By now most of you will have heard of SARMS, or selective androgen receptor modulators, these new and pioneering supplements bind to the androgen receptor in pretty much the same way anabolic steroids such as Testosterone would, but in a novel and selective way. They exert many of the same anabolic effects that steroids do, but without many of the sides associated with other androgens. The Androgen Receptor plays a vital and significant role in the development and function of sexual organs, skeletal muscle, and bone, as well as other human organs. When Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators bind to the receptor, they demonstrate powerful anabolic activity in both muscle and bone. (1) This is because they bind to the receptor and change its action in a novel way that is significantly different than typical androgen receptors stimulators, such as synthetic androgens and non-synthetic androgens (Steroids). Therefore, they are able to alter the gene-transcription process in a manner that is tissue specific, in this particular case we are interested in its effects on bone and muscle.
Ostarine exerts its effects in a very anabolic way, comparisons have been made with the Anabolic steroid primobolan. Generally, a user will see increased muscle mass, very positive effect on joints and bones, as well as as boost in nitrogen retention.
In comparison, most steroidal androgens (steroids) convert to DHT or Estrogen so you have the increased chance of DHT related side effects: enlarged prostate for one, and hair loss if your prone, as well as a whole list of other potential DHT related side effects. Estrogen causes a whole host of problems too: Water retention (Edema), Hypertension (High blood pressure) and the unwelcomed and, often hard to treat, enlargement of the male breast tissue (gynecomastia - gyno)(2). You also get your own testosterone production shutdown on cycle, so a Post cycle therapy protocol is essential to restore correct testosterone levels. If proper pct is not followed after a cycle, the ongoing effects of impotence can be seen for many months without full testosterone recovery. However, those problems along with many others, if the steroid of choice is a progestin, can, to some degree, be eradicated through science, and the development of these new SARMS.
Ostarine (MK-2866) doesn't convert to DHT or display any of the side effects by Dihydrotestosterone. In blood tests, a slight raise in estrogen levels can be seen, and that might be one of the key factors in its tremendous potential for treating tendon, ligament, and bone injuries or illnesses. It also displays a very anabolic effect on muscle tissue, causing considerable and easy to maintain gains in muscle over 4-6 weeks, with little to no sides and no real PCT is needed afterwards, just a mild test booster like HCGenerate.
The big question is, how do you get the most bang for your buck from Ostarine (MK-2866)?
First, we need to get some facts straight on what it is exactly, its half life and best dose. Ostarine has a half life of 23.8 hours, so a once a day dose is the most effective to get your biggest peak of blood plasma serum levels. Depending on your goals though, there are a couple of dosage protocols I personally recommend.
Dosing at 25mg-36mg a day gave me my biggest gains in muscle and the best muscle pumps over a 4 week period. Dosages higher than 36mg did not increase the gains in lbm or strength over the same period; for someone weighing 200lbs 25mg is enough to elicit very good anabolism. However, in experiments I carried, for someone weighing above 210-20lbs, 36mg out seemed to be a much better dose and offer better general lbm gain. With this dose muscle hardness can be seen to increase after about 6 days.
I suggest front loading Ostarine the first week, close to 50% your intended dose, this will speed up the saturation of ostarine in the system and its affect on the androgen receptor.
These very same doses can be used on a cut and maintain muscle mass, with decreased calories. I highly recommend the use of Ostarine in cutting (dieting), as even in a calorie surplus diet fat loss can seen at quite a high rate of 1-2lb a week. On a cut, with added help of Cardarine (GW-501516), the loss of visceral fat can be increased exponential. Muscle tone and hardness will also increase at a rapid rate revealing a ripped and cut physique. You'll also be in a lot better state, health wise, than if steroids were used to increase muscle retention during the same period of time.
One of the outstanding facets of Ostarine (MK-2866) is that it doesn't just build muscle, it increases tendon strength, improves the health of the ligaments, increases bone density and increases the rate at which collagen is turned over. To achieve this, a dose of 12mg ed is adequate. In addition, this dose promotes improvement in joint movement that can be seen after just 6-8 days. This dose is very effective for treating injuries like shin splints, and can be used post operation to help maintain muscle and speed up the recovery of the limb, (Bone/Tendon) that has been operated on.
My favorite supplements which seem to increase the effectiveness of Ostarine is Creatine. By itself, Creatine increases igf-1 levels, bone density, lean body mass, and prevents the release of homocysteine, thus preventing cardiovascular problems. Zinc and magnesium are a must as both are vital for increase in testosterone levels, androgen receptor sensitivity, and igf-1 levels to remain at a maximal level.
Remember that you will not fully recover while using Ostarine even at the suggested dose of 25mg/day a day. This dose is enough to provide much needed anabolism while allowing recovery. Therefore, it's best to use Ostarine and your pct protocol (clomid/nolvadex/aromasin etc) together for a couple of weeks to ensure total recovery from your steroid cycle.
1.Selective androgen receptor modulators in preclinical and clinical development.
Narayanan R, Mohler ML, Bohl CE, Miller DD, Dalton JT.
2.J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2006 Dec;102(1-5):261-6.Prostate cancer risk in testosterone-treated men. Raynaud JP. Université Pierre & Marie Curie, 51 bvd Suchet, Paris 75016, France.
3.Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 Oct 15;18(20):5567-70. Epub 2008 Sep 5.Effect of B-ring substitution pattern on binding mode of propionamide selective androgen receptor modulators.
Bohl CE, Wu Z, Chen J, Mohler ML, Yang J, Hwang DJ, Mustafa S, Miller DD, Bell CE, Dalton JT.


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When it comes to your DUI case, having a lawyer on your side can make a big difference. A DUI lawyer in Seminole County will give you the chance to fight against your, no matter what impaired-driving charges you might be facing. From felony DUI charges to multiple offenses and even underage DUI, there are a lot of things that can go wrong without a lawyer on your side.
When you retain a DUI attorney in Seminole County, the legal process can become less frightful. The Katz & Phillips legal team has attorneys who previously prosecuted DUI cases, so we know the tactics that the government will employ to try to convict you. Our clients benefit from the knowledge we've obtained from working on the other side of the aisle.
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Former Navy SEAL on Why Bin Laden Photos Were Never Shown
Posted on April 11, 2017 by Blake Hall
Former United States Navy SEAL and SEAL Team 6 member Robert O'Neill is making the publicity rounds yet again, this time toting a new autobiography called The Operator. Already, its juiciest morsel is proving to be a slick media vehicle to entice potential book buyers.
It's this: O'Neill offers a brief, yet gruesome explanation as to why those coveted photographs of a dead Osama bin Laden never surfaced (the veteran was indeed part of the raid on the infamous terrorist's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan back in 2011 and for years multiple accounts have O'Neill as one of a handful of operators who landed a shot).
This via Yahoo!:
"In less than a second, I aimed above the woman's right shoulder and pulled the trigger twice," he wrote, according to the New York Daily News. "Bin Laden's head split open, and he dropped. I put another bullet in his head. Insurance."
O'Neill's book says the operators had to press bin Laden's head back together to take identifying photos.
After bin Laden's body was taken back to Afghanistan for full identification, it was transported to the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) for burial at sea. Somewhere in the Arabian Sea on May 2, 2011, a military officer read prepared religious remarks, and bin Laden's body was slid into the sea.
The Defense Department has said it couldn't locate photos or video of the event, according to emails obtained in 2012 by The Associated Press.
Other similar theories have been expressed in the past few years. One was dug up by a former U.S. Army Ranger through numerous sources, and the other was published by The Intercept.

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Inspired by the popular artist alley convention experience, the new cutting-edge DC Artists Alley line from DC Collectibles merges indie design with DC's most iconic characters. The first wave of designer vinyl figures showcases illustrator Chris Uminga's offbeat interpretations of Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman and hits stores in June 2018. In this demo, Uminga discusses his unique "creepy-meets-cute" art style as he draws one of his all-time favorite DC characters, The Joker.
Should the Justice League Headquarters be on Earth?
Over the near half a century that the Justice League (and its numerous incarnations) has existed, they've had a variety of places to call their home.
Chances are you, like millions of people, went to see Justice League this weekend.
That was always the appeal.
All of them. Fighting. Together.


