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9 Frequently Asked Questions about Solid Surface Shower Pans
Updated January 13, 2019
"I just hate the tile floor in my shower!" Jenny said to me. "You don't see anyone else in my family on their hands and knees cleaning this nasty grout. I'm thinking about a stone solid surface shower pan, but I've got to warn you Mike I've got a lot of unanswered questions."
Jenny's comments to me are not uncommon. Most homeowners are sick of grout or tired of dealing with the inability to eliminate the discoloration and dirt off their builders-grade fiberglass base. Who has time (let alone the desire) to mix up vinegar and warm water, spray grout joints, then take a stiff brush and scrub the doggone floor? Who wants the frustration of not being able to get a fiberglass shower base clean? Is this really where you want to spend your time? Can you say, "NO WAY!"
These maintenance frustrations have many owners in search of a better solution. One growing option is the use of stone solid surface shower pans – but somehow they seem a bit shrouded in mystery. In this article we'll unmask the mystique behind this product and look at 9 questions Jenny asked me (OK – she asked even more but in the interest of time I hope you don't mind I left a few out!) which I bet a bunch of you have as well.


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Hello, my name is Barney Kreukniet. What drove me to start working for Cefetra is the entrepreneurial spirit, the no-nonsense mentality and the way Cefetra empowers you to take control of your own career. If you are dedicated, motivated and ambitious, the opportunities at Cefetra are endless.
For me this meant growing from a trainee trader role into a trader function within three years. Currently fully responsible of my own P&L (profit & loss) and product groups.
Next to the professional opportunities which Cefetra presents, the social aspect of the job is, of course, also very important.
In addition to frequent business trips with colleagues, we have monthly office drinks, Christmas parties and famous Cefetra weekends. For all employees under the age of 30 years we have Young Cefetra together we organize multiple fun and educational activities throughout the year.
In short: if you are an entrepreneurial and motivated person that is looking for an employer that offers unlimited growing opportunities combined with a great atmosphere, I would definitely recommend working for Cefetra.
Hello I am Linda van der Linden, I finished my Bachelor Business Administration – Marketing and decided to travel for one year through Australia and New Zealand. After travelling I started working at Cefetra in 2013 as Trade Assistant at the Grains desk. This was my first job after my study and the people here and the atmosphere in the company made me feel very welcome.
After three years as Trade Assistant I was up for a new challenge and changed to the Controlling department. Now in my new role as Assistant Business Controller I get the opportunity to develop myself and grow further within the company. Cefetra offers lots of opportunities and the atmosphere within the company is great. We often go for a drink after work to our favorite pub, Het Witte Huis in the city center, which is also very close to the office. Next to that we have monthly drinks in the office and Young Cefetra (for all employees under 30) organizes educational and fun activities. I enjoy working at Cefetra a lot and definitely recommend Cefetra as an employer.
I would recommend working at Cefetra purely because I am happy there, I enjoy every single day after more than 3 years. I have been lucky enough to learn from a group of professionals with a wide expertise in the grain trading world and I have taken the opportunity to learn everything I can from them. I started as a Trainee Trader, at the very beginning I went trough execution and finance department to understand the basics of the business, then after a period of 8 months I started to learn from the traders. Little by little I proved myself and I have been taking on more responsibilities within the company which is something I believe to be very important, as I feel useful and self motivated everyday. I have great intentions for my role within the company and look forward to continuously working hard in Cefetra for many more years to come.
Carlos Ruiz
Hi my name is Santiago Bernal.
As an engineer, I value above all to be able to solve problems in a complex and challenging environment. My goal since I kicked-off my career as Project Manager in this sector has been to develop the company up to a higher standard.
At Cefetra I've been able to bring this approach to a wide range of applications, as I have been exposed to different roles for the last 4 years ranging from risk management, to mergers & aqcuisitions (M&A) and operations, arriving to my present role implementing a new commercial strategy.
I love the fact that, at Cefetra, if you identify an issue or an opportunity there is no limit other than your willingness to tackle it. You will always find a helpful hand at your side and guidance from above, leading the way through the rough.
If you like the challenge of being at a fast-paced, complex environment and would like to bring together all your social, intellectual and networking skills, Cefetra is the place where you'll see them flourish into real results.
After doing work experience in the Finance department at Cefetra, I was given the opportunity to join the Execution team for 3 months. After this I was offered a full-time role within the execution department which I was excited to accept. Over the nine years that I have worked in Cefetra I have had many experiences working in different areas of the execution team - from weight processing to owning a commodity to my current position as mentor of the domestic team.
Cefetra has great social and networking opportunities. I have been invited to several dinners with Cefetra which has allowed me to meet with some of our customers. I feel this is a great idea as you get to know the people you are dealing with daily. We also have our summer outings and Christmas parties.
I would fully recommend working for Cefetra as the company is continuously growing and expanding providing great opportunities to enhance your skillset and offering exposure to other areas of the business.
Hello my name is Craig Brown
After studying Statistics and Accounting at university, I was keen to use the skills I had learned in an interesting role and the control team at Cefetra provided me with that platform. I have grown from being brand new to the industry to providing weekly & monthly P&L reporting to management and presenting budget analysis for the trading team.
Cefetra also offers great social and networking opportunities. I have played in the European Grain & Feed Trade Football tournament in various cities across Europe. We also have our Christmas party and summer outings amongst other activities.
I would fully recommend working for Cefetra, as it is an expanding business which provides a dynamic and enjoyable environment in which to progress.

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Longford is our home. It's where we live and work, where our people live and work and where our and our peoples' children live, go to school and participate in local sports. For more than a decade we've made sure we do our bit in the community.
We have a proud involvement in sponsoring local agricultural events. We are proud sponsors of a national carrot cake competition. (Of course we would given that we grow a huge amount of Australia's carrots!) We donate to the local Country Fire Authorities, schools, swimming championships, football clubs, churches, Lions and so on. We're always happy to receive and consider requests for funding from local community groups.


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Saturday morning was a busy morning! With a general pathology exam on Wednesday, our PASS (Palmer Academic Success Service) tutor held an extra session this morning reviewing chapter two. The PASS sessions have been extremely helpful for me, mainly to hear the information for a second time and to hear it explained a different way. A lot of the tutors also have different ways to remember topics and tips for what the professors focus on! This makes studying for exams a little less stressful. Most of the PASS sessions take place during the week after classes or in between classes.
Right after PASS my friend picked me up from school and we headed to yoga in the park at Vander Veer Botanical Park. This trimester I've started taking yoga classes again at One Tree Hot Yoga as a stress reliever from school. There are a few different studios in the area, and there's a free yoga class on campus Saturday morning, which I haven't had a chance to attend yet. The yoga class in the park is free every Saturday morning at 10 a.m. through the summer. There are all different levels of people who attend, and the instructors are great at showing different ways to modify positions for all levels!
After yoga, I spent the remainder of the afternoon reviewing for my general pathology exam and spending time outside with my dog, Guinness. My brother, who is in 6th trimester, also has a dog. Since I have a fenced-in backyard, he'll bring his dog over to play. I love having my dog at school, and it's a great reason for me to take some breaks and spend time outside with him. There are also a few dog parks in the area. Since I have the fenced-in backyard, I tend to play fetch with him at my place. But I do know of some friends who take theirs dogs to those parks to run around.
For those of you wondering, there are a number of people who have pets at school. From what I've heard from others, people are more likely to get a pet after the first year is over so they have more time for them.
Picture of my dog, Guinness.


