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A large portion of my time is devoted to doing home makeovers on television. From The Bachelorette's Ashley Hebert and J.P. Rosenbaum's first New York pad to a man cave on VH1, I've done it. What a lot of people don't know, though, is that I am also a TV set designer, responsible for styling the three sets on the daily lifestyle program The Better Show. As we began this season's revamp, I got to thinking about how simple principles from set design could help people decorate their homes with more ease. You're not a professional designer? It doesn't matter! Stop drooling over glossy, touched-up photos on someone else's pin board—you know, the type labeled Dreamy Spaces or some such—and start working on your own fabulous little space. The key is just to start!
Need a few more pointers? I've got you covered. Check these out:
1. How Much Money Do You Have?
TV productions are sticklers for budgets. For some reason, the budget is almost never enough for what you need to do. Sound familiar? The good news, though, is that smaller budgets breed creativity never knew you had. Whether your budget is slightly depressing or you're a total baller, it actually makes less of a difference than you think. The important thing is to be realistic about how much cash you have and operate accordingly. Can't afford that totally amazing mid-century desk from that slick showroom? Dig a little deeper. Hit up consignment shops, eBay, flea markets and the Craigslist "free" section. You might be surprised at what you can find.
2. The Need for Speed
Time is money. If you don't move quickly, it'll never get done. By planning well, you can bang out a fabulous room in a three-day weekend. Lingering over the perfect shade of white paint or a particular pillow is not going to make your home that much prettier—I promise. It's never about the paint color or the pillow! But, I'm not a shrink; I'm just here to make your home look fierce. Seriously, I'm not saying to approach your decorating project like an episode of Supermarket Sweep. Instead, just make a goal and stick to it. You'll be more focused, and in the end, much happier.
Read Win $100 & Help Me Pick a New Paint Color for My "Take Back the Dining Room" Makeover Project!
3. It's All in the Details
Most TV sets have a couple of couches I would never put in my house—or yours. They're big, stiff, sort of plain, and usually some boring shade of beige. But, we manage to doctor them up with pillows and area rugs. Most sets also have shelves or book cases to create a "homey" feeling. These are also meticulously styled with books that give a pop of color and/or fill an awkward space. There are vases of flowers, pitchers of water, mugs of coffee… nothing has been put there without thought. There's no clutter, either. Taking that approach in your home can work wonders—keeping in mind that you actually live there, of course!
4. Built to Last
Imagine if you had 40 guests in your living room, dining room, and kitchen six days a week. Now imagine how your quickly your home would start to look beat-up as a result. Yikes, right? Well, that's the life of a set. Cameramen, sound guys, producers, guests, and a multitude of other assorted people are in that "room" every single day. Rugs need to withstand the traffic, fabrics need to be durable and well cared for, and shiny surfaces? Yeah, not so much. They show finger prints and scratches and glare like you wouldn't believe. Wood and other flat materials are usually a better choice when your goal is longevity.
5. Places, Please!
If there's a large orchid plant on set, I can guarantee you that it is never on a shelf behind a couch. Why? Because nobody wants an A-List celebrity getting interviewed looking like they have flowers growing out of their head! There will never be anything distracting hanging, sitting, or placed anywhere near an interview set. It makes an interesting point for your own home, as well: Be aware of object placement. When in doubt, take a photo with your phone and see how it looks on camera. The camera never lies. If it looks a little meh in the photo, it's probably a little meh in real life, too.
6. Make It Fantastic
Nobody wants to tune in to a show with a ho hum set, right? Why would anyone want to linger in a room that wasn't at the very least pleasant—if not downright fabulous? Even if you're not living in your Dream Home just yet, that shouldn't matter. Fantastic comes in many forms! Color is fantastic. Lighting is, as well. Quality—even in the smallest doses—is, too. Depending on what's important to you, go with what you love. Just try and give it your best shot.
In the end, the best spaces to drool over are the ones you actually live in!
Check your local TV listings for more of celebrity style expert Courtney Cachet's guides, ideas and tips. She's also the host of "VIP Vacations," coming this spring! You can catch her frequent appearances nationwide on TV and online, where she dishes out all the latest in everything fab for your home and lifestyle! Keep up with her on www.courtneycachet.com or Facebook and join the conversation!


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On the weekend of October 12–15, nearly 600 fungi enthusiasts, mushroom cultivators, naturalists, ecoactivists, and artists gathered on the 40 acres of Brown Bottle Farm outside Portland, Oregon for four days of working with and honoring the Fungal Queendom at the fifth Radical Mycology Convergence.
Building on the successes of the previous four RMCs, this year's gathering was an evolutionary leap from its predecessors on several fronts, and a new window into what a holistic approach to engaging with one of the biggest branches on the Tree of Life can look like.
Event poster by Zoe Keller
The Art of Fungi
A big addition to this year's RMC was a rich infusion of the many forms of artistic expression that mycology inspires. Friday night saw the opening of Mush Love, a fungi-focused art show featuring works by 30 artists from across North America and Europe, including sculptures by Lucia Monge, Tiffany Bray, Sage Morgan, Stephanie Kilgast, and Devin Ball; a myceliated fabric installation by Kaitlin Bryson; mushroom embroidery by Pippa Haynes; photos by Madelyn Pederson and Nick Beery; mushroomy short films by David Fenster; audio meditations by Fiona MacDonald; collages by Amy Ross; screen prints by Poke Effle; drawings by Sophia Panayotou and Katie Lindsay; paintings by Christina McLachlan, Dominique Pere, Jane Harbour, and Nigel Sutcliffe; and an incredible mural by Mazatl (of the Just Seeds Artists' Cooperative) and Kill Joy.
Split gills and spores at the Mush Love entrance
Mush Love: An RMC Art Gallery opening
The packed opening of the show was enriched with delicious hot drinks (Chaga Candy Cap Mexican Hot Chocolate, Reishi-Apple Mulled Cider, and Turkey Tail Hot Toddy) and dance jams spun by DJ NorthernDraw. Following the opening, the art-of-decay film Wrought by Winnipeg-based filmmakers Anna Sigrithur and Joel Penner screened to a packed barn loft above the art show.
