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Keep the car for afternoon drives in the country, transporting bikes to the greatest mountain trail ever, and impromptu getaways to the coast. Lose that steel rascal and walk to dinner, the movies, or a wine tasting at the museum. Sounds like a perfect world, for sure.
Our friends decided to sell their lovely suburban home and move to Beaufort, SC, where they could live in an historic district and walk everywhere. Years later, they're even more convinced that it was the best decision for them.
"We walk to shopping and dinner, as well as to the theater and lots of events," explained Donna Armer. "My husband rides his bike along the Spanish Moss Trail every day and we both enjoy living in a walkable city more than we ever dreamed possible.
"We did a thorough search of many small towns in South Carolina, and Beaufort was the only one that met all of our requirements for culture, walkability, water activities, and neighborhood events," she shared. "USCB, the History Museum, Santa Elena Museum, Beaufort Historic Foundation, Penn Center, future home of the Reconstruction monument, theater, and the Beaufort Film Festival are some of the cultural activities we enjoy and look forward to attending."
For walkability, they list the historic district, inviting shops, art galleries, farmers markets, library, spas, great restaurants and wine bars, etc.
These water enthusiasts enjoy Henry C. Chambers waterfront park, which is home to many festivals throughout the year, kayaking, boating, Hunting Island State Park, beaches and turtle patrols, and more.
As for neighborhood activities, they moved into the diverse Old Commons section of the historic district. "We couldn't be happier."
The Armers are not alone. Dozens of Carolina newcomers have told us that one of the joys of living in the Carolinas is the ability to enjoy outdoors virtually all year. For many, the ability to park the car for much of their day-to-day living has been a huge benefit to the move.
Walking trails through urban parks and around small villages are appealing. In fact, for more than 31 years, Walking Trails and Paths have claimed the #1 preference in CarolinaLiving.com lifestyle surveys for amenities from those seeking a new home here.
The paths and trails aren't all in the city, of course. We've got longer paths that lead through parks and recreation areas, and through entire states – The Appalachian Trail, Palmetto Trail (SC) and Mountains to Seashore Trail (NC) readily come to mind.
If you're thinking about where – or if – to move, or vacation that will include outdoor options, we've got great suggestions. Join us as we consider the reasons why walking is wonderful and learn what communities are doing to make their paths accessible to the neighborhood.
What Makes It Walkable?
According to Jeff Speck, renowned expert in walkable cities, a walk should be useful, safe, comfortable and interesting. Although many areas can include some of these advantages, the ones that draw the strongest praise include them all in their master plans. Towns and neighborhoods need a center, with public spaces where you can meet friends, walk the dog, or simply sit and enjoy the day.
In a departure from older thinking, buildings are placed close to the streets where the windows can be enjoyed and access is quick. Parking is less visible; interesting sights are more visible. There are spaces for bicycles or scooters, and public transit is considered in the mix.
Connectivity is another important feature. How folks traverse the neighborhood easily is very important. The goal is comfortable wandering through neighborhoods, across streets, into pocket parks. While walking for exercise remains critically important, walking for a purpose is desirable. And let's be honest: Walking to and from a market, restaurant, or downtown makes the daily 10,000-step exercise goal very reachable.
According to the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute, there are a number of factors that contribute to pleasant ways to travel from point A to point B:
"Sidewalks of sufficient width allow walking to be the most natural, fun, rewarding and healthy way to travel. They allow people to enjoy walking, a relaxed conversation with one another, to linger or sit outdoors at a café, and they encourage people to stay and socialize. Although sidewalks can be made of a number of materials from concrete to pavers, the most pleasant walkways have a simple elegance – they are well constructed and maintained." Walklive.org
Why Now?
Millennials are entering the job market and have been for some time. Boomers are retiring and seeking out ways to make their lives healthy and more enjoyable. Walkable towns, neighborhoods and communities meet the needs of both. Walk to dinner and a movie? Sure. Walk to meet a friend for lunch, or shop for a special gift? Perfect.
Online shopping. Although plenty of us still enjoy heading to the mall, others do most of their shopping via mobile devices or on their computers or iPads. The art and science of shopping is changing and that will continue. What won't change is the fun of window shopping. That, my friends is here to stay.
More neighborhoods are being built with an eye toward walkability. Some are attractive to professionals or empty-nesters. Walking to the local gastro-pub simply feels a bit more European, and a heck of a lot easier.
Vacationing visitors are taking notice. Most destinations have bikes for rent, trails to explore, and friendly people to meet. In the midst of recreation, many find that the appeal goes beyond a week's getaway.
CarolinaLiving.com/survey helps pinpoint must-haves to put down roots. Narrow your choices, visit often, and experience it for yourself.
Who is Delivering?
You can find a home in many Carolina towns and neighborhoods that invite walking, at least sometimes. Here's what our neighbors shared. Ask the community planners what they've got going on in the pedestrian department. Odds are, they'll offer many amenities that match this most desirable lifestyle.
Georgetown, SC
Suzanne and Jay Doyle are from Boston, and decided to look for a change of scenery when they married. "We drove down the East Coast and fell in love with Georgetown," she said. "The minute we arrived we instantly felt welcomed and part of the community."
It's easier to make new friends when you're walking. The Doyles walk a three-mile loop every morning, through the historic district with its arched live oak trees and wonderful old homes, around East Bay Park and then through town, down to the Kaminisky House Museum and back up the Harborwalk to their house on Front Street.
In the afternoons, they walk again, but this time, their Westie, Henry, accompanies them. "He thinks he's the mayor of Georgetown," Mrs. Doyle shared. "Everyone knows Henry and he loves taking his walk to visit with 'his people.' " The Doyles stop to speak with neighbors sitting on their porches, or in rocking chairs in front of downtown stores and restaurants. Everybody looks after one another.
"I walk to the bank, the dentist and the hairdresser," she says. "My husband and I walk to dinner in the evenings, or to the theatre, or down to any one of three marinas to go boating." The Doyles also enjoy heading to East Bay Park, with its fitness stations, tennis courts and playground area for children.
"What makes Georgetown so walkable are the residential streets with sidewalks and there are no hills. Many other small towns don't have sidewalks, and here, the canopied live oak trees keep everything cool and shaded where we walk."
It's also a very dog-friendly community, a major plus for the Doyles. And there's something else. She uses the car for trips to the grocery store, or household items from the hardware store but that's about it. "I love the fact that there are so many independent stores and small business owners here in Georgetown. That can be difficult to find in other places and it's so much a part of life, here, just a short walk down a shady sidewalk."
Durham, NC
Paula MacLeod has lived in the eclectic Parkwood Community, in south Durham, for more than 20 years. About 3,300 residents call Parkwood home, and although you need a car to drive downtown, you can get to Durham or Chapel Hill in about 15 minutes, and Raleigh in about 25. It's minutes from Research Triangle Park and the Southpoint Mall.
That said, there's a great walkability factor within the community. "I love Parkwood because it's a mixed use community," Ms. MacLeod shared. "The houses aren't all alike and the people come from all over, which makes it very diverse and interesting."
The diversity can be seen in the nearby neighborhood restaurants, including a Mediterranean Grill which is often a meeting place for friends. There are also Indian, Thai and Greek restaurants nearby. On Sunday morning, there are Methodist and Baptist churches, as well as a mosque and a Baha'i center within walking distance.
Parkwood was planned with walkability in mind. More than 100 acres have been set aside for green space, with plenty of trails and playgrounds. There's a 35-acre lake and small ponds sprinkled around – all within walking distance.
"It's great to have the option to walk or ride a bike to the local pop-up farmers market on Saturdays, and having a community center in the neighborhood for special activities like yoga," Ms. MacLeod explained. "I love feeling close to everything while being in a perfect suburban environment."
Mount Airy, NC
Lizzie and Luke Morrison moved back to Lizzie's hometown after graduating from Auburn University. They lived close to the downtown area, but when a colleague showed them a circa 1873 historic house that he was rehabilitating, they simply had to move there. Now, two years later, the couple is even more enamored with their location.
"I walk to work in about four minutes, come home for lunch, and on Saturdays, we walk to breakfast at Leon's Burger Express, an amazing diner that looks the same as it did in the 1950s," Lizzie explained. "We can throw a rock and hit Blackmon Amphitheatre. They have a summer concert series and we can walk over there, or sit on our front porch swing and listen to live music."
Mrs. Morrison believes many young people are drawn to big cities for the action, but there's so much going on in a smaller town. They walk to dinner, as well as the historic Earl Theatre and wine bar, Uncorked in Mayberry, which is next door. The town was the model for Mayberry, which may be one reason residents have been quick to protect the small town look and feel, including Holcomb Hardware, one of the town's oldest businesses, and walkable as well. "They'll even sell you one nail if you need it," Mrs. Morrison laughed. "Who does that anymore?"
There are greenway trails on either side of the downtown area. "People use the greenway to walk for exercise, but also to commute to and from work," she said. "We love the friendly, nostalgic vibe that surrounds this town and we enjoy it even more when the car stays in the garage."
Put This on Your Bucket List
During so many conversations in the past ten years, folks interested in moving to the Carolinas have talked about wanting to walk: trails through the woods, sidewalks in towns and neighborhoods, and pathways that lead to good times and great memories. For some, the pure enjoyment of leaving the car at home has been an unexpected plus. Others deliberately sought out a car-free zone, allowing them to age in place without losing the ability to stay a part of vibrant community life.
Even neighborhoods that are outside downtown areas have made concerted efforts to create safe and friendly walking features that lead to parks, community centers, and gathering areas.
Among the pioneers of the movement was DPZ, a leader in the New Urbanism movement that continues its influential design work today. Others have taken on the concept and carry it forward. You can find thoughtful towns and neighborhoods throughout the Carolinas where you'll want to park your bike, or have your walking shoes parked by the door. Your Fitbit (and body) will thank you and the new friends you make will convince you, too, that walking is the best way to go.
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Nigella sativa is in demand and it is very popular with its anti-tumor abilities so every website in the world wants to write a blog post or something on the subject. Although many mean well, it is apparent that most know very little about curing cancer, black seed or other herbs and nutrients necessary. You cannot take a few seeds with water and cure cancer.
Some of the claims are ludicrous and I use to be a consultant for a black seed company who had decent oil, but they knew nothing about how to use the product. So if you know that black seed cures cancer, how do you take the seeds or the oil as it is necessary for cancer? Many will self diagnose theirself and claim that they have faith and will just treat their own disease without any backing at all.
This is totally wrong and before long this very wonderful cure will be labeled a "Quack" theory based on misinformation on the web. There are many things you should know when treating any disease, not just cancer. First you should start with the basics and learn everything you can about these miraculous seeds whether you read every article on this blog, BUY MY BOOK or find a source of very good information. You need to first understand how the seed cures and why it is so great.
It is not an aspirin you can take when you feel chest pains. You need to know how to heat the seeds, how to take them properly and what other herbs and diet you should be following. Even if you take the oil properly and then eat like a pig, you most likely will die. Along with the cure came instructions for us on how to eat, how to live and how to worship.
First you must believe in the cure. This is plain old faith healing. Second you must know the precautions that go along with the cure and third you must know how to maintain your body with the proper foods and food combining. The stomach is the reason for all disease. Treating the stomach will heal the body and through proper training beginning with honey you shall be well if God so deems it.
Another problem I have with these "Junk" articles is they never tell you how much to take and then we have deceptive bottle instructions by companies who are afraid of their shadow and then God help me I hate these people who want to buy the cheapest product on the market. You get what you pay for, plain and simple.
So if you want to learn for free about black seed, read my articles on this blog. If you want to be well, then pray and ask God to heal you. My whole healing came from prayer. It starts with prayer and it ends with prayer. I believe in miracles, in angels and I believe that there is a cure for all disease and hopefully you will soon believe so too.

