Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 1963.
Some photos of 1400 Smith St. & 1500 Louisiana St.
Walking around downtown trying to find different angles on these two buildings was a bit of a challenge. 1400 Smith and 1500 Louisiana were both formerly headquarters to Enron. Both buildings are now used by Chevron, with a third planned 50-story, 1.7 million SF tower proposed by Chevron designed by HOK.
1400 Smith was developed Brookfield Properties and designed by Lloyd Jones Brewer & Associates, completed in 1983.
1500 Louisiana was developed by Hines and designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates, completed in 2002.
Some recent photos from the Contemporary Arts Museum. Designed by Gunnar Birkerts and opened in 1972.
I also did a few "speed edits" to show how I edited a couple of these in Photoshop CC 2019. Videos below. There are a lot of things I could've done differently that probably would've saved time and been more efficient but I figured these were good enough to test my new-to-me screen recording software (OBS Studio).
Wortham Tower (formerly called American General Building) designed by Lloyd, Morgan, & Jones was completed in 1965. It's named after Gus Wortham, insurance tycoon and oil baron who founded American General.
The newly opened Glassell School of Art, designed by Steven Holl Architects.
Recent photos from Rice University's campus.
I made a trip out to Phillips Exeter Academy while in New Hampshire. It's an old private boarding school dating back to 1781. Phillips Exeter Academy is probably best known for their massive library designed by Louis Khan in 1971, but the whole campus was amazing. Here are some photos from my trip.
Some recent photos of the Glassell School of Art and Museum District. There's been a lot of construction in front of the building on Montrose, so I plan on going back later to shoot the exterior a bit more.
Day to night time-lapse of the Houston skyline. I had my intervals too long so it's a little too quick but it still turned out interesting.


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Olivet cendré, also called cendré d'Olivet, is a French cheese from Olivet, on the Loire river, in the Centre-Val de Loire region, France. The cheese is made from cow's milk collected during the spring, when the cows graze along the banks of the Loire, and when their milk is believed to be the most flavorful. The cheese is then aged for at least one month; but typically for three months. Traditionally, the cheese was aged in containers filled with ash made from burning the clippings of grape-vines from the vineyard. The finished cheese has 45% milkfat. Today, the cheese is still made in cylinders filled with ash, imbuing a gray skin on the cheese from the ash. Olivet cendré has an earthy scent, and is considered to have a delicate taste.

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Das Comarques Centrals ist eines von sieben Territorien (àmbits funcionals territorials), in der Autonomen Gemeinschaft Katalonien, das 1995 mit dem Regionalplan (Pla territorial general de Catalunya) durch Gesetz beschlossen wurde.

Comarques Centrals hat eine Fläche von 5.450,37 km² und hat 424.743 Einwohner (2009). Das Territorium liegt im Zentrum Kataloniens.

Comarcas
Stand: 2009

Àmbits funcionals territorials (AFT)
 Alt Pirineu i Aran
 Àmbit Metropolità de Barcelona
 Ponent
 Comarques gironines
 Camp de Tarragona
 Terres de l'Ebre

Siehe auch
 Liste der Comarques Kataloniens

Geographie (Katalonien)


The eBike Expo is the only Auckland expo dedicated to e-bikes. It brings together retailers, distributors and infrastructure enablers. As an attendee you will be able to connect with all of these experts under one roof, complete your research and test ride the bikes.
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CinemaScope är ett bildformat för 35 mm filmvisning som introducerades 1953 av filmbolaget 20th Century Fox efter att de återupptäckt Henri Chrétiens anamorfiska objektiv Hypergonar från 1927. Vid inspelningen pressade objektivet ihop bilden horisontellt med en faktor av 2 för att vid visningen genom ett motsvarande objektiv sprida ut den igen. I början var bildformatet 2,66:1 med fyra magnetiska spår för ljudet. För att biografer utan magnetljud skulle kunna visa filmerna introducerades snart kopior med både magnetiska och optiska ljudspår, mag-optical. Detta innebar att bilden måste minskas och 2,55:1 blev standard. 2,35:1 blev så småningom standard oavsett ljudsystem.

CinemaScope-objektiven var problematiska för djupverkan och bildens ytterkanter och ersattes på 1960-talet av Panavision-objektiv, men maskinister refererar fortfarande till systemet som CS (CinemaScope).

Fox tog inte patent på Chrétiens objektiv, vilket gjorde det möjligt för andra bolag att spela in filmer i formatet, men man kunde inte använda namnet CinemaScope. Därför sådana varianter som:

Metroscope (MGM; nästan alla MGM:s, Columbias and United Artists filmer spelades in med Panavision-objektiv men kallades ändå allmänt för CinemaScope)
WarnerScope/WarnerSuperScope
Agascope (Sverige, Finland, Ungern - Gorilla, 1956 - En djungelsaga, 1958)
Alexscope (Argentina)
Toeiscope/Actionscope/Super Actionscope (Japan, Toei)
Centralscope (Hentai)
Cinégraphiscope (Frankrike)
Cinépanoramic/Parscope (Frankrike)
CameraScope (England Rank)
Cinemascope (Västtyskland)
Franscope (Frankrike)
Totalvision/Prokimaskop (Östtyskland, Sovjet)
Naturama (USA Republic)
Cinephonic
Cinescope (Italien)
SuperCinescope (Italien)
Superfilmscope (Italien)
Totalscope (Italien)
Supertotalscope (Italien)
TotalScope (Italien)
Cinetotalscope (Italien)
Totalvision (Italien)
Cosmoscope (England Archway)
Daieiscope (Daiei Motion Picture Co, Japan)
Dyaliscope (Frankrike)
Euroscope (Europa)
Gamascope (Italien)
Hammerscope (England, Hammer Films)
Ifiscope (Spanien)

Den första svenska biografen med utrustning för att förevisa CinemaScope var Rigoletto i Stockholm.

Den korrekta stavningen av varumärket CinemaScope är med ett stort S i mitten när man refererar till den process som Fox skapade och patenterade. Ordet har senare använts generiskt om alla anamorfiska filmsystem, ofta förkortat till CS.

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Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple és un municipi francès, situat al departament del Marne i a la regió del Gran Est. L'any 2007 tenia 278 habitants.

Demografia

Població
El 2007 la població de fet de Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple era de 278 persones. Hi havia 96 famílies, de les quals 16 eren unipersonals (4 homes vivint sols i 12 dones vivint soles), 20 parelles sense fills, 44 parelles amb fills i 16 famílies monoparentals amb fills.

La població ha evolucionat segons el següent gràfic:

Habitants censats

Habitatges
El 2007 hi havia 103 habitatges, 96 eren l'habitatge principal de la família, 4 eren segones residències i 3 estaven desocupats. Tots els 102 habitatges eren cases. Dels 96 habitatges principals, 73 estaven ocupats pels seus propietaris, 22 estaven llogats i ocupats pels llogaters i 1 estava cedit a títol gratuït; 1 tenia una cambra, 1 en tenia dues, 3 en tenien tres, 14 en tenien quatre i 77 en tenien cinc o més. 87 habitatges disposaven pel capbaix d'una plaça de pàrquing. A 26 habitatges hi havia un automòbil i a 62 n'hi havia dos o més.

Piràmide de població
La piràmide de població per edats i sexe el 2009 era:

Economia
El 2007 la població en edat de treballar era de 179 persones, 143 eren actives i 36 eren inactives. De les 143 persones actives 139 estaven ocupades (80 homes i 59 dones) i 4 estaven aturades (1 home i 3 dones). De les 36 persones inactives 9 estaven jubilades, 15 estaven estudiant i 12 estaven classificades com a «altres inactius».

Ingressos
El 2009 a Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple hi havia 101 unitats fiscals que integraven 298 persones, la mediana anual d'ingressos fiscals per persona era de 22.070 €.

Activitats econòmiques
Dels 5 establiments que hi havia el 2007, 1 era d'una empresa extractiva, 1 d'una empresa de transport, 2 d'empreses de serveis i 1 d'una empresa classificada com a «altres activitats de serveis».

