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This past weekend, our family does the usual tradition of getting all the Christmas decorations out on the day after Thanksgiving, otherwise known as Black Friday lol… my son thought that sounded scary, and I guess from what it's turned into, it is!
Getting the Christmas decorations out, putting up lights, the nativity scene for the kids, getting out my Grandma's old glass Christmas decorations she passed down to me – telling my son stories about the family he'll meet in heaven as were admiring their trinkets… it all makes me so happy!!!
Throw in the Christmas music playing joyfully in the background, and you have a beautiful scene!
Even though this holiday season has been emotionally difficult, I'm still trying to make it as joyful as possible for our little family.
My dad is still not completely there mentally, and my brother and I have been receiving some things he no longer wants or uses. 😦 I've gotten his camera 😦 and his field microscope, my brother's gotten the family rifle, and even though he's excited and loves guns as much as I do, as we sat talking on Thanksgiving in his room (that he no longer really lives in, my baby brother has grown up!!!!) we both felt the sadness of what this meant.
So we're still mourning the loss in a way… and trying to be thankful that he is still here, and that we can still enjoy him. Over Thanksgiving, we had the best times playing games together, talking, and laughing till we cried!
The morning of Thanksgiving, my older son (5) and I made a cherry pie together 🙂 I really suck at baking… but I keep trying and adventuring into this realm of the domestic goddess, and at least this pie turned out great!
And it was even more fun that my son had especially requested we made this kind of pie this year (he was obsessed with cherry pie for months!), and so making it together with him, letting him help me do the dough and create the lattice work, was SO fun and SO worth it, even if the pie had turned out terrible. So hooray for that!
It looked beautiful, and tasted amazing!!! So proud of him!


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Eat The Beach – forage and cook course.
We run two seperate courses, one foraging along the high tide line for gourmet wild coastal vegetables and the other below the high tide line, foraging for seaweed and shellfish.
After a good foraging session there's no better way to taste nature harvest than freshly cooked in situation, dining alfresco either on the beach or in the woods. The rich fresh and sometimes intense flavours can really be appreciated and taste even better when its food that you have foraged and eaten on location.
Lunch is made using a few pantry stores to create our signature wild seashore paella, gourmet coastal vegetable or woodland fruits risotto's, along with foraged herb and fruit teas and appetisers, all simply served fresh and delicious. Courses are led by Fraser Christian, ex professional gourmet Chef and UK coastal specialist.
Forage and cook courses are for individuals or groups of up to 14 (ish)
£84.00. per person.

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How to Pass the IGCSE Exam
Explore this Article Developing a long-term strategy Specific studying strategies Three months before the exams Show 1 more... Show less... Questions & Answers Related Articles References
The IGCSE refers to a test utilized in the United Kingdom and surrounding areas as a standardized test, equivalent to the high school GED of America. A lot of people think that being a teacher's pet, doing all the homework and being a nerd would make you top of the IGCSE's, but that's really not the case. If you're about to take IGCSE exams and you're looking for tips which will help you pass, this article offers some tips which will hopefully get you some good grades.
Part 1
Developing a long-term strategy
1Throw out previous thinking. Forget about the classic 'listen to your teacher, do your work, work consistently' strategy. Instead, think long term. Relax, enjoy and have fun throughout the year. There is really no need to work your butt off for the internal examinations or try to impress your teachers because, in the IGCSEs, "only the boards matter!".
2Do your homework consistently during the year.[1] When you do homework, you can test what you know on each subject, and you can look back at it for revision.
3Keep it in your mind that you need to get grades from A-star to C, because a D or lower is a fail.
4Read voraciously. Every weekend, just read through the text. One chapter of each subject; whichever one you prefer, but, try not to repeat the same ones every time.
5Use your holidays and vacation as a time to study.[2] A steady, ongoing state of learning will have you more than ready by exam time, rather than trying to cram at the last minute. Those breaks during the year provide a more relaxing, yet still work-focused, time to keep preparing consistently. If you use these times to keep learning, you won't stress anywhere near as much as those leaving it all until the last minute.
6Prepare in earnest from about six months, then really knuckle down at three months to go. This deeper learning and revision must begin well before the boards, so plan out a timetable and give up on about 90% of the fun you have been having at this point. It's serious study time! It may seem a long-term but it short in the bigger scheme of things and yet has such long-term impact, so dedicate yourself to the long-term outcome for the best.
Part 2
Specific studying strategies
1Listen to the teacher's explanation throughout the whole year.[3] These will help you to retain the information and is useful to draw on in case you forget what something means.
2Use the mid-year examinations to pinpoint your progress thus far. After the mid-year examinations, work on improving your grades. For example, if you get a C in physics (or biology or chemistry), work on getting at least a B; if you get a B in maths, try to work harder for getting an A and so on.
- Note: English is a language that you can't study. The only thing you can do to improve your skills is to read stories, books, magazines, newspapers etc. See "reading voraciously" as a strategy in Section One.
3Keep concentrating in class, keep doing your homework and keep studying at home. Try to focus, even if you find that this is easier said than done.
4Study in groups with friends. This is very helpful and could help you overcome any problems that arise.
Part 3
Three months before the exams
1Start reviewing, the learning is over. Look at the notes you took during the past couple of years. You need to remember it all.
2Study really hard.[4] For the next three months, read and learn all your textbooks (remember only the prescribed ones, there is no need to buy those guidebooks). Learn each and every definition. They will be in the test.
3Review historic exams.[5] For the last three months do and re-do the past papers from the last 20 years. Do them as many times as you can and check your answers from the marking scheme.
- Review all the tests and exams done in class and learn from your mistakes.
- Try to print out old IGCSE/GCSE papers, this way when it comes to the real exam you'll know how everything is organised. (Mostly from "Circle the answers" to definitions).
- You can mostly find past papers on your exam board's website, and there are many other sites which offer them too.
Part 4
Sitting the exam
1Make sure you eat well before the exam.[6] Not eating could cause you to forget things, and you need to have the energy to work hard; some exams are about 2 hours long!
2Write whatever you know in the exam. Try not to leave any questions blank.
- If you can't answer a question, don't waste time by hopelessly trying to figure it out. Move on, then come back to it later.[7]
3Know some of the important elements when doing the test. Some of these include:
- Run through the exam quickly before doing any questions, that way you know what questions are to come and you don't get a big shock.
- Use the number of marks available for each question as an indicator of how much you need to write. Don't write an entire paragraph for a one mark question, and don't write one short sentence for a six-mark question.
- Use information given in the question. Use tables and graphs if given to back up your answer.
- Answer the question. If there are two parts to a question ensure you answer both.
- Don't write more points than required: is it's a 3 mark question, write 3 points only; the examiner will not pick out the best points out of many.
- When asked to draw a line of best fit, draw a line which has the same number of points on each side and goes through as many points as possible.
- Show your working clearly when you are doing calculations. You will be awarded extra marks.
- Always give the correct units in an answer to a calculation.
- Always label diagrams with as much detail as you can.
- Draw diagrams in pencil as you may need to make changes later.
- When drawing graphs, always label the axes with their name and the units you are using e.g. Time (seconds).
- Check your spelling, punctuation and grammar carefully as there may be extra marks awarded for this.
4Do not cheat. Never copy from neighbours and hidden notes because you will be cheating.
5Reap the rewards. If you do all this, there is a very good chance of you scoring more than you ever thought you could.
Community Q&A
QuestionHow can I improve my math skills?Community AnswerThe best way to practice math in IGCSE is by doing past papers to try to to work out where your weaknesses and strengths lie. Do more on past papers, especially for math.
QuestionWhat can I do to avoid getting nervous during an exam?Community AnswerStart by eating well before the exam. Don't cram at the last minute--studies have shown this is not an effective way to succeed in test-taking. Prepare well in advance of the test, and review the night before. Being well-prepared will help ease any stress you feel during an exam.
QuestionHow can I improve my biology skills?Community AnswerYou could research everything your not sure of, watch videos, strengthen your weaknesses, take notes and study them well.
QuestionHow many subjects should I sit for?Community AnswerIn most countries, it's best if you sit for eight exams, but some countries require fewer and others more, so you should go by the college's needs or your country's requirements.
QuestionI came from Russia but now must pass exams in Dubai in only 2 months. What can I do?Community AnswerTell yourself that you can do it, just set your mind to it and get on with it. Avoid going out and avoid friends because that might distract you, and put everything aside to just concentrate on the work before you. There is no time like the present and no substitute for hard work.
QuestionShould I follow my teachers' advice if they tell me I should mostly do past papers when I have been trying to study for biology?Community AnswerDo the past papers when you actually understand the subject. Study until you comprehend the topic and then do past papers afterward to test what you know.