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Field Test: Tannoy Precision 8D Studio Monitors
ACTIVE NEAR-FIELDS WITH SUPERTWEETER AND DIGITAL INPUT
By By Bobby Frasier
The new Tannoy Precision line of studio monitors offers two passive and two active products. All four units are three-way and use the signature Tannoy SuperTweeter and Dual Concentric bass and high-frequency drivers. The Precision 6 and Precision 8 are nonpowered units, one offering a 6-inch bass driver and the other an 8-inch. The Precision 6D and 8D, reviewed here, are top-of-the-line monitors and carry some serious firepower.
YOU LOOK MAH-VELOUS
The Precision 8D's fresh look is easy on the eyes. The silver 8-inch cone is set into an oblong, brushed-aluminum baffle on a granite-colored faceplate — striking. A green power switch sits next to the Tannoy logo. This logo serves as a clandestine mute switch, hidden to all but the daring souls who actually read a manual. The SuperTweeter is housed separately above the primary drivers. This device is, as Tannoy puts it, "…to correct the time or phase response at the upper end of audibility, resulting in enhanced accuracy and 'air.'" I can attest to this much: These monitors image beautifully. More on that later.
NOTHING BUT THE SPECS
The 8D is a rear-ported, bass reflex — loaded design, using an 8-inch, dual-concentric, constant-directivity driver with a multifiber paper-pulp cone. Being rear-ported, they lack some percussion, as proven in the listening tests. Be careful when putting them against a wall; the bass can build up inaccurately. (The LF EQ DIP switches should take care of this.) Tannoy's solution for accurate phase coherency is to embed the HF driver inside the LF driver (a coaxial design). The HF driver is a 1-inch titanium dome. The SuperTweeter is a separate 1-inch titanium dome, with an extended frequency response out to 51 kHz. The 8Ds are rated at 43 to 51k Hz, reproducing high frequencies above 20 kHz that the brain can "hear" and process. These boxes get loud; 119dB maximum SPL should be plenty, even for the hardcore aficionado.
The power amplifier gives you some headroom: 120-watt RMS on the low end and 60W RMS on the top — plenty of juice in a near-field monitoring environment. The crossover frequency is 2.2 kHz, with no spec given between the HF and SuperTweeter. Whatever flavor you're sending, a handy XLR/TRS combo connector provides a 600-ohm balanced input; no adapters are necessary. A coaxial S/PDIF input is onboard with an associated loop output to send signal to your next speaker. A corresponding switch selects which channel (left or right) you would like the 8D to reproduce. Be careful, though; your analog and digital send levels may not match. A single volume control for both the digital and analog inputs is provided with a range of +6 dB/-12 dB, reference 0 dBV (0.775V), with the digital gain trim being post-DAC. Video shielding is standard.
The back contains a bank of 20 DIP switches to equalize the speaker to account for placement in a given environment. Optimization can be preset for far/mid/near/close positions, as well as free/half/quarter/eighth acoustical spaces. The DIP switches address the LF (boost/cut between 45 to 65 Hz), low mids (cut-only shelf at 800, 400 or 200 Hz), high mids (cut/boost between 1 and 3 kHz) and a HF cut/boost shelf at 5 kHz. The manual includes good charts that cover the range of these curves, along with examples of settings for various spaces (free space, against a wall, on the console bridge, etc.). An 80Hz HPF is also available when the 8Ds are used with a subwoofer.
BE ACTIV, GET ACTIV
Tannoy offers an optional automated acoustic measurement and calibration software package called ActivAssist. Insert the CD into your computer and follow the instructions with the included cabling and mic. A cable sends the headphone output back into the mic input on your computer. Not exactly standard operating procedure, but it is necessary for the software to internally calibrate levels and frequency response. After the calibration, the software prompts you to plug the mic into your sound card and then set the microphone precisely 50 cm from the speaker baffle, directly on-axis. Plug the supplied 1/8-inch TRS to XLRM cable into your headphone output and then to one of the 8Ds. You are now ready to set levels with your computer preferences and ActivAssist.
Not knowing what was going to come out of the speaker, I popped in a set of linear earplugs, just in case. I'm glad I did. The initial sweep was extremely loud due to the settings of the internal G5 sound preferences. Once the levels are set via a series of software meters, you're ready to take the actual measurements.
The sweep only takes a few seconds. You then get a graph of what the speaker is doing in your room. My first measurements were taken in a "half-space" environment: The speakers were on the meter bridge with the console in the middle of the room. Click again on Optimize and you get an overlay of what will happen once you make the recommended DIP switch settings. I ran these tests again with identical results each time.
After making the recommended adjustments, I couldn't help but notice a marked decrease in bass response from the initial "anechoic flat" settings. On checking the new settings against the EQ charts, the recommendation was for maximum decrease in the 45 to 65Hz region, a drop of 7.5 dB at 50 Hz, with the downward roll-off beginning at 150 Hz. Lo mids where unchanged. Upper mids were cut 1 dB between 1 and 3 kHz, a noted improvement. (On first listen, this area was too far forward in my listening environment.) The highs were boosted 3 dB, starting at 5 kHz and rising to 12 kHz, where it remained flat out to 51 kHz.
Honestly, I wasn't very happy with the results. The speaker sounded thin. From these adjustments, I can understand why. The top-end boost revealed some self-noise in the amplification system. Time to reconnoiter. I adjusted the LF for a 3dB boost and set the highs back to flat. I left that dip in the upper mids. For my environment, this was much better. My reference material began to sound like what I was used to hearing, but perhaps with a tad bit more of that classic Tannoy clarity in the midrange, which, on some of the company's models, is just too accentuated for my taste. Thanks to a well-thought-out EQ system, this model can adjust to your listening position, acoustic anomalies and listening preferences.
IN MY EAR
I must reiterate that the imaging provided by the 8D is absolutely stellar. I found the optimum distance for precise imaging to be between 3 and 4 feet across. Even at 5 feet across, on a large console, not much was lost. From the very first listen (with EQ set to anechoic flat), the 8Ds exuded that 3-D quality we mix for. Clarity in the vocal range is superb.
Tannoy cites myriad advanced techniques in these speakers' design, and they seem to be working. Definition among instruments truly puts each part in its own space. I did a mix of an alt-country act and took it to another studio. The song played out well on four different speaker systems — price points from $150 to $2,500 per speaker.
However, this speaker is not an end-all for all production requirements, as I feel it lacks punch in the low end. The harmonic structure of bass instrumentation is represented, but the "in your chest" percussion was lacking. The 8D would be well-served with the addition of a sub, an absolute necessity if producing any style of popular dance music. I found this lack of bottom to be true in three different control rooms. In each instance, I was pulling the top end down, 1 to 3 kHz, and boosting the low end. [Eds. note: Since sending out this review unit, Tannoy's analysis of production samples revealed that a tweeter trim control was being set too high during manufacture, resulting in excessive treble energy. Tannoy says this problem was corrected before units were released to the public.]
One small complaint on the DIP switches: The low EQ would have benefited from +1dB increments instead of the +3dB option only. The S/PDIF input is a nice added touch, but I felt the high end to be somewhat sibilant as compared to another converter I used. Given the price range of the speakers, I expected more. However, the bottom line is that the critical midrange and imaging have been taken care of; Tannoy got the hard part right.
Tannoy Precision 8Ds list at $2,058/pair. ActivAssist can be downloaded from the company's Website, free of charge, but you must provide a mic and the necessary cables. As a kit, it lists for $115.
Tannoy North America, 519/745-1158, www.tannoy.tc.
Bobby Frasier is a pro audio consultant and educator in Phoenix.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 20 -- On May 24, thirty-three drivers will rev up their engines during the first race of the Centennial Era at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The winner of "the Greatest Spectacle in Racing" will cruise down Victory Lane at the legendary Brickyard, earning a place in racing history as well as a place on the prestigious BorgWarner Indianapolis 500 Trophy(R).
"From the founding of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to the annual presentation of the BorgWarner Indianapolis 500 Trophy(R), BorgWarner is proud to be part of a century-long tradition of achievement, competitive performance and technological leadership," said Tim Manganello, BorgWarner Chairman and CEO. "We're looking forward to helping the Speedway celebrate its Centennial Era by presenting the BorgWarner Indianapolis 500 Trophy(R) to this year's winner in Victory Lane."
Construction began on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in March 1909. The first auto racing program was a three-day event beginning on August 19. Louis Schwitzer, an innovative engineer and founder of an early turbocharger business later acquired by BorgWarner, won the very first auto race at the Speedway, a two-lap, standing-start dash.
As the Speedway was under construction, Frank Wheeler (one of four original founders of the Speedway) and George Schebler commissioned a trophy from Tiffany & Company on behalf of the Wheeler-Schebler Carburetor Company, which later merged with several other companies to become part of Borg-Warner Corporation. The sterling silver urn originally cost $8,000 and stood eight feet tall. At that time, it was the most expensive trophy for any athletic event in the world. The trophy was retired in 1932 when car owner Harry Hartz won it three times. When the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame was established in 1956, Hartz donated the historic trophy to the museum.
In 1936, the BorgWarner Indianapolis 500 Trophy made its inaugural appearance at the Speedway when it was presented to winner Louis Meyer. Featuring the sterling silver visage of every Indianapolis 500 winner, the Trophy is a tribute to 100 years of racing history. Two new bases have been added to the original Trophy to make room for future winners through 2034. Made of over 100 pounds of sterling silver and standing five feet, six inches tall, the Trophy originally cost $10,000 and is currently valued at $1.5 million.
The BorgWarner Indianapolis 500 Trophy(R) stays on permanent display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum. To give the winner and team owners a personal keepsake of their victory, BorgWarner established the BorgWarner Championship Driver's Trophy(TM) (also known as the "Baby Borg") in 1988 and the BorgWarner Team Owner's Trophy(TM) in 1998. Both are sterling silver replicas of the Indianapolis 500 Trophy(R).
For more information, visit www.borgwarner.com and choose "The Indianapolis 500" from the "About BorgWarner" pull-down menu at the top of the home page.


