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I cover the waterfront. Recommended reading, links galore, plentiful screenshots, occasional commentary, line and column graphs, photographs, and color-coordinated PowerPoint slides. Not to mention Update City.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Summer Reading Program Idea: "One World, Many (Dinosaur) Stories"
Another reason why boingboing is DAILY reading.
Posted by Retiring Guy at 11:14 AM
3 comments:
Very realistic dinosaur! Looks a bit scary, though--I can imagine kids having nightmares for weeks!
- April 15, 2011 at 1:27 PM
We are working dinosaurs into the "one world..." theme. That costume would be so much fun for drawing attention.
- April 15, 2011 at 1:47 PM
I don't understand. Why was Governor Walker visiting that grade school?
- April 15, 2011 at 2:03 PM
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COLONIAL VIGORPort outward, starboard home
Archive for August 15, 2009
THE MOLES "This is a Happy Garden" (1991) and COSMOS "Nude Metropolis" (2009)
In high school and college I was a huge fan of Richard Davies' many amazing musical projects.
"This is a Happy Garden" is on Untune the Sky, a little before my time. I must have heard it before but it is really blowing me away now. Love the slow build to the last 30 seconds or so. You can check out more early Moles here.
Clearly I need to spend more time on Stereopitchvegan because I hadn't heard that Davies' has a new(ish) album out with Bob Pollard (!), whence "Nude Metropolis". I pretty much would have died over this when I was 17.


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Great. Now its the season of single color themes. Now Ubuntu gets a "monochromatic makeover". The creative route of the new design is "More outlines, Less solid". We have seen it in the www space, but It'll be a new experience in a full-fledged Desktop Operating System.
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|Latrobe students quantifying the effects of fire
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As part of my outreach activities, I also engage with local community groups - such as Friends Groups (like my local group called Holly Hill Revegetation Group), local plant groups (e.g. Australian Plant Society), Landcare Groups and naturalist societies. This is also really rewarding - here's a bunch of (mostly) amateur enthusiasts wanting to making their local environment better, and protect what little bits we have left by taking an active interest in their management. Unlike the university students I teach, many of these people don't know much about biology and ecological principles. I see my role here as one of educating to ensure better outcomes.
Engaging with the "community" is a crucial way to get them interested in natural systems and harness their desire to do positive things. We've done this well on many fronts. One thing that is really taking off amongst these community groups is the field of citizen science monitoring. Here, local people are keeping tabs of environmental change in their local area, often doing excellent work that universities and governments are unable to do. WaterWatch is a good example of a programme that relies on volunteers to assess water quality in local catchments.
This is a great way to engage with people. But is it useful as a scientific activity to improve management by changing land management practices, i.e. learning by doing and then adapting management? I don't want to get into semantics about the quality of data that is collected, or the motivations of people who collect data. I'm more interested in thinking about "what is useful monitoring" and how to we maximise the benefits we get from such monitoring.
I've been musing about this a little because I'm often asked to help design monitoring for community groups, knowing full well that such monitoring, to be useful, needs to be simple, long-term and consistent. Here's a couple of suggestions that might help us think about what useful monitoring might be.
1) Identify the 'problem' first! The best monitoring has a clear question(s) / objective in mind from the outset that really determines what the monitoring should be and how it should be undertaken. Importantly, the information gained from the monitoring should help establish better practices in the future rather than just documenting change.
|Planting Buloke trees into ex-pasture
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2) Keep it simple! When thinking about monitoring, the best information tends to be that which addresses Primary Questions. I tend to think of ecological questions as exiting in a hierarchy that span from Primary, Secondary and Tertiary level questions. Here's an example, about mistletoes.
Mistletoes are really important in woodland and forest ecosystems in Australia because they are food and habitat for a whole heap of birds and animals, and have important roles to play in nutrient turnover. Hence, if I was an restoration practitioner who had been planting trees in agricultural landscapes for connectivity, habitat enhancement, etc, I'd be keen to ask the following (hierarchical) questions:
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Secondary: Does distance to nearest patch of remnant vegetation affect whether mistletoes are colonising reveg plantings?
Tertiary: Are mistletoes more numerous on some reveg tree species than others?
Hopefully you can see here that the Primary Question, about whether mistletoes are colonising plantings, is probably the most important question to ask first. It is probably also a pretty simple question to answer with monitoring: go out to XX planting sites and search for mistletoe colonisation on trees. Record which plantings have them. The information derived from this exercise informs us about their capability to recolonise reveg plantings, and from this we can start to understand the Secondary and Tertiary Questions. However, there is no need to ask the latter questions if the answer to the Primary Question is "No". You can see from this example, the monitoring could be very simple - there is not need to complicate things initially. Resurveying plantings 3-5 yrs later would then tell us about whether the situation is stable or changing.
3) Archive data somewhere! Citizen science is a great concept, but for it to be useful, the data that is collected needs to be stored somewhere that is accessible into the future. Importantly, the data needs to be used periodically to inform understanding and leverage decision making processes. Most ecologists who study long-term dynamics do so knowing that dynamics will span decades. In Australia, there are ecological experiments that have now been going for many years (in some cases 50-100), but they are only valuable because the data is archived and can be accessed for future comparison. Indeed, the new Terrestrial Ecological Research Network (TERN), a federal government initiative, is almost entirely about databasing old and new data. This will be a great resource for scientists over the coming century if it can be maintained. A similar approach is needed for citizen science.
This might span a range of scales. If your local bush group is into collecting information about birds and plants, perhaps by annual surveys, then this data is most useful if archived in national databases where such records already occur. The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) is a superb repository for such data - species location records are a powerful way of observing changes over time. Because these databases are free to access, they really are an excellent place to put your data (which you can then always access) and they allow others to profit from your hard work. Imagine 25 years of bird count data, collected from across Melbourne, being in the ALA and accessible for all. It would give a great overview of the status of native birds in a rapidly growing city. Indeed, such databases are already contributing to this understanding. WaterWatch is an excellent example of collecting data and archiving it as an online resource - it's worth checking out.
Of course, there are much smaller scale ways of archiving data. In local Friends Groups, perhaps the group nominates a 'data manager' and their role is to report annually on what data was entered into their local database. If this was minuted each year, it would be pretty easy to know what was being monitored and where that data resided. I often think it would be great if I could access dates of burning of native grasslands where local groups have now been monitoring them for years. Sadly, such data is not being kept.
This returns me to my original thoughts - be clear about what it is you are monitoring, and why? If it is just to engage with local communities, let's not call it monitoring. Let's call it scientific outreach where we teach people how to monitor. But if we are to monitor, let's do it well and have a clear reason for doing it. And let's use the information being collected to make better environmental decisions.


