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$3000 GOLD WITHIN 2 WEEKS ?? YES OR NO ??
Discussion in 'Gold' started by 2nd_Hand_Gold_Man, Mar 24, 2020.
SilverDJ Well-Known Member
jultorsk said: ↑
Maybe a bit overly alarmist tone - but probably not bullish for AUD either, I'm afraid
Yep, it'll just take another few months, maybe up to 6 months before the full ramifications for this play out.
On the other side of this chaos there will be countless people who have lost their jobs and have one or more investment properties they'll be forced to or want to sell, and they'll have to do so at any price.
SilverDJ, Mar 27, 2020
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Krakked789 Well-Known Member
SilverDJ said: ↑
For an ounce of silver?
People used to laugh at me when I told them what was coming down the track. The funny thing is, I would feel hollow telling them "I told you so."
Krakked789, Mar 27, 2020
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mongrelmaple Well-Known Member Silver Stacker
Krakked789 said: ↑
The funny thing is, I would feel hollow telling them "I told you so."
You're absolutely right. A workmate of mine knew I was into being financially healthy (the usual, no CC debt, have an emergency fund, invest, etc) and I tried to warn her that having excess debt on a 20 hour, casual rate was dangerous. She has lost her job now (hospitality industry, thankfully my job is safe), and called me in tears last night asking what to do and how she was going to pay her bills.
I took no joy out of that, seeing people suffer like that is not fun. All I hope is they find a way to get back on their feet, and they learn a life lesson from it.
mongrelmaple, Mar 27, 2020
mongrelmaple said: ↑
The problem is that society has been brainwashed into believing debt is normal. If a mortgage is normal, then it's not too much of a stretch to think of other debt as normal: car, iPhone, holiday, 4K TV, etc. McAlvany Financial on YouTube had a great episode several years ago about the fact that most societies globally are not capitalist, but creditist.
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Yep. My benchmark for someone with financial sense is whether they have a car loan or not.
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Wouldn't surprise me if we end up getting the 50% drop many have predicted. Some suburbs in Sydney have already dropped nearly 20% in the last 18months, so this will be the whammy on top of that.
The thing is, the boom has been so big that many will probably be willing to take a big haircut because they have already made huge gains, and these people will drag the market down.
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Holdfast Well-Known Member Silver Stacker
So, what did you advise her to do? Has she got items of value she can off load? Car, motorbike, jewellery, maybe some new clothes or shoes she hasn't warn?
Does she know about contacting her CC facility to re-arrange finances, can you show her how to eat well cheaply?
Holdfast, Mar 27, 2020
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It really won't matter how "willing" they will be
Davros10, Mar 27, 2020
Holdfast said: ↑
I tried to give some advise, but it felt like I was talking to a brick wall unfortunately! I suggested selling the car, but she would be underwater on the loan, I've shown her how to cook cheaply while I'm at work but those deli cheeses and $10 Greek yogurt tubs with the fruit pulp in them are a staple of the diet, and parents buy everything else for her since she lives at home still. She has an Instagram with "a couple thousand" followers so my suggestion of a wardrobe trim down was met with scorched fire
But she did ask me whether she was eligible for the stimulus payouts, and if she should put some of it into stocks
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But she did ask me whether she was eligible for the stimulus payouts, and if she should some of it into stocks
So she has learnt sweet FA then?
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So far, it seems so. Mommy and Daddy will save me, I think is the mentality. 22 year old, so she doesn't really grasp how the real world works while she still lives at home. The egregious thing is, she's spoken about her sister a few times and how good she's going with her money, shame it wasn't repeated!
Oh well, as they say you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
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Oh well, as they say you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
Or as Joh Bjelke Peterson once said: "You can lead a horse to drink but you can't make it water."
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I hadn't thought about it, but that's a good yardstick. Thanks I'll pass that on to a young fellow I know.
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lucky luke Active Member Silver Stacker
Rather than predicting how high gold might go up, I'm wondering for how long the government/s will allow this to continue before putting in place restrictions on the ownership of precious metals.
lucky luke, Mar 27, 2020
TreasureHunter Well-Known Member
slavaja said: ↑
The question in regards to the ratio is whether gold will drop or silver will rise
I say: don't hope for the GSR "to turn normal", it's not a rational market, it's a mad world out there!
Don't invest for the sake of GSR, that's hope investment. And, although hope dies last, it's often a terrible disappointment.
Invest in gold for gold and in silver for silver. SEPARATELY. And if somehow God wants the GSR to become 12 again, then it will be a gift.
Some nice info about what every stacker should know about the GSR:
https://www.bullionvault.com/silver-guide/gold-silver-ratio
TreasureHunter, Mar 27, 2020
3,000 $ gold by December would be a big thing. Unless Corona kills 100,000+ people and severe economic collapse occurs.
Watch QE, the Corona trends, industrial slowdown (you may say "pause" in many cases)...
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I hold Gold but I wouldn't buy any. Better value is in the mining stocks. Also should consider investing in Oil, Gold to Oil ratio is at record high at 80, In 2009 it fell to 7, smart thing to do is Sell gold and buy oil and you probably have a good amount of time to think about it too but don't wait too long.
jroly, Mar 27, 2020
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66rounds Well-Known Member Silver Stacker
TreasureHunter said: ↑
You're 100% correct about GSR.
66rounds, Mar 28, 2020
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Slimey Well-Known Member
I agree with TreasureHunter but the only thing I would add is that the market is the only thing rational. It is the players that aren't. Prices are where they are because of what transpires. They are the outcome of 'facts'. We can guess where prices should be but they are priced due to realities, most of which we are not aware of.
Slimey, Mar 28, 2020
betterinvestmentthanshare Active Member
Its getting to the point that it will be $3K regardless of spot. The news is that miners are shutting down and you'll only be able to purchase a promise from a dealer.
AND...................did anyone notice the big pump in premium on all gold????????????????????????????$90 on top of promised spot from Bullion Now, it was only $30 not long ago.
The premium will go up even more as gold become harder to get
betterinvestmentthanshare, Mar 28, 2020


