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Well, This Fortnight's Loves to be right! I missed out on last week's This Week's Loves because I was at a craft fair then launching my new blog (which I hope you're all loving!).
1. Making lunch bags for the craft fair was mostly fun, until I broke 3 needles within half an hour! I have the last three available in my shop.
2. I really love doing Aberdeen Craft Bazaar. Unfortunately the horrendous weather and flooding kept some people at home, but they run every few months and are definitely worth a visit.
3. I've added a few new items to my Whimsy shop this week and I especially love this kitten jigsaw puzzle! Isn't it really cute?! There's another rabbit jigsaw and a few Rupert bits been added too.
4. I decided to dye my hair and do my nails at 10pm the night before I went to Dundee, which isn't that clever of me! Luckily I had these nail wraps so didn't have to worry about drying time!
5. I totally love my friends! I haven't been back down for months and had a fantastic night out in Dundee on Friday night, it's just like I'd never been away!
6. The day after the night before we had a lazy day. We got pizza delivered, lounged about, then watched DVDs whilst stuffing our faces with sweets! Our first film was Unstoppable which I'd never seen before and it was really good, every few minutes there's a panic about what happens next!
7. I'd wanted to see Bronson for a long time so that was our second film. Tom Hardy is amazing, but you probably know that already!
8. I know it's really early, but I've bought my 2013 diary already! I saw this Star Wars Moleskine diary and had to have it! It has "May The Force Be With You" embossed on the front, a removable address book and other cool custom bits.
9. On my way back from Dundee I stopped at Castleton Farm Shop for cake. My Twitter friend Lisa makes their amazing cakes and always tweets tempting pictures of them! I now feel slightly ill after eating some banoffee cheesecake, forest fruits cheesecake, strawberry tart and neapolitan ice cream. And I still have a coffee and walnut cake to try!
How has your week/fortnight been?
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Homemade energy bars have been all the rage in healthy living blogs and why not? With simple ingredients and a food processor making them at home was no trouble at all, I probably shouldn't have waited so long.
While drooling over everything at the new Whole Foods I saw that organic Medjool dates were on sale and instantly decided that it was time to make my own. I perused all my favorite blogs and even googled "date based energy bars" for ideas. I mostly just wanted to get a ratio of ingredients as I already knew what I was going to put into my first batch.
Here's what I settled on:
3 T chia seeds
1/2 c. raw sliced almonds
1/4 c. sweetened coconut flakes (I would normally use unsweetened, but I had this leftover from a recipe and wanted to use it up.
slightly less than 1/2c. raw cashews
~3/4 cup chopped Medjool dates
1 T agave nectar
I spread the almonds + coconut flakes on a small tray and put them in the toaster over for a few minutes. I wanted them just shy of browned and could tell when they were done by smell. While those were toasting I ground the chia seeds into a fine powder in my coffee grinder. I added the chia powder, toasted almonds + coconuts, cashews and dates into my food processor and let it run. Once everything was pretty ground up I added the agave nectar and pulsed for a few moments. I dumped the mixture onto a sheet of saran wrap and formed a big rectangle, about ~1/2 an inch thick. I placed the rectangle on a plate to chill overnight. The next morning I cut it into 8 smaller pieces and wrapped each individually. I am going to freeze a few for a long lifespan.
The results were fantastic.
Super nutty, just chewy enough, great flavor. I can't wait to experiment with different nuts and fruits and flavorings!
Each small rectangle is only ~130 calories so I may cut the next variety into bigger pieces (and consider 2 a solid snack for now).

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68,000 Children Are Homeless, G.A.O. Reports
Washington--Nearly 68,000 children age 16 and younger are homeless on a given night, sleeping in shelters, churches, abandoned buildings and cars, and various other settings, the General Accounting Office has estimated.
The report, submitted to the Congress in June in compliance with the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, also estimated that another 186,000 children are "precariously housed" on any night, staying with friends or relatives temporarily.
The estimate is based on a "snapshot" count of homeless children taken on Oct. 24, 1988, through a survey of shelter operators, government agencies, and other social-service providers in 40 large urban areas.
The estimates in the report do not include runaways, or children who are placed in hotels and motels by government agencies.
The report gave a range of estimates of the problem to reflect possible imprecision in its data. Its worst-case estimate found that as many as 106,543 children may be homeless on a given night, and that 296,452 may be doubled up with relatives or family friends. Its best-case estimate was that as few as 41,176 are homeless and that 39,362 are doubled up.
The GAO findings differ greatly from an estimate of 220,000 school-age homeless children submitted in a separate report to the Congress by the Education Department in February. (See Education Week, Feb. 22, 1989.)
The department compiled statistics from 42 state reports. The McKinney Act required states to develop plans to ensure that homeless children have access to schools.
The department noted that states' data-collection methods varied widely, and suggested in its report that its estimate was "very conservative" and "should be viewed with caution."
The GAO report found that, of the 68,000 children who are homeless on any given night, 25,500 sleep in urban shelters and hotels; 21,800 in suburban and rural shelters; 4,000 in churches; 9,000 in abandoned buildings, cars, and other public places; and 7,700 in various other settings.
School Attendance Surveyed
The GAO report also surveyed shelter operators to determine the number of homeless school-age children who attended school regularly.
Of 3,237 children for whom data were available, 85 percent were found to attend school regularly. An additional 5 percent planned to attend but had not yet enrolled.
But GAO analysts note that school-attendance rates for these children are probably much lower. Researchers were unable to obtain data on school-aged children not in shelters, and, because parents in shelters are often unwilling to admit that their children are not in school, the estimated percentage may be overstated, the report concedes.
Of the children surveyed in the report, 52 percent were age 5 or younger, 36 percent were ages 6-12, and 12 percent were ages 13-16.
About half of the sample group were of school age, and the report points out that the relatively small number of older children may reflect the fact that many shelters have age restrictions on children.
Vol. 09, Issue 02, Page 16Published in Print: September 13, 1989, as 68,000 Children Are Homeless, G.A.O. Reports
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Fume Control and Scrubbing on Hydrochloric Acid Pickle LinesNov 08 2010 01:20 PM | Chris Haslego in Process and Reactions
Scrubber Operations
The scrubber is only one component of a fume exhaust system, although there is a tendency to look upon it as being the only thing that matters. However, the function of the scrubber is to remove HCl from the air - collection of the fumes is determined by hood and duct design, and the amount of draft is determined by the fan performance.
Some areas where the scrubber design is important are:
- variable loads
- entrainment
- stack droplet emissions
The HCl concentration in the scrubber inlet gas can vary substantially, particularly in batch pickling operations, in which high HCl loads can occur as the steel is being removed from the tank - this is especially the case in modern systems that have crane-mounted hoods to control these fumes. Essentially, a fume scrubber is a constant-efficiency device, so, if the inlet concentration goes up 10 times, the outlet concentration also goes up 10 times. Usually, these high concentrations only occur for short periods, so that the average emissions remain low. However, such excursions increase the acidity of any droplets in the gas after the scrubber, and make entrainment control even more important.
In order to prevent acid rain from the stack, water droplets must be eliminated from the air stream. In the scrubber, this is done by having an efficient entrainment eliminator. However, all wet scrubbers discharge air saturated with water vapor, so that contact with cold equipment or stack walls can cause condensation after the scrubber - this condensation absorbs the residual HCl content of the gas, and becomes highly acidic. If the stack velocity is too high, or if the stack wall is very cold, or the scrubber exhaust air temperature high, the condensate may be discharged as droplets from the stack. In order to prevent this, an additional entrainment eliminator may be necessary at the top of the stack. This presents problems in compliance testing, because the rules require testing in the stack, at a point which does not represent the actual stack emission!
Another factor that needs consideration is what to do with the scrubber effluent. The scrubber only removes the HCl from the air, generating a dilute acid effluent stream in the process. This effluent requires treatment or re-use. With plate scrubbers, which use little water, it is possible to generate effluent acid up to 2-3% strength, which can often be returned to the pickle tanks to make up for evaporation - this is not generally possible with packed scrubbers, that generate effluent in the 0.1 to 0.5% concentration range. Recycle of the scrubber effluent makes economic sense - a continuous strip pickle line can discharge acid costing as much as $25,000/yr, and then spend as much again in neutralizing chemicals.
Controlling Costs
Costs for scrubbers are always of concern, and will become even more important as more efficient scrubbers are required. The initial cost of the scrubber can be minimized by designing the fume exhaust system to handle the smallest volume of air that will give satisfactory control of fumes. It is tempting to oversize exhaust systems, just to be safe, and to avoid having to pay too much attention to maintenance. However, oversizing results in higher capital costs, more fan hp, more effluent generation, and higher acid losses from the pickle tanks.
The ideal fume control system is a closed cover, with no exhaust, as in 'fumeless picklers' used for wire strands, but this is not technically practical for batch pickling or high speed strip lines. Techniques for minimizing exhaust rates include:
- tight, well-maintained covers
- locate exhaust ducts near openings in hoods and tanks
- minimize open area with local seals or closures
- use of double covers
- regular maintenance of fan, hoods and ducting.
- careful, well-balanced duct design
Future emission regulations are going to require larger, more efficient HCl fume scrubbers. The new limits are easily achievable using scrubbers that are 30-50% larger than those presently in use. The cost of upgrading fume scrubbers can be reduced by improving fume control practices to minimize exhaust rates.
- Perry, R.H., and Green, D.W., 'Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook', 6th ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1984, p 3-64
- Fritz, J.J., and Fuget, C.R., 'Vapor pressure of aqueous hydrogen chloride solutions, 0 to 50°C', Ind.Eng Chem., Chem. and Eng. Data, Vol1, #1, p 10, 1956
***This article was written by J. Neil Stone of Kingsville Ontario Canada and this work is entirely his. Any information gathered from this article must be so noted by appearing as a reference in future works.


