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Here are a couple different versions:
(why haven't more guys done this song?)
Kim Walker
Mandy Miller
Here's one of my favorites
We've been on quite a ride the last couple of weeks. The CD is so close to being finished. Our deadline to master is next week! We should have the final product just in time for our CD release event (September 6 in Charlotte at the Visulite Theatre). At the same time we have also finished the long awaited Zao Water benefit album! We haven't established and exact release date for this project but we should be announcing a date in the very near future. I'm extremely proud of both of these projects and I can't wait to share this music with you. I'm sure you're tired of hearing about them and are ready to hear them. Well here you go. (I've posted some of the music below.)
Last night we had the privilege of leading worship with Leonard Jones at a Todd Bentley meeting in Fort Mill SC. It was great to worship with several thousand people in the open air. I love playing outside. Apparently we were on God TV. I haven't heard (and usually don't) if or when they'll re-run it but If I were a betting man...
Little Jude is healthy and happy. He's adjusting to life on the planet earth nicely. He enjoys eating, sleeping and late night conversation. He seems to respond well to music (shocker). I'm glad he likes it. He's going to hear a lot of it. He doesn't seem to like baths or diaper changes, however he doesn't like to be dirty or have dirty diapers either. He is, as we all are, a beautiful contradiction. He doesn't want to be the way he is but he doesn't always enjoy the process of change (the changing of diapers especially). Hey, I've already learned something from the little guy.
Several months ago I ran into a friend from Switzerland. He recently had a dream that briefly brought him back to our area. In this dream he prayed for a couple of specific MorningStar worship leaders in the basement of Heritage International Ministries and a new sound was released into the world from these leaders. During a church meeting he saw Sarah and I and told us that he believed he also was supposed to pray for us. He proceeded to pray and began to prophesy that when our new baby was born, a new praise would also be born. Little did he know that we were planning to name our son Jude: a modern form of the name Judah that means "praise".
On July 23, 2008 at 1:07 PM a new praise, weighing in at just under 9 pounds and stretching just under 22 inches, was indeed born to Sarah and I! Significantly enough the first sound that little Jude heard on earth was the chorus of Kevin Prosch's anthem "Praise the Lord Oh My Soul". This was only one song of a large mix that I created the day before. We brought the music in to help the mood during the possible hours of labor. I had no clue what exact song would be playing when Jude made his grand entrance (or exit depending on how you look at it). It just blows me away that the first words a boy named "praise" hears as he enters the world is "praise the Lord oh my soul, praise the Lord"! I can hardly contain myself when I think about it!
Jude Williams McMillan is a healthy, glorious creature and is already incredibly loved by many people. He is a sign and a wonder and more than that, just a really great guy to hang with.
Well, we are at home. We've spent a lot of time in North Carolina these last several months. This is mostly due to the forthcoming arrival of our new baby and our work on a new CD. The second of which has been the primary reason for my lack of blogging as I've found I have little passion for discussing preamps, power converters, and how many times I had to sing "Out'a the ground" before I realized it was out'a of my range. Please forgive my silence, but I do believe I may have spared you quite a few minutes of your life by leaving out these mundane details.
On the other hand we did spend some good time worshiping with and performing for many great friends in San Francisco, Nebraska, and Kansas. We also spent some good time teaching in Toronto and co-hosting a worship intensive in Fort Mill, SC. These details would have been interesting. I'm sorry.
The baby is due tomorrow! We have yet no sign of when exactly he will arrive, but it could be any day now. Sarah is becoming increasingly uncomfortable and our anticipation for meeting the little dude is growing exponentially.
The new album has progressed quite well. Elijah (our producer) is currently in the editing and mixing process. I like to avoid the studio during these stages for three reasons: 1) Editing is by far the most tedious and uninspiring aspect of the recording process 2) I want to stay out of Elijah's hair as to not distract him from his work and 3) I want to come in after the process to approve of the final product with fresh ears. I have no doubt that Elijah will give me no less than his absolute best work. He never does anything half-heartedly (to a fault).
So here we are in a season of waiting. Baby Jude and the new CD will both be arriving soon. Sarah will be taking a break in the coming weeks for obvious reasons. But I shall continue on with my crusade of worshiping, creating, and reviving. We're looking at events in Kentucky, California, and Washington State in the coming months. We're also looking into connecting with several large festivals next year and hosting several of our own functions right here in Charlotte, NC. The Zao benefit album has also been completed and we can't wait to share it with you. It should be released just before or just after my new project. Watch out for events related to the releasing of both.
Please don't give up on my bloging! I'm out of the cave and I plan to keep you ever updated as to the current state of our ministry. We're more excited than ever about the coming days and that isn't just something to say. I mean it. I really do.
Our team is on the way back to Charlotte, NC today. We've had a pretty incredible experience in California. We helped raised over $25,000 for Sudan. That's just about enough to dig 4 fresh water wells that could possibly support more than 40,000 people with healthy water. I consider this in itself to be quite an accomplishment. Mothers will lose fewer children, families will walk fewer miles for their basic necessities, and people who were going to die will live because of this trip! Beyond that, we raised awareness of these issues in communities across the length of California, worshiped together recklessly for hours at a time.
It's honestly a little difficult to leave the people we partnered with on the Rock For Water Tour. We've become close to Aaron Strumpel, the Aiklens, the Armerdings and the whole Radiant Church community. I know that we have destiny with these people beyond this tour and we consider them to be close friends even after only a couple weeks together. Honestly, we probably had a years worth of experiences in two weeks. We ministered together in churches, clubs, schools and even garages. We worked together, ate together, slept together, sang together and played together from the massive metropolitan cities of Southern California, to quant beach towns and snow covered mountain passes in the central coast and the north. When I think back on this trip the thing that I will remember the most are these people and the adventures we had together. As cheesy as it sounds there is something incredibly powerful about people unifying for the greater good and we plan to do more of it.
Sarah and I love California. We'll be back in a few weeks to teach and worship at a seminar in the San Francisco area along with Ray Hughes, Sean Feacht, Brian and Jen Johnson and several others. If you're going to be n the area please check it out. (more info in our "events" section)
It's 11 PM. We're back in Visalia California staying with some friends. This has become home base for the tour as the main church we're working with is based here and we're central to all parts of California.
We played Redding, CA last night in a garage behind an office park. Quite a "Punk Rock" location. We had about 80 excited people who filled the room like sardines. They sang louder and danced harder at this event than any we've done on the tour so far. Sarah's songs were especially strong that evening. The people sang them so loud that she couldn't even hear herself! You could feel the power of God in every set and no one wanted to leave even after I'd lost my voice.
This tour has been absolutely life changing. We've raised more than enough money to dig 3 wells in South Sudan and with our last stop tomorrow in Fresno we may have enough to dig 4!
Next week we return home for a little down time and preparation before we go back into the studio. Thank you all for your support. Please keep us in your prayers!
Rock For Water Tour: Stop Number 4 - Bakersfield, CA
It's about 12:30 AM west coast time and we're driving an hour and a half to where we'll be staying for the next couple of days. We've just finished our fourth night in a row and we're all looking forward to a little rest.
