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Jerri Babin, Director, Rig Solutions Sales Support, National Oilwell Varco
It's not just a man's world anymore in the oil and gas industry; women are making a large impact throughout the industry. In this interview, Jerri Babin shares her perspective on how the industry has evolved and on the prospects for women in coming years. With the diversification of the workforce and globalization of the energy sector, companies strive to secure the commitment of diverse, highly productive employees in order to maintain a competitive edge. —Deepak Gala and Tricia Stephens, Editors, HR Discussion
How would you characterize prospects for women in the energy industry?
As the price of oil continues to exceed USD 100 a barrel, the entire oil industry is in a tremendous growth cycle. In every segment, upstream, midstream, and downstream, companies are revamping and streamlining their processes to become more efficient and productive. With this increased activity and positive outlook into the future, job prospects for women are unlimited geographically and exist within virtually every job discipline in the energy sector.
Do you believe we will see increasing numbers of women enter the industry?
Yes, opportunities for women have become more plentiful, and the high-tech nature of the oil and gas industry today certainly has become attractive to women. In addition, the industry has a breadth of opportunities worldwide that can expand the horizons of women beyond the 8-to-5 world of many other jobs they might consider.
Is the shortage of qualified personnel in the energy industry changing the employment landscape for women in the industry?
The shortage of qualified, experienced workers, caused by the industry downturn in the 1980s and 90s, has led to an aging workforce. There was an absence of new blood for almost 20 years. This shortage has definite advantages for young people entering the industry today. The learning curve is shorter, with great opportunities afforded early in one's career. While visiting college campuses, I have noticed a trend in young women and the positions that they are interested in pursuing. The global market and diverse opportunities for quick advancement have created a very exciting environment in the oil and gas industry for progressive, career-oriented women. In order for large oil and gas companies to attract and retain young women, there must be successful women in place within the organization as role models and mentors.
Would setting quotas for hiring women be helpful?
I believe that quotas do not increase the acceptance of women in the oil industry. Mentoring, career counseling, advancement, and advanced education will go further in recruiting and retaining young women in the industry. Diversity-acceptance training would also help young women interact more comfortably with all levels within the organization.
What initiatives should the energy industry undertake to improve prospects for women to advance their careers?
Leadership seminars established to encourage and develop women within the industry and within the individual organizations will give young women confidence to assume career advancements. More active succession planning will ensure visibility of women ready to advance.
Is greater equity being achieved in women's compensation, relative to that of men?
Historically women have not been compensated equally. As the industry changes, along with the workforce, women are taking on equally challenging roles and are being compensated for it. If women step out of the workforce to start or raise a family, upon their return to the workforce, we need to develop the ability to negotiate salary and benefits based both on work and home experiences.
Are women becoming as aggressive in salary negotiations as men?
With the Internet and career advice available online, I believe that everyone has more information with which to negotiate more aggressively. People in general believe that if they work hard, they will be compensated for it, or they will seek competitive compensation at another company.
What are the changes you have observed during the course of your career in this industry in terms of opportunities for women?
When I began in this industry, women generally started in a clerical role and progressed through various office positions. I feel very fortunate to have stayed in this industry long enough to see the diverse opportunities now available to women arise. In our organization, as in most, women have moved into engineering, project management, sales, marketing, manufacturing, and leadership positions. Globally, women have made a difference in the oil and gas industry in our ability to see things differently and to use the strengths that diverse viewpoints bring to each assignment.
Has there been any significant change in the attitude of people in the industry towards women in the industry?
With the movement to a high-tech, environmentally friendly global culture, the inclusion attitude has been significant. The oil industry is cultivating a new generation of employees—people who are aware of performing in a global context, are sensitive to diversity, and accepting of multiple viewpoints.
Jerri Babin is Director, Rig Solutions Sales Support, National Oilwell Varco (NOV). She graduated from Northwestern State University of Louisiana with a BS degree in Business Administration and started her oilfield career with National Supply Company, a forerunner of NOV, in 1982. Since that time, the changes, challenges, and diversity of the industry have motivated and continued to attract Jerri to the career path on which she embarked. Customer service has been a consistent theme in the positions she has held. Jerri has served as the company's Area Coordinator for the Middle East, during which time she played a key role in the establishment of a company facility in Jebel Ali, UAE, and she also has worked in project management. Additionally, Jerri was the director for NOV's participation in the UN Oil for Food Program that enabled Iraq to produce oil that was sold internationally in exchange for food, medicine, and other humanitarian needs (1995–2003), while the country was under UN economic sanctions.
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The Classic Car Summer 2016 Magazine: The Boca Raton Grand Classic
The Summer 2016 issue of The Classic Car, the official magazine of the Classic Car Club of America, highlighted February's Boca Raton Grand Classic. The 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler was among the seven grand classics judged as a 100 Point Classic.
Howard Kroplick
100 Point Classics
Seven automobiles were judged and honored as 100 Point Classics.
David Gaunt's 1935 Auburn 851 S/C Speedster
Richard Harding's 1928 Auburn 8-88 Speedster
Daniel Hanlon's 1940 Packard 1806 Convertible Victoria
Howard Kroplick's 1937 Chrysler Imperial
Robert Matteucci's 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Convertible Coupe, Murphy
Orin Smith's 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Sport Saloon
Steve Cooley's 1942 Cadillac 62 Coupe
Judging Results
Congratulations Howard on another win with your Chrysler. For those reading this the Classic Car Club of America is devoted to the preservation, restoration and use of luxury cars , both domestic and European built between 1915 and 1948. You do not have to own a car to belong to CCCA and you get 4 color magazines plus 8 b & w Bulletins all printed on coated paper stock, plus a roster of members and their cars which is the size of a phone book. Dues are $70 per year (that comes out to a fraction less then $6 per month ) If you see me at an event I can give you a sample of the publication and can send you an application to join if you want. I have belonged to the CCCA since 1972, and if you like "old" primarily pre WWII cars this is the club for you.
I was an active charter member of the CCCA and only dropped out when exhibitors started trailering their cars to meets and with crews of paid detailers. That rare '42 Caddy coupé sure looks like a stock factory jobbie and, if so, is really pushing the definition of a true Classic. Sam (pur sang), III


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Delta Memo Addresses Recent EventsNews March 2, 2018
ATLANTA, Ga. – National controversy swirled after Delta publicly discontinued their group discount relationship with the NRA (National Rifle Association). Then again as the Georgia State Senate removed a tax bill involving the aviation fuel tax credit which would have benefited Delta in the area of $40 million.
That controversy spread through social media when Delta announced their decision on Twitter. Later, Georgia's Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle tweeted that he would "kill any tax legislation that benefits @Delta." Since then, social media has erupted in debate on gun control, the recent school shootings, and these two entities of Delta and the NRA.
Today, FYN has obtained an internal memo from Delta to its colleagues. The memo speaks on Delta's decision for ending the discount as well as their stance on the connection between the decision and the tax bill.
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Depending on which version of Android you're running, there might be a Bugdroid or gender-neutral silhouette that appears for each contact that is missing a custom photo. While seeing these instead of a contact's photo isn't too big of a deal, it's always nice to see the faces of your family and friends that are calling you. This is especially useful if you're at a location where the volume of your device needs to be turned off and you can see who is calling with just a quick glance.
While this method is a bit slow for adjusting the photo of each contact in your address book, it's definitely worth the time for just a handful of people. However, there's no limit on the photos you can set, so if you do want to customize them all, go nuts!
Here's how to get started:
Step 1: Open the Facebook app on your Android. If you don't have Facebook on your device for some reason, grab yourself a copy for free.
Step 2: Navigate to the photos area for one of your friends and find a picture you'd like to set as their contact photo.
Step 3: Press the menu button and then tap on Set as. In the small pop-up, select Contact Photo.
Step 4: Find the corresponding contact in your address book (which should load after the previous step).
Step 5: Adjust the crop lines to include the appropriate parts of the photo and press Done.
Now you'll see a friendly face instead of just a name and cute Android picture when your family and friends contact you.
What other ways do you enjoy personalizing your Android? Share them with us in the comments below!


