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<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Jean was a retired physician who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease just after the birth of her first great grandchild. She lived a life filled with prosperity and good health. She was adored by her family, and touched the lives of many. Jean was predeceased by her husband, Robert, her partner of 55 years.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">At the age of 87, after setting off a small fire in her kitchen, Jean moved into a retirement home. She thrived there for a number of years, taking an active role in many of the home's social events. She was an avid bridge player who could still play a wicked game despite her memory loss.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">I met Jean at the University Health Network memory clinic in Toronto, when she was brought in by her family for an assessment of memory loss. She took the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in stride, and never quite accepted her impairments as anything more than one would expect for her age.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">I met her again a few years later as an inpatient on the geriatric psychiatry unit at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, where patients with dementia associated with severe behavioural problems are assessed and treated. I barely recognized her. She was a shadow of the woman I had met a number of years ago. Along with her significant weight loss, she was incontinent of bowel and bladder and would hit, kick, scratch and bite staff that rendered her personal care.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Despite having had a number of serious falls, Jean constantly and without purpose paced the unit both day and night. She was no longer able to carry out a meaningful conversation, having lost her abilities to express and understand language. More importantly, Jean was no longer able to participate in critical health-care decisions that profoundly impacted her dignity and quality of life.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Individuals in end-stage Alzheimer's often lose their capacity to eat. Even when fed by others, they are either unable to swallow or simply refuse to consume food, as if their body is shutting down in anticipation of death.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">When it was clear that Jean was not able to attain adequate nutrition to sustain life, her family insisted upon the insertion of a feeding tube. This decision was made despite detailed explanations to the family highlighting the evidence showing that tube feedings in such situations do not prolong life. They are more likely to increase suffering.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The family also was aware that Jean would need to be constantly physically restrained in order to ensure that she would not pull the tube out.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Despite learning that starvation at the end of life is not an unpleasant experience (as we know from the reports of terminal cancer patients), they simply refused to let Jean "starve to death." Jean's life lingered on for a few more days, until she eventually succumbed to an infection, which did not respond to antibiotic treatment.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Would Jean's care have been different had she been suffering from end-stage brain cancer? Would attempts have been made to prolong her life (and, as many health-care providers would suggest, thereby prolong her suffering and death)?</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Based on my experience, I suspect her case would have unfolded differently: Most families realize that suffering at the end of life in individuals with cancer is worsened through intrusive medical interventions such as mechanical tube-feedings. Why then, do patients with dementia too often receive less compassionate care?</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Most people recognize that Alzheimer's disease affects memory. However, few appreciate that Alzheimer's disease also is one of the leading causes of death among senior citizens. While most people understand that end-stage cancer requires a palliative approach (providing comfort and compassionate care at the end of life), patients with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders often are deprived of that care.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Are the two conditions so different that the approaches should be so disparate? Not really. The inevitable outcome is the same. Therefore, the goal of providing comfort and compassion while maintaining dignity should be the same under either condition.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">There will always be those who argue that the sanctity of life demands aggressive medical intervention, no matter what the cost is to the individual whose life is being prolonged. But in the case of patients with terminal Alzheimer's disease — people who are incontinent, who are unable to communicate or comprehend, who are bedbound and can no longer recognize their family nor the world around them — attempts to extend life often do little but cruelly prolong death and suffering.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">I believe that these patients would recognize this fact were they of sound mind. Family members, care providers, ethicists and religious leaders debate such end-of-life issues. But does anyone listen to the suffering patient, even when the patients can no longer speak for themselves?</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Death is a frightening and unpleasant event, which most of us choose to ignore despite its inevitability. We may have little choice in determining how we die, whether in our sleep from a heart attack or slowly from cancer; or, like Jean, from the ravages of Alzheimer's disease. We can, however, have an enormous impact on the terms of our care as we die.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">This can be achieved by informing our families and substitute decision makers about what we would want to have done while we are still capable of making those choices. The law ensures that our wishes be respected.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Whatever your ideological and spiritual beliefs, the decision on how your life ends can and should be made by you.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">To ensure this, talk with your family about how you would like your care to be rendered in the event that you are in a terminal state, and speak to your physician about an advanced care plan. Do it now, perhaps as a New Year's resolution. Jean's example shows what can happen when those decisions are made by others.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; "><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; "><strong style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; ">Dr. Keren is the medical director of the Toronto Rehabilitation Geriatric Rehabilitation Program and the co-director of the University Health Network Memory Clinic.</strong></em></div></div><a href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/01/03/ron-keren-imagine-yourself-with-end-stage-alzheimers-disease-while-you-still-can/">http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/01/03/ron-keren-imagine-yourself-with-end-stage-alzheimers-disease-while-you-still-can/</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