For 2019 we've decided it's a good time for PGS to start raising money for charity. We hope to make it a regular feature and sustain fundraising efforts throughout the year.
To start with we're going to be fundraising for Village Water. Village Water is transforming lives in Zambia & Mozambique with safe water, sanitation & hygiene. It's a lean and transparent charity delivering highly targeted solutions that make a huge difference. Our target is to raise enough money to build a well and transform the lives of a group of people living in a rural village community.
PGS Services Ltd has put in half the required amount and we're hoping that we can raise the rest before the end of April. We'll be able to follow the progress of sanitation training and construction of the well and it'll be very rewarding to see how our contributions have helped.
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Calexico, Calif. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico downtown port of entry seized 23 pounds of black tar heroin yesterday that involved a 24-year-old male Mexican citizen from Mexicali, Baja California.
The seizure occurred at about 8:10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 19, when a CBP officer with the port's Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement Team targeted a red 1999 Ford pick-up truck as the driver waited in line for inspection. The officer detected anomalies in the vehicle's engine area and referred both driver and vehicle for further examination.
During the intensive examination, a canine team screened the pick-up truck and the detector dog alerted to the engine area. A search of the engine led CBP officers to the discovery of two wrapped packages of black tar heroin hidden inside a non-factory compartment within the intake manifold. The street value of the narcotic is approximately $391,000.
The driver was arrested for the alleged narcotic smuggling attempt and turned over to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for further investigation.
The individual was later transported to the Imperial County Jail where he currently awaits arraignment.
CBP placed an immigration hold on the Mexican citizen to initiate removal from the United States at the conclusion of his criminal proceedings.
This interception comes on the heels of a 52 pound cocaine seizure that occurred the previous day at the downtown port.


It may be the greatest display of political unity ever.
It may be the greatest display of political unity ever: Candidates McCain and Obama will help "60 Minutes" enter the high-definition era Sept. 21.
CBS will make the HD upgrade on America's most-watched news program on a 40th anniversary special. On Sept. 24, 1968, "60 Minutes" debuted with presidential candidates Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey.
The episode, Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT, will be devoted entirely to interviews with McCain and Obama.
CBS says the HD program will be in "a multi-channel digital format."
The Nucoda HD color grading system will be integrated into the "60 Minutes" post-production facility at CBS New York.


'Man up' – a phrase that is often glibly thrown around, levelled at men who voice their worries or complaints. But this now staple of our language, which might at first seem like no more than an offhand comment, actually has far darker and more destructive implications. It entails a narrow and oppressive view of what it means to be a man: strong, silent, stoic. It's the tagline of the 'just get on with it' brigade that characterises any emotional behaviour as an affront to masculinity. Much as women are subject to damaging stereotypes, so too are men – which means that they are part of the same conversation: the conversation about gender equality. Often this is misunderstood as a movement that benefits solely women. Far from it: men actually stand to gain a great deal from adopting a progressive standpoint, not least as it allows for a meaningful consideration of society's notion of masculinity, and the ways in which it needs to be overhauled. We tend to think of the patriarchy as a system that oppresses only women, and whilst there is no doubt that men have benefited greatly from it, they have also been damaged by it.
suicide is now the leading cause of death in men under the age of 45. Not cancer, not road accidents, not heart disease. Four times as many men as women kill themselves. Globally, every minute, a man dies by suicide. In the UK, 84 men take their own lives every week. That's one man every two hours.
Which means that today, we're going to lose 12 men to suicide.
So is this supposedly advantageous society really working out for men?
The reasons behind suicide are various and complex. But there is little doubt that the cultural values that prohibit men from admitting weakness are a contributing factor. In fact, recent research speaks about a link between men feeling unable to fulfil the stereotypical notion of masculinity and suicidal thoughts. The research shows that 84% of UK men bottle up their emotions. But we can't just say 'men are less inclined to talk' and leave it at that – we need to look at why this is, and to acknowledge that there are centuries-old expectations put upon men that act as a barrier to them speaking out about their feelings. According to a survey by UK charity Working With Men, nearly three quarters of young men in Britain feel pressured by expectations from society. Men are expected to 'toughen up', to be dependable, the providers, to display only 'masculine' feelings, like courage and confidence – and their lives suffer as a result. This deadly culture of silence needs to be addressed. Which is where charities like Mind and Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) come in.
CALM is a charity dedicated to preventing male suicide.
Not only do they offer support to men in the UK via their helpline, webchat and website, but they also campaign for long-term culture change to redefine and open up masculinity. They encourage men to take on 'harmful, boring and archaic' male stereotypes and describe themselves in their own terms, with campaigns such as #mandictionary, #biggerissues and #dontbottleitup.
At Alec I-K, we agree that it's time to change the way we think about equality and what it means to be a man – to deconstruct 'mask-u-linity (n.): a mask designed to disguise a man's true feelings, and make him appear strong at all times whilst silently suffocating him and bottling it up inside' – which is why we are choosing to donate 5% of our profits to CALM and 5% to another charity which we're looking for our customers to help decide on.
We want to be part of a culture that expands the narrow confines of both genders. As Owen Sheers the Welsh poet has said, if men are the 'protectors and providers', why not expand this to protecting and providing for our species not just our loved ones? So that being environmentally conscious becomes the most 'manly' thing you can do – heroes who save the planet. And as well as being somatically strong, let's expand this to emotional strength – having empathy for others and taking as much care of our minds as we do our bodies. Let's do away with any notion that silence is synonymous with strength. Being emotionally brave is bravery too.
When CALM invited men to answer the question, 'what is the future of man?', the responses (published in their magazine CALMzine) were eye-opening both for what they included and for what they lacked: the future man 'can express his feelings verbally', 'yogas, moisturises, posts regularly on mumsnet', and – importantly – is 'not Donald Trump' (we'd like to think that this included believing in climate change and opting for ethical and sustainable practices in all industries). Significantly, there was no 'stiff upper lip', no mentions of great strength or job security. Most of the suggestions were about freedom to be whatever you want to be, with no expectations.
That's the future of man that Alec I-K is committed to seeing – one that will greatly benefit us all, men and women alike, and that will result in a more caring, more advanced world. So let's unbutton the restrictive notions of masculinity and allow men new and varied identities, in particular as listeners and as talkers. Less 'man up', more 'speak out'.
So if you're interested in speaking with CALM, you can do so via their free helpline 0800 585858 and webchat (5pm–12am daily), which are confidential, anonymous and staffed by trained professionals.


