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The Wallace Collection is a national museum in Hertford House, an historic London town house. Presented in 25 galleries are displays of French 18th-century painting, furniture and porcelain with superb Old Master paintings and a world class armoury, all from a collection built through the 18th and 19th centuries and bequeathed to the nation in 1897. Don't miss Hals' 'The Laughing Cavalier' or Fragonard's 'The Swing'.
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MMA Diet 101: Dietary Control
If you're one aspiring MMA fighter, and would like to start the exercise for your body, it's time to learn how to have a dietary control.
The term "diet" has negative connotations in many people's minds. Diet can be associated with a short-term and strict nutritional plan of eating bland foods and drinking tasteless drinks to lose a few pounds. Hence in recent years, words like "lifestyle" and "holistic" were used to show that diet is not something that should be ephemeral.
Whatever dietary changes your choose, be sure to carry them out slowly. Dietary control is such a complex topic, that it is psychologically deeper than being tough. There are five ways on how to exhibit dietary control. Check them out after the break.Read the rest of the article »
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Outlaw Barz: He's Tall, Dark, and Ho Hum (PODCAST)
You've seen him before in anime. He's tall, dark, handsome…and utterly useless. He can't fight. He's easily captured. Long-term memory is optional. In this episode of Outlaw Barz, Tall, Dark and Ho Hum, we examine the phenomenon of gents in distress. From nobility in Victorian England to inept fighters in the Holy Grail War, there are no shortage of men needing rescuing or women ready to save their men (and everyone else).
List of Anime Mentioned in this Episode:
Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan)
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As promised, here are links to the songs in the Notice Me Senpai segment:
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Reject Friends Request
No, Jennifer Aniston isn't collecting Facebook likes to facilitate a "Friends" reunion.
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Claim: Jennifer Aniston is collecting Facebook likes in order to facilitate a reunion of the TV show Friends.
Example:[Collected via e-mail, November 2015]
Supposedly Jennifer Aniston posted this on "her" facebook page:
"We are thinking about making a Friends Reunion. But, we are undecided. So, we decided to let the fans decide. If this picture gets 400k likes, we will consider it. Spread the word and follow me to stay updated."
Origins: On 6 November 2015, a Facebook page titled"Jennifer Aniston" published the following status update:
"We are thinking about making a Friends Reunion. But, we are undecided. So, we decided to let the fans decide. If this picture gets 400k likes, we will consider it. Spread the word and follow me to stay updated.
Guess what? Just for today you have a chance to buy THE LIMITED EDITION FRIENDS T-SHIRT. Check out and buy it from here [link]
Within a few hours of its appearance, the status update gathered several hundred thousand likes and tens of thousands of shares. However, the page's URL was facebook.com/JenAFans; it was clearly neither operated by nor affiliated with Jennifer Aniston. The appended link opened a page selling a t-shirt, but it wasn't Friends merchandise (official or unauthorized).
The above-reproduced Facebook post wasn't the first time a social media page impersonating Jennifer Aniston gained traction in 2015; a few months prior, a similar post falsely attributed a controversial statement denigrating gay pride to the actress. The rumor also wasn't the first to dangle the prospect of a much-anticipated (but unlikely) Friends reunion in front of Facebook users in order to dishonestly attract social media engagement (a practice known as "like farming").
It didn't appear any verified social media accounts were affiliated with Aniston at the time the rumor circulated, or previously. In 2013, she stated her disinterest in ever maintaining such a presence (due, oddly enough, to the volume of misinformation spread about her via those networks):
"If I took to Twitter or anything, I would really send people over the edge," she said, "probably just correcting every false rumor."
Finally, the prospect of reconvening the cast of Friends involved massive entities (including the actors, the network NBC, and its creators). A media project of that magnitude was unlikely to hinge on "400,000 likes" on Facebook.
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A great medicinal herb origin of East Asia is packed with tons and tons of nutrients. This with great antioxidant properties would increase the longevity in humans. Because of its rich antioxidant contents, this helps in anti-ageing and helps to maintain a luxurious skin. This berry is a five taste fruit and it has access to all the five elements. With all the five tastes of sour, bitter, sweet, pungent and salty this fruit smells excellent. This also has a characteristic of making people to constantly have it because of its good aroma. This fruit extract is now available in many countries even though this is traditional Chinese vegetation. This fruit could be used fresh and even the dried ones won't lose their benefits. Lucidera Schizandera is handpicked berries from the farms and they are organic. They are made into fine powder for easy storage and longer shelf life by sticking on to all the food regulations.
Benefits of Berry Extract on Skin and Hair
With great antioxidant properties, this extract takes care of the nutrition of the skin and rejuvenates the skin and hair cells. With Vitamin C and Vitamin E this extract nourishes the skin and hair and helps to keep the skin young. With regular intake of this extract one could maintain their youthfulness.
Sexual Health
This extract had been given for those people who were aged to increase their sexual health. This extract improves and tones the sexual organs and improves the functions of the sexual organs. This could also deal with the erectile dysfunction in men. This promotes secretion of sexual fluids and thus maintains a good sexual health who consumes this very much regularly in proper dosages.
Circulatory System, Liver and Kidney
Schizandra works on the circulatory system of the body and improves blood circulation. This helps in detoxification and helps in reducing the burden of the liver. With odd sleeping pattern and eating habits people tend to toxify their blood with more number of toxins. With more toxins in the blood the liver gets overburdened. Because of over burdening, the liver starts to dysfunction. The cells of the liver now get degenerates. With more antioxidant properties, the berry extract helps in regenerating and rejuvenating the cells of the liver. This helps to detoxify very quickly and helps to regain the good health.
This extract being adaptogenic this increases the stamina of a person. This helps to improve the energy levels in a person. When consumed regularly this helps to curb fatigue. This helps the memory functioning and also the mental and emotional functions. This helps the person to think coherently and helps in co-ordination. This helps to soothe anxiety, depression and nervousness. Since, this extract directly acts on the central nervous system this revokes the brain and helps to keep one -self alert. This improves the mental and emotional health of a person. With all these numerous health benefits this small berry could be consumed without any hesitation or fear of side effects. This should be consumed in proper dosages to get the maximum benefit out from this berry extract. It is evident from experiences that by using this for one hundred days regularly people find a great difference internally and also externally. By cleansing, detoxifying and rejuvenating properties this extract cleanses the whole digestive system, circulatory system and even excretory system. This shows so much improvement in the overall health of a person who consumed it regularly. This proves to be a great medicine for those who suffer from fatigue and laziness. This improves the stamina and helps to be active throughout the day and helps to perform all the duties without any issues or sagginess.


