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Community Partnerships
With a commitment to ensuring access to the wonders of live theater for our diverse communities, A.C.T. offers free tickets, workshops, study materials, residency programs, performance space, and scholarships to numerous partner schools and organizations serving the Bay Area.
ACTsmart School Residencies • ACTsmart Partnerships • Community Residencies
Young Conservatory Scholarships • Community Space Sharing • Creative Impact
ACTsmart School Residency Programs
In fall 2011, A.C.T. launched an intensive year-long pilot residency program with Downtown High School (DHS), a project-based-learning continuation school that serves youth from all over San Francisco who have not experienced success in conventional public schools. After six semesters of collaboration with DHS's Acting for Critical Thought project, A.C.T. now partners with DHS's new Performing and Publishing Our Perspectives (P2OP) project; students attend weekly acting classes in A.C.T.'s studios, are encouraged to attend all A.C.T. mainstage and conservatory productions, learn about backstage careers such as theater production and marketing, and write their own original monologues and essays on issues of social relevance, which they perform in a pop-up magazine format for their school community and families in A.C.T. venues each semester. The 826 Valencia literacy initiative provides tutors to help students with their writing and has published their dramatic work in the anthologies Arrive, Breathe, and Be Still, Borderline Freedom, You Belong to the Sky, and He Said, She Said.
Fall 2011 Exhibition: Complex Identity
Spring 2012 Exhibition: Arrive, Breathe, and Be Still
"This project has helped me realize my potential. I'm not just another statistic. I plan to go somewhere far in life, even if it's not acting."
—Student, Acting for Critical Thought Project, Downtown High School
Fall 2012 Exhibition: This Is Not a Play
Spring 2013 Exhibition: Borderline Freedom
"From weekly classes held on their campus downtown, to free tickets to all their performances, including partnership theaters, to guest artists and M.F.A. students working in our classes to teach movement and technique, to reserving The Costume Shop theater for our final exhibition performances, A.C.T. has proven to be a partnership that is willing to connect and build foundations with our students beyond the walls of a classroom."
Eunice Nuval, Founding Teacher, Acting for Critical Thought Project, Downtown High School
IDA B. WELLS HIGH SCHOOL: In 2012–13, A.C.T. also established an intensive residency at Ida B. Wells High School, another San Francisco continuation school. Working with Ida B. Wells teacher Jessie Lindquist Dorin, A.C.T. Community Artistic Director Tyrone Davis taught three classes twice a week, helping students write and perform original monologues inspired by classical work. Starting in the 2013–14 season, a generous three-year grant from San Francisco's Department of Youth and Family Services (DCYF) made it possible for Davis, in collaboration with Ida B. Wells teachers, to feature a Theater Arts as a Tool for Change class as part of the school curriculum. Students work with Davis daily to explore the link between theater and the social issues most relevant to them and visit A.C.T. for mainstage and M.F.A. Program performances and workshops led by first-rate teaching artists from A.C.T.'s community of arts professionals. Tutors from 826 Valencia work closely with the students to help them with their writing.
SFUSD ACCESS: THE ARC: Each week A.C.T. teaching artist Trish Tillman works with transition-age youth and adults at SFUSD Access: The Arc, a unique partnership between San Francisco Unified School District's Access program and The Arc of San Francisco, a Central Market nonprofit dedicated to the empowerment of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Tillman leads students in an Intro to Theater class, working on acting, emotional expression, and storytelling. For those unable to communicate verbally, developing physical storytelling techniques can be a powerful experience.
Watch this video created by AccessSFUSD: The Arc to see our amazing students in action and hear what they have to say about the powerful role theater plays in their lives.
HILLTOP SPECIAL SERVICES CENTER: In January 2015, A.C.T. will launch a new intensive residency at Hilltop Special Services Center, a continuation high school serving pregnant and parenting teens, in collaboration with WritersCorp teaching artist Annie Rovzar.
"For many students, their work with A.C.T. has been their first opportunity to constructively express themselves and tell their own stories in a public format. This has resulted in a boost to self-efficacy and self-confidence among students. A.C.T. creates rich experiences in the arts for people who do not have those opportunities."
Jessica Lindquist Dorin, Teacher, Ida B. Wells High School
|This activity is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at arts.ca.gov.
ACTsmart Partnerships
Through our ACTsmart Partnership Program (formerly known as ArtReach), A.C.T. offers tickets to performances (mainstage, second stage, Conservatory, and Will on Wheels), play-specific pre- and postshow ACTsmart workshops, and our nationally acclaimed Words on Plays in-depth study guides—all at no cost—to students and partner teachers at Bay Area schools (including all San Francisco public high schools) with large populations of socioeconomically disadvantaged students who otherwise would have little exposure to the arts.
With A.C.T.'s recent expansion into the Central Market neighborhood with the Costume Shop and Strand theaters, we have extended our ACTsmart partnerships to include community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve our neighborhood. Over the past two years, A.C.T. has partnered with the following Bay Area schools and CBOs:
Partner Schools
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (SOTA)
Balboa High School
Bessie Carmichael Filipino Education Center
Ralph Bunche High School
De Marillac Academy
Downtown High School
Galileo Academy of Science and Technology
Gateway High School
Hilltop Special Services Center
Abraham Lincoln High School
Lowell High School
Thurgood Marshall High School
Mission High School
Mt. Eden High School
Oakland School for the Arts
Oakland Technical Senior High School
John O'Connell High School
Archbishop Riordan High School
San Francisco Flex Academy
SIATech Treasure Island
Tenderloin Community School
Tennyson High School
Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School
George Washington High School
Ida B. Wells High School
Youth Treatment & Education Center
Community-Based Organizations
All Stars Project Inc.
Destiny Arts Center
Canon Kip Senior Center
Center City Collaborative
Chinese Education Center
Girls Inc.
Girls Leadership Institute
The Handful Players
Hospitality House
Lauren's House for Positive Change
La Voz Latina
Oasis for Girls
On the Town! Cultural Adventures for Girls
Tenderloin Boys & Girls Club
Tenderloin Economic Development Project
Tenderloin Housing Clinic
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation
Tenderloin Youth Leadership Program
Vietnamese Youth Development Center
Youth Treatment and Education Center
"Because of the generous and ongoing work being done in partnership with the Visual and Performing Arts Department of the San Francisco Unified School District, it is evident that so many students, teachers, and community members are the beneficiaries of having A.C.T. as our resident beacon theater. The outreach work being done to increase students' literacy, self esteem, and creativity are hallmarks of the new direction A.C.T. is taking to reach out to various underserved students and communities in ways that are authentic, deep, and reflective of the highest standard of excellence."
Susan Stauter, Artistic Director, San Francisco Unified School District
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB TENDERLOIN CLUBHOUSE: A.C.T. Community Artistic Director Tyrone Davis is also in residence at the Tenderloin Boys & Girls Club, where over the past two years he has worked weekly with children from the neighborhood on theatrical projects that excite them. To date, the group has performed the musicals Annie and Sleeping Beauty for friends and family on De Marillac Academy's Boedekker Theater stage.
OASIS FOR GIRLS: In the summer of 2014, A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts Program third-year student Josie Alvarez worked with teens in a new A.C.T. residency with Oasis for Girls. Oasis for Girls is a Central Market–based community organization that serves low-income, young (14–17) immigrant women and women of color "on the edge of risk" to help them cultivate the skills, knowledge, and confidence to discover their dreams and build strong futures.
While developing her own skills as part of the Citizen Artist component of A.C.T.'s M.F.A. Program, Alvarez met with the girls three days a week, teaching them to write and perform monologues and scenes based on, or relevant to, their own life experiences. She also brought in guest artists (often fellow M.F.A. students) to lead specialized workshops in theater-related professions such as stage combat, stage production, dance, and music. The girls performed a condensed version of their show at Oasis's August graduation ceremony, followed by an unabridged presentation in The Garret at A.C.T.'s Geary Theater. We look forward to continuing our creative partnership next summer.
"The girls were incredibly shy at first, but as they developed trust in each other and in their own self-expression, I was thrilled to see them transform into confident, expressive stage performers. It was an honor to work with them!"
Josie Alvarez, A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts Program Student and Citizen Artist
BESSIE CARMICHAEL FILIPINO EDUCATION CENTER: As part of A.C.T.'s ongoing efforts to connect with the young people in our neighborhood, in April 2013 we showcased fourth- and fifth- grade students from Bessie Carmichael Elementary School on The Geary Theater stage for a special pre-SMAT performance. Inspired by themes from A.C.T.'s Stuck Elevator and the Terracotta Warriors exhibit on display at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco Unified School District Visual and Performing Arts Department drama teacher Peter Sroka wrote and directed an original mini musical for the students, which they performed to a packed house.
Peter and the Bessie Carmichael students returned to the Geary stage in October 2013 with Voice of the People, an original mini musical inspired by our mainstage production of 1776, and in September 2014 with At A.C.T., inspired by Bill Irwin and David Shiner's clown extravaganza Old Hats. Read more about A.C.T.'s partnership with Bessie Carmichael here, and watch a video of Voice of the People here and At A.C.T. here.
"The fifth graders will be performing at A.C.T. next Friday.' When I heard that, I jumped with excitement!
. . . I have performed at A.C.T. before, so I know how scary it is. It's also enjoyable to see inside the magnificent building, and it was fun rehearsing in the green room. I love A.C.T. It is truly an experience being there. If I ever go there again, I will always cherish those moments."
Student, Bessie Carmichael Elementary School
Young Conservatory Scholarships
Each year A.C.T. grants numerous scholarships to local young students of need who wish to pursue their theatrical training at a more advanced level, many of whom first discover their passion for theater in our school and community residency programs.
Read about one student's journey at A.C.T. here.
Community Space Sharing
Thanks to grants from the San Francisco Neighborhood Arts Collaborative and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, A.C.T. has been able to provide free performance space, production support, and mentorship in our Costume Shop Theater (and soon in The Strand) to emerging artists and companies that cannot afford the high cost of renting in downtown San Francisco. Partners to date have included Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, Magic Theatre, Campo Santo, Theatre Rhino, Bay Area Playwrights Foundation, Encore Theatre, Playground, Volti San Francisco, The Garage, Intersection for the Arts, SF Recovery Theatre, Singers of the Street (S.O.S., a community choir for people affected by homelessness), Teatro Pachuco, and Ixalt Hula Theater, among others. Learn more.
Creative Impact
A.C.T. is proud to be a founding member of Creative Impact, an alliance of more than two dozen Bay Area arts and education organizations dedicated to strengthening, enriching, and improving the social fabric of our community through arts education. The members of this coalition promote shared values through our work in education. We believe that:
In addition to hosting annual celebrations of National Arts in Education Week each September, Creative Impact has created an online calendar* designed to be the go-to place to find out about arts education activities in the Bay Area throughout the year. Learn more about Creative Impact.
*The Creative Impact calendar is generously hosted by the Alameda County Office of Education on the Art IS Education website dedicated to promoting arts education in the greater Bay Area region.
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I started blogging on ActiveRain in March of 2007, and I have made friends over the years with many an ActiveRainer. The connections I have made on this Real Estate Network have been rewarding for the information I've received, referrals to and from other members, creating my website in a blog format and actually getting to meet many of them….way across the Pacific Ocean.
Lucky I live Hawaii! That is one of the slangs we use when we are telling others that we are fortunate to live in Hawaii. When it comes to comparison on meeting others I've made friends with on ActiveRain it holds true because…..they come to visit Hawaii.
Of course, Randy Prothero invited me to ActiveRain in late 2006 and when I first posted he had been and still is my main support. He is busy with his Real Estate life and has moved from our company to being part owner of another and starting The Prothero Group.
When we make friends through blogging on ActiveRain and we finally meet, we are not surprised that the person behind the words is exactly as they portrayed to be. Usually, those that I clicked with are amazingly… just as I imagined.
It's an amazing place, this ActiveRain. We've changed over the years and it is HUGE compared to back when I started. Back then, we made friends quicker with that small group back then...but we carried the friendships through today. Surprisingly, many of us still try to log in and read blogs as often as time will allow.
Neal Bloom is another one I made friends with in the early days of ActiveRain. He used to talk about the Brady Bunch when they went to Hawaii. He had never been to Hawaii and as luck would have it….we finally met last Thursday. (Randy had met him years back at one of the NAR conferences) . I picked up Randy and his wife Darnelle (who is now working for Randy as a transaction manager) and we made the trip to Waikiki and met Neal at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
EDIT: Per John Novak's comment below>>>>>>Many Rainers might not know that Neal is the one who started the tradition of the ActiveRain Week in Review, all the way back in 2007. That was probably one of the biggest reasons that the AR community was so strong in the early years.
It's been over 7 years of knowing Neal and upon meeting him I was not surprised at all. He IS the person behind his words and a down to earth kind of guy. The nicest person (don't repeat that) you'd ever want to meet! We went to the Rainbow Lanai for a buffet breakfast and good conversation.
After a couple of hours of non stop conversation it was time to go. Along the way back to the parking garage, we met his beautiful wife, Wendy and his daughter and her friend by the pool. A lovely family Neal has! They stayed on Oahu until Saturday and are now on Maui and enjoying the deep blue sea.
It's the content of the blogs
…and the people behind the words.
That make ActiveRain.
A Hui Hou (until we meet again) Neal!!