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I've been a huge fan of the entire Ghostbusters franchise from the first film to the second one and the cartoon and the toys. I got Egon for Easter one year and brought him to church and made him capture the Holy Spirit. I went to go see the new Paul Feig directed, female-lead Ghostbusters this weekend and as it has been a relatively controversial movie, I felt I would review it. Lots of fans of the original were worried that it would destroy the original and that an all-female cast would be insulting and terrible. Unfortunately, they're 100% correct.
The movie starts out with all of the women watching Broad City and saying how the only way the show could be better is if all of the men in it died, but not just the characters, the real live men who play them, too. This seemed out of place, but Hannibal's character can be a little too on-the-nose sometimes, so I didn't give it much extra thought. After this discussion, Kate McKinnon tears out every page with a picture of a man on it out of every magazine in the house, balls it up, throws it into a waste basket, and sets it on fire. The four women gather around the waste basket, hold hands, and Melissa McCarthy leads a chant that goes something like "The fall of the patriarchy began with the fall of Harold Ramis! We will continue our Sisters' work and bring down each of the remaining Ghostbusters!". I found this part a bit confusing as it recognizes the previous film which seemed a little "meta", unless they're acknowledging the existence of Ghostbusters having existed before them, which just seemed odd, especially since they also acknowledge that Harold Ramis played one? I pressed on though.
The next thirty minutes of the film consisted of them buying tampons and Googling things like "how kill man untraceable" and "bill murray home address". The most egregious moment in the movie, at least for me, was when Leslie Jones, armed with a chart of the female anatomy and a laser pointer, breaks the fourth wall and speaks only to the men in the audience and explains where the "G-spot" is. This made me uncomfortable because the G-spot (the Ghostbusters' headquarters, I presume) is shown throughout the movie and is very visible. Even if we never go right up to it, we're right across the street from it, and honestly, I'm sure that's good enough.
It's at this point in the movie where we encounter our first ghost. It's our old pal Slimer! However, the green spectre now has breasts (not cartoonishly large ones, however). That's right -- Slimer is now a woman. In context, it makes sense, but it just seems weird that almost every character in the film is played by a woman and there's only like three men and they're basically just eye candy. A gross, always-hungry, subtlely horny, blobby male ghost would've been something to which I could relate.
We watch the women battle several ghosts, mostly through civil discourse and reason and very little ProtonPak use, which was a huge letdown for me. I think the scene when Kristen Wiig calms down a ghost in a library by asking how it felt and what its relationship with its parents was like, bringing it to tears and realizing its past was the real monster was moving, but I can't help but feel the millions spent on ProtonPaks and containment units is going to waste at this point.
A shining moment in the film was when Chris Hemsworth walks on screen -- that's right, Thor himself! I was very excited to see the man who was in a different movie I recognized him from. It made me comfortable. Unfortunately, all Thor is allowed to do is stand in front of people on a street corner, shirtless with "I am the system" painted on his chest in lipstick, while he dances chained to a fire hydrant.
Once all of the ghosts were captured at the end and the city was throwing them a parade, Dan Aykroyd came on screen, knelt down, pulled out a bowie knife (very cool!) and cut off his penis and yelled "I am no longer a slave to you, serpent!" and as he held it up one final ghost flew by and ate it and everyone cheered. I don't think I understood this. Was his penis (serpent) a ghost? Was Aykroyd possessed? And further, was he playing himself or a character? It was too confusing for me.
The credits rolled while the new version of the classic theme song played, performed by Fall Out Boy and Missy Elliot. This was the best part of the film, honestly. After the credits, stick around, because there's a bonus scene: all four women free-bleed for 86 minutes while saying nothing.
All in all, the special effects were cool, but the film seemed to bounce between plot and referencing the real world a lot.


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YUM! I love smoothies and so do our kids, so I always enjoy finding different kinds of smoothies that aren't your typical flavors. I found this on CheekyKitchen.com, where they not only share this wonderful recipe (and beautiful photos), but also some very helpful tips for creating the perfect smoothie. Add some cinnamon toast to this and you're golden! Check out the smoothie recipe and tips at Cheeky Kitchen.


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Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
Family - Asteraceae
Also known as - Thousand-leaf, Soldiers Woundwort, Old-man's-pepper
A hardy perennial native to Europe and naturalised in the US, (closely related? to A. lanulosa, Western or Wooly Yarrow). Found in grassy areas, roadsides, hedges & embankments in unimproved soils in full sun. Drought tolerant spreading quickly from a system of shallow roots and seed, can be invasive. Grows from rhizome to 90cm (3ft) tall with dark green finely divided leaves, from a basal rosette of feathery leaves. Hairy flower stalk with short unstalked alternate leaves. White, occasionally pinkish flowers in flat panicles, each flower about 6mm (0.25in) across of 4-6 toothed white ray petals surrounding a disk of shorter petals and a yellowish centre, attracting bees and butterflies.
FBCP do not advise or recommend that any part of Yarrow - Achillea millefolium is eaten or used as a herbal remedy. Used in traditional medicine, it gets its genus name Achillea from the Greek Achilles, who, it is said used Yarrow to stop his men's wounds bleeding. It has antiseptic, styptic and anti-inflammatory properties used in poultices and ointments. It has a strong but pleasant smell, containing camphor and menthol, however handling Yarrow can lead to photo sensitive dermatitis.
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We're here in France, okay? Where shall we go then? the loose plan was to go quickly across the top then down the left, the Basque bit in Spain, then the bottom bit of France, then who knows. So we motored across the top until we were tired and pulled into a random campsite somewhere. A very local French site with no space left apart from a small garden of an empty chalet, with a squeeze we got in. Chicken on the BBQ, beer, voila! Oh Shit - the tyres flat. A late call out to a breakdown company and 10pm a non-English speaking mechanic in a huge truck turns up, wheel changed, spare on.
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Resident doctors across Mumbai and several other parts of Maharashtra are on mass leave following three incidents where doctors themselves and medical staff were attacked, and hospital property was vandalised. All three attacks happened over the course of a week.
Also read: West Bengal: Did negligence lead to patient death that prompted his kin to ransack Kolkata hospital? [VIDEO]
If the doctors continue their strike, causing massive inconvenience to patients, the government will have two options before it. The first will be to promise more security, so patients' kin are deterred from attacking doctors. However, if the medicos decline and want more, and the Maharashtra government disagrees, the government can invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), which will force the doctors to return to work.
And that is exactly what looks to be happening. Mumbai Mayor V Mahadeshwar has appealed to the protesting doctors to resume work by evening on Monday. He also said that in the event that they did not, the authorities would initiate legal action against them. He added that the Director General of Police had assured of 400 extra armed policemen being deployed in various hospitals across the city to stop attacks on doctors.
Here is a look at the incidents that led to the doctors going on strike:
1. Dhule: On Monday, March 13, senior resident doctor Dr Rohan Mamunkar, an orthopaedist at Government Medical College (GMC) in Dhule, was beaten up badly after he asked the relatives of a patient to take him to a different hospital because there was no neurosurgeon present there to treat him. After the incident, a police complaint was lodged and several of the accused were arrested. However, one of them committed suicide in police custody.
2. Nashik: Dr Rahul Patil and nurse Charusheela Ingle were manhandled at the Nashik civil hospital on Thursday, March 16, by the kin of a patient who died of swine flu there. Their anger was triggered when the nurse informed them that the patient — who was before this treated in a private hospital but was brought to the Nashik civil hospital only after his condition worsened there — had died.
3. Mumbai: Dr Rohit Kumar of Sion Hospital was beaten up by the relatives of a sexagenarian woman who died on Saturday, March 18. Doctors at the hospital immediately went on strike, and it intensified on Monday, with around three-quarters of all doctors in Mumbai and many more across the state joining the strike.
With the doctors on strike on Monday, a doctor named Lokesh was quoted by a news agency as saying about it: "It is a doctor's duty to treat patients. However, it is very difficult to work if the environment is not safe."