We ended the show tonight with our whole crew on the stage singing "How He Loves US". I think there may have been over 20 people on the stage. We've been ending the shows with our whole crew together and Aaron Strumpel playing the theme of the song on the trumpet. Tonight we added a violin and jingle bells as well. It never sounds great in traditional terms but there is something pretty powerful about filling every corner of the stage with a human body and every crevice of the air with a screaming voice or clanging instrument.
I love the idea of regular people making music together. I'm a fan of excellence in art but not at the expense of sincerity (Elitism is self-defeating if you ask me). Some times the things that sound ridiculous by themselves, sound awesome when we do them together. And as cheesy as it sounds, often our insignificant things can be powerful when we combine them with other people's insignificant things. On this trip we learned that a couple of powerless dollars in our pocket or a cup of Starbucks can save a whole human being when combined with the resources and experience of other people. In our first four nights alone we've raised enough money to supply water to several thousand people. Many of them are children who have a high chance of dying with out it. And all we did was sing. Pretty darn cool if you ask me.
At the moment we're in San Luis Obispo, CA about 40 minutes away from playing our third night of the "Rock For Water Tour". Things have been going well. We've already raised half the amount of our goal and we've had a wonderful time playing these events with Travis Aiklen and Aaron Strumple.
However the tour hasn't been without it's battles. Several of us have been sick and we've had major technical difficulties on occasion. (The first night we had to play with out a sound system!) I've struggled vocally this whole time from allergies and have been frustrated as I haven't been able to deliver my best performances. God doesn't need my voice but it would be nice to be able to sing the songs the way He gave them to me.
Tomorrow we head to Bakersfield and afterward we have a short break for some much needed rest before marching north. The entire team has worked hard and given their best. I have no doubt that lives will be saved as a result of this tour. We deeply appreciate all you who are praying for us. Please pray especially for those of us who have been sick.
I'll be sure to keep you up to date about the tour as we continue!
Things are going well with the McMillan clan. We've recently learned that we're going to have a boy. We can't wait to meet him this July! Over the past couple of weeks we've worshiped and taught in Virginia, Kentucky, and participated in a couple events in the Carolinas as well. Unfortunately, I've been to busy to spend any significant time in the studio on my upcoming project, but I can't wait to jump back in with both feet in about 3 weeks.
At this exact moment Sarah I are in the air on our way to Los Angeles to begin our two-week tour of California. We'll start in the San Diego area and slowly work our way up through San Francisco playing worship events and concerts as far north as Redding. The purpose of these events is to raise money to dig wells in South Sudan and at the same time raise awareness of the situation there.
We're very excited about this tour and the work in Sudan that we're supporting, but one of the coolest aspects of this trip is the opportunity to work together with another group of people across the country to save lives. We've connected with a wonderful community of believers at Radiant Church (www.radiantchurchvisalia.com) in California's central valley who are partnering with us throughout the entire event, and have done a massive amount of planning and preparation for the tour. It's awesome to see how our two groups can accomplish exponentially more together than we could on our own.
Please keep our team in your prayers. Pray for safe travel, a powerful presence of God and open hearts at our events. Also pray for a spirit of generosity. None of the money we raise goes to us. Every penny goes to save lives in Sudan.
Thank you all for your love and support. We love you!
Here's a 10 minute video about the tour:
We are excited to share with you many new things that we are planning for the coming season.
A New Member of The Team!
The most exciting event for Sarah and I in 20008 will most certainly be the arrival of a new team member this July. Sarah and I are expecting a baby this summer! The whole McMillan/Williams family is extremely excited.
Recording Projects
We're currently in the beginning stages of recording a new full-length album. This project, like the last album will consist of both corporate worship songs as well as songs that deal with a variety other issues. It's my hope that this variety will get this album and my message into the hands of people who might not usually pick up a "worship" album and have a life changing impact on both believers as well as pre-believers. We hope to have it out in late Spring.
Also due out this Spring is a collaborative project we've been working on to raise money for Zao Water (an organization dedicated confronting the water-born disease crisis in Africa). It's a recording with original songs written by myself and several of our friends. It's also going be a fantastic album and raise lots of money to help Zao dig wells in Africa.
Training Schools and Seminars
This Spring and Summer we're hosting regional weekend versions of our worship school with the same themes and emphasis as the weeklong version but in a conference style situation. We already have equipping events scheduled this year in San Francisco, Seattle, Maine and Charlotte.
We are currently preparing for another west coast tour in March to help raise money for Sudan Calls, an organization involved in digging wells in Sudan. We also plan to continue going out most weekends every month worshiping, teaching, and performing.


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New regional super repository announcedWe learn that the local government record offices of the North East Euro Region are to be amalgamated into a single new super-repository.
Interested in this new development, we sent Alethea to interview Dr. Axel Grindrod, the Dane who chairs the Amalgamation Committee.
How could this amalgamation be justified, we asked him. Very simply. It is a cost-saving exercise, he told us. We pointed out that the two local government reorganisations following on from the 1972 and 1992 Local Government Acts had also been advertised as cost-saving exercises but that subsequent to each, local government had become even more costly. We also pointed out that research into Public Records released under the 30 Year Rule confirmed that local government reorganisation in the past had actually been in preparation for regional government.
Clearly irritated at this, he replied I am not concerned with the past, we must look to a brighter future.
We moved on to the matter of the recent referendum in which the people of the north-east had overwhelmingly rejected proposals for an elected regional assembly and by inference regional government as well. How could the committee press ahead in these circumstances? Was the committee not concerned about public opinion?
Not at all. We can't allow public opinion to hamstring progress towards a fully integrated EU superstate. In any case, our future service will be electronic and it won't matter to the public where the actual archives are.
We enquired where the new regional repository would be built. We are considering three locations. Wallsend, Anholt and Freiburg im Breisgau.
Taken aback, we asked where is Anholt?
It is an island in the Kattegat, ideally situated near my home.
But surely, we asked, depositors such as churches will find it difficult to access or deposit records in such distant locations? Well, we must all make sacrifices you know. The concept of regions is crucial to the development of the EU and people must learn to adapt. People must learn to view themselves as European, not Geordies.
We enquired how Dr. Grindrod thought English archives compared to mainland European archives. Extremely dangerous he replied. You see, the problem with English archives, which we aim to address, is that they constitute the evidence of your Common Law, the origins of parliamentary democracy, freedom of speech and expression, presumption of innocence, trial by jury and many other aggravating tendencies we find inconvenient in Europe.
Worst of all, your archives are a focus of attention for ancestral and academic research for the whole English speaking world and beyond. The British must learn to look in towards Europe, not outwards to the rest of the world. Delusions that English is the world's dominant language and the language of commerce and that England is the fountain of democracy must be disabused as soon as possible.
How did the EU intend to address these concerns in the context of archives?
By a combination of regionalisation which will help break down national identity, highly selective conservation programmes which will ensure only Europhile collections are preserved as evidence for posterity and carefully controlled research programmes which exlude research into dangerous systems like democracy. The cultural component of EU integration is high on our agenda and we will work hand in glove with other inetgrationist programmes to ensure British archives are completely cleansed.