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Stories about Shopping after Brain Injury
The following are stories of real life survivors of brain injury. Clicking on the titles will take you to their actual story.
Shopping After a TBI An Overload of the Decision Making Process
A store is a distraction filled world, with countless decisions to make, which most of us give little thought to. Those little decisions challenge the frontal lobes, interfering with memory capacity and the environmental challenges can cause meltdowns and huge errors in judgment. Angela recounts some of these types experiences including a trip to Ikea where she went for one thing and was at the checkout with a pallet full of furniture.
Particular Frontal Lobe Challenges After Severe Brain Injury
DJ – Attention and Concentration Problems After Severe Brain Injury
Doug Transitioning to the Real World
Elizabeth – Day in Life of the TBI Housewife
Shopping (particularly in terms of the decision making part of it) is typically thought of as a frontal lobe problem, although it also has a memory component to it, as Elizabeth explained. Our next part will focus more specifically on other frontal lobe problems she has.
Elizabeth – Day in the Life of the TBI Housewife
It seems no TBI story is complete without a discussion of shopping. Lists are always a prerequisite, but using one is far more complicated than it might seem. In describing some of the misadventures of shopping with a list, she says: "Take the list right with me, come home, darn I forgot this, and even though it's on the list, I mean and, and normally you, write the list down, take the list with me. I'm reading it and looking at it, which is great and you can walk around the store and get what you need and you think you got it all and get all the way home and it's like bummer, how come I didn't get this part, it's right here." List making and shopping is a process, one that often doesn't get fully completed. Elizabeth explains; "List making and shopping is a process, one that often doesn't get fully completed. I need the help from my husband (in making the list.) I can, too with spelling and reading. Like I, can read but try make sure you understand it and making the list, and we, we actually laughed this morning about that because I did a little shopping before, just certain things we needed, milk, you know bread, just normal things we needed and when my husband came home from work he was like hey did you
Ian – Frontal Lobe Functioning
Gordon Johnson: Do you, do you go shopping?Ian: I do some of the shopping at times.Gordon Johnson: Do you have a hard time making choices as to what to buy?Ian: Sometimes I do; sometimes I don't.Ian: I'm just, I'm just kidding. No, there have been not a lot of things; just like, oh you got the wrong kind of butter, or you got the – that ain't the – or I should say = what'd I do.Gordon Johnson: Do you go to the store for one thing and come home with something else?Ian: I've done that several times, but then again there's a lot of people that have done that one. Oh, I'm just going there for buns. They come back and they've got buns and butter and milk and potatoes and peas and corn.
Kevin – Frontal Lobe Functioning
Do you go to the grocery store?: "Yeah, sometimes. Or a department store too, you know and you want, you want to do, I don't know, it's, I have a hard time making a decision." Do you have a problem when there are too many choices?: "Yeah. But then I was looking in Consumer Reports. I got to rely on something like that to help make a decision."
Lethan – Heel Toe, Heel Toe
For the survivor of severe brain injury, it is not just walking that has to be relearned. There is a need to go slow, to heel to toe so much of life. Memory, conversation, shopping " they all work better when done step by step – heel toe, heel toe. Speech is more complicated, less universal, yet it is like walking, something learned as a child that is much more difficult to learn with an injured brain versus a developing brain.
Lori – Conquering Frontal Lobe Issues After Severe Brain Injury
Do you have difficulties in the grocery store?: "No." You don't have problems where you wind up either not buying what you went to get, or buy too much of one thing?: "No, I have really good compensatory strategies. I make a list. I know my grocery store very well, and when I make my list, I make my list according to the aisles in my grocery store. So as long as I have my list, I get all my things."
Michael – Time Management Challenges after Severe Brain Injury
Do you have trouble going to the grocery store and picking up the right products off the shelf?: "Actually, that is my wife's problem. I am a very good shopper. You know, I don't need, I don't need name brands. I will go in and I can't, if you give me $50.00, I could come out with two, two basket carts full of food. If you give my wife $50.00, she will barely come out with one of those little square things."
Quinn – Decision Making Challenges after Severe TBI
Does he go grocery shopping?: "Very rarely." Had he ever done that with you?: "We've tried. When he first came out of the hospital, there was much too much stimulus. It would bother him. He'd be dizzy; he'd have headaches. He just couldn't handle it. After we went down the very first aisle, he had to just go to the car and lay down. He couldn't do it." So he never even got to the challenge of deciding which item to purchase?: "He has come shopping much later, in the last year, and he in general isn't that impulsive. But when it comes to that he has a problem. He just wants whatever's on the shelf. He
doesn't care if we have it at home. He doesn't care if it's on sale. He'll just, so I, I, that's one of the things I try to keep for myself as a chore, and I don't usually have him go shopping alone."
Steven – Understanding the Toll that the Environment Can Take on a Severe Brain Injury Survivor
What other places do you have trouble with fluorescent lights?: "School, grocery stores, pretty much anywhere that I'm going to have a lot of sensory overload, maybe. If I'm taking in too much almost I just, if I was like trying to process all the sights and sounds and the people and just everything all at once. I am trying like grocery shopping is one of the hardest things for me. I've on more than one occasion when the grocery store was overly packed with people just left my shopping cart halfway through it and just left."So is it worse when you come inside at night where you've been in the dark and coming into a bright store or is that make no difference to you?: "It might be just the initial shock of it but it always usually affects me worse after like an extended period. That's when it really just hits me the worse. I mean it's never the initial shock. It's never just so much I can't handle it but after about five or ten minutes or in a real bad situation going like from night to a big bright grocery store or anything that ends up being a little too much."
Steven – The Challenges of Shopping After Severe Brain Injury
What else bothers you about grocery shopping?: "Just the people. Trying to keep up with everything that I need to have. Trying to remember to not get the cold stuff until the very end of the list. Trying to like if I can't find the one thing that I'm looking for making a decision of what I can substitute for it or whether I just can do without it or… I don't know. I have a little problem with the decision making itself, maybe." Does the process of going to the grocery store wipe you out?: "Yes sir. Most any, I do a lot of things but if I do spend an hour of intense focus on certain tasks there's a good hour and a half to two hours that I'll sit there and really just absolutely do nothing and decompress. I can't really think about things. I can't really do anything. There's no task performance. I mean I will really just, I just can't do


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The Acorn Vieux Loup
Published May 15, 2015Though frenetic Ottawa folkie Rolf Klausener hasn't released an album as the Acorn since 2010's No Ghost, he's kept himself busy through side projects and founding the Arboretum Festival; the Acorn's latest, Vieux Loup, finds Klausener channelling these other projects into a record that feeds on folk, pop and electronica for an eclectic yet focused listen.
Where No Ghost juggled between Animal Collective-like mania and Grizzly Bear-esque harmonies, Vieux Loup is a subtler, more restrained effort that never forgets its folk roots but also doesn't fear straying into electronic territory. He does so on lead single "Influence," a track most definitely influenced by Klausener's other project, Silkken Laumann.
It's the record's least experimental tracks are its strongest, though; "Palm Springs" is a dizzying, thumping rock track with soaring choruses, while the vocal duet between Klausener and a female vocalist on "Dominion" sends the album toward a satisfying, folksy conclusion. Certainly, it's not worth it to take risks, but the ones taken on Vieux Loup are often ambient palate cleansers; the alternation between the poppier, more straightforward tracks and the less energetic ones keeps a steady, reliable pace.
Vieux Loup strikes a delicate balance between soft folk and grooving rock, with shades of early Broken Social Scene — the sparse, shuffling instrumentals and vocal similarities to that band's Kevin Drew — but stripped of the bombast. Vieux Loup is an intriguing, layered record. (Paper Bag)


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Published on January 12, 2016
SCOTT EASTWOOD, MILES TELLER and ANSEL ELGORT are among the actors on the shortlist to play a young Han Solo in the upcoming STAR WARS spin-off film.
Bosses at Disney and Lucasfilm are working on a movie centred on Harrison Ford's rebellious pilot character in the blockbuster franchise, and after a reported 2,500 male actors auditioned for the role, sources tell Variety executives have now cut the list down to about a dozen stars.
Clint Eastwood's son Scott is reportedly in the running, along with Divergent co-stars Teller and Elgort, Dave Franco, Logan Lerman, Jack Reynor, Brooklyn's Emory Cohen and former Glee star Blake Jenner.
The as-yet-untitled movie is expected to begin production next year (Jan17), with a release date set for 2018.
As for Ford, who recently reprised the role for the fourth time in Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, he told reporters last month (Dec15) that he wants no involvement in the casting process or any aspects of production.
"I don't know what to think about that," he said of the spin-off during a press conference in London. "I'm glad that somebody else is going to have the burden of being young. It's well beyond my understanding or control and I want nothing to do with it, in the nicest possible way. I know it will be well done… it's nothing to do with me."


