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Nufree, not a wax but a soy based product that is 99% antibacterial! That is so great in this day when those who are fearful of cross contamination or break outs.

What is Nufree?

Nufree is the gold standard in hair removal and is carried by thousands of professional salons throughout the world. It was developed over 25 years ago to help plastic surgeons remove hair from a patient before surgery. Here are just a few of the reasons why Nufree is the most effective hair removal treatment in the world.

Nufree is NOT A WAX and never sticks to the skin.

  • Nufree is self-preserving antibacterial/ antimicrobial so its safe, clean and germ free.
  • Nufree is completely BOTANICAL and safe for the entire body.
  • Nufree doesn’t dry and can be erased any time!
  • Nufree is scientifically tested and uses no animal products.

What is Finipil®?

Finipil is a scientifically approved, patented, FDA registered OTC antiseptic made by Equibal Labs which is applied on clients after and in between Nufree hair removal services. This antiseptic cream destroys 99.999% of bacteria and cools and soothes the skin while protecting the empty hair follicle.

  • Kills 99.999% of germs
  • Reduces redness
  • Replaces cataphoresis
  • Dermatologist researched, tested and approved
  • Approved for daily use
  • finipil cools – by dropping the temperature of the empty follicle, freezing away swelling due to water retention, hot showers or aerobic workouts.
  • Prevents infection of the empty hair follicle.
  • finipil should be used daily – on damp skin after showering or bathing to activate it. This keeps the skin sanitary and the follicles clean and free of clogging and foreign matter.
  • finipil protects against ingvrowns – and rids the area of old ingvrowns caused by waxing, shaving at home, and hard water.
  • finipil increases – the time between hair removal treatments when used in conjunction with Nufree.
  • Nufree is the Gold Standard in hair removal. Don’t settle for imitations!

  • Hair Removal with Nufree at All About Skin Spa

    Developed over 30 years ago to remove hair from a patient before plastic surgery nothing is more effective & safe than Nufree. Nufree is the ” gold standard” in hair removal and is safe for over 98% of the body. Because Nufree is not a wax it never sticks to the skin, so clients do not experience the pain, redness or swelling associated with wax treatments. Just silky-smooth skin.

    Nufree actually uproots the entire bulb and hair shaft and does not break the hair off the way depilatories and waxes do. Nufree is the only one antimicrobial, non-wax hair removal system in the world. Patented antibacterial and antimicrobial Finipil is applied after the hair is removed with Nufree. Finipil protects against ingrown hairs and bacteria. When combined with Nufree and used daily, it extends the period between hair removal treatments and helps to stagnate the hair regrowth.

    Any part of the body can be treated with Nufree, including eye brows, face, bikini area, legs, arms, back, abdomen and feet; and it was clinically developed for sensitive skin.

    Bikini hair removal or pubic depilation is the safe removal of body hair in and around the pubic area. Originally meant to prevent the pubic hair from being visible around the edges of a bikini or swimsuit, it now often includes areas covered by bikinis. As general rule of thumb hair needs to be a quarter-inch long if it’s fine and half-inch long if it’s coarse.

    Nufree is applied to the hair and then covered with an epilating strip. After hair is removed Finipil is applied to cool, soothe and protect the skin. Ideally Nufree bikini hair removal should be done every two and a half to three weeks all year round. Hair will be noticeably thinner and will gvrow more slowly leading to less frequent treatments. After about 18 treatments clients return to the salon only once or twice a year. Nufree is 100% Botanical; No Chemicals, No Sugar, No Wax.

    To avoid cross contamination whilst carrying out our hair removal services we use a new spatula each time we make contact with your skin and We never double dip.

    Ladies, shaving leaves skin stubbly and rough, plus the hair grows back thicker, darker, and more noticeable. Not very attractive!

    Waxing leaves skin smoother and the hair grows back softer, lighter, and more slowly, so even when the hair is coming through, it feels soft and is much less noticeable.

    Gals, choose from our standard bikini (including inner thigh line and stomach line – leaving a triangle of hair), Brazilian (as standard but leaving just a strip) or Hollywood (all off leaving no hair).

    • Nosen – $15
    • Lip or chin – $15
    • Cheeks – $25
    • Brow – $20
    • Full Face – $55
    • Ear – $15
    • Underarm – $24
    • Half arm – $35
    • Full arm – $45
    • Bikini – $39
    • Brazilian – $70
    • Lower leg – $40
    • Upper leg – $65
    • Upper leg/bikini – $90
    • Full leg – $95
    • Toes and feet – $15
    • Intimate* – $65-$85

      *Beneath the bikini

  • It used to be that hair removal was strictly a female thing. Unless you were a bodybuilder, cyclist, swimmer, or male exotic dancer, chances are your body hair remained untouched.

    Not so anymore. Experts report that more and more men are opting for the same grooming rights as women – including smooth body skin. Men get more hairy as they get older so body hair removal sometimes becomes more appealing to guys as they get in to their mid-thirties and beyond, however men of all ages from twenty onwards regularly use male hair removal services.

    “Most men don’t necessarily want everything removed, but increasingly they mostly want their back and chest done. At the same time, various media reports suggest that many men are now opting for that longtime staple of female grooming – The Brazilian. But unlike women, for whom hair removal is second nature by junior high school, men often find themselves at a loss for how to deal with excess body hair.

    Gents, at Mens Waxing Palm Springs, here’s the lowdown on the most common hair removal options available today for men by men!

    Hair Removal or Waxing

    Gone are the sticky, gooey, honey-based waxes of the past. In their place are soy waxes, a creamy lotion that’s applied to skin, but adheres only to the hair. Strips of specially prepared cloth are layered over the cream. When the mixture dries, in just a few minutes, the cloths are removed (think of pulling off a bandage) and poof! The hair is gone. Waxing is great for larger areas like those pesky shoulders and back. It lasts 4-6 weeks for most men. It hurts a bit, but not nearly as much as you think, plus it’s sharp but short! Different parts of your body have different levels of sensitivity too, like the small of your back or the tops of your pecs nearest the collarbones tend to be more sensitive. Everyone experiences it differently, because every man has a different resistance to what’s happening. Eventually, after 4 to 6 years of constant waxing, the hair will usually stop growing.

    Guys, whether it’s your shaft, sack, crack, or butt you want to wax, check out our extensive menu and choose the combination that suits you.

    • Nose – $15
    • Cheeks – $25
    • Brow – $20
    • Underarm – $24
    • Half arm – $35
    • Full arm – $45
    • Lower leg – $40
    • Upper leg – $65
    • Full leg – $95
    • Toes and feet – $15
    • Chest – $25-$50
    • Shoulders – $25-$40
    • Back – $30-$60
    • Buttocks – $25-$45
    • Intimate* – $65-$85
    • Full Body Wax – $325
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North Miami Beach police employees in hot water over alleged Santeria birdseed plot

A note to prospective municipal employees: If you’re looking for a way to help out beleaguered colleagues, casting a spell on your boss is probably not the way to go.

Two North Miami Beach employees — one a police officer, the other a department office manager — are in hot water after trying to enlist some supernatural aid in the form of what they believed to be a Santeria practice.

Their alleged target: City Manager Lyndon Bonner, whose plan to slash the police budget prompted protests and union outrage this fall.

Their mystical material: handfuls of birdseed which, according to an internal affairs report, they hoped to scatter in and around Bonner’s fourth-floor office at City Hall.

But when they tried to recruit a janitor to sprinkle the seeds, she balked — and turned them in.

Officer Elizabeth Torres told investigators she meant the manager no harm: “I want to clarify, that it’s nothing malicious and nothing intended to hurt that person.”

She was told last week she faced termination over the August incident, which took place against the backdrop of a contentious budget season. Unionized city employees must go through an appeal process before they can be fired.

Office manager Yvonne Rodriguez, who is not a member of the union, was fired last week for her role in the plot.

While Santeria practitioners have argued that their practice constitutes a legitimate religion and bristle at depictions of the practice as black magic or witchcraft, they acknowledge that public displays of their traditions can spook non-believers. And both adherents and experts say that the Afro-Cuban religion, itself an amalgamation of Catholicism and African spiritual traditions, does not count malice — such as casting harmful spells — as one of its principles.

“Santeria is a very loose term that we on the outside use to generally characterize Afro-Cuban religious expressions. Santeria is not black magic. In fact, true practitioners of Santeria will tell you they are good and would never harm a person,” said Albert Wuaku, a professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University.

Although a city press release sent out Wednesday said both women had been “terminated,’’ a city spokesperson said Torres had not been officially fired and was scheduled to meet with Bonner on Monday to plead her case.

