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On the beautiful day of Pentecost… You know, it’s really annoying to have to read annoying tweets, angry emails, and comments hating on yourself or your business all the time. Most of the time, it’s all thoughtless, stupid, and biased. Sometimes they get whipped. Sometimes it gets too close. Some days you are more vulnerable to it than others. And no matter the person, no one is immune when moody people see your expression or behavior as a cause for a little verbal aggression. But on a free and open internet in a similar country, that’s part of it, inevitable and insurmountable. So you have to learn to deal with it, learn to let it slide from you or, where possible, close yourself off from it. Regardless of the actual threats, this is not impossible. Not so hard. But it seems that many politicians and journalists cannot accept this or wish to understand it. Something about power, ego, position, or maybe Excellence. So you see them complaining more and more, louder and emotional or even flirting with intimidations and threats (online). This elicits little sympathy, especially with people who think they are right to attack you. You reward them with whining. You can also challenge new callers, shouting and any threats to drop a penny in the keg (digital) machine. Don’t feed trollsThat’s why we always said. But yes. That was in the past, and they didn’t learn that Diplomatic class Cage or on a college tour. Here at 8:30 p.mHowever, there is no requirement to attend (online). For emperors without clothes (summer) now often behind the curtain of your vinexpas booth (refreshes). TV, the keg machine for self-congratulation Bonus quote from Uncle Tor “I keep repeating it: Mediahuis, Roularta and DPG Media, owned by three wealthy Flemish families, have a monopoly on almost all newspapers and magazines in the Netherlands and Belgium. All noses point in the same direction. Whether it’s about the blessings of waking up, transgender craze, the EU, Ukraine, vaccinations, immigration, the blessings of Islam, climate or the ‘alt-right’: nowhere in the mainstream media do you read a dissenting voice , and certainly not among daily newspaper columnists and opinion makers.” Sunday night. Nice game of risk “Avid pop culture junkie. Alcohol nerd. Award-winning problem solver. Wannabe writer. Baconaholic. Typical creator.”

SDOT pilot program gives seniors, disabled $20 transit, Uber, taxi vouchers The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced a pilot program called “Ride Now” that will give applicants over the age of 65 and individuals with disabilities six free $20 vouchers a month access to rides through various services. The services that will accept these vouchers are Yellow Cab, Uber, Lyft, or transit stations like bus stops and the Link light rail. The program is a short term service that will be active for the months of April and May of this year, meaning the ride vouchers will no longer be accepted on June 1. SDOT said in a statement that “these $20 vouchers should fully cover most trips up to three miles” and that “all rides must begin or end within Seattle city limits.” Riders are responsible to cover any remaining fees for their travels. The national program, Transit Planning 4 All, works to help communities nationwide implement inclusive programs to improve local transit services. The program gave a grant to SDOT in 2020 to use for investing in inclusive programs to help seniors and people with disabilities with transportation. “The grant has allowed us to conduct an inclusive, compensated planning process and offer a mobility support pilot program for older adults and people with disabilities as well as their caregivers,” SDOT said in a statement. Similar programs have been installed elsewhere across the U.S. Portland, Oregon implemented an accessible service program called PDX WAV in 2019 that has helped citizens with disabilities get access to transportation through a central wheelchair accessible vehicle dispatch center. While customers still have to pay a fee, the goal of the program was to give individuals easier access to find transportation through mobile devices. The Director of the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), Chris Warner, talked about the effects the program would have on transportation in Portland. “When it comes to taxi, Uber and Lyft rides, we have three fundamental goals,” Warner said in a statement. “We want it to be easy for Portlanders to get a ride. We want those rides to be safe. And we want those rides to be accessible to every Portlander. With PDX WAV, we’re taking a big step forward in providing Portlanders with mobility devices with the same level of service enjoyed by everyone else.” Seattle residents looking to use Ride Now, they will have to use services like Uber, Lyft and Yellow Cab through their mobile devices or computer. Once they are dropped off at their location, riders will present their paper voucher or digital promo code to receive the $20 discount. SDOT is looking to survey users of the Ride Now program to help shape future services once the pilot program is over in June. This article was originally posted on SDOT pilot program gives seniors, disabled $20 transit, Uber, taxi vouchers

Peace TV is to be kicked off the air for one month in a decision by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) that enraged its popular lead anchor. NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tantasith announced the decision to temporarily suspend the licence of the broadcaster on Wednesday. The suspension will take effect after the satellite-based station is notified by a letter from the telecom regulator, he added. Peace TV was still on air on Wednesday evening, but is expected to go blank soon after the NBTC letter reaches the operator. In past periods of censorship, the station has continued to send content through its YouTube channel. The NBTC cited programmes broadcast between March 26 and April 9 as the reasons to shut the station for a month, saying their content was considered likely to incite conflict. The telecom regulator also warned Peace TV of future harsher punishment if it continues to commit "violations". The NBTC move was the second station suspension this year, following a 15-day closure in February. Peace TV is linked to the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), with red-shirt leader Nattawut Saikuar as one of its popular hosts. Mr Nattawut, who hosted his regular programme on Wednesday, accused the NBTC of selectively targeting the station as a means of supporting the government. The UDD leader suspected the NBTC decision is linked with concern over protest activities timed to coincide with the four-year anniversary of the coup on May 22.

