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Everyday Icons: The Restaurant Owner
When Yunnie Morena's parents fled a religiously oppressed life in Korea, they settled down in Santa Monica to establish roots and start a quaint family restaurant. Years later, daughter Yunnie is carrying the torch of entrepreneurship and community building by taking over the family reins at The Albright, aptly named after the albright knot: a knot that binds two ropes (or in this case, generations!). We stole a few minutes with her to chat about family, work and the legacy she's grateful to leave...
We love that you're carrying on the legacy of your mother by taking over the helm at the family restaurant. What important aspects of becoming a business owner have you learned from your own mother's methods?
Something I learned early on from my mother was to be a team player. There is no job that is beneath me as a business owner. In order to be a team leader and effectively delegate, one needs to know how to do every job of your business. I've done everything from sweep floors to serve food, something my mom always did. Not only does this show great support to my staff and raise morale but it also allows me to see where improvements can be made in the way we operate.
What was the catalyst for deciding to take over the family restaurant? You previously worked in fashion, so I'm imagining the transition to the food industry might have been difficult. What have you learned from both industries?
The transition was actually quite seamless. I was at a point where I was really ready to try something different. After working for 17 years in fashion and always having a passion for food, I was more than ready for the challenge. My mother was ready to retire and there were lots of changes happening with the company I was involved with. The timing really was perfect. I love that I'm able to use my years of experience in the service industry and apply it to the restaurant. At the end of the day, it's all about making people feel great, whether that be through fitting them or feeding them.
I think it's amazing that your child can grow up around the same family restaurant that you did! What are some of your fondest memories growing up in this space, and how do you plan to share that with your children?
One of my favorite memories growing up at the pier was meeting so many colorful, interesting people. As a child, and now as an adult, I have such a love and genuine interest in people and their stories. Sometimes I would sit at the restaurant and chat with all the patrons. Sometimes they were 70 year old gypsies that were just strolling through town or some were regulars that were the resident pier performers. It is because of these rich experiences I have always been able to go anywhere in the world and connect with people from many different walks of life. I hope that my son is able to have the same memories of all the wonderful people that come from all over the world as I did.
Your parents started a flourishing business from the ground up, having just fled a religiously oppressed life in Korea. How has this shaped your own perspective on life and gratitude?
Both of my parents came to this country not speaking a word of English and with very little money. Growing up with two people that had such a love and appreciation for things that I noticed many others around me take for granted, has stayed with me, even as an adult. As my parents always said, in this country you can dream anything and make it come true. With hard work and determination I have found this to be true.
Clementine Daily's mission is to better our daily lives to better the lives around us while celebrating the seemingly mundane. How do you personally fit within this mission?
Again, being raised by immigrants who had such an appreciation for everything, even the little things, has had such a lasting and profound effect on me. Being able to cook for my family, some may consider a chore, but I think of it as a blessing. I consider myself so lucky to have found something I feel passionate about and make into a career.
What are five everyday items you wouldn't want to live without?
Pressed veggie green juice, my Helen Kaminski sun hat, pictures of my son and husband, my iPhone and a Moleskin.
p.s. Want to read more about another foodie making positive waves in today's world? Meet the pickler.


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2016 Honda Odyssey in Lima, OH
Towing Capacity
With the proper equipment installed, the 2016 Honda Odyssey can pull a load weighing more than 3,000 lbs.
Engine Options
Each version of the 2016 Honda Odyssey is powered by a 3.5-liter, V-6 engine with nearly 250 horsepower.
Depending on which version of the 2016 Odyssey is chosen by a customer, the vehicle can seat 7 or 8 riders.
Owners of the 2016 Odyseey will be able to use some of the latest technological features avaiable in the industry.
For the best mix of power and efficiency, the 2016 Odyssey uses a precise six-speed automatic transmission.
Fuel Economy
EPA fuel-economy estimates of nearly 20 miles per gallon in the city and about 30 miles per gallon in the city are attainable.
2016 Honda Odyssey in Lima, OH
Despite advances made in other classes of the automotive industry, the minivan remains one of the most efficient ways to transport large groups of people and/or cargo. One of the top models available to buyers is the 2016 Honda Odyssey in Lima, OH for sale at Allan Nott. The 2016 Odyssey offers one of the largest cargo areas in its class, combined with top scores for engine output and fuel-economy. Beyond those characteristics, the Honda Odyssey also brings a number of thoughtful convenience features to its owners that almost specifically built for the challenges of family life. The inherent quality and equipment built into the 2016 Honda Odyssey, the minivan is routinely nominated for awards as having high resale or residual value on the secondary vehicle market.
Honda designers have helped raise the profile of the 2016 Honda Odyssey in Lima, OH, by keeping the exterior aesthetics of the minivan in line with modern standards. For the new model-year, the 2016 Odyssey has been described as refined, youthful and sporty. Muscular fascia elements are a quick visual cue to the impressive capability contained within the new Honda Odyssey. Each of the five available trim grades of the 2016 Honda Odyssey offers an increasing level of technology for drivers and passengers. Some trims have a pair of large touchscreen interfaces available to improve the usability of multiple features at the same time. Drivers or passengers with smartphones can stream media through the infotainment system in the 2016 Odyssey through Bluetooth on the EX trim and above.
Performance of the 2016 Odyssey
Under the hood of each 2016 Honda Odyssey in Lima, OH is a 3.5-liter, V-6 engine. This will give drivers the ability to use every bit of the available 248 horsepower and 250 pound-feet of torque. Additionally, the engine is mated to a standard six-speed automatic transmission. Another important element of the 2016 Odyssey is its family-friendly fuel-economy scores. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the 2016 Honda Odyssey can record up to 19* miles per gallon in the city and 28 miles per gallon on the highway. Additionally, the V-6 engine used to power the 2016 Odyssey is outfitted with several systems to maximize fuel-economy and reduce emissions.
When properly equipped, the 2016 Honda Odyssey in Lima, OH can pull a trailer weighing up to 3,500 pounds. The same interior space that can easily carry up to eight passengers might be the minivan's best trait. With all three rows of seats out and deployed for passengers, the 2016 Odyssey can still store nearly 40 cubic-feet of cargo. With the second row holding passengers, that cargo volume surpasses the 90-cubic-foot market, easily dwarfing many crossover SUVs. When the interior of the 2016 Honda Odyssey is set up to haul a maximum amount of cargo, owners can have up to 148.5 cubic-feet available to use.
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SOLD – Pilot Murex – F – H677
I have a Murex for sale today! Check it out:
This one looks beautiful from a distance. If you do a very detailed close look, you can find some imperfections and flaws. The big ones… the nib looks like it might have been bent at one point. It is straight but has a strange shadow in certain light that makes me think it could have been.
There are a few scratches / or pits on the grip section. They are not noticeable unless looking very very carefully.
The feed seems slightly off center. I have seen a few other Myus and Murex like this in the past and have not found a way to correct it. It does not seem to be a problem with this pen.
The other problems are normal to used Murex. There are bubbles on the feed. It is cosmetic only so there is no problem. The clip has a few small dings on it.
As for the most important part… How it writes… It's great. There is a little feedback but certainly not scratchy. Light hands make smooth lines. It's perfect for a daily writer.
I am asking ¥12,000 for this pen (currently around $97.55). That includes the pen, a new CON-20, two ink cartridges and FREE shipping.
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Hi there! Recently, I made this look using the Too Faced White Chocolate Bar Palette (check out the review that I did on this beautiful one here – it's in danish btw). Anyways, thought I'd share the details with you! I absolutely love this gorgeous palette, not to mention the smell of it which is just […]Read more
Review: Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette
As the Too Faced "Chocolate Bar" palette is becoming quite a classic, and i'm an addict to Too Faced products, I really wanted to do a review of it. The palette launched back in 2013 as the first palette of the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Eyeshadow Collection, which now holds the "Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar", "Chocolate […]Read more
Review: The Jaclyn Hill Palette
I'm a little bit behind on this one, however, this palette is still raved about as if it was launched yesterday, so of course I had to do a reveiw of it! Actually, it was not until a month ago that I really wanted to get my hands on the palette – not that I did […]Read more
Greasy eyeshadow? Here's a tip!
Do you know that feeling when you leave your home feeling fabulous and ready to seize the day because your eyemakeup is on fleek? Yup. Do you also know that feeling when you look at your non-existing, not-so-fabulous eyemakeup in the mirror two hours later? … And not having a rescue-kit on hands? No. 1 […]Read more
Review: Too Faced Clover Palette
Back in fall 2017 Too Faced launched the "Clover Palette" in honour of the co-founders chihuahua who goes by the name "Clover" (which also happens to be the brand mascot). Moreover, Too Faced donated 250.000 $ to the Best Friends Animal Society when the palette was launched (also, the palette is cruelty free, although not appropriate […]Read more
Review: Too Faced White Chocolate Bar
Som den Too Faced-enthusiast jeg er, var jeg mildest talt meget spændt da Jerrod Blandino, grundlægger af Too Faced, tilbage i sommeren 2017 teasede den kommende "White Chocolate Bar" på sin Instagram. Paletten er en del af Too Faced chokoladebar-familien, der også indeholder de forløberne Too Faced "Chocolate Bar", "Semi-sweet Chocolate Bar", "Chocolate Bon Bons" […]Read more


