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How sick can kids get from COVID-19? A Swedish pediatric infectious disease doctor has answers.
June 21, 2022 Swedish Pediatrics Team
Kids' COVID-19 symptoms are generally milder, but they can still get very sick.
Vaccinating our kids protects them and our vulnerable family members.
Kids can receive a COVID-19 vaccination and their regular vaccinations.
Jan. 5, 2022 update: The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to expand eligibility for booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children and adolescents, 12 to15 years of age. The CDC also now recommends that adolescents 12 to 17 years old should receive booster shots 5 months after their initial Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination series. We will keep you updated as more information becomes available.
March 29, 2022, update: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has amended the Emergency Use Authorizations for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to include a second booster dose for people 50 years of age or older and certain immunocompromised individuals. For immunocompromised individuals, Moderna is available for those 18 years of age and older, Pfizer is available for those 12 years and older. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it would update its vaccine guidance to reflect the FDA's decision.
May 23, 2022, update: Following the May 19, 2022 meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expanding eligibility of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to everyone 5 years of age and older. The CDC now recommends that children ages 5 through 11 years should receive a booster shot 5 months after their initial Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination series.
June 21, 2022, update: On June 18, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unanimously recommended the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 6 months through 4 years, as well as the Moderna vaccine for children ages 6 months through 5 years. The approval followed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's amendment of both vaccine makers emergency use authorizations to include the youngest age group. On June 19, the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup announced completion of its review and unanimously concluded that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are safe for children as young as 6 months old.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that everyone ages 5 years and older should get a COVID-19 vaccination as soon as possible. We know that parents and guardians have questions and Swedish is working to provide you with the most up-to-date information possible. To help answer some of your questions about pediatric COVID-19 vaccines and why it's important to get your child vaccinated, we spoke with Frank Bell, M.D., a pediatric infectious disease specialist here at Swedish and board member of the Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
"Getting our kids vaccinated not only protects them, but it also protects our families and communities," says Dr. Bell. "It's also important for their emotional well-being; children have had a particularly difficult time throughout the COVID-19 pandemic given the detrimental effects of isolation and the lack of ability to learn and play together. COVID vaccines offer our children and teens the chance to get back to a more normal life and the activities that they enjoy, to get the most from their young lives as we come out of the pandemic together."
Are the signs and symptoms of COVID-19 in infants and children different from those in adults?
Younger children tend to have milder illness with COVID-19 compared with teens and particularly compared with illness in adults. Many of their symptoms are similar but younger children tend to have headache, tiredness and fatigue as or more often than sore throat, congestion, runny nose and fever seen more typically in older individuals. A greater proportion of children are asymptomatic meaning they seem to have no detectable illness.
What should I do if my child has symptoms?
Children with symptoms suggesting possible COVID-19 should be kept away or isolated from friends and other non-household members as much as possible. Those who have been in recent contact should also keep away or quarantine from others. It's good to get your child tested for COVID-19 as soon as you can, to know for how long you need to take precautions, and also to help others to make decisions about getting themselves or their family tested. This is particularly important for children who are attending in-person learning at school. If testing is difficult, your family should stay at home, keep to yourselves and to quarantine for 14 days without testing.
What are some of the more serious effects of COVID-19 in kids and infants?
Although serious illness is unlikely in children at any age, a significant number of children and teens with COVID-19 will need to be looked after in the hospital, including some with breathing difficulties, pneumonia and other complications. We are learning more about later, rarer complications from COVID-19 disease, such as multisystem inflammatory syndrome, or MIS-C.
What is MIS-C and how will I know if my child has it? Can I get it?
Children and teens with MIS-C have high fever, often running for several days and are usually obviously unwell, with a variety of additional problems including rash, dizziness, fatigue and abdominal pain. These children are almost always identified when it is clear that they need to be admitted to the hospital for care and treatment. A similar 'MIS-C-like' condition has been described in young adults following COVID-19 but the disease appears to be even rarer than in children and adolescents.
Can kids get MIS-C from other illnesses?
MIS-C was first described last year during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the illness sometimes looks a little like other childhood conditions including toxic shock syndrome and Kawasaki disease, it appears to be a separate illness, related to infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. We still have a lot to learn about MIS-C and what brings it on in a small number of children recovering from COVID-19.
Can children experience long-haul COVID-19?
Just in adults, a significant portion of children take several weeks or even months to make the return to full-health, rather than the week or less that most children take to feel better following COVID-19. It is likely that some of these individuals have a form of long-haul COVID, similar to that described in proportion of adults after COVID-19, but again, it appears to be relatively unusual, with most children showing full recovery within four to six weeks of their initial infection.
I'm anxious about my young child getting the COVID-19 vaccine? Is it safe?
Just as with COVID-19 vaccines for older individuals, vaccines for children aged five to 11 have been studied very carefully, with many of the usual steps in the careful evaluation of vaccines overlapping and running at the same time rather than following-on one from another, so that all the usual steps demonstrating the effectiveness and safety of the vaccines have been completed in a shorter timeframe. There have been no shortcuts taken in investigating these vaccines for younger children. As discussed above, children are at risk from severe disease from COVID-19 and the protection provided by COVID-19 vaccines is also important in keeping children from some of the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including social isolation and the loss of educational and learning opportunities.
Can my kids get their regular vaccinations if they get the COVID-19 vaccine?
Yes, kids' immune systems are dealing with multiple germs and viruses every day of their lives and can respond to COVID-19 and other vaccines given on the same day or within the same week. There is no need to space vaccines out, and it makes sense to consider getting other needed-vaccines together with the COVID-19 vaccine if these are offered and available at the same visit.
Should my kids get a flu shot?
Yes, with social distancing and masking last winter we saw very little flu activity—but the same may not be true for the coming flu season with schools and businesses open, and we are worried that the lack of community-exposure to influenza last year might leave us all more vulnerable this winter. This is a good time to get your child a flu shot, potentially at the same visit as the COVID shot if your pediatric office is offering these together.
Getting kids vaccinated
At this time, Swedish has limited pediatric vaccine availability and encourages you to check the Swedish COVID-19 hub for more information soon.
You can also schedule appointments at www.seattle.gov/vaccine to get a free COVID-19 vaccine through our partnership with the City of Seattle and Amazon.
You can find vaccination appointments at the Washington State Department of Health's Vaccine locator or by visiting your local pharmacy or checking with your child's local school district.
Whether you require an in-person visit or want to consult with a doctor virtually, you have options. Swedish ExpressCare Virtual connects you face-to-face with a practitioner who can review your symptoms, provide instruction and follow-up as needed. If you need to find a physician, caregiver or advanced care practitioner, you can use our provider directory.
Questions about the COVID vaccine for kids? Swedish has some answers for you.
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This information is not intended as a substitute for professional medical care. Always follow your healthcare professional's instructions.
Whether it relates to vaccinations, allergies, nutrition or sleep, The Swedish Pediatrics Team is committed to helping you find resources to ensure your littles grow up healthy and strong. Our clinical experts offer tips, tricks and clinical advice to help you take care of your children.
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'Bombshell' Star Charlize Theron Was Surprised By What She Found She Had In Common With Megyn Kelly
By playing the role of Megyn Kelly, Charlize Theron found she had more in common with her than she expected.
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Helen Storms
When actress Charlize Theron took on the role of former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly in the recently released film Bombshell, she didn't think she had anything in common with her. After all, their political views were entirely different. Surprisingly, the star found that could see herself in Kelly, particularly through her work ethic and ambition, according to ABC News.
Bombshell tells the true story of how Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News, allegedly sexually harassed female employees, including Kelly herself. It didn't take Theron a long time of delving into this story before she realized it wasn't really about politics at all. She wanted to play a part in telling this story because all women, regardless of political beliefs, deserve to be treated with respect, Theron explained.
"The first thing that became so clear to me is that when we were talking about sexual harassment it's a nonpartisan issue. Outside of knowing her as a conservative woman, what I was shocked to kind of realize through my research was that she's a woman that I didn't think I had anything in common with. And I learned that I had so much in common with her."
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Theron realized she could sympathize with Kelly, as she too had similar ambitions and a devotion to her career. Kelly didn't want to become known for the allegations she would make against Ailes, or for them to define her career. She was scared of what she could lose.
Theron found she could relate to Kelly again on this front, as she could understand the fear of losing everything she worked so hard to achieve.
Meanwhile, Kelly has also seen the film and has watched Theron portray the very traumatic events that happened to her personally. The former news anchor gave her take on the movie through a lengthy Instagram caption, as The Inquisitr previously reported.
In her Instagram post, Kelly included a photo of her young son Thatcher staring up at the movie poster for Bombshell. Without going into detail about what specific parts she was referring to, she explained that the movie was "loosely" based off of her experience with sexual harassment in the workplace and that she was in no way associated with the making of the film.
However, she did close her caption with a message to other victims of sexual harassment.
"My heart goes out to those who've gone through it, who I hope might find some comfort in this story," she said.