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The Tom Whittaker Story
"When I say I climbed Everest what I really mean is … my team climbed Mount Everest."
Tom Whittaker rocked conventional wisdom when, as an amputee, he created a world first by becoming the first person with a disability to climb Mount Everest. Now he is aiming for a new world record; to become the first amputee to conquer the highest peak on each of seven continents.
Tom Whittaker, a world-class mountaineer, has pitted himself against the North Face of the Matterhorn in winter, Mt. McKinley, and the nose of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. On Thanksgiving Day of 1979, a car accident shattered both his legs. Emergency surgery saved his life but required the removal of his right kneecap - and the amputation of his right foot. Tom Whittaker's life had changed forever but his adventures had just begun. Nineteen years later, Whittaker made history and stunned the world when he became the first 'disabled' climber ever to conquer Mount Everest.
This was his third attempt on that mountain. In 1995 he came within 1,500 feet of the summit before being beaten back. On returning to base camp, teammate Greg Child gave Tom a stone saying "I picked this up on the summit and I want you to put it back where I got it from". The gauntlet was cast.
Three years later, after overcoming a lung infection, and medical opposition, Tom's perseverance and determination paid off. On May 27th, 1998, Whittaker made a footprint on Everest and climbing history by stepping onto the 'Roof of the World'. He returned the stone, he redefined the possible, but more than anything his achievement stands as a beacon to all who aspire to take a dream and turn it into something great.
All this was captured in CBS's documentary film, "Footprint on Everest", which won the Teddy (Roosevelt) Award for best adventure documentary. The film was re-tooled for "48 Hours" with Dan Rather as "Against All Odds."
Tom Whittaker's experiences have taken him on a remarkable journey of adventure and self-discovery. He proved to the world – and himself – that the mind is more powerful than the body. He has battled to raise awareness of diversity and the real abilities of people with disabilities. Tom is convinced that the best way for people, no matter who they are, to achieve their destinies is through well defined values, self knowledge, clear goals and the ambition and drive to make it happen. Whittaker's wining formula has worked for him and his teams in the most extreme environments on Earth. Of this you can be absolutely certain; it will work for your people - Guaranteed!
Biodata: Tom Whittaker
With 35 years of experience in teamwork, leadership and motivation training Tom Whittaker is an educator and expert and human achievement. He has two Masters Degrees from Idaho State University's College of Education and pursued Doctoral studies at Colorado State University in the School of Human Resources.
The son of a Welsh army officer, Tom Whittaker worked as a schoolteacher in the UK, a rig diver in the North Atlantic and as a nightclub bouncer in Gibraltar. He arrived in the U.S. having worked his passage delivering a 65-foot yacht across the Atlantic. He has been a program director for the Canadian Outward Bound Mountain School, he founded and directed the Cooperative Wilderness Handicapped Outdoor Group at Idaho State University and for nine years, Whittaker taught wilderness leadership studies as a professor at Prescott College in Arizona.
Tom Whittaker became a naturalized American citizen in 1986. Twenty years later he was inducted into "The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace when he was awarded an MBE, for service to people with disabilities and mountaineering.
Tom Whittaker currently serves as the Executive Director of the Call to Duty Foundation that is dedicated to integrating service men and women from Iraq and Afghanistan back into the society they fought to protect. He lives in the mountains of Arizona with his two young daughters.
- Tom Whittaker was inducted into The Most Magnificent Order of the British Empire when he was presented the Member of the British Empire award at a royal investiture at Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth II.
- The Gene Autry Courage Award
- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Award: March of Dimes
- The ESPN "Superlative performance" Arete Award
- Freedom of the Human Spirit Award - International Center for the Disabled
- Just One Break, Inc. Role Model of the Year Award
Educational Initiative
Whittaker's message of diversity went out in seven separate Scholastic News publications to some two million school children. An interactive curriculum 5th through 12th grades was subscribed to by 760 schools in the U. S. and Canada. Another million hits were logged on web sites that were maintained during the expedition.
Environmental Initiative
Tom Whittaker's expedition retrieved more than 1,000lbs of garbage from the high camps and recycled it to the highest standards. They also retrieved 89 oxygen Cylinders that were shipped back to the US and sold to cover the cost of the initiative.


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Reviews|Young Adult|
The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan
24th Apr 2012
Aged fifteen, Anais finds herself in a police car, on her way to the Panopticon, a detention centre for chronic young offenders. Across town, there's a policewoman in a coma and Anais has been found with blood on her school uniform. And although she's committed all sorts of other crimes, when it comes to this one, she's adamant that she's innocent.
Fucked or fucked over by almost every adult she's ever met, Anais' life so far has been a never-ending cycle of care and foster homes. But for the most part, she's blase and upbeat about the violence and despair she's witnessed; Anais is a survivor, and she's smart and funny with it.
Sharp, intuitive and self-assured, she's upfront about her sporadic escapes into drugs and sex, and honest about her fears of the mysterious and sinister Experiment that track her every move.
Although tentative at first, she soon forms a makeshift family with her fellow inmates at the Panopticon, but the authorities are watching and waiting. And if Anais makes one wrong move, she's had it.
Her predicament and personality alone are enough to keep you turning the pages, but as you might expect from the subject matter, there's a dark heart to The Panopticon.
Parts of it are uncomfortable and potentially triggering, with prostitution, rape, self-harm, animal and child abuse all playing their part. But Anais has seen it all before, facing extreme situations with bravado and defiance. And those are at her moments when she's at her most heartbreaking.
Crude, honest and often hilarious, she is impulsive and unpredictable but always believable, coming out with all sorts of caustic put-downs, wry observations and classic claims:
"[The word] vagina sounds like a venereal disease. Or like the name for some snobby rich German countess' daughter; her entry into society would be announced in some glossy magazine, and underneath it would read…Vagina Schneider at the débutante ball, wearing an electric blue Vera Wang – a true glory to behold."
Anais subverts stereotypes and the judgements of those around her. Acknowledging that the authorities expect a uniform of ponytail, gold jewellery, tracksuit and fake tan, Anais is nostalgic for the romance and glamour of bygone eras, inadvertently showing her softer, more sensitive side with her secret fantasies of painting in Paris:
"I adore dragonflies. I adore the sea, the moon, the stars, vintage Dior and old movies in black and white. I adore girls with tits and hips and class and old men in suits who have that dignified look about them."
Although the system may be broken, Anais is sticking to her story, and The Panopticon is as memorable and exhilarating as its narrator. Published next week by William Heinemann, you can pre-order the hardback for £8.44, or pre-order the Kindle edition for £8.04.
Rating: 5/5
Recommended for: Anyone who loves an underdog, or who has ever had cause to rage against the machine; rebels, delinquents and daredevils of all ages will love Anais' strength, boldness and bravery.
Other recommended reading: For more rebel girls in over their heads, read Colleen Curran's Whores on the Hill, Bella Bathurst's Special, or Weirdo by Cathi Unsworth when it comes out later this summer. Or for another stubborn, defiant and memorable narrator, try Nell Leyshon's The Colour of Milk.


