This is the first randomized trial comparing any of the new agents targeted to treat CLL against a standard chemoimmunotherapy program, and it has proved the superiority of the chemotherapy-free approach.
In the relapsed or refractory setting, CLL cells accumulate adverse biologic features, leading to a suboptimal response to conventional chemotherapy. With standard bendamustine/rituximab, previous studies had reported an objective response rate of 59% and a median progression-free survival of 15.2 months, Dr. Seymour explained.
Venetoclax, an orally administered, highly selective, potent BCL-2 inhibitor, is known to have excellent activity and safety as a single agent, demonstrating high complete response rates and minimum residual disease (MRD)-negativity. Some patients have shown durable disease control after stopping venetoclax-based treatment in a marrow MRD-negative state, Dr. Seymour said.
These observations led to the open-label, randomized phase III MURANO trial, designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of time-limited venetoclax/rituximab vs bendamustine/rituximab in the relapsed or refractory setting. A total of 389 patients were randomized 1:1 to receive venetoclax at 400 mg orally once daily, given until progressive disease or unacceptable toxicity for a maximum of 2 years, plus rituximab for 6 cycles vs 6 cycles of bendamustine/rituximab. In the venetoclax arm, the dose was gradually ramped up to 400 mg/d over 4 to 5 weeks to reduce the likelihood of tumor-lysis syndrome.
Patients in both groups were well matched for baseline demographic and disease characteristics. Median age was about 65 years. All had received one to three prior lines of therapy, and 60% had received one prior line of therapy, 74% including fludarabine. About 27% in both arms had del(17p), an adverse risk factor. About 68% had unmutated IGHV, and about 25% had mutated TP53.
"A profound, clear superiority in progression-free survival was observed with venetoclax/rituximab," Dr. Seymour said.
At 2 years of follow-up, median progression-free survival was not yet reached in the venetoclax/rituximab arm vs 17 months for bendamustine/rituximab. The 1-year progression-free survival rate was 92.7% vs 72.5%, respectively, and 2-year progression-free survival was 84.9% vs 36.3%. These findings were confirmed in an independent review. Progression-free survival was consistent across subgroups for clinical and biologic features.
Secondary endpoints, including overall survival, favored venetoclax/rituximab. Patients treated with venetoclax/rituximab had a 52% reduced risk of death. Median overall survival was not reached in either arm at 2 years of follow-up but trended higher for the venetoclax/rituximab arm (92% vs 87%, P = .0186).
The combination of venetoclax/rituximab achieved superior progression-free survival and overall survival compared with standard bendamustine/rituximab.
Venetoclax/rituximab has the potential to be a new standard of care.
Objective response rates were higher in the experimental arm as well: The overall response rate was 93.3%, compared with 67.7% for bendamustine/rituximab. Investigator-assessed complete response rates were three times higher with the new combination: Complete response or complete response with incomplete platelet recovery was 26.8%, compared with 8.2% for bendamustine/rituximab.
"MRD negativity [defined as < 1 CLL cell in 10,000 leukocytes] was much higher with venetoclax/rituximab at every time point," Dr. Seymour told listeners. The overall rate of peripheral blood MRD negativity at any time on study was 83.5% with -venetoclax/rituximab vs 23.1% with bendamustine/rituximab.
No new safety signals emerged for any of the drugs. Almost all patients in both arms experienced at least one adverse event. Serious adverse events were reported in 46% of the venetoclax/rituximab arm vs 43% of the bendamustine/rituximab arm. Grade 3/4 adverse events were reported in 82% and 70%, respectively. Causes of death were balanced between the two arms.
Grade 3/4 neutropenia was more common in the venetoclax/ ritux-imab arm: 58% vs 39%. Infections were relatively infrequent. Tumor-lysis syndrome occurred in 3% vs 1%.
"Most of the toxicities seen with the venetoclax/rituximab combination occurred before obtaining disease control," Dr. Seymour said.
DISCLOSURE: Dr. Seymour has received honoraria from AbbVie, Celgene, Roche, Janssen, MorphoSys, Gilead, Sunesis, and Takeda and research funding from AbbVie, Roche, and Janssen; is a member of the Board of Directors or advisory committees for AbbVie, Celgene, Roche, Janssen, MorphoSys, Gilead, Sunesis, and Takeda; and is a member of the speakers bureaus for AbbVie, Roche, Janssen, and Gilead.
1. Seymour JF, Kipps T, Eichhorst B, et al: Venetoclax plus rituximab is superior to bendamustine plus rituximab in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia. 2017 ASH Annual Meeting. Abstract LBA-2. Presented December 12, 2017.


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The war has displaced more than 3.6 million people since 2015
IOM: war has displaced 400,000 Yemenis in 2019
Almasdar Online - Newsroom TUESDAY, 24 DECEMBER, 2019 - 08:24 PM
Nearly 400,000 Yemenis have been displaced in conflict since the beginning of the year, according to a new report by the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Yemen's war, which officially started in March 2015, has displaced more than 3.6 million people, the IOM said in a recent report.
From Jan. 1 to Dec. 21, 398,412 people in Yemen have been displaced at least once.
During the past week, Al-Dhale governorate has seen the highest number of internal displacements. Several international aid organizations closed their offices in Al-Dhale City after coming under attack from an armed Salafist group.
A high rate of internal displacement was also recorded in Taiz governorate last week, including in the Shara'b Al-Salam District, where a viral fever outbreak has been reported. Most of the families displaced in Taiz had already been displaced once from other areas of Taiz, as well as Aden and Hodeidah governorates.
The IOM report also suggests a high rate of displacement in Al-Jawf and Hodeidah governorates, due to increased conflict.
Internally Displaced People International Organization for Migration
Leaked documents: Houthi officials pocketed cash from Danish Refugee Council aid project for sanitation workers
Viral fever spreads in northern Taiz