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Lawsuit Challenges Opt-In Language for Cable Operators in Louisiana
A state court action has slammed the brakes on implementation of the opt-in language for incumbent cable operators in Louisiana's state franchising law, which was to take effect Aug. 15.
The state's Police Jury Association (PJA)—the trade group for parishes—and the Louisiana Municipal Association filed a constitutional challenge to the act after it was signed into law by Gov. Bobby Jindal.
The lawsuit, filed Aug. 13 in the 19th Circuit Court in Baton Rouge, alleges the new law violates the state constitution because that document prevents the legislature from creating a law that "extinguishes" an obligation owed to a parish or municipality. Since the law allows current cable incumbents to opt out of their local franchise agreements, that alters the local obligation.
A court date has been set for Oct. 27, but while the complaint is pending, the state and the plaintiffs have agreed to suspend the opt-out provision so no incumbents will be able to move toward state regulation until the court case is resolved.
Dan Garrett, the attorney for the PJA, said he is confident the court will find the opt-out provision is unconstitutional. Then it will be up to the judge to decide whether to let the law take effect without the offending language or to strike down the entire legislation, he said.
The law, dubbed Consumer Choice for Television Act, was passed in June. It assigns franchising authority to the office of the Secretary of State, which has 30 days to grant a franchise. It may still grant franchises to new providers such as AT&T while the challenge is pending.
Providers can be granted 15-year, renewable franchises.
This is not the first time the municipal groups have fought state franchising. A law was approved by the legislature in 2006, but these same groups successfully lobbied against the bill and convinced then-Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco to veto the measure.


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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Meditative Parts of Speech
I filled whole notebooks with diagrammed sentences. While other girls drew horses or scribbled their first names next to various boys' last names, I separated subjects from predicates, adverbs from adjectives, hanging them from precarious-looking lines and rewrote them entirely if I ran out of room on the page.
It made me pretty popular, I can tell you that. Between the knitting, the glasses, the braces, the acne, and the tendency to obsess over parts of speech, I was a preteen CATCH. And now, looking back, I don't think I even possess the skill anymore. I'd have to brush up on the rules before I broke out the old diagramming pen. Much like my mad spirograph skillz, my diagramming abilities are rusty.
But just thinking of those notebooks, filled with words (it didn't matter what kind of words -- I was home schooled during part of those years, and I remember diagramming Latin sentences, too), calms my heart rate. It was a meditation of sorts, and I didn't know it.
I just did it because I loved it.
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7 comments:
- Lisa Hughey said...
huh, diagramming sentences had the exact *opposite* effect on me. :) i suck at it.
- March 9, 2010 at 8:11 AM
- Sophie Littlefield said...
oh this just made me light up with joy. know what i did for fun? calculated square roots of random numbers down to many decimal points. I just put that into a scene in a book in fact. i think that swirling churning unquiet young minds may not make you popular but they make you interesting...
- March 9, 2010 at 8:15 AM
- Kristin Miller said...
Glad to know I wasn't the only one! When I taught 10th grade English I'd get excited beyond words for "Grammar Fridays" while the students moaned and groaned. Oh, it was so much fun! And I'm not a nerd or anything either...*ahem *cough *choke
- March 9, 2010 at 10:07 AM
- email@example.com said...
I'm with Sophie. I solved equations for fun. It didn't make me popular -- but I'll bet when Sophie did her calculations, the guys thought it was hot!
- March 9, 2010 at 8:10 PM
- Martha Flynn said...
you are crazycakes. i kind of love it.
- March 9, 2010 at 8:23 PM
- L.G.C. Smith said...
Great post. :) I only diagrammed sentences as part of learning transformational grammar, and it was hell. It was different from this. Who knew any kind of sentence diagramming had such zen potential?
- March 9, 2010 at 9:07 PM
- Kaye George said...
I love it, too! In fact, I've been thinking lately of using this to tame my mystery plots. Haven't actually tried it yet, but it might work. I used to use this same form for writing computer programs. Really!
- March 9, 2010 at 9:31 PM


text: When we talk about artists' books limited print editions we usually refer to the early twentieth century's European tradition of illustrated books, whose essential elements are the use of typography, of the original printing matrix (etching plates, woodblocks, lithographic stones and plates), of high quality paper and materials. Traditional techniques guide us in the production of artists' books, whilst new technologies are employed and combined to bring innovation and inventiveness. It is the artist's choice following his aims to respect, go against, or even reinvent the rules.


