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It's Not Them, It's You: Changing the Way We React, Cope, and Communicate
Effective Communication
Communication is one of the most fundamental skills we possess as society-bound creatures. Modern communication at every level (in person, over the phone, and digital) is important. I've always had a keen interest in the psychology of communicating, and I believe that we have an obligation not only to practice good communication on a daily basis, but also to understand where we've fallen short. We should always make improvements to our communication methods to better ourselves. After all, why wouldn't we want to get the best results from interactions with others?
The reason behind this current discussion comes from a personal place. Over the past decade, I've felt an overall loss of true connection with friends and loved ones. I know that part of the reason for this is due to the fact that I haven't stayed in the same city for more than three years at a time for the past 18 years. Distance and loss of physical connection can surely change relationships. Another reason for loss of connection is that I, along with so many others, experienced a rapid period of growth in my twenties. Taking on "adult life" after existing so long under the shelters provided by parents and the education system can be stressful on any relationship. It's very natural for people to drift apart when "life" happens - I get that. But what if I could have done something about those lost connections?
Over the past decade, I've felt an overall loss of true connection with friends and loved ones. I know that it's natural for people to drift apart when "life" happens -but what if I could have prevented at least some of those losses?
I know that I'm not alone in feeling out of sync with others after life changes. When we're thrown for a loop, it's good to remind ourselves that each new change presents an opportunity for growth and a chance to question and evaluate responses to change, specifically in the ways we relate to others and the ways we relate to ourselves.
Commonly, when we feel rebuffed by others, we think – What's their problem? What's wrong with my friends, family, coworkers, boss, etc? They are not responding to me in the way I deserve. Why don't they seem to be listening to me when we are talking face-to-face? Why haven't they replied to my phone calls, emails, texts, status updates, handwritten letters? What is their deal? We blame their behavior on the stars, mercury being in retrograde, the rise/fall of barometric pressure, or we simply write these people off and choose not to spend time with them (see: "ghosting").
In actuality, nothing is wrong with these people. We can't and shouldn't blame them for their perceived failure in communication. The fault actually lies with us and the ways we communicate.
It's not them, it's us.
I am not claiming to be some sort of communication expert. I am still learning and growing with every interaction. And, in my journey to improve myself, I've practiced a variety of techniques that seem to improve how I relate to people and how I react to others who relate to me. In this article, I discuss how to improve in two different areas of communication: self-talk and interpersonal communication.
Self-talk is the practice of talking to ourselves, either mentally or aloud. It can also be referred to as the ways we think about ourselves.
Take a moment and ask yourself if you engage in mostly positive or negative self-talk. Do you constantly build yourself up, or do you tend to let yourself down? Are you confident and self-assured, or are you scared, and self-doubting? If your style of self-talk is mostly negative, your negativity can be harmful to both you and others. You could be eliciting angry, needy, and insecure behaviors that will most like change the ways others communicate with you.
Negative self-talk can also prompt us to drag others down with us. We think, "I feel terrible, so everyone needs to feel as terrible as me." No one wants to hang out with a negative person. Have you noticed how negativity can be contagious? Listen closely to how you talk to yourself. If you find yourself spiraling into a pit of despair, pause and consider how to change your way of thinking. Treat yourself as your own best friend, not as an enemy. Take a compassionate point of view when relating to yourself. After all, we must be able to positively connect with ourselves before we can successfully connect with others.
Interpersonal Communication
Interpersonal Communication is the term for the ways we exchange feelings, meaning, and information with others.
A basic rule for exchanging info with others (I shared this quite often with my tech-obsessed high school students) is to look people in the eye when we speak to them. Other basic rule is to face our bodies towards others when speaking to them and avoid crossing our arms, as this can be interpreted as being defensive.
Don't be defensive — this is so important! I've learned that when mistakes are "never my fault," they probably are my fault. I've also learned to shoulder the responsibilities of dealing with my mistakes. Oftentimes, we have the tendency to blame others for our own mistakes.
We should own up to our mistakes, learn from them, and move on.
If we think we're not getting the results we expect out of interpersonal interactions or relationships, we should take some time to analyze our communication styles.
One way I've been doing this is to "check in." I just go and ask the other person – How can I do better? Asking for feedback might feel weird or uncomfortable at first, but the other person will almost always appreciate the gesture and respect you for valuing the relationship.
We should "check in" with others as well as ourselves to improve our ways of communicating.