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Schools and the failure of multiculturalism and multifaithism
Posted: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 by Rumy Hasan
Rumy Hasan argues, faith based identity politics have contributed to an increasingly divisive school system, which undermines children's right to a broad, critical and tolerant secular education.
The spat between Michael Gove and Theresa May focuses on the failure to tackle Islamic extremism in Birmingham's schools. Whether such failure can be attributed to one party or the other is, in fact, a moot point. The real problem has deeper roots: it resides in the failure of multiculturalism and multifaithism. Given that both the previous and present governments describe Britain as being a multi-faith society, it is entirely to be expected that leaders of those groups for whom their faith trumps all other indicators of identity, will seek robustly to instil the imprimatur of the values and practices of their religion. In this context, recent statements made by Prime Minister David Cameron and Communities Secretary Eric Pickles that Britain is essentially a Christian country, are most unhelpful in that they provoke many within the faith minorities to emphatically say "no we are not", and to assert their own non-Christian faith identity with even greater vigour.
This fundamental truth has not well been understood by the political establishment. Rather, like the previous government, the present coalition government's concern has been on tackling Islamist terrorism following 9/11 and especially since the 7th July 2005 bombings. It is precisely this thinking that led Michael Gove to appoint Peter Clark, former National Co-ordinator for Counter Terrorism, to review the evidence of the Trojan Horse plot. This detracts from core of the problem of heightened faith identities that are facilitated by high levels of segregation in communities and in schools.
Indeed, concerns about segregated schooling go back decades. As far back as 1985, the Swann Report on education highlighted the dangers of "separate schools" for ethnic minorities. Two decades later, Barry Sheerman, chairman of the Commons Education Select Committee, warned in 2005: "Do we want a ghettoised education system? ... Schools play a crucial role in integrating different communities and the growth of faith schools poses a real threat to this. These things need to be thought through very carefully before they are implemented". In a similar vein, in 2007, Commission for Racial Equality Policy Director Nick Johnson cautioned that Britain risks becoming a "mini America" dominated by racially and religiously determined schools, and warned: "If a Muslim child is educated in a school where the vast majority of other children are also Muslim, how can we expect him to work, live and interact with people from other cultures when he leaves school? This is a ticking time-bomb waiting to explode". Given that practically nothing has been done to tackle the roots of the problems, that is, to tackle the very high levels of segregation and promote genuine integration, such a proverbial "time bomb" has indeed exploded in Birmingham, and will doubtless do so in many other towns and cities.
This reasoning and warning is absolutely correct. A natural consequence of residential segregation is that schools in inner cities have also become segregated: in the 21 Birmingham schools that were inspected by Ofsted, children of Muslim parents comprise over 90 per cent. Channel 4 News reported that in one school, only one child was non-Muslim; the white mother of the child thought that though a secular, state, school, it felt like a Muslim faith school. Indeed, this is precisely what has been happening: parents and governors of these schools are attempting to convert them into de facto Muslim faith schools. And here is something that has not been remarked upon: what is giving cause for concern re attempts by Islamists to take over state schools in Birmingham is precisely what has been made lawful in free schools and faith schools. Abandoning children to such schools, which are plainly not fit for purpose for modern Europe, is nothing short of a dereliction of duty.
The rising level of segregation is not only a phenomenon of "white flight" but also the flight of those from other religious-ethnic minorities. Polite society may not notice, but the stark reality is that Hindu and Sikh parents do not wish to send their schools where there is preponderance of Muslim children and vice versa. So what have arisen are "mono-faith" neighbourhoods and schools. Given the enormous importance of the formative years in life, this phenomenon can have a highly significant and lasting effect on how children from different backgrounds relate to each other. Put bluntly, there is likely to be a deleterious impact on integration and cohesion from heightened levels of segregation of children and this surely does not at all augur well for the goal of a socially cohesive society. If segregation of communities is not a desirable outcome and is an obstacle to improving social cohesion, then it is certainly also true for children in schools.
Michael Gove's call that school children must be taught "British values" is inadequate given that there is simply no agreed definition of what these values are. Rather, it is imperative that a child's accident of birth should not preclude a broad, critical, tolerant education; this must necessarily be secular. Moreover, this needs to be combined with children from minority communities mixing with others, especially with those from the majority white society. These enormously important lessons need to be learned and acted upon by both the government and the opposition.
Rumy Hasan is a senior lecturer at the University of Sussex and writes for the Huffington Post, where this article first appeared. You can follow him on Twitter @RumyHasan. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the NSS.
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Portugal approves no deal legislation protecting rights of UK nationals
Portuguese Government publishes legislation setting out measures protecting UK nationals in Portugal if the UK leaves the EU without an agreed deal. Details of the legislation are available in Portuguese and English.
Source: GOV.UK
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/portugal-approves-no-deal-legislation-protecting-rights-of-uk-nationals
UK signs post-Brexit trade deal with Switzerland
The UK and Switzerland have signed a deal to continue trading after Brexit as they did before it.
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47196636
The UK no longer feels like home
The UK no longer feels like home': the British Europhiles racing for EU passports
Thousands of Britons have applied for citizenship elsewhere since the Brexit vote. Here, Guardian readers across Europe explain why they made the decision
Link: https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/05/the-uk-no-longer-feels-like-home-the-british-europhiles-racing-for-eu-passports


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Peckish
By Warren Draper on Monday, January 14, 2019
Doncaster born now Nottingham resident Scarlett Lee shares her journey into veganism.
Words: Scarlett Lee
Food love. South Yorkshire Pride. Vegans.
'Peckish' was how a friend's mum described me as a child and I'm still getting over it. I think she meant 'greedy'. I was always into food. I still love food. Eating out or in. Being creative. Showing love. Exploring a place when I visit for the first time. I always remember what I ate.
Doncaster Market, 1990. The fishmongers bit. I'm there with my brother and my dad. Cute little plates on the counter. Cockles with vinegar. Happiness. I'm standing up like you do to eat there. Mind the gritty bits.
Conisbrough, 1997. School dinners. Margarita pizza every day (in) or chips and curry (out). Mr Lau's polystyrene cones of goodness. Always exactly one ladle of curry. Never more. I always hoped. Lots of vinegar. Sometimes ham, finely sliced by the machine, on white from the bread shop. One time I got the end of the ham and it reminded me of a little hamster carcass and I couldn't eat it. Slowly things changed.
Doncaster town centre, c. 1998. A wallpaper table set up in the high street with that awful poster of the cat with the bolt through its skull. The animal rights people have interesting hair. I'm there in my army surplus camo combats my dad bought me from the shop near the market. Felt super cool. Spice Girls and All Saints.
2009. Commuting in the car. There's a news item on the radio about dairy calves. This is the reason many of us vegans are vegan. To get milk you have to have a recently pregnant cow. Enter the baby. Useful? Not really, so off to the slaughter he goes. Sitting in the car,I know this and I've known it for ages. I am a hypocrite. I've been a vegetarian for years by now yet I know I'm contributing to misery and death. I stop. I do research. I watch films online but stop short of Earthlings. It feels exciting and right eating new types of foods. My diet expands. I can still eat cake. I'm glad.
I'm not the first vegan in the village. We have a star of the vegan hall of fame to call our own – Donald Watson, founder of the Vegan Society, no less. Donald was born in Mexborough in 1910. He was the son of the headmaster of Denaby Main School. He had an epiphany at 14 and stopped eating meat. He didn't do badly on his innings, living to old bones of 95.
Back when Donald was young, things were different. In fact, Donald and his gang were so radical they had to decide how they were going to describe this new, compassionate lifestyle. According to the Vegan Society,I could well be calling myself a 'benevore' or a 'vitan' had they opted for one of the other suggestions. The latter sounds to me like a person from the planet Health. To be fair, 'vegan' is a funny word and has always made me think of Spock and Vulcans. Live long and prosper, and eat cruelty free.
Aged 92, Donald was interviewed in 2002, still going strong and with a lot to say (the transcript is 34 pages long) – remembering childhood, sowing seeds in the yard of his South Yorkshire "row house". He became a carpenter by trade and wrote the Vegan News, a hand – printed early 'zine predating the Vegan Society (est. 1944). He gave his thoughts on everything from political activism (direct action: "I've respect for all the people who do it, but my own personal feeling is that I wouldn't do it…")to being a conscientious objector in World War 2 ("Suppose they sent me to a slaughterhouse? Or anywhere elsewhere I'm expected to conform to orders from above?").I wonder what he would make of Donny and all the good stuff that's happening there now.
Back to 2015. I live in Nottingham now. Not far, but I'm proud to be from South Yorkshire.I miss our green hills and woods sometimes. Tyrion Lannister, aka the actor Peter Dinklage, Woody Harrelson and Russell Brand are famous vegans. It's not really 'outsider' any more.It's accessible.Food bloggerJack Monroe is posting vegan recipes. She's not vegan but she likes them. My friends (not vegan) have me over for dinner. No, it's ok ,I don't need to bring my own food, they tell me. They are good friends, kind and inclusive, but mainly they are just familiar by now with what I don't eat. They don't have to think about it so it's no bother, and their food is often vegan anyway. It's cheap–see Jack Monroe's recipes–healthy and local. My mum, unsolicited, recently produced a surprise Pyrex filled with a favourite childhood stew and dumplings. She used vegetable suet in the dumplings. It's a winter cuddle straight from the 80s.
So thanks Donald Watson. We have a proud food heritage in South Yorkshire. We also have a proud activism heritage. We stand up for what we believe in and it feels good-the miners, the unions, the women, the workers and the vegans.I'm proud.
http://www.vegansociety.com/
Recipes. Information. Campaigning. Shop.
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/
Resources, free talks and cookery demos to schools.
http://www.happycow.net/
Enter your location–anywhere in the world–and you're given veg friendly cafes, restaurants and hotels. The first thing I look at when travelling anywhere.
http://www.theppk.com/
Post Punk Kitchen. For the attitude and food porn. Isa is American.There are plenty of UK blogs,but this is worth a look.
http://www.veggierunners.com/
Leeds – based mother and daughter. More on the health angle.
http://agirlcalledjack.com/
Not vegan, but anti-poverty and feminist campaigner, and Best Blog winner. Lots here for anyone wanting to leave out the animal products.


