also if you are beginner in sewing, you should be able to make it.
8 pieces (outside pleats) 2.5×7" of nice fabric which will be visible outside of the pleats
6 pieces (inside pleats)2.5×7" of fabric which will be inside the pleats (very nice is to have some contrast)
2 pieces 8×1.5" of fabric for the top of the pouch ( I choose the same like for outside pleats)
1 zipper 10" or little longer if you are sewing beginner
For inside of the pouch:
2 pieces 6×8" of fabric and iron-on batting- I used quite thin, in Czech republic called vlizelin the same size, or ¼" shorter at each side (doesn't need to be measured exactly
You'll of course also need iron, matching thread, scissors and sewing machine.
As you can see from description of needed materials, you can use also scraps of fabrics and create nice colorful pouch. Each stripe of the pleat can be different; I just recommend using single fabric for inside pleats. So let's do it!
1- Mark with pencil middle of each inside pleat on both sides. I usually just fold the fabric in half and mark it on the grease.
2- Lay the 2.5×7" pieces for pleats next to each other in order how you want to have them. They must start with outside pleat- inside- outside and so on. For one side of the pouch you need 4 outside pleats and 3 inside pleats like on the picture.
3- Sew it together
4- Press with iron- it is better if you press the fabric toward the outside pleat.
5- When we have the iron on, you can iron the batting on the inside fabric- these are the 6×8" pieces.
6- Now we create the pleats- sew less than 1/4" from the edge of fabric. Fold the fabric on the seam between inside and outside pleat. Lay this fold on the mark of inside pleat. Do the same from other side and sew over it. (If you prefer, you can first pin it all and then sew, I prefer to fold it as I sew).
7- Continue till the end and do the same process over again on other side of the fabric- remember to sew less than ¼" from edge.
8- Time to sew on the 1.5×8" long strips. In this part you can sew some ribbon or anything in between these pieces. It also looks nice. In my case, I just sewn it together and then secured with straight stitch.You can again press after sewing. Do it with both pieces- front and back of the pouch.
9- Now sew on the zipper. It is good to have longer zipper, so that the slider doesn't hinder while sewing. You lay the inside fabric right face up, lay the zipper with slider up, and the top fabric right side down. Align it all on the right side and sew as close to the middle of zipper as possible. Your machine will be probably equipped with zipper foot, my machine too, but in this case I prefer the normal foot and sew with needle aligned to the left- my machine doesn't sew that nicely with zipper foot (or I am doing something wrong J ). Of course, you can pin it all before sewing if you prefer.
10- When you are done with one side, do the same thing on other side of the zipper. Try to start in the exact same place, like on the other side, so that your fabrics are nicely aligned.
11- To secure the zipper (and it also looks nice) sew lines along the zipper as on the picture below. Your final product should look like this.
12- We are finishing up. First, I will cut off any fabric from sides, so that I have nice straight and aligned edges of front and inside fabric, as well as the fabrics on opposite side of the zipper.
13- Cut off also the part of the zipper which is standing out. IMPORTANT!- be careful not to cut the slider away! You need to open the zipper to get it in the middle and then cut. Otherwise you will need a new zipper.
14- Now lay the outside fabrics together and inside also together. Make sure the zipper is open at least to 2/3 of the length. Align nicely. It is important to have the pleats aligned and also all the seams of the front fabric- the finished product just looks better in this way. If needed, pin it. I start to sew from bottom of the front fabric, sew all around, through zipper. Just on the bottom of the inside fabric leave approximately 2" opening, so that we can turn the pouch inside out.
15- Through the opening pull the pouch inside out. Look at our finished product, hopefully you are happy with it and the seams and pleats are aligned.
16- If you are satisfied, there is last finishing step. We need to sew the opening inside. You can do it on sewing machine, but the seam will be visible. I prefer to make it by hand using mattress stitch (at least so it is called in Czech, I am was not able to find exact stitch name in English. If someone can advise on correct name, I will be thankful). The stitching will be quite invisible.
