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Recent years have seen increasing pressure in the American Anthropological Association (AAA) and many other professional academic associations to discuss alleged Israeli violations of academic freedom and human rights, and to move toward sanctioning Israel. More than 1,100 anthropologists, many of whom are AAA members, have now signed a petition asking the AAA to undertake a boycott of Israel. This particular position, along with the perspectives of others encouraged AAA to consider how it might best engage with the issues the situation in Israel/Palestine raises. On August 1, 2014, the AAA Executive Board announced the formation of the Task Force on the AAA Engagement on Israel/Palestine (hereinafter referred to simply as the Task Force, or TFIP). The Task Force was charged with helping the Executive Board consider the nature and extent to which AAA might contribute – as an Association – to addressing the issues that the Israel/Palestine conflict raises. The Executive Board specifically asked the Task Force to: (1) enumerate the issues embedded in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine that directly concern the Association; (2) develop principles to be used to assess whether the AAA has an interest in taking a stand on these issues; (3) provide such an assessment; and (4) on the basis of that assessment, make recommendations to the Executive Board about actions the AAA could undertake.
Executive Director's Note: The Executive Board deliberated carefully regarding the composition of the Task Force. Each Task Force member is an established scholar with expertise in one or more of the discipline's major subfields. They bring to the Task Force's mandate a broad range of analytic approaches. They have expertise in such topics as conflict and historical memory, issues of identity, the use of anthropology and archeology in political efforts, and many other areas of expertise central to the Task Force's mission. All but one of the Task Force members are typical of most AAA members in not having deep histories of expertise in the region. However, they have been able to engage widely with those who do. The Task Force members have a record of significant service to the Association, and thus a strong sense of its mission and governance. The Executive Board kept the group small to ensure its agility and its ability to do its work with all deliberate speed; that is, to have sufficient time to assure that all relevant perspectives are duly considered, and accomplish its task in the time allocated.
The Task Force has focused on helping the Board determine what is of importance to anthropologists, to the AAA as an international scholarly society, and to the discipline of anthropology. We set out to understand current perspectives on and experiences of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Our data are primarily obtained through extensive interviews and during a visit by a Task Force delegation to Israel and Palestine in early May 2015. Interlocutors included AAA members and other academics, especially those with expertise in the region, members of NGOs, and other Palestinians and Israelis. We also compiled background material and information on actions taken by other scholarly associations on the issues.
This report provides details about the Task Force's work, including (1) the methods used, (2) the issues of relevance to anthropologists and the AAA, and (3) the Task Force's recommendations to the AAA Executive Board on actions the Association could take, as well as the potential implications of taking these actions. Task Force members wrote this report collaboratively and all agree on its content. We have done our best to confirm the report's accuracy. Any remaining errors, omissions, or misinterpretation are the Task Force's responsibility and not the responsibility of the AAA Executive Board.
Relevant Issues and Realities for Scholars in the Region: The largest portion of the report catalogues the lengthy history of displacement, land loss, discrimination, restrictions on movement and free speech, and adverse health and welfare effects that Palestinians have experienced as a result of Israeli state policies and practices. This portion of the report is divided into two sections. The first, examining the situation through the frame of human rights, looks at the experiences of Palestinians in both the Occupied Territories and Israel itself. The second section focuses on issues of academic freedom and responsibility in Israel/Palestine, synthesizing testimony from interviews with Israeli, Palestinian and American academics.
This report recommends a range of possible courses of action available to the AAA Executive Board to intervene on behalf of academic freedom and the rights of Palestinians. These courses of action are based on a number of principles, each of which is discussed in some detail in the report, including:
- A commitment to human rights
- A commitment to academic freedom
- A commitment to advocate for minorities, disadvantaged groups, and indigenous groups
- A commitment to human subjects
- A critical awareness of US complicity in the region
- A fiduciary obligation to the Association
- An obligation to flexible democratic practice within the Association
- An awareness of the extent of the Association's leverage.
The possible courses of action the Executive Board could consider, each of which is discussed in detail in the report, include:
- No Action, a possibility we do not recommend
- Issue statement of censure of the Israeli government
- Institute an academic boycott of Israeli universities
- Institute an academic boycott of selected Israeli universities
- Make AAA members aware of individual economic boycott choices
- Develop and make available teaching resources for AAA members
- Undertake a public education initiative (comparable to the Race: Are We So Different? and World on the Move™ initiatives)
- Work with sister societies on the problem of the de-politicization of archaeological research results in Israel
- Make AnthroSource available to Palestinian university libraries at minimal or no cost
- Offer travel or academic scholarships to Palestinian scholars and students
- Publish special issues on topics of relevance in relevant AAA journals
- Maintain an up-to-date library and/or bibliography of relevant sources
- Provide support for visiting scholars to give short courses in Palestinian universities
- Call on relevant agencies of the US government to work towards effective changes in Israeli government policies and practices
- Call on relevant ministries of the Israeli government to:
- Repeal Israeli laws that make it a crime to speak publicly in favor of a boycott
- Change visa regulations for foreign scholars to teach, study and do research in Palestine
- Eliminate checkpoints
- Improve Internet access in the Occupied Territories
- Cease IDF raids of universities, arrests of students on campus, and use of tear gas on campus
- Stop withholding accreditation from Al-Quds University
- Grant the same rights to Palestinian students on Israeli university campuses for gathering and action, including expression of their identity, as Israeli students enjoy.
We are of the unanimous opinion that, in terms of the principles outlined above, there is a strong case for the Association to take action on this issue, and that the Association should do so. The pros and cons of each of these possibilities can be assessed on the basis of the principles we have recommended. If there ever was a time when this was a fringe issue within the Association, that time has passed.


