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5 Practices to Reduce Anxiety

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The door closed and she fell back against it, sinking to the floor. Her heart was pounding, tears welling up in her eyes as she gasped for breath. The news had been a direct hit. Even though it was confirmation instead of surprise, it seemed the world had tilted the wrong way on its axis. Everything she had believed in for so long twisted, crumbling beneath the weight of hope denied.

“Come back to breath. Just breathe. Just breathe.”

Her usual mantra was one from a long ago Catholic mystic… “All shall be well…” it began, but right now she couldn’t bring herself to say it. It didn’t feel true.

Anxiety can crash in upon us any time. Bad news (or terrible news), fears about the future, and feelings of isolation can drop us to the floor.

In these moments, there are things we can do to keep anxiety from crushing us, but like anything new, they take time and intentionality to truly be effective. The following practices are tools I share with my clients all the time, and while I believe they can help anyone, please don’t be afraid to seek out your own therapist if anxiety is frequently overwhelming.

1) Gratitude Journal

For this exercise, you’ll want two clean journal pages for each entry. I like to use this tool before bed, as it allows time for reflection over one’s day and allows the mind to relax before sleeping.

On the left-hand page, make a list of all the things that are currently causing anxiety. These are the things you want to let go of, and as you write them on the page, visualize releasing them.

Then, on the right-hand page, make a list of all the things you are grateful for. These are the things you want to hold on to, and as you write them on the page, visualize them filling you up.

It is important to be as detailed with your gratitude as you are with your worries… for instance, instead of writing, “I’m thankful for my house,” try “I’m thankful for the wood stove that warms my home.” Generalities are more difficult to hold on to than specifics.

It is also important to do your best to make the gratitude list longer, and for it to contain some novel items each day. While there may be some things you consistently want to include, an entirely rote list often becomes less meaningful.

Ending with gratitude is also significant. This makes it the last thing on your mind before you sleep and allows the positive thoughts to stay with you.

2) Happy Place Visualization

This exercise can be practiced anywhere, any time you are able to close your eyes for a couple minutes. It takes time to develop it, but once you have, you will be able to access your happy place any time you need it.

So, close your eyes, slow your breathing, and think of your favorite place… perhaps a place you loved during your childhood or a current retreat. If you don’t have a space that comes to mind, think of what it might be like if you had it… in the woods? at the beach? in a big cozy chair by a warm wood-burning fireplace?

Then spend some time engaging your five senses there…

What do you see?

What do you hear?

What do you smell?

What do you touch?

What do you taste?

Take your time with this. Make that place as real in your mind as it would be if you were actually there. Maybe you are drinking some lemonade, or hot chocolate, or tea. Maybe you are running your fingers through the sand, or curled under a super soft blanket. Perhaps you hear birds singing, or waves crashing, or a fire crackling. Perhaps you smell the salt air, or the fallen leaves, or a favorite candle.

Once you are there, remember to continue to breathe slow and deep. Rest there for a few minutes and enjoy this space. When you are ready, open your eyes. Notice how you feel and remember you can get back there whenever you need it.

3) Comfort Box

This is a practice I learned from my own therapist years ago, and have been sharing with my clients ever since. The idea is to think about your favorite things, things that soothe you, and gather them into one place. For some people that place is a basket, for others a box they decorate, or a crate they like.

Whatever you choose, it should be large enough to fit several items… Once again, we are going to try to engage the five senses.

First, think of music that calms you. You might have a favorite CD or a relaxing playlist on your phone.

Next, think of something you enjoy tasting, like a particular tea or even a hard candy. Tea is a personal favorite because it covers three of the five senses by holding the warm mug in your hand, breathing in the aroma, and sipping the tea.

Think about other things you find calming to touch… a soft blanket or favorite sweatshirt?

Are there aromas you find calming in a candle or diffuser scent?

And finally, do you have a favorite book, perhaps poetry or even a coloring book that you enjoy looking at or coloring?

Gathering these items together when you are calm, makes them accessible during more difficult moments. Make sure you put everything you need in the basket, box, or crate (i.e., if you want to have a candle, remember to include matches; if you have a coloring book remember colored pencils, crayons, or markers). Find a space to keep your box near a spot you like to curl up in when you are stressed.

4) Progressive Muscle Relaxation

This practice has several variations. I’ll share my favorite here, but if you like this there might be a variation you prefer over this one.

To begin, have a seat and get comfortable. Close your eyes and notice your body. How is your back? Your neck? Do you need to shift at all?

Breathe slowly in through your nose, expanding your diaphragm as well as your lungs, for a count of five. Then slowly breathe out through your mouth, exhaling all the air out of your body, for a count of five. Repeat this five times.

Now, continuing to breathe slow and deep, turn your attention to your feet. Contract the muscles in your feet, making them as tight as you can (watch out for foot cramps!). Squeeze!!! For a count of five, then release, making the muscles in your feet as loose as Jell-O.

Next, contract your calf muscles and your thighs. As tight as you can! Squeeze!!! For a count of five, then relax, loose and pliable, like Jell-O.

Continue this with your hamstrings and glutes, then your abdomen and lower back.

Make fists with your hands, squeezing your hands and arms tight, shoulders to ears. Squeeze!!! For a count of five. Then drop your shoulders, release your fists, relax your arms, drop your head, chin to chest.

Slowly raise your head and turn your face toward the ceiling. Come back slowly to a comfortable center.

Finally tighten your jaw. Clench your teeth. And relax. Let your jaw hang loose.

Breathe in, slow and deep, through your nose for a count of five. Then out, through your mouth, for a count of five. Repeat this cycle five times.

Open your eyes.

How do you feel?

5) Visual Journal

This final practice is the most open-ended. Any size sketch book will work, but I prefer medium to large with spiral ring binding for ease of use. You’ll also want a variety of drawing/coloring implements such as pastels, crayons, pencils, and charcoal.

Put your emotions on the paper. Use color, texture, shape and size to externalize what you may not be able to verbalize. There are no rules here except to allow yourself the freedom to be imperfect. Give yourself time to create, allowing yourself to be fully immersed in the experience.

When you are done, decide what you want to do with it. Is it something you want to share, or something to keep and reflect on for a while? Don’t rush. Breathe.

When you are ready, it is useful to put words to what you created, whether that means writing about it or talking about it. Words help us make sense of our experience. Journaling is a good first step, where our words can be unfiltered and then sifted through for clarity. If you choose to share, make sure it is with those who are safe and understanding.

Time passed, she didn’t know how long. Slowly, she stood up and walked to the corner of her bedroom. The basket was there, beside her favorite chair. Her mug was on top with a packet of lemon tea inside. She walked to the kitchen in a daze and filled the kettle… poured her tea… added honey. Back in her bedroom with her warm mug in hand, she started the music. It played soft and low, reaching in to her soul, reminding her she was not alone. The candle was next. She placed it on the table with her tea and struck the match. Light. Such a tiny light changes everything. She pulled out the blanket, silky soft between her fingers, and wrapped it around her shoulders. Sinking into the chair, she curled her feet under her and closed her eyes for a moment.

All shall be well…

So much love,

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The Declining Marginal Product of Capital

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A few weeks ago I posted about the recent decline in capital per worker in the U.S. The short summary is that from 2009-2013 capital per worker has been shrinking, and this is at odds with most of historical experience. This shrinking capital per worker contributes to higher measured productivity growth.

The illustrious Areendam Chanda asked, in response, what the marginal product of capital looked like given the decline in capital per worker in this series. This is straightforward to calculate given the BLS data, and it shows what I think is an interesting pattern.

