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Hi! I'm Kerstin Waddell.
Lovely to meet you! I love all things calm and serene, as well as anything that sparkles and makes me giggle. I can be creative, mindful, playful, caring and carefree. While I have always been caring, I was not always carefree or happy…
After burning out twice, I decided to make some new choices and listen to my own Heart Song. At first, all I could hear were the sighs of my exhausted body and the churning of my fear-filled thoughts. Then I learned how to gently hold my heart as it slowly opened and released my defrosted dreams – and with it my Heart Song.
Its tune led me to study with Martha Beck to become a certified life coach, and I am now living my dream of contributing to people's healing and living a much more balanced and happier life.
It is not always easy to follow your Heart Song – and I sometimes still can get sidetracked. I'm continuously discovering more and more about the complexities of my being – and my fellow human beings – (untangling myself layer by layer from limiting beliefs and out dated habits), as well as learning how to love wholeheartedly after the loss. This is what I love most about my work: I have to "live it to give it".
Credentials, Experience, Approach and More
- I am a Martha Beck certified life coach (Martha Beck is a well known American life coach, whose regular feature in the O magazine you may have come across and whom you may have seen on the Oprah show or more recently on OWN). This means that I am trained to use a variety of tools and methods to support the unfolding of your journey towards your right life and happiness.
- I have also been trained by Judy Klipin (a Martha Beck Master life coach) how to coach adults who generally feel overly responsible (more adult like) but also completely vulnerable and overwhelmed (more childlike), because of shared limiting beliefs they have developed during a less than perfect childhood. Through Judy's training, I am able to coach such 'adult children' find new ways to relate to the world and others which brings new choices, freedom and happiness.
- I am also certified in the "Creative Grief Studio" Grief Support . This approach to grief support is based on the latest research on grief and loss and what techniques are best to support a person with grief and loss of all types, helping clients re-connect with their own resilience.
- Bachelor in Fine Art (University of Cape Town)
- Honours in Psychology (University of Stellenbosch)
- Masters in Research Psychology (University of Cape Town)
- Short Courses: Art therapy (South African College of Applied Psychology); Play therapy (Gestalt Institute); Jungian Psychoanalytical theory (Jungian Institute, Zurich)
There are many, many different theories and styles of life coaching. What I like about Martha Beck's life coaching approach is that her life coaching approach:
- makes use of the latest research in human behaviour, methods in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP),
- draws on several Eastern philosophical concepts,
- adds a healthy dose of humour and spirituality, and
- grounds her work in her own life experience.
At the heart of Martha Beck's coaching philosophy is the assumption that we all already know in our hearts what our 'right life' is and how to find happiness. This knowledge may however have been pushed aside or forgotten because of fear, the need to meet others' expectations, self sabotage and/or limiting beliefs.
Martha Beck is a writer and Life Coach pioneer who specialises in Life Design – helping people design satisfying and meaningful life experiences. Her non-academic books include the New York Times' bestsellers, Expecting Adam and Leaving the Saints, as well as Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live; Steering by Starlight; and Finding Your Way in a New Wild World. Martha has also been a contributing editor for many popular magazines, including Real Simple and Redbook, and is currently a columnist for O, the Oprah Magazine. More information about Martha Beck can be found at www.marthabeck.com.
Judy is a Martha Beck Master Coach based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and the author of Life Lessons for the Adult Child. Find out more about Judy at www.judyklipin.com or www.stellarlifedesign.co.za.
Kerstin Waddell is not a licensed health professional and you will not be able to claim coaching session fees back from your medical aid. Kerstin adheres to the code of ethics for Martha Beck coaches.
Kerstin Waddell is a Martha Beck certified life coach based in Cape Town, South Africa.


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I picked up this little beauty a couple of months ago. It's $30 Canadian or $26 U.S. Each tube is 0.52 oz. I decided to take this product photo straight from Sephora's website as my tube is squeezed up and the packaging is chipping. Photo below. Despite my tube looking a bit worse for wear, I have to say that I love this product. Some of you who have been reading my blogs for the past couple of years may know that I have been suffering with some extreme dry lip issues the last couple of winters. I think it started as an allergic reaction to some soap and it went from there. I was a bit scared that this winter I would have to revisit this issue. I swear this Agave Lip Mask has saved my bacon. When I so much as feel a tingle of dry lips coming on, I pop this on and I am good to go for hours. Hell, I have been just wearing this out to work or shopping or whatever by itself most days lately. Sometimes I add a touch of red lipstick to it and then I have a nice shiny, muted red lip that goes with everything.
I wear this to bed every night too as you can imagine. Now I love my Burt's Bees Lip Balm and I love my Fresh Lip Treatments, but this Bite product is far superior. It reminds me of Vaseline but it's way better. Tastes better, smells better, works better. Not to mention far better ingredients. It's really thick and sticky but I like it because it stays on your lips. It has a great shine. Better than any old Vaseline.
I am starting to panic and think I need to buy a case of this stuff in case it is ever discontinued. Bite Beauty, please don't ever do that to me! I will cry. I cannot recommend this product enough. I think the tube is going to last me quite a while. The tube below has been used at least twice daily for the past couple of months and as you can see, there is still lots left. The quantity of product in the Agave Lip Mask certainly lasts a heck of a lot longer than any of the Fresh Lip Treatment tubes.
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- It's been a long time since I did Bits and Bites. I must remember to do them more often.
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Yankees' Derek Jeter to have surgery on ankle after injury in ALCS vs. Tigers
DETROIT (AP) -- Derek Jeter will have surgery on his broken left ankle, and the New York Yankees say he is expected to need four to five months to completely recover.
The Yankees said Wednesday that Jeter will be operated on Saturday by Dr. Robert Anderson in Charlotte, N.C. The timetable the team announced means Jeter likely would be ready to return to baseball sometime between the start of spring training in mid-February and late spring training in mid-March.
Jeter, the Yankees' 38-year-old captain, broke his ankle Saturday in the 12th inning of the AL championship series opener while trying to field a ground ball.
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OCEANPORT, N.J. — The New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, which operates Monmouth Park is seeking damages for lost revenues it claims was the result of a long legal battle over sports betting.
The association filed a motion seeking damages in the New Jersey District Court in Trenton on May 24.
The Supreme Court recently ruled that a federal law banning sports betting was unconstitutional.
The association is seeking judgment against the National Collegiate Athletic Association ("NCAA"), the National Basketball Association ("NBA"), the National Football League ("NFL"), the National Hockey League ("NHL") and the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball ("MLB") which had sued to block attempts at bringing sports betting to New Jersey.
In the brief submitted with the motion the attorneys wrote that for more than three and one-half years, in reliance on an unconstitutional federal statute (the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act) and 10 false sworn statements, the sports leagues were able to prevent the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, Inc. "from doing what it had a legal right to do — accept bets on the Leagues' games and on the games of other sports organizations, including golf, tennis, soccer, auto racing, boxing and ultimate fighting. In doing so, the Leagues knowingly caused tremendous damage to Monmouth Park."
According to the brief:
Between Oct. 26, 2014 and May 14, 2018 when the Supreme Court issued its ruling, Monmouth Park could have made $139,749,842 on its sportsbook. This sum does not include other damages Monmouth Park has suffered as the result of having been prevented from accepting sports bets.
The lost revenue is based on figures from Nevada, the only place where sports betting has been allowed.
On Oct. 24, 2014, the Leagues obtained an injunction preventing Monmouth Park from conducting sports betting. The Leagues were ordered to post a surety bond in the amount of $3.4 million to be paid if it was later determined that Monmouth Park had been wrongfully enjoined.
The association seeks to be awarded the $3.4 million plus interest; judgment declaring that the Leagues acted in bad faith by wrongfully blocking the NJTHA from operating a sports betting venue at Monmouth Park; and ordering accelerated discovery and an evidentiary hearing to determine the damages sustained by the NJTHA over and above the bond amount together with counsel fees and costs of suit as the result of the Leagues' bad faith.
"The Leagues' quest to prevent Monmouth Park from accepting bets on the Leagues' games and the games of others first began in 2012 and did not stop until the Supreme Court's May 14, 2018 decision forced them to do so. During the intervening years the Leagues' actions nearly put Monmouth Park out of business, inflicted significant financial and emotional hardship on hundreds of innocent Monmouth Park workers, and jeopardized the continued viability of New Jersey's entire equine industry, including its many horse farms and related open spaces," the brief says.
The leagues claimed that sports betting would result in the fixing of games and would suffer damages if expanded sports betting was allowed.
"At the very same time as the Leagues were convincing this Court of the 'imperative' need to stop the spread of sports betting they were doing the exact opposite by actively fueling and profiting from the rapid expansion of sports betting throughout the United States and internationally. Behind this Court's back, the Leagues have aggressively promoted and facilitated the spread of betting on both the outcome of the Leagues' games as well as the statistical performances, via fantasy wagering, of the Leagues' own players in the Leagues' own games," the brief says.
The association's motion is scheduled to be heard on June 18.
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Physician, professor, neuroscientist, and author Arthur J. Hudson passed away in his sleep on Sunday, September 8, 2013 on the neurology floor of University Hospital, London, Ontario, where he had practised and taught since 1969. His wife Jean, his children Nicholas (Pamela), Nancy (deceased), Robert, and Anna (Mete), and grandchildren Alexander, Michael, Daniel, Anatole and Aral profoundly mourn his passing, along with his sister Beverley and brother-in-law Drew. Born in 1924 in Toronto, he served as a navigator in the Royal Air Force Transport Command from 1943 to 1945. He earned his M.D. from the University of Toronto in 1950, and having trained under the renowned neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield and Dr. Herbert Jasper at the Montreal Neurological Institute, and at the Montreal General Hospital Research Institute with the biochemist J.H. Quastel, in addition to a clerkship in Neurology and Neuropathology at the National Hospital, Queen's Square, London U.K. (where he met Jean), he came as a neurologist to the University of Western Ontario in 1958. Along with his medical practice at St. Joseph's, Victoria and University Hospitals, he was a dedicated researcher in the field of motor-neuron diseases. In 1977, he became a founder of the ALS Society of Canada, and in the same year established the first ALS clinic in Canada and only the second in the world. His achievements led to the creation of the Arthur J. Hudson Chair in ALS Research at the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Hudson was director of Medical Research at University Hospital from 1988 to 1996, a member of the Senate of the University of Western Ontario from 1980 to 1982, and of the Board of Governors from 1990 to 1994. In recognition of this outstanding career of research and public service, he received the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Honorary Medal in 2012. He was a man of wide-ranging intellectual interests that continued after his retirement. In addition to his distinguished record of academic articles, he published an edited volume of essays on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Concepts in Pathogenesis and Etiology (1990), and two monographs: The Physiological Basis and Quantum Versions of Memory and Consciousness (2006) and The Evolution of the Eye from Algae and Jellyfish to Humans (2010). Only a day before his passing, he was still conversing about his most recent ideas on creativity (and writing poetry) and the nature of human consciousness in relation to artificial intelligence. He is being interred privately. The memorial service will be conducted at First-St. Andrew's United Church, 350 Queens Avenue, London, Ontario on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations are invited to the ALS Society of Canada http://www.als.ca/en/donate/ 3000 Steeles Avenue East, Suite 200, Markham, Ontario L3R 4T9 1-800-267-4ALS (4257). Condolences may be made at www.westviewfuneralchapel.com
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EZI63 wrote:EZI63 wrote:Got out on the bike for the first time since June. Nice run down to Pottsville and back, turned out to be a tad expensive. Lost my wallet and my watch broke off at 110 plus on the run home. Still, a nice morning out in the sunshine and fresh air.
Well bugger me, there are still some good folk around. Got a phone call from Murwillumbah police, wallet handed in, all intact. Did a quick ride down this morning to collect it and yep, all intact. Unable to find out who handed it in but I owe them a drink.
Great news Bill, only one thing would be worse than losing ya chopper keys and that is losing ya wallet. Ive heard so many fools degrading those who have a chain on their wallet, usual crap, makes ya think ya tuff or something .. Yeah i have a chain on mine but doesnt make me tuff .. although it makes me happy when my wallet pop's outta my pocket, hasnt happened yet while riding but has happened plenty of times while sitting on a seat.
Your story reminds me of when i called into Gingers Creek Cafe on the Oxley, went to the pisser just as a cpl of groups were leaving, seen what i thought was a glasses case on pisser floor, picked it up when i was done and realised it was a wallet, opened it up and it was fully fucking loaded ran out the front but everyone had left, handed it in at the counter and old mate just grabbed it and flung it under the counter without a thought or blinking an eye and said "they'll be back" .. no fuk's were given .. to this day i always wonder if he got it back, and if he did was it still fully loaded
BTW, the idiot that lost his chopper keys found them 3 week later, after the help of the supernatural


