As a money management tool, hedging is highly regarded as one of the most popular techniques to protect a trading account from potential swings that might affect a portfolio. A trading account can be partially or fully hedged, and, based on the hedging technique used, there are many possibilities to profit from this money management technique. Hedging is not allowed in the United States as it is a tool that only increases the risk exposure in a trading account. While this may be true to some extent, it is in no way different to other money management rules that should govern trading. The only thing that is different is the trader’s perception of a hedged account. This has much to do with the aspect of trading psychology many traders lack the most.
Hedging refers to a trading account that has both long and short positions for the same financial product. In the case of the Forex market, currency pairs are involved. To give you an example, in a totally hedged trading account, the volume is equal on both the long and short sides of the same currency pair. Therefore, at one moment in time, it is possible to have two lots on the long side of the EUR/USD pair, and two lots on the short side of the same currency pair. At first glance, this seems like a stupid thing to do; I mean, why trade the same pair in both directions, as eventually one is going to end up in a loss, right? The answer comes from the fact that the market does not move in locked steps, but in waves, and corrections are expected after a swing higher or lower happens. Another answer is the fact that some trades may be the result of a specific timeframe analysis, and others the result of a different one; and both might make sense at a specific moment in time. What is different is the time horizon, or the moment at which the take profit is supposed to be reached.
Based on the above, there are three types of hedging. All of them are useful at one or other moment in time, and hedging a portfolio against potential headwinds is vital for long-term success.
A fully hedged account has at one moment in time the same long and short positions opened. This makes sense when traders use the same technical analysis approach from a top-down perspective. A top-down analysis is when traders start with the longer timeframes, like the monthly and weekly charts, and come down to the shorter timeframes like the daily and the hourly charts. For all of the timeframes the same analysis is used, typically an indicator-based type of analysis. That being said, let’s assume that RSI (Relative Strength Index) bullish or bearish divergences are being looked at on those timeframes. It is therefore extremely likely that the weekly chart will show a bearish divergence that hasn’t reached take profit yet, while the daily chart will show a bullish one forming in the meantime. By taking both trades, the trader is profiting from both divergences, while the account is fully hedged. The moment the bullish trade, or the long one, reaches take profit or is closed, the short one remains valid and the trading account’s balance will increase if prices are moving lower.
Partial Hedging
As the name suggests, a partially hedged account is one that has both long and short trades of the same currency pair, but with a different volume. This may be the result of a trader’s perception regarding the risk involved for any specific trade. It may be viewed that the risk of being heavily positioned in one direction is too big, and a partially hedged strategy is convenient. In doing that, the margin in the trading account is freed, and it can be used to trade other currency pairs/set-ups.
Correlated Hedging
Another popular hedging technique that has no limitations or boundaries worldwide is correlated hedging. The main idea behind this technique is that a specific open position in the trading account is hedged with another trade of a product that is correlated with it. It doesn’t really matter whether it is a direct or inverse correlation. What matters is to know what financial instruments fit into this category. The currency market is formed out of currency pairs that are grouped based on the importance of the world’s reserve currency, the US Dollar. In other words, if the reason why, for example, you bought the EUR/USD pair was because you were expecting the US dollar to be bearish in the period ahead, then the same thing should happen with all US dollar currency pairs. This brings uncertainty, as overtrading is a big threat. After all, it means that if you buy the GBP/USD pair, it is like adding a new EUR/USD long, because the two pairs are directly correlated. The same is valid with commodity pairs, with the AUD//USD and USD/CAD being inversely correlated. Buying the AUD/USD and selling the USD/CAD pair is overtrading if the reason is the US dollar. Correlated hedging means that on an AUD/USD long trade, a USD/CAD long is recommended as well. In this way, the account is partially or fully hedged, and there are no constraints whatsoever. When the EUR/CHF cross was pegged to the 1.20 level by the Swiss National Bank, the closer the pair moved to the 1.20 level, the more nearly identical the moves between the EUR/USD and the USD/CHF pairs were. This meant that the only way to trade the two major pairs was not in the same direction, as the result would be a totally hedged account. By the time the peg was dropped by the SNB in early 2015, the EUR/USD and USD/CHF correlation had started to decrease.
In the same category, one can talk about the now-famous USD/JPY and US equities correlations. Most of the time there is a direct correlation between the two, and this means that when the US equities, like the DJIA or SPX, are rising, it is not wise to be short with the USD/JPY pair, as the likelihood is that it will rise as well. Coming back to the limitations that US traders have when it comes to hedging, it should be mentioned that they refer only to the situation when hedging is full or partial. Even this can be avoided, by simply having more than one trading account, and taking different positions in different trading accounts.
The above are only a few examples, and the purpose is to highlight the importance of these hedging possibilities. Hedging can be realised in various ways, starting with volume and ending with the actual financial product that is traded, and it is a tool that must be part of any trader’s money management rules.
“Macroeconomic sources of FOREX risk.” Wickens, Michael R., and Peter N. Smith. Univ. of York Econ. Discussion Paper 2001/13 (2001).
Exchange rate dynamics and Forex hedging strategies. Dash, M., 2013. Investment Management and Financial Innovations, 10(4).


Mark Taylor: Obama, Who "Wasn't Even Born Here," Will Be Executed for Treason September 24, 2019 Beth Stoneburner

M"[In 2015] I prophesied that President Obama would be ripped and stripped of the presidency," Taylor said. "How you rip a president of the title called president? The only way I know of is to be charged with treason."
Meanwhile, the list of treasonous acts for the current president gets longer by the hour. Taylor is in no hurry to do anything about those.
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The release for the F1 2012 game by Codemasters has now been set for Tuesday 18th of September 2012 in the USA and Friday 21st of September 2012 in Europe.
This will be the third installment in the Codemasters F1 series which has so far received critical acclaim among the gaming community and also, the sim racing community.
F1 2012 will feature all the updated teams, driver line ups, tracks and rules from the 2012 Formula One season, these include the new USA Grand Prix circuit in Austin Texas.
Players will now also be able to take part in Young Test Driver Sessions which are designed to give them the chance to show  F1 teams what they can do in the aim of securing a full time drive.
Another new inclusion to the 2012 game are driver video tutorials for each individual circuit presented by current Le Mans Series driver and SKY Sports F1 UK analyst Anthony Davidson.
Ant used to drive in F1 for the Super Aguri Team so these guides should prove useful to both new and more experienced F1 players.
As usual F1 2012 will be available on the PC, PS3 and XBOX 360 formats. For more news, information and once we get hold of a copy, a full review of F1 2012 check back regularly at Hobbyings.com.


On the exhibition side of the show, Erickson said leaders of Viva Fresh "have worked hard to highlight the Tex-Mex corridor. That has really strong representation."
When Viva Fresh was created exhibitors included "either growers in Texas or growers that shipped through Texas ports of entry."
Erickson said he hadn't seen a tally on 2019 produce buyer attendance since mid-March, when there were 320 coming. "But I see that applications" from buyers to attend Viva Fresh "continue to flow in, and we still have a month to the show!We're tracking ahead of last year" — and reaching all-time records — "by every measure."
Erickson said attendance this year will be higher than last, but of course, those total numbers are unknown. "Last year was strong. But we are making a concerted effort to keep the show the same size."