Flash floods have killed more than 70 people in northern Afghanistan, washing away hundreds of homes and forcing thousands to flee, officials said Saturday warning that the death toll was expected to rise. Soldiers and an Afghan local police patarol near Baghlan on March 27, 2012 The floods in a remote mountainous district of Baghlan province come a month after a landslide triggered by heavy rains buried a village and killed 300 people in a nearby region. The twin disasters highlight the challenges facing underdeveloped Afghanistan's next leader as the country heads into the second round of the presidential election on June 14. "People have lost everything they had -- houses, property, villages, agricultural fields, cattle," Baghlan police spokesman Jawed Basharat said about the floods. "There's nothing left for them to survive. People don't even having drinking water," he added. "They urgently need water, food items, blankets and tents." Afghan disaster management officials said they were scrambling to get food and medical aid to the area after torrential rains unleashed the floods, which forced thousands of people to flee their houses. The governor of the province, Sultan Mohammad Ebadi, said the death toll stood at 74, warning that the extent of the disaster was "massive" and that the toll was expected to rise further. Bodies of women and children were among those recovered from the inundated areas, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said, adding that scores of people were missing. "There is a lot of stagnant water, and there are more bodies under the rubble and mud," Mohammad Nasim Kohzad, head of NDMA in Baghlan, told AFP."We are still looking for other victims of this flood." - 'Massive' damage - The governor of the remote affected district of Guzargah-e-Nur confirmed that 74 bodies had been recovered by authorities. "The floods destroyed four villages, and washed away 2,000 residential houses, agricultural fields and also killed thousands of cattle," Noor Mohammad Guzar told AFP. Officials were further assessing the extent of the damage on life and property in the affected area, the deputy head of the National Disaster Management Authority said. "Our teams have also provided some edibles (food items) and medication to the affected people. More aid will get there soon," said Mohammad Aslam Sayas. But Basharat, the Baghlan police spokesman, claimed that the affected families had received no assistance so far from the central government or relief agencies. Outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a statement said he was saddened by the loss of life and property in Baghlan province, and directed disaster management officials to dispatch emergency relief aid to affected families. Last month a landslide triggered by heavy rains buried a village in a remote area of northeast Badakhshan province, killing at least 300 people. The May 2 disaster left hundreds of families homeless in Argu district of the mountainous province which borders Tajikistan, China and Pakistan. The floods and landslides follow recent severe flooding that have affected a vast swathe of Afghanistan, particularly northern provinces with 175 people dead and tens of thousands displaced. Flooding and landslides often occur during the spring rainy season in northern Afghanistan, with flimsy mud houses offering little protection against rising water levels and torrents of mud. Afghanistan is currently voting to choose a successor to Karzai, who has been in power since the fall of the 1996-2001 Taliban regime. Afghan presidential front-runner Abdullah Abdullah faces former World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani in next week's vote run-off.

23 September 2020: The FCA has announced that the first firms will start moving to the new data collection platform, RegData, which replaces Gabriel. Firms will be moving gradually in stages, and PRA firms are not expected to migrate to the new system until 2021. Please read the FCA news release for further information. 15 December 2020: We published a letter from Anna Sweeney and Charlotte Gerken on ‘Insurance Supervision: 2021 Priorities’ to Chief Executive Officers of PRA regulated Insurance firms. 4 September 2020: We published Policy Statement 20/20 ‘Responses to Chapters 2 to 7 of CP3/20 ‘Occasional Consultation Paper’’, relevant to all PRA-authorised firms. For the insurance sector, this includes amendments to: The changes to Insurance Company – Mathematical Reserves come into effect on Friday 4 September 2020. The changes SMR forms come into effect on Sunday 25 October 2020. All other changes come into effect on Monday 30 November 2020. 4 September 2020: We published v1.2.0 of the Bank of England Insurance taxonomy, which supports National Specific Templates (NSTs), Internal Model Outputs (IMO), Market Risk Sensitivities (MRS) and Standard Formula Reporting (SFR) reporting. We also updated the Solvency II XBRL filing manual. This follows Policy Statement (PS) 20/20 ‘Responses to Chapters 2 to 7 of CP3/20 ‘Occasional Consultation Paper’’, published on Friday 4 September 2020. This will take effect from Monday 30 November 2020. For more information, please see the Technical artefacts and support section below. 13 July 2020: We published a public working draft (PWD) of version 1.2.0 of the Bank of England Insurance taxonomy to support National Specific Templates (NSTs), Internal Model Outputs (IMO), Market Risk Sensitivities (MRS), and Standard Formula Reporting (SFR) reporting. The taxonomy, data point model (DPM) dictionary, annotated templates, and validation rules represent the requirements for Solvency II as set out in CP3/20 ‘Occasional Consultation Paper’. We invite feedback, particularly from firms and software vendors, on the PWD technical artefacts by Monday 27 July 2020. We will aim to publish the final version of the taxonomy and DPM in September 2020. See Technical artefacts and support section for more information. 1 July 2020: We published a letter from Sam Woods to all PRA-regulated firms on ‘Managing climate-related financial risk – thematic feedback from the PRA’s review of firms’ SS3/19 plans and clarification of expectations’. We also published a speech by Sarah Breeden ‘Leading the Change: Climate Action in the Financial Sector’. 29 June 2020: It has come to our attention that the FCA address on the notification form, which is used by firms to notify the PRA and FCA when a notifiable event occurs or is deemed likely to occur, is incorrect. We are aware of this error and will consult on updating the form in due course. For notifications to the FCA, please see the revised version of the form, with the correct FCA address, at SUP 15 Ann 4 R in the FCA Handbook. 22 June 2020: The FCA has announced that the new data collection platform to replace Gabriel will be called RegData. The FCA explained what firms should expect and what they will need to do before they are moved to RegData. PRA firms are not expected to migrate to the new system for submission of returns until 2021. 28 May 2020: We have identified the list of Internationally Active Insurance Groups (IAIGs) headquartered in the UK as follows: - Aviva plc - Legal & General Group Plc - British United Provident Association Limited - RSA Insurance Group plc IAIGs are the focus of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) Common Framework for the Supervision of Internationally Active Insurance Groups (ComFrame). We have identified UK IAIGs in accordance to the criteria set out in ComFrame (CF 23.0.a and CF 23.0.b) for the purpose of the Insurance Capital Standard (ICS) version 2.0 for the Monitoring Period. The Monitoring Period is intended as a period of stability during which the IAIS will monitor the performance of the ICS. It is not intended for monitoring the capital adequacy of IAIGs (ie the ICS will not trigger supervisory actions, and IAIGs need not manage their business to the ICS), or for third party use. This list is for informational purposes and should be used only in conjunction with ComFrame. This list may be subject to change. 26 March 2020: We published CP3/20 ‘Occasional Consultation Paper – March 2020’ which contains proposals for minor updates to National Specific Templates (NSTs) and associated LOG files, and the market risk sensitivities data item and associated instructions. 16 March 2020: We published PS7/20, ‘Solvency II: Adjusting for the reduction of loss absorbency where own fund instruments are taxed on conversion’, which includes final policy on the PRA’s expectation that insurers would deduct from their own funds the maximum tax charge before set off of any prior year losses (the tax charge) generated on conversion of a restricted Tier 1 (rT1) capital instrument. This policy came into effect on Monday 16 March 2020, and is relevant to UK insurance firms within the scope of Solvency II, the Society of Lloyd’s, and firms that are part of a Solvency II group that will determine and classify capital instruments under the Solvency II own funds regime, together with their advisors. 15 January 2020 : The Bank of England and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are preparing to publish regular, aggregated data relating to the UK Insurance market on a quarterly basis. We published a ‘call for feedback ’ to inform potential users of such data and the proposed content and presentation, and to invite comment and feedback that may help shape the publication.