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WASHINGTON — In retooling his economic team for the second half of his four-year term, President Barack Obama has gone back to the future, turning to old hands from President Bill Clinton's administration to try to restore confidence in the slowly recovering economy.
The economy flourished in the 1990s under Clinton, whose campaign song was Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" (Thinking About Tomorrow). Never mind the tune's refrain: "Yesterday's gone."
Thursday, as expected, Obama named as his new chief of staff William Daley, 62, a J.P. Morgan Chase executive and former Clinton commerce secretary who's also a member of the prominent Daley Chicago political family. Daley has headed J.P. Morgan's Midwest operations as well as the firm's corporate responsibility section.
Obama's also expected to announce Friday that he'll choose Clinton's National Economic Council head Gene Sperling, 52, as his own new council director. Sperling is an adviser to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and has worked for investment house Goldman Sachs.
Obama also named former Clinton budget director Jacob Lew, 55, as his budget director last year, after Peter Orszag left the post.
It's hardly surprising that Obama seeks to identify his administration with Clinton's when it comes to the economy. The Clinton years coincided with the longest economic expansion in U.S. history. Gross domestic product grew by about a third. The U.S. work force expanded by more than 18 million jobs. Unemployment fell steadily, from 7.5 percent in 1992 to 4 percent in 2000. Federal budget deficits shrunk from a high of $290 billion in 1992 to four years of surplus starting in 1998.
If Obama's ex-Clinton hands deliver similar results, he'll have a much better shot at re-election in 2012.
All these ex-Clinton aides have experience and broad networks throughout government and Wall Street. And all are considered pragmatists able to work with Republicans and business leaders. That makes some liberals nervous.
Daley last year, in remarks to The New York Times, assessed Obama's health care expansion as a political overreach. Separately, he has said that most Americans aren't liberals and want "pragmatic change."
As a lawyer, Daley also helped get the North American Free Trade Agreement — a treaty many unions and liberals dislike — through Congress before becoming Clinton's commerce secretary.
All this disappoints some liberals in Obama's Democratic base, even as others praised Daley as even-handed and inclusive.
Justin Ruben, executive director of MoveOn.org, a liberal group, said that Daley's appointment "sends the wrong message to the American people" and that "it's up to Daley to prove that he's not carrying water in the White House for the big banks that took our economy over the cliff."
But Howard Dean, the former presidential candidate and Democratic National Committee chairman who enjoyed a strong liberal following, said Daley's a good choice. Dean had criticized Obama's operation previously as being too insular and dismissive of those outside their circle.
Dean said Daley "knows Washington, but he also is not of Washington. . . . I don't agree with (Daley) on a lot of stuff politically. But I do think, A, he's a grown-up, and B, he gets that you don't treat people like you know everything and they don't," which could be interpreted as a disguised jab at Obama's previous chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, whose aggressive style often rubbed people the wrong way.
The president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Thomas J. Donohue, praised Daley Thursday as "a man of stature and extraordinary experience in government, business, trade negotiations, and global affairs" who is "an accomplished manager and strong leader" and said his group looked forward to working with him.
The National Association of Manufacturers also was optimistic, hailing Daley in a statement as "a very accomplished and strong business leader."
However, the U.S. Business and Industry Council, a group of smaller, U.S.-based manufacturers who favor protectionist trade policies, said that Daley as commerce secretary and as a director of the U.S.-China Business Council, had helped pave the way for jobs and manufacturing to leave the U.S.
Introducing Daley at the White House, Obama noted Daley's work for Clinton and corporate America and praised his "deep understanding of how jobs are created and how to grow our economy," adding that "I'm convinced that he'll help us in our mission of growing our economy."
Though Obama campaigned in 2008 on bringing change and new blood to Washington, from the start he's included experienced hands from the Clinton years. Daley himself advised Obama's transition team.
In joining the board of centrist Democratic policy organization Third Way, Daley said last year that he believes in "building a big tent political movement that can attract an enduring majority" with a pro-market, national security emphasis that seeks "common ground on culture issues."
He said that most Americans are neither conservatives nor liberals and that "we must steer a more moderate course."
In his 2005 policy book, "The Pro-Growth Progressive," Sperling advocated centrist policy solutions to economic challenges. He wrote that America requires "a new pro-growth progressive consensus. We need a deeper appreciation of the inevitability of change, the benefits of open markets, and the upward aspirations and entrepreneurial nature of Americans," while expanding the middle class.
If named by Obama to head the council, he'd replace economist Larry Summers, who's returning to Harvard University.
Sperling's a lawyer by training, not an economist. Leonard Burman, a Syracuse University professor who served with Sperling in the late 1990's during the Clinton administration, said that Sperling is dogged and sufficiently steeped in economics to do the job well, adding that, "Sperling does have a better political IQ than Summers does."
(Tish Wells contributed to this article.)
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While engineers and designers feverishly worked overtime on the development of a four-passenger cars they code-named the F-car, the Chevy public relations, marketing and advertising team prepared the world for the introduction of a car they called the Panther.
All through the summer of 1965 essentially every aspect of the car's design and development, from preliminary design sketches to clay designs, was photographed and thoroughly documented. Chevy used the assets to develop a 30 -minute film The Camaro for sale in Nitro WV , which was later revealed on TELEVISION and in cinema. They likewise introduced females's clothes called the Camaro Collection as well as a Camaro road race online game.
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In November, Chevy sales executives and imaginative individuals previewed prototype designs at the GM Tech Center. Campbell-Ewald, Chevy's age-old ad agency, instantly began deal with catalogs, direct-mail advertising and sales promotion materials, along with print, outside and TV/radio advertising. In April 1966, at the New York Car Program Interview, Chevrolet sales executives admitted no name had been chosen for the new automobile, but did announce that pricing of 1967 Chevy Camaro for sale in Nitro WV design will remain in the Corvair-Chevy II range.
Throughout early 1966 Chevy struggled over a name for its Mustang-killer. GM's upper management was nervous about the aggressive undertones of the Panther name. A comparable bout of cold feet would later on trigger the Pontiac variation, code word the Banshee, to be relabelled Firebird. Over its brief life time, the F-car had actually been called by lots of names including Wildcat, Chaparral, Commander and Nova. It's likewise rumored that Chevy considered using the letters "GM" in the name, and developed G-Mini, which evolved into GeMini and finally Gemini. Nevertheless, GM's upper management banned the idea, fearing the vehicle might be a failure.
Automotive legend has it that somebody at Chevrolet lastly proposed the name Camaro and upper management quickly concurred. Although the name has no real meaning, GM scientists supposedly found the word in a French dictionary as a slang term for "friend" or "companion." It's reported that Ford Motor Company researchers likewise found other definitions, including "a shrimp-like animal" and an arcane term for "loose bowels."
Since a number or pre-launch materials had already been launched utilizing the Panther name, Chevy's a lot of pressing obstacle was to now rename their brand-new Mustang killer, the Camaro. Camaros are found in Nitro WV by looking for classic car dealers.
The price tag of $2,466 for a Camaro base coupe and $2,704 for a base convertible was fully competitive with Ford's pricing of their 1967 Mustang designs which was $2,461 for the basic coupe, $2,692 for a basic fastback and $2,898 for a standard convertible.Taking a page from Mustang's success in earning added profit from choices and accessories, the Camaro could be ordered with nearly 80 factory alternatives and 40 dealership accessories.
Buyers might also choice up to a bigger 250-inch version of the basic straight 6 engine, a choice of 327-cubic-inch small-block V8s fed by either a two-barrel or a four-barrel carburetor and two variations of the 396-cubic-inch big-block V8. In order to keep the new Camaro from taking sales far from the Corvette, a corporate edict forbade equipping it with engines larger than 400 cid. Transmission alternatives included a four-speed handbook, a two-speed "Powerglide" and in late 1967 the new three-speed "Turbo Hydra-Matic 350".