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Coping with midmarket BI project management challenges: Tips for SMBs
Many small and midsize businesses don't have a lot of money or staff resources to devote to business intelligence programs -- making sound project management processes essential, BI analysts say.
While business intelligence analysts differ on many things when it comes to managing BI projects, there is general unanimity about the value of having a centralized BI team such as a business intelligence competency center (BICC), a concept championed by Gartner Inc. and other consulting firms under various names.
Gartner analyst John Hagerty views a BICC as an essential component in any BI program, at midmarket organizations as well as larger companies, because it includes representatives from both the business and IT sides and can provide long-term guidance and control on BI processes. "Where exactly the BICC reports to is less important than the range of skills and viewpoints represented -- that's the key to managing an effective rollout," Hagerty said.
Claudia Imhoff, president of consulting firm Intelligent Solutions Inc. in Boulder, Colo., also sees value in the BICC concept, but she noted that midmarket companies face some unique BI project management challenges. In general, she said, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are more sensitive to two things than large organizations are: costs and the fact that they typically don't have huge IT teams.
"The IT departments at midsize companies are usually fairly small," Imhoff said. "They're often very clever at getting things done more efficiently and with less expense than their larger brethren, but they have their limits." For example, if an SMB's IT department has 10 people and three or more of them would be needed on a BI team, that's a substantial percentage of the total IT head count.
As a result, Imhoff recommended that midmarket organizations consider bringing in outside consultants to help staff and manage BI implementations. Consultants have the obvious advantage of not being a permanent overhead expense, as new employees hired for a BI project would be. But SMBs must be careful in how they use consulting help, she said.
Keeping an inside hand in BI project management
As much as midmarket companies may need assistance in creating and implementing a BI project plan, they also need to think strategically, according to Imhoff. "You need to be sure to keep some of your knowledge and capabilities in-house," she said. "You need people who understand your operating system, ETL process and data quality issues, and with a consultant you could easily lose that."
In addition, Imhoff stressed the importance of finding consulting firms that are well-versed in BI best practices, ideally from prior experience on midmarket BI projects. That's particularly crucial because in contrast with larger companies, SMBs are likely to have consultants "more deeply embedded in your organization and on board for a longer time," she said.
James Kobielus, a senior analyst at Forrester Research Inc., also sees specific BI project management challenges for SMBs. For example, while large companies normally staff a project team with BI, data warehousing and data integration professionals, that combination of skills might be overkill for a midmarket organization, Kobielus said. But, he added, those skills are needed to some degree.
"If you have limited IT resources and you aren't attempting anything too complex, it may be that one person can manage the whole thing," Kobielus said. "If one DBA can be cross-trained on BI, that may be enough." Finding a suitable candidate internally might not be easy, though -- and more than technical skills are needed to avoid BI problems and pitfalls.
Business users must be heavily involved in helping to define BI requirements, according to Kobielus, who said BI project managers should seek input from both casual and power users. The former group might just want to view a few reports, while the power users -- subject-matter experts in finance or human resources, for example -- are likely to be looking for the ability to do things such as drill down into data and build complex visualizations.
BI project management action item: team building
Especially in a midmarket organization, "you want to get the power users on the team to write the functional specs for your tools," Kobielus said. In addition, he recommended that a BI team include the data "owners" -- representatives from departments such as finance and marketing. "It's their data that will be getting loaded into the BI reports, so you need to make sure you enlist them early -- because without access to their data, BI is useless," he said.
The data you plan to use for BI purposes also needs to be cleansed, consolidated and, if possible, put into a common data format -- a process that Kobielus said can evolve into a long-term data stewardship effort to ensure that BI tools and reports present information "in ways that don't garble the meaning of that data downstream."
And finally, there is the technology-selection aspect of BI project management. Midmarket companies in particular should make sure that they choose BI software that fits their needs and skill levels, Kobielus advised. "If you have an analytics-savvy organization, give them power tools," he said. "If not, make it simple -- don't do overkill."
Imhoff made a similar point about selecting the right technology, in even more direct terms: "Midmarket firms don't have time to do trial and error," she said.
Alan R. Earls is a Boston-area freelance writer focused on business and technology.


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Sectoral distribution of the employment: 42% in the services sector; 34.7% in the industrial sector; 23.3% in the agriculture sector.
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FORSYTH - One of five people charged in the abduction and killings of a southwest Missouri couple has pleaded guilty to reduced charges.
KOLR-TV reports 26-year-old Phillip Friend pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts each of felonious restraint and second-degree murder.
Taney County Circuit Judge Mark Orr sentenced Friend to seven years each on the restraint counts. Friend will be sentenced later on the murder charges.
Rebecca and Russell Porter vanished in April 2011 from their home in the Greene County town of Willard. They were taken to rural Taney County, where they were shot and buried.
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Greenfield is a small village about 1.2 miles from the town of Flitwick, it lies across Flitwick Moor and is on the opposite side of the River Flit. It forms part of the parish of Flitton and Greenfield. The area was once well known as a strawberry producing area, and the fields were full of strawberry plants on either side of the main road. It is now a thriving village with several small businesses.
Flitton (Flichtam, Fllite, and Flute) forms the other part of the parish and derives its name from river Flit. It is the home of the De Grey Mausoleum adjacent to St John the Baptist church. Flitton contains the hamlet of Wardhedges. It too has a number of small businesses and working farms.


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Well hello everyone! Looks like I (unintentionally) took another little hiatus from this blog of mine. I feel like I keep thinking I have nothing to write about- when really I have TONS to say, but I just let it all sit up in my mind for too long, and then its all overwhelming and I don't know how to sort through it enough for a blog post that would make sense. Make sense? Ha.
Anywhoo.. I was thinking today that I always have some sort of deadline or goal to work towards… something to count down to. I've never really trained harder, or been stricter with my eating for "no reason" (I train pretty hard and try to eat well most of the time regardless..) Whether it's for a beach volleyball tournament in the summer, or an upcoming half marathon..having a deadline to work towards is something that encourages me and keeps me going on hard days. If I don't feel like lifting weights, or logging miles- I open up my little countdown app on my phone and see how many days I have until my deadline and it always pushes me to workout harder, or eat a little better. Currently- I'm counting down until my boxing certification at the end of may (1 month and 29 days from now.) It's an 8-10 hour certification course where I'll basically be boxing/exercising the entire day, so I definitely want to show up in shape and ready! When I start to feel like my gym routine is getting stale, and/or I'm getting bored (it happens to everyone at some point!) I'll start looking for my next goal, or what I want to sign up for next!
So my advice to you is to find something to count down to. Sign up for something fun and new. Find a local 5k, or join a sports league. Do something with a deadline to keep you accountable. Find a friend who will join you, whatever it takes. Make fitness fun again!!


