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Scholarship applications available March 20, 2018Posted by Club Webmaster in Awards, Current Events/News.
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The Bettendorf Kiwanis are now accepting applications for a one-time scholarship to a school of the applicant's choice. Scholarships will be awarded to a graduating senior who resides in either the Bettendorf or Pleasant Valley School District (regardless of where they attend) and who will be entering college or vocational school in the fall of 2018. The award's criterion is primarily based on leadership and community involvement. Two scholarships will be awarded in the amount of $500 each.
The deadline to submit this application is April 8, 2018.
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Halloween (Variant)
Hand numbered screen print. Printed by DL Screenprinting.
One poster per person/household/etc. All sales are final.
Expected to ship in January of 2019.More info
Edition Size: 325
Height: 36"
Width: 24"
In 1978, John Carpenter gave the world one of its best and most terrifying slasher icons in The Shape and an incredibly strong and savvy survivor in Laurie Strode. Forty years later, we're still rewatching and singing the praises of this terrifying film while gearing up to see Michael and Laurie on the big screen yet again in a new HALLOWEEN film opening this Friday.
The original HALLOWEEN is easily one of our collective favorite films, and we're thrilled that the new HALLOWEEN film is a worthy follow up. Happy Halloween from your friends at Mondo!

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Now, a "woman's" private parts can be male. Any suggestion otherwise is offensive and exclusive.
This is too stupid to possibly be true, but it is true. Nothing is too stupid to be true among the political liberals.
There was a rather offensive and vulgar phenomenon that started in 1996. It was called "The Vagina Monologues." As far as I know, these monologues are odious. It never occurred to me that the concept in the title would someday sound relatively conservative.
But that day is now.
The Vagina Monologues are being banned from college campuses. They are being terminated not because they are gross and vulgar but because they are too exclusive.
"Women" with male private parts might feel left out.
I am not making this up.
According to Elizabeth Nolan Brown at Reason.com,
In a school-wide email from Mount Holyoke's student-theater board, relayed by Campus Reform, student Erin Murphy explained that "at its core, the show offers an extremely narrow perspective on what it means to be a woman … Gender is a wide and varied experience, one that cannot simply be reduced to biological or anatomical distinctions, and many of us who have participated in the show have grown increasingly uncomfortable presenting material that is inherently reductionist and exclusive."
Can only conservatives see the obvious? Feminists have now been forced to submerge their identities with men. In other words, feminism is over. It is finished.
Campus Reform published one student comment on the decision that sounded like common sense to me, except for the assumption that public discussion of private parts was really necessary:
I love how people who have never been able to discuss or embrace their vaj-wahs aren't going to find an avenue here, either, since female-validating talk about vaginas is now forbidden. That's so misogynistic under the guise of "progress,"
That is obviously right. Forbidding women as women to think of themselves as having vaginas and to talk about them in that way is hateful tpward women. It is an attack on their gender.
The "women's" college is now accepting men who claim to "identify" as women. I'm sure they will give minority scholarships to white folk who identify as minorities too.
If vaginas have nothing to do with women, then why are taxpayers now required to pay for the surgical alterations of men who pretend to be women? If there are no women's private parts then they should be fine without the surgery.
Here's a video from the college:
It is hysterical to hear these morons claim to being so "diverse" and "inclusive" while never questioning the exclusion of biological males who identify as men. What about a female student who "comes out" as a transgender "man"? Does he get expelled?


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It's probably been more than a year since I made my first ensaymada. The recipe was handwritten in on my recipe notebook, sadly I cannot remember which website my recipe came from.
But there are a few modifications that I have added to the recipe. Instead of the regular melted butter & sugar topping I decided to use plain cream cheese and sugar sprinkles. I know it's not traditional but it's definitely worth trying.
*this gallery also showed the first ensaymada I made
1 packet of yeast
1/3 cup lukewarm water
1 1/2 teaspoon of white sugar
1/2 cup diluted evap milk or undiluted fresh milk
(the more fat the better)
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup melted butter
3 egg yolks
2 1/2 - 3 cups unsifted AP flour
Philadelphia regular cream cheese (thawed & must be spreadable)
Dissolve yeast in the lukewarm water & 1/2 tsp of white sugar. Mix, then set aside until bubbly/ foamy. This process will also let you know that your yeast is still good to go, if no changes have occurred repeat process with a new pack ( its also a good to have extra just in case ). Mix everything together until well incorporated & smooth. Transfer dough into a well greased bowl, let rise for 1 hour , then form into a log. Flatten & fill with cheese & butter ( or ube jam , sweet bean paste or custard etc. ) Form into snail shell shaped coils in a greased round pan. If making smaller ones divide dough into equal balls then form into smaller snail shells coils & place it in greased muffin or cupcake pans. Let the dough rest for another hour. Preheat oven at 300'F. Cook for 25mins. or until lightly brown. Cool completely then slather with cream cheese or butter. Add the sugar sprinkles on top as well.


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Is your hearth the statement piece you want it to be, or is it more of an eyesore? This remodel brightened our front room and updated it from the 1960s era to 2013. Skilled Tip: The easiest (and most cheap) technique to revive a boring brick fireplace is with paint. While I waited 24 hours for the glue to dry I took fairly photos of my new birch logs, a gift from my beneficiant boss and her furniture staging endeavors.
Vital Improvements & Wish List: Make an inventory of what needs to be accomplished and what you'd love to do. If your fire does not work, or there are structural points, these will must be the high priority to your rework. If you think about tackling a fireplace transform, be prepared to find out about flammability – this is NOT a job you want to screw up. Have funds available to hire a professional when you want one.
In the event you enjoy vintage seems, one other standard look is adding reclaimed lumber to create a classic hearth. This hearth might turn out to be the congregation point for parties and you want sufficient room on your visitors. I'm an enormous fan of deep color, so I like how he painted the dry wall to showcase the fireside.
If you're in search of lovely & breathtaking fire designs, you have come to the best place. Meticulous consideration to detailed tile work and high quality restoration strategies are the hallmarks of a Craftsman Style hearth and chimney contractor.
The remodel will only take a short time and makes your hearth appeared reworked without really spending a lot over it. We merely reface the entire hearth with the material and design of your selection. Stone fireplace has numerous benefits and one in all these is that you just don't have to follow strict constructing code.