First, I calculate the MPK as

\displaystyle MPK = \alpha \frac{Y}{K} \ \ \ \ \ (1)

where {\alpha} is capital’s share of output. If the world is roughly Cobb-Douglas, this should describe for us the extra amount of output we could get from one additional unit of capital. This is an aggregate concept, and doesn’t necessarily map to any specific use of capital (e.g. the marginal product of a laptop can be different than the marginal product of a shovel). This is the marginal product of dumping an extra unit of homogenous “capital” into the economy.

Here’s the figure showing the time path from 1960 to 2013:

Marginal Product of Capital

In terms of the recent decline in capital per worker, the uptick in the actual series (black line) from 2000-2013 makes some sense. Declining capital per worker should be associated with a higher return on capital. But what appears to be true is that the recent uptick in MPK is driven by a change in capital’s share in output. I plotted in gray an alternative MPK that assumes capital’s share is constant at 0.31 (a rough long-run average), and as you can see this continues the downward trend of the prior decades. The uptick is due almost entirely to the increase in capital’s share of output.

What seems far more interesting in this figure is the general drift downward in the MPK since 1960. I can come up with two different interpretations of this, which depend a lot on the time frame you consider.

Secular shift in MPK: Essentially, interpret this as evidence of some kind of sustained, secular change in the US economy. The drift down in the MPK isn’t consistent with the US being on a balanced growth path (BGP). As a quick reminder, traditionally a BGP is a situation where GDP per worker is growing at a roughly constant rate, the return on capital (MPK) is constant over time, and the share of output going to capital is constant over time.

And we almost always presume that the US is on a BGP. I will be telling my undergrads this in a week or so, I’m sure. Almost every growth model is written so that it delivers a BGP eventually, because people feel that this represents what we see in the data. And when they say “BGP” in their model, they almost always mean that the MPK is constant.

In a standard Solow model, the steady state is a BGP, and the model tells us what determines the MPK on that BGP.

\displaystyle MPK = \alpha\frac{n + g + \delta}{s} \ \ \ \ \ (2)

where {\alpha} is capital’s share of output, {n} is population growth, {g} is productivity growth, {\delta} is the depreciation rate, and {s} is the savings rate. Note, this equation is for the MPK in steady state, not necessarily at any given point in time, but it is useful for thinking about what might drive the decline in MPK.

The steady decline in the MPK over time is consistent with declining {n} (because capital’s marginal product is lower when there are fewer people around), declining {g} (slower productivity growth), and higher {s} (more savings). In this story we are transitioning from the immediate post-war era of relatively rapid population and technological change, to a new era of relatively low population and technological growth.

It’s worth remembering here that the MPK is calculated using the BLS data, which excludes the government sector and the residential housing stock. So this represents a decline in the non-residential-housing MPK.

Return of MPK to Long-run trend: But from a long, long-term perspective, maybe the decline in MPK since 1960 is just a reversion to a steady state value? The MPK should be roughly a proxy for the return on capital. One other rough proxy for that is the earnings yield on the S&P 500, which represents how much you get in earnings for buying a “unit” of capital by purchasing a basket of stocks. The figure below, which I grabbed from Brad DeLong’s site, plots this earnings yield from 1880 until today.

SP Earnings Yield

From this it seems to me that the earnings yield has a “normal” level of about 6%, and that while there are sustained deviations from this value, it always appears to head back to 6%. The first figure shows that MPK has been declining from 1960 until now, matching the decline in the earnings yield from rouhgly 1970 until today. Was the MPK just on walkabout, and is coming back to its long-run BGP level? And no, I’m not terribly worried about the fact that the MPK is always higher than the earnings yield. They are both proxies, so the fact they don’t agree on levels isn’t terribly meaningful.

The earnings yields suggests that what is abnormal about the figure for MPK is the high values in the 60’s and 70’s, not the low values now. The S&P evidence is consistent with that, although the match-up is imperfect. Why was the MPK so high in the 1960’s, while the earnings yield didn’t rise until the 1970’s?

Regardless, in this interpretation, the steady state MPK has stayed roughly the same, but for some reason we deviated in the 60’s and 70’s to having a high MPK. Perhaps it was atypical shocks to productivity (over and above the regular trend growth rate {g}), or atypical shocks to population growth (Baby Boomers?), and we’re now coming back down to normal.

The caveat here is that the S&P earnings yield might be a bad comparison for the MPK. But given that the MPK is ex-residential-housing-capital and ex-government, perhaps not.

I don’t know that there is a way to distinguish between the two stories, not without doing more research that I don’t have time to do right now. Without taking a firm stand on this, one important point here is that the explanation depends crucially on what you take to be “normal”. And that depends in part on how far back you graph the data. The S&P data suggests a different story than the MPK series (and the MPK series doesn’t go back any further because the BLS doesn’t have the requisite data any further back). I guess it is a caution that the starting point of your data series is not necessarily the same thing as the “starting point” of the economy.

9 thoughts on “The Declining Marginal Product of Capital

  1. The composition of labor changed in the 60s and 70s as women entered the workforce. I don’t think this is accounted for enough in the models.

    • That’s a good point, perhaps it is part of a temporary surge in MPK in the mid 20th century, and now we are moving back to normal?

      • The proportion of working-age women that was in the workforce continued increasing until about 2003, almost the whole period discussed here.

      • If there was an effect, it would have to be in the initial shock of adding them. An alternative is that it’s the age distribution. You get lots of prime age workers in the 70s?

  2. Interesting post. One challenge in looking at the earnings yield for the S&P 500 is that there is quite a bit of volatility over time in the price of the index (since its essentially a market price), much more than we are likely to see in the actual capital stock of publicly traded companies. Disentangling the value of the capital stock from the fluctuations in the book-market-ratio, though, would require a source of data on the capital stock going back further than 1960 ( I assume Brad DeLong used data from Schiller’s web site for this which I don’t think includes a measure of book value). Does the Fed have book value data for corporations going back further than 1960? That would be one not-too-time consuming way to further this analysis.

    Could you explain why a higher marginal product of capital would be associated with a lower rate of investment and a decline in capital per worker? This seems counter-intuitive to me.

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  4. This explains partially what we see happening in the economy. As far less capital is being invested per worker, capital’s marginal product gets lower as much less workers are part of the labor force, leading to overall stagnation in the wages. If monetary policy has been loose for almost five years now, how can we expect that further stimulus could change this trend by any means?

  5. Interesting. A potential problem with the S&P earnings yield proxy (reflective, as stated above, of market prices) is that it is partly a reverse indicator. Someone who buys at high earnings yield and sells at low earnings yield has probably made money. They aren’t complaining about the low rate of return! I wonder whether a better indicator might be what is sometimes called ROTC, return on total capital. Debt payments are as much a return on capital as “profits” and they are far less volatile.

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The Bio-Flönz from GS Schmitz is a cooked sausage, or more precisely a blood sausage, of so-called simple quality. The blood sausage “Blutwurst” is produced by us in Cologne according to old craft traditions and is a symbol of identity in a protected geographical, production area in the Rhineland. For this reason, the European Commission awarded it with the „PGI“seal (protected geographical indication). This puts Flönz in the same league was Parma ham, champagne and Roquefort.

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Flönz: regionally protected, nationally known

Flönz connects. At home in the Rhineland for over 100 years, Flönz stands for tradition and customs, conviviality and tolerance — and “e Jeföhl”. The blood sausage “Blutwurst” is truly socially acceptable and unites the people of an entire region and integrates national and international guests — and has been doing so since the 19th century. Its tradition has been preserved above all in the countryside, enriched and further developed by experience, influences and creativity and has reached a considerable degree of prominence and popularity today.

