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My Story & How YUM Came To Be…
As you may know, I’m a psychologist and a mom. The truth is, I am now also a Gourmet Raw Food Chef and Nutrition Instructor, as well as a Certified Integrative Energy Healer, and student of several other osteopathic healing modalities (e.g. Craniosacral Therapy, Lymph Drainage, Visceral Manipulation, and Neural Manipulation). However, becoming a chef was a very unexpected development.
While I’ve always been a great cook, historically I never really liked to cook! Especially growing up in a very gender-typed family, I grew up associating “cooking” with “women’s work”. As a strong and opinionated woman, it is not difficult to appreciate my lack of affection for the activity. This all changed, though, when I became extremely ill and debilitated and didn’t know if I would live long enough to keep my daughter from becoming motherless before she graduated high school. It is pretty incredible how motivating the desire to stay alive can be and how potent the desire to be there for others can be.
It was in 1997 that the test began. It was really scary—my immune system was kaput—gone! Every pathogen possible ravaged my body and my poor respiratory system had difficulty offering me the breath of life. It was a long and winding road, filled with multi-organ inflammation and dysfunction, including my joints, skin and neurological systems, as well as my respiratory and digestive systems. I was in pain in every cell of my body, with the toxicity within me (due to natural, as well as pharmaceutical inputs) ravaging within me. It was ugly.
After over a dozen years of profound struggling, I accidentally discovered that at the root of my debilitation was my body’s disapproval of some of the food that I ate—most notably, gluten, dairy, and potatoes. Once this awareness came to the light, my health finally began to turn around. It was a long journey, but an important point along the way was when I decided to shift my perspective about my food restrictions to focus on what I “could” eat, instead of what I had to live without. I thought of it like a painter’s palette to create new art and as a creative challenge.
At first, the process seemed grim, but being the persistent solution-seeker that I am, nothing could stop me on my mission. After years of experimenting, I successfully created insanely yummy and healthy plant-based food concepts that everyone in my family could love, even without gluten, dairy, sugar, eggs, potatoes, and many other foods that can give lots of folks a tough time.
This was not my plan, but it was my Destiny—and one that I would never want to change. Because of my suffering, I now have been able to create a gift for others—the resource that I wish I could have found when I was so sick. I want to optimally help others prevent themselves from having to go through what I did, if possible. If it is too late for that, I want to help those who are struggling find respite, ease and joy in their lives again.
Many others are like me—the symptoms are there and may have been throughout their lives. For example, I had migraines, rosacea, asthma, digestive problems and anemia since childhood, but never knew that the food I was eating was causing it. The crazy thing is that I know that I am not unique in this. Countless people have gas, skin rashes, headaches, heartburn, etc. and think that these symptoms are just a necessary part of living—when oftentimes, they actually may not be. Knowing this, I am committed to share what I have learned so that even children can avoid this dark and lonely path and instead live vibrant and healthy lives. This is what YUM has been created to do.

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More about Montenegro and Croatia sailing
The length of the Croatian Adriatic coast is almost two thousand kilometers. The main feature of the Croatian coast is that along it are picturesque scattered islands.
Joint acquisition of Astrea 42
This is one of the most popular catamaran models both among the owners and the skippers who rent sailing yachts in the format of bareboat charter. Its 4 cabins and 4 bathrooms allow maximum personalization of the space for guests of of this catamaran.
Perast, Bay of Kotor
The tiny medieval town of Perast is like a pretty decoration, built to decorate the Bay of Kotor and for the meetings of seafarers.

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Hello. My name is Madaew, Apichet Atilattana. Now I’m almost 20 years old I study at Bunka Fashion in the 2nd year.
Back to that time, I just graduated the high school I went to the exhibition, then I visited to school To see the teaching style. How does it difference from other schools I have searched some information and also ask from the others I think we should choose the school which have a common style as yourself When I walked into the school. I saw mannequins with the draping and magic pattern outfit I felt that this is so me. When I was a child I did like this Made an outfit for the Barbie dolls. It is definitely me So I decided to study at Bunka Fashion.
At the first date I study here. It was very surprised. I have to start studying to sew by a sewing machine It’s like learning by doing At the beginning, I think that loving the fashion, I have to be only a fashion designer But since I studied here, I realised that it could be more Whether it be a stylish or anything else.
I gain a lot of knowledge, kind of complete of fashion So I can work in any part of the fashion work My fashion perspective is changed I gain a lot of knowledge, and it’s easier when I have to deal with the tailor Before start studying here, I can just design and draw an outfits, but I don’t know how to make it But I feel like, I can deal with it once I studied here.
There are variety types of students in the school When I was in the first year, I felt like…. Will I get along with the other? But, due to the teaching method and in various ways, it keeps us close I can consult my friend, they are all willing to help Being with many generations of students makes me see the perspective of each different generation Helping one another is make us close And we get a work connection in the future The school always provide us an opportunities for a fashion contest and competition.
And also a field trip. It’s the new experience for me I’ve never visit the fabric factory before, but I have I chance to see And other places about fashion as well It’s make me feel like I gain more knowledge and new experiences.
Now I’m working on the thesis and I’m happy with my work and my concept I feel like, it’s going to be superb!! I saw my parent raised me with many difficulty Many time, they have to do everything to get though it So I put this story silhouette into my work How can I get though it It’s what I think and I will do in my final project.
As a 19 almost 20 years old student. I feel like ….. I understand the way of working How to live with other in the society It’s not just only a fashion But it much more and more, including a work connection I want everyone to visit and see the class atmosphere Or the teaching style here It’s kind of complete of fashion For me, Bunka is a complete fashion school.

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Flexible and colourful hexagonal low stool that can be connected together to form a variety of shapes. A great way to brighten up an event or exhibition, very eye catching.
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[QUOTE='[DRAGON];123820']Who do you think would win between the legends of baseball
or the baseball players we have now-a-days
Hmmm, getting technical, the legends and all-stars from throughout time over the best of the everyday regular players of now today. Every single one of the players today would cut off their arm or do whatever it takes to be able to play with the legends, the All-Stars of all time. The legendary players are there for a reason, because they were the best, which is why their legend lives on. If it was on equal playing fields with no body enhancing drugs ever given to anyone, the gathering of our Legends would smoke them all.
Now let's come up with the 2 teams, Who are the best players for each position and batting from the legends and positions from before 2011. Then who are the All-Stars that we want to see in the today team from 2012 to present? Now that's a question that will have us dreaming for weeks to come
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Cranberry Chocolate Fudge Bundt by @crumbs.and.caramel ✨
This moist chocolate fudge cake is not just a pretty face but has real depth of flavor. The chocolate is enhanced by adding hot coffee and some almond extract. The addition of tart, juicy cranberries balance out the sweetness. Top with chocolate ganache and candied cranberries, or enjoy it's naked deliciousness!
1 cup fresh cranberries, coarsely chopped
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder plus some for sifting into pan
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 3/4 cup white sugar
1 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup non-dairy milk
1 cup neutral oil
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 tsp almond extract
1 1/2 cups fresh hot coffee or Americano
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a bundt pan and dust with sifted cocoa powder.
In a small bowl, sift 1 tbsp of cocoa powder over the chopped cranberries. Toss to coat. Set aside.
In a large bowl, sift the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk the non-dairy milk, oil, vinegar, and almond extract. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and pour in the hot coffee. Whisk together just until combined. Add the cranberries being careful not to over mix.
Add the batter to the bundt pan and bake for 65-75 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out mostly clean or a few cooked crumbs stuck to it. Let the cake cool for at least 30 minutes before removing from the pan. Enjoy!

