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A few years ago, I was sitting on a big rock a few meters outside of my parents' home, crying.
I was well into a messy divorce and far away from a place I had called home for almost ten years. I had no idea where I would end up living next, or if I would still have my children by the time the divorce was finalised. I missed my circle of wise and caring friends who always offered empathy and a cup of tea when I most needed it. I was in a mountain of debt. My career-one that I had worked so hard for years in university-was in shambles before it even had a chance to take its first baby steps into 'the real world'.
The earth beneath my feet was dark and loose, coating my open toes in a film of dust. I can't remember what I was wearing but I'm pretty sure I had walked out with a huge, red Maasai blanket wrapped around my shoulders. My face, buried deep into my dusty palms, was wet with tears.
"Tiga kurera, mama" I heard a gentle voice implore over my hunched back.
I looked up and rested my blood-shot eyes on a shriveled old lady dressed in a dirt-caked dress and tattered shoes. She was bent over from the enormous load of wood that she was carrying on her back, presumably freshly cut from the forest nearby.
"Do not cry, my dear" she repeated gently in the native KiMeru language, "Whatever you are going through right now, you will overcome. You will be fine."
Her mouth curled upward to reveal a toothless smile and her eyes, twinkling with kindness, crinkled up. I smiled back and took a deep breathe. I wiped my tears and she looked at me deeply, as if to say that she understood. Almost instantly, I felt calmer and more hopeful; as if a ray of sunlight had suddenly escaped past a mass of dark, grey clouds. Then she turned around and walked off.
I got up and stared at the old lady hunched over that heavy load on her back, her figure getting smaller and smaller as she made her way up the dusty road.
Years later, I am fine. In fact, I am the happiest I have been all my life. Yet, I wonder what happened to that old lady: Is she still alive? What is her story? Did she ever wonder about my story?
I will always be grateful for that moment: the gift of unquestioning grace during one of my darkest days; a reaffirmation of hope from a random stranger, who no doubt, had a much more difficult life than mine. Whenever I remember to, I ask God to bless her wherever she may be.


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Well we finally did it. We bought a new SUV! Last week we got a Chevy Equinox! We wanted a Tahoe, but I couldn't justify a splurge like that! Think of how much scrapbooking supplies I could buy with that extra money!
I just booked our vacation today. We are renting a cottage on the beach just south of OC, Maryland. We are going with my sister and her new family! I can't wait! Is it summer yet?

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Advice and Step by Step Guides for DIY Projects in your Garden
Closeboard Fencing
A fence such as this can follow gentle land contours rather than being stepped. Close board fencing is made up of posts and rails, with feather edge boards fixed vertically to the rails. The posts should ideally be 4 x 4 inch treated timber, set into the ground to a depth of 2 ft (600mm) deep and concreted. A layer of ballast/gravel/hardcore at the base of the hole will help support the post and provide drainage.
Check the position of underground cables and pipes with a detector before you begin, to make sure you can dig holes in the places you need to along your fence line. Firstly you should dig your first and last holes so as you can set your posts in these positions and draw a string line between these points. Once you have concreted these posts in place using a spirit level to plumb them both ways, attach your string line at low level around 6 inches from the ground at either end.
With a closeboard fence you can have 1.8, 2.4 or 3 metre spaces between your posts (centre of post to centre of the following post). Using your bevelled rails as a guide dig the second hole and set the post in. Follow on with the next holes untill you have all the posts set in concrete at the relevant centres.
Cut 6 inch blocks of 4 x 2 treated timber, one for each post. These will be used to pack your gravel board off of the posts to the correct distance. Affix these blocks to the base of the posts at ground level using 4 inch galvanised nails, drill pilot holes first. . In the case of a run of fencing without any major bumps in ground level affix your first and last block and string a line across the tops of the blocks giving you a guide as to where to fix the blocks inbetween, this will then give you a straight appearance to the fence across the top.
The tops of these blocks will then indicate the top of the gravel boards. Affix the gravel boards to the blocks by way of galvanised nails, drill pilot holes first.
Take one piece of feather edge. Mark 3 points on the board, one 3 inches up from the bottom, one 4 inches from the top and one in the centre of these marks. Hold the feather edge board on top of the now fixed gravel board and transfer the marks to the face of each post. These marks indicate the bottoms of where the bevelled rails should be fixed. Fix the rails in these positions, drilling pilot holes first using 4 inch galvanised nails making sure you come half on each post.
The first feather edge board can then be fixed on the outside of your fence. Use a spirit level to make sure this is absolutely upright and nail around 25mm from the thicker edge of the board. Cut a block of wood at 100mm. Use this block to space the following feather edge board overlapping the previous and affix. Check every 5 - 10 boards that you are still plumb using your spirit level. Nails should be 50mm lost head nails or 50mm ovals.
The last thing to do now is attach your capping which will protect the end grain of the boards. Attach the capping carefully by using the same nails that you have attached your feather edge board with, nailing down into the thicker part of the feather edge board. 5 nails per piece of capping should suffice.
Panel Fencing using concrete posts and gravel boards
Define the fence line with a string line. This should be set up at around 6 inches from the ground, in a position indicating the back or front of the posts. Check the position of underground cables and pipes with a detector before you begin, to make sure you can dig holes in the places you need to along your fence line.
Dig your first hole to a depth of two feet (60cm) and width of around 10 inches (20cm). Position your post in the hole and make sure you are happy that it is correct and level. It would be helpful to mark your posts showing the base of where the gravel board will end up to ensure you do not sink your post in too far or not enough.
Pour in concrete or postfix following manufacturers instructions. Use a piece of wood to compact the concrete around the post. Allow to set.
Position gravel board and level. This will show you exactly where the next hole should be. Remove the gravel board and dig the next hole.
Reposition the gravel board. Position the panel upon the gravel board within the slot of the concrete post.
Position the next concrete post in the hole up against the panel. Set with concrete.
Continue process moving along fence line, always ensuring that your string line remains true.
If your garden slopes up or down away from your house then you will need to step up or down on each panel remembering to make sure that you leave enough post out of the growing each time to accommodate the next panel (should it be higher).
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Here we go the start of 2012, and im looking forward to what God has in store for this year! i'm not one to make resolutions for the new year, i usually make them a month or two before and start them so it seems like a life change rather than something that will stop after a month. Last year i started to eat a little better.. and i still snack of course! but it's a slow process to move away from unhealthy food. so far we've been slightly better eating organic food, snacks, and rice dream for milk. in november i started working out again. man my motivation just hasn't been there! but we bought Kinect and zumba and dance central 2 and sports... so i want YOUR opinion. have you played the kinect!? and what have you thought about it? ill let you know what i think in a few months! my first weight goal is 5 lbs lighter by january 15th. slow process, so encouragement is appreciated!
anyway, last year at this time was our (late) honeymoon to San Diego! and since those photos seem like they were taken so long ago, i thought i'd share our most recent trip to santa barbara instead. we went in november when brandon had some time off, this was a more relaxed trip, and well.. we felt pretty old since santa barbara is a lot of older people, but it was perfect and exactly what we needed. The ocean was a block from our motel, and it was a perfect getaway for my family.
We didn't have the puppies til last may, and since this is their birthday month, murphy turns 1! then i thought i'd show them off a bit more. There WILL be a Murphy and Conner birthday celebration photoshoot. later to come of course!
(click on photos to see some detail!)
before we even left for Cali, i had an image in my head that i wanted. it came true! at the motel, they had these old bikes to ride around the town, and i wanted them in the basket. i can finally erase that image from my iphone things i need to try! it's going above the couch. HUGE of course.
we were trying to find things to do, and we gound some gardens that the pups could go to! time for enjoying beautiful trees, and walks, and good conversation with brandon. it was a perfect time.
HOLY COW. we found a sail boat ride at sunset. i took TONS of photos, but ended up just relaxing and enjoying the ride. though i've never gotten sea sick... i might have gotten a little bit this time.. oops! Terrible but we don't remember how much it was... $50 at most. and so worth it! there was only one other couple up front, and it was romantic.
had to hit up the beach ONE more time before we left back to the desert. Can't complain though i guess, i'm one blessed girl!
do you have any suggestions on vacations in Cali!? we're thinking San Francisco at some point, and all things Disney too. maybe sometime this year, but our next trip will be hiking somewhere again!
my encouragement for the new year for you is to go on some adventures with your loved one or friends! it doesn't have to be terribly far, or even expensive! but spend some time with them, find new places, try new food! and have a wonderful start to your new year!