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The day before yesterday, Kiran and I climbed the Aiguille de la Republique via the Voie Normale. Opting to rappel an adjacent route rather than down-climb the route, we were 16 hours camp to camp from our comfy bivvy under a huge boulder 25 minutes from the base of the route.
Some great views to fall asleep to that night!
4:15 the next morning, the alarm goes off. Breakfast, coffee, and a quick pack-up and we are off to the route by 5 AM. After a quick and easy scramble over a moraine field, we rope up for the glacier crossing. 20 minutes later we arrive at the base of the route... And a huge traffic jam.
Kiran and I and another couple (Steph and his girlfriend) quickly pass 4 Parisians who were moving heinously slow up the first few technical pitches.
The technical pitches brought us to a long, snowless couloir (approx. 800 vertical feet) that we simul-climbed and short-pitched together covering ground quickly.
A quick descent to continue the route and the real climbing begins.
Step behind the obelisk, climb the cube, and onto the arête.
The fantastic route finishes in 4 pitches of 5c, 5b, 5b, and 6c+. After the 5b pitch, it was time to switch from mountaineering boots to climbing shoes!
Leading up to the summit, Kiran red-pointed the tenuous 6c+ pitch after only one false-start! Incredible poise, considering he had to space out his protection due to our light alpine rack.
The summit was NUTS. Narrow enough to just straddle. We took a few pictures and a video and it was time for a 6 and a half hour rappel descent.
The descent was huge with many diagonal raps into the clouds.
Some nuts, water, then sleep. We walked out the next morning and enjoyed overstuffed burgers at Maison du Burger before lounging around for the rest of the day!
Rose and Jeffrey Klassen.
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On Monday night's episode of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the late-night television host went on a twelve-minute rant firing back at Donald Trump after the president implied in an interview that Colbert's fellow CBS talk-show host John Dickerson was biased. Colbert took offense to this, stating, "When you insult one member of the CBS family, you insult us all."
In this rant, Colbert referred to Trump as a "Gorge Washington," "presi-dunce," "prick-traitor," and made many more derogatory remarks that made every leftist watching pee their pants from laughter. And while the Left has celebrated this criticism of the Donald, as if it hasn't happened every single day on every single late-night show since 2015, there is one line in particular that has caused quite a stir. Colbert stated, "The only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin's cock holster."
Since this remark, Colbert has come under fire for being "homophobic," with many people rallying to get the host fired and pressuring his advertisers to drop him. And I know what you're thinking, but, surprisingly, this outrage is not coming from who you'd normally expect.
The Left, being the faithfully inclusive groupthinkers that they are, have decided that degrading President Trump is much more important than sticking to their self-portrayal as social justice activists. So instead of going completely bonkers, the Left has decided to ignore Colbert's comment and praise him for standing up to the evil dictator that is Trump. Evidently, it's okay if a fellow leftist makes a gay joke as long as they're bashing the president in the process. They'll happily take that tradeoff.
It's very telling that the Left has decided to overlook Colbert's gay joke. We all know that if it was a conservative who said this the leftists would have gathered outside their door, pitchforks in hand, and chased the rotten conservative until the angry mob ran out of breath and hobbled back to body positivity camp. The hypocrisy is unreal, and it just further discredits the Left's BS narrative that their flawless angels who would never be so cruel as to joke about someone's holy gayness.
But if the leftists are celebrating, where is the outrage coming from?
No…it can't be…you can't mean…the conservatives? Unfortunately, yes. Conservatives have been the unlikely voices leading the charge in the #FireColbert hashtag, sounding off about Colbert being "anti-gay," making themselves look like complete hypocrites. We all know that the Left excel at this, but the Right is consistent more often than not. And while both sides can see the other's hypocrisy, they refuse to acknowledge their own.
This is bad for a few reasons.
1) I can see the Right becoming more and more reactionary, and that scares the crap out of me. We must stick to our morals. The conservatives who are outraged that Colbert made a gay joke are even more hypocritical than the Left is for ignoring it. We know better. We're the people who're supposed to be fighting for freedom of speech, remember? But in this case, the Left is supporting free speech and the Right is trying to get a guy fired for using it. How backwards is that? Even if they're supporting free speech for the wrong reason, the Left is actually correct in this case. Don't just assume that their stance is always wrong. Sometimes they take our side because they can't help being hypocritics. Take advantage of this idiocy to point out how hypocritical they're being. When we're doing the same thing, we're not going to win anybody over to our side.
2) Making a gay joke does not make you homophobic. For the love of God, the Right needs to stop using the Left's tactics of buzzwords immediately; It's driving me crazy. Can you not see that this is resorting to their politically correct tendencies? By decrying "anti-gay" when a guy makes a harmless gay joke, you're following the Left's playbook exactly as it's written. Joking about something doesn't make you anti that thing. Give me a freaking break.
3) Conservatives are making me side with the Left on this one, and that makes me angry. I'm now on the same side as the people who in the last few days have been sending me the most hateful messages I've ever received. And I really don't like being on this side. The girls don't shave their armpits and everyone smells like urine.
My fellow conservatives, stop being reactionaries. Please. I beg you. Think it through before you choose a stance. Stick to your worldview. And if you don't have one, figure out what yours is immediately. Stop following in the Left's footsteps of authoritarianism. Just because they've done it to us a million times doesn't make it okay for us to neglect our morals.
Remember, we believe in freedom, including the freedom to make a stupid gay-joke about the president. Don't let your disdain for the Left cloud your beliefs.
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Body language is an important aspect of intercultural communication and using video allows you to observe the body language in action. I classify body language as follows.
* Facial expressions. This includes eye contact, smiling etc.
* Gestures: arms folded, arms by the sides, arms waving about etc.
* Posture: how people stand, whether they lean forward or sit back, are relaxed or stiff.
* Proximity: how close people stand to each other
* Dress: How do people dress? Is it formal or informal?
* Location: Where does the interaction take place? How does the environment affect what people say and how they say it?
And here's an activity I use with a new DVD based programme called EUROPE AT WORK (www.EIworkplace.net). The 14 DVD scenarios show cultural misunderstandings in different environments. The one on body language is about eye contact and is particularly useful.
Set up the video unit ready for showing on a DVD player.
1 Divide the class into groups. Get each group to focus on one area of the DVD scenario as above. So you will need a minimum of six groups.
2 Explain the task. They must watch the DVD and observe what happens.
3 Play the DVD unit WITH THE SOUND MUTE. The class observe what is happening and make notes.
4 Elicit from each group what they have observed.
5 If you want, ask them to predict the topic of the conversation and also predict the mood.
6 Play the DVD again, this time with the SOUND UP. Each group checks its observations.
7 Each group clarifies its observations and relates them to the topic of the DVD.
8 Summarise the key body language points and check how they relate to the mood of the speakers and the language they use.
9 At the end, ask the three questions.
* What have you learned about British/ US etc. culture?
* What have you learned about your culture?
* What will you say or do differently if you meet a person from the UK/US etc.?
See Tomalin B and Stempleski S 'Cultural Awareness' (OUP) and Susan Stempleski and Barry Tomalin 'Film' (OUP' for more ideas in this area.


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Hello everyone.
I hope you are all well and actually still looking at the site.
Finally I've had to accept the my lovely old 1100 has to go and so I am collecting a 1300 tomorrow...can anyone let me know where I might be able to get a pdf version of the users manual? I know there used to be some on various sites, but my quick searches aren't bringing anything up.
As ever I am hugely in your debt for any advice or guidance.