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The origin of our sausage and ham specialities — and of course the Flönz — lies in the Rhineland. This region has its own original charm.”

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During the foolish weeks, everyone is talking about the Rhineland cultural heritage and carnival staple foods. Carnival songs and meetings, carnival speeches, theatre plays, anecdotes, events, costumes, camels and processions also address the theme of the Rhenish coalface. Over the centuries, the term has become a synonym for the typical, honest and unaffected nature of the region, which impressively demonstrates the importance of Flönz for the cultural identity of its home region and vice versa.


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Cyclone Amphan, moving at a speed of 220 to 230 kilometers (137-143 miles) per hour, is forecast to be the worst storm over the Bay of Bengal since the 1999 super cyclone that hit the eastern Indian state of Odisha, said Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of the India Meteorological Department. The super cyclone had killed about 10,000 people in the state.

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Whether you are a local, city, or state government, we can handle all of your needs.  We have been manufacturing municipal construction casting products for decades.  From manhole covers to fire hydrants we are dedicated to the absolute quality of each and every piece.

Regardless if you are in the state of Florida, our nation’s capital, or cities of San Diego and New York, chances are that you have ridden in an elevator that G&W helped make.  We make parts for many different elevators, specifically the machinery that entails gear cased, pillow blocks and sheaves of various sizes for new machines and replacement parts requiring quick turnaround time. G&W’s main focus is to ensure the efficient delivery and production of high quality parts to meet critical demand situations.

Feed & Bio Fuel Industry

G&W Foundry is currently manufacturing components for equipment in the Feed & Bio Fuel industry.  The component shown here is a base for a Feed & Bio Fuel pellet mill.  This casting weighs approximately 6,000 lbs.  This is yet another example that no job is too big or too small for G&W Foundry.


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Browse the Bibliography, Filmography and Webography

This site allows users to browse for entries in the Bibliography, Filmography and Webography on "Gender and War since 1600" sorted by

  1. Author/Director of publication or film (ordered alphabetically)
  2. Title of publication or film (ordered alphabetically)
  3. Year of Publication/Release of publication or film (ordered numerically)
  4. Type of Literature (books, book chapters, films, journals, journal articles, magazine articles, newspaper articles, theses, websites, etc.) (ordered by literature types in the listed sequence and then alphabetically)

Users can export their selected list of literature organized by author, title, year of publication or type of literature when they click below on RTF.

The website is equipped with an OPEN URL FEATURE that allows users to immediately check whether articles, books, etc., are available in their local libraries. An OPEN URL is a standardized link that carries citation information. When a user clicks on an OPEN URL link, the information it contains is sent to a library's URL Resolver (aka link server). The OPEN URL resolver then looks through the library's subscriptions to determine if your institution has purchased the full text of the resource and where it can be found. To use the OPEN URL feature click on the button "Search Locally."

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Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality. Vol. 1. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1986.
Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality. Vol. 2. New York: Vintage Books, 1990.
Frevert, Ute. "Honor, Gender, and Power: The Politics of Satisfaction in Pre-War Europe." In An Improbable War?: The Outbreak of World War I and European Political Culture before 1914, edited by Holger Afflerbach and David Stevenson, 233-255. New York: Berghahn Books, 2007.
Friedenberg, Zachary. Hospital at War: The 95th Evacuation Hospital in World War II. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2004.
Human rights and conflict resolution: bridging the theoretical and practical divide In Global institutions series. London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Furse, Katharine. Hearts and Pomegranates: The Story of Forty-Five Years, 1875-1920. London: Peter Davies, 1940.
Fürst, Julianne. "Heroes, Lovers, Victims: Partisan Girls during the Great Fatherland War." Minerva 18, no. 3 (2000): 38-74.
Gamboa, Zézé. The Hero. Angola, France, Portugal, 2004.
Garraio, Júlia. "Hordes of Rapists: The Instrumentalization of Sexual Violence in German Cold War Anti-Communist Discourses." Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais Annual Review, no. 5 (2013): 46-63.
Geggus, David Patrick. Haitian Revolutionary Studies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002.
Geggus, David. The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary History. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett, 2014.
George, Terry, and Keir Pearson. Hotel Rwanda. MGM, 2004.
Geyer, Michael. "How the Germans Learned to Wage War: On the Question of Killing in the First and Second World Wars." In Between Mass Death and Individual Loss: The Place of the Dead in Twentieth-Century Germany, edited by Alon Confino, Paul Betts and Dirk Schumann, 25-50. New York: Berghahn Books, 2008.
Gibson, Mel. Hacksaw Ridge. United States: Summit Entertainment, 2016.
Gordon-Reed, Annette. The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. New York: Norton, 2009.
Granit-Hacohen, Anat. Hebrew Women Join the Forces: Jewish Women from Palestine in the British Forces during the Second World War. Portland, OR: Vallentine Mitchell, 2017.
Green, Abigail. "Humanitarianism in Nineteenth-Century Context: Religious, Gendered, National." Historical Journal 57, no. 4 (2014): 1157-1175.
Gregor, Neil. Haunted City: Nuremberg and the Nazi Past. New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2008.
Gregory, Doris. How I Won the War for the Allies : One Sassy Canadian Soldier's Story. Vancouver, BC: Ronsdale Press, 2014.
Gruber von Arni, Eric. Hospital Care And the British Standing Army, 1660–1714. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2006.
Grypma, Sonya Joy. Healing Henan: Canadian Nurses at the North China Mission, 1888-1947. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2008.
H., Joaquín Fermandois, and Ana María Stuven. Historia de las Mujeres en Chile. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Santiago de Chile, Chile: Aguilar Chilena de Ediciones, 2013.
Hagemann, Karen. "'Heroic Virgins' and 'Bellicose Amazons': Armed Women, the Gender Order and the German Public during and after the Anti-Napoleonic Wars." European History Quarterly 37, no. 4 (2007): 507-527.
Hagemann, Karen, and Stefanie Schuler-Springorum. Home/Front: The Military, Violence and Gender Relations in the Age of the World Wars. Oxford; New York: Berg, 2002.
Home/Front: The Military, War, and Gender in Twentieth-Century Germany, Edited by Karen Hagemann and Stefanie Schüler-Springorum. Oxford, UK; New York: Berg, 2002.


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Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Recipient Resources

The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program provides a comprehensive system of care that includes primary medical care and essential support services for people living with HIV. The program awards grants to cities, states, and local community-based organizations to provide HIV care and treatment services to more than half a million people each year.

Below are resources available to support Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funded-recipients in implementing their Federal grants and delivering HIV care and treatment services.

Implementation of Grant Requirements

The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program legislation was first enacted in 1990 as the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act. It has been amended and reauthorized four times: in 1996, 2000, 2006, and 2009. The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program legislation has been amended with each reauthorization to accommodate new and emerging needs, such as an increased emphasis on funding core medical services and changes in funding formulas.

Policy Notices and Program Letters

The HIV/AIDS Bureau routinely issues Policy Clarification Notices and Program Letters to clarify implementation of legislative requirements.

For greater understanding of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program policy and guidance, view all Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program technical assistance webcasts.

Data Reporting and Technical Assistance

Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program recipients are required to report data to the HIV/AIDS Bureau as a condition of their award. Data are reported on clients served, services provided, and expenditures. Technical assistance and data support are available to meet the needs of recipients.

Technical assistance for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program community is also available through the TargetHIV Technical Assistance website HRSA Exit Disclaimer. In addition, the AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Program supports a network of three national centers and eight regional centers (and more than 130 local affiliated sites) that conduct targeted, multidisciplinary education and training programs for health care providers treating people living with HIV.