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Karyn Schiller, is of counsel to Bardavid Law, works out of her firm in White Plains. She represents a wide range of organizations including academic institutions, airline charter companies, international manufacturing conglomerates with subsidiaries in the US as well as media and high-tech companies. Her clients have included Hunter College, Queensborough College, Blaser Swisslube, Inc., Metromedia Technologies, Inc., Nice Shoes, LLC, McLagan (an Aon company), Gedney Farms to name but a few.
The focus of Ms. Schiller's work is on both professional non-immigrant visas such as the H-1B, L-1 and O visas as well as securing permanent residency ("Green Cards") for those of her clients who choose to remain the US. She is up-to-date on the latest developments with respect to the filing of PERM's, EB-1 petitions for both Extraordinary Ability as well as Outstanding Professors and Researchers and uses her experience and judgment to analyze which process is most likely to quickly and successfully work for each and every client. In addition to her corporate practice, Karyn Schiller routinely represents spouses, parents, children (biological and adopted), siblings and fiancés in family-based petitions. Ms. Schiller has also counseled numerous prospective adoptive parents seeking to adopt children from foreign countries as well as adults who are raising undocumented children on behalf of family members and friends.
Starting in 1990 and for many years after, Karyn was a commercial litigator for prestigious firms. She spent five years at the premier firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York City, and followed that up by representing US multinationals at the renowned Tel-Aviv firm of Herzog, Fox and Ne'eman.
Karyn is admitted to practice in the New York State Bar, the Israel Bar, and an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). She obtained her law degree from the London School of Economics & Political Science, one of the most selective universities in the world, and obtained her undergraduate degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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FBI Officially Blames North Korea in Sony Pictures Hack
Following the high-profile cyber attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, and continuous threats against employees and celebrities, the FBI has released an official statement declaring the investigation has lead to "enough information to conclude that the North Korean government is responsible for these actions."
In a press release issued Friday morning, the FBI listed several factors that lead to its conclusion, including:
- Technical analysis of the data deletion malware used in this attack revealed links to other malware that the FBI knows North Korean actors previously developed. For example, there were similarities in specific lines of code, encryption algorithms, data deletion methods, and compromised networks
- The FBI also observed significant overlap between the infrastructure used in this attack and other malicious cyber activity the U.S. government has previously linked directly to North Korea. For example, the FBI discovered that several Internet protocol (IP) addresses associated with known North Korean infrastructure communicated with IP addresses that were hardcoded into the data deletion malware used in this attack.
- Separately, the tools used in the SPE attack have similarities to a cyber attack in March of last year against South Korean banks and media outlets, which was carried out by North Korea.
President Obama held a news conference shortly after the announcement, where he was asked to comment on the United States' proportional response to the attack.
"Our first order of business is to try to prevent those attacks from taking place," said President Obama. "Everything that we can do at the government level to prevent these types of attacks [we're doing]. We're coordinating with the private sector but we're not even close to where we need to be.We need strong cybersecurity laws that provide for data sharing."
Without further details, President Obama added a response would come "at a time and place we choose."
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson also stressed in a statement the high-profile event underscored the importance of good cybersecurity practices to rapidly detect cyber intrusions and promote resilience throughout all networks.
"Every CEO should take this opportunity to assess their company's cybersecurity," said Johnson. "Every business in this country should seek to employ best practices in cybersecurity."
The FBI's statement comes days after Sony Pictures Entertainment called off its plans to release "The Interview" — a comedy depicting the assassination of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, and after several theaters received threats for intending to show the film.
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Currently there are around 20 children and young people with HIV living across Wales and treated across Liverpool, Cardiff and Swansea Hospitals. There is wide geographical spread combined with low prevelance for HIV+ young people across Wales, coupled with historically low support provision and specialist information available. CHIVA were asked to carry out a consultation for creating a peer support model. In October 2014, five HIV positive young people came together in Herefordshire, for 2 days to explore the group's needs.
The findings were that this group of young people desperately wanted to have the opportunity to meet with others in a safe space to talk about living with and managing HIV through adolescence and early adulthood, as well as to meet each other socially.
Since this initial consultation, the group meet 3 times a year, for a day together. Each time the group meets they have a HIV related workshop with two CHIVA staff members, followed by a meal and a fun social activity, including the Dr Who Experience and adventure golf in Cardiff.
Thank you to BBC Children in Need Wales for continuing to fund this work.
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A couple of weeks ago Music Man and I made a plan. We were going on a date whether it killed us. We barely have time to sleep, let alone make time for one another. But it truly is necessary. Luckily for us we discovered a BOX FULL of gift cards. We apparently had been saving them EVER SINCE WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED. (Um, talk about hoarding.)
It was like a Christmas miracle.
We snagged an awesome last minute babysitter, and despite the hijinks that ensued that made her 45 minutes late, we were out the door. Because of my out of control insecurities (hello 4 babies worth of pregnancy fat, I'm looking at you), I actually cried saying "I don't want to go. I look awful." Guess my kids aren't the only ones who throw temper tantrums and are ungrateful. My dear sweet hubby was a little frightened about his next move. Should he say "oh no honey, your fine!" of which I would vehemently deny. Should he give into my frustration and give up too? Or should he just smile, nod and quietly walk out the door in fear that I'll turn my self loathing onto him?
He was wise and stuck with me on my emotional train and politely insisted that we go on a proper date. We tried to remember the last time when we got out of the house, sans kids, and just had an enjoyable time (not a Fundatory time mind you) with ONLY each other. We honestly couldn't even remember. That's a sad realization. We work so hard to have an enjoyable life and are too busy working to actually enjoy it.
We felt fancy by picking an often-a-wedding-venue restaurant to have dinner. It wasn't in our quiet little town. It was new surroundings and unfamiliar territory. And it was completely free! Thank you gift card box!
We arrived and were transported into a fancy cocoon of coupledom. The only tables they had were 2 seaters.
*terrible picture I know*
The waiter came by our table and we began chit chatting with him and disclosed that we had 4 kids under 5 and homeschooled them. He felt so sorry for us that the next time he came to our table he gave each of us a glass of complimentary champagne! Guess it pays to live the life people envy…. er, I mean a life that freaks people out. The best part? I wasn't pregnant!!! Do you know what that means? I could actually enjoy that glass and I had a glass of wine with our gourmet meal! Amazing.
We got lost. We laughed. We relaxed. We enjoyed each others company. We ate delicious food (that I didn't cook!). We experienced something new together.
These are the moments.


text: During the past 50 years the Hammond B3 Organ has been and continues to be the keyboard instrument of choice for some of the greatest names in the world of music. However understanding the complexities and intricacies of this instrument has been an intimidating challenge for many. Join two of the greatest B3 keyboardists of all time, Tim Carmon and PJ Morgan, as they demystify how the drawbars are literally drawn and pulled in varying amounts toward the organ's console to create different harmonic sounds. Starting with the functionality of the drawbars and other controls of the organ, Tim and PJ demonstrate how different settings of the drawbars and other controls can give you literally millions of tonal qualities and endless shades of dynamic levels.


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The New MakerBot Replicator Might Just Change Your World (Wired)
Take the subway to an otherwise undistinguished part of Third Avenue in Brooklyn. Knock on the door. Wait for some stylishly disheveled young man to open it and let you in. You've arrived at the BotCave—the place where 125 factory workers are creating the future of manufacturing.
The BotCave is home to MakerBot, a company that for nearly four years has been bringing affordable 3-D printers to the masses. But nothing MakerBot has ever built looks like the new printer these workers are currently constructing. The Replicator 2 isn't a kit; it doesn't require a weekend of wrestling with software that makes Linux look easy. Instead, it's driven by a simple desktop application, and it will allow you to turn CAD files into physical things as easily as printing a photo. The entry-level Replicator 2, priced at $2,199, is for generating objects up to 11 by 6 inches in an ecofriendly material; the higher-end Replicator 2X, which costs $2,799, can produce only smaller items, up to 9 by 6 inches, but it has dual heads that let it print more sophisticated objects. With these two machines, MakerBot is putting down a multimillion-dollar wager that 3-D printing has hit its mainstream moment.
New Study Finds "Severe Toxic Effects" of Pervasively Used Monsanto Herbicide Roundup and Roundup Ready GM Corn (Naked Caspitalism)
Although I generally refrain from posting on Big Ag and relegate the topic to Links, I have a special interest in Monsanto. Last year, I had wanted to devise a list or ranking of top predatory companies, but could not find a way to make the tally sufficiently objective to be as useful in calling them out as it ought to be. Nevertheless, no matter how many ways I looked at the issue, it was clear that any ranking would put Monsanto as number 1. Monsanto has (among other things) genetically engineered seeds so that they can't reproduce, denying farmers the ability to save seeds and have a measure of financial independence. In 2009, Vandana Shiva estimated that 200,000 farmers in India had committed suicide since 1997, and Monsanto was a major culprit:
In 1998, the World Bank's structural adjustment policies forced India to open up its seed sector to global corporations like Cargill, Monsanto and Syngenta. The global corporations changed the input economy overnight. Farm saved seeds were replaced by corporate seeds, which need fertilizers and pesticides and cannot be saved.Corporations prevent seed savings through patents and by engineering seeds with non-renewable traits. As a result, poor peasants have to buy new seeds for every planting season and what was traditionally a free resource, available by putting aside a small portion of the crop, becomes a commodity. This new expense increases poverty and leads to indebtness.
The Definition of a Quagmire (The New Yorker)
We can't win the war in Afghanistan, so what do we do? We'll train the Afghans to do it for us, then claim victory and head for the exits.
But what happens if we can't train the Afghans?
We're about to find out. It's difficult to overstate just how calamitous the decision, announced Tuesday, to suspend most joint combat patrols between Afghan soldiers and their American and NATO mentors is. Preparing the Afghan Army and police to fight without us is the foundation of the Obama Administration's strategy to withdraw most American forces—and have them stop fighting entirely—by the end of 2014. It's our ticket home. As I outlined in a piece earlier this year, President Obama's strategy amounts to an enormous gamble, and one that hasn't, so far, shown a lot of promise. That makes this latest move all the more disastrous. We're running out of time.