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I found a book in a baby store before it was time to introduce solids and I loved it, Top 100 Baby Purees by Annabel Karmel (check it out here). The first couple pages are filled with basic food and feeding information and the rest are a ton of recipes broken down by age. Obviously, as your baby gets a little older the recipes change from purees to solids. I totally got into this book. So much so, I never even purchased a jar of baby food. I literally made it all! It wasn't hard and I plan to do it again whenever bambino number 2 comes along.
My baby is now beyond the age of purees, but I honestly can't think of a recipe I made she didn't eat. I still use some of the recipes, but she pretty much eats most of the food we eat now. I love to have this recipe made up and ready to go for an easy snack or lunch.
On to the recipe...
Pasta Risotto
9 months +
Makes 4 portions
Cooking time: 12 minutes
Suitable for freezing
1/2 cup orzo or other small pasta shapes (found in the pasta aisle)
1 small carrot, peeled and diced
1 small zucchini, diced
1/2 cup chopped broccoli florets
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
Put the pasta in a saucepan together with the carrot, cover generously with boiling water, and cook for 5 minutes. Add the zucchini and broccoli and continue to cook for about 7 minutes. Melt the butter in a saucepan, stir in the drained pasta and vegetables, and toss with the butter and cheddar until the cheese has melted.
Noodles are a great source of energy for your baby. You can switch up the veggies too - try peas and corn with tomatoes instead. Yummy!!
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It's been a while since I talked about an event-specific topic and since I've stumbled upon this a few times with clients lately, I thought I would put together a post. When you're planning an event, you want the day to be about you: your wedding day, your milestone birthday, your retirement, etc. But in order to properly do so, you want to take into consideration outside factors. Let me explain.
In Columbia, it's not uncommon for brides and grooms to wait to book their fall wedding until after the Mizzou football schedule comes out. To some people who aren't from Columbia, this sounds crazy. But Columbia is the kind of town that completely revolves around the game on football Saturdays. Plus now that we have joined the SEC, you also have to think about hotel room availability, especially if you have a lot of out of town guests.
Or how about traffic and road closures. The country club I work at happens to be very close to the location where Roots 'N Blues 'N BBQ takes place. And each year, the roads are re-routed to improve the flow of traffic to the festival. But that means the normal route to the country club is closed off and routed a different way. You need to think about that in order to give your guests the best set of directions or at least a heads up, so they aren't late to your celebration. Other examples of events that might re-route or cause traffic issues are races, concerts and parades.
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Parades tend to coincide with holidays, which is something else you want to take into consideration when choosing a date. Some people think it's best to host an event on a holiday weekend because that usually means there's an additional day off from work and gives people time to travel. Although this is true, in my experience, attendance is always down on holiday weekends. There's usually multiple commitments on these weekends, family activities are a high priority and travel is more expensive.
Speaking of money, you also want to consider prices on holiday weekends. A lot of venues will have higher rental prices on holidays, or you might have to pay extra for additional staffing. Or how about floral prices that skyrocket around Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, etc? There might be some additional costs that will really break the bank when it comes to adhering to your budget.
These are just some simple reminders of things you might want to consider when picking a date. It's easy to put blinders on and only focus on specific details when you really want the whole experience for your guests from travel to event to home to be positive!


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The survey confirms a few widely suspected divides: Democrats and the young tend to be more trusting of a variety of media, while Republicans and older news consumers are more skeptical. Despite mixed feelings, though, the voters surveyed said by more than 2 to 1 that they got useful and important information from the media.
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The USC/Times poll found that with a welter of new media alternatives available, there was only one source that a majority of registered voters turned to at least daily: local television news. Fifty-eight percent of those surveyed said they watched their local TV news that often. That gives local stations considerably more reach than the second-most-common news source: local newspapers, in both their print and online versions. About 39% of those surveyed said they routinely turned to the local paper.


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Los amigos imaginarios
Charlando con otros amigos, descubri que es bastante comun, sobretodo en los primeros. Y que es bueno para ellos que esto ocurra porque significa que empiezan a tener imaginacion y capacidad para inventar cosas.
A mi me gusta seguirle la corriente, asi que muchas veces Coqui y Fernan se meten en nuestros juegos...
Ayer, por ejemplo, M. no queria terminar de comer sus ñoquis, se fue a la cocina y escucho que lo tira a la basura. Entro a la cocina, miro el tacho de basura:
Yo. Quien tiro el ñoqui?
M. ...fue Coqui...(me mira, y se rie con sonrisa de picara, sabe...)
Yo. (Siguiendole el juego)...Pero si Coqui no vino hoy, se tuvo que quedar en la casa porque estaba enfermo
M. Si que vino, mira Mama, no ves, aca esta (y me señala la nada y se vuelve a reir de la misma forma)
No pude evitar reirme yo tambien.
Despues me reconocio que habia sido ella porque no queria comer mas.
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A small fire in Greenwich Park yesterday, spotted by Matthew. He tells me it was on the west side of the park, just up the steep hill from the King George St Gate.
The fire brigade, he says, "arrived about 2 minutes after I took this, by which time the fire had reached the path and the large shrub in the top left of the photo was ablaze."
They suspect a careless smoker either in the park or walking down the pavement on the other side of the railings, chucking a lit fag end into the bushes.
I can't imagine any Phantophiles being so gauche with their smouldering butts (ooh-err), but as Matthew says, 'it's an unpleasant reminder of just how dry everything is at the moment.'
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Hospital Medicine
Nutrition and Pregnancy
I. Problem/Challenge.
II. Identify the Goal Behavior.
- III. Describe a Step-by-Step approach/method to this problem.
IV. Common Pitfalls.
V. National Standards, Core Indicators and Quality Measures.
I. Problem/Challenge.
As hospitalists, we often care for patients who do not have regular follow up with primary care providers. As part of an admitted patient's evaluation, we may uncover an underlying pregnancy that a patient may or may not have been aware of. It is important that we are familiar with the basics of pre-natal counseling. In particular, a general approach to a patient's nutrition during pregnancy will not only prove to be practical, but the information provided can also help bridge the patient from their hospital admission to when they are able to obtain an appointment to see an obstetrician.
Eating healthy should be a part of every woman's life, and is especially important during pregnancy. Good nutrition with special dietary modifications should ideally begin prior to conception and continued throughout pregnancy and lactation. All women of child-bearing age should be educated on the importance of certain key nutrients. In addition, women should be counseled to avoid potential toxins in the event of pregnancy, as the fetus is most at risk in the first trimester, when women may not recognize that they are pregnant.
II. Identify the Goal Behavior.
The hospitalist can play a key role prior to and during a woman's pregnancy. By focusing on a few key areas of interest, a patient can make drastic changes to help ensure a healthy pregnancy.
Firstly, pregnancy can be determined with either a home or office pregnancy test, which measures HCG, human chorionic gonadotropin.
Once the desire to become pregnant or actual pregnancy is confirmed, the hospitalist's main contribution will focus on counseling on basic nutritional health. This includes the basics of a healthy diet, foods that should be avoided, key nutrients, substance abuse and general other concerns that arise during pregnancy.