CAREWare is a free, electronic health and social support services information system for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grant recipients and their providers. Download the CAREWare software.

Electronic Handbooks

The HRSA Contact Center is available to address questions regarding the Electronic Handbooks.

Clinical Care Guidelines and Protocols

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issues a series of guidelines to help clinicians provide care and treatment to people with living HIV in the U.S. At a minimum, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program recipients must follow the HHS Clinical Guidelines for the Treatment of HIV/AIDS.

Quality Management

Under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, quality management is a series of activities that focus on enhancing the quality of HIV care provided and increasing access to services. These efforts focus on how health and social services meet established professional standards and user expectations. The HIV/AIDS Bureau's quality initiatives are designed to help Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program recipients implement quality management programs that target clinical, administrative, and support services.

Performance Measure Portfolio

The HIV/AIDS Bureau established a revised performance measure portfolio that focuses on critical areas of HIV care and treatment and aligns with milestones along the HIV care continuum. Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program recipients are encouraged to use the revised measures, including the core performance measures.

Funding Opportunity Announcements

HRSA grant opportunities are issued on an ongoing basis and funding opportunity announcements outline application requirements and expectations for recipients for specific funding periods.

HIV/AIDS Bureau Contacts

Access main contact numbers for the HIV/AIDS Bureau, which oversees the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and Global HIV/AIDS Program. Within the HIV/AIDS Bureau, federal Project Officers provide oversight and support of grants and contracts under these programs.

Monitoring Standards Guidance

Below is monitoring standard guidance for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Parts A and B recipients.

Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Manuals and Reports

Additional Recipient Resources

Date Last Reviewed:  October 2016


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International Computer Security Day is the day which takes place annually on November 30 and is celebrated to raise awareness in computer security – help people to prevent them falling prey to malware attacks, scams, loss of personal and company data .

Cyber Security and Privacy Foundation(CSPF) & Anna University CSE Department celebrated the Computer Security Day on November 30, 2019 at Anna University, Chennai, India.

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Michael Costa, Deputy Consulate General of Australia for South India, was the chief guest of the event.  The event started with welcome address speech by R. RamaMurthy, chairman of CSPF.

The speakers:

  • Dr. R.K. RAGHAVAN- Former High Commissioner of India, Republic of Cyprus.
  • Dr.R.SADAKATHULLAH– Former Regional Director,RBI,Chennai.
  • Dr. S SATHIK-Former Vice Chancellor, University of Madras.
  • SUGATA ROY – Specialist for Communication, Advocacy & Partnerships of UNICEF
  • R. RAM KUMAR – CEO, Amvion Labs Pvt Ltd
  • SURIYA – Head – Reeja Vajra APT Scan, CSPF Pte Ltd., Singapore

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Business Contracts

Whether you are starting a new business or expanding the one you’ve built, you need an experienced legal team that can strengthen the foundation of your business. Having our team at Hackler Flynn & Associates take the reins on key primary elements, such as business contracts, gives you all of the benefits you would achieve by having a traditional “in-house legal counsel” – but at a fraction of the cost.

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Our business contract services

  • Startup Counseling

    What kind of corporation should you set up for your business, and why? How do you limit your company’s legal expenses while protecting yourself? How do you trademark your business name and/or logo in the right way to protect your intellectual property? These are just some of the questions you may have before starting up your company and we are here to guide you through them.

  • Formation of a Corporation, LLC or Partnership

    Forming a business entity may include drafting articles such as bylaws, operating agreements, or partnership agreements. We can help you obtain your Employer Identification Number (EIN) and file the statement of information. For a corporation, we can also create stock option plans and agreements (when relevant) as well as prepare any related documentation to ensure your business foundation is compliant from the start.

  • Founders, Operating, and Limited Partnership Agreements

    As soon as you start your business, it is vital to have agreements – such as licensing and confidentiality agreements – in writing, especially if you are going into business with more than one person. Our attorneys can assist in drafting these agreements to strengthen the foundation of your business.

  • Employment and Consulting Agreements

    Employment agreements, employee handbooks, and independent contractor agreements (only if appropriate) are all vital as soon as you hire your first employee – or begin working with an independent contractor. We are here to draft these for you so you and your business are protected.

  • Website Terms

    We help you draft the terms of service, terms and conditions, terms of use, and privacy policy for your website – and keep them up-to-date – to ensure your business foundation is compliant.

  • Commercial Contracts

    We offer commercial contracts services, including the drafting of service, partnering, vendor/supplier, and reseller agreements. We also help in the creation of the terms and conditions that go in the invoices your company sends out.

  • Corporate Governance

    Our corporate governance service centers around matters of the board of directors and stockholder/voting agreements. We also ensure your corporate board minutes are up to date and, at the very least, completed annually.

  • Mergers & Acquisitions

    We prepare the letter of intent and participate in the due diligence checks, including (but not limited to): review of company finances; employee agreements and wage and hour liability; intellectual property; and pending litigation involving the acquiring and/or acquired company and its potential risks.

    After the due diligence checks, we help structure the acquisition or merger, including: drafting the definitive and non-compete agreements; handling representations and warranties; transferring of technology and intellectual property licenses from one entity to another; and any other documents required to satisfy the closing conditions.

  • Investments

    Our team provides advice concerning the drafting, negotiation, and performance of contracts for the sale of a business, including public offerings and the sale of the company’s stocks and memberships in a private offering.

  • Business Transactions:

    We negotiate, draft, and review of all types of contracts and agreements associated with the activities of the business, including distribution, manufacturing, licensing, outsourcing and other agreements.

When we become your legal counsel, we offer four principal benefits in which we:

  • Develop an in-depth familiarity with your business, culture, and legal needs.

  • Maintain a long-term relationship with you, which facilitates efficiency of service with no additional employee headcount.

  • Become an integral part of your management team by being available for ongoing guidance regarding regulatory laws.

  • Understand how to get deals done efficiently and at a cost that makes business financial sense.

Whether you are just starting a brand new company, run a “mom & pop” business, or already have a large established corporate enterprise, we are here to grow with you and meet your legal needs.

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Air Conditioning and Cooling

The experts at Hage Energy install and service all types of air conditioning systems in Houston, TX.

Whether you are looking to purchase your first air conditioning system or upgrade your current air conditioner to a more efficient unit that can save money on energy bills, we can help you determine what’s right for your needs and budget. If you are happy with your current system, be sure to keep it running at optimal performance with regular air conditioner maintenance. It’s easy to forget your air conditioner needs attention, until it’s too late. Regular air conditioning maintenance prolongs the life of your air conditioning system, saving you money by keeping your energy costs low and repair costs to a minimum.

Do you have a new air conditioner? Even new air conditioners benefit from regular maintenance, which keeps them running efficiently and saves you money. Is your air conditioner not running as well as it should? Contact Hage Energy. We are fully equipped to fix and service any air conditioner problems in Houston, TX.

Contact us today at 713.560.0600 or request air conditioning service online to schedule a free in-home estimate or to have your air conditioner repaired.

Learn more about air conditioning.

Furnaces and Heating

Hage Energy technicians are experienced with heating and furnace systems in Houston, TX.

Are you looking to purchase a new furnace or upgrade your current heating system to run more efficiently? We can determine which furnace is right for your home. This is very important, as a furnace that is too small or too large won’t operate at an efficient level, placing extra strain on the unit and costing you money.

When was the last time you had your furnace checked? The most likely answers are “never” or “I don't remember.” Furnace maintenance is easy to forget, until you discover your furnace has stopped working properly and your home or business isn’t as comfortable as it should be. Contact Hage Energy and request an appointment to have us check and service your furnace.

