At Kindermusik of the Valley we have something for EVERYONE this summer.
From BUSY DAYS for our littlest babies to JAZZ KITCHEN for our aspiring musicians (and chefs). MARVELOUS ME to share with your child or MARVELOUS ME & FRIENDS for those who are ready to start having a class of their own! SIGN&SING and FAMILY TIME will fill your heads with songs as you go HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE this summer!
Look what we got to play with today at Kindermusik! Thanks to Michael Carvale who is Tucker's (electric) Bass teacher. He brought this baby bass by on Sunday night. Michael plays with the "must see" Davina and the Vagabonds all around the Twin Cities and points east. It was so fun to get our hands on this HUGE instrument. We strumed the strings top and bottom, rubbed them up and down, tapped on the body, and bowed a little bit too.
Thank you Tammy - Vincent's mom, always ready to snap a cute picture!
This is a great video that features Matt, a regular guy who loves to travel and dance. He taped video of himself dancing all over the world. Let me know which is your favorite.
Kindermusik students experimented drawing treble clefs this week with great result. It is fun to draw something that looks so hard and swirly - with ease and success. The magic of Kindermusik.
Watch this little boy compose and create a drumming masterpiece.
The world famous Sydney Opera House. If we were in Austrailia this is the place for Opera. Today a Kindermusik parent asked me about appropriate opera for her son who seems suddenly interested in the stories and sounds of the opera. It warms my heart to hear this, and I am not surprised. I just finished working on a project for Kindermusik International where we used Mozart's Magic Flute as the basis for a whole curriculum. In pilot classes with 4 and 5 year olds we had remarkable participation, and interest in the sounds and story.
Serendipitously, a blog I check regularly written by Mollie Greene has listed several wonderful starting classics for children. Here is Mollie's list, I couldn't agree more. Children love to be challeneged with what they hear. Pick up a few of these, they are classics, easily found at the library if you want to try them before you buy.
If you're not familiar with classical music yourself, choosing music that will inspire your children to make broad musical choices may be difficult for you.
First of all, Congratulations! Enrolling your children in Kindermusik is a great ways to start exposing your children to new musical genres. In Kindermusik, your home cds include music from other countries and a variety of musical styles.
The following is a list of recordings to purchase or to borrow that are not only appealing to young children, but are a part of classic repertoire with which everyone should be familiar. Give them a listen and let your teacher know what you think about them. Pass them on to friends and family. Most of all, listen to them over and over again yourself!
A beautiful white winter morning. So much snow for Dinah to run through, dive into, frolic and leap - the snow is deeper than her stomach in most places and she has to jump the whole way. What amazing exercize that music be. Snow shoes keep me from falling all the way through the snow to the solid ground, it is hard work though and we are hot on the inside while chilly on the outside. What a gift this, an almost spring time snow. A lazy day for the family, looking forward to a day of rosey cheeks.
Imagine That classes are looking at and playing with STAUTES. Here is a cool website by artist Jen Stark who has made beautiful sculpture from colored construction paper. Visit her amazing work and be inspired. I can't wait to see the sculptures made from our Imagine That kids in the next two weeks!
Thank you to my Kindermusik collegue from Kansas City for this site.
Kindermusik classes for Thursday night. Stay home. Stay safe. Have fun.
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Stout Tasting Guide
Stout - How Roasted Malt Makes All the Difference
Stout is a dark-coloured beer made from roasted malt (or barley), hops, water and yeast. It has an alcohol content of around 7-8% and is mainly brewed in the UK, Ireland and the Baltic countries. The word 'stout' in this sense means 'strong', and originally stout used to refer to any beer with a high alcohol content.
The History of Stout
Beer-making has a long history in the UK, but stout didn't make its appearance until the 18th century and this wasn't in Ireland. Originally called porter, it is said to have derived its name from its popularity among London's porters. They wanted a drink which was cheap; had a strong flavour; was high in alcohol content and didn't go off in hot weather. As the result of a malt tax in 1720, cheaper brown malt was used in beer production, which gave rise to darker coloured beers. When the roasting kiln was invented in 1817, this enabled brewers to roast malt at much higher temperatures making it even darker. Stout reached the height of its popularity in the 19th century, but the rising interest in lagers had an impact on sales. Although stout is still sold, its production has shrunk to a number of specialised breweries.
Differences in Brewing Techniques
Just because a beer is dark in colour, this doesn't necessarily mean that it's a stout. For example, some of the darker Continental beers are actually lagers. The key difference between them is the techniques used for brewing them. Stout is brewed in much the same way as ale or bitter. They both use top-fermenting yeasts at high temperatures which take less time to age. By contrast, the technique for making lager uses a bottom-fermenting yeast at lower temperatures. The difference between ale and stout is the addition of roasted malt which gives stout its characteristic colour and taste. For years, stout-drinkers preferred to drink it in draught form outside the home as it gave the drink its foamy head (formed by the low level of CO2 made up of fine bubbles). The use of nitro widgets to reproduce this effect with cans had some success in increasing home sales of stout.
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Combining Stout with Other Flavours
In some people's eyes, stout is synonymous with Irish breweries. A prime example is the Guinness Foreign Extra stout. Although Guinness has the best-selling stouts and is known all over the world, it is considered to be one of the driest stouts. If you find its taste too bitter, why not try it in combination with something else? Possibilities include a Black and Black (also known as a Guinness and Black, which has blackcurrant added to take away the bitterness); a Black and Tan (half a measure of Guinness with half lager or bitter) or a Black Velvet (Guinness and champagne). Stouts should be served at cellar temperature (10-14 degrees centigrade) because it's said that if it's over-chilled, it loses its flavour. However, this is a question of personal preference, and you can drink it much colder than this.
Other Varieties of Stout
An alternative to mixing stout with another sweeter drink is to go for a stout which is produced by a brewery outside Ireland. Apart from dry/Irish stout, there are other varieties such as oatmeal stout or milk stout (which has the milk-derived sugar, lactose, added to it to give a sweeter taste). Both Russian/Imperial stouts and Baltic Porter have a higher alcohol content than domestic stouts. They are local recreations of the stouts which were exported from the UK in the 18th century. If you would like to try a stout that isn't so bitter, you should opt for a chocolate stout such as Youngs Double Chocolate stout. Its darker colour is from the use of more aromatic malts which are added during production.
Stout might be an acquired taste for some, but there are many varieties for you to try, all with their own distinctive flavours.

