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How pregnancy affects asthma
If you have asthma, it's hard to predict whether your asthma symptoms will be any different in pregnancy. Some women's symptoms will improve, others may not see any change and some will find they get worse.
See a GP, asthma nurse or specialist as soon as you know you're pregnant for advice on how to manage your asthma.
Your midwife will support you throughout your pregnancy, but your GP, asthma nurse or specialist will continue to manage your asthma care.
You're also more likely to suffer from acid reflux – when stomach acid travels back up towards the throat – while pregnant, which can make asthma worse.
Non-urgent advice: See your GP, asthma nurse or specialist if you have asthma and you're:
- using more of your reliever than usual
- coughing or wheezing more, especially at night
- feeling shortness of breath or tightness in your chest
Any of these could mean your asthma is getting worse and needs to be checked. Your health professional can review your medicines and make changes if necessary.
Immediate action required: Call 999 if you're having an asthma attack and any of these apply:
- you don't have your inhaler with you
- you feel worse despite using your inhaler
- you don't feel better after taking 10 puffs
Never be frightened of calling for help in an emergency.
Asthma treatments and pregnancy
Don't stop taking your asthma medicine – talk to a GP, asthma nurse or specialist first.
Most asthma medicines are safe to use in pregnancy and, if your asthma is well controlled, there's little to no risk for you or your baby.
You should continue to take your prescribed asthma treatments throughout pregnancy. Unless your asthma gets worse, your treatment can remain exactly the same as before.
Your symptoms may get worse if you stop taking your medicine. This can pose a risk for your own health and increase the risk of your baby having a low birthweight.
Asthma treatments and breastfeeding
It's safe to continue any asthma treatment while you're breastfeeding. Even when you're busy with your new baby, it's important not to neglect your own health and to keep your asthma under control.
Managing your asthma during pregnancy
There are things you can do to help manage your condition during pregnancy, such as:
- using a preventer inhaler (steroids) when you get a cough or cold – speak to a doctor about using preventer inhalers in pregnancy
- avoiding smoking – get tips on stopping smoking in pregnancy
- avoiding things that trigger allergic reactions for you – for example, pet fur
- controlling hay fever with antihistamines – talk to a doctor or pharmacist about which antihistamines are safe to take in pregnancy
- avoiding hay fever triggers, such as mowing the lawn
- continuing to exercise and eat a healthy diet
Find out about having a healthy pregnancy diet, exercise in pregnancy and medicines in pregnancy.
Visit Asthma UK for more information on asthma and pregnancy or call the helpline on 0300 222 5800, open 9am to 5pm from Monday to Friday.
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Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., an internationally recognized expert on mindfulness and therapy, brings mindfulness techniques to your psychotherapeutic work with clients. An integrated state of mindful awareness is crucial to achieving mental health. Siegel reveals practical techniques that enable readers to harness their energies to promote healthy minds within themselves and their clients. He charts the nine integrative functions that emerge from the profoundly interconnecting circuits of the brain, including bodily regulation, attunement, emotional balance, response flexibility, fear extinction, insight, empathy, morality, and intuition.
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It's that time of year, where work nightmares start to commence and days start to fly by at work. Literally, Tuesday when I came into work I was here for 8 hours and it seriously only felt like 20 minutes. When I was driving home I was so confused where the day went.
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It's definitely event season and the pace sure has picked up a lot! It's exciting and fun and draining all at the same time. Besides spin class and yoga on Tuesday I went for a run this morning and haven't had much time to do much else in the home front of working out. My hamstrings are still sore from spin on Tuesday and my back was really sore from yoga too. Nothing like a little soreness to make sure that you know your working out. That might be my most favorite feeling in the world.
Even though work is kicking my butt right now, it's okay because I expected it. Once LB is over, it will be much more relaxed… well a little bit. I think we all just kind of hang on by a thread until January and then breathe a sigh of relief. Nothing like putting on an event that looks like this…
Tomorrow I am going for my longest run in a while. I am going to try to attempt 6 miles. I hope to get it done in about an hour and well see how it goes. The weather should cooperate for running this weekend as it's nice and cloudy and getting cooler in these parts! Hooray!
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The Advancing Variable Star Astronomy book that chronicles the first 100 years of the AAVSO is now available as an Amazon Kindle e-book. Of course, hard copies are still available from the AAVSO for $80 (20% discount), while supplies last.
The following is a list of observers who have made 2011 visual observations in 2011. The list was last updated October 31, 2011.
There are only two months left to get a certificate for achieving one of our centennial observing challenges!
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LAKELAND, Fla. -- Brad Ausmus was surprised it took this long into Spring Training for him to be asked about an Opening Day starter. It was less surprising that there's no answer yet.
"It could be a tough decision," Ausmus said. "You really have three legitimate Opening Day-starter-type pitchers on the roster. You have a Cy Young/MVP winner who's coming off surgery, but as of right now, looks to be on track. You have the reigning Cy Young winner. And you have an ERA champ. So you could make an argument for any of the three, really.
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Villas-Boas thinks the teenager will be desperate to make an impact this season, and he said: "Tottenham had three strikers of great dimension last year - (Emmanuel) Adebayor, Jermain Defoe and Roman Pavlyuchenko. Normally in my teams I like to promote the third one as a young striker who is competing for that place a bit more aggressively."
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Will be pubbing a much more detailed look at these features later in the day, but an important thing we discovered is that a lot of these built in apps can run in the background.
For instance you can be playing Zelda Ocarina of Time in 3D, suspend the game and start taking notes, then jump straight back into the game.
Very useful idea.
Stay tuned to Kotaku's 3DS page for a day full of updates, interviews and videos.
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Surprising social media trend: Rival brands play nice
First it was Jimmy Kimmel declaring his love for Jimmy Fallon. Then it was the Yankees being nice to the Red Sox, which was almost unfathomable, yet also understandable and gracious in the wake of the Boston bombings. But now it's getting out of hand: Arch-rival corporate brands are being nice to each other with no discernible provocation whatsoever.
