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Adapt the Regional Integrated Transportation Information System (RITIS) into a smartphone app.
RITIS currently has a mobile version, but it's very outdated and requires the user to log in every time they open their mobile browser. As a commuter, I thought it might be handy to have an actual RITIS app to help me check traffic conditions without having to (1) log into RITIS or (2) continually resize the traffic map to fit on my phone screen. Using the existing mobile design as a baseline for which features could reasonably be included, I put together an app concept using the same color palette as my earlier RITIS redesign, and later presented it to the Lab director as a possible future project.

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Houthis accept 5-day truce proposed by Saudi Arabia
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A man walks to a house that was damaged during an airstrike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in Faj Attan village, Sanaa, Yemen May 7, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed al-SayaghiIranian-allied Houthi fighters in Yemen accepted on May 10 a five-day humanitarian ceasefire proposed by adversary Saudi Arabia but warned they would respond to any violations.
Neighbouring Saudi Arabia had said on May 9 that the ceasefire could begin on May 12 if the Houthi militia agreed to the pause.
Supported by the United States, a Saudi-led coalition began air strikes against the Houthis and army units loyal to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh on March 26 with the aim of restoring the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
The Houthis say their campaign is aimed at fighting al Qaeda militants and to combat corruption.
"Any military violation of the ceasefire from al Qaeda and those who stand with it and support it and fund it will be responded to by the army and security and the popular committees," Colonel Sharaf Luqman, spokesperson for the Houthi-allied army, said in a statement published by Saba news agency.
A Houthi statement issued late on Saturday said they would deal "positively" with any efforts to lift the suffering of the Yemeni people, a sign that they would accept the ceasefire.
Houthis also asked for a political dialogue under the auspices of the United Nations to resume in order to resolve the conflict.
The ceasefire, which was set to allow time for donors to coordinate aid supplies, is due to come into force at 11 p.m. (2000 GMT) on May 12.
International concern about the humanitarian situation has grown as the strikes have killed more than 1,300 people, sent locals fleeing from their homes and destroyed infrastructure - leading to shortages of food, medicine and fuel.
The Houthis' acceptance of a truce follows intensified coalition bombing of Houthi strongholds in Yemen's north since May 9 night, when Riyadh called on civilians to evacuate the province of Saada, a northern city where support for Houthi rebels is strongest.
Three airstrikes targeted ex-president Saleh's residence in the capital Sanaa at dawn on Sunday, but Yemeni news agency Khabar said the former president and his family were unhurt.


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A quick thought my wife shared today: "There are days when I really see how hard this boy works to focus his brain enough to hold the spoon and bring it to his mouth with cereal on it, to sit still and put his feet through his pant leg, to bring his face towards his father's and say 'bye daddy.' I watch him trudge off to school so trustingly on the school bus, the noise of the world and the street so hard on him. My love for this boy just slays me."
I have to constantly remind myself how hard C is trying, even when it appears outwardly that he is not. His inability to focus, to settle, to attend, to listen, to respond, is not indicative of a desire to be disconnected, but an inability to remain connected.


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|Sharing a peanut butter chocolate cookie with Dillon
Back to the MRI she went for a THREE-HOUR stint in the tube for imaging of her brain, neck and spine. She endured quality time with a phlebotomist who drew 28 vials of blood for tests ranging from the possible culprits to the potential of bubonic plague. And then we waited.
It was the week after Christmas when the results came back. In addition to the primary lesion seen in the first MRI, Anna's neck and spine were peppered with smaller lesions. Her blood work showed a deficiency in B12 and folic acid. A subsequent blood test would reveal her Vitamin D levels were significantly below the norm. The lesions are indicative of an autoimmune response wherein the body attacks the myelin lining that protects the nerves. The missing vitamins are those that work together to repair the nervous system. And while most of the signposts in this round of tests pointed again to MS, her blood tested positive for lupus. To be definitive with a diagnosis, she would have to have a spinal tap. In the meantime, she was prescribed B12 shots, prescription strength Vitamin D and folic acid.
The spinal tap is the godfather of diagnostic tests. Also called a lumbar puncture it involves using a sizable, scary needle to poke a hole in your spinal cord and draw out some of the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). Apparently, CSF is the Rosetta stone of autoimmune disorders. Anna, as you might imagine, was none too thrilled to be voluntarily allowing someone to root around in her nervous system.
|This summer, we were chaise aunties.
After that, guess what we did? We waited. And waited. For almost a month, we waited.
Week before last, the doctor's office called and confirmed a diagnosis of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS). It is a relatively controllable form of the disease marked by periods of symptoms followed by a time of inactivity. This past week, with her return visit to the neurologist, she found out her treatment regimen. Anna will be taking Copaxane, a self-injected medication that has been shown to prevent relapses and shorten the period of relapse and the severity of the symptoms. So far, self-injection has been a little challenging to acclimate to, but she knows at this point that the stomach is the easiest place to inject. She will continue with the "vitamin cocktail" - the boost in vitamin helps her body to repair itself.
She requested a referral to The Shepherd Spine Center. While she has been really pleased with her neurologist, Shepherd is actively doing research on MS and may have additional insight in how to manage it. It could be several months before the referral comes through.
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Anna is one of the bravest people I know. She always has been. I mean, she's my big sister, and she's always made big footsteps to follow in. This time, though, I get to walk beside her and be someone to lean on, laugh with, complain to, and maybe, if necessary, a hand to squeeze during one of those needle sticks.


