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Observing "Lyme Disease Awareness Month" in Virginia
I heard that the governor's mansion was lit up one night the color of "lime" as part of this promotion.
Wow. Its a little late for me, unfortunately, but its progress, I guess. Slowly, the ice is breaking and people are discovering that this is a complicated problem. Its one of numerous complicated problems that may drive the medical profession to new levels of attention and creativity. Eventually.
Virginia is waking up, mostly because Lyme disease is clearly rampant here in its most obvious form. So people know to check their kids for ticks after they've been playing in the grass or the woods. People know to keep their eyes open for the acute symptoms that sometimes signal the infection. Doctors do the basic tests, and now they are required by state law to tell patients that these tests are... umm... not necessarily accurate. Huh? Oh dear....
Virginians are waking up to the fact that, for some people, Lyme and other tick borne illnesses can cause long term serious problems. There is still a lot of disagreement, however, about what should be done to help them. And a lot of ignorance.
My idea is that the symbol for "Lyme disease awareness" ought to look something like this:
Running from patient to patient, many doctors don't have much time for individual cases. They want to see the rash, get the test results, and write the prescription. Its fast and busy treatment for a fast and busy world.
Who wants to even think about nasty, tricky bacteria that refuse to die?
Anyway, it would appear that lots of folks are able to "beat it" with the standard prompt antibiotic treatment. Others never experience these symptoms at all, as far as they know. But there are some who end up in a struggle with a whole spectrum of health problems that range from annoying to debilitating to lethal. I know these people, and I know their stories.
I am one of these people.
But I would be a bad poster boy for "Chronic Lyme disease" because of all my other health problems. We spent more than ten years and kerfwaddles of money both inside and outside the conventional medical box, trying to make me better. In the last several years we seem to have found a delicate balance of lifestyle, stress levels, medication, diet, and a whole bag of tricks that keep me (most of the time) in the "sorta okay" range.
For now, we are going with this balance, which requires plenty of care and attention to maintain. In the present moment, it is a condition that my wife and I can embrace, along with our family, as we move forward. And I am challenged to find creative ways to put my talents to use for the good, within the limitations of what remains a complex physical and mental disability. The Lyme bacteria are only part of my problem.
But Chronic Lyme has other faces.
There are plenty of normal, lively people who play sports and are full of energy and blooming mental health, until they really get hit hard with this strange-disabling-thing-that-doesn't-go-away. Then they embark upon "the Odyssey" of denial and misdiagnosis, and treatments and therapies of many diverse kinds. They have many weird adventures as they try to return to their former good health. Some people, however, also encounter cutting-edge science and heroic, pioneering medical professionals who are developing models of medical practice that make the particular human person the center of their attention.
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An upcoming episode of Law & Order: SVU will be ripped from one of Fox News' most embarrassing headlines ever.
TVLine has learned exclusively that the NBC procedural is developing an episode loosely inspired by the sexual harassment scandal that pitted ex-Fox News personality Gretchen Carlson against the network's CEO Roger Ailes, a kerfuffle that ultimately forced Ailes to step down. Carlson, who alleged that Ailes fired her after she refused his sexual advances, ended up walking away with a $20 million settlement.
The SVU episode, titled "The Newsroom" and slated to go into production next month, centers on a character by the name of Howard Coyle, who is described as the "uber-powerful, brash, bullying, controlling, obnoxious, inappropriate" head of a major news network whose past is about to catch up with him. The other key players in the installment are 40-ish "Heidi," one of the network's lead anchors who carries with her a dark and devastating secret; 20-ish "Margery," an opportunistic up-and-coming anchor at the network who will do anything to advance her career; and 50-ish "George," a seasoned talking head at the net who's grumpy, cranky and well-versed on what goes on in the newsroom.
An SVU rep declined to comment for this story, beyond reminding us that "SVU is fiction."
The news comes as the fate of another ripped-from-the-headlines SVU episode — this one featuring a storyline with strong parallels to President Donald Trump — hangs in the balance. The episode was originally slated to be broadcast as the current season's second installment. It was pushed back to October because of internal concerns over its content, and then delayed to after the election. Following the election, it was postponed a third time.
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Originally a 1985 911 Carrera Coupe, this thing has been restored and modified in the coolest of ways, with dozens of custom parts from some of the finest automative specialists in the world.
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Lego City was announced at last year's E3. Initially the concept was a curiosity; gamers and journalists alike were unsure of exactly what we would expect from the title once it was formally revealed. Nintendo's press conference on Tuesday gave us all some clarity and presented an open world, story driven game that will be the Lego brand's most ambitious video game title yet.
Developed by resident Lego developer TT Games and published by Nintendo, Lego City: Undercover is a Wii U exclusive and will be available on or around the system's launch. Players will take the role of Chase McCain, a legendary undercover detective with a penchant for clever disguises.
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to sack Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, on the grounds that the election that produced him as the party's candidate in 2014 was marred with irregularities.
Counsel to the APC, Abduganiyu Arobo, in a new twist to the appeal seeking the removal of Tambuwal for not being the lawful candidate of the party, conceded to the appeal filed by Senator Umaru Dahiru to get judgment entered in favour of the appellant.
At the resumed hearing of the appeal yesterday at the apex court, the APC also de-briefed its lead counsel Mr. Jibrin Okutepa (SAN), who stood for the party at the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal where he got favourable judgments for the party. When the matter was called Arobo announced his appearance for APC shortly after the senior lawyer made same appearance.
In the drama that ensued, Arobo told Justice Mohammed Musa Dattijo-led panel that the senior lawyer had been asked to step aside from the suit and that a letter to that effect had been served on him.
Okutepa in response admitted receiving a letter but insisted he would not step aside until the issue of his legal fees is resolved.
Justice Dattijo who demanded for a copy of the letter, drew the attention of the senior counsel to a portion of the letter that he was engaged for the party by governor Tambuwal and that he should approach Tambuwal for the payment of his legal fees.
Consequently, Okutepa announced his withdrawal from the appeal.
He however, told the apex court that he ran into stormy waters with the party when he declined to agree to reverse the positions canvassed by APC at the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal.
He said he declined to agree because in law, parties must be consistent with their position and that APC was no longer ready to be consistent with its earlier position in two previous courts.