Earlier this week, a bunch of British snack brands, from Cadbury to Walker's Crisps to Jaffa Cakes and Phileas Fogg, threw each other a veritable Twitter tea party - and indeed, Yorkshire Tea joined in the lovefest.
And last week, Microsoft's Xbox One team engaged in a random tweet of kindness toward the Sony Playstation 4, even though the two products are about to go head-to-head in a high-stakes holiday-shopping-season showdown that will help shape the fates of both companies for years to come.
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The surprising thing is that, whether genuine or cynical, Microsoft's gesture seemed to work: It's been retweeted some 15,000 times, ensuring that the PS4's launch doesn't entirely overshadow the upcoming launch of the Xbox One in terms of social-media buzz this week. I predict that, as with Oreo's timely Super Bowl tweet, Microsoft's olive-branch ploy will become a trend among the savvier brands on social media, which will compete to garner goodwill by saying nice things about their arch-rivals.
That doesn't sound like a bad thing, on its face, although I could see it turning from sweet to saccharine rather quickly. And, of course, there's a shelf life built into any trend of this sort: Once it becomes the norm, it will cease to surprise, at which point perhaps everyone will go back to being mean again. Which can, of course, be pretty delightful in its own right.
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"We're just disappointed all around. There were very few things about tonight. I guess if you're not on your game and you pick up points then you should be happy. But obviously we're at home and we want three points. We don't want one point. We had a couple of chances where we might have won the game, but in all honesty, we were disappointing tonight and we were pretty flat most of the time. We just never ever got rolling."
"The bottom line is we didn't pass the ball well so it wouldn't have mattered who we played tonight. We didn't pass the ball at all, all night, and when that happens, you're going to struggle."
"We just didn't have any passing. Let's be honest: very few times did we actually put three or four passes together and anytime we did, we actually nearly created things. But it was few and far between. Certainly wasn't regular enough. We didn't pass the ball well at all. And when you don't, you're going to struggle."
"I felt like we were just impatient, just trying to play that perfect ball when new should have just been playing separate passes. I think that's what we do and that's what we're good at and we just didn't do that today … I think had we done that we definitely would have been able to keep it and play a solid game."
On his goal:
"I think it came from the right side and hopped up maybe to the top of the box. I just saw a little opening on the right side and just hit it and was hoping it would go in and got lucky."
On the team's play after the goal:
"I think we had stints where we were playing well and times we were just kind of giving the ball away just way too much. So (it was) disappointing."
"I think we're impatient and sometimes when we do get the ball on the ground we make the wrong decision a lot of the time, so (that's) something to work on. We knew that it was going to be a problem and we just have to get better with it."
"Even after they scored, I thought we had opportunities. And we just lacked a little life, just kind of too nice at times. We weren't really pressing hard enough. There were opportunities there, we just didn't take it."
"We can't hang our heads too long about this one. We have to take care of our bodies tomorrow and it's out West on Monday."
"Disappointing is a good word. I think everyone in the locker room's a little disappointed right now. (We were) hoping to get three points out of that one and unfortunately it just didn't work out for us."
"I thought we started well, (and) scored a nice goal. Their goal, their response was probably the big turning point in the game. I thought we were still getting chances, we were still pressing them a little bit and then they got kind of a weird goal. I thought that was one of the big turning points in the game. We never really responded the way we need to win."
"We're still chasing points so that makes [Wednesday's] game even more important. It would be nice to have gotten three points in this game so we could go into it with a little bit more of a cushion. But now we're going to have to keep fighting. We can't dwell on it too long. (We've) got to get ready for Wednesday."
"I don't think there was much in the game to be honest with you. I thought maybe the first 10-15 minutes, they were playing that three in the middle with Shalrie Joseph floating off the front a little bit. I think that once we adapted to that system, we committed to the game. Obviously, we gave a goal away, which as disappointing as it is at halftime, I thought in the second half we were very unlucky not to have got a second. With Kalif's (Alhassan) free kick off the post and Matt Reis drops one under the cross bar, I think with a little bit of Lady Luck there, we could've gone away with the three points."
"We could've just put our heads down, and died a little bit - third game in eight days. [We had] to dig in, come back and get something out of a good and very physical team. I watched them play against D.C. last week. They caused D.C. a lot of problems. [New England is] very powerful, very physical - a lot of pace in the flanks. I thought we matched them very well, to be honest with you."
"(Backup goalkeepers) are paid to perform well. We don't pay guys to play poorly. I keep saying this. Jake Gleeson pulls off an unbelievable save. He'll probably get save of the week again, for that one that skinned the top corner in the first half from (Sainey) Nyassi - a wonderful save. And James (Marcelin) comes in, makes his MLS debut, and Kalif (Alhassan) comes in a makes his MLS debut, as well, and he was unlucky not to score off a free kick."
"Coming in young, there's probably a lot of pressure on me to perform as well as Adin (Brown) or Troy (Perkins), but I put a lot of pressure on myself. To come out and hold the goalkeeping standard up high and playing well, so I think most of the pressure actually comes from myself because I want to be as good as those guys at the moment, which is tough."
"It's hard if the crowd's yelling, I'm not used to the noise level, but I'm getting better. Each game I go out and play, I'm learning more and more so. [Confidence is] something you definitely get with experience, with age and more playing time. Hopefully, I can just keep getting better week in and week out."
"Kenny (Cooper) did a great job the whole game holding it up. The ball came into him, he tried to play Jeremy (Hall) in, Jeremy got a touch. It kind of bounced off the defender. Jeremy laid a great ball back to me, and I just struck it left footed and found the corner of the net."
"I think Tuesday was a good win for us, we got some confidence. We don't really put too much into what other team's think of us. We try to focus on ourselves and what we can do to make ourselves better. I think this week we progressed a lot, and it gives the guys a good feeling with the two week break before we have our home opener."