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If you look across the web, you’ll discover lots of cruise websites speaking concerning the Caribbean. The August 12, 2019 Iberian Photos sailing of Crystal Serenity from Lisbon to Monte Carlo gives opportunities to play at Montenmedio Golf & Nation Club in Cadiz, Spain; Ibiza Golf Membership in Ibiza, Spain; Membership de Golf de Barcelona, in Barcelona, Spain; Bluegreen Golf Course in St. Tropez, France, and Monte Carlo Golf Membership in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Fred Osher, MD, of Johns Island, South Carolina, plays no less than ten rounds of golf each month as a member of the Seabrook Island Golf Club, and takes three journeys a 12 months to different courses throughout the U.S. He is also taken plenty of river and ocean cruises however by no means combined his ardour for golf with cruising.
Princess Cruises launched its first access program in 1992 As we speak, the company has a number of ships in its fleet that supply accessible facilities for cruisers and it has been acknowledged for its efforts by The Western Legislation Center for Incapacity Rights and National Enterprise & Incapacity Council.
The Caribbean is a high trip spot for travelers. Plus there’s the Superstar Cruise Traces’ very personal LeapFrog Edutainment, an enriching and interactive set of games so that kids may discover every port visited during the cruise while having enjoyable and being educated at the identical time.
The June 10, 2019 British Isles crusing of Crystal Serenity from London to Reykjavik contains full and half-day excursions to Kildare Lodge & Nation Club in Dublin, Eire; Carden Park in Liverpool, England; Mount Murray Gold Course in Douglas, Isle of Man; Whitehead Golf Membership in Northern Eire; and one other course in Reykjavik to be decided.
A transatlantic cruise is probably the most amazing and fun way to travel from the Americas to Europe and from Europe to America. Along with accessibility for people with disabilities, each Superstar ship boasts an autism-friendly environment — in 2015, Celebrity was awarded a silver-stage “Autism Friendly” certification from Autism on the Seas, an organization that gives advice to folks of kids with autism and other developmental disabilities.
Join a repositioning cruise (on the end of the season, ships will head from the Caribbean to Mexico or vice versa) or a Panama cruise that visits ports on both side of the Canal. You can find new treasures while you resolve to attempt European river cruises. The ships of Celebrity Cruises have accessible rooms.
Guests who have autism and their travel group are also capable of expedite their test-in course of and have priority when boarding or departing the ship. Buzzle helps you plan your California trip with details about the place you need to go, when you must visit the state, and what are the perfect issues to do while you journey there.
At the moment’s cruise ships have accommodations that always surpass hotel rooms and comprise such options as chic cabins, luxury private bogs, and gorgeous and comfortable residing quarters. A small ship typically visits more remote ports that massive ships normally can not.
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Celebrity Cruise strains is among the youngest cruising companies on this planet, yet it’s already acknowledged as among the finest service suppliers in the trade. Itineraries for 2 or three nights, on a ship with 14 cabins, supply an intimate experience and the prospect to enjoy the stunning African surroundings. Both Princess Cruises and Disney Cruise Line have ships with designs and features that make ships more accessible.
Some do not take pleasure in cruises simply due to the nature of traveling on a boat. Disney Cruise Line offers amenities and lodging for a wide range of individuals. No rundown of river cruises could possibly be full with out including a journey down the Nile: Sanctuary Retreats has a fleet of ships designated for Egyptian cruises, including the Sanctuary Solar Boat IV, which boasts a heated swimming pool on its deck.
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Children aged three to 6 aboard the Celebrity Cruise ships shall be saved busy with treasure hunt games, crafts and humanities actions, movie watching and even ice cream events.
It’s the basic dream vacation: gazing out of your cabin window at turquoise waves cresting by your porthole window. European river cruises are an effective way to have a holiday throughout the off seasons for tropical cruises, where you can uncover the history and attraction that abound on European river cruises. Whether you wish to take European river cruises that journey through the romance nations, or places which have hardly been explored, you’ll find exactly what will make you content when you search for European river cruises.
Royal Caribbean has a repute for its accessible ships that function spacious corridors and public restrooms with gradual ramp entrances The corporate additionally has complete groups dedicated to making its cruises accessible for visitors. It’s known to be the operator to go for atas cruise experiences at reasonably priced costs, but they don’t appear to have any deals for the year.
Most cruise ships that travel European river cruises are a lot smaller than conventional cruising ships. With pleasant vendors, colourful locals, and a few of the finest deals you might ever imagine, you’ll end up enjoying your trip cruise that much more in the event you love the places you go to along the way.
We now have had a tremendous response to the programming and expertise offered on the golf cruises, from avid and novice golfers alike,” says Keith Cox, Vice President of Leisure at Crystal Cruises. Get pleasure from ports of call in Italy, Germany, Belgium and Holland if you find yourself on European river cruises.
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Caribbean Cruises are among the many most demanded cruise vacations in the world; with virtually two million plus vacationers sailing on different liners every year. Together with the extremely commercialized Nassau or Port Lucaya, one fascinating function of Bahamas cruises is that numerous cruise lines boast their own personal beaches or small islands nearly freed from the countless souvenir retailers and such. Yow will discover many European river cruises that cater to special curiosity groups akin to golfers, cyclists, gardeners and fans of the music that made the Danube famous.
For those who or someone you’re traveling with has a disability, the accessibility of a cruise ship might be an vital issue when it comes to deciding the place to spend your next trip. The ship gives superb views of those cities, with ground to ceiling windows that open vast enough to make your suite really feel like a balcony.
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Before the advancement of air travel, passenger liners have been the tactic of traveling overseas. These viruses run rampant on cruise ships due to the large number of folks in close proximity to at least one another for prolonged intervals of time. The cruise deals provided by the line tend to focus on the general market phase. Everyone within the household will surely find the particular line of companies aboard Movie star cruise ships distinctive.
Superstar Cruises have accessible rooms which might be designed with huge door frames, lowered sinks and vanities, accessible balconies, roll-in showers with a fold-down shower bench, and bathroom grab bars. The Caribbean gives a few of the most appealing destination stops you possibly can think about.
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A transatlantic cruise is the most wonderful and enjoyable strategy to journey from the Americas to Europe and from Europe to America. Think about dancing beneath the celebrities when you are on European river cruises. Most individuals suppose that cruises are just for adults as kids could get bored whereas journeying on the ship, however with Celebrity Cruise lines, this is undoubtedly not going to happen.