QuestionI have less than one month to study for my IGCSE exams and I know very little. I will take seven subjects and want straight A's. How should I start and when?Community AnswerYou need to start as soon as possible and go through past papers, friends' notes and readings. Above all, do not panic and stay completely focused on what needs to be achieved.
QuestionI feel unprepared for the exam and fear I will not get all A's. What can I do to assure success?Community AnswerThere's no way to assure success in life. What's important is to try your best and work hard. Know the work inside out and do plenty of practice tests. Toss fear aside and replace it with effort.
QuestionHas anyone taken the IGSCE exam? Was it very hard?Community AnswerIt wasn't hard at all, you just need to study well and practice as much as you can before the exam.
QuestionIf I failed this exam in ninth grade, is there a chance I can pass it in tenth?Community AnswerYes. Buckle down, study even harder and sit the exams again in November. You'll do better for the experience, plus you'll be older and wiser this time around. You can do it.
- Focus on every word you write and read.
- Study hard on the subjects in which you are weak.
- Always listen to your teachers and take to corrections which don't prove that you're right.
- Take breaks during your study times.
- Take an overall look at your exam to determine which ones are the hard questions so you can save time for them.
- For practice papers, go to www.xtremepapers.com , this will help you know how the exams papers are organised.
- Do difficult questions first so you won't feel as panicked or loose too much time on the easier ones.
- It doesn't matter what teachers think of you in class. Remember they have zero influence on your final result. Or direction in life, in the larger scheme of things. Don't make enemies, but don't fret if they seem to overreach your participation desires.
- Ideally, your school would give you the past papers to practice. If they don't, then find some by yourself. Some specialty stores or possibly online could have them.
- Remember "past papers" are the "most important!" Only do the actual CIE past papers, though doing O-Level past papers can be helpful for the sciences.
- Write the book down for efficient learning. If you can learn through re-writing, go for it.
- Not every method works for every person. If cramming just stresses you out, study a little each night throughout the year instead.
- Carry only a transparent material to carry your items (pencils, pens, etc.).
- Do not talk or try to interact with anyone except for the invigilator as soon as you have entered the examination hall.
- Never get involved in unfair activities during the exam. If you are caught doing so in any IGCSE exam, you will get zero marks as a result of your dishonesty, and all of your IGCSE results will be discarded.
- Don't try to revise the day before the exam as you should sleep well to perform well but revise the day before the exam in the morning.
- Always take a day of rest in the week because all work and no play stiffens your retention rates.
- A seeming air of cooperation can be beneficial, so throw the teacher a bone every once in a while.
Things You'll Need
- A see-through pencil case
- Pencils x 2
- Pens x 2 (black and blue)
- Ruler
- Eraser
- Some exams need coloured pencils
- Calculator (fx91ESS- model)
- Ensure to sharpen your pencils and check your pens for ink, before entering the exam hall
- Always keep a spare sharpener if your pencil goes blunt
- In most exams you will need a protractor and a compass
- Candidate information and bring your ID card (do not forget these two things, as you may risk a mark penalty)
- ↑ https://www.academictips.org/acad/beastudent.html
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/30/advice-to-revise-7-hours-a-day-for-gcses-over-easter-unbelievable
- ↑ https://www.academictips.org/acad/beastudent.html
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education-and-careers/2016/03/14/create-the-perfect-revision-plan/
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education-and-careers/2016/03/14/create-the-perfect-revision-plan/
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/10100363
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/10100363
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Liturgical Ministries
Training for Liturgical Ministers is open to parishioners who have both an interest and are willing to dedicate the time needed to serve their parish.
Eucharistic Minister
We are the body of Christ - we are Eucharist for one another. A new year brings with it opportunity to grow in our appreciation and understanding of the liturgy. Becoming an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion is one of the most meaningful and relevant ways to grow in our faith. Have you considered that God is calling you to this ministry?
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion assist with the distribution of the Body and Blood of Christ at weekend and weekday Masses and to the sick and homebound.
The Church needs more ministers to assist at the distribution of Holy Communion or to visit and bring Eucharist to the homebound.
Read more about policies and procedures with regards to Communion to the Homebound, Hospitals and Care Facilities, and for the Gluten Intolerant.
Proclaims the Word of God at Mass and other liturgical services. It requires a desire to know God thru scripture. A lector should be very familiar with reading scripture and be willing to practice all readings as assigned.
Children's Liturgy
of the Word
Liturgy of the Word for children covers the Sunday Gospels in an age-appropriate and interactive way. The purpose is to help our children grow in the faith of the Catholic church and develop as full and active members of our parish community. Read More
Music Ministries
Those involved in parish life through the ministry of music are comprised of Cantors, members of the Parish Choir, and the Contemporary Ensemble.
Men and women with a spirit of hospitality who welcome all who enter the Church. Ushers help people to their seat if necessary and are of general assistance to the assembly. They also take up the collection.
A sacristan is defined as a person who takes care of the sanctuary, sacred vessels and altar linens. At the Cathedral, many people perform these duties which include: ordering supplies, cleaning and repair of vestments, washing and ironing of church linens and altar server robes, replacing vigil candles, setting up for weekend liturgies, cleaning of ciboria, priests' chalices, holy water font and changing altar cloths.
Altar Linen Care
This invisible, yet essential ministry is responsible for cleaning and pressing the altar linens and purificators that are used each week during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Because the manner in which we treat sacred things (even those of less significance than the chalice, paten, liturgical furnishings, etc.) fosters and expresses our openness to the graces God gives to His Church in every celebration of the Eucharist, guidelines are provided in order to ensure that the altar cloths are prepared with appropriate care and respect. Thus, by the diligent care of the altar linens, the Church expresses her joy at the inestimable gifts she receives from Christ's altar. This ministry is time-flexible and performed at home.
Click here for a copy of the current Liturgical Ministry Schedule
Instituted Acolytes
The instituted ministries, opened to lay men by Pope Paul VI in 1973, exist to assist the priest in the parish, particularly in the liturgy. These men will assist particularly in the distribution of Communion and the purification of the sacred vessels. Read more
Altar Server
Boys and girls grades 4-12 who assist the priest during Mass. Training is required prior to being scheduled to serve. Adult men and women assist with serving at funeral Masses to enhance the worship of our faith community.
Click on video below to watch now. Once video begins, select the FULL screen view option (square icon located in the lower right hand corner of video while it's playing).
This video is for Altar Server and Sacristan training purposes.
Interested in becoming an Altar Server?
Meetings take place once a month and are for all current Altar Servers and those interested in becoming an Altar Server.
February 21, March 13, April 17, May 15
Location: St. Mary Cathedral
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Featuring a cast of 45 and a crew of 15, plus an amazing, eye-popping set, Chantilly High's production of "Auntie Mame" is about to burst upon the stage.
It's the school's Cappies entry and will be presented Friday-Saturday, April 21-22 and April 28-29, at 7 p.m. each night, in the auditorium. Tickets are $7.
DIRECTOR Ed Monk didn't initially plan to double-cast it but, he said, "At auditions, there was just too much talent. It's a really fun show, and we hope everyone comes. It's a classic, so the audience should really enjoy it."
Sharing the lead role are seniors Abba Kiser and Faith McAuliffe, both 17. The story unfolds over eight years in the 1920s-'30s in New York and is based on a book by Patrick Dennis, Auntie Mame's nephew.
"Auntie Mame is rich and sophisticated, but liberal and artistic — open to new ideas like modern dance, Eastern religions and wild costumes," said McAuliffe. "When the stock market crashes, she's left with nothing and tries to get a job, but fails. But before losing a job at Macy's, she falls in love with a Southern gentleman, Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside, who comes into the store. Later on, she dresses as a Southern Belle to meet his family."
The plot centers around Mame and her nephew Patrick, 10, who comes to live with her after her brother dies. This happens while she's living in New York and throwing big parties. "He's straight-laced, and she tries to open up his world, while battling with his trustees [who think she's a bad influence on him]," said McAuliffe. "As he grows up, he looks for something more normal and gets engaged to snobby, shallow Gloria Upson."
Naturally, when Auntie Mame invites the Upson family for dinner, crazy things happen. "The Upsons leave, and Patrick realizes they're snobs and Gloria is an idiot," said McAuliffe. "Auntie Mame then realizes Patrick finally is his own person."
Describing her character as "charismatic, quirky, fun and big-hearted," McAuliffe said Mame "really loves life and all its different colors and flavors." Since she's so multi-dimensional, it's a challenge to capture her many facets, but not overact.
But McAuliffe loves the part because she can do so much with it and "the whole play's about having fun and loving life, and Mame's over-the-top and larger-than-life. She's the center of attention and a really strong character."