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Let's Shame the Charlatans who Peddle Exotic Animal 'Remedies'
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A flask of 'tiger bone wine' is on sale at a Chinese apothecary. Photo Credit: Facebook
Tigers and other critically endangered "exotic" animals are routinely poached for the silliest of reasons. That reason is that many people continue to believe that potions made from tiger bones or whiskers or other body parts possess magical curative properties. And they also continue to believe that talismans made from tiger teeth or claws or pelts provide magical protection against the arrows of misfortune.
Majestic animals like this Malayan tiger belong alive in the wild, not dead in medicinal concoctions. Photo Credit: WWF
Both sets of beliefs are, of course, sheer nonsense. And yet people carry on believing them. And when there's a market for rare animal parts, many unscrupulous and greedy people will be all too happy to supply those parts, even at the cost of driving entire species extinct in the wild. There's little that we can do with ruthless poachers and wildlife traffickers except go after them with zeal and throw the book at them when they're caught so as to try and deter others like them. Hence the need for stringent wildlife laws and their rigorous enforcement.
But what about the seemingly insatiable demand for exotic animal parts? Unless that demand is tackled at source, the fight against wildlife traffickers will always remain a rearguard action. That is why it's good to know that Natural Resources and Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar is aware of the need to educate people about the folly of driving tigers extinct just because some people atavistically attribute magical properties to these animals as if they were fairytale creatures with awesome powers like unicorns.
It is a grave threat to the cause of conservation, he noted, "that there are superstitions on the advantages and benefits of eating tiger meat or other exotic meat." That definitely doesn't help, agreed. "There is a need to create public awareness, especially among the young, on the importance of preserving tigers," the minister went on to explain. "We must tell them that there is no truth behind these myths." Yes, we must.
Wan Junaidi did not explain how his ministry will go about educating the public about the singular lack of unique or even any medicinal properties found in exotic animal parts like tiger bones, rhino horns and sun bear bile. Here's an idea: Why don't we require all apothecaries that peddle such "traditional medicines" to prove the proclaimed curative virtues of their ware in proper scientific settings? If they fail to comply or else fail to demonstrate those medicinal properties satisfactorily, they should be obliged to face serious legal consequences for being proven charlatans. That might give them second thoughts about perpetuating old myths for financial gain.
Tigers languish in dingy and crowded enclosers at a tiger farm in China. Photo Credit: One Green Planet
Here's another idea: Let's also keep telling people that killing endangered animals just because they want to consume their parts for selfish reasons – whether those reasons involve health-related causes or dietary ones – is deeply immoral. "Our activities and what we do has [an] effect on the environment and wildlife," the minister noted. "We must not be excessive in our actions and consider other living beings in our surroundings."
Indeed. A good start in that direction is to stop treating rare and exotic animals in Malaysia as nothing but sources of traditional medicine and "exotic" dishes. And the people who refuse to do so of their own accord must be compelled into doing so.
When a "tradition" means the relentless exploitation of animals for no proven medicinal benefit, that tradition deserves to die out. As matters stand, however, traditional Chinese medicine continues to pose grave threats to wild and captive tigers alike, as well as to myriad wild animal species, with its insatiable need for their parts. This must stop. And we can all do our part in making sure that it does.
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PM00000070000002731 3, 2016 at 7:46 pm
In this day and age to believe that these ignorant remedies to good is ridiculous. There making our animals extinct. goodie goodie carry on doing this Primitives should have been removed a long time ago, not still here, Wake up before you murder everything that lives.
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Best known as the owner of the Utah Jazz, Gail Miller is the wealthiest person in the state of Utah. But Miller, who was ranked #14 on Forbes 2019 list of America's Self-Made Women, was not always wealthy. On today's episode, she explains the difference between a rich life and a wealthy life.
"Rich is an expansion of your soul. Wealth is what you have as a result of things you've done but to be rich means that you have qualities, you have experiences, you have an expanded heart."
Find a true story from Gail Miller's childhood in The Christmas Doll.
In The Christmas Doll, best-selling author Jason F. Wright shares a true story from the life of Gail Saxton Miller, billionaire businesswoman and owner of the Utah Jazz NBA team. But Gail's childhood was vastly different from her life now—facing poverty in the 1940s, the Saxton family made ends meet by turning their small home into rental apartments and made do with hand-me-downs and secondhand items.
However, their humble circumstances didn't stop the Saxtons from being rich in what mattered most: selfless acts of love, the rewards of a job well done, and the hope and renewal we can feel through Jesus Christ. All of these lessons come together at Christmastime when Gail learns of love and sacrifice through a single, precious gift.
Find personal insights from Gail Miller in her book Courage to Be You.
Gail Miller might seem as though she has it easy—now. But she has experienced challenges in nearly every aspect of her life: financial struggles, family trials, and personal loss. Through it all, she has had courage to move forward and remain grounded in her faith.
In Courage to Be You, Gail encourages readers to find their own path—with the help of the Lord. Her candid stories and personal insights about faith, hard work, grief, and many more topics are both fascinating and inspiring.
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Quote: Ronald Reagan is quoted in the episode as saying, "There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he does not mind who gets the credit." Turns out, there is a lot of discussion about who this quote should actually be attributed to: quoteinvestigator.com.
Article: Gail Miller's profile by Forbes
Article: Gail Miller joins a task force to address teen suicide
Article: Gail Miller talks with the Deseret News about faith, family, business and the true meaning of wealth.
1:33- "How I Grew Up"
4:40- Knowing What's of Value
6:17- Encouraging Others Along
8:25- Coming Back to the Church
14:40- A Little Nudge
16:13- Courage to Be a Mother
18:07- Getting to Work
21:30- A Learning Opportunity Later in Life
23:11- The Utah Jazz Way
26:31- Suicide Prevention
30:49- "The Church Gives Me Strength"
34:05- Rich Vs. Wealth
34:48- Balance is a Misnomer
37:50- "If He Does Not Mind Who Gets the Credit"
39:21- Relationship with Spouse
41:40- What Does It Mean To Be "All In" the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
Once upon a time, Gail Miller was a little girl wondering if anyone in her family would receive a Christmas gift. That year Gail did receive a gift—a doll that should have felt familiar. It was the same doll she had received, loved, and as children often do with their favorite toys, worn out the previous year. In this gift, Gail learned a valuable lesson: that old things can become new again and that there are always second chances.
This story is told in "The Christmas Doll," a new children's book written by Jason Wright and based on the life of Gail Miller, owner of the Utah Jazz and our guest on today's podcast. Gail Miller and her late husband Larry turned a single Toyota dealership into a billion-dollar management company. She now serves as the owner and chairman of the board of the Larry H. Miller Management Corporation, and she is married to Salt Lake attorney, Kim Wilson.
This is "All In," an LDS Living podcast where we ask the question, "What does it really mean to be 'all in' the Gospel of Jesus Christ?" I'm Morgan Jones and I'm so grateful to be here with Gail Miller today. Gail, thank you for having us.
Gail Miller
Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here.
Well, I always love any chance to talk to you, to read anything that you've written or worked on, I just think that you are an absolute delight so thank you so much.
Oh, thank you, that's a compliment.
Well, I think I want to start at kind of an interesting spot, kind of go back to your childhood. I think sometimes people look at someone like you who has been super successful and they think, "Oh, she probably has always been wealthy or well taken care of financially." And this year, you released a Christmas book, along with Jason Wright, where you tell a story from your own childhood and you talk about how your family was not wealthy. And as a result, your parents gave you the same doll, fixed up twice. And I think that the fact that you open up that part of your life is so interesting and helpful to people, but how did growing up without a lot of financial means shape the person that you are? And how has it helped you appreciate what you have?
Let me give you just a little bit of an insight into how I grew up. My mom and dad were married in 1929 and had five children— no, they were married in 28, then the Great Depression happened in 29 and they had five children during the Depression. And I was the sixth, so by the time I came along, things were really tough. Money was scarce, my dad was self employed for much of that time, hard to make a living. He was a shoemaker, he repaired shoes and they struggled mightily just to feed the children. And when I came along, I knew that we were poor, but they also had an ability to teach us values. So I knew I didn't need things, I just needed to know that I was of worth. And that's what my parents taught me. And so as a result of being poor, I didn't feel that I was missing out on anything. I felt like I learned a lot because I learned how to do with what we had, and to appreciate what we had. And I didn't worry a lot about what I didn't have. And it helped that I lived in a neighborhood where everybody was in the same boat. So my my friends were pretty much in the same boat, some had more, some had less. But we played the traditional neighborhood games and got along as a group and had fun at church and didn't need a lot of extras. So my parents, especially my mother, was able to teach me a lot of things, to be self sufficient. She taught me how to sew, I learned how to crochet, I learned how to clean house, I learned how to remake clothes so that I could make something nice out of a hand-me-down. So repurposing a lot of things and it helped me to be very creative and to look at life as an opportunity and not a detriment.
Yeah. How now, having kind of been completely to the other side of that, how does it help you in the way that you approach what you do have now?
Well, what's happened to me over the years—and it took us a long time to become what you would call wealthy or to have money to do what we wanted to with. And so our children learned many of the same things I learned how to make do with what they had. And they weren't, you know, they had to earn what they got and buy their own cars. But the difference between the way I grew up and where I am now is not all that different. You wonder how I can say that when today I could buy pretty much anything I want, the difference is, I know what's really a value and I don't need a lot of things. In fact, when you get to be my age, things become cumbersome and you have to worry about them and take care of them and wonder what you're going to do with them when you're gone. And so we try, my husband and I are trying to really purge a lot of things. So the values are the same and I'm the same person, I remained grounded, I understand what really is important and it isn't money. It's a whole lot better to have money than to not have money, I agree with that, but I would be just fine without the circumstance I'm in today. I really believe that because I know how to live frugally.
I love that so much, thank you. I have to tell you, so when your book, "Courage To Be You" came out, I sent a copy of it to my grandma, who lives in North Carolina. She grew up around the same time that you were growing up, and I think some of your experiences were very much the same. And she called me and thanked me for the book and she said, "I feel like I made a new friend." And I think that that is so much a credit to the way that you were willing to open up in the book. We talked to Jason Wright on this podcast and that's one thing that he said. He said, "The book is what it is because Gail was willing to open her life up to readers." Why did you feel that that was important? And what do you hope that people gain from reading that genuine experience from you?
Well, I opened up because that's who I am. I don't feel like I have any secrets, I feel like I'm not any different than anyone else. And I think a lot of women go through many of the same things that I've gone through: troubles raising children, health issues, deaths, births, financial struggles. But when we share what we know with others, it's helpful. And that was really the whole purpose in writing the book was to be able to encourage other women to face their challenges with hope and courage. We all have to deal with life and if we know someone else has gone through something that's been troubling and they made it okay, then we think, "Maybe I'm okay."
And I would like for everyone out there to believe that they're okay. And no matter what you go through, it's just part of life, and it's nothing to be ashamed of, it's nothing to hide. And I think that's what makes us real.
I agree completely. I want to touch on a few of the things that you went through. You mentioned, you know that you went through many of the same things that probably a lot of people that will listen to this episode went through, or are going through. And so starting off you and your first husband, Larry, were not active when you were newly married, you said for the first six to eight years. And the catalyst for your return to the church was your son asking you, "Mommy, where does God live?" And you talk about how for a while you attended the church with your kids, without your husband. And then gradually, he kind of started to come around and I love something that you say, you said, "We weren't treated as lost, we were treated as found." What would you say to someone—I think this is something that we experience a lot in our wards and branches and stakes in the church—is trying to support those who are trying to come back to the church. So what would you say are the most effective ways to do that to treat people as if they're found, rather than lost?
Well, I know for me that was really important because it gave me a place to feel welcome. And that, I think, when you're trying to get back into the church and you feel awkward, you feel like you've been away, you maybe aren't looked at the way the other members are. That maybe you might feel like you haven't been doing all the right things. To be treated as you're found means "Welcome. We love you. Come in, be part of us." And that's the way I was treated. It was like I'd never left. Every time I went to church after that, my heart was just touched with the fullness of what I'd been missing. Not because I had done anything wrong, and I had. I had been rude to people, in fact, I have a story about a man that I was quite rude to that I've, I've regretted for a long time. I hope I've made amends. But I felt like I was there to make my life better and people welcomed me and helped me do that. And that's the difference. We need to look at people who are coming as—they're there because they want to be and let's help them feel welcome.
Yeah. During that period of time, where you were kind of bringing your kids by yourself, you tell the story in the book of how you would kind of bribe your kids by taking them to McDonald's after church. And I think that that's such an honest and raw example. But as a mother, you were trying to do everything that you could to make that a positive experience for them and get them there. Why do you feel like those experiences that you had were important to include and let people know that this is not like a perfect situation ever?
Well, for me, I didn't really have any intention when I told that story, it was just part of what happened. It happened because I had four children under six when I was doing that. I have five total, but trying to take four little children to church all by yourself and keep them happy during sacrament meeting is a challenge. And I knew that if I could reward them, and that was the closest, instant reward I had, then I could keep them focused. And so I didn't feel bad about it. Of course, it's not the right thing to do but sometimes you just have to bend with what's going on at the time and realize that Heavenly Father wants you to do the best you can. He wants you to be perfect, but you're not. So all you can do is the best you can do, and for me, that was one way that I could help the kids feel good about being there and have something to look forward to and keep them quiet and keep my sanity. So it all came together. And I think acknowledging the fact that I'm not perfect, and then I would do something like that, kind of gives other women permission to adjust their lives to what they need.
Yeah. And I think that's so important for people to realize. I was just having a conversation yesterday with my mom and a friend and we were talking about how, you know, kind of this idea of "spirit of the law" versus "letter of the law" and why we do the things that we do. And I think that that example is so beautiful just because you were doing the very best that you could, and that's what Jesus asks of us.
Well, I hope it's okay.
I'm sure it is, I'm positive. How would you say that our wards and branches can best support people who are in this situation? You talk a lot in your book about the way that Larry was treated as he started to gradually come back into the church. How can people best support someone like your first husband, who was very, kind of slow in moving, and help them feel loved in that process?
Well, the first thing that comes to mind is not judging. You don't know a person's circumstances, you don't know why they've been inactive. You don't know whether they're a product of a broken home, a home where the parents have left the church, whether they've had something happened to them. And so to treat people as if they are a child of God and start there, helps to reactivate them because then they feel like they do belong. And in our case, it was just consistent friendship. It wasn't saying, "You should do this," or, "Let me show you how." It was, "Let me be your friend. Let me help you meet other members. Let me help you enjoy being here." And that's really what won him over was the friendships that he developed with the Elders Quorum president, the home teachers, the bishop, who were genuinely interested in him, not just because he was a statistic.
Yeah. And I think it's important to know, for those listening at that point in your life, it wasn't like, this is Larry H. Miller. Let's be his friend for that reason, right. He was just a regular—
He was a nobody.
You explicitly state in the book that you didn't want your book to be full of "heavy-handed advice or trite invitations." But then you write something that I think is really interesting. You said, "However, on the topic of faith, an invitation is exactly what I feel inspired to put on paper." And so I think it's interesting. You go into writing this book, and it's like, "I don't want to preach to people." But then you felt like this invitation was what you were supposed to extend. Why did you feel that you were supposed to do that, Gail? And why is that invitation important to you?
I don't actually remember the thought process when I said that. But I can tell you where I would come from today. And that is that sometimes people need a little nudge. They know that what you have is important, they know that what you have is good and they'd like it. But they don't have the courage to step forward and say, "Let me be part of this." But if you say to them, "Why don't you try this out?" Or "Why don't you just look at what we have or have a little faith that this might work for you," it may give them that little bit extra that will give them the courage to say, "Hm, maybe I should. If they think I'm okay for that, then maybe I should." I just think that asking someone instead of hoping makes a difference.
Interesting, I love that thought. You used the word "courage" a couple times in that answer. And I love the title of the book, "Courage To Be You." And I wondered for you, Gail, I imagine that there have probably been a lot of times in your life where you had to muster up courage to do things that were maybe out of your comfort zone. Could you give us an example or two of times where you had to use courage?