L'únic servei als particulars que hi havia el 2009 era una perruqueria.

L'any 2000 a Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple hi havia 9 explotacions agrícoles.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

 Résumé statistique Fitxa resum de dades estadístiques de Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple a l'INSEE.
 Évolution et structure de la population Fitxa amb el detall de dades de Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple a l'INSEE
 France par commune Dades detallades de tots els municipis de França accessibles a partir del mapa.

Municipis del Marne


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The Museum of national musical instruments named after Ykylas is located in Almaty. It was built in 1908 and was based on the project of A.P Zenkov. It's a rectangular, wooden building, sheathed with batten. The windows are framed by carved aprons. A sample of wooden architecture of the public buildings in Verniy city (now Almaty). Architectural monument.
Location: The Museum of national musical instruments named after Ykylas is located in Almaty, Zenkov Street, 24.
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The Museum of national musical instruments named after Ykylas (former House of Officers) is situated in Almaty, and has been built in 1908 on the project of A.P Zenkov.
The type of the monument:
The former House of Officers is an architectural monument. A sample of wooden architecture of the public buildings in the city of Verniy (now Almaty).
The description of the monument:
It's a rectangular, wooden building, sheathed with batten. The windows are framed by carved aprons. The facades of the building are lavishly decorated with the wood carving. The space-planning decision is three-axis, the facades of the building are combined with resalit.
The central Risalit is topped with the tent; there are some gable roofs on the side of the lateral risalits. The main entrance is decorated with the keel-shaped canopyleaning on the fretted poles. The planning of the building has undergone some changes without a proper restoration.
In 1979, the carved elementsthemed on the national ornament were added as a part of the decoration of facades.
The Historical Background:
The original purpose: The House of Officers. In 1913 it was the exhibition hall for the first agricultural and industrial exhibitions of Semirechye. In 1918 - the post and telegraph office. Later it was the "Red Star" movie theater. Overall, it was a sample of wooden architecture of the public buildings in Verniy city (now Almaty). The Museum of national musical instruments named after Ykylas (former House of Officers) was built in Almaty, and based on the project of A.P Zenkov.
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After her successful fashion collab with Missguided and her popular makeup collab with BH Cosmetics, Carli Bybel is here again with another brand collaboration. This time the YouTuber and social influencer is working with Velvet Caviar and has just revealed the cutest phone cases! "They're amazing, great quality and they always have the most amazing designs" Carli said about the brand.
When it comes to phone cases the first thing you always want to shop for is quality and durability and then look for a design that suits your personality. "What's amazing about their phone cases is not only are they adorable and cute but they do protect your phone" Carli said. Well you've got Carli's stamp of approval and judging by her previous successful collabs, we're pretty sure these will also be a hit.
The limited edition phone cases include a total of three designs and two matching phone grip rings so you can securely hold your phone. Here's a closer look at the designs.
The first phone design features all five of her kitties and if you're a cat lover, this one will surely steal your heart! What can make anyone's day better than a cute animal?!
If you're a fan of her kitty, Chai, than you'll love the matching phone grip that's designed to go with the case.
The next case is a pastel galaxy design with colorful holographic stars. This dreamy case is perfect for the gal who just can't get enough of rainbows, clouds and unicorns - which would basically be all of us!
Of course, there's a phone grip to match and the heart shape is just cuteness overload.
The last design is a faux fur phone case in a bright yellow color embellished with cute pearls and a bow. This one does not include a matching phone grip.
If there was one word to sum up this collection it would hands down be CUTE, don'tcha agree?
Which limited edition case is your fave?
Phone Cases are Available February 20th at VelvetCaviar.com for $30 - Available in 3 designs and Phone Grip Rings are $10 - Available in 2 designs.
Watch Carli talk about each product in the collection, in her latest upload, below.


To My Son, On His Wedding Day… – Honey and the Homewrecker.
Son, I couldn't be more proud of you as you prepare to marry and settle down with one of the kindest, most thoughtful women I've ever met. Your choice to marry Sarah is an excellent one. And although I wasn't there for you growing up, I've decided that speaking into your life on this important day is my right as your father.
Treat Sarah with care. Don't be a slob and leave every task to her, as I did with your mother. But if you do, make sure you make it seem like her idea to pick up the slack to serve you and show you love. If you don't want to have to paint the fence or hang the Christmas lights or cook, just act inept. She will never know the difference, and will step up and complete those tasks with joy in her heart to serve her family, I just know it. She seems like a real go-getter.
Tell her that you love her every day, as I did with your mother. I know that you've spent a lifetime learning in church that love is an action rooted in commitment, but treat it as a whimsical sensation that could change at any moment. This, of course, entitles you not to honor your promises. Don't ever tell her that, though. Let her believe it means she can count on you to be there on the porch holding hands in the rocking chair when you're both 80. You don't really have to mean it.
But I have to tell you, Son, life will be much easier for you if she believes you. You have no idea the headache and expense if she doesn't. And you have no idea how much fun you can have with other women if she does!
And when you've had your cake and eaten it too, and her accolades and praise just don't do it for you anymore, go find a new place to lay your head for a few years. There's always going to be a deep need in you to fulfill the gaping wound I left in your life, so hey. Maybe you'll find some fleeting joy in changing dance partners every so often. Sarah will get over it. I guess. Who knows? Who cares. It doesn't actually matter, because life is about YOUR happiness, son. That's what's important here. You'd do well to always remember that, as I did.
But remember, and this is important: do NOT let her know it's coming. Don't do anything to prepare her, or go to counseling, or try to fix things or hang on, because in the end that's all pointless anyway. You'll want fresh and new and shiny acknowledgment of your manhood, and this seems to wear off at around year 9. Sarah's got a shelf life, son. So don't bother. Just find your new better half and tell Sarah when it's convenient for YOU. Or, don't tell her. A double life can be fun too, as long as you're extremely good at lying.
And if you have kids with her, make sure you don't live near them or raise them, because that way she can go ballistic about you being some kind of lowlife, and then it's easier for your new girlfriend to think Sarah was the problem. This is critical, son. Don't forget this step. It will save you a lot of effort and annoying explanations.
I know you can relate to me never being there at your games, or your good days, or your bad days, or…well, ever. So just know that no matter what you do, your son or daughter…or both…will be just as disillusioned as you were growing up. But, I find that if you never address what you did, maybe buy them some stuff and confuse them with your charm and smile, they'll love you anyway. It's like tricking a blind man. They'll buy it long enough to not despise you and then you can hide behind the passage of time while you wait for their indifference. You're welcome for the sneak preview. I'm glad some good can come out of my abject failure as a man, a father, and a husband. I'm honored that I can show you the ropes.
Congratulations, Son! May you and Sarah have a lifetime phase of happiness.


