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Dates of Orogenic Movements. 93 In one portion of the province only has the elevation since then been practically continuous. This is in northern Virginia and West Virginia and, as shown in plate 5, exhibits an aggre gate uplift since the completion of the Cretaceous peneplain of 4,000 feet. During the Tertiary baseleveling this region was necessarily free from movement, but at no other time does there seem to have been a complete cessation of the uplift. The axes along which it culminated in pre-Tertiary time are CD and E F (plate 5). While the movement along these axes occurred syn chronously and at their maximum reached the same elevation, the deformation on the two was quite different. Along the axis C D it extended but little south of the Kanawha river, while in the opposite direction it passed into Pennsylvania, extending probably half way across that state. Along the axis E F the elevation reached only a little north of the Potomac, but con tinued in the other direction as far as Tennessee. These axes are arranged en echelon and the maximum elevation occurred at the point of overlap. Some time during this period the uplift extended southwestward along the axis E F, but only sufficient to raise a low swell a few hundred feet in altitude. This is quite intimately connected with a later uplift along the same line and probably occurred late in the interval between the two periods of baseleveling. It seems probable that an uplift took place in the Smoky mountain region quite early in this epoch, its axis coinciding approximately with the state line between Tennessee and North Carolina. The reason for assigning this movement to the early part of the epoch is that there are traces of an uplift along this same line in pre-Cretaceous time, and probably the later uplift was but the continuation of the earlier, following immediately the Cretaceous period of quiescence. This late uplift increased toward the northeast, reaching 1,200 feet on the southern line of Virginia. Some movement occurred along the Hatteras axis during this epoch, reaching its maximum elevation on the northwestern side of the province near the Ohio river. The longitudinal uplift of the Great Smoky mountain region terminated at this transverse line, and their combined forces caused a pronounced dome-shaped elevation in the Cretaceous peneplain. An uplift occurred at the beginning of this epoch along the axis 0 P, reaching a maximum near Chattanooga, from which it
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Gaithersburg, MD – December 5, 2017 - Recovery Point Systems, recently named a Leader in the June 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), announced that Azure Site Recovery will be incorporated into its portfolio of DRaaS solutions.
Marc H. Langer, Recovery Point's President commented that "This announcement is another important step in offering resiliency solutions for our client's hybrid cloud environments through seamless, low latency access to the scalable resources offered by the dominant public clouds. We are delighted to utilize Azure Site Recovery within our portfolio to help our clients navigate their cloud journey."
Recovery Point offers a comprehensive range of orchestrated DRaaS options, supporting application recovery across complex physical and virtual heterogeneous environments, delivered within its own private cloud environments. As migration to the cloud accelerates, clients need a resiliency partner who can manage and execute across the complexities of hybrid cloud environments. This announcement further enhances Recovery Point's position as such a partner.
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A team of 18 children, 9 boys and 9 girls, took part in the North Charnwood sports hall athletics competition this week. This is a very tough competition with entries from over 20 schools. The children had to compete in six field event (long jump, triple jump, high jump, speed bounce and the ball push) and six track events (sprinting and obstacle races).
The children of St Paul's performed with determination and great self-belief. They performed amazingly in all of the events and they really showed how capable they were against some very good opposition.
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The Goods and Serices Tax ("GST") rate will go down from 6% to 5% on January 1, 2008.
What rate applies to legal services that a lawyer provided in 2007, but billed in 2008?
According to Canada Revenue Agency's GST/HST Notice dated December 18, 2007, lawyers should collect 5% on all bills rendered on or after January 1, 2008, even if the services were provided before January 1, 2008.
If a lawyer bills his or her client before January 1, 2008, 6% GST is payable, even if the client waits until 2008 to pay.
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JEDDAH, January 25, 2018
Canon Middle East, a leader in imaging solutions, showcased its market-leading range of print solutions at the recent Saudi Print and Pack, an international exhibition for printing and packaging technology in Riyadh.
The four-day event concluded yesterday (January 24) at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center (RICEC).
Visitors to the event witnessed demonstrations of the new 64-inch roll-to-roll Océ Colorado 1640 printer built on Canon's ground-breaking UV gel technology. The company also presented its digital production presses, the ImagePRESS C10000VP, the ImagePRESS c850 and the ImageRunner advance 8505, the new Océ VarioPrint 6000 TITAN series of digital monochrome production presses and the recently launched VarioPRINT 140 series of production printers.
These innovations are designed to enable print service providers (PSPs) and corporate companies produce high quality at increased speeds.
Ayman Ali, senior marketing manager – B2B, Canon Middle East said: "As Canon continues to expand in the Kingdom, we are committed to adding value to customer businesses with the provision of integrated end to end solutions built around innovative technologies. The new and established products we are bringing to Saudi Print and Pack2017 are designed to enable print service providers maximize productivity and inspire them to explore new opportunities."
"A corporate printroom or a commercial print environment requires business ready printing solutions which are simple to install and integrate into existing workflows. At the show, visitors will see live demonstrations of how Canon technologies integrate into workflows to create highly productive customer environments," Ayman added.
Canon recently announced a strategic partnership with Alkhorayef Printing Solutions (APS), a part of the Alkhorayef Group and an eminent brand in the Saudi printing market.
Shadi Bakhour, business unit director, B2B, Canon Middle East, said: "The strategic partnership with Alkhorayef Printing Solutions extends the reach of Canon's brand, products, solutions, and services in the Kingdom. Accessing the strength of APS' vast experience in the industry, Canon is able streamline the delivery of our innovative, technology-led solutions for customers in the Kingdom, to meet their printing and imaging requirements now and in the future." – TradeArabia News Service


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The two-week period after you receive an Internet lead (what Kain Automotive calls The Two Week Press) is the most critical for closing the sale. During this period, you should contact your prospect daily, alternating with emails and phone calls. The following email templates, from our NADA workshop The Roadmap to Internet Sales and Profits can increase the odds of getting your customer in for that test drive.
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Pricing options email
Internet customers usually do want up-front pricing. If you don't want to lock yourself into one price, you can try something like this:
Dear Lois,
Thanks again for your interest in the Ford F-150. I can offer you a few different prices based on your needs: 2005 Ford F-150 XLT at $35,000
2005 Ford F-150 XL at $32,000.
2004 Certified Pre-Owned Ford F-150 Lariat at $27,000.
Lois, as you see there are many options available to you. We offer special pricing just for our Internet customers. Please ask for me directly if you decide to come in to the dealership.
Sales manager turnover email
Another tactic you can use is to send an email from your sales manager or GM:
I know that your time is valuable, so I'll just take a minute. Are you still looking to purchase or lease a Camry? If so, I want to offer you my personal attention to, to make your goal a reality.
My name is David Kain and I am the general manager of Kain Automotive.
Due to our commitment to Toyota to increase sales this year, I am extremely motivated to make you an offer that, under normal circumstances, would not be considered.
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Who cares about YOU. Oprah or me?
Hiring celebrities to endorse products has been going on for a long time.
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I can move things with my mind
It's the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters, but technology is now making mind control a reality
Just a few yards from the armchair I'm sitting in, a cube is suspended in the air. Without moving a muscle — and with my mind alone — I shift the box to the left-hand side of the room. But this is no Jedi mind trick. Try as I might I just can't move the damned thing to the right.