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source - Although I think this particular pic is for a recipe that includes nuts, my recipe doesn't.
I first had Oatmeal Carmelitas in college. It's the one thing (besides cereal) that I actually liked in our college cafeteria. But I didn't know they were called Oatmeal Carmelitas at the time . . . I just referred to them as "little bars of absolute deliciousness" - it's cumbersome but accurate.
Me: You know those little bars of deliciousness with something kind of crunchy but sweet on top and some melted chocolate and maybe a few other things.
Me: Come on. You know . . . crunchy stuff and chocolate and other stuff all in a bar-type thing.
Finally after years of searching, I gave up . . . assuming that these little bars of absolute deliciousness were some sort of magical concoction mysteriously whipped up in the secret depths of my college cafeteria.
Then about three years ago, I was at a meeting and I picked up one of the desserts on the break table. I bit into it and . . . (take a moment and listen to the choir of angels signing) . . . yes, although not EXACTLY the same, that dessert bar was very close to those little bars of absolute deliciousness from my college days. I hunted down the person who brought them, (I may or may not have shouted at the top of my lungs for all to hear, "WHO MADE THESE BARS? TELL ME RIGHT NOW!"), and found out these bars were called . . .
After tweaking her recipe, I think I've pretty much mastered them . . . but I still like to refer to them primarily as little bars of absolute deliciousness.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray one 8x8 inch square pan with cooking spray.
2. Combine the 1 cup flour, baking soda, oats, brown sugar, salt and melted butter. Mix to combine, mixture will be very crumbly. Press firmly half of the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
4. Let cool slightly then sprinkle over the crust the chocolate chips.
5. Mix the caramel ice cream topping with the 3 tablespoons of flour and drizzle over the chocolate chips.
6. Top with the remaining oatmeal mixture.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Let bars cool a bit before cutting so that the melted chocolate will harden a bit.
Unfortunately, I haven't had the time to make these yet, but they are HIGH on my to-do list for the weekend. My mouth is sooooo watering right now.
Oh my they look amazing! If you need to pawn any off on anyone feel free to send them my way!
This is a fabulous recipe. One of my friends will always be my friend because she made me these...and gave me the recipe!
Oh adding these to my recipe collection on my blog. Little bars of absolute deliciousness indeed!!!
Thank you, I think! The picture looked tempting and then I spotted the recipe, uh oh there goes starting the diet before Christmas!
But yes, my mouth is watering too. I love crunchy-sweet oatmeal with chocolate. Adding these to my treat list!
I MUST have some I MUST! I printed out the recipe....thanks for going through the trouble for us. My taste buds are dancing...can't wait to try them.
oooo... those look delicious!! I thought these were going to be what we call "magic cookie bars" but they are different. Can't wait to try these.
So how many of these are too many to eat in one sitting???
Super yummy Elizabeth - thanks for the recipe - they're a new favorite!!
Every Christmas, I pick something new to bake along with our 'tried-and-true' recipes. This is it--thanks!


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4. Crushing Blow - Shakes the ground to reduce enemy armor.
On this update, a new homecoming feature is also added. Old players returning to the game are awarded with amazing equipment and items! So be sure to call your old friend, guildies, nation and townies for a great reward awaits them!


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// Copyright (C) 2008, by David W. Jeske
// All Rights Reserved.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

// .ROOT metadata

// Number representation - we will start with a simple positive integer zero-padded representation

namespace Bend
{
    // .ROOT/FREELIST/HEAD -> (address for top of heap)
    // .ROOT/FREELIST/PENDING/(address start) -> FreelistExtent(start, end)
    // .ROOT/FREELIST/EXTENTS/(address end:10) -> FreelistExtent(start, end)

    // We store extents by the "end address" so we can carve blocks off the start of the extent
    // by writing the data-payload, without changing the row key.

    // TODO: maintain this data through a "table manager" so table
    //       data can be indexed/exposed via normal mechanisms.

    // ---- helper classes ----------------

    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
    public struct FreespaceExtent {
        public long start_addr;
        public long end_addr;

        public long length() {
            return (end_addr - start_addr);
        }
        public byte[] pack() {
            byte[] data; Util.writeStruct(this, out data); return data;
        }
        public static FreespaceExtent unpack(byte[] buf) {
            return Util.readStruct<FreespaceExtent>(new MemoryStream(buf));
        }
        public override string ToString() {
            return String.Format("{0}-{1} ({2})", start_addr, end_addr, end_addr - start_addr);
        }
    }

    public class NewUnusedSegment {
        FreespaceExtent location;
        LayerManager store;
        public NewUnusedSegment(LayerManager store, FreespaceExtent extent) {
            this.location = extent;
            this.store = store;
        }
        public IRegion getWritableRegion() {
            return store.regionmgr.writeFreshRegionAddr(location.start_addr, location.length());
        }

        public void mapSegment(LayerWriteGroup tx, int use_gen,
            RecordKey start_key, RecordKey end_key, IRegion reader) {

            if (! (tx.type == LayerWriteGroup.WriteGroupType.DISK_ATOMIC_NOFLUSH ||
                   tx.type == LayerWriteGroup.WriteGroupType.DISK_ATOMIC_FLUSH)) {
                       throw new Exception("NewUnusedSegment.mapSegment() must be provided an ATOMIC write group");
            }

            // remove the pending entry
            RecordKey key = new RecordKey().appendParsedKey(".ROOT/FREELIST/PENDING");
            key.appendKeyPart(new RecordKeyType_Long(reader.getStartAddress()));
            tx.setValue(key, RecordUpdate.DeletionTombstone());

            // add the new map
            tx.mylayer.rangemapmgr.mapGenerationToRegion(tx, use_gen, start_key, end_key, reader);
        }

    }

    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //                     FreespaceManager
    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    public class FreespaceManager
    {
        long next_allocation;
        BDSkipList<long, FreespaceExtent> freespace = new BDSkipList<long, FreespaceExtent>();

        LayerManager store;

        RecordKey pending_prefix = new RecordKey().appendParsedKey(".ROOT/FREELIST/PENDING");
        RecordKey freelist_prefix = new RecordKey().appendParsedKey(".ROOT/FREELIST/EXTENTS");

        public FreespaceManager(LayerManager store, int init_freelist = 0) {
            this.store = store;

            if (init_freelist != 0) {
            } else {

                RecordData data;
                if (store.getRecord(new RecordKey().appendParsedKey(".ROOT/FREELIST/HEAD"), out data) == GetStatus.MISSING) {

                    throw new Exception("no freelist head!");

                    // TODO: fix this init hack
                    // next_allocation = (int)(RootBlockHeader.ROOTBLOCK_SIZE + LogWriter.DEFAULT_LOG_SIZE);