She said the audience will love the show's motion. "It's like a rollercoaster — always something happening, so it's easy to get caught up in Mame's adventures. She was a strong, female character for her time and an independent woman."
ALTHOUGH McAuliffe won't critique her own show, she's also a Cappies critic and, speaking as such, she believes Chantilly's show is a crowd-pleaser. "It has great comic moments, a huge set and lots of costume changes," she said. "And although it's a fun, feel-good show, the level of difficulty should be impressive."
Abba Kiser calls Mame eccentric and caring, but "self-concerned, at the same time. She's classy, but down-to-earth, smart, witty, quick and a Renaissance woman." Kiser says the role's difficult because "you have to come off as the stereotypical, rich woman from New York City, while still winning over the audience."
But she loves getting to "look at each line and figure out how it would sound best. Faith and I play her differently. She plays her as maternal; I'm more of a snob, so it's harder for me to come off as well-liked by the audience and to give the impression that everyone adores me. But there's something about Mame that's so endearing."
Kiser, too, says the elaborate set is pretty spectacular and even the props are an integral part of the show. She's acting on Cappies night so, she said, "It adds to the stress. It would be awesome if we got nominated for anything, but we're trying our best and will just have a good time doing it."
Freshman Andrew Dugan, 14, is playing Patrick in both casts. "It's really great," he said. "I'm honored to get a lead role at such a young age in high school." After Pat's father dies, servant Norah takes the boy from his home in Chicago to his Auntie Mame's in New York.
"Pat's blown away by all the action around him in this new environment," said Dugan. "His father didn't really talk to him; Norah took care of him. Pat tries to be polite and help whoever is looking after him. He's just a nice boy. But soon after arriving, his trustee Miss Babcock sends him to St. Boniface, a private school in Massachusetts."
At first, he's upset to leave Auntie Mame, but then grows accustomed to his new surroundings and becomes a bit snobby. "I enjoy it because he's a fun character to play," said Dugan. "He goes through so many emotions from confused to depressed to happy."
Dugan's in the whole, first part of the play, so he has lots of lines to memorize. But he loves acting and has made lots of new friends with his castmates. He says the audience will "definitely enjoy the show. It's extremely funny, the acting's wonderful and Mr. Monk's a great director."
Senior April Glick, 18, portrays Miss Babcock. She's also doing the actors' makeup so, she said, "It's going to make for an interesting dress-rehearsal week." To create each character's appearance, she said, she and her helpers took photos of their faces and sketched in colored pencils what they wanted them to look like. Designing Mame's makeup was toughest, said Glick, but doing makeup gave her "the opportunity to see how much work goes into the other aspects of the show."
SHE DESCRIBED Babcock as a "WASP-y banker from Connecticut, in charge of Patrick's father's will. I get to determine where he goes to school and where the inheritance money goes. I want him to be a God-fearing Protestant going to all the proper boarding schools and taking etiquette classes. I'm restricted and pristine and never do anything wrong."
Glick said this role is "such a far step outside of me to be a closed-up, angry, snotty person, that it's fun to play." She said the audience will appreciate the show's physical comedy and one-liners. "We're putting our whole hearts and souls into this show," she said. "And we're a fun department, good at doing comedy."
Sophomore Clare Bonner, 15, also plays Babcock. "She's stern and not too nice," said Bonner. "Auntie Mame doesn't agree with her odd views, but she thinks her view is always right and does what she can to get her way. I usually play happy, nicer, comedic characters, so this is very different for me." And although it can be hard playing someone so mean, she said, she's glad to try something new.
Junior Chloe West plays Vera, a high-class actress originally from Pittsburgh. "But she puts on a British accent to make her sound more credible to people, because those in her world consider anyone other than from New York to be from Hicktown," explained West.
"She's shallow and is Auntie Mame's best friend," said West. "And when Patrick is being taken away from her, she tries to cheer her up by putting her in a play. I love this role; Vera's so hilarious. Everything she says is out of the blue. She says whatever she's thinking, no matter what."
Junior Jesse Igbokwe, 17, plays Ito, Mame's Japanese servant. "I play him as sort of Mame's sidekick, always alert, excited about life and jumping on what she has to say," he said. "He has little, comedic quirks, such as giggling and walking with a slight hunch."
"I auditioned for this part, so I was happy to get it," said Igbokwe. "I thought it would be a fun character to play because I like his randomness and his Asian accent. And he has short, funny, one-liners."
Since he's black, he said, it'll be a challenge "changing races." But he's delighted that his role's so funny. "All our actors and actresses are phenomenal, and so are our techies," he said. "And the sets are so cool, the audience will love it."
Gloria's mother, Mrs. Upson, is portrayed by junior Lindsay Arnsmeyer, 17. "She's a conservative woman who cares a lot about labels and appearances, big time, and is very stuck up," said Arnsmeyer. "I love playing her because I can be snotty, fake and very loud. And in children's shows, I've played animals, so I'm glad to play a person."
SENIORS Marley Monk, 18, and Kevin Jones, 17, head the tech crew. Jones helped build the set and design the lighting. "I love construction and working with my hands," said Jones. "There are several, different scenes and everything moves. Because it's all on wheels, everything has to fit together perfectly. But it's all going up like a breeze."
During construction, said Monk, "We make sure everything's getting accomplished and our designs are getting carried out the right way. This is the first set I've designed that has a lot of locations, and there's a lot of scene changes and big things that move. So we have a large running-crew to move all the pieces and make sure all the furniture gets on and off."
"And they have to do it fast and quietly," she added. "So we need every actor that's not on stage to help." But she's enjoying herself because "it's senior year and the group of techies we have right now has worked together a long time. We know each other well and have a good rhythm established."
As for the audience, said Monk, "They'll be surprised because, everytime they see a new scene and think, 'This is it,' the next one will amaze them even more — and that's our goal."


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Thursday, August 25, 2016
August Smalls SAL.....
The Smalls SAL is hosted by Heather of Stitching Lotus. You can click the link above or her blog name link!
I have been stitching on a LOT of things this month, but I did find time to finally cross stitch the JN Happy Birthday whimzi for myself!!! I've been wanting to do it for years, but you know how that goes......another project comes along and it gets pushed aside.
Here it is. I did change the color of fabric and whimzi frame for mine. I did have the yellow fabric and antique brass looking whimzi, but it just was not appealing to me to stitch it on the yellow or put it in that antique brass frame. I did keep the colors the same and added the 2 small crystals on as called for on the chart. I just LOVE how it turned out. Happy Birthday to me....Happy Birthday to me! LOL
As I was cleaning up my sewing room, I stumbled across this JN Scream Girls whimzi's ALMOST finished! I couldn't believe it! So I quickly finished stitching it up and framed it as well. This is not the whimzi frame JN put this design in originally, but it is what I had on hand. The original whimzi frame had a ghost on the front of a greenish frame. I think it still looks nice!
That's all I have to share for my Smalls post today.
Happy Stitching!
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Contest Winners!!!
First off, I am sorry for being so late in posting the winners names to my Birthday Contest. I got home Sunday and was just TOTALLY exhausted from moving DD back to college last week and trying to visit with family the short time we were in TN. Then the next couple of days was getting back into the regular routine, and then DS started back to High School on Wed. So yes.....it has been an eventful week thus far.
But you don't want to read about all that so let's get on to the FUN STUFF! Like PRIZES!!!
Prize #1 for the Long Dog chart, Ginger is the winner!!!!
Prize #2 for the Jennette Douglas Designs chart, Jorja is the winner!!!
Prize #3 for the fabric, Terri is the winner!!!
Ladies, please email me your mailing addresses so I can get these prizes packaged up to mail out to you!!!
Thank you to all who entered my contest!!! I hope you like your prizes!!!
Happy Stitching!
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Happy Birthday to me & a CONTEST!!!
Now YOU can share in celebrating my birthday with me as well by entering my Birthday Contest. Rules for the contest are only that you are a follower of my blog, and if you post this contest on your blog, you get a 2nd entry. Leave a comment and tell me which prize you would love to win.
Prize #1 is a Long Dog chart called Bois le Duc.
Prize #2 is Jeannette Douglas Designs Appalachian Spring Sampler chart. It can also be made into a needleroll if you don't want to frame it.
A close up picture of the sampler as the first picture doesn't show it well.
Prize #3 is a 21" x 28" piece of HDF 5201 White 36ct linen.
I will mail anywhere and I will be drawing the prizes Monday Aug 15. That way you can share my blog with your friends to enter to try and win.
One last birthday picture that I thought was too cute not to share.
HAPPY STITCHING everyone!!!
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
TUSAL time again.....
Sharon of It's Daffycat is our host for our TUSAL each month! You can click the picture above or her blog link to be taken to see what TUSAL is all about.
