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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
What Every Navy Wife & Navy Girlfriend Should Do to Make Deployments Easier
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I'm so very excited to introduce a new guest blogger to Unhinged Navy Wives & Girlfriends! Nanette is a Canadian Naval Officer's Wife, mother, teacher, and blogger at The Sailor's Woman. Her husband is currently deployed in Afghanistan.
She is the second international Navy Wife Blogger to join us here which is so very exciting. The idea that Navy Wives and Girlfriends from multiple countries all over the world can come together in support and strength is so amazing.
I hope you all take a moment to welcome her either in the comments section here or on our Facebook Forum, and enjoy her fabulous first post, which gives some very good advice on how to make a deployment easier. Don't forget to click on over to The Sailor's Woman and check out and support her blog.
What Every Navy Wife & Navy Girlfriend Should Do to Make Deployments Easier
By Nanette
Although we're used to separations, every deployment is different. I'm not just missing my sailor, I'm anxious about him. When I worry I don't sleep, and it gets harder to manage. Since hibernating until his return is not an option, I've come up with a few coping strategies that boil down to the most important rule of all.
De-Clutter Your To-Dos
Not your house, although if you have the energy for it, that's liberating, too. De-clutter your responsibilities. Cut any non-essential commitments that aren't fun. Be ruthless here. You're protecting your precious mental health and reducing stress.
I dropped an online social psychology course. Although it was fascinating, the readings, video lectures, assignments and quizzes were dragging me down. I'm an education junkie and I've never quit a class before, but it was cathartic to withdraw. There will be other courses after my sailor comes home.
Obviously things like feeding the kids and getting the dog vaccinated are non-negotiable. Look to those things that aren't vital to the well-being of your family and ditch them if they bring more grief than joy.
Prioritize Fun
Remember the days before TiVo? If, like most people, you didn't know how to program your VCR and "The Walking Dead" was on at the same time as "Downton Abbey," you had to decide which one you wanted to see. You couldn't watch both.
With stress levels through the roof and your energy depleted, you can't do as much as when your husband was safe at home. These days I rarely dust, and I can't remember the last time I vacuumed, but I bake cookies every Sunday. Not only do I find baking relaxing, but my boy loves homemade cookies. Baking is hands-down a higher priority than housework.
Out Source the Tough Stuff
Some things can't be ignored for the six or eight months of a deployment. If you're a neater person than me, dust bunnies might fall into this category. For me it's yard work, but lawn mowers frighten me. (Surely I'm not the only one with a friend of a friend who lost several fingers in a horrific lawn mower incident.) When the grass grew tall enough that we risked losing our Chihuahua in the back yard, I hired a gardener to mow it. Sure it's a little extra money, but it's worth it because it takes something I hate off my never ending to do list.
The most important survival rule of all?
Do not, I repeat DO NOT feel guilty about adopting any of the above strategies to make this experience easier on you. With a husband in a war zone, you're under a level of stress few others understand. It's okay to take a few short cuts or let standards slip a little.
Be kind to yourself!
About Nanette
Hi, I'm Nanette. Like most women, I wear many hats. I'm a mom, a teacher, a blogger at The Sailor's Woman and a Canadian Naval Officer's wife. In June my husband left for Afghanistan. Before going overseas he was out of the province for about six weeks training for his adventure. It's been a long haul and it's not over.
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Hey Nanette. Welcome to the site! I enjoyed your post, and I totally agree about taking steps to make your life more manageable while your other half is away. I hired a gardner too! I hope your husband's deployment goes well.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 30, 2013 at 6:30 PM
Hi Amy, Thank you for your comment. We're at the point in the deployment where I can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. It can't come soon enough. It's tough holding everything together--even with a gardener! NanetteReplyDelete
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Im 40 now and have had Emetophobia for as long as I can remember. Throughout my life the severity has fluctuated and other illnesses such as OCD have become entwined.
From as young as primary age I can recall being afraid of vomit. Looking back there were tell tale signs from a very early age. In primary I convinced myself I was ill when the assembly had to sing "The lords prayer". I have no idea why that particular song, but every time without fail my grandmother (whom adopted me) would be called up and off home I went. I would get home and instantly feel fine.
