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*LOOK TO THE HORIZON*Look to the horizon, what do you see?A little piece of Heaven reflecting off of MeThe sky reveals the beauty awaiting to be seenThe majesty inside the One Who brings this…Continue
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Jeremiah 29:13...." you shall seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. "...to me...this verse says it all....for if you follow this verse....everthing else and every other question gets answered.....


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Tijara, a city located in Alwar district in Rajasthan, is a well-populated and an industrious city. It is surrounded by Kishangarh Bas Tehsil, Kotkasim Tehsil, Nagina Tehsil, and Ferozepur Jhirka Tehsil. It lies on the border of Haryana state and Mewat district. The nearby cities are Sohna, Rewari, and Bawal.
Places to Stay
There are some good budgeted hotels in Alwar, being 53 km from Tijara. They are Hotel Natraj near Railway Station (Tariff – Rs.800), Ankur Hotel near Manu Marg (Tariff – Rs.500), and Tokas Midway Hotel near Behrore (Tariff – Rs.300).
The language spoken in Tijara is Rajasthani.
There are many festivals held in Tijara; some of them are Kite Festival held in January, Holi in March, Teej held in July-August, and Dussehra and Diwali in October.
Places of Interest
There are many places of historical importance and famous for tourism throughout Alwar and Rajasthan. The places are Tijara Jain Temple and Maanstambh Tijara Jain Temple. Other places of interest are in Alwar like Company Bagh and Purjan Vihar.
How to Get There
Indira Gandhi International Airport is 75 km from Tijara.
The nearest railway station to Tijara is in Harsauli (28 km).
There are many heritage towns that connect with Tijara. Bus ticket booking discount coupons are available online on several bus booking portals. Make use of them while booking your tickets.

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We are currently learning about volcanoes, and to help Monkey remember the different parts of a volcano, we decided to make a (safely) erupting volcano!
Science time…learning about Volcanoes May 4, 2011
Montessori Monday January 24, 2011
Monkey is 3 years 11.5 months old
Monkey was back in the school room full force this week! I'm amazed at how much Monkey attempts to do each session. Although equally surprising is that she doesn't choose what I thought she'd want to choose…she's not really into the pink tower or the knobbed cylinders anymore, for example–she liked them a lot a few months ago, but as she heads closer to 4 years old, she seems to be picking work that requries more attention to smaller details–for example, she *loves* the work with the minerals. And while she was very much into learning letter sounds and writing her name before Christmas break, now she seems to be more into the math works. Part of me wonders if it's just the natural learning process to skip from one thing to another and then come back to something, like writing, that they were interested in earlier. But part of me wonders if holiday breaks make one forget what they were so interested in before break. if so, we'll have to fix it next year so that we're spreading the school year out more and only taking a couple days off at a time for breaks instead of two weeks. It also might be why children in tradition school seem to lose a bit of progress with major breaks…
Here are some pictures of what Monkey's been working on this week….
Welcome back! January 11, 2011
Welcome back to the new Barefoot in Suburbia montessori homeschooling blog! It might take me awhile to archive some of the most popular posts, but my old site is still online. So, until then, here are a few of the most popular posts!
–A tour of our Montessori Homeschooling room as of 6/2010
–Our Montessori Peace Table to help curb the fighting among the children
–Our (successful) attempt at cooking cookies & hotdogs using solar power on a hot summer day.
–Holy Family & Advent downloads
–Homemade geo board
–Cooking with Tots!
–Snack Table
–Click to go back to the original Barefoot in Suburbia Montessori blog
Tot School Tuesday August 31, 2010
Bitty Bug is 19.5 months old
Since Monkey started her official homeschooling this past week, Bitty Bug got to join in. She loves joining in Monkey's work time! Even though I have specific shelves set up for Bug, she doesn't limit herself to those shelves. In fact, she almost always chooses to work on something I've set out for Monkey. One of the interesting things is that I've noticed she will put her own spin on the work, making it more age appropriate for a 1 1/2 year old. It's interesting to watch her adapt the work herself!
Montessori Monday: 1st week of school! August 30, 2010
Monkey is 3 years 6 months old
While we've been doing some work in the Montessori room all summer, this week was our first official week. Before this week, we were sort of testing the waters, allowing Monkey to use the basic materials in order to get her used to her new school room.
The first week went fairly well. Monkey stayed in the room for about 2 hours each day (before getting distracted and deciding she was done). Unfortunately, Monkey knows the train table is right outside the school room, so she decides that she's done with school and wants to play with the trains instead. But for the most part, Monkey has been doing really well exploring the new work.
Fun with Science…solar powered cooking! July 7, 2010
It's been really hot in Ohio lately, with the heat indices close to 100 degrees for the past several days. Yesterday, Jedi asked if it was hot enough to fry bacon on the sidewalk. And of course, when someone asks a question like that in our house, it becomes a science experiment!
So, we tried three separate foods to see if we could cook them using solar power–bacon, hot dogs, and chocolate chip cookies!
So, there you have it…it's so hot in Ohio these days, you can cook bacon, hot dogs, and cookies (and maybe it's a good time to remind y'all not to leave pets and kids in the car these days. After all, it was only 88 degrees, and the car still got hot enough to bake cookies!). And these were pretty energy efficient cookies…no electricity at all!


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When is Dota client going to provide native 64:27 Ultra wide monitor resolution support?
Currently the UI is displayed like this:
The abnormal size of the UI (being scaled improperly due to no native support) is blocking the following areas:
1. The vertical view area.
2. The shop pages is blocked and unclickable.
3. The Mini map does not scale with the Ui and creates a gap around the edge of the UI.
There are already more than 20 different models of monitors that provide either 3840x2160 (4k) or 2560x1080 (Ultra wide) resolution and popular games like Tom Clancy's The Division and Hero of the Storm, Rocket League, and few other more support it already. I don't see why Dota can't.
Before people jumping on the "Oh it gives people advantage over others." Let's look at the history of the monitor.
1. We had the same issue when we transit from 4:3 to 16:9. People generally refused to adept to the new things at first then get used to it later on.
2. The sight advantage only applies when you have vision since the Fog of War is still masking the viewable area.
3. The extra sight advantage is no different from people playing with a lower than 40 ms latency, people with SSD without the need to pre-load, or people with Hi-Fi Headphones.
In the end, I really don't mind having the black bar around the side corners if that's the solution Valve agree on but I'd like to be able to run the game in windowed fullscreen mode without triggering the widows task bar when the mouse cursor gets too close to the button edge of the screen.
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As a Marketing Creative Director, Brand Strategist, Writer, Designer –
Challenge: Start-up approaching large Ministry about funding solar efforts in Africa.
Idea: Graphic Powerpoint presentation
Role: Script + graphics
Result: Opened relationship / ongoing.
Polish To Shine
Challenge: Punch-up the Vision Statement for a large corporate IT group.
Original: Focus on consumer journey and align technology strategies to execute the brand's objectives. Provide sustainable processes and technology leadership to enable levers of growth, competitive edge and innovation.
Role: Writer
Final: Impress at every touchpoint of the consumer journey by aligning technical strategies and brand business objectives with proven customer needs. Promote growth, competitive edge and innovation by providing sustainable processes and latest technologies.
Challenge: Awareness for Asians in Entertainment.
Outlet: Social Media
Role: Copy and graphics.
Result: Establishing a credible voice for diversity.
Challenge: Re-invigorate the Slurpee brand.
Ideas: Presented range of new flavors, uses and partnerships.
Role: Concepts.
Highlight: Slurpee energy drink concept was chosen to move forward.
Challenge: To elevate and differentiate products and companies within the constantly evolving cannabis landscape.
Experiences: Wide variety of canna-involvements, canna-connections and canna-interactions.
Role: Strategy, creative direction, ideas, copy, graphics, relationships, more.
Result: "Steve constantly came up with new ideas and thoughts as though we were in a constantly evolving landscape. Which, in fact, we were!"
Assignment: Brochure to help attract new students.
Excerpt: The Hollywood Schoolhouse is an oasis of quality learning, neatly tucked in the middle of Hollywood. Over the years, we've expanded beyond just the little red schoolhouse and added a number of modern facilities to help enrich the student's educational experience.
Role: Copy.
Results: Increase in parental queries.
Challenge: Start up to help independent auto shops become more technically savvy.
Solutions: Customizable Ad kit of presentations, B2B Sales Web site, descriptive one-sheet, customer sign-up pads, trade-show banner, B2C / shop-to-customer customizable Web site template, huge library of email coupons and informative in-shop customer posters.
Role: Strategy, creative direction, copy, graphics, more.
Result: Sold to investor.
Challenge: Americanization and translation of a French interpretation of a much-beloved ancient Chinese tale.
Assignment: Film script polish
Role: Co-writer.
Result: AFI distributor called it his favorite film of the week.
Challenge: Secure a next round of funding for an interactive, artificially intelligent astrology Avatar that will live on all your digital devices.
Task 1: Name – Izatso (Pronounced 'is that so.)
Task 2: Dialogues – Fill Izatso's head with enough interesting reparté to encourage User interaction. Created a large conversation database of prompts and natural responses to accompany her wide range of looks and actions.
Role: Naming, writer, more.
Result: A next round of funding.
Challenge: Find a large charitable organization to partner with a new children's edutainment property built around second chances.
Idea: Smile Triain is an organization that helps children in developing countries suffering from untreated cleft palates.
Role: Idea, writer, liaison, more.
Result: Smile Train became Mulligan's Official Charity.
Challenge: Web site User Personas
Assignment: Who visits and why.
Roles: Strategy, writer, graphics, layout.
Use: Info doc for potential partners.
Challenge: Unique gift ideas.
Idea: Needlepoint with a twist.
Role: Copy and design.
Results: Happy campers.
For friend's new hipster barber shop called The Cut.
Code joke for Developer pal who closed his business.
For boxer buddy & big personality wife's new twins.
For Ad scribe mentor who taught me to be blunt.


