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How many of you have heard the saying "thinking outside of the box?" I'm sure almost everyone has at one time or another. There are a few things I just don't get about that statement. I mean yes, I understand what it's trying to say; Think in ways in which are deemed unconventional to many but work for you. Yet, it still leaves me a little puzzled.
Since I was a kid, I've always heard people say that in order to be the best at anything, you must 'think outside of the box'. That left me with so many questions. Like, what's in the box that's so bad? What makes the outside of the box better than the inside? When does the contents of the box change, if ever? Why isn't it any other shape? More importantly, who the hell came up with these inside and outside rules for this box?
Now that I'm 31, a mother, well-educated and drum my own beats to live by, I must say, no one ever said what the hell was inside the made up box. I've come to my own conclusion about the box and how to think about what's inside and outside of it. Let me break it down for you.
'The Box'
The real deal is we all create 'the box' and its contents. The shape really doesn't matter. Maybe you don't have a box but rather a circle or heart but that part matters the least. Period, point, blank, we all have a shape that help contour us as people.
Your box is all of the boundaries put in place by either you, your family, your beliefs and/or society that tell you right from wrong, up from down, and out from in. Many boundaries have been programmed in you from the time you were a kid and you're just starting to understanding the full extent of how they impact even the smallest things in your life.
All of this seems like an easy no brainer right? Wrong. Before you can ever know how to get to the outside of 'the box' (or whatever shape you've created) you must first understand what you have inside.
Understanding what's inside
'the box'
When you start categorizing everything in your life such as family, friends, haters, long-term goals, short-term goals and spirituality or religion, those become the contents of your box. In order for you to think differently, you have to rearrange, trash and rethink how those things in your boxes help and/or hurt how you are progressing.
For example, kids know how far they can go before getting a whooping, spanking or whatever you want to call it. That's their box. In order for them to get around getting in trouble for a new experience, they have to look at their box and find alternatives to what they want to do or risk getting in trouble. That's exactly what we as adults have to do as well. Find alternatives to what we already know to be true and make it work another way.
There is no perfect well drawn out plan, but it sure as hell has to make sense to you and what you're trying to achieve. The contents of your box may never be revealed to others but everything that makes you uniquely you are the contents. The only person who will ever know your contents will be you, and that's okay. You can try to show others as much as you'd like, but some things are not bound by words and may never be understood.
You can say you are trying to find your inner self and still want to hold onto all of the old things in your box. No-It doesn't work like that. You have to forget what you think you know about that box you created around yourself and your thoughts; then try something you haven't. It's scary and may be harder than what your use to, but who says holding on to the old things in your box is easier?
Thinking 'outside of the box'
The 'outside of the box" is like saying clean up your head space and refresh your outlook. Find what you never thought you could and give it a try. Look at the world with a fresh pair of eyes, clear head and renewed heart. I would love to tell you that 'thinking outside of the box' means to change or do one thing in particular but you know I'm no good at the telling lies.
When shifting your thinking about your box, you have to also look at what you are holding inside and decide how much you are willing to change, keep and trash. Everything in our boxes aren't meant to be kept. For some reason people like to hold onto STUFF. Just as a hoarders like to have stuff around them for whatever reason, we also tend to like our old stuff even when it serves no purpose.
Let today be your first day of 'thinking outside of the box' by first cleaning up whats inside your box. From there you can do whatever you think you can-EVERYTHING. Set your intentions high and see yourself soar higher than you ever thought you could or would. Be blessed my beautiful people, and Jah guide.


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Former Domino staffer Michelle Adams and photographer Patrick Cline met at a shoot for the late Condé title a few years ago.
In October of last year, they launched a shelter magazine together online, Lonny Magazine. Today they will announce that they've raised investment funds for their project, an extremely important hurdle in the life of any young website.
"The shelter design industry is incredibly discombobulated," one of the site's new investors told The Times.
Discombulated is fair. Paige Rense Noland, 81, announced her retirement at the beginning of June after more than three decades editing Architectural Digest. Meanwhile, Domino is closed and there is certainly a need to replace it. And of all things, Debora Needleman is consulting on the launch of the Wall Street Journal's new weekend lifestlye section.
"There's a ton of money and it's completely unprofitable, so it seemed to be a perfect place to find highly disruptive technologies," the banker said.
Lonny is the highly disruptive technology in this instance, which is funny given that the site is incredibly wedded to the form of traditional shelter magazines. You turn pages online and, according to The Times, you can even tear them out, "the digital version of the tear sheet collections hidden in design lovers' closets."


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By Alphagaia - August 22nd, 2019, 8:53 pm - Posts: 2866
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You got our tools, you got our talent.Finn Wolfhard, despite what people think because of Stranger Things, is 16 years old. It's plausible that his character would have a drivers permit. For context, Marty McFly was supposedly 17 when the events of Back the the Future took place.Not to mention possibly getting the attention of OG Protagonists.
It's equally plausible that blasting around a cult town in an Ectomobile -- without a drivers license -- is the conflict needed to introduce antagonists.
GB conspiracy:
- - If Sony actually did find a way in the contract of Bill to get him to do a GB movie, why did Sony not do a direct sequel?
- If Ivan is against the reboot why did he and Feig have a creative meeting about it where they both happily agreed it should be made?
- If Feig wanted to obliterate GB84 from existence why did he and Ivan both agreed to have nods and callbacks to it?


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How to Make a Referral for Inpatient Psychiatry Admission
Referring physicians can follow the instructions outlined below to refer a patient for psychiatric admission:
- If at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, contact the Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison (CL) service via pager at 30164 to request a consult. If at another UH system hospital, contact the covering psychiatrist to request a consult (call operator if needed).
- Psych CL team should confirm that the patient requires inpatient psychiatry admission.
- Verify that labs, imaging and other tests have been completed and are normal.
- Document that the patient is "medically cleared." This means that the patient does not need to be in a medical hospital for acute medical/surgical reasons.
- Contact the Emergency Psychiatry Access Team (EPAT) via pager at 36311 or call 216-983-4899 to make a referral. Provide patient's name, medical record number and a brief description of his or her psychiatric symptoms.
- Ensure that there is a legal status for the patient – either a voluntary form signed by the patient or an involuntary admission form (pink slip) properly filled out and signed by a physician.
- EPAT will remain in contact with the primary team regarding placement. Once EPAT confirms inpatient psychiatric bed availability at a specific location, unit personnel should call the accepting hospital and Rural Metro ambulance service.
- Prior to discharge, the patient must have a discharge order entered in the EMR. Records – including the original legal document and copies of pertinent chart elements (e.g., nursing notes, EKGs, stress test results, medication list, etc.) – should be sent to the accepting hospital along with the patient.
Transferring Patients to a Psychiatric Unit
- Patient must be accepted to an inpatient psychiatric hospital and must have a valid legal status (voluntary or involuntary).
- During regular work hours (Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.), unit personnel should page the Rural Metro Liaison on pager 31951. During evenings and weekends, unit personnel should call 216-749-2211.