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Neh. 8:2-6, 8-10; Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21
Let me begin by asking a question. How many of us know how to read or even listen to the reading of the Bible? Our Scripture readings for today address themselves to that very issue. Two of them have to do with reading and hearing the Bible. The Old Testament passage is from the book of Nehemiah. It tells of a time when Ezra, the priest, stood before the people and read aloud from the book of the law. In the Gospel we see Jesus visiting the synagogue in His hometown on the Sabbath. There He read and briefly explained a passage from the prophet Isaiah.
The interesting thing of both events is the response of both audiences. They were wrapt in attention. When Ezra read we are told, "the people listened attentively". When Jesus read, Luke says, "All eyes in the synagogue were fixed on Him". There we have two different audiences, hundreds of years apart, yet both of them utterly captivated by the reading of scripture. How many of us regard reading the Bible as an interesting or exciting matter? Is it true to say that the Bible bores many of us? Are we biblically illiterate? As a rule we are not interested in things we don't understand. Perhaps all of us need to learn how to read the Bible.
In the scripture readings we notice that both audiences took the Bible personally. They saw it as something more than ancient history. When Ezra read the book of the law, it touched the people's consciences and "they bowed down, and face to the ground prostrated themselves before the Lord". They understood that the laws of God were written for them and they were to apply them in their individual lives.
It was the same when Jesus read from the prophesy of Isaiah. He applied the reading directly to His own life, saying to His hearers, "This text is being fulfilled today even as you listen". In other words Jesus found Himself in the Bible. "Where Isaiah wrote, "The spirit of the Lord has been given to Me", Jesus filled
in His own name and took upon Himself the responsibility to bring good news to the poor and proclaim liberty to captives. No wonder Our Lord found the Bible an interesting book. It was about Him. He took it personally both for Himself and for His listeners.
I'm sure you have experienced going to a friend's house for meal and ending up watching their holiday slides or photographs. For most people that is regarded as one of the dullest ways of spending an evening. Not many care to be part of a captive audience suffering through a slide sequence of someone's recent holiday. It is a different matter if some of those shots happen to include us. When you find yourself in the picture, then it ceases to be a dull evening and it can become a very interesting experience.
So it is with reading and hearing the Bible. It will become a fascinating book when we realise that it was written by God for and about us. When Jesus told the story of the Prodigal Son, He was not talking about some isolated event that transpired in the first century. He was talking about every century and every generation. He was in fact talking about you and me. The Prodigal Son and his elder brother is a personal portrait of us. The next time you hear or read it, look for yourself in the picture, because you are there.
The same can be said of any portion of the Bible. Each part has some personal application to your life and mine and should be read with that kind of awareness. A film becomes interesting when we can identify with a character and we see ourselves in it. The same is true of a novel we may read. It becomes interesting when we actually live the plot in our mind. The Bible should be taken just as personally. It is about people and their experiences with God. Look closely and you may start to recognise some of those people. There is every chance that you may find your name written on many pages of the Bible.
The next thing we must do is to read the Bible obediently. The people who listened to Ezra read from the book of the law fell on
their faces in repentance before God and then went and shared their food with the hungry. For them the Bible was not simply a history book to be studied. It was a book of instructions by which they were to measure and correct their lives.
Jesus read the prophecy of Isaiah with the same spirit of obedience. He took upon Himself the responsibility to fulfil in His own life, the words He had read. He would "bring good news to the poor", "proclaim liberty to captives", "to the blind new sight", and "set the downtrodden free".
Just think what would happen if we took the Bible seriously and made its message come true in our own lives. Let's just take the words, "Do unto others as you would have them do to you." We all want people to treat us fairly and kindly. We would like people to be helpful to us when we are finding life hard and have problems. If we treated people like that and they treated us in the same way what a better world this would be. Life would be full of peace, harmony and happiness. This is how Jesus would like us to live our lives. That is what the Bible should mean to you and me. So when we hear or read the Bible we should see ourselves in it, we should obey it and it will always be an exciting and interesting book.


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Justice I S Mehta issued the notices on the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea against the February 2 order of a special court discharging all the accused in the case.
The high court asked the Maran brothers to respond to the plea and fixed the matter for hearing on August 29.
The special court, while discharging all the accused, had said no prima facie case warranting framing of charges was made out against them on the basis of the material placed on record before it.
The high court had earlier sought responses from the Maran brothers on a separate plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate challenging their discharge in a Aircel-Maxis deal related money laundering case.
The CBI, in its case, had filed a chargesheagainst the Maran brothers, Ralph Marshall, T Ananda Krishnan and four firms -- M/s Sun Direct TV (P) Ltd, M/s Astro All Asia Networks Plc, UK, M/s Maxis Communications Berhad, Malaysia, M/s South Asia Entertainment Holdings Ltd, Malaysia -- and then Additional Secretary (Telecom) J S Sarma who died during the course of the probe.
They were chargesheeted for alleged offence of criminal conspiracy under the IPC and under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The February 2 order of the trial court, however, had no effect on the two accused Malaysian nationals -- Ralph Marshall and T Ananda Krishnan -- in the CBI's case as it has already segregated the proceedings against them from that of the Maran brothers and others.


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Hafeez let off by PCB for 'misinterpreted comments'
Lahore, June 5 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday cleared veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez from charges of raising objections over the International Cricket Council's (ICC) procedure of dealing with suspect bowling actions.
The 37-year-old was earlier issued a show-cause notice for his rants against ICC officials of being a little lenient on bowlers from specific countries.
Hafeez, however on Tuesday clarified before the PCB's disciplinary committee that his views were "misinterpreted".
After the hearing, the committee, which included PCB Director Cricket Operations Haroon Rasheed, Media Director Amjad Hussain and General Manager Salman Naseer, accepted Hafeez's explanation and declared the matter resolved.
However, Hafeez has been directed him to make a clarification in the media.


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Good morning, all over 80,000 of you, around the globe.
Hahaha, sure, I know there's nowhere near eighty-thousand of you logged in to my blog at a time, but seeing the number makes me a little proud anyway!
So...all of a sudden it is sunny. You have NO idea what that does to the average Dutchman! Or woman, in my case.
We rush outside, dragging high-pressure power cleaners with us , and our saws, and hammers, and grand-children (so much for enjoying the sunshine in peace in my back garden).
In a moment, I myself will be rushing outside as well, as I want to start sowing my peas, and start hardening off my salad seedlings. And afterwards I need to do the weekend shopping.
Not terribly exciting I'm afraid.
I tend to upload my latest photos of my garden (and life in general) to Instagram these days. If you are interested in following me there as well as here, look for me under songsmith2962; my avatar is myself looking down at my mobile.
I realize this is a quickie; sorry about that, but the sun, the sun!
Talk to you later, bye!


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Impressive Lakers Facility To Open In 2017
September 1, 2016
The Lakers will have a new training facility in 2017 and Coach Luke Walton is excited about it.
"It will be three times the size of the one we have now," he said. "It will have two basketball courts and a capacity of 750 for games of our D-League team, the LA Defenders.
The facility, called the UCLA Health Training Center, will be in El Segundo, just two blocks from the current one.
Currently the Lakers are tenants in a facility they share with the Kings and there's an ice rink open to the public. The Lakers will own their new facility.
Lakers President Jeannie Buss said UCLA and the Lakers are ideal partners considering their similar philosophies regarding training.
One reason to build an $80 million facility is to attract free agents. The Lakers haven't done well in that important area in recent years.
The new facility should help. That's one area players look at closely when they're thinking about changing teams.