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The term 'plankton' refers to the group of organisms which float in the surface waters of the rivers, lakes and oceans. Derived from the Greek words phyto (plant) and plankton (made to wander or drift), I phytoplankton are microscopic plant organisms i that live in aquatic environments, both salty and fresh. Some phytoplankton are bacteria, some are protists, and most are single-celled plants. Among the common kinds are cyanobacteria, silica-encased diatoms, dinoflagellates, green algae, and chalk-coated coccolithophores. Like land plants, phytoplankton have chlorophyll to capture sunlight, and they use f photosynthesis to turn it into chemical energy. * They consume carbon dioxide, and release oxygen. All phytoplankton photosynthesize, but some get additional energy by consuming other organisms. These micro-algae are present throughout the lighted regions of all the seas and oceans including the Polar Regions. Their total biomass is many times greater than that of the total plants on land and they serve as the "pasture grounds" in the aquatic environment.
Based on their size, phytoplankton can be classified as
1. macroplankton (more than 1 mm),
2. microplankton (less than 1 mm, retained by nets of mesh size 0.06 mm),
3. nanoplankton (between 5 and 60 micrometers), and
4. ultraplankton (less than 5 micrometers).
Many phytoplankton species belong mainly to the nanoplankton and microplankton fractions.
Factors Affecting Phytoplanktons Biodiversity
-Phytoplanktons are limited to the uppermost layers of the ocean where light intensity is sufficient for photosynthesis to occur.
-For most phytoplankton, the photosynthetic rate varies with light intensity.
-The major inorganic nutrients required by phytoplankton for growth and reproduction are nitrogen and phosphorus.
-Diatoms and silicoflageliates also require silicate (Si02) in significant amounts.
-Some phytoplankton can fix nitrogen and can grow in areas where nitrate concentrations are low.
-They also require trace amounts of iron which limits phytoplankton growth in large areas of the ocean because iron concentrations are very low.
-Other inorganic and organic nutrients may be required is small amounts.
-All of those nutrients are the limiting factors for phytoplankton productivity under most conditions.
> Temperature acts along with other factors in influencing the variation of photosynthetic production.
> Generally, the rate of photosynthesis increases with ah increase in temperature, but diminishes sharply after a point is reached.
> Temperature, together with illumination, influences the seasonal variation of phytoplankton production in the temperate latitudes.
> Besides light and temperature, salinity also is known to influence primary production.
> Many species of dinoflagellates reproduce actively at lower salinities.
Grazing by Zooplankton
> The grazing rate of zooplanktoii is one of the major factors influencing the size of the standing
crop of phytoplankton, and thereby the rate of production,
> Marine phytoplankton are not uniformly distributed throughout the oceans of the world. The highest concentrations are found at high latitudes, with the exception of Upwelling areas on the continental shelves, While the tropics and subtropics have 10 to 100 times lower concentrations.
> In addition to nutrients, temperature, salinity and light availability; the high levels of exposure to solar UV-B radiation thai normally occur within the tropics and subtropics may play a role in phytoplankton distributions.
> Phytoplankton productivity is limited to the euphotic zone, the upper layer of the water column in which there is sufficient sunlight to support net productivity.
> The position of the organisms in the euphotic zone is influenced by the action of wind and waves.
Importance of phytoplankton
The food web
> Phytoplanktons are the foundation of the aquatic food web, the primary producers, feeding everything from microscopic animallike zooplankton to whales. Small fish and invertebrates also graze on the phytoplkanktons, and then those smaller animals are eaten by bigger ones.
> Phytoplankton can also be the harbingers of death or disease. Certain species of phytoplankton produce powerful biotoxins, making them responsible for so-called -red tides; - or harmful algal blooms. These toxic blooms can kill marine life and people who eat contaminated seafood.
> Phytoplankton cause mass mortality in other ways. In the aftermath of a massive bloom, dead phytoplankton sink to the ocean or lake floor. The bacteria that decompose the phytoplankton deplete the oxygen in the water, suffocating animal life; the result is a dead zone.
Phytoplankton - the Carbon Cycle and climate change
> Through photosynthesis, phytoplanktons consume carbon dioxide on a scale equivalent to forests and other land plants. Some of this carbon is carried to the deep ocean when phytoplankton die, and some is transferred to different layers of the ocean as phytoplankton are eaten by other creatures, which themselves reproduce, generate waste, and die.
> Worldwide, this "biological carbon pump" transfers/about 10 gigatonnes of carbon from the atmosphere to the deep ocean each year. Even small changes in the growth of phytoplankton may affect atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, which would feed back to global surface temperatures.
> Phytoplankton are responsible for most of the transfer of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to the ocean. Carbon dioxide is consumed during photosynthesis, and the carbon is incorporated in the phytoplankton, just as carbon is stored in the wood and leaves of a tree. Most of the carbon is returned to near-surface waters when phytoplankton are eaten or decompose, but some falls into the ocean depths.