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If your best friend is leaving for college, you may want to get her a token of your friendship that she can use in her new environment. She probably has plenty of photos of the two of you already, so why not give your friend something funny to make sure she gets a good start to college?
Red Solo Cups
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Beer Helmet
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If your friend is moving north for college, a sleeved blanket will be just the thing for the shock of that first cold snap. The infomercials for snuggies might tickle your funny bone, but the fleece will warm all your friend's bones.
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College should be a place to try new things, but it can also be a hotbed for bad decisions. Save your friend from being tagged in embarrassing photos by creating black bar paparazzi glasses with cardboard and black tape. Your friend will thank you when it's time to run for office.
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You cannot miss the big, pink Victorian house Robert Loyd and his husband, John Schenck, called home since 1986. What started as a try at brightening up the dark brown and yellow paint scheme soon became a symbol of stepping out of the shadows and being unafraid to be gay, in a town where that was often verboten and to some degree still is.
Loyd, a Damascus native who fought tirelessly for the cause of LGBT rights and acceptance in Arkansas after being moved to action by a series of humiliating run-ins with the Conway Police Department in 2003 and 2004, died suddenly on Dec. 30, 2015, leaving behind Schenck, his partner and husband of almost 41 years. The Arkansas Times conducted one of the last interviews with Loyd and Schenck in the closing months of 2015. The quotes in this article come from that interview.
Loyd was born in Germany, the child of a woman who had served in the German regular army and an American G.I. who brought her back home to Arkansas as a war bride when Loyd was 3 years old. Growing up, Loyd said, he never even heard the word "gay," and never suspected he was different from anyone else. With two former soldiers in the family, Loyd said, his parents made the strong suggestion that he join the armed forces when he came of age, even though the meat grinder of Vietnam was spinning in Southeast Asia.
"My parents decided that I was going," he said. "You can call that volunteering on paper. That's what it says. But it was not my idea." Loyd joined the U.S. Army, and shipped out to Vietnam in March 1968. He wound up working in communications, eventually supervising a staff of 400 manning tickertape machines. One of his duties was to take calls from the red phone that bore orders from the president, which he was required to deliver personally, accompanied by armed MPs, often riding through areas of heavy fighting. "I didn't care if I lived or died," he said. "My life up to that point had been so miserable that I was like, I don't care. So I wasn't scared."
Always having dated women — he was engaged three times before he was 21 years old — Loyd left Vietnam in 1969 and was sent to Colorado before being reassigned to a base in Germany. He said he learned what gay was from a friend who came to him, saying that he wanted to commit suicide because he was homosexual. It was, he said, the first time he'd ever heard the term. "The straight redneck who has been engaged three times is hearing what gay people do for the first time," he said with a laugh. "I can't tell you how appalled I was!" Loyd said he would later kiss what he called "a cute, blonde German boy" while warming up in a restaurant's open boiler room on a cold winter's night. From that moment, he said, he knew that he was gay.
After leaving the Army in October 1970, Loyd moved to West Palm Beach, Fla., where he worked as a hairdresser. With clients from New York often wintering in Palm Beach, Loyd would often share notes on cut and color for clients he shared with a Long Island hairdresser named John, a bit of serendipity John Schenck and Robert Loyd didn't puzzle out until they'd fallen in love. They first met in a Palm Beach dance club. With Schenck having arrived in the company of one of Loyd's old boyfriends, Loyd said he gave his future husband short shrift. The wheel of fortune had turned, however, and Schenck soon convinced Loyd to move to New York to live with him. On their first trip to New York, Schenck said, he made Loyd a deal. "The deal was, we'd live together for six months," Schenck said. "At the end of six months, if [Loyd] wanted to stay, great. … This past January was 40 years."
The couple moved back to Arkansas in 1978 to take care of Loyd's mother after his father fell ill and passed away. Though both had been professionally successful in freewheeling New York, moving to sleepy Damascus was like stepping back to the dark ages. Schenck said he applied at almost every beauty shop in the area, but got not a nibble. Things changed when Loyd's mother rented them an old gas station on the highway outside of town, where they opened their first Arkansas salon, The Lion's Den. While the first years were so lean that Loyd said they would often go to buffets and secretly stuff food in their pockets so they'd have something to eat later, the shop eventually became so successful that they opened others in Greers Ferry and Heber Springs.
