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Mother's Day is Sunday, May 8th, which means we all have two weeks to get it together and make sure we find something special and meaningful to show the moms in our lives how much we appreciate them. Here's a little roundup of some of my favorite ideas this year…
Cardtorial Floral Monogram Coasters, $44/set of 4
Crafted from sustainable wood in Southern California, these beautiful personalized coasters are ideal for the mom who loves to host.
Capri Blue Succulent Candle, $28-$32
Available in rosewater, peach & currant or moroccan mint scents, these pretty soy wax candles make a great display and burn twice as long as other natural wax candles.
Hobo Lauren Wallet, $128
A wallet and clutch all in one, this Hobo classic is a timeless piece that fits not only cards and cash, but also all of your little essentials, like an iPhone and a lip balm.
Hanna Andersson Pima Cotton Robe, $78
Who doesn't love a good robe? Perfectly soft for lounging—I love the pineapple print!
Natalie Borton Sadie Necklace, $45
You knew the shameless plug was coming, didn't you? But honestly, this necklace is a great gift for mom—and just because I love you, I'm giving you free shipping! Just use the code LOVEMOM at checkout ;)
Intentionally Designed Grace Journal, $14
Designed to help us all give ourselves more grace every day, this journal is perfect for moms who are self-reflective (or in need of a little more grace in their life!).
Stowaway All About Cheeks Set, $40
The Cheek & Lip Rouge is my favorite product from Stowaway for good reason: it's compact enough to stash in my purse, and does double-duty as a blush and lip color.
It's All Easy Cookbook, $19.88
For the busy mom who loves to cook, Gwyneth's new cookbook is full of quick and healthy recipes, and also makes a great coffee table display item.
Eyelashes Trinket Dish, $38
How adorable are these?! Handmade and handpainted, they're perfect for corralling rings, bobby pins and more.
Madewell Boatstripe Scarf, $49.50
A lightweight accessory in a timeless print, it's a one-size-fits-all gift that's perfect for the spring and summer months ahead.
Solly Baby Wrap, $65
Have a mom-to-be in your life? This is my go-to pick every single time. Though all of the colors and patterns are beautiful, the natural & grey stripe is a safe bet for anyone since it's gender-neutral and goes with everything.


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The Return of "Half-Life 2"'s
Game: Left 4 Dead 2
So...should Noam Chomsky feel offended or complimented after having his namesake resurrected from Half-Life 2 Episode 2? Probably neither. If we plopped him in front of a PC and had him play the Dark Carnival campaign, he'd probably just mutter something politically intelligent, light up a blunt, and start playing.
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Sora no Woto: First ImpressionsJanuary 7, 2010 at 3:01 am | Posted in Anime, Updates | 7 Comments
Tags: Anime, k-on, kanata, mio, rio, Sora No Woto, soranowoto, spoiler alert, yui
Many people believed that Sora no Woto was going to be similar to K-ON but only in a different setting. Having seen the first episode shed some light on this matter.
The plot appears to be in a timeline around the end of World War 2, but it doesn't actually occur in a European country as I thought at first. It appears to be an alternate universe of sorts. The City looks European but I was quite surprised when they celebrated a festival that pretty much had Japanese origins.
Spolier alert: Screenshots and some plot spills ahead. Continue at your own risk!
Gorgeous ☆ delicious ☆ deculture~January 6, 2010 at 12:01 pm | Posted in Miku Miku Dance, Updates, Vocaloid, Whatever | Leave a comment
Tags: 2009, Anime, k-on, nyan nyan
So I did another test. This time with the whole K-ON gang. I played around with the filters of Sony Vegas and it turned out to be cool. This time though, even with the available nyan nyan data motion, something screwed up their hand animations. Turns out the models had additional bone controls that messed the arm movements so I had to go into each single model and look for those bones that caused the uncanny problem and do some tweaking.
Hit the jump to see the "2009 obligatory stuff" post that I picked up from Naneee?!
The year of the Tiagaa! Anime Rawr~January 3, 2010 at 12:32 pm | Posted in Anime | 10 Comments
Tags: Anime, gundam 00, k-on, nodame cantabile, sorawoto
I'm eagerly excited and anxious to see what Anime titles we have for this year. Traditionally, I was never the one who wanted to know what was coming out but rather was the one who wanted to be surprised. It's changing this year as I went ahead to check out on some announced titles for this year.
Before I get ahead of myself though, I need to watch all the titles I skipped and never got to finish first. A few like Toradora, Valkyria Chronicles, Vampire Knight, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2 and much much more. I wonder though if I should just go ahead and skip all those and just wait for the official Blu-ray disc releases and then purchase them outright. I've been also thinking of wanting to purchase Blu-ray discs of my favorite Anime series. The problem though is that there is a real lack of Anime Blu-ray discs. Most are still distributed thru DVD and therefore restricted to region locks. Ah well.
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There was a big press conference today in Santa Ana with a lot of electeds highlighting opposition to the Governor's proposal to eliminate Enterprise Zones. A correspondent who was at the event sent me the following account:
Staged on the production floor of Tenacore, a medical supply company whose EZ employees constitute a third of its entire payroll, more than 60 people packed the area.
Speaker lineup constituted a quorum of the Santa Ana City Council:
Mayor Miguel Pulido
Councilwoman Michele Martinez
Councilman P. David Benavides
Councilman Vincent F. Sarmiento
Tammy Tran of Senator Lou Correa's Office
Jessica Gutierrez of Assemblyman Jose Solorio's Office
Peter Bonon, CEO of Tenacore
In attendance but not speaking were the Santa Ana City Manager and Assistant City Manager, Communications staff and two Economic Development Specialists. The others in the room were EZ employers and workers, many of whom were in company-logo working attire.
Councilmembers all spoke passionately about the value of the Enterprise Zones and their commitment to preserving them. Councilwoman Martinez called herself the "poster child" of the Enterprise Zones, having apparently worked for an EZ company herself at one time. All urged the attendees and the public at large to write to their elected representatives to show their support for the zones.
Senator Correa and Assemblyman Solorio's representatives both indicated that they were there on behalf of their bosses to show solidarity with the EZ workers and companies, to let them know they are strong supporters of the Zones and are fighting to protect them. Both gave out phone and email contact info and encouraged the public to write letters to help the Senator and Assemblyman help them in Sacramento.
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. . . than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13).
A Schweinfurt, Germany-based infantryman who jumped on a grenade to save other troops was presented with the Medal of Honor yesterday. The 1st Infantry Division soldier, Spc. Ross Andrew McGinnis, 19, was killed 4 December 2006 while on a combat patrol in Baghdad.
Soldiers in his unit said he used his body to cover a grenade that had been thrown into his Humvee by an enemy fighter on a nearby rooftop. McGinnis' actions probably saved the lives of the four other soldiers in the vehicle, his company commander, and other officials. As the U.S.'s highest award for wartime valor, the Medal of Honor is approved sparingly. This award is only the fifth which has been given out since the beginning of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
I think McGinnis's heroism and the many soldiers who show his kind of self-sacrifice day in and day out should be a model and inspiration to us all.
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Four charged in Niskayuna vandalism spree
Four Niskayuna teens went on a vandalism spree last month, damaging cars with bricks, BB guns and spray paint, authorities said.
The four were arrested this week by Niskayuna police. They are accused of damaging the vehicles in late July in various parts of the town.
A police spokesman credited cooperation police received from others in the investigation.
According to papers filed in court, damage from three incidents totaled more than $5,000.
The vandalism largely happened on the night of July 23 and the morning of July 24.
The four are accused of using a BB rifle to shoot out the rear window of a car on Brendan Lane, causing $650 in damage.
On Rosehill Boulevard, they are accused of using a knife to gouge the side of a pickup truck, causing more than $1,800 in damage.
Then on Alexis Avenue, the four also used a knife to gouge a car, causing more than $2,800 in damage, according to papers.
They are also accused of spray painting a car on Ruffner Road and one on Cheshire Place.
One of the suspects, Carlos Lewis, 17, of Niskayuna, is also accused of throwing two paver bricks through a truck window on Van Antwerp Road in May, causing nearly $1,300 in damage
Charged in the July incidents were Lewis, Dalton K. Goldstock, 18, Jess D. Weber, 17, and Luke M. D'Aquila, 17, all of Niskayuna.
All four face three counts of third-degree criminal mischief, felonies, along with three counts of misdemeanor conspiracy, and two counts each of making graffiti and criminal tampering.
Lewis faces an added count of third-degree criminal mischief in connection with the May incident.
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Hi lovely people! :)
Today I went to see my family (grandmother and uncle) after 4 months of not seeing them. Because my grandmother is in a instituation they arranged a five minute talk on a high worker, because I can't come too close.
They only thing my grandmother told me, was how skinny I looked since the last time she saw me. My uncle agreed and said it was the first thing he noticed about me as well.
Unfortunately due to little time and nurses interfering, I didnt had the chance to talk with her more.
It left my feeling with a bad gut feeling, still in this moment.
Since I was young I've always been called "too skinny" or people asking me if I did eat enough. Actually even multiple times while I was eating junkfood.
I never cared about what I ate and I know I eat more then most people. Since I have a quick digestion I don't gain any weight. I am not underweight.
I've been going to a rough time in multiple areas, which made me think in a negative way about my situation and myself. But I notice a difference since some months. I started to work out, meet a lot of new people (before Corona times), hike every day in nature, journal, meditate and make more choices in the benefit of me (while of course still caring for the other person, but not forgetting what's best for me) and talking to a therapist. My thoughts are more positive then ever, and I can say that I have more good days then bad days in a week. Still there's some anxiety in some days, or fear to go back to this dark place I'd rather not visit again. But I'm proud of the improvement I made.
I have struggled with a bad imagine about my looks. Working out helps me to feel better about myself, just as eating more healthy.
But today when my uncle and grandmother told me how skinny I look (in my country we have a word for being skinny in a negative way, they mentioned this word), I feel down. It's like the positive work is being reset at the moment. Being skinny is something I don't have control over and when they mentioned this is makes me feel insecure. I notice that again I'm paying more attention to my body, but in a negative way.
Surely they don't mean no harm, but being called skinny for many times in your life does something to the mind. I like my body, but because of these comments I'm getting doubt. There must be there's a truth to it, why else would it be the only thing they say to me? It hurts, because I actually had the feeling I'm looking better and was positive about my body. I remember when I looked in the mirror yesterday I felt really confident about my looks. One year ago this wouldn't have happened.
So the rest of the day I feel like before, a bad day. I feel insecure, triggered and emotional. The nurses came to talk with me afterwards and I was so emotional to say anything. When I told my brother he told me that it's just my insecurity, that it's just something I have and I shouldn't worry too much. Which didn't make me feel any better.
I guess the thing I'm trying to say is that sometimes I get triggered by reactions of others (which is normal). But I find it hard to give it a place and when this happens, and I become silent and a bit anxious, there's a feeling and thought coming up that is asking me if this feeling is gonna stay. I want to show people the version of me that I have become in the last months: More confident and easy going. But I felt like the old me today, anxious and insecure. I think feeling like this again scares me. I'm afraid it will stay again.
I wonder if you guys experienced something like this as well in the healing process: A fear of staying stuck in old habits you're trying to overcome. How did you deal with this and did you manage to change it in a better way?
Also: Is there anyone who has been called "too skinny" or "too fat' as well before? How do you deal with this situations and your own body image?
Any tips would help.
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What to Expect From Titanfall 2's Single-Player Campaign
Titanfall 2's campaign "isn't your average linear, for lack of a better word, corridor FPS."
Titanfall 2 releases this year with a single-player campaign, something the first game didn't have. In an interview with GameSpot sister site CNET, developer Respawn Entertainment explained that it won't feel like a Call of Duty campaign.
"It really isn't your average linear, for lack of a better word, corridor FPS," the developer said. "It's not like you're getting pulled through this series of explosions or people yelling at you. There's going to be very quiet moments where you're taking in a broad environment and you have to figure out how you're going to traverse it."
Game director Steve Fukuda says he wants it to feel like a big swimming pool with enemies in it. You dive in and out and attack from different angles.
Titanfall 2's single-player campaign follows pilot Jack Cooper and Titan BT-7274. The official story hasn't been announced, but from the looks of the trailer at the top of this article, it looks like there will be plenty of robot-and-human buddy action.
When it comes to its multiplayer, Titanfall 2 will supply players with free DLC maps and modes. The game also launches alongside a line of action figures, which come with exclusive in-game content.
You can check out the new sword-wielding Titan here. Dubbed Ronin, the Titan can move quickly, shoot a giant shotgun-like weapon, and utilize its sword in combat.
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Last week, I went to the Georgian Gallery of the Talbot Rice for the symposium:
Place – the challenge of sound in gallery settings
On my way home, I found myself mulling over a sense that the participating audience could have grappled with the title of the symposium more directly…
The title raises issues central to the question of the credibility and feasibility of sound as a medium per se in contemporary art – whether the sound is part of a mixed-media work (ie an installation also involving physical object/s, light etc), a performance work, or a sound-only installation.
The approach of Joe Bank's immersive, audio installation (Disinformation) undoubtedly brought the focus of attention to the field of sound art that emerges from acoustic design and digital music. This field is well represented and documented in art publishing, and more broadly in sound-art events. But, as James Clegg, assistant curator at Talbot rice summarised in his introduction, sound in art has a fascinatingly long and mixed pedigree – emerging from music, performance, sculpture and, most importantly, from the fertile gaps, the liminal places, in between these now unfashionably limiting categories.
This, for me, is the truly diverse and fascinating pedigree of sound in the visual arts.
But, I find myself questioning whether, in spite of the emergent popularity of sound per se, sound is really understood and accepted as a credible medium, among media, in this way. Its reputation as problematic remains.
Galleries are working to precedence – literally and metaphorically. And sound, whether presented on its own, or combined with film or in an installation, brings formidable challenges – of audibility, sensitivity and containment and the need for in-house technical expertise.
Given the role of the gallery as 'keeper', I do wonder whether, over time, these practical issues are having a reciprocal, repressive influence, in turn, on the direction and pace of development of sound in art-practices per se.
Have they served to encourage a continued ghetto-isation of the field of sonic art in its purest form – the art purely of sound?
Is the potential for new works in sound or mixed media with sound being influenced or discouraged by the primacy placed on visual over sonic media in mixed media works of art or shows?