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Roberto Mancini reveals he was offered a three-year contract to stay with Inter, stands up for Claudio Ranieri and denies Leicester City talks.
The Coach spoke to Radio Deejay ahead of tonight's guest slot on Italy's version of Dancing with the Stars.
"I have not talked to anyone from Leicester, so that is not true," he assured after reports he was the favourite to replace sacked Premier League winner Ranieri.
"The team is having trouble, but what Ranieri did last season was incredible. He could've taken them to Premier League safety this season too. I'm afraid in England the clubs are picking up some of our bad Italian habits.
"Last year was the miracle, this term things just seem to be going wrong for Leicester. They also lost a fundamental player like N'Golo Kante.
"I don't believe the players were actively working against him, as I've never seen any player do that. It's also not true that I ever got into a fight with a player.
"As for Carlos Tevez, I told him to warm up and he didn't warm up. I asked him to apologise and we'd end it there. Instead he went to Argentina and didn't return for three months."
Mancini walked away from Inter just two weeks before the start of the Serie A season, so what happened?
"I left in August because quite simply the conditions to carry on together just weren't there. There were situations that I was not happy with.
"A Coach, once he starts the season, has to take responsibility for how things go and we were still missing some elements for me to accept that responsibility. The team was good, we were not far off being able to compete for the top, but in my view certain decisions had to be made.
"The new Chinese owners had proposed a three-year contract, it was all ready and waiting to be signed, but I refused."


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When Fear the Walking Dead was first announced, not much was known beyond the fact that it would line up with the beginning of the zombie apocalypse, making it a temporary prequel to The Walking Dead. We haven't really had a calendar showing us how much time has gone by in the time between the premiere and the recent midseason finale, but showrunner Dave Erickson has clued us in on where the show currently sits in The Walking Dead's timeline.
If you marked off the days [that have passed on air since Fear the Walking Dead debuted], I think right now, by the end of the first half [of Season 2], we're getting very close to Rick waking up in Georgia.
As fans are fully aware, Rick rousing from his semi-safe hospital coma is how The Walking Dead kicked off its sprawling narrative in 2010, though we did get to witness events closer to the outbreak, such as when Rick got put into said coma. So that particular date will likely get met and passed when Season 2 continues later this year, and perhaps by the time Season 3 arrives, it'll already be past the CDC's last days and well into the Search For Sophia.
When Rick woke up to a world already depleted by the grody undead, his cop instincts kicked in instantaneously, giving him an advantage at a time where almost everything else is a threat. The same hasn't quite happened for the characters of Fear the Walking Dead, and Erickson understands that some fans have been quite critical of the companion series' arguably slow-moving approach. But one of the core ideas behind the drama was finding a balance concerning how these people would be expected to react in a zombie apocalypse. Here's what else he told TVLine.
That creates frustrations, to a certain degree, because in some instances, you want [the characters] to get it already. And in some circumstances, the things that they do that don't seem particularly zombie-savvy are, for me, moments where they aren't zombie-savvy.
Makes sense, but it admittedly does strengthen the claims made by all parties involved with both shows that crossovers will never happen, given the huge differences in the timeline and the setting. And it took 13 episodes to get to the point where it's very close to the Walking Dead's earliest days, so unless there are big time and location jumps between every three or four slow-burning episodes, the families at the heart of this show are never going to be crossing paths with Rick & Co. There are obviously other ways something like that could happen on a smaller scale, but it would involve flashbacks or flash-forwards.
Fear the Walking Dead did have a crossover within Season 2, only it was with the mini-miniseries Flight 462, which aired during commercial breaks for The Walking Dead Season 6. Not as juicy as Chris and Carl getting into a fistfight over a can of spaghetti sauce, but it was something.
Fear the Walking Dead lost some characters at the midseason break, and divided up those that lived. The show will have some answers to deliver when it comes back in August, and let's all remember to keep an ear out for any stray radio broadcasts about Atlanta in any of those episodes.


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Joshua 20 American Standard Version (ASV)
20 And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by Moses, 3 that the manslayer that killeth any person [a]unwittingly and unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And he shall flee unto one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall [b]take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unawares, and hated him not beforetime. 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
7 And they [c]set apart Kedesh in [d]Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah. 8 And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the [e]plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person [f]unwittingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Why is this note worthy you might ask.
#1- Captains very rarely venture away from the wheelhouse to visit the engine room. It's noisy and dirty down there.
#2- Captains never deliver fresh coffee, to anyone. Part of their job description is to call the galley any time of the day or night, and tell any person who answers the phone to bring HIM some coffee.
Today, Jack handed me my coffee, and with a sly grin on his face said, "I just made up a Christmas song."
I just looked at him, quizzically
"You want to hear it," he asked excitedly. "Sure," I responded.
He proceeded to sing me his song, to the tune of "Rudolf the red nosed reindeer", spoofing one of our crew members.
As he walked up the stairs from the engine room, I thought, "How good do I have it?
My middle daughter recently got engaged. He's a Marine. He'll be deployed soon to Afghanistan.
Makes me look at this far off war we're fighting, in a different light.
A few months ago while on a different boat, in a different location, one of the items to buy on our grocery list was Sunscreen. Today I saw our list mentioned snow shovels. Yuck.
I'm hoping someone lists a Corvette on Ebay, and forgets to have a reserve price.
Tip. If your having a work related Christmas party at your house, it is not appropriate for your immediate boss to take it upon himself to invite other people..to YOUR house. I'm just saying.
There is this saying on boats, well at least I say it, that there is never the "perfect crew." In all the years I've done this job, there was always ONE GUY. Either he didn't do his job, which affected everyone else. Or he was just a miserable SOB, or he didn't shower. There was always something. It made for entertaining stories for my wife as I would vent to her after I got home.
But for the past 7 months since I've joined this crew, this is the first time in 36 years I can say I'm with the perfect crew. Don't get me wrong, they're not perfect, like me, everyone has their quirks. But this is the most enjoyable crew I have ever worked with. And they all shower too.
That's why there is a gift under our little Christmas tree for each one of them. I've never done that before.
In closing, I saw the rock and roll hall of Fame concert on TV when I was home. Crosby Stills and Nash performed. They were a favorite of mine 30 years ago. David Crosby's look is the same as when he performed at Woodstock in 1969.
He should change it.
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I hope that your soon to be son in law stays safe while in Afghanistan!!
Now just what were the words the captain sang? ;-)
- December 18, 2009 at 11:16 PM
- slommler said...
Congrats on your daughters' engagement! Sorry he is shipping out! That is scary! Sang you a song eh? LOL!! How funny! You will have to share what all the gifts are?? And what you get too??
- December 18, 2009 at 11:52 PM
- clairedulalune said...
Mark, I really enjoy reading your posts, I live by the water and as I read about your life on the ships, when one goes passed I always give them a wave! I don't know if they see me, but there I am waving like a lunatic at my window. I did get mooned once, that was nice. Kinda. Pity I didnt have my camera handy, it might of made a nice holiday card. So, if your ship ever sets sail in Liverpool UK, look out for a mad crazy Irish woman with a mop of unruly curly hair manically waving from a window, its me! I hope the waves are calm and still for you this Christmas.
- December 19, 2009 at 4:19 AM
- dcpeg said...
Wow! You are living such a full life AND everyone showers! What more could a man ask for. . .
Teasing aside; that was a fun post to read and, like the others, I hope your daughter's love comes home safe and sound.
- December 19, 2009 at 6:24 AM
- Melinda said...
Hi Mark, I hopped over here via Diahn's blog. I love your writing, humor and honesty. And the photos, they're good! I'm envious of your job...if I were a man, that's the job I'd have. I'd love to follow along.
- December 19, 2009 at 7:36 AM
- Mark said...
Thanks for all the safe wishes from everyone. And the words to the song? I'd have to change my setting to "Adult Content"
What do you expect from a bunch of seaman.
- December 19, 2009 at 10:06 AM
- Alison said...
Mark, there was a wonderful warmth in your post today. I just felt it coming through the airwaves (or wherever!) It's great that life is good. (Afghanistan aside!) Enjoy the magic moments.
- December 19, 2009 at 11:45 AM
- beth said...
your writing about life is so...well, real !
I love coming here knowing that what I read will give me thought, or a laugh or maybe a way to look at things differently !
congrats to your daughter....boo hiss that he will shipped out....what a test of life for a young couple.
would captain jack share his song with us ?
and being with people who are close to perfect AND shower....well now that's just pure heaven !
- December 19, 2009 at 4:21 PM
- Marilyn said...
I don't mind a snow shovel for a day or two, but that's it; but much prefer sunscreen.
All the best to your future son-in-law, may he be safe in Afghanistan.
- December 20, 2009 at 5:51 AM