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Montana Lawmakers Considering Bills to Overhaul Voter-Approved Cannabis Law
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Montana lawmakers are considering three bills that seek to determine the state's cannabis regime ahead of its scheduled rollout later this year, KTVH reports. Montana voters approved the reforms during last November's General Election 58% to 42%.
Under the voter-approved framework, recreational and medical cannabis licenses would be separated but the same person could hold both licenses and only current medical cannabis companies would be able to request an adult-use license in the first year. The tax rate would be set at 20% and revenues would be directed to wildlife habitat and other conservation programs, veterans' services, and health care worker salaries. The measure also includes local opt-out provisions and allows home cultivation. It would also require the state to begin accepting industry applications by October 1.
The overhaul bill proposed by Republican Rep. Mike Hopkins would push back the timeline for the state to begin accepting recreational cannabis licenses until Jan. 1, 2022; allow only current medical cannabis companies to request adult-use licenses for 18 months; change the opt-out provisions to opt-in; allow municipalities to add a 5% local tax on sales; institute THC caps; prohibit people from participating in the industry if they had any drug-related convictions – including from other states – and would direct most of the revenue onto the state's general fund and up to $6 million a year for the mental health and substance abuse treatment-focused HEART Fund.
The bills backed by Republican Reps. Derek Skees and Matt Regier would create a single license for both medical and recreational sellers. The bills would reduce the tax on adult-use sales to 15% while raising the tax on medical sales from 4% to 5% and direct one-third of those revenues to a trust fund, with the fund's interest eventually being used to address any negative impacts from legalization and for the state's pension liability.
The bill proposed by Republican Rep. Brad Tschida would set up the industry more like how the state regulates alcohol, including a three-tiered system that would require dispensaries to purchase from wholesalers, who would purchase it from cultivators; keep the 20% tax intact but charge it on the wholesale price and direct those revenues to the general fund; and require home cultivators to acquire a license.
The legislature must take action on the bills this session in order to make any changes to the law.
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Blog about things people care about. Don't blog about daily chores that everybody does like washing dishes or making beds. Unless you can present these topics in an exciting and unique way, internet users will not want to read your blog. It should always be clear from your writing why you believe your chosen subject matter would be interesting for your readers. Keep in mind that your overall goal is to gain regular readers for your site.
Make sure your blog stands apart from the competition. Unique content will draw readers. Providing information that is difficult for people to find will also draw readers. Post content about a unique experience or hobby. Describe the construction of a widget in excruciating detail. Give the readers a good reason to visit your blog to find the information they want.
Make your blogs short and snappy. Providing the detail your readers are seeking is important, but too much information can be boring. Blog readers do not require detailed and flowery prose. They are interested in the meat of your topic, not the seasoning!
TIP! Break up long blog posts with subheadings to ensure your reader doesn't tire out. This will ensure that your readers return often, as they know that the content they find will be easy to read.
Have images and graphics within your blog posts. The power of a well-chosen image to add interest and clarity to your subject matter can greatly improve the effectiveness of your writing. This is very important when it comes to blogging. Pictures often communicate message more easily then just words. Make sure to incorporate images in your post.
TIP! Vary your approach when blogging. Approach your blog as a business and always aim to improve it.
Try recruiting guest bloggers to write for you. This practice could help you to develop good relationships with other blog owners, which could prove lucrative in the future. Strong relationships are important and shouldn't be underestimated. In addition, guest blogging helps build link connections for both sites: they post on your blog, you post on theirs, and you both have fresh content from a new perspective and a backlink to your respective sites.
TIP! Put your keywords in bold and italic. That will help your keywords stand out to all of your readers, and is also good for search engine spiders.
Start a mailing list for the blog as soon as possible. The sooner you begin, the greater the amount of time you have for growing your list. You can use this list later on to make money. You may regret not starting your mailing list if you wait until a later time.
TIP! Use social media sites to help build up your blog. Do not overlook the power of social media as the latest and best way on the internet of connecting you with the people you want reading your blog.
Blog Posting is not particularly complicated and does not require any specialized skills. Some passion and dedication are all it really takes. Now that you know the difficult part, you may use this knowledge to assist you on your writing a blog journey. The success of your blog is entirely in your hands.


Satan magnifies these thoughts to make us think they're carved in stone and hangs them over our heads by the thinnest of threads, ready to crush us.
And then we get a harsh critique or a rejection. We take another step to the brink of quitting.
Discouragement can be so strong, we want to burrow under the covers.
But there is a way out. Well, there are several ways out. Beginning with prayer and seeking God's voice.
We do it by making a decision and taking action to give from our own pain. It's amazing, but it is possible to get courage when we give courage to others.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NLT) tells us to encourage each other and build each other up. Jesus doesn't tell us to do something without also giving us the means to do it. It may still be difficult, maybe harder than we think we can handle. It requires us to take those first steps of obedience and faith.
How do we do this? With purpose. When we go to a writers group or a conference, go with the attitude of giving courage to a struggling writer. Ask God to bring our paths together. Their struggle may be related to a larger life issue, not just their writing. Talk with them, pray with and for them, offer to be available as much as you can.
The writing community is much like the early Church where believers came together to worship and praise. And also to serve and to share in struggles as well as triumphs.
I have a friend in my writing group who is a super encourager. She should have a costume with a big golden E on her cape. She encourages even when we know she is dealing with health issues or other problems. Part of her encouraging is to challenge us to reach for more in our writing. When she starts encouraging, within a few minutes we're all encouraging each other. It becomes contagious in a good way. We leave our meeting energized and confident because of the effort she made despite her own feelings.
What was it like when someone encouraged you? When did you encourage others? How did it feel?


I am a dreamer. Always have been. The other day as I thought of my to-do list and my bucket list I realized they will always remain on my list unless I actually do them. And if I continue to wait for an available moment, they will always remain dreams.
Good advice. I seem to be addicted to procrastination.


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Sempiternal Past Darkthrone CD
Darkthrone began in the late 80's as a thrash/death metal act and progressed through technical death/doom metal experimentation to become hugely respected and influential legends of the black metal world, and one of the original leading forces of the Norwegian scene, alongside other legendary acts such as Mayhem and Burzum.
'Sempiternal Past' contains all 4 of Darkthrone's cult demo releases recorded between 1988-1989 ('Land of Frost', 'A New Dimension', 'Thulcandra', & 'Cromlech') and shows the remarkable development of the band in its early years.
Each demo has now been fully restored and re-mastered from the best tape sources available, specifically for this release. Also included are the tracks recorded at Oslo TV in 1989, along with a restored version of the rare song 'God Of Disturbance And Friction'.
The cd booklet features liner notes, lyrics and rare photos of the band in their early years.
1. Land Of Frost
2. Winds Of Triton
3. Forest Of Darkness
4. Odyssey Of Freedom
5. Day Of The Dead
7. Snowfall
8. Eon
9. Thulcandra
10. Archipelago
11. The Watchtower
12. Accumulation Of Generalization
13. Sempiternal Past / Presence View Sepulchrality
14. Iconoclasm Sweeps Cappadocia
15. Soria Moria Slott (Oslo TV 1989)
16. Eon / Thulcandra (Oslo TV 1989)
17. God Of Disturbance And Friction
Under A Funeral Moon
The Wind of 666 Black Hearts
Panzerfaust
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1732. A printed bill from Edward Warren, importer of wine and foreign spirits, Piccadilly, for a substantial quantity of wine, made out to a Mr Hartley, whom we firmly believe to be David Hartley, the younger (1732 – 19 December 1813), statesman, scientific inventor, and the son of the philosopher David Hartley. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull, and also held the position of His Britannic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary, appointed by King George III to treat with the United States of America. He was a signatory to theTreaty of Paris. Hartley was the first MP to put the case for abolition of the slave trade before the House of Commons, moving a resolution in 1776 that "the slave trade is contrary to the laws of God and the rights of men". Old crease-marks where folded; else very good. Oblong: 17.2 x 20.2 cm.
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// -*- C++ -*-
// Module:  Log4CPLUS
// File:    loggingmacros.h
// Created: 8/2003
// Author:  Tad E. Smith
//
//
// Copyright 2003-2010 Tad E. Smith
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