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Bradley Voyager Leather
The minimalist face of The Bradley Voyager features raised hour markers brushed in a sleek mirrored finish. The ring around the timepiece face features a reflective hue that radiates varying shades of slate when angled. Crafted from genuine Italian leather and finished with detailed nylon stitching, the wristband adds to the durability and elegance of the piece.
The Bradley timepiece features a triangular marker for twelve, and elongated markers for three, six and nine in order to increase tactile legibility. The ball bearing on the inside of the markers indicates the minute, and the ball bearing running along the outer edge of the watchface indicates the hour.
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Fitting: Wrist size 168-215mm / 20mm width
50m Water Resistance, Swiss Quartz Ronda Movement
Battery: Renata 371 button cell watch battery
Water Resistance: good for brief immersion in water
Shock Resistance: not intended to be worn during high level activity sports.
Warranty: 1 Year


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Christopher Tanev also scored and Schneider made some big saves down the stretch, including a semi breakaway by Martin Hanzal, to secure Vancouver's fourth win in six games.
LaBarbera stopped 14 shots in the third period after replacing injured starter Mike Smith for the Coyotes, who have lost five straight.
In other NHL play, it was:
‧ Capitals 4, Jets 0
‧ Canadiens 5, Islanders 2
‧ Sabres 5, Maple Leafs 4
‧ Predators 5, Flames 3


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BelgoSweet looks back on over 25 years of experience and pioneer work in the field of sweet promotional ideas. The company's product range unites innovative exclusive products with a great deal of Belgian spirit.
Chocolates from Brussels, cuberdons from Gent, waffles from Liège – Belgium is well-known for confectionery in all its facets. It is hard to believe that there were no suppliers of sweet promotional products in Belgium up until the end of the 1980s. In those days, Guy Desseaux, who is today the CEO of BelgoSweet, was a real pioneer: "I visited the International Sweets & Biscuits Fair, ISM, in Cologne at the beginning of 1988," recalled Desseaux, who had previously gained experience at the Belgian chocolate manufacturer, Côte D'Or. "The German company, Jung Bonbon, one of the leading suppliers of promotional sweets in the German-speaking zone, exhibited at the trade show. I thought to myself: I am going to try and do the same in Belgium." In the same year, Desseaux founded the company, Belgium's Best, the first specialist for sweet promotion on the Belgian and Dutch markets. "Belgium's Best experienced strong growth for a good 15 years thereafter, at the beginning of the century we had around 15 employees, made a turnover of 4 mil. Euros and maintained own shops in Luxemburg, Atlanta and Singapore. I didn't want to run a company of that size anymore so I sold Belgium's Best in 2004 to the manager. Today, the company belongs to the Gemaco Group. My new challenge was a new product: the Papermints." Desseaux launched the original mint strips that melt in the mouth all over Europe. "After a few years the novelty character of the Papermints had worn off," added Desseaux. "So in 2009 I founded a new company: BelgoSweet."
Exclusive ideas
By 2009 the times when "Sweet Promotions" were a novelty and USP were naturally long gone: Countless competitors with exchangeable line-ups had in the meantime elbowed their way onto the market. BelgoSweet doesn't just want to be another one of them, but instead sees itself as a lean specialist. Desseaux: "Today's market for promotional sweets is extremely competitive. One has to stand out from the masses and that is precisely what we do. Of course, we also offer the common standard items, but our own products that don't exist in a comparable form are our speciality." First and foremost the Papermint Cool Caps for instance: The mint capsules that come inside a glass tube comprise of an outer shell that melts in the mouth leaving fresh breath and an inner capsule that is swallowed and provides a fresh feeling in the stomach for a long time afterwards. The refreshing dispenser that was distinguished with a Promotional Gift Award 2014 is customised with a cardboard folder and a small flag on the glass tube. "The Cool Caps are not only one of the strongest menthol products on the market, their 'two-phase system' is also unique in Europe," commented Desseaux.
The individualised Macarons Parisiens are also something special. The French bakery speciality comprises of two layers of fine merinque with a delicious filling in-between. The macarons are available in twelve different flavours and are made by small patisseries. In 2014, BelgoSweet acquired the French company, Impressions Gourmandes, and with it the know-how and the individualising technique of the sweet cakes. "Our macarons are not only top quality, we are the only company on the market that can imprint them using edible ink," explained Desseaux. According to own accounts, the third exclusive product of the Belgian company is their advent calendar filled with individualised small 5 g chocolates. For minimum order volumes of 250 pieces, the exterior of the BelgoSweet advent calendar can not only be full-surface imprinted, but each individual chocolate can be personally designed to meet the customer's specifications. It goes without saying that only the finest Belgian chocolate comes into question for the filling. In fact, the product range contains plenty of Belgian specialities – BelgoSweet offers filled chocolates of the renowned manufacturer, Leonidas, as well as biscuits by Jules Destrooper and Gavottes or the traditional cuberdons. The striking cone-shaped candies are available in 30 colours and 20 flavours and are also combinable. "Other suppliers also stock filled chocolates and cuberdons, but we develop our own packaging," explained Desseaux. In any case the customer receives a product that is fresher than goods purchased in retail outlets, as Desseaux reported: "We always order on demand and we are sent everything directly from the factory.This means that our products are not only super fresh, we can also offer attractive prices." In addition to exclusive products and Belgian sweets, BelgoSweet offers a wide selection of other sweets – from fruit gums, bonbons and glucose, to cookies and nuts through to mint pastels and apples. Last, but not least organic and fairtrade chocolate as well as muesli bars are also included in the line-up.
High flexibility
The BelgoSweet team comprises of six people. The team also includes Desseaux's son Laurent, who is the Account Manager Benelux and Nicholas Charlier, the Export Manager. The company's headquarters that are located in Ohain, Walloon, near to the historic site of Waterloo, accommodate offices and administration, the printing shop and a small warehouse. "We also work together with external printing service providers, but we need little storage space – most of the storage room is occupied by the tins and packaging that we fill and individualise ourselves," said Desseaux. "One of our strengths is our flexibility: We deliver small order volumes, are fast and flexible. And every customer has his own fixed contact person – the communication routes are short and uncomplicated as well. We follow the motto: We make sure that what we promise, is made possible." Virtues that have earned BelgoSweet a high degree of recognition as a true specialist not only in Belgium, but in the meantime far beyond.
// Till Barth
photos: Till Barth, © WA Media (1); BelgoSweet (2)
A detailed report about the Belgian promotional products market can be found here: Part 1.