- Unit personnel will need to provide Rural Metro with the following patient information:
- Name and MRN
- Demographics
- Weight
- Whether patient is on oxygen or IVs (unusual if transferring to psychiatric unit)
- Whether patient is in soft or locked restraints
- Legal status (voluntary or involuntary)
NOTE: An ambulance is required since the patient will need supervision. Patient is to remain in hospital clothing for the transfer process. Hospital records and personal belongings should be given to the Rural Metro transport personnel.
Required Testing Prior to Psychiatry Admission
The following tests are needed before a patient can be admitted to a psychiatric unit:
- Complete blood count (CBC) with differential, comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP), urinalysis with culture and sensitivity (C/S), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
- Urine toxicology, blood toxicology, blood alcohol level
- Urine pregnancy test for appropriate patients (females under 60 years old). NOTE: if patient is over 20 weeks gestation, ultrasound will be necessary for clearance
- Blood levels of applicable medications
- Creatine kinase (CK) if patient has urine toxicology positive for cocaine or recent CK elevations
- Head imaging (CT or MRI, as able) whenever patient has new-onset psychosis, recent head trauma, recent stroke or any lateralizing neurologic symptoms
- 12-lead EKG
Other labs or tests may include:
- Folate
- Syphilis testing
- Lumbar puncture
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Zach Neil has already created pop-up bars with themes from Anchorman and Tim Burton films, but his latest undertaking will make fans of one of Hollywood's most popular franchises very happy. It also will be opening at a very opportune time.
Just one month out from the release of The Last Jedi, which opens in theaters on December 15, Neil is unveiling The Dark Side Bar in Los Angeles, New York, and Washington D.C.
"When you walk in it's going to feel like you've walked into the set of a Star Wars movie," Neil said. The bar will mainly be themed around the more evil concepts of the films, taking a darker approach by featuring essences of the Death Star and Darth Vader in the locations' ambiance, as well as its menu.
The spaces of the bar will be completely dark upon entry, with only red LED lights accenting the walls. Along the hallways, there will reportedly be advertising targeted at intergalactic travelers, featuring posters highlighting alien burlesque shows and speed dating events, all of which feature figures representing different alien life forms.
The Dark Side Bar will also feature six different custom cocktails, with names like "The Darkside," "The Imperial," "Galaxy," "Mindtrick," and "Red Force." All of the drinks will come chilled with dry ice, LED ice cubes, and a black sugar coating along the rim to add extra flare.
This is "The Galaxy" one of our original six super crafted cocktails. The recipe was shared with us from from one of the emperor's personal assistants who said he drank it often… it smokes, literally this little bastard is filled with darkness. It includes black vodka, exotic fruit extracts, Spirited essence and some secret liquors. thedarksidebar #ny #la #dc #cometothedarksidebar #feelthepowerofthedarksidebar ##spacenerds #villians #starwars #starwarsbar #popupbar #celebratesiths #thedarkside
Got your tickets yet? THE IMPERIAL. Looking to awaken the forces inside you? This blend of spices and rum, maple extract, citrus juice, and cayenne will lure your darkest passions. When the flame is lit, you'll realize the truth, that although the force flows through us all, only the darkest corners burn so bright. #thedarksidebar #theforce #theimperial #nyc #la #dc #starwars #darth #spacenerds #thedarkside
However, to get into the pop-up bar, you're going to have to fork over some cash. Usually you'll be required to make a reservation, and if you do it'll cost you $33 to enter. If you decide to show up at the door, it'll be a slightly higher $40 cover, but you'll be lucky to have gotten in without calling ahead.
The bar is scheduled to remain open until mid-January, and offers fans the opportunity to "cross over to the Dark Side Bar and experience the power, fury, and unequivocally macabre environment." Neil also hopes to open an additional location in San Francisco if the opportunity becomes available.


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With the start of the headless approaching, I'm gearing up to get involved as much as I can while working full time.
What got me thinking about writing this blog post was the unfortunate Tweet-delete incident where all of my tweets after 2011 magically disappeared. 1,000 posts gone, lost in a blink of an eye without my control.
I wont deny that I almost shed a tear – I looked forward to the day that I could go back and look at my tweets and laugh about my early 20's. Now I wont be able to. Is such the nature of a digital medium?
If I had written down my tweets in a physical diary, it's not as if the words could get up and walk off the page. Sure there's the concern of it getting lost or destroyed, but unless my home was broken into or caught on fire, I am pretty much the master of my diary's fate.
There is a certain trust that we put into technology; we trust the websites to stay up, we trust that our content will be there, we trust that it will be easy to interact with, and we trust it to keep us safe from harm. But why do we have so much faith when really we don't know anything about it?
I have argued before that in order to effectively use technology you should be able to read (or at least understand) the code behind it. I liken this to reading the terms and conditions – nobody actually does it, but if they needed to, they could. I don't mean that everyone should become computer programmers. That would be like saying you need to be a pilot to fly in a plane or a mechanic to drive a car – no, but you should at least know how to buckle your seatbelt.
The act of learning how to read and write code not only makes you a better participant of technology, it makes you less of a consumer. Which leads me into my next point – in a course that emphasizes creation, how much consumption is okay? It's wonderful that we are able to use fancy tools to create art, but how much of that art is really ours? I don't have answers for these questions and I know there are plenty of counter arguments (painters need paintbrushes, I get it), but for this upcoming semester of ds106, I challenge you to think critically about the technology you are using along the way. I hope you take the time to learn a little more behind the scenes.


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For a long time optical microscopy was held back by a presumed limitation : that it would never obtain a better resolution than half the wavelength of light. Helped by fluorescent molecules the Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 2014 ingeniously circumvented this limitation. Their ground-breaking work has brought optical microscopy into the nanodimension.
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A grand event hosted TBA 2020, 8 p.m. to Midnight at Capt'n Fun's Beach Bar on Pensacola Beach Boardwalk. Live Music. Heavy hors d'oeuvres.
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The image is taken from Phil O'Connor's 21 Years of Cycling Photography it shows Robert Millar time trialling. Notable because Robert was primarily a climber. In this particular TT he might have won the stage but for two forced bike changes. It was a mountain TT and he was second at 10 seconds. He is holding, but in this picture not wearing, the leader's jersey in the 1985 Vuelta. Ultimately the race was won by Pedro Delgardo in singularly iffy circumstances that saw Delgardo overhaul a six minute plus deficit on the 17th stage. This is as close as a British rider has ever come to winning one of the three Grand Tours. The Vuelta is often the toughest of the three but it is the least prestigious. The pecking order in Grand tours is Le Tour de France, The Giro or Tour of Italy, with The Tour of Spain, The Vuelta, a distant 3rd. Perhaps because of this inferiority the Spanish particularly want a Spanish winner. In any case Robert Millar would have had few friends in the Grand Tours. He was the British leader of a French team, and he was almost certainly a clean rider. Being clean would have put him at the obvious disadvantage, (though it's the case that on whole the drugs that were available in the early 80's didn't do much, Conconni was just developing the use of EPO for athletes, I believe he started in 82. I am told Seb Coe had a short spell with him around '84) but it would also compromise his ability to forge alliances among those who were not clean. That would have included most of the rest of the field in 1985. Delgardo meanwhile was certainly not clean and if he could not forge alliances he would buy them. It is certainly the case that all Delgardo's major wins were controversial.On the day of Stage 17 every sort of iffy circumstance saw Delgardo take the lead from Millar with Millar unaware of what was going on, not least because the Spanish race officials conspired to keep him ignorant of Delagardo's break away. As Millar remarked afterwards with admirable insouciance: "The other pros can't make you win a race, but they can help you to lose one."