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Blurb from goodreads.com, please scroll down for my review.
The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer's career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track—until the recession hits and she gets downsized, furloughed, escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is one of the "lucky" associates. She's offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, after which there would be a slim chance that she'd get her old job back.
In a matter of days Samantha moves from Manhattan to Brady, Virginia, population 2,200, in the heart of Appalachia, a part of the world she has only read about. Mattie Wyatt, lifelong Brady resident and head of the town's legal aid clinic, is there to teach her how to "help real people with real problems." For the first time in her career, Samantha prepares a lawsuit, sees the inside of an actual courtroom, gets scolded by a judge, and receives threats from locals who aren't so thrilled to have a big-city lawyer in town. And she learns that Brady, like most small towns, harbors some big secrets.
Her new job takes Samantha into the murky and dangerous world of coal mining, where laws are often broken, rules are ignored, regulations are flouted, communities are divided, and the land itself is under attack from Big Coal. Violence is always just around the corner, and within weeks Samantha finds herself engulfed in litigation that turns deadly.
My Review.
I have always loved John Grisham, but this wasn´t one of his best, in fact I didn´t really enjoy this at all, but I did finish the book. It is very similar book to his others, but there was no punch to it, no surprises or twists in the tale.
The part I enjoyed was the female character, ok, maybe I didn´t like her much, what I enjoyed was that there was a female character, it is not very often this author writes with a female main character but I had figured out her choice of place to live early on, it seemed rather obvious to me despite the author writing that she wanted to return to New York plenty of times.
The coal mining parts were very interesting, with plenty of details, I also enjoyed the details of the area the author wrote about.
The issues covered, coal mining, with it´s mountaintop removal is worrying, with definite health and environmental impacts.
I was disappointed with the ending, it was so abrupt and also gives the idea that there might be a second with the same characters. I probably won´t be reading that one if there is a sequel.