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Project Management Template Tool Kit Budget
What Your Team Doesn't Know About the Project Budget Can Hurt You
On time and on budget project delivery is the goal of every project manager. In fact, probably just about everything the experienced project manager does on their projects is geared toward that end goal. And budget management is a crucial part of any company's overall project management template tool kit.
Let's look at reality. Some companies have us fill out our timesheets by late Friday afternoon or worse yet. Monday morning for the entire week. We're supposed to keep track daily of the work we do and allocate our hours accordingly, but few of us do that. Now, consider as project managers we're managing maybe 5-6 projects at a time as part of our company's project management portfolio. And our resources on our teams are probably working on 3-4 different projects for 3-4 different project managers and may have some non-project work they're doing for their direct manager, too.
As the week closes down and these very busy resources of ours on our projects are tallying up where they spent their time, do you think they will be able to have an accurate accounting of 100% of that time expended? Doubtful. They'll be able to accurately document probably 30 or so hours and they rest will be guesswork.
Now consider this, if you are tracking your projects budget and hours very carefully and your team knows that and they are getting budget reports on the project every week, do you think they'll toss 'extra' hours on your project? No. When they're trying to figure out where to put that last 5-10 hours for the week – they'll put those 'grey' hours on a project that no one is watching carefully. It's not dishonest, its just guesswork and they're just trying to finish off a mindless timekeeping task that they don't consider to be important. So the project manager MUST consider it to be important.
Budget management is critical to successful Online Project Management. Always keep your team members mindful of what work is expected of them weekly and how much time you think it's going to take. Forecast their work and go over it with them and adjust accordingly. If they know you're tracking it well then you won't be the project manager who's projects get the 'grey' hours charged to it. And an extra 2-3 hours every week adds up fast – and can easily be the difference between finishing on budget or going well over budget.


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I had an Elaine moment today. (You know, from Seinfeld?) There was that episode when she was walking down a New York City street late at night. The faces didn't look friendly. Her head was aching. Her heart was broken. As horrible as the rest of her appeared and felt, her feet were … resilient, as she put it. Thank goodness she was wearing those Himalayan hiking boots from the J. Peterman catalog.
Today, my heart felt a little broken. (Boys!) I woke up to a dreary day. Rain on the ground is never a good thing for shoes. I was so tired from all of the packing, moving and unpacking I've had to do the last few days. I was cranky.
I was walking to work feeling every bit irate — nothing was going well for the love of God — I complained in my head that no one looked cheery, the rain kept me from wearing my fabulous new flats, an evil male (I think) showed his true (not-so-good) colors. What gives? But my feet, on the other hand — my feet were resilient, not to mention way cute, in these Ed Hardy Rainie Boots (on sale for $96.26 at Zappos.com).
As bad as the rest of my life was unfolding, at least I had warm, dry toes. Men schmen. Rain, I can handle you. Whatever, grouchy bystanders. My rain galoshes are enough to bring me up even the slightest bit. Thanks, Ed Hardy.


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Darkfever (Fever 1) by Karen Marie Moning
MacKayla Lane's life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she's your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks…until something extraordinary happens.
When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death–a cryptic message on Mac's cell phone–Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sister's killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask. She is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessed–a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae….
As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister's death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlane–an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women–closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac's true mission becomes clear: find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Book–because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control of the very fabric of both worlds in their hands…. (Goodreads)
After Mac's sister is murdered in Dublin, Mac travels to Ireland without her parents' blessing. Soon after arriving there she meets mysterious Jericho Barrons, and learns that there's whole other world hidden in there. Mac discovers she's sidhe-seer; someone who can see through fay's glamour. She can also sense powerful fae objects and Barrons sees an opportunity to find the book he's after.
I've heard so much about these books and about Barrons that I finally craved in and started reading. It seems like I'm the last one to read these but oh well…
I liked the Ireland setting and Dublin's darkness which was, thankfully, the opposite of Mac's character. For me the biggest problem with the book was Mac. When the book starts she's this, naïve, not-so-bright, I love all things pink-bright-fluffy-rainbows-clothes-makeup kind of girl that I wouldn't want to be locked in the same room with. The kind who nearly gets driven over by a car and the first thing is if your hair looks good. It just made her sound little shallow and there was just too much telling what kind of nail polish she uses and stuff.
Also the book is told by first person Mac, but by Mac in the future. She would tell these annoying hindsight things that got old very quickly.
Or so I thought. It would turn out to be just one more of those things I was wrong about. Soon, we would be living inside each other's pockets, whether we liked it or not.
And believe you me, we didn't. pg. 75
Believe you me? I certainly won't but apparently the editor does.
I've been reading so much about Mac and Barrons and I was waiting to see some attraction between them but nada. Nothing. I guess that's for later books. I didn't hate Barrons but I didn't see that something that everyone else seems to see.
All in all the book was enjoyable but not great. But I'm curious enough to see if that will change in future books to read more.
Published: Delacorte Press (2006)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 309
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Thursday, March 02, 2006
The Ferret Who Sold The World
One day Ferret B612 was bounding along when he met a man with no hat. The man said "Hello, friend ferret. I would like to buy the world from you."
Ferret B612 never gave up his treasures willingly, especially not to a man with no hat, but being a ferret, he was ever curious. "What could you possibly give me that is worth more than the world?"
The man with no hat did not blink. "I will give you this magical sofa couch. It is magical and no matter how big or how unlikely an object is, you will be able to hide it underneath this sofa couch."
Ferret B612's whiskers trembled and his black eyes opened wide, wide enough to show a tiny bit of white at the very edges. "It shall be done."
So the man gave the happy ferret the magical sofa couch and Ferret B612 gave the man the world. The man set the world on his head and began to walk away.
"Wait," Ferret B612 chittered. "I've forgotten to give you your change." With that, he grabbed the man with the world on his head by the ankle and stuffed him underneath the sofa couch.
Ferret B612 traveled around all of existence searching for things to stuff under his sofa couch. There were many, many things. Finally, the day came when there was nothing left to stuff under the sofa couch. "Well," Ferret B612 said to nothing and no one, "there's something I've been curious about since I acquired this sofa couch." With that, he grabbed the sofa couch and began to tug. He tugged and tugged until he pulled the sofa couch underneath itself and of course, him with it. It really was quite a remarkable magical sofa couch.
Since then, everything has been pretty quiet.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Ben O. and I have been running quite a bit in the past month. However, I've been severely slacking and I decided to hunt around for something that will up the stakes a bit. I think I found it.
It is the Whiskey Row Marathon in Prescott, Arizona. The race will be on May 6th (less than a week before my 24th birthday.)
It is supposed to be one of the more grueling marathons. Well, the description given is "This out and back course is considered one of the most challenging in the United States. Starting at 5,280 feet, the elevation increases to 7,000 feet over the first 7 miles, then down to 5,600 feet at the 13 mile turn around. The course is paved road for the first and last 5 miles, while the rest is on Forest Service dirt road in the cool pines. The course offers panoramic views of Northern Arizona peaks."
And in a completely unnecessary play on words, instead of water and sports-drink hydration points there will be mini-bars with various whiskey drinks. I doubt they'll have what I want. I take my whiskey neat, with a side of ice cream, thank you very much.
At this juncture, I'm not optimistic about completing the course but I'm pretty sure I won't have much of a choice. My options are to either finish the race or to stand in the forest shouting "I'm done!" until a magical badger gives me a lift in his magical badger wagon that runs on pinecones.
No, that would be unrealistic. Magical badgers are just as likely to maul the shit out of you as the non-magical ones.
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Marx's theory of class focuses on the relations of production, involving exploitation and domination, between a class of owners of the means of production and a class of non owner workers.
The theory posits a long term trend towards increasing polarization of the two major classes and radicalisation of the working class. The theory has been adapted to take account of the growth of occupations that seem to occupy an intermediate and contradictory position between capital and labour.
According to the revised Marxist theory of class, the growth of intermediate or contradictory class positions need not count against the thesis of long term polarization of the two major classes in modern capitalism for two reasons;
capital is becoming more concentrated in large, global units, managed by professional managers on behalf of the capitalist class whilst the work process in advanced capitalist society is designed to control workers more effectively through automation, which narrows the skills of workers and reduces their autoomy, resulting in further proleterianization of formerly semi autonomous workers.
Weber's approach to the social division differed from that of Marx in that he did not assume that economic factors were the primary cause of the structure of social stratification. He favoured a multi factor theory of stratification. Prestige or status factors could also be important, as could political power factors. In other words, a hierarchical model as apposed to Marx two class model.
The Weberian theory's multi factor approach to social stratification suggst that the various factors may combine or diverge in different ways depending on particular circumstances. Unlike Marx theory, it does not predict that the social classes will develop in line with a historical trend common to all societies with the same economic mode of production.


