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What does "Louie Louie" have to do with the Birth of Progressive Rock? The Album "Touch"
This blog was inspired by my friend and former roommate in college, Ken. Ken is the first person who ever told me about this album. Then Ken sent me a copy of the CD. Later on I found two copies of the LP and bought both. It turned out that they were both in VG+ condition. I gave one copy to my daughter and I kept the one you will here on this blog posting.
When the song "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen opens, you hear a keyboard riff that is easily one of the most famous and influential musical ideas of all time. A fifteen year old young man named Don Gallucci created that keyboard riff. A billion songs have used that chord progression. It is arguably the most influential song in Rock history. It is certainly one of the most recognizable songs in Rock history. The song is the Root of the tree that all "Garage Rock" grew from. "Punk Rock", too. The song and group came out of the Pacific Northwest. Portland to be exact. So it is also the root of the tree that Grunge Rock sprang from as well.
The song and the riff were a blessing and a curse to Don Gallucci. . The curse was that he was so young that his parents wouldn't let him go out on tour with the rest of the band. The blessing was that the course of his life and destiny lay in another direction.
He started a new band called "Don and the Goodtimes" with drummer Bob Holden. He had another hit record. The song was called "I Could Be So Good To You". The song made it into the top 20. The song was produced and arranged by the famous Jack Nitzchie.
The year was 1967. Don felt like every song, every album, was just like every other album and every other song… Two things happened that lead to Don Gallucci's next great contribution to Rock history… He discovered L.S.D. and he heard "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band".
Gallucci felt that song structure could be expanded beyond the typical 3 minute radio friendly song. He felt that Rock-n-Roll had much more potential. Rock offered the opportunity for serious musical composition. He took some acid and came up with 12 minute long, wildly original song he titled "Seventy-five" and Rock music would never be the same. He formed the band Touch with John Bordonaro on drums, percussion and vocals, Bruce Hauser on Bass and vocals, Jeff Hawks on Lead Vocals, and Joey Newman ( AKA Vern Kjellberg) on Guitar and Vocals.
They rented a house in the Hollywood Hills that resembled a Moroccan Castle and started writing additional songs and rehearsing. They invited A & R men and Producers up to their Moroccan Castle to hear what they were working on. Word spread around Hollywood that they were working on a very different kind of album. This resulted in a bidding war for the bands debut album. They finally signed with Coliseum Records for a reported advance of $25,000. That was a lot of money in 1967! While they were preparing for their own recording session the record label asked them if they would act as the studio musicians for an artist named Elyse Weinberg. She was working on an album at Sunset Sound. Sunset sound was founded by Walt Disney in order to record the soundtracks for his movies. It is one of the most famous recording studios in the world. The people who recorded successful albums at that studio is a "who's who" of music history. ( It's ironic to note that the same studio that recorded the songs for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs also recorded the first two albums by The Doors!) .They were credited on Elyse Weinberg's album as "The Band Of Thieves". They took their name from one of her songs on the album.
The recording of the Elyse Weinberg album simply morphed into the Touch recording sessions. The album was recorded in a party-like atmosphere. Mick Jagger , Grace Slick, and Jimi Hendrix were all hanging around the sessions. Jimi Hendrix even bank-rolled some of the studio time.
The recording engineer was the now famous Gene Shiveley. Apparently, no one really remembers how all of the sound effects were created. A lot of drugs and alcohol were involved. The only unusual piece of equipment they had at their disposal was a tone generator. Although, synthesizers were around in 1967 they were not always readily available. According to Shiveley no synthesizers were used in the production of this record. After you hear this music you will find that hard to believe. So what you are about to hear was all done by real instruments and outstanding studio production techniques.
When you hear the stunning guitar work it's easy to see why Jimi Hendrix was hanging around. When you hear the piano and keyboard playing you won't believe it's the same guy that play "three cords and the truth" on Louie, Louie.
This album predates any English progressive rock. It was recorded and released before King Crimson or Renaissance. Maybe Frank Zappa could claim that Freak Out which was released in 1966 was the first Progressive rock album. But it is a very different sounding album compared to Touch.
So take a listen to the eponymous album "Touch". Recorded in 1967 and released in 1968.
Side 1
We Feel Fine
Friendly Birds
Miss Teach
The Spiritual Death Of Howard Greer
Side 2
Down At Circe's Place
Alesha And Others
I am also including some songs that were not on the original album. They were included on the CD when the album was re released in 1999
Alesha And Others (Alternate Version)
Blue Feeling
We Finally Met Today
The Second Coming Of Suzanne[cincopa AgNA6m7BjfjL
The piano work on this album sounds like Keith Emerson is performing it. This album is sighted by many progressive rock musicians as a source of inspiration. Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Kansas, King Crimson, Yes, Uriah Heep, and Renascence all sight this album as an inspiration and the beginning of Progressive Rock.
So what happened? What is the reason that this album isn't better known? One of the reasons the album didn't sell well is that they never toured to promote it. There is a story out there that says they refused to tour because they couldn't figure out how to perform the songs live. This is obviously not true because there are outtakes that were recorded live in the studio of the band performing some of the songs. The real story is that they had personal issues that caused them to decide not to tour.
And what happened to the band members? Well, Newman still works as a musician. Hauser is out of the business and lives and works in Central Florida. Bordonaro is a successful business owner and also an equestrian. He lives in Southern California. Hawks is a hair dresser. And what about Gallucci? He too, is out of the music business. He sells Real Estate in Southern California. It is unbelievable that a man that has had such a major impact on Rock and Roll could be out of the business and largely unknown by the general public. He should be in the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame!! But Don Gallucci can always take comfort in the fact that when opportunity came his way, he had the Touch…
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When you're a photographer, you'll inevitably get hassled by the authorities telling you to stop taking pictures. Do you stop? No, you kindly show your Photographer's Bill of Rights, conveniently screenprinted on your lenscloth, and keep on snapping.
The UK Amateur Photographer magazine is giving away these silkscreened lenscloth in its upcoming issue to remind the police what photographers, professional and amateur, are allowed to do:
• There is no restriction on people taking photographs in public places or any building other than in very exceptional circumstances
• There is no prohibition on photographing frontline uniform staff
• The act of taking a photograph in itself is not usually sufficeint to carry out a stop
• Unless there is a very good reason, people taking photographs should not be stopped
• Officers do not have the power to delete digital images, destroy film or to prevent photography in a public place under either power (sections 43 and 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000)
We're all for knowing your rights, but please, photographers, don't take this as an invitation to act crazy. [BoingBoing]