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You are currently browsing the monthly archive for July 2009.
The boys were playing in their kitchen yesterday late afternoon. Evidently Gus got the door to the cook stoke open and jumped on it, tipping it over on himself and Sam. Sam had a bruise and didn't want to use his arm, so the kids took him to the doc last night, while Gus stayed here with me and Gramma. Sam broke it just above the elbow so has to look like a part of the Hulk for 3 weeks, before they will take this cast off!
I sure have had a lot of them on my arms and legs over the years!
Rained last night. Ought to help keep the grass going for awhile. Looks like maybe a half inch or so.
Went out to get a bull in yesterday afternoon. I rode Pilgrim, my 4 year old. We didn't gt him. He was on a twisty, muddy creek and used it to his advantage. I finally decided it wasn't worth messing up my colt any more than I had, in my anger and frustration, so came home for a better trained horse and a bull whip. By the time I got home I had re-thought it and decided to go out today on a better trained horse and a bull whip and a better attitude. Maybe both of us will have a better attitude. We shall see! 🙂
When I ran to Belle the other day and got stuff to fix my water problem down south,I got 4 inch pipe and elbows. Chance and I went down yesterday to fix it and I realized that I should have gotten 3 inch. Senility is a bitch!
So I stole Cindy's car this morning and ran back 80 some miles to Belle and returned the wrong parts and got new.
Just kind of putted around this afternoon and had a long conversation with a young man I don't speak to all that often. Sure was a good visit. Cindy gave me hell, but it was sure a lot cheaper than driving to Belle after parts!
The vendors are transforming Sturgis to Bike Rally City. Not that many bikers yet. But they are coming. I can feel it in my bones!
Check this out. Thanks Og for the heads up.
Chance and I rode young horses down south thru' the neighbors, looking for lost yearling's or a bull. Found neither. He rode a new horse we just got back from a kid. I had seen this horse at a friends and he mentioned that he was for sale, cheap. I learned all there was to learn about the horse and told a neighbor kid, well really a young man of about 22, who is riding on a bunch of yearling's, all about him. He thought he would sure work for him. My buddy delivered hime to the young guy last Monday, with the assurance that the young man could try him for a week and if he liked him, pay for him, if not send him home. The young man called the next morning and said he had ridden him twice and didn't want him. Had all kinds of whiney excuses, but what ever, a deal is a deal.
I was a little put out that he hadn't gotten a hold of my friend before he left as he could have stopped and picked him up on his way home.
They get to visiting over the phone and then the young man calls me all upset about the deal. I ain't happy and let him know it and he assurse me that he will drop the horse at my house when he comes home to visit his folks.
Next morning my buddy calls and asks if I will drive the 120 miles to go get the horse as the young man's boss has told him he will turn him out on the hiway if he don't come get him that day and my buddy hasn't got time, as he has other people lined up to come to his house and do several jobs. So Chance and I go get the horse and bring him home. Chance and Hope ride him yesterday evening and get along fine. Chance rode him this morning and traded horses with me and let me ride him. Now, this horse is no spade bit packin', never make a mistake hore. But he sure is good enough to go chase down a yearling, rope him and get the job down, if you are half a hand. Hell, Hope rode him this afternoon and we went and got 3 yearlings out of the neighbors.
I sure under estimated the young feller. It damn sure won't ever happen again.
But I think Hope has a new horse! Cheap!
How do you decide who is and isn't a friend? How do we establish the parameters?
I met a lady some years back who contacted me to build a saddle to fit her horses back, that was having some trouble. I hate it when any of God's creature suffer and when horses do, they usually give the person they around a hard time. Trouble is most people aren't smart enough to know that it isn't the horses fault, they are just trying to survive and get along. But of course, the horse always gets the blame.
Jill was wise enough to think that her horse had a problem that might be caused by her saddle. Turns out, it probably wasn't, but in the learning of this she ordered a saddle and I made her a bare bones rig to ride with some modifications, to help her horse. She loved it and when I told her she would have to send it back so I could finish it, she didn't want to give it up, so she just ordered another one!
Now, this is not a lady who has lots of money to just throw around, but she is also a lady who loves horses and in particular, her two. So I finally got her one made this spring and she brought me the first one and took the new one home. She spent a day here and I took her to a branding and let her ride Woody, my crazy bay who very few have ever ridden. Most just ain't good enough hands to get along with him. She did excellent and had a great time.
Over the years, we have become friends. We send emails and she has had several of the things she has sent me, copied and put on this blog. We call and laugh and tease each other and whine and complain. You know, good friends.
She started having some medical problems this spring and the doctors couldn't quite get a handle on it. Thought it might have been a stroke, but couldn't be sure. She is no one to tamper with idly, so she gave them hell!
When she came out this spring, she had an episode on the way, but because of a note she saw written, she read a passage in her bible, which she always keeps with her when she travels, along with her pistol, and decided after reading Psalm 91 as suggested, that it was all part of God's plan. On her way home, she had a friend riding with her and had another episode and this time completely blacked out. Her friend took control of the pickup and got them stopped and got her in an ambulance.
She also drove her part ways home to Indiana and met her husband who took her the rest of the way. She went in for more tests. This time they found a tumor in her brain. She wasn't going to let them do anything with it at first as she was tired of the doctors who think they are God and was fed up. But she did go on at encouragement from friends. She was not afraid of dying, but of being crippled and sick with nausea
She had surgery today. Not good news. Tumor has twice as big as it had been shortly before. The doctor implanted radioactive seeds in her brain where they took out as much of the tumor as they could. She has lost use on one side of her body for now.
For her sake, if she has to die from this, I hope she goes quickly. As much as I hate the thought of losing my friend, I hate the thought of a vibrant, active, fun loving, always laughing and joking, lovely lady, having to suffer and pass from this world into the next, as a sickly, sad creature.
I ask all of you to pray for my friend Jill.
I've got lots of good friends, and she is one of my favorites.
Damn. This hurts and sucks and I need her to get better and prove them all wrong.
Give them hell Jill!
Rick ( a good neighbor and lifelong friend) came and helped me and Chance bring the heifer bunch in and sort out pairs and yearling's and the bulls off. The owner will come tomorrow and get the bulls. All but a couple, we will keep with our cows. We then pay him lease and take the bulls back when we are done. Works good for both of us.
Got lots of miles on our young horses. I switched to Mijo, so also got some work on him also. We were short a couple head so I re saddled up Pilgrim and went hunting. Chance and I switched horses while out in the pasture and I rode Jake. Jake may not be the prettiest horse in the world, but he's smooth and fun to ride.
We went on our annual golf/tripping day. We go to Deadwood for the beginnings of th Days of 76 rodeo and watch the single steer roping. Then we go and play 9 holes of golf. The group varies from year to year, but about anyone who wants in is welcome. We have a mix of us codgers and some of the younger guys. Chance wanted to go but needed to stay home and help a feller with his haying.
My buddy Keith, came up and brought a horse to a young man I know who is working east of here and riding on lots of yearling's. So then he spent Monday evening here and yesterday we went on the tripping/golf day. The rest of the group decided to play another 9 holes, but Keith had a fair drive to get home so we took off after one game. I did swing by the open cut mine in Lead to show him that big hole in the ground. Anyone who is going by, should really stop and look at it. Pretty amazing all the rock that has been relocated there, looking for and removing, gold.
Day before, I worked with a cut up filly and the grandkids were here so we played with horses. Here's a few pictures.
I took off the other afternoon and drove down south east of here to look at a buddies ranch. I spent the night and then after looking it over the next morning, took off and came home. He had hay to put up. And threatened to put me on a tractor!
Yesterday I hauled a cow to the butcher and then took a dry cow of Chance and Hopes on to the sale and stuck around and got the check for them.
Today I showed some yearling's to a sale barn rep. Then worked on a water system down at a well south of here. Drove the tractor down, but couldn't finish up by myself, so left the tractor and walked home. Whew. That is hard on an old fat guy!
Now I am waiting on Cindy to come home and give me a hand. She went out in the kayak last night. She even had to admit that it was fun!
There was a 50th birthday party for my friend Rick, last night at his brothers. We went and had a good time. Then the clouds opened up and let loose.When we left and made a run for the car we got soaked. Must have gotten over an inch, any way. The dog food pan on the steps was running over.You got to love a wet country. Unless your trying to put up hay
Chance and I rode up north and doctored on my favorite cow who had a sore foot. Maybe she ain't my favorite no more? We also doctored on a heifer and a bull with bad eye and bad foot. Chance is getting to where he can really stick it on the head end. And he rode Mijo and he's getting better at tracking also.
When we got up this morning, Fr Tyler was sleeping on the couch. This is his day off. Not too sure what time he came in last night.