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Autumn Bartel scored 17 points and Jess Hunecke added 10 as 11th-ranked and unbeaten Cherokee cruised past Alta 74-33 in a nonconference game played on Saturday night at Alta.
Cherokee jumped out to a 26-7 lead after the first quarter. The Braves led 43-19 at halftime and 67-24 heading into the fourth period of play.
Maggie Lichtenberg scored 16 points to lead Alta, now 1-13 overall. Megan Bishop added seven points.
Johanna Grieme grabbed seven rebounds to lead Alta, while Lichtenberg and Bishop each had five.
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R. L. Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, published in 1886, is a dark and gothic tale that most people are acquainted with in some way or another. Exploring a scientific experiment gone wrong, it’s a narrative of duality; good versus evil, intuitive versus psychological, clashing of personalities, and two sets of repressed desires. Despite its multiple adaptations, it has now been transformed into a narrative-based dance production. Matthew Warchus (Artistic Director of The Old Vic) commissioned Jekyll and Hyde as part of the new dance collaboration with The McOnie Company, and the dance thriller is as unique as it is innovative from beginning to end.
The production opens with Jekyll; a nerdy, timid florist (played by Daniel Collins), who is desperately trying to concoct a serum to get his flowers to bloom. Moving the nineteenth-century novel to a 1950’s London setting, the first half of the production has a distinct inspiration from Little Shop of Horrors; we see Jekyll engage in multiple flower competitions, and fall in love with the loyal customer Dahlia – who is played by Rachel Muldoon.
After a cut finger adds blood to Jekyll’s latest mixture, Mr. Hyde (Tim Hodges) starts taking over. Swapping between the two dancers, we get a clever contrast between the delicate, fast-paced movements from Collins, and the aggressive, strong and masculine steps from Hodges. This concept is complimented by costume change – Hyde’s yellow power suit will surely be in audience members’ minds for days to come! The fleeting switch from one persona to the other is also mirrored by the show’s lightning. Strikes within the shower and the shadows punctuates Grant Olding’s score as it moves from delicate, romantic music to gruesome heavy metal. The score keeps the pace of the production and adds to the narrative’s tension as we shift between Jekyll’s romantic endeavours to the horrific violence of Hyde.
As for the set, Soutra Gilmour’s clever three-part revolving structure spins from multiple different locations; we seamlessly move from the shop front to the basement, before finding ourselves in a nightclub. The intricate changes underpin the ever-changing nature of Jekyll and Hyde whilst adding an element of aesthetic spectacle. The addition of the beautiful frocks, the dancing flowers, the women in pointy, fifties-style bras – alongside the skilled and very personable dancers within both the duets and the ensemble pieces – expertly brings Stevenson’s story to life with a refreshing and revitalised approach.
However, despite the elements of the production that were entertaining to watch, the show falls short in its second half where it becomes somewhat messy in style. As Jekyll’s playful demeanour disintegrates at a faster rate with Hyde slowly taking over, the sudden displays of violence feel almost misplaced, lacking motivation or the horror that the novel expertly evokes. There’s no temptation or repressed desire to kill indicated at all before the second part and, before we know it, there’s three dead bodies on Jekyll’s conscience without any conviction as to why.
Ebony Molina’s femme-fatale lacks development as her character becomes defined primarily by her lust for Hyde and nothing more – so much so that she is dressed in red from head to toe. This overused sexual stereotype glamorises sexual violence and made the second half of the show often unpleasant to watch.
Yet, despite this, the clever twist at the end in which we see Jekyll and Hyde finally confront each other in a carnal and raw fight was an exciting end to the production. Offering a physical manifestation of both characters, something we lack exposure to in the novel, it was a unique ending to the dance thriller.
I’m not sure what I was expecting from the production, but it wasn’t what I watched. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The Old Vic’s Jekyll and Hyde is by no means exceptional, but it is effective in telling a new and refreshing take on the gothic story with an outstandingly talented cast and energetic choreography.
Words by Lucy Lillystone.
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Excellent Japanese Muskmelon “Tosa”
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Tips for eating a delicious muskmelon
Push the bottom of the melon gently and if you feel slightly soft, then it has ripened well and the best time to eat it.
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Funding News. Our successful application to the New Homes Fund through Torridge District Council raised a very significant £30K in additional funding and as a result we have been able to push ahead with our plans to complete the most currently visible part of this renovation, the glazing of the undercroft. Our application to the Big Lottery Reaching Communities fund continues to be pushed ahead and we await news of this important funding needed to complete our project. Huge thanks to the Chamber Of Trade who recently donated £1100.00 from the profits from their 'Round The Square' event.
Latest renovation news. As anyone who has recently visited Torrington town centre can see, the Town Hall is starting to look transformed. The undercroft area has been renovated and glazed, the adjacent former Townlands office has had the bay removed and the original arch glazed to match and these two spaces have now been opened up into a single spacious area. A ground floor disabled toilet is now being installed for completion mid-September which will then allow this area to be opened for community events.
Planned open days. We have two important Open Days planned for September 29th and 30th 2017 where we officially open the Town Hall for business. Initially this will be limited to the undercroft area as without the new rear extension we will still be without our catering facility, lift and main toilets, but importantly, this building will start to become a part of our active town centre once again. Friday September 29th will be for invited guests only and will take place between 12.00 noon and 2.00pm. Saturday September 30th will be a Pop-In for all our community and will take place between 10.00am and 2.00pm.
Get Involved. Our committee of hard working volunteers needs to continue to push this project forward to completion and see our Town Hall restored to it's position as THE building at the centre of our community. We need enthusiastic volunteers to join the committee who can spare a little time each month and help this important project reach fruition, so if you think you could spare some time and have got the skills and energy to help us, please send in your details via this website contact page.>


text: This is a new stamp I bought from Lavinia and I thought she might look good stamped on vellum and the tag grew from there. I stamped her using Memento ink and coloured the roses with a Promarker. I then did faux stitching along three sides. I adhered the vellum to acetate to give it strength, The background tag is made from a piece of paper that has been in my spraying booth box for several projects. It has glimmer mists in a few colours, some gold spray and sparkle, alsorts. It is a pretty shimmery pink and gold colour. Inside my pocket is a smaller tag cut from the same paper but a much paler section. I went round both tags with a Krylon gold pen and added the ribbon and the small grunge rose. Thank you for coming to take a look, any comments you care to leave are much appreciated.


