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Babbling – an inarticulate and meaningless speech. Babbling is a condition very common to children. It is a stage wherein children seem to be uttering sounds but they cannot produce any clear speech. Though babbling is common for children at a very young stage, babbling in adults is a big no-no.
Speaking in front of other people, especially in a large crowd, brings cold feet to anyone. It takes a whole lot of confidence to stand firmly in front of an audience delivering a talk. Once you feel nervous while talking, you will start babbling until you realize that the words you are saying are confusing and somehow almost inaudible.
Since a lot of Filipinos take speaking examinations as part of English proficiency examinations, it is important to learn how to speak English fluently. Here are some things to bear in mind.
1. Watch the news.
News anchors are very confident when they speak English. Their stance and their delivery are almost perfect. Have these role models when you are practicing your speaking skills. Imitating how they speak is a good start. Take note of the stress and the manner of how they deliver the words clearly.
2. Improve your vocabulary.
Reading a lot helps you in speaking through the new vocabulary you acquire. When you read, highlight new words and write their definitions. It is important to know many vocabulary words to express ideas more effectively and appropriately. With these new vocabulary words, you will not have any problem repeating the same word in your sentences.
3. Use English every day.
Do you enjoy listening to music? This is best in developing your speaking skills. Tune in the radio while working or on a break. Embrace English in your life. Initiate simple English conversations with friends and family members.
4. Have a speaking partner.
Have a friend who can practice English with you. Create scenarios like a talk show wherein your friend can ask you questions and have a very interactive conversation. It does not have to be something formal. The thing here is learning and developing your English skills in a fun way. Furthermore, you will develop your confidence in speaking the English language.
5. Learn from your mistakes.
When speaking in English, some might notice that you commit some mistakes in correct you. Don't feel bad about this. Be thankful that people are taking an extra effort in helping you learn English. Learn from these mistakes and do better next time.
Speaking English fluently takes practice and time. Hence, as early as today, start by embracing English in your life. Simple conversations are a huge step towards being the best English speaker.


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Setting up bluetooth network hub for connected devices
At the end of next month (February 2013), W3C will once again have a booth at Mobile World Congress to share with the congress participants news from all the mobile-relevant work happening in W3C, and our views on the importance of the Web as platform that connects devices together.
To illustrate this, we are working on a demonstration that illustrates the ability of the Web on various connected devices: laptop, tablet, phone and TV.
Anyone who has had to work on setting up a network at Mobile World Congress has probably experienced the same as I have: setting up a reliable WiFi network in the midst of many other booths with WiFi networks and the unavoidable overlap of WiFi frequencies is at best a challenge, at worse impossible.
So this year, I'll be trying an alternative set up, using bluetooth as a way to connect devices to the network, instead of (or in addition to) WiFi. It is to early too tell whether that alternative will work or if it will be necessary at all — the congress organizers have made (unclear to me at least) claims that the WiFi situation should be better this year. But I thought I would document what I've managed to set up so far, in case this can help others, and, more likely, in case I need a similar set up in the future.
I had originally thought of buying a bluetooth network hub, but they were rather expensive, and it didn't seem that there was a lot of choice in this space. I then realized a simple and cheaper alternative: a laptop with bluetooth should be able to act as networking hub via bluetooth.
To set up an ubuntu laptop in that way, I've used the blueman package to provide a network service from bluetooth, installing along the bluez-compat package that provides the necessary
pand and
dund utilities.
To route the network from bluetooth to the laptop active network interface, I've bridged the created pan1 network interface to the ethernet one.
For the demonstration, I will need to expose locally-defined (in
/etc/hosts) domain names to the bluetooth interface.
blueman relies on
NetworkManager to create that interface, and since Ubuntu 12.04,
NetworkManager uses
dnsmasq as a DNS cache (apparently to deal with better access to VpN, although with mixed results).
NetworkManager starts
dnsmasq with the
--no-hosts parameter, which makes it ignore my locally defined domain names (see why).
So the easiest way to avoid that problem was to stop
NetworkManager to use this
dnsmasq plugin by commenting out
dns = dnsmasq in the
/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf file.
With this done, I have been able to connect an Android phone running Android 4.2, an Android tablet running Android 3.2, and an iPad running iOS 4.3. For Android, once the two devices are paired (and assuming to above set up has been correctly done), one of the services one can pick from the laptop is internet access, and once selected, the connection works. For the iPad, no additional service selection is needed (presumably, it uses all the available services).
I have not been able to connect an iPhone that way; although I have not found a reliable confirmation of this, I think it is not possible to do.
One problem that I hit with the iPad is that it would not resolve the locally-defined names I was using with the pseudo
.local TLD; because iOS reserves
.local for mDNS resolution, I had to use a different TLD (e.g.
.lan) to make it work.
I will likely have more mobile devices to test in that connection set up; I think there is a limit of the number of devices that can be simultaneously connected that way (7?), but I haven't confirmed it yet.
One Response to "Setting up bluetooth network hub for connected devices"
Sashidhar Says:
Hello Dominique,
The topic you have shared is interesting. I am looking at a solution for my store where, I want people of my store to access my website on their mobiles with bluetooth, but not having WiFi connectivity. I am wondering what kind of solution are available. Please let me know if you are aware of any solutions.

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In prideful scorn I watch'd the farmer stride
With step uncouth o'er road and mossy lane;
How could I help but distantly deride
The churlish, callous'd, coarse-clad country swain?
Upon his lips a mumbled ballad stirr'd
The evening air with dull cacophony;
In cold contempt, I shudder'd as I heard,
And held myself no kin to such as he.
But as he leap'd the stile and gain'd the field
Where star-fac'd blossoms twinkled thro' the hay,
His lumb'ring footfalls oftentimes would yield,
To spare the flow'rs that bloom'd along the way.
And while I gaz'd, my spirit swell'd apace;
With the crude swain I own'd the human tie;
The tend'rest impulse of a noble race
Had prov'd the boor a finer man than I!
DESCRIPTION: In his poem "Brotherhood," Lovecraft describes his impressions of a man he, initially, assumes to be a country boor.
CITATION: Lovecraft, H. P. "Brotherhood." The Ancient Track: The Complete Poetical Works of H. P. Lovecraft. Edited by S. T. Joshi, Hippocampus Press, 2013, p. 119.


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This is a true story that occurred from September to December, 2013.
In September 2013, my lab results showed:
Triglycerides over 280 (normal range 0 -125).
Total cholesterol 191 (normal range <200).
Liver SGOT (AST) 71 (normal range 0 – 40), Liver SGPT (ALT) 111 (normal range 0 to 32).
Vitamin D deficiency 24.7 (normal range : 30 to 100).
I wondered, how is that possible for a 35 yr old vegetarian?
After the blood work, I was asked to take ultrasound of the liver and neighboring organs. I was diagnosed with fatty liver. Typically, medication is recommended for such triglyceride levels. I asked my doctor if I could try 6 month's time without medication and try life style change instead. The doctor agreed and prescribed only vitamin D. I was desperately looking for some miracle that would improve my health. After hearing an earful from my husband about Art Of Living, I decided to give it a try.
I registered for a 5 -day Art Of Living course in October . On the third day of the course, I suffered from severe headache and nausea during the class. I interrupted the class several times to use the restroom and felt embarrassed. The instructors were wonderful and very accommodating. I was almost ready to give up, drop the course and go home, but the instructors persisted that I finish the Sudarshan Kriya that day.
It was almost 12:30 p.m. It was Saturday. I thought, 'I can't see my regular doctor, so why not do Kriya? it will only take about 45 minutes'. I informed the instructors that I might not be able to do the Kriya 100%. They told me to do what I could.
Those 45 minutes brought a miraculous change. After the Sudarshan Kriya, my pounding headache and nausea subsided. That moment, I was convinced that performing Kriya would improve my health. Lunch with ginger tea, provided by the course volunteer, helped me recover the fluids and energy drained earlier that morning. By the end of the day I was feeling normal.
I completed the Art of Living course.
In December, 3 months later, lab tests were redone . The results were astonishing. Triglycerides were down to 127. It's not normal yet, but the change from 280 to 127 without medication is remarkable. Total Cholesterol is down to 178. Liver SGOT is 42, and SGPT is 62. Vitamin D level is normal.
All the numbers have improved considerably. I was hoping for little improvement but was shocked to see such a huge change. I believe the Sudarshan Kriya, combined with well-balanced diet, created the difference.
Would you like to improve your health? Commitment is the first step for achievement. If you are committed to improving your health, I hope this article will inspire you to take the next step.
This is my personal experience. Everyone's experience is different and results vary. This article is NOT substitution for any professional medical advice or benchmark.