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|Ricky Stenhouse is a title cntender again.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Twelve months after that fateful decision, NASCAR has succeeded in putting control of the series back into the hands of Nationwide-only drivers.
A year ago, Sprint Cup drivers held the Nationwide Series in a stranglehold, winning all but four races in 35 starts. It took only four weeks for that mark to be equaled this year, with Elliott Sadler (2), James Buescher, and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. opening the 2012 campaign with four consecutive victories. Sprint Cup driver Joey Logano finally broke through with a win for Joe Gibbs Racing at Auto Club Speedway last weekend, but with only a month complete in the 2012 campaign, it is clear that the NASCAR Nationwide Series is "Sprint Cup Lite" no longer.
|Kyle Busch has yet to hit stride.
Eliminating Cup drivers from title contention has infused a much-needed dose of excitement into the Nationwide championship chase, as well. Last year, Stenhouse and Sadler battled tooth-and-nail for the title, with Reed Sorenson and Justin Allgaier also spending considerable time at the top of the points table. While actual wins were few and far between, the feeling in the Nationwide garage – and also in the grandstands – was that the "little guys" were finally free to contest their own championship without the suffocating presence of those Sprint Cup regulars.
This year, Sadler and Stenhouse are once again waging war for the championship, with rookie Austin Dillon – up from the Camping World Truck Series – Trevor Bayne and Sam Hornish, Jr., all within easy striking distance. Edwards has left the series to concentrate his efforts on the Sprint Cup championship, while Busch is struggling to wring speed from his new, self-owned team.
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Let me be blunt. This makes me mad:
I walk home from work most days and on a one mile stretch of that walk, on Western Avenue in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, this ad appears on no fewer than three bus stop shelters. One of these bus stops is only a quarter of a mile from a playground and little league baseball diamond. It?s across the street from a grocery store. It doubles as a stop for school buses for children of various ages. And in a city where people routinely walk and use the public transit system, you can bet it gets seen. I?ve been contemplating it for weeks.
Why does this advertisement make me mad, you ask? It?s just a pretty woman out for a good time with her man (presumably her husband).
She?s earned it. The text tells us she?s had a rough day:
So what's my problem? She?s out with the grown-ups. She?s dressed in a nice dress. She is, we can infer based on the product being advertised, enjoying an adult beverage. (Clearly the ad isn?t aimed at observant Mormons?but I?m not concerned here with the propriety of alcohol consumption or even of the advertisement of alcohol on public transit.) And she is engaging in a little bit of innocently risqué behavior. (I say ?innocently? because she?s not showing it off to other people in the image?the knowledge of it appears to be meant for her and her husband alone.)
But here?s the thing. In this advertisement, the woman?s value is based on two things: 1) motherhood, and 2) her ability to sexually titillate her husband?and us, the viewers of the ad. That?s it.
Please don?t misunderstand me?I have the utmost respect for the real work, value, and pleasure that go into and come from raising children, including for those women (and men) who choose to make child-rearing their primary work. But what of all the other things a woman does with her day? The ad doesn?t tell us she?s letting off steam at the end of a long day that included work or school. It doesn?t indicate that she had a rough day volunteering in her child's classroom. It doesn?t imply that she earned her good time by fulfilling commitments to a religion, a charity, or her community more generally. She earned it by staying home with the children. Whatever else she did with her day?and as a woman and a relative and friend of many other women, I guarantee you there was more?isn?t part of what makes her valuable here.
And what did she earn? The right to change, Cinderella-like, in a way that will fulfill her husband?s sexual desires. They aren?t enjoying adult conversation over a fine meal as they sip their adult beverages. In fact the activity they?re currently engaged in?dancing?doesn?t warrant a mention in the text. It?s clearly just a prelude. I suppose we could make the argument that she?s fulfilling her own desires as well as her husband?s, but given that she?s clearly meant as the object of both her husband?s gaze and the consumer?s it doesn't appear that her experience is of primary importance.
So here we have an advertisement that says to viewers?including, in this neighborhood, a high proportion of college students, working class men and women, and children?that a woman?s value is encapsulated in motherhood and sexuality.
What does this have to do with Mormonism or, more specific to my research, representations of Mormons? Well, as Megan Goodwin showed us a few weeks ago, women?s sexuality is a powerful tool by which American culture seeks to criticize, contain, and control suspected minority groups AND women more generally. And we can see this again and again and again in the history of American images of the Mormons.
In the 19th century, the Latter-day Saint men often were depicted as a lascivious horde intent on using their religion to woo and enslave attractive young women (see, for example, the notorious ?memoir? published under the name of Maria Ward in 1856?and see also the episode of the PBS show History Detectives in which a contemporary American woman seemed almost disappointed to discover that the Ward ?memoir? was a fiction). In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, national newspapers reported on Mormon missions to Europe as if they were wife-gathering safaris, and they published head counts of the women who arrived in major Eastern ports of call on their way to Utah and noted when government officials felt the need to investigate the Mormons? purposes in bringing women to the United States. Harriet Beecher Stowe called for Americans to save Mormon women. Ann Eliza Young made a career of writing books and delivering lectures on the depravity of the Mormon system. I could go on. Polygamy was regarded as both an outlet for sexual depravity and a source of cheap labor?it was slavery?s barbaric twin, after all?but in each case women were portrayed as victims who were valued for their ability to satisfy men sexually, to produce children, and to work. They were not even credited with any agency in their decision to become Mormons, but were rather the victims of kidnap, coercion, or, as the 1922 film Trapped by the Mormons would have it, a man?s mesmeric eye.
As the 20th century progressed, women?s victimhood within Mormonism changed shape, but remained a prevalent image. Back-to-back Pulitzer Prize-winning novels nicely illustrate the different images that persisted. In the case of the 1958 winner The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, 19th-century Mormon women on the frontier are nameless, faceless victims of men?s sadistic violence. One Mormon leader particularly enjoys publicly whipping women who he deemed sinful:
Somebody said he seemed to relish it, being uncommonly religious even for a Mormon, and would grow flushed and sweaty, while shouting prayer aloud in a kind of frenzy as the naked women twisted and screamed. But when it was over, he was limp and loose, as if he had really driven the devil out. Most everybody was afraid of him, he was so religious. [1]
Advise and Consent, a contemporary political thriller that won the Pulitzer the following year, hinged on an idealistic young Mormon senator who was discovered to have had a homosexual relationship. Readers were not only invited to consider the senator?s sexual sins but also their effect on his young wife, who clearly suffered because her husband did not (could not) love her as he should. [2] Whether through violent brutality or cruel indifference, in each case women were depicted as the victims of Mormon men's (and Mormonism's) sexual depravity.
You can find similar images in more recent representations of the Saints. Paperback potboilers and memoirs like Deborah Laake?s 1993 bestseller Secret Ceremonies seethe with frustrated and dissatisfied Mormon housewives. [3] Christopher Cain?s 2007 film September Dawn used graphic depictions of bloody savagery against women and children to depict the Mountain Meadows massacre. And of course there?s always Jon Krakauer?s bestselling exploration of violence in Mormonism, Under the Banner of Heaven, which focused Elizabeth Smart?s kidnapping and the 1984 murder of young wife and mother who refused to enter a polygamous marriage. [4] And just as each example illustrates women?s victimization, each also ignores or denies the fullness of Mormon women?s experiences and their agency in affiliating with and the depths of their participation in their religion.
Mormon women deserve to be treated with greater respect than they have often been given in popular renderings of the Latter-day Saints. They deserve to be valued for far more than having and raising men's babies and fulfilling men's desires. All women do. But that's not the image that America's selling.
[1] Robert Lewis Taylor (New York: Doubleday), 330.
[2] Alan Drury (New York: Doubleday, 1959). The book was adapted into a 1962 film starring Peter Fonda.
[3] Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman?s Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.).
[4] Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (New York: Doubleday, 2003).