Other ways of "checking in" include asking ourselves:
1. Do I pry into people's personal lives, spread gossip, or say mean things about people? Am I quick to judge people unfairly? If so, why might I be doing that?
2. Are my thoughts about specific people negative or positive? Do I complain a lot? If so, why am I complaining? Remember: no one wants to hang out with a complainer.
3. Do I raise my voice and talk over people in a conversation? Do I find myself trying to finish other people's sentences? Why do I do this?
4. Do I talk down to people? Do I tell them what to do? Why am I being so bossy?
5. Do I talk "at" people instead of "to" them? Do I "talk back" to people? Why might I be doing that?
Checking in, digging deep, and asking ourselves "Why?" will really help us think about the ways we communicate and assist in our becoming better communicators.
6. Do I get upset when I receive criticism from others? Do I push people away who criticize me? Why can't I deal with criticism?
7. Am I able to tell people what I want or need in clear terms? Sometimes people want others to intuitively guess their needs. This often happens in married relationships or between family members. No matter how close people are, no one can intuitively guess a person's needs. Learn how to set clear expectations and communicate clearly about wants and needs to others.
8. Am I a good, active listener? Active listening includes paying attention and then demonstrating understanding by repeating key points later in the conversation. At the end of the day, people just want to feel like they are understood. Therefore, listening is actually much more important than talking.
9. Do I seek to benefit from a relationship without giving back? Why don't I reciprocate more often?
10. Am I constantly late? Lateness can be applied to many circumstances. A person can be late to a physical engagement or late in calling someone back. Chronically late people often have voicemail boxes that always seem to be full. If this sounds like you, ask yourself - Why can't I make others a priority?
Taking a step back and analyzing the ways we relate to others can help us have more positive interactions in the future. Checking in, digging deep, and asking ourselves "Why?" can really help us think about the ways we communicate and assist us in becoming better communicators.
Above all, in order to communicate in the clearest, most effective ways, we must first be willing to patiently listen to ourselves, as well as listen to others. When we truly listen, we don't just listen to parrot a reply. We listen with intention, we listen to understand, and we listen to be able to communicate effectively.


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Student Learning Processes
Children think mathematically long before they start school. Before children start learning mathematics at school, they show informal understanding of many numeracy concepts. This is informal numeracy knowledge, that is, skills that children develop before starting school that do not depend on written mathematical notation (Purpura & Napoli, 2015). For example, children's numeracy knowledge is evident in their developing counting skills. It is also evident in their capacity to compare, share, order, estimate and calculate different quantities. Fundamental skills in recognising and responding to numerical cues are apparent in infancy, and, at a very basic level, may be innate. Early numeracy skills influence achievement in school mathematics (Malofeeva, Day, Saco, Young, & Ciancio, 2004; Purpura & Napoli, 2015; Starkey, Klein & Wakeley, 2004). Understanding the importance and development of preschoolers' numeracy skills is fundamental for those involved in early years education so they can support and encourage children to develop their skills in early learning contexts, and provide appropriate school-entry teaching and learning (Floyd, Hojnoski, & Key, 2006). This review synthesises current research ...

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The most easily understood type of indexed life insurance is that, which uses the CPI. Both the premium and benefit are tied to the inflation rate. For example, if a policy was originally bought with a benefit of $100,000 US Dollars for a $100 monthly premium, and the CPI went up 5%, the next year the premium would be $105, and the benefit amount would be $105,000.
An indexed life insurance policy is helpful for those who want to make sure the relative value of the benefit and premium never change. Often, these policies are whole life insurance policies, meaning they are good for as long as insured individual is alive, and will be paid upon that individual's death. This is in contrast to term life insurance, that only pays benefits if the individual dies within a certain time frame.
Equity indexed life insurance is a product that can be little more complicated to understand, simply because it is both an insurance policy and an investment vehicle. A portion of the premium will go to administer the policy as usual, but the majority of the premium will be invested in some type of fund or index. If the fund grows in value, the insurance policyholder will receive a payment based on a certain percentage of the growth, up to a certain amount.
As with many types of cash value life insurance policies, equity indexed life insurance offers the consumer options as far as withdrawal and borrowing against the value. Thus, it is a life insurance vehicle that can become a funding option while the insured person is still alive. The withdrawal and borrowing may come with certain fees and penalties, however. It is up to the investor to understand these terms and conditions before making any decisions.
