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Tips When Searching For Commercial Real Estate For Your Business

If you are planning to invest in a piece of real estate for business or commercial use, there are quite a few things to keep in mind. You will need to do a lot of research before you even step foot into a property so that you can avoid making a hasty decision. Here are some helpful hints to consider when you are on a search for the commercial property:

Find Out If the Property Will Be Zoned For Your Business

As you begin your search, you need to consider the zoning of the commercial property and whether or not your desired business will be allowed. Some properties will not be zoned for every type of endeavor. If you are looking at a property near office suites, you may not be allowed to open a retail shop or daycare center. This way, you will not waste time by searching out and visiting properties that will not accommodate your business.

Pay Attention to the Initial Impression

As you approach the property, pay attention to your initial impression that you get when you see it. Chances are, potential customers will have a similar impression as you. If your impression is negative, chances are your clients or customers will feel the same. Look at the appearance of the building, the neighborhood, and the surrounding businesses as well. Depending on your business, the impression of the building may dictate success or failure.

Look For Indoor Defects

Once you have settled on a few properties to look at, there are some specific details that you need to be on the lookout for. Obvious defects include broken or damaged flooring, ceilings, and light fixtures. You should also look, or have a professional look at the air conditioning system. If you are leasing the property, the owner will be responsible for making repairs. But, if you are purchasing the property, you will need to know how much of a maintenance budget you will need to keep the air conditioning system and other mechanical aspects of the building in good repair.

Investing in a piece of commercial real estate is a fun and exciting step, but it is crucial to be patient and do your research. Always work with a commercial property broker or realtor so that they can provide you with their advice and expertise, particularly when it comes to structural aspects of the building. You will want to have as much information as possible before making a big leap.

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A New Home by Christmas

When I was born, my parents lived in a tiny, brick home. The small house only had one bathroom. And the laundry room could be reached only by going outside and venturing to the side of the house. Thankfully, my family purchased a new home when I was in the seventh grade. The new place was approximately twice as large as the old home. We moved into this sprawling farmhouse a couple of days before Christmas. I will never forget how amazing the first few days of living in this new place felt. On this blog, I hope you will discover some tips to help you purchase your dream home by Christmas. Enjoy!

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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Been Without Beans

This post is a part of the Book Reviews programme at Blogadda

There is more to the human body, more than the mind and the heart. Having seen patients with renal ailments from close quarters during my urology postings in houseman ship I had no second thoughts about reading this book. I smiled when my eyes fell on what the book begins with, a quote by John Ruskin who says “There is no wealth greater than life”, all I thought was about how often we realize this.

Only pain pushes us to a doctor. As the author Aditya’s mother rightly says life needs to be lived with more awareness and sensitivity. She adds further “Doing a normal everyday activity, we all take it for granted” talking about how Aditya confides when he is more comfortable passing urine after the kidney transplant. Our body really does work silently, not letting us know of the hundreds of things happening inside each cell. Early detection is another important issue which the book throws light on. The diagnostics of today is very well equipped and far ahead from what we have imagined. It is only that the clinician and the patient have to be aware of it. I say this with my experience in the laboratory. All we need to do is to know and take care of our body religiously, but some diseases and disorders are really inevitable. It is how we treat and face the challenge is what all that matters.

Aditya and his family have done this successfully. Their calmness and composure is reflected throughout the book, right from the first page where Aditya’s mother writes” I had the chance to be associated with the disease”, well not many would open their story  that way. What is more impressive is her commitment to donate her kidney to her son despite herself having a major illness, breast cancer. And the fact that she succeeds at that deserves respect. Every aspect of Aditya’s health and living was carefully planned, and each family member contributed to it. Aditya as his mother says is a good patient, also he is lucky enough to be surrounded by very good caretakers around him. Not many are as blessed as that.

The modesty with which Aditya feels sorry for not taking care of his mother’s kidney after the first transplant, the urge with which his brother Dhananjay helps him out and donates his kidney for the second transplant practically proves ‘For each other’ in their family. Happiness definitely comes with giving and this real life story tells just that, if your life makes a difference in somebody else’s well that is what living is all about.

There are a few medical aspects that the book rightly mentions, firstly about organ donation, what we must know is donating a part of our body does not make us a hero, only if the donor and the recipient are in the best of their health after the donation it is worth all the effort. Secondly medical research is something which most commoners do not know about. It does take rare talent and extreme hard work. When a doctor writes a prescription or does a procedure on a patient there are a ten other doctors, researchers and paramedical staff behind the scene who have toiled day and night to prove that it is the most appropriate thing to do. They deserve some credit too for all that they invent and discover. The afterword by Aditya’s father about doctors could not be more true.

The book does have complicated terms from the field of medicine, difficult initially to relate to unless you are aware of them. But as you progress you will understand what it is all about and of course there is a glossary for help. Shades Of Life intends to make people aware that medical problems as such exist and can be dealt with cheerfully only if life is accepted with limitations, and the book succeeds at that just like Aditya’s family.

PS1: If anybody of them is reading this-

“It was inspiring to read about you. Your courage and commitment towards your well being in togetherness is greatly appreciated. Best wishes to the family”- Dr. Raksha Bhat

PS2: Much thanks to Blogadda for a wonderful book and for making my evening today :)

Friday, August 24, 2012

Ladies Matter

“Ahoy do not touch that! You should never see what is in a lady’s handbag?” yes I said that a few days ago to a dear guy friend of mine when he put his hand on it to take out something. However when I saw this topic 'Taking conversations beyond low pitched whispers' at Blogadda I had to reconsider this queer and pre conceptualized  idea, just one among the many which most of us own. Back to my handbag, frankly it did not have anything that a guy should not see. But yeah being a girl I had to tell him that and he was kind enough not to snub. Many of you may agree with what I did, something similar must have happened to you too. But if you were to look at instances like this from a sensible and simpler perspective, we all live in a very make believe world of femininity where in the open less is said and lesser is done. ‘Ladies Matter’ you see.

A week back or so I had blogged about it when this particular ad was under the limelight, as I said in that post there is a lot more to women empowerment. Matters as sensitive as intimate health are usually camouflaged under hesitancy, fear, myths and misconceptions. This happens even among the well educated. And more so among the men, if you were to ask the best of the gentlemen in town anything about what he knows of women, you will not be surprised if he come up with anything less than appreciably serious. The weak link is this:

“What you do not know, you do not respect”

Thus begins the entire problem. What has happened over the years and is happening in the past few days, everything in the news is proof enough. Also what we should not forget is that there is a thin line between privacy and opening up, knowing is necessary but what you do with the knowing is what is more important. What we know may go against somebody’s dignity, in such circumstances it is better to keep the issue behind the curtain. What we end up doing is keeping everything behind it for all safe purposes, and for that nobody in particular is to be blamed, a fault nevertheless.

The right to know, the responsibility to care and the freedom to share’ well it takes just that to make sure every woman keeps herself in the best of her state. This applies to every man too. I say this as a doctor having seen women, women from all classes who go through the same ordeal. There is no difference among them in fact. There is so much that needs to be done in every department that is concerned, from our thought to our action. A genuine approach by each one is the best start. Because each lady matters, she really does. What needs us and what we need, the sooner we realize and make the others realize the better.

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

All But Over

As darkness creeps
And shadows sleep
The birds fly to their nests
The winds run far and away
While the clouds follow them
The leaves settle in tranquil
When the day meets its night
The moon shines in the sunlight
And me in your love
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Thursday, 29 January 2015

Feed your family for under £50

Is it possible to feed your family for under £50 per week, while still providing healthy, home-cooked food?