Torres, a 24-year department veteran, told investigators she was motivated in part because she couldn’t attend union protests over budget cuts due to her work and school schedule. She said she does not practice Santeria but said she was familiar with the religion through family members, according to an internal affairs report released Wednesday.

The report found the women violated city rules with conduct that is offensive toward a fellow employee, conduct unbecoming of a city employee and conduct that brings the department into disrepute or reflects discredit on the individual employee.

Torres told police she had a joking conversation with Rodriguez about using birdseeds to get Bonner to “leave the police department alone.”

Torres said she knew the birdseeds would work because her son and daughter moved out of her home after she placed birds in a cage with birdseeds on her front porch.

North Miami Police Chief Larry Gomer has recommended a formal letter of reprimand for Torres and a 240-hour suspension. But in a letter to Torres dated Tuesday, Bonner wrote, “I believe the charges against you are extremely serious and I am considering terminating your employment with the city.”

Torres said she regrets if she possibly made Bonner, who recently came to the city from a post in Okeechobee County, feel vexed — or hexed.

“As misguided and ridiculous as it may seem, this idea popped into my head and I thought, ‘Well, it can’t hurt anybody,’ ” Torres told investigators. “I do regret that it came to the city manager’s attention and may have made him nervous or afraid.”

Rodriguez initially told investigators she did not know what the birdseeds were for, but in a subsequent interview, admitted she was involved.

At one point, investigators found, Rodriguez attempted to reassure the janitor “that nothing bad would happen to [Bonner].”

Torres is the second North Miami Beach officer to face termination over actions related to the fall budget hearings.

In October, Officer William Hobbs was fired after an investigation found he used a city-issued computer to compose a blog post that listed the addresses of two outspoken city activists who supported the police budget cuts, inviting criminals to pay them a visit. Hobbs, hired in 2009, was in line to get a pink slip when he sent the note to a resident’s blog.

The clash between Santeria and local government is not a new issue — at least not in South Florida, where botánicas are a common sight in strip malls from Little Havana to Hialeah.

Veteran Miami-Dade firefighter Adolfo Perez, a Santeria priest, plead guilty to a felony trespass charge in 2006 after it was discovered he had dumped animal remains on private property. The conviction got him a formal reprimand from the fire department.

And most famously, there was the case of a local Santeria church that clashed with Hialeah officials — and which ended with a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the church’s right to perform animal sacrifice within the city limits.

Ernesto Pichardo, who holds the religious title of obá and who spearheaded the historic challenge to Hialeah’s zoning laws, said he suspected city officials may have a cultural bias against Santeria, noting that they may have had a different reaction had the women employed different spiritual expressions.

“If they would have been plotting to spray holy water or holding a crucifix in their hand outside the manager’s office, would their bosses instantly feel the intent to harm? Would they have felt intimidated? They probably would have not.”

But he acknowledged the employees may have used poor judgment — both professionally and spiritually.

“In this case, her plan would have backfired,” said Pichardo, with a laugh. “The only thing I’ve ever heard birdseed being used for is the for the purpose of prosperity.”

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rehashI recently completed the minimum spend to earn the sign up bonus on my Chase Sapphire Reserve card. I was planning to look around for another card to apply for but I didn’t really have to put in any effort.

An awesome offer was e-mailed to me for the Barclay’s Jetblue credit card. I applied right away and was instantly approved! Find out more about the offer below.,

How has your week gone when it comes to miles, points and travel?

Now it’s time to take a look back at some of this past week’s posts in a recap that I like to call, The Rehash!

I’m definitely interested in taking advantage of this offer. Spend $4,000 With The Hyatt Credit Card, Earn A FREE Night.

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I found this a bit shocking. Man Shot In Brooklyn, Orders Uber To Get To Hospital Instead Of 911.

This is pretty cool. Michelin-Starred Restaurant Served Diners On A Ferris Wheel In Budapest.

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Psychic Medium Reveals: How to Develop Your Psychic Ability of Clairsentience Quickly

Psychic Development: Clairsentience & Sacral Chakra

Your psychic power of clairsentience is rooted in your second chakra, the Sacral Chakra. This is the gateway to this amazing ability that you were born with. The word clear is from the French word clair. Sentience comes from the Latin word sentire which means ‘to feel’.

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The Sacral Chakra is orange in color orange in color and spins like a disc in a clockwise direction. This chakra offers us the opportunity to tune into and feel our emotions and the emotions of others. It is here where you will begin to strengthen, unravel and become in tune with your clairsentience.

Let’s begin opening this ability now, together:

In your mind’s eye, take a moment now to see this vibrant orange chakra spinning with vivacious life force. As you begin to work with this chakra more and more, in time, you will begin to feel it. Now, take your attention to the space in your abdomen just an inch below your naval. You might feel sensations even now, as you place your consciousness in this area. What are the sensations? Focus here and begin to tune into this chakra. Let your attention be present in this space for a few moments. This simple act is telling your Higher Self you are ready to open this clairsentience gift fully.

Find Out If You Have the Psychic Gift of Clairsentience

As you concentrate your psychic development training on this chakra, you may start to wonder how you’ll know whether or not you’re clairsentient. If you are predominately clairsentient, you are more likely to say things such as:

  • “The way I feel is…,” instead of saying “What I hear you saying is…”
  • “When I consider this, I feel…,” instead of “I’m hearing you say…”

If you choose the statements that begin with “I feel”, then it is highly likely that you possess some degree of clairsentience. If you choose the statements that have “I hear” in them, then you may be clairaudient, which means that you’re clear hearing gift is strong. So, pay attention to your language!

Let’s take a moment to consider your emotions and feelings as you navigate your day to day life:

  • Take a moment to recall the last theater performance you went to. When you recall this what are your initial impressions? Do you give attention to vivid costumes and colors you saw, the sounds of the music or the performers voices, or to emotions and feelings it brought for you or that you saw in the performers?
  • Do you find yourself feeling the emotions of others?
  • Can you walk into a room and sense the energy and emotion as well as the energy of the people in it?
  • As you work through issues of importance in your life, do you find yourself considering your emotions or the emotions of others?

If these resonate with you and you are finding yourself answer yes to them. Then you are likely clairsentient!

RELATED: Psychic Medium Shares 4 Techniques to Increase Your Clairvoyance Psychic Power

Psychic Development for Beginners Using Clairsentience

Psychic medium explains that clairsentience can also be characterized by paying more attention to your feelings in a situation, as opposed to your experience. If you are clairsentient, then you will get chills throughout your body as you gauge and assess emotions. When this happens, you will become aware of signs, symbols and messages of higher consciousness.

It is also important to understand that you can have two or three different Clairabilities strongly present themselves to you. As you continue to grow and learn in your psychic development, you will be able to determine what your strengths are based upon the way in which you interact with the world.

What Blocks Your Psychic Gift of Clairsentience?

It is possible for clairsentience to be blocked by fear. For instance, if you are afraid that you might feel something scary or painful whenever you use this gift, then you may cause it to become blocked. You should always remember that this gift is rooted in grace and love. Consider writing down a mantra in your journal to remind you that you are open and available for this divine gift and that you want it to grow stronger so you can help others.

Psychic Ability Begins with Intention

Before you go to bed at night say out loud while you also write in your journal, “I am open and available to receiving higher knowing. My clairsentient ability is growing stronger every day. I use my ability to assist myself and others.” Writing and stating your intention out loud sets certainty within your subconscious and will amplify the blossoming of the ability.

How Your Psychic Ability of Clairsentience Will Present

Clairsentient messages can present through your physical body in actual body sensations. Body messages can be felt either outside or inside the body. You may feel a touch on your shoulder or an itch on your skin. These all have meaning. From inside your body, you might notice a twinge inside your belly or an ache inside your foot. Sometimes, I’ll feel a tingling in my hands, which is my symbol for someone who’s very creative. It’s possible to get a combination of inside and outside messages, such as getting the chills, which you feel inwardly as well as getting literal goose bumps on your skin. Chills have become a powerful way of confirming that the evidence I’m receiving is real, letting me know I’m fully tuned in during a reading. Other body codes include a whooshing sound through my ears, a facial twinge or ear ringing. Many people experience these sorts of messages without knowing what they relate to.

I once did a reading where I was drawn to my left ear as the client’s mother came through. Usually, a spirit will present giving some indication via the body of how they passed or something that was going on with them before they passed. I asked the client, “What happened to your mother’s left ear? I asked because I was feeling a slight tinge sensation here. In excitement, she explained her mother had a birth defect that caused a misshaping to her left ear. I didn’t have anything wrong with my ear, but I was given indication of something having happened to the left ear by the sensation to the area during the session.