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NEW YORK (AP) -- A person familiar with the situation says Disney teen star Demi Lovato has entered a treatment center to deal with problems including an eating disorder and cutting herself.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly due to the sensitivity of the matter. The person said Monday night that the 18-year-old Lovato had checked herself into a facility to address the concerns.
A statement released by Lovato's representatives Monday night did not say where the "Camp Rock" and "Sonny With a Chance" star was being treated.
Lovato had been on an international tour with the Jonas Brothers. However, she left the tour over the weekend.
The statement said Lovato was taking "personal responsibility for her actions."


Past the 'finding your feet' stage of Freshman and Sophomore year, college Juniors are in a unique and special place. While they've established themselves into the collegiate life, they don't yet have the huge pressure of Senior year. So, how better to dish out advice for students currently- or soon to be- applying themselves!?
When it comes to preparing for college, there is going to be a lot going through your mind. You might be anxious about the emotional side of things, like moving away from friends. Or, your focus might be more on the practical side of things. How can you make sure you get the best accommodation? How will you budget your student loan effectively? How do you pick classes, and can you drop them if they're not for you?
First off… slow down! Trying to figure out all of this stuff at once isn't going to help anymore. Secondly, it's important to remember that nobody expects you do everything all by yourself. Whichever university or college you're hoping to attend, there will be offices and staff ready to help you. Have a question that you think might be stupid. Ask! They'll have heard much more stupid things in the past, trust me! Finally, the most important thing in all of this to remember that you're not the only one out there who is anxious and stressed. Students from all around the country, and indeed the whole world, are feeling just the same way.
A further piece of advice is focused on ensuring prospective students fulfill their potential. If you're only going to college once, you might as well apply to the right place. Plus, you might as well aim for the best possible school you can achieve admission into. This is where programs like Ivy Select admissions counseling come in. They can guide you and mentor you in a way that allows you to get the very best out of your college career. They can help with everything from the planning stages, and give guidance on how best to fill out the all-important application form! As we've already mentioned, this is just another example of how much help there is out there. You just have to know where it is!
Another valuable piece of advice is one that may be going against what your teachers or even parents say. There might be a lot of pressure on you to be working and studying pretty much 24/7 now. But nobody can cope with this, and certainly not maintain it for long. You'll probably be around 17 or 18 now; perhaps older. Either way, you are certainly old enough to know how your body and mind works. If either tells you it's time for a break, listen to it. It might just be a 10-minute walk around your garden. Or, it might be that you could do with a full day of rest, to recharge your batteries. Listen to your instinct, take a break when you need one, and don't feel guilty. Don't allow yourself to be pressured by others into studying how they think you should.
Hope you enjoyed the post and found it helpful!
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It might be only one type of marketing strategy, but Social Media can really help your business brand.
Here's some simple ideas to try to promote your brand.
It'll be an investment in time and to some extent, funds, but for many types of businesses, these ways can egg-cite an audience.
Launch a Seasonal Facebook or Instagram Campaign: Easter, Christmas, Footy Finals, Melbourne Cup are a few occasions. All are great chances to get creative with social media content to put your business out there. For instance, post photos of special seasonal offers, menus or products you want to promote, create a competition with a prize to the winner. Its best if you offer a prize that showcases your own products or services.
A tip: the prize value should match the level of effort it takes to enter – filling out contact details as opposed to submitting a video.
You can even broaden your reach on your website, just to cover as many bases as possible.
Whatever it is, celebrate the spirit by getting your followers egg-cited.
Use Snapchat as a useful promotional tool – if you have the right type of business. If you're in food retailing especially, the instant photo feature could be a heap of fun. Post enticing images of a couple of delicious menu items or products and ask people to snap pictures of themselves eating them. Instantly, the followers can receive a special offer or code to get a discount on their next purchase, but they only have a small window of opportunity to claim it. This type of campaign is especially good for a younger demographic and their desired food types.
Use Linked In to engage your audience by posting updates through your company page – eg: blogposts, product launches, or just general information that may be interesting to your customers. The material should be up to date, relevant to the audience and definitely as regular as every week at the least. After followers comment on your posts, make sure you engage with them because they could be your future customers, suppliers or even investors.
Yes, it's true Twitter is less of a social network like Facebook, Snapchat are - it's more of a news network. So, use it for that purpose. Create a weekday calendar to share content with your audience on Twitter. Remember, you don't have to create original content all the time. News or commentary from a third party is purely acceptable. So tweet about industry topics on one day, hop across to customer and employee news on another, get egg-cited about special promotions at the beginning of the week and so on.
Hop into making good use of social media right now.