Explanation of the stitch:
align the folded edges of the fabrics. Pull the thread through one of the fold. Stick it into the other fold in exactly the same place and lead the needle through the "tunnel" in the fold and pull out. Stitch it again in the opposite fold in the same place and continue like this until the end of the opening. The smaller the stitches, the better the look.
I hope this tutorial was useful and you will make many beautiful pouches!


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Weight and Insulin Pump
I have been on the Insulin pump since December 27 2013. I have noticed that since starting it my weight has jumped 20 lbs. I do know exercise is a big part of keeping weight off but with such a busy schedule with work, school, and family I just do not have time right now to do it. Is there anything else that can be done to help drop the pounds I had lost before starting the pump and help keep it off until I can start exercising, which probably will not be until I graduate)? I am at a loss and getting really depressed and discouraged with myself because I do not eat a lot and the weight continues to come on.
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What is that?
Are you counting all of the carbohydrates you eat every day? By cutting back on the carbs, your weight should drop and you should still be able to maintain, if not improve your BG and energy levels. I am a 5'3", moderately active older woman. I limit my carbs to 120 total carb grams per day. I have been able to maintain my weight between 117 to 123 pounds. My last A1c was 6.8. I've been using an insulin pump since 2011. Everyone's needs are different. I would advise determining how many carbs you are currently eating per day, then cut back little by little until you achieve the results you seek. Wishing you well!
Hi Type1Lou!
I do count my carbs for everything I eat because I have to program it into my pump to deliver my insulin. I had dropped my weight, as of December of last year, to 185 and am now back up to 195-205. It is making me crazy because number 1, my weight, I hate being big and called "obese" by the physicians in my notes. number 2 I wear scrubs and I cannot afford to buy any more and do not want to purchase any bigger sizes. My shorts I wore on my cruise the end of last October I cannot even get buttoned. It is sickening. ANYWHO! I will discuss with my doctor again. As I said in my initial post, I know exercise will help but between work, my college classes, and family it is hard. I come home. cook or clean, do school work, and go to bed to do it again the next day. Thanks again for your advise and post.
It may simply be an insulin adjustment
Taking too much and keeping your readings too low can aid in weight gain
I have heard that IronOre. I am waiting to hear back from my doctor to change my dosage because I have been having lows quite often. Except today though, I have been staying between 120-150, which for me is good. LOL. however I have heard the more insulin you are on the more weight you put on. I am on a lot of insulin and I am beyond the boundaries that are typically set. We have to override usually when we reset insulin. I have dropped some insulin since January and more so since April when I had Farxgia added to my regimen (for resistance). I uploaded my pump Friday to my doctor and he is looking over them and I am just waiting for a call with changes. My last a1c on the 18th was at 5.9 but I had had a lot of lows to. Thanks for your post.
As far as I am concerned 120-150 is just fine, but that's just me.
I have read on here about people who keep their readings in the 70-120 level. Heck just a little bit less than 70 and you have fallen off the cliff.
The thing about taking less insulin is that you will eat less and not even think much about it, and obviously eating less means less calories.
yeah I know. I am still waiting to hear from my endo about my adjustments of insulin. I emailed him again today. I don't know what is taking him so long getting back to me this time. He has not done anything with regards to adjusting in almost a month and a half now.
Howdy Gettin' Healthy
Another thought might be that to lose the lbs you may wish to instead take a look at what kinds of foods and how much you are eating.
What I have noticed about insulin users in general (I used to be one) is sometimes the user eats more than what one really needs, or the wrong things, and then boluses to bring one's BG (blood glucose) to a more acceptable level. Insulin does a great job of opening cells for glucose to enter,
But if there is excess glucose floating in your bloodstream and the insulin opens the fat cells and fills them with glucose for storage as fat. (It happens to people who are don't have diabetes as also, only it is their own insulin which opens the fat cells.)
I struggled with weight when I was on twice daily injections of NPH insulin (and actually prior to that). What I learned kinda by accident, that when I severely restrict my carbs, particularly the "simple" carbs like breads and other products made with grains, I lost 65 lbs over about 5 mo, and have kept it off for about 3 years now. I have a meal plan I have written up about my accidental discovery turned experiment. If interested all you need do is ask for it.