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Friday 14 November 2014
December 5 - Modular Sirens
Join us on December 5th for Basic Electricity #14. Analogue Amazons, MisSiren and Miss Anthropin make their debut live performance: a tapestry of vocal-, acoustic- and synthesizer sounds that they promise will massage your mind.
Fresh from the Sines & Squares symposium and his UK tour, Richard Scott serves up his solo Berlin Mix - a sumptuous thali of piquant audiophonic delicacy.
As ever, we'll have a selection of the finest German and Belgian IPA beers, including some triples, and some irresistible nibbles. Seating in the cinema is limited, so come early. Look forward to seeing you!
BE#14, Friday, 05.12.14
Doors: 21:00, Music 22:00
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The orbit of the moon around the earth is elliptical and when it’s closest to the earth and is full, as it was last evening, we call it a super moon. And when that happens to be the biggest one of the year, well, then it’s a pink moon.
Actually, it’s called pink because when the biggest super moon happens in the spring some guy decided that it should be named after pink phlox that blooms in the spring. Ok, I guess.
Luckily, that super pink moon rose in excellent fashion last evening over Falmouth Harbor, Antigua, where we are settling into our long quarantine aboard Pandora, now entering the second week.They say that a super moon is closer, and about 15% larger than a normal full moon. It did seem pretty big and bright to us, peaking through the light haze. It’s amazing how bright the night is when the moon is full in an area that is really, really dark when it’s a new moon. Unlike most areas in the US, with so much ambient light from cities and towns, here in Antigua, dark is dark. Except, of course, when there is a huge pink super moon, which there was.
Our oldest granddaughter Tori was born under a supper moon three years ago. Her grandmother, Brenda, YaYa, dubbbed her “tiny Tori super moon” at birth and it stuck. Well, it stuck with us and for ever more, super moons will remind us of the no-longer-quite-so-tiny-Tori.
Somehow staying up late when we are aboard Pandora isn’t very easy, “cruisers midnight”, 9:00 is when we call it quits most night. It seems like it’s a lot later than it is. Of course, early to bed and all that, means that I wake up pretty early, a bit before sunrise. Most sunrises here look about the same but they are all beautiful. This photo doesn’t show it well, but it was quite pink, perhaps in honor of the “pink” moon. This morning I was able to watch that super pink moon finish it’s trek over the sky and set behind the mountains to the west. I also spied a pair of dolphins that swam by Pandora at a stately pace. Getting good photos of dolphins is always tricky. I got several. Some say that some can get a bit crazy when the moon is full. Perhaps that’s why this fisherman, who came out in his skiff at dawn, was singing as loud as he could for several hours. Not sure if that helped him catch fish but he sure got the attention of everyone in the harbor.
And speaking of crazy, the news from around the world is just that with Covid-19 continuing to rage just about everywhere.
I wonder if the full pink super moon made the folks in Washington crazy? Nope, no changes detected…
And speaking of home, the US has the dubious distinction of having the worse virus outbreak of any country, world wide. And it’s way worse than China and that seemed terrible as it was reaching it’s peak.
While Brenda and I wish we were home, we certainly feel like being here is safer given all the bad news coming from the NY area. With CT and NJ new raging hots-pots, we can only watch, wait and hope that it will be safe to return before hurricane season kicks in here in the Caribbean.
While Brenda and I are signed up to participate in the Salty Dawg Flotilla to the US and hope to head to the USVIs in a few weeks, I am holding out the hope that she will be able to fly home and Steve, my mostly willing crew, will be able to fly down and help me run Pandora north to CT.
If Steve can make it, and that’s a really big IF, it will cut off weeks from my return trip as we’d take the more direct 1,300 mile run straight north as opposed to the run west to Fl and then up the coast, a total of over 2,000 miles. It’s way longer but a lot easier down-wind run for at least half the way.
For now, I’ll take a super pink moon as a good omen that things will begin getting better soon.
Next, I’ll be reading the clouds. Anything to find good news…


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Europe is set to install a record capacity of offshore wind power this year, led by the United Kingdom, as the old continent seeks to boost energy supplies away from Russia.
And energy research company Rystad Energy expects, in a report issued yesterday , Thursday, that the added capacity of offshore wind energy in Europe will rise to 4.2 GW this year, more than doubling the installed capacity, last year, at 1.8 GW.
This would push Europe’s offshore wind capacity to surpass the previous record of 3.8 GW, set in 2019.
Offshore Wind Energy In Europe
In 2022, the UK alone is likely to contribute 3.2 GW of offshore wind capacity installed in Europe, an all-time high, beating the previous record of 2.1 GW in 2018.
The United Kingdom is scheduled to witness the operation of 3 offshore wind energy projects this year, led by the second phase of the Hornsey plant of the Danish company Orsted with a capacity of 1.4 GW, to become the largest offshore wind energy project in the world when fully operational, after the first phase with a capacity of 1.2 GW became operational. year 2019.
France is likely to be the second largest contributor of offshore wind capacity additions in Europe this year, with the completion of the first commercial project of 480 MW.
According to the report, Germany, Norway and Italy are expected to add 342, 88 and 30 megawatts, respectively, this year, in addition to other additions by Spain.
Total installed offshore wind capacity in Europe was 28.15 GW last year, representing more than half of total global capacity, according to the World Wind Council.
Last year, China accounted for 85% of offshore wind capacity additions around the world, over the past year, compared to 10% for Europe, but the old continent could return to the lead this year, according to Rystad Energy.
The growth of new additions in offshore wind capacity in Europe is expected to accelerate in the coming years, reaching 7.3 GW next year, before rising to 8.6 GW in 2025.
The UK is expected to continue to lead offshore wind capacity installations in Europe until 2025, with significant additions also from other countries such as Germany and France.
According to the report, France may add 3 gigawatts of new capacity for offshore wind between 2022 and 2025.
Denmark and Poland are expected to contribute between 1.5 and 1.4 GW of added offshore wind capacity in Europe by the middle of the decade, according to Rystad Energy.


Alabama State basketball player Deshean Porchea collapsed and died after playing in a pickup game on the Montgomery campus.
The 19-year-old sophomore from Rochester, N.Y., passed out after walking off the court following the game with fellow students and never regained consciousness, the university said. He was pronounced dead at Jackson Hospital on Wednesday afternoon.
"He was just a good all-around kid," said ASU coach Lewis Jackson, who heard the news while on a recruiting trip. "He played with a contagious fire that carried over to his teammates. He was a good person. It is a great loss to our team and our university."
A university spokeswoman said an autopsy would be performed Thursday.
*High school point guard Terrell Holloway, who initially planned to attend Indiana, has received Xavier's final open scholarship for next season. He changed his mind after coach Kelvin Sampson resigned in February.
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Adaptation of Philip Roth's short novel, 'The Dying Animal', about an elderly college professor's affair with his young student. Respected professor of literature David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley) seems to have it all, a long-term relationship, a good job, and a comfortable lifestyle. But all that is turned upside down when the normally retiring, 62-year-old professor is drawn to one of his students, 24-year-old latin beauty Consuela Castillo (Penelope Cruz). As the relationship deepens, the usually free-thinking academic Kepesh finds himself becoming more sexually possessive of his new love-interest, a situation that quickly changes his personality and threatens to undermine his status and social standing.
- Actors: Ben Kingsley, Penélope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard, Deborah Harry
- Directors: Isabel Coixet
- Producers: Andre Lamal, Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg
- Format: Blu-ray
- Region: Region B/2 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Eiv
- DVD Release Date: 16 Mar. 2009
- Run Time: 108 minutes
This is a beautiful movie, well cast well made and a story well told.
I am sure that there will be criticism from viewers who do not have the patience to follow the story through but then that is part of the charm of the film.
The film begins with the narration of a semi-celebrity professor crowing over his ability to seduce students after their graduation from his course as a confession of the abuse of his position to fuel a lifestyle of selfish self-promotion.
When he meets a student who does not fall immediately for his charms he becomes enveloped in a relationship which awakens feelings that he had previously not encountered. we learn about him from the conversations he has with his best friend and the confidences they hold about each other and from the interactions with two other significant characters, his estranged son from a failed marriage and a woman with whom he has a casual yet regular sexual relatonship.
Our knowledge about the student is released slowly rather like peeling the layers of an onion and we follow the relationship which becomes soured by his obsessive jealousy and selfishness. Eventually that selfishness overcomes his feelings of love for the woman and she disappears from his life although the aftermath of their breakup dogs him as he struggles to come to terms with that and the implications of it.
In a conclusion which is not as the plot has carefully laid out, the couple are reunited through a tragic event which allows their feelings to be exposed.
This is a tender, slow drama which goes to a great extent to establish the network of relationships between a few people in order to bring forth an analysis of how modern life in a post-industrial society has resulted in fragmentary relations involving sex without love or care and where real relationships are the exception rather than the rule.
Each of the actors involved have gone to considerable trouble to avoid extreme positions to create very real and reasonable people who have considerable credibility. Not for everyone perhaps but a very rich film to watch and ponder upon.
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An Egyptian Childhood, the first volume of Taha Hussein's autobiography, is full of the sounds and smells of rural Egypt. It documents Hussein's childhood and early education in a small village in Upper Egypt, as he learns not only to come to terms with his blindness but to excel in spite of it and win a place at the prestigious university of al-Azhar in Cairo.
Taha Hussein (1889-1973) had qualities of mind and character that enabled him to overcome the handicaps of blindness and humble birth and to pursue a distinguished career in Egyptian public life. He was at one time Minister of Education and - before all titles were abolished under the Republic - had been made a Bey and then a Pasha.
He was the most influential, however, through his voluminous, varied, and controversial writings, which earned him the unofficial title of "Dean of Arabic Letters". His autobiography, published in three volumes beginning in 1926, was quickly recognized as a masterpiece. It was the first modern Arabic literary work to gain international acclaim, and it has been translated into most of the major languages of the world.
This was a gift from a friend who knows I love anything and everything Egyptian!
The book was most obviously a translation. It had that rather stilted quality that most translations have which makes it more difficult to read as it interrupts the natural flow.
This one gets five stars. It was neither wonderful nor horrible. I was just completely neutral about it. I was quite glad that it was a very slim volume of just 85 pages, though. It was shocking to read about the neglect that the children suffered and the ignorance of the people in what one normally thinks of as a great nation. I suppose the days of the great nation were long over in the 1800s, and had perished with the pharaohs. It is still sad to see the depths to which a nation and people can sink.