text: Lori Tiron-Pandit is a writer, editor, and translator of Romanian extraction. She writes about women's lives, of both mystical and mundane significance, and about their ancestral and contemporary imprint on the world. Growing up with the "great" "classics" of literature, all men, only very late did she realize that the male perspective was not all there was, that it was skewed and small, and it ignored women's views. Her writing is rooted in the worlds of women she has known.


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Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Google Docs Offline Access Now In More Languages
Finally, Google Docs gets an update, offline access is now available in 29 languages!! This is a great addition but remember that only documents can be edited offline, spreadsheets and presentations can't but they can be viewed. Also, .pdf files cannot be viewed offline. Personally, I don't find these limitations that major because I am rarely without a connection. I cannot remember ever loosing the internet connection at work (time = 42 months) or in my current apartment (time = 36 months). Nowadays, we can't survive without this connection to the world, with the exception of Docs :)
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Monday, September 8, 2008
Monday Morning With The Boss (Rams Edition)
Honestly, what could any one say about the Eagles performance yesterday?
Sure there were a few minor things here and there, but as a whole, it was a dominating performance by our Eagles yesterday.
The only comment from the boss was that yesterday's game (and we use the term game loosely) was played against a squad that resembled the "little sisters of the poor." And what can an Eagles fan honestly take away from playing such a weak opponent?
I say, hey at least we aren't the Rams!
Hard to disagree with the boss, but what would we all be saying today had the Eagles squeaked out a 16-13 victory yesterday or actually lost the game?
For once the Eagles did not play down to their competition. Too often last year (games against the Bears, Redskins, Jets, and Dolphins) this was not the case. And as much as we say the Rams suck, they do have a future hall of fame WR and top-5 RB on their roster. Each of which was shut down by the Eagles D.
So yesterday's win was made even sweeter by today's lack of negativity.
And a side note from the boss, despite what many of you think, he will be cheering for the Eagles next week against the Cowboys!
9 comments:
- Anonymous said...
How quickly the haters change their tune.
- Monday, 08 September, 2008
- robbyt said...
Even the haters gotta be loving #10
- Monday, 08 September, 2008
- giddyinpa said...
Perfect game. Cased Closed. Enjoy it. Might not last into next week.
- Monday, 08 September, 2008
- ronron said...
You should of made him shout the Eagles fight song. Wait, let's save that for Feb. 2
- Monday, 08 September, 2008
- STEPH said...
One Word Boss Man, E-A-G-L-E-S!
- Monday, 08 September, 2008
- colonel said...
In the record books, and for determining who goes to the playoffs, a win is a win, no matter how easy it may have seemed!
- Monday, 08 September, 2008
- eaglelove said...
Kick Ass photo. Did you also have a meeting with the Bobs this morning?
- Monday, 08 September, 2008
- steph said...
No Doubt the boss will be cheering if the Cowboys win next week
- Monday, 08 September, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Ummmm......sorry they NEVER played down to the competition(Bears, Redskins, Jets, and Dolphins) last yr. The Eagles were NOT even better than the Redskins and the other games they were pretty much at the same level! So..get ur facts straight.
- Monday, 08 September, 2008


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More than one million federal contractors lost a month of pay during the government shutdown but have yet to receive the back pay they deserve. Tell Congress to right that wrong.
Despite its setbacks, or perhaps because of them, organized labor has an energy level that AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka says he hasn't seen before in his 50 years with the movement.
On May 7, while recovering from an illness, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) International President Larry Hanley died suddenly. In a brief statement, his family,
Patt Moon-Updike wanted to be a nurse since she was 9 years old.
Like so many California families, Karim Bayumi of Anaheim, his wife and two young children are doing everything they can to scrape by.
Bayumi drives for a large rideshare company as his primary source of income. On March 11, Bayumi's rate was cut from 80 cents a mile to 60 cents a mile, just barely above the government mileage reimbursement rate. No warning. No explanation. In an instant, a chunk of his income just disappeared.
Multinational corporations pressing Congress to adopt an updated version of the North America Free Trade Agreement shed over half a million U.S. jobs for trade-related reasons since NAFTA took effect, according to a new analysis of government data.
Early in the morning on Nov. 26, 2018, Dave Green, the president of Local 1112 of the United Auto Workers, which represents workers at a General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, received a call from the plant's personnel director. Green needed to be at the plant at 9 a.m. for a meeting. The personnel director rarely called Green, and when he did, it was almost always bad news. Green got into his car — a silver Chevy Cruze — and sped toward the hulking 6.2-million-square-foot factory, which had manufactured nearly two million Cruzes since the car was introduced in 2011.
On May 4, 1886, thousands of workers rallied together in Chicago's Haymarket Square to campaign for an eight-hour workday—initiating a tradition of protest for some of the most basic human rights. That was formalized on May 1, 1890, when the first International Workers' Day was celebrated around the world.
Stop & Shop's stores were ghost towns during the recent strike.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka cautioned the public not to become "numb" to workplace fatalities and illnesses, as his organization released its annual report detailing the hazards workers face every day.
The debate over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) spans more than 25 years. The trade deal was originally negotiated by the first Bush administration, then came up for a vote early in President Clinton's first term with opposition from a broad coalition of Democrats, unions, some environmental groups, family farmers and others.
As the tax deadline looms and millions scurry to get their forms sent on time, Tax Day is a good time to dispel the myth that the U.S. Postal Service is funded by tax dollars.


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Cats are one of the most popular and best loved pets in the world. Anyone who is new to cat ownership has come to the right place. These tips are helpful for all cat owners who want to live a happy life with their cat.
Cats enjoy finding small spaces to fit into. They can get caught or stuck if they happen to be wearing a collar. Breakaway collars are made to come off if tugged on vigorously. This could save your cat's life!
Make sure you purchase medicines and treatments specifically for cats. This can irritate your cat or cause an allergic reaction. Flea products can be especially harmful. When used on your cat, flea products for dogs can be lethal. You need to separate your pets when you treat them for fleas.
Put the litter box in an ideal location. Never put the box near your cat's food, and pick a quiet place away from areas that are heavily used. To prevent a strong stench, be sure this space is well-ventilated. Your cat is certain to appreciate a litter box that is put into a good location.
While usually cats make great pets for kids, younger kids may be too rough with them. Teach your kids how to treat a cat. The objective is to be as gentle as possible with your cat. Cat's bones aren't quite as strong as dogs, so they must be treated gingerly.
Feeding your cat different types of food helps ensure they don't get finicky. Cats who eat the same food day after day either grow tired of it, or it becomes the only food that they will eat.
Do not throw away your cat's scratching post because it is starting to look very old and worn. Your cat will enjoy the post most when it has been well used. If you replace it with something new, your pet might seek out something a little more worn to scratch – like your furniture.
Choosing a cat for your next pet is a good decision. Cats are great for reducing the stress in people's lives. However, caring for them properly is vital to their long term life and happiness. Following the guidelines you've just read will allow you to improve the quality and quantity of your cat's years.