"I feel very comfortable with the group of guys. As the captain, in the leadership role, my experience comes into play. [I want to] continue building this team. We've just got to continue to fight for one another, and improve upon the things that we haven't done so well and continue to build the things that we have."


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If there was a Leo Award for "best beard," actor Michael Eklund would have won by acclamation.
Instead, Eklund got to show off his old-style face bush when he recently accepted an award for Best Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama for his role in Errors of the Human Body at B.C.'s annual film and television prize party earlier in June.
Eklund was already riding high on the success of The Call — Oscar winner Halle Barry's surprise box office smash — where he played a serial killer who kidnaps Abigail Breslin (an Oscar nominee for Little Miss Sunshine).
Said Eklund, "Yes, they are both as beautiful and cool in real life."
Both movies — along with a third film, Ferocious — debuted in theatres in the last three months.
Talking to The Sun in the lobby of the Westin Bayshore during the awards ceremonies, Eklund explained that his current facial fur is meant for his new role in the upcoming feature about early 20th century photographer and filmmaking pioneer, Eadweard Muybridge, which goes to camera in and around Vancouver on Canada Day.
The movie is directed by Kyle Rideout and produced by Josh Epstein, who co-wrote the script. Eklund said the low budget project was love at first read.
"When they first sent me the script I had no idea who they were or who this Eadweard Muybridge character was. After I turned the last page of the script I felt I needed to know everything about this mysterious sweaty-toothed madman, as well as the talented artists who wrote it and sent it to me.
"You do not read too many scripts like this. Every actor knows that feeling when they find it. For me, it was beautiful yet dangerous, soiled and yet whitened. All these words also describe the man who was Eadweard Muybridge. I was ready to sink my own sweaty teeth upon the goal to find out more."
Currently known as Eadweard, the film will feature over 150 extras, 40 actors, 50 locations, period costumes, animals, children and "a stage coach squished with passion," Eklund said. "The word 'collaborative' sums it up perfectly as the whole community seems to be involved."
Epstein said that not only did the local film community embrace the making of the movie, the theatre community did as well.
"We're making a $3 million dollar movie on a very, very low budget so we've been getting amazing resources from a lot of the theatre companies in town: The now defunct Playhouse, the Electric Company, the Arts Club, Studio 58, Playhouse Theatre, Chemainus the Renegade Arts Society, and also theatre lighting people and costume people," Epstein said when interviewed last weekend at the Jessie Awards, where the popular stage actor (last seen in the Arts Club's remount of The Craigslist Cantata) performed a song-and-dance number celebrating the Vancouver theatre scene.
"It's sort of a mesh of film and theatre people helping us out. It's a highly ambitious, epic indie film. Very epic."
A native of Saskatoon, Eklund recalled falling in love with the movies as a five-year-old when his mom took him to a Sunday matinee, "planting the seed of magic inside of me."
Determined to perform like his matinee idols Eklund spent the next decade auditioning for school plays — and not getting cast.
Unable to convince the world he was an actor, Eklund enrolled in art school to study painting. It didn't take long before he was dropping out, packing his stuff and his dreams in a U-Haul and heading West to Vancouver to take a shot at stardom.
Eklund credited persistence and "the power of being so naive" for landing a top agent despite a complete lack of acting experience."
The agent wasn't the only one who saw potential — practically every casting agent in B.C. did.
Over the last few years Eklund has been featured on almost every major series shot here including Smallville, Supernatural, Intelligence and Alcatraz.
Eklund saw his latest role as a chance to explore the origins of his passion for moviemaking.
"I discovered that Eadweard Muybridge was a man who could stop time, a man obsessed with freezing motion. His work unknowingly was creating and inspiring the basis for moving pictures. He was the pioneer of film. And without him and his work the actual film we are making based on him could not have been made."
Still All That at Canadian Comedy Awards
Last year's Canadian Comedy Award winners for Best Radio Program or Clip — Vancouver's Pat Kelly and Peter Oldring — have been nominated again for their hit CBC comedy series This is That.
Other B.C. nominees include funny faves The Sunday Service, named five times in four categories. The Sundays have been served with nominations for Best Podcast, Best Improv Troupe, Best Female Improviser (Caitlin Howden), as well as two nominations in the Male Improviser category for Ryan Beil and perennial nominee Taz Van Rassel.
The Sunday Service will be trying to defend their improv crown from another B.C. contender, Hip. Bang!
Dave Shumka and Graham Clark's Stop Podcasting Yourself is in the running again for Best Podcast, Victoria's Mike Delamont is up for Best Breakout Artist, and longtime Vancouver TheatreSports fave Colin Mochrie is a contender for Canadian Comedy Person of the Year.
This year's awards will be presented Oct. 3-6 in Ottawa. For information on how to vote in the public voting categories and for a full list of nominees visit canadiancomedy.ca.


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Educational institutions are attempting to formulate and implement BYOD strategies, but the search for a silver bullet, in unison with the demands of the student and educator, is deterring some IT departments' ability to do so effectively.
This uncertainty, alongside the initial confusion in defining BYOD, presents itself as a good opportunity for value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators (SIs) to initiate a conversation with a potential customer.
In referring to the recent BYOD in Education report for Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) by IBRS, commissioned by Dell, Dell end user computing director, Jeff Morris, said, "Our research uncovered a number of discrepancies in definitions, perspectives, and BYOD requirements."
As such, Morris said that VARs and SIs should begin by asking the customer who the intended user is based on function, and what applications, content, and devices they use. This basic step is a gateway to a more technology-based and contextual discussion.
"I can't emphasise enough the importance of the conversation," he said. "This will help resellers educate the customer and define their needs effectively."