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When trying to install Jenkins 1.491 on a Windows server I was faced with a failure message. Being used to problems with Java and 64-bit Windows my first though was that it was a Java related issue. It actually turned out to be something far simpler!
As part of the install Jenkins looks for the Windows Firewall and attempts to add an exception. On my server, Windows Firewall was disabled, as a different product was in use. This prevented an exception being added to the Windows Firewall rules for Jenkins which caused the install failure and subsequent rollback. The simple solution is to temporarily turn on Windows Firewall, install Jenkins and then turn it off again.
Of course, it would be better if later versions of the Windows Installer package for Jenkins didn't fail if Windows Firewall is not enabled!222


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Target's Boston pride T-shirts get yanked over errors
(NEWSER) – If a company plans to help customers showcase their "local pride," said company should probably have some basic local knowledge. That might not have been the case with Target, whose series of flawed, Boston-themed T-shirts came under attack this week. A Twitter user was among the first to draw attention to numerous misspellings (Jamaica Plain is Jamaca Plain, for instance) on one shirt displaying a map of Boston neighborhoods, but that was just the beginning. The shirt also omitted the Mission Hill neighborhood and replaced Chinatown, Downtown, and a few other neighborhoods with a single non-existent one dubbed "Central," reports Boston.com. Perhaps worst of all, it spelled Southie as Southy, notes Boston.com.
Misspellings were also found on two other Boston neighborhood shirts in Target's "Local Pride" line. One even mentions Cambridge, which is its own city across the Charles River from Boston, reports the Boston Globe. A rep for Target says all of the "incorrect Boston items" will now be removed from Target stores and its website. "We apologize for any disappointment that this may have caused," the rep says, adding, "We love to be able to carry products that are reflective of the local community."
This isn't Target's first misstep with Bostonians. In 2015, it drew flak for asking a New York artist to design Boston-themed shirts, per the Globe, which found that one of the shirts that came out of that partnership has, yes, a typo on it. (Under Armour yanked a shirt that drew on the famous Iwo Jima image.)
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Mon 12 Jul 2010
New Shoe for Boys or Girls
Posted by Editor under Felt Baby Shoes
Tags: baby, boys, etsy, girls, shoes
Go to Etsy today to see the new loafer we are featuring. It's creamy white, pale yellow and minty green. Perfect gift for a mommy-to-be who doesn't know what she is having!


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Security Updates Available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat Versions 7 and 8
Adobe has released security updates for versions 7 and 8 of Reader and Acrobat on Windows and the Mac. The updates bring users to versions 7.1.1 and 8.1.4. Adobe says that more than just the famous security issue that became public in February; it sounds like these versions bring all three generations (7, 8 and 9) up to date on certain unspecified security updates that have been inconsistently fixed in recent times.
Version 9.1 for Windows and Mac was released about a week ago.
Versions 8.1.4 and 9.1 for UNIX will be released "by march 24."


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Tchaka is one of the most popular meals in Haitian cuisine. It's a "melting pot" – a tasty mélange of different food products such as corn, beans with pork, and crustaceans. Likewise, Haitian folklore consists of a huge variety of rhythms and dances that when mixed together give birth to extraordinary works. Bon appétit and happy listening!
Jazz band arrangement now available: Tchaka for Jazz Band!
Translation of Haitian Creole text:
Turn up the fire! We are going to eat tchaka!
Turn up the fire, stir up the corn, don't forget the salt pork,
We are going to eat a delicious tchaka.
We are going to cook up a mind-blowing stew.
At the sound of the three drums, everyone yells out hurray.
If we join together we can all move forward.
Let us enmesh in lovely harmony
A delicious homemade stew, a musical tchaka.
It's a delicious homemade stew, a national tchaka,
A delicious homemade stew…
Turn up the fire! Turn up the fire!
*Yanvalou, Kontredans, Rabòday are amazing.
Roots music, oh yes, that's good stuff.
Let's stick together; side by side we can move forward.
Turn up the fire! Turn up the fire! The tchaka is cooking…
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Click Here Traducción al Español
Tchaka recording 1:
Tesoro High School Madrigals
Keith Hancock, conductor
Western ACDA Conference (West coast premiere)
Pasadena, CA – February 25, 2016
Tchaka recording 2:
Cal State Long Beach – Bob Hope School of Music
Jonathan Talberg, conductor
Tchaka recording 3:
Robinson Secondary School Singers
Michael T. Horanski, conductor
Tchaka recording 4:
World Premiere by the WVACDA All-State High School Chamber Choir
Dr. Kym Scott, conductor
Charleston, West Virginia
January 30, 2016
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Forum: University of New Haven students part of an ancient continuum
The research paper assignment for my first year English composition students at the University of New Haven this semester was the "History of My Family." Their task was to interview family members and construct a history of their family going back to their great-grandparents, and then do parallel research about the times in which they had lived.
I left open to students how to focus on their family. I had spoken with many of them privately and repeatedly heard "I don't have anyone left on my father's side of the family," or "All my grandparents are gone," so I let them speak to whomever they had access to who could remember the past well enough for them to create a narrative.
The results were remarkable.
In one classroom, in one university, in one city, in one small state, I had students with family histories ranging from Guatemala and Canada, to Bosnia and Ireland, from Italy and Iran, to France and Norway. I described this eclectic collection of ethnicities and backgrounds as unseen tendrils connecting dozens of places to our classroom at UNH.
In addition to the students' genealogical sources, the actual family histories were likewise fascinating.
One student traced the white Alabama family that had owned his ancestors.
One student talked about her and her family fleeing Bosnia during a violent uprising and arriving in the U.S. as refugees.
Several students described violent war scenes their relatives had told them about from World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam, and each one said their uncles, or fathers, or grandfathers choked up when remembering their lost friends and comrades.
One student's grandmother was a bootlegger who sold homemade moonshine during Prohibition, and another's relative was kidnapped by Indians (that's what they called them back then) and spirited off to Canada.
Ancestors of one young lady's family were the original founders of a small Connecticut shoreline town where her family still lives.
One student's great-great uncle was the legendary playwright of "Bus Stop" and screenwriter of "Splendor in the Grass," William Inge.
One student's great-grandmother played with the founder of the Girls Scouts when she was a child.
Another student's grandfather wrote press releases for Walt Disney.
One student went back to the 1300s in his research and discovered he was related to Lyman Hall, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Winston Churchill, and Plymouth Colony governor William Bradford.
One student's aunt worked as a maid in Ted Kennedy's home.
The purpose of this assignment was to give students experience at conducting personal interviews, as well as doing historical research using the myriad and extensive sources available to them at UNH, but it quickly became much more than just a mechanical exercise.
The overarching sense communicated via the papers and the oral presentations students gave in class is that these 18-year-olds were part of an ancient continuum, and that their DNA connected them to their ancestors, and their past in ways they never know or even imagined. Many students probably understood this before tackling the assignment, but digging into the reality of their lineage in many cases opened their eyes and made them realize that the John Donne quote about man not being an island is, in fact, undeniably true.
At the conclusion of their presentations, I told my classes that we are all 50th cousins. Someone, somewhere did the math and determined that everyone on Earth is related to everyone else. Mitch Albom once wrote, "Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know." It seems that there's an awful lot of empirical truth in that statement.
My students each found the invisible tendril connecting them to their past, and to the rest of humanity. The sophistication of their research was commendable and I'm sure what they learned will be something their families will return to as the years pass.
But it must be noted that, as it often is for many first year writing students, the act and art of footnoting was a bit of a conundrum.
Stephen Spignesi is a Practitioner in Residence at the University of New Haven. His latest books are "The Titanic for Dummies," "Grover Cleveland's Rubber Jaw," and the paperback edition of his novel, "Dialogues."


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In the food pyramid, old or new, we can see the larger areas are more important than the smaller ones.
Easy enough, right? The above image (courtesy of good old paint) is a general pyramid anyone can use.
"But how Niel?!?? Damn you! Give us answers!"
We see Roman numerals under each section, which are:
I. - Primary importanceTo break it down, one to six are things most important in your life to the things that aren't helping you.
II. - Secondary
III. - Third
IV. - Fourth
V. - Rest & relaxation
VI. - Mistakes/Unproductive
I'll use myself as an example.
I. - Doing well in schoolThe first thing is most important in my life.
II. - Reading books, articles, and anything that makes me smarter
III. - Exercising and taking care of my health
IV. - Keeping my stuff neat and tidy, laptop running well cause I didn't renew warranty, etc.
V. - Listen to music, nap, write blog posts
VI. - Oversleeping in the morning, being late to class, browsing random sites online
Two is a big hobby of mine because I enjoy educating myself through those items.
Three is also important, but if exams are coming up, I need to buckle down and can only exercise 1-2 times a week. Sometimes I may go longer between meals than normal, it varies.
Fourth is not essential, but it does help to keep me organized and having the previous things run smoothly.
Five, burning out is a big problem when becoming overzealous. Taking a moment to gather my energy through various activities I enjoy keeps me refreshed for working hard.
Lastly, six, those trivial matters that aren't helping me the least bit in #'s 1 through 4.
It's essential to minimize that small sliver that is #6. When it becomes too large, we have no time for 5 because we're too busy trying to get everything else done.
Likewise, the same can be said for all the points, except #1. If one step grows too large, it endangers the preceding commitments.
Spend too much time on one, you overlook the other things and don't have enough time to give them your attention. If I spend too much time reading books that aren't for class, then I won't have time to read my course textbooks.
I used myself as an example, but this changes person-to-person.
A recovering cancer patient would have rest as #1 as opposed to me or a parent at risk losing their job would be trying to find another job, take care of bills, and try balancing their life at home.
I could blab on forever, but I don't want to bore everyone. So, I'll end this with something for you to take and print out.
The following is a download of a Word file. In it, you'll find the diagram and the Roman numerals with a line between each. There's a dash for you to write in one or two sentences on how you're going to stick to your goals.
Download me!
With that said, print it out, fill it out, and stick it somewhere you frequent often, like your desk.