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I've finished the outside of my beaded prayer, finally! Now I just have to do a fringe around the edge. I've never done a beaded fringe so I'm going to look for some directions first. My hope is to finish this by the 31st.
Making Progress
Sunday, January 29, 2012
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I'm not sure how spiritual I am but it makes me think of the saying to work like everything is up to you and pray like everything is up to God. There are parts of these wishes that I can't control but I think there is a lot I can control and I'm going to work on that.
After the paper goes in I'll bead the edges and maybe add some fringe. Sorry the pictures aren't great. I kept trying but this was the best I could get.
The last picture is Mr & Mrs Freddie! I'm going to turn the edges under and then add a felt backing. I thought they came out pretty good. My mermaid is still in the project list but I haven't had a chance to work on her.
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April 09, 2013
A good DJ knows how to build up, bring atmosphere and read the needs of the crowd. And that's exactly what Armin van Buuren did during his world famous warm-up sets for A State of Trance 600. During these sets, he set the tone for a wonderful night, starting with delicate chill-out, refined prog and yes, even a taste of techno, tech-house and prog-house.
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For adult patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) who have had an inadequate response to conventional therapy
ACT 1 primary endpoint: Clinical response at Week 81,2*†‡
of patients (84/121) had clinical response with REMICADE® 5 mg/kg vs 37% of patients (45/121) who were taking placebo (P<0.001).
ACT 1 secondary endpoint: Mucosal healing at Week 81,2*‡§
of patients (75/121) achieved mucosal healing with REMICADE® 5 mg/kg vs 34% of patients (41/121) who were taking placebo (P<0.001).
In ACT 1, 87% of patients (317/364) presented with moderate disease (Mayo score 6-10) vs 12.4% of patients (45/364) with severe disease (Mayo score 11 or 12) at baseline.3
*The safety and efficacy of REMICADE® were evaluated in ACT 1 (N=364) (ACT=Active Ulcerative Colitis Trial), a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial conducted in patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis who had an inadequate response or were intolerant to conventional therapy. Patients presented with a Mayo score between 6 and 12, and an endoscopy subscore of ≥2. Prior failed or intolerable therapies in ACT 1 included oral corticosteroids,
6-mercaptopurine (6-MP), or azathioprine (AZA). Patients were randomized to the following treatment groups: REMICADE® 5 mg/kg (n=121), REMICADE® 10 mg/kg (n=122), or placebo (n=121). Infusions were administered at Weeks 0, 2, and 6, and every 8 weeks thereafter through Week 46. Final efficacy evaluations were completed 8 weeks following the last infusion. Concomitant treatment with stable doses of 5-ASA, corticosteroids, and/or immunomodulators was permitted throughout the study. Of patients receiving steroids at baseline, tapering was allowed beginning at Week 8. The primary efficacy endpoint was clinical response at Week 8; secondary endpoints included remission and mucosal healing.
†In ACT 1: Clinical response was defined as a decrease in Mayo score of ≥30% and ≥3 points, accompanied by a decrease in rectal bleeding subscore of ≥1 or a rectal bleeding subscore of 0 or 1.
‡In ACT 1: Patients who had a prohibited change in medication, had an ostomy or colectomy, or discontinued study infusions due to lack of efficacy are considered to not be in clinical response, clinical remission, or mucosal healing from the time of the event forward.
§In ACT 1: Mucosal healing was defined as an endoscopy subscore of 0 or 1.
References: 1. REMICADE® Prescribing Information. Janssen Biotech, Inc. 2. Rutgeerts P, Sandborn WJ, Feagan BG, et al. Infliximab for induction and maintenance therapy for ulcerative colitis. N Engl J Med. 2005;353:2462-2476. 3. Data on file. Janssen Biotech, Inc.


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Long Beach State Wins Sand Championship
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 4, 2013) – Long Beach State defeated Pepperdine, 3-2 in the final dual meet on Saturday to win its first AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championships in Gulf Shores, Ala.
Pepperdine (20-1) was the defending champion. However it ran into problems with its No. 1 pair. The
Waves had to compete without Kim Hill (Portland, Ore.). Hill's usual partner, Lilla Frederick (Huntington Beach, Calif.) played in the Championships with Jazmine Orozco (Lakewood, Calif.).
But Orozco suffered a concussion during Friday's semifinals and Frederick and Orozco forfeited to Long Beach State's No. 1 Caitlin Ledoux (Phelan, Calif.) and Tara Roenicke (Alto Loma, Calif.).
At No. 2, Pepperdine's Caitlin Racich (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Lara Dykstra (Redondo Beach, Calif.) defeated Long Beach State's Delainey Aigner-Swesey (Wrightwood, Calif.) and Chelsea Cabrajac (Downey, Calif.), 16-21, 21-13, 15-9.
At No. 3, Pepperdine's Kelley Larsen (Jamul, Calif.) and Kellie Woolever (Long Beach, Calif.) defeated Long Beach State's Libby Fontanilla (Corona, Calif.) and Bre Mackie (Redding, Calif.), 21-19, 21-18.
Long Beach State's Janisa Johnson (Long Beach, Calif.) and Tyler Jackson (Long Beach, Calif.) won the contest at No. 5 over Pepperdine's Emily Cook (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Katie Messing (The Woodlands, Texas), 21-19, 21-18.
With the schools tied at 2-2, the deciding point rested on the last match to start at No. 4, where the 49ers' Lauren Minkel (Honolulu, Hawaii) and Jocelyn Neely (La Habra, Calif.) defeated Victoria Adelhelm (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) and Taylor Racich (Santa Barbara, Calif.), 9-21, 21-9, 15-10.
In Saturday's semifinals, LBSU defeated the University of Southern California (3-2) while Pepperdine topped Florida State (3-2).
Following the final, the AVCA named 14 players to the 2013 AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball All-American list (see below). Pepperdine's Nina Matthies was named the coach of the year.
Sixteen pairs will compete for the pairs team title at the AVCA National Championship on Sunday (May 5).
To view full scores on the AVCA web site, click here.
Long Beach State 3, Pepperdine 2
No. 1 Caitlin Ledoux/Tara Roenicke (LBSU) def. Lilla Frederick/Jazmine Orozco (PEP) forfeit
No. 2 Lara Dykstra/Caitlin Racich (PEP) def. Delainey Aigner-Swesey/Chelsea Cabrajac (LBSU,) 16-21, 21-13, 15-9
No. 3 Kelley Larsen/Kellie Woolever (PEP) def. Libby Fontanilla/Bre Mackie (LBSU), 21-19, 21-18
No. 4 Lauren Minkel/Jocelyn Neely (LBSU) def. Victoria Adelhelm/Taylor Racich (PEP), 21-19, 9-21, 15-10
No. 5 Tyler Jackson/Janisa Johnson (LBSU) def. Emily Cook/Katie Messing (PEP), 21-19, 21-18
2013 AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball All-Americans
Kate Stepanova (Florida International)
Jace Pardon (Florida State)
Sarah Wickstrom (Florida State)
Lane Carico (Georgia State)
Caitlin Ledoux (Long Beach State)
Tara Roenicke (Long Beach State)
Kim Hill (Pepperdine)
Lilla Frederick (Pepperdine)
Lara Dykstra (Pepperdine)
Caitlin Racich (Pepperdine)
Kelly Reeves (UCLA)
Zuzana Markova (Loyola Marymount)
Kirby Burnham (Southern California)
Stevi Robinson (Southern California)