I focus. I squint. I summon all my energy. I imagine falling to the floor, Del Boy-like, on to my right shoulder. I cheat by twitching my right leg. But it's no use. The box taunts me, floating in the middle of the room. The force is not with me.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – If you happen to find yourself at the Capitol listening in on an education committee hearing, you'll probably see one lobbyist with the ear of multiple representatives and senators. Of all the dynamic government relations people working at the Capitol, that lobbyist may just be one of the most influential when it comes to informing legislators on pressing and impactful education and urban development issues.
Her name is Kate Casas, and her lifetime of experience and knowledge of the political process makes her, and all lobbyists, an essential part of modern governance, despite the naysayers and laymen who do not believe special interests should have power inside government.
"Lobbying gives you a different perspective on things," she says. "When you're reading it from afar, it's sometimes hard to see it or understand it. Even though it's messy, once you know the people and understand their perspective, it gives you a different view on why things are the way they are.
"I think in a perfect world, we would have a government where all the elected officials came with all the knowledge they needed to pass legislation, but that's not the world we live in especially when you're in a term-limited environment. [Lobbying] is critical to getting work done to make sure the wheel keeps moving."
After getting her start in politics working on the campaign of now-Congressman Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, the Southern Illinois-native worked in D.C. for three years lobbying and organizing for affordable housing. Not wanting to spend her entire career working on policy, she wanted to see some of the issues at the ground level for herself.
So, she went into the Teach for America program, saying that no matter where she worked in the affordable housing sector, education was always a huge deal to those directly impacted.
She relocated to St. Louis with her husband, Martin, in 2005 and for three years she taught in the St. Louis Public School District while earning her Master's in Elementary Education at Webster University.
The two only thought they would stay in St. Louis until she got certified to teach. Then, they would move to Southern California to live closer to where Martin grew up.
"We fell in love with St. Louis and Missouri," she says. "So, here we are ten years later."
She hopped around the St. Louis area for the next six years, working with Urban Strategies to fulfill the needs of families who moved into new housing units and then as a state policy director with the Children's Education Alliance of Missouri.
Now, she serves as the director of government relations for the up-and-coming David Jackson-led Gate Way Group, LLC, which currently serves as a hotspot for some of the most talented lobbyists in the state, including Travis Brown, Deanna Hemphill, and perhaps most notably, former Senate Pro Tem Tom Dempsey, among others. The group worked with Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Glendale, on SB 5 and were proponents of HB 42 which would have expanded transfer options for unaccredited schools.
"It is really an exciting time to be at Gate Way Group and to be here while we're growing so much," Casas says. "It's a great team, we have a lot of flexibility and we're still small enough there's a lot of synergy."
That synergy manages often to cross party lines within the team. For example, Casas considers herself a Democrat while Dempsey served as a Republican. For Casas, that difference of opinion only makes the firm a better one.
"It's important that internally we're diverse," she says. "We have politically diverse views and that really helps out when we're trying to find what our clients perspective might be or how the issue works across party lines and what you might be able to find compromise on… [That diversity] has only helped us build relationships and stay grounded in what's possible."
Casas believes that diversity transitions into her ability to understand the perspective of lawmakers with whom she may personally disagree or with the position her client has hired her to endorse.
"There is not an issue that I work on that I can't see both sides after being in the Capitol after knowing the legislators," she says.
To her, those differences of opinion highlight the true motivations of lawmakers. While cynicism with government continues to grow around the country, Casas believes that those we elect to those positions do their best to represent the people back home. Her job is simply one of educator.
"There are almost no officials who are not trying to get things done for the people they represent," she says. "Being a lobbyist, being able to see that it's not personally about me or about that legislator, it's about each person doing what they're doing for their constituency."
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In September 1983 the average high temperature in Lake Charles, LA was 87.7°F, and this was 0.7°F cooler than the average of 88.4°F. The hottest day in September 1983 was 1 September when the temperature reached 98.1°F. Overnight the average temperature in September is 69.1°F and in 1983 the average overnight temperature was 2.2°F cooler at 66.8°F.


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Stand by, everyone, baby Cambridge is imminent. No, Kate hasn't gone into labour but the parking restrictions have been put in place outside St. Mary's, Paddington which means the hospital is expecting a rather special patient very soon. The countdown to the newest royal baby on the block has started.
The parking restrictions mean no one can pull up, drop off, wait or load their vehicle outside the famous building from now until April 30th. The same kind of rules came into force ahead of the births of Prince George and Princess Charlotte at the same hospital. And it's final confirmation, as if the new coat of paint on the railings wasn't enough, that Kate will be having her third baby at the hospital.
Although Kate's due date hasn't been confirmed, there has been speculation that baby number three is set to arrive on April 23rd. George and Charlotte were both slightly late which could mean that the newest Cambridge makes their debut around the end of the month. Whenever they choose to put in an appearance, the new fifth in line to the throne is expected to make their first foray before the cameras soon afterwards on the famous steps of the Lindo Wing and once that's done, the parking restrictions we're all getting so excited about today will disappear. Until next time. Not that we're looking at you, Harry and Meghan....
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The father of Damilola Taylor, the schoolboy killed in Peckham in a case that shocked Britain, has issued a heartfelt plea to young people over London knife crime.
Speaking as he collected a Bafta on Sunday for a drama depicting his son's death, Richard Taylor "begged" young people to stop murdering each other.
Taylor, speaking hours after yet another teenager died of stab wounds in London, said: "I want to dedicate this to the memory of Damilola Taylor and Gloria, my late wife, and first and foremost send a strong appeal to young people on the street killing themselves."
While surrounded by Damilola's brother, Tunde, and the production team, Taylor added: "Parents are crying, others are crying, the surge of killing has gone up in the city of London, I beg you all to stop this unnecessary killing of innocent people. Young people, spread the message."
Damilola, Our Loved Boy was awarded the prize for best single drama at the British Academy Television Awards.
In November 2000, Damilola was found bleeding to death in a stairwell near his Peckham home after being stabbed with a broken beer bottle, just days before his 11th birthday.
Two trials in 2002 and 2006 led to several youths being acquitted, before brothers, Ricky and Danny Preddie, were convicted of manslaughter in 2006 and sentenced to eights years in youth custody.
According to Scotland Yard, Saturday night's 18-year-old victim was the 10th teenager to be killed in the capital this year.
The teenager was found suffering from stab wounds after police were called to reports of a mass brawl in Enfield, around 10.30pm on Saturday.
A 19-year-old man and 17-year-old boy, found nearby, also suffered knife wounds.
On the same evening, in Bow, east London, a 41-year-old man was found dead having been shot and stabbed. Police are appealed for witnesses to the incident to come forward.
Damilola, Our Loved Boy is not told as a murder whodunnit, and the boy's death is not shown. It also does not explore the judiciary's response to the knife crime, then, or now.
Instead, it tells the story of Damilola's family's journey from their home in Lagos, Nigeria, to London, where they hoped to make a fresh start.
Actor Babou Ceesay plays Taylor, who he did not meet during filming.