In order to prevent this from happening, I utilized the internal flash for my GreenGiant V2.2 mouse last year to save explored maze just in case. Link is here
#include “stm32f4xx.h”
//0x80C0000 is 768KB
// #define ADDR_FLASH_SECTOR_1 ((uint32_t)0x08004000) /* Base @ of Sector 1, 16 Kbytes */
// #define ADDR_FLASH_SECTOR_2 ((uint32_t)0x08008000) /* Base @ of Sector 2, 16 Kbytes */
// #define ADDR_FLASH_SECTOR_4 ((uint32_t)0x08010000) /* Base @ of Sector 4, 64 Kbytes */
// #define ADDR_FLASH_SECTOR_5 ((uint32_t)0x08020000) /* Base @ of Sector 5, 128 Kbytes */
// #define ADDR_FLASH_SECTOR_7 ((uint32_t)0x08060000) /* Base @ of Sector 7, 128 Kbytes */
// #define ADDR_FLASH_SECTOR_8 ((uint32_t)0x08080000) /* Base @ of Sector 8, 128 Kbytes */
// #define ADDR_FLASH_SECTOR_10 ((uint32_t)0x080C0000) /* Base @ of Sector 10, 128 Kbytes */
void writeFlash(void)
setLeftPwm(0);
FLASH_Unlock();// you need to unlcok flash first
//you need to erase entire sector before write anything
//VoltageRange_2 ((uint8_t)0x01) /*!<Device operating range: 2.1V to 2.7V */
//VoltageRange_4 ((uint8_t)0x03) /*!<Device operating range: 2.7V to 3.6V + External Vpp */
//mSize = 16 for full size micromouse maze
//start to copy wall information into flash, the address must exceed every 32bit
//for STM32F4 even if you are only writing 16 bit or 8 bit data
//You only need to exceed 16bit per address by calling the same
//function in STM32F103
for(i=0; i<mSize; i++)
for(j=0; j<mSize; j++)
FLASH_ProgramHalfWord((startAddress + (i*mSize+j)*4),mazeWalls[i][j]);
FLASH_Lock();//lock flash at the end
//when you need to recover the maze information form flash to ram
//just simply call this function. the reading speed for flash is faster
//than write
void readFlash(void)
u32 i, j;
mazeWalls[i][j] = *(int16_t *)(startAddress + (i*mSize+j)*4);
Notice stm32f4 is no longer use 1KB or 2KB per page/sector like stm32F103, and it takes nearly 1 second to erase entire 128KB sector since other smaller sectors are occupied by code already. Therefore having the mouse not to do anything else during the flashing process is highly recommended.
The same sample code is available to download here. Link
If i may ask what license are you using? because i don’t think that you can fit the mouse code on the 32 k limited edition…
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Oroville committee postpones final phase of whitewater park review
OROVILLE — A decision about funding the final phase of an environmental analysis for a proposed whitewater park in Oroville was postponed Wednesday night so the members of the Supplemental Benefit Fund steering committee can look over documents further.
That was the direction the committee took after hearing a progress report from a representative of McLaughlin Water Engineers Ltd. and considering a request for the SBF to fund $148,800 to participate in the analysis.
The city contracted with McLaughlin Water Engineers to conduct an environmental analysis in three phases.
The company has completed a biological resources assessment, a draft wetlands delineation and a hydrology analysis to see if the site is feasible for a whitewater park.
A strategy for presenting its findings to regulatory agencies for permitting is tentative. A permit application hasn't been submitted yet because the new license for Oroville Dam hasn'telicensing is pending a biological review.
Gallaway said site access and land-use issues in the proposed area still need to be determined.
She said the Department of Fish and Game is in favor of the project, partly because it would encourage people to go to the Feather River area, where there are no salmon, instead of the Butte Creek area.
Gallaway also said the additional funding requested of the committee would not take the project to completion, but would allow the engineers to answer questions regarding what type of FERC permit would be needed.
Some funding allocated by the city was supposed to be from Redevelopment Agency money, but now comes from the General Fund. The city allocated $100,000 in the 2011-12 budget and an additional $200,000 for the current budget.
The committee tabled its vote on funding the final phase. The next Supplemental Benefit Fund meeting will be Jan. 16.


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0members of Sarphati Amsterdam/Warsaw group on ANtibiotic long-Term Impacts (SAWANTI) Working Group are listed in “Acknowledgments” sectionbeginning inion 2013 ). Currently used term ‘ASD’ is an umbrella diagnosis for a group of conditions, namely: in 160 children has ASD (World Health Organization 2017 ). However, according to recent studies, the current prevalence of ASD in certain communities may fall between 1 and 2% (Christensen et al. 2016 ; Brugha et al. 2011 ). Moreover, the prevalence of autism has steadily risen during the last decades (Lai et al. 2014 ). The etiology of ASD is heterogeneous (Howes et al. 2018 ). Multiple genetic factors (Miles 2011 ), a variety of environmental factors (Hertz-Picciotto et al. 2018 ), and a complex interplay between these factors (Chaste and Leboyer 2012 ) have been proposed and extensively studied. A recent rise in the prevalence of ASD suggests a major role of the environment. Since the sypotential causative factors are most likely to act during the prenatal and early postnatal periods.
On ). Antibiotics are one of the factors known to disturb the composition of the microbiota in infancy (Yassour et al. 2016 ). Additionally, ah ASD have different intestinal microbiome compositions compared to those of healthy individuals (Kraneveld et al. 2016 ). In regard to potential effects of antibiotics on ASD, improvement of ASD symptoms after antibiotic use was reported in two case studies (Sandler et al. 2000 ; Rodakis 2015 ). However, high use of different antibiotics in children who subsequently developed autism was shown in a number of observational studies (Fallon 2005 ; Niehus and Lord 2006 ; Bittker and Bell 2018 ). Hypothetically, these observed effects could be attributable to microbiota alterations, triggering a disturbed immune response and the release of cytokines, thus, (de Theije et al. 2011 ).assessed a possibl ASD. Here we aimed to systematically document available evidence on the association between early life antibiotic exposure and the prevalence of ASD later in in childhood.
C needed to investigate an association between pre- and/or postnatal antibiotic exposure and subsequent diagnosis of ASD. We included studies in which women during any trimester of pregnancy or infants and/or children underwent antibiotic treatment. We focused on early-life antibiotic exposure that preceded a diagnosis of ASD, which is usually established after the second year of life (Mandell et al. 2005 ). Studies on antibiotic exposure in breastfeeding mothers and subsequent risk of ASD in their children were not included. Since the hypothesized link between ASD and antibiotic use is based on the aforementioned microbiome-gut-brain axis mechanism, only studies which reported data on systemic and/or oral antibiotic therapy were taken into an account. Any antibiotic types and doses, as well as any treatment durations and indications were admissible, as long as the therapy fulfilled the aforementioned criteria. Studies that reported data on antibiotic use collectively (e.g., along with other medications) or that did not report numerical data were excluded. Studies in which the data on antibiotic use was collected only for the purpose of baseline characteristic of participants, with no analysis of the association between antibiotic use and ASD were also excluded.