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Taiwan is one of very few countries about which it can be said that it faces a threat to its survival. Given this, decisionmakers should ensure that resources and energy are properly channeled to meet any challenge head-on. Unfortunately, that is not always the case.
Israel's situation is analogous to Taiwan's: Both are threatened by an external enemy bent on denying them the right to exist and which have shown determination to use force to achieve that end. Granted, the analogy only goes this far, as the dynamics of power in the two conflicts differ markedly. In Taiwan's case, it is the weaker party in the struggle, while Israel in its struggle has the upper hand militarily and is an occupying force, which generates a whole new set of grievances.
That being said, the threat facing Israel is no less serious and its gravity has served as a rallying force for its people. There are undeniably serious differences of opinion inside Israel about how to deal with the challenges created by the Palestinians' right to self-determination or attacks against Israelis by groups like Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Israel's democratic way of life has helped bring those differences into contrast. However, all Israelis, from those who support the use of force to resolve the conflict to those who regard the occupation as the main cause of the conflict, agree on the need to do what is necessary to ensure the survival of their nation.
This is an example that Taiwanese appear unwilling to follow. This can perhaps be explained by the fact that violence against Taiwan, apart from the 1995-1996 Missile Crisis, remains abstract, despite its formidable military foe across the Taiwan Strait. Consequently, the green-blue political schism continues to fracture the nation, a situation that bears great dangers when facing an external enemy. Aside from fostering disunity, the endless domestic battles over electricity price increases and imports of US beef, for example, take the government's and political parties' focus and resources away from productive issues.
Fueling this is the view, held by a number of people in the pan-green camp, that President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) are trying to "sell" Taiwan to China, a contention that holds little water once one has made the effort to actually talk with KMT members, their supporters and civil servants.
Despite all his flaws, Ma is not a dictator and could not be one even if he wanted to. He is part of a government, and Taiwan's democratic system, flaws notwithstanding, imposes checks and balances on what he and his administration can do. The KMT has flouted democratic rules on a number of issues in the past four years, but it is hard to imagine it could get away with using "authoritarian" means to alter the fundamentals of Taiwan. Not even those who gave Ma a second mandate in January would allow him to do so.
Rather than launch attacks on what is regarded as the "proximate" enemy, the pan-green camp would be far more effective if it sought to establish constructive relationships with officials in the pan-blue camp who have the same democratic values and pride in Taiwan as they do, in an effort to focus on the one external force that can truly dissolve the nation: China.
There are potentially large, untapped resources in the pan-blue camp where the pan-green camp could make inroads if it tried. Such efforts would have far better chances of protecting the nation by presenting China with a united front, instead of spending nights in the legislature playing with furniture to prevent a vote on amendments on what are, in the end, mundane — and some would say inevitable — issues.


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Flappy Is A Plush Toy That Doubles As A Flappy Bird Controller
Flappy Is A Plush Toy That Doubles As A Flappy Bird Controller
This Flappy Bird controller won't break when you inevitably smash it on the ground.
Just because Flappy Bird has been pulled from the App Store and Google Play doesn't mean that entrepreneurial folk will stop clamoring to cash in on the game's success. We've already seen a slew of Flappy Bird copy cats and a $10,000 t-shirt, but now a couple of technologists from the West Coast have developed Flappy: a plush toy that's also a wireless controller.
When Flappy is lifted, a motion sensor inside the toy triggers Flappy Bird's bouncy flight pattern. And judging from the videos, Flappy brings a new level of frustration to an already infuriating game. Luckily, Flappy's plushy exterior means that you can rage throw the toy without causing major damage to pets or family members.
If a Flappy Bird plush toy sounds like something you need, it might be time to make a donation to Flappy's crowd funding campaign. Everyone who donates will get their very own Flappy Bird clone, but the orders won't be processed until the project reaches its $25,000 goal.
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Why is that guy wearing a unicorn head? Are we gonna address that? We're not? Cool.
OT: It's kinda cute I guess. Not gonna buy one, mind :P
A lot of things are coming out at the piggyback of Flappy Bird and yet none of them managed to improve anything upon it. So much effort to remain in the same place:
I disagree. There has been plenty of games that have improved upon it.
Better mechanically: http://terrycavanaghgames.com/maverickbird/
And countless others in the Flappy Jam.
I'd get that plushie because it looks cool to me. I don't have the Flappy Bird Game though, nor do I plan on buying any of it's copy cats...
So they want $25k to rip off a game which was largely built on "borrowed" assets anyway?
I don't care if you do get a toy, or a unicorn head, it still seems like a bad idea anyway
Am I the only one that does not get the Flappy Bird craze at all?
Tried it. Didn't like it. It's pretty meh even by app store standards.
You sir, I believe, just won the thread.
OT: I like the toy, it's a great idea for kids... But I still don't quite understand the attractions of such games outside of addiction. I did love Canabalt, but that's cause I found my mind could wander whilst I played, ever at a high distance, fueled by the music and imagery (I do my best mental creation whilst distracted). I suppose I just did get hooked on this'un.


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From the 2015 priestly ordinations held at St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Winona, MN, we offer a video about the priesthood and thus the importance of the New Seminary Project. Here are some extracts of the 12 different interviews featured in the video.
The seminary is all about forming priests. We're a priestly society, we take care of faithful, we take care of parishes, but we need priests to do that.
Of all the projects that we could possibly do in the Society, this new seminary is the most important project.
The formation of the seminarians, which is the formation of the priests, is the formation of the officers of the Church. When you support the formation of the seminarians, you support the building of the Church.
It's fitting, perfectly fitting, that we do all we can, all our best, to build seminaries, and to form vocations, to form future priests, the future of the Church.
The seminary project, is for us the perfect realization of the Archbishop's [Lefebvre] spirit, which was full of hope—and a magnanimous spirit. To put the light on the hilltop, so that all may see, and be attracted, by this beacon of light which is the place where priests are made.
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Matt, RIT
This is as noble of a prank as I can think of. There's a frat at our school (gotta leave the names and school out due to the lawsuit that I'll explain later) that is known for being the epitome of douche bags. My girlfriend and a girl friend of hers went to one of their parties (I warned her) and the friend ended up getting "forcefully taken advantage of" if you catch my drift. When initially reported, it was swept under the rug and the whole frat (and its loaded alums) all stepped up in defense. My gf's friend was bullied into dropping the charges in the beginning. Being the do-gooders that we are (and hating this rival house), me and my brosephs went to their house late one night and using one of our members knowlege of all things plumbing, disconnected the water source for the fire sprinkler system and ran a connection to the sewer force main by the lift station conveniently located a mere 50 from the sprinkler water connection on the side of the house. I then snuck into the house (approximately 5:30 am) and pulled the alarm, making sure to get the hell out before the shit began to rain. They got all their stuff and themselves coated in their own sh*t, and while it didn't fix what happened, my gf's friend smiled for one of the first times since the whole thing started.