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What the portobellos lack in beauty, they make up for in taste, especially when marinated with garlic. These mushrooms make a great stand-in for burgers or slice them for an ingredient in a tortilla, lettuce or collard green wrap.
- 4 large Portobello mushrooms
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons balsamic or other vinegar
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons chopped Italian parsley or your 2 teaspoons of your favorite dried herb blend
Recipe Details
- Yield: 4 Servings
- Wipe mushrooms with a damp towel. Carefully remove mushroom stems, by popping them off, and gills, by scraping with a tablespoon, and set them aside. (You can add them to stock or use them for another recipe.)
- Combine the remaining ingredients in a zippered bag or shallow baking dish. Add mushrooms and marinate for 1 hour, flipping mushrooms halfway through.
- Heat a grill pan or grill over medium heat.
- Remove the mushrooms from the marinade and place on the hot pan or grill, gill side down. (You can cook down the marinade to make a balsamic glaze if you like.)
- Let mushroom cook for 5 minutes and then flip so cap side is in contact with pan or grill. Let cook another 5 minutes or until the cap is pliable and cooked through. You will likely see liquid pooling in the mushroom cap, which means that the mushroom is getting cooked through. It might be as much as 15 minutes total.
- Serve the mushroom whole on a bun, or sliced with lettuce, tomato and red onion in a tortilla or green leaf as a wrap.
Tips & Techniques
Mushrooms have flavor and texture unlike any other vegetable since they are not truly a vegetable. They tend to absorb flavor well but also act like a sponge, which is why I shy away from using lots of oil in this recipe. You can tell that the mushrooms are done when they're pliable all the way through. You can use a grill or a grill pan for this, and serve them as part of a wrap with a tortilla, large lettuce or collard green leaf.


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According to the San Diego Association of Realtors, single-family homes prices are up…a lot! Countywide, homes prices were up 19% in March (versus March '12) and up 5% from February 2013. Condo prices in March increased 14% from February and 30% from March of 2012.
With only 1.5 months of available inventory, market times have decreased by about a third (90 to 60 days) from the year before. While prices are rising at an impressive rate, I don't see this continuing for too much longer. Sooner than later, home owners will realize what they can get for their homes and inventory will pick up – which is the main reason why prices are rising now.
If you're looking to sell, I'd suggest doing so soon.


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I have about 20 minutes (this is Wed Morning) before I head out the door for this morning's swim so I'll give a brief recap of what went on yesterday here at the Vision Quest Camp in Solvang.
Each day has a series of challenges and goals for the campers. The first day included a 5 mile Time Trial after a 30 minute roll out. All the triathletes of the group were seen out very early in the morning logging a run before the 8:30 roll out, but hopefully none of them ran too hard. I know I was keeping things in check since I have had zero intensity lasting over a few minutes so far this year.
The Time Trial was only five miles in distance, but it was longer in terms of time because of the nature of the course. It began with a gradual false flat, then rolling, then finished with about a one mile climb. Everyone on the course had a power meter (supplied by Powertap if they did not bring their own) and we all posted our times and power averages for future placement in group rides.
Mark P, Gordo, Mat, and I all finished within about 20 seconds of each other which was exciting to see. I don't have the official times, but our watts were all over the place and it made for fun comparison. Mat posted the best power-to-weight numbers while I posted the best time-to-watts numbers.
All in all, it made for a good start to the day. From there we divided into different groups and headed out for another 40 miles of riding. The first 20 were pretty chill and then it went full on to the Solvang city limits. Having all those guys around never fails to bring out the best in me. I was gapped at the end and had to put in a monster surge to get back on. Don't think I'd be getting that stimulus on the ol' trainer in BoCO.
After finishing the ride we kicked it around the hotel before knocking out a 3500 yard swim at the Santa Ynez YMCA (as seen in "Sideways").
All in all, a good first day. The Camp that Robbie Venture and his crew are putting on is_top_notch. Everyone from Boulder is certainly enjoying themselves and I'm sure all the Midwest crew is as well.
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Craft Room Redo
My craft room is really one section in my basement. It is a basement, unfinished by choice. Three years ago we had a sump pump failure during heavy rains and it flooded. The most we had in some places was about 2 inches but the mess was incredible. What kept me sane during the clean up was that it would have been so much worse had we actually finished the basement. We decided at that time we would stop entertaining thoughts of finishing it. I guess there was a reason we never seemed to get around to that project! It's still useful space. We've changed the way we store things down there. Lots of plastic bins and shelving and furniture that elevate the storage.
Over the years, older pieces of furniture found their way to the basement as they were replaced. Items we didn't really need but with which we weren't yet ready to part. What was spared from the flood still remained. In my attempts to entice my husband and kids downstairs to hang out with me while I was crafting, I made room for an old loveseat in my craft area. We also had a small television set complete with VHS and DVD players. This maneuver was mildly successful, however, the little love seat couldn't compete in comfort with our oversized couch in the livingroom upstairs. You just couldn't stretch out and nap on the loveseat and when my son would join my husband there wasn't quite room for the both of them. And of course the dog wanted to be included so things got even more crowded.
My husband made the remark about a week ago, "You know, if we could have the couch on this side of the basement it would be SO much more comfortable and I'd spend more time downstairs with you." Unfortunately, the old couch was too large to fit where I had placed the loveseat. I got out the tape measure and some graph paper and set to work. If I couldn't make it work in the area I currently occupied, I negotiated trading spaces with the boys for the area that housed the unused and very cluttered "karate dojo". Although this area was larger, there was a piano and office furniture that would need to be accomodated so it really was not as attractive as first thought. I determined it was best to stick with the space I already had and do some rearranging and reorganizing. So here's the result!
The couch that started it all! (Minus hubby and the dog, but rest assured they have already been napping on it!)
My bulletin/white board is an essential item in my craft room. You also get a glimpse of what I call "The Great Wall of Stamps".
A bit more of "The Great Wall of Stamps." The old buffet and milk crates house all my paper. There's even room now for my laptop! Plastic bins underneath the buffet offer additional storage. The colored drawers on the left are my son's craft stash.
The old end tables were stacked to create an elevated stand for the all important TV/VCR/DVD. They provide storage for idea books, catalogs and scrapbook albums that are waiting to be filled. The dresser to the left is now the "cutting station". All my punches and dies are stored in the drawers and there is room underneath for some more plastic bins.
Section one of my newly organized supplies! Drawers have been labeled to identify their contents.
More supplies! The green topped Snapware is home to lots of my favorite stamps.
Even more supplies! Not only stamps, but class materials, works in progress as well as finished products just waiting for the next craft show!
My work table is my old dining room table. LOTS of space to get messy and creative!
Most of what you see was already hiding somewhere in my basement although I did need to make a WalMart run for more plastic storage. Cost of this project? About $30! The "karate dojo" was also cleared out, reorganized and restored to its useful form. "Trading Spaces" and "Clean Sweep" would be so proud!