                } else {
                    next_allocation = Lsd.lsdToNumber(data.data);
                }
            }
        }

        internal static void Init(LayerManager store, int firstAvailableAddress) {
            // this was a test to be able to start with big address numbers..
            // firstAvailableAddress = 4294971392;
            // firstAvailableAddress = 4294971392 - 8*1024*1024;

            store.setValue(new RecordKey().appendParsedKey(".ROOT/FREELIST/HEAD"),
                RecordUpdate.WithPayload(Lsd.numberToLsd(firstAvailableAddress, 13)));
        }

        public NewUnusedSegment allocateNewSegment(LayerWriteGroup tx, int length) {

            // use one big nasty lock to prevent race conditions
            lock (this) {

                // try to find an extent with enough space to carve off a chunk
                foreach (var rec in store.scanForward(new ScanRange<RecordKey>(freelist_prefix,
                                RecordKey.AfterPrefix(freelist_prefix), null))) {
                    FreespaceExtent extent = FreespaceExtent.unpack(rec.Value.data);

                    if (extent.length() == length) {
                        // the extent is exactly the right size... make it pending
                        LayerWriteGroup makepending_wg =
                            tx.mylayer.newWriteGroup(type: LayerWriteGroup.WriteGroupType.DISK_ATOMIC_NOFLUSH);

                        // add a pending entry for this block
                        {
                            RecordKey key = new RecordKey().appendParsedKey(".ROOT/FREELIST/PENDING");
                            key.appendKeyPart(new RecordKeyType_Long(extent.start_addr));
                            makepending_wg.setValue(key, RecordUpdate.WithPayload(extent.pack()));
                        }

                        // remove the freelist entry
                        {
                            RecordKey key = new RecordKey().appendParsedKey(".ROOT/FREELIST/EXTENTS");
                            key.appendKeyPart(new RecordKeyType_Long(extent.end_addr));
                            makepending_wg.setValue(key, RecordUpdate.DeletionTombstone());
                        }

                        makepending_wg.finish();
                        return new NewUnusedSegment(store, extent);
                    } else if (extent.length() > length) {

                        // TODO: carve a piece off the extent and return the pending piece

                    }
                }

                // if we can't find a free segment, grow the heap
                return growHeap(tx, length);

                // TODO: then carve a segment out of the new grown heap

            }
        }

        private RecordKey pendingKeyForAddr(long start_addr) {
            RecordKey key = new RecordKey().appendParsedKey(".ROOT/FREELIST/PENDING");
            key.appendKeyPart(new RecordKeyType_Long(start_addr));
            return key;
        }

        // grow the top "top of heap"
        // .ROOT/FREELIST/HEAD -> "top of heap"
        private NewUnusedSegment growHeap(LayerWriteGroup tx, int length) {
            long new_addr;
            FreespaceExtent newblock_info;

            // make an atomic write-group to "carve off" a pending chunk
            LayerWriteGroup carveoff_wg =
                tx.mylayer.newWriteGroup(type: LayerWriteGroup.WriteGroupType.DISK_ATOMIC_NOFLUSH);

            // lock to make sure two threads don't carve off at the same time...
            lock (this) {
                // HACK: currently we just grab off the top of heap
                new_addr = next_allocation;
                next_allocation = next_allocation + (long)length;

                if (new_addr <= 0) {
                    throw new Exception("invalid address in allocateNewSegment: " + new_addr);
                }

                newblock_info = new FreespaceExtent();
                newblock_info.start_addr = new_addr;
                newblock_info.end_addr = new_addr + length;

                // add the pending chunk
                carveoff_wg.setValue(this.pendingKeyForAddr(new_addr),
                                     RecordUpdate.WithPayload(newblock_info.pack()));

                Console.WriteLine("allocateNewSegment - next address: " + new_addr);
                // add our new top of heap pointer
                {
                    RecordKey key = new RecordKey().appendParsedKey(".ROOT/FREELIST/HEAD");
                    carveoff_wg.setValue(key, RecordUpdate.WithPayload(Lsd.numberToLsd(next_allocation, 13)));
                }

                // commit the metadata tx
                carveoff_wg.finish();
            }

            return new NewUnusedSegment(store,newblock_info);
        }

        public void freeSegment(LayerWriteGroup tx, FreespaceExtent segment_extent) {

            // (1) add the segment to the pending list (pending free)

            if (tx.type != LayerWriteGroup.WriteGroupType.DISK_ATOMIC_FLUSH) {
                throw new Exception("freeSegment() requires DISK_ATOMIC write group");
            }

            // NOTE: DISK_ATOMIC writes are not seen in the memory segment until the atomic write group applies
            //       so these changes will not be seen until then

            RecordKey key = new RecordKey().appendParsedKey(".ROOT/FREELIST/PENDING")
                .appendKeyPart(new RecordKeyType_Long(segment_extent.end_addr));

            RecordUpdate payload = RecordUpdate.WithPayload(segment_extent.pack());
            tx.setValue(key, payload);

            // (2) add a handler to get notified when the block is no longer referenced, so it can
            //     be moved from pending to actually free.

            LayerWriteGroup fwg = this.store.newWriteGroup(LayerWriteGroup.WriteGroupType.DISK_ATOMIC_NOFLUSH);

            // we don't want to ask for the notification until the write-group freeing this segment is finished
            tx.addCompletion(delegate() {
                tx.mylayer.regionmgr.notifyRegionSafeToFree(segment_extent.start_addr,
                    delegate(long addr) { this.handleRegionSafeToFree(addr, segment_extent, fwg); });
            });

        }

        // move the pending address into the freelist
        private void handleRegionSafeToFree(long start_addr, FreespaceExtent extent, LayerWriteGroup wg) {
            System.Console.WriteLine("*\n*\n*\n* handleRegionSafeToFree {0} \n*\n*\n*", start_addr);
            // (1) remove pending entry
            wg.setValue(pendingKeyForAddr(start_addr), RecordUpdate.DeletionTombstone());

            // (2) write real freelist entry (TODO: merge with neighboring entries)
            {
                RecordKey key = new RecordKey().appendParsedKey(".ROOT/FREELIST/EXTENTS");
                key.appendKeyPart(new RecordKeyType_Long(extent.end_addr));
                wg.setValue(key, RecordUpdate.WithPayload(extent.pack()));
            }
            wg.finish();
        }

        public void debugDumbCurrentFreespace() {
            long total_freespace = 0;
            long total_pendingspace = 0;

            System.Console.WriteLine("------------------- Freelist Extents (Pending) ---------------");
            foreach (var rec in store.scanForward(new ScanRange<RecordKey>(pending_prefix,
                                            RecordKey.AfterPrefix(pending_prefix), null))) {
                FreespaceExtent extent = FreespaceExtent.unpack(rec.Value.data);
                System.Console.WriteLine("{0} -> {1}",
                    rec.Key.ToString(),
                    extent.ToString());
                total_pendingspace += extent.length();
            }