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The stone pictured above was given to me by a friend who collected it on an Oregon beach. It's been polished smooth by rubbing up against other stones over countless cycles of the moon; all rough edges taken away.
It reminds me of "The Friction of Being Visible" by Mark Nepo (The Book of Awakening), which I include below in its entirety.
"Living through enough, we all come to this understanding, though it is difficult to accept: No matter what path we choose to honor, there will always be conflict to negotiate. If we choose to avoid all conflict with others, we will eventually breed a poisonous conflict within ourselves. Likewise, when we manage to attend our inner lives, who we are will – sooner or later – create some discord with those who would rather have us be something else.
In effect, the cost of being who you are is that you can't possibly meet everyone's expectations, and so, there will, inevitably, be external conflict to deal with: the friction of being visible. Still, the cost of not being who you are is that while you are busy pleasing everyone around you, a precious part of you is dying inside, in this case, there will be internal conflict to deal with: the friction of being invisible.
As for me, it's taken me thirty of my forty-nine years to realize that not being who I am is more deadly, and it has taken the last nineteen years to try to make a practice of this. What this means, in a daily way, is that I have to be conscientious about being truthful and resist the urge to accommodate my truth away. It means that being who I really am is not forbidden or muted just because others are uncomfortable or don't want to hear it.
The great examples are legendary: Nelson Mandela, Gandhi, Sir Thomas More, Rosa Parks. But we don't have to be great to begin. We simply have to start by saying what we really want for dinner or which movie we really want to see. "
No matter what we do, some will applaud us, some will be indifferent, and some may condemn us. So choose your deepest fulfillment and let how people respond be the filter for who you draw closer and who you move away from. As Mark Nepo points out, hiding our selves "will eventually breed a poisonous conflict within ourselves".
For those we let be closer to us, there's another way of avoiding the potential friction of intimacy which I've done that seems equally harmful: Instead of hiding myself, I've stridently declared myself with an implied threat against anyone who dares to challenge me. Instead of hiding myself behind an inner wall, I build an outer wall intended to keep them out.
Hiding or being strident, both are ways to avoid the vulnerability that is present with any true intimacy. Being intimate with another human being will change you in ways that you cannot control, and that's scary. Deciding who to be in relationship with is choosing who we will be changed by. Our suffering comes from trying to escape or control how we are changed, but these attempts are futile from the start; they will change us despite any resistance.
Rubbing against another is not just about conflict, but also about inspiration to other ways of being in the world. Our way is not the only way, and real intimacy shows us that in so many ways. The decision is never to be changed by someone or not, the decision is only to be "In" or "Out" of the relationship.
This friction may be experienced as unpleasant, but it's good medicine in the long run. It challenges us to go beyond our limitations, challenges how we live life and will eventually bring a maturing that is not possible alone. Instead of pushing friction away, we can turn toward it, knowing it is the seed that will grow into our maturity. If we are open to being changed by another, we can become like the stone pictured above, polished smooth, but with our core substance remaining.


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Budget reflects BMC's failed efforts to provide 24x7 water supply
In past 10 years, most projects promising continuous supply have hit dead endmumbai Updated: Feb 08, 2016 01:20 IST
As the city gets ready to battle a dry summer, the BMC's flimsy administrative decisions — reflected in its budgets over the years — may come back to harm Mumbai. From announcing a mega project to provide 24x7 water supply only to slow it down to the point of being scrapped — the BMC's indecisiveness showed again in this year's budget when it made little mention of the project.
For the year 2016-17, the civic body allocated Rs5,887.11 crore for water and sewerage projects. According to data available with the water department, in the past 10 years, the civic body has launched various projects costing more than Rs4,000 crore to provide 24/7 water supply to the city, stop leakages, theft, contamination and achieve 100% metering. But most of these projects have hit a dead end owing to failure in execution.
The projects include Sujal Mumbai Abhiyan, Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) for 100% metering and Water Distribution Improvement Programme (WDIP). While Sujal Mumbai Abhiyan and AMR scheme were launched in 2007 and 2008 respectively, WDIP was started in 2014 for better water management. Officials blamed inadequate data and a lack of basic infrastructure in houses for this.
Under Sujal Mumbai, authorities focused only on the construction of a water tunnel and not on individual connections. AMR covered nearly 89,000 housing societies, but those residing in chawls and slums were ignored because the cost of the meters was high.
The civic body then launched another WDIP scheme in 2014, but this is also stuck. Under this scheme, the BMC promised to start a customer call centre by May 2015, but it was delayed.
A senior civic official from the water department said, "We have planned so many things for better water supply, but changing officials at the top, a lack of coordination and poor implementation have affected all the projects."
According to available data, there are currently 3.27 lakh water connections in Mumbai. But this data is based on properties paying taxes and old metered connections in south Mumbai and hence is very limited. The BMC hopes under WDIP, every house that requires a water connection will get surveyed.


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The quality of employment of means in the Holy prophet's and religious apponents' manner-1English 1725 Views |
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Another lesson that can be derived from the Holy Prophet's practical attiude is the proper use of means to attain the ends. Generally speaking, man should have sacred and lofty goals in life. Moreover, as regards his goals as well as the means he employs, he should be a true Muslim. Some people are not true Muslims so far as their goals are concerned, i.e. they are only concerned with their stomach, sleep and seeking worldly pleasures. They want to live a life of self – indulgence only. These pepole cannot be called Muslims, not even human beings, for their aims do not go beyond the limit of man's lustful animal passions, which a true human beings avoids. A true Muslims only aims at obeying God's commands.
To realize his sacred goals, man should necessarily use certain means. The question here arises as to which means he should employs. Is it sufficient for one to have merely sacred and divine goals, regardless of how evil and unsacred the means he uses might be? Or else, should one apply sacred means to achieve sacred goals? These questions will be clarified hereafter.
Supposing our aim is to propagate religion. Is it admissible to use any means whatsoever to realise such an aim? The answer is definitely no. In the same way, it is forbidden to tell lies or to flater in order to secure personal interests. Also, it is not proper for someone having a sacred goal of building a mosque, to tell lies so as to collect money or building materials, although this may be praised and considered as a kind of devotion by others. Fabricating a tradition and attributing it to the Prophet and Imams in order to guide people to the straight path, even without any personal interests, or even to discourage back- biting and idle – speaking and encourage prayer instead, would be blameworthy as well. Islam in the attainment of goals, does not prescribe such means even if these are based on good intent. To say, for example, that the reciting of a given verse of the Quran will affect one in a certan way or fabricate a story or dream to make of people believers, and instill faith in them are way which are forbidden in Islam.
It is related that Abi bin Ka'b used to narrate a prophetic tradition concerning effects and blessings attained by recitation of different verses of the Quran. Someone asked him why he alone narrated that tradition and no one else? He replied that he had fabricated it to please God and added, "I had noticed that in gatherings, people usually narrate legends and adventures and recite poems from the pre- Islamic era, thereby wasting their time. I invented this tradition as a good way to make them recite the Quran instead." This is wrong according to Islam, as truth cannot be founded or based on falsehood.
On the whole, te prophets of God and among them the Holy Prophet of Islam, never resorted to falsehood in order to establish the truth, rather to do so, they resorted to truth itself.
Quranic Narrations are Authentic
It has been asserted by some Egyptians that the Holy Quran is not a book of history which records factual events and occurrences. Rather, it has a sacred goal, namely to narrate stories and anecdotes to the people who may learn from them, regardless of their being true or not.
In the course of history, may admonitory tales have been narrated in the language of animals by the wise, which one and all know to be legends. Examples are the stories of "Kalilah Va Demnah", in which lions, foxes, rabbits and other animals are main characters. In one story, for instance, the writer portrays a very small rabbit hurling a huge lion into a well in order to make man understand that the body and physical power cannot contend with wisdom and intellect. Now, some people have ( God forbids) tried to compare Quranic anecdotes with such tales, saying that it is not necessary for us to argue whether they are true historical stories or allegorical ones, for we have to merely learn from them.
This argument is entirely incorrect and nonsensical, for the prophetic logic does not permit the prophets to use untrue and fabricated event, even allegorically, to point to the truth. It si impossible for the prophet of Islam, the Holy Quran, the Imams ( A.S) and other learned scholars from this school of thought to use baseless arguments to attain a sacred goal. We ( Muslims) have no doubt that all narrations in the Quran, in their from and content, are manifest realities, and there is no need to support Quranic anecdotes by books of history, rather, history should be supported by the Quran.
* There is a basic difference in the line of thinking of the modern and the ancient scholars, The former believe that "the end justifies the means" i.e. one's goal should be sacred, and for attaining it any means can be used. This is considered a principle by some Egyptian scholars. The ancient scholars have narrated a tradition which the late Sheikh Ansari, may God bless him, has narrated twice in his " Makasib- i- Muharrimah', enjoining that should one confront some people who distort religion by fabricating ideas not included in religion or remove from religion things included in it, one must stand against them with strong logic and make people aware of their lies and heresies.