I appreciate that I'm in a very lucky position, with my average weekly grocery spend for my family of two adults, a three-year-old and a five-year-old averaging between £70 and £90 per week.  I'd like to reduce that bill a bit.

I'm pretty convinced that I could reduce my spend by buying more pre-prepared food - odd though that sounds.  I know, for example, that I can buy a cake at the supermarket for less money than it costs me to make; that I can buy a frozen pizza for less than it costs me to get mozzarella, ham and pineapple to make my own; that I can get three individual portions of frozen lasagne for less than the minced beef to make my own.  This troubles me.  It troubles me because I like cooking, and I think knowing how to cook is important.  It troubles me because, apart from the obvious economies of scale, how are they making this lasagne so cheaply?  It also troubles me because I know that these pre-prepared and frozen meals contain much more fat, salt, sugar and other preservatives (and other ingredients that I don't even recognise!) than I would put in my home-made versions.  While cutting down on my weekly spending, I don't want to be resorting to ready meals.  I still want to put food on the table that I've made from scratch.  I want to know what's gone into the food.

So, here's my challenge.  I'm going to attempt a Feed for Fifty in February.  If you want to join me that would be great, and please link into this post and comment with a link to your blog below so that I can visit you and see how you're getting on.

Here are some of the things that you can try:

  • more porridge for breakfast.  A box of cereal can be anything up to £3 to last for a week.  A bag of oats costs about 60p and will provide breakfast for at least a week.
  • School dinners - All of Key Stage One (infants) in England are entitled to free school meals, and if you are a low-income family then this entitlement continues.  If you can, take advantage of it - schools are now required to offer balanced meals.  C started off on these free school dinners, but after a few weeks decided that he'd prefer packed lunches...
  • Packed lunches - C has a packed lunch every day, as does Hubby most days.  Bug takes on to pre-school on her two days per week.  For adult packed lunches you could try investing in a thermos cup or bowl, and making a big batch of soup on a Sunday night to be warmed up and put in the flask every day with a home-made bread roll.  A warm and filling lunch for probably about 50p.  Rather than buying guacamole or houmous you can make your own with chickpeas or avocado for about half the price of a tub from the shop.  Equally home-made sausage rolls, home-prepared cous-cous, pasta salad or rice salad are all much more economical than buying prepared ones from the supermarket or deli.  A tray of home-made flapjack or mini buns is probably cheaper than a pack of chocolate biscuits or cakes.
  • Meat deals - you can get different meat deals from different places, for example at Morrisons they do a 3 for £10 deal on different meats, but you can also get great "meat packs" from traditional butchers.  Find out what the deal is where you shop, and plan your menu around the offer.  If you plan carefully, you can probably get six dinners from £10 spent on meat.
  • Make the meat go further - buy a larger joint and use the meat for two meals, and probably some cold meat for lunches too.  Mince and casserole meat can also be made to go further by bulking out the recipes for casseroles, shepherds pie, cottage pie, bolognaise, chilli etc with vegetables and lentils.  A few added mushrooms, sweetcorn, peppers, peas, carrots and lentils make the meat go a lot further.  If you make a large batch, you can also freeze half to eat on another occasion when you might have less cooking time.
  • Menu planning - use the previous two points to plan your menu, making sure that you maximise every item, use things you have in the store-cupboard and freezer and waste as little as possible.
  • Choose where you shop - I would love to shop in markets, farmers' markets, traditional butchers and grocers etc. but because I live in a rural spot, I would have to drive to the town and pay for parking to do this, so unless I'm in town for another purpose, I tend to do supermarket shopping.  I also understand that if supermarket shopping, you can save a lot of money by "taking the Aldi challenge" i.e. shopping at Aldi first, then going to your normal supermarket to pick up the things that you can't get at Aldi.  I don't do this for two reasons: First, shopping with the kids is a nightmare, I certainly wouldn't put myself through it in two supermarkets, and on the days when I'm kid-free I have a lot of jobs to get done, and don't want to waste my time with two supermarkets; Second, I'm afraid that I'm a supermarket snob and I like going to supermarkets where they apologise for the wait (even when there wasn't one) and ask if I'm okay packing my bags.  I don't like going to supermarkets where people throw the produce on the floor and the cashier practically throws the food at you.  Just me.  It's one of my snobberies and I think I'll mostly be sticking to my local supermarket, while using local butchers and markets when I can.
  • Cut down on alcohol - A couple of things really push the price of my shopping up to £90 and beyond sometimes.  On weeks when I'm buying items like batteries, razorblades, laundry detergent... then the bill is higher.  And on weeks when a bottle of wine and a couple of real ales or local ciders are in the trolley.  I tend to buy wine that's on offer, spending about £5 on a £10 bottle of wine, or we buy three or four beers or ciders at around £2 per bottle.  It soon puts the price up.  I'm cheating a bit, as Hubby bought a couple of cases of wine at Christmas time and we've still plenty of that to work through, but I'm going to try to avoid getting beers and ciders this month.
So that's how I'm going to attempt my Feed for Fifty in February.  Join me for a weekly round-up on Grocery Day (Tuesdays in my house) to see how I'm getting on.

p.s. I'm going to add an exemption right from the beginning.  It's Bug's birthday in three weeks time.  We're going to have a meal out, with a cake on her actual birthday, and then she's having a birthday tea at home with a few friends the next day, so I'm budgeting a bit extra for that and without any guilt at all.  She's only going to be four once!

p.p.s. I've linked this to Thrifty Thursday over on Living Well Spending Less.  Check it out and see all the other Thrifty posts!

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

2014 Update

Pretty sure no one reads this anymore, but just in case someone happens across this blog, I think an update might be in order...

The last 2 years has been very eventful!  Infertility has continued to be a part of my life as we strive to complete our family.  We have found much success in using the Follistim / IUI protocol however.  We are so grateful that the treatment that works for us is (fairly) inexpensive and noninvasive.

When Katelyn turned a year old, we headed back to the RE and began treatments again.  Two cycles in, I became pregnant with another little girl.  After a pretty uneventful pregnancy, she was born on Aug 22, 2013.  We named her Brooklyn.

When Brooklyn was 6 months old, just about 2 months ago, we again journeyed to the RE.  We were hoping for one more child and, not knowing how long it would take to become pregnant again, we thought we'd begin sooner rather than later.  Well, cycle #1 worked and we are now pregnant with twins.  It is early, but both are measuring perfectly and have strong heartbeats.  We are holding our breath and hoping for another uneventful pregnancy, ending with 2 beautiful babies.  Our due date is Thanksgiving day.

So here it is, our little update.  I hope it gives encouragement to anyone out there who happens on this blog and dreams of a day when they can be called "mommy".

Brooklyn's Birth...

Twins, due Thanksgiving 2014...

Sunday, March 4, 2012

I'm Back...

I decided to start a new blog just for me. :)  If you are so inclined, I can be found at
In My Life

Monday, December 26, 2011

The End

Sweet Blog Readers,

The time has come to end this blog.  After all, it was written in pursuit of parenthood, and parenthood we have found (at long last).  The purpose of this blog was to share with our cherished baby our journey to find him or her.  This story of how Katelyn came into our family is over, but the story of her life as my daughter and mine as her mother, is just beginning.

I want to thank you readers from the bottom of my heart for your love and support over these last many years.  I have laughed and cried as I read your comments and I can not express what it has meant to me to have such wonderful people lift me up in hard times and celebrate with me during the good ones.  I am indebted to you forever.

