I cannot do it justice alone. Here it is.
Lily Myers Slam Poem worth spending 3 1/2 minutes of your life watching.
If you identify as masculine, as a boy or man, I won't exclude you in addressing this piece. In fact, it seems even more important for women to share this with you, the men in our lives. We love you to bits, but it hurts us when you don't notice our frailties. Sometimes we need to hear that it's okay to try for bigness. That permission can make a world of difference.
We feel small in our skins because men fail to notice our suffering, but also because other women don't corroborate our feelings. Shrinkage is a hard problem to articulate; by its nature, it makes itself unseen. Despite the commonness of the struggle, nobody shares it. I doubt most women could have unearthed the raw emotion that Lily Myers exposes here, let alone denounce it as she has so bravely done.
We all face demons when occupying physical space, and I am no exception. Emotional eating is my ceaseless plague; all told, I've yo-yo'ed through sixty full pounds between June of 2009 and today. I currently weigh 190 pounds, nowhere close to ideal for my 5'3″ frame. However taboo or artless that may sound, my honesty feels right.
More taboo and artless honesties still to come, in what I hope will evolve as a series on gender and the autism spectrum. Today it seemed more important to cover a neurotypical base, a sort of default or control group for later contrast. Despite that, Asperger's remains relevant. Stay tuned.
These women have so much more to offer the world than only their insecurities. Yet over the years, I've found I can best understand other women by considering them as self/self-image paired units. I confess to feeling awful about this; the women I know and love are full and dynamic characters. They make brilliant discoveries, speak vivaciously in many languages, seize control of their creative projects and build their own lives. Surely such positive traits should serve to identify them.
The body parts a woman hates, the workouts she despises but does anyway, the foods she's convinced she absolutely must not eat— these are the facets of her character that prove as form-fitting and impossible to dismiss as her shadow.
We tell ourselves that beauty only goes skin-deep, but that hasn't been true for a long time. Not since the summons of a seraph with a flaming sword. Not since the paradise where nakedness knew no shame. Not since two lovers sharing an apple marked the end of the world.
People sometimes ask me if I wish there were a cure for Asperger's. It's a tough question, and, for me, not one that has a yes or no answer.* Do I wish that I could magically eliminate Emily's challenges? Of course. But I have the same wish for her neurotypical sister. In some ways, wishing I could cure Emily's autism is like wishing I could "cure" her blue eyes.
Emily has many gifts that I believe she wouldn't possess if she weren't on the autism spectrum. If she didn't have Asperger's, she wouldn't be the uniquely talented person she is. If I weren't her mom, I wouldn't be the woman I am, either.
This season of Thanksgiving reminds me to take time to reflect on the wonderful things I've experienced as Emily's mom. Here are five things that make me thankful for my beautiful Aspie.
1. I'm thankful for the unique lens through which I get to view the world. Living with Emily, I'm often reminded that the way I experience life isn't the same as the way others do. I'm grateful for the moments of clarity that illuminate those differences. Emily challenges me to expand my way of thinking. Some of the most rewarding experiences as a her parent have been those times when, instead of me pushing her to conform to social norms, she's forced me to let go of my conventional way of thinking.
2. I'm thankful that Emily possesses a staggering intellect.
"How do you know that, Emily?" her aunt asked.
She, indeed, has a lot of knowledge. She fascinates me with the things she remembers and the insightful way she connects disparate facts. I truly believe that it positions her to be able to change the world.
3. I'm thankful for every moment of frustration I've experienced as Emily's mom. Every time I've been exasperated that she couldn't tie her shoes/ride a bike/pick up her toys/trick-or-treat/drive a car/join in a conversation, has helped me grow as a mother—and as a human being. I've come to understand that my frustration during these times pales in comparison to how frustrating life can be for her.
My co-workers often marvel at how calmly I manage office drama and challenging situations. "You're so patient," they say. I want to answer that I'm not patient, I'm accepting. Patience implies to me that I'm willing to wait for the other person to "come around," to see things my way. What I hope Emily has taught me instead is to be empathetic.
4. I'm thankful for Emily's amazing creative talent. At 9, Emily decided to play the piano. Within two years, she'd outgrown her piano teacher. She plays the euphonium with an unexpected tone and quality and more emotion than you would think possible from a large brass instrument. She has perfect pitch and a pure singing voice that often brings me to tears. She's a great cook. And, at 22, she writes with a voice and in a style that I'm not sure I've achieved at more than twice her age.
5. I'm thankful for how often I'm surprised by my quirky, nerdy, talented, beautiful girl. Life is always interesting with Emily. We sometimes face challenges that others might never encounter. But we also have many moments of great wonder and joy. I wouldn't trade my life with Emily for anything in the world.
I'm in a book club with a group of women with whom I might not otherwise socialize. It makes for interesting conversation about the books we read, and I'm grateful that I've gotten to know them all so well over the past few years. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything.
But, because these women aren't my close friends, and because I only see most of them once every 6 to 8 weeks, it takes extra energy to attend the meetings. We meet on Friday night, not always my most vibrant time of the week.
The morning of the last time we met, I was having coffee with Emily and bemoaning the fact that I had book club that evening. It had been a long, trying week at work and I was psyching myself up for the night. I didn't want to go. It felt like an obligation, not something fun.
Emily's expression changed and she nodded her head. It hit me.
I've lived with Emily for 22 years, and this was the first time I really sensed what it must feel like for her to have Asperger's.
I've been in other situations that require extra social energy: going to a party where there are people I've never met, teaching a workshop for the first time, interviewing someone about a difficult life experience. But these circumstances don't occur every day.
For Emily, every day requires the type of stamina most of us only need occasionally. Even interacting with people she knows well can zap her social energy.
I've always known that Emily needs extra time alone to "decompress" as we call it. But now I have a little better understanding of why. Now I understand how exhausting it must be for her to go to work, meet with friends, take part in conversation around the dinner table.
When I'm faced with a difficult social interaction, I can usually take a deep breath, fix my resolve and sprint through the encounter. Emily, on the other hand, is running a social marathon. It requires constant training and conditioning. And the resolve to just keep running, even when the finish line is nowhere in sight.
Earlier this summer I came across a staggering statistic. According to many sources*, an estimated 83 percent of adults with Asperger's are unemployed.
I spent the next 24 hours in a funk, keeping this tidbit to myself while I processed what it could mean for our family. I found blog posts and websites that listed the best degrees for people with Asperger's, most of which don't recommend English or Political Science, Emily's major and minor.
I walked around with a worry knot in the pit of my stomach imagining the worst.
Then I got real. My sensible husband helped pull me back from the brink of despair. "What about people with Asperger's who have a college degree?" he asked. "And who's the source for the unemployment data?" Good questions. I went back to the Internet.
That search uncovered…nothing. No statistics on how many people with Asperger's graduate from college. In fact, I was unable to find the original source for the 83 percent statistic, although it appears on many blogs and websites.
So, I decided to ignore the online babel and do what I've always done with Emily. Follow my instincts and believe in my heart that she can achieve anything she puts her mind to. Remind myself that her disorder is classified as autism spectrum for a reason. No two people with Asperger's are exactly the same.
What happened next surprised and overwhelmed me. Emily got a job. Within two months of graduating from college, she landed a full-time job.
I love the story of how she did it. Here's how it happened.
On a Monday, she met with an agency in downtown Minneapolis, submitted her resume and took the basic screening tests the agency requires.
On Tuesday, she called her references to see if she could continue to use them for her job search.
One of those calls was to a former Minnesota state representative on whose campaign she volunteered in 2008. He runs a family-owned insurance company near our home. And, he just happened to be looking for a customer service representative to replace someone who was leaving that week. He invited Emily to interview for the job.
She started the job on Friday.
Did Emily "beat the odds" of finding employment? Maybe. Or maybe the statistics on the Internet are outdated, untrue or have been misconstrued. Maybe projecting the future for my beautifully complex daughter has nothing to do with numbers, but only with our ongoing journey to explore the many iterations of life that lay before her.
*I found one reference to a 2001 study in the U.K., but not the study itself. If you know the original source for this unemployment data, I'd love to know about it!
When Sarah was 9 or 10, she came across jellied cranberry sauce on a salad bar. It was the first item she went for when she brought her plate back to the table. She shoveled a huge piece into her mouth—a bite she immediately spat into her napkin, wiping her tongue of the offending flavor.
She hadn't discovered jellied cranberry sauce—but pickled beets.
Imagine her surprise and disappointment. A nice label on the salad bar would have been useful.
That's how I feel about labels. They serve a purpose. They let you know what you're getting so you can avoid unpleasant surprises. Good for a salad bar, even better for a person with a developmental disability.
The day my daughter Emily was diagnosed with Asperger's was one of the most liberating of my life. I had a name for her idiosyncratic behavior. The label helped me know what to expect from her so I wouldn't be surprised by her conduct.