I'll tell you when that might surprise you and that's in being a mother. Because I can remember the hard years when all the kids were little, and my husband was working all the time and I didn't have a large group of friends—we were living out of state. And I remember thinking one day, " If someone would just tell me how to do this, just tell me what I should do here and what I should do here." But there wasn't anybody to tell me. My mother wasn't close, I could have called her. But that was when I realized, I have to do this. This is something I have to put my whole heart and energy into and have the courage to do, whether I make a mistake or not. So I think that's the way I've looked at things all along, that everything I've had to do is just a matter of doing it. And if you fail, you fail. If you are successful, you're successful. But either way, you learn something. And for every experience you have, you get stronger. And I look at things that have been trials in my life, I wouldn't trade one of them. And there have been a lot of them and I wouldn't give any of them away because I'm a better person for everything that I've been through. And every time I've gone through something difficult, then the next one that comes along is a little bit easier because I know I can do hard things.
Gail, I'm curious when Larry passed away, you had some big decisions to make about your businesses, the businesses that Larry and yourself had worked to build. And I think for many people that watched you in that period, it was like that was courageous, stepping into a space that may have been a little bit out of your comfort zone. Do you feel like that required courage to step into Larry's shoes a little bit?
I think it required a certain amount of courage. It wasn't as difficult as it may have looked because Larry prepared me well, and taught me a lot about the business for the previous 30 years since we were in business together. And the added benefit was that my son was running the company. So I didn't have to take the reins and make sure everything worked, but there was a void after Larry died because he had kept me informed. And so one day when I realized that I really needed more information, I called my son and I said, "I want to come to work and hear what you're talking about. I want to sit in on the meetings and see where things are going and how you're doing." And that became, that kind of filled that gap for me. And then when he stepped down, then I felt like I could carry on. I knew right from the beginning, though, that it was important for me to be involved. In fact, Larry had said, "You need to stay involved because you'll need to be a bridge from me to the kids because you've been there every step of the way." And so I did that and I'm sure they expected me to stop after a while and stay home and be the grandma, but it got to be I was too invested, I had to be here to make sure that the things we had laid the groundwork for continued to grow and develop and maintain the culture and the dignity and the heart and soul of the company. So I've done that. And today, I have changed the culture—well, I've changed the structure of the company. We were an entrepreneurship run by a management group, but now we are a corporate group with a board of directors. So that was a big change. So I've done some things that have been pretty bold and they've worked out and hopefully, they'll continue to work out. I've learned a lot, the people around me have learned a lot. So it's been a real growing experience. And I think the one thing that you know, you said, people were watching, I think the one thing that wasn't evident when Larry was alive was how much of our partnership we were and how much I knew. Because I wasn't out front, I always stayed in the background, but he always gave me credit for being the one that helped him do what he did. And so I think that was what was surprising was for people to see that I could step up and do some of the things I've done, but it's because I was there all along.
Yeah, I'm so impressed by that. And there are so many things that you said that I'd like to kind of follow up on. First, I love the idea—you said, "It's been a learning opportunity." And you said your kids may have expected you to stay home and be the grandmother, and I admire the fact that at your age and in your stage of life when you could just go off into retirement, you are still here, putting in work every day and seeking to learn. Why do you think, Gail, that that continual learning is important?
I think we all need to keep learning and there's so much to learn. We can never, we can never do that justice. But I think it's important for me as the matriarch of this family, to have my grandchildren see that women can do what I do. And that we are a family business. And I want them to learn enough about it that they can work in it and be successful and maybe even carry it on and just certain time when I'm gone, and when my children are gone. I hope that they will be interested enough to do that and be able to see that it is possible and not be afraid of it. And we have a lot of grandchildren and a lot of very capable grandchildren. So I think that will happen. But learning is something that I mean, in reality, that's the only thing you can take with you is what you know. And so it's important to keep learning all your life doesn't matter what it is. Just keep that knowledge fountain open.
Yeah. Another thing that you touched on is the culture of the company. I didn't grow up in Utah, but since moving here, I've lived here for about 10 years often on a little bit. And the thing that I've admired is your dedication to making an impact, a positive impact on the communities here in Utah through different companies and different means, different parts of the Larry H. Miller group. But one that everybody, regardless of where they live will be aware of, is the Utah Jazz. And one thing that has impressed me a ton as someone that came in from out-of-state is seeing how—and I'm a huge sports fan—but seeing how the Utah Jazz, even as a basketball team, seeks to bring in people that have a certain set of values. And I think that that sets the Jazz apart a little bi. And I'm a fan of different sports teams and that's the thing that I've admired so much about the Jazz is there are guys that you want to root for you.
Thank you. That's very true and we work hard at that. And it's something that we, as we hire a coach, we let them know what our values are and what we expect and how we want our players to respond to the community and be a part of the community and be good people. And once in a while, we miss, but not very often. I mean, basically we have really good people as players. Now, they are very competitive and that is a challenge in its own right. I don't mind competitiveness, I think they have to have egos to do what they do. They have to be competitive, they have to be strong, and many times they're outspoken. But if we can create the culture that they know they have to work within, it's good for us, it's good for them, and I honestly believe that as they come here, they really don't know what to expect. But once they get here, they like the culture, they like the way it's easy to live here. They like the way the fans respond to them, they like what we have to offer and we like that. And I just think that it starts at the top and you have to create the culture and then you have to teach it and then you have to move it down through the ranks so that everyone buys into it. And once you do that, then you have a good product.
Yeah. I would imagine within NBA executives that sets the Jazz apart quite a bit from some other organizations just because I think, you know, building that cannot be an easy thing.
Well, you can't let it go. Once you've got it built, you have to maintain it, you have to keep building it and keep growing it and keep reinforcing it. And yes, you're right. Other teams have good organizations but it is something that I believe sets us apart. And other people who come in here from other organizations say the same thing, they say it's very different here, it's a family-like culture.
Interesting. I love that. Gail, another thing that you have done within our community here in Utah is you serve on the Governor's Task Force for suicide prevention. And regardless of where people live, I think this is something that's on people's minds. I know a girl that I grew up within my home stake just recently committed suicide and it's amazing, I haven't seen her in years and my heart has just hurt as a result of that. Why, Gail, do you think it's, it's so vital for us to to be involved and seek to help people better understand how they can be there to support those who are suffering many times without vocalizing it in an effort to prevent suicide?
Well, I think we have to vocalize it, we have to ask how they're doing. I think we have to be aware of people around us and stay in touch with them and not have superficial relationships behind the screen of a phone or a computer. We have to have that personal touch. And I have a saying that I was taught as a youngster that I don't care how much you know until I know how much you care. And the caring is the part that makes the difference. And you don't have to be best friends with everyone, but if you just care, a smile, a hug, a touch, a compliment. Oftentimes, in fact, I have an incident in my own family where one of my family members, and I won't say how far out, was ready to commit suicide and said, "I'm going to go home and do it. But I'm going to call this friend first. If he answers, then I won't do it." And that's how close it is, one phone call. And luckily, that person answered, and that stopped him from committing suicide that night. And so I know that it's important for us to care and to be there for each other and to be aware, and to love. You know, you can show love in a lot of ways. I feel like I have a natural affinity for people and I don't have any trouble putting my arm around anybody and saying, "You look nice," or "Thank you for being there," or, "I like what you do." And just little things like that can make a difference. And you never know when they're going to.
Yeah. I think even for me, there were a few weeks before this took place, I had the thought I should reach out and I didn't. And I think that's what we leave in our wake and I often think about the, you know, the council, I believe it was President Monson that talked about, you know, acting on promptings that we receive the first time. And I think, you know, if we do that, if we get in the habit of living our lives in that way, then we don't have to live with regret or thinking, "What if I had done this? What difference would that have made?"
That's true. But I think even before that, you have to recognize that you do get promptings. I remember a time when I said to a friend, you know, "You live so spiritually, you live by the Spirit every day. I never get those promptings." And she said to me, "Yes, you do. You're just not hearing them." And I thought, "I better start listening." And it's true. I think we all get them if we allow that voice to permeate our consciousness and listen. Because it could be just a thought, sometimes we expect it to be a bolt of lightning, and it could just be a fleeting thought: somebody's name comes into our mind or we think about somebody we haven't seen for a long time. And so I think we have to get to the point where we trust that we're having inspiration or some kind of a nudge that we should act on and then act on that and don't put it off.
Yeah. I want to touch on a couple more things that you say in the book, Gail, as we wrap up. Referring to the church, you said, "It gives us opportunities to teach, to speak, to learn, to share, to serve and to love. It gives us everything we need to live life fully if we avail ourselves of it." I love this. I have been thinking a lot lately about how and I think it's the result of many people close to me kind of walking away from the church or stepping away from the church. And I've thought a lot about what does my membership in the church mean to me? What has it meant in my life? How has it changed me? And I wonder for you, Gail, how has your membership in the church impacted your life? How has it changed your life and blessed your life?
Boy, that's a big question. It's definitely made me who I am. Everything I am today is related to the church. To my mother teaching me, to my learning on my own, to my teaching my children, to having the support for everything I need to do in life. And then realizing that Heavenly Father is right there too, so that it's all one combination of things. I think that in saying all of this, speak, teach, learn, share, serve, and love, I know in my life I've had the opportunity through the church to do all of those things, and every single one has made me a better person. And it's not to say that I wouldn't have them if I weren't a member of the church, but it just makes it easier because that's the way we live. That's what we're all about. And sharing who we are with the world can make a difference. I know as a Relief Society president, I had the opportunity to serve in a lot of ways I never would have otherwise. And until I did that, I didn't understand how closely service and love were connected. But when you serve somebody, you really do learn to love them. And you learn to love them because you get close to them and you understand their needs and their hurts and their wants and their accomplishments and their personality. And service is a gift, it's really a gift that Heavenly Father gives us. And I would admonish everyone to take advantage of every service they can do because it enriches you far more than it enriches the person you serve. And learning to love like that is a much deeper love than you experience any other way. So I'm grateful for the things the church has offered me. It's made me a richer person in a lot of ways, it's helped me understand life, it's helped me know that my trials are not that bad, that other people have things they have to deal with. And I know I'd rather have mine than anybody else's, and that I can handle mine. And so the church gives me strength and it gives me hope in it. It's just a good way to live.
Yeah. Gail, I want to touch on one thing that you just said, you said, "It's made my life richer in a lot of ways." In your mind, what is the difference between rich and wealth?
Rich is an expansion of your soul. Wealth is what you have as a result of the things you've done. But to be rich means that you have qualities, you have experiences, you have an expanded heart. You see life in a different way. You see it as a fullness. To me, that's rich.
That's beautiful. Thank you. Another thing that you wrote in the book, you said, "That's the key, taking advantage of it all but not falling into the trap that you have to do it all at once." I think sometimes that can be the tricky thing with the gospel. There's so many different things that pull on us and we want to do it all, but we have to find balance. What have you found to be most effective, Gail, in achieving balance in your life?
Well, I don't know that we ever achieve balance. Balance is kind of a misnomer for what we think we have or want. We have to put the effort into the thing that's most important to us at the time. And it's kind of like a season of life. When you're young, you're mostly concentrating on yourself and learning who you are and building your personality and your pathway in life. And then you get married and you start focusing on your partner, and then your children come along and then as they grow up, you learn again, who you are, as a mother, an empty nester. And then, quite often you have to take care of aged parents. So the seasons of your life kind of demand the focus and the balance of that part of your life, because you can't balance everything at the same time. So you have to do what you can when it's the time to do it.
I remember as the Relief Society President, I was doing the visiting teaching assignments, and I had one lady come to me and she had small children. And she said, "I really want to do this, but I can't. I can't do this right now, it's just so hard to get it done." And it just struck me right then, "You don't need to do this. Your job right now is raising those children. We've got other women that can go out and be visiting teachers. Don't worry about it." And she had such a relief that I wasn't going to judge her for not being able to be a visiting teacher, but realized that what she needed to focus on at that time was her little family because that was what was most important to her. And her heart was in the right place, but her ability to do it was, you know, limited because of what else she had on her plate. And that's what I mean by, "You can't do it all at the same time." You can do it all in its time, if that's your desire, you have to be able to save your energy for the right time in the right place.
Absolutely. I think that that's such an important thing for people to recognize that there are different seasons. And at different times in our lives, Heavenly Father is going to let us know what the priority is. And in your case, as a Relief Society president, you were the means of telling this lady, "it's going to be okay." And I think we have to extend that mercy to other people and be that sometimes that voice for Heavenly Father to be like, "it's going to be okay."
Gail, I could listen to you talk all day and I'm running out of time. So another thing that I love related to service in the church, you quote Ronald Reagan. And he said, "There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he does not mind who gets the credit." How does that relate—you've mentioned a few times your service as Relief Society president, but how does that relate to service in the church?
Well, we're all in this together, and it's God's Church. And the service that we do—we'll get the reward for whatever we do, we don't need to be praised for it here. We need to do what Heavenly Father wants us to do, so that we can get His work done. And if we don't need to be puffed up, if we don't need the credit for bringing someone in or taking care of a child or whatever we're asked to do, it's not really for us. It's for Heavenly Father and He's going to bless us and we'll get our reward in time. So I think that's where it's at for me, is making sure that I'm doing the right thing at the right time, in the right way that Heavenly Father would ask me to do. And I just I think the goal is to be good and that's reward enough.
Another thing that I wanted to mention, last time I interviewed you for the Deseret News, you made an interesting statement. You were talking about how everything hinges on your relationship with your spouse, and that from there, that's kind of how our lives build-out. And you said, "If you don't have a good relationship there, you're sacrificing one of the most important parts of your life because when you get to heaven, Heavenly Father is not going to say, 'How well did you do at work?' He's going to say, 'How well did you do with your family and with the things that I entrusted you with that are so precious?'"And then in your book, you talk a lot about your relationship with Larry and how sometimes that balance may not have been there as much. But how do you feel that what you've done with your family has required work, like a conscious effort on your part?
Well, families are a lot of work. There's no getting around that, they just are a lot of work. But I have tried very hard to be a good mother and I've not been totally successful with my kids. I hope they don't remember any of the bad times. But I'm sure there were some. But I did the best I knew how to do at the time. I wish I could have done better, but I think we always have an opportunity to do better. And even in my role today with my children all grown and families of their own, I try to have an influence, at least through talking with them, through loving them, through showing them that I care. And then I do things like I try to take each of my grandchildren to lunch throughout the year. And I have 45 grandchildren, so I try to rotate through them so that I at least have a touch point one-on-one with them. And then we have a family home evening once a month, so we invite them all there. We have a family council, a family assembly, we do a family vacation. So family is really important to me because I do believe that when we get to the other side, that's where we want to be is with our family. I don't want to be the head of some big company, I want to be the head of a family. And I want to be connected with those that went before me. And if I can keep that in mind, that's where my eternal goals are and that's what's important to me.
Thank you so much. Well, Gail, I just have one last question for you. And that is, what does it mean to you to be all in the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
Well, that's a really important question because being "all in" means that it's not part-time. It has to be a way of life and you can't pretend to be something one day and then do something different the next day. So I try to live my life as if I were going to die tomorrow. And that the last thing I did was as worthwhile as the thing I did five years ago or 10 years ago, and do it with an eye toward an eternal goal. So "all in" means I'm really working toward being an eternal family and having the rewards that come with that.
Thank you so much. Thank you, Gail, you've been a delight.
Thank you. It's been a pleasure.
We are so appreciative to Gail Miller for coming on today's podcast. You can find Gail's book, "Courage To Be You," as well as the book based on Gail's childhood, "The Christmas Doll," in Deseret Book stores now. We will be taking a little break for Christmas, but we'll be back after the holidays with a very special "Don't Miss This" week that you literally won't want to miss. We'll talk to you then, and in the meantime, have a very Merry Christmas.