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Creating your Benchtop Test Program
This article describes the Benchtop test example program
Creating a project
Create a new Getting Started Example project. For more info about creating projects, see Creating a robot program.
Our code needs to reference the components of WPILib that are used. In C++ this is accomplished using "#include" statements, in Java it is done with "import" statements. The program references classes for Joystick (for driving), PWMVictorSPX (for controlling motors), TimedRobot (the base class used for the example), Timer (used for autonomous), DifferentialDrive (for connecting the joystick control to the motors), and LiveWindow (C++ only).
Defining the variables for our sample robot
The sample robot in our examples will have a joystick on USB port 0 for arcade drive and two motors on PWM ports 0 and 1. Here we create objects of type DifferentialDrive (m_robotDrive), Joystick (m_stick) and time (m_timer). This section of the code does three things:
- Defines the variables as members of our Robot class.
- Initializes the variables.
Note: The variable initializations for C++ are in the "private" section at the bottom of the program. This means they are private to the class (Robot). The C++ code also sets the Motor Safety expiration to 0.1 seconds (the drive will shut off if we don't give it a command every .1 seconds and starts the timer used for autonomous.
Robot Initialization
The RobotInit method is run when the robot program is starting up, but after the constructor. The RobotInit for our sample program gets a pointer to the LiveWindow instance (this is used in the test method discussed below). This method is omitted from the code, meaning the default version will be run (if we wanted to run something here we could provide the code above to override the default).
Simple autonomous sample
The AutonomousInit method is run once each time the robot transitions to autonomous from another mode. In this program, we reset the timer and then start it in this method.
AutonomousPeriodic is run once every period while the robot is in autonomous mode. In the TimedRobot class the period is a fixed time, which defaults to 20ms. In this example, the periodic code checks if the timer is less than 2 seconds and if so, drives forward at half speed using the ArcadeDrive method of the DifferentialDrive class. The value is negative for forward motion because of the convention for joysticks where a negative Y-axis value corresponds to moving the stick away from you (forward). If more than 2 seconds has elapsed, the code stops the robot drive.
Joystick Control for teleoperation
Like in Autonomous, the Teleop mode has a TeleopInit and TeleopPeriodic function. In this example we don't have anything to do in TeleopInit, it is provided for illustration purposes only. In Teleop Periodic, the code uses the ArcadeDrive method to map the Y-axis of the joystick to forward/back motion of the drive motors and the X-axis to turning motion.
Test Mode
Test Mode is used for testing robot functionality. Similar to TeleopInit, the TestPeriodic is provided here for example.
Next Steps
To learn about running this program on the roboRIO see the next article.


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I can't believe it was just over a year ago that I was relaxing on the beautiful island of Santorini, luxuriating in the amazing views and relaxed atmosphere, gorging myself on cheese and vin santo… I want to go back!!
Red Sand Beach
Materials: Graphic45 Tropical Travelogue paper, chipboard elements and stickers, doily from supermarket
Mum and I found huge rectangular doilies during our pre-retreat lolly and chocolate stockpiling trip to the supermarket and I couldn't wait to use one on a layout! This layout came together fairly easily – I kept it very simple so that the photos wouldn't be overshadowed and these gorgeous paper are very easy to work with!
Volcano & Hot Springs
Materials: Bazzill, KaiserCraft Storyteller paper and collectables, Thickers
This one was a bit more of a challenge and I'm not 100% happy with it, although it does look better in real life than on-screen. I love these photos, taken on a cruise around Santorini and on the volcanic island nearby – Aaron was brave enough to take a dip in the under-sea hot springs and he looks so happy!


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by Rabbi Andy Bachman
More than 3,000 meals today.
More batteries, paper towels, toilet paper, candles and breakfast bars than you care to know. But such an awe-inspiring outpouring of love, generosity and purpose: It turns out prayer might be true.
I'm a skeptic when it comes to faith. I practice. I believe. But I don't await results. Naturally so. I really don't have a particularly deep answer for why that is. And yet, whenever there's a crisis of deeply human proportions, I'm always stricken with awe at the human capacity to transcend its own worst instincts, to rise to its best ones, and to love fully and unconditionally its fellow man, woman, child or beast.
Why is that?
Throughout the day today, I've seen people enter our synagogue from all walks of life: orthodox Jews and orthodox Christians; Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus; secular Jews and secular whomevers; faithful ones from all the sectors of every shape, dimension and size; Greeks, Italians, Russians, Israelis, Argentinians, Chinese, Japanese, African Americans, French, German, English, Irish, Australian, women, children and men–and many, many more–and never, ever, throughout the day, did it matter "who you were" as much as it mattered "where you were going": to Rockaways or Coney Island; to Red Hook or Canarsie–with food, batteries, paper towels, toilet paper, candles and breakfasts bars–more than you care to know or can ever comprehend.
Today people sacrificed family time; personal time; family safety; personal safety. Why? Why do people give against their own self-interest?
Of course, maybe the question is wrong.
Maybe we should ask it this way:
Why, despite the erroneous perception that it's against their self-interest, do people transcend their own individuality in order to connect to a larger spirit, a larger organizing morality, a greater connection to a multiple humanity, a gloriously diverse and cacophonously messy whole?
Two reasons.
One, it feels good.
Two, we're hard-wired this way.
I saw both today, and all week, in full force.
On several occasions, while out walking from home to shul or from shul to home, I consulted God on the matter.
He didn't answer directly.
But He kept sending people to the synagogue to help.
Rabbi Andy Bachman is the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Artist Nina Katchadourian has a creative way of passing the time on long-haul flights.
She recreates Old Master Flemish Paintings in a series she has dubbed "Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style."
She makes these photos while in flight - using only her cellphone- and the materials she finds around her.
In her own words:
"While in the lavatory on a domestic flight in March 2010, I spontaneously put a tissue paper toilet cover seat cover over my head and took a picture in the mirror. "
"The image evoked 15th-century Flemish portraiture. I decided to add more images made in this mode and planned to take advantage of a long-haul flight from San Francisco to Auckland, guessing that there were likely to be long periods of time when no one was using the lavatory on the 14-hour flight."
"I made several forays to the bathroom from my aisle seat, and by the time we landed I had a large group of new photographs entitled Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style."
"I was wearing a thin black scarf that I sometimes hung up on the wall behind me to create the deep black ground that is typical of these portraits. "
"There is no special illumination in use other than the lavatory's own lights and all the images are shot hand-held with the camera phone."
This is Nina Katchadourian's website.
So, here's my point: "play" with your camera and your lighting. Use clothing and props in a unique and unusual way. Use these photos for inspiration...you have nothing to lose (except the boring old way of doing things).
Rules of thumb, #1 and #2:
"Clothes do not make the person - but they do make the portrait."
"Interesting clothing, props and lighting makes for an interesting portrait"
Any one of these would make a good reference photo for a painting.
A little imagination...
Lots of creativity...
By utilizing the materials at hand - not necessarily for their original function - but instead for a "look"...
Makes for some stunning and creative reference photos.
Too often I see portraits of people in "ordinary clothing"...but if you think "paintable clothing" - you'll end up with a better portrait.
By stretching her thinking beyond the ordinary, this artist created some very visually interesting and unusual photographs.
White is always a good way to "frame the face."
An interesting silhouette makes for an interesting portrait.
High contrast and definite shapes work in a portrait too.
All in all, I think that a great reference photo can be very simple - and very powerful.
And next time you're on an airplane and someone is hogging the bathroom...it could be an artist taking self portrait photos that look like an Old Master.
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It's International Women's Day, and one can expect the usual lamenting and tearing of hair re the supposed Failings of Feminism. And indeed, there is a litany of things to moan over: plenty of misogyny to go around, still no across-the-board equal pay for equal work, no universal child care for working mothers, and last time I looked, women still do most of the housework not to mention, the bearing of children. On the other side of the ledger, women (in the West!) can dress as they please, work, vote, hold office and own things like houses and cars. They can even have children without benefit of husbands, if that's what they prefer. That's not nothing; and I want to stress, in the so-called developing countries, women generally have none of these advantages. And perhaps that is the next goal worthy of feminists, everywhere: help women in those countries find their own strength, their voice, and their power. We no longer live just in 'the West'; increasingly, we live in a global world pressing in on us from all sides. We are aware that inequality persists; everywhere.
But back here in the West, why is there this creeping disappointment, this feeling that, somehow, whatever gains we have made, it's not enough? It's because we are currently living with an oversupply of global aggression and fear mongering that is creating a world of danger for most of humanity, especially women and children. There is a frightening amount of social and 'religious' extremism, out of control capitalism systematically raping the environment, and a near total inability to come to grips with ongoing and accelerating Climate Change. These are the dangers we face today, and we urgently need the female perspective and energy to address them. Women in the West, with their hard won position of near equality with men, are the ones who have the means to step up. To step out of the personal into the public sphere, whether as activists, politicians, artists or whatever: we need them desperately. We live in desperate times that call for women–all women, of all ages–to engage. We have to face the big issues: they are here, they are global, they are terrifying. But I believe that women are the strong sex; they can lead us into a different future, one where the concerns of women are at the forefront: security, co-operation, empathy, love. That is the goal, the direction and the work that feminism now faces.
Nobody said it was going to be easy; and meanwhile, Happy International Women's Day!