In 1986, Schenck and Loyd moved to Conway, hoping to start a shop there. After the deal to rent a space fell through, they were driving through town when they passed a large Victorian house. When they happened back by 30 minutes later, Loyd said, there was a for sale sign out front. They took it as providence and stopped, eventually buying the home where they lived and worked for most of the next three decades for $70,000.
With the house a dreary brown, Loyd hoped to brighten it up by painting the porch pale lavender. Loyd said he was on top of a ladder painting when a woman approached to voice her disapproval.
"Some woman came up and said, 'I don't like what you're doing to the house,' " Loyd recalled. "I said, 'I hate your fucking dress. Get the fuck out of my yard. You don't like this? Come back tomorrow. It'll be yellow with purple polka dots.' " As a further poke in the eye of locals who disapproved, the color of the porch was changed from lavender to pale pink. As the years wore on, the pink would darken and spread until it covered the whole house, transforming just another house on the corner into the flamingo-colored Conway landmark it is today.
Their choice in paint notwithstanding, Loyd said that he and Schenck were focused on their business and almost entirely nonpolitical for the next 17 years, quietly taking in scores of kids tossed out of their homes for being gay, but keeping as low a profile as one can when living in a giant pink house in Conway. Even so, Loyd and Schenck said they often didn't use their porch swing or benches in the yard because of passing drivers shouting "faggot" and "queer."
During the funeral of a former Conway mayor at a nearby church in January 2003, however, Loyd confronted a police officer about people parking in their driveway, later snapping a photo of the officer before rushing back into the house. "They kicked the door in," Loyd said. "Knocked the frame from its hinges."
Loyd and Schenck were placed in handcuffs, dragged from the house, and put face down on the hood of a car as mourners left the funeral. "They were all walking by, tittering and laughing," Loyd said. Schenck was detained for six hours, while Loyd was held for nine. That, and later run-ins with the police that they saw as motivated by homophobia, turned them into warriors for the cause of LGBT rights, they said.
"I am a German," Loyd said. "I came from Germany with my family to get away from Nazi treatment, and moved into a nest of them. I am not a quitter. I am not a coward. I didn't say anything for 30 years. I didn't do anything. I never stood up for myself or anybody else." When they kicked in his door, Loyd said, that changed. After seeing Gov. Mike Huckabee speaking out against gay rights, Loyd and Schenck were angry enough to step out of the shadows, appearing on local TV stations to publicly support gay marriage. They almost immediately paid the price.
"As soon as we came out on TV asking for the same rights you have to get married," Schenck said, "I lost about half of my clients, and he lost about two-thirds." Many, however, sent Schenck and Loyd thanks for their bravery and willingness to speak up for what was right.
"For the first time in my life," Loyd said, "I was being praised for having a big mouth and saying anything I thought. I never had been before. I was told to sit down, shut up and say nothing most of my life, and I had done so."
It was a shout that became a revolution in Conway, with Loyd and Schenck organizing the first Conway pride parade in 2004, attended by 100 marchers and over 1,000 protestors, an event that was marred by someone spreading six tons of cow manure along the parade route. Undeterred, they've continued the annual parade, held rallies and mass marriage ceremonies, and helped keep the cause of LGBT rights in the public eye. Married in Canada in 2004, Robert and John were, by all accounts, the first same-sex couple in Arkansas to be legally married following the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision striking down the prohibition on same-sex marriage in June 2015.
Since becoming more political, Loyd said, one of the things he was most proud of was all the friends he'd made. He was also proud of the LGBT kids they had taken into their home and cared for when no one else wanted them, and the work they'd done to help gays and lesbians be more accepted in the state they call home. For Loyd, as it had been from the beginning, life was always about changing hearts and minds for the better.
"One of the straight peoples' biggest surprises, if they actually bother to get to know us, is, we can do more than cut hair," Loyd said with a smile. "I can move a wall. I can build a house. Give me a staple gun and a roll of tape, and I can rebuild your whole house."
And so he helped to do exactly that in Arkansas.