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Whether city touring in Europe or trekking through the jungles of Borneo, around-the-world travel involves careful planning that goes way beyond an average getaway. Given the longer travel times and diversity of locales, you'll want to take your packing strategy up a notch. We asked globetrotting entrepreneurs for their best packing tips to ensure the smoothest sailing (and flying) around the world.
"I'm always shopping and collecting fun finds and vintage items along the way, so weight is always my biggest issue, especially on an around-the-world trip. When suitcase selecting, my go-to is always the lightest," says Elisa Marshall, co-founder of Maman cafés, who travels frequently between the company's New York and Canada locations, as well as the Tropical Hotel St. Barths, where she oversees the food and beverage program.
"I like hard luggage," says Denielle Wolfe, chief design officer of cult luggage brand Arlo Skye. "They keep my precious belongings safe and protected. Always wheels and always four wheels, as I can either have it glide alongside me or pull it behind me." Carry-ons that leave the hands free are also key for hauling your gear around multiple stops. "Since travel and accommodation connections are often not door-to-door, I highly recommend a backpack," says Sara Leveen, co-owner of New York-based Hanoi House, which was inspired by a seven-month round-the-world trip that included stops in Slovenia, Belgium, and Vietnam.
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"I organize my packing list by destination and then pack as many items as I can that show up on the most destinations," says Leveen. Her must-packs? "A neutral or solid colored sarong can be used on bus or van seats in sweltering day trips in Southeast Asia, for impromptu beach naps, as a shoulder cover-up for temples and churches, and as an additional layer on rented beach chairs," she says. "I have a fitted cotton jersey blazer for day-to-night layering in cooler climates like New Zealand and Japan. It's just formal enough to wear with a silk tank and jeans for dinner out—plus it doubles as a comfy in-flight cover-up. And my single most useful piece of clothing is the perfect heather gray v-neck t-shirt."
Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian travels the globe so regularly for work that he designed his own custom leather carry-on with the Parisian L'Atelier Renard and sticks to simple textiles for his travel uniform: "Light and natural fabrics like cotton or cashmere depending on the climate, for t-shirts, jeans, and other comfortable seamless clothing.
"I pack clothing on the side with the handle tubes and use small items first to level out the grooves. On the opposite side, I pack my toiletries, shoes, and pouches filled with small items," says Wolf. "Always resist the urge to pack something that you may 'try and wear on this trip'. If you didn't wear it before, you will very likely not wear it on the trip."
Kurkdjian tightly rolls basics—t-shirts, pants, sweaters—and places shoes stuffed with socks at the bottom of his suitcase and heavy items on the sides to shelter more delicate or fragile items. He has a clever, crease-reducing trick for tailored clothing. "Shirts can be folded in half vertically to avoid wrinkles. Flip your jacket inside out and fold the arms crossed inside," he says.
Avec Les Filles designer Joyce Azria, who grew up in Paris and traveled extensively before settling down in Los Angeles, advises, "Tissue paper is a must-have—it helps slippery pieces like silk stay put. But more than anything it's great to fight the wrinkles without the weight." Another essential? "Large freezer zip-lock bags: They are perfect for everything from shoes to toiletries and keep things clean and visible," says Marshall. "I never travel without them."
Marshall uses the CityMaps2Go app to build easy, mobile itineraries. "When I get suggestions on places to see or things to do, I enter it into the app and pin it on the map," she says. "When I arrive in the city, I have a customized map of all these great spots I've wanted to check out, and from there I can best plan my route and days to maximize my travel... It works offline too!"
Beauty entrepreneur James Read boosts his immune system before any journey. "When I'm going away, I make sure to get a vitamin B shot and always bring vitamin C and echinacea," he says. "I always make sure to stock up on medications and over-the-counter basics—like Excedrin and band-aids—before I travel just in case anything goes wrong. There is nothing like having a bug bite or a killer headache and having to go to a foreign pharmacy, explain what's wrong, and gamble on mystery pills and ointments (not to mention higher prices). I have my little medical emergency travel kit with me at all times—better safe than sorry!" says Marshall.
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"Start your research eight weeks in advance by visiting the CDC's website," Leveen recommends. "It lists suggested vaccinations and medications by destination that will allow you to build a spreadsheet to take to the travel doctor, who will want a list of your destinations... REI has great options for first aid kits, not to mention a myriad of other suggested gadgets like sleeping bag liners and microfiber towels."
Stay hydrated, warm, and cozy on an inevitably chilly plane. "Long-haul flights require a cashmere scarf and a water-resistant toiletry kit with TSA-approved necessities: cleanser, moisturizer, lip balm, toothbrush, eye drops, ear plugs," says Wolfe. "I pack a hat and scarf so I can cover my head while sleeping, as there is always a freezing airflow on the plane. And don't forget to drink loads of water. It's the best beauty product ever," says Kurkdjian.
"Security varies from city to city, so assume they'll let you get through with nothing and put all gifts, liquids, and tools in your checked baggage," says Leveen. "Even wine openers and nail clippers can get confiscated. And do not travel internationally with fresh food. We were slapped with a $400 fine entering New Zealand with a fruit from Hawaii in our carry on."
Above all, Azria says a good attitude will get you further than the most elite status. "People who work at customs and security are bombarded with all sorts of personalities. Keep a smile and be helpful. It goes a long way (although it doesn't get you an upgrade—believe me, I've tried!)," she says.


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I've been on kind of a baking frenzy for the last few weekends — I think that the beginning of "fall" (which in Houston is a lot like "summer") is making me think about holiday cookies, hot soups and rich, hearty pastas. Even if I'm sitting by the pool for most of November (I hope!), I'm going to be baking as if the first snowfall is right around the corner.
These would also be a great party favor, if you have something fun coming up! It's amazing how something as simple as a few glossy bags and some pretty ribbon can turn everyday cookies into something really special. I love the burst of color that the packaging added for a simple cookie like this!
On a side note, I have no clue why everyone ruins white chocolate chip cookies by adding macadamia nuts! I pick them out of every white chocolate chip cookie I get, so when I decided to make my own, they were obviously off the table!
White Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 cup white chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix together butter, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, salt and eggs. Separately, sift together the flour and baking soda, and mix them into the wet ingredient mixture. Add the white chocolate chips and stir to combine.
Drop by well-rounded teaspoon onto baking sheets lined with Silipat. Bake for 8 to 9 minutes or until centers are set. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.


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Kevin Labille
Educational Resource Developer
Kevin is an Educational Resource Developer for theTurtleRoom. His work includes writing articles, writing code for applications being developed, and helping develop other educational resources. Kevin has a special passion for the turtles native to Africa and is also the Communications & Fundraising Officer for the African Chelonian Institute. Kevin holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from Universit de Bourgogne and is currently in the first year of his PhD studies at the University of Arkansas, also in Computer Sciences. He has combined his passion for turtles with his studies by developing a software called Digital Chelonian Log, available for free (it is still a work in progress). Even when he isn't working for ACI, tTR, or on his PhD, Kevin is still reading articles or books about turtles.
Kevin's interest in turtles began at age 8, when he got his first turtle by chance, a Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans). At this point, he was becoming very curious about turtles and acquired his second turtle, a Yellow-Bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) a few months later. However, when his family moved from France to Martinique, he had to give away both turtles.
In just a couple years, another friend gave Kevin two more Trachemys s. elegans and his interest continued to grow. Thanks to Kevin moving back to France, he had to acquire new turtles after the move. At this point, the Trachemys species were banned in France as an invasive species, and he discovered the Pelusios species (African Mud Turtles). He bought three Pelusios castaneus hatchlings and began a desire to learn as much as possible on the husbandry, education, and conservation of African species.
Kevin is a member of the Turtle Survival Alliance and Federation Francophone pour l'Elevage et la Protection des Tortues (FFEPT) and is very active in the chelonian community, particularly in forums and social media such as: numerous facebook groups, Forum Tortues, Terrapin-Info.co.uk, TurtleForum.com, and TurtleTimes.com (theTurtleRoom) where he can be found under the username skwateur. You can contact him at [email protected] or on Facebook.