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Taxi fares in Edinburgh
Current taxi fares
As licensing authority for taxis, we review and fix the scale of fares and any other charges which may be used by taxis licensed within the city. This review must take place at least every 18 months.
You can download a table showing Edinburgh's current taxi tariff. Taxi fares were last amended in June 2018.
Download taxi fare table (PDF - 172.97 KB)
For more information on taxi licensing, please contact the Licensing team.


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Vice-Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth
Professor Graham Galbraith took up post as Vice-Chancellor at the University of Portsmouth in 2013. Previous to this he had held the sole Deputy Vice-Chancellor role at the University of Hertfordshire since 2008 and the role of Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) at Glasgow Caledonian University, which he joined in 1993. He gained a BSc (1st class) in Environmental Engineering, an MSc, Mechanical Engineering and a PhD from the University of Strathclyde.
He has a wealth of management experience and a strong entrepreneurial outlook which, combined with a substantial record of academic achievement and a thorough understanding of the international and HE sectors, puts him in an ideal position to lead the University through its next stage of development.
Professor Galbraith is passionate about HE and its power to transform the life choices of individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds. He is committed to leading the University to provide the very best student experience underpinned by internationally excellent research and world class business engagement.
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Why Choose an IBCLC?
Breastfeeding doesn't come naturally to most mothers; it is a learned behavior and takes time, support, and experience for mother and baby to build their breastfeeding relationship. The difficulties faced can be painful, frustrating and overwhelming, and lead to a desire to quit and switch to formula. An IBCLC or International Board Certified Lactation Consultant is the best source of evidenced-based breastfeeding information and assistance that will empower you to have a satisfying breastfeeding experience.
• They are the gurus of breastfeeding expertise and support.
• An IBCLC must pass a comprehensive international exam and re-certify every 5 years to ensure that she stays up-to-date with current evidence-based information.
• IBCLC's help mothers learn how to do everything from how to hold, position, and latch their baby to how to manage complex breastfeeding issues such as low milk supply, high risk babies and much more.
• IBCLC's are the ideal professionals to answer personal questions and concerns. Saving your breastfeeding journey with one visit can ultimately save you and your family thousands in formula costs and even more in health care costs.
If you are having breastfeeding trouble, need support, encouragement, or just have questions don't give up! Let us equip you with the very best support and knowledge to reach your goals!
When to see an IBCLC?
Before Baby:
• You want to learn as much as you can about breastfeeding.
• You had trouble in the past nursing your baby.
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• You have had breast surgery in the past or have concerns about your breast anatomy.
• You worry about your health or a diagnosis in your history that may may it difficult for you to breastfeed.
After baby:
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What can our IBCLC's do to help?
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• Offer choices to help you correct the concerns at hand.
• Work with you to provide a plan of care.
• Suggest supplies or tools you may be able to use.
• Provide a plan of care comprised of written instructions, resources, and interventions for you to take home.
• Provide continued support after your appointment to ensure your lactation success.
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In two separate sessions, the Kindergarten class (junior and senior) completed a paper mache fish art project. Step one: The children formed the fish's body out of tin foil. Using homemade paper mache paste, and ripped up newsprint, the children covered the fish up. Step two: I had the children sketch out a plan for how they wanted to paint their fish. They had to pick 2 colours of the 3 primaries. Once the plan was established, Step three: The children painted their fish - the challenge was for them to see if they could follow through with their plan. And they did great!
Recycled Cardboard Forest
The Grade 5 class completed recycled cardboard forests today. The inspiration was the incredible artwork done by Eva Jospin. Prior to working on the project, we discussed how to capture line, space, and texture using the cardboard. They turned out great!
I live in Southern Ontario on a farm with my husband, Dennis, and our two daughters. Painting out of my studio on our farm allows me to stay close to my family and to be surrounded by the natural landscape that continues to influence my work.
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Bread must be thoroughly kneaded to properly rise. The process of kneading develops gluten; the protein responsible for both the binding of the bread and the fluffiness. Without gluten, the bread would crumble apart. As the dough is kneaded, the gluten makes small air pockets that are then filled with carbon dioxide released by the yeast. These pockets are what make bread fluffy, porous and soft rather than thick and dense. You cannot skip or find a shortcut for kneading in a recipe. However, if 10 minutes of kneading sounds painful on your wrists, back and patience, a heavy duty stand mixer can perform the job for you.
Divide the dough in half once it comes together in the bowl. Even if your dough recipe is for one single loaf, dividing it in half to knead in the mixer and then combining afterward reduces stress on your mixer's engine.
Attach the dough hook to your mixer. The dough hook is a large, usually white, metal hook with one bent arm. Do not use the paddle or whisk attachment as it will not knead and you may damage your equipment.
Place half of the dough in the mixer. Heavy duty top quality mixers such as KitchenAid brand are ideal for bread kneading. Other quality brands work as well; however, do not attempt this in a plastic-based mixer as the engine and structure are not capable of handling the work.
Set the mixer to medium speed. On most mixers this is the medium dial, on a KitchenAid mixer set the lever to No. 2. Allow the dough to knead for a full 10 minutes. After the first half is kneaded, switch the dough halves and knead the second for 10 minutes as well. Once both are kneaded, hand-knead them together on a clean kitchen surface until they are uniformly combined.