Anonymous, School Not Given
I am not sure if this qualifies as a roommate misdeed, but I thought you might want to hear this anyway. Last year I ended up living with this stuck up cocky art student. Not that I hate art students or anything, but this guy (in his opinion) was smarter and more talented than anybody. Anyways we ended up clashing a couple times because he wouldn't clean up his sh*t and by the end of the year we never really talked to one another. When the lease ran out, we both moved out of the house. He had his mom come and move out all his stuff early and ended up leaving an entire truck load of stuff for me to take to the dump. That is not the worst part of this story though. I went back into his room and there, right were the end of his bed would have been, was a pile of 200 toe and finger nail clippings. I have never seen anything so gross. Who is so lazy or unsanitary that they believe the appropriate place to leave dirty clipped nails is just ground into the carpet at the end of a bed. What the f***. Anyways, I am willing to take all his crap to the dump but I am not willing to clean up an entire years worth of finger/toe nail clippings. So later that night his girlfriend came over the house to pick something up he forgot. I walked her in his room and said, "You can have his pillow back as soon as you get his nail clippings in the trash." So she cried while she picked up his nails. Although I got some satisfaction from his girlfriends tears, (is that sick?), I would have preferred him clean up himself. I haven't heard from artsy or his girlfriend since
good riddance. Justin
University of California, Santa Cruz
Sophomore year, my best friend and I were rooming in a triple with a random guy who was really annoying. He wrote a lot of papers, so one day while he was out, we went onto his computer and changed the AutoCorrect in Word so that every time he typed "the" or "and," it would auto-correct to "fag." I have no idea how long it took him to figure it out.
Anonymous, Wesleyan University
My sophomore year I was stuck living with 2 other guys who were both a pain in my ass, especially considering they had girlfriends who would constantly annoy the crap outta me by being around every minute of the day and trying to befriend me. It wouldn't have been a big deal, except for the fact that they were complete dogs. I was planning to move out right after the Christmas season so I decided to cut off all ties by devising a 'poop candle' and giving one to each of the girlfriends. I melted the wax of a large scented candle from Wal-Mart and poured it into a glass almost to the top. Then I placed a dried out log of poop and, with a wick wrapped around it, placed it in the middle of the wax, leaving the top exposed until the wax hardened. Once it set I gingerly poured some lighter fluid on the dry poop, letting it soak in before I topped off the candle with the rest of the wax, enclosing the turd. From what I heard one of 'em had the candle burn in her living room until the flame hit the poop, instantly causing the grossest smelling smoke bomb to be unleashed in the house. I don't know what happened to the other.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Jumble Your Genres Reading Challenge 2014: July: Adult
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You are so right. There are so many good adult books out there. I'm still choosing. Not sure yet what I'll read for this months challenge.ReplyDelete
Marilyn @ Marilyn's Mystery Blog
Oh! I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of Teaching Willow! I've been eyeing that one for awhile! :) I love those Adult reads! Yay for Michelle Leighton! I definitely need to read Samantha Young (STILL!), as well as Unchained and Obsession! Sigh. You're making me remember books I wanted to get read this summer and now summer is flying by!!! :)ReplyDelete
I just love your favorites and you pick for this challenge! I totally added it to my TBR list 'cause it just sounds like am amazing read!! :D I still need to read Tempting the Bodyguard, but I know I'll love it!! :DReplyDelete
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What a great challenge! I'm doing a self challenge myself and that is to read more YA even if it's just for this month. I've been ignoring a few badass YA titles and I need to get over my YA ban because not all YA books are created the same. Some of them are really really great! Good luck with your challenge, your selection looks good... and hawt!ReplyDelete
So many great choices! I loved Lust For Life and On Dublin Street. I hope you like Teaching Willow, it is so angsty and twisted, but fun.ReplyDelete
I feel terrible that I didn't know I was suppose to do these post! LOL >.<ReplyDelete
I have an array of Adult titles to read too!Replies
haha you don't have to do these... we do them because we are the hosts =] you just have to link up your review...can't wait to see what you read!Delete
Read most of those and I agree! Love Obsession!ReplyDelete
Oh, hai, Mr. Carmichael! So many great titles up there!! I'm going to want to know all your thoughts on Teaching Willow *Rawr*ReplyDelete
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Q: Where are you located?
A: Kilby Court is at the end of a small street, which begins at 700 S. and about 350 W. We are at the very south end on the east side of the street. Kilby Court is only accessible off of 700 S.
Q: Where can I park?
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Q: Do you sell physical tickets / have a box office?
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Podcasts are one of my favorite ways to pass the time while I'm driving. I posted on The Tolkien Professor podcast recently. A few of you asked what else on my podcast playlist. Here are my top 1o (in no particular order).
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- Slate Poetry Podcast
- The Non-Prophets (crack for Atheists)
- Behind the Grammar (voice like butter)
- The Moth Podcast
- Writing Excuses (hilarious, witty, short)
- PRI: Selected shorts podcast
- Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac
- Manager tools (omg – best advice ever)
- The Atheist Experience (don't hate me because I'm a caller)
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For months now, Guido has marched up the driveway, tall and proud, only to drop down and leopard-crawl the second he entered the house.
At first I thought it was because of Swooner, our youngest cat, who has a wicked habit of hiding behind the door and jumping out and shouting, "Boo!" in Cat. But I soon realised that it wasn't Swooner that had Guido on high alert; it was my handbag.
I'd understand if it was my beach bag that is loaded with tassels, fake coins and shiny baubles but Guido was freaked by a plain brown classic sling. I couldn't figure it out, and as Guido was fine in every other way, I decided he was simply going through some temporary weird cat complex.
This week, I discovered how wrong I was.
We bipeds were inside watching TV while the cats were outside, talking to Charlie, the cat who lives across the street, checking out birds and climbing our garden tree as the sun went down.
Until recently, suppertime for the cats was at eight. However, Guido likes to eat a little later and so in recent weeks we changed it to eight thirty.
That night, we were surprised to have Guido trot in, rapidly followed by Swooner and Target, just before eight. From the way they plonked themselves down in the kitchen, it was clear they were in for the night.
Like a fool, I thought they were hungry and looking for an early dinner. Also, the new dog across the street, Jinn, a little rescue from Rawang, had been barking off and on for ages, upsetting the pugs next door and irritating me too.
So we shut the doors, mercifully muting the noise, and I went to get the cat bowls. Before I got to the kitchen, Charlie's mum came running up. From her haste, it was clear it was an emergency and my mind instantly went to hospitals and accidents.
It was no such thing. "We saw your cats run up the street very suddenly and so we looked to see why," she gasped. "There's a huge black cobra. It slid underneath a car."
At that, we went into panic mode. Our windows and doors were shut, so I ran to warn our neighbour whose granddaughter likes to play outside. Then we alerted the pugs, the huskies, the Gremlins and the two families down the road who have kitties.
It only took a few minutes for everyone to be locked up tight but with all the activity, the snake vanished before the bomba pitched up.
The thing about a fright, is that it really fuels the brain. While we stood about, watching the men search the drains, we considered that this snake was possibly the one that killed our neighbour Zara the Rottweiler a few months ago. Also, Jinn had been barking a warning but we'd been too dumb to understand.