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Just to reinforce your bonus package.
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As you may or may not know, I do a lot of marketing on the internet. With that, I know a lot of different internet resources that you can use to help you fund your deals. This bonus will show you some of the best website(s) to help you find private money. Now, I'm not an attorney and not an expert in private money. Therefore, consult your attorney before using those websites as you may fall under some regulations.
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In his course, Patrick talks about his private money website and what it looks like, what you should have there, disclaimers and notes. He does not talk a lot about driving traffic to it to build a list of private money investors. On this 90 minute webinar, I will go through some of the best traffic generation strategies you can use for that page along with some conversion tactics to get those people on your list. By the way, some of those tactics have only been shared with my paid members.
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- My personal arsenal of "secret techniques" that will create links to your site the search engines LOVE and flood you with targeted, hungry buyers who want the properties YOU are selling!
- Not sure how hungry, targeted buyers are finding your site? Use the tool I reveal to you at 32:16, and instantly learn whether your "keywords" are going to drive targeted, hungry buyers to your site, or just invite a lot of "tire kickers" who will sap your time, energy AND money… and give you NOTHING in return!
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Check out this killer trick I just implemented on SOMEONE ELSE'S site (Trevor & Patrick's site to be exact). When you click on the following link, you'll be taken to their site.
Wait couple of seconds and see what happens there. Pay close attention to the url in the address bar and to their site itself. I am so excited about this!
By the way, if you decide to purchase the private money blueprint through the above link, you'll get my 5 bonuses that mention on that page plus the following bonus I decided to throw in from now until they close the doors:
I wasn't going to do this because I want to keep it a secret for as long as I can. Once this secret software gets out, I'm sure other people, including the gurus will be using it in their business.
(I'm talking about the script that allowed me to take over the Private Money Blueprint (don't worry, the script is ethical and there is nothing shady about it).
But I decided to give it to you when you buy the course. I'll give you all of the details how you can get that script, implement it in your own real estate business to build your real estate lists and even implement it in your own private money blueprint site that Trevor is giving away.
Here are couple of things you can do with that script:
1. Implement it in the private money blueprint site to build a big list of private money lenders… faster! (It will take you 10 minutes to implement this)
2. Use it on other websites (not even your own websites) to build a big list. I'll show you how. I will be implementing this into my own business. You can even do this on google.com!
3. Steal traffic from your competitors. I can hardly sit because I want to start using this script.
So that's it. In order to get those (not 4) 6 bonuses, which I estimate to be around $500 $697, all you have to do is purchase the private money blueprint through my link. Click on the link below to purchase the course at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, May 7th 2009.
After you make the purchase, send your receipt to admin @ realestateblackbook.com (remove spaces in that email address when sending the email) with the subject line: Private Money Blueprint Bonuses.
After I'll confirm your purchase with Patrick & Trevor, I'll send you the link to the webinar (which will be recorded for you) along with the other bonuses.
To Your Success,
Peter Kolat
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The message emerging from the "A One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Use & Resistance: A Dialogue for a Common Purpose" symposium, Nov. 13-15, in Columbus, OH, was clear: Antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance are the responsibility of all communities—human health, animal health and environmental health—and solutions will require collaboration of these health communities.
At the end of the three-day symposium, which was coordinated by the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA), presenters and participants agreed on numerous points:
- Antibiotics dramatically improve human, animal and plant health, and increase life expectancy.
- Antimicrobial resistance is not going to go away. A historical look at antimicrobial resistance shows antimicrobial resistance is not a new phenomenon but existed before mankind.
- The topic of antimicrobial resistance can be subtle, complex, difficult and polarizing. It is more than science and evidence. It's about politics, behavior, economics and conflicting opinions.
- Antimicrobial resistance is not merely a consequence of use; it's a consequence of use and misuse—and each community—animal health, human health or environmental health—is responsible for antibiotic stewardship.
- The finger pointing and blame for antimicrobial resistance need to end. The time has come to work together.
"Finding a solution is not about compromise; it's about reaching agreement," stated Lonnie King, dean of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. "We (animal health, human health and environmental health communities) need to focus on interests and not positions and initiate options for mutual gain. We need to find common ground—something we all can agree to when we disagree on other issues."
Topics addressed by the 13 animal health, human health and environmental health experts during the symposium covered:
- Overview of antibiotic use
- History of antimicrobial resistance
- Antimicrobial resistance surveillance
- Environmental contamination with antimicrobial residues
- Interplay of animal and human antimicrobial resistant populations
- Nationally funded antimicrobial resistance research projects
- Alternatives to antibiotics in agriculture
"The symposium's four interactive sessions allowed presenters and attendees to provide input to questions that moved the group to consensus," stated Leah Dorman, co-chair of the symposium, and director of Food Programs at the Ohio Farm Bureau. "In the end, it was extremely evident that the dialogue among the animal health, human health and environmental health communities is critical to a solution."
"A 'One Health' approach is important. Plus, we need think in a much larger dimension," she said.
Jennifer Koeman, symposium co-chair and director of Producer and Public Health with the National Pork Board, agreed, adding, "It's about mutual gain and not a victory for any one community."
Presentations by symposium speakers will be available online at www.animalagriculture.org. A white paper is being developed and will be available online at NIAA's Web site as well.


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Boy safe after incident at middle school
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A 12-year-old boy is safe after a Wednesday incident at South Tahoe Middle School initially reported as a child abduction was determined to be a related to a child custody dispute.
Police received a report about a child being pulled screaming into a vehicle at the middle school just after 1 p.m., said Lt. David Stevenson.
Officers and surrounding law enforcement agencies were told to be on the lookout for the vehicle suspected in the incident.
But, about 20 minutes later, police located the boy unharmed at his mother's house, Stevenson said. Police do not believe a crime was committed. Stevenson said the incident appears related to a custody dispute. Exactly why the boy was upset is unknown.


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Recently, a group of women gathered at Dish to cook, drink wine, meet new friends and, well, dish. The set-up was perfect: several cooking stations; teams of two, three or four working together; easy to prepare and delicious recipes and best of all, a chance to eat everything we made.
I was on Chocolate-Espresso Pots de Creme duty. The ingredients are few, the process ridiculously easy and the results - divine.Chocolate-Espresso Pots de Creme
serves six
courtesy of Dish Cooking Studio
1⅓ c. heavy cream
⅔ c. whole milk
1½ tsp. instant espresso powder
6 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
6 large egg yolks
2 tbsp. sugar
6 8-oz ramekins
1. Pour yourself a generous glass of wine. Sip.
2. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 300F°.
3. Put chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Combine cream, milk, espresso powder and a pinch of salt in a small heavy saucepan and bring to barely a boil, stirring to dissolve espresso powder.
4. Add chocolate, and whisk until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth. Keep warm.
5. In another bowl, whisk together yolks, sugar and a pinch of salt. Add the warm chocolate mixture in a stream sloooowly, whisking constantly.*
6. Pour chocolate custard through a fine mesh sieve into a one-litre glass measure.
7. Line the bottom of a baking pan, large enough to hold the ramekins, with a folded kitchen towel and arrange ramekins in the pan. Divide custard amongst the ramekins, and cover tightly with a large piece of foil into which several holes have been poked.
8. Place the pan with the custards in a bain marie* and bake until custards are set around the edges but still slightly wobbly in the middle, about 30-35 minutes.
9. Uncover ramekins and transfer to a rack to cool completely, about one hour. Custards will set as they cool. Chill, covered, until cold. Can be made one day ahead.
- If you add the warm chocolate to the cool cream mixture too quickly, the cream and eggs will "cook" and instead of a smooth creamy custard, you'll have scrambled eggs. Add the warm liquid very slowly. When the bottom of the bowl is warm to the touch, the temperature has stabilized and you can add the remaining chocolate custard all at once.
- A bain marie is also known as a water bath, and is a method of heating and cooking delicate foods gently to prevent burning or scorching.