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To get to Keureni, we took the public bus from Pokhara to Gorkha Bazaar which was a 6-hour journey. We were seated at the last row in the bus and a fat guy with only one arm was squasing Angie and I to the side. His pants kept dropping whenever he got down at the rest spots and he had a hard time pulling up his pants because he had only one arm, hahaha.
Upon arrival at Gorkha Bazaar, our guides Kapil and his cousin Raj took us by bike on dirt roads to the village of Keureni. The ride was one of the most thrilling for me. We looked like participants in the Dakar Rally and I was hanging on to Kapil for dear life, hahaha.
The village of Keureni is located in a valley:
Before leaving for Nepal, Raj had informed that we could bring stationery for the school in Keureni. Being typical Malaysians, we purchased the items from Mydin because that's the place Malaysians go to buy things in bulk :-)
This is the school that we visited in Keureni:
This is one of the classrooms in the school:
The younger children in the school were just so adorable. Initially they were curious to see us but soon they grew bolder and sang some beautiful songs for us:
It was scorching hot when we were walking around the village that we made a couple of stops to rest under a tree or shade to escape from the heat. Everywhere was dusty and my throat was parched. At the point, I could have downed 2 bottles of mineral water at one go.
There were three girls in particular who were following us around. I guess they were curious at what we were doing.
After following us around, these three girls mustered up enough courage to ask our names. Christy is the one in the middle. She's the bravest of the lot which makes her my favourite kid in the village :-)
Currently the main project in Keureni is the building of a community centre so that the villagers can use it for their activities like sewing classes and maybe even computer lessons.
The idea is to teach the villagers living skills like sewing, craftwork, etc. so that they can earn a living. As what the saying goes ... give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch a fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
The community centre was under construction when we visited the place in May this year.
The community centre is located on a hill, as you can see from this pic.
The building of the community centre and other projects in Keureni are spearheaded by Dorte Just (from Denmark) and assisted by Dipesh Khadgi who is a local.
They are not affliated with any organisation or NGO and are helping the villagers out of the goodness of their hearts.
Double D: Dorte and Dipesh.
Dorte and Dipesh have got some marvellous plans for Keureni.
They aim to raise 40,000 Kronors this year for the following projects:
- To finish the construction of the community centre;
- To furnish the community centre with beds, kitchen appliances and other furnishings for 4 volunteers who will be joining in October this year;
- To purchase whiteboards and other schooling materials for the school that you saw in the pic above; and
- To hire a trainer to conduct sewing classes so that the villagers may learn sewing skills and make a living out of selling their handiwork. A kind soul from Denmark had already donated a few sewing machines to set the ball rolling.
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This is the house in Keureni where we spent the night:
The owner of this house used to work in Malaysia. In fact wherever we went in Nepal, for sure we'll meet someone, or at least someone who has a relative who worked in Malaysia. Some Nepalese were even wearing Kuala Lumpur t-shirts.
We shared rooms with Dorte:
Our room - it was hot in the daytime and cool during the night.
Eventhough the village has power supply, the condition is poor - you'll never know when the supply may go off. As such, the folks there hardly have electrical appliances. Only a few homes have television sets and VCD player.
When we were there, everything was in pitch darkness when the sun went down and I had to use a torchlight to move around.
I reckon it's a challenge for the villagers to complete their work and students their homework before the sun sets. In fact, I think this is one of the reason villagers in Keureni sleep early and rise early too.
The bathroom and toilet are located outside the house:
The bathroom and toilet have no lights and water had to be collected to fill up the tong. So we had to ensure that we bathe during the day. I have this habit of bathing just before I sleep which is usually at night (obviously). Thank heavens I had a powerful torchlight with me.
There's a resident spider in the bathroom too. It is so big that it's size will scare the living daylights out of anyone who is arachnophobia.
This are the 3 brothers who are sons of the owner of the house:
L to R: Mohan, Ranjit and Ishwor
These guys can cook, clean and are well disciplined boys. If you have sons, you'd wish for them to be like Mohan, Ranjit and Ishwor.
The goat's name is Mikhael.
Keureni has many farms with chickens, cows, goats and pigs. Coming from the city, I was fascinated with simple things like watching piglets suckling their mother:
I love the way the goats look at me. It's as if though they are smiling:
So the next time anyone comes to my studio apartment and comments on its size, I'll invite them to make a trip to to the village of Keureni for a homestay experience :-)


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• An educational process built on the principle of "by children for children" promoting children's rights*, democracy, protection of the environment and global friendship.
• The recognition of people who have done outstanding work for children whose rights have been violated. They inspire children throughout the world.
• Support for some of the world's most vulnerable children by granting prize sums to the individuals and organisations which we recognise in order to enable them to further their work.
• The empowerment of children, especially those who suffer violations of their rights, giving them a voice in the world, respect for their rights and faith in the future.
Press Room: http://worldschildrensprize.org/photos
Official Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Worldschildrensprize
Magazine: http://issuu.com/wcprc/docs/eng_globe54-552012/1


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They're armed with an intriguing new album, but Radiohead have given fans a career-spanning set-list in the first shows of the new tour.
It's been four years since the Oxford five piece have played live together, and the people of Amsterdam were the first to get a taste of what the current tour may sound like.
The two nights at Amsterdam's Heineken Music Hall both began with the new single 'Burn The Witch', with a number of tracks from new album A Moon Shaped Pool making their live debut.
But even as the 'Head guys flexed the musical might of their new album, there was also a substantial amount of delving into the archives.
According to setlist.fm, the first two shows including three songs from OK Computer – including 'Karma Police' and 'Paranoid Android'.
The Bends favourite 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)' was played, as well as 'My Iron Lung' getting its first outing since 2009. There was also a whopping seven tracks from the Kid A/Amnesiac era and maybe the most interesting of all, a rumoured 'Creep' tease:
Damn @radiohead was good tonight in Amsterdam! 2.5 hours of wonderful music. Squee'd a bit when Thom teased with Creep, alas didn't play it
— Larissa (@VanillaMintF) May 22, 2016
What does this tell us about where Radiohead are at at this point in their long and illustrious career?
We find it hard to imagine Yorke being even *willing* to tease the possibility of 'Creep' in the era when they were attempting to shed all memories of Pablo Honey ever existing.
It may be that we never get a true 'greatest hits of Radiohead' tour, but these current shows do signify that the band are having fun with their back catalogue – with every previous album being represented in some form over two nights.
Radiohead play the following UK dates:
26-28 Jun: The Roundhouse, London
More information can be found at wasteheadquarters.com/schedule.
Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool: The early verdict
Radiohead unleash stunning new track 'Burn The Witch' – listen
Six things we want to see from the new Radiohead album
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"Battle of the Brains" Trivia Night planned
By Caroline Rosacker
The Guttenberg Rotary Club is planning its second annual Trivia Night. The event will again be held at the Guttenberg Golf and Country Club on Friday, Jan. 25.
Doors will open at 5 p.m. with a buffet dinner starting at 6 p.m. The dinner buffet will include: fried chicken, pork loin, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, tossed side salad, dinner rolls, cheese cake, coffee and water.
A cash bar will be available from 5 p.m. - 12 midnight.
Teams of up to six people can take part; registration fee is $300 per team/table. To sign up, contact John Finch or Crystal Duwe at Meuser Lumber Co., 563-252-1030. Registration deadline is Saturday, Jan. 19.
Past president, John Finch presented the idea to the Rotary Club last year as a way to fulfill their pledge to the Wave of the Future project for the new swimming pool.
Rotary raised $5,027 during last year's trivia event. They are hoping to raise a similar amount this year to complete their pledge obligation.
Once again, Steve Dikkers will host the "Battle of the Brains!" trivia night as the trivia master.
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Rotary International is a volunteer organization. Its members are comprised of business and professional leaders who provide humanitarian service, with the hope to help build goodwill and peace throughout the world.
There are approximately 1.2 million Rotary club members belonging to more than 32,000 Rotary clubs in nearly 170 countries.
This organization, founded in Chicago in 1905, celebrated 100 years of service in 2005. Guttenberg's Rotary Club was founded in the 1920s.
Throughout the years the worldwide Rotary Foundation has awarded more than $1.6 billion in grants, which are administered locally.
Rotary's purpose is to improve communities locally and around the world. Rotary encourages high ethical standards for business leaders and professionals. Rotary clubs work to increase international understanding by collaborating with clubs in other countries.
Guttenberg's local Rotary Club has completed a multitude of service projects throughout the years.
Some examples of the clubs involvement in the community are as follows:
• Revitalization of the Big Springs Nature Park
• Riverside Park and children's playground
• Sidewalk construction for the river walk from Main Street to Broadway St.
• Park gazebo construction at Darwin Duwe field and Big Springs Park
• Christmas star on Acre Street refurbished to aluminum construction with improved lighting fixture
• Local student scholarships and local support for students completing individual projects for scouting or leadership development.
A complete list of the Guttenberg Rotary Club projects can be found on their web page at www.guttenbergrotary.com.