"The idea was floated that I shouldn't (meet him)," he said last year. "I resisted that at first, but then I realised that what we were doing will never amount to what Richard went through. It would have been a lot of pressure if I'd met him in person.
"I had a little bit more freedom to trust my instincts as a fellow West African, and from a similar family. I just thought I'd try to see where that would take me. It was overwhelming and wonderful to meet him finally."


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Why can't every day be Halloween?
There is just something magical about Halloween. It's always been my favorite holiday and it's obvious that 'C' inherited that gene. For the past three Halloweens, it's really been like a witch cast a freakin spell on 'C' and made him typical for the day. The whole day. And night.
Any day of the year, if you ask him what we do on Halloween, he will snap out of whatever he is doing and answer "Go trick-or-treating at Carly's house!" (his sister's friend). Halloween can… and has… been used to blackmail him into good behavior for at least a week now. He's been talking about being the Hulk for weeks. He even put on the horrible hard plastic with flimsy elastic band mask…whose eye holes don't line up.
I let him go to the party at school and I'm happy to say it went well. I'd gotten the teacher's assurance that she'd be on him like a hawk. I gave him a precautionary enzyme, because, well, let's just say I have trust issues…I spent the entire freakin morning preparing brand new recipes so he'd have new treats there which would be "legal" on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet.
I found and modified some recipes on the pecanbread website and made him pumpkin-shaped pressed cookies (which I cursed because as they baked and puffed up, the shape looked more like a circle than a pumpkin). So I rolled them and cut them into ghost cookies with raisin eyes and mouths (which I also cursed since I had to keep re-freezing the dough). Then I made mini cupcakes with fake fluff-like frosting in Halloween liners. And I caved in and let him have some blueberries since the enzyme is designed to help him with the phenols/salicylates in the berries and the raisins. Blueberries are his favorite food in the world. They just don't love him back… Because all the kids were given Clay's treats too, he didn't seem so different and he didn't cry… despite not having those glowing orange cheetos on his plate.
He was so excited to go trick-or-treating after school. We did our neighborhood first then went to Carly's. All this language came out of nowhere. Mr. Chatty all day. Mr. Manners too. Lots of unprompted "thank you"s as he left each doorstep (of course, whenever they opened the door he'd state excitedly "I want some!") He'd be the first to get to each door out of the pack of 10 kids…so he could ring the doorbell.. one of his favorite old stims. It makes me laugh now to think back on the behavior plans we'd make to get 'C' to stop ringing doorbells and opening/closing doors. And then Halloween would come and undo all that work.
Each year on Halloween, 'C' gets better at the whole thing. This was the first year 'C' didn't even try to get into someone's house! (Last year, he made it into 2 houses despite one of us being right there on him!) Talk about progress. He is always the youngest, and the last one standing, and would keep going til midnight if we let him. He is so good about not being able to eat any of his candy–ever–because he never sees anyone else eating theirs. All he knows is that the fun is in the collecting! He could barely stay awake for his bath tonight. My tub will never be the same…black hair spray and green face makeup. Yikes!
I don't know if it's simply that Halloween is a night for craziness, for acting up, for packs of kids running wild in the streets and that's why 'C' fits in so well. Maybe… as the harvest moon shines overhead… the typical kids take a step onto the spectrum with their behavior and 'C' takes a step off the spectrum with his… so the gap between the two worlds seems to close for 24 hours? Does the anonymity of the costume factor in somehow…Is he just not 'C' because, well, he's not 'C' on Halloween (i.e. he's the Hulk)? Did he think in that smart little head of his, "Hey, I'm the Hulk. I'd better get my friggin act together!"?
Well, whatever is behind the magical transformation of 'C' every Halloween, I'm always sad to see it go. Especially since it leaves behind a mountain of candy just waiting to glue itself to my ass.
So if anyone knows the witch responsible for this spell, please let her know that my soul is indeed for sale. All I ask in return is that it be Halloween every day… Oh, and that all the homes give out MaryJanes.
Halloween Class Party: To Go or Not? October 29, 2008Posted by hopeauthority in Autism, Children, Health, Parenting, special needs.
Tags: Autism, halloween, halloween party, school party, special needs, specific carbohydrate diet
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Phew. It's taken a few days to get back up to speed with my regular life…whatever that means. And I was only gone for 36 hours or so. Imagine taking a real vacation!
Enter the next dilemma in the life of the autistic boy who could not eat anything. (Translation: My son's awfully restrictive diet… though amazing and necessary… sucks each day.) It is particularly hard on class party days.
Like Friday's Halloween party in school.
There will be all the typical junk which are staples of the standard American diet…chips, cake, sugary and dye-filled punches, neon orange cheetos, and of course, tons of candy. The plan is to load them up on this crap right before the buses come and send them home before the transformations take effect. No parents or costumes allowed.
I am so torn over this. All of my choices are losers. I can take him home early from school so he misses it. I can let him stay in school, but arrange for him to miss the party and go to speech. Or I can let him go to it.
For choice #3 I can only hope that all the special home-made substitute "treats" I'll spend several hours providing for him…which, sadly, don't glow… will somehow miraculously divert his attention from all the wonderful excesses his peers are wolfing down. Oh, and of course I have to trust that the teacher will literally sit on 'C' during the whole thing to prevent him from stealing a forbidden treat that's been abandoned by a peer…or worse…dropped on the floor. (He's been known to spot an M&M in a dust bunny corner at 40 yards!) He may be ok. He may have a meltdown. Its anyone's guess. If he gets something forbidden, the whole trick-or-treat experience will be ruined for the afternoon and evening. Not fair to him or his sister. But it kills me to have him excluded.
What to do? What to do?
Welcome Back, Mommy October 26, 2008Posted by hopeauthority in Autism, Children, humor, Parenting, special needs.
Tags: absent mommy, Autism, special needs, vacation
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Amazing what you can gain…and lose out on…in only 39 hours.
The gains from my business trip are too numerous to even count at this point. Time wil reveal the true level of the benefits received from this wonderful seminar and the many contacts I made there.
The things I missed…the losses…are a little easier to tally.
First, I feel the need to say that I didn't miss the leak in the den roof. That's because I had my very own leaky roof at the hotel. Now, it wasn't like it was pouring on me. In fact, had I not been sitting at the foot of the bed trying to figure out why the freakin TV wasn't working, I may not have noticed the leak. But it hit me in the head and got my attention. And this is from a major national hotel chain! So much for the sleep I thought I'd get…
But I did miss my daughter's first sleepover party out of our house…though I called her from the hotel to check up and she was lovin it. ( And, yes I did cave in on my "no-sleep-over rule.)
And I missed 'C's first special needs baseball clinic, which unbeknownst to me, resulted in the awarding of his first medal and first trophy, plus an assortment of other very generous gifts like a baseball glove, bat, tee-shirt, logo turtleneck, hat, and several other items. He was pretty good, especially for me being away.
So, for two days, I did something rare: I did something for me. And, to my admitted surprise, the family survived just fine without me. All the guilt was for naught.