For me, Guido's leopard-crawling and sudden handbag phobia was also making sense. He must have seen the cobra around and, being spooked, decided my handbag was suspicious enough for him to take evasive action.
In contrast, Charlie's mum said her kitty had just sat there, examining the snake. Either Charlie isn't afraid of cobras or he was petrified, we're not sure.
To be honest, I seriously considered locking us all indoors until further notice. However, common sense reminded me that the last time we had a snake visit, it was sitting in the living room. Also, Charlie's mum found a cobra that was actually inside her sofa.
The issue is due partly to the way our homes are designed. Snakes like warmth and quiet, and as our house has an open indoor garden with pipes and drains to prevent flooding, indoors is pretty much outdoors.
So, the next morning I unlocked the front door, took a good look around, waved at the other neighbours who were also spot-checking, and let the cats out. "Be careful," I told them. "And if Jinn barks, come straight home."
I was a bit nervy, so when Jinn woofed and there was a feline scream from our garden, I was up and outside faster than The Flash. Target was up in the tree, Guido was on the roof of the car, and Swooner streaked inside past me and took cover behind the sofa. This time, it wasn't a snake. This time, it was Jinn.
Yes, our canine heroine, Man's Best Friend herself, had escaped and decided to check out the ginger cat trio. She's a nice girl and probably harmless when it comes to cats, but my gosh, did she cause havoc.
Her mum was still apologising as Target slid down out of his refuge, tail puffed up like a witch's cat. Guido was growling steadily, no longer afraid but definitely cursing all dogs in a fine feline rant. When we got back inside, poor little Swooner was in shock and had to be cuddled.
A treat helped us all get over the drama and, while the cats were munching away, I found I was relieved. Between the cobra and the dog, I'd seen for myself that Target, Guido and Swooner have fine instincts. If there's trouble, they won't be hanging around; they'll take evasive action.
The upheaval has also changed my mindset. Now when Guido drops to the floor and leopard-crawls, I praise him for his vigilance and quote the military adage to him: Proper Planning and Practice Prevents Poor Performance.
While Guido exercises watchfulness, I'm hoping his caution is a case of overkill. We have a field with rough brush at the end of the road, so I'm crossing fingers the cobra migrated there via the storm drain.
If he did, he can live a happy life chasing juicy rats and we can get back to our proper business: watching birds, chasing bugs and climbing trees.
The Fascinating Fear Of Snakes
We talk casually about an instinctive fear of snakes. However, Guido runs a mile when he sees a snake but Charlie sits down. So what's going on?
It may be that Charlie decided freezing was better than running, but by his relaxed manner, it's more likely he just wasn't scared.
In the past, scientists thought that all living things inherited a bunch of fears in order to make survival easier. They reasoned we were born with a fear of heights, wriggly things, big teeth and more because it stops us from falling off cliffs, being bitten by snakes, eaten by sharks, and so on.
While it sounds reasonable, it doesn't seem to be entirely true. For one thing, there's Charlie who isn't worried about cobras. Also, there are lots of people who adore heights, as well as people who love their pet snakes, and who spend their holidays swimming with sharks.
In fact, experiments show that babies aren't frightened of snakes and spiders at all. They're interested but not afraid. What seems to matter more is experience. If we play with snakes as kids and nothing happens, we like snakes. It's the same for cats: kittens who grow up with rats, learn to love rats.
But we're very quick to learn from bad experiences. It only takes a bite or a fright to learn fear. We can also learn to fear by picking up on the behaviour of the people around us.
What is even more interesting is that studies from the field of behavioural epigenetics show that it is also possible that our parents' life experiences may be transmitted to us at a genetic level.
So Guido running away and Charlie being interested is part of a big, complicated picture that we still have to unravel. Who knew, right?
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I admit it. Melissa does not do well alone. I am a pack animal (beyond just a pack rat). It's probably one of the reasons I like to teach. Being around other people invigorates and inspires me. Being alone makes me anxious, lonely, uninspired and scattered. Case in point....during my "work" week I:
- Hired a dog trainer (apparently, he is more of a people trainer). Bought 6 hardware filled bags I'm to throw on the ground while growling to get my dog's attention.
- Went out to buy a chicken to make soup for my sore throat
- While out decided to go to Hardwick's Harware downtown
- While downtown, visited a friend to help her fix a database for the Seattle Metals Guild
- When home, tested a new online database service to consider replacing the database all together.
- Facebooked the guild webmaster about said online service and looked at her recommendation
- Typed up the sign up sheet for a guild collaborative show. Sent it to my friend Cynthia, known for her polymer and felting work.
- Bought acrylic spheres from Tap Plastics. Intend to drill holes and felt in them.
- Found wood blocks at Woodcraft envisioning the same project in wood
- Visited an estate sale and bought a wood lathe, dust collector and pointed drill bits for acrylic
- Called a wood turner and convinced him to give me a private lesson on turning wood beads on the lathe
- Took said private wood turning lesson with Jack Wayne
- Wrote three blogs to save for future use (this one was written on Sat, Feb 25)
- Took the nylon line out of my weed wacker - inspired by Mary Donald's and Flora Book's work with nylon monofilament. Liked it, but it was too thick, so...
- Bought nylon monofilament
- Picked up basic supplies for a high school class I agreed to teach at the last minute. Also found cool wood boxes.
- Taught 60 high school kids how to use Faux Bone
- Texted all friends who were high school art teachers and asked them how in the *bleep* did they do it.
- Designed new packaging with the cool wood boxes for all those finished nylon jewelry pieces I am going to sell
- Bought another chicken (the one from 3 days prior was left in my car for 5 hours, see above). Made a big pot of chicken noodle soup. Forgot about it while I was doing an encaustic painting, packaged 3 containers full of noodles with gravy
- Taught my local Thai food restaurant (Bai Tong) how to make Chang Mai noodles from another dish they had on the menu - because who wants soggy noodles with gravy.
Wow! I'm feeling good about myself. I got a lot done this week!
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In the process of advocating men's issues, it becomes inevitable that I will wind up in a debate with those who feel advocating for men's causes is a waste of time and resources because men are living in a state of blissful privilege. Instead, these people feel that valuable time and resources would be much better spent helping women's issues, because according to them, it is obvious men are not the ones who have any real issues, rather it is women who are facing numerous personal and societal crises.
These same people are very creative and vociferous in minimizing the fact that males are failing in greater numbers than before in school, being incarcerated at record levels, likely to be victims of violence 4 to 1 over females, likely to commit suicide at rates 4 to 1 over females, and likely to be falsely accused of murder, rape, and domestic violence at a prodigious rate versus females.
This is called male "privilege and bliss", and because of this biased and limited thinking, many men's issues are ignored or placed into the low political/societal priority agenda.
But the tide is slowly changing. More people are starting to realize that recognizing men's issues will have a positive effect on men, boys, women, girls, families, and society. As a matter of fact, some are saying that women's issues could gain strength and greater respect, if they were to embrace men's issues instead of denying and marginalizing them.