Praying you can lose the weight
James Baker
Hey Jayabee52. Anything would help at this point in time. I try to eat salads, we only buy boneless skinless chicken breast, which we either grill, bake, or make gravy (which is rare). My husband is diabetic also just not no where close to as bad as me, and he does not eat turkey except for thanksgiving and refuses to buy, because we really cannot afford it, and cook 2 different meals. Salads are expensive too because lettuce goes bad fast, etc. I will take whatever help I can get. INTERESTED!!!!!!! Thanks
You certainly may call me James. What I do is I eat low carb and high protein. I have been able to discontinue the NPH insulin I was injecting 2 x day. I have maintained normalized BG (blood glucose) levels and have followed my meal plan for 3 + yrs. A1c was 5.5, and I lost 65 lbs of weight within the first 5 mo. I was doing so well with the weight loss, I had to tweak my meal plan so as not to lose more weight.
I have that meal plan written up as a discussion and if you are interested all you need is indicate interest and I will share that meal plan with you.
God's best
Hi James!
I think I did show interest in the meal plan. At least I said INTERESTED! lol. Great A1c. In the 18 years I have been diabetic, I have just gotten mine below 7.6 since starting the pump Dec 27. BUT I do have highs, some severe, due to kinked cannulas for my insulin dispersion. and I have had extreme lows. Still waiting for my doctor to get back to me. I have emailed him again today and hoping he will adjust soon coz it has been about a month and a half since he has. I am going to have to get after him next month when I go in. LOL. anyways, yeah, I am interested in your meal plan if you wouldn't mind. God bless. Alice :)
Hi Kimfing
Actually I am eating a little less than before because I am trying to lose weight. I only eat more than normal once a month. It is hard to even attempt to go out and walk when I get home from work because I have school and cook and clean and get ready for work the next day. I am up and down consistently at work and I know that is not really "exercise" per se. I am always on the move at work because this doctor needs this and that doctor needs that, etc. I am just getting really frustrated because everyone around me is losing and I am gaining. My scrubs are tight again and I cannot afford to go buy more. It is like I told my Endo. I eat any less, I just asoon not eat. Thank you for responding to me and I will try to decrease even more calories. :)
Interesting. U are eating at least three meals a day? If not, your body will store as ir thinks its not going to eat again. Before dx, i would only eat one meal a day, packed on the pounds. Once dx, i lost 20# first month 10# the next month and i was eating three meals a day. No doubt it was very low carb. But even today, i eat no more than 30 carbs per meal and i have maintained. I eat no white flour or enriched flour or white rice. All whole grains. Very little added sugar. Lots of lean protein.
Make sure u r getting at least 1000 good calories a day. Best to have 1200, that is what i have read and what my educator said
Yes, 3 meals a day and once in a while a little snack, as recommended. My physician said to try to eat 45 carbs per meal once in a while it is more and sometimes it is less. I eat ALOT of lean protein. I eat parboiled rice and multigrain bread. I am on a 1200 calorie a day diet, though once in a while, maybe once a month, we eat Chinese. It is not very often. I am wondering if my metabolism is out of whack. Who knows. Will continue what I am doing and if need be, try to find a diet supplement that will work. Thank you so much for your advice and help. Will pay closer attention to the carbs and calories but I usually count, at least my carbs, per meal. Thank you again :0)
Are u eating more than before? I know that some people do since its easier to cover it. I started pump just about a month ago and i think i have actually lost more weight. I kept to my normal eating habits as with MDI. My job also requires a lot of physical activity outside in az heat.
Remember, less calories since u are less active. Try cutting back on calories and at least try to do some brisk walking daily
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I wonder what will be said this morning at the water fountain down the hall from George Weigel's office at the Ethics & Public Policy Center when they read Sandro Magister's column today. I will take bets that paramedics will be needed at the American Enterprise Institute, where Michael Novak works, if, as Magister suggests, the writings of a German jurist Ernst-Wolfgang Bockenforde exert sufficient influence on the final version of an encyclical by Bockenforde's most famous fan, Pope Benedict XVI.