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Review: Downsizing
January 10, 2018 May 26, 2020 ohnoitsjade
Downsizing is a peculiar one. I think it's really hard to make a 'serious film' where the key concept of the movie is that people are shrinking themselves. I don't know if that's because I was a child in a time where Honey, I Shrunk The Kids and its various spin-offs were a big thing, but to me the idea of a person shrinking is just funny.
The thing with Downsizing, though it does have its funny moments, is it's not really a comedy. The concept of 'downsizing' is so that a person takes up less space on the planet and has less of an effect on the environment, so the movie is a pretty serious one with a focus on environmentalism and the selfishness of humanity.
Downsizing doesn't really deliver its message with much impact. Yes, we all know that the Earth is struggling to cope with the volume of people who inhabit it, as well as the way they treat it. Past this it doesn't really offer much more exploration into things. There's no focus on how things change once the project begins, how things are developing or whether the project met its aims. Things just happen, and we're expected to accept that.
Downsizing touches on a lot of points that would have been really interesting to explore; the import/export business in the miniature world, the wealth divide in Leisure Land, politics between the 'normies' and the downsizers to name a few examples, but it doesn't expand on any of them. It's disappointing, but throughout the movie Downsizing has a habit of introducing an interesting topic and just leaving it, undeveloped.
The protagonist, Paul (Matt Damon) doesn't really develop much, and the same can be said for most of the characters. Everyone ends the movie as they started, there's no journey, no development, nothing to keep you engaged and the movie feels every second of its 2hr15 runtime.
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On December 26, 2004, an undersea earthquake triggered a Tsunami which devastated South-East Asia. The Earthquake measured 9.0 on the Richter scale with an epicenter of 160 kilometers. It was the third largest Tsunami ever recorded on a Seismograph. The Tsunami arrived over two hours after the earthquake hit, which suggests that the earthquake must have triggered something else which led to the Tsunami. It was judged to be the 10th worst natural disaster of all time. The country hardest hit was Indonesia, with the region known as Aceh taking the brunt of the waves and left completely destroyed.
It was the fourth largest Earthquake in the past hundred years. Tsunamis generated via Earthquakes are not uncommon. However, this tsunami was particularly large. The unfortunate fact about the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami is that a simple warning system of floated buoys would have saved thousands of lives. Such a system is implemented in the U.S.A. The "Tsunameters" used to detect Tsunami's cost only $250,000 each, and only one is necessary with another as a backup. The Indian government lacked the funding to purchase them. Over 200,000 people died as a result of the Tsunami. Over eleven million were displaced.
The primary Conspiracy in relation to the The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami is that it was caused by underground Nuclear tests conducted by the United States. Underground nuclear testing is common, indeed practically the only place where tests of such nature can take place. And these can result in adverse consequences for land masses. Australian Research Joe Vialls wrote an inflammatory article titled "Did New York Orchestrate The Asian Tsunami?" outlining how simple it would be to trigger a nuclear bomb at the bottom of the ocean. Egyptian weekly magazine Al-Osboa claimed that the Tsunami was triggered by Indian Nuclear testing which a team of American nuclear engineers participated.
However, the idea that nuclear testing results in Tsunamis are new and under-researched. No atomic bomb was at the time strong enough to cause a tsunami of that stature. And no bomb is strong enough at the present time to generate a Tsunami wave. The energy required would be enormous. But it is possible that it would trigger an Earthquake which would lead to a Tsunami.
The strongest bomb ever denoted was known as the Tsar Bomba. This hydrogen bomb devastated everything around it for 22 miles. It yielded 50 megatons of energy. In 2011 a Japanese earthquake created massive waves off the coast of Japan that resulted in a nuclear meltdown. 480 megatons of energy were released. And even in the investigations that were completed by the US administration into the effect of bombs on Tsunamis and Earthquake, they could not replicate anything near a large wave. In other words, even if the US government were evil and somehow wanted to send a Tsunami towards India, they would not have the capacity to do so. The idea is somewhat ridiculous and there is no evidence to support it.
There are the more standard theories associated with the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. One is that the Tsunami was caused by Reptiles who wanted to destabilize the Earth. Even by Reptile theorist standards, this is quite a poor effort at logic or reason. Other's say that both the Indian and American government worked together to trigger to cause the Earthquake. It has also been claimed that the U.S government knew ahead of time that the Tsunami was underway due to their Tsunami sensors, yet failed to warn the Asians. And still, others say that the Australian and Thai governments failed to respond to the warning from the US about the earthquake. There is no evidence to back up any of these claims.
It is possible that a nuclear explosion could cause an earthquake which would result in a Tsunami. The problem with this theory, and with most other conspiracy theories, is that there is simply no evidence whatsoever to suggest that the USA were testing nuclear weapons at the time. And if there was, then a link between the nuclear testing and the earthquake and the Tsunami would have to be established. This theory has no documentary evidence supporting it, no testimonies, no motive, no prior record, and no rationale. As it stands, it is simply conjectured and joins billions of other theories that "could" be true but until it comes up with some evidence it's best to assume it false.
There doesn't seem to be any professional conspiracy documentaries about 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. However, there are documentaries about the incident itself, which may help the readers see the reality one bit.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. — When a group of activists proposed banning circumcision in San Francisco last fall, many people simply brushed them aside. Even in that liberal seaside city, it seemed implausible that thousands of people would support an effort to outlaw an ancient ritual that Jews and Muslims believe fulfills a commandment issued by God.
But last month, the group collected the more than 7,100 signatures needed to get a measure on the fall ballot that would make it illegal to snip the foreskin of a minor within city limits. Now a similar effort is under way in Santa Monica to get such a measure on the ballot for November 2012.
"This is the furthest we've gotten, and it is a huge step for us," said Matthew Hess, an activist based in San Diego who wrote both bills.
Mr. Hess has created similar legislation for states across the country, but those measures never had much traction. Now he is fielding calls from people who want to organize similar movements in their cities.
Jewish groups see the ballot measures as a very real threat, likening them to bans on circumcision that existed in Soviet-era Russia and Eastern Europe and in ancient Roman and Greek times. The circumcision of males is an inviolable requirement of Jewish law that dates back to Abraham's circumcision of himself in the Book of Genesis.
They say the proposed ban is an assault on religious freedom that could have a widespread impact all over the country. Beyond the biblical, there are emotional connections: checking for circumcision was one of the ways Jewish children could be culled from their peers by Nazis and the czar's armies.
Ms. Troutman has run the Web site wholebabyrevolution.com for two years, and she is fond of rattling off sayings like "Your baby is perfect, no snipping required." Well versed in the stories of circumcisions gone awry, she said the recent death of a New York City toddler who was circumcised at a hospital convinced her that she should push for the ballot measure.
Ms. Troutman, who has worked as a lactation educator and a doula, said she often approached women on the beach to warn them about the dangers of circumcising, but she has declined to answer questions about her own children.
Although precise numbers are not known, several studies have indicated that circumcision rates have been declining in the United States for the past several years and now range from 30 percent to 50 percent of all male infants.
Many medical groups take a neutral approach, saying that the practice is not harmful and that there is not enough scientific evidence to conclude that it is necessary, and leave the decision to parents and their doctor. Several studies have linked circumcision with a reduction in the spread of H.I.V. Roughly half of the 694 baby boys born in the Santa Monica-U.C.L.A. Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital in 2010 were circumcised before they left the hospital, officials there said.
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import (
	"net/http"
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	"github.com/golang/glog"
)

var (
	green   = string([]byte{27, 91, 57, 55, 59, 52, 50, 109})
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	blue    = string([]byte{27, 91, 57, 55, 59, 52, 52, 109})
	magenta = string([]byte{27, 91, 57, 55, 59, 52, 53, 109})
	cyan    = string([]byte{27, 91, 57, 55, 59, 52, 54, 109})
	reset   = string([]byte{27, 91, 48, 109})
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type RWWrapper struct {
	http.ResponseWriter
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}

func (r *RWWrapper) saveStatus(status int, warn bool) {
	if !r.written {
		r.status = status
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		glog.Errorf("double header write (previous: %d, new: %d)", r.status, status)
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func (r *RWWrapper) WriteHeader(status int) {
	r.saveStatus(status, true)
	r.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(status)
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func (r *RWWrapper) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
	r.saveStatus(http.StatusOK, false)
	return r.ResponseWriter.Write(p)
}

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	return func(inner http.Handler) http.Handler {
		mw := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
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			start := time.Now()
			path := r.URL.Path
			if r.URL.RawQuery != "" {
				path += "?" + r.URL.RawQuery
			}

			rwwrapper := &RWWrapper{
				ResponseWriter: w,
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		return magenta
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		return white
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		return reset
	}
}

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Methods for GPS-assisted determination of location coordinates of a mobile user or selected position on or adjacent to the Earth's surface with improved accuracy. Elevation readings from an altimeter or barometer are integrated with readings of the GPS-determined elevation coordinate for that location, using Kalman filter techniques, minimum least square techniques, or comparison of certain statistically defined parameters associated with the altimeter and GPS variables, such as the standard deviation of the expected errors in these variables. The resulting elevation coordinate may be a statistical blend or filtered blend of the altimeter value and a GPS-determined value for the elevation coordinate; or this resulting elevation coordinate can be chosen to be one or the other of these values, based upon comparison of time varying statistical parameters corresponding to the altimeter and the GPS.