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Filed under: Words of the Months
Definition: The political state, traditionally consisting of seven kingdoms, that what is now England was in until Wessex took over (possibly in 829 A.D., no one seems to agree on when the period ended.)
Etymology: Greek ἑπτά hepta, seven and ἄρχω arkho, to rule. Analagous to monarchy.
The Heptarchy consisted of the kingdoms of East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex and Wessex. However, some of these, notably Northumbria, contained sub-kingdoms with some degree of autonomy. Additionally, at several points in history, one or another of the kings achieved dominion over part or all of the island.
Today, shades of the Heptarchic kingdoms remain in the names of some English counties, such as Essex and Kent.
Please let me know if there are any words you would like featured by posting a comment on this post.
Filed under: Recreation
On Saturday (4/17) we decided to do a more strenuous hike, as we were more fully recovered from our late night drive into Grand Canyon on Thursday. So, we took the Grandview Trail from Grandview Point, which, back at the turn of the last century, hosted a hotel called … wait for it… the Grandview Hotel. Not very imaginative nomenclature, if you ask me.
In the above photo, you can see Horseshoe Mesa, a bifurcated shelf of Redwall limestone, topped by an oblong butte made of very eye-catching Supai group mud- and sandstone.
After passing the pretty flower above, we entered the Coconino sandstone, just like on the previous hike. An interesting feature of this rock, not seen in any of the other layers in Grand Canyon, is the presence of what is known as cross-bedding. Cross-bedding is where different layers of sedimentary rock lay in sometimes opposing directions. This is caused by the rock's being formed in huge dunes, which every so often changed orientation.
At the point where we left the Coconino and entered the Hermit formation, there was this sheer cliff, the top two thirds being Coconino sandstone, and the bottom third consisting of the red Hermit shale.
A word on photos: many of the pictures I took turned out to be somewhat overexposed, but, by the magic of digital alteration, I can have my computer alter the exposure. However, I have attempted, as much as possible, to present you with these images in their original, unaltered format.
It took us a couple of hours to get down to the mesa, but I didn't take all that many photos, and most of those I did take were of more botany and geology, so here we are.
After a satisfying lunch amid the glory of the canyon, we headed back up the trail, no small feat considering we had to go over four and a half kilometers across and 750 meters up to return to our starting point.
On Sunday (4/18), as we had just done two pretty serious hikes in a row, we decided to forego any unnecessary walking and take the bus west along the South Rim. I took very few pictures, however.
(I'm afraid the retouching of the above photo had little to no effect on the background.)
And that concludes my April 2015 travelogue. See you next Monday with something with less images!
Filed under: Recreation
Click here for Part Two.
After we left the Mojave Desert, we drove east into Arizona to… Grand Canyon, one of the most spectacular, enormous, overused, and clichéd geological features this continent has to offer. We got there Thursday evening (4/16), and started hiking on Friday (4/17).
Our first hike of the weekend was on the South Kaibab Trail, which, along with its brother the North Kaibab, makes up a sort of corridor between the North and South Rims of the canyon.
We descended from the South Rim (Yaki Point) end of the trail. It was pleasantly cool on the rim, a nice change from the heat of the Mojave Desert.
We descended past the Kaibab and Toroweap limestone formations, and into the Coconino sandstone formation.
We then descended into the red Hermit Shale formation, and stopped at its boundary with the Supai Group formations to eat lunch.
After that, we continued down the trail to below O'Neill Butte.
Below the mesa the trail wound down to the Redwall Limestone, and from there would descend to the canyon floor. We, however, did not go anywhere near that far.
(In the centre of the above photo is a mule deer. It was considerably more courteous than its namesakes the mules, which left steaming piles of green at many points along the trail; the deer just ran away.)
That's all for now. See you Thursday with Grand Canyon: Part Two!


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President Barack Obama won re-election after becoming the first acting president to voice support for marriage equality.
Voters in Maine and Maryland affirmed marriage for gay and lesbian couples. This is the first time that voters in any state voted in favor of marriage equality.
"Visibility and progress for LGBT people have grown under President Obama and now that momentum must continue," said GLAAD President Herndon Graddick. "LGBT people deserve full equality in every aspect of American life and President Obama, in his second term, should take every concrete step within his power to make it so."
Mainers United for Marriage and Marylanders for Marriage Equality joined national media in declaring victory for marriage equality in their states. Results of votes for marriage equality in Washington and against a constitutional amendment to ban marriage equality in Minnesota have not been announced.
"Voters in Maine and Maryland have shown that full equality for gay and lesbian people is no longer a partisan issue but an issue of human dignity," said Graddick. "The claims made by anti-gay activists that voters would never embrace marriage for gay and lesbian couples could not be further from the truth. Across lines of politics, race, religion and gender, voters in Maryland and Maine today demonstrated that marriage equality is becoming a real part of American history."
In Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin became the first out gay U.S. Senator.
"Tonight, Tammy Baldwin made history and shone a bright light across America. No longer is the United States Senate a place for only a select few but for every citizen, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans," said Graddick. "Baldwin's victory showed what a majority of Americans already know: that candidates should be judged on their qualifications for the job and not their sexual orientation."
HRC President Chad Griffin released the following statement:
"When the history books are written, 2012 will be remembered as the year when LGBT Americans won decisively at the ballot box. The dreams of millions of fair-minded Americans were realized as discrimination crumbled and equality prevailed."
Marriage Wins at Ballot Box for First Time
"For the first time, voters in Maine and Maryland voted to allow loving couples to make lifelong commitments through marriage – forever taking away the right-wing talking point that marriage equality couldn't win on the ballot. No amount of well-funded lies about our families could deceive Mainers and Marylanders. We await results in Minnesota and Washington State but remain optimistic that they will be successful as well. The momentum for marriage equality has never been stronger, and with poll after poll showing a growing majority of support, we have a renewed certainty that we will win this fight.
Pro-Marriage Equality President Wins Reelection
"As millions of Americans celebrate President Obama's reelection tonight, the LGBT community is particularly elated to return the most pro-equality President ever to a second term. There is no doubt that we will continue to see tremendous strides forward like we've made during his first four years with our Ally-in-Chief back in office. While some pundits predicted the President's support for marriage equality would hinder his campaign, we know the opposite is true. His historic and heartfelt declaration that all loving and committed couples should be able to marry further motivated millions of voters and sparked conversations that led to wins for marriage at the ballot box. His win is further proof of the marriage equality movement's momentum.
First Openly Gay Senator
"Another milestone was celebrated as Senator-elect Tammy Baldwin has again earned her spot in the history books. As the first openly gay person elected to the United States Senate, she is a role model for LGBT youth and all young women across the country. With a relentless focus on the issues that matter most to Wisconsin voters – economic security, access to healthcare, and fairness and inclusion for all – Senator-elect Baldwin earned the respect of all her constituents, gay and straight.
Pickup of Fair-Minded and Openly LGB Members of Congress
"For LGBT youth who aspire to public service, we have shattered a glass by sending Tammy Baldwin to the Senate and increasing the number openly LGB members of Congress. In the Senate we have at least three new marriage equality supporters who proudly declared their support for marriage for gay and lesbian couples on the campaign trail.
Voters Retain Iowa Justice Who Decided for Marriage
"It appears that Iowans have made a strong statement for judicial independence and refused to let politics get in the way of judges doing their duty to uphold the law. Anti-gay groups trying to exact political retribution on judges should learn their lesson. Marriage equality remains the law of the land in Iowa and judges like Justice Wiggins will continue to do their jobs.
LGBT Voters Flex Political Muscle, Break for President
"Our community has flexed our political muscle with exit polls showing an increase from 4 percent of the vote in 2008 to 5 percent this year. And the President gained many more supporters among lesbian, gay and bisexual voters – jumping seven points to garner 77% of our vote.
Moving Forward
"Tonight we celebrate, but tomorrow morning we get up and get back to work so that the victories we hail tonight are felt everywhere across this great country. Too many people are denied the ability to marry. Too many people go to their jobs without workplace protections. Too many young people go to bed at night and stare at the ceiling, sleeplessly wondering what awaits them the next day at school or at church or in their own home. Thanks to all the hard work in achieving tonight's victories, we finally have momentum on our side and we will not rest until the promise of equal justice under the law is realized for every single person living in every single corner of this vast country."
Source: GLAAD/Human Rights Campaign