Okutepa further said that the new position of APC came about because of the defection of Tambuwal from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), adding that since he is not a politician but a minister in the temple of justice, he could not join them in the new position.
The apex court however, declined to hear the appeal, pending its decision in the preliminary objection against hearing of the suit filed by Tambuwal.
Justice Dattijo subsequently adjourned till March 5, 2019 for hearing of the appeal.
Dahiru also of APC had challenged the nomination of Tambuwal on the ground that the list of delegates who ought to vote at the 2014 primary election of the party was fraudulently swapped to favour governor Tambuwal.
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Manufacturing activity in China expanded for the first time in four months despite concerns of a slowdown in its key markets.
China's Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 50.9 in August from 50.7 the previous month, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) said.
The PMI is a key indicator of the health of the manufacturing sector with a reading above 50 showing expansion.
Despite the growth, CFLP said the sector still faced tough times ahead.
"From the demand point of view, there are still many uncertainties," Zhang Liqun of CFLP said.
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The success of China's manufacturing sector has seen the country become the world's largest exporter and its second-largest economy.
However, demand from its key markets such as the US and Europe has been falling as growth in those economies slows.
This was evident as CFLP's data showed that the index for new export orders fell by 2.1% in August to 48.3.
"The fairly big drop in the new export order index showed that Chinese exports may weaken significantly in the future," CFLP's Mr Zhang said.
Analysts said that given the deteriorating outlook for its export sector, they expected China's pace of growth to slow.
"We are expecting the continuation of the current trend, which is essentially a gradual release of some steam from the economy," Duncan Innes-Ker of the Economist Intelligence Unit told the BBC's Asia Business Report.
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While orders for Chinese manufacturers have declined, they have also been hit hard by the higher cost of raw materials.
The input price sub-index, a key measure of how much factories pay for raw materials, rose to 57.2 in August from 56.3 in July.
"Purchasing prices continue to rise in August, showing growing pressure on the corporate cost side," Mr Zhang said.
Analysts said rising commodity prices were playing a huge role in increasing manufacturers' costs.
"This is a big concern as it puts added pressure on margins especially for companies that are not able to raise their productivity," the Economist Intelligence Unit's Mr Innes-Ker said.


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They also wouldn't know Bob Barker and The Price Is Right (there was a British version on Sky very early in the satellite TV days, where the prizes were low-end things like pen and pencil sets, and everybody looked a bit uncomfortable with the naked consumerism America loves) but I thought Ox's breaking 'kayfabe'(the wrestler's carny code for never admitting what is fake is fake) was both charming and significant. You can watch him and Bob Barker on You Tube (link to it here) to see what I mean.
You'll find one error of fact in their edit: Ox never held the NWA title; he won the NWA American belt from Bruiser Brody. He held the NWA Detroit title (won from The Shiekh), the WWA title (won from Cowboy Bob Ellis) and the WWC title in Puerto Rico (won from Carlos Colon). He never held those, or his other belts, for very long, as he was usually there to set up a big pay day when the local hero got his revenge. But rather than simply add the bits that were cut, you can read my original copy here. As I say, the published version is probably much closer to what I should have written, but I look at this excess wordage as a small tribute to the Ox.
Although he was one of the most feared villains on the professional wrestling circuit for almost two decades, billed as having killed two opponents in the ring with his fearsome 'heart punch', the match for which Douglas 'Ox' Baker, who has died aged 80, will be best-remembered came in the 1981 film Escape From New York. Baker played Slag, the giant gladiator Issac Hayes (playing the Duke of New York) forces Kurt Russell's Snake Plissken to fight to the death. After Ox gave stuntman Dick Warlock all he could handle in rehearsals, Warlock offered Russell just one piece of advice as filming started: 'good luck'.
Standing six foot five and weighing 24 stones, his head shaved and eyebrows curled up like Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon, and sporting a Fu Manchu moustache growing into massive free-form mutton chop sideburns, Baker certainly looked the part of a classic wrestling 'monster heel'. Eschewing robes, he came to the ring in a simple white tee-shirt bearing a slogan, usually 'I Like To Hurt People', seemingly added to its front in do-it-yourself iron-on lettering.
He was wearing such a shirt, reading 'Big, Mean and Ugly' when he appeared in 1981, fresh from his film role, on the daytime television game show The Price Is Right. Although he tried to maintain wrestling's carnival code of staying in character, his good-humoured quipping with host Bob Barker, and his obvious delight at the prizes he was winning, including a cooker, wall clock, and home stereo, revealed an almost cuddly gentle giant underneath the bluster.
It was as a gentle giant Ox broke into wrestling. Born Douglas Allen Baker 19 April 1934 in Sedalia, Missouri, he grew up in Waterloo, Iowa, a successful high school athlete before being kicked out of school. He joined the Army, where he played on gridiron teams which in that era were good enough to be scouted by the pros. But he was nearly 30, without a career, when he wandered into a wrestling promotion in Kansas City and asked for a tryout. Given a match which was supposed to punish him to test his mettle, he survived so well he was paid $300, and his career choice was made. His early matches saw him playing another traditional wrestling role, the hillbilly simpleton, in coveralls and with thick glasses.
In 1967 he debuted in New York's World Wide Wrestling Federation, the forerunner of today's WWE, billed as the Friendly Arkansas Ox. His first match was against Gorilla Monsoon, their top 'monster heel', and watching Bob Morella as Monsoon convinced Baker to turn heel. In those days wrestling was divided into many regional promotions, and rule-breaking monster heels were in demand to test local champions and generate ticket-buying 'heat' from the fans as their favourites got pumelled. Ox chose the heart punch as his finishing move, although for a time he called it the 'hurt punch' because another wrestler, Stan 'the Man' Stasiak already claimed to be the master of the move.
In June 1971, he and his partner Claw defended their AWA tag team title against Cowboy Bob Ellis and Alberto Torres. Three days after the match Torres died from what turned out to be a ruptured pancreas. With the customary ethics and good taste of the wrestling world, Baker claimed it was the result of his heart punch. A year later, Baker lost in Savannah, Georgia to Ray Gunkel, who died soon afterwards from a heart attack. Although Baker's punch may have caused a blood clot, Gunkel suffered from extreme arteriosclerosis and the coroner ruled it a freak accident. Nevertheless, Ox again took 'credit' for the death, though in reality he worked behind to scenes to aid Gunkel's widow Ann in a fight for control of his promotion.