Fail To Comply, Breach & Related Criminal Offences- Contact Our Criminal Defence Lawyer in Brampton In almost all cases, a fail to comply charge is derived from an initial underlying charge. An accused or offender had an underlying charge, for example, a domestic assault and the failure to comply is a result of an alleged breach of conditions placed upon him/her. In a domestic assault charge, the accused will usually have a bail/release condition to have no contact with the accuser (his/her partner) during the time that the charge is being processed through the courts. If the accused makes contact with the accuser during this time then he/she can be charged with failing to comply with the conditions of his/her bail conditions which restricted any contact. At the conclusion of the underlying charge, say in this case, a domestic assault, the accused could be found not guilty of the charge and win the case. However, if there was a fail-to-comply charge that arose after the initial charge but before it was over, the accused could still be found guilty of the fail-to-comply. The failure to comply would be a separate additional charge. So the underlying charges and what happens to them (i.e., win or lose) really have no bearing on the separate failing to comply charge. Another example of failing to comply would be if the accused was found guilty and given conditions of probation or signed a peace bond with restrictions. Some standard conditions placed upon the offender would be to abstain from contacting the victim (say again in a domestic assault case). If after the offender was sentenced and given such conditions he/she did contact the victim then that would likely constitute a failure to comply with probation. In Ontario, the terms “failure to comply”, “fail to comply” and “breach” are used interchangeably. A related charge is failing to attend court. This offence is also referred to as failure to appear. This charge occurs when an accused does not attend court for his/her scheduled court date. There is also a related charge of failing to appear for fingerprints. The irony of failing to comply charges is that throughout Ontario, the penalties/sentences for failing to comply with a condition placed upon the offender sometimes are worse than what the sentence would have been for the underlying offence. For example, let’s say a first offender was charged with a fairly minor domestic assault and he/she was found guilty and received a conditional discharge (which is not a criminal record). In such a case, one of the conditions of his/her probation would be not to have any contact with the victim. If the offender breached the probation and failed to comply, then if he/she is found guilty of that offence, the sentence could be up to 30 days in real jail. While every jurisdiction is different, usually, Crown Attorneys and Judges are not too sympathetic when offenders breach their conditions on either their bail or probation orders. For example, with convicted impaired drivers in Ontario, there is a condition that the offender shall not operate a motor vehicle for at least 1 year. Despite the severity of the offence of impaired driving, jail is rarely handed down to first offenders. If the offender is then caught driving within that 1 year period, even if completely sober, a breach of probation has occurred, and the Crown Attorneys usually seek a minimum of 30 days in jail for that underlying charge. Clearly, breaches and failing to comply with court orders are not taken lightly by the courts across the province of Ontario. If you find yourself charged with a failure to comply charge, please contact Avi Baratz Criminal Defence Lawyer in Brampton for a free confidential consultation. Fail To Comply The recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. Zora in 2020 has established that one must have a clear intention to fail to comply with their bail conditions. See case below.

Barbershops are spaces where men shoot the breeze, hang with friends and get a trim. Thanks to a new Case Western Reserve University program, it’s where they’ll be able to learn about prostate cancer by year’s end. In Cuyahoga County, Black men have a disproportionate risk of being diagnosed and dying from prostate cancer as compared to white men. Researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center are addressing this health disparity with a community-based program that will disseminate prostate cancer information in the Black community through barbershops. CWRU’s Cleveland African American Prostate Cancer Project received a new $2.75 million, three-year grant from the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, the university said. Cancer of the prostate gland — a small, walnut-shaped organ that produces fluid that nourishes and transports sperm — is the second-leading cause of death in American men, behind lung cancer. There will be nearly 250,000 new cases diagnosed n 2021, and about 34,000 deaths, the American Cancer Society estimates. The Cleveland African American Prostate Cancer Project will train community navigators to visit participating barbershops to pave the way for the businesses to host prostate cancer educational events,said prostate cancer project director Erika Trapl. Attendees will be encouraged to get a prostate cancer screening from their regular doctor. Urban Kutz Barbershops owner Waverly Willis began encouraging conversations about diet and health years ago, when he realized he was losing clients who refused to go to a doctor until it was too late. “(Men) don’t go to the doctor unless something is falling off,” said Willis, who is a member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Community Advisory Board and executive director of the Urban Barber Association nonprofit group. Now the conversation in his two Urban Kutz barbershop locations are just as likely to be about veggie recipes and the Keto diet as the Browns and Cavs, he said. Willis wants to get a clinic mobile unit to visit his barbershops to run prostate cancer screenings as part of the CWRU initiative. “Barbershops are one of the most trusted institutions in our community,” Willis said. “Cancer affects all of us in some way, shape or fashion. I just want to change the conversation.” Community education events in barbershops will start at the end of the year, if it’s safe to hold in-person events by then. Trapl plans to look for additional funding to allow the education and screening program to continue beyond its initial three years. She hopes the barbershop outreach program will make it more normal for men to discuss the illness. She finds it curious that men wear pink ribbons for breast cancer awareness, even though they are much more likely to get prostate cancer. “It doesn’t get talked about,” Trapl said about prostate cancer. “I think there is a growing recognition we need to elevate it as a discussion, because as soon as we do that, having that discussion in a barbershop doesn’t seem quite as weird.”