/** @file
 * This header defines the logging macros. */

#ifndef LOG4CPLUS_LOGGING_MACROS_HEADER_
#define LOG4CPLUS_LOGGING_MACROS_HEADER_

#include <log4cplus/config.hxx>

#if defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_PRAGMA_ONCE)
#pragma once
#endif

#include <log4cplus/streams.h>
#include <log4cplus/logger.h>
#include <log4cplus/helpers/snprintf.h>
#include <log4cplus/tracelogger.h>
#include <sstream>
#include <utility>

#if defined(LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_FATAL) && !defined(LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_ERROR)
#define LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_ERROR
#endif
#if defined(LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_ERROR) && !defined(LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_WARN)
#define LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_WARN
#endif
#if defined(LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_WARN) && !defined(LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_INFO)
#define LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_INFO
#endif
#if defined(LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_INFO) && !defined(LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_DEBUG)
#define LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_DEBUG
#endif
#if defined(LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_DEBUG) && !defined(LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_TRACE)
#define LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_TRACE
#endif

namespace log4cplus
{

namespace detail
{

inline
Logger
macros_get_logger (Logger const & logger)
{
    return logger;
}

inline
Logger const &
macros_get_logger (Logger & logger)
{
    return logger;
}

#if defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_RVALUE_REFS)
inline
Logger
macros_get_logger (Logger && logger)
{
    return std::move (logger);
}

#endif

inline
Logger
macros_get_logger (tstring const & logger)
{
    return Logger::getInstance (logger);
}

inline
Logger
macros_get_logger (tchar const * logger)
{
    return Logger::getInstance (logger);
}

LOG4CPLUS_EXPORT void clear_tostringstream (tostringstream &);

LOG4CPLUS_EXPORT log4cplus::tostringstream & get_macro_body_oss ();
LOG4CPLUS_EXPORT log4cplus::helpers::snprintf_buf & get_macro_body_snprintf_buf ();
LOG4CPLUS_EXPORT void macro_forced_log (log4cplus::Logger const &,
    log4cplus::LogLevel, log4cplus::tstring const &, char const *, int,
    char const *);

} // namespace detail

} // namespace log4cplus

#undef LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FUNCTION
#define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FUNCTION() 0
#if ! defined (LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_FUNCTION_MACRO)
#  if defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_FUNCSIG_MACRO)
#    undef LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FUNCTION
#    define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FUNCTION() __FUNCSIG__
#  elif defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_PRETTY_FUNCTION_MACRO)
#    undef LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FUNCTION
#    define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FUNCTION() __PRETTY_FUNCTION__
#  elif defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_FUNCTION_MACRO)
#    undef LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FUNCTION
#    define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FUNCTION() __FUNCTION__
#  elif defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_FUNC_SYMBOL)
#    undef LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FUNCTION
#    define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FUNCTION() __func__
#  endif
#endif

// Make TRACE and DEBUG log level unlikely and INFO, WARN, ERROR and
// FATAL log level likely.
#define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_TRACE_LOG_LEVEL(pred) \
    LOG4CPLUS_UNLIKELY (pred)
#define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL(pred) \
    LOG4CPLUS_UNLIKELY (pred)
#define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_INFO_LOG_LEVEL(pred) \
    LOG4CPLUS_LIKELY (pred)
#define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_WARN_LOG_LEVEL(pred) \
    LOG4CPLUS_LIKELY (pred)
#define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_ERROR_LOG_LEVEL(pred) \
    LOG4CPLUS_LIKELY (pred)
#define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FATAL_LOG_LEVEL(pred) \
    LOG4CPLUS_LIKELY (pred)

//! Dispatch to LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_LOGLEVEL_* depending on log level.
#define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_LOGLEVEL_PRED(pred, logLevel)    \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_ ## logLevel (pred)

#define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_BODY(logger, logEvent, logLevel)                \
    do {                                                                \
        log4cplus::Logger const & _l                                    \
            = log4cplus::detail::macros_get_logger (logger);            \
        if (LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_LOGLEVEL_PRED (                             \
                _l.isEnabledFor (log4cplus::logLevel), logLevel)) {     \
            log4cplus::tostringstream & _log4cplus_buf                  \
                = log4cplus::detail::get_macro_body_oss ();             \
            _log4cplus_buf << logEvent;                                 \
            log4cplus::detail::macro_forced_log (_l,                    \
                log4cplus::logLevel, _log4cplus_buf.str(),              \
                __FILE__, __LINE__, LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FUNCTION ());       \
        }                                                               \
    } while (0)

#define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_STR_BODY(logger, logEvent, logLevel)            \
    do {                                                                \
        log4cplus::Logger const & _l                                    \
            = log4cplus::detail::macros_get_logger (logger);            \
        if (LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_LOGLEVEL_PRED (                             \
                _l.isEnabledFor (log4cplus::logLevel), logLevel)) {     \
            log4cplus::detail::macro_forced_log (_l,                    \
                log4cplus::logLevel, logEvent,                          \
                __FILE__, __LINE__, LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FUNCTION ());       \
        }                                                               \
    } while(0)

#if defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_C99_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FMT_BODY(logger, logLevel, logFmt, ...)         \
    do {                                                                \
        log4cplus::Logger const & _l                                    \
            = log4cplus::detail::macros_get_logger (logger);            \
        if (LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_LOGLEVEL_PRED (                             \
                _l.isEnabledFor (log4cplus::logLevel), logLevel)) {     \
            log4cplus::helpers::snprintf_buf & _snpbuf                  \
                = log4cplus::detail::get_macro_body_snprintf_buf ();    \
            log4cplus::tchar const * _logEvent                          \
                = _snpbuf.print (logFmt, __VA_ARGS__);                  \
            log4cplus::detail::macro_forced_log (_l,                    \
                log4cplus::logLevel, _logEvent,                         \
                __FILE__, __LINE__, LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FUNCTION ());       \
        }                                                           \
    } while(0)

#elif defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_GNU_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FMT_BODY(logger, logLevel, logFmt, logArgs...)  \
    do {                                                                \
        log4cplus::Logger const & _l                                    \
            = log4cplus::detail::macros_get_logger (logger);            \
        if (LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_LOGLEVEL_PRED (                             \
                _l.isEnabledFor (log4cplus::logLevel), logLevel)) {     \
            log4cplus::helpers::snprintf_buf & _snpbuf                  \
                = log4cplus::detail::get_macro_body_snprintf_buf ();    \
            log4cplus::tchar const * _logEvent                          \
                = _snpbuf.print (logFmt, logArgs);                      \
            log4cplus::detail::macro_forced_log (_l,                    \
                log4cplus::logLevel, _logEvent,                         \
                __FILE__, __LINE__, LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FUNCTION ());       \
        }                                                               \
    } while(0)

#endif

/**
 * @def LOG4CPLUS_TRACE(logger, logEvent) This macro creates a
 * TraceLogger to log a TRACE_LOG_LEVEL message to logger
 * upon entry and exiting of a method.
 * logEvent will be streamed into an ostream.
 */
#if !defined(LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_TRACE)
#define LOG4CPLUS_TRACE_METHOD(logger, logEvent)                        \
    log4cplus::TraceLogger _log4cplus_trace_logger(logger, logEvent,    \
                                                   __FILE__, __LINE__);
#define LOG4CPLUS_TRACE(logger, logEvent)                               \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_BODY (logger, logEvent, TRACE_LOG_LEVEL)
#define LOG4CPLUS_TRACE_STR(logger, logEvent)                           \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_STR_BODY (logger, logEvent, TRACE_LOG_LEVEL)

#if defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_C99_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_TRACE_FMT(logger, logFmt, ...)                            \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FMT_BODY (logger, TRACE_LOG_LEVEL, logFmt, __VA_ARGS__)
#elif defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_GNU_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_TRACE_FMT(logger, logFmt, logArgs...)                     \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FMT_BODY(logger, TRACE_LOG_LEVEL, logFmt, logArgs)
#endif