Let me be clear. Emily's label isn't an excuse for bad behavior or a free ticket to let others take care of her. It's just another way of understanding who she is so that we can better help her navigate the world. And so that others know what they're getting as well.
I often tell people that Emily is on the autism spectrum, that she has Asperger's. I don't say it to elicit pity, but as a way to clue them in about what they can expect of her. It helps explain why she might not look them in the eye when they talk to her. It provides context for my elation when she gets her first job at 21. It reminds them not to be surprised if she reacts to a loud noise or a bright light in a more exaggerated way than most do.
Her label helps assimilate her into society in a way that's appropriate for her.
Lots of people like pickled beets. They're delicious. They can be used in a variety of recipes—but never as a substitute for jellied cranberry sauce.
Emily is delightfully delicious as well. She's wicked smart and has a quirky sense of humor. Like pickled beets, she has a little bit of an edge about her that, paired with the right set of expectations, can be phenomenal. Just don't expect a sugary sweet disposition that melts in your mouth and you won't be disappointed.


"Impacts of Upstream Drought and Water Withdrawals on the Health and Su" by Laura E. Petes, Alicia J. Brown et al.
Increases in the frequency, duration, and severity of regional drought pose major threats to the health and integrity of downstream ecosystems. During 2007-2008, the U.S. southeast experienced one of the most severe droughts on record. Drought and water withdrawals in the upstream watershed led to decreased freshwater input to Apalachicola Bay, Florida, an estuary that is home to a diversity of commercially and ecologically important organisms. This study applied a combination of laboratory experiments and field observations to investigate the effects of reduced freshwater input on Apalachicola oysters. Oysters suffered significant disease-related mortality under high-salinity, drought conditions, particularly during the warm summer months. Mortality was size-specific, with large oysters of commercially harvestable size being more susceptible than small oysters. A potential salinity threshold was revealed between 17 and 25 ppt, where small oysters began to suffer mortality, and large oysters exhibited an increase in mortality. These findings have important implications for watershed management, because upstream freshwater releases could be carefully timed and allocated during stressful periods of the summer to reduce disease-related oyster mortality. Integrated, forward-looking water management is needed, particularly under future scenarios of climate change and human population growth, to sustain the valuable ecosystem services on which humans depend.
Petes, L. E., Brown, A. J., Knight, C. R. (2012). Impacts of Upstream Drought and Water Withdrawals on the Health and Survival of Downstream Estuarine Oyster Populations. Ecology and Evolution, 2(7), 1712-1724.


I am such a mix of things right now.
1) I loved the last Harry Potter movie. I cried through most of it, and I am not ashamed. It made me feel a lot of ~feelings~ and I really want to post on it more, but I am distracted and also I want to see it again to process it a bit more.
2) imthelobster and I got a new kitten, who is absolutely, ridiculously adorable. I love him to much. I need to post pics at some point, I suppose.
3) And the bad thing, the thing which is dampening the two good things above by quite a bit: one of my friends is in the hospital right now, and her condition is pretty bad. Since I've known her she's always had a lot of health issues (she's ex-military and was disabled during her time with the Navy, among other things) but she got suddenly WAY worse. They don't know what happened to her for sure -- it could have been an accidental drug overdose (she's on a LOT of prescription meds) or it's even possible she had a stroke. She's not coherent right now really at all, and there's not an answer yet on whether or not she's going to get better. I'm just really, really worried.


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The Cunning Little Vixen
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5.0Reviewer's Rating
The legendary David Pountney production of Janacek's Cunning Little Vixen is back on stage and is a major part of the WNO tour. I found it fresh, exciting, and stimulating. There is nothing dated about its staging or the concept, though it is nearly 40 years old by my reckoning. It is very much a mellow contemplation of the human condition for grown ups; but because of its fabliau approach is also a good one for children and for introducing them to the art form of opera.
Janacek based his opera on a newspaper cartoon and it has about it the elements of a positive, much gentler Animal Farm, with the creatures of the forest anthropomorphised to take on human qualities that comment on our folly, our cruelty, our insensitivities; but also our ability to love, relationships and the cycle of a life. In our age of global warming, it is also a reminder of the beauty and variety of the natural world. The choreography and movement in this production add to the charm, especially with the forest animals played by children. The costumes by X>X> are wonderfully evocative of badgers or caterpillars; and there is a splendid, sweet use of puppetry as well. The wise old birds are suspended above the stage as in trees observing and sometimes commenting as a kind of chorus.
The underlying theme of the work is the cycle of life. But it works so well because the main characters are not only captivating but believable. All of Janacek's requirements seem to have been met. Aoife Miskelly is quite superb as the vixen, Sharp Ears, moving and singing with complete control at all times, and great charm and wit. Her energetic interpretation is, as it must be, the captivating centre of this piece and she is well-matched by Lucia Cervoni in the "trouser role" of the fox who is her mate and the father of her cubs. Their courtship is one of the most charming scenes in the opera. The human characters are equally well-sung and performed, with special note having to be taken of Claudio Otelli as the Forester. And let us not forget the cockerel (Michael Clifton-Thompson) or his hens!
But above all, the score is played with total understanding, conviction and appreciation by the WNO orchestra under the baton of their music director, Tomas Hanus. The sometimes-difficult rhythms and the unique Janacek sonorities are superbly interpreted, bathing the whole concept in a kind of emotional glow. Some people simply do not respond to the Janacek orchestrations or melisma; but if you do, then you are bound to feel that this is the real thing. The forest set by Maria Bjornson that opens and closes to reveal other internal spaces is very clever and evocative of both the forest and the peasant lives, and the choreography by Elaine Tyler-Hall for the forest animals and also the spirit of Sharp Ears and the Dragon Fly, is beautifully conceived and well handled by the dancers. David Stout makes a serio-comic poacher and Peter van Hulle is a fine schoolmaster. This is an opera and a production that gets fresher and more appealing with every viewing. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Composed by Leos Janacek
Directed by David Pountney
Libretto by the composer after short stories by Rudolf Tesnohlidek based on cartoon sketches by Stanislav Lolek
Associate Director and Choreographed by Elaine Tyler-Hall
Produced by Welsh National Opera
Cast includes: Claudio Otelli, Aoife Miskelly, Lucia Cervoni, Martin Lloyd, Wojtek Gierlach, Peter Van Hulle
Until 21 November and touring
Reviewer (UK)
Canadian-born Mel Cooper first came to the UK to study English Literature at Oxford University and stayed. He was captivated by the culture and history of Britain, which he found to be a welcoming and tolerant country. After working in highly illustrated, non-fiction publishing for over a decade, he founded and edited the magazine Opera Now. Since then he has worked as a consultant to the Japanese broadcaster NHK, a broadcaster on British Satellite Broadcasting, a maker of audio shows and arts critic for several airlines, and as one of the team that started Britain's first commercial classical music radio station, Classic FM, on which he was both a classical music DJ and creator and presenter of shows like Classic America and Authentic Performance. Throughout this period, he also lectured in music and literature in London and Oxford and published short stories in Canada. After working with the Genesis Foundation on helping to fund arts projects, he continues to write, review and lecture on music and literature. His first novel has just been published as an e-book. The title is City of Dreams. It is the first volume of a projected saga called The Dream Bearers. You can find the Kindle version of the book on Amazon.
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Sean O'Brien - Supersonic Cluster Beams of III-V Semiconductors: GaxAsy, S. C. O'Brien et al, J. Chem. Phys. 84, 4074 (1986).
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The banning of plastic straws has been a topic discussed frequently in environmental circles. As of July 1st, this became not just a topic for discussion, but a reality for Seattle, Washington, which is now the largest city in the United States that has banned the use of plastic straws. Finding alternatives to plastic Advocates of the straw ban usually are in favor of eliminating plastic for good, and with this new ban, some alternatives have already been found that could potentially be used to replace other plastic products.
If we all tried to adopt at least one of these ideas a week, just think of the impact that would make on our environment!
Bring your own shopping bag…I keep a few reusable bags in my car and grab them when run into the market.
Carry a reusable water bottle…lots of fun choices these days and many of them keep your water cold for hours. The primary cons of plastic bottles include the fear of chemical uptake and the fact that they are non-biodegradable, posing a potential risk to the environment.
Bring your own cup...with the coffee habits we have in our country, ever think of how many paper cups get used at the "to-go" coffee houses? Don't fool yourself thinking they're all getting recycled.
Pack your lunches in reusable containers...Such as saver on the pocket book as well.
Skip the plastic produce bags…we should be washing our produce before cooking, if your using reusable bags the dampness from the produce will not soak through.
Slow down and dine in…it's a good way to get to know the people you love.