I seemed to have a LOT of ORTs this time. You can see how they are spilling over my little ORT tin that Pat made me. I keep an ORT catcher on my lapboard when I am stitching and then transfer them to the small tin to save til posting time.
I'm off to stitch a little before going to an appointment.
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So, this year, I obviously have a good excuse again, not so much the pregnancy, but the couple gallons of water I require and the hourly bathroom trips and multiple trips in the night... not good camping material here. But it doesn't appear that I have a good excuse, since we haven't told anyone yet... so it's looks like I'm just ditching the family.
So we didn't go camping, but DH is headed over today for the float trip. He was getting ready this morning and I went to the bathroom and came out and saw what he was wearing, and my reply was "Hell NO!"
He had on a t-shirt that his uncle gave him that says:
(when she lets me go hunting)
Nevermind that I already look a little bad for not going today, that shirt makes me look worse. And it's crap too, cause I let him go hunting whenever he wants, even though I don't like him doing it.
Hell NO!


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Such a beautiful place to learn and eat and share, with lovely teachers and kind people. So happy when I asked my mom if this was a crazy idea she didn't think so! Thank you all for such a wonderful time!Thea
Such a beautiful place to learn and eat and share, with lovely teachers and kind people. So happy when I asked my mom if this was a crazy idea she didn't think so! Thank you all for such a wonderful time!Thea
Staying at the villa together, this group has quickly changed from a group of travelers with shared dietary needs to a family. This family could not have come together without the care of Carla, Paola, Lorenzo and Heidi. Carla's classes were exactly what I hope for.Jenn & Mark
The trip to Lucca was a dream come true. Carla, Lorenzo and everyone else made me feel as if I were meeting old friends and family. The Villa and the surrounding grounds were absolutely lovely and the food was not only plentiful and delicious, but gluten free for me!! As soon as Carla took me in the kitchen of the Villa, I knew the next few days were going to be nothing short of miraculous. Thank you Jovial Foods for memories I will treasure the rest of my life!Carol
Winning our week in Tuscany with Jovial Foods was beyond a dream come true. Carla and her "family" at Jovial were amazing, generous, and the utmost gracious hosts at the villa. The Jovial family shares a strong sense of quality and connection in all they do including the people that work with them, the products they use and produce all the way to the thoughtful packaging that we see on the shelves. Our week was full of unforgettable food, sights, new friends, and lots of laughter- thank you Carla for sharing your passion and kindness with us.Liz
I thank you so much for the wonderful experience spending a week with Jovial in Lucca. Carla the cooking classes were inspiring! The Passeggiata every evening in town pulled me back from whatever my mission was at the moment. I would love to import it to my neighborhood, even if it is transformed somehow into a "New World" style. Thank you for taking such good care of us. It was the trip of a lifetime!Susan
We all had the greatest vacation of our lives, one I know my kids and I will cherish forever. Thanks for making it possible! The new Friends, the Villa, the Vistas were all amazing and of course the food was Delicious. Both of my children couldn't have been happier! Thanks for going out of your way to make it special and being so accommodating with ALL of our food allergies.Diana


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ALLISON WILLIAMS has been announced as the new face of Simple, the British skincare line for sensitive skin, less than a year after she was catapulted to fame as Marnie in Lena Dunham's hit television series - Girls. "If you're an actress - and in some cases, this goes for all women - the only thing you can control about your skin is what you put on your face at the beginning of the day, and what you do when you take your makeup off," she said. "Otherwise, it's affected by stress, make-up artists, weather, pollution. The great thing about Simple products is that they protect you against those things - you can wipe it all off at the end of the day." The actress, who has also starred in a series of Funny or Die sketches as the Duchess of Cambridge, also revealed that her seemingly flawless complexion has not always been so clear.
"I do have sensitive skin, actually, and it's been really hard to find products that don't make it inflamed, or red or dry, or make it break out," she told People. "It's really complicated, but I've learned that it's the case for more people than not. I don't know how many people have unproblematic skin - that's rare."
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There are so many things going right in "X-Men: First Class" that you can almost overlook its glaring faults. A richly layered, intelligently worked-out prequel, it melds a dozen back stories, globe-hopping thrills and historic political confrontations, yet it never packs too many sardines into the tin.
The film has a mature confidence rarely seen in comic-book fare, with powerful drama and throwaway wit in perfect balance.
The film gives a fresh start to the X-Men story line, with its mutant heroes alienated from human society. Director/co-writer Matthew Vaughn introduces his parallel protagonists with swift, sure strokes.
In a World War II prologue, young Erik Lehnsherr, who will become Magneto, discovers his telekinetic powers at the hands of a sadistic Nazi scientist. Half a world away, Charles Xavier, the future Professor X, is raised amid wealth and comfort, using his telepathic gifts to calm and help an outcast girl.
The seeds of the characters planted, the tale skips ahead two decades. Erik uses his powers to hunt down the Nazis who killed his parents, executing them without remorse. "I'm Frankenstein's monster, looking for my creator," he tells one fugitive war criminal before dispatching him. Charles, a young college lecturer, turns his empathic skills to advantage in his extracurricular womanizing. Neither is a clear-cut villain or hero, and when they meet, their differences are simply philosophical disagreements between close friends.
The duo are recruited by the CIA to locate others of their kind who can help combat Soviet aggression. As they gradually encounter younger peers, Charles envisions a world where mutants and humans peacefully coexist. Erik sees humans as persecutors and mutants as the next step in evolutionary progress. Their true natures are tested by a power-mad mutant bent on inflaming U.S.-Russian tensions into a nuclear holocaust. The film races ahead like a thoroughbred thriller, with every action sequence logically motivated by the story.
The tale is ideally served by returning to the early 1960s. The film's production design has a sleek retro allure; the look of the U.S. war room is a direct nod to "Dr. Strangelove," and the costumes are slim-cut, hip and sexy, if slightly anachronistic (miniskirts and men with long hair were still years away). Setting the action at the dawn of the civil rights movement and feminism gives the story social and political significance that's relevant even now. When one closeted mutant on the CIA payroll clarifies why he has kept his powers secret, he explains, "They didn't ask, I didn't tell."
A film so dependent on character dynamics needs fine actors in its lead roles. James McAvoy is superb as Charles, playing the patient, good-humored idealist with delicacy. Michael Fassbender is coolly charismatic, rueful and lethal as Erik. The actors are both in their early 30s, but McAvoy still carries some baby fat in his cheeks, while Fassbender has a lean, wolfish look. Over the course of the film they round up five teen mutants, who are thinly characterized, and the shape-shifting Raven (Jennifer Lawrence), who appears to be a blond, blue-eyed angel because she uses her camouflage abilities to hide her natural appearance.
The biggest problem with the film is the nemesis. Kevin Bacon plays Dr. Schmidt, the concentration-camp physician who unlocks Erik's rage, and thus his magnetic abilities. From the moment he appears onscreen, speaking ill-accented German, Bacon strikes a false note. He's equally unconvincing in the 1960s chapter of the film, reincarnated as a lounge lizard Bond baddie named Sebastian Shaw. Dressed in mod splendor and swilling cocktails, his performance drips oily excess. He's also saddled with an illogical and unexplained transformation. Somehow he has acquired mutant powers of his own, which punctures the crucial plot point that humans and mutants are on separate evolutionary tracks.
Still, the four-way faceoff between heroic and evil mutants and the U.S. and U.S.S.R. during the missile blockade is as taut and thrilling a showdown as we've seen in months. In almost every important regard, the new "X-Men" is first-class indeed.
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An Overview of Non-Competition Agreements in Texas
Non-competition agreements are typically included in business sale and employment contracts. Although a number of restraints on competition are unlawful in Texas, the Covenants Not to Compete Act provides a legal exception for such agreements. Under the Covenants Not to Compete Act, a covenant not to compete may be enforceable if it is:
- Ancillary to an enforceable agreement – In Texas, stand-alone non-competition agreements are not enforceable. Such agreements must be either ancillary to or part of an otherwise enforceable agreement at the time of drafting. In order for a covenant to be considered ancillary:
- The consideration given must give rise to the individual seeking to enforce the covenant's interest in restraining the other party to the contract; and
- The covenant must be designed to enforce the individual seeking to enforce the covenant's obligations in the enforceable agreement.
- Reasonable – In addition to the requirement that the non-competition agreement be ancillary to an enforceable agreement, the non-competition agreement must contain reasonable limitations regarding time, scope of activity to be restrained, and geographic area. When determining whether limitations on time, scope of activity to be restrained, and geographic area are reasonable, the following guidelines should be applied:
- The duration of the non-competition agreement should relate to the needs of the business.