Baker could literally start riots by refusing to stop heart-punching an opponent when he was down on the canvas. He wrestled all over the world, from Japan to Nigeria, and in 1982 he briefly held the British Commonwealth crown he'd won in Auckland. He won numerous titles in the US in the 1970s and early 80s, and helped a young wrestler billed as Terry Boulder win his first title in Alabama. A few years later, billed as Hulk Hogan, Terry Bollea would help the WWE achieve national dominance.
In 1980 Baker won the NWA American title from Bruiser Brody. Baker had played a small, uncredited part in Jackie Chan's film, Battle Creek Brawl,but he was hired for Escape To New York on Brody's recommendation after Bruiser turned the role down. Baker played a Russian wrestler in Blood Circus (1985), but his acting range was somewhat limited. He took a large part in a 1985 documentary I Like To Hurt People, which focused on Ed Farhat, who wrestled in Detroit as The Sheikh.
Baker opened a wrestling school, where he trained Mark Callaway, who became famous as The Undertaker in the WWE. He moved to Connecticut and in 1992 married Peggy Ann Kawa, a professional clown. In 2005 he was the subject of a documentary, I Love The People I Hurt, made by a local wrestler, Halfbreed Billy Gram, who also filmed My Smorgasboard With Ox. Neither has been released.
Peggy predeceased him in 2010. In 2011 Baker published Ox Baker's Cook Book: A Tribute To The Fallen Warriors, mixing recipes and wrestling stories. His film career was rejuvenated the following year by David Gere, a fan who cast him in an episode of a cable TV series, Chilling Visions and gave him a small part in Sensory Perception, with John Savage. He made his final appearance in the ring last year, winning a 13 man battle royal with a heart punch for a small promotion in Ohio.
With his health failing he still managed to shoot a cameo role for Gere's latest film Pinwheel. He died a week later, on 20 October 2014, in Hartford, Connecticut. The cause of death was a heart attack.


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If less than three providers are willing to answer your question four hours after you have submitted it, TRAIAL will inform you of the provider (s) who agreed to answer your question.
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If you have already had recourse to a given provider in the past and would like the same provider to answer your new question, you are free to mention it, in which case the provider will be informed of your interest and may, if he/she wishes, express his/her interest to continue with you within 2 hours. If he/she does not wish or does not answer within 2 hours, the standard process defined above will be engaged.
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As principal, you may change the terms of the mandate vis-à-vis the provider before submitting your question, in which case it is your responsibility to report such modifications in the "Remarks".
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From a legal standpoint, the submission of your question is considered as an offer to contract. The contract is actually concluded when you choose the provider who will answer your question, providers having accepted your offer only doing so on the condition, suspensive, to be chosen as the final provider.
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TRAIAL reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, to terminate your license to use the Services, and to block or prevent your access to and use of the Services. The termination of your account shall not trigger any form of liability against TRAIAL.
You may join TRAIAL as a provider only if you open an account on our platform and register accordingly. Such registration requires you to hold a Bachelor in Law or equivalent degree obtained in a recognized Law School in the country in which you intend to provide your Services. If you are using the Services on behalf of an entity, please ensure that you are duly authorized to represent such entity as the registration will take place under the name and on behalf of that entity.
The following information will be requested from you when you open an account:
You shall also be entitled to provide additional optional information at your discretion in your profile.
In order to control your diplomas and titles, you shall be requested to upload a copy of such diplomas through your account creation. Should you not be able to do so (loss of your diplomas for instance), please contact us at: firstname.lastname@example.com
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TRAIAL is primarily thought of as allowing legal providers to offer their services to a broad audience in an independent manner, while being compensated for their services to the community, without jeopardizing their existing employment (if any).
In this case, it is your responsibility to ensure that your affiliation to the platform does not violate your duty of loyalty to your employer and, as a result, not to accept to answer questions that could be considered as creating a conflict of interest with your job.
It is furthermore your responsibility to ensure that the performance of your services on TRAIAL complies with your tax and social obligations.
As of the effective date of the Terms, the legal support you can provide through TRAIAL to users in your country of residence in different areas of laws is varied. It goes from answering a simple question to analyse contracts and further documents uploaded by users.
The assessment you provide is expected to be concise, reliable, of high quality in terms of content and resolve/answer as precisely as possible the questions raised from users and, if relevant and as much as possible, give guidance as to what the concrete next step for user could/should be, based upon the information received from users. Any in-depth assessment and reference to the case law or scholarly opinion that does not directly answer the question raised has to be avoided, as the objective consists of providing the user with a pragmatic answer to his question that can easily be put in action. Should the request require further clarification to enable you to provide a valuable answer, you are entitle to require such clarification through the platform. Should the case described require further support and assistance by a provider, you shall make a recommendation to that effect.
Services may be updated from time to time, in which case you shall be informed of any such update through our platform.
You can decide at your own discretion whether to accept or not a request made by a user that you have been informed about. In order to accept such request, you will have to login to the Services (be it our platform, mobile application or further channel) and access the backlog enabling you to click on the acceptance button. Accepting the request means that you commit to answer such request if the user selects you in accordance with the terms of the contract entered into between you and the user. Such terms shall correspond to the terms and conditions suggested by the platform, unless the user decides to hire a legal provider under different terms, in which case legal providers are informed about such deviations in the same time as the request is brought to your attention, thus prior to their acceptance; once you accept a request, withdrawing is not possible any more.
Bear in mind that each provider having mentioned an identical field of expertise will also be notified of any such request and that acceptance will take place on first come first served basis.
In the default standard option mode (see below section "6. How long do I have to provide my response to the request once the case is allocated to me?"), once three providers have accepted the request, you will not be able to click on the acceptance button anymore. The concerned user will then be notified about the choice offered to him/her by having the profiles of these specialists displayed. It is up to the user to select one of the providers; the lucky winner will then be notified by email and SMS about the allocation of the request to him or her.
In the express option mode (see below section "6. How long do I have to provide my response to the request once the case is allocated to me?"), the provider to first have accepted the request will be the one to which the request will be allocated.