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Dangerous pothole which is nearly hidden by subsidence - near the elec substation on the north side of the road
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Sent to Oxfordshire County Council 3 minutes later
The road has subsided towards the verge making this almost impossible to see when driving
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Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention
Genre: Strategy/RPG Developer: Climax Publisher: Sega of America Players: 1 Released: 1991
The Genesis was not mainly known for its RPGs; however, you can usually find Genesis fans ready to talk about that one great RPG they found or a series on the system. One of Sega's more famous efforts is Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention. Although it was prompted by an earlier title, the gameplay is different and its deserved success was the start of an insanely popular series, commonly just known as Shining Force, which is commonly hailed as being the pioneer of strategy/RPGs (although Nintendo purists stand by the fact that Fire Emblem came out first). Sega, however, successfully localized Shining Force, something that Fire Emblem failed in doing, and therefore it was in a real sense the pioneer of tactical RPGs for many people.
You are Max, a young boy training with Various, the captain of the guard. Recently, your sister kingdom of Runefaust has been pillaging the lands for unknown reasons. The king wants to investigate, but doesn't want the fact to become common knowledge. The Runefaust army has stopped at the Gate of the Ancients and it has long been the duty of this country to watch over the gate. Nobody knows what the Legacy of the Ancients is – whether it is of light or darkness – and their legends have been forgotten. Your simple assignment is to protect the gate, but a powerful Runefaust Lord, Kane, invades and destroys your homeland. You set off on your quest to avenge your home, discover the mystery, and protect the Legacy of the Ancients. Powerful Runefaust lords and generals stand in your way as well as the mysterious witch Mishalea and the Lord Darksol who seems to know what lies beyond the gate. As you can see, the plot appears fairly simplistic, and yet it holds a lot of hidden depth to it.
Graphically, the game is nice. It's by no means the best that the Genesis has to offer, but the visuals give a dark, gritty feel that fit in with the storyline rather well. There are two main types of graphics in the game. The first is the one seen in the overworld where you walk in towns, out on the map and move your forces in battle. The second is used in the actual battle scenes, where one of your units or an enemy unit attacks another unit, and a screen depicting the attack in detail comes up. The in-battle sprites are beautifully rendered, and have gorgeous detail. The graphics are certainly pleasing to look at and fit the feel of the story.
Gameplay is what Shining Force is best known for. Although there were a few titles in the series that deviate from the well-loved formula set by this game, they did not have the word "Force" in the title (until the release of Shining Force Neo). In all of the Force games you control a party of soldiers with one main character that walks around different towns and any open ground if there's no immediate battle. Your party will grow to a force of twelve characters, which follow the usual fantasy epic of humans, elves, dwarves, etc.- with a couple of anomalies. The twelve can be switched in and out of battle as you please in your headquarters, and when in battle you use them to destroy the opposing force. The soldier's level up when they reach 100 experience points and gain stats in areas such as attack, defense, agility, etc. You buy weapons for them, and items, and once they reach level ten they can be promoted to a more powerful class, although they lose just a tiny bit in stats due to this. Not much is lost, just enough to make the game more interesting. Battles take place on a flashing grid that determines how far each character can move and attack.
The music and sound in Shining Force are somewhat memorable, but as with the graphics, they're not the best. The themes are dark and morose at times, light at others, and climactic when they should be; they stimulate excitement at other times and in general fit the mood depending on what's happened. If a good person dies, the music is tragic; if you're facing a big storyline boss they'll have their own special theme. The scores are relatively simple, but they do the job and don't become tiresome. The sound effects are harder to comment on. To put it simply, they're standard fair. Nothing horrible, and nothing mind-blowing, but merely adequate. The tones when a character is speaking are fine, but not very noticeable, and the sound of a weapon hitting a character is better, but still not particularly good. The best of the sound is when a character casts a spell. You can hear the thunder when a bolt spell has been let loose, the sizzling involved in blaze, and the sound of ice scraping together in freeze. Don't misunderstand me, the sounds are well-done, but nothing more.
The control, on the other hand, isn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination. When outside of battle you can bring up a menu with simple pictures and options like talk, item, search and so on. Each menu is picture-based so it's easy to get the hang of and simple to use if you're playing in a foreign language. In battle, bringing up the picture-based menu will give you the options to battle, cast a spell, use an item, or to stay where you are; and if you're standing in front of a chest or suspicious area you can search for items.
Unfortunately, some tasks aren't so intuitive. when moving Max, your main character, he has a tendency to pause just before moving (this is outside of battle only). Also, you have to enter the menu and select the option to talk to someone rather than just pressing a button. Lastly, when searching chests outside of battle, only Max can put these things in his inventory, so you have to do a lot of tedious moving of items. Thankfully, these slight annoyances never reoccurred in the series.
In conclusion, Legacy of Great Intention is absolutely wonderful. It's got great graphics, amazing gameplay, good music and sound, simple (if slightly tedious) control, and a great plot that's easily enhanced with speculation. The fun factor alone should be reason enough to buy the game and if it wasn't for the slight annoyances like the talk control, this would be a must for any RPG fan.
SCORE: 9 out of 10
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It is a bitter irony that no lessons have been learnt from the dubious and misguided decision to declare illegal war against Iraq. Whilst it was Tony Blair's Labour Party led Government that joined George W Bush's Republicans back in 2003, it is now David Cameron's Conservatives being more than willing accomplices to join with Barack Obama's Democrats in bombing Syria.
There were similarities too unfortunately in winning December's Parliamentary vote, relying on twisted morality and scaremongering, not to mention dubious intelligence again. If you were not a supposed patriot you were a 'terrorist sympathiser,' as Cameron so crudely put it. The result was a clear 174-vote majority, including 66 Labour rebels exploiting the free vote allowed by Jeremy Corbyn.
Rather mischievously the case was falsely presented as an extension of bombing Daesh [IS] positions in Iraq which they are being carried out with the approval of the Baghdad Government. In Syria, the British Government's previously wanted to overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's Government – a goal that has exacerbated the civil war and helped the rise of Daesh. The Government wishes to use the rag-tag coalition of 70,000 forces on the ground. These rebels are more interested in overthrowing al-Assad and taking as much land as possible rather than fighting against Daesh.
The vote points to yet another ill-judged and misguided adventure in a Muslim country with likely unwelcome and disastrous consequences. It is not to say that nothing should be done against such a monstrosity as Daesh. But military action, particularly just aerial bombing, is never going to be the answer as every political leader is aware. But when is the West going to learn any lessons from the past?


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If you want to get married, you need to think about why. And, take a look at these ways to make him propose…they'll increase your chances of getting married, and hopefully help you figure out if you want to get married for the right reasons.
Before the tips, a quip:
"Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all of the time, made new." ~ Ursula K. LeGuin.
The most important thing to remember about getting married is that marriage – and the marriage proposal – isn't the ultimate goal. After you get married, you have a lot of work to do! You'll need to constantly remake your love, shape your marriage, and keep learning new ways to fall in love.
So, while these ways to get a marriage proposal may work, I encourage you to remember that marriage is a never-ending job!
Want to Get Married? 6 Ways to Make Him Propose
Before you obsess about getting a marriage proposal, it's important to make sure you're getting married for the right reasons. Do you really want to spend your life with this man, or are you scared of being alone? Have you dated him for at least a year, or are you rushing into a marriage proposal?
Make sure you think carefully about why you want to get married before you rush into getting a marriage proposal.
Okay, lecture over! Here are a few ways to get a proposal from the man you love…
Be a positive, interesting, fun person (but don't just pretend)
The more upbeat and cheerful you are (without overdoing it or being superficial), the more attractive you will be to your boyfriend. Talk about positive events, memories, and feelings – such as your last vacation, a funny joke, or last night's episode of Two and a Half Men. Negativity and complaining won't make him want to get married, and it's definitely not a way to get a marriage proposal! For every negative thing you say, make five positive comments.
Wear a light scent – and wear the same perfume or cologne all the time
Psychological research from Northwestern University shows that a light lemon smell increases likeability without people even being aware of it. You don't have to smell like a lemon, orange, or lime tree to get a marriage proposal – any pleasant, barely perceptible scent will make you appear more attractive. And, if you wear the same perfume or cologne all the time, your boyfrien will learn to associate that scent with you. The more positive associations he was with you, the more likely he'll want to get married!
Show genuine interest in your boyfriend's life, job, and family
"People are flattered when you find them appealing – and they naturally reciprocate," says Dr Ann Demarais, co-author of First Impressions: What You Don't Know About How Others See You. "Also – when you're confident, you appear more attractive." Do you care about your boyfriend's life, work, and family? This isn't a way to get a marriage proposal — it's a real question and a real issue you'll deal with all your married life. If you're not interested in your boyfriend or his life, then why would you want to get married?
Really listen to what your boyfriend says
This is similar to my last tip, and it also applies to your married life. There's no point in being curious about your boyfriend if you don't really care about him, or if you don't listen to his thoughts or opinions. If you don't have a genuine, sincere attitude towards your boyfriend, he probably can feel it…and you won't get a marriage proposal. The bottom line: if you're in this relationship just because you want to get married, then you're aiming at the wrong target.
Smile and enjoy your life – but don't fake it
Whether or not you want a marriage proposal, you need to enjoy your life. A pleasant, happy life makes you more attractive, and makes you approachable and friendly. To keep your face open and happy, think positive thoughts! Be grateful for small mercies (eg, a day without a headache or stomachache) and the luxuries you're accustomed to (eg, easy access to great articles on ways to get a marriage proposal!). Make it a habit to recall your last vacation, a funny joke, or last night's episode of Two and a Half Men. Find ways to enjoy your life, that are sincere and real.
Be honest about your mistakes
Psychological research shows that people who make mistakes are more likeable than those who seem perfect. People who make mistakes are seen as more approachable and less judgmental than "perfect" people – so don't be afraid to share your imperfect personality traits or your mistakes! Being authentic and real increases your "attractiveness quotient" and shows your boyfriend that you're normal and fallible…just like they are.
You could also read How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You – author Leil Lowndes offers a "surefire guide to love for anyone seeking romantic bliss."
Is your relationship in trouble? Get 7 Steps to Fixing Your Marriage from relationship coach Mort Fertel. It's free and helpful, no strings attached.
Need encouragement? Sign up for my weekly "Echoes of Joy" email - it's free, short, and energizing. Like me!
If you don't want to wait for a marriage proposal, read How to Propose to Your Boyfriend – The Female Proposal.