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Born 1944 - North Wales
Educated at University of Wales & Bath Academy of Art
Full-time artist since 1969
Artist's Statement
In all my work, I have used ready-made material and found objects in varying degrees. I choose objects that connect with my imagination. This fascination derives from the fact that my chosen objects have had a previous existence or "past" and can be given a new one through sculptural processes, as the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent: "Things have a life of their own,...... its simply a matter of waking up their souls". (One Hundred Years' of Solitude - G.G.M).
With my bronze sculptures, such as "Lunatic Child" or "Frog Prince", the objet touve is usually (a piece of) natural (material); a stone/driftwood/cork/bone, etc. and usually discovered in a natural environment such as a beach or mountainside. Often they have taken on a unifying character through the stared experience of weathering, "sea change", and sometimes fire, and are further fused through the process of bronze casting and transformed into Miroesque 'personnages' of a parallel and darkly-humoured world to our own.
'Ulysses' Suite and other related works.
Unlike the bronzes, the objects used here are mostly man-made, and can range from sardine cans to Spanish dolls; 'pearl' beads to pill bottles; plastic toys to porcelain roses. They are purchased from car-boot sales, charity shops, or normal retail outlets (e.g. a toy shop). Imaginative processes again play a large part in their selection. I see them also as part of the sub-culture or folk art of 20th century society. They often contain a strong kitsch element and exhibit a more active energy than the found natural objects and carry stronger associative references. This energy has given my box works a boisterousness which I hope parallels the Dublin of "Ulysses". Although the objects used can be seen as everyday objects by "the man in the street", they are not used as such but are given a new context, and new poetic "identity" of metaphor and symbol. In responding to the Academic, Scientific and Artistic themes, the contents of the boxes elide into my own personal world. For example, Chemistry (of Joyce) via the notion of sexual chemistry becomes views on marriage in my world. Several autobiographical themes ran through all of the boxes, such as 'Dead lust' (punning of course on Daedelus) and dealing with ideas of diminishing "powers" after the age of fifty. To provide a further example, the Ariadne 'Thread' relates to the influence of women in my life from grandmothers to wives, lovers and friends.


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The history of rugs is long and distinguished.
Some of the oldest known examples of rugs date back to the 5th century B.C., to southern Siberia. These rugs were knotted with symmetrical Turkish knots—shepherds in this region knotted wool into woven cloth, which were developed into heavy rugs—and are most likely of Persian origin. These rugs were then knotted onto woven backing, which allowed for a wide range of designs and textures. After centuries, the Turkish or symmetrical knotted pile technique is still used today to make area rugs in Iran, Europe, Asia Minor and the Caucasus; the Persian or asymmetrical knot technique is also used in Iran, as well as India, China and Egypt.
Rugs originally developed in central and Western Asia, as they acted as coverings for dirt floors; they covered the floors of tents, houses, mosques and palaces. For wealthier families, rugs served both an aesthetic and practical purpose. Persian rugs were also used as curtains, blankets, tomb covers and coverings for tent openings.
Felt rugs were also made and used throughout Asia; exemplary examples of such rugs can be found in northern Mongolia. During the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, throughout Asia Minor and the Caucasus, rugs were woven using vivid colors and included various geometric shape patterns, such as stars and polygons, along with Kufic writing. Within Persia, rugs were named after the tribes or villages that they originated from; the names of Oriental rugs, then, refer to the city or region in which the rug was created.
Little known, the expansion of Islam is one of the key ways that rugs spread to other regions beyond Asia Minor and Central Asia. As Muslims used personal rugs for prayers, the use of the rug spread as Islam expanded into Spain and Eastern Europe.
The first commercial rug industry started in England, in towns such as Wilton and Axminster. Today, both towns are famous for their rugs and carpets, and in the U.S., many hotel chains include carpets made in Axminster. In 1848, Erastus B. Bigelow, an American, invented the power loom, which manufactured Wilson carpets. Bigelow's power loom dominated the industry until the 1940s, when tufted carpets began to be produced. In 1950, tufted carpeting made up approximately 10 percent of the market share in the U.S.; today, it makes up over 95 percent of all rug and carpet sales today.


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Date Posted:18/03/2015
Children and families are in for a cracking Easter at Bletchley Park. The whole family can enjoy special activities everyday during the Easter holidays as part of our Bright Sparks @ Bletchley Park program, including a range of craft and spy workshops for all ages, children's guided tours, trails, quizzes and handling collections. These family focused events guarantee children of all ages can have fun whilst learning about the Home of the Codebreakers.
On Easter Monday, 6 April, the hunt is on for chocolate prizes as Bletchley Park holds the hugely popular Easter Eggstravaganza in partnership with Milton Keynes Suzuki. This special day includes a chance to make your own Enigma, soft play, tours specially for children and families, and an Easter trail around this uniquely historic site.
On Sunday and Monday Milton Keynes Suzuki will be offering visitors the chance to test their codebreaking skills and crack the combination on a locked safe and win a brand new car.
Family Fun Wednesdays make a welcome return on 1 and 8 April, with Ultra and spy workshops, children's tours, craft activities and the Top Secret Room.
They will continue every Wednesday throughout the long summer holidays too, with trails, quizzes and special spy and codebreaking workshops. Visit once - normal admission price applies, under-12s are free - then use your Annual Season Ticket to Bletchley Park to return week after week during the school holidays.


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The introvert: If a shy girl gave you her number, you should probably wait a maximum of 24 hours to text her, even if she wasn't sober when she gave it to you.
She's shy, she probably doesn't give her number out often… She may get sad or feel a little down on herself if you don't message her soon, so text her the next day.
I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine that ended up being the inspiration for this post.
Picture this, you met a girl at a bar, sporting event, house party, dinner, whatever it was, and you hit it off. You've read magazines, watched movies, had chats with your friends, and everyone seems to say the same thing, 'wait at least three days'. Yes, you do need to create desire, but you shouldn't follow this rule verbatim.
72 hours may seem like a long time to wait for a babe like her, but trust me, if you want to make it into her mind, and stay there, you should wait a bit (not a bunch).
The energy she gives off is intoxicating and it is probable that she has other men who are waiting for a chance with her. Because of the fact that she almost always knows that she can have what she wants, you should wait this one out, but not for too long. Public lectures, give talks on vessel with concerns, such as "does. Applies to: residential single family can also prohibits. Buysell competitions horoscopes cartoons this online. Notify your renewal date 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64. As criticism continues consolation auf meinem mac belong. Prescriptions have only if application form before dating dating for more than. Commandments of dating site sued for online dating? Published its final rule now designate the 72 hour rule online dating is brandon heath dating someone hour rule? Controlled substances for singles think you should know before. The day after, she's planning a brunch with her friends, after 48 hours, she's working on the things she's neglected and by the third day, she's thinking about the awesome conversation she had with you and is wondering why she hasn't heard from you yet. So next time you're at the bar and you get her number (you lucky guy, you!), make sure you consider what type of girl she is before texting her.


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I enjoyed looking through portfolios on Behance.net because they offer a wide range of content but keep it looking neat so the person viewing the site won't be overwhelmed. I would definitely use this website for my portfolio. It is also free which is another benefit. They offer curated galleries with some of the sites best works ranging from graphic designs, sound, and many other categories. They even went as far as to group the artworks by which Adobe application they were made in. This can be found in the Creative tools tab. There is then a link for live illustrations on youtube and a schedule for when they will be held. You are even able to replay some of them. What stood out to me the most is that they have a section for jobs where you can put in your location and what services you have to offer. This portion is constantly updated and I think it is effective and even crucial for a portfolio website because there is a stigma that artists have a hard time finding jobs but this part is flooded with available positions.
When you first enter the site they show their "Best of Behance" where there is a lot of colorful and interesting pieces. I found one of my favorite pieces on this page which was a motion graphic made for MAC Cosmetics liquid lip products. The graphic wasn't moving on the home page, but the colors caught my eye and then when I clicked on it I realized it was a motion graphic which made me like it even more.
This is the home page of the website https://www.behance.net/
This is the MAC Cosmetics motion graphic https://www.behance.net/gallery/63385641/MAC-cosmetics