Physical Awareness: Decoding Intuitive and Psychic Signals and Body Messages

Your body is full of information for you, but you must be consciously aware of the present moment in order to experience it. In this modern age, we’re taught to honor our thinking mind and to ignore or suppress our emotional or physical selves as if we were computer brains walking around with a body attached for convenience. The result is that we’re centered in our left brain constantly. This is why we have to take time and special effort to be aware when we are getting psychic messages and/or our loved ones on the Other Side are trying to speak to us to encourage, warn or applaud us about something going on in our lives.

We’ve all probably had that experience where we feel a slight touch, maybe on the shoulder or head. We look around and see no one. That’s a gift from a spirit. If you’re offering intuitive work or you’re a healer that is a particular code that you will need to decipher.

Pay attention when intuitive messages gently come in, be they through your body or other senses, because you don’t get a written letter! You have to be aware, in the present moment, and tuned in to them because they can be very subtle.

Also, be mindful of the Three Times Rule. When I receive an intuitive message three times, for example, I know that my guides or a loved one are trying to tell me something. So, I listen up and pay attention. If you get a message three times, then that’s your indication that the message is psychic or intuitive guidance.

Psychic Development and a Book of Symbols & Codes

I’ve developed body codes to know what each feeling in my body means. Over time, I have developed a book of these codes. If I feel a poking sensation at my left temple, this has a particular meaning. Or, if I feel something in the area of my liver or stomach, then I know there is an issue of relevance for the person I am in a session with. In meditative state, begin working with your Guides and Higher Self to develop a system of codes that works for you. Also, you don’t need to feel physical pain to recognize the code for a physical issue. Ask your guides and spirit to deliver messages of clairsentience gently.

MORE POWERFUL PSYCHIC TIPS: Dynamic Psychic Development Technique to Strengthen Your Intuition

Psychic Awareness and Development Increases Your Sensitivity

You may notice that as this gift grows, you become more sensitive to emotions and physical feeling sensations in your body. As the ability developed for me, I felt a plethora of new body sensations and awareness. You might even feel a poke to an area of your body to find no one there. These are all normal experiences you may have. Be sure to make note of all the new body sensations and experiences in your journal.

It is important to drink plenty of water, get good sleep and exercise daily. The care and attention you give to healthy body balance will serve to enhance awareness and quick tuning into this ability. As you take care of your body in whatever way works best for you, you’ll begin to know it very well. You’ll know when you get a tightening in your chest that’s not normal for you. You’ll feel that very clearly and know whether it has some kind of a symbolic or literal meaning for you or someone near you.

Essential Oil: A Psychic Development Tip

Psychic mediumThis powerful essential oil, Cinnamon Bark, is known to support psychic development. It is said to enhance clear visualization, psychic visions and the development of your clairvoyance ability to see mental images and impressions. Cinnamon Bark can strengthen your ability to focus and may support in attracting love and harmony. It is linked to the element of fire and assists in opening the first chakra, also known as the root chakra.

How to use Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil:

Topical: Dilute 1 drop with 4 drops of olive oil. Test on small area of skin on the underside of arm. Apply to third eye area, slightly above and between your brow.

Develop Your Psychic Ability of Clairsentience with a Body Balance Meditation

In an effort to begin connecting on a deeper level to your body and the gift of clear feeling, please listen to Episodes 4 and 5 of the Intuitive Hour: Awaken Your Inner Voice:

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  1. I honestly wish I knew this sooner…. So that I could keep all my wacky feelings more hidden due to people dismissing you as too sensitive, gaslighting you, calling you crazy…. You need to learn how to protect yourself.

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Next summit 2019 Micronational Climate Change Charter

The 2018 Micronational Climate Change Charter will be the first edition of the annual Micronational Climate Charter. This first edition will be organized by the Babou Chkaya and the occitanian Minister of the Environment, Ivanna Minaïeva.

According to an idea of Ivanna Minaieva, this charter aims to materialize the commitments of micronational entities on climate change. The charter includes the texts written by each signatory. Each micronation must include in a first part its aquis and in a second its commitments for the next year. Micronations can register freely in the chart below or send their texts to the organizers.

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  • Constitutional legislation encouraging an ecological approach
  • Bicycle use for ministerial trips
  • Selective sorting and recycling of waste

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A photo exhibition in memory of killed Donbass children was held in Greece

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Between June 1 and June 15 in Athens (Greece) on the basis of Dostoevsky Institute a photo exhibition was held in memory of Donbass children, who were killed in the course of Ukraine’s military aggression. The exhibition was timed to the International Children's Day. The event’s organizers were the DPR Representative Center in Greece headed by its chairman Andreas Zafeiris, as well as photographers Irina Lashkevich and Dan Levy.

The DPR Ministry of Foreign Affairs thanks our Greek adherents and all organizers of the exhibition for the support of Donbass inhabitants.


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An explosion in a gas well in the Israeli town of Eilat sent strong emissions of gas all over Aqaba late Wednesday, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The agency quoted an official source as saying that concerned parties were following up on the incident, pointing out that different amounts of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) had leaked from the site of the explosion in Eilat and spread to Aqaba, just across the Bay of Aqaba on the Red Sea.

Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority Commissioner for Economic Development and Investment Affairs Sharhabeel Madi said the gas concentration was measured at 80ppm (concentration measurement unit) at the beginning of the gas leak, and upon treatment, it was lowered to 40ppm, while the safety threshold is 30ppm. The gas, which is mixed with cooking gas for leak detection purposes, can be toxic if its concentration is extremely high in the air.


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Good Things Can Come in Threes…

Today is Sunday, March 26, and I have three things to crow about…

First, today is Mother’s Day in the UK, a day when I get lots of nice prezzies. This date doesn’t coincide with Mother’s Day in other countries around the world, but in Britain (in case anyone didn’t know!) we’re sticklers for tradition. And our Mother’s Day – or as it was  originally called, ‘Mothering Sunday’ – originated several hundred years ago and has gradually evolved to become what it is today, with Mums getting cards and gifts ranging from flowers, chocolates or meals out and so on…

I wrote a post about the history of Mothers’ Day two years ago, and retweeted it last year. It would probably be pushing things a bit to retweet it again but a link to the original post can be found here.

The second thing I’m happy about is that today the clocks have moved forward an hour, putting us into British Summer Time (BST). From October to March we’re on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). In the UK the clocks go forward at 1 am on the last Sunday of March – which, from what I’ve seen on other people’s blogs, is a week or so later than in the US – or, at least, in some areas of the US.

Moving the clocks forward means a lot to me because I loathe the long, dark nights of winter and now daylight lasts an extra hour every evening! Yippee! It does mean that mornings stay dark an hour longer, but that gradually adjusts over the next few weeks. Naturally, in contrast, I whinge and moan every October when we move the clocks back and evenings get dark an hour earlier. Then it’s boo-hoo time!

Many people remember whether clocks move forward or back with this little saying, which I believe came to the UK from ‘across the pond’: Spring forward, fall back.

This is interesting because we haven’t called autumn “fall” in the UK for a few hundred years. Apparently, the word travelled to America with the early settlers and stuck, whereas its use eventually changed to autumn here. According to this site the use of the word was first found in print in 1545 in an archery instruction manual by Queen Elizabeth’s tutor Roger Ascham, who refers to autumn as faule of the leafe.

I don’t intend to write about the reasons behind the moving backwards and forwards of clocks, other than to say it involves daylight saving time (DST) and its use has interesting origins. Perhaps I’ll write about that next year.

My third thing to be happy about today is my latest review of Shadow of the Raven on Amazon UK. I confess, I haven’t read any books by Giles Kristian, so that’s something I’ll do as soon as I finish Book 3 of my trilogy. This is the review, which I’ve just copied from Amazon. I’ve no idea who Catherine is, but I’m very grateful for her lovely review.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read.

By catherine stelfox on 21 Mar. 2017

 Format: Kindle Edition

Well written with fabulous characterisation. I would even go so far as to say that Milli Thom is very nearly up there with Giles Kristian: Strong praise indeed. I’m eagerly looking forward to reading the next two books in the series.
Millie Thom makes every action lend weight and meaning to the story. That the author knows her subject well shows in her attention to detail.
All this contributes in making this book a thrilling reading experience, and my delight in finding a new author who can provide my ongoing cravings for a Viking fix is to be celebrated.

Lovely spring… Who wouldn’t be happy at this time of year?

My Internet Got Up And Went – Yet Again!

Before I start, I must tell you that this is nothing more than a ‘moany’ post – and I’ll try to write something more sensible by tomorrow. Right now I’m having a sulk.