#else
#define LOG4CPLUS_TRACE_METHOD(logger, logEvent) do { } while (0)
#define LOG4CPLUS_TRACE(logger, logEvent) do { } while (0)
#define LOG4CPLUS_TRACE_STR(logger, logEvent) do { } while (0)
#if defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_C99_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_TRACE_FMT(logger, logFmt, ...) do { } while (0)
#elif defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_GNU_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_TRACE_FMT(logger, logFmt, logArgs...) do { } while (0)
#endif

#endif

/**
 * @def LOG4CPLUS_DEBUG(logger, logEvent)  This macro is used to log a
 * DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL message to logger.
 * logEvent will be streamed into an ostream.
 */
#if !defined(LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_DEBUG)
#define LOG4CPLUS_DEBUG(logger, logEvent)                               \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_BODY (logger, logEvent, DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL)
#define LOG4CPLUS_DEBUG_STR(logger, logEvent)                           \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_STR_BODY (logger, logEvent, DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL)

#if defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_C99_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_DEBUG_FMT(logger, logFmt, ...)                            \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FMT_BODY (logger, DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL, logFmt, __VA_ARGS__)
#elif defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_GNU_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_DEBUG_FMT(logger, logFmt, logArgs...)                     \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FMT_BODY(logger, DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL, logFmt, logArgs)
#endif

#else
#define LOG4CPLUS_DEBUG(logger, logEvent) do { } while (0)
#define LOG4CPLUS_DEBUG_STR(logger, logEvent) do { } while (0)
#if defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_C99_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_DEBUG_FMT(logger, logFmt, ...) do { } while (0)
#elif defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_GNU_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_DEBUG_FMT(logger, logFmt, logArgs...) do { } while (0)
#endif

#endif

/**
 * @def LOG4CPLUS_INFO(logger, logEvent)  This macro is used to log a
 * INFO_LOG_LEVEL message to logger.
 * logEvent will be streamed into an ostream.
 */
#if !defined(LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_INFO)
#define LOG4CPLUS_INFO(logger, logEvent)                                \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_BODY (logger, logEvent, INFO_LOG_LEVEL)
#define LOG4CPLUS_INFO_STR(logger, logEvent)                            \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_STR_BODY (logger, logEvent, INFO_LOG_LEVEL)

#if defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_C99_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_INFO_FMT(logger, logFmt, ...)                             \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FMT_BODY (logger, INFO_LOG_LEVEL, logFmt, __VA_ARGS__)
#elif defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_GNU_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_INFO_FMT(logger, logFmt, logArgs...)                      \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FMT_BODY(logger, INFO_LOG_LEVEL, logFmt, logArgs)
#endif

#else
#define LOG4CPLUS_INFO(logger, logEvent) do { } while (0)
#define LOG4CPLUS_INFO_STR(logger, logEvent) do { } while (0)
#if defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_C99_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_INFO_FMT(logger, logFmt, ...) do { } while (0)
#elif defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_GNU_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_INFO_FMT(logger, logFmt, logArgs...) do { } while (0)
#endif

#endif

/**
 * @def LOG4CPLUS_WARN(logger, logEvent)  This macro is used to log a
 * WARN_LOG_LEVEL message to logger.
 * logEvent will be streamed into an ostream.
 */
#if !defined(LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_WARN)
#define LOG4CPLUS_WARN(logger, logEvent)                                \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_BODY (logger, logEvent, WARN_LOG_LEVEL)
#define LOG4CPLUS_WARN_STR(logger, logEvent)                            \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_STR_BODY (logger, logEvent, WARN_LOG_LEVEL)

#if defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_C99_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_WARN_FMT(logger, logFmt, ...)                             \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FMT_BODY (logger, WARN_LOG_LEVEL, logFmt, __VA_ARGS__)
#elif defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_GNU_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_WARN_FMT(logger, logFmt, logArgs...)                      \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FMT_BODY(logger, WARN_LOG_LEVEL, logFmt, logArgs)
#endif

#else
#define LOG4CPLUS_WARN(logger, logEvent) do { } while (0)
#define LOG4CPLUS_WARN_STR(logger, logEvent) do { } while (0)
#if defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_C99_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_WARN_FMT(logger, logFmt, ...) do { } while (0)
#elif defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_GNU_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_WARN_FMT(logger, logFmt, logArgs...) do { } while (0)
#endif

#endif

/**
 * @def LOG4CPLUS_ERROR(logger, logEvent)  This macro is used to log a
 * ERROR_LOG_LEVEL message to logger.
 * logEvent will be streamed into an ostream.
 */
#if !defined(LOG4CPLUS_DISABLE_ERROR)
#define LOG4CPLUS_ERROR(logger, logEvent)                               \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_BODY (logger, logEvent, ERROR_LOG_LEVEL)
#define LOG4CPLUS_ERROR_STR(logger, logEvent)                           \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_STR_BODY (logger, logEvent, ERROR_LOG_LEVEL)

#if defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_C99_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_ERROR_FMT(logger, logFmt, ...)                            \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FMT_BODY (logger, ERROR_LOG_LEVEL, logFmt, __VA_ARGS__)
#elif defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_GNU_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_ERROR_FMT(logger, logFmt, logArgs...)                     \
    LOG4CPLUS_MACRO_FMT_BODY(logger, ERROR_LOG_LEVEL, logFmt, logArgs)
#endif

#else
#define LOG4CPLUS_ERROR(logger, logEvent) do { } while (0)
#define LOG4CPLUS_ERROR_STR(logger, logEvent) do { } while (0)
#if defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_C99_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_ERROR_FMT(logger, logFmt, ...) do { } while (0)
#elif defined (LOG4CPLUS_HAVE_GNU_VARIADIC_MACROS)
#define LOG4CPLUS_ERROR_FMT(logger, logFmt, logArgs...) do { } while (0)
#endif

#endif

/**
 * @def LOG4CPLUS_FATAL(logger, logEvent)  This macro is used to log a
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'Take Me Home' Photoshoot. One Direction photoshoot for Take Me utama. HD Wallpaper and background images in the One Direction club tagged: one direction ♥ 1d tumblr 2012 random fan art.
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But, of course, it's not always sunshine and roses. It took me a 20+-years career to understand the difference between "a job" and "working". And while sometimes I'm bored with my job, that doesn't mean that I'm not still in love with the concept of working.
I attended a productivity workshop this week. The moderator asked how many hours we would like to be working in an ideal day. The answers ranged from four to six. I was in team six… and I was lying.
Ideally, I'd like to spend no more than six hours of my day on client work, but that doesn't mean I would not continue producing content, writing, organizing conferences and happy hours, giving talks and workshops, bouncing ideas off a like-minded network, learning a new skill, and more.
That doesn't mean I wouldn't still be working.
As much as I enjoy the occasional break and putting my brain on pause for a while, I get bored really fast. It's my curse. But it's also a gift I chose to nurture instead of repress.
That's how I became a digital nomad. When I realized I could combine two of my favorite things (working and traveling) I was on cloud nine. Those two things were no longer opposing each other, in the traditional work-vacation way.
That's also how I embraced the idea of being a multipotentialite. And made peace with the fact that juggling several project was a way for me to find balance.
The underlining theme of all that was simple: my love of working.
More often than not, in people's minds, work is the enemy of fun. But what if we changed our definition of work? What if work became the act of creating something? What if we redefined our goals and tried to become masters at creating that thing? Wouldn't work become a lot more interesting?


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March 8, 2010 / 11:12 AM / 9 years ago
Over exercising: Too much of a good thing
Dorene Internicola
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Breaking up your fitness routine is hard to do. But it's crucial for avoiding the bigger heartache of overuse injury, fitness experts say.
A competitor trains inside a bathroom before a bodybuilding competition in Lima January 30, 2010. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
"People tend to do the same thing over and over again, without varying it, without taking adequate rest, without building slowly, and they end up with an overuse injury," said Geralyn Coopersmith, national manager for the Equinox Fitness Training Institute.
"Tendonitis, bursitis, fasciitis, these kinds of inflammations are pretty much guaranteed if you don't' vary your training," said Coopersmith, who oversees the training of 1400 personal trainers in 48 Equinox clubs nationwide.
Yet she concedes that even clients who complain of nagging aches and pains are loath to change their routine.
"People get terrified. They'll say, 'The treadmill made me lose weight.' Well, exercise made you lose weight. The treadmill was the modality. That doesn't' mean it's the only way or the best way," she explained.
"Most people don't cross train enough," she said. "Maybe they've been doing yoga for years so their flexibility is great but ask them to hold a plank position and there's no core strength at all."
For Adrian Shepard, fitness director for the recreation department at Butler University, over-exercisers can suffer more than pain or poor performance.
"Overall it's a tricky thing to notice," he said. "Some signs, like sleeplessness, apathy, depression and difficulty concentrating, may be associated with other conditions. You really have to focus on the big picture."
Shepard says some young adults he works with at the Butler campus in Indianapolis, Indiana, are especially vulnerable.
"Most at risk are those training for an event or sport," he said, "or those with a preoccupation with being thinner."
He stresses the importance of consulting a fitness professional.
"If you're feeling pain while doing an exercise the form might be wrong or you might be injured," he said.
Dr. Heather Gillespie, of the American College of Sports Medicine, sees everyone from elite athletes to weekend warriors in her sports medicine practice at UCLA.
She said the consequences of over-exercising can include stress fractures as well as overuse injuries.
"Some runners just run, no cross training, and they may do the same thing every week," she explained.
For them she recommends strength training.
"Some sort of weight lifting routine focusing on their weaknesses," she said. "A lot of knee pain comes from weak gluteus muscles."
She suggests varying routines and taking time to recover.
"Rest and recovery is very important. It's recommended that you take at least one day off," she said, particularly after an injury has been diagnosed.
"For stress fractures, rest is essential," she added. "But just because you can't run doesn't mean you can't run in the pool. I consider that active rehabilitation."
She acknowledges the difficulty of prying even an injured addict away from his activity.
"Exercise is a great form of stress release," she said. "And injury can cause depression. I've had a lot of people break down in my office because they can't run and they're in tears."
Coopersmith urges all who work out to seek professional advice.
"We tell people that exercise is a drug, and like a drug you need a prescription. So much of it is good, and then so much of it is an overdose."