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St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) has declared its first quarterly dividend of 2013, and it will give investors something to cheer about. The company will hand out $0.25 per share of its common stock on April 30 to shareholders of record as of March 29. That amount represents a 9% increase over the medical-device maker's previous disbursement of $0.23, which was paid in each quarter of 2012. Before that, the dividend was $0.21 per share.
In its news release announcing the new payout, the company quoted CEO Daniel Starks as saying that "this is the second increase in our dividend since it was initiated in 2011, further demonstrating our commitment to returning value to our shareholders as we continue to focus on growing our business."
The new disbursement annualizes to $1.00 per share. That yields 2.5% at St. Jude Medical's current stock price of $40.73.
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text: When I went to tuck the girls in the other night this was the scene I came across. Apparently Mike Wazowski had gathered all the bedroom critters to share the story of "Noah's Ark". (I can't make this stuff up people!) I love the girl's creativity, not sure how to channel it yet, but love it! -Cindy


text: The history of ice cream goes back to the frozen deserts made of snow and ice by the Chinese and others like the Romans. The early Muslim Arabs took to it and the Khalifs of Baghdad drank syrups cooled with snow. This delicious drink was originally called sharbet (in Arabic.) The name and recipe would travel around the world and give rise to sorbetto (Italian) and sorbet (English) ice cream and many other variations.With the fall of the Roman Empire, ice creams disappeared in Europe but not in Arabia where the making of frozen drinks kept improving. The Arabs learnt ice cream-making from the Chinese and, when Muslims invaded Sicily, ice cream-making was revived in Italy and spread to France and the rest of the world. A story (unconfirmed) says that a disciple of Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) invented a way to freeze fruit juices by placing them into containers, which were then placed into other containers of chopped ice. This ice cream making system was used throughout the centuries till refrigerators were invented.Ice cream was the favourite desert for the caliphs of Baghdad. It grew more refined with Arab inventions: sugar and new fruit juices were added. Arabs were first to make ice cream commercially, with factories in the 10th century. It was sold in all Arab cities. The Arabs took it to Sicily and from there ice cream spread in Europe. Crusaders also brought back recipes and ice cream became a new discovery for rich people's banquets.The West has Muslims to thank for the popular desert called ice cream.