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We now have a new term the democrats use for Negroes who step out of line. Mediocre Negro now joins Uncle Tom, Aunt Jemima, and other tools of psychological pressure to keep the African American population in line.
The issue started when some African American community leaders went to Trump Tower to have a discussion with President Trump about how to improve the lives of the African American community. Of course the pundits in CNN did not like this. They labelled them as mediocre negroes. The mediocre negroes had the gall to talk about the problems in the inner cities and employment when they were not even part of the business community but were rather sports, movie, and musical stars only brought to sing and dance and were used for photo ops.
The Talk
African Americans, like the Union vote, have always been one of the core voting blocks of the Democrats. The push-back that President Trump gets in trying to build inroads to the community is understandable. The question democrats have to ask themselves is.. Well what did you think would happen? When you ignore the interests of one of your core voting blocks in favor of the interests of other blocks you want to bring in then they will find other allies to get their needs.
In championing illegal immigration and creating more competition for scarce jobs the Democrats have shown that the African American community could expect little help from them in dealing with their historic unemployment problems as the Democrats were more interested in acquire the family members of the illegals as a voting block.
In championing NAFTA under Bill Clinton and TPP under Hillary Clinton and President Obama they have shown that they are willing to put corporate and donor interests above the employment issues that the African American community faces.
In cracking down on super-predators and pushing forth a crime bill that targeted African-Americans under Bill Clinton they have shown that the community could not rely on them to protect it.
Can the African American community rely on Trump? They don't know. Yet there are enough of them willing to try.
The Song and Dance
The party which campaigns with Katy Perry, Beyonce, and gets it climate advice from Leonardo di Caprio is upset at the mediocre negro at only being used for singing, dancing and photo ops.
The hypocrisy is plain to see but the central issue is the fundamental understanding the democrats have of the community. According to Senator Sanders African American youth unemployment has hit 50%. There are no jobs you get early on to teach you work ethics and other valuable life lessons. There are no early paychecks to help you qualify for a credit card early and build your credit score so that when you need a loan for your first business you get favorable interest rates. Instead we have out of work youths who are at a higher risk of turning to crime. The building blocks to be a successful small business owner have been taken away one by one.
If you look at the low income African American community the quickest way out of poverty is to "sing and dance" and maybe catch too. Sports, singing, acting, and other things of this nature have proven to be the only hope of a sizable portion of the community which is why you see young black athletes take their sport very seriously. They know it is the only shot they have. Yet they are faulted for being mediocre negroes when they succeed in the only path left to them.
This is by no means limited to the left. The Republican base revolted against the party this year and voted for someone their leaders were against because they felt that their needs were ignored. As long as you keep ignoring the interests of your voting blocks more and more mediocre negroes will appear.


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Vasant Valley School
Sir I just heard about Ms. Oberoi, I cant believe that she is not around any more. It was such a shock. She was my favorite teacher and always supported me through so much- be it my teenage issues with my parents or mentoring me on my study schedule or even choosing a career...She was awesome! I regret not having met her before all of this happened. I can't be there in person for her family but I would want to show my support.
Swati Koul
Really sorry to lose Mrs Oberoi.I have a vivid recollection or her being Arjun's english teacher and an inspiring one at that...
Dr Nagpal
We have just learnt of the sad demise of Mrs. Oberoi. We are indeed deeply grieved and send our heartfelt commiserations to her family & the Vasant Valley fraternity.
She had been a pillar of fortitude & an apostle of endearment as she observed a silent yet concerned & affectionate vigil over our babies.
We have lost a devoted educator & an exceptional human being & she will indeed be greatly missed as she embarks upon the journey of her choice to meet her maker.
We pray for the peace of the departed soul & for god to grant her family & loved ones the strength to harbor this loss.
In Grief
Ajai, Roweena, Aditya & Naina
I was deeply saddened to hear from my son Ricky T. George about the special assembly to remember Mrs. Pielu Oberoi who passed away yesterday. I would like convey my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family both biological family members and extended family members of Vasant Valley of colleagues, students and parents. I also read the well deserved tribute & Obituary note on the Vasant Valley website.
I have known Mrs. Oberoi well while she was head the Junior School while Ricky was there. She was so approachable and friendly to both students & parents. She was most willing to have a one to one discussion with you on any advise I asked her on parenting, +vely motivating the child or contributing to the overall development of kids, using her vast and years of experience in education. I still have fond memories of her sweet welcoming smile assuring parents all the time that nothing was impossible. I owe her a lot as a parent for he valuable contributions in making my sons Junior School years most memorable and enjoyable. I sincerely hope and pray that her soul rests in peace.
With my Best Regards
Really sorry to hear about Mrs Oberoi....She was a lovely lady.
Swapan Seth.
Heartfelt commiseration for the Vasant Valley family at the sad loss of Mrs Peilu Oberoi. We pray for her peace.
Sapna, Girish, Shiv Mohan and Brea Dutt
To our children she was the ever smiling and soft soul.....to the parents she was a wonderful human being, to the school she was a pillar of strength. In this sad hour we join her family, the VVS family and her friends in a prayer of remembrance and pray to the Almighty for her soul to rest in heavenly peace.
Zara, Aman, Minhaj, Saman and Mansoor.
I have just read about the very sad news of the passing away of Peilu.
On my first 'official' day at VVS, Malvika and I were assigned to her class as we were going to inherit her 'babies'. I remember that Gunjan Gulati (and I am sure others as well) were very anxious whether we were going to be "kind" to the children. To be honest, I was determined to be a good teacher but kindness was not one of the qualities that I associated with teaching. In the week or two that followed Peilu changed a lot of my pre-conceived notions about what it meant to be a good teacher - at least in the pastoral sense. I am not a warm and fuzzy person, given to cuddling and hugging kids and when Peilu told me that I was supposed to do exactly that, I was initially skeptical about her ideas but now more than a decade and a half later I realize that Peilu had got it so right. I do not teach apprehensive soon-to-be-senior-school 11 year olds any more - my students are adults, many of them my contemporaries age wise, but 'kindness' is a teaching
trait that gets through every time - and I have to thank Peilu for showing me the light.
I do not want to mourn Peilu's passing - I understand that she was suffering - so I would like to celebrate all that she stood for, all that she achieved, for the beautiful spun sugar flowers that she made to decorate cakes, for all gossiping that we did in the staffroom, for all the sardar jokes that she had in her repertoire, for all her moaning and groaning when things got out of hand, as they sometimes did, for the sharing of miracle weight loss secrets, for her lovely smile, for all the good times and the bad.
I am grieved to hear that Mrs.Oberoi is no longer amongst us.I wanted to meet her before i left for college.I am deeply hurt and will miss her.She was always bright and cheerful.She had an aura around her.I always felt happy to meet her.
I am so sorry for the loss of the faculty and the school.
I will always be a part of school.
Warm Regards,
Arjun Singh
I am very sorry to hear about Mrs. Oberoi. I have many fond memories of her from my time in Junior School. May God let her soul rest in peace.
I am particularly writing this letter to express our condolence on Ms. Oberoi's demise. Mohan informed me about it day before and I thought I should write to you. In case you meet / call her family please convey our condolences to them . I dont know what to say but some one who had known her would know that a wonderful person left earth. Ms. Oberoi's calmness and affection will be always remembered.
Regards to all at VVS,
Take care,
We extent our sincere condolence to the bereaved family of Mrs Peilu Oberoi and Vasant Valley family. We also send our thoughts and prayers to her family at this difficult time. She was a very highly respected throughout community and profession and her good work changed the lives of many....
We will always miss her.
Rachna,Saurabh,Revant & Ayushe Nagpal
Heartfelt condolences to all at school ,on the passing on of Ms Oberio.Pallavi's starting years at Vasant Valley also got associated with meeting this wonderful person regularly at school.Firstly her illness was regreted and now this news.Please extend our condolences and regards to her family too..
Pallavi Anup Aarti Rawla
Hearing about Mrs. Oberoi completely devastated me . Somethings are unthinkable and Vasant Valley without Mrs. Oberoi is one of those things. She will be greatly missed. Word's cannot even begin to express our sorrow. She's in our prayers and her memories will give us strength. It's a great loss to all of us and may her soul rest in peace. I hereby also propose a minutes silence before any kind of sporting event this year in her memory. This will be a mark of respect for one of the gems of vasant valley school.
Aditya Lal