I walked in tonight to a Norman Rockwell scene, of sorts: Daughter rushing to the front door excitedly reciting each detail of the awesome sleepover and following me upstairs to where hubby is kneeling beside the tub where 'C' is enjoying his bath. I stand for a moment waiting for 'C' to realize I am home and to excitedly shout "Mommy!". He looks up…
What the frig…?! Guess I should be happy. (And I really am.)
My little boy is "typical" after all…
Autism and the Absent Mommy October 25, 2008Posted by hopeauthority in Autism, Children, Family, Parenting, special needs.
Tags: absent mothers, Autism, leaving your children, special needs, writers
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As much as I claim to to be the woman in the commercial yelling, "Calgon, take me away!", and there's many days I feel like I will have a breakdown if I don't get away from the craziness, the truth is that I hate to go away from my kids.
But sometimes, it's necessary.
This weekend I will be away from them from pre-dawn on Saturday til just before bedtime on Sunday. I am attending a writer's seminar in a neighboring state. I just found out this week that one of the presenters… who happens to be not only famous, but an inexplicably generous soul…said I could attend as his guest! It was an offer I'd be a fool to pass up.
But there is a high price to pay, after all…
All the shopping, baking, and cooking in advance so 'C' won't starve in my absence…all the laundry and schedule adjustments. Getting coverage for rides to this or that, since both kids have conflicting activities on Saturday. Don't get me wrong, daddy is good with the kids… But he's no mommy.
And no matter how well I prepare things, there are two givens:
One is that my absence will cause 'C' to be "off", which will be stressful on all of them.
And two is that no matter how much I am loving this seminar and the fact that I will get to sleep alone in peace in a hotel… I will feel a ton of guilt (that's just me!) and I will probably not sleep anyway.
Anyone have an opinion on whether it is okay to go away overnight without your autistic child? When is it okay to put them through the added stress that your absence causes? Just for work, vacation, emergencies?
I'm hoping to advance my at-home writing career, so I can continue to provide both children with what they need.
It sounds good on paper. But why do I feel so sad?
Autism and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy October 24, 2008Posted by hopeauthority in Autism, Children, Health, special needs.
Tags: Autism, diving, HBOT, holistic, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, special needs
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I'm breathing easier today…literally.
I am surprised and happy to report that our insurance company (to remain nameless) has approved our request (from June!) for 'C' to receive Hyberbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). Although the company is only willing to approve 10 of the anticipated 40 treatments at this time, that's 10 more than I thought they would approve. Hence, my sigh of relief.
Since I am trying to do the holistic thing with 'C', I really love the idea of HBOT. It's oxygen, for God's sake…long recognized as a good thing! No nasty or prolonged side effects to worry about, unless you're prone to seizures (which is not the case here). I've read that HBOT can stir up some yeast issues in the gut, so I've waited to get that well under control before starting and will keep a close eye on that as we proceed.
Some people get pre- and post-brain scans done so they can have actual proof of any changes in the brain. I'm not doing that because it'd be too difficult to accomplish without knocking him out…twice. I'm hoping that the changes will be evident to everyone.
The place we're going allows me in the chamber with him (so long as I have a chest x-ray first). Hey, maybe I'll come out of this looking better. Maybe, in addition to improving 'C's life, it'll take away the effects autism has had on my tired old body. A two-fer.
They call each treatment session a "dive". It supposedly feels like the pressure you get when diving deep or flying in a plane. It takes 10 minutes to get to the right pressure, one hour at pressure, and 10 minutes to de-pressurize.
For the best benefit, the treatments need to be done pretty close together. We're doing 2 the first week, then 3-4 per week from then on. It'll be a nightmare on the family schedule, for sure. And its 45 minutes away from home.
I plan to report on 'C's progress as we go, so anyone interested in going diving with us, please mark your calendar for November 4th.
That's when the next leg of 'C's journey back from autism will begin…
Approaching Autism Holistically…The Use of Elm October 21, 2008Posted by hopeauthority in Autism, Children, Health, humor, Parenting, special needs.
Tags: anxiety, Autism, elm, holistic, ritalin, specific carbohydrate diet, Stress
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Ok. A little disclaimer before I get going since I am not a doctor and I don't play one on TV.
Nothing in this post should be taken as medical advice or should be attempted without first discussing it with your own doctor and only then, with his or her recommendation and supervision. GOT IT?
Like any parent, I am trying to make the best decisions for my son's recovery. For me…over the last few years… that involves a holistic approach to not only autism, but to 'C's wellness in general. And we are so happy with the results so far.
Because he is on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (See "Autism Diet Help" Page), he takes several vitamin and mineral supplements to ensure his nutritional needs are met. There are enzymes on occasion to help him digest certain foods. Fish oil. The versatile Natural Cellular Defense drops to boost immunity and pretty much cure anything short of cancer.
Over time, this regimen has brought him from a sickly, red-cheeked, dark-eye-circled toddler hunched over from chronic gastrointestinal pain, and suffering from night terrors…to the happy, healthy-looking little boy who walks upright now, can sit and attend without distractions from stomach pain, and who sleeps through the night. In short, it's given him his life back.
So, physically, he is doing much better.
But he happens to be an anxious kid. It's the biggest obstacle to his mainstreaming. It goes against everything I am trying to do, to consider giving him a prescription medication to alter his behavior. I am just not the Ritalin type. I will stop short of saying "Never" to medication, but I just can't see that happening for my son.
And I don't judge those who do medicate, so please don't judge me for my choices. As long as parents' actions and decisions reflect what they truly believe to be the best thing for their child…and not the best thing for themselves… who am I to judge? We get enough negative shit from the general public already, so we should just support each other.
So, I wanted to share a holistic remedy/aid for "naturally occurring nervous tension" that 'C's chiropractor/naturopath suggested we give to 'C' to help with his anxiety…its a flower essence of ELM. We started him on this just over a week ago and the results have been amazing!
I know what you're thinking. By nature I'm very skeptical about all this holistic stuff, too… it always sounds kind of hokey to me.. but time and again, I have been proven wrong. And it seems this is another time.
'C' wasn't behaving as well as he usually does a few weeks ago. It was also around the time of the funky toe infection. So once I discovered the toe, I wondered if that was the cause of his sudden tantruming and difficult transitioning in school. Or is he just anxious with the new teacher? Or is it just another freakin unexplainable part of autism and it has no trigger? So the elm was worth a try.
He is a different kid. There really is a calmness about him. He seems able to stop himself from melting down when faced with the exact same circumstances that would always cause a melt-down. Things like when the friggin balloons he displays all over the kitchen either blow away or get moved so we can, um, EAT … Now, instead of the world falling apart, he just gets this exasperated look and goes and fixes them again.
And he can actually be pried away from the computer now so the rest of use don't have to listen to the reggae background music of the Freddie Fish game for hours on end. Wow. Taking turns. What a concept.
So, things are much better in school. Things are strangely calm at home.
There's just one thing that still sets him off: When his dad changes the channel from Noggin to the game. Even putting the game on picture-in-picture is not acceptable ( "I want little TV-OFF!" ). 'C' even moves the remote away from hubby's reach…which cracks me up. (I've been trying to wrestle that thing away for 20 years!)
So my dejected hubby wanders off to the kitchen to watch the game on the little TV.
