We read Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day with book club, and I’m 100% sure we should read Klara and the Sun together, too, because there are so many moments of ‘what would you do if’ that are both fascinating and (for the moment) speculative (but carry the near-future quality of only a matter of time). Mostly I can’t begin to answer these on my own during the length of nap I have to write this, and I am even more confident that having some wine and a snack sampler would make my answers better. So I offer you instead the questions I might ask and try to answer should we be gathering (with *spoilers):
- You have the choice to ‘lift’ your child by genetically tinkering to make them much smarter. Doing so carries some small risk of a lifetime of illness and death. Not doing so destines them to a life of subpar education/employment and social ostracism. What do you do?
- Your child dies. You could purchase a robot that will resemble your child in every way from appearance, to mannerisms, to speech. What do you do?
- Can a person be replaced in the most essential way by a robot – like not in the space of work, but in the literal replacement of a human? What qualities of human-ness cannot be replaced, if any?
- What and how is a ‘god’ or higher power constituted? What acts of faith and what proof of divinity do we need in order to conclude greater forces at play?
So yes. It’s an excellent book with an incredibly interesting narrator, fascinating questions to figure out and all kinds of unexpected and delightful plot moments. And given my best loved book club is still on hiatus, if you have thoughts on these questions or others… get in touch. xo
This is one weird little novel. I read it for book club and I’m so glad because hopefully one of my friends can explain what in the what. Continue reading
Imagine a book about a butler. A butler on a road trip. In the 1920s. Remembering his time being a butler. Polishing the silver. Straightening the pantry. Dealing with inconstant maids and footmen. You’d think: this book can’t be that exciting. Because butlers and descriptions of floral arrangements are not that exciting. Because your standards of good books are dictated by the ratio of exciting to explosion. But you don’t need to imagine much because you’ve been watching Downtown Abbey for the last five years and you’re already sold on the impossibly fascinating quality of finding yourself in a changing society: shifting understandings of class and gender, fading attachment to the aristocratic standards of manner and decorum. You already appreciate how enthralling it can be to extrapolate the upheaval of a society through close observation of a handful of characters as they attempt – unsuccessfully – to hold on to their traditions, expectations for decorum and propriety.
The question then shifts from will you be interested (you absolutely will – this is a (perhaps unexpectedly) enthralling read) to why is the story so engrossing? What is it about The Remains of the Day that had this reader utterly absorbed? Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel follows Stevens, a classic butler trained for the height of 19th century aristocratic estates, as he finds himself without friends, family or meaningful employment (his beloved Lord has been disgraced and he finds himself in the employ of a (gasp) American), when the best years of his life are behind him and he is made to confront the question of what has given – and gives – his life meaning. As Stevens putters his car across the English countryside we likewise meander through his memories, recalling his years with Lord Darlington. More than memories, we explore with Stevens his ideas about what makes for great service, the behaviours and attitudes of living with ‘dignity,’ the sisyphean struggle to adapt not simply a personality, but an identity, to a changed political and social landscape.
For this reader the most fascinating questions Stevens mines are those related to labour. He fiercely defends a life led in service of others, the deferral of desire and autonomy to a benevolent and wiser master and the subsumption of choice or opinion to those of the wiser ruling class – the force of his defense suggesting the precarity of the beliefs, safeguarded up by his staunch refusal to entertain their vulnerability. Stevens sees value in his job – which to him is not a ‘job’ at all, but an identity and life – of serving others, always and necessarily serving, never questioning, never doubting the paternal protection of his Lord. We are meant to question this unshakable faith, meant to see his abnegation of love for Ms Keaton, his deferral of desire, his ambition to be the finest butler of the greatest dignity as not apathy but a blindness to his own subjugation. That ultimately leaves him alone and lonely, without a sense of place or purpose.
Of course the obvious argument is that we read (and watch Downtown Abbey) with such attention because we find ourselves in a moment of similar change. Offered the opportunity to challenge accepted categories (most notably for the novel) of class, we continue to generate excuses for the continuation of our own service, rationales for a status quo that does not benefit the majority but is nevertheless defended because it promises stability.
So think what you will about a book about a butler taking a road trip. And then read it. And be blown away. But not so blown away that you have to change. Because nobody wants that.
As part of my great “find an amazing summer read that I can then recommend with good conscience to everyone I know” project, I played around with the website What Should I Read Next (www.whatshouldireadnext.com). You insert a book you liked reading and the site spits back a list of books you might like based on user-generated lists of books people like. The site suggested I might like Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. Never one to be immediately persuaded by an internet suggestion, I checked out some reviews and found that not only was it nominated for the Booker, but my mum liked it, too. Off to the library!
I did like the book. At first I really liked it. A lot. I had a few glimmering moments where I thought “yes!” But, as with so many things (icecream sundaes, for instance), the glory of the first few moments was not sustained through to the end. The premise of the book is really neat, and I won’t say much about it because part of the enjoyment of the first 1/3 is in trying to work out the “mystery.” That said, the “mystery” element is my chief complaint, if only because it seems Ishiguro has a fairly limited range of ways to introduce “mysterious” elements. The first person protagonist would drop some juicy information and then immediately say “but I’ll get to that later,” and then proceed to give the back-story. This sort of plot structure “tantalizing detail – extended back-story – bit of a reveal – repeat” continued throughout and became quite distracting. At a certain point the “mystery” stops being mysterious and should no longer be treated that way.
The protagonist, Kathy H, is also a bit of a whiner and yet oddly still a bit full of herself. I’m not sure I like to dislike the first person protagonist, or even if I was supposed to dislike her – but I did.
All by way of saying: great premise (kept me thinking about the ethics of the novel for days after I’d finished), but the form is repetitive and frustrating and the protagonist is sulky. I continue my search for the great summer read (happily tomorrow is my birthday and I am bound to get a least one new novel…).