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The specific contributions of set-shifting to freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease
Sharon L. Naismith, James M. Shine, Simon J G Lewis
Freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson's disease (PD) is common and the pathophysiology of FOG is poorly understood. It has been hypothesized to reflect complementary yet competing frontostriatal pathways that reduce the ability to keep different tasks (motor or cognitive) on-line. This inability to "set-shift" has been proposed to trigger a freezing episode. If correct, this hypothesis would predict a differential pattern of executive dysfunction with FOG being most specifically related to attentional set-shifting. In this study, 31 patients with a range of self-reported FOG symptom severities were administered tests of executive functioning. The results demonstrate that FOG symptoms were selectively correlated with poorer performance on tasks of set-shifting, but not with a range of other executive tasks. This was apparent even after controlling for slowed processing speed, disease stage and depressive symptoms. The results support the recently proposed hypothesis for the pathophysiology underlying FOG in PD.
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JO - Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society
JF - Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society
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Tulane Green Wave FootballConcert
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Yulman Stadium is a top-notch venue located in New Orleans, LA. As many fans will attest to, Yulman Stadium is known to be one of the best places to catch live entertainment around town. The Yulman Stadium is known for hosting the Tulane Green Wave Football but other events have taken place here as well.
Yulman Stadium Seating Maps
SeatGeek is known for its best-in-class interactive maps that make finding the perfect seat simple. Our "View from Seat" previews allow fans to see what their view at Yulman Stadium will look like before making a purchase, which takes the guesswork out of buying tickets. To help make the buying decision even easier, we display a ticket Deal Score on every row of the map to rate the best bargains.
Home Team Seats at Yulman Stadium
Sitting close to the Tulane Green Wave Football bench is a great chance to get up close to the players and can be a great part of a live sports experience. SeatGeek's interactive maps indicate the location of the home and visitor benches, and note which sections are closest to each bench.