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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Hornets outlast Pikeville, 7-5
FLATWOODS - Magoffin County outlasted Pikeville 7-5 in the Frank Bloom Invitational at Russell on Saturday.
The Hornets used a four-run second inning to separate themselves from Pikeville. Former 15th Region champion Pikeville owned a slim 2-1 advantage following its second plate appearance.
Magoffin County moved out in front in the second inning and never trailed again. Prior to falling short, Pikeville pushed across two runs in the top half of the seventh inning.
Magoffin County added two more runs in the bottom half of the fourth inning.
The Hornets outhit Pikeville 10-8. Magoffin County won despite committing three errors.
Defensively, Pikeville turned in an error-free performance.
Max McFarland and Ryan Mullins split time on the mound for the Hornets, pitching three innings and four innings, respectively. Mullins registered six strikeouts.
McFarland, who notched three strikeouts, earned the win.
Pikeville pitcher Tanner Thompson, who worked 1.2 innings, suffered the loss.
Mullins, Zac Salyer, Jaren Lovely and Ethan Collins delivered two hits apiece for Magoffin County in the win. Lovely and Jackson Salyer provided two RBIs apiece for the Hornets in the victory.
Jackson Salyer smacked a home run as the Hornets prevailed.
Mullins, Collins and Jacob Watson drove in one run apiece.
Hitters up and down the Magoffin County batting order produced at the plate.
Jackson Salyer and Watson were responsible for one hit each for the Hornets. Mullins, Lovely, Watson and Zac Salyer each drilled a double in Magoffin County's triumph.
Thompson, Andrew McNamee and Tanner Thompson led the Pikeville offensive effort, finishing with two hits apiece.


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Even when Mumblin' Bill Belichick makes the wrong moves, he still comes out on top. How long before karma catches up with the dapper one?
It's a little daunting to post a blog from my basement sofa while Nestor is writing from Beijing. Although I'm not worthy, let me spill my lowly, insignificant opinion on this Monday night.
There's been a lot of whining across the country over Belichick's offensive-offense. One West Coast radio host called the coach's actions "immoral."
Give me a break. The Redskins aren't middle school kids with fragile self-esteem issues. They're men. Big men. They can handle losing on national TV. Besides, isn't it more humiliating to have your opponent go easy on you? As a 5-foot-5 pick-up basketball player, I always thought so.
Belichick didn't do anything immoral or unsportsmanlike (at least not this time). His team did what they should do — they played their best game.
But (yes, there is another big "but") Belichick worked against his best interest. He had the game won. The smart thing is to get the victory in the books and your players home healthy as soon as possible. Instead, his fourth quarter aerial bombardment extended the game. Stupid move.
Keep the ball on the ground. Run the clock. And if Maroney gets you a couple of first downs let Sammy Morris or Kevin Faulk get some PT. They will thank you for it.
Give the defense a break. Shot outs are nice, and when you play ballcontrol those accomplishments are made easier. They will also thank you for it.
Belichick is leading a charmed life right now. When he makes wise decisions, he comes out on top. When he does something stupid, he still comes out on top.
Even so, I've got this feeling that his luck will run out. As a Catholic, I'm not supposed to believe in karma, but if an angry defensive end doesn't get Brady, some unlucky incident might put his booty on the bench.
Matt Cassel starting in the playoffs. Now that's bad karma.