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Loretta Rush was appointed to
the Indiana Supreme Court by
Governor Mitch Daniels in 2012,
becoming its Chief Justice in 2014.
Rush has been a strong advocate
for youth throughout her career; as
a Supreme Court Justice, she serves
on several commissions, including
the Commission on Improving
the Status of Children in Indiana,
and she has represented Indiana
multiple times at the National
Judicial Leadership Summit on the
BA 1980, HistoryMajor General Erika Steutermanretired from the United States AirForce after a 34-year career, bothactive and reserve. She was a four-year Air Force ROTC participant,earning her commission at PurdueUniversity in May 1977. Whileon campus, she was also an OldMasters Host, member of MortarBoard and the Purdue All-AmericanMarching Band, played French horn
BA 1976, FrenchMS 1977, Krannert School ofManagementTodd Putman serves as generalmanager for the Garden Freshstrategic business unit within thenew Campbell Fresh division ofthe Campbell Soup Company. Heleads the retail fresh soup businessand the recently-acquired GardenFresh Gourmet. Previously, Putmanwas the chief commercial officerfor Bolthouse Farms. He remainsdedicated to the company'smission: to inspire the freshrevolution. He helped designa unique partnership between
BA 1984,Brian Lamb School of Communicationthe White House and First LadyMichelle Obama's Let's Move!
Initiative, the Sesame Workshop,
and the Produce Marketing
Association created to encourage
children to make the choice to eat
more fruits and vegetables.
Prior to joining Bolthouse,
Putman was president and
managing director of The Future
Pull Group, an innovation and
marketing consultancy firm. Before
that, he spent over 30 years in
Protection of Children. Before her
appointment, she served 14 years
as Tippecanoe Superior Court 3
judge, where she helped initiate,
develop, and sustain more than
25 youth programs, including the
county's Court Appointed Special
Advocate program, a juvenile drug
treatment court, and a 24-hour
assessment center for youth. Prior
to that, she spent 15 years in
general legal practice, becoming a
partner at a Lafayette firm.
Rush graduated cum laude
from the Indiana University
Maurer School of Law. She was
selected as one of Indianapolis
Business Journal's 2013 Women
of Influence. She received the
Kinsey Award for Juvenile Judge
of the Year in 2003 and the Fiscal
Responsibility Award from the
Tippecanoe County Council and
Commissioners in 2001.
in the symphony band, and spent a
year abroad in France.
Steuterman served in manyroles in the US Air Force, includingher last as mobilization assistantto the deputy chief of staff forintelligence surveillance andreconnaissance. Now she ishelping make the lives of personswith disabilities more enriched,safe, and meaningful. She is thepast chair of the Board of Trusteesof the Executive MBA Council, pastchair of the Board of Directors forthe Wabash Center, and member ofthe boards of directors of the Arcof Indiana, United Way of GreaterLafayette, and Broadband AntennaTracking Systems, Inc. She is proudto be a Purdue Mortar BoardAdvisor and former Old Master.management, marketing, andinnovation roles with brands likeProcter & Gamble, The Walt DisneyCompany, and The Coca-ColaCompany. He is the chair of theCollege of Liberal Arts Dean'sAdvisory Council. His other boardaffiliations include The Public GoodProjects in New York. His upcomingbook, Be More: Find Your Truth,Tell Your Story, and Get What YouWant Out of Life, will be publishedin fall 2015.
Photos on facing page, top to bottom: Lauren Platts (R), 2015 Outstanding Senior in industrial design, talks with Laura Drake, continuing lecturer in
industrial design; Michael Lockman, Outstanding Senior in anthropology, receives his award from Dean David Reingold and Sherylyn Briller, associate
professor of anthropology; Chelsea Hayes and other current and former members of the Liberal Arts Alumni Board are recognized; Distinguished Alumna
Kathy Nimmer poses with some of her students from William Henry Harrison High School; Liberal Arts advisor Jan Cortner and former Liberal Arts Alumni
Board member Lillie Fisher enjoy the arrival of the percussion section of the Purdue "All-American" Marching Band; Alumna Kendra Lewis (R) congratulates
Mary Adkins, winner of the Kendra Becker Lewis Scholarship; Irwin Weiser (R), professor of English and former dean, and his wife Vera join Lalita Amos,
member of the Dean's Advisory Council, who thanked him for his service to the College.


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Can you imagine that I am offering free life coaching on any of your life's challenges for the low, low cost of one book sale from you? Yes – this is not a gimmick – it is true.
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Before setting out on your journey to go abroad, understand that the adventure you are about set out on will hold more new experiences than you can imagine. That's why I am going to share with you what you need to know before you leave and start your new life. Going abroad is not always about living in paradise or ...Read More »
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Moving is the perfect time to say good bye to the old and get rid of the clutter in your closets and take advantage of making a few bucks in the process. Moving is not always about paying for moving expenses in fact I actually made enough money from my move from the United States to Europe to lower my ...Read More »
3 Packing Tips From Military Moms
The most useful packing tips and entertaining expat stories I run across usually come from military expat families. Nobody has a better game plan then military spouses when it comes to moving to different locations around the world. When the order to 'move out' gets handed down these families know how to plan, organize and budget on the fly. I ...Read More »
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Preparing to move abroad is not about packing things in boxes, instead I'm going talk about the gathering information phase that's crucial to planning an epic move. If you are reading this article that means you have already made up your mind to move abroad and you are already searching for answers on how to manage an overseas move without ...Read More »
What to pack when moving abroad
The best place to get advice on what to pack when you move abroad is from people who have actually moved overseas. A lot of moving company websites like to promote their moving services and give you their version of how to save money or time on an international move. And that's quite ok if you are taking a job ...Read More »


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This first volume in the series Christian Origins and the Question of God provides a historical, theological, and literary study of first-century Judaism and Christianity. Wright offers a preliminary discussion of the meaning of the word "god" within those cultures as he explores the ways in which developing an understanding of those first-century cultures are of relevance for the modern world.
In this volume Wright trains a penetrating historical and theological spotlight on first-century Palestinian Judaism. By describing the history, social make-up, worldview, beliefs, and hope of Palestinian Judaism, Wright familiarizes the reader with 'the world of Judaism' as situated within the world of Greco-Roman culture. This is a highly informative book! It provides the reader not only with a sweeping assessment of Jewish history but also with the careful exploration of the symbolic world of Judaism. Eminently accessible to students, scholars will find it interesting and provocative. It deserves a place of privilege on the bookshelf of any serious student of the New Testament.
—Jack Dean Kingsbury, Aubrey Lee Brooks Professor of Biblical Theology at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia
The sweep of Wright's project as a whole is breathtaking. It is impossible to give a fair assessment of his achievement without sounding grandiose; no New Testament scholar since Bultmann has even attempted—let alone achieved—such an innovative and comprehensive account of New Testament history and theology.
—Richard B. Hays, Dean and George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina
N. T. Wright commonly known as N. T. Wright or Tom Wright, is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at St. Andrews University. Previously, he was the bishop of Durham. He has researched, taught, and lectured on the New Testament at McGill, Oxford, and Cambridge Universities, and has been named by Christianity Today as one of the top five theologians in the world. He is best known for his scholarly contributions to the historical study of Jesus and the New Perspective on Paul. His work interacts with the positions of James Dunn, E. P. Sanders, Marcus Borg, and Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Wright has written and lectured extensively around the world, authoring more than forty books and numerous articles in scholarly journals and popular periodicals. He is best known for his Christian Origins and the Question of God Series, of which four of the anticipated six volumes are finished.