Sometimes I hate living in this village! Pretty as it is, and the surrounding countryside is lovely, our Internet connection is abysmal! Or rather, it’s just downright unreliable.

On Wednesday afternoon, I’d decided to do some catching up on reading posts I’ve missed due to my writing commitments. I’d been on my blog for five minutes and yes… you’ve guessed it… our Internet connection flew out the window. AGAIN!

It’s now Friday afternoon, and we’ve just been reconnected. Engineers couldn’t come out before today so we’ve had two whole days of twiddling our thumbs. The Internet in this village is very slow at the best of times and despite having been promised ‘Superfast Broadband’ for the past two years, we’re still waiting – whist surrounding villages have had it for ages!

shutterstock_199521074Perhaps we’re just too small a village to bother with. But the fact is, there are a lot of people who work from home living here, to whom the Internet is crucial.

The problem regarding losing connection altogether is something else, and no one seems to be able to tell us why this keeps happening – or perhaps the engineers just aren’t telling us.

Anyway, I must apologise to anyone who has left a comment on my last posts which I haven’t replied to. Also, I have several new followers I still need to get back to. Thank you for being so patient and understanding.

Moan over.

Have a great weekend!

A Perfect Relationship

Nettles and Dock Leaves

Today has been a lovely warm, sunny day here in the UK – at least in the small part of it where I live in Nottinghamshire. While I was out on my walk this morning, I was reminded of a couple of photos I took last week. I was actually taking photos of the local cereal crops (another post I need to do!) when I spotted clumps of stinging nettles and, of course, growing alongside them were clumps of dock leaves.

As children we grow up knowing that if we get stung by a nasty old nettle, we immediately get a dock leaf and rub it on the affected area, which by now will have started coming up in horrid little lumps and not feel very nice at all. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been stung by nettles – even fallen into a patch or two as a child. And thank goodness for the good old dock leaf!

A large nettle sting. Ouch. Author: Wilbysuffolk. Creative Commons

Well, today I started thinking about three things: exactly why do nettles sting in the first place, why are dock leaves the perfect antidote for the sting and how come these two plants are always found growing together anyway?

Like many of us, I knew a little about this, and thought I’d look up a bit more once I got home. So here it is.

Most of us will have guessed that nettles contain some kind of chemical that seriously irritates the skin. We may also have thought that dock leaves contain another chemical which, when released as the leaf is crushed by being rubbed against the skin, will neutralise the painful sting of the nettle – an idea that is no longer accepted (as mentioned later on).

Dock Leaves

But, to gain any relief from the dock leaf, old folk lore tells us we should cite this rhyme during the rubbing process. (Personally. I don’t think this will help at all, but you’re welcome to try for yourself! Lol)

Nettle in, Dock
Dock in, Nettle out
Dock rub, Nettle out

The stinging nettle is native to Europe, Asia, northern North Africa and western North America. It has also been introduced elsewhere due to its many beneficial uses, which I won’t go into in this post. It is an herbaceous perennial, meaning that it grows back in the same areas year after year. As for why nettles sting, chemists aren’t exactly sure which chemicals are in the venom, but histamine, acetylchlorine and serotonin are present, and possibly formic acid.

Brennnessel_1 (Species: Urtica dioica.) Creative Commons

Nettle leaves are covered in tiny needle-like hairs called trichomes. When we brush against them them, they break off and penetrate the skin, releasing a cocktail of chemicals into the base of the hair, so causing the sting:

Urtica dioica close-up. Author: Frank Vincentz. Creative Commons

It stands to reason, then, that something containing an alkaline substance would neutralise the effect of the sting. It was previously thought that dock leaves worked for that very reason but now we know there is no scientific evidence that they work by neutralising acids. Dock leaves are not alkaline, as proven by simple Litmus tests.

Dock leaves may soothe nettle stings for a few other reasons. Firstly, simply by rubbing the dock leaf over the sting we spread the acid over a bigger area which reduces its effects. Secondly, rubbing the area releases sap from the leaf, which also produces a soothing effect. Thirdly, it is thought that actually rubbing the area causes other nerves to lessen the signals of the pain-sensing nerves, which may reduce the pain sensation further.

However, there are some species of dock leaf that don’t work, including yellow dock and red dock. This is yellow, or crispy dock:

A plant of the Rumex crispus showing the curled edges of the leaves. Author: Oliver Prichard. Creative Commons

Unfortunately, I can’t find any copyright-free images of red dock to show so here’s a link to Google images: Red Dock

Dock leaves have helped many generations of people to counter the effects of nettle stings, and there is little doubt that they do. But it is now thought possible that rubbing the skin with any kind of leaf will have the same effect.

In the past, dock leaves were often called Butter Dock, simply because farm-made butter was wrapped in long, broad leaves to keep it cool while it was being transported to market. In Chapter 8 of her novel, Adam Bede, published in 1859, George Eliot refers to this through the words of Mrs Poysner:

” Molly,” she said, rather languidly, “just run out and get me a bunch of dock leaves; the butter’s ready to pack now”.

As for my last question about why nettles and dock leaves always grow together, it seems to be just a coincidence. Both plants are early colonisers and will quickly move in and spread in any area of waste or neglected ground.

To finish, here’s the first few lines of a poem by William Barnes (!801-1886). Note how he makes use of that odd little rhyme I quoted above:

Dock Leaves

The dock-leaves that do spread so wide
Up yonder zunny bank’s green zide,
Do bring to mind what we did do
At plaÿ wi’ dock-leaves years agoo:
How we,–when nettles had a-stung
Our little hands, when we wer young,–
Did rub em wi’ a dock, an’ zing
“_Out nettl’, in dock. In dock, out sting._”

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Loudly Sing Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo. Author: Cuculus_canorus_vogelartinfo_chris_romeiks_CHRO791. GNU Free Documentation License

Every year, from April onwards, I listen for the distinctive call of the cuckoo when I’m out on my walk, and yesterday, I was not disappointed. It’s a little later than I’ve heard it in some years, when the spring weather has been warmer and the prevailing winds are more favourable. In 2012, I heard the first cuckoo in March – but that was an unusually warm spring. This year we’ve had some very cold, northerly winds which would not be at all favourable for migratory flights from Africa to Europe.

I find the cuckoo, and its habits, quite fascinating, and decided to look up a few facts about the bird to share on my blog.

The name cuckoo comes from the Old French word cucu. It first appears in 1240 in a poem Sumer is icomen in. In modern English, the first two lines are:

Summer has come in

Loudly sing cuckoo.

The cuckoo’s song can be heard on this video, appropriately titled, Cuckoo Song.  (A few moments of listening to this one might drive you cuckoo!)

The male’s song, goo-ko/cuckoo is usually given from an open perch, often at the top of a tree on the edge of woodland, although cuckoos can often be heard/seen in grassland and reed beds. During the breeding season the call can generally be heard in groups of 10–20 with a rest of only a few seconds between. The first note is higher than the second, as can be heard in the video. (The female call is quite different – more of a loud bubbling sound.) If you hear a cuckoo singing you will probably not see it until it stops, which is when it flies away from its song post.

The adult males have bluish-grey upper parts and a white belly with dark, horizontal barring. Females have two forms. One is similar to the male but the breast is light brown with dark barring and the other is reddish brown, and often covered with dark bars. In flight, the cuckoo can be mistaken for the kestrel or sparrowhawk because of its long tail and swept back wings, although the sparrowhawk does not have pointed wings.

Euopean Cuckoo and Sparrowhawk
Images of a European cuckoo (top) and a sparrowhawk showing the extent of mimicry. Author: Chiswick Chap. Creative Commons.

Other than its distinctive call, the cuckoo is perhaps best known for its breeding habits! It is known as a brood parasite – the only one to breed in Britain. This means that females lay their eggs in the nests of other birds, known as foster species. Certain foster species are preferred, including dunnocks, meadow pipits, reed warblers and robins in Britain, although many more host species have been identified in cuckoo breeding areas. Each female specialises in using a particular host species and will establish a territory in which there are a number of potential foster nests. She will carefully observe activity and wait until the nests are at the right stage. Then she swoops down, ejecting an egg of the host bird and laying one of her own that mimics the markings of those of the host bird’s eggs.

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Four clutches of reed warbler eggs, each with one (larger) cuckoo egg. Author: Chiswick Chap. Creative Commons.

The female is helped in this dastardly deed by her mate who, readily jumps into his role of mimicking a sparrowhawk. His appearance close to the nest is enough to distract the small birds long enough for the female to hop in and deposit her egg.

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Common cuckoo in flight. (Deutch Kuckuck). Author: Vogelartinfo. Creative Commons

The host bird, knowing nothing of this, will incubate and feed the impostor.