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With V8.7, we introduced a PowerShell widget to our Summary Dashboards in the Live Maps Portal. With this widget we open up the possibilities you have to display data. Now your source of data can be from just about anything. Please keep in mind that it is made to display data in a dashboard.
To start off with, you must understand that all PowerShell is run under the App Pool user. This generally doesn't have a problem when you are talking about gathering information from SCOM or from the local server, however could represent an issue when trying to gather information from remote servers. Just be aware of this potential issue.
Once you click on the Powershell icon during the edit mode you will be presented with a dialog box below.
1. Title – All widgets require a title and this one is no exception.
2. Time Limit(seconds) – Next you need to give it a time out. How long do you want it to wait to verify the returns of the PowerShell script.
3. Time Limit State – This is the state you would like to display if the script takes to long.
4. Display Type. – How would you like for it to be displayed. By default it is set to Single Value. That is any String Value. It can can be a single value or multiple lines. Grid View is a lot like a Table. It is only valid if you are returning one or more objects and want them displayed in a "Format Table" Type of View. Last is the Target Gauge. It is a single bar graph with the value, a target and a max. Most of the time, the results you need will be in Single Value. NOTE: There are times that you might need to play with this setting depending on what you want to show. If all else fails set it to Single Value and make sure you Script contains the "| Out-String" Command
Grid View
Single Value
Target Gauge
5. Script. This is the script itself.
Script Help
While we try to allow you to have a native PowerShell experience, Not all functions will work. That being said, here are some items that will help you out.
Write-Host is currently not supported, but you can simply write a line in quotes.
"Hello World"
"New Critical Alerts = " + (get-scomalert -criteria 'ResolutionState = "0" AND Severity = "2"').count
String Out your Script
Out-String – may need to be used in several cases to return a result. Example.
Get-SCOMGroup -DisplayName "Training List Dashboard" | Get-SCOMClassInstance | Out-String
Error Indication
If for some reason there is an error with the PowerShell Script, then the title bar will be shown in RED and the error message will be displayed.
This can actually be useful to help change the display based on conditions. Take the following example script. Script is set to give you a count of Critical Alerts. Under normal Conditions it would just display the total alerts in a big number.
$alertCount = (get-scomalert -criteria 'ResolutionState = "0" AND Severity = "2"').count
If ($alertCount -lt 25) {
Else {
Write-Error "Too Many Critical Alerts"
But when the conditions exceed the total number of alerts, then it would change.
Location of Portal
The location of where the Portal installation is a key on requirements for the script. If for example the Portal is installed on a SCOM mgmt server, then generally you can simply have one line scripts. Example.
However if you have the Portal installed on a non-SCOM mgmt server, then you should add a couple lines at the beginning of the script to ensure it will work. Example.
Import-Module OperationsManager
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New in the Shop
We've listed quite a few things in the shop since our last update! December was a busy month of custom paintings, collaborations, AND of new products. Read a little more about them below:
-We celebrated the launch of our first ever limited edition winter print! Meet the narwhals and their arctic fishy friends available in baby blankets, burp rags, and teether toys. We only purchased a few yards of this fabric and won't be restocking... so if you like it grab it now!
-All of our cards got a little bit of a make-over! We're currently working on polishing up the brand/website a little bit and wanted to make sure that the cards fit in the new style. All cards now feature a beautiful font that corresponds with our future new logo! Check them out!
-We added brand new enamel pins to the mix! They are the cutest little accessory to add on to any outfit, purse, coat, hat, scarf, backpack, you name it! Currently we have little tiny bees available, but more will be coming soon!
-Two brand new tea towel designs have been added to the shop! One in our favorite sunflower print and the other with our new butterfly designs for Dyck Arboretum! The Sunflower towels are slowly making their way into shops across Kansas, but the butterflies are only available online and at the Dyck Arboretum Gift Shop.
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Matthews takes the victory for ORICA-GreenEDGE in Paris-NiceSun 6 Mar 2016
Multiple grand tour stage winner Michael Matthews has made a perfect start to 2016, taking out the Paris-Nice prologue in his first race of the season.
Matthews stopped the clock on the predominately flat 6.1km city centre prologue in a time of seven minutes 39seconds to take the victory and yellow jersey on day one of the WorldTour stage race.
"It's my first race of the season so to beat a guy like Dumoulin who is one of the best time trial specialists in the world, it's definitely very special," said Matthews.
"It wasn't really on the top of my goals list for Paris-Nice. I was hoping for a top five today to be around the guys and then try and take the yellow in one of the next stages. It obviously all came together and I am happy I was able to take the win.
"We will take it day by day and now that I have the jersey we will just try and look after it for as long as possible."
As Matthews' first race for 2016 sport director Laurenzo Lapage wasn't suprised with the world championship silver medalist's form, praising the 25-year old's professionalism in the off-season.
"Michael was really relaxed and confident before the race," said Lapage. "Last year we did the same thing, he started here for his first race of the year."
"With Michael we always know he is coming into races prepared and we expected him to possibly be in the top three, but it takes a special talent to win a prologue especially in the first race of the season.
"With Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant Alpecin) coming here as one of the specialists and Michael beating him, that says enough about his form."
After taking the victory against tough competition, Lapage expressed how the win creates a positive start to Paris-Nice for the team and the rest of the season.
"Today could not be better," he continued. "All the team had a good prologue, Daryl Impey had a strong ride, also Sam Bewley and Simon Yates, so we are very happy with the team performance today and it's a positive going into the next stages that's for sure."
"There is a big chance of a bunch sprint tomorrow, we hope so and of course are going to control the race. I think the second part of the race we are going to have help from some of the sprinter's teams anyway."
How it happened:
After a downpour of snow from the previous day had cleared, the riders set off to the start line relieved but still facing bitterly cold temperatures. Things soon heated up as 175 riders one by one rolled down the start ramp to take on the short, sharp 6.1km course.
Jérôme Coppel (IAM Cycling) set the fastest time early on with a time of seven minutes 48seconds. Over 80 riders finished but it no one could match his time and it was only until the final 45 riders took to the start that his time was eventually beaten.
As the final few riders completed the distance, the gap between each rider was significantly close. Matthews' time put him one second ahead of Dumoulin in the closing stages to give him the victory and head into stage one as the race leader.
Tomorrow the race proceeds with a 198km stage from Condé-Sure-Vesgre to Vendôme, the flat route has the potential to be a bunch sprint finish.
Paris-Nice Prologue Results:
1. Michael Matthews (ORICA-GreenEDGE) 7:39
2. Thomas Dumoulin (Team Giant Alpecin) +0:01
3. Patrick Bevan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) +0:02