A 16-foot long mural by Mazatl and Kill Joy
Attendees watch films by David Fenster
While Mush Love stayed open all weekend, other events came on the schedule to keep the arts vibe riding high. Saturday night saw the RMC's Talent Show in full swing with an incredible spread of talents and expressions from attendees. Closing out the night, Cedar Dreamer and Death Hags performed fungi-inspired music on the forest stage (a.k.a. the Scarlet Cup), while David Fenster screened several mushroom-themed films in the top of the Barnalaria.
Jason Scott and Anna Sitkoff hold a medicinal mushrooms workshop on the forest stage (The Scarlet Cup)
Several arts-based workshops popped up throughout the weekend as well, including a mycelial game making workshop by Stephanie Maroney, Anuj Vaidya, and Mercedes Villalba; a mushroom dyes workshop by Mattie Morton; and an art and mycology workshop by Kaitlin Bryson. Likewise, this year also saw a big increase in workshops focusing on a mythological and philosophical approach to building relations with fungi, with Nick Lake, Jason Schroeder, Peter Sjöstedt-H, Paula Kahn, and Sammy Castonguay each bringing novel insights to the notion of fungus-as-teacher.
New Mexico based artist Kaitlin Bryson gives an Art + Mycology workshop at The Pax
The 2018 MycOlympics
On Sunday, the world's first MycOlympics took place in the farm's central field. Through six myco-inspired challenges, ten competing teams ran a forager's relay race, tested the speed and accuracy of their cultivation and field identification skills, dug for Trichoderma spores in an over-sized petri dish, performed mushroom charades, and chowed down in a Spicy Chanterelle Apple Doughnut eating contest. For many, the MycOlympics was a major highlight of the RMC and an hour of fungi-filled joy not soon to be forgotten.
2018 MycOlympians bite deep into the Spicy Chanterelle Apple Doughnut eating contest
A big thanks to everyone who joined the fun, and another round of congratulations goes out to The Bleeding Mycenas for winning first place, Psychedelic Reindeer Piss for coming in second, and The Fantastic Spore for taking home the bronze prize!
Citizen Science
Balancing out the weekend's arts elements was an increased emphasis on citizen science, as best represented by the RMC's collaboration with the North American Mycoflora Project, a non-profit organization working to map the distribution of mushrooms across the continent. Nearly 40 specimens were collected during the RMC, each of which were dried and sent to an herbarium for preservation, while tissue samples were sent to Purdue University to be sequenced. The RMC Mycoflora will ultimately go on to help amateur and professional mycologists better understand the fruiting patterns and rarity of mushrooms across North America, and we were honored to help take part in this important and groundbreaking work.
Volunteers drop off mushroom specimens to the RMC Mycoflora Project
As with each RMC, workshops focusing on the cutting edge of mycological science were also woven throughout the weekend. Of special note, Andi Bruce shared her research on invasive mushrooms, Christian Schwarz discussed the impacts of climate change on fungal populations, Leif Olson shared insights into the bioaccumulation of fungi, Peter McCoy covered the many aspects of mycoremediation, and several teachers took part in a Citizen Science in Mycology panel discussion and Q&A session.
Christian Schwarz gives a talk on the impacts of climate change on fungal populations
Building Community
Underlying the whole weekend was the RMC's primary objective of building community around a shared loved for fungi. The range of new workshop topics helped raise the level of dialogue at the Convergence to new heights, while the sunny days and beautiful land hosting the event (along with the Farm's wonderful stewards Anna and Ryan Falk) created a place out of time where all were free to share in their mycophilia with abandon. As attendees camped in the farm's fields and forest, volunteered in the kitchen, or took part in the shared mealtime, Brown Bottle's sprawling open spaces held rich conversations, founded new friendships, and made way for the next steps of the growing Radical Mycology movement.
Attendees gather for the morning circle
Sunset over Mt. Hood and the RMC camping area (Campaspora) // Volunteers help prepare dinner
Attendees share lunch on the lawn of Brown Bottle Farm
Looking Forward
In many ways, the success of this year's gathering showed the central role that the RMC plays in educating, inspiring, and growing the mycoculture of the new millennium. The growth of the event compared to those in the past has left us at Radical Mycology humbled and in many ways excited about all that is still to come. Those who have followed our work up until now will notice some big changes in the coming months, all of which we see as ever greater leaps into the brighter future of fungi we have worked so long to build. We look forward to meeting you there and hope you will join us in that journey as we spread our network ever farther around the globe and, through it, the wisdom the fungi provide.
Thank You!
The success of this special weekend would not have been possible without the extensive support of our many volunteers and sponsors. Of special note we wish to thank Scott Schuster for going many extra miles as our lead chef, ensuring that all the attendees were well fed and warmed with hot drinks throughout the weekend. Likewise, the many kitchen volunteers that stayed extra long hours to help Scott (Olivia C., Marco D., and many others) are gratefully acknowledged for their support. We raise up our incredible volunteer coordinators Kelsey and Morgan, who navigated a million and one big and small tasks with grace to help make the behind the scenes labors roll as smoothly as possible. We thank Robert K., Zach S., Ashley S., Sam T., and José M. for being potent pillars of volunteer support, as well as Cheyenne E. for making the amazing Split Gill piñata that closed out the Talent Show. We graciously thank Zoe Keller for the event's incredible flyer design. And we thank Brown Bottle Farm for holding such a nurturing and nourishing space for all that the weekend provided.