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Preteen and Teen Vaccine Information For Health Care Professionals/Providers
CDC-developed resources to assist clinicians in talking with young patients and their parents about vaccines.
Why Screen for Chlamydia? An Implementation Guide for Healthcare Providers
Materials developed by the National Chlamydia Coalition provides youth-serving health care providers with information to improve delivery of chlamydia screening, including teen-friendly office tips and information on adolescent confidentiality.
Teen Friendly Office Tips
These office practices and suggestions can be adapted to any outpatient medical setting. Choose the ones that work in your office.
Minors' Access to STI Services
Report from the Guttmacher Institute on state laws pertaining to minors' access to STD services.
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A project of Physicians for Reproductive Health, ARSHEP provides an evidence-based adolescent sexual health curriculum for clinicians.
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Rachel and Benjamin were both so kind and a dream to work with.
I can honestly say I have never worked with a birdezilla ;) - but of all my brides, I do believe that Rachel was the most relaxed and laid back. Even those pre-wedding moments, which can often rattle even the calmest of brides, were spent in quiet preparation and reflection.
Free coffee for the lovely bride. :)
Rachel had chosen a classic gown that had a vintage feel to it. It was perfect for her.
Pre-wedding preparation is such a neat element to capture.
Daddy gets his first glimpse at his beautiful daughter. Sweetness.
Rachel and her parents had an obvious loving and loyal bond.
A prayer before the ceremony.
The groom's father officiated the wedding.
My favorites. :)
It was a little bit windy that day… ;)
This reception venue and decor was amazing!
Take a look!
So, so pretty. I can almost smell all of those fresh flowers again. :)
There is a possibility that I may have hung out over here for a while. ;) A photographer has to get her energy somehow, right?
Now this groom's cake… I don't care who you cheer for, this is super cute. :)
Down time for the flower girl, in the lower level. :)
The new bride and groom, relaxing with some coffee. What could be better?
Leaving through a shower of gorgeous rose petals, and down a path of glowing lights.
Rachel and Benjamin, thank you for allowing us to capture these special moments! You both were so gracious and kind.
Congratulations on a day that truly exemplified the sacred commitments you made to one another!


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Sensory bins aren't a traditional Montessori activity, but they can be great additions to Montessori homeschools and many types of preschools. If you're looking for a simple sensory bin to prepare (and one that isn't too messy during the holidays), check this out! I added some Montessori-inspired activities to this holiday bell sensory bin for a variety of hands-on learning activities.
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Holiday Bell Sensory Bin with Scavenger Hunt – YouTube Video
My 3-year-old granddaughter, Zoey loves her sensory bins! She had so much fun with her Ten Apples Up On Top sensory bin and table (she called it her snack bin) that I left that out until now. Here's her reaction to the new sensory bin!
Holiday Bell Sensory Bin (and DIY Sensory Table)
I already had my DIY sensory table, so it was easy to make a holiday bell sensory bin.
Materials Used for Holiday Bell Sensory Bin
- DIY sensory table (I've had this for over a year now, and it's AMAZING! It's been very durable and the perfect container for our sensory bins. Of course, you can use a bin on the floor.)
- Christmas garlands from the Dollar Tree (I used garlands because they're decorative yet not messy.)
- Quick Sticks (or another tool such as toast tong) for fine-motor work
- spoon for spooning bells
- Free Printable: Number Card from Playdough Numbers and Counters Cards (my free printable number cards – instant download)
- Some of the 144 ½" gold bells I used for activities in my Free Bell Printables and Montessori-Inspired Bell Activities
- ¾" bells of one color for number card (10 or fewer needed)
- ¼"-½" assorted Christmas bells for spooning, pouring, and transferring with Quick Sticks or other tool
- basket and bowl for bells
- magnets (I'm adding magnets to the sensory bin after the first week!)
Feel free to adapt your sensory bin for your family. These are just the materials I used. Note: For toddlers who still mouth objects, simply use large bells for your sensory bin and skip the transferring activities.
Holiday Bell Spooning and Pouring
Spooning small bells is a great fine-motor activity.
And pouring bells is both fun and great for coordination.
Fine Motor Activity with Quick Sticks and Making Music with Jingle Bells
I had placed a red plastic dipping bowl in the sensory bin as a bell container. Zoey had the idea of bouncing the jingle bells in the bowl to make music.
Holiday Bell Scavenger Hunt, Fine-Motor Work, and Counting Work
Zoey had fun finding the bells in the scavenger hunt.
I like to add at least one special hands-on learning activity using a printable to each sensory bin I prepare. I used the Free Printable: Number Card from Playdough Numbers and Counters Cards. It was the same one I used in my earlier Montessori-inspired playdough math activity for fall. Here I just used ¾" bells instead of playdough balls.
You can choose a number of ¾" bells to hide (or a younger child can add any bells to the card). For Zoey, I asked her to find the biggest bells. I had exactly nine ¾" bells in the sensory bin. Change the number card and number of bells as often as you and your child prefer.
Zoey was proud to find all the bells!
Adding Magnets to the Holiday Bell Sensory Bin with Scavenger Hunt
For now, I wanted to focus on spooning and transferring activities. Next week, I'll be changing up the sensory bin by adding magnets for Zoey to use in the scavenger hunt!
If you sign up for my weekly newsletter, you'll have access to free bell printables that can be used for a variety of Montessori-inspired activities.
Zoey always works with her sensory bins for long periods of time. I'm sure she'll have lots of fun with this sensory bin throughout the holiday season!
Montessori Monday Link-Up
Except for content, this is a no-rules linky. If you have some Montessori-inspired activity trays/lessons to share, please link up below. They can be for home or classroom. It's fine to link up a post from your archives – and you may link up anytime during the week! Your post may be any Montessori-inspired activity or idea. It doesn't need to be related to my Montessori Monday post.
If you're wondering what's considered "Montessori inspired" and what to link up (or not link up), check out my "What Is Montessori Inspired?" post. Link up your exact post URL so that we can find your activity if we return to the linky at a later date. Don't link to giveaway posts (unless the giveaway is only part of a Montessori-inspired post). Giveaways in general should go on my giveaway linky. Also, don't link directly to products. You can link up a review of a Montessori product or activity post related to a Montessori product.
I publish the Montessori Monday post and linky each Monday morning and keep the linky open throughout the week. I do a lot of sharing on the Living Montessori Now Facebook page from the Montessori Monday link-up. Thanks for participating!
Notes: For community discussions, please join us at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page. And don't forget the Saturday/Sunday weekend sharing days where you may share a kid-related activity of any kind at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page!
It's also Motivational Monday on Mondays! I invite you to share something positive on the Bits of Positivity Facebook page (Bits of Positivity is my other blog) to help us all get a good start on the work/school week. You might share an inspirational or motivational quote, positive graphic, or post about finding balance or simplifying your life. Or you might share a post on organizing, an encouraging post, a post about making a difference in the world, or a positive parenting post. Just go ahead and share on the Bits of Positivity wall any time today! (Please "like" the Bits of Positivity Facebook page if you haven't already.) I'll be pinning a number of ideas to my regular Pinterest boards.
If you have a giveaway on your blog, please add it to my Family-Friendly Giveaway Linky Page! If you enjoy entering giveaways, you'll always find lots of great giveaways there.
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Ricoh has announced the rumored HD Pentax D FA 70-200mm f/2.8ED DC AW lens, which has been designed for the upcoming Pentax full frame DSLR camera.
After confirming that it will release a Pentax-branded DSLR with a full frame image sensor in 2015, Ricoh has introduced a first lens for this type of camera.
The HD Pentax D FA 70-200mm f/2.8ED DC AW lens will be compatible with current and future K-mount DSLRs, including those with APS-C sensors, even though it has been designed to cover full frame sensors.
Ricoh says that this telephoto zoom lens offers "state-of-the-art optical technology" and that it will be released on the market in the near future.
HD Pentax D FA 70-200mm f/2.8ED DC AW lens revealed for full frame DSLRs
This new telephoto zoom lens will be a part of the company's high-performance Star-series of optics, which will deliver high image quality and edge-to-edge sharpness.
It covers full frame sensors, so it will be perfect for the upcoming Pentax-branded K-mount DSLR. However, it can be mounted on APS-C K-mount cameras, too, and it will provide a 35mm focal length equivalent of 107-307mm.
Ricoh says that the HD Pentax D FA 70-200mm f/2.8ED DC AW lens is aimed at portrait and sports photographers. Its bright, constant maximum aperture of f/2.8 ensures that the subject will be separated from the foreground and background, which is helpful in portraiture and action photography.
Moreover, the fast aperture makes sure that photographers can use quick shutter speeds, so that subjects still look great even in challenging lighting conditions.
The lens comes packed with Quick-Shift Focus system, allowing users to switch to manual focus after the camera has already autofocused on the subject. The AF drive is a Direct Current motor, that is meant to offer silent autofocusing.
Ricoh will release the new Pentax 70-200mm f/2.8 telephoto zoom lens this March
The HD Pentax D FA 70-200mm f/2.8ED DC AW lens features a brand new Aero Bright Coating II, which uses nanotechnology in order to reduce reflections, hence cutting down flare and ghosting.
The Aero Bright Coating II is used in combination with the multi-layer HD coating to decrease flare and ghosting even further in extreme backlight conditions.
Its internal design includes a pair of Extra-Low Dispersion (ED) elements and a couple of Super ED elements, which will reduce chromatic aberration and will increase image sharpness.
As expected from a Pentax lens, the new 70-200mm f/2.8 is an all-weather model. This weather-resistant optic makes sure that dust and water will not get into a camera.
Ricoh will begin selling the HD Pentax D FA 70-200mm f/2.8ED DC AW lens this March for a price of $2,299.95.