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The project's activities took place primarily in the Vanier–Overbrook area, a focus area for the Ottawa Bahá'í community. Highlights included presentations by Chelsea-based Oneworld Dance Workshop and Montreal-based Soulstorm Dance Workshop; a lively youth fireside discussion, which attracted several seekers; and a coffee house which gathered almost 50 youth and junior youth on the project's final night. The project was deemed a success, having kindled the interest of several junior youth in the Faith, and, among other things, inciting them to join junior youth-focused study circles.
Tristan Schuurman, the namesake of the project, was born, physically and mentally handicapped, to a Bahá'í family in Canada's Maritime provinces. Though he lived only seventeen years, he touched those who knew him with his joy, devotion and faith. His life was the subject of a biography by his mother, Suzanne Schuurman.


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Writer/director Joss Whedon's Batgirl should be the next DC female superhero movie to hit theaters following director Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman, according to a key architect of the larger DC Extended Universe. This information was brought to light over the course of the red carpet premiere event for Jenkins' DCEU tentpole in Shanghai, ahead of the movie's debut in Chinese theaters on June 2nd (e.g. the same day that it bows in North America).
Reports of Whedon working on a DCEU solo film for the Batgirl/Barbara Gordon character only emerged back in March of this year, though there had been reports about the character joining the DCEU via a Birds of Prey ensemble movie, prior to the announcement concerning Whedon's project. The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron filmmaker isn't wasting any time moving forward with his next comic book film adaptation either, based on the latest comments from DCEU producer Deborah Snyder.
As confirmed by multiple sources at the Wonder Woman Chinese red carpet event on Twitter (including, this second source), Deborah Snyder said Whedon's Batgirl should reach theaters before the potential Wonder Woman sequel. While a 2018 theatrical release date sounds like a stretch at this stage, this suggests that 2019 is a real possibility for when Batgirl could hit theaters. Currently, the only DCEU movie officially scheduled to arrive that year is Shazam.
According to previous reports, Whedon's Batgirl script draws inspiration from Gail Simone's New 52 DC Comics relaunch of the character from 2011 (a reboot that includes elements of Alan Moore's infamous comic book story, The Killing Joke). Back in April, Whedon said that he hasn't begun the casting search for Barbara Gordon/Batgirl yet, indicating that his script is very much in an early development stage right now. However, that could easily change by the end of this year and judging by Deborah Snyder's comments, the current expectation is that Whedon will have either found his Batgirl or be actively on the hunt before 2017 draws to a close.
The update concerning Batgirl should come as welcome news, given that there are several DCEU movies in active development right now without clearly-defined release date targets. Warner Bros. Pictures and DC have three DCEU installments (Shazam, Cyborg and Green Lantern Corps) with firm release dates in place after James Wan's now in-production Aquaman hits theaters. However, over these past six months in particular, such DCEU female character-driven films as the Suicide Squad spinoff Gotham City Sirens and Batgirl appear to have been fast-tracked ahead of their peers. If that remains the case hereon out and Wonder Woman is a big-enough hit to get a sequel quickly green-lit, then it seems that women may indeed be the future of the DCEU.
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Sharon Abreu: The "one woman" in the one-woman show
|Sharon Abreu is executive director of Irthlingz Arts-Based Environmental Education, a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Washington State.
Sharon began combining music and environmental education in 1993 after joining New York's Hudson River Sloop Clearwater while studying voice in New York City. She educated herself about climate change, attending a symposium at the American Museum of Natural History and training to be a speaker with the Green House Network of Portland, Oregon.
Sharon has been singing and speaking about climate change for schools, businesses and community groups since 2000. She is on the roster of the EcoSpeakers speakers' bureau.
Sharon has served as a delegate to the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development since she was hired to sing at the U.N. in 1998. Her song Change in the Climate has been featured on Air America's EcoTalk and WBAI's EcoLogic. She performed the song at a special planning meeting for the New York Metro Region Input to the New York State Greenhouse Gas Action Plan. She has sung for U.N. World Environment Day and for 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai.
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Sharon in performance:
www.ecospeakers.com/speakers/abreus.html – Speaker-Performer, EcoSpeakers speakers' bureau
The Cheap Energy Store ("shop ghoul") (Part 1)
The Cheap Energy Store ("shop ghoul") (Part 2)
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Sunday, June 23, 2013
How To Use a Seam Jack
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Thanks! I was never really sure how to use those items and didn't know why they worked. This will certainly make my sewing life easier!ReplyDelete
Could I just use a walking foot? They sew over bulk pretty well.ReplyDelete
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Really the blog is so informative about the sewing machine keep on posting new blogs I am looking towards the new blogs.ReplyDelete
So I just tried to post a comment here but I don't see it so I am going to try again. If it doubles up sorry.ReplyDelete
I've been looking for one of these tools everywhere. The only places I can find them are in photos and videos showing how to use them. I've searched the following- pressure foot spacer, jeans jack, seam jack, height compensation tool. The best one I could find are shaped like a U. I will be ordering one of those. What I really want are the kind that have the metal holder that has 3 pieces of plastic(the middle one in the photo you have here). I know there is also a jean amajig and hump jumper but these are huge and not what I would prefer. I am working small. Any help? I've tried Ebay, Etsy, Amazon and google searches. Nothing.
The middle seam jack is a Bernina "height compensation tool," and can be purchased at your local Bernina dealer for about $1.ReplyDelete
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I found a link to your Post on Pinterest & Grateful for it! I very much could use something like this for my Brother (lower-end, CS600i). I have a walking foot (which I'm horrible about using!) but, I'd prefer to use my open toe whenever possible using something like this!!
Going to start searching and hopeful to find one that works/fits!!
** QUESTION ** - Once I've made it over the "bulky part" using the Seam-Jack, Why must I then, "...Place the seam jack under the front of the presser foot (but only under one side) until foot is ready to sew off of the seam...." ?
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If you don't put the seam jack under the front, the foot will tip forward, and you'll break needles and skip stitches. If you put the seam jack fully under the foot, in front of the needle, you're likely to sew onto the seam jack, and break a needle. So, you want to stabilize the foot as it sews OFF of the bulky seam, in the same way you stabilize it when you sew ONTO the bulky seam. And put the seam jack just under one side, so you don't sew onto it. I hope that makes things a little more clear.
Thanks for asking!
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Oh dear me – dinner was a serendipitous masterpiece tonight! My original intent was to make some Margarita Pasta (pasta with tomatoes & basil) but I utilized some other ingredients in the house to make Creamy Bean and Vegetable Pasta!
I started by boiling some pasta in a pot and sautéing some garlic and onions in a skillet. After the onions were soft, I added in ~1/2 cup great northern beans (drained & rinsed) and some baby spinach leaves. While those warmed & wilted, I drained the pasta, added it to the skillet, tossed in some chopped campari tomatoes, a little bit of olive oil and vegetable seasoning. I sprinkled some fresh basil over the whole thing – and CHOWED down!
Oh.my.gosh. The warmed beans made the whole dish silky smooth. Beans are such a great ingredient to add to a lot of meals. They're inexpensive, full of fiber and very filling!
BTW, did you know that Campari tomatoes are known for their lack of mealiness? Is there anything worse than a mealy tomato?
This dsih has definitely made it's way into the kitchen hall of fame – minimal ingredients with maximum flavor. What more could you ask for?!
As a side dish…yep…I did it. I polished off the raspberries :P So much for being stingy with them!! These are the most sweet, luscious, melt-in-your-mouth raspberries I've ever eaten though! I wish I had about 14 other containers!
Mmmm, I am so satisfied right now – that was a booooomb dinner!! After I digest a little, I'm going to hit up the gym. I'm feeling the personal need to redeem myself from yesterdays running debacle and I'm feeling very optimistic tonight!
So I read this article today that I thought was really great. I always see stories like "What to Eat to Lose Weight" or "10 Foods You're Not Eating that You Should," but I feel like I've read them all and the information isn't that new or relevant to me anymore. The article I read today, and really liked, was called "20 Ways to Eat Healthier Right Now." While a lot of the information wasn't new I thought the whole package of tips is great! Of all the ideas on how to eat healthier, here are my favorites:
1. The crunchier, the better.
Snacks that offer a big, satisfying crunch when you bite into them—we mean apples, celery, snap peas and nuts, not chips—keep your mouth busy longer than food you slurp.
2. You can always have more.
Tomorrow. A food shortage is not imminent. Besides, anything you eat after you're full doesn't even taste as good. "There is a toning down of taste buds after the first few bites," says Linda Bacon, Ph.D., professor of nutrition at City College of San Francisco. And no one loves feeling stuffed.
3. Don't drink dessert.
Brimming with vitamins! Bursting with energy! Store shelves are exploding with colorful, cleverly named drinks that sound healthy but are actually just sweetened water. Don't let the labels fool you, Berman says. If it's not skim milk, plain H2O or regular coffee or tea, it's a treat.
4. Fuel up in the morning, not at night.
A car needs gas when it's hitting the road, not when it's sitting in the garage—so why do we have our biggest meal when the only energy burner on the agenda is working the remote? Instead, aim for a 550-calorie breakfast, a 500-calorie lunch, a 450-calorie dinner and a 100-calorie snack.
5. Cut yourself a break!
If you follow these rules most of the time but occasionally crave a fast food fix, a slice of pizza or a brownie, go for it. You can happily resume your healthy plan once you satisfy the urge. "We all have to relax a bit," Drewnowski says. "If you want fried chicken now and then, enjoy it!"
I particularly like numbers 2 and 4. I tend to have a problem with #2 – when I taste something that is SO delicious, I gobble, gobble, gobble. I need to slow down and remind myself that this isn't the last time I'm going to have the particular item. That it's not going to disappear off the face of the planet – there will be a next time!
As far as #4 goes – I definitely follow the fuel up in the morning plan. If I don't have an adequate breakfast, I tend to be less motivated at work and get super hungry and cranky way too early in the day. Not good for a working woman!
Anyways – I thought this was good information and that you might enjoy it…I know I did!
What's your favorite "eat healthy" tip? Whether it be from the list above, or from your own practices!
My favorite tip is to use herbs and spices in dishes, in the place of oils and fats. There is definitely a place in cooking for healthy fats such as olive oil, but in general – there is SO much flavor to be had in simple additions like garlic, thyme, cumin, chili powder, etc., etc.. The list goes on and on!