"Be mindful that one size does not fit all and give examples of how you can tailor a solution to the customer," Morris said. "Customer needs, their current infrastructure, risk tolerance and overall strategy for the organisation will be your foundation."
The next step is to work with the customer to define policies and acceptable devices, protect the data and manage the infrastructure, and empower users to access data at all times.
VARs and SIs need to advise their customer to consider BYOD from five technology perspectives: network, email, compliance, virtualisation, and licensing.
The first point needs to be approached by questioning whether the customer's network is secure once a student connects, and whether the existing wireless network can support additional devices now and in the future. Morris proposes the question whether the network backbone has the capacity to deal with the increase in traffic, and how can the right traffic be prioritised?
Considerations around email are primarily around confidentiality and the security status of emails if a device were to be lost or susceptible to breach.
Compliance comes down to monitoring and restrictions, and ensuring that compromised devices are declined access to the network. In addition, the VAR/SI must assess whether it is ideal for the customer to restrict access to specific versions of a mobile operating system (OS).
On the virtualisation front, VAR/SIs need to assist customers in deciding whether this mode of delivering content and the ability to centrally manage the information and applications from the datacentre is appropriate.
The question for licensing is which are required when personally owned devices access the institution's network.
According to Morris, the best way to hold these discussions and take advantage of BYOD in education is to host an educational workshop in order to understand the customer's vision, and provide options and recommendations to mitigate risks. This contributes to gaining the trusted advisor status.
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Wisconsin's premier provider of both residential and commercial restoration, reconstruction, remodeling and 24-hour emergency services. We help bring order back to your life after a flood, fire, storm, or other structural damage. We also provide safe removal of mold, including black mold and emergency board up. We can quickly respond to any emergency throughout Wisconsin.
We welcome the opportunity to work with you to turn your restoration project into a positive experience that meets or exceeds your expectations.
With our "Under Promise and Over Deliver" philosophy home owners are back home and businesses are up and running sooner than they thought possible.
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Yesterday, Audi rolled out its Q7 TDI V12 concept — an ultra-swank wrapper for the Le Mans winning dozen-banger that will show up in a production Q7 this year. As announced earlier, the pedestrian version of the largest and most precise of Audi's TDIs will have 500 hp and 738 lb-ft of torque. Plenty enough to pull horse trailers on Sunday and chase the pool boy down the drive in a jealous, gin-and-tonic-induced rage on Monday.
Audi Reveals Q7 Sporting LeMans-Winning V12 Diesel [internal]


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Ukraine loses 2015 Euro basketball championship
Ukraine was stripped of the right to host next year's European men's basketball championship on Friday because of the continuing instability in the country.
Three of the planned host cities for the 24-team tournament were located in volatile eastern Ukraine, where government troops are fighting pro-Russian separatists.
Following Russia's annexation of Crimea in March, tournament director Markiyan Lubkivsky said that hosting the event was no longer possible, but Ukrainian and European basketball authorities had tried to keep the project alive.
FIBA Europe, the continental governing body, said Friday that its board had now decided the risks were too great.
"The decision was taken after a careful consideration of the continuous political situation and security issues in Ukraine, which deemed as less than favorable for the staging of such an important and demanding event," the organization said in a statement.
However, FIBA Europe said it will "start negotiations immediately" with Ukraine on hosting the 2017 championship.
A decision on next year's host will be made by September 30, with "single or multi-country bids" to be submitted by the end of July.
Even before Ukraine lost the hosting rights, France had positioned itself as a leading candidate to stage next year's championship, submitting a formal bid to FIBA Europe last month.
The decision to move the tournament out of Ukraine was announced three days after Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk hosted FIBA Europe president Turgay Demirel to discuss hosting plans.
Among the planned Ukrainian host cities for the September 2015 tournament were Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, where militant groups are pushing for closer links with Russia.
Next year's championship will include two dozen teams from across Europe. France is the reigning champion after beating Lithuania 80-66 in last year's final in Slovenia.
FIBA Europe also said the 2015 tournament will use an extended knockout system rather than a second group stage, a change that had been due to come into force in 2017.


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Turkish PM votes in presidential election
Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 10
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan voted in the presidential election which is being held in Turkey today, Turkish TV channel TRT Haber reported on Aug. 10.
It is also reported that after the voting, Erdogan will observe the presidential election in the country.
Voting in the 12th presidential election started in Turkey Aug.10, at 8 a.m. (local time).
As distinct from the previous presidential election, the Turkish president will be elected by the people, not by the parliament as of 2014, according to the results of a referendum held in 2007. The Turkish president will be elected for five-year term instead of the previous seven-year term, according to the referendum results.
About 53,017,214 people in Turkey have the right to vote in the presidential election.
The presidential election will last until 17:00 (local time). The country has banned the broadcast of entertainment programs and the sale of alcoholic beverages on election day.
The official information about the course of the presidential election in Turkey will be provided only by the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) from 08:00 till 21:00 (local time).
The preliminary results of the presidential election in Turkey will be announced Aug.11 and the country's CEC will announce the official results of the presidential election Aug.15.
Three candidates are running for the post of president in Turkey.
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party nominated Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan's candidacy for the presidential election.
Turkish oppositional Republican People's Party (CHP) nominated the former Secretary-General of the OIC Ekmeleddin lIhsanoglu as a candidate for the presidential election.
The third presidential candidate is the chairman of the Peoples' Democratic Party [HDP] (former pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party) Salahaddin Demirtas.
If none of the candidates gains 51 percent of votes in the first round, the second round will take place Aug.24.


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Crowned Amulet Pendant with Laurie Mika
An amulet is "an ornament or small piece of jewelry thought to give protection against evil, danger, or disease." This small polymer clay and shrink plastic pendant can be individually personalized to bring good fortune to the wearer! I will share techniques for using polymer clay as the base for the pendant that include rubber stamping and altering the color to make it look ancient. I will also share techniques for using shrink plastic to add details to the amulet. Ways of adding a bail or eye pin will be covered as well. And of course, it will all be topped off with a crown!!
