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New flavor of the Mtn Dew Kickstart brand. Released along with a Limeade flavor. This is a pretty good one, especially if you like a cherry flavored soda.
On my way home from the closing on our old apartment.
Interesting advertisement saying "Kickstart Your Career."
I think I'll stay retired.
For the next three month, thirty startups work out ouf the transformed "ewz-Unterwerk Selnau" in Zurich
For the next three month, thirty startups work out ouf the transformed "ewz-Unterwerk Selnau" in Zurich
Tracy Van Grack
Senior Vice President of Communications and Public Policy, Revolution LLC
Carrie Billy
President & CEO, American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)
Kevin Carey
Vice President Education Policy and Knowledge Management, New America
Anne-Marie Slaughter
CEO, New America
Mark R. Hagerott, Ph.D
Chancellor, North Dakota University System
This is the reality of my life. Rheumatoid Arthritis. I've been diagnosed with it for about 5 years now. It was the second autoimmune disease that was discovered (the first being Hasimoto's Disease of the thyroid). They don't really know what triggers RA, all they've told me is that it's there in your DNA and something kickstarts it, like a bad cold. I do remember getting a really bad flu while I was living in the UK about a year before I noticed everything start, so maybe that was it. All I know is that my body hates me. My immune system doesn't function the way it should, it attacks my body because it can't distinguish between what's "me" and what's foreign - as far as my blood cells are concerned they're fighting the good fight, preventing my body from getting sick, but boy do they have it wrong!
At first I was half convinced they'd diagnosed me wrong, I barely had any symptoms, and then when things became apparent it was well managed by medications as it'd been caught early on.
But it seems my body too readily adjusts with medications. What was once effective suddenly doesn't cut the mustard anymore. When I left for my lengthy holiday in Canada I was feeling the best I had in years, but during the duration of my stay everything reversed itself. I wasn't getting the specialist treatment I needed and things got out of control. And it was certainly a shock to the system I can tell you. There were days that it was agony to get out of bed and put my feet on the floor. I just couldn't stand up. Getting up from a seat would take me numerous attempts and lots of psyching myself up, dependent on armrests to pull myself up. I was having trouble with everyday activities. Getting dressed and brushing my hair was sometimes a chore. I'd have to take stairs one at a time. Forget about going faster than a snail's pace when walking. Opening a jar? Forget it!
All those little things that people take for granted. And I hated having to ask people to help me. I tried to hide it from people as much as I could, didn't want them to know the extent of how bad things were. I hated feeling like a cripple and being dependent on someone else. I hated not being able to join in fun things that other people would organise. Even now I'm amazed at the support and patience of my ex-boyfriend as he helped me through this time when I was away from home and not sure how to cope with it all, even though I tried to hide it as much as possible from him too because I didn't want him to get frustrated with me.
It took me over a year of specialist 'attention' to get to the stage where I could even think about starting to work again once I arrived back home in Australia. I say attention loosely as I'd only ever see the specialist once every 3 months or so as she monitored my progress with different medications - hmmm, that one isn't doing what we'd like it to, so let's gradually take you off that and start you on this and see how we go.... that one doesn't work? Making you feel sick with all the side effects? Ok, we'll put you on this one, but before you can start that you'll need to go on a trial of this drug and see if you meet the requirements necessary to start this particular treatment.
But finally we've found something that's doing the best of them so far. Things still aren't 100%, and there's all the inevitable side effects to deal with, but it's a very far cry from where I started! I can now bend my knees and have a full grip (before i could only half close my fist because the swelling on my joints was so very bad), i can move without pain and the swelling has gone down. My energy levels might still wax and wane, but I can actually go out and do things and not get too tired and sore and don't need to spend the next day suffering from my 'excess'.
But it's a bit of a love/hate relationship with the medication that allows me this new freedom. I expect that diabetics are in much the same boat. Injections. And I HATE NEEDLES!!!! It's only once a fortnight, but I face the day of the injection with much dread. My father was talking to a friend that's a diabetic and he said that as it's a daily ritual for him he's completely used to it and can do it in a flash, but he felt that if he was in my situation when there is as long a break inbetween doses he'd be as traumatised as I feel. It's self-administered, but ever since the first time I did it and almost blacked out I always make sure that someone's there with me when I do it. In the end that person (my father) has become the person to push the needle because he was getting too frustrated with me psyching myself up to do it! The button to press to inject the med is quite stiff, and each time I'd pace my breathing and press down on it I'd find out that I didn't actually manage to do it and would have to start the whole process again. Call me a coward, but as I said I HATE needles, and the anticipation of the pain is just as bad as the pain itself!
But this is pretty much the story of my life from here on in. RA is for life. It's just a matter of managing it and not allowing it to progress and cause disfigurement. So far I've been lucky on that score, although my joints have little 'nibbles' in them that will never heal. I've heard various reports in the papers about Australian and UK research that says they've found a cure, but I'll believe that when I see it! I personally would be surprised if the pharmaceutical companies would allow such a thing to go on sale when they can make so much money on drugs to manage the disease. And trust me, there's a LOT of money in managing this condition! You'd be shocked how much just a single injection costs!
But still I'll live in hope that one day I won't need to do these hated injections ever again!
Kevin Carey
Vice President Education Policy and Knowledge Management, New America
Rodney Petersen
Director, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)
Anne-Marie Slaughter
CEO, New America
Mark R. Hagerott, Ph.D
Chancellor, North Dakota University System
For the next three month, thirty startups work out ouf the transformed "ewz-Unterwerk Selnau" in Zurich
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14 April 2010. Emily Bowes Court viewed from Watermead Way, Tottenham.