The post-talent show Split Gill piñata drops spores
To our many food, raffle, and silent auction donors, we give an extra massive THANK YOU for helping sustain and support the RMC's many facets. Be sure to check out all these great companies and artists, and support their work where and when you can:
4th and Heart, Amica Farm, Blue Lotus Chai, Bob's Red Mill, Brown Bottle Farm, Central Coop, Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine, Chthaeus Press, Extracto Coffee, Feral Fungi, Flying Coyote Farm, Fred Meyer, Full Plate Farm, Fungi Farm, Gathering Together Farm, Gloria Galves, Guayaki, Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels, Hollywood Theater, Jacobsen Salt Company, Jasmine Pearl Tea, Just Seeds Artists' Cooperative, Last Word Books, Lundberg Family Farms, Miyoko's Kitchen, Mora Mora Farm, Mountain Rose Herbs, MYCOLOGOS, MycoUprrhizal, Nick Beery, Orion Magazine, Portlandia Foods, The Rebuilding Center, Red Duck, Rise Up Remedies, Ritual Arts, Sage Morgan, Sarah Hazelton, Sir Kensington's, Soma Kombucha, South River Miso, Stoneboat Farm, The Herb Shoppe, The Permaculture Student, Thrive Market, Toby's, and Tria Prima.


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This is the fifth (the sixth counting last week's piece on diagnostic labels) in our conversation on the overlap between bipolar and ADD (or ADHD). If you are like me, you are probably a lot more confused than you were at the beginning of this series. Trust me, this is a good thing. There are no easy answers. We need to be asking questions.
My friend Gina Pera devotes a good portion of "Is It You, Me, or Adult ADD" to helping loved ones break through the lack of insight and denial in their partners. A good many of us know the denial factor. It took me, for instance, until age 49 to own up to the truth about my bipolar. For ADD, we may find ourselves back at the very same crossroads, having to own up - yet again - to some very unpleasant realities.
Our doctors and therapists may be more in denial about ADD than we are. Until fairly recently, ADD was regarded as a school behavior problem and was rarely recognized in adults. Not much has changed. The condition is thought to affect three to five percent of adults, but 90 percent go undiagnosed. Loosen the criteria a bit and we're probably talking about a much larger population.
When a child acts up, the default diagnostic call is ADD/ADHD. Bipolar in kids tends to go unrecognized. With adults, the situation appears to be reversed. We get hit with the bipolar diagnosis and too many of us then endure years of heartache and frustration as our doctors tweak meds cocktails many of us have no business being on. Too often, doctors are blind to the obvious overlap. According to ADD expert Charles Parker in his book, "ADHD Medication Rules":
In my practice we find very few patients with either/or, and many with yes/and: both bipolar and ADHD ... Many biologically based challenges can look quite mood disordered, and often don't become either cognitively or emotionally functional with typical bipolar medication fare.
Stimulants (such as Ritalin and Adderall) are the first line of treatment for ADD, and the resulting improvement can be spectacular. I am taking a wild guess here, but it appears these meds work for ADD much better than antidepressants for depression or mood stabilizers for bipolar. Gina Pera's book documents numerous accounts of loved ones reporting the overnight improvement in their partner's ability to concentrate, get through the day with far less drama, and connect with others.
Nevertheless, Ms Pera cautions that if you think "you will enjoy substantive changes by simply taking a pill, that is delusional."
You know the drill: diet, exercise, sleep, stress management, mindfulness, support, every coping trick you can think of. Fortunately, you won't be rolling out these tools for the first time. Same skills, new situations. With mindfulness, for instance, the emphasis may be on paying attention to paying attention. Your stress management may focus on getting through a major project in one piece.
A cautionary word about ADD meds: Stimulants can be very problematic for those with bipolar. Thus, in co-occurring bipolar-ADD, Dr Parker recommends addressing the mood disorder first. According to Dr Parker:
If stimulants and antidepressants can dysregulate the bipolar brain, start by correcting the cracks in the bipolar foundation first. ... Address ADHD only in sequence, after significant moods are successfully managed. Think emotions first, cognition last.
Dr Parker also cautions that a number of mood stabilizers (he specifically mentions Depakote) block the 2D6 metabolic pathway traveled by amphetamines. The backed-up stimulants may result in unpredictable moods.
Finally, the black box warning: I am not a medical doctor or a clinician, and I cannot claim to have even lay knowledge of ADD. Moreover - as this series has made abundantly clear - true expert knowledge regarding the bipolar-ADD overlap is sorely lacking. Accordingly, the best expert about yourself is yourself. So, from one "expert" to another:
- Read up on ADD. Gina Pera's book offers very descriptive non-clinical real-world accounts. Eileen Bailey here at HealthCentral is also required reading. along with her book, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adult ADHD."
- Feel free to consult the DSM as a rough guide. Also, a commonly used six-question self-screening test can be found online. Keep in mind, you are simply asking yourself questions, not performing a do-it-yourself diagnosis
- Consult with friends, family, loved ones. The people around you have far better awareness of what makes you drive others nuts than you do. Resist your natural urge to throw up your shield walls, and listen with an open mind.
- When consulting a psychiatrist: Beware of their tendency to default to the bipolar diagnosis. You may have to shop around before you find someone who is proficient in recognizing and treating both bipolar and ADD.
- If you are in family therapy: Gina Pera cautions that family therapists are notorious for failing to recognize ADD as the third party in the room. Blame is rampant, progress is nonexistent. The ADD - if you have it - needs to be addressed in relationships.
- Your bipolar recovery tools will be helpful for ADD, but expect to make modifications and adjustments. New challenges demand new strategies.
- Recovery is possible. Your brain is plastic and is changing as you are reading this. We may not have been born with optimal thinking machines, but with effort we can make our own.
Be wise, live well ...
This concludes (for now) our series on the bipolar-ADD/ADHD overlap. Many thanks to community member David, who, in a comment, pointed me to Dr Parker. Also, many thanks all those who commented, which helped me enormously.
Previous pieces:
The Bipolar-ADD/ADHD Connection, Part I - Paying Attention to Attention
The Bipolar-ADD/ADHD Connection, Part II - Lack of Impulse Control or Hypomania?
The Bipolar-ADD/ADHD Connection, Part III - Lack of Focus or Depression or Fatigue?