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The Williams Family, Beavercreek, Ohio
The Williams Family
December 21, 2001
Well, Rufus, what a welcome! You no more than arrive at our door, than we take Christopher to Children's Medical Center Emergency Room, where we are admitted to the almost home unit. Christopher had a stomach virus that led to dehydration and ketones. Rufus was a big help while Christopher got his IV started.(Christopher, as long as he has been diabetic, still can't stand the sight of needles, especially those that belong to a blood test or an IV.) Rufus and Christopher spent the night watching the Disney Channel, a real treat for Christopher since we don't have cable.
December 22, 2001
Rufus and Christopher are home now. We will spend a quiet day at home resting up. We want to have plenty of energy for Christmas. Christopher and Rufus checked their sugar and ketones often to make sure there would be no more trips to the hospital.
December 23, 2001
Christopher and Rufus went to a Dayton Bombers game today. That's Dayton's Hockey Team! They had their picture taken with Bucky Beaver, the Bombers mascot. Rufus enjoyed the game, but wasn't too crazy about the fights that broke out. Dayton won 3-2. Christopher and Rufus got to watch everyone eat junk food at the game. That is always hard for them. The snacks are not healthy or necessarily at the right time for Christopher or Rufus to join in. Rufus fell asleep on the ride home. It makes for a late night. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. It will be a busy day. Sleep tight Rufus.
December 24, 2001
Well, it's Christmas Eve and the excitement in the house it quite evident. We promised Rufus and the kids they could open one present after church this evening. Rufus and the kids thought the Church service was really beautiful-but a little long. They got to open one present and begged to open more. Just wait. Tomorrow is Christmas.
December 25, 2001
Merry Christmas, Rufus! We hope you enjoyed opening your gifts. We are spending a quiet Christmas at home. It seems everyone we would normally visit is ill. I hope Rufus doesn't get sick. They all enjoy spending the day playing with their Christmas presents. P.S. It snowed!
December 26, 2001
Christopher took Rufus to the Wright B Flyer museum. In case you don't know, the Wright B Flyer was the first airplane, built by Orville and Wilbur Wright. Rufus enjoyed sitting in the airplane with Christopher. It certainly made a nice picture.
December 27, 2001
Christopher and Rufus went to the United States Air Force Museum. They spent most of the time in the WWII section looking at the different types of airplanes that were flown in the war. They also checked out the modern day airplanes. Rufus said his favorite airplane was the F-22. If you haven't figured it out, Dayton is known for its airplanes and Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
December 28, 2001
Christopher was invited to a birthday party. He wrangled an invitation for Rufus, too. It was a skating party. Rufus was too cool on roller skates. Christopher's friend, Christopher, has a little brother named Jonathan who is diabetic. We got Jonathan to pose on skates with Rufus. The worst part of the party for Christopher and Rufus was not being allowed to have the pizza at the party and all the late night snacks for the sleep over part. The party started too late to let the pizza be their dinner, and we make it a rule not to let Christopher eat late night snacks. It really screws up his readings. He and Rufus did end up going low after all the skating (even with a juice before skating started). They ended up having another juice and a protein before bed. All and all, though, it was a fun birthday party.
December 31, 2001
The last couple of days have been pretty routine, cartoons, errands, church and of course, just relaxing since we are still on break. Blood sugars have been stable. There have been no major surprises. Tonight is the New Year's Eve Party. Every year we go to a friend's house and have snacks, games, and just talk. We are anxious to show off Rufus and tell of his exploits.
January 1, 2002
We had a great time ringing in the New Year. We did lots of snacking. Rufus, Christopher, and his friend Douglas, had to limit their snacking and check their blood sugars frequently since staying up late usually cause them to go low-but no problems last night. We did lots of talking and played games, too. We watched Dick Clark ring in the New Year. Rufus enjoyed his non-alcoholic champagne to toast 2002 and the party favors. We all stayed up until 2:00 a.m. Today, after sleeping in until 8:00 a.m., Rufus is packing and getting ready for his trip to Florida. We hope you enjoy the warm temperatures (highs here have been in the 20's). We send you with our blessings. We will miss you, Rufus.
Steve, Vicky, Christopher (12), Staci (10) and Kelly (8).
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Marriage In Nisa Essay, Research Paper
Marriage in Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman
Marriage is something that is sacred in all cultures. Everyone gets married in some way or another. In American culture, a man marries one woman, and together, they eventually raise a family. In some places, marriages are arranged. There are other places where people marry their cousins and others where men marry more then one woman. All of these types of marriages are discussed in Anthropology: An Applied Perspective. Many different cultures have many different ways to go about marrying and having families.
In Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman, Nisa speaks of her many marriages and how they worked out and why they turned out that way. Nisa was married for the first time at a very young age. She had not even menstruated yet. That is the way that it is in her culture. A woman marries an older man when she is very young. Often, the girl is frightened to stay in their new home alone together right away, so a nurse comes and stays with them for a short period of time.
Nisa s marriage ceremony was very different from a marriage ceremony that we would have here in America. The women wear beads and decorations, like we do, but that is only part of the ceremony. A main part of the marriage is that the husband s family and the wife s family band together and make a marriage hut for the new couple. Here is where the two are supposed to live and sleep together. Very rarely does a young girl actually stay in the hut at night though. Nisa ran back to her parents hut everytime that her husband would fall asleep.
Nisa also had many husbands. Which is normal in her culture. Polygamy is also normal. Men are aloud to marry more then one woman, but often it does not work out. Nisa was going to marry a man that had another wife, but it did not feel right to her so she did not do it. The !Kung people call their multiple wives, co-wives. In many instances, the first wife gets very jealous, and that is what causes the second one to leave. Being in a polygamous marriage is very difficult for people who care a lot about their spouse.
!Kung people also sometimes marry their cousins or distant relatives. This is normal to them and is normal in some other cultures as well. When people are young, the parents arrange their marriages but once they are older, they can pick their own spouses.
The textbook discusses the functions of marriage, and they are the same in basically all cultures. Marriage is a way to divide labor between the sexes, to control sexual competition and to create a family and a set of family relationships, in order to provide for each other. Nisa speaks about how their families share everything with each other. If one person has food, they have to share the extra food with everyone else, rather then save it for themselves. In many instances, a husband or a lover will bring the food to their wife, or mistress.
In exchange for the woman that a !Kung man marries, the man has to help to take care of her and her family. He has to share his meat and food and give all that he can. One of Nisa s husbands refused to share meat with her and her family and so her father made him leave their area.
Divorce is also very different in the !Kung lifestyle. If a man leaves a woman, they are almost immediately considered divorced. That is quite different as opposed to a divorce in America, where there are all sorts of legal repercussions. All that they have to do is go see the headman of the village to get permission to remarry. Nisa had to do this once with her husband Besa, who had left her when she was pregnant in a strange village.
Marriage is something that all cultures have and need, In Nisa s culture they thrive off of it in order to have families and sexual pleasure, though they sometimes have lovers. Marriage is different wherever people go, and can not expect for it to be the same as in other cultures. Marriage and family is very important for the cycle of life.


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Looks like Seagate is buying Maxtor for $1.9 billion. This will increase Seagate's position as the world's largest hard drive manufacturer, followed by Western Digital. Speaking of Seagate, TechReport takes the 7200.9 "SATA-2.5" 160GB and 500GB disks for a spin in a comprehensive review.
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Hans Von Hammer is the lead in a new serial beginning in issue #265 of The Unknown Soldier, with Steve Savage playing the guest star this time around. This 3-parter not only follows up on the 'Balloon Buster' saga from the previous 3 issues, but also serves as a sequel, of sorts, to the duel between the 2 WWI aces from issue #s 181-183 of Star Spangled War Stories published almost 10 years prior. Despite having met on fairly cooperative terms during their last encounter, in this new adventure, Hans Von Hammer & Steve Savage are once again antagonists.
Pitting the two pilots against one another are writer Robert Kanigher (creator of both characters), and artist John Severin a long time vet, who'd worked on many titles for many publishers, specializing in westerns and war books (which would seem to make him the perfect artist to work on a Balloon Buster story). He had worked with Kanigher previously on DC war features including the 'Losers,' 'Sgt. Rock' and an earlier 'Enemy Ace' serial. Having served in WWII (along with most of the talent who'd previously worked on both Enemy Ace & Balloon Buster), Severin had a great eye for detail, and his aircraft & firearms are probably the most realistic looking of all the artists who worked on either WWI feature.
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To unwind the next day, Von Hammer engages in one of his favorite pastimes, hunting. Returning from his excursion, Von Hammer is attacked by another bounty hunter, and in the cliffhanger, his car is shot off the road. 'The Hunt for Von Hammer' (my cheesy title, not Bob Kanigher's) would continue in the next issue of The Unknown Soldier. Nice start to an exciting serial, and John Severin's art makes a nice contribution to the adventures of both The Enemy Ace and The Balloon Buster.