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Massachusetts will soon have a statewide emergency services system that will let first responders communicate in real time using Internet Protocol formats.
The Massachusetts State 911 Department awarded General Dynamics Information Technology a contract to build, install and operate an IP-based system that will help the commonwealth's public safety community integrate new technologies, including smart phones, texting, video and web services into its first-response arsenal.
Massachusetts Public Safety Secretary Andrea Cabral said the new system, "will effectively transform our analog based system into an IP- based system, making it compatible with today's changing technology and communication methods."
The deal equips the commonwealth to move to a statewide next-generation 911 system that complies with National Emergency Number Association's i3 architecture standards, which establishes nationwide interoperability for the system and will speed information sharing with first responder teams, officials said.
General Dynamics will replace Massachusetts's legacy Enhanced 911 (E911) emergency call-handling system with a secure, IP-based NG 911 system. The new protocols clear the way to receive emergency service requests from existing public networks as well as new applications and devices, according to the company. Data from geographical information systems, for example, will be integrated into all emergency service requests to accurately map a caller's location and route calls to public safety answering points.
The company will also train more than 6,000 Massachusetts police, fire and dispatch workers and other emergency service organizations.
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General Dynamics said it has launched more than 50 E911 systems into service, including the recent transition of the E911 system in Morgan County, Ohio, to a NG911 network.
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The legacy of segregation, the logic goes, means blacks are more likely to attend inferior schools. This creates a high proportion of blacks unprepared to compete for jobs in today's economy, where middle-class industrial work for unskilled laborers has largely disappeared.
The drug epidemic sent disproportionate numbers of black men to prison, and crushed the job opportunities for those who served their time. Women don't want to marry men who can't provide for their families, and welfare laws created a financial incentive for poor mothers to stay single.
If you remove these inequalities, some say, the 72 percent will decrease.
"It's all connected. The question should be, how has the black family survived at all?" says Maria Kefalas, co-author of "Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage."
The evidence is strong that this situation can lead to a downward spiral for this entire segment of the American population, and this is the subject of extensive research taking place in the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study at Princeton and Columbia Universities: "The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study is following a cohort of nearly 5,000 children born in large U.S. cities between 1998 and 2000 (roughly three-quarters of whom were born to unmarried parents). We refer to unmarried parents and their children as 'fragile families' to underscore that they are families and that they are at greater risk of breaking up and living in poverty than more traditional families." The next huge set of questions, of course, is what can be done about it, and no good answers seem yet to have emerged. Everyone can agree that inequalities should be removed, but figuring out how to do that is a huge project.


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Stoller is located in the heart of the Willamette Valley and has been producing great wines since 2001 from a property that was originally the Stoller family's turkey farm! Just shows you the big changes that have taken place in this part of the country, and it offers a glimpse into the fascinating stories we'll be sharing during the virtual tasting.
We'll be tasting the latest release of Stoller JV and SV Pinot Noir. Order the wines direct from Stoller if you want to taste along with us, or if you have any other Stoller vintages, or Oregon wines for that matter, Melissa and I will be taking your questions and opening up the discussion to include you all. This is a not-to-be-missed tasting, so mark it down in your calendars now!
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The sun was setting as I went for a walk in the neighborhood.
I consciously thought of enjoying the time, taking in the reality of the moments I was being blessed with.
The sunlight was still falling on the trees in the orange grove beside my house, giving them a warm glow as they nestled in the thick green grass that had succumbed to the shadows.
Turning around, I noticed the flowering Crepe Myrtle trees in my yard, towering high with bundles of color.
A dog barked in the distance.
Gopher turtles had dug holes in the ground to shelter themselves in many places I walked.
The pink, fluffy clouds to the south looked like a lovely painting.
If I had decorated a room especially for someone, I wonder how I would feel if they entered it, but failed to notice or appreciate the decorations?
Day after day, God creates unspeakable beauty in our surroundings.
He gives it especially to us, to appreciate and enjoy.
Instead of hurrying through the hours and moments I am given, failing to notice and appreciate the creative works of His hands, I should take the time to enjoy what He has prepared with a thankful and grateful heart.
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It's been days since I have slept. As most of you Mommies know....when you have a sick child, you never, ever sleep.
Saturday night I was so nervous about the Wedding Faire I hardly slept at all.
Sunday night I was exhausted from doing the show. Then my brother called...laid a bunch of guilt on me. Then Nash got sick.
When he was little....it was always about puke. Yep....Nash is a puker. Yep....nothing like being the Mom of one of those kids. But now....he is pretty good. He can actually hold it until he gets to the bathroom.
Just gotta say WOW!
But, Sunday night....he woke up, I drugged him, we watched a little Nick @ Nite.
This has been our tradition since....the beginning of time. If you get up at night, you get to snuggle with Mommy while watching Nick @ Nite for one episode...only! Then you get tucked into bed with a warning....don't get up again.
Monday comes....I have to work but I have my sidekick Nash with me. And he is determined to NOT want to go to work. So, there is a ton of whining but...I own a business, I don;t get to call in sick. We go to work. But, I watch him carefully and know....he needs to see the doctor. It's determined that he has tonsillitis. My poor baby.
Tuesday....his throat is really swollen. But to work we must go. He is pretty good. He rides with me in his jammies. We go up the hill to Mi-Wuk, Sugar Pine & Twain Harte. Easy trip...I love to drive. But,he really feels crappy. And is whining and I am whining because I am tired too.
Last night....I was up most of the night. The whining, the fever, the worry. Oh, I am so tired.
Today, again I have to work....I have to drive to Jamestown, Angel's camp, San Andreas....and return back the same way. It really is an easy trip. Nash can sit in the back of the car....watch a DVD.
But, I am wiped out! I am exhausted!
And tonight.....is Sonora in the Round. The night that Sophie & I get to really see what will be offered at the high school. She will be there all day....she is excited! I am worried and tired. Yes...I have cried a lot about high school....and now I am crying because I am exhausted!
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Cotati, CA – The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) is offering a $5,000 reward for any information that leads to the arrest of the perpetrators or perpetrators who shot and killed a horse on Sunday in Santa Rosa, California.
The Press Democrat reports that someone armed with a high-caliber rifle shot a horse on Sunday as it stood in its pasture in the hills above Bennett Valley. The shot wounded the horse, causing it to sprint back to its stable where it ultimately died.
"It's just devastating," said the unnamed, frightened owner.
Delta Fox, a 17-year-old male American warmblood, and two other horses had been put out to pasture together on Sunday morning. "They came racing up the hill in a huge panic," she said. "One of them entered the stall and collapsed. My husband went over to see and found a hole through the horse's flank."
The couple called for help around 9 am, with Sheriff's deputies, county animal control officers, and the sheriff's helicopter responding. The woman's husband raised the horse, which she described as a "very youthful 17, a graceful animal, very kind and a good mind."
Police have no leads, prompting the national nonprofit ALDF to offer a $5,000 reward for any information that directly leads to the arrest of a suspect.
"Residents of Santa Rosa have a legitimate cause for concern when criminals are on the loose who could shoot a kind and gentle horse for no reason," says ALDF Executive Director Stephen Wells in a statement.
The ALDF asks anyone with information relating to the identity of the mystery horse killer of Bennett Valley in Santa Rosa, CA to call them at 707-795-2533, extension 1010.