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Single-Parent Families Overwhelmingly Presided Over By Mothers: US Census
According to the latest U.S. Census figures, there are just under 11 million one-parent families across the country.
A whopping 80 percent of those were maintained by a mother. A majority of those moms, 51 of the 80 percentage points, have never been married, while the other 29 percentage points were divorced.
It's a fascinating slice of what has been a vast demographic change in America over the past 60 years. Back in 1960, single-person households accounted for 13 percent of the total. Today, that percentage is up to 29 percent.
Of course, it's not all single parents. There are various other kinds of single-parent households, with another two-thirds bringing to complete U.S. total in 2022 to 37.9 million.
Love and marriage trends overall have undergone similar, big changes. The 2022 U.S. Census shows the median age to marry for the first time has crept up to 30.1 years for men and 28.2 years for women. In 1947, it was 23.7 and 20.5 years, respectively.
The other trend when it comes to households with kids under the age of 18 is that less people are having kids. The decline this millennium has been steady, with 48 percent of U.S. families with their own children in 2002 giving way to 43 percent in 2012 and 40 percent in 2022.
Earlier this year, JP Morgan announced its first donation of $1 million for "Empowering Change," a program encompassing single moms launched in 2021. The program will subsidize single-mom college education on campus in New York and Texas.
Meanwhile, in Austin, non-profit The Hub Garage, launched in 2020, is designed to pay for the car repairs of single-mom households. So far, the organization says it has paid for the servicing of more than 800 vehicles in Texas and other parts of the country, saving single moms more than $2.5 million.
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Hearing assessment in autistic spectrum disorder; is it unnecessary and pointless procedure in developing countries?
Aims: to examine current medical practice of ordering ABR for all children with ASD, assess the evidence of the value of this test in these children and its applicability in developing countries to which Libya belongs.
Method: The medical records of all children with ASD presented to neurodevelopment clinics over five year's period (January 2010 to December 2014) were reviewed.
Results: in 40 children out of 2006 children with ASD, the families were concerned about their children hearing and reaction to load noises. Auditory Brain Stem Response (ABR) confirmed that 23 out of these 40 children had Sensory Neural Hearing Loss (SNHL).
Conclusion: In developing countries where the delivery of effective public health interventions to people in need is compromised, offering a "less is more" attitude might be very effective. Infants and children with ASD are assessed according to local protocols. ABR is considered unnecessary in those without clinical signs suggesting hearing impairment and without any parental concerns.
In developing and poor countries where the health care is in a state of anarchy; spending money on unaffordable and probably unnecessary investigation might be substituted by a reliable, simple and more informative tool that can deal with the problem.
Mental illness is the leading cause of disability in the world, according to the World Health Organization. Even more troubling: Four out of five people with psychiatric or neurodevelopmental disorders live in developing countries, where they have few opportunities for treatment.
A substantial part of the medicine we practice is preserved in code of practices. The assessment and management of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is no exemption. At regular intervals, the need and requirement for new recommendations has been re-examined in the medical press. On the other hand, despite the prevalence of this clinical problem, agreement over management remains contested. In particular, the need for hearing test in children with ASD continues. According to the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association ; (ASD) is a lifelong developmental disability defined by diagnostic criteria that include deficits in social communication and social interaction and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities.
New USA government survey (2014) of parents suggests that 1 in 45 children, aged 3 through 17, had been diagnosed with ASD. This is notably higher than the official government estimate of 1 in 68 American children with autism, as stated by National Center for Health Statistics .
In Libya, One prospective hospital-based study  carried out on all children referred to a neurodevelopment clinic between 2005 and 2009 for ASD assessment showed a prevalence of one in 300. (3, 4). In the 2011 study 200 children whose ages "ranged from younger than 3 years to over 12 years" were referred for ASD assessment. ASD were diagnosed in 83% of cases (166 children) which gives a prevalence of 10:1000. The prevalence of the problem is probably higher or similar to that seen in the USA and UK. No data were available from the Arab countries or other developing countries .
The rising estimate of the number of children with autism does not include children who are deaf. According to the Annual Survey of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Youth, which is conducted by the Gallaudet Research Institute in the survey for ; Results indicate that 1 in 59 children (specifically 8-year olds) with hearing loss were also receiving services for autism ; considerably higher, than reported national estimates of 1 in 91  and 1 in 110  for hearing children. This is approximately twice what is currently believed to be the national prevalence rate, 1 in 150 .
On average, a child who is deaf will be diagnosed with autism later in life than a hearing child with autism. In one study, deaf children were diagnosed an average of 1 year later: . Researchers and educators speculate that the reason behind delayed diagnoses is the difficulty encountered in distinguishing characteristics of deafness from characteristics of autism, as well as limited resources for parents and educators guiding the identification of autism and deafness. Also, it is possible that deaf children are diagnosed later because there are relatively few psychological tests that have been made for, or even include, considerations for children who are deaf. In fact, there are no approved instruments for making a diagnosis of autism in a child who is deaf . Some suggest that children with autism have language difficulties because they struggle with cross-modality— converting auditory information to vocal utterances . Others have suggested that children with autism have severe auditory processing deficits .
Deaf child might be occupied by self-stimulating behavior and plays independently, this does not mean the child is autistic but simply he/she cannot hear other children. Knowing if the child has hearing impairment is not always apparent. The fact that hearing loss often is not diagnosed until a child is 2 or 3 years old—the same time that autism is often diagnosed in children—increases the difficulty of assessment. Distinctive features of autism may mimic deafness and vice versa. If a child cannot hear, he or she will not respond when called by name—often an important item on checklist of autism, but also typical of deafness. Additionally if a child cannot hear, social interaction with peers might be difficult—due to an inability to hear conversation, not because he or she has autism. Healthcare in developing countries in general differs widely, depending on the country and also the region – those living in urban areas are more likely to receive better healthcare services than those in rural or remote regions. Hospitals and clinics in Africa often find it difficult to employ enough trained medical staff to cope with the number of people needing care. Infrastructure problems have made it difficult to provide services to many people in more remote areas .
Lack of access by people living in low income countries may deprive them of early detection and reduces opportunities of early intervention. Diagnostic laboratories are often poorly resourced in developing countries, and sparsely distributed. Many developing countries with weak and poorly resourced health care systems are burdened with the poor levels of primary healthcare systems detrimental to their socio-economic development.
Laboratories in developing countries are often sparsely distributed, and access may be limited by economic or geographical factors. Where they do exist clinical laboratories are often under resourced and amenities such as electrical supply and water may be unreliable . Shortage of skilled technical personnel is also a problem in some countries, particularly in rural areas. Particular diagnostic tests may not be available to the majority population due to their high cost or lack of robustness. In addition, some manufacturers may be reluctant to supply countries if return on their investment is likely to be low or where it may be difficult to establish effective mechanisms for product distribution or technical support .
Healthcare systems across developing countries including Libya face a number of formidable challenges. Limited energy resources, inaccessibility to medical facilities, limited government funding, and high costs are placing tremendous strain on the healthcare system in general and on children with special needs in particular.
In view of all these difficulties, this study examines current practice, and the evidence of the value of hearing tests in children with ASD in Tripoli Libya.
This is a hospital-based study where a range of assessment tools were used to diagnose ASD, including the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) and Reviewed Autism Diagnostic Interview (ADI-R) and observations in various settings and discussions with other professionals. Diagnoses was based on the assessment results and according to DSM-IV & V criteria.
Two types of tests that were used in screening for hearing loss. Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) and Otoacoustic Emission Test (OAE). All ABRs were acquired with a GSI 37 AUDIO screener which is a revolutionary hearing screening device, combining the two-in-one technology of otoacoustic emissions (OAE) and auditory brainstem response (ABR). For infants, only one sound is presented, which is called the "click." If a healthy result is obtained then the child passes the ABR. OAE measures the reaction that is produced by the inner ear or cochlea. If an emission is produced for sounds that are essential to speech comprehension then the child has passed the test.
The Neurodevelopment Clinics are dedicated clinics of a tertiary care University Hospital labeled as referral and diagnostic clinics for autism and other neurodevelopmental problems. There are three regular weekly clinics. These clinics are consultant-led (AZ) in addition to having one registrar, two senior house officers and nurses. The clinics serve Tripoli, its suburbs and other district hospitals. The clinics receive referrals from other regions in Libya and care for children with other neurodevelopmental problems, hypotonia and epilepsy in the region. An average of 40 children are seen in each session .The age ranges from one month to sixteen years. About 70% of the children who attend the clinics are for Autism and speech and language disorders assessment.
The exclusion criteria were: 1) known neuro-Metabolic disorders, genetic or infectious disease, 2) chromosomal abnormalities, 3) diagnosed neurological or neurodegenerative disorders 4) major physical abnormalities and congenital malformation.
The inclusion criteria were pediatric age group (range: 1–16 years), all children included must have speech and language disorders and were diagnosed as ASD and/ or SNHL.
All children underwent complete general, neurological and neurodevelopment assessment; the results of the general and neurological examination were unremarkable but the results of the neurodevelopment assessment were variable and needed to be re-evaluated in a separate session.
For each child, the parent was asked to respond to a brief demographic and social questionnaire covering the child's age, gender, birth order, number of siblings, whether there were one or two parents at home, and whether the child had received professional psychological help.
When evaluating listening skills, observations are key. The family were asked if a child does not respond to an auditory stimulus, such as his/her name by turning their head to maintain eye contact upon hearing it. Do they respond in other ways? Do they change their facial expression or make an eye shift when they hear their name? Do they turn away? Do they respond verbally?
Data was collected over a five year's period (from January 2010 to December 2014). Due to high illiteracy rates among rural parents, questionnaires were administered through interviews at the clinic. The interviewers were either the registrar or any of the junior doctors attending the clinic who were given instructions by the investigator (AZ) about how to ensure consistency and avoid bias in filling the questionnaires.
Due to the high cost of the ABR, the control ABR's results 700 (440 male and 260 females) were retrospectively selected from records of children referred to the audiology department with speech and language disorders only (stammering, trauma, adenoids,) and without any neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders based upon the examination results that the child had before referral to the audiology clinic.
1) Age matching (pediatric) with ASD children group, 2) ABR results including all stages performed in ASD children and 3) clinical files providing details that the neurological and neurodevelopmental examination were unremarkable and had been documented and confirmed by a consultant.
All information obtained was entered on specially designed forms; and kept in the medical files department.
An Ethics panel approval for the study was obtained, with all examinations of autistic children were performed in the presence of their parents. No consent is required for the control group as only patient files were used.
All statistical analyses were conducted using the SPSS statistical package.
Total number of children seen between 2010 and 2014 were 306748. 2006 children were diagnosed with ASD giving a prevalence of 7:1000. Total number of children with SNHL were 75 out of whom 23 children had ASD. Prevalence of SNHL among Children with ASD was 11:1000 (1.1%) while the prevalence of SNHL among all children seen in NDC=25:10000. There are a limited number of studies that are looking at the incidence rate of SNHL and ASD, but the range in the existing literature of a dual diagnosis was exhibited by approximately 1% to 6% of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Rosenhall and colleagues found the incidence of SNHL among children with ASD as follows: 1.6% unilateral, 7.9% mild to moderate and 3.5% profound . Other studies found the incidence between 5.3 %  and 1.7% .
Looking at Table 1, two things are immediately obvious from the data. The first is the low incidence of reaction to load noises in children with SNHL (5%). The second is the high rate of concern regarding hearing among parents of children with SNHL (94%) with only 6% of parents had no concerns regarding child's hearing. Further examination of the data is possible. In this study 98% of the parents of children with ASD had no concerns regarding hearing supported by the fact that 99% of those children reacted to sounds and noises. Much of the existing literature comments on the socialization and pretend play. Autistic spectrum disorder in the absence of associated features (eye to eye contact, social interaction, pretend play skills, Preferences, changes in routine) is extremely uncommon. In children with developmental delay, almost all of them reacted to load noises and their families had no concerns regarding their hearing or behavior but were concerned about the delayed speech and language which was obviously part of the children's developmental delay.
Only 22% of children with ASD and SNHL reacted to load noises and at the same time 87% of parents had concerns regarding hearing. All of these children underwent ABR at the time of diagnosis. Most of them had other associated features of ASD.
Extrapolation of these data shows that in 40 children out of 2006 children with ASD, the family were concerned about their children's hearing and reaction to load noises. ABR confirmed that 23 out of these 40 children had SNHL. In a child with autistic spectrum disorder, with no signs and symptoms of hearing impairment and with no parental concerns, over 86 ABR would have to be performed to detect one occult case of SNHL.
Speech and Language delays and hearing disorders such as sensorial loss, hypersensitivity to sound and otitis media are a few examples of associations connected to autism .
The management of children with autistic spectrum disorder has changed dramatically over the past 15 years. However, there is still a wide variation in practice between clinics and individual neurodevelopment paediatricians in the management of this common yet complex disorder. More than 70% of children in whom ASD was suspected would have undergone unnecessary hearing assessment because of a perceived risk of occult SNHL in this group of children. Is this justified? The available data from our study would suggest that it is not. The risk of SNHL in the absence of other clinical signs and parental concerns is extremely small (less than one in one hundred). Furthermore, our study showed that relying on parent's observation and concerns are very sensitive (87%) and specific (99%) predictor of SNHL in this group of children, saving money on unnecessary investigation when resources are very limited.
The routine ABR in children with autism is probably unjustified and puts more burden on families; as well as the pain and distress caused to the child.
Our study has a number of weaknesses. We did not collect information from other audiology services in other regions, which meant we had no data on interventions provided at these centers. As none of these centers has ABR/ASSR equipment, we can only assume that children would be diagnosed by subjective means, which would usually take place at an older age. We feel that including data on these children would add weight to our study. We also did not collect data on the interval between diagnosis and the initiation of the interventions.
Returning to a point made at the beginning of this article, there is a need to develop an affordable and reliable tool for hearing assessment in resource constrained, medically underserved areas of developing nations.
There are many obstacles facing the supply of proper health service in developing countries. These obstacles include corruption in the supply of medical and therapeutic products, temperamental supply of unreasonably expensive costs, and wide fluctuation in quality and safety. Absence of social security nets to ensure that poor people get the services they require ,poor financial management and lack of successful administration and management , all these have added to current circumstance where many children have difficulties in accessing and finding the essential care they need simply because they are expensive and unaffordable.
My suggested practice following the diagnosis of ASD in any child and where hearing impaired is suspected follows a "less is more" attitude, Infants are assessed according to local protocols and those without clinical signs suggesting hearing impairment and without any parental concerns are given open appointment. If no concerns has occurred and the child appears well, ABR is considered unnecessary. I think this might be applicable to all developing countries where the delivery of effective public health interventions to people in need is compromised and health clinics have an even greater struggle to offer services to local populations particularly in remote rural areas.
The authors extend great thanks and appreciation to all the parents for their support and to all those involved in running this study. Thanks to my doctor colleagues, senior and junior, for referring these children to the clinic. We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Dr. F. Abouriana, Dr. S. Al-Hmadi and Dr. Marwa Al-Ogab for all their help. Special thanks to Dr.Salah Joumaa consultant audiologist who helped with analysis of the audiological results.
In accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee; an Ethics panel approval for the study was obtained, and all examinations of autistic children were performed in the presence of their parents. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. No consent is required for the control group as only patient files were used.
This study has not received any fund from any source.
• Autistic spectrum disorder and sensory-neural hearing loss can co-exist.
• Increasing prevalence of autistic spectrum disorder.
• Limited health resources in developing countries may hamper early detection and intervention of any disease.
• There is a need to develop an affordable and reliable tool for hearing assessment in resource constrained, medically underserved areas of developing nations.
• "Less is more" attitude in developing countries should be a satisfactory and fair approach.
• Children with autism and without clinical signs suggesting hearing impairment and without any parental concerns are given open appointment. If no concerns has occurred and the child appears well, ABR is considered unnecessary.
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PIETERMARITZBURG, 18 March – South African Communists Party (SACP) General Secretary Dr. Blade Nzimande has called on the Young Communists League (YCL) to help stop the destruction of property at tertiary institutions which he said was carried out by Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).
Nzimande said while the reason behind the protests were genuine, they had now been taken over by formations with different agendas, including the Economic Freedom Fighters(EFF).
"Even during the most difficult times under apartheid rule there was no destruction like we see today because Comrade Oliver Tambo reminded us that we would govern one day and there was a need to preserve institutions when protesting. The EFF knows they will never govern," said Nzimande.
"By campaigning we are not giving the ANC a 'blank cheque' but still insist that the alliance needs reconfiguring," said Nzimande.