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Perhaps it's the pristine location, the classic beauty, or the history that has evolved here. Or maybe it's the fact that one cultivates a sense of contentment throughout every season at Stowe. Now, with the advent of Stowe Mountain Lodge, this unique New England ski town in Vermont reaffirms its place as a renowned destination for discerning world travelers. For over a century Stowe has attracted travelers who have cherished the beauty of the area's covered bridges, sparkling lakes, rambling woodlands and majestic peaks. Opened in June 2008, Stowe Mountain Lodge sets a new standard of luxury and aesthetics for the East Coast's most magnificent resort. Built in the new "Vermont-Alpine" style, Stowe Mountain Lodge offers a truly luxurious setting, while still paying respect to the Vermont traditions of utilizing local artisan products and embracing the tranquility of nature. The six-story, 312-room lodge draws on the architectural tradition of turn-of-the-century summer camps created by the great families of New England. The lodge's exterior features a picturesque facade of woven timber and shingles that draw upon the natural harmony found in nature, as well as stone veneer created from local quarries, and expansive glass to bring the beauty of the lodge's outdoor surroundings to the indoors. The interior design further emphasizes the fresh and contemporary take on natural beauty, enabling guests to experience Vermont lodging through a melange of old and new, rustic and romantic. Interchanging natural Vermont woods and stones, birch bark columns and detailing provides a simplistic backdrop to lively, contemporary folk art pieces. The color palette of the local seasons - vibrant reds, deep oranges, warm yellows and soothing greens - in varying patterns and textures found in the upholstery of inviting furnishings. Each room has been custom-designed as a respite from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, with warm tones, plush furnishings and soothing amenities. All rooms are framed by oversized windows and outdoor balconies, allowing guests to take full advantage of the remarkable mountain landscape of Mt. Mansfield and Spruce Peak. Stowe has long beckoned visionaries. From the Roosevelts and Vanderbilts who graced the Summit House in the 1860s, to the international ski racers a hundred years later, citizens of the world have long been attracted by Mount Mansfield's extraordinary beauty and boundless potential. Now, with the creation of Stowe Mountain Lodge, the mountain has reaffirmed its reputation as a world-class resort. Winter, spring, summer and autumn: each season expresses its own beauty on the face of Mount Mansfield, and activities abound. Valet parking is available for $18/night.
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Thursday, 7 June 2012
Red White and Blue!!!!
Wow, has this been a mad few days for me, i have been running round like a headless chicken,Why we say that i dont know, i mean if a chickens heads been chopped off do they still run? Mmmm.....
Anyway its been mad Hectic, getting the girls to dance recitals,jubilee shows,Choir Group, Then street party, Gosh i think this is the 1st time i have sat down in a week,lol...
Anyway i have a DT card to share with you today that i made commemorating the Jubilee..
The challenge over at PCJ is to Colour it up, We want to see a hand coloured image on your project, We also are losing our lovely Blog owner Lisa this week and a few of our DT, But the gorgeous Wendy will be taking over so all is not lost, Please pop over and Bid farewell to the rest of the team who are leaving, Were so sad to see them go but wish them all the best for the future..
Anyway i made my card using one of the fabulous and Amazing images by Sherri Baldy,
Mothers Pearls & Daddys Shoes, I opened it up into My Craft Studio and made the balloon Transparent, I then layed the image over some Union Jack paper to make it show through the balloon, to match the card, What do you think?
Papers-Portebello Road
Image-Sherri Baldy-Mothers pearls
Sentiment-Stamp from The Glitter Pot
Mediums-Copic Sketch Markers
Nesties-Decorative Oval
Tag-Magnolia Die
McGill Leaf Punch
Flowers-Wild Orchid Crafts
Doiley and Ribbon-Stash
Well everyone, I hope you all had a fab Jubilee, We did, Girls love half term they have so much fun, Mind i am sure i never had as much time off as kids do nowadays, They seem have holidays,Teacher training days,Bank Holidays and gosh knows what else just lately,lol
But as long as their kept busy theres no arguments from them,heehee..
I would like to enter my card at the following Challenges;-
Sundays with Chrissy-Tags/Tickets
Joanna Sheen-Remember When-CLOSED
Papertake Weekly-Anything Goes-CLOSED
Crafters Companion-Embellishments, Lots
Totally Gorgeous-Sketch-CLOSED
OSAAT-Use a Digi-CLOSED
Thats all from me folks,off to link up xx
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This is sooo awesome! Love the red, white and blue roses! great ribbon and paper too! Very sweet! Thanks for playing with us at One Stitch At A Time's 'Use A Digi' challenge this week!ReplyDelete
Karen C (OSAAT DT)
Love your card and that digi is great!! Will have to check that out in the Scrapbook Stamping Society Store!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing!!
Oh my, Kenzi, This is soo soo cute! Love that image and the red, white and blue color scheme! Adorable!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card ... Kenzi ... Love itReplyDelete
so very adorable!! :)ReplyDelete
This is lovely! I love these images! Thank you for sharing your lovely creation at One Stitch at a Time, and good luck with the Challenge. Judy x DTReplyDelete
This is really gorgeous. I found you over at Outlawz and am now following you.ReplyDelete
oh wow Hun,this is simply stunning,love those images and your detail is just amazing hugs CherylxxxxxReplyDelete
Kenzi this is adorable! I love the image and her little paper pieced balloon is the cutest :DReplyDelete
gorgeous card kenzi.ReplyDelete
greetings karin
gorgeous card hun.fab sweet image and your colours are fabulous :DReplyDelete
xx coops xx
- Anonymous8 June 2012 at 17:20
Fabulous card so love the colours too! Great to see you at Totally Gorjuss this week, hugs Samantha :0)ReplyDelete
Wow, this is so awesome, Kenzie!! The image is so sweet and I love the red, white and blue!! What a fun and fabulous card!! Thanks so much for entering my blog candy giveaway :)ReplyDelete
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This looks fabulous! Love your tag - thanks for joining in with us at Sundays With Crissy. CoBReplyDelete
Kenzi this card is so pretty. Thank you so much for playing with us at OSAAT, with your gorgeous creations.ReplyDelete
Hugs Nataliya
Hi Kenzi,ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for following my blog and stopping by. I enjoyed reading your comment. Wow look at your beautiful card! I love the colors and the sweet little girl is so cute. AJ~
Hi Kenzi! :)ReplyDelete
Thank You So Much for linking to my shop on your Card Blog! I so appreciate you helping me spread the word about PholkartBlessings Digi Stamps!!
I would LOVE to give you TWO Freebie Digis as my way of saying thanks! Just take a look in my Etsy shop & select two digis that you like! I'd be so happy to zip them on over to you ASAP!
My email is email@example.com... I'll need your email addy to send them on to you!
Hope you're enjoying a Fun & Creative weekend!!
~ Patti Moore
ps ~ Such a lovely card for the Diamond Jubilee!... Perfect!! :)
Fabby card hun - clever you with the computer magic thing you done to the balloon !!ReplyDelete
Stunning image and coloured beautifully - great job x
((hugs)) Suzie xoxo
Oh my gosh this is adorable! So fun and sweet - perfect for the Jubilee! So glad you joined our Sundays with Crissy Challenge this month! Hugs, Shannah xoxReplyDelete
Kenzi this is awesome. Fab layout sweetie.ReplyDelete
Hi Kenzi. Your card is absolutely gorgeous. I love your colouring and love the sentiment. Thanks for becoming one of my followers. I am now one of yours too:0ReplyDelete
Hi Kenzie! Please forgive me! I haven't visited your lovely blog in a while! I just paused and gasped with delight at all of your lovely creations! Your do truly STUNNING work! I wish that I lived next door to you! I would pester you for art lessons! I love your shading and coloring!ReplyDelete
I hope that all is well!
Warmest Hugs, Sheryl


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These Peach hand pies are one my favorite recipes. I like it because they are easy, quick and you can pick it up and go. They are also perfect this time of year as a fall dessert. Want to switch up the flavor? No problem, just doctor up your favorite apple pie fill or blueberry for that matter and you have a great selection for all pallets.
Peach Hand Pies -Makes 12-14
1 box Pillsbury pie crust, 1 can peach pie filling, 2 tsp. cinnamon, 1 C powdered sugar, 1/8 C milk, and 1 egg white (beaten).
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Remove pie crusts and let sit out at room temperature while you are preparing the filling.
Dump the pie filling in a bowl and dice peaches into smaller pieces. Add cinnamon and stir.
Unroll pie crusts and cut 6 circles from each crust. The can of pie filling works good as a guide for cutting your circles, however I like to make my circles a little bigger (about 5″). You will probably have to roll crust out after cutting 5 circles to get your 6th.
Use about 1 Tb filling and add to the center of your pie crusts. Fold in half and pinch edges and then crimp edges with a fork. Poke hand pie with fork once to prevent bursting.
Beat egg white until frothy and brush over the tops of each hand pie. Bake on a parchment paper for about 15 minutes until browned. While pies are baking, whisk together the powdered sugar and milk until smooth. Remove hand pies from the oven and drizzle glaze over the tops of the pies. Allow to cool completely, if you can.


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Celebrate Life
Every year St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton's Lung Diagnostic Assessment Program (LDAP), Niagara Health System, Brant Community Healthcare System and the Regional Esophageal Diagnostic Assessment Program (EDAP) collaborate for the annual event called, Celebrate Life. This event celebrates stories of hope and new beginnings for patients and families who have been touched by our program.
Who is invited?
Patients and families who have been touched by the Lung Diagnostic Assessment Program (LDAP) and the Esophageal Diagnostic Assessment Program (EDAP).
When will it be?
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If you would like to celebrate your story, please contact Paulette Aubry at aubryp@mcmaster.
Pictured above: Some of the Celebrate Life attendees from the 2015 event.