- The agreement's geographic limitations should be no greater than the area in which the individual who is limited by the agreement worked while employed by his or her former organization. However, some courts have upheld non-competition agreements that prohibited former employees from soliciting customers with whom the employee had contract while employed by their former company despite the lack of a geographic restriction.
Additional Texas Non-Competition Agreement Considerations
While non-competition agreements should generally be drafted as narrowly as possible, there have been instances of courts finding overbroad agreements to be valid after revision by the court. When a non-competition agreement is found to be overbroad, courts have the option to amend the agreement's language to impose no greater restraint than is necessary to protect the drafter's legitimate business interests.
When a non-competition agreement is violated, courts typically enforce the same via an injunction, which is a court order prohibiting a party to the agreement from engaging in certain behavior or committing certain acts. In addition, following a successful outcome in court, the party seeking to enforce the agreement is sometimes entitled to recover attorney fees, monetary damages, and court costs.
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If you are engaged in an employment dispute of any kind, please contact an experienced employment litigation attorney to discuss your issue. At Ajamie LLP, our experienced Texas attorneys represent employers and employees across a wide range of industries. We offer preventive counseling, litigate all facets of employment disputes, and advise clients in a number of industries. Please contact us for a consultation.


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Losing your sense of hearing can be a devastating problem for many people. In addition to making it difficult to hear your friends and family, this problem can be a safety hazard when you are driving or walking next to a road. If you have noticed that your hearing has been deteriorating, there are a couple of things that may be able to drastically improve your hearing acuity.
Keep Your Ears Clean
Ear wax is a substance that is designed to help protect the sensitive internal components of the ear, but it can accumulate along the sides of the ear canal. Over time, this wax can constrict this canal, and this can reduce your ability to hear.
Due to this phenomenon, you should always make sure to keep your ears clean. Unfortunately, some people make the mistake of sticking cleaning devices deep into the ear canal. This can damage the sensitive inner components of the ear, and it can push wax deeper into the canal. To avoid this problem, you should never insert anything into the ear canal, but rather, you should only clean the visible portion of the ear.
Consider Getting A Hearing Aid
If cleaning your ear does not correct the issue, there are other treatment options available for restoring your hearing. In particular, hearing aids are common prosthetics that can greatly enhance diminished hearing ability. Sadly, some people may not want to get these prosthetics because they believe they will be uncomfortable and easily noticed.
Fortunately, this doesn't have to be the case. It is possible to get semi-permanent installed in your ear canal. These prosthetics are installed during a minor surgical procedure, and they are all but invisible to other individuals. If you opt for this procedure, you will need to visit your doctor at least once every six months to test the device and ensure its batteries are in good condition. While you may not like the idea of undergoing this surgery, most patients will fully recover within a couple of days, and this can be the most effective and discreet solution for correcting your hearing loss. If you don't want surgery, talk with Hearing Professionals. They can help you find a hearing aid that sits comfortably behind the ear.
Hearing loss does not have to ruin your life. While there are many different causes for this degenerative condition, following these two tips may be able to minimize the effects of these conditions. These two tips can help you minimize the effects of hearing loss without significantly impacting your quality of life or appearance.Share


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So this made me smile today, little piece of engineering ingenuity that aims to make peoples lives better. My kids are going to this Uni…i obviously will have to emigrate to Peru and have kids before that happens but whatever they're going there and while they change the world i'll be supping Pisco Sours on a modest veranda somewhere.
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Lage Raho Munna Bhai lit. Keep at it, Munna Bhai! is a 2006 Indian comedy-drama film directer Rajkumar Hirani and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It is the follow-up to the 2003 film Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. with Sanjay Dutt reprising his role as Munna Bhai, a Mumbai Bombay underworld don. In Lage Raho Munna Bhai, the eponymous lead character starts to see the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi. Through his interactions with Gandhi, he begins to practice what he refers to as Gandhigiri a neologism for Gandhism to help ordinary people solve their problems.
Directer : Rajkumar Hirani
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Screenplay : Rajkumar Hirani,Abhijat Joshi
Story : Rajkumar Hirani,Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Starring : Sanjay Dutt,Arshad Warsi,Vidya Balan,Boman Irani,Dilip Prabhavalkar,Dia Mirza,Jimmy Sheirgill,Kulbhushan Kharbanda,Saurabh Shukla
Music : Shantanu Moitra
Cinematography : C. K. Muraleedharan
Edited : Rajkumar Hirani
Distributed : Vinod Chopra Productions
Release date : 1 September 2006
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When you're starting a low-carb diet, finding dinners that the whole family can enjoy may seem like a challenge. With the right approach, you can prepare meals that are as crowd-pleasing as they are healthy. Low-carbohydrate diets aren't necessarily good for everyone, so don't start anyone on a low-carb regimen without first consulting a doctor or dietitian. When you make meals like these, you can eat well all month long without once repeating a recipe.
You already know that salads are healthy, but you may not know that they can also be low-carb. The greens and most veggies you find in salads are reliably low-carb. You can add all the diced or sliced meat you want to a salad, and even some grated or cubed hard cheese. If you add the wrong kind of dressing, though, you may make the meal significantly carb-heavy. That doesn't mean you need to eat your salads naked. Look for low-carb versions of your favorites. Many ranch dressings, for example, only have 1 or 2 carbs per serving, as do some other creamy flavors, such as roasted onion Parmesan or a southwest chipotle.
Family pleasing entrees don't need bread and other carbs to be hearty. Marinated chicken, grilled salmon, pork tenderloin and broiled steaks are all ideal centerpieces for any dinner. They give you energy from protein instead of carbohydrates, but you can still get too much of a good thing. Instead of eating nothing but red meat for a month, alternate with lean meats like grilled chicken breast and seafood additions like mahi mahi and shrimp.
Vegetables are the perfect side dish when you're on a low-carb diet, but that doesn't mean you have to eat steamed broccoli with every meal. Mix things up with a medley of mixed roasted vegetables, or Asian-inspired fare like snow peas and edamame. If you have picky eaters in the family, add cheese to healthy sides or even low-carb versions of tasty dips or dressings. Skillet-seared tomatoes with a dash of melted mozzarella cheese are sweet and savory.
Despite other health benefits associated with fresh fruit, not all of them are low-carb. Fruits such as strawberries and watermelon are among the lowest in carbs, but eating these for 30 days may test your patience. Break up your schedule of all-natural desserts with indulgent treats like coconut cream pie, ricotta cheesecake and chocolate brownies. While they may sound too good to be true, they aren't; low-carb alternative recipes for these and other classics allow you to give your family their favorite desserts without sacrificing flavor.
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Multicultural Relations Program
Through proactive outreach, this Unit will establish and keep contact with key members and organizations from the diverse cultural groups that are components of the diverse population of Baltimore County. This will promote a positive working relationship which will develop mutual understanding, cooperation and respect.
Officer Carlos H. Selvi currently serves as the Multicultural Relations Liaison Officer.
Multicultural Relations Program Goals
- Identify the various minority groups that resides in Baltimore County.
- Build relationships between civic groups, businesses, faith based organizations and influential members of the multicultural population in order to improve the quality of life.
- Respond to incidents of a critical or emergency nature by the Communications Liaison/911 Center, or any supervisor.
- Assist Patrol and CID Specialized Unit Detectives with investigations and any other request associated with accomplishing their task at hand.
- Assist in the training of officers with instruction aimed at eliminating cultural barriers.
- Provide training in the form of presentations to the diverse cultural groups of Baltimore County.
- Coordinate between crime victims, witnesses, the courts, service providers and other government agencies.
- Construct and maintain positive relationships between members of the diverse multicultural population and our agency.
- Eliminate fear of the police so that persons will report crime and also provide witness information, thus reducing crime and victimization.
- Motivate and recruit members of the multicultural population as volunteers to assist and instruct members of the diverse population who may have become victims of crime or need assistance with any other police or social matter.
- Demonstrate a positive attitude and actively seek qualified candidates from the diverse population to become police officers with the Baltimore County Police Department.
The Multicultural Relations Liaison Officer can be reached by phone at 410-887-5901 during regular business hours. You can also leave a voice mail at 410-887-2319. Email at firstname.lastname@example.com. In case of emergency contact 911.
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The 2015 Terrorist Attack at Charlie Hebdo's Offices
A series of terrorist attacks shook France in January 2015, claiming the lives of 17 people, including 11 journalists and security personnel at the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satiric magazine. The deadly violence focused attention on the threat posed by militant Islam. The response to the attacks by the French was generally one of solidarity rather than reprisal.
The Attacks.