The last few weeks I've been listening to the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, knowing very little about it other than what I could conceivably guess based on the title. As it turns out, even there I was mostly wrong. I assumed it was a story about a dark fantasy place, which I was correct about, but I also expected a continuous story along the lines of a typical web comic such as Homestuck. (I have not read Homestuck, but am more or less familiar with the premis.) Instead, Welcome to Night Vale is written in episodes with the intent that one can simply jump in and listen with no context required. So, what is it? Well, it's a Lovecraftian comedy—a radio news broadcast from the fictional town of Night Vale.
Because my job allows me to listen to podcasts all day, I get through audio content very quickly, so even upon learning I could start wherever, I of course began with Episode 1, and have just finished (with episode 130) today). To summarize, the podcast most frequently takes the form of a (bi)weekly news broadcast in the town of Night Vale. The news is often related to creepy things, such as SCP objects or Lovecraftian horrors. I would liken Night Vale to a "modern day Innsmouth". The radio host, Cecil Palmer, never really acknowledges the dangerous horrors this town seems to have a very long and deep history with, and thus the combination of the eldritch combined with a lack of logical concern creates a humorous show.
Overall, it's pretty solid. I'll admit the punchlines are rarely amazing. I probably laughed out loud about once every 10 hours of content. Not bad, I suppose, given that I'm alone and at work during that time. Nonetheless, the humor is consistently amusing. I'll say that one thing the podcast does very well is remain consistent with the information it gives you, even if it's all over the place. A small factoid about a minor character will suddenly become important three years (real time) later, and you'll find out that it was actually because of X all along! It seems clever, but really I would bet that it's importance was decided later. It's done flawlessly, though, and it surprises me how much of a "knowable" ecosystem Night Vale eventually becomes after a time. It transitions from random factoids about a place you've never heard of to characters and people with rich histories interacting based on events that did or did not happen long ago in the podcast. And even if you didn't see that episode, it doesn't matter because it'll explain that history when it becomes relevant.
Of course, the podcast isn't without fault. In my opinion, it has three. The first is that there are characters and events I actively dislike, so whenever they're given stage time I get frustrated. (I'm also not a fan of it whe it leans more towards radio play, where other actors are involved. I prefer the episodes of just radio broadcast and host. No guests, no phone calls, no live investigations. In fact, the character I liked the least becomes mayor of the city at some point! That was pretty disheartening.
The second major downfall is that by nature of what this podcast is, the punchlines can get pretty predictable. Even if you don't know what the exact joke will be, you start to be able to sniff the setup a mile away, which does sort of kill the fun of the experience.
Lastly, for every 25 minute episode, there is probably 6 minutes I skip. The first 2 or so are self-promotion/sponsors, the middle chunk is a 3 minute song that is, almost always, terrible. and the last minute is more self-promotion. It's annoying because the easiest way for me to skip on Castbox is by 30 second chunks, and I listen on 1.4x speed, so when I was listening to the podcast, I would literally have to pull out my phone every 10ish minutes to press "Skip ahead 30s" a bunch of times. I can't imagine other people would have major issue with this in particular, but in my specific circumstance, it was quite annoying. Nothing like the hour long podcasts I'm used to that have a single 30 second ad in the middle or at the end.
What I will say, though, is that as time goes on the episodes become two or three-parters, so you eventually get stories that take an hour of content to see the completion of. I do like that, because it gives me something to attach to and it gives the sense that bigger things are afoot.