For example, the World Bank, a prestigious humanitarian organization which provides research, data, financial, and technological education to developing countries around the world had this to say about gender and men's issues in a 2006 report:
What About Men And Gender? World Bank Publication Calls For "Menstreaming" Development
Accomplishing the goal of gender equality will be difficult, if not impossible, without considering men in the gender and development debate and focusing on the relations between men and women, according to a new book, The Other Half of Gender, released today by the World Bank.
While gains have been made over the decades, initiatives by government and development agencies that focused exclusively on women have in some cases inadvertently increased women's work burden and violence against them, the book reveals and recommends applying a more inclusive perspective that also considers men's gender issues.
The authors believe that while there is a long way to go making a more inclusive gender perspective a reality, the first step must be to move beyond the conventional gender paradigm that focuses exclusively on women and is based on the oppositional and two-dimensional "women as victim, men as a problem" attitude that has pervaded the gender and development debate over the decades.
"We believe that the time has come to better understand men from a gender perspective, for the benefit of men, women, future generations, and the society as a whole," said Steen Jorgensen, Director World Bank Director for Social Development.
Empowering women has been placed at the center of the gender issue since 1970s when feminist advocates and academics brought attention to the special needs and potential of women in development. However, over the last decade, there has been a growing, but still timid, interest in understanding the male side of gender in development, that is, how gender norms and constructs in society negatively affect men themselves as well as the development processes.
"Despite this new understanding of gender, development practice on gender remained firmly focused on women— and to this day, when we talk about gender, we automatically mean women," said Ian Bannon, Manager of the Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit at the World Bank. "There has also been a concern that drawing attention to male issues will draw scarce resources away from programs focused on women. But this misses the point. Men and gender is not about transferring benefits or attention from women to men."
Rather women's well-being can generally not improve without including men because it concerns relationships between men and women, and these relations are subject of constant negotiations. Addressing gender issues, including those that disadvantage women, thus requires understanding gender as a social system that affects both men and women and their inter-relations, according to the book.
And now a female psychologist from Australia is advocating a greater respect and awareness for the development of men's causes and concerns based on some of the same logic as the researchers from the World Bank.
Dr. Elizabeth Celi recently appeared on an Australian talk show to voice her concerns about how men and masculinity issues are devoid of the same value and respect given to women and femininity issues in modern society.
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Thank you to Dr. Celi and the those at the World Bank. I hope we can sustain this more modern and compassionate way of thinking concerning our approach as a civilized society when discussing the problems and issues facing men, fathers, and boys today.


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Ties with India at their best, says Pak minister
May 09, 2008 18:22 IST
Pakistan does not want another war with India over Kashmir, Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said while describing the current status of bilateral relations as the "best" the two countries ever had.
"We have a very nice relationship with India, the best relationship we have ever had. The confidence-building measures are working very well and I think the defence of Pakistan is much safer than five years (ago)," Mukhtar, senior leader of the Pakistan People's Party and one of Pakistan's leading industrialists, said.
Ruling out the possibility of a war on the Kashmir issue, the Pakistani minister said the two countries had shown flexibility in their traditional stand on the issue.
"I am sure that both the countries are showing flexibility from their traditional positions. We don't want to fight a war," Mukhtar told the Dawn news channel in an interview. He said the issue will be resolved only through the opening up of the borders and greater inter-mingling of Kashmiris from both sides.
"Today is the time for economic wars and we must prepare ourselves. There are other problems in Pakistan and India like food shortages, oil problem, electricity problem and these problems can't be solved if we are at war with each other."
Pakistan, he said, was "trying to help India" in the economic field. "We are saying that we would like to buy gas from Iran and that the pipeline will go to India, which is a big market. They will benefit and we will also benefit," the minister said.
"We are looking at these kind of measures. We are giving them assurances that once you get the gas through the pipeline, nobody would ever stop it. And if we are assuring them, it means that we have no intentions of going to war," the minister said, adding that India and Pakistan need "to have confidence in each other."
"And that confidence people will only develop once they start opening up and doing business with each other. This will take time, it will not be done overnight. The situation is not what it was five years ago or 10 years ago, it is much better," he pointed out.
Replying to a question on resolving the Kashmir issue, he said: "This issue will be resolved only once you have a lot of people communicating with each other." Mukhtar said more border points and travel routes like the Jammu-Sialkot road should be opened up.
The military is "strong enough to defend the borders" and "we hope that the nuclear side is never used," he said. "I wish and pray that we don't have to fight even a conventional war," Mukhtar added.
"Our neighbours know they can't just bulldoze us and we know that we can't bulldoze them. This realisation is (leading) to a very nice relationship with each other," he added
A committee of political leaders, including the prime minister and the president is overlooking the management of the nuclear weapons and the "world should not fear", he said.


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The Earth is Our Mother
I'm currently very poor and am struggling to afford groceries and other things. Yesterday I realized that one of my family's favorite parks has an apple, pear, and mulberry tree. So excited to share in the bounty! We picked 14 lbs of apples to make into applesauce and will go back for more soon. Last night and today I looked outside our apartment building and discovered we had 4 mulberry trees full of berries. Picking the berries today from one of the trees behind us I had a sudden urge to sing this song. I felt so cared for and proud of my Mother Earth for providing us with fruit just when we needed it.


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US media draw halo over Uncle Sam's head – US journalist
"The assumption, often implicit through the media, is that Uncle Sam has a halo over his head, and he's just trying to do really good. Sometimes he screws up, but basically the USA has the best of intentions," Solomon said with irony.
"Now, if there was no oil in Libya or Iraq, and the main export, say, was cucumbers, I don't think the US would have invested billions of dollars in military actions," he explained.
Norman Solomon notes that this point is part of the equation that is often left out when US news media explain events to American citizens.
"When you have government and media so closely tied together, then the deceptions and the tap dances coming from government is reflected in the media," he added.


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D.C. Best Brunch Bites of 2013
by Becca and Cori Sue
Did you see the 2013 Best & Worst of the Year list? Today we drill down into the brunch menus and give you the best places to find specific dishes. Bloody Mary fan? How about the best Benny? Here's where to find them.
Best Pancakes: 2013 was a great year for pancakes, with three restaurants serving up hot cakes so good we couldn't just pick one. Palena's fall-inspired buttermilk pancakes are layered with sour cream, cooked cinnamon apples, and garnished with cranberries and a delicious cinnamon-flavored syrup. Lavagna makes enormous, buttermilk cakes covered in a Nutella ricotta sauce. Last but not least, Sixth Engine's humongous chocolate-chip pancakes are covered in whipped cream and can be shared with no fewer than four people.
Best French Toast: Daikaya's French toast is soaked overnight in cream and soy milk and dusted with kinako. It was moist, rich, and decadent with a hard, sugar-coated shell and topped with whipped cream. This was pure heaven, or as they say in Japanese, tengoku. The best classic French toast we had this year was at Cashion's Eat Place. The doughy pieces of toast were so thick they nearly toppled over.
Best Waffle: B Too knows Belgian waffles, serving up a creative variety you can't get anywhere else, such as cornbread waffles with pulled pork and avocado or the phenomenal lobster waffles. They were sweet and soft—and they set the bar for other local attempts at waffles.
Best Crepes: The Crepes Suzette at Et Voila was pure perfection: folded warm crepes covered in a sauce of caramelized sugar, butter, and orange. The best thing about Belgian/French cuisine is that there's always plenty of butter and sugar involved—and presented in their purest form.