On January 7 the offices of Charlie Hebdo were the target of a terrorist attack. At 11:30 am Algerian French brothers Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, armed with assault rifles, entered the magazine's offices and killed caretaker Frédéric Boisseau. They then forced cartoonist Corinne ("Coco") Rey to enter the security code that granted access to the second floor, where an editorial meeting was being held. The attackers stormed into the newsroom, and police officer Franck Brinsolaro, who had been detailed to protect Charlie Hebdo editor Stéphane ("Charb") Charbonnier, was shot before he had the chance to draw his weapon. The attackers then asked for Charbonnier and four other cartoonists—Jean ("Cabu") Cabut, Georges ("Wolin") Wolinski, Bernard ("Tignous") Verlhac, and Philippe ("Honoré") Honoré—by name before killing them as well. Their other victims were economist Bernard Maris and psychoanalyst Elsa Cayat, both columnists for Charlie Hebdo, copy editor Mustapha Ourrad, and journalist Michel Renaud, a guest at the meeting.
A police car arrived at the scene as the attackers were leaving the building, but they opened fire on the officers' vehicle and were able to drive away. While fleeing from the scene, the attackers stopped to kill their 12th and final victim, police officer Ahmed Merabet, who was on patrol in the area. After the terrorists abandoned their getaway car and hijacked another one, the police were thrown off their track, but an identity card left behind in the abandoned vehicle allowed authorities to identify the attackers. Molotov cocktails and two jihadist flags were also found.
The police were able to take up the trail of the Kouachis again the following day after the brothers robbed a service station near the commune of Villers-Cotterêts, roughly 72 km (45 mi) northeast of Paris. The chase continued until the morning of January 9, when the fugitives were forced off the road by a police roadblock near Dammartin-en-Goële, about 35 km (22 mi) northeast of Paris. An exchange of gunfire ensued, and the brothers then entered an industrial park, where they holed up in a print works and took business owner Michel Catalano hostage; Catalano was later released. An employee of the company, Lilian Lepère, had been told by Catalano to hide, and he took refuge under the sink in the upstairs canteen. His presence was unknown to the Kouachis during the eight-hour siege that followed. During that time Lepère was able to relay information to the police via text messages. In a short phone interview with BFM TV, Chérif Kouachi referred to himself and his brother as defenders of the Prophet Muhammad and said that he had been sent by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The brothers told police negotiators that they were ready to die as martyrs, and just before 5:00 pm they emerged from the building and were killed in the ensuing shoot-out.
A second series of attacks, committed by Amedy Coulibaly, was at first thought to be independent from the assault on Charlie Hebdo. As the events unfolded, however, it came to light that he had been in contact with the Kouachis and that they had coordinated their actions. A video that emerged after the attacks revealed that Coulibaly had pledged allegiance to ISIL rather than al-Qaeda.
On the morning of January 8, Coulibaly killed policewoman Clarissa Jean-Philippe and injured a man in a southern suburb of Paris. At 1:30 pm the following day, he entered a Jewish supermarket at Porte de Vincennes in Paris, taking the patrons hostage in an attempt to force the police to let the Kouachi brothers go. Shortly after the end of the siege at Dammartin-en-Goële, at 5:15 pm, special-forces personnel stormed the supermarket, shooting Coulibaly and freeing 15 hostages. Four more hostages were found dead, killed by Coulibaly. One of the guns in Coulibaly's possession was later linked to the shooting and wounding of a jogger in a park in southwestern Paris on the evening of January 7.
The Attackers.
The younger of the two Kouachi brothers, 32-year-old Chérif, had in 2008 been sentenced to three years in jail, 18 months of which were suspended. He had been found guilty of trying to travel to Iraq in 2005 as part of the jihadist group Buttes-Chaumont (named after their meeting place, a park in Paris) to fight against U.S. troops. In prison he had contact with other Islamic fundamentalists, among them Coulibaly. Chérif Kouachi and Coulibaly were suspected of involvement in a 2010 plot to free from prison Smain Ait Ali Belkacem, a former member of Algerian Islamist group GIA (Groupe Islamique Armé), who was serving a life sentence for an attack in 1995 on the Paris Métro. Kouachi was in custody from May to October 2010 in connection with the investigation of that crime, but the prosecution was abandoned owing to a lack of evidence of his involvement. Coulibaly was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the plot; he was released in 2014.
At least one of the Kouachi brothers received weapons training in Yemen in July 2011, and both were monitored by France's domestic intelligence service. The surveillance was dropped (in 2013 for Chérif and in 2014 for Saïd) when authorities decided that the resources were better used to monitor fighters returning from Syria.
The Response.
Charlie Hebdo had earned a reputation for satirizing everyone, and a statistical analysis conducted by the newspaper Le Monde showed that the magazine was far more concerned with French politics than with religion; it had devoted a mere 1.3% of its covers to the topic of Islam in the decade prior to the attack. Nevertheless, problems had arisen earlier. In February 2006 Charlie Hebdo reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that had originally appeared in the Danish Jyllands-Posten. The Grand Mosque of Paris and the Union of French Islamic Organizations sued under antiracism laws, accusing the magazine of inciting hatred against Muslims. A French court ruled in favour of Charlie Hebdo's executive editor, Philippe Val, stating that it was only fundamentalists, not Muslims in general, who were being ridiculed. On Nov. 2, 2011, the editorial offices of Charlie Hebdo were destroyed in a firebomb attack after the magazine announced a special edition under the name of "Charia Hebdo" and named the Prophet Muhammad as editor in chief. Following the attack Charbonnier, who had taken over as editor of Charlie Hebdo in 2009, was placed under police protection.
On the day of the 2015 attack, while the terrorists were still at large, thousands of people took to the streets in Paris and other cities to express sympathy for the victims, using the slogan "Je suis Charlie" ("I am Charlie"). The message of solidarity spread around the world on social media. Issue No. 1178 of Charlie Hebdo, put together and published on January 14 by staffers who had survived the attack, showed on the cover a cartoon of a crying Muhammad holding a "Je suis Charlie" sign, under the headline "Tout est pardonné" ("All is forgiven"). Though the magazine's print run had been 60,000 prior to the attack, close to 8,000,000 copies of the January 14 issue were sold.
France saw a rise in reported Islamophobic incidents following the attacks, a worrying development for the estimated 4.7 million people who composed western Europe's largest Muslim community. A counterpoint to that spike in hostility was the popularization of the slogan "Je suis Ahmed," in remembrance of Ahmed Merabet, the Muslim police officer executed by the terrorists. Although radical Islam remained a great concern in France—some 1,000–2,000 French citizens were believed to have joined ISIL in Syria and Iraq—such solidarity highlighted the perceived difference between religion and militant fundamentalism.
Learn More in these related Britannica articles:
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Stéphane Charbonnier, ("Charb"), French cartoonist and magazine editor (born Aug. 21, 1967, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, near Paris, France—died Jan. 7, 2015, Paris), skewered religious extremism, right-wing politics, and pompous elitism as a staff member (from 1992) and director of publications (from 2009) of the satiric weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo. As a cartoonist…
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I am trying to remove DataBridge 1.1.2 to install vesrion 1.1.3
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The specified extension 'WADataBridge.mxi' is not installed.
Clicking OK in the error message box just puts me back where I was.
Any suggestions?
I'm using DW CS6 on Windows Vista
I found the file here:
C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Extension Manager CS6\Mxi Flag\Dreamweaver CS6\WADataBridge.mxi
Do you think I need to move or delete it?
How I got here: I tried to uninstall DB 1.1.2 but after waiting over an hour I killed the un-install using Windows Task Manager.
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Friendship is having a good relationship with someone, who we call a friend. People in a friendship have respect and affection for each other. A friendship is different from a romantic relationship; friends do not necessarily love each other romantically.
A friend is a person that someone likes or knows. People who are friends talk to each other and spend time together. They also help each other when they are in trouble or are hurt. Friends are people that can be looked up to and trusted. Sometimes people can't tell their secrets to their parents so they tell it to their friends. Usually friends have similar interests. A friend is one who admires a person's skill and helps or encourages them to make the right choices.
The strength of the bond of friendship between two people can vary. If the bond is very strong, they are called best friends. This can usually be achieved by possessing the elements of friendship, by being kind, generous, loyal, honest and by having fun. With these qualities you can truly enjoy the bliss of friendship. There are expectations, demands and complaints in friendship too. Some people say these should not be there in friendship. But two people interact in this world only when there are expectations. Friends can help you materialistically and morally. But if they don't match with your expectations, it doesn't mean you will break the friendship. This is what is different in friendship as compared to love relationship between two couples. Its all about understanding, realizing and helping whenever possible.
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August 28, 2015
You just jumped down to the corner to buy a pizza for lunch, but while you were away, your flatmate left the house and locked the doors. You thought he won't go anywhere during this this few minutes, but that's your luck... Luckily, you can still enter the house through the garage. There is a spare key, hidden somewhere in the dust. I guess it will take a while to get inside and eat your pizza, so maybe you should eat it while you drive to your workplace, or you'll be late. After getting inside the house, concentrate on finding the car keys. Good luck and have fun!