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Saturday, July 13, 2013
Art fair
Plymouth Art fair is this weekend. We have gone every year since we moved to the area. It is a fun time. They have lots of things for the little ones and tons of unique things to buy.
Evelyn had a great time and of course she picked out her own outfit. We ended up buying a tutu with a matching headband and bow. She wanted to put it on right away. Such a girly girl.
We spent all day looking around and shopping for treasures. It was a great time!
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Just a thought I had:
Stop telling people "God won't put more on you than you can bear."
That's not Bible.
The truth is that He WILL put more on us than we can bear. It's how He grows our faith and trust in Him. If He didn't strategically and purposefully allow adversity in our lives, we wouldn't come to know His power for ourselves and then trust Him more and more. And if He didn't allow situations where we were forced to trust Him, how could we ever come to a place where we could have faith for the "exceedingly abundantly" He's already promised us?
I mean, how could you trust God for that bill being paid, that job, that car, that house, or that healing if you hadn't already learned through experiencing Him yourself in your challenges that He's able?
If He didn't put more on us than we could bear, we wouldn't need Him and we certainly wouldn't need Jesus. Heck, we'd be our own saviors every time.
This is why the Bible says we should rejoice in our weaknesses because it gives God a chance to show Himself strong, to show up and show off on our behalf.
With the things I'm fighting, the things I've been through, the things you're up against and been through, you would have lost your natural mind, maybe even taken your own life BUT for God.
I absolutely believe that God puts more on me than I can bear — not overcome, but bear — because otherwise how will He prepare me for what's to come? What testimony would I have if I never had to cry out to Him in my dark places? And what kind of faith would I have if I didn't have to believe — while I sat in those dark places, even as tears streamed — that He'd purposed that moment to bless me only AFTER He guaranteed that the weapon wouldn't prosper and that I would win, it would all work to my good?
I don't know who else I'm talking to right now, but know this: you ain't always gotta be strong. He wants you to let Him be your strength. To grow you, to grow your faith, and to increase your expectation in Him.
God's got more for you on the other side of this — no matter what your "this" is.
I love you. More importantly, God loves you!


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We're excited Vickie Crisenbery, North Central Arkansas native, has taken on the new role of consumer and mortgage lender.
YELLVILLE, Ark. — Arvest Bank has promoted Vickie Crisenberry to consumer and mortgage lender in Flippin. Layton Lee, loan manager in Arvest North Central Arkansas, made the announcement today.
Crisenbery began her career with Arvest as a loan assistant in 2003. In this new position, she will work with Arvest customers to provide the right financial products for their loan needs.
Lee said, "We're excited to promote Vickie to consumer and mortgage lender. She has worked successfully in this department for several years and understands the needs of our customers. I have no doubt that she will thrive in this new position and work diligently to provide the best financial products that meet and exceed the needs of our customers."
A Flippin native, Crisenbery is a graduate of North Arkansas Community College. She and her husband Dave have two children, Christopher and Ashley, and three grandchildren.
Submitted questions will be answered by an Arvest banker and may appear on the Arvest Blog.
All Arvest banks are Equal Housing Lenders and Member FDIC.
Investment products and services are provided by Arvest Investments, Inc., doing business as Arvest Asset Management, member FINRA/SIPC, an SEC registered investment adviser and a subsidiary of Arvest Bank. Trust services are provided by Arvest Bank. Insurance products are made available through Arvest Insurance, Inc., which is registered as an insurance agency. Insurance products are marketed through Arvest Insurance, Inc., but are underwritten by insurance companies.
Securities and Insurance Products: Not Insured by FDIC or any Federal Government Agency, May Lose Value, Not a Deposit of or Guaranteed by a Bank or any Bank Affiliate.


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SQL Server 2012 SP2 due out later this year, and other SQL Server news
Following a request from some SQL Server MVPs, Microsoft has announced that SQL Server 2012 SP2 will come out sometime later this year.
SQL Server 2012 SP2 to be released this year
Microsoft's announcement regarding the coming release of SP2 comes in part due to feedback from SQL Server Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) on Microsoft's Connect forum for developers. MVP Erland Sommarskog posted a thread on the forum in January, stating that SQL Server 2012 SP1 was released more than a year ago, and that Microsoft should release SQL Server 2012 SP2 as soon as possible.
According to Sommarskog, "numerous bugs have been fixed" since the release of SP1.
"They are available in cumulative update packages [10 to date]," Sommarskog continued. "However, Microsoft recommends customers [don't] install these cumulative updates unless affected by one of the fixed bugs. That creates a dilemma for SQL Server administrators. You do not want to install a package if Microsoft recommends against it, but you also want to take proactive action so that you can squash the bug before it affects you."
In its announcement, Microsoft said it would release SQL Server 2012 SP2 "later this year," but did not disclose more details.
SQL Server 2008 going off mainstream support
Are you running SQL Server 2008? Be aware that mainstream support for that version ends July 8.
The deadline may force some IT shops on SQL Server 2008 to upgrade, even if they don't really want or need to. After July 8, you can still run SQL Server 2008 under extended support, but that may not be enough for some shops.
The differences between mainstream and extended support include issues around warranty claims, design changes and feature requests, among other things. Extended support for SQL Server 2008 is available until July 2019.
DH2i releases new application console
DH2i Company, a Fort Collins, Colo.-based software company, has released a new version of its product meant to manage SQL Server instances across physical and virtual machines.
DH2i said its product can improve high-availability and disaster recovery scenarios with SQL Server. Its DxConsole 2014, released Feb. 24, has features that include incorporating cloud or hosted instances of SQL Server into a cluster, better definition of a cluster, and multiple address support for clusters.