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text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MPcfJqX1it4/UOXrCtwdtgI/AAAAAAAAEX4/iB-C0W-CyDs/s1600/borax+coupons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MPcfJqX1it4/UOXrCtwdtgI/AAAAAAAAEX4/iB-C0W-CyDs/s320/borax+coupons.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Story:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This detergent is outstanding!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cleaning power worked like magic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The stains on one of my favorite jackets came right out!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could not believe it when I saw it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am so glad that I tried this detergent, and am a firm believer that detergent really does work! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Enter to win by telling me how do you keep your clothes looking white and good as new? </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Want an extra entry? </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Follow my blog.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3.Then also follow me via Twitter, here. https://twitter.com/kelli_bliss </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. then </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tweet about the giveaway and make sure you use #Borax</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. leave me a link here to your tweet.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good Luck!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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Here's a few pics of KW, Duval Street.  N<br />The big red shoe gets dropped at midnight on NYE - sitting in the shoe is drag queen, Sushi!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjENM_F8rvLrxG5e2xXap6jv9-39Qrub6aXdWyDHTtEw-uFZM86qSH0W2g1_ROkNLMzkPHPRjzgXnCgX03U4h9awAWlAc9U2pmYGYxBxzeBQbzfGmKI5WiD9DC3948ln3WFDQXFJujG7Q_/s1600/20130101_182611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjENM_F8rvLrxG5e2xXap6jv9-39Qrub6aXdWyDHTtEw-uFZM86qSH0W2g1_ROkNLMzkPHPRjzgXnCgX03U4h9awAWlAc9U2pmYGYxBxzeBQbzfGmKI5WiD9DC3948ln3WFDQXFJujG7Q_/s400/20130101_182611.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphjZ3Zzt-v4bZN5srg2ztw6Qj4vd6UNf4EPDpEJGyGpGOmy2dQzJtrTZhg6bBOh5Tt9LlgUxtLqB2n172I6Q5604RdiwsLur2wGZebWW2J2AYf0mL8FvuykL7PBziNYRo8dfWeSQMufwi/s1600/20130101_182603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphjZ3Zzt-v4bZN5srg2ztw6Qj4vd6UNf4EPDpEJGyGpGOmy2dQzJtrTZhg6bBOh5Tt9LlgUxtLqB2n172I6Q5604RdiwsLur2wGZebWW2J2AYf0mL8FvuykL7PBziNYRo8dfWeSQMufwi/s400/20130101_182603.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-wISNq0nho9w1eQZMeafa49iifVbSuR1dUurS0WxSjHB5gDWXgnY5N9I8Aea2sW_rQyXRzW8Dkn4NBXHwmeNEXqw3qcsQkluTakeWMxs8bfEXGATmSr4wvwuHIcvMUH2u7u_qx8oTKBH/s1600/20130101_182448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-wISNq0nho9w1eQZMeafa49iifVbSuR1dUurS0WxSjHB5gDWXgnY5N9I8Aea2sW_rQyXRzW8Dkn4NBXHwmeNEXqw3qcsQkluTakeWMxs8bfEXGATmSr4wvwuHIcvMUH2u7u_qx8oTKBH/s400/20130101_182448.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_R3Dc9Cl348zxwK1ngix5tzv9nVTXO_TW5XxuJ8i089PWrzzvdCzgAh-ETjsAOAZUPDnZvcttLN-M36ulPYpRpzczA4f-XjC4P_-GpiEnOsxgM6oZ-GS6ixXOsIhI8N_PkeHe9WR88nn/s1600/20130101_182434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_R3Dc9Cl348zxwK1ngix5tzv9nVTXO_TW5XxuJ8i089PWrzzvdCzgAh-ETjsAOAZUPDnZvcttLN-M36ulPYpRpzczA4f-XjC4P_-GpiEnOsxgM6oZ-GS6ixXOsIhI8N_PkeHe9WR88nn/s400/20130101_182434.jpg" /> </a> </div>

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Making a Case for the Medical Checkup - NYTimes.com