Apple has a long relationship with Adobe. In fact, we met Adobe's founders when they were in their proverbial garage.
Apple was their first big customer, adopting their Postscript language for our new Laserwriter printer. Adobe claims that we are a closed system, and that Flash is open, but in fact the opposite is true. They are only available from Adobe, and Adobe has sole authority as to their future enhancement, pricing, etc.
While Adobe's Flash products are widely available, this does not mean they are open, since they are controlled entirely by Adobe and available only from Adobe. By almost any definition, Flash is a closed system. Apple has many proprietary products too.


But, with any campaign, planning is essential, which is why we've put together a list of tips for planning your content marketing.
Your brand is unique, which is why you need to understand who you are and what you have to offer. What is your identity?
Why are you planning a campaign? What will you consider victorious with your content marketing? Do you want to increase click-through rates or increase brand awareness? Either way, you need a measurable system in place.
Content planning has got to centre around your audience. Who do you want to reach? Where will you find them?
Likewise, you need to refine your content. Start by researching your topics and defining content types. How can you reach your audience? Do they want an e-book? Are they email newsletter fans, rather? Maybe they love immersing themselves in your blog? Specifically, you need to understand the different channels and in turn that will dictate the shape your content takes.
Once all the content planning has been done, you can own and enjoy the process of content marketing.
We know how painstaking the planning process can be and how easy it is to get wrong. If your brand is overdue a content marketing campaign, or you want to bolster your communication efforts, talk to Digita Comms today. We will carefully plan your content to reach your audience, engage them, and boost them into action!