Ladies, Gents…and extra-terrestrials (in case we’re not the only intelligent species in the universe….I don’t want to offend E.T. or worse, the Predators) Barca Blaugranes reached yet another (mini)milestone; we have surpassed 1.000.000 pageviews (all-time). Once again, I want to take the opportunity to thank Nick Ewing for making me part of this project early on. Although he’s very much inactive at the moment, I expect him to resurface every now and then. However, as much as I enjoy reaching this landmark, it isn’t a reflection of our quality (or lack thereof) nor a reason to not aspire to reach even greater heights. We could, can and should do a lot better, which is also the reason why Barca Blaugranes isn’t publishing too many stories at the moment. Reading some of the stories on the SB Network makes me want step my (pen) game up. I’ve read some stupendous stuff on SBN and I feel privileged to be part of the Nation. Nevertheless, I always aim to be no. 1, and while this is very much a hobby and passion of mine I do take it very seriously. Hence, some quality control is in order. If you do something, do it right or don’t do it at all. Sometimes this leads to some very heated exchanges as I can be very anal, penetrant and at times a flat-out tyrant. Therefore I’d like to say thank you and/or apologize to the Barca Blaugranes staff: Bostjan Cernensek (kind of my voice of reason), Arron Duckling (most productive teenager I know), Jose A. (creeps the hell out of me because of his weird knack to just appear out of the blue), Paul Udani (first but hopefully not last writer we recruited from our community), Lorenzo Franceschi Bicchierai (who used to be our man in Barcelona…and bides his time as a student at the world famed Columbia Journalism School), Gabriel Roberts (resident multi-talent, writing, arts etc.), Shehryar Khan (who spends an awful lot of time going missing), Michael Doran (whose La Liga reports are insane!), Emile Avanessian (yet another Yankee amidst our ranks, whose football work rivals his impeccable basketball contributions) and new kid Inder Methil (our first writer from India). Thank you also to the various guys I already unnerved on the SB Nation network and always lend a helping hand, League Editor & We ain’t got no history head honcho, Graham MacAree (who I hopefully didn’t appall by posting a certain Entourage clip), Gene Um from The Busby Babe (note to Gene – you can’t have Xavi!), Allan Dodson from Villarreal USA (on Monday we’re enemies for about 90 minutes plus injury time), Managing Madrid’s Gabe Lezra and Josh Zeitlin (arguably the only Madridista’s whose opinion I truly value), Kevin McCauley from Cartilage Free Captain (who seems to have an answer to every question I have) and the rest of SB Nation. We’ll work overtime and extra-hard to fit in with you guys. Enjoy Lil Wayne’s A Milli – Personally, I think that’s one of the weirdest songs ever. Lil Wayne - A Milli (Official Music Video) Follow Barca Blaugranes on your preferred social network: Follow me on:

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In 1913, a powerful and dangerous storm descends on the Great Lakes - and three sisters find their lives transformed amid the chaos in this "superb, character-driven adventure" (Publishers Weekly). Great Lakes galley cook Sunny Colvin has her hands full feeding a freighter crew seven days a week, nine months a year. She also has a dream-to open a restaurant back home-but knows she'd never convince her husband, the steward, to leave the seafaring life he loves. In Sunny's Lake Huron hometown, her sister, Agnes Inby, mourns her husband, a U.S. Life-Saving Serviceman who died in an accident she believes she could have prevented. Burdened with regret and longing for more than her job at the dry goods store, she looks for comfort in a secret infatuation. Two hundred miles away in Cleveland, the youngest sister, Cordelia Blythe, has pinned her hopes for adventure on her marriage to a lake freighter captain. Finding herself alone and restless in her new town, she joins him on the season's last trip up the lakes. On November 8, 1913, a powerful storm descends on the Great Lakes, bringing hurricane-force winds, whiteout blizzard conditions, and mountainous waves that last for days. Amidst the chaos all three women are offered a glimpse of the clarity they seek, if only they dare to perceive it. Kinley Bryan's debut, a Historical Novels Review Editors' Choice, is inspired by actual events during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, as well as her own family history. "This is historical fiction at its best" (Molly Gartland, author of The Girl from the Hermitage). |Blue Mug Press |5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.81(d)

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If you have been following along with my Sunday & Seurat posts, this black dog will look familiar. I decided to print him as a postcard too. These are mailable size, professionally printed on heavy weight card stock with a nice matte finish so they are easy to write on. They are available now in my Etsy shop as sets of 4 cards. Another detail I noticed in the Sunday on the Isle painting was the sailboats in the distance. Since Minnesota is nicknamed the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”, I knew that a print with boats would probably be something people here would love. I started this print by creating the water. I collected about 15 different patterned and colored papers, everything from newsprint to sheet music to scrapbooking paper. I laid them all out on my table and gave them all a wash of blue paint. I wanted to obscure some of the patterns a little bit, but I also wanted to give it a cohesive color palette. By giving everything a wash of the same blue, they suddenly all become variations on a theme, rather than 15 separate colors. I tore the papers into long strips and started layering them together to look like waves. I deliberately tore them a little unevenly to get the “foam” of white paper showing on the tops of some. I glued this all together as a paper collage. My scanner can only scan a piece 9×12, so I needed to carefully adjust and mask the edges of that rectangle so that I could make a seamlessly repeating pattern that could fill any amount of fabric. There is no magic formula to making something like this appear seamless, just lots of time zoomed in and manipulating pixels one by one to disguise the edges of the tile. Totally tedious; totally worth it. Many hours later, I had made a seamless water pattern out of it, which I saved as is, because I reuse patterns like this all the time once I have the hard work done. Next I created a cut paper illustration of the sailboats and scanned it. One of the things I loved about the sailboats in the painting was the reflection in the water. I thought that was such a lovely detail. So my illustration had a reflection as well. I made several different sailboats and added those in a layer on top of the water. I was careful to place them on the waves so they looked like they were sailing along and not just plopped down. Finally, I added a flock of birds. I originally had made a set of water lilies as well (my favorite flower) to go in among the boats, but the scale just didn’t work out. If they were small enough to make sense with the sailboats, you couldn’t tell what they were. So those got scrapped. You’ll notice that the color of my water and the color that it is on the finished fabric aren’t the same thing. When I looked at my finished design, I realized that it looked a little somber. Although the colors matched the painting pretty well, it didn’t have that summer sailing kind of feeling that I wanted. So I went back in and brightened up the water and shifted it to look a little more turquoise, a color that made