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Trailer for Dead Meat Walking: A Zombie Walk Documentary.
A real-life zombie epidemic is spreading. Inspired by the increasing popularity of zombie movies and television shows, men, women and children from all walks of life use gruesome makeup and costumes to become a rotting mass of zombies moaning and staggering through city streets for Zombie Walks across the globe.
In Dead Meat Walking, filmmaker Omar J. Pineda takes to the streets to document the Zombie Walk experience, from the average, small town Zombie Walk to a big city Zombie Pub Crawl (complete with zombie burlesque show!). He examines the Zombie Walk phenomenon from its inception at small events that included only a handful of zombies to larger, record-breaking events with thousands of participants. The film follows organizers of zombie walks in several US cities who, in the age of Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, are able to spread the zombie plague at a record pace.
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The Local Lens: Old Money Mansions
The life of Philadelphia's wealthy and privileged classes can be fascinating to study. Take for instance one of Philadelphia's most famous mansions, Ardrossan, the 50-room Georgian Revival estate in Radnor that was designed by Horace Trumbauer. The mansion was built for Colonel Robert Leaming Montgomery and his wife, Charlotte Hope Binney (Tyler) Montgomery, The couple moved in at the end of 1912. The home was named after the family's ancestral Scotland home.
Built between 1911 and 1913, the estate became the inspiration for the 1930 Philip Barry comedy, "The Philadelphia Story", later adapted to a film by the same name in 1940 starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Perhaps an even greater inspiration for the play and films was the personality and character of the Montgomery's first daughter, Helen Hope Montgomery Scott, who became what Vanity Fair Magazine called "the unofficial queen of Philadelphia's WASP oligarchy." In "The Philadelphia Story", Helen Hope Montgomery Scott inspired the character of Tracy Lord, played by Katherine Hepburn.
The move of old Philadelphia moneyed families from the city to the suburbs had its start in the 1920s, according to Nathaniel Burt (The Perennial Philadelphians), who wrote: "The last Old Philadelphian townhouses were built around 1900, and from then on, fashionable city life was doomed. The 1920s saw the almost complete removal of upper- and middle-class Philadelphia from the city to the suburbs. … Meanwhile, in the bosky bumps and dells of the Pennsylvania countryside, up the rushy glens along the west bank of the Schuylkill as far as Valley Forge, out along the railroad tracks to Paoli, up the Wissahickon to Chestnut Hill…. Philadelphians from 1880 to 1930 built up their private dream world, a rural fantasy … of vast estates surrounded by miles of walls, with miles of driveway leading to great craggy mansions. …"
Ardrossan was one of those mansions. Colonel Montgomery was also a dairy farmer who raised a prized herd of Ayrshires. Later in life he took up aviation and had a hand in the development of a plane called the autogiro that he often flew to England.
Historians like to say how the family was always Episcopalian and "Republican by herd" but that they had "Democratic tendencies" in the arts. Colonel Montgomery was against prohibition. "The colonel was for drinking parties. To him, it was the equivalent of taking away his foxhunting," wrote J. F. Pirro of the Main Line Times.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin reported in 1922 that "Miss Helen Hope Montgomery [later known as Hope Montgomery Scott], the very pretty daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leaming Montgomery, is the one debutante who defends bobbed hair. … And when it comes to a question of husbands, the ideal HE must be tall, good-looking, good-natured; he must have a million. Breathes there such a man?"
Can you imagine such personal aspirations in the Riverwards?
At her coming out or debutante parties, Helen Hope Montgomery received a number of marriage proposals but rejected them all. Later, she would meet Philadelphia investment banker Edgar Scott.
Hope was a dazzling figure who danced with royalty and with Josephine Baker in Paris. Her society parties at Ardrossan were legendary. She also had another form of the Philadelphia accent, but hers was the upper class "lockjaw" manner of speaking that you'll rarely hear being spoken under the Frankford El.
Thatcher Longstreth, in his autobiography, "Main Line Wasp", recalls that "in the mid-to-late 1930s, I found myself plunged into an awesome — and, in retrospect, ludicrous — round of debutante parties. … During the year that a girl 'came out,' she and her friends might be invited to a hundred parties. That's no exaggeration: A single wealthy debutante like Frances Pew, the daughter of Sun Oil's chairman, J. Howard Pew, might be the guest of honor at four or five different parties…"
Another famous Philadelphia mansion, La Ronda, could easily be the title of an opera or symphony, or even a ballet by Igor Stravinsky. There's certainly no foreboding element in the name, although the sad ending of the estate in 2009 when it was demolished by a developer was a tragedy that many preservationists attempted to prevent.
The story of La Ronda begins with the Foerderer family.
Robert Foerderer was an enterprising gentleman who invented a tanning process using chrome, which transformed goatskin leather into a soft and supple material. Robert married Caroline Fischer in 1881. The couple had two children, Florence and Percival Edward. At that time the couple lived on North Broad Street in North Philadelphia. In 1893 the family moved to a large estate in the city's Torresdale section, formerly owned by Charles Macalester, a banker and close associate of Abraham Lincoln. The Italianate mansion, built in 1850, was once called "Glengarry" until the Foerderers renamed it Glen Foerd. Glen Foerd, unlike La Ronda, is still standing. At this time there are no developers with an eye to demolishing this beautiful estate on the Delaware.
Robert Foerderer's tanning business continued to be successful until the onset of an illness, which made it necessary for young Percival to leave medical school and work for the family at an entry-level position. In 1908, Percival became president of the company. Percival married Ethel Brown (1885-1981), who hailed from a prominent Philadelphia textile manufacturing company, and they had three daughters, Mignon, Florence and Shirley. During the first year of their marriage the couple lived in Rittenhouse Square, but in 1929 they were ready to move into their Addison Mizner designed La Ronda in Bryn Mawr.
"In the 1900s the daughters of wealthy, influential and powerful Main Line families often spent their time being educated at prestigious private schools, entertained at swanky soirees and dazzling debutante parties and showcasing their equestrian skills at events like the Devon Horse Show and the Radnor Hunt," wrote Kathy O'Loughlin in Main Line Media News. "As a successful leather merchant, Percival Foerderer was more than wealthy enough to provide all that and more for his three daughters. But they actually knew little of that opulent lifestyle, living an almost cloistered life, often hidden behind the gates of their magnificent Bryn Mawr estate that was home to the palatial 51-room LaRonda mansion."
The Foerderers' family life was not perfect because their daughter Florence was born with a form of dwarfism, which caused her parents a lot of embarrassment. Florence was just three and a half feet tall.
A doctor, who treated the Foerderer family, wrote that Florence's arms and legs were very short. "She had a normal torso. Because of that, her parents were embarrassed about her and she grew up in isolation until she went to college. In fact, her sisters were also home-schooled and not allowed to have playmates to their house. With that large an estate, it was possible for the family to keep Florence hidden. The daughters were raised there and kept secluded from the world."
Money, of course, cannot buy health, happiness, or even great height, although many believed that Florence was the brightest of the three daughters.
When Percival died in 1969, his family sold the estate to Villanova University. In March 2009, La Ronda was sold for six million dollars to an anonymous owner who had the estate demolished. The anonymous owner was later identified as Joseph Kestenbaum, president and chief executive of ELB Capital Management. Sadly, the Lower Merion Historical Commission could not raise the funds to save the building. Preservation efforts were so intense that Benjamin Wohl, a Florida real estate developer with an appreciation of Addison Mizner's work, offered to buy La Ronda and move it to Florida, saving Kestenbaum some $300,000 in demolition costs. The deal was rejected, and La Ronda was destroyed on October 1, 2009.
The destruction of La Ronda remains one of Philadelphia's major historical preservation tragedies.