Store leftovers in glass jars…using empty jars from products you purchase in glass jars is a money saver and it IS in style!
When considering plastic storage boxes, be sure to look for polypropylene or polyethylene. Both of these plastics have been tested as safe in conservators' artificial aging scenarios (oddy tests). Polypropylene usually has the initials "PP" on the base under the recycling symbol. Polyethylene products contain a "PE" in addition to other letters (i.e. HDPE, LDPE).


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Michelle Villett
Got a sore throat, runny nose, cough or fever? Find the best remedy to soothe your symptoms
Do you have a cold or the flu?
You feel a tickle in your throat, and then a headache coming on. You start to sniffle or sneeze, and suddenly you feel really tired. You know you're coming down with something-but is it a cold, or do you have the flu?
"With both conditions your symptoms can include a sore throat, runny nose, headache, body aches, chills, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and sometimes diarrhea," says Dr. Denise Campbell-Scherer, an associate professor in the department of family medicine at the University of Alberta. "The main difference is that with the flu, you'll have a temperature above 37.8°C." (A normal temperature is about 37°C-it can fluctuate from 36.1 to 37.2 depending on the time of day, menstrual cycle and physical activity.) Flu symptoms also tend to come on suddenly, are more severe and are at their worst for the first three or four days; after that, it can take up to two weeks before you feel better. A cold can linger anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, although one week is typical.
Viruses are the culprits behind both of these illnesses. "There are more than 200 viruses that can cause cold-like symptoms," says Campbell-Scherer. (The most widespread is the rhinovirus.) In contrast, there are just two influenza viruses, A and B, but they continually mutate, requiring the flu vaccine to be updated each year in order to protect against the latest strains.
You can contract cold or flu viruses by inhaling droplets in the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes, or by coming in contact with the other person's hands or a shared object or surface, and then touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Once the virus enters your body, it will zero in on the upper respiratory tract (the nose, sinuses and throat), although influenza can also affect the lungs. Cold viruses are infectious up to two days before symptoms appear and remain infectious until they're gone. Influenza, however, is infectious one day before it appears and remains so for up to six days after symptoms develop.
Fully one third of adult Canadians experience a sore throat, cold or flu in any given month, according to a Statistics Canada survey. But as Campbell-Scherer says, the possibility of science finding a cure is unlikely-especially for the common cold, which she says is "just a catch-all phrase for the many different viruses that circulate." Researchers at MIT are working on a drug that kills cells that are infected by all types of viruses, including rhinoviruses and influenza, but it will be at least 10 years before it can even be tested on humans.
So, unless you have a pre-existing condition that requires medical attention, "once you get sick with a cold or the flu, you just have to get through it," says pharmacist Valerie Kalyn, owner of a Shoppers Drug Mart in Calgary. Your best bet is to avoid getting sick.
Cold and flu prevention strategies
To prevent the flu, Health Canada encourages all Canadians over six months of age to be vaccinated; the vaccine takes two weeks to become active and lasts for six months. Ideally, you should get one at the beginning of flu season-which in Canada runs from November through April-but it's still effective even if you get it at a later date. Pregnant women, seniors, children and people with chronic health conditions have a higher risk of complications from the flu, so it is especially important that they get vaccinated. According to Campbell-Scherer, it's also possible to have some immunity if the strain of cold or flu virus going around is a variation on one you've either contracted or been immunized for before.
Otherwise, the best way to avoid getting either the flu or a cold is to wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds at a time, says Marianne Trevorrow, a naturopathic doctor in Victoria and a director at the British Columbia Naturopathic Association. If soap and water aren't available, a hand sanitizer with at least 60 percent alcohol is the next best thing. Supplementing with vitamin D may also help, since a recent study found that people with low levels of D are the most likely to catch colds and flu. The upper limit amount recommended by Health Canada is 4,000 IU daily; the Canadian Cancer Society recommends a minimum daily amount of 1,000 IU.
Even healthy adults can expect to get several colds each year when exposed to the virus or during times of weakened immunity, such as stress or lack of sleep. Children, however, are at greater risk of contracting both colds and flu because their immature immune systems have not yet developed resistance. They're also more likely to develop complications-as are seniors, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems or chronic illnesses such as asthma, diabetes or heart disease. Complications can include secondary infections in the ears, sinuses (sinusitis), throat (strep throat) or lungs (bronchitis or pneumonia). If you belong to one of these high-risk groups and start to experience symptoms, seek immediate medical attention. You should also see a doctor right away if you experience shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, chest pain, a bluish or grey skin colour, bloody or coloured mucus, dizziness, persistent vomiting, low blood pressure or a high fever that lasts for more than three days.
But if you're an adult who is normally in good health and just feeling sick, stay at home in bed, says Campbell-Scherer. Get plenty of rest, drink lots of fluids, and manage your symptoms with one of these over-the-counter remedies.
To relieve a sore throat, fever, headache or muscle aches
Examples: Motrin Tablets; Advil Caplets; Aspirin Original Strength; Tylenol Regular Strength Tablets
How they work: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which include ibuprofen (in Advil and Motrin) and acetylsalicylic acid (in Aspirin), work by preventing the formation of prostaglandins, the chemicals in the body that promote pain, inflammation and fever. Acetaminophen, found in Tylenol, behaves slightly differently; it targets the part of the brain that perceives pain and controls body temperature. "Both types are equally effective," says Kalyn, "so it's just a matter of balancing the benefits versus the risks."
NSAIDs will reduce symptoms for six to eight hours compared to four to six for acetaminophen, so NSAIDs can be more beneficial if you need help sleeping through the night.
Need to know: Follow package directions for dosing. "The most common adverse effect with NSAIDs is stomach discomfort, so take them with food," says Kalyn. (Tylenol can be taken on an empty stomach.) Avoid NSAIDs if you have high blood pressure; a heart, liver or kidney condition; or stomach issues such as heartburn. NSAIDs can increase the risk of ulcers, internal bleeding and damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Aspirin should not be taken by those on blood thinners and has been linked to Reye's syndrome, so it should not be given to people age 18 and under. Avoid Tylenol if you have liver or kidney disease.
To decongest a runny or stuffy nose
Examples: Advil Cold & Sinus Liqui-Gels; Dristan 12-hr Nasal Spray; Otrivin Complete Nasal Care; Sudafed Head Cold & Sinus; Tylenol Sinus
How they work: If you are experiencing nasal congestion on top of other cold and flu symptoms such as fever, reach for one of these. Most of these oral remedies combine acetaminophen or ibuprofen with pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, which decongests the nasal passages. "It constricts the blood vessels and shrinks the swollen mucous membranes," says Kalyn. If you're seeking relief for a stuffy nose alone, then nasal decongestant sprays like Dristan (which contains oxymetazoline) or Otrivin (which contains xylometazoline) can help, as these drugs work similarly to pseudoephedrine.
Need to know: Follow package directions. "Reactions to oral decongestants vary depending on the person. They can have a stimulating effect and can raise heart rate and blood pressure, which can make you feel a bit loopy," says Kalyn. "Avoid them completely if you have a metabolic condition that is not well controlled." In such cases, nasal sprays may be a good alternative, but since they can cause rebound congestion, don't use them for more than five consecutive days.
To soothe a cough
Examples: Buckley's Complete; Balminil DM; Robitussin Cough & Chest Congestion DM; Tylenol Cough caplets; Vicks NyQuil Cough
How they work: "Dextromethorphan is the ingredient in almost every cough suppressant," says Kalyn. "It has a direct effect on the central nervous system and helps decrease the frequency and severity of coughing." Balminil offers the drug in a liquid format, while Tylenol Cough combines it with acetaminophen in an oral tablet that also relieves other cold and flu symptoms. Buckley's Complete contains acetaminophen and menthol, while Robitussin Cough & Chest contains dextromethorphan and guaifenesin, an expectorant that helps loosen mucus. Other products, such as Vicks NyQuil Cough, are marketed as nighttime cough suppressants. "They contain antihistamines, which relieve the coughing that comes from post-nasal drip, and can have a sedating effect," Kalyn explains.
Need to know: Follow package directions for dosing. You can also safely combine dextromethorphan with NSAIDs or acetaminophen. Talk to your doctor first if you have diabetes; a heart, liver, thyroid, lung or kidney condition; glaucoma; an enlarged prostate; or an existing persistent cough.
Combined remedies to treat multiple symptoms
Daytime remedies: Benylin All-In-One Cold and Flu Caplets; Robitussin Total Cough, Cold & Flu; Vicks DayQuil Cold & Flu Multi Symptom Relief LiquiCaps.
Nighttime remedies: Tylenol Complete Cold, Cough & Flu; Benylin All-In-One Cold and Flu Night Caplets; Vicks NyQuil Cold & Flu LiquiCaps. Remedies with day and night options: Advil Cold & Flu; Benylin All-In-One Day and Night Caplets.