"It is the Church's duty to denounce the fundamental errors that have now been revealed in the collapse of the major American banks. Human greed is a form of idolatry that is against the true God, and is a falsification of the image of God with another god, Mammon." Hey – wait a minute. That is not Bockenforde. Those words were uttered by Benedict himself back in February. Yes, the Pope did say idolatry, not bad management, was at the heart of the economic crisis in the American financial sector.
Bockenforde's article, published in "Il Regno," a journal from the Sacred Heart fathers, is a full-scale, frontal attack on capitalism. This sentence is precisely the kind of observation that catches the Pope's attention: "On the basis of [capitalism's] own dynamic, it constantly seeks to extend itself and to integrate within its functional logic all areas of life to the extent to which they have an economic side, with extensive repercussions also in the area of culture and personal lifestyle. This leads to the extension of economic considerations into all aspects of life."
Readers familiar with the writings of Hans urs von Balthasar or with the charism of Communione e Liberazione and its founder Luigi Giussani will see their influence in the following passage: "So what is capitalism suffering from? It is not suffering only from its excesses and from the greed and egoism of the men operating in it. It suffers from its point of departure, from its functional principle and the power that creates the system. For this reason, it is impossible to heal this illness with marginal remedies; it can be healed only by changing the point of departure." I confess I would be surprised if this finds its way into the encyclical, but it is powerful stuff, and its gets down to the level of theological analysis that few men are capable of. Pope Benedict, however, is one of those few.
The Catholic neo-cons like Weigel and Novak are always reducing Christianity to a prop for Americanism. Liberal Catholics, too, look to the writings of John Courtney Murray, S.J. for sanctioning the parts of the Enlightenment that they approve, such as the First Amendment. But, the Communio school of theologians has always understood that at some deep level, the Enlightenment is a Seraglio.
I read yesterday a note by Winston Churchill written in 1941 when Rommel was still facing Auchinleck not Montgomery. "Renown awaits the Commander who first in this war restores artillery to its prime importance upon the battlefield, from which it has been ousted by heavily armoured tanks." Mutatis Mutandi, we can say that renown awaits the theologian who synthesizes the classic liberalism of the Enlightenment (that is, the liberalism to which both contemporary conservatives and liberals are heirs) with Christian doctrine as St. Thomas Aquinas once synthesized the thought of Aristotle with Christian doctrine and St. Augustine achieved with neo-Platonism. I do not think Bockenforde gets there. But, I do know that the neo-cons are focused on maintaining their heavily armoured tanks not on seeking to go deeply enough into their own presuppositions to discover, as Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez once said, "The problem with capitalism, is that the evil is in its DNA."


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{The Benefits and Ways To Pick a Luxury Rehabilitation Center in Stinson Beach
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The main reason for selecting a luxury rehabilitation center is to establish that all your needs will be satisfied by qualified specialists who supply expert care. The center itself need to definitely be a trustworthy one, whether it is pricey or not. When inquiring about a rehab center, a few of the concerns you must ask are:
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Maneuvering your way through the legal system is too risky to try by yourself. You really need professional guidance to accomplish anything in court! Learn the best ways to find the right lawyer and the steps that should follow to protect yourself and find success in any legal proceeding with the following article.
Try to avoid a lawyer that does not have a specific area of law they specialize in. There are lawyers all over that specialize in different fields of study. Hiring one of them will increase your chances of success since the person you hire will know exactly what they are doing once they step into the courtroom. Continue Reading
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Does anyone know how or if this can be done? I have a food dehydrator. I am thinking the potatoes should either be blanched or all the way cooked before dehydrating. Help will be appreciated.
Well they put dehydrated potatoes in Hamburger Helper. So I guess it could be done.
Not sure SKK can join us right now (she's currently prepping for her daughter's wedding!! Pretty exciting!). I'll do my best to stand in as her sous chef...