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Docset Viewer v1.2 and how to customize iCloud backups
I've recently released version 1.2 of Docset Viewer, which fixes a number of bugs people experienced with the previous version. If you had problems with the previous release, please give this one a try.
One of the improvements I've added is the ability to customize whether or not you would like to back up your Docsets (which can get quite large) into iCloud. To keep with the instructional nature of this site, I'll show you how you can do that in your own apps.
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The film begins with the sentencing of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw), a notorious murderer. Between the reading of the sentence and the execution, the story of his life is told in flashback, beginning with his abandonment at birth in a French fish market. Raised in an orphanage, Grenouille grows into a strangely detached boy with a superhuman sense of smell. After growing to maturity as a tanner's apprentice, he makes his first delivery to Paris, where he revels in the new odors. He focuses on a girl selling plums (Karoline Herfurth) and startles her with his behavior. To prevent her from crying out, he covers the girl's mouth and unintentionally suffocates her. After realizing that she is dead, he strips her body naked and smells her until the scent fades. Afterwards, Grenouille becomes haunted by the desire to preserve scents forever.
After making a delivery to a perfume shop, Grenouille amazes the Italian owner, Giuseppe Baldini (Dustin Hoffman), with his ability to create fragrances. He revitalizes the perfumer's career with new formulas, demanding only that Baldini teach him how to convert scents into perfume. Baldini explains that all perfumes are harmonies of twelve individual scents, and may contain a theoretical thirteenth scent. He also tells a story about a perfume discovered in an Egyptian tomb that was so perfect that it caused everyone in the entire world to briefly believe they were in paradise the moment the bottle was opened. When Grenouille discovers that Baldini's method of distillation will not capture the scents of all objects, such as iron chains and dead animals, he becomes depressed. After receiving a letter of presentation written by Baldini, Grenouille leaves to learn a different method in Grasse. En route to Grasse, Grenouille realises that he has no scent of his own, and is therefore a cipher. He decides that creating the perfect smell will prove his worth.
Upon arrival in Grasse, Grenouille catches the scent of Laura Richis (Rachel Hurd-Wood), daughter of the wealthy Antoine Richis (Alan Rickman)and decides that she will be his "thirteenth scent", the lynchpin of his perfect perfume. Grenouille finds a job in Grasse under Madame Arnulfi (Corinna Harfouch) and Dominique Druot (Paul Berrondo) assisting with perfumes and learns the method of enfleurage to capture essential oils. After some experimenting with the general principles of enfleurage, he tries the method of distillation on a cotton-picker, which fails. After this, he attempts another method on a prostitute who refuses to carry on with the procedure and he kills her in order to get her scent. He succeeds in preserving the scent of the woman by shaving off her hair, covering her in animal fat, and then distilling the fat. Grenouille embarks on a killing spree, murdering beautiful young virgins and capturing their scents. He dumps the womens' naked corpses around the city, creating an uproar that threatens to tear the city apart. After completing preserving the first twelve scents, Grenoille plans his attack on Laura. During a church sermon against him it is announced that an innocent has confessed to the murders. Richis remains unconvinced and flees the city with his daughter. Grenouille tracks her scent to a roadside inn and sneaks into her room that night. The next morning, Richis discovers Laura lying dead in her bed.
Soldiers capture Grenouille moments after he finishes preparing his perfume. On the day of his execution, he applies a drop of the perfume to himself. The executioner and the crowd in attendance are speechless at the beauty of the perfume. They declare Grenouille innocent before falling into a massive orgy. Richis, still convinced at Grenouille's guilt, threatens him with his sword. Before managing to attack he becomes overwhelmed by the scent, falls to his knees and embraces Jean-Baptiste as his "son". The town awakens and decides that the godly Grenouille could not have been the murderer. Walking out of Grasse unscathed, Grenouille has enough perfume to rule the world, but has discovered that it will not allow him to love or be loved like a normal person. Disenchanted by his aimless quest and tired of his life, he returns to the Paris. Meanwhile, Druot is convicted for the murders and hanged, since it was his backyard where the clothes ang hair of the victims were found. In Paris, Grenoille returns to the fish market where he was born and dumps the perfume on his his head. Overcome by the scent and in the belief that Grenouille is an angel, the nearby crowd devours him. The next day, one final drop of perfume falls from the open bottle, lying undisturbed on the ground.
I have no problem telling you that this film is one of those creepy, "artsy-fartsy" types. In other words, this is not for everyone. Some will like it, others won't. I happen to fall in the latter.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer is based on the novel of the same name and centers around olfactory genius Jean-Baptiste Grenouille's quest to replicate the scent he once sniffed off a plum girl in France. The scene in which he meets her is quite creepy. I mean, this guy, covered in all kinds of funk and muck from working in the tannery, walks up behind her and all of a sudden just starts sniffing her. A little while later, he tracks her down and basically accosted her in her little cubby hole thing and in the process of keeping her quiet, kills her. All for a scent!
As dark as this film is, the narration, done by John Hurt, seems to go a total different direction, and sort of resembles the tone of something like the Nanny McPhee or Pushing Daisies narration. Nothing wrong with, mind you, it just seemed rather odd. Having said that, the contrast was nice.
Casting for a film such as this could not have been easy, but powerhouses such as Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman take their relatively small roles and make magic out of them (as if we would expect less?).
The true challenge came from Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. This guy had to be naive and creepy, without making it seem that way. I have to commend the guy for pulling it off. However, the guy was supposed to be French, yet his British accent was as prominent as the nose on Dustin Hoffman's face. Did they not have a dialect coach to teach this guy?
As I said, I didn't like the film, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a good picture. It just wasn't my cup of tea. I recommend to those of you that like this type of suspense drama and period pieces, or those that like these "artsy-fartsy" flicks. The rest of us can go find something more interesting.
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On Saturday March 5th the We Love The Junction task force conducted a press release on the intersection of Alaska Street and California Avenue. The weather was great, people showed up bringing tremendous energy, and we were able to wrap up the session at Husky Deli with some YUM food.
The conference starts out on a beautiful sunny day. Some came specifically for the press release, and many others stopped by to listen, grab a flyer, or buy one of our fun buttons to help spread awareness:
Brad Chrisman and Clay Eals reveal a unique and well-timed gem that was found years ago in Brad's shed when he bought a new house. The sign they are holding is advertising the builder of our two beloved buildings- W.T. Campbell is responsible for the Campbell and Hamm buildings, where Easy Street Records and Cupcake Royale (and many other great shops) currently reside. What a cool piece of history! And how serendipitous to have it in the possession of the Southwest Seattle Historical Society!
Crystal and Jack Miller place the first display with campaign materials. It's really happening! You can now find these buttons at the following locations in The Junction.
We have two sizes of buttons, and they are $1 each. We had to refill the display several times because they were going so fast!
Just a little close-up of the buttons! And a fun picture of one of our new volunteers:
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Two award-winning chefs were in Carrick last week to be one of the first to sample Ayrshire New Potatoes at Girvan Mains farm.
Scotty Brand invited two of the UK's leading chefs, Albert Roux OBE and Double Michelin Starred Andrew Fairlie, who joined Albert Bartlett (parent company to Scotty Brand) chairman Ronnie Bartlett, for a culinary tour of Scotland.
The summer season is the busiest time for the Scotty Brand with strawberries, Ayrshire New potatoes, asparagus and tomatoes all in full bloom, and therefore an ideal time for the Scottish food producer to show off the cream of the crop.
Like many leading chefs, both Albert and Andrew are huge enthusiasts for the Scottish larder and champion using local Scottish seasonal produce.
At Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, the menu is full of seasonal Scottish harvest, whilst Albert insists on using Scottish grown products at the Roux restaurants north of the Border.
Chef Albert Roux OBE said: "I love Scotland and see it as my second home in the UK. I like to spend about 3 months here every year and I never cease to be amazed by the dedication and passion for quality shown by the producers I meet.
"It has been a joy to sample the Scotty Brand foods this week and to meet the growers from the various farms we visited."
Double Michelin-starred chef Andrew Fairlie added: "Scotland's larder is un-matched in the world and every time I travel around the country I discover sensational new products.
"We serve Scotty Brand berries in Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, so it was a real pleasure to meet the Bruce family which grows them."
First stop was Ayrshire to Girvan Mains Farm to meet grower Drew Young. The chefs were hands on digging the Ayrshires, and of course tasting the very first of the crop.
Ayrshire is an ideal location to grow early potatoes because it is on the south west coast of Scotland, which benefits from the warming waters of the Gulf Stream.
Ayrshire provides the first new potatoes grown in Scotland, which are in season from June to early September and are well into the process of applying for PGI status.
This is a formal recognition that the geography and climate of the Ayrshire region are essential to achieve the unique taste and character of the potato.
Champagne, Parma ham and Stilton cheese all enjoy the same recognition.