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I have always been a 'more is better' kind of person. I see that trait in most others so I figure I am normal. However, I have always pushed the 'more' to the limit, often to the breaking point. I imagine in this regard I am less normal. Becoming a 'lao tzu' myself (老子 = old person, father), age and aching bones have led me to approach things a little differently, and happily with some unexpectedly good results.
A key phrase from chapter 48 helps keep me turning back. It goes like this: "One does less and less until one does nothing at all, and when one does nothing at all there is nothing that is undone ". I know that sounds silly on the face of it. Given the 'Just Do It' culture in which we live, it is essential to read between the lines.
The reason 'more is better' drives me as much as it does is that I have always viscerally felt that approach would give me what I need quickly. I say viscerally felt because it has been a subconscious innate drive for most of my life. Only after repeatedly hitting the wall, so to speak, did I begin to examine deeply that side of my nature. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention. More than that, necessity is the mother of action.
'More is better' is about quantity. We have a common and innate expectation that if we do something more, we will be better off. That means more practice, more study, more work, more money, more charity, more eating healthy, more exercise, more friends, more fame, more sex, more justice, more peace, etc.
If we were living in the wild like other animals, the 'more is better' drive would often turn out to be true — healthy and balanced. Thanks to civilization, we live more comfortable and secure lives than animals in the wild. However, we are biologically still an animal, which means we have a lot more energy to spend than most civilized circumstances demand. The result: we easily overdo action by pursuing a path of 'more is better' in whatever activity we feel important. Survival instinct is always driving us regardless of circumstances.
As it happens, life naturally follows a pattern pointed out in chapter 36,
If you would have a thing shrink, You must first stretch it;
If you would have a thing weakened, You must first strengthen it;
If you would have a thing laid aside, You must first set it up;
If you would take from a thing, You must first give to it.
It took a lifetime, but I finally laid most of these 'mores' aside — except for more time. Time is too mysterious and ephemeral to manipulate, yet it still conforms to the pattern. You might say, birth sets time up, and death lays time aside.
Another ideal, 'less is more', has attracted attention in recent times. This 19th century proverbial phrase parallels chapter 48 above (1), and rings true for many a stressed out person now a days. It looks like civilization finally reached a point where 'too much of a good thing' became a common reality.
'Less is more' is about quality. The most amazing thing I have found is that attention to quality in what I do is so much more effective, practically and spiritually, than my gut impulses ever led me to feel. Indeed, one minute in quality equals hours in quantity. To this day, I must maintain a constant background awareness of this life truth: Less is truly more.
In summary: Really trusting that 'less is more' can deliver what no amount of doing more ever can. Yet, nothing is ever that easy is it! The hitch lies in trusting 'less is more' viscerally enough to influence daily actions. Experience is the key. All you need do is prove to yourself through personal experience that 'less truly is more', and that quality trumps quantity.
(1) This translation stays closer to the literal Chinese of chapter 48. The commentary that accompanies this considers it from a slightly different angle as well.
Do knowledge, day by day increase.
Do the way, day by day decrease.
Decreasing and decreasing,
Use until without doing.
Without doing yet not undone.


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P R O J E C T I O NSunday, September 20, 2015
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We ventured out to some locations and this set of photos is the first of the few which we were able to shoot.
We stopped by the Sunset Pacific Motel aka Bates motel, which was painted all white by French artist Vincent Lamouroux who wanted to give this 20 years abandoned location a new "Projection" (also the name of his all white piece). Due to it being nicknamed as Bates motel - There is definitely an eerie connotation to the place. But in our opinion it was the perfect backdrop for my black and white ensemble. Shooting with this massive art piece as the background was weirdly zen for me & I love how all the pictures came out.
For those who are visiting LA def check out the location and get some photo opts ~! It is well worth the stop ~


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Desktop virtualisation specialist ClearCube Technology has announced an update for its central management suite that adds improved virtualisation support and better scalability. Company marketing VP Tom Josefy also hinted that one of the missing pieces from desktop virtualisation, namely 3D graphics, is close at hand.
ClearCube Sentral version 5.5 manages virtualised PC desktops and delivers PC desktops to end users, whether they reside in virtual or physical machines, all from a central console.
Josefy said that providing sufficient end-user performance was one of the goals, as well as delivering corporate users with the right amount of computing power needed to do their jobs effectively.
Features and benefits
New features include:
- Virtualisation support -- in addition to support for VMware ESX3 Server and VMware Server, Sentral v5.5's virtual abstraction layer can scale for future virtualisation deployments with other technologies such as those provided by Microsoft and XenSource, according to the company. In particular, Sentral v5.5 now includes direct interaction with VMware's ESX3 APIs to control virtual machines from a single location. Control includes power on, power off, hibernate, pause and cold start. "There's no need for agents on the hypervisor," said Josefy, although he said that Microsoft Virtual Server still required the installation of an agent to communicate with the management console. "We'll be incorporating a new virtualisation abstraction layer so the user won't need to know what the machine is running on," he said. "We're focused on virtualisation now."
- Scalability -- Sentral v5.5 now offers support for Active Directory environments with over 100,000 users, said the company, and for very large mixed physical and virtual installations (thousands of machines and virtual machines).
- Improved usability -- the management software includes new tools including setup and configuration wizards, a set of workflows for common management tasks, described by ClearCube as "more intuitive," and integration of previously separate test utilities into a single console diagnostic function.
- Support for Microsoft Vista -- Sentral v5.5 is now claimed to support Vista on both virtual and physical machines.
- More languages -- the system now supports Spanish, Japanese, German and French.
The software is designed to manage the delivery of virtualised desktops across available resources according to policies set by the organisation. So power users -- designated as such in the Active Directory tree -- might get a whole machine to themselves, for example, while knowledge workers might share a single blade with nine other users.
The company reckoned that its research showed that, just as server virtualisation is already saving organisations money via consolidation, the deployment of virtual desktops across the enterprise from centralised virtual machines located in the data centre can do the same.
"When adopting virtualisation technology, organisations want to effectively utilise all their enterprise computing assets," said company chief Bruce Cohen. "With the release of Sentral v5.5, ClearCube is incorporating virtual desktop management alongside VMware's enterprise virtualisation capabilities to deliver a comprehensive solution that ensures end-users always have the computing power required to conduct their jobs. ClearCube's approach to virtualisation extracts maximum value from desktop IT investments, while enabling customers to capitalise on ClearCube's proven centralised computing security advantages."
ClearCube Sentral v5.5 will be available in May 2007. Prices depend on the numbers of users and virtual machines.
The company's blog on PC blade computing is here.
Virtualisation and 3D graphics
Josefy also hinted that the arrival of technology that will allow the display of 3D graphics inside virtual machines -- which will be essential if the company's claimed full support for Vista is to become reality -- is not far away. Running 3D graphics inside a VM has long been seen as a missing piece of the virtualisation puzzle -- although VMware's early attempts to achieve that have not been met with much enthusiasm.
"There are some people working on that," said Josefy. "We're co-operating with at least two different organisations to do it, since people want to get Aero [Vista's 3D GUI] and we know we can do that without RDP [Microsoft's Terminal Service screen transmission protocol] as people are working on alternative transport mechanisms.
"When Vista gets its legs and becomes popular, some of these technologies will be ready -- around the time of service pack 1 -- not very far off. It may be a new technology or RDP with extensions."