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The Features
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is a highly compact device that is supported by a good 1.7GHz processor dual core with 1.5GB of internal memory. The storage facility is 8GB and can be expanded up to 64GB by MicroSD cards.
Regarding the specs Galaxy S4 Mini has 4.3 inch HD AMOLED display with 8MP rear camera and 1.9MP front camera. The other exciting features like shot & sound, auto saving images at user's timeline, or auto creation of the album of a specific event are also present. More specs are-
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Markus Kooper: Death of a Hero
THE spiritual and religious leader of the Hoachanas community and staunch petitioner to the United Nations in the early 1960's to prevent the incorporation of the then South West Africa into South Africa as a 5th province, Reverend Markus Kooper, will find his last resting place in Namibia's Heroes' Acre on Thursday, 22 December 2005. Rev. Kooper passed away in the Windhoek Central Hospital at the age of 87 after a short illness, on Friday, 9 December 2005. Hifikepunye Pohamba, President of the Republic of Namibia called a Special Cabinet meeting on Sunday, 11 December 2005 to deliberate on the status of Rev. Kooper's funeral. Cabinet resolved to endorse a recommendation of President Pohamba to confer the honour of a national hero status on the late Rev. Kooper and to direct that a State funeral be held in his honour for his role in the national liberation struggle of Namibia. Following the Special Cabinet meeting, President Pohamba has in terms of Article 32 (3) (h) of the Namibian Constitution conferred the honour of national hero status on the late Rev. Kooper and directed that a State funeral be held in his honour. Born at Hoachanas on 12 September 1918, Rev. Kooper completed his education at the Elementary School in 1932 and spent his time assisting his ageing parents with general housework, livestock framing and gardening until 1938. From 1939 to 1941 he studied at the Teacher Training School at Okahandja. He married Rachel Witbooi in 1942 and started his teaching career the same year. He taught in the Elementary Schools of Stampriet, Gochas and Hoachanas between 1942 and 1946. On 3 July 1946 he became one of the signatories to the secession document following a split in the Rheinisch Mission Church, an event which sent shock waves through the country's white communities. Rev. Kooper and other secessionists joined the A.M.E. Church. He resigned from teaching and received a scholarship to attend the School of Religion at Wilberforce from 1946. Circumstances beyond his control forced him to cut his studies short and to return home at the end of 1948. Back home, Rev. Kooper became the centerpiece of the harsh apartheid and colonial pressure that was determined since 1923 to relocate the Hoachanas community to another location. When the colonial regime failed to relocate the community, the 50 000 hectares of land at Hoachanas was confiscated and reduced to 14 000 hectares in a move to make their life unbearable. Rev. Kooper and the community was determined and committed to hold on to what they considered as their heritage. In 1954 Rev. Kooper was ordained as a Deacon and in 1955 he became an Elder in the A.M.E. Church. The white community viewed the A.M.E. Church at Hoachanas as a communist church and a threat to their own existence. They saw the forcible removal of Rev. Kooper from Hoachanas as the only way to rid the community of the communist influence. In 1952, the community was issued with temporary residence permits on the pretext that the former German colonial agreement only gave Hoachanas to them as a temporary residence. Rev. Kooper was told that the German agreement did not grant him the right to live at Hoachanas. He was summoned to appear in the High Court in Windhoek to advance reasons to the administrator why he should not be removed from Hoachanas, since he was living there illegally. He refused to appear in the High Court and instead collected all the permanent residence permits from the community between 1952 and 1958 and sent them back to the administrator. Rev. Kooper, his wife and five children were removed at gunpoint from Hoachanas on 29 January 1959 and dumped in a lifeless area some 300 kilometers from Keetmans-hoop. Restricted to this area, they were deprived of visits, food supplies and housing and only state security accessed the area for their regular interrogation and inhumane intimidation of the Kooper family. Towards the end of 1959, Rev. Kooper left his family under difficult circumstances and returned to Hoachanas from where he escaped to Zambia via Botswana early in 1960 after years of harassment by the colonial occupiers. In Zambia, he linked up with the Founding Father of the Nation, Dr Sam Nujoma, the late Adv. Jariretundu Kozonguizi, Mburumba Kerina, the current Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Theo-Ben Gurirab, the former Prime Minister Hage Geingob and others to petition the United Nations on the future of South West Africa/Namibia. After 16 years as a petitioner to the United Nations, Rev. Kooper returned to Namibia in 1976 and established the A.M.E. Private Community School at Hoachanas. In 1981 he was among 41 men arrested and imprisoned for 6 months for refusing to register for the colonial and ethnic-based census by the Transitional Government. The late Rev. Kooper served on the SWAPO Elders Council and received several awards from the A.M.E. Church for relentless sacrifices and achievements in the A.M.E. Church. He was indeed a pioneer in the areas of education, religion and human rights and in his fight for the dignity and brotherhood of all mankind in Namibia. He also played an important role in the liberation of the country. The late Rev. Kooper is survived by his wife, Rachael, five children and several grand and great grandchildren. The Hero's Memorial Service for the late Rev. Markus Kooper is scheduled to take place in Parliament Gardens on Wednesday, 21 December 2005. On Thursday, 22 December 2005, he will be laid to rest at Heroes' Acre with a hero's funeral. The programme for the Hero's Memorial Service and Funeral will be made available once it has been finalised. Further information on the late Rev. Kooper can be obtained from his son, Francis Kooper at telephone number 0811246145.
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For any form of writer/mad enthusiast of anything who has managed to find their compatible niche in the online world of blogging, they're probably always going to get some kick out of the feeling of feeding their own unique stories through their own unique platforms that are theirs and theirs alone, yet which are also good enough to get some hits and visits every now and again. Being a blogger brings continuous satisfaction, no doubt. 🙂
But like anything that involves sitting behind a computer for hours alone with nothing but a thinking cap and a night lamp on (we need to actually find something to blog about during the day), it can often get lonely. As somebody who needs a bit of mutual human activity to keep going enthusiastically, I'm so lucky to know one or two talented bloggers who make the job a lot more fun and meaningful.
One of those bloggers who is no stranger to Endorphin Stew is Eimear. She posts under the name of French Toast and Fitness on Instagram just as well as she posts on the blog, and as a med student with commitment to sharing her healthy meals and mealspiration online – she shows such a keen, genuine interest in it all and I'm so lucky to know her personally and be able to collaborate with her on our two upcoming fun posts. The first will be this one, where I bring my personal touch to some of her delicious recipes and the second will be her bringing her touch to some of my own.
Speaking with some experience in food blogging – though I'm sure it's similar under any other category – I find it so interesting to see what can happen when a group of like-minded people with different minds can come up with when they work together. One thing I can say about this collab is that each recipe is so unique to the other that there's no way you won't be covered for food inspiration for anytime of the day should you go ahead and try any of them out. 🙂
If you do give any of them a go be sure to let us know how you get on by hashtagging #EndorphinStew on any social media or by tagging @FrenchToastandFitness and @EndorphinStew on Instagram! 😀
Low-Carb Garlic & Tahini Beef
I originally decided to make this one after seeing a gorgeous dish with spiraled carrot, quorn and a garlic tahini sauce, pop up on Eimear's feed. The flavours stood out as peculiar, and God knows that's right up my street. 🙂 I bulked my version of the dish up with an assortment of fresh veggies and added courgette spirals into the dish as well as spiraled carrot. Mine is a meat-lovers version of the original dish, but it all goes well with some Quorn or tofu for any veggies out there. The beef chunks do end up quite chewy so also feel free to just substitute them for some chicken pieces if you wish. Delicious overall and it looks incredible as you can see. 😀
- Diced beef, 200g (it could also be substituted by chicken or quorn)
- Tahini paste, x2 tblspns
- Garlic purée, x1 tspn
- Medium carrot, x1
- Courgette, x1
- Yellow pepper, x1
- Red pepper, x1
- Asparagus, x5 stalks
- Sea salt and pepper
- Cooking oil of choice
- Add the diced beef to a medium-sized, oiled pan over medium heat. Leave for approx. 5-10 mins or until all sides have browned. Make sure to stir frequently. Set the pan aside when done.
- Whisk x2 tblspns of tahini paste with x1 tspn of garlic purée. Leave aside.
- Wash and chop the red and yellow peppers and the asparagus. Fry until tender on a separate oiled pan for approx. 5 mins. Alternate between placing the lid on the pan and stirring.
- When the veggies are tender, add in the garlic tahini sauce, followed by the beef and beef juice from the previous pan. Stir continually until the juices dissolve the thickish pastes and stir the vegetables around in the sauce.
- Using a vegetable spiralizer, spiralize both the courgette and carrot into the pan. Give all contents of the pan a nice stir and then cover the pan with a lid for approx 3. mins before removing it one last time to stir everything. Serve immediately or store in an air-tight container and refrigerate/freeze.
Sweet Omelette
How many of us slather our omelettes with salt, pepper and cheese whenever it is we decide to go for them? Just like pancakes, they can in fact be served sweet or savoury, and it wasn't until I'd visited Eimear's blog that I realised this. This ended up as one of my favourites on the list; it's filling, tasty and super easy to make (just what we need for a hectic morning). One of my own additions to the omelette was the cholesterol-lowering, fibre-rich, omega-rich, Milled Apple and Cinnamon chia seed range from Chia Bia. I absolutely love the end-texture as you can see in the below video, and the variety of low-guilt flavours wrapped up in the omelette. This one is also dairy-free and high in protein. One way to keep your sweet tooth and mornings running smoothly. 😉
- Free range egg, x2
- Free range egg whites, 100g
- Dash of almond milk
- Coconut oil
- Nakd Wholefoods Cocoa Delights
- Chia Bia Seed Milled Apple & Cinnamon, x2 tblspns
- Goji berries
- Agave/honey/maple syrup
1. Oil a large sized pan and place over medium heat.
2. Whisk the eggs, egg whites, chia seeds and almond milk until completely mixed and slowly pour the contents onto the pan. Cover with a lid and let cook for 5 mins.
3. Either flip the omelette after this time or place the pan under a grill for approx. 2 mins.
4. Slide the omelette onto a plate, sprinkle with goji berries, broken up pieces of the Cocoa Delights and drizzle with the sweetener.
5. Roll up the pancake and enjoy straight away or store in a fridge and heat up later. Consume within 24 hours of cooking.
Vegan Chilli (Roughly 7 Servings)
Despite a lot of time spent in the kitchen whisking up all sorts of concoctions of sauces, there's one thing I do lack; being able to regulate a safe level of spiciness once I get the chilies out.🔥 Originally a turkey chili recipe by Eimear, I decided to go vegan for this one, not only to accommodate plant-based diets, but to also prove that filling meals can come about without using meat.
The sauce isn't cushioned on a bed of refined carbs either, and I decided to go for some high-protein lentils, pearl barley and peas instead. The sauce tasted unreal in the end and the lovely aftertaste lingered… I was dying to be hungry again afterwards because it's the kind of meal that makes you want immediate seconds. 😛
- Soup mix containing uncooked pearl barley, green split peas, yellow split peas, marrow fat peas & red split lentils, x500g
- Organic crushed tomato passata, x680g
- Soy mince, x200g
- Nutritional yeast, x2 tblspns
- Red and green bell peppers, x1 each finely chopped
- Red onion, x1 diced
- Baby leaf spinach, x1/2 bag
- Soy sauce, x1 tblspn
- Sweet paprika, x1 tblspn
- Garlic paste, x1 tspn
- Pinch of sea salt
- Chili powder, 1/2 tspn
- Simmer the soup mix in water for the time recommended on the packaging, when all peas and lentils are cooked through, drain any excess water and leave the mix aside for now.
- Wash and chop the peppers & onion, add them to an oiled pan and fry until soft.
- Add the passata, along with the soy mince, yeast, soy sauce, paprika, garlic paste, chili powder and sea salt.
- Mix in the spinach and allow to simmer with a lid on the pan until all spinach is wilted & the passata starts to bubble.
- Serve the chilli on the soup mix. 🙂
Protein Brownies
There was no way I was not going to cook up a batch of these guys once I saw them! As one of many who aren't the biggest beetroot fans, I was delighted to hear from Eimear's blog that it's a sneaky serving and you can barely notice the root veg in the end product at all – she was right! I'm also always up for discovering different ways of using up the protein powder in ways besides the traditional/tedious shake. I love these brownies and they go well with a dollop of frozen yogurt and berries – a bit of moisture to them and they're top notch as well as looking after your protein needs. 🙂
- Small organic beetroot, x3 or 200g
- Soft pitted dates, 50g
- Free range eggs, x2
- Choc Mint whey protein powder, 90g
- Raw cold-pressed coconut oil, 25g
- Cocoa powder, 45g
- Agave/honey/maple syrup, 50g
- Cinnamon, x1 tblspns
- Baking powder, x1 tblspn
- Sea salt, x1 tspn
- Coconut flour, 50g
- Cacao nibs, a handful
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Chop the ends of the beetroot and peel off the skins. Measure out 50g of dates and add them – along with the beetroot – to a high powered blender/Nutri Bullet.
- Pulse several times until the contents are completely smooth; this might mean stopping the blender a couple times to scrape down its sides.
- Whisk the eggs well and add them to the same food processor, followed by the protein powder, flour, coconut oil (heated for 30 secs in the microwave), cocoa powder, sweetener, cinnamon, baking powder, sea salt and stir/blend until the mixture is smooth.
The Standard Smoothie
How could I not include one of these? 😛 I've taken so many smoothie ideas from Eimear's feed in the past few months, so it's about time I applied some of them to my Nutri-Bullet. There are a few different ingredients in there than I'd be used to but it all ended up lovely; the cravings are hit in all directions in this handy breakfast or lunchtime fix. Now I know Eimear hates peanut butter, but as one of my favourites, I just had to add a dollop in there! Feel free to substitute it for cashew or almond butter should you so wish as well. 😉
- Frozen raspberries & blueberries, 1/2 punnet
- 1/2 banana
- Kale, handful
- Peanut butter, x1 tblspn
- Wheatgrass powder, x1 tblspn
- Chia seeds, x1.5 tblspns
- Almond milk, up to the max line of the Nutri Bullet or enough to form a slightly thick mixture using a standard blender.
Simply blitz it all up together and enjoy! 😀
And that concludes all recipes on my side of the collab, be sure to check out FrenchToastandFitness.com for Eimear's sister post quite soon. 😉
As always, thanks a billion for taking the time to check out this post guys! If you'd like to catch me again, be sure to subscribe to my Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat pages @EndorphinStew. 😉