Once a former beat bobby in Truro, Cornwall, PC Rob Mooney now visits farms across the county to champion the rights of the overseas workers who flood into the county each year.
His appointment by Devon and Cornwall police as Britain's first dedicated officer for migrant workers follows concerns over the possible exploitation of migrant workers and their lack of knowledge of the UK law.
There have been a number of allegations about poor treatment of migrant workers in the south-west. Eighteen months ago, 20 Greek citizens were repatriated by their embassy after claims that they had gone without wages, food and water at a gangmaster's site in Hayle. Earlier this year, police, fire and housing officers and the immigration service found migrant workers in Penzance crammed into overcrowded living conditions.
Mooney, 37, says: "The number of migrant workers coming to the south-west has reached an all-time high. There are about 20,000 coming into Cornwall alone, and there is a massive influx during harvest and flower-picking seasons.
"In the past, there have been allegations that work and accommodation has been unacceptable and people have been exploited by gangmasters. At the same time, some migrant workers are unaware of UK laws.
"Language and other barriers have proved to be obstacles for agencies investigating these complaints. My aim is to work with migrant workers and people who have contact with them, and break down barriers for the benefit of the whole community.
"This will involve talking to migrants about UK laws on illegal weapons, drink driving and documentation. I will also give them information on who to contact if they need help."
Based in Launceston, Mooney is plotting a map showing the whereabouts in the county of migrant workers, who come from as far afield as Portugal and Poland. By Christmas, he hopes to have produced a "welcome pack" of information and contacts, which will be available in several languages.
Over the next few months, Mooney will go to colleges where migrants are enrolled on English courses, and draw up a database of translators. He will also liaise closely with housing officers, and develop working protocols with known gangmasters, alongside partner agencies both inside and outside the county.


Caylus Magna Carta allows you to experience Caylus differently. Each player has their own deck of buildings to be built along a common road. All the aspects of the original Caylus are still there, but the game dynamics has been changed: games are shorter and more agressive. Furthermore, beginner rules are provided, to allow you to take your first step into the universe of Caylus.
Caylus Magna Carta will now support up to 5 players and will add a few new buildings (including prestige buildings) which can grant some royal favors. A small board will allow you those favors and gain some resources, victory points or permanent powers. For instance, you may sacrifice a worker for a whole round in exchange for a denier or a resource. Sold in the Ystari Box.
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Honus Wagner T206 baseball card sells for $1.2 million
A highly rare Honus Wagner T206 baseball card has become the first item of sports memorabilia to break the $1 million mark in 2019.
According to reports, the 'Holy Grail' of baseball cards sold in a private transaction brokered by SCP Auctions for $1.2 million.
It's the first time a copy of the card graded PSA 2 (Good) has achieved a seven-figure sum.
Honus Wagner (1874 – 1955) is regarded as one of the finest baseball players of the Dead Ball Era, although the remarkable price of the card is due in large part to its rarity.
The T206 set was originally distributed in packets of tobacco between 1909 and 1911, but Wagner refused to authorize his appearance in the series.
Many believe he was upset that his likeness would be used to promote tobacco products to children; whereas others suggest that Wagner had already appeared in several tobacco adverts during his career, and the dispute was merely about money.
The T206 Honus Wagner card is the most iconic and valuable pre-war baseball card in the world, with less than 60 copies known to exist (Image: SCP Auctions)
Whatever the reason, production on the card ceased almost as soon as it began. Whereas most cards were printed in their thousands, it's believed that fewer than 200 copies of the Wagner card were ever distributed to the public.
Today it's thought that there are less than 60 authentic examples in existence, along with a number of notorious fakes that have appeared on the market over the years.
The majority of those surviving cards are in poor condition, which is unsurprising for a 110-year-old piece of cardboard, and only six have been professionally graded higher than '2' out of '10'.
When it comes to most collectibles, seven-figure sums are usually reserved exclusively for items in mint condition.
However, the rarity and iconic nature of the Honus Wagner T206 card means that top collectors will happily spend seven figures to own a copy in any condition.
"This sale demonstrates that even in a frothy stock market, a low-grade Wagner card can still fetch over one million dollars," SCP Auctions president David Kohler told Sports Collectors Daily.
"It's truly a remarkable amount for a card in PSA 2 grade."
The record price for a Wagner card – or any baseball card for that matter – was set back in 2016, when an example graded PSA 5 sold at Goldin Auctions for $3.12 million.
That same year, the card recently sold by SCP hit the auction block at Heritage, where it achieved a price of $776,750.
The new price of $1.2 million marks a 54% increase in value in just three years, clearly illustrating the continued growth of the market for rare baseball cards.
Posted in: Collecting News, Sports memorabilia, Trading cards
Tagged: Baseball cards, Honus Wagner, SCP Auctions
Only private Hiroshima bomb photo ever taken to sell at Cowan's Auctions
17th century shipwreck wine to auction at Christie's
World's most valuable signed baseball sells for $623,000
World's rarest Mickey Mantle card found at Pennsylvania flea market
Babe Ruth's 500th home run bat sells for $1 million at SCP Auctions


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A new measurement provides the most accurate weight yet of antimatter, revealing the mass of the antiproton (the proton's antiparticle) down to one part in a billion, researchers announced Thursday.
The result, detailed this week in the journal Nature, may help scientists investigate the mystery of why the universe is made of regular matter even though they suspect roughly equal parts of matter and antimatter were around just after the universe formed. When a particle, such as a proton, meets with its antimatter partner, the antiproton, the two annihilate each other in a powerful explosion.
"At present, we are very far from understanding what happened to all the antimatter that was created in equal proportion to matter in the Big Bang," physicist Mike Charlton of Swansea University in the United Kingdom wrote in an accompanying Nature article.
The experiment was carried out in the antiproton decelerator at CERN, the European particle-physics laboratory near Geneva, as part of the lab's Atomic Spectroscopy And Collisions Using Slow Antiprotons experiment, or ASACUSA.
The machine sends pulses of antiprotons about every hundred seconds into cold helium gas. While most of the antiprotons quickly annihilate with regular matter, a tiny number survive by combining with helium to form hybrid atoms that contain matter and antimatter — antiprotonic helium. The antiproton takes the place of an electron in these hybrids, sitting in a spot that's shielded from the helium nucleus (which is regular matter and which would cause the two to annihilate).
Using laser beams to excite the atoms, scientists can then get the antiproton to jump to a new energy level, one that is no longer shielded from the nucleus and — bang! — annihilation. The wavelength of light used to force this jump can be placed into complex equations that reveal the mass of an antiproton to an unprecedented level of accuracy.
However, a source of inaccuracy comes from the fact that the atoms jiggle around, so that those moving toward and away from the beam experience slightly different frequencies. A similar effect, called the Doppler shift, causes the siren of an approaching ambulance to apparently change pitch as it passes you.
In their previous measurement in 2006, the same team used one laser beam, and the achievable accuracy was dominated by this jiggling effect. This time they used two beams moving in opposite directions, with the result that the jiggle for the two beams was partly canceled out. The result was a four-fold boost in accuracy.
"This is a very satisfying result," Masaki Hori, a project leader in the antiproton collaboration, said in a statement. "It means that our measurement of the antiproton's mass relative to the electron is now almost as accurate as that of the proton." These experiments may really head scientists in the right direction for figuring out the antimatter-matter conundrum, Charlton said.
He added, "We actually don't know where to look (for the answer). We have no theoretical guidance on this whatsoever." Even so, the result of that difference, though likely to be tiny, "is profound," he said.