Those looking at indexed life insurance products will likely need to qualify based on a number of criteria. Age, health, and family medical history are often factors with any life insurance policy, and these are no exceptions. Death benefits will eventually be paid on these policies, and the insurance companies want to be certain they are making a sound investment.
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RRB ALP 2018 Exam Syllabus, Selection Process, Exam Pattern PDF Download
RRB ALP 2018 Latest Syllabus available here for download. Applicants who had applied for the Assistant Loco Pilot job can get the complete your exam preparation using this syllabus. You can also check the exam pattern of RRB ALP 2018 exam in this article or http://www.indianrailways.gov.in. The RRB ALP Syllabus and exam pattern of all zones are provided here. Check RRB ALP Question Papers 2018
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Candidates who had applied for the Railway Recruitment Board Assistant Loco Pilot job 2018 can download updated ALP syllabus from our website www.rrb2018.com. You should completely know about the Assistant Loco Pilot syllabus and exam pattern before you start your preparation. The syllabus provided on our page would make your preparation more efficient. If you know subjectwise topics you can score more marks in the ALP written exam 2018. Download the RRB Exam Syllabus from the enclosed links.
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RRB ALP & Technicians selection will be based on 4 stages as follows:
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- Percentage.
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- Unitary Method.
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Verbal Reasoning
- Number Series.
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- Blood Relations.
- Test of Direction Sense.
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- Non-Verbal Series.
- Grouping Identical Figures.
- Embedded Figures.
- Mirror Images.
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- Physics.
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- Figures and Pictures.
- Analogies.
- Differences.
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- Awards and Honors.
- Science – Inventions and Discoveries.
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- Electrical India.
- Rolls, Cables.
- Transfers.
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- The Strength Of The Material.
- Metallurgical.
- Metal Handling.
- Refrigerators And Air Conditioned.
- Thermo Dynamics.
- Energy, Material.
- Energy Conservation.
- Management.
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Recently, one of my patients, an elderly man, stopped me as I got up from my stool to leave his room. I had just finished examining him, offering my assessment and plan, and apologizing for his long wait since I had been running late that day. He listened patiently then hopped down from the exam table just as I turned toward the door, the ties of his flimsy hospital gown flapping around his thin legs.
"Doctor," he said, "No need to apologize for being late." He smiled affably and added, "Truth be told, I prefer you lady doctors. You spend more time with patients. It's like you just know how to be a mother."
I smiled. My patient was satisfied and believed I had listened to him well. But, truth be told, I left his room somewhat taken aback, despite his good intentions. Did being a woman necessarily mean I gave better care? And was that care necessarily more patient-centered?
For two decades, spurred on by the rising number of women going to medical school (women currently make up almost half of each entering medical school class), researchers have been studying the influence of gender on physician style. While many of these investigators initially assumed that the long training process completed in lockstep with male peers would diminish gender differences, their findings over the years have indicated otherwise. Several studies have shown that female doctors tend to be more encouraging and reassuring, use shared decision-making, ask more psychosocial questions and spend more time — up to 10 percent more — with patients than male doctors do.
But research over the last few years has also found that the patient's gender determines how patients feel about their doctors, as much if not more than the physician's.Continue reading the main story
Gender is important in the patient-doctor relationship, but its influence can't be reduced to a simple statement like, "Women doctors are more sympathetic."
In one study, for example, Swiss and American researchers found that patients, depending on their gender, evaluated their male and female physicians' displays of concern for their patients differently. While male patients tended to be content regardless of physician gender and communication style, female patients were much more specific when it came to assessing their doctors. The female patients were most satisfied with their women doctors if those doctors expressed great concern and empathy and were extremely reassuring. But if the doctors were male, the female patients were dissatisfied with overt displays of caring and actually preferred less empathy and reassurance from the doctors.
"In any field that women have moved into as executives or managers, there's a Catch-22, double-blind ambivalence about how people are expected to behave," said Judith A. Hall, one of the study authors and a professor of psychology at Northeastern University in Boston. "We are just now uncovering how true it is in medicine."
Findings from other studies have also revealed that patients, regardless of gender, tend to be more assertive with women doctors, interrupting them and asking questions more frequently. While some experts have construed these interruptions as a sign of decreased respect, others contend that they in fact reflect a greater sense of comfort on the part of the patient. "Interruptions are not necessarily bad," Dr. Hall observed. "They can be a sign of empowerment and of participation. Patients feel like they are really talking."