Part of the Hale Village Development by Lee Valley Estates. Masterplan by BDP
§ Quotation below from RUDI (Resource for Urban Design Information) website.
"BDP was commissioned by Lee Valley Estates to provide a masterplan for the former GLS [Greater London Supplies] site located immediately adjacent to Tottenham Hale Station in the London Borough of Haringey in north London."
"The residential-led scheme will include a mix of uses including office, education, health, a hotel and local retail. The residential element will comprise 900 private tenure units and 300 affordable units, and at a density in line with the GLA recommendations for brown field sites. The site will be fully accessible and permeable, and provide amenities for existing local residents and workers in the area."
"Key sustainability features for the site include:
● CCHP (combined, cooling, heating and power generation) as part of a whole site-wide energy infrastructure scheme – biomass boilers that will provide a minimum of 10 percent CO2 savings from the site through provision of thermal energy for the district heating network
● Brownfield site adjacent to major transport hub
● Rainwater harvesting
● Green roofs
"This scheme demonstrates how imaginative private sector investment can generate a mixed and sustainable development. The project will at the same time set a new and higher quality benchmark for future investment in the area and kick start the regeneration of Tottenham Hale."
I wonder if BDP click their ruby slippers, and ever follow the gold- brick road back to the Orange and Emerald City they birthed?
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§ I took the original "kickstart" quotation from BDP's website in 2007 when it was "Tottenham-Hale-Secures-Planning". Understandably it was replaced by more recent news.
Creative Financing to Make Small-Scale Farming Technologies Affordable for the Rural Poor
Small-scale farming is the principal source of livelihood for many in Kenya. Agriculture provides 71 percent of employment and accounts for over 25 percent of Kenya‘s GDP. KickStart International’s shallow water irrigation pumps can increase annual net-farm incomes for these farmers by an average of $700 per year. Despite the relatively low cost of KickStart’s pumps, however, they are still beyond the reach of many poor farmers who often have irregular incomes and find it difficult to pay the large up-front cost of the pump. With support from DIV, KickStart is testing two innovative financing mechanisms to increase access to these products and help break down critical financial barriers.
Read the full project description: www.usaid.gov/div/portfolio/kickstart
Photo credit Esther Havens
Creative Financing to Make Small-Scale Farming Technologies Affordable for the Rural Poor
Small-scale farming is the principal source of livelihood for many in Kenya. Agriculture provides 71 percent of employment and accounts for over 25 percent of Kenya‘s GDP. KickStart International’s shallow water irrigation pumps can increase annual net-farm incomes for these farmers by an average of $700 per year. Despite the relatively low cost of KickStart’s pumps, however, they are still beyond the reach of many poor farmers who often have irregular incomes and find it difficult to pay the large up-front cost of the pump. With support from DIV, KickStart is testing two innovative financing mechanisms to increase access to these products and help break down critical financial barriers.
Read the full project description: www.usaid.gov/div/portfolio/kickstart
Photo credit Esther Havens
Officers and staff of Greater Manchester Police's Rochdale Borough have raised an impressive £2,505 towards the Cash for Kids Mission Christmas appeal.
Their charity ball, held in September, raised money through ticket sales and selling raffle tickets with prizes donated by the community. This was the first time this event was held and has been such a great success that they plan to hold it again next year.
The Rochdale team presented the cheque to Key 103’s Mike Toolan and Brooke Vincent from Coronation Street at the Key 103 studio.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit www.gmp.police.uk
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Creative Financing to Make Small-Scale Farming Technologies Affordable for the Rural Poor
Small-scale farming is the principal source of livelihood for many in Kenya. Agriculture provides 71 percent of employment and accounts for over 25 percent of Kenya‘s GDP. KickStart International’s shallow water irrigation pumps can increase annual net-farm incomes for these farmers by an average of $700 per year. Despite the relatively low cost of KickStart’s pumps, however, they are still beyond the reach of many poor farmers who often have irregular incomes and find it difficult to pay the large up-front cost of the pump. With support from DIV, KickStart is testing two innovative financing mechanisms to increase access to these products and help break down critical financial barriers.
Read the full project description: www.usaid.gov/div/portfolio/kickstart
Photo credit Esther Havens
For the next three month, thirty startups work out ouf the transformed "ewz-Unterwerk Selnau" in Zurich
Creative Financing to Make Small-Scale Farming Technologies Affordable for the Rural Poor
Small-scale farming is the principal source of livelihood for many in Kenya. Agriculture provides 71 percent of employment and accounts for over 25 percent of Kenya‘s GDP. KickStart International’s shallow water irrigation pumps can increase annual net-farm incomes for these farmers by an average of $700 per year. Despite the relatively low cost of KickStart’s pumps, however, they are still beyond the reach of many poor farmers who often have irregular incomes and find it difficult to pay the large up-front cost of the pump. With support from DIV, KickStart is testing two innovative financing mechanisms to increase access to these products and help break down critical financial barriers.
Read the full project description: www.usaid.gov/div/portfolio/kickstart
Photo credit Esther Havens
Creative Financing to Make Small-Scale Farming Technologies Affordable for the Rural Poor
Small-scale farming is the principal source of livelihood for many in Kenya. Agriculture provides 71 percent of employment and accounts for over 25 percent of Kenya‘s GDP. KickStart International’s shallow water irrigation pumps can increase annual net-farm incomes for these farmers by an average of $700 per year. Despite the relatively low cost of KickStart’s pumps, however, they are still beyond the reach of many poor farmers who often have irregular incomes and find it difficult to pay the large up-front cost of the pump. With support from DIV, KickStart is testing two innovative financing mechanisms to increase access to these products and help break down critical financial barriers.
Read the full project description: www.usaid.gov/div/portfolio/kickstart
Photo credit Esther Havens