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L. Neil Smith's
Number 261, February 29, 2004
Leaping Lizards!
The Blessings of Liberty
Special to TLE
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
The Constitution established what was supposed to be a fairly limited government, one powerful enough to secure individual liberty, but not so powerful that the government itself would become a significant threat to that liberty. In the two centuries since its adoption, the government has grown well beyond those constitutionally defined limits. Libertarians have reacted with alarm to this development, but perhaps we have not fully considered all the benefits we receive from a powerful central government. In fact, I came up with a list of the top ten benefits to having a central government that is much more powerful than the Constitution allows:
10. The US military, at the sole discretion of the President, can knock foreign dictators around, so they don't land on our shores and knock us around for enjoying a life that's too free, which would otherwise be high on their agenda. Since the main reason foreign terrorists and the rogue states that arm them want to attack us is because we are free, it only makes sense for the President to curtail our liberties via the Patriot Act and similar measures, even if they technically violate several of the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
9. The FDA keeps potentially dangerous new drugs away from terminally ill patients who might be tempted to try them otherwise. Since all commerce is, in essence, interstate commerce, even locally grown herbal treatments for pain or nausea should be centrally regulated, to prevent them from being used for non-medicinal purposes.
8. Poor people in your neighborhood can best be helped by sending a lot of your money to Washington, DC, where trained federal employees can best determine how it should be spent when some of it is returned to your neighborhood. Local private charity sounds good in theory, but could never match the comprehensiveness or efficiency of a large federal bureaucracy.
7. You don't have to worry about spending 20% of your income, since the federal government spends it for you on worthy projects approved by representatives of all 50 states. The IRS helps you figure out how much you owe them, and directs your spending to the most politically popular activities so you can get nice tax breaks. Without a large central government spending so wisely, you might spend the money on frivolous things like a new car, a vacation, or worse yet, sock it away for a few decades for your retirement, keeping the money out of the economy in the short term.
6. If you own a business, OSHA makes sure you don't inadvertently create a workplace that's dangerous for your employees, since you wouldn't care if some of them got hurt or killed otherwise. You might be a decent, caring human being, but we all know that your greed to make another buck would trump your concern for your fellow man, if not for OSHA's forms, regulations, and inspectors.
5. The Federal Reserve prints paper money for us, ensuring long-term inflationary trends to encourage present consumption by consumers. Since the health of the economy is measured solely by annual spending, this makes the economy much healthier than if some consumption were deferred, and directed to savings or investment instead.
4. The DEA keeps dangerous drugs out of the country. Just think what life in this country would be like if drugs were widely available.
3. The federal Dept. of Education sets national standards for educational achievement, so no child can be left behind. Without federal standards, education policies could be set at the local level, with parents allowed too great an input into their children's education. Some parents may be concerned for their children, but no untrained parent can know as well as a trained educational bureaucrat what is truly best for a child.
2. The Supreme Court decides legal and moral questions for all the states, so no one can set up a state with oddball ideas. This makes it much easier for you when you move to a new state, since you can be certain that the laws will be pretty much the same everywhere, even if a majority of people in that state disagree with them. Allowing different states to set different social policies would be un-American, and detract from the goal of national greatness.
1. The Social Security Administration helps make sure that you have a subsistence level income when you retire. By taking a large portion of your current income, and replacing it with a promise to tax future workers on your behalf when you are older, it also guarantees the stability of the central government, since you will have a financial incentive to turn out to vote to make sure that promise is kept. At no extra cost to you, the Social Security Administration also provides you with a handy national ID number.
Is America becoming a police state? Friends of liberty need to know.
Some say the U.S. is already a police state. Others watch the news for signs that their country is about to cross an indefinable line. Since September 11, 2001, the question has become more urgent. When do roving wiretaps, random checkpoints, mysterious "detentions," and military tribunals cross over from being emergency measures to being the tools of a government permanently and irrevocably out of control?
The State vs. the People examines these crucial issues. But first, it answers this fundamental question: "What is a police state?"
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An old Pilot sat down at the Starbucks and ordered a cup of coffee. As he sat sipping his coffee, a young woman sat down next to him…She turned to the pilot and asked, 'Are you a real pilot?" He replied, "Well, I've spent my whole life flying biplanes, Cubs, Aeronca's, flew in WWII in a B-29, and later in the Korean conflict, taught 50 people to fly and gave rides to hundreds, so I guess I am a pilot." She said, "I'm a lesbian.. I spend my whole day thinking about naked women. As soon as I get up in the morning, I think about naked women. When I shower. I think about naked women. When I watch TV I think about naked women. It seems everything makes me think of naked women." The two sat sipping in silence. A little while later, a young man sat down on the other side of the old pilot and asked: "Are you a real pilot?." He replied, "I always thought I was, but I just found out I'm a lesbian."
3 Responses to "Joke Of The Week"
Mar 19th, 2010 at 6:22 am
Haha…a lesbian trapped in a man's body.
Boss Hawg
Mar 21st, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Barbara Walters, of 20/20, did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict.
She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands. She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. Despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime, the women now seem happy to maintain the old custom.
Ms Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, 'Why do you now seem happy with an old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?'
The woman looked Ms.Walters straight in the eyes, and without hesitation said, 'Land Mines!"
Over & Out,
Mar 22nd, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Jeff did you see the intervue of the indian tribe that barbara did?
Barbara did a story on a Indian tribe in new mexico. She noticed that some of the young men had feathers in their headbands so she asked a young brave that had a single feather why he had a feather and what if anything did it represent?
The young indian answered
" me have one feather my have one woman"
Barbara thought that was a little odd but continued walking around and came upon another young indian brave only this one had two feathers. So barbara asked him why do you have two feathers in your headband?
That young brave answered
"me have two feather me have two women"
Barbara was starting to get worried because she could see a pattern starting to show when she came upon the cheif. The cheif was a tall man wearing a head dress with many feathers that went all the way to the ground. Barbara was very curious and so she asked him cheif why do you have all those feathers do they represent the same thing as all the feathers the young braves feather represent?
The cheif answered
" me have many feather me have many women"
Barbara—- isn't that rather hostile?
Barbara—— Oh dear


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From Library of Congress Name Authority File
Ellis, Mary, 1900-2003
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
- Elsas, Mary, 1900-2003
Additional Information
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- found: Kern, J. Jerome Kern in London [SR] 1972 (a.e.)verso of container (Mary Ellis, singer)
- found: Wearing, J. P. Amer. and Brit. theatrical biog., 1979 (Mary Ellis, b. 1900)
- found: Washington Post, 1 February 2003:obit. (Mary Ellis, 102, died 30 Jan. 2003; star of two Ivor Novello musicals, "Glamorous Nights"; "The Dancing Years"; born in America, worked and lived in England; autobiography "Those Dancing Years")
- found: Grove music online, June 7, 2004:Opera (Ellis (née Elsas), Mary; b. June 15, 1900, New York; British soprano)
Change Notes
- 1980-07-09: new
- 2006-02-14: revised
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Spiritually poor?
Years ago I was consulting with a congregation about their future. In a large gathering of members, a question was raised, "what would you most like your congregation to do for you?"
Much to everyone's surprise, the answer from one person was, "teach me to pray.
This older adult said she had been baptized, married, saw her own children baptized…held her husband's memorial service in the church; yet in all those years and experiences, no one ever taught her to pray.....
The inheritance that belongs to every Christian is frequently left unclaimed. So many of us live a poverty-stricken spiritual life. (Reuben Job)
The cheque that was never drawn.
The gift that was never fully opened.
The meal that's left only hastily eaten in portions.
The words we fail to hear.
The wholeness we miss….
It happens.
Joyless Christainity.
Cold orthodoxy.
Self-righteous convictions.
It shows up perhaps --
Aversion to spiritual conversations.
Excuses from commitment.
Escape from community
Someone wisely said, 'we need to preach the Gospel to ourselves everyday!'(and I suggest we do it in church too!)
It is easy to forget what it's all about.
Life gets busy, We get hurt. Things get too much (pink dot, library books, wars and rumours of wars..)
In my soon-to-be-released book, Shed Those Leaves, I probe this.
It traces back to a Self that is basically far too alive still – where we continue to run on an operating system called performance, strife and competition. Naturally, the spiritual life becomes one more piece of work; and who needs more work?
Kinda like this?
Kinda like this?
The Word declares,
"How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ,
and takes us to high places of blessing in him..
he had us in mind, had settle down on us as the focus of his love,
to be made whole and holy by his love."
~ Ephesians 1 (the Message)
There is here a different plane to live from where we find ourselves blessed.
There is a different person to become where we find ourselves becoming whole and holy.
And it takes this:
"live by the Spirit"
"led by the Spirit"
"keep in step with the Spirit" ~ Galatians 5 (NIV)
So this week soul friends, how about we confess ~
– and wait -- for Mighty Grace to swoop down and fasten us to the right winds that blow. Not to be tossed, thirsty and tired; but to be trussed and trusting as we live led and walk our baby steps each day.
"blessed are the poor in spirit" {Matthew 5v3}