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This pineapple leaf fibers textile was created by this fabulous company called Pinatex, in collaboration with a farmers' co-op from the Philippines. These farmers earn a humble living from their pineapple crops, which leave them with a vast amount of leaves that serve no purpose and are typically burned. So tehy decided to get together and develop an avant-garde technique that would transform the pineapple leaves into a material that is beautiful and sturdy enough to replace leather. Through this process, the farmers have been able to improve their quality of life while helping to heal the planet.
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Creating, designing, developing, managing — and fixing higher ed websites is NOT an easy job.
So, good advice is always welcome in the high ed web community. :-)
That's why I asked the 12 higher ed web professionals speaking at the 2018 Higher Ed WEBSITES Conference to share with us the best advice they've ever heard about working on higher ed websites.
Understand your target audience for Kris Hardy, Director of Web and Digital Marketing at Messiah College
The best advice was "do everything you can to better understand the needs and expectations of your target audience."
I think this is especially applicable to Higher Education, because we have a tendency to treat our websites like an org chart. We'll put the tuition listing on the Bursar's Office website and burry academic program information on College or Department websites. This makes sense for us internally but makes finding the information extremely hard for our target audience.
Involve end users for Dave Poortvliet, Web Manager at Grand Valley State University
The number one reason web projects fail is the lack of end user involvement. The best advice I've ever been given about higher ed website development is to involve the end users early and often.
Make sure you involve the right individuals too, don't get caught creating a custom web application for the administrators of the system, involve the actual end users.
Think about the primary user for Stephanie Geyer, Digital Marketing VP at Ruffalo Noel Levitz
In my early years developing the digital marketing unit for Ruffalo Noel Levitz, I had the good fortune to partner with Antoine Valot, a gifted user interface and information architecture specialist.
He told a story about working on an interface for an app to be used by milkmen and that the product engineers had planned to have the delivery truck drivers use a stylus to update and complete delivery. Antoine went on a run with a driver (and even delivered some milk himself) and discovered that these guys are regularly handing ice cold bottles of milk. Asking them to hold a tiny stylus to complete their work was doomed for failure and so he went on to design an interface that they could operate with the knuckle of a finger which was much more feasible.
As Antoine told me this story I saw a paper tacked to the cube wall above his monitor that read, in big type: "IT IS ALL ABOUT THE USER!" And in smaller type it said, "And you are not the user."
This is a tough concept in higher education, because truly the employees considering a site redevelopment effort are users, but it begs the question, "Who is the PRIMARY user." Focus on THIS user first as the leading lens for key decisions and you're on the right path.
Write for your intended audience for Elaine Shannon, Web Developer and User Interface Specialist – St. Mary's University
The best advice I've ever received regarding higher ed websites (or really, any website) is that you have to tailor your writing toward your intended audience.
Alison West's 2015 HighEdWeb presentation, "I shouldn't need a doctorate to read your website," showed not just research to debunk the theory that prospects and their parents want to see high-level language to instill confidence that an institution will provide a high-quality education, but also showcased several tools to help monitor and adjust content to target the sweet spot between simple wording and prestigious appeal.
In addition to word choice, this builds on the idea that chunking up content with headings, lists, and other formatting serves to make it easier for visitors to skim through and find the information they're looking for.
Look outside of higher ed for Cade Whitbourn, Web Manager at Charles Sturt University
The best advice I've been given was that monitoring all of our competitor higher ed websites will only prepare us to be decent followers, rather than leaders or innovators.
To encourage innovation and leadership in the higher education space, we need to be looking broadly across all types of websites, and identifying great ideas outside of our "own backyard." With that in mind, within our team, we regularly showcase the best ideas we've seen around the web. I also actively encourage the team to not be content with making our site as good as "University X" but instead focussing on fulfilling our user and business needs the best we possibly can.
Strive to be unique for Emily Mayock, Online Communications AVP at Case Western Reserve University
This wasn't exactly advice, but rather some criticism that has pushed us to work harder to tell Case Western Reserve University's story.
In the midst of stakeholder interviews for a redesign, someone told us that if you swapped out our logo and colors for another university's, no one would even question it.
At first, I was slightly offended—but then I realized it was, with a few minor exceptions, absolutely true. That made me realize we needed to do so much more than create a beautiful, eye-catching website: we needed to create a beautiful, eye-catching website that is uniquely Case Western Reserve.
That may sound obvious, but it can be hard in higher education. Many of us are "selling" essentially the same product: an on-campus educational experience.
So we had to dig, question and prod to uncover precisely what our differentiators are, and how we could show and tell them in both subtle and overt ways. That's driven our team in every project since.
Enjoy what you do for Cody Benson, Sr. Director of Digital Strategy at Georgia State University
"You have to enjoy what you do."
The CIO of Purdue gave a talk during a Blackboard conference some years ago and was asked about the disruption of online learning and the pace of technology adoption as it relates to higher education. His points very quickly brought the conversation to focus on the talented people who thrive in higher ed tech. This was the early days of the Iphone and the responsive web was just an idea, but for years I have used his advice to remain engaged.
The technology will only continue to become more complex. I love WordPress, but it's super complex to make it simple for the people who contribute to the pages that make up the gsu.edu website.
In this industry you'll never have enough resources, always be asked to adopt early by some and stop changing so fast by others.
You'll have to work with people – who rightly so are critical to your work – for whom the Web isn't a day job. You'll hear a bunch of contradictory opinions, too. But, you have to enjoy what you do! You should enjoy the opportunity to get so much reach into so many different web specialities. You have the chance to become a unicorn and know you're making a difference for the Greater Good by connecting people with education opportunities!
Be patient for Robert Blizzard, Coordinator of Web Design and Analysis at University of Saskatchewan
Be patient.
Change on campus can often be very slow and then very fast.
When you make a case for dramatic change, do so without any expectations and know that opportunities will arise over time to execute those changes. Universities are collaborative, collegial environments and it often takes time to bring others around to a new approach.
Don't overthink it for Nicole Montgomery, Director of Digital Communications at York College of Pennsylvania
The best advice that I've ever been given is to not overthink things and sometimes less is more.
Many times as web-savvy professionals we get wrapped up in stylized, elaborate designs when in reality our target audience (17-year-olds) aren't going to notice. I've been able to apply the mantra "Keep it Simple" in both my professional and personal life.
Make decisions based on data for Rebecca Larson, Director of Web Communications at Wheaton College
The best advice I've ever received is to let data drive your decisions, not opinions.
Various stakeholders will have strong opinions regarding everything from the colors on your website to where to place the "Apply" buttons.
Who wins when the VP of Advancement wants a green button and the CIO wants a blue one?Let your users decide through user testing!
How can you convince a department that they should delete a page with poor content? Show them the Google Analytics for that page. If only 3 people came to the page last year and they each stayed for 3 seconds, it's probably safe to say that page should go.
Throughout our website redesign project, user input and testing were a key part of the process. Using thorough interviews with constituents, card sorting exercises, user personas and stories, and focus groups with users, as well as data collected more broadly from industry experts, our consultants created a new IA and visual design which reflects the needs of our particular audiences, not the opinions of our staff or faculty.
We have integrated this value into our Web Governance Guiding Principles, which include our commitment to a "Strong focus on usability and user centered design" and our intent that "user testing will be integrated as an important aspect of ongoing development and improvement of the site."
A timely example of how we are using data to make decisions comes from one of our Centers, which has reported to us that its users can't find information quickly and easily on the site, especially in mobile view. However, this feedback is anecdotal, and received 3rd and 4th hand. So, we'll be using online user testing in the near future to verify whether other users are actually finding the navigation confusing, or if this department is just hearing from one or two demographic outliers. This will then make it easier for us to decide whether or not to spend time and money restructuring that part of the site.
More than one way to do it for Dan Herrero, Web Development Specialist at Lehigh University
It's applicable to many, many things, but "there is more than one way to do it" (or any variation of that saying) is advice that I always have in the back of my mind.
In this field, it can be easy to get bogged down with trying to find the perfect solution to a problem.
There could be any number of equally "perfect solutions" to any given problem. For me, it really comes down to implementing solutions that help achieve our university and/or team goals, and focusing on creating experiences that keep our visitors engaged and enable them to find the information they are looking for.
Keep it simple for Jessie Groll, Web Developer at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Keep it simple, stupid.
While not specific to higher ed websites, these are words to live by! The amount of information that a student has to process at any stage in their higher ed jouney can be overwhelming.
Focusing in on the details that matter and making sure they are clear and straightforward helps everyone. It leads to better design, navigation, comprehension, accessibility, and results.
A conference focusing on higher ed WEBSITES?
The 2018 Higher Ed WEBSITES Conference (now available on-demand!) is a must for higher ed web professionals and teams looking for inspiration, ideas and best practices to kick off their summer projects.
Read below what a few of your higher ed colleagues who attended the past editions of the Higher Ed WEBSITES Conference say about the experience.