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A dead body was found on the property of Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins’ and police are investigating the situation. It is being treated as a homicide.
Jenkins was not at home when the body was discovered and has been in Florida for the past two weeks.
Odd details are beginning to emerge regarding the situation as ESPN’s Dianna Russini tweeted on Tuesday afternoon that on Monday night in New Jersey a man “claiming to be Janoris Jenkins’ brother was on a Jet Blue flight to Fort Lauderdale from Newark to allegedly meet up with Janoris. The man caused delays because he was too scared to fly according to witnesses I spoke to. He got off the plane #giants.”
Russini also tweeted, “I’ve also learned Janoris Jenkins had family staying at that home … he had plans to return to New Jersey today to deal with this situation but he may stay in Florida #giants.”
Jenkins is a Pahokee, Florida native. He played college football at the University of Florida from 2008 to 2010. He transferred to the University of North Alabama for his senior year before being picked by the Rams in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He signed with the Giants in 2016.
Jenkins’ link to the University of Florida football team was being brought into the conversation Tuesday afternoon as the program had a run of legal issues arise in recent years – most notably involving the late Aaron Hernandez, who was arrested for murder five years ago today. Jenkins did play on the same team as Hernandez at Florida for a period of time.

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From The East Carolinian:
Mitzi Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Ebony, visited East Carolina University to speak for the MLK annual celebration on Tuesday.
She addressed people of the community, students, and staff members about her journey to making her dreams come true. The theme of the event was based on Martin Luther King Jr. having a dream and visualizing it and Miller spoke on making the visualized dream come true.
“One of the most important things is doing what you have to do to get where you need to be,” said Miller at the event. “The bigger picture is the long term goal.”


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The Town and Village Renewal Scheme is a key initiative under the Action Plan for Rural Development and forms part of a range of measures to support rural Ireland under the Government’s Project Ireland 2040 Rural Regeneration Programme.
Since the scheme was introduced in 2016, almost €53 million has been approved for more than 670 projects across the country.
I launched the 2019 Town and Village Renewal Scheme on 16th April last. Local Authorities have each been invited to submit up to 12 applications to my Department for consideration under the scheme. The closing date for receipt of applications is 28th June.
The Action Plan for Rural Development includes a commitment to develop a pilot scheme to encourage increased residential occupancy in rural towns and villages. I launched this initiative last October and announced that six towns had been invited to participate in the initial pilot. The 6 towns which were identified for inclusion in the pilot are:
1. Boyle, Co Roscommon
2. Callan, Co Kilkenny
3. Ballinrobe, Co Mayo
4. Banagher, Co Offaly
5. Castleblayney, Co Monaghan
6. Cappoquin, Co Waterford
Funding of up to €100,000 each is being made available to these towns to develop proposals to encourage town centre living. This funding will be used by the Local Authorities to engage with communities and local businesses to identify practical solutions to increase the number of people living in their town centres. It is envisaged that the solutions they identify could lead to the development of more substantive proposals for funding from the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund in due course.
I expect to receive a report from each of the Local Authorities in the next month on the progress which they have made under the pilot.


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I Surrender All
I Surrender All is a great but challenging hymn. It is frequently used for invitations but can be used with a large number of contemporary worship songs. Lyrics by Judson W. Van Deventer and Music by Winfield S. Weeden..
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The senior guard scored a season-high 24 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter, to lead the No. 6 Engineers to a 57-47 victory over Baltimore City rival and No. 7 Dunbar Harding, 5-foot-7, scored almost half of her points on free throws, going 11-for-13 from the line as Poly (12-0) shot 28-for-38 as a team. Her 3-pointer from the corner to open the fourth quarter sparked a 7-2 Engineers run that gave Poly the lead for good. Harding averages 9.5 points, 2.2 steals and 1.5 assist per game. A veteran of the Baltimore Charm Amateur Athletic Union team, Harding has drawn college attention from Bowie State, South Carolina State and Massachusetts-Lowell, among others.
Others considered: Christine London, Howard, indoor track; Jade Sciafe, Archbishop Spalding, basketball; Michaela Wilkins, Mount Hebron, indoor track.


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A new report says the geothermal industry is steadily growing. Projects are planned throughout the Northwest.
Although renewable energy development faces uncertainties with production tax credit extensions, the Geothermal Energy Association says its industry is expanding. A new report found about 150 projects in the works in the western United States.
Karl Gawell is the association’s executive director. He says several projects are opening up new areas for geothermal development. Washington is one. Gawell says finding new resources can sometimes be tricky.