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Open meetings are available to anyone interested in Alcoholics Anonymous’ program of recovery from alcoholism. Nonalcoholics may attend open meetings as observers.
A 16 week, rotating study of the steps as written through the big book.
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Friday, January 20, 2023 - 10:00am to 11:30am
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Spend 90 minutes diving deeper with your CliftonStrengths. This month we're focusing on identifying priorities and time management. Understand how you naturally make things happen, release habits that just don't work well with your talents and decide some new things to try. Prerequisite: Strengths Introduction at Orientation Materials: the "Signature Themes" report


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In a recent press release, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS/OIG) announced five additional guilty pleas relating to a $1 billion telepharmacy fraud scheme. However, unlike many health care fraud cases, this particular case was investigated over the course of three years by an interagency team comprised of personnel from HHS/OIG, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Postal Services (USPS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The sheer depth of the investigation, as well as the breadth of the federal agencies involved, indicate that HHS/OIG and other federal agencies are becoming increasingly aggressive in enforcing health care fraud, waste, and abuse laws in the pharmacy and telemedicine industries.
At its core, the suspect business model involved a telemarketing/pharmacy entity that solicited patients’ insurance information using a platform to arrange for telemedicine visits with physicians. During these telemedicine visits, physicians would issue prescriptions for items such as pain creams, vitamins, and other prescription drugs, which the telemarketing/pharmacy entity then sold to pharmacies for mail-order fulfillment at marked-up prices. The sale and fulfillment of these prescriptions resulted in substantial volumes of false claims being filed with pharmacy benefits managers (PBM), and also generated a quid pro quo kickback for the telemarketing/pharmacy entity (i.e., the pharmacy would pay the telemarketing/pharmacy entity for the opportunity to fill lucrative telemedicine prescriptions). The individuals involved in the scheme were primarily located in the state of Florida, although individuals and entities in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas were also implicated.
Although this particular OIG case is similar to recent pharmacy fraud cases involving marketing agencies, the case suggests the federal government is growing increasingly sophisticated in the manner in which it investigates and enforces fraud, waste, and abuse laws. For example, individuals involved in the case were charged with an extensive set of crimes including, but not limited to, mail fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, wire fraud, and the introduction of misbranded drugs into interstate commerce. Moreover, the individuals initially faced possible prison terms of up to 33 years for their conduct, and one individual also faced over $24 Million in restitution. Sentencing of these individuals will take place in October 2021.
In light of this case, it is important for stakeholders in the pharmacy and telemedicine industries to understand that seemingly innocuous activity can result in significant penalties. Further, participation in health care fraud schemes, even unknowingly, can result in significant criminal, civil, and administrative sanctions as a result of multi-agency investigative activities.
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Keeping a well-stocked pantry and a dialed-in grocery budget is kind of my thing. So when I was asked to take one for The Penny Hoarder team and do the pantry challenge, I didn’t hesitate. To be fair, I like the challenge of creating something out of nothing.
With pantry challenges, you’re competing against your own cooking habits to find delicious meals using what you have on hand. So I rolled up my sleeves and got started taking stock of my pantry shelves.
How the Pantry Challenge Works
There’s no right or wrong way to do a pantry challenge. But the idea is to reduce food waste by eating down the contents of your pantry. This means no grocery shopping during the entire challenge. GASP.
The trick of pantry cooking with a mostly empty fridge is that you have to get creative with your meal planning. And this was more challenging than I expected because, as vegetarians, our family’s daily diet relies on lots of perishables like fresh vegetables and eggs.
Because I hate grocery shopping, I typically create a monthly menu and try to stretch the time between grocery store trips to as long as possible. So when we started this pantry challenge, it had been two weeks since my last grocery trip, and things in the fridge were getting desperate. Let’s just say the light was on but not much was home.
To make the food we already had in the house stretch to feed a family of four until the weekend, I had to be frugal. Here are a few things we learned along the way.
4 Pantry Challenge Tips to Help You Succeed
To have a successful pantry challenge, it helps to have a solid strategy for meal planning and recipe ideas. Here are the things that helped us shop our pantry and make the most of what was on the shelf.
1. Start With Protein
As vegetarians, our protein sources can be a tricky balancing act. I need to cover all our nutritional bases with a wide variety of eggs, beans, lentils, seitan, tofu, nuts and more. By putting all the potential protein sources out on the counter, I could clearly see how to divide up what we had.
Take stock of these 11 pantry essentials . These supplies can stretch a long way if you’re willing to spend a little extra time in the kitchen.
2. Mine the Freezer
Because we didn’t have much in the way of fresh produce beyond baby carrots and wilted arugula, I dug deep into the freezer for buried bags of frozen fruit and veggies. I discovered some good stuff we’d forgotten about and reduced inevitable food waste. Win-win.
3. Make a Menu
Our family eats most meals at home, with the exception of when we pack lunches. And we have a regular rotation for breakfasts. I was able to take our standard menu (oatmeal Mondays, cereal Fridays) and adapt it. The hard part was finding homemade dinners that weren’t just tolerable but tasty.
4. Communicate the Plan
In a family with teenagers, you have to clearly communicate they can’t go on a pantry raid when the whim strikes. I made sure mine knew that some stuff was available for snacking, but the rest was earmarked for specific meals, so hands off.
A Successful Pantry Challenge Meal Plan
Before we start, let me specify that just because we’re vegetarian doesn’t mean this is a plants-only pantry challenge. There are plenty of meals where you could toss in frozen chicken or chicken breast instead of a can of beans, and it would work just as well.
Interested in cooking more vegetarian stuff? You could save big on groceries. Researchers found substituting with vegetarian meals reduces grocery bills by 14%.