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A new minor version of the addon is released, that resolves an interesting issue visible on Freeplane 1.6.1-alpha and later.
FreeplaneGTD+ v1.9.1 released
After a little break the add-on is back with new features.
Mindweb is back up again
After a few weeks of downtime, I finally got myself together to put the site up again. It is still lacking in some respects due to the incompatibility of the new and previous Angular versions, but most functions are operational again.
Please feel free to experiment with it, and use the issue tracker to report any bugs found!
FreeplaneGTD+ v1.8.2 released
A new a bugfix release was prepared to overcome the issues from the previous 1.8.x releases.
- The list by "Who" and list by "Waiting for" merging was fixed #50
- The "By Who" pane had a NPE #49
- A corner case parsing problem was fixed pending since 1.7.x releases #44
Thanks for @OttKostner for the bug reports and the test files!
The release is available at the release page, on GitHub and on SourceForge.
FreeplaneGTD+ v1.8.1 released
An interim bugfix release was issued to the previous build.
This build fixes the issue originating from the change in preferences handling between 1.7.1 and earlier releases and the 1.8.x branch.
An about dialog is also added, and some minor tweaks were added to the task display, to show more concise results on the timeline list.
The release is available at the release page, on GitHub and on SourceForge.
Bugs are likely to occur, please report them using GitHub.
FreeplaneGTD+ v1.8.0 released
This is a major rewrite of the interface. Bugs are likely to occur, please report them using GitHub.
New features:
- Task editor support added for labeling tasks as waiting for somebody, and waiting until a specific time for next action
- Task list modified to use radio buttons instead of tabbed interface. This is done to save lots of memory, as well as trying to make the add-on IOS compliant
- New hotkeys added to switch between task editor content
- The task list shows the waiting for and wait until properties as well
- The delegate view is modified to show both who the task is waiting for as it's responsible
- The timeline view is modified to show the waiting for items on the correct date
- You can now mark items done straight from the tasklist
The about dialog is not currently finished, I'm seriously considering to skip that one altogether.
The release is available at the release page, on GitHub and on SourceForge.
FreeplaneGTD+ v1.7.1 released
Thanks to some of my enthusiast contributing users, I am releasing a new version with new translations.
- Dutch translation is added thanks to Doemaas
- Spanish translation is updated to our long term contributor Miguel Molina
- German and French translations were updated using Google translate
You can find the new version on the release page as usual.
FreeplaneGTD+ v1.7.0 released
A new version of FreeplaneGTD is released, with a structured archiving support and a more detailed template.
Mindweb task management
Today I created some advanced features for the Mindweb application.
I mainly worked on the task management interface. Now the views can be changed using the sidebar. Beside the originally developed tree view, the task view with different groupings are available, the same way it's available in FreeplaneGTD plugin.
Freeplane GTD 1.6.3 released
New version of the Freeplane GTD is released, this version features French translation by Marian Llabrés.
The add-on is available here.


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Discernment Ideas
Fr Matt looks simply at the subject of 'discernment' :When talking about "discovering your vocation", discernment means the process of that discovery through prayer, reflection and discussion as to how God calls each person to love Him, whether as a priest, a consecrated religious man or woman, a married person or a consecrated single person.Before we look more specifically at how that 'discernment' might look, or what might assist us, perhaps we need to look at exactly what 'vocation' means.What does vocation mean?Within the Church 'vocation' is used in various ways so let's clarify those different meanings as they apply to Christian living. Everybody has a vocation and discovering that vocation is a key step on the journey of faith.The fundamental vocation is the call to be baptized or, for somebody baptised as a child, the call to affirm that baptism personally. To be baptised is to accept Christ's call to follow him in a new way of life. This is the way of holiness; it involves loving attention to the needs of others and to Christ, strengthened by the Holy Spirit and living as an active member of the Body of Christ, the Church. As a congress of church leaders put it: "Holiness is the universal vocation of every person. It is the main road onto which converge all the little paths that are particular vocations." The root meaning of vocation is calling and the first calling shared by all Christians is holiness as a member of the Church.Once a person takes seriously their personal call to holiness, then the other dimensions of Christian vocation are opened up. Another dimension is the state of life to which Christ calls people. There are four basic states of life within the Catholic Church:Marriage, religious life, priesthood, and the single state as a lay person
Each of these is demanding and people need help to discern which of these Christ is calling them to.
The final dimension of Christian vocation is the work that people do, whether that work is being a farm worker, a chief executive or a home maker. Vocation as applied to certain jobs is still in common use but for the Christian, any work that conforms to the law of God can be vocational not just work in the public sector of education or health: a married woman working in a factory or a layman committed to celibacy who works in the media. The work is vocational if it is carried out as an expression of the person's quest for holiness and in a way that is compatible with their state of life.
How do I discern my vocation?
It's all about prayer; openness to the Holy Spirit; keeping close to the person of Jesus Christ through the sacramental life of the Church; and recognizing that God speaks to us in many and varied ways – often through the circumstances of our lives and the people we know, love and trust. Sound straightforward? How about putting it this way! It's all about STOP, LOOK and LISTEN
Take time out to pray. Slow down. Ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten your heart and mind. Recognise that the busyness of our lives is not always conducive to a close 'conversation with God'. Imagine Jesus looking lovely at you, just as he did with the rich young man in Mark's gospel (Mark 10:17-27). Be at peace in the presence of God.
When you get the chance to slow down and taste a bit of the desert, assess, and try to name those things that make you feel happiest and closest to God. Name your gifts and ask whether you are using these well. Reflect on different vocations and ask the question, how can I best serve the Church? Recognise that when we regularly 'stop', then our 'looking' or our 'awareness' of God's presence extends into all areas of our life.
God speaks to us through many and varied situations. God speaks to us through those we love and through chance encounters. Open your ears!
Yes, there's much more we could say about discernment, but for the moment it's good to keep it simple!
Keep your eyes peeled for more info coming on to the website and new link to other sites too.
In the next few months, we will be producing some more detailed discernment materials.
Vocations Director: Fr Matt Anscombe
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Tel: 01275 833 699


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The challenge this week is Pastel Christmas.
I did this manicure a week before the last challenge here. This was going to be Christmas Preparations, then I read that the next one was Pastel! So I saved this for now :)
I loved how this turned out, love all the snowflake decals on the nails, so very christmassy, don't you think.
See what other participants did in this challenge via the inlinkz below:


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Purewine allows you to enjoy your favourite wine without experiencing the side effects of preservatives.
Purewine was created to allow wine consumers to enjoy their favourite wine by significantly reducing the preservatives.
Purewine empowers wine consumers to be able to enjoy their favourite wine but with greatly reduced preservative levels. You can either treat individual glasses of wine (1 drop) or the whole bottle (5 drops). Many wine consumers have an adverse reaction to the preservatives found in wine. These reactions can range from mild rashes, sneezing, runny eyes to quite severe anaphylactic episodes.
We also believe the preservatives in wine are a major contributing factor to hangover type symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, nausea and lethargy.
There is considerable anecdotal evidence which demonstrates that preservatives actually contribute significantly to hangover type symptoms.
Have you ever noticed that if you drink properly aged wines or European wines you wake up feeling much brighter and clearer than after drinking young modern wines? This is despite the fact that these wines contain very similar amounts of alcohol. This is because these wines have lower levels of preservatives.
A medical trial was conducted in collaboration with Proteomics International in mid June 2016 which produced some extremely positive results. The trial was set up testing several individuals consuming wine using Purewine and the same group consuming the same wine not using Purewine (control group).
It was found that there were significant differences between the samples taken. There were approximately 30 proteins that differentially expressed versus the control group.
The results from this trial clearly show that Purewine had an effect on all participants.
It was decided another trial with a larger group would be conducted to determine if its possible to determine if there was a consistent change in specific proteins.
The trial was conducted in mid 2017. Once again the results demonstrated a difference between the 2 groups but the changes to the individual proteins was not consistent across all the individuals. In many respects this conclusion is not totally unexpected as we are aware from feedback from our customers that people have quite different reactions to the preservatives in wine.
The conclusion is that we may have been looking closely at the wood instead of the trees! In other words the use of Purewine may prevent the destruction of a vital nutrient in the body but the reactions to this lack of nutrient may vary from one individual to another.
We are continuing to carry out further research to test this theory as we are determined to find out why Purewine works so well for so many people.
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Operate Shooting Star site updates/
Capcom of Japan's Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star homepage receives updating tonight. What you'll probably be wanting to see most is here, the game info area. This now has sections for OSS's storyline, scenarios and game systems. In the game system, we see that MegaMan will still be using the old power up system, with level and all. However, a somewhat new feature is shown off: wireless chip trading.
If you've played MegaMan Battle Network before at all, none of the info is new to you by any means. But at least you can drink in the colorful screens and new mugshots.
Additionally, it's been announced that MR. FAMOUS! (well, Mazakasu Eguchi) will be appearing at the Rockman Special Stage in the 2009 Tokyo Game Show next weekend. They also show off the special OSS stickers that will be available.