Either that, or he's upping 'C's dose of ELM…
Garage Sale Fodder October 20, 2008Posted by hopeauthority in Autism, Children, Family, humor, special needs.
Tags: Autism, garage sale, special needs, toy story, Wiggles
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It had been over ten years since my last garage sale. It was before either of the kids came along. Most of the stuff being sold was bargain chain "newlywed furniture" and a bunch of crappy bridal shower gifts that were gathering dust for 10 years. You know the stuff… five crystal serving trays (each weighing in at 7 pounds before food ), a sterling silver chafing dish, the sandwich maker/waffle machine…
There was a reason I waited so long. I love to go to garage sales, but I hate to host them. I've never gotten over the panic I felt the last time around when I first realized what "early birds" were. I had taken out an ad and moments before the stated start time I hit the button on the garage door opener. Before the door was even 8 inches off the ground, a pair of hands reached under the door and grabbed onto these hideous antique lamps my inlaws had brought over to try to unload. There was a mob out there ready to descend upon us. I couldn't even get the stuff out the driveway until the first lull came a few hours later. It was like a horror movie to me. And I still twitch when I remember it.
So this time around I decided no ads, just signs. Not only to avoid the creepy hands, but because…with autism…you never know if you 're gonna have to cancel it. But it went off as planned for Friday and Saturday and I sat with my inlaws in the cold, autumn air for two days. I trashed my house, lost two nights of sleep and two days of time preparing for this sale. I made $200.
Some of the big items I wanted to get rid of while 'C' was in school on Friday, my husband vetoed. Including the freakin Wiggles Big Red Car which I've been tripping over for years now. Dreaming of watching that thing pull away from my house is what kept me going through all the hours of planning. He held back the Snoopy Snow Cone Machine… which is a shredded finger waiting to happen. And some other things.
'C' thought Christmas came early. There was not a toy made that we didn't own. I must have had two hundred toys out there… it was kind of embarrassing to see them all. Some of the toys had been packed away in the garage for years, so they were new again to 'C'. And he began to play…
And he began to bring them back into the house. One at a time. Like a sneak.
And let's not forget how he tried to pull the Barbie jeep (even a pink vehicle isn't safe!) out of our neighbor's arms. She knew our situation, so it was not a big deal, but I felt so bad for him since he didn't understand the concept. We distracted him and I sent the neighbor home with the toy in a bag…lest 'C' notice and hunt her down for its return!
So between all the toys that didn't get sold and all the toys that made their way back into the house (and all the people who chiseled me down on my already low prices), and the hundred other things that sucked, this sale was a bomb.
But I do laugh when I think of 'C' sneakily retreiving his old favorites… like the Toy Story scene where Woody tries to save Wheezy from the Yard Sale.
Good thing I love that little man to infinity and beyond…
The Lacrosse Legacy Lives On October 19, 2008Posted by hopeauthority in Autism, Children, Family, humor, special needs, sports.
Tags: Autism, lacrosse, SEPTA, special needs
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Ok, he's not quite "Air C" on the lacrosse field (as he was on the basketball court), but he had a good time and he was pretty good at this very challenging sport.
'C' went to yet another great sports clinic sponsored by SEPTA. It was a 3 week lacrosse clinic for special needs kids K-12.
Although we try not to get our expectaions up for these kinds of outings, this one was different. We were balancing our doubts about 'C' (or any of the kids) even being able handle a lacrosse stick vs. the looming unspoken prayer that 'C' would like this sport. Why this sport?
Well, hubby played lacrosse at Hofstra "back in the day". When hubby came back to the hospital the morning after 'C' was born, he had a child's lacrosse stick…and child's cup…in hand. (Oh, and roses for me or he'd have been a dead man!) Now that I think back, it's funny how he came to the hospital when our daughter was born with a mitt (I played softball at Hofstra) and a Barbie…and she grew up to play softball.
So, I knew it'd mean so much to him if by some chance, 'C' took an interest in "his" sport…though he'd never admit it.
The weather was great each week. The little stick from the hospital was the perfect size for 'C'. Hubby got his old gear out of the garage and showed 'C' some simple moves like how to hold the stick and how to shoot. It was fun to watch my husband stand there at times, stick in hand, spinning it around so that the ball would not fall out… apparently the technique used to run with the ball. But that's a pretty advanced skill.
To be honest, I'd have to say 'C' was half-interested in the drills and half-interested in trying to drive off in the golf cart that hauled all the gear onto the field! But, hey, the half interest was a start. And who are we to look a gift horse in the mouth?
So, I got some great pictures of daddy and his boy with their sticks.
And right before it was time to pack up… like a gene somewhere deep inside fired up automatically… 'C' looked up at his dad and grinned. Then he twirled his stick– with the ball staying in it.
The legacy lives on…
Parent Member Perspective October 17, 2008Posted by hopeauthority in Autism, Children, school, special needs.
Tags: Autism, CSE, parent member, school district, special education, special needs, volunteering
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One of the best ways to put your own life in perspective is by being a parent member.
I volunteer about twice a month to be a parent member in the Special Education Dept. of my school district. After being trained for the position, you sit in on the annual CPSE and CSE meetings for other children in the special needs program. Hopefully, you will be able to help the parents…if they want your input… in their decision to either accept or reject the district's recommendations regarding their children.
The obvious benefit… after helping others, of course… is that you get to know the administrators and become more comfortable in their presence (which will make you less nervous when your own child's meeting comes along). You get to see what services other children are getting, so you have a better idea of what to expect for your own.
And, in the unspoken world of politics, you hope that on some level…if the situation is a close call…that they will be more inclined to be generous with the services when it comes to your own kid's meeting.
One of the hardest things about these meetings, though, is reading and hearing about each of these special children's particular challenges. When a child is "closer to typical" than yours…or is mainstreaming faster… it can be tough not to feel sorry for yourself and your child. Yet, when the child has even more challenges than your own, it makes you count your blessings. And you can't cry.
If your situation can accommodate it, consider volunteering to be a parent member in your own district. It's like community service for our own special needs community.
The Basketball Breakthrough October 16, 2008Posted by hopeauthority in Autism, humor, Parenting, special needs, sports.
Tags: Autism, basketball, Michael Jordan, SEPTA, Shaq, special needs
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Move over Michael Jordan. Step aside Shaq. There's a new boy on the court… We call him Air 'C' .
With a pocketful of deflated balloons as reinforcers, hubby and I and the two kids headed out last night to a special needs basketball clinic at the middle school, sponsored by our SEPTA. We've learned from past experiences with social outings, not to expect too much, so that we don't get too disappointed.
But that hope…the hope that you may have finally hit upon something social that your child will love and thrive in…is always there. A flicker that's waiting to be fanned into a flame.
Well, last night on the basketball court, there was a freakin five alarm fire, baby!
Really, it was one of those jaw-droppers. 'C' went into the gym in a strange school with only a minute's hesitation. Once the strange coach took out a bag of balls, 'C' ran over to them, picked one up, and proceeded to take our breath away for the next 90 minutes. He even threw stray balls back to other kids!