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Black smoke signals no pope elected at first conclave vote
Black Smoke Appeared At Sistine Chapel Chimney
With a thick puff of black smoke from the Sistine Chapel's chimney, day one of the conclave on Tuesday ends with no conclusive first vote in the conclave to elect a new pope at a time when the Roman Catholic Church really need a leader. The smoke came at 2:41 p.m. U.S. Eastern time leaving the church's 115 cardinals to meet Wednesday morning to vote for the second day to elect a pope needing at least 77 votes to elect a new pope. There will be up to four votes per day until a pope is elected. If a new pope is elected, white smoke will be released from the Sistine Chapel at 5:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m. Italy), 7 a.m., 12:30 a.m. or 2 p.m. and if no pope is elected then black smoke will rise from the chapel at 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Times may vary and times are estimated based on previous elections and predictions. The new pope must accept the position before the white smoke is released and as promised if the smoke is released at night then the Sistine Chapel chimney will be lit for onlookers to see the smoke as it was on Tuesday. Of course, as stipulated, if no pope is elected by Friday then the cardinals will pause Saturday for reflection and prayers thus continuing the voting pattern until 34th voting round which will lead to a runoff between top candidates. Once the white smoke is released, the bells of St. Peter's Basilica will ring as in 2005 and the senior cardinal deacon, French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, will stand on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica shouting "Habemus Papam!" ("We have a new pope!") then present the new pope with his white papal cassocks to give his first blessing as pope. Thousands watched in St. Peter's Square as the black smoke poured out of the narrow flue in the rain following a day rich in ritual and pageantry.
After prayer for divine guidance, the cardinals took an oath in Latin to never divulge any details of their deliberation before they secluded themselves behind the chapel's heavy wooden doors. No conclave in modern times has elected a pope the first day and some cardinals believe it could take four or five days to pick a man to replace the recently retired Pope Benedict. The "Princes of the Church" will spend the night in a Vatican hotel then begin day two of voting in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday with two rounds of voting one in the morning and two in the afternoon. Voting will continue until a new pontiff is appointed and communication with the outside world will be smoke from the Chapel chimney indicated by black smoke when the voting sessions end with no result and white smoke when a pontiff is elected. Whom ever becomes the 266th pontiff of the Catholic church in its 2,000 year history will face several challenges including sex abuse scandals, infighting within the Vatican bureaucracy and the secularism in its European heartland and beyond. No clear cut contenders have emerged since some want a stronger manager to control the Curia and others calling for a powerful pastor to promote faith around the world. The doors of the Sistine Chapel were closed at 5:34 p.m. after the master of ceremonies, Guido Marini, said "Extra Omnes" or "Everyone Out" asking those no associate with the gathering to leave the room except Maltese Cardinal Prosper Grech, an 87 year old who is too old to participate in the vote, who gave a sermon to remind the 115 cardinal electors of their responsibility.
The faithful gathered in Rome in hopes that a new leader would bring change after a difficult eight year reign by Pope Benedict. As Maria Dasdores Paz, a Brazilian nun who attended the Mass explains to Reuters that the new pope "must be a great pastor with a big heart, and also have the capacity to confront the Church's problems, which are very great…Every day there seem to be more." All of the prelates in the Sistine Chapel were appointed by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI or Pope John Paul II and the next pope will certainly defend the traditional moral teachings of the church, but many point out the failures of Benedict and Paul to reform the Curia leaving many feeling that the next pope must be a good chief executive or have good management put in place under him. Several papal candidate have been discussed including Italian and non-Italian prelates with growing pressure to choose a pontiff from somewhere else in the world since only 24 percent of Catholics live in Europe. Only time will tell if the next pope will live up to the position or falter in one respect or another as popes before him have.
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Oath Sworn By Cardinals Before Papal Vote (FULL TEXT)
Oath Sworn By Cardinals Before Papal Vote (FULL TEXT).
On Tuesday, March 12 the conclave to elect the next pope after Benedict began this morning, but before the voting could begin the 115 cardinals took an oath of secrecy in the Sistine Chapel. The oath was administer by the conclave's presiding cardinal, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, which after reading the oath each cardinal elector touched the Holy Gospels and made a "promise, pledge, and swear" to uphold the oath. Here is the full text of the oath as provided by the Associated Press:
"We, the Cardinal electors present in this election of the Supreme Pontiff promise, pledge and swear, as individuals and as a group, to observe faithfully and scrupulously the prescriptions contained in the Apostolic Constitution of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II, Universi Dominici Gregis, published on 22 February 1996.
We likewise promise, pledge and swear that whichever of us by divine disposition is elected Roman Pontiff will commit himself faithfully to carrying out the munus Petrinum of Pastor of the Universal Church and will not fail to affirm and defend strenuously the spiritual and temporal rights and the liberty of the Holy See.
In a particular way, we promise and swear to observe with the greatest fidelity and with all persons, clerical or lay, secrecy regarding everything that in any way relates to the election of the Roman Pontiff and regarding what occurs in the place of the election, directly or indirectly related to the results of the voting; we promise and swear not to break this secret in any way, either during or after the election of the new Pontiff, unless explicit authorization is granted by the same Pontiff; and never to lend support or favor to any interference, opposition or any other form of intervention, whereby secular authorities of whatever order and degree or any group of people or individuals might wish to intervene in the election of the Roman Pontiff."
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Roman Curia vs. American Cardinals: Increasing Divisions, Culture Clash At Vatican
Roman Curia vs. American Cardinals: Increasing Divisions, Culture Clash At Vatican.
Now that the pope has resigned to a life of prayer and meditation at the summer retreat and soon back at the Vatican, the search for his successor has now begun. According to father Federico Lombardi, spokesman for the press office of the Holy See, the first general congregation of the day failed to come up with a date for the conclave but the cardinals, all except one of the 115 electoral cardinals, will meet again this afternoon. After the media confusion yesterday, when parallel press conferences organized by American cardinals were cancelled, it has become clear that inside Paolo VI Hall where the congregations us being held the mood feels dire as the decision to set a date has been delayed. The mood surrounding the events outside the congregation were no better the past few days as the atmosphere has soured with cardinals rushing past ignoring the journalists and photographers. As the International Herald Tribune reports that the situation at the Vatican can be considered a culture clash as the U.S. cardinals will comply with the request of the College of Cardinal's to refrain from talking to the press. However, an official press realease from Sister Mary Ann Walsh, head of the press office for the conference of U.S. cardinals, revealed that the cardinals are very upset by the request saying," The U.S cardinals are committed to transparency and have been pleased to share a process-related overview of their work with members of the media and with the public, in order to inform while ensuring the confidentiality of the General Congregations." Therefore, among the U.S. cardinals which totals 11 the consensus starting today is to honor the request for silence from the Curia Romana. According to U.S. delegation, the leaks in the Italian newspapers which upset the Holy See were not dependent on the U.S. cardinals who organized a press conference where little of the private discussion between more than 150 cardinals emerged, but was directly due to undesirable leaks from Italian cardinals talking to newspapers they trust according to the International Herald Tribune. The lies being told are due to enormous differences in journalistic practices and traditions such as American newspapers using anonymous sources as an exception or as an option to use carefully and judicially where as the Italian papers use the practice arguably to the point of abused and is widely accepted. Today, may be the last interview allowed prior to election of a new pope.
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February 23, 2013 by craftymcclever
Vatican Blasts 'False' Pre-Conclave Reporting
Vatican Blasts 'False' Pre-Conclave Reporting.
The Vatican on Saturday scolded the media for running defamatory and false reports before the conclave of Pope Benedict XVI's successor saying these were attempts to influence the election. The Italian newspapers have been running unsourced reports in recent days about the content of a secret dossier prepared for the pope by three cardinals who researched the origins of the Vatileaks scandal in 2012. The reports claim that the revelations in the dossier given to the Pope in December factored into his decision to resign as Pope. The has only said that because he doesn't have the strength of body and mind to carry on he will resign Feb. 28. The Vatican secretariat of state said on Saturday according to the Associated Press," If in the past, the so-called powers, i.e., States, exerted pressures on the election of the pope, today there is an attempt to do this through public opinion that is often based on judgments that do not typically capture the spiritual aspect of the moment that the church is living." He continued in his statement saying, "It is deplorable that as we draw closer to the time of the beginning of the conclave … that there be a widespread distribution of often unverified, unverifiable or completely false news stories that cause serious damage to persons and institutions."
Some Vatican watchers claim because the Vatican bureaucracy is heavily Italian that the cardinals might be persuaded to elect non-Italian, non-Vatican based cardinals as pope to force some reform. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, a papal contender, criticized the division, dissent, careerism and jealousies that afflicts the Vatican bureaucracy. The divisions he speaks of were exposed in the document taken from the pope's study by his butler and leaked by a journalist according to the Associated Press. The document itself tells of the petty wrangling, corruption and allegations of a gay plot in the highest levels of the church. The three cardinals who investigated the theft from the Vatican had the power to interview other cardinals to get to the bottom of the dynamics in the Curia that caused the security breach. On Saturday, Benedict lamented the evil, suffering and corruption that has defaced God's creation, but thanked the Vatican bureaucrats for helping him bear the burden of his ministry with their work, faith, love and faith these past eight years according to the Associated Press.
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First Pope to leave office in 600 years – timesofmalta.com
First Pope to leave office in 600 years – timesofmalta.com.
It is rare in any lifetime to witness a pope being chosen from the college of cardinals but even rarer to see a pope leave before his time is up. In my young existence, I have witnessed both happen and will see another cardinal become a pope of one of the largest church organizations in the world, the Catholic Church. Say what you will, this will still go down in history and will be remember for a long time.
On Monday February 11, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI did the unthinkable and said he will resign on February 28, becoming the first pontiff in 600 years to take such a step. The leader of the 1.2 billions Catholics around the world, Pope Benedict in a statement read in Latin during a church council with cardinals said that he no longer had the strength to fulfill his duties which has shocked the world. As he says,"My strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry." Vatican officials explained that the statement had been translated into different languages before the Pope could make his announcement for immediate dissemination. The decision by the 85 year old German Pontiff who was elected to the papacy in April of 2005 has left many wondering what to do with two living Popes and has caused a paradox for the church as this has not happened in 600 years. A conclave of cardinals expected to be he;d in March will elect a new Pope. Arrangements are underway to provide Pope Benedict with a place of residence which may be a disused monastery on Vatican grounds.
Today on Ash Wednesday in Vatican City, the Pope celebrated his final mass as pontiff presiding over services hours after explaining his decision to the faithful. The mood in St. Peter's Basilica was somber as the finality of weight of Benedict's decision registered with thousands of the faithful present, but ended with a standing ovation as Pope Benedict exited for the last time as pope bring tears to eyes of those closest to the man. "We wouldn't be sincere, Your Holiness, if we didn't tell you that there's a veil of sadness on our hearts this evening," Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Benedict's longtime deputy, told the pope at the end of the service, his voice breaking. The crowd yelled "Viva il papa!" as the Pope stepped off the altar. By March 31, the church will have a new pope elected as it marks the end of Lent and the celebration of Easter which commemorates the death and resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday.
Benedict explained to his flock why he broke with a 600 year tradition and decided to retire: "As you know, I have decided to renounce the ministry that the Lord gave to me on April 19, 2005…I did this in full liberty for the good of the church." The Vatican has revealed his final days as pope saying he will attend a farewell ceremony with his cardinals then fly to the papal summer retreat at Castel Gandolfo. Under the timetable, Benedict will be far from the Vatican when he ceases to be pope at 8p.m. on February 28 a deadline he decided on. The College of Cardinals will then organize a conclave where the 117 or so cardinals under 80 will vote to see who will succeed Benedict. Benedict's final appearance will be on February 27 and is expected to draw a crowd and will allow the faithful to say farewell under happier circumstances than his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, died in 2005.
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To hear Heidi's fantastic 80-minute interview with Ben on Friday, May 20, 2011, click here.
fielding questions about this class, click here.
Too often, we know what we want to do, but not how to do it — how to turn our knowledge and desire into action. Each of us knows the frustration of working with someone to put them on a path to positive change, only to watch them fail to actually walk that path. Perhaps you, too, have struggled to make changes in your own life. After all, who hasn't?
This science-based approach to making lasting change will be profoundly useful to coaches, counselors, therapists, managers, leaders, parents, and anyone else concerned with showing others how to reach their fullest potential and greatest well being.
Week 1: The Goal Saboteurs: Why our intuitions about why we succeed or fail are usually wrong, and the real pitfalls of goal pursuit.
Week 2: Specificity, Difficulty, & Realistic Optimism: What to do when setting a goal to make you much more likely to reach it.
Week 5: A Simple Plan: Why if-then planning is the single most effective strategy you can use to reach any goal.
Week 6: Building the Willpower Muscle: Why self-control operates like a muscle, what that means for how we should use it, and how we can get our hands on some more of it.
Week 7: Perseverance and Grit: Most people give up way on themselves way too soon. Learn how to cultivate grit and hang in there long enough to make lasting change.
Week 8: Giving Feedback that Motivates: Even well-intentioned feedback can backfire. (In fact, it frequently does.) Learn how to phrase criticism and praise in ways that support autonomy and fuel motivation, while providing the honest assessment they need to develop and improve.
You'll discover practical, simple, and easy to use strategies that have been proven effective in diverse populations for reaching professional, relationship, health, and life goals.
You'll understand why not every strategy is effective for everyone, why some strategies feel right while others don't, and how to identify what will work best for you and for those you are trying to help.
You'll master the art and science of giving feedback – feedback that does exactly what you want it to do.
You'll learn how to bridge the gap between desire and action. Setting goals is not enough. Being committed to them isn't enough either. Defeating the goal saboteurs is all about strategy — how we set goals, how we pursue them, how we handle obstacles when they arise. This course will teach you the strategies you need to make success happen.
And if you ever lead workshops on goals? I promise you you'll have new, exciting material your audience has not heard of.
The textbook for the class is Heidi's latest book, Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals.
Graduates of this class will be able to earn eight hours of CEs for social workers (NASW) and Marriage and Family Therapists in California (BBS). Please note these CEs are relevant only for licensed mental health professionals in the United States. If you are not a licensed mental health professional in the US, you do not need these CEs and you should not pay the CE fee.
Attendance Requirement for CEs. Before paying for CEs, please note the attendance requirement! You must be present–actually listening on the phone, real time–for seven of the eight classes. To document their live attendance on each call, students email in the class attendance codes (given at the start and end of the class) within 24 hours of end of Heidi's lecture.
International Coach Federation. There will also be 8 hours of coach continuing education credits for members of the International Coach Federation. You do not need to pay the CE fee for coach continuing ed credits.
Certified Mentor Coach. The class will also count toward MentorCoach and ICF Certification for MentorCoach students. Again to qualify, you must be present ("live") for 7 of the 8 calls. Again, you do not need to pay the CE fee for coach continuing ed credits.
Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D., is a leading scholar and gifted teacher in the field of goals and motivation.
The Psychology of GoalsIn addition to her work as author and co-editor of the highly-regarded academic book The Psychology of Goals (Guilford, 2009), she has authored papers in her field's most prestigious journals, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, European Journal of Social Psychology, and Judgment and Decision Making.
Most recently on the psychology department faculty at Lehigh University, Heidi is passionate about the importance of understanding goals and using them in a powerful way. She spends much of her time talking and writing about motivation science, and trying to help people understand how they can use the science of motivation in their own lives.
Praise for Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D.
Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. is the Lewis & Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.
Edward Hallowell "SUCCEED succeeds big-time! Rare is a book that is both brilliant and practical, entertaining and rigorous, easy to read and deep. SUCCEED is such a book. If you want to bolster your level of success and in general lead a happier life, this book is for you!" — Dr. Edward Hallowell, psychiatrist and bestselling author of Delivered from Distraction, CrazyBusy, Superparenting for ADD, and Dare to Forgive.


