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This is my column published in the Charlotte Observer, The Williamson Herald, and the Spring Hill Informer. I have received more e-mails and Facebook comments on this column than on any other I've ever written.
The morning I heard Andy Griffith had passed away I closed my office door and cried. Many hours later I was still quite melancholy and trying to understand what the deep sadness was about.
I grew up watching "The Andy Griffith Show." As a North Carolina native I can tell you that we North Carolinians have felt that TAGS is our show. It is about us; but we gladly let others enjoy it, sort of like inviting out-of-town guests over for family dinner. Andy Griffith grew up in Mount Airy (his Mayberry) with a view of Pilot Mountain, which fans of the TV show heard as the town of Mount Pilot. I grew up in Winston-Salem and you could almost see Pilot Mountain from there. The great thing about Mayberry is that you can see it from anywhere.
As a teen visiting my grandparents in Parkton, N.C., the town and residents reminded me of Mayberry. There's nothing like the smell of a small-town hardware store, the taste of church homecoming dinners on the lawn or the sound of being greeted by everyone in a barbershop.
It's fascinating to hear TAGS referred to as a "family show" when in fact the vast majority of the characters were single adults (Andy, Barney, Aunt Bea, Goober, Gomer, Thelma Lou, Helen, Ellen the pharmacist, Howard, Ernest T. Bass, Briscoe Darling, to name a few.) But it was these very characters that created a sense of family.
Their marital status didn't matter. What mattered to us then and matters to us still is how the show made us feel about relationships and community. As we live in an era of breakneck pace, wireless communication, and virtual relationships, there is something inside us that is drawn to and longs for the pace of Mayberry with its front-porch conversations, small parades with perfect attendance, and the simple choices of one drug store, one barber, one grocer, one hardware store, and one diner.
In 1963 TAGS understood its unique identity and prophesied its future appeal with the classic episode "Man in a Hurry." Malcolm Tucker is a businessman whose car breaks down outside of Mayberry on a Sunday. Tucker has an important business appointment in Charlotte the next morning. He walks to town and finds it deserted until church lets out. Wally's garage is closed on Sunday and Wally refuses to work on the repairs until Monday. If life moves slowly in Mayberry on other days, it rides on a snail's back on Sundays. Tucker can neither fathom nor tolerate the pace of life in Mayberry and everyone's lack of urgency. Andy tries to talk him into spending the night and getting the car fixed on Monday. Tucker refuses and makes other plans…until something inside him begins to recognize and respond to something more life-giving than business and success. The closing scene speaks volumes in its silence as Andy encounters a sleeping Malcolm Tucker in a front-porch rocker, his facial expression voicing contentment while a long unbroken apple peel rests in his hand.
The characters in TAGS were quirky yet loveable. One of the most endearing qualities of Sheriff Taylor was not only his covering for and even rescuing his bumbling deputy, but doing so with admirable humility and protecting Fife's fragile ego and self-esteem in the process. Their scripted conversations and those of other cast members were respectful – a far cry from the sarcastic and caustic putdowns leveled by friends and family members in contemporary sitcoms.
Perhaps my sadness is in recognizing that not only has a TV show lost its leader, but a kingdom has buried its king, and with it something of my childhood and even my identity. Fortunately there is resurrection and eternal life in syndicated television so Andy Griffith and his magical show will never leave us nor forsake us. I just wish life were more like Mayberry--where at the end of each day justice prevails, mercy triumphs, and love wins; a crisis is averted, a dilemma is solved, and order is restored; a misunderstanding is resolved and hurt feelings are soothed; values are upheld and a good meal is served…minus Aunt Bea's kerosene pickles.


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Without a doubt, golf is one of the most popular sports in the world. That being said, thousands of people hop into their cars to travel to their nearest golf courses to practice. However, not everybody has the time to head outdoors, especially during the winter. Fortunately, simulators make it possible for avid golfers to keep practicing despite the harsh weather conditions.
Some of the best simulators utilize camera technology and tracking to produce accurate measurements of shot direction, ball spin and launch angle.
Things to consider before investing in a simulator include:
Indoor simulators recreate the environment of the course using projection and digital graphics, allowing you to practice in limited space with minimal equipment, saving time and money. Golfers who do not have a home golf simulator are certainly missing out on all the fun. Here are some benefits:
Most home simulators include software for several golf courses. Once you have perfected the techniques for one course, you can level up and switch to a different setting with an entirely new course. This not only keeps the game interesting but presents you with new types of challenges that improve your skills.
With the help of a simulator, you can practice on some of the finest golf courses in the world without setting a foot outdoors. Golfers have the luxury of visiting courses they would never get to visit in real life. Simulators are exceptionally beneficial for players who live in an area with poor quality golf courses. The device eliminates the need for driving several miles to practice in a well-equipped golf course.
Most golf simulators in the market include an educational component, such as a sensor or a video camera to track the movement of the ball and the club. This valuable data provides you useful information about your mis-hits that improves your swing.
With regular practice, the lessons will polish your skills. Golfers also benefit from good feedback. With the help of the instructional aid, you no longer have to practice with a friend to point out your mistakes and offer you feedback.
When you are practicing at the course, you might be distracted by the people around you. With a simulator, you can practice in the comfort of your home. Now, you can take every decision without worrying about people watching you or criticizing your every move.
Many beginners and young golfers are put off by the learning curve, especially when people around them are waiting to play and start to get impatient after a while. This leads to new golfers getting nervous and rushing their shots. By investing in a home simulator, you can drastically improve your learning experience.
With our busy work schedules, one of the biggest advantages of a simulator is it saves time. Whether you want to hone your skills, get some extra practice or simply want to enjoy a relaxing activity, the simulator allows you to enjoy your favorite sport without all the difficulties.
You no longer have to drive all the way to course, search for the ball after each shot, or fumble through your equipment to search for the right club. All this saves time and effort, enabling you to spend your time wisely.
Not everybody has the luxury of a large backyard to accommodate a full driving range. Additionally, installing a putting green requires a flat surface which not everybody has access to. However, with a golf simulator, you need not worry about space constraints. A device takes up a small amount of space and can be installed in your living room, basement or garage.
With a golf simulator, you need not worry about driving in the heat or finding your way to the golf course in the rain. A golf simulator makes it possible for players to practice indoors despite the weather conditions. Golfers can simply set up the device indoors whether the sun shines or whether it rains and practice all they want.
Needless to say, expensive and reputable golf simulators are more accurate than their inexpensive counterparts. Invest in products that offer pinpoint accurate swing analysis and have received positive feedback from customers.
Hopefully, you have now understood the benefits and importance of investing in a golf simulator. Since, there are a large number of products in the market, it is essential you check out all the features and specs of the device before making a purchase.
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This is our family (Easter 2018), except for Emily who passed away in 2008. (Emily's Story.) All of the kids have been homeschooled, and our oldest son is now in college studying business communications. (Read about the mistakes we made parenting an adult child.) Our youngest daughter, Mercy, was born with Stickler Syndrome Type 1 – thus the reason for the super cute glasses! (You can read more about Stickler Syndrome here.) My husband is an officer in the Army, and I'm a stay-at-home-homeschooling-blogging mom! (Check out my books and audios!)
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"Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,The fruit of the womb is a reward.Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,So are the children of one's youth.Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them;They shall not be ashamed,But shall speak with their enemies in the gate."
The Lord views children as an important part of the family unit. They are called a "reward" and a "heritage." It is our duty as parents to recognize the privilege of raising children whom God has blessed with unique gifts, talents and personalities. No two quivers (families) are exactly alike just as no two arrows are fashioned the same.
Raising Arrows is all about keeping in mind the fact that as Christians, we are raising unique individuals who will someday be let loose to fly with precision and accuracy at the target set before them by the Lord. We shape and sand selflessly with that thought in mind.
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About the Project
Economic Impact
As the only commercial airport in Prince Edward Island, the Charlottetown Airport is an important economic driver for the entire province. It is a key link for business, residents, and visitors and is essential to the Island's future growth and prosperity.
A recent economic impact study concluded that the airport and business park had 488 full-time equivalent employees, contributed $114.7 million to PEI's gross output, $64 million to gross domestic product, and $36.5 million to wages and salaries.
Approximately 95% of current commercial aircraft movements use Runway 03-21, making this the most important asset at the airport. In 2017, over 370,000 passengers made their way through the facilities, with about 50% of those passengers departing or arriving between June and September. The Charlottetown Airport is now seeing larger aircraft than ever before, as in addition to WestJet operating their 737 fleet, Air Canada has brought their Rouge product to PEI with their Airbus 319 and 321 aircraft. Runway 03-21 is certainly the preferred runway for these aircraft as it has the more advanced navigational aids and without this runway, traffic would suffer immensely. Having two commercially usable runways will not only provide for a safer operating environment for users, it will also extend the lifespan of each runway.