During this magical clinic… when time stood still for my husband and me… we watched as 'C' did drills, including bounce passing to a partner, and dribbling the ball all along the perimeter of the court. There were times when they had to stop and come over to the coach and sit and listen, and then get up and do what they were just told. Lots of transitions…not normally C's strong point.
And the boy can shoot!!! This skinny, 6 year old pip-squeak can actually get the ball into the net–the regulation size height! One shot after another. Repeatedly. Nothin' but net! Holy crap! Who knew??!! There he was with his newly issued basketball shirt hanging off him, handling the ball like he was born to. Every successful shot brought a leaping high-five and a smile so wide that it barely fit on his cute little face! He was "the man" and he knew it!
He was happy and relaxed in the middle of a strange place full of strangers. He didn't need the balloons. It was his moment to shine. The pride we felt for him as his family at that moment can't even be expressed.
And as we left the gym and walked into the crisp night air, my little man of few words summed up what we all were feeling…
"I love middle school, Mom".


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Become a scientist in this fun, inquisitive puzzle race! Race in teams gathering data to discover an exciting new species. Winners get to name their discovery in our official record book.
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Saturday Night Live has been on for decades, and book upon book has been written about it. However, many of those books are about behind the scenes tensions and scandals and such. On the other hand, Saturday Night Live FAQ by Stephen Tropiano is about getting you as many facts as possible into a book about the show. Is it possible to stuff so many years of TV into one book, and to make it interesting and coherent? Yes, and yes.
This book is basically designed to be an encyclopedia about Saturday Night Live. It begins with a historical rundown of the show, from its creation until the modern day. This is told in a more narrative style, with some attention paid to detail, with perhaps a bit more time devoted to the early days of the show and the original cast. The book is up to date enough that Tropiano gets the chance to talk about Stefon's final Weekend Update and take shots at Lana Del Ray.
After this, the book catalogues some other aspects of the show in a slightly more broad, "just the facts" detail. You can read little bios of all the cast members, get a list of some of the hosts, including the more unusual ones, a bit of stuff on the musical acts, Weekend Update, catchphrases, and, of course, SNL movies. Let's all read up about the Pat movie! The book also includes an extensive appendix listing every episode, with its hosts and musical acts and all that good stuff.
There is a lot of detail in this book, but it is mostly just detail. After all, as previously stated, this book is an encyclopedia more or less. It is, in a way, intended to answer frequently asked questions and such. After his prologue, Tropiano mostly sticks to objectivity. He's just here to let you know things about Saturday Night Live, and the book does tell you a ton of stuff. Some of it is just trivial and basic, but the earlier parts of the book, when he gets the chance to go into more depth and to tell the history of the show, has some more to sink your teeth into. The prose is simple and easy to follow. There is no interest in clever turns of phrase or anything here. He's just about getting you the information, and he does it clearly and efficiently
As such, this book is really just for people who want to learn about SNL. And unless you are an expert on the show, you will probably learn some stuff. However, if you are an expert, you likely won't get a ton from it. If you aren't interested in Saturday Night Live as a TV show, and you just want dirt or something, this also isn't really for you. If you are interested in SNL, though, this is definitely a book you may want to pick up. It is packed with information that is presented well. You will know a lot about the show. You will know every cast member. You will know many a catchphrase. You will see some cool photos of memoriabilia scattered throughout, such as early promotional materials and stuff along those lines. There is a lot of facts and stories about Saturday Night Live thanks to its long run, and Tropiano's book will help you learn a bunch of the good stuff.


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Tumor-associated hemorrhage in patients with vestibular schwannoma
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Intratumoral hemorrhage (ITH) associated with vestibular schwannomas (VS) is very rare. We retrospectively analyzed VS patients presenting with ITH in our department to further gain a better understanding of this uncommon clinical presentation.
We treated seven patients who had VS presenting with ITH between January 2012 and June 2017. All the patients had preoperative computed tomography (CT), computed tomography angiography (CTA), and magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) done which aided in the radiological diagnosis as well as postoperative MRI to confirm the resection extent of the VS. Continuous electrophysiological monitoring of cranial nerves was carried out during surgery.
Of the seven patients, three were male and four were female. Their ages ranged from 42 to 71 years (average age, 57.4 years). Two patients reported a history of hypertension. Sudden onset or rapid worsening of clinical symptoms occurred in five patients at time of hemorrhage. The mean diameter of the lesions was 4.1 cm (range, 3.0–5.0 cm). No patient had a pretreatment of stereotactic radiosurgery. Gross total resection was achieved in four cases and subtotal resection in three cases. There were no surgery-related neurological deficits but one patient died 18 days after surgery. Follow-up visits were scheduled at 6 months postoperatively and two patients had tumor recurrence and received stereotactic radiosurgery again.
The incidence of ITH in VS is relatively rare and hypertension may highly correlate with ITH in VS. In comparison with peritumoral adhesion caused by chronic inflammation in multicystic VS with microhemorrhage,ITH caused by acute massive hemorrhage will not increase the extent of peritumoral adhesion immediately. The prognosis of surgery for patients with acute hemorrhagic VS may be better than that for microhemorrhage in multicystic VS. Besides, timely microsurgical treatment is also important to relieve symptoms.
KeywordsIntratumoral hemorrhage (ITH) Vestibular schwannomas (VS) Hypertension Peritumoral adhesion
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All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the West China Hospital of Sichuan University and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. For this type of study, formal consent is not required.
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A Team of John O'Sheas launched as a podcast on March 11, 2016. Each episode consists of a panel of usually 3 or 4 of the Team members who discuss a Question that No One is Asking, as well as participating in an activity which differs each week and some Organised Fun which usually takes the form of a quiz of sorts.
Originally, the episode was released as a single hour-long episode, but in 2017 a format change saw the episode splitting in two. Now the activity and the Organised Fun are released on a Tuesday at around 5pm GMT and the Question that No One is Asking is released on a Thursday at around 5pm GMT.
Why not listen to our back catalogue? You can also find all the episodes listed chronologically here.
If you have any questions that you would like the team to answer or if you want to get in touch about any aspect of the podcast, please email us at: email@example.com
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|Elizabeth Ragone, SVP, Direct to Consumer, Lenox
Elizabeth Ragone began her career in Digital Merchandising in 1998 when no one knew really what Digital Merchandising was. As Head Merchant of landsend.com, she grew the E-commerce business to $450M, and then co-founded Fair Indigo, a multi-channel start-up featuring organic and fair trade apparel and home goods. She's worked with brands such as Ann Taylor and Chico's FAS and is now with HSNi, shaping a Digital landscape that blends commerce, community and content into a whole new customer experience.
|Al Meyers, Kalypso
At Kalypso, Meyers is responsible for bringing innovation and new product development services to the retail sector and is a frequent speaker on the future of retailing and innovation. He previously served as a Sales, Marketing, and Business Development Director with PwC's Retail and Consumer practice in the Dallas, Texas, office where he was involved in growing the firm's retail, restaurant, and consumer products business. He has more than 30 years of consulting experience assisting retailers and branded suppliers with strategic growth and productivity improvement initiatives.