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Reed warbler feeding a common cuckoo chick in nest (brood parasitism). Author: Per Harald Oisen. Creative Commons.

Once hatched the cuckoo chick instinctively pushes all other eggs and chicks out of the nest, and continues to thrive. It often grows to be far bigger than its ‘adoptive’ parents.

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Chick of common cuckoo in the nest of a tree pipit. Author: Vladlen666. Creative Commons

As a brood parasite, the cuckoo has become a symbol of infidelity and selfishness. A ‘cuckoo in the nest’ can refer to an unwelcome intruder in a place or situation – or something that grows quickly. In the novel, Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff is introduced by Nelly as a cuckoo’s story – which anyone who has read the book will understand. The word cuckoo is also sometimes used, informally, to describe a mad or psychotic person.

The cuckoo’s behaviour does little to endear it to us – our sympathy goes out to the poor little reed warblers, dunnocks and other birds who lose entire clutches because of it. But as they say, that’s life – and I still like to hear my first cuckoo of the year. Its call really is ‘the harbinger of spring’.

In April I open my bill
In May I sing night and day
In June I change my tune
In July far far I fly
In August away I must

2015 in review

The stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 25,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 9 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

This is the second Annual Review I’ve had from WordPress, although I didn’t post the one from 2014. I hadn’t written too many posts by last Christmas, so it didn’t seem worth posting a review, somehow. I have no such excuse for this year’s, so here it is.

As it’s already 2016, I’m a little late in wishing everyone a Happy New Year, but that wish goes out sincerely to you all. Christmas week is always chaotic in our house, and the last thing I managed to post was on December 22nd. I’ve responded to some comments, and I’ve visited a few blogs, but I know I’ve got a lot of catching up to do.

I want to thank all the wonderful people out there who’ve supported my blog this past year. I’ve loved working on my various posts – even if I did almost wreck the entire blog on one occasion! (here) I’ve also thoroughly enjoyed reading so many great posts from you, and learning so much from them. Most of all, I’ve loved connecting with you – my blogging friends. I feel as though I’ve known many of you for years.

As  some of you know I need to concentrate on my third book this year, so my blog posts will be few and far between for a while. I have a couple to do this coming week, before I slow right down and retreat to the 9th century again. My battle helmet awaits . . .

As 2016 gets going, I’m feeling very positive about the year ahead, and what I can achieve. This is how I feel today . . .

shutterstock_297354932And I can only hope that you all feel the same.

Let’s make 2016 a really great one!

The Mini-Barons Celebrate Christmas

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Throughout this summer the city of Lincoln celebrated the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta at Runneymede.  Only four copies of this ‘Great Charter’ are still in existence today: two in the British Library, one in Salisbury Cathedral and one that belongs to Lincoln Cathedral, but is on display in Lincoln Castle.

As part of the anniversary celebrations in Lincoln the organisers created a Barons’ Charter Trail for children to follow. Twenty five lifesized and colourful ‘barons’ were created and given names like ‘Truck Driver Baron’ and ‘Wild Flower Baron’. They were placed in prominent positions across the city centre and little ‘mini barons’ were produced for people to buy and decorate themselves.

I wrote a post about the Magna Carta, with pictures of the life-sized barons in August (here) but here is a picture of just three of them . . .

. .  and this one had changed his clothes to welcome people to the Christmas market over last weekend:

In September the barons were brought together for one last ‘reunion’ in the castle grounds before they were auctioned off.  Since then, as part of the Christmas festivities in Lincoln, many shops and businesses have been given one of these mini barons to decorate and display in widows, or on check-out counters. Again, the challenge has been to see how many people can find them. Last week we went into ‘downhill Lincoln’ – the main shopping area – and photographed some of the barons we found:

On Friday evening, we went to Lincoln Christmas Market and had a look for a few more of these little barons in shops in the ‘uphill’ part of the city. These are some we found:

The Barons – both big and small – have been good for Lincoln. Along with the Magna Carta and the Sand Sculptures, they have brought many visitors and trade to the city. Last weekend the Christmas market added to the festive feel as 2015 draws to a close. I wonder what 2016 will bring . . .?

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Oops… I Wrecked My Blog!

Last Friday, I was happily playing around on my blog, updating my header image and adding extra pages for easier navigation around the different categories, when all of a sudden I received a message from WordPress. It informed me that my Media file was almost full . . .

Shock horror! What would I do for future posts?

The way forward seemed to me to be obvious. I’d simply have to delete all the images already in my Media file  . . . which is what I proceeded to do! I admit that I had so many photos in the file that I gave up after a while – fortunately, as it turned out.

All seemed well until I noticed that all my images had disappeared from my last post. I just thought I’d have to put those few back in again. Imagine my horror when I realised I’d totally wrecked most of my posts back to early September when I was doing my Malta posts . . .

All those Travel and History posts with big galleries of photos were now totally devoid of photos! So were many of my posts in various other categories. All gone . . .

To cut a long story short, I made my blog private so I could do the repair work necessary.

I’ve spent most of my time since then re-uploading all lost images. What a sad state of affairs.

I realise that the type of posts I do involve a lot of illustrations. So now the files are compressed and re-uploaded so they take up less space.  I’ve also been told there’s a way of getting Wikimedia images straight onto my posts without putting them into the Media library first. I haven’t tried it yet – knowing my luck it would probably wreck my blog… again!

I’m very aware that my Media library is likely to be full again before too long. The only answer to that, as far as I can see, is to upgrade to a Premium blog.

I’ll think more about that when the time arises…

My apologies to all the people who’ve been requesting access to my blog, but I couldn’t possibly allow anyone in to see the mess. Now I think I’ve cleaned it all up. I’ve also missed visiting many people’s blogs, and I can’t see me being able to catch up on everything at the moment, unfortunately.  We’ll see . . .

My Internet Got Up and Went!

Today (Saturday) is the first day I’ve had Internet connection for almost a week! So this is just a quick apology to all those people whose blogs I generally read regularly. I’ll do my best to get to everyone over the next week, but I can’t promise to read every post I’ve missed. Thank you so much to all the people who commented on my Caernarfon post of last Sunday. I’ll reply to them asap.

Needless to say, I’m more than annoyed about this – to be honest, I’ve been tearing my hair out, at times. Internet connection is always dodgy in this small village but we’ve only been without it for this long once before. I drove out to a local restaurant (a Brewers Faye) on Tuesday just to check on emails, but I could hardly sit there all day blogging. Besides, there’s only so much lemonade I can stomach!

My Word of the Week posts are now a week behind Heena’s (challenge organiser) so I’ll have to catch up by doing two at some stage. I also missed out on FFfAW, which is the only flash fiction I do nowadays because of time – or lack of it – while I’m writing Book 3. Not to mention other posts I had planned.

Ah well…these things are sent to try us. Here’s one of the roses in my garden which cheers me up:

Resolutions, Book Reviews And The Weather

During this past week many bloggers have written about New Year resolutions. Several, I note, have decided not to bother with any at all since they profess an inability to keep them. Probably a wise decision, then.

I rarely make resolutions, myself. Not that I don’t admire the determination of those who do – however long that determination may last for.  I’ve got as far as telling myself I’ll do this or that in the coming year, but it’s always been a half-hearted gesture. I suppose I’m fortunate in not needing to lose weight or give up smoking. I’ve never smoked in my life and, according to my husband, I need to put a good stone on! But I know there are lots of other things in which I could show real resolve.

This year I have made one big resolution: to finish the last book of my trilogy. With Book 2 now on Amazon, I need to concentrate on getting Book 3 completed. Then I’ll start on something completely new, although it will still be historical fiction (something I am addicted to!).

Starting a blog on WordPress just over five months ago was one of the best things I did in 2014. I’ve met so many lovely people and have been nominated for two awards, though I’ve still to put my Sisterhood of Bloggers Award on display. I haven’t managed to blog very often, however. I aimed for once a week at first and over Christmas, after finishing Book 2, I managed to do a few extra posts. But I’ll never make a power blogger! My writing time is precious to me, so I just fit in whatever else I can.

Two of my fellow bloggers have reviewed my first book, Shadow of the Raven on their blogs, and I am really grateful to them for that. Both of these people have lovely blogs, with lots of great photos as well as informative posts on a variety of subjects.

The first was in November by the wonderful JF on his blog PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.  He also mentioned my book again yesterday, in his summary of  2014. Thank you JF!

Today came  a second review by a lovely Australian lady, Christine J. Randall, on her blog, Christine R. Thank you, Christine, for the really thorough job you made of it!

I can’t thank these two people enough for the kind things they say about my book. My offer of a free copy of Shadow of the Raven in exchange for an honest review still stands. Two other bloggers have also taken up the offer. My email address is on this page. Just let me know whether you need an ePub or Mobi file, or even a pdf.