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Three years ago I started swimming after back surgery for a low impact aerobic activity. When I was young, I swam around lakes and pools but never on a swim team and was never coached.
After several months of swimming on my own, I joined a US Masters swim team. The US Masters Swimming is a terrific way to learn swimming or get back into it. It is a coached practice for all levels of ability. They divide you into lanes based on your ability. As you progress, you move "up a lane." I started in lane one and watched in amazement at some of the swimmers in the "fast lane." They were former college swimmers, a former professional triathlete, and people who had worked their way up and were just plain fast.
Swimming is probably the most technique-oriented sport in triathlon. Thus, it is one where coaching can help you the most. A friend of mine, a former Auburn swimmer, advised me to take private lessons for a month then go on my own. I should have followed his advice – I would have saved myself many months of learning the hard way. US Masters is a coached practice but there are 20+ other swimmers they have to pay attention to so be patient and learn proper technique before putting in a lot of yardage. Trust me, you will be SO much better off in the long run.
Swimming well means two things to me. First, having good technique and balance – this is absolutely a technique sport. Second, reducing the drag of the water on your body. We'll get into technique in a minute but let me address drag.
Water is about 1000 times more dense than air. Imagine you are pushing your hand through the water. Is it harder to push your hand parallel to the water line or perpendicular? Perpendicular. The basic lesson of this is to reduce your resistance signature in the water. This will come with practicing good technique but it is worth mentioning on it's own because it is so important. The more drag you carry and push through the water, the harder you have to work to maintain a certain speed. Thus, the less drag, the faster you will go at any given level of energy.
The image my terrific Masters coach gave me was to imagine your are trying to swim through a long tube. The smaller your make that imaginary tube, the less drag you have.
There are entire books written on technique so I will briefly outline it here and have some terrific resource recommendations at the end of this post.
Before getting into technique specifics, you must learn to balance yourself in the water. By this I mean, be able to kick almost effortlessly on your side where your hips and shoulders are at about the same level. Your hips and legs are not lower making you plow through the water creating drag – remember the tube imagery. The next time you are swimming, take a moment to watch some of the other swimmers, from underwater if you can do so safely. You will know who has balance right away because they appear relatively level compared to the water line. Others will appear to swimming uphill the entire time, and I can tell you from my earlier days that it feels like it also. Balance is imperative and should be drilled until it is second nature.
I'm not a coach but I offer what I have learned – take it for what its worth. The freestyle stroke can be broken into several phases:
- Entry
- Catch
- Pull
- Push
- Recovery
The entry is how your hand comes in front of and enters the water. It should be at a 45 degree angle when entering the water and go through the water like your putting your hand through a mail slot. As you move your hand forward, your body should roll partially to it's side.
The catch is how your hand and forearm "catch" or grab the water ready to pull and push the water back, and you forward.
The pull is where, with a high elbow, your hand and forearm start to pull the water back. I went to a swim clinic taught by Olympic champion Rowdy Gaines. He used the imagery of putting your hand over a barrel and pulling – that's the curved type of shape it should be. But make sure you have a high elbow. It will likely feel awkward at first.
The push is taking all the water mass you have gathered in the pull and pushing it back propelling you forward. There is some debate about whether you push all the way back and flip your hand out at the end of the pull OR pull out earlier since the last few inches don't add that much propulsion.
The recovery is how your arm gets from the end of the pull back to entry. Some teach it to be almost a huge circle while most still teach a high elbow and relaxed forearm back to entry. I'll leave this to your research and trail and error. This is typically when your shoulders are rotated almost perpendicular to the water line. This rotation is generated through your core and hips.
Please take my advice – get some help with your technique in the beginning. It's worth it. With proper technique you are more likely to avoid injury and progress faster.
One last thing to remember about triathlon swims is that you don't want to spend all of your energy kicking in the swim portion leaving nothing for the remaining one to fourteen hours of your event that require much from your legs. Some advise to use them as a stabilizer instead of a propellant, thus saving energy. Experiment with it and see what works for you. Whether you use your legs much in your triathlon swim or not, having a good swim means having a proficient kick and that takes time to acquire but is worth the effort.
- Get a coach in the beginning if you can
- If you can't, get some videos or books to learn technique (see below)
- Have someone video tape you swimming so you can see and correct yourself
- Technique drills should incorporated through all phases of your swim development
- Learn drills and practice them regularly no matter how fast you progress
- Balance is the key to less drag and less effort
Swim technique videos
Total Immersion Swimming DVD
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Fast install. Extremely easy to use. Other Sophos products get high marks from independent labs. Free.
Unlike most cleanup-only tools, it requires installation. No updates; must re-download on each use. Could not complete a scan on six of twelve infested systems. Very poor malware removal scores.
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Typically you download a free cleanup-only antivirus when malware prevents installation of a full-scale desktop antivirus. In testing, Sophos Virus Removal Tool 2.0 proved remarkably ineffective. It failed to even complete a scan on fully half of the infested test systems.
A recent post on Sophos's Naked Security blog celebrated the updated Sophos Virus Removal Tool 2.0 (free), noting that for 27 percent of users it found threats other antivirus products missed. That may well be, but in my own testing Sophos alone did a really terrible cleanup job.
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Typically you'll grab a free cleanup-only tool when malware on the PC prevents installation of a full-scale desktop antivirus. It's perhaps telling that the use-case described in the Naked Security post involves running Sophos after another antivirus. With another product doing the heavy lifting, Sophos might well find leftover malware scraps.
Unlike Emsisoft Emergency Kit 2.0 (free, 3.5 stars), another free, cleanup-only antivirus, Sophos needs to be installed before you can use it. Installation is quick and easy, when it works. However, one of my test systems can only run in Safe Mode because a ransomware threat totally takes over if it boots into normal Windows. Sophos can't install in Safe Mode and hence didn't clean this system at all.
The product's main window is just a welcome screen with a button to start scanning. Automatic updates will come this fall; in the meanwhile users should just download a new copy before each use.
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Sophos scans memory for active malware first. If it finds any threats it pauses and reports what it found. When you click to continue, it cleans up the threat in memory and proceeds with the scan. In some cases a reboot is needed to clean the in-memory threat, and the scan restarts automatically after reboot.
At least, that's what is supposed to happen. On four test systems, Sophos could not remove the in-memory malware. When that happens, the scan is over. There's no option to proceed with cleanup. Product Manager Shai Gelbaum explained "we had a few incidents with fast file infectors where scanning memory while malware was resident infected all the files we touched." That may be the case, but I haven't seen any other antivirus that totally abandons scanning if it can't remove in-memory malware.
Another test system displayed a different kind of problem with in-memory malware. Sophos detected it, offered to clean it, and requested a reboot. After rebooting, Sophos detected the malware, offered to clean it, and requested another reboot. I let it go through this cycle six times before concluding that it really, truly was not ever going to finish a scan.
So, for one reason or another, Sophos couldn't do anything at all to clean up half of my twelve malware-infested test systems. That's certainly a bad start.
On the systems where it managed to finish a scan, Sophos detected 81 percent of the threats and would have scored 4.7 points for cleanup. The highest score achieved using my current malware collection was 5.6 points by Emsisoft.
Under my previous malware collection, Norton AntiVirus 2012 ($39.99 direct, 4.5 stars) managed 7.1 points, Webroot SecureAnywhere Antivirus ($39.95 direct, 4.5 stars) took 6.9, and the free, cleanup-only Comodo Cleaning Essentials (free, 4.5 stars) managed 6.8 points.
4.7 points would be an okay score for Sophos, but that doesn't factor in the systems where Sophos couldn't complete a full scan. Including all twelve systems, Sophos detected 53 percent of threats, the lowest detection rate among products tested with my current malware collection. Its score of 3.0 points barely escapes being the lowest ever. That dubious honor goes to Anvi Smart Defender (free, 1 stars), with 2.9 points.
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text: A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of meeting and photographing the lovely Lynsey from Ready Steady Go Kids at Tennyson! I spent the morning getting to know Lynsey, a little more about the program that Ready Steady Go Kids offer and capturing some awesome branding photos that can be used to promote the business online and through social media. Ready Steady Go Kids is such an awesome program for little. It is a physic-designed program that teaches kids (2.5-6 year olds) the fundamentals of 10 different sports. It was so awesome watching these guys interact and encourage the kids throughout the session. If I had kids, I would sign them up!! So here are a few photos from our session!