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Kinnegar Brewing, Rathmullan, County Donegal
The island of Ireland was such a dystopia of beer choice in the early 1970s that a visit inspired four English visitors to band together and form a consumer group to save the remnants of English cask ale when they got back home.
CAMRA lacked significant extraterritorial influence, so cask ale has not had a major resurgence since the 1970s on the island that inspired the campaign. However, as various seasoned Irish bloggers have documented, Ireland has a much more exciting and varied beer culture in the 21st century than it had in the last, but at the same time I didn't expect a visit to rural Donegal to offer more in the way of beer than Guinness, Guinness or Guinness.
Accordingly, when I last visited Rathmullan for a fishing trip two years ago, there was no evidence of craft beer. But, since then, the small seaside town has acquired its own farmhouse brewery, Kinnegar Brewing, whose beers are available in bottles or on keg in a number of local pubs, including The Beachcomber Bar and The White Harte.
Moreover, Kinnegar seems to be distinguished by a level of quality that most new English breweries fail to achieve. Scraggy Bay IPA in particular is an assertively bitter and citrussy but well-rounded New World-hopped IPA that would hold its own against Jaipur, Punk or Diablo.
After a long day's fishing off Killybegs, marked by a shortage of actual fish, but the compensation of a pod of dolphins swimming with the boat, I was very happy to sit outside The White Harte, nursing an increasingly red forehead and watching the sun go down over Lough Swilly with a cold glass of a genuinely very good Irish IPA. In the same setting I would have suffered a Guinness too, but still.
Kinnegar's stockists are listed on its website and include bars and off licences throughout the island, including The Vineyard in Belfast and L Mulligans Grocers in Dublin.
Marks & Spencer Mosaic Pale Ale and Amarillo Golden Ale
It did seem that the craft beer revolution had stopped being able to squeeze into its tight girl jeans and instead had pulled a nice comfy Blue Harbour rugby shirt over its growing paunch when Marks and Spencer started selling single-hopped beers, but Oakham Citra under M&S branding being so widely available to the poor huddled middle classes should not be shrugged at. The other beers (Elgood's Sovereign, Crouch Vale's Hallertau Brewers Gold and Castle Rock's Cascade) were each interesting enough, but none were as well-rounded or exciting as Citra, which qualifies as a modern classic.
It seems that the initial experiment was successful enough for M&S to ask for more single-hopped beers from their favoured English breweries, and two new bottles, Mosaic Pale Ale from Adnams and Amarillo Golden Ale from Meantime, caught my eye this week.
Both breweries have had good-to-excellent form in their previous offerings for M&S. Adnam's Summer IPA and Winter IPA (rebadging their American Style IPA and Innovation respectively) are two of the most enjoyable beers that Marks and Spencer have stocked, and it seemed doubly bold of M&S to stock hoppy beers that exceeded 6%. I was less convinced by the rebadged Sole Star, but it was acceptable for a tax-efficient 2.7%. Meantime's more expensive barrel-aged offerings have been less successful, but their Black IPA was solid, even if black IPA in M&S feels like Motörhead t-shirts in New Look.
Moving on to the new beers, Adnam's Mosaic Pale Ale is copper blonde in colour with a slightly metallic aroma. The overall impression from the first taste is a thin mouthfeel and restrained dry bitterness without much depth. The metallic taste builds into a more rounded bitterness, but one characterised by that oniony quality that you get from Simcoe (from which Mosaic is derived). It's a more pleasant drink than that sounds, perhaps one that will appeal to Brewdog fans given their signature use of Simcoe and which might go well with barbecued red meat.
The Meantime-brewed Amarillo Golden Ale is another story altogether: it's straw coloured with a whiter, frothier head. A fuller, oilier mouthfeel sustains the flavours of apricots and flowers, with a little grapefruit. A more elegant beer than the Mosaic and an easier one to love, it would go well with light, spicy foods and mango salsa.
Both are pretty good for the barbecue season then, but I would recommend the Amarillo and the still-available Citra if your tastes are similar to mine.
Good Vibrations and Bad Vibes: Amateur criticism and social media
I recently read a Facebook post that appeared to be by Belfast record shop owner and label starter Terri Hooley. The post drew attention to a mini-review of the film of his life, Good Vibrations. The review was on a site called "Letterboxd" (a social networking/microblogging site for film fans) and only said:
The ultimate proof (if any more was needed after he put Saving Mr. Banks on his year-end top 10 list) that Mark Kermode has become an old, whiny, out-of-touch, middlebrow and sentimental fart.
Mark Kermode had named Good Vibrations, which is a lovely low budget film based on Terri's own anecdotes about the liberating effect of punk on himself and the teenagers living through the worst of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, as one of the best of last year. In the Facebook post, Terri was angry about Mark suffering the "backlash" that he had expected from the film but hadn't yet experienced.
Good Vibrations is not flawless as films go, not least because of its limited budget, but most people will find themselves swept along in its humour and amiability and appreciate Terri's fundamental rightness in supporting music's redemptive effect in a situation sorely lacking in redemption; a Northern Irish Twenty Four Hour Party People with less knowing playfulness but higher stakes.
But there will be exceptions and, in 2014, some of those people will decide to tell the internet when they didn't like it. When they decide to do so, they will tend not to consider the possibility that someone who invested more in the end product than the cost of an online rental might read it. Like Terri, for example, for whom it is essentially the end product of his entire life, along with introducing John Peel to the Undertones (and selling me a Frank Zappa bootleg 14 years ago).
The reason that I'm writing this on a near-defunct beer blog is that it reminds me of the situation regarding beer. The craft beer industry is full of people who have a really close connection to their product, take pride in their work, will be genuinely hurt by online criticism and consequently annoyed by it, especially when that criticism comes from people who appear not to know what they're talking about. Except it is also the case that the people who are criticising them aren't usually claiming to express an expert opinion, but are merely venting the feeling that they didn't get value for money from the beer they bought, which might have been an actual problem of quality, a misunderstanding about what the brewer was trying to achieve or possibly even an utter failure of palate.
I am in no position to criticise a brewer for what they are trying to do when occasionally they fail to achieve it, and consequently don't have a lot to say these days. I would be more willing to criticise a larger brewery for trying to piggy-back on the shoulders of many smaller brewers and launching "craft beers" that merely devalue that already-amorphous term, if the whole situation didn't fill me with inertia.
But, I suppose, if there is a moral to be taken for brewers it is to listen to individual criticisms, be open to their validity, but also be prepared to dismiss them graciously and/or silently if they obviously have no merit. The product will, over time, probably speak for itself. The risk of the alternative is to be Ricky Gervais, railing against "critics" and turning everyone else against you in the process.
Finally, I would recommend that you watch Good Vibrations. It's a craft film if ever there was one.
The Blessed Bank Holiday Morning
The treat of an unusual morning off. The blessed, wonderful knowledge that tonight – the feast, the indulgence, the excess – will be followed by a morning in bed. The alarm snoozed. The hangover quietly slept through.
The time to fry some bacon and quietly convince your stomach to keep that much-needed salt and fat down, rather than a rushed morning; a precarious bus journey; putting on a brave face for 9am. You would forgive a war criminal in exchange for that morning off. A monster.
For a queen? An unelected monarch? A benign but ideologically objectionable symbol of a system wrought with class, privilege, prejudice, wealth and status? For this morning… fine. That's just fine.
The Food Programme: The New Beer Frontier
I mentioned in my post regarding the Garrett Oliver lunch at Mr Foleys that there was a journalist from BBC Radio 4 present. The episode of The Food Programme that he recorded was broadcast today and will shortly be available on iPlayer here and also as a podcast from this page.
Whilst there are a couple of slight slip-ups and the odd oversimplification for those who are paying attention, it's a wide-ranging and interesting programme, including contributions from Pete Brown, James Clay, Neil from Eating Isn't Cheating, Rob from Hopzine and breweries such as Bristol Beer Factory and Camden Town in the UK and Harpoon and CBC in the US. It's certainly one of the most up-to-date and least clichéd mainstream programmes I've heard about beer and a good recognition of the US craft influence on UK breweries.
I Know Where The Summer Goes: IPA Day at Mr Foleys
It's been a month and a half since #IPA Day at Mr Foleys and the leaves have started to turn. I don't have a lot more to say other than that it was a great success, I had a fantastic day, enjoyed the esteemed company and tried some superb, occasionally very strong beers.
So this is mainly an excuse to post some photos of the day, which in itself is only really worth it for that one shot of Hardknott Dave in full, thunderous flow, doing his utmost to be heard above the crowd, whether they liked it or not. He could easily be a Free Presbyterian minister if only he wasn't so keen on the Devil's buttermilk.
For Leigh's contemporaneous comments on the remarkable selection of beers Dean had brought together for #IPAday, see this post.
Dales Way Pubs: The Red Lion, Sedbergh, Cumbria
Our first day on The Dales Way (foreshortened and in reverse) was from Kendal to Millthorp on Easter Sunday. This was a really beautiful walk on a sunny day, passing over some lovely pasture before crossing over the West Coast Mainline and the M6 to join the Lune river at Crook of Lune bridge and following it south to join the Rawthay river.
The end of our walk that day was Millthorp Bridge, but 1km up the road from the finish point is Sedbergh, the place where Kate and I are getting married in October (*knock wood*). Opposite the church in the centre of the village is The Red Lion pub, the first of three "lions" on our journey.
Much as we'd accidentally stumbled upon a beer festival in Kendal before starting the walk, we were lucky enough to find a beer festival going on in the pub, or rather in a satisfyingly cool stone shed out the back. A very helpful barman who was there specially for the beer festival took us out to the back and told us about the selection.
As usual, I had been daydreaming for the last few hours about the beer I would have at the end of the stage. My thoughts were in the region of pale, hoppy, thirst-quenching beers, such as Hawkshead Windermere Pale or Ilkley Mary Jane. Although they didn't have either of those, they did have BrewDog Trashy Blonde.
It might have been the sunburn, the thirst or the tiredness and reflief at the end of the first day, but that Trashy Blonde was one of the most enjoyable pints I've ever had. Just cool enough, bitter and fruity and seemingly a real improvement on the bottle of the same beer I'd had in Leeds previously. I obviously inhaled the first pint before having a second.
We also tried a couple of the the other beers. Marston's Royal Wedding beer Perfect Union was a nice light hoppy beer and Rooster's Leghorn was also fine, but on this occassion, both gentleman and lady preferred the Blonde. This was a very promising end to the first day, and seemed to bode well for the rest of the walk. However the next day we would be less fortunate.