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Telling History vs. Making Art: Fictions and Histories
Posted on November 16, 2012 by Chris Mackowski
Final part of a series "[H]istory and historical fiction," says historian Paul Ashdown, "are alternate ways of telling stories about the past."[1] In that context, Ulysses S. Grant spoke more truth than he realized when he said "Wars produce many … Continue reading →
A beautiful, despairing journey with a coal-black horse
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Look for coaching centers that are nearby as this will save time. It is not easy to attend duties and prepare for exams, but remember your goal and you will fulfill the dream. Reserve some days of the week for revision for few hours. Know the pattern of the exam well before and prepare for the exam accordingly. Some common competitive exam subjects are arithmetic, general knowledge, English and others. Studying and understanding these will be helpful in appearing for exams that have common syllabus. Your willingness and determination are the things that make you concentrate on studying. Lucky are those who are in government jobs, as the work pressure is less for them. Working in private organizations can make your task seem difficult. Take the help of internet when you have break time in office to gather few points. You can also practice question papers online.
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What would it be like to eat bland food every day? It wouldn't be fun. It sure wouldn't be enjoyable! But eating bland food for a while could happen to those ill-prepared for a disaster, especially if supplies were difficult to procure. Thinking about what kind of spices and oils are important to have on hand for survival cooking, there are a few that would be on my 'must have' list.
- Kosher salt
- Herbes de Provence
- Ground Pepper
- Ground Cumin
- Ground Chili Powder
- Garlic Powder
- Ground Cinnamon
- Montreal Steak Seasoning
- Ground Ginger
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Balsamic Vinegar
- Soy Sauce
- Onion Powder
- Dried Parsley
- Ground Turmeric
- Dried Onion Flakes
- Granulated Sugar
- Celery Seed
- Celery Salt
- Beef bouillon
- Chicken bouillon
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Canola oil
- Molasses
- Corn Starch
- Brown sugar
- Hoisin Sauce
Now, you may wonder why you'd want such a vast array of spices and seasonings. The reason is it could get boring very quickly eating the same thing over and over.
Spices Like Fashion? With spices and seasonings, you can mix and match, like with outfits. If you wear the same red shirt day in and out, you'll soon tire of it (and so will others). But if you have a vest or blazer to wear over the red shirt, or a different color shirt, or different shoes, you're creating a different look.
Variety is Key We humans tire of eating the same thing day in and day out. You don't want to eat pork roast all week. But if there's a good sale on pork, you can have the roast with sweet potatoes one day, then serve it with brown rice, homemade applesauce and brown gravy the next day, and mix it up by serving a pork and vegetable stir fry the following day. So, prep your pantry with some good ingredients and spices. Your family will be very grateful you did.
Pricey Spices Remember in the olden days, when spices were very, very expensive? So pricey that only royalty and nobles could afford spices? Even salt was dear and hard to get. Yes, spices can get expensive. But, if you order in bulk and split the spices and shipping cost among spice-ordering friends, your wallet won't hurt as much. These are things to think about when prepping for any kind of disaster; whether it's a hurricane or worse.
So, how is your pantry looking? Are you prepared? Or do you need to spice things up still?
A guest post by Kelly Estes.
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In an attempt to avoid filing away some of the more recent acquisitions to the ephemera archive here at Weir HQ quite so quickly, I'm going to try and get a little better at showing and telling. Partly as an aide-memoire to myself, and partly because some additions to the collection are well worth sharing. […]
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BIBA-SEM! Socioeconomic monitoring in Micronesia: Reflections from the facilitators
By Supin Wongbusarakum This fall, I traveled to Guam to participate in an energizing Training-of-Trainers (ToT) workshop—for socioeconomic monitoring training—as one of three facilitators. The workshop brought together nine representatives from five countries[1], in Micronesia and Hawai'i, and is the … Continue reading
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text: Diane Paulus's revival of Hair premiered on Broadway last night after a successful run in Central Park last summer, and plenty of boldface names turned out to celebrate the hirsute musical. Among those heralding the Age of Aquarius were Diane von Furstenberg, Blythe Danner, Tim Robbins, and Ginnifer Goodwin, whose low-cut belted black number let the sunshine in. This month, the Big Love actress will begin filming the family comedy Ramona and Beezus , in which she'll play the title eight-year-old's favorite person, Aunt Bea.