When a user has already used your services in the past, he / she is given the opportunity to let you know that he / she wants to be able to work with you first. In this case, you will be notified first of the question asked by the user, his interest to work with you, and will have a period of 2 hours if you agree to provide your services to this user again. In case of refusal or no response within this time, the process described above will be engaged.
Standard Mode (by default): you commit to answer the request within the same day if you are notified of your selection before midday, respectively within 24 hours if such appointment takes place after midday; provided, however, that any appointment taking place over the week-end shall be answered on the next business day.
Express mode (if selected): you will have 4 hours to respond to your question once you have been notified of your selection. If the complexity of the request requires more time, and after having provided an initial response, you will have to agree on timing directly with the user to provide your final advice. Should TRAIAL however find out that you systematically require such an extension without any valid ground, and thus in an abusive manner, TRAIAL reserves its right to take any remedial action, including to terminate our relation and close your account.
As mentioned above, you are entitled to invite the user to clarify the question so that it can be answered as efficiently as possible. Similarly, the user is entitled to request a clarification to the answer you gave him to meet his expectations. Any additional exchange is however prohibited.
Compliance with the timeline stated above is key. TRAIAL shall be automatically notified about any non-compliance that shall result in a warning. After 3 warnings, TRAIAL reserves the right after having discussed with you to terminate your account so as to ensure the quality of the services provided through TRAIAL, in the interest of the TRAIAL community.
You shall provide your answer by email, which will be forwarded to the concerned user through the platform. Your answer will also automatically be forwarded to TRAIAL to be informed that such requests have been answers and ensure quality control of the answers provided, at TRAIAL's sole and entire discretion.
You are not allowed to directly solicit users as part of an answer. Examples of direct solicitations are language such as "call me, contact me, go to my website for further information, etc." Similarly, do not add contact information or links to your website in answers or answer disclaimers.
Breach of these prohibitions shall result in the automatic termination of your account and access to the Services.
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To this amount must be added the following price in case of attached document:
Pricing examples :
When the user opt for express mode, the above prices are increased by 25%.
TRAIAL does not charge any commission on your remuneration.
In the event that the user decides to resort to the intervention of a lawyer affiliated with TRAIAL in relation to a question asked, you can then express your interest by submitting a lump sum quote for the processing of the file in parallel with other lawyers affiliated to the platform who will be notified of such request for support and entitled to bid as well ; a lump sum quote is however required. It is up the user to accept your offer and to decide whether he wants or does not want the processing of his file by a lawyer affiliated to TRAIAL.
Once your answer has been sent to the concerned user, his/her credit card will be automatically debited of the above mentioned amounts and TRAIAL shall wire you the due amount acting as an agent of such users within three business days.
When an attorney affiliated with TRAIAL is hired as a follow-up to the answer provided to a question, it is up to this lawyer to ensure that his quote will be duly paid by the user. TRAIAL does not intervene in the payment of fees in favor of the lawyer thus mandated.
Opening an account on TRAIAL is only meant to enable you to offer your legal support to users through the platform. In other words, TRAIAL only acts as an intermediary to enable the transaction to be directly entered into by you and the user having raised the request you answer.
From a legal point of view, the sending of the question by the user constitutes an offer to conclude a contract. The contract comes into force once the user chooses the provider who will answer his/her question. The legal provider's acceptance thus only become effective once he/she has been chosen by the concerned user.
Acting as a principal, the user is responsible for paying the provider for services rendered. Prepayment is made to TRAIAL who, as the user's representative, guarantees the payment of the remuneration to the provider once the answer has been given.
As mentioned above, when the answer to the question raised gives rise to the granting of a mandate for a lawyer on the basis of a proposed lump sum estimate, it is the responsibility of the concerned lawyer to ensure the payment of his fees directly from the user. TRAIAL does not intervene in this matter.
Each time a user uses our Services, he/she undertakes to provide a rating on the quality of the legal support that has been provided by the concerned provider.
A TRAIAL rating therefore reflects an aggregation of users' assessment of a given provider, based upon the information obtained by or submitted by users having benefitted from the Services of a concerned provider based upon preselected criteria, namely: (i) efficiency, (ii) accuracy and (iii) clarity, and (iv) usefulness of the answer provided to the concerned user.
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Should your TRAIAL rating be lower than 4/5, TRAIAL shall get in touch with you to assess the situation and the reasons for such rating. Any rating made by a user below 3 shall trigger a warning; after 3 warnings, TRAIAL reserves the right after having discussed with you to terminate your account so as to ensure the quality of the services provided through TRAIAL, in the interest of the TRAIAL community.
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If you have a delicate disposition you might not want to read this post. But I did think it was worth covering motion sickness on long journeys as it is a very real possibility with young children.
Our oldest is terrible if she has any milk based product within about an hour of setting off in a car. I know the signs now, she goes very quiet and a bit pale and starts winging before everything makes a second appearance.
On the second leg of our summer Europe hop our oldest started being sick about five minutes into the journey. At first we thought it was motion sickness but quickly we realised it was a bug. But with about a five hour drive we had to press on.
The journey wasn't helped by our youngest having constipation and pooing almost as regularly as the oldest was being sick. We must have stopped six times!
My tip for any type of sickness on a long journey is to have a disposable receptacle that is small enough for your little one to hold themselves. Luckily in France there are motorway aires almost every 10km so plenty of opportunity to stop for fresh air and a break.
If little ones are too little to hold a bucket you could try a pelican bib. However you do it. catching it saves the much more time consuming task of stopping to change your child's clothes as well as having to dissect the car seat, wash it, dry it and reassemble it when you reach your destination.
You could try closing the blinds so the scenery doesn't rush past them. Restricting reading and watching tablets can also help as looking down can be bad for motion sickness.
If you can afford to do it, stick to the Peages as they avoid the windy roads through the many towns in France. This might help the motion sickness, but it is certainly not a cheap option, especially if you are travelling a long way.
Some children are simply prone to motion sickness so preparation is key to keeping you on the road. However, many grow out of it, so it should only be a phase.