AJ Bell’s marketing director Billy Mackay has called for the regulator to consider reintroducing cash rebates from fund managers to platforms to cut costs for consumers.
The ban on cash rebates was introduced in April 2014 following the retail distribution review.
In the terms of reference for its platforms market study, published today, the FCA said it will look into whether platforms offer value for money and are supportive of sound investor decisions. The regulator also said it will review adviser platform choice and whether platforms are competing to attract advisers rather than improve client service.
“One key focus for the FCA will be ensuring platforms are positioned to squeeze the best possible deals out of fund managers on behalf of their users,” Mackay says. “As part of this, the regulator should re-examine the ban on the payment of cash rebates from fund managers to platforms. Provided cash rebates are paid 100 per cent for the benefit of customers, unwinding this ban would enable platforms to use their scale to negotiate discounts for their customers.
“This would help re-instate a more competitive dynamic between platforms and the fund groups and would clearly result in better outcomes for consumers by helping bring fund costs down.”
However, Novia chief executive Bill Vasilieff says he “can’t see any justification for bringing back rebates whatsoever”.
“It doesn’t make sense,” Vasilieff says. “The ban makes it much clearer who is getting what out of the arrangement. I don’t see it happening or what possible reason there could be to reintroduce them.”
Vasilieff welcomes the FCA’s pledge to assess D2C platforms. The regulator has announced it will consider whether investors are “being guided to” overly complex products by firms offering execution-only services, saying: “We will investigate whether complex, high-risk products are used to construct portfolios with various risk levels and the amount of fund flows into these products.”
Vasilieff says: “One area where there is thinking to be done is with D2C platforms, and if they provide guidance to certain funds, whether or not they are straying away from guidance towards advice. This might come under scrutiny.”
The FCA will also specifically look into model portfolios and multi-manager funds, quoting a survey by Platforum that found ready-made portfolios and multi-manager funds are currently used by around a third of retail investors.
The regulator said: “If we observe gross underperformance, we would explore whether this is because the platform has not removed underperforming funds out of the portfolios, not rebalanced (if relevant) and used underperforming in-house funds in their portfolios. If net performance is poor, this may be because the platform has not negotiated upstream charges or put more expensive in-house funds in the portfolio.”
Vasilieff says fettered funds of funds pose “a huge conflict of interest”.
“If funds have a high exposure to in-house funds it will be picked up,” he says. “There has been a huge swing to funds of funds in the last 10 years, but when we look inside many use their own funds. There is a huge conflict of interest of risk-rated multi-manager funds holding their own funds. I think pressure will be put on them to justify why they have picked their own funds to such an extent.”
The Novia CEO also called for a ban on platform exit fees. The FCA has said it will consider whether challenger platforms struggle to compete with their large competitors due to customers facing barriers to switching.
“Some platforms impose exit fees but I would like to see all exit fees banned,” Vasilieff says. “It is customers’ money and they can move it as and when they like. The FCA is doing something similar with pensions, and exit fees are down to 1 per cent, but they should ban them completely.”
Rob Morgan, pensions and investments analysts at Charles Stanley, and Anthony Morrow, co-founder of evestor.co.uk, agree.
“We find the main barrier to clients moving assets to us is exit fees,” Morgan says. “Limits on exit fees would, in my view, increase competition significantly.”
Morrow adds: “Current pricing levels are too high for what is being delivered for the customer. Whilst “value for money” is subjective, fees in excess of 1% per annum simply shouldn’t be necessary. Good advice can come at a fraction of the costs that are currently being landed on investors – and economies of scale and competition between platforms should be driving further price benefits.”


On Thursday President Barack Obama held another press conference to push his gun control agenda in hopes of garnering public support for his plan to curb gun violence in the United States. The topic has been center stage since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December, but Congress has yet to enact any real reforms.
Gun control has long been cause for politicians in Washington to tread lightly, especially those vulnerable in coming elections. Democrats in red states are hesitant to back legislation that may lead to their ouster in 2014, as are Republicans wary of primary challenges from the right. But public outcry following the death of 26 victims in Newtown, Conn. led many to believe that the time had finally come for stricter gun laws.
"Tears aren't enough, expressions of sympathy aren't enough, speeches aren't enough. We've cried enough, we've known enough heartbreak," Obama said Thursday. "What we are proposing is not radical. It's not taking away anybody's gun rights. It's something that if we are serious we will do. Now's the time to turn that heartbreak into something real."
Following Sandy Hook, Obama appointed Vice President Joe Biden head of a task force charged with formulating gun control proposals. This resulted in calls for expanded background checks, an assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition ban, and providing funding for mental health programs.
On the Congressional side, the Senate will take up a gun control bill in April after returning from Easter recess. It includes expanded background check rules, but noticeably absent is the assault weapons ban championed by California Democrat Dianne Feinstein. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., acknowledged that the entire bill is doubtful to pass with that provision included, but Feinstein hopes to propose the assault weapons measure as an amendment.
But many Republicans are deeply critical of measures they say restrict Second Amendment rights and are unlikely to support the bill. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is writing a Republican alternative, and he doesn't support expanded background checks. He does, however, endorse stricter punishment for so-called "straw purchases" and stricter measures for safety in schools. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., couldn't say whether or not he'd back Grassley's legislation:
From his description of what he's trying to put together … it might be something I can support. But I can't go beyond that. I'm not likely to support what Harry is bringing up, but there may be an alternative I can.
What do you think? Is the gun control movement losing momentum? Take the poll and comment below.
This poll is now closed, but the debate continues in the comments section.
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Even in these tough economic times, people are still generating income. Although property values are dropping, and residential properties aren’t selling, there is still cash to be made in the property market. When checking out means to generate income with real estate, you should consider acquiring estates in real estate foreclosure. At the end of this article you will certainly find out where to go to obtain more details buying properties in foreclosure, and also other means to generate income by purchasing real estate.
A real estate foreclosure is a property that has been repossessed by the lending institution. When the house owner is not able to make needed settlements on the home mortgage the lending institution has the right to take the property back. The lending institution, typically a financial institution, currently possesses this building and is attempting to do away with it. Banks do not need to keep houses on their publications because it is thought about an uncollectable loan. They are willing to sell a property listed below market price just to take rid of it.
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Tamara was born and raised in Rochester, NY. She graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a BFA in Photojournalism. As a staff photographer for a monthly community newspaper in Rochester, Tamara developed digital media skills and was charged with maintaining the paper’s website, social media, blog and multimedia projects.
Upon her move to Arizona, she entered the world of education, accepting a job as an elementary school librarian in Mesa. Inspired by the educators around her, Tamara went back to school and graduated with a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction in Elementary Reading from Grand Canyon University in February 2016.
She currently serves as an elementary school media specialist in Tempe and as a social media consultant for various organizations which allow her to combine her passions for photography, storytelling, reading, education and service to community.


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The team in Bhil Tribal Development Project in Pratapgarh, Rajasthan has been working hard to reach the villages with COVID awareness messages, conducting vaccination drives for and supporting poor tribal families with cash support. Mr. Daniel Tudu, Project Implementer leading the project says, “It was a time of extreme difficulty for the community. It was challeng»
Across our projects, our teams are working on multiple interventions to help in the economic recovery of those worst affected by the pandemic. In addition we have been closely collaborating with the health department and local administration in the operational areas to create awareness on COVID appropriate behaviour and facilitating vaccination drives. Mr. Jitu Kumar, EFICOR COVID Response Op»
Heart Barela Tribal development Project is one of EFICOR’S interventions among the Barela tribal community in Badwani District of Madhya Pradesh. In the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown, many families in these areas lost their only source of income which is working as ag»
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EFICOR is registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960 (Karnataka Act No.17 of 1960) on 30th April, 1980. The registration number is 70/80-81.
EFICOR is also registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 1976 and the registration number is 231650411.
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Who's a Good Girl? First Annual Hero Dog Awards in Beverly Hills
Bust out the Kleenex, my canine loving compadres: Beverly Hills is hosting the American Humane Association's first annual Hero Dog Awards.
The Daily News reports that the search for the most courageous pooch in the nation has been going on for six months, and the eight finalists were chosen out of 453 contestants from across the country.
Those in the running are very impressive puppies, indeed. They include a helper dog who guided her owner down 1,463 stairs in the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks, a Dutch shepherd who served in the army for 11 years, and a therapy dog who surfs with special needs children and raises money for charity.
The ceremony will take place on Saturday. All eight finalists have been awarded $5,000 to go towards charity, and the winner will be given $10,000 to put towards charity.