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Jessica Kreitz's love affair with the unicycle has come full circle.
"My fascination begins with wheels in general. I've always been kind of obsessed with wheels, transportation design and how people can get around on wheels," said Kreitz, who graduated from University of Wisconsin-Stout this December with a bachelor's degree in industrial design.
The Breezy Point native first learned how to ride a unicycle her grandfather bought her at a flea market when she was 10, but she improved upon the trick bike's design for her senior project.
"I learned how to ride it in my yard hanging onto a fence. Once you learn, it's just like riding a two-wheel bike. You never forget," Kreitz said.
The 22-year-old designed and built a rugged 24-inch-wheel unicycle with a disc brake, a suspension system and ergonomic handles on the seat for her senior industrial design class and unveiled her creation Dec. 15 at her university's Senior Show.
"From someone else's standpoint, it appears to be very difficult to ride, so I think that's what people find very fascinating about it. Not a lot of people do it, it's kind of a tightknit group of people that do it. I think a lot of people really want to try it, but they don't take the time to learn."
Industrial design
The blue unicycle is powder-coated and has Kreitz's logo on it. The logo is a bear riding a unicycle, which brings the elements of being outdoors and adventure, Kreitz said.
"I kind of wanted to implement things that are going on in the bicycle market right now because it's thriving and a lot of things are happening, and I wanted to kind of incorporate that into the unicycle," she said.
"I was originally recruited for basketball, so that's how I found out about this school but then I saw the industrial design major, and I was seeking an art-related major. I just didn't know what it was going to be yet. Industrial design seemed perfect given my background."
Her grandparents, Lloyd and Eva Kreitz, were artists and her father, Jeff Kreitz, is a welder who owns Creative Steel Works Inc. in Breezy Point, creating custom items such as fireplace doors.
"My dad's an artist, my grandpa is an artist and so is my grandma, so I grew up knowing that I wanted to design and build things," she said. "I just didn't know how to turn it into a career, and I thought industrial design would be perfect for that."
In 2013 she graduated from Pequot Lakes High School, where she played basketball and continued the sport up until her junior year at the university.
"I kind of had to pick between college athletics and school, and obviously I was there for school, so that was more important to me," said Kreitz, who was a forward on the university team and rode a unicycle in the Pequot Lakes Fourth of July parade soon after mastering it as a child.
Kreitz loves the challenge of riding a unicycle, an activity that has evolved into team sports such as unicycle basketball, hockey and handball in which players ride the single-wheel vehicle.
"It's unique," Kreitz said of riding a unicycle. "It's more of a challenge than your average bike. With a bike you can rest. You are pedaling a unicycle constantly. You have to watch your every move. If you hit a bump you have to compensate. You're constantly balancing."
Senior project
Kreitz was one of about a hundred students from UW-Stout's School of Art and Design who presented their capstone projects at the biannual Senior Show. Projects included in various design disciplines were on display such as graphic, game, interior, industrial and entertainment.
"It is specifically for mountain unicycling or trail riding," Kreitz told show attendees of her unicycle. "A lot of mountain bikers I know, they kind of want sometimes more of a challenge, so they'll pick up unicycling or mountain unicycling."
Kreitz had to draw the designs, create prototypes using parts from three other unicycles she had and come up with a final design. She then built the new unicycle, including 3-D printing the ergonomic handles for the seat.
"I saw that the unicycle hasn't really had any redesigns done on it. It's kind of been the same since it was invented," Kreitz said of the traditional unicycle, which originates back to the 1800s.
Jennifer Astwood, an industrial design associate professor who taught Kreitz's class, said Kreitz was the first student to take the senior project to the next level, not only designing but engineering the unicycle.
"It is super impressive," Astwood said. "This just shows the type of drive Jess has. She always goes above and beyond. She is such a good designer."
The handles of Kreitz's senior project help with getting on and off the unicycle, particularly important when trail riding, according to Kreitz, who received a Dru Sjodin scholarship and a Kia Nagel scholarship for art and design when she was a high school senior.
"I have not seen a suspension like this on a unicycle before," Kreitz said. She noted the suspension is a more fractured design, which to her is more interesting than a traditional fork with a seat post design.
"I wanted to also create a working model for my Senior Show because I think that adds more value to something that you're designing if you understand the mechanics of it, and how it works and how it's put together."
Full circle
Kreitz starts work full time in product design on Jan. 3 at Integrated Design Solutions in Chippewa Falls, Wis., a comprehensive product design and development company.
"I'd be open to selling the design or taking it a little further," she said of the unicycle.
But Kreitz plans to keep her new unicycle for now. If a company is interested in her new design, Kreitz said that would be thrilling.
"It's pretty sweet," she said of her unicycle, which took about three months to complete from start to finish.
"Anything with wheels is something I enjoy, and if you are passionate about what you are designing, I think the design always comes out better."