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Over the last few years I've found it increasingly difficult to find teachers who are keen to teach Young Learners or who are indeed ready to teach this age group. I put it down to the fact that our University courses in Languages generally prepare teachers to work with an older age-group (due to the manner in which our school curriculum is distributed). In addition, when student teachers do TP, it's hardly ever with younger learners.
The irony of this all is that I often see graduates who've just started teaching being assigned a class of Young Learners. I think there often is a grave misconception which goes something like this: if you're young, you'll be a great YL teacher because you've just come out of college brimming with energy and enthusiasm.
Hmm, that might be the case, but being an energetic teacher is not even half of what you need in order to be able to teach YLs effectively. There's so much more to it!
This is how it was with me, about twenty odd years ago! I unashamedly confess to being completely lost with my group of 10- year-olds! (I started off with a class of Young Learners, an Upper-Intermediate group and a CPE class! What variety!)
I had absolutely no idea how to teach these YLE kids. Maybe it was a cultural factor (I had in fact trained as a primary teacher in the UK, but my seven-year-olds we a far cry from the Brazilian 10-year-olds); or maybe I was simply unsure how to teach a foreign language to kids.
Whatever it was, I am indebted to my life-saving mentor: Ingrid, a specialist in teaching young learners. She was my teacher/mentor with this group of kids and I can only imagine her horror as she observed an entire lesson being taught by yours truly on items of clothing without using a single piece of realia!!!! Yes, I confess to having inflicted this punishment on those poor kids who just looked at me, imploringly, as if to say: what on earth are you on about! (I think their looks will haunt me for ever and ever….).
As I finished teaching the lesson, I knew something was seriously wrong. But I didn't know what it was. I did feel tears welling up (gosh, some of us are so emotive when we're young), but held back and looked at Ingrid feebly. Looking back, this was indeed a make or break moment for me as a teacher. The only thing was that I wasn't really aware of this then. With great skill Ingrid helped me see where I went wrong and I understood the importance of modelling, the use of repetition and, most of all, the use of realia to bring things to life in a YL classroom.
What did she make me do? She made me teach the same lesson again the following week and she said she would observe me again! Wow! Lucky I listened to her! It changed my understanding of how to teach young learners.
Not quite sure how much better the second lesson was, but she must have felt it went fine. Well, I at least I got some really good feedback from one of my little 10 year-olds: "Valéria, agora eu entendi tudo!" (Valéria, I've now understood everything!") Phew! What a relief!
So, today when I observe teachers teaching young learners I can't help but remember my own initiation into this very specific area of teaching EFL. I still think it requires a teacher who is able to deal with so many different skills and abilities in terms of classroom management (but these we can, of course, learn as we gain more experience). But above all, it requires teachers who enjoy letting themselves go a bit, either when they are singing a song or telling a story; it requires someone who enjoys being hugged (here in Brazil we don't have many hang-ups yet about kids touching us or vice-versa for that matter, although things are changing gradually); it requires someone who can deal with the children's parents (and that's quite a skill); it requires teachers who are willing to get their hands and clothes dirty with paint; teachers who let kids sharpen their pencils for the umpteenth time; who wipe clean children's noses, who patiently listen to and sing the same songs probably over 100 times in the same term; who laugh at the oldest jokes ever and pretend they've never heard it before; who put on funny voices when using puppets; who successfully break up any fight about lending and borrowing the red felt tip pen and who in these wonderful but challenging days of inclusive education, are also able to embrace children with SEN into their classes.
Yes, quite a demanding challenge isn't it? And we still ask graduates to have a go, quite often with very little guidance or training! How wrong!
So, if you have ever been in a situation similar to the one I experienced or are actually going through this now, how did you cope / are coping with it? Who has helped you? How have you been able to develop your teaching skills in this field of EFL?
I would love to read your comments.


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Huangshan-Yellow Mountains, the World Heritage Site in China
Yellow Mountains, the most prominent and attractive mountains in China located in Anhui region of eastern China about 300km west from Hangzhou and 500mk southwest from Shanghai. The Yellow Mountains is called Huangshan by Chinese. The wonderful natural beauty and the lovely atmosphere are the main attractions of Huangshan for which it was enlisted in the list of World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The artistically named pines, oddly-shaped rocks, sea of clouds, sizzling springs and winter snow-capes are the 5 natural wonders of Yellow Mountains in winter which is called the classical attractions of it.
Huangshan's charming region is a mountainous area of about 155km2 which is about 500m on top of surface level at the south gate and the highest top, Lotus is 1874m high. Yellow Mountains are tremendously uneven and vertical in facial appearance that is one of the impressive dimensions. There are hundreds of mountains, thousands of gorges, 2 lakes, 3 waterfalls, 16 springs and 24 stream in the scenic area of Yellow Mountains, from where you can enjoy the outstanding natural beauties and can catch the clouds which is giving a majestic appearance …………….


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G.I. Joe: Special Missions #3 Review
After a ridiculously distracting previous issue, Chuck Dixon's Special Missions title is on the hot seat. The continued focus on the underwater adventures of Scarlett and Mainframe is an odd choice considering the relatively interesting power struggle happening on the surface. A three way battle is brewing between Baroness' mercenary force, the Joes and a scheming Serpentor representing Cobra. So far, much of the story has been a slow build toward this huge moment that could potentially serve as a multi-issue spanning sea battle. If Dixon can pull it off, maybe some of this unnecessary wheel-spinning will have been worth it, plot-wise.
It's sort of amazing how little the Joes have had to do so far in this title. Sharks have been the biggest obstacle and that threat is smartly taken care of rather quickly in order to get Scarlett and Mainframe back up to the surface. But wait, now they have to take time to decompress because they were too deep for too long. Instead of seeing the Joes prepare for the coming action we get to see Scarlett giving orders through a headset while Mainframe chugs a soda. Why are the Joes so boring? Dixon is typically good for at least a few solid action set pieces each issue but he really appears to be dropping the ball here.
While there isn't much in the way of action, there's lots of movement on the bad guy front with Baroness further asserting her control of the situation by quelling a potential mutiny from her mercs. Watch out for this in the coming issues, I have a feeling instead of a triple-threat match for the dough, we might end up seeing a fatal four-way. Speaking of threats, Serpentor finally figures out the Baroness' location through some scheming of his own and sends a team of his best soldiers to intercept the salvage ship. I'm still not quite sure what Cobra's true play is in this besides just salvage recovery. Before, Serpentor appeared to have some sort of score to settle with the Baroness, but now with the brief appearance of the Cobra Commander everything seems to be about the money.
Since the beginning, I haven't been a fan of Gulacy's art on Special Missions. It's wildly inconsistent with the bigger scenes and action being fairly well put together but it's his faces that take me out of the story every single time. They feel rushed and lazy with very little detail and an unfortunate reliance on shadows that make some of the dialogue scenes rougher than they need to be. If Dixon can deliver on the big action that's being hinted here, the tide could turn on whether this is a Joe title worth getting month to month. It's hard to recommend Special Missions right now, considering the new Cobra Files title is great and Van Lente's main title gets better with each issue.
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #190 Review
The locale-jumping of A Real American Hero continues with a new issue focusing on a different set of Joes in what looks to be the jungles of Southeast Asia. Team leader Chuckles is joined by Jinx, Lady Jaye, and Lowlight in an effort to stop Major Bludd along with a local warlord named Generalissimo Tep from killing innocent village dwelling civilians. It's the same plot from countless action movies and even features the damsel in distress, in this case Lady Jaye. I'll give it to writer Larry Hama, he certainly is sticking to his old school schtick right down to the clichéd plot and dialogue. Unfortunately it doesn't make for an interesting story with each beat even more predictable than the last.
With the previous issues, Hama has been able to coast on well-executed action scenes that move everything forward at a good pace. Here it feels like chore going from panel-to-panel seeing boring characters spout hammy dialogue without much investment in anything that's going on. We're sort of just thrown into the conflict without much context so when the Generalissimo starts going over the top with the razing of the village, you can't help but laugh and wonder just why in the hell any of this is happening. Why is Lady Jaye so attached to this village that she'd be willing to risk her life to save it? What's the bigger picture for the Generalissimo and why is Major Bludd so interested in helping him? Why is Chuckles wearing a ridiculous Hawaiian shirt? These are important questions!
Look, I'm all for a cheesy, old school action romp in the jungle fighting over the top warlords while saying hilariously campy lines like "To hell with the Pentagon, Generalissimo Tep just wrote his own firing order." but you have to at least give us something interesting to have fun with. Everything feels like it's on autopilot and Hama let a computer program to write the story. Throw in a curveball, give us a great action scene, or focus on one character and their relationship to the events taking place. Stereotypical jungle villagers, lame action and the promise of a better follow up issue just isn't enough.
Hopefully Hama can get back the spark that made the last few issues entertaining despite the problems. The mini-arcs are doing their job of providing a fast paced, fun ride for readers that allow timely jumping on points to happen every few issues but please give the loyal readers a little more to grab ahold of. For now I'll have to be content with the two titles that I actually give a damn about and hope better material is on the way.
Both Special Missions and A Real American Hero continue to be the weak links in the G.I. Joe chain of titles. Veteran writers Chuck Dixon and Larry Hama have to step up their game and deliver something of interest in the coming weeks. The level of quality here has been disappointing month to month considering the talents of all involved. It's time to step up fellas and start producing the material that Joe fans deserve.