To my bloggy friends, I am continuing to follow your blogs.  I know I don't always comment, but I am always reading.

To new readers, I hope my journey helps you in some way.  I am leaving these old posts up here for that very purpose.

And for those still fighting the good fight, I love you.  You are inspiring.  I cry with you and I am cheering for you.  I pray someday you will find joy that far surpasses the pain and I hope you will share the beauty that is parenthood with me. Infertility never goes away, and you never forget the pain, but what waits on the other side is indescribable!

I wish you all a Happy New Year and a 2012 that brings you everything your heart desires.

Much love,
(and Katelyn too!)

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

I've some received emails wondering how Katelyn is doing, and how motherhood is treating me.  Katelyn is doing wonderfully!  She is my sweet, petite little baby and I am in LOVE.  Motherhood is the most thrilling, rewarding and exhausting thing I have ever experienced.  I have reached such clarity with the infertility and can honestly say that Katelyn joined our family in the right way and at the right time.  The waiting was hard, almost unbearable at times, but I wouldn't have changed a thing because this journey brought us our baby girl.  Every tear, every heartache, totally worth it.

So here are some photos of Katelyn's first six weeks!

Just home from the hospital
Sad Face!
First real bath
All clean!
Almost 3 weeks old!
Pumpkin Patch Day
Lookit that kitty!
Napping with Daddy
Happy Halloween!
Daddy Daughter Costumes
I glow!
First day at church - Nov 6
No more pictures!  I'm ready for lunch...
Family Picture
Sly little look
6 weeks old!

Friday, October 28, 2011

A friend posted this quote and I just had to put it on Katelyn's tiny feet...

Sunday, October 9, 2011

First Photo Shoot

Katelyn Marie at 4 days old...

Much thanks to Gwen Hawkins Photography for these beautiful pictures of our baby girl.  We are forever grateful!

Katelyn's Birth Story

On September 30th (my due date), I went to see Dr. M. He informed me that I was dilated to 3+ and asked what my thoughts were on how to proceed. I had always said I didn’t want to induce labor. I wanted her to come on her own. I particularly did not want to induce before 40 weeks, or if my body was making NO progress. Once I made it to 40 weeks and found out my body was progressing, I became more open to the idea. I (and my doctor) was concerned, as my seizure/headaches had returned with the vision impairments. That, along with the extreme swelling, made Dr. M very comfortable with the idea of inducing and they scheduled me for the following Monday morning.

I, however, was not as comfortable. Although I was more open to the idea, I didn’t like it, and began to feel all kinds of guilt about inducing. I started thinking I was “pulling her out before she was ready” and other similar thoughts. It wasn’t that I was miserable and “just wanted her out”, I had other legitimate reasons, but I was still feeling a lot of guilt. I cried a lot of tears. In my gut though, I felt I should keep Monday’s induction appointment and just prayed my body would start labor before then anyway.

As the weekend progressed I did find myself in early labor. Come Monday morning though, the contractions still weren’t consistently regular, so we headed to our induction appointment at 6:30am.

In the car at the hospital parking lot

The long walk into the hospital... Lots of construction going on over there

The hospital was booming with babies, and we had to wait in the main lobby for 2 hours just to get a delivery room. The hospital was also undergoing a switch to completely paperless charting, so the computer system was new, complicated and made the nurses lives horribly difficult. Good times! Needless to say, it was 10:30am before my nurse even hooked up the IV and things got going.

Our luxury delivery sweet! ;) That room was huge!

The contractions became very regular after that, but they were mild enough that we were actually having a fun time talking, getting excited, and trying to convince our family not to come and wait at the hospital. First time moms can labor a while (especially when they are induced). Many times, I’ve heard 12 hours or more!

Relaxing before "active labor" began

A doctor came in around 1pm or so and broke my water. Very soon afterwards, I noticed I no longer wanted to talk when a contraction came along. Ryan and I would be having a conversation and he would go to add a comment and I would say, “Now is the time when you can’t talk, okay?” Then, a minute or so later, I would be okay to talk again. I was dilated to a 4 around this time.

The next hour, the pain intensified. I had decided beforehand that I was open to an epidural, but I would play it by ear. I should have played it by “back” because that is exactly where my contractions went. By far, the worst pain I have ever experienced. I decided to go for the epidural after all. The only problem was they only had 1 anesthesiologist on shift that day, and had also scheduled back-to-back cesarean appointments. For each cesarean, the anesthesiologist would be completely occupied for 1 hour. Which means, unless a nurse could grab him between cesareans, we were on our own. And should he go into another cesarean without coming over to do epidurals, you would have to wait another hour before trying to get him again.

Thus, it was about 3:45pm before he moseyed his way on over to give me an epidural. I was dilated to a 5. The contractions were so bad at this point, the thought of sitting still while I got the epidural was pretty impossible to imagine. But I leaned on Ryan and got through it. Afterward, I laid back down and they told me I would feel much better in about 15 minutes. The nurse checked me again, still at a 5.

And so began the longest 15 minutes of my life. Once I had laid down, the contractions almost immediately changed, and intensified. Instead of being in my back, they now were in my tailbone. I was feeling extreme pressure and a lot of pain. They did not get better, they were feeling worse. The anesthesiologist checked everything to see if there was any reason I would be feeling so much of the pain; my nurse thought he might have done something wrong. After looking me over he said that there was nothing else he could do. I thought, “I can’t go through hours of this. How am I going to make it???”

I was rolling from one side of the bed to the other in pain, telling my nurse that it felt like I had to go to the bathroom badly. Although she had checked me just 15 minutes earlier, she decided to check me again. I was fully dilated. I had gone from a 5 to a 10 in just 15 minutes! My nurse was shocked! The pressure I was feeling was Katelyn's head in my pelvis.  The nurse called Dr. M and told him he better head over to the hospital right away.

Chaos ensued. Well, not really chaos, but I was progressing so quickly, people began to act fast so it felt chaotic to me! There was a nurse shift change and I got a new nurse, who was really excited to come into the situation when I was already ready to go. A baby nurse came in along with an OB assistant, setting up carts of supplies and putting Katelyn’s bed on pre-heat.

I was so ready to push! It is amazing how your body just knows when it’s time. I was still able to feel most everything. They never really bothered to ‘turn up’ the epidural and I had full feeling in both legs, my back, you name it. Although I imagine the epidural might have taken the edge off a little, so that was nice. In one way though, I was happy that I was going to be able to feel the birth of my baby after all.

After setting up all the supplies (and draining my bladder), I finally began pushing around 4:20pm or so. My mom arrived at the hospital and came in the delivery room to watch her granddaughter’s birth. Ryan was next to me the whole time. When the urge to push came, he would grab my leg and pull it up, put his other arm around my neck to support and prop it up, and begin counting. He would count to 10, tell me to breathe, and count to 10 again (usually 4 sets per contraction). He would encourage me to push harder, even though it hurt. He was AMAZING. Later I learned he had assumed he would just be standing there by my head during the pushing part. He had no idea he’d be that involved. You couldn’t tell a bit. I never could have done it without him there.

In the first few pushes, they could already see the top of Katelyn’s head. She would have been out quite quickly, but I had a band of thick muscle just inside that had a hard time stretching. So we worked on slowly trying to get her past it. Soon, Dr. M arrived and took over for the nurse. He is just awesome and I am so glad I chose him to be my doctor.