How they work: If you're suffering from severe and multiple cold and flu symptoms-fever, aches, nasal congestion and cough, at minimum-then a combination remedy could be your best choice for relief. These medications combine pain- and fever-reducers with decongestants, cough suppressants, expectorants and, in the nighttime products, antihistamines. "There is almost any combination of ingredients available for any combination of symptoms," says Kalyn. "Speak to your pharmacist to get help finding the product that's the best match." Most nighttime formulas contain antihistamines, which can have a sedating effect-although even daytime versions, which don't typically contain this ingredient, may cause impaired cognitive function.
Need to know: Follow package directions. Since these treatments contain several different drugs, it's especially important to rule out any contraindications with your pharmacist and to avoid taking them with any other cold and flu medications.
If you don't have all of the symptoms listed on the package, consider an alternative product. "You could experience unnecessary side effects if you're taking something for a symptom that doesn't need to be treated," says Kalyn. Also, she says, taking multi-symptom medications along with other cold or flu products may result in double dosing.
Examples: Cold-Fx; A.Vogel Echinaforce Sore Throat Spray; hydraSense Congestion Relief; Jamieson FluShield; Nature's Harmony Zinc Lozenges with Vitamin C and Echinacea; Sisu Cold & Flu Rescue with Ester-C
How they work: "A combination of zinc and vitamin C (Nature's Harmony) can be helpful with cold and flu symptoms if you take them as soon as you start feeling ill," says Trevorrow. Vitamin C (in Nature's Harmony and Sisu) also boosts immunity for a preventive effect, along with the ginseng in Cold-Fx, and echinacea in Jamieson's FluShield and A.Vogel's Echinaforce Sore Throat Spray. Saline irrigation systems such as hydraSense are sterile rinses that help decongest the nasal passages.
Need to know: Follow package directions. Avoid echinacea if you have arthritis, a progressive systemic disease or an autoimmune disorder, or if you are taking immunosuppressants. Cold-Fx should not be used by people with impaired liver or renal function, or by people who require blood thinners.
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On offer here is a great collection of Movie stills from the PETER WEIR directed movie classic GALLIPOLI from 1981.
Archy (Mark Lee) and Frank (Mel Gibson) are two young Australian sprinters who want to join the army to fulfill their sense of duty. Turned down because they are too young, the pair hop a freight train to Perth, where they are allowed to join up. They board a troop ship headed to Cairo and, after training in the shadows of the Great Pyramids, the boys are finally sent to the front line, where their speed makes them candidates for messengers in one of the war's bloodiest battles.
The collection has (11) 10.75" x 8.5" colour movie stills that highlight the classic moments of the film. There are also (2) 10" x 8" colour photos also taken from movie scenes of the epic movie GALLIPOLI.


Greg and his sister, Jennifer Dumstorff, are continuing the legacy of the company their mother, Dolora Beckerle, founded more than 10 years ago.
Greg is a graduate of Johnson and Wales University in Denver CO. He began his career in the real estate business as a property manager for more than four years.
Greg obtained his real estate license in 2011 and joined the company full time in 2012. Greg's emphasis is in both commercial sales and leasing and residential sales.
Greg is a lifelong resident of St. Charles County, and currently resides in O'Fallon. In his free time, he enjoys hunting, fishing, biking, golfing and any outdoor activities. He is active in the community and is a supporter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation; Families ROC Ovarian Cancer Charity; Winfield Foley Fire Department; and Heat Up St. Louis.
Greg is a member of the St. Louis Association of Realtors (SLAR), National Association of Realtors (NAR), Missouri Association of Realtors (MAR). He is also active in the O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce.


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    @object = options.delete(:object)
    @resource = options.delete(:resource)
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has become a symbol of a nasty recession that's hit home, hard.
The building at 100 King is one of Alexandria's most historic and beautiful structures. Designed in 1871 by Benjamin Franklin Price in an Italianate style, the building was completed a year later and housed a corn exchange.
The first story was leased to a green grocer, with the exchange situated on the second story. This portion was a grand gallery with 25-foot high ornamented ceilings and sky-high windows.
The room bustled with business until Dec. 31, 1872, when a massive fire raged through the 100 block, damaging five warehouses which were considered among Alexandria's most important buildings. These warehouses contained grain and fertilizer, and the loss of property and structure was estimated at the time at about $100,000.
The woes of Alexandria's Great Fire of 1872 appear to have revisited 100 King in recent years. Shuttered for nearly a year after the unfortunate failure of 100 King Restaurant, in which DC restaurateur Peter Malios lost $4.2 million on a BB&T loan which put the location into Foreclosure and then Public Auction, the beleaguered property has become a symbol of a recession that's hit home, hard.
Speculation about the destiny of the property has run rampant. But the building has seen many dark times and has always been born again to something new.
History provides little information about the exchange building during the first half of the 20th Century, but most Old Towners will remember the down-at-the-heel appearance of many buildings prior to the reconstruction of the Torpedo Factory and Old Town's rennaissance. Some will also remember a Mexican restaurant, which closed, and then the hopeful arrival of Restaurant 100 King.
Local Kicks has learned that the family which owns the touristy Mai Thai restaurant at the bottom of King Street intends to soon open a pan-Asian style restaurant on the property.
Teerawood Tongruts, son of Thai immigrants and all of 26 years old, told us that his new venture will open in late September.
With no less than three Thai restaurants in Old Town, two sushi restaurants, and one Indian, competition in the Asian fare market will undoubtedly be steep.
Tongruts, told us that his new venture will open in late September.
Red Curry will be Tongruts' first venture.
Time will tell whether the young entrepreneur's boldness will pay off in this prime location, but he follows the tradition of businessmen before him who saw opportunity shining in the windows of the old corn exchange at 100 King.


Gender shouldn't matter in esports. So why is Overwatch League made up entirely of men?
Overwatch League is the biggest thing in esports right now. Its first season kicked off this week in Los Angeles to much fanfare and solid ratings. But one thing is missing from the league: women.
While women aren't banned from participating in Overwatch League, all 113 players in the league are men. The players are from all around the world, and they're divided into 12 teams based in major cities in the U.S., Asia, and Europe.
It's not that there aren't any women who are top-tier Overwatch players. The most notable is Kim "Geguri" Se-yeon, who plays as the pink-haired tank character Zarya. She's so good that she received accusations of cheating until she did a live-stream with a camera aimed at her hands to prove she really was controlling her character's every movement. Se-yeon played for a South Korean Overwatch league until it was shut down recently.
So why isn't she—or any woman, for that matter—on an Overwatch League team? Kotaku reports that question arose during a recent media day Q&A session with the teams. The responses were less than convincing.
The men of Overwatch League haven't had to overcome such a hurdle. These gender issues go beyond Overwatch League. They're prevalent in all of esports, and in gaming in general. If you're not a dude, you're going to face extra scrutiny.
Overwatch itself has been widely praised for the diversity of its roster. It has male and female characters (and robots and one animal), who run the gamut of race, age, and body type. Esports overall, and Overwatch League specifically, would do well to follow suit.


Why is our Cloud Engineering team the next step for you?
The team is responsible for building and running public cloud-hosted infrastructure services to support Worldpay's online proposition for small and medium sized businesses, as well as our next generation, client facing, payment gateway 'Gateway 2.0' for global eCommerce players. Both platforms share a modern API and utilise public cloud hosted infrastructure.
The SME focussed solution has been built using Java, Spring, PHP & Angular. We're also keen users of Node.JS, Scala and Ruby. The infrastructure has been built in AWS with an obsession for security and automation using AWS tooling in addition to Puppet and Ansible. The Gateway 2.0 solution is based on a new technology stack including the Akka framework and Cassandra, utilising a hybrid infrastructure strategy of public and private cloud services managed by OpenShift.
How will you add value on a day-to-day basis?
As our Cloud capability grows and other teams increasingly pursue cloud-based solutions, we're forming a 'Chapter' (practice area) across teams to ensure we achieve economies of scale and scope. You will play an important part in forming this and contributing to its ongoing effectiveness.
You will be supporting our 24/7 service with 5 9's uptime. Build and maintain documented production and pre-production environments in Amazon Cloud (AWS) and collaborate on design and configuration, ensuring a balance of stability, security and flexibility. You will be building and maintaining an automated deployment platform to support continuous delivery processes, as well as owning and maintaining the process for the deployment of code for stable, scalable and secure releases. Building and maintaining monitoring for the production environments, ensuring alerting mechanisms are deployed and appropriately assigned to the support model (currently App Dynamics, Splunk, Nagios, Cloudwatch) are also part of the role.
You will drive change to the above through sprint cycles as agreed in squad planning sessions and contribute knowledge and best practices to cross-team discussions at Worldpay.