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Vivian Bewick was one of the Buckhurst Hill Community Association's (BHCA) most outstanding and longest-serving tutors. From the family of Thomas Bewick, the famous 19th century engraver of birds and animals. It was Vivian Bewick who in 1952 designed and with his students carried out, a series of murals in Bedford House. Some are long gone but those above the main staircase depicting in a delightfully naive style, the local area and its history have survived. Time took its toll over the years, but in 1992 Essex Council financed their restoration and the newly renovated murals were "unveiled" in the presence of the now elderly but delighted artist himself.
Please do contact the gallery if you are interested in viewing any of the below works.


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It's Official!
Oregon's leadership in raising the wage was driven by a groundswell of support and advocacy from workers, small businesses, and community groups across the state. Since the Raise the Wage campaign launched in July, the coalition has fought day-in and day-out to secure a raise for over half a million Oregonians currently struggling to make ends meet.
While this proposal diverges from our initial plan for raising the wage, it is overwhelmingly a win for Oregon workers – in large part because it gives a raise to over 100,000 minimum-wage workers this July. This law takes a strong stand against exemptions and carve-outs: we are setting the standard that whether you work in a field or a factory, a small town or a big city, everyone deserves a wage that allows them to afford the basics.
Tell Governor Brown thank you for signing Senate Bill 1532 by clicking here to send a thank you via Twitter.
This law is a sign of real progress for working families, not just in Oregon, but across the United States. Across the country, local leaders are rising up in agreement that no one who works full-time should struggle to put food on the table or keep a roof over their head.
While we know our work is not over to address the other issues facing working families—from racial equity to rising healthcare and housing costs—this raise is an important step forward and we know it will have significant positive impacts for Oregon families and our economy for years to come.
Speak Up for Overtime Protection
Millions of Americans have been working overtime and not getting paid for it. Fortunately, the Department of Labor (DOL) is expected to implement a new overtime rule that will protect workers from overtime abuse by employers this summer.
But there are some in Congress who would rather run down the clock in order to steal this victory for working families. We need to make sure this rule is implemented before President Obama leaves office or we risk losing these protections altogether. And that's where you come in.
Sign the petition calling on President Obama and the Department of Labor to move quickly on implementing the new overtime rule to increase workers' wages and rebuild our middle-class. Be sure to click the confirmation email after signing, too, to make sure the White House gets it.
The new rule would benefit 13.5 million workers. It would extend overtime rights to an estimated 5.2 million workers and make it more difficult for employers to deny overtime compensation to another 8.3 million workers who are already eligible.
Not only is the new rule a victory for working people, it's also one of President Obama's signature economic achievements. But if the DOL and President Obama don't finalize the rule and act soon, Congress is likely to reverse this critical protection for millions of working families.
If we get 100,000 signatures, the White House will send an official response. Sign the petition today, and then click on the confirmation email you get in your inbox after signing, calling on President Obama and the Department of Labor to move quickly on implementing the new overtime rule that will increase workers' wages and rebuild our middle-class.
The Cookie Crisis
Oreo cookies are one of America's favorite snacks and a childhood obsession for many of us. But executives at Mondelēz International, the parent company of Nabisco, are planning to move production of nine snack food products, including Oreos, to Salinas, Mexico—wiping out more than 600 jobs at a plant in Chicago.
There's no reason this has to happen. Mondelēz CEO Irene Rosenfeld made more than $21 million in 2014—that's 597 times what the average American working person makes in a year. But she and other executives at the company have demanded people who work at the factory in Chicago take big pay and benefit cuts.
It's totally unacceptable to sucker punch America's working families with pay cuts and layoffs just so executives can keep taking more for themselves.
Click here now to immediately sign the petition to demand that Rosenfeld stop with the greed and do the right thing by saving good jobs for hundreds of workers at the Chicago plant.
We've seen this pattern from lots of greedy companies that ship America's jobs overseas. America's workers deserve better than to see their jobs go to low-wage countries with less regulations in order to increase corporate profits. Working families and our communities shouldn't have to bear the brunt of corporate greed.
And to add insult to injury, Rosenfeld received a $6 million raise the year before these workers were asked to take pay and benefits cuts—effectively paying her a whopping $21 million in compensation. In fact, she's been paid more than $170 million in compensation over the past eight years. Yet, working people at the Chicago plant are being told that it's up to them to save the company money.
We can speak up and stand with working people to try and save their jobs, but Rosenfeld needs to hear from a lot of us, right now.
Click here to sign the petition immediately demanding Mondelēz CEO Irene Rosenfeld do the right thing and save good jobs for hundreds of workers in Chicago.