But while the female doctor in the exam room tends to ignite such interactive conversations, it is the presence of a female patient that keeps those discussions going. According to another study published last year in The Journal of Women's Health, women patients were more likely to have discussions with doctors that focused on their illness experience and personal factors, regardless of the physician's gender.
"You can't necessarily say that women are better doctors," said Dr. Klea D. Bertakis, lead author of that study and a professor of family and community medicine at the University of California, Davis. "It's a matter of gender behaviors in the course of an encounter. Patients, as well as physicians, are bringing their specific backgrounds and experiences to that encounter; and we need to be aware of that."
Perhaps the most interesting finding in these studies of gender in the patient-doctor relationship involves male doctors who practice obstetrics and gynecology. While this group of male physicians has been shown to be significantly better than their female colleagues at showing empathy and talking to patients about their emotional concerns, many of their patients continue to have a strong preference for female doctors.
Patient-centered communication styles, it seems, may not be the only, nor even the most important, determinant of patient satisfaction.
But, as the obstetrics and gynecology example reveals, and contrary to my elderly patient's belief, the ability to have more patient-centered discussions is not limited to one sex. Or to those who might be mothers. Physician communication skills can be shaped with training; and medical schools across the country have taken advantage of that fact. More and more schools are offering courses that teach young doctors how to offer better counseling and prevention, provide shared decision-making and pay increased attention to how an illness and its treatment are affecting a patient, skills found in studies to be present more often in female physicians.
"But it's not about trying to become a woman," Dr. Bertakis reflected. "It's about learning behaviors."Continue reading the main story


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Not only does this kit contain the same parts as the OpenBeam Precut Kit 1, it also includes motor mounts and other parts needed for building desktop CNC & 3D machines.
This kits comes with everything you need to start building rigid enclosures (with added acrylic/wooden walls), frames for 3D printers & other automated equipment, camera rigs, or a robot chassis. OpenBeam precut lengths make it so quick to start building mechanical structures that easily combine with electronics to make all kinds of interesting projects. Not only can these projects be built in record time but they can also be easily shared. If anyone else wants to replicate your shared project, they can pick up this precut kit and quickly create their own.
You'll notice that the cut lengths often change in increments of 30mm. This is because in a rectilinear framing structure, the 30mm difference allows a piece of OpenBeam to span across the framing structure cleanly. For example, suppose you have a framing structure made by joining 2 pieces of 300mm (length) and 2 pieces of 150mm (height) into a picture-frame shape. A 270mm piece will perfectly span the gap between the 2 150mm uprights (given that each of the uprights are 15mm wide). If the butt joints were mated the other way, a 120mm piece will perfectly span between the 2 x 150mm pieces.


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2. There are a LOT of beat festivals and happenings going on. Let's see ... the University of Kansas is hosting "A Festival: William S. Burroughs and the Arts" from late October through Jan 1 1997. There will be some interesting guests; here's the press release. The University of Texas at Austin is running a show called "Beat: The Hip Highways and Bebop Byways of Modern American Letters." A San Francisco/SOMA month-long festival called Re/BEAT looks like a lot of fun -- here's their calendar. The Whitney Museum exhibit "Beat Culture and the New America" is also coming to San Francisco on October 5th. It will be at the M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum through December 29. Allen Ginsberg is doing October readings around the country, including San Francisco and New York. Finally, don't forget the annual Kerouac festival in Lowell, Massachusetts. Featured guests include Ed Sanders and musician Rob Buck, formerly of 10000 Maniacs.
3. Going out on a limb here: 90's writer Douglas Coupland is not a beat writer by any means. And I know about the gag impulse naturally caused by writers who try too hard to "capture a generation" (yuck). Still, I read Coupland's "Microserfs" and I liked it. I don't care whether it captures deep generational truths or not -- it's an enjoyable and poignant story, and the author does have some clue what the life of a software developer is like (believe me, I know). Anyway, the reason I mention all this is that Coupland now has his own website. It's worth a look.
Another somewhat Coupland-esque new site is Carl Steadman's enigmatic Placing, which looks affectionately at the packaged products that define our personal lives more than we often think. I hope Carl doesn't get mad at me for calling him Coupland-esque.
4. I heard there'll be a Kerouac tribute album coming out soon, with a lot of excellent participants including Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Sonic Youth. This is all on the level of rumour right now -- can anyone tell me more?