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Being a girl comes with added advantages, and one such benefit is of being glamourous and stylish.
So, we have got you 7 most glamourous heels that you need to own on your journey to becoming a fashionista:
1. Pumps
Well known as simple high heels, pumps are generally wider in shape and range between 2 and 3 inches in height. Typically low cut around the front, they are an excellent choice to turn heads around.
2. Kitten Heels
If you're looking for a blend of comfort and fashion, kitten heels are meant for you. An awesome pick for parties and even at work, you'll love them.
3. Ankle Strap Heels
These are the ones in-vogue. Ankle strap heels vary in terms of height but the one thing that makes these heels rock is the strap that goes around the ankle. Who said style and comfort are poles apart?
4. Stilettos
Walk around like you're walking the red carpet! The highest of all the high heels, stilettos can reach up to 8 inches. While these heights can cause problems walking for many, it's a worthy skill for the lengthening effect they have on one's legs.
5. Wedge Heels
Wedge heels come in two categories: wedge heels and wedge sandals. Wedge heels are pretty much glamourous like high heels, whereas wedge sandals have low heels and can be accompanied with ankle straps.
6. Cone Heels
A beautiful version of heels, cone heels are wider at the sole of the foot and narrower at the base, as the name suggests, they are cone shaped. Now that you know the various kinds of heels, how about you make your pick right away!
Now that you know the various kinds of heels, how about you make your pick right away!


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Marina Vance
Nina is an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering department and in the Environmental Engineering program at CU Boulder. Nina is in charge of the community building efforts in the IndoorChem project.
Nina's research website and information on how to contact her can be seen here.
Delphine Farmer
Delphine is an associate professor in the Chemistry department at Colorado State University. Delphine is in charge of the Data Infrastructure initiatives in the IndoorChem project.
Delphine's research website and information on how to contact her can be seen here.
Julia Bakker-Arkema
Julia is a PhD student in the Chemistry department at CU Boulder, advised by Prof. Paul Ziemann. She is the science writer and social media expert in the IndoorChem project.
Advisory Board
- Nadine Bourduas, NSERC Post Doctoral Fellow, ETH Zürich
- Glenn Morrison, Research Professor in Environmental Science and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Jonathan Eisen, Professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis


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With 2 AA Rosettes, a passion for local produce and a team of helpful and attentive staff, The Horn of Plenty hotel near Tavistock has been renowned as having one of the very best restaurants in Devon for over 50 years.
Our restaurant has a panoramic view of the stunning, untouched beauty of the Tamar Valley, where diners are invited to enjoy a truly unique experience. Our menu showcases our passion for British food, with hints of French flair.
Our talented team of six chefs, with Head Chef Ashley Wright at the helm, all thrive at creating exciting dishes using high quality seasonal ingredients. Creativity, flavour and visual appeal are all harnessed to stunning effect.
We are big advocates of local producers. Over 90% of our produce is sourced from the South West. We believe passionately that Devon and Cornwall are home to some of the finest ingredients in the land, so we source locally where we can and theme our dishes based on the seasons.
Our Country House Hotel is the perfect setting to sit back and relax whilst you enjoy this charming Devon pastime. Enjoy the perfect afternoon tea on the patio, in the restaurant or in our lovely drawing room.
We're open daily for lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. To book a table in our restaurant, please call 01822 832 528, or email us: email@example.com
Beautiful independently owned 4-star country house hotel with a 2 AA Rosette fine dining restaurant
A fantastic range of enticing offers and events designed to help you relax and unwind.
Explore the surrounding beauty of Devon's history, nature and landscape.


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A woman was killed and three children injured when a car slammed into a tree in central Maine on Sunday afternoon.
Maine State Police said Aimee Lasco, 29, of Hartland, Maine, was killed instantly when her car slammed into a tree of Raymond Road in Palmyra around 2 p.m.
Three children in the car - two of them hers - suffered minor injuries and were found walking along the road when emergency personnel arrived. The children are 4, 5 and 7 years old. Police said the 7-year-old suffered the most serious injuries of any of the children - a fractured knee.
The latest news from around the state
Lasco was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. Police didn't say if the children were wearing seatbelts.


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I love people who are hungry, like I am. I have plenty of chicken-broth-for-dinner friends, and I just cannot relate. So, I was excited to chat with Lisa Lillien, founder of the website Hungry-Girl.com, about her favorite topic and mine.
1. Alright, Lisa, what three foods could you not live without?
Laughing Cow Light Cheese Wedges
Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
2. If it had to be healthy but delicious, what would you choose for your last meal on earth?
A ginormous thin crust whole-wheat pizza loaded with veggies and chicken!
- What one piece of advice would you give someone trying to lose weight?__
Never, ever think of yourself as being on a diet or off a diet. Know that you have to find a new lifestyle that fits your needs and cravings. And find foods you love that you can eat a lot of!!!! Volume eating is fun! :)
__4. Would you rather win a million dollars or be able to eat cake every night without ever gaining any weight?
OMG! Cake—no contest. I'd choose the food for no weight gain over money every time!
**********OK—Because food talk is so fun, now it's OUR turn to answer these Qs! I'll start...
1. Eggs. Runny, soft-boiled, scrambled, whatever—I love eggs!
2% Fage Greek Yogurt
Vitasoy Light Original Soy Milk
2. Black bean soup to start. Seared scallops with a baked sweet potato and side of grilled asparagus with a fried-in-Pam egg on top. Yum!
__3.__Stay away from the foods you have trouble putting down. (If you can't stop eating a pint of ice cream until you're done with the whole thing, don't buy it!)
4. Um, do you even have to ask?
Over to you guys... Whaddaya got?
*[p.s. Yes, I'm in Costa Rica this week—and I'll be checking in if I can can find a monkey with a laptop!] *