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Part 3 in a series of blog posts by guest editor Mr. Ewy, in which he shares with us some of his favorite things.
Art Pepper was a sexual deviant. A convict. A cult member. A junkie. And those are his good traits. But man, that cat could blow! He was born in 1925 in California. His mother was a 14 year old runaway, his father a merchant marine. Perhaps to escape his lot in life, he began playing saxophone at the ripe age of 13 and was soon gigging in the black nightclub district of Los Angeles.
He is often lumped in with the "Cool Jazz" scene of California, but really, his sound owes more to the Kansas City via New York sound of such virtuosos as Lester "Prez" Young and Charlie Parker. He had an incredible improvisational bent and a tone that is still one of the best. In between bouts of rehab and jail, he produced one of the my favorite jazz records of all time, "Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section."
Origin stories differ around this classic album. Reportedly he played on a broken saxophone with reeds that weren't his own. In Straight Life, Pepper purports that he hadn't played in six months. The album liner notes say it was two, and other recordings he made around the same time, probably place it at five days. Regardless, it should be enjoyed on its own merits as an album with nary a note gone astray.
One thing that we do know as fact is that the rhythm section in question was Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. Heard of them before? Probably because they were the rhythm section for the Miles Davis (another junkie) Quintet… and they showed up to play on that day. Some of the improv fills by the rhythm section are just as good as the improvs by Pepper himself. Listen to the interplay between Pepper's sax and the brushes of Philly Joe Jones if you want to hear a tight rhythm section in action.
My favorite track is his rendition of Cole Porter's "You'd be So Nice To Come Home To" (for another great rendition, check Chet Baker's – one more junkie). One reason I love it so is because even though I had a tin ear and no rhythm, I once wanted to be a jazz saxophonist. My amazing teacher Kevin Burner had me transcribe the entire solo, note by note. I have an appreciation of the song beyond the ordinary and still find myself fingering along when I listen to it.
But back to Art. His was a fascinating life, even though tragic. His book Straight Life is another masterpiece and one that I have read several times. His account of being a musician, junkie, convict, cult member, and ultimately caring husband, is unrelenting and, often time shocking. I read it every couple of years as a reminder of the thin line between genius and madness.
Another thing about Art. Man, that cat could dress! Look at his get up on the cover of "Meets the Rhythm Section". That color combo tho… the pink shirt, the tan patterned sportcoat combined with the brass of his sax is just stunning especially in relationship to the background. He must have liked that outfit as it is also the one on the original printing of his book. Look at other pictures of him and you can see that his style wasn't just limited to music.
Don't trust me? Just listen to the album on Spotify. Better yet, buy it on vinyl, place the needle on the record, have a scotch and experience a singular work of art for the first time.
Ben Ewy is a gentleman of fortune and bon vivant living and working in Ann Arbor, MI. Follow more of his exploits on Instagram @benewy


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"I make books."
"I write stories"
"I draw pictures."
"I use the colours of the rainbow."
"I put patterns in my pictures."
We then encouraged students to put what they had learned into practice by completing a picture template from Grace Lin's website. It was great seeing the many patterns appearing in the pictures and the lively conversations happening at the same time as students shared with each other what they were adding to their picture:
"I have a pattern in the sky."
"I am repeating my pattern."
"I am going to write my name with patterns."
"I have a pattern on my shirt."
"I put stripes on the kite."
If you would like to enjoy some of Grace Lin's stories with your child, remember that you can visit the library together every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon between 3 and 4pm. You might also enjoy exploring the author/illustrator's website and blog.


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we don't know until we try
sometimes you need to just go and do the damn thing. maybe you don't have enough money. maybe you're not prepared. maybe you will be short on resources. but fuck it. go. do that thing that's been bouncing in the back of your brain, making it hard to focus on what's at hand. your hands are nimble and want to be filled. fill them. put tools in them. if you don't have tools, build them. carve things out of trees. fashion things out of stone. the thing about putting yourself in the eye of the storm is you no longer have a choice, fight for your life, or die. in the middle of an impetuous sea, you will find a way to shore. we want to live. put yourself in a position where your life is threatened, and you will be made immediately aware of this. the determination to wake to another day. the desire of the heart to keep beating. hold your breath and your lungs burn with the will to keep breathing.
I just had the privilege of being a part of a big leap of faith. hands held, we all jumped! a group of talented and curious people searching for something to fill their hunger, decided it was time to be their own source of nourishment. when there is no food, you have to go hunting. so that's what we did. we had an idea and we actually did something with it. it is an honor to see that when it happens, no matter what the outcome. so many things burst and fade within the walls of our skulls. the courage to take those sparks and build a fire and sit in that burning, to be consumed by the flames -- it is truly a beautiful thing to see. we all came with our own reasons, our own struggles and expectations, and we all left changed. knowing you can do it, that's what we are hoping to learn. we over complicate it, like most things. but really I think it's that simple, we want to know that we can do it. we waste so much time wondering. we don't know until we try.
so here's to making shit. in this case, a movie shot in arkansas. one giant group hug of an effort. I will keep you posted on its progress...


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The sad fact is that Topps opted to make this set after the Chicle cards in Topps Flagship, Topps Chrome, and UD Philadelphia were already out on the market. The even sadder thing is that these cards dont even compare to the ones from their base set, and they sure as hell dont compare to the ones in Philadelphia, so why even try?
The bordered sticker spaces on the autograph cards cut into the picture, and just draw attention to the fact that there is a sticker on the card. Why not just slap the sticker on the card without the border? It would look a little better than it does, right? With UD Philadelphia offering hard signed cards with better designs, this just isnt going to compete.
The dual looks borderline racist for the Moss painting as he kind of looks like those 20's era depictions of black people on theater posters. Of course, it wasnt meant that way, but im not sure why they would use that particular painting for the card. Then when you factor in that BOTH the Brady and Moss paintings look weird, and feature bordered sticker spots, the card just looks even more awful.
National Chicle is going to suck from what this is showing, and I think I should use an example of what the autograph cards should look like versus what they do look like. Its a stark comparison.
EDIT: I just saw this one, and I almost spit my coffee all over my computer. Obviously Topps' wonderful design team wasnt thinking too clearly (The Perez Hilton crap is my addition, though I think it adds to the overall presentation).


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Learn the tricks to making flaky, buttery, from-scratch biscuits with the expert baking team of Honeypie . Held inside our bakeshop kitchen at our brother cafe, Palomino, this hands-on class will guide you through the tricks to making the best, handmade, buttermilk biscuits in town. Class is approximately 2 hours and is limited to 14 people. Class will take place inside our working kitchen - class requires standing for the majority of the time while working at a prep table.
Ticket price includes all of your ingredients, a recipe with tips and tricks and a drink ticket for the bar.
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A Republican congressional candidate in Wisconsin has allegedly said that allowing gay couples to wed in the state could lead to incestuous marriages.
Karen Mueller, who is running in the state's GOP primary for a seat in the House, cited a hypothetical situation involving two sisters as an example.
"We've got, for instance, two sisters, and these two sisters want to get married. They love each other. They are committed to each other. They want to spend the rest of their life together," she said during a "meet the candidate" forum earlier this week, according to The Tomah Journal newspaper.
Their lawyers, Mueller added, could argue: " 'We can just do away with that state law the same way we did away with sodomy laws.' Once you do away with that, you reveal what is really going on here."
Mueller is a civil rights and employment law attorney. She did not return msnbc's multiple requests for an additional explanation of her views.
In an earlier interview with WisconsinEye, Mueller said she believes same-sex marriage is an issue states must debate individually.
A federal judge temporarily halted gay couples from marrying in Wisconsin, one week after declaring that the ban on such unions was unconstitutional. The earlier ruling had cleared the way for more than 500 same-sex marriages to occur.
Mueller recently took to her public Facebook account to call for President Barack Obama's impeachment based on the "lawlessness" she said is happening in the nation's capital. Additionally, she added, "the Constitution is being shredded."
The primary election is scheduled for Aug. 12.