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We at Crooked Stave find solace playing in the Colorado mountains and possess a great pride fro the place we call home. Paying homage to our great state, we brewed Colorado WildSage, a Brett Saison incorporating fresh herbs, including white sage and lemongrass. Brewed with all Colarado ingredients in order to deliver a little bit of the high country to everyone who decides to share in this beer with us. Unfiltered and naturally wild, we package each can with a small amount of yeast to maintain maximum freshness for wherever life's adventures take you.
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Here's why the election is on a work day
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — If you're wondering why Americans vote on a typical work day instead of a weekend, you can look to America's 19th century lawmakers.
The United States has held its federal elections on the first Tuesday following the first Monday of November since 1845.
Because the process dates back to the 1840s, the reason we vote when we do is pretty "old school."
How many presidents have won election but not the popular vote?
Since America was largely an agriculture nation, the process was put in place to make it as easy as possible for working farmers. In some cases, it took a day to travel to a polling place via horse and buggy. Tuesday was picked to try to avoid interfering with Wednesday's "market day" or church on Sunday.
Lawmakers selected November so people could vote after the fall harvest without facing the threat of wintry weather.
There have been a few initiatives pushed to move elections to weekends or make it a federal holiday. Those haven't drawn enough support over the last 180 years to make a change.
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(NEXSTAR) - The husband of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff, is set to become the nation's first second gentleman when his wife is inaugurated on Wednesday.
The 56-year-old lawyer has been married to Harris since 2014. He previously worked as an entertainment attorney at DLA Piper, but left the firm prior to Inauguration Day due to conflict of interest concerns.
(NEXSTAR) -- On the campaign trail and in the weeks leading up to Inauguration Day, President-elect Joe Biden has announced a series of executive orders he intends to issue on his first day in office.
On Wednesday, following his inauguration, Biden will end Trump's restriction on immigration to the U.S. from some Muslim-majority countries, move to rejoin the Paris climate accord and mandate mask-wearing on federal property and during interstate travel. Those are among roughly a dozen known actions Biden will take on his first day in the White House, his incoming chief of staff, Ron Klain, said in a memo to senior staff.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. Army National Guard members are being removed from the security mission to secure Joe Biden's presidential inauguration.
A U.S. Army official and a senior U.S. intelligence official say the two National Guard members have been found to have ties to fringe right group militias.
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Michael K Williams, John Leguizamo to Star in Ava DuVernay's Netflix Limited Series 'Central Park 5'
Vera Farmiga also cast in true story about teenagers falsely convicted of rape
Jennifer Maas | July 9, 2018 @ 12:20 PM	Last Updated: July 9, 2018 @ 12:36 PM
Ava DuVernay's "Central Park 5" has cast three of its leads. The upcoming Netflix limited series will star Michael K. Williams, Vera Farmiga and John Leguizamo, a person with knowledge of the casting tells TheWrap.
The Academy Award-nominated director will executive produce, write and direct the four-episode narrative series, which is slated for a 2019 release on the streaming service.
Based on a true story, "Central Park 5" will chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. The episodes will focus on the five teenagers from Harlem — Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise. The series will span from the spring of 1989, when each were first questioned about the incident, to 2014 when they were exonerated and a settlement was reached with the city of New York.
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Williams ("The Wire," "The Night Of") will play Bobby McCray, devoted father of accused teen Antron McCray. Farmiga ("Up in the Air," "Bates Motel") will portray Elizabeth Lederer, the Manhattan Assistant District Attorney and lead prosecutor on the case. Leguizamo ("Bloodline," "John Wick") has been cast as Raymond Santana Sr., the father of accused teen Raymond Santana Jr.
Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King will also executive produce for Participant Media, along with Oprah Winfrey under her Harpo Films banner, Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh from Tribeca Productions.
"Central Park 5" will premiere globally on Netflix in 2019.
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Arriving July 1: "Jurassic Park"
Before the Age of Chris Pratt, there was the Age of Reptiles – revisit the world of Triceratops and killer Velociraptors in the park that started it all next month on Netflix.
Arriving July 1: "The Princess Diaries"
Anne Hathaway, who recently starred in heist film "Ocean's 8," made her cinematic breakthrough as the Princess of Genovia.
Arriving July 5: "Blue Valentine"
Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling play a young couple in a hopelessly tumultuous relationship and deliver achingly pure performances.
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Arriving July 20: "Amazing Interiors"
Put down the Architectural Digest and switch off the HGTV, Netflix's new original series will take viewers inside homes that subvert their ordinary exteriors.
Arriving July 27: "Orange is the New Black" Season 6
Though the Netflix dramedy's fifth season divided fans thanks to its unusual (and compressed) storyline, but the show's season 6 return is likely to get approved for parole by longtime watchers.
Arriving July 29: "Her"
Prepare to shed a tear to Karen O's "The Moon Song," which was nominated for "Best Original Song" at the 2014 Oscars.
Leaving July 1: "Before Midnight"
Movies set in Greece have a 100 percent chance of making you want to spend your airline miles on a one-way ticket to Mykonos. Even if they're as uncomfortably real as Director Richard Linklater's third visit with Jesse and Céline, which proves a very human story that perfectly complements the dreamy setting. Save it for your most bittersweet Netflix binge session.
Leaving July 1: "Lethal Weapon"
The 1987 cop film that practically codified the buddy cop genre spawned three sequels and a television series that premiered in 2016. But Netflix seems to be getting too old for this sh--, because it's saying "go spit" to Netflix.
Netflix welcomes subtle storytelling and technicolor palettes with movies "Blue Valentine" and "Her"
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Start a six-strand project, and make 7 stitches. To form the neck, let the two central strands dangle free. Use the other four strands to make a square stitch around them.
Make three square stitches. Now spread the two central strands out.
Weave them into a six-strand straight stitch.
Make two tight stitches and one loose one. Group the three short lace pieces together. Thread them under the loose stitch, parallel to and between the two guideline laces. Make sure both sides are equal in length. Pull the stitch tight. Make ten more straight stitches with your main body lace. To form the legs, split the six strands into two groups of three as on page 15, steps 12–16. Make ten triangular stitches on each leg, and finish (page 15, step 17). Lace the arms in the same triangular stitch from the shoulders out. After six stitches, finish off as you did the legs. Trim the loose ends to about a half-inch. Fasten the eyes with a small dab of glue.
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Do You Know Where That Fish Came From?
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Catfish farmers in Arkansas are fighting back against an effort to gut the country's only safety inspection program, saying it would be a threat to the American public. They also say it could hurt Arkansas' economy. The state is one of the top producers of farm-raised catfish in this country.
The House could vote as soon as next week on a plan to scrap the current catfish inspection program. Senators approved Senate Joint Resolution 28 last week, which overturns the USDA program mandated by the federal Farm Bill. It would have the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) take back the duty of inspecting fish imported from other countries.
Chad Causey, spokesman for the Catfish Farmers of America, said it means fish tainted with carcinogens and antibiotics could be sold here. He said this country has worked hard to set food safety standards that should be applied to products coming in from other countries as well.
"There is imported product that, because of the Swiss cheese laws of labeling in this country, is sold to be like catfish, or to be sold as catfish in some cases even though it is not," he said.
The National Fisheries Institute backs SJR 28, calling the current inspection program the poster child for government waste, and said it's the start of a process to save taxpayers' money, eliminate duplication of regulations for small businesses, and ensure markets remain open for American farmers.
Causey said a food-safety scare that originates from a foreign import will damage the entire industry.
"If people get sick they won't discriminate because it's very, very difficult to know what you're eating when you order it at a restaurant or if you even get it in a grocery store," he added. "It's not the easiest thing in the world to know where it's coming from."
Causey said letting in imports of potentially toxic fish from Asia also could hurt Arkansas' economy. Up to 94 percent of the catfish raised in the U.S. comes from Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.
SJR 28 is being opposed by a group of lawmakers who have sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, asking that the House not take the issue up.
The full resolution can be read online here.