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Addendum (5/22/12). A friend just sent me this by e-mail (m.t.):
"Apropos your associations with Gnadenbrot: I had exactly the same and a vague memory of the origin: Grimm Brothers, Fairy Tales, no. 48, "Old Sultan," which starts like this:
A farmer had a faithful dog called Sultan, who had grown old and lost all his teeth so that he could no longer hold anything fast. One day the farmer was standing with his wife before the front door and said, "Tomorrow I'll shoot Old Sultan, he is no longer of any use." His wife, who felt pity for the faithful animal, answered, "Because he has served us for so many years and faithfully stood by us, we might well give him his keep [Gnadenbrot in the original!]." "Nonsense!" said the man. "You are not right in your head. He has not a tooth left in his mouth, and not a thief will be afraid of him; now he may be off. If he has served us, he has had good feeding for it." ...As we know, it all ends well."
For the Grimm quote, I modified a translation of 1884 by M. Taylor. I, too, could not think of a way to render Gnadenbrot more faithfully in English without sounding awkward. Anyway, there is a good chance that this story also is the source for my association of Gnadenbrot with an old watch dog because courtesy of my grandfather, I grew up with the Grimm Brothers.


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Father Gus Guppenberger
CINCINNATI—Father August "Gus" Guppenberger, 81, a native of Batavia, N.Y., and a Glenmary Home Missioner for 59 years, died Nov. 6 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Father Gus brought his outgoing personality to missions and ministries in five states — Ohio, North Carolina, Texas, Georgia and Kentucky. Along with his ministerial efforts, Father Gus was known for his white beard and a joyful demeanor that allowed him to play Santa Claus for children each winter.
"Father Gus was a man who bestowed and received the joy of the Gospel," Glenmary president Father Chet Artysiewicz said. "He delighted that he was able to elicit joyful responses through his Santa Claus portrayal. And throughout his travels, the people and customs he encountered touched him with joyful gratitude."
Father Gus professed his First Oath as a Glenmarian in 1957 and was ordained a priest in 1961.
His pastoral year was served in Buck Creek, North Carolina. From there he became part-time (and later full-time) associate pastor in Dahlonega, Georgia. In 1963 he became associate pastor in Statesboro, Georgia and late in 1964 he returned to Cincinnati to work in promotions.
After a time in Jefferson, Texas as associate pastor, Father Gus was named pastor of St. Mary of the Woods mission in Franklin, Ky. on April 1, 1966. He was called back to serve in Cincinnati for a time in promotions and as local superior, but returned to Franklin, Ky. from 1972 until 1975. His next pastorate was in Andrews, N.C., from 1976 to 1986. He then administered parishes in West Liberty, Ky., and Waynesboro, Ga. before becoming pastor of the Waynesboro mission in 1987. Father Gus served as associate pastor in Cleveland, Ga. in 1989. He also served in Sylvania, Ga.
In 1990 Father Gus returned to Cincinnati to serve in the mission office. For years after serving in this capacity, Father Gus held the record for most mission appeals by any Glenmary missioner. From 1998 until 2004 he served as assistant house director of the Glenmary residence. His last assignment before taking senior membership in late 2004 was as Mission Cooperation Program Coordinator for the Mission Education Ministry Office.
Father Gus was the sixth of seven children born to August and Mary Guppenberger. His parents preceded him in death. He is survived by brothers Francis (Carol), James and Joseph Guppenberger; sisters Mary (John W.) Yunker, Helene (Bob) Beuler, Lois (John) Gringer and Barbara Guppenberger; fellow missioners and friends.
Reception of the body will take place at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14 at Our Lady of the Fields Chapel, 4085 Glenmary Trace, Fairfield, Ohio. Visitation will follow, and a wake service will begin at 7 p.m.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov.15 at St. Matthias Catholic Church, 1050 W. Kemper Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Memorials may be made to Glenmary Home Missioners, P.O. Box 465618, Cincinnati, OH 45246-5618 or at www.glenmary.org. Newcomer Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.