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Irish football was stunned Sunday by the death of 27-year-old Derry City captain Ryan McBride, hours after he captained Northern Irish side Derry City to a 4-0 win over rivals Drogheda United.
McBride was a former non-league player whose family lived next to Derry City's ground, and scored twice in his last four matches to give him 10 in 136 appearances.
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The cause of his death is unknown. Reports say he was feeling unwell after the match. It comes one year after Derry's all-time leading scorer Mark Farren succumbed to a brain tumor.
Ex-manager Stephen Kenny described McBride as a "ferociously brave player", and the Republic of Ireland's president is among many big names to lament his death on social media.
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In labor training many pupils achieve more considerable results than in general education subjects. In this regard the child has a need for recognition. If he achieves increase of the authority, its activity increases and in other kinds of activity. And one of the main tasks of the teacher to create and direct this activity.
The floor influence of work is the second condition of development of mentality of the person expedient activity of the subject. Transforming an object of the labor, creating socially valuable products, it will transform itself(himself). For fuller use of the developing work opportunities they have to be added with activity of seniors - training and education.
Advantage of these techniques is that during their application the confusion decreases, vigilance of the examinee thanks to what he is as much as possible involved in experiment. A shortcoming - difficulty in interpretation of results.
Big requirement to the person is imposed by results of work. Thus, requirements of a subject, tools, conditions and results of work are the most important condition of development of mentality of the person in the course of work.
Work is an equivalent subject of the program of training. The truth at the majority of schools work is recently in decline. It is connected both with the general social and economic situation, and with the general development of society. In this regard labor training demands radical reorganization. Work has to assume broader function, than training of children for work on production, but not excepting it. In it I see the future of labor training.
Irresponsible tendency of the person to a projection, that is to attributing to other people of the lines, aspirations, interests exciting him is the cornerstone of these techniques. So the picture with the subjects represented on it, characters is offered to the examinee. The situation is not defined. The examinee is offered to tell that in his opinion, was before, occurs now that will be further. According to his statements it is possible to judge motives.


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Series of mild to moderate earthquakes rattles Macedonia
SKOPJE, Macedonia – A series of mild to moderate earthquakes rattled Macedonia early Tuesday, causing panic and minor damage to houses near the epicenter. No injuries were reported.
Macedonia's National Seismological Observatory says the strongest earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 and struck at 5:24 a.m. local time (0324 GMT), 145 kilometers (90 miles) southeast of the capital, Skopje, in the Dojran area near the border with Greece.
The quake, which occurred at a depth of about 15 kilometers, was also felt in Greece and Bulgaria.
The observatory says about 100 mild tremors were registered since late Monday.
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Our family have recently made some changes to our diet. We thought we were eating pretty healthily before, but an illness in the family (I will talk about that in another post) has pushed us into exploring new eating styles. In an effort to learn more I took off last month and completed the Certified GAPS practitioner training with Dr Natasha Campbell McBride.
I won't say we are on the GAPS diet, because we haven't done the full introduction diet, but we are sticking mainly to the full GAPS diet in preparation for undertaking the introduction, hopefully during the school holidays when there is time to prepare everything and do it all properly.
One of the things we have completely taken out of our diet is grains. Taking bread (even though before we were only having home made sourdough) is a challenge when you rely on the trusty old sanga to get you through for the school lunches.
The second challenge is that our children's school is nut free and most paleo/grain free breads are based on some kind of nut meal.
I had to come up with some kind of nut free, grain free bread like that our kids would enjoy and that would at least loosely work in a bready kind of way.
So I have come up with a very tasty flax bread recipe. I am pretty dang happy with it! I hope that you enjoy!
This bread is spongy and holds well when cut (unlike crumbly gluten free breads). It stores well in the cupboard in a paper bag for up to a week.
Line a small loaf tin with baking paper
Separate egg whites from yolks and whisk egg whites until light and fluffy, put aside
Mix flax meal,sunflower seed meal and baking powder in a large mixing bowl.
Add egg yolks and water, mix.
Fold in egg whites to batter.
Batter should be of thick cakey consistency
Spread batter in to prepared pan
Bake at 180 degrees C for 30- 40 minutes or until cooked right through
I find golden flax seeds have a nuttier and less bitter flavour than brown flax. Also the golden colour is more attractive!
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Short Version: If you've never purchased a charging dock for your iPhone or iPod Touch and you're without an alarm clock then the Kensington Nightstand is a perfect alternative for you, friend. Being able to check on the weather first thing in the morning is an added bonus. The $40 price tag might give some of you sticker shock considering the Rise & Shine app is free from the App Store, but a quick look around to other iPhone/iPod accessory vendors quickly reveals that the Nightstand is actually a good deal. If you're looking to buy a charging dock that is.
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I won't lie; my gut reaction was that the Nightstand wasn't worth $40. I mean, the Rise & Shine app works without the hardware and any number of combinations would allow me to recharge my iPhone while I slept. But the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. If, and only if, you didn't already own a charging dock of some sort for your iPhone or iPod Touch. Some may argue that the tiny brick provided by Apple with the purchase of a new iPhone is sufficient enough, but we could go in circles on that one.
The point is that the Nightstand does a good job of converting your iPhone into a nightstand and works great with the Rise & Shine app. It even works in portrait mode but it's not as stable when it's standing straight up. To accommodate those with cases, Kensington extended the connector, but there's no way of knowing which cases it will and won't work with.
But is it really worth $40, which includes the dock with a USB cable attached and an AC adapter? I'll leave that up to you to decide.
Kensington Nightstand Charging Dock for iPhone [Product Page]
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Rillettes are made from slow cooking meat then shredding and mixing with some of the cooking fat to make a rough type of pate.
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- 3 duck legs
- 400g belly pork sliced
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1tsp quatre epices (4 Spices)
- few sprigs of Thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 400g pitted cherries
- 2tbsp light Muscovado sugar
- 2tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 star anise
- small salad leaves a couple handfuls
- mixed herb sprigs
- walnut oil
- Heat the oven to 160C. Put all the ingredients for the rillettes into a large heavy casserole and add 300ml water, 2tsp salt and lots of pepper. Bring to boil then cover and simmer 2 and half hours. Leave to cool enough to handle and put the meat on a plate and strain the cooking juices. Remove the skin and rind from the meat and discard. Using forks, shred the meat and then pack into a terrine and press lightly. Top with a few sprigs of thyme and then pour in the cooking juices. Chill. Put the cherries in a pan with the sugar, vinegar and anise. Heat until the sugar dissolves then simmer 5 mins. Rove the cherries and boil the syrup. Take out the star anise, pour the syrup over the cherries and cool. Serve with the salad and cherry confit and some baguette toasts.


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the fusion of drops or bubbles upon contact with each other in a mobile medium (liquid or gas) or on the surface of a body. It is accompanied by enlargement of drops (bubbles) and is brought about by the effect of forces of inter-molecular attraction. It is a spontaneous process accompanied by a decrease in the free energy of the system. As a result of coalescence, emulsions and foams may cease to exist as disperse systems and undergo complete separation into two macrophases, liquid-liquid or liquid-gas. In a liquid dispersion medium, coagulation frequently precedes coalescence. A special case of coalescence is known as self-adhesion, during which the interface between the agglutinating particles or fused lumps of the plastic polymer disappears as a result of slow diffusion of macromolecules.
Along with isothermal distillation, coalescence of water droplets causes the precipitation of atmospheric residue (rain or dew) from clouds and fog. The coalescence of droplets of paint or lacquer sprayed onto a surface to be painted leads to the formation of a continuous film. Coalescence is the basis of many other production processes and natural phenomena.