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21 Oct2012
It's always invigorating to hit the markets early on a Saturday morning, and for me, the thrill of discovering something new or unusual has never waned. The weather has been less "monsoonal rain" over the past few weeks, particularly up north in the Mt. Province, I gather, and 'its really quite obvious from the produce in the markets…it's improved significantly compared with a month or two ago. Prices are coming down as well. Think PHP80 a kilo for romaine at my suki, Mary, at FTI (less if wholesale), while the same type of lettuce was asking PHP230-PHP250+ at the Salcedo market (some of it organic and some of it probably not). At any rate, here are some of the things that made it into my market basket(s). Up top, stunning edible blue pea flowers (clitoria ternatea). It's not often your find plants/blooms in such a deep blue/purple color… and these would make a stunning addition to a salad or as a garnish for just about any dish.
Next up, some coriander sprouts or microgreens. I tasted one and was an INSTANT FAN. You don't always want to be hit head on with the aggressive flavor of cilantro, so these small sprouts struck me as just something good cooks must have been hoping for all this time. This is the first time I have seen them, and even though I had no idea what to do with them, I bought a small container full, for PHP75. Back at home, we just carefully removed some of the seed skins or casings, rinsed the sprouts and stored them in the fridge.
Right next to the coriander sprouts were some green onion sprouts as well, seeds still attached to some of the fine greens. Again, the flavor of green onions, but in very small bursts on your palate. Took a pack of those as well. The top three items were from DowntoEarth at the center of the Salcedo market. And I got there at nearly 8am, when much of the good stuff was already gone…
You know Christmas is coming soon when dayap starts to appear in the markets. Joey Malana of DGM Organics (which aren't all organic vegetables, I think) also at Salcedo Market had a whole sack, and as soon as he spotted me he said "Sir, may dayap!" — I must be his biggest customer for dayap, and I took 5 kilos of the fragrant citrus, even if I had no real plans for how to use all that bounty. They were large, juicy and FABULOUS. I really wish folks would DEMAND more dayap and that farmers would sit up and take note — there is money in dayap. Seriously. One of my all-time favorite pinoy ingredients, period.
Before getting to the Salcedo market, I hit the FTI AANI Taguig market (I fear for its future, now that Ayala has purchased the FTI compound) at 6am, and my fruit suki had a shipment of pomegranates in stock. These are the pale pink Chinese pomegranates, I think, not the deep red ones I once featured in this older post. She also had rock hard plums which were not appealing, some hard persimmons, and some fabulous lansones. If you have had your head in the sand for the last few weeks, take it out and buy some lansones! It's days away from the Camiguin lansones festival and I wanted to hit the island this month, but there are no more flights to Camiguin and the seas are relatively rough these days… The lansones, at PHP100-120 per kilo, were really fantastic. And lansones season does not last that long, so enjoy them while you can!
Picked a couple of weeks too early, these western style eggplants that should grow to say half a kilo in weight each or so, were a gift from my suki at FTI… I had purchased several baskets full of veggies and I found these tucked into the basket. I have been waiting for the large eggplants to make a re-appearance, as some foreign friends have been hoping to score some for the eggplant parmigiano dish… Perhaps another few weeks…
Finally, this slightly unusual looking gourd or marrow, which I thought was just a fat upo or relative of it… The vendor said it was a winter melon or kundol, so I took one to try. We haven't opened it yet, so I can't confirm that it is a winter melon, but whatever it is, I hope it tastes good! :)
Those blue pea flowers are so stunning!
Oct 21, 2012 | 9:20 pm
MM, split the dayap in half and candy the rind halves (same way you do the lemon peel) until they become shells; dry them then fill them up with sweetened macapuno and/or pastillas de leche, the one that's spooned from the jar. in a pinch, even haleyang ube will do. some leche flan topped with sharp cheese would be good too, i imagine.
Oct 21, 2012 | 9:33 pm
beautiful blue pea flowers, and i like the scientific name too Clitoria Ternatea.
Oct 21, 2012 | 11:52 pm
great finds, MM! i can only recognize the dayap, the kundol, the eggplant and the pomegranate …
Oct 22, 2012 | 6:03 am
This is really the era of microgreens…I am guessing this is easier and faster to grow as you dont have to wait and care for the plant to mature…we should have more of these different sprouts as they will encourage us to eat more vegetable salads!
Oct 22, 2012 | 7:55 am
MM, try steeping the blue pea flowers with lemon balm. It might look like potassium permanganate but tastes nice and is supposed to be rich in antioxidants.
Oct 22, 2012 | 9:39 am
Hi MM,
In Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, they use blue pea vine flowers as a food colorant, homepathic (or naturopathic) treatments and yes, even as part of a salad.
Here's a link (which includes a short explanation on the etymology of the scientific name): http://indonesiaeats.com/blue-vine-butterfy-pea-bunga-telang-teleng-biru/
@Connie C – really loved your comment about potassium permanganate :D
Oct 22, 2012 | 9:56 am
Hooowooow! everything looks fabulous!
So that's what its called (pea flower)… we have that almost similar plant growing along the rice paddies… although i'm not sure if its edible, the locals call it somewhat bastos name hahahaha (which, by the way explains the scientific name) :)
We put dayap rind in leche flan, macapuno, and pastillas de leche.
And for the kundol try turning it into a candy! Or you can put in into nilagang baka if you're feeling lazy. hehehe…
Oct 22, 2012 | 10:22 am
Those blue pea flowers are the double/frilly type as opposed to the single petal ones. They tend to be a much deeper blue and in their youth, makes for a stunning display of velvety violet on green. The problem with the frilly types, based on my experience, is that their leaves tend to be lightly speckled instead of a clean green and the plant eventually dries from bottom up despite being a supposed perennial. The best, biggest and most vibrant blooms are in the early stages of the vine's life. Propagation seems like a hit and miss too compared to it's more prolific single petaled cousin.
Oct 22, 2012 | 10:25 am
Dayap!!!! MM, do you have his contact details to hand? Just back from Indonesia with a few kilos of dayap in my maleta but it woud be great to have a local source. I actually bought a dayap tree in FTI to bring back to Cebu but airport quarrantine wouldn't let it on the plane :-(
Oct 22, 2012 | 1:41 pm
For all that dayap, you should check out a product called the Zip Zester. A bit pricey but should make zesting less of a chore.
Oct 22, 2012 | 2:58 pm
MM, I would love some! I got the name of a nursery near Antipolo( Terersa Orchard) that sells dayap trees aside from other intriguing plants (indian pomegranate, for example) but they cannot ship to Cebu.Citrus ban… Boo!
Oct 22, 2012 | 4:37 pm
Susie, citrus ban in Cebu? Would you know the reason?
Oct 22, 2012 | 7:35 pm
the pea flower has an interesting scientific name, and i will try my very best to stop at that. We have sauteed marrow, the gourd, in our dining facilities even though i wish for the more unctuous shank-sourced marrow from cansi.
Oct 23, 2012 | 2:15 pm
Ging, according to Teresa Orchard, citrus from Luzon cannot be shipped to Visayas and Mindanao because of some sort of pest issue. Boo. MM, will attempt to grow from seed..have instructed the troops to keep the dayap away from the ravaging tendencies of our calamansi plants :-) Thanks for the tip!
Oct 23, 2012 | 4:15 pm
Hey Su. I'm always on the look out for dayap and normally buy 5 kilos or even buy the entire stock when I see it. I normally freeze the juice when I have loads and I use the zest separately. Let me know in advance if you or your sisters will be heading to Cebu and I can always share my stash with you or buy for you. I just asked Caring to dry the seeds for planting and can always send some your way or smuggle in a small plant for you when I ever get to you or send it through your sisters. It needs to be a small plant though to go inside the luggage.
MM, I think I bought all the rest that you had from Joey last Sunday at Sidcor. He only sold it to me at 80/kilo instead of the 100/kilo you got it for.
Oct 23, 2012 | 5:46 pm
Wow! How I wish I can get that for 30/kilo. I would buy loads more. Hoping my tree would start flowering soon (didn't get so much harvest last time but my kaffir & calamansi are loaded with flowers). We use it so much for Asian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, and of course dessert and need it as a staple ingredient at home. My daughter is already asking for lime curd. A tip that we do at home since we try to go natural as much as possible is use vodka (cheaper kind) and steep it in loads of the lime (lemon or calamansi) zest for a few weeks. We use it for cleaning at home, instead of alcogel, etc. Scents can differ for what we need it for or as with my daughter who loves vanilla scent, we use with vanilla pods. Some zest we also put in the freezer for use with steaming or roasting fish, etc., in oils or if grated to flavor desserts.
Oct 23, 2012 | 8:21 pm
hi MM,
Can you recommend a place where i can find the best mandarin oranges here in manila?
thank you!
Oct 24, 2012 | 10:33 am
we have the ternitea here at home and have been experimenting with it. it makes a good colorant for juices and rice. only it turns violet when added to acidic ingredients. added to salad and crystallized it is a nice addition or garnish to prepared food. :)
Oct 24, 2012 | 12:04 pm