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"Like the moon over The day, my genius and brawn Are lost on these fools." -Haiku by Bowser, King of the Koopas. Much like Gary's office, there are going to be some big changes to the Shot Glasses website in the upcoming weeks. Starting Monday. Stay tuned. By the way, this is our first Cheap Shot, which is just a Short and Sweet comic. Keep an eye out for these from time to time, you never know when we may post one. -JD
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I like this one a lot but wouldn't issue 5 "Put Your Movie Where Your Mouth Is" be the first Cheap Shot… lol just sayin and love the quote lol
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WikiLeaks files will complicate war
The mother lode of ground-level raw intelligence from the Afghan war disseminated by WikiLeaks may ultimately bring about some good. In the short term, however, it will almost surely further undermine the U.S.-led search for stability.
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The blabbermouth media strikes again
Last week, it was the Washington Post spilling the beans on the nation's post-9/11 top-secret infrastructure.
Today, it's the NYTimes dutifully splashing vengeful Wikileaks' massive document dump on our Afghanistan military strategy.
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I know I'm not the only one to say this, but life can get really, really busy sometimes. Between friends, family, two jobs, the holidays and this lovely Minnesota winter we have been having this year, it can be hard to find a moment to stand still and enjoy and appreciate everything that has happened over the last year. So, when that one shining Saturday in January appeared with nothing to do, the first thing that came to mind was baking something new and taking the time to relax.
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Focaccia Bread with Sauteed Red Onion
I believe one of the most wonderful scents in the world is the smell of fresh bread baking in the oven. It will always feel like home and like any successful cooking experiment, will give me a wondrous sense of accomplishment. I'll be honest, though, that sense of accomplishment is nothing next to seeing others truly enjoy eating it.
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Our current President is Professor Joy Damousi FASSA FAHA
Joy was elected to Fellowship in the Academy in 2004, taking up the role of President in November 2017. Elected to Council in 2016, she has been a member of the Academy's Awards Committee since 2012, and served as Head of the Academy's History Section (2008-11).
In our ever changing and dynamic world, the humanities remain central to our cultures and to our identities. The humanities define who we are and where we are going. In fact, I would say they drive it. They give pause for reflection and offer ways of building new perspectives.
Joy Damousi
Professor Damousi is currently Professor of History in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne, and Chair of the University's Research Higher Degrees Committee.
She has served as inaugural Head of the School of Historical Studies, Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Arts, and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research) at The University of Melbourne, and Chair of Humanities and Creative Arts panels of the Australian Research Council College of Experts and ERA.
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AC Milan are now eight points off top spot in Group B of the Campionato Nazionale Primavera with two games in hand.
If Chievo Verona slip up at the top, the Rossoneri will be there to pounce and showed positive signs after recording their third successive win at the weekend against Varese.
Luca Vido scored a first half brace for Milan whilst Pedone added a second-half header.
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Group A
Sampdoria 4-0 Carpi, Bologna 1-1 Genoa, Spezia 1-1 Modena, Juventus 1-2 Parma, Empoli 2-2 Siena, Sassuolo 2-4 Torino, Cesena 0-1 Novara.
Group B
Pescara 0-1 Udinese, Padova 1-0 Inter, Chievo Verona 4-0 Cittadella, Cagliari 1-0 Ternana, Milan 3-2 Varese, Brescia 3-2 Virtus Lanciano, Atalanta 0-1 Verona.


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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week's book:
Title: Made You Up
Author: Francesca Zappia
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Publication Date: May 19, 2015
Pages: 448
Summary (from Goodreads): Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. Made You Up tells the story of Alex, a high school senior unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion. This is a compelling and provoking literary debut that will appeal to fans of Wes Anderson, Silver Linings Playbook, and Liar.
Alex fights a daily battle to figure out the difference between reality and delusion. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8-Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. She's pretty optimistic about her chances until classes begin, and she runs into Miles. Didn't she imagine him? Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. She's not prepared for normal.
Funny, provoking, and ultimately moving, this debut novel featuring the quintessential unreliable narrator will have readers turning the pages and trying to figure out what is real and what is made up.
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Dharma Ocean Canada is the sister organization of the Dharma Ocean Foundation based in Crestone, Colorado.
The Dharma Ocean Foundation is a non-profit educational foundation founded by Dr. Reggie Ray to preserve, transmit and extend the Dharma teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, one of the pre-eminent practitioners, teachers and scholars of the Tibetan meditation tradition.