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Let's explore technology through games, legos and websites designed for ages 5-8. We will learn about 3d printing, computer programming, the engineering lifecycle, sturdy designs and basic robotics. Students should have an interest in robotics or computer programming and have basic lego building abilities. We will work our way through the engineering life cycle as we develop a solution for a problem of the students' choosing. Students will record their work in an engineering notebook (with pictures or words) throughout the course. (1 hour class, 30 minutes lab time)


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New Sony A-Series and WS-Series coming to Sony Singapore
Sony Singapore will be offereing both the new A-Series and WS-Series. The A-Series will be offered in silver/black and in 16 and 64GB capacities, where as the WS-series will come in 16GB capacity and in yellow, black and blue. There is no pricing information provided unfortunately.
As for other regions, I am not sure if Sony is waiting for an official presentation in Japan, or will slowly and quietly roll out the new Walkmans in the Asia Pacific region over the next few months.
The new A-Series and WS-Series already received certification in Korea, so it should technically be available there soon.
If anyone finds any pricing information or availability for the new Walkmans for the Asia Pacific region, please post a comment or email me and I will update the post.


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Amazon.com Unveils New e-Book Reader
By Calvin Reid -- Publishers Weekly, 11/19/2007 9:09:00 AM
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled Kindle, its much anticipated e-book reading device at a packed press conference in Manhattan this morning. Intended to compete with the now discounted ($299) Sony Reader, Kindle is priced at $399 and offers wireless access to more than 90,000 downloadable titles at a uniform price of $9.99.
The Kindle weighs in at 10.3 ounces with a black & white electronic ink screen that can be read in bright sunlight. It's thin as a pencil and will hold about 200 books, which are also stored in online user accounts and can be redownloaded at any time. But most impressive is the title selection and pricing as well as its wireless functionality. Unlike most digital reading devices, Kindle does not require a personal computer. Through an agreement with mobile carrier Sprint, Amazon has built its own network on the back of Sprint's EVDO wireless cellphone network. There is no separate fee or monthly billing for use of Kindle's wireless access and all titles and services for Kindle can be purchased through the wireless access provided through the device.
Online connection to the Kindle online store was very quick and downloads of even the largest books take less than a minute. The device also downloads newspapers and magazines and provides full-text access (not RSS Feeds) to more than 300 blogs that can be updated continuously. Each device comes with a pre-assigned email account that allows the user to email themselves personal documents (Word, plus gifs and jpegs) that can be read on the device.
Using a giant overhead screen, Bezos demonstrated the device (which worked flawlessly) to the assembled press corps. He said that they were trying to create a device so easy to use that it "disappears when you use it." He said Amazon's designers believed, "you can't outbook, the traditional book. You have to have a device that can do things that the print book can't do."
From the looks of Kindle, Amazon may have made good on that claim. New media professionals at the event seemed impressed by the device, although not necessarily by its price. To seal the deal, Bezos unveiled a video presentation with such authors as Michael Lewis, Toni Morrison, Neil Gaiman and James Patterson, all lavishing praise on the new device. And then Bezos ended the press conference by handing out free devices to the assembled press corps. Now that's the way to get the buzz started.


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The Eritrean regime, one of the most repressive in the world, was on Wednesday found to have committed gross human rights violations by a UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) which recommended that the case be referred to the International Criminal Court ( ICC).
"Crimes against humanity have been committed in a general and systematic way in Eritrea," said the Commission of Inquiry on violations of human rights in Eritrea, in its 2nd report since its establishment in 2014 by the Council of the United Nations Human Rights.
The commission, which was barred from traveling to Eritrea by the regime for almost 25 years, interviewed 833 Eritreans in exile and gathered evidence against records of officials suspected of committing these crimes against humanity such as slavery, torture, deprivation of liberty, forced disappearances, persecution, rape and murder.
Its 26-page report was presented to the media in Geneva and will be discussed on June 21 before the next session of the Council for Human Rights.
Eritrea, which has 6.5 million inhabitants, "is an authoritarian state, there is no independent judiciary, no National Assembly and no democratic institutions (…) there is a climate impunity for crimes against humanity committed since a quarter century," said the president of the commission Mike Smith.
The report stresses that "Eritreans are faced with arbitrary detentions, discrimination based on religion or ethnicity, sexual violence and murder."
The Commission also said that there are "300,000 to 400,000 slaves" because the conscripts are somehow "owned" by Eritrean officials.
"Very few Eritreans are released from their obligations of military service," he said.
Thousands of Eritrean refugees in Europe
The Commission "believes that there is a shoot-to-kill policy against those seeking to cross the border," added Smith.
This is one of the reasons why the Eritreans are fleeing by thousands from this small country in the Horn of Africa, which gained independence in 1991 after a thirty-year war against Ethiopia.
In 2015 alone, more than 47,000 Eritreans sought asylum in Europe. Eritreans found refuge mainly in Sweden, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
The President of the Commission of Inquiry asked the UN Security Council to take "targeted measures" against individuals responsible for various crimes identified, without naming them.
"The international community must now take action including referring the situation to the International Criminal Court" to study the matter, Smith said.
Responding to the report, an adviser to President Isaias Afewerki, Yemane Gebreah, said in Geneva that the "investigation Commission has no tangible evidence or legal basis to support these extreme loads and unfounded".
According to the Eritrean official, "the methodology of the Commission of Inquiry is so flawed that it seriously compromises his statements and reports its findings null and void."
Among the recommendations it will present to the Council of Human Rights, the Committee requests the Eritrean government to implement the 1997 Constitution and ratify several conventions guaranteeing human rights.
It wants the implementation of the Penal Code, Criminal Procedure, Civil and Civil Procedure in May 2015.
In February, several Swiss parliamentarians had traveled to Eritrea in the context of a private trip that sparked controversy.
In its report, the UN Committee states that "the appearance of peace and normalcy in the eyes of a casual visitor and those confined to certain areas of the capital contradicts persistent patterns of violations of human rights ".
It notes that violations of human rights are not committed in the streets of the capital, Asmara, but "rather behind the walls of the detention centers and military training camps."


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[UPDATE] 5:42 PM CT: Our engineers have declared this issue resolved. The SFTP functionality has been restored and all services are operating normally. Thank you once again for your patience while we resolved this.
We've received multiple reports of the SFTP service not functioning or functioning intermittently. We're currently working with our Network and Systems Engineers to resolve the issue. We'll post further updates here as they come. Thank you for your patience.