me think more of sunshine on the water. I also tweaked the tiny flag at the top of the mast so there were pink and yellow flags just for a little sparkle of color. The final layer, of course, was my Seurat-inspired pointillism texture added in layers. You can still see a tiny bit of the polkadots in some of the patterned papers, but I love the complexity that gives to the design. I love this one and I hope lots of you love it too. Another iconic shape in the Sunday on the Isle painting is parasols. There are many people sitting and standing in the scene holding a parasol. I liked this one where you could see the contrasting color on the inside, so I decided to make one like that. My original paper design for this one was very much larger than the finished design. Making it larger was just an easy way to make sure that it had all of the detail I wanted with shapes and shadows added with colored pencil. It’s much easier to cut something out with scissors than it is to have to make tiny things with an exacto knife. It was easy to re-scale it after I had scanned it. I was designing this specifically for bow ties, so I wanted something simple that would make sense when it was scaled down to bow tie size. I kept the bright turquoise blue of the original and recolored another one to be almost the same deeper blue as the one in the painting. Lots of people wear blue, black or grey and I thought this made a print that would look nice with any of those. I created a geometric pattern by alternating them, which I also thought for a bow tie would give a print that was super wearable, while still being a little fun and quirky when you looked at it closely. This design was also built up of layers of pointillist-style dots and transparent colors. If you look closely at the Sunday on the Isle painting, you will find a black dog whuffling in the grass. Those of you that know me know that I have a fondness for black dogs. So, I had to use the black dog as the inspiration for a design. When we were talking about what kinds of pieces we wanted for this collection, I felt like there should be something that wasn’t necessarily a kids item, but something that would appeal to kids. And there are a lot of people who love dogs. So this one seemed like it would be pretty popular. (Turns out we were right, but more about that in a minute.) I made two versions of the dog from cut paper and I added a little colored pencil shading to them. I scanned the cut paper designs and layered together with a painted background that was just a swirl of different colors. And I added the paintbrush from the Red Yellow Blue design as if the dog is holding up his paw to be painted. That turned in to this, which I call Brush to Paw. I printed it on eco-canvas. The hidden “easter egg” in this print is that the dogs have a different colored collar on each side of the bag, which match my dogs (red for Chester and turquoise for Leo). And when you sew it together, it makes a little bag that looks like this. I use these as travel bags and keep my phone charger, jewelry, bandaids and those kinds of odds & ends. We quickly realized that this little guy was going to be a hit, so we added a piece to the collection and I gave him a place on a tea towel as well. I just got this fabric yesterday and I am going to spend the rest of the afternoon hemming and making some linen/cotton tea towels which should be in the Guthrie shop very soon. It always catches me off-guard but one question I get asked all the time is “Who does your sewing? Or where do you get them made?” The answer is: Me at my dining room table. That part is just as important to me as the design is. I have no interest in designing things to send off and have mass produced overseas. The fabric for all of these is printed by my friends at Spoonflower in Durham NC. They are friends and I have been to Spoonflower HQ and have seen my fabric coming off of their printers. I can’t own the kinds of machines that they have (They cost more than my first house did.) so I am thrilled I am able to work with them to make my designs happen. Part of the cost of making these is paying myself a fair wage for the time spent sewing them. I work hard to make that part as efficient as I can because I don’t want to spend 24 hours a day sewing, but I can be confident that they are the quality that I want and that the person sewing them isn’t working in a sweatshop. This week I have been drinking tea and watching the Great British Baking Show as I sew. I can’t complain about my job this week. I am so excited to finally be able to talk about my collaboration with the Guthrie Theater Store. In February, I was approached by the manager of the gift shop for the Guthrie Theater. Their summer musical was Sunday in the Park with George and she wondered if I would like to work with them to make some exclusive pieces for the shop that were inspired by the show. Sunday in the Park with George is loosely based on the life of Georges Seurat and his painting Sunday on the Isle of la Grande Jatte. I first saw the show about 15 years ago and soon after that we visited the Art Institute in Chicago and were able to see the painting. It was the first time that I can remember seeing a painting and literally gasping. I came around a corner and there it was. Part of the beautiful visual story of the show is that the actors recreate the painting on stage and the characters move in and out of that scene. The show is a love note to artists. Seurat struggles with getting the image that he sees in his head on to the page and the struggle filling up the blank canvas. He is famous for the pointillist style, where the image is made up of dots of colors that your eye blends together. When I thought about what to design, I thought of the song “Color and Light” from the show, where Georges repeats the names of colors in a rhythmic pattern like his dots on the page. So that was one of the first designs I created. Making the design Red Yellow Blue I started many of the designs in this collection from paper. The grid (representing a paint palette) and the paint brush are both illustrations made from cut paper; the paint splatters were watercolor. The paintbrush was shaded with colored pencils to add some texture. I scanned all of those pieces so that I could manipulate them digitally but preserve the texture and hand-cut or hand-painted quality of them. There is a filter in Photoshop called “pointillism”, which seemed like a logical choice to make the design look Seurat-like, but it didn’t give me the effect I wanted at all. So I read a little more about Seurat’s painting and that gave me some ideas. The artist worked on the painting in several campaigns, beginning in 1884 with a layer of small horizontal brushstrokes of complementary colors. He later added small dots, also in complementary colors, that appear as solid and luminous forms when seen from a distance. I built up my design the same way with transparent and opaque layers, some with dots and some without and I digitally played with the luminosity in different ways. It took a lot of experimenting to get something that felt just right. It ended up being about four or five layers in total. This design was intended to be a zipper bag, so I created the design to scale and not as a repeating pattern, which is more typical for fabric designs. It is printed on eco-canvas, which is made from 45% recycled polyester. The finished bag is about 5×8″, which is just the right size for your favorite pencils and art supplies. This is the first in a series of posts about the making of these Sunday & Seurat designs. I wanted to have the chance to talk a little more about the inspiration and process of making each one. They can be found for sale at the Guthrie Theater Store and you can see the whole collection in this virtual gallery.