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One of the hardest parts about dieting and pursuing health isn't the strict eating plan. It isn't the hours you are required to work out at the gym. It isn't having to weigh yourself at a group meeting. It's not even trying to squeeze into that dress bought solely for the purpose of motivating you to not eat chocolate cake. It's not counting calories. It's not tracking carbs.
The hardest part is dealing with the emotions when you mess up. deviate. get off track. forget. get lazy. gain weight. plateau. binge. purge.
The hardest part about dieting… is the guilt.
So let me tell you… dieting from the time you are 13 until you are 35 and then suddenly just… not …dieting anymore, well, yeah. That's a major paradigm shift. Cause all of a sudden that guilt is gone.
Well, some of the guilt is gone.
Cause, of course, as I learn that dieting in and of itself is what led to my binge eating, I start to see the possibility that maybe this whole covenant with God to only eat certain foods, maybe it wasn't the "right" idea afterall. I start to think… "Gosh, I've wasted all this time spinning my wheels doing this whole Daniel Fast/Plan type eating and it was all for nothing! In fact, even though I was going to God for help, I was just perpetuating my issues!"
Then I thought about how this week I was hungry and so I went and grabbed a bell pepper and chopped it up and ate it on the way to pick up my son. And here's why that's a big deal…
I was hungry and I WANTED a bell pepper.
It wasn't that I was supposed to have a bell pepper or had to have a bell pepper because of a diet plan. I wanted one.
That would NOT have happened if I had not done the Daniel Fast/Plan for a year. I wouldn't have even HAD a bell pepper in my house before that! I didn't even know what health was before I did the first year of my covenant. I certainly had no clue of all the food options out there before then.
So, the more I thought about this journey, the more I realized that me doing the Daniel Fast/Plan first was really the only way. Like, it just had to happen this way! Cause now that I have gone a couple of weeks of Intuitive Eating and getting to choose what I want to eat and not thinking about nutrition or dieting as I just realign my thinking, my appetite, my ability to listen to my body's hunger cues, etc… I find myself starting to realize that junk food is just… well, not satisfying like I remembered it to be. But it's like the idea holds: if it is "forbidden" then it MUST be good. That's how my thinking has gone for so long. And I've been eating junk for two weeks and I'm already… ALREADY… kinda burned out on it.
I literally said to myself today, "Man. I kinda want to eat the good stuff again."
Now, keeping it real, I said that AS I was eating a bowl of S'mores Snack Mix… which I finished. Despite the fact that there were four apples, 7 banans, a pineapple, and a bowl of strawberries all within arms reach of me.
But I'm here to say that I'm not rushing myself, or beating myself up, or getting scared that this might all go wrong.
I'm allowing God some TIME to work in my soul.
I'm not rushing HIM. I'm not blaming HIM. I'm not afraid of what HE is doing! I'm not in it this time to be a size 8 by the time bikini season hits (let's be honest, even if I had a rocket hot bod… I don't want to wear a bikini!!!). I'm in it this time for permanent change of my heart, soul, and mind.
Let's get on that train together, people! Let's drop what the world says and look to Him and let His Wisdom guide us toward true freedom.
God, gosh… sometimes I wish that your plans were fast. I wish that your change was immediate. I wish that your purposes were more aligned with the world. But then I realize… no. No. That's NOT what I really, really wish! I really want freedom. I really want true change. So God, please, please, please… HELP ME BE PATIENT! Help me to keep my eyes on the path knowing that You are there all along the way, guiding me, directing me, picking me up, pushing me on, sitting with me when I am just too darn tired to make another step. And give me a vision in my heart of what you are doing in me so that I can press on to that goal! I want to be as much like you as I can. I want to portray a wonderful image of you to the world. Help me to slough off the things of this world… the stuff that holds me down and holds me back! You make this all worth it! I run to you! Amen!


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Startling Facts Linked To Chemicals In Our Food Supply
1. We now use about 10 lbs. of pesticides per year for every man, woman and child in the U.S.
2. Humankind is in danger of not being able to reproduce within 50 years; thereby creating the decline in population in unindustrialized nations, which would bring on an economic collapse.
3. Some foods, such as regular peanut butter, average over 10 different pesticides in one sample.
4. 110 out of 144 communities in Ohio have 4 or more herbicides and insecticides in every glass of water. These chemicals are not removed by water treatment such as chlorination.
5. Endocrine interrupting pesticides can alter the sex of a child during the first 6 weeks of pregnancy. In some cases, causing a person to have traits of the opposite sex.
6. Chemical exposure often causes more problems in children than in the parents who were exposed.
7. A person living in Omaha and drinking city water consumes the maximum amount of atrazine (a spray used on corn fields) in only 2.6 years.
8. Chemicals used to control mosquitoes in the 60's saved 6 million lives from malaria. However, the residue in soil and crops may last for 100 years, and the benefits may not offset the losses in the next decade.
9. Household cleaning solvents and lawncare products are now creating health problems.
10. Four solvents used in plastic food containers volatilize and now appear as residues in over 20% of our food.
11. If a person eats a normal amount of fresh non organic fruit from a supermarket on a daily basis, in one year they will have also consumed about one gallon of pesticides.
Source: FDA Total Diet Study, "Toxics A to Z" by Harte, et al, and www. foodnews.org
To help lessen the effects of pesticides choose organic ingredients, wash all produce, eat a varied diet, use natural cleaning products and make sure your yard is pesticide free.


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Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said the guns and schools proposal announced Friday by Republican Gov. Rick Scott has some things he supports but called Scott's plan inadequate and said that the governor was not listening to what Floridians really want following the latest mass shooting: universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons.
"Gov. Scott should have been listing to the people of Florida. But instead he has been listening to the NRA. And as a result he has missed the major two components that the people of Florida are demanding, because they don't want any more massacres, any more slaughters" Nelson told reporters in Orlando Friday.
"And that is a comprehensive criminal background check in the purchase of a gun, as well as get the assault rifles off our streets," Nelson said.
Scott's office replied that Nelson is wrong, that the governor did listen carefully to many students, families and others in the days since the Parkland massacre and his proposal is a result of their requests. His office said he has not spoken to the NRA since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shootings, and noted the NRA opposes some of the package, notably the governor's recommendation to raise the minimum age to 21 for the purchase of assault weapons.
Nelson's response was sent as U.S. senator to state governor, and was offered from the confines of Nelson's Orlando U.S. Senate office. But it might as well have come from a campaign stop, as it defines a difference between the two that is likely to be a fundamental election campaign contrast in what likely is the showdown pairing for this year's U.S. Senate election in Florida. Scott, though, has not yet filed or announced any challenge to Nelson's job.
Nelson found a few things he liked in the package that Scott and Republican lawmakers rolled out Friday morning in their comprehensive plans for school safety and to address gun violence, following last week's massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, and this week's protest rallies in Tallahassee led by Douglas High students who survived that mass shooting.
Nelson said he appreciates and shares the governor's desire to "harden" schools, provide funding for school security and mental health, and banning bump stocks, but said the other proposals about guns in Florida were weak, bare-minimum responses, and inadequate.
Nelson is one of the sponsors of a bill in the U.S. Senate seeking to ban more than 200 kinds of semi-automatic weapons.
He repeated his contention that the data is clear and overwhelming that the high-powered, rapid-shooting guns' availability has led to massive increases in mass killings, noting the periods before, during and after the sales of the guns were banned from 1994-2004. The ten year period before had 19 mass shootings with 155 deaths; the period during the ban, 12 shootings with 89 deaths, and the ten-year period after the ban was lifted, 34 shootings with 302 deaths, according to a Washington Post graphic he cited. And the post-period incidents do not include the Pulse massacre in Orlando, the concert massacre in Las Vegas, the school massacre in Parkland, or several in between, he noted.


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I haven't found any sources discussing the election and what the results mean for renewable energy. This is a tricky one, because although renewable energy policy can be aggressive under either party (Democrat Governor Rendell in PA or Republican Governor Schwarzenegger in CA for examples), I firmly believe this is a bipartisan issue.
To avoid the severest of global warming consequences, scientists tell us we have about 10 years to make aggressive changes to our energy policy and how we do business. This includes energy standards and other initiatives, where government sets the rules of the market and the businesses play the game. Democrats and Republicans in Congress have recognized global warming as a national security and economic threat, but they need to take action NOW.
Signs point to Congress enacting some sort of tax or fee or restriction on carbon dioxide in the near future, and with over 20 states already having renewable electricity standards, a federal goal for renewable energy should not be a foreign concept to many in Congress.
If we're serious about pulling out of Iraq (either immediately or with a more gradual timeline), then talking about energy policy in the same breath is a great opportunity. We need our energy use to be as efficient as possible, and wean ourselves off this absurd overdependence on fossil fuels and start harnessing our own renewable energy options. Government needs to set the rules for this burgeoning clean energy market (like making the Production Tax Credit for wind permanent, for Pete's sake) so capitalism can figure out how to get us toward our end goal a more efficient, clean, and secure energy system for the 21st century.
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Renewable energy and the election
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The Gossamer Plain by Thomas M. Reid
What happens when the alu-fiend Aliisza gets a conscience? Will she turn to good? Will the justice of Tyr change a creature half-human, half-demon? Interesting questions, especially when you consider that demons are, by their nature, wholly evil. Such a plot allows for discussions on the nature of good and evil, and how choices affect our lives.
Thomas M. Reid, best selling author of Insurrection, returns to the character he created for that story in The Empyrean Odyssey. The first novel, The Gossamer Plain, follows Aliisza and her cambion lover Kaanyr Vhok on two separate journeys. Kaanyr's takes him through the plane of Fire, assisted by a half dragon and a priest of Bane. Aliisza, meanwhile, must go on a journey through her soul as she finds herself trapped on the home plane... Read More
Thomas M. ReidThomas M. Reid held numerous positions with TSR and Wizards of the Coast, including brand manager for the D&D brand and creative director for Star Wars RPGs. Reid lives in Texas.
Click here for more stories by Thomas M. Reid.
The Empyrean Odyssey — (2007-2009) by Thomas M. Reid. Publisher: Ever wonder what could bring a demon to the gates of heaven? Aliisza and Kaanyr Vhok have returned from their attempted invasion of Menzoberranzan and turned their sights on Sundabar. But before she can complete a mission in that beseiged city, Aliisza finds herself in the one place a demon would never want to go, no matter how sure she is of her wits and cunning: the very heart of Celestia! Join everyone's favorite succubus and her half-fiend boyfriend, introduced in the War of the Spider Queen series, in the first installment of their own exciting new trilogy!
The Gossamer Plain: Not much happens
The Gossamer Plain by Thomas M. Reid