The Vancouver, BC, chapter of Dharma Ocean Canada was established in 2007 to offer the following services in the Vancouver area:
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The Weeknd Release Two More Mixtapes in 2011, Drake Collab
The Weeknd's House of Balloons mixtape was one of 2011's most pleasant surprises, not to mention one of the most accomplished contemporary R&B release in years. So it gives me great pleasure to report that the Weeknd have revealed plans to release a second and third mixtape in 2011, titled Thursday and Echoes of Silence, respectively. The former will be released sometime this summer (with a taster single coming "sooner than later") and the latter will drop sometime in the fall.
The duo have also been seen in the studio with the man that turned us all onto The Weeknd in the first place, Drake. The famed MC has been working with some interesting left-field mainstreamers lately, including the xx beatsmith Jamie xx and melodramatic UK songstress Florence + The Machine.
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on the grounds of
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1166 Dayton-Xenia Rd.
Xenia, OH 45385
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*Wednesday's are reserved for Rookie practice only*
2019 Schedule
IceBreaker Race -Saturday March 30th (Cancelled)
Under The Lights -Friday April 19th (Cancelled)
Weekly Race (WR) -Sunday April 28th
WR -Saturday May 4th (Rain Out)
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Under the Lights -Jun 8th (Race 1 of 2)
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The San Francisco Foundation
San Francisco, California | interiors & workplace, technology & corporate
San Francisco, California | interiors & workplace, technology & corporate
The San Francisco Foundation is the oldest philanthropic foundation in San Francisco and one of the largest fundraising foundations in the country. In relocating to new offices, the Foundation sought to tell the story of its 60-plus years of giving, while appealing to a wider donor base, creating greater space efficiency, and projecting a creative, sophisticated vibe.
RMW architecture & interiors led a user group visioning process to help the Foundation define their ideal space, and, once they decided on a building, we provided full interior design services. The 18,000 sf offices convey a sense of the Foundation's history through classic textural finishes – wood, glass, neutral colors – accented by pops of rich contemporary colors. Open workstations with lower panels and glass partitions allow staff to feel comfortable in reduced workspace. The Foundation's brand identity is expressed at the entry through a curved wood marquee wall, complemented by a media feature wall that showcases the stories of the Foundation's successes through video and artwork.
The San Francisco Foundation provided seed money for many organizations that are now Bay Area institutions, including KQED, the Trust for Public Land, and Bridge Housing.
Folding doors between the space's Boardroom and reception lounge allow the two areas to become one large room for functions.
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From tax preparation to accounting services, from tax know-how to detailed accounting knowledge, clients come to expect the best. Addressing your financial needs is what drives us.
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Match tiles, build your village, and survive the monsters that rampage after night falls! Get Super Gridland on Android and iOS now!
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Announcing Super Gridland!
Do you enjoy matching things and getting killed by monsters? You're in luck! Super Gridland comes to mobile on January 19th.
A Dark Room is now on Android!
It's been a long time coming, but we've finally completed work on the Android port of A Dark Room. You can find it on Google Play, right here!
A Dark Room Android entering private beta
Update: Unfortunately, due to some technical issues, ADR Android has to be put on hold for the near future. Sorry, everyone!
Want to play A Dark Room on your Android device? Can't wait for the official release?
You're in luck! The first half of the game (up to, but not including, the Dusty Path) is nearly complete, and we're in need of some testers to help us verify device compatibility. We've been developing with a Samsung Galaxy S4 (on Kit Kat) and a Kindle Fire HDX (on Jelly Bean), and we're looking for folks with other devices who can provide testing and feedback.
You can sign up for the beta right here! We should start sending out beta invites within a a few days.
Announcing Gridland!
Gridland will be released August 25, 2014.
Special thanks to Rule2 Productions.
The Ensign: an A Dark Room prequel
Amir Rajan has completed his A Dark Room prequel. It's a brutally difficult take on the Dusty Path segment of ADR, and it's available on iOS right now!
A Dark Room goes global!
Thanks to open-source contributers vanadar and lilj, ADR is now available in French and Chinese! The groundwork has also been laid for other translations in the future. Want ADR in your native tongue? I do too! Instructions can be found here.