Since JF reviewed the book in November, I’ve changed the cover to the one now shown here.  Here are the two different covers. The old one is the very blue one. I’ve also added a couple of much-needed maps to both Book 1 and Book 2, Pit of Vipers.

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Shadow of the Raven (Medium)

Well, next week things will really get back to normal. Most schools here open again on Monday or Tuesday, so that’s holidays over until half-term at the end of February. The weather has been cold again today. (I’m English, so bear with me whilst I wallow in the nation’s preferred topic of conversation.) After having sunshine and 9°C a few days ago, yesterday was miserably grey, and it poured down before brightening up by late afternoon to give very clear skies  – which revealed an amazing full moon and a cloudless sky. Naturally, temperatures plummeted to -5°C and it continued to be freezing all morning. It’s always pretty, though, to see sunshine glistening on the frost.

But I still prefer to be warm! The first picture of me was taken at Wayland’s Smithy in Oxfordshire in June, and the second one in Lincoln (left) with husband, Nick, and Auntie Joan in August. They show how I like the weather to be:

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Mum, Dad and Joan

Life in Britain can never be truly boring. We always have the weather to talk about – fickle as it is.


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‘Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.’ Thich Nhat Hanh

We all know how galling it is when we’re going through a difficult time, and someone exclaims to us in a bright voice, ‘come on, smile, it’s not that bad!’ It’s not likely to cheer us up – if anything, it can make us feel even grumpier!

            On the other hand, we can sometimes hold on to a mood for longer than we need to, through our body posture, the expression on our face, our ruminative thoughts, and behaviours which aren’t going to help us feel any better.

            For example, we might have had an upsetting phone call, and for the next few hours we walk around with an annoyed frown on our face, with our shoulders tense, our breathing fast and shallow, and our thoughts caught up in replaying the conversation and what we should have said and will say next time and so on. These are all natural responses, and it makes sense to try and process what has just occurred, and to plan our next steps.

            However, it’s easy to become stuck in this way of being. We might feel exhausted after a day of this and so we spend five hours in the evening watching some shows on TV we’re not even enjoying, and eating too much and becoming annoyed with ourselves and the TV shows and life in general. We sleep badly and wake up with a stiff neck and feel even more badly done by. In the meantime, all kinds of potentially pleasant interactions and experiences might be around us, but we’re not available to them. Our disgruntled mood becomes a habit rather than a short-term response, closing us off from the possibility of moving beyond the annoying phone call and embracing what life has to offer us right now.

            In her wonderful book ‘Smile or die – how positive thinking fooled America and the world’, Barbara Ehrenreich describes the dark side of a relentless focus on being positive. She gives the example of a worker who has been laid off, and when he doesn’t find a new job immediately, he is blamed for not being positive enough – as if a positive attitude alone were enough to conjure up a job in a depressed employment market which no longer values his skills and training. The smile Thich Nhat Hanh talks about is very different to this – it’s not a smile which ignores the reality of our current situation and our struggles, or pretends that through the power of our mind we have complete control over our lives and can be happy all the time.

            Rather, Thich Nhat Hanh’s smile gives us choices about how we engage with each moment. Sometimes, the simple act of lifting up our head, relaxing the shoulders back and smiling can help us to feel better, to be more hopeful. It also opens us up to positive interactions with other people. Like the children’s song says so beautifully,

            ‘When someone smiles at me, I feel like smiling too.’

Mindfulness practice idea:

For the next week, try to deliberately smile at least once a day – taking the opportunity to pause for a moment, take a breath, and gently smile. What do you notice in your body, and in your mind?

Anja Tanhane


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Startup Breakfast Club: Supernode, KiwiNet and HealthTech Challenge

If you’ve missed meeting and networking with your local startup community, we are super excited to announce that the next Startup Breakfast Club will be a face to face in-person meetup! Woop woop!!

In this month’s meet up, we’ll be hearing all about Christchurch’s future as laid out in the Christchurch Supernode strategy. If you’re a startup, an innovator, or mapping out your ambitious future in our fair city, then this is the day you want to get up early and find out what part you can play in that future.

You’ll also get to hear from Alexandra Stuthridge, Commercialisation Manager at Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet). KiwiNet represents excellent opportunity for research innovators to commercialise their innovation projects for global impact.

We'll also have Marian Johnson speaking about the HealthTech Supernode Challenge and its importance in positioning Christchurch as the hub for healthtech innovation.

There’ll also be free-flowing coffee and delicious Bacon Brothers breakfast as usual, so secure your spot to this FREE event today!

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Boyd Warren

General Manager of Commercial @ChristchurchNZ

Boyd Warren is ChristchurchNZ’s General Manager of Commercial, and tasked with implementing ChristchurchNZ’s revenue, sponsorship and commercial strategies, aimed at supporting the organisation’s various business programmes and projects. He specialises in public-private partnerships and commercial negotiations, ensuring a collaborative approach to city success and prosperity.

Boyd will be speaking about the Supernode strategy in the context of opportunity for ambitious innovators

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Alexandra Stuthridge

Commercialisation Manager @KiwiNet

Alexandra is KiwiNet’s Commercialisation Manager for the South Island, working to turn New Zealand’s scientific research into investor-ready opportunities through PreSeed funding, training and support. No stranger to driving innovation and investment, Alexandra has spent the past five year based in Canada where she built the BioProducts Institute (BPI) into a globally leading research cluster at the University of British Columbia. In this role, she led 69 researchers across 4 faculties, securing >NZD$62M in research-related funding.

Alexandra will be talking to us today about the role of KiwiNet and the opportunity KiwiNet programmes represent for academic researchers.

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Marian Johnson

Chief Awesome Officer @Ministry of Awesome

Marian Johnson is Chief Awesome Officer at Ministry of Awesome. She is an experienced senior executive with 20 years experience developing and executing marketing and business growth strategies for software and edutech startups in NZ as well as with entertainment multinationals Universal Studios and Discovery Networks in the US and Europe.She is passionate about the startup and innovation ecosystem in Canterbury and committed to its ongoing success.

Marian will be talking to us about the upcoming HealthTech Challenge in Christchurch.


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Accident or Design?

Today they’re household names, but it started with a leap of faith: “I saw my chance and the Hashgachah. I reached out and asked if I could design the entire building

qualified in design in Australia and arrived in America very soon after my marriage. My first job was in a tile store, which gave me some outlet for my creativity and skills. At one point, I was helping someone out with a small project, and we had him over for Shabbos. I remember him casually mention that a certain well-known organization was building a new flagship building.

I filed the information away, and then I realized that the chairman of the organization was someone whom my parents had helped out a lot when he was a kid. My father had really helped bring this person up. I saw my chance, and I saw the Hashgachah. I reached out and asked if I could design the entire building. Well, my application had to pass by an entire board, but this chairman pushed it through. I got the job.

Although I was confident I could do it, that maiden project took me a lot longer than it would today. I needed to research as I went along. Something like paint colors, which today takes me seconds to select, was a process. Thankfully, nothing went wrong, and the building was beautiful, which spread my name throughout the community. Today, our offices in New Jersey and Manhattan deal with private and commercial projects of tremendous size and impact, and it’s all based on that first opportunity — and my parents’ kindness accompanying me from across the world.

Susan Strauss, principal designer at Susan Strauss Design, is an interior designer for residential, hospitality, and commercial spaces.

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I just wanna go home.

I'm all up in some feels, trying to work through something right now, and maybe you can help me to make some sense of the conflicted thoughts which are raging in my head right now.

I haven't seen my parents in over a year. My plan... was to go back to the family home in March. You know, for Spring Break. Like I've done many times before.

You know what happened next.

Lockdowns. Closures. Travel restrictions.

We didn't know much then about this COVID-19. We knew it was killing people. It was like some sort of flu-on-steroids. We knew certain demographics were susceptible and we quickly learned that some parts of the country - and world - took it more serious than others.

My parents -- live in a place which, well, I guess took it seriously enough... but not enough... so their numbers have been off the charts. Red. Like, don't go down there unless you want to come back and quarantine for 14 days.

But since that time, we've seen more tests. We know more about the science and the virus. We know what we can do to stay safer... and how we can do our part to work NOT to get this virus.

That's what is in my mind as I think about upcoming time off... travel... and family.

I would take as many tests, give as much blood and more, if I could, to go to see my family. And, I'm ready to do just that...

... but I'd appear tone-deaf, right? If I did? Throwing caution to the wind with travel to do whatever and see whatever?