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Blog Archives
Giving Back
How to Choose the Right Shelter Dog
November 16, 2016
So you've decided to adopt a shelter dog. Good for you! Every year, almost 4 million dogs enter animal shelters nationwide. Most are great pets that have come in as strays or have been surrendered for reasons that have nothing to do with them. By adopting a shelter dog, you're not only saving a life…you're...
National Dog Day at NKLA
August 26, 2014
Happy National Dog Day! Today is the day we celebrate and honor our four-legged friends as well as help raise awareness for the thousands of rescue dogs that need to find a forever home. Dogs help us out in countless ways and we wanted to give back, especially on their day! Today on National Dog...


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There are so many creative ways to get involved in our school! Here are just a few of them:
- Parent education workshops and family events are held throughout the year.
- Parent Committees meet throughout the year to work on events and projects that enhance our school.
- We encourage parents to share ideas and concerns with our staff and faculty anytime.
- Check out our family resources: books, articles, videotapes and other helpful materials on parenting, child development, health and nutrition and other family topics.
Parent Volunteer Opportunities:
Throughout the year there are many opportunities for parents and families to participate in our preschool. We invite family members to volunteer as a way to learn about and experience our program firsthand. Parent participation enhances the quality and value of your child's education. Volunteering reinforces children's Jewish education as you become models (dugmot) of core Jewish values (middot). There are a variety of ways to volunteer and connect with the TSDPP community,
- In the classroom, you can help with classroom projects, bake challah, play music, share a special skill or read stories to the children.
- Outside the classroom, you can help coordinate a school event, help with a fundraising project, take on a leadership role in our Preschool Parent Committee, or be a room parent, to name a few.
Programs for Parents and Families:
- Monthly parent coffees
- Back to school nights
- Join us for Shabbat and holiday celebrations
- Preschool Parent Committees meet throughout the year to work on events and projects that enhance our school. For more information contact PPC President Becky Chase.
For more information about the Preschool and parent involvement, download the Preschool Parent Handbook.


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Outfits From The Past Part 6
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Under 48 Hours in Manchester
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Iced Cake Parlour
Monday, 22 August 2016
Having lived in Maesteg for over 10 years, it was safe to say that the town didn't exactly offer it's share of cute little cafes for catch ups with your friends where you could gorge on cake to your hearts content. So you can imagine my delight when I heard about the little gem that is Iced Cake Parlour opening its doors earlier this year. Although I moved to Cardiff three years ago, I'm still the best of friends with the girls I went to school with and we often have our food dates and catch ups whenever we can. They usually venture down to Cardiff because, obviously there's more choices available, but in this instance I absolutely insisted that I come up to Maesteg for a change purely so I could sample Iced Cake Parlour.
More Outfits from the Past
Sunday, 21 August 2016
Outfits From The Past Few Months
Friday, 15 July 2016
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Disposable Camera
Monday, 4 July 2016
Neutrals and Stripes
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Denim Jacket- Vintage // Shirt- Boohoo // Trousers- And Other Stories // Brooch & Bag- Charity Shop
My friend Ben's the new owner of a fabulously swanky camera, so we ventured out to Roath Park a few weeks ago to test out his new favourite toy. Amidst the array of swan and duck shots, he took these quick snaps of me where I tried to act nonchalant (and failed miserably at that).
I threw on this outfit primarily because I absolutely love these striped trousers from And Other Stories, but I just don't show them enough love. I committed to lighter, neutral tones when I paired them up with everything else to achieve a more Summery, laid back look. At this point, I should highlight that my feet are no where to be seen because I was in the process of breaking into my new sandals and my feet were pretty much covered in blisters. Lovely, I know!
Ruth x
Caffi Bodlon
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
Miss Patisserie Spring Event
Saturday, 7 May 2016
Outfits from the past part 3
Sunday, 17 April 2016
Outfits from the past part deux
Friday, 25 March 2016
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Outfits from the past
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Photo collection
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
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Courgette and Lime Cake
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Happy Tuesday! So for every other Sunday, I have the honour of baking a sweet treat for the cafe in my church which is great because not only am I contributing to the church itself by doing my little part, but this opportunity allows me to explore and experiment with new recipes.
My first experience of indulging on a courgette cake was back in Uni when my housemate baked a lovely batch that was also GF if I remember correctly. Similarly to carrot cake, I didn't exactly warm to the idea of a courgette cake at first but the bursts of the zesty lime truly ties this whole thing together so wonderfully.
I pretty much committed to this recipe from All Recipes but I have slightly altered it, so keep reading if you want to follow mine instead. Wink wink!
Monday, 25 January 2016
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Stocktake for raising the climate ambition: Talanoa Dialogue for Global Stocktake
This paper outlines the Talanoa Dialogue and the Global Stocktake, with a view to seeking their mutual implications. In particular, this paper aims: to summarise and provide an overview of the current status of the Talanoa Dialogue and Global Stocktake; to examine the commonality, differences, and linkages between the stocktakes that have been perceived up to present; and to provide a policy recommendation to inform the better designing of the Global Stocktake (and implementation of the Talanoa Dialogue towards COP24 where appropriate). While the Talanoa Dialogue is on-going, and the detailed procedural aspects of the Global Stocktake is under construction, it identified some commonalities between these stocktakes and the potential lessons to be learnt from the Talanoa Dialogue to the Global Stocktake.