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The Uni Guide To Secret Santa
Secret Santa is the best way for friends to give each other gifts without busting through the overdraft. Here are some great ideas for presents under £10…
Hot Chocolate Kit
Keeping it simple, this one is easy to do in one supermarket trip! All you need is some mini marshmallows (£1 is ample for this), a selection of hot chocolate sachets (4 for a £1 in most supermarkets) and a seasonal mug for £1 to £2 - keep it cheap and cheerful!
If you happen to have a few pennies left over throw in some biscuits!
If you've got more than a fiver to spend, why not make it a boozy hot chocolate by throwing in a mini bottle of Baileys?
Festive Film Kit
All Christmas films are fun to cringe through at this time of year, so why not pick up a bargain bucket festive flick for a couple of quid and build a festive night in kit around it?!
All you need is a brilliantly obscure and gloriously cheap Christmas DVD (available in all supermarkets or pound shops), and then to add some popcorn in sachets or bags, and arrange beautifully in a popcorn bag, bucket or bowl.
Spice It Up
Mulled Wine anyone? Yes, this is a do-able gift for under a fiver. Cheap bottle of red for £3, spice mix available pre-mixed in all good supermarkets at this time of year, and then a carton of basics orange juice. Or just buy a bottle of pre made mulled wine for around £3.50.
If you want to spend a little more on this why not get a wine glass and a personalise with a permanent marker?
Beer Glorious Beer
Simple but effective: beer. Get a four pack of beer and decorate the cans. Get creative! Stick some googley eyes on and some cotton wool for Santa, make an elf scarf, boots and ears out of felt or coloured card, or add some antlers with brown craft wire. This one is bound to be a hit.
Beard Baubles
Cheer that whole beard business up a bit, with some baubles. You can actually get beard specific baubles so they are just the right size and stay in place. Get them to wear them on a night out this Christmas for an extra laugh.
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Alda Sigmundsdóttir
Writer, journalist and speaker
Alda Sigmundsdóttir is an Icelandic-born writer, journalist and speaker. She is the author of several books about Iceland, on topics ranging from contemporary issues to mythology and ancient beliefs. She has travelled widely and given talks on Icelandic affairs, and is a regular commentator on those in the international media.
Catch up with Alda on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, or on her website aldasigmunds.com, where you can also sign up for her monthly newsletter.
Alda will be speaking at the pub night.


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Slow Cooker Beans & Weenies
Yep, we're taking you back to your childhood today. Why? Because every once in a while we all need a retro meal that makes us feel like a kid again! Comfort food to help chase away a stressful day.
This recipe came to be because the 2-year-old loves hot dogs. I mean LOVES them. Now I realize some parents might be appalled by that, but he also loves all his veggies, including Brussels sprouts, plus foods that kids usually won't eat, like sushi and calamari. He doesn't turn his nose up at anything I give him. So, if he wants a hot dog once in a while, mommy is OK with that.
With this recipe, I served hot dogs to him in a new way, and the rest of us enjoyed something I literally hadn't eaten in years. Oh, and the fact that it's a slow cooker meal, just in time for fall and football season, is even better!
I can see us eating this a lot over the next few months, after raking leaves or choosing pumpkins at the patch, and in front of the television watching some college or NFL football! Plus, it makes a super-easy, kid-friendly meal for any night of a busy week!
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- 2 Tbsp butter
- 1 lb hot dogs, sliced
- 4 (15-oz) cans pork and beans, extra liquid on top drained
- ½ cup ketchup
- ½ cup barbecue sauce
- 2 Tbsp mustard
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp dried minced onion
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- Salt
- Pepper
- Diced onion
- In a medium skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Cook hot dogs in butter until browned on all sides, about 5 to 7 minutes. Add to slow cooker with pork and beans. Stir well.
- In a medium bowl, combine ketchup, barbecue sauce, mustard, brown sugar, dried minced onion, garlic powder and salt and pepper to taste. Pour over hot dog mixture. Stir to combine. Cook on LOW 3 to 4 hours. Top with diced onion, if desired.


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This post is part of a new series from HuffPostTech, Socialized, that will profile a different social startup--from apps to services to websites--every day. Want to be featured on the site? Email us about your startup, which should have a social media component and be less than two years old, at email@example.com.
"You like someone. They're in a relationship. Be the first to know when they're out of it."
That's the tagline for Breakup Notifier, an amazingly simple way to keep tabs on that special someone--who happens to be dating a special someone else.
What it is: Jumping off of Facebook, Breakup Notifier lets you log in, check off the friends you're interested in, and then emails you once they're no longer taken.
That's really it.
How it works: Program developer Dan Loewenherz explained the idea to the Huffington Post in an email:
I got the idea on Friday night when my fiancee and her mom were talking about a guy to set up with my fiancee's sister. Unfortunately, said guy was taken...so I asked them if they would want to get notified when he broke up. It was kind of a joke actually, but they loved it, and so on Saturday I spent about 4 hours building it out. I didn't really tell anyone until yesterday.
I hope that people use it for good and not evil--it's merely practical. If you're going to check someone's profile every day, you might as well get rid of the tedium and have the changes get delivered right to your inbox instead. When people don't list their relationship status, Breakup Notifier reads it as "Unknown". So if someone changes, you'll get an email like the following:
"Hi Shirley,
Joe Shmoe has changed his relationship status to "Single" from "In a relationship". Get on it!
The Breakup Notifier"
According to a post on YCombinator, Loewenherz used Google Appengine, Django, and the Facebook Graph API to build the app, which checks for breakups every ten minutes.
Why you'd use it: Basically, Breakup Notifier takes out the tedious, vaguely depressing legwork of persistently clicking on the profile of someone you wish wasn't in a relationship on the off-chance that the 60th time you do it, they won't be. Instead, it checks for you, and only lets you know when indeed, the change you so dearly sought has come to pass.
Breakup Notifier has one application, so far -- it tells you when someone has broken up with their boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/husband/etc, as long as the breakup happens on Facebook.
One commenter on the YCombinator thread said, "This is the most pointless, trivial, absurd, creepy app I've seen in a while," going on to add, "Signed up. I think it will be massively successful!"
Why would you use Breakup Notifier? Why do you use Facebook? Just remember the scene in The Social Network where movie-Mark Zuckerberg dashes out of the computer lab to tinker with one, final thing on the program--relationship status.