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Rent the Beautiful David Henry Hwang Theater in the Historic Union Center for the Arts! EWP's 240-seat David Henry Hwang Theater is available for rent for your production, business meeting, community event, or even your wedding. Dates are subject to availability. For more information, download the DHHT rental rate sheet (PDF) or contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com or (213) 625-7000 x15.
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So the Joss has a new show, and we are excited. Here is what we know so far from all the little comments and tidbits we heard…
- It will star Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson
- It will not star the guys from the ITEM 47 short
- Summer Glau is interested
- It will feature a lot of Original characters
- It will be a Police procedural drama
- There MIGHT be some hero cameos, but probably not from already existing movies
- It airs on ABC
So with what we know, there is only ONE logical conclusion: This show will be a prequel to Avengers, probably tying up some lose ends we hae with Marvel Phase One while opening up some new content for Phase Two. That is evident with the inclusion of the dead Agent Coulson and Whedons statement that he will not do some magic hocuspokus to bring him back, aswell as the non inclusion of the Item 47 characters.
Furthermore, it would explain from the go why we don't have any hero cameos. Iron Man has not happened or is not public knowledge yet, neither is Thor, Cap is still frozen in Ice and Bruce Banner is still on the run. That solves pretty much every non-cameo there is. Also, the show could easily stand on its own merits.
Sicne this show is on ABC and NOT FOX (thank you, Marvel) we actually have a chance at getting more than one season this time. Now, what else is on ABC that is a police procedural drama, stars one of Joss' longtime actors and ends its run this year? Castle! So we MIGHT even get a chance of snagging Nathan Fillion for a role – wishful thinking, but possible.
I really hope we can get a few Firefly casters back and add a few Dollhouse people. Enver Gjokaj played a cop in the Avengers, he could easily play a cop on the Show, a NYPD officer who is a contact to SHIELD. Tahmoh Penikett already did the FBI schtick in Dollhouse, so he would be a great addition to the cast. Then we have Morena Baccarin who is destined to play Daisy Johnson. I mean look at her! Alan Tudyk can play anything so we need him, and I am sure we have a nice role for Jewel Staite and Adam Baldwin somewhere. We also need more color, so just add Ron Glass and Gina Torres in there. And why don't we cast Tony Head somewhere? Okay, fanboy alert, lets scale it back to the facts.
So probably next september we get Joss Whedons S.H.I.E.L.D. (Or is that MARVEL's S.H.I.E.L.D.?) with Clark Gregg set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe BEFORE the Events of Avengers. And with a little luck, we get to see a few old friends again^^


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This beautiful plant is also known as Silverbush. It is a compact evergreen plant which has white funnel-shaped flowers and oblong, silvery leaves. It flowers profusely from early summer until the autumn.
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The scent from this Philadelphus stopped me in my tracks this morning – the smell was exquisite!Continue reading
Cistus corbariensis
This is beautiful evergreen shrub is Cistus corbariensis which has been flowering profusely for weeks now. The delicate white flowers, with their yellow centres, only last a day before falling off, to be replaced the next day by a whole new crop of flowers. There are so many buds the plant that it will be flowering for many more weeks yet.Continue reading
Snowdrops – Candlemas Bells
Today is Candlemas Day, an ancient festival halfway between the shortest day and the spring equinox and marks the midpoint of winter.Continue reading
Fatsia japonica
If you are looking for a dramatic plant for your garden, you can't go wrong with Fatsia japonica. This tropical-looking, evergreen shrub with its large, glossy, leathery leaves is surprisingly easy to grow.
Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree)
Arbutus unedo, one of my favourite trees is flowering in my garden at the moment. Also known as the Strawberry tree, it has pink tinged white, bell-shaped flowers which hang in clusters from the branches and which are magnets for bees and butterflies.
These flowers will become next years fruit, which unusually appear at the same time as the flowers. The fruit is said to be edible, but doesn't taste like a strawberry, and can be used to make jam or liqueur. The birds eat them before I get chance to!
Arbus unedo is an evergreen shrub with a bushy habit. However, you can prune the bottom branches off so that it reveals the brown-red bark which peels rather attractively. It is a member of the Ericaceae family so the leaves go yellow if it is not on acid soil – I give mine an Ericaceous feed.
Oriental Lily: Casa Blanca
Oriental lily Casa Blanca has the most exquisite large, pure white flowers and my house has been filled with the most delicious scent. There are four flowers, dripping with nectar on a strong straight stem.Continue reading
Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'
The beautiful white Echinacea is a hardy perennial which thrives in clay soil (always a must in our garden). The bees and butterflies find the flowers attractive and the birds love the seedheads.


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Everyone is focused on back to school, and the athletes know fall sports are right around the corner! Kick-off week is the best time to show what you're made of. With emotions running high leading up to the opening game here are some tips on how to stay fresh on and off the field.
1. Show your style on and off the field with a sporty but relaxed athleisure look, like adding some sweat joggers to your outfit. This look will keep you feeling comfortable and stylish throughout your day.
2. The competitive pressure can really effect you throughout kick-off week, so make sure to stay fresh with Degree Men Dry Spray Antiperspirant with MotionSense technology.
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Multiple Ways To Follow Saints in 2014, Games Back On KLBB, All Friday Home Games On The TicketST. PAUL, MN April 29, 2014
ST. PAUL, MN (April 29, 2014) – The St. Paul Saints continue to have a strong and loyal following. As the team enters their 22nd and final season at Midway Stadium there are multiple ways to follow along as the franchise attempts to earn a fifth championship in team history. The Saints can once again be heard on Club 1220 KLBB and in addition, each Friday home game can be heard on new broadcast partner, 105FM The Ticket.
Saints play-by-play broadcaster Sean Aronson will return for his eighth season and 14th overall in minor league baseball. Prior to the Saints he spent four seasons (2003-06) broadcasting the Fort Myers Miracle, Single-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins and two seasons (2001-02) with the Allenton Ambassadors (Independent, Northeast League). Aronson will be joined by Sam Hovan and J.W. Cox. Hovan hails from North Richland Hills, TX and recently received his M.S. from the prestigious Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. While there he broadcast Syracuse basketball and also did Syracuse Stampede hockey. Cox is a graduate of St. Cloud State and does the broadcast for Huskies football and basketball.
This is the third season Saints games will be carried primarily on Club 1220 KLBB. KLBB Radio is located out of Stillwater, MN and is the Twin Cities home for America's Best Music and the Green Bay Packers. Whether it's the Green Bay Packers, or America's Best Music from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Willie Nelson and Michael Buble, KLBB listeners are known for their passion for this unique programming.
The Saints and The Ticket enter into a partnership for the first time and all 10 Saints Friday home games will be carried on the station beginning with the May 9 Three-Way at Midway, XXXhibition game. The remaining Friday home games are May 17, 23, June 6, 20, July 11, 18 and August 1, 8 and 15.
The Saints also provide fans at the ballpark the opportunity to listen to the game on 87.9 FM.
Along with Saints radio partnerships, fans that can't make it out to every game at Midway Stadium will have the chance to watch all 50 home games on line at saintsbaseball.com. The Saints will offer a two camera view, with a high home and center field look. The radio broadcast feed will coincide with the video of the game.
The radio broadcast of all Saints games, home and road, are streamed on line at saintsbaseball.com.
Saints tickets continue to be a tremendous value. Tickets are $6 for general admission, $9 for outfield reserved and $14 for infield reserved. Friday Home Games with Post-Game Fireworks (except July 3, August 28) are an additional $2 per ticket. Saints Special Event Home Games with Post-Game Fireworks Supershow (July 3, August 28) are an additional $3 per ticket. Tickets purchased on the day of the game are an additional $2 per ticket. Children under the age of 12 and seniors 65 and older receive $1 off the admission price. Children under 2 that don't require a seat are free.
Box Office Hours on non-game days are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. On game days, the Box Office will open at 9 a.m. Sunday through Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday and will remain open until 15 minutes following each game.
For more information contact the Saints at 651-644-6659 or visit saintsbaseball.com.
About The Ticket
Sports Radio 105 "The Ticket" is the Twin Cities new FM Sports Talk station! Our world class talent line-up includes Tiki Barber, Jim Rome, award winning author John Feinstein, Boomer Esiason along with a live and local afternoon show from 3pm-6pm with Bob Sansevere and Mike Morris. Sansevere, Sports Director on the KQ Morning Show has covered Minnesota sports for 25 years. Morris is a former NFL veteran who played nine seasons with the Minnesota Vikings.
"The Ticket" has carved out a unique sports niche, aggressively covering High School Hockey, Basketball and Football. Our list of contributors is impressive, Fran Tarkenton, Tyus Jones, Jack Jablonski, Rick Horrow and Jim Rich from FOX-9 among many others. For the most complete coverage nationally as an affiliate of the CBS Sports Radio Network, tune-in to 105.1, 105.3 and 105.7 for Sports Radio 105 "The Ticket".