Yes, you can dehydrate potatoes. Yes, you want to blanch them -- otherwise they may turn black. According to the So Easy to Preserve book published by the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, you should "wash, peel, and cut into shoestring strips 1/4 inch thick, or cut into slices 1/8 inch thick", then steam blanch 6 to 8 minutes, or water blanch 5 to 6 minutes. Estimated dehydrator time: 7 to 12 hours. FWIW: I'm in the process of getting certified as a Master Food Preserver, and this is our text book. Just finished dehydration today. :)
Oh...congrats to SKK and her daughter.
Here's one of my favorite books of food home systems. http://www.amazon.com/Home-Food-Systems-Processing-Preserving/dp/0878573208
Rodale's Home Food systems. It's a catalog, encyclopedia...with tons and tons of information. Too much really. It doesn't get too specific on any specific items but focuses on basic tech and hardware. Including things like DYI stuff and even things like turning a back yard pool into a fish farm. Bees, raising goats, making cheeses, canning, juicing, etc..etc. Something to look up if you can find it--it's out of print now, I think. But it's wonderful read...filled with all types of info and suggestions for hardware--much of which are still available today.
Thanks Sam -- that looks like an awesome book!
Someone with knowledge and skill could update that book with research and use it as a template to make a 2012 edition. Which would be fantastic. Using the same format and modern tech. (if Rodale would sign off on that) . It should be updated. as it's a great reference book for the home user.


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|Sep 03, 2012
German Federal Environment Agency issues report on nanomaterials in the environment
(Nanowerk News) The OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals are internationally accepted standards and used for risk assessments, but their applicability to nanomaterials is not tested. Therefore the applicability of the guidelines - here especially those related to soil and sewage plant tests - was investigated in a study financed by the German Federal Environment Ministry. This publication ("Fate and behaviour of TiO2 nanomaterials in the environment, influenced by their shape, size and surface area") is only available online.
|The results obtained for the three TiO2 nanomaterials are also important for closing the gap of information about environmental behaviour. The specific nanomaterials studied were UV Titan M262, which is coated with alumina and dimethicone, and the uncoated P25 and PC105. The fate and behaviour of P25 was studied in a laboratory sewage treatment plant based on the OECD Guideline 303A. The experiments in the laboratory sewage plant were performed over a period of three weeks. Altogether 1344 mg P25 in a suspension were added in three different concentrations each for one week; first week 1 mg/L, second week 5 mg/L and third week 10 mg/L. The chemical analysis showed that only 3 4% of the added TiO2 was found in the effluent. The main part of the nanomaterial was adsorbed to the sludge.
|The mobility of the three TiO2 nanomaterials was tested in columns with three different soil types based on the OECD Guideline 312. The tests were carried out in duplicate. 500 mg of the nanomaterials was applied as suspension of 5 g/L to the top of each soil column. After termination of the experiments, segments of the soil and the eluate were chemically and microscopically analysed. The bulk chemical analyses of the soil segments indicate transport only for UV Titan M262. Microscopic analysis, however, showed transport of isolated TiO2agglomerates for all three nanomaterials. In the eluate no Titanium concentration > 5 /mic g/L (LOD) was detected.
|The adsorption behaviour of P25 and UV Titan M262 in different soil types was tested based on the OECD Guideline 106. 2.5 mg TiO2 were applied as suspension of 1 g/L to a soil/solution mixture consisting of 5 g soil and 22.5 mL 0.01M CaCl2 solution. The mixture was homogenised and afterwards centrifuged. The supernatant was analysed for its Titanium content to derive the non adsorbed fraction. The Titanium content in the supernatant was in all cases < 5% of that added to the system.
|It can be concluded, that the OECD Guidelines 303A and 312 are applicable to nanomaterials, here specifically TiO2. Still specific recommendations should be taken into account as given in the corresponding section of the report. OECD Guideline 106 was found to be not useful for nanomaterial testing due to lack of possibilities for differentiating adsorbed from non adsorbed (agglomerated) TiO2 nanomaterial.
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The Makerere University School of Medicine Implementation Science (MAK-ImS) Training program, funded by the United States National Institutes of Health-Fogarty International Center is a collaboration between Makerere University College of Health Sciences and University of California San Francisco in the USA. The overall goal of this training program is to: 1) provide training and mentoring in the eld of implementation science to Ugandan scholars and 2) establish an ImS training site at Makerere University School of Medicine.