Or, look at this story from another commenter: "great idea. this is actually how my wife and i met. no joke. i had just ended a long relationship and changed my status on facebook. she noticed and started messaging me."
How to get it: Visit Breakupnotifier.com to see the service for yourself.
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ACE Africa - Tanzania - 2019
Improving access to health, rights and child protection
Children and communities who are empowered, healthy and self sufficient.
Years: 2019
RenaissanceRe and the ALMT are supporting Ace Africa Tanzania to improve education, nutrition and access to child rights in the Arusha District. This project will also increase protection and support for children under 5 so that they can play, learn and start school in good health. By developing community-led support systems the rights of children will continue to be protected in the future.
In Northern Tanzania there are many children in crisis and in the Arusha Region approximately 41% of girls aged 0-14 have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and 1 in 3 girls (and 1 in 7 boys) have suffered from sexual violence before their 18th birthday. Since 2008 Ace Africa Tanzania has created six Violence Against Women and Children Committees to respond to over 3000 cases of abuse and educated 22,000 people on child rights and protection.
They have also provided a safety net for 15,000 children in these vulnerable situations by establishing Child to Child Clubs in schools. Through this work they have identified a gap in provision for children under 5. Nutrition and good health at this age are fundamental for neurological, social and physical development. There is an urgent need to train health workers to fill this gap, provide appropriate facilities and ensure young children from more isolated families are not left behind before even starting school.
This project will respond to these needs and extend existing work by:
- Training 63 community volunteers through two Violence Against Women and Children Committees (VAWACC) in Arusha at ward level (one new and one to receive additional training) and one paralegal support group.
- Creating a participatory drama on Child Rights in communities and in primary schools; 12 performances across the year to reach 2,400 children and 2,400 community members
- Celebrating the Day of the African Child to promote child rights, and advocating for children through meetings with NGO partners, district officials and stakeholders at the ward level
- Training 40 teachers and 20 headteachers on the Child to Child approach, life skills and sexual health education to support 10 new and 10 established Child to Child Clubs for 1,000 children.
- Renovating and providing equipment in one identified primary school, to provide and effective space for learning and early child development; e.g. through providing toys for play areas, reading books and chairs
- Training 21 health care workers to support early child development sessions for 1,000 children (50 students in 20 schools) aged 0-5 and supporting 1,000 mothers with education and advice on developmental milestones, child health and nutrition


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Visalia students go back to school
If it were up to 6-year-old Jonah Smith, he would've been decked out in his tall pirate boots and a tie on Thursday for his first day of school at Royal Oaks Elementary.
The first grader loves dressing up, said his mom, Rachel Rivas. He enjoys dressing up with a suit during the winter months, the occasional top hat and with one of his six ties on a day-to-day basis.
On Thursday, Jonah opted for a solid black tie paired with a green-and-white plaid shirt and his spiked, turtle shell backpack.
Smith joined Visalia Unified School District students in going back to class Thursday for the new school year.
At Royal Oaks before the morning bell, some students appeared apprehensive as they were walked by parents to their classrooms. Overall, though, parents, students and staff were all smiles and excited about being back to campus.
Second grader Venisesha Roberts, 7, was lined up at her classroom door early in the morning, alongside her mother, where she was waiting to be personally greeted by her teacher.
Roberts said she's glad to be back to school and learning again — especially when it comes to learning numbers.
Venisesha's mom, Venise Goodwin, said her daughter loves school and she's glad her daughter attends Royal Oaks.
"They learn a lot here," Goodwin said. "And they get parents involved. Parents have no choice but to get involved here."
Principal Jana Freeman said it's an exciting year for the Royal Oaks Bears. There are three new teachers on campus, she said, a safer one-way entry-and-exit point that was installed over the summer and the school also got a paint job in the school's colors.
"It's going great," she said. "Our families here are awesome. They're ready to go and we're good for the first day."
Over at Green Acres Middle School, some students also experienced first day jitters, according to Principal Angela Sanchez.
"For us at Green Acres, we have 506 new seventh-grade students out of a total of 1,079 students," she said. "And they, of course, are a little bit nervous even though they've gone through orientation, but we had student leaders — WEB students — who did the orientation last Friday. They were here today dressed in bright shirts to help direct [students] and to help them find their way."
Sanchez said the middle school has a new paint job, new carpet and floors in select classrooms, a big school musical in the works, a new behavior intervention system, new state standards and a new, late start day every Monday — at all VUSD middle schools — that allows for collaboration among teachers so they can prep for the new standards and assessment tests that are being implemented this year.
"It's always exciting but this year is even more exciting," Sanchez said.
Rachel Rivas said though her son Jonah is new to Royal Oaks Elementary and to Visalia, as the family just recently relocated from Fresno, he has been ready to start school, show off his attire and have a great school year.
"He's not a very shy boy," Rivas said.


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Anthony Rizzo connected on what the Cubs hope is the first of many walkoff homers Sunday, taking Trevor Rosenthal deep in the 10th inning in a 4-2 win over the Cardinals.
It was the third homer in four games for Rizzo, who finished the day 3-for-4.
The 22-year-old Rizzo has been streaky since getting the callup a month ago. He had four homers and nine RBI in his first 10 games with the club and then had a stretch of 13 games in which he had no homers and just one RBI. Now during the current four-game stretch, he's 7-for-15 with seven RBI.


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Libby and the Cape of Visitability
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Libby, Aria and Benjamin have been best friends since they were babies. But now Aria has moved to a new house and Libby, who uses a wheelchair, doesn't get invited to Aria's birthday party because the house has barriers. Hurt feelings follow…Then the kids meet Everett, an adult wheelchair athlete, who tells them how the disability rights movement gained successes through years of public demonstrations and pressing for laws. Everett shows them a picture from the 70's showing people with disabilities blocking inaccessible buses. The kids are inspired to their version of public action to achieve the goal that every new house would have a step-free entrance and wide bathroom doors. Learn how the kids get on the front page of their hometown paper, as their method gets them in trouble – and how they achieve a sweet victory. "Libby and the Cape of Visitability" is the diary of Libby, a KWD (Kid with Disability). Written for children ages 8-13, this book raises awareness of the exclusion created when houses are not built with simple features that allow wheelchair users to visit or live in them. For those grownups (teachers, parents and others) who engage in meaningful dialogue with children, this book provides not only a captivating story and relatable characters, but a Reader's Guide with discussion questions and resources as well. Eleanor Smith is a well known civil rights worker and Nadeen Green is a teacher, writer and blogger on the topic of fair housing.