text: TV Kevin Hart Talks Sex Scenes, Stripping With Jimmy Kimmel (Video) 10:14 PM PST 2/13/2014 by Debbie Emery FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Getty Images From the lip drag to the nose touch, the "About Last Night" star revealed how he "practiced his sexy things to do," for the new raunchy comedy. Fans of Kevin Hart are going to see an awful lot more of the comedian in his new film About Last Night, the hilarious star assured Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday night's Jimmy Kimmel Live! STORY: About Last Night: Film Review "It is really good. We're dealing with relationships in a real way," he explained. "I feel like it is my best work to date. I can't wait for people to see it. I feel like I am a grown man in this movie." Along with his newfound emotional depth -- expect a plenty of flesh too, he warned. "The goose is loose!" laughed Hart, referring to raunchy scenes in the latest adaptation from David Mamet's play Sexual Perversity in Chicago. "I practiced my moves, I practiced my sexy things to do," he said. "Am I going to go with the nose touch? Any time you say something heartfelt, you touch a girl's nose ... Or do you go with the traditional lip drag?" which he revealed is a subtle way to make her stop talking. "There are so many choices because I feel so sexy." Dumbfounded Kimmel confessed that he "didn't know about either one of those moves," but the Ride Along actor warned him that he probably shouldn't try them: "It's not safe -- I wouldn't do it, I just said that these are ideas." VIDEO: NBA All-Star Celebrity Game: Bill Simmons, Erin Heatherton Talk Strategy, Trash Talk The ensemble comedy -- which also stars Regina Hall, Joy Bryant and Michael Ealy -- is not the only place where there's a chance of spotting a naked Hart this Valentine's Day, as he warned that he might strip for sports fans on Friday night after the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game. After being named MVP two years in a row, "I am going for a three-peat this year," he vowed. "If I do, I am walking away from the game of basketball as a champion. I am going to be butt naked on the court. Hart, who takes the game seriously, continued: "I am going to leave my uniform like as if I walked in the house and somebody took advantage of me. I am going to leave all my clothes out and walk off butt naked as a three-time MVP." "They will probably tackle me before I pull the hammer out! I am going full nudity going off the court," he laughed, much to Kimmel's bemusement. About Last Night opens in theaters on Friday, and the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game airs that same night on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET. VIDEO: Seattle Seahawks' Richard Sherman Reveals Super Bowl Winning Spy Tactics to Jimmy Kimmel Hart will be joined by Michael B. Jordan, Victoria's Secret model Erin Heatherton, Nick Cannon, Grey's Anatomy's Jesse Williams and Scandal's Columbus Short, along with WNBA players Skylar Diggins and Elena Delle Donne, and coaches Jalen Rose and Bill Simmons of ESPN's NBA Countdown. Watch Hart's interview below: FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Debbie Emery email@example.com debemery


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Hyperlite Mountain Gear 2400 Porter Backpack Review : Lightweight Backpacking Gear
Today I'm discussing one of the best lightweight backpacks on the market. The Hyperlite Mountain Gear 2400 Porter. This cuben fiber backpack weighs only 1.91 lbs and is one of the most popular packs for lightweight backpacking and thru hiking. One of the most popular backpacks on the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail, this pack perfectly blends comfort with functionality. A great addition to your lightweight backpacking gear needs!


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Heather Wells Peterson earned her MFA in Fiction from the University of Florida in 2014. Her work has appeared in The Collagist, SmokeLong Quarterly, and Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, among others. She is currently living in Vermont with her father, her dog, and five sheep, while she and her agent search for a home for her first novel.
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Ribbon brings New Experience in GstarCAD 2011
Beijing, China, Nov.1, 2010 – Gstarsoft today announced the introduction of the Ribbon-style user interface for GstarCAD V2011. GstarCAD V2011 has improved functionality in many areas, one of the significant improvements is the customized Ribbon-style user interface, bringing the designers new experience.
By adding the ribbon in GstarCAD 2011, the GUI of GstarCAD will change from collection of menus and toolbars to single ribbon mechanism, offering greater flexibility in terms of features and tools and flawlessly integrating the two. Designers can interact with the user interface more efficiently than ever before. With contextual ribbon tabs, users can easily choose many context-sensitive tabs, and the tools whenever they need are always at their fingertips.
Meanwhile, the 2011 version aims to offer better integration with other software products, including MS Office 2007, AutoCAD and SnagIt. However, the old interface will be kept as an option for the comfort and convenience of various CAD users.


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Facebook now sees 543 million mobile monthly active users, up 110 million from just 6 months ago
Facebook adds 110 million more mobile users in just 6 months
During Facebook's first quarterly financial report, the social network is shown to sport more than half a billion monthly active users on mobile. This quarter's results showed that an astounding 543 million users use the social network from a mobile device.
This number is expanded considerably from the end of 2011, which saw 432 million mobile monthly active users, a jump of 110 million in 6 months. Since Q2 of 2010, Facebook have been adding an average of 48.5 million mobile users each quarter. As a percentage of total users, mobile users have grown from 32.2-percent of Facebook's user base, to 56.9-percent today. Quite the jump.
The problem here is, Facebook heavily relies on its revenue from advertisements, which are hard to show on mobile, and ill-suited for the platform. The smaller screens on smart devices make Facebook's ad model much less attractive for marketers. But on the desktop, its a different story. The bigger screen, higher resolution, make it much easier to display ads without distracting the user too much, on mobile though... bigger problem.
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text: From the author who 29 years ago roasted the funeral industry in The American Way of Death: a witty, pungent, comprehensive look at the frequently unfortunate practices that guide how American babies are born. The struggle over abortion has overshadowed many other issues that affect American women. Twenty years ago, giving birth was high on the list of women's concerns. Natural childbirth, Lamaze, midwives, birthing clinics for normal deliveries, even home births were widely discussed and practiced by many pioneering women. Surgical techniques, including Cesareans and episitomies, were questioned, and often scorned. Mitford's telling investigation of American birthing practices today reveals that little has changed, and that in some cases things are worse. For instance, the infant mortality rate in the US puts it 24th among industrialized Western nations--a rate that could quickly be reduced if out-of-control hospital and doctor costs were reallocated to prenatal care. If this book doesn't pack the surprises that Mitford's exposÉ of funeral homes did, it's only because the issues have been in the air for so long. What Mitford brings to them are hard numbers, revealing interviews, and astute observations, pointing the finger at practices like speeding up normal labor to accommodate the doctors, not the mothers. Or at midwives who are driven out of practice because doctors and hospitals refuse them backup (a throwback, Mitford wonders, to the medieval view of midwives as witches?). And, of course, poor and uninsured women, often most in need of superb medical care, who are treated at best offhandedly, at worst with actual cruelty. Informed choice is the course Mitford recommends--but the choices must be available. An epilogue reviews the rocky history and problematic future of some form of universal health insurance for the US. Indispensable for prospective parents who may discover that they can just say no to doctor-dictated birth practices and can prescribe their own terms for having a baby.