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My piece entitled "El Catrín" represents the namesake urban legend from a little old town in Guanajuato, Mexico called San Juan de Dios where locals claims to have seen the ghost of this elegant man who committed suicide around the third decade of the 20th century. The story says he killed his wife and then regretted hanged himself and to these days you could see him walking around in a park of the same town looking for his lost love. Nowadays in Mexico the word "Catrín" is a synonym for an elegant and dressed up man.
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The piece has been embellished with metallic acrylic touches!
I found this beautiful ornamental skulled frame for my piece, very ad-hoc. Lucky me! ...Or I should say who ever buys the piece I guess :-)


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Read: Luke 7:36-49
Her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. —Luke 7:47
Bible in a Year:
1 Chronicles 14-16
A number of years ago I was hiking along the Salmon River and came across a grove of pine trees that had been partially stripped of their bark. I knew from a friend who is a forester that the Native Americans who hunted this area long ago had peeled the outer bark and harvested the underlying layer for chewing gum. Some of the scars were disfiguring, but others, filled with crystallized sap and burnished by wind and weather, had been transformed into patterns of rare beauty.
So it is with our transgressions. We may be scarred by the sins of the past. But those sins, repented of and brought to Jesus for His forgiveness, can leave behind marks of beauty.
Some people, having tasted the bitterness of sin, now loathe it. They hate evil and love righteousness. Theirs is the beauty of holiness.
Others, knowing how far they fall short (Rom. 3:23), have tender hearts toward others. They rise up with understanding, compassion, and kindness when others fail. Theirs is the beauty of humility.
Finally, when acts of sin are freely and thoroughly forgiven it leads to intimacy with the One who has shown mercy. Such sinners love much for much has been forgiven (Luke 7:47). Theirs is the beauty of love.
Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me—
All His wonderful passion and purity!
O Thou Spirit divine, all my nature refine,
Till the beauty of Jesus be seen in me. —Orsborn
A forgiven heart is the fountain of beauty.


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Matt has been around the sports scene in the Quad Cities for literally his entire life. A proud graduate of Alleman High School and St. Ambrose University, Matt was born and raised right here in the QCA. As a senior in college, he started interning at News 8, and has been here ever since.
Matt's first beat at News 8 was to cover the Iowa Hawkeyes. Growing up an avid Iowa fan, it was hard for him to see this as "work". According to Matt, there's no better place to be on a Saturday than Kinnick Stadium.
Over more than a decade at News 8, Matt has created many of the sports features you enjoy today. From The Score to your Quad City Area Prep Power Poll, Matt loves to see the Quad Cities talking about their sports. He feels he's in a truly special and unique situation to be able to cover sports in the area where he grew up. Matt knows exactly what it s like to be part of a spirited student section at one of the area's exciting high school sporting events.
Matt loves talking sports, so if you see him out and about, make sure to stop and say, "Hi!"


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Choose your room
When you stay at Hotel la Posada del Rey Primero in San Salvador, you'll be connected to a shopping center and close to Museo de Arte de El Salvador and Estadio Cuscatlan. This hotel is within close proximity of Monumento al Salvador del Mundo and Feria Internacional de El Salvador. Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool, or other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access and wedding services. Guests can catch a ride to nearby destinations on the area shuttle (surcharge). Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and a meeting room. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite. Make yourself at home in one of the 30 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring kitchens. Your pillowtop bed comes with down comforters. Cable programming and iPod docking stations are provided for your entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Conveniences include desks and complimentary newspapers, and you can also request microwaves.


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The caffeine hit – listen to your body to find your coffee limits
Posted by TheShot on 04 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: Café Society, Roasting
I've built up a pretty good tolerance for caffeine over the years. This after the (shocking?) truth that I once gave up coffee, and virtually all forms of caffeine, for a couple of years after a personal "purification" experiment following sinus surgery in 2000. It only took a return trip to Rome for me to recognize the sheer folly of all that. Now I often down a couple of homemade, double filter basket espressos before bed and yet sleep like a baby.
And it's true that a properly prepared espresso has less caffeine than many other forms of coffee — and, in some cases, even less than tea. But there are times where even I discover my caffeine limits — like the first time I visited Cafe Organica, and I just had to try four different double espressos with different bean variations within about an hour. Talk about seeing stars.
Yesterday the Deutsche Presse Agentur published an article on caffeine tolerance, and the variance of caffeine in espresso depending on the degree of coffee roasting and preparation method: The Raw Story | The caffeine hit – listen to your body to find your coffee limits By Thorsten Wiese.
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[…] John Walker, a freelance gaming journalist in the UK, wrote in his blog today about his experiences giving up coffee — on doctor's orders to relieve anxiety symptoms: bothererblog » Diary Of A Coffee Addict. I commented in his blog about my own experiences of giving up all caffeine for a couple of years back in 2000. Clearly, from the looks of CoffeeRatings.com, I have been what you might call "off the wagon" (or is that "off the Swiss water"?) for years now. But because the story is relevant enough, I felt it worth repeating here — with a bit of my own personal coffee history. […]