            System.Console.WriteLine("------------------- Freelist Extents (FREE)-------------------");
            foreach (var rec in store.scanForward(new ScanRange<RecordKey>(freelist_prefix,
                                            RecordKey.AfterPrefix(freelist_prefix), null))) {
                FreespaceExtent extent = FreespaceExtent.unpack(rec.Value.data);
                System.Console.WriteLine("{0} -> {1}",
                    rec.Key.ToString(),
                    extent.ToString());
                total_freespace += extent.length();
            }
            System.Console.WriteLine("------------------- Freelist Extents END (pending: {0}, free {1}) ---------------",
                total_pendingspace,total_freespace);

        }

    } // class FreespaceManager
} // namespace Bend

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one more master to do for the 18C, which will be a Uhlan; after that I have some additional 17C masters to finish. With all the masters done I will be making moulds and casting as I work on replacing the Wittenberg cavalry regiments and then units for new armies.
Great work , I admire your skill ! .
Amazing, I am in awe!
Nice, I need to start working on sculpting more.
Great stuff, and you must be fairly independent now because of your home castings.


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When your home is on the market, you want it to look great for every showing, but keeping up with the cleaning when you have other responsibilities, like work and family, can seem daunting. That's why we've compiled 5 of our best tips for being ready for every showing.
2. Utilize bins and baskets to quickly hide clutter. Do you have soap and sponges you like to keep out on the kitchen counter? Put them in a basket, so you can quickly hide them under the sink. Have a child or dog, who like to play in the living room? Buy a couple large baskets to hide their toys inside. This approach helps to keep everything looking tidy with a limited schedule.
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5. If you're in the home right before the showing, turn all the lights on and open the interior doors, so the buyers feel welcome to tour the home. Also, make sure the home is a comfortable temperature. This is especially important if you have a smart thermostat programmed to turn the heat down at certain times during the day.
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Diabetes mellitus is a chronic systemic disease capable of affecting virtually every organ system in the body. At the cellular level, diabetes is a disease of insufficient insulin action, which is require for the efficient transport of glucose into muscles, adipose tissue, and liver cells. In the absence of insulin, glucose cannot be effectively transported into cells and it accumulates in the blood. In addition, the liver begins to manufacture glucose from amino acids (gluconeogenesis). Diabetes can cause diseases like asthma or circulatory problems. This usually happens because the stress from the spleen and pancreas affects the liver. The liver, in turn, affects the muscles and sends the stress to the upper Sanjiao, and the respiratory system.
From the point of view of Oriental medicine, diabetes is a weakness of the endocrine system, the jing of the water element. Consequently, the metabolism slows down, affecting the spleen. As the patient's yin qi accumulates, they do not create enough yang to balance. Their fat level is high, so they cannot burn the fat quickly enough. The body starts accumulating more of the thick heavy energy, like sugar. This corresponds to and stresses the spleen, which becomes increasingly sensitive to various stresses, and then, finally, becomes dysfunctional.
Patients may develop hypoglycemic symptoms like fainting, dizziness, fear, vertigo, and emotional swings due to spleen and pancreatic action, when their insulin is too high or blood sugar too low, or it can be due to nervous system action affecting the adrenal glands. For hypoglycemia, check the pulse to see if the activity is in the nervous system or in the spleen. If it is in the nervous system, then treat the nervous system by sedating the stress and slowing the heartbeat. If you work only on the pancreas to increase its capacity (as you would with simple hypoglycemia), the stress will continue and, although the symptoms may be alleviated temporarily, you won't really help the patient at all.
When you work on diabetic patients, keep in mind that they are not always diabetic. Diabetes is a problem of the pancreas, with the pancreas becoming too sensitive. The real question is `in which way is it too sensitive?' -- is it excreting too much insulin and causing hypoglycemia, or withholding production and causing diabetes. Many times the diabetic condition is not completely adopted yet.
For example, a female patient, previous to her diabetic condition, developed a tumor in the uterus. In this case, the most likely previous pattern was that stress was developing in the spleen and moving to the liver. The liver sent it back to the spleen and also spread it out towards the ovary and the uterus. In this classic pattern, the liver sends its stress to the ovary on the right side, and the trigeminal area. If this type of diabetic patient had presented problems such as stiffness or tremors of the fingers, or stiffness of the jaws or teeth problems, those past symptoms would indicate that she was a hypoglycemic patient and not a clear-cut diabetic case. A uterine-tumor can also be a result of a long-term hypoglycemic condition. In these types of cases, pay attention to the movement in the pulse from the Sanjiao to the pancreas -- any abnormal pulse movement going from the Mingmen/Sanjiao deep down to the pancreas. This movement will indicate if the condition is still being aggravated by external causes, like lifestyle or their emotional state. If that external stress still continues, it will produce a psychosomatic syndrome that will, in turn, cause physical or organic stress in the organs.
If that type of pulse is found in a diabetic patient, it means that he or she has a "dual phase" of diabetes, so hypoglycemia exists concurrently at the same time (especially if they are very irritable). In those cases, you have to pay attention to the liver, Sanjiao, and kidney pulses. You must see if the liver is providing sufficient energetic thrust -- most likely it will be a little hyper if the whole situation is pointing towards a hypoglycemic syndrome. If it is not hyper, then, most probably, the patient is frustrated because he or she lack enough qi to operate the will. If the patient is very irritable because the Sanjiao pulse is very low and the energy level connecting the kidney to the Sanjiao is low, irritability and frustration occur because there is insufficient qi to sustain their willpower.
Diabetes is originally caused by deficiency of yang qi. As metabolism slows, the body's toxins are not removed quickly enough and jing is not replenished quickly enough. Yang energy becomes more deficient as patients continue to exhaust their jing.
When their jing is extremely exhausted and turbid yin material has accumulated, it creates a vicious circle: yang energy is insufficient because the jing is exhausted, and the jing is not being replaced because yang qi is insufficient. After the jing is gone, the remaining yang energy is comparatively excessive, since there is nothing to balance it. So, slowly, the yang energy remaining will create a heat-type of condition. When metabolism is slowed and the toxic sugar level is high, patients will show a very strong energy contrast. This heat will stand in contrast to the rest of the body, which is cold (due to the insufficient yang); the heat will also tighten the arteries and veins. This contraction of the blood vessels will make patients extremely tense and nervous. When the tension becomes very strong, they may faint because the pressure is too high, while, at the same time, the sugar level is high. From time to time, the insulin level may pick up since the pancreas cannot properly control it.
When you check the spleen/pancreas pulse of a diabetic patient it may not necessarily have to feel weak, it can show relative strength. This relative strength in itself does not indicate that the pancreas is working properly, instead, look for the overall strength of the patient's general vitality. What we must determine in the pulse is whether it has both sufficient fire and earth elements within it. If the fire element is low, the insulin level will be low. We have to detect the fire and earth elements of the pancreas in order to know that the insulin level is normal. If the pulse shows a boiling type of a feeling, the pancreas is active; and, if it is the opposite, it means that the level of the insulin is below normal.
Despite the heat activity and the activity of the spleen pulse as it tries to compensate for the condition, the body is in a very deficient and delicate state: the spleen and pancreas are exhausted; the kidney is exhausted since the jing is dissipated; and the patient lacks sufficient circulatory stimulation, so the elimination of toxins is retarded. Consequently, any HBP condition related to the diabetes must be treated by tonification of the kidney jing.
The most important acupuncture point for diabetes is Sp.8 (Diji).Sp.9 (Yinlingquan), C.V. 9 (Shuifen), C.V.12 (Zhongwan), T.W. 4 (Yangchi), St.36 (Zusanli), and St.9 (Renying) are also important. Often for diabetes we needle St.36 (Zusanli) upward, using tonification skills, to send heat towards the stomach and the spleen. We can also use Kd.10 (Yingu) to tonify the kidney. When a diabetic patient shows a strong spleen pulse it means that the spleen and pancreatic activity are not totally absent, but are rather up and down, so the pancreas activity and energy are very unstable. Fortunately, this is still a case where you can easily work on the condition with acupuncture.
Sp.8 (Diji) is only good for chronic diabetes problems when it is necessary to boost the pancreatic activity. When you use Sp.8 (Diji), tonify it. If, in a diabetes case, the spleen is receiving a lot of stress, do not tonify it yet but, rather, sedate the perverse energy movement of the liver first, by using strong needling techniques on G.B.34 (Yanglingquan). When the stress moves from the liver towards the lung, it will tighten the diaphragm. G.B.34 (Yanglingquan) is also an important point to release diaphragm tension.
Tonify all points, except St. 9 (Renting) where you should use an interdermal needle. The interdermal needle should be changed daily. Also needle the Hua To points along the whole back daily.
With a spring needle, shallowly needle T- 1 through L- 5 in a random manner.
Use a golden thread on these points. Place it about 1/8 of an inch and leave it for many months.
This method is good for stopping thirst.
G.V.14 (Dazhui) moxa 3-7 times.