The bliss of train journey!
Train journeys are the most enjoyed mode of traveling because unlike road vehicles Train takes you from a path where you can see the real natural beauty. Booking tickets for the train have become a lot easier than it was in the past decade. Online booking has seen a boost in the last few years. Many apps are available to book tickets and which will provide you with great discounts for the journey. Almost every facility is provided in the trains these days including restrooms, food, water charging points etc. Following are the reasons why one should choose traveling on a train rather than any other mode of transfer.
One can save a lot of money because traveling by train is one of the cheapest modes of transfer. Also one can get many coupons from online booking apps.
The train will take you from the heart of a town, showing you all the beauty and architecture of the place. Most of the train stations are located in the middle of the city which means you will have to go there meanwhile you can visit the city also.
This is also a plus point of traveling on a train. You can take as much as luggage you want to carry unlike other modes of transport. There is a lot of space to adjust your bags, backpacks, and trolleys under the seats and also between the seats.
One can easily book online Food in Train. There are many sites which will serve you with hot fresh food. You can order any cuisine you want to have. The delivery system is so advanced these days that you don't have to worry about how your food will reach you. Completely hygienic food will be served to you, which is prepared by your favorite restaurants. Moreover, the food is delivered on your seat itself so you don't have to leave your seat and get down on any station for the food. At times you won't find the station food to be hygienic so ordering food on the train is the best option one can benefit from.
You can always stay connected to your family and friends on phone or also on the internet because most of the times you won't face any issue regarding your connectivity. You can watch movies or your favorite series on your laptop or phone. Reading a book or novel is also a good option while you are traveling in a train.
Comfort in traveling is the priority for everyone. In a train you can sit in any posture you like because the seat provided has a lot of space secondly there are no safety issues in a train one can travel easily at nights also.


BLUF: Hansel and Gretel should have packed these in their kit instead of bread crumbs.
Mark safe zones and danger zones by color. Easily search areas with no power and leave your bread crumbs to get out fast.
What makes this product great? Everything. It's simple to use, stashes anywhere and is always ready when you need it. While it is no 500 lumen spotlight, these light sticks provide immediate functional lighting for emergency situations, covert operations, or your kid's halloween costume. Stay prepared with Cyalume ChemLights.
I maintain a stockage of these. Never need batts and are waterproof.
I sold Cyalume back in the early 80s when I owned a public service sales company. To give you an idea of just how good these are, I found a couple of old inventory that had been sitting in storage for 30 years (their shelf-life was about 5) so I cracked one open and set it next to a new one I just bought, Needless to say, it was a bit dimmer, but it was still about 60-70% as bright as the new one. You can't help but like quality!
The Cyalume brand beat any of the cheap glow sticks you buy at wally world. Buy quality. The life you save could be mine.


Leary Kids - Thinkin' Out Loud: Barney's Yucky!
We have always told the kids that "Barney" is yucky. Yesterday I had this conversation with Mia.
Mia: "Remember that day when I was sick and I had to watch "Barney"?"
Jared: "Because Barney is SO yucky?"
Mia: "Because I called for you and you didn't hear me."
Mia: "It ISN'T funny AND Barney isn't yucky!"