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Magnolias are large trees used for shade or screening in the home landscape. Their showy cream-white flowers fill the air with their fragrance in the summer. The large evergreen leaves of magnolias are glossy green with reddish-brown fuzz on the undersides. Fuzzy brown cones ripen in late fall and winter with bright red seeds. The most common magnolia tree leaf diseases are leaf spots or blights, powdery mildew and sooty mold. None of these diseases are fatal, although they cause unsightly foliage.
Leaf Spots
Fungi, the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae, or the algae cephaleurus cause leaf spots on magnolia trees. Symptoms include discolored raised spots or blotches, yellowing leaves and leaf loss. Magnolia trees are more susceptible to these diseases during periods of high humidity and high temperatures. No chemical treatment is recommended for leaf spots.
Powdery Mildew
Powdery mildew also occurs on magnolia leaves during periods of high humidity. Small dusty white or gray spots grow and merge together to form a coating on affected leaves and stems. In severe cases, the leaves and stems may become distorted or stunted. Apply a fungicide for powdery mildew on magnolias according to the manufacturer's directions.
Sooty Mold
Sooty mold is a black fuzzy fungus that covers magnolia leaves. The fungus grows on honeydew, which is secreted by aphids, mealybugs, scale insects and whiteflies. Use soapy water to wash the sooty mold off affected foliage. Apply a fungicide for sooty mold on magnolias following the manufacturer's instructions to kill the fungus. Use an insecticide according to the manufacturer's directions to destroy the insects.
Magnolias are slow-growing trees, eventually reaching 80 feet in height and will be 30 to 40 feet wide. They grow in zones 7 to 10a in full sun to partial shade. They grow in any type of soil, and tolerate drought and extended periods of flooding.
Remove infected leaves, clean up debris around trees, and destroy the leaves to prevent the spread of infection. Increase the air circulation in the tree canopy with pruning.
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Leila's Hair Museum was featured on the Travel Channel this afternoon! Unfortunately, I couldn't find a video clip of the segment, but I poked around on YouTube a bit. Here Kristina Dunn, Curator of History, talks about a Victorian hair necklace in the collection of the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum.
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Victorian Hair Jewelry
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- Unknown said...
The video is really very good with the necklaces those are very good. Thanks for sharing it..
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Em's got some crazy raps. Literally, dude is crazy. Here are some Eminem quotes to satisfy you crazies.
To the people I forgot, you weren't on my mind for some reason and you probably don't deserve any thanks anyway
A lot of truth is said in jest
Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end
Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion
Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned
Fame hit me like a ton of bricks
I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream
I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am
I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record
I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker
I don't hate women – they just sometimes make me mad
I might talk about killing people, but that doesn't mean I do it
I need drama in my life to keep making music
I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it
I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit
I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from them, I'm going to grow artistically
I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I'm not ashamed of anything
I'd go to, like, six different schools in one year. We were on welfare, and my mom never ever worked
I'm stupid, I'm ugly, I'm dumb, I smell. Did I mention I'm stupid?
If there's not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something
It sometimes feels like a strange movie, you know, it's all so weird that sometimes I wonder if it is really happening
It'd be stupid for me to sit here and say that there aren't kids who took up to me, but my responsibility is not to them. I'm not a baby sitter
My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him
My only scheme was to be a rapper
My thing is this; if I'm sick enough to think it, then I'm sick enough to say it
Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio, you're always going to find a hip-hop tape; that's all I buy, that's all I live, that's all I listen to, that's all I love
Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter – for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion
Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism
Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found
The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed
There was a while when I was feeling like, 'Damn, if I'd just been born black, I would not have to go through all this'
When you're a little kid, you don't see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became an issue until I was a teenager and started trying to rap
Yeah, I did see where the people dissing me were coming from. But, it's like, anything that happened in the past between black and white, I can't really speak on it, because I wasn't there. I don't feel like me being born the color I am makes me any less of a person