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An eventful opening week left Homerism with a two-game lead on little bro, The Skinny. Homerism has been dreaming of chocotinis all week. On to the picks:
Thanks, Tennessee! You managed to "volunteer" up every opportunity to beat UCLA by 3 touchdowns. I felt like I was a little harsh on Phil Fulmer last week. I was wrong. I was way too lenient. The Tennessee debacle brought me back to something I am all too familiar with: mediocrity. It's back to the drawing board for The Skin this week. To the disappointment of my many female fans, Skinny didn't spend Labor Day partying it up at the beach. No, I spent the holiday breaking down film to deliver you week two winners.
Advice: Prepare to be disappointed by the new season of HBO hit comedy Entourage, premiering this weekend. The irony is that the show's downfall will come from writers and producers trying too hard to pander to what made it popular in the first place. A solid main cast was made great by outstanding supporting roles, i.e., the Seinfeld model. Look for Ari and Billy Walsh to take on focal roles and hurt the show's dynamic. The gratuitous T&A wont change though, and that should keep us all tuned in.
Bonus (Advice of the football variety): Skinny hates picking all big favorites, but don't look for many heavy road dogs to cover this week.
Houston at Oklahoma St. (-16.5)
Skinny Says: OSU by 28.
Utah State at Oregon(-35.5)
Skin Says: Oregon by 45.
Ole Miss at Wake Forest(-8)
Skin Says: Wake by 17.
Miami(FL) at Florida(-21.5)
Skin Says: Florida by 28.
West Virginia at East Carolina (+8)
Lee Greenwood Special: Navy at Ball State (-7.5)
Five for six. Also known as 83 percent. It doesn't get much better than that. Trust me, in fact--It won't. I almost wish I had stunk up the joint last week. I can't deal with these expectations. I'd rather be the hunter than the hunted. I can feel an oh-for coming on. (Of course, Homerism could just be trying to fake out his masses of dedicated readers to keep the lines in his favor.)
OK, seriously, does this line seem weird to anyone else? You know, like it's just begging for you to take it? Texas Tech is a top 10 team, and Nevada's supposed to be a middle-of-the-pack WAC team, right? Apparently I'm not alone, as bettors are all over Tech in this one. That's one of many warning signs here, though. For all the strides the Red Raiders have made during coach Mike Leach's nine-year tenure, most of those gains have come inside the Texas state borders. In 2007, for instance, the Red Raiders played 10 of 12 games within the Lone Star State. In fact, since 2003, Tech has played just three out-of-conference games outside of Texas, the last being a 2004 loss at New Mexico. Given Tech's less-than-stellar 20-24 road record under Leach, the athletic department probably has good reason to keep the team close to home. In terms of match-ups, it would seem that the oddsmakers aren't buying the rumors of improvement by the Tech defense. Last week, the Red Raiders gave up 340 passing yards to Eastern Washington. That's with Tech's starters playing late into the game. The Wolf Pack return eight offensive starters, including triggerman Colin Kaepernick to run coach Chris Ault's "Pistol" system. I'm tempted to take Nevada straight up here, but I'm thinking Tech gets a scare and that's it.
Wow, who would've ever thought we'd see a line this high in this Sunshine State rivalry? Some tough talk out of the Gators might have ignited a debate about who's the real "U," but there's no doubt that Urban Meyer's program is the big dog. A redshirt freshman making his first start at quarterback in The Swamp isn't the kind of spot where the baby 'Canes are going to announce their intent to recapture the state. Randy Shannon's talented, young crew is at least a year away from competing with a team like the Gators. Miami's youthful indiscretion will probably give Florida a few opportunities to rack up some cheap points on turnovers or busted assignments.
Not much to be said here. Ohio St. has nothing to play for in this one. With USC coming up and Beanie Wells' status dominating the college football headlines, where are the Buckeyes' heads right now? Nowhere near a game with Ohio, Homerism suspects. Making it out of this game without any injuries is probably first on Jim Tressel's agenda.
The Cowboys eked out a win in last week's home opener against Ohio in a game many handicappers thought had blowout potential. Let's chalk it up to opening week jitters. We don't know much about Air Force coming off a 41-7 win over Southern Utah. However, one thing we do know about the Falcons is that they're pretty unproven, with just three starters returning on offense. I'll take a known commodity at home.