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Open Your Mind to Receive
$ 12.95
New & Updated Edition
Catherine Ponder
Paperback 128pg | June 2008
Subject: Body Mind Spirit / New Thought
With so much obvious financial need in the world today, why is a book about "receiving" necessary?
Most of us might assume that to receive should be a normal process, especially in these economic times when almost everyone needs to receive on some level of life. Yet a psychiatrist to the rich recently explained, "A surprising number of my talented, successful clients still feel unworthy. They feel guilty about having large sums of money. My job is to help them accept their good fortune and to enjoy it."
People seem to be restraining themselves from experiencing a prosperous life and OPEN YOUR MIND TO RECEIVE will help to release them. Although they may not realize it, their own consciousness may be blocking the flow of prosperity into their lives. A prosperity consciousness transformation can happen to anyone who faithfully uses the universal laws of abundance in this book on a sincere and consistent basis. The results will be in accord with one's own soul growth. The success philosophy Ponder writes about obviously does not contain a risky "get-rich-quick" formula. Instead, it describes a soul-satisfying process of growth that contains unlimited and eternal benefits into which one evolves.
OPEN YOUR MIND TO RECEIVE serves a deeper purpose, especially in these economic times when so many people are being forced to move from outer, material methods of acquiring prosperity to inner, mental and spiritual sources. Prosperity should no longer be regarded so much as a matter of politics and economics, but more as a matter of increased understanding and growth. True abundance on all levels of life comes as a result of developing a prosperous consciousness. And "consciousness" is the result of ideas held in mind.
Year after year, Catherine Ponder's books continue to enlighten the world with prosperity secrets that work. Countless authors credit her inspiring words as the spark that set them on their own path to prosperity. OPEN YOUR MIND TO RECEIVE is now updated with new real-life stories, all revealing the laws of abundance that help the reader to pinpoint the source and open the floodgates of prosperity.
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CATHERINE PONDER is regarded as having been among the most prominent women prosperity-success writers/lecturers in the last half of the twentieth century. Author of the long-term bestseller The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity, she has received many awards and recognitions, and is listed in Who's Who in the World. She describes her memoir, A Prosperity Love Story as her own personal and professional adventure of "rags to enrichment" – one that now continues into the twenty-first century.


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Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
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Christian-Charles Family Photographs
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Scope and Contents Candid photographs of Christian and Charles families, 1920's and 1930's, in Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes photograph of a group of women around an indoor pool, with Margaret Lewis Tuthill noted; photographs of the Charles/Christian house from the front (facing Prince George Street), the side (facing Prince George and Nassau Streets) and the rear (facing Duke of Gloucester Street); and group shots of family and friends in front of the house. Names mentioned are...


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Alzheimer's disease and related dementias are progressive, chronic conditions. Living with these conditions creates both challenges and opportunities. At Banner Alzheimer's Institute, we help people with Alzheimer's/dementia and their caregivers find success and discover joy as they navigate dementia day-to-day.
Our team includes physicians, registered nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, social workers and outreach staff who specialize in aging and dementia care. We provide innovative education opportunities, support groups and one-of-a-kind life enrichment programs.
Our goal? To address the needs of people with dementia, and their families, as well as to help them find success in daily living.
Begin by exploring our many learning opportunities. In addition to our website, you can access Banner Alzheimer's resources in many locations and ways:
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Three Weeks In: The MLB Stories So FarApril 26, 2009
So three weeks ago, the season opened with the Braves knocking down the Phillies in impressive style, a little against expectations too. Strange word that, expectations. What does it actually mean?
What is the most probable outcome? What we are sure of more than anything else to be the case?
Something like that.
Every year, everyone has baseball expectations. Who'll win, lose, be the best, the worst. And you know the best thing about these expectations? The thing that really makes baseball exciting, interesting and madly intriguing?
When they aren't met.
Let take a look at some of the shock stories that no one was expecting, by leading it off with a classic line. Who'da thought...
That the best pitcher in baseball is Zach Grienke?! I mean this kid is amazing, he has dominated everyone he has seen. He's gone twenty-nine innings and not given up a run! His streak will end some point, but it sure is fun to watch.
That the Seattle Marniers are atop the AL West by 3 1/2 games! at 12-6, 5 1/2 games ahead of the LA Angels! The west coast has gone nuts.
That Tampa Bay would be languishing at the foot of the AL East and at 7-11, look as ferocious as de-clawed kitten.
That Cliff Lee, the reigning Cy Young in the AL, would be 1-3 with an ERA over five, looking as if he should take a sling shot with him to the mound to find some accuracy.
That the Washington Nasty Nats would be 3-13...actually we all expected that one...
That the San Diego Padres would be over .500 and playing decent ball.
That the new Yankees would really not be living up to the however many-hundreds of millions that were spent on them (Teixeira 3 HR, .235 BA...Sabathia 1-1, 4.81 ERA, 12 SO and 14 BB, A.J Burnett 5.47 ERA).
This game of ours can throw us so many curve balls—its what makes it great. Long may it continue.


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Freeland comes from Glen Fincastle near Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire and has been a very well-known figure on the Scottish music scene for many years. A former member of folk group Silly Wizard, he helped to found the highly influential Wallochmor Ceilidh Band in 1977 and is also a former BBC Music Producer, and Tutor at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). Noted as a soloist, record producer and composer, he has 11 solo CDs together with many other recordings. He is a member of The Ghillies, has played regularly with Faroese band Spealimenninir, has 3 books of published music available as well as a 'Complete Works', and is the former owner and manager of one of the UK's formost recording studios, Castlesound, in East Lothian. He designs his own accordions and is also an author. Honoured by The National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs he was inducted in 2018 into The Scottish Music Hall of Fame as a member of The Wallochmor Ceilidh Band.
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What's in a name? Perfect Pussy are not the first band to evoke the female anatomy using that particular nomenclature, nor the most shocking, though their use may be the most meaningful. Meaning, truth, honesty, these are the hallmarks of singer/screamer Meredith Graves, who derived the name as an antagonistic form of optimism—a rejection of gender specific self-criticism. Her lyrics follow suit, a platform for feelings on interpersonal relationships, on sex, on internal peace. Confrontation via explicit language is not a new tool for an American artist to employ, yet Graves and company have found themselves on the receiving end of some powerful publicity anyway. As of this date the group has one release, an actual demo tape, four tracks in length, each assigned roman numerals, each of questionable engineering quality. "I Have Lost All Desire For Feeling" is an ode to hardcore punk; drums, bass, and guitar moving with a frenetic energy that the bombast of low fidelity recording serves to accentuate. That the band has made an impact wide enough to make a Midwest jaunt possible highlights two important insights. The first is that the songs are good. Very good. It's been two decades since Minor Threat created the blueprint for this type of expression, and yet the sound is still as shocking and visceral as ever. The second is that perceived authenticity is at a premium in our culture. Led by Graves, the band managed to secure both booking and publicity agents by producing a single tape recording, which leaves much to say about the nation's hunger for the genuine article. Punk is a finicky genre, one that has the misfortune of favoring the male perspective. Whether Perfect Pussy is the real deal or just benefiting off of a long-awaited sea change in the culture remains to be seen. The next few months will dictate the outcome of that debate, a rare occasion where audience and artist share true equal footing. (Kenneth Preski)
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Bamboo floors are trendy, beautiful, and eco-friendly. But not all bamboo floors are the same. We list what to look out for.
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Music at Adams State is an active and vital program, committed to musical excellence within a small college environment. Each year, more than 500 on-campus students participate in music through classes, lessons and performing ensembles. The Colorado Commission on Higher Education designated the Adams State Department of Music a Program of Excellence, one of three Adams State programs to have received this honor.
Adams State University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. The Department of Music offers Bachelor of Arts degrees in music education (K-12) and music with emphases in liberal arts, music business & recording, music performance, or music composition. Students in any area of emphasis will have the preparation and background necessary to succeed in their chosen fields.
MUS 103: Intro to Music Technology (1 hours)
Introduction to basic music technology including MIDI, sequencing, music notation, and tutorials. Development of music technology skills utilizing music technology utilizing music lab facilities and equipment.
MUS 333: Form and Analysis (2 hours)
The study and analysis of the structural elements of music and principle musical forms from the Renaissance through the twentieth century. Includes study of 16th and 18th-century contrapuntal forms. This course requires instructor approval for registration purposes.
MUS 375: Music Recording Techniques (3 hours)
The class is designed as an introduction to computer music composition techniques. Students will design sounds using both waveform and sample techniques. Sound libraries are developed and then implemented in original compositions performed twice per semester. Advanced sequencing techniques are also explored. Contemporary computer music examples are assigned for discussion and analysis.