Every single time I write up a blog about the latest recall, I think to myself, and often times write it in, there have been way too many recalls this year. I'm glad that it's not all in my head! According to People, there have been 22 investigations into food recalls so far this year. That's the highest number of outbreaks in 12 years!
Here's the real reason why there are so many food recalls this year - the methods of finding the outbreaks are getting better. A Food and Drug Administration Commissioner was quoted by CNN saying that "it's not that there's more unsafe food, it's that the technology is better than ever before to link outbreaks of human illness to a common pathogen."
Right now, the CDC has the ability to test samples from infected patients and genetically link the pathogens they find to food sources.


Solid Econ with seat and backrest in moulded, shockproof plastic.
Econ Line chairs are fitted with the Econ Synchronous seat mechanism making it easy and quick for the user to adjust seat and backrest angles synchronously by means of a handle sitting below the seat. Another handle is available for adjustment of the seating height.
The base is made of plastic and has a diameter of 600mm. The chairs are available with gliders and different types of castors.
Read more about the Econ Line chairs by clicking on the pictures below.


Come to Startup Grind NYC on May 30th to meet Hayley Barna, Co-founder of Birchbox and Venture Partner at First Round Capital. Hayley served as Co-CEO at Birchbox for five years and oversaw key functions including marketing, operations, strategy and technology. During her tenure she raised over $70M in venture capital and grew the business to over a million monthly subscribers. Learn a thing or two from Hayley during our fireside chat at Startup Grind NYC.


Other than that, not much going on here. I've gotten through clue 4 on one end of the Mystery Stole, and started clue 4 on the other end. I'm hopeful that I will finish it relatively soon. And then, I have Plans. Plans for a sweater for Kris that I've been thinking about (and have had the yarn for) for quite a while now.
Speaking of yarn, don't forget about the destash! There's a good amount of stuff up there, and if I can get organized, there will be more soon.
October 22nd, 2008 | Tags: Friends, Mystery Stole 4 KAL, TMI | Category: Misc.
good luck with your light box! I got one a few months back and it is great. I can really notice a difference. Keep us all posted on how you get on.
Missed yesterday's posty so I am giving mental hugs here for Steve & Co.
That is an excellent brand of lightbox – I know several people who have that or the next step up. Let me know how it works for you.
Hopefully will make it to knitting tomorrow… a slightly crazy week.