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Pauline pastel painting during a family picnic 2005
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In 2005 Bewick revisited Paris, beginning a new phase of working in pastels.
"For the very large paintings, I use the reverse side of a primed canvas, the fine linen holds the pastel pigment. When the painting is finished I spray with several coats of conservation matt varnish until the pastel pigment has been literally converted to acrylic, and therefore negates the need for glass"
The smaller size pastels are on glassboard and glazed for protection.


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Dancing Mindfulness Facilitator Training
If you are currently teaching any type of wellness-related class (yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, dance, related modalities), if you are a classroom teacher, or a licensed/trained helping professional of any kind (e.g., counselor, psychologist, social worker, nurse, psychiatrist, CD counselor), you are welcome to take this weekend facilitator training intensive! Graduate students are welcome. You MUST complete the whole weekend agenda to be awarded certification on behalf of Mindful Ohio.
Mindfulness is the simple practice of noticing without judgment, savoring the art of being in the moment. Mindfulness, psychodrama, meditation, and yoga are modalities that can promote wellness and recovery. "Dancing Mindfulness" is a practice developed by clinical counselor Dr. Jamie Marich incorporating all of these elements. Dance becomes the primary avenue through which to access mindful awareness! There are seven basic elements of a "Dancing Mindfulness" class (breath, sound, body, mind, spirit, story, and integrated experience) to help participants experience the attitudes and benefits of mindful awareness. "Dancing Mindfulness" classes range in length from 30 minutes to 2 hours, and they can be designed to accommodate a variety of populations in various settings (e.g., yoga studios, community gatherings, clinical settings, dance studios, churches, gyms).
Developed by Dr. Jamie Marich, a clinical counselor and expert in traumatic stress studies and spiritual issues, Dancing Mindfulness strives to honor the safety and integrity of each participant. Marich trained in several dance forms in her youth (Slavic folk, ballet, jazz) and later competed as a figure skater; she is also an accomplished musician with three folk albums to her credit. Having explored the conscious dance scene throughout her career as a clinical counselor, which including taking training intensives at the Kripalu School for Yoga and Health, Marich ultimately created Dancing Mindfulness as her integrated interpretation (as a dancer, musician, counselor, and spiritual practitioner) of mindfulness in motion. Marich truly believes that we all have an inner dancer just waiting to come out, just as we are all capable of mindful awareness. Dancing Mindfulness is a community practice, not a clinical practice, although Marich draws on her expertise as a clinical counselor to help create the safest dance practice possible within community settings.
The Dancing Mindfulness practice officially debuted at two academic conferences the summer of 2012, the NAADAC National Addiction Professionals Conference in Indianapolis, IN and the Addiction Studies Institute in Columbus, OH. Dr. Jamie also had the privilege of offering Dancing Mindfulness as a community sample class at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in November 2012 and it scheduled to do the same at Esalen in the Spring of 2013, and at numerous state-level and national-level conferences throughout the year! Click HERE for a full list of Dancing Mindfulness conference presentations! Click HERE to read an article about Dancing Mindfulness featured by Addiction Professional Magazine in 2013.
After completing this workshop training, participants will be able to:
1. Define mindfulness from several different perspectives, and explain how a dance practice can fit the definition of mindfulness.
2. List the seven primary qualities of mindful living as described by Jon Kabat-Zinn and explain how these relate to human wellness
3. Discuss the seven elements of the Dancing Mindfulness practice (i.e., breath, sound, body, mind, spirit, story, and fusion) and how each of the elements can be used to practice the qualities of mindful living
4. Identify at least three elements of psychotherapeutic approaches that appear in Dancing Mindfulness (e.g., Gestalt, psychodrama, mindfulness, movement/dance therapy, coping skills/breath work/somatic experiencing, EMDR/bilateral reprocessing)
5. Describe the benefits of a movement-based, holistic practice for emotional healing
6. Define what it means to be a trauma-sensitive professional, discussing how to keep a group of people safe, either in a community or clinical setting, while doing movement work, and describing triphasic (three-stage) model of trauma treatment
7. Explain the rationale of accessing body-based coping as optimal for recovery and wellness
8. Facilitate a group of individuals in the Dancing Mindfulness practice
9. Describe the subtle differences between facilitating Dancing Mindfulness in community versus clinical settings and apply them accordingly
10. Explain how dancing and other movement-based or spiritually-based practices found in the community qualify as "coping skills" for recovery and wellness
11. Articulate how engaging in movement-based wellness programs like Dancing Mindfulness can promote one's own sense of self-care as a professional
12. Present the benefits of a practice like Dancing Mindfulness in your community to yoga studio owners, clinical/program directors, etc.
Irene M. Rodriguez, LMHC, CAP, CCTP, Certified EMDR Therapist, Affiliate Trainer Institute for Creative Mindfulness, Certified TIR Trainer. Trained in Life Stress Reduction (LSR). Ms. Rodriguez has a private practice in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she provides service to individuals with PTSD and trauma-related conditions.
Friday from 3:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.
Saturday from 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. Lunch (one hour)
Sunday from 9:00 A.M – 2:00 P.M.
Tuition: $395.00
To register and pay using PayPal or with a credit card:
Friday from 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Lunch (one hour)
Sunday from 8:30 am – 2:00 pm
Tuition: $350.00
To register and pay using PayPal or with a credit card:
Friday from 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Lunch (one hour)
Sunday from 8:30 am – 2:00 pm
Tuition: $350.00
To register and pay using PayPal or with a credit card:
For more information please contact Irene Rodriguez:
Phone: (954) 376-0496
Email: email@example.com