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Alex Fagioli, CEOAbraham Lincoln said, "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." One can draw a direct parallel from Honest Abe's philosophical saying to the tidal wave of unstructured data proliferating across industries. It's never about the quantity of data, what matters is the value it imparts to trigger success. There are several commodity (traditional) solutions to address storing this avalanche of data. "But ultimately these solutions are merely fueling the fire; the storage gets cheaper but the rate of data growth outstrips this saving," notes Alex Fagioli, CEO of Tectrade. "Furthermore, all the data gets treated equally when it clearly shouldn't." Tectrade focuses on creating data platforms for clients through the delivery of a software-defined approach. "Our platform allows the customer to overcome storage challenges while ensuring they gain insight and ultimately, competitive advantage by harnessing value out of the data," says Fagioli.
With rising budget constraints, the CEO firmly believes that the software-defined architecture is defining the future of the storage market. Tectrade's Helix Storage services are based on IBM Spectrum Control which is a comprehensive storage management tool for virtualized, cloud, and software-defined storage. IBM Spectrum Control enables analytics-driven data and storage management on premise or from the cloud. "This empowers us to simplify and automate storage provisioning, capacity management, availability monitoring, and reporting for our customers," says Fagioli.
Tectrade employs multiple ways of deploying the software-defined technology for storage virtualization. Depending on the customer's requirement, the company either works with the clients to migrate to the new platform or implements a storage virtualization software layer that re-utilizes the client's current infrastructure. Tectrade also adds the latest technological functions on top of it to further increase the return on investment. In addition, the company utilizes IBM's Real- Time Compression technology to give clients compression on their production data without any performance impact. "In specific situations with high data compression, the storage performance can actually be improved," states Fagioli.
Our platform allows the customer to overcome storage challenges while ensuring they gain insight and ultimately, competitive advantage by harnessing value out of the data
This can be achieved through the compression algorithms that write a consistent block size to the storage, allowing constant stream of data to be written to disk, rather than other compression technologies which have a variable output.
Given the rise in value of data and its impact being obtained from hackers to businesses and consumers trusting these businesses with their personal data, protecting the unauthorized access of information is now more imperative than ever. This is precisely why 'encryption' is a standard feature across the services which Tectrade brings into their portfolio. "Issues such as failed drives that are returned to the vendor do not create a data security risk," assures Fagioli.
In one instance, the University of Dundee's School of Life Sciences entrusted Tectrade with the responsibility to store their expanding volumes of data safe for the long durations required in scientific research. While ensuring data safety, Tectrade managed to make the data accessible to students over the course of their study, and to the global research community. Also, the company provided bespoke backup and storage solutions and undertook hardware and software upgrades.
Surging ahead, Tectrade is in the process of bringing new Big Data, Data Protection, cloud, and Hyper-Converged solutions and services to market. "The cloud has become a reality and every customer we have is at a different stage in their cloud journey," says Fagioli. "We have the technologies and resources to ensure they successfully continue that journey ensuring cloud migrations go to plan and an eye toward the future remains forever open."
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In one month an average person consumes around a hundred meals, and more if you prefer "grazing" over "3-square meals a day." If you focus on making small, lasting changes to your eating habits, taking it one meal at a time, these steady improvements can culminate into extraordinary lifestyle outcomes, including the prevention or management of chronic diseases.
Take a moment and think about your typical eating patterns.
You may find it a little surprising that you eat very similar day-to-day. This is because we tend to be creatures of habit. Habits are powerful things because they allow us to do tasks easier and faster, because our brain does not have to work as hard. Essentially, the behaviors become automatic. For this reason, if we can get in the habit of making just one positive dietary change or food swap this month, it will soon become second nature and almost effortless. To get the ball rolling, here are 10 examples of small changes that you could commit to:
Let us commit to starting with one nourishing change, and taking it one meal at a time, with the goal to forming it into a lifelong habit!
Amanda Li is a Toronto-based Registered Dietitian, owner of Wellness Simplified, Professor at George Brown College and a foodie at heart. Upon completing a culinary arts diploma she knew she wanted to bring together her dietetic experience to create a nutrition coaching philosophy that is food centric and grounded in teaching individuals a basic life skill – nourishing their body, mind and soul. Her aim is to encourage, educate, and equip individuals with the hands-on food skills to make healthy eating the easier choice!


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Twigson is all about a tough, naughty, quick-witted and brave boy. Lillebror has just moved, and has not made any new friends yet, when his imaginary friend – the wooden twig Knerten – appears in the middle of a pile of firewood…


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The San Diego Logo Tee
Let's just come out and say it: San Diego used to have the best unis in the game. The Garvey-era brown & golds were just so…so…ridiculously unique and amazing. Sure, the team marches out the classic colors on throwback day. But now you can throw yourself back to the halcyon days every day in your Mr. California SD brown and gold. Head on over to the second best ballpark in the world by far—or, you know, your couch—and toast those overpriced free agents you picked up to battle for second place in the West. Just kidding. Sort of. Just forget we said that.
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Inside the design-led concept store Amazing Crocodile on Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse in Mitte, Jana Kubischik, the store's owner and architect, presents furniture, lamps and accessories that aren't easily found elsewhere. Out of the ordinary one-offs and charming mini-series by young, still under-the-radar designers and artists are lovingly set side by side, as done by a true curator.
Whether glasses, ceramics, textiles or small furniture, practically everything at Amazing Crocodile has a special twist that fuses commodity and art. Next to purist cement walls you'll find modern design and playful objects: items by Valerie Objects out of Belgium, accessories by Petite Friture out of France, or an office booth by the Japanese brand Ichiro.
Smaller items ranging from pretty matchstick boxes to handy tools and carafes next to glasses, bedspreads and pillows compete for attention. If you can't find a gift here, it's hopeless. Next to the regular product range, Amazing Crocodile also has a bimonthly special selection of products, oftentimes including the works and prototypes of renowned or up-and-coming designers.