<base href="data:">How does it feel to learn that the bread-and-butter of what you do for patients might not actually help them?<br><br>Unsettled, to say the least. A recent analysis from The Cochrane Collaboration, an international group that reviews scientific evidence, concluded that general health checkups for adults did not help patients live longer or healthier lives.<br><br>I thought about that the other day as I worked my way through the morning appointments. Some patients were there for management of their ongoing diseases, like diabetes and hypertension. But many were there for a general checkup, often prompted by minor symptoms.<br><br>One 43-year-old man came because of shoulder pain. It took just a few minutes of questions and physical exam to attribute the pain to muscle strain from lifting weights, with the simple prescription to lay off the weights for a few weeks.<br><br>For an internist, though, this is a golden opportunity — a minor symptom gets a patient into my office, which becomes a prime opportunity to address general health. Like many healthy people, he hadn't been to a doctor in years, so there was lots to do.<br><br>I checked his blood pressure to screen for the "silent killer" of hypertension. I noticed that he hadn't had a tetanus booster in 10 years, not to mention an annual flu shot. I ordered a blood test for cholesterol. I went through his family medical history in case there were any particular diseases we should be on the lookout for.<br><br>We discussed a healthy diet and exercise. I screened for H.I.V., depression, domestic violence, smoking, and drug and alcohol abuse.<br><br>It was a lot to pack in for a visit about shoulder pain, but screening is where we get the most bang for the buck, or so we've been told. If our detailed interview uncovered one serious illness in the making, we'd be poised to treat it earlier, not later. This is the essence of primary care medicine.<br><br>So to read the new report suggesting that these exhaustive (and exhausting!) general checkups may not impact morbidity and mortality was dispiriting.<br><br>The study was a meta-analysis, in which the authors scoured the literature and came up with 16 randomized trials in which one group of patients had general checkups and the other group did not. Two-thirds of the trials, covering more than 150,000 patients, followed the patients long enough — nearly a decade — to track actual death rates.<br><br>Patients in the checkup group received many more new diagnoses; one trial found a 20 percent increase. But they did not live longer. They died from cancer and heart disease at the same rates as their peers who did not have checkups.<br><br>The visit with my patient ran well over our allotted time. The next several patients were delayed because I'd scrambled to cover all the bases that constitute general health. (The same bases, incidentally, that are being tabulated as a measure of my "quality.") But are we — as the study might suggest — wasting our collective breath here?<br><br>Certainly the study had drawbacks. By the time a trial is planned, executed, published and then later reviewed in a meta-analysis, it is of course outdated to some degree. So in some of the trials, the medical practices may not reflect what we are actually doing today. And the group that did not have checkups may have actually received a fair bit of general health screening along the way if they, like my patient, saw a doctor for a sore shoulder and walked out with a cholesterol analysis and a flu shot. Additionally, not enough data were collected to permit conclusions about the potential harms of general checkups — excess medications, harmful tests, false-positive diagnoses.<br><br>Still, it would have been nice to see a hint of a benefit for checkups in this analysis, given how much effort and time is invested in screening. We strive to practice evidence-based medicine, and if general checkups don't help our patients live healthier and longer lives, then maybe we should be focusing our resources elsewhere.<br><br>Of course it can also be argued that this analysis, like most studies, offers us only averaged data for a population of people. It does not give us specifics for an individual person. There may be certain types of patients who do benefit from check-ups, and others who may be harmed.<br><br>So I'm not – yet — telling my patients to skip checkups altogether. Certainly those in robust health need not slavishly adhere to the annual physical. In any case, it's not so much the annual "physical," but rather the "history-taking," that is critical. It's the detailed conversation that is much more likely to uncover lurking medical issues than the physical exam or blood tests.<br><br>What the meta-analysis can't quantify, of course, is the value of establishing a doctor-patient relationship before one gets sick. I feel fortunate to have been with many of my patients for years, a few for a decade or two. If you stick together long enough, you'll be there when something comes up. Treatment is immeasurably easier when it's not taking place between strangers. It's hard to place a numerical value on that.<br><br><i>Danielle Ofri is an associate professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine and editor in chief of the Bellevue Literary Review. Her most recent book is "Medicine in Translation: Journeys With My Patients."<br></i><br><a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/making-a-case-for-the-medical-check-up/">http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/making-a-case-for-the-medical-check-up/</a><br><br>

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<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M2Cft5BpoOQ/UOV1fwa70jI/AAAAAAAAEVU/Iasv7bSp7J4/s1600/vapur.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M2Cft5BpoOQ/UOV1fwa70jI/AAAAAAAAEVU/Iasv7bSp7J4/s320/vapur.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b><br /></b></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b>Vapur US </b></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b><br /></b></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are you getting tired of carrying around those huge water bottles to the gym, work or to school with you?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They can be a pain especially when you've finished drinking the water and you have to figure out where to throw them away!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you know that only 12 percent are recycled after we throw the bottles away?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also did you know that 24 percent of the packaged water is tap water to begin with?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If we all could make a change and use Vapur bottles the world would be a better place and not have all these toxins.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tap water is less expensive than the bottled waters we buy anyways!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The reusable ones are a pain too, because you have to rinse them out.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eZZfu7Cd2U0/UOV1nongxyI/AAAAAAAAEVc/iDQOO_naWjs/s1600/Vapurus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eZZfu7Cd2U0/UOV1nongxyI/AAAAAAAAEVc/iDQOO_naWjs/s320/Vapurus.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://vapur.us/#">VapurUs</a> is a water bottle that is flexible, when there is no water inside it's folded or flat but when you put water inside of the bottle it stands up like any other regular sized water bottle!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best thing about these bottles is that it's dishwasher safe, bpa free,freezable and eco friendly.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the designs on the bottles too, makes them look just like any other bottles you would find in the stores!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Vapur team has started an organization called Drops of Hope that gives Vapur Sales to water and environmental related causes. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Their on a mission to make disposable water bottles obsolete, and we can too with Vapur! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5bUn4XkKfuE/UOV1tAUJ09I/AAAAAAAAEVk/Fceq-ZfwNFY/s1600/full+vapur.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5bUn4XkKfuE/UOV1tAUJ09I/AAAAAAAAEVk/Fceq-ZfwNFY/s320/full+vapur.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I absolutely love this water bottle that I received because I can take it anywhere with me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I'm all done drinking the water all I have to do is just roll it up and put it back in my bag!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's convenient and easy to just fill it up and go!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great for workouts, traveling, shopping or any occasion!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kid and environment friendly too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This bottle is great for you!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8BWoW0L1Vgc/UOXhAVQipbI/AAAAAAAAEXM/ZyIHXps57O8/s1600/folded+vapur+bottle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8BWoW0L1Vgc/UOXhAVQipbI/AAAAAAAAEXM/ZyIHXps57O8/s320/folded+vapur+bottle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Interested in their products?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Their online!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check them out at these social media sites.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/vapurtrail">Face Book </a></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/vapur/">Twitter </a><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