We pushed for a little while and soon it became necessary for Dr. M to snip that muscle a bit. Very soon after that I clearly felt Katelyn’s head come out. It’s amazing how you can feel exactly what’s happening, even though you can’t see it. Her shoulders came soon after, and then the rest of her little body. She was born at 5:13pm.

In an instant I had a slippery, crying baby on my chest. Our baby girl. She cried for a minute, then became very still and relaxed. She laid there quietly on my chest for a while. It was the most wonderful and surreal moment of my life. I can’t even think about it without tears.

 Ryan cut the cord and after several minutes, I reluctantly let them take her to clean her, wrap her up and give her to Ryan. She weighed 6lb 11oz, measured 19 ¼ inches long, and had an Apgar of 9/9.

It is amazing how wonderful you can feel after delivery! I felt great. The nurse asked if I thought I could stand up, and I just stood right up and walked to the bathroom. I changed gowns and got back in bed. Then Ryan handed Katelyn back to me. I was in love.

We couldn’t keep the family in the waiting room anymore, and soon the room was full of visitors. I loved seeing the happiness and joy on everyone’s faces. We weren’t the only people who waited a long time for this. After about 10 minutes, we cleared the room out and tried breastfeeding, which went pretty well for the first try. After that, I ate a turkey sandwich. Life could not have been better.

Later that night, we were moved to a post-partum room. Because there was another woman in there, Ryan wasn’t allowed to stay, so he left around midnight. I was on my own with Katelyn that night and it went pretty well. I slept about 45 minutes total, but I didn’t mind. I was busy feeding her, changing her, changing myself, and pretty much checking to make sure she was still breathing all night.

The next day, Ryan returned and we had some more visitors stop by. The hospital was busier than ever and my 1 roommate became 3 roommates. Four women in one room, each with their own nurses, OBs, husbands and visitors… it didn’t take long before I wanted OUT.

Eating a sandwich in my cramped little corner.  They didn't let me shower, and I had cried a LOT of happy tears, so I am looking pretty ragged at this point...

Holding our little girl!

Fortunately, Katelyn was perfectly healthy and both my doctor and her doctor gave the okay. That evening, we were discharged.

Going home outfit

I had a going home outfit for me too, but I was so ready to get out of there, I just had them wheel me out in my robe and flip flops!

Ahhh, home sweet home!

It feels so good to have our little girl finally with us. I feel incredibly blessed to have gone through such a short, smooth and complication-free labor. Katelyn is everything I dreamed of and more. We are blessed beyond measure, and grateful beyond words.

Everywhere in nature we are taught the lessons of patience and waiting. We want things a long time before we get them, and the fact that we wanted them a long time makes them all the more precious when they come.
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APAD 209: Orchids in the city

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Beautiful orchids, aren’t they?
They adorn the garden of the newly-opened spa in the same street where my little bro lives.

If I’m not mistaken, there was another business establishment in the same spot where the spa is now. I don’t remember it now but it might be a restaurant. Business in the city come and go. For every shop, restaurant, or spa that shuts down, a new one opens and takes its place. Just like that; a cycle of sorts.

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  2. Great shot!

    Have a fabulous week.

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  3. will be more beautiful if photo has been take a little closer:)

    Visiting for MYM! Hope you can visit me too:)

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Sorry for the no picture post. I'm currently at school right now and just need to get my thoughts out. These first two weeks of school have been already stressful. I'm taking Painting, Figure Drawing (nude models), Art History, and Pattern Making II. I can already feel the workload piling on top of me. It's just project after project and these projects take at least 4 hours to complete. For Art History, it's a textbook type of class and I haven't been in this type of "textbook vibe" in over a year now so have to start getting used to it. I have my first Art History class in about an hour and 45 minutes and I'm kind of getting nervous. Hopefully class goes well and the people and professor are pleasant. I can tell that my wardrobe is slowing going to turn into dark skinny jeans and some sort of top with flats because I won't even have time to pick out something so called "interesting."

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Cascade Control System

It there is more than one control systems are added together in a process the control system is called cascade control system.

Block diagram of cascade control system

The inherent interaction that occurs between two control systems in many applications is used in one control loop determined by measurement of a different variable for which interaction exists.

block diagram of cascade control system

Two measurements are taken from the system. Each is used in its own control loop. Set point of inner loop is decided by controller output of outer loop. Cascade control provides better control of the outer loop variable than is accomplished through a single variable system.

cascade control system process
Example of Cascade control system

The temperature controller generates the correction signal based on the actual temperature. This correction signal is used as the set point input to a flow controller. The flow controller signal positions the control valve, which regulates the flow of hot liquid from the vessel.

example of cascade control system
If temperature of heating tank fluid rises above the set point the temperature controller generates pneumatic signal which acts as the set point to the flow controller. Flow controller closes the control valve that decreases the flow of heating fluid so as to get the desired heating effect. Similarly the heating fluid temperature falls below the desired heating effect.

Advantages of cascade control system

The flow controller is much faster than the temperature controller due to much shorter dead time in the secondary loop than in the original single loop system.

The temperature controller with an integral mode remains in the design to ensure zero for all disturbance source.

Feedback control system or closed loop control system

There are number of techniques used for process control system that are useful in the analysis and design of modern process control system. Feedback control system is a type used in this type of control system.
In this feedback control system output is measured and compared with input reference signal. The deviation (error) between the two is used by the controller which will send the output so that error of system becomes zero.

In this example, feedback control system can be explained. In which the output Ca is continuously measured using level sensor and feedback to be compared with input (desired, set (or) reference) level Cd. The error e= (Cd-Ca) is used to adjust the control value by means of an actuator.

level control system

Advantage of feedback control system

It is very simple technique that compensates for all disturbances
The controller adjusts the controlled variable (affected by the disturbance) with the set point (reference).
The feedback control loop does not care for the disturbance entering into the process. It tries only to minimum the value of error by compensating for all disturbances.

Disadvantage of feedback control system

It does not take corrective action until after the disturbance has upset the process and generates an error signal.
The feedback controllers continue changing its output until measurement and set point are in agreement.
It solves the problems by trial and error method and thus causes oscillatory response of a feedback loop.

Optical Torsion meter

Basic Principle

Due to torque, an angular twist (angular displacement) occurs on the shaft between its ends. This angle of twist is measured by using optical means where in angular deflection of light rays is proportional to twist and hence the torque.

Construction of optical torsion meter

optical torsion meter

The main parts of an optical torsion meter as follows:

A shaft is used on which two casting M and N are connected at a known distance.
A tension strip linking the two castings.
Two mirrors which are fitted and aligned on the castings.
A light beam falling on the mirrors, an optical system and a torque calibrated scale.

Operation of optical torsion meter

When the shaft is transmitting torque, a relative movement occurs between castings M and N, and due to this, the mirrors will change position ( partial inclination between the two mirrors) since they are attached to the castings.

As the mirrors are constantly made to reflect a light beam on the torque calibrated scale, due to the changed position of the mirrors, there will be an angular deflection of the light rays which is measured from the calibrated scale.

This angular deflection of the light rays is proportional to the twist on the shaft (relative movement of casting M and N) and hence the torque of the shaft.

Applications of optical torsion meter

It is used in steam turbines and I.C engines

Mechanical Torsion Meter

Mechanical torsion meter is used to measure torque developed by a machine.

Basic principle of mechanical torsion meter

When a shaft is connected between a driving engine and driven load, a twist (angular displacement) occurs on the shaft between its ends. This angle of twist is measured and calibrated in terms of torque.