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In a strongly-worded intervention, the Institute for Fiscal Studies have slammed Leave campaigner Michael Gove for claiming that their research proved that leaving the EU would leave an extra £8bn to spend on the NHS.
In a statement today, the IFS totally refuted this claim, saying "there is virtual unanimity among economists" that the hit to the public finances caused by leaving Europe would be "more than that £8 billion".
Commenting, Alistair Darling, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, said:
"This unprecedented intervention from one of the country's most respected economic experts shows that the Leave campaign do not have a credible economic plan for Britain's future.
"The IFS are clear – leaving the EU's Single Market would leave us spending less on public services such as the NHS, or taxing more, or borrowing more.
"The NHS, and everyone who relies upon it and works in it, is stronger thanks to our membership of the EU. Leaving would be a leap in the dark".
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Local blood cancer patients joined researchers and doctors on 22 September as Newcastle was named a 'Centre of Excellence' by Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research has more than £7 million currently invested in 18 research projects at Newcastle University. Many of the charity's scientists are also doctors and work closely with the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) and other hospitals to ensure that any breakthroughs in diagnosis or treatments benefit blood cancer patients throughout the North East as soon as possible. To celebrate this research, a plaque was unveiled today at the New Victoria Wing at the RVI.
Attending the unveiling was Ben Charlton, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in January 2010, aged 6, and is being treated at the RVI. Charlie, Ben's Dad, said: "The treatment has been really hard on him, but he's coped amazingly – he's an inspiration to all of us. Leukaemia has turned our life upside down in so many different ways. Research is so important to improve treatments - by supporting charities like Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, we can help save lives in the future."
The Centre has been recognised for its leading research into blood cancers, particularly focused on improving treatments and diagnosis for adults and children with leukaemia, as well as world-class research into stem cell transplants.
An example of the charity's pioneering research projects at Newcastle is the 'Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research Cytogenetics Database', which contains samples from more than 25,000 adults and children with acute leukaemias - the largest of its kind in the world. The team, based at the Newcastle Cancer Centre at the Northern Institute for Cancer Research, are using the resource to identify genetic abnormalities that can determine how leukaemia patients will respond to treatment. Their findings are being used to tailor specific treatments to patients with different genetic abnormalities, helping to save lives."
The unveiling of the Centre of Excellence at Newcastle is part of the charity's plans to focus investment in leading research institutions across the UK.
Cathy Gilman, Chief Executive of Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, said: "Newcastle has an outstanding record of research into leukaemia and stem cell transplants, with regular breakthroughs in diagnosis and treatment. It is this translation of scientific research into real benefits for patients which truly makes it a 'Centre of Excellence'."
Professor Andy Hall, Director of the Northern Institute of Cancer Research, said: "The pace of progress in delivering new treatments for blood cancers is very exciting. Newcastle attracts truly world-class scientists and clinical haematologists and this concentration of expertise means that blood cancer patients in the North East have access to the newest and best treatment around. Investment from charities such as Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research is vital to help this continue."
As well as Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, The Newcastle Cancer Centre at the Northern Institute for Cancer Research is jointly funded by two other charities - Cancer Research UK and the North of England Children's Cancer Research Fund.
Watch an ITV Tyne Tees report on the unveiling.


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The Ozark Mountain region in Missouri only extends throughout the southern and central part of the state. The steeper hills are in the south-central part of Missouri. There is so much to enjoy in the Missouri Ozarks that we thought we'd try to share some of it with you.
The Ozarks is a wonderful place to live or visit. I've lived in Southwest Missouri all my life. My husband and I bought a farm on 133 acres near Sarcoxie, Missouri, a few years ago and we enjoy being out in the country. Of course, our farm business keeps us busy – probably one of the reasons MOOzarks website has never been finished! But we love it – we are in a valley along a creek where our grandchildren love to swim and search for arrowheads and other Indian artifacts. It's very peaceful out here. But just a couple of miles away is I-44 that gets us quickly to any place we need to go.
I hope you enjoy reading about the things we do in the Missouri Ozarks. There is always something going on, so please come along, visit some of the places and enjoy the events we have listed. We'll try to keep you informed as to where the farmer's markets are going to be running, also.
Please keep in mind that we are not affiliated with any state or government agency. We simply are pulling our information from experiences and input from our readers.
Please fill free to contact us if you have some information you'd like to have posted, whether it be your town history or an event that is coming up. We want to know.
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The Brilliant Biz Mum Awards are all judged, there is no social media voting, so all winners will be determined based on merit.
The judging panel is made up of the Award sponsor (a Biz Mum who has experience within the field and is managing the category) and two guest judges.
These are the winners and finalists for the 2014 Awards.
Prizes for the winners included:
Best Juggler - sponsored by Robyn Amott, Bless this Mess
WINNER: Michelle Wright, mishfit franchising pty
Guest judges: Danielle Storey, Director and Communications Manager of The Cartridge Family, Motivational Speaker and Mentor at Million Dollar Relationships & MaryAnne Bennie, Expert Professional Organiser, Author, Trainer and Speaker at in8 Home Office Life Organising
Best Plan of Attack - sponsored by Fiona Redding, Business with Vivacity
WINNER: Dawn Anglicas, MYR Kids
Guest judges: Helen Roe, Marketer and Mentor for Creative Entrepreneurs at The Orange Lantern & Charma Voller, HR & Career Consultant and all round good sport (!) at Charma Voller Consulting & Calm Down Mumma
Most Influential Brand - sponsored by Annemarie Cross, AnnemarieCross.com
WINNER: Katie Forsythe, Parenting Prep
Guest judges: Kathleen Ann, International Award Winning Marketing Coach and Money & Marketing Champion for Heart-Centred Women In Business at Power Up Your Marketing & Indy Hilditch, Director and Chaos Manager at indyvisual
Best Service-Based Business - sponsored by Rosie Shilo, Virtually Yours
WINNER: Debbie Demooy, Rad Bookkeeping & Secretarial Services
Guest judges: Vanessa Thomas, Business Owner of Synkd Design and Marketing and One Dynamite Gal (!) & Diana Pettie, Professional Productivity and Peak Performance Coach at Hopscotch Coaching
Best Innovative Product - sponsored by Julie Allen, Biz Yourself
WINNER: Jacklyn James, Kiddies Food Kutter & Safety Food Peeler
Guest judges: Rebecca Quayle, National Account Manager at Outlook Australia Pty Ltd & Cath Connell, Marketing and Brand Consultant, Spicycat Creative
Best Social Media Success Story - sponsored by Loren Bartley, Impactiv8
WINNER: Katrina McCarter, Bubbler Deals
Guest judges: Cheree Robinson, Founder of Social Media by Cheree & Cherie Clonan, Digital Media Editor at Down That Little Lane
Most Out of the Box Marketing Campaign - sponsored by Joni Edson, M Plus PR
WINNER: Amanda Steidle, Healthy Mums
** only two entrants fulfilled all the required criteria for this Award to become finalists
Guest judges: Louise Guy, Owner at Guy Designs & Jonathan Edwards, Owner at All About Print
Best Mum in Biz Boss - sponsored by Kate Sykes, Career Mums
WINNER: Korryn Campbell, Virtual Office Solutions
Guest judges: Emma Grey, biz-wrangler at WorkLifeBliss, novelist and mum of two teens and a threenager & Denise Hall, ex-Business Owner turned Exit Strategist and Business Broker at the entrepreneurial mother
Best Web Presence - sponsored by Meirav Dulberg, Webby Web Design
WINNER: Debbie Hatswell, Story Mama
Guest judges: Sharon Latour, Chief Marketing Officer at Marketing Bee & Ana Urban, Online Marketing Manager of iformat
Best Photo for Business - sponsored by Ramona Lever, Branding Headshots
WINNER: Catherine Rosalion, Autism Support
Guest judges: Sheona Beach, Established Wedding Photographer at Sheona Beach Photography
Best Written Piece (non-blog) - sponsored by Sarah Garbuio, The Business Butler
WINNER: Anne George, word and web
** only two entrants fulfilled all the required criteria for this Award to become finalists
Guest judges: Lise Taylor, Editor of My Child Magazine & Bec Derrington, Founder of SourceBottle
Best Business Blog Post - sponsored by Amanda Jesnoewski, Velocity Media + Communications
WINNER: Martine Oglethorpe, The Modern Parent
Guest judges: Sally-Anne Blanshard, Founder and Director of Nourish Coaching & Louisa Claire, Founder and Director of Brand Meets Blog and super-passionate blogger!
Most Awesome Not-for-Profit Mum - sponsored by Serena Beirne, Mummy's Wish Inc
WINNER: Stephanie Woollard, Seven Women
Guest judges: Melina Schamroth, CEO and Founder, multi-award winning social entrepreneur, speaker and author at m.a.d.woman and m.a.d.woman foundation & Katrina Hart, Partnerships Manager at the Children's Hospital Foundation


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Invisaling, good bye brackets
This dental correction technique is a true revolution on the esthetic world. To correct the teeth there is no need for brackets; just a changeable mold of the teeth is needed.
The procedure is very simple, firstly the molds are created and the clients bite is registered together with patients x-rays and photographs. The registered data is then sent to the Align Technology institute in the United States through advanced images technology. Align Technology will then transform the patient's models onto a digital 3-D great precision image in order to create a sequence of the treatment according to the patient´s individual treatment plan.
A computerized film on the progress of the patient dental pieces complete from the starting to the final position is sent online to the Doctor Saiz. The video can be easily viewed with the Align Technology 3-D patented; ClinCheck software. Thanks to this last high-tech software you can check the step to step evolution of your dental movements, as well as the final position. ClinCheck also gives the possibility to make any requested or required modifications along the treatment to adjust perfectly to the real situation and needs.
Once the treatment is approved by the patient, Align Technology manufactures a series of transparent and solid aligners. These will be completed with sequenced models that need to be changed on a regular time period basis. Each aligner will specify a particular and unique incorporated sequence movement. The patient can use the aligners at all times, except when they are; eating, drinking, teeth brushing or using dental floss. Normally a change of aligners will be required every two weeks.
The results are brilliant; completely straightened dental pieces without the use of brackets.
Besides this last generation treatment, at Dr. Carlos Saiz's Clinic, you will also be able to choose other treatments as; children´s orthodontics, metallic or esthetic brackets and lingual orthodontics.