It's been a rough few years for you and me. You've allowed things to happen in my life that hurt. My heart has been broken and me dreams have been dashed. Not long after Keith died, I wrote that, "my heart feels a lot like my kindergarten knees." And it seems like every time my heart is just about healed, the scabs are ripped off and the hurt is fresh all over again.
It's not just me. Everyone is hurting. The whole world is hurting.
I don't believe that you caused the hurt. The hurt is just a result of the broken, jacked up world we live in. But you're an easy target. I've yelled at you and blamed you. I'm sure I'll do it again. Thanks for at least being patient with my kicking and screaming.
As I look back on the last ten or so years, I remember all the tears. I'll never forget all the moments of feeling utterly overwhelmed, hopeless, and inadequate. And then I recall the laughter. The painful moments have never invalidated the good ones.
My kids are such joys. Thank you for them; they have given me healing and hope. We have constant adventures and never-ending giggles. We are surrounded by a community of people who love us so well. There are so many things to be thankful for.
And yet, I still see some pieces of myself scattered on the ground. I'm finding myself again, but I'm a different self than I was before. I carry the hurts with me even when I'm no longer hurting. They are now part of my story and I'm not the same without them. In a strange way, I'm thankful for the hurts.
You've been good to me. You've healed my broken heart. But I still have this one burning question: are you still good?
Challenging seasons continue to come. I wrestle with you like Jacob did. I demand your blessings. Sometimes you bless and sometimes you are silent.
Can I trust you? Do you hear my prayers? Will you respond?
In your silence, I struggle to see your goodness. I remember your goodness in the past, but I'm not sure you'll display your goodness this time. I don't want to trust you. I don't want to be hurt again.
But I'm not sure I have a better alternative.
I'm willing to risk that you didn't hear me or that you aren't preparing your answer. Because the only other option is that I'm completely on my own and I know I'm not equipped to fix it all.
I may not be able to fix the hard in life, but I can be brave. I can choose not to avoid the challenges, but keep moving forward, through them.
Dear God: would you show me your goodness? Remind me that you're worth trusting.
Becky, as a fellow single mom, I understand and fully know the hurts you describe. I, too, ask God if He is still good. Thank you for sharing this vulnerable post. Your words remind me we are not alone and that indeed our God is still good.
Becky, I love this with everything in me. It may be my very most favorite thing I've read in weeks. Although my struggles are different, I feel so much of what you expressed here. It's been a very hard year or so in my world, and I have these same questions for God. I am praying you feel an overwhelming sense of His goodness this week at the conference, and I absolutely cannot wait to meet you! Thank you for sharing your heart!
Becky, I know I have told you our journey is similar and I have felt so much of what you wrote. Yes, we can't change the hard but you are SO right in saying we can keep going and being brave. Love and prayers! Thank you for being the most brave by sharing your heart!


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Wake Up To Politics
At only 18-years-old, Gabe Fleisher has already made quite a name for himself. When he was 9-years-old, Gabe started getting up at the crack of dawn to send out a daily email newsletter with his analysis of the political news cycle. He called it Wake Up To Politics, and it slowly developed a large readership. Now, in partnership with St. Louis Public Radio, Fleisher will extend his popular newsletter with a podcast that explains the inner workings of American politics. And just like his newsletter, episodes will be short, sweet and to the point.Read more »
At only 18-years-old, Gabe Fleisher has already made quite a name for himself. When he was 9-years-old, Gabe started getting up at the crack of dawn to send out a daily email newsletter with his analysis of the political news cycle. He called it Wake Up To Politics, and it slowly developed a large readership. Now, in partnership with St. Louis Public Radio, Fleisher will extend his popular newsletter with a podcast that explains the inner workings of American politics. And just like his newsletter, episodes will be short, sweet and to the point.
Introducing Wake Up To Politics, the podcast!
Dec 24, 2019 · 2 minutes
In partnership with St. Louis Public Radio, Gabe Fleisher is extending his popular Wake Up To Politics newsletter with a brand new podcast. From explaining election processes to a user guide for polling data, Gabe will break down complicated systems that shape what happens in the political arena every day. Episodes drop every other week starting Jan. 24, just in time for the Iowa Caucuses.


Frankie is a member of Euro-toques – the European Community of Chefs & Cooks – and is committed to sourcing locally and supporting small food producers wherever possible. He's built up a strong network of suppliers. Many of them, like Young Buck cheese and Abernethy Smoked Butter come from north of the border, but he's also a big fan of Connaught ingredients like Achill Mountain Lamb and Clew Bay Sunset Red craft beer.
Joe Garvin from Ballina brings him fish that was landed in Rossaveal, Connemara. Silke Cropp's Corleggy cheese from Cavan is there. Frankie takes her signature cheese and the new Cavanbert. He likes the Haven Smokehouse's Turf-Smoked Salmon from Donegal. The breads at An Port Mór are all made in-house, as are the desserts.
It's not for nothing that An Port Mór was named Bord Bia's Just Ask Restaurant of the Month in December 2014.


The Emotional Freedom Technique is a first aid kit for present days. Time seems to be speeding up and most of us are continuously multitasking to get everything done. In this context it can be difficult to find a way to reduce the intensity of it all and to regain some degree of tranquillity that is needed to actually reconnect with yourself.
EFT is a simple and effective technique that can decidedly help you to centre and ground, thereby delivering relaxation and improved health with remarkable speed.
The theory behind EFT is that negative emotions are caused by disturbances in the body's energy system. By tapping certain acupuncture points on the meridian system with your fingertips, it removes these disruptions caused by stress, trauma or other negative influences.
EFT is a simple and fun technique that can be applied in all walks of life – after a quarrel with a colleague or partner, stress before and exam, a headache after a long day of work or for deeper and more long- lasting problems, such as fears and illnesses.
Our past cannot be changed, but we can work on our emotional responses to it. EFT removes those triggers that make us repeat certain patterns in our lives and keep us from moving forward in the present. These triggers can manifest in many different ways such as fears and phobias, addictions and illnesses. EFT helps to clear these blockages and thereby allows us to feel better, both emotionally and physically.
Because of its simplicity it can be applied to just about anything, from fear of public speaking, sleeping problems, agoraphobia, addiction to sweets, to all sorts of physical symptoms and discomfort, such as a headache or chronic fatigue.
This works, because the theory and practice is the same in all situations- EFT stops you from identifying with a problem, or issue, so that you can move on.
The focus of this approach is to help you quickly attain tranquillity, by removing tensions in your body and negative thought patterns that keep you from pursuing the life you want. It will be a short introductory course. It will give you the basic theory and practice, so that you can work with it and your friends and family members. EFT is also ideally suited for children, to help them get over fears and worries, such as a worry about bad grades or presentations.
It is a healing method based on the Chinese discipline of acupuncture and modern psychology that helps us to release the stress and energetic blockages that keep us stuck. EFT practitioners use a gentle tapping technique to stimulate acupuncture points on the face and body while focusing on and verbalizing the emotional problem to be resolved.
It is a technique that can help improving a lot of psychological and physical ailments. The theory behind EFT is that negative emotions are caused by disturbances in the body's energy field. By tapping on the meridians while thinking of a negative emotion, the body's energy field is altered and restored back to balance.
In my experience EFT has been very beneficial for anxiety and stress.
EFT is neither a medical nor a psychotherapeutic treatment. I cannot make diagnoses, only a doctor or psychologist can. For all conditions please make sure consult a physician.
If you'd like to get in touch you can reach me here (0032)(0) 474 61 29 57 or email at irene.nolte.email@gmail.com.