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It is a time of both reaping and sowing for a group of our missionaries. Having been faithful to disciple the ones God has already given them, our workers felt Holy Spirit's nudging to again sow His seed in the villages surrounding them. Though they have found these villages to be unresponsive to the good news in the past, they are learning to trust in God's wisdom and timing at a deeper level, and to continually engage in prayer-soaked evangelism as an act of faith.
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Albuquerque has a thriving and exciting theater scene, with specialties ranging from children's acting to renowned festivals. Award-winning plays and companies can be found all over town, so find a stage and enjoy the show.
Live Shows
In addition to the theaters listed below, you can get more information on live performances at Popejoy Presents. Also, check in on the New Mexico Philharmonic.
*ABQ Stages
ABQ Stages produces theater on local stages, engaging the talents of young and old on stage and behind the scenes.
*Adobe Theater
9813 Fourth Street NW
Albuquerque, NM
(505) 898-9222
The Adobe Theater has been creating for the stage since 1957. They present ten shows a year, chosen from proposals submitted by directors. New talent is always welcome.
*Albuquerque Little Theatre
224 San Pasquale SW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
(505) 242-4750
The Albuquerque Little Theatre (ALT) is a non-profit organization that has created live entertainment for over 80 years. ALT produces several live shows every year, has educational programs, and other special events.
*Blackout Theatre
Blackout features productions and an arts education program. They also offer improv classes for adults and plan to resurrect the Playwrighting in the Schools program, Wrinkle Writing, in partnership with APS.
The Box
100 Gold SW, #112
Albuquerque, NM 87102
(505) 404-1578
The Box Performance Space and Improv Theater offers classes, camps, the Cardboard Playhouse for kids, and has a variety of ongoing troupes and festivals. Comedy and Improv are featured, as well as shows written by local playwrights.
Cardboard Playhouse
Run through the Box Performance Space, Cardboard Playhouse provides kids with summer camps and the chance to participate in theatrical productions.
*Camino Real Productions
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 4th NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
(505) 246-2261
Camino Real creates stage and theater productions and is in residence at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
*East Mountain Centre for Theatre and Dinner Theatre
P.O. Box 1697
Cedar Crest, NM 87008
The theater features four productions, three in the dinner theater. They also have an after-school performing arts program. Performances at the Vista Grande Community Center, 15 La Madera Road in Sandia Park.
*Freedom Community Theatre
4710 Juan Tabo NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111
(505) 292-5444
FCT's mission is to entertain with meaningful theater.
Fusion Theater
700 First St. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
(505) 766-9412
The Fusion is a professional, Equity theater company. It produces The Seven each year, a new works festival, in June.
Hermes Theatre
136 Washington SE
Albuquerque, NM
Hermes Theatre group presents works that push limits and take risks.
*Landmark Musicals
Landmark offers classics of American musical theater and plays on their way to becoming classics.
*Mother Road Theatre Company
Filling Station
1024 4th SW
Albuquerque, NM
(505) 243-0596
The company produces three plays a year and has a youth education program, a literacy-based theater arts program.
*Musical Theatre Southwest
6427 Linn Street NE
Albuquerque, NM
(505) 265-9119
Musical Theatre Southwest has presented musicals since 1960, from popular hits to lesser-known works.
*N4th Theater and Gallery
4904 4th Street NW
Albuquerque, NM 87107
(505) 344-4542
*New Mexico Young Actors
(505) 821-8055
The New Mexico Young Actors introduces children to theater and presents four productions per year, two musicals at the KiMo, a touring melodrama and a theater classic. For youth ages 9 - 19.
*Opera Southwest
P.O. Box 27671
Albuquerque, NM 87125
(505) 243-0591
The company has been producing live operas since 1972.
*Tricklock Company
1705 Mesa Vista NE
Albuquerque, NM
(505) 254-8393
The locally based, internationally touring ensemble produces theater and educational outreach for youth.
*UNM Department of Theatre & Dance
The UNM Department of Theatre and Dance produces five main stage events that consist of three plays, a faculty-choreographed dance concert, and the nationally acclaimed Words Afire Festival of New Works. The resident theatre company is Tricklock Company.
*Vortex Theatre
2004 1/2 Central SE
Albuquerque, NM
(505) 247-8600
Since 1976, the Vortex has presented classic and contemporary works on the cutting edge.
Youth Theater
Cardboard Playhouse
Run through the Box Performance Space, Cardboard Playhouse provides kids with summer camps and the chance to participate in theatrical productions.
PLAY Conservatory
PLAY Conservatory provides challenging and original theatrical productions, working with kids 4 through 17. They offer summer stock, workshops, and theater productions where children can develop their creative skills.
The Growing Stage
The Growing Stage offers Saturday drama classes for children 4-17, along with summer workshops, and training in the theater arts.
*Working Classroom
423 Atlantic SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
(505) 242-9267
The Working Classroom performance program has an ensemble theater company and provides training in English and Spanish. Aspiring actors are provided training tuition-free and graduate to paid internships.
*Member of the Albuquerque Theatre Guild.


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Debbie said- "I wanted to share with you my Valentines Day Collection! My theme was Cupid's Post Office. There are 2 parts to this party.
First was the dessert table that was filled with sweets and treats that were cupid worthy, and then, a Valentine station.... aka Cupid's post office... where the kids made valentines and "delivered" them to everyones mailboxes.
Since Cupid's post office was our theme we incorporated a lot of postal items, including candy bar wrappers that look like envelopes, post cards, and stamps. My favorite is the '5 things I heart about you'. The favor toppers were square like a postage stamp and had the seal of 'delivered from Cupid's Post Office' on them. Also, we included hearts and arrows throughout the collection, seen on our shot through the heart brownies and arrow garlands. We created arrows out of paper straws and the arrow points and heart were "feathers". They are included in our Valentine collection. Very easy and fun to make! This would be a great activity to do with all the kids. We had fun heart boxes that you could fill with treats, and a little note. My favorite part... well one of my favorites is our heart cupcake toppers. They are 3 dimensional heart pockets!!! Fill with candy and a little note to send some love this Valentine's Day on top of your cupcakes! We have also attached the heart pockets to a boxes and twigs, then filled them with candy and love notes that the kids could take off the tree. We are having '14 days of how to use our printable Valentine collection' for your Valentine's starting at wantsandwishesdesign.blogspot.com.
For Cupid's post office we created a red and pink stripe awning to invite the kids in to sit and make their valentines. The back drop was a hand drawn chair rail and paneling on butcher paper and red and white stripe wrapping paper as the "wallpaper". We strung garlands, rick rack and mailboxes from the awning. We wanted a spot where the kids could create their valentines. They had an array of containers (boxes, paper bags and clear bags), candy, and valentines to make, allowing them to create a special valentine for each one on their list."
Stylizing and photography: Wants and Wishes
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Cancer Advances Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on impacting human health and the progression of gastrointestinal cancers by enhancing the adaptive immune system. The company is led by an experienced management team and has a broad intellectual property portfolio.
Cancer Advances is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cato BioVentures. The company's lead compound, Polyclonal Antibody Stimulator (PAS), is an immunomodulator used to treat gastrointestinal cancer. Please visit our Product page for more information on what is in development.
Hemodynamic Therapeutics Inc. (HTI) is developing its novel small molecule combination therapy (HTI-101) for obesity-related hypertension, one of the world's fastest growing cardiovascular disease markets.HTI-101 is in Phase 2 clinical development.
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A distinction for the Chevrolet Bolt.
It's the first all-electric vehicle to earn a 2017 award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Unlike the Chevy Volt, the 2017 Bolt has no back-up gas engine.
The vehicle got good ratings in all five of the Institute's crashworthiness tests -- small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraints.
The Bolt also has an optional front crash prevention system that earns a superior rating. It avoided collisions in IIHS track tests at 12 mph and 25 mph, and has a forward collision warning component that meets National Highway Traffic Safety Administration criteria.
To earn a Top Safety Pick award, a vehicle must have good ratings in all five crashworthiness tests and an available front crash prevention system with a superior or advanced rating.
Vehicles that meet those criteria and also have good or acceptable headlights earn Top Safety Pick+. The Bolt is available only with poor-rated headlights, which provide fair to good visibility but produce excessive glare for oncoming drivers.
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A. Lincoln and Me
Illustrated by Ted Lewin
Released June 4, 2013
English, Unabridged
Illustrated by Ted Lewin
June 4, 2013
English, Unabridged
Dreamscape Media LLC
1417 Timberwolf Drive
Holland, Ohio 43528
Customer Service
(419) 867-6965 email@example.com
Return Policy: Dreamscape Media is committed to extraordinary customer service. Therefore, we will grant replacements or refunds within 30 days of delivery for defective product. To process an exchange or refund, please send us an email at email@example.com or call 1-877-983-7326, and we will arrange return shipping.