The beaches of Cancún, Mexico were formerly mangrove lagoons. Credit: Jason Houston/iLCP.
Though the top attractions in the Riviera Maya, Mexico are sun, sea, and sand, many vacationers spend time on the nearby Mesoamerican Reef, from experienced scuba divers to cruise ship passengers snorkeling for the first time. During the high season, the reefs may receive thousands of visitors every day who bring with them the potential to cause lasting damage from their physical interactions with the corals.
To tackle this man-made issue, the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) and Grupo Intersectorial (GI) of Cozumel work with marine recreation service providers to ensure that their scuba diving, snorkeling, and Snuba tours are environmentally friendly. Together, they promote the adoption of voluntary standards through sustainable marine recreation courses (SMR) and environmental walkthrough (EWT) assessments.
CORAL and GI have completed 83 environmental walkthroughs of marine tourism businesses on Cozumel, which evaluate their land and sea practices according to a checklist of sustainability criteria, followed by recommendations for improvements.
The partners further collaborated to design a campaign for the island called "Tread Lightly" that included visual displays and a video to educate cruise ship passengers and other tourists on the importance of protecting coral reefs.
Tourists dive in Cozumel with a divemaster.
Isauro Cruz, a founder of GI, said that the two organizations have worked closely with Cozumel Reefs National Marine Park, which now runs the SMR courses on Cozumel and requires every marine tourism provider who takes guests on water-based tours of the park to complete the training. More than 1,300 dive masters, snorkeling guides, and boat captains in Cozumel and the Riviera Maya have undergone the SMR training about the importance of the reefs and their stewardship, including the regulations that must be met within the protected area.
The evaluations have enhanced the monitoring system of impacts on the park and identified priority areas, which form the basis of educational campaigns. According to González, this data has been crucial in defining integrated mandatory compliance policies for the park.
GI also worked on a project with the Cozumel Reefs National Marine Park called "Clean Water, Healthy Reef" to teach 342 children and teachers from a public elementary school how to take care of their water resources.
With Amigos de Sian-Kaan, another MARTI partner, GI launched a water campaign featuring radio spots, press, and displays along the main avenues and on local buses, to bring attention to the importance of aquifer health and its relationship to other ecosystems such as coral reefs, as well as community well-being.
"We remain committed to raising environmental awareness among both visitors and tourist services providers," said Isauro Cruz.
Recreational boats are numerous in Akumal, Mexico. Credit: Jason Houston/iLCP.