What are the odds that a team would play the Cougars in back-to-back weeks? Last week's road trip to Seattle is the kind of opening game the Pokes always set their sights on in the offseason, usually with little success. Mission accomplished this time around, however. You'd be hard-pressed to find a nicer place in the summer than the Pacific Northwest, but it's not exactly a refreshing road trip for a team from the Central time zone. On offense, Houston boasted a dynamic passing attack under Art Briles. After serving as passing game coordinator at Oklahoma for the last two years, new coach Kevin Sumlin seems like a great fit to keep that up. Sumlin's experience on the Sooner staff means he's pretty familiar with what the Pokes do, at least in terms of defensive match-ups. Expect Cougars 2.0 to come out slinging to test an OSU pass defense that has been historically weak.
P$, a member of Homerism's trusted cadre of advisors, put the bug in the Homerism's ear on this one: "A number of things working here. Temple's coming off a team that fields the weakest offensive and defensive lines, playing a team that actually is rated above average on both lines this year. Army brought nobody back this year, and now Temple has to face someone that brought a ton of people back. Don't let the final score fool you in the Army game either, as Temple had two returns for scores and were outgained. Perhaps the most effective angle--UConn clearly did not take Temple seriously last year and barely escaped with a 22-17 win as a 31-point favorite! Don't think the Huskies take this one lightly, even with the revenge game against Virginia on deck."


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London Region Classic - results, video & photos
Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 22:57
Congratulations to Frank Kelly [RAF], Jordan Andrews and Patrick Rodwell [both Hyde Park] for taking the first three places in the Men's race, with Steve Perry [RAF] in 4th place and first in the Master's category. Winners of the Women's race were Ragnhild Camilla Schreiner [Hyde Park], Beth Ireland {LRNSC] and Sophie Townend [RAF] with Ulrike Rosedale first in the Master's category. See the full results and lap times.
You can also see a video of the race and lots more photos.
Well done to everyone who took part or assisted with the race, and thanks to Gerard Evans for organising the event.


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Wednesday's may be "hump day" for Joe Lunchbox, porn stars and drive time radio DJs, but around our house it is known as "Daddy Owen Day". The tradition started six weeks after the birth of our son, Owen when my wife went back to work. The combination of a desire to embrace a 'hands on' parenting experience along with a lack of sufficient funds to pay for daycare thrust me onto the frontlines of the battle to shape the youth of tomorrow. We would juggle the little man around our work schedules the other days of the week, but Wednesday was always my day to go solo. Open to close as it were.
Anyway, last Wednesday we were hanging out at the Columbus Zoo on a picture perfect fall afternoon when an interesting subject arose. Snacking on PB & Js, just a smell's distance from the penguins, a ladybug landed on Owen's shirt.
He said, "Dad! A ladybug! This is good luck!" I replied, "yup, it sure is"
"What if I put it in a spider web for a spider to eat? Would that be bad luck?"
"Yeah, that would probably be bad karma"
"What's bad karma?"
"Well, if you do something bad, bad things will happen to you, if you do good things, one day something good will happen to you."
Owen clarified: "So if I hit you in the arm, something bad will happen to me?"
"That's the idea."
Owen then reared back punched me in the arm. And said, "Let's go smell the Komodo dragon's breathe."
The very next day we are driving somewhere listening to Judas Priest on Boneyard when he says from the back seat, "Dad, I hit you in the arm yesterday and nothing bad happened. Maybe Karma doesn't exist"
Thinking on my feet, or seat in this case (snicker, snicker) I cleverly respond, "Sometimes you do a bunch of little bad things and eventually they add up and some big bad thing happens to you"
"Oh……" he ponders for a moment "so, I could punch you in the arm 10 days in a row, but, then one day,… someone will come up to me on the playground and punch me in the nuts"
Having never heard my six year old son use that particular expression, I blinked for a long second and said, "Excuse me?"
He said, "Come on dad, you know what I mean"
He had me there. I did know.
"Two things Owen. First, yes, that pretty much explains karma and second, please don't use that expression around teachers, or grown-ups that don't come over to our house to watch football with me"
"OK Dad. Can we stop for a milkshake at Old McDonald's?"
Colin Gawel is a Dad who plays music, sells coffee and writes at Pencilstorm. He will be spending Father's Day watching Owen play little league baseball trying not to have a nervous breakdown because it's just little league baseball after all. You can learn more about him and other Pencilstorm contributors here.