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A Seattle Bourbon
With as many distilleries as weed shops and breweries in Sodo (South of downtown neighborhood), we decided to stop in and try a tasting. 2Bar Bourbon, at least the batch we had, is superb and the only bourbon made here in Seattle. As we learned from the hostess, 2Bar takes it from grain to glass. That means the entire process, including the mash is handled by them with local grains. Tasting notes were spice, butterscotch, and a smoothness in a Manhattan. I recommend you ride in and try their flavors. That's what we we did and left with a bottle.
In the neighborhood of 2Bar are Pike, Georgetown, Schooner Exact, Emerald City Beer Company, and Pyramid. And between them, all the legal weed shops the state will allow.
For bike tourism, that's a weekend.
More photos from 2Bar on our on G+ page.


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About Tenco
Tenco is one of New Zealand's largest exporters of forest products. We have built to this position since 1991 when the company was set up to export lumber to growing Asian export markets. Experience and reputation count; from small beginnings Tenco has become the largest independent exporter of New Zealand lumber and New Zealand's 4th largest log exporter. Tenco has a regular shipping program of their own log vessels and in combination with these and other ships currently calls at 7 New Zealand ports (5 North Island and 2 South Island).
Tenco buys standing forests. Tenco currently has a number of forests which they purchased at harvestable age to log over a number of years for export and domestic markets. Tenco also regularly buys smaller tracts of forest to harvest immediately or immature forests to hold until harvest time. Tenco is interested in broadening the base of owners from whom it purchases forests and stands of trees. A deal with Tenco is a certain transaction. The owner and Tenco will agree on a value of the tree crop and then Tenco will pay this amount to the owner either in a lump sum amount or on rate per volume unit out-turn from the forest depending on the nature of the tree crop.
Tenco knows there are a lot of farmers who have trees that are close or ready to harvest and will be asking themselves how they should proceed with the sale of their trees. For some farmers the kind of certain transaction with money in the bank could well be appealing. Tenco is actively interested in buying harvestable forests or trees from areas including all the North Island (except the Gisborne and East Coast districts) and Nelson & Marlborough in the South Island .
If you own a forest in this area (16 years and older) and are ready to enter into this kind of agreement Tenco is interested to develop something with you.
Please contact: email@example.com
Work: +64 7 357 5356 Mobile: +64 21 921 595 www.tenco.co.nz
President's comment, August 2012
Ian Jackson , from New Zealand Tree Grower August 2012
As we move through the winter months, the economic outlook looks rather gloomy, with the value of all primary products down and no improvement likely any time soon. However, we may look forward to the upcoming spring months which is a time of renewal, with the knowledge that we as farm foresters and farmers have been through tough times before when the trees keep growing, producing wood, enhancing our landscape and lives.
NZFFA matters
Branch members need to be coming up with nominations for NZFFA awards for the Husqvarna Farm Foresters of the Year and also the New Zealand Landcare Trust Award for Innovation in Sustainable Farm Forestry. The Landcare award this year will be judged in the North Island. Please get some nominations in now. These are our premier awards and require your support.
The website is being enhanced under the expert guidance of Dean Satchell, and is now a promotion venue for our association and a source of information. Branch field days can now be promoted through the website by advising head office of the details. Progress is being made on getting the 'Farm forestry timbers' section of the website up and running. This will be a Trade Me type operation for farm timber, and is an initiative from Dean Satchell.
Caps with the NZFFA logo will soon be available for members. The caps will be $20 each and you will be able to buy them from your local branch.
The Trees on Farms workshops, run by Ian Nicholas, are going well with 12 North Island events having been held. The South Island branches will get their turn in 2013.
I would also like to record a special vote of thanks to Denis Hocking. Although he is not now on the executive, he still takes the minute at meetings and at the annual conference.
ETS review
The government decisions on the ETS were released in early July after extensive review in which NZFFA made a lengthy and submission. The decisions mean that the surrender requirements on New Zealand emitters remain limited, and the entry of agriculture has been deferred because there are few ways of reducing biological emissions.
The probable effect of this decision means that the carbon price is likely to remain low for a very long time. The net result for most farm foresters who farm livestock has been one of a both win and lose.
For forestry, the second tranche of compensation for pre-1990 forests has been retained, after most indications were that this would be cancelled. The remaining 37 units a hectare will be devolved in 2013. Offsetting, or planting an alternative piece of land when a pre-1990 forest is cleared for pastoral farming, will now be allowed, but the second tranche of credits will not be paid on such land.
Proposed forest commodity levy
You may ask - another levy, what benefit have farmers gained from levies? The reality is that in today's economic environment funding that once came from the government to cover forest industry good activities has been reduced, curtailed or removed completely.
In order to maintain and develop the New Zealand forest industry a commodity levy is now essential, and we as small growers have the responsibility to support this endeavour. Please read the article by David Rhodes, the CEO of NZ Forest Owners Association, on page 14 of this issue, and keep an eye out for further promotional material. Please promote this issue at local branch field days, dinners, seminars and to your neighbours. It is important for the forest industries well being that a positive vote is obtained in the planned referendum.
I wish you all well in the upcoming spring months whether it be planting, lambing or calving. It would certainly appear to be a challenging forthcoming season.(top)


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Carrie Fisher Gives Her Vision For Princess Leia In New 'Star Wars'
Carrie Fisher, aka Princess Leia, came out from under the heavens giving her hilariously light-hearted thoughts on the future of Star Wars and whatever came of Leia and Han Solo. Episode VII writer-apparent, Michael Arndt may want to take a peek at what Her Celestial Highness has to say about the character she first brought to the Galaxies, way back in the late '70s, and a tidbit or two on where to go from here.
One thing for sure, given the recent sale of Lucasfilm to that big time studio that asks its fans to Wish Upon a Star, Fisher knows her place.
"I'm now a Disney Princess," she said on CBS' The Talk to laughter from the show's hosts and the live audience Wednesday. "She's never been gone. She's been with me forever."
Arndt may have other ideas, but Fisher apparently sees Leia as married to you-know-who, but she would not be a domestic sort of spouse.
"I like the idea of being Mrs. Solo and we just fought and fought and I killed him," she joked.
And perhaps alluding to a raging controversy today right here back on earth, Fisher offered up: "I probably even had an affair with some General."
Fisher and Luke Skywalker co-star Mark Hamill first learned of creator George Lucas' intent to continue the Star Wars saga last summer, after the celluloid siblings had lunch with him. Said Hamill: "…When he said, 'We decided we're going to do Episodes VII, VIII, and IX,' I was just gobsmacked. 'What? Are you nuts?!' [laughs] I can see both sides of it. Because in a way, there was a beginning, a middle, and an end and we all lived happily ever after and that's the way it should be…"
Fisher did not hint at a return on The Talk, but after giving her two-cents on what might come next, she talked about her earthly mother, Debbie Reynolds, who recently was released from a hospital. "She's fine," she said, adding some details about some risqué banter she had with her 80 year-old mother after meeting with a doctor.
Check out the clip from the show below:
[Source: TV Guide]