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_All photo's here are taken by me, enjoy 🙂 _ Wonderful 23 years I lived in the capital of our country. I didn't dream thought about moving to another city. But life writes strange stories and connects incompatible. I swapped urban bustle and nervousness with a sound of the waves and the smell of the… Continue reading Everything happens for a reason
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Much is changing in the world of palaeontology thanks to the researchers at Sam Noble Museum, who are printing out detailed fossils of ancient dinosaurs for their displays.
Normally, museums engaged in natural history don't actually setup real dinosaur remains in their exhibitions. After almost 70 million years beneath ancient strata, the bones are too brittle and delicate to risk accidents. Instead, the displays shown to audiences are made from moulds that take time, money and effort to develop -- but not anymore! The Sam Noble Museum of Norman, Oklahoma has begun scanning the fossils, recreating them in virtual space and finally printing them out using 3D printers.
The result is often a 10-foot monolith that's convincing enough to frighten children on school trips. It's encouraging to see the work at Sam Noble Museum, proving the almost infinite uses for 3D-printers.
The Sam Noble Museum is Remaking History
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Hi all
I want to integrate Pentaho with C#/VB.NET platform.
For the Authentication, there is login page for user console.
If I do not want use above login page to login, I want to login in code behind, I knew there are following method to do
2) pass parameter like querystring to the url eg http://192.168.1.2/pentaho/Login?use...sword=password
Except above 2 method, do you know other solution for C#/VB.NET?
Method 1) CAS SSO is most common solution but I have no much time to investgate.
Method 2) is most simple solution but it is not secure (can find the password easily from web browser....)
Thanks you very much in advance!!!


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H.R.2801 (First Time Buyer Credit)
Thursday, October 8, 2009 | Comments Off on H.R.2801 (First Time Buyer Credit)
The rumours and speculation surrounding this Bill are getting increasingly shrill and uninformed ranging from:
1. Extension of the credit is a done deal and will possibly even increase the amount to $15,000.
2. It will be changed to apply to deals that are in escrow before the current Nov 31st deadline and close within 60 days more.
3. It's dead as of Nov 31st.
4. Etc, etc,etc.
The best site i've found for intelligent discussion of this is http://www.californiateachersandemployeeshomeloanprograms.com/update-8000-homebuyer-tax-credit-extension-october-2009/
Scott is a very diligent researcher and reporter on this and more generally 1st time buyer programs.


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When I entered the police academy in 1989, I was one of the few cadets who didn't have a familial connection to the law enforcement profession. After graduation, I worked with several officers who had relatives higher up the rank structure. Most were men, but as the years ticked by, more than a few children followed in their mothers' career footsteps.
That's changing.
Calibre Press, a well-known police tactical and survival training company, recently conducted a poll that asked the question: Would you encourage a son or daughter to go into law enforcement as a career? Of the 3,500 responses, an overwhelming 81% answered no. The number one reason cited was a lack of public support.
This contrasts sharply with a recent Reuters poll that showed 75% of Americans approved of the job performed by their local law enforcement agency.
This dichotomy between how officers are supported and how they perceive they're supported will have serious downstream repercussions. Are there bad apples in law enforcement? Absolutely. Policing is a position of authority and with that comes the possibility that it will be abused. But if law enforcement is no longer considered a desirable profession by those inside, the quality of recruits and the ability to retain professional officers will suffer.
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has spearheaded a wonderful website aimed at prospective officers. The site is a resource that seeks to demystify what policing is all about. It doesn't sugarcoat the dangers of the profession, but it also points out how to mitigate job hazards through professional training and agency support systems.
I have often been thanked by grateful community members for performing my job. Occasionally, that gratitude was not for something I personally did, but merely for the uniform I wore. I have also been spit on, cursed, attacked, and denigrated for wearing the same uniform. I chose to remember the former, but the latter refuses to be forgotten.
Policing is a noble calling. The majority of communities have strong relationships with the men and women tasked with keeping the peace. We need to continue to recognize the challenges faced by officers. It is the only way to ensure that the type of people we want to respond to our emergencies are actually the ones who show up.


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"You're moving where?"
"This place will crush your spirit."
"Why here of all places?"
"How did you find this place?"
When I graduated college with my journalism degree and enough angst to put a cheesy young adult novel to shame, I set out for an adventure unlike anything I had ever fathomed before. At 21, I had lived in North Central Wisconsin my entire life. I was ready for something, somewhere different — it didn't particularly matter where.
Some of my friends were headed off to LA, New York, Nashville, or someplace else you've heard of a time or two. I, on the other hand, was bound for Gillette, Wyoming, "the energy capital of the nation," for a newspaper reporting job.
After email blasting my resume to virtually all openings on journalismjobs.com (the equivalent of closing your eyes, twirling your finger and pointing to a place on the map) and interviewing for various jobs across the country for a few weeks, this paper's editor contacted me, saying she liked my college newspaper clippings. And after a few phone conversations, she offered to fly me out to Campbell County for another interview and to see the area I would be writing about.
I was pretty stoked — someone was interested enough to fly me across the country! I can still feel the giddiness I had that day as the little puddle jumper airplane descended on a flat-as-a-pancake landscape so different from what I was accustomed to.
What I didn't realize at the time was that this feeling of newness, of promising adventure, is addicting and is at least partially what finally brought me to my current job, which I plan on making a career.
After I got the job and walked in my graduation ceremony, I packed up everything I could into my Taurus just a few days later and headed on the 14-hour drive completely alone, feeling the freest I'd ever been. I settled into a dumpy little apartment and made a new home for myself surrounded by the wide open unknown.
But by the way I talk about my time in Gillette now to people curious enough to ask, you'd think I grew up there … which in certain ways, I truly did.
That transient coal and oil town and all the kind, curious assortment of folks in it taught a vagabond soul lessons she wasn't even aware she needed to learn at the time — the most important one being how to be alone without being lonely (which, let me tell you, is sometimes a clumsy one). When you learn to enjoy your own company and stop seeking the approval of others, you've truly made it.
I met all sorts of people from different walks of life — of course a quirky group of journalists and photographers, families searching for a fresh start, single mothers who got just that, the friendliest group of city officials and police, the amazing people I would come to call my 'Gillette family," a TV reporter who was also getting her start in the wild west, and entirely too many men who decided to try out Tinder in Coal Country.
I learned more about writing than you could in a classroom from "the people on the banks." In this day and age when everyone has a boner for social media and website clicks, I can't help but feel like through my short time in Gillette, I experienced something far more real than all that.
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love where I've finally wound up, but I will always look back incredibly thankful for every step along the way — with a special soft spot for this one.
So although I didn't stay, no, Gillette most certainly did not crush my spirit. If anything, it enlivened it.
Peace, love & fairy dust,
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I live in the East Coast, and knowing we have 9 months of cool to cold to freezing temperatures and 3 months of summer, it's just proper to say water heater is a must in every home.
But on the other hand, not only residents in the east coast use water heaters of course, because each home in the US is mostly equipped with one.
Water heater is one aspect of the home that is essential in every home and one top priority not to ignore when it breaks or when we need to install one.
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Seattle Domestic Violence Defense Attorneys
You or a loved one has been arrested for Domestic Violence. Now what?
We're betting you have several burning questions you want answered, which is why we created this page. Here you'll find simple and straightforward answers to the questions that really matter to you right now. Despite this, the best way to make sure all of your questions are answered is to simply pick up the phone and give us a call for a free confidential consultation.
Niranjan Thiagarajah
Common Domestic Violence Questions
What qualifies as Domestic Violence?
The relationship between the parties involved. If the person accusing you is a family member, or you are in a dating relationship, or you live together, then there's a good chance the offense will be labeled as "domestic violence."
What are some common offenses that get charged as domestic violence?
- Assault
- Harassment
- Telephone Harassment
- Malicious Mischief
- Stalking
- Interfering with Reporting Domestic Violence
- Violation of No Contact Order
What are some of the potential results I can expect?
Because every case has its own unique set of facts and circumstances, it's not possible for us to tell you what result you will get on your particular case until we have had a chance to fully litigate it. That said, here are some potential results; all of which we have achieved for our clients:
- Dismissal of charges in the pre-trial stages
- Stipulated Order of Continuance (leads to dismissal of charges)
- Deferred Prosecution
- Reduction of charges
- Reduction of penalties
- Not guilty verdict after trial
Besides jail, what other potential consequences am I looking at?