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Do you see the smiles on these students' faces? Those smiles are there because of STAIR volunteers.
170 second graders from 11 different Birmingham City Schools came to STAIR this year. Two days a week, each of these students had a tutor who invested in them. Some were even lucky enough to be greeted by volunteers who assisted in serving them healthy snacks to ensure their bellies were full before getting to work.
By teaching these second graders to read, building relationships with them, and spending one-on-one time with them, our volunteers helped to equip these students with the skills they need to be successful in school and in life. Some children more than doubled their reading scores, other students found love and support they don't find at home, while other students developed a lifelong love for reading.
The pictures above represent just a few of the volunteers who are actively making a difference in these students' lives. To all 350 STAIR volunteers... Thank you! Thank you for your patience. Thank you for your dedication. Thank you for empowering Birmingham's students with increased reading skills and self-esteem.
Learn more about volunteering with STAIR here.


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Truffles first litter
Like her mother before her Truffles has only had 2 pups in her first litter.
On day 65 Truffles went into labour. It was a very long labour. She produced her first pup at 4.00am on May 1st, pup number 2 didn't arrive until 8.30 am.
In the past our poodles have produced 10+litters in less time.
Tuffles was very shocked by the whole thing and went into panic mode. She refused to go into the whelping box and had her first pup in a chair, the only place she would settle.
First pup weighed 12ozs and was a little boy. Pup number 2 weighed 13ozs and was a little girl.
Grandchildren have been to visit and named the pups after 2 of David Walliams books, Billionaire boy(Billy) and Gangsta Granny(Gangsta) They are very upset we won't be keeping a puppy.
Truffles is now being a very good mum and the pups have already put on 2ozs each.
video above is of pup an hour old. Sorry if you can't see it.
Truffles decided that she would go in the whelping box but only if we put a really old dog bed in. So much for the vet bed I bought.
Truffles does not want to leave her pups at all now.
Pups are now a week old and doing well. Truffles is being a very good Mum. She spends a lot of time with them but is happy to have a break. The pups are putting on a lot of weight because there are just the two of them. We will have to be careful with them when we start to wean them.
Pups are now 2 weeks old and are continuing to grow well. They have opened their eyes and ears now and are starting to walk. They have been wormed for the first time but didn't enjoy the experience very much.
Pups are now 21 days. They have met all their puppy milestones and are becoming real little characters and real time wasters! They have both got new families to go to and have got super new homes. Billy will now be called Albie and Gangsta will be Dolly. They are going to be lucky puppies.
Pups are now 4 weeks old. They are much more mobile now and are enjoying playing together. They have had their first solids and have been in the garden.
Pups are now 5 weeks old and are getting very active. They are enjoying their solids and want to be on the go the whole time. Mum is spending less time with them and isn't as keen to feed them.
6 weeks old now and getting really active. They are very different characters. Dolly is more poodlelike, very bouncy and cheeky and takes her time with her food. Albie is much more laid back but eats like a labrador. This is the last weekend that they will be getting any milk from Mum.
Pups are now 8 weeks old and Dolly has gone to her new home. Albie is leaving us next week. They are both really fantastic pups and we hope they are going to make us proud.