Construction of mechanical torsion meter

The main parts of the mechanical torsion meter are as follows:

  1. A shaft which has two drums and two flanges mounted on its ends as shown in the diagram.
  2. One drum carries a pointer and other drum has a torque calibrated scale.
  3. A stroboscope is used to take readings on a rotating shaft.

Operation of mechanical torsion meter:

  1. One end of the shaft of the torsion meter is connected to the driving engine and its other end to the driven load.
  2. An angle of twist is experienced by the shaft along its length between the two flanges which is proportional to the torque applied to the shaft.
  3. A measure of this angle of twist becomes a measure of torque when calibrated.
  4. The angular twist caused is observed on the torque calibrated scale corresponding to the position of the pointer. As the scale on the drum is rotating, reading cannot be taken directly. Hence a stroboscope is used. The stroboscope’s flashing light is made to fall on the scale and the flashing frequency is adjusted till a stationary image is obtained. Then the scale reading is noted.

Application of mechanical torsion meter

  • Simple and inexpensive method
  • Power of shaft can be calculated (flashing frequency gives information about speed).

Limitation of mechanical torsion meter

Poor accuracy due to small displacement of the pointer.
Sensitivity is reduced even due to small variation in speed.
It can be used only on shafts rotating at a constant speed.

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List of Instrumentation and Control Engineering Companies in India

I have prepared a list of instrumentation and control engineering based companies in India, which you should must know.

National Instruments:

National Instruments transforms the way engineers and scientists around the world design, prototype, and deploy systems for test, control, and embedded design applications. Using NI open graphical programming software and modular hardware, customers at more than 30,000 companies annually simplify development, increase productivity, and dramatically reduce time to market. From testing next-generation gaming systems to creating breakthrough medical devices, NI customers continuously develop innovative technologies that impact millions of people.

If you are interested in this company you may send a mail to

ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact.

Go to the Careers Section to Search Jobs

Larsen & Tourbo:

Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) is India's largest engineering and construction conglomerate with additional interests in electricals, electronics and IT. A strong customer-focus approach and constant quest for top-class quality have enabled L&T to attain and sustain leadership over 6 decades.

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Robert Bosch

Robert Bosch is leading manufacture of automobile Instruments. Robert Bosch and Mico are jointly working in India.

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Designer and supplier of digital signal processing solutions and semiconductor products. Includes corporate and investor data, products, and employment.

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From jet engines to power generation, financial services to plastics, and medical imaging to news and information, GE people worldwide are dedicated to turning imaginative ideas into leading products and services that help solve some of the world's toughest problems.

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Suzlon Energy is Asia's strongest growing fully integrated wind power company and ranks amongst the top ten in the world. Suzlon integrates consultancy, design, manufacturing, operation and maintenance services to provide customers with total wind power solutions.

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Apna Technologies

ApnaTech is on the constant lookout for Intrepreneurs who are Excited about Personally Building a GREAT Organization and who can think miles ahead while focused on EXECUTING what they are doing right now with concrete understanding of the basics and passionate in Core Engineering.

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Whirlybird Electronics was founded to establish a benchmark in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGV). Our primary domain is Avionics with indigenous development of Inertial Navigation Systems (INS).

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Please checkout the list of various opening below & to apply, mail your resumes to:

Committed to innovative growth, Essar Group speaks the new language of success. The Group is judiciously invested in the commodity, annuity and services businesses

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be a part of the Essar family?

Resistors and Types of Resistors

A very basic component that all the engineers including instrumentation discipline should know about. A resistor is a passive component. It introduces resistance. Resistance is defined as the property of the material which opposes the flow of current. Since the resistors have no polarity they can be connected in the circuit in either direction.

R = (PL)/A

Where, R = Resistance (W)
L = Length of the conductor (m)
A = Area of cross-section of conductor (m^2)
P = Specific resistance or resistivity of the material.

This resistance value of a resistor depends upon physical dimensions of the resistor and resistivity of the conducting material used.

Resistors are used in electronic circuits to:

  1. Limit the flow of current
  2. Provide load
  3. Produce a desired voltage drop.
  4. To control gain
  5. Fix time constants etc.,

Types of resistors

Resistors are broadly classified into two types on the basis of the nature of value of resistance.

  1. Fixed resistor
  2. Variable resistor.

The below image is a chart on the types of resistors, click on it to enlarge.

Fixed resistor

The fixed resistors are further classified into two types. They are

  1. High stability type
  2. General Purpose type

High stability type

High stability types are further classified into four types

  1. Cracked carbon resistors
  2. Metal film resistors
  3. Metal oxide resistors
  4. Wire wound resistors

General Purpose type

Carbon composition resistors are called general fixed resistors. They are two types.

  1. Solid cylindrical types
  2. Film types

Solid cylindrical type is divided into two types

  1. Un- Insulated molded type
  2. Insulated molded type

General purpose variable resistors

This is divided into three types

  1. Carbon composition variable resistors
  2. Wire Wound Variable resistors
  3. Precision type variable resistors

Precision type variable resistors

This is subdivided into

  1. Precision variable potentiometers
  2. Trimming potentiometers

Precision variable potentiometers
It is divided into two types:

  1. Film types
  2. Wire wound type

Trimming potentiometers

  1. Rectilinear
  2. Rotary
Use the above image to have a clear cut idea on classification of resistors

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Monday, July 04, 2011

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Today i learned some more deeply about site collection data backup with all attributes of sites such as versions of contents,security permission level.file compression during export and import of the site using sharepoint 2010 powershell cmdlets.
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Tag Archives: minimalism

Intent of the Day: Clean House

I am never five minutes into stripping the clutter from my life before I start running into
the clutter that is my life.
-Robert Brault

It’s funny how our home space says so much about our brain space. For some, the clutter in their brain is the opposite of their spotless home. For others, the exact opposite. For still others, the clutter they feel is exactly the picture you discover when you enter their living space. Sometimes the overwhelming feeling can feel very debilitating. Sometimes it’s the weight that keeps you from feeling like you can dive into something new. There is something important about the practice of deciding what needs to move forward with you and what needs to be let go that extends beyond just getting rid of stuff.  Either way, cleaning house figuratively and literally is a great task to take on as you prepare for a new year!

Our intent of the day is to clean house! Thinking about it? Here’s why it’s good for you! Continue reading

Can You Downgrade Your Living Space Clutter To Only 100 Personal Possessions?

Thanks to the internet, one brave individual or gutsy family can go through a very challenging lifestyle makeover, publicize their journey on the web, and then inspire others to do the same. Six Items Or Less is a web challenge for men and women to get by with only six items of clothing for at least a whole month. The Great American Apparel Diet challenges people to not buy a single new article of clothing for an entire year. The Uniform Project, which began from one woman’s personal challenge to wear one black dress and spruce it up with different vintage, handmade, reused or donated accessories for an entire year, has now evolved into an internet meme where brave fashionistas all over the net are seeing how much they can do with just one outfit and a whole lot of creative accessorizing for an entire year (no new purchases allowed).

Here is another cool web challenge that falls into the same vein of downsizing and consuming less: The 100 Thing Challenge, started by blogger Dave Bruno. Can you simplify all of your personal possessions to just one hundred items?

Before you balk at the impossibility of this task, some general guidelines to follow: shared items (like your family’s cookware) don’t count. Neither do non-personal items that are there for a strictly utilitarian reason (cleaning supplies, basic tools, an emergency kit, eating utensils). Collections can count as one item, so your library of books, rare baseball cards or extensive snowglobe collection? Safe–for now.