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Ouch! No wonder the hip part hurt. How long ago did you get it? Where did you get the design from?
I got it last June. I had a friend design it for me.
I almost forgot to ask, @Gawdzilla Sama and @TomFoolery , how many hours did you have to sit for them? Did yall do it in one sitting or multiple? What aftercare method did yall use?
No particular symbolism. Just liked it. Hurt like a bitch around the hip bone.
Don't have any myself; thought about it many times over the years though. In the end.................it's a fairly permanent choice, and given my "somewhat" mecurial nature.............I could easily love it for fill in the blank; wake up the next morning and detest the damn thing! I know I'm not manly enough to lean into the belt sander and 60 grit long enough to get rid of it! :)
@Gawdzilla SamaOh my god! That sounds insane! I bet it was a beautiful sight to see. I wonder if he ever expanded it into a full suit?
@Gawdzilla Sama@Flanker1Six You can always go for a henna tattoo. They last about 2 weeks and can be very beautiful. It's fine if you never go through with a permanent tattoo, but if you get the wild hair and get worried about changing your mind later, just do research and find something very meaningful to you and then wait one year. If you still love it and it still means something to you, odds are that it still will later. If you hate it, then you just saved yourself a headache ;)
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I arrived at Majuli with empty expectations. The two weeks that I was on the road crisscrossing the states of Arunachal and Assam, it left me with the not-so-good impression of the people of Assam. Like, in general, the faces are weary and devoid of any smile unlike the people in Arunachal who are incredibly warm. But I was looking forward to spending time with the Majuli's Mishing Tribe which is one of the largest ethnic tribes of Assam. The tribe is a descendant of early Tibetan-Burmese speakers in this region. Today their population is only a million and a half settled in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
Without much anticipation, I made way to the last stop of my trip, Majuli Island – the largest river island in the world. A quick one-hour boat ride brought me to Majuli from Jorhat. By the time I reached my host's house near Garmur Satra, it was black as pitch.
I was on a biking trip with a friend in this region. The sight of dusted duffel bags and sooty eyes made people curious of our whereabouts. They wanted to make conversation, but despaired of not finding a common language; they soon left us on our own. I looked around and found all the houses look alike – bamboo huts on stilts. The pigs and fowls were making frequent appearances on the street.
We were sitting in a house of an old woman. She wore her saree in the traditional Mishing way. For whatever little time I had spent at this woman's house, she made us a generous meal and the fact that we didn't speak each other's language didn't stop her from talking to me. The tribe speaks Mishing which is similar to Assamese but still different. She was making all attempts to know about me. It was a moment when words defy and feelings transpire.
As I spent more time knowing them, I realised that this tribe live in small settlements mostly with their family and relatives, and it is a norm to eat or sleep in anybody's house.
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My host – a 28-year-old man who was the only interpreter with broken Hindi, took me to his house where my sleeping arrangements were made, the reason he gave was "We have ladies at home you will be more comfortable." That moment I didn't know that the next two days were going to be the turning point of my trip.
It was a prosperous house with many women and kids. The most congenial was the host's mother who would frequently be chortled. The other two women were the host's sister and wife who were equally pleasing but shy. It was 11'o clock in the night, the free flow of Apong (the local rice wine) was nowhere to an end. Having said that I didn't mind drinking it, but was worried about where to release it during the night in the jungle.
When it became too difficult to keep up with the enthusiasm of the family, I took their leave and retired to the bed. The mother was too kind to give away her bed to me and slept on the floor with kids. The sister in her faint voice said: "Call me if you need anything."
In just a couple of hours, the passing thought that came to my mind became a reality. I needed to pee! The house that was bustling with noise was now silent as the grave. At first, I thought I'll wait till the morning, but then I couldn't hold and shook the sister sleeping in the adjacent room. I couldn't believe my ears to what she said in her feeble voice, so I asked her again, and she repeated: "you can do it behind the room separator." I went behind and saw a wide gap between the two bamboo shafts. I couldn't care less. It was the most convenient way of peeing ever!
Photo Credits: Aditi Mittal
Mornings were unique. That was the time when I could live the way they do. Starting from using the communal toilet and freshening up at the hand pump to the gulping down two-three cups of Lal Chah with orange cream biscuits, life was good with no additional necessities.
I heard the jarring Mishing songs coming out of the loudspeaker somewhere from the village. They told me it was the first death anniversary celebration of an old lady, and at least 1,000 people from nearby villages are coming today for the feast. I got an invite too! I went there and saw that the major part of the jamboree involves the washing, scrubbing, butchering of the pig and relishing the pork dishes. At least ten large pigs were slaughtered in front of me if not less. I appreciate their culture, but after a while, it started to gross me out seeing the gallons of blood and tonnes of flesh lying for the gluttony to be satisfied.
Photo Credits: Aditi Mittal
I decided to take a break and walked around the village. I noticed that each house had a weaving set up; it is an everyday activity that women do in their spare time. The intertwining of the colourful threads is how they get their beautiful traditional attire – Galuk.
Photo Credits: Aditi Mittal
I was walking away from the hubbub and entered another settlement which gave me a gist of what it is to live here – men were lazing, young kids playing with the marbles and the chanting from the nearby Satras.
The mention of Satras made me question their religious beliefs. They traditionally have faith in Donyi-Polo (praying to the sun and the moon) but follow Hinduism at the same time. However, Christian missionaries also exist in the interior parts of Majuli.
Photo Credits: Aditi Mittal
It gets dark soon in Majuli. I came back to spend my last night with the lovely host family who got back from the celebration and were already sitting around the hearth, as always. The funny bit was neither of us could understand each other, but there was an ongoing exchange of broken Hindi and laughter. Two members of the extended family joined us, http://thesailingbee.com/mmtand so started the unceasing rounds of Apong. This time I didn't mind it at all.
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Cashews are the Barry White of the nut world: deep, smooth, mellow and oh so sultry. The combination of their fats, their fibers, and their carbs make for a nut butter that is silky and smooth: no grit, no way. In other words, this ain't almond butter. Now take that cashew buttah and blend it with coconut manna and a smidge of salt and you've got Cashew Cookie Butter from Nikki's: their first flavor without a bit of sweetener. You'll never miss it, not with this crooner on your spoon.
For the true, true stories behind this incredible foodstuff, read on.
Coconut butter is a pretty delicious thing in and of itself. You take coconut and grind it up until it's a thick paste. Then add a little bit of coconut oil to get it to a spreadable texture and add maybe a pinch of salt. That's it. Insanely rich in healthy fats like lauric acid, coconut butter is every paleo person's answer whenever they're missing peanut butter but are burnt out on almonds or sunflower seeds. But it is pretty . . . coconutty. To the extreme.
So let's mellow out that butter. Let's talk Cashews.
I bet you've noticed that vegan cheese is made from cashews. What did those poor cashews do to deserve such treatment?! Actually, it is the cashew's wonderfulness that makes it a target for creamy exploitation. You see, cashews have this uniquely silky quality that shines when they're all ground up into a butter. It is what makes cashew ice cream (yes, true) possible, as well as that oh-so-strange vegan cheese.
(As a matter of fact, cashews are completely amazing in anything you want a super-creamy agent blended in, from sauces to smoothies. Take note!)
So here you have it. Cashew Cookie Coconut Butter, from Nikki's. This nut butter is unlike so many others, starting with the superfood coconut as the base. But what really makes coconut butter so sought after is the flavor. Organic coconuts, like the ones Nikki's uses, have a great natural sweetness that makes eating their coconut butters feel like eating dessert. Add those mellow and smooth cashews and honestly you will wonder if there isn't just a hint of honey in there or *something*. I promise, there is not. No sweetener, no artificial anything. Just coconut, cashews, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt. And your spoon, which will have a hard time staying out of that jar.
Why Nikki's Coconut Butter is so good for you
All of the ingredients in Nikki's newest flavor are organic, woohoo! We applaud Nikki's for using ingredients that are healthy and ethical, even if the cost to produce and then purchase is a little bit higher. It's important that we all support the folks that make and grow our food in sustainable ways, and it's awesome that Nikki's is one of those companies.
Even though this Cashew Cookie flavor is currently the only fully-organic butter in their lineup, it is their goal to have all of the coconut butters produced organically in the near future. That's a wonderful thing for you, me, and everyone!
Here are some of the amazing ingredients in Nikki's Coconut Butter
Coconut and Coconut Oil
Coconut has been used by many cultures worldwide for thousands of years, and is well known for its many amazing properties. Coconut is so nutritious, its list of benefits reads like a patent medicine bottle. Many people eat several tablespoons of coconut oil daily, for the incredible host of benefits it confers. It's full of health-boosting lauric acid and medium-chain triglycerides, and it's been shown to:
- Help with weight loss
- Boost energy and athletic performance
- Help with Alzheimer's and cognitive function
- Have antimicrobial and anti-viral qualities
- Nourish the thyroid
- Help prevent candida overgrowth
- Boost the metabolism
- Make skin and hair softer
Cashews have a rich supply of oleic acid, a classically beautifying oil, great for skin and hair. It also reduces your blood triglyceride and low-density lipoproteins (LDL), and elevates your high-density lipoprotein (HDL) concentration. Cashews are also rich in linolenic acid, which can effectively lower your blood pressure, and also has antioxidant properties which defend your blood vessels from free radicals.
Cashews contain a small amount of zea-xanthin, an important pigment flavonoid antioxidant, which is selectively absorbed into the retinal macula lutea in the eyes, providing protective UV ray filtering functions and helping to prevent age-related macular degeneration.
Cashews are an excellent source of vitamin K, which is indispensable to maintaining healthy bones, and has tumor suppression abilities. Studies have shown that increased intake of vitamin K lowers the occurrence of prostate cancer in men, and is effective in both prevention and treatment of cirrhosis and liver cancer.
Cashew nuts are very rich source of essential minerals, especially manganese, potassium, copper, iron, magnesium, zinc and selenium.
How to use and eat Nikki's Coconut Butters:
While the concept for coconut butter is the same as other nut butters, there are some noticeable differences between them. If you have ever used coconut oil, then you know that the oil will be liquid above room temperature and solid below room temperature. Since Nikki's Coconut Butter does contain this very melty coconut oil, it will be creamier when at warm room temperature, and stiffer at a cooler room temperature. At any temperature it is delicious; that will not change. To maintain the consistency of the texture, jars should be stored at room temperature and should not be refrigerated.
- On a spoon
- See #1
- Ok, ok . . . how about putting a spoonful on a slice of apple? Or warming it up a little and drizzling over any fresh fruit you've got on hand.
- Add some to your favorite paleo-ified baked good, like banana bread. Many banana bread recipes already use nut butters so just swap equal amounts and enjoy!
- You know that infamous/famous frozen banana ice cream recipe? (Spoiler: you just take frozen banana slices and blitz in food processor until it looks like soft serve.) Add some Cashew Cookie Butter to that mix and . . . whoa.
- Coconut Butter Granola Bars, from Nikki's own recipe collection: http://www.nikkiscoconutbutter.com/blogs/news/14470057-coconut-butter-granola-bars
- On a spoon. (couldn't resist)
About Nikki's Coconut Butters, in their own words"A few years ago, we completely revamped our diet and started following a Paleo diet. We cut out most of the dairy, gluten, soy, and processed foods, and started loading up on veggies, meats, and healthy fats. Within a few weeks of making those changes, we were feeling better than we ever had before. We fell in love with this new way of life, and haven't looked back since.
One of the challenges with Paleo, and most diets, is there aren't a lot of snack foods that are compatible with the diet. Most packaged foods are loaded with refined flour and sugars, gluten, dairy, soy, or some other unpronounceable ingredients. Frustrated with our limited snacking options, we decided to experiment with making our own coconut butter at home.
We immediately fell in love with the natural sweetness and unique texture of coconut butter. We furthered our experiment by adding every ingredient in our pantry until we came up with several unique flavors of Nikki's Coconut Butter!
Some of the flavors have changed over time, but the idea is the same. Create a dessert-like treat can be incorporated into a healthy lifestyle. We hope you enjoy Nikki's Coconut Butter just as much as we do!"
Here are answers to some of your most important questions!
What is the shelf life of the coconut butters from Nikki's?
Nikki's Coconut Butter products have all passed the two year test on the ingredients. However, for the best flavor and texture, we recommend enjoying your coconut butter within 4 weeks of opening the jar and within 12 months unopened.
Are Nikki's Coconut Butters allergen-free, like soy and dairy and egg and gluten?
Yes, Yes, Yes, and Yes. Every flavor of Nikki's Coconut Butter is free from soy, milk, egg, and gluten products. The only known allergens that are contained with Nikki's Coconut Butter are nuts and coconut.