The Bipolar-ADD/ADHD Connection, Part IV - Questions


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I spent much of Christmas Eve in the studio since there were few preparations to worry about for Christmas. All the gifts were wrapped, the food prepped and ready to go, and the house decorated just enough to give a true sense of Christmas without having to work for days and weeks. I don't mind decorating, it's the clean-up that gets me, so we decorate without going overboard so that putting away decorations is doable. Now, to find someone to do it!
I love to build quilts that have piecing in the center and a wide border with applique on the edges. This gives me the best of both worlds: the speed and ease of piecing and the beauty and creativity of applique. I decided to do the same on the Disappearing Four Patch quilt that I've been working on. This combination of piecing and applique is becoming my signature for large quilts. I tried playing with my Accuquilt Studio Cutter and realized that there are numerous possibilities when I begin with a circle shape then cut it down into various parts for different flowers. To show you what I mean, I've taken a few photos of my process.
|The beginnings of a flower--can you see it?
Now, if you try this, don't throw away the pieces that are taken off when you run them through a second or third time. Those pieces are perfect for forming other flowers. I played with the castoffs from several attempts and discovered that thinking outside the box works. These hollyhocks were made strictly from castoffs. I added the stem so that you can envision the flowers a little easier.
|Cute hollyhocks, gonna have to play with this.
Before I got the hollyhocks, I tried to form flowers for some time. Some attempts worked, others didn't. It's a matter of playing and seeing a design as you work through the process.
I started out playing with a cheap purple fabric that I happened to have on hand. I figured that if I tossed everything, it wouldn't be a huge loss. But the more I played and liked what I came up with, the more I wanted to try other things. I decided to add some yellow to see if that one color could make some of the not-so-great flowers work.
|Just getting shapes on fabric. Not a lot here, but still at the beginning of the process.
Yellow makes a big difference. Some things that I would not have tried on the quilt, like the small circle shape on the bottom of this photo, found its way once I added the yellow. Why, or how, do I make the decisions, I honestly can't say. I tried different things and liked some. Others I wasn't crazy about but tried not to let that get me down. Instead, I snapped a photo and moved on.
|Using two or more shapes to form one flower.
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Some of the "I'm not crazy about these" shapes appear below. Don't spend much time looking at them, they are pretty horrible, but part of the process means editing out what doesn't work.
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|I tried but the shape isn't any better with some added elements...no way!
|This could work for a tulip, but it didn't make the cut anyway.
And we'll leave it at this for now. Every creative idea takes time and energy. As creative people, we have to play and try different things to figure out what works and what doesn't. The key is to keep trying and to take notes in some form (photos, writing, journals, sketches, etc.) so that when we come back to the process, we can replicate the good work we've done and avoid the work we aren't so crazy about.


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The House campaign of Democrat Rick Waugh says an African American couple in Louisa, Virginia, found a plastic sign in their yard defaced last night. I'm no expert in handwriting, but it looks to me like whoever did this came very, very close to spelling their racist graffiti wrong. Anyone else think the second "G" seems like it came thisclose to being another "E"? Waugh is challenging Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) this fall. Waugh's camp has been all over Cantor about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, specifically for his initial non-stand on Rand Paul's refusal to say whether he supports it. Campaign manager Brian Umana notes that candidate Barack Obama got 46 percent of the vote in rural Louisa County, home to 32,000 people. Umana says Waugh, who lives there and who's white, has had the same racist epithet shouted at him while shopping in the local grocery store – maybe because he has an Obama sticker on his car. Cantor and Paul are out of touch, Umana argues. "These guys act like it's an abstraction, that racism's a thing of the past," he says. "They at least are indifferent to what the situation is on the ground." We've got calls in to the homeowners. If we hear back, we'll let you know.


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Vashu Bhagnani is an enterprising producer. No two opinions on that. The prolific film-maker is doing something that no producer has dared to do in the past. He's organizing not one or two, but five premiere shows of his new movie AJAB GAZABB LOVE on Thursday, 25 October. Yes, you read it right — five premiere shows in a single day!
What makes the five premiere shows interesting is that each of those premieres will witness the active participation of the common man. "We generally hold premiere shows in Mumbai or Delhi and the norm is to invite the cast and crew of the film, besides celebrities. But the premiere shows of AJAB GAZABB LOVE will have the cast of the film walking the red carpet and interacting with the common man. These screenings are entirely for them. We make movies for them and I felt we should include them in our celebrations," Vashu informs me.
What also sets the premiere screenings apart from the usual wine-and-cheese events is that Vashu will have breakfast/lunch/tea/dinner, depending on what time the premiere screening is taking place. The first premiere in Amritsar will begin with breakfast, followed by lunch + premiere in Chandigarh, high tea + premiere in New Delhi, late evening snacks + premiere in Jaipur and dinner + premiere in Indore.
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The theory of planned behavior (TPB) and R. A. Karasek's (1979) job strain model were used to investigate the predictors of exercise in a group of employees. A total of 241 employees completed an initial questionnaire; 1 week later 213 employees responded to a questionnaire measuring behavior. Employees in high-strain jobs did significantly less exercise than those in low-strain jobs, although they did not intend to do less, suggesting that work may impede the intention implementation. Intenders who failed to exercise had significantly higher work demands and lower exercise self-efficacy than intenders who succeeded in exercising. Work also affected exercise indirectly through self-efficacy. Thus, work may be a target for behavior change intervention because of its impact at 2 stages of the TPB. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
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Emily Covington has turned her life around after a drug addiction, but her family still has trouble trusting her. Though Emily has committed herself to a year-long treatment program and has been sober for almost a year beyond that, even her mother walks on eggshells around her, fearing she'll relapse. After her behavior during her drug years, Emily realizes she has a lot to prove. When police discover a homemade bomb under Emily's car, and she then learns the wife of one of her friends was murdered that same morning, she knows things are deadly serious. But who wants Emily dead? And why? A conversation she had with two men, an Alfred Hitchcock movie, and a plan for a double murder all conspire for one explosive ride ... and Emily is the only one who can identify the killer and save the life of the next potential victim. As she frantically works to solve this ever more complicated puzzle, Emily finds herself playing right into the killer's hands.