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Every guy has certain obsessions and when it comes to living with one forever, you need to learn how to cope with them. Here's a list of obsessions that almost every husband has that you will relate to if you have been living with him for quite some time now.
His obsession with sports is by far the most annoying habit! You just cannot understand why he loves his favorite football team more than anything else in the world. Maybe it's because that's the only time he gets for himself, but you still don't like it, especially when you end up cleaning the mess after him AND his friends. The worst part about his sports gathering is not really the gathering, but the sadness after their team loses. You love him, so it's not fun seeing him sad.
When they say that the human race is a descendant of monkeys and apes, we think it mostly applies to men. They just cannot take care of themselves and their space! Husbands are always messy, be it their ten days old stinky socks, their month-old dirty jeans or their smelly t-shirts. Cleanliness is just not there in their dictionary!
This is probably his only obsession that is likable. He is always dedicated to his work. So much so, that he takes work home almost every alternate day, which is quite annoying because you would really appreciate it if he wouldn't bring home his work.
He may have grown from being a boy to a man, but he never really grew out of his favorite video games. His obsession with them is so much that you know which video game he is playing with the sound of the opening theme music. When there is no match going on (could be cricket, football, tennis, badminton, baseball or basically any sports on TV), his number two obsession is gaming.
I really did not want to bring this one up but I don't get how the latest car from the latest brand or the launch of the most popular superbike makes a difference to him, it's not like he can afford it then and there. So for pretty much practical reasons, I do not understand this obsession.
We think this is one habit that a man can never acquire – leaving the toilet seat down after he is done with his business. It is THE most annoying obsession ever! The emotions you go through every time you see the toilet seat up are just inexplicable. If only, he could stop doing that. *sigh*
However, despite all of this, life without them is just incomplete for you!


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James R. Grace
Dr. Grace's commitment to the Commonwealth's parks and forests spans 37 years. His understanding of resource management continues to strengthen and enhance government oversight of our parks and forests systems.
While working for the Bureau of Forestry, Dr. Grace had numerous achievements. In 1995, he wrote a strategic plan for the bureau, "Penn's Woods Sustaining our Forest," which called for the use of ecosystem management concepts. The following year, Dr. Grace formed the Ecosystem Management Advisory Committee, which brought together natural resource experts from other agencies, academia, industry, and the conservation community to help improve state forest management.
In 1997, Pennsylvania's state forests became the first in the nation to be certified using the standards established by the Forest Stewardship Council. The initial one million acres was matched the following year with the remaining 1.1 million acres, making Pennsylvania's state forests the largest certified forest in North America for most of the next decade. Under Dr. Grace's watch, more than 58,000 acres were added to the state forest system through an active land acquisition program.
Dr. Grace understood that community trees were just as important as those in the state forests. Therefore, in 2004, the TreeVitalize initiative was instituted in Philadelphia and surrounding counties. This initiative brought together a host of public and private partners with a goal of planting 20,000 trees in the region. The initiative expanded in subsequent years to communities throughout the Commonwealth.
In 2010, Dr. Grace was selected for a three-year term as the Maurice K. Goddard Chair in Forestry and Environmental Resource Conservation at Penn State University, a position that focuses on providing leadership on public policy issues. The individual selected for this position exemplifies the traditions set by Doc Goddard himself and clearly shown in Dr. Grace as well. In 2012, he was the recipient of the Joseph Ibberson Government Award from the Pennsylvania Parks & Forests Foundation.