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From George Washington to James Anderson, 6–7 February 1798
To James Anderson
Mount Vernon 6th & 7 1798
Mr Anderson,
It would seem by the reply you handed to me yesterday, in explanation of the observations I had made, in going over your A/cs that you were hurt by the remarks.1
The notes were not taken with that view—and you were told so in explicit terms. On the contrary, I remarked that the A/cs were perfectly fair, & only required explanation in one or two instances to make them clear.
Not having the Bank book (for it was in your possession at the time) I could only refer to my own Cash Memorandums for the $200 drawn on the Bank of Alexandria in Jany last. When I saw the Book, and heard your explanation of that, & the other matters which had been noted, I told you more than once, & in strong terms, that I was fully satisfied.
I find no complaint exhibited in the observations; nor do I perceive a single thing required in them, that is repugnant to, or not warranted by our Agreement. I little expected then, to see among your explanations, a hint so early given, of leaving the business at the close of the present year; after having induced me to encounter a very serious expence in erecting a Distillery of which I had no knowledge, nor the smallest intention to do, depending on your experience & Judgment to carry it on. But do as you please in this matter; I never did, nor Ever shall wish to retain any person in my employ contrary to their inclination.
I observed, it is true, that the expences of last year were very great. You had done the same several times before, to me; and I urged the necessity of retrenchment where it was practicable, & care where it was not.
You will recollect that before you received my Observations, or I your explanation, that I suggested the idea, & even asked your aid to procure from Scotland a young man who could ease both you & me of much writing. And you will recollect also that it was to save you from those frequent rides to, & consequent expences in Alexandria, that I proposed engaging the most respectable Retail dealer to supply me from his own, or provide from other Stores, with such articles as I wanted, on written Orders.2
The business of Distilling, last year was, it must be confessed, an uncontemplated, & of course an extra: business; but for what purpose the Dairy, & saving of Clover Seed are mentioned I know not. If saving one's own Seed (where it will ripen) is not the duty of a farmer, I am yet to learn the duties of one.
The moment it was resolved to establish a Distillery upon the Plan it now is, I declared my entire approbation that it should be under the immediate care of your Son John, and my willingness at the sametime to allow him whatever you thought reasonable, or others received. and this I repeat.
Calling for a quarterly Cash A/c proceeded from no distrust of their not being fairly rendered at the end of the year—but for mutual convenience, & to ⟨save⟩ the trouble of tedious examination, and also that I might see how matters were going on.
If a Cash A/c was exhibited on a loose sheet, it has escaped me. I recollect nothing of it. I am willing to receive the Vouchers, & to certify my approbation of the A/cs in the fullest manner. I should have done it at the foot of the Cash A/c if it had been Posted; or I would have done it before (and am ready to do it now) in the seperate Book, had I not understood from you, that it was intended to be entered therein. And it is no new thing for me to declare, that I never harboured the most distant suspicion of your applying any thing from the Store, or elsewhere to your own use, that you were not justly entitled to. In a word, you have had it from under my hand before, and I repeat it again, that I have been perfectly well satisfied with your conduct at the same time that I have and must continue to do so, ⟨illegible⟩ my business ⟨illegible⟩ & attentions to particular matters, as I expected to ⟨illegible⟩ and this I have done3—I think in a friendly matter. I wish you well, and am Your friend
Go. Washington
ALS (letterpress copy), DLC:GW.
1. Anderson's reply to GW's "observations" of 1 Feb. documenting the faults in Anderson's accounts has not been found.
3. Several lines at this point are completely illegible.


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Lauren Gilfeather, MSW is a goal-driven, dynamic, and creative professional who thrives on using strategic development and marketing strategy. Her aim is to affect change and increase scope and impact of an educational mission - in this case, the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Lauren is the coordinator of the Massachusetts Animal Fund, a program of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources. At the Fund she developed and manages the operations of a spay/neuter voucher program and animal control officer training with a goal of ending animal homelessness in Massachusetts. Previously, Lauren was the manager of educational programming and events for the Center for Shelter Dogs at the Animal Rescue League of Boston, where she developed training curriculum and strategic communication initiatives for the Center, now based at the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Before dedicating her life to animal welfare Lauren worked in higher education, both as director of communications for the admissions department at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and as managing director of Top Tier Admissions. She received her MSW from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work in 2006.
Lauren is the owner of two rescue pets, a spirited corgi mix and a senior orange tabby.


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2018 has in many ways been another year of firsts; although 2017 laid the foundation for it with getting married to my wonderful wife and accepting a position at Microsoft in Redmond, 2018 was the
Besides working, I have a few side projects running.
Mafia, Remake
The, in my oppinion, best game of all times serving as the base of my CryEngine experience.
During 2015 and 2016, Facebook saw an increase in fake pages offering competitions for iPhones and similar. I had to fix that.
Open source library for querying facebook data.
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A look into the world as I see it - I try to keep the blog updated.
About a year ago I started using Lets Encrypt for my certificate needs for a variety of websites and online services I run, but being mostly Windows based, I lacked a great automation solution. In
I just realized that today marks 1 year of me flying out to Seattle to interview with two Redmond based Microsoft teams. The interview loops was a result of 9 months of applying for various open


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Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Nouriel Roubini, chairman of Roubini Global Economics LLC and a professor at New York University, discusses the European Central Bank's policy measures announced yesterday and its expected impact on bond and currency markets. He talks with Mark Barton from the Ambrosetti Workshop in Cernobbio, Italy, on Bloomberg Television's "Countdown." (Source: Bloomberg)
Nouriel Roubini is an American professor of Economics at New York University`s Stern School of Business and chairman of RGE Roubini Global Economics