Because there is such a wide variety of potential outcomes, we don't want you to get ahead of yourself with worrying about every single potential consequence, but because we know this is often a burning question, here are a few:
- Protection order
- Probation/Community Custody
- Domestic Violence classes
- Fines
- Work Release
- Electronic Home Monitoring
- Loss of firearm rights
Additional Questions
My family member/loved one was just arrested. When will he/she get out of jail?
In Washington State, if you are arrested for a crime involving domestic violence, you unfortunately cannot bail out of custody until after you have seen a judge. After arrested, will get a chance to see the judge within a couple of days at which point your attorney can argue to for release on personal recognizance (meaning you won't have to pay anything). If this request is not granted and some amount of bail is required, we can assist with arranging to have a bail bondsman post bail right away.
Is there going to be a No Contact Order?
Most likely, yes. In the vast majority of domestic violence matters, judges and prosecutors will seek a no contact order, even if the person who made the accusations doesn't want one. That said, we will do whatever we can to avoid a no contact order getting put in place when that is the desire of our client and the accuser. We can also seek modifications of the orders to allow phone/email/text contact and exchange of children.
Am I going back to jail?
Depending on a variety of circumstances, we are often successful in keeping our clients out of custody after the resolution of their case. However, there is no way to truly answer this question until we have had the opportunity to review all the evidence in the case, gather all the mitigating evidence from you, and negotiate with the prosecutor.
The person that accused me of this doesn't want me prosecuted, isn't that enough to have the charges dismissed?
No, once that phone call is made to 911, the accuser does not have the option of simply having the charges dropped. That decision now lies with the prosecutor. However, it certainly is not a bad thing when the accuser does not want the charges to go forward. We can give you more details about this when we speak.
The police want to talk to me to get my side of the story. Should I speak with them?
No. End of discussion. The police will act like they just want to talk to you. The truth is they only want to gather enough information to arrest you.
Common Questions About Our Firm
What can you promise me?
You're not going to find a more qualified team to represent you, and we are going to get you the best possible result given the facts and circumstances of your particular case. We work really hard and are very accessible to our clients. Try calling or texting us right now; if we don't pick up right away, we will get back to you very fast.
How will you get me the best possible result?
The short answer is through hard work. Here's a little closer look:
Some of the legal issues we analyze while handling your Domestic Violence case:
- Inconsistent statements made by the accuser
- Lack of physical evidence to support accuser's claims
- Determination of whether any incriminating statements you made were in violation of your Miranda Rights
- Legality of any search & seizure issues
- Collecting additional witness statements that support our theory of the case
- Private polygraph exams
Some of the mitigating factors we introduce and discuss during negotiation:
- Humanize you to the prosecutor; we want to know everything about you. Give us your life story. We will memorize it and then be able to talk to the prosecutor very intelligently about you; as if we have known you for years
- Gather a bunch of character reference letters for you
- Depending on the circumstances, get proactive and have you undergo counseling/anger management classes at the early stages of the case
- Explain the impact this matter will have on your job and family
If I retain your services, are you going to get my charges reduced or dismissed?
The only answer I can give you at this point is "it depends…" I know, not totally satisfying, but it is honest. If another attorney promises you more than that, then they are just trying to take your money. Get out of their office (or hand up the phone) as fast as you can.
How much are your services going to cost me?
We charge fair, competitive flat fees for our services. Here's the problem you face with a lot of other attorneys: The ultra expensive guys aren't going to get you a better result than we are, and the dirt cheap guys aren't going to much of anything for you at all. That's where we come in. While we certainly don't have the lowest fees in Western Washington, we won't make you take out a second mortgage either.
Do you exclusively handle Domestic Violence cases?
No, we don't play marketing games like some other attorneys out there. We're well-rounded and handle ALL criminal matters, including Domestic Violence…and not just a few domestic violence cases here and there. We've successfully handled hundreds of domestic violence cases over the years. Our secret is simple: we focus on what matters – getting you the best possible outcome.
I have a court date coming up ASAP, what do I do?!?
Hire an attorney! Is this answer self serving? Yes. Despite this, is it still the best possible thing you can do? YES.


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The following is a collection of online resources you can use to start a Walk to School program, conduct a walking/bicycling safety assessment or learn more about funding Safe Routes to Schools programs. If you don't see what you're looking for send us an email or leave a comment and we will help you find it.
It would be easy to spend hours learning more than you ever wanted to know about SRTS on the National Center for Safe Routes to School's website. Their comprehensive guide is the go-to resource for SRTS newbies and thoroughly covers all five E's: engineering, enforcement, encouragement, education, and evaluation. The monthly webinars co-hosted with America Walks are helpful. The National Center is where program evaluators download survey forms and submit their data.
The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center contains so much information it has to be three websites: walkinginfo.org, bicyclinginfo.org, and pedbikeimages.org. While not SRTS-specific, the PBIC provides resources on making walking and biking safer for all populations. Highlights include: where to find crash and safety facts and data, how to develop plans and policies, engineering treatments, enforcement strategies, and seeking funding. The image library has hundreds of free photos that provide examples of engineering treatments and are great for use in presentations.
Safe Kids USA provides information on preventing many types of childhood injury including pedestrian and bike/skating injuries. The Safe Kids Greater Sacramento coordinator, Sonja Atkins, is involved in SRTS activities at schools throughout the region and is a great local resource for information on all the E's and funding.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's SRTS guide covers the five E's and has good information on classroom activities.
California has a great network of SRTS advocates.
- Marin County had one of the first SRTS programs in the nation. The Marin County Bicycle Coalition runs an SRTS website with lesson plans and promotional resources. They've had great success with teens.
- The Technical Assistance Resource Center is part of the California Department of Public Health. Their goal is to provide assistance and training to non-infrastructure grant recipients and potential grant applicants. Four coordinators serve Caltrans regions. More information on TARC here. Check out presentations from their first regional forum.
- The California State SR2S program was merged in 2013 with other state and federal transportation programs into the Active Transportation Program (ATP). The Caltrans Division of Local Assistance provides information on the ATP.
Register for International Walk to School Day on the national site and on the California site.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has pedestrian safety materials in Spanish.
Liability Concerns
Local Contacts
- Sacramento County: Ron Vicari, Principal Civil Engineer
- City of Sacramento
- Local Government Commission: Scott Clark, Director of Healthy Community Programs
- Safe Kids Greater Sacramento: Sonja Atkins, Safe Kids Coordinator
- City of Sacramento Captain Jerry Traffic Safety Program: John "Bucky" Perez
- North Natomas Transportation Management Association: Mellissa Meng, School Programs Manager
- 50 Corridor Transportation Management Association: Rebecca Garrison, Executive Director
- Sacramento Area Council of Governments: Monica Hernandez, Community Outreach Specialist


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Get ready to join country superstar Reba McEntire and bid farewell to America's first family of down-home dysfunction in the hilarious and heart-felt final season of Reba. McEntire stars as Reba Hart, a feisty single mother whose family is feeling some major growing pains. Van and Cheyenne are expecting a baby, Kyra wants to drop out of school, and Brock and Barbara Jean's marriage is on the rocks again. And, as usual, Reba is caught in the middle, doing all she can to keep the peace and her sanity. All it takes is a little tough love...and a whole lot of heart.
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A Guide To Enhancing Your Immune System
In order to beat colds, allergies, and flu, you need to do everything that you can to safeguard and bolster your immune system. The immune system helps you to fight illnesses as they come about, so by taking the time to give your immune system a fighting chance, you will have all that you need to keep your body at its best. With this in mind, read below and use the tips in this article to the best of your ability:
Get the necessary immunizations
When you need to be certain that you are able to stay healthy and avoid serious illnesses, one way to go about it is to get immunizations from ailments that are either difficult to deal with or that do not have a cure. You might pay upwards of $200 for a series of immunization shots depending on the illness that you are dealing with. Make sure to check with your medical insurance and your family physician in order to see a little bit more information about how you can get these immunizations. This is one of the most critical steps to take to be sure that you are healthy throughout the course of your life.
Take advantage of supplements
If you need to keep your body as healthy as possible, you need to give yourself supplements that are excellent for boosting your immune system. First of all, take a multivitamin, which will allow you to get a series of building blocks that can help you out. Vitamin C is excellent so that it can help you to avoid cold and illness. Zinc is another great supplement to take because it has specific immune system boosting benefits which can carry you far. Make sure that you take zinc on a full stomach with plenty of food.
Build your life to support your immune system
You need to give yourself the best chance possible of boosting your immune system through a healthy lifestyle. First, get your weight under control and make sure that you engage in plenty of regular exercises. Get eight hours of sleep every single night to make sure you give your body the time to replenish and rebuild itself. Avoid smoking and other unhealthy habits which can compromise and weaken your immune system. Visiting a chiropractor can also provide you with wonderful immunity benefits.
Take advantage of these three guidelines to get the most out of your immune system.