|Paul Matker, CEO of Thanx Media
Paul Matker, CEO of Thanx Media, has over 20 years of high tech selling experience within several large software and consulting firms, including; Click Commerce, United Messaging, PLATINUM technology, inc., Computer Associates, and Sprint Paranet. Paul helped build Endeca Technologies into a $60 million business. By securing deals with companies like Hallmark, Sigma Aldrich, Cabela's, and Walgreens, Paul helped Endeca establish themselves as an enterprise level solution. Throughout his sales career, Paul has secured strategic revenue from clients like: Tenneco, Union Pacific Railroad, Nissan, and Motorola.
|Steve Greenspon, Honey-Can-Do
Steve Greenspon is the founder and CEO of Honey-Can-Do International, a leading provider of home storage and organization products that are sold by retailers around the world. Steve founded Honey-Can-Do in 2008 and has since acquired three additional companies. Honey-Can-Do is consistently recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in the housewares industry and was number 42 on the Inc. 500 list in 2012. Prior to founding Honey-Can-Do, Steve was an owner at LDR Industries, a provider of bath and plumbing products sold through the retail channel, from 2001 through 2007. Steve led the 70-year-old company's growth, nearly tripling revenues by updating the product assortment, adding complementary categories and pursuing new customer channels.
|Alyssa Steele, Divisional Merchandising Manager, eBay
Alyssa Steele joined eBay North America as the DMM for Home & Garden in August 2015. eBay is where the world goes to shop, sell and give. Through merchandising strategy and partnership with sellers, Ms. Steele leads her team to bring to life the best choice, spectrum of value and most powerful selling platform. Prior to joining eBay, Ms. Steele worked as a Director of Merchandising for The Home Depot. Across multiple, different categories having a record of success: driving sales, leading with innovation, and developing merchandising strategy. Prior to joining The Home Depot, Ms. Steele's career was internationally focused. During graduate school, she worked for Newell-Rubbermaid in the Paris HQ for the juvenile products division.
|Peter Giannetti, Editor-in-Chief, HomeWorld Business
Peter Giannetti is Editor-in-Chief of HomeWorld Business, the leading business-to-business title covering the U.S. retail housewares market. Mr. Giannetti has reported on the housewares business for 27 years. He writes a keynote column in HomeWorld Business, and he is a frequent speaker on housewares news and trends at conferences, trade shows and industry events. He is interviewed frequently by consumer media for his views on industry developments and trends. Mr. Giannetti travels extensively in the U.S., Europe and Asia to visit manufacturers, retailers and trade fairs. Mr. Giannetti also oversees editorial operations for HomeWorld Business' sister publication, Gourmet Insider, covering the independent gourmet housewares channel.
|Sonya Ruff Jarvis, Jarvis Consultants & eRetailer Summit
Sonya Ruff Jarvis is the Founder of the eRetailer Summit, an event concept created directly from listening to the needs of all of the customers along the distribution channel. Sonya is the Managing Member of Jarvis Consultants and has spent most of her career building relationships with senior level executives in the home improvement retail industry. For the past twenty years, she has learned the business first-hand by visiting retail stores, lumberyards, headquarters and distribution centers in the hardware/home improvement marketplace.
|Michael McLarney, Hardlines
Michael McLarney is the founder and Editor of the HARDLINES newsletter, the premier source for information on home improvement retailing in Canada. He edits the weekly HARDLINES newsletter for retail executives, Hardlines Home Improvement Quarterly magazine for dealers, and oversees a range of annual reports that analyze the size and growth of the retail home improvement industry. As Managing Director of NRHA Canada, Michael is in charge of providing member services, including NRHA's online product knowledge education, to more than 1,500 independent dealer-members in Canada.
|Beverly Allen, Hardlines
Beverly Allen is the Publisher for HARDLINES. Beverly has been instrumental in the growth of the HARDLINES Information network, North America's leading source for news and analysis covering the retail hardware and home improvement industry. She has effectively built the base of subscribers and sponsors that contribute to the growth of the HARDLINES network. As Publisher, she also manages advertising sales for the print publication, Hardlines Home Improvement Quarterly.


text: Lee Radziwill, sister to Jackie O, remains one of America's chicest icons. Her style is unfaltering in its dedication to simple silhouettes, beautiful tailoring, and a touch of Upper East Side wasp (with a little cheeky edge). She is a longtime fan of Giambattista Valli, sitting front row at his show each season, and her impeccable taste has inspired many a fashion designer. Besides her contribution to fashion though, is her incredible life, all of which is captured in a gorgeous new book titled, 'Lee.' The tome is laid like like a scrapbook of Radziwill's happiest memories, with polaroids mixed appearing beside paparazzi shots. There are small bursts of text, illustrating a moment or happy memory, but mostly, it conveys Radziwill's joy-filled moments, photo book style. And in typical Radziwill fashion, the cloth bound cover with navy embossed title is the epitome of chic.


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Although Room A1 and A2 are compact in size, they are equipped with all modern necessities including air conditioning,satellite TV system and minibar,making your stay a comfortable one.
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Best Ways to Get Rid of and Prevent Fleas and TicksApril 1, 2018Fleas and ticks are no one's favorite guests, but dealing with these pests is an inevitable part of pet ownership. Fortunately, there are easy ways to get rid of fleas and ticks and prevent them from coming back.
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Wedding Planning Information on how to plan a Jewish wedding.
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Money Matters Start planning your financial future today.
Jewish Living Bringing Judiasm into your lives.
Jewish Wedding Tradition
The wedding reception or festive meal, seudah.
It is a mitzvah for the wedding guests to bring happiness and joy to the newlyweds after their traditional Jewish wedding ceremony. The chatan (groom) and kallah (bride) are to be treated as king and queen.
You've put endless time and energy into wedding reception planning. Now comes the fun part. You've signed the ketubah, stood beneath the wedding chuppah, and said your Jewish wedding vows. Beautiful flower arrangements adorn the tables, the wedding reception cards are in place, and the wedding photographer is catching each and every wonderful moment. Now it's time to relax, kick-back and enjoy your wedding reception.
Get ready to sing, dance, eat and be lifted in your chairs to the singing of the Hora!
Whether your reception is a simple, but elegant, backyard garden party or a lavish black tie affair, a wedding reception is a time to celebrate your marriage with family, friends and loved ones.
Before the meal begins, there will be the - Ha-motzi - the blessing over the bread, usually hallah. The honor of giving the blessing is often bestowed upon a beloved grandfather or uncle.
If there will be a formal brides table the seating would be as follows. Starting from the left it would be, usher, bridesmaid, usher, bridesmaid, best man, bride, groom, maid or matron of honor, usher, bridesmaid, usher, bridesmaid.
If you chose not to have a wedding reception receiving line, make sure you walk around, as a couple, and greet your guests at each table.
After you and your guests have consumed a delicious meal, danced until your feet are sore and clinked glasses to celebratory champagne toasts, it is time to cut the wedding cake. The bride, using a flower decorated cake knife, makes the first cut assisted by the groom. He feeds her the first bite, she feeds him the second. The cake is then cut and served by the wait staff.
At the conclusion of the wedding reception, either the rabbi, cantor or honored family member will recite the seven blessings over wine.