As the generation born after World War II approach retirement age, the emerging problems regarding the retirement crisis quickly approach. Coupled with the Great Recession and the 2008 financial meltdown, the dream of retirement is being tarnished by the global retirement crisis bearing down on workers of all ages.
As reported by Associated Press, there are three main factors that have contributed to the "retirement crisis." Cutbacks in retirement benefits is the first factor. Due to overspending in other areas of government and an increasing deficit, countries have lessened the retirement benefits, and have raised the age to collect benefits. Coupled with retirees living longer lives and the decreased global birth rate, there are less resources available to support the retirement system — posing a huge threat.
Secondly, a cut to private pensions has contributed to the retirement crisis. Because employers have eliminated the traditional pension plans, retirees will not be able to collect monthly checks.
And lastly, yet most notably, retirees' failure to save before the gross impact of the recession is a contributing factor. It is likely retirees spent freely, with probably little worries, relying on their pending retirement benefits, only to watch their retirement wealth disappear before their eyes.
Prior to the 21st Century, the expectation of retirement was viewed as the "Golden Years." Retirees looked forward to reaching the age of 63 to enjoy leisurely days of defined benefit pensions, which are pensions that offered employees a guaranteed amount each month in retirement. Now, the golden years of retirement are under siege with governments and companies revamping their pension plans because they cannot afford them. Today, people are living 13 years longer (after retirement) than in 1958. Compounding the problem is the decreased birth rate. In response, benefits are being slashed and the retirement age is increasing. It is projected in order to "maintain control of the cost of pension plans" the average retirement age will increase to 66 or 67.
The Great Recession forced governments to pump money into rescuing the banks, and threw many people out of work. Less money was available for government pensions. Furthermore, people were unable to save for retirement; and some were further punished when the banks decided to cut interest rates thereby effecting people's investments.
However, hope is still alive. The rising worldwide stock markets and real estate values are slowly rehabilitating countries' financial status. The U.S. retirement accounts hit a record $12.5 trillion the first three months of 2013, and continued to increase. With all that said, still be prepared for changes in the government pensions, mostly affecting the wealth, and longer careers.