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Anal cancer is an unusual type of cancer that occurs in the anal canal. Anal cancer is a condition in which cancerous cells are formed within the tissues of the anus which is the last portion of the gastrointestinal tube. It occurs rarely but extremely lethal in its nature. The anal canal is a short tube at the end of your rectum, through which the faces leave your body. The signs and symptoms of anal cancer are the bleeding and anal pain. Most people with anal cancer receive a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Although the combination of cancer treatments increases the chances of recovery, combined treatments also increase the risk of side effects.
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Imagine a world where we buy nothing. (Spoiler: It already exists!)
Imagine a world where we don't have to buy a gosh darn thing because our neighbor has exactly what we need sitting in his house collecting dust, and he's happy to lend it or even just outright give it to us. In reality, this world already exists – and you can be a member of it.
The Buy Nothing Project in a nutshell.
The Buy Nothing Project "is a gift economy based on the simple acts of giving and receiving, no cash involved." Started in the Pacific Northwest, the project expanded to over 280,000 members in 18 nations in less than three years. Members give and receive items, time, and services to/from their neighbors. It usually happens one of two ways: local group members can post an "ask" for something they would like to have or a "gift" they want to pass along to a new home using their community's Buy Nothing Facebook page. The project describes these local groups as being made up of "random acts of kindness all day long," and this is not an exaggeration.
During the first week of trying to change my spending habits, I joined the Buy Nothing Facebook Group for our neighborhood. It was an experiment in stretching my dollars by exploring non-traditional (see also, super thrifty) ways of getting goods. Maybe someone would offer up some cute curtains when I was feeling the urge to redecorate or I could borrow a pressure washer next time I needed one. Joining was easy: I had to provide them with my age (it's adults only) and some general information about where I lived. The benefits were much bigger than pennies saved.
You get what you give.
On my first day as a Buy Nothing member, I fulfilled a neighbor's "ask" by giving them an old lampshade taking up space in our garage. That lampshade took on new life as an art project. Later that week, I posted a gift of unopened s'mores supplies leftover from our family camping trip. The goodies became a fun, end-of-summer treat for two young neighbor girls (Extra bonus: I didn't have to worry about the teenager in our house eating an entire bag of marshmallows in one sitting!). I have organized food drives, made donations to charities, served on boards, and been part of volunteer trails maintenance crews, but the personal nature of the gifts I've seen given through our Buy Nothing group is particularly touching. (You can see dozens of touching examples of ways neighbors have helped each other on the Buy Nothing Project's website.)
Howdy, Neighbor!
One of the huge bonuses for me has been meeting more of my neighbors. As passionate as I am about community involvement, I am often making it happen for other cities and their residents. It's fun to get to know so many people in the town where I've been living for ten years.
The generosity, sense of community, and gratitude that I have witnessed has been humbling. I've seen hardworking, resourceful families reach out with a request for household staples like formula and school supplies. These same families are often frequent contributors in the Buy Nothing group – fulfilling the requests of friends and neighbors and offering up the things they do have for free. They are living proof that we can do more than we think we can with what we have. And they are motivation – The more successfully I can control my spending on meaningless things, the more I will be able to give to others.
Thrifty solutions are good for everyone.
While some members of the group live on tight budgets, neighbors of all kinds giving and receiving is what makes the group work. To encourage everyone to be actively involved, our group has a "Wishful Wednesday" event where everyone is invited to comment with a small wish and a large wish and see if any magic happens.
Not too long ago, I discovered that my brown tights had somehow disappeared since the prior autumn. Many of my cold weather work outfits require brown tights, and I had been wrestling whether this kind of purchase was necessary while I was learning to spend more mindfully. I had decided that it was not even close to a necessary expense, but... brown tights were worth making a Wednesday Wish. Surprisingly, my wish came true! I met a new neighbor (Win for me!) who offered me not one, but TWO unworn pairs of brown tights (Winwin!) which had been taking up valuable space in her home (Win for her!). I picked them up, possibly saving her from having to drive and donate at a thrift store (Win for her!). And they won't end up in a landfill until they are nice and worn out (Win for the environment!). I also kept my promise to myself to spend less on non-necessities that don't hold special meaning to me (Winwinwinwinwin!!!).
Declutter in a flash.
If you ever wished you could make a few things disappear with a wave of a wand, Buy Nothing is your pixie dust. When my husband and I took on a big reorganizing project recently, the things we no longer needed were out of our hair almost instantly! No trip to the thrift store required!
Your turn.
Your own local Buy Nothing Group can likely be found with an easy Facebook search. If you don't find one, you can start one. Make your household clutter disappear, feel a deeper connection to your community, give to a neighbor in need, or just plain be resourceful as a member of a Buy Nothing group. You can participate to your level of comfort. If you don't like the idea of wearing previously owned tights, you can still borrow that pressure washer, score a free pair of tickets to a local event, or supply someone with the lampshade they need for their art project. You can share your Buy Nothing or Freecycle experience in the comments if you'd like.
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Back to the Future IPA
Brewed in collaboration with our friends at Breakside Brewery.
Back to the Future IPA is the liquid representation of the Pacific Northwest craft beer community; a cross-border collaboration between Seattle's Fremont Brewing and Portland's Breakside Brewing. We decided to brew this beer for Seattle Beer Week and will release another beer for Portland Beer Week…stay tuned. This bromance beer is named Back To The Future IPA as a nod to the futuristic hops used in each of our releases; Jarylo and Ekuanot in Seattle and Azaaca and Ella in Portland. So, pop the top, pour yourself a little adventure and Chill Out as you ride Back To The Future on this magic hop carpet ride!
Down & Dirty: 2-Row Pale, Pilsner, and C-15 malts and Chinook, Jarrylo, and Ekuanot hops.
Color: Golden
Aroma: Freshly-picked hops, orange peel, tropical
Flavor: Pine, apple, pear, grassy
Availability: Released May 2015
Fresh Range: 90 days from packaged-on date


text: Maureen Ross Gemme joined me on The Engine to discuss how to prepare Millennials for leaderships positions in today's corporations. It's a challenge for many companies as this generation has a different view on the world of employment. Maureen has worked extensively in the corporate community for almost 30 years, speaking and training thousands of people. She uses her experience to help corporations build cultures that nurture Millennials, and deliver impressive results. Learn more about Maureen at her website.


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Adios, 2016. We won't miss you all that much.
Whether you were bummed on a celebrity passing, you were broke, you didn't vote, you stepped in gum or you realized what a piece of shit the world truly can be, there's probably some reason you're ready for a fresh start. I go between the idea of next year either being way better or way worse. Either way, it's a chance to try to be something different or try something new.
Let's be real.
We've had some wild things happen this year. Basically, time keeps moving on. It's been tough to keep my head up through it all, but I know next year will be better. All I can do is continue to make work and look for new ways to keep afloat in this town that keeps changing and getting more expensive each day. I'm trying to be smarter, more open to change and wiser with my business. It's hard being an artist and also run the business side of things, too. I'm still learning.
This year has brought me much joy in learning a new craft of sewing and embroidery. I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd be obsessed with sewing, but you never know if you like it till you try it. It inspired me to create Elmer Gomer, a project I've had in the back of my head for a long time. I can't wait to see how it develops and morphs in the next year.
I'm in my new makeshift studio.
After learning that I'd be losing my space earlier this year, I decided to build out an existing shed on our property. It's something that I've schemed on for quite a while and dreamed about even longer. As it turns out, Austin's real estate market is out of control and we've got a limited time at our place. It's a bummer after spending money and time to finish it off, but I'm going to make the most of my time here and really make some art and memories in here. Stop by and check it out soon.
As always, this time of year I like to thank all those who help keep my creative fire alive. If it weren't for my clients and supporters, I'd be a much grumpier person. Thanks to my friends, family and fellow artist homie domies for keeping me going. It doesn't get any easier, but you make it more bearable.