Best Doughnuts: Ovvio Osteria has ricotta donut holes that are served up with a variety of dipping sauces, such as a tart jam that cuts straight through the donuts' sugar. They're served up piping hot, and we wanted to pop half a dozen in our mouths before we even ordered our entrees.
Best Cinnamon Roll: The decadent rolls at Ripple are sweet sticky buns that are so rich you have to share. Made fresh in house by a phonemonal pastry chef, the cinnamon and pecan rolls are covered in thick creamy glazes and the dough is moist, fresh, and warm. These baked goods are the best of the best. Nopa Bar + Kitchen's sticky pecan roll, served with icecream, comes in a close second.
Best Bread Basket: It's not exactly a "basket" that's served up at brunch at Table, but the pastries that arrive have plenty of charm and flavor. We got a honey-baked danish, a slice of fruit tea bread, and a fluffy brioche pastry filled with Nutella, which was our favorite. Each of them were just sweet enough to get us started and left us wanting more.
Best Pastries: The sugar high starts before you even step inside Ted's Bulletin. Pastry chefs are mixing enormous bowls of dough, spreading sugary icing on cinnamon rolls, pouring sprinkles on doughnuts and pop tarts. And then you walk in and smell it. Like an old fashioned cake shop, the smell is of heavenly pastries.
Best Dessert: Le Diplomate had the most stunning desserts, served up with flourish, like dusted gold and chocolate artwork. Plus they were melt-in-your-mouth amazing, too, such as the lemon compote dessert and the chocolate pastry filled with hazelnut mousse. Le Grenier's Nutella crepe comes in a close second.
Best Coffee: Lyon Hall in Clarendon serves up great coffee in enormous french presses (we're talking nearly a gallon), which is how we like our coffee—in excess. Plus, the cappuccino impressed Becca's mum, which means it was a great cappuccino indeed.
Best Mimosa: A girl likes her options, and when it comes to mimosas, Ripple has them. You can select from various fresh juices—either orange, grapefruit, peach, or raspberry—to pair with your bubbly. The champagne pours were not stingy, either.
Best Bloody Mary: The Bloody Marys at Nopa Bar + Kitchen are phenomenal. The mix is made in house and is full of flavor, with a hint of mustard and pickled radish. A very nice touch.
Best Brunch Cocktail: Maple, a charming Italian spot in Columbia Heights, makes fabulous cocktails for brunch. We loved the Sloe Cider, made with sloe gin, St. Germain, muddled orange, grenadine-soaked cherries. In second place, The Libertine in Adams Morgan is known for its love of absinthe. It serves up great brunch cocktails with a green fairy punch.
Best Yogurt Parfait: Wit & Wisdom at the Four Seasons in Baltimore serves a charming Greek yogurt parfait in an adorable mason jar. The yogurt was whipped perfectly, the granola was just sweet enough, and the fruit was exceptionally fresh and cold. The entire thing was a work of art.
Best Veggie Dish: Daikaya's cucumbers. Cori Sue gets so unbelievably excited about these cucumbers, served all day long at this Japanese restaurant in Chinatown, that we had to add this new brunch dish category this year just for them!
Best Breakfast Potatoes: Lavagna stepped up its potato game this year. Its home fries are now fried in truffle oil and covered in Parmesan cheese. Nothing beats truffle oil, especially on loads of delicious carbs.
Best Breakfast Sandwich: The breakfast sandwich at Quench will set the standard for all future breakfast sandwiches. It's the grilled cheese, made with brie, slow-roasted herbed tomatoes, and truffled mayo, but with caramelized onions and a fried egg. There is nothing about this that isn't perfect.
Best Cheese Lover Brunch: The Curious Grape served up cheese and champagne pairings at brunch, as well as delicious cheese souffles—a goat cheese and thyme and farmhouse cheddar and shallot—plus cheesy, truffle potato croquettes. Fromage to die for.
Best Bacon: Kangaroo Boxing Club serves up house-cured, caramelized bacon that Becca still dreams about. It was thick, crispy, and covered in sugary goodness. We were told it was a family recipe, and the owner had to convince his sister to come in and make it. Great call.
Best Tacos: The lightly battered mahi mahi fish tacos at Fuego Cocina & Tequileria will make any California girl proud, but the ahi tuna tacos are phenomenal. Thrilled these are on the brunch menu.
Best Pizza: Piola's pizza is good, but not amazing. However, it's the endless options and (endless ordering) of personal-size pizzas that win us over. From the Carbonara pizza to the Malta pizza to the Nutella pizza, there's something for everyone.
Best Indian: The Brixton, a British pub, simply had to serve up endless Indian dishes for brunch. Becca, our resident Brit with far too much Indian food under her belt, loved it all, from the samosas to the curry.
Best Steak: Flat Iron Steak & Saloon in Old Town is where cowboys go for a brunch menu that is made for the carnivorous. The steaks, in any cut you'd like and served with eggs, are excellent.
Best Barbecue: Smoke & Barrel's buffet is perfect to cure hangovers, mostly because it's loaded with amazing barbecued meat, like brisket and juicy pulled pork.
Best Chicken and Waffles: Quench's chicken and waffle sandwich is one of the most phenomenal brunch bites, ever (so it landed in the Best Breakfast Sandwiches category, too). American Tap Room's traditional chicken and waffles is enormous and hits the spot.
Best Benny: Vinoteca's duck confit benedict was one for the books. Creative and delicious. Daikaya's messy crab Hollandaise Japanese egg concoction is nearly a Benny and absolutely delicious.
Best Bagel and Lox: DGS Delicatessen is an authentic Jewish deli, and it serves up the best gourmet smoked salmon around. The smoked salmon benedict is also fantastic.
Best Shrimp and Grits: The Curious Grape's shrimp n' grits with bacon and scallions packed oodles of rich, flavor and the warm, thick cheesy grits were the best we've ever had.


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UPDF Land Forces Commander, Maj. Gen. Peter Elwelu, says the threat of Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia is still real and that the national army was doing all it can to stabilize the region.
He was speaking about the rotation of UPDF battle groups serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia [AMISOM].
"This is just a routine operation. We have 2,000 soldiers going home and another coming in. We are more than ready to receive them like we have been doing," he said.
He added: "Al-Shabaab is still a threat here in Somalia, we continue to see terrorist threats taking place but we are prepared to handle the situation."
SP Philip Mukasa of the AMISOM Police said they are assisting the Somali police force to build their capacity and be able to dispense policing activities in the country.
"Our role is to assist them to become a formidable police force. We are doing patrols and other activities. We are helping them be the police we desire."
Nathan Mugisha, Ugandan Ambassador to Somalia, says the leaders have looked at the transition from AMISOM to Somalia national forces taking control.
"Fighting at the same time building an army is not a joke. We have been training at the same time building," he explained.
"We have conducted an operational readiness assessment of the Somali national forces and how to organize them as both a national and regional forces," he added.


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This 3rd and Bird single duvet cover is down from £14.99 to only £4.99 at Play.com, a lovely saving of £10 which is over half the original price. It is also rather pretty, which I didn't expect at all, and looks stunning in the pic.