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Diabetes and Relationships "People Are Weird. When We Find Someone With Weirdness That is Compatible With Ours, We Team Up And Call It Love" - Dr Seuss The principle is the same. Find someone that we like enough to spend time with and we might just be lucky enough that they want to do the same. But throw diabetes into the mix and things can get a bit complicated. This is Nathan and Sally's story on love, compromise, friendship, support, and chronic disease. Nathan and Sally have been married since 2013. Here's Sally's story I can remember the day Nathan was diagnosed like it was yesterday. The day started like every other working day, both in a rush first thing in the morning. I was heading out the door running to grab the train to the city. Nathan had made an appointment to see the doctor for nothing serious, or so we thought. He had developed what appeared to be rosacea and wanted to visit a doctor for a ‘once over’, as he’d not seen a doctor for multiple years. I recall my desk phone ringing and Nathan sounding calm. He said the doctor has sent him to the diabetes clinic at the hospital, that everything was fine, but that he didn’t know what was going on. I hung up the phone and stared at my computer drifting into a daze. I was in complete and utter ignorance, not aware of the severity or potential of the diagnosis at that point. The next thing I remember is my boss tapping me on the shoulder, as she’d overheard the conversation, advising I should leave the office and head to the hospital. I Googled how to get to the hospital. Little did I know it would become a regular visit for the coming year for both of us. As I walked into the room where Nathan sat, I began to feel very concerned. The diabetes educator was instructing him on insulin levels and how to inject. I had missed the initial diagnosis conversation and the educator commended Nathan on how he had taken this diagnosis. I knew he was in shock and at this point, I felt numb and in complete ignorance of this disease. All I knew was life was about to change for us dramatically. My inner-self wanted to keep calm and not show emotion, that this was where I would step up for my husband and nurse him through this initial storm of events. One of Nathan’s biggest hurdles was telling people, especially the family who live overseas. I was his only sounding board for the first 2 weeks of diagnosis. He was very down and every time he’d think of a strategy to tell his family, he would break down in tears. He wanted to wait and gain control over his emotions and a clearer understanding of this disease, before telling his parents. Dealing With Emotions I remember going for early-morning walks when he was still in bed and having a big cry, as I didn’t want him to see me upset. Looking back on it, I can only compare it to grief; the mourning of our past life. The mourning of how we used to feel young and carefree. Throw a bit of anger into the mix too! However, time is a great healer as clichè as it sounds, I began to establish various coping mechanisms and tips on how to: A – Support my Husband; B – Support myself. Tips On Supporting A Partner With TID Commend your partner Every single day is a challenge, especially if they experience a bad day with their numbers. Reinforce how well they’re managing themselves. We’re here to support, but remember they know best. Adopt boundaries. Only ask them to check their bloods if you think they may be experiencing lows/highs. Over-management and micro-management can be terribly frustrating for both parties. Let them make decisions. Don’t (or try not to) bite back when your partner is argumentative or moody. They may well be experiencing a low or a high and it’s not their fault. Maybe you can adopt a boundary here where you can get them to check their bloods. Attend education sessions together Research events that may take place in hospitals near you. 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It’s not a fun experience. Support The World Of Diabetes Get involved in creating awareness for various diabetes-related charities. Participate in fun runs in your area. Host charity events in your home. So to conclude, my best piece of advice is to unite as a team, share a similar mindset on your approach to managing this disease together, keep learning and keep listening. Always remember to have a laugh! You’ve got this x

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Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.#The story takes place in one day (counting a day from the previous evening): evening (v. 1), dawn (v. 15), and sunrise (v. 23). The passage resembles Jgs 19:15–25, which suggests dependence of one story on the other. 1The two angels reached Sodom in the evening, as Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he got up to greet them; and bowing down with his face to the ground, 2he said, “Please, my lords,#My lords: Lot does not yet know that the men are God’s messengers; cf. 18:3. come aside into your servant’s house for the night, and bathe your feet; you can get up early to continue your journey.” But they replied, “No, we will pass the night in the town square.”#Heb 13:1–2. 3He urged them so strongly, however, that they turned aside to his place and entered his house. He prepared a banquet for them, baking unleavened bread, and they dined. 4#Jgs 19:22–25; Jude 7. Before they went to bed, the townsmen of Sodom, both young and old—all the people to the last man—surrounded the house. 5They called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to your house tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have sexual relations with them.” 6Lot went out to meet them at the entrance. When he had shut the door behind him, 7he said, “I beg you, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! 8I have two daughters who have never had sexual relations with men. Let me bring them out to you,#Let me bring them out to you: the authority of a patriarch within his house was virtually absolute. Lot’s extreme response of offering his daughters to a violent mob seems to be motivated by the obligation of hospitality. and you may do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof.” 9They replied, “Stand back! This man,” they said, “came here as a resident alien, and now he dares to give orders! We will treat you worse than them!” With that, they pressed hard against Lot, moving in closer to break down the door.#Gn 13:12; 2 Pt 2:7–8. 10But his guests put out their hands, pulled Lot inside with them, and closed the door; 11they struck the men at the entrance of the house, small and great, with such a blinding light#Blinding light: an extraordinary flash that temporarily dazed the wicked men and revealed to Lot the true nature of his guests. that they were utterly unable to find the doorway. 12Then the guests said to Lot: “Who else belongs to you here? Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, all who belong to you in the city—take them away from this place!#2 Pt 2:7–9. 13We are about to destroy this place, for the outcry reaching the Lord against those here is so great that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”#Is 1:7, 9; Ez 16:49–50; Zep 2:9. 14So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had contracted marriage with his daughters.#It is uncertain whether Lot’s sons-in-law were fully married to his daughters or only “engaged” to them (Israelite “engagement” was the first part of the marriage ceremony), or even whether the daughters involved were the same as, or different from, the two daughters who were still in their father’s house. “Come on, leave this place,” he told them; “the Lord is about to destroy the city.” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking. 15As dawn was breaking, the angels urged Lot on, saying, “Come on! Take your wife with you and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.” 16When he hesitated, the men, because of the Lord’s compassion for him, seized his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters and led them to safety outside the city. 17As soon as they had brought them outside, they said: “Flee for your life! Do not look back or stop anywhere on the Plain. Flee to the hills at once, or you will be swept away.”#Wis 10:6. 18“Oh, no, my lords!” Lot replied to them. 19“You have already shown favor to your servant, doing me the great kindness of saving my life. But I cannot flee to the hills, or the disaster will overtake and kill me. 20Look, this town ahead is near enough to escape to. It is only a small place.#A small place: the Hebrew word misar, lit., “a little thing,” has the same root consonants as the name of the town Zoar in v. 22. Let me flee there—is it not a small place?—to save my life.” 21“Well, then,” he replied, “I grant you this favor too. I will not overthrow the town you have mentioned. 22Hurry, escape there! I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” That is why the town is called Zoar.#Wis 10:6. 23The sun had risen over the earth when Lot arrived in Zoar, 24and the Lord rained down sulfur upon Sodom and Gomorrah, fire from the Lord out of heaven.#Ps 9:6; 11:6; 107:34; Wis 10:7; Sir 16:8; Is 1:9; Lk 17:29; 2 Pt 2:6. 