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By Mitch Broder
You probably don't expect to be welcomed to New York City by perky girls handing you flowers. And you shouldn't.
That is, unless you happen to emerge in New York City from the Spring Street subway station. Then you should.
If you step around the railing and face 65 Spring, at least one girl will give you a flower and say, "This is for you." She will not ask for anything in return. You, though, can ask for whatever you want. Curb your expectations.
The first time I got a flower I imagined I'd been specially chosen because the perky girls saw in me what so many others had missed. Then I noticed the baskets stuffed with hundreds of other flowers and realized that anyone who shows up gets one, whether he's special or not.
The scene of this unconditional love is a store called Tierra, which was born on the Canary Islands yet found its way to SoHo. It's a woodsy little place dripping with gaily colored accoutrements including jewelry, bags, and scarves, made by presumably perky artists.
Diana Moreno, the store manager, told me that the flower idea came from the store founder, Francisco Javier Rahim Gil. "His philosophy is that to be able to get anything back, you have to give," she said. "The flower is a welcoming gift. It's easy to connect with somebody when you're gifting them for no reason."
It worked for me. Even though I knew that Tierra would prefer something back, getting a flower from a smiling woman made me feel better.
The flower was a fake daisy, but within hours, I swear it wilted. I also swear it smelled, and Diana later confirmed that it did. "It's dipped in an Asian fragrance," she said. "It's top-secret. The smell lasts over three months. You can always smell it and remember us."
It's just the kind of thing I would do.
Sniff out Tierra at 65 Spring Street, between Crosby and Lafayette streets, in Manhattan.