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Postpartum Doula Training in Brooklyn
Hi Laura, thanks for taking some time to chat with us today at Baby Caravan. We are so excited to host you in October for the CAPPA Postpartum Doula training.
Baby Caravan: What brought you to working with mothers and babies?
Laura Nance: As with many people, it was my own personal experience with the births and postpartum periods of my own children. I discovered there is a huge gap in the education and support of new families. The focus is on the pregnancy, the labor, the nursery and all the "stuff." Then once the baby is born the new mother is often times left on her own to figure everything out. A lot of times if she has the help, it isn't the right help. The education women are getting isn't evidence based. All of these things lead to women being depleted at a time they should be really growing and experiencing joy.
BC: How do you feel postpartum doulas help mothers and babies the most?
LN: I like to use the illustration of a trail guide, someone who is familiar with the path and there to guide others along the path. But the person has to do the hiking themselves, the trail guide doesn't carry them, only guides them. Postpartum doulas have experience and expertise to educate and support new families; they can guide them, but they don't carry them. So the doula really helps the family figure out that they have the ability to do it all themselves, they just need someone to show them the ropes and assist them until they can do it on their own. So I guess, the way postpartum doulas help the most is by boosting the new mom's confidence in herself and her ability to be a mom.
BC: What's your favorite part of being a postpartum doula?
LN: That moment when that new mom realizes her ability as a mom to her baby. I love seeing that confidence.
BC: What are a few things a new mom can do to plan for a smooth and enjoyable postpartum experience?
LN: Get help. As American women we tend to suffer from Supermom Syndrome; we think we need to be able to do everything. We think that asking for help is a sign of weakness. A new mom needs to be focusing on her own physical and emotional healing and getting to know her new baby, not shopping, laundry, cooking and cleaning. And get sleep. Whatever the amount of sleep she got before she had the baby, or really before she got pregnant, that is how much she still needs, if not a little more. She won't be getting it at long stretches at night but she still needs that many hours of sleep in a 24 hour period.
BC: Why CAPPA? What benefits do doulas have by certifying with CAPPA?
LN: CAPPA is an international organization that has trained and certified thousands of birth professionals since our beginning in 1998. We are recognized for our professionalism, longevity and unsurpassed personal customer service to our members. Our curriculum is standardized and revised on a regular basis to make sure the content is based on the most recent and relevant information. We also offer multiple certification programs and sponsor continuing education for our members.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. So when someone certifies with CAPPA they get a comprehensive education from a long-standing and professional organization that will mentor them and personally assist them on their journey. And did I mention we have a FREE annual conference for our members with outstanding speakers??
BC: That's awesome!! What book are you currently reading?
LN: HAHA, I'm actually reading more than one, which is something I never used to do. Personally I'm reading Pillars of the Earth for the second time and the Call the Midwife books. And for professional development I am reading Sunshine After Storm, Natural Healing after Birth and Making More Milk.
BC: I LOVE Call the Midwife, I'll need to check out some of the others as well. Thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us today. We are so looking forward to hosting you in October for the Postpartum Doula Training at Diaperkind in Gowanus.


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Make one of these and you can carry a little bit of color wherever you go. It's super tiny and if you fill it with high pigment paints those tiny dots of paint can go a long way in a sketchbook (or two). Below the illustration is detailed instructions on how to make your own. My gift to you.
Altoid Watercolor Travel Kit:
- Altoid SMALLS tin (sugarfree) is the right size and shape with NO EMBOSSING on the lid!
- Press Sculpty of other polymer clay in the base of clean tin about 1/4-1/3 of an inch high.
- Mints pressed into Scultpy form reservoirs. I can comfortably get 12 with the tiny square mints.
- Bake according to clay instructions or around 270F for 15 minutes.
- Wash out mints under warm running water. Dry.
- Spray glaze on hardened Sculpty paint pans. Let Dry.
- Tape to cover the sides of the lid and any other area that you do not want paint on. If you skip this step the lid will not close properly and scrap the spray paint and possibly get stuck.
- White spray paint the lid. You want a few even coats followed by a glaze to make this surface smooth and durable.
- Dry completely.
- Fill reservoirs with the paints of your choice. I highly recommend artist grade paints if you can afford them.
- Leave to dry a minimum of overnight longer is better.
- Voila! When you use up the paint just refill it.


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Given that it is quite a while since we last met, I am going to take you back in time by about four months. After a slightly tricky start – we had experienced a touch of frost on the far field for the first time since the vines were tiny little twigs – we have enjoyed the best growing season that I can remember. The sun didn't exactly shine right the way through flowering, but the rain stayed away, allowing an excellent fruit set and we are consequently entering the business end of the season with plenty of fruit all over the place.
Simple enough? Not a chance. Repeat visitors will be aware that vines are very much like pandas in that I have literally no idea how they made it through the annals of time and vagaries of evolution to the present day intact. Vines will catch anything that is passing and absolutely revel in this sickly role throughout the English "Summer" time. As luck would have it, we enjoyed some drier and warmer weather towards the end of the growing season which allowed us to beat the mildew into submission and we were close to declaring victory on the eve of harvest. Which brings us to about four months ago.
We have already picked the majority of our German varieties, which are always the earliest, but at this point, we have picked them two weeks earlier than ever and the sugar levels are excellent. As is the ripeness* in general, which is of constant concern in English winemaking. The French varieties are looking great and we are anticipating a bumper harvest and an easy time in the winery (more on this next time).
*Not in common with much of the rest of the wine producing world, here in the frigid north, one generally picks the grapes as late as one may get away with it, as opposed to whipping them off in the middle of August (and even in the middle of the night) before they all turn into raisins in the searing heat. Stoic English pickers usually wear hats and gloves and are prone to mutiny if you offer them anything other than a pint of tea and a bowl of soup for lunch.
It is because of this clean and bountiful crop that we find our author bathed in the early evening sunshine at the bottom of the far field clutching a shotgun, ready to meter out some old fashioned justice to hungry birds intent on a putting a dent in this season's harvest. Old hands here will be aware that this is about as idle as threats get – I couldn't damage a barn door with a gun, short of actually hitting the door with the gun – so it's probably as well that we aren't afflicted with the huge swarms of Starlings that, given half a chance, would absolutely demolish the carefully tended crops of our wine producing colleagues in the South East.
The worst that we have to deal with is the occasional gang of pigeons, and they generally don't appear mob handed, nor do they seem to have a particular predilection for grapes; that or our particular pigeons are full of the leavings from the local kebab house. Whatever the case, we rarely suffer much damage from the local fauna, but in the calm that comes before the big pick, a vineyard owner must find himself something to do and ensuring that not a single grape ends up inside a pigeon seems like as good a thing as any at the end of September.
Climbing back into his decidedly ancient pick up, our protagonist marvels yet again that it bursts into life as he turns the key in the ignition. The last time that we met, our pick up was in a parlous state. As well as being in about as far from showroom condition that it is possible for a vehicle to be, it had obstinately elected to stop running altogether and was pursuing a new career as a trailer, being dragged around by an even older tractor. This was doing some major damage to the air of absolutely rigid professionalism that we cultivate around everything else here, so I was keen to revive it.
As luck would have it, I am in the possession of the telephone number of a technically minded chap who is far too polite for his own good and was willing talk me through coaxing a couple of more trips around the estate out of the old girl. And lo, at some point around spring of last year, it burst into life and had been happily running on almost all of its cylinders since. The cylinders part is important, because a good chunk of the fuel that the engine was dumping into the wonky one was making its way into the exhaust and exploding there instead, causing regular and thunderous back fires.
This was obviously a problem if we wanted to get the dog or the children within one hundred yards of the pick up, but it also turned it into a sort of mobile bird scarer. As soon as I switched off and climbed out to carry out a spot of bird scaring, I was inevitably greeted by absolute and complete silence and a sky perfectly devoid of ravenous avian intruders. This was going splendidly, right up until the last and greatest of all backfires took a good chunk of the exhaust with it.
Back to life as a trailer? Not a bit of it! It obviously sounds even worse now, but faithfully delivered tonne after tonne of grapes to the winery with nary a whimper. Okay, there was quite a lot a whimpering, but shifting the grapes is no longer a two man job, so I'm calling that a win.