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There are plenty of reasons not to tell someone they're wrong.
It's uncomfortable, for one thing. You also might come off as rigid, unsympathetic, arrogant, or worst of all, politically incorrect.
In some cases, depending on how much alcohol is involved, you might even get smacked in the mouth.
Here's what all the touchy-feely folks out there don't get about constructive criticism: It's invaluable. The important thing is how you deliver it.
Everyone makes honest mistakes. What most people don't realize is that embedded in criticism–constructively conveyed–is the wish to help someone get better at what they're doing.
Any fool can deliver a meaningless "good job." Being a constructive critic takes thought, effort and compassion. Here are eight tips for getting your good intentions across:
Pick Your Spots.
Before you tell someone they're wrong, recite–three times–Jack Nicholson's tirade from A Few Good Men: "You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!" Then answer the question: "Can he or she handle the truth?" If the answer is an unqualified 'Yes,' let them know they're wrong, right then and there. If "No," then keep reading.
Never Qualify.
Trying to soften criticism with qualifications like "With all due respect," "No offense," or "Don't take this the wrong way" is slathering poison on an open wound. Avoid this infuriating strategy. The same goes with showering praise early on, only to switch gears and unload with the bad news. At best you'll come off as disingenuous; at worst, a jerk.
Sugarcoat Donuts.
Some blunt but effective advice from James G. Ellis, Dean of the USC Marshall School of Business: "Never try to simultaneously be a good cop and a bad cop," he says. "You need to deliver your view without beating around the bush." Ellis' faculty knows all about this. "Say what the problem is, and if you must amplify your message, say where your data came from," he adds. "But make it clear that your goal is 'movement toward constructive change,' and nothing else."
Paint A Picture.
Ambiguity is your enemy when telling someone they're wrong. Be concrete and don't sermonize, even if the culprit knows he's a sinner. Your feedback, like his priest's, won't afford a single clue about how he can extricate himself from purgatory.
Deal In Facts.
Objectivity is crucial to constructive criticism. Remember that the goal is to communicate that a performance standard has not been met. Your sentiments (and certainly your judgments) are irrelevant. Never, ever talk down.
Focus On Behavior, Not Character.
It's easy to lapse into character assassination without knowing it. For example, in saying "You were lazy in preparing this report" you may think you are helping the author improve his writing; instead, it addresses your assumption about the person's attitude toward their work.
Show Them The Way.
Criticism without an action plan is worthless. Give them direction or keep your mouth shut.
Let The Fixes Feel Like Their Own.
Chelsea A. Grayson, a partner in the Los Angeles office of Jones Day's mergers-and-acquisitions practice, is acutely sensitive to saying, "You're wrong" in a constructive manner. "After I present my approach to someone I solicit feedback to ensure buy-in," she says. "When I get it, and we concretize a plan, I often characterize it as theirs. If people feel you support their fundamental views and value them, achieving buy-in is easy and natural."
Mark Twain observed, "Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits." Reform through care–not condemnation.
For more on how not to thoroughly annoy employees, colleagues, and well, anyone really, check out Glossary The Most Annoying Business Jargon.
Related articles:
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- What a 9-Year-Old Can Teach You About Selling
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Pizza Toasts – for those times when you fancy pizza but don't want to overdo it on the syns allowance.
Pizza sauce, ham, red onion slithers, melted cheesy goodness and fresh sweet tomato slices – delicious!!
The possibilities are endless with these pizza toasts. On this occasion I kept them quite simple. But there are so many variations you could choose from.
I didn't have any of my delicious homemade pizza sauce made up when I did these pizza toast, so I just did a quick cheats version. But if you have time I highly recommend making a batch of the pizza sauce and freezing some handy portions.
Below is a few suggestions for other toppings for the Pizza Toasts (be sure to syn the synned ingredients):
MARGHERITA: pizza sauce, topped with chopped fresh basil and mozzarella
HAWAIIAN: pizza sauce, topped with ham, fresh pineapple and mozzarella
BBQ CHICKEN: use my bbq sauce for the topping and add cooked chicken, red onion slithers and mozzarella
PEPPERONI: pizza sauce, topped with pepperoni (syns vary), oregano and mozzarella
GARLIC MUSHROOM: Garlic Mushrooms (as on recipe) topped with mozzarella and fresh chopped parsley
MEAT FEAST: pizza sauce with low syn sausage, ham, lean bacon, green peppers, onion, olives (syns vary) and mozzarella
VEGGIE: pizza sauce, mushrooms, tomato slices, onion, grilled zucchini, red onion, corn and mozzarella
INDIAN STYLE: leftover chicken curry topped with mozzarella and chopped coriander
GREEK: pizza sauce, roasted veggies and feta
There are many other variations you can try too on top of the suggestions above.
and if you don't have a healthy extra b choice spare for these pizza toasts. Why not try one of those toppings on my Cauliflower Pizza Crust or my Sweet Potato Crust – both of these are a good option if you are gluten free.
I like to serve the pizza toasts with a nice big salad. You could even make some perfect syn free chips if you are feeling super hungry.
Extra Easy - 1 HEa and 1 HEb per serving
Green/Vegetarian - HEa and 1 HEb per serving
Original/SP - HEa and 1 HEb per serving
WW Smart Points - 10
- 2 slices (2oz/60) of whole wheat bread (1 HEb)
- 50g/2oz of mozzarella cheese (1xHEa), grated or sliced
- 1 large vine tomato, sliced thinly
- half a small red onion, sliced
- 2 slices of ham, sliced up
- passata
- Italian herbs
- salt and black pepper
- splash of balsamic vinegar
- Spray oil
- freshly chopped Italian parsley or basil
- Preheat oven to 200c/400f/gas mark 6
- Lightly toast the bread.
- Spray baking tray with spray oil.
- Place on the slices of bread
- Spread with passata and a sprinkling of Italian herbs.
- Add some slithers or red onion and sliced up ham.
- Top with mozzarella
- Add tomato slices to the top. drizzle with a little bit of balsamic vinegar, season with salt and black pepper.
- Bake in the oven until cheese has melted and toast is crisp and golden. (10-15mins)
- Sprinkle with some fresh chopped herbs
- Serve with your choice of sides.
- You can mix up the toppings for these for a variation.
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Monday, January 24, 2011
Jump Starting The Morning
38 comments:
- Deb said...
love your coffee cup...not a coffee drinker..but love the smell...and love coffee cups...
- January 24, 2011 at 11:16 AM
- Cindy said...
Its not the coffee that gets me...its the creamer! I like a little coffee with my mug of Creamer....right now...Italian Sweet Cream is the one for me. As for the KB..hearts, lots of hearts...and maybe some tinsel?
- January 24, 2011 at 11:28 AM
- The Flying Bee said...
I need to pour myself a big cup of coffee and check out those blogs. Now, about the window, maybe some garden statuary...some old chippy cherubs would be great! xo
- January 24, 2011 at 12:34 PM
- Garden Antqs Vintage said...
Rose petals sprinkled everywhere and you could even string them together and do like a garland with them. I saw that on someone's blog the other day, looked so pretty.
- January 24, 2011 at 12:38 PM
- sweetpea said...
whatever you do will be fab darling!
- January 24, 2011 at 1:07 PM
You're very sweet and always gracious. Thank you for all those kind words!
So are you gonna be in the kissing booth or Cat Daddy?
I'm afraid I am not creative enough to come up with ideas. First thing that came to mind were lots of giant red lips. The second thing that came to mind were brothel like decorations. Now that I've admitted the smallness of my brain, please strike my words from the record! Thank you.
Best of luck. You are gonna take pictures, aren't you?
- January 24, 2011 at 2:40 PM
- Debra@CommonGround said...
Ha ha, news to me!!!! How did you learn about this? wow, I'm humbled and amazed. Gaaaaawwwl-ly, as Goober used to say!
you're so sweet, everyone will be standing in line to get a smooch!
- January 24, 2011 at 2:47 PM
- Debra@CommonGround said...
sorry, I believe that famous word was from Gomer, actually,LOL!!
- January 24, 2011 at 2:53 PM
- red.neck chic said...
I read this earlier and went for a 4th cup of coffee... then I came back and read it again...
I'm on coffee cup number 7.
I am so excited for Mrs. Trish and Mrs. Debra!!! They both deserve their blessings!!!
Now... I'm outta here for cup number... 17.
;-D xoxo
- January 24, 2011 at 2:59 PM
- Olive said...
Sometimes I drink two pots of coffee a day. The second in the afternoon is decafe or I have cardiac dysrythmia! Yay for Debra she is someone very special. I know nary a thing about kissing booths♥♥♥
- January 24, 2011 at 3:45 PM
- Unknown said...
A kissing booth, that should be absolutely darling! I wish I had a worthy suggestion of how to spruce it up, but I have every confidence that you will rock it out just like you always do!
So proud of Debra, I need to pay a visit to the Domestic Fringe, too.
Happy Monday!
- January 24, 2011 at 4:22 PM
- Beth Leintz said...
A kissing booth- that is so cool- what a fun idea!! Please share pictures when you've got the window all jazzed up.
- January 24, 2011 at 4:52 PM
- Olivia said...
Since this will be in a window I think it is the perfect job for the mannequin you show in the bathtub sometimes. Put something seductive on her and have her leaning out of the booth. What young man could resist a young siren like her.
- January 24, 2011 at 5:04 PM
- Town and Country Gals said...
This is too funny! I just did a 3 part post on coffee also and one of daughter's favorite cups is the same zebra cup as yours! The Kissing booth sounds like a great idea for a window, don't have any ideas at the moment but I'm sure you will make it fab! Can't wait to see the photos!
- January 24, 2011 at 6:04 PM
- Frippery said...
Debbie I am sure any crazy thing you create will be fab. I do see bright red lips though!
- January 24, 2011 at 6:43 PM
- Malisa said...
Girlfriend, I am way too young to drink coffee, but I would proudly drink my Diet Dr. Pepper out of your awesome zebra cup! You are always stylin'...even in the early hours! For the kissing booth, dress your mannequin up in a pretty corset or sumpin' vintage and sexy! Or how about a big, vintage framed photo or poster of our shared boyfriend, Mr. Depp? Or how about a vintage cupid? Whatever you do, will be fab-u-lous!
- January 24, 2011 at 8:01 PM
- THE VERANDA said...
How about Cat Daddy dressed up like Cupid? With the cute tights, some wings and a little bow and arrow? That would really get everyone's attention!! I'm driving to W&T's right now.... Maggie
- January 24, 2011 at 8:27 PM
- VS said...
Even on mornings when I just don't want to get pull the covers over your head & take a DO OVER DAY, the idea of my hot tub of Mocha Cafe makes me smile & gets even the faintest of hearts going here in my household & don't even ask me how many Micky Dee Caramel Frappes I've drank since those came out...you'll be able to tell when you see my ass next which should be in March if all goes well.
Miss y'all & can't wait to get back in TEXAS & let all my other earthly burdens float away like the skies over Round Top!
See ya soon sweet gal,
- January 25, 2011 at 2:37 AM
- Sandi~A Cottage Muse said...
A Kissing Booth...no way...how cute!!!
Hmmm...how about some big ol' lipstick prints on the sides, different colors with some cool and quirky names like Be Mylanta Pink! OPI just came out with a Texas line of nail colors with some great names. You could look there for inspiration!
- January 25, 2011 at 6:09 AM
- Zita - Mlle Magpie said...
Deb, I am SO completely with you on the coffee. Husband can't talk to me until I've had at least half a cup, if not a full one in the morning, and after two we can have an actual conversation. That kissing booth sounds fa-bu-lous! Just don't get stuck inside with C.D. when you're supposed to be busy working, ok? p.s. for kissing booth decorations, my suggestion is single long-stem roses maybe in shades of pink and reds, attached to the walls of the kissing booth and across the door (real or fake would work :)
- January 25, 2011 at 8:10 AM
- Low Tide High Style said...
Deb I'm a tea drinker, but I do love the smell of a good cup of coffee! Congratulations to both of your friends, how exciting!
A kissing booth sounds too cute, I wish I could be of more help...maybe some giant foil covered Hershey Kisses? I can't wait to see what you end up doing!
Kat :)
- January 25, 2011 at 8:36 AM
- the old white house said...
Oh my gosh, girl I have missed out on some trash talkin! i gotta have my coffee in the morning, about 3 cups and well I'm having one tonight too. Sometimes in the winter, or fall or... well anyway a cup at night just sounds right:) The frito chili sounds wonderful! We make walking tacos with them and they are everyones favorite! I love the idea of the kissing booth but the way everyone talks about Cat Daddy you had better hide him, he seems to be a favorite among the girls! Wow what else did I miss while on my self imposed time-out? I will have to check out Debra and Trishs blogs, I need to think a bit myself! O.k. thanks for the smiles, I'll be back soon, Theresa xoxo
- January 25, 2011 at 5:37 PM
- Janet said...
IDK. i couldn't concentrate after "2 1/2 cups"! seriously! that cracked me up! i know the window will be fab!
- January 25, 2011 at 7:50 PM
- Kate said...
Ok Deb
this post was crackin me up especially in the comment section where Debra writes the goober gomer thing HAHAHA she is such a sweetie pie. Ok about your kissing booth. Can you find those big waxed lips that they sell that you can chew like candy were you live? I could see you wearing those what a hoot. Happy Wednesday to you sweet thing
- January 26, 2011 at 12:32 AM
- time worn interiors said...
I can NOT live without coffee! I deemed it a food group several years ago! Good luck with the window, I sure is will be amazing!
- January 26, 2011 at 2:50 PM
- Carole said...
I saw the cutest heart garland the other day made with paper. I'll find you the linky and email it to ya.
You know I'm more a tea gal but now and then only coffee will do!
- January 26, 2011 at 7:13 PM
- {oc cottage} said...
WOW! Huge congrats to your pals! What an honor! Somehow, I don't think I'll ever make that list ;}
But I just checked it out and I sure have A LOT of reading to do! Thx!!!
m ^..^
- January 26, 2011 at 8:49 PM
- Queenplinker said...
Just been catching up. Feel like I've spent Thanks Giving, Christmas, and News Years with you and your sweet family;0)
I so wish I could have been here to give you a big hug with Jacks passing. I still remember how much comfort your words were when we lost our big guy last year.
So here's two hugs, dear.
- January 26, 2011 at 9:02 PM
- Hayley Fraser said...
Hi Deb. Thanks for always taking the time to poke in on my dinky little blog. I hate that I've neglected it so. I'm not a coffee drinker but a nice big vanilla root beer from Sonic gets me going in the morning. I've cut back from my daily habit and stop rarely anymore on the way to school, but most of the time I end up rolling through for one after! Willpower has never been a strong trait of mine. Can't wait to see your February window...
- January 26, 2011 at 9:56 PM
- FRENCH LAUNDRY said...
Without getting TOO mushy, have I told you lately how much seeing a comment from you just totally brightens my day? Well, yeah, now I have. Really. :-) Thanks for the positive energy. We need it.
Hugs my friend,
- January 27, 2011 at 3:03 AM
- The Green Pea said...
Yes, your kissing booth is a cute idea. You could have a little sister and brother sneaking a peek! That is my two cents worth. sandi
- January 27, 2011 at 8:07 PM
- Unknown said...
I always think the first cup of coffee tastes the best...especially that first blessed sip! I'm down to 70% decaf now, not because I wanted to believe me, but apparently old age has decided to kick in and caffeine does not seem to agree with me anymore :( Good luck with your kissing booth...how about having everyone put on their favortie shade of lipstick and plant their puckers on the wall for decoration?! A wall of kisses for decoration :))
- January 28, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- amy~the gypsy chick said...
congrats to Debra & Trish! that is awesome news!
i love the kissing booth idea & think that paper harts would be adorable, you can even prop your little mannequin girl up in there working the booth!
p.s. i am lovin' that mug!
- January 29, 2011 at 8:20 AM
Ahhh, that first cup of coffee is the best to me. Probably because it's the one I need the most! Sometimes when I go to bed, I can't wait until I wake up and have that first cup!
- January 29, 2011 at 8:04 PM
I can't wait to see those kissing booth pictures!
I found your blog last year and got such a laugh when you talked about "cat daddy". I'm very new at this blog thing (heck,I'm new at anything with a computer!) and could not find yours. I had lost you? I finally found you again and had the best time laughing and sometimes crying. I lost my little dog of 19 years awhile back and I know just how you feel.
Your an artist with a palette of words and you are a master at it! I now have you on my favorites and don't plan to ever take you off!
You make all of us feel like we are having that great cup of coffee with you! You know, that third cup. The GOOD ONE!
Forgive me but I could not get my comment in unless I was anonymous?? I told you I was new at this and I am learning slowly! Very slowly!
- January 30, 2011 at 11:33 PM
- One Gal's Trash said...
Find some funky old letters, grab all the X's and O's you can find and string them up so they hang all over the kissing booth. Easy and cheap...just like me!
- February 1, 2011 at 2:24 AM
- Rebecca said...
Hey Girl
Sitting here listening to the wind howl and the snow crackling against the windows. I am so over winter! Hoping to get on the road headed for the Southwest on Thursday, that is if the snow lets up and they can clear a path. Coffee sounds pretty good right now.
Blessings to you
- February 1, 2011 at 7:43 PM
- Anxiety Cause said...
What a great looking mug you got there!
- February 1, 2011 at 8:15 PM