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Non-Park Use of Seattle Parks and Recreation Property Permits
Non-Parks Use of Seattle Parks and Recreation Land Policy
If you need or want to use park property for a non-park use, you must obtain permission from the Department of Parks and Recreation, usually in the form of a Revocable Use Permit.
"Permits for Non-Park Use of Park Property" includes any private use of park land or park open space that limits or diminishes the public's ability to use or enjoy park land, even temporarily. This would include activities such as making repairs or changes to your property, installing or replacing utility lines, storing belongings on park property, and adding or removing landscaping. View the Policy for Non-Park Uses of Park Property
Park lands include parks, playgrounds, viewpoints, boulevards, and other land under control of the Department of Parks and Recreation. If you are not sure, please check with the Department before proceeding. You can phone the Department's Property Management office at 206-233-7935 or you can click on the titles to the right to read more about Revocable Use Permits. Permits are revocable upon thirty (30) days notice or immediately upon failure of the Permittee to comply with the terms and conditions of the Permit. Unauthorized use of park property, including failure to apply for and obtain a Revocable Use Permit, is unlawful and subject to enforcement actions or other remedies as specified in Seattle Municipal Code 18.30.
Applying for a Revocable Non-Park Use Permit
Download the Application, complete, sign and mail along with a non-refundable application fee of $200 to:
Seattle Parks & Recreation
Parks Real Estate Manager
Property Management Section
800 Maynard Ave. S, 3rd Floor
Seattle, WA 98134-1366
Revocable Use Permit Fees
Fees are summarize below. The complete 2019-2020 Fee Schedule was adopted by Ordinance 125208.
Application Fee - $200
(non-refundable; includes one (1) on-site inspection and two (2) hours of staff time for reviewing and processing application)
Inspection and/or Monitoring - $200 per hour
(Application fee includes one on-site inspection. Additional on-site charges at $200.00 per hour may be assessed, for on-site inspections and/or monitoring, if specified in the Permit or if necessary in the Department's judgment, due to Applicant's or Permittee's action(s), or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the permit.) *Exceptional permit conditions requiring staff monitoring will be billed to permittee. Full staff time expenses will be billed.
Limited Term Permit $250 per day or $325 minimum, whichever is greater. Typically, these may be issued for 90 days or less.
Continuing Use Permit, determined by formula OR $650 minimum, whichever is greater. Refer to Fee Schedule. Typically, these may be issued for uses 91days or more.
Processing Charges, $130 per hour (costs of staff time in excess of two (2) hours to review and process permit applications; payable prior to permit issuance.)
Continuing Use permit fees for permit periods of less than twelve (12) months are payable in full prior to permit issuance. Continuing use permit fees for permit periods anticipated to continue for twelve (12) months or more may be pro-rated and annualized and payable in advance for such annualized date as the Department shall establish. If the permit period is shorter than anticipated, the permit fees paid in advance shall be prorated for the time used and over-payment shall be refunded, except in the case of revocation due to Permittee's failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the permit, in which case no refund shall be given. Permits for utility installations, such as electrical, natural gas, or telephone service, shall be charged as Limited Term permits, based on the permit period necessary for installation.
Permits for Encroachment Removal There is no Permit Fee charged for Limited Term permits of ninety (90) days or less issued expressly to allow the removal or elimination of an encroachment onto park land.
There is no Permit Fee charged for certain non-park uses of park land which may be allowable by property right, such as driveway access from the roadway portion of a park boulevard if access is not available from any other right-of-way, or pedestrian walkway from a public sidewalk to the abutting private property, if such uses comply with established design guidelines or reasonable standards intended to preserve the public park-like character of park lands.


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How Perseverance Got Defensive End Zach Hodges To Harvard
We love stories of triumph and courage, because they make us believe in the resilience of the human spirit. The story of Zach Hodges and his dream of playing in the NFL is one such story.
Zach Hodges has persevered through circumstances that would have made others lose hope. He lost his father by age one, and his beloved grandfather and mother were both taken from him before he finished his junior year in high school.
His mother struggled to raise him after the death of his father and faced many challenges in the process. During that period of his life he faced homelessness, saw his mother suffer mental abuse at the hands of a stepfather, and often lacked the basic necessities of life. But these difficulties only served to make him more determined to succeed.
What kept him going? As Hodges explains it, "Sometimes you don't have an option but to keep moving and not stop." So he never gave up on his education, and he never stopped playing football. It is this dogged persistence that got him to Harvard University, where he is now a defensive end. In 2013 Hodges was the Ivy League's defensive player of the year, a title he again earned in 2014 but shared with Mike Zeuli of Princeton.
The tragedies Hodges faced in life made him continue during those times when the odds seemed stacked against him. Football became his outlet, and his ability to express himself on the field has earned him the admiration of Tim Murphy, his coach at Harvard University.
Hodges dreams of playing in the NFL someday, and believes he will get there. It's a belief shared by coach Murphy. According to Murphy, "I think in time, Zach will be a successful NFL player. He has the ability, he has the toughness. The only variable is time."
Further reading: Harvard Prospect Zach Hodges Overcomes His Painful Past
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Romantic Beach Cottages For Couples
Romantic Beach Cottages For Couples – From time to time, you and your partner might want to think about taking a nice time with one another in order to celebrate your love. As you are planning your romantic getaway, you should spend some time looking into beach cottages. Beach cottage décor is a very loosely defined style of cottage furniture styling. Generally, the beach cottage basics are furniture made of distressed woods or wicker, that have a soft look and add to a care free, relaxed theme. But once you have the main pieces in the room, how do you really make the place sing? It's the finishing touches that are going to turn a house into a home.
Moroccan Home Decor
If it is time for you to make changes, change your home with Moroccan decor – it can really shake things up. Why simply change interior colors or replace furniture when you can have a whole new exotic and mysterious look instead? Moroccan home decor is an extremely popular option right now, because it combines different cultural influences and styles into a unique blend that is fabulous.
There are two main types of Moroccan decor, and these are rural and urban. Each of these two Moroccan style types will have different aspects but they are both a great choice for home decoration and interior design.


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I get a kick out of the girls sharing a room. We moved Joan into Lux's room when she was 8 months old, I wrote a little bit about that here. Even when they are keeping each other up at night, even when one of them wakes the other up pre-maturely in the morning. Sometimes the night ends with both of them grousing in their beds, egging each other on, louder and louder. I like it. Remember in grade school, what was the great uniting power ? A common enemy. Nothing to build sisterhood among two humans of disparate age and interest like grousing about the same thing.
There's power waiting to be taken in having a small space. Anyone can do it. You begin to take joy in every bag of things you decide to give away or throw away. The good stuff shines through. The girls have a small cabinet of additional toys, but their chief choice items, the ones they point at and ask for, are on this shelf. Having this stuff be out of their reach is as un-Montessori as you can get. Maria would shiver at the sight. I wish it wasn't the case, but I also find that the act of requesting something causes them to value it a little bit more.
Note above my system for the girls' clothes, on the top shelves. It's one tub to every six months, with an extra tub for shoes and winter gear. Be sure to label them, and give yourself a month or two after they grow out of things before you pack them away. The time helps you truly evaluate the stuff and what kind of shape it is in.
Of the things on the wall, the maps get the most attention. Though when Lux was younger, she adored that Rifle Paper Co. alphabet poster (I just checked to see if it is still available, it's not, but my goodness does Anna Bond have some good ones these days!). My older brother, who works in South Sudan, visited recently and pointed out that we need a map of Africa. He's right! Both of our current maps came from Joe hounding etsy for vintage school room maps (they are not cheap. they are so worth it.) The New Yorker cover is a recent resurrection of a Saul Steinberg drawing combining several of Lux's favorite things: skeletons, ballerinas, and mice. We are happy to change things out as the girls have new interests. Joe often places nice wrapping paper behind a print as an easy and cheap mat job, and we frequently use Ikea frames.
I'm happy to have these photos to document this tiny phase in my family's life! I'm sure the place will transform in the next year, perhaps even in the next six months. The room I shared with my sister as a kid is so etched into my visual memory, I treasure those images. I want to remember Lux looking out her window for the moon each night, I want to remember finding Joan with a pile of toys in her crib in the morning, donated by her benevolent sister, I want to remember Lux telling me that bunny lives in Mexico and her hunting for all the "x" letters on the map, I want to remember their matching cribs and orange-striped sheets and how content they were with them.


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Space Force is silly, but points to a flaw
President Trump's proposal to create an entirely new branch of the military, the U.S. Space Force, may not be a good idea. But the initiative does point to a dangerous gap in our defense posture.
Trump's idea is for a new service equal in stature to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. Creating a new bureaucracy to handle warfare out of sight above our heads probably is not the best way to handle the challenge.
But it is a genuine problem. As Vice President Mike Pence pointed out last week, U.S. adversaries have "pursued weapons to jam, blind and disable our navigation and communication satellites via electronic attacks from the ground. … As their actions make clear, our adversaries have transformed space into a warfighting domain already."
Indeed they have. And though U.S. military capability in space is substantial, there are reasons to believe foes such as Russia and China are pursuing superiority actively.
Trump's idea may not be the best solution — but it is a necessary wakeup call alerting Americans that our national defense cannot stop at the edge of the atmosphere.