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§ 119-2 Erection of signs; enumeration of restricted areas.
§ 119-3 Report of violations.
§ 119-4 Notice of violation; payment of fine.
§ 119-5 Penalties for offenses.
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Harwood Avenue from Lester Place South to Park Place.
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The time during which such vehicle is parked or standing in violation of this article and the approximate location thereof.
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Woodland group wins awards for documentary
BEACON FALLS — History can go one of two ways: It's either lost forever in time or kept alive so the stories can be passed through generations.
Woodland's Preserving Our History group wanted to make sure it helped with the latter.
Nine students, along with group advisor Meghan Hatch, recently produced an award-winning short documentary chronicling the military career of Staff Sgt. Christopher Shea, a 2004 Woodland graduate and a member of the Connecticut Army National Guard.
The documentary, a six-minute piece entitled "A Life of Service," earned awards for Outstanding History Short and Critic's Choice at last month's Connecticut Student Film Festival.
"A Life of Service" tells the story of Shea, who served during the War in Iraq as a gunner and experienced post-traumatic stress disorder after returning from the Middle East.
The group, which is part of a statewide program focusing on veterans' stories, decided to focus on Shea due to his close relationship with the school, where he often returns to tell his stories from war and raise awareness for veterans' care.
Woodland's Preserving Our History group won multiple awards for the documentary 'A Life of Service,' which tells the story of Woodland Regional High School graduate Staff Sgt. Christopher Shea. –CONTRIBUTED
"They gravitated toward him because they felt if they focused on a person close to Woodland, it would resonate more with them and anyone who watched it," said Hatch, an English teacher. "They were amazed that he's so young and has gone through such an experience. They felt profoundly moved that he came from Woodland and they felt it would mean a lot to the school."
The students, including Machol Butler, Emma Conway, Will Drozdowski, Casey Gianonne, Rebecca Grabowski, Sarah Parker, Cindy Salazar, Salma Shitia, and Mackenzie White, worked on the project for months. Drozdowski led the editing and music production while Conway led the storytelling aspect of the piece.
The group also worked with students from the digital media and journalism courses to help with aspects of the production.
Shea, who will be deployed to Afghanistan this fall, provided photos and videos from his duty in Iraq to accompany his interview.
"He was incredibly forthcoming," Hatch said. "We're so grateful for him. He is an incredible person and we wanted to honor him with this production. He talks about his stories because he thinks it's important for others to hear about it."
The group won the competition's top prize for the second time in three years. The group also won the Outstanding History Short award in its first year, 2010, under the direction of history teacher Chris Decker.
"We're blessed to have a lot of resources at our school that made this possible," Hatch said. "When you saw it at the competition, it stood out so much. I thought we were able to tell the story to completion. It's an enormous accomplishment."
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1. Why are you pruning?
2. When should you prune the specific plant you are growing?
3. How should the plant be pruned?
Timing is critical for flowering and fruiting plants.
In general, plants that bloom in the spring should be pruned immediately following blooming and plants that bloom in the summer should be pruned before growth begins in late February.
Formal pruning requires much more work than a natural look in the landscape.
One or two topiary plants can be enough in a landscape--too many and it will get too busy.
There are a few exceptions to the rule such as gardenias and some hydrangeas.
Roses, fruit trees, small fruits and ornamental grasses also have specific requirements for pruning.
Crape myrtles are probably the most incorrectly pruned plants we grow, with "crape murder" being the norm, versus the exception.
Large shade trees should not be pruned by the home gardener, but knowing what is expected of a tree trimmer is important to avoid major damage to your trees.
Make sure that you have clean, sharp pruning shears and that the size of the pruning tool fits the size of the branches you are pruning. Pruning paints or wound dressings are not needed, and in some cases can actually hinder the recovery time of the pruned areas.
A common and devastating mistake made while pruning crapemyrtles is the practice of "topping" off the beautiful plant. Dr. Jim Robbins shows the proper techniques for pruning your landscape crapemyrtle.