Do you have a new furnace? Even new furnaces benefit from regular maintenance, which keeps them running efficiently and saves you money. Has your furnace stopped working properly? Hage Energy is equipped to take care of any furnace service repair you need in Houston, TX. Contact us today at 713.560.0600 or request furnace service online to schedule a free in-home estimate or to have your furnace repaired.

Learn more about heating.

Heat Pumps

Hage Energy has years of experience installing and maintaining heat pumps in Houston, TX.

Heat pumps are a smart choice when it comes to your home’s comfort. They can be more energy efficient than traditional heating and cooling systems and can bring your energy bills down. As with any other aspect of HVAC systems, heat pump maintenance is an important way to keep your system running optimally. Don’t wait until something isn’t working properly to have your heat pump checked.

Is your heat pump not working as well as it should? Hage Energy has the technicians and experience needed to get your heat pump back in working order in Houston, TX. Contact us today at 713.560.0600 or request heat pump service online to schedule a free in-home estimate or to have your heat pump repaired.

Learn more about heat pumps.

Water Heaters

Hage Energy is happy to offer our Houston, TX, customers two options when it comes to water heaters.

Many people are familiar with the traditional water heater. It works by storing water in a tank and keeping it heated to a preset temperature.

A tankless water heater is a new idea to many people. How does it work? As the name implies, there is no tank to store water. Instead, water is heated on an as-needed basis. A couple of the key benefits of a tankless water heater are that you are not heating water until it’s needed and you won’t run out of hot water.

Let the water heater professionals at Hage Energy help you determine which type of water heater is best for your situation.

Learn more about water heaters.

Indoor Air Quality

Between work and home life, the average person spends about 90 percent of their time indoors. Indoor air can be two to five times more polluted than outside air. In fact, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ranked indoor air quality (IAQ) as a top five environmental danger.

A well-insulated home can help with your energy bills by keeping a constant temperature, but that also leads to the same air being recycled through your home each time you run your air conditioner or furnace. Be sure you have proper filtration in place to prevent allergens and bacteria from circulating through your air.

Hage Energy can help you breathe easy. Call us today at 713.560.0600, and we can put together a plan for your home.

Learn more about indoor air quality.

Whole-House Generators

Nobody likes to be without electricity, and you don’t realize how much you depend upon it until it’s not there. Don’t be left in the dark again. Hage Energy can explain the benefits of a whole-house generator to keep your Houston home running smoothly, even when the power is out.

Contact Hage Energy at 713.560.0600 for a quote. Our experts will evaluate your home and determine which generator is right for you.

Learn more about whole-house generators.

Air Ducts

According to the US Department of Energy’s ENERGY STAR® program, leaky ducts in attics or crawl spaces can account for 20 percent or more of a home’s heating and cooling energy losses. This makes it difficult to keep your house comfortable and can result in higher utility bills. Some signs you may have leaky ducts include:

  • High summer and winter utility bills
  • Rooms difficult to heat and cool
  • Stuffy rooms that never seem to feel comfortable
  • Ducts located in an attic, crawl space, or garage
  • Tangled or kinked flexible ducts in your system

Learn more about how you can detect, prevent, and fix air duct issues with the help of our professionals at Hage Energy. Find out more about duct testing, duct insulation, and duct cleaning, as well as how they relate to and impact indoor air quality.

Contact us at 713.560.0600 or request air duct service online today.

Learn more about air ducts.

Humidifiers and Dehumidifiers

The comfort of your home not only depends on the air temperature but also the amount of moisture in the air.

Cold weather typically means dry, uncomfortable air. Dry air can cause respiratory problems as well as damage wood furniture. Whole-house humidifiers emit water vapor to increase the humidity in your home.

On the other hand, hot weather can mean thick, humid air. This can lead to condensation on your windows, mold spots on walls or ceilings, and blistering paint or peeling wallpaper, just to list a few issues. A whole-house dehumidifier removes excess moisture from the air in your home.

Whole-house humidifiers can improve your indoor air quality, as well as positively impact the overall health of your family and health of your home. Controlling the humidity in your home will help protect not only your respiratory system but also your wood floors, furniture, and artwork.

Let our professionals at Hage Energy help you decide what’s best for your home. Call us at 713.560.0600 or request service online today.

Learn more about whole-house humidifiers and whole-house dehumidifiers.

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Contact the experts at Hage Energy.

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Fox News meteorologist blames New York governor Andrew Cuomo for coronavirus deaths of parents-in-law in nursing home – The Sun

A FOX News senior meteorologist who lost parents-in-law to the coronavirus has blamed New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for their deaths.

Janice Dean spoke out after seeing Cuomo on CNN joking about his brother, Chris, needing a large cotton swab for a Covid-19 test because of his big nose.

It comes as Governor Cuomo has been on the defensive after a state directive requiring nursing homes to admit coronavirus patients is being blamed for thousands of deaths.

More than 4,300 New York patients who were confirmed or suspected to have coronavirus were discharged from hospitals straight to nursing homes.

Dean, who appeared on Tucker Carlson’s prime time show, blasted the governor because both of her in-laws died at a nursing home in New York State.

She said that her mother and father-in-law, Michael and Dolores Newman, both died of the virus after they were exposed to the virus in nursing homes.

Her father-in-law, Michael, an Air Force veteran and former New York City firefighter, was placed in a nursing home after it became apparent he was suffering from dementia.

The fact that I am seeing, last night, him … making fun, inappropriate jokes and insensitive jokes, cruel jokes… it is not something to joke about

Dean said that she and her husband were notified a week before Michael’s death that the nursing home was moving him to another floor.

She said: "I believe that floor was used for recovering COVID patients.

"I can’t prove that. We can’t get any confirmation on any of this."

She said she was speaking out after watching a CNN interview in which anchor Chris Cuomo —  the governor's younger brother — failed to address the growing controversy and instead performed prop comedy with giant cotton swabs.

During Wednesday’s episode of Cuomo Prime Time the New York governor recounted how he was tested for coronavirus on live TV during his daily press briefing on Sunday.

This led his brother to joke he had a big nose and required a baseball bat-sized nasal swab for a test.

Dean said: "The fact that I am seeing, last night, him … making fun, inappropriate jokes and insensitive jokes, cruel jokes … make no mistake.

"I am glad that Chris Cuomo has recovered from Covid because he apparently did have it.

"And I'm glad that their family is well, but my family is not well. And that is not something to joke about."

A state directive on March 25 said nursing homes could not refuse patients who had been discharged from hospitals with coronavirus

The justification was that officials feared the hospital system would be overwhelmed and was focused on creating as much hospital space as possible.

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Woven Christmas Ornament

Woven Christmas Ornament
I cut giftwrap into 1/4" strips and wove them together and mounted the woven work behind the round ornament opening.
  • Cellophane tape
  • Coluzzle Shadow Shapes Christmas Ornament
  • Decorative paper or giftwrap cut in 1/4" strips
  • Snowflake punch 5/8" (Paper Shapers)
  • Paper Shapers decorative edge scissors
  • Silver gel pen (Making Memories)

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Beatlemania #2 Eleanor Rigby RIP

St. Peter’s Church in Woolton, a middle Class district of Liverpool, is where the first meeting of John Lennon and Paul McCartney took place on the evening of Saturday, 6th July 1957.
John Lennon and the other members of the Quarrymen (named after his high School Quarry Bank – also my high School – more stories and pictures on that later)  were introduced to the Paul McCartney by a mutual friend.