This section is for everyone. For the purposes of this module I am going to assume that you are currently on a high carb/ low fat diet, that you are on a basal bolus regime with a long acting insulin and a rapid acting insulin analogue. This could be in vial and syringe or pen form.
The total time that you can expect to take from going from where you are to normal blood sugars is about 3 months if you follow this programme. This can be considerably shortened if you already have a high degree of background knowledge and do not encounter any particular problems with your carb reduction and insulin adjustments.
This step can be expected to take 4 weeks if you allow 30 – 60 minutes a day.
Before you are ready to reduce your carbohydrate and therefore insulin it is best to do the modules appropriate for you and have a buddy to help you. Help from your diabetes team is most helpful but they may not have the time to help you or may not be happy with carbohydrate reduction. If you haven't already joined an internet support group this could be the time to do it.
Read and understood all the course modules that have been selected for insulin users.
Done the Minimed pump school course parts one and two.
You now know a great deal about your diabetes: the sort of insulin regime you are on, basal insulins, meal insulins, correction doses, carb sensitivity at different times of the day, how much insulin you need for most commonly eaten meals, and how much carbohydrate you are consuming for meals and snacks and the effect that exercise has on your blood sugars. You also will have an idea of what you are aiming to eat in the future compared to what you are doing now.
You may need to obtain extra testing stix, glucograph sheets, regular insulin and syringes/needles or pens. If you are already using a pen a half unit one is best. You will need one for each type of insulin you are on. Unfortunately the Autopen Classic which is used with Hypurin Pork (regular) insulin only comes in one unit pens.
This step can be expected to take about a week. If you don't have any hypos you won't need to do this but you are likely to need to know about it once your insulin regime gets better control of your blood sugars.
Are you having regular hypos? If so what time of day or night?
You need to cut back gradually on your insulin that governs that time of day.
Night hypos – reduce basal.
In order to get the best match between insulin and food the insulin needs to be delivered in a predictable way. The key to this is the 7 units per shot rule.
Write down how much basal you take in 24 hours.
If you are only on one injection of basal a day you can improve 24 hour coverage by changing to an injection on rising and an injection before bed. The gap between the night insulin is best to be 9 hours or less but up to a 12 hour gap may be fine if you don't have a pronounced dawn phenomenon. The aim is to stop over dosage of basal which at some points during the day may make you need to eat to stop from going low. We also need to keep the basal high enough at other times of the day so you are not overdoing meal insulin to cover gaps that can arise in the evening if you are only on a single night dose of eg Lantus or Detemir.
How much insulin will you need at each injection when you go to twice daily basal injections?
If this is over 7 units per shot you may need to reduce your basal slightly. You will be checking your 3 am blood sugar in this phase to check how accurate your basals are. If your basal insulin is currently over a 24 hour total of 14 units you need to reduce the total insulin injected by 15%.
Example: Mary is on Detemir 34 units once before bed.
This is going to need a reduction of 15% to start with. This leaves 29 units over 24 hours.
The total number of injections to cover basal will therefore be expected to be 7u x 2 separate injections both night and morning. This does leave a deficit of 0.5 units but as this is quite a small amount it would be okay to see how this regime goes. If this regime is tried for three nights and the 2-4 am blood sugar is 4.4-5.6 this would be satisfactory. If the readings were higher the additional half units or progressively more insulin could slowly be added. It is best not to change basals more than every 3 days as it takes a while for insulin levels to balance out. If hypos occur through the night and you are certain it is not the effect of two much meal insulin beforehand you would need to reduce the amount of insulin given at your basal injections eg to 6 units x 2 morning and night and gradually adjust upwards for fine control.
Within one to two weeks I would expect your basals to be much more stable. You are now ready to proceed to sorting out your meal insulins.
The first step to sorting your meal insulins is to know what effect the insulin you gave yourself for the last meal actually had. You have little chance of getting this right till you stop snacking.
If you have a hypo and usually snack you need to change what you do when you have a hypo. The best thing is to have a small quantity of pure glucose in liquid or gel form and be careful not to overtreat. Over correction of hypos is hard to prevent if less than very rapidly acting carb is taken as it acts too slowly to get you feeling better fast enough.
If you have a hypo due to exercise and this is a regular thing the best way of dealing with it is to have the snack – which could in this instance be a food item – before or during the particular exercise. Getting this right can take some practice. This is fine for regular activities eg twice weekly supermarket shop, a weekly game of tennis. If the exercise is not a regular thing can you put it off till you have finished this run in phase? It will only take a few weeks.
Hunger and a need for snacks can also be due to basal insulin being too high. Is this well under control now?
You now have got the hang of the 7 shot rule, no snacking and have sorted out your basals and hypos.
Breakfast is usually eaten at home. It is beneficial to eat a high protein meal to reduce the tendency to snack from hunger late on. The lower amounts of carb usually eaten at this meal to help deal with the dawn phenomenon. For the purposes of all your meal experiments in this second month however we are going to aim for the following plan meanwhile.
Plan out the minimum amount of protein you need for the day. This is your ideal body weight in kilograms divided by six. Eat no less than one third of this in ounces of lean protein for breakfast. Do the same for lunch and dinner.
Lets assume you are a bit overweight but ideally are 60kg. You would be looking at 10oz of protein a day and would want to eat at least 4oz of protein at breakfast.
E.g. three egg omelette with some ham chopped into it.
It is amazing how filling this sort of breakfast is compared to a high carb one.
For carbohydrates you will already know the approximate carb count for what you eat.
To start with reduce your carbohydrate by half of what you are on or to 30g whatever is the highest.
What of these foods could you do without?
Say you go for 65 g and go for the breakfast cereal, milk and a half slice of toast with butter instead of marmalade.
Give yourself the insulin you would normally give in proportion to the carb you intend to eat.
Eg If you normally give 13 units for the 130g breakfast give yourself 6.5 units for the 65 g breakfast.
If the insulin injection is more than 7 units then you need to split the insulin into more than one shot.
You may need to have obtained regular insulin in syringe and vial or pen form. In the UK pen regular insulin is only available in pork or beef versions from Wokhardt Pharmaceuticals. This is able to be imported to other countries however.
Use 2 units of regular insulin for each 3oz portion of lean protein you are eating. This is a starting dose to use till you start to profile your meals and fine tune them with different proportions of different insulins. Ideally inject this 15 minutes before eating. Alternatively you can use a small amount eg 1- 1.5 units of rapid acting insulin to cover protein but inject this 1.5 – 2 hours after eating.
The next step is to cut back your breakfast carbs to 30g or less. Again adjust your insulin accordingly. At this stage you are aiming to have your blood sugar before your next meal within your target range. It is unlikely that you won't spike at one or two hours on this amount of carb without running low before your next meal. The goal however at this stage is simply to work your way down gradually and particularly to avoid hypos.
Follow the same steps for your breakfast.
Your insulin sensitivity is likely to be best at this time of day. You may well be able to cut insulin doses somewhat.
Follow the same steps as your previous meals. Your insulin sensitivity will be a bit lower than at lunch but usually not quite as high as at breakfast.
Follow the same steps as your previous meals. If you don't usually have a bedtime snack you don't need to have one just for the sake of it.
Your final level for this phase is a bedtime snack of 15g or less.
You should now be on three meals a day of 30g carb and an optional bedtime snack of 15g maximum of carb. You may also be having some extra carb to cover planned daily exercise. Your insulin doses should be much less than usual and your predictability should be much improved. You may have had hypos in this reduction phase and you should have been adjusting your insulin doses downwards to sort this out. The main blood sugars that are of most concern right now are the fasting, pre-meal and 3am blood sugars that you can expect to be around target by now.
How low in total carbs would you be happy to go for each meal?
Can you reduce higher glycaemic carbs that you may have been eating?
Can you substitute lower glycaemic options eg avocados at breakfast instead of bananas?
The optimal is 6g for breakfast and 12g of carb for each other meal. This is based on Dr Bernsteins work which aims to give no blood sugar spikes at all and highly consistent blood sugars 24 hours a day.
It is perfectly acceptable to have higher amounts than this. The important thing is that you reckon you can be consistent about what you are going to do.
You know how much protein is considered a minimum for you and you've been eating this for a few weeks. Is this completely satisfying for you?
If you are hungry before your next meal is due perhaps you could do with more? Some of us need a lot more!
Alternatively you may have delayed stomach emptying and need to reduce your dinner portion of protein?
You will now have good experience of varying your regular insulin to your protein at various times of day and you can adapt what you have found out to sorting out the right dose for the protein you prefer to consume.
The good news for variations in your fat intake is that you don't need insulin to cover fat.
How is your weight doing?
Have you lost weight on this regime? Have you gained?
You need to adjust your fat intake to reflect the calorie balance you want to have. This is easier than previous adjustments. Eat enough fat to make your meals enjoyable as a reasonable minimum and up the fat as needed to keep your weight at a level that is ideal for you.
Now you are eating your ideal or near ideal diet regarding carb/ protein and fat proportions it is time to again fine tune your insulin.
Eat the same food in the same proportions each time at around the same temperature and the same time of day. Eat it at around the same speed.
Weigh or measure your portions. You may as well have the portion size you really want to eat.
You need to have a blood sugar in your target range, you need to avoid unusual exercise and you need to be well ie not coming down with a cold or have a gum infection for instance.
Take the insulin you think you should take at the time you should take it and then eat the meal when you plan to. Check the bs every half hour – one hour after finishing the meal until the next meal is due.
You can see several patterns.
No hypos till next meal. Well done. You have not overdone the insulin.
Hypo in the first two hours after eating. You need to reduce the rapid acting insulin for that meal.
Hypo in the 2.5- 5 hour mark after the meal. You need to reduced the regular acting insulin for that meal.
Spikes in the first 2 hours after the meal. You need to increase the time interval between giving the rapid acting insulin and eating OR you need to up the dose.
Spikes in the 2.5 – 5 hours after the meal. You need to increase the regular insulin for the protein or carbohydrate component of the meal.
Hypos in the early post meal period and spikes in the later post meal period may indicate that the meal is best covered by a higher proportion of regular insulin than rapid acting insulin. This is common for high fat meals as carbohydrate absorption is delayed. This phenomenon is called the "Pizza Effect". It is discussed more in the insulin calculator section which follows.
Once you have hit the right dose for that meal put a note of it in your favourites list. You can add this to your insulin calculator should you choose to use this.
STEP FIFTEEN: WHAT DO YOU REALLY MISS? CAN YOU SUBSTITUTE IT?
You are now almost at the end of the course. The next three sections are all about making life a bit easier for you.
What do you really miss, or know that you would like to eat sometimes?