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Magí Baixeres (? s.XVII - Barcelona 1714) fou militar català durant la Guerra de Successió Espanyola.

Partidari progermànic, ja lluità contra els Borbons durant el setge francès de 1697, dirigit pel general Vendôme. Continuà lluitant contra els francesos durant el Setge de Barcelona de 1706 i va participar en la defensa de Girona (1710-11).

Ascendit al grau de capità del Regiment número 5 "Ciutat de Barcelona", morí durant la batalla de l'11 de setembre de 1714. Probablement es troba enterrat al Fossar de les Moreres.

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I'm convinced this is why they chose to tell their story in this special book. I don't think they mind the fact that their family is "on display." It's why the book is called Light from Lucas. This young man inspires people who observe him. His entire life - with all its challenges and struggles -- showcases I Corinthians 12:24-26 where we learn that, "God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it."
And I can't help but get a lump in my throat when I think that Lucas' dad decided his son's story was important enough to share. Share with people like me and you.
No doubt about it. Your thinking will be illumined by the "light" shared in Light from Lucas. You will learn about a family whose hearts are settled and whose peace is profound. Don't worry, though - it's not sugar-coated; there are plenty of hard places with which you'll identify. The most important thing is, you just may end up deciding, If Lucas can make it, by the grace of God, overcome his limitations, I can, too.
I've gotten used to being on display. Whether it's the child studying my wheelchair, the senior citizen across the way smiling sympathetically, or the waiter eyeing me carefully as I use my bent spoon to eat pieces of hamburger, I'm aware that people are watching. Some might watch out of pity, some out of admiration. All watch, I sense, with unspoken questions.
It's part of the territory that comes with living in a wheelchair.
It's what Lucas and his family face everyday. But like the Vander Plaats family, I choose to think that people's unspoken questions are, for the most part, good-natured. That's because the author of Lessons from Lucas and I, as followers of Jesus, are constrained to think the best of others. We are called to be on display (as any Christian is). We are encouraged by God's Word to smile from the inside-out as the strength of God shows up bountifully through our special challenges. When people eye Lucas in his wheelchair - when people see the smiles on the faces of Bob, Darla and their sons, I believe they are thinking, What an amazing family. How great their God must be to inspire such faith and confidence.