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Highland Clinic Ophthalmology
471 Ashley Ridge Boulevard
Shreveport, LA 71105
(318) 795-4770
Fax (318) 795-4775
Monday – Friday
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1982 – 1985: Residency: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1981 – 1982: Internship: Louisiana State Medical Center, Shreveport, LA
1981: University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
1976: University Of Texas
Dr. Garrett has practiced ophthalmology at Highland Clinic since 1986. We see children and adults of all ages. We specialize in personal care and provide the latest technological advances with attention to individualized needs. We enjoy what we do and look forward to seeing our current patients and meeting new ones.
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The representation of women in the workforce continues to increase. Almost 60% of women age 16 or over are in the workforce as of 2010, as compared to about 35% in 1952. Worldwide, nearly 200 million women have entered the workforce since 1995. Even though women compose about 40% of the global workforce, about 70% of people living in poverty worldwide are women.
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What high-tech materials are required to make a robotic hand that can pick up almost anything? Coffee grounds and a latex balloon. The design comes from a team of researchers including Heinrich Jaeger of The University of Chicago and John Amend, who is now trying to sell these grippers through Empire Robotics. But you can make your own version at home with some simple materials. The only tricky-to-find object you'll need is a vacuum pump (I got mine from here: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10398, where you can also find an excellent instructional video).+


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24-Hour Comics Day in Cape Townon September 28th, 2011
The 24-Hour Comics Day will be held in Cape Town on October 1st!
For registration and info email firstname.lastname@example.com
Below is an extract from the press release:
24-Hour Comics Day (24HCD) is an event held around the world which challenges writers and artists to create a full 24-page comic in 24 consecutive hours. Since this is the first 24HCD in Cape Town, and probably in South Africa, we are going all-out to inspire our participating artists and entertain the audience with animation and graphic novel movies from 5 continents, music and an exhibition with a mix of illustration and comic art. Our cherry on the cake, will be a live-feed with 24HCD in Amsterdam, organised by the 'sketch battle queen' Maia Matches.
There will be a small award ceremony held at the end with winners of 1st 2nd and 3rd prizes.
The event will be held at Hoodwinx Creative space- 77 Roodebloem Road in Woodstock from Saturday 1 October at 2pm until Sunday 2 October at 2pm. The event is planned and organised with lots of passion and few resources. Hoodwinx will provide an awesome space, tables and chairs, gallery space and music. Co/Mix will provide artworks, artists, art supplies and movies.


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Welcome to Harmony Lodge No. 67
Harmony Lodge has been laboring in the Town of New Canaan since May 31, 1825, though the roots of Freemasonry go back even further to 1763 in lower Fairfield County. Any person interested in learning about Freemasonry is welcome to attend our dinners held the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month, excepting July and August. Any Master Mason in good standing is welcome to visit and attend our regular stated communications.


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|System: X360,PS3, PC, PSP, Wii, PS2
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: 2K Shanghai/Visual Concepts
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: 2K Games
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Mar. 3, 2009
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-2
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Everyone
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
Those familiar with the classic face-button pitching may actually prefer this game to its next-gen version as well. Without incorporating the right analog pitch controls, which for some reason still lack accuracy in 2009, the face-button pitching of the PS2 version allows you to select your pitch of choice with either the Circle, Square, X, or Triangle button, depending on the pitcher.
Those who have played an MLB 2K game in recent years will pretty much know the drill, and those who felt that analog pitching mechanisms have ruined the series may actually see this PS2 version as a pleasant alternative.
Of course, the batting scheme continues to utilize the Right Analog as the virtual bat for the player to swing back and flick forward to mimic the motions. It feels pretty much unchanged from last year, for better or for worse. It is equally as difficult to control where you are aiming your ball upon making contact, and it pretty much comes down to perfect timing to successfully nail a pitch. Where it goes from there is up to the game gods.
While MLB 2K9 for the PS2 does not offer any solid, new features to those who own last years edition, it is in some ways better than the PS3 or 360 version when comparing price to playability. What this PS2 version of Major League Baseball 2K9 does do is offer little reason for serious baseball gamers who do not already own a PS3 or 360 to upgrade their console. All the entries in the Major League Baseball 2K series are going to have to significantly step up their game next year if they want to win back their audience.
Pete Richards
CCC Freelance Writer
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Peggy at Biology in Science Fiction recently asked, "Could We Evolve Into The Culture?" As in The Culture from Iain M. Banks' sf novels (which I've not yet had the pleasure to read, an error I mean to correct eventually). In her article she refers to an e-mail Q&A at Banks' website in which he answers questions from readers. One reader asks what Banks thinks is the most important development humanity could make in order to advance to a Cultured society; Banks answers:
Genetically modifying ourselves, I suspect. Finding the set of genes that code for xenophobia in general – these days usually expressed though sexism, racism, homophobia, anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Romaphobia and so on (and on, and on) – and knocking them out. Possibly then we'll be nice enough for the Culture or something like it.
That's a good answer, and I can't help but notice it nicely parallels this comment from Octavia Butler from the racism essay I posted about a while back:
Simple peck-order bullying is only the beginning of the kind of hierarchical behavior that can lead to racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, classism, and all the other "isms" that cause so much suffering in the world.
Both authors point out that there is some general underlying facet of human nature (whether you call it xenophobia or hierarchical tendencies or whatever) that is behind a wide range of nasty human behavior. Is it something that can ever be tied to a certain complex of genes? Is it something that could be engineered out of us? I have no idea, but I suspect it's very possible.
Another reader asks Banks about his views on literary manifestos or movements, to which he replies:
I'm always a bit sceptical about any movement or even allegedly coherent group of writers really existing for much longer than whatever lunchtime the idea of said movement was dreamt up.
Hehe… yeah, I think there's some truth to that.
Answering the question of what kind of movement he would create if he had to create one, Banks says:
If I was going to have a manifesto – just for the sheer flipping heck of it – I'd draw up one that denigrated cliché, demanded greater realism in narrative and bound its adherents to resolutely refuse to acknowledge the existence, even as handy plot devices, of any form of supernatural or spiritual force whatsoever.
Now THAT'S my kind of literary movement! (Anyone familiar with my book reviews will know I'm usually not happy seeing supernatural elements in science fiction.) Very intelligent fellow, this Banks. And it's now more definite than before: I WILL be reading some of his work at the earliest opportunity.