Also worth noting that for this pantry challenge, we had only a few eggs left, less than half a gallon of milk and six slices of bread that included the heel. Fresh produce was down to wilted greens, half a bag of baby carrots, a quarter head of browning cabbage and some fruit that included lemons and limes, an apple and two oranges.
Monday’s Pantry Challenge Meals
Breakfast: DIY Oatmeal Packets
Oatmeal Monday started rocky because we were out of oatmeal packets. But as I reminded my kids, the rolled oats on our baking shelf are what’s in oatmeal packets. Throw in a bit of sugar and add hot water, then a handful of nuts or dried fruit.
Lunch: Leftovers and Sandwiches
The adults dug into leftover soup and curry from the weekend while the kids used some of the bread and sliced turkey for sandwiches.
Dinner: Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
We found a few sweet potatoes on a pantry shelf. Once baked, scooping out the insides and mixing them with the last of the green onions, a can of chickpeas and a little homemade peanut sauce wasn’t a hardship. You can also do a Mexican variation on this recipe idea with black beans and salsa.
Verdict: So far, this pantry challenge menu wasn’t far off from our normal meals, and complaints were few.
Tuesday’s Pantry Challenge Meals
I realized we should put the fresh produce we had left to good use. The kids were willing to drink some frozen berries blended with a scoop of yogurt and a little honey and coconut milk. I blended the wilting arugula, frozen mango and some more coconut milk. We didn’t have bananas, so I used protein powder as a thickener and tossed in some chia seeds.
Lunch: Stir-fry and Snacks
The adults at home threw together some stir-fry from old ramen noodles, a handful of seitan (we call it fake chicken), some cabbage and chopped carrots. Making a slurry of soy sauce, sugar and cornstarch added plenty of flavor. The kids had crackers, the last of the colby jack cheese from the fridge, and they shared that chopped apple and some sunflower seeds.
Dinner: Kitchen Sink Taco Skillet
This meal is one of my favorite things to do when supplies run low. Some rice, canned diced tomatoes, black beans, frozen corn and some salsa will deliver you a pretty good taco bowl. In this case, I was completely out of onions (gasp), so we had to make do with onion powder.
Verdict: The adults were happy with the smoothies. The kids, not so much. Taco bowls were a big hit, though, and no one asked when the next grocery run would be.
Wednesday’s Pantry Challenge Meals
Breakfast: Lemon Bars
Hear me out on this one. You know why we didn’t have eggs? Because my daughter decided she had to use half a dozen over the weekend to make lemon bars. And when I was scrounging for breakfast, I thought — eggs, fruit and a hit of carbs and butter. Close enough for me. Lemon bars for breakfast.
Lunch: PB&J Pinwheels
We didn’t have bread left at this point, but we did have a few tortillas. I made peanut butter and jelly tortilla wraps, cut them and stuck a toothpick through. Whoever said necessity was the mother of invention obviously had the right idea.
Dinner: Mushroom Pea Risotto
When I was digging around in the freezer, I saw a big bag of peas and a smaller one of mixed mushrooms and took a mental note. We had a half-used box of risotto in the pantry. Our mushroom and pea risotto used veggie bouillon and skipped the Parmesan in favor of a fried egg for an extra protein kick.
Verdict: As expected, the kids were enthusiastic about having dessert for breakfast. The adults loved risotto, but the teen suddenly had someplace to be once dinner started.
Thursday’s Pantry Challenge Meals
Breakfast: Pumpkin Pancakes
I know what you’re thinking. No eggs? Well, for pumpkin pancakes, that’s no problem. Pumpkin is actually a good substitute for eggs in baking. The pancakes turned out a little thicker but a perfectly acceptable partner for the last of our maple syrup.
Lunch: Pea Pesto Toast
The kids dug into some freezer-burned burritos to make it through lunch, but I turned my frozen peas into pea pesto and spread it on the very last piece of bread I’d hidden for exactly this purpose. It was delicious, and I have no regrets.
Dinner: Chile Verde
Got a jar of green salsa in your fridge and some beans in your pantry? Then you have the fixings for chili. I dumped a jar of salsa into a pot, threw in some white beans and added spices and some corn. Meat eaters can also use leftover chicken, pork or turkey. We drizzled bowls with lime juice, added a dollop of yogurt and toasted chopped-up tortillas to make tortilla chips.
Verdict: Things were starting to get to slim pickings, and while no one was going hungry, I wouldn’t say anyone was especially happy with my commitment to this challenge.
Friday’s Pantry Challenge Meals
Breakfast: Homemade Granola
I made a horrifying discovery when taking stock of the pantry. We were out of cereal. Fortunately, we still had some of those rolled oats and pecans from Thanksgiving. So I threw together this easy homemade granola with some dried ginger pieces instead of fruit.
Lunch: Lentil Soup
The kids scrounged some leftovers, but since the adults were home to cook, I made a quick batch of lentil soup using veggie bouillon, carrots, a cup of green lentils and some other frozen veggies.
Dinner: Thai Edamame Burgers
I spotted some edamame in the freezer and decided to make veggie burgers. I used cooked brown rice with the soybeans but then got stuck for something to bind the burgers together until I saw the jar of peanut butter. Enter Thai-flavored soy burgers topped with chopped cabbage pickled in vinegar and old burger buns from the back of the freezer.
Verdict: I thought dinner was pretty inspired, but the kids disagreed. Later I found them in the kitchen heating popcorn kernels on the stove, spraying the popcorn with cooking spray and sprinkling it with a leftover cheese packet from a mac and cheese box. Blame YouTube.