A Dark Room on iOS
Thanks to a lot of hard work and more than a little creativity on the part of doublespeak collaborator, Amir Rajan, A Dark Room now has a home on iOS! It's tighter, rewards more active engagement, and has a few secrets all its own.
You can find A Dark Room on the App Store, right here!
A Dark Room save management
ADR now supports pain-free save management! Import/Export your savegames with the new "save" menu in the bottom right. Email your saves to yourself, you friends, or just post them online for people to steal!
Thanks to all the GitHub contributers who continue to make these improvements possible.
A Dark Room v1.3 is Live!
I finally got around to testing and publishing the very first build containing code from all you awesome GitHub contributors. I had pretty much nothing to do with all the improvements that have gone in. Thanks so much everyone!
Among other things, the release includes:
- Stores view now persists on the other tabs
- Medicine, poison, and a few new encounters
- Touch controls for the Dusty Path


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Bright, open and meticulously maintained. This 2-story semi-detached home features 1350+ SqFt of contemporary & functional living space, 9' ceilings & hardwood flooring throughout the main floor. The white, modern kitchen is the centre of the home & is well appointed with quartz counters, SS appliance package, breakfast bar, pendant lighting & ample work/storage space. The adjacent dining room easily handles dinner parties and family gatherings while the living room offers gas fireplace w/stone surround and great windows.
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Region: 9km SSW of New Madrid Missouri
Date: Nov 27, 2013
Time: 18:31:53 GMT
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The 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes /nuː ˈmædrɨd/ were an intense intraplate earthquake series beginning with an initial pair of very large earthquakes on December 16, 1811. These earthquakes remain the most powerful earthquakes to hit the eastern United States in recorded history.[1] These events, as well as the seismic zone of their occurrence, were named for the Mississippi River town of New Madrid, then part of the Louisiana Territory, now within Missouri.
There are estimates that the earthquakes were felt strongly over roughly 130,000 square kilometers (50,000 sq mi), and moderately across nearly 3 million square kilometers (1 million square miles). The historic 1906 San Francisco earthquake, by comparison, was felt moderately over roughly 16,000 km2 (6,200 sq mi).
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Experience The Economics of Happiness at Schumacher College
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Are you fed up with being depressed about the recession? We've spent so long suffering the effects of the credit crunch have we forgotten how to look on the bright side? At a time time when many worry that we're just going back to using the 'business as usual' operating manual, surely we need to take action on creating an economics of well being and happiness not just economic growth. Thankfully Schumacher College is providing you with a new year's resolution to reform and renew, with their upcoming course entitled The Economics of Happiness.Happy Planet Index
You may have heard about The Economics of Happiness, through the Happy Planet Index study done by The New Economics Foundation, which measured the health, happiness and ecological footprint of people living in different countries around the world instead of their GDP.
The Psychology of Money
Now Schumacher College invite you to evaluate "the connection between money and happiness at a psychological and a systemic level" with Andrews Simms, policy director of The New Economics Foundation and co-author of the recently reviewed The New Economics. Schumacher College tells us that "This course is intended for: people working in community development, education, politics and policymaking; students and teachers of economics and social sciences; those interested in understanding how our current economic system affects their lives."
International teachers
Andrew Simms will be teaching on this three week course alongside a amazing international line up of teachers including Tim Kasser, author of Psychology and Consumer Culture from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, Dasho Karma Ura, the President of the Centre for Bhutan studies, and Per Espen Stoknes the Co-Director of Centre for Climate Strategy at the BI Norwegian School of Management.
Three Week Programme
You can sign up to attend Week 1 with Tim Kasser on Materialism and well-being, or Week 2 with Dasho Karma Ura on Gross National Happiness (GNH): Lessons from Bhutanto, or Week 3 with Per Espen Stoknes on Psychology and Money two and Andrew Simms on Transforming our economic system. The dedicated amongst you might want attend the full three weeks. Read the outline of all three weeks to find out what themes are most relevant to your work.
A place for positive growth
After spending an amazing week at Schumacher last year on the Biomimicry course with Michael Pawlyn, we can highly recommend the college as a place to gain valuable insights from great teachers, as well as having a powerful experience of personal growth and development, it will certainly lift you out of the recession doldrums and help you look forward to new future possibilities - definitely a positive start for 2010.