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The Shins
w/ Vetiver
Thurs. Oct. 18
8 p.m.
$35 ($32.50 adv.)
The Plex
2390 W. Aviation Ave.
The Shins "Australia" from the album Wincing the Night Away
Audio File
Three acclaimed albums into their existence, The Shins may be old news to the Pitchfork-gargling indie crowd, but 38 months after no less an authority than Queen Amidala dropped their name in Zack Braff's geek-love film Garden State, the mainstream world is still just discovering this Pacific Northwest gem. Like The Arcade Fire, the Montreal band who dropped their second full-length platter this year, The Shins have been building an impressive fan base while enjoying little commercial radio airplay. Most of their exposure has come from online sources, key usage in movie soundtracks, ecstatic press, late-night TV appearances, and good old-fashioned word-of-mouth. So you still find folks flipping out when they first discover the band. I've heard morning-zoo radio DJs, astounded by their rare flash of hipness, mention The Shins as if they've unexpectedly chipped off a jewel in a grimy mine. Single moms who don't make a point of keeping up with every hot band-to-watch come up asking if I've "ever heard of this new band, The Shins." And with Wincing the Night Away — The Shins' third album — cemented as a bona fide success (the album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart the first week of its release in January; they'd never made it higher than number 86 before), the band has graduated to larger theaters, such as The Plex in North Charleston, which holds close to 2,500 bodies.
You have to wonder, though, whether the Plex show would've sold out weeks ago had The Shins hit the Deep South during their first wave of touring just after Wincing's release, instead of waiting nine months' later, long after the album had dropped off the charts and the buzz surrounding one of 2007's most insanely anticipated albums had receded significantly. At the Civic Center in Atlanta, for instance, promoters are anticipating a thousand empty seats in the 4,000-plus capacity venue for The Shins' Oct. 17 show; by contrast, The Arcade Fire, touring in the midst of the excitement generated by the release of Neon Bible, packed the same hall in May.
Still, selling 2,500-3,500 tickets a town ain't too shabby, and it would have been unheard of a couple years ago for The Shins. And besides, they had a good reason for taking a multi-month break from the road in spring and summer — singer, songwriter and band founder James Mercer and his wife, journalist Marisa Kula, gave birth to their first child.
"I have fallen in love with the most wonderful woman ... and I've made changes," Mercer declared to me during an interview last winter. "And I think making this record was a great therapeutic thing for me."
Two of the album's standout tracks — the sad and lovely "Turn on Me," which was released as a single, and the stunning album closer "A Comet Appears" — reflect on friendships that went sour. Both are taken from circumstances in Mercer's own life, and he cites the latter — the new tune of which he's proudest — as particularly painful to write.
"Having to go from being in love with my wife, and then going into the studio and having to write those lyrics, it was just sickening," he says. "But when I finally finished that song, and a few of the other songs, it was just such a relief. Suddenly I could take that, and it was encapsulated in something that I found beautiful."
But don't get the idea that Wincing the Night Away is some sort of total mope-fest. It's The Shins, after all, and nobody creates such immaculately crafted, simple, literate, sunny-yet-bittersweet pop songs as this New Mexico-born quartet. When Oh, Inverted World formally introduced The Shins to the world in 2001, the band — Mercer, keyboardist/guitarist/bassist Martin Crandall, bassist/guitarist Dave Hernandez, and drummer Jesse Sandoval — stood out as smart, sensitive, and sincere in a way that bypassed the usual irony and self-consciousness that had come to represent much post-collegiate independent music in America. Aside from the completely fetching songs, which attach themselves like a warm new corona, something about that album is surreptitiously weird and out-of-place, magical, and wonderful, sorta like Murmur was in '83. With its stinging power chords and ascending vocals nicked straight off the best solo album Pete Townshend's yet to make, "Kissing the Lipless" announced Chutes Too Narrow in 2003 as a fuller, more rocking follow-up for The Shins (by then based in Portland), and anyone who maintains it's not every bit as good as their debut simply has too much tofu in their diet. When The Shins' songs began gracing all the right TV shows and quirky films, you'd have been hard-pressed to find any smart young suburbia-bred girl or boy who wasn't totally in love with "New Slang," if not the band's entire output.
The concept of The Shins making mainstream headway with Wincing seems even more unexpected when you consider how unlike other current commercial rock acts the five of them (guitarist/pianist Eric Johnson of fellow Sub Pop act Fruit Bats recently joined as a touring member) really appear. They're middle-aged, they don't wear trendy threads or sport greasy black emo haircuts. They don't jump around in exaggerated unison on stage; in fact, they've been known to be a little dull in performance, frankly. But then I listen to Wincing the Night Away, and like each of their previous records, I hear so many songs that, to me, sound like total smash singles. Then again, I'm thinking more in an old-fashioned way. The tendency in modern pop music — and I'm referring to popular rock radio bombardment — is to be big, loud, dumb, and cluttered. The Shins have succeeded to an impressive extent by going in the opposite direction — they make fantastic, almost archaic pop songs that are low-key, subtle, intelligent, nuanced and earnest.
"I mean, I sometimes look around and feel like The Shins are just kinda all alone," Mercer laughs. "There's a bunch of other bands ripping each other off, and it's all sort of established as the status quo of coolness. ... And then there's The Shins, and yeah, we're just sort of anomalous. I guess I just hope that we don't sound so uncool to the 17-year-old out there that they won't even give it another listen. I don't know," he says jokingly. "It's possible!"
Jeff Clark publishes the Atlanta-based music monthly Stomp & Stammer magazine (www.stompandstammer.com). Portions of this story appeared in Clark's feature in January.


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Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, and 2013. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Recovering Password-Protected Documents.
by Allen Wyatt
(last updated January 6, 2016)
Beth works for a company that suffered a tragedy—a key financial analyst died unexpectedly. This made it impossible to get into a password-protected document that contained projections on which the analyst had been working.
Most people feel that if you can't get into a document, you are just out of luck. Indeed, some people even questioned the validity of Beth's query. (I guess that those folks somehow think that all financial analysts know when they will die and will, therefore, unlock all their Word documents or write down their password instructions before they go.)
The fact of the matter is, there are valid situations in which getting into a password-protected file is both necessary and ethical. In such situations, your ability to get into a document can depend on luck and brute force.
Word uses an industrial-strength AES encryption algorithm that is essentially impossible to crack, unless you have access to a supercomputer and a couple of friends who work at the NSA. This is where password vulnerability comes into play. People are creatures of habit, and their passwords are no exception. It is not unusual for people to settle on a couple of passwords and use them for all their password purposes. Further, the passwords are usually variations on a theme—a favorite person, animal, place, or other easy-to-remember item, with some variation thrown in, such as a couple of numbers or some letters reversed.
This means that passwords can be guessed. Unless you have a pretty good idea what the person's password might be, however, guessing can be tedious and error prone. This is where software comes into play. Consider, for instance, software like Word Key, found here:
This type of software can try thousands and millions of potential passwords faster than you could ever hope to do it. It may cost a bit for the software, but the cost needs to be weighed against the potential value of the information within the document.
There are many other places on the Web that publish information about how to crack a Word password-protected file. You can use any search engine to search for terms such as Word, password, crack, hack, and warez. You may need to do a bit of exploring and experimentation, but the information is there.
Beth's experience, however, does bring up a situation that all companies need to plan for—what happens if a key employee dies or quits? As part of your planning for such eventualities, you may want to implement a policy where passwords for company documents are shared with key personnel, with IT personnel, or stored in some safe "escrow" location so they can be accessed in case of emergency.
WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (7878) applies to Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, and 2013. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Word here: Recovering Password-Protected Documents.
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2016-10-03 11:04:38
I have few documents in word which are password protected and I am not able to open them as I have forgotten the password.
I have tried downloading few software with free trials but if I don't buy them I am not able to use them with more than 3 character long password.
I need help badly.
Please can anybody help?
2016-02-02 09:19:13
To remove powerpoint passwords. If you open the PPt as a google slides and then download back as powerpoint the password disappears. You may lose a little formatting but hey.
2016-02-02 06:50:02
i need to open a word 13 password protected file...... mike pease give me the tips too.... i have word13 installed and the file is my research work
2016-02-02 05:59:41
thomas redd
Thanks for comments on this tip. They were very helpful.
2016-02-01 11:10:31
Email the document to your gmail account.
Open document in googledocs.
Go to File Tab.
Download as ...
... Microsoft Word.
Formatting and everything intact.
2015-04-10 08:34:41
thanks mike simple and the best
2015-01-27 19:36:37
Awesome, I was using a "password protected" 2013 word document that I didn't have the password. The tip from
Mike on Jun 18 2013 1) worked perfectly. Thank you so much!
2014-06-13 12:44:18
Hi Mike,
I am vijay from pune, i tray your first methods but unfourtunately it show password window.
kindly suggest if any better solution.
2013-07-19 06:23:23
freddy lemmens
Open the protected document in OpenOffice Writer. It opens without asking for any password.
2013-07-03 14:37:28
Kathy and Vera, are talking about files that are password-protected from opening? If so, I don't know what to say. The files I deal with and tested are password-protected from editing, but can still be opened.
2013-06-26 12:33:02
Where is the tip, other than reference to a link to purchase software? Also, I tried the object-text to file in Word 2010 docx file several times and it didn't work. It continued to ask for the password.
2013-06-26 10:19:39
Access to files stored in a document management system may be done using permissions rather than document-specific or person-specific passwords. Access may be restricted to named staff, or a defined group of staff. We use this method to continue to use documents after an employee has left the company.
Employees still tend to store files in their personal space though and protect them accordingly - it's a culture thing.
2013-06-19 07:02:04
I just tried this in Word 2007, Mike, and it didn't work for me.
2013-06-18 13:33:06
There are actually two other very simple methods that I've tried in the past and have worked for me.
1) Open up a blank document. Go to Insert -> the dropdown arrow next to Object -> Text from File. Then simply select your password-protected document and hit Insert. The only downside to this is that its formatting will most likely be a little messed up, but the entire document will be dumped into your new document with no protection at all. I just tried this again with both a doc file and a docx file in Word 2010 and it still worked easily.
2) Find an old computer that still has an early version of Word installed and simply open the file. Apparently Word didn't originally use any type of password protection, so the earlier versions don't even know how to keep a form protected. They'll simply open up without any type of protection whatsoever. I have personally tried this with doc files and it has worked easily.
Both of these methods are so amazingly simple that I can't believe they still work.
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Florida Archaeology Month 2014
Florida's diverse history and prehistory stretches back over 12,000 years. Every March, statewide programs and events celebrating Florida Archaeology Month are designed to encourage Floridians and visitors to learn more about the archaeology and history of the state, and to preserve these important parts of Florida's rich cultural heritage.
Plan to attend some of the many events throughout Florida during March 2014. A full listing of events can be found on the Florida Public Archaeology network website. Download the Department of State Press Release:
Learn more about archaeology in Florida by following #FAM2014.
Paleo Florida: The Archaeology of Florida's First People
Merritt Island - March 1, 2014
Kick off for Archaeology Month: Learn about the Paleoindian culture of Florida.
Archaeological Site Tour at Mission San Luis
Tallahassee - Every Sunday in March beginning March 2, 2014
Join a Mission San Luis archaeologist on Sundays in March for a tour of Tallahassee's only National Historic Landmark from an archaeological perspective. Learn how the site was excavated and what was discovered about the Apalachee and Spanish residents from the 17th century.
Ancient Cultures of Shell Mound
Cedar Key - Every Thursday in March beginning March 6, 2014
Join the Ranger for a free walk over the mound with weapons demonstrations and ancient southeastern music.
Tallahassee - March 8, 2014
Uncover the past to experience archaeology firsthand! See Florida's history through the eyes of archaeologists. Come reveal the discoveries found at shipwrecks, learn how artifacts are preserved in the Museum of Florida History's Conservation Lab and stand in awe of Herman, the mastodon found in Wakulla Springs, all for free!
Special Archaeology Program : 2nd Saturday at the Museum of Florida History
Tallahassee - March 8, 2014
Experience "Archaeology in Action" with a hands-on activity led by Barbara Hines of the Florida Public Archaeology Network. 2nd Saturday Family Programs at the Museum of Florida History offer hands-on history for every member of the family. The program, admission, and parking are free.
Naples - March 8-9, 2014
Why not spend a day in the past with a Calusa Indian, a Seminole family, a Civil War soldier, Cracker cattleman or Spanish Conquistador and dozens of other costumed time-travelers at the Old Florida Festival at the Collier County Museum. The annual family-style adventure brings together over 100 of the state's finest historical reenactors, craftworkers and living history presenters to recreate over ten centuries of everyday life on the Southwest Florida frontier.
Arcadia - March 15, 2014
Pioneer Day offers traditional Florida foods along with a "Discover History" hands-on area for children. Demonstrators show off their skills in basket-weaving, black-smithing, butter-churning, candledipping, quilting, soap-making, spinning, woodworking, and other crafts.
Pineland - March 15, 2014
See artists, authors, and replicators. Take a boat tour or try your hand at the atlatl! Speakers will include Dr. Victor Thompson, an archaeologist who will present "Crafting the Ancient Landscapes of Florida and Beyond."
Niceville - March 22, 2014
Eglin Archaeology Day is a free educational family-friendly event that focuses on archaeology and local history. The event will host demonstrations of skills of the past, exhibits about past ways of life, archaeological exhibits and information about ways to learn more about archaeology and history.
Discover Archaeology Day: Port St. Joe
Port St. Joe - March 29, 2014
Bring your artifacts to be identified, learn about archaeology in your area, pick up informative literature, and find out about upcoming events and volunteer opportunities!