Saturday’s Pantry Challenge Meals
Brunch: Tofu Scramble
We didn’t have eggs, but we did have one lonely container of tofu in the back of the fridge, and that’s practically the same thing. I drained and pressed it, then crumbled it. Seasoned and colored with a little turmeric, this almost passed for an egg scramble with frozen vegetables tossed in.
Verdict: Alas, an Instacart delivery arrived that afternoon with loads of good stuff to refurbish the fridge, but all in all I thought the week went pretty well. The family was happy to have made it and discovered some frugal recipes in the process.
Can You Save Money With a Pantry Challenge?
As far as money-saving ideas go, pantry challenges are a pretty good idea. They help households eliminate food waste and stretch that grocery budget a little more. I’d say we saved about $100-$150 by shopping our own pantry and freezer.
That being said, there are some underlying costs associated with cleaning out your pantry — especially if you subscribe to the idea that time is money. You’ll lose some convenience and choice in the process and spend more time in the kitchen.
As a short-term solution, though, I’d say this year’s pantry challenge was a great idea for saving on the grocery bill. And who doesn’t want to eat that kind of challenge for breakfast?
Kaz Weida is a senior writer at The Penny Hoarder.


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Background: In recent years, a potential beneficial role of Vitamin K in neuromuscular function has been recognised. However, the optimal dietary intake of Vitamin K to support muscle function in the context of falls prevention remains unknown.
Objective: To examine the relationship of dietary Vitamin K1 and K2 with muscle function and long-term injurious fall-related hospitalisations in older women.
Design: Cohort study.
Participants: 1347 community-dwelling older Australian women ≥70 years.
Measurements: A new Australian Vitamin K nutrient database, supplemented with published data, was used to calculate Vitamin K1 and K2 intake from a validated food frequency questionnaire at baseline (1998). Muscle function (grip strength and timed-up-and-go; TUG) as well plasma Vitamin D status (25OHD) were also assessed at baseline. Fall-related hospitalisations over 14.5 years were obtained from linked health records. Multivariable-adjusted logistic regression and Cox-proportional hazard models were used to analyse the data.
Results: Over 14.5 years of follow-up (14,774 person-years), 535 (39.7%) women experienced a fall-related hospitalisation. Compared to women with the lowest Vitamin K1 intake (Quartile 1, median 49 µg/d), those with the highest intake (Quartile 4, median 120 µg/d) had 29% lower odds (OR 0.71 95%CI 0.52-0.97) for slow TUG performance (>10.2 s), and 26% lower relative hazards of a fall-related hospitalisation (HR 0.74 95%CI 0.59-0.93) after multivariable adjustment. These associations were non-linear and plateaued at moderate intakes of ~70-100 µg/d. There was no relation to grip strength. Vitamin K2 intakes were not associated with muscle function or falls.
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Unadulterated silver is more diligently than gold, has the whitest variety and can be tried to please most noteworthy sheen of any metal, it has the most elevated optical reflectivity and is utilized in paper meager sheets to make mirrors and in much more slender, straightforward sheets to make intelligent window medicines in skyscraper buildings.Silvers relationship with the moon and mysterious or strict practices is christian mysticism 1,000’s of year old, it is maybe (questioned) the most established metal to have been refined ever: utilized as cash, for exchange, in services for Agnostic, Christian and Asian customs, as exchange, as settlement, and to enliven the collections of celebrity’s over the entire course of time. The word ‘Silver’ comes from the Indo-European root arg signifying ‘white’ or ‘sparkling’ and furthermore shows up in the Ango-Saxon in different structures, for example, seolfor and siolfor and in the Teutonic as silabar and silbir. Silver’s story is long and rich and loaded up with interest data.
Silver: Argentum (latin) Compound images: (Ag) and the state of the cresent moon. Experimentally and generally silver has numerous one of a kind properties and has been utilized in numerous ways. It is named a delicate, glistening, white change metal and has the most elevated electrical and warm conductivity of any metal. It has been utilized in coins, ingots, gems, silverware and photography and for the strict objects of numerous customs. For 1,000’s of years it was viewed as more valuable than gold. Combinations of silver have numerous business utilizes from plating flatware and adornments, in photography, in dental mixtures, as weld, for brazing, in electrical contacts, batteries, reflects, and printed circuits. silver iodide is utilized in cloud cultivating to create downpour, and silver blast is a strong unstable.
Everybody loves wearing silver adornments, from rappers and rock specialists to wiccans, agnostics, surfers, and people from all strolls of live. Thsi prescious metal gleams delicately or dynamically with seemingly an unworldly, shine and appears as though a cut of caught moonlight worn by the wearer and instilling them with enchanted and magical powers.
Silver gems has been worn for in a real sense 1,000’s of years, a lovely piece of ‘wearable workmanship’ can improve and dramaticise any outfit and carry deference and jealousy to the wearer. Finding a piece of silver gems that feels perfectly for yourself and gives joy to you can be a particularly upbeat second. Customary and present day plans that offer strong expressions about what your identity is and chosen nostalgic pieces can beautify your gem box and your body any season of day or night as any time is the ‘perfect opportunity’ to sport silver.
Whether your adornments falls drowsily from your ears or your neck or stuns splendidly, getting the attention of everybody in the room you will be the focal point of consideration when you wear your ‘wearable craftsmanship.’
For ages silver has been the metal of decision for adornments and ‘objet de craftsmanship’ for the vast majority of supernatural customs. Used to ‘draw down the moon’ during agnostic lunar services and to address the goddesses Lunae, Isis, Diana and Selena silver items are said to engage the wearer or the client with mystic capacities and intutitive discernment. Silver is additionally supposed to quiet and defensive, and as cash been made of silver for 1,000’s of years attracting cash to the wearer is likewise said.