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Indications for GAMMAPLEX 10%:
Primary humoral immunodeficiency (eg, common variable immunodeficiency, X-linked agammaglobulinemia, congenital agammaglobulinemia, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, severe combined immunodeficiencies).
Individualize. 300–800mg/kg by IV infusion every 3–4 weeks at a rate of 0.5mg/kg/min for 15mins, if tolerated may increase at 15min intervals up to max 8mg/kg/min. Risk of thrombosis, volume overload, renal dysfunction or acute renal failure: give at the minimum practicable infusion rate. See full labeling.
Not established.
Previous severe reaction to human immune globulin. IgA deficiency with antibodies against IgA.
Advanced age, prolonged immobilization, hypercoagulable conditions, history of venous or arterial thrombosis, use of estrogens, indwelling central vascular catheters, hyperviscosity, cardiovascular risk factors: increased risk of thrombosis. Monitor for signs/symptoms of thrombosis and assess blood viscosity in patients at risk for hyperviscosity. Ensure adequate hydration. Pre-existing renal insufficiency, diabetes, >65yrs, overweight, hypovolemia, sepsis, paraproteinemia: increased risk of renal dysfunction or acute renal failure. Correct volume depletion prior to initiation. Assess renal function, BUN, serum creatinine, urine output before and during therapy; discontinue if renal function deteriorates. Discontinue if hypersensitivity reactions occur; have epinephrine available. Monitor for aseptic meningitis; consider a thorough neurological examination. Monitor for hemolysis and hemolytic anemia; consider measuring baseline hemoglobin or hematocrit and approx. 36–96hrs post-infusion in high risk patients. Monitor for pulmonary adverse reactions; perform test for anti-neutrophil antibodies if transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is suspected. Volume overload. Risk of transmission of infectious agents. Elderly. Pregnancy. Nursing mothers.
Pharmacological Class:
Immune globulin.
May interfere with immune response to live virus vaccines. Concomitant nephrotoxic drugs: increased risk of acute renal failure. May cause false (+) serological test results or (+) direct or indirect antiglobulin (Coombs') test.
Adverse Reactions:
Headache, migraine, pyrexia; thrombosis, aseptic meningitis syndrome (esp. with high doses or rapid infusion), hemolysis, hemolytic anemia, TRALI. Also ITP: vomiting, nausea, arthralgia, dehydration.
Generic Availability:
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PLATTSBURGH - Hospice of the North Country is home.
The nonprofit organization recently moved into its new building on Tom Miller Road and received a nice housewarming gift from Stewart's Shop of Rouses Point.
Store manager Shawn Mulvaney and two of his associates presented Hospice executive director Kent W. Brooks with a check for $5,000 May 18 as a contribution toward the organization's "Home for Hospice" campaign. Hospice has been raising money since earlier this year to move from its former location on Durkee Street, with an overall goal of $500,000.
"This puts us well over $30,000 in cash donations," Brooks said of the donation from Stewart's. "I would say we're quickly approaching $300,000 overall with the in-kind donations of materials and labor and discounts."
Mulvaney said he was happy to present the check on behalf of Stewart's Shops, knowing how the business likes to give back to the community.
"Stewart's likes to donate in the communities where our stores are located," said Mulvaney. "This money will go to good cause."
An official ribbon-cutting and open house for the new offices for Hospice, located at 358 Tom Miller Road, will be held Tuesday, June 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tours of the new facility will be offered to the public.
Those interested in contributing toward the Home for Hospice campaign may still mail donations to the organization's Tom Miller Road address or call 561-8465. More information is on-line at www.hospicenc.org.