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Defence procurement privatisation 'dead in the water', says peer
Plans to privatise the UK government's defence procurement arm are "dead in the water", a former defence minister has claimed.
Lord Lee of Trafford told peers there were now too few private firms bidding to take over the organisation which employs 21,000 people across the UK.
He strongly criticised the MoD's oversight of the project.
Government minister Lord Astor accepted the situation was "challenging" but insisted a deal was still possible.
The Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) agency, which is based in Bristol, has an annual budget of £14bn to buy equipment, including ships, aircraft, vehicles and weapons, for Britain's armed forces.
The Ministry of Defence has been considering whether it would be best run as a quango in partnership with a private contractor or as a "government-owned, contractor-operated" (GoCo) body.
The plan involved inviting private firms to bid for the GoCo contract. Initially three consortia demonstrated an interest.
But Defence Secretary Philip Hammond revealed in a written statement on Tuesday that just one bidding consortium remained.
The government was now considering "whether it is in the public interest to proceed with only a single commercial bidder and an internal option, or whether alternative approaches should be considered and a further statement will be made once this process is complete", he said.
Lord Lee, who served as a Conservative defence procurement minister in the mid-1980s, urged ministers to reach a decision more swiftly.
"My Lords, is the reality not that the GoCo competition concept is now totally dead in the water?" he asked.
"The very fact that this one bidder, the Bechtel consortium, has a bid in of 1,200 pages surely draws attention to the manifest absurdity and complexity of the bid process."
The project had been "driven through" by Chief of Defence Materiel Bernard Gray "with very little support in MoD and the services", the peer said.
"Should not he now, in the circumstances, given that it has collapsed, consider his own position and consider resigning?"
The peer also condemned the Treasury's "bone-headed" oversight of recruitment to defence procurement roles, which he claimed had prevented the MoD from bringing in valuable private-sector experience.
Defence minister Lord Astor of Hever conceded: "We have always known that running a defence acquisition would be challenging."
'Big Dig'
But he said the status quo was "simply not acceptable".
The government was "convinced that we absolutely must change our process to deliver the best value for money for the taxpayer and enable the right equipment and support to be delivered on time for our armed forces", he continued.
"The very fact that one commercial bid team has submitted a bid shows that they believe there is a potential deal and they can deliver against requirement," he argued.
Labour's Lord Touhig, also a former defence minister, cast doubt on Bechtel's suitability for the task.
"In Boston [Massachusetts], for instance, they were responsible for the Big Dig - a tunnel construction project that went a billion pounds over budget and two-thirds of the problem was down to their mistakes.
"Given their mismanagement of the Big Dig, if Bechtel gain control of our defence procurement will not Britain's defences end up in a big hole?" he asked.
The "Big Dig" project cost Boston about $20bn (£12.5bn), rerouting the city's main highway into a 3.5 mile (5.6km) tunnel.
Lord Astor dismissed this prediction, and said the consortium consisted of "world-class private sector businesses" including PWC and PA Consulting.


text: PARACORD BRACELETS Paracord Bracelets are not only stylish, they are also an extremely practical piece of kit. Made from strong paracord with a breaking strain of 396lbs, they can be unravelled to help you out of sticky situations. Just a few suggestions: emergency bootlace, securing a shelter, washing line, repairing a backpack, tourniquet, fishing line (7 integral strands). Length: 22.9cm (9") Breaking strain: 396lbs (180kg)


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What does it mean when you dream about mushrooms?
Grown totally in the dark, mushrooms can denote a very challenging situation or relationship, especially if the mushrooms are poisonous. If seen growing wild in the forest's moist earth, then the dreamer's creative ideas may be the solution to the potentially dangerous situation the dreamer is concerned about.


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What a pen tablet?
If you're not familiar with it, pen tablet basically is like a touch pad on a laptop which use your finger as pointer. But in pen tablet you use a stylus pen as a pointer for your computer. Unlike a touch pad or a mouse you can feel the editing as if you're drawing directly on a paper. Main purpose for this gear is for you to use it as if you are drawing in your computer. Check out this video if you want to know more:
Wacom Intuos Pro
There's a lot of type of pen tablet and what I bought was a Wacom Intuos Pro Small (about $250). Why did I choose wacom brand? it's because it's the only good choice there is. Of course there's more pen tablet brand. But I never once heard a photographer when asked about tablet didn't said Wacom. So that's it.
Even though I choose Wacom brand, there a lot of different type and size of those tablet. Kinda complicate at first but in the end, my decision came to Intuos Pro small. There's more better choice, but those mostly for graphic designer. And since I'm a photographer, I don't need anything more. In my recommendation, a Intuos Pro is the best choice for photographer. Of course it's up to you and your budget. There's also a cheaper option.
Why Small? Size matter when it come to pen tablet. Size depend on the monitor you're use. If you're using a 16-20 inch or more larger monitor, I recommended medium and large size. Since I'm using a 15 inch laptop, I feel like small size is sufficient enough for me. Also it depend on your work space, small size took lesser space.
My Editing
I have been using this for a week now. Kinda difficult at first. Took me 2 days to get used to it. But I finally get a hang of it. And I have edited or post-processing (so it sound more cooler) some of my old landscape photography when I went hiking to Merbabu Mountain. So here what I did, in my usual style of course:
What I felt when I using the Wacom Intuos Pro Small is that it feel more simpler to edited a photo, there's only a surface with few button. With pressure sensitivity, I can feel the right amount of the adjustment I use at the tip of my finger. It's just like drawing a picture. It's really adjustable, I can change the setting however you want. With different software I can change the setting differently. And it come with wireless capability. Just plug in the wireless receiver in a USB receiver and you can use the tablet wirelessly.
In my recommendation you really should buy a Wacom intuos pro.
Tell you the truth I just using the wacom intuos pro for a week and I'm sure I haven't use it to it full potential. So I have to use it more. Also a pen tablet isn't a necessity for photographer. One of the reason I bought this is because I just happen to have extra money. So if you don't have enough budget, then don't force yourself to buy it. You can do the same job with a mouse. But if you happen to have enough budget, a Wacom Intuos Pro tablet would be a great investment for your photography.
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text: Your Soul Yoga Boost mind-body balance on day 2 of the 3 days of yoga program By Deborah Quibell Sun Sep 16 2018 Welcome to Day 2 of the 3 Days of Yoga Program. Today, Deborah builds on the last session by asking you to first scan yourself and discover what you need from your practice. How do you feel emotionally? Do you feel any physical tightness or tension? She'll ask you to once again focus on your breathing, finding a meditative rhythm that helps you move from pose to pose with love and compassion. Same rules apply: listen to your body and only go as far as what feels right to you—and of course, don't forget to have fun. null Private Collection Wild Fig Scented Candle 325,00 kr Add to cart options Product Actions Add to cart View full details null The Ritual of Karma Scented Candle 215,00 kr Add to cart options Product Actions Add to cart View full details yoga balance alignment Deborah Quibell Rituals 3 Days of Yoga video Share:


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Key Account Manager (gender neutral)
EURES GmbH is a dynamic organisation that inspires its customers with bespoke solutions characterised by their innovate force coupled with extensive know-how. As a wholesaler and importer, we are able to spot trend-setting products in the consumer electronics sector at an early stage and market them in successful sales drives or as part of the product ranges of leading retail corporations. At the same time we support our customers right from the product conceptualisation stage through to sales and distribution. A qualified and highly motivated team is the foundation of our success.
In order to further develop our successful course, we need you in the role of
Key Account Manager (gender neutral)
Your tasks:
- Support and business development within the existing customer base as well as the acquisition and retention of new business
- Preparing quotes including completing the necessary documentation and specifications as well as due diligence during the post-processing phase
- Carrying out customer requirements analyses in addition to market situation consultations and competitor reviews
- Customer visit and trade fair organisation and support
- Act as the designated contact for the more complex products within the product portfolio of the specified product group, which may require an explanation
- Handling and processing customer complaints
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- You will be highly customer focused, service-oriented and empathetic, and will combine these qualities with a structured, detailed, proactive and efficient approach to work
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- You will enjoy working as part of a team, whilst taking the initiative in your day-to-day tasks and making things happen
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- An exciting job in which you will be given responsibilities and will be able to further your personal development
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My decision to join EURES has really paid off for me. The corporate culture and the support I get from colleagues and the directors is outstanding."