Murder mysteries are not generally the genre I read, but I really enjoyed this book by Terri Blackstock.
It's not only a murder mystery you see, there's so much more going on.
First and foremost is the story of Emily trying to rebuild her life after overcoming a drug-addiction, and her also her mother's struggle with learning to trust her daughter and God. Then there is EMily's younger brother who is beginning to have to fight the same temptations his sister succumbed to years ago.
Then the murders begin to pile on and suspicion falls on Emily.
Now here is what I loved about this book.
Her mother and her brother may be struggling with everything that's going on, but Emily stands firm in her faith in God and in her belief that she is a new creature and He will take care of her.
How I envied her faith! Especially after all she had been thgrough. Or maybe it was because of all she had been through that she was able to trush the Lord so completely.
I took a lot from this book.
The mystery is also greatly written, after all Terri is a master in this genre, and kept me guessing until almost the last page. But, as I said before, the book has so much more to give than an edge-of-your-seat murder mystery.
It is about trusting God where nothing seems to be making any sense.
When even your life is on the line.
Rating: 4/5
I received this book for review from Zondervan.


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Russion model by Joseph Stalin.
2. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of Planning
The Prime Minister
3. The Planning Commission was setup on
March 5, 1950
4. The period of first five year plan-
5. The first five year plan gave priority to-
Agricultural development
6. Bhakra Nangal, Hirakud and Damodar vally projects were laukechal on which five year plan?
First Five Year Plan
7. What is the period of Second Five year Plan?
8. In what sector the second Five Year Plan gave Importance?
Industrial Development
9. Which plan is called Industrial and Transport Plan?
Second Five Year Plan
10. The Three important steel plants in India that were build during second five year plan were?
The Durgapur (West Bengal),
Bhilai Steel plant and Rourkela (Orissa).
11. The Durgapur Steel plant was built with the help of which country?
12. The Bhilai steel plant is built up with the help of which country?
13. The Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha was built up with the help of
14. Which plan adopted the Socialistic pattern of society at its goal?
Second Five Year Plan
15. The locomotive factory at Chitharanjan and coach factory at perambur were built during which five year plan?
Second Five Year Plan
16. The period of Third Five Year Plan?
17. What are the reasons for the failure of third Five Year Plan?
The Chinese Agression on 1962, and the war with Pakistan on 1965
18. What is the reason for declairing a plan holiday during 1966-1969?
War with Pakistan.
19. The period of fourth Five Year Plan?
20. What is the objective of fourth five year plan?
Growth with Stability
21. Nationalisation of Banks (1969) was a major step of which five year plan?
Fourth five year plan
22. What is the reason for the failure of fourth Five Year Plan?
Indo Pak war in 1971
23. The period of fifth five year plan?
24. What is the slogan of fifth Five Year Plan?
''Garibi Hatao''. (By Indira Gandhi)
25. What is the major achievement of fifth Five Year Plan?
Self sufficiency in food grains
26. The 20 point programmes were launched on which Five Year Plan and by whom
5th Five Year Plan by Indira Gandhi
27. The fifth Five Year Plan was terminated on-
1978 (and Launched Rottery Plans)
28. The period of Sixth Plan-
29. What are the primary objective of sixth Five Year Plan?
Elimination of unemployment and proverty
30. The Schemes Like TRYSEM, IRDP, NREP and RLEGP were introduced in sixth Five Year Plan on what objective?
Removing Poverty
31. The period of Seventh Five Year Plan?
32. The period of Eighth Five Year Plan?
33. What is the proposed growth rate annum of Eighth plan?
34. Annual growth rate achieved by 8th plan?
35. The period of Nineth plan?
36. The period of Tenth plan?
37. The period of Eleventh plan?
38. Who is named as the father of ''Indian Planning''?
M. Visweswarayya
39. Who wrote the book ''planned Economy of India''?
M. Visweswarayya
40. M. Visweswarayya was honoured by BharatRatna in the year?
41. Who is the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India?
Montek Singh Aluwalia
42. Which Authority gives final approval to plan in India?
National Development council
43. The National Development Council was set up in which year?
August 6, 1952
44. Who is the chairman of National Development
Council of India?
The Prime minister of India
45. Who initiated peoples plan?
M.N. Roy
46. What is the idea of ''Peoples plan''?
Nationalisation of all agricultural production and distribution
47. According to 39th article of constitution, the planning commission was only a................... body?
48 ............... is the head quarters of planning commission?
Yojana Bhavan
49. The first Deputy chairman of planning commission was...........?
G.L. Mehta
50. Janata Government introduced the concept of ............. plan in 1978?
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Big Spoon @ October 13, 2009 05:35 pm wrote: Does anyone know why the Extra Gory version wasn't released on Bad Hair Day? Was it an idea that Al had after recording the original version of the song, did Al's record company censor him on his original lyrics, or something else?
The label thought it was too violent, so he redid it. It was later released as a bonus on the AP single.


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Disney is seemingly the leader in 3D releases, with "A Christmas Carol, "Alice In Wonderland" and "Step Up 3D" being some of the best 3D Blu-ray releases last year. Now they are promising a lot more to look forward to in 2011.
Disney is currently working on "dimensionalizing" the classic Disney animations. Four specific titles have been announced with at least 11 more to come throughout the year. Leading the 3D Disney releases this year will be "Tron: Legacy" and "Tangled." Disney has already confirmed that "Beauty And The Beast" and "The Lion King" will also be released. All releases with be 3D/2D combo packs, and likely a DVD or Digital Copy.
"Beauty And The Beast" has already been released in a 4-disc Blu-ray set, and like "Alice In Wonderland," will be fully released once again with an added 3D Blu-ray disc.