This class was originally part of the Art Jewelry Adventure in 2016. Now you can enjoy Laurie's fun techniques to create this polymer clay and mixed media mosaic pendant, featuring her signature style!
Your Instructor
Laurie Mika is an artist, author and instructor. Over the last two decades, Laurie's mixed media mosaic work has evolved into an original and easily recognizable style. Her unique approach combines handmade polymer clay tiles with beads, jewelry pieces, charms, glass tile and found objects. She feels very fortunate to be able to combine her love of travel and passion for art through teaching at art retreats at home and around the world.
Laurie's work has been published in countless magazines and books. She has appeared on both HGTV's, That's Clever and on DIY's, Craft Lab. Laurie's own book, Mixed Media Mosaics, was published by North Light Books in 2007.
Laurie's background in painting is evident in her mixed-media works influenced by Medieval, Renaissance and Mexican folk art. The gilded devotional panels of the past become secular icons imbued with personal narratives. Art and folk traditions referenced in her work derive from her travels and experiences of living abroad. The highly embellished surfaces, including segments of text, form sumptuous tapestries of traditional and modern materials. Like a modern-day alchemist tinkering with the ancient art of mosaics and contemporary assemblage, Laurie finds magic in combining disparate elements.


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Terms and Conditions – Specific Rules for Destiny PLUSMOMENTS 1 Competition
The Destiny 1 competition
"Opening Date"
01 July 2016 at 09:00 (GMT)
"Closing Date"
31 July 2016 at 23:59 (GMT)
Destiny for PlayStation®4.
"Challenge 1"
Best headshot in crucible
"Challenge 2"
Best grenade kill in crucible
"Challenge 3"
Best use of a super in crucible
"Challenge Hashtag 1"
"Challenge Hashtag 2"
"Challenge Hashtag 3"
"Expiry Date"
31 July 2016 at 23:59 (GMT)
1. The Competition is open to persons aged 18 years or over who are residents of United Kingdom ("Entrant Country") except employees, agents, contractors or consultants of the Promoter (as defined below) and their immediate families, the Promoter's associated companies and anyone else professionally connected with the Competition ("Entrants").
2. The Competition is open for entries on the Opening Date and closes on the Closing Date. The period from the Opening Date to and including the Closing Date shall be referred to as the "Competition Period".
3. The Competition is free to enter and no purchase of any kind is necessary but Entrants must own or have access to a PlayStation®4 and a copy of the Game. Entrants must be active PlayStation®Plus members during the Competition Period. By entering the Competition, Entrants accept and will be bound by these terms and conditions ("Terms") as well as the General Rules (click here).
4. To enter the Competition, Entrants must complete the following steps during the Competition Period:
a) if they do not already have a Sony Entertainment Network ("SEN") account (previously known as PlayStation®Network account), create one using their PlayStation® system or by visiting http://eu.playstation.com/registration/;
b) launch PlayStation®4 and sign into their SEN account;
c) load the Game and complete one of the available Challenges;
d) press the SHARE button to capture a video clip of their gameplay in response to one of the Challenges ("Video Clip") (for more details on how to capture a video clip using the SHARE button click here);
e) ensure their Video Clip complies with the SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement and SEN Privacy Policy;
f) select "Upload Video Clip" and select their Video Clip;
g) select the You Tube online service icon;
h) select the "Public" privacy setting, insert the hashtag "#PlusMoments" and the specific Challenge Hashtag separated by a comma and a space and tick the "Include Online ID in Tags" checkbox; and
i) select "Share".
5. Registration for SEN is subject to acceptance of the SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement and SEN Privacy Policy. (http://uk.playstation.com/legal/).
6. Each Entrant may submit multiple entries and will be eligible to win multiple Prizes (as defined below).
7. Each Entrant must adhere to the General Rules and in particular, to sections 6 and 7. In addition, entries must not contain any:
a) pornography, nudity, or sexually explicit imagery;
b) abusive, offensive or hateful imagery or language;
c) harassing or defamatory content;
d) content that compromises the privacy or safety of yourself or others;
e) content that demeans a particular gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, ethnicity or nationality;
f) violent or dangerous behaviour; and/or
g) spam, advertising or other commercial activities.
8. Each Entrant grants to the Promoter and the Game publisher a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use entries for promotional purposes and for all the purposes related to the Competition, across all media including any online platforms under the Promoter's or Game publisher's control.
9. All entries must be completely original gameplay so as not to breach any third party copyright. The Promoter accepts no liability if Entrants ignore these Terms and each Entrant agrees to fully indemnify the Promoter against any claims by any third party arising from any breach of these Terms.
10. There will be one (1) winner ("Winner") and two (2) runners-up (each a "Runner-Up"). The Winner and each Runner-Up will be selected by an independent judge, who shall not be permitted to enter the Competition themselves, based upon the creativity of the Video Clip in response to the specific Challenge. The decision of the judges is final.
11. The Promoter shall notify the Winner and each Runner-Up by email to the email address linked to their SEN account of their selection within eight (8) weeks of the Closing Date.
12. In order to claim their Prize (as defined below), the Winner must respond appropriately to the Promoter's notification email within two (2) weeks from the date of the Promoter's notification email, and provide their full name, postal address and date of birth.
13. The Winner will win:
a) one (1) DUALSHOCK®4 wireless controller; and
b) one (1) PlayStation®Plus 3 Month Membership, in the form of a voucher code, which must be redeemed by the Expiry Date on the PlayStation®Store; and
c) one (1) Iron Lords T-shirt; and
d) one (1) Kontrol Freek Destiny CQC Signature Edition; and
e) one (1) 5000 Silver, in the form of a voucher code, which must be redeemed by the Expiry Date on the PlayStation®Store; and
f) one (1) Destiny Notepad;
with a total approximate value of GBP 143.97 ("Winner Prize").