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It is an employer's responsibility to ensure that employees work in a safe environment and that the risk of injuries and accidents is kept to a minimum.
There are laws in place to protect the employee such as the Work at Height Regulation 2005, which states that all employers are obligated to take steps to prevent any of their employees from falling. The regulations cover a wide range of situations from working high above ground level in dangerous situations to an employee standing on a chair to change a light bulb.
You could be able to make an accident in the work place claim for compensation if you are injured due to the negligence of your employer in protecting you at work. This could be because of poor training, faulty equipment or lack of proper procedure. A claim for compensation can help to cover medical bills and aftercare as well as any loss of earnings due to the injury after a fall at work.
There are many factors that can cause or contribute to a fall at work. Some of the more common causes of falls from heights are:
At Hattons Solicitors we can advise you on whether you can make a claim and we can help to answer your questions to put your mind at ease.
Many employees worry that they could lose their job if they make a claim against their employer. However an employer is required by law to have insurance that should cover any compensation awarded. Since 1963 it is compulsory for employers to have Employers Liability Insurance.
Also, it is important to remember that by highlighting health and safety problems at work it prevents others from being hurt and in the long run could ensure that procedures are improved.
We can advise you of your best options and answer any concerns or questions that you have before processing any claim.
We work closely with our clients to keep them informed about their claim and our clients can also access our online file view system to find out where their case is up to at their own convenience.
If you would like legal advice about falls from heights at work and how to make a compensation claim call our friendly legal team on 0800 298 9690 or alternatively fill in the Claim Now Form to the right of this screen and we will call you back.


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Napolean Mondragon is no ordinary man. He is the sovereign lord of the house of Jadon, the very heart-beat of the Vampyr race, and a fearsome leader who rules with absolute authority and power. While he carries the blood of every vampire in his veins; he also carries a dark secret of shame in his heart…Blood Destiny and Blood Awakening, and when BLOOD POSSESSION came out, I was absolutely excited for the bells and whistles of Napolean Mondragon's, Blood Moon, the King and Keeper of the Sword of Andromeda!
A secret that will soon be used against him by his enemies.
When Brooke Adams comes to Dark Moon Vale for a conference, she is unaware of the hidden danger that dwells within the valley's majestic forest. A rising star in the corporate world, she has only one goal: to sale a leading-edge concept to her boss and advance her career. Little does she know, her life is about to change…forever.
Caught in a tangled web of vengeance and deception, Napolean and Brooke are forced to confront their inner demons. Together, they must fight to survive a BLOOD POSSESSION
Obviously I wasn't as satisfied with the latest Blood Curse installment compared to the first two books. For some reason I found it a challenge to stay glued to the story, I missed some of the minute (but my personal favorites) details from the previous two books that went AWOL in this one. Like for example, the beautiful way that these vampires summon their young and that heartbreaking moment where the mother has to give up one of her child as sacrifice. The concept may be redundant but the experience differs for every person so I would have liked to see how Napolean and Brooke handled that.
As for Brooke, there were some missing pieces in her character development. I remember when Jocelyn fought Nathaniel tooth and nail before she finally embraced her Destiny which is an expected reaction that Brooke didn't fully demonstrate. Let me reiterate that Tessa Dawn's vampires are far from cuddly, they are beyond Alpha so to be part of that Vampire coven isn't easy. Brooke on the other hand was very accepting of her fate, I mean Napolean wasn't really subtle when he claimed Brooke, then there's all that nasty business with her Stepfather's death, the BLOOD POSSESSION, rape and having a kid in a span of several weeks and yet Brooke seemed so desensitized through it all. After her birth we find her marveling at how her body basically remained the same after giving birth to twins while preparing herself for Napolean's homecoming. Maybe it would've been better if Napolean let her keep some of her memories because that would have been a very interesting arc in the story.
On the flip side, I absolutely adore Braden Bratianu! I can't wait for the kid to grow up and realize the full potential of his power. On a sad note, I am distraught over the Nachari's sacrifice and the price he has to pay to save Napolean from his BLOOD POSSESSION, the agony that his brothers have to go through again after losing Shelby just two months previous is heartbreaking. Nachari is my favorite and based on the ending, I am crossing my fingers that his Blood Moon will be the next story told.