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With obvious public outcries against forced abortions in China and forced sterilizations of mentally handicapped individuals in Nazi Germany, one might assume the United States knows better.
However, today, in Nevada, the life of an 11-week-old unborn baby and the future of his or her 32-year-old mother hang in the balance as a judge considers whether or not to order the woman to undergo an abortion and sterilization against her will.
Elisa Bauer, who suffers from severe mental and physical disabilities attributed to fetal alcohol syndrome, is currently in the final weeks of her first trimester. The second-oldest of six children adopted by William and Amy Bauer in 1992, Elisa has epilepsy and is said to have the mental and social capacity of a 6-year-old.
The circumstances surrounding her pregnancy are unknown. Her family suspects she may have been raped, but it's possible the sexual encounter that led to her pregnancy was consensual. On several occasions, Elisa has left her group home for hours or days at a time to engage in sexual activity with men at a local truck stop.
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Since turning 18 in 1998, she has continued to remain under court-approved guardianship of her parents, who were given legal authority to make final decisions regarding her health and welfare, even as she lived in a group home.
While Elisa has maintained that she wants to carry out her pregnancy, she knows she will be unable to care for the child. The Bauers support her decision, are following all the prenatal protocol for high-risk pregnancies, and have already lined up six qualified couples who are eager to adopt Elisa's child once he or she is born.
However, when Washoe County Social Services became aware of Elisa's pregnancy, the department issued an informal report requesting that the Court set a status hearing to address the potential health effects Elisa's pregnancy could have on her and her unborn child, and possibly override the mutual decision made between Elisa and her parents to have her baby.
A Facebook support page has been created on behalf of the family to help get the word out about Elisa. Visit http://www.facebook.com/SaveElisasBaby to learn more.
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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — As she came to realize her true gender as a woman, Jennifer Peace knew she needed to have two difficult conversations.
The first would be with her wife, Deborah.
The second would be with the Army.
Until then, she was known as a male intelligence officer with a bright future who'd just returned from a second combat deployment.
Almost three years later, Capt. Peace is happier than ever with her wife and three children.
But she's still waiting to find out what the Army has in store for her.
"It's excruciating," said Peace, 30, a Spanaway resident who works as an intelligence officer at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
She's a soldier not-so-patiently waiting for a new Pentagon policy she's almost certain will repeal the Defense Department's ban on transgender military service members.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter has signaled the policy change repeatedly in the last year. He convened a working group tasked with figuring out how to integrate transgender troops into ground-level units.
So far, Carter has made clear that the Defense Department won't discharge transgender military service members. Kicking someone out of the Armed Forces for that reason now requires approval from an assistant secretary of defense.
But until Carter's group finishes its assignment, the Army has no guidelines on how to process and promote transgender soldiers who until March faced a summary discharge because of who they are.
"There's a collective holding your breath," said Sue Fulton, a former Army officer who is president of a transgender military advocacy group called SPARTA.
"There is joy in knowing that change is coming and that you'll be able to live as your authentic self and continue to serve honorably," Fulton said, "but at the same time that isn't happening today, that's a few months down the road."
For now, Peace and other service members are left in a sort of limbo.
Although she's spent more than $50,000 on her transformation, legally changed her name and been known to her commanders as a woman for nearly a year, her peers are still under formal orders to refer to her as a man.
Peace last week began a new assignment at JBLM's 7th Infantry Division, where she expects to serve for about a year. She worries that a future commander weighing candidates for an intelligence officer will choose someone else when he reads a personnel packet that shows her name is Jennifer but features a photo of her in a male uniform.
Her biggest fear, she says, is being introduced to a new commander as a transgender soldier – not as a highly qualified, capable intelligence officer.
Peace is speaking out in the hope of helping people understand transgender men and women. Earlier this year, she was bothered when she saw letters to the editor in local newspapers disparaging the military's effort to allow its transgender personnel to serve openly.
Now she's one of a handful of active-duty troops around the country who've publicly identified themselves as transgender. She believes she owes it to the Army to help it learn how to incorporate transgender people who want to serve their country.
"We're losing qualified soldiers because of this," she said.
About 15,000 transgender people serve in the active-duty military and its reserves, according to a 2014 study by the Williams Institute at UCLA. That report found that transgender men and women join the military at higher rates than the general population.
Secretary Carter acknowledged they've been serving in war while keeping their identities a secret.
"At a time when our troops have learned from experience that the most important qualification for service members should be whether they're able and willing to do their job, our officers and enlisted personnel are faced with certain rules that tell them the opposite," Carter said when he created the Defense Department working group in July
The transgender reforms are coming relatively quickly after the repeal of the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which barred gay troops from serving openly in the military from 1993 until 2011.
Transgender advocates are looking back to that historic milestone for a sense of how a new policy affecting them might be adopted. It took the Pentagon nine months after the official repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" to set policies in place that would enforce it.
"I'm confident (the members of the transgender working group) are keeping military readiness first and foremost, and I'm confident that the result will make the Armed Forces stronger," Fulton said.
Like many young people, Peace found her way to the Army with a dream to make something of herself. She said she was just shy of homeless growing up in Houston. She didn't fit in and dropped out of high school.
At 19, she enlisted in the Army and married her wife, Deborah. Back then, she was a man, albeit uncomfortable in her own skin.
"I always knew something was wrong, but I didn't know what it was," Peace said.
Her Army career took off; she was highly regarded first as an enlisted soldier and later as an officer analyzing battlefield intelligence. She graduated at or near the top of every military intelligence training course she took.
"Capt. Peace is the best military intelligence officer I have served with in over 18 years of service," read one of her officer evaluations from 2013.
Even so, her feelings of not belonging persisted, peaking during her 2012 deployment to Afghanistan. It was her second tour in a war zone, having served in Iraq four years earlier.
She felt out of place in shared quarters for men. She'd work out, shave, restyle her haircuts and do "everything I could to change my body."
Back home, Peace felt her depression linger long after the deployment and her reunion with Deborah.
Peace remembered feeling emotionally flat, as if she couldn't connect with Deborah and their two sons. Both spouses say they fought "horribly."
Although uncomfortable with her body as a man, Peace hadn't considered the possibility that she could be transgender until then. She sought out information in online communities, and something clicked for her.
"I immediately identified with everything," she said. "I knew who I was."
That meant she'd have to tell Deborah.
Peace's transformation to a woman would change her wife's identity almost as much as her own. It meant Deborah would have to learn to think of herself as a lesbian to keep their family together.
Initially, Deborah shot down Peace's attempts to bring up her desire to become a woman. They'd been married nine years, and Peace had never shown curiosity about being transgender before. In fact, Deborah at that time was pregnant with the couple's third child, a daughter.
"I was very angry at first," Deborah said.
But Peace persisted, telling her wife that "it's just this feeling of wrongness, and when you put a word on it, it only becomes worse."
Gradually, Deborah listened and learned.
Over months, she confronted fears that Peace would leave her. She came to feel she was mourning the death of her husband so she could move forward with her wife.
"I cried for a good solid month, and I was depressed, and I mourned my spouse," Deborah said.
Jennifer "was always there, I just didn't know she was there," Deborah said. "She is the same person. She's happier. That's the thing. It was something I had to go through."
Once Deborah embraced the family's new identity, she began nudging Peace to follow through with her transformation.
"I told her `you have to move forward or I'm not going to do this,'" Deborah said.
That meant reaching out to other transgender military service members in SPARTA, beginning hormone replacement therapy and undergoing several small surgeries that would accentuate her appearance as a woman.
It also required Peace to tell her extended family. Her mother did not take the news well, although they've begun to repair their relationship. She characterized Deborah's family as supportive.
They told their two boys, now ages 7 and 9, that their father would become a woman, and they did it in "a very direct way."
"We just told them, `This is who I am,'" Peace said.
"The kids were great once we said we both still love them," she said.
At home, they said they discovered a richer family life that had eluded them earlier in their marriage.
"I'm a better parent," Peace said. "When my two boys were young, I didn't spend time with them. It was a general malaise. I didn't have the feelings and emotions I have now. There is no way I could ever imagine being that person again."
Her work at Joint Base Lewis-McChord would be a different story.
Peace began transitioning into a woman in January 2014, but was able to maintain a separate male identity in her Stryker brigade until she participated in a military exercise in Malaysia eight months later.
There, soldiers in close quarters noticed that she'd begun wearing a bra.
She took a medical leave after the Pacific exercise so she could make time for a facial surgery. While she recovered, she received a Facebook message from another soldier telling her that her command knew about her change.
It was a supportive message, but one that conveyed to Peace that the Army had learned of her transformation from someone other than her.
"I felt like that was something for me to tell," Peace said.
The news prompted a series of meetings with senior officers and enlisted soldiers in Peace's unit at the time, the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.
The meetings led to Peace being compelled to take psychiatric tests and medical evaluations. She felt commanders tried to be supportive early on, but later they issued orders instructing her peers to continue referring to her as a man.
That order, though hurtful to transgender soldiers, reflects the Army's current policy and likely will not change until the Pentagon issues new guidelines.
"The current policy on the service of transgender individuals has not changed," JBLM's I Corps headquarters said in response to questions from The News Tribune. "Current Army policy is that the Army will only recognize soldiers by the gender they held when they entered the Army."
For Peace, living under that policy is a stark contrast to her life at home. The family has removed any obvious reference to her as a man – no wedding pictures, no certificates for Army commendations, and no photographs showing her with her children in their toddler years.
They also declined to share any photos of Peace as a man with The News Tribune. The newspaper learned her previous first name from her Army service records, but agreed not to publish it (along with the names of their children).
"It's just not me anymore," Peace said.
Reaching out to other transgender military service members, Peace found they faced a wide variety of responses when commanders learned of their identities.
Some received blessings from leaders affirming their changes; others were kept in positions leading dual lives. That variance won't change until Secretary Carter's working group releases its finding and sets a path for new policies.
The military has said "we're not going to discharge trans people, but we haven't said what we're going to do with you," Peace said.
Despite the stress, she continues to excel at work.
"Capt. Peace's work performance was always exceptional, always a good soldier," said an officer who supervised Peace in the Stryker brigade. He spoke on condition that he not be named because he did not want to get ahead of official Army policy.
Capt. Luke Sanderson, an intelligence officer who serves with Peace in the division headquarters, was also complimentary.
"She's very professional. She knows the doctrine. She knows how things are supposed to happen, and she knows how to make them happen," said Sanderson, 27.
As far as Sanderson knows, Peace is the first transgender soldier he's met in his five years of military service. He said he hasn't seen soldiers treat her unfairly or discriminate against her.
Sanderson said the Army has some learning to do as it carries out the expected policy change.
"One of the problems is a lack of education," he said. "People just don't know what problems and stresses occur when someone is going through the process of transition. If something's new and scary, people alienate or make fun of it and be afraid of it."
Peace received her last performance evaluation from her battalion commander in April, five months after her unit officially learned of her identity as a transgender woman. It ranked her as one of the battalion's top captains and urged her promotion.
"Capt. Peace's potential is unlimited. Promote to major and send to (an academy for majors) now," the evaluation reads.
She's not looking back.
"I really believe this is my Army as much as anyone else's. I deserve to be here, to serve in the organization and make it better. This is something I'm not willing to quit because things are hard."