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Officialdom is taking offence at a renegade public artwork of graffiti-covered tanks at Wynyard Quarter.
Artist Elliot O'Donnell, whose graffiti name is Askew One, has painted eight tanks featuring words from writer CK Stead's poem Auckland opposite North Wharf and the resited Wind Tree sculpture.
The project is the brainchild of art stalwart Hamish Keith, who has plans to commission artists to paint four more groups of tanks at Wynyard Quarter.
But the brightly-coloured tanks have got offside with Waterfront Auckland and Auckland Council's advisory panel for public art.
Panel chairwoman Trish Clark said it recommended moving the Askew One artwork further north on Wynyard Quarter because it was out of context with Michio Ihara's Wind Tree stainless steel pipe sculpture, which it had gone to great pains to find a new site for.
Waterfront Auckland, the council-owned body in charge of developing Wynyard Quarter, is understood to be miffed at Mr Keith's plans to place artworks on privately-leased sites through Wynyard Quarter for up to eight years.
It is concerned about Aucklanders growing fond of the painted tanks and objecting to their removal for land development.
Chief executive John Dalzell declined to answer questions, but in a statement the council body said it had been approached by Mr Keith with a proposal with funding and artists confirmed and an agreement from the owners of the tanks.
"We looked at it and supported it on the proviso that the public nature of the waterfront was acknowledged and once the first phase had been done we'd look at the public response before supporting any further work," the statement said.
Mr Keith said the project had the support of Waterfront Auckland chairman Bob Harvey and had jumped through all the hoops.
The first work had been sponsored by Westpac and once further sponsorship was secured, Christchurch-based artist Darren George would undertake a work on several large tanks towards the headland. Other artists lined up were Judy Millar, Sara Hughes and John Pule.
Elliot O'Donnell, whose run-in with officialdom included one of his large works on a private building near Karangahape Rd being painted over by the council, believed the site was the perfect place for his latest artwork, which drew on recollections in the area of the ocean, sands and rusting metal of old ships.
Heart of the City has also been on board and provided assistance. Chief executive Alex Swney said it fitted its annual art week like a glove.


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Employers looking to improve the overall health of their workforce might want to consider inviting diet experts into the lunchroom, a new study suggests. The study of workplace weight-loss programs found that the office is a great environment for overweight workers looking to shed extra pounds.
The Tufts University study found that workers who completed a weight loss program and behavioral counseling program at their place of work lost an average of 18 pounds over a six-month period.
The participants in the study followed a reduced-calorie diet and met for weekly sessions with a health counselor during their lunch break. The sessions focused on strategies for menu planning, portion control and managing hunger, as well as dealing with stress-related and emotional eating.
Employees who completed the program not only lost weight but also made improvements in common markers for cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk, such as lower cholesterol and glucose levels and decreased blood pressure.
"Offices are really wonderful settings for weight-loss groups," said Sai Krupa Das, a scientist in the Energy Metabolism Laboratory at Tufts University. "Co-workers have established relationships, creating an automatic support system and level of comfort. There is also the benefit of not having to set aside as much additional time for weight management. It can be built right into the work day."
Susan B. Roberts, a co-author of the study and director of the Energy Metabolism Laboratory, said the program also involved distribution of weight-loss information to employees not participating in the study. Researchers handed out newsletters and held monthly seminars on topics such as cardiovascular health, nutrition and exercise.
Roberts said the researchers observed a "ripple effect" involving employees who were not part of the study but still lost weight during the program.
"Based on our results, it seemed the weight-loss intervention became embedded in the office culture and also helped the weight of people who were not enrolled in the program," Roberts said.
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It is a rather dense knit, usually referred to as "sportswear knit", both sides are plane, while the back side of this fabric features a lightly bossy loops. It is made of highest quality cotton yarns (combed cotton category). It doesn't contain any stretchy fiber.
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Gail Saseen needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 34 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
I am an information marketer and teach other people how to make info products and market their skills and knowledge on the internet and by mail.
My primary website is http://www.completemarketingsystems.com
This project will be launched with a new website dedicated solely to this product.
I am launching a new MAJOR product & service within my business called the 48 Hour Info Product. This service will combine online teaching of the "how to build and info product" and finish with a Info Product Intensive Workshop where we provide a complete on site done for you info product in 48 hours. In other words - our customers come to us to produce their complete products with them in 48 hours,
We will be making audios - videos - eBooks - Books - manuals - websites -and more with the clients.
This Info Product Intensive is a high end [expensive] program - we want our brandy to be sophisticated - yet fun. We are trying to get across the 48 hours and info products. I attached a great graphic that I like a lot that could be redesigned for us and a 48 hour stopwatch or clock.
I like bold crisp colors - the logo will be used on the website header and all written materials generated by this project.
Our target audiance includes men and women - but women heavy. Business start ups. Existing businesses who want to add additional information products to their biz.
A stopwatch or clock indicating 48 Hours should be integrated into the design if possible.
Some illustration of the types of products would be interesting as well - video - audio - books - etc - websites
Please be creative.
This design must be able to be used as a big part on the header of a wordpress website and within html pages.
The design must be able to be used in print material.
Deliverables include - jpg for web and print
psd files
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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It is not often accountants attempt the role of futurist—
we are usually much too busy trying to reconstruct the
past—so I hope I may be allowed a few preliminary observations
before plunging into this question of what
will happen to money in the 1970s.
Money, it seems to me, is the most difficult to predict
of the several economic factors we have before us today.
The supply of cash and credit, the businessman's main
dollar concern, is subject not only to central-bank manipulation,
but to political developments, impossible to forecast.
The 1960s, if we need a reminder, gave us a searing
one. Vietnam, a small U.S. involvement, became a full-fledged
war, contributing to inflation and two of the
severest money crunches of modern times. And no one,
I imagine, standing ten years ago where I am, could have
predicted any of those things.
We can examine economic trends, look at government
attitudes and do many other things to our hearts'
content. But always with money there is that implacable
reality: that the most careful of projections can be upset
by events wholly beyond the equation. Dante, you know,
consigned all soothsayers to the Inferno, and I sometimes
suspect he made the decision with money predictors
foremost in mind.
The outlook I see for money, with a field of warning
flags flying, is essentially this:


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We've already given you advice how to thwart carjackers, but what do you do when you find that your car is gone?
Well, before you even call the cops, you should make sure that your car is actually stolen. If you walk back into the parking lot and your car is gone, ask yourself, "is this the only parking lot here?" There's a good chance you just parked in a different lot and you just think the car is gone. It happens more often than you'd think, especially at unfamiliar places like highway rest stops.
If you check and find that someone has definitely stolen your car, what should you do?
(QOTD is your chance to address the day's most pressing automotive questions and to experience the opinions of the insightful insiders, practicing pundits, and gleeful gearheads that make up the Jalopnik commentariat. If you've got a suggestion for a good Question of the Day, send an email to tips at jalopnik dot com.)
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|2019 (f)
|GDP growth (%)
|Inflation (yearly average, %)
|Budget balance* (% GDP)
|Current account balance (% GDP)
|Public debt* (% GDP)
(e): Estimate. (f): Forecast. *Non-financial public sector.
- Special relations with the United States (preferential trade agreements)
- Agricultural, mining and tourism resources
- Discussions with the IMF to renew the aid program
- Dependence on the US economy (exports, FDI and expatriate remittances)
- Dependence on imported fuels and cereals (maize is the staple food)
- High crime and corruption in the context of poverty and drug trafficking
- Significant informal economy: 70% of the working population is affected
Risk assessment
An activity driven by demand
Growth is expected to be stable in 2019 compared to 2018, driven by the favourable economic situation in the United States via exports and remittances from expatriate workers. The decline in coffee exports in 2017-2018, linked to poor weather conditions and labour shortages, in a context of low prices, is not expected to continue in 2019: these exports are expected to pick up again, supported by a slight recovery in prices following the drought in Brazil in autumn 2018. In addition, exports of manufactured goods (particularly textiles and electronics) will be dominated by the production of maquilas, production areas dedicated to exports, and will be supported by the dynamism of US activity (the United States is the country's main partner).
The construction sector is set to continue benefitting from the government's public infrastructure development plans. The Honduras 2020 plan is expected to stimulate investment in six key sectors (including communication and tourism services, intermediate goods production, and agribusiness), despite slow implementation. However, political uncertainty following the disputed presidential elections in November 2017 will weigh on investor and householdconfidence.
Private consumption should be boosted by high remittances from the United States linked to the low level of local unemployment, while the consequences of the revocation of the Temporary Protected Status by the Trump administration (50,000 people concerned, low share of Honduran migrants in the United States) by 2020 are still uncertain. Monetary policy will remain accommodative (key rate at 5.5% since 2016), promoting credit growth (+9% in 2017). Inflation is expected to be contained in the central bank's upper target band (4 +/-1%), driven by higher fuel prices.
Healthy fiscal situation and a current account deficit financed by FDI and international donors
The three-year IMF agreement, which expired in December 2017, made it possible to consolidate public spending through the introduction of a fiscal responsibility law, setting a ceiling of 1% of deficit for the non-financial public sector in 2020. New discussions to renew the IMF program since August 2018 are expected to maintain fiscal consolidation targets in 2019. The deficit is expected to remain stable despite the decline in revenues due to the introduction of new tax exemptions for companies and the reduction in customs duties collected under the customs union with Guatemala and El Salvador. Further deficit reductions depend on the continuation of the project to restructure the national electricity (ENEE) and telecommunications companies. In this context, the risk on the debt – which is 60% concessional – remains low.
The trade deficit is expected to grow as imports increase with rising oil prices and increasing demand for intermediate goods in the textile sector. The income balance will be in deficit due to the repatriation of dividends from foreign companies. Remittances from expatriate workers, less dynamic than in the past, will only partially offset these deficits, and the current account balance is expected to fall slightly. It will be financed by loans from international donors and FDI, directed towards the financial, insurance and business services sector, as well as maquilas. The lempira is expected to continue on a downward trend, as are all emerging currencies, within the limit of a 7% depreciation against the target set by the central bank.
A still unstable political situation
The November 2017 presidential elections were won by outgoing President Juan Orlando Hernandez (Partido Nacional), with a short lead over opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla (Alianza de Oposición contra la Dictadura). Criticized for its lack of transparency by various international bodies, the electoral process was followed by several weeks of violence as the opposition contested the results despite the official announcement of Hernandez's victory by the Electoral Tribunal. A national dialogue process began in August 2018 under the aegis of the United Nations to try to find a solution to the crisis.
These political uncertainties are compounded by the challenges posed by high poverty (39% of households live in extreme poverty and only 25% benefit from social security), the high level of violence associated with drug trafficking (especially with the maras, armed gangs), as well as corruption (Rosenthal drug money laundering case in 2015) and migrations, limiting the country's development. Regarding diplomatic relations, a step towards greater regional integration has been taken with the establishment of a customs union with Guatemala and El Salvador. A free trade agreement has also been signed with South Korea.
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hey joey – this is the photo al mentions in gordon thomas' 'wharf & fleet', shot by martha harvey (not hovey), one of gloucester's photographer legends. she grew up on prospect court as martha rogers, married the artist george harvey and they set up shop in annisquam on river road. she stood about 4'10" in her socks and wandered all over the cape with a mammoth box camera and a suitcase of unexposed glass plates, some of them 11×14! she deserves an honorary chair in the lumpers' lounge.
gordon thomas' caption for this photo reads: "Winter Quarters on Five Pound Island, 1893. This fine Martha Harvey shot shows several schooners hauled up for the winter on the eastern end of Five Pound Island. Many vessels for various reasons were hauled up during the winter months and as most of the wharves around the harbor were busy, vessels were laid up at the Island until spring. In this photo, the inner harbor is frozen solid. The schooner, bow on with flying jib boom, is the beautifully names 'Herald of the Morning,' owned by John Pew and built in 1875. The clipper bowed schooner to the right is the 'Columbia', built in 1891 for Parmenter and Co. (not to be confused with the racing 'Columbia' of 1923.)"
Cape Ann Museum has a large collection of Harvey plates, as does the Annisquam Historical. CAM's brilliant photo archivist has arranged a set of binders with inkjet prints from scans of the Harvey plates, available for browsing during regular library hours.
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The infamous one is responding to yesterday's post from Al Bezanson-
19th Century Gloucester Windmills From Al Bezanson
Posted on December 5, 2012 by Joey C
This illustration appears in History of the town and city of Gloucester, Cape Ann Massachusetts, 1892, by James R. Pringle, who wrote,
"A sketch of the town in 1817 was drawn by Capt. John Beach, from a point in the harbor opposite Ten Pound island, off Pavilion Beach. Standing out prominently in the foreground was an eight-sided wooden windmill erected on the site now occupied by the Pavilion Hotel. This had been built in 1814 by Ignatius Webber, and its long arms, fitted with sails, made it a conspicuous object, and gave the town quite a foreign aspect. It was subsequently removed to a position on Fort Square, where it became a familiar landmark, being destroyed by fire a few years ago."
Another windmill, of more modern design, is prominent on Five Pound Island in an 1893 photograph by Martha Hovey, reproduced in Wharf and Fleet, by Gordon W. Thomas.
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After some searching, I found that I need to read the replay gain tag (only the track gain) from my audio files. exiftool seems to be the most reliable way to do this. I created rg.sh which does my transcoding:
- 1: read the ReplaygainTrackGain tag into a variable
2: use ffmpeg to filter the volume using the variable
I ran with this for a while on both a PC and dSub on a BlackBerry Z30 (yes, I'm running an edge case here, but it does work) but periodically some items wouldn't transcode.
It took me a great deal of trial and error to work out what was going on – in summary, any embedded cover art is read as a video stream by ffmpeg and when the filter is applied, ffmpeg gives an error. I was checking the logs, but I had turned off the verbosity in ffmpeg as well, so nothing really appeared in the Log.
In the end I had to use the –vn option to ignore any video streams. Audioffmpeg is purely for audio files and will only process the audio stream.
I hope this helps someone if they're trying to do something similar.
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#!/usr/bin/env sh
volume=`exiftool -a -All -s "$1" | awk '/ReplaygainTrackGain/ { print $3 }'`
echo "ReplayGain Track Gain = ${volume}dB" >&2
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What's the opposite of the word patricide?
I'm looking for the word that describes the act (or the person, to keep in similar vein with suicide, patricide, etc.) of a father killing his son out of malice.
I'm not looking for matricide, which I consider to be a related but not opposite term for patricide.