Now how about all the other stuff that you have in your house or living space? All of your T-shirts, jackets, hats, shoes, cell phone, computer, T.V., family heirlooms, tacky Christmas ornaments, old vacation souvenirs, artwork, calendars, notebooks, pens, bike, et. al–is it possible to downgrade to only a mere 100 items?

A great blog post on zen habits chronicles one man’s challenge to pare down his personal possessions to not just 100 items–but 42! His reasons for decluttering and his process for doing so are both worth the read for anybody interested in doing the same.

So do you think you are ready to undergo a massive downgrade of stuff? Even if you can’t get to 100–or 100 is too easy for you–the point is that all of us really can be just as happy with a whole lot less.

Reading about other people’s decluttering challenges definitely inspires me to start getting rid of junk that is currently taking up space in my small studio apartment. I am definitely motivated to grab a moving box, fill it with unwanted junk, and get it to the closest Salvation Army so I can enjoy more open space all the time!

Some general decluttering tips:
– Have a regular decluttering schedule at least a few times a year. At the bare minimum, seasonal decluttering is a good goal to aim for. Cycling unwanted stuff out of your living space at the end of every month is a lot more manageable than every sporadic few years.
– If you’re going to have a garage sale or yard sale, see if you can team up with another neighbor or friend. It’ll at least make the day-long chore of strangers shifting through your outdated clothes, thinking about buying them, and then walking away a less depressing process.
– See how giving away your unwanted junk can benefit others. I love it when my unwanted junk becomes useful for another person. Host a clothing and accessories swap with friends. See if your old printer will be of use to a non-profit organization. And then there’s always the Salvation Army, where your donated stuff can be purchased for cheap by a family in need.
– Think of how much lighter you will feel when you clear up more space. When we own a lot of stuff, the stuff starts to own us: our happiness, our attention, and our sense of identity. Imagine how wonderful you will feel when you’ve reduced your personal possessions by 50 percent and you can enjoy a simple bouquet of freshly cut flowers on the kitchen table instead of five magazines, old vacation souvenirs and useless electronics. The spiritual cliche proves itself to be true again and again: the more we let go of our earthly possessions, the greater opportunity we have to expand in spirit.
– You can cherish and honor the memory without cherishing the stuff, which is just stuff. Sentimentality and nostalgia–the two kill-joys of efficient decluttering. Worried that donating family Christmas ornaments to a thrift store is akin to throwing away your family memories in the garbage? In the words of decluttering and organizing expert Julie Morgenstern, remember to SHED: "separate the treasures, heave the trash, embrace your identity from within and drive yourself forward."
– Once you’ve gotten rid of your unwanted stuff, be extremely conscious about future purchases that will take up space. Decluttering defeats its purpose if a few months later you are going to buy more stuff that will take up the newly opened space, which will get trashed in next year’s massive possession purge. Keep up the simplified life, and always challenge yourself to simplify more.

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Joel Gum was parked on the right shoulder of Eastbound Interstate 96 in Michigan when a 75 year old man crossed over the right lane and drove up the back of the carrier that Joel already had loaded with a disabled vehicle and struck Joel in the process. Joel was taken to the hospital where he passed away. Joel left behind many family members and a very saddened sister and brother-in-law Tracy & Shawn.

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1993 WTC Bombing

What’s not made clear in the N.Y. TIMES articles is the FBI threatened to deport Salem if he didn’t ALLOW THE FBI to substitute REAL BOMB PARTS for the FAKE BOMB PARTS.

Salem said the FBI broke in his apartment and replaced the fake bomb parts and left real bomb parts instead.

When Salem noticed this, Salem immed. telephoned his contact with the FBI, agent Anticev and the following recording proves the conversation they had…it’s even a matter of U.S. District court record.


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Thursday, December 31, 2009

You've Got to Start Somewhere

Another blog, and why read it? Honestly do, don't, it's not about you. It's about me, keeping me honest. Recalling the line from the movie encoded on the female cultural DNA, Pretty Woman, "Do you have goals; you've got to have goals," succinctly sums up the reason for this blog. A girls got to have goals. And, it helps if you write them down. And, it helps even more if you make them public. It makes it a little harder to do a little editorial, apply a little spin, you get the idea. Sure it's a cliche to start such a thing on New Year's Eve, but why not? It's authentic, it's sincere, and what better time? (Right, one of those goals might just need to be stop apologizing and justifying, but let's take it one step at a time shall we, Rome and all that.)

So where is this coming from? Why share it? I'm just like you. I'm not particularly remarkable. I'm a basically happy individual, actually pretty blessed to be honest, and grateful to. But...(you knew that was coming right?) as happens in many lives, things start to drift, life gets busy and messy, and somehow the goals get guiltily pushed aside. So this is me, making me live mine out in words and deeds, one little day at a time.

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Cydia Сounts 18 Million Jailbroken Devices in Six Weeks

Saurik reports that about 18 million devices were counted by Cydia in the last six weeks, between untethered jailbreak release and iOS 6.1.3 which blocks this jailbreak. According to Forbes:

In the six weeks since evasi0n was released, however, close to 18 million devices have already been jailbroken, according to data from Jay Freeman, the administrator of the Cydia app store for jailbroken devices. He says he’s counted 18.2 million unique devices running iOS 6 visiting Cydia, including 13.8 million iPhones, 3.4 million iPads, and 1.1 million iPod Touches. Those numbers vastly exceed previous jailbreaks such as Jailbreakme 3, a popular hacking tool for iOS released in the summer of 2011 that was used on around 2 million devices, according to a count at the time by creator Nicholas Allegra.

The jailbreak game is not over. Famous hacker planetbeing says that at least one bug remains unpatched. Hackers will search for other ones for sure.

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Your Wedding For Less | Tip #18

Trying to find ways to save money while not compromising on the beauty and feel of your wedding day? A great way to to do this is to have your escort cards double as favors. Think about ways to incorporate your style, theme, and colors into your favors and have them double as the seating cards. One way is to take a packet of seeds your guest can plant later and use construction paper on the front to place their names. Another idea is take some construction paper, wrap king sized candy bars, and personalized each one with the guest's name and table number.

Napkins rings! bake cookies, before baking use a cookie cutter to cut a hole and decorate to your style. Roll napkins and insert into the hole, placing it at the table setting.

Using Cupcakes? box them up and they can also serve as the favor.

Small silver frames used as place cards. Other decorative favors (such as small votive) can be grouped around your centerpieces with a personalized tag, or even placed on the center of each plate.

If your favors aren't personalized, you can place them in an attractive container near the door with a "please take one" sign. Or if they're stackable, create a beautiful "favor tower," possibly modeled after the cake table.

"Double-duty" favors are the easiest to figure out, have fun with them, get creative!

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AGTC and SAFC Create Strategic Partnership to Provide Gene Therapy Manufacturing Services

GAINESVILLE, Fla. and CARLSBAD, Calif., June 24, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq:AGTC), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare eye diseases, and SAFC Commercial (SAFC), the Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq:SIAL) business unit that manufactures specialty chemicals and biologics for commercial life science applications, today announced that they signed an agreement to have SAFC provide gene therapy manufacturing services to companies developing gene-based therapies. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will co-market AGTC's proprietary HAVE manufacturing method with SAFC's cGMP manufacturing capabilities. AGTC will assist clients in engineering AAV-based vectors and the associated helper viruses for HAVE-based manufacturing activities. SAFC will manufacture AAV vectors with the HAVE system to either support initial research or in accordance with cGMP requirements to support clinical trial development and eventual commercial production. Through this partnership, clients will also have access to bio-manufacturing testing services from BioReliance, SAFC's biologics and early-development services business.