Silver is related with the Moon thus the two are indivisible, when an individual is wearing silver they consequently carry the moon with them any place they proceed to can draw on and utilize the moon’s power at whatever point they need. It is one part of the Incomparable Goddess of All, and assists with keeping her nearby consistently. silver can mirror both the illumination of the moon and the sun thus can likewise function as a defensive safeguard against cynicism.
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Wearing silver adornments can be utilized to upgrade clairvoyant capacities and simultaneously safeguard the wearer against being overpowered. Donning silver while you rest can assist with giving you mystic dreams, time travel or act as an anchor during movement between one reality and another. It brings balance asnd energy to the individuals who feel anxious by their undeniably occupied, forceful yang world.
Silver is a ladylike component and can help the wearer whether male or female to adjust their feelings and keep quiet and loose. While gold’s power transmits outward, silver’s raditate internal changin the wearer from the inside. Chemists related silver with the moon and the female and thought about right close to gold in the progressive system of metals. It was thought to b e the aloof, female and the perfect inverse to the dynamic, male and sunlit (sun oriented) metal, gold. It was utilized in a definitive converging of the contrary energies as gold and silver were images of the extraordinary male/female polarity, that of yin and yang, paradise and earth, highly contrasting.
A long history as to silver control over werewolves and relationship with vampires just upgrades Silvers strong enchanted magic.
Silver’s Mending Properties
Generally silver has been utilized for 100’s maybe 1000’s of years to hold food and wine back from ruining, even today numerous grandmas actually drop a silver coin into the milk to keep it from going off while on the table. Hypocrates, the dad of medication himself, composed that silver had valuable wellbeing and hostile to sickness properties and Hahnemann the dad of Homeopathy concentrated on silver’s properties himself and it is utilized as a homeopathic cure by present day homeopaths.
Medicinally shown to be antibacterial and germicidal in its colloid structure, ‘Colloidal Silver’ is available without a prescription in most wellbeing shops. Colloidal is a term importance, suspended in liquid and ‘colloidal silver’ is made by electrostatically ‘softening’ the silver into unadulterated water where the minuscule particles of silver are held suspended fit to be ingested. Silver has been utilized and is as yet involved today by the clinical calling as a skin salve to speed up recuperating in consumes casualties.


The device manager is one of the most important parts of the MS Windows OS of any kind. It is that section of the windows that has all the devices that have been installed as listed. On the other hand, it is also used to maintain the devices attached to the system. It, therefore, means that the user needs to ensure that the section is accessed to get the work done without any issue and trouble. There are different versions of the windows and therefore the windows device manager can be accessed using different techniques.
This tutorial has been written to ensure that the work is done in line with the requirements when it comes to devising the manager. It also has the processes that can be used to access the device manager in different versions of the windows. The advantages that are associated with the idea are also the ones that are to be considered once this tutorial has been read.
There are several advantages that are associated with the device manager. Some of them have been listed as under:
• The device manager is also one of the options that let the user detect the exact device which is related to the issue which is being created. It also means that the user needs not to look for the other sections as all the malfunctioning devices are listed here. It, therefore, lets the user take the measures to curb the situation.
• This section of the windows is also easy to access. Irrespective of the windows version it is one of the sections that are easy to browse and therefore it does not need any special commands as well as windows to get access to.
• The user also needs to ensure that the devices that are attached to the system are clearly gone through in case the user gets any issue.
• There are different symbols that are used by the manager to depict the faulty devices. It again makes it easy for the user to judge the devices that are not working up to the mark. The process here is too easy and straightforward to follow.
The process of accessing the device manager is different in different windows. In this section of the tutorial, the user will come to know the processes that are associated with the different versions. The processes have been segregated as below:
• Windows 10
• Windows 8
• Windows 7
• Windows XP
Accessing the device manager in windows 10
The user needs to ensure that the process that has been mentioned as below is followed to access the device manager:
1. The user needs to right-click the start menu so that the follow menu appears:
2. The device manager is then to be selected from the list that has been opened:
3. The user can see the device manager windows as follows. It also completes the process in full:
How to access the device manager in windows 8
The process that the user needs to follow has been mentioned below. It is easy to use and therefore the user needs no extra tools to get the work done. The built-in tools are used to get the work done to ensure that the work is done completely:
1. The windows button is pressed to ensure that the following screen appears:
2. The search bar is then to be pressed so that the following menu appears:
3. The user then needs to type in "Device Manager" so that the suggestions pop up:
4. The user then needs to press the device manager tab that appears. This also completes the process in full:
How to access Device Manager in Windows 7
The process that is to be followed has been mentioned as follows. It also means that the user needs to follow the steps that are mentioned as follows:
1. On the desktop the user needs to right-click the My Computer icon so that the following menu appears:
2. The properties tab is then to be accessed to proceed in this regard:
3. On the next window, the Device Manager is to be accessed. It can be seen on the left column as shown:
4. The user can then see the device manager window. It completes the process in full:
How to access the Device Manager in Windows XP
The steps and the process that is to be followed has been mentioned as follows:
1. The Windows + R key is to be pressed to proceed with the process. Within the run window the user needs to type in "devmgmt.msc":
2. The user can then see the device manager window as below. The process completes here in full for windows XP:
The user can follow the same process for accessing the MS windows device manager in windows 10, 8, and 7. For Windows XP the process is slightly different and therefore the user needs to ensure that it is followed completely to get to the desired panel with ease and satisfaction.
With the advancement in windows, OS the device manager software is also getting to new heights. It means that the user gets the work done relatively easy and therefore the device manager lists the advanced functions as well. For the users who are in habit of accessing the device manager to troubleshoot the devices are requested to change the version of the windows to get the work done. It will not only bring forth the best terminologies but will also assure that the user gets complete satisfaction when it comes to the attached devices.