What will make you the ideal candidate?
Extensive experience of working in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and managing the infrastructure for cloud operations. You will have multi-platform technology experience, including LAMP, Oracle, Ruby, Java, PHP, Python and the ability to develop operations code in one or more of these languages. You will have automated deployment experience, including Jenkins, Sonar, Nexus, Maven, Puppet and Ansible, as well as automated monitoring and alerting experience, including App Dynamics, Splunk, AWS Cloudwatch, Nagios and Oracle EM.
The ability to design and configure infrastructure that responds to production KPIs and traffic (both expected and spikes) e.g. AWS Autoscaling groups and automated recovery are key to the success in this role. You will have experience in the design and implementation of monitoring and responsive, self-healing resilient immutable platforms and knowledge of security tools including Qualys, WAF, IDS. Knowledge of scalability levers in high volume, low latency transactional systems, with ability to plan baseline and peak capacity to ensure economic service provision with a 5 9s expectation in Cloud environments is ideal. You will have experience working in both Agile and DevOps environments, with planning sessions, estimation and retrospectives, ensuring that all operational tasks are recorded in ticketing systems and story walls.
Worldpay has merged with Vantiv Inc. to create a new global leader in payments. The new Worldpay will have the scale, the reach and the resources to take our success story to another level. This move allows us to expand further into high growth markets, deliver innovation at scale and above all, brings together exceptional talent and a shared passion that will help propel us forward to the next chapter of our collective story.
Our technology enables billions of payments to be made each year whether online or in person. Working with customers large and small we help them to take payments quickly, safely and reliably, allowing them to grow their businesses and making your life more convenient in the process.


Cape Harbour real estate - a yachting community with a full service Marina and one of the few gated communities in Cape Coral. Like Tarpon Point Marina it was built after 2000 and is stunningly beautiful. When you visit you generally don't leave Cape Harbour until your vacation is over. Arrive by boat and Paradise is yours.
Cape Harbour is located at the southern most end and right where the South Spreader Canal exits into the Caloosahatchee River. You can sit at the Rumrunner restaurant and watch boats pass through the lock. Cape Harbour has four sub-developments. Funky Fish Houses, a village of 19 Key West style waterfront beach cottages with private docks; Harbour Preserve, a private island of luxury estate homes with deep water docks; Harbour Pointe - a community of waterfront and off waterfront homes and villas and Marina South, a luxury high-rise of 220 condominiums. By boat you are just a few minutes away from Sanibel and Captiva, Saint James City on Pine Island, Pine Island Sound and the Gulf of Mexico. You find five restaurants on the boardwalk, plus boutiques, spa/salon and galleries.


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Chief scientific officer Paul Stoffels said J&J is aiming for one billion doses in 2021
US pharma Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is planning to launch its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in March, according to the company's chief scientific officer Paul Stoffels.
In an interview with Reuters, Stoffels added that the company is expecting to have 'clear data' on the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine by either the end of January or early February.
J&J initiated a large-scale phase 3 trial of its COVID-19 vaccine in September 2020, following positive interim results from a phase 1/2a clinical study.
The phase 3 ENSEMBLE trial was launched in collaboration with the US Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
In an interim analysis of results from the ENSEMBLE phase 1/2a trial, J&J's vaccine demonstrated a promising safety profile and immunogenicity after a single dose.
J&J's COVID-19 candidate uses the company's AdVac technology platform, which was also used to develop and manufacture the J&J's existing Ebola vaccine, and to construct its other investigational candidates for Zika, RSV and HIV.
Addressing the company's supply and manufacturing plans for the vaccine, Stoffels said that J&J is aiming to meet a target of delivering one billion doses of its vaccine in 2021.
"If it is a single dose, that means one billion people. But it will be in a ramp-up throughout the year," he added.
According to Reuters, the vaccine could become available in the EU as soon as 1 April – the vaccine is currently being assessed by the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) under a rolling review.
J&J previously signed an advance purchase agreement with the European Commission (EC) for 200 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine following regulatory approval.
The contract was agreed following the conclusion of exploratory discussions with the EC and enables EU member states to exercise an option to secure up to 200 million additional doses after the initial supply.
In an agreement with the UK, J&J has committed to delivering 30 million vaccine doses, which are set to be supplied on a not-for-profit basis during the emergency pandemic.
J&J has also reached an agreement with the US government for 100 million doses of its vaccine candidate, with the US government committing $1bn for the initial supply.
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Since 2001, the 55+ workforce has grown by 40% or 8.3 million—nearly equivalent to the population of New York City. Adults today are working longer than ever. Who benefits? What are the obstacles? In this free webinar, EEOC senior counsel and age discrimination expert Cathy Ventrell-Monsees discusses older workers and the workplace: the value they bring to employers; the discrimination they face; their evolving relationship with technology; how this may affect younger workers; and more.
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Q: Compare camera feed to a stored image using objective-c iOS I am a beginner in iOS development and I want to create an application that will compare an image stored in the project with the camera preview feed. It must then show a rectangle around the matched image in the preview.
I developed a c++ lib that will do the comparison. I also display the preview, but I want to get the feed and convert it to bytes so I will be able to use the lib.
how can i do that?

A: The following code will generate byte format of the image
NSData *imgData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image);
NSUInteger len = [imgData length];
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And i think after that you can use your library.

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Home Breaking News Johor polls: BN gunning for two-thirds majority win – Ismail Sabri
Johor polls: BN gunning for two-thirds majority win – Ismail Sabri
SEGAMAT, March 6 — Barisan Nasional (BN) is targeting a two-thirds majority victory in the Johor state election, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.
The prime minister said BN's chances were good, but the coalition does not intend to merely settle for a simple majority win.
"Of course, on behalf of BN, I would say chances are good but as I have said, in any competition, we can't declare victory before the final whistle is blown," he said at media conference after officiating at the launch of the Keluarga Malaysia Armed Forces Homes (RKMAT) at the Segamat Camp here today.
Also present were Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, Chief of Defence Force Gen Tan Sri Affendi Buang and Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad.
As such, Ismail Sabri, who is also UMNO vice-president said the party machinery must continue to work hard until a winner is declared.
"I am confident, the Johor Menteri Besar is confident and Datuk Seri Hishammuddin is also confident, but confidence alone is not enough, the machinery must keep working to ensure a better performance.
"As I have said, we do not want a simple majority, we want more than a simple majority, if possible two-thirds of the seats to be won by BN," he said.
BN will be contesting all 56 seats up for grabs in the March 12 polls.
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The start of this week on Lake Okeechobee was very good. The water warmed up to the mid to high 60's but the winds were up in the middle of the week. This week was the new moon and this weekend the big fish moved in. The water clarity on the East side of the lake is muddy on the outside grass line but cleans up in the inside. The North end is good, as is the West end of the lake.
This week the best bait is still shiners but on the artificial side Senkos and Flukes on the grass flats and Flipping a Craw worm in the Cattails has worked well. Good areas to fish are Kings Bar, Grassy Island, Tin House and the Lakeport area of the lake. Here is a picture James Bo Ward with the biggest fish he has ever caught. He was fishing with me this weekend.


Panzanella salad is such a hearty fresh summer salad. It takes 5 minutes to make, it's ideal for a summer picnic because It's rustic, delicious and gets better the longer it sits.
and with our Spiced Beet Vinegar it is amazing.
Whenever you have a salad with chunks of Ciabatta bread and fresh mozzarella thrown amongst your fresh picked summer garden veggies you can't go wrong.
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Not much of a method, chop up your veggies and bread rustic style, throw it together, drizzle with olive oil, beet vinegar, add some salt and pepper and serve!
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The Most Effective National Teams and Players of 2021
The international football year is over, the national teams will meet next in 2022, which means it's time for a recap. Let's dive into the statistics on the performance of the teams and players who would definitely win at th real money online casino Canada because of their fantastic luck and confident game
The Most Productive National Teams in 2021
10th place. Italy and Panama – 38 goals in 18 games (2.11 on average per game)
9th place. Algeria – 38 goals in 10 games (3.8)
8th place. Belgium – 39 goals in 17 matches (2.29)
7th place. Japan – 41 goals in 11 matches (3.73)
6th place. USA – 42 goals in 20 games (2.1)
5th place. Denmark – 45 goals in 18 games (2.5)
4th place. Netherlands – 46 goals in 16 matches (2.88)
3rd place. Germany – 50 goals in 16 matches (3.13)
2nd place. England – 51 goals in 19 matches (2.68)
1st place. Canada – 55 goals in 19 games (2.89)
Team Panama scored a third of its goals (13 of 38) in one match against Anguilla in the early qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in the CONCACAF zone. The game ended 13-0.