III. Describe a Step-by-Step approach/method to this problem.
What are the basics of a healthy diet?
Eating healthy foods during pregnancy is one of the main ways to help ensure adequate birth weight, brain development and reduced risk for birth defects. During pregnancy, a balanced diet should include carbohydrates, proteins, fat, minerals and vitamins.
Telling patients to "drink more milk" or "eat more protein" tend to be less effective ways to improve nutritional intake. Concrete examples such as "1 cup of milk is one serving of calcium" or "3 ounces of meat, which is the size of a deck of cards, is one serving of protein" can help patients achieve their nutritional goals.
How much weight should a woman gain during pregnancy?
This is one of the most frequently asked questions to obstetricians. The answer depends on the patient's pre-pregnancy weight status. An underweight woman (BMI less than 18.5), should gain an average of 28-40 pounds. A normal weight woman (BMI 18.5-24.9) should gain between 25-35 pounds. An overweight woman (BMI 25-29.9) should gain between 15-25 pounds. Finally, the recommendations for an obese woman (BMI 30 or greater), are to gain no more than 11-20 pounds. These are general guidelines and may vary from case to case, but ideally the large range within each weight class is representative of the variations that may occur.
While it is important to eat well to accommodate a growing baby and the physiological changes that are taking place during pregnancy, it is a common misconception that women should now be eating for two people. In reality, increasing nutrient intake by 300 calories a day in the second and third trimester should be adequate in most cases.
A typical woman will gain 3-4 pounds during the first trimester, a pound a week during the second trimester for a total of 12-14 pounds and finally about a pound a week in the third trimester until the ninth month when there may be very little weight gained for total of 8-10 pounds during the third trimester.
Which foods should a pregnant woman avoid?
Albacore (white) tuna has more mercury than light canned tuna, so consumption should be limited to no more than six ounces per week (one meal). Tuna steaks should also be limited to six ounces per week, although some physicians recommend that tuna steaks be avoided all together as large tuna can have higher mercury levels. This is in contrast to canned tuna, which is typically made from smaller fish.
Fish considered to have low levels of mercury contamination and thus be safe for consumption during pregnancy include shrimp, salmon, pollock, and catfish.
What lifestyle habits should a woman modify before and during pregnancy?
What else may a pregnant woman be concerned about?
IV. Common Pitfalls.
Hospitalists often feel ill equipped to care for and counsel women who are considering pregnancy or are already pregnant. Recognizing that there are a few main points to consider, hospitalists can be key to establishing proper nutritional habits early on when it can make the most difference.
V. National Standards, Core Indicators and Quality Measures.
According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, women of child bearing age who are considering pregnancy would ideally be taking 400 micrograms of the B vitamin folic acid prior to conception and for at least the first 12 weeks of pregnancy to help reduce the risk of neural tube defects.
In addition, ACOG has general recommendations for adequate weight gain based on a woman's weight prior to pregnancy.
The United States Preventative Task Force recommends that women take a folic acid supplement of 0.4 to 0.8 mg per day preconceptionally and during the first trimester. For women at increased risk for a child with neural tube defects (prior offspring with a neural tube defect or maternal use of anticonvulsants) should take 4 milligrams per day.
The Institute of Medicine supports an increased total calorie intake of 340 calories per day in the second trimester and 452 calories in the third trimester.
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High school isn't what it used to be. Teenagers are facing more pressure than ever to not only succeed in the classroom and prepare for an increasingly competitive workforce but to adjust to a changing social environment, one that extends outside the campus walls and into the world of digital and social media.
Sadly, not all students make it through this difficult time, at least not unscathed.
El Camino Hospital, with campuses in Mountain View and Los Gatos, offers an outlet for local students who see no other way out. The hospital's After-School Program Interventions and Resiliency Education (ASPIRE) program works toward meaningful and effective treatment for teenagers who are experiencing anxiety, depression or other symptoms related to a mental health condition, according to its website.
Started in April 2010 in response to community concerns about inadequate emotional and mental services for students, the ASPIRE program incorporates a holistic view of a teenager's life situation, taking into account academics, social outlook and home life. The focus is emotional wellness, and tenents of the program include meditation exercises, individual and group counseling and skills-based activities.
Typically, sessions take place after school four times a week for eight weeks. They include not just the teenager, but also those in his/her environment who may be affecting the situation, whether it be those adding to the emotional distress or helping to relieve it.
"These kids are functional. A lot of them are 'A' students doing really well; they just have this incredible anxiety," says Michael Fitzgerald, executive director of El Camino Hospital's behavioral health services for about 11 years now.
Most participants in the ASPIRE program are ages 13-17, when a lot of the problems they're facing begin to come to the forefront. Fitzgerald says the program must recognize a mental health issue with each participant, but it is a rather delicate situation because of the stigma behind the condition.
"We do have to put a diagnosis on these kids, but we work hard not to buy into that as a label or that they're mentally ill. It's a chief reason why a lot of the kids we see, we don't see them until late in the game," he said.
While some schools have in-house counselors, there are not too many programs in the area with the breadth and intensity of treatment that ASPIRE can provide, Fitzgerald said. The program serves a wide geographic area, stretching from as far away as Livermore and the East Bay to Santa Cruz.
However, a majority of the participants, Fitzgerald said, are coming from the communities of Los Gatos, Palo Alto and Cupertino. In the Fremont Union High School District, where academic excellence is measured by the number of Intel Science Talent Search winners, National Merit Scholarships, and Academic Performance Index scores, there is a heightened pressure among students to keep up and even stay ahead of their peers in the classroom.
"There is such a focus on academics, and it's so competitive in the classroom. It's a little bit endemic to be an adolescent, and the pressures of Silicon Valley are so bent on productivity," Fitzgerald said. "We get a kid with two professional parents, physicians or experts in the tech world, and life is so incredibly scheduled. They're struggling with their identity, who they are and what they're feeling with their hormones."
"It's true that in other communities as well, adolescents struggle a lot," he added. "It's a tough thing to go through, and the nice thing about ASPIRE, and most people can relate to it, is some or most of us know friends of ours who didn't make it, who made really bad decisions or became dysfunctional or came into drugs. We all know people like this who couldn't make it through these years."
Such high expectations–coupled with social pressures and physical and emotional changes–makes for a difficult time for many adolescents. To what degree, depends.
Teenagers rely on myriad of sources for validation, whether it be their circle of friends, accomplishments in the classroom or on the athletic field, status on social media outlets or simply by the labels on their clothes and shoes. The goal is to fit in, to sit among instead of standing out.
Some try to build a wall to stop the flood of outside influences in their adolescence, in turn pushing themselves to look inward for salvation. The extent to which they do so ultimately determines how much they're willing to share and seek help.
Dylan Titus, 18, recently stopped going to the ASPIRE program in September after he joined a job corps program out of Foothill College. He participated in ASPIRE for four years, spanning his time at Los Gatos High School. The truth is, Titus was a popular target for bullies even before that, during his years in grades 5-9.
There was one other student Titus said he called a friend, but that was measured by their love of video games and the times when they'd play together. As he says, "That was it; there was no deep conversation about each other."