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In 2017, former Pittsburgh City Councilmember Dan Gilman and former Allegheny County Councilmember Tom Baker declared October 1-8 Chess Week in the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County to honor Queens Gambit and the educational and social impact of chess in the community.
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Assessing the progress toward lower priced long range battery electric vehicles
Journal article, 2019
The aim of this study is to show the progress in attributes and prices of battery electric vehicles (BEV) and to analyse in which market segments long range BEV can be produced at comparable cost to conventional cars. We assess 48 models available to consumers since 1997, collecting data on attributes, weight and vehicle prices. We also provide an analysis of recent progress in battery pack costs. Based on this data, the share of BEV vehicle price that is related to the battery pack is modelled. To illustrate future progress we estimate when it is possible to produce a BEV with a 200 mile range in a given price percentile. We find that the price percentile where the price of a BEV is comparable to conventional cars changes in a nonlinear way when battery pack costs fall below 200–250 USD/kWh. Furthermore, we show that battery pack costs of 150 USD/kWh could imply that production costs of a BEV with a 200 mile range are cost competitive for almost 50% of the US car market segments by 2020. Finally, the most critical conditions for this development are discussed and assessed by sensitivity analysis applying conservative values to our model.
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I haven’t had opportunity to take part in Friday Fictioneers for a while, so I’m enjoying getting back into the swing of things this week. The photo is courtesy of Peter Abbey To take part in the 100-word story challenge visit Rochelle here. My story is below the picture.
A HOUSE DIVIDED
The lush Georgia countryside stretched and drowsed along the river. Union troops who had crossed the enclosed bridge lay behind trees and bushes, rifles ready. Their informant had guaranteed the Rebs would be hauling cannon and ammunition across the bridge just before sundown.
Bennett tasted bile; his heart pounded. From the time he’d made his choice, he’d known this moment was bound to come, but he wasn’t ready. Men and wagons approached the bridge, unaware, steadily making their way across. Leading the contingent was the younger brother he’d helped raise. Tears traced Bennett’s dirty cheeks as he aimed his rifle.


Roc Nation, a full-service entertainment company, has purchased Sensorium Corporation's SENSO tokens. SENSO is the in-platform currency of Sensorium Galaxy — a digital metaverse bringing people together through high-quality virtual entertainment developed in partnership with chart-topping artists and the globally recognized nightlife mogul Yann Pissenem. This vast entertainment-focused metaverse consists of multiple virtual worlds, each of which features a particular type of content. High-caliber performers like David Guetta, Carl Cox, Armin van Buuren, and Black Coffee are among the first lineup of artists confirmed for PRISM — a world dedicated to all sorts of musical expressions. In a similar fashion to in-game currencies, SENSO is used for all value transactions within the ecosystem. Participants use these tokens to access shows of their favorite artists on the platform, subscribe to premium content, customize their avatars, upgrade features, issue NFTs, as well as execute other actions. Desiree Perez, CEO, Roc Nation: "Sensorium Galaxy is well-positioned to take the entertainment industry to the next level. Their digital metaverse has a strong focus on quality, which is exactly what we want for our extensive artist base."
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There have been some big changes in my kitchen this week and it’s made a huge difference to the feel of the room. Yes, I’ve installed some new lighting and I honestly think they are the coolest mid-century style lights you’ll ever find…Well, anything would have been better than the light fitting we previously had in the kitchen. It was one of those old office-style flourescent tube-lights. I think it might have been there for about 30 years – would the mid-80s be the right kind of era for that style of lighting? Just look at the colour of the ceiling beneath the strip light when we moved it! Yes, that was the colour of the whole ceiling when we first moved into our house and it took about 3 coats of good base-coat paint to cover it up. It had been so long since we painted the ceiling (over a year now) that I’d forgotten how bad it was. There’s nothing like uncovering a manky bit of ceiling to make you feel like you’ve already come a long way.The new light that we’d got to replace it was one that actually made me squeal when I opened up the delivery. It’s a super-shiny copper multi-spot fitting and I found it reduced in the Iconic Lights sale. It’s such a cool atomic shape – just right for the kitchen of a 1950s house. Of course, with all electrical wiring, you should get a professional to attach the light for you. But it doesn’t take much time and is simply a case of fixing a base-plate onto the ceiling (thankfully we knew where the wooden beam was after removing the old tube light) and screwing the pendant fitting into place (after it’s wired in). The light comes with a much longer flex that we’ve used, so you could have it hanging much lower over a dining table. Plus, it would suit rooms with higher ceilings too. Can you imagine how cool this would look in an ornate high-ceiling-ed Georgian kitchen?? The success of this light installation spurred me on. I loved just how 50s my thrifty kitchen makeover was becoming and I started to think about ways that I could make it look even more diner-esque. A neon light was the answer! I’d been admiring neon lights for years but always thought that they’d be waaaay out of my budget. After all, I’d seen so many photos on instagram of God’s Own Junkyard and I know that those neon lights are a small fortune! So I thought that I’d probably never have the chance to own one, until I discovered GetGingersnap.com, that is!I found my dream neon light – a shooting star – on their website, and I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the price (considerably less than the lights I’d seen online so far!). I’d describe this company as a neon and LED (and letterboard) specialist so you can imagine how many items I wanted to add to my shopping basket while I was browsing the site.Remember my DIY kitchen chairs makeover? I chose an aqua coloured oilcloth fabric to re-cover the seats solely for the pretty all-over star pattern. I’ve got a bit of a thing about stars (but I don’t need to tell you that if you’ve seen my home office, haha!) so my heart skipped a beat when I saw a neon star light on the website. And to top it all off, it was a rather swish light with blue AND white neon elements.I was so excited when it arrived and I had it up on the wall within minutes. My it-sometimes-keeps-time-clock that had once hung in the mini alcove was replace with my glorious glowing star light. It was the perfect fit for the space. The acrylic back-board reflects the light a little which makes it seem even brighter.I love turning the light on in the evenings and imagining that I’m eating my dinner in a 50s diner. The cool glow of the neon mixes with the warm light from the atomic light and creates a rainbow-esque light effect in the room. I love it!What do you think of my new lighting solutions? Let me know if you too have a ‘thing’ for neon lights (or stars, for that matter) in the comments below 🙂
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Art by Norman E. Masters
in the night, a guitar was being strummed softly."
from PARADISE PLAYLAND
Mr. Anderson was a small pale man who early every morning during the summer season could be seen rolling down the old and faded awning of the small must-odored shop which he owned, NATHAN'S NOVELTY SHOPPE.