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Little Stitch Studio is Moving!
I am beyond excited to share some big news with you. In August, Little Stitch Studio will be moving to 807 Shirley Avenue. I'll be right next door to Kitsch and a block from Starbucks. This larger space will allow me to offer more classes for kids and adults. There will also be a bit of space for retail. I cannot imagine a better space to move into. Between the girls at Kitsch and my studio, we will make this "handmade corner" of Colley Ave. a true destination.
I'm so excited about the new space and can't wait to for you to see it.


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Davenport Students Prepare Gifts and Food for Those in Need
Several Davenport student groups have helped out the less fortunate this holiday season. West High's National Honor Society students wrapped presents for Brittany's Gifts. The Central High boys' basketball teams worked hard to put together and deliver food baskets to J.B. Young and Sudlow schools, and the Leadership Team created a plan to assemble 70 non-perishable holiday dinner boxes for Central as well as Jefferson Elementary families. Walcott student council shopped for their "Cozy Christmas" gifts at Target. This year, an anonymous donor gave Target employees a $100 gift card to add to the collection. Students received numerous compliments from the Target staff about how well-behaved, organized, and polite they were while shopping. Through these and service activities across the district this holiday, Davenport students are giving back and learning important lessons about citizenry.


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Can I cook on a wood burning stove?
A wood burning stove is great for cooking on. Some people are concerned it may get damaged as a result but if you follow this guide you will be fine.
Ensure you are only using the flat surface of the stove. It sounds obvious but only put your pots and pans on a flat surface. Also if your stove is clad in natural stone you will find it hard to reach a decent cooking temperature. This is because the stone absorbs the heat to release later on.
Avoid spillages. If you have a cast iron stove, water is the enemy. Do your best to keep your stove from coming into contact the water, such as using trivets, to prevent water eating into the metal.
Try to plan ahead if you know you are going to use your wood burning stove to cook. Putting a cold saucepan of water on a hot stove can cause the metal to suddenly contract, damaging the stove's surface. Instead, put the pot on the stove before you light it, so it warms up with the stove.
Cooking on top of a stove is a very slow process, and you could find yourself disappointed and hungry if you're waiting to boil something. People leave humidifier kettles on top of stoves for hours and the water never boils, so you'd run the risk of over firing your stove as you try to get the heat up as high as you can.
Instead, use your stove's firebox to cook. Wait for the flames to die down and use the embers to cook on or in. A potato wrapped in tin foil and placed among the embers turns into a delicious baked potato in no time and a grill simply brings the barbecue indoors.
This is the easiest way to cook using a wood burning stove, which would be useful if you suffer a power cut, perhaps as a one off. However, if you live in an area that frequently suffers power cuts then we advise looking into a wood burning cooker.
These cookers utilise the heat of a fire more efficiently than a wood burner, allowing you to cook as normal, with an oven and hob.
In conclusion, it is possible to use your wood burning stove to cook but you have to be prepared to be patient, and perhaps accidentally burn a couple of things as you learn how to handle the fire.


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UPDATED AT 10:41 AM (CDT) WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONDetroit Softworks, provider of the Gryphon CMS and hosted news platform, has shut down. The message above is all that remains of their website. They had approximately 15 client college news outlets for the hosted platform. However, the demise of DSW doesn't mean the end of the Gryphon CMS. In fact, Gryphon is poised to be something of a phoenix this fall.
Omar Sofradzija, editorial adviser/permissions manager of The State News at Michigan State said Friday that the State News would be launching a new marketing effort for Gryphon in the next few weeks. The State News originally developed the CMS and licensed its use through DWS.
"With the end of Detroit Softworks, we feel like we have a product worth sharing with our peers," he said. "We are looking this fall to offer (Gryphon) to additional clients."
Sofradzija said the new home for the Gryphon CMS will be called SNworks. There's no web site (or logo) at the moment, but you can follow them on Twitter, or check their Facebook Page for updates. Anyone interested in the platform can also contact Sofradzija at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The company plans to have booths at ACP/CMA, CNBAM and WAUPM conferences coming up this fall.
In the meantime, this changes the calculus for CMS providers for college newspapers, and I'll be updating my list soon.