The Economics of Happiness
Schumacher College, Devon, UK
February 1 - 19, 2010
More on Schumacher College:
Lessons in Biomimicry: Part 1 - Natural Forms
Lessons in Biomimicry: Part 2 - Natural Systems
Biomimicry Course: Learn About The Amazing Potential of Design
Schumacher College Connects Sustainability and Business Leadership
350: Bill McKibben Inspires UK Audience to Join His Campaign


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LASCANA – It's a woman's world is a brand brought to you from Europe. With over 15 years of retail experience in Europe, LASCANA launched its US online shop early in 2017 with a mission to inspire the American woman to look and feel fabulous in her own body.
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Hickory Cutting and Serving Board
There is nothing like a good piece of hickory as they say. Superb for sliding into tight spaces on busy tables, use this solid hickory board for cutting and serving fruit alongside your morning breakfast or presenting small bites over a glass of wine.
- Solid hickory with handle and beveled edges
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Torel Boutiques
Experience. Exceptional. Excellence.
Torel Boutiques is a collection of three distinguished guest houses and hotels in Portugal, with the goal to provide a unique experience for our clients.
We believe in a friendly atmosphere, superior service, and a refined, comfortable and relaxed environment for our guests to feel truly at home.
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About us
A lifetime of expertise on hand for your school staffing success
Our Values
Eteach was formed in the belief that recruiting excellent teachers for schools and their students will result in improved learning, more time for leaders to lead and happier schools.
We harness the power of multi-channel to provide schools with the innovative tools they need to achieve sustainable recruitment success. We believe that great recruitment doesn't need to be expensive.
For Schools
We have created eteach.com as THE destination for education- specific recruitment. We have a database of in excess of 1.8 million teachers and school staff.
Schools worldwide will find quality teaching talent quickly and cost effectively via: eteach.com, schoolrecruiter.co.uk & FEjobs.com. Our specialist recruitment consultants are on hand to deliver temporary or permanent teachers to schools. In the UAE, we have worked with schools in the private sector across all seven Emirates.
For staff
We help education professionals find their next role easily giving you FREE and immediate access to the latest jobs in Education.
Our market-leading application software allows candidates to find and apply quickly to more schools. For specialist help, our team of dedicated recruiters can support you in securing supply or temporary teachers, teaching support, SEN and leadership roles in the state public and private sector, worldwide.
The UK's first supply teacher agency
Jackie and Paul Howells founded the UK's first supply teacher agency "LHR Education" in December 1991.1989
Eteach is born
Through a process of evolution we created Eteach.com in April 2001, it was the World's first teacher recruitment website.2000
The launch of FEjobs
The launch of FEjobs in 2005 provided a focus on the vocational training and education sector.2005
Eteach supports UK's largest teacher employers
As momentum picked up we won large contracts with Surrey, Leicestershire, Herts, Hants, Devon, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester and 9 of the London Boroughs.2005
NISTR (Northern Ireland Substitute Teacher Register)
In 2010 Eteach won a tender to provide the online temporary teachers system for the DfE in Northern Ireland, providing day to day cover for 1,100 schools mobilising 5,000 teachers.2010
Specialist Recruitment Agency
Providing an inhouse recruitment capability was a natural development meaning we work hard on behalf of schools and candidates to find the right teachers for schools and, of course, the right schools for our teachers.2013
Launched Eteach HR services in 2014
Recruitment isn't all we do. Partnering up with Local Authority experts, we created a service to assist schools with all matters of school HR including payroll, disciplinaries and leadership executive search.2014
Overseas recruitment offices: Canada and Australia
Taking a global approach to sourcing talent for both UK and International schools, we established teams out in Canada and Australia to meet fantastic overseas trained teachers.2014
International Office Launch Dubai
Bringing a cost effective and quality recruitment model to the Middle East, Eteach opened its International HQ in Dubai's Internet City to service the growing demands of the international school market.2015
First RPO (MRS) EVER for education sector in 2015
Academisation opened the door for a newest solution, the Managed Recruitment Service, reducing the administrative burden of recruitment through outsourcing it to our experts.2015
The launch of School Recruiter
Our latest in candidate attraction and recruitment software and the first product of its type, School Recruiter is an ATS developed especially for schools and powered by social, mobile, analytic and cloud technologies with a suite of tools to attract, screen, recruit and the hire the very best talent.2016
National and international market leaders
Since then we've grown to become the leading specialist provider of education recruitment solutions. We are now trusted by over 7,500 schools and colleges and last year our job boards advertised more than 65,000 jobs to our 1.8 million registered candidates, who make more than 1 million site visits to us each month.2017
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Know about the Uses of Solar Energy
The light and energy produced by the sun is the solar energy. Though the scorching heat of the sun may be annoying and discomforting at times, yet the irony is, it is this heat that can give us the comfort that we get from the cool breeze of our fans. That is the solar power.