Eventually, all the forces in Titus' life began pushing against one another. Over five years, the bullying took its toll, slowly chipping away at the rock that Titus was trying to be. He wore down, and his grades began to slip because he just didn't care anymore. That didn't bode well at home, and hearing constant arguments between his stepfather and alcoholic mother didn't help matters, Titus said.
It was too much, and everything culminated in a failed suicide attempt at the end of his freshman year. He was hospitalized and diagnosed with chronic severe depression, an anxiety disorder and attention deficit disorder.
"At the time, I felt like I was alone; nobody really loved me, nobody cared," Titus said. "People who knew me hated me; people who didn't know me would hate me. The only way out was to kill myself."
Hearing the teenager speak about such heavy topics in such a matter-of-fact manner is a testament to how far he's come and how well-adjusted he is today. Titus speaks excitedly about the ASPIRE program when he recalls the different individual and group exercises. He recalls how relieving it was for him when he was finally among peers who shared some of the same emotions and anxieties that he did.
"It was really nice to be able to talk to peers, people of my age, and know that I wasn't alone in the things I was thinking and problems I was facing," he said. "A lot of people understood what I was going through and found ways to deal with it that I hadn't thought of. They found ways to deal with it without violence or withdrawing completely."
Participants in the ASPIRE program don't always get to where Titus is, or at least not as quickly. "Sarah" declined to give her real name or information about her high school years, only to say that she attended a Fremont Union High School District campus and graduated in 2013.
The 18-year-old was part of ASPIRE from January to March, and her issues circled around her group of friends, relationship with her parents and her own insecurity. Sarah said she felt a great deal of anxiety to fit in after moving to the area and starting a new school.
"I did not really have a hard time making friends, but they were not necessarily good ones. I never really had a concrete group of friends when I got there," she said. "I kind of got to hearing about losing my friends and ending up friendless. I felt like I wasn't liked a lot sometimes, and I was not always asked to hang out with them."
It got to the point where it was a priority to be included and accepted in social functions, Sarah said. She felt that she would be missing out and would eventually lose her friends if she were to miss any opportunity to hang out.
"It bothered me a lot, and I tried really hard to fit in and be accepted by my friends. I would want to be there every time they were hanging out," she said. "I still did well in school, but I know I could have done better; I didn't spend a lot of time studying. I could have done better if I took the time to study. I probably would have gotten my work done sooner and wouldn't be up so late."
The depression and anxiety was too much, and Sarah tried to kill herself in January. After she was hospitalized, she heard about the ASPIRE program, although she had mixed feelings about participating at first. She softened up a bit, and said she really enjoyed the program.
"All the skills they taught there were really useful. After a while, they help a lot, and gave a different way of looking at things," Sarah said. "Everyone is supportive; nobody judges you and everyone cares about how you're doing."
Titus and Sarah, although in different stages in their recovery, share a similar perspective when they look back at one of the hardest times in their young lives. They encourage other teenagers who might be feeling the same things they did to seek out help.
"A lot of kids don't speak up very much," Titus said. "People who don't like to fight and get picked on a lot have a feeling there's no way out of it, nothing I can do to get out of this bullying. But when you tell people how you're feeling, they'll try really hard to help you, more than you realize."
"There's people that will help you through it, so you're not going through it alone," Sarah added. "It's not just a normal teenage phase; it can get really serious and if you don't get help before that, it can lead to really worse situations."
See page 14 for related story. Visit elcaminohospital.org for more information about ASPIRE.


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Got milk? Loi Tuan Ee, the farmer-entrepreneur behind The Holstein Milk Company, certainly has – 1.5 million litres per month, if you're counting. With a herd of 3,500 cows spread across three farms in Muadzam Shah in Pahang, and Mawai and Desaru in Johor, it's easy to assume there's plenty of milk to spare. When Loi is asked to slosh some into a glass for The Peak's photoshoot, however, he does so expertly without spilling a drop – milk is, after all, his company's white gold.
"Think of your ladies!" our photographer calls, eliciting a smile from Loi (for the record, his dairy cows are affectionately referred to as 'ladies' or 'girls') – and, of course, he has plenty to be pleased about. Not so long ago, the idea of producing fresh cow's milk in Malaysia would have been deemed folly at best, which is essentially how we, as a nation, ended up being raised on the taste of milk reconstituted from milk powder or solids.
In less than a decade, Loi has managed to spark a local dairy revolution, bringing truly fresh milk – minus any preservatives or additives – from his farms to retail outlets within 48 hours. It seems a simple enough concept but, as Loi tells us, it's taken a considerable amount of effort to realise his Farm Fresh dreams.
It helps that agriculture is in Loi's blood. His parents were rubber tappers in Sitiawan and, as a child, he spent many an early morning helping them collect liquid latex. "It was hard work – and smelly! – but it really shaped me, so once I was re-exposed to agriculture later in life, it wasn't something completely new." Beside training him for early-morning starts (during his farm visits, Loi typically wakes before dawn and is ready for action by 6.30am), following his parents around the plantation imbibed in him the value of a strong work ethic.
"My mother is an extremely hardworking woman, and that's something she forged strongly in me. That's the single most important thing to succeed – working hard simply cannot be taken away. Luck plays a part, to a certain extent, and integrity is also crucial, but in essence it's down to hard work." And work hard, he did, though he didn't plunge straight into farming. Instead, Loi spent 20 years heading the marketing side of a carton packaging company in Senai, catering to bigname MNCs such as Sony, Panasonic and Matsushita. The golden-era boom of the 1980s and early 90s saw substantial business flooding in from electronic multinationals, but the slowdown that followed was the push factor that sent Loi back towards agriculture. The initial public offering of the company prompted him to sell his shares, exit the business and purchase a plot of land in Kota Tinggi – by then, he'd already settled in Johor with his wife and children. "Now that I had an opportunity to make a change, I figured agriculture was probably one of the best things I could do, and that I'd enjoy doing it.
"Creating a business and actually looking forward to spending time with the farm's green pastures, water ponds and animals make a lot of difference. Plus, I was convinced that when you go into the food business, you can't go too wrong." Armed with 83ac of land, Loi experimented with growing dragon fruit, breeding Arowana fish and rearing Nubian goats to produce fresh goat's milk – the latter of which found success amongst a niche consumer market and provided an ideal introduction to Malaysia's dairy scene.
Feeling that he was ready for a bigger venture, Loi decided to branch out into cow's milk – even if it seemed a bizarre move at the time. "Malaysian land costs are highly distorted and, unfortunately, it's only oil palm that's considered a good cash crop. If you're a farmer and you approach a bank, they'll be extremely reluctant to fund you if you're growing anything else. When you say you're buying land so you have enough pasture for cows, people think you're crazy: 'How can you pay so much and just plant grass there'?"
Neither did the apparent vastness of the existing cow's milk market – mostly dominated by multinationals – deter him because, as Loi explains, it's a facade that's easily dismantled. "With fresh cow's milk, how do you stand out? Which consumer would want to try a brand new product – and a local one, on top of that? Initially, family members like my sister warned me, 'Are you sure you want to do this? The choice of fresh milk on the supermarket shelves is unbelievable. I can't even decide which one to buy.'