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The Sarasota County Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan) which is one of the key guides to decision-making related to the physical development and enhancement of the quality of life in Sarasota County, recently went through a significant update that became official in December 2016. To help users familiar with previous Comp Plan policy numbers, a Policy List has been put together, showing previous Goals, Policies and Objectives and their revised policy numbers in the newly adopted Plan.
In the coming weeks, an interactive Comp Plan will be available online. The interactive plan will include hyperlinks, interactive media and be easy to navigate. You'll receive an email when this version of the Comp Plan is live.
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Final Pics for Chriss!
So last week I did a shoot with Chriss Osterhoudt and Make up Artist/ Hair Stylist Chloe Sweet. We originally thought about doing these in black and white until we noticed how great they were coming out right out of the camera so color it is... black and white will have to wait. These pics came out insane! Check out the rest in our portfolio here on paulifornia.com


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NaturalNews.com printable articleOriginally published March 19 201
Earthquake predicted for Californiaby Randall Neustaedter OMD
(NaturalNews) In case you have not had enough apocalyptic disaster scares and events this week, a geologist who predicted the 1989 Northern California earthquake has predicted another to occur next week between March 19 and 25th.
Geologist Jim Berkland asserts that he has a 75 percent accuracy rate in his earthquake predictions, which are often based on tidal forces and abnormal animal behavior events. He says that four factors are coming together that make an earthquake in California a likely event.
First, the moon will be full and at its closest point to the earth during that time, a factor associated with previous earthquakes. Second, the spring equinox occurs during this time, producing some of the highest tides of the year. Third, the recent massive and unexplained fish die-off in Southern California could signal a magnetic shift that affects animals with unusual behavior. For example, beached whales have preceded previous earthquakes in California. And fourth, the Pacific Rim faults, known as the Ring of Fire, have experienced three recent quakes in Chile, New Zealand, and Japan. These earthquakes have proceeded in a clockwise direction, possibly indicating that the fault lines in California are next.
Berkland has a website at www.syzygyjob.com and a written newsletter through his site. He was recently interviewed by Jim Noory on Coast to Coast about his most recent prediction.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQXD...
http://www.naturalnews.com/031755_California_earthquake.htmlDr. Randall Neustaedter, OMD.


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Monday, 17 December 2012
Land Of The Giants
Posted by Steve Cook at 07:30
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Incredible design, in terms of production, graphics and colour - and some bizarre bra engineering, typical of that era.ReplyDeleteReplies
This was a fantastic show - still love it just as much as I did during its initial two season run. Striking visuals; those gigantic props were expertly constructed. Cast members fit their roles to a tee. Great music too. LOTG plays to any era because the plots basically revolved around the earthlings' plight to survive in a hostile environment.ReplyDelete
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((vultures I))
Jennifer MacBain-Stephens
a child flaps
under a swimming pool tarp
pop shake point spray
cut 409 poison
a dragging
top of a flat-bed truck
lay in the field,
left for possessive bear scat
A raw piece of metal
scraped against the earth's skin
I watched
generator cranking,
gearing up to slam
They sun themselves
wings spread, don't you know?
shade like gunshots
Jennifer MacBain-Stephens went to NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and now lives in the DC area. She is the author of two full length poetry collections (forthcoming.) Her chapbook "Clown Machine" is forthcoming from Grey Book Press this summer. Recent work can be seen or is forthcoming at Jet Fuel Review, Freezeray, The Birds We Piled Loosely, Queen Mob's Teahouse, Inter/rupture, Poor Claudia, and decomP. Visit: http://jennifermacbainstephens.wordpress.com/.


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Why Apples OS is free and Microsoft costs you hundreds!
With the announcement of OSX Yosemite at Apple's WWDC 2014, many Apple fans, and less fanatic mac users alike are rejoicing! Another free upgrade, and this one actually has some pretty cool upgraded features!
This may be leaving some of you wondering why Apple is releasing OSX Yosemite free of charge like they did with their previous version OSX Mavericks. Surely they've spent a lot of money and diverted a significant amount of resources to work on all the upgrades in Yosemite. They have, with the OSX Yosemite "transparency" revamp and general UI/UX taking up a lot of Jony Ive's precious time. Ive's role has recently expanded to not only be in charge of Industrial design, but also software design, a feat which would ordinarily break any other man.
Still though, Apple continues to reiterate that they're not abandoning the mac side of their business as they believe it is still growing (+12% OSX growth vs -5% decline for the overall PC industry). This is actually pretty significant to be trending up in a downtrend industry.