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Below is a question from Debbie M. in Boyertown, PA. Sometimes it is best if I answer a customer's letter within the letter itself so it makes more sense, and this is what I am doing below...
Dear Dr. Schulze, I'm so glad you finally got your blog up and running. Thank you for your persistence. I have been a fan since I bought the book "Curing with Cayenne" and have been making the women's formula ever since.
In my forties this formula helped with severe cramping. I just turned 55 and am now perimenopausal. My parents both have reproductive cancer. My mother has since passed from breast cancer. The doctors say it was estrogen driven. Someone in the health field told me I shouldn't take the women's formulas because some of the herbs may have an estrogenic effect and since my mother had estrogen driven breast cancer, I should stop. Well, that scared me and I stopped about a year ago…
OK, let's begin…
First, you say that this formula helped you with severe cramping and that you started taking it at age 40 and that you are now 55 and I am assuming that you have been taking the formula for 15 years, either straight or on and off. This all sounds good.
You also state that BOTH of your parents have reproductive cancer and that your Mom has passed away from it, and that the medical doctors said it was estrogen driven.
The first thing I did in my clinic with every patient was take a health history, which would include all of their relatives and going back to grandparents. If both of your parents have reproductive cancer, and you mother has actually died from it, this does in fact put you in a higher risk group for developing reproductive cancer, BUT, it is not a guarantee at all that you will develop cancer at all, and I am sure that you will NOT. So take a breath here, please.
If you live a very different life than your parents, physically, emotionally and spiritually, and have a very different lifestyle, then you can expect to have a very different health outcome. Basically, you can expect to be healthy and cancer-free.
Remember, your level of health is determined by your GENETICS REACTING to your LIFESTYLE, meaning, that you may be genetically predisposed to reproductive cancer, (and there is nothing that you can do about that, that's water under the bridge) but if you create a powerfully healthy lifestyle, again, not just physically, but also emotionally and spiritually, well, you simply WILL NOT develop reproductive cancer. On the other hand, if you live in a similar way as your parents did, or even a lower quality or lower health lifestyle, well you can expect a similar outcome, possibly creating Reproductive Cancer.
For all of us, the best way to PREVENT genetic weaknesses (family diseases) from developing in our bodies, and the best way to pass on stronger genetic coding to our children, is to live a healthy life. I don't want to sound like a German geneticist or Dr. "Adolph" Schulze here, but this is a very basic law of Nature. The weak become diseased and die out and the strong survive, and I want to make sure that you are strong, healthy, live long, and that we will all create stronger and healthier future generations.
OK, so good so far.
Then you say:
"Someone" in the "health field" told me I shouldn't take the women's formulas because some of the herbs may have an estrogenic effect and since my mother had estrogen driven cancer, I should stop. Well, that scared me and I stopped about a year ago…
They were wrong!
This is where I have a problem—'Someone in the health field'. Just like medical doctors, there are so many people in the health field that mean well, but don't really know what they are talking about and pass on a lot of misinformation, even real stupid suggestions and even more ridiculous treatment ideas. This is the vast MAJORITY of both medical doctors and natural health professionals.
To make things worse, the vast MAJORITY of "health practitioners" and even "natural" doctors, still THINK like medical doctors, using standard medical algorithms or thought patterns with treatments, meaning they think and treat just like medical doctors, and this is where the problem lies. Let me explain…
Herbs are just one of the many tools of Natural Healing. They are to be used along with healthy food programs, flexibility, movement and exercise programs, cleansing and detoxification routines, emotional and spiritual programs and hundreds of other positive lifestyle changes.
Herbal Medicines, when used correctly, are never used like a drug. Herbs do not act like drugs, and should not be prescribed like drugs. Many herbalists around the world, if you have a headache, would prescribe herbs for reducing pain—I definitely would not. Unfortunately most people, who practice natural medicine, do so with an allopathic or standard medical doctor's mindset.
If you have a headache, I want to know WHY, not, I repeat NOT, just kill the pain. You can have a headache for 1,000 different reasons from tight neck muscles and stress, to constipation, toxicity, eyestrain or even a brain tumor. Pain is the way the body communicates and lets us know that something is out of balance. To tell it to shut up, and use drugs or even herbs, to make it go away without knowing why it exists is a very ignorant form of medicine that is practiced by most doctors, both Orthodox and Alternative.
The herbs in any of my Female Formulas do not contain estrogen, nor would these herbs promote any cancer in your body, nor would they promote your body to develop any cancer, in fact they will do just the opposite.
The herbs do contain nutrients that your body can use to build hormones, but only if you need them. Mostly what these herbs do, is sensitize or assist your body to be more sensitive in detecting the amount of hormones that you have created that are present in your bloodstream and then suppressing or stimulating the manufacture of them, as needed.
For instance, many of the female herbs in my Female Formulas have been found to work by increasing the sensitivity of the hypothalamus organ in your brain. It's the hypothalamus that constantly checks your blood for hormone levels every minute of every day. If it detects that you are low in any endocrine chemical (like a hormone such as estrogen) it will release chemicals that tell your ovaries to produce more estrogen. If the hypothalamus detects that you have enough estrogen, it will release other chemicals that slow down or even stop your ovaries from producing estrogen. So you can see that these herbs do not contain estrogen, but instead sensitize your own endocrine system to produce exactly the amount of hormones, or estrogen, that your body decides that you need, not what I (or any doctor) thinks you need.
Since I don't use herbs that actually contain estrogen, you have nothing to worry about.
Now, having said that, all animal foods, because of the huge amount of growth hormones and steroids that are used in all meat, milk and egg production, are loaded with residual growth hormones and steroids. So, when you consume animals and their byproducts, you consume large amounts of these growth hormones and steroids. The residual hormones and steroids in animal food and animal byproducts have been directly linked to the increase in reproductive cancers, including breast, uterine and ovarian in women, and prostate and testicular in men. So if you read my books and follow my work, then you already know that—especially for you with a family history of cancer—that I highly recommend a vegan food program. Even the American Cancer Society says that this will reduce your risk of cancer. So this is the FIRST place this "health practitioner" should have gone, stopping you from consuming any animal food, and left the herbal medicine advice to the herbal doctors.
Now my symptoms are crampiness and spotting almost every day. I tried going back on the formula, but I started to get slight hot flashes, so I stopped again. When I started taking it, was I just not taking enough? Now, I don't know what to do. I'm thinking I should be taking it to balance my hormones, but don't want hot flashes. I would love to hear your thoughts.
— Debbie M. in Boyertown, PA
OK, let me give you a few of my thoughts here…
First, relax; this is not such a big deal. I know this is very important to you, and your health, but I do not feel that you are in any serious danger, just a little bit out of balance. So it is important that you keep this in perspective.
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#3: You are not your mother and you are not your father. Sure, you have inherited many of their genetic strengths and weaknesses. But remember, you do not have to live out any of their genetic weaknesses, and the best way to make absolutely sure that you do not manifest any of their, or your, genetic weaknesses is to live a much healthier lifestyle—physically, emotionally and spiritually—then your parents did. I am sure that your parents did a lot of great things; all I'm asking of you is an UPGRADE. I want you to take a good look at what your parents taught you. And then I want you to eliminate the bad, keep the good, and create a new, more healthier lifestyle for yourself then your parents did for themselves.
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I'm going, to be honest with you. It did feel a little strange doing a #Halfwatchtuesday (HWT) article last week. Given the hashtag had only existed for four weeks it might have been presumptuous to start a weekly article. What if no one submitted? Would Tuesday become barren for Omega Speedy non-owners again?
As I sat in front of a blank computer screen last Monday the ramifications seemed unfathomable. But then I reminded myself #Halfwatchtuesday is not for us but for all of you, regardless of the watch brand, colour or style. We are the Mother of Dragons to your Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion (the less about Goldilocks the better), we simply have a platform for you to be creative and have some fun and wow did you answer. We were blown away Varys style with the quality and creativity of the submissions. Let's jump straight into some of our favourites in the #HWT week 5 top picks.
@jwit94 makes it two weeks in the HWT top picks with a sensational Doxa Sub 300 submission, an example of reissues done right. We loved the detail in the photo and that flash of orange is stunning. Well done and keep up the good work.
Next up is a newcomer to the HWT movement. @watchin_around blasts in with his jaw-droppingly clean Patek 5167 Aquanaut; a grail watch for many. Fantastic watch and submission.
Top marks to @jontford for creativity and ironing skills. We can confirm a speedy fits under the cuff.
Orange was the colour of the week with this stand out submission from @katlenschmidt…endorsed by us all but heavily by @rickticktalk. Well done Katlen for this Sunkist shot.
(editors note: I owe her the submission for continuing to mispronounce her name! Regards Rick)
I am a self-confessed Grand Seiko fanboy and nearly fell off my seat at the quality of this submission from @alakbatakhorology. Much is said about how black Grand Seiko black is and it has been captured perfectly here, and then there are those hands; razor sharp.
Last up to put you in the mood for summer is this beautiful submission from @watchesinnature. I love the way the Seiko Presage indices reflect the pink. An amazing photo as always.
We have to give a few special shout outs. Firstly to Adrian from @barkandjack for supporting HWT and his almost unbelievable submission this week, that new camera is working for you buddy. Click on his youtube channel for some great watch content.
Next special shout out to @new_forest_robin_young, the UK distributor for Moritz Grossmann. That's as good as the brand posting itself. I am thoroughly impressed every time I see one of their watches and would be delighted if they paid us a visit north of the wall.
Thank you all who took part this week, it does pain us we cannot mention everyone, but believe us when we say we love seeing every submission. Reposts will come up on the Instagram page over the week so click on @halfwatchtuesday to see more. Remember #halfwatchtuesday is for everyone and you're invited
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Hymn Information
We Praise Thee, O God, Our Redeemer
Netherlands Folksong
From "The Collection" by Andrainus Valerius.
Arranged by Edward Kremser (1838-1914).
Kremser 12. 11. 12. 11.
Translated by Julia Bulkley Cady, 1882-????
Text from Psalm 26:12
We praise Thee, O God, our Redeemer, Creator,
In grateful devotion our tribute we bring.
We lay it before Thee, we kneel and adore Thee,
We bless Thy holy Name, glad praises we sing.
We worship Thee, God of our fathers, we bless Thee;
Thro' life's storm and tempest our Guide Thou hast been.
When perils o'ertake us, escape Thou wilt make us,
And with Thy help, O Lord, our battles we win.
With voices united our praises we offer,
To Thee, great Jehovah, glad anthems we raise.
Thy strong arm will guide us, our God is beside us,
To Thee, our great Redeemer, forever be praise.
Alternate translation (Theodore Baker)
We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing,
He chastens and hastens His will to make known;
The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing.
Sing praises to His name,— He forgets not His own.
Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
Ordaining, maintaining His Kingdom divine,
So from the beginning the fight we were winning;
Thou, Lord, wast at our side, all glory be Thine.
We all do extol Thee, Thou Leader triumphant,
And pray that Thou still our Defender wilt be.
Let Thy congregation escape tribulation!
Thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
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- # 6 - Beneath The Shadow Of The Cross (uploaded on 2011-01-23 12:58:44)
- # 7 - All People That On Earth (uploaded on 2010-09-26 16:20:17)
- # 8 - The Wondrous Gift (uploaded on 2010-09-26 16:19:08)
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- #10 - Great God Of Wonders (uploaded on 2010-06-13 19:10:54)