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1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are co-workers in God's service; you are God's field, God's building.
In the span of seven days we have witnessed truly dramatic shifts in weather! One day 79 and sunny and two days later snow. One day trees barely clinging to their festive fall plumage the next those very same leaves dusted with ice crystals. Watching the random and erratic storms and natural disasters wreaking havoc with their frequency and ferocity all I can do is pray! Abba Father, we need You! We need your direction and guidance as we help one another dig out from one disaster or another. The needs are so great yet each of us have something we can share. A word of comfort to give, a blanket, scarf or hat knitted or time. Time spent gathering donations or serving food. Let us serve those who need us, allow Your light to shine through us and lead others to know You and your love !
Making His praise glorious!
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The Negative Equity Groove
As a little girl, I can recall the sounds of Frankie Beverly, Keith Sweat or "The Elements" wafting through the hall as my momma grooved around the house with a mop, a vacuum cleaner, Windex, and Pledge. The music soothed her as she tidied the living room and then dared me to "live in it". It seems that I have adopted that same personality as I stare in awe of my freshly-laid vacuum tracks, the streak-less shine in my glass table, and take in as many scents as Febreze can produce…all the while, giving my son that maternal glare that lets him know that he better tread lightly in our newly-spotless house. However, my "cleaning music" is the non-melodious voice of a random HGTV personality, imparting wisdom on some ill-advised homeowner.
I have learned a lot from HGTV during many of my frenzies. The channel showed me what to anticipate on the path to homeownership. And once that was achieved, the design shows inspired me to choose particular furnishings, paint a wall or 2… ok, more like all, and to install my own cabinets. The landscape and gardening shows even propelled my front yard overhaul project but the channel; however, did not prepare me for this little fun term called negative equity. It would be more than unfair to expect it to, but this certainly removed the glimmer from my eye.
I remember chatting with a neighbor, a while back, and his complimenting me on the improvements that he could see from the street. I was happy to have progressed but I had a laundry list of things that I wanted to accomplish and this was only the beginning…so I thought. He chuckled and said, "You'll soon run out of money before you run out of ideas." Truer words have never been spoken. What we hadn't calculated that day was my home's value running away from me and my having to table some improvement projects indefinitely. I finished the minor landscaping project that I started but it didn't make sense for me to keep pouring money into something that could potentially cost me more to sell if my job went south.
I have watched as several neighbors hammered down those "For Sale" signs. I have also watched those same neighbors remove those signs and replace them with "For Rent." Before I never cared, but now I wonder about their circumstances…and pray that those circumstances (unless for a profit) do not befall me. I do wonder how all of this affects my bottom line, but I have to put some things into perspective.
Albeit an investment, when I purchased my home, it was because I could see my son and me building a life here. I got the school district that I wanted and he got to shoot silly string at my backyard trees. I got more room for an office and he got more rooms to follow me in. Thanks to HGTV, I was able to be more inventive and design spaces that stifle the stresses begat from 8 to 5 and create my own retreat. So, it wasn't my goal to make a quick buck or to come away with my retirement savings in a year or two.
I will admit; however, that when my company experienced a round of layoffs, the first 2 words that emerged from my lips were "kid" and "mortgage". And to expand on the latter, how much money would I have to bring to the table for a sale? But during this economic climate, it's hard to keep worrying about every "what if" imaginable. The recession just MAY be over by the time you look up or take a breath. What I CAN do and what I urge anyone who is in a similar situation to do is to put your calculators down and back away slowly. Now, put on YOUR "cleaning music" and look around at the beautiful home that you've created…I dare you to just "live in it".
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In ten years you will be following him into rooms and he'll be looking at you with that son's glare that dares you to ask him about his new girlfriend, so make sure you live in that too.
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7 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2018
Next year's midterm elections will provide Republicans with a major opportunity to build their majority in the Senate — if they can overcome President Trump's dismal approval ratings and internal party rancor.
The 2018 Senate map heavily favors Republicans, who will only defend eight seats, just two of which are considered vulnerable right now. By comparison, Democrats have to defend 25 seats, including 10 in states that Trump won in 2016.
Despite the rough landscape, Democrats received a handful of breaks in the early months of 2017. But with so few offensive opportunities, Democrats will have to thread the needle in deep-red states just to tread water.
Here are the seven most vulnerable Senate seats of the 2018 midterm elections as they stand now.
- Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.)
Heller is the only Republican up for reelection in 2018 who represents a state that Hillary Clinton won last November. Making matters worse for Heller, he's had a rough 2017.
{mosads}His public wavering during the recent healthcare debate will hurt Heller in a state he won with only 46 percent of the vote in 2012, especially since his state accepted ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion. By the end of the GOP ObamaCare repeal push, a poll from the Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling found him with a 22 percent approval rating.
Democrats are largely falling in line behind Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), a strong challenger with backing from former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the dean of Nevada Democrats. Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) is still weighing a bid, but Democrats' near-uniform support for Rosen could squeeze Titus out of the race and give the party more time to focus on Heller.
In the meantime, Rosen and Democratic groups have hammered Heller on his healthcare position. Perennial candidate Danny Tarkanian will challenge Heller in the GOP primary from the right, a fight that could hurt Heller with the Republican base. But as an incumbent, Heller will have heavy reinforcements from Washington Republicans who are committed to helping one of their own.
- Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)
McCaskill is one of the few statewide Democratic officeholders left in Missouri, which Trump won by 19 points in November.
The two-term senator spent 2016 as one of Hillary Clinton's top surrogates, mounting a strong defense of the Democratic presidential nominee that McCaskill's rivals believe will become a weakness in her own campaign.
McCaskill's party also just lost Missouri's 2016 Senate race, despite a strong campaign from Democrat Jason Kander.
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley (R) continues to move closer to a bid, as key state Republicans push to unite around him after he won his 2016 election with more votes than Trump. And he'll likely have some serious financial backing — Politico reported last week that the Club for Growth has banked $10 million to support Hawley.
But Hawley is new to elected office, and McCaskill is a strong fundraiser. She pulled in more than any of the other vulnerable Democratic incumbents in the second quarter of 2017, leaving her with $5.1 million in the bank.
- Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.)
Donnelly leveraged a bipartisan approach to politics and his blue-collar appeal into a Senate seat in 2012, but he'll have to fight yet another tough battle if he wants to keep his Senate seat in a state Trump won by 19 points.
Republican Reps. Todd Rokita and Luke Messer are engaged in a nasty primary. Messer is considered the more establishment Republican option, but Rokita surprised many observers with a strong second fundraising quarter where he outraised Messer by more than $400,000 and topped him in cash on hand.
The brutal primary could play to Donnelly's favor, sapping resources from the eventual Republican nominee and leaving wounds that could take some time to heal. But Republicans are seizing on a recent report that Donnelly owned stock in a family company that outsources jobs to Mexico, even as he publicly criticized other companies for sending jobs out of the country.
- Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)
Flake wouldn't rank this high in a normal election year, but a Republican president threatening to support a primary challenge to an incumbent GOP senator isn't normal, either.
The Arizona senator's path to reelection has grown more difficult as his feud with Trump heats up. Earlier in August, Trump called Flake "toxic" in a tweet where he applauded Kelli Ward, Flake's primary opponent. And the president's upcoming Tuesday rally in Arizona could give him a stage to take more shots at Flake or even officially endorse a primary opponent.
Complicating Flake's path is Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, who confirmed this week that she's still considering a bid.
Flake will have the backing of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and a score of outside groups that look to protect GOP incumbents, whether or not they have Trump's support. And Republicans have so far been successful at keeping a statewide Democratic push at bay. But keep an eye on how far Trump is willing to go in the primary — that could be a major factor.
- Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)
In 2016, West Virginia went for Trump by a larger margin than any other state — 42 points.
That resounding victory hasn't been lost on Manchin, who's made it a point to try to work with the president and Senate GOP colleagues. Another factor counting in his favor: Manchin's consistent record of winning statewide office in the West Virginia since 2001, despite the state's rightward drift.
But Trump's popularity in West Virginia has drawn interest from strong Republican candidates, and the winner will pose a serious threat to Manchin's political future. And Democrats can't be encouraged by Gov. Jim Justice's decision to ditch them and become a Republican last month, a decision he announced with Trump at his side.
Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) are locked in another tough primary, as each tries to capture the mantle of being the "true conservative" in the race. The gloves have come off as Jenkins tries to frame Morrisey as late to the Trump bandwagon, while Morrisey focuses on Jenkins's history as a Democratic state legislator.
- Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.)
Heitkamp hails from another deep-red state — North Dakota went for Trump by about 36 points.
Like Manchin, Heitkamp has walked the line between the party's opposition to Trump and his popularity among her constituents — briefly floated as a potential Agriculture Secretary, Heitkamp, like Manchin, voted for more than two-thirds of Trump's Cabinet appointments.
While Heitkamp hasn't announced whether she'll run for reelection, her steady fundraising pace keeps the door for another bid wide open. Heitkamp had $3 million in the bank as of the end of June — more than half the total she spent during her entire 2012 bid.
Heitkamp received her first challenger this week when state Sen. Tom Campbell, who is framing himself as an outsider who better exemplifies the values of voters in the conservative state, entered the race. Campbell might not have the primary field to himself, though — Rep. Kevin Cramer (R) is mulling a bid of his own.
- Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.)
Republicans have a lot to like about their Montana prospects. Trump won the state by more than 20 points in November, and Republican Greg Gianforte just won the state's at-large congressional seat in a special election — even after he assaulted a reporter.
Tester has never hit 50 percent in either of his two Senate bids, winning each election with 49 percent after a libertarian candidate siphoned off part of the vote.
But Tester, a former chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, is no stranger to a tough fight and has forged his own brand in the state separate from the national Democratic Party that's allowed him to outperform a typical Democratic candidate.
Republicans are going into battle without the candidates they wanted, as former Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) is now secretary of the Interior and Attorney General Tim Fox opted to run for governor instead. State Auditor Matt Rosendale appears to be the favorite in the GOP, with businessman Troy Downing and state Sen. Albert Olszewski also in the mix.
Other races to watch
There are five other Democrats running in states Trump won — Sens. Bill Nelson (Fla.), Bob Casey Jr. (Pa.), Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Debbie Stabenow (Mich.) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio). These five do not yet seem as vulnerable as the others, but the races could move up the rankings depending on how primaries shake out.
Florida Republicans are in a holding pattern as Gov. Rick Scott (R) weighs a bid, since his entry would immediately clear the field and give Nelson a top-tier challenger. Casey and Baldwin are waiting to see how the large GOP primary fields taking them on shake out.
Musician Kid Rock is mulling a bid against Stabenow. And Brown could face a rematch against his 2012 opponent, state treasurer Josh Mandel, but some state Republicans aren't excited about his campaign and are looking for other options.