Have a good look at the carb cooking and baking modules again. This is the time for you to experiment with something you haven't tried so far. If you can find a good substitute and you won't miss that item eg cauliflower mash instead of mashed potatoes or low carb muffins/ cheesecake you simply have to organise yourself to have a regular cooking/ baking day and prepare packed lunches for when you need them.
STEP SIXTEEN: WHAT DO YOU STILL REALLY MISS? CAN YOU CARB WEIGHT IT?
If there is an item that you think you must have eg pizza, a burger bun or so forth you need to review the carb weighting technique section again. To do your experiments on this it is best to do these at lunch time and when you have company to help if you over do the insulin and have a hypo.
STEP SEVENTEEN: PROGRAMMING YOUR PORTABLE INSULIN CALCULATOR.
There are two versions of the insulin calculator available. One is for downloading onto your pc and the other is a more sophisticated programme for a palm top which has the advantage of greater portability.
The insulin calculators have background tables that you programme yourself. What you are doing is putting in your particular information into several of these background tables. When you are using the calculator you will usually be putting in the carb values of the food you intend to eat, the particular meal involved and your current blood sugar. The machine calculates the amount of insulin you need to take. As there are differences between the calculators I will explain them separately. For using either of them is essential that you have done all your experiments to find out the correction factors, carb sensitivities and weightings that work for YOU. It also helps to understand more about the "Pizza Effect" so that you can adjust the proportion of rapid acting and regular insulin for the type of meal you are having.
The Pizza Effect is the pattern of blood sugars you get when you use the correct carb sensitivity for the total carb content of the food but don't take into consideration the effects of delayed glucose absorption when high amounts of fat or protein are also in the meal. It isn't just pizza that can do this !
If you use a single injection of rapid acting insulin to cover these types of meal you will end up with low blood sugars soon after eating the meal and a delayed rise in blood sugars after the meal. To counteract this you need to be prepared to allocate some of your total insulin dose to regular insulin taken at the same time as your pre-meal insulin or another separate injection of rapid acting insulin some time after eating the meal. A pragmatic way of doing this is to allocate 50% of the carb allowance to rapid acting insulin and 50% to regular insulin. You then can see what results you get and vary the doses for that meal in the future accordingly. Some meals eg toast and jam are likely to need all rapid insulin. Others eg thin crust pepperoni pizza or a meaty lasagne are likely to need all regular insulin. Mixed meals like fish and chips could well be a 50: 50 split between the types.
Rapid acting insulin has x 1.5 the potency of Regular insulin.
Say your carb content of the meal is 30g and you wish to give half of this to rapid insulin and half to regular insulin. Your sensitivity happens to be one unit of rapid for each 15g of carb. You would therefore need to give one unit of rapid acting insulin and 1.5 units of regular insulin.
Correction doses are always rapid acting insulin.
Protein cover is always regular acting insulin.
Insulin sensitivity for breakfast, lunch, dinner and bedtime snack.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner or bedtime snack.
Total carb count of the meal.
You will receive an insulin dose based on any correction dose needed, carb sensitivity you have registered for that particular meal and any additional carb needed for carb weighting factors. This will be the total rapid acting insulin dose equivalent.
Consider how much of the total dose may need to be split between rapid and regular insulin if this applies to the type of meal you are having.
Calculate the conversion factor ( 1.5 ) to change rapid to regular insulin.
Visually estimate your protein amount in the meal and add this to the amount of regular you are going to inject. The sum is approximately 2 units of regular for each 3oz size of lean protein. This is the size of a pack of cards.
You should then have the total amounts of rapid and regular insulin you are likely to need. You need to profile each meal. Are you happy with the results? Feel free to adjust your insulin for that meal. From time to time you may also need to adjust the background tables. Remember the maximum your are going to inject is 7 units per shot.
This programme has some extra features that are not available on the pc version.
The same background tables are filled in for correction doses, insulin sensitivities for different meals and carb weighting values.
When you use the programme you enter the same data regarding blood sugar, time of meal and total carb count of the meal.
These features are all exactly the same as the pc version.
Add your estimate the amount of protein for your meals. The insulin needed to cover this is automatically added to the amount of regular insulin total.
Decide how much of a percentage of the carb count should be allocated between rapid acting and regular insulin.
Put your profiled meals on a favourites list. When you are going to eat any of these meals the calculator will adjust the doses according to the time of day you intend to eat it.
You do need to calculate any pre-meal correction doses separately when you use the protein calculator. A pop up box reminds you of this when this applies.
When putting in the protein value from nutritional information on a meal packet you multiply the protein amount in grams for the portion you are eating by 4.6 and put this total in the protein box.
When putting in the protein value from a visual estimate or measured amount of lean protein that does not have nutritional information you need to estimate the amount in ounces, multiply by 30 and put this total in the protein box.
The palm version offers the advantage of portability, a favourites list and calculates the protein insulin for you. It is a bit more complex to use and programming the protein is not quite as straightforward as programming the carbs. It can be helpful to use to get specific meals sorted out. I would recommend that for most meals you start with a 50:50 rapid: regular split to avoid the worst of the "Pizza Effect" and adjust according to your results from there.
Neither insulin calculator is a necessary feature of good meal profiling and manual collection of information is just as good. What they do is make the sums that you would be doing as a matter of course for new meals easier. This particularly applies to larger meals and processed ready meals that contain nutritional information.
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The Scottish Government's First Home Fund is a shared equity scheme that helps first-time home buyers purchase a property that meets their needs and is located in the area they want to live.
The scheme will provide you with up to £25,000 towards the purchase of a home and can be used for both new build and existing properties.
As this is a shared equity scheme, both you and the Scottish Government will hold an equity share in the property under a shared equity agreement.
The scheme opened in December 2019 and will provide £200 million of funding for first-time buyers. Due to high uptake in recent weeks, the First Home Fund closed to new applications at 6pm on Friday 2 October 2020.
This represents a pause in the First Home Fund scheme which will re-open in 2021 for purchases completing from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. Further details will be announced in due course.
The Scottish Government continues to support homebuyers and the housebuilding sector through existing schemes including Help to Buy (Scotland) and the Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers (LIFT).
My award letter relates to funding for 2020-21 but the completion date is confirmed as being delayed beyond 31 March 2021. Will I need to re-apply when the scheme opens for 2021-22 applications?
Decisions on whether to extend the approval period for applications already made which may be delayed beyond 31 March 2021 due to COVID-19 will be made on a case by case basis, taking into account the circumstances of each case.
As you may be aware, on 15 July construction businesses were able to move to Phase 4 of the Industry Restart Plan. By progressing to Phase 4, the construction industry is able to fully restart construction activities with appropriate safety measures in place and this is likely to allow house builders to progress sites faster than has been possible up until now. The final stage of the industry restart plan will see construction companies increase density and productivity, building on their experience of the new guidelines.
Normally if missives do not conclude within 3 months of application and the purchase does not complete within 6 months thereafter or by 31 March 2021 (whichever is earlier) then the application will be cancelled and the applicant must re-apply.
Can I apply for 2021-22 funding before the scheme re-opens?
No, applications for 2021-22 funding can only be submitted when the scheme re-opens, via the online form which will open at www.linkhousing.org.uk/firsthomefund.
I have decided against buying the property I was approved to buy with support from the First Home Fund: can I change the property or do I need to re-apply?
You must re-apply if the property you originally intended to buy changes. The only exception is a different plot number with a property of the same value and builder within the same development, prior to receipt of Solicitors Confirmation Letter.
Will there be changes to scheme criteria for 2021-22 applications?
No changes will be made.
Will there be any exceptions to the deadline for 2020-21 applications?
No exceptions can be made in order to be fair to all applicants, therefore please allow sufficient time to submit applications by the deadline.
When will funding for 2021-22 be announced?
Funding for next financial year will be announced in due course, following the results of the Spending Review. The Link and Scottish Government websites will be updated with full details when available.
Can I apply to the First Home Fund after conclusion of missives?
We have received a number of enquiries about whether applications can be made after conclusion of missives: this is not permitted except where there are exceptional circumstances and the usual application handling timescales would not be compromised. This also applies to cases where builders are asking clients to sign a "conditional missive" now, for a reservation in 2021/22, prior to the scheme re-opening in January. We strongly advise against this practise as we cannot guarantee funding.
What if conclusion of missives is delayed?
Normally missives must conclude within 3 months of the date on the award letter (or the end of the financial year, whichever is sooner), or they have to re-apply. However, if a 2020/21 case was due to have missives conclude this financial year for First Home Fund, the Scottish Government has permitted Link to extend the deadline to do so to the end of March 2021 provided they settle by then. For 2021/22 applications the published rules will apply (i.e. must conclude missives within 3 months of date on award letter, and must settle within 6 months thereafter or end of 2021/22 financial year whichever is sooner).
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Contractors building the new Central Market flyover in Bahrain have pledged to make up for a delay.
Contractors building the new Central Market flyover in Bahrain have pledged to make up for the delay caused by a court injunction and complete the project on time early next year. The North Manama Corridor Improvement project, which is being built north of the existing Central Market (Pearl) roundabout has been delayed for around four months. The project was delayed when Batelco filed a case claiming construction work would damage the International Fibre Optic Gulf Telecommunication cable in the area, which delayed reclamation work north of the roundabout. However, the dispute was resolved when all parties agreed to the temporary solution of protecting the first 150 metres of the cable by sandfill. The US $25.8 million contract to build the Central Market and Seef flyovers, was earlier awarded to Cebarco-WCT and Cebarco Bahrain chairman & CEO, Khalid Abdul Rahim said every effort was being made to finish the work on time. "More than 300 people are working on the projects and the Central Market flyover has three bridges and the Seef flyover has two," said Rahim. "We have promised the client, the Works and Housing Ministry, that work will be carried out at a faster rate to ensure that the four-month hold-up will not affect the work schedule," he added. Meanwhile, Works and Housing Minister, Fahmi Al Jowder has inspected the construction works on Seef Flyovers, the Muharraq housing projects west of Bahrain International Airport and Sheikh Khalifa Causeway. He was accompanied by the Ministry's under-secretary, Nayef Omar Al Qalali and other senior officials. The Seef flyover will replace the Al Seef roundabout and construction work on the flyover started in March last year. Qalali earlier said both flyovers would be ready for traffic by March 2005. This time frame, however, is now likely to be revised because of the delays.