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Discover new flavors, explore new places and share these unique moments with the people you love the most.
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What kind of Role Model is Malinche?
Some Mexicans consider her a traitor for helping Cortez conquer Mexico, while others view her as a heroine for participating in certainly one of history's most important events.
How do you view her?
In fact, Cortez conquered the Aztecs and made allies with most of the other tribes of Mexico. While historians and educators (and Mexicans) consider the Aztecs as some sophisticated almost mystical people, the harsh reality is that they were superstitious blood thirsty pagans who routinely put to death thousands of innocent men, women, and children by cutting out their still beating hearts as offering to the gods in the hope the world wouldn't end. While the Aztecs might have had a thinly veiled 'society' of some sophistication, they regularly taxed all the other people of Mexico at the time so severely that those people were barely able to survive, and in fact in many cases had to give up their children to be sacrificed. As a result all the other people and tribes of Mexico hated the oppressive Aztecs—a fact easily validated by their willingness to ally with Cortez.
To say that the Conquistador destroyed Mexico is a questionable belief to say the least, in likelihood he saved and advanced it by eliminating the harsh rule of the Aztecs and liberating the natives from their endless cycle of subjugation, taxation, and sacrifice of their masters. Educators like to teach that the Conquistadors brought death and slavery to the lands they conquered, yet slavery was widespread throughout all the world at that time and the Aztecs practiced it as part and parcel of their society. And most of the death came in the form of smallpox which can no more be blamed on the Spanish as we can blame Africans today for AIDS.
As for Malinche, it is key to remember she was sold into slavery by her own mother at the age of eleven or twelve and passed around as property to various rich masters. By the time Cortez landed in Mexico she was still only 15 or 16 years old, a teenager at best. Then she was given to the Conquistador as a gift!
How many teenagers today could have endured being sold by their mother, forced into slave labor, and then given to a strange creature from another place? But Malinche not only endured, she prospered! At the right moment Malinche seized an opportunity to make herself an invaluable tool to Cortez serving as translator. In this capacity she shaped the history of Mexico, many times acting as diplomat, strategist, and even de facto ruler—all while a teenage girl!
In our view Malinche is one of the greatest heroines of all time and surely the most unsung one.


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Experience stories of the true West from ancient civilizations to pioneer settlements and boom-to-bust mining towns.
From time immemorial, the Verde River and other perennial water sources have attracted people to Sedona Verde Valley.
People have been calling Sedona Verde Valley home since at least 9,000 B.C. Evidence has been found of the ancient Clovis culture, as well as the later Archaic people. Later, came the Sinagua and Hohokam peoples, and the present-day Yavapai and Apache, represented by the Yavapai-Apache Nation communities in Camp Verde, Rimrock and Clarkdale. These people chose their homes in relation to the rivers, creeks, and springs in the area resulting in one of the highest concentrations of archeological sites in the United States. The Anasazi, a Navajo term meaning "the ancient ones," fished the rushing Oak Creek waters, farmed the land and tracked the valley's plentiful hunting grounds.
Today, hundreds of early culture sites include cliff dwellings and pueblos built by the Southern Sinagua people between 1100 and 1425, and petroglyphs and pictograph attributed to the Sinaguan, Palatki and Honanki peoples.The cultural influence of the Yavapai-Apache Nation can be seen throughout the Sedona Verde Valley at local festivals and in the region's fine arts and crafts that include traditional Yavapai-Apache baskets, pottery and wooden flutes.
The area's boom-and-bust copper mining history is another fascinating story for visitors to explore. In 1880, excavators discovered rich copper reserves on Cleopatra Hill, beneath the present-day Town of Jerome. This discovery drew miners and investors from across the world. Jerome's two copper mines made billions of dollars for East Coast investors during the 70 years they were in business.
When the last mine closed in 1953, residents abandoned Jerome, which was a ghost town until the 1970s when it became a haven for artists and artisans, inspiring new businesses, shops, and restaurants. Today, visitors can even take a ghost-town tour of the old mining town to explore the abandoned mining sites and listen to spooky folklore.
Founded in 1912, Clarkdale, originally a "company town", was founded by the United Verde Copper Company to provide housing and services for the employees of their smelter. Copper's history comes alive in stories depicted in Clarkdale's array of museums and walking tours.
Today, approximately 75,000 people presently call Sedona Verde Valley home. This mix of longtime residents, retirees and young families supports the vibrant communities of Camp Verde, Clarkdale, Cottonwood, Jerome, Sedona, and Yavapai-Apache Nation. Each community has its own unique character representing the arts, agriculture and history making for a special experience for residents and visitors.


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When I informed The Girl that the vector based landscape of sight and sound that I was floating through was, in fact, the game which made Game Girl Advance infamous when it talked about about the "Rez Vibrator" and the ... ahem ... experiences the devices was able to give ... ahem ... off, she seemed surprised.
"Really? I don't see how that would work?"
"Why not?"
"Well, it just doesn't seem to shake all that much."
"That's probably because I'm not very good."
The only good thing about the conversation was that the whole thing was so dorky that it wouldn't occur to me how emasculating it was until the next day. I have, in fact, not really played the game enough to form a decent opinion about it. For the curious, it seems GameFly does now have a normal "Keep It" price attached to this game, although it's essentially full priced at $40. Expensive for a title released in 2002, sure, but the game sure seems worth it. Like Amplitude or the crowd pleasing Katamari (which The Brother got a healthy dose of this weekend), this game has the odd ability to relax and engage the user instead of just winding up and stressing out.
I might not get, ahem, as much pleasure out of it as others, ahem, but darn glad I made the purchase all the same.
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Monday, February 06, 2006
I Play Rez, Vibrate Self
When I informed The Girl that the vector based landscape of sight and sound that I was floating through was, in fact, the game which made Game Girl Advance infamous when it talked about about the "Rez Vibrator" and the ... ahem ... experiences the devices was able to give ... ahem ... off, she seemed surprised.