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Vapur US  Are you getting tired of carrying around those huge water bottles to the gym, work or to school with you? They can be a pain espec...

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 01/03/2013

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/profiles/blogs/post-reflection-post?xg_source=activity">Post Reflection Post - Flat Classroom Project</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This is an excellent post-reflective post from a fantastic student. You can see that she drafted in a word processor and pasted it in and then embedded the videos. Knowing how to use features of various programs in tandem is part of being fluent in software. Not just can they use one program or another but can they use them together to become more efficient and effective in the task at hand.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki">wiki</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki_book">wiki_book</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborative">collaborative</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/writing">writing</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/blogging">blogging</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://fcp12-2.flatclassroomproject.org/page/history/M%26U+Current+News+B">Flat Classroom Project 12-2 - M&U Current News B - History</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">If you look at this editing tab, you can see that GrantG did a great job in his comments of documenting what he did. If we can get more students documenting their work as they edit, it makes the process of collaborative writing more powerful and faster as well as the ability to see what happened where. ""I wrote an introductory paragraph for our section. I asked my teacher and she said that because our topic has to do with current news, we can organize it in a way that includes introduction and conclusion paragraphs with a more list-like format in the middle. This is the reason I added a section for examples. Feel free to add relevant current news information as you find it!""</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki">wiki</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborative">collaborative</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/writing">writing</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki_book">wiki_book</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/case_studies">case_studies</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://fcp12-2.flatclassroomproject.org/wiki/changes?wikispacesFormToken=6283a25043476c31b1b88cef15dbf63fb3e0c422&showPage=1&showMsg=1&showComment=1&showFile=1&showTag=1&showUser=1&quser=BrandonP-WHSA&userdatefrom=09%2F01%2F2012&userdateto=01%2F02%2F2013&datefrom=20120901&dateto=20130102&go=1">Flat Classroom Project 12-2 - Changes</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">There is a fantastic feature on wikispaces that lets you drill down by student and see what work they've done. If you click on "recent changes" and then type in the userid and date, you can see the work. I now have students turn in their work on a google checklist - when they edit over a period of time, they type in their id and the dates and paste the link and I can grade with one click. This saves so much time and gives me a digital dashboard of all of the work they've done on a project.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/case_studies">case_studies</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki_book">wiki_book</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborative">collaborative</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/writing.">writing.</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/profiles/comment/thread?screenName=0xryain20glmn">Comment Thread with Professor Terry Smith and Vicki Davis - Flat Classroom Project</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I want to point out Terry Smith, a judge for Flat Classroom this past 8 weeks, and what he did as he did his judging. He used the process of judging to see what the students were saying about edtech and current trends as well as to have current information to share his students, but he also modeled excellent feedback by leaving messages for the students he judged. It is the words that communicate presence and the students who received messages from him came to me with excitement. While many of our amazing volunteer judges do this, I wanted to point it out because he did it so well. This is the link to the thread where we talked about what he did but you can also click on his name and see the kinds of comments he left and the videos he reviewed. This is the kind of "flattening" that creates mutually beneficial symbiotic learning relationships but also gives us good feedback for improving what we're doing with the students. You can volunteer to judge projects on this website as well.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclassroom">flatclassroom</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/communication">communication</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/post_secondary">post_secondary</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://term.ly">Dictionary, Thesaurus | term.ly</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">term.ly is the companion website for the terminology app for the ipad/ iphone. You can also shorten and share definitions. The main problem I had is if you use a diigo box, the search box tries to take over the words. Nice clean dictionary.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apps">apps</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/writing">writing</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborative">collaborative</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/literature">literature</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/engchat">engchat</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://agiletortoise.com/drafts">Drafts - Agile Tortoise</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">IF you tweet or share a to a lot of apps, this app, Drafts will connect to just about anything. Type it, then decide where to send it, or you can save your most inspirational items to tweet, Facebook, or wherever later. It links with evernote, twitter, facebook, app.net, email, messages, calendars, dropbox, evernote, bufferapp, toodledoo and more (as well as ifttt.com integration.) I'm still learning about all the ways to use this handy tool. The only thing I wish it did is that I could add to it from the web and then see it on my ipad.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/socialmedia">socialmedia</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apps">apps</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/facebook">facebook</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2884006&iph=2893013">Mentions in Blogger - Blogger Help</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">You can now tag people in blogger blog posts with Google plus circles. Google has just added a very powerful tool to their blogging platform and one that may actually get me to stay there. I've contemplated moving to wordpress quite a few times. "Mentioning someone is an effective way to let them know that you're referring to them in your blog post. You can mention a person, or a Google+ page, even if they don't follow you. Depending on how they've configured their Google+ settings, they might receive a notification about your mention after you publish the post. How to mention others To use this feature, just type "+" or "@" followed by the name or page. As you’re typing, you'll see a list of names appear below. You can click to select the person or page that you'd like to mention."</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/blogging">blogging</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/google">google</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Main_Page">Judgepedia</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">An interactive encyclopedia of courts and judges editing in a wikipedia-like format but with a commitment to be  unbiased - it will be interesting to see how this works, but the traffic is very respectable and the aim is a great one, if they can pull it off.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborative">collaborative</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/writing">writing</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki_book">wiki_book</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Ballotpedia:About">Ballotpedia:About - Ballotpedia</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">"Ballotpedia is a nonprofit and nonpartisan collaborative encyclopedia designed to connect people to politics. Topics include: elections, congress, state executive officials, state legislatures, recall elections and ballot measures. You can find a full list of projects here. Ballotpedia's staff and volunteers particularly focus on the so-called "down-ballot" candidates and ballot measures that typically receive less attention. Ballotpedia is a wiki, which means anyone can improve it. By adding your knowledge and fixing mistakes, the quality and depth of Ballotpedia's information improves over time. Why we do it We believe in the power of information to transform lives and politics, and we're committed to making the most knowledge available to the greatest number of people. In addition to Ballotpedia, the Lucy Burns Institute hosts Judgepedia to collect information on our judiciary. The more informed we are as voters, the better our government becomes. Ballotpedia isn't a part of any political party and we don't support candidates. We're simply a community of users dedicated to fairness and openness in politics, on both sides of the aisle. Our users welcome responsible, knowledge-building contributions from anyone who wants to participate. How it works Ballotpedia was originally formed by the Citizens in Charge Foundation on May 30, 2007. In March of 2008, the Sam Adams Alliance became Ballotpedia's sponsor, continuing their mission of using online media to promote access to government."</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/politics">politics</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki_book">wiki_book</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborative">collaborative</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/writing">writing</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page">Ballotpedia</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">If you have something on the ballot in your state and want to have more information, go to ballot pedia which explains the initiative and lets you know who is paying for and against this. This is another method of wikis and collaborative writing playing a role in more open government and transparency. Students could run a student version of this sort of site, or -pedia sites on all kinds of things.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborativewriting">collaborativewriting</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki_book">wiki_book</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_news">edu_news</a></p> <ul class="diigo-comments"> </ul> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 01/03/2013