text:
Opening Salvo: See You in September
Too Much Tchaikovsky: "Who the hell is Allan Pettersson?"
Music, Audio, and Other Illnesses: What Made Woodstock So Different?
The Audio Cynic: Back to Basics
Quibbles and Bits: The Sound Of Music
Twisted Systems: End of Summer Musings
Vintage Whine: Drive, He Said Part 1
Music'al Notes: My First Visit to China
Off the Charts: Journey
Revolutions Per Minute: How Records Are Made, Part 1: Disk Mastering
Music to My Ears: The Wildweeds
Something Old / Something New: Clara Wieck Schumann
To Be Determined: Papa's Got a Real Mixed Bag
Featured: The California Audio Show Part 2
Featured: A Visit to a Linkwitz Open House
In My Room: A Turntable of my Own, Part 3
rodrigues: Rococo Loco
Parting Shot: Douglas DC6, Tucson
The Wildweeds
By WL Woodward
"I'm listening to WDRC BIG D in Hartford!"
In 1967 WDRC, a Hartford pop station (What's Doing Round Conn.) 1360 on your AM dial, was running a promotional radio contest. Every hour the DJ would call a random phone number and if you answered "I'm listening to WDRC, BIG D in Hartford!" exactly, no substitutes, exclamation point assumed, and knew how much money was in the jackpot, you won the jackpot. If the caller that hour failed to answer correctly or didn't know the jackpot, the jackpot increased by $13.60. The worst that could happen is you'd win in the first hour. The effect of course was anyone who participated had to listen to that damn station all day to keep track of the jackpot. And know how to add. $13.60 is a tough number. Pre-calculators dude.
My mom was an amateur sociopath and like most of her persuasion when she got stuck on something it would not come loose. She believed absolutely we were going to win this contest. We were all assigned times we had to listen and keep track of the jackpot. If you were home sick from school the transistor radio was installed next to your bed and your torture was to have to listen to "Winchester Cathedral" by the New Vaudeville Band (look dat POS up, No 1 with a bullet) or the Herman's Hermits "I'm Henry the VIII, I Am" (second verse, just like the first) played incessantly and keep track of that flippin jackpot.
Yes, you know the end of this one. One night the phone rang. My brother went to answer it, but suddenly Mom was pounding up the stairs from the basement yelling "Stop! Don't answer that!" Apparently she had forgotten to add the last hours' jackpot to the tally kept right by the phone (only phone in the house) so the total was wrong. She wrenched the phone from Ed's hand, causing possible future nerve damage and answered "I'm listening to WDRC, Big D in Hartford!" Pause. Then "Yes! It's $1210.40!" Everyone in the kitchen froze because we knew what had just happened.
After the general pandemonium subsided it was decided that despite this new found vast wealth we all had to go to school the next day. I remember not sleeping. I felt as though everything had changed. Would the kids at school treat me differently because of our fortune? Would we move to a new home? Was I too young to buy a car? How much do girls cost? Being all of 12 years old I wasn't sure of the laws about such things, but I did know $1200 was a vast sum to a family that was known to re-wrap Hot Wheels cars for Christmas. The fact that $1200 was all that separated a family between middle class worry and enormous wealth boggled my fevered brain.
My Dad had just started his own business and wanted to use the money to buy equipment and materials and get a jump ahead on cash flow. Mom wanted a pool. Three weeks later when the pool arrived our fame had spread far and wide, at least up and down Ash Drive.
A byproduct of all that listening to WDRC was a new band had emerged and had a hit. The band was the Wildweeds and the song "No Good To Cry".
We all thought this a black Motown band but found out we lived near these guys. I grew up in Windsor Locks, CT, and her sister town next door was Windsor. All the 'Weeds were Windsor boys, and one would become well known. Big Al Anderson was the guitar player, songwriter for the band and vocalist on this cut and would go on to be the guitarist for NRBQ for 22 years. The others in the Weeds were Andy Lepak on drums, Ray Zeiner keyboards, Bob Dudek bass and Martin "Skip" Yakaitis on percussion. Andy's dad Alex was a professional musician and teacher who first recognized the talent these guys had and would be their first manager. He helped them get recorded, paid them salaries and instilled in them a professional respect for the business. Our friends from Windsor remember hearing the band practice at the Lepak's house, and not because Mr. Lepak was managing them. The fact is bands always practice at the drummer's house for obvious reasons. This is a cautionary tale for anyone out there who has a kid that wants to play drums. You will be subjected to all manner of repeated mayhem.
By the beginning of 1967 the Weeds had tightened into a rocking soul outfit and soon we were hearing them playing in the local halls like the K of C in Windsor Locks and at festivals all over New England. Their focus was soul and R&B and they could rock it. Surely bands like the Beatles and Stones had used blues and R&B to crossover with rock but these guys' heroes were people like Ray Charles, the Impressions, and Otis Redding. The Wildweeds' music reflected this and wowed audiences all over New England.
The first releases in 1967 include the next three selections and showcase both Anderson's song writing ability and their roots in soul. This first, "It Was Fun (While It Lasted)":
And "Someday Morning" 1967:
There was, and still is, a hot dog and fried clam shack called Bart's down by the river just before you cross under the railroad bridge going into Windsor. Guys who grew up there remember Big Al showing up in a new Corvette that Summer of Love. From that summer, "Can't You See That I'm Lonely":
The band had gotten the attention of Chess records and they were recorded on a subsidiary Cadet Records. But as much of a rabid regional following the band had, the record company didn't know what to do with these guys so nothing was happening nationally. The band experimented with changes in musical direction and as early as 1968 we heard more of a rock sound. Here's "I'm Dreaming" with Dudek on vocals. Nice bass player by the way.
Eeep. That scared my cat.
By 1970/72 the band was changing people and direction so much they eventually just lost the way. From 1972 "C'mon If You're Comin'".
In 1970 Skip Yakaitis talked Big Al into seeing this band called NRBQ that was touring from the south. In 1972 NRBQ booked the Wildweeds to play a gig in Clinton Corners, NY in what was essentially an audition for Big Al. NRBQ's guitar player, Steve Ferguson was leaving the group and they needed some fresh meat. Thus started a 22 year relationship that will be lovingly covered in my next column.
Here's a vid of a Wildweeds reunion in Windsor Locks. My wife of 45 years and I are from there so..wow.
Here's a taste of what NRBQ were like live. Johnny Cash's "Get Rhythm". Ironically on Carlene Carter's TV show.
Shiver me Timbers.
About WL Woodward
W L Woodward is the Director of Operations at PS Audio. He has been married since 1974 to his high school sweetheart and should practice his guitar more.
bdp24 August 27, 2019 at 8:09 am #
God I love NRBQ with Al Anderson. Saw them live in L.A. a buncha times, best show was at The Roxy. What a band! Their live version of "I Want You To Feel Good Too" is just about as hot as Rock 'n' Roll gets. The Who couldn't follow NRBQ on stage!
WL Woodward August 27, 2019 at 8:21 am #
Yep, they were great with that lineup including Big Al. You'll like my next column, I'm focusing on that version of NRBQ with live clips. The record companies really whiffed on these guys. Pretty much every album has a song on it with national hit possibility. And live, holy smokes. One of Paul McCartney's favorite bands. At the end of one of the Wings tours Paul hired NRBQ for the wrap up party. And I'm from CT and here you are from LA loving these guys. Thank you so much for reading and writing BDP, reaffirms my belief that there are NRBQ fans everywhere. Woody
bdp24 August 27, 2019 at 6:24 pm #
Woody, I also follow Big Al wherever he goes. I have all his solo albums, and try and keep up with those who record his songs now that he is focusing on songwriting in Nashville. He's had some big hits! I wish Buddy Miller would get Al into his Nashville home studio—the two of them could really tear it up together!
WL Woodward August 28, 2019 at 10:34 am #
Al had a #1 hit with Tim McGraw and the list of folks he's been writing for since leaving NRBQ are the Whos' Who in country. Vince Gill, quietly one of the best guitar players in Nashville, has Al on his list of 14 favorite guitar players he did for Rolling Stone, which includes guys like Jimmy Page, Sonny Landreth, Derek Trucks and Doc Watson. Rarified air right there.
I love Telecaster players, they're almost always real good. Albert Lee, Danny Gatton (a guitarist's guitarist. Vince Gill nicknamed him The Humbler!), Clarence White, James Burton, Paul Burlinson (The Johnny Burnette Trio), Dave Edmunds (though I liked him on his '58 Gibson ES335's too), many others. I don't like the Strat much, though there are exceptions—Ry Cooder for instance!
I've seen some videos of Al playing his Tele live with Carlene Carter. Wasn't she SO hot in her prime?! 😉 She was playing her Gibson J-200 my favorite acoustic.
Al actually played a Strat as much as the Tele. And don't discount Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmore, Richie Blackmore, Sonny Landreth, Eric Clapton, Yngwie Malmsteen, Buddy Guy, Dick Dale, Robert Cray, Ronnie Wood, Tommy Bolin, Rory Gallagher and Eric Johnson….
WL, you forgot Mark Knopfler! I like Sonny Landreth a lot, and Knopfler's alright, but the others you list make my case against the Strat—I don't like 'em! Well, Clapton's okay too, but I don't care much for "Blues/Rock" guitar playing, especially that of white Englishmen (though Peter Green was awesome).
I saw/heard Hendrix twice (with the original Experience), and though others idolize him, I don't. I love the first three Procol Harum albums, but when organist Matthew Fisher left the group, Robin Trower's worst traits came to the foreground, and turned a once-great music group into just another white, British Blues/Rock band. Ugh.
By the way, is Ronnie Wood considered a good guitarist? I saw him playing bass with Jeff Beck on his first U.S. tour, with of course Rod Stewart singing. Jeff was fabulous, as was drummer Micky Waller, but Wood was not much of a bassist, and Rod's vocals have always annoyed me. Sorry for being so contrary!
Anyway, I eagerly look forward to your next installment in the Al Anderson saga!
WL Woodward September 1, 2019 at 1:54 pm #
Eric! Hahahaha! You ARE a contrarian! Glad to know you.. Knopfler is actually underrated, forgot to mention SRV (!!!). On Ronnie Wood you could check out his work with Faces, but because Rod Stewart was the vocalist you probably wouldn't like that either! Peter Green was awesome (wrote Black Magic Woman), envious you saw Hendrix with the original Experience (never hear Mitch mentioned as a great drummer which is sick), and I agree on Procol Harum. Keep being contrary my friend! See you in NRBQ land. Wood
bdp24 September 9, 2019 at 2:51 am #
Here's a Rod Stewart story for ya: During Jeff Beck's 1968 set at The Carousel Ballroom (competition for The Fillmore), he took off on an extended guitar solo. With nothing to do, Stewart wandered to the back of the stage, picked out a guitar on the rack of spares, and strapped it on. He slowly wandered back to the front of the stage, gently strumming the guitar. Beck took notice of that, and stopped playing, just looking at Rod. A look of extreme disgust contorted his face, and he walked up to his mic. In a voice filled with utter contempt, Jeff spit out these words: "The thing's not even plugged in. Bloody wanker." Stewart sheepishly walked back to the guitar rack, taking of the Danelectro 12-string and setting it down.
WL Woodward September 12, 2019 at 8:42 am #
Hahaha! Here's another one. At Rod Stewart's induction into the R&R HOF Beck did the induction speech at Stewart's request. Beck said,"Rod and I have a love-hate relationship. He loves me and I hate him."
How Records Are Made, Part 1: Disk Mastering
Clara Wieck Schumann


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Q: Second countable spaces under continuous closed surjective maps Let $p:X\rightarrow Y$ be a closed continuous surjective map such that $p^{-1}(y)$ is compact for each $y\in Y$. Show that if $X$ is second countable  then $Y$ is second countable.
Let $y\in Y$ and $U$ be an open set in $Y$. Let $x\in X$ such that $p(x)=y$.
As $p$ is continuous, $p^{-1}(U)$ is open and contains $x$.
As $X$ is second countable there exists a countable collection of open sets $\{U_n\}$ being basis for $X$.
We have $x\in X$ and $x\in p^{-1}(U)$. So, there exists $n\in \mathbb{N}$ such that $x\in U_n\subset p^{-1}(U)$..
Do the same for all elements of $p^{-1}(y)$. We then have   $p^{-1}(y)\subset \bigcup_{n=1}^{\infty} U_n$.
As $p^{-1}(y)$ is compact there exists a finite subcover. We then have $p^{-1}(y)\subset \bigcup_{i=1}^n U_i\subset p^{-1}(U)$.
Set $M=\bigcup_{i=1}^n U_i$ for simplicity of notation.
Claim is that $y\in p(M^c)^c\subset U$.
Suppose $y\notin p(M^c)^c$ then $y\in p(M^c)$ then $y=p(a)$ for some $a\in M^c$. But then $a\in p^{-1}(y)\subset M$. So, $a\in M$ and $a\in M^c$ a contradiction. So, we do have $y\in p(M^c)^c$
Suppose $m\in U^c$ and $p(a)=m$. We then have $a\in p^{-1}(m)\subset p^{-1}(U^c)\subset p^{-1}(U)^c\subset M^c$. So, $p(a)=m$ for some $a\in M^c$ i.e., $m=p(a)\in p(M^c)$ and so $y\notin p(M^c)^c$.
So,  $y\in p(M^c)^c\subset U$.
So, we have a countable collection $$\left\{p\left(\bigcap_{i=1}^n U_i^c\right)^c:n\in \mathbb{N}\right\}$$ is a countable basis for $Y$.
Let me know if there are any gaps.