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Health requirements
It is a Department of Home Affairs requirement that international students applying for a student visa must have Overseas Student Health Cover for the duration of their student visa.
Australian Government visa regulations require you to be certified medically fit and possibly vaccinated against some diseases before you leave your country.
The Australian High Commission or Embassy in your country can advise you on this.
Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC)
You do not need OSHC if you are a:
- Norwegian student covered by the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme
- Swedish student covered by the National Board of Student Aid or by Kammarkollegiet
- Belgian student covered under the Reciprocal Health Care Agreement with Australia
You must organise your health cover before you apply for a visa.
Students may obtain Overseas Student Health Cover from the provider of their choice but UWA has a 'preferred provider' agreement with Allianz Global Assistance. UWA receives a 14 per cent administration fee from Allianz Global Assistance.
Overseas Student Health Cover is offered by a number of providers. To obtain health cover from another insurer, refer to Australian Education International's Study in Australia website for options. You are strongly encouraged to read the relevant health cover policy documents for information regarding what is and is not covered.
It is also recommended you have your eyes and teeth checked before departure. Dental work and spectacles are not covered under Overseas Student Health Cover and are relatively expensive in Australia. You can purchase cover for these ancillary services at an extra cost.
Purchasing your health cover
The University can arrange health insurance cover through Allianz Global Assistance for international students joining for the first time. This means you pay the insurance cover at the same time as your first semester tuition fee. You can order your membership card through the Allianz Global Assistance website about two weeks after you have completed your student enrolment process.
Renewal of cover
It is the student's responsibility to ensure their health cover is current at all times for the full length of their visa. To renew your health insurance, contact your health insurance provider directly. You can renew your Allianz Global Assistance online.
Enquiries and claims
A dedicated Allianz Global Assistance representative is at Student Central each day of the week, Monday to Friday 11am to 4pm.
It is your responsibility to ensure your health insurance is current at all times. Expired health cover is a violation of your student visa and exposes you to potentially high medical costs.


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Meet Kyle Mooney: Web Weirdo Turned SNL Wonderboy
By Ben Mueller
Share | 0 | Oct 15, 2013
Miley Cyrus' new episode of SNL had its share of ups (a "We Can't Stop" parody about the government shutdown, Jay Pharoah's outrageous Shannon Sharpe impression) and downs (a wholly bizarre cheerleader/alien abduction skit, and the Hillary Clinton TV sketch falling flat). But if you stuck it out, you caught a digital short by Kyle Mooney, one of six new cast members among this season's bumper crop.
To the untrained eye, "Miley Sex Tape" was a surreal short, maybe a tad bland, that featured a non-buff dude contemplating sex with the pop star. For us Kyle fans–affectionately dubbed "Schmooney Mooneys"–it was a polished, bigger budget version of the hilarious schmo we've adored from YouTube sketch comedy group GoodNeighborStuff (fellow Good Neighbor Beck Bennett is a new member as well). Kyle's been kicking round the interly-net for quite some time now. So before he really turns Mr. Popular and stars in a summer flop as Fred Armisen's son, let's relive all his unplaceable accents, awkward sexual advances, and those mountains and mountains of purp skurp.
"ball champions"
A perfect introduction to Kyle and one of his first viral hits. I challenge you to work "nah-mo nah-mo too-la-nye" into your daily vocabulary.
Our second stop in descent to goofy accent hell. Insanely quotable and well-rehearsed (by which I mean very poorly), this may just be Kyle at his Kyle-est.
A GoodNeighborStuff sketch that proves a sketch comedy truism: nothing is more impressive than performing something in perfect synchronization, and some times nothing is funnier.
"is my roommate gay?"
A GoodNeighbor throwback sporting a younger Kyle. Whatever country that accent's from, I want to move there and live among the good-natured, frizzy-haired people.
It's a wonder this bad boy doesn't have as many views as other Kyle hits. You just can't write this stuff–all the sporadic instances–his hands wringing the chair, the ludicrous goodbye–flex an improv muscle that I'm sure attracted the eye of SNL creator Lorne Michaels.
"Window Washer"
This sticks out in the Kyle Mooney cannon for its unnecessarily high production. In the year 2050, an e-textbook titled "The Joke That Wasn't There: Absurdism and Surrealism in Comedy" will laud this clip as the most important work in the history of the art form. And it will be right. Sort of. Actually, no.
I can just hear the Lorne Michaels' strategy on this one: "Listen, Kyle. You're funny. Real funny, actually. America just doesn't know you yet. You can't give them full force Kyle all at once: they won't get it. Consider this as an introduction, albeit a tame one. They'll come around." God, I hope so.
Will America learn to love Kyle? Or is he just too much of a wack-job? Leave your sweet and tender thoughts below.Find Ben on Google+


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Population Health
What We DoPopulation Health has many definitions. Here at Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, we have developed four programs to improve the health of our county's population. They are:
Employee Wellness
Community Wellness
Business Wellness
Elder Wellness
The program at Montgomery County Memorial Hospital that most interacts with the people of Montgomery County is our community wellness program, called Healthy University.
The Population Health Department utilizes Healthy University Programs Link such as education events, various community activities, health screens and in-home monitoring.
Healthy University itself has many parts including:
Women's Health
Weight Control
Diabetes Management
Heart Health
Health Literacy
To help accomplish our goals of improving community health, we work with Live Well Montgomery County, which is a partnership of 13 organizations all dedicated to the same goal. This link Click Here will take you to the Live Well Montgomery County Population Health website. The Montgomery County Memorial Hospital Population Health Program works within this comprehensive, county-wide program to spread awareness and accomplish the community health goals of our population.
To get more information on our Population Health Programs you may call (712)623-7268 or check out our events calendar!