My birthday is coming up. I'd love to go to Mexico, which is open for business. American commercial airlines are flying tourists to Mexico. I know those who have gone, have come back, and are healthy. They tell me things are clean... the steps to sanitize and fight the virus are frankly more intense overseas than they are here.

But if I go, am I tone-deaf? Reckless? Unsafe? A bad example?

My friend - a brother in so many ways to me but not by blood - is turning 40 soon. We've been talking about gathering for his birthday... in a state with a really high case count. BUT... at their airport, they have COVID testing - rapid and swab - on demand. Yes, there's a cost, and I have a healthcare savings account which will cover it... and I know we'd all be socially-distant, masked and safe... but if I were to go, testing on the way out, on the way back - and when I return... does that make me tone-deaf?

I don't know the answers. That's why I'm writing right now. I know what I'm thinking and I know how I feel... but that 'wild-card' is the variable of some sort of public perception.

So... what do you think?

Have you felt like me?

What did you do? What will you do? Thanksgiving is coming. So as Christmas. How are you... handling this?

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A.J. Hinch talks about his firing

Former Dbacks’ skipper A.J. Hinch was on KTAR radio in Phoenix yesterday talking about getting axed.  He’s mostly diplomatic, talking about how wins and losses are all that matter, but there are times when it seems pretty clear that he resents the fact that his team basically mutinied on him right after he got the job.  Stuff like this:

Handling players, getting people to calm down, I wish I would’ve
been able to do that quicker last summer and been able to move on. … For
the first part of my tenure, it wasn’t about the baseball. It was about
my age and my inexperience as a manager and the hostility on our team.

I don’t know that there’s any way to deal with that kind of skepticism other than to win like a mofo right out of the box. Hinch’s Dbacks lost six of his first seven games, and you can bet that by game five the “who in the hell does this guy think he is” meme had taken hold pretty firmly.

Like I said last week: hiring Hinch was unconventional thinking. I kind of like unconventional thinking so part of me wanted to see the Dbacks’ little experiment succed, but baseball in general does not.  Hinch was probably doomed from the get-go, and as a result, I bet we don’t see a team hire someone without either coaching or managing experience again for a long, long time.


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American Express Says Small Business Primed for Growth

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Survey reveals small business owners are shaking off the effect of a sluggish economy and getting back to growing their companies.

Small business owners are feeling better about their prospects according to new research from American Express OPEN, the card issuer's small business community and resource site.

First, the small business financing drought and cash-crunch caused by the Great Recession has eased. An overwhelming majority of small business owners (93 percent) said they were confident they could access the capital required to grow their businesses. On behalf of American Express, Ebiquity surveyed 1,000 U.S. small business owners and managers whose companies employ fewer than 100 workers and generate $250,000 or more in sales.

Seeking growth opportunities themselves, banks are increasingly looking beyond big and established businesses. "Financial institutions are focused on small business owners," Alice Bredin, small business advisor to American Express OPEN, told Small Business Computing.

From establishing credit to helping secure loans, financial firms are more eager to sit down with small businesses owners and help find the funds to fuel their growth. For example, small businesses racked up nearly $190 billion in purchases using the American Express Open business cards last year, the company reported.

And once they secure their financial footing, entrepreneurs often find that it has a beneficial effect on the rest of their efforts.

"There's a strong thread of optimism weaving it way through everything, from what business owners told us," Bredin said. "When they're optimistic in general, they're optimistic on everything," and it motivates them to pursue strategies that promote growth.

It's more than a just feel-good attitude, Bredin said. "Optimism fuels their outcomes," often manifesting as healthy profits. But to get there, they need a plan.

Small business growth trends

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Nearly two-thirds of survey takers said they created a formal growth plan. Spending her days steeped in statistics and factoids, Bredin said she's "not normally surprised by business numbers." However, the two-thirds finding is the exception. "This number surprised me in a good way," she admitted.

After the Great Recession, small business owners found themselves constantly putting out fires and struggling just to keep the lights on. "They didn't have the mental bandwidth" to consider a brighter future, let alone plan for it, said Bredin.

That most entrepreneurs are drawing up formal business plans is not only indicative of an improved economic landscape, it shows that they are serious about holding their businesses to a higher standard over the long-term. "Let's face it, if you want to get somewhere you need a plan to get there," Bredin said.

Courting Small Business Customers, Eyeing Profits

Another encouraging statistic is that 26 percent of respondents identified increasing customer counts as the most important driver of business growth. "The path to success is paved with customers," Bredin said. "Success for businesses at this juncture is really about finding new customers."

But don't neglect your existing customers, warned Bredin. There's little point in welcoming new clients and buyers through the front door if current customers are scrambling out the back window to escape a noticeable decline in levels of service or quality.

A number of small business owners are also keeping a closer eye on profitability. "Twenty-three percent—almost a quarter—are focused on increasing profits," Bredin said.

While that percentage may seem small, Bredin said it's yet another sign that economic pressures have let up.

Revenues and cash flow trump eking out a profit when times are lean. "Everyone focuses on the bottom line in tough times," she said. That nearly a quarter of small businesses now devote their energies to growing their profits suggests that they are well and truly out of the woods.

Pedro Hernandez is a contributing editor at Small Business Computing. Follow him on Twitter @ecoINSITE.

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How to Buy Multifunction Laser Printers

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Why should you be the only multitasker in the office? Our buyers' guide will help you spend smart and pick the best black-and-white or color laser printer that can also scan, copy and fax.

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A laser printer is a handy workhorse in a busy small business, but when you add multifunction capabilities – scanning, copying and faxing -- you’re really headed toward efficiency nirvana. But there's a big range of prices, features and capabilities available, and unless you're a printer expert, you’re going to need a bit of help to pick the best multifunction monochrome or color laser printer for your business.

Fortunately our sister site, HardwareCentral.com, lays out everything you need to know about multifunction laser printers. After all, in this economy, you want to make sure you get the most machine for the money without overspending on features you'll never use.

If you're a multitasker, hardware consolidation will be irresistible to you. Why have separate boxes for printing, scanning, copying and faxing if those functions can be bundled in a single package?

Inkjet printer makers were the first to embrace that logic when designing some of their products, but now multifunction units can be found in the laser printer arena, too. That's good news for folks that find single-purpose devices an affront to efficiency and want the kind of speed a laser printer can bring to their print jobs, speeds unattainable by most inkjet printers. What's more, if you add color to the mix, a multi will not only give you color documents but a color copier, too.

Read the complete article: Buyer's Guide: Multifunction Laser Printers

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App Name Idle Dungeon Heroes
Package Name com.upjers.idledungeonheroes
Version 0.87.2
Rating 10.0 ( 216 )
Size 59.6 MB
Requirement Android 4.4+
Updated 2020-10-26
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Category Games, Strategy

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You are the lone guardian of a treasure in your dungeon far below the earth’s surface. A few brave heroes have caught wind of it and are now trying to rob you! But they didn’t expect you and your monsters…

Stop the Heroes!

Build up hard-hitting defenses to keep out the knights, mages and assassins in this action game. Make liberal use of your monsters, minions and traps – spread them all over your dungeon to ensure that the would be invaders fail miserably in their attempts to bag your treasure.

Fend of these attacks in Idle Dungeon Heroes:

– Knights with melee abilities
– Elven archers with experience at range
– Assassins run past your defenses and deal damage
– Priests know how to fight from afar and heal allies
– Mages deal damage over larger areas, casting in the distance

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Use special attacks such as fire and poison to whittle down your foes in the battle for the treasure in this idle game. Some monsters can also slow or even paralyze the incoming invaders, while others inspire so much fear that the attackers will fall back.

Your defensive repertoire is huge:

– Monsters and minions with varying health, damage and range
– Lackeys’ effects, such as slows, paralyses, fear and damage over time
– Traps that slow heroes or deal damage
– Spells, including fire and ice balls that can be shot through the dungeon

At its core, Idle Dungeon Heroes shares a lot with tower defense games, even though the action is subterranean and littered with special features. New monsters for mounting a stronger defense can be found in booster in this action game. Expand your dungeon by digging your way ever deeper, creating more room for monsters and traps.

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Looking for quality freelance work from high-value clients? Look no further. Upwork is the largest online talent solution connecting businesses and skilled freelance professionals.