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Location: Koh Tao, Thailand
Today was a great culmination of both the sciences and scuba diving for the semester. After a pancake breakfast we dinghied to the shore of Koh Tao, where we walked down the beach to the New Heaven Dive Shop.Here we met with Chad and the rest of the crew with the New Heaven Reef Conservation Program.Chad gave us a great lecture on coral reef restoration and they work that they are doing in Koh Tao.We had already learned about coral reefs and in particular artificial reefs from our first literature review in Marine Biology, so we already had a good idea of what Chad was talking about, but it was cool to hear about the specific types of artificial reefs they used here and his perspective on artificial reefs as a researcher and conservationist. He walked us through the process of creating an artificial reef, which we got to help with today.Months ago they collected small pieces of broken coral that were still alive and tied them to long pieces of line, which were then strung up in a "coral nursery" area, much like clotheslines.Here, they were able to grow in ideal conditions until they were ready to be transplanted to their final home on an artificial reef.The structures we were working with today were 4 pyramid shaped structures made of metal.We loaded them up in the dive boat along with ourselves and our gear and headed around to a nearby bay where we would deploy them.A few of their team free dove with each structure 10 m down to the sandy seafloor and then we all jumped in with our scuba gear and descended.The structures weren't quite where they wanted them to end up, so those of us wearing booties took off our fins and walked the structures to their final position – a pretty fun and different experience to walk across the seafloor in scuba gear!Once in position we swam over to the coral nursery and each removed a line with about 8 pieces of coral attached to it, then returned to our structure, where we wrapped the line around the pieces of metal.We made sure that the coral was resting snugly against the metal so that the coral would eventually attach itself and grow over the metal structure.When we were done we got to swim around and check out some of their older artificial reefs, giving us a good idea of what our structures would look like in a few months or years.It was a really cool experience to actually do something while diving other than just swimming around and looking at things, as most of us had never done any sort of work underwater.It was also great to be able to take something we learned about in class and apply it to a real life situation, giving us a better understanding of what we learned. We left the dive site and returned to Argo feeling accomplished because we contributed to the conservation of the coral reefs in Koh Tao, and I know we all hope to return to the beautiful island one day to check in on what will hopefully become a thriving part of the ecosystem.