Also of note, but I think a pure co-incidence, is the gravestone in the church yard (you can visit it today) of a so called Eleanor Rigby.  Rigby is a daily common name in those parts.  See below, taken on a visit in recent years.


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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Combining Challenges ~ Play Date Cafe and Get Sketchy

So I had some fun yesterday with the Play Date Cafe Challenge #40 ~ Black, White and a Splash of Green. I made a card using a fabulous stamp I just got, Hero Arts Flower Wood Background. It turned out okay, a little too dark and brooding I think. I do like the watercolor with Perfect Pearls I used to color the flowers and I tried scoring some lines in the background cs. So here's this first card.....
So since I wasn't really thrilled with this one I looked for inspiration and somehow (I never remember how I end up where I end up) I found the Get Sketchy blog and the sketch totally inspired me, and with the color scheme from Play Date Cafe and some more new stamps here is the CAS card I came up with......
This one was fun to make and I like that I got to do a lot of stamping and masking. It's all stamping except for the green paper strip.

This is the title of Greg Laurie's weekend devotion for today "Doubt your Doubts and Believe your Beliefs". I was really thought-provoking, totally worthy of a Thought for the Day. If you want to read the whole devotion you will find it HERE.

Blessings to you all,
(don't forget to enter to win the Blog-Candy details HERE.)

1st card: Hero Arts Stamps-S5142 Flower Wood Background, S4878 Old Letter Writing. Inks- Ranger Distress Inks Black Soot, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters, Crushed Olive. Clearsnap Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink green. Ranger Perfect Pearls Powder- Perfect Pearl, Ranger Mini-Mister, Black and White cardstock from JoAnn's, Ribbon from Stamp Fever. Martha Stewart Scoring Board.
2nd card: Stamps- Hero Arts CG192 Floating Garden cling, H2141 Manuscript Background, K5333 Rectangle Doily, K5209 Butterfly Garden, S5341 Lace Background, K5376 Hydrangea, S5317 Starburst Lace, CL371 Essential Messages. Penny Black 2025M Music Background. Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black. K & Company Citronella Designer Mat Pad.

Friday, July 30, 2010

Announcing Blog Candy to Celebrate Stamp Fever's Grand Opening!

I'm so excited for Stamp Fever....they have a fantastic new location and a gorgeous new store design!
To help promote their Grand Opening Weekend August 13-15 I'm hosting a Blog Candy Giveaway!
So has anyone seen the new Hero Arts Holiday 2010 Catalog?
It looks like this:

How would you like to win a $25.00 Gift Certificate to use for your next order from this catalog? Stamp Fever is sponsoring this giveaway to get the word out to all in the Southern California area that there is a local stamp store that wants to be your destination for crafting fun!

All are welcome to enter this giveaway, here's what you need to do to enter:
1-Visit the Stamp Fever blog and sign up to follow (see my sidebar for link)
2- Leave some comment love there too!
3- If you have a blog add our blog candy to your sidebar or better yet do a post about Stamp Fever!
4- Leave a comment here so I can track all the entries.
You will be entered once for following Stamp Fever and leaving comments, and you'll get another chance by adding this blog candy to your blog.
Deadline for entries is Saturday August 14th 11:59 pm PDT. We will have a live drawing in the store on Sunday to pick the winner of this Blog Candy! Good Luck and Thank You!

Did you hear that Sally Traidman, Hero Arts Artist extraordinaire is coming to Stamp Fever? Mark your calendars for August 28, 2010. You won't want to miss this amazing opportunity! See Stamp Fever blog for more details.

(Disclosure: I teach classes at Stamp Fever and volunteer my time to help at the store and with the blog and newsletter. My compensation is from class fees and discounts on my purchases at the store.)

2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love and self-discipline.
Blessings to you,

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

A Fancy Birthday Card

So I'm making lots of birthday seems everyone I know was born in August. I also just got some really fun new stamps so I had to ink them up and play a bit. I was going for a fancy look with this paper pieced card.
This one took me most of the day so I will have to increase my speed if I'm going to get all these cards done.

Proverbs 16:20 ~ "Those who listen to instruction will prosper; those who trust in the Lord will be joyful!"
Blessings to you!

All stamps by Hero Arts: K5315 Birthday Gift, S5324 Simple Frame, S5341 Lace Background. Stampendous-black embossing powder; Ranger- Stickles golden rod, frosted lace; Recollections gems; Stamp-a-ma-jig; Versamark - watermark stamp pad; Memories- black dye ink.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Christmas Colors in July! Finally Another Tuesday Tag....

It's been weeks since I've had either the inspiration or the opportunity to play with the  Tag Tuesday Challenge. Finally I found a little of each and completed a tag. I tried to incorporate each of the themes that I've missed in the last few weeks so I've got faces, hearts and a fun summer photo to go with my red and green color scheme.
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I spent hours yesterday organizing my studio space. I went through all of my scraps and bits of this and that so I would be able to use them. When I saw the theme for this week, I got out the scrap bin and pulled out everything that was red or green. The black and white vintage photo was printed out in green months ago and never used. It is a picture of my hubby's aunt and uncle in a cart pulled by a goat. It was taken in 1929. I added some scrap paper to an alcohol inked background panel. I gold embossed the flourish stamp. The little heart was a scrap and the leaves were punched out of scrap paper as well. (Thanks for the inspiration, Jacqueline!)

Jude 20 & 21 ~ "But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit, and await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will bring you eternal life. In this way you will keep yourselves safe in God's love."
blessings to you!

Hero Arts stamp-Leaf Flourish, Ranger Distress Ink-Barn Door, Versamark ink, Ranger Embossing Powder- Gold
Punches: Creative Memories-hearts border, EK Success-leaf.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Back to Playing at the Play Date Cafe

So I decided this week I was going to break through the creative block and play with the colors at the Play Date Cafe.....then I saw the colors.....

They were a bit challenging to say the least and I wasn't so inspired. (Okay, so I know it's a Challenge, and the colors should be Challenging).  So I scrolled through the cards from the DT, each one a gorgeous masterpiece I must say. Okay, maybe I can do this, I thought, but inspiration wasn't there. I tried a few ideas, that failed miserably, nothing was coming together. THEN, I had the serendipitous moment I was hoping for when I went through my Webster's Pages 6x6 papers. I found the perfect paper, then the Hero Arts Cling stamp Old Letter was just sitting there waiting to be inked up. Suffice it to say, the rest came together and I'm pretty happy with the outcome.
The Hero Arts Heart-Winged Butterfly is stamped over Old Letter Writing and embossed with Marcasite ep to give it some sparkle. Then I painted some Antique Linen Distress ink mixed with Perfect Pearls on the open areas of the butterfly to age the white cs and add a touch more shimmer. I punched the small butterflies out of the reverse of the mat paper using the MS butterfly punch and added some silver pearls. Everything was then mounted to a card base of PTI kraft cs.

I wanted to remind you of this TFTD (thought for the day) post about blessings HERE. It was about that time (the end of March 2010) that I started to end my comments and posts with "bless you" or "blessings". I just wanted to say that when I visit your blogs or flickr galleries I do take the time to pray for you and ask God to bless your day. It is something tangible I can do to return the love and encouragement you all extend to me.
Blessings to you all,

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

July Card Chain Challenge

It's that time again to share the fun of this truly global card exchange! This month I made the acquaintance of Rikke in Denmark. You can find her Flickr photostream HERE. She is really nice and we have begun to exchange cards on our own. For the July CCC I loved the Beach theme and made a card depicting my favorite pastime....sitting on the beach.
for the how-tos for this card, see Flickr post HERE.