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The community's governing documents define a commercial vehicle as "vehicles with commercial writing on their exteriors, vehicles primarily used or designed for commercial purposes, tractors, mobile homes, motorhomes, recreational vehicles, trailers (either with or without wheels), campers, camper trailers, motocycles, mopeds, horse trailers, golf carts, boats and other watercraft, and boat trailers..." Vehicles falling under any of these categories can only be parked in the garage with the garage door kept closed.
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Hi there
I have been running my website through MOZ SEO and I am getting 14 errors with " Pages with title element is too long".
The page title themselves are not too long, but the website http://www.skemaz.net is appending / prefix/suffixing other keyword terms from somewhere else to the original page or blog title – I think. Some are blog posts and some are just standard pages
I have tried changing all of the All I One SEO settings that make sense to me in order to not to get rewritten titles or page elements, but I cannot fix it.
I have been going in circles trying to remedy this, so if anyone can help I would be very grateful as something has caused havoc and sent the Alexa ranking from 5-600K a month or so ago to 5.6million now!!!!
The below is an example of the errors our of Moz. If the whole CSV or Xcel spreadsheet would be more helpful I can send it.
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Many thanks in advance for your assistance.
Sarah Runge
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Injuries have such a major impact on your performance and your destiny.
Whenever you are injured or have surgery, there are 3 areas that need to be addressed:
- The first is the trauma to the body itself. Let's say you sprain your right ankle. That trauma immediately settles into the cell receptors around your ankle and will just stay there unless you signal the cell receptors to release it.
- The second area has to do with all the emotions (remember emotions are chemicals) that you experience as a result of the injury. I call it the "oh crap" moment when you realize what you've done and there is a cascade of thoughts and emotions/chemicals about what this means for you. For example: pain, fear, anger, frustration, disappointment, anxiety, and sadness are common emotions/chemicals that get stuck in the cell receptors at the time of injury or shortly after. Any negative emotions you may experience connected with a surgery or rehab can slow down the healing process as well.
- Finally, whenever you are injured your body immediately forms a fear of re-injury and a memory of protection to keep that part of the body safe. You begin to hold yourself in a certain way and the body begins to adapt around the injury. Once that injury heals, nothing signals the body to release the fear of re-injury and the memory of protection. Your body then never returns to a state of balance but remains in that adaptive state, and the chances of you re-injuring yourself are greater because of this.
When the trauma, emotions, fear of re-injury, and memory of protection are sitting in those cell receptors, your receptors aren't as available to take in all the good things you're doing to support the healing of the injury. That's why it can take so long for something to heal.
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Assisted Living Reviews for Life Care Center of Salt Lake City
August 27, 2016
I was a volunteer here for a while. The staff did know everyone's name, but I felt like they were ignoring everyone. There were wheelchairs lined up all over the hallways. If I mentioned someone needed something, the response was, oh he always wants attention. I was not impressed by this at all.
February 25, 2015
I visited this facility
The staff was superb! I visited Garden Terrace about six times, and I've never entered once without being welcomed by everyone I passed. The receptionist, nurse, physical therapist, or anyone else was just most friendly. They're always very happy there. It was excellent!
July 24, 2013
I visited this facility
Garden Terrace of Salt Lake City was a very good-looking place. However, it was not a locked-down facility and my mom was confused after the surgery that she needed to be in a locked-down one. I liked the lady at the front desk because she knew everybody by name and greeted everyone in the hall as we passed. She was very personal with them and everybody seemed to get along well. The place was nicely furnished and set-up, very clean and pleasant-looking.
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January 04, 2016
I am a friend or relative of resident
My father was at Garden Terrace for 2 weeks. He enjoyed the food and thought that the physical therapy and occupational therapy was good. Our only complaint was the administration. NOTHING seemed organized- and when we had a meeting with the head of nursing, the social worker, office manager and PT head and made a plan, nothing ended up being what was planned. I will say that the social worker did return calls in a timely manner but both my dad and I felt like everything was running "by the seat of their pants". Walker was not available (even though we ordered over a week in advance) for when he left. Also even though they arranged showers a few times a week, he stayed in the same clothes for several days. I had to constantly ask them to help him change clothes (he had tubes etc so I couldn't do it myself). The place is very clean however and the staff is friendly (nurses and nurses aids) so not everything is bad. I just felt like the communication could have been better.
January 10, 2015
I am a friend or relative of resident
Our experience with Garden Terrace was horrible. The staff was extremely unorganized when arranging his transfer from the hospital. Half of the nurses that helped us were very gentle and the other half were not gentle at all. Many of the nurses were very loud. Two days after my father passed away, Garden Terrace called my grieving mother saying that they would like to discuss plans with her to take my father home! That was very inappropriate. They were very disorganized. The whole experience was a nightmare.
March 19, 2014
I am a friend or relative of resident
My father was admitted to Garden Terrace after being released from the hospital for rehab. He fell while in the hospital and got a brain bleed, which is why Garden Terrace was chosen for him so they could take care of the brain injury and severe confusion he was experiencing. The facility was very nice and clean with big rooms. But the staff never seemed to be around, was incredibly rude and seemed to just ignore him and his needs. There was one time that his alarm was going off for 23 minutes before someone came in the room to check on him! He did eat the entire time he was there and this was never a concern to them. He actually ended up passing away after a week in their facility. We believe he had a blood clot that killed him but we sure wish he had passed away somewhere that cared about him and his well being. He hated every second he was there. He also had his cell phone and watch stolen within a day of being there!
December 02, 2013
I am a friend or relative of a resident
Garden Terrace is a nice residence. They don't have long term facilities because it is Medicare but their place is clean, sunny and bright looking. The only reason I placed him there was because I was told that they take Medicaid patients. The rooms were large but the staff was not very knowledgeable. They had times where they served ice cream and they had sing-alongs. They take their patients to the doctor appointments and bring them back.
March 15, 2012
I am a friend or relative of a resident
My father spent time at Garden Terrace for about the last 2 weeks of his life. He was afflicted with Pancreatic Cancer and only lived about 5 weeks after his initial diagnosis. So the stay at Garden Terrace was a Hospice situation. My Mother an I toured about 5 facilities in our area before deciding to place him at Garden Terrace. First impression was the cleanliness of the facility. It was extremely clean and bright. The staff was very attentive and friendly. The facility specialized in Alzheimer's patients but they made an exception to take my father into that unit, which was a huge relief to us. From the very start they treated my father with dignity and respect. Whenever I visited I was made to feel like I was important and I could feel the compassion from those who attended my father. He was in a room with another fellow who had advanced alzheimer's. I was also impressed with how the staff handled his needs. He was unable to control his bowels but they just took it in stride, talked kindly to him and cleaned him up more than once each day. My father was soon put in a bed on the floor so that he couldn't fall out of bed. I know he felt a little helpless at this point but all went well. The night that he passed I waited and waited thinking the time was near. I finally went home and we got a call around 4 am that he was gone. I wished that I had stayed but I think he didn't want anyone there. Again the staff was very kind and loving to my family and let us stay in the room as long as needed before they called the mortuary. I would highly recommend this facility to anyone needing this type of service. I even was able to spend time with my father in their cafeteria and was always amazed at the quality of food and again the cleanliness. I hope I never actually have to deal with an Alzheimer patient but if I do I won't be as afraid of it as I used to be. The patients here were treated and lived as well as any elderly person could be. I have nothing bad to say about this provider and I'm sure my family members would say the same things.
December 13, 2011
Review of Garden Terrace Alzheimers Center of Excellence when I made visits: Ratio of staff to clients at lunch time was two to approximately 10 clients. Other clients appeared to be unable to feed themselves; staff was unable to give adequate attention to make sure each client was well-fed. Clients got up and left room without finishing meal. I saw nothing in writing regarding accountability of what/how much was consumed by my client. Clients were often rambling from room to room without supervision or activities to further treatment goals. My client was often in same chair when I arrived and alone. I observed little interaction between staff and client. My client was clean at each visit, but family reported personal belongings were constantly missing. Room was shared with curtain dividing room. It was tidy with personal belongings on wall. Personal accomplishments were respected. Staff was pleasant at all times when they interacted with my client, they appeared to understand her moods, etc. I was unable to get any answers from nurses on current condition of client. Reasons were that shifts were changed, etc. Recreation activity was bingo. Difficult for alzheimer patient - no concept of what was happening.
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In addition to sun exposure, you can get vitamin D3 from fortified milk, some foods and vitamin supplements. Your skin and your intestines absorb the vitamin and bind it to proteins that travel throughout your body and to your liver. Your liver turns the vitamin D3 into "calcidiol" -- your body can store it in this form for future use. The amount of stored calcidiol you have at any one time is referred to as your vitamin D level.
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Vitamin D3 must be removed from storage and activated to be useful. Only then can it work in your body to create proteins and enzymes that tell your body how to function. A shortage in vitamin D3 reduces your body's efficiency. Researchers don't know exactly how that impacts your health, but are investigating the vitamin's role in the prevention of a wide variety of diseases.
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Vitamin D3 is known to promote bone health and regulate calcium and phosphorus in the blood. According to the Mayo Clinic, there is strong evidence that vitamin D3 is effective in treating many conditions including rickets, psoriasis and diseases related to vitamin D deficiencies. These include hyperparathyroidism, osteoarthritis, kidney disease, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Supplemental vitamin D could also help ease muscular pain and weakness, prevent falls in older adults and reduce fractures.
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One of the competitions I entered was the newly founded Costa Short Story Competition, run by the Costa Book Awards. This competition was exciting because it was open to all writers, whether they had been previously published or not, had a substantial prize pot and was associated with Costa's very high-profile book awards. Twitter and other social media meant that we hopefuls knew a lot more than usual about what was going on behind the scenes: we knew that several hundred stories had been reduced to a short list of sixty. We knew when the celebrity judges were reading these stories, when they were meeting to decide the shortlist of six, when the decision had been made. We just needed the official announcement. And then the wave of disappointment hit. We didn't (still don't) know who those shortlisted writers were, but we knew it wasn't us.
Reactions varied according to the experience of the writers involved. The comments of some of the competition 'newbies' reminded me of myself when I first started entering writing competitions and made me realise how much I have learned about the process, and about myself as a writer over the years. So I decided take all my experience to date and offer it as a guide to understanding what failing to win a writing competition really means. Here it is.
Why Losing is Not the Same as Failing
So, you've written a kick-ass short story and you decide to enter it into a writing competition. It's your best work ever, and while you don't exactly expect to win, you feel there's a good chance of getting on the short list, or the long list at the very least. You watch the competition's website, follow them on Twitter, start checking your inbox every five minutes as the deadline for the announcement approaches. Finally, finally, the shortlist or winners are announced, and your name's not there. Not anywhere.
This leads you to one of two conclusions: either your story was rubbish and you are no judge of your own work, or the judges are idiots. Right?
Wrong. Here's why:
But I wrote such a good story!
Yes, you probably did. But so did many, many of the other entrants. A small-scale competition will attract maybe 150 to 200 entries. Larger competitions will get thousands. Say, for example, in a small-scale competition, half of the entries are just not up to scratch – poorly written, ungrammatical, or disqualified for not adhering to the entry guidelines. If your story is still in the competition after those have been eliminated, you'll still be up against at least fifty other stories and probably many more. The judges can award prizes to maybe three of those stories. Does that automatically mean the other forty-seven or so stories were no good? Of course not.
The best story always wins, right?
No, the story the judges like best will win. What judges are asked to do is rank stories in order of preference, and ultimately that is a matter of opinion. This became apparent to me when I entered a competition where the entrants posted their stories online while waiting for the judging to take place. We were able to read and critique many of the other entries, so when the results came in, we could compare the peer-reviews to the judges' rankings. Needless to say, they didn't always concur.
The competition involved some 500 writers, placed into groups of twenty, competing over several rounds, with competitors progressing according to how many points they accumulated. In the first round, the top ten stories in each group of twenty writers were awarded points. If you didn't make the top ten, you got no points. Now, many of the writers on the online forum felt that big fat zero against their entry meant the judges had read their story and thought it was worth... well, nothing. Zero. Nada. Zilch. But of course, that's not what a score of zero meant. It just meant that in that group, there were ten stories that the judges preferred. It's the same in any writing competition, although not always as transparent as in this example.
The crucial lesson is that while winning a writing competition means you're doing it right, not winning doesn't necessarily mean you're doing it wrong.
It's a numbers game
So, how do the judges really decide who wins? Understanding how writing competitions are judged can help get both your wins and your losses into perspective.
In smaller competitions, the named judge or judges will probably read all the entries, but in larger competitions, the entries will be read first by 'slush' readers. The first job of these readers is to weed out the stories that are ineligible for any reason (word count too long, requested format not adhered to, theme not followed, etc). Don't underestimate how important these details are. Plenty of stories are not even read the whole way through before being eliminated. An experienced slush reader told me:
'I reject any that are littered with typos, grammar or spelling mistakes. If the author can't be bothered to polish and perfect their story, why should I spend my time reading it?'
Even if your grammar and punctuation are impeccable and you have adhered to the required font and formatting, your entry might still end up in the reject heap without the slush reader making it to the end of the story:
'An experienced reader can tell very quickly if the story might be a contender. It needs to grab my attention straight away and that's largely down to whether there's an engaging voice in the opening sentences.'
So the first cull can be brutal, and you really need to be at the top of your game to survive it. Even so, each slush reader will still have a big stack of stories to read in full and winnow down.
How do slush readers decide which stories to put forward to the 'named' judges? Most commonly, they will use a score sheet. The slush readers will score the stories, and put forward the top scoring ones for the next stage of judging. The score sheet will list a variety of qualities that the story should be judged on, and a maximum score available for each criterion. Points can be awarded for voice, tone, characterisation, engagement of the reader, plot development, how satisfied the story leaves the reader, and many other qualities. The balance of these scores is often reflected in judges feedback, where it is available: stories that fail to make the grade may be praised for a 'lovely voice' but lose out on character or plot development. Or a story may have a great story arc, but the main characters feel wooden or lacking. Or the writing might be just sublime, but the story underdeveloped. In other words, if any crucial element leaves the slush reader feeling 'meh', no matter how strong other elements may be, the story is unlikely to make it to the next round.
These readers will be well qualified for the job – they are often writers and editors in their own right. They will know 'good' writing when they see it, and will have the experience to analyse and score the stories fairly and knowledgably. But, even bringing all that experience to bear, there is no empirical way of measuring which story is 'the best'. Judges are readers with opinions and personal taste, just like anyone else.
The same applies all the way through the judging process. In a larger competition, there will often be a panel of 'high profile' judges and the final selection will be made by these judges coming together and discussing their favourite entries until they arrive a consensus. And consensus can sometimes mean compromise. It is safe to say that all the stories being considered at this point will be 'good' stories. Yours might well be one of them.
So what do I do with that 'failed' story now?
It's always disappointing when you send your beloved story out into the world and the result is a resounding silence. Just bear in mind everything I've said above, and remember, it's not that your story was no good, it's just that there were three, or five or whatever number of stories that the judges liked better. That's all you can really infer from 'losing' a writing competition.
So what now? Enter your story in another competition, if you know in your heart it's a good story. I won a competition recently with a story that had been entered into at least half a dozen other competitions over several years and had never so much as been long listed before. Another story that had been doing the rounds for a while finally got shortlisted in a competition where the winning and shortlisted stories (including mine) were subsequently published in an anthology. In that case, the judge was looking for stories that would work well together as a collection. Many an excellent story may have not made the cut because it didn't fit that theme.
If you are suddenly doubting whether the story is any good, get other writers to read it and get their opinion. Don't ask your mother or your best friend. Join a writing group or online writers' forum and get honest feedback. It's hard to maintain faith in your writing if you are working in a vacuum, and failure to win competitions is no way to accurately judge the value of your work. Some competitions will provide feedback on your story for an extra fee, and this might be worth considering.
Finally, bear this in mind (and this applies to all sorts of submissions, be they to competitions, magazines or publishers): your work is not judged in isolation, but in relation to all the other entries. The judges may want the winning and short listed entries to contrast with or compliment each other, to work together in an anthology or to reflect the style of the sponsoring body. It's as if they are putting together an outfit and what they really need to complete it is a nice pair of black boots. But you've sent them a red dress. They already have some red dresses, and one in particular suits them better than yours. So they politely decline your offer of a red dress. Does that mean your red dress is any less lovely?
Further reading:
Since I first posted this, I've found or been directed to some other great posts on the subject. I'll add them here as I go along.
- A great post here by Tracey Upchurch on why you are never too small for the 'big' competitions.
- Two fabulous accounts of what it is really like to be a slush reader: Susannah Rickards on Emma Darwin's blog here and Dexter Petley recounting his experience here on Lesley McDowell's blog.
- Feel like giving up after five rejections? Ten? You'll never give up again on a story you believe in after reading this article on submitting to magazines. Success is like getting all the numbers right in a combination lock. Rejection might mean only one number was wrong.