The Japanese jumped into the rankings thanks to two World Cup spring qualifying matches where they scored 24 goals: a 14-0 rout of Mongolia and 10 unanswered goals against Myanmar.
The Netherlands' 2-0 victory over Norway not only propelled the team into the final part of the 2022 World Cup, but also broke into the top 4 of the most prolific national teams of 2021. They beat Denmark, who after nine straight victories and winning a ticket to Qatar, allowed themselves to lose to the Scots (0-2) in the final match.
The German national team has scored 31 goals in seven fall matches of World Cup 2022. Thus, the average performance of the Bundesmanschaft under Hansi Flick amounts to a phenomenal 4.43 goals per game.
The Most Productive Players at International Level in 2021
6th-7th place. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) – 11 goals in 12 games (0.92 goals per game)
6th-7th place. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) – 11 goals in 12 matches (0.92 goals per game)
5th place. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 13 goals in 14 matches (0.93)
3rd-4th place. Cyle Larin (Canada) – 14 goals in 13 matches (1.08)
3-4th place. Ali Mabkhout (UAE) – 14 goals in 13 matches (1.08)
2nd place. Harry Kane (England) – 16 goals in 16 games (1)
1st place. Memphis Depay (Netherlands) – 17 goals in 16 games (1.06)
Lukaku and Lewandowski are the top scorers in the history of their respective national teams by a huge margin from the nearest pursuers: Romelu scored 68 goals, Robert scored 74 times against Poland's opponents.
Cristiano Ronaldo in 2021 became the most productive player of all time at the national team level. He caught up and overtook Iranian Ali Daei, to date he has 115 goals for Portugal. Each subsequent goal updates the record.
You may not have heard anything about the super goal scorer from the United Arab Emirates until today, but for Ali Mabkhout, 14 goals in a year is not the limit, he distinguished himself 19 times in 2019. In total, he has 79 goals in 98 games for the national team. Ali is only 31 years old and has many meetings ahead of him against India, Jordan, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka.
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I have a real serious fear of flying.
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of the jet or the engines or the pilots.
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My husband always says, "If you knew how to fly the plane,
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"if you were flying the plane."
But it is completely a control issue,
and you know, for me, when I start to have a panic attack,
my palms, like even right now, I'm like,
'cause I can remember it so vividly.
My palms begin to sweat.
It's like the first thing.
And I start to feel like the back of my neck get clammy,
and then I start to feel like I can't breathe,
and I keep trying to get a deep breath, and I can't.
I'm trying to breathe deeper and deeper,
but I can't actually get a full breath.
And then on the plane, I can't stay seated,
and they're telling you, "You have to stay seated."
And I'm like, "Ma'am, I can't stay,"
'cause I feel like I have to move,
and it's 'cause I'm trying to find an exit,
which is not gonna work very well at 35.000 feet,
but I'm like, "No, you actually have to stay seated."
- I've got to get off.
I've got to get off.
- And you know, this was just a couple months ago.
I was sitting next to my 12-year-old daughter,
which made it worse because I don't want to...
It wasn't that I didn't want her to see me afraid.
I didn't want to make her afraid.
I didn't want to, like, pass something off onto her
that was like, "Oh, wait a second.
"You're my mommy, and if you're afraid,
"I'm supposed to be afraid, and why am I?"
And what was amazing
is that all of these things are running through my mind,
and I'm like, "Oh gosh, keep it together,"
and all the sudden, I can't breathe.
(gasps)
And my 12-year-old daughter Gracie reaches over
and puts her hand on my hand, and she begins to pray.
It's amazing how much we can learn from kids
if we actually take the time
instead of thinking that we're the ones
that are always supposed to be doing the instructing.
And how she is the one that helped to bring me back
to okay, remember, this is what you need to do.
She began to pray over me, and she said,
"We say no to fear, and we say yes to truth.
"Jesus, you are bigger than any fear."
And that truth right there.
My fear feels really big right now.
My fear feels like, actually, I'm drowning in it.
Actually, it feels like it's overtaking my life,
but the truth is, you are bigger than any fears.
And I think that that idea that I was out of control,
it's a lie that we fall for.
I was out of control of the plane.
I wasn't out of control of me,
and so she literally was like,
"Mom, let's put on our music."
So for me, it's a song by Alex's husband, Henry,
that is Greater Than All,
and I sing it at the top of my lungs.
And I'm like, "You're right," put my headphones in,
sing it out loud.
She's singing with me.
- On the airplane?
- On the airplane, yes.
(women chatter simultaneously)
God is greater than all things
Greater than all things
- You need to take an offering plate with you.
Here's a love offering, thank you.
- I mean, I literally, so I'm singing, and I'm, you know,
singing my songs, and I'm quoting Scripture,
but it's something when I got off that plane,
and I got home, it just stayed with me was,
"Wait a second."
When I panic or I experience fear,
the shame that comes with it is that I am so focused
on having giant-like faith.
I'm so focused on my faith isn't big enough,
my faith isn't strong enough.
What is wrong with you?
Why are you?
And that moment was, okay, I don't need to have giant faith.
I need to have child faith.
I need to have childlike faith.
- I had a panic attack once in college that I can remember.
It is this hyperventilating.
I was so stressed about a situation, and my heart was racing
and I could hardly take a breath.
It's not something that I struggle with on a daily basis,
but as soon as Natalie started talking about what she faced
on the plane, I immediately remembered
that I have experienced that before.
Recognizing that it is something so many people face,
I think it's really beautiful,
the fact that we're talking about it
and that there's no shame to it.
That it is something that, yes, we face,
but it is also something that we can overcome.
- I had somebody say to me once
that we call 911 in an emergency,
and so dial up Psalm 91:1.
That is your 911 rescue chapter, and so, like,
so it's 911.
I'm like, "Okay, I'm going up to Psalm 91:1.
"We'll start there.
"I'm gonna read that whole chapter
"that speaks of God's protection and His safety
"and how He surrounds me with His angels."
And it was like, "Okay, okay, I can do nothing
"about my circumstances,
"but I can do something about my heart.
"I can do something about my mind."
We are not out of control.
That is a lie from the enemy that you have no control.
You have no control over your circumstances.
You do have control, and I think that coming to this place
in the midst of panic that, like, I don't want to say this
so that it makes anybody feel more ashamed
than we already feel over struggling with panic,
but I had to come to a place in my life
where I had to recognize it as sin.
- Well, because it's an ungodly belief
that you're coming into agreement with.
- Yes, I had to begin to confess, "Lord, I'm sinning.
"I'm actually sinning when I don't take You at Your Word."
- I don't have faith.
- And I don't have faith in who you are.
It's actually a sin.
It's nothing to do with my, you know, illness
or this or that.
- Well, it's just unbelief.
- It's unbelief, and that is a sin,
and when we can confess it, and go, "Okay,
"well, I'm not gonna be ashamed of it.
"I'm gonna confess it," there's so much power in confession.
We forget that.
- Yeah, I love the way Jesus did spiritual warfare.
So as soon as He was set, you know,
the Holy Spirit ascended, "This is my Son,
"in whom I am well pleased,"
and then He's taken out to the desert,
out to the wilderness.
And when Satan comes to Him, He's hungry.
- [Women] Yeah.
- He's all those trigger points.
- And you know, the devil is always the counterfeit,
and the counterfeit is just so close to the truth,
but it's not.
Doing warfare the way Jesus did and speaking truth to a lie,
so when you feel like your peace is going away,
you just say, "No, it can't be because Jesus is my peace."
Getting through those things are just changing your mind
and saying what God says.
That's your warfare.
That's how Jesus did it.
When the enemy came to Him, He spoke truth to a lie.
He said, "No, it is written."
And there it is right there.
It is written that He's our peace
and that He's got everything we need.
And that's what freedom is.
If you don't know the truth, the truth can't set you free.
So the Scripture is the truth, and that's what sets us free.
So He speaks truth to a lie,
and then what does He finally say?
Satan, you get behind me.
I'm not gonna listen to you any longer.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- That is a practical application tool.
- [Woman] Absolutely.
- You know that you face anxiety
when you're in airplanes,
and I love knowing that you can have this war chest,
and what I love about Scripture
and seeing what happened with Jesus,
you know in Ephesians six,
where it's talking about the armor of God?
All of those pieces were for defense.
The only offensive one that was listed there
was the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word.
So knowing the things that I struggle with,
I love the thought of having, okay, these are the Scriptures
that I need to go to when I'm facing my loneliness,
when I'm facing my depression.
Knowing that you turn to Psalm 91, like,
I think knowing the areas that we struggle with
and then having our war chest
of Scriptures and songs and music--
- To speak out loud.
- To speak out loud, yeah.
That's the way that we can fight it.
- And music is a big thing, too, like worship music.
- Oh my gosh, yeah.
- And we talk about it, and we say it, and we do music.