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The appraisal of the work of these appointees are carried out by an independent person referred to as an auditor, who is charge with the responsibility of evaluating and examining the accounts of the management and report on his finding to the owners (share holder) of the company or corporations. It is pertinent to note that one of the tools or mechanism adopted by an auditor in appraising the work of the management is the internal control system with this system of control, the share holder are convinced or self assured on efficient and effective management of their assets and resources.
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In the first place, the time limit is applicable in that the researcher has to handle this as well other courses that will hardness the successful completion of the programme.
Another limiting factor boils down to finance. This has made the research not be detailed because of the hard economic situation in the country and its consequences.
O.Aguolu; fundamentals of Auditing, Meridian Associates publication, Enugu, 1998,pg 106.
A.A millichamp; Auditing- An instructional manual for accounting students D P publication Ltd, London, 1990. pg 79.
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As I pushed backed tears and continued to drive I felt lost in a place that was way to familiar to me. It has been some time since we have been at the hospital and I was not prepared for this rush of emotions. I was not prepared to see my sleeping beauty in the back and just be brought to my knees by these memories. Memories that were so familiar but yet so unfamiliar to me. Something that was so easy to describe but yet I could not put into words what I was thinking.
This is the place that I would learn that my sweet child would be born with an extra 21st Chromosome. This is the place that I would find out that my sweet child would have some extreme medical complications. This is the place that I would experience some of the worst pain of my lifetime, but also experience the biggest faith-high ever. This is the place that my family would call home for over five months. This is the place that some how we would learn how to come a strong family unit. This is the place that I would learn how to fight, how to live on faith, how to surrender all control to my Father. This is a place that I drove in thinking I had it all figured out and I drove out a completely different person.
Isn't life a lot like that? I think back to the time when we received the news about Lydia having Down Syndrome. I think about the poem Welcome to Holland that was given to me in hopes this would bring me some peace or understanding. I think about all of the detours life gives us. Why is it so hard to accept things that are different than our ideal? But don't we accept them every day? For this life is not ours; these plans are not ours. Yet, this prenatal diagnosis seems so difficult for so many. The road less traveled is such a scary place. The idea of change is frightful. Having to deal with something that we are unfamiliar with is paralyzing.
Yet, as these thoughts came and went, I couldn't help but be overcome with gratitude. To think where we were at and where we are now is nothing short of a miracle. To think about how much we have changed and how hard we have fought, how much we have grown and the people we have turned into. I see this life that God has given to us and I am once again overwhelmed with emotions. I am flooded with thoughts of thankfulness and hopefulness. I am thankful that God chose me to experience this, as hard as it has been, is, and will continue to be. I am given a surge of hope that we can do this, look at where we are and this sweet sweet life. How amazing.
As scary as the road is that we face to travel, God will carry us, He will bring us through, and we will be blessed by it. Through all of the pain and suffering that we endured with her, there is so much joy and thankfulness now. There is a new perspective that has been given, there are changed hearts, increased faith, renewed relationships, strengthened relationships, new relationships, a new understanding of life; how precious it really is. We all are given a journey, a story to write. Many times it is scary and full of pain and suffering. However, God will work all of that out to our glory and He will bless us if we rely on Him. If we surrender what we have and let Him, we can better accept our journey and experience life in a whole new way.
My feelings are still all over the place, but to me they are a little more clear. I am in that state where everything is so familiar, I see the same halls that I walked two and a half years ago with pain running in my eyes, fear in my soul, and arms broken because they were not holding my daughter. I walked to the Ronald McDonald House, to my new home, and I embraced my daughters with my arms, but my heart was aching for Lydia, longing for us to be together. I see the doctors who poured out their souls and heart to save my daughter's life and sat with me as I cried in anger and fear. I see the places we ate, the places that helped, and the people who gave all so our family could have some kind of "normalcy."
Yet today I look at these hallways with hope and survival. My daughter runs down the ramp of the Skyway, saying hi to people, yelling and laughing. She is bringing joy and hope to that mom who walks with pain in her eyes, fear in her soul, and arms who long to hold her child. The Ronald McDonald House will always be our home, it will be part of us. Because of them we are the family we are today. Those walls are no longer for hiding and crying, but for rejoicing and celebrating, for sharing stories of survival. Those doctors and nurses who sat with Lydia, who were given the wisdom and knowledge to save our daughter are smiling and laughing as they see her run through the entrance of the hospital. They are in as much shock as we are about where she is today.
I wish there was an insight mom's who are just beginning this journey could have, knowing that all of the pain and suffering will never make sense, but you will get to a place of joy and happiness. Not all are success stories as Lydia's was, but God has amazing plans, we will not understand, but He will work them for our good AND will bless us. None of our life turns out the way we want. I never thought that my marriage would look like this, that we would have to endure what we have, but I never imagined I would have such an amazing guy who treats me like a queen and is an amazing father. I never thought I would have children, much less three beautiful girls. I never would have thought I would be a stay at home mom, but God has away of working things out far better than what we expect or dream.
I guess I really don't have a point to this post, but I wanted to share some of my feelings. Such an amazing place to be right now. I am so amazed at our journey and how simply amazing Lydia is. NOTHING could have prepared me for this life, but I would never give it up. Even on the hardest of days, I thank God for my family, our journey and for teaching me lessons only Lydia could have taught me.
I have a seven year old daughter and I over heard her talking to one of her friends. Her friend is African-American and my daughter was asking her questions about skin color and if it affects how she does things. My first reaction was to want to jump in and stop the conversation or to redirect the conversation. However, it was very interesting to me so I just listened. Her friend politely responded that God created her just like you (Ellen, my daughter). She went on to say that just because she has a different skin color does not mean that she is any different. She said, however, that sometimes people make fun of her or are scared of her because of her skin color and that makes her sad.
Ellen responded that sometimes people say the same thing about her sister (talking about Lydia), but that she is no different than us; other than it may take her longer to do some of the same things. She said that it is hurtful to hear others talk about her in that way. She apologized to her friend that she felt that way and she said that she was happy to have her as her friend.
My heart melted. But there was something more profound in this conversation that I have not been able to get out of my head. One, I was upset at myself for wanting to stop the conversation. Why? because I would much rather have people come and talk to me about Lydia than judge her. I should not discourage my children from asking questions for the purpose of gaining information. However, often times those questions are for hurtful intentions rather than educational, and that is sad to me. The other very profound thing was the way it was handled. It was so innocent and amazing. I need to learn more from my children and how they interact.
Since this little conversation my daughter has continued to ask questions. She is starting to notice that people come in all shapes and sizes, colors and abilities (her pure innocence is wearing off :( ). She has been asking a lot of questions about why and asking what to do with these thoughts when she sees someone different.
We have been trying to help her along, however, I have been taking a deep look into how I handle that. WOW! Completely eye-opening. I feel like a HUGE hypocrite. I ask, beg, advocate, educate for acceptance of my daughter; however, I am not very accepting of others myself. I may not say anything or act on my thoughts; but I do have those thoughts. Those thoughts are just as bad. And we are talking about everything, the way people dress, their size, the color of skin, disability, how they parent, how they act and the list goes on....there are so many more things that we form our judgments on that just are not fair.
I am struggling to write this, so I apologize if my thoughts are coming out disorganized and making no sense. I am struggling because I don't want to admit it. I am struggling because I am seeing how deep this issue actually goes. I am struggling because as I want to change the world for my daughter; I realize that it really must start with me.
As I have been very deep in study of the Bible, I have read about how important it is not to point out someone else's speck in their eye, when I have a HUGE plank in my eye. Yikes! That is really hard to swallow. I recognize how hard this is and how deep this issue is. I realize how far from that I truly am. I don't want to admit it, it is extremely hard, but I am understanding how hard this really is.
I like to think that I am accepting and open to different folks, that I share the love of Jesus with others and I act in a decent way. But I am a sinner and I fall so short of how I am suppose to live. Just the other day I handled a situation completely inappropriate. It has been on my mind and I had to swallow my ego and make things right; that is really hard. But I realized that I handled this situation inappropriately and did so in front of others who did not know me. Those folks were not present when I went back to ask for forgiveness. Those people were left with an impression about me; that I would like to think was not very characteristically correct of me. They can easily judge me and say that I am not a very nice person. Ugh. It happens so easily. I am sure for many the impressions of me are not very favorable because I fail a lot and I don't always handle myself so well. But does that define me?
The more I am writing, the more I recognize how complicated this is when you think about it; it almost makes my head hurt. I understand that it is NEVER OK to judge someone by outward appearance, NO MATTER WHAT. But if we are honest with ourselves; I think that we have all done it before, even when we have the best heart, best intent, even if we are open to all kinds of differences.
However, the acting part is the one that hurts the most. When we act upon those thoughts and we form opinions of people before we even know or understand, that is just a tragedy. If we could all ask those questions to just find out information first, I think we would be a lot better off. I think it is bad enough to think a thought, but we need to practice that it stops there. Regardless of what our first impressions are, everyone deserves a chance. Regardless of what our brain thinks, or if we were taken off guard by an appearance or if we don't understand; we should not judge someone based off of that. Get to know them, ask questions, have an understanding first. I think we could all surprise ourselves. Ellen found out what happens when we act on those thoughts. She came up to me and said that she was thinking something inappropriate. I asked her what and she told me I was fat. My heart sank. Yes, I could handle to lose some weight, but my daughter really thinks that?! I was just glad that she said it to me and I had the opportunity to use it as a teaching tool.
And what we try to teach our children is grace. I believe that grace is much different than tolerance. We have a strong belief of the Bible and we will not compromise that. Tolerance is allowing anything and everything to be OK. However, I believe the Bible clearly states right from wrong. Now I know that is pretty controversial; however that is what I believe. I am not perfect, I cannot be perfect. I sin just like everyone else sins. I make mistakes and I let people down. Dare I even say that I act inappropriately more times than I care to admit. But to judge someone, to form an opinion about someone before getting to know them; I believe that is just wrong. I want the people who see me acting inappropriately to extend me grace; give me one more shot and not form an opinion based on that. I need that grace to show people who I am. I fall way short of the glory of God and yet He continually shows me grace; He continually is seeking me out. I need to extend that to others as well and freely too! After all we all have bad days.
I know not everyone will agree with me on my points, but this is what is on my heart today. The difference is in how we handle these situations and how we present ourselves. I guess this helps me to realize that I am far from perfect, that the things I am asking other people to do for Lydia; I do that to others too. I am more conscious of this now, we talk about it as a family. It is so much fun to watch the girls grow and develop. While I know that they will not be perfect, they will fall on their faces several times; they are getting a very important lesson. There is a profound difference in all of our differences and that is what makes the world so much fun. Lydia brings something different to the table than Ellen and so Allison adds her flavor too. It is fun and that is very special.
I know that this little conversation has made a difference in my life and I am going to work harder on removing that plank from my eye than point out the speck in someone else's eye. I am going to work harder on controlling how I handle myself in EVERY situation, but when I do fall, I am going to ask, even beg, for grace. And I too, must remember that God is giving me grace; I must too. And when I don't understand, I am going to ask. I would much prefer a stranger to come up to me and ask me a question about Lydia than judge Lydia based on what they see (and that goes for all of us!).
Good New Year to all of you! I hope you had a very Merry Christmas and your 2014 is starting off to a great start! So are you a person who does New Year Resolutions? If you are what kind of resolutions do you make? Do you usually keep them? Is it a bummer at the end of the year when you did not accomplish the New Year Resolution or do you celebrate because you achieve the goals you set before you for the year? I get curious about how others set their New Year Resolutions; or if they just embrace the new year for what it is.
I have had a lot of time to reflect lately. I have time to just take in God's Word and to meditate on what our journey all has been. I have been sitting back and watching Lydia accomplish many many goals that we never thought were possible. While I am still holding my breathe as I know at any moment a virus like RSV or Influenza A could be very hard on her, I have to say that I just appreciate our journey so much more, praise God that He has allowed our family to stay so healthy, and let loose a little bit as I see her being stronger and more resilient. While I still don't want to let my guard down completely, it is almost as I can see a light at the end of the tunnel (at least a light for this part of the journey!).
Last year I had a crazy idea, a dream. I have prayed and pondered on it. I have given it much thought. It is NOT going away. I am not sure what God wants me to do with it yet, even if anything. But it is right there on the top of my head at all times. As I finally decided to sit down and share my crazy thoughts with my husband; I felt an urge to share my dream publicly.
I have to say that this is hard for me because I feel like it is nothing but a silly little dream. However, one of my "resolutions" is to be in the Word more (I really have struggled with that) and to just sit quietly and listen to God. This crazy dream is not going away. These crazy thoughts are consuming me. So as I prayed through the store today, I just felt like today is a good day to share with you my dream...it can't hurt!
I am going to tell you the background pieces first that lead me to my silly dream and then pull it all together at the end.
When we were in the hospital and it was after Lydia's first surgery. She was VERY sick after that surgery and it was a ROUGH recovery. It had been over a week since I had the privilege to hold my child. I missed her. I never thought that it was possible for your arms to ache so bad for your child; but they can and mine did. I had received a gift from one of my sister's friends. I had never met this lady, but she has made a HUGE impact on me from her gift. She gave Ellen and Allison books (they are their favorite books) and she put a scarf in there for me. I have NEVER worn a scarf before. If you know me, you know that my style is pretty simple. She wrote a note and it went something to the tune of sometimes you just have to dress up in the hospital and look nice; it can change your entire outlook.
Well, that day, as my arms ached for my daughter, I put that scarf on. My posture was a bit better, a smile appeared on my face, and I felt like I could once again fight this fight. The nurses and doctors even complimented me on my appearance (it was a change from the lounge clothes I had been wearing). That day, I was able to hold my daughter. The nurse told me to go to the bathroom. As I was in the bathroom her and the RT were gathering cords and wires so I could hold my daughter. This picture is the same picture that I use for my blog. I will always remember that scarf and the gesture from this lady. While I have since had the pleasure of meeting her, I have never been able to tell her the profound impact that the scarf made on my life.
The second part is what we did for Christmas this year. I feel that each year we are just searching for gifts to give to the girls because it is Christmas. When you spend a Holiday or more in the hospital there is a different perspective that you have. There are so many people who "give up" their Holiday to serve others, to make it the best Holiday for their patients. There are many patients who never get to get out of that hospital. And I think when you are in that situation you really understand that no amount of gifts will EVER replace what it is that you are going through. However, memories are critical to the situation that you are enduring and the future.
This year we did not give our girls presents on Christmas (they were given a couple Christmas Eve but really not much). We spent the majority of the day making hand scrubs and foot soaks and body scrubs. We had the best time doing it. No one complained about what they did or did not get, no one fought, everyone had a blast. We shared stories and talked about our dreams and just had a wonderful time. When we were done we took them to the hospital and gave them to the nurses and staff that were working on Christmas day. We have a lot of great stories to tell, and the girls have memories that will last a lifetime. They were SO excited to give the gifts. It was one of the most amazing things that I was part of and it is because Lydia had to spend several Holidays in the hospital.
The other thing we did for Christmas this year was make a lot of gifts. I, myself, and not a crafty person; but thanks to Pintrest I feel like I am very crafty. We painted canvases with the girls feet and it spelled love, we made family trees using finger prints, we made salt dough ornaments decorated with the girl's hand prints on there, and we (Lydia and myself) learned to make scarves! We made calendars and made our own wrapping paper. We had a good time and we created many memories. It does take a lot of time, but I would not trade the memories of this Christmas for anything.
I guess this brings me to my silly crazy idea. After a lot of reflecting and dreaming I thought of creating a foundation in which a family, who is the hospital, at the Ronald McDonald House, could have a basket to make memories. Especially around a Holiday, but really anytime. I remember a little girl that lived next to us in a room at the hospital for only three days, her parents never got to take her home. But every child needs to have memories. So the baskets would be full of canvases and paint to make hand prints and special paintings to be hung in homes. All of the ideas and everything that is needed would be in there. There could be baskets of supplies to make presents for nurses and doctors, there could be baskets to make gifts for grandparents or aunts and uncles that may be unable to visit a special patient. The baskets would be able to create memories for the families to have for a lifetime with a tangible item to remember it by. There could be party baskets to make memories for people celebrating anniversaries, birthdays. I hope you get the idea....a basket to make a memory by doing a special project with the ones they love and have a piece of artwork or a finish project to remember the memory by.
And each mom would receive a scarf. Every mom that has to endure having their child in the hospital needs to look and feel good. While I understand it is not the scarf itself that changed me, it has given me a lasting memory. It is something fun, an item that may not be bought by the mom. But it is important for me to continue giving this gift as I hope it would make many other moms feel as special as I did when I put that scarf on.
My mind goes on and on and on. We could spread the Gospel tract in these baskets and we could spread awareness about Down Syndrome. We could sell these baskets to other people who are maybe working moms who don't have the time to make these important lasting memories. Or maybe there are people like me, who lack creativity, and would like to have their home decorated with memories. We could use our barn at some point and have it the distribution center for these baskets and we could employ people with Down Syndrome to help compile these baskets. The ideas in my head keep going and going. I am not sure where this idea will go, but I needed to share it with someone!
So in 2014 I am going to be bold and share my wild crazy dreams. Maybe nothing will come out of this, maybe it will. I have no idea how to go about it, no money to start it, but everything starts with a dream. I know if this is God's Will; it will happen. It is time for me to step out of my comfort zone and start doing more! I am so excited for 2014 and what God has in store for me, for Ellen, for Allison, for Lydia, for my husband, for our family, for my marriage, for my relationship with God. I know being connected to Him, amazing things will happen...I have a great reminder of that...Lydia. He has brought her so far and I am ready to watch her continue to spread her wings and fly.
Lea's Blessings is what I would call the foundation, non-profit, or whatever it may be! Lea's is made of up: Lydia, Ellen, Allison Spoor. Blessings because we have been SO blessed!
Thanks for reading my crazy dream. I hope this maybe inspired someone else to dream and share their crazy dreams!!!