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The following general information is provided for your consideration before a decision is made about whether risk feeding is appropriate for you or your loved one. Life threatening health complications may result from risk feeding. Always seek the advice of your doctor before deciding to risk feed. Your doctor will discuss the risks and benefits specific to you associated with risk feeding and talk about alternatives.
Give yourself plenty of time to think about the risks and benefits, and to review and ensure you understand any information provided by your doctor. Also take the time to have any additional questions answered before deciding to risk feed.
What is safe swallowing?
Safe swallowing involves the efficient, timely and coordinated transport of food, fluid and saliva from the mouth through the throat to the stomach. During safe swallowing the chances of choking should be very small.
What is unsafe swallowing?
The normal eating and swallowing process may become unsafe for a number of reasons. There may be problems with the muscles of the mouth, throat, or oesophagus (food pipe) or the messages that are sent from the brain to these muscles. Swallowing problems (dysphagia) may result from stroke, Parkinson's disease, dementia, various other neurological disorders (multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, etc.), surgery or radiation (for mouth, throat, or oesophageal cancer), and even the aging process.
Signs and symptoms of dysphagia include, but are not limited, to coughing or choking when eating or drinking, gurgly or wet voice after swallowing, difficulty initiating a swallow, feeling that food is stuck in the throat, weight loss because eating is difficult or unpleasant, food going down "the wrong way" and frequent chest infections.
When a swallowing problem is present there may be a high risk of food, fluid and saliva entering the wind pipe or lungs. This is known as aspiration. It can be an uncomfortable feeling for a person to experience although sometimes a person may be unaware that it is happening (silent aspiration). Aspiration can also be dangerous because it can cause pneumonia (an infection in the lungs).
How is unsafe swallowing managed?
- An initial swallowing evaluation by a Speech Pathologist trained in dysphagia assessment and management is advisable. Medical tests such as an X-ray of the swallow (Modified Barium Swallow) or Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) may be ordered if indicated
- Adjusting the texture of food and thickness of fluids
- Postural changes and training in swallowing techniques that reduce the risk of aspiration during eating and drinking.
- Exercises to improve the strength and coordination of muscles involved in chewing and swallowing
- Staying nil by mouth
- Tube feeding
- Surgery (rarely indicated).
Can a person choose to continue eating and drinking with an unsafe swallow?
Any legally competent adult can choose to continue eating and drinking accepting the risk of swallowing related health complications. Some people are not prepared to give up the comfort that comes from the taste and texture of food and fluids even when eating and drinking results in coughing/choking episodes and aspiration. This is known as "risk feeding".
Risk feeding may also be necessary in situations where there has been no improvement in safe oral intake following usual swallowing management strategies and when tube feeding is not thought to be in the person's best interests.While accepting it is unsafe and that there is some risk, allowing a person to continue eating and drinking, especially if they gain enjoyment from this, may be preferable to a feeding tube and staying "nil by mouth".
In some cases risk feeding may be recommended when it is not medically possible to insert a feeding tube due to gastrointestinal issues or anaesthetic risk.
Risk feeding is more likely to occur when there is a combination of the following:
- A medical condition which is not curable
- When preferred diet takes priority over swallow safety
- Severe swallowing problem where the cause is not reversible
- No expected improvement in swallow ability
- Swallowing therapy has been unsuccessful in restoring safe swallow
- Tube feeding is declined or is not felt to be appropriate.
The decision to risk feed should always be made following medical advice.
What if my loved one can't make his/her own decisions?
When an adult cannot make his/her own health care decisions because of illness, coma or mental impairment the doctor turns to the family, legal guardian, or person appointed as a health care power of attorney to make decisions. This is called substitute decision making. Feeding decisions can be very difficult and emotional for families when a loved one no longer has the ability to eat and drink safely. You may experience feelings of guilt, feelings of pressure from others or feelings of conflict between your personal wishes and what you think your loved one may want.
How can I do what's best for my loved one in this situation?
The decision to risk feed requires careful thought based on a person's individual circumstances. Practical factors to consider include:
- Underlying medical condition and likely prognosis/life expectancy
- Quality of life
- Cultural, religious and personal beliefs
- The person's wishes
- The person's best interests when substitute decision making is required
- Goals of care.
Who can help?
Swallowing problems are best managed by a team of health professionals including a speech pathologist, dietitian and doctor, in consultation with the person and their family and carers. Other specialists may also be involved depending on the cause of the swallowing problem (eg.neurologist, gastroenterologist, ear nose and throat specialist, radiologist, oncologist).
The team can clearly explain the benefits and risks of various feeding management options and discuss possible effects on quality of life of the person and their carers.
Feeding decisions can be difficult and emotionally overwhelming. Families and carers want to know that their decision is right and loving and consistent with the person's wishes. It is important to know that the health care team is there to support and assist patients, families and carers so that the best possible decision can be made.
A good place to start is with a swallowing assessment. Ask your doctor or health care team for a referral to a speech pathologist.
This information is for consumer educational use only and should not be used as a substitute for, medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. This information does not constitute the practice of any medical, nursing or other professional health care advice, diagnosis or treatment. Mater Misericordiae Ltd advise users to always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions regarding personal health or medical conditions. Never disregard, avoid or delay in obtaining medical advice from your doctor or other qualified health care provider because of something you have read in this document. If you have or suspect that you have a medical problem or condition, please contact a qualified health care professional immediately. If you are in the Australia and are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 000 or call for emergency medical help on the nearest telephone.
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USC Beaufort launches computational science program (w/video)
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USC Beaufort (or USC-TBD) announced that it has launched a computational science program. USCB is the only institution in the state to offer the program.
We know nothing says fun like computational science stories, but if you want to read more check out the Island Packet's write-up or the WSAV video below.
WTOC also has coverage (slow news day.)


by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2017
Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch signed off on both FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance) Court requests to wiretap the Trump campaign, according to reports.
All applications to the FISA Court were signed off on by the attorney general, ABC news confirmed.
This “means that she chose not to investigate the Clinton Foundation for illegal activities but rather signed an application to wiretap President Trump,” the Gateway Pundit noted on March 7.
The FISA Court turned down the Obama’s administration’s first request to wiretap Trump even though it was signed off on by Lynch.
The odds of a FISA request being denied are 0.02 percent. Only two applications out of 10,700 from 2009 through 2015 were turned down.
Following President Trump’s tweets that President Barack Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower in October 2016, numerous Democrats and media pundits have slammed the president.
Ben Rhodes, a former senior adviser to Obama, insisted that “no president can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you.” He also said “only a liar” could make the case, as Trump suggested, that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower ahead of the election.
“It would appear, however, that Rhodes is wrong, especially as pertains to matters of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, and its associated FISA court, under which the alleged wiretap of Donald Trump would have been granted, as it pertained specifically to Trump’s alleged illicit interactions with Russian entities,” Zero Hedge noted.
Chapter 36 of Title 50 of the U.S. Code “War and National Defense”, Subchapter 1, Section 1802, reads as follows: “Notwithstanding any other law, the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize electronic surveillance without a court order.”
Former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau warned reporters that Obama did not say there was no wiretapping:
Favreau tweeted: “I’d be careful about reporting that Obama said there was no wiretapping. Statement just said that neither he nor the WH ordered it.”
The FISA Court was put in place in 1978 when Congress enacted the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
The court entertains applications submitted by the U.S. government for approval of electronic surveillance, physical search, and other investigative actions for foreign intelligence purposes.
Former Attorney General Lynch made news in non-Mainsteam Media outlets earlier this week with the following video in which she appeared to be encourage marching, blood and death in the streets to thwart the programs of the Trump administration.