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Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad is 2004 a book by academic Natana J. DeLong-Bas, published by Oxford University Press. It is based "on a close study of the 14 volumes" of collected works of Wahhabism's founder, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and has been called "the first extensive explication of the theology" of Wahhabism.

It is divided into sections: a brief religious biography and history of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, theology, Islamic law, women and Wahhabism, jihad and the evolution of Wahhabism.

Critical reception
Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad has been praised as a "monumental work ... lucid and carefully documented", "often fascinating", and presenting "a nuanced discussion of Wahhab's Quranic interpretation", but also criticized as a "piece of scholarly trash" and of "markedly inferior quality", and guilty of "special pleading".

It has received positive reviews. David E. Long of Middle East Journal who called it a "monumental work ... a lucid and carefully documented assessment of Wahhabism." Sara Powell of Washington Report on Middle East Affairs described it as "...a well-regarded, logically constructed, and considered --if perhaps somewhat sympathetic--analysis of Abd al-Wahhab's beliefs." History magazine  called it "a ground-breaking study ... both controversial and informative"

However, others have questioned the book and DeLong-Bas's views on Wahhabism. Author Stephen Suleyman Schwartz has called her an "apologist", criticizing her for among other things, receiving financial support from Saudi Arabia; not including as a source the correspondence of ibn Abd al-Wahhab, "which critics of Wahhabism and other Saudis consider key to understanding him"; and failing to mention the religious and/or governmental background of some Saudi Arabians mentioned in her acknowledgments.

Reviewer Michael J. Ybarra, called the book "often fascinating", and providing "a nuanced discussion of Wahhab's Quranic interpretation", but also complained that she "seems to bend over backward to give Wahhab the benefit of the doubt while dismissing his critics as biased." He also notes that DeLong-Bas "doesn't say ... where on earth" the tolerant form of Wahhabism described by her "ever existed", and that "the voice of Wahhab himself is largely absent from this book" because the author rarely quotes him.

Khaled Abou El Fadl, professor of law at University of California, Los Angeles who writes frequently on Islamic jurisprudence, expressed sorrow that Oxford University Press had published the book, stating "This doesn't qualify as scholarship -- it falls within the general phenomenon of Saudi apologetics."