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After the long wait, your little precious is finally in your arms. And much as you are excited and can't stop grinning, one thing that you are surely learning with the excitement is the art of feeding your baby.
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Feeding your baby exclusively on breast milk is recommended for the first six months of your baby's life. While initially you may be feeding the natural way, it is a good idea to learn how to express breast milk too.
Expressing Breast Milk By Hand:
Learning to express breast milk by hand is one skill you should equip yourself with. It is as essential as learning to change a nappy in order to survive with a new born.
While you may feel you will only feed her from you, skin to skin, sometimes, you might be faced with a situation where you need to feed baby from a bottle, in the first six months.
Also, there could be a situation where you have to leave baby with someone else. In such cases, it is always a good idea to express milk and store it for baby.
Advantages Of Hand Expression:
There are many advantages of expressing milk by hand:
- It is inexpensive.
- It is less work.
- It spares you the effort of sterilizing pumping equipment.
- It is very convenient as opposed to hauling a heavy breast pump bag wherever you travel.
- It doesn't require electricity.
- It saves the discomfort or sucking sensation caused by electric pumps.
- Skin to skin contact is more stimulating and accelerates the milk ejection reflex.
1. Step By Step Process Of Stimulating The Milk Ejection Reflex:
Before you get to the actual procedure of expressing breast milk by hand, it is essential to keep a few things in mind. This will help prepare the breast to effectively expel or eject the maximum amount of milk with minimal effort and save time while doing so.
Milk is produced in the milk making cells called Alveoli in the breasts. When these alveoli are stimulated, they expel the milk into the milk ducts by a reflex called Milk Ejection Reflex (MER).
The most effective procedure in stimulating this milk ejection reflex can be enumerated in a step by step manner as follows:
1. Massage:
- Locate the milk producing cells in the breast and massage them.
- Starting at the top of the breast, move your fingers slowly in a circular motion, pressing firmly, on one spot on the breast.
- After massaging for a few seconds, pick up your fingers and move onto the next spot. Do not slide your fingers to the next spot.
- Continue massaging in a spiral pattern starting from the top of the breast and moving towards the areola. The motion and pressure applied should be similar to a breast examination.
2. Stroke:
- Stroke the breast in a tickle like manner from the chest wall to nipple.
- This will relax you and encourage the milk ejection reflex.
3. Shake:
- Leaning forward, gently shake the breasts.
- The gravity will aid in expelling the milk.
2. How To Express Milk By The Marmet Technique?
The Marmet Technique is the most effective method for hand expression and vouched by thousands of mothers. Mothers who previously made less or no milk by expression got excellent results through this method:
- The Marmet Technique was developed by Chele Marmet who had to express milk for an extended period of time because of an illness.
- She found that her milk ejection reflex was inefficient when her baby breastfed.
- Thus she devised a massage and stimulation procedure to improve this reflex.
- The technique is most effective when the expression is combined with the massage.
The milk can be expressed by Marmet Technique in the following manner:
1. Position:
- Position your thumb and first two fingers about one 1"- 1.5" inches behind the base of your nipple.
- Place the thumb pad above the nipple at a 12 0'clock position and the finger pads below the nipple at a 6 0'clock position thus forming a C shaped position around the nipple.
- The thumb and finger pads should be in line with the nipple.
- Avoid cupping the breast, concentrating primarily around the nipple area.
2. Push:
- Push into the chest of the wall. For larger breasts, lift them first and then push into the chest.
- Avoid splaying your fingers apart while pushing.
3. Roll:
- Roll your thumb and fingers forward as if making thumb prints and finger prints above and below the nipple simultaneously.
- Apply pressure firmly, changing from middle finger to index finger as the thumb rolls forward.
- The movement of the thumb and fingers mimics the baby's suckling motion while the counter pressure simulates the baby's palate.
Rehearse and repeat this pattern rhythmically to compress and drain the milk ducts. If you are squeezing the breast or nipple, pulling it out and sliding your fingers instead of rolling them, you are doing it all wrong. The technique might cause little discomfort but it should not hurt you.
4. Procedure And Timing:
As mentioned earlier, the key to mastering the Marmet Technique is by combining the method of expression with stimulation of the milk ejection reflex. The whole procedure should take approximately twenty to thirty minutes. As with any manual skill, practice is the watch word.
Stimulate = Massage, Stroke, Shake
Express = Position, Push, Roll
- Express each breast for five to seven minutes.
- Massage both breasts simultaneously for one minute.
- Express each breast for three to five minutes.
- Massage both breasts simultaneously for about a minute.
- Express each breast for two to three minutes.
Other Tips:
Spend time trying to locate the milk ducts on your breasts and familiarize with the procedure.
- Use a warm washcloth or warm compress before you start. It relaxes the body and warms up the breasts.
- Sit and lean forward or bend over to express your milk. You will pump more in this position than standing or lying down.
- Collect the milk into a container or a baby bottle. The Medela Company manufactures a special bottle with a wide mouthed funnel for hand expression.
We hope this article gave you an idea about how to express breast milk by hand. Hope you have a great experience and enjoy motherhood to its fullest. Do share your views with us.
Source: Mom Junction BY Manasa Konduri