Three of us on this set, but it's funny
because often we're so busy doing it
that we actually oftentimes, I don't receive it
'cause I'm doing it all the time,
and then I think about the fact that I'm doing it
for everybody else, and I forget to sing my own songs
over myself, and I'm like, "Well, wait a second.
"God didn't give me that song for everybody else.
"He also gave it for me."
- God's Word does bring peace,
but the balance of, like, saying it brings peace,
and finding that peace?
It oftentimes feels like there's miles in between.
Something that I've had to, like, choose to understand
in my own life is that I'm not always going to feel peace
in the same way every single day.
I mean, first of all, feelings are a hot mess.
We can't depend on our feelings.
I've always known that feelings are a hot mess,
but especially being pregnant,
I've really started to understand that
because one minute, I'll be like,
"Oh, I need some chicken and mashed potatoes."
And so my sweet husband will go and buy chicken
and mashed potatoes, and the second he walks in the door,
I'm like, "Um, I'm not feeling chicken anymore.
"I don't like how it smells."
So our feelings, they can't always be trusted.
So what I'll oftentimes ask myself
in the context of trying to find peace,
I'll say, "What do I feel a peace about?"
And most days, just being honest,
most days I can give you long, long lists
of all the things I feel peace about.
I can say I feel peace about I've got my parents.
I know that they'll always be there for me.
I feel peace that my husband is incredible.
I feel peace that my sister's great.
I feel a peace
that we'll be able to pay our bills this month.
You know, it seems random,
but if you're in the middle of not feeling peace,
it don't feel random to you.
You get it that sometimes you have to remind yourself
of the things where you do feel peace
or things where you do feel joy.
- So oftentime as women, especially, we just...
Our minds are just aflutter
with all different sorts of things,
and we're always so busy working,
and I always say if you're a woman,
it doesn't matter whether you're single or married,
whether you've got kids or you don't.
If you are a woman, you are the glue for somebody, somewhere
because that's how God made us is to hold things together.
So we hold things together for everybody else,
but then when it comes to ourselves, we're like the worst
at holding it together for ourselves.
And that's also because we think,
"Well, if I take care of myself, it sounds so selfish."
Like, we're raised with this idea
that we just serve, serve, serve, serve, serve,
but I realize, like,
"No, taking care of myself isn't selfish.
"It's smart."
So it's okay for me to take a little time to myself.
It's okay for me to say, "Kids, if you're alive, fine."
I could go in the car to lock myself in
and turn my music up as loud as I need to turn it.
That's what I'm gonna do if I need to
because I know that I've got to take care of me,
and it's okay to take care of me,
and that starts with filling my heart and my mind
with the Word of God, speaking it out loud,
and filling myself with hymns, songs, and spiritual songs,
and singing them out over my life.
- My greatest barrier of what I had to overcome
to get where I am today is believing what God said about me
was true to me.
Because I could read it in the Word,
and I could know it in my mind,
but there was a difference when it connected with my heart.
And I think that's when the Bible actually becomes alive
'cause we can read words on a page,
but until it becomes revelation in our spirit
that then transforms our mind,
that's when it makes all the difference.
And for me, I began to actually believe what I was reading
as it pertained to me.
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- A panic attack is different
than simply being stressed about something.
Recognizing that this person can hardly take a breath,
that they're exhibiting signs of being really nervous
and twitchy, I think that when you see something like that,
to recognize that this is not just somebody being dramatic,
that this is actually something that is having an impact
on somebody's soul, on their emotions.
- There's been days where I've felt very anxious,
where I've not been able to find peace.
I've not been able to go to sleep
because I'm harassed.
So what I've had to do is I've had to begin to pray.
And rather than just watch a movie or listen to a ballad,
a love song, or feed my soul, if you like,
I've had to feed my spirit.
And the way I fed my spirit was by praying.
- And sometimes, like, even too, like,
you may not necessarily be ready to believe it yet,
but you have to acknowledge that it's the truth
and still speak it out.
Like, I remember when I was,
the longest stretch of depression that I faced
was right after my diagnosis when I was 11,
and so my grandad, like my mom's dad,
was the sweetest little old man.
He just wanted to bring joy to the house,
and he brought craziness.
He brought drums and a guitar and an amplifier,
and my parents were like, "Thanks."
(women laugh)
But he taught us how to play instruments,
and the first song that my sister and I played
was Amazing Love by Newsboys.
Amazing love
How can it be
That you, my King, would die for me
And when I tell you that me, as a 13 year old, suicidal,
depressed, heavily medicated little girl,
sat there at the drums and sang Amazing Love,
I know it's true.
I didn't believe a word of what I was singing,
but it was all I knew how to sing.
And to this day because I choose to still be intentional
about the music that I allow in my heart and in my ears,
and as a pregnant person, even the music I play around her,
when I'm in my deepest moments and my darkest moments,
and I choose to sing, all I can do is worship.
I like to use that, like, when I'm, like,
speaking to parents especially.
I really like to use that example
as the importance of investing
intentional music, especially in your children's lives
because I can only imagine if, like...
But I can only imagine if the first song that I, like,
learned how to play was something about, like,
shaking my heinie or kissing some boy.
You know, like,
it would have changed the entire trajectory of my life.
But at that age of my life,
the only music I knew was Newsboys, Natalie Grant,
Out of Eden, CeCe Winans,
and so even though I was struggling with believing it,
it's all I knew, and so I was speaking truth
and singing truth over my life and into my home,
and then I started to believe it, and I still,
I actually still do that now.
It's not always with music, but I started this,
maybe in college, of, like, when you were talking
about the things that we oftentimes think about ourselves
but we won't say out loud,
I say whatever I'm thinking out loud,
but I force myself.
I choose to speak truth right after it.
So I'll oftentimes walk around the house, like,
just by myself, and say, like, "I feel so unattractive,
"but God is so good, and He loves me so much."
So I'll choose to, like, acknowledge what I'm thinking
so I don't end up sitting in my room for hours
just thinking these sad thoughts, and I'll acknowledge them,
and I'll say them out loud, but immediately after it,
I'll say, "But what does God say about this?"
And I'll speak that out loud, and I journal it,
all that stuff, because it's become such a good tool for me
to say, like, "I know the Word of God to be true."
I know what He says about me.
I know what He says about His children.
I know the promises that He has for my life.
And even though whether it's my anxiety
or my stubbornness or my brattiness,
whatever it is that won't let me soak it in,
I know in my heart what the truth is,
and I know it's louder.
- So I was on an airplane,
which is where I experience my panic, and it was really bad,
and I remember the fact that I was sitting,
and I'm always flanked by my people I travel with
'cause they always know I need somebody to grab onto,
and I don't want to grab onto a stranger.
And I was like, "Okay, I'm gonna put my earphones in,"
and I was...
I'm no longer a slave to fear
My hands in the air, singing at the top of my lungs.
- I love it.
- And the person across the aisle leans forward and looks,
and then he leans to the person, and he goes,
"Wait, is that Natalie Grant?"
Yes, he was from Bethel.
He actually was from our town.
He's like, "That's our song."
Sing it with me.
Oh, you've just got to sing it out,
even if you don't believe it.
- That's what you've got to do.
- Even if you don't believe it.
I'm sorry, I'll admit it.
Sometimes I don't believe it.
Sometimes I don't because I feel like--
- But it's like, in our heart, we know it's true.
- I believe in You, but sometimes it's like,
"Oh, I don't really actually believe it."
- I think women can support each other
by simply being there.
We don't have to have all of the answers,
but just being present, being somebody who we can talk to,
being somebody who won't judge and won't give shame
when people are walking through a difficult time,
it's just something so beautiful about being there,
even just sitting there, alone with somebody,
lets them not feel so lonely.
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- About 2 1/2, three years ago, I almost lost my hearing.
I had a really bad double ear infection,
and they told me that I might never be able to hear again,
so I might not be able to sing again,
and I don't like MRI's, but I had to get a lot of them.
And so they allowed my dad to come in the room with me
because I was panicking that bad.
So I laid in the MRI squeezing my dad's hand,
and all I could think
is this song by this band called The Wedding,
and they have a song called Redeem, and it just says,
Satellites are coming
And that's all I could sing,
and when you choose to invest intentionally in your spirit,
and in your soul, and in your life,
then when you are in moments
where you feel like you can't get out,
you don't have to get yourself out
because you've already given yourself the foundation
of Jesus Christ, and He will do the work for you,
and He will pull you out.
- That declaration, it shifts that.
You know, I preach a message,
and I talk about casting our cares
'cause really, what is panic and anxiety and worry and fear
whether it's at a huge level
or just we all have anxious thoughts.
We all have sad thoughts.
We all go through life, you know, throwing things at us.
But I think it's at that moment of just going,
"Okay, I'm gonna cast my cares."