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Design of Early Ordinaries and Taverns in Montgomery County, Virginia from 1773 to 1823
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The Wilderness Road, starting in Big Lick (Roanoke today) was a primary route over the Allegheny mountains for travelers migrating to the Kentucky frontier. Ordinaries and taverns (referred to as public houses) were known to offer food and lodgings to travelers in the state capital city of Richmond, but little is known about what, if any, accommodations were available to these settlers headed westward through southwest Virginia. With the first stops along the Wilderness Road being in Montgomery County, this study sought to determine if public houses existed in this county between the years 1773-1823, and if so, where were they located and who operated them. Further, what was the typical design or plan of public houses and how would they have been furnished. What comparisons could be made between public houses in Richmond and on in southwest Virginia. County court records, including wills, appraisals, licensing records, and court order books revealed that public houses not only existed, but also there were often as many as 5 or 6 operating at one. A license had to be purchased each year from the court and names of proprietors were recorded. These listings also helped to identify structures standing today that once served as a public house. On site observations along with WPA (Work Projects Administration) reports and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources surveys documentation of historic houses in the county offered notable similarities in design and plan among five former houses selected for this study. Wills and appraisals provided some clues about furnishings. The result of this study adds an important chapter to the story of public houses in early Virginia history.
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How's that for a slice of fried gold! You did a fantastic job! Yours is ready for some serious carnage. I love the MP5K submachine gun. You're not messing around
I really like how it looks with the inside painted white. I'll have to consider that on mine. You did a wonderful job painting. Great job editing the sign too.
I'm actually really really impressed. I found these things to be a big project to undertake, but you have really done a great job and didn't cut any corners. How did you make the stencil for the glass? I cut my front cereal box cardboard, but it took quite a while and I had to tape it down before spray painting it. I'd love to hear of a better way to stencil things.
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Slow Cooker Venison Merlot Stew Recipe
2 cups sliced carrots
2 lbs venison stew meat
1 tablespoon flour
1-12 ounce can beef broth
mushrooms sliced around 8 ounces
2 cups cut green beans canned or fresh
1 cup cut carrots
4 potatoes peeled and cut into cubes
2 bell peppers cut and cleaned into 3 pieces
1 teaspoon each granulated garlic, oregano, basil, parsley, salt , pepper
cayenne pepper to taste ( I used around 1/4 teaspoon)
1 cup Merlot wine
olive oil
Toss venison in flour. Place all vegetables in the bottom of slow cooker. Add floured venison. Add all rest of ingredient to the slow cooker. Drizzle the top with olive oil around 1/4 cup. Cook on high heat for 8 hours. Low for 12 hours or until meat is fork tender.
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I have parked my vehicle on the roadway side of a vehicle already stopped {Double-parking}. As a child was crossing the road from behind my car, he was run-over by a bus, because my car has blocked the driver`s vision. Am I liable for anything?
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Diyah and Kafaarah are Due on Person Initiating or Causing Someone`s Death
I am a pool supervisor, and one day a swimmer died in that pool. The court decided that I wasn`t guilty, because the death resulted from the victim hitting his head against the pool`s floor, and not drowning. What am I liable for in terms of the Diyah(Blood-Money) and Kafaarah(Expiation)?
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Driver`s Negligence or non-Negligence is Determined by Traffic Sketch
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Ruling on Concealing Pregnancy from Doctor Leading to Abortion
My mother was five-months pregnant. One day, she had colon problems and so we called the doctor. He did ask her about being pregnant or not, but she said that she wasn`t, so he gave her three injections. At dawn, she had a miscarriage. What is she liable for from an Islamic perspective?
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No Liability on Driver if he didn`t Cause someone`s Death
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Ruling on Paying Diyah from Zakat Fund of Killer`s Family
As a family, we share a Zakat fund, and one day, a member caused a traffic accident which led to the death of two individuals. The families of the killed demanded fifty thousand Dinars as Diyah(blood money). Is it permissible to pay that Diyah from the money of the killer`s family`s Zakat fund?
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Judging a Muslim as Disbeliever Requires Certainty
As we kept an eye on the actions of our brother, who lived in Australia for forty years and knew nothing about Islam, we concluded that he was a Buddhist. If we suppose that he was as such, and he passed away, how should we go about his funeral and condolence?
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Ruling on the Person who Kills another by Violating Traffic Rules
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Killing someone by a celebration Bullet Obligates Diya and Expiation
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It is Permissible to Take a Compensation Against the Harm Resulting from Negligence
In Europe, it is allowed for a woman to undergo a diagnosis for her embryo during the first months of pregnancy to check whether it has Down`s Syndrome, or not. Actually, a woman gave birth to a baby that has been diagnosed with Down`s Syndrome, so she filed a lawsuit against the hospital for not running that test in the early stages of her pregnancy. As a result, the court ruled that she gets a certain amount of money as a compensation. Is it permissible for her to take that money?
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The Driver Causing the Accident is the Guarantor
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Ruling on Violating Rights of Intellectual Property
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Parties are not complete without the bubbly and sparkling drinks. If a lack of knowledge to mix party drinks hinders you or makes you uncertain about hosting parties in your home, you have nothing to worry about. You can be your own bartender by knowing some basic information about mixing drinks and by following these simple tips and tricks.
Get the right stuff
First of all, you must prepare the basic stuff. Make sure you have enough glasses to use such as the cocktail glasses, high glasses and rocks glasses. In addition, you must have a shaker, jigger, blender, strainer as well as straws and stir sticks.
Moreover, stock your bar with the basic liquors, namely: vodka, whiskey, tequila and rum. Also, keep handy several cans or bottles of club soda, a cola soda, and a lemon-line soda. Furthermore, be ready with the four flavor mixers, namely: orange juice, cranberry juice, grenadine and pineapple juice. You should also prepare the garnishes such as orange slices, lemon slices, olives and cherries.
Set a theme
In order to create an atmosphere of order and to meet your guests' expectations set a theme. You can limit the menu according to the theme of your party. For ordinary and casual get together, you can include beer or gin; while for formal events, you may have white wine and red wine. Just be sure that you make a budget and stick to it.
If you are planning for a smaller menu, you can serve signature cocktail and mixes that can be made from similar ingredients. You can actually make your own signature drink and put your personal touch on your particular event. On the other hand, you may even invite your friends to bring their own ingredients if they want something specific and if they are allergic to some flavors.
Be familiar with drink recipes
Your confidence in hosting will increase as you are become more knowledgeable of the drink recipes which can be found. It would be good to keep a copy of these recipes handy in case you don't remember them. You can also make a list of drinks that your visitors can choose from. Your personal touch will even make your party more unique; so you can experiment and try different blends. Through trial and error and a lot of practice, you can be your own bartender and be a confident host as well.
Know the dos and don'ts in drink mixing
Stick to the exact measurement to avoid too much or too little alcohol in the drinks. It would usually take some time before you can time your pours like an expert. For making a starter, you can have a jigger where you can use the smaller side to measure one ounce and the bigger side for one ounce and a half.
When shaking, you have to do it for at least 15 seconds. Less shaking will greatly affect the taste of the drink. Keep in mind that when shaking, the lid should be facing the wall and not your visitors. This will prevent any risk of splashes on your guests.
Drinks should be kept cold. If a fridge is not available, you can put the mixers in a tub of ice. Take note that juices and sodas that are warm or of room temperature will greatly affect the flavor of your drink mixes. Moreover, white wine and beer are always served chilled.
Lastly, don't stay in your bar all the time. You have to leave it once in a while to enjoy your own party. Allow some close friends to do the mixes for you. They can actually add more variety to your own unique style and flavors.
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We had what we were calling a mystery plant growing in our yard. There are three separate plants of this mysterious flower that have blossomed in our yard, and each one has latched itself onto one of our hosta plants. Here is the plant:
But after posting these photos on Facebook, a friend identified the plants for us as "Bachelor's Button." Mystery solved!


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G. U. Nnaji1, C. L. A. Asadu2, and J. S. C. Mbagwu2
1Department of Agronomy, Delta State University, Asaba Campus, Asaba.
2Department of Soil Science, University of Nigeria Nsukka.
A comparative study of the effects of cassava monocropping, cassava + maize intercropping, cassava + maize + pepper intercropping, maize + pepper intercropping and natural forest agricultural land utilization types on soil physical and chemical properties were investigated under farmer – managed conditions. Monocropping and/or inter cropping were unable to conserve soil physical and chemical properties. Soils under cultivation were significantly (P< 0.05) higher in bulk density but lower in total porosity, macro-porosity, water retention and saturated hydraulic conductivity relative to forest soil. Soil pH, base saturation and available P were significantly (P < 0.01) lower in the forest soil but organic carbon, total nitrogen, total exchangeable acidity and cation exchange capacity were higher in forest soil relative to cultivated soils. Significant differences (P < 0.01) were observed among cultivated soils in available P and total N.
Key words: land utilization types, soil physico-chemical, soil conservation.


text: The Bill of Lading (BOL), along with the commercial invoice and packing list, play a crucial role in the international shipping process. Its importance is not always understood when INCOterms and terms of sale are being discussed between the buyer and the seller. However, the BOL can impact the timely release of cargo upon arrival to the destination country.