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You'd be surprised what women lump into the 'hormone' category of health problems. Pretty much…
Healthy Holiday Gift Basket is Loaded With Local (and Naturally Delicious) Products
When Jill Lemen started creating her organic fruit and nut bars, she wasn't the most healthy eater on the planet. But as caregiver to a wheelchair-bound health nut, she was challenged to come up with a grab-n-go organic food bar that was tasty AND gluten-free, dairy-free and sugar-free.
What started as a healthy snack for a clean-eating friend surprised and inspired Jill to create Noshsense. I met Jill at a women's small business gathering, where she brought samples of her tasty treats. It was love at first taste.
Every time I turn around, there's a locally owned business getting started by a woman with a great story. Everything from yoga and massage to specialty baked goods and handmade body butters are being crafted by local businesswomen with a mission.
I thought you should know about these local products and services I've discovered, so I put them all into one big Gift Basket. And I'm giving it away.
How can you WIN this?
If you've signed up for my monthly newsletter or offered a comment on one of my blogs, then you've already entered the drawing. If not, leave a comment below this blog. The drawing to WIN the Healthy Holiday Gift Basket, compliments of Natural Healing Omaha, is December 2nd.
Even if your name isn't drawn, you still win! These are some great gift ideas for the upcoming holidays.
Give something local, handmade, herbal, natural, organic (and all that good stuff ) and feel good about holiday spending.
But let me get back to the drawing. Look at all these items you could WIN:
- Rose Water Toner – 'Mildly Astringent — Mighty Refreshing.' That's how SeaRose describes her Rose Facial toner, a product of her local small business, Black Iris Botanicals – https://www.facebook.com/blackirisbotanicals.
- Gift Certificate for 1 dozen gluten-free and vegan muffins from Two Birds Bakery www.twobirdsbakeryomaha.com.
- Hyp-Yoga weight loss CD's and green "Peace" t-shirt, for the cool person in your life. See what it's all about at Hyp Yoga Omaha.
- One dozen gluten-free, sugar-free, dairy-free organic fruit and nut bars made by their local creator Jill Lemen and her small business http://www.Noshsense.net.
- A signed copy of Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, A coming-of-age tale of fanfiction, family and first love. It's local, it's handmade (ok, not so much) and it's juicy, good reading!
- One hour massage from Summer Schwery, one of our very talented massage therapists at the Four Winds Natural Healing Center. She'll melt your mind into a state of bliss.
- Sample handmade soaps in four 'flavors' – Lemon Poppyseed, Calendula Olive Oil, Avocado Shea Butter and Rose & Lavender – from Metta Handmade, the brainchild of local owner Stacia Hoover. More soapy love at http://www.MettaHandmade.com.
- Personal notecards created with artful calligraphy designs by Jen Waltemath of Omaha. Check her stuff out at http://www.jafix.info/!
- Generously large planter full of greenery, perfect for a corner of your sunny room, from The Potting Shed Garden and Gift Center, compliments of owner Amy Weir.
- A selection of gluten-free, organic, handmade veggie wraps from April's Wraps. These babies are to-die-for delicious, smeared with your favorite spread and loaded up with veggies.
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Protect Paradise
There are as few as 400 Sumatran tigers left in Indonesia's forests - and their time on earth is running out. Some companies are destroying their home for vast palm oil plantations and the global brands we know and love are not doing enough to keep their products forest friendly. Instead, they buy palm from producers and traders whose practices are threatening orangutans, elephants and tigers, disrupting communities and ravaging the Indonesian landscape.
But we are going to change this.
Palm oil can be grown without destroying forests. We can make our favourite commit to No Deforestation policies and become tiger-friendly; and then push the government of Indonesia to strengthen forest protection. But this can only happen if we persuade the brands we love to become tiger friendly and remove forest destruction from their products. You have a right to know if tiger extinction is in the products you use everyday and we want brands to live up to your standards.
So we are helping the products we love get a makeover.
We want forests in our future; we want to protect paradise. On our streets and online, we're tracking down our favourite brands and telling them, their bosses and their staff to protect the Sumatran tiger's last home. We're spreading the word to get our friends, culture makers and policy makers, to join us. Your voice is powerful. We've done this before and we know we can win again.
Sign the Tiger Manifesto
Celebrities who have signed the Tiger Manifesto
"I have recently learned about the mass destruction of Indonesia's rainforests for the production of palm oil and paper.
It not only negatively affects millions of Indonesians whose livelihoods depend on the forest, but also has been the direct cause of pushing the Sumatran tiger to the edge of extinction. Won't you please join me in standing with Greenpeace to ensure the products we use are tiger and forest friendly? We are all a part of the future, and together can ensure these magnificent animals are too."
Joaquin Phoenix - actor US
"The thought of anything on this beautiful earth of ours being driven to extinction by our selfish consumption is devastating to me and I think we as fellow animals need to do everything in our power to stop it from happening."
Gillian Anderson – actor, UK
Kellan Lutz – actor, US
Nikki Reed – actor, US
Paul Wesley – actor, US
"Indonesia's forests are precious to all of us: they are the earth's lungs, people's homes, and habitat to countless animals including the endangered Sumatran tiger. But if we don't stop forest destruction all of this will disappear. We don't have to choose growth at all costs; that's why I'm adding my voice to Greenpeace's Tiger Manifesto. Join me and Greenpeace's global movement to protect paradise now."
Kristin Bauer – actor, US
"I'm taking a last stand with Greenpeace to protect some of the most precious forests on earth, and home to countless animals including the Sumatran tiger. Palm oil can be grown without forest destruction. Change is possible; that's why I'm adding my voice to the Tiger Manifesto, Join me!."
Amy Smart – actor US
"Imagine if you had to tell your children and grandchildren that you knew that the majestic Sumatran Tiger was highly endangered and you watched on with regret, but did nothing as it become extinct... We still have an opportunity, let's all join the Tiger Manifesto."
Isabel Lucas – actor, Australia
"Realizing that more & more deforestation are happening until today only proves that we, as human beings, are not doing our duty to preserve the environment we live in. It is devastating to know that more palm oil plantations are destroying habitats of the nearly extinct animals like sumatran tigers and orangutans."
"This has to stop! I am encouraging everyone to increase our awareness towards this issue and only buy "palm oil-free products". Let's all support this highly positive campaign and start making lives better...for the animals, for us humans and for our dear planet Earth."
Julie Estelle – actor, Indonesia
"As human beings, it is our obligation to take care of our planet. Now, Sumatran tiger experts have identified the clearance of rainforests for palm oil expansion as the single greatest threat to the survival of the Sumatran tigers in the wild. This means that unsustainable palm oil production is destroying the most species-rich rainforests in the world. Sumatran tigers, Asian elephants, sun bears, clouded leopards, orangutans these are just some of the better-known species losing their habitat and their lives due to unsustainable palm oil expansion.
Who will protect them, if not us? Release the tiger inside you and join the force."Wulan Guritno – actor, Indonesia
As few as 400 tigers are thought to remain in the rainforests of Sumatra, which are vanishing at a staggering rate – a quarter of a million hectares every year. Expansion of oil palm and pulpwood plantations was responsible for nearly two-thirds...
Oil palm plantations are the largest driver of deforestation in Indonesia.
The islands of Papua New Guinea are home to some of the most important – and most beautiful – tropical rainforests in the world. Does ecoforestry represent a viable option for the region's forest communities and ecosystems?
For over ten years Greenpeace has been campaigning to end devastating illegal logging practices. This week, the Australian Government passed legislation which will finally make illegal timber… illegal. Doing so is a vital step towards global...
UN climate talks in Durban have ended the same way they began, in failure. Governments at the UN climate talks have chosen to listen to the polluters over the people and failed to reinforce previous climate saving measures and have steered clear...
What would you do if you saw a bulldozer move across your front yard and start smashing your home and garden to bits? Then the bulldozer driver told you that a big company now owned your land and could do what they wanted with it for the next 99...
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The CRM Guide for Inbound Marketing
In Customer Relationship Management, the spreadsheet is in the past. It may have worked when you were independent, an entrepreneur or a startup.
But now that your company is growing, you need a software that can help you align your sales and marketing goals, optimize your service delivery processes, while managing the relationship with your customers.
It doesn't matter if you are a B2B or a B2C. With a CRM you can:
- Manage and feed a quality customer database.
- Follow up conversations with multiple people.
- Monitor and evaluate marketing and sales activities.