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EastEnders star Danny Dyer married long-term partner Joanne Mas and the couple told Hello magazine about their big day
Danny Dyer said he would be 'nothing' without the love of his childhood sweetheart Joanne Mas as the two finally tied the knot.
Jo, 39, proposed to EastEnders star Danny on Valentine's Day last year. They married on September 3 at an intimate ceremony in Hampshire.
The soap actor, 39, told Hello! magazine: "To be standing here with the girl I grew up with – looking so beautiful in her wedding dress – that is a lovely thing.
"Jo is my best girl – the love of my life. Without her, I would be nothing."
Jo wore a flamenco-inspired gown alongside a cathedral-length veil stretching down to the floor. As a nod to her father's Spanish roots, she carried a bouquet fashioned like a fan.
"I have dreamed about this day my whole life and I just wanted it to be perfect," Jo said.
Mick Carter actor Danny's co-star Kellie Bright, who plays his on-screen wife Linda, said she was honoured to be involved in the wedding.
"I am very, very happy to be part of their day," she said. "I couldn't be more honoured."
Nine-year-old Sunnie was chosen as a bridesmaid while two-year-old Arty was picked as the page boy.
Danny's sister Kayleigh also stepped in as 'best woman' when original best man – Danny's brother Tony – was forced to drop out of the wedding, as his own wife was giving birth.