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One of your goals through your social media program might be more meaningful brand engagement. But in the sea of content that already exists, it's not likely that a lot of people are waiting for your healthcare organization's social media content.
So you need to ask: What's in it for your audiences? Are you worth their precious time? And what's in it for you (are your efforts aligned with your strategic goals)?
Here are 10 important questions you need to address as your healthcare organization considers, shapes and executes your social media program. Addressing them now will avoid you having to explain a lot of things later on.


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Cosy studio in front of the Iseo Lake. Historic renovated house, nice garden.
1 roomLiveable floor area : 38m²
- View : Panoramic, mountain, garden/park, lake, village, fantastic sunset
- Kids welcome
- Setting : Lakeside, Mountainy
- Ski lifts at 25km
- Thalasso, Festival, Culture, Fishing
- Pets friendly
- Exposure : South-west
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This 1 bedroom, 1.0 bath vacation Apartment in Sale Marasino, Lombardy offers uncompromising style and comfort, and sleeps up to 3 comfortably. It is equipped with everything you need to enjoy your stay. This Apartment is a great vacation rental for families and groups of friends. Cosy studio in front of the lake Iseo offers all the comforts of home, with amenities such as: Pet Friendly, Fully Equipped Kitchen, internet wireless and Lake View. This Apartment offers everything you need in a vacation rental and sets the mood for a relaxing vacation. After long days exploring your surroundings or focusing on relaxation, you'll enjoy the Microwave, Garden View and Pots and Pans. The studio is cozy. There is a little garden. The kitchen is well equipped with everything needed to cook. There is a love seat sofa bed and a single bed. The wooden table is a family antique piece.
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The beach (no sand) is 1/2 mile away (free access). 300 yards away you can get the ferry to Monte Isola. The house is in a village 5 minutes walking from bakery, grocery and market. In the island you can walk and visit small fisherman towns, relax on the grass lake beach (free), and, rent bikes and go to the top of the hill where you will find beautiful nature , fantastic view and an antic church. On Friday morning you will visit the big street market in Iseo town (you can reach it by car, by train or by boat). I love this market. You can find Italian shoes, clothes and other stuff. You can reach Verona, Bergamo, Milano, then 1 hour away by car. Venice 2, hours by car. You have the lake in your front, across the street there a public garden and a place to swim.
SurroundingsMountain - Brescia Province
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Orio al Serio (MIlan Italy) 45 km. Take the A4 motorway towards Venice, exit at Rovato. Linate (Milan) Airport (70 km) take the A4 motorway towards Venice, exit at Rovato then continue to Iseo to Marasino. Verona airport (60km). From Sale Marasino station you can reach Brescia (40 minutes) by train.