Jody remembered how slowly he moved and how he looked in his white shirt with the faint blue stripes underneath a shiny black satin vest, sitting on the porch of the shop in his rocker in the dim rose twilight, so pale that from a distance he looked like a faded flower which had merely been painted onto the rocker after being cut out from one of his sister's paper doll books. He was very quiet in the evenings as he sat there, nothing moving except one spidery hand, the faint tip of a cigar pearling.
He talked to Jody of many things.
One night he drew a muffin-thick watch from his pocket. "See the brand name?" he asked Jody.
"Yeah," Jody said, squinting.
"This is the watch that made the dollar famous," he said, drawing on his cigar. "'Cept they made it too famous. People after a while began to associate their name with the dollar watch. Result : their higher-priced watches didn't sell."
"Gee, Mr. Anderson," Jody said, "I never thought of it that way before."
And of life:
He didn't want his life to be uncertain, as everyone's was bound to be. It was not neat and meticulous, but had a lot of painful jagged edges, edges which when his wife had died had almost made him want to... He wanted to do things precisely and then not worry about them... Clockwise, as it were.
Almost every Sunday morning during the summer Jody helped Mr. Anderson make ice cream in an old-fashioned ice cream freezer. The color of the freezer made it look as if it had been painted with melted snow which had been found along the railroad tracks. Jody fastened the clothespin in the top of the tall cool silvery cylinder after he had poured in the smooth thick warm yellow liquid made from a dishpanful of milk and Junket mix. Then, around the cylinder, he poured in the chopped ice which he'd gotten from the coal company on the way back from Sunday School.
Putting the slitted cover on, Jody cranked the handle for a good half hour.
And finally, the best part -- taking off the cover, pushing the cracked ice away carefully and removing the cylinder cover; then lifting out the dasher and cleaning it off with a big spoon. Sound of spoon against wooden dasher and on all the little turns and twirls of metal. How cool the cylinder felt when he carried it in to the icebox and the damp mark it made up the front of his t-shirt.
One time there was a clock set upon a counter of Nathan's Novelty Shoppe.
It was a small glass-enclosed clock of china with two small people and a mechanical band (piano, violin and bass drum) on it. The clock played upon the hour :
"Just a song at twilight|
When the lights are low
And the flick'ring shadows
Softly come and go..."
The man and woman were miniature relics of a bygone day; he smoking a tiny, just visible, cigarette (it seemed as though you could almost smell it) and wearing a straw hat, bow tie, pin-stripe suit and button-up shoes. The lady, in an old-fashioned hat and dress, wore upon her finger a cameo ring, ivory.
The band played: the bass drum beat, the violin scraped, the piano played, and the man and woman danced in small twirling circles, stopping and returning to their positions a minute later, still for another fifty-nine minutes.
It was nearly autumn that year, almost time to close PARADISE PLAYLAND for another season. It always seemed like the saddest time of the year. There was the soft spill of light from the concessions along the boardwalk trailing out softly across the sand, leaving no jagged edges. There were fires along the beach, and somewhere in the night, a guitar was being strummed softly.
"That's a nice clock," Jody said, looking out toward the playland through the open door.
"Sure is," Mr. Anderson said. "Made in Switzerland."
"Yep. In 1892."
"Gee, that's sure nice."
"Would you like to have it?"
"Gosh, yeah. How much? I can give it to my mother for her birthday next month."
"Take it with you. It's yours."
"Thanks, Mr. Anderson," Jody said, placing his hands tenderly on the glass case. "Thanks a lot." He picked it up admiringly.
"One thing about that clock. It's never been a minute slow. Tells time exactly. Worth more'n a lotta people."
The next morning was when the OUT OF BUSINESS sign was tacked on the front door and the door itself was locked. Jody went in through the cellar door and up into the kitchen, where there was no mess at all. The dishes had all been washed and neatly stacked in the cupboard. On the table was a note from him :
There is a little ice cream left. Finish
it if you wish. I hope your mother enjoys
the clock. This life at least had no
Wondering, Jody pushed open the door into Mr. Anderson's bedroom, where he had never been before. The body was lying very neatly in the center of the bed. And then he was running. That afternoon he went out on Paradise Lake and lay floating on an inner tube, still a little afraid because there was something so very frightening about the way Mr. Anderson's eyes had been fixed on his thick pocket watch which was slowly revolving; first clockwise, then counter-clockwise, clockwise and then counter-clockwise, clockwise...
[pp. 4 - 7, PARADISE PLAYLAND by Paul Powlesland, NO-EYED MONSTER #17, Summer 1969]


This simple but elegant Craftsman style home was built to include three bedrooms and a bonus room above the kitchen. The home also includes four bathrooms, sunroom, breakfast room, laundry/mud room, formal dining room, and very comfortable great room that is open to the kitchen for entertaining. The home was 3600 square foot Craftsman style ranch house. Hardwood floors, window seats, fireplace and a bubbler tub, were some of the many additional features of this home.