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Panic, Anxiety Spark Rush to Build Luxury Bunkers for L.A.'s Superrich
Oscar winners, sports stars and Bill Gates are building lavish bunkers — with amenities ranging from a swimming pool to a bowling alley — as global anxiety fuels sales and owners "could be the next Adam and Eve."
Given the increased frequency of terrorist bombings and mass shootings and an under-lying sense of havoc fed by divisive election politics, it's no surprise that home security is going over the top and hitting luxurious new heights. Or, rather, new lows, as the average depth of a new breed of safe haven that occupies thousands of square feet is 10 feet under or more. Those who can afford to pull out all the stops for so-called self-preservation are doing so — in a fashion that goes way beyond the submerged corrugated metal units adopted by reality show "preppers" — to prepare for anything from nuclear bombings to drastic climate-change events. Gary Lynch, GM at Rising S Bunkers, a Texas-based company that specializes in underground bunkers and services scores of Los Angeles residences, says that sales at the most upscale end of the market — mainly to actors, pro athletes and politicians (who require signed NDAs) — have increased 700 percent this year compared with 2015, and overall sales have risen 150 percent. "Any time there is a turbulent political landscape, we see a spike in our sales. Given this election is as turbulent as it is, we are gearing up for an even bigger spike," says marketing director Brad Roberson of sales of bunkers that start at $39,000 and can run $8.35 million or more (FYI, a 12-stall horse shelter is $98,500).
Adds Mike Peters, owner of Utah-based Ultimate Bunker, which builds high-end versions in California, Texas and Minnesota: "People are going for luxury [to] live underground because they see the future is going to be rough. Everyone I've talked to thinks we are doomed, no matter who is elected." Robert Vicino, founder of Del Mar, Calif.-based Vivos, which constructs upscale community bunkers in Indiana (he believes coastal flooding scenarios preclude bunkers being safely built west of the Rockies), says, "Bill Gates has huge shelters under every one of his homes, in Rancho Santa Fe and Washington. His head of security visited with us a couple years ago, and for these multibillionaires, a few million is nothing. It's really just the newest form of insurance."
A hidden door by Creative Home Engineering leads to a secret passageway that connects to an underground bunker.
Rising S Bunkers installed a 37-room, 9,000-square-foot complex in Napa Valley for an Academy Award-winning client that rang in at $10.28 million, with a bowling alley, sauna, jacuzzi, shooting range and an ultra-large home theater. Swimming pools, greenhouses, game rooms and gyms are other amenities offered. This year, on another Napa Valley property, the company constructed a $9 million, 7,600-square-foot compound with horse stables and accommodations for 12, along with four escape tunnels leading to outlets on the estate, multiple hidden rooms — in case "you let someone in whom you do not fully trust," says Lynch — and an aboveground safe house "disguised as a horse barn." The company also is designing a $3 million bunker for "a major sports figure from Southern California."
The company's best-selling bunkers for L.A. are 10 by 50 feet, start at $112,000 and have their own power sources, water supplies and air-filtration systems: "These complexes accommodate families of four or five and are self-sustaining," says Roberson, adding: "You can pretty much put a palace underground anywhere there is physically enough room." Regardless, Ellia Thompson, chair of land use practice at Ervin Cohen & Jessup in Beverly Hills, notes that zoning guidelines vary throughout L.A., so one should check with the city department of building and safety about permits: "A special permit may be required if you are digging out more dirt than certain basement quantities."
Business has doubled in the past year at Ultimate Bunker, which just built a $10 million complex on a 700-acre property a few hours north of Minneapolis for a client "known for television, who has his own show," says Peters. Two 1,000-square-foot bunkers (one for storage) are connected by 300 feet of tunnels to the main 6,800-square-foot home as well as three guesthouses that each boast a $200,000 bunker "to take care of his family and friends," says Peters. "It's like an underground mansion with more mansions on top of it."
Al Corbi, president and founder of S.A.F.E. (Strategically Armored & Fortified Environments), with offices in West Hollywood, says that his most spectacular projects were $100 million subterranean residences, one for a global venture capitalist and the other for an East Coast developer to mimic the Universal CityWalk promenade, with a pizzeria and wellness outpost that, he says, "resembles a Burke Williams day spa." Corbi says both bunkers protect from nuclear holocaust (8 feet of soil blocks radioactive fallout), pandemic (a positive-pressure air system with HEPA filters keeps contaminants out), electromagnetic pulses and solar flares (using a metal encasement), among other threats. "Power technology has improved tremendously thanks in part to Tesla and lithium-ion batteries that only degrade a maximum of 10 percent after 30 years," says Corbi. "And now there is food with a 25-year minimum shelf life. [The owners] could be the next Adam and Eve." (Note to L.A. chefs, however: The rations are grim, ranging from beef Stroganoff to chili.)
When it comes to the details of secret passageways and hidden doors, many in Hollywood turn to Arizona-based Creative Home Engineering. "We've seen year-over-year growth of about 20 percent, but perhaps more telling is an increasing percentage of clientele who need their secret door to employ high-security features," notes president Steve Humble, who says before, 60 percent of secret doors in cigar rooms, home theaters, children's bedrooms and the like were for novelty value. "Nowadays, 80 percent are used for security. In the past year, I have performed installations inside two nuclear-protected complexes with more than 10 secret doors each, one in the L.A. area owned by a plastic surgeon."
Film fantasies play a part in the choice of secret entrances. "Many of my clients come to me knowing what movie secret door they would like duplicated," says Humble, who cites as top inspirations Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the Batman and James Bond franchises, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Goonies, on which a popular access control device that "requires that a certain sequence of notes be played on the piano to get the door to open" is based. There's also Get Smart: "At this moment, we are converting a phone booth [inside a private residence] so that when the user dials the correct number, the back panel opens to grant access to a secure area." He adds: "I can tell you that we've built secret doors for many of the most recognizable and highly awarded directors and celebrities in Hollywood. There are a lot of Oscars and Emmys tucked away safely behind my secret doors."
1. A floor plan for an $8.35 million, 6,000-square-foot bunker from Texas company Rising S Bunkers includes a decked-out game room.
2. The largest swimming pool that Rising S has built measures 40 feet.
3. Fitness rooms are a must to compensate for a lack of outside activity.
4. Natural light tubes and ultraviolet LED lamps promote growth in underground gardens of consumable plants and vegetables.
5. Theaters seat as many as 20 people and come with 10-foot screens.
6. Rising S has seen garages with 15 vehicles, including Rolls-Royces, muscule cars and armored personnel carriers (one client has three).
Insider Warns: 'Everyone I've Talked To Thinks We're Doomed' - 'They Say The Future Is Going To Be Rough'
- 'None Can Escape What Is Coming To The Earth'
By Stefan Stanford - All News Pipeline - Live Free Or Die
According to the new story from Ingrid Schmidt over at the Hollywood Reporter that the Drudge Report linked to this morning, panic and anxiety have sparked a mad rush to build luxury bunkers for the 'superrich' in Los Angeles, California. Just the latest story we've read about the 'elite' preparing for something huge that has many of them alarmed, their story tells us in the 1st paragraph these bunker owners think they 'could be the next Adam and Eve'.
Their story also tells us that according to Gary Lynch, the GM of Rising S Bunkers, bunker sales have increased 700% in 2016 over 2015. Their bunkers start at a low end of $39,000 and go up to $8.35 million or more and while 'Trumpocalypse' is on the minds of many, "Everyone I've talked to thinks we are doomed, no matter who is elected" according to Mike Peters, owner of Ultimate Bunker out of Utah. Ultimate Bunkers builds high-end bunkers in California, Texas and Minnesota and Peters also added: "People are going for luxury [to] live underground because they see the future is going to be rough."
According to Robert Vicino, founder of Vivos Underground Bunker Systems, people such as Bill Gates and other elitists are building luxury bunkers under each of their properties and they look at such investments as a form of 'insurance' - a few million dollars is nothing to them if their investment allows them to survive what so many are concerned is coming.
Why are so many of the superrich so concerned about danger in their futures? "Local and global terrorist-related attacks are the main driving force for the increase in business." According to Tom Gaffney, president of Gaffco Ballistics, a company out of Vermont that has done a lot of work for celebrities living in New York and California, building safehouses starting at $250,000: "Our clients tend to have a higher sense of the lack of security in the world today."What do the 'superrich' know that most of America doesn't know? With Islamic terror on the minds of many, including both the FBI and the DHS, Susan Duclos told us earlier today America should be on a code red alert between now and at least the election day as the 'trojan horse infiltration' of America ahead of the globalists end game reaches a peak.
Warning us of 7 Afghan soldiers who simply 'disappeared' in America, 3 of them on the same weekend that a series of terror attacks were carried out in New York, would trained Islamic killers on the loose in America cause the 'superrich' in America to run to their bunkers or would it have to be something much, much more?
Terra Vivos underground bunkers tells us that deep underground bunkers are created for almost any catastrophe and as we learn, having at least 8' of soil in between the bunker and any kind of radioactive contamination helps to protect from nuclear weapons attacks. With talk of WW3 now everywhere after Donald Trump brought up that possibility in the debates on Monday night, we're not the least bit surprised to hear more and more people are preparing for the worst. Also quite interestingly, Vivos mentions 'the anticipated affects of Planet X/Nibiru'. More proof of planetary apocalypse coming? From Vivos:
The central theme to all catastrophic and epic life-threatening events has typically always been to find shelter underground. The soil of the Earth itself can provide the best shelter for most catastrophes, deep below the surface. Vivos shelters are deep underground, fully self-contained complexes designed to survive or substantially mitigate virtually any catastrophe, or threat scenario including natural or manmade disasters. Whatever the threat, our shelters are built and engineered to withstand or mitigate just about everything from a pole shift, to super volcano eruptions, solar flares, earthquakes, tsunamis, pandemics, asteroid strikes, the anticipated affects of Planet X/Nibiru, and manmade threats including nuclear explosions, a reactor melt down, biological or chemical disasters, terrorism and even widespread anarchy.
The Vivos global network of hardened, deep underground, survival shelters is being built to survive virtually all future catastrophes and disasters. Co-own a membership interest in one of our community shelters or buy your own private underground shelter for the ultimate life-assurance, safety and security for your family. Vivos shelters are considered to be the strongest, most fortified, blast-proof shelters available. Our Quantum underground survival shelters and bunkers are hardened, underground shelters designed for installation on your private property – anywhere in the world. Then stock it with freeze-dried foods and canned meats, along with all of your survival gear to survive for one year or more.
Be ready for the predicted planetary alignment, doomsday, the Rapture, the end times, or Armageddon. If you believe in the prophecies and predictions of the Bible, Nostradamus, the Third Secret of Fatima, the visions of Edgar Cayce, and all of the current signs of an economic collapse, future nuclear war, WW3, a pandemic, an EMP power outage, a potential asteroid collision, Nibiru, Planet X, Fukushima's eventual meltdown and widespread global radiation, the coming pole shift and/or major earth changes, it is time to prepare!
According to the recent story from this News Corp Australia Network story, the first shots were recently fired at Dabiq, Syria. While most Americans have probably never heard of Dabiq, according to Islamic prophecy, Dabiq is where the 'final battle of Armageddon' will begin. Dabiq has long been associated with the 'end days' according to the Islamic State and they fully expect that the apocalyptic battle between Christianity and Islam that will begin there will lead to the end of the world.
Coincidentally, or not, according to a new story from the Daily Express, a rare black moon is rising on Friday, September 30th and as this story from Now The End Begins tells us, some are concerned we're witnessing another sign of the 'end of days' with 'worldwide destruction' and the 2nd Coming of Jesus as also heard in the 3rd video below from Above Science. While 'black moons' occur roughly every 32 months, we're told this black moon is different as the 1st day of September brought a 'ring of fire solar eclipse.' This rare black moon has many people thinking of Biblical prophecy:
"Those signs are letting us know that Jesus is soon coming. We are approaching the end of our world and the end of life on Earth for all human being. Every day, we have to come closer to our saviour Jesus Christ. For none can escape for what is coming for the Earth."
According to the US government, the month of September is 'National Preparedness Month' and as this video that Steve Quayle linked to on his website earlier today told us, at 2:20 pm EDT today, a nationwide test of FEMA's emergency alert system was being done. According to the Emergency Management Communications Center, the first ever nationwide activation of the emergency alert system took place back on November 9th of 2011, exactly 5 years before the day after the upcoming election on November 8th.
In the first video below we see directly inside one of the world's biggest bunkers in a 40+ minute documentary from Mega Engineering while in the 2nd video below we get to see inside of a bunker now on sale for $17.5 million dollars in the state of Georgia that was built in 1969 by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The 3rd video below gives us the story of this 'apocalyptic black moon' that arrives on Friday while the final video below takes a look at the latest events around the world from just the past several days that have so many convinced we're now living in the last days.
As this new story from Mac Slavo over at SHTFPlan tells us, while it may be that the end of the world is nigh, the elite will be living the high life underground, where they can be much closer to 'their master'. There must be a reason they're getting so prepared Slavo tells us, and that in itself is reason enough that we should too.
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Verse of the Day:
"So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it. "
~Col 3:12-14
Quote of the Day:
"Women are made to be loved, not understood."
~Oscar Wilde
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Currently listening to "Ghost" by Ingrid Michaelson – Her first single off the album coming in Jan!


text: ViewSonic's probably best known for its LCD monitors and not its all-in-one PCs, but those not turned on by MSI's AE1900 (for whatever reason) can surely give the VPC100 a look. First announced at CES, this 1.6GHz Atom-powered all-in-one packs an all black, glossy enclosure, a 19-inch panel, Windows XP Home and a lifetime supply of Fruit Loops. Wait, that can't be right. Anywho, it's all yours from a number of respected e-tailers for $599.