Post Reflection Post - Flat Classroom Project This is an excellent post-reflective post from a fanta...

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2013 Horoscopes

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBrv258J8ovwatxgdwjK2p2aBM7WX3GonjJujSoartePAfYyoezo1JSztn2w9RVMyD1LDx_62Rz57uQuuJ8bOM8BFM6oKp_67foEwnVcCy5dpeC8eZo1r5P3p6g4SCjjeK4-gKELN18A/s1600/Larissa+Summers+Sexy-Fortune-Teller-Costume+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBrv258J8ovwatxgdwjK2p2aBM7WX3GonjJujSoartePAfYyoezo1JSztn2w9RVMyD1LDx_62Rz57uQuuJ8bOM8BFM6oKp_67foEwnVcCy5dpeC8eZo1r5P3p6g4SCjjeK4-gKELN18A/s400/Larissa+Summers+Sexy-Fortune-Teller-Costume+(1).jpg" width="265" /></a></div>Hello guys and dolls.  Astrologer to the famous international internet radio stars, Lana Jouray here, with your 2013 Horoscopes.<br /><br />Let’s hop aboard my astral <strike>vagina</strike> plane and see what the stars are cooking up for you in 2013…<br /><br /><b>Aries (March 21-April 20)</b><br /><br />While two lesser charges against you are dropped, your plea of, <i>“not guilty by reason of having been served cold fries”</i> falls upon deaf ears as the jury finds you guilty of gunning down a cashier, a cook, and the manager at your local McDonald’s.<br /><br /><b>Taurus (April 21-May 21)</b><br /><br />You have always, and literally, lived by the rule, <i>“a penny saved is a penny earned”</i>, however after eight years, your financial planner is finally going to kick your ass for bringing him so many God Damned pennies.<br /><br /><b>Gemini (May 22-June 21)</b><br /><br />You always expected, anticipated, and ultimately <i>knew</i> that some day you would rise to the top, but you never foresaw that it would be the result of falling into a giant vat of flour and yeast while touring a state-of-the-art bakery in Helsinki.<br /><br /><b>Cancer (June 22-July 23)</b><br /><br />The euphoria you feel in April after being elected President of Belize is quickly replaced by the fear and gunshot wounds you experience during the military coup that transpires in May.<br /><br /><b>Leo (July 24-August 23)</b><br /><br />After years of sobriety you fall off the wagon.  The most unfortunate thing about this, is that you will fall off the wagon while drunkenly parking it atop the Empire State Building.<br /><br /><b>Virgo (August 24-September 23)</b><br /><br />Remaining true to your astrological sign of the virgin, you will not get laid at any point during the entire year.<br /><br /><b>Libra (September 24-October 23)</b><br /><br />Your career in journalism comes to abrupt end when you realize that after ten years of tossing newspapers from your bike to the doors of thousands of avid readers, your rotator cuff is just…plain…shot.<br /><br /><b>Scorpio (October 24-November 22)</b><br /><br />Scorpios are very proud and bold people, that is why you will continue to walk down Main Street everyday naked.  Of course, being the Chief of Police that you are, makes it okay.<br /><br /><b>Sagittarius (November 23-December 22)</b><br /><br />You will find that developing a self-induced, life-threatening disease is a good way to get people to pay attention to your birthday during the holidays, but only for one time…and one time only.<br /><br /><b>Capricorn (December 23-January 20)</b><br /><br />You are forever shamed when your Home Owners Association strips you of the, <i>“Home of the Year”</i> award after discovering that you used performance enhancing rugs.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XhxxsDCEv0bTrJhYLdTQjnasaWuLc0yHyV-C7Ys9lABQe_BPtr3V4pZWpkdkHgi6g1GCELwr5Ccm4CNpse2GcDJ-SOmLhSloybhbMzHBh-npIe39l4JH8BLWZd2II-f2q_zVpw72bao/s1600/gay+marcus-bachmann-eating-a-corndog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XhxxsDCEv0bTrJhYLdTQjnasaWuLc0yHyV-C7Ys9lABQe_BPtr3V4pZWpkdkHgi6g1GCELwr5Ccm4CNpse2GcDJ-SOmLhSloybhbMzHBh-npIe39l4JH8BLWZd2II-f2q_zVpw72bao/s320/gay+marcus-bachmann-eating-a-corndog.jpg" width="286" /></a><b>Aquarius (January 21-February 19)</b><br /><br />You’ll soon discover that “livin’ in a van down by the river” isn’t all that bad…provided it’s summertime and the catfish are biting.<br /><br /><b>Pisces (February 20- March 20)</b><br /><br />You will feel vindicated when Rep. Michele Bachmann’s husband Marcus, finally comes out of the closet and confirms his gayness of which you suspected. Unfortunately, you will also be very disturbed when you see that it is<i> your</i> closet out of which he comes.<br /><br /><i>Happy 2013 Everyone!!</i><br /><br /><i>May the stars shine down upon you,</i><br /><br /><i>Lana Jouray</i></div>