"AGTC has established an effective and productive relationship with SAFC to manufacture AAV-based vectors for our own portfolio of gene-based product candidates for rare eye diseases," said Sue Washer, President and CEO of AGTC. "AAV vectors have broad potential in treating a variety of genetic diseases, but until recently, could not be manufactured at clinical and commercial scale in a cost-effective manner. Our proprietary HAVE system overcomes these difficulties. In partnering with SAFC, we can now make our AAV manufacturing platform available to academic and corporate organizations that are pursuing gene-based therapies. SAFC is an excellent partner for this endeavor because it is a leading biologics CMO, has substantial expertise with our HAVE system and is known for providing a high level of service to its contract manufacturing customers."

"SAFC is committed to providing our customers with high-quality and timely cGMP manufacturing services," said David M. Backer, Sr. Director & General Manager at SAFC. "AGTC's proprietary HAVE system for manufacturing AAV vectors is an excellent fit for our portfolio of services and is consistent with the level of quality and technical capabilities that our customers expect from us. We believe that partnering with AGTC to provide gene therapy manufacturing services is an effective way to make this important technology available to a broader audience, and may help to expedite the development of novel therapies."

AAV is a naturally occurring virus that has never been known to cause disease in humans. It is a small, simple virus with only two genes. Using AGTC's proprietary HAVE process, this simplicity facilitates the engineering of AAV vectors that deliver DNA sequences that can correct the underlying cause of genetic diseases. AGTC's proprietary manufacturing method uses a recombinant herpes simplex virus (HSV) complementation system to produce high-titer, high potency AAV vector stocks that are purified via completely scalable methods.  AGTC has tested AAV vectors produced with this system in clinical trials involving more than 100 patients in several disease indications.

Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

About AGTC

AGTC is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that uses its proprietary gene therapy platform to develop products designed to transform the lives of patients with severe inherited orphan diseases in ophthalmology.  AGTC's lead product candidates, which are each in the preclinical stage, focus on X-linked retinoschisis, achromatopsia and X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, which are rare diseases of the eye, caused by mutations in single genes, that significantly affect visual function and currently lack effective medical treatments.  For additional information visit

About SAFC

SAFC Commercial, the custom manufacturing and services business unit of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, is recognized as a top 10 global specialty chemicals and biologics supplier.  As a trusted manufacturer for the life science and high-technology industries, SAFC works closely with customers to resolve development challenges and accelerate the product pipeline using its global "Centers of Excellence" and dedicated manufacturing facilities.  Its rich portfolio includes high-purity inorganic materials for high-technology applications, critical raw materials and extensive biologics safety testing services for biopharmaceutical manufacturing, and complex, high-potent APIs and key intermediates for pharmaceutical manufacturing.  For more information, visit

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Mar 1, 2017

Dr. Karen Amstutz Appointed to Medicaid Innovator Accelerator Program Coordinating Committee

Group charged with determining measures to help improve quality and lower costs in state Medicaid programs

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Magellan Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGLN) today announced that Dr. Karen Amstutz, Magellan's chief medical officer, has been appointed to the National Quality Forum's (NQF) Medicaid Innovator Accelerator Program's (IAP) Coordinating Committee. The committee is tasked with identifying and recommending measures in four program areas to help support states' efforts related to payment and delivery system reforms.

The four IAP program areas are:

"I'm honored to serve as a member of this committee and excited to work with my colleagues as we develop key metrics by which state Medicaid programs can measure both quality and cost," said Amstutz. "The areas with which this group is charged with reviewing align closely with the expertise and experience Magellan Health brings to the market. I look forward to leveraging our collective experience as we seek to raise quality standards for Medicaid members and reign in costs for the state and federal government."

"NQF's multi-stakeholder coordinating committee and expert panel members are leading important work to identify measures to support states' efforts to design and implement Medicaid delivery reforms that improve the health and healthcare for Medicaid beneficiaries," said Margaret Terry, RN, senior director, NQF. "The Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program will provide timely guidance on measure sets to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services that address these program areas."

About Magellan Health: Magellan Health, Inc. is a leader in managing the fastest growing, most complex areas of health, including special populations, complete pharmacy benefits and other specialty areas of healthcare. Magellan supports innovative ways of accessing better health through technology, while remaining focused on the critical personal relationships that are necessary to achieve a healthy, vibrant life. Magellan's customers include health plans and other managed care organizations, employers, labor unions, various military and governmental agencies and third-party administrators. For more information, visit

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5 ways to live longer – that you didn’t already know

The life expectancy of people in the Western world is continuing to rise as developments are made in medicine and our own understanding of a healthy lifestyle improves.
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And the Irish are at the forefront of this trend. Provided they take good care of themselves, women in Ireland can now hope to reach their 83rd birthday, and men their 78th. Both those expectancies are higher than the EU average.

There were 389 people aged 100 and over living in Ireland in 2011. That is a whopping thirteen times more than the 30 Irish centurions of 1951. In a little over half a century, the Irish life expectancy has increased by an estimated 20 years.

Most members of the public know that a balanced diet and regular exercise are good ways to maintain your health and increase your chances of living longer, and of course it is advisable for everyone to try and live their lives in this way.

But are there any other tips for living a long and healthy life that we don’t already know?

Professor Donal O’Shea, of St Columcille’s Hospital in Loughlinstown, spoke to the Irish Independent earlier this year, about some of the best lifestyle choices you can make to help you live a long and happy life, some of which you may not have already been aware of.

Have a purpose in life

Living and working towards an achievable goal will improve your overall mental and physical health, and improve your chances of a long life. Psychological Science carried out a 14-year study on people aged between 20 and 75. They found that those who lived with a purpose and a goal were more likely to live longer.

Whatever the purpose is, it should be challenging but achievable. There is no purpose in getting up to working a dead-end job and vegging out in front of the television day after day. Those with plans and ambitions to achieve something are more focused and ultimately healthier. It doesn’t mean that if you don’t turn into Mark Zuckerberg overnight then you’re doomed. Working towards a new promotion, or saving for a bigger house, or taking your grandchildren to the cinema every Tuesday evening are all good reasons to stay alive.

Make friends – good ones, and lots of them

The explosion of social media into our lives over the past decade has left many with hundreds, or even thousands, of ‘friends’. That is fine, but make sure you also have a strong network of people that you actually see and meet on a regular basis.

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A strong group of friends can be beneficial to your health for a number of reasons. Emotional support during troubles, and laughter and love are key requirements for a healthy state of mind. Going out socially also adds welcome variety to our lives, and gives the chance to break away from the boring day-to-day routine.

People who don’t regularly socialise are more likely to feel isolated and suffer confidence issues, which can lead to depression.

To back it up with facts, Utah’s Brigham University did a study on the importance of strong social circles, and found that people who regularly see their friends are 50% more likely to live a long life than those who don’t.

Don’t over-exercise

Do exercise, but not so much that your body is physically aching. A common mistake made by people trying to lose weight is to run their bodies into the ground with over-the-top fitness schedules. This can actually do more harm than good, with injuries, weakened immune systems, and even heart problems possible side-effects of extreme exercise. Of course running an Iron Man competition is OK if you have prepared for it correctly and are physically ready. But it is not the best way to start your new fitness regime. Generally, if it feels like punishment, then it’s too much.

Professor O’Shea said: “You need to get an hour of moderate to vigorous exercise a day, 365 days of the year. Occasional extreme activity, such as a cycling race is fine, but if it’s done every day it’s not.”