Our outcome of interest was the diagnosis of ASD during childhood. Studies in which the , such asAmerican Psychiatric Association 2013 ), as well as studies in which ASD was reported by parents, caregivers or doctors without any described specific criteria, were available for inclusion. Studies that reported data on ASD only collectively with other neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., together with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder), were excluded. Only studies that compared children with ASD up to 18 years of age to generally healthy children without this diagnosis on 28th of August 2018, with no language or publication date restrictionPsycINFO. After drafting the first version of the manuscript, we ran a search update on the 11th of December 2018. The full search strategies for PubMed and Embase are presented in Online Resource 1. Additionally, reference lists of identified observationalscreened.
Three authors/reviewers (AH, BPG, JŁ) independently screened the title of each study identified with the search strategy as well as the abstracts of potentially relevant articles. Subsequently, the full text for each study potentially relevant after abstract screening, as well as that for studies of unclear relevance, was retrieved. Each author and, in cases of a disagreement, resolved differences by discussion.
R (Wells et al. 2011 ), in which the reviewers assign stars in all predefined bias domains. In the comparability domain the reviewers have to assign 0, 1, or 2 stars on the basis of the number and types of confounding factors controlled for. Multiple important confounding factors may play a role in studies on the antibiotic-ASD association, including those related to different demographics, pregnancy-related complications, mothers’ obstetrical histories, child characteristics at birth, infections, environmental exposures, and healthcare use (Lyall et al. 2017 ). The NOS requires the reviewers to assign stars depending on two chosen, most important factors. After the literature search and discussion, we found no rationale to decide whether any of the above-mentioned factors was more important than the others. Therefore, we decided to assign zero stars to studies in which no confounding factors were controlled for or the adjustment was unclear, and two stars to studies which controlled for any confounding factors. Additionally, for informative purposes, we present confounders identified in each study in a separate table. We decided to present risk of bias only descriptively and no collective score for the included studies was counted.
A meta-analysis of the findings was performed if at least two studies of the same type (cohort, case–control) reported the adjusted odds ratios (aOR) or adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) of ASD being diagnosed in participants exposed to antibiotics during the same life period (pre- or postnatally). We performed the meta-analyses using the Review Manager 5.3 software by the Cochrane Collaboration. Generic inverse variance with the random effects model was used. Additionally, the fixed effects model was applied to see how it would influence the results. To enable a graphic presentation of the findings in studies which didn’t report OR or HR, we calculated crude ORs/HRs and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of ASD being diagnosed after antibiotic exposure, provided the data were sufficient.
In total, we identified 6820 records by the database search and 891 records by reference screening. the full texts of 63 articles were assessed for eligibility. Thirty-seven observational studies on risk factors for autism were excluded because they did not report antibiotic exposure. Reasons for exclusion of the remaining 15 studies are listed in Online Resource 2. After full-text assessment, 11flow diagramOnline Resources 3 and 4 present characteristics and main results of the included studies. Four of those studies were cohort studies, and seven of them were case–control studies. Among the included cohort studies, three Danish studies (Atladottir et al. 2012 ; Wimberley et al. 2018 ; Axelsson et al. 2019 ) were performed in overlapping populations. Five studies examined prenatal antibiotic exposure, five assessed early childhood antibiotic exposure and 1 study examined both types of exposure (Wimberley et al. 2018 ). In the majority of included studies, use of any antibiotic, for any indication and duration and at any dose within the defined time period, was analyzed. Additionally, all of the cohort studies and two of the case–control studies included a number of secondary/sensitivity analyses, taking antibiotic type, spectrum, timing, number of courses, and/or indication into account.
Prenatal antibiotic exposure as a risk factor for autism was examined in two large Danish cohort studies performed in overlapping populations. The studies involved, respectively: 96,736 children, including 976 with ASD (Atladottir et al. 2012 ) and 780,547 children, including 9352 with autism (Wimberley et al. 2018 ). Population of the first study was most likely contained within the population of the second, therefore, we didn’t perform a meta-analysis. The first study reportedASD after use of any antibiotics anytime during pregnancy (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.2; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.0–1.4). A stronger association of prenatal antibiotic exposure with the risk of ASD was reported for the use of sulfonamides anytime during pregnancy (aHR 1.5; 95% CI 1.0–2.2) and use of penicillins during the second (aHR 1.4; CI 1.1–1.8) and third (aHR 1.4; CI 1.0–1.8) trimester. Similar results were observed for infantile autism (defined as ICD-10 code F84.0 assigned to participant), with the strongest association reported for the use of macrolides anytime during the pregnancy (aHR 2.2; 95% CI 1.1–4.4). Confounding factors controlled for in adjusted model were as follows: gender, maternal age, parity, maternal smoking during pregnancy, paternal age, parental psychiatric history, and parents’ educational status.
Four of the included case–control studies examined risk of ASD after prenatal antibiotic exposure. Among them, two clinic-based studies (George et al. 2014 ; Guisso et al. 2018 ), were available for a meta-analysis. They were conducted in groups of children of 343 (143 with autism) and 314 (136 with ASD), respectively. None of tho ASD, with pooled odds ratio from random effect model of 1.24; 95% CI 0.53–2.92 (Fig. 2). In the first study, confounding factors used for the analysis were not described (George et al. 2014 ), while the second study controlled for a number of perinatal, gestational, and socioeconomic variables (Guisso et al. 2018 ).
In one study conducted in 288 Polish children including 96 with autism (Mrozek-Budzyn et al. 2013 ), the results were presented as the percent of cases versus percent of controls exposed to prenatal antibiotics. The univariate model revealed significantly higher exposure to antibiotics in the autism group (17% vs. 2%, p < 0.001). However, for undescribed reasons, the antibiotics were analyzed only collectively with other medications in the multivariate model.
The last study was performed in 415 Swedish children, including 206 with ASD (Isaksson et al. 2017 ). In the statistical model, autism was regressed on antibiotic use during pregnancy. The data were presented as logistic regression betas in the form of log odds (β = − 0.15, standard error = 0.45, p > 0.05 in regular regression; β = 1.78, standard error = 1.04, p > 0.05 in fixed effects regression) and were reported by the authors as not statistically significant.
Early childhoodhree cohort studies. One study performed in 214,834 Canadian children, including 2965 with ASD (Hamad et al. 2018 ), reported a trend towards a reduced risk of ASD in childrene after adjusting for relevant demographic, prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal factors (aHR 0.91; 95% CI 0.84–0.99). Stratifying the analysis by sex and region rin males (aHR 0.91; 95% CI 0.83–1.00) and in children from urban regions (aHR 0.85; 95% CI 0.77–0.94). In secondary analyses, a borderline significance was found for the association of specific antibiotic groups with ASD, namely penicillin (aHR 0.92; 95% CI 0.84–1.00) and macrolides (aHR 0.87; 95% CI 0.77–0.99). The number of antibiotic courses and duration of therapy were not associated with ASD risk. In additional analysis of sibling-controlled design, antibiotics use was not associated with risk of developing ASD.
Two other cohort studies were nation-wide, register-based studies of the Danish population. Both of these studies derived data from the same registers and covered similar time periods, so their populations largely overlapped. In one study in 677,403 children, including 8267 with autism (Axelsson et al. 2019 ), a slightly increased risk of autism was observed in children exposed postnatally to penicillin (aHR 1.11, 95% CI 1.04–1.19) as well as to broader-spectrum antibiotics (aHR 1.10, 95% CI 1.04–1.16) compared to children unexposed to antibiotics in the standard model. However,in the between-within sibling model (aHR 1.05, 95% CI 0.93–1.18 and aHR 1.05, 95% CI 0.95–1.16 for penicillin and broader-spectrum antibiotics, respectively). In another study performed in 780,547 children, the risk of autism increased after broad-spectrum antibiotic exposure before the age of 5 (aHR 1.25, 95% CI 1.09–1.42). Moreover, risk of autism was higher after exposure to broad-spectrum and moderate-spectrum antibiotics anytime during childhood (aHR 1.51, 95% CI 1.33–1.72 and aHR 1.22, 95% CI 1.13–1.32, respectively). Both of these studiedifferent demographic, pregnancy and neonatal factors, parental psychiatric history, and parity.
Since at least two studies of the same type reported the aHR of ASD after antibiotic exposure, a meta-analysis was feasible. However, the two Danish studies were performed in highly overlapping populations, so pooling of their data was not justifiable. To perform a meta-analysis, we used the data from the 1 of the 2 Danish studies, in which the exposure and its timing were consistent with those in the Canadian study (Hamad et al. 2018 ). Pooling of the data did not yield any, either in the standard model (summary effect estimate 1.00, 95% CI 0.83–1.21) or in the sibling model (summary effect estimate 1.05, 95% CI 0.96–1.14), both in random effects (Figs. 4, 5) and fixed effects analysis.
Three case–control studies examined association between ASD and childhood antibiotic exposure. One internet survey-based study performed in 1515 children (1001 with ASD) (Bittker and Bell 2018 ), which reported the data in the form of logistic regression OR,biotic courses taken during the first 2 years of life and subsequent diagnosis of ASD in all performed analyses, including the final multifactor model (aOR 1.083; 95% CI 1.023–1.151). The study controlled for age of the child, ethnicity, maternal education, and region.
Another study performed in a group of 214 children (73 with autism) (Grossi et al. 2018 ) reported crude ORs of autism in children exposed postnatally to antibiotics compared to unexposed unrelated controls (OR 2.43; 95% CI 0.9–6.52) and unexposed healthy siblings (OR 2.03; 95% CI 0.40–9.1). Additionally, a multivariable modeling of data was performed with use of the Auto-CM artificial neural network—a method that does not generate numerical results but rather provides a map of associations of strength between all variables in the data set. According to the authors’ interpretation, the proximity of ‘early antibiotic use’ to the ‘autism node’ observed on the map may suggest a significant association between the two.
In one case–control study involving 99 children (75 with autism/ASD) (Niehus and Lord 2006 ), the mean number of antibiotic courses taken before the age of 2 years was significantly higher in the autism/ASD group compared to the control group (6.88 vs. 3.48, p < 0.01). Data provided by the authors were insufficient to calculate ORs.
In this review on pre- and postnatal antibiotic exposure and subsequent risk of autism/ASD, a total of 11 observational studies were included. In two identified cohort studies on prenatal antibiotic exposure performed in overlapping populations, a slightly increased risk of ASD/infantile autism after the use of various antibiotics was observed. However, 3 of 4 identified case–controlisk, whereas one reported a positive association based only on univariate analysis. Three identified cohort studies on early childhood antibiotic exposure reported conflicting evidence. In one cohort study, a small trend towards a reduced risk of ASD in infants exposed to various antibiotics in their first year of life was observed, which was not significant in secondary analyses based on sibling-controlled design. In another cohort study, a borderline increased risk of ASD was observed with exposure to certain types of antibiotics in a standard model but no association was observed in a between-within sibling model. Finally, in the third study on a cohort overlapping with the previous one, a significantly higher risk of autism after exposure to various classes of antibiotics was observed. Data from case–control studies on antibiotic exposure during childhood were more consistent. All three of themn antibiotic use and later ASD diagnosis.
Texaminedd as a potential risk factor for ASD. A number of meta-analyses have reported data on various infections preceding ASD diagnosis (Modabbernia et al. 2017 ), and some have found significant positive associations with infections occurring during pregnancy (Jiang et al. 2016 ; Gardener et al. 2009 ). Additionally, one of those systematic reviews reported increased risk of ASD after prenatal exposure to different medications, including antibiotics, which were, however, not assessed separately (Gardener et al. 2009 ). In another meta-analysis, no associations between early postnatal infections and subsequent risk of ASD were found (Gardener et al. 2011 ).found evidence of a higher risk of mental disorders after various infections in older children and in adults (Benros et al. 2011 ; Kohler et al. 2017 ). Recently, more scientific attention is being drawn towards effects of early-life antibiotic exposure on long-term health outcomes, including reports of its negative influence on neurocognitive development (Slykerman et al. 2019 ) and risk of obesity (Miller et al. 2018 ).
The main strength of this review is its novelty, as no previous systematic review has focused on the association between early-life antibiotic exposure and ASD. Our study utilized a broad search strategy, complemented by an extensive reference hand search, so the possibility of missing important published data is low. A relatively narrow clinical question allowed us to focus in detail on the included studies and enabled a clear and meticulous presentation of findings. However, this review also has considerable limitations. Compared to the number of other potential environmental risk factors for ASD, antibiotic exposure turned out to be rarely assessed (Wang et al. 2017 ; Modabbernia et al. 2017 ). Thus, only 11 studies were finally of case–control design. After division into groups depending on study type and timing of exposure, small groups of 2 to 4 studies were created. Methods of data reporting in these studies were heterogeneous, further limiting the capacity to perform either qualitative or quantitative synthesis of the data. Moreover, each of the included case–control studies was characterized by a significant potential risk of bias. Anoublished data, creating a risk of publication bias. Finally, we excluded a number of studies in which infections were explored as potential risk factors for ASD. Some types of these infections are almost always treated with antibiotics (e.g., urinary tract infections during pregnancy, severe infections in newborns), so we could have assumed them to be a proxy for antibiotic exposure. However, we decided to use only direct data on exposure.
Results of the includedprenatal antibiotic exposure is associated with ASD. Although a number of positive associations was reported in two large cohort), their populations were largely overlapping, so they cannot be treated as independent studies for the purpose of this review. Moreover, authors of the study with borderline significant results (Atladottir et al. 2012 ) emphasize, that within their analysis they made 106 comparisons with no adjustments for multiple testing, so this borderlineASD could have been a chance finding. While this study was specifically designed to examine prenatal risk factors of autism and tee other one focused on postnatal factors and hardly performed any adjustment in the prenatal exposure analysis. Because of that, in our opinion the results of the former study are more meaningful.
On the other hand, all of the case–control studies reported no, except for one that reported higher risk of autism in exposed patients (Mrozek-Budzyn et al. 2013 ). However, this study was performed in a relatively small group of children, and strangely, its finding concerning antibiotic exposure was not explored in a multivariate analysis. Moreover, compared to the literature (Santos et al. 2010 ; de Jonge et al. 2014 ) an unexpectedly low percentage of women in the control group (2.1%) was reported to have used antibiotics during pregnancy, which may suggest a bias within the exposure data.
Results of studies on postnatal antibiotic exposure are conflicting. One cohort study reported a reduced risk of ASD in children after antibiotic use (Hamad et al. 2018 ). However, since the main model was based only on data from administrative databases, the authors performed secondary analyses based on a sibling-controlled design. In those analyses, antibioticD, hence, the authors concluded that the marginal association observed in the main model was unlikely to be meaningful. In another cohort study (Axelsson et al. 2019 ), the between-within sibling design analysis did not confirm the findings from the standard design analysis of higher ASD risk after use of certain types of antibiotics. We used data from these two studies to perform a meta-analysis, and its results revealed no significant association. The final included cohort study (Wimberley et al. 2018 ) reported a positive association between postnatal antibiotic exposure and autism risk. However, since its population largely overlapped with that of the previous cohort, the twosystematic review. Besides the lack of a sibling analysis in the latter cohort, the difference in exposure assessment. The authors of the latter study defined ‘antibiotic use preceding the diagnosis of autism’ as the antibiotic received before the first diagnosis of autism registered in the national healthcare databases. Median age for the first autism diagnosis in this study was 7.1 years, which is much later than both median age of ASD diagnosis reported in the literature and median age of first developmental concerns in ASD children (Baio et al. 2018 ). Therefore, even for the subgroup of children exposed to antibiotics before fifth birthday it is unclear, if the symptoms of autism were absent before the first antibiotic administration. In our opinion, this might have introduced considerable bias.
All of the remaining case–ASD. All of these studies were characterized by considerable  (Grossi et al. 2018 ; Niehus and Lord 2006 ), self-selection bias (Niehus and Lord 2006 ; Bittker and Bell 2018 ) reflecting in a study and those who do not, potentially biased control group selection (Grossi et al. 2018 ; Niehus and Lord 2006 ), and/or lack of verification if the ASD diagnosis in the case group was made by a professional (Bittker and Bell 2018 ). Also, in all of these studies, the exposure data were based on parental reports, so a risk of recall bias (Coughlin 1990 ), especially over-reporting the exposure in ASD groups and under-reporting in control groups, cannot be ruled out.
Data on specific antibiotic types and risk of ASD are also inconsistent. In one study, an increased risk of ASD was reported after prenatal exposure to sulfonamides, penicillins and macrolides, but not cephalosporins (Atladottir et al. 2012 ). This is consistent with the evidence that macrolides induce distinctive changes in the microbiome composition of children (Korpela et al. 2016 ). On the other hand, expected microbiota alterations after the use of cephalosporins should be at least as strong as those after use of penicillins, due to cephalosporins’ broader spectrum (Biedermann and Rogler 2015 ). Accordingly, another study reported a stronger association between ASD and both pre- and postnatal exposure to broad spectrum antibiotics (cephalosporins, tetracycline, trimethoprim-sulfonamide combination, aminoglycosides, and quinolones) compared to moderate-spectrum antibiotics (Wimberley et al. 2018 risk and exposure to narrow-spectrum antibiotics, including macrolides. In two other cohort studies, no significant associations between ASD and individual types of antibiotics were described (Axelsson et al. 2019 ; Hamad et al. 2018 ). Individual antibiotic types were analyzed and reported differently in each of the studies included in our systematic review; therefore, a meta-analysis was not possible. According to the available evidence, some patterns of microbiota composition in individuals with ASD have been identified, mostly regarding the abundance of different Clostridia and Bacteroidetes species and an altered Bacteroidetes/Firmicutes ratio (Rosenfeld 2015 ). Such changes may be induced both by macrolides and broad-spectrum antibiotics (Korpela et al. 2016 ). On the other hand, microbiota alterations in different individuals might not follow a specific pattern even after use of the same antibiotic (Yassour et al. 2016 ). Apart from the disturbance of the microbiome-gut-brain axis, to our knowledge no well-documented alternative explanations for the antibiotic-ASD association have been proposed.
A question concerning all of the included studies is the difficulty in differentiating whether the observed effects were due to the antibiotics themselves or were due to the antibiotics acting as a proxy or mediator of an underlying infection. Only two of the included studies controlled for infections occurring during the same period as antibiotic exposure (Hamad et al. 2018 ; Guisso et al. 2018 ). None of the included studies investigated differences in risk of autism resulting from specific indications for antibiotic therapy. Three included studies reported a higher risk of autism after maternal respiratory infections (Atladottir et al. 2012 ; George et al. 2014 ), fever episodes and influenza (Atladottir et al. 2012 ), or “infections” in general (Guisso et al. 2018 );arly childhood otitis media episodes and autism (Wimberley et al. 2018 ; Niehus and Lord 2006 ). Such associations of prenatal and early-life infections with autism have been documented before (Jiang et al. 2016 ; Atladottir et al. 2010 ), and they may also be supported by underlying biological mechanisms (Singh 2009 ; Ponzio et al. 2007 ; Rosenhall et al. 1999 ).
All of the included studies in which the assessment of exposure was based on parental reports collected after diagnosis of ASD have the possibility of recall bias. Knowledge of a variety of potential exposures that are considered as risk factors for ASD is common among parents of children with ASD (Chaidez et al. 2018 ); thus, they may tend to analyze the previous medical history of their children more and report medication use more often than parents of the control children. This is a similar effect to the one observed after past claims of the supposed vaccination-autism association (Andrews et al. 2002 ). This may suggest a greater reliability of antibiotic exposure data collected prospectively or derived from medical records.
Yet another problem in the interpretation of possible antibiotic-ASD associations is the fact that, despite stable antibiotic use in Europe and USA in recent year ; Klein et al. 2018 ), the prevalence of ASD is actually rising in these regions (Lyall et al. 2017 ). Nevertheless, given the heterogeneous etiology of autismreduced antibiotic use is outweighed by other environmental factors contributing to ASD risk.
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Home > Opinion > Jesse Overholser: What we won on Nov. 6th
There’s no doubt November 6th was a huge victory for Democrats. Having worked countless hours for the Obama campaign, I felt relieved and my job felt completed. The victory didn’t just include the presidency, which was a huge win, but it also included across the board victories in house and senate races.
In Massachusetts and Indiana, Democrats won against Republican incumbents for the Senate. The Democrats now hold 55 seats to a mere 45 Republican. In the middle of summer, the consensus was that Republicans were going to take the Senate. In the highly red state of Indiana, there was a huge victory for Democrat Representative Joe Donnelly, who won weeks after his opponent claimed rape to be God’s will.
Democrats picked up an unprecedented eight seats in Congress. One of those seats belongs to Carol Shea-Porter, who voted for the Affordable Care Act in 2009, and then lost the election the following year during the Tea Party takeover.
Shea-Porter said, “There was no fear about the health-care law [this election]. I think that was the big thing that was driving the 2010 election and the Tea Party coming in. I think that’s over. I think people recognize that this is a consumer-friendly bill.”
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At his sparkling best last night in the main event of UFC Vegas 17, two-time welterweight title challenger, Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson scored his second successive victory, via a masterclass display of striking against surging kickboxer, Geoff ‘Handz of Steel’ Neal.
It’s two wins on the trot for the #5 ranked division mainstay, adding the Fortis MMA staple to a masterful performance at UFC 244 in November of last year, where he picked up a dominant triumph over the gritty, Vicente Luque.
Despite suffering what he believes is a potential muscle or tendon injury to his right leg before the fifth and final round, Thompson had laid solid foundations in the prior four frames to score a rather one-sided 50-45 (x3) unanimous decision victory.
The Simpsonville native, who turns 38-years-old in February was at his mobile best throughout the twenty-five-minute battle, evading the aggressive counters from Neal, before setting up perfectly placed counter offence of his own.
With the path to the division’s top-five still going through South Carolina, Thompson spoke with former two-weight world champion and UFC colour-commentator, Daniel ‘DC’ Cormier afterwards, where he called for an ‘NMF vs. BMF’ rematch with Jorge ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal, after noting a failed attempt to secure a matchup with perennial contender, Leon ‘Rocky’ Edwards earlier this year.
“You know, I was poking at a guy (Leon Edwards) ranked higher than me not too long ago on Twitter, in the nicest way possible,” Thompson said. “He wasn’t having it, but yes, this is two in a row. (Geoff Neal was) ranked number-eleven. I’m definitely working my way up. I want to see the NMF vs. the BMF, baby. Let’s make that happen. Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson vs. Jorge Masvidal II. I know he’s talking about fighting Colby Covington but we’ll see.“
Having first shared the Octagon at the monumental UFC 217 event back in November 2017 at Madison Square Garden, Thompson met with the American Top Team staple, Masvidal — handing the Floridian contender his second straight loss via a unanimous decision victory.
In the time since, a rejuvenated Masvidal had strung together a three-fight winning spree, besting Darren Till, Ben Askren, and Nate Diaz before a short-notice UFC 251 title challenge defeat to incumbent best, Kamaru ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ Usman.
Constantly linked with a showdown with former friend and teammate, the above mentioned Covington — a pairing of the two has yet to be nailed down by the promotion, with the possible matchup still tentatively targeted for the time being. If that’s a fight that eludes Masvidal, Thompson certainly wants to run it back with the fan-favourite BMF championship holder.
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Malindi Township legislator Aisha Jumwa is perhaps the most talked about woman leader in Kenya.
Last week, the Orange Party was left with an egg on its face when it announced her defection from William Ruto’s camp only to delete the Tweet moments after it was posted after she denounced it, saying she was firmly behind the DP and the Jubilee candidate for Kibra, MacDonald Mariga.
The MP is a now household name when it comes to coast politics. The former Kilifi woman representative is also among vocal women leaders in the country and was a close ally of Raila Odinga before dumping him for Ruto. Jumwa is loved by many for her political confidence and firmness.
Born in 1975, Jumwa schooled at Takanga Primary School before proceeding to Murray Secondary School. She also studied at Ganze Secondary School and Nyali Senior School. She is the second born in a family of five.
Jumwa, a mother of three, narrates in her biography how she dropped from school while in Form Two to have a child and later proceeded with schooling certificate in governance from the same institution.
But the woman who is highly opinionated, strong-willed and outspoken has also been dogged by controversy.
Fearless, stoic and daring to the core, Raila once labeled her as Mekatilili wa Menza-reincarnate and even today, the ODM leader would love to have her back in the Orange party.
Jumwa’s marriage also collapsed because of politics. She started as a political activist at the Coast, going around, attending political meetings and yelling herself hoarse over what she termed as injustices at the Coast.
Her husband got jittery with each meeting she attended and finally told her to stop.
Jumwa refused, and when he threatened to divorce her, she told him to suit himself.
“He said if I wanted to continue with my life, I should pay him back the dowry. We went to the subchief, made the decision and I paid back the dowry,” Jumwa told a local daily.
In fact, word has it that she personally herded the dowry cows, all the way to her in-laws.
After the divorce, she went full throttle into politics and was elected Kilifi woman representative. During campaigns, she wowed crowds through song, dance, poems, and punchy speeches delivered in flawless Swahili.
She knew what the crowd wanted, and she added melodrama to sway them at the ballot box.
When Malindi went to the by-election in 2016, Jumwa delivered victory for ODM and knocked the daylights off the men who wanted to rock her boat. Her past is said to have predisposed her to relentless fight.
Those who went to school with her say she is an opportunist who seeks the slightest crack and wiggles in to gain relevance.
Jumwa, who is an ardent supporter of William Ruto, stunned many when she attended ODM parliamentary group meeting chaired by Raila and reportedly declared her support for Imran Okoth.
However, later at an event where Jubilee’s Kibra candidate McDonald Mariga was meeting a delegation from Kibra, the Malindi MP said that she had not ditched Ruto’s camp and that hewas still Mariga.


Microsoft recorded a revenue of $46.15 billion during the prior quarter versus $44.24 billion as expected by analysts according to Refinitiv.
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock traded around $287.12, up 0.20% as of  July 27, 2021 7:59 p.m. EDT. MSFT stock closed Tuesday trading at $286.54, down 0.87% from the day’s opening price. Although the volatility was not significantly notable, Microsoft reported its fiscal Q4 2021 earnings and quarterly revenue guidance that exceeded analysts’ expectations.
Worth noting, the company’s revenue spiked by 21% year over year in the quarter that concluded on June 30.
Notably, the company’s intelligent cloud segment that includes the Azure public cloud, GitHub, SQL server, and Windows server produced a revenue of $17.38 billion. The figure was 30% higher than what the same segment recorded in the same period last year. According to a poll by StreetAccount on Wall Street analysts, the average expectation on the intelligent cloud segment was $16.33 billion.
On the side of the productivity and business processes unit that encompasses LinkedIn, Office software and Dynamics recorded a revenue of $14.69 billion during the just-concluded quarter. According to a survey conducted by StreetAccount, the productivity and business processes unit was expected to report revenue of $13.93 billion.
On the personal computing segment, Microsoft recorded a revenue of $14.09 billion against $13.74 billion expected by analysts according to a survey conducted by StreetAccount.
Microsoft Stock and Its Performance in Fiscal Q4 2021
Microsoft stock has received notable spotlight from Wall Street analysts who forecast more upwards in the foreseeable future. According to a survey conducted by MarketWatch, MSFT stock received an average of Buy rating from 38 ratings.
This can be grounded in the fact that the company is providing critical services that are needed to rebound the global economy from the Covid pandemic. Moreover, most global investors and companies are shifting to cloud-based and remote-based to ensure the longevity of their services.
According to Microsoft’s earnings report, the company forecast a higher call in the next quarter. Perhaps the main reason for a buy call from most analysts. Notably, the company expects its productivity and business processes unit to report $14.5 billion to $14.75 billion during its first fiscal quarter.
Additionally, the company said that it expects $16.4 billion to $16.65 billion from its intelligent cloud segment in the coming quarter. On the contrary, Wall Street analysts expect the company to record $15.71 billion from the intelligent cloud segment.
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Mala Prohibita. [Latin, Wrongs prohibited.] A term used to describe behavior that is prohibited via laws, youngsters no longer inherently evil. Courts in general classify statutory crimes as mala prohibita. Examples of mala prohibita comprise The sorts of crimes that tend to be classified as mala prohibita crimes include:
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Likewise, what's the change between mala in se and mala Prohibita crimes? Mala prohibita crimes are criminal acts which are wrong because they violate a statute or legislation rather than being an action that harms or offends society. A lot of the time, mala prohibita crimes are much less severe than mala in se crimes.
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Mala in se, a Latin phrase, refers to crimes such as murder, rape, and theft. These contrast with mala prohibita offenses, which are activities which are considered wrong because they violate the law, not due to the fact they're morally wrong.
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What is the darkish figure of crime in sociology?
The darkish (or hidden) determine of crime is a time periodquantity of unreported or undiscovered crime.
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In short, noticeable law refers back to the specific legal guidelines that govern the people, and procedural law creates the mechanisms wherein major legislation is enforced. Thus, if you're being investigated for or accused of a crime, the costs opposed to you fall less than the class of major criminal law.
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actus reus) and the mental purpose to do the crime (mens rea). Actus reus is commonly explained as a crook act that turned into the result of voluntary physically movement. This describes a bodily endeavor  the adaptation among felonies and misdemeanors?
What is the adaptation among a legal and a misdemeanor? Below the common law a criminal is crime that is punishable by way of more than a 12 months in penitentiary and misdemeanor is a crime that's punishable via up to one year in jail.
Learn more. t is in accordance with interaction between cops and the defendant previousituation arises whilst regulation enforcement officials use coercion and different overbearing techniques to induce someone to commit a crime.
The crime control model is taken into account to be a conservative method of crime that specializes in preserving society from criminals by way of regulating criminal conduct and justice. In contrast, the due process mannequin is taken into account to be a liberal method of crook justice that favors criminal rights.
What are the four sorts of mens rea?
The Model Penal Code acknowledges 4 distinctive levels of mens rea: objectiveWhat are examples of mala in se crimes?
Mala in se crimes robbery. rape. murder. theft. assault and battery. shoplifting. vandalism. trespassing.
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Statutory Regulation is the time period used to outline written laws, usually enacted by way of a legislative body. Statutory laws range from regulatory or administrative legal guidelines that are passed via govt agencies, and common law, or the law created via prior courtroom decisions. If the administrative symptoms the bill it passes into law as a statute.
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The charity from the beginning tried to keep records and requires a vast 250 mtrs of shelving for the ledgers and entry books, so can not be such a surprise that they also hold 5,000 small textile scraps dating from the middle decades of the 18th Century that are pinned to registration documents. These scraps are both poignant and beautiful, yet sad as it reflects the life of a infant and a mother who had to give up her child.
When mothers left babies at London’s Foundling Hospital in the mid- token y and even some baby clothes. Be of an infant child and that of its absent parent.
Along with scraps of fabric some parents left little tokens such as thimbles, lock and key, even a small ring as well as little token bits of metal with something engraved on. It must have been distressing to leave your child and the fact that they left it with something from their birth family showed, I think, that they cared but had no choice what so ever.
The needlework was often a little crude on the decorative front among the foundling textiles and this suggests that the needle skills of the working women were not as good as once thought. They stitched for their family, clothes and bedding and they mended but obviously did not have the time or the money for the materials to produce decorative pieces just for show. Also they were taught weaving and knitting rather than stitching as it often this was better for work purposes later on.
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The biggest thing I've noticed...my photography skills :)
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Labels: birthday bash, throwback thursday
HussenaAugust 11, 2016 at 12:14 AM
Nikki CAugust 11, 2016 at 12:28 AM
It's fab to see how your style has changes over the years thanks for the chance to win
CarlavdMAugust 11, 2016 at 1:32 AM
MichelleAugust 11, 2016 at 1:35 AM
:-) Yes, your photography skills have improved, haha! I love looking back over all the archives - we've all changed with the times and the trends as time passes. It's lovely to remember the "old" days.
Kathy DAugust 11, 2016 at 2:05 AM
jessicaAugust 11, 2016 at 2:58 AM
Sorry I have been absent the past few weeks..summer with the kiddos have been super busy! I do promise to get back into a regular schedule of visiting once the start back up to school :)
Connie GAugust 11, 2016 at 3:36 AM
Jennifer ScullAugust 11, 2016 at 4:53 AM
isn't it fun to go back to see how our styles have changed over the years? sure wish my photography skills could improve the way yours have. unfortunately with my shakes and tremors, I am not sure how that is going to happen. oh well, it's fun to read your post.
your giveaway is so very generous! I have long been wanting a MISTI - since I first discovered them.
hope you are having a great birthday week! :)
Debra DavisonAugust 11, 2016 at 4:56 AM
So fun to see your card-making evolution ! Wishing you a wonderful birthday month ... Mine is Sunday, the 14 ... Thanks for the opportunity to win !!!
Trina P.August 11, 2016 at 5:08 AM
Love seeing the evolution of your crafting. Looking forward to seeing more.
zehraAugust 11, 2016 at 5:11 AM
Beautiful love all the changes in the years, happy bday.
Julie Tucker-WolekAugust 11, 2016 at 5:12 AM
Holly AKA KopyKatAugust 11, 2016 at 5:13 AM
OMGosh I love memory lane with your cards, these are all so cute. Wow, a mini misty? really? how exciting!!! Thank you for the chance to win. hollysilva911@hotmail.com
ChristyAugust 11, 2016 at 5:15 AM
Wow, what an awesome giveaway! That is a great idea to look back on the projects you made and to see how your style has changed. I love your IG account and so glad I found your blog now! You make such super cute projects! (in case for some reason I am a no-reply blogger which I hope I am not - thestampcycle at gmail.com)
ChrisAugust 11, 2016 at 5:27 AM
Finally stopping in to wish you a wonderful birthday week! I truly think all birthdays should be celebrated by a full week of cake every day! tee hee...So funny about your comment on photo skills. I seem to still be stuck in "2008"! :)
Carol CasavantAugust 11, 2016 at 5:36 AM
ShellyAugust 11, 2016 at 5:40 AM
Especially, your mini clipboard and coffee tag!
Nami NakamuraAugust 11, 2016 at 5:44 AM
So fun to see the archives. What a great idea! Love this.
JerrieAugust 11, 2016 at 6:01 AM
LisaAugust 11, 2016 at 6:02 AM
Janet LabadieAugust 11, 2016 at 6:06 AM
Karen B.August 11, 2016 at 6:07 AM
HettyAugust 11, 2016 at 6:10 AM
Celeste GoffAugust 11, 2016 at 6:11 AM
Judy1223August 11, 2016 at 6:13 AM
Kelly BoothAugust 11, 2016 at 6:15 AM
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Happy DanceAugust 11, 2016 at 6:29 AM
Terri BursonAugust 11, 2016 at 6:35 AM
Glad you're enjoying your Misti. I don't have one, hint hint. Lol! Loving all the love that you're sharing this week. And I always enjoy your creations.
Teresa KlineAugust 11, 2016 at 6:36 AM
Miriam PrantnerAugust 11, 2016 at 6:38 AM
I love it! And I hear you on the photography! This reminds me of your old flashback Friday challenge. :)
Tracey McNeelyAugust 11, 2016 at 6:38 AM
Michele HendersonAugust 11, 2016 at 6:51 AM
Your throwback cards are adorable! Cute and colorful!
cmAugust 11, 2016 at 6:58 AM
Becca CrugerAugust 11, 2016 at 7:12 AM
It was so interesting to see not only the photography changing, but also how cardmaking trends changed along the way, too!