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National My Voice Student Report (Grades 6-12) 2012 reports that just 45% of students agreed that "My classes help me understand what is happening in my everyday life."
Two years ago, for example, when the Middle East was first erupting in revolution, I conducted an informal survey of what high school students were learning in their social studies classes. The closest I came to revolution was the 1800's in the United States and France. The closest I came to Egypt was pyramids.
It was heartening to learn that in Maine, at least, college professors are proving more responsive to the current situation in Syria and the United States' role in what is unfolding. Indeed, to learn to read and analyze the signs of our times, rather than the words in a textbook about times past, is exactly the kind of education called for in a Google-able world. What is disheartening is that making learning relevant in this way - in political science classes, no less! - is considered newsworthy.
If this is news on college campuses, I can only guess what press it would generate if it was happening in middle and high schools. Imagine math classes that did statistics using the sports and financial pages. Suppose language arts deconstructed advertising pitches, political commentary, and celebrity magazines. What if science classes experimented the stuff that grows in teenagers' bedrooms when they don't put their clothes in the hamper! I wonder, would that make it into the newspapers?
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Not just a treatment Kiosk, an ambiance serene and calm, with medicated plants and rare herbs, where the air carries the scent of tulsi and neem, the Majlis Ayurvedic Health Park, an experience of unwinding the innerself and taking a rebirth. It's Ayurveda the forgotten way. It's nature in its big hearted abundance. A Shangrila with everything at places they should be. Take a break from the usual targets, the deadlines, the Monday morning blues. Come back to nature, wipe away your worries, the worries of growing up, the anxieties of bringing up, the sadness of setback, the burden of success, the gloom of loneliness, the trial of crowd, the fatigue of miles and the heaviness of dreams.
Not just a treatment Kiosk, an ambiance serene and calm, with medicated plants and rare herbs, where the air carries the scent of tulsi and neem, the Majlis Ayurvedic Health Park, an experience of unwinding the innerself and taking a rebirth. It's Ayurveda the forgotten way. It's nature in its big hearted abundance.
A Shangrila with everything at places they should be. Take a break from the usual targets, the deadlines, the Monday morning blues. Come back to nature, wipe away your worries, the worries of growing up, the anxieties of bringing up, the sadness of setback, the burden of success, the gloom of loneliness, the trial of crowd, the fatigue of miles and the heaviness of dreams. Feel young once again. Get blessed by nature, watch your worries disappear, seek within, nurture your soul, bring back the health, the hope, the harmony and the inspirations.
The packages offered here are in tune with the uniqueness of your body and mind, prevent ailments, improve overall health and invigorate your senses for a better life.
The posh cottages are at par with international standards with a well balanced architecture and an aesthetic design. They grant you a Feel of 'home away from home'.
Ayurveda, the science of healing nutured by the sages through centuries is more than just a facet of a rich culture. It is an internationally accepted practice of Medicine with a holistic approach and a combination of both nature and skill.
Our Ayurvedic Health Park is formed in association with the Majlis Health Park. Established in 1995, Majlis trust which is involved in many charitable activities, over the years has been able to transform itself into an important family club with a club membership of over 2000 members belonginging to various social and religious sectors of the Society. The Majlis family club based on a common interest of natural well being has opened up new a realm of friendships, business ventures.
Over the years we have strived to stand by our vision – 'The vision of family '."Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam"- 'The Universe as a single family' (Universal Brotherhood)
Ayurveda is the science of life and longevity and not a mere elaboration of diseases and cures. It is a description of how to lead ones life in tune with nature and its concepts include all that are essential to make a man healthy and happy.
Two main objectives of Ayurveda are the maintenance of positive health and the treatment of disease.
According to Ayurvedic precepts, the indicators of good health are:
1. Good appetite
2. Normal functioning of sense organs
3. Good digestion
4. Normal urine output
5. Sound sleep
6 .Lightness of body
7. Good mental faculties
Ayurveda being the Science of life, blend in with the day to day life of an individual. The science has clearly defined the daily routine from dawn to dusk, from waking up till sleep for the maintenance of good health
1. Neurological Disorder
2. Rheumatological Disorder
3. Digestive Disorder
4. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disorders
5. Gynaecological Disorders and Infertility
6. Paediatric Diseases
7. Lifestyle Disorders
8. Skin Diseases
9. Cervical and Lumbar Spondylosis
In our hospital we are offering all Panchakarma treatments along with specialized Keraliya treatment procedures like Dhara,Pizhichil,NavaraKizhi,Thalapothichil etc.
- Abhyangam
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- Udwarthanam
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- Kizhi / Pinda-sweda
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- Patrapotala sweda / Elakizhi
- Choorna pinda swedam / Podikkizhi
- Kabalam
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- Lepam
- Snehapanam
- Nethratharpana
- Virechana
- Snehavasthy
- Kashayavasthy
- Nasya
- Pichu
- Thalam
- Karnapooranam
- Vidalakam
- Aschotanam
- Anjanam
- Dhoomapanam
Majlis Health Park offers you a unique combination of authentic Ayurveda and social engagement by providing a meeting place for families from different communities sharing common interest of natural well being and a luxurious stay and get the ultimate experience of recharging your mind and body through Ayurveda to a healthier life.
Majlis Ayurvedic Health Park is a state-of-art facility where you can avail all treatments :- the Panchakarma therapies, their preparatory and post procedural management according to your needs.
Our Ayurvedic Health Park is endowed with well-qualified physicians and therapists trained from prestigious institutions offering Authentic Ayurvedic Treatments.
The treatment programs offered at our resort in addition to curing various ailments, aspire a healthy life style. Our cottages are architecturally and aesthetically well balanced, giving you a real 'home away from home' feel.
Cottages include both Air conditioned and non air conditioned rooms. The food served will be traditional simple Vegetarian cuisine of Kerala. The Yoga and meditation classes as advised by the Chief Physician are conducted for the physical and mental wellbeing of the guests. Other facilities include round the clock check-in, wireless internet, hot water, laundry etc.
Our Ayurvedic Health Centre is endowed with well-qualified physicians, therapists and renowned practitioners from the lineage of respected Ayurveda families in Kerala. We offer various rejuvenation and detoxification programmes intended for preventing diseases, improving health in addition to curing ailments.
We pursue the Ayurvedic perspective of "Treating the Patient not the Disease.". The centre set in a calm and serene atmosphere with lush foliage outlying the noises of town gives you an ambiance perfect for the complete relaxation of body and mind. The aesthetic cottages, the treatment rooms and the environment have been carefully designed to contribute to the overall natural well being of the guest.
The cuisine is native; the food is simple, vegetarian and nutritious .
On request we also organise:
- Airport pick-up & drop
- Whole Kerala trip
- Local sight seeing
- Cultural programmes
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|Sikh beliefs
In Sikhism, Nām Japō (Gurmukhi ਨਾਮ ਜਪੋ), Naam Japna, or Naam Simran refers to the meditation, vocal singing of hymns from the Sri Guru Granth Sahib or contemplating the various Names of God (or qualities of God), especially the chanting of the word Waheguru, which means "Wonderful Lord" representing the formless being, the creator of all the forms and the being omnipresent in all forms.[1] Singing of hymns generally is also referred to as Nām Jap, sometimes also called Nām Simran. Singing of hymns with musical accompaniment is generally referred to as Kirtan. While contemplating God's names a devotee is able to get nām, the divine connection with God. Nām is able to fulfill all desires and cleanse the mind of its impurities distress. Through Nām the devotees are able to harness Godly qualities and remove the five thieves.
Nām Japna requires the remembrance of God or the Akal Purkh, the supreme formless power that is timeless and deathless,[2] by repeating and focusing the mind on God's various names or qualities. Some of which can be found in the Mul Mantar, which is repeated throughout the Guru Granth Sahib, and also found in Guru Gobind Singh's Jaap Sahib, which contains 950 names of God.[3] The guideline in the Rehat Maryada of Guru Gobind Singh demands that the Sikh engage in Naam Simran as part of his or her daily routine.
Nām Japō is one of the Three pillars of Sikhism, along with Kirat karō and Vaṇḍ chakkō. Critical importance is given to the meditation in the Guru Granth Sahib as the way in which humans can conquer ego, greed, attachment, anger and lust, together commonly called the Five Evils or Five Thieves and to bring peace and tranquility into one's mind. The Sikhs practice both the quiet individual recitation of Naam in one's mind, commonly called Naam Simran, and the loud and communal recitation of Naam, called Naam Jaap. However, this is not a strict definition of these phrases.
Guru Ji says in the Guru Granth Sahib:
With my hands I do God's work; with my tongue I sing God's Glorious Praises.
With my feet, I walk on the Path of my Lord and Master. ((1))
It is a good time, when I remember Him in meditation.
Meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, I cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ((1)(Pause))
With your eyes, behold the Blessed Vision of the Saints.
Record the Immortal Lord God within your mind. ((2))
Listen to the Kirtan of God's Praises, at the Feet of the Holy.
Your fears of birth and death shall depart. ((3))
Enshrine the Lotus Feet of your Lord and Master within your heart.
Thus this human life, so difficult to obtain, shall be redeemed. ((4)(51)(120))— Guru Granth Sahib, page 189[4]
See also[edit]
- ^ Mosher, Lucinda (2005). Faith in the neighborhood: Praying: The Rituals of Faith. Church Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9781596271555.
- ^ Abstracts of Sikh Studies, Volume 6. the University of Michigan: Institute of Sikh Studies. 2004. p. 95.
- ^ Singh, Prithi Pal (2006). The History of Sikh Gurus. Lotus Press. p. 176. ISBN 9788183820752.
- ^ Srigranth.org (text in red)