14. The first (1st) Runner-Up will win:
a) one (1) Dual Shock 4 Controller; and
b) one (1) Iron Lords T-shirt; and
c) one (1) 1000 Silver, in the form of a voucher code, which must be redeemed by the Expiry Date on the PlayStation®Store; and
d) one (1) Destiny Notepad;
with a total approximate value of GBP 76.98 ("1st Runner-Up Prize").
15. The second (2nd) Runner-Up will win:
a) one (1) PlayStation®Plus 3 Month Membership, in the form of a voucher code, which must be redeemed by the Expiry Date on the PlayStation®Store; and
b) one (1) Kontrol Freek Destiny CQC Signature Edition; and
c) one (1) 1000 Silver, in the form of a voucher code, which must be redeemed by the Expiry Date on the PlayStation®Store; and
d) one (1) Destiny Notepad;
with a total approximate value of GBP 42.98 ("2nd Runner-Up Prize").
16. The Promoter will use reasonable endeavours to send by registered post and/or by email (where relevant), the Winner Prize to the Winner and the 1st Runner-Up Prize and 2nd Runner-Up Prize to each Runner-Up within two (2) weeks of receiving the Winner's and/or each Runner-Up's details.
17. In these Terms, "Prize" shall mean a Winner Prize, a 1st Runner-Up Prize and/or a 2nd Runner-Up Prize, as appropriate in the context.
18. Voucher codes are subject to terms and conditions of use. Please click here for details. Voucher codes are not transferable and may not be re-sold. Voucher codes have an expiry date which will be communicated with the voucher code.
19. PlayStation®Plus subscription only available to SEN account holders with access to PlayStation®Store and high-speed internet. PSN, PS Store and PS Plus subject to terms of use and country and language restrictions; PS Plus content and services vary by subscriber age. Users must be 7 years or older and users under 18 require parental consent, except that users in Germany must be 18 years or older. Service availability is not guaranteed. Online features of specific games may be withdrawn on reasonable notice - eu.playstation.com/gameservers. PS Plus subscription automatically renews at the end of the subscription period at the current PS Store price. Full terms apply: PSN Terms of Service at eu.playstation.com/legal.
20. Prizes must be taken as stated and may not be deferred. There will be no cash alternatives; however the Promoter reserves the right to substitute any Prize with a prize of a similar value.
21. The Promoter cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any problem which may result in any Competition entry or other correspondence being lost or not being properly registered.
22. In the event of a dispute, the Promoter's decision is final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.
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Bill Williamson thinks that the Chiefs may use the owners' meeting in California to seek trade offers for Tony Gonzalez. Given Ted Thompson's past interest, any chance he sniffs around again? Yes, he got burned by Chiefs' management last year, but there's a new team in place now — and they're working hard to grow younger. Gonzalez is very well-paid but depending on what the Packers would have to give up (obviously) I think he could be worth it.
At the time, I was skeptical about giving up a third-round pick for Gonzalez. I was wrong. His success last season, and his ability to fight off consistent double-teams, was truly remarkable. If Thompson wants to trade down again this year — can there be any doubt that he'll try? — I'd be enthusiastic about using one of our draft picks, even a second rounder, on Gonzalez.


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Reds' bat boy asks for home run -- and gets it
He just brings a lot of joy'
As the Reds were on their way to thumping the Miami Marlins on Thursday night, another story played out between the Reds dugout and home plate.
The 30-year-old with Down Syndrome brings unbridled enthusiasm to a game that we sometimes forget is a game. Teddy Kremer was back as a Reds bat boy Thursday night, and as the Reds have found out, there's just something about Teddy.
"Teddy's awesome, this is the second time he's been the bat boy since I've been here. Last year, we hit like seven home runs when he was here versus Moyer, and this year we put up 11 (runs) or whatever we did tonight," Zach Cozart said.
Teddy's enthusiasm for sports is clear, and it's been clear for years.
As Colerain became a high school football powerhouse, Teddy was there as the 12th man
That enthusiasm rubbed off on one of the Reds in a big way.
"He's so funny. He said, 'Hit me a home run, man, I love you.' I said 'I love you too, I'll hit you one,'" Todd Frazier said.
Moments later, Frazier did exactly as Teddy asked.
"I started smiling before I got to home plate, because I knew it. They said he forgot to even pick the bat up, so the umpire was yelling at him, but, such a great guy, you can't be mad. You have a terrible day, how can you be mad with a guy like that around?" Frazier said.
Even if it's just running some baseballs out to the umpire, Teddy does it with his own flair, his own joy, a joy that became a part of everyone watching and everyone taking part.
"He just brings a lot of joy. He's always happy, he's running around, he's telling everybody great job. He's telling Frazier to hit a home run and Frazier does it. So its little stuff like that, you know, he keeps the dugout pretty positive," Cozart said.
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Chartis Research names SAS a category leader for CECL technology solutions
SAS also named a category leader in technology solutions for credit risk 2.0
The risk and compliance technology-focused research and advisory firm Chartis Research has named SAS a category leader in its CECL Technology Solutions 2018 FinTech Quadrant™.
SAS® Expected Credit Loss software is a comprehensive, modular platform that efficiently supports the overall calculation and reporting process – from data management, modeling and impairment estimation to forecasting, accounting and reporting. In addition, SAS' Regulatory Content for CECL provides specific CECL modeling and reporting templates that can accelerate implementation.
"The complexity of CECL presents major challenges from both a compliance and a production efficiency perspective," said Rob Stubbs, Head of Research at Chartis. "SAS is well placed to help organizations implement strong controls and bridge the data and reporting requirements necessary for both risk and finance departments."
CECL, which takes effect in stages beginning January 2020, requires any institution holding assets at amortized cost – such as banks, insurers, credit unions and specialty lenders – to establish an allowance for credit losses based on the expected lifetime loss of each loan in its portfolio, rather than based on incurred losses.