text: Do More Web & Search Google Chrome Security Share Pin Email Print Kristian Sekulic/E+/Getty Images Web & Search Safety & Privacy Best of the Web Search Engines Running a Website By Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP Writer Tony Bradley is a former Lifewire writer and tech journalist who specializes in network and internet security. He is a respected information security expert and prolific author. our editorial process LinkedIn Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP Updated November 27, 2019 While Microsoft essentially is the PC by virtue of its dominance in the operating system and application arenas, Google is just as synonymous within the Web realm. In fact, Google has evolved well beyond its origins as a Web search engine and has sought to rewrite the rules of engagement and take on Microsoft head-to-head in many areas. Because Google is a web-based company that designs web-based applications, they decided to develop their own web browser from the ground up to work more efficiently, productively, and securely than existing browsers such as Internet Explorer and Firefox. Crash Control One of the most innovative features of Google Chrome is the sandboxing functionality. Internet Explorer and other browsers run one instance of the browser engine with multiple associated processes. That means that if one or more browser windows or tabs crash or run into issues, it will most likely crash the web browser engine and take down every other instance with it. Google Chrome runs each instance separately. Malware or issues in one tab can not affect other open browser instances, and the browser is unable to write to or modify the operating system in any way- protecting your PC from attack. Incognito Surfing Maybe you are just private and don't think that details of your web surfing should be retained on your system. Perhaps you are trying to shop for a spouse online and you don't want the search or history data to reveal what you might be shopping for. Whatever your reason, Google Chrome has an Incognito feature which lets you surf the Web with relative anonymity. The Incognito mode can also be useful when browsing on public systems like library or school PC's. With Incognito the sites you open and files you download are not logged in the browser history and all new cookies are removed when the session closes. Safe Browsing Secure web browsing relies on certificates to verify the authenticity of the server you are connected to. Some attacks can be accomplished though by providing a certificate to convince your browser it is safe, but redirect you to a different, malicious web site. Google Chrome compares the information provided in the certificate with the actual server being connected to and alerts you if the information doesn't jive. If Chrome detects that the address specified in the certificate and the actual server you connect to are not the same, it issues this warning "'This is probably not the site you are looking for!" Vulnerabilities and Flaws Almost as soon as Google released the public Beta version of the software security researchers began to identify flaws and vulnerabilities. Any new software is typically run through the wringer, but a web browser from the company synonymous with the web gets some extra attention. Chrome was quickly discovered to be vulnerable to a carpet-bombing flaw originally identified in Apple's Safari browser. A few days later it was found to have a buffer overflow flaw that could also be exploited for malicious attacks. The Verdict While there have been a couple of security flaws and vulnerabilities identified, no web browser is perfect and in Google's defense Chrome was still in Beta testing. Since then, Chrome has become more popular than any other browser beating out both Microsoft Edge and Firefox. Chrome does have a variety of innovative features and a unique interface that many users have quickly come to prefer over Edge and Firefox. Many users also report that it is faster at loading pages than other web browsers. The additional security controls should prove valuable in helping you surf the Web safely. Google Chrome is definitely worth taking a look at. Download Google Chrome You can download the current version of the Google Chrome web browser here: Download Google Chrome Continue Reading


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Savory Bacon & Spice Dark Chocolate Brownies– slightly altered from "Chocolate"
by Nick Malgieri
Excellent with Le Cuvier 2008 Zinfandel
2 cubes butter (1 cup)
8 oz. unsweetened chocolate
4 eggs
¼ tsp. salt
¾ cup sugar
¾ cup brown sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
¼ tsp. chipotle/New Mexico chili powder/cayenne
¾ to 1 c. cooked & finely chopped bacon
1 cup flour
cream cheese softened (optional)
coarsely ground sea salt
Heat oven to 325 degrees. In a double boiler, melt the chocolate and butter stirring occasionally. Once the chocolate mixture is incorporated, let the chocolate cool slightly.
Whisk eggs in a large bowl, then blend in the salt, sugars, vanilla, and spices. Stir in chocolate mixture, then bacon, and then flour.
Pour batter into a parchment lined 13x9x2 pan and spread evenly. Beat ½ block cream cheese in a mixer/processor. Spoon into a pastry bag with a small round tip. Pipe straight lines about ½ inch apart across the top of batter. To create marbled effect, draw a butter knife across the piped lines in a perpendicular fashion. Grind sea salt over the top of the batter.
Bake for about 20 to 25 minutes until top has formed a shiny crust and batter is moderately firm. *Toothpick test does not apply…In order to achieve the fudge-like consistency they must be undercooked. Cool in pan on rack. Then lift parchment with brownie out of pan, place brownie in parchment on a cooling rack and place in refrigerator. When firm enough to handle, cut in half and carefully remove from parchment. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate with something flat on top to serve as a weight. To serve, slice into neat squares with a large pizza cutter and allow to come back to room temperature.


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Wedding: Wern Chin + Tze Hui – I'm not really a wedding person except it's my very close relative like Wern Chin's my cousin brother or friends of mine.
Chinese weddings are so standard with 8-courses dinner that every dishes are most predictable, there will be a live band singing on the stage, the standard cake cutting session and toasting, and too karaoke. It's always the parents' friends that makes up the attendees, people just look at each other on the table and eat. You look at me, I look at you and smile. Chinese weddings have to revamp, not totally change, but upgrade to include more interactions and fun-ness.
|No idea who so high.
|His papa.
Well, I am very happy that my cousin brother is now a married man! I'm thrilled and excited, and I can see it from my uncle and aunty's eyes about their excitement and happiness. Everyone in the family are happy for this couple – Wern Chin & Tze Hui. When one get married, it will be soon that someone else from the family will get married too, wonder is who and when. Good thing comes after each other. 接二连三。
A question to my readers, do you like to attend weddings? =) You find it fun or boring? Any cool weddings to share? Share with us down below.


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Tom Lawrence made his international debut as Wales ended their successful qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win over Andorra.
The Rovers loanee came on at the start of the second half at the Cardiff City Stadium to earn his first senior cap.
After a goalless first half, Adam Ramsey opened the scoring on 50 minutes, before Gareth Bale grabbed his seventh goal of the campaign five minutes from time to complete the win.
Adam Henley had hoped to also earn his first international cap, but was an unused substitute.
In Vicenze, Darragh Lenihan's Republic of Ireland Under-21 side suffered their first defeat of their UEFA Championship qualifiers with a narrow 1-0 loss to Italy.
The Rovers defender captained the Irish and played the full match as a second half goal from Vittorio Parigini, saw the hosts, who ended the match with ten men, claim the points.
The result leaves Italy top of their group with three wins out of three, with the top four teams all on nine points.
The Irish are back in action next month with an away match against Lithuania.