Have a glass of red wine

It is widely thought that a small glass of red wine with your evening meal is beneficial to your health. The antioxidants in red wine are believed to help protect the lining of blood vessels in your heart, which reduced the chances of heart disease.

Drinking a glass of wine with your dinner also helps you to relax, and puts you in a good mood.

Moderation is the key. One small glass for women, and two for a man are the recommended daily intake of wine. Any more than that, and the damaging effects of the alcohol will begin to outweigh the benefits.

Take your time when eating and stop at 80% full

Instead of wolfing down your dinner in a matter of minutes, it is far more beneficial to take your time and eat at a more leisurely pace. This means your body can start digesting smaller amounts of food straight away, rather than having a large amount of substance to get to work on all in one go. This speeds up your metabolism and means less fat is stored in the body, as it is all being digested and used immediately.

It is also advisable to stop eating before you feel full. Feeling full means your stomach is loaded with all the food it wants to take – more than your body actually needs. Dan Buettner, American writer and explorer, found that the elders in Japan – a country with one of the highest life expectancies in the world – will stop eating when they feel about 80% full rather than eat til they have finished all the food they have in front of them.

Obviously, foods for you to try and work into your weekly diet should be fresh fruit and vegetables and low-fat meats and fish.

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Wednesday, 25 June 2008

A5 Wedding Anniversary

I had a rush request from my daughter this afternoon so had to get a wriggle on while dinner was cooking this evening. This is for her SIL & Bil's anniversary tomorrow.
I fixed a strip of silver netting across the centre of a piece of BP and it is held in place with thin strips of silver mirri card. Cuttlebugged oval with computer generated greeting.

Tuesday, 24 June 2008

A5 First Birthday

First birthday card for my great nephew. My word, that makes me feel old.

Sunday, 22 June 2008

A6 Thank you card

We had a lovely time at our neighbours daughters wedding yesterday and this is a little thank you card for them. I don't usually do A6 cards but this is just the right size for this occasion


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Music Sunday Interview With Singer-Songwriter Talha Nadeem

It’s that time of the week again, folks. Yep, it’s Music Sunday time – and, of course, that means we’ve got another exclusive interview for your reading pleasure. This week, self-taught singer-songwriter Talha Nadeem is in the hot seat to tell us about his success over the singing career

As per usual, don’t forget to check out Talha’s social media links after the jump!

Tell us about yourself?

Im a singer-songwriter from Karachi. I have done MBA from Iqra University and I’m pursuing my dream of becoming a successful musician. Music was my passion since childhood and I started writing songs during my school life. Apart from music I’m a fitness freak, foodie and I love to travel.

How did you start your career ?

Well professionally I started my music career in 2011, when I started doing gigs and concerts in Karachi. Opened for mainstream artists and also made a rock band by the name of Discreet. Initially in my childhood, I use to sing in my school functions and also performed in several events in DHA College, I was awarded best performance award in 2005 Farewell.
In 2013, I released my first single “Dooba Dooba” with official music video. The video was on aired by ARY Music, Play TV and 8xm. I received a lot of appreciation for that song.
Till now I have released 8 official songs with videos and several cover tracks.
Check out my latest song #Talash (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–hj4FNA9zw)
Its really a fresh sound and its hitting the top charts on Taazi and Patari.

Was it your dream to become singer ?

Yes exactly it was a dream which was not easy to achieve and I have come a long way for this. It has been my dream to become a singer since childhood, and it became a reason for my existence, I feel that I express my feelings more easily with my songs. Listening to the classics with my father brought the inner musician in me and I started singing at very early age. There wasn’t much support from the family but still I continued my passion with my studies.

Did you learn music study or its just your passion?

Yes it was a passion but I learned a lot as well in music. Music skills are one of the blessings of GOD, such as voice, sense, memory, harmony etc. but one should always polish the skills in order to become perfect. I have always been appreciated for my voice since childhood but I always wanted to learn music and play an instrument. We never had any musical instrument in our family and relatives but I had this goal of learning music that I fulfilled when I joined NAPA for vocal training after completing my MBA. I learned a lot from there in practical and theory classes from the respectable teachers such as Arshad Mahmood, Nafees Ahmed, Adnan Afaq and many. NAPA is a great institute in Pakistan for learning music. However, I wasn’t able to complete my course there but I attended it around 2 years. I have also learned guitar from multiple teachers and guitar helps a lot me in composing new songs.

who was your inspiration?

My inspirations are many artists in different genres of music and that also changed time by time.
In Pakistani music I’m inspired by one and only Junaid Jamshed (May his soul rest in peace), I grew up listening to his songs, he was my favorite artist. Also I really like Junoon and strings.
In Bollywood, I’m inspired by M. Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Sonu Nigam.
In western music; Chris Cornell (RIP), MJ, Daughtry and Nirvana

what do you think about cokestudio/pepsi battle of the band are the good platforms for the talent?

Both platforms are different and unique in their own league. Coke studio is a huge brand which annually release many songs by famous and new artists and that is the revival of Pakistani Music. Its always a treat to listening to the coke studio and specially the kind of improvisation they do with old songs, adding an interesting variant to each song. In Pakistan, it’s a dream for every singer to become a part of Coke Studio.
Pepsi BOB was a great opportunity for underground bands of Pakistan and they were given a great chance of audition round. They promoted several bands on the basis of their skill and it was great to see new talent and a very different music by several bands. If I was in a band, I would have loved to give an audition in Pepsi BOB.

What are your upcoming new plans?

Currently for this year I have 2 songs to produce, after that my first album “Rahon Main” will be complete with 12 tracks. Also 2 music videos are planned for this year.
For the next year, I have planned for my second album of 10 original tracks which I’ll release upon the completion. Means I’ll not be releasing singles like I have been doing since last 4 years. So after completing second album I’ll release it with a record label and will be doing music videos of selected songs. This is the plan for 2017-18

Any message to your fans who want to persue career in Music field?

Well im not a big or famous artist to give a suggestion to upcoming new artist, im also doing my struggle which is very important, it teaches you a lot and gives amazing experiences.
My message to all is that every artist should be creative and should make new music. When you make something original it reflects your personality and your own creativity which add value to our music industry so I’ll say that “Make New Music” and wish you all the best.
Our artist should do collaborations so that more artists can produce music and such efforts are always beneficial for our local music scene.

Do visit Talha Official Website: www.talhanadeem.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/TalhaNadeemMusic

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Sunday, 20 July 2014

British 35th Regiment and Hanoverian Regiment Hodenberg

The 35th Regiment of Foot was a British regiment raised in 1701 in Northern Ireland. In  1756, the regiment was sent to North America. Their first posting was to the New York frontier to Fort William-Henry surviving the siege in 1757 and the subsequent massacre. They were then sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia to train for the Louisbourg campaign in 1758. Then they took part in the 1759 Quebec campaign. Later they took part in the Martinique and Havana campaigns. Their final posting was to Pensacola Florida when that colony was given to Britain in the treaty of Paris in 1763.
 British Light Infantry (1759) Advancing ( My first depiction of the 35th Regiment was a RAFM Light Infantry company.
I also built some hat companies from  Airfix Washington's Army. However, with bringing this collection to Japan, I have decided to repaint my 35th Regt using
 Revell SYW Prussian Infantry. The figure with shoulder arms will now be repainted as the British 35th Regiment and Hanoverian Regiment Hodenberg
 Left to right: Grenadier company, Hodenberg Regiment, Grenadier company, 35th Regiment of Foot, Battalion company/hat companies, Hodenberg Regt/35th Regiment depending on theatre of operations.

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