I am so not a fan of the show Third and Bird. Their blasted singing and icky sweet dialogue make me want to gouge my ears and eyes out. Still, there are many kids out there who love the show and who will equally love this adorable little single duvet set.
The single duvet cover is 140x200cm and the pillowcase is 48x74cm and both are made from 100% polyester. The set is machine washable at 40 degrees (although 30 degrees is better for the environment) and can be tumble dried too.
I think that this set is surprisingly pretty, that almost peachy pink with the flowers of green is quite lovely and would suit most little girl bedrooms.
Thanks to cath1510 at HUKD!


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The College Process
Choosing a college will be one of the most important choices you make with your child, not only financially, but one that will have a lasting impact on who he or she become as an adult.
An individualized self-exploration experience occurs through our testing, feedback and continued coaching sessions which helps students to maximize the remaining years of their high school experience, and helps them to target the college search in a methodical, organized manner. Having an outside professional, knowledgeable due to tours, conferences, interactions with admissions representatives and from years of experience in coaching students, can sometimes be just the influence that motivates a student to get focused and organized in this process.
Our process educates the student about who they are – their strengths, interests, personality traits, aptitudes and values – and matches this information with potential college majors and careers. These careers are thoroughly researched and narrowed so the student can have an idea of 3-5 potential matches for college majors. While we are not trying to lock young adolescents into specific career paths, we teach them to become educated consumers about themselves, and therefore, to learn how to determine what careers could be a match for them and those that would not. Many students today choose a potential college major and career based on what others have told them, or by what the media has portrayed. They often don't really know what skills, personality traits, and abilities are needed, or even how much education is required to succeed in a chosen career.
Yet, many colleges have grown over the past couple of years in terms of freshman enrollment, making it harder to switch schools or programs of concentration to get all of the classes needed in a timely manner. Many scholarship programs are also narrowing their offers to four years. If students can be taught more about themselves and what would be satisfying regarding a career choice, much of the guesswork and assumptions can be eliminated early on.
Next, an individualized college list is provided, representing a combination of Reach, Possible and Likely schools that can be an academic, social and financial fit. We broaden the scope of the college list, leading students to consider, and often choose, colleges that they may have never thought of for themselves, but that would provide an excellent academic and personal growth experience.
Students are then given Action Plans to complete what must be done in high school, and to meet scheduled deadlines for college applications. Parents feel encouraged when they see students take ownership of their future and see progress in completed assignments. What can be an overwhelming process is met with a planned approach that makes the high school years more manageable and enjoyable.
A parent conference is offered at the end of the testing and exploration sessions to give an overview of the student's profile. Coaching is provided for the remaining time in high school.
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We haven't had an expansion draft in a long time. The Las Vegas Golden Knights can pick one player from each of the 30 teams. Teams are allowed to protect either 7 forwards, 3 defensemen, and 1 goalie, or 8 players and 1 goalie. All 1st and 2nd year pros under contract and unsigned draftees are protected so players like McDavid, Nurse, Benning, Caggiula, Puljujarvi, Slepyshev are already protected and don't count toward the protection count. This has left teams having to expose some vets for good or bad. I'm not going to mention the mostly AHL players as I don't think Vegas will look at them. I'm not showing the current UFAs like Pitlick until the Oilers sign them, like they did with Pakarainen.
For the Oilers, they will protect 7-3-1:
Leon Draisaitl
Milan Lucic (no movement clause)
Patrick Maroon
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Jordan Eberle
Zack Kassian
Mark Letestu
Andrej Sekera (no movement clause)
Adam Larsson
Oscar Klefbom
Cam Talbot
Which exposes:
Benoit Pouliot - while this is who we want Vegas to take, at $4m, they won't
Jujhar Khaira - very real possibility Vegas snags him, as JJ can score, hit, take faceoffs, and I see him on the Oilers roster, essentially replacing Matt Hendricks
Iiro Pakarainen - being injured for most of the year, I doubt Vegas takes a gamble (see what I did there?)
Griffin Reinhart - surely he gets taken, as decent defensemen are rarer than bottom forwards, and Griff showed he can play
Mark Fayne - at over $3m in the AHL, not a chance Vegas take him
Laurent Brossoit - Vegas won't take him--not enough games under his belt, and I'm wondering if this was a reason he didn't play a lot, and Chiarelli actually thinks there's a real good goalie here.
This all essentially leaves the Oilers roster at:
Forwards: ~$43 million in cap with Leon taking $7m:
Patrick Maroon - Connor McDavid - Jesse Puljujarvi
Milan Lucic - Leon Draisaitl - Jordan Eberle
Drake Caggiula - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Anton Slepyshev
Benoit Pouliot - Mark Letestu - Zack Kassian
Jujhar Khaira - Iiro Pakarinen
Now the question marks are on Jesse Puljujarvi, if he makes the team, does he slot in with McDavid, which is the long-term plan obviously? Does that then push Eberle out to make $6m in cap space room? It's possible that even if Pool Party doesn't make the team this year, Chiarelli could sign Pitlick after the expansion draft and slot him in, but his injury is a big concern. He could also look for a UFA like Justin Williams at a lower cost, still trade Ebs and move Anton, Zack, and Iiro up a line, although I would say, not ideal. If Khaira gets snagged, then it's likely Pitlick gets signed.
Defense: ~$20 million in cap:
Oscar Klefbom - Adam Larsson
Andrej Sekera (IR) - Kris Russell (UFA)
Darnell Nurse - Matt Benning
Eric Gryba (UFA)
The Oilers still need to find a true 2nd pair right handed puck mover at around $3m, and with Sekera injured, although it doesn't count toward the cap, Chiarelli can find a replacement rental at less than $5.5m, but what happens when Sekera returns? My guess is the Oilers will sign Russell to a 2 year at $4m/yr then trade him when Sekera returns, but that's only if they find a true 2RHD, otherwise, they go over the cap, unless they trade Eberle. Make sense? Didn't think so.
Goalies: ~$5 million in cap
Cam Talbot
Laurent Brossoit
And others like Mark Fayne bring the cap hit just under $73m, which gives the Oilers no real cap room as it stands.
Then after that, you're still paying Nuge $6m to play 3rd line centre. That's not economical either.
Essentially, MacTavish's tenure has left Chiarelli with a lot of work to do in the next while. And I have full confidence Chiarelli will make it happen.
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Woods, water and seclusion. Nice "40" with good tree cover and creek frontage. There's a great building site overlooking Mons Creek from a high point. Good road access, but private and secluded. The property has private deeded access to Lost Lake, which is a short drive away. It's a private lake with limited use and good fishing and a true wilderness feel. A perfect cabin retreat location with the added bonus of private wilderness lake access. Lost Lake is a beautiful private lake (no public access) with wilderness views and wildlilfe. The homeowners association stocks the lake with brook trout for great fishing. The walk-in landing provides an easy access for a canoe or small boat. There's a 10 horsepower motor limit. The roads are gated for security and privacy and the minimum lot size is 20 acres. Lost Lake Retreats is a truly secluded and private wilderness escape.
xxx17 Lost Lake Rd, Lost Lake Retreats #17, Hovland
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