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Literally by popular demand — with more than half the tour dates already either completely sold out or a sell-out imminent — SLAYER has announced the second North American leg of its final world tour, with a stop at Jones Beach on Sun, July 29! tix: http://SLAYER.jonesbeach.com
LAMB OF GOD, ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT and NAPALM DEATH will accompany the band on all dates. A second North American leg for this tour had been considered to take place at some point down the line, but within 48 hours of the initial January 26 ticket on sale date, that all changed. "We were blown away by the speed of sales for the final run," said Rick Franks, president of touring for Live Nation, one of the tour's promoters. "Thirty-six years later and SLAYER is bigger than ever before." On January 22, 2018, SLAYER announced that it would do one last concert tour around the globe to thank their fans for all of their support over the years, for making the last three and a half decades so packed with good times and unforgettable experiences, and then move on.


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Slow cooker Smoky Mac & Chesse
Double post Thursday!
I thought that I would put up a picture of the Slow Cooker Smoky Mac & Cheese from The Vegan Slow Cooker book. Complimenting it is some roasted broccoli with cajun seasoning and smoky paprika.
The recipe is dangerously easy to do:
- 4 cups nondairy milk (we used almond)
- 2 tbsp vegetable bouillon
- 8 oz. macaroni
- 2 cups shredded vegan cheddar (we used Daiya)
- 1 cup shredded vegan mozzarella (we used Daiya)
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp of liquid smoke (we added 1-2 tsp total)
- 1/2 tsp cajun seasoning (we added 1-2 tsp total)
- salt and pepper to taste
Oil the slow cooker and toss all the ingredients in, stirring to combine. Cook on high for about 1 hour, or until the pasta is al dente. (If you use whole wheat pasta it might take a bit longer.) Give the whole thing a stir every 20 minutes or so. Make sure that you keep checking that the pasta is not too done, or else you might get mushy pasta. For the broccoli just toss it in some oil, cajun seasoning, and smoky paprika. Roast on 400 until the ends of the broccoli begin to brown.
That's is! It is simple and super delicious the next day. Enjoy!


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SurfSeis Overview
The first version of the SurfSeis software (v. 1.0) was released in 2000 for the application of the multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) method on seismic data. Developed at the Kansas Geological Survey (KGS), the MASW method consists of four main components (Miller et al., 1999): roll-along data acquisition, dispersion-curve imaging (Song et al., 1989; Park et al., 1998; Xia et al., 2007; Luo et al., 2009), dispersion-curve inversion to obtain a 1-D shear-wave velocity (Vs) profile (Xia et al., 1999), and assembling multiple 1-D results into 2-D or 3-D images (Miller et al., 1999; Miller et al., 2003) using interpolation algorithms (Matheron, 1967; Olea, 1974).
Initially the MASW method was developed for data acquired using active seismic sources, a.k.a. "Active MASW" (Miller et al., 1999; Park et al., 1999). The same technique was later extended to application on seismic data from passive sources, a.k.a. "Passive MASW" (Park et al., 2004; Park et al., 2005; Park and Miller, 2008). The next versions of the software--SurfSeis 2, 3, and 4--have included new features that take into account new research and methodological developments, as well as users' demands for more options and improved user interface.
The main set of manuals distributed with the software was developed for SurfSeis version 1.5. The manuals for the following versions focus only on the new developments. The manual for SurfSeis 2 (Manual20.pdf) has been prepared mainly to explain the possibilities of using the passive MASW approach, forward dispersion-curve modeling (dispersion-curve values estimations using a 1-D velocity model) and display on dispersion-curve images (a.k.a., Overtone images), and random Monte Carlo inversion on dispersion-curve images. The SurfSeis 2 manual can serve as a stand-alone manual for both active and passive MASW methods for those who have previous experience in seismic data acquisition and data processing in either body- or surface-wave methods. The manual for SurfSeis 3 (Manual3_05.pdf) provides information on how to pick and invert higher modes of the Rayleigh surface wave (in addition to the conventional fundamental-mode use), discusses the new menu system developed to provide an alternate friendly access to SurfSeis' processes (in addition to the previously existing button-driven interface), and informs about the new software licensing/protection method using a USB key (a.k.a., hardware key, dongle, etc.). The manual for SurfSeis 4 (SurfSeis4UserManual.pdf) talks about the next set of newly developed features designed to provide more tools that can contribute to a higher quality of surface-wave analysis, such as sliding-window passive-data dispersion-curve imaging, flexible a-priori initial-model parameters input (i.e., compressional velocity (Vp), Poisson's ratio, and density), ongoing-inversion 2-D monitoring, etc. As well, the v4 manual demonstrates the sharper dispersion-curve imaging abilities when using the high-resolution linear radon transform (HRLRT) (Luo et al., 2009), which is optionally available in SurfSeis 4.2.
Starting from SurfSeis v. 2, there have been three possibilities for MASW seismic-data acquisition:
- Active,
- Passive Remote (using 2-D receiver arrays), and
- Passive Roadside (using 1-D receiver arrays) MASW methods (Figure 1).
The active method was introduced in the first version of SurfSeis. It is the conventional mode of survey using an active seismic source (e.g., a sledge hammer, weight drop, charges, etc.), a linear receiver array, and collecting data in a roll-along mode. When there are more geophones available, it might be more efficient to collect data using a relatively larger fixed spread (Miller et al., 2003) from which a smaller and optimized-size spread can be extracted emulating a roll-along acquisition design.