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Google Play Books
In my review of the Amazon Kindle app I mentioned the need to have an Amazon account before being able to make use of the app, so for those people who just want to download some free classic novels to read this app from Google works well.
I have recently been rereading some of the Jack London classics like Call of the Wild and White Fang, both of which I was able to download for free using the Play Books app. The reading experience is very good, with day and night modes, the ability to easily change the font size and the way your place in the book is retained even after closing the app down.
You can of course, read all books offline, plus bookmark pages, highlight text, and add notes. The app also has 'elegant 3D page turns' which mimics the way real book pages turn.
Another useful feature is the ability to add PDF and EPUB files to your library, so you could for example find public domain or other books elsewhere to read on the app.
From the app description:
* Bookmarks, notes, and reading positions are synced across your phones, tablets and computers.
* Search within books, use dictionary, find geographical information, discover web results, and wikipedia right on the page.
* Select fonts, font size, and layout for flowing text books.
* Choose day, night, and sepia reading modes.
* Listen to books with text-to-speech when publisher allows.
* Upload PDF or EPUB files to your library.
Discover millions of books on Google Play.
* Over 4 million books in every imaginable category, from the New York Times® bestsellers to favorite classics
* Textbooks available for rental or purchase
* Millions of free books available instantly
Google Play Books
Price : FREE
Size : Varies with device
Needs : Varies with device


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Our religion is really just our parents
Last Sunday, I found out that I had passed both of my classes this semester, and even gotten an A in one of them. The feeling of exultation, of luxury, of not having to do anything except eat and work on my novel until January 20th was amazing.
"Let's celebrate," Mr. B said. "What do you want to do?"
A million possibilities flashed through my head, but what we ended up doing was eating Chinese takeout and watching Morozko. Jack Frost is a bullshit translation for this wonderful, glorious, movie that is my childhood, and God praise Al Gore, you can now watch it in its entirety here (although, sadly, without subtitles.) I've seen this movie maybe 50 times? I could see it 50 more times.
Many people say that the Soviet Union was terrible because it assimilated and suppressed Jewish culture because it systematically ripped out any shred of Jewish identity we had and melded everyone together. And it's true. I am a product of this experiment. I've written about it before.
But that culture, that Soviet culture, is also my childhood, and as a result, it's my religion. Despite the fact that I am unfalteringly Jewish, I have no favorable associations with Hanukkah from my childhood. Some years we celebrated it, some years we didn't. Sometimes we had latkes, sometimes we didn't. Sometimes I got gelt, sometimes I didn't. All of my Jewish memories,my Jewish language, and my Jewish mezuzah, I've had to build from scratch, sometimes to alarming results. No one else in my family speaks Hebrew, or goes to synagogue more than a handful of times a year, or knows what a yom tov is.
But my Russian and Soviet identity, I carry like a religious ritual. My parents built it for me, like a sturdy foundation, year by year. Every year around this time, I go mad, like a lunatic, without any rhyme or reason, and start searching for New Year.
In the US, no one gives a shit about New Year.Some people inexplicably say they'll stay home in their pajamas. This is unthinkable. So I start frantically searching for Russian TV stations online. Russian Avtoradio is on 24-7. I start looking for Instagram pictures from Moscow of trees covered in snow, of bags of organes, of all the tell-tale signs that there is a whole generation, even more than one, of lunatics just like me, conditioned to love something made up and unable to stop because this is our childhood, goddamnit, and no one can take it away from us.
Not honoring the specialness of the New Year is a violation of my own religious system. New Year is the pinnacle in the darkness that is Northern European winter. New Year is a new slate. New Year is family and friends and everyone anywhere calling each other. How you spend the New Year is how you'll spend the rest of the year. New Year is tradition. All of this mythology has been drilled into me, much like Psalms, bit by bit.
When I go to mass at Morozko, I don't think about how it's messed up that Jewish kid was deprived her culture. All I can think about is childhood, and my parents. Morozko is my parents, my family, the families of everyone I've grown up with. I remember the comments my parents always make when they watch it. No matter how hipster I think I am with my orange couches and fancy psuedo-intellectual toilet reading, Morozko means I'm 11 years old, my mother is making soup in the kitchen, and my dad is putting up the tree.
When Mr. B and I watched it together this year again, like we do every year, I realized that we were sharing something important and are perpetuating something like a tradition. I start to understand our collective need as humanity for religion, for rituals, for memories tied to specific, cyclical events, of memories we can package up and pass on to someone, anyone longing to feel cemented to this crazy, spinning sphere.
Happy Holidays. All of them, any of them, whichever is yours. And happy memory-making.


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For centuries Muslim women fought against all odds, including misunderstanding and misapplication of religion. Though Islam gave equal rights if not more rights to women, its followers very often do the opposite. It was for the Muslim women themselves to invade different venues of life and carve their paths. Muslim women daily face all kinds of challenges equally in Muslim and non Muslim societies.
21st century Muslim women are going very far with their demands of equality. They are reaching places their grandmother never dreamt of.
Joining the parliament is far enough goal for many Muslim women in Muslim countries, winning such position in a European non Muslim country seemed unthinkable. However, a Muslim and covered women originally Turkish Mahinur Özdemir won a seat at the Belgian parliament this week.
Özdemir wears the headscarf and was surprised from the debate her appearance started. She told Al Jazera reporter that she is more interested to show the public how she can serve the people as a member in the parliament or how she will benefit them rather than to focus on her appearance.
Mahinur Özdemir winning her seat in a European country and how the public will accept her presence is a real challenge to the European democracy and slogans of freedom.
For the more about the story of the Belgium Parliament:


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SANTA MONICA, CA, March 21, 2017 – Wells Fargo Capital Finance, part of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), announced that its Healthcare Finance Group acted as agent and sole lender for a $60 million senior secured credit facility for Sharecare Inc., an award-winning digital health and wellness platform founded by digital health pioneer Jeff Arnold and Dr. Mehmet Oz.
"Working with the Wells Fargo Capital Finance team has been an absolute pleasure. The team's experience and knowledge of the healthcare industry was evident and allowed us to close the transaction quickly and efficiently," said Justin Ferrero, president of Sharecare. "The financing solution enables us to continue on our aggressive growth trajectory."
Sharecare is the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place. The Sharecare platform provides each person – no matter where they are in their health journey – with a comprehensive and personalized health profile, where they can dynamically and easily connect to the information, evidence-based programs and health professionals they need to live their healthiest, happiest and most productive life. With award-winning and innovative frictionless technologies, scientifically validated clinical protocols and best-in-class coaching tools, Sharecare helps providers, employers and health plans effectively scale outcomes-based health and wellness solutions across their entire populations.
"Sharecare is an innovative company led by a best-in-class management team, with a proven ability to drive patient engagement resulting in improved outcomes," said Kevin Harbour, National Healthcare Sales Manager and Managing Director at Wells Fargo Capital Finance. "We are very pleased to have been able to complete such an important financing that will enable Sharecare the financial flexibility to continue their growth objectives."
About Wells Fargo Capital Finance
Wells Fargo Capital Finance is the trade name for certain asset-based lending services, senior secured lending services, accounts receivable and purchase order finance services, and channel finance services of Wells Fargo & Company and its subsidiaries, and provides traditional asset-based lending, specialized senior and junior secured financing, accounts receivable financing, purchase order financing and channel finance to companies across the United States and internationally. Dedicated teams within Wells Fargo Capital Finance provide financing solutions for companies in specific industries such as retail, software publishing and high-technology, commercial finance, staffing, government contracting and others. For more information, visit wellsfargocapitalfinance.com.
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Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a nationwide, diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.7 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 8,700 locations, 12,500 ATMs, and the internet (wellsfargo.com), and has offices in 36 countries to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 266,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 29 on Fortune's 2014 rankings of America's largest corporations. Wells Fargo's vision is to satisfy all our customers' financial needs and help them succeed financially. Wells Fargo perspectives are also available at Wells Fargo Blogs and Wells Fargo Stories.