It's throwing it all on Him.
I don't think we were designed to carry worry.
I think sin has caused us because of that,
but now Jesus has redeemed us.
He's saved us.
We're a new creation in Christ.
So now we've got to apply that.
- I'm gonna take God at His Word.
I'm just gonna take Him at His Word,
and I'm just gonna believe, and I'm gonna speak it out,
and I'm gonna speak out loud,
and it didn't make the turbulence go away,
and it didn't make the plane stop shaking,
and it didn't make the plane land early.
It didn't do any of those things,
but as I began to confess with my mouth,
confess in the midst of my fear,
confess in the midst of my panic,
confess in the midst of not being able to breathe,
and I could only get a couple words out,
the truth is that His Word works.
- So at those times when you're going through it,
you've got to be careful what you let in your ears.
You'd better watch what you see.
And so you start putting those Scriptures up.
If you need to put them on your mirror
or if you need to put them on your refrigerator
and your computer, just tag them everywhere.
And then listen to beautiful worship music.
He says, "If you exalt Me."
Magnify.
Oh, magnify the Lord.
That means we make Him great in our lives,
and all the sudden, we look around,
and our problems are very, very small.
- You know, and so we cast our cares.
Yeah, it's okay to cry.
I think so many people don't think it's okay to cry.
I think they think it's weak.
(women laugh and chatter)
- I'm gonna cry right now.
- I think about men who don't know how to cry,
but there are some girls that I've known.
- [Woman] You're right.
- You know, they don't.
So it's to cry.
It's to appeal God, who His nature is to remember His Word.
We've got to appeal to the just Judge in Heaven,
and we can make an appeal
that the enemy may have done what this is your lot in life
or this is who you are.
There may be a case against you.
There may be facts diagnosed over your life.
They may be from the doctor.
That's a fact.
But the truth of God's Word always trumps the facts.
And so what we've got to do is we've got to appeal
to the nature of God that He's the God of the impossible,
that He is the God who heals,
that He is the God who is with us, that He is near us,
that He will help us overcome.
So we've got to appeal to His nature, and go,
"You are good, even when my circumstance aren't good,"
and begin to remind Him of Who He is.
Then that brings us to the next level,
which is R for Remember.
Remember the miracles.
It is very difficult to be depressed
and thankful at the same time.
When you start remembering,
when you go back to your salvation experience
or you go back to that time that He came through for you,
you go back to that miracle in your family,
you can say to Jesus, "Well, You did it then.
"I need You to do it again."
The Israelites would put memorials along the way
when God did a miracle for them
so that they could teach their children,
"Hey, this is when He parted the sea.
"This is when He provided for us.
"This is when He set us free against our enemy."
So learn to remember.
It's to appeal God, to His nature.
It's to remember His Word, you know, and His miracles.
It's to enlarge Him over your circumstances
and in the power of singing.
I think those are those things.
Throw our cares to Him, and He really does care for us,
and He will help us even if it's that moment,
we can overcome that moment.
- Okay, say the acronym again.
- CARES.
It's Cry out, Appeal to His nature, Remember His miracles,
Enlarge Him over your circumstances,
and Sing. - Oh, I love that.
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- You may be watching right now, and you feel afraid.
You feel alone.
You feel isolated.
You feel ashamed.
And I want to pray for you because the truth is
that you are not alone.
And Holy Spirit, right now,
I pray for every heart and every soul
that feels deep loneliness,
deep isolation.
God, that is not Who You are.
You are a friend that sticks closer than a brother.
You are a friend that is with us in every moment
and in every situation,
and right now by the power of the Holy Spirit,
I just pray that you would reach into hearts
so that they just feel and sense Your presence,
that Your presence is our greatest weapon.
Your presence is so real and so tangible,
and Your presence is our weapon
to fight everything that we feel.
God, I pray, speaking of feelings,
that You would remind us
that our feelings do not determine our God,
that You are Who You are regardless of how we feel
and even if we don't feel like we can believe
what we're saying, we're gonna declare that You are true.
We're gonna declare that You are real.
We're gonna declare that You are our Prince of Peace.
God, You are the author of peace.
You are not the author of fear.
You are the thing that quiets every fear.
So right now in this moment, quiet fears.
Quiet anxiety.
Quiet stress.
God, You are our Prince
of Peace,
and right now, I pray
that as I am saying these words,
that Your peace is falling like a comforting blanket
that women will begin to feel and experience Your peace
in the midst of every circumstance,
Your peace that surrounds, Your peace that holds,
Your peace that comforts.
God, You are the Prince of Peace.
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More than 600 jobs look set to be saved after Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel won an appeal overturning a competition ruling banning it from operating ferry services from Dover.
The Competition Commission told the group in June that it would have to stop its MyFerryLink service amid fears it could use its dominance of cross-Channel transport to hike prices. The decision threw MyFerryLink's 600-strong workforce - including 100 staff at Dover - into uncertainty as Eurotunnel was given limited time to sell off its ferry services.
But the Competition Appeal Tribunal quashed the decision due to a technical legal point, which means MyFerryLink can operate as normal.
Eurotunnel hailed it as a "victory for the consumer".
But the Competition Commission said it would consider the judgment and address the issues raised by the CAT, which could see the case resurrected.
Specifically, the CAT said it was uncertain if the commission was right to have reviewed the transaction at all, given that it was unclear if Eurotunnel had bought a going concern business when it acquired three boats from collapsed operator SeaFrance in 2012.
Eurotunnel has instead argued it bought just the bare assets.
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Nigeria Considers National DRR Agency Amid Boko Haram Setbacks
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Alvin Young is a Rangel Fellow and master's candidate at the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University.
On February 19, 2020, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, the former governor of Yobe State, introduced legislation to create the National Agency for Deradicalization, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration of Repentant Insurgents. Gaidam represents Yobe state, which borders Borno and has been affected by the insurgency. The bill's purpose is to encourage and rehabilitate Boko Haram defectors and prevent violent extremism in Nigeria. Given the recent requests for additional military force to combat Boko Haram by Nigerian lawmakers, Senator Gaidam's legislation is an important step toward incorporating deradicalization, rehabilitation, and reintegration (DRR) programs into the overall strategy designed to defeat Boko Haram.
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Currently, Nigeria has three deradicalization programs that support Boko Haram defectors. The Prison Program works with militants convicted of violent extremist offenses or those on or awaiting trial. During the program, Imams teach classes on non-violent interpretations of Islam, and other program staff provide vocational training so that, when inmates fulfill their prison terms, they can reenter society with less risk of reverting to terrorism. Second, the Yellow Ribbon Initiative supports women and children associated with Boko Haram by providing psychosocial therapy and reintegration programs. Finally, Operation Safe Corridor, launched by the Nigerian military in 2015, works with Boko Haram defectors by addressing extremist ideology and providing them with trauma counseling. Two thousand members of Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) have defected through Operation Safe Corridor since its inception.
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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno promised to complement security initiatives with programs that provide access to education and job opportunities. But, as military failures at the hands of Boko Haram's have left much of Borno cut off from itself and the rest of the country, Governor Zulum has apparently—and understandably—prioritized military action by calling on the federal government to recruit 100,000 troops to counter the insurgency. Zulum promised an additional 50,000 "able-bodied" persons to combat the extremist group but did not request support for DRR programs. Instead, Babagana urged the Nigerian military to re-establish a military base in Borno. Other Northern leaders such as Yobe State governor, Malam Mai Mala Buni, are calling on the Nigerian military to expand their presence in the north. While an influx of troops may be important to addressing the immediate security situation caused by Boko Haram, the governors' prioritization of security forces over investments into more DRR initiatives places their constituents in a revolving cycle of violence.
Many Nigerians, including several lawmakers, oppose DRR programs. Some feel that their communities are not sufficiently consulted when these programs are developed and implemented. Perhaps more problematic, many communities, after enduring years of atrocities, remain skeptical of reconciliation with Boko Haram defectors. A senator from Ondo state said that there was "no justification" for the program proposed by senator Gaidam. "How can an enemy be rehabilitated? These are people who have done Nigeria so much harm." Current DRR efforts have had mixed results due to the Nigerian military's limited expertise in deradicalization programs such as Operation Safe Corridor and reasonable fears that program participants will face violent retribution upon reintegration.
Vanda Felbab-Brown argues that community opposition to DRR efforts suggests that the Nigerian government "needs to invest more in open and comprehensive discussions with society about rehabilitation, reintegration, leniency, and victims' rights." To be effective, Nigerian lawmakers must ensure that DRR programs continue to work with those communities that will receive the rehabilitated fighters. A primarily military effort—still the current approach of the government—has not been successful; leaders owe it to their communities to explore the root causes of the insurgency and support non-military efforts, where possible, such as Senator Gaidam's new legislation.
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