"In a sense, her point was valid, but when we began sampling other brands' products to benchmark against our own, we realised they didn't taste the same. It wasn't fresh milk – it was reconstituted from milk powder or milk solids. It doesn't matter if you're competing against 15 or 20 brands. When you drink our milk, you'll notice there's a very distinct difference – and with that in mind, I forged ahead."
Sealing the deal on his move towards dairy development, Loi purchased 60 Holstein Jersey cows in 2009 and had them airfreighted to Malaysia – "They all travelled in business class!" he jokes. (He also had the foresight to invest in another 500ac of land nearby, knowing full well that his new herd required plenty of grassland to graze on.) The initial year, which he describes as being more stressful than his entire career in carton packaging, saw him wrangling with issues concerning livestock and supply chain.
It wasn't just that the Australian cows were unused to Malaysia's high humidity and heat, but they had to be protected from blood parasites as well. "When cows are uncomfortable and stressed, they won't eat and that's where the level of milk production gets compromised. Producing milk draws all the nutrients from their bodies, and if they're not replenished, the cows become thin and deplete themselves to continue producing milk." Even when the farm had reached an adequate level of milk production, there was the challenge of getting it to potential consumers – in more ways than one.
"Reaching Kuala Lumpur was a major nightmare for us, but Klang Valley consumers were an essential target market, so we had to be there. We started small, selling 300 to 600 litres, which wasn't enough to cover the expense of transporting our milk by chill truck – so we sent it from Johor by express bus, packing the milk into polyform boxes and paying the drivers to ship them to KL. Our team would wait at the Sungai Besi toll to collect the milk and distribute it to the supermarkets. It was unbelievably tough – you'd get seriously demoralised when you realised it was so difficult. We did that for six months until we gained enough traction that our chill trucks could finally start shipping one to 1.5 tonnes of milk."
Many of Loi's weekends were spent at various supermarkets in Johor and Kuala Lumpur, where he would personally try to promote his brand, Farm Fresh, and introduce it to customers during their usual grocery runs. "I realised no one trusted us because they didn't know what the brand was all about," he says. "At one point, I lost count of how many promoters we'd stationed at major retailers, continuously pouring milk to encourage customers to taste the difference.
"It worked because we kept our product basic and traditional: it's nothing but plain, fresh milk drawn from healthy, happy cows – that's it. Consumers started to understand the difference and, from there, we inched into the market share." It's no longer inches so much as leaps and bounds now: by April last year, Farm Fresh had already netted 39 per cent of the market share for fresh milk in Malaysia. The brand's products (which include natural yoghurt, yoghurt drinks and chocolate milk) can be found in stores from Alor Setar to Singapore, and all signs point to consumer demand outstripping supply.
In the face of early logistical complications and, now, the urge for rapid expansion, has Loi ever had difficulty sticking to his pledge of keeping his milk preservative-free? "In the early days, I was quite tempted to extend the shelf life as people weren't familiar with our products and, after two weeks on the shelf, they'd have to be thrown away. But if we couldn't distinguish ourselves through our core values, it would have been difficult for the company to move forward.
"My conviction is that food is becoming far too processed and that's a real problem – it lasts longer but with absolutely no regard for consumers' health. What benefit do these preservatives, colourings and additives bring? I feel sorry for the people who buy processed food and for their children. Yes, our competitors' products last longer and they're more stable, but that's a challenge we can learn to live with. Despite getting hit with sour milk from time to time, a lot of customers stay with us because they appreciate what we're doing for them. Old-fashioned food is still the best."
Kazanah National's early involvement as an investor in The Holstein Milk Company has provided it with enormous possibilities for further growth, leaving Loi with an lengthy to-do list that he's doubtless keen to plough on with. Keeping his 'ladies' happy is still his first priority, which is why he's in the midst of constructing a fan-cooled tunnel barn that will reduce temperatures to around 20°C at night. He's also considering playing classical music at milking stations for the cows to enjoy, though he draws the line at cattle massages.
The acquisition of an Australian genetic engineering company several years ago has enabled the creation of the Australian- Fresian-Sahiwal (AFS) cow, which is more suited to the local climate, but Loi is still working on his dream cow. "What we want is a balanced animal that has the genetic potential to produce a reasonable amount of milk – between 15 to 20 litres – won't get stressed from the heat, has a natural resistance to blood parasites and boasts a good lifespan. Within another six or seven years, I think we'll have the advantage of a full AFS herd."
He'll need a sizeable bovine population too: a third processing plant in Pahang, created in collaboration with the East Coast Economic Region Development Council, is scheduled to be operational by next January (the company will invest MYR18 million in processing equipment), while he plans to work with Universiti Putra Malaysia on conducting further research into genetic development. It's also a chance to set up a fully functional showcase farm on a 160ac plot close to the university, which Farm Fresh fans – especially children – can visit for a spot of agro-tourism. Greek yoghurt and lactose-free milk are already in the pipeline, as far as expanding Farm Fresh's product line is concerned, while Loi has his eye on producing halal-certified pizza cheese and sliced burger cheese – big-ticket items that will draw in considerable business.
To his credit, he doesn't view the diverse opportunities offered by the dairy market as his alone to claim – on the contrary, he welcomes the participation of other independent fresh milk producers: "We realise the demand for our products is continuously growing, so we've been working with contract dairy farmers and paying them a fair price of MYR2.80 per litre in the hope that we won't just have to rely on ourselves to produce more milk. Our fellow farmers and friends can increase their production and gain market share.
"We've changed the entire landscape over the last five years by convincing the government that dairy is a sustainable industry. They've even formed a national dairy board for us, which means we can direct the government's attention towards industry issues and work towards a greater allocation within the agricultural budget." As The Holstein Milk Company continues its evolution in so many new, exciting directions, has Loi taken the time to pause and marvel at how swiftly Farm Fresh has catapulted him to success?
"I try to put it this way: in dairy, if you produce a truly natural product that tastes good and consumers know is different, you're in for the growth of your business because they remain loyal," he asserts. "We've given what we promised to our customers and stuck to our traditional values, and for the past five or six years, we've had uninterrupted growth of between 60 to 70 per cent each year. As we say in the dairy business, the cream always floats to the top."


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Eric Appelman, Executive Vice President Innovation & Strategy, will be at the Packaging and Converting Executive Forum (PACE) in Brussels. The event takes place on 10-12 February.
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Geri Stella
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Geri is the elder statesman of GVFCU working here for 25 years! She is the main consumer lender for the credit union and assists our members with financing of everything from new car loans to personal loans. Geri knows a lot of our members by name and takes great care in making sure that we meet the lending needs of our community while doing whatever she can to make the process run smoothly for you.
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Joao took six hours to be born, by age five, he knew he was unwanted. His mother made it clear Joao was a burden for her to bear. His father traveled and rarely saw Joao. Neighbors and friends took care of Joao and kept him from his mother's wrath. Sometimes they were successful and other times they weren't.
I applaud the effort of this author but this is not a book I'd recommend.