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The firm of Anthony C. Raccuglia, located in Peru, Illinois, was founded in 1959. The firm concentrates in the areas of personal injury, premises liability, products liability, medical malpractice, automobile negligence, workers' compensation, construction accidents and structural work cases. We represent clients in every level of the Illinois state court system.
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Board of Directors
OUR MISSION: To enhance the quality of life in our community by promoting wellness and providing quality health services with care and compassion while exercising fiscal responsibility.
The Lake Fork Health Service District (LFHSD) Board of Directors meets monthly on the third Monday in the Moseley Health Care Complex conference room - 700 N. Henson Street.
Workshop begins at 9:00 AM followed by the regular meeting. All meetings are open to the public.
President - Vacant
Vice President - Jami Scroggins - Appointed March 2018 . Next election May 2020
Secretary - Mike Schell - Elected May 2018. Next election May 2022
Treasurer - Lynn McNitt, Board Treasurer, Appointed February, 2019. Next election May, 2020
Board Member - Jerry Johnson - Elected May 2018. Next election May 2020
Recording Secretary - Malinda McDonald (Non-Board Member)
Business Development
Community Relations
Strategic Planning
Budget Details
DOLA 2017 Budget
2018 Budget Final with Signatures
2019 Budget with Signatures
Hinsdale Health Organizations (H2O)
- Combined group of health related groups - (LCAMC / Public Health / EMS)


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The cornerstone of any system of mythology is a cosmological image. Strange to say, even with ground breaking advances such as the detection of the Higg's particle at the level of particle physics the bigger picture still eludes us.
Modern Cosmology
The Milky Way is far more dramatic than a simple spiral galaxy. Above it is a huge arc consisting of the large and small Magellanic clouds, these are are small galaxies that have been stretched out by the gravity of the Milky Way. There is a small galaxy of stars called the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy which is like a fountain, careering through the plane of our Milky Way every 10 million years or so. In a few billion years all of these will be engulfed by the huge trillion star Andromeda Galaxy which is heading our way at 300,000 miles an hour pulling the smaller Triangulum Galaxy in its wake. Yet all of this local activity pales into insignificance when we pull back and consider the Milky Way's outlier position in the Laniakea Supercluster.
Cosmologists now tell us that the hitherto detectable material of the Universe constitutes (based on gravitational anomalies) only 5% of the total. They posited something called dark matter as constituting 27% and something called dark energy as making up the remaining 68%.
Do the stars still talk to us?
They do and astronomers have battalions of radio telescopes pointed at the heaven picking up their messages on many different frequencies.For instance in August 27th 1998 a gamma ray pulse hit the earth above the Pacific Ocean knocking many satellites into shutdown mode. The inner edge of the ionosphere was pushed down 25Km for a period of five minutes causing considerable excitement and concern among astronomers working the night shift.This was not the first such event observed by astronomers, in 1979 a similar pulse that pushed radiation detectors off the scale was detected and its source was found to be high above the Milky Way in the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy(Scientific America Feb.2003 - Magnetars) . And then in 14th Sept 2015 a gravitational wave oscillation arrived after a 1.3billion light year journey through space-time at the aLIGO Interferometer where its effects on time were measurable, giving rise to the tell-tale predicted signature signal of two merging black holes.
Nebraska Astronomy Applets Project
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has created a series of excellent interactive animations which allow the non specialist to get a feel for the extremely rich field of astronomy. Below under the Astro Movies tab is a selection of movies pertinent to the DMRT's interest in the origins and evolution of civilisation.
( Title: The Nebraska Astronomy Applets Project - Team headed by Dr.Kevin Lee; see all applets at http://astro.unl.edu/ )


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News - Killzone 2
Sony's genre redefining first person shooter Killzone 2 went on sale in Japan yesterday, to a reasonable amount of success. Though first person shooters aren't nearly as popular in the East as they are in the West, the title sold 20,000 copies it's first day, and is on track to out sell Resistance 2, which sold 33,000 it's opening week. Further, reports are indicating that the game is selling out at some retailers. The Killzone 2 servers were updated earlier this week to allow for the influx of Japanese players in the game.
Monster Hunter G(Wii) and Danger Report 3(PSP) also went on sale yesterday, selling about 92,000 and 20,000 copies respectively.
The PS3 has just come off a massive week in Japan, due in part to the release of FFVII: Advent Children and the FFXIII demo. The console topped the charts, selling over 60,000 consoles, dwarfing both the Wii at 13,000 and the 360 at 8,000. To date, the PS3 has been the top selling console in Japan for 2009.


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At first glance, the Thinklabs One stands out in the crowded digital stethoscope scene thanks to its sleek design. However, its real value lies in how it sounds. The One relies on a patented technology which amplifies audio signals up to a hundred times. Thinklabs has developed its own in-ear headphones to take advantage of this enhanced sound, but any headphones with good bass quality will work well with the device. As the company says, if it's good for music, it's good for the One.
This digital stethoscope also can send data to tablets and smartphones, making it suitable for telemedicine. It has been certified by the FDA, and the company hopes that it will receive CE certification soon.
Watch Clive Smith, company founder and One inventor, explain how he decided to reinvent a 200-year-old technology.
(Hall 16/D20-1)


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Lawsuit Seeks Information on FBI Activities in Northern CA Muslim Communities; Demand to comply with FOIA request stems from reports of community anxiety and fear over surveillance tactics.Read more »
Legal Docket
The ACLU Foundation of Northern California stands up for equality, freedom, and justice in the courts. Through our impact litigation and other legal advocacy we're fighting for you. Our legal advocacy spans from taking Fred Korematsu's case against internment of Japanese Americans all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to representing UC Davis students who were pepper-sprayed while exercising their right to free speech.


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103 Catron Street, Santa Fe
Seller is conveying by deed a 1/8 fractional interest in condo unit #48B at El Corazon de Santa Fe. It is a Terra floorpan, one of 7 units available to these owners, (4 single level downstairs, 3 single level upstairs, all similar, but not identical). These are comfortable, fully furnished units with fireplace, high-end kitchens, and private patios or balconies. The landscaped grounds have gated access and the unit has access to a private underground parking space. Prime location with easy walking to the Plaza and all that Santa Fe offers. Owners have 4 dedicated weeks per year, and other reservations are subject to availability. Included is a membership in the Fairmont Presidents Club, which has a reciprocal use program throughout the world. Helpful concierge staff on site.
Athletic Facilities, Club House, Gated Community, Storage
Cable TV, Cooking - Gas, Insulated Windows, Security System, Vigas & Beams
Dishwasher, Disposal, Dryer, Microwave, Range/Oven, Refrigerator, Washer
The data relating to real estate for sale in this Website comes in part from the Internet Data Exchange ("IDX") program of Santa Fe Association of REALTORS®, Inc. from a copyrighted compilation of listings. Real estate listings held by brokers other than Santa Fe Properties are marked with the IDX Logo. All data in this Website is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed accurate, and should be independently verified. The information provided is for consumers' personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing. All properties are subject to prior sale or withdrawal. All Rights Reserved.