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Dental Phobia
Solutions for Overcoming Dental Fear
DC Smiles can help you get the care you need.
Dental Anxiety is Not Uncommon
In fact, some studies show that up to 75% of Americans experience some level of dental related fear and 20% avoid dental care because of it. If you have a fear of dental work, we want you to know that making you feel comfortable and safe at our office is our first priority.
Dental Anxiety vs. Dental Phobia
Dental anxieties and phobias present themselves in a wide variety of ways, and specific fears vary from person to person. Dental anxiety may be mild to moderate, and often takes the form of a general sense of worry and apprehension when thinking about an upcoming procedure. Dental phobia is a more intense experience, with patients feeling an overwhelming, irrational fear of dental work. This can sometimes cause them to avoid care all together.
We Can Help!
Whatever your individual level of anxiety may be, our office is committed to making sure that your visit is as comfortable, quick and easy as possible. There are many solutions for dental anxiety; among them we offer compassionate sedation dentistry and we are ready to help with a wide range of anesthetic techniques and sedation.
Here are a few popular methods for easing anxiety in the dental office:
- Communication:
Informing us as to what you are afraid of is a great place to start. Often we can quell a fear simply by giving you correct or updated information. We will always keep you informed before, during and after your procedure, making sure that you understand what is going on and why we are doing it.
- Calming Techniques:
Many patients find it helpful to practice controlled breathing or to find distraction inside the room.
- Listening to Music:
With most procedures, the use of personal headphones and music is allowed. This is a great way to keep calm and pass the time while in the chair.
- Oral Sedation:
Depending on the nature of your procedure, various types of sedation may be available to you including oral sedation.
- Taking Breaks:
Let us know if you would like to take a short break during your treatment by signaling with your left hand.
Oral health is important for the health of your whole body. Don't let fear stand in your way of good dental care! We can help you get the care that you need. Call Today to Make an Appointment. Old Town Alexandria Office Phone Number 703-299-4614
Pet Therapy
For any of you who have ever owned a pet, you know the benefits of having these loving beings in your life. Studies have shown that the simple stroking of a pet, such as a dog or cat, can actually lower heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure.
Even watching fish in an aquarium creates similar effects. It is both soothing and meditative. Many animal shelters are beginning to bring animals for visits to nursing homes, fostering a healing energy for so many elderly people. It definitely has been successful for while it can help reduce stress, it facilitates more social interaction. It also brings the people in the facility together with a common interest.
Many reflect on their own pet companions that may have passed and that they are missing. In reminiscing, they remember happy times. They seem to open up when they are around animals. It is great for children in rehabilitation centers as well. This so-called pet therapy is being recognized more and more.
Pet therapy also encourages prior pet owners to share stories, pictures, and descriptions of their beloved pets. It is definitely a way to get to know each other more.


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I had known all night as I lay in bed listening to the bucketing rain that I'd better dress in dark clothes again today because of the mud. After a decade of drought, the rains have come. Last year we had about average rainfall (which is 550mm) and so far this year we've had about half the average with our 'rainy' months of winter yet to come.
At our place, this has meant mud. 32mm last night is definitely enough to turn our rock hard driveway into a sinking slippery mass of clay. We've lived here for 20 years so I should be used to it but the irony is that our half built carport stands waiting for its concrete but the truck can't come because of the sinking slippery mass of mud. So a thought occurred to me: there would be people out there, especially city dwellers, who may have to worry about rain but never about the mud. They leave their houses, step onto footpaths or driveways, hop into cars or trains or trams, step out and into their office buildings. No problems with dirty shoes or trouser cuffs. No need, perhaps, to wear dark clothes to hide the mud splashes. How strange would that be…
Nevermind. I was reading about Kim Miller today. In an interview about his book They told me I had to write this he said he completed the first draft in five days of frantic and inspired writing. To me, that means he had 5 free days somewhere in order to do this. I'm reminded of Glenda Millard telling me how she wrote 10,000 words of a novel while she was on a short holiday once. And of Sara Douglass (who used to live in our town) saying that she wrote 10,000 words a day! Great chunks of writing if you have the time.
I have time-envy again. It's never going to go away. A bit like the mud.


text: Children & Families Please note this event has already taken place and you are viewing an archived page of the Lakeside website. For a list of current events, exhibitions and workshops, please click on 'What's On' in the menu above Jumping on my Shadow Dragon Breath Theatre & Nottingham Lakeside Arts present Jumping on my Shadow By Peter Rumney Rosamunde Hutt Director Nettie Scriven Designer Saturday 23 September, 3pm & 6pm Running time 70 minutes Djanogly Theatre £7.50 Suitable for 8+ years Jumping on my Shadow is a powerful tale … a tragi-comedy for our times … and a funny, moving ghost story about refuge, asylum and who we think we are. Dragon Breath Theatre, one of Britain's most exciting creators of theatre for young people, bring Peter Rumney's award-winning play (Arts Council England John Whiting Best Play Award 2002) in their intimate, powerful, visual performance style. Previous Dragon Breath successes include: Gulliver's Travels (2012); A Crack in Time (Papplewick Pumping Station 2015) and the new interactive Cassandra Room at Wollaton Hall. 'Living Theatre at its best… Fantastic!' Audience member at Papplewick www.dragonbreaththeatre.com


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» Click to visit www.limassoltourism.com
You are in Cyprus, a country that has so many things to see and to do. To help you explore Limassol and the rest of the country, we have put together some subjects that you may interest you, all within easy distance of the Londa Hotel.
The slopes of the Limassol and Paphos mountains give the ideal climate and conditions for vineyards. The famous indigenous varieties of Xinisteri (white) and Maratheftiko (red) thrive here and in recent decades over 50 boutique wineries have mastered the art of viticulture. You can find these wineries on the Wine Routes; 6 signposted tours through the Cyprus countryside established by the CTO each with a handy information booklet. You can plan your trip via the routes or pick out a favourite winery to visit, have a tasting and learn about the ancient traditions and the modern techniques of Cypriot wine making. As a special treat you could plan your holiday at Londa at the end of August to coincide with Limassol Wine Festival, a celebration of Cyprus wine, with music, food and a lot of tasting!
Cyprus flora and fauna thrives all year round; Moufflon in the Troodos Mountains, wild fish in the Mediterranean Sea, flamingos on the salt lakes and flower displays in the quaint villages. In spring, our Germasogeia Municipality organises free weekly nature walks; 'A village blessed by water' follows the path of the river valley to Germasogeia, and the 'Natural Environment of Germasogeia' visits citrus, olive and carob groves, ancient water mills and flower fields.
In May the artistic village of Lania holds its Lanes and Courtyards open day inviting visitors to see the stunning flower displays, and in the mountain glades the Cyprus wild orchids are in full bloom. In the summer heat the water in the Caledonia Falls still flows and a hike up the shaded river, crossing over stepping stones as you go, exposes the best of Cyprus forestry. In the cooler months take the Aphrodite Trail round the Akamas National Park to see migrating birds in the sky, turtles born on the beach and anemones covering the ground.
Follow the history of Cyprus through ancient gods, Egyptian overlords, Roman civilisation, Orthodox establishment, Middle Age Crusades and village folklore. The 3 museums in Limassol are run by the Municipality of Limassol and give a good overview of previous centuries: the Folk Art Museum in St. Andrew's Street, the Cyprus Medieval Museum inside Limassol Castle, and the Limassol District Archeological Museum on the seafront road. Must-see sites close to the Londa are the Amathus ruins of Aphrodite's temple and sanctuary, and 2nd Century BC Curium site (Kourion) featuring the ancient Greco-Roman theatre, 5th Century AD mosaics, the Agora and Baths.
Walking, cycling and running are all on the Londa fitness list. Right on your doorstep are the fabulous beach walks with the Limassol coastal walk extending from the Port to the east of Limassol bay taking in a sculpture park, Amathus archeological park and numerous cafes on the way. Join the Limassol Running Club for a daily dash along the sand or up to the mountains or hire a city bike for peddling into town. If you want more of a challenge you could run the Cyprus Ultra race, the world's toughest extreme heat trail ultra-Marathon at 217km, or cycle in the Sunshine Cup, open to amateurs for the first time in 2014.
At last count there are over 50 nightclubs in Limassol, scattered through the tourist areas of Dassoudi and Germasogeia all the way into town. They range from electro, trance and disco to heavy metal, Greek pop and live artist performance. In summer the beach bars on the seafront are relaxed and when musicians come on tour, many stay at Londa Hotel. Alternatively, you could chill out on the Caprice Terrace to the Jazz, Classical or DJ tunes of Londa's own virtuosos.
From high fashion to trendy souvenirs, Limassol can meet most shoppers' demands. MYMALL, Limassol's main mall, provides high street names alongside cinemas, food outlets and even an ice rink. Makarios III Ave and Maximos Plaza are just 2 of the centres where trendy, boutique designer collections appear, whereas Agiou Andreou Street is the souvenir buyer's paradise with everything from postcards to soft toys, jewellery to leather goods.
Sea sports
All along the Limassol beaches are the summer sporting facilities that enjoy the warm waters of the Mediterranean. Wind surfing and kite surfing are extremely popular as the waters are usually calm and the westerly winds ideal. On the water you can hire jet skis or even charter a yacht for a day's escape. If you prefer exploring under the water then there are diving sites around Limassol and Larnaka, the Zenobia shipwreck finding its place on the Top Ten list of best wreck sites in the world. Recently, new diving reefs have been established at Akrotiri and Protaras by sinking boats, some with pottery amphorae to encourage fish to settle; this could be your opportunity to see a reef in the making.
Links & information
The links below are to help you plan your perfect holiday at the Londa Hotel in Limassol, Cyprus:


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Trifecta: Enigma
He was almost in love with her. She was beautiful — God, so beautiful. She moved like a cat, even during the daytime — strong, lithe, so powerful that he couldn't help but watch her across the council hall. He stared, even when the debate had stopped and the council chief was tapping his foot and waiting for him to respond. Then she'd look, and her eyes would laugh and promise him he was forgiven.
She was beautiful in the daytime, but it was at dusk that he could hardly believe her. As the light faded, her black skin would melt into the night and her gray eyes glowed. It was like a communion with a god he barely knew. He couldn't turn away.
And yet. She laughed, she smiled, she touched his hand. She was the best company he could imagine, but there was still something in her he couldn't reach. At first he'd splashed in the shallows, then floundered deeper. Still she laughed and smiled. You could fall as far as you liked, he thought, spinning so deep you didn't know which way to turn, and yet never reach the core of her, still slide right past the place where her secrets lived.
He wondered if they understood each other. Was it different, if you were one of them? Was there was some quiet sanctuary deep in the heart of Maj Malai, far from human eyes, where they let the secrets fall, where she was nothing but herself? Or was she an enigma, even there?
Welcome to this week's Trifecta challenge! This week's prompt (to be written between 33 and 333 words) was enig·ma noun \i-ˈnig-mə, e-\:
1: an obscure speech or writing
2: something hard to understand or explain
3: an inscrutable or mysterious person
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I just posted a brand new song on Patreon that's about missing my granny and the now-famous Sunshine Cafe! The song is called "I Think About You".
I'm also doing a last-minute house concert on Sat, Nov 12th. There are just a few seats open for the in-person performance, or watch online at concert window! My special guests will be Olivia Diercks and Karla Dietmeyer from The OK Factor.


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Second helpings
There should be more impromptu barbecues (hosted by M or otherwise) that result in entire evenings on intense conversation, ranging from debate on whether evolutionary impulses or social conditioning are a better explanation of human behaviour to several hours on Bob Bloody Geldof, Live 8, and poverty reduction in general. Extra points to D for attempting to link the two by claiming evolutionary impulses produce right-wing behaviour while social conditioning produces impulses towards the left, since it implies that Republicans and Tories are somehow more primitive than liberals. Further kudos to J for using extremely long words and quoting Dawkins while intoxicated, and dishonourable mention to the trio in the corner who took 3 hours to decide that they were not arguing about the same thing and were probably both right.
I love giving my brain a good workout. The fact that all these conversations were in fact started by a debate over whether it was fair that Saskia be painted as the villain for manipulating Maxwell (in Big Brother 5) will be overlooked. Roses bloom out of mud, after all.
More of the same, please.