A: The basic idea is fine, but there are some problems with the notation, and the organization could be better.
The worst notational problem is when you write that $p^{-1}(y)\subset\bigcup_{n=1}^\infty U_n$. Since the sets $U_n$ in this union were obtained as nbhds of points of $p^{-1}[\{y\}]$, you seem to be assuming here that $p^{-1}[\{y\}]$ is countably infinite, when in fact it could be finite or uncountable. Moreover, your countable base for $X$ was $\{U_n:n\in\Bbb N\}$, so the union of the sets $U_n$ is all of $X$; this does indeed contain $p^{-1}[\{y\}]$, but in general it will not be a subset of $p^{-1}[U]$. To avoid this problem you could say that for each $x\in p^{-1}[\{y\}]$ there is an $n(x)\in\Bbb N$ such that $x\in U_{n(x)}\subseteq p^{-1}[\{y\}]$. Then you could observe that $\{U_{n(x)}:p(x)=y\}$, being an open cover of the compact set $p^{-1}[\{y\}]$, has a finite subcover $\{U_{n(x_1)},\ldots,U_{n(x_m)}\}$ for some $x_1,\ldots,x_m\in p^{-1}[\{y\}]$, and let $M=\bigcup_{k=1}^mU_{n(x_k)}$.
I would change the organization completely: I would start with a countable base $\mathscr{B}$ for $X$. I would then show that if we take the closure of $\mathscr{B}$ under finite unions, we still have a countable base for $X$, so we might as well assume that $\mathscr{B}$ is already closed under finite unions. Then I would prove that
$$\big\{Y\setminus p[X\setminus B]:B\in\mathscr{B}\big\}$$
is a countable base for $Y$.
That proof is essentially your argument. Let $U$ be a non-empty open set in $Y$, and let $y\in U$. For each $x\in p^{-1}[\{y\}]$ there is a $B_x\in\mathscr{B}$ such that $x\in B_x\subseteq p^{-1}[U]$. The family $\{B_x:p(x)=y\}$ is an open cover of the compact set $p^{-1}[\{y\}]$, so there is a finite $F\subseteq p^{-1}[\{y\}]$ such that $p^{-1}[\{y\}]\subseteq\bigcup\{B_x:x\in F\}$. And $\mathscr{B}$ is closed under finite intersections, so $\bigcup\{B_x:x\in F\}\in\mathscr{B}$; let $B(y)=\bigcup\{B_x:x\in F\}$. (This $B(y)$ corresponds to your $M$.)
$X\setminus B(y)$ is closed in $X$, so $p[X\setminus B(y)]$ is closed in $Y$, and $Y\setminus p[X\setminus B(y)]$ is open in $Y$. Moreover, $p^{-1}[\{y\}]\cap\big(X\setminus B(y)\big)=\varnothing$, so $y\notin p[X\setminus B(y)]$, and therefore $Y\setminus p[X\setminus B(y)]$ is an open nbhd of $y$. All that remains is to show that $Y\setminus p[X\setminus B(y)]\subseteq U$, which can be done directly. Let $u\in Y\setminus p[X\setminus B(y)]$; there is some $x\in X$ such that $u=p(x)$. Clearly $x\notin X\setminus B(y)$, so $x\in B(y)\subseteq p^{-1}[U]$, and $u=p(x)\in U$.

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This session features papers related to supply response, productivity, and profitability of crops.
This session includes papers pertaining to biomass production and energy prices.
The first three papers in this session pertain to crop and livestock technology adoption. The fourth paper provides an assessment of research programs.
Individual and Social Learning in Bio-technology Adoption: The Case of GM Corn in the U.S.


» [0.9.3] 34 turn completed game.
[0.9.3] 34 turn completed game.
Her adventure lasted for 34 turns. She completed normal game and got 1638 score.
I don't have the log, because I forgot to record it.
But I kid you not, that was vanilla 0.9.3 PonyRL.
Re: [0.9.3] 34 turn completed game.
Also, I can't do that ever again. Alicorns seem to have been messed with in 0.9.4...for some reason, in 0.9.3, The force wave costed 1 mana, and had the old way of working, where damage stacked through nearby enemies.
That 1 mana force wave was a bug. It should cost 6 mana. It's damage is still multiplied by the amount of enemies around, but the description was changed.
And BTW, with the new version you are welcomed to post the replay code instead of just the logs so everyone can watch how awesome you played step by step:).
Well, my jaw dropped for a second, so it is 1:0.


In October 2011, the National Shipbuilding Procurement Secretariat awarded Irving Shipbuilding Inc. a $25 billion contract to build combat vessels for Canada. To ensure high value-added business activity for Canadian industries, the Industrial and Regional Benefits (IRB) Policy requires companies who have won government defence and security contracts to undertake business activities in Canada equal to 100% of the contract value. This policy is intended to provide Canadian companies with opportunities to develop and sell innovative products and services to companies with IRB obligations. It is also a way to ensure that money spent on major procurement programs benefits Canadian industries directly. One mechanism to leverage these opportunities and benefits is through Public-Private Consortia.
Public-Private Consortia exist within the IRB Policy to encourage innovative research and development in defence and related sectors. Through these Consortia, IRB contracts have the potential of generating both short-term and long-term benefits, not only for IRB Contractors and their Canadian company counterparts, but for Canadian post-secondary and public sector research institutions.
A Public-Private Consortium consists of an IRB Contractor or its eligible party, a minimum of one Canadian company and a minimum of one Canadian post-secondary or public sector research institution. Eligible parties include a Contractor's parent corporation and all its subsidiaries, divisions and subdivisions. Non-Canadian companies are permitted to join a Consortium; however, the combined total investment from foreign sources may not exceed fifty percent of the Consortium value.
The value of cash contributions from other eligible participants, leveraged by the Contractor's participation in the Consortium, up to a maximum value equal to that of the Contractor's contributions.
Thus, Contractors can benefit from their own cash contributions in a Consortium, as well as the cash contributions made by the partners they attract to a Consortium, up to a maximum value equal to that of their own contributions.
The contributions from post-secondary institutions, public research institutions and direct cash contributions from all levels of government into the Consortium are not eligible for IRB credits.
Contractors may also receive IRB credits for the goods and services they procure from the Consortium. The purchase of such goods and services will be considered as a separate IRB transaction eligible for IRB credits.
The future sales of products developed through a Consortium are not eligible for IRB credits.
In addition to the benefits received from investing in and procuring the goods and services of these Public-Private Consortia, Contractors may also benefit from other IRB multipliers. For example, in addition to the 5:1 multiplier discussed above, Contractors may also benefit from the 5:1 multiplier associated with the investment in venture capital funds for small businesses. Investing in a Public-Private Consortium does not exclude a Contractor from involvement in more than one level of multiplier.
The Irving Shipbuilding contract will generate both short-term and long-term benefits for the region. The creation of Public-Private Consortia will open many doors for Canadian companies, post-secondary institutions and public sector research institutions, allowing them to become involved in the region's shipbuilding projects. There are many benefits to be gained from the shipbuilding contract and Cox & Palmer can assist companies and institutions leverage those opportunities.


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We are the Ducklings, a safe community of people who are sexy, sassy, flirty and fun.
Our members are awesome people who enjoy getting together to safely flirt, have fun, and expand our knowledge of all things sexy. We do not allow aggression or drama, and no mean people need apply as being kind is a basic value in our group. No mean girls, gossiping about other members or exclusion.
While we're not a dating group, a surprising number of love matches have met at our events. Nor are we a swinger's group, though some of us are non-monogamous.
We're a community of people who are not afraid to dip a toe into something new because we're not alone. It's way more fun, and far safer, as a community.
Duckling events are designed to be both sexy and fun. We have toured the private dungeon of the city's best-known Dominatrix and visited a sex club after hours. We've taken salsa and polka lessons, learned how to throw an axe (dressed as Vikings to make it more fun), and held a pool party with volunteers providing pedicures and massages. And we love themed parties with costumes!
Our members are half couples (some married more than 30 years) and singles (gay, straight, or "its' complicated"). We're primarily over 25 but under 65, with most between 38 and 45. We are firmly in the middle between quiet and gentle, and crazy and wild. Anyone over 21 is welcome.
Please join us for guided, pressure-free, sensuous outings. Referrals and friends are welcome, but they need to agree with our philosophy.
Being a Duckling enhances relationships, increases intimacy and builds community.