I made another little greeting to send to Rikke also....
That Hydrangea stamp was literally daring me to do something really vintage with it, so what was I to do? I just got the Canvas Stripe cling from Hero Arts and it has vintage written all over it, figuratively of course.

So now that we got that out of the way.....there is an Oldies radio station that I love listening to and it has a tag line that goes; And the hits just keep on coming! Well it should be amended to; And the blessings just keep on coming to describe my life lately. I'm honored to be a Hero Arts Hostess, amazingly I have a card being published in an online magazine.....and yesterday a package arrived in the mail from Sue Czosek. She had my name for the July CCC. Sue's considerable creative talent is matched by her boundless generosity.
Here's some photographic proof:
Feast your eyes on this exquisite confection....this was her greeting card for me, just a little note, isn't this incredibly beautiful? Okay, stay with me it gets more interesting...Sue sent 2 cards with the beach theme....
I love everything about this card....from the sparkly port-hole shaped window to the alcohol ink lighthouse scene, this is incredible.
Another version of the alcohol ink colored lighthouse, this time in a tri-folded stunner.
And remember I mentioned how generous Sue is? Well this little assortment of crafting goodness accompanied her amazing cards......
She included another lighthouse for me to use along with Webster's Pages papers, a set of fun dog themed sentiment stamps, assorted embellies, twine, flower ribbon and canvas tag. Oh yea, this put a smile on my face!Thank you Sue, you can be sure I will be thinking of you as I play with this lovely new stash of craft goodies!
To take part in the August Card Chain Challenge check out Society of Stamp & Scrap-oholics. It's the delightful brainchild of the irrepressible Deborah Nolan.

Thought for the Day: Proverbs 15:15 "He (or She) who is of a merry heart has a continual feast!" This verse is the inspiration for the name of my blog.
bless you,

Monday, July 19, 2010

A Little Traveling Music please.......

The challenge theme on the Hero Arts blog this month is Food and Travel and I've got to tell you, I was in a real quandary with this. First, I'm trying not to think about food until I lose this pudge that I've recently acquired. And I'm not so much the traveling type. Like a Hobbit, I prefer my adventures to keep me close to home. That being said I do have some loved ones who are the adventurous type.
There is my sister, Donna, who you know by now is my exact opposite. We have an extremely loving and close sister bond, but we are nothing alike. She is a world traveler and just can't get enough of interesting adventures. She's raced in an outrigger canoe from Maui to Molokai, cycled the coast of Oregon and those are her tame travels. Here's a favorite photo of her in front of Angel Falls in Venezuela....
She was traveling with friends staying in some very rustic accommodations, definitely no room service. She recently took a trip to Turkey and is currently planning her next trip to Vietnam.

Not to be outdone by his globe-trotting aunt, my son Andy took a trip to Thailand in the fall of 2007. He and Kellie were part of a team from Hume Lake Christian Camps bringing the Christian camping experience to missionary kids near Chiang Mai. Here is one of my favorite photos.....
This photo was taken the day they got engaged....while riding in another mode of transportation- the ever popular ox-cart. They honeymooned in Costa Rica following their wedding in June 2008.
And I can't talk about world traveling family without mentioning Ben and his adventures in the Marine Corps. Besides his deployment in Iraq, he spent a year based out of Okinawa, Japan. During that time he traveled on the USS Juneau throughout the Pacific, with stops in the Philippines, Korea, Australia, Guam and many more points along the way.
Here's Ben in a jungle somewhere (possibly Hawaii)....
....and enjoying some local delicacies in Korea...
Well since I have family to do the heavy-lifting so to speak with the travel, that leaves me free to travel in my own relaxed a good book! Here is my travel-themed card featuring Hero Arts clear and digi stamps, along with Lawn Fawn and a little one from Imaginisce.....
The inside includes a text panel from a 1927 copy of Cyrano de Bergerac printed in French.
For a complete list of supplies and stamps used, please see my Flickr post HERE.

Just so you don't think I'm a complete home-body (really I am though!) here's some photo evidence of me in Hawaii, Kauai to be exact in June of 2003 (yes that was my last vacation).
We were celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary and in this photo we were on the sunset cruise of the Napali coast. Looks like the LOST island behind us. This is a very rare photo of the hubs without a mustache, he shaved it while in Kauai but we decided he looked much better with it.
Thanks for sticking with this excessively long post, I sure hope you enjoyed the world tour provided by my family.
Thought for the Day: more from Psalm 25....."The Lord is good, and does what is right; He shows the proper path to those who go astray. He leads the humble in doing right, teaching them His way. The Lord leads with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep His covenant and obey His commands."
Cue the traveling music, I'm off to find a good book,
Hugs and blessings,

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Butterfly Sympathy Card

It's always so hard when a dear friend loses a loved one. I think those of us who make cards are blessed because we can create something from our hearts with the intent of comforting and cheering someone who is hurting. When words are hard to find, love can be shared with a special card.
My heart was so blessed by the lovely expressions of sympathy and hope that my dear stamping friends sent me when my dad passed in March. I hope and pray that this work of love has the same effect for my sweet friend who lost her beloved mom recently.
For a list of stamps and products used please see my flickr photostream.
Thought for the Day: More from Psalm 25:
All day long I put my hope in You! Remember, O Lord, Your compassion and unfailing love, which You have shown form long ages past. Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth. Remember me in the light of Your unfailing love, for You are merciful, O Lord.
blessings and love,

Thursday, July 15, 2010

I'm a Hero Arts Hostess!

It's my first day as a Hostess and I'm already behind, how does that happen? I was so thrilled to be invited to be a Hero Arts Hostess! Some of my favorite people have led the way and I'm up for the challenge. You'll find me at the Hero Arts Flickr Group wearing my official  orange Apron:
Check out the Hero Arts blog for the official announcement and to learn about my fellow hostesses: Joy, Barb, Kryssi, Jenny and Robin. They are very talented and the sweetest ladies, I'm so glad they let me join them!  Tami is the wonderful "Hostess Wrangler" (I think that's her official title) and she is just so wonderful and sweet. I'm looking forward to being a part of this excellent group over the next few months!
Thank you Hero Arts!
So here's my first official Hello card as a Hostess.....
I was very much inspired by the fabulous cards that Lin made with this basket, HERE and HERE. What is more summery than a pretty basket of cherries?

Thought for the Day: from Psalm 25...."Show me the right path, O Lord, point out the road for me to follow. Lead me by Your truth and teach me, for You are the God who saves me."
Bless you,

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

It's a Lawn Fawn birthday card for my sweet niece!...and a fun day in Laguna Beach

Here's a card I made for my sweet niece Ashley! Her birthday was last Thursday and her 2 aunts took her and her friend, Katie to spend the day in Laguna Beach.
I love this Lawn Fawn set "Bake Me a Cake":
The photo doesn't capture the sparkle from the gems on each layer very well or the Stickles on the candle flames, but it's there blinging all over the place. Really!
So here's some photo proof of our fun day, just the girls!

Here's Ashley (in white) and her friend Katie at our table at the Hotel Laguna, overlooking the ocean.

After lunch we wandered around the shops, I bought a hat at a fun little hat shop.....

Here's me in my hat, my sister, Donna and sweet Ashley (could someone please tell me why I look like the older sister?)
I snapped a shot of Donna, on the phone with her office....

Ashley and Katie doing their very best Vanna White impression....

And we finished off the adventure with these tasty little butterfly shaped chocolates....