During the week of Malt Mission 200 celebratory posts I wrote about Christmas offers and made an addendum. In that post I asked Santa for the Glenfiddich 1976, a new release from my year of birth carefully selected by David Stewart, Brian Kinsman and six other talented noses (for more info visit Glenfiddich's page on the selection of the 1976 cask HERE.) Only days later "Santa" emailed me to say that he and the elves would be pleased to make my Christmas wish come true. [Yes, Ian Buxton, this was someone at the Red Consultancy (see Ian's related piece HERE)].
Within the week I had received a sample of the vintage. This morning we opened it with my other Christmas presents. I chose to share this gift with Kristin's brother Espen, another 1976-er (his notes appear in quotes below). The cask was an European oak third fill ex-sherry cask. There are only 549 of these babies available worldwide from the year of the dragon, filled to cask January 16, 1976, and only 33 of these bottles are available in the UK.
For all Glenfiddichs had on the mission click HERE.
Again, Merry Chirstmas... and big thanks to BM for sending the drop.
Light and fresh, with some mentholic whiffs that hit with strength. Sweet with a very pleasant bitter edge. Fruity (apples) and floral (lillies or something... I don't really know flowers). Like a flowershop, a little bit of vanilla, and "still a bit spirity, spicy." Great development with time in the glass.
Luscious mouthfeel, slightly minty, sweet, "and very smooth". Warming sherry shift upon swallowing, getting more oaky and slightly toasty with fruity sweetness, some orange, apricots and apples, among others. "I just had a teeny bit and it lasts forever. It makes the texture in my mouth... different."
A sophisticated old whisky, that is rich but light, tender but strong. Like many great aged whiskies, this cannot be quickly consumed and judged, it demands we slow our lives down and consider the whisky for a good length of time. Charlie Maclean has written that whisky is Scotland's most generous gift to the world and this Christmas season, as ever, we are all infinitely thankful.


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Czech Prime Minister opens embassy office in Jerusalem during COVID-related trip to Israel with Hungarian counterpart
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(JTA) – The Czech Republic has opened a branch of its embassy in Jerusalem, becoming the second EU member state to take such a step after Hungary.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis attended a ceremony Thursday to mark the opening of the diplomatic mission in the western capital of Israel. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was also visiting Israel on Thursday. At a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visitors said they had come to learn from Israel's experience in the fight against COVID-19.
Netanyahu thanked the two visitors for the opening of the missions in Jerusalem and for the way "they help us on the international stage like real friends do." The two leaders have come to "see how we can cooperate on COVID," he added.
Israel, where most residents have received at least one shot of the vaccine, has "become the example on how to fight COVID," Babis said, adding: "It is reassuring to know that the Czech Republic has a friend she can count on ". Orban called Israel a "world champion in the fight against COVID."
The Czech Foreign Ministry told reporters that the new mission is not a recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, which the United States recognized in 2017, but that the European Union and many other countries and international bodies did not wait for Israeli peace talks with the Palestinians.
But observers such as Petr Kratochvil, a political science expert at the Institute for International Relations in Prague, argued that the opening of the mission cannot be seen in isolation from the debate over the status of Jerusalem.
"Rudolf Jindrak from [Czech] The presidential office described this as a highly significant symbolic step and the president's spokesman Jiri Ovcacek even linked it directly to the efforts to move the embassy there, "Kratochvil told Radio Prague International.
The new office will focus on cultural issues and will be staffed with a diplomat and a consular service employee.
Main photo: Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, speaks at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, March 11, 2021. Their Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orban, also appeared at the press conference but is not seen here. (GPO)
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Understanding the law can take you places. Understanding another language can take you all over the world. In this degree, you'll divide your time equally between law and your chosen language, making you a top candidate for multinational firms.
It has never been more useful to understand more than one language. As many leading law firms have branches in several countries, your language skills and the experience of having lived abroad will give you a competitive edge when beginning your legal career.
The Law with a Modern Language LLB will divide your learning between law and your chosen modern language. Law modules will cover the fundamentals of the English legal system while your languages education will advance your spoken, written and cultural understanding. This is a joint honours course, in which Law modules make up 75% of the content, with Modern Languages modules accounting for the other 25%.
You can choose French, Italian or Spanish - all of which can be taken at either beginner or advanced level. Your language studies will be supported by the excellent facilities for modern language students, including state-of-the-art language labs, a dedicated Modern Languages Study Centre, a film theatre, TV and internet resources.
No LNAT required: Unlike some universities, at Leicester we do not require applicants to have taken the National Admissions Test for Law. We are not convinced that LNAT scores provide additional information which we cannot get from your exam grades and school report.
Language: To study your chosen language (French, Spanish or Italian) at Advanced level within this degree you will need an A-level in that language. To study at Beginners level you will need a language A-level (or equivalent) but it doesn't have to be in that particular language.
Access to HE Diploma: Pass relevant diploma with 45 credits at Level 3, including 30 credits at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit.
International Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma with 33 points including a minimum of 18 points at Higher Level. Plus grade 4 in SL English if not held at GCSE.
BTEC Nationals: D*D*D* with a strong GCSE background.
Other national and international qualifications considered. If you do not meet the entry requirements for this course, you can apply for the International Foundation Year – Society and Culture run by the Global Study Centre. The GSC provides academic support to help you progress to your chosen undergraduate degree at the University of Leicester.
Second Year Entry is not permitted.
Applicants are not normally interviewed. If you receive an offer you will be invited to visit the Leicester Law School.
If your native language is French, Italian or Spanish, and you wish to study this language at Leicester, you will normally be required, in the first year of study, to take English language modules in lieu of the foreign language modules in your native tongue. If you have native speaker fluency in both English and your chosen foreign language, you will normally be required to substitute content modules for the relevant language modules.
IELTS 7.0 or equivalent. If your first language is not English, you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability. If you do not yet meet our requirements, our English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) offers a range of courses to help you to improve your English to the necessary standard.
If you are a resident of Canada or have Canadian nationality, you may be eligible for a Scholarship.
If you are a resident of Malaysia or have Malaysian nationality, you may be eligible for a Scholarship.
Two dedicated law careers tutors are on hand to discuss career options, upcoming opportunities and give advice about different firms.
Our Law Fair is held annually and attracts over 40 law firms and other graduate employers, as well as providers of the LPC, BPTC and LLM qualifications.
We host a wide range of external speakers every year, representing the whole legal profession.
A law degree is also an excellent stepping stone to graduate roles in a wide variety of employment sectors. Many employers regard law graduates as well rounded with highly transferable skills like problem solving, constructing arguments, research and time management.
This programme is a qualifying law degree and so will prepare you for the next step towards becoming a legal professional. If you wish to qualify as a solicitor or barrister in England or Wales after graduation you will need to complete the LPC (Legal Practice Course) or BPTC (Bar Professional Training Course) along with a training contract as a trainee solicitor or pupillage as a trainee barrister. Applicants wishing to become lawyers outside of England and Wales should consult the appropriate country's legal statutory body to check the requirements. Information for Canadian applicants.
You will be introduced to the core elements of law and begin studying the cultural and linguistic aspects of your chosen language.
You will advance your language skills while broadening your scope of law to include Criminal Law, European Law and the Law of Tort.
The Year Abroad is a fundamental element of our Law with a Modern Language degree, giving you the chance to study in a country related to your course.
Studying abroad is central to what makes our graduates stand out. You will acquire life skills that are becoming increasingly significant for a wide range of jobs in our modern globalised society. You will have the chance to perfect your spoken and written language and engage with new societies, whist all the time building your independence and becoming more employable. Whether you go on to work in the legal sector, private sector, the state sector, a non-governmental organisation or become self-employed you will find the experience invaluable. Find out more from our Global Opportunities team.
Please note that a year spent abroad still incurs a tuition fee, but this is much lower than for a normal year at Leicester. See our Fees and Funding section for details.
We have links with several European universities, administered through the Erasmus+ scheme. If you are eligible for a loan from Student Finance you can apply for a travel grant from them.
Modern Languages modules - your chosen language at the final level.
Please note: the list of option modules you can choose from is largely the same for Year 2 and your final year.
We were ranked 7th in the UK for modern language teaching in the Guardian University Guide 2019.
Our annual Law Fair attracts leading employers - last year all five Magic Circle firms visited Leicester to recruit our students.
You can gain practical legal skills through our Pro Bono Society. Working alongside legal professionals, you'll advise clients on real-life cases in our Legal Advice Clinic and support the local community at Leicester County Court.
Always accessible and willing to help, Lucie's tutors were a valuable part of her degree.
Teaching is delivered in two main styles: lectures and small group tutorials. With two lectures in each module per week and a tutorial once a fortnight, you will have approximately 12 contact hours each week.
Lectures will provide you with the framework for each subject, whereas your tutorials will be an opportunity for you to engage with the subjects in more depth. Tutorials are held in small groups of 8 or 9 students, enabling you to participate fully and have your voice heard. In these group sessions, you will discuss the answers to pre-set questions, developing your critical thinking skills and learning how to confidently articulate your arguments. As the groups are small, you will receive close attention from your tutors and get to know them well during your studies.
We use web-based and electronic course materials to supplement traditional teaching methods and support student learning. There is easy access to computers both in the Law School itself and in the David Wilson Library next to the School. You will be able to access information about your courses and tutorials electronically.
Assessment methods include assessed essays/coursework, exams and multiple choice question papers. Professional legal writing - for example, writing a letter of advice to a client - is also built into our curriculum and you will start developing these practical skills from your very first year with us.
You will benefit from small group teaching led by mostly native speakers in your modern languages studies. We strongly believe in the importance of communicative ability as well as linguistic accuracy and our teaching reflects the value we place in language skills.
We have an excellent range of facilities to enhance your learning, including our virtual learning environment where you can access online tutorials and exercises to learn interactively.
Assessment involves a combination of continuous assessment, seminar presentations, essays, and formal exams.
When not attending lectures, seminars or other timetabled sessions you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. Typically, this will involve reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects, undertaking research in the library, preparing coursework assignments and presentations, and preparing for exams. To help with your independent learning, you can access the Library and our social study spaces in halls of residence.
Your contact hours will depend on the option modules you select. You can see details of the contact hours on individual module pages.
Our AccessAbility Centre offers support and practical help for students with dyslexia or other specific learning difficulties, including physical, mental health or mobility difficulties, deafness, or visual impairment.
You will be taught by an experienced teaching team whose expertise and knowledge are closely matched to the content of the modules on the course. PhD research students who have undertaken teacher training may also contribute to the teaching of seminars under the supervision of the module leader. Our teaching is informed by the research we do. You can learn more about our staff by visiting our staff profiles.
"Really enjoy the fact that your learning is supported by small sized tutorial groups, which allow you to take part in intense discussions and ensure you understand all areas of the law."