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Situated in the heart of Ferndown, Cinnamon Restaurant brings you the supreme Indian Cuisine in a comfortable and friendly atmosphere. Their team of devoted staff will provide you with a mouth-watering experience of the best tandoori in Dorset. At Cinnamon, their master chefs have created a varied range of dishes that bring the experience of Indian Haute cuisine to you.
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The first stage is survival. As soon as you gain consciousness in the recovery room, your goal is to just stay alive. Your body has been through severe trauma and you are relying on your medical team to give you the most effective cocktail of drugs to prevent you from experiencing agonizing pain. It's a difficult phase; however, your brain shuts down all thought processes and goes straight into flight or fight mode. You don't worry that you just flashed everyone your lady parts. You don't give a damn that you just peed the bed. It doesn't bother you one bit that you just told the Physiotherapist to F$%# off. You are strictly in survival mode. It's primal, it's dirty, and it can be horrendous.
Survival mode lasts anywhere from a few hours to a few days. Once your body has recovered from the shock of being cut open, your brain switches back on, the endorphins start pumping, and you start to reflect. "Wow, I got through that. I did it!" Enter the "Elation" phase of recovery. In the elation phase, you are so fricken happy you survived that you feel like hoisting your surgery trophy (they really should present you with a victory token) in the air and shouting, "I did it!!!" The drugs are still free flowing and you excitedly post an update on social media bragging about your survival. You begin texting everyone you know, exaggerating events to add to dramatic effect and your feelings of achievement, "Doing great. I almost died, but I made it!"
For me, the Elation stage of recovery was prolonged due to the travel back to Canada. My Mom, Ev, and I were all concerned about the trip from Philly to Saskatoon. It was evident that my knee was not bending enough to fit behind the seat in the plane, and so we had to be creative with my seating and positioning during both flights. I was quite concerned that I wouldn't be able to fit on the plane and would be stuck in Philly forever. It wasn't particularly comfortable, there were a few tears - but we made it. Once I settled in on my Mom's couch at Candle Lake, elation kicked into high gear. "I did it! I'm a survivor! I am awesome! I can do anything!" I happily sipped my Timmy's steeped tea, enjoyed my view of the lake, and prepared to settle in for 6 more weeks of recovery.
Predictably, the elation stage of recovery soon deflated into the stage I like to call, "When reality punches you in the gut." For me, this occurred in the middle of particularly frustrating episode of Dr. Phil. "OMG. I am stuck in this brace that locks my leg straight out in front of me for 6 more weeks. OMG. I am on crutches with no weight bearing for 6 more weeks. OMG. I still can't bathe myself nor can I put on my own underwear." Ugh. The "when reality punches you in the gut" phase hits, it literally feels like...well, like someone has punched you in the gut. It's difficult to catch your breath and panic ensues, usually followed by a severe case of self pity. Although this phase of recovery only lasted a few days for me this time, it was significant. My Physiotherapist with Penn Med explained my recovery protocol prior to leaving Philly. As he outlined the dates at which I should be achieving specific goals (i.e. 90 degree knee flexion at 3 weeks), I nodded, confidently thinking, "pfff, 90 degrees. No problem. I'm not a rookie. I'll probably bend to 110 degrees just to show them." When Penn Med physio questioned, "Does this all make sense?" I responded, "This ain't my first rodeo." Yep. I actually said that, like a cocky little shit who thought she was above Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation and meniscus transplant surgery. No biggie. Reality punched me in the gut when I met with my Physio in Canada and realized that at 3 weeks post surgery, my knee was stubbornly stuck at 35 degrees flexion. My Physio calmly and kindly explained that we needed to step up the exercise to ensure that my knee didn't get too far behind the expectations. All I heard was, "You are failing physio. You are a failure." I don't fail (well...there was that one time that I dropped out of that weather class in University. Who knew weather could be so complex? And to be fair, I did drop out before I could fail) Anyway, I went home and forced my knee into 36 degree flexion, crying in pain and feeling incredibly sorry for myself the entire time.
Luckily, phase 4 of recovery was right on the horizon. I call this phase the "F#$% YOU!" stage of recovery. This phase is defined by irrational anger. Instead of focusing on the fact that my knee is not bending, I am stuck in a straight legged brace for 5 more weeks, and am still struggling to put on my own underwear, I have decided to focus my anger on random people and events. Cue Mike Fisher, captain of the Nashville Predators. As we watched Nashville smash Pittsburgh in game 4, I suddenly became enraged with Mike Fisher.
"How did Mike Fisher get a trade to Nashville?" I questioned Ev as we watched the game, "So he was able to just request which team he wanted a trade to? Just because he was with Carrie Underwood they agreed to trade him to Nashville? And now his life is just perfect. Un#$%#ing believable."
I heard the angry words spit out of my angry little mouth and realized that what I was saying was absolutely ridiculous; however, I couldn't stop. I slammed Mike Fisher throughout the entire game. Evan, wide-eyed, glanced at my Mom and Step-Dad and commented, "Ya! I hate Mike Fisher too!" Good answer. Oh my poor family (Ironically, I am actually cheering for Nashville. And Mike Fisher seems like a good dude).
|Mike Fisher is mocking me, "Haha, Kirstie can't bend her knee!"
So here I am, sitting unhappily at the F&%# you phase of recovery. This is a tough phase, as your irrational anger can most definitely push visitors away. I consciously try to utter positive statements like, "It's coming along" and "It's getting there," when friends and family inquire about my recovery...but let's be honest, I am not going anywhere for a while. My Physiotherapist is now manually bending my knee (NOOO KELLY CLARKSON!) and the CPM (AKA Constant Pain Maker) has finally arrived from Winnipeg (the CPM is like gold in Western Canada!) I thought I could progress without it, but it's apparent that it is necessary for my recovery.
|manual bending: like a very slow full body wax
Ok, Friends. Thanks for listening. I will get through this. Eventually my knee will just have to bend. Right? Thanks for all the encouraging texts, emails, phone calls, and visits - the visits have had a miraculous effect on my mood. It's difficult to be angry when you are at Grandma's house, eating her incredible tarts and chatting with Baba while crunching on her fabulous pickles. My buddies are also super distractors from my icky mood. Last weekend they put sunglasses on my face and gently placed me in the boat like the guy in "Weekend at Bernie's." I think it was fun. Me and my unbendy knee feel loved!
Cheers to Mike Fisher. Go Preds!
|Here's a pic of me on the boat! Wheeeee!
|My friends took me to the beach. What a great day!


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During your travels, have you ever arrived at your destination, stepped out of the vehicle and been instantly met with the feeling of an elevated pulse in the air? Maybe it's your excitement, maybe it's the fresh air, maybe it's the anticipation of what's to come.
Or maybe, just maybe, you have arrived in a place that is so magical you can feel it.
That is what the Haliburton Highlands are for me. The region has such an infectious spirit, it's impossible not to feel the locals' warm welcome, the beauty of the natural landscape, the uniqueness of the experiences and the comforting feeling that you have found your home away from home.
It's no surprise that the winter season is just as exciting as the revered Haliburton Highlands' summer. Next weekend alone has three epic celebrations worth making the trip up North for. However rainy and spring-like it seems right now in the Southern parts of Ontario, it is still very much winter in Haliburton! Chances are there is fresh, fluffy snow falling as you read this.
2017 Winter Sleddog World Championship – January 24 to February 1, 2017
The infamous Haliburton Forest & Wildlife Reserve is opening it's doors with arms wide to welcome competitors from across the globe as they arrive to compete in extreme disciplines such as; Skijoring, Pulka, and Dog Sledding. Goosebumps covered my forearms as I navigated their website; watching the power and determination of the teams, gazing at the backdrop of gorgeous winter landscapes, and witnessing the relationship between man and dog were three uniquely beautiful moments. This is sure to be a week full of fast paced excitement. When at the Forest, I would suggest visiting the Wolf Centre to see firsthand the dynamic of a real alpha wolf pack and don't forget to say "hi!" to Hershe the resident moose.
Hardwater Festival – A Celebration of Ice – January 28, 2017
Photo Credit: Peter Bowers
This is going to be a 'really cool' day full of your favourite winter events! There will be everything from skating to ice fishing, ice sculpting to ice safety training, and snowshoeing to broomball on the outdoor rink! What better way to warm up then with a bowl of chilli, a cup of hot chocolate and a viewing of Frozen inside?!
Canadian National Pond Hockey Championships
January 27 to 29th & February 3rd to 5th
It's going to be 'pondemonium'! Representing the purest form of the game, this two weekend tournament takes competitors, volunteers and spectators alike back to the roots of hockey; friends, a puck and a patch of ice. Pinestone Resort will be transformed into hockey central as 1500+ players from across the nation and beyond play for a chance to stake claim to pond hockey superiority. Spectators are encouraged to join in the fun and cheer along their favourite team!
With all of this excitement amidst the breathtaking northern landscape, I think it's safe to say, there is nowhere better to be than the #MyHaliburtonHighlands this January!
Happy Wandering,
The Wanderer
Cover Photo Credit: @Pinecone.s via Instagram


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Our friends from the French Cultural Center (CCCL Sana'a) produced a short trailer of the installation during September 23th. It is synchronized in French, but gives also some first impressions to non-French speakers.
Monday, October 1, 2007
The first video
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