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Tag Archives: Founding Fathers
Wednesday's Book Review: "The Whites of their Eyes"
The Whites of their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle over American History. By Jill Lepore. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010. There is a war being waged over American history. Sorry if you weren't aware of it, … Continue reading
Wednesday's Book Review: "Benjamin Franklin"
Benjamin Franklin. By Edmund S. Morgan. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002. Benjamin Franklin is one of the first rank "founding fathers," along with Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and George Washington. But he was strikingly different from all of … Continue reading
Wednesday's Book Review: "An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson"
An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson. By Andro Linklater. New York: Walker and Co., 2009. One of the nation's hallmark beliefs, bequeathed to the citizens of the United States by the founders, is the … Continue reading
Wednesday's Book Review: "Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different"
Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different. By Gordon S. Wood. New York: Penguin Press, 2006. This book is an engrossing account of the formation of the United States by one of the most sophisticated and celebrated historians of our … Continue reading
Wednesday's Book Review: "The Twentieth Century: A People's History"
The Twentieth Century: A People's History. By Howard Zinn. New York: HarperCollins, 2003. No historian of the United States has been more provocative than Howard Zinn (1922–2010), whose leftist philosophy permeated his writings and never failed to challenge his readers. … Continue reading


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Coach V. Sundramoorthy has admitted that the task of putting the "feel-good factor" back into the LionsXXI team remains an on-going process.
The young Lions have grown in confidence in the Super League and have followed up their 2-1 home defeat to Kelantan in their opening match with victories over Kuala Lumpur (2-1) and Sabah (1-0) and draw against Kedah (0-0).
Sundramoorthy is delighted with the progress his players have made, but warned his charges that they have achieved nothing yet.
"We can't get carried away as this is only the beginning. We still have a long way to go," said Sundramoorthy.
"There has to be more to come from us. We have to be consistent. You really are only as good as your last game and you have to keep improving.
"Our strengths are our teamwork and discipline and we have to bank on that."
The Lions are hoping to build on their form for Saturday's crucial match when they visit Terengganu. They are determined to earn a favourable result after notching their first away victory in Sabah last weekend.
"I hope the away win will be a turning point for us. It is very tough for a young team to come to Sabah and win but the boys were tactically disciplined and turned in a great defensive performance," said the coach.
The team stood tall, despite having to play with 10 men for nearly an hour in Kota Kinabalu.
Irwan Shah received his marching orders, along with Sabah's Mafry Balang, for retaliating to a punch thrown by the latter, but the visitors allowed little to get in their way of a famous away win.
"The entire team played their hearts out, gave 110 per cent and did the job," added Sundramoorthy.
"This was a great match for the younger boys to experience and they showed that they've grown up. We proved that we can play, this is what we want and I hope this will continue."


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BRIT's mission and passion is the conservation of our natural heritage and achieving public understanding of the value that plants bring to our lives. To that end, BRIT established an awards program to honor individuals and organizations whose contributions and leadership best reflect BRIT's core principles of conservation, sustainability, and wise stewardship of the land.
In 1995, BRIT created the International Award of Excellence in Conservation to honor individuals and organizations that exemplify the ideals expressed in its mission. Recipients include scientists, conservationists, a head of state, philanthropists, Pulitzer Prize winners, government leaders, and other notables.
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BRIT uses a placed-based evaluation ranking system to determine awardees. The overall winner receives the BRIT glass award sculpture and platinum medal, second place receives the gold medal, and third place receives the silver medal. The Sustainable Winegrowing award and platinum medal are given to the winning winery during a special award presentation held in Fort Worth, Texas in the spring. Wineries that are actively demonstrating a commitment to sustainability are encouraged to participate. As the only international sustainable winegrowing award, BRIT attracts progressive and passionate wine organizations from around the world that practice innovative "ground to glass" sustainable techniques.