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FRENCH "CONFLICT OF INTEREST" IN NEW CALEDONIA REFERENDUM
Anti-independence statements by French politicians threatens to unduly influence the referendum outcome even as France is in total administrative and political control of the "self-determination" process.
Valls favours New Caledonia staying French
A former French prime minister Manuel Valls says the French government should say before New Caledonia's referendum what its preferred outcome is.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls. Photo: AFP
Mr Valls, who is in Noumea as the head of a French National Assembly delegation, was speaking at a public debate.
He said he personally wants New Caledonia to stay French and expressed regret that there wouldn't be a third accord to follow the Matignon Accords and the Noumea Accord.
Mr Valls said, in view of Britain's exit from the European Union, France would be the only European power left in the Pacific, adding that its presence was wanted by Australia and New Zealand.
He has also advised caution about the concept of a Caledonian people, saying there is a Kanak people and a French people as well as a Caledonian citizenship.
Les Nouvelles Caledoniennes reported another Assembly member Cristian Jacob saying it was not possible to get independence and maintain funding from France.
Once independent, he said, New Caledonia could enter into co-operation treaties but that won't match the current French commitment.
Former French PM upsets pro-independence side in New Caledonia
Pro-independence politicians in New Caledonia are upset at comments by a visiting former French prime minister Manuel Valls who said he was in favour of the territory remaining French.
Mr Valls, who is in Noumea as the head of a French National Assembly delegation, was speaking at a public debate as the territory readies for an independence referendum later this year.
One politician Louis Mapou said he had the impression that the whole French state machinery was being aligned to back the anti-independence camp.
He also said he wondered whether President Emmanuel Macron would use his upcoming visit to Noumea to unleash a no-campaign.
Another politician Roch Wamytan said he finds that Mr Valls had stepped out of his role and should report back to Paris what he sees on his fact-finding mission instead of advising what should be done.
Mr Wamytan said it was up to the New Caledonian population to decide.
An anti-independence politician Philippe Michel said Mr Valls's remarks add to a situation which already complicated.
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RBI's Missed Opportunity In Strengthening Governance Of Housing Finance Firms
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The Reserve Bank of India has proposed a new set of rules to govern housing finance companies, on which it has sought public feedback before the guidelines are finalised.The proposed framework has followed the transfer of regulation of HFCs from the National Housing Bank to the RBI, which itself was a consequence of governance concerns laid bare by the collapse of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd.The proposals broadly seek to ha...
The Reserve Bank of India has proposed a new set of rules to govern housing finance companies, on which it has sought public feedback before the guidelines are finalised.
The proposed framework has followed the transfer of regulation of HFCs from the National Housing Bank to the RBI, which itself was a consequence of governance concerns laid bare by the collapse of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd.
The proposals broadly seek to harmonise regulations between HFCs and non-bank lenders that are governed by the RBI. The issues that have been tackled in the proposed framework are definition and proportion of "qualifying assets" that a company must hold to be classified as an HFC, capital and liquidity rules that apply to these firms. It also introduces a useful provision to prevent double financing to a developer and customers purchasing units in the development.
The framework, however, fails to close an important loophole on restructuring of developer loans. In doing so, the regulator has diluted its so-far tough stance on avoiding broad-based forbearance for restructured loans.
Restructuring: RBI Vs NHB
Until 2019, HFCs were governed by the NHB regulations. These regulations defined standard and sub-standard assets for HFCs.
According to the NHB's Housing Finance Directions (2010), while restructured assets were to be marked as "sub-standard", an exception was provided.
"Provided that where a delay in completion of a project is caused on account of factors beyond the control of the project implementing agency, terms of the loan agreement regarding interest and/ or principal may be rescheduled once before the completion of the project and such loans may be treated as standard asset, subject to the condition that such reschedulement shall be permitted only once by the board of directors of the concerned housing finance company and that interest on such loan is paid regularly and there is no default..."
In simple terms, developer loans could be restructured once without being marked down as sub-standard. The provision, according to industry executives, was widely used since such a restructuring only needed a board approval and there was no specific definition of "factors beyond the control of project implementing agencies".
Since HFCs were not required to disclose these restructured loans, uncertainty has persisted on the extent of restructuring. This should be changed immediately and any restructuring should be disclosed on a quarterly basis, along with results, said Sridhar Sivaram, investment director at Enam Holdings.
It is high time that the RBI streamlines the NPA recognition norms across the financial sector. HFCs, in particular, still have the option to restructure the builder/real estate developer/corporate loans under Section 2(zc) of the HFC (NHB) Directions 2010. Unfortunately, there is no reporting requirements of these restructured loans to any of the stakeholders such as shareholders or even banks.
Sridhar Sivaram, Investment Director, Enam Holdings.
The new provisions, Sivaram said, can be implemented on a prospective basis, however, a one-time disclosure of the stock of restructured loans in the books of the HFCs would be useful. "Increased disclosures will help in strengthening the sector over the medium to long term. The entire DHFL episode, in my view, is a result of poor disclosure requirements. DHFL was running substantially higher NPAs, but was able to avoid reporting the same due to some poor regulations."
But not everyone agrees that a change in the rules for restructuring will make a material difference, at least prospectively.
"A change in the rules for classification of restructured developer loans may not make a significant difference in the current context for a few reasons," said Krishnan Sitaraman, senior director for financial sector ratings at Crisil Ltd.
First, developer loans are not a significant portion of the loan book of many HFCs, Second, given that a large chunk of developer loans are under moratorium, there may not be too much of restructuring required immediately. Third, the RBI has already provided a special dispensation to both banks and NBFCs by allowing a one-year extension on the date of commencement of commercial operations for loans to commercial real estate projects.
Krishnan Sitaraman, Senior Director - Financial Sector Ratings, Crisil
Step-By-Step Approach?
Allowing HFCs to restructure without an asset classification downgrade would also be a departure from the RBI's opposition to regulatory forbearance. Such forbearance was ended in 2014 as it had led to under-reporting of bad loans. Since then, the RBI has permitted restructuring relief to MSMEs and banks are arguing for more wide-spread regulatory forbearance.
To be sure, the RBI, in its draft framework, did acknowledge that significant differences continue to exist in the regulations for banks and HFCs. It listed income recognition, asset classification and provisions norms as one such area.
"There are major differences in provisioning norms applicable to standard, sub-standard and doubtful assets in HFCs' books..." the regulator said, adding these would be harmonised "in a phased manner over a period of two to three years..."
Srinath Sridharan, an adviser to financial sector firms, said few areas of regulatory arbitrage continue between HFCs and banks and the RBI will likely tackle them over time.
"There would be a temptation to allow the arbitrage to continue to avoid putting more pressure on the system right now," said Sridharan. Any additional provisioning requirements at this stage would put additional strain on capital-raising and many financial institutions would be in tight spot for the next few quarters, until market sentiment improves, allowing them to raise capital.
It, however, would be prudent to reduce this arbitrage over a period of time, Sridharan said.
Sitaraman said, "We need to also keep in mind that this is the first step that the RBI is taking to harmonise regulations between HFCs and NBFCs and a wide spectrum of operations have been covered in the proposed changes to the extant regulatory framework; the objective may be to bring in changes wherever needed without causing too much disruption."
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