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As a guest of Sunrise Villa you have the option to expand the size of your group to a size beyond which the villa can sleep. We offer two different "overflow" options to choose from.
A lovely 3 bedroom villa immediately next door to Sunrise Villa, Florita offers delightful accommodations, a private pool, and sits directly beachfront. The rental fee is $700 per night, plus a 7% service charge.
Features include daily maid service, a living room with TV, 3 bedrooms ensuite, a 4th, very small bedroom ensuite, a pool, free WiFi, and beach access.
Located in a separate building, approximately 250 yards down the road from Sunrise, the Orchid Suites are an excellent choice for "extra bedrooms. Four different bedrooms, ensuite, with good amenities give you the option to add guests.
Features include free Wifi, Air conditioning, bathroom amenties, TVs with DVD, and room safes. The deluxe unit contains a studio type kitchen and expanded living space. Security is excellent and the road to Sunriseis well lit and safe.
The three deluxe rooms rent for $119 per night, the expanded suite is $139 per night. Plus 7% service charge.
While both options are owned independent from Sunrise Villa, you may book these options as part of your Sunrise Villa rental.
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Morrisons expands wine team
Morrisons has strengthened its wine -buying team with the appointment of Simon Cairns, who will be responsible
for France, Spain, Germany and Champagne. Cairns' appointment completes the supermarket's four-strong buying team of Catherine Roffey (rosé and USA), Gyles Walker (Australia, New Zealand, Italy and South Africa) and Jacqueline Claughton (Spain, Chile, Argentina, Portugal, eastern Europe, England and fortifieds).
Politicians speak at ACS event
Leading figures from all the main political parties will give keynote speeches at the Association of Convenience Stores' inaugural Heart of the Community conference , taking place at London's Imperial War Museum on Nov 12 . To
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Importer Moreno Wines has launched a website to give the UK trade more information about the company and its wines. The new site, morenowinesuk.co.uk, gives the trade access to product information, a page about each of the producers Moreno supplies and news about product launches and events.
New Waitrose openings
Waitrose is to open six new shops by Christmas, in a move it says will create 900 new jobs. The first was due to open yesterday in the new Westfield London development, while the rest will open in locations including Crewkerne, Somerset, Clapham Junction and Chiswick, between now and Dec 4.
Armagnacs widely available
Emporia Brands is making the full range of Armagnacs from the cellars of Comte de Lauvia available through thedrinkshop.com. The range includes rare vintages such as 1888, 1893 and 1904.
EU tackles drinking issues
EU spirits producers have joined forces to launch a website that directs consumers to national responsible drinking websites, adapted to their country's culture and traditions. At responsibledrinking.eu online users can also learn about alcohol-related issues such as unit measures and recommended maximum drinking levels. The site will feature 13 national websites by the end of 2008, according to the European Spirits Organisation.
Exclusive Burgundies for DLW
Daniel Lambert Wines has exclusively signed up Burgundy's Domaine d'Ardhuy and its sister property Domaine de la Cabotte, close to Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Domaine d'Ardhuy has parcels of land in the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits and Domaine de la Cabotte produces Ch âteauneuf-de-Pape, Côtes du Rhône Villages and Côtes du Rhône wines.


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Confucius says a mountain cannot contain two tigers. Side by side at a prime location, at the intersection of PIE/KPE and Geylang, just 10 minutes' walk from Kallang MRT–Which cze char restaurant is the winner?
37 Heng Kee House of Steamed Fish
CLOSED: Da Shi Xi 大四喜
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11.30am-2.30pm, 5-11.30pm
|19 Sims Way, Singapore 388831
5-11pm, closed Mon
|Award-winning Frankie Lim, with more than 20 years of experience. He oversees the cooking.
My friend said, "WAH, he looks like he just got out of prison."
I replied, "Don't anyhow say! Wait he chop us and make char siew bao."
|Celebrity chef Eric Teo is just a partner. Young chefs from Johor Bahru helm the kitchen.
Old-skool. Got table cloth. With air con!
几 hot 一下 wor! No air con.
Wet crab beehoon ($55). SUPER SHIOK! Got wok hei, noodles absorbed crab's sweet essence. Huge crab, suitable for 4 persons. Addictive till the last bite. Bonus: Awesome sambal chilli by the side. MUST ORDER.
Crab rice ($45 for 1 crab, $80 for 2). Rice fried with bacon before boiling in stock. When stock was almost absorbed, crabs and fried dried sole were added, so the juices from crab dripped into the rice.After hearing so much raves about this dish, it was disappointing. It tasted like fried rice, nothing spectacular. Even SgFoodonFoot, who was eating with us, said that it wasn't as nice as the first time he had it. 怎么酱的wor?
House of Steamed Fish, must eat fish right? Many different types to choose, a little confusing. In the end, we got a cod (no bones, easier to eat) in Hong Kong style ($24), steamed in soya sauce. The fish had a fishy stench 腥味 but when eaten with pungent spring onions, it was fine. Disappointing, considering the name of the restaurant.
Fishhead curry ($28) JB style. A little too light for me, no spice, no love, man. And it was only half a fishhead, we all lamented there was not much flesh.
My friend's favorite dish of the night, spinach in stock ($10). Topped with garlic, and wolfberries, the stock was light and refreshing, with a hint of ikan bilis. Can drink as soup.
A rather weak tri-egg spinach ($12). Bland stock, and limp spinach with few strands.
|Other Recommendations
Luckily they ran out of pumpkin for the pumpkin trotter ($28), so they offered an off-menu dish, honey trotter ($28), which, according to Sg Food on Foot who tried the pumpkin, was better. We all agreed it was the best dish that night. Skin was gelatinous but not slimy, meat was soft and flavorful.Muar otah ($10), shrimp paste chicken ($12), and salted egg yolk prawns ($18) were admirable, but not out-of-the-world.
|Other Comments
|– menu lacks variety
– no air-con
– inconsistent quality
– Ingredients, such as the crabs and prawns, were not good quality.
|Pretty good, and attentive. But lady boss must have mistaken my friend and I for pigs for she recommended one dish too many. She ought to have warned us.
|Really sweet on the phone when I was making reservations. But they weren't paying attention at most times, even in an empty restaurant. Still, when you can get their attention, they are swift, and polite.
|We paid $92 for two persons, or $46 for one. There was enough food for 3 persons, but we didn't know and the lady boss didn't say anything. If 3 were eating, then $30 for one person would have been justifiable.
|Paid $208 for 7 persons, or about $30 for one.
|3.375/5 stars (Ginger is the older, spicier)
|2.906/5 stars
Written by A. Nathanael Ho.
Categories: $20-$40, $40-$60, Chinese, Cze Char, Families, Geylang, Hawker/ Food Court/ Kopitiam, Kallang, Large Group, Singaporean


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…well, hmm let's see- just where is home for me? Last Sunday, our pastor started a new sermon series about Going Home for Christmas. While his sermon was more on how to deal with the relationships and hard situations in life, my thoughts went a different direction as I penned the following thoughts:
The is no home for Christmas for me. The closest thing I have is a "state of being". From my childhood, nothing is the same. My grandparents have moved or passed to glory. My parents have moved more times that I can count.
Yeah, I wish I could go home for Christmas, but just where is it? Now that I am married, we go to start our own traditions. Home, for now, is my husbands family. My family, I haven't seen in over a year. That is the problem living 16+ hours away by car or 20+ hours away by air. My family is too dispersed throughout the world. Getting together takes a lot of work….and money. I miss my family Christmases from my childhood. It seemed so easy, to a child's mind, we went to Minnesota and spent it with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. 1 1/2 years into marriage, experience has taught me that it probably wasn't easy for my parents. Though they were blessed to have all their family within a 45 minute drive of one another
Would I like to move closer to my family? Yes, but then I would be moving my husband away from his
As we sit on the verge of starting our own family, Josh and I get to figure out what family Christmases look like. How we divide our holidays between our respective extended families, and the friends that we consider family.
For now, I'll be thinking of my family on Christmas and wishing I could be with them this year, and look forward to a Christmas soon, where we will all be together again.


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molding (6 1/2"). I understand all the angles (33.9 / 31.6 etc..I also
measure the angle of the corner before cutting), but I can;t ever seem to
get a nice fit on either the inside or outside corner. I can't place the
molding "upside and backwards" as if it was being hung on the wall, because
my Makita can only cut 5 1/2" in this configuration. Therefore, I place the
molding with the flat side down on the table and cut the bevel and angle.
Suggestions are needed, PLEASE HELP