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Thursday, December 24, 2009
A Heavenly Night for One Fanadu
Monday, December 21, 2009
Roll With It Dude
Friday, December 18, 2009
Rave Reviews for Xanadu
Jacob writes:
A.) The summer capital of Kublai Khan's Yuan empire
B.) The subject of a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C.) A 1980's cult classic starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly
D.) An irreverent musical based on the 1980's film of the same name
E.) All of the above
If you selected choice E.) you are correct. And if you happen to have the chance to glide on over to the Orange County Performing Arts Center between now and December 27, you'll have the chance to check out this incredibly wacky, yet disarmingly endearing musical.
Centering on the story of a muse and a lost artist, Xanadu the musical is itself based on the 1980's film described above. A cult classic, and one that I was introduced to at an early age, the film is corny, campy, and fun.
Xanadu the musical looks to capture the same level of "cheesiness" and build on it with a dizzying mix of sequins, glitter, dancing, and, of course, roller disco. It definitely succeeds in this respect and one can't help but exit the theatre humming an ELO tune.
Much as if you saw Wicked without first seeing Wizard of Oz, without first seeing the Xanadu film you may find that some jokes are bit over your head. But fear not. The show is packed with enough jokes targeted at the 1980's, musical theater, the arts, and Los Angeles that even a Xanadu novice will find themselves laughing hysterically.
A perfect cure for a dull winter evening, Xanadu is 90 minutes of pure, unadulterated entertainment. The cast is so committed that even the corniest gag solicits roars of laughter. The show is just plain ri-dic-u-lous. But I promise you'll love it.
So skate – don't walk – on over to OCPAC before it's too late. Much like any good muse, Xanadu won't be around forever.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Xanadu Cast Party
Below: photo of Clement Gosch and Albert Ramos with Elizabeth Stanley
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
All About the Kids
Local families came to the Center last night to enjoy the first of three special Kids' Night on Broadway for the hit musical Xanadu, which is kicking of its national tour in Orange County. In keeping with the show's '80s theme, kids and their parents participated in fun retro activities, including disco dancing with cast members, playing video games and dress-up and much more before curtain time. As the pictures show, it was a groovy night. Kids' Night on Broadway is being presented in collaboration with The Broadway League to help introduce young people to the excitement and wonder of live Broadway entertainment. The program offers parents who purchase one full-priced ticket a second free ticket free for a child between the ages of 8 and 18. Xanadu Kids' Night on Broadway goes through Thursday, December 17. For more information click here.
Above: Playing dress-up were Carla, Camryn, Britney and Derek Hamaguchi from Aliso Viejo. Photo by Kevin Bohn.
Below: Cast member Kevin Duda taught Leslie and Heather Fiebleman of Newport Beach how to dance a routine from Xanadu.
Below: Siblings Jonny and Mackenzie Gomez from Rancho Palos Verdes hammed it up in the Xanadu cut-outs.
Below: Teresa and Taylor Troyer of Lakewood show off some artwork.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Take a Trip Back to the '80s
Click on the video above to watch a fun shoutout from Xanadu leads Elizabeth Stanley and Max Von Essen. Starting tonight, they'll be performing in the smash-hit roller skating musical adventure, which runs here through December 27. With popular tunes such as "Magic," "All Over the World," "Suddenly," "Have You Never Been Mellow" and "Evil Woman," Xanadu is a welcome blast from the past. Good luck tonight, Elizabeth, Max and the rest of the cast and crew!
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Being from Canada, it embarrasses me and frankly sickens me that a Canadian conservation officer was just suspended without pay for NOT killing two healthy, harmless, and still nursing bear cubs because the Ministry of Environment allowed their mother to be killed (and not tranquilized) for repeatedly eating out of someone's fridge. That's right, Conservation Officer Bryce Casavant was suspended because he chose NOT to kill the eight week old cubs, but rather to take them to a vet and Wildlife Recover Centre. You've replaced THEIR natural habitat with a house, noise, a giant white box full of fresh food and enticed them with smelly, rotting garbage outside in metal cans and then you get mad because these bears show up on your front porch? And for trying to get food for their young because they've got nowhere left to hunt anymore, you kill them instead of relocating them? And we're supposed to be the country that takes animal rights seriously? You know what, you don't like bears going through your garbage and your fridge?.. don't live in a forest!
The Oxford English Dictionary (I think we can all agree that they know a thing or two about language) defines conservation as: "Preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment and of wildlife", not "destruction of any wildlife that comes near my frozen pizza". Preserving wildlife. Protecting wildlife. Conservation Officer Bryce Casavant deserves a medal, not a suspension. And the philistine cretins who suspended him should be smacked with animal cruelty charges. As for those people who got their fridge broken into, you wanna get that "nice house in the woods" and "live surrounded by nature" away from the big city and from all that crime and pollution, well then accept what that entails. These baby bears are now motherless and if you know anything about raising wildlife in captivity (which you should quite frankly, just a little, it's the least we can do for systematically destroying our planet's wildlife) you'll know that it will be a long, difficult road being nursed by humans in the slight hope that maybe they can one day be released to survive on their own in the wild and continue to populate the species. All because someone's fridge got raided by a bear for crying out loud. We're pathetic creatures and my country should know better, because yeah, we do nature better than pretty much anyone else. At least I was raised to think we did.
There is a petition to have the officer reinstated, if you're interested in signing: https://www.change.org/p/ministry-of-environment-mary-polak-reinstate-conservation-officer-bryce-casavant
The link to the story: http://t.co/mpzZldrowU

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1. I was born September 14, 1849 and died February 27, 1936. I was a Russian physiologist primarily interested in physiology and natural sciences. Through my study of the digestive function of dogs, I discovered the conditioning reflex. Who am I?
A) Ivan Pavlov
B) B. F. Skinner
C) John Watson
D) Edward Tolman
2. I initially wanted to be a writer, but eventually became a psychologist and one of the leaders of the behaviorist movement. I rejected the concept of free will, instead suggesting that all behaviors are conditioned. Who am I?
A) B. F. Skinner
B) John Watson
C) Ivan Pavlov
D) Edward Tolman
3. This former Roman slave escaped from a school for gladiators, then started a revolt with 90,000 soldiers under his command. He had an effective run, but eventually Crassus and Pompey wiped his forces out and killed him. He's better known because he was the subject of a 1960 film by Stanley Kubrick. Who was this leader of the revolt?
A) Cicero
B) Marcus Antony
C) Pontius Pilate
D) Spartacus
4. This man was the lead defendant in the case of United States v. Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad in 1841. In the 1997 Stephen Spielberg movie "Amistad", he was played by Beninese actor Djimon Hounsou. Who was this African illegally sold into slavery?
A) Dincã
B) Cinqué
C) Dred Scott
D) Malinche
5. This man was captured by Algerian pirates in 1575 and spent five years as the property of the viceroy of Algiers. Later ransomed, he went home to Spain and began working on his writing, eventually giving the world one of its novel-length masterpieces, "Don Quixote". Who was this author and former slave?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Miguel de Cervantes
C) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
D) Chinua Achebe
6. I was the youngest of six children and was very close to my father, a rather well-known psychologist. While I never earned a higher degree, I made numerous contributions to psychology and psychoanalysis, including creating the field of child psychoanalysis and describing the ego's defense mechanisms. Who am I?
A) Anna Freud
B) Melanie Klein
C) Sandra Bem
D) Mary Whiton Calkins
7. My interest in identity began early in life. At temple school, I was teased for being tall, blond, and blue-eyed, while my grammar school classmates rejected me for my Jewish background. I later learned that my biological father had abandoned our family and that the man I thought was my father was actually my stepfather. I spent some time wandering around Europe before becoming interested in psychoanalysis. My contributions to psychology include a theory of psychosocial development and my concept of the identity crisis. Who am I?
A) Albert Bandura
B) Abraham Maslow
C) Carl Rogers
D) Erik Erikson
8. This woman was owned by Thomas Jefferson, and bore him six children, four of whom survived to adulthood (though there is some controversy about the DNA evidence). What was her name?
A) Sally Hemings
B) Hagar
C) Harriet Tubman
D) Margaret Garner
9. This man was the slave of Iadmon of Samos. Later released, he mingled with the rich and famous of ancient Greece (even living in the court of Croesus). Today he is known for his stories of animals, each of which gives a moral meant to teach men. Who was this creator of fables?
A) Agamemnon
B) Thucydides
C) Aesop
D) Homer
10. This former slave, freed by the American Civil War, became an educator. He was the first leader of the Tuskegee Institute, and stayed in that position until he died in 1915. Who was this author of "Up From Slavery"?
A) Samuel C. Armstrong
B) W. E. B. Du Bois
C) Booker T. Washington
D) Henry Huttleston Rogers
11. BONUS - I failed in business in '31.
I ran as a state legislator and lost in '32.
I tried business again in '33 and failed again.
My sweetheart died in '35.
I had a nervous breakdown the next year in '36.
I ran for state elector in '40 after my health improved.
I was defeated for Congress in '43, defeated again for Congress in '48, defeated when I ran for the Senate in '55, and defeated for the vice presidency of the US in '56.
I ran for Senate again in '58 and lost.
I decided to try, again. I ran for the presidency of the United States and won.
Last weekend was pretty crazy. It was Holy week last week. My a capella group was asked to sing for a Maundy Thursday event (we didn't). I Joined a liturgical pray group for a Good Friday morning reflection. I took the day off, and then went to Good Friday service at night. Saturday we held an Eggstravaganza in the park near my home. I hung out with a good friend, Bianca, in the afternoon, caught up with Min on her birthday, and then attended a Holy Saturday Night Vigil at a Greek Orthodox church from 12 – 2 AM. Then I woke up to serve at 3 Easter Sunday services after which I went to a Greek Easter Brunch and played some Greek Easter games. Whew!
My church sends people out on international mission trips each year and really wants to see everyone go on one. We have a team going to Greece in a month so they wanted to attend the Greek Orthodox service and have the Greek meal. It was an interesting experience. One of my favorite writers is like me in that he's experienced many different denominations of Christianity, and we both take the best of each one. I like the reverence and awe I find in Catholic/Episcopal/Anglican churches. I learn about an excitement and zeal for God from Protestants. The Orthodox traditions, along with awe and veneration, remind me of the mystery of God. Those are simple examples as I could talk even more about specific sects which teach me about service, emphasize the Holy Spirit, envelope mysticism, or promote hope more than others. You get the point.
All in all, it was a great Lent season for me. Lent, if you don't know, is the period after Mardi Gras starting from Ash Wednesday and going to Palm Sunday (though some might say Easter Sunday). I'm usually one who reflects at night. But one thing I've been doing is slowing down the pace of life in general which affects how and when I eat, how much I seek to find out the time, how attached I am to the internet and the phone, and how much I engage with nature. So I start each day with some stillness, quiet, meditation, reading, contemplations, study, journaling, prayer, reflection, etc. I've found that, for me, it affects me better if my day starts that way than if it ends that way (and hopefully it can do both). I have a wonderful job that allows me to slow down like that and not have to wake up super early. I take walks each day beyond the walking I do throughout the city. And I usually do it alone because a lot of people here walk too fast. It's been quite nice slowing down. And it's in slowing down that I'm able to see and hear. It was then that I knew what I must do with the professor who was harassing me.
Another things I've learned in the slower pace is to see sacredness in all things and in all acts. So instead of just practicing my faith, I'm learning to faith my practices. I used to see email as a challenge or an obstacle keeping me from having an empty inbox at the end of each day. So I would hurry to answer an email forgetting that the main reason I love email so much is that it lets me communicate with people far away with whom I otherwise wouldn't communicate. So now I've gone back to being completely ok with a large inbox and cherishing each actual email replay as a point of contact, a chance at relationship, and an extension of community. Back to the basics.
Holy is the dish and drain
The soap and sink, and the cup and plate
And the warm wool socks, and the cold white tile
Showerheads and good dry towels
And frying eggs sound like psalms
With hits of salt measured in my palm
It's all a part of a sacrament
As holy as a day is spent
Holy is the busy street
And cats that boom with passion's beat
And the checkout girl, counting change
And the hands that shook my hands today
And hymns of geese fly overhead
And spread their wings like their parents did
Blessed be the dog, that runs in her sleep
To chase some wild and elusive thing
Holy is the familiar room
And quiet moments in the afternoon
And folding sheets like folding hands
To pray as only laundry can
I'm letting go of all my fear
Like autumn leaves made of earth and air
For the summer came and the summer went
As holy as a day is spent
Holy is the place I stand
To give whatever small good I can
And the empty page, and the open book
Redemption everywhere I look
Unknowingly we slow our pace
In the shade of unexpected grace
And with grateful smiles and sad lament
As holy as a day is spent
And morning light sings "providence"
As holy as a day is spent
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A deposit of 40% of the total cost of the complete booking must be paid within 7 days of the reservation being made before a reservation can be confirmed. Where the total booking amount is ¥50,000 or less, full payment is required. Failure to do so will result in the reservation being cancelled unless other arrangements are made. A reservation is not confirmed until we have issued a written Deposit Received Confirmation and your deposit payment has cleared in our account.
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4.Any bank fees incurred in the refund process will be deducted from the deposit prior to the refund being issued.
Japan recognises only international drivers licenses, which are based on the Geneva Convention of 1949. For rental cars and/or vehicles that are provided inclusive with accommodation, this international drivers license must be presented in addition to your home-country driver license on arrival. For vehicles that are provided inclusive with accommodation, the driver must also be 26 years of age or older. Failure to comply will result in full cancellation without refund.
Niseko Ebina always strongly recommends you obtain travel insurance. This insurance can protect you against loss of personal belongings, public liability, injury and also against your need to cancel under certain conditions.
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3.A booking is only valid for the number of guests stated in the most recent booking confirmation issued by Niseko Ebina. Exceeding the agreed upon number of guests will result in full cancelation without refund, or an extra charge of ¥10,000 per head per night – to be decided by Niseko Ebina upon consideration of the property and its capacity.
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5.Late check out charge is ¥10,000 to stay until 12:00pm (noon). Late check out is only possible on a request basis.
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h/t Nick B Steves. Nice map. All I'm really missing is the manosphere.
edit: for outsiders, X-axis refers to the relation with females (from feminism on the left to good old sexism to the right):
Y-axis AFAIK refers to a Star Trek episode where captain Picard is captured by alien bad guy and brainwashed to say that 4 lights equal 5 lights in the same way Winston had to proclaim that 2 + 2 = 5 in 1984. Of course in retrospect Star Trek was mostly a collection of progressive propaganda so it turns out there were 5 lights after all.


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Equations & Simplification Problem Set
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Math 209 College Mathematics II
Instructions: Show work in order to receive partial credit. The number within parentheses represents the point value. There is a maximum of 60 points. The due date is Monday February 22, 2010
1. (4) Factor the following trinomial completely: 6x2 + 21x - 45.
2. (4) Evaluate the rational expression given the indicated value of the variable when x = -2.
3. (4) Simplify by removing a factor equal to one.
4. (4) Divide and, if possible, simplify.
5. Perform the indicated operations. Simplify when possible.
6. (4) Find the lowest common denominator, LCD.
7. (4) Find the domain of the rational expression.
8. A ball is dropped from a height of 64 feet. Its height above the earth in feet is given
by h(t) = -16t2 + 64, where t is the number of seconds after it is dropped.
a) (2) Find h(1)
b) (2) How long does it take the ball to fall to the earth?
9. (4) Simplify the complex fraction.
10. (4) Solve the equation.
11. (4) To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservationists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later, a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservationist's estimate of the size of the bear population?
12. (4) Solve the equation 3u2 = 8u - 5.
13. (4) Solve the formula for the indicated variable A = P + Prt for t.
14. (4) Solve the equation.
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Arvada Center Blog
Giving Gloves – Warm Fuzzies
The Arvada Center and Radio Disney are teaming up to sponsor the Giving Gloves campaign benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of Denver. When you come to the Arvada Center anytime between now and December 12, please bring a new adult-sized pair of gloves and deposit them in a Giving Gloves receptacle around the Center. The children at the Boys and Girls Club will select gloves to give to their grandparents and parents this holiday.
Fine Art by Local Artist = Great Holiday Gifts
The Fine Art Market, December 10 to 19, 2010, an annual holiday tradition for many Denver metro patrons, offers extraordinary and unusual items for you and your home or hand-fashioned gifts for those special people in your life. This year, more than 100 prominent artists will display and sell original works from a wide range of media, size, and price. Many new artists, including Nancy Blair, Robert Ecker, Colin Livingston, Emilio Lobato, Mark Lunning, and Charles Parson will join past artists such as Phil Bender, Linda Ladwig, Fabiola Allen, Craig Robb, and Rita Vali. To enhance your shopping experience while browsing and buying with family and friends, be sure to take advantage of the nightly happy hour, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. MORE>>
The Best of Colorado's Holiday Craft Fairs
31st Annual Holiday Craft Fair, November 26 and November 27, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., features more than 150 artisans and crafters showing and selling holiday items from a variety of mediums that include glass art, needlework, paintings, jewelry, toys, woodwork, floral, ceramics, clothing, specialty food, photography, and fiber. A time-honored tradition at the Arvada Center, this sale raises more than $80,000 annually to support arts education and activities. It's a wonderful way to kick-start your holiday shopping. <
A Christmas Carol – Classic Holiday Tradition
A Christmas Carol, the musical, is a wonderful way to celebrate the holidays with family and friends. Directed by Rod A. Lansberry, the Arvada Center's award-winning artistic producer, this Colorado premiere of the 1994 Broadway musical by Alan Menken, (known for Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, and Beauty and the Beast), is based on the original Charles Dickens classic and is filled with beautiful melodies, emotional lyrics, and a heart-touching story. Runs November 23 to December 23, 2010. For information and tickets Click Here.


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Start point: Milina, Hvar island
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- Walking: Milina village, hill of Grablje
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- Lunch: sea food
- Transfer to start point from: your boat, Hvar, Split(by boat)
|Start point: Milina, Hvar island
|Walking: Hvar island: Milina village - hill of Grablje
|On request: Lunch, sea food
|On request: Transfer to start point from: your boat, Hvar, Split(by boat)
Hvar, the sunniest Croatian island lies between the islands of Brač, Vis and Korčula. The island is overgrown with typical Mediterranean vegetation. The hillsides are covered in pine forests, vineyards, olive groves and lavender fields. The climate is characterised by warm summers accompanied with many hours of sunshine.
With its long and rich history making it one of the most interesting islands on the Croatian coast. Next to natural beauties, the island offers deep cultural Heritage, with remains of different Mediterranean civilisations like Greeks, Romans, and Venetians, each period of time leaving traces on the grounds of the island and ingrained in it's history.
We start our hike from Velo Grablje, going towards the south coast. Before arriving to the village of Milna by the sea, we will pass by Malo Grablje an interesting abandoned village that offers an excellent example of life a long time ago. Throughout the tour we can observe the typical architecture of Dalmatian coast and islands with uniquely made stone houses.
As we arrive in Milna, we will continue walking along the small path by the sea. After our hiking tour of 3 to 4 hours, from Velo Grablje to Hvar, we will arrive to Hvar, at the touristic centre of the island.


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CONTEST PERIOD. The contest starts today, October 12, 2016 at 1:00 AM CET and ends 12:59 AM CET October, 19th, when all entries must be received!
HOW TO ENTER. Visit www.nuicons.com/contact/ during the Promotion Period and follow the instructions to complete and submit the entry form. You will be required to complete fully the official entry form and provide all required information, which may include your first name, last name, email address and subject. This contest is open for Swiss citizens only!
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If you want to avoid the insane December rush of the holidays, we say it's never too early to start your shopping. Apparently we aren't the only ones who feel that way either, because even though it's the middle of November the gift guides and popular toy lists are already surfacing, giving us plenty of ideas for a certain Kris Kringle.
One list we're paying particular attention to is the top trending toys of the year according to always reliable Google. Given that everyone on the planet uses the search engine to get their goods, we'd say it's a little more legit than most when it comes to determining what the most popular toys are this year, even if the list is rather unexpected.
Surprisingly, not one single screen- or tech-based toy made the Canadian Top 10 search list, in fact, Transformers and Barbies seem to be pretty popular items. And the list — which is not broken down into age groups, btw — even contains one particular retro item that we'd all but forgotten about until now.
Check out the Top 10, along with a few honourable mentions, below.
These are the top trending toys of the year, according to Google
10. Kapla BlocksCreativity is alive and kicking thanks to these colourful blocks, which kiddies can stack to their hearts' content.
9. Anime FiguresFigurines like these Dragonball ones are making a comeback, especially among collectors.
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8. Barbie HouseWith Canadian housing markets in such a sordid state, it's no wonder we're all dreaming of Barbie's popular abode.
7. Crissy DollThe original doll that grew hair is popular once again, proving to hoarders everywhere that it can be worth hanging on to old stuff.
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6. BarbieShe's just a Barbie girl in a Barbie world... and people are still snapping her up like crazy.
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5. AutobotsThese Transformer toys continue to be all the rage... maybe it has something to do with the fact that they keep on making the movies?
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4. Little Tykes KitchenThese little toy kitchens sure aren't new, but toddlers everywhere continue to enjoy them for a fraction of the cost of the real thing.
3. Max Steel Action FiguresOnce again movies can be blamed for the resurgence of toys. In this case, the 2016 feature film is translating into the toy market in a big way.
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2. Beenie BabiesJust when we thought the fad was over, along comes a resurgence of the most popular stuffed babes around. New or old, it seems like people are still collecting these things.
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1. Bumblebee TransformerOur original fave Transformer continues to prove its popularity -- by being the most searched toy in Canada this year. Team Yellow all the way.
Honourable Mention: Lego NinjagoLegos may evolve, but this list proved that they're always a classic in any household. No matter how fancy they get.
Honourable Mention: Nerf RivalBecause sometimes there's nothing quite like a classic foam ball fight, especially when your gun comes loaded with this many foam balls.
Honourable Mention: Baby AliveThis eating, pooping baby is making a big comeback, which means even more diapers for parents everywhere to clean up.
Honourable Mention: Paw Patrol ToysChase is still on the case, and kids are eating it up. These dogs continued to top the list, making them a popular go-to toy for toddlers everywhere.
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Honourable Mention: Marshmallow ManMore proof that the female Ghostbusters wasn't that bad? The big bad Marshmallow Man continued to be a hot-ticket item.


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Enjoy the Brick Store Museum with your group! There is no better way to share the museum experience. The Brick Store Museum welcomes groups of all ages at reduced rates for a minimum of five people. Guided and self-guided tours of the Museum's galleries are available.
The Museum is wheelchair accessible on the first floor galleries. There are two small second-floor galleries that cannot yet be accessed by wheelchair. Parking: will you be arriving in a motor coach, bus, or van? Are your group members driving themselves? Parking is available in the municipal parking lot to the left of the Museum; on the street in front of the Museum, and along Main Street. Larger parking areas are available just off of Main Street, on both Bourne Lane and Garden Street (there will be a short walk from these parking lots). Motor coaches and vans may drop off and pick up your group at the Museum's front entrance.
Scavenger hunts are available for self-guided groups with advance notice. When reserving your group visit, please let the Museum staff know of your interest in the Scavenger Hunt opportunity so we can have the correct amount ready for your group.
If your group is looking for suggestions on where to eat, stay, and visit while in the Kennebunks, please visit the Kennebunk Kennebunkport Arundel Chamber of Commerce. If you are interested in walking to lunch from the Museum in the downtown area, make sure to look for restaurants along Main Street!
For more information, please contact the Museum at (207)985-4802, or email us at [email protected] We will be happy to work with you to put together a unique visit to the Museum and the Kennebunks.
If you are interested in Curriculum-based programs for school groups, please visit our Education page.
Adult Groups & Tour Operators Rates:
- Self-guided visits: $5.00 per adult
- Guided visits*: $6.00 per adult
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*Guided tours consist of an introduction to the Museum by a staff member; docent-led tour of galleries and time for Q&A. Behind-the-scenes tours include the above and a staff-guided tour of the Museum's collections storage.
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- You can pay in advance of your arrival or at the time of your visit. Credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), check, or cash is accepted.
- If you need an invoice for the tour, please request one at the time of your booking.
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According to an article on The Hollywood Reporter, stars Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace are currently in talks to play the leads in Child 44. Ridley Scott and Michael Costigan will be producing the Soviet-era thriller and Daniel Espinosa will be directing.
The film is about a member of Soviet police and as he investigating child murder cases, the Soviet government begins to become suspicious of his behavior. If they get cast in these roles, Hardy would play the officer and Rapace would his wife. However, Hardy and Rapace will be quite busy shooting Fox Searchlight's drama Animal Rescue together in March.
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Garrison Keillor, Lily Tomlin, Meryl Streep and Lindsay Lohan in A Prairie Home Companion
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The nanny from hell, played by Rosemary's Baby star Mia Farrow, takes good care of little Damien (Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick).
Accepting an honorary career-achievement Academy Award on this year's Oscar show, Robert Altman revealed that he had undergone a heart transplant not long ago. The comment caused a bit of a stir, since news of the filmmaker's operation had been closely guarded. Naturally, the revelation prompted thoughts not only of the octogenarian director's remarkable resiliency, but also of his mortality.
Do intimations of the great beyond mellow an artist's temperament? That was something I wondered going into Altman's A Prairie Home Companion, a fictional movie based on Garrison Keillor's popular radio show. Wondering about the director's possible mellowing was, of course, a way of wondering what kind of movie I was about to see.
For going on four decades, Altman has arguably been the American cinema's most incisive and acerbic satirist, and his targets have encompassed not only American society's abundant foolishness and foibles but, more specifically, the popular media and cultural forms that propagate those delusions: everything from private-eye and war films and westerns to country music and politics and even the health and fashion industries.
Given that track record, it occurred to me that this latest Altman might enclose a skewering--however sly and indirect--of its nominal subject, a vision of the NPR ethos and audience as unflattering as Nashville's was of the capital of pickin' 'n' grinnin'. As it turns out, though, this cinematic Prairie Home Companion is no snarky sneak attack on the radio institution. And yet I'm not sure that mellowing has anything to do with the film's light, appreciative tone.
The crucial factor, no doubt, is that the movie originated with Keillor, who is credited with the screenplay. Reportedly, the writer-performer set out to create a film and saw Altman as the ideal director from early on. Not only did he manage to convince Altman--who says he's a fan of the show--to enlist, but all indications suggest that as Keillor's script progressed, he increasingly saw (and wrote) it as an Altman film.
The result is a movie that, though it lacks something of Altman's characteristic bite, represents a generous and smooth merging of the two artists' sensibilities. By no means is this simply A Prairie Home Companion transferred to film. Though the movie bears the radio show's name, Keillor has cleverly placed several yards of fictional distancing between the real show and the radio show we see on screen.
The real show, of course, has several million listeners and is heard on stations coast to coast. The fictional show is also staged in the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn., but it has been on the air, we're told, "since Jesus was in the third grade," and now has an audience of only a few hundred on one local station. What's more, the theater has been bought by a Texas corporation that plans to turn it into a parking lot, so the performance we witness will be the radio show's last stand.
Along with this droll mixture of the real and the fanciful, Keillor--who, naturally, plays the fictional show's host--mixes characters from the actual show with others made up for the movie, and performers from the show (including the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band) with big-name film actors: Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin appear as singing sisters Yolanda and Rhonda Johnson, with Lindsay Lohan essaying Yolanda's suicide-minded daughter Lola; Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly play singing cowpokes Dusty and Lefty; Kevin Kline incarnates private eye/security man Guy Noir; Virginia Madsen is a mysterious woman in white; and Tommy Lee Jones oozes in late in the story as the Texas corporation's "axe man."
Interestingly--and, I think, wisely--Keillor dispenses with many of his show's trademark catchphrases and comic reference points. If memory serves, there's nary a mention of Lake Wobegon or a description of its citizenry. Instead, the story, such as it is, is carried largely by the almost nonstop musical performances, and these are constantly intercut with various comic mini-dramas that play out around the radio show's margins.
This steady amalgamation of onstage action and backstage shenanigans gives the film a feel very akin to the kaleidoscopic comic ensemble structures of most Altman films. Thus it's hardly a surprise that the director's familiar style, with its use of overlapping dialogue and cameras that are almost always simultaneously tracking and zooming, seems to fit right in. A bit more surprising is that Altman's puckish brand of absurdism--even though here it's less caustic than usual--blends so easily with Keillor's more whimsical and homespun variety.
Altman's genial touch with actors is evident throughout, and sometimes the results are funny in ways that may not have been intended. Or was it my imagination that Lily Tomlin seemed crotchety beyond the call of duty, as if in response to the scene-stealing, sublimely over-the-top performance that Meryl Streep gives right beside her?
In any case, the cast's big revelation is Keillor himself. I've never been a big listener or fan of his work on radio, but on film Keillor has a presence and skill (including his excellent singing) that are engaging and impressive throughout. Even better, he doesn't seem to have set himself up to be the star of the show. He's just one more player--but, happily, the best.
A Prairie Home Companion recalls Jonathan Demme's recent Heart of Gold, starring Neil Young and shot at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Both works take the concert-film premise and transmute it into something more cinematic and meaningfully expansive. And while they could be described as tributes by a filmmaker to the veteran performer he records, it would be more accurate to say that they are felicitous and well-matched collaborations, in which the performer also pays tribute to the filmmaker--and we are lucky enough to witness the spark of their mutual inspiration.
I'm not sure why I missed Richard Donner's 1976 supernatural shocker The Omen (I also skipped its various sequels), but I'd guess that by the time it came along, well after The Exorcist and its many knock-offs, I was suffering from supernatural shocker burnout. No matter how appealing the idea of seeing the Antichrist himself incarnated as a malevolent preschooler named Damien might sound, I was fried on the genre.
As for why I might willingly go see the film's current remake, two reasons bounce to mind immediately. First, the fact that Donner's original starred Gregory Peck and Lee Remick was one thing that made it seem yawn-inducing at the time; for years Hollywood had been humiliating its fading icons by casting them in cheesy horror films (the last quarter of Bette Davis' career is comprised of little but such shrill screamfests). But look at the cast of this new Omen: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis, Michael Gambon, Pete Postlethwaite.
That's more the lineup of a smart transatlantic art film than a bloated summer horror retread. Granted, I was sorry they missed the chance to cast Dick Cheney as the Antichrist--no doubt he was too busy working on Armageddon--but even so, the actors roster was more than sufficient to pique my curiosity.
The second reason I responded was the date of the film's release: 6-6-06. Was this why the remake was mounted in the first place? If so, I find it completely astonishing, conjuring as it does visions of executives at 20th Century Fox sitting around, watching the calendar for the Mark of the Beast to come up, and having serious discussions about planning their production and release schedules around it. Does this at last prove that Hollywood really is in league with the Devil? (Or does the fact that Fox is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who many people suspect of being the Antichrist, have something to do with it?)
From what I hear, John Moore's Omen leaves the original's story very much intact. Schreiber plays an American diplomat stationed in Rome who agrees with a strange priest's proposal to substitute a foundling for the baby that is born dead to his wife, who's played by Stiles. It's only after the couple is reassigned to London, and the baby grows into a rather odd tyke, that there's reason to believe that he might be more than just a run-of-the-mill little devil.
Though Moore gives the film a stylish polish and gets excellent work from his top-drawer cast--the scene-stealer is Rosemary's baby's mom herself, Mia Farrow, as the nanny from hell, a sort of satanic Mary Poppins--the whole affair feels rather old-hat. Perhaps that's because it refers back to an era when the makers of horror films seemed to believe in Christian doctrine, especially the scarier parts of Revelation. The wonderfully paradoxical thing about this tale, after all, is that it invites us to cheer the guy trying to stop the Antichrist when only the arrival of the Antichrist (a kind of diabolical John the Baptist) can usher in the Second Coming.
So, aha! Maybe the film wasn't timed to 6-6-06 after all. Maybe it was intended to revivify the faithful after the Gnostic siren song of The Da Vinci Code. All of which would tend to suggest that Hollywood, or least Fox, is really in league not with the Devil but with ... the Vatican?


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Boden lost his first tooth on Sunday, September 18th. The tooth had been wiggly for the last two weeks but finally popped out after dinner while eating a cracker. Unfortunately, Boden swallowed the tooth. "How will the tooth fairy know to give me a coin?" The tooth fairy figured it out and left a short note and a quarter for the tooth. She even left Hutson a penny for sleeping in his bed all night.
For the last 4 months, we've been going thru a remodel in our home. As a deal on the finish of the work, the boys promised to sleep in their own beds rather than sleeping with mom and dad. They have been brave and have slept the night in their own beds for the last week.
The other day, Boden asked dad…"when will you be a grandpa?" I responded "I'll be a grandpa when you or Hutson become a daddy." Boden looked at me confused…trying to tie the two together. We talked that his grandpa is my dad. Hutson looked on and then asked a follow up question…"who will be the grandma?"
Boden has been asking "what did you to at work today?" This comes from us asking how his day was and what he did at school.
Last night while putting Hutson to bed, Hutson told me that he's "the snuggle champion". I would have to agree.
We received a note from Boden's teacher today stating Boden completed the biggest task at school. Reading and following directions on how to make a loaf of bread. She sent a photo of Boden standing behind four loaves of bread in a baker's hat and apron. He looked quite proud of himself.
Boden has been working on legos the last couple weeks. He's able to follow directions and put different vehicles or figures together. They look complex but he has the focus and patience to put them all together.


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- Jo Williams Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator sa...
This is such a beautiful card! I absolutely LOVE the coloring and how beautiful the colors are... this image is adorable! THe background papers are so pretty too! Thank you so much for joining us this week in our Funday Friday challenge! Have a great weekend!
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it's beautiful Zora
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Darling image and love the colors!! Thanks so very much for joining us this week at the Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge, Elizabeth (DT)
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Beautiful coloring and great design. Thanks for sharing at LPoCF challenge. Have a great day
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Super sweet. TFS and joining us at Jo's for Funday Friday
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Love your colouring, she's very sweet and lovely against the purple. Thanks for joining our Purple Haze challenge at MAWTT! x Jessie
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Rosi ZagortchevaDirector of Product Development
How did you start at DICE?
I was lucky to be able to observe the founding and the amazing trajectory of the studio. When the opportunity to join DICE LA came along – I grabbed it!
Can you explain the Line Manager role and how you support the team?
At DICE LA the line managers are responsible for the development and coaching of the talent and for studio culture. In short, my job is to collaborate with others to create the best studio in the world, where developers can do the greatest work of their career. It's incredibly exciting and gratifying!
What is the best thing about working at DICE LA?
Working with an amazing group of people, who have the ambitious and aspirational vision to build a great studio and make amazing games.
If you wouldn't have been in the gaming industry, what would you do?
I have a degree in architecture, so I would probably be working on restoration and preservation of historic buildings – something I'm passionate about.


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>"We were on a dive trip on the liveabord Nai'a, and I saw your photograph of Cat Holloway with the shrimp in her mouth hanging in the passageway — you know, the one you took some 15 years ago, if recollections serve me. It's still one of my favorites."
>The thoughtful call brought a rush of dusty memories. "Has it really been 15 years?" I wondered as I hung up the receiver and leaned back in my chair with the photograph dancing in my mind. But my thoughts quickly drifted from the image and settled on the unforgettable string of events that followed.
>It all began sometime prior to my 1998 voyage aboard the Nai'a when Cat, who was the liveaboard's cruise director at the time, learned to entice cleaning shrimp into her mouth. The two-inch crustaceans (in this case white-stripe cleaning shrimp) traditionally make their living feeding on the parasites that besiege reef fishes. To ease their infestations, "client" fish visit cleaning stations at intervals throughout the day. The stations are manned by certain species of shrimp and small fishes that are referred to collectively as cleaners. The cleaners, which tend to be immune to predation because of their invaluable services, regularly venture inside opened mouths where microscopic parasites, primarily larval isopods, congregate. In Cat's case a predive meal of Vegemite and toast was employed to sweeten the deal.
>Cat settled onto her knees in the sand next to a coral outcropping, removed her second stage and leaned forward with her lips drawn back and teeth bared. As her face neared the reef, a shrimp hopped aboard her approaching grin. After momentarily busying itself picking here and there it vanished inside Cat's mouth. When the shrimp reappeared, a gentle puff sent it sailing back toward its roost. Cat looked up and, with a twinkle in her eyes, smiled and gave a sweet little shiver of delight.
>Still harboring an image of a lady with a fish hanging from her lip, I fumbled for an answer. "It wouldn't have been after the cleaner … wow, I have no idea," I admitted. "How's the lady?"
>"Oh, other than having a black, blue and swollen lip for a few days, the injury healed remarkably well," Cat replied. "Fortunately, being a vet, she was accustomed to being bitten by animals."
>Returning the following morning I found the cardinalfish clustered toward the back of the recess away from the cleaners, so I settled in for a wait. Having nothing better to do, I casually slipped my hand toward the shrimp — a mistake. A small grouper, known as a graysby, bolted for my outstretched fingers. I yanked my hand back just in the nick of time and hugged it tightly to my chest. The grouper turned, glared and then swam away, sending up a puff of sand in its wake before slipping inside the recess through a side passage, resting its head on an incline and opening its mouth wide. A nearby shrimp literally galloped across the sand and onto the waiting jaws. No sooner was the shrimp settled than the grouper sent it flying with a shake and swam away.
>The message was loud and clear: This bad boy was, in no uncertain terms, asserting a proprietary claim to the cleaning station. A light bulb went on — graysby, coral trout, territory, bruised lip. I believe the run-in might have some bearing on the curious behavior of Cat's "rascally" trout half a world away.
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Some Concerns in Designing Therapy
Discourses on Music -7
Prateeksha Sharma
To utilise music in its therapeutic aspect we need to identify music that corresponds to our various emotions. If a particular melody attracts us, we could examine what is so special about it. Is it the lyrics, the voice, the intonation of the words, the interplay of instruments, the use of silence in the song or something else? However, when we use music as a complement to certain other procedures we have to study all the above aspects as well as the musical abilities of the individual who is the recipient of the treatment, and their preferences regarding the setting. There can be many a setting for a therapy exercise in music- from a community centre to a hospital ward, the studio of the therapist to the school-room, even a park or the home of the patient. In terms of participation it can be an individual who receives therapy, a couple, a family, a group or any other set of like-minded people.
Then one has to choose the kind of musical experience –between listening to music, recreating music, making new music and an appropriate musical medium, whether it would be the voice of the participants or instrument, or a combination of them. Similarly, one needs to carefully choose what music to use- some existing music, which is known to both or known to one alone or a new music to be created jointly. Once these factors have been accounted for music therapy can be designed for any kind of disease or condition: from childbirth and immature babies to patients suffering from cancer, HIV/AIDS and those with burns and other trauma. It can also be used in treatment of psychiatric illnesses of schizophrenia, substance abuse, depressions, phobias and for rehabilitation to neurological conditions of multiple sclerosis, stroke, autism, developmental delays and handicaps, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases. Even in operation theatres the use of music can help in carrying out a safe surgery by reducing the stress levels of all involved, with a possible reduction of the dosage of anasthesia required by the patient and in post-surgical recovery. Further uses may be to promote self-actualization, to stimulate developmental growth, to manage pain and to treat musical problems.
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I know you are looking for speaker that is going to connect with your audience and help you accomplish the assignment God has given you to invest in others. I want that for you too! Should you choose me as your speaker, I will do everything I can to come alongside you to see your purpose for your event accomplished. Together, we will partner with the Holy Spirit to empower others to know the truth, live the truth for that is what changes everything!
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Events for WomenDifference Maker
In this message, Lynn empowers women to:
- Discover women in God's word who overcame obstacles to change their community.
- Replace fear of failures past and fear of the future with Christ Confidence.
- Take your first step forward to become a difference maker.
This topic is based on the lives of the Daughters of Zelophehad from Numbers 27. The courageous steps they took not only changed their lives, but changed the lives of women in the Hebrew tribe permanently. Because of them, women could inherit land, when before, if they were without a father, brother, husband or son, they were left with no provision.
I want to be all God's created me to be; do all I was made to do. So what's holding me back?
Doubt. Doubt that you have all you need to do all He's given you to do. What you need is confidence.
Lynn reveals the secret behind finding the confidence that holds up, even in the worst situations. She'll share how to:
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- Recover from confidence defeating decisions to move forward toward spiritual maturity.
- Stop the agonizing mental chatter and replace it with security-building truth.
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This journey you're on is filled with many twists and turns. Some of those will lead to advances, yet others will feel more like retreats. No matter what season of trials and triumphs we are in, we can be empowered with God's confidence to keep moving forward no matter what comes.
Based on her own experience with triumphs and defeat, Lynn empowers women with 5 practical steps learned from the Daughters of Zelophehad in the book of Numbers. In this session you will:
- Realize you're not alone in wrestling to move forward in life.
- Recover from defeat to move forward toward a strong self-worth.
- Recognize the pieces you're missing to help you to keep going.
- Restore the hope you've lost by arresting your fears, empowering you to accomplish your personal assignments.
What does it look like to be a woman changing her world in this century? With all of the mixed signals our culture sends to us, we are living in a very confusing time as girls and women. Let's open God's word to see how God puts a high value on women, has always been calling women to impact the world and calls to us now to step up and make a difference right here, right now!
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What do you see when you look in the mirror? Confidence? Beauty? A woman overwhelmed by the Father's love? Or do you see someone different?
In a culture obsessed with perfection, our sense of self-worth can be battered and tossed day after exhausting day. We were made for more!
Based on the lives of women in the Bible, including Deborah and Abigail, together, let's discover how to:
- Live in unshakable confidence, even in the worst situations.
- Replace loneliness, rejection, and pain with acceptance, affirmation, and approval.
- Discover how to overcome the self-doubt whispers & find freedom to reach our full potential.
- Find the love you crave so your love-gap is finally filled.
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Events for Parents5 Secrets to Becoming the Parent Your Kid Wants to Hang Out With
Somewhere along this journey called parenting it just stopped. The child who clung to your every move now seems to run when you come near. Want to turn it around?
Leaning on nearly 25 years of parenting experience, Lynn will share her secrets for having the connection and communication you and your child long for! (And it may or may not involve jumping out of a plane!)
As our children grow older, life just seems to become busier. Somewhere along this journey called parenting communication can all too easily stop. The child who clung to your every move now seems to run when you come near.
Want to turn it around?
Leaning on nearly 25 years of parenting experience, Lynn will share her secrets for having the connection and communication you and your child long for! (And it may or may not involve jumping out of a plane!)
Events for Young Adults and TeensThe First FOMO
FOMO: the fear of missing out. We hear this new phenomenon talked about, but is it really new? In this message, Lynn will help girls learn how to:
This topic is based on Eve and the strategy Satan used when he approached her in the garden. So often we think the troubles we deal with today are new with our culture … when in fact his tools are very old.
You are Brave Enough
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Every young woman should break out of the cultural definition of beautiful and break into God's so she can reach her fullest potential. To do this, she must be brave! This talk/conference challenges young adults and/or teens to push past relationship drama to get to God's best for her. To bravely make the switch from looking for the guy to becoming the girl. Young women will be encouraged and empowered to become the one God created her to become; a gutsy, God girl who displays His character and honors God.
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You see it; the undercurrent of culture threatening to pull you under. As her mentor or mom, you also see something she is missing: the full potential laying just under the surface of all her trying.
It's time for her to break out of the suffocation of trying to becoming who God created her to be. She is more than she knows! Let's empower her to be brave enough to make the move and discover who intended her to be! Together we'll:
- Figure out what a personal & growing relationship with Jesus looks like (and why she should want one).
- Learn how to block out the noise to hear the voice of God.
- Develop and stick to boundaries so she can reach her fullest potential.
- Create confidence leading to higher self-esteem by discovering the love she craves.
Sessions can include:
- You're Brave Enough
- Becoming a World-Changer
- Beyond Snap-Chat: Finding Life-long Friends
What will my life be like? Who will I be? Whether girls put these concerns into words or struggle anxiously with these thoughts, during this season of change, girls have questions. Sometimes these questions also come with fears and they need a safe place to process these fears.
Building a foundation for the years to come, this message will empower young girls to find confidence in God, rather than in someone, some place, or some thing, as culture will all-too-soon tell them to.
Lynn will also prepare girls to:
- Overcome confidence-defeating thoughts and stand on who Jesus says she is.
- Shape her self-worth on Christ and overcome the temptation to base it on environmental factors.
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- Find approval of herself even when she lacks the acceptance of others.
- Find security by turning to Christ as she steps through the exciting, yet scary world of growing up
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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Dark Chocolate Cherries
Cherries are still in season people! If my pie and sorbetto haven't tempted you, these dark chocolate cherries are guaranteed to. They are incredibly easy to make and the hardest part is just waiting for them to be ready. I came across this recipe when Kate In The Kitchen posted about her adventures with cherries and I knew that I couldn't pass them up. Simple syrup is created by heating water and sugar together. Dark Chocolate is then melted into the syrup before being poured over cherries packed into a quart jar. They're then sealed for up to two weeks to create a beautiful dark chocolate treat!
Your next hardest decision is going to be deciding how to use them. Our first try was pouring the cherries and juices over a large piece of chocolate cake and topping them with whipped cream. The sweet juices soaked into the cake and the chocolate cherry flavor was a perfect combination. I was surprised at how well the cherries held up too. They were still firm and crunchy and yet they had absorbed in that sweet chocolate syrup.
Our next adventure was once all the cherries were gone but there was still syrup left in the bottle. We mixed the syrup with some sparkling water and then poured it over homemade vanilla ice cream to create chocolate cherry ice cream sodas. To make the sodas, you just mix equal parts of the syrup and sparkling water and then pour over ice cream.
Check out this site for the whole recipe. Enjoy!
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It would be tempting to draw conclusions from watching the practice racing, but it is a fool's game. The teams are often testing new equipment, trying out new crew, or working to get their settings right for new conditions. The results are often less meaningful than the process and the debrief at the end of the day.
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The top 5 considerations for migrating to Microsoft Office 365
We get the basics, but what do we really need figure out before we make the jump to Office 365? Theresa Miller digs in.
We know that Office 365 is growing quickly—Microsoft has indicated that they now have over 70,000 customers. But of course, as popular as it's getting, most of us haven't made the jump yet and are still watching and evaluating. Really, the main thing we know is that moving to Office 365 means relying on the cloud and getting newer versions of the desktop apps. And here on BrianMadden.com, Gabe and Brian have written about how hosted Exchange can affect desktop virtualization. (Update: They've also written about some potential solutions, too.) But that's just scratching the surface—what else do we really need to know? That's what I'll look at today.
1. Security and compliance
When migrating any corporate information to the cloud, security and compliance are often the top concerns. However, when researching cloud initiatives with your security colleagues, you will find that they are often very supportive of moving to the larger cloud providers like Microsoft. The truth of the matter is that an Office 365 tenant is typically more secure than your on-premises environment.
Why and how? Well, Microsoft has put a lot of effort into ensuring the technology that holds corporate data is secured. Their infrastructure is top notch, highly available, redundant, and patched. Are all of these true of our own infrastructure? If not, then Office 365 is already more secure than your onsite deployment.
2. Cost
Some organizations immediately shutdown on the idea of Office 365 because of cost. Now, the reality of this is that there is an expense tied to moving to cloud. It's not free, but it's not off the charts, either. When you move to the cloud you are accepting the fact that you are paying someone else to keep your infrastructure up to date. This means that you are no longer in the business of buying servers and storage, patching, maintenance windows, cooling a datacenter, and having staff to run it all. In other words, it's shift from your capital budget to your operating budget.
One other thing to remember in your financial strategy is that you should expect to have a period where your data is both in the cloud and you will still be maintaining your onsite infrastructure, creating some cost overlap.
3. Functionality
It's important to consider whether or not there will be any residual effects to functionality when moving to Office 365. I will be honest here—things will be different and there will be some learning curve for users—but in general you will find that most things work very similar if you already have Microsoft products in your organization. Just plan for some user training.
That being said, there are definitely some functionality differences to considered in advance of a deployment. Here we go:
- Do you need a seamless experience, so that your business users can still access all their information as if it was on-premises? In most cases the answer to this question is a resounding yes, so make sure you research and implement identity options such as Active Directory Federation Services or similar. Having a plan to provide the single sign on experience your users expect is fundamental to the success of your project.
- Test and then pilot the areas of Office 365 you expect to deploy to your organization. Their feedback will drive the success or failure of this project. IT departments today deploy what the business needs, and not whatever they want. In my experience, proper testing is necessary or your project will fail.
- Know that with Office 365 there are layers of redundancy of data, recycle bins, version control, and retention policy, but there are not any actual backups. Before you can decide if you will be comfortable without backups, take some time to understand the inner workings of Microsoft's options and then compare these against the recovery and uptime expectations of your organization.
4. Should we consider hosted email, too?
What about putting your email in Office 365 Exchange Online? I have been administering and deploying Microsoft Exchange since the late 90s, and while I have a deep technical connection with the on-premises product, I now also have a strong connection with Exchange Online. I feel that if your organization has a cloud strategy, then Exchange online should be part of that conversation, too.
5. Does this affect your job?
I find this topic extremely interesting since it impacts how we function as an IT department as well as the work we do from day to day. Does cloud really have the potential to take away our jobs in IT? First, the reality is that we are a long way off from any organization moving to all cloud, and there is still much to learn and do should we actually get there. Keep in mind that as we shift to a cloud strategy it means that technical staff has the time and opportunity to expand their wings and learn other types of technology.
Even in the event that someday we see all organizations achieving an all cloud strategy, there is still work to be done—consider cloud to cloud migrations, for example. Also remember that IT supports the business, and that businesses runs on technology. We will always be there to help them.
Final note: It's not scary!
Don't be intimidated by Office 365 just because it's in the cloud. Just like any other technology implementation, a move to cloud requires business acceptance, training, design and implementation.
If there is one thing I have learned over the years, it's that technology is always advancing and in this field we are always learning. So bring on the change, and look forward to how you can advance your organization's IT strategy, and to what you get to learn about next!


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Suzanna joined the City Office's Development Consultancy team in June 2015. She has an excellent range of experience in both the valuation and planning of a wide variety of residential and commercial property in both the public and private sectors. Suzanna specialises in the valuation of residential-led development schemes, affordable housing and regeneration projects.
Prior to joining Strettons, Suzanna worked at Rapleys, primarily for the planning team in 1995 with a particular focus on the retail sector. She joined Knight Frank in 2001 focusing on residential development, delivering valuation advice within East London and the Eastern Region. She moved to the London Borough of Barnet, North London in 2009 and was involved in the day to day management of the Council's property portfolio. Suzanna transferred to Capita in 2013 when The London Borough of Barnets property portfolio was outsourced and worked on a wide range of cases to deliver a significant savings to target contracts.
In her spare time, Suzanna enjoys playing tennis, she is keen on the arts and is an avid follower of Formula 1.
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2001 Post Graduate Diploma in Development & Planning
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