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And I'm too tired to do much blogging now. 😦
The prompt for today is: pants, but I'm too out of it to come up with anything to say about that.
I got up at 0400 so I could do everything I needed to and get on the road by 0530. I had only gone to bed at 0030 and didn't fall asleep for at least another half hour after that. I'm just not right after only 3-4 hours of sleep.
I've been dragging along all day. I got to work in Houston on time. The traffic was lighter than expected this morning, even after last nights thunderstorms. We got out of work by 1500 and I had to run some errands on the way home.
I got home at around 1800 and had a couple of interesting phone calls (more on that later). I took my walk about 2030, then cooked dinner. Just finished that up. It's already 2230!
Where did the time go? Oh yeah, I filled out another ridiculous online application (where they ask you to upload your resume and then you still need to fill in all the exact same information again on their computer form and if you skip something or don't answer 'properly', you need to do it again). That took up an hour or so. 😦
I need to get to sleep. Another 0400 wake up coming soon enough!
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WILDLY SPECULATING about the lack of women in the Tsai cabinet
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The difficult thing about trying to have something of a niche in the Taiwan blogging world is that sometimes you don't necessarily have a lot to say about the latest news in your niche other than "well that sucks".
I mean, I could try to salvage a bright side and note that when the highest office in the land is occupied for a woman, that's a victory no matter what, but I'm not feelin' it and you probably aren't either. We do expect more, for good reason.
It happened with Hung Hsiu-chu's short-lived candidacy and it's happening again with the Tsai administration's new "no girls allowed" cabinet, which people are pointing out mostly because, as Taiwan's first female president, they expected a little more gender equality in said cabinet because they expected an administration to be sensitive to such things (if President Ma had a cabinet with very few women, many people would probably just chalk it up to Ma being an asshat and be done with it).
Can I just note in that podcast, which starts talking about gender imbalances at about the 28-29 minute mark, I was a little annoyed by a female speaker call it the worst "Mother's Day present to women"? Not all women are mothers. What does Mother's Day have to do with women generally? Not much.
All I really have to say is "well that sucks"- and the cabinet overall, in terms of age and education, also kinda sucks.
Of course, from my memory of the Tsai campaign, although the first time around I came across stickers and other promotional materials touting her as "Taiwan's first female president" in the 2012 campaign she lost, I just don't remember seeing much about her campaigning specifically on that idea or drawing attention to her gender much at all. Certainly I don't remember her promising a gender-equitable cabinet.
Or did she, and I just missed that? Please do remember I spent a huge chunk of 2015 in the US for family reasons, and returning I was so busy I didn't have time to catch up on the political scene, so I missed a lot. If so, it's a straight-up broken promise.
But, then again, maybe I didn't miss anything. It seems to me her gender, and not her words, created that expectation and when she went and acted like any ol' politician with a penis, it was that expectation, the ones we created, that were dashed. I'm not sure she herself gave any indication that she would specifically be a force for gender equality beyond being a woman herself. The podcast says something like "we expected she could break the glass ceiling for all women", but did Tsai ever say she was going to do that, make an effort on that or focus on that?
I'm genuinely asking, because, as I said, I wasn't here for much of 2015 and paying more attention to family than Taiwan.
That's not meant as a defense - I happen to think any presidential candidate regardless of gender should have a gender equitable cabinet. Tsai is not exempt from that because or despite the fact that she's female. While I would hope a president who understands the obstacles women face just for being women would be more sensitive to the issue, I hold male politicians just as accountable.
Well, I say that, but I didn't write any of this when Ma was elected and re-elected, even though (while Tsai's cabinet has an even bigger gender imbalance) it's not like the Ma administration was this huge pro-women revolution or seemed to care much about women's representation in government. So maybe I'm a hypocrite.
I'm not sure why, and while a lot has been reported on it, nobody else seems to really know why either. I haven't heard much in the way of reasons for this, even in the podcast where there is criticism, and dismay, but almost nothing deeper, nothing in the way of analysis for how this happened - perhaps because nobody knows.
But not knowing never stopped me from shooting off my mouth before, so I'll speculate wildly and inexpertly because what the hell.
1.) Edited to add: the most obvious possibility, which I didn't really consider because (thanks to my own biases) I just sort of assumed Tsai would have a strong hand in who went into the cabinet. But, she may well have just rubber-stamped Lin Chuan's choices. I didn't really consider this one because I assumed (possibly wrongly?) that if Tsai is ultimately appoints the cabinet that the final responsibility and blame for who is in that cabinet rests with her (also I tend to ignore Lin Chuan because I feel like he's setting himself up to do a bad job...perhaps I just wish he didn't exist?). Or perhaps - despite my earlier claim to try and not have any biases and to hold male and female elected officials equally accountable for gender parity in government, in fact I did automatically lay blame on the woman rather than the (can I say kind of terrible? Is it too early for that? I really don't like him) man.
2.)As a former policy wonk without much executive experience, perhaps she just didn't think this one through. That sounds lightweight, but in fact it's pretty damning. A good leader must think these things through.
3.) As a woman fighting against an overwhelmingly pro-man, anti-woman sexist system, perhaps she has developed a mindset in which, well, she acts like the men around her. It's not that uncommon, especially for women in power, to try to secure and establish their positions by, at times subconsciously, acting and thinking more like the men around them. Not because it's particularly natural for women to follow men (it's not) but because it's natural for people to want to fit into their environs, and when the environment is such a damn sausage fest, perhaps you start to think like you have some sausage yourself.
4.) Perhaps, unlike the somewhat unconscious 'gotta fit in, gotta think like them' mentality above, this is a conscious effort to take emphasis off her gender and establish herself as an authority, to even maybe distance herself from 'women's issues'? Like "they'll all expect me to be 'women this and women that' rather than listening to me on the 1992 consensus, the Senkakus, international organization participation, the economy and more so I'll cut that off early by not showing women any special consideration." If so, it backfired spectacularly!
5.) Some combination of (4) and (5) or landing somewhere in between has led her to a slightly askance viewpoint in which insisting to the point of going beyond logic that only credentials matter and gender never does - which of course is true, or is true in a perfect world, but as this points out (in Chinese), so often 'gender doesn't matter, only credentials matter, if the most qualified people are men then the majority of the cabinet will be men' is taken as a launch point not to fight for greater equality because credentialed people exist in diverse and less-privileged populations, but to keep the patriarchy firmly in place and let the system run as usual.
Seeing as previous cabinets (under men!) had more women than this one, clearly women with the right credentials exist. This cabinet could have been more gender-equal. Saying "well they got the most qualified people they could and they happen to be men" papers over that with, well, illogic and falsehood.
Also worth noting is that this can't possibly be the 'most qualified cabinet' to run Taiwan as it exists today: a country that is finally starting to listen to its youth. When the average age of your cabinet is closer to my father's than it is to mine (and I'm not particularly young though I like to pretend otherwise) in a country where student activists are a big effin' deal, then your cabinet is not qualified to properly represent the country.
(I'm not quite as worried about the lack of PhDs compared to previous cabinets, in part because I don't think education is necessarily the only way to become a great statesperson, in part because Taiwan already has a lot of respect, and quite a few, very highly educated people making high-level decisions - they do love their scholar-leaders - and in part because we all remember what happened when MENSA tried to run Springfield).
Though that brings me to a pretty solid silver lining that my previous contemplations failed to provide: at least the public discourse surrounding this issue is pretty solid in Taiwan. Taiwan civil society for the win! I'm not sure I'd expect discourse like this to be the rule rather than the exception in many other countries (I thought of Asia when I said that but I have to be honest - including my own. The USA is full of man-children).
So, I guess I'll end on that.
Come on Tsai. Do better.
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In this book of advice, memoirist Augusten Burroughs sets out his view of how to deal with life's difficulties. It is extremely annoying, even when he may even be right, and his criticisms of standard approaches are thoughtful. It's hard to pinpoint quite why the book makes you want to scream, but here are a few guesses. There's a lot of bullshit here; many of his ideas don't make much sense. It's based on his experiences of abuse, addiction, and rehab, and he spells out a mixture of cliché and wild speculation. He belabors the obvious and goes on at length, indulging in overlong sentences. Then he makes strange claims that might be based on a germ of truth but can have at most very limited validity. Burroughs likes to provoke his readers, so he tries hard to do this. Listening to the unabridged audiobook, which Burroughs performs himself, he relishes explaining how to feel like crap, how to ride an elevator, how to end your life, how to feel sorry for yourself, how to finish your drink, and so on.
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So of course Burroughs is skeptical of the doctrines of Alcoholics Anonymous and also of inspirational speakers who say that we can do anything if we want it hard enough. He spends a lot of time talking about facts and the need to face them. But the basic idea is simple enough, and is very familiar. The best parts of the book are when Burroughs talks about his own life and experience and stops giving advice.
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After 19 consecutive quarters of declining sales, Big Blue is calling in its once revolutionary remote workforce and gathering its best minds into small, on-site squads. It's hoping the increase in incidental, accidental personal contact will help spark the next big idea to take the company back to the top of the high-tech heap.
These dynamic little teams still need to communicate with the wider business and client world, however, and that's where the huddle room technology comes into play. Rather than slow the flow of ideas by having to schedule time in the big video conferencing suite, small teams are adopting mobile video calling spaces that are always ready.
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Big Blue hit a bottom line downturn in the early 2010s however, and rightly or wrongly–and Yahoo's decision to head down the same path didn't help much–it is trying to change its fortunes by changing the way its staffs work together. But those returning to the office will find it radically changed. As is now common for offices, cubicles are out, small team roundtables are in, and everyone gets to video conference in huddle rooms.
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MeetUp also has a wide-angle lens with a 120-degree field of view that can capture an entire team in a small space, and beamforming microphones with voice activity detection that can shift the focus to whoever currently has the floor.
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