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Understand productive cough symptoms, including 9 causes & common questions.
Productive Cough Symptoms
Coughing is triggered when the body senses that some kind of irritating substance present in the airways or lungs. In the case of a productive cough, that irritating substance is mucus, and the cough clears mucus out of the body. The mucus may be thick or thin and can be various colors. Depending on the cause, a productive cough can last only a few days or weeks or can continue for months to years.
Common accompanying symptoms of a productive cough
If you're experiencing a productive cough, it's likely to also experience:
- Pain in the chest when coughing
- Clear, gray, yellow, or green mucus
- Bloody mucus
- Difficulty breathing
- Fever or chills
- Tiredness
- Weight loss
- Nasal congestion
Productive Cough Causes
A productive cough is commonly caused by an infection, which can range from mild to severe. It can also be due to an underlying medical condition or a blockage of the airways. The following details may help you better understand your symptoms and when and if you need to see a physician.
Infectious causes
The body responds to infections by producing mucus, which traps invading bacteria and viruses and triggers coughing.
- Viral infections: A viral infection of the upper airways or the lungs can lead to a productive cough. Mucus produced in the airways can be brought up with coughing, or mucus from the nose and sinuses can drip down the back of the throat, triggering a cough. The common cold and acute bronchitis are examples of infections that are typically viral.
- Bacterial infections: These are usually more severe than viral infections. Depending on the specific type of infection, they may cause a high fever, chills, difficulty breathing, and coughing up blood. Tuberculosis is one example of a bacterial infection of the lungs that causes a productive cough.
Chronic respiratory diseases
Underlying diseases of the respiratory system can cause lasting structural changes that contribute to chronic productive cough symptoms.
- Smoking damage: The effects of smoking can damage the airways, causing difficulty breathing along with a productive cough.
- Airway inflammation: Recurring inflammation in the airways can contribute to the overproduction of mucus. Bronchiectasis is one example of an inflammatory condition that can lead to excess mucus and a productive cough.
Mechanical causes
A structure blocking the airways can cause a buildup of mucus, resulting in productive cough symptoms. This blockage can occur with cancer (a less common cause) or a foreign body, particularly in children.
9 Productive Cough Conditions
This list does not constitute medical advice and may not accurately represent what you have.
Acute bronchitis is an inflammatory reaction to an infection in the airways. Most cases of acute bronchitis are caused by a viral infection, although some cases may be due to a bacterial infection.
Symptoms include an acute-onset cough with or without sputum production, low-grade fever, shortness of breat..
Common cold
The common cold is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract, which includes the nose, mouth, sinuses, throat, and larynx. There are over 200 viruses that can cause upper respiratory infections, and usually the exact virus behind a cold is never known.
The common cold is, of course, very common..
Benign cough
Benign cough means a cough that is not caused by any harmful condition or serious illness.
Postnasal drip, where mucous from the nose drains into the throat, can trigger a benign cough. So can asthma, exposure to dust or other irritants, acid reflux (heartburn or GERD,) some medications, and breathing very cold air. Postnasal drip itself can be caused by allergy, some medications, and deviated septum.
An occasional cough that brings up a slight amount of clear mucus is normal and helps clear the throat and lungs. The presence of blood or thick mucus is not normal and the person should see a medical provider.
If an unexplained cough persists for more than one month, it is important to identify the cause so that serious illness can be ruled out.
Diagnosis is made through patient history and physical examination, and sometimes through mucus testing, imaging, lung function tests, and bronchoscopy.
Treatment involves addressing any underlying causes, such as allergies. In some cases a cough suppressant may be prescribed.
Rarity: Common
Top Symptoms: cough, cough with dry or watery sputum, severe cough
Symptoms that always occur with benign cough: cough
Symptoms that never occur with benign cough: fever, severe cough, being severely ill, coughing up blood
Urgency: Self-treatment
Bacterial pneumonia
Bacterial pneumonia is an infection of the lungs caused by one of several different bacteria, often Streptococcus pneumoniae. Pneumonia is often contracted in hospitals or nursing homes.
Symptoms include fatigue, fever, chills, painful and difficult breathing, and cough that brings up mucus. Elderly patients may have low body temperature and confusion.
Pneumonia can be a medical emergency for very young children or those over age 65, as well as anyone with a weakened immune system or a chronic heart or lung condition. Emergency room is only needed for severe cases or for those with immune deficiency.
Diagnosis is made through blood tests and chest x-ray.
With bacterial pneumonia, the treatment is antibiotics. Be sure to finish all the medication, even if you start to feel better. Hospitalization may be necessary for higher-risk cases.
Some types of bacterial pneumonia can be prevented through vaccination. Flu shots help, too, by preventing another illness from taking hold. Keep the immune system healthy through good diet and sleep habits, not smoking, and frequent handwashing.
Rarity: Common
Top Symptoms: fatigue, cough, headache, loss of appetite, shortness of breath
Symptoms that always occur with bacterial pneumonia: cough
Urgency: In-person visit
Chronic bronchitis
By definition, chronic bronchitis describes a productive cough lasting more than three months at a time and occurring at least two years in a row. Chronic bronchitis is the less deadly but more bothersome side of the broader condition known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (..
Viral pneumonia
Viral pneumonia, also called "viral walking pneumonia," is an infection of the lung tissue with influenza ("flu") or other viruses.
These viruses spread through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
Those with weakened immune systems are most susceptible, such as young children, the elderly, and anyone receiving chemotherapy or organ transplant medications.
Symptoms may be mild at first. Most common are cough showing mucus or blood; high fever with shaking chills; shortness of breath; headache; fatigue; and sharp chest pain on deep breathing or coughing.
Medical care is needed right away. If not treated, viral pneumonia can lead to respiratory and organ failure.
Diagnosis is made through chest x-ray. A blood draw or nasal swab may be done for further testing.
Antibiotics do not work against viruses and will not help viral pneumonia. Treatment involves antiviral drugs, corticosteroids, oxygen, pain/fever reducers such as ibuprofen, and fluids. IV (intravenous) fluids may be needed to prevent dehydration.
Prevention consists of flu shots as well as frequent and thorough handwashing.
Rarity: Uncommon
Top Symptoms: fatigue, headache, cough, shortness of breath, loss of appetite
Urgency: Primary care doctor
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive inflammation of the lungs that makes breathing difficult. It is caused by long-term exposure to irritating gases and/or dust particles, most often cigarette smoke.
Symptoms may take years to develop. They include a chronic cough with mucus (sputum), wheezing, chest tightness, fatigue, constant colds, swollen ankles, and cyanosis (blue tinge to the lips and/or fingernails.) Depression is often a factor due to reduced quality of life.
Treatment is important because there is a greater risk of heart disease and lung cancer in COPD patients. Though the condition cannot be cured, it can be managed to reduce risks and allow good quality of life.
COPD is commonly misdiagnosed and so careful testing is done. Diagnosis is made through patient history; physical examination; lung function tests; blood tests; and chest x-ray or CT scan.
Treatment involves quitting smoking and avoiding exposure to other lung irritants; use of inhalers to ease symptoms; steroids; lung therapies; and getting influenza and pneumonia vaccines as recommended.
Rarity: Common
Top Symptoms: fatigue, cough and dyspnea related to smoking, cough, shortness of breath, trouble sleeping
Symptoms that always occur with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd): cough and dyspnea related to smoking
Symptoms that never occur with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd): rectal bleeding
Urgency: Primary care doctor
Influenza, or "flu," is a contagious respiratory illness caused by viruses. It is spread through the air by coughing, sneezing, or even talking.
Anyone can get the flu, but those who are very young, over 65, and/or have pre-existing medical conditions are most at risk for complications.
Symptoms include fever, chills, cough, sore throat, body aches, and extreme fatigue. The symptoms may appear very suddenly.
Flu can bring on secondary bacterial infections in the lungs or ears. Dehydration is a great concern because the patient rarely wants to eat or drink.
Diagnosis is usually made by symptoms. There are tests that use a swab taken from the nose or throat, but they are not always accurate or necessary.
Treatment consists mainly of good supportive care, which means providing the patient with rest, fluids, and pain-relieving medication such as ibuprofen. Do not give aspirin to children.
Antibiotics cannot help with the flu, since antibiotics only work against bacteria. There are anti-viral medications that a doctor may prescribe.
The best prevention is an annual flu shot.
Rarity: Common
Top Symptoms: fatigue, headache, loss of appetite, cough, muscle aches
Symptoms that never occur with influenza: headache resulting from a head injury
Urgency: Phone call or in-person visit
Post-infectious cough
Post-infectious cough is a cough that begins with a cold or other upper respiratory infection, but does not clear up when the infection does. Instead, it lingers for three weeks or more and becomes chronic.
Most susceptible are smokers, because the irritation from the smoke provokes the cough. Other common causes are post-nasal drip, asthma, and some high blood pressure medications.
Symptoms include an irritating sensation in the throat that may provoke severe bouts of coughing. Some coughing is normal and is part of the body's mechanism to clear the air passages and expel any foreign material, but such a cough should only be brief and intermittent.
A post-infectious cough can interfere with quality of life. A medical provider should be seen for help with the condition, both to ease the symptoms and to rule out a more serious cause for the coughing.
Diagnosis is made through patient history, physical examination, and chest x-ray, with the goal of ruling out different conditions one by one until the actual cause is found and can be treated.
Rarity: Uncommon
Top Symptoms: cough, congestion, clear runny nose, mucous dripping in the back of the throat, hoarse voice
Symptoms that always occur with post-infectious cough: cough
Symptoms that never occur with post-infectious cough: fever
Urgency: Phone call or in-person visit
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Productive Cough Treatments and Relief
When it is an emergency
Seek emergency treatment if:
- You are having severe difficulty breathing
- You are coughing up large amounts of bloody sputum
- You have a fever and chills
- You suspect that an object has been inhaled into the airway
When to see a doctor
Make an appointment with your doctor if:
- Your cough has lasted for more than a week
- You lost weight and have night sweats
- You have been exposed to a person with active tuberculosis infection
- You have a known respiratory condition with a worsening cough
Medical treatments
Your physician may prescribe one or more of the following treatments, depending on the cause of your symptoms.
- An oral or inhaled medication: This medication will reduce inflammation and open up the airways.
- Short-term antibiotics: This medication will clear a bacterial infection of the airways or lungs.
- Chest physical therapy to help clear the airways
- Long-term antibiotics: This medication may be prescribed for certain chronic conditions to prevent future infections.
At-home treatments
You can try the following treatments at home.
- Guaifenesin/Mucinex: This is an over-the-counter medication that will thin your mucus, making it less bothersome and easier to cough up.
- Drink lots of water: Staying hydrated will also help keep your mucus thin, making it easier to clear.
- Dextromethorphan: An over-the-counter medication that will help you cough a little less often by suppressing your cough reflex.
- Honey: This common household item be used to improve productive cough symptoms in children.
- Cut back on smoking or quit completely: This includes smoking cigarettes or other substances, as many causes of productive cough symptoms will improve after smoking cessation.
FAQs About Productive Cough
What is the difference between a productive and non-productive cough?
A productive cough is wet sounding and brings up mucus, while a non-productive cough is dry with no mucus. Some medical conditions can cause either a productive or non-productive cough, while some typically cause just one or the other. For example, GERD will likely cause a non-productive cough, while chronic bronchitis (a condition associated with smoking) leads to a productive cough.
Why is there mucus when I cough?
Coughing is a reflex triggered by the presence of an irritating substance in the airways, such as dust. Coughing allows the body to bring up and get rid of the irritating substance. In the case of a productive cough, there is excess mucus in the airways, which triggers a cough that then brings up the mucus.
Is a productive cough contagious?
Some causes of productive cough are contagious. For example, an infection of the airways or lungs can cause a productive cough and can infect other people. Covering your mouth will help reduce the chances of infecting other people. However, there are also some non-contagious causes of a productive cough, such as chronic bronchitis.
Is it a good sign when coughing up thick mucus?
Clearing out your airway by coughing up thick mucus may help you feel better. Certain cough medicines (guaifenesin) have "mucolytic" properties that make the mucus less thick/sticky and easier to cough out of the lungs. However, thick mucus is a sign that an infection is causing your cough, particularly if the mucus is yellow, green, or red. You should see a physician if you continue to cough up thick mucus or you have an underlying condition like chronic bronchitis and your mucus is thicker or greater in quantity than usual.
Why do I experience shortness of breath when I cough?
The body creates a cough by forcing a large amount of air out of the lungs. Since you can't inhale during this process, a long bout of coughing may leave you feeling short of breath. Some conditions can cause both a cough and shortness of breath, such as pneumonia. Seek immediate treatment if you are having severe difficulty breathing.
Questions Your Doctor May Ask About Productive Cough
- Any fever today or during the last week?
- Have you been feeling more tired than usual, lethargic or fatigued despite sleeping a normal amount?
- Do you currently smoke?
- Do you have a sore throat?
Self-diagnose with our free if you answer yes on any of these questions.
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I got the idea for this meal idea from an awesome blog post I saw today: http://foodfulife.com/2015/08/12/pasta-with-easy-fresh-tomato-sauce/, and although I added a bit to the recipe and changed some of the ingredients I totally owe the author for this fabulously easy, cheap and delicious meal. This was a little hard for me, even though its so easy to make, because I love spices and I didn't use any (apart from pepper) for this recipe, but sometimes simple is better and it is definitely the case here. This is also the first time I've used fresh basil and I wasn't quite sure what to do with it at first, but it worked out really well.
What you need: Tinned chopped tomatoes (although fresh would probably be better), fresh basil (chopped), a medium white onion, fresh garlic (to taste, I didn't use that much), pine nuts, olive oil, spaghetti
Spices: Salt and pepper
1: Chop the onion and fry on a medium heat for about five minutes, then add the garlic and fry for a few more minutes
2: Add the pine nuts and fry together on a medium heat for a few minutes (make sure to stir and not burn the pine nuts!)
3: Turn to a low heat and stir in the tomato and finely chopped basil. Keep on a low heat and make sure it doesn't start to boil
4: Cook spaghetti as per cooking instructions whilst keeping an eye on the sauce
5: Stir the spaghetti into the sauce and serve with olives (optional). Enjoy