This past Monday at the Annual SACS Meeting in Orlando, SMU received full reaffirmation of its accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools SACS. Many of you were involved, either directly or indirectly, in developing the materials for that review process, and I thank you for your effort as well as your continued support of SMU.
A list of those who served on the SACS Steering Committee and those who served on the Committee to develop SMU's Quality Enhancement Program (QEP), "Unbridled Learning: Engaged Learning Beyond the Classroom" is attached. When you see these individuals, please congratulate them and thank them for their efforts.
The University's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) – "Unbridled Learning: Engaged Learning Beyond the Classroom" – will allow all SMU undergraduate students to participate in at least one extensive experiential learning activity prior to graduation, according to the plan released by SMU's QEP Committee. It also meets requirements for the University's upcoming reaccreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
The program will allow undergraduates to "build on their formal classroom education through participation in structured experiential learning beyond the classroom, which will help them to develop a significant and sophisticated understanding of the ways in which the context of the world community intersects with disciplinary knowledge," according to the QEP Committee's executive summary.
The committee's discussions have centered on experiential learning since its formation in summer 2009, says chair Maggie Dunham, professor of computer science and engineering in the Lyle School of Engineering.
QEP experiences will also have specific requirements that may not be satisfied by existing SMU experiential learning activities, according to the committee. A key feature is that each student will be in charge of identifying, defining, completing and reporting on his or her work.
All experiences will be approved by an advisory committee and overseen by SMU faculty with other qualified internal and external mentors. A QEP experience can be undertaken anywhere, but must include extensive involvement with a learning community.
All QEP participants will be required to write a reflective article about their experiences, to be published in a new SMU online journal. In addition, new Undergraduate Engaged Learning Conferences will be held annually to showcase student QEP experiences.
The committee found that many SMU students already pursue experiential activities beyond the classroom, but many more are confused about how to go about doing it, Dunham says. The recommendations for the QEP grant program and other support mechanisms should address that problem, she adds.
The oversight infrastructure will include the Engaged Learning Advisory Committee, as well as community partners and mentors, and a new website to keep track of experiential learning opportunities for students.
In addition, QEP projects will build on and augment important elements of the new University Curriculum (UC), to be offered beginning in 2012. The program will allow students to pursue the community and global requirements of the UC in more depth.
Finally, the QEP will increase faculty awareness of the importance of and participation in undergraduate experiential learning outside the classroom.
SMU Provost Paul Ludden opened the 2011 Spring Faculty Meeting by presenting awards to four outstanding faculty members.
Assistant Professor of Art History Amy Buono and Assistant Professor of Sociology Sheri Kunovich received 2009-10 Golden Mustang Faculty Awards. The Golden Mustang honors junior faculty members who sustain high achievement as both teachers and scholars.
The 2009-10 President's Associates Outstanding Faculty Awards were presented to Associate Professor of Philosophy Robert Howell and Associate Professor of Art History Pamela Patton. The awards honor tenured faculty who have sustained high achievement as both teachers and scholars in their professions.
Ludden announced SMU's latest Carnegie Foundation research classification and unveiled the University's new Quality Enhancement Plan at the Jan. 19 meeting. He also provided updates on the 10-year accreditation review by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), next year's budget standings and a proposed new structure for undergraduate admissions.
Read more under the link below.
Fred Olness, professor of physics in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, has taken on the challenges of leading SMU's Faculty Senate during a year when a General Education Curriculum update, SACS reaccreditation and capital campaign have placed faculty issues front and center.
The 2009-10 Faculty Senate president talked with SMU Forum about shining a spotlight on faculty excellence, keeping exceptional students fully engaged, and what the entire University can learn about itself during the reaccreditation process. Read more under the link.