2013 Horoscopes

Hello guys and dolls.  Astrologer to the famous international internet radio stars, Lana Jouray here, with your 2013 Horoscopes. Let’s hop a...

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Bulu Box

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bulu Box</span></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bulubox.com/">Bulu Box</a> is a monthly prescription service that hand selects nutritional samples for men and women.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best thing of all these remedies are all natural!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These products make you feel and look great too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The box each month includes 4-5 samples that are for weight loss, detox, workout nutrition, sports nutrition, sexual health, protein supplements and more. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOn97tysRPo/UOT5iOq-BmI/AAAAAAAAEUQ/s826wvtndRo/s1600/FRS+Energy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOn97tysRPo/UOT5iOq-BmI/AAAAAAAAEUQ/s826wvtndRo/s320/FRS+Energy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FRS Healthy Energy Chews: </span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you have little or no energy it's because our Quercetin is low. Quercetin is an antioxidant, which is actually believe it or not found in super foods like blueberries, grapes and apples. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It triggers our bodies to work properly to be able to have energy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These chews are amazing, they keep me alert and energized all day long!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sWKwfARdsoo/UOT5nXGC5sI/AAAAAAAAEUY/DIt6yDwVeOA/s1600/elebra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sWKwfARdsoo/UOT5nXGC5sI/AAAAAAAAEUY/DIt6yDwVeOA/s320/elebra.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Elebra Vegetarian Capsules:</u> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These little capsules are vegetarian vitamin supplements with herbs to make you more productive and focused! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IelL17XaC6U/UOT5rntSkwI/AAAAAAAAEUg/QEGvQO9iz1Q/s1600/almaseed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IelL17XaC6U/UOT5rntSkwI/AAAAAAAAEUg/QEGvQO9iz1Q/s320/almaseed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Almaseed:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Almaseed is a weight loss supplement that's been proven safe</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for diabetics to speed up their metabolism and also support healthy insulin levels by only taking 50 grams of Almaseed a day which if you want to get technical is just 8 tablespoons a day. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">People with diabetes have a much higher metabolism rate than people without diabetes.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YfsaG-xJ_as/UOT5xl9YzBI/AAAAAAAAEUo/xhT9leIGSnc/s1600/cocoawell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YfsaG-xJ_as/UOT5xl9YzBI/AAAAAAAAEUo/xhT9leIGSnc/s320/cocoawell.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Reserveage Organics:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cocawell dietary supplement that are actually vegetarian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Helping you with cardiovascular protection to relax the blood vessels. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow, only one serving is equivalent to eight dark chocolate bars!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amazing!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hywQUYt-xb4/UOT513PoUPI/AAAAAAAAEUw/ivJAdWelHww/s1600/defend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hywQUYt-xb4/UOT513PoUPI/AAAAAAAAEUw/ivJAdWelHww/s320/defend.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Immuno-Viva Defend+Energy</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A dietary supplement for energy and immune support.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just tear open the package and add it to 8-16 ounces of water and go!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Bulu Box