The Solar power is one of the new, innovative, environment friendly ways of preserving energy. Electricity can be produced by the solar energy that reaches the Earth. Now, the question might arise, why use solar power? There are several reasons for that. The primary one being, it does not pinch your pocket in the least. No matter how much electricity you consume through the use of these solar energy panels, your cost will still be less than the conventional electricity that you are consuming.
There are several ways in which you can make solar energy available for yourself. You could do it yourself by installing solar panels that may or may not be centralized; or you could even seek the help of solar power suppliers like Sunnova solar providers. This provider does not charge any kind of down payment for the installation of the system in your premises. Added to that they offer you complete surveillance of your system 24/7 and also do not charge anything for the maintenance and repair of your system.
Their consciousness regarding the quality of the product is another factor that differentiates them from other providers of the same domain. The engineers are totally dedicated to check and scrutinize every system thoroughly before, during and even after building it. In fact, their staff even makes sure by collaborating with the construction team that the system is installed properly.
Either water is boiled by the heat of the sun and then used to generate electricity or solar cells known as photovoltaics are used to directly convert solar energy into electricity. That is the most obvious use of solar energy, and is being practiced at factories, schools, and homes alike. In case of a domestic solar power, you could choose between complete solar power and partial solar power. In the complete one you will be totally disconnected from the local conventional electricity grid while in the partial you can keep both, with the local one as your back-up.
The back up is mostly used when there is no sunshine or the stored solar energy batteries are dead. Alternatively you could use the back up when the sun goes down i.e. during the night time. The Sunnova Solar power supplier can make provisions for your home as per your requirement. Their services are state of the art quality and is in no way going to disappoint you or "leave you in the dark".
Apart from electricity, you could use this power to heat the water that you require daily at your homes, and can be used even after sunset. This is made possible only if the hot water tanks are well insulated to keep the water warm after dark. A considerable reduction in the electricity bills has been noted with the use of solar power.
So think green and the let the solar power empower you and your lifestyle.


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Sept 1st, 2013 – Boko Haram Terrorists Killed 24 Vigilante Group Members In Borno Ambush
At least 24 youth volunteers popularly known as Civilian JTF were killed yesterday when Boko Haram insurgents ambushed the vigilance group in Monguno, northern Borno. Sources also said many of the volunteers are still missing.
A police source hinted that the tragic incident occurred following a counter insurgency mission embarked upon by the Civilian JTF in Boko Haram camps around Kaleri, Shuwari, Maganari and Nannari villages in the Monguno Local Government Area. But the mission took a sad turn when the insurgents in a military vehicle ambushed the youths.
"The vigilante youths numbering over 100 were on a mission to smoke out some Boko Haram men but they were ambushed by the insurgents. About 24 people may have died while about 36 were still missing.
"There was an initial arrangement with military troops that they will accompany the vigilante youths to the Boko Haram camps but the youths had to leave after endless waiting. Because the military did not surface, they moved to Monguno in a convoy of about five vehicles but the armed Boko Haram who disguised in army camouflage and a captured military patrol confused the vigilante youths to think they were military troops. They just opened fire on the young men while many others fled," one of the volunteers who could not make the trip to Monguno disclosed in Maiduguri.
Spokesman of the defunct Joint Task Force (JTF), Lt Col Sagir Musa and the Police Public Relations (PPRO), Jibril Gideon could not be reached as at press time.
[Sunday Sun]