25He overthrew#Overthrew: this term, lit., “turned upside down,” is used consistently to describe the destruction of the cities of the Plain. The imagery of earthquake and subsequent fire fits the geology of this region. those cities and the whole Plain, together with the inhabitants of the cities and the produce of the soil.#Dt 29:22; Is 13:19; Jer 50:40; Lam 4:6; Am 4:11. 26But Lot’s wife looked back, and she was turned into a pillar of salt.#Wis 10:7; Lk 17:32. 27The next morning Abraham hurried to the place where he had stood before the Lord. 28As he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole region of the Plain,#In a deft narrative detail, Abraham looks down from the height east of Hebron, from which he could easily see the region at the southern end of the Dead Sea, where the cities of the Plain were probably located. he saw smoke over the land rising like the smoke from a kiln.#Rev 9:2; 14:10–11. 29When God destroyed the cities of the Plain, he remembered Abraham and sent Lot away from the upheaval that occurred when God overthrew the cities where Lot had been living. Moabites and Ammonites.#This Israelite tale about the origin of Israel’s neighbors east of the Jordan and the Dead Sea was told partly to ridicule these ethnically related but rival nations and partly to give popular etymologies for their names. The stylized nature of the story is seen in the names of the daughters (“the firstborn” and “the younger”), the ease with which they fool their father, and the identical descriptions of the encounters. 30Since Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, he and his two daughters went up from Zoar and settled in the hill country, where he lived with his two daughters in a cave. 31The firstborn said to the younger: “Our father is getting old, and there is not a man in the land to have intercourse with us as is the custom everywhere. 32Come, let us ply our father with wine and then lie with him, that we may ensure posterity by our father.” 33So that night they plied their father with wine, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; but he was not aware of her lying down or getting up. 34The next day the firstborn said to the younger: “Last night I lay with my father. Let us ply him with wine again tonight, and then you go in and lie with him, that we may ensure posterity by our father.” 35So that night, too, they plied their father with wine, and then the younger one went in and lay with him; but he was not aware of her lying down or getting up. 36Thus the two daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father. 37The firstborn gave birth to a son whom she named Moab, saying, “From my father.”#From my father: in Hebrew, me’abi, similar in sound to the name “Moab.” He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today.#Dt 2:9. 38The younger one, too, gave birth to a son, and she named him Ammon, saying, “The son of my kin.”#The son of my kin: in Hebrew, ben-ammi, similar in sound to the name “Ammonites.” He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.#Dt 2:19. Learn More About New American Bible, revised edition Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed 1#Ge 18:22; 18:1–5Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them he rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. 2#Ge 18:4; Heb 13:2Then he said, “Here, my lords, please turn in to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your feet; and then you may rise early and go on your way.” They said, “No, we will stay in the open square all night.” 3#Ge 18:6–8But he strongly insisted, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. Then he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. 4#Ge 13:13; 18:20Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. 5#Jdg 19:22; Isa 3:9They then called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, so that we may have relations with them.” 6#Jdg 19:23So Lot went out through the door to them and shut the door behind him. 7Then he said, “Please, my brothers, do not act so wickedly. 8#Jdg 19:24Look, I have two daughters who have not been with a man. Please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish. Only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof.” 9#Ex 2:14; Ge 13:12But they replied, “Stand back!” Also, they said, “This man came here as an alien, and he keeps acting like a judge. We will deal worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against Lot, and came close to breaking down the door. 10But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them and shut the door. 11#2Ki 6:18; Ac 13:11Then they struck the men that were at the door of the house, both small and great, with blindness so that they wore themselves out groping for the door. 12#Ge 7:1; 2Pe 2:7Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city, take them out of this place! 13#Ge 18:20For we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has grown great before the presence of the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.” 14#Nu 16:21; 16:45So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, “Get up, get out of this place, for the Lord will destroy this city!” But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking. 15#Rev 18:4When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Otherwise you will be consumed in the punishment of the city.” 16And while he lingered, the men took hold of his and his wife’s hands, along with the hands of his two daughters, the Lord being merciful to him, and brought him out and set him outside the city. 17#Ge 19:26; Mt 24:16–18When they had brought them out, one of them said to them, “Escape for your lives! Do not look behind you or stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you be destroyed.” 18Then Lot said to them, “Please, no, my lords! 19Your servant has found grace in your eyes, and you have shown your mercy, which you have shown to me by saving my life. However, I cannot escape to the mountain. Otherwise some evil will overtake me, and I will die. 20Look, this city is close enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Please, let me escape there (is it not a little one?), and my life will be saved.” 21He said to him, “I have granted your request in this matter also. I will not overthrow this city of which you have spoken. 22#Ge 14:2; 13:10Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. 23The sun had risen over the land when Lot entered Zoar. 24#Dt 29:23; Isa 13:19Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was from the Lord out of heaven. 25#Ps 107:34So He overthrew those cities, all the valley, all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. 26#Ge 19:17But his wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. 27Now Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he stood before the Lord. 28#Rev 18:9Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley, and he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of a furnace. 29#Ge 8:1; Dt 9:5So it was that when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the destruction, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived. Lot and His Daughters 30#Ge 19:19Then Lot left Zoar, and lived in the mountains, along with his two daughters who were with him, for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31#Ge 16:2; 16:4And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth to have relations with us after the manner of all the earth. 32Let us make our father drink wine and let us lie with him, so that we may preserve the lineage of our father.” 33So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and had relations with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose. 34On the next day the firstborn said to the younger, “Indeed, last night I had relations with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also, so that you may go in and have relations with him, so that we may preserve the lineage of our father.” 35So they made their father drink wine that night also. Then the younger arose and lay down with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. 36Therefore both the daughters of Lot were pregnant by their father. 37#Dt 2:9The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38#Dt 2:19The younger also gave birth to a son and called his name Ben-Ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites to this day. Learn More About Modern English Version Military Bible Association