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Book review: Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich/
I usually don't review history books here, nor do I review books before I've finished them, but I made some comments on my Facebook page regarding Ullrich's biography of Hitler and the parallels of Trump's rise to power. People asked for more detail, but Facebook is somewhat limited in the scope of formatting quotes so here we are.
A caveat before we begin: this not a review in the usual context of a review, where I tell you about the book and whether I think the book is good or bad. I'll be overlapping my discussion of Hitler with Trump's rise to power. I have shut off comments, because this isn't really something I want to discuss; however if I don't get all of these thoughts out of my head, my brain might explode.
With that said ...
Historians watched the 2016 presidential election with horror, just as we are currently watching the political climate ... also in horror. We tried to warn family, friends, and associates, only to be ignored and castigated when anti-intellectuals derided us. Of course, this isn't the first time the 'intelligentsia' has come under attack because we didn't tell people what they wanted to hear.
Hitler's inferiority complex ... led him to excoriate "the so-called 'intelligentsia' who ... in their never-ending arrogance look down on everyone who hasn't been run through the obligatory schools and been pumped full of the necessary knowledge." [Ullrich, 82]
Trump doesn't like us either.
Frankly, 2016 was so wretched for me, I couldn't read any history from July through December. It was like watching a high-speed train wreck while clinging to the cowcatcher. From that perspective, I guess ignorance is bliss.
For those who don't know me, or missed the other eight hundred times I've talked about this, my father was fascinated by the events surrounding World War II. He was a child in the thirties and forties and lost a brother due to the war. His interest in history was infectious. I caught the bug and have been reading histories of World War II since my teens. Needless to say, I cut my teeth on biographies of Hitler and his entourage.
Like every other student of the era, I asked that enduring question: how did a man who was described by one eminent magazine editor in 1930 as a "half-insane rascal," a "pathetic dunderhead," a "nowhere fool," a "big mouth" rise to power?
Now we know.
And if you read Volker Ullrich's biography, Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939, you will begin to note conspicuous similarities between Hitler's and Trump's rise to power, both in socioeconomic terms and in their political rhetoric. Given that so many members of Trump's entourage, now known as his Cabinet, are affiliated with the Neo-Nazi movement in America, their understanding and blatant reproduction of Hitler's techniques comes as no surprise to anyone who has studied the Nazi movement in the thirties. The parallels are so striking that you can take sentences from Ullrich's biography, change "Hitler" to "Trump", "the Treaty of Versailles" to "NAFTA," and "Jews" to "Mexicans and Muslims" and be talking about precisely the same populist attitudes that led to the rise of each politician.
Ullrich promises in his introduction that his biography will 'normalize' Hitler; although, according to Ullrich, "this will not make him seem more 'normal.' If anything, he will emerge as even more horrific." Thus far, I've found Ullrich to be a man of his word.
By juxtaposing passages from Mein Kampf with actual events, Ullrich destroys the myth of Hitler's meteoric political rise and brings it into context with the times. The mix of economic insecurity, the public's resistance to social change, and post-war trauma came together in the perfect storm to give Hitler the necessary ladder to work his way out of obscurity and into politics.
The circumstances at the time played into Hitler's hands, and he was more skillful and unscrupulous about using them than any of his rivals on the nationalist far right. [Ullrich, 92]
Hitler was an obscure figure on the political front until he joined the DAP (German Workers' Party), which he eventually molded into the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers' Party). The DAP was a far right (alt. right in twenty-first century parlance) group of men with chauvinist-ethnic theories, who met periodically to discuss politics. When Hitler attended DAP meetings in the early twenties, the group consisted of a handful of members with no strong leadership, and Hitler saw a moment ripe for exploitation. It was also during his days with the DAP that Hitler discovered his talent for rhetoric and speaking.
Hitler was "someone seduced by himself," someone who was so inseparable from his words "that a measure of authenticity flowed over the audience even when he was telling obvious lies." [Ullrich, 97]
During his days as speaker for the DAP, Hitler cultivated his performances in the beer halls with live bands playing music prior to his events in order to rouse the people's spirits. He also had a deliberate habit of showing up a half hour late to raise the crowd's anticipation. The same format was used by Trump at his rallies with loud music and late appearances as Trump capitalized on the fragmentation of the Republican party during the 2016 election cycle. Trump could have learned the art of mastering a crowd from Hitler, whose events were said to combine "the spectacular elements of the circus and the grand opera with the uplifting elements of the circus and the grand opera with the uplifting ceremony of the church's liturgical ritual."
A master of the moment, Hitler played on Germans' widespread bitterness over the Treaty of Versailles in plain-spoken speeches ("plain-spoken speeches" can be translated to:"tells it like it is" for the twenty-first century crowd). He claimed the Treaty brought Germany to its knees and subjugated the nation to the whims of other countries just as Trump rails against NAFTA and NATO, claiming that both are out to constrict the will of the United States and its people through unfair trade agreements and treaties.
The receptivity of large masses is very limited. Their capacity to understand things is slight whereas their forgetfulness is great. --Hitler, Mein Kampf
From attacks on treaties, it was but a short step for Hitler to sow distrust among the people against their own government. He ranted against the democratic Weimar Republic by calling the representatives "a republic of scoundrels," a "Berlin Jew government," and a "criminal republic." He portrayed everyone, including Reich President Friedrich Ebert as "incompetent and corrupt." Likewise, Trump questioned the legitimacy of President Barack Obama's birth certificate, and thereby the legitimacy of his presidency, painted his political rivals as corrupt, and seized "lock her up" rants to fuel people's anger.
Effective propaganda must restrict itself to a handful of points, which it repeats as slogans as long as it takes for the dumbest member of the audience to get an idea of what they mean. --Hitler, Mein Kampf
Hitler [and Trump] repeated the message of politicians selling out the people ad nauseam, and the people in Germany in the early thirties bought it all hook, line, and sinker just as the people in America bought the same lines in 2016. Nuance was as non-existent then as it is now. Political rhetoric was driven by series of propaganda points. Hitler's speeches from 1920-22 attracted larger and larger audiences, because he kept hammering home mantra-like vows of revenge, accusations against politicians, and promises to fix everything.
Like Trump did in 2016.
I am about a quarter of the way into the biography, and I can assure you that Ullrich keeps his promise to horrify. Although at times, I'm not sure if I'm repelled by Hitler or by my internal comparisons to Trump. Either way, I'll continue to read ... even though we all know how Hitler's Reich ended. If nothing else, I'm looking for the sign of things to come in the hopes that we can somehow mitigate the damages.
In terms of the biography, I highly recommend Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939. It is an excellent starting point if you have never tried to read a Hitler biography. Ullrich is a journalist as well as a historian, and his journalist approach to the facts brings together large amounts of information in a very methodical and easy to read format. Don't be intimidated by the size. The actual biography is only 758 pages, the rest is Ullrich's extensive notes. It even has photographs for the anti-intellectual in your family who just wants picture books.
If you're into rating systems of stars: 5 out of 5 stars.


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It was kind of ironic––on Tuesday, the local Christian radio station here in Charlotte mentioned that the last two years had been one of the safest stretches of time for commercial airline travel in the US and then, of course, two days later, Charlotte-bound flight 1549 plunges into the Hudson River. Astoundingly, everyone survived and there were no serious injuries.
Can you imagine though?
3:24:00 You're 1 of 155 passengers sitting in a plane on the tarmac waiting for a routine flight to take off.
3:24:54 On the intercom, "This is the pilot, prepare for takeoff."
3:27:01 At 3,000 feet in the air, you hear an explosion on one side of the plane and feel a jolt followed by another with the plane beginning to go down.
3:28:05 On the intercom, "This is the pilot, prepare for impact."
3:30:30 Your flight impacts the Hudson River.
Life can change drastically in 6 minutes. Friday, the same radio station interviewed Mark, a listener that was on that flight. He said that he had determined that "this was it" and that he was ready to die. The DJ asked him what was going through his mind. "Regrets," was Mark's response. Would that be your response? Sure, Mark has been given a second chance to turn those regrets into results but most of us wouldn't be so lucky.
If you knew that you were going to die in 6 minutes, what would be your regrets?
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What will you be doing 6 minutes from now? Loving on your spouse. . . playing with your kids. . . pursuing your dream. . . calling a friend or family member that you haven't talked to in a while. . . living a life worthy of your calling. . . eliminating your regrets.
Don't go back to idle, casual, regrettable living. Live a life with intensity, intentionality, and fulfillment. Live a life where your regrets are laid to rest long before you. THIS is your second chance. Start now––who knows what might become of you in 6 minutes?


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Time: 11:00 on Friday, 5th of June, 2015
Place: Miskolc, Szigethy Mihály út 8.
Program (45 minutes):
- Welcome
- Opening speech by dr. Ákos Kriza Mayor of Miskolc
- Greeting speech by H.E. Junichi Kosuge Ambassador of Japan
- "Motherhood" statue by Tibor Wehner art historian
- Short program presented by the students of the school including a 5 minute video about Nándor Wagner and his art showing love for mothers
- Presenting the statue to the school by Ms. Chiyo Wagner, founding President of Academia Humana Foundation, honorary President of Wagner Nándor Memorial Foundation in Japan
- Unveiling ceremony
- Thanks and appreciation by Ms. Antónia Orsolya Zsúdel director of the school
Background. Several outstanding statues had been sculpted by Nándor Wagner in his Budapest atelier at Castle Bazar (Várbazár) between 1951 and 1956. According to documents held in the archive of the Advisory Office for Fine Arts, he was awarded a contract in winter 1955 to carve a limestone sculpture with the title Motherhood or Nursing Mother. The plaster model of the statue, which was to be erected in the garden of the Budapest-Albertfalva crèche, was ready by summer of 1956. The contract was signed with the artist on 14th September 1956 to implement the sculpture. Soon the Hungarian Revolution gave a short freedom to citizens of Hungary. Durning the twelve days of Revolution, Nándor Wagner was elected a member of the Revolutionary Committee of the Hungarian Association of Artists. When the Revolution had fallen and the wave of arrests had started Nándor Wagner had to flee from Hungary with his family. After a brief stay in Vienna they left for Sweden. History was to foil the implementation of similar plans, including statue Motherhood. However it was not clear for a good period of time what was the fate of the statue?
This is the only photo we found.
Motherhood plaster model placed in the background with Attila József the poet.
Motherhood plaster model placed in the background with Attila József the poet.
At that time we have decided to save the statue by carving it into stone and presenting it to a healthcare educational institute. Székesfehérvár commemorated Saint Stephen the first Hungarian king in the year 2013. On this occasion chamber exhibition titled "Wagner statue-artifact in Székesfehérvár" at King Saint Stephen Museum has been organized to show a bit of history related to art and activity for the city by Nándor Wagner. The exhibition was a great success. A visitor informed us that she knew the lost statue which had been placed silently, with no publicity at all on the premises of Albertfalva kindergarten, which is now the Down syndrome day-boarding facility, a closed institute. We have inspected that statue, and as its condition has been deteriorated much over 50+ years we made a decision to go ahead with the project in 2014.
Presentation of the statue
Ferenczi Sándor Healthcare Vocational School in Miskolc was selected from the nominated ones to be presented by Nándor Wagner's work the nursing mother. School has no large artwork at her premises.
Ferenczi Sándor Healthcare Vocational SchoolIt was established in 1957 and since then had been developed continuously. Their curriculum includes all clinics and hospital nursing. Quite a few reforms were implemented in 1975, 1977 and 1990 respectively. The school was participating at several competitions and tenders and won support from PHARE, EU educational health funds and Hungarian government funds as well. They joined Leonardo da Vinci program collaborating and exchanging experimental and mobility knowledge with 6-8 EU countries since 1997. The school was growing and by integration had to operate a second teaching unit. They won the bronze medal of the For Outstanding Quality Public Education movement in 2002. After five year period being in unsatisfactory school conditions the new building was opened in February 2007. The new school building complex was designed by Csaba Bodonyi DLA an internationally renowned architect. Now they are following HEFOP-3.1.2. the Competence Based Education, a Hungarian government organized operative development programme. The school is the largest of its kind in the Eastern Hungarian region and has one thousand students. We do hope they will like the statue Motherhood.


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White (A Soft Place to Land, 2010) was clearly inspired by the friendship of Atlanta chef Scott Peacock and Edna Lewis in this labored story about a young gay man who leaves Atlanta for Manhattan and is taken under the wing of a legendary African-American female chef.
In 1929 rural North Carolina, 12-year-old Alice is separated from her beloved twin, James, when he is sent north after a lynching. Her consolation is cooking, and she grows up to be a world-famous chef. In 1970s suburban Atlanta, white middle-class teenager Bobby becomes an outcast in his conservative, Christian family once his sexual orientation is known. White's Atlanta is geographically correct—she loves to drop street names—but her descriptions lack any of the city's complexity during that decade. With a small inheritance from his understanding, saintly grandmother, Bobby heads to New York in 1981 and begins working as an assistant to owner Gus at Café Andres, the restaurant Alice opened with Gus years earlier. She has since moved on to write a famous cookbook but agrees to attend a luncheon put together by Bobby. The lunch is a failure—Alice is cool and preoccupied while her agent, Kate, is interrupted by a visit from her niece Amelia, distraught over a marital crisis—but Bobby goes on to make a name for himself as chef at Café Andres; unfortunately, the food descriptions sound like menu entries, lacking real passion or sensuality. Shortly after Bobby's longtime lover dies from AIDS in 1988, he runs into Alice again. She apologizes for her previous rudeness, and soon, they are inseparable; not only do they share a love of Southern cooking, but both have loved and lost Jewish men. In 1989, Kate's niece Amelia finally leaves her philandering husband, who happens to be from a well-heeled neighborhood of Atlanta. She moves to Manhattan and begins to uncover the predictable yet farfetched secret hidden within Alice's cookbook.
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York City go into Saturday's clash with the Cobblers sitting rock bottom of Sky Bet League Two.
The Minstermen's very existence as a Football League club is in peril, and they know they have a huge fight for survival ahead of them over the final 19 games of the season.
It is a position and a challenge that Cobblers boss Chris Wilder knows only too well, and is the reason he will be drilling warning after warning into his title-chasing players against any sort of complacency ahead of the weekend meeting.
Wilder and the Cobblers may well be sitting pretty at the top of the table, two points clear of second-placed Plymouth Argyle with two games in hand.
But rewind two years and it was Town, with Wilder having just taken over the helm, who were staring into the non-League abyss, a huge six points adrift at the bottom of the Football League.
The situation looked hopeless, but somehow Wilder and his players got the results to get themselves out of a very deep hole, and that is precisely why he sees York as such a threat on Saturday.
"York are fighting for their life," said Wilder.
"Everybody will look at the fixtures from now, and will see teams at the top playing teams at the bottom and say 'well, that's three points there, that's three points there', but it doesn't work like that.
"There are going to be games between now and the end of the season where the top teams that are going well, and we are in that group, will come unstuck.
"It is important that we look after ourselves and take care of our own business, but these games are difficult, we proved that with the run we went on when we were down there.
"I think we showed play-off form when we were bottom of the league, and we won games of football when we were in a worse position than York City.
"There is going to be fight, York have got a proud tradition, some good players, a new manager that has come in and they will be desperate to stay in the Football League.
"It represents another difficult afternoon, although it will only be difficult if we don't apply ourselves.
"But we are positive and confident that we can go about our business and hopefully claim another three points."
As always, the Cobblers have done extensive homework on their opponents, with Alan Knill taking in York's 2-1 win over Stevenage at Bootham Crescent last Saturday, a victory that was enough to see them draw level on points with second-from-bottom Dagenham & Redbridge and move them to within four points of safety.
"While the players were having last weekend off, we were all in different parts of the country," said Wilder.
"I headed south and Alan went north for a nice weekend break with his wife in York! Obviously, for three hours he had to go and do a game and he was impressed by York City.
"They showed plenty of fight and desire.
"I keep saying it, as a club we know from experience when you are in the position where your Football League existence is at risk, how much clubs dig a little deeper, and how players go a little bit further.
"We recognise this is going to be a tough test, a tough game for us, and it is a free hit for them because of the run we are on, and the position they are in.
"I should imagine everybody will be expecting a comfortable home win, but we are going to have to play extremely well again, and we are going to have to show all of the attributes and qualities that have won us games in this division so far this season.
"That starts with energy and hard work and commitment. We need to get the competitive aspect of the game right, and that hopefully allows us to go and play and dominate the opposition."