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Essays Tagged: "Claudette Colbert"
American Comedy and The Great Depression.
e of the masses."It Happened One Night" (1934) is perhaps the best known of the screwball comedies. Claudette Colbert is Ellie Andrews, a wealthy rebellious socialite who married a society wastrel. He ...
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What do the representations of Cleopatra in film and on television (as shown on the DVD Video 'Cleopatra') tell us about how her reputation changed over time? Discuss with reference to two or three representations.
er every word and action', (Scott-Kilvert, 1965, p, 294).In 1934 a new epic was produced. Played by Claudette Colbert, our new impression of Cleopatra is one of a rather ditsy and smiley queen. Bara w ...
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Cassidy Turley Officially Launches
- Mar 02, 2010
March 2, 2010
By Allison Landa, News Editor
It's been in the works for years and now it is official: Cassidy Turley has officially launched.
Cassidy Turley is comprised of partner firms Colliers Turley Martin Tucker, Colliers Pinkard, Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers, Colliers ABR, Colliers Houston, BT Commercial, BRE Commercial San Diego, BRE Commercial Phoenix, and CPS CORFAC International. The companies' combined portfolio encompasses 420 million square feet of managed space in 58 locations and $16 billion in completed transactions for 2008.
Colliers Houston & Co. president David Houston told CPE in January that the genesis of Cassidy Turley came four years ago as the firms began to consider how to take their business to the next level. After Colliers and FirstService combined, the firms that ultimately launched Cassidy Turley decided not to join the new network, which is publicly held.
"We liked the vision of an employee-owned company as it was privately held," Houston said. "It's just two different models and the model that worked best for us in terms of our culture was the Cassidy Turley model."
He told CPE that in part the decision came from a desire to maintain what had long existed.
"We've had a profit-sharing plan for 42 years, so everybody's always had a share of the profits, even the receptionists," he said. "So being employee-owned made more sense than being owned by a public company who could buy us and sell us in a heartbeat."
Along with the launch comes new brand positioning, a fresh logo, and a new advertising campaign spearheaded by Interbrand, a global brand consultancy.


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Weekend Meditation: On Authenticity and Restraint
Authentic is one of those words that's hard to define and yet we somehow know what it means. The dictionary says it's something that is 'real, genuine, trustworthy' but authenticity is also a value, a character trait. There's an instinctive, knowing-in-the-gut feeling when something is authentic.
What does it mean to be authentic in the kitchen and at the table? Is this something you are aware of? Is it something that you value?
Certainly the kitchen is a place for innovation and experimentation, but lately I find that I'm also interested in authenticity. What that means is that I try to cook and eat with the seasons, and that my food is as organically and humanely raised as I can afford it to be. It's not that I don't heat up a frozen pizza now and then but it means that I'm doing it less often.
It also means that I have to live with some limits, sometimes ones that are a little tough. Organic chicken is expensive and if I can't afford it, then I have to do with out chicken that week. My produce box is bring a lot of parsnips to my life these days. I love parsnips but I may not much longer if this keeps up! And yet, if this is the price of a more authentic, balanced, humane and sustainable life, then I'll pay it. I'll pay it gladly and with no..well, with little complaint.
I know that we're convinced that having unlimited choice is the key happiness and satisfaction. Consider the endless isles in the average supermarket: when did it become necessary to offer seventy-five different kinds of cereal, thirty brands of salsa? Too much choice is not that great, I've found. It actually makes me a little anxious. Surrounded by so many options, how do I even know what I like? How can I make the best choice? Where did all this excess come from? How are we going to dispose of it once we're done with it?
Who knows what's ahead for us in this coming year, but it wouldn't be outrageous to predict that things are going to tighten up. While that, too, can produce anxiety I also hope that it may lead us in a more thoughtful direction. Maybe in dealing with limitations we will discover what is real, and genuine, and trustworthy. Maybe we'll see less chicken nuggets and more whole chickens, roasted in the oven at home, leftovers served for lunch the next day and the carcass turned into stock. Might not be such a bad thing, actually.
I was inspired to consider this topic after watching an amazing short documentary on chefs Fergus Henderson and Dan Barber called On Authenticity. I high recommend watching it. Here's Part One: