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Feeling a little more coherent than I was when I got home yesterday, so I'll try for a slightly better report. I was horribly nervous about going to the conference for the first time - yes, I'd been assured by everyone I'd ever 'met' online that everyone would be very friendly, and that in fact there was someone whose specific job it was to take care of the first timers (thank you Mandy!). But I get nervous doing any new thing. I'm terrible at making conversation and ridiculously introverted for someone so noticable. But everyone was, indeed, very, very nice, to the point of carrying my bags when I was overloaded, and coming up to me to ask if I was Kate with an 8. I'd have bought the books of everyone there (a terribly tempting booksale was set up outside the lecture rooms we used) if I'd had the funds!
Workshops and talks all interesting. I think the reason it all went so quickly was that I wasn't bored once: everything was split into neat little segments and there was always something to do (and someone to talk to while you were doing it). Everyone very approachable, and because most of the workshops were being run by conference attendees, it was quite easy to chat about it to them afterwards.
My only regret is not coming up with a practised pitch that I could have used on the Piatkus editor, Gillian Green, who was wonderfully enthusiastic about her authors (including Sherrilyn Kenyon, very exciting) and invited submissions from us. Of course, next day was a workshop on query letters where Laurie Campbell encouraged us to write a 25 word pitch for the story. Mine will, of course, be going in my shortly-to-be-dispatched letter to Piatkus.
All the Conference Virgins on the last night, at the gala dinner. On the left in green is Lynne Conolly (did I spell that right?) who writes e-books; in the blue top with long hair is Mandy Jones, who was looking after us all; the lady with white hair and the funky print top is Anne Worboys, author of squillions of books; and I'm the one at the back, on the right, in purple, looking like a cardboard cutout.
Author of adventure stories with a shot of romance; romantic novels with a serving of humour; funny books where dark things happen. Often all three at once.
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I think the Avocado season is in its peak about now. That works out perfectly for the upcoming Cinco de Mayo celebrations about to begin! It's always best to pre-purchase your avocados when they aren't ripe so you don't have all of the bruising from the store shelf. They can be bought a few days ∞
Sugar Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches to welcome our (cool) Northeast Spring
The only thing we can do about this eternal Winter weather is think and act Springlike. Even though the temperature reads freezing, I am making these ice cream sandwiches and keeping them in the freezer until next week when the temperature is going to climb a bit. Hopefully, these treats inspire the weather to skip ∞
Lemon Filled Tea Cake with Coconut Frosting
Chiffon Cake is my go to recipe for the holidays. It is so easy to make and is suitable in all forms. Layer cake, tube cake, cupcakes, sheet cake, or any other I may have missed, they all turn out perfectly fluffy and flavorful. I also like that this cake won't fall apart if you ∞
Natural Egg Dyes using Beets and Turmeric
When I was a kid, I remember my Polish Babci using onion skins to dye Easter Eggs. I never realized that her natural dye method would make a come back! It makes so much sense to re-purpose items around the house and it is much more natural and money saving. I didn't have enough onion ∞
Mini Festive Souffle Pirottini
These mini cupcake papers were so unique that I bought a few to use in a recipe. They are actually made in Italy, and are sold as Mini Souffle Pirottini, or Muffin Cups. I bought a few packages while on vacation in Italy thinking I won't be able to find them back in the states. ∞
Carrot & Coconut Cake with Dairy-Free Yogurt Frosting
Carrot cake is one of my favorite desserts. It's hard to believe that a cake this delicious contains a few healthy ingredients. Unfortunately, many of the recipes out there contain calorie laden sour cream and butter. With my simple dairy-free substitutions, I was able to pare off a few calories while adding nutritional content. My ∞
Polish Stuffed Cabbage / Galumpki
These delicious cabbage rolls are a very unique main dish that is recognized in every region of Slavic Central Europe. Galumpki, pronounced Ga-WUMP-ki, are a fabulous delicacy often served at family celebrations and holidays. If you make too many, the leftovers will re-heat in the microwave the next day, tasting even better than the day you cooked them. Most families have a secret recipe they follow, and my family ∞

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With mobile phones becoming omnipresent in the shopping environment, marketers are adopting Proximity Marketing to connect with the customers more closely. So next time you walk into a retail store you are likely to be assisted about the offers by smart in-store mobile engagement technology, instead of the salesperson. BLE or Bluetooth based ibeacons which are placed around the stores are being tried and send out offers running in the particular section of the store you at present are in, straight to your smartphone.
A new study reveals that nearly more than half the number of shoppers engage with Beacon triggered offers while shopping in a retail store. The survey conducted by Swirl Networks discovered that 61% of the shoppers would like to visit stores which had beacon marketing campaigns and 30% would buy more as a result of receiving beacon-triggered marketing messages.
The survey campaign was conducted at stores including Lord and Taylor, Hudson's Bay, Urban Outfitters, Alex and Ani, Kenneth Cole and Timberland with tens of thousands of shopper interaction and who received beacon-triggered messages over the past three months. It also further found that 73 percent of shoppers said that beacon triggered content and offers increased the likelihood of making a purchase. With Christmas round the corner, 61 percent of the shoppers said they would do more Christmas shopping at stores that delivered mobile content and offers while they were shopping.
The use of ibeacons and proximity-based mobile marketing to engage customers within brick and mortar stores has been seeing an increase in activity despite being at a very nascent stage. More brands within the retail sector have started running test deployments and experimenting with mobile engagement to capture the attention of customers, deliver product information as well as offers to increase revenues and the results appear to be positive.
As other studies in the past have clearly indicated that there is the considerable increase in the usage of mobile phones by consumers while shopping, to search product information, look up reviews, pricing options, offers and more. The information delivery impacts decisions and the reliance on mobile devices for purchase decisions have caught the attention of marketers globally bringing the need to address this behavior to the forefront.


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Starting last week at about 5 Weeks and 6 days pregnant I started experiencing the beginnings of morning sickness and nausea that Lasts. All. Day. Before I got pregnant I would think to myself, "Ohhh morning sickness, it can't be that bad, what are these girls complaining about - they should be thrilled - they're growing a baby!" I must say I was very sadly mistaken, (not about the latter part - I'm still thrilled!) morning sickness is the devil. I think it's definitely worst in the morning when there's nothing in my stomach, but I honestly haven't felt good since last Tuesday at any point in the day.
Today I hit the wonderful milestone of throwing up in the bathroom at work. I have no idea if anyone heard me but if this keeps going on the office is sure to catch on soon and I really didn't want to break the news until my ultrasound at 11 weeks. Readers, do you have any advice on this?
Luckily Mr. Expat Bud has been amazing at picking up the slack. He's been cooking, cleaning and trying to make me a comfy as possible.
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- Dave said...
I was getting quite annoyed last night that no one criticised their spelling.
- Murph said...
Good post title, Richard!
- Richard said...
Dave, they did on News at Ten so I wasn't the first.
Murph, sometimes it's so easy.
- Malc said...
Franco would have been so proud.
- Richard said...
I may have missed something but has Alonso actually disowned this section of his appreciation society yet?
I'm still amazed that this was dreamed up as an insult. "Oh, I know how we can taunt a black man, we'll all dress up as Ella Fitzgerald and try to explain it in writing just in case he doesn't understand."
Racism the William Magonagall way.
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One of our readers asked me if I had ever heard of this restaurant chain. I had not, but the question came at a very opportune time as when I searched the chain on the Internet I discovered a location in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Now while South Carolina is about 1500 miles from my home, I happened to be on the road heading for that very city to visit two nearby Revolutionary War historic battlefield sites. On Saturday night in Spartanburg we decided that we would give Souper! Salad! a try, and we are VERY GLAD that we did.
This is a chain of restaurants located in the Southeast Untied States and the Western United States from Texas to Las Vegas, Nevada. Souper! Salad! features just what the name states - soup and salad served on an all you care to eat buffet. In addition to the soup and salad, there is pizza, pasta, baked potatoes, breads, and dessert. This is very similar to Soup Plantations.
The Spartanburg, SC location is in a shopping center. It is a relatively small restaurant filling the space of three store fronts. The restaurant has large windows that look out onto the parking lot. You enter at the cash register and pay as you go in. This is an EXTREMELY REASONABLE restaurant. The adult price at all times is $6.29. The children's price from ages 5 to 12 is $2.99 and children to age 4 are free. The soft drink price is high at $1.69 with children's drinks for $0.99. Regular soft drinks are refillable. There are "special" flavored lemonades that cost $1.99 and are not refillable.
After you pay you come right to the beginning of the salad bar which is a long double sided cold buffet server that runs most of the length of the restaurant. You take a tray, your silverware, and napkins and start to assemble your salad - if you wish to start with that. There were two different salad greens plus a "featured" mixed salad. This night the featured mixed salad was a mango cranberry salad which was very good. There is every imaginable topping and dressing for your tossed salad and when I got to the croutons and dry toppings there were even small cookies to put on the salad. That was a first for me to see. You then come to several prepared salads that change by the day. There was California chicken salad, a pasta seafood salad, a fetticine pasta salad, tuna salad, a special pasta and tuna salad, edame (soy beans) salad, mustard potato salad and a few others. At the end of this bar was the dessert bar, which we will get to later.
As you pass through the salad bar you are into the dining room for the first time and you seat yourself at tables and booths. We were there on a Saturday night and the restaurant was not crowded but there were a number of people and families dining. I suspect that this is most crowded at lunch time when the shopping center is busy. The atmosphere in the restaurant is informal and the decor is very pleasant. The room was bright and clean. We chose a booth and sat down with our salads. A few moments later a waitress came over and asked what we ordered to drink. She brought large, full drink glasses to our table. Looking around most people had their receipts out on their tables to signal that the table was still occupied - but no one said to do this. We did (as we have had our table cleaned and reset in mid-meal when we went up to the server several times in other buffets recently - this was NOT a problem here!).
After our salad we went up to try the soups. There are five soups served and these also change every day. This night there was chicken noodle, vegetable beef, Santa Fe chicken soup, tomato basil, and double baked potato soup. I am a SOUP LOVER! I had to try each one. All of the soups were good, but I liked the double baked potato soup the best. It was thick and seasoned just right with pieces of potato and bits of potato skins in this hearty soup. The Santa Fe chicken was thick and spicy - it had a mild chili flavor. The tomato basil was a semi-thick soup with chunks of tomato. This had a bit of an acid taste - but it was good. The vegetable beef was a thin broth with vegetables and tiny meatballs. The chicken soup was good but it had too many herbs that overpowered the broth. The noodles were not the thick dumpling like noodles but more like pasta noodles. All of the soups are made from scratch at the restaurant.
So there you have the soup of the Souper! and the salad of the "Salad" but that is not all! At the rear of the restaurant is a wall of hot spots including the soup bar. There is pasta that changes by the day to either ziti or spagetti and two sauces of meat marinara and alfredo. As an Italian-American on both sides of my family I grew up with very high expectations of tomato sauces. I can be very critical of tomato sauce - called "gravy"in my family. Well, I usually have low expectations of tomato sauce in most buffets, but I must say that the meaty marinara sauce here is very good. It is not acidy and it is not sweet. It is not overloaded with meat or greasy. For a buffet restaurant it passed my test with a B+. Following the pasta on the server are two types of pizza - cheese and pepperoni. The pizza was odd compared to most buffet pizzas (and most pizzas). The pizza is more like cheese and sauce on a cracker. The crust is as thinner than a cracker, flat, and cooked hard and crispy. The taste was pleasant - the cheese and tomato sauce were standard but it was like eating a pizza cracker. I would not hold this against the restaurant but if you are looking for "real" pizza you are going to be disappointed. If you think of this as a unique pizza-like treat you will be more satisfied. Further along on the hot server are whole baked potatoes wrapped in foil. There are several toppings for the potatoes including hot cheese, hot chili, cold cheese, bacon, sour cream, butter, and chives. There is also everything on the salad bar to put on your potato if you wish. It did not seem like it from the descriptions that I read of this restaurant but there is a lot of filling food here. I went in thinking that just eating salad and soup for dinner I would be hungry - but I was stuffed when I walked out!
As if all of this is not enough there is fresh baked breads which also change by the day. There were garlic bread sticks, cheese biscuits, corn bread, and wonderful blueberry bread. The blueberry bread looked like a pan of corn bread but it had pure blueberry taste in every bite!
Had enough? You did not save room for dessert? There is lots of good things for dessert. There were the fixing to make a strawberry cream dessert - a try of cake to top with strawberries in sauce and whipped cream. There were peaches in syrup. There was fruit salad. There was pudding. There were fresh grapes and oranges plus cantelope, watermelon, and honeydue melon. And, of course, there is the ice cream sundae bar - soft serve vanilla ice cream with toppings and cones.
Those who wish to eat vegetarian can easily do so here as all vegetarian dishes are clearly labeled as such. Labeling was excellent all around - there was no guessing. The prepared salads and the soups were not only labeled but the ingredients were clearly listed below the name on each label. No guessing and no surprises.
The service was excellent. Your server comes and takes dirty plates away - and there are a lot of plate changes here and just about every item gets its own plate - salad plates, soup bowls, pasta plates, bread plates, dessert plates. The server also refills your drinks and there was no waiting for a refill.
Tables when empty are cleaned quickly and this restaurant was very clean - tables, seats, walls, and floors. The room was bright and restrooms were clean and well supplied.
This is a great restaurant for families. The food is inexpensive (actually, cheaper than eating at home) and there is something for everyone unless you have someone who wants lots of meat. There were several families enjoying the restaurant. There are signs saying that children under 12 must be accompanied at the food servers - which is great. On Sunday there is a family special and all kids over 5 are $1.99.
All of the food was good. The experience was nice and very pleasant. The staff were friendly and welcoming. I would highly recommend this particular restaurant and if it is a good example of the others I would highly recommend this chain. There is a website that is linked at the side of this page. The website will give you the locations and each location has a way to see the menu for any particular day on the calendar. As I have said many dishes change by the day and there are many, many dishes listed on the website for each restaurant to put on the menu. If you are lucky enough to be in a state with a Souper!Salad! give it a try for dinner or lunch. You should be as satisfied as I am. If you have been to one of these restaurants leave a comment and tell us about your experience.
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Please take note that I have learned that the Spartanburg location of SouperSalad has closed. Many,many other locations remain open.
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The title above is one of the worse 2 words for someone to hear while on a ship or boat. While most people have some common sense and wear their life jackets, you do get the occasional yahoo who thinks that they are immortal and refuses to wear one. The life jacket is just added insurance for those who not only can't swim but those who do swim too.
Another thing that I really hate to hear is when someone has knocked or accidentally dropped a piece of valuable equipment overboard. Cameras, phones and recording devices have all seen some deep water action at one time or another. Most of them have been rescued but not all. One of our team has even gone so far as to purchase ipad insurance for her iPad since it would cost close to $600 to replace it. She does not want to see that go in the water but she uses it on board all the time.
Water damage can be nasty to electronics but there are a few things we do. First take any batteries out of the equipment if it gets wet. Wipe as much of the moisture off of it as possible. Let the equipment air dry for a few days before trying to turn it on. Just doing those simple steps has manged to save most of our equipment from permanent damage.
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Well, I did say I wouldn't be able to resist the Warpfire Dragon from Warhammer Forge... so here it is, out of the box....
|Without question the best part of this kit is the detail on the head, which is simply brilliant.
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4. Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder - If you wanted the Winter Finale - I am sure you are stilling shaking your head in disbelief this morning.
5. Mocking Jay - can't wait to see it this weekend.


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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
I just dropped my baby off at his first day of school. I am holding it together =) I wiggled a little and asked for an extra hug. I only swallowed hard once. I'm doing really good. I took some pics on the front stoop and by one of the apple trees. I didn't take my camera into the classroom, like some other parents. I decided we'd just enjoy the moment and not make any more fuss. Maybe next week when he feels a sense of ownership to the place, we'll take some pics. He was soooo excited to find trucks and diggers and toy cameras and a crayon box bigger than him =) I know there will be many stories about school today! And now I need to make use of this new child-free time and go do everything I've been putting off...wish me luck!
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
New Tradgardland
The inhabitants of the Colony of New Tradgardland,situated between the French and British areas of influence in northern America ,are concerned . Circumstances will soon force them to take sides. They wonder if other small colonies feel as they do- isolated and afraid yet filled with excitement at the possibilities of this new land. The men discuss such matters as they take a well earned break from their daily tasks near the shoreline. The politics of Europa talk loudly even here!
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- abdul666 said...
Yog-Sothoth!I have not yet began to draw the map of mythical North America and a new country is to be added!
John Preece (OSW group) suggested a Welsh colony following the expedition of Prince Madoc of Gwynedd in the mid-12°C. I place it on the north-eastern third of New England.
For me I have a Jacobite kingdom in exile in Acadia (including Maine), and an Irish Catholic republic instead of the Minnesota.
Phil Barker suggested a Briton (post-arthurian) and a Viking kingdoms: to leave room for (most of) the historical British & French colonies I have to place them on North Carolina+ the northern half of South Carolina and Georgia(going west to the Mississipi), and filling south down to Florida (Spanish) respectively.
New France is restricted to Canada as after the treaty of Utrecht -Louisiana is half Vinlander (vikings) half Spanish west of the Mississipi, Axtec east of the river. Texas,New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and California, together with Mexico and Guatemala, are Axtec. Alaska and Klondike/Yukon are Russian. The remainder of 'our' USA is sino-indian (a 'communist' theocratic empire, Inca-fashion), together with our British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchevan and part of Manitoba...There is a V-shaped 'unclaimed' (by the white & yellow men) tribal wilderness in the north...
I suppose New Tradgarland is on the north-east coast?
Well, next time I'll write about my Lace Wars interpretation of S.M. Stirling's Domination of Draka as a French Huguenot republic in South Africa...
- August 28, 2007 at 1:50 PM
- Herzog Ignaz said...
Minnesota should clearly be Viking; the Kensington Rune Stone documents the claim.
The Irish should be around South Bend, Indiana.
- August 28, 2007 at 6:58 PM
- Frankfurter said...
There is also considerable speculation that Madoc's group ascended the Mississippi into the the lower Missouri, becoming mingled with the Mandans ... some aparently shared words and special designs on ceremonial weapons being used for this argument ...
"America, B.C." is a wonderful book for making all sorts of links ... and don't forget the Book of Mormon!!!
Also, there's good evidence that Brandon's successors penetrated to the Blue Ridge and had some influence on the development of the Cherokee religion ...
- August 28, 2007 at 7:27 PM
- abdul666 said...
Ignaz, Arthur,
to leave room for (most of) the historical British & French colonies I had to slip southward the likely Briton & Viking settlements - and yet I scratched a good third of the 13 colonies!
- August 29, 2007 at 4:24 AM
- Herzog Ignaz said...
Nonetheless, St. Brendan's followers would clearly be drawn by some irresistable force to northern Indiana.
- August 29, 2007 at 7:05 AM
- Frankfurter said...
Okay, if we're going to run American hystericals, how about varieties of hidden tribes ... good old Hollywood style lost cities and secret kingdoms run by luscious and seemingly immortal queens, etc. etc.?
I think I'd love that set up --- give a good reason to finally paint up all those Aztec figures ... I mean, think of a world where Pontiac actually won?
- August 29, 2007 at 9:52 AM


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The Hanwha Eagles were founded in 1985 and were Korea's 7th professional baseball club. It has won one championship [in 1999] and has been runner-up five times [1988, 1989, 1991 and 2006]. Among is star players are: Jang Jong-Hoon, Song Jin-Woo, Kim Tae-Gyun, Lee Beom-Ho and Ru Hyun-Jin. In 2005, the year when Kim In-Sik was brought into the team as the team's manager, the team came in third in the years regular season and made in to the playoffs. One year later the team managed to finish second . As of the 27th of March 2008, it was ranked third in the National rankings. [from: Hamwhaeagles.co.kr].
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Politics and Government University of Puget Sound
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Professor Weinberger's Forthcoming Book
Congratulations to Professor Weinberger, who has been given a contract by Praeger Publishers for his book
Restoring the Balance: War Powers in an Age of Terror
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The Boolean model is one of many information retrieval models. It is identified in our text (Modern Information Retrieval) as one of the three classic unstructured text models.
It is a very simple model and easy to implement. This model is based on whether an index term is present or not. The simplicity of this model leads to several of its disadvantages. It only retrieves exact matches and there is no ranking of documents. Historically it is the most common model, used by library online public access catalogs (OPACs) and many web search engines. http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~ian/irF02/lectures/06Models-Boolean.pdf
Boolean search operators are "AND", "OR", and "NOT". The "AND" operator is used to narrow a search by combining teams. Only documents containing both search terms a user specifies are returned. The "OR" operator is used to broaden a search so that documents containing either of the terms a user provides are returned. The "NOT" operator narrows a search by excluding certain search terms, by returning documents containing the term before the operator, but not the term after. Other Boolean search symbols include quotation marks, which specify phrases between them are to be searched for exactly as they are written, and the "*" symbol, which is used for wildcard searching. http://websearch.about.com/od/internetresearch/a/boolean.htm http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/engines.htm
Many search engines now incorporate some type of page ranking mechanism. For example, one algorithm used by Google is PageRank. I located the following information about PageRank by using the term "pagerank" in the Yahoo search engine. The Wikipedia article on PageRank was the second on this list of items returned. PageRank counts the number and quality of links to a web page to determine a rough estimate of that site's importance using the assumption that more important web pages will receive more links from other web pages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank
One example of a company that uses a traditional Boolean search model is Westlaw. I located this YouTube video by using the search term "examples of Boolean information retrieval models" on Chrome using Yahoo as the search engine. A link to the video was the 8th option returned. Westlaw provides an online legal research service to more than half a million subscribers. Many professional searchers prefer Boolean queries because it gives them more control over the results received. However, most users find it awkward and difficult to use Boolean expressions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diBEv4mhtO0
Google Advanced Search offers an easy way to use Boolean operators. Instructions on how to enter terms in the boxes are included on the right side of the screen.
Yahoo also offers an advanced web search along these same lines.
I typically use Google as my search engine; however I do not use the Google Advance Search feature. I usually type the search term I want to find information on into the search box such as I described above (although my browser currently defaults to the Yahoo search engine – must change that since I prefer Google!). Now that I have learned more about Boolean operators, I definitely plan to use them more often when I search the internet!


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"I can't believe I. . . ."
"I'm totally disappointed in myself."
"I thought I'd do better."
I've heard these statements a few times in conversations with clients recently, and I've been quick to change the tone of the conversation. Here's why…
We are two weeks into a new year and already I see people judging themselves for failing. My thoughts?? There are still 49 weeks, YES, 49 weeks to go. That's really cool. That is a lot of time to make a ton of change in your life.
I'm not a big resolution kind of person for a few reasons – mostly because of how people tend to frame resolutions and set themselves up for failure. But when it comes to resolutions or goals, I think there needs to be a few rules:
Make them positive and desirable.
If you set goals that are not desirable – or that are punitive, you'll never meet them. If you set a goal to go to the gym 5 days a week in 2014, but you hate your gym, then that's a HORRIBLE goal. A more appropriate goal would be to try 3 new kinds of exercise in the new year. Chances are you'll find something you enjoy and it will give you some great results.
Focus on what you can control.
Often, I see people make goals they have no control over. "I will lose 20 pounds", is a perfect example. You can't control the scale and the scale does not measure success in fitness or nutrition. Here are some goals you CAN control that would lead you to your desire of getting smaller and leaner:
- Work out 4 days a week
- Eat at least 3 servings of veggies a day
- Eat only 1 dessert a week
Make your goals public.
The more you share your goals, the more likely you are to hold yourself accountable. You will also quickly learn who in your life is going to be helpful and supportive. Spend more time with the helpful/supportive people in your life and less time with the others. You may even need a follow up goal of minimizing time with people who are not positive and supportive.
Create goals that are human and conducive to real life.
Goals like, "I'm not going to eat any sugar", or "I'm going to exercise everyday" set you up to fail. A goal should not have that all-or-nothing mindset. Reducing sugar is a great goal. Exercising more is a great goal. It's great to even put numbers with those kinds of goals, ("I'm going to exercise 5 days a week"). You want to avoid something that is unreasonable to maintain for the long haul. Consistent effort over time = huge change. Consistent means 80-90% of the time. Not everyday for the rest of your life.
Like I said, I'm not much of a resolution person. But I do like goals. And I'm a million times more accountable if I share them. So, I'll share some my 2014 goals here:
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- Run 2 half marathons
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What??? Don't expect us to believe a doctor 'accidentally' dropped a tongue into the chicken risotto! Did he head into the lunchroom with patient parts in his pockets? Note to Slovenia: Check the hospital cookbooks for 'To Serve Man'. Sheesh! — PID
January 30, 2008 (FOX NEWS) — A human tongue has been served up in a hospital canteen's chicken risotto — and bosses reckon it was accidentally dropped into the food by a doctor. Full Report


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On July 6, Pengrowth (PGH) announced that it would reduce its monthly dividend from 7 Canadian cents (currently $0.068 US) to 4 Canadian cents (currently $0.039 US). This is a dividend reduction of about 42.8 percent. Pengrowth is a Canadian oil and gas company, with roughly equal exposure to oil and gas, and was formerly a Canadian Royalty Trust, or CanRoy.
Pengrowth is the latest Canadian oil and gas company to reduce its dividend, but it may not be the last. Just a few weeks ago, Enerplus Corporation (ERF) also recently announced that starting in July, its monthly dividend will be cut in half, from 18 Canadian cents (about $0.175 US) per share to 9 Canadian cents (about $0.088 US).
In April, natural gas prices declined to generally unexpected lows, and though they subsequently rebounded in late April and into May, they still remain depressed. After natural gas prices trended lower through the first half of June, gas has recently slightly spiked up by over 50 percent.
Crude oil prices spent most of May in a state of free-fall, declining around 20 percent and eventually breaking below $80 per barrel for the first time in a while. Though crude has rebounded from that sharp sell-off, it remains depressed and appears susceptible to further potential weakness.
The effect of these declines in energy commodities has a clear affect upon E&P companies. Due to natural gas exposure, many have estimated that several high yield Canadian energy companies such as Baytex (BTE), Enerplus, Pembina Pipeline Corporation (PBA), Penn West (PWE) and Pengrowth , among others, may have to reduce their dividends due to declining commodity prices, potentially reduced global and North American energy demand, and increased production costs. As a result of these expected cuts, as well as reduced reserve valuations, these companies have sustained considerable equity losses within 2012.
Last month, I noted that more high yield Canadian oil and gas dividend cuts were looming, and that investors have some reasonable basis to foresee at least some subsequent Canadian oil & gas dividend reductions in the wake of ERF's cut. The industry went through a series of cuts in late 2008 and through 2009, with ERF then also being one of the earlier cutters, if not the first, and after one company announced a reduction, it is easier others to follow. Others may follow, still.
Some of PGH's reduction may be in part to a $200 million pro forma capital expenditure reduction that coincided with the NAL acquisition, which was announced on March 23, 2012. As such, PGH may be able to more quickly increase the monthly payout going forward, but such is no certainty.
After cutting its dividend, ERF did continue to decline, but only by about ten percent. This is a minimal decline in comparison to the sharp sell-off that hit ERF prior to its cut. See the recent chart for ERF:
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Further ERF subsequently rebounded and is trading around where it was when it reported the 50 percent dividend cut. A very similar fate may now face PGH shareholders, as those shares have also sustained some significant declines in advance of this 42.8 percent dividend reduction. See a recent chart for PGH:
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With any luck for PGH shareholders, the majority of its share decline was in anticipation of this cut and will not be in response.
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Congress Returns To Face Funding Decisions On ABL, Euro BMD
Lawmakers are facing tough decisions on whether to proceed with pending proposals to cut vital funding for the Airborne Laser (ABL) program and the planned European ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, as Congress returns from its summer vacation.
In each case, funding cuts could have major negative impacts on those programs.
With ABL, legislators are confronted with a BMD development program that in recent years has met targets and achieved goals, with new technology being developed on schedule and the system passing repeated tests.
For example, the ABL system recently completed a successful test of the beam control/fire control system. (Please see separate story in this issue.)
Led by The Boeing Co. [BA], which also contributed the heavily-modified Boeing 747 aircraft, the ABL program uses lasers by Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] and a beam control/fire control system by Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] to take out enemy ballistic missiles.
ABL does so at the best possible time, just after the enemy weapon launches, before it has time to spray out multiple warheads, confusing decoys or chaff.
Supporters of the program note that North Korea and Iran both are developing increasingly longer-range missiles, and each nation has a nuclear development program. North Korea also has detonated a nuclear weapon in an underground test.
Further, China has amassed some 900 radar-guided missiles aimed at Taiwan, an island nation that China vows to invade if it doesn't capitulate and submit to rule by Beijing.
China also is developing new, longer-range intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) capable of reaching any point in the United States, and it is procuring nuclear-powered submarines with missile-firing capabilities.
Backers of the ABL program say it is irrational, in the face of such threats, to slow the ABL program.
But that is precisely what would occur if Congress slashes funds, according to Boeing.
At one point, a House panel would have cut ABL funding for the fiscal year 2008, beginning in three weeks, to just $149 million, from the $549 million that President Bush requested.
While others Congress would whack less out of the program, providing it with as much as $499 million in fiscal 2008, that still would cause a drastic slowdown in the ABL program, delaying it by as much as two years, according to Boeing.
If the program remains on track, work with the high-powered laser would be undertaken next year, and then there would be a test in 2009 in which the ABL would shoot down a target missile in flight.
The ABL kills an enemy weapon by firing a high-powered laser at the missile to sear a hole in its side, and by frying its electronics, shortly after the missile lifts off from a launch pad or silo.
In contrast, most other BMD systems use interceptor missiles to smash into and destroy the enemy weapon in its midcourse or terminal phase, much closer to the target.
Those lawmakers arguing for cuts in ABL funding argue that the laser still is in development and involves new technology, saying the money should be diverted to other BMD programs with more advanced, demonstrated technology.
European BMD
Another BMD program imperiled by proposed budget cuts is the European "third site" for a Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) installation.
GMD sites now are in Alaska and California.
Some lawmakers would make a partial cut in funding for the program, while others would eliminate all funding for installation of silos filled with interceptors in Poland.
Each budget proposal would, however, provide some amount of money for installation of a high-capability radar in the Czech Republic.
Backers of the program say the funding cuts at this juncture are perverse, given the threat posed by potential missile launches from rogue Middle Eastern nations such as Iran.
While Iran is processing nuclear materials in what it says is fuel development for a peaceful nuclear generating program, Western powers fear Iran — a nation with leaders vowing to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth — is producing the makings of nuclear weapons.
Iran also has fired a missile from a submerged submarine.
ABL proponents, including Bush and Pentagon leaders, argue that it is critical to form a shield against Iranian ballistic missiles, to protect European nations, U.S. troops stationed there, and the United States.
Further, backers of the European BMD site argue that by cutting funds, Congress would be undercutting U.S. negotiators who are attempting to persuade the Czech Republic and Poland to authorize the installations.
Proponents of the cuts, however, argue that perhaps the missile defense mission for Europe could be performed just as well by, say, U.S. Navy ships equipped with the Aegis weapon control air defense system.


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Bopa invited us once again to his in office trick or treating event. We love this adventure as it is inside, before the actual holiday so we don't have to wait so very long, and it provides some much needed entertainment while daddy wraps up harvest. even though we got candy early, the fun could not come soon enough, especially for bear. The secret is to wait until mere mmoments before a fun experience before telling Weston about it. Otherwise he is tortured waiting for the activity. For example, we have discussed Christmas no less than 19 times. Today.
Clearly the anticipation was extreme. And rightly so, jci is very generous with the doling out of goodies. At the first stop, wes grabbed about as many peices of candy his two hands could hold. The lady distributing the goods was very taken aback at bear's assumptions and the resulting reprimand sort of polluted Weston' s night.
As the above ppicture shows, bear couldn't get a happy heart back.
The ladybug and soccer player had a super time.
Blues costume was especially endearing to me as when she was super tiny, and i could just get her cute little hairs into a form of pigtails, max and wes thought their sister looked like a little ladybug. the boys would call her that whenever i could get her hairs to stay in a piggy tail position. Aw. We have had some growth in the hair realm, but not a lot...
Maxwell decided upon the soccer stud ensemble after being inspired by his buddy dakota. Kota's mom put an adorable pic on instagram which i showed maxer and he immediately decided to follow dakota's lead. After maxwells amazing season this fall, i thought the decision an excellent one. Not sure if i mentioned maxers one goal. Though he is more of a defensive player and enjoyed being goalie, during one game, max booted the ball right into the goal from about half way between the mid field area and the goal. So proud!
Bear is the best spiderman ever. He really loved having his costume on, and takes saving things seriously. Some days, he plays this game where i place lots of stuffed animals high on couches and chairs and shelves, and bear drives his toy firetruck to rescue each individual animal. So cute.
One more spooky story. We were recently reminded that maxwell is scared of heights. While brad was ramming around with the adorables, he proceeded to carry max upstairs on his shoulders. Maxer flipped out. He was terrified to be high up and over the steps. That experience generated lots of discussion about max. So bear decided he was also afraid of heights. To wes, the word heights encompassed a myriad of fears: going upstairs alone, the dark, being shy. so the other day, ayla and weston went downstairs to collect some random craft aupplies and blue raced upsgtairs to scream, "there's heights down there!" Presh


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The forsythia
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Pond and PatioWell things are gradually getting cleaned up in the garden ready for spring. The forsythia gives a splash of colour on a dull day. The wood pile is growing, ready for next winter and the cut down pampas grass which we keep starts the fire a treat. We are keeping all the cut down hedge to dry out for kindling, but it does take up space. So we need a clean up in this area under our big oak tree.


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My Life is not a Jane Austen novel, but it might be a Korean dramaI've been gearing up for the past few weeks to sit down and write about the destitute and miserable loneliness that has been my life this past month in Korea.
Ok, you got me. It hasn't been all that bad. But I ran away to Korea to escape the world of single's wards only to find myself in a country where the first two questions everyone asks you are: 1) how old are you? And 2) do you have a boyfriend? (As if I need reminding about the tick-tick-ticking of my biological clock, and let me check on the boyfriend thing. Hm, yes- just as I thought, answer is still no)
I did venture to Seoul several weeks ago to meet up with some Singles. It was delightful. I went in with no expectation for romance, and came out with new friendships built on intelligent conversation.
And yet...
And yet the couple culture in Korean is so pervasive that I find myself wishing to be a part of one, even with zero (we are talking absolutely zilch) prospects. So I began to fill my time in various ways; one of them being lessons with the sister missionaries.
Last Saturday night, as the sisters and I waited for their investigator to show up, a striking Korean man appeared in the hallway. Immediately I wanted to talk to him because I have been absolutely lonesome for someone my own age to talk to (that doesn't wear a black nametag). Don't misinterpret my true feelings. I love the people here, and I have made a few friends. But I didn't realize how much I truly crave and thrive on having a social life.
But back to the striking Korean man with the thick-rimmed glasses. He seemed to be looking for the Elders, but being unable to find them, he stopped to speak with us in terrifically funny English. Apparently he was an old investigator, just stopping through to see if the Elders happened to be at the church. The four of us spoke for a few minutes until the sisters' investigator arrived, and then it was just him and I. When I explained the current absence of friends in my life, he quickly offered to exchange numbers and then invited me to go with him to meet some friends at a restaurant in the local university district. I explained that I had promised the sisters I would help teach a lesson, but that I would give him a call afterwards. He acquiesced and we parted ways.
What followed seemed to be the longest missionary lesson of my life. I love the sisters in my ward, but when they decided it was a good idea to take turns reading 25 verses from the Book of Mormon in abysmally slow Korean (mostly on my end) after the meat of the lesson was already over, well....I thought I was going to claw my eyes out.
When the lesson was finally over, and at the behest of the sisters, I decided to go and meet The Korean.
What followed was the best and most natural date I've been on since I've been home from my mission. My lesson with the sisters had taken so long that his friends had moved on to another activity. So he waited for me, and we grabbed tea at a local café and just talk (in English). And then we just walked around the city.
And there was chemistry, ACTUAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. As we walked through the busy university district, he kept pace with me, guiding my elbows here and there to make sure I was walking in the right direction. We stopped by a lake on the university campus after tea and just walked the perimeter.
And then we walked to a taxi and he sent me on my merry way home.
For a brief moment, I considered the Provo-bial "after date text" and then I realized that that probably doesn't even exist in Korea. So I didn't worry about it.
When I woke up in the morning, I almost didn't believe that it had actually happened. It had all felt like a scene from a Korean drama. I finally caved and texted him this evening. To which he almost immediately replied to ask me out for dinner.
Before I get a barrage of warnings from the people who know my true identity about the dangers of a non-member romance combined with the Korean/foreigner dynamic, I am fully aware of all the dangers.
But I am 24, single, living in Korea, and a man asked me out on a date. To the heck with everything else. I'm going.
-the Romantic


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In search of a decent sushi joint that wouldn't break the bank, I headed down to Baifu Running Sushi at Bělehradská 75 (no website) last night to check out their sushi belt option. I'm not sure how long this place has been open, but they offer a daily "all you can eat" option at 199kč / 259kč (afternoons / evenings). They also offer fixed sushi platters ranging from 69 – 199kč.
I arrived at about half five to find the place empty and the belt not yet operating, but with a sushi chef chopping away diligently in the corner, they were clearly making moves to get the evening getting up and running. In the meantime I ordered a hot sake at 69kč and read my book for a bit, as the place steadily started filling up around me.
After about five minutes the belt started moving, but with only non-sushi dishes such as mini spring rolls, fried wontons, deep-fried chicken etc as yet on offer. Most of these looked a bit withered and had probably been hanging around since the afternoon, so I contented myself with a couple of prawn crackers and a not particularly inspiring cabbage salad until the sushi itself started coming round.
Having by now also made quick work of the sake, at this point I also ordered a glass of Muller Thurgau at 45kč, which actually came as a carafe.
Another ten minutes and the sushi itself finally started making an appearance, so far all either simple maki rolls (which I always think are a bit boring) or variants of the inside-out California or Philadelphia roll in some way, with imitation crab, avocado, salmon, cream cheese, green tobiko, lettuce and cucumber all employed in various combinations. Plentiful ginger and wasabi were also rotating round the belt if I needed to stock up at any time.
They were all passable, but with a definite overdependence on cheaper ingredients such as surimi and cucumber rather than actual quality cuts of fish. Some pieces passing by on the belt seemed quite clumsily made – the ones photographed are obviously the best of the bunch.
I also picked out what I can only guess to be a big blob of deep-fried surimi masquerading as shrimp. I'm ashamed to say that I went on to eat three of these babies – I couldn't help myself, I am after all a documented surimi addict (I strongly suspect they secretly mix in crack cocaine along with all that lovely fish slurry and artificial E-numbers).
Only towards the end of my meal did I start to see any nigiri and sashimi coming round. I was getting on for full at this point, but for the sake of review picked out a sake nigiri as well. This was pretty disappointing, coming topped with a not particularly fresh nor well cut piece of salmon. I much preferred the rolls I'd had earlier.
To round off, I picked out a couple of hot sweet dumplings stuffed with one of my favourite Asian foodstuffs from childhood, red bean paste (perhaps laced with the same addictive substances as surimi, who knows…?). These were probably my highpoint of the meal, taking me right back to my early days as a kiddie expat in Singapore - except for that in those days me and my brother used to regularly get handed these and similar teeth-rotting treats free in shops and markets simply by virtue of being blonde and cherubic at the time… Ahh, happy days… :-))
Apart from the disappointing nigiri, I'd overall quite enjoyed my meal here. It was certainly not the best sushi you'll find in Prague by a long way, but it was at least freshly made and among the best value to be found in the city. I'd say the quality compared to Makakido in Palladium, but at a good 100 – 150kč cheaper and with a fraction of the competition for a seat.
Next time I need a wasabi fix I will definitely head down here, but with the proviso in mind that, like anything in life, I will indeed be getting what I pay for…


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Out first week as a class was a wonderful success! The children worked really hard at making new friends, learning about our classroom expectations, and developing routines. We began exploring tools and materials in our classroom too. As we all began getting to know one another, we talked about the importance of cooperation. It will be an important concept as we spend our year together!
A few important notes:
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Thank you for all you have done to help us get started off with such positivity and happiness! I am so lucky to spend time with your amazing children!


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The mother of the seven of the eight children who were brutally stabbed to death in their home has been arrested, a day after the massacre shocked Australians.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott had called the incident "an unspeakable crime".
The Australian police had found the bodies of eight children, the youngest only 18 months old, in a house in Cairns on Friday.
The 37-year-old woman had received treatment for her injuries and was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of murder. She is the mother of seven of the deceased children, while the eighth was her niece.
The Australian police said they are "not looking for anybody else".
The police retrieved several knives from the house after the incident.
The bodies of the children were discovered by their 20-year-old sibling on Friday, and after the police was informed about the injured woman they discovered the bodies of the eight children inside the house.
The horrific crime came to light days after Australia was caught in a terror act wherein a gunman killed two hostages at a Sydney cafe, before being killed by the police.
"The news out of Cairns is heartbreaking. All parents would feel a gut-wrenching sadness at what has happened. This is an unspeakable crime," Abbott had said in a statement.


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1. Going to sleep on Christmas Eve - All of the excitement is just so overwhelming!
2. Waking up on Christmas morning - I always feel like a little kid when it comes to Christmas time, but I honestly do love it so much and I always create so many lovely memories
3. Laughing about with your loved ones - There is nothing better than spending time with your loved ones and making jokes, or laughing around with them!
4. Making other people happy - I always try to make others happy and when it pays off, it's such a heart-warming feeling
5. Receiving compliments/praise - This may sound a little vain, but everyone likes receiving compliments, right?
6. Going on a summer holiday - The excitement that leads up to travelling is honestly so incredible. Everything from the packing, to the aeroplane taking off, to arriving in the hotel!! Eeeeep!!
7. Being on a roller-coaster - I recently went to Southend and I went on some super mad rollercoasters and honestly, it gives me such a buzz and it leaves me feeling so exhilarated and happy!
8. Laying in the sunshine - Although I don't cope with boiling heat very well, I love feeling the sun on my skin and just relaxing in the warmth
9. Chilling out by the beach - The beach/the sea are two of my favourite places in the world, and being able to relax and get some peace away from everyday life is incredible and extremely comforting
10. Sleeping in clean, fresh sheets - I love the smell and the feel of soft, clean sheets when I get into bed
11. Listening to your favourite songs and dancing/singing along - This is one of my favourite things to do, and it makes me feel so happy!!
12. Watching your favourite film, or TV show - This is pretty self-explanatory, right?
13. Messing about in the water on holiday - I love the feeling of water going over my skin.. Is that weird?
14. Hearing other people's inspiring stories - This literally restores my faith in humanity
15. Eating a delicious meal - Nothing compares to eating one of your favourite meals, right?
There are many more feelings, but here are a selection of my favourites.
Lots of love,
Jade ♥


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A few weeks ago I had a couple of poor experiences with GM support and posted on the forums to see if these were isolated occurrences. The overall response made depressing reading with many others receiving similar experiences.
At that point my experiences with customer support, had been positive. However, this changed over the Christmas period. A LR went badly wrong and my main character was stuck at level 1 on the LR plane. Having spoken to a GM (twice because in the first instance my ticket was automatically closed -- nice), s/he raised a ticket with customer support on my behalf. This was on the 24th Dec. Despite several emails to customer support I have heard nothing apart from an automated response to the initial problem. I appreciate that staffing levels over the Christmas period may be reduced, but the lack of any response is I feel very poor. Is this am isolated incident or have others experienced similar poor quality of service from customer support?
Do I just have to lower my expectations as to the SLA one gets as a VIP?


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Happy 5th Birthday My Little Man!
I can't believe it has been five years since you joined us in the world.
|Even pool toys incite riotous Joy!
Your arrival was a surprise, 5 weeks early made you an October baby rather than the December one we were expecting. Nothing was ready. Luckily we had a lovely neighbour who organised everything and bought you clothes and linens while we were in hospital.
You were a big fat but very lazy premmie. When you were 24hours old we had to insert a feeding tube and you ended up spending 12 days in special care.
Eventually we got you home and you were a wonderful baby, who slept and ate like clockwork. I wondered why everyone said it was so hard!
You have always been a good sleeper. I could take you anywhere and you would sleep in the pram, transfer to the car and again into bed! You once fell asleep on a mat with 10 other babies at our Mothers group. The other mothers were amazed.
Being a big brother the last two years, you have been wonderful. You are such a good big brother.
Next you will be heading to big school and I can't believe how much you have shone on your school orientation days. We are all looking forward to seeing you in your school uniform and making new friends.
Have a magnificent special day my Little Man.
We all love you!


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Production is expected to fall further amid heavy turnarounds in Asia, with the bulk of the plant shutdowns to take place within China in April to May. Arrivals from Europe and the US is expected to remain limited in Q2 due to supply issues and planned turnarounds, although some say cargoes could start to trickle into Asia from June onwards.
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After an overall slow first quarter for demand, the lower level of the spot market will most likely lead to significant price relief in April that will help purchasing activity resume. Meanwhile, improved weather, after a period of severe cold and heavy rain, will mean the restart of construction works across the region.
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Pure styrene is a colourless to yellow, oily liquid that evaporates easily and has a sweet smell. Styrene is highly flammable, forms explosive mixtures in air, is dangerous when exposed to flame, heat or oxidants and on decomposition, emits acrid fumes.
Styrene is mainly used in the manufacture of homopolymers and copolymers. These include polystyrene (PS), expandable polystyrene (EPS), styrene copolymers (such as acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) resins, styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN) and styrene-butadiene latexes), styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and unsaturated polyester resins.
Styrene is produced predominately by ethylbenzene (EB)-based technology. EB is first made by the catalytic alkylation of benzene with ethylene and then dehydrogenated to styrene. The coproduction of styrene with propylene oxide (PO) by the PO/SM process had been gaining popularity.
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text: Hope you all had a great weekend! Ours was focused on re-organization (part 1). My fellow craft enabler Judy shared a very timely and drool-worthy photo for those of us trying to get our crafts organized. Judy makes and sells lovely cowls and neckwear – check out her lovely creations at her etsy shop! I love the way she organized her yarns, books, magazines and needles – a one-stop craft haven. I definitely could use something like this for my crafts, which are organized neatly but stored in different locations around the house (basically wherever I could find room). It would be nice to have everything in one place (hint hint to hubby). Thanks Judy for sharing your great storage solution. If any of you have other ideas, please send them my way! If or when I do get one of these, I'll be sure to post a photo. Enjoy!


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