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The Legendary Freddie Mercury: Top 10 Quotes to Inspire and Rock Your World Freddie Mercury, the iconic lead vocalist of the legendary rock band Queen, is a name that needs no introduction. Born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar in 1946, Mercury went on to become one of the most influential and beloved musicians of all time. With his powerful voice, flamboyant stage presence, and unparalleled songwriting skills, Mercury left an indelible mark on the music industry. His story is one of creativity, passion, and the pursuit of artistic excellence, making him a figure that continues to captivate audiences to this day. Freddie Mercury, the iconic frontman of the legendary rock band Queen, was not only known for his incredible vocal range and electrifying stage presence, but also for his profound words of wisdom. From empowering messages of self-acceptance to inspiring quotes about the power of music, Freddie Mercury’s words continue to resonate with fans around the world. In this article, we have compiled the top 10 quotes from the legendary Freddie Mercury that are sure to inspire and rock your world. Get ready to be uplifted and motivated by the words of one of the greatest rock legends of all time. 10 Inspiring Freddie Mercury Quotes to Live By It’s boring to be 70, I don’t want to be there, I’ll be dead and gone, I don’t have any aspirations to be 70. This line emphasizes the importance of living life to the fullest and embracing the present moment. It highlights the notion that age should not limit our enthusiasm and zest for life. By expressing a lack of desire to reach the age of 70, the quote challenges the notion of conforming to societal expectations and instead encourages a mindset of embracing the here and now. It reminds us to make the most of our time, pursuing our passions and aspirations without delay. I’m just a musical prostitute, my dear. This quote emphasizes the role of an artist as a vessel for creative expression, willing to explore and experiment with various styles and genres without being confined by societal expectations or labels. It suggests that the pursuit of artistic integrity and authenticity should take precedence over commercial success or conforming to industry norms. This quote challenges the notion of art as a means to please others, instead highlighting the importance of staying true to one’s artistic vision and embracing the freedom to create without limitations. I am not going to be a star. I am going to be a legend. This quote highlights a strong sense of ambition and determination. It conveys the speaker’s unwavering belief in their own abilities and their desire to leave a lasting impact on the world. By distinguishing themselves from mere stars, the quote suggests that the speaker aspires to achieve greatness that transcends fame and becomes legendary. It serves as a reminder to strive for greatness and to pursue one’s dreams with unwavering confidence and dedication. You either have the magic or you don’t. There’s no way you can work up to it. Freddie Mercury offers a straightforward insight into the nature of talent and creativity. With this quote, he implies that some individuals possess an innate and unexplainable “magic” that sets them apart in their respective fields. According to Mercury, this magic cannot be acquired through hard work or practice alone; it is either present or it is not. This quote challenges the notion that anyone can achieve greatness with enough effort and suggests that true brilliance is a rare and exceptional quality. My soul has painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly, my friends. This quote reminds us of the boundless creativity and imagination that resides within each of us. It compares the soul to the wings of butterflies, suggesting that it has the ability to paint beautiful and enchanting stories. The mention of fairy tales growing but never dying speaks to the timeless nature of our dreams and aspirations. The line “I can fly, my friends” serves as a reminder that we have the power to soar and achieve great things when we embrace our inner creativity and believe in ourselves. This quote encourages us to tap into our imagination and pursue our passions with a sense of wonder and possibility. I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me. This quote highlights the confidence and self-assurance of the speaker. It suggests that the speaker has always believed in their own abilities and worth, and now the world is finally recognizing and acknowledging their talent. This quote encourages us to have faith in ourselves and our abilities, to believe in our own potential to shine and succeed. 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Frequently Asked Questions & Useful Links Why are you changing the way I order my prescriptions? Why can’t my GP just do it? The Integrated Care Board responsible for planning most NHS services in the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes area, have been looking at how people who use stoma products currently receive their prescriptions and how to enhance the care that people using stoma products receive. Having all stoma prescriptions provided by a single, centralised service will mean that prescriptions will be authorised by a team of specialist stoma nurses, who will be able to ensure that patients are ordering and using the best products for their particular needs. Who is providing the BLMK SPS service? BLMK SPS is a service provided by Bullen Healthcare on behalf of the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board. Bullen Healthcare runs NHS stoma prescription services in other areas. How will I access the service? We will automatically register you onto the new service, so you don’t need to do anything at this stage. Once you are registered with the service, you will receive a welcome call from one of our personal advisors to introduce you to the service and explain how it works. How will I order my prescription? In line with your preferences either one of our personal advisors will contact you by telephone, or you can call us on 0808 141 0824 or email [email protected], or use the online order form. You will need to answer three health and product-related questions to ensure your products are meeting your needs. If you are experiencing any stoma related problems we may ask a stoma nurse to contact you. You will confirm how you want to have your prescription dispensed and it will be sent to your dispenser of choice (delivery company or community pharmacy) within 2 working days. What will the personal adviser ask me? You will be asked to confirm your details, this is to make sure that we issue the prescription correctly. You will also be asked three health and product related questions. The three health and product related questions you will be asked are: - Have you had any issues with your pouches or the items you receive for your stoma since your last prescription? - Have you had any sore skin around or near your stoma since your last prescription? - Have you spoken to or seen a stoma nurse or doctor about your stoma since your last prescription? You will also be asked to complete a stock-check, this is to ensure that you have sufficient supply at all times but that you don’t end up with an excess stock of products. You will need to check your stock levels before your monthly phone call is due. Where will you send my prescriptions? You will be able to choose the dispenser or dispensing organisation. You will be asked for your preferred dispensing organisation at each time you request a prescription. The dispenser of your choice could be a dispensing appliance contractor or a local pharmacy. Where can I find out about other dispensing appliance contractors (home delivery companies) You can find a list of dispensing appliance contractors on the NHS website at: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/other-services/pharmacies/appliancepharmacies Are there other ways to order a prescription? You can place your order via email, or you can order online. How do I make a complaint about the service? If you wish to make a complaint about the BLMK SPS service or to let us know about something that has gone well, please email us at [email protected] alternatively, please call us on Freephone 0808 141 0824. How long will my prescription last me? Your prescription will usually be for one month’s supply of stoma products unless there is a reason you need more products, such as going on holiday. What if I need an urgent prescription? If you are in urgent need of any stoma products then please phone us on 0808 141 0824 and we will arrange for an emergency prescription to be issued. Why do I need to do a stock check? It is easy to just ask for a repeat prescription, but patients don’t always need the same amount of products every month. By doing a monthly stock check you will only ever order exactly what you need, and any problems that you might be experiencing can be picked up quickly and referred to one of our specialist stoma nurses. Will there be any delays in getting my products? The service will send the prescription to your dispenser in the same way your GP does. Can I still speak to my GP about my condition? Yes you can. You are still able to seek advice from your registered GP regarding your stoma and any associated healthcare needs. However all prescriptions for stoma-related products and appliances will need to be issued by the BLMK SPS service. Can I still see my stoma nurse at the hospital? The BLMK AMPS service does not replace the care that you might be receiving from the specialist nurses at your local hospital. Is this just a way to save money ? The service is not about cutting costs, but about providing the best care and service to patients who are using stoma products. Will the service stop me ordering the products I want? You will always be able to order the products that are appropriate for your clinical needs. Changes to your current prescription will only be made following a review with a stoma nurse.