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My new book, "Health, Medicine and Justice: Designing a fair and equitable healthcare system", is out and and widely available! Medicine and Social Justice will have periodic postings of my comments on issues related to, well, Medicine, and Social Justice, and Medicine and Social Justice. It will also look at Health, Workforce, health systems, and some national and global priorities
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G-Sync: Startup Culture Gets Design Brief(ed)
Tommy Allen, Lifestyle Editor
Thursday, June 19, 2014
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Design thinking is a critcal but often overlooked piece of any new startup's puzzle -- and it can make or break an idea's evolution. Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen looks at what the soon-to-debut AIGA of WM's Design Briefs has to offer the entrepreneurs of our region.
If you are looking for examples of the impact you can have on the world, then you do not have to look very far.
Our region's legacy is often something that we can attribute to the past if we focus our attention on the furniture that fills our airports and living rooms or, in the more recent past, by simply noticing the dark elixirs that we toss back as the awards pile up. Modern design and craft drinks, among other things, were both born here from small ideas that went on to change the region and world.
It would be easy to say once in a while we get it right and just wait for it to happen here again. But what does it take for a region to move from a place where it happens occasionally to a place where it happens a lot? The trick is to be open to it and to show up.
On Thursday, June 26 -- and then later this summer on Thursday, August 21 -- AIGA West Michigan's Design for Good team will roll out a new wave of programming that seeks to revolutionize the way we look at design and business and the way they operate together.
When Design for Good formed locally, their initial projects were focused on creating solutions based on the needs of our area nonprofits. Design for Good would later brand this activity as a
Weekend Blitz
whereby the nonprofits would pitch their ideas to a team of design-focused community members who would get to work all weekend towards the solution.
The latest round of programming focused on showcasing the power of design to impact good is
Design Briefs
– a new kind of event focused on entrepreneurs, who may have been kicking around an idea, but said idea's location is unfortunately stuck somewhere between that first spark of conception and the creation of a business plan from which most work begins.
And while we all know a creative or a business type, the members of these two worlds rarely meet. But that is about to change. The
Design Briefs
committee has been sorting through the ideas submitted that range from technology-based apps to the physical creation of a new product. Three ideas have been selected to advance to the event.
The three selected are Blue Marble Threads by Camille Metzger, Janay Brower & Jen Zimmerman - a fiber arts incubator that combines a design studio, retail store, and sewn product manufacturing; Custom Creativity Cube (C3) by Dave Veldkamp - oversized customizable dice for use in educational games and group activities; and GR Art by Veronica Kirin - an interactive calendar of events designed to pull together art-focused events with imbedded features for usability and customization.
"When we are able to invite a design-focused professional to the process, we are not just adding another member to the team as an idea takes shape," says Chris Koen of AIGA WM's Design for Good
Design Briefs
, "but we are in many ways up-ending the way things have been done for so long."
Design Briefs hopes to educate the public by showcasing a first-hand look into just how creative input can help shape an idea and bring that je ne sais quoi. (It is really that mysterious to explain it even for those in the thick of design.)
The event structure is pretty straightforward, with lots of opportunities for attendees to customize as the night progresses.
For starters, after the cocktail reception (cash bar) and cheeses from the Cheese Lady, the audience will be seated in the GRAM's auditorium where the three ideas will be pitched to the panel, made up of Bill Holsinger-Robinson of TEDxGrand Rapids & The Understanding Group, Rick Harlow of Visual Hero, and Julia Jamieson & Laura Vaughn, founders of Sitting in a Tree. The panel will in turn immediately ask a round of questions of the presenters.
5X5 Night
Design Briefs
awards no cash prize for the best idea of the night. But they do deal in a rich currency that is just as valuable and is freely exchanged via the banter between the presenter and the panelists that continues into the smaller, individual break-out groups that take place the same evening.
These smaller groups are meant to serve a host of objectives. First, after the presentations have wrapped, audience members can follow the idea they connected with through a special facilitation session to be provided by Visual Hero, a problem-solving design firm.
Secondly, if you're an audience member who has connected with an idea, these break-out sessions are where you can lend your knowledge within this critical design-thinking framework.
If you ever doubted the power of design, then the proximity of the
Design Briefs
debut event within the museum provides historical lessons in the way of encouragement.
"Design influences so much of our world and not just of the business realm," says Koen. "The very placement of this event at the GRAM as we are celebrating
Michigan Modern: Design That Shaped America
– an exhibition showcasing the very brands of our state that still create impact today -- is a fine example of how vital design is. What we see at the GRAM are time-tested, carefully designed items that are solid and have lasted."
The way design has worked into the entrepreneurial and startup process in the past is that, when it comes to the creative integration stage for the entrepreneur, an individual might be well versed in business but lacking creative vision to bend the idea in new directions. This individual often falls victim to the "I-have-a-buddy-who-can-design-something-for-you" syndrome.
While there may not be an inspirational business poster that warns entrepreneurs of the dangers of these shortcuts, if you do happen to see a kid wearing a "
Bad Design Kills Ideas
" t-shirt, then you know I finally cracked that code. It really is critically important for a new idea to be surrounded by an individual or team devoted to the art of creative thinking – before the idea goes to market.
This event will be a great opportunity to showcase the ideas and facilitators as well as an opportunity for the creative community and the business community to come together. Through mutual respect, they can begin to form new relationships that will hopefully give good ideas a chance to soar on the wings of good design.
Design Briefs
debuts in our region, it will be the start of something remarkable. It's a new kind of project, not hitched to awarding prize money but adding something just as valuable: creative investment in an idea. From there it will be up to the presenters to decide how to integrate the advice of the night.
"We hope that
Design Briefs
will not only connect within our region as we debut this new Design for Good series," says Koen, "but we hope it moves the community groups into new partnerships where they can fail fast as needed and then get back up and begin again."
Designers, entrepreneurs, idea people and harbingers of design: a new ecosystem awaits your talent. Are you ready to begin again and again if that is what it takes to break through to something new?
The Future Needs All of Us.
Tommy Allen
Lifestyle Editor
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after attending the first hour pitch presentation an attendee feels no connection to the ideas and wishes simply to tour the Michigan Modern Exhibition, the GRAM will host two tours that will continue on into the night (and on repeat) so that you can get a special behind-the-scenes, design-focused look at the exhibition.
The GRAM-led tours include:
Michigan Modern: Exploring Eames
How do you create an innovation that delivers enduring value? Examine Eames' works in the galleries and discuss their creative and collaborative processes.
Michigan Modern: The Damsels of Design
Learn how consumer insights shaped a new way of thinking about automobile design. Discover how a specially assembled collaborative team worked together to address the needs of their target market.
AIGA West Michigan's Design Briefs debut is made possible through the partnership support with the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Herman Miller, WorkSquared, GR Current, Visual Hero, and the numerous volunteers of these organizations that have labored long hours to bring such a stellar and educational debut.
range from $5 - $10.
All images this week are from AIGA WM's Design for Good except the install shot from the
Michigan Modern
exhibtion, which is courtesy of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.
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- 72 years old
- Born on September 27, 1941 .
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This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, William Nowaski 72 years old , born on September 27, 1941 and passed away on March 21, 2014. We will remember him forever.
Happy 77th Birthday in heaven Billy, I miss you everyday... Forever and Ever Amen..I hope you are hunting, fishing, trapping all the things you did here...Will is so much like you, he got a bear already this year..and he misses you very much.
Billy, your memories" live with me always. 4 years doesn't seem possible. I know you continue to watch over us. I miss and love you forever and ever amen
Billy you will never be forgotten. Kind and gentle man. You are always in our hearts rest in peace Love your friends Nicole and George
Dear Billy, time is going by so quickly. 76 today Happy Birthday in Heaven, You are always in my heart, I will always miss you, especially you funny faces you used to make. I love Forever and Ever Amen
Dear Billy, seems like only yesterday, hard to believe its been three years. I still miss you, and wish you were here. I thought about you when I saw a cardinal and it brighten my day...I will always love you Forever and Ever Amen
Till we meet again, miss your gentleness and calm nature. Love you Brother!!! Can't believe you would be 75 today!!
Dear Billy, Happy 75th bithday to you , It still doesn't seem real, you are always in my heart and I think of you often. I feel you with me. I love and miss you. Forever and Ever Amen
RIP Bill. It was a pleasure and privilege to know you and have you as a friend. p.s. I'll always remember our arm wrestling.
Dear Billy, you are always with me, our spring snow drops are up, and I see you out in the garden from time to time... love you Forever and Ever Amen
One more year has passed and I still think of you. You are truly missed by all your family. Until we meet again, Love your Sister Nancy
My Dear Brother, this is your second Birthday in Heaven and you are missed by all. You were taken to soon from everyone especially Sandy and Will. Until we meet again in Heaven, hope you are with Mom and Dad and Jim
Dear Billy, its hard not having you here, I still talk to you and look for a sign that you are here with me. Clover sleeps with me every night and she sleeps in your chair when I am not home. Happy 2nd birthday in heaven. I love and miss you forever and ever amen... RIP 9/27/41-3/21/24
Billy is and was the best brother I could ever have had and always took care of me and taught me a lot of things that I wouldn't have known without him showing . We had a good life together even when we got caught smoking in the attic which was very dangerous.I didn't know that this site existed.
Bill was one of the kindest and most easy going people that I knew. Never had a bad word to say about anyone. He is in a better place. Rest in peace! Will always be in our thoughts.
RIP Bill. You were both a great guy and the epitome of dignity. It was an honor having you as a friend.
Have to say that Bill was a very patient man. Never seen him lose his temper, no matter what was thrown at him. He use to laugh at my husbands crazy temper. We spent lots of time with him and he was just a kind and gentle person. He took life as it was. Never complained. He just went with the flow of it all. As much as he was gentle, he also had a strong side to him. Never was afraid of anything. Even in his last days, he knew that it was his time and didn't want his family to see him go. Loved his wife and son very much. He wasn't the type of person to show too much affection but you could see it in his eyes and how he treated them both. Loved to do outdoor things with his family. Bill was always here for us when we needed anything. He was a great friend. He will be truly missed. My heart goes out to Sandy and Will! Time will heal Love Nicole and George
Brother Bill, There is your first Birthday in Heaven and you are truly missed here. I will scratch off tickets for you and if we win will share with Sandy and Will. Love you and miss you
Happy Birthday to my best friend, I love and miss you more then I can say, you are my guardian angel.
Billy, I will miss you. You were like the big brother I never had. We lived next door and were double cousins and all had fun together.
Bill you were a true man of great strength and quiet dignity. Nicole and I both had tremendous respect and admiration for you. It was an honor and a privilege to have you as a friend. RIP my friend.
He will be dearly missed. Great person I didn't get to know well vut my husband Dale and his family did . Wonderful family. Billy is now up there with Geno once again . Sandy and Will we are so very deeply sorry for your loss. Hes up there looking dwn watching over you both.
Billy, we will always miss you. You have been a good friend. You are a great person.this place just won't be the same without you. RIP
My dear big brother, you were the one person I would have trusted to keep anyone safe, you knew how to do everything. You were like a boulder in a storm, never afraid, knew more about nature than a professor with a doctorate. You will always be in my heart. RIP and miss you so much
Always there, my big brother. There to fill in for Dad, and give me away on my wedding day. Will miss you so much, till we meet again, Love you always your little sister Karen.
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