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Manus Island is the soul of the system: Lyndsey Stonebridge talks to Omid Tofighian
In 2017, the Iranian-Kurdish writer, Behrouz Boochani, published an extraordinary book, No Friend But the Mountains which documented his life imprisoned in the Australian-run immigration detention centre on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Combining political theory, myth, poetry, memoir, the book rises to the challenge of resisting oppression by creating a new literary form of knowledge. Written using phone text messaging, the text was also a work of interdisciplinary translation, collaboration, and imagination. In this episode Lyndsey Stonebridge talks with the political philosopher, Omid Tofighian, Boochani's translator and collaborator. They examine how contemporary migration regimes can be described as an interlocking 'Kyriarchal' systems of domination and explore how creative writing can lead to new understandings of injustice and human rights.
Lyndsey: I'm really pleased today to be talking with Omid Tofighian from Sydney. Omid is a philosopher, actually a classical Greek philosopher which is in itself fascinating, a political theorist, a translator, a community and transnational activist who works on migration and refugees. Omid is the translator and collaborator with Behrouz Boochani for his extraordinary account of the Australian detention regime particularly on Manus Island 'No Friend but the Mountains' which was published in Australia in 2017 and in the UK and the US last year in 2019. The book is a major piece of writing, a major piece of literary writing and a major piece of political theory which I think like all writing, the best writing comes from the extremes of political life, invents new generic and creative forms to produce new types of knowledge. It's a kind of writing and thinking that challenges us at an extremely imaginative and creative as well as political, moral and ethical level. Omid, I wanted to start with that book. The book describes the detention regime on Manus as being like a Kyriarchal system – can you explain what you mean by that term and how that works?
Omid: Well, first of all, thanks for having me, Lyndsey. It's great to be here and I've been following your work for a while. This issue, this theme, this concept of kyriarchy I think is really perfect for introducing Behrouz's book because essentially the term that Behrouz uses in Farsi for what we call the Kyriarchal system in English.. I say we because we came to that conclusion together and we decided that's the best translation…but he uses this term in Farsi called system-e hākem. Now system-e hākem, the word hākem has Arabic roots and it is used in Farsi…it's actually a transnational term that's used in many different Islamic societies and it means…..it can be translated in numerous ways – as sovereign, it can be translated as…..system-e hakem can be translated as sovereign system, controlling system, ruling system, governmental system, dominating system, oppressive system, subjugating system, ruling system, so there are so many ways this one term can be translated but none of these actually capture the essence of what Behrouz is saying when he talks about system-e hakem and the way he tries to frame…the way he explains it in the book in particular the contexts, the different situations, the individuals, the lived experiences that he associates it with…I started translating it as an oppressive system originally and after about two chapters maybe I thought, no I'm really uncomfortable with this – it's not right and the reason is that because what Behrouz is talking about when he uses this phrase is interlocking systems of oppression but not just interlocking systems of oppression but domination and subjugation. It's a system that's designed and aims just to grind people down into submission so its purpose….and it is even willing to sacrifice its own benefits, its own uses, its own possibilities… it is willing to sacrifice a lot of those if this ultimate aim of crushing people, of grinding people down into submission is fulfilled. On top of that it's a system that multiplies itself so not only within the place where it is working but beyond itself as well so its aim is to create more like it, so it's replication and multiplication. So there are a whole range of different things that make it really unique, really idiosyncratic I thought until I was thinking about the word to translate system-e hakem and I looked back to some of my research in the past, especially in the area of critical religious studies and I came across the work of Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza and I remember she uses this term…..she actually coined a term called kyriarchy which kyrios it translates as lord or master and she kind of brings this word together to create a new term, kyriarchy, to explain systems of domination and control and subjugation and intersectional forms of discrimination that go beyond patriarchy. So for her she wanted to critically re-evaluate, or ask us to rethink the notion of patriarchy to include other things like militarism, colonialism, different forms of discrimination like sexuality, race, class.
L: As I was reading the book I was reminded of, as I so often am, when Arendt is trying to describe where the term totalitarianism comes from, she says one of the elements is colonial practice and in terms of Europe's history it's what happened when colonialism boomeranged back. When I was reading No Friend but the Mountains I thought this shares a lot with her description of totalitarian systems and part of that is the interlocking nature and the total domination, you have to get in people's minds and that where you get them to reproduce the conditions of their own domination which is what Primo Levi said of the camps is, you know, you kill the man inside. But also the utter pointlessness and I think a lot of us have worked with migration systems whether it be in the UK or Australia and have said at numerous points well this makes no sense. It's not a system which is working for itself and really I thought the book and the idea of the Kyriarchal system bought home is it's not supposed to, it's really not supposed to work, it's supposed to keep on reproducing itself and in the sense of the regime on Manus it's supposed to work to the point that you will voluntarily go back yourself or refoulement, made voluntarily by this system of total domination that makes it unbearable to do anything else. They don't even do the instrumental thing that they're supposed to do because that's not what it's actually about.
O: Yes. It's not supposed to function in a way that's rational, that can be justified. The only justification really is just to force people to leave, to go back to the place from where they fled or to perish. It's kind of like a moral and an explanatory quagmire – the more you try to explain it using reason, using logic and analogies, using data, statistics the more confusing the analysis becomes, the understanding becomes and also I think it's interesting that not only does it become more confusing but the system constantly shifts, there's so much fluidity in it and I think this is one of the reasons why the legal approaches haven't been as successful as people expected because laws change constantly and laws are so open to interpretation and become so arbitrary and I guess that also speaks to what you are saying about the fact that it's not supposed to be a well oiled machine, it's supposed to be chaos.
L: Yes but also that's why I think your kind of creative knowledge production approach is right….I'm going to try and get you to say a bit more about that because there's a way in which you can't fight this discourse on its own terms because then you'll end up as mad as it….once you start buying into the logic then you're already caught within a kind of rationality and instrumentalism which is making no sense and you're not opposing, whereas what one of the very important things to think about the book and your work since is what happens if you put collaboration and translation at the heart of finding out, of finding ways to challenge. So that's one thing but I was also reminded when you were talking about the law, I don't know if you saw the human rights lawyer Itamar Mann wrote a letter to the ICC Chief Prosecutor, using the book, Itamar Mann has worked on migration and refugees, to say just as Primo Levi's, if this was a man was at one point going to be used as evidence in the Eichmann trial…there were lots of reasons why it wasn't used in the end…this book is evidence against the new normal of degradation and dehumanisation on the borders and what I loved about that move, and I would love it because I am literary scholar but I would love it for other reasons, is what happens if we actually step outside the logic of reason, rationality and law, defined by its own terms, to challenge those through different forms of creative knowledge production that might actually shift what we understand a crime to be, what we understand of injustice.
O: There's so many points that you've highlighted – unfortunately we won't have time to…yeah, its fantastic though and I know Behrouz is really thrilled by this conversation because this is exactly the response, or the kinds of response he wanted for his book and one of the things that he was really enthusiastic about was to transform the concept and notion, the stereotypes associated with people experiencing displacement and exile and breaking these dichotomies, these binaries associated with victim and saviour, beneficiary and benefactor, recipient and supporter…all these things he was always uncomfortable with and he believed that these particular kinds of assumptions, these reductions are also part of that same system and in order to really transform, in order to really deconstruct the system, in order to decolonise it's not just the material conditions that need to be addressed, it's also the symbolic and also the epistemic and that's where the creative approach really hits home, really makes its impact. It's transforming the social imaginary, we could say the colonial imaginary and I think that's one of the things that you pointed out that's it's another central theme along with kyriarchy, its interdependent with the Kyriarchal system and that's the colonial logic and how the detention centres in Australia are associated with Australia's colonial history and thinking about border violence all over the world we need to situate it within this framework…this historical framework but also its ideological framework.
L: Yes and of course….I mean people don't like to hear this but of course certain forms of historical humanitarianism were also part of the colonial project so people are quite happy with the idea of the agentless refugee who needs help who is testify to his bitter experience because that isn't actually a challenge to any kind of privilege or epistemology whatsoever which is why I think it is so interesting that the book is often…oh it's that refugee testimony.. so I always introduce it as a major work of critical theory and a major literary work. You're not having that you know, you're having your passive refugee.
O: I like what you said about the challenging genres because I also myself, my reflections on the book and the translation process, I think about it as an anti-genre. It is political commentary, it is fiction, it is non fiction, it is journalism, it's all these things – it's also myth and folklore and epic, it's poetry and at the same time philosophical reflection, it's psychoanalytic examination but basically Behrouz is fusing these things all together to create something original, something new and I think his purpose was for people to understand the soul of this system…that soul of the system and what that means is quite complex and we can get into a discussion about that if there's time, but that's not just to understand a historical or transgenerational dimension, the colonial dimensions to it but also to understand the future of this book, or the future of these crimes which are represented in the book. So the soul of the system is something that…you know it's interesting he talks about the soul of the system actually being conscious, as having agency….this move, this literary move, this creative move I think is really important because we start to think about the system as something that is planned, is designed and it doesn't necessarily need one person or a group of people, it's part of the built environment, the natural environment, it's part of the social political structures, it's part of culture and it's part of history.
L: Thank you Omid.
O: My pleasure, thank you for having me.
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