Down Syndrome Aim High was established in 1981 as a regional, not-for-profit organization with an all-volunteer Board of Directors and a membership of over 200 families. The core purpose of Aim High was to provide support and information to individuals with Down syndrome, their families, and the community. Aim High organized such activities as the Conference, Buddy Walk, Proclamation Ceremony, social events, and published a newsletter six times a year.
In 2002, the Board of Directors of Aim High considered options to "professionalize" the organization. It had become apparent that an all-volunteer organization lacked the expertise and time to effectively deal with many of the complex and fundamental issues faced by individuals with Down syndrome and their families. This idea resulted in the formation of the Down Syndrome Resource Center (DSRC) as an organization separate from Aim High, but heavily influenced by the ideas and needs of the Aim High membership. The DSRC was established in 2003 as a regional, not-for-profit, organization. The DSRC was governed by a Board of Directors and initially had one employee. The DSRC was not a membership organization. The DSRC provided coordination and one-on-one support on medical, educational, social and other issues, maintained a website and library, and organized seminars and trainings for individuals with Down syndrome, parents and professionals.
To reflect on 25 years as an organization, Aim High organized a Board Retreat in 2006. Several consensus action items emerged from the Retreat, first among them to explore a merger or closer alliance between Aim High and the DSRC. The "Merger Committee" recommended a complete merger which was accepted at the April 25, 2007 General Membership Meeting. The new organization was named the Down Syndrome Aim High Resource Center (DSAHRC). The DSAHRC grew rapidly, serving more families each year, and providing more services to the membership and the community. The DSAHRC is governed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors, employs a staff, and has a centrally located spacious office. The staff provides consultation to individuals with Down syndrome, their families and the professionals who work with them in the areas of education, medical, social, and community issues. The activities and programs organized by the DSAHRC include: the Buddy Walk, the Gala, the Conference, the Bike Camp, the Reading Tutorial Program, and a variety of Seminars. Resources are available to the membership through the website, the lending-library, the newsletter, the weekly updates, the parent information packets, the Welcome Baby Bags, and the Direct Impact Grants.