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- Brinstar said...
One of my D&D gaming cohorts brought Rez along to play during the food break a couple months ago. It didn't go over too well with the other gamers. They poked fun at the "backwards" graphics, and were generally mystified at why it was meant to be good. One of these days, I'll get around to picking this one up.
- Josh said...
It's distinctly a game that you just have to play to enjoy and to a certain extent, be in the right mood to get ... because if you don't let yourself get into the game at least a little bit, it doesn't have that chance to nab you.
It's a lot like Katamari, I think. Try to explain the sticky ball concept and most people just look at you crazy. They see the blocky models and they think it's cheap. Then when they give it a chance for a little while, it hooks them.
The musical qualities are completely fascinating to me, and makes me understand how Meteos might be so addictive.
- Thomas said...
Insert Credit is saying that Play-Asia is selling Rez for $13 right now. Not sure if that's an import or not, though.
- Josh said...
That's a different cover than the US version, but that's not definitive. Since there is so little text in the game, only problem I'd think with an import is that silly "modchip" required :)
- Brinstar said...
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- Brinstar said...
They are selling it new for $44.99, but I don't know for how long. Hm... Maybe it will be in next month's budget.


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Echo is my first schnauzer and I would be lost without her, she was the start of Razinpaws and is still in the best of health. I decided to dedicate this book to honour her and the progeny she has produced over her breeding life.
She has seen me through thick and thin with no complaints.
She had her naughty moments as a youngster, at times trotting off, I would call her she would stop, look back at me and then keep going. She did grow out of this vice and as the years have rolled on she is just about perfect.
To date Echo has only seen a vet to have her yearly health checks, vaccinations and desexing done, I don't think she has had a sick day in her life and I am hoping this continues for many years yet.
To Echo doggy, my best mate.
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Razinpaws Started With Echo
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Cindy Lou arrived Xmas 2001 aged 12 months, they have been the best of pals ever since.
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In 2002 I built them a pool for the summer. They had a lot of fun in there.
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Cindy at 16 months and Echo at 10 months.
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On the 17th of October 2002 Echo had her first litter. Tammie was one of the pups and became the 3rd girl in the family.
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Cindy refused to be separated from her mate so a bed was made up for her beside Echo and her pups.
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Little Tammie Xmas 2002 aged 9 weeks.
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Two of Echo's babies 2004.
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This was Echo's last litter with 2 of her pups, January 2007.
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There was a day I could not find Echo anywhere, I was frantic, it took over half an hour to find her. Little Poppet gave her up.
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Tammie and Cindy 2008
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2009 Echo aged 8, a fit and healthy girl.
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2010, Echo on the right with one of her great granddaughters.
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Cindy is now 11 years old. Getting a little slower and a bit stiff but going strong and still with her best mate Echo.
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July 2012, Echo is now over 11 years old and as you can see she is still a great looking girl. She is in her normal spot – on the lounge.
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July 2012 Cindy is heading for 13 years old, she is on arthritis treatment, a seniors diet, wears her pyjamas at night to keep her warm. Sadly osteo treatments are not cheap so please budget for this in their old age.
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It is May 2013, Echo is now 12 and has had a thorough vet check covering heart, liver, thyroid, diabetes and all is good. She is going deaf, though at times I think a bit of selective hearing is going on. Her eyesight is hazy.
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April 2014 her eyesight is very poor nowadays, her hearing is not great and dementia is happening, at times I catch her just pondering life. But, she still bounds around like a 2 year old. I keep telling her to slow down as she ends up sliding or falling.
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A senior moment.
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January 2015. Cindy is nearly 15 and not doing so well. Her heart is enlarged, the vets and I are keeping a close eye on her. A week after this photo Cindy crossed over to doggy heaven. RIP my sweet Cindy Lou.
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February 2015. Echo is just about blind now and her dementia has her lost at times. On Friday the 30th of February she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She is on high doses of cortisone to make her more comfortable. There are a lot of cuddles.
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On the 17th March at 6:50am my beautiful girl, Echo died in my arms. The vet had been called to come and lay her to rest at home but she didn't wait. We had a great life together and I know she will meet up with Cindy her best mate. My heart goes
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After some epic parties and festive season indulgences, the first month of the year is usually a time for quiet reflection and the making of resolutions; just not in Cape Town! Instead, the calendar kicks off with a historic street parade and some of the country's most prestigious horse racing event.
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At this point the new year is 91 days old (92 if it's a leap year), and the Western Cape is still in a celebratory mood. Mzansi's answer to America's Burning Man festival heads out to the dusty Tankwa Karoo. Alternatively, if you consider yourself a foodie then you simply have to check into the SA Cheese Festival or just be like April, dress up and play the fool.
As the city edges toward the mid-year and the vibe of the festive celebrations peters out, Cape Town's diary makes up for the slower pace by offering to-dos that celebrate olives and acoustic vibes with some of SA's biggest musicians while also featuring some serious literary events in the Winelands.
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The Mother City is in the grips of winter in July, but that does not stop Capetonians from partying up a storm. If you're looking for some of the best food and wine festivals (think French cuisine, oysters, gourmet soups and more), gruelling sporting events (like a canoe marathon and trail challenge) or a week of dazzling couture, then best make a mid-year trip to the Mother City! You can also check out our list of things to do for Christmas in July, if you simply must have a double dose of Xmas cheer every year. For our American friends living or visiting Cape Town, we even feature Independence Day events on the 4th of July!
If New York is the city that never sleeps, then Cape Town is the city that never takes a break from offering locals and tourists alike a slew of hot and happening things to do! The month before spring is chockfull of awesome things to do including a hip-hop festival, an antique showcase, a mountain bike race and one of the Mother City's biggest charity fun walks and much more.
Spring has sprung and the Cape's hills and fields are a-bloom with indigenous flora. The season rebirth also sees many outdoor events springing up and many Capetonians making the most of weekends in the sun. What's more, since the cobwebs of the cooler months have been dusted from the corners, the city becomes alive with events like Darling's ever-popular Voorkamerfest, the Cape Town Marathon and a throng of flower festivals and shows.
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