An extra tall garage, and direct access to the basement from the garage would make any husband happy!
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And the journey continues.…I am intimidated by the book of Romans yet, the more I’ve studied it, the more I’ve grown to love and understand it. I have 2 favorite chapters in this complex book that speak to my heart. Today I’m focusing on Romans Chapter 5 later in another blog, I’ll get to Chapter 8. Here are the first 5 verses and verse 8 from Romans Chapter 5.
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us…..8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
By chapter 5 Paul has reached a conclusion in his arguments as he uses the word therefore to begin this chapter. Because of what he has written before, he then concludes the following and what a conclusion it is! We are justified (declared not guilty of sin) by our faith in Jesus. We have peace of heart and soul because of what Jesus did for us on the cross. Through faith in Jesus, we now have eternal hope and stand in a position of grace (unmerited favor) before God. Paul tells us that our character will change as we accept Jesus in our life! Knowing Christ brings a life of faith trials which Paul calls sufferings. The suffering we do for and with Christ produces character we could never achieve on our own. We will have endurance, hope and God’s love in our hearts. Even though we are sinners, we can be cleaned up and declared not guilty before God because of Jesus’ work on the cross and His resurrection from the dead. Wow!
I also chose verse 8 because it shows how undeserving I am. As a sinner, I cannot find a way to God but through Christ. God knew my sinful state and loved me anyway. He loved me enough to send Jesus to died for me. That is amazing love!
Paul continues on in verses 9-11 “Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.”
Paul also concludes that since God has declared us not guilty of sin through our faith in the work of Jesus on the cross, we are new in character and no longer enemies of God. God is holy and cannot abide sin so faith in Jesus saves us and brings us into a relationship with God, reconciled to Him. God desires a relationship with you and me. So He made a way through Jesus for this reconciliation to take place.
I stand amazed at the depth of God’s love, His sacrifice on my behalf and the character changing process He has begun in me through faith in Jesus the Son. Let these words of life, love and hope sink deep into your soul today and be encouraged because you are loved by God and your faith in Jesus can and will transform you! Praise God!


On Service Voices – Monday 02.12.19 from 6 to 7pm Adelaide Time (or listen again any time after 7pm)
DEBBIE ROBSON: The SWH and the Aussie women who served in it.
This month 102 years ago, a British female doctor called Elsie Inglis died. Elsie was almost 50 years old when World War One was declared. She offered her medical skills to the War Office, and was resoundingly rejected with the words, “My good lady, go home and sit still.”
Sitting still at home had never been one of Elsie’s strengths. She contacted the Scottish Federation of Women’s Suffrage Societies with the intention of forming independent medical units staffed by women, in order to support Allied troops where they were needed most. She was able to establish the Scottish Women’s Hospitals for Foreign Service (the SWH), and they sent medical teams to Belgium, France, Serbia and Russia. Many Australian women served in these units. They saved countless lives during WW1 and alleviated untold suffering. Today Debbie Robson brings us the story of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals, and some of the Australians who served in them.
Please tune in and I hope you enjoy hearing about these marvellous women.
Scottish Women’s Hospital at Ostrovo – Source: Wikimedia Commons
I am so excited! I have been invited by Helen McLeod Meyer from Radio Adelaide to give a talk on the Scottish Women’s Hospitals for her Christmas Day 2019 Scottish Broadcast.
Since 2010 when I stumbled upon this marvellous organisation I have been inspired by what this group of women achieved 100 years ago. There is so much history I want to cover: how the organisation was formed, how they efficiently ran dressing stations and field hospitals in France, Corsica, Greece, Macedonia, Romania and in Serbia and how they raised the standards of hygiene and disease management in the theatre of war.
That’s just to name a few points. Don’t get me started on all the wonderful women that worked in the field hospitals, including several Australians – Chief Medical Officers, orderlies, ambulance drivers, sanitation workers, nurses and surgeons. I am looking forward to putting together a half hour talk. The challenge will be to limit myself to that time frame when there is so much to tell.
Descendants of pioneering Scotswoman Dr Elsie Inglis gathered at her grave today (within Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh) to mark the centenary of her death and pay tribute to her remarkable accomplishments in establishing and running the Scottish Women’s Hospitals during World War One. Photo source: Lenny Warren / Warren Media
The story of Elsie Inglis and The Scottish Women’s Hospitals is an amazing story that should be more widely known and I was so pleased to hear, earlier this year, that there would be Centenary commemorations for this marvellous woman at St Giles Cathedral on the 29th November. Although I couldn’t attend I was very excited to receive an invitation.
When war broke out in 1914 the Government put out a call for doctors and nurses to help on the front line. “Elsie was more than willing to play her part. She went first to the military authorities in Edinburgh and then to London to the War Office itself to offer her services, only to be told: “My good lady, go home and sit still.”
Of course she didn’t sit still. She went on to form what soon became known as the Scottish Women’s Hospitals which “served the war effort from 1914 to 1919 and were not finally disbanded until 1925. They started off in Calais supporting Belgian soldiers, but their main locations were four hospitals in France, two in Corsica, two in Greece, one in Macedonia, two in Romania and six in Serbia. There were also a number of satellite hospitals and dressing stations.
As a writer, discovering the existence of the SWH was life changing and of course led me to write a novel inspired by the movement and Australian women who worked at the field hospital in Ostrovo, including the novelist Miles Franklin. I am indebted to Alan Cumming for keeping me company on this journey of discovery and to Ann Wells for the gift of the booklet that was given out at the commemoration and from which I have quoted. Also for the use of the photo above. Luckily for historians and writers there are quite a few good biographies and memoirs written by members of the SWH. Contact me through this website and I can give you my full list.
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