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Plymouth Rock Mining Co. stock certificate 1880's (New Mexico)
Great looking mining stock cert with a nice engraved vignette of men working in a mine. Unissued and not cancelled. Circa 1880 from issued examples.
Incorporated 1879 in Massachusetts, the Plymouth Rock Mining Company held main property in the Silver Flat mining district west of Silver City, New Mexico. The mill and reduction works were located in the upper part of Silver City. Evidently the mill was poorly constructed as problems developed, causing loss in recovery of silver. In 1881, the Plymouth Rock Mining Company merged with the Massachusetts and New Mexico Consolidated Mining Company.
The company also had property situated in the Jenny Lind mining district of California - about five miles from Milton. The land was comprised of a consolidation of several claims. A ten-stamp water power mill was erected at the property and was supplied with twelve concentrators, which turned out a large quantity of concentrated sulfur.


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Make a side table from an old suitcase
Gather your supplies
Vintage case
1950s-style table legs with angled top plates (4)
18mm-thick plywood sheet, slightly larger than case size
Fabric to match case
You'll also need
Sheet of card; Helmar Super-Tac Glue; 16 screws (long enough to go through top plate, case and halfway through plywood); jigsaw; drill; clamps; metal ruler.
Here's how
Step 1
Place case onto card and trace around edge. Allowing for thickness of case walls, draw a second line, 5-10mm or more inside first outline.
Step 2
Cut along second line to create a template that fits neatly in the base of case interior. Trim, if necessary.
Step 3
Trace around template onto plywood. Clamp plywood to suitable work surface, then cut along outline using jigsaw.
Step 4
Cut fabric, 40mm larger all around than the card template. Centre card on wrong side of fabric. Snipping into fabric allowance around curves (if any), and stretching fabric to ensure it is taut, bring fabric edge up and over to the other side of card and glue in place. Glue plywood onto interior base of case. Then glue fabric-covered card on top of plywood. Allow to dry.
Step 5
Arrange closed case with the bottom facing upwards. To determine position of legs, using ruler, draw a centred rectangle on bottom of case. Position a top plate (with or without leg attached) in each corner of case and mark position of screw holes.
Step 6
Open the case and, supporting it with anything stable that will fit inside, drill marked clearance holes through the case and partway into the plywood. Screw plates and legs in place.


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The Web Conferencing Council has named VIA3 from Viack as the "Best of class" in their 2009 Vendor Awards and Recommendations
04.17.2009 – SAN JOSE, Calif., April. 17 – The VIACK Corporation, a cutting edge leader in the world of affordable web conferencing and SaaS/On Demand online collaboration solutions, today announced the recent "Best of Class, 2009" award by the Web Conferencing Council (http://webconferencingcouncil.com), a leading body of industry experts and power users. The Web Conferencing Council released their 2009 Top Ten Vendor Whitepaper, which recommends ten web conferencing vendors based on extensive testing. The top spot in the list of ten went to VIA3 from the VIACK Corporation, which automatically gives VIA3 the title of "Best of Class" for 2009.
"We are proud to have the Web Conferencing Council recognize VIA3 as the 'Best of Class' for 2009. This award validates the tremendous effort we have put into making VIA3 the most affordable, secure, and feature rich business communication platform in the industry," said Neil Woodruff, VIACK Corporation CEO. "Via3 provides businesses of all sizes and types the ability to reduce travel and communication expenses, while improving productivity that will ultimately lead to increased profitability.
VIA3 delivers a powerful set of web conferencing tools and services which enable its clients to leverage the power of the Internet with virtual presentations, demonstrations, meetings, and collaboration. This is achieved by combining a uniquely superior audio and video teleconferencing solution with instant messaging, application viewing and sharing, whiteboarding, and secure workspaces directly from the desktop, over any public or private IP network. All channels of communication are secure and no extra hardware or communication devices are needed beyond your computer with a webcam to facilitate the face-to-face meetings and collaboration.
At $23.75 a month for full functionality (including Audio), VIA3 has proven to be the most affordable solution in the industry today, especially when factoring in the depth of features and security that other vendors do not include. No other vendor on the Web Conferencing Council's Top 10 List can match VIA3 on price, nor the depth of included features.


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by Rob Waugh for Metro.co.uk
A veteran NASA employee says he saw a nine-foot-tall alien hitch a ride on the space shuttle – and watched the creature have a quiet chat with astronauts when it thought no one was looking.
UFO sites have seized on this as CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE that there is a vast, global conspiracy where our leaders are in league with aliens.
Others are less sure.
Clark C. McClelland makes the claim in a video recently unearthed by paranormal news site Inquisitr.
He claims to have worked at NASA for 35 years, including work on the Apollo missions – and in his favour, no one has stepped forward to say he isn't.
There's also a picture of him actually ON the Space Shuttle, which is conclusive enough for the UFO sites.
McClelland says he was monitoring a Space Shuttle mission from Kennedy Space Centre when he saw something he wasn't meant to – namely a gangly, slender alien chatting away with two astronauts in the Space Shuttle's payload bay.
He also saw an alien ship 'parked' nearby.
Disclaimer: many people think McLelland is nuts.
Second disclaimer: UFO fans believe, of course, that this first disclaimer is disinformation, spread by the Men in Black.
McLelland says, 'I know an ET and Alien craft when I see them.
'Aliens are here on Earth, they walk among us. They may have been implanted into our various Earth governments.
His website, entitled Stargate Chronicles, is, shall we say, an interesting read.
Note from The Black Vault: In addition to the above article, Astronaut Clark C. McClelland had issued a statement about what he saw on his website, back in 2008. I wanted to add it here for reference.
In SUPPORT of MY FRIEND, Courageous, US NASA ASTRONAUT, Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14.
I, Clark C. McClelland, former ScO, Space Shuttle Fleet, personally observed an 8 to 9 foot tall ET on my 27 inch video monitors while on duty in the Kennedy Space Center, Launch Control Center (LCC). The ET was standing upright in the Space Shuttle Payload Bay having a discussion with TWO tethered US NASA Astronauts. I also observed on my monitors, the spacecraft of the ET as it was in a stabilized, safe orbit to the rear of the Space Shuttle main engine pods. I observed this incident for about one minute and seven seconds. Plenty of time to memorize all that I was observing. IT WAS AN ET and Alien Star Ship!
To all who have faith in ME, I present you with this artists concept (See on top) of what I saw many years ago at KSC. It was a tall creature, about 8 to 9 feet tall. It had a humanoid body shape with two arms, two hands, two legs, two feet, a slim torso and a normal size head for its size. The color of its skin I could not determine. It appeared to have two what appeared to be eyes, but it was not detailed enough for any other comments.
How did it communicate? I have no idea. It did move its arms a lot. Almost like giving instructions! I heard no voice communications. The helmet was not as large as our two NASA Astronauts, and had a viewport to look forward. It had a small, perhaps a communication device, attached only to the right side of the helmet!
I saw no oxygen tank(s). It had a wide belt like wrapping around it.. It did not appear to be tethered as the two Astronauts were to the sides of the shuttle structure. I observed nothing that appeared to be a weapon. The time of this amazing scene was one minute and seven seconds, I timed it on my Astronaut chronograph watch.
A friend of mine later contacted me and said that this person had also observed an 8 to 9 foot tall ET INSIDE the SPACE SHUTTLE CREW COMPARTMENT! Yes, inside OUR Shuttle! BOTH missions were DoD (Pentagon) TOP SECRET (TS) encounters!
With my verifiable background, there is no Federal Government Agency that can say I am crazy.
Clark (Source)
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Organization Link: http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/26/i-saw-an-alien-hitch-a-ride-on-the-space-shuttle-says-nasa-veteran-5121468/


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FC: Summer By: Angelo Myler
1: By: Angelo Myler Childersburg, AL October 23, 2010 | Summer
2: I dedicate this book to my dad, because summer is his favorite season.
3: Summer is like a hot chocolate cake.
4: Summer is a hot bubble.
5: The sun glares at my eyes.
6: The sun smiles sweetly and sings.
7: The sun blinds me.
8: The sun is rolling with its hot breath.
9: Summer is an explosion! BOOM!
10: Summer is like a heat wave.


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Inspiring women: Fiona McIntosh
The former magazine editor is making waves with her "Uber for beauty" start-up that brings bouncy blow-dries and manicures to your home or office…
Name: Fiona McIntosh
Co-founded: blow ltd in November 2013
Start-up elevator pitch: On-demand service for beauty treatments
Industry: Beauty
Follow her: @stillworkingit
Why is she impressive?
As former editor in chief of Grazia and Elle magazines, Fiona McIntosh has a lot of experience in the beauty and fashion world. She has capitalised on this experience to help deliver "a vision for beauty services on demand" through her start-up business blow ltd. A London-based platform, blow allows users to book blow-dries, manicures, and make-up consultations directly to their home, office or hotel. The company also operates 'beauty bars' in Covent Garden and Canary Wharf and has become a hit with customers looking to get their beauty fix – over 70,000 services have been completed to date. In June of this year, Unilever Ventures invested in the business to the tune of £500,000 and, in the same month, tennis champion Andy Murray invested to support a £1.3m raise in blow via crowdfunding platform Seedrs. ASOS' Nick Robertson and Lion Capital's Robert Darwent are also backers of the business. Not content with success in the capital, McIntosh now plans to roll-out the service to other areas of the UK.