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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
We woke up to a winter wonderland! Enough snow to make it look magical, but not enough to be a nuisance. The kids had a delayed opening, so I took advantage of my time with them and we started to decorate the Christmas tree. As a family tradition, the boys get an ornament every Christmas, just like I did (and still do from my Mom). We line them up by year and hang them one at a time starting with the oldest ornaments. I love it!! It reminds me of sitting on the floor with my sister doing the exact same things. I don't line up my ornaments anymore though, geez, the kids would never get a chance to go!!!
In one of the bins we found the kids Santa hats. They both wanted to wear them to school :) Their teacher let them wear them all day (I was surprised). Ethan said, a bit annoyed, "All of the kids were calling me Santa ALL day long!" huh, I wonder why, lol!
I hope you liked my family post. It's been a while and well, I haven't had a chance to stamp all week.
Thanks for stopping in!!!
Posted by Maureen Merritt at 5:05 PM
3 comments:
- Unknown said...
Beautiful! We didn't get any!! The boys are growing super fast!
- December 8, 2011 at 9:06 PM
- Sara I. said...
What a gorgeous winter scene - I wouldn't mind waking up to that !! Your boys are so handsome Maureen - hoping that they are enjoying the Christmas season! xx
- December 9, 2011 at 2:07 AM
- Claudia said...
Oh Maureen. I just loved this post. It reminded me of you and Mary Frances lining up your ornaments, so excited to hang them on the tree. And how annoyed your sister would be that you had more then her!!! The picture of the kids is too cute. It is going to be my new background.
- December 9, 2011 at 6:25 AM
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Remington has brought out their Versa Max in a Tactical version. It has their breaching choke, extended feed tube, a small section of rail up front to mount a light, and a rail over the top of receiver for an optic, oversized bolt release… all fine and good.
But Remington has once again proven that they just don't really get what tactical really is. They have some guys working on the 870 that know Tactical, and that's about where they stay. Because they just got it wrong.
They took the Versa Max, which is a gun that can shoot all 3 sizes of Shot Shells, and neutered it so it can't shoot the 3 1/2″ shells. This was the whole point of the Versa Max, and they ruined it. Then they are keeping it as long as Punt Gun. The 8+1 capacity is nice, but good grief this is a long gun… In WWII Germans shot down Spitfires with these things. "Ja das ist das 88mm Waffe für den Abschuss Flugzeuge."
So it's not a real tactical gun for anything… but what makes it interesting is that this is almost ideally made for something. 3 Gun. This has all the features suited for the growing sport, and it's going to have a very reasonable price… So for you guys looking into getting into 3 Gun and you want a Semi Auto, I think Remington has the gun for you.
For me and what I'd want, I'd want the barrel cut down to 18″, ghost ring sights, and a pistol grip with an adjustable stock that isn't an AR stock. Maybe next month, Remington? Oh, and maybe, if it would help – let it keep the 3 1/2″ shells just for fun.


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Having made some of these up over the years for friends and seeing a distinct lack of decent kit available I made up a few extra and did a few listings on eBay and a few other sites, Tackle Trader UK and Manchester Gumtree
well, the phone didn't stop ringing after a week !
Loads of feedback too, people actually ringing me up saying it was the best swing tip they'd ever seen! Super stuff, made my day, that's not something that usually happens a lot these days !
And they came out like this . . . . . . .
There will be three sizes in the 'range' 6'', 9'' and 12'', the latter having 2 small single leg rings and the 6'' and 9'' available as either a tip ring only model or with 1 small single leg up near the top of the tip.
Price wise they are between £10 and £18, and come supplied with a set of 3 'proper' swing tip rubbers that you may have seen many moons ago marketed as the Trev Tomlin brand (remember the catapults) in a light/medium/heavy format and of course, a threaded swing tip adapter.
They are of course, hand built, bespoke, you won't find them in the shops and yes I do send them out if you're not local, P+P is include in the prices and you can find them on ebay more often than anywhere else. You can pay by paypal, and you can pay me directly without having to go through ebay, just browse my listings, pick one and send me the money through paypal (plus a message with your details) either as a gift, or using my paypal.me link and just adding the amount to the end, so if a tip was £12.99, you would put this in your browser:
You can find my current items for sale on my ebay page :
Dave's items for Sale: eBay.co.uk
Here's a hot video of some new stock drying off on my newly made adapters that fit my rod drying racks ! Riveting stuff ! You'll love it . . . . . .


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Now that Christmas is over, it's time to think about how to dispose of your holiday decorations.
Dry Christmas trees can quickly become a fire hazard. Dry trees can be a major source of fuel in a fire; the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) says a dry tree can burn faster than newspaper.
Many locations in the D.C. area are encouraging residents to recycle their Christmas trees and greenery once the holidays are over. All trees must be bare-- meaning no tinsel, ornaments or lights left behind-- before they can be recycled.
Here's how you can recycle your tree this season:
In Washington: Holiday trees will be collected and composted through Jan 27, 2017. Trees and greenery collected after Jan. 27 will be collected with the trash as space permits in the truck. Remember to remove all of your ornaments, tinsel and other decorations. Residents can place their trees where they place their trash and recycling for collection.
In Montgomery County: If you live in a home or townhouse, put your tree at the curb by 7 a.m. on your usual recycling collection day. Residents of apartments or condominiums should check with their property manager or representative for specific recycling instructions.
In Prince George's County: Christmas trees will be collected along with other yard waste during the weekly curbside collection.
In Anne Arundel County: Christmas trees will be collected on your regular recycling day to be chipped into mulch. Wrapping paper, tissue paper, greeting cards, seasonal advertisements, gift catalogs, gift boxes, cardboard boxes, soft and hard cover books, newspaper, phone books and magazines can also be recycled.
In Arlington: Christmas trees will be collected during the first two weeks of January in Arlington County. Trees must be placed on the curb no later than 6 a.m. on your regular trash collection day. Trees picked up after Jan. 18 will not be recycled, but can be collected as trash on your regular trash day.
Residents who do not have curbside recycling can bring their Christmas tree to the Solid Waste Bureau between Jan. 2 and Jan. 13. Call 703-228-6570 to schedule an appointment.
In Fairfax County: Christmas trees will be collected between Jan. 1 and Jan. 16 for recycling. Lights and other decorations must be removed.
In Prince William County: Trees can be dropped off at the following locations to be recycled:
- The Prince William County Landfill (14811 Dumfries Road in Manassas)
- The Balls Ford Road Compost Facility (13000 Balls Ford Road in Manassas)
- Leesylvania State Park (2001 Daniel K. Ludwig Drive in Woodbridge)
- Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC) (5399 Wellington Branch Road in Gainesville)
- Loudoun County Landfill Recycling Dropoff Center
21101 Evergreen Mills Road
Leesburg, 20175
- Claude Moore Park
46150 Loudoun Park Lane
Sterling, 20164
- Game Protective Association
16 South Berlin Pike
Lovettsville, 20180
- Town Hall (rear parking lot next to tennis court)
43055 Center Street
South Riding, 20152
- Franklin Park
17501 Franklin Park Dr.
Purcellville, 20132