SAS Expected Credit Loss is a foundational risk analytics and execution platform that is being deployed for CECL, and it is already being used by financial institutions across the globe in support of the IFRS 9 accounting standard and stress testing.
CECL Technology Solutions 2018 is the first vendor assessment report that Chartis has published on CECL solutions. It uses Chartis' FinTech Quadrant methodology, which takes into account vendors' technology, product and organizational capabilities while emphasizing the completeness of their offerings and their market potential.
"We're honored to be recognized by Chartis for helping banks meet the computational challenges of the new CECL standards," said Troy Haines, Senior Vice President and head of the risk management division at SAS. "The SAS solution provides centralized, flexible, high-performance analytics to help financial institutions efficiently meet the challenges of expected loss modeling, while advancing their risk management and financial reporting capabilities."
SAS also earned a category leader position in Chartis' Technology Solutions for Credit Risk 2.0 2018. The report assesses technology solutions for the new credit risk environment that Chartis refers to as Credit Risk 2.0.
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OCEAN CITY – While retirement can be a time for exploration, the element of surprise should be reserved for new life experiences — not for managing your assets and income. The unique financial challenges that retirement presents can often jeopardize your cash flow and your goals if you don't plan carefully. Short- and long-term financial needs could be competing for the same resources in your retirement portfolio, and a curveball, such as a health crisis or overspending in the early years, could make dramatic lifestyle readjustments necessary down the road.
To meet both the challenges and the opportunities of retirement head-on, investors need to take a more holistic approach. In response, Merrill Lynch has launched its new Retirement Income Framework. This comprehensive approach to retirement planning takes into account your full financial picture, measuring your risk tolerance, carefully mapping retirement consumption goals and maintaining an asset allocation that can help deliver the kind of income you need.
The first step in applying the framework is an in-depth discussion with your financial advisor to assess your retirement situation. You'll discuss your spending — broken down into your needs and your more ambitious goals — and together you'll estimate your basic lifestyle expenses, as well as make provisions for the unexpected, such as a health problem or changes in the tax code that could affect your income. You'll also decide whether you want to pass your wealth on to heirs or to a cause and how large that bequest should be.
Once you've struck a balance between your needs and your likely future sources of income, you and your advisor will build an investment plan, with an eye on your capacity for risk. Step two of the Retirement Income Framework allocates your retirement assets into three distinct portfolios — each designed with a different objective and investment strategy and each built to help hedge against a set of risks. Together the discrete portfolios are designed to fund current lifestyle expenses while seeking to grow the assets to meet longer-term needs, which might include unexpected health care costs or funding a grandchild's education.
The short-term portfolio is intended to meet day-to-day expenses, supplementing such other income sources as Social Security and pensions. The goal is to produce an income stream so you won't have to tap your longer-term portfolio when the market is unfavorable.
"Think of the short-term consumption portfolio as a shock absorber," says Michael O'Keeffe, Chief Investment Officer for Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management. "As you are spending these assets, you don't have to worry about what the market is doing."
The second, intermediate-term portfolio is designed for longevity and comes into play when you need to replenish the assets in your consumption portfolio — or during an opportune moment in the market. This portfolio has a longer time horizon, so it is invested in a diversified mix of asset classes and seeks to generate growth.
"These asset classes were also used in traditional retirement planning, but often they were tapped too early and lacked sufficient investing horizons to have stable returns," says Tom Latta, head of due diligence for Global Wealth Management Investment Management & Guidance at Merrill Lynch. "This portfolio is designed to roll across investment cycles and gives investors the opportunity to take more risk with their investments for greater returns."
Retirees whose objectives include making bequests, funding the educational expenses of grandchildren or transferring wealth to heirs will have a third portfolio intended for long-term wealth structuring. You may decide to invest in multiple asset classes in your portfolio, perhaps more aggressively than the longevity portfolio if your risk tolerance and time horizon fits that scenario.
Because retirement is a dynamic time and your needs inevitably will change, the third step in the framework involves regular check-ins with your financial advisor to review your portfolio. As the years pass, you may find you're spending more than you projected or that philanthropy has replaced travel as a primary interest — changes that will require you to adjust your plan. As you withdraw assets from your long-term portfolio to replenish your consumption portfolio, and also as market conditions warrant, you'll want to consider rebalancing your asset allocation.
In sum, the Retirement Income Framework can help you conceptualize a strategy for your retirement assets. As O'Keeffe notes, "The greatest value to clients is working with them to use their framework as a template for prioritizing their retirement objectives, assessing the risks that can derail investments in retirement and then developing a solution that fits their unique life circumstances."
(A Merrill Lynch Senior Financial Advisor. She can be reached at 410-213-8520.)


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I just returned home to Washington after spending 72 hours in Israeli prison. Why? Because I was aboard the Canadian boat that tried to sail to Gaza, part of the most recent Freedom Waves flotilla that was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters, breaking international law. I was the only American civilian delegate* on the boat and am returning to the US with a clear message for our lawmakers: Tell Israel to lift the unlawful blockade on Gaza and stop enabling Israeli war crimes!
There's another dangerous passage this time over land that just happened this morning: six courageous Palestinian activists boarded a settler-only public bus and attempted to sit down and ride it from the Ramallah area into East Jerusalem, in the great tradition of the Freedom Rides that challenged segregation in the South. At approximately 5:15pm in the occupied West Bank today Israeli military forces boarded the buses and violently arrested the Freedom Riders. They were taken to a detention center at Atarot Prison and held for hours. Replay the livestream here.
► URGENT: Send a letter to the State Department. ► Tweet this! ► Find local actions planned around the US today here. CODEPINKers plan to join actions in NYC, DC, LA, and SF.