I did find issues. The pacing of this book is extremely slow. It's very disjointed. The definitions being included throughout the book aren't necessary. This book is full of misery and wandering story lines. There is not a clear picture of what the author is trying to convey.
I gave this one 2 cheers out of 5 because it needs to be reworked.


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In CDSTV I was able to incorporate news items such as high-advanced cameras or videos. Learning the ropes of many movie making materials and understanding the fundamentals of movie-shooting.
Corona Del Wild- Being a metalhead I showed a different aspect of teens 'in the wild'.
Ghostbusters- Filmed at my house we worked as a team and used ironic pieces to create humor.
Baeder the Explorer- I was the director of this video and set up funny jokes and other ironic ideas.
Race-car Commercial- I helped support this by setting up the layout of the video and contribution to filming.
5 Second Film- Creating an ironic piece for comical humor with a realistic twist.


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To improve the quality of health through leadership, excellence, and innovation in the delivery of progressive baccalaureate, master's, doctoral, and continuing education programs, providing professional and clinical services and conducting basic, clinical and applied research.
The College of Allied Health Sciences at East Carolina University provides opportunities to make a difference in the health of the region, state, and nation.
The interdisciplinary College of Allied Health Sciences educates the fastest-growing sector of the health care work force, including physical and occupational therapists, physician assistants, audiologists, dietitians, counselors, medical technologists, and health information managers.
As of Fall 2017, the college had grown to over 1,500 students enrolled in its degree programs. There are more than 560 graduate students across the college and over 65 in graduate certificate programs.
Students from Allied Health disciplines routinely achieve first-time pass rates well above the national average on professional licensing exams. The majority of students are employed prior to or within six months of graduation, and approximately 65 percent of graduates live in North Carolina.
Faculty and students provide patient care and gain real-world experience through the Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic, the NAVIGATE Counseling Clinic and a physical therapy clinic.
Cleft palate speech; development and recovery from chronic pain; healthy aging and age-related changes due to stroke and dementia; and veteran resiliency, reintegration, and readiness; and research for older adult drivers are some of the college's major research initiatives.
The college is a leader in providing distance education programs, with students across the country - including a joint master's degree with the University of Alaska Anchorage.
The Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies' master's degree in Rehabilitation and Career Counseling recently ranked 18th out of over 100 programs by the U.S. News & World Report.
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Game Review: Minecraft
So, i'm starting this weekly thing called "Game Review". It will obviusly be about my opinions and review of games. So to start of the first week, I choose my favorite game: Minecraft.
What is Minecraft?
Minecraft is a indie-game developed by a small Swedish company called Mojang. The game is a infininte sandbox game made by a huge variety of blocks. You start out as a character, and explore, construct and gather materials. The options are endless. The worlds are generated to look like ours, with different biomes. The different biomes have their own look and feel, as well as advantages and complications. As the player "Steve" you go and live in the world, but not alone. Zombies, skeletons and creepers come out at night, to terrorize your home. To survive, you have to make yourself armor, weapons and traps.�
You can also play multiplayer. Join servers and meet new people, and build stuff together. Join PvP servers to challenge opponents. Make your own vanilla server for friends to come join you, or make a advanced bukkit server. If you know java, you can also�customize�the server as you want.
Also, you can use creative mode to make all the stuff you can imagine. From huge amazing cities, to beautiful landscape creations, using minecraft tools.
The options are endless in Minecraft.
Who makes Minecraft?
Minecraft started out as a cave-game, made by Notch a.k.a Marcus Persson from Sweden. Later on, he made the company "Mojang", and not-very-long-ago he gave the Minecraft project lead to Jeb a.k.a�Jens Bergensten. Mojang have also created other games. Minecraft was originally made for PC, but later on pocket versions have been released for smartphones. Recently, Minecraft was also released for xbox.�
My opinion about Minecraft
I have played�Minecraft for years, and I still love the game. With all the options and fun you can have with it, you'll never get tired. The fact that Mojang keeps updating the game adding new stuff, makes you never get bored. You can't "win" Minecraft, and many will think that it's a boring game due to that. Not me. If you see the�opportunities, you don't need a goal to "win" a game, as long as it keeps you entertained.�
Where can I get Minecraft?
Minecraft can be bought at Minecraft.net�for $26.95. You need to register a account, and this will be your username when playing at servers. You can also play a demo. I totally recommend buying the game instead of using a cracked launcher, due to the fact you can play on all the public servers.�
Also, if you wanna check out other Minecraft pages, visit the minecraftforum.net�or the minecraft wiki for more information about the game.


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In May, I'll be in Winnipeg for Keycon. The organizers consider me a published author, which is nice of them since Keycon 34 runs from May 19th to 21st, and Avians won't actually be released until August 1st. Blatant plug: Avians is available for pre-order now at Five Rivers, Kobo, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.
I get to do stuff.
On Friday evening, at 8:00PM, I'm attempting Miyazaki and Flight with Timothy Gwyn: Flight has fascinated humankind for centuries. Join our panelists as they discuss anime master Hayao Miyazaki's use of flight in his films, and how they've inspired writers and fans alike.
Hayao Miyazuki's anime works, especially his Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, have been a big influence on my fiction. He portrayed some lovely and fantastic flying machines: airships, multi-wing flying fortresses, jet powered gliders, and more. Not only that, he made the machines and their flight characteristics integral to his plots. The other panelists are still TBA.
Saturday, I have it easy.
From 11:00AM to 12:00 noon, I present Alternative Aviation in Science Fiction with Timothy Gwyn: From Autogyros to Zeppelins: a catalogue of unusual aircraft past, present and future. A look at the strengths and weaknesses of each, plus how much technology is needed to build them, and how well they fit into different sub-genres of SF. Examples from noteworthy fiction, and how they played a role in plot or worldbuilding. Do you need air transportation in the age of steam, or on an alien world? Alternative aviation may hold the answers you're looking for. Remember: getting there is half the fun!
I did this slideshow at When Words Collide last year, with Lindsay Kitson's help. She has offered to run the projector and help again. Wait, did she say help or was it heckle?
After that, I'm free to roam around and take in friend's panels. Such as Lindsay's, and also Daria Patrie's. I'm looking forward to How to Edit Your Own Work, and Why You Need an Editor, with Lindsay Kitson, J. Boone Dryden, Diane Walton and Daria Patrie, Point of View, with Gerald Brandt, Melinda Friesen, Lindsay Kitson, and Daria Patrie, Women in Speculative Fiction with Kelley Armstrong, Tamsen McDonough, Lindsay Kitson, and Van Kunder, and Critique Group Survival with Lindsay Kitson and Daria Patrie. I'm in their critique group, and it's been invaluable.
Sunday, I'm busier.
From 11:00AM to 12:00 noon, I'm doing the Book Reading with Timothy Gwyn, Sherry Peters and Melinda Friesen: Timothy Gwyn reads from Avians, Sherry Peters reads from Mabel the Mafioso Dwarf, and Melinda Friesen reads from Subversion. A question and answer session follows the readings. Stay until the end to receive a free ticket for a chance to win $40.00 in Dealers Room Dollars. One ticket, per person, per Reading Session. Draw to be held Sunday at noon.