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Care, Collimation Aids
Optics Care
Laser-Colli (Newtonian and SCT Laser Collimation Tool)
Optical Wonder Fluid (residue free optical cleaner)
Optical Wonder Cloth (Super Microfiber cloth)
Rocket Air Blaster (super-strong air blower)
Laser Colli
Planetarium has added a unique innovation to the laser collimator.
The Laser Colli incorporates a viewable etched viewing plate which can be
seen through the back of the laser collimator. This permits
collimation of SCTs and small diameter closed tube Newtonians,
instruments that were difficult or impossible to collimate using a
conventional single beam laser collimator.
Each collimator is
individually lathe aligned for accurate collimation. The one-piece
die-cast and machined aluminum housing guarantees a stable alignment.
The compact size and lightweight make the Laser Colli an indispensable tool
that is handy to keep in anyone's eyepiece box (thought we doubt too many
will find use as a keychain..).
For detailed instructions on how to collimate SCTs and
Newtonians with the Laser Colli, please click the following link:
Laser Colli Instructions for Newtonians and SCTs
(325 kB)
- Laser Colli (#
Optical Wonder Fluid and Cloth
Baader Planetarium's Optical Wonder
Fluid is the finest lens cleaner we have found.
It does a consistent job of cleaning oils and organic contaminants from
stubborn multicoatings while leaving almost no residue. Beyond being a
superb cleaner, Wonder Fluid also includes unique properties.
Ingredients within Wonder Fluid are designed to prevent growth of the types
of fungus that have been proven to damage (literally eat) lens coatings.
We've seen first-hand the results of this type of coating damage on costly
APO refractors, and welcome the added measure of protection Wonder Fluid
We use Wonder Fluid
for the majority of our cleaning needs in our business and in the field, for
eyepieces, prisms, refractor objectives and dielectric mirrors (Note:
Cleaning of traditionally coated mirrors requires a much different process
and uses common water and detergent - not lens cleaners and cloths).
We have found Wonder Fluid to be the best general lens cleaning solution for
our purposes. It is extremely lo-residue, and cleans quickly without
the excessive fussing some cleaners require, and we really appreciate the
antibacterial properties.
Baader's Optical Wonder Cloth
compliments Wonder Fluid. Baader's cloth is made from a finer grade
microfiber than the typical lens cloths sold at camera stores or eyeglass
stores. When paired with Wonder Fluid, it is easy to keep lens
surfaces clean and working like new.
Our Own Thoughts
on Cleaning: Cleaning optics seems to be one of the banes of
this hobby. Everyone has to learn their own way on this subject,
including finding their favorite lens cleaning potion. Over the years
we've tried most of the available lens cleaners, including some touted by
friends or manufacturers as the best or residue-free, and found that most
fall short. Very few have come close enough for our own 'picky' tastes
(some highly regarded and expensive 'high tech' cleaners have turned out to be real
duds). We try to keep our optics as close to new as possible -
clean and free of visible residues or discolorations, even under bright
light at varying angles. Modern multicoatings are brutal in their
ability to show the presence of tiny amounts of contaminants.
In the end, we have
only found one solution that produces completely residue-free cleaning -
photometric grade acetone or alcohol. Using these ultra-pure solvents
takes care and practice to achieve a pristine surface that is
completely free of the faintest discolorations. The effects of these
discolorations are negligible in use, so we recommend avoiding over-cleaning
in an attempt to eliminate every trace. In general, we recommend most
amateurs stick to less aggressive cleaners, particularly since there is now
an excellent alternative - Wonder Fluid.
For detailed instructions on how to clean eyepieces and
refractor objectives with Wonder Fluid and Cloth, please click the following
link. We also highly recommend the use of our Rocket Air Blaster to
initially remove debris and fine particles from optics, prior to the
application of fluid and cloth.
Optics by Thomas Baader
(67 kB)
Please Note: Wonder Fluid
contains alcohol and is therefore flammable. As a result, it may be
sold only within the continental US and any order that includes Wonder Fluid
must be shipped by surface (not priority or air mail). Click here for
an MSDS sheet on Wonder Fluid:
Optical Wonder Fluid MSDS (50kB pdf).
- Optical Wonder Fluid
- Optical Wonder Cloth
- Set of both
Optical Wonder Fluid and Cloth
Rocket-Air Blaster
In our search for the best optical
cleaning products for our own use in-house and in the field, we came across
a product that stood head and shoulders above everything else we tried.
The Giottos Rocket Air Blaster immediately impressed us with its
high-powered and focussed blast of air, making all the other 'hurricane'
type blowers seem anemic by comparison.
The Rocket Air Blaster's rigid venturi
nozzle creates a narrow and extremely powerful jet, and the one-way inlet
valve prevents suck-back through the nozzle. At 7½"
overall height, the extra-large oval shaped natural rubber bulb fits
perfectly in the hand and provides a large volume of air, delivering a
long-lasting air blast that loosens even tough static-cling particles.
Thanks to the base 'fins' the Rocket-Air is free-standing for convenient use
and storage.
Highly recommended for both indoor use and
field use (the thick natural rubber is tear-proof and resists both high and
low temperatures).
- Rocket-Air Blaster
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MUMBAI: The economic offences wing (EOW) of Mumbai police recently arrested builder Gurunath Phondekar for allegedly cheating around 45 flat buyers of Rs 133 crore. The accused had taken over 10 Mhada buildings in Andheri for redevelopment but did not complete the projects and was terminated. Later, the project was given to a renowned developer.
Sources in the EOW said Dharmsi Patel, an electronic equipment trader, who booked a flat in Phondekar's project, at D N Nagar in Andheri, had filed a complaint with DN Nagar police station against Phondekar. Later the case was transferred to the EOW.
Phondekar, director of M/s Vaidehi Akash Housing Pvt Ltd., had taken up redevelopment of Mhada's old buildings, which had 480 tenants. "He should have started the construction work after getting certain permissions, but he started the work without getting proper development rights and other permissions. He also collected Rs 133 crore from around 45 flat buyers for the saleable area even before getting permission for the construction," said police sources.
Phondekar started construction in 2005. "He had promised to hand over possession in three years. However, when he failed to do so, the society terminated his contract in 2010 due to the delay. Subsequently, the matter was dragged to the Bombay high court, which, in December 2014, passed an order to register case against him. Consequently, police filed a cheating complaint against Phondekar and several others in April 2015.
When the society terminated Phondekar, he had constructed four floors of six buildings. Girish Kulkarni, advocate for Phondekar, said, "My client sold the saleable area with the purpose of construction to another developer. He had sold and created third party rights. Meanwhile the society terminated my client's agreement and independently entered into a contract with the developer, which they had no right to do since the earlier contract was in existence. Only the court could have cancelled it."


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