Kosher wine can be purchased for those who maintain a kosher diet.
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Well, that was quick. After being rolled out a few weeks ago as General Onyx (White Portion), General Onyx is about to return to the Black Portion it originated from. Apparently there was a strong consumer reaction and people are all, "WTF" and "Onyx is supposed to be black!" and so on and so forth, so Swedish Match decided to go back to black. I didn't really care either way, I mean - yeah, Onyx is supposed to be black, but the White Portion tasted just fine in my book. I've been using a lot of Grov Black lately and I could care less if it goes to a White Portion. But to each their own! So today there was a definite victory for those who dig Black Onyx. It's supposed to be coming back around Mid March, so if you're a fan of White Onyx - stock up because it won't be around too much longer.
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I saw this picture on Facebook of a fortune cookie fortune that said: "God will give you everything you want."
While I know that statement is far from the truth, I started thinking about it and realized how often I treat God that way. I am guilty of asking God for so many things then pouting when I don't get everything I asked for. We sometimes see Him as this genie who grants wishes instead of a Savior, who redeems our sin. God does not exist for us; we were created for Him.
Growing up, if my parents had given me every single thing I wanted, I would probably still be sitting on their couch eating Doritos and watching Disney channel movies. But they knew that what I wanted at that time wasn't what was best for me. Looking back I'm so grateful that they didn't give me everything I thought I wanted because I never would've gotten to where I am now.
It's the same thing in our relationship with God. He knows our wants, but He gives us what we need. What we fail to remember is that He is for us & not against us! God has our best interests at heart, but yet we let our selfishness get in the way of His plans for our lives. God loves to bless us because He loves us more than we could imagine. But blessings don't always come without suffering.
I don't know about y'all, but I like to be in control. When I know what I want, I go after it full force ready to check it off my list and move on to the next thing. There have been many times when God allowed me to have my way, and it ended up a disaster because I was putting my desires above His. It is ridiculous that I could ever think that I know better than God what is best for my life, but so often I live my life that way.
"Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart." Psalms 37:4
It is so easy to read this verse and twist it into a gain for ourselves. I used to think that if I were a Christian and lived my life for Him then He would give me all the things that I had always so desperately wished for of this world, but when reading this verse I missed the first part, "Delight yourself in the Lord.." and how incredibly important it is. I got so caught up in what I was going to gain that I almost missed the whole point. When we delight ourselves in Jesus and seek Him with our whole heart, it changes us and our desires. Things that I used to think were so important, seem so silly now. When we align our heart with God's then our souls start to burn for more of Him and the things that bring Him glory, not ourselves.
Could you imagine how different our everyday lives would look if our hearts were focused on God's desires for us instead of our own? The hungry would be fed, the unloved would be loved, the weary would find rest, the broken would be restored, the lost would be found, & His name would constantly be praised.
Just think, if God allowed us to have everything we ever wanted do you think we would depend on Him more or less? And even if He did, we would still never be satisfied without Him. We are all intricately designed by the Creator of the world, and yet we are constantly asking Him to do things our way because we think we know what we want when in reality we only NEED Him. So let's stop focusing on our wants and start focusing on God's desire for our lives so that we can spread His love to everyone.
"And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires." -Galatians 5:24
Have an amazing week & keep seeking His heart!
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I love this and a great reminder right now!! I am in the pouting stage and sometimes it takes a good friend (or a good blog) to smack you upside the head and say knock it off Dad knows what he doing! Thank you for your precious words! <3
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Amanda Williams is a forty-year old wife and mother of two who can still swing her pony tail and display just a tad of sass. She is also a Jesus loving girl who realizes she is nothing without the One who saved her. Amanda has two degrees specializing in serving students with special needs and is currently working in the field of Leadership Development. She is a Christian author, speaker, blogger, and publisher who loves serving beside her husband at her local place of worship, First Baptist Church of Ocala.


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Third Avenue Focused Credit Fund
Sparer Law Group has filed the first class action lawsuit arising out of the collapse of Third Avenue's Focused Credit Fund. We are seeking to return to investors the hundreds of millions of dollars that were lost as a result of the false statements in the Fund's prospectuses that it would only invest a small amount in illiquid securities.
Liquidity is the fundamental promise that mutual funds make to their investors. This is the promise that the Third Avenue's Focused Credit Fund's manager and trustees broke. For years, the Fund's prospectuses and other SEC filings represented that it did not and would not hold more than 15% of its assets in illiquid securities. Those representations were false, and ultimately when investors attempted to redeem their shares, even the Fund was forced to acknowledge that its assets were illiquid.
That the Fund consistently exceeded its 15% limit on illiquid securities has been confirmed through independent analysis:
"At least one-fifth of Third Avenue's Focused Credit Fund, with less than $1 billion under management, was composed of illiquid assets, meaning they trade so infrequently that they don't have a market price, according to a Reuters analysis. That's one of the highest percentages of exposure in the junk bond sector.' -- Tim McLaughlin, Reuters, "Third Avenue Junk Fund Blowup Exposes Risks Of Unsellable Assets," December 12, 2015 (available at http://www.reuters.com/article/us-funds-bonds-risks-analysis-idUSKBN0TU0DK20151212).
This strategy should never have been offered in a mutual fund:
"The event also raises questions about whether Third Avenue's focus on extremely risky and difficult to trade assets was really appropriate given the fact that mutual funds promise investors the ability to take their money out whenever they wish. 'It is irresponsible to run the fund in such a way that they can't meet redemptions,' said Leo Acheson, an analyst at Morningstar." -- Matt Egan, CNN Money, "CEO Exits After Mutual Fund Implodes," December 14, 2015 (available at http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/11/investing/junk-bond-fund-blows-up-third-avenue/)
The recklessness of the Fund's manager and Trustees ultimately cost investors huge losses, as the Net Asset Value of Third Avenue's Focused Credit Fund plummeted by nearly 30 percent. By contrast, the high yield bond fund category generally only lost 4.2 percent over the same time period.
If you are an investor in the Third Avenue's Focused Credit Fund and would like to learn more about Sparer Law Group's first in the nation class action lawsuit, please contact Alan W. Sparer or Marc Haber at 415-217-7300 or email us at email@example.com Law Group Files First Class Action Lawsuit Regarding Collapse of Third Avenue Focused Credit Fund Complaint for Violation of the Federal Securities Laws


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I am Borja from Ljubljana, Slovenia. I am a software developer. I do crazy things like being a vice world champion in amateur road cycling, flying airplanes and parachuting from them.
And now I am into a new crazy thing. I want to win a trip to space. Again. I have almost been there. Last year I was one of the 104 lucky guys who attended the Axe Apollo Space Academy in NASA Kennedy Space Center in Orlando. Despite sucesfully completed the academy, I was not among the 23 lucky bastards who were choosen to fly aboard XCOR Lynx spacecraft.
Now I am getting a second chance. This time the competition is organized by Dremel, a company making top quality electric tools.
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Esther Pearl, Executive Director and Niema Jordan, Board Member of Camp Reel Stories came in to talk about their organization that throughout the year offers women of all ages an opportunity to learn how to make films and tell their stories through a combination of workshops and camps!
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