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I have had Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) since March 2002. Both of my sons also got ME/CFS at ages 6 and 10. Our younger son fully recovered after 10 years of mild illness. Our older son still has ME/CFS and also has Lyme disease plus two other tick infections. This blog is about how our family lives with chronic illness, with a focus on improving our conditions and enjoying our lives in spite of these challenges.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Approved for Social Security Disability
Yes, my letter came in the mail a couple of weeks ago: "Fully Favorable Decision."
It is a bittersweet success, though, which is probably why I haven't said anything. I have very mixed feelings about it. I was approved for just 3 years' back benefits with no on-going benefits. It's a long story, but the bottom line is that it came down to making a choice between an almost-certain "no" or a good possibility of a "yes." My husband and I agreed with my lawyer that something would be far better than nothing.
And that strategy worked - I was approved. But it still stings that I wasn't able to ask for or get what I really deserve - back benefits for 11 years plus on-going benefits.
So, yes, I was approved - yay. Now we wait another 30 days to find out how much, then another 30 days to get a check. We have no idea how they'll calculate this, since I made a good salary as a consultant 13 years ago, before I got sick, and very meager earnings since then freelance writing.
I do highly recommend hiring a lawyer to take you through the entire process. I doubt very much I would have won without him; his advice was very helpful every step of the way and his office handled a LOT of the paperwork, faxing, etc.. The way it works is that you don't pay anything unless you get approved; then the lawyer gets a small percentage of your benefits.
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- hkd said...
Dear Sue...that is bittersweet...can't understand - which i know there is no answer how they can approve "3 years" and not continue since there is no cure...I am happy and sad for you...Heather
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- upnorth said...
Good news, I guess. Well it's what you applied for so that's good. I've been wondering how the decision came out. Fingers crossed that the check is reasonable.
- Cusp said...
Doesn't seem to matter which way the decision goes: 'they' always come out on top. Still, at least there is some recognition that you *were* ill..although, if there are no ongoing benefits recommended, perhaps they are inferring that you have made some sort of recovery and not noticed !
Bittersweet indeed
- Sue Jackson said...
Oh, and I forgot to mention...
being approved for ANYthing means I can reapply in the future. If I had been turned down completely, I could never re-apply again in my life.
Just another factor that helped make up our minds.
Hi I've been following your blog the past few weeks and wondered too how it all turned out. Congratulations (sort of?). I have a question, as I am in the process of appealing my reconsideration denial. I became sick with CFS in 1997 and in 2001 couldn't carry on and had to stop working. I wasn't officially diagnosed with POTS and CFS until 2007, after my period of eligibility ended. Yup, ten years! I was told I was too late to apply. I found out in 2012 this wasn't true - that if I could prove I was disabled 2001-2006 and today, I may still be eligible. No easy task to prove this. I was told by social security and my attorney that you can only get one year of back pay. Is that inaccurate? - if you don't mind me asking, how did you get them to even consider 11 years and how did you get 3? I'm more concerned with getting ongoing benefits, but just curious how you ended up with this decision.
- Sue Jackson said...
I was right on the edge of eligibility when I finally applied, too. I had left work two years BEFORE I got sick (planning a short couple of years off to spend more time with my kids), then waited 8 years to apply because I have been trying to earn money writing. So, I almost missed the cut-off by a few weeks!!
I'm no expert - I just listened to what my lawyer said! I believe the rule is that you have to apply within 10 years of when you last worked (and contributed to SS).
You are right - you are in a tricky position with the diagnosis. I was, too. Dr. Bell told me 10 years ago that I had OI, based on my symptoms plus the fact that over 97% of those with ME/CFS have some form of it. But I noticed in the 2nd rejection from SS that the doctor who reviewed my case said, "Self-reports OI but no medical evidence." So, just a few months ago, I finally had an official OI standing test done in my doctor's office and submitted those results (that showed POTS) for my finally hearing. I used the OI results as the basis for showing my disability, since they proved I can not even sit up for 8 hours a day (and OI is measurable, as opposed to the rest of CFS). Sure enough, the judge asked why I was asking for back benefits when I'd only recently been tested for OI. I explained that I'd had it all along, that it is a documented part of ME/CFS based on many research studies, and that Dr. Bell's original diagnosis letter DID mention it, even though he hadn't actually run the test (he said it would make me too sick to get my son and I home!). And the judge accepted that explanation.
So, it seems to me that your challenge is medical evidence to prove you were disabled, even if you'd been misdiagnosed or undiagnosed for so long.
I highly recommend going to see a lawyer - you only pay them if you win, a small percentage of your award. I never could have done this on my own.
Does the NJ in your username refer to New Jersey? I am just across the river in Delaware. If you are in central or southern NJ, near DE, feel free to e-mail me at jacksonde at comcast.net, and I'll be glad to share the name and contact info of my lawyer. I don't know for sure whether he works in NJ, but it is quite possible since DE is such a small state.
Oh, and you can definitely get more than 1 year of back pay because I was just awarded 3....but, of course, you have to meet the timing requirements wrt when you last worked, when you apply, etc.
Good luck!
- Bloomin'Chick Jo said...
Congrats!!! It took me 5 years and 2 attorneys and a team of my doctors to get mine. It was a horrendous, long struggle that I don't think I could have gotten through without my husband's support. It is bittersweet, I can relate to that very much. You will receive paperwork indicating how they calculate your monthly amount (based on total years working/paying into social security which gives you 'credits') and what your retroactive amount due will be (less any applicable legal fees and if any SSI was paid out). Generally the retroactive amount goes back only to the date you originally applied for SSD or to a later date the date the judge approves, but your original date is usually the cutoff.
- hkd said...
oh that's good news!
Thanks for your response, Sue. Yes, I'm in New Jersey and do have an attorney. Thankfully, I have tons of records dating back to 1998 which I think all put together tell the story. I only hope a judge agrees. I also thought (as Jo said) that you could only get back money for one year prior to your application date. Your attorney must have negotiated for more and won. Good for you! Hopefully you'll be able to re-apply in the future and get your monthly benefits as well. Looking forward to reading more blog postings - love your writing!
Congratulations, Sue!
I am pretty close to the 10-year-limit, but have yet to apply and am not sure I can face it. I would like to know whether it's permitted to receive disability and still earn money from your freelancing? Is it all-or-nothing?
There's such an irony in all this. It takes so long to get diagnosed, and then it often takes years before you realize you're likely never going to be well. In addition, people often have years of lowered earnings before they quit work entirely. So, the more optimistic you have been, and the more you've kept trying to work, the less likely you are to get full benefits! We should all tell every newly diagnosed person to document everything and apply for disability right away (but keep on hoping for a healthier future)!
By the way, I've been reading your blog for the past couple of weeks--I've read most of the past two years' posts. It's absolutely great! Thank you so much for telling your story.
- Sue Jackson said...
Agatha -
Great question - yes, you can still earn some money. The limit is $1000 per month or $12,000 per year.
Thanks for the kind words about my blog - so glad it has been helpful to you.
- Baffled said...
Congratulations! SSD application process is such a hassle.
BTW, SSA also has a back to work program where you can try working to see if it affects your health without loosing your benefits.
- Bloomin'Chick Jo said...
Interesting. I am unable to earn any $ at all as I am classified as 100% disabled, if I do, I will lose my benefits. I was also told I cannot attend school ft or pt or I will lose my benefits (because if I can do that with any regularity, then I can work - I can't so it's not an issue for me anyhow). I realize there must be different state laws also applicable to all of this as well, as with not being able to get paid prior to my original application date, but I'm surprised things could vary so much!
- Sue Jackson said...
You might want to double-check on that, Jo - my understanding was that the $1000 per month limit is based on federal SS law.
- Bloomin'Chick Jo said...
Again, I can't work anyhow so it doesn't really matter lol!
- Beatrice Desper said...
Good for you, Sue.
- Unknown said...
It is true what you said about hiring a lawyer to get you through the whole process. They know the ways around it and would definitely give you the best advice possible. I'm genuinely happy that your application was finally approved. The next steps will be easier from here on, especially if you have your trusted lawyer beside you. Best of luck!
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Hematologic Disorders we see in pediatrics:
Red Blood Cell Disorders
- Hemolytic anemia
- Hemoglobinopathies (sickle cell, thalassemias, other abnormal hemoglobins)
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- Iron and folate deficiency
White Blood Cell Disorders
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Platelet Disorders
- Thrombocytopenia
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- Evans Syndrome
- Bone marrow failure syndromes
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- Diamond-Blackfan anemia
- Dyskeratosis Congenita
- Fanconi anemia
- Myelodysplatic syndrome
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The following are conditions Alaska Pediatric Oncology does not treat and we typically refer these cases to Alaska Bleeding Disorder Clinics:
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- Hemophilia
- Von Willebrand Disease
- Platelet function disorders
- Other factor disorders
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