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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Thalassemia

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Although recent advances in gene therapy are expected to increase the chance of disease cure in thalassemia major, at present hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remains the only consolidated curative approach for this disorder. The widest experience has been obtained in the HLA-matched family donor (MFD) setting, with probabilities of overall and thalassemia-free survival exceeding 90% and 85%, respectively. As for most patients a suitable MFD is not available, alternative donors (HLA-matched unrelated donor, unrelated cord blood, HLA-haploidentical relative) have been increasingly explored, translating into the expansion of the number of patients treatable with HSCT.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)317-328
Number of pages12
JournalHematology/Oncology Clinics of North America
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2018

  • Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Disease Management
  • Graft vs Host Disease/etiology
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects
  • Histocompatibility Testing
  • Humans
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Thalassemia/diagnosis
  • Tissue Donors
  • Transplantation Chimera
  • Transplantation Conditioning
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Treatment Outcome

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When I had to decide what to get for a review from Plow & Hearth it took me much longer then normal. Plow & Hearth is one of those sights that until you actually start going through the pages do you realize that you want one of everything and narrowing down a selection is nearly impossible- and I didn't. I narrowed my choices and let the PR rep pick because I couldn't. I will definitely be … [Read more...]

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Why I Don’t Share Details of My Financial Life Online

by Miranda Marquit · 17 comments

It’s a fairly common practice amongst personal finance bloggers to offer all the details of their financial life online. From sharing net worth, to counting down the days until debt freedom is reached, there’s a lot of sharing going on.

And that’s ok, if you’re into that sort of thing.

I’ve been asked why I don’t share this information. Anyone who knows me is aware that I graduated from college with credit card debt — but they don’t know how much. And I’m fine keeping it that way. I also don’t share how much I’m paying in student loans, or what I still owe on my car loan.

And, on the flip side, I don’t share information about earnings. It’s enough, I think, that people know I can make a living doing what I do, and that about 85% of it comes from being a professional blogger.

But I don’t share specific numbers, and for two (what I consider) good reasons:

1. I Don’t Want People to Know

Really, I just don’t want people to know. The debt part of my life is, frankly, a little embarrassing. I’m known, to some degree, for my work ethic and discipline. So it’s a little silly that the credit card debt got out of hand. Plus, I had a scholarship and a cushy job while in college. Why do I have student loan debt from my undergrad years?

When it comes to my income, I just don’t want people to know what I make. We live in a modest home. We drive reasonably priced cars. There’s no reason for our neighbors to know that we, technically, don’t “belong” in our neighborhood. Plus, there’s a certain element of just not wanting friends and family to know. Sharing that sort of information is an invitation to be hit up for money.

Do we discuss money at the dinner table? Sure. My husband and I talk about money, and we discuss important matters and financial concepts with our son. But we don’t go around sharing specifics about our situation with others outside our immediate family — not even our parents.

It’s just easier to not share that information, especially since I don’t want others to know what’s going on. Really, it’s none of their business.

2. I Don’t Want to Deal With an Audit

I also don’t want to put any information out there that could be found by the IRS and trigger an audit. I report all of my income (my accountant is regularly impressed by our honest reporting), so I don’t have much to worry about, but I still don’t want to deal with a possible audit. And publishing that information is just an invitation for closer inspection.

Do I think the IRS is going to find me on their own through what I share online? No. But there are rewards for whistleblowers, and just one whistleblower thinking that they know something that doesn’t mesh — and then using my net worth report to back it up — can tie you up in red tape for weeks (or months). Even if it turns out you’re clean and honest.

What do you think about sharing financial information? Where’s the line between being honest, and being a little too honest?

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  • Alley Keosheyan says:

    I always cringe when some of my friends who are restaurant servers brag on Facebook about the killer tips they get on any given night. Is it just me, or are they just asking for an audit?

  • Sicorra says:

    I agree with you 100%. We do not share financial details with family or friends either. I think the most we have ever discussed is how much someone has paid for or sold their house for, but that is it.

    You are right, many people share a lot online. Sometimes I wonder why they share their online income. Is it to attract more attention, both positive and negative? I often wonder how sharing their online income benefits anyone else anyways. Someone else just mentioned on Twitter that they avoid those posts because they really do not learn anything from them. I agree, and I agree that they sometimes simply come across as bragging, which is boring.

  • Anna says:

    I’m in agreement with you all the way. No one needs to know about your finances or financial information. It’s simply nobody’s business but your own.

  • fredjohnson says:

    If people online knew who I was then I wouldn’t say a word about my finances. But, they don’t, so I have no problem with it. I don’t mind talking about it because it might help someone else.

  • hannah says:

    I’m with you, I’m a very private person when it comes to my income, debts and other financial details.
    That said, it can be helpful when finance bloggers share all the details, I’ve learned from their examples and ideas. However I don’t think all the details are required to still learn and be motivated.
    Keep on being private, I won’t judge you for it.

  • M.L says:

    I believe through blogging you are already sharing a lot. I think we all need to keep some things private. No one should know your income other than you and the IRS. I have two friends that found out what my salary (w/o bonus) and it created some resentment because they perceived that I was doing so well. Many people do not realize after trying to save, max out a 401K and IRA and still have some fun, it really is a tough balancing act.

  • Jeanette Perez-Marrero says:

    My income is so modest it doesn’t manner. I just want people to know you can live with far less than you think and be happy. You don’t need a BIG egg nest to retire. Just downsize, get out of debt and enjoy the free things in life. We enjoy the beach,picnics, get-togethers with friends, a yearly vacation and family. It’s enough for me, but I can understand other peoples expectations of retirement. Thinking you can having one full of extravagant spending and humongous houses and their upkeep is pretty unrealistic though…unless you are a millionaire…

  • KM says:

    Looks like you gave out enough information right here for people to judge you and form opinions about you. I am pretty paranoid though, so I don’t share anything like that, online or otherwise.

  • Scott says:

    Congratulations on having so much money that you don’t want your family to know how much you have.

  • Broke Millennial says:

    I fancy myself a relatively private person (despite the number of personal photos I put online) which is primarily the reason I don’t disclose my net worth/savings/side hustle income etc. Frankly, I just don’t think it’s anyone’s business and the IRS point is a good one too!

  • Katie C. says:

    I’m an oversharer too, and I’m not anonymous. I didn’t tell readers how much my total debt was for my degree until I paid everything off. I shared the total in my “I’m debt free!” post. Same went for credit cards, though I didn’t start PF blogging until after I had paid them off. It is a little embarrassing. But I did share individual loan amounts when that information related to my goals.

    Like Debt Blag said, I shared the numbers I did for accountability. Now I do it because it’s just not a big deal. I feel semi-hesitant to make public goals like saving a $10,000 emergency fund, mostly because I worry people IRL who read it and then see how frugal I am will judge me for that. But I get over it because being ultra-frugal for two years while paying off debt gave me a thicker skin. (My coworkers loved to make fun of my money goals and my decision to make my own laundry detergent.)

    If the worst thing I have to worry about when blogging about money is some random person asking me for money, I’m okay with that risk. I like to see other people’s budgets for curiosity’s sake, but I also like to compare them to my own and find ways I could improve.

  • Steve says:

    This is a great post because it touches on what I struggle with frequently as a PF blogger: how much to share?

    Call me old fashioned (for a millennial anyways) but I’m a bit uptight when it comes to identity and sharing information online. I’m just a little wary of sharing too much with too many people. Just like you, I don’t think most of it is anyone else’s business except mine.

    I’m still trying to find that fine balance between sharing enough to make a positive impact and inspiration for others while also reining in my privacy.

    It’s a tricky balance that I’ve yet to fully find, but reading your post definitely has got me thinking even more about it!

  • Debt Blag says:

    Oh hi. I am one of the over sharers. I’m anonymous enough, but I’m sure anyone with a half hour to kill could find out everything about me using google.

    I think how much someone shares has a lot to do with why they got into blogging about it in the first place. Some people have a lot of knowledge that they just want to get out there.

    Some people — like me — blog for the extra accountability. I thrive off te extra motivation that I get from my readers cheering me along or judging me if I go astray.

  • Grayson @ Debt Roundup says:

    I have only shared the amount of credit card debt I was in. That doesn’t really worry me because it was debt, not income. I won’t tell people how much I make online or offline for that matter. I don’t tell people how much my net worth is. Somethings are better left private.

  • Kali @CommonSenseMillennial says:

    This was a really interesting read.. I’m just getting into the financial blogging community, and one thing that really struck me was how much almost everyone shares on a regular basis. I think part of that is driven by culture (if you’re American or live in the States – asking about money has become just another topic of conversation and is not so much a taboo anymore), but I can’t say I fully understand why people are so compelled to give extensive detail on their budgets, income, net worth, and so on. It was nice reading a post from another perspective, and makes me feel better in that I’m not alone in being hesitant to share such information with my blog audience.

  • Michelle says:

    I share my monthly extra income earnings. It does sometimes make me worried because I am throwing away all privacy and inviting everyone into our lives.

  • Big D says:

    I think sharing anything personal online is risky but especially financial info.

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