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Our family lives is south central Indiana. We are located in a country setting 24 miles south of Indianapolis. We have 3 children (one is a Ham - KB9THU), 3 Great Danes, a Boxer/Pit mix, chickens and very soon, some Longhorn cattle.


Family time according to a recent advertisement by Rogers Media.
Last May I set a challenge for myself. I was participating in a 31 days of yoga challenge and, there I won't lie, viagra order not many people thought I could do it. But I did. I did 28 out of those 31 days. I had to hire a babysitter and beg, patient borrow and steal time away from my children to do it but I did it.
During the same month I set a couple other challenges: I gave up sugar, ate minimal bread products, greatly reduced my caffeine intake. I even weaned the baby that month.
All of that was easy-peasy compared to the one challenge I failed at miserably: giving up my phone.
That advertisement above? The one with the family each staring at their own devices? That's kind of my biggest fear. Except, I'm the one staring at my device.
I'm the one who is modelling that for my children.
I will admit to having a love/hate relationship with my phone. I love to take photos and the camera on it is both more convenient and better than my non-phone camera. I enjoy posting those photos and reading the comments. I like to check in with friends and text the Mister to make sure he gets a couple good LOLs throughout his day. I know it makes him feel connected to his family while he is at work. I enjoy the freedom of being able to read on my phone.
But it's too much. My face is attached to it all the time. I go to check the time and end up checking my email at the same time. Maybe I will send off a quick text to a friend that turns into a discuss about (essentially) nothing. One thing turns into a dozen – none of which were necessary or important.
I'm not even sure how to break the cycle but I know I need to – I know I owe it to my girls to be more present in their lives.
I won't lie, last year was a long hard year. Having three children ages 5 and under was probably the biggest challenge I have had to face in life thus-far. Especially when one of those was a non-stop nursing baby and another one was an miserable tantrumy 3-year old.
Plus the winter was seemingly never-ending and I had to walk the kids to school every day up hill in a snowstorm both ways in bare feet whine whine whine. I know, we all have hard lives sometimes. However, my coping mechanism was to escape and read stories on my phone. Once the noise and the whining pick up I would reach for my phone so my brain could go to it's happy place – which is far far away.
Life is so much better these days. That baby is now a hilarious toddler (who is now entering her tantrum phase – why do I get such tantrumy girls?) The 3-year old is now a 4-year who happily goes to preschool and is almost a different person than this time last year. The 5-year old is now a 6-year old in grade one and is out of the house all day long, I actually miss her these days. It's great!
My coping mechanisms need to change. Even if this winter turns out to be another hard one (we've already had our first snow storm) I don't need to let it beat me. Life is too precious and I have too many more interesting and important things to do than have my face glued to my phone all the time.
So I'm turning it off again. I will have to dig out my watch and get a clock in the bedroom so I'm not reaching for it in the middle of the night as both clock and flashlight when I have to go hunt for someone's soothie under her crib. I'll have to pull out the regular camera and re-learn how to use it.
I'm thinking of locking the phone in the car and not having it in the house at all.
It's going to be really hard.
My kids are going to love it.
Question: How much time do you spend on your phone? Have you had to break this habit and do you have any advice for the withdrawal symptoms I'm inevitably going to face?
Honestly, hardly any anymore. I use it to track my budget and check Instagram and take pictures of Edie.
The downside is I am behind on many emails , but they can wait.
Don't forget pictures of 3rd cat. I'm thinking of declaring e-mail bankruptcy and just starting again.
I spend too much time on my phone. Now that the baby is wanting eye contact when she nurses, I feel compelled to put it down more though. Teagan now asks for my phone every morning to play his game. Every wants to use my laptop. It's getting ridiculous. Also I want to eat less sugar and do more yoga. Great post for inspiration & solidarity.
I've been carrying around a notebook for the last week and have filled pages with blogging ideas. I think part of it is because my baby-brain is starting to die down, but part of it is reaching for the notebook instead of the phone. Right now you are in the midst of new-baby-nursing mayhem. I would cut yourself some slack on the sugar and yoga but we can team up together and cut back on our phone addictions.
I find putting my phone on airplane mode works well for me. Then I can still use it as a camera, but I am not tempted to text or click to see who emailed.
It terrifies me to think of my family being the one included in the photo. We are trying many different ideas and tools to avoid that. I know it's a struggle for a lot of people.
That's why I'm so glad you wrote this post!
I thought about putting my phone in airplane mode but I know how easily I can turn it off airplane mode. Maybe once the phone-withdrawal symptoms have died down I can try that so I can use the camera again. The good news is that I've been able to actually cross things off my to-do list today because I'm not occupying myself with my phone.
Nice to see you back! For some reasons these posts are just now showing up in my reader! Anyway, I'm sure I would be looking at the phone too much also… my solution is to not have one. Smart phones scare me. Mine is an old flip that makes calls and gets texts and that's it. Another perk is I don't have to worry about losing/ruining an expensive electronic!