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Nourishing Rasa Part One: Convalescence/
There are two situations where it is extremely important to nourish the rasa dhatu. The first is after a fast, fever or severe illness, where the convalescent patient is depleted and dehydrated. The second is in situations where extra nourishment is needed for building or rebuilding, such as during pregnancy, lactation or rejuvenation.
In the case of the convalescent patient, we are faced with the task of nourishing rasa in a situation of impaired jatharagni, impaired rasa dhatu agni and acute ama. Therefore our programme includes dipan (kindling agni), pachan (burning toxins) as well as rehydration and nutrition. This situation may arise after someone has been sick with a fever, diarrhea or dysentery and has been fasting, after surgery, during chemotherapy treatment, in the first week or two after pancha karma, during the immediate post-partum phase, following an aloholic binge episode, and during chronic fevers such as TB (rajayakshma).
The first important aspect of nourishing rasa in this situation is provision of proper hydration by the right use of water. Water, if used improperly, could further impair both jatharagni and rasa dhatu agni--for example if taken ice cold. In this situation warm water can be used, or better still, water boiled down to a quarter of its original quantity and then cooled down until it is lukewarm (1). Whenever possible, tender coconut water can also be provided to nourish rasa, especially in situations where there is high pitta, dysentery or diarrhea, heat stroke and after alcoholic binges. Coconut water is an ideal oral rehydration fluid with an excellent electrolyte content (3). Spice teas are beneficial in kindling agni and burning toxins while providing oral rehydration. Cumin is pachan (digestant) and also helps bring down fever and is strength-giving and taste-promoting. Coriander is deepan and pachan, brings down fevers and promotes normal taste. Fennel is deepan, pachan, brings down fevers and dispels gas. Hence CCF tea is an excellent beverage for use during and after fevers and similar insults. In addition to their actions on agni and ama, these spices are excellent sources of nutrients for rasa-rakta, including iron, magnesium and manganese (7).
Fruit juices are another beneficial food for nourishing rasa. Grape juice (draksha) has traditionally been used in Ayurveda to nourish rasa and rakta, especially in anemia, constipation, fever, hangover and hemorrhage. Grapes are sweet and astringent with a sweet vipak and cooling energy (8). In England, it is traditional to bring dark grapes when visiting a sick person in hospital or at home. Pomegranate juice (dadima) is also given in anemia, fevers and thirst and can conveniently be made in modern juicer. Sweet pomegranate juice pacifies all three doshas. Sweet and sour pomegranate juice can sometimes be obtained from Middle Eastern markets and is an appetizer and taste promoter (9). When using juice bought in a jar, always dilute with plain water as these juices are quite concentrated and may cause diarrhea due to an osmotic effect.
When I was a child, we used many old English folk remedies that were part of household tradition. One of these was barley water, a thin barley gruel offered to us whenever we had been sick. Little did I know at the time that this was an Ayurvedic remedy known as manda. Manda is a liquid preparation, made by cooking rice or barley in fourteen parts of water, boiling well and discarding the grains. Manda made from rice can be seasoned with pippali and as a digestant and appetizing way to nourish rasa and calm vata (10). Ghee or ginger ghee can also be added. (Ginger ghee is prepared by infusing two tablespoons fresh ginger into a pound of butter while boiling the butter to make ghee.) My family favorite, barley (yava) is calming to pitta and kapha while also balancing deranged vata and purifying the blood (11). It can also be seasoned with spices such as cumin. As a liquid food, manda directly nourishes rasa and supports hydration.
The next meal, peya, is a semisolid food (also known as kanji or conjee), prepared by cooking rice in eight parts of water and simmering it until it is soft. Indian Muslims traditionally break their Ramadan fast with this easily digestible and hydrating food, seasoned with ghee, cumin and rock salt. Vagbhat suggests seasoning it with ginger, coriander, pippali and Himalayan salt (12). Dadima (pomegranate juice) can be added for a sour taste (13). Kanji can also be fermented for added microflora, creating a 'sour soup'. When I was in East Africa, we started every day with uji, a soured millet porridge served with soured curd. It kept me alive amid the onslaught of amoebic dysentery and was often the only thing I could eat.
Especially for people of kapha constitution, Yavagu can be prepared, using six parts water to one part barley, with a tablespoon of dashamoola added to the pot (14). For non-vegetarians, meat soup, known as rasa, is an excellent way to nourish rasa. One can call to mind the traditional chicken soup such as my grandmother used to make, known as "Jewish penicillin". The meat soup can be seasoned with with ginger, coriander, pippali and rock salt (15). For a nourishing soup with a good protein content, yusha can be prepared--a soup made from mung, urad or toor dal, seasoned with ginger, coriander, pippali and rock salt (16). The great Gujerati saint, Rang Avadhoot Bapu lived healthily to an extreme old age. His former servant told me that Bapuji took kitcheri and wild greens for lunch and mung dal yusha for dinner every day.
The next soup that can be offered after peya and its variants is vilepi or vilepika, a thicker soup made with four parts water to one part rice. This thicker gruel can be seasoned with rock salt, cumin, coriander and ghee (17). Next we introduce odana, rice cooked in extra water until it is quite soft and then drained As the patient is able to eat thicker foods, they can be served kitcheri for a nourishing yet easily digestible meal. Encourage them to eat half the amount that would fill their stomach, so the agni is encouraged to become stronger.
½ cup split mung beans
1 cup basmati rice
1 tbsp ghee
1 inch piece of fresh ginger
1 tsp turmeric
6 cups water
Wash mung beans and rice thoroughly. Heat the ghee, add the spices and cook for a minute, taking care not to burn the spices.
Add rice, beans and water, then bring to boil. Turn down to simmer for 45 minutes or until mung beans are very soft in pot on stove (or make in crock pot cooking overnight--be sure there's plenty of water or you're making a much larger batch to activate the heating elements in the crock pot).
After cooking, add salt to taste. If you live at altitude, cook the mung beans for 45 minutes while soaking the rice, then add the rice and cook for 45 minutes more.
As ama is cleared and agni built, the deblilated patient will gradually become ready for phase two, santarpana or rasyana. Next month, we will look at nourishing rasa for building or rebuilding, such as during pregnancy, lactation or rejuvenation.
1. Sushruta Samhita, Su, XLV v 16
2. ibid v 17
3 Chavalittamrong B, Pidatcha P, Thavisri U. Electrolytes, sugar, calories, osmolarity and pH of beverages and coconut water Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 1982 Sep;13(3):427-31.
4. Bhavprakash, chapter on drugs like haritaki, v 82-85
5. ibid v86-88
6. ibid v89-9
7. Uma Pradeep K, Geervani P, Eggum BO. Common Indian spices: nutrient composition, consumption and contribution to dietary value Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 1993 Sep;44(2):137-48.
8. Bhavpakash, Chapter on Medicinal Fruits, v 109-113
9. ibid v101-102
10. Susruta Samhita su, XLVI v117.
11. ibid v 17
12. Vagbhat, Ashtanga Hridayam, Chi, Ch1 v 26
13. ibid v 27
14. ibid v30
15. ibid v 34
16. ibid
17. Tiwari, Maya, Secrets of Healing, p 354 Lotus Press 1995
18. ibid p357
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I'm planning on making my font with a stylistic set that includes lines:I have a plan on how to do this by creating characters with the lines in different widths, set Advance Width of each to zero, and then make multiple substitutions. For instance substitute "a" for the lines character + "a".
Now all I'd like to know is if it might be a problem in any program that the letters and lines overlap. I've tried it with Word and it looks fine, but I'm not sure about other programs.
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Why not create a Stylistic Set of the characters with lines, and use a single substitution?
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English version » About us » APFIC President » Appeal by the APFIC President. March, 2007
Dear Colleagues,
Thanks to an active work of the Association a lot of positive changes took place in the Primorye fishery industry. There was made much in the sphere of law-making, modernization of taxes, development of ship-building, protection of Primorye fishermen interests. The APFIC role in the social-political life of the Territory has grown significantly. Our aim is to lead until the logic end all those projects and to continue the work to raise the competitiveness of the Primorye fishery industry.
We believe that the fishery-industrial complex of the country will be stably developing only within the conditions of more modern legal-normative base. First of all it's necessary to finish the elaboration of the Federal Law "On fishery and the preservation of marine living resources", as in order for it to be fully operational there should be adopted some thirty amendments.
We will continue to defend the fishermen's right for the re-distribution of quotas and for abolishing the double taxation for the use of marine living resources. Besides, we believe it will be imminent to achieve the liquidation of an artificial division of integrated industrial resources into quotas of the exclusive economic zone and the coastal quotas, as well as to reach the reduction of fees' rates for the use of marine living resources and their lifting up for low profitable and low use industrial species.
It's necessary finally to work out the mechanism of multiple crossing the 12-miles zone by fishery vessels. As a matter of fact the Law, which simplifies the crossing of the State border, entered into force, but the lack of the mechanism of its realization results in quotas aren't fully used.
Aquaculture acquired the status of the Federal purpose program for the development of the agro-industrial complex. And our task is to elaborate and to promote the Federal Law "On Aquaculture". Our enterprises engaged in this kind of activity have no legal protection as of to-day. We have all the possibilities to wage this work until the logic end.
Combating the poaching is another direction of the work within the framework of raising the effectiveness and competitiveness of the industry. These are the investments into the future of the fishery-industrial complex. For the Association of the Primorye fishery industry companies this kind of activity has always been a priority one, as the poaching inflicts heavy damage not only to the State, but to law-obedient fishermen. That's why the APFIC is trying to protect the resource with what the Primorye fishermen work, by organizing the patrolling the fishing areas and joint raids with the administration and the law-enforcement agencies' representatives.
On can overcome this evil only at the account of a complex of measures, legal and enforcement, by involving the business structures to the solution through self-regulated organizations and by adopting reasonable international relations.
It's very important to do it in the way the other countries do not accept the Russian illegal products. Alongside with that our task is to ensure the economic unprofitability of the poaching, by preparing the economic ground for such a situation. A principal decision there could be the introduction of obligatory declaration of marine living resources in Russian ports with the further simplified procedure of clearance for the fishery vessels. This measure will give a serious economic effect in the form of the secondary processing development on the territory of our country.


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My First Football Shirt: Jason McAteer
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Advances in molecular electronics: Synthesis and testing of potential molecular electronic devices
Price, David Wilson, Jr
Tour, James M.
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New potential molecular electronics devices have been synthesized based on our knowledge of previous systems that have come out of our group. Previous studies and current studies have shown that simple molecular systems demonstrate negative differential resistance (NDR) and memory characteristics. The new systems rely primarily on the redox properties of the compounds to improve upon the solid state properties already observed. Most of these new organic compounds use thiol-based "alligator clips" for attachment to metal surfaces. Some of the compounds, however, contain different "alligator clips," primarily isonitriles, for attachment to metal substrates. It is our hope that these new "alligator clips" will offer lower conductivity barriers (higher current density). Electrochemical tests have been performed in order to evaluate those redox properties and in the hope of using those electrochemical results as a predictive tool to evaluate the usefulness of those compounds. Also, organic structures with polymerizable functionalities have been synthesized in order to cross-link the molecules once they are a part of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM). This has been shown to enable the electrochemical growth of polypyrrole from a SAM in a controllable manner.
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