Sherry and I go back several years, and I'm looking forward to meeting Melinda.
From 2:00PM to 3:00PM it's Aviation and Believable Airships and Aircraft in Science Fiction with Timothy Gwyn and Lindsay Kitson: An interactive session with two pilots who are also writers. Lindsay Kitson and Timothy Gwyn tackle the credible and incredible in aviation fact and fiction. Learn how getting aviation right can enhance your story. Some pointers on how to keep it real with aircraft and airship scenes that actually work.
Lindsay and I both cringe at some of the things we see written about aircraft. In exchange for putting up with our grousing, audience members brave enough to take a quiz will have a chance to win one signed and dated author's copy of Avians. Remember, that's a pre-release first edition.
I might give away a second copy at one of my other slots. It'll be a surprise.
From 3:00PM to 4:00PM, I have How Do Writers Read Books? With Kelley Armstrong, Gerald Brandt, Timothy Gwyn and Den Valdron: Can a writer read a book for pure enjoyment without critiquing the writing? Can genre writers read books within their own field without being overly influenced by those books? What books do writers read? What books do writers recommend aspiring writers to read?
This will be a nice way to finish up. Gerald Brandt helped me write queries and gave me great advice on a word-count problem. I've seen Kelley Armstrong at cons, but never really spoken to her, despite us having a name in common. Like me, Den Valdron is with Five Rivers Publishing, and I was at the launch of his The Mermaid's Tale at When Words Collide in Calgary last summer.
Come see me and my friends at Keycon. I'm excited about it.


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Let's face it, there's unrelenting pressure on IT to enable competitive advantage through new technology and use of data assets‒-but the business is driving initiatives that can push sensitive production data into more and more exposed areas. The key question is 'How can you enable the business to be agile AND take a more proactive, programmatic approach to security at the same time?' With the advanced threats that are pervasive today, it's becoming increasingly dangerous for organizations to deploy new technologies and processes, and then reactively address the implications for data security in the ecosystem. You need a blueprint to reverse this trend in your organization.In this webinar, William Stewart, Senior Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton and Jeff Lunglhofer, Principal of Booz Allen Hamilton–a leading management technology and consulting firm driving strategic innovation for clients–will discuss the top trends in cyber threat mitigation, data privacy, data governance, and data security, with Mark Bower, VP Product Management and Solutions Architecture at Voltage Security.
Attend this webinar to learn more about how to:
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•Implement a new data de-identification framework across production, test & dev, and analytics use cases
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The world's most expensive countries to live in right nowBy lovemoney.com of Lovemoney |
World Cost of Living
Ever wondered where the most expensive countries to call home are? With data from the latest World Cost of Living Index, we reveal the countries stretching pockets the most. The index is produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit bi-annually collecting data from households online, with over 50,000 prices collected during each survey. The prices are converted into US dollars and weighted. Each country then gets a score, with the US the base line of 100. Read on to find out where's most expensive© goldyg/Shutterstock.com


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So excited to share this very special feature, in collaboration with I.W. Harper and Frederic Malle! I happen to be quite seasoned when it comes to sipping on spirits, so working with I.W. Harper always makes for a fun time (check out my previous post about Holiday Cocktailing for some delicious ideas). However, as much as I love and have a strong appreciation for the art of perfumery, I've always been too indecisive to pick out my "signature scent".
I.W. Harper and Frederic Malle went went above and beyond in setting up this amazing experience. Frederic Malle offers an uncompromising approach to fragrance creation, assisting customers in finding their ideal perfume, with the help of their highly trained and approachable team of experts. They'll steer you in the right direction, paying close attention to the specific notes and combinations you're naturally drawn to – whether it be a bolder scent, or something light, clean and fresh.
I was graciously paired with an incredible woman, Dinara Tuleuova, who taught me so much! Ms. Tuleuova walked me through the process, step by step, in a way that wasn't intimidating for a newbie like myself. She made me feel comfortable while asking thoughtful and relevant questions. It was an educational and enjoyable experience, which ultimately led to my to finding that perfect perfume, En Passant…a selection undeniably inspired by the chic, retro appeal of I.W. Harper whiskey!
While there are many amazing options, I fell for this refreshing combination of white lilac, orange leaves, cucumber and wheat. And all throughout the selection process, I was able to enjoy I.W. Harper cocktails…a pretty magical afternoon!
I've always been intrigued by perfume and and the power it holds. A complimentary fragrance can be the finishing touch to an outfit, the best accessory for a silk negligee, or even worn on its own (yes, in the absence of clothing), if you are looking to create an irresistibly seductive atmosphere. Add I.W. Harper's classic whiskey with a modern twist to the mix, and prepare yourself for one seriously lustful scenario!
*shot at Ferderic Malle West Village by Jono Bernstein, hair and makeup by Kai Stamps, wearing Hellessy Basket Weave Sheath Dress, sipping on I.W. Harper Bourbon Whiskey


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Colin Powell-All We Want is Land to Bury our Dead-Truth!
Colin Powell Comment on the U.S. Only Asking for Enough Foreign Land to Bury Its Soldiers-Mostly Truth!Summary of eRumor: The story is that U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell was speaking in England. The Archbishop or Canterbury asked whether plans for a war in Iraq was really an example of "empire building" by President George Bush. Powell answered that the U.S. has sent many young men and women to fight in foreign lands but has never asked for any more land than is enough in which to bury those who did not return. The Truth: What most people want to know is whether Powell made this statement. He did, although some other facts in the eRumor are incorrect. First, Powell's statement was not made in England. It was during a presentation to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland during January, 2003. Second, the questioner was not the current Archbishop of Canterbury, but the former Archbishop, George Carey. Third, Carey was not asking about "empire building." He asked Powell whether the U.S. was relying too much on "hard power" such as military action as opposed to "soft power" such as appealing to the common values of the major religions and building trust based on those values. Powell responded by affirming the "soft power" of values but that it was the "hard power" of the military that, for example, helped free Europe and so the "soft power" of peace and reconstruction could take place. Powell then said, "We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last year in Afghanistan and put wonderful young men and women at risk, many of whom have lost their lives, and we have asked for nothing except enough ground to bury them in, and otherwise we have returned home to seek our own, you know, to seek our own lives in peace, to live our own lives in peace. But there comes a time when soft power or talking with evil will not work where, unfortunately, hard power is the only thing that works." Last updated 4/14/03
A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:
Quote by Colin Powell:
When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by
the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of
empire building by George Bush.
He answered by saying that, "Over the years, the United States has sent
many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom
beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in
return is enough to bury those that did not return."
It became very quiet in the room.


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Icy cold & refreshing, satisfying, thirst quenching, and energizing… That's what you can look forward to from Legend Vending when it comes to cold beverages. And when something hot is more like it, look no further. Our modern hot beverage machines treat you to rich and creamy coffee, cappuccino, and hot chocolate, along with the most popular blends of soothing teas, all at the press of a button!
From the classic favorites, to the new "must haves," Legend Vending offers you a wide range of Coca-Cola and Pepsi products including juices, energy & sports drinks, iced tea, and almost every type of water you can imagine.