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Concentration is Crucial for the Greens' National Ambitions
Over the last few weeks some may have noticed that the Green Party has received more media attention than usual. In all honesty that is not hard to achieve. Ordinarily one would suppose that the media is selectively colour blind – seeing only blue, red, yellow and (recently) purple. This media attention marks a dramatic rise in the Green Party's national profile, but it is only through local concentration that this will translate into national power.
This attention was sparked by the eye-catching wealth tax policy, which would see those with £3 million in assets taxed at 1 or 2%. A policy straight from the pages of Capital (the 21st century one) is appealing to left leaning Brits up and down the country. It stakes the ground for the Greens to become the party of left in the ground Labour vacated in their 1990's charge to the centre. But if, as leader Natalie Bennett wants, the Greens are to become a national party, paradoxically, they must focus on localised campaigns.
The aspiration to be a national party is behind policy's such as a wealth tax, they will appeal across the country to the left leaning. But these are not the sort of policies that will win seats in the 2015 general election. This is because, for a small party under the first-past-the-post voting system, a spread of votes over many seats is less powerful that concentration in fewer seats.
We need look no further than the Liberal Democrats to see the power of concentration. Despite plunging poll ratings many expect that the Lib Dem will lose perhaps only 15 seats in the House of Commons. The reason for this is that they have strong local power bases. An example of this local power in action is the Lib Dem success in the Eastleigh bi-election. A strong local presence in Eastleigh overcame dismal national poll ratings.
Though I have so far focused on elections, that success on British politics is based on concentration is also true after the election. The Lib Dems are, again, our example. Though this time they did rather less well. During the coalition negotiations in 2010 Nick Clegg had two options, to dip his finger in every pie and have a presence across government or take control of a major department – like the Home Office. In the end Clegg opted for the first option, and the result is that the Lib Dems have few success stories that they alone can claim, and they still suffer for the coalition policies unpopular with their base. If they had taken control of the Home Office they might have been able to secure some successes in their own right, like regaining civil liberties which is popular with their base. The point is that, for outsiders to the central power of British politics, concentration is crucial.
In British politics, particularly for parties out side the big two, is about concentrations of power in order to achieve wider, national power. The Green Party wants to be a bigger player on the national stage, but to do this it must concentrate locally. Exploit positions of strength in places like Brighton, Bristol and Liverpool, where the Greens have the most council seats, and tailor policies accordingly. Only then will they see their national power and presence grow.


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BESO Energy Assessments Reveal Individualized Energy Improvement Opportunities. For general information about BESO see: www.cityofberkeley.info/BESO
BESO Compliance Steps
1. Check building status by looking up the building address on the BESO property status list.
Please note exemptions at time of sale
2. Choose one of the compliance options below.
3. Complete the BESO Application Form - BESO Application Form
4. Submit completed BESO application and filing fees (if applicable):
5. Disclose building status to prospective buyers. BESO information and status is available on the City's website. Energy information must be provided to prospective buyers. Deferral Form C or Compliance Form A and the Energy Report are required to be included with closing documents at close of escrow.
Home Energy Score Information
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You can satisfy the reading proficiency requirement in Spanish by:
a) Taking SP 503 in the Fall (not offered in Spring) and passing the course,
b) Taking the exam directly in Spanish to fulfill the language requirement. It is not a "qualifying exam", but a translation exam.
Note: Students in graduate programs from other departments are advised to check with their program advisors prior taking either course or exam as described above.
The Graduate EXAM of Reading Proficiency in Spanish is offered to graduate students at the end of each semester, typically two weeks before finals week. Graduate students may request to take the exam in Spanish using the following online form. The specific date for a given semester is listed in the link below:
Request Graduate Exam of Reading Proficiency
The next reading proficiency exam will be given in BB COMER 245-B:
DATE: Wednesday, November 20, 2019


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I have not posted for 2 weeks as I was busy preparing for and then enjoying Chiba sensei's latest visit to the UK. As always, he imparted a lot of information in a short time, covering correct basics and a whole range of techniques.
With such a variety of teaching, I imagine that different people took different things away from the seminar, but what particularly resonated with me, was sensei's instruction on seme and maai.
He pointed out that over the years it has become conventional wisdom to teach people to attack from long distance. I was personally taught to come in no more than 15cm past the point of the opponent's shinai. In his view, this is simplistic and your optimal cutting distance depends on your age, height, leg strength etc.
He pointed out that it would be unlikely for seme to be strong enough to break your opponents spirit if you only pushed in beyond the point of the shinai and therefore a deep movement forward was required to make your opponent move back. This was also true in the case of positioning for uchiotoshi and makiotoshi waza.
His main thoughts on seme were that you should keep a relaxed and natural posture and use seme to force your opponent to react to make the chance for debana or oji waza. For instance, as you step in, point your shinai to the right of the men, so that he tries to beat you to the men attack and then take degote, or you seme to his kote and take men as he tries to cover his kote; or raise to the right eye to force a men attack to counter with ojidou.
He also pointed out that for senior grades, (given they had developed tenouchi and kikentaiichi), that it was not necessary to make a fully blown forward motion for such techniques and that you only needed 50% of the effort that you would apply to shikake waza as your opponents forward motion created the other 50%.


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I love end of the year posts because it's so fun to look back over the year and see what memories were created.
2013 was the Year of Change and Growth!
Throughout the past year, I definitely felt myself move into a new phase of life. I feel stronger and more confident then ever starting out 2014.
Let's take a look back…..
- First KC Diva Girls Night Out at Seasons 52
- Fur-babies!
- Grandpa passed away
- Started training with Tionna
- Fell in love with shredded brussel sprouts
- Justin – Love that man.
- Nephews
- Justin in the winter that lasted until MAY!
- Food prep
- Trip to Arizona
- KC Diva Valentine's Party
- Comp Prep training in full swing
- Vann's baby shower
- Fur-babies!
- Easter egg hunt
- KC Diva track time
- Date nights with Justin
- Training with Tionna going strong!
- KC Diva workouts
- Girlfriend time
- Date nights with Justin
- Boudoir shoot
- Nephews!
- Bought my FAVORITE sweatshirt "Live Life" from Nutrition Snob
- Gabe came into the world!
- Yoga became a daily part of my life
- Justin was golfing
- Photo shoot in the rain
- Another figure competition
- Birthday at Arizona Spa
- Met two blog friends
- Family time
- Jumped right in to Tionna's comp prep
- KC Diva workouts
- Fur-kids
- Date nights
- Justin started training with Tionna
- Training with Tionna for Worlds
- My "kids"
- Date nights
July is a tough month to look back on. One one hand I had a blast training with Tionna for her competition and helping her with prep. I was in the best shape of my life and scared to death to lose it. On the other hand, it was, by far, the toughest month of the year for Justin and I. I'm glad we got through that month.
- Vegas! Tionna's figure competition!
- Reconnecting with Justin.
- Park time with The Girls
- Relationship repair!
- Marriage counseling
- Lots of hiking and yoga and date nights!
- Friends!
- Justin's birthday month!
- Justin hit the mark for 50 POUND WEIGHT LOSS!
- Trip to San Diego to visit friends, Brad and Sarah
- Lots of time with Friends – training, Farmer's Market, Lunches, Dinners
- Gym workouts, yoga, hiking, golfing for Justin
- KC Diva GNO – Wicked and Sushi
- Family time
- Rejoined Ellie (previously PV Body)
- GNO – Keith Urban concert
- Volunteered with Girls on the Run
- Lots of fun with friends in the gym and out in the world!
- Thanksgiving with family
- Date Nights
- Justin got his wisdom teeth pulled (all four) and was eating pizza the next day. Freak.
- Fur-Kids!
- Cookie Exchange
- Lots of family time
- Date nights
- Gym
- Sister in Law, Sarah, graduated with her PhD
- Brother, James, graduated with Bachelors
- Sister, Autumn, turned 40
- Sister, Vann, turned 30
- Got a stomach virus. Got violently sick 5 times, passed out twice. On the second pass out episode fell face first into shower floor and put a slight fracture and gash in my nose. Trip to the ER!
Wow! What a year! The common thread as I created each of the collages were Justin, our animals, family and friends. Above all else, I am so thankful for those four things. Spending time with the people in our lives and creating memories with PEOPLE is what matters to both Justin and I.
Thank you all for checking in with me and supporting this blog. I feel the love! I truly enjoy blogging and connecting with so many of you!