Want to do more? Palestinian Freedom Riders will be riding Veolia and Egged buses Veolia is the target of an international BDS campaign. Are there Veolia buses, offices, or SuperShuttle (a Veolia subsidiary) in your city? Click here to download an organizing toolkit from Jewish Voice for Peace and find out how to participate in the Veolia boycott here. You can also make your local bus a vehicle for change: Join DC CODEPINK, Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine, Sabeel and allies to bring this ad campaign to your public transit.
This courageous action is part of the Week Against the Apartheid Wall. Last week the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, held in South Africa, concluded that the situation in Palestine and Israel is apartheid. Read the findings here. Testimony on Ahava by CODEPINK's Nancy K and Rae is included in a new book from the Russell Tribunal titled Corporate Complicity in Israel's Occupation.
* Would you like me to speak in your community or school? Email me at email@example.com I'm eager to share my experience on the flotilla, and also during past trips to Gaza with CODEPINK.
Riding the waves of change,
Kit Kittredge
and the CODEPINK Middle East Team: Alli, Kristen, Nancy K, Medea, Rae, Sasha, and Tighe
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If you are a serious orchardist or perhaps a curious hobby gardener, the Home Orchard Society provides you with the best source of information and knowledge, mixed in the context of like-minded friendships, to make fruit growing an enriching experience.
The Home Orchard Society, established in 1975, is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to assisting both novice and expert fruit growers, preserving heirloom fruit varieties, and promoting the science, culture, and pleasure of growing fruit at home. Our original 59 charter members grew into this nonprofit, educational and self-help organization that today has well over 700 members scattered worldwide. The vision of "growing good fruit at home" has taken root.
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NFL passes new helmet rule, eliminates 'Tuck Rule'
- Players on both sides of the ball prevented from using the crown of the helmet on contact outside the tackle box
- Infamous %27Tuck Rule%27 is no more even if Patriots didn%27t vote for its elimination
- Video reviews will no longer be negated if coaches illegally challenge a play
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Former Tennessee Titans power back Eddie George was on the phone a few days ago, voicing concern to his former coach, Jeff Fisher, about a proposed ban that George felt would undercut running backs.
Fifteen minutes later, Fisher, a member of the league's competition committee, swayed George's opinion.
The most controversial rules change passed at these now-concluded owners meetings will ban players from delivering forcible blows with the crown of the helmet. It was the biggest step aimed at making the game safer, particularly in regards to concussion prevention in these meetings that approved three new rules related to player safety.
"Over the past few days we've received a lot of opinions from former running backs, some in favor, some opposed to this,'' Fisher said as the meetings concluded Wednesday. "Prior to coming in here, I got a call from Eddie George, who said, 'What's going on?' He took the position that this is going to be a difficult thing to enforce, a different way to change this game.
"And after a 15-minute conversation, he changed his mind. He said, 'That makes sense. I would be in favor of that.'''
It was the same conclusion drawn by 31 of 32 teams, with the Cincinnati Bengals dissenting.
"It does reinforce the importance of getting out in front of this before something tragic happens,'' New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. "The verbiage from the medical people who spoke to us in Indianapolis was not pretty (about potential injuries) in terms of some of these hits.''
The tipping-point play occurred in Week 1 last season when Cleveland Browns running back Trent Richardson lowered his helmet and slammed into Philadelphia Eagles safety Kurt Coleman, dislodging his helmet into the air.
PHOTOS: RBs who made a living while lowering the boom"It was a great example of sensitivity to doing things to help protect our players,'' Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said. "One of the questions I always ask is, 'Who gains from this, offense or defense?' It's a toss-up.
"The main thing is this is pro-player safety.''
Officiating chief Dean Blandino said every play from Week 10 and 16 last season was reviewed and 11 plays would have resulted in a 15-yard penalty under the new rule.
"I just think the real-time decisions for officials is going to be challenging,'' New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton said.
Blandino insists officials will make the necessary adjustments.
DISSENT:Bengals owner on why he voted no"We don't feel this is any more difficult to officiate than the other player safety rules we have, hits on defenseless receiver,'' Blandino said. "The way we're going to teach it is we're looking for a runner to square up the opponent, lower the head and deliver the blow with the very top crown of the helmet.
"We understand it happens quickly. There's an educational process that takes place.''
Wednesday's other changes included passing a rule to fix the Thanksgiving Day challenge faux pas when Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz tried to challenge a Justin Forsett 81-yard touchdown run and his challenge negated the official's ability to review the scoring play. Now a challenge of a play like that will result in a 15-yard penalty with the original play getting reviewed.
The other notable change? The infamous "Tuck Rule'' is no more. The New England Patriots abstained from voting, as did Washington Redskins general manager Bruce Allen, who was an Oakland Raiders executive in January 2002 when Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's seeming fumble when his throwing arm came forward was ruled an incompletion. The Patriots went on to win that playoff game and eventually the Super Bowl.
Player safety was the prevalent theme given two rules passed Tuesday. One was the ban of the type of peel-back block inside the tackle box that shredded Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing's left knee last Oct. 8. The other was a ban on having more than six players line up on one side of the snapper on point-after kicks and field goals.
The league also passed a rule that will allow tight ends and H-backs to wear jersey numbers 40-49, as well as 80-89.
One rule Goodell indicated may need modifaction before the league's May meetings is "The Rooney Rule,'' named after Steelers chairman Dan Rooney. It requires teams to interview at least one minority candidate for each head coach vacancy.
Discussion was held on potential expansion to the rule requiring teams to interview a minority candidate for general manager, head coaching and coordinator jobs. But no new change was adopted. Among eight recent head-coaching hires, none was a minority candidate.
"We were disappointed in the results this year, but we think some of the changes we're making to make sure we're getting the right candidates better training, and we're doing a better job of getting them in front of the people making the decisions will help,'' Goodell said.
Goodell is optimistic there can be a compromise to a scheduling conflict that could prevent the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens from opening next season at home.