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Inersha necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 19 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
Looking for web 2.0 and clean design for a new website about roulette. No logo is needed, all I am looking for a the general design with a space for a logo to be added at the top.
Not looking for anything in your face, just want a solid template that looks clean for a content focused site.
Looking for design only (psd), no coding.
My main ideas for a design would be to have something clean, without being overly in your face. In my opinion, blue or green colours would work best for the site, but again these colours should not be too loud. However, I am open to suggestion when it comes to a colour scheme.
An example of a design that I really like and would like the design of this site to be based around is gamblingplanet.org. However, I do not want this design copied, nor would I like it to be obvious that the design was based on this site.
The layout should have a navigation bar at the top, navigation boxes on the left, and the main content area to the right. So pretty much a standard layout design. However, for this homepage design, I would like their to be information boxes in the space where the main content would normally be. Quite like the layout of this site: http://www.thepokerbank.com.
In the centre of the main content area of the homepage, I would like there to be a box listing the top 5 casinos. Something along the lines of the top 10 casinos on this homepage (casinotop10.net) is very much what I'm looking for. But again don't copy, and make this top 5 box blend in with the site design.
I would like the site to be 800px in width.
There will be future work available for the winner of this site if they would like it, regarding creating small variation on the winning design for sub-pages.
If there are any questions, feel free to ask and I will do my best to address them. Good Luck!
- 800px width
- Clean and web 2.0
- Top navigation bar
- Small to medium sized header space, nothing too large.
- Left hand side navigation boxes
- Open to colour schemes, although thinking that blue or green should work well
- White or light background
- Top 5 casino box in centre of content area like casinotop10.net
- Design like gamblingplanet.org
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Wish Scroll at the Book Nook
5 comments:
- Shelley said...
Hello! I enjoy reading about and seeing your handmade books. I am a book and notebook lover and often make little books for my children to use. I am curious what is the little container the scroll is to be placed in?
- August 11, 2011 at 5:54:00 AM PDT
- Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord said...
It's a recycled prescription container. This one was donated by a local CVS pharmacy for a workshop where I needed a quantity so it had no labels. Otherwise I remove the labels. When I started doing this, I used film containers which are still available but not as readily so.
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- Shelley said...
Thank you. That is what I thought it was, but wasn't sure. I may make these with the kids today! Thanks for the inspiration.
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- Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord said...
Have fun! If you do, feel free to send me some photos to post. susan at susangaylord.com
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- Shelley said...
Thanks Susan, I will. That would be great, the kids will love it.
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What's it like to be a guy babysitter? It's great! Often parents and kids expect a babysitter to be a girl, so there are a lot of stereotypes to overcome when you're a guy babysitter. But just like dads, we guys do a great job, and have lots of fun!
My favorite thing to do with the kids I care for is to reward them for getting their homework done by playing outside or making smoothies. How many jobs can a 13- or 14-year-old guy have that are this much fun?
The basic rules of babysitting are to be responsible, straightforward, and to communicate well, which includes asking questions. After that, just be yourself.
Here are 5 tips to help you get started:
In addition to babysitting, I've also volunteered at schools and other community programs where I've played with, fed, and assisted a range of kids. Many of these children have special needs and the staff have taught me a lot about how to care for them.
These experiences led me to getting babysitting jobs from the parents of the kids in the programs. They know that I am familiar with the children and their needs. Volunteering is a great way to build up babysitting clients! You might have to apply for your state's child abuse clearance waiver before volunteering at a school or agency. This is not a big deal; it's just a form you have to fill out and send in.
If you do a good job with one family, they will often recommend you to other families who need sitters. The best way to get your first job is to start with family, friends, and neighbors. Since you already know the kids, you will have an easier time connecting with them.
It can help not to go straight into babysitting on your own. What I did for my first job was called mother's helper. Basically, while the mother (or father) is in the house, you watch and play with the kids. This gives the parent time to do stuff around the house without the distraction of kids. When you feel as though you have enough experience, this will progress to a babysitting job and pretty soon you will have your own mini babysitting business.
If you decide to take a babysitting job, you will encounter all types of kids. There are the perfect kids who compromise on their own and don't fight with each other. There are the kids who are too young to stay up past 6:30 and you end up watching TV or doing your homework after they're in bed. And then there are the kids who misbehave badly.
What do I do when kids misbehave? There is always one thing that you can threaten to take away that I've found will fix even the most severe cases of misbehavior. Sometimes this is dessert, other times it's a game of tag outside. You will get to know the kids and what's important to them and this will help you help them with their behavior.
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- Meanwhile, combine vinegar, sugar, dried fruit, orange zest, orange juice, and cinnamon in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to low and gently simmer, stirring occasionally, about 10-15 minutes, until thick. Keep the mixture warm by covering it until time to serve.
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Various camera services are available at several Theme Park locations. These services may include film sales, camera sales, camera and digital camera accessories. Film can be purchased at most retail locations.
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My parents are very active in their retirement.
Dear Old Dad propagates wildflowers and has created a nice little business that not only nets a few dollars but keeps him outdoors, physically healthy, involved with people, and able to hone his business acumen.
My mother, too, is very busy. In particular, she enjoys her monthly book club and her leadership role with her master gardening associates, with whom she has helped coordinate and execute several large-scale programming events.
Neither of them seems to miss the world of work. Mom's wry remark, when asked how one knows it is time to retire, is simply, "You just know."
Intuition may be part of the retirement decision with regard to timing, but it also must be part of the financial planning process that leads to life away from the job.
There are many unknowns for consideration: life span, economic conditions, physical ability to remain working, and return on investment.
How many of these choices do consumers base on intuition? How many of their retirement decisions are simply left to chance? What impact do financial planners make?
Findings this week prompt consideration of various retirement decisions to be made, some of which are not intuitive.
"Retirement confidence levels still indicate a general uneasiness among workers in the prospect of securing a financially comfortable retirement," notes the Employee Benefit Research Institute's "2014 Retirement Confidence Survey."
During 2014, the percentage of those "confident about having enough money for a comfortable retirement" is up from the historical lows of 2009 to 2013.
"Eighteen percent are now very confident… while 37% are somewhat confident… and 24% are not at all confident."
This study further reports that confidence levels increase among those with a plan. Rising property values and a strong stock market also contribute to the positive atmosphere.
Reasons consumers do not save include cost of living and existing debt.
"Retirees can use the equity sitting in their homes to pay for their daily expenses, out-of-pocket medical bills, or nursing care," observes a Boston College blog post.
This potential source of retirement funding, however, is sometimes not even a thought, as "one in four Medicare recipients has less than $12,250 in home equity."
Plus, home equity holdings are "top heavy," as 5% of 2013 Medicare beneficiaries have more than $398,500 while half have less than $66,700.
This gap is expected to grow, and by 2030 home equity "will rise less than 10% for those with mid-level or median amounts of equity."
"How Long Can You Really Work in Retirement?" asks MarketWatch. Four factors contribute to consumer career exit timing:
Some consumers enjoy advantages others do not, which makes choices more intuitive. Consider "Lower-Income Individuals without Pensions: Who Misses Out and Why?"
This resource examines a pension gap: "In 2010, only 19% of individuals ages 50-58 whose household incomes were less than 300% of the poverty line participated in a pension of any kind at their current jobs, compared to 56% of those above 300% of poverty."
Important factors affecting the pension gap include rate of employment, percent of employers offering pension benefits, pension eligibility, and the percentage of those choosing to participate.
It is suggested "policies such as automatic enrollment that focus on pension eligibility" will not close this gap. Rather, those with higher pension value typically have higher income and education levels and an existing history of pension participation.
Variables such as employer size, union status, and time spent on the job also are noteworthy.
There is "No Retirement Crisis, But Advisors' Help Urgently Needed," says Financial Planning.
Consumers need not rely only on intuition in making retirement choices as "Financial professionals can play a critical role in helping clients navigate the actuarial calculation of matching a savings and withdrawal plan with a projected life expectancy… A planner can boost savings rates while helping clients think through issues they'd probably prefer to avoid."
A further plea for help is issued because financial literacy rates decline as consumers age.
In addition, "one-size-fits-all solutions for retirement planning probably just don't work."
Once retirement is realized, consumers still need to maintain fiscal awareness. Many money problems in retirement are the result of lack of planning and communication, according to USA Today in "Seven Big Mistakes Couples Make in Retirement."
Topics that deserve planning and communication include:
How can you help members keep these considerations at the top of mind?
Working consumers at all stages of life must consider their retirement choices carefully, whether they are starting a job or dealing with the financial realities of a retirement lifestyle.
Intuition, although a component in making some retirement choices, should not be the main driver. Rather, intuition should prompt consumers to make prudent plans in the first place, to hopefully address the unknowns.
As Jonas Salk observed, "Intuition will tell the thinking man where to look next."