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Despite a last-minute decision by the Emanuel administration in Chicago to reopen a neighborhood high school as a privately run arts-themed school, a community based group of public school parents, grandmothers and education activists are continuing a hunger strike to have it reopen as a public global leadership and green technology school.
Members of the Coalition to Revitalize Dyett have been fighting for five years to keep the Dyett High School open and for a comprehensive plan for education in the historically black Bronzeville neighborhood. However, the group was rebuffed by Chicago Public Schools (CPS) officials who closed the school last year, intending to close it permanently as a public school. The group began their hunger strike when the CPS asked for privatization proposals without considering the community's plan, then changed the date of a hearing in order to exclude local activists.
School closings rubberstamped by the CPS board, whose members are not elected but appointed by mayor Rahm Emanuel, have disproportionately affected African American and Latino American neighborhoods. In Bronzeville alone, 19 public schools were closed between 2001 and 2012, often replaced by charter and selective-enrollment schools that admit students from anywhere in the city, further displacing neighborhood students.
According to Jitu Brown, one of the coalition's leaders, after extensive community consultation the group is calling for the high school to become "the hub for what we call a sustainable community school village. And that means we want feeder schools vertically aligned with Dyett Global Leadership and Green Technology High School. We want the curriculum to be vertically aligned. We want parents and Local School Council members to train together. We want to create a network of schools, so that we have not only relevance and we have rigor, but we have relationships. This is a visionary plan. The president of the American Educational Research Association, Jeannie Oakes, said it was a wonderful plan. The president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, said it was the best academic plan she's seen in 30 years of teaching."
But, according to the Chicago Tribune, "By directing CPS to announce a plan for Dyett on Thursday, Emanuel tried to alter the narrative of what's been a weeks-long pressure point … the proposal allows Emanuel to point to a specific solution in the face of what had become a relentless stream of criticism from protesters. … Twice this week, the activists disrupted Emanuel at public budget hearings, on Wednesday forcing the mayor to leave the stage and end a session prematurely. On Thursday, the organizers staged yet another City Hall sit-in that led to 16 people being ticketed for blocking elevators."
The campaigners immediately rejected the CPS compromise, which hands the school over to a private operator. However, African American politicians sided with the administration in attempting to defuse the community's struggle, showing their support for the mayor at a press conference on Thursday. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Congressman Bobby Rush said: " 'Eighty percent of that — which I am aware of — they were seeking, they have won' … Pointing to his own history of activism, Rush said activists sometimes are blinded by their enthusiasm, and 'we don't really realize when we have won'." Bronzeville alderman William Burns, who has routinely rubber-stamped Emanuel's privatization schemes and school closings, called the compromise "a great day for Bronzeville," as did state representative Christian Mitchell, who voted for the mayor's plan to cut state workers' pensions.
Jitu Brown responded: "Just because it's a neighborhood school doesn't mean a lot of people who were on that stage won't get rich off our children. Why should black people always have to accept less? When do the voices of the people directly impacted matter?"
He told Democracy Now: "At the press conference yesterday with the mayor, there were people—they locked out the people who fought, so they negotiated the deal with them. And there were these African-American individuals, posing as leaders, who stood there and said that they will work on Dyett High School. Now, one of the people was also one of the ministers who led paid protesters into the Dyett hearings in 2012 to close the school, where he went in front of the liquor store and the halfway house and got those of us that were most vulnerable, gave them $25 apiece and told them to—and they held up prefabricated signs saying, 'You can't support failure. Close Dyett High School'."
As Cornel West has pointed out, these leaders are trading on the achievements of the Civil Rights movement that today has been incorporated into the corporately-dominated political system. Their ethnicity enables them to play a particular role in assuaging liberal-political groups and the black working class, while at the same time segregation and racism is reproduced by state policy, economic disintegration, ignorance and disparity of wealth.
In Chicago, African American legislators have been coopted into the Democratic patronage monolith headed by Emanuel. However, following the successful teachers' strike, new leaderships are emerging from the grassroots to challenge his dominance. Latino Americans, traditionally politically conservative and, according to Latino studies professor Jaime Dominguez, in Chicago more focused on delivering services than political organizing, are being drawn into the same struggle for quality public education and to stop the school board's push for privatized charter schools. Latino Americans are the fastest-growing ethnic group in Chicago, and many voted for progressive Jesús "Chuy" Garcia's in this year's mayoral contest, forcing an unprecedented run-off election with Emanuel.
Although the complex intersections between race and class make appeals for working class unity in America problematic, there is a convergence between community struggles on housing and school closures, the struggle for immigrant rights, against police violence, and for the $15 minimum wage. This is contributing to a growing opposition to the corporatist Wall Street wing in the Democratic party establishment – like former Obama chief of staff and now Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel.


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The adoption fee for this bear is $135 plus the shipping and handling fee.
My name is Lucas.
I am crafted of mohair. My eyes are made of glass.
My paws are made of felt. I am filled with Jelly Pellets and polyester.
I am 12.5 inches tall.
My nose was hand embroidered with pearl cotton.
I am fully jointed.


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90 degrees South: Stay on the seventh continent
White Desert offers luxury for the most adventurous on the seventh continent.
Each year, only a few thousand get to witness the Far South, in most part through cruise ships that limit such tours to the outer, more accessible parts of Antarctica and remain water borne. Even fewer venture past the tourist territories―for such extreme expeditions you have to be a scientist, a researcher, or an adventurer, right?
Well, thanks to a couple of such explorers—Patrick and Robyn Woodhead—the seventh continent is now a little less remote. The temporary Whichaway Camp is home to White Desert, a luxury ecosystem consisting of six heated sleeping pods, kitchen, a shower pod, and three pods for reception, lounge, and dining area. The sleeping pods have a 20-foot diameter and accommodate two people, with private toilet, washing area, and writing desk.
The camp is only operational during three months of the year, from November to January, during Antarctica's summer. Tour packages at White Desert vary from a one-day jaunt to an eight-night escapade where the sun shines 24/7. The journey begins in Cape Town, South Africa, with a safety briefing one day before flying south. The five-and-a-half-hour trip to Antarctica takes place in a Gulfstream private jet over the Southern Ocean. The exclusive airplane, which took its first flight in November 2017 and is capped at 12 guests, lands "on a specially prepared blue ice runway."
White Desert's private jet flying over the South Ocean.
The entrance pod at Whichaway Camp.
The dome with luxurious dining area.
The lounge dome.
One of the thousands of families of Emperor penguins.
The excursions offered are unlike anything up north. A two-hour flight along the coast lands an up-close encounter with a boisterous colony of Emperor penguins in their natural habitat, with more than "3,000 breeding pairs and their newly hatched chicks." Just when you think the vantage-point can't get any better, the next adventure will keep you on the edge of your seat. "The edge" in the literal sense is the lowest point of Earth—the southern pole—a seven-hour flight away. Apart from the Emperor & South Pole package, a four-day Ice & Mountains itinerary serves adrenaline junkies and includes treks, science base visits, ice climbing, abseiling, and high-lining across a lake. White Desert commissions expert guides for each adventure.
The camp follows strict policies to preserve the pristine ecology of the continent. White Desert offsets the emissions from air-travel and other activities by implementing accredited carbon-neutral schemes. The waste generated during the stay is transported to South Africa to be responsibly disposed of. A large portion of electricity and heat comes from solar energy through photovoltaic solar panels. Not only does it claim to follow environmental tourism guidelines laid out in the Antarctic Treaty, White Desert also implements its own zero impact policy and is thus a certified CarbonNeutral company.
Kite skiing for adventurous souls.
Rock climbing for those who like to live on the edge.
Ice caves for the least claustrophobic.
Views while flying to the south pole.
White Desert's website follows the daylight hours of Antarctica and changes from light to dark accordingly.
If you ever decide to take on this unique mix of luxury and adrenaline, your name will be added to the guest list with Prince Harry, renowned adventurer Bear Grylls, and the celebrated NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
For more information, visit www.white-desert.com.
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text: This week we have been visiting family in South Florida. One of my favorite places to visit is the South Florida Science Center. This has always been a favorite place of mine. I even volunteered here 15 years ago. Their current exhibit is called Our Body: The Universe Within, and is an exhibit of real life bodies. The bodies are preserved using a special process called polymer impregnation. The exhibit is very interesting and great for all ages. Read More


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We would like to thank the speakers and all guests of the Innovation Forum 2018 for joining us on this day.
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