The other two passive methods utilize surface waves generated from ambient cultural (and natural) activities such as traffic (or thunder, tidal motion, atmospheric pressure change, etc.). The Passive Remote method (Park et al., 2004; Park et al., 2005) employs a two-dimensional (2-D) receiver array such as a cross or circular layout to record passive surface waves. This results in the most accurate evaluation of shear-wave velocity at the expense of more intensive field operations and the burden of securing a wide open space for the array. This can be a good choice when relatively regional one-dimensional (1-D) Vs profiling is needed. The Passive Roadside MASW method (Park and Miller, 2008) adopts the conventional linear (i.e., horizontal 1-D) receiver array and tries mainly to utilize those surface waves generated from local traffic. It tries to overcome limitations with the passive remote method--such as difficulty in securing a spacious area and inconvenience in field operations--by sacrificing the accuracy (usually less than 10%) of the Vs evaluation. With this method, the array can be set along the sidewalk or the shoulder of a road and the survey can continue in a roll-along mode for the purpose of 2-D Vs profiling. Using a land streamer for the array can improve the survey speed by as much as a few orders of magnitude. In addition, an active impact (e.g., by using a sledge hammer) can be applied at one end of the array to trigger a long (e.g., 30 sec) record of data. This can result in the combined active-passive analysis of surface waves for the purpose of obtaining both shallow (e.g., 1-20 m) and deep (e.g., 20-100 m) Vs information simultaneously. A more detailed description of each method can be found in the previously cited references. Field procedures for both passive and active methods have been summarized in the SurfSeis 2 manual), excerpts from which follow:
Data processing steps are explained by using the sample data sets stored in the SurfSeis "...\SampleData\" sub-folder. All acquisition parameters for the sample data sets are listed in Table 1.
Figure 1a--Active MASW method. More information is available on "Active MASW."
Figure 1b--Passive Remote MASW method. More information is available on "Passive Remote MASW."
Figure 1c--Passive Roadside MASW method. More information is available on "Passive Roadside MASW."
Table 1--Summary of sample data set parameters.
|Survey Type
|Active MASW
|Passive Remote MASW
|Passive Remote MASW
|Passive Roadside MASW
|File Name(s)
|Survey Purpose
|2-D Vs Profiling
|1-D Vs Profiling
|1-D Vs Profiling
|2-D Vs Profiling
|Data Format
|24 channel
|48 channel
|24 channel
|48 channel
|20-lb Hammer
|12-lb Hammer/Traffic
(spike coupling)
(spike coupling)
(spike coupling)
(land streamer
with 30 takeouts)
|Receiver Array
|Linear (roll along)
|Cross (x-y)
|Linear(roll along )
|Array Dimension (D)
|23 m
|115 m
|115 m
|35 m
|Receiver Spacing (dx)
|1.22 m
|5 m
|15 m
|1.2 m
|Source Offset (x1)
|1.22 m
|4.8 m
|Receiver Array Move
|1 dx (1.22 m)
|4 dx (4.8 m)
|Sampling Interval (dt)
|1 ms
|4 ms
|4 ms
|4 ms
|Recording Time (T)
|2 sec
|20 sec
|120 sec
|120 sec
|Record Numbers
A summary of the entire procedure with a MASW method (active or passive) is displayed in the flowchart in Figure 2. Major changes and new features with this version are summarized as follows:
- Modules to process passive surface waves have been added in addition to the previously existing active module (Figure 1). Two different types of passive surveys are available: one, called the passive remote MASW method, uses a two-dimensional (2-D) receiver array and the other, called the passive roadside MASW method, uses the conventional 1-D linear array.
- The way dispersion analysis is executed has been changed so that the previous sequence of 'Preprocess-->Overtone-->Run-->Save' has been divided into two separate steps: (1) generation of dispersion image (called overtone, OT) data and (2) mouse-aided extraction of the dispersion curve from the image. The previous sequence, however, can still be accessed by right-clicking (instead of normal clicking) the 'Dispersion' button in the analysis menu when importing an input seismic file.
- A new mode of inversion has been added. This is a general Monte-Carlo method applied directly to the dispersion image (instead of the dispersion curve), seeking the best-matching solution through a random search. With this process, up to four modes of dispersion can be accounted for and all the parameters in a 5-layer earth model can be manually changed, if desired, to compare theoretical curve(s) with dispersion trend(s) in the background image.
Most (if not all) of the bugs existing in previous versions of SurfSeis have been fixed, thanks to the comments and reports from many practitioners who used SurfSeis to conduct the MASW method and who were very patient and always willing to help this quite new geophysical method still in its infancy evolve into a better form. We researchers at KGS sincerely appreciate your patience and assistance.
Figure 2--Flow chart of MASW processing steps.
Data Processing
Step 1: Format (conversion from SEG-2 to KGS format)
Step 2: Field Geometry Encoding
Step 3: Generation of Dispersion Image (called overtone) Data
Step 4: Extraction of Dispersion Curve(s)
Step 5: Inversion of Curves for 2-D Vs Profile (Figure 5)
SurfSeis 2.0 Processing Steps
Field Setup (Active Survey)
Active Data Set Acquired in Roll-Along Mode
Encoding Field Geometry
Source-receiver Station Table after Encoding
Field Setup (Passive Remote Survey)
X-Y Coordinate Setup for Each Receiver by Click and Drag
24-Channel Circular Array (After Completion of Setup)
48-Channel Cross Array (Early Stage of Setup)
Field Setup (Passive Roadside Survey)
Passive Roadside Data Set Acquired in Roll-Along Mode
Encoding Field Geometry
Source-receiver Station Table after Encoding
Dispersion Image Generation
Generation by 2-D Wavefield Transformation
Controllable Processing Parameters
Active (A) and Passive (P)
Passive (P) Only
Active (A) and Passive (P)
Active (A) and Passive (P)
Dispersion Image
From Active Data
From Passive Remote Data
Azimuth Information of Passive Remote Data
Dispersion Curve Extraction
Setting Bounds by Mouse for Phase Velocity and Frequency Ranges
Extracting and Editing Dispersion Curve
Controllable Parameters
Inversion of Extracted Curves
Deterministic Inversion* of Dispersion Curves
*If all extracted dispersion-curves are of the fundamental mode of the Rayleigh wave only, this is the fastest, simplest, and most researched inversion approach to take. When using dispersion curves that have more than one modes (e.g., fundamental mode and one or more higher modes) possible inversion difficulties may arise (i.e., poor fit between observed and calculated curves, high RMS error) as a result of inaccurate mode interpretation. (Ivanov et al., 2010)
2-D Vs Profile from Inversion
Modeling and Random Inversion on dispersion curve images
This tool allows the user to manually change model parameters, calculate up to 4 modes of the Rayleigh wave, and plot them on a dispersion-curve image for comparison.