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Former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) did not receive a fair trial and could be seen as a de facto political prisoner, a fact-finding mission sent by a Taiwanese-American organization concluded in its preliminary findings after a two-week investigation in Taiwan.
The way Chen, who is serving an 18-and-a-half-year sentence for corruption and is currently in hospital receiving medical treatment for various ailments, has been treated in prison and the way his trial was handled have not been seen even in some dictatorships, the two-member mission told the Taipei Times in an interview.
Michael Richardson and Mary Loan traveled to Taiwan to conduct a "truth-seeking" inquiry on behalf of the Formosan Association for Human Rights (FAHR). They left on Friday.
During their two-week visit, they met with Chen in his hospital room and conducted interviews with pan-green camp legislators, Chen's attorneys, Chen's medical team and human rights activists, Richardson said.
Richardson said a formal report will not be ready for several weeks, but that preliminary findings clearly establish three ways in which Chen did not receive a fair trial.
First, there are various structural problems with Taiwan's justice system because having "no jury trials, politically appointed judges and the ability of prosecutors to appeal not-guilty verdicts all serve to create opportunity for judicial abuse."
Second, a number of unusual and irregular procedural events cast serious doubt on the fairness of the former president's trial, including the changing of judges, midnight court sessions, an after-hours skit by prosecutors mocking Chen, reportedly improper communication between the court and the prosecution and restrictions on public attendance, Richardson said.
"Third, there were classic indicators of an unfair trial: Perjured testimony, a prosecution deal and recanted testimony," he said.
Richardson did not speak to any government officials because he thought "the government was represented by what it has done."
While President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has reiterated that he would keep his hands off the judicial system, Richardson said his investigation clearly implicated that the trial had been politically influenced and would be deemed "unfair by any standards in the US."
Richardson, who is from Boston, Massachusetts, and currently lives in the Central American country of Belize, said Chen's health and his hospital environment, which "was more like a hospital cell and kept Chen largely in isolation," were also a concern.
Recalling his first meeting with Chen in April 2010, when the former president was an inmate at the Taipei Detention Center, Richardson said Chen "was animated, very upbeat and smiled a lot."
However, "[Chen] was a different man than [the one] I met two years ago. He was a broken man," Richardson said, adding that Chen never smiled and made no eye contact during their one-hour meeting at Taipei Veterans General Hospital.
Neither Chen's environment at the hospital nor the treatment he received in prison were acceptable, Richardson said.
Chen's hospital room was "not an environment in which somebody who suffers from severe depression can heal," he said.
In prison, "perhaps the only thing they haven't done to him is waterboarding," Richardson added, citing what he learned from interviews with various sources.


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34 HASKINS & SELLS May Reminiscence By GEORGE WILKINSON, C. P. A. (Now and for many years a leader in accountancy affairs in this country) WE L L do I remember a cold, rainy Sunday evening when I met Mr. Haskins by previous appointment at the old Queen's Hotel in Manchester. It was after eight; the streets were unusually dark, as it was Sunday and the shop lights were out. The rain pelted down on the glass front of the hansom cab as it splashed along Oxford Street and Portland Street on the way to the Queen's Hotel. Mr. Haskins had arrived that afternoon from London, and that Sunday evening, late in September, 1902, was the only time he could give me to talk over my plans for federating the several societies of public accountants organized under state laws. As the hansom clattered over the wet Belgian blocks of Portland Street, and the rain played a ceaseless tattoo on the canvas- covered cab, I wondered what sort of a reception the Big Fellow would give to the idea. Lybrand and the Pennsylvania Association, Max Teichman and the Maryland fellows, Joe Goodloe and the Ohio bunch, Harvey Chase and the Bostonese, and all the other state society presidents had endorsed the plan of the Illinois Association, but what would the Heap-Big- Chief say to me? Well I knew that what Charles Waldo Haskins would say would go with the biggest society of them all. It was with some trepidation then that I jogged along to the promised interview. I had only met Mr. Haskins once or twice. I wondered whether he really would remember me. "Yes, sir, Mr. 'Askins is h'expecting you, sir," said the lift-boy. "Step in, sir, and I'll run you hup." A hearty welcome, a warm hand-shake, and a cheery coal fire awaited me in the Big Chief's sitting room. "Boy, take the gentleman's coat and umbrella. Sit down, Wilkinson. Rotten weather. Good of you to come down here tonight. Am tied up with appointments tomorrow. Must get back to London on the night train. You mentioned in your letter that you were over here to attend a Golden Wedding anniversary. How are the old folks?" Thus the Big Chief put an end to formality. Did he want to read over the tentative draft of the by-laws of the federation? He did not! Did he want to know what the other society presidents had said about it? He did not! "Never mind the details, Wilkinson; tell me what you want to do." I told him. It didn't take long to outline to a man whose vision was so clear the plan which the Illinois Association had brought forward to federate in one national body the several societies of public accountants in the United States. The short recital over, the answer came promptly: "Bully scheme, Wilkinson, let's do it. New York will come in." And so it was settled. What had looked so doubtful in the prospect seemed so easy in the fulfilment. The Big Chief's enthusiasm for the plan was one of the happiest memories of my visit to England. The rain had ceased and the cool washed air, through the open window of the cab, tasted good, as the little brown horse jogged briskly along the well-paved street on the three-mile drive to my parents' home. All doubt about the federation going through was ended.
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Chase, Harvey S. (Harvey Stuart), 1861-1946
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