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Beauty Box 5

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xmZuZvREDWI/UOTRJtW8y3I/AAAAAAAAETI/quPrDk47NEA/s1600/beauty+box+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xmZuZvREDWI/UOTRJtW8y3I/AAAAAAAAETI/quPrDk47NEA/s320/beauty+box+5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://beautybox5.com/">Beauty Box 5</a> is a subscription box service where you can receive 4-5 beauty samples each month right to your door from the best brands.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who doesn't love receiving stuff in the mail?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Especially when it's beauty products that will make you look and feel great!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can sign up for whatever membership works for you whether it be for monthly, yearly or quarterly.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The box looked like a present I loved it, and inside was just the same as the outside!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can see in the above photo how the contents of my box are in the cutest little bag!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They put so much thought into their boxes which is great!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XnFvM3bPpk0/UOTYwe5cW9I/AAAAAAAAETs/xtgNr9eWF_g/s1600/box5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XnFvM3bPpk0/UOTYwe5cW9I/AAAAAAAAETs/xtgNr9eWF_g/s320/box5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>My box contained: </b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-40bliL1wzJg/UOXeim4ufDI/AAAAAAAAEWI/OLMrKKsNb74/s1600/eye+makeup+remover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-40bliL1wzJg/UOXeim4ufDI/AAAAAAAAEWI/OLMrKKsNb74/s320/eye+makeup+remover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Blum Naturals towelettes:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can't get rid of your eye makeup?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not to worry!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take one of these all natural towelettes and swipe it on your eye lid and Voila make up gone!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not only is it all natural but it's gentle on your skin not causing you to break out and leaves you with a healthy looking glow. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bFVqKUt7Q6E/UOXeqW-XJuI/AAAAAAAAEWQ/1u-Z1L2aC5Y/s1600/lip+shine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bFVqKUt7Q6E/UOXeqW-XJuI/AAAAAAAAEWQ/1u-Z1L2aC5Y/s320/lip+shine.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Lip Shine:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Going out to a fancy restaurant or clubbing with friends?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Try this lip shine to add color to those sexy lips. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ttmsPtKHg0M/UOXeytsBddI/AAAAAAAAEWY/seb6ktVVmKA/s1600/evie+evan+moisture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ttmsPtKHg0M/UOXeytsBddI/AAAAAAAAEWY/seb6ktVVmKA/s320/evie+evan+moisture.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Evie Evan moisture cream:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This little face cream is so cute and the best thing of all it's pocket book friendly!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know about you but this time of the year my skin is drier than ever!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's like the cold weather sucks everything right out of me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With this amazing cream it puts moisture back into my skin making it look healthier than ever!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can feel a difference too along with the healthy looking glow!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O1DAP2ELwHE/UOXe6xBgSyI/AAAAAAAAEWg/2srDTgS19MQ/s1600/blush.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O1DAP2ELwHE/UOXe6xBgSyI/AAAAAAAAEWg/2srDTgS19MQ/s320/blush.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Everyday Minerals blush:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Absolutely love the color of this blush.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's not too dark and a dab is all you will need.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m7IvXwOnuss/UOXfD1kG98I/AAAAAAAAEWo/KvzLUhGS73Q/s1600/lash+card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m7IvXwOnuss/UOXfD1kG98I/AAAAAAAAEWo/KvzLUhGS73Q/s320/lash+card.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Lash Card:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't you just hate when your putting on mascara and you notice it smudging and clumping?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the Lash Card you can say goodbye to clumping and smudging by just simply putting the card above or under neath your lashes while applying your mascara.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check them out!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BeautyBox5">Face Book page </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/BeautyBox5">Twitter page </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Beauty Box 5