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Baltimore might not seem like a hot tourist destination, but for my husband and me, it was the offer of a free place to stay that catapulted Charm City to the top of our travel bucket list.
An advertisement for a split-level suburban home with a...
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More than 1,000 women employees work at the Star-Kist tuna cannery on Terminal Island....
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“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."
-- Christopher Columbus
It wasn't easy finding a shipping company that would take me and my bright yellow Chang Jiang motorcycle and sidecar, dubbed...
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A renowned Danish architect is about to give the city's growing skyline a cutting-edge twist with a statement-making design that officials hope draws more visitors, residents and attention to the downtown.
Commissioners early Wednesday approved the $150...
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In Baltimore, the creative transformation of many waterfront industrial structures into restaurants, businesses and homes is making room for developments copying the same industrial and maritime flavor as their older counterparts.
Joe and Meg Biscoe's...
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She's one big lady!
Her index finger is eight feet long; her mouth three feet wide. Her arm extends 42 feet; she stands 151 feet and 1 inch tall and weighs 225 tons.
Wow! Even the most jaded teen or tween can't help but be impressed gazing up at The...
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Fort Lauderdale has successfully shed its image as a Spring Break circus and become a more tranquil family resort. But something of the old song Where the Boys Are still applies, as the city is regularly voted one of the top vacation destinations for...
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As much of Baltimore finishes its work day, the Domino sign is just warming up.
Each evening, it takes 15 minutes from the moment the timer clicks on for the noble gases to be ready to paint the town red. Showtime zips through hundreds of...
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Tesla Motors’ fight over direct sales went grass-roots earlier this month with the launch of a petition to allow straight-to-consumer transactions in all 50 states.
The Palo Alto maker of high-end electric cars has been in a tussle with...
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Thanks in large part to the U.S. government's Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD) program, approximately 775,000 metric tons of U.S. agricultural products, valued at more than $267 million, were sold and or negotiated at the...
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Nutritionists from the University of Maryland Medical Center regularly contribute a guest post. The latest post is from Cara Shipley, dietetic intern.
In June all of the farmers' markets, like the Orioles, are in full swing. The definition of "local"...


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Luxury retailer Reliance Brands Ltd (RBL) has invested in Abraham & Thakore’s A&T Exports Pvt Ltd for a majority stake.
The partnership aims to build a lifestyle brand that offers new categories in women’s and men’s fashion and reintroduces Abraham & Thakore’s loungewear and home collections.
Using weaving and design intervention in unconventional ways, the 30-year-old brand has been carrying the Indian flag across the world. An Abraham & Thakore ikat sari, which is part of the permanent collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, and its creations have been chosen for Fabric of India, V&A’s first major exhibition that explored the rich, multi-faceted and dynamic world of Indian handmade fabrics.
The designer trio, David Abraham, Rakesh Thakore and Kevin Nigli will continue to lead the creative direction of the brand as creative directors.
In an interview with Lounge, David said: “In particular, we are looking at bringing back lifestyle, which is our home collection, which we will integrate with the fashion collection and do a proper lifestyle offering, which we used to do earlier, and roll it out hopefully at retail and digitally.”
One of the reasons for the focus on home furnishings is the pandemic. “Pandemic has changed the way people look at their houses. The way people are beginning to live their lives… it's reflecting a change in society. More and more you or people setting up independent homes. In nuclear families, the interiors become all the more important.”
Talking about the partnership, Isha Ambani, director of Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (holding company of all retail companies in Reliance Industries Limited group), says, “Abraham & Thakore’s interesting use of material and fresh take on traditional textile techniques have crafted a highly distinctive design signature for the brand. With Indian luxury customers undergoing a generational consumption shift, there is heightened appreciation of their timeless design.”
Agrees Darshan Mehta, the managing director of RBL: “More people are investing their time to buy special things rather than say, oh, I saw this item at 40% off or this one was at a very low price. There's no mindless consumption. People want to invest money in good products. This is the change we are seeing in how fashion is consumed.”
The latest association expands RBL's long list of designer brands. Its current portfolio of brand partnerships comprises AK-OK, Armani Exchange, Bally, Bottega Veneta, Brooks Brothers and West Elm. It has equity investments in Indian couture brands Manish Malhotra and Raghavendra Rathore.


ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor police are getting new Tasers following City Council’s unanimous approval of a $915,177 equipment upgrade this week.
But should officers carry Tasers at all?
The question was raised at a meeting of the city’s police oversight commission Tuesday night, June 22.
“I would like to start a conversation about whether Tasers are something that we actually want in our community,” Ann Arbor resident Michelle Hughes told the commission.
While some believe Tasers keep people safe because they’re used in situations when police could otherwise use a lethal firearm, Hughes challenged that notion, arguing they create more situations in which police could otherwise use non-lethal force to restrain someone, while Tasers can be deadly.
For example, a Bay City teen died after police used a Taser to subdue him in 2009, Hughes noted.
Lisa Jackson, commission chair, recalled a Detroit teenager was killed in 2017 when a Michigan state trooper fired a Taser at him, causing him to crash the all-terrain vehicle he was riding.
“We know that they certainly can be deadly,” Jackson said, welcoming the idea of facilitating a community conversation about Tasers and hearing different arguments.
“Police have absolutely made the case that they need them, they want them,” she said.
But they are a large expense, she said.
The $915,177 contract council OK’d with Axon Enterprise Inc. covers the cost of Taser upgrades and police body camera upgrades over a five-year period.
Council members pulled the contract from their consent agenda Monday night to have a discussion about it and address residents’ concerns before approving it 11-0.
The police department already is using the technology and annual use-of-force reports suggest it’s being done safely, said Council Member Lisa Disch, D-1st Ward.
The reports show much of the time when Tasers are in play in an encounter, they are merely displayed, rather than deployed or discharged, Disch said.
The new contract includes upgrades that will provide better safety and allow police body cameras to be automatically activated when Tasers are unholstered, officials said.
“I think it’s a good thing for transparency and record-keeping,” said Council Member Jeff Hayner, D-1st Ward.
“And you know, it’s a necessary police tool. The truth is that there are times in our society in dealing with the public when there are reasonable uses of force necessary.”
Hayner said he would much rather have an officer use a Taser to defuse a situation than a firearm.
“I’m sorry that we live in a world where these tools are necessary, but it seems like they are,” he said.
Council Member Kathy Griswold, D-2nd Ward, said she was appalled to learn over a year ago that some Ann Arbor police officers did not have functioning body cameras and others were using old technology.
Police Chief Michael Cox said all officers will be equipped with the latest technology under the new contract.
“The good thing about this is the Tasers are now yellow. It’s a safety feature,” he said. “Our old Tasers were black prior to this, so the high-visibility yellow lends to less mistakes, certainly.”
Ann Arbor police don’t use Tasers much, Cox said. Tasers were deployed by city officers twice in 2020 and four times in 2019, he said.
“Even though we have these weapons — these less-lethal devices, I should say — this is not something that we use frequently,” he said, adding police primarily use other methods to deescalate situations before resorting to Tasers.
Ali Ramlawi, a City Council liaison to the police oversight commission, told the commission Tuesday night he expects ongoing conversations with the police department.
Council also voted Monday night to give initial approval to changes to the city’s police oversight ordinance.
The proposed changes would give existing commissioners more say in new appointments to the commission by City Council, increase the number of commissioners with access to certain police information when investigating complaints, and allow the commission to conduct earlier reviews of significant incidents of public interest in some cases if the police chief consents.
The commission wants to investigate an incident from November in which city police broke down the wrong home’s door while responding to a 911 call. Because findings of the police department’s internal investigation are still being appealed, the commission hasn’t been able to investigate the case yet, but the ordinance changes could allow it.
The ordinance changes are set for a public hearing and possible final approval at council’s July 6 meeting.
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