The reasons for Apple's charitable spirit (other than them being one of the richest companies in the world) are quite simple:


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Adding a new player
From the Members Database you can add details of your members who have given you their permission to make them members of your club.
If you add a player as new, a fresh record is created in the Play-Cricket database, which has no stats and no additional roles. As that member is placed onto scorecards the statistics will accumulate and the player can be given additional roles such as league registered player.
Such a player cannot be given any administrator role, as he/she does not have a user id and password to sign in and access the admin area.
Go to Site Administration>Day to Day>Members>Member Database.
Select Member of the Website in the Role box. (You cannot add a member to the database with Role set to 'All'.)
Search to see all Members of the Website or Click "Add New Member with this Role"
On this screen you can select a record already in the Play-Cricket system, but if the player is new to Play-Cricket click "Add Member".
On the following screen if the system determines that a person is under 16 (from the date of birth), and an email address is entered for that person, you will be asked to complete a parent's contact details so that any emails sent to the child are copied to the adult.
You can also enter just the parental email address, but if you specify a child's email address without that of the parent, an error will be shown.
Correct the screen by completing the missing information.
The Display Name may be used to differentiate between players of the same name at a club e.g. father and son with the same name, or for safeguarding purposes.
The player's real name will appear on the Administrator's member database, a nomination and league view of a registered player.
If present, the Display Name will appear on all other screens (public and administrator view), reports and downloads.
APIs will also use the display name, so this will be fed into the scoring apps.
Click the Save button and the child's record will now be added to your member database.
The child and the parent will now receive an email like this:
When one of the recipients clicks on the link to complete the registration, he/she will see the following dialogue:
In the next screen the registrant will confirm their email address and create a password. If a junior is below 16 years old, the Parent/Guardian details must also be completed.
When completed, the following message will appear on the screen:
The parent will get a validation email similar to the following:
The child, will get a validation email with this text:
When both email addresses have been validated correctly, the player's un-registered record will be converted to a registered record on the club site.


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All change for UK insurance law
March 2016 | SPECIAL REPORT: INSURANCE COVERAGE
Financier Worldwide Magazine
August 2016 will see the most important changes to UK insurance law for over 100 years with the coming into force of the Insurance Act 2015. The Act introduces key changes to the duty of disclosure in commercial insurance contracts, policy terms and insurers' remedies for fraudulent claims.
Under the Insurance Act, non-consumer insureds will have a duty to make a fair presentation of the risk and the requirements to satisfy the duty are set out in the Act. There will also be significant changes to the remedies available to insurers for non-disclosure and misrepresentation. Except where the breach of the duty to make a fair presentation is deliberate or reckless, proportionate remedies (based on what the insurer would have done if full disclosure had been made) will apply. In addition, the concept of warranties remains, but with important modifications. Further, in cases of fraudulent claims, insurers will have the option to terminate the cover from the date of the fraudulent act without returning premium.
Duty of fair presentation for non-consumer insureds
The existing duty to disclose every material circumstance known (or which ought to be known) to an insured will be replaced by a duty to make a fair presentation of the risk. To make a fair presentation an insured must: (i) either disclose all material circumstances of which it is or ought to be aware, or give the insurer sufficient information to put a prudent insurer on notice that it should make further enquiries; (ii) make the disclosure in a way that would be reasonably clear and accessible to a prudent insurer; and (iii) ensure that representations about material facts are substantially correct (and that representations that are expectations or beliefs are made in good faith).
For corporate insureds, what is known or ought to be known to the insured means what is known to individuals who are part of its senior management team or responsible for its insurance. The insured is also expected to know what would be revealed by a reasonable search of information, including information held by the insured's broker or a person covered by the insurance (but not confidential information acquired by the broker when acting for other clients).
If the duty to make a fair presentation is breached, the insurer will be able to avoid the contract (and retain the premium) if the non-disclosure or misrepresentation is deliberate or reckless. In other cases, a scheme of proportionate remedies will apply, depending on what the insurer would have done if a fair presentation had been made. If the insurer can show that it would not have entered into the contract on any terms, it will still be able to avoid the contract and refuse to pay claims (but will have to return the premium).
Policy terms
'Basis of contract' clauses, whereby pre-contractual information is converted into a warranty, will be abolished for non-consumer insureds. This brings non-consumer insurance in line with the position