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Today's archidose #641

Here are some photos of <a href="http://www.barnesfoundation.org/">The Barnes Foundation</a> in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by <a href="http://www.twbta.com/">Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects</a> (2012). Photographs are by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottnorsworthy/">Scott Norsworthy</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottnorsworthy/8328421598/" title="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects by Scott Norsworthy, on Flickr"><img alt="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects" height="488" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8220/8328421598_b85a9d07e8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottnorsworthy/8328424304/" title="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects by Scott Norsworthy, on Flickr"><img alt="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects" height="529" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8220/8328424304_cbbb01151b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottnorsworthy/8327369725/" title="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects by Scott Norsworthy, on Flickr"><img alt="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects" height="406" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8497/8327369725_d0d8cdc349_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottnorsworthy/8328437950/" title="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects by Scott Norsworthy, on Flickr"><img alt="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8072/8328437950_135350afed_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottnorsworthy/8328415322/" title="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects by Scott Norsworthy, on Flickr"><img alt="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects" height="426" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8215/8328415322_4d908afa41_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottnorsworthy/8327381925/" title="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects by Scott Norsworthy, on Flickr"><img alt="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects" height="426" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8358/8327381925_50f8ef021d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottnorsworthy/8328445128/" title="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects by Scott Norsworthy, on Flickr"><img alt="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8355/8328445128_5b6107df0a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottnorsworthy/8328448840/" title="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects by Scott Norsworthy, on Flickr"><img alt="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8356/8328448840_805a6260d8_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottnorsworthy/8328452238/" title="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects by Scott Norsworthy, on Flickr"><img alt="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8211/8328452238_a48b37debb_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottnorsworthy/8327359225/" title="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects by Scott Norsworthy, on Flickr"><img alt="The Barnes Foundation - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8072/8327359225_bde8de82af_c.jpg" width="519" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #641

Here are some photos of The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (2012). Photographs a...

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Real Beanz Coffees

<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Real Beanz</b></span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ADvdb6_dNw0/UOS0AgqGFvI/AAAAAAAAESY/H2nwsVTjCLY/s1600/realbeanz+coffee+display.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ADvdb6_dNw0/UOS0AgqGFvI/AAAAAAAAESY/H2nwsVTjCLY/s200/realbeanz+coffee+display.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold;"><u><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When it comes to coffee <a href="http://realbeanz.com/">Real Beanz</a> knows what they are talking about.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They have coffee down to a science.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They make their coffee from all natural ingredients to give you the energy you need without all of those chemicals that are used usually for flavoring.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Caramel-</span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Me-XReW4v5c/UOSw-ZHlq-I/AAAAAAAAER0/M340igFR3vE/s1600/Real+Beanz+caramel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Me-XReW4v5c/UOSw-ZHlq-I/AAAAAAAAER0/M340igFR3vE/s200/Real+Beanz+caramel.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">made from brewed coffee, reduced fat milk, and caramel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the caramel taste because you can actually taste it and know that it's caramel unlike some other coffees or caramel drinks it lacks flavor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's one thing that Real Beanz coffee doesn't do!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Makes you alert and focused to keep you going.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Mocha-</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vW7-MWXeyyM/UPPuVtaNVGI/AAAAAAAAFCM/Qv3ridlRMx4/s1600/mocha+real+beanz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vW7-MWXeyyM/UPPuVtaNVGI/AAAAAAAAFCM/Qv3ridlRMx4/s200/mocha+real+beanz.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking for a boost to get your day going?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Try Mocha Real Beanz coffee.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the intense mocha flavor you are sure to get your taste buds going and be alert and ready for your day! </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's unbelievably good! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G8DmQmjwgfg/UOS0Vyqq4pI/AAAAAAAAESg/FCXPLi_xd-s/s1600/real+beanz+coconut+coffee+waters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G8DmQmjwgfg/UOS0Vyqq4pI/AAAAAAAAESg/FCXPLi_xd-s/s200/real+beanz+coconut+coffee+waters.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They also offer a line of coffee with coconut water in them to give you the extra boost you need!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you haven't tried their coffees yet feel free to learn more about them here.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://realbeanz.com/">http://realbeanz.com/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/realbeanz?fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/realbeanz?fref=ts</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/RealBeanz">https://twitter.com/RealBeanz</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br />

Real Beanz Coffees

Real Beanz When it comes to coffee  Real Beanz  knows what they are talking about. They have coffee down to a science. They make their coffe...

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RW Garcia

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tmqX6q2gmHA/UOSiRuqapZI/AAAAAAAAERQ/lQuEZCpIkjI/s1600/RW+Garcia+chips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tmqX6q2gmHA/UOSiRuqapZI/AAAAAAAAERQ/lQuEZCpIkjI/s320/RW+Garcia+chips.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One thing I can not give up when eating healthy is chips.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love chips with a half of a sandwich or to dip in some salsa, but the thing is most chips are full of fat and other hidden ingredients we don't know anything about. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These chips from <a href="http://www.rwgarcia.com/">RW Garcia</a> are amazing and delicious.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are made from stone ground corn, flax seed and spices for flavoring.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Contains no additives or preservatives.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oils contain no trans fat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spices are non-irradiated and also free of artificial ingredients.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wheat and Gluten free as well!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dipping Chips:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>3 Seed  English Cheddar :</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These chips are amazing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have you ever had Sun Chips?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's exactly what they taste like amazing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Made with  stone ground white corn, chia seeds, black sesame seeds cheddar cheese and caramelized onions to give a robust flavor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />

RW Garcia

One thing I can not give up when eating healthy is chips. I love chips with a half of a sandwich or to dip in some salsa, but the thing is m...

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