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Herd Update
Where does the time go? Just a few months ago we were looking at our first baby born here on the farm. Now we are coming into spring and starting all the needed to make the farm better than it was last year. This usually means a lot of fence and pasture work. This...read more
Potato Soup Recipe
With winter rolling in we've been looking at cooking more of our favorite comfort food around here. Unfortunately, with Diane's Gluten and wheat issues we've been forced to eliminate some of our favorites or modify them quite a bit. One of those is potato soup. We...read more
Why Highland Cows?
We keep getting asked why we chose to raise highland cows here vs all the other breeds out there. The simple answer is, Diane likes them. While serving in the US Air Force she spent a fair amount of time in Scotland and fell in love with the cows over there. They...read more
Long, Hot, Summer
Fall is upon us. The leaves are starting to change and the temperatures at night are finally down into the 50s. This summer has been a hot one for us. With all the work that still needs to be done here on the farm the break in temperature has been a welcome change....read more
Rolling Bird Hatchery
Last year we hatched a lot of Guineas the hard way. We were using a borrowed incubator and then moving the chicks in to some large plastic tubs with heat lamps and then moving them in to an old bath tub we had left over after the builders ruined it while trying to...read more
We Have A Pond
We finally have our first "water feature". Part of the plan for building our farm has always been to create habitats for more creatures than just cows and horses. High on my list has always been ponds and fish. After a lot of work on other areas of the property,...read more
Raising the Roof!
Today we crossed a fairly major milestone building the house, we have the last of the trusses hung. It was an all hands on deck day with Frank and his crew, Dudley Ingram on the lift and even Diane and I helped out as much as we could. I'm sure that the guys felt the...read more
More House Building Videos
The building keeps right on going on. We are hoping to be dried in in just a few more weeks. Since the last post we've actually come a long way. The two videos below take us up to the roof being put on the house. If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to our...read more
Building the House Part 1
I know it's been a long time since we last updated the blog, I blame Diane - it's her job. I'll leave her to go back and fill in all the details of what has happened since the last time she posted, I'm here to show off the new house construction we have going on here....read more
Zoe Has Adopted Us
It's been a while since my last post. There has been a lot going on since then. We've had several visitors, cleared more brush, planted and tending a garden (still no water on property so this is more effort than you would think), fenced in a new pasture and...read more
Valyn, Goodbye My Old Friend
On Halloween about twelve and a half years ago one of the greatest dogs ever entered our lives. Valyn was a cross between a Newfoundland and a Great Pyrenees and instantly took over a large part of our hearts and home. As a puppy he was the clumsiest dog in the...read more
Building a Land Bridge over a Ditch
With rolling hills, lots of rainfall, and several springs on the farm, it is natural to have drainage ditches for the water to flow. One main ditch is a boundary for a large chunk of our property. Unfortunately about a third of our property is on the other side of...read more


text: Nor has the other side forgotten Kerry. When the former candidate emerged on the West Front of the Capitol yesterday morning and his smiling image was broadcast, the crowd booed and groaned. One man could be heard to call out, "Loser!" Kerry took his seat alongside an old friend, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), and quickly got to the task at hand: projecting both equanimity and magnanimity.


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Look at this absolutely gorgeous and perfect card from Julee at Poetic Artistry! I got it in my prize package along with the Studio G clear stamp set and Crate Words rub-ons. As you can imagine, I was just tickled to see THIS card in my package! Oh my goodness, it's absolutely perfect! You should see all the sparkle on the card too! The picture does not do it justice. Julee, you just do AMAZING work and I am so excited to have one of your originals! :) Thank you so much! I just LOVE it!
Saturday, May 26, 2007
A Julee Original!
Posted by Charmaine (CharmWarm) at 7:26 PM
8 comments:
I loved the card when I saw it on Julee's blog. I am so excited for you that she send it to you.
- May 26, 2007 at 8:43 PM
- Diane (djluvs2stamp on SCS) said...
How CUTE, you lucky gal!! The perfect ladybug card for the gal that loves them!
- May 26, 2007 at 9:55 PM
- Rose Ann said...
Wow...what an amazing card. Lucky you! ;)
- May 27, 2007 at 12:37 AM
- Shadowcatcher said...
So glad you liked it. I had to send you the first card I made with my Little Lady set, since I bought the set specifically to make you a card! Everytime I see a ladybug I think of you and smile!
- May 27, 2007 at 4:36 AM
- chelemom said...
This is really cute! I love the colors she chose! Way to go Julee!
- May 27, 2007 at 8:52 AM
Love the colors!!!! Great job!
- May 27, 2007 at 12:58 PM
- Sherrie said...
you lucky girl Charmaine! That is a gorgeous card and it suits you so well too!
- May 27, 2007 at 1:20 PM
- Kristine said...
WOW...that is absolutley GORGEOUS!! You are soooo lucky to have received such a blessing :) YEAH!!
- May 29, 2007 at 11:11 PM
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