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Crisp high frequency response with excellent definition. Accurate, unboosted bass response. More comfortable than typical custom models thanks to medical-grade soft silicone. Significant passive noise isolation.
Minor distortion at top volumes on tracks with deep bass. Earpieces are small enough that they can be difficult to put in quickly. Silicone earpieces tend to pick up dust and lint easily.
Bottom Line
Despite some minor distortion at extreme volumes, the Altec Lansing A1 Custom Single Driver Earphone delivers excellent, accurate response in a comfortable custom-molded design.
Recently, Altec Lansing partnered with ACS Custom, a British earphone and musician monitor manufacturer, to design its first line of custom-molded earphones. The result is a three earphone lineup, topping out at $999.95, and starting at $499.95 (direct) with the Altec Lansing A1 Custom Single Driver Earphone. The key differentiator between the Altec Lansing custom series and competing custom in-ear monitors from Ultimate Ears and JH Audio is the smaller, medical-grade silicone earpiece. Altec's earpiece material choice brings obvious comfort advantages, but also less obvious annoyances. As for the sound signature, the A1 is a beautiful-sounding, flat response pair that neither exaggerates bass response nor ignores it. Unfortunately, at high volumes on deep bass tracks, the A1 distorts slightly—not a deal-breaker, but still surprising given the high price-range.
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The design of the A1 is about as simple and unadorned as it gets, lacking any logos on the earphones. A black cable, with no iPhone controls or microphone, extends from the dark gray, translucent-silicone earpieces. The A1's cable extends upwards, over the top of the ear and behind it, and terminates in a 3.5mm connection. The earphones ship with a hard case, an earwax cleaning tool, a tube of comfort cream (which helps create a more comfortable seal), and a protective pouch.
As with all custom-molded pairs, the A1 requires a visit to an audiologist—Altec will connect you with one once you place your order. The audiologist will create molds of your ear canal and then send them on their way for the manufacturing process.
Altec Lansing isn't the first company to offer soft custom ear-molds. ACS, the company's partner for the custom series, has been doing it successfully overseas for some time now and Etymotic, the flat response earphone specialists, now offer a $100 custom-earpiece upgrade for nearly all of its models.
The earpieces for the A1 are quite small, and unlike the A2 and A3, which respectively house two and three drivers, the A1 only utilizes one balanced armature driver. Obviously, this means that less of the ear is obstructed, but since the ear canal is still sealed off completely, the passive noise reduction is still quite significant at approximately 27dB—these are basically earplugs with earphones built-in. The soft silicone is also quite comfortable, even for long listening sessions, though the smaller earpieces are a bit more difficult to put in your ears properly than larger pairs. The silicone eventually warms to your body temperature and expands slightly in the ear canal, helping maintain a perfect seal. One weird downside to the soft silicone: It acts like a magnet for everything from dust particles to pet hair. I found myself wiping them clean nearly every time I put them in, so it's a good idea to make use of the protective pouch to keep them as dust-free as possible.
One particularly annoying design move is the lack of a detachable cable. Unlike, say, the JH Audio JH16 Pro ($1,149, 5 stars), a far more expensive custom model, or the Shure SE215 ($119, 4 stars), a far less expensive model that isn't even custom-molded, the A1's cable is hardwired. So if the cable gets gnarled or damaged, the earphones must go in for repair. However, the cable is at least reinforced with Kevlar, and seems both stronger than the average headphone cable and less affected by low temperatures.
Audiophiles who prefer less exaggerated bass frequencies and a generally flat response will enjoy the sound signature of the A1. Like the Etymotic ER-4PT ($299, 4.5 stars), the emphasis here is on clarity in the mids and highs. Low frequencies exist, but subtly. On songs with tremendously deep bass, like The Knife's "Silent Shout," the A1 still adequately covers the sub-bass frequencies, but not with the kind of boosted response that is common in modern earphones. Unfortunately, at high volumes, there is minor distortion on deep bass tracks. Granted, it isn't advisable to listen at such high levels, but earphones in this price range should not distort when used with an iPhone or a laptop.
On classical tracks, like John Adams' "The Chairman Dances," the low-end response takes a backseat to the articulate, crisp presence of the mids, highlighting the attack of middle- and high-register stringed instruments, as well as brighter percussion. Still when a large drum is hit, you definitely experience a fullness in the bass response—it just isn't overdone. The experience is a nice approximation of what you might actually hear in a concert hall when listening to the same piece.
Altec Lansing's clinical approach to audio puts the A1 clearly in the camp of Etymotic and less so with bass-heavy offerings from JH Audio and Ultimate Ears, like the similarly priced, Editors' Choice UE 4 Pro ($399, 4.5 stars). Musicians and music lovers seeking more bass response should probably steer clear of the A1, but fans of flat response and articulate highs will be pleased. Thus far in the custom realm, there just aren't any bad options, only different sound signatures and fits. It's advisable to read all of our custom in-ear reviews from JH Audio, Ultimate Ears, and our reviews of Etymotic pairs with custom-fit options before settling on the A1 or any other pair.
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Don't know if you've picked up on the news from Poland. In brief, Poland's latest autocrat-in-chief "purged" Poland's highest court, yanking judges whose views he found objectionable. But something funny has happened on the way to the "purge:" the Polish … Continue reading
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We as manufacturers for suction excavators and special suction technologies have produced mobile and stationary suction systems for more than 25 years. Each of our products is matched to the respective application area exactly. You as a customer choose the transport vehicle, the fan capacity, container size and many other details.
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The use of suction excavators is more than 16 times more effective than conventional excavation methods and replaces the time and cost-intensive work done by hand in different sectors. Suction excavators are safe, very fast on site, ready for immediate use, operate in an environmentally harmless way, offer a high level of industrial safety, require little space and suck through small openings. They always leave behind a clean construction site and ensure that fewer machines and deployment of personnel are necessary. Instead of 3 workers, an excavator and a truck you only need one suction excavator & an operator.
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To make our 2019 wall calendar a very unique thing, we would like providing us pictures of your RSP Suction Excavators in action to put together a collection showing your/our machines working all around the world. A planned construction site, an extraordinary emergency intervention or simply your attractive machine at an interesting and beautiful location – your submissions will be most appreciated.
As a businessman you are forced to carry out a cost-benefit analysis again and again. At the latest in the annual financial statement, you notice one figure in particular that usually remains hidden and then you ask yourself how did these costs occur and why is this so? When you take a closer look, it is often for costs for fuel, wear parts and the highest costs of all are those for personnel.
At the exhibition space FN 929/1 in the outdoor area of the BAUMA, RSP will be introducing two different machines and select accessories from a comprehensive product assortment. An ESE 6 and an ESE 8 will be presented. However, the digital work machine is in the foreground at the trade fair. RSP will present several new digital solution approaches at the Bauma with the motto "Discover the new solution".
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Overall, this is a great toy to use as a teasing flogger. It will work for both beginners and the more advanced users. It can tickle and tingle as well as it stings. It can also graze your entire body. It's lightweight and easy to use as well.
I liked the kink factor, as it was a nice beginner whip and my session with this toy between myself and my sub actually was quite pleasurable.
If you are unsure about this whole "pain" thing, this flogger is an excellent introduction. It is fun and a bit silly, which can help break the ice without breaking you or your bank account. You'll get a taste of the thud, sensation, and sting that is possible, without worrying about anyone getting harmed in the process.
If you'd like to add something new to the bedroom, this whip is a great choice. It's well-made and easy to use - perfect for anyone looking for a place to begin exploring light bondage. Those who are looking to inflict actual pain would be better served with something else.
The boyfriend seemed like he was holding back, so I told him to go at it full force. He did. It hurt a little bit, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. In fact, I enjoyed being hit.


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Nobody knows better than the user himself what information he wants to see about his car. As a developer I prefer not to guess the user's wishes, but give him the ability to customize the look of the key pages of the application. And it's easier than it seems at the first glance.
Category: Features
Configuring the Side Menu
Simple user control, to quickly add notes or take a look at quickly needed statistics are essential for an app. Not always the developer can guess what will be convenient for a particular user, and much less often, there is the opportunity for the user to customize everything for himself. This is not the case with us 🙂
(Русский) Архивация записей
(Русский) Напоминания в календаре
(Русский) Push напоминания о событиях
Popup event reminders
Popup notification of events – notifications that are shown to you when you log in to the application. When and for how long before the event you show them depends on the settings you have chosen for notifications. The notification will be displayed until you mark it read (by clicking OK when it is displayed). If you click "Details", a…
(Русский) Напоминания для событий (Popup/Push/календарь)
(Русский) Прогноз событий
(Русский) Пересчет пробега
Mileage Coefficient
Mileage coefficient for accounting errors speedometer / odometer in the calculated statistics. Changing to other tires of excellent regular size may affect both the larger and the smaller side (usually not more than 10%). Not considered this by you – it's forgivable. Not taken this into account by the program – it's a crime 🙂
Difference In the PRO Version Of the Application
The normal versions of Fuel Manager and Car Expenses do not impose functional or time limits on the user.


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