Automatic Inversion by Monte-Carlo Approach for 2-D Vs Profile
Random Inversion (Controls)
Monte-Carlo (a random) type of inversion can be applied by randomly changing the model parameters, calculating dispersion-curve points, and comparing them with the amplitudes on the dispersion-curve image. This approach can be very time consuming but it can be a useful research tool.
Note that different models can calculate sets of dispersion curve points from different modes that fit equally well the dispersion-curve image. Then mode interpretation can be of significance when choosing the solution.
As well, when performing modeling any type of inversion bear in mind that
- Dispersion-curve images can be different depending
- on the source offset and spread size,
- dispersion-curve-imaging algorithm and parameters.
- The use of HRLRT for dispersion curve imaging can be very useful for separating different modes, and understanding the possibilities for interpreting different trends on the dispersion- curve image (Ivanov et al., 2010).
Forward Modeling Portion
Inversion Portion
Combining Active and Passive Dispersion
To Increase Frequency (Depth) Range...
To Help Modal Identification...
Opening an Active (or Passive) Image and then Passive (or Active) Image to Combine Together
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Fannie Mae will ease financial standards for mortgage applicants next month as posted by the Washington Post. I'll start with the good………………..but you need to read to the bottom to get to the bad.
The article points out that the debt-to-income ratio (previously explained by Greater Home Loans) for Fannie Mae backed securities was set at 45% (43% with exceptions to 45%). Let's take a look at this using today's interest rates.
- Income $8,000.00 per month gross
- Monthly car payments and credit card debts totaling $1000 per month.
- No other income sources or monthly debts.
- 3.875% 30 year fixed interest rate
- 1.25% property taxes
- $1000.00 annual insurance
- NO association dues
Not considered:
- Credit score as it would affect the borrower the same in either situation (unless compensating factors are needed)
- Down payment, as we will be addressing only payments based on loan amount – not purchase price.
Example 1: A debt ratio of 45%, using the data above, meant they could carry no more than $3,600.00 in total debts including a home. $3600.00 minus their existing $1000.00 of monthly debt leaves them with $2600.00 of qualifying mortgage PITIA (mortgage Principal, Interest, Taxes, Insurance, and Association Dues). What does $2600.00 get you in borrowing power? It gets you a mortgage of approximately $438,000.00.
Example 2: The new acceptable debt ratio of 50% means you are allowed to have $4000.00 in total debts minus the $1000.00 existing = $3000.00 of purchasing power. $3000 monthly payment gets you a mortgage of approximately $508,000.00.
In San Diego, with home prices exceeding the national average by thousands, the ability to qualify for a home $70,000 more opens the market for you as shoppers.
Analysis • Desire • Reality
As a mortgage broker, the prospect of helping more Americans achieve home ownership excites me. It allows me to help my Realtor partners sell more homes. It helps buyers who were on the cusp get off the cusp and qualify. All good.
The article also mentions that there was a study performed that shows no significant default presence between borrowers at 45% debt ratio to borrowers at 50% debt ratio. Meaning if you aren't going to pay your mortgage at 45%, you are the same people who won't pay at 50% – no change.
So far so good. More buyers – no additional risks. All good. In fact the article does not mention any downside to the July 29th change. In fact; they believe that millennials will benefit since their incomes are tight early in their careers with growth potential and salary increases are sure to happen in the future. Their income increases the banks risk decreases. Even better.
The economist in me is a little concerned that the Washington Post would not dig a little deeper. As my parents would say "not all that glitters is gold". Here are my concerns:
1.Arbitrary decisions by an institution (not the federal reserve) to increase purchasing power by thousands of dollars per transaction may create a bubble. Bubbles tend to pop. A bubble is created when no significant change in concrete economic figures exist, yet purchasing power increases. I make the same money but now I can afford more house.
2. IF I can afford more house, what happens? Will Realtors steer you into different neighborhoods where home prices are currently higher? Will I go from Lemon Grove to La Mesa? OR will Realtors tell sellers in Lemon Grove to increase their asking prices since more people can afford them now? OR will the influx of additional buyers drive up home prices through multiple offers? Anyway I look at it, the price of homes will increase because of this new policy.
3. Higher home prices, in itself, is not bad. The bad happens when the new policy fails, and is reduced back down. The bad happens when the policy does not fail, but the new executive changes the policy back down. Changing the arbitrary policy will immediately make the affordable, unaffordable. To compensate from the reduction of buyers created by decreases the debt ratio, home prices will fall.
4. Doom and gloom…..I know. Here's the thing, if the policy is reduced again in the future, it will only be because something is not working. If that something is the economy, then pouring gasoline on it will exasperate the problem. Bad happens, but bad on top of bad is really bad.
5. If the decision by Fannie Mae was to spur mortgage applications, which have slowed because of slightly higher interest rates, then it's about profits now and worry later.
6. If the decision by Fannie Mae was to offset rising interest rates, which weakens purchasing power, then it's about profits now and worry later.
What do you think?


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Initial coin offerings, or ICOs, have quickly become a popular alternative to traditional venture capital and project financing, but a growing number of regulators are pumping the brakes. Here's a country-by-country breakdown:
United States: In July, the Securities & Exchange Commission warned that organizations offering or selling digital assets using blockchains or distributed ledgers may be subject to securities laws, depending on the circumstances.
China: The Chinese government banned ICOs on Monday. The government committee, led by China's central bank, also issued a list of 60 exchanges that it will investigate, although some have already halted their ICO trades.


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