References

Further reading

2004 non-fiction books
Books about Islamic fundamentalism
Books about Wahhabism


Whether you are a busy career woman or a stay-at-home mother, you always rush out of the door with your trusty handbag that contains things that you might need while you are out but what I want to know is whether you have hand wipes in it? While I don't think we need to wipe our hands furiously many times a day, it certainly helps to keep your hands clean before your touch food or get ready to feed your kids while out and about in the city or on your travels ( a bathroom might not be available to go and wash your hands ), so how do you serve this dilemma ? Can I suggest popping a few Mendill wipes in your bag before you close your front door behind you.
The word 'Mendil' means tissue in Turkish, where the brand originates. Mendill's focus stems from desire to form an inspiring organisation with sustainability at its heart. Mendill towelettes are made with pure, certified organic ingredients, are free from parabens, chemical preservatives and fragrances, including alcohol and are not tested on animals. Mendill is a member of 1% for the Planet, a growing movement of companies that donate 1% of their sales in support of environmental causes.
The really clever thing about those wipes is that each one is individually wrapped ( so they won't leak or stain the inside of your bag ) and can fit into your trouser/skirt pocket or a small evening clutch. Each sachet contains a generous, certified organic cotton towel that is infused with organic essential oil which has antiseptic and antibacterial qualities and will keep your hands protected, clean and softly scented – just make sure you don't wipe your eyes or lips with it !
You can follow advice of Anna-Marie Solowij, a co-founder of BeautyMart who recommends using it 'on a sore nose during colds, calming sunburnt skin, deodorising armpits ( handy if your trip doesn't go according to plan and there is no place to take a longed for shower, so might be handy not just for mere mortals but journalists in war zones or remote areas with no access to clean running water as well ) or in the tumble-dryer to scent linen'. I sometimes wipe around my bathroom sink with them and inhale the beautiful aroma that enlivens my senses, as well as enhances the serenity of the place where I enjoy rare moments of tranquility.
When it comes to kids, they love those wipes, as using them makes them feel more independent. They work well for wiping the table after a messy meal or giving a favourite toy a quick wipe. Best of all, they won't add much bulk to your already heavy kids bag but sticking those wipes in various pockets has been known to produce squeals of delight from kids and make family travels a more pleasant experience ( and less worrying because they are handy for messy emergencies ).
Mendill Wipes are available to purchase in BeautyMART retail outlets in Harvey Nichols in London & Liverpool, Box Park Shoreditch and TopShop Oxford Circus, as well as online or via LoveLula and priced £10 for 20 wipes. Choose from grapefruit, lemon, jasmine, lime, lavender, eucalyptus, mint, rosemary, tangerine.
A lovely light read… I smiled to your comment ' furiously wiping hands many times a day' :-)) Agreed we all need wipes and I still carry some with me, alas not with such lovely scent and less goodwill to give 1% to environmental causes. I admire that.
Thank you Galina for another beautiful fun article.


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France 'heading into triple-dip recession'
French business activity shrank in March at the fastest pace in four years, and business confidence showed no improvement
Surveys of companies indicated the eurozone's second-biggest economy is probably plunging into recession again for the third time since the financial crisis.
The services sector, which generates 56 percent of French economic activity, is suffering worst with the PMI (Purchasing Managers Index) compiled from those surveys dropping to its lowest since February 2009, when France and much of the developed world was mired deep in a recession triggered by the financial crisis.
Markit, which carried out those surveys, said the figures suggested the economy could contract by as much as 0.7 percent this quarter.
Markit chief economist Chris Williamson said: "At the moment I can just see contraction, and potentially an increased rate of contraction as the year goes on unless more is done to stimulate growth and boost business and consumer confidence. Otherwise companies and households will move increasingly into cost-cutting measures."
Tobias Blattner, Director of European Economic Research at Daiwa Capital Markets gave his interpretation: "A recession is very much the most likely outcome we are expecting now for the French economy. But I think when we look at the breakdown of the PMIs we can also see that this time it's more actually the services sector, and that mostly suggests that it's very weak domestic demand and that was usually the cornerstone of French growth in the past couple of years."
With consumer spending faltering, construction contracting and business investment slumping, France will have to depend on exports for any growth.
The latest forecast from the national statistics office INSEE is more optimistic than Markit's. The statisticians believes that there will have been zero economic expansion in the first three months of this year and GDP will grow by just 0.1 percent in the second quarter.
There was a grim prediction on jobs from INSEE. It sees French unemployment hitting its highest level in over 15 years – at 11 percent of the workforce – between April and June.


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Was Tutu an anti-Semite and bigot, as some claim?
On Dec. 26, the world said goodbye to Bishop Desmond Tutu, the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner and tireless advocate for human rights. He's best known for his non-violent struggle against and triumph over apartheid, the white-only, racist system of government in South Africa that oppressed Tutu and his countrymen for decades. Lifelong activist Ralph…
No one in the world is safe until everyone is safe
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As I sat recovering from the side effects of my third COVID-19 vaccine, certain things didn't add up. First of all, I know a number of good, intelligent people who are choosing not to get vaccinated. Of course, there are some very unkind individuals among them who harass our health-care workers and people in the…
Building the root system for personal success
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Live with integrity and gratitude, work hard, be kind to others and focus on your potential
The Chinese bamboo tree shows little or no apparent signs of growth for four years. Then suddenly, it can grow as much as 25 metres in weeks. That's a powerful metaphor for the growth of successful people. Over those apparently-dormant four years, the tree actually is growing; we just can't see it. It's developing an…
How ordinary people can survive the worst of capitalism
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As we move into a new year, we see many problems in the world and much that needs to change. We often forget, however, that the most significant force for good looks back at us each time we gaze into the mirror. We live in a capitalist society, and capitalism has brought us many good…
In search of the perfect Christmas? Good luck
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation has become a holiday season staple in many homes. The film, released in 1989, portrays the misadventures of the Griswold family as the main character Clark tries to create the perfect family Christmas. While the film is genuinely funny, there's something more profound that appeals to us. Perhaps it's the fact…
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* William Wollaston (1659–1724), engelsk filosof
 William Wollaston (1693–1764), parlamentsledamot för Ipswich 1733–1734
 William Wollaston (1730–1797), parlamentsledamot för Ipswich 1768–1784
 William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828), engelsk kemist


I'm writing a custom platform and I have an issue with the default output produced by certain platforms, I only want to use a portion of the output but without giving up interactivity.
User has some data, they're presented with a window to cast columns to appropriate roles. My JSL makes an identical linked subset of their data, but makes it private (this is now the current data table), runs the partition platform, saves the leaf numbers and then makes a phased control chart with the leaf numbers as the phases. The phased control chart has an HListBox type setup with the control chart (which I want), then a warning about excluded rows (I don't want, at least not like this), then the phase summaries (which I'm ambivalent about). I'm also trying to avoid having too many nested levels of outline boxes.
If I take this control chart and pass it a <<Report, I can pick out from the display tree the elements I want, but the graph is no longer interactive - I can't click on the data and have the relevant row be selected.
Is there a way to make a control chart, get just the plot and put it into a new window?
dt_out = dt << Subset( Selected Rows( 0 ), Selected Columns( 0 ), private, linked ); //data the final results are based on.
Re: Only use a portion of a platform in a new output window?
FWIW, Excerpt Box does that, but only in the context of a Sheet Box (which "holds" the whole report behind the scenes).
I would like to followup on this request to the next layer in a report table.
In the example of a Capability Analysis table, JMP reports 5 values (Cp, Cpk,Cpu, Cpl, Cpm) in a table. How do I delete the Cpu, Cpl and Cpm using JSL?
I can delete the last three rows manually using the Edit Properties option, but those changes are not saved if I save the script to the script window.