Fasten your seat belts! Books 2 & 3 of my Matthew in the Middle series will officially launch this afternoon at 5-4-3-2-1 PM.
Patricia, whose melodious voice and godly spirit warm listeners' hearts, plans to interview me at 1:00 CT today on KCWN 99.9, where hope shines. If you're out of range of the station's reach, you can listen live on the website.
General Manager Bev De Vries took this picture through the production room window while Patricia and I were on the air on December 19, 2014.
Matthew Makes Strides and Matthew Moves Ahead, the second and third books of the Matthew in the Middle series, are far more exciting, so I'm eager to hear what Patricia thinks of them. Tune in at 1 PM today to find out!
Local people, send all your friends and relatives over to the station at 304 Oskaloosa St in Pella to get signed copies of these and my other published books. Thanks for supporting this official launch and helping place quality literature into the hands of middle grade readers!
If you or your children have already read the books, what are some things you enjoy about the stories?


"DOES EVERYONE GRIEVE DIFFERENTLY?" Grief is what we experience when someone close to us dies. Though I've heard a divorce is a form of grief too. Years ago someone very close to me…kinda disappeared. We've recently found her. Then, I learned of another form of grief. One I hope…I never have to experience. When Life gets bumpy, our road is full of detours. The forks distract us. One side has demons persuading us saying "Hey, we're depressed and angry too!! Come with us, we have "goodies" to make you better." The pull of that rope is powerful. The other side, our family & friends saying "Hey, we're scared too, we love you; let's be together. Come with us, we have forgiveness & happiness." Some have hurt you, are untrusting. Their pull of the rope isn't strong enough. She went the other way. It took time – our pull got stronger, she came back. But you know…I'm confused and upset. She's better but still depressed, sad and angry. So, I told her my feelings. She explained: "Lynne, I know you've experienced incredible pain with death. Your grief is yours. My grief is from losing myself. I lost my kids trust, my job, my home, my family – my dignity. Now I'm healing. Be patient. I'm so grateful for those who didn't give up on me. And it's working." That was – powerful. Then this rolled out of my mouth: "Okay, I promise you…I'll never let go of the rope." Weird how words mingle with your feelings. I'm glad I asked. And, that she told me. Just wanted to share. We learn from each other – to help each other. 2015, is going to be a good year.
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The only way that I don't lose my mind is through organization and planning. I have always been a organized person and a planner and running a blog these two qualities are so necessary in running a smooth platform. When I first started my blog I didn't have an editorial calendar so there would be days that I would stress about what to post for that week! I would find myself stressed out, anxious and a lot times feeling like giving up on blogging.
I keep a small pink Kate Spade notebook on me at all times in case an idea comes across that needs to be immediately jotted down. I have short term memory lose similar to Dory and if I don't write something down I will forget! Once you write all your ideas down for the month then you can go through them and place them into categorical themes and chronological post series order.
A great resource tool is studying your blog's analytics. Use this resource to track which posts receive the most traffic and engagement and when your blog receives the most views (such as day of the week) etc. This will also help you with your content and what to post. I'm learning that you have to get to know your audience, and how to do this is to track their trends and interests through analytics.
I am a writer and a visual person so I like to write down my ideas and content in my calendar. Others like to type and use Google Drive Calendar or the app Evernote. If your like me and want to write there is no shortage on the Internet or Pinterest for Editorial Calendar Templates.
I found a editorial calendar template online from blogger Emformarvelous. It fits my organizational style and planning tools. At the top is allows space for ideas and the bottom portion is the calendar Monday - Friday. I like it because everything for that month is there on one page and visually it allows me to organize my content and not have to flip back and forth from one page to another.
Another great thing about EmforMarvelous template is that you can personalize the calendar. I got a white binder and pretty graphic dividers and add my own personal touches.
Everyone works ahead differently depending on a number of factors and for me I try to stay at least two weeks ahead. My calendar is filled out with ideas but I like my photos and finalized drafted post complete so I can post accordingly to my calendar. When scheduling my posts I like to spread them out. So typically I post on Mondays and Wednesdays or possibly Thursdays. If I can get 3 posts up in one week thats great but I prefer to post quality content over quality.
This method decreases feelings of stress and the anxiousness of feeling like you have to catch up. This can be discouraging and your blog will begin to feel like a dreadful job as oppose to a dream job. You want to provide for both yourself and your readers the satisfying feeling of delivering quality content that you are proud of. Its hard to deliver value with last minute planning and ideas. You need to allow your mind to think thoroughly and let those creative juices flow.
Having a organized content process is helpful for social media strategy and planning. Your social media is a huge part of your brand and when your posts are organized you can then plan your social media calendar as well.
I hope this post was helpful for you guys and if you enjoy these kind of posts please share your feelings down below and let me know what your blog content planning process is.
The biggest competition is myself. I am not looking to follow others or pull them down. I'm planning to test my own boundaries. See the link below for more info.