My sister and I are so opposite of each other...she's a business woman, I am anything but. She has the fashionable wardrobe stuffed into her large walk in closet, give me a couple T-shirts and a pair of jeans and I'm good to go. She loves adventure (she's planning a trip to Vietnam), I love to stay get the gist. Well, we were looking at some gorgeous jewelry in a shop and each fabulous piece had been given a fun and descriptive name. Donna and I were standing next to each other admiring different necklaces that were side by side in the display case. We had a really good laugh when we realized the one she really liked was called "Warrior Princess" and the one I was admiring was given the name "Hush". That's us in a nutshell.

Oh and she took one of the fabulous necklace and earring sets home with her.....
I left Hush in the store....just didn't go with my jeans!

Thought for the Day: I love Psalm 25! I'll share a couple verses in each post:
O Lord, I give my life to You, I trust in You, my God!
Do not let me be disgraced, or let my enemies rejoice in my defeat.
No one who trusts in You will ever be disgraced, but disgrace comes to those who try to deceive others.

May the blessings of God be yours in abundance,

Monday, July 5, 2010

Introducing the New and Improved Stamp Fever!

Here's a sneak peek at the new Stamp Fever store in Orange, California. Linda and I and our dutiful hubbies have been working at getting the new store location ready. I have to give a special shout out to Sue who spent her day off today working with us. I must say I'm pretty impressed with how the original vision for the new store has materialized over the past few days.
Let me know what you think......
here's the front door and our window display.....
 my hubby built all the columns and storage cabinets......
here's the Hero Arts section......
we also carry Lawn Fawn stamps.....
lots of fun stamping tools and supplies, along with Hero Hues layering papers and folded cards and envelopes
(we're still working on getting all the stamps on the shelves) there is a good selection of Great Impressions stamps along with Stampendous, Stampington & Company, Penny Black, Memory Box and many more.
If you are in the area stop in and see us at 388 S. Tustin Ave in Orange. I will be introducing the new Stamp Fever blog in the next few days and also announcing the classes for the Grand Opening in August. (Hint: we have a Hero Arts Artist coming to teach a class!!)
Thought for the Day: Proverbs 3:5-6  ~ "Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take." I think of this verse when I remember the evening in February when Linda and I met to check out the possible new location for Stamp Fever. The old store had very little parking, was not in the best location and the store was just so tiny that classes had to be held to no more than 8. When we saw this new location we knew it was where we wanted to move. We sat in the parking lot and prayed that God would show us His plan and that we hoped to move to this new store if it was His will. We believe that He worked miraculously as there was out of state owners to convince and a lot of logistical obstacles to face. Praise God for answered prayer!
bless you and I hope to see you all at Stamp Fever soon,

Friday, July 2, 2010

Puppy Love- Cards for Grace

Jennifer McGuire is having a card drive for sweet little girl whose twin sister has lost her battle with cancer. I can't imagine the confusion and sorrow that Grace is feeling and it's lovely that Jennifer is organizing this outpouring of love to comfort and uplift her. I was really inspired by Kathy's fun card featuring her furry friend and thought I could do the same with a photo of my little Chihuahua, Tia. Heather has some great ideas too!
I hope Grace is a fan of dogs, especially pampered little princess dogs. For this card I used paper from the Cherry Delicious collection by Sassafrass.  Stamps from Hero Arts: S5435 Graph Background, CL342 Everyday Sayings, CL380 Truly Appreciated (inside message- Sending you lots of hugs...and puppy love!).
I thought I would include this card in Anne's July Challenge: Animals! It couldn't be more perfect since it features my sweet little formerly homeless Tia. Anne's challenge this month benefits "A Place to Bark". It's a wonderful animal rescue organization and operates on private donations. Thanks for checking it out!

Thought for the Day: Psalm 37:4-5 ~ "Delight the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass."


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After I sent out the last email regarding my Maori-Healer teachers coming into town, I felt compelled to share more about how exactly this unique kind of bodywork has helped me with my life and how it may help you too.

Really quickly, and for those who have no idea what this work is, it looks like a sports-type massage, meaning that it’s hands on and it works at the root level of your muscle imbalance, pain and stagnation.

I started receiving this work when I was about 29… I’m turning 47 in May. My first teacher was both a body-worker and someone who did talk-type therapy with me, even though she wasn’t an actual therapist (sound familiar?)

At the time, I had a lot of upheaval going on in my life, and so going to see this teacher of mine, meant that I was going to be able to have a safe place to unload emotions I’d been bottling up, and this unique-style of bodywork was a perfect vehicle to facilitate that.

Right off the bat, and on a instinctual level, I saw the value in being able to discharge a lot of trapped feelings I’d been holding onto, and for many reasons.

And that’s where my connections and insight began.

– I knew that if people are bound on a mental/emotional level, that alone will be enough to cause the body to be under great stress and would be a primary cause of it’s dis-ease at some point down the line.

– And by merely giving the body an outlet to release this kind of tension holding pattern, it can relax and heal more efficiently in a way that it innately already knows how to do.

– I realized that the bodywork sort of spoke for itself that my teacher didn’t need to. It connected me with some deep part within me, like some kind of automatic guidance system that brought me clarity regarding many things about my body, health and life that I didn’t need to talk about … the communications came via the bodywork.

– I realized, and quickly saw that most people live detached lives to one extent or another; that their connection with deeper parts of themselves, including on an emotional level, were not being accessed.

– I saw how, despite being a sensitive person, I struggled emotionally, and lacked the ability to express that pain verbally in an articulate way. I saw how that struggle caused a lot of frustration on my part, and exactly how it coincided with specific muscular holding patterns in my body.

– I saw extreme value, to be able to connect and feel how ones external physical pain and dysfunction related to their inward emotional struggles.

– the deeper I allowed the work to go and learned to surrender to it, the deeper and the further back into my memories I could connect to and see all the painful places I’d long since forgot and suppressed; it showed me exactly how they were still left unhealed and how it impacted my current life and why certain areas of it weren’t going so well.

– The bodywork helped me shed a lot of deep, dark emotions like rage, anger, resentment, and frustration. It helped me remove a lot of layering that prohibited a kind of self-love. Removing all those dark emotions allowed more light and levity within me to expand, like my sense of humor and playfulness.

– I deepened my compassion and empathy for others and saw that everyone suffered to one extent or another with the same things that I struggled with.

For those interested in receiving sessions from my Maori-Healer teachers in Topanga this Sunday and Monday February 17th and 18th, feel free to either text me or reply to this email.

For more explanation of the work, check out my previous email posted on my website, Facebook or my instagram page.

Looking forward to seeing y’all soon,

Where: Topanga, California (Exact address will be sent out personally)

When: This Sunday and Monday February 17th and 18th(Presidents weekend)

Cost: $200 cash per session

Time: 10-4

– Each session ranges between 45 minutes to an hour and a half.

– Please come at least 15 minutes early and allow extra time just in case things run over with others.


text: It’s been a heck of a week filled with finding our way with this Corona virus: new developments & shifts in necessary hygiene habits, the mass amounts of fear & emotions running hi, numerous layoffs & all the various personal & professional pivots taking place because of it all. Since my last IG post, I’ve hit high gear & I’m committed & dug in to helping as many people as I can to find their way through all of this, while taking better care of myself in the process. This time has reminded me of my past when things were rough for me; and in that time, one of my favorite quotes to help me maintain perspective through it all was … “For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin – real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.” This quote helped me realize that the struggles I was going through for quite some time were my life. And much like back then, now with all this Corona virus stuff or any other struggle I might have, I’m reminded of the wisdom from this quote once again; that my life is now & not at a later better time regardless of what’s going on. Maybe this quote will help you shift your perspective during this time just as it has for me, for so many years. Maybe it’s how we live & the attitude we have that’s more important, regardless of the good or bad circumstances we may or may not encounter.