Arianna BarbaraAugust 11, 2016 at 7:26 AM
Wanda CullenAugust 11, 2016 at 7:33 AM
First, I need to wish you a happy birthday! This was so fun to take a look at your cards - all so beautiful - over the years! I cringe when I look at my early cards - lol! cullenwr@yahoo.com
JenniferAugust 11, 2016 at 7:34 AM
Fun! I ohh'd and awe'd a few times...always enjoy your work Amy!
I Card EveryoneAugust 11, 2016 at 7:55 AM
D.Ann CAugust 11, 2016 at 8:07 AM
What a fun tour through time! I love the tea bag sentiment!!!
A mini MISTI?!!! You're TOO sweet!!! Thanks for the chance!
MigdaliaAugust 11, 2016 at 8:07 AM
Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin)August 11, 2016 at 8:09 AM
Oh I miss your throwback posts... there are some goodies in my archives (and some terrible ones too). Thinking of you.
Annette AllenAugust 11, 2016 at 8:23 AM
FrozenstamperAugust 11, 2016 at 8:33 AM
I remember that amuse stamp! Fun throw back! Happy Birthday to you!
CarlypoolAugust 11, 2016 at 8:36 AM
CarlypoolAugust 11, 2016 at 8:37 AM
wendyAugust 11, 2016 at 8:39 AM
All your throw back cards are amaze balls ❤
Amy CAugust 11, 2016 at 9:47 AM
It is always fun to see how our crafting skills evolve over the years. I still have one of the first things I created....it was one of the birthday invites for my daughters first birthday. I may have to post it on my blog. I know that my photography skills have really evolved as well. Thanks for sharing these with us!!
SylviaAugust 11, 2016 at 10:49 AM
EmilyAugust 11, 2016 at 10:52 AM
Rowena MiniaciAugust 11, 2016 at 11:23 AM
Love all your cards Amy!! Always inspiring
Helen F.August 11, 2016 at 11:51 AM
Oh Amy, I can see your style and color combos have been pretty consistent. Love the 'flashback' to days of ol', birthday girl ;-)
Julia AstonAugust 11, 2016 at 11:51 AM
Lisa's Creative NicheAugust 11, 2016 at 11:56 AM
This is fun! I love seeing how people's crafting evolves! They all look wonderful to me!
KellyAugust 11, 2016 at 12:29 PM
oh my, what a FUN FUN post! great projects and another generous giveaway! kellybertram (at) Hotmail (dot) com
Troy Louise SeegmillerAugust 11, 2016 at 1:21 PM
Indy OwensAugust 11, 2016 at 1:50 PM
Just love seeing your art through the ages! You are amazing!! :)
DanaAugust 11, 2016 at 4:23 PM
Oh loved seeing cards through the years!! Also a great way to see how your skills have evolved!!
jenAugust 11, 2016 at 5:16 PM
Your style has evolved but you were always a fab card maker- and I notice green ribbon and buttons on the very first one!! Love the throwback & happy to continue to celebrate you all week!!🎉
jordanbev5@yahoo.comAugust 11, 2016 at 5:24 PM
Well, it shows me how very talented you have been over ALL the years! Fun and gorgeous cards every time!! I throw out quite a few of my own, btw. Love the throwbacks! TFS!!
Christy QAugust 11, 2016 at 5:58 PM
What a cool look back at your archives! Like Jen said - I immediately noticed the use of green on your first card that you posted (and no purple!). :) Come to think of it, I didn't see any purple on any of the cards you posted... ;)
Amy C.August 11, 2016 at 8:29 PM
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TracyM #6773August 12, 2016 at 4:31 AM
THANK YOU for sharing with us and for giving us the chance to win a shopping spree Amy :)
Carrie SheridanAugust 12, 2016 at 5:20 AM
How fun is this?! Looking back through the years at all your cards! Great idea!
Teresa DoyleAugust 12, 2016 at 5:38 AM
laura DAugust 12, 2016 at 5:58 AM
Shelly RasskeAugust 12, 2016 at 6:22 AM
It was fun to see how your style and project evolved over the years. Photography is challenging, but your are doing a great job with it!
sharrilouAugust 12, 2016 at 6:53 AM
Danielle VincentAugust 12, 2016 at 7:03 AM
Debra RumpzaAugust 12, 2016 at 7:03 AM
Thanks for the opportunity to win! I love how you can look back over the years! How fun!
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Ria MontefalconAugust 12, 2016 at 10:21 AM
LucyAugust 12, 2016 at 11:22 AM
to see how your card making has evolved
over the years. I remember being so scared
to make my first card (as an adult-used to make
all kinds of things when I was a kid). I saw what
moments of their day. I tell people not to feel guilty if
they don't save my card, since I got just as much enjoyment
making it as they did receiving it.
Helen GullettAugust 12, 2016 at 1:04 PM
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Cris GAugust 12, 2016 at 2:38 PM
Hope to see many more pictures of your cards over the years, how fun it would be, let's say from 2008 until 2060 - scroll, scroll, scroll :).
kReN KAugust 12, 2016 at 4:55 PM
rachelvass1982August 13, 2016 at 8:13 AM
Wow, it's so lovely seeing the cards from over the years like that, you can really see how you've improved and your style has changed. I hope after a few years my photography skills improve as much as yours!
Daria G.August 13, 2016 at 8:33 AM
Wow, you ve been blogging for so long already! It is such a neat idea to see them all in retrospective:) each has your style:)
SabrinaAugust 13, 2016 at 1:42 PM
OH my goodness.... The cards are absolutely fabulous and so amazing!!!!
Monika ReeckAugust 13, 2016 at 2:27 PM
the first card so sweet with that lady and so CAS too Amy
your style more and more beautiful each year
thanks for the Chance to Win Amy
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Kari V.August 13, 2016 at 9:22 PM
Awesome giveaway! It was fun to see all your birthday card posts! Love your work.
SherylAugust 13, 2016 at 11:12 PM
Really fun to look back at your cards; all fabulous!


I think I will do some type of blogmas starting after today to make up for my lack of posting this month. This means I will be doing a month of daily posting. It usually starts on December first but I don’t follows the rules put on me by society so I will start today instead. I am officially done with finals (kinda) because I only had on physical exam to take but I do have two more papers to write and and one more project to finish. I’m just glad that I do not have to go to class anymore and that I have a whole month to relax, hang out with friends, make videos, and write blogs.
This semester has been a whirlwind. In the beginning, I had the mindset the college is super easy and everything is so chill, but that changed a little bit when things started to pick up. However, I don’t think there was any point in which it was too much for me to handle. I enjoyed this semester a lot because many of my classes were project and paper based instead of quiz and exam based. I am not a very good tester, so this worked to my advantages. I found myself struggling the most in my one class that was quiz and exam based.
I learned that in college you really have to have restraint and the will power to wake up and go to classes (especially if you have 8ams). You also have to make sure that you are not socially too much to the point that you have to rush you homework. This was something I struggled with towards the beginning of the semester because I really wanted to make friends so I would stay up super late just talking to people on my floor, when I knew I should be taking some of that time to do my work.
I still struggle with the aspect of meeting people and forming lasting relationships with them. A lot of times I will meet someone and it will turn into saying “hey” whenever we see each other but not really forming an actual friendship, and that is something I want to work on next semester. This semester consisted a lot of me learning more about myself and I think you can really see that through my blog posts.
Stay tuned for another post tomorrow,
Bitota