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The AEKN Group develops information management technologies for integrating and accessing high-throughput, heterogeneous data sources and knowledge representations. The AEKN Group performs research and development along with operational system support on advanced search and data synthesis of enterprise information systems and knowledge management.
Constellation Information Systems and Data Architecture
This set of coordinated projects, tasks, and products will create systems, processes, and plans that support the flow of information, software, and data to and from CxP stakeholders in support of systems engineering and integration and various reconfiguration processes. The underlying vision is to develop a common information architecture for acquiring, validating, managing, producing, and distributing compatible sets of software or data. This will enable information interoperability through the definition of standards for information exchange and the development of general-purpose and domain-specific registries. Within the overall vision and architecture, smaller teams are working to develop tools that enable the sharing of software and data products, whereas Constellation Level-2 management provides guidance in establishing processes and plans that support adaptive and efficient information flow.
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Digital Shuttle
The Digital Shuttle Project is a knowledge management system for a virtual space shuttle orbiter, using intelligent Engineering Objects (EOs) and immersive 3D graphics. The EOs are knowledge collections of entities within the orbiter, including legacy data, engineering data, and 3D graphics models. Using immersive displays covering visual, aural, and tactile input and output, observers will be able to access and interact with the EOs. A hierarchical component architecture will enable external processes, such as payload package simulations, to interact with the Digital Shuttle knowledge base.
Mishap Investigation Research
This project will demonstrate a prototype mishap knowledge management system that will make case examples and trend analyses of mishaps more accessible to NASA personnel. This project will also study certain mission practices where such a knowledge management system might have a particularly beneficial impact.
Object-Relational database management system (ORDBMS) is an integrated hybrid cooperative approach to combine the best practices of both the relational model utilizing SQL queries and the object-oriented, semantic paradigm for supporting complex data creation. NETMARK provides an extensible, clientless, schema-less, information-on-demand framework for managing, storing, and retrieving unstructured or semi-structured documents. It was originally developed in early 2000 as a prototype to handle the vast amounts of unstructured and semi-structured documents within NASA enterprises. NETMARK takes advantage of the object-relational database model using very efficient keyword searches spanning both content and context.
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Country Music is a Hidden Wonderland
By Kevin Leu • 9:05:00 PM • Brooks Dunn Country Music Kenny Chesney Silicon Valley Bachelor • Comments : 0
I just got done with my first weekend of living in San Francisco and I am flat-out exhausted. I will be a poor, sleepless man, if everyone weekend is this expensive and fun. I probably spent close to $400 this weekend. That economic stimulus check sure didn't last very long, but I hope I did my part in stimulating the economy, starting with every beer garden at Union Street Fair.
Next weekend will probably not be any better, as Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn and Leann Rimes roll into town at AT&T park. The cheap seats at that concert are $77 and don't even get me started on how much beers are at concerts. Factoring in an all-day concert, and I may have to take out a loan before the weekend starts. (I am sitting in my mom's kitchen right now, because this is what I do after expensive weekends - steal food from my family. I'm like the opposite of Robin Hood. Too bad she's not here to tell me funny stories.)
I love country music, and for every guy out there who doesn't know - country concerts are the single-best venue, next to Vegas, with THE hottest girls. So next time, stop yourself short when you say, 'I like all music EXCEPT country.' This isn't your father's country anymore. It's a lot more hip and sexy. Give it a whirl, you might like it.... or at the very least score some bonus points.
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30 Seconds for INTERKULTUR Part II
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On the occasion of the World Choir Games 2016 INTERKULTUR has motivated all participating choirs to create a short video with their thoughts and wishes regarding to the upcoming choral festival in Sochi. This is the first part of the INTERKULTUR video series "30 seconds for INTERKULTUR", which is focused on Russian choirs.
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The Last-L.A. EXPLOSION CD (Bomp, visit the group's official website at www.dannolte.com/last)
Yes, it's me again! In case you were wond'rin just what I was up to these past few days (and I know you do care!), I was in ol' Virginny on the lookout for that ever-elusive Titfield Thunderbolt "In The Can"/"Born on the Wrong Planet" single that came out on the Diskord label way back in '71! No luck latching onto that (and besides, I didn't make it down Roanoke way where the band was anchored and I'm sure millions of copies of this single are rotting away in Goodwill bins next to scratchy Mitch Miller EPs) but I did manage to get hold of a SUPERCAR coloring book that's in almost immaculate condition (shiny cover 'n all!) 'cept for one page that was colored in, and rather professionally at that! But you don't wanna hear 'bout my trek to Virginia nor my scoring of this particularly rare coloring book, and I don't want to tell you about my travels/travails either! Naw, what I want to do is talk to you about today is the Last!
Dunno about you, but I sure remember these out-of-time late-seventies Los Angeles folkpunkers being hyped about a whole lot, and from many a varying source way back when such a thing as a cohesive underground rock press and inquiring rock critics did exist. Heck, THE NEW YORK ROCKER even ran a nice piece on 'em that, if I remember correctly, was written by Phast Phreddie associate/Gun Clubber Don Snowdon and that's certainly was a coup in this group's private banana republic if you ask me! However, despite the underground buzz of the day, what I heard of these highly-touted "retro-rockers" at the time really didn't impress me as much as I'm sure you readers would have assumed. Their track on Bomp's WAVES collection of late-seventies self-released weirdities didn't exactly have me doing flip flops (and okay, I know that "We're In Control" wasn't exactly a good "starting point" to begin my familiarity with this band) plus their 12-inch EP that was also on Bomp and a cover of "Louie Louie" on a Rhino collection weren't winning me over either, perhaps sounding a little too modern on the retro side if you get my drift! Frankly, it wasn't like I was made outta money and could scam every shard of recorded bile this and many other groups out there in Notice Me! Land were cranking out with a strange frequency back in those punk active times, but man-oh-man why did I have to pass on L.A. EXPLOSION? True, I know that if I had heard the thing back when it was freshly hatched it wouldn't have been one of those planet-realignment-esque experiences akin to hearing the first two Velvets or PEBBLES, but it sure would have been a whole lot more fun'n spinning random new wave promo discs scammed in the basement of the Cle Hts. RECORD REVOLUTION in the hopes of finding some new source of atonal sound scrambledge, only to come up with yet another one for the compost heap!
Yeah, L.A. EXPLOSION (this 2003 reissue freshly repressed and once again thrust onto an unsuspecting public) lives up to all that hype and hyperbole that Greg Shaw spurted upon them in the pages of BOMP!, even to the point where this does sound like an actual artyfact from the folk-rock mad Los Angeles of 1965 if recorded under late-seventies standard temperature and pressure. (Last leader Joe Nolte's info-packed booklet notes mention that L.A. EXPLOSION was laid down in the same studio and at the same time that Frank Zappa's JOE'S GARAGE and Fleetwood Mac's TUSK were, so you kinda get the idea of just how far the city had sunk since the heyday of the [not-so detailed] twang.) But despite the time and place this entire album, even the token nod to late-seventies punkdom "I Don't Wanna Be In Love", sounds like it was being birthed from the same hole of West Coast genius that gave us the Turtles, Seeds, Leaves, Bees and Lollipop Shoppe and maybe that's what the whole late-seventies punk rock scene was really clamoring for 'stead of the Go Gos and Knack popsterisms that were being pushed as the haute new wave cusine!
I haven't heard this many Seeds (and even Doors) rips since I began combing through the PEBBLES and BOULDERS compilations back when they were hitting the mailorder catalogs at inflated prices! Even the cover of "Be-Bop-A-Lula" sounds like something the Stranglers would have cooked up had they used Sky 'stead of Jim as their template! And the best thing about it all is that these straight from the mid-sixties (with a few detours) rockers are done with the same beauty and taste of the originals that seemed so lacking in many of the mid-eighties "paisley underground" groups who were trying to walk walks and talk talks (!) yet seemed to have a certain something missing in their DNA. Perhaps it was the O-mind, but we're not talkin' Detroit, we're talkin' Los Angeles!
'n not only do you get the punk-packed album (fifteen-count-'em-tracks) in its entirety, but Bomp! felt it worthwhile to also stick on the three non-LP singles (primitive yet cool!!!) as well as that strange track from WAVES that creeped me out back then. And you know what, it still sounds goony enough, but as a Cee-Dee closer it sure seems in place, kinda like those token avant garde numbers that seemed to get tossed into many a rock album back in the late-sixties!
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The Last-L.A. EXPLOSION CD (Bomp, visit the group's official website at www.dannolte.com/last)


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Jason Kim has just finished his first short film at our inaugural Youth Summer Video Production Workshop. He shares insight as our special guest blogger and resident Gangnam Style master. His psychological thriller Turn to Whistle will premiere at this year's festival.
We wake up in the morning feeling like Yoon In-Ho, Wong Kar Wai, or what have you (definitely not P. Diddy!), prepared to embrace yet another electrifying day filming as a team. It only takes the word "action" out of the appointed director's shy, but determined mouth to perk up the creative atmosphere. It has been nearly two months since the inception of this summer workshop, and with everything drawing to a close the long hours spent on set seems to have grown wings!
It definitely had its ups and downs, but no one was left to film their shoots alone (thank God!). We learned to work as a team, giving positive and constructive feedback to one another to improve what was put on the table. There have been times where we had to draw our water bottles to fight the blazing sun, but frustration after a comma has created a joking atmosphere where we learned to find humour after a long day at work.
Albert Zablan's film, New Home, has adapted the style of Chantal Akerman (News from Home, 1977) with a twist of the Filipino culture that keeps the story personal and sound. We chased after visuals that hit home to the Filipino community, and I personally had the joy of wielding the camera for the first time.
This pinch of excitement has opened my eyes to the macrocosm, the reality of film production. The frustration of "let's go one more time" to the bonding after a long day on set, has greatened my appreciation for movie-making threefold. After all, no pain no gain, right? A dollop of sweat, cooperation, and fun have created the films that you are all about the witness in November, and I wish for nothing more than for the films to move you, the way they moved ours.


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On December 2, the EPA re-proposed the Industrial Boiler MACT (Maximum Achievable Control Technology) standards for major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). The re-proposed rule came after the EPA's decision in May 2011 to reconsider the rule, which had been finalized in March 2011. The re-proposed rule contains revised emission limits and a new compliance date. The EPA expects to finalize the re-proposed rule by spring 2012, with compliance required in spring 2015.
The EPA is accepting public comments on the re-proposed rule before publishing the final ruling this spring. The full text of the revisions can be read here.
The Industrial Boiler MACT rule applies to any facility incorporating industrial boilers or process heaters that are located at a major source of HAP emissions. A major source of HAP emissions is as any stationary source that emits, or has the potential to emit, 10 tons per year or more of any single HAP or 25 tons per year of any combination of HAPs. Electric utility boilers that are 25 MW or less are also subject to the rule.
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Once was a Camelot in Canberra
A historical and philosophical reflection on the perceived diminution in the ethical virtue and conduct of the Australian Public Service.
Peter Shergold has served the APS as the Public Service Commissioner, Secretary of Dept. of Workplace Relations and Small Business, Secretary of Dept. of Education, Science and Training, Dep. Secretary and Secretary, Dept. of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Head of ATSIC, CEO of Com Care, Chair, Management Advisory Committee and many other areas of significant public responsibility.
We also recognise that this commitment is allied with an academic career and achievements which include:
- PhD in Economics from LSE.
- Research fellow at the Institute of Historical Research in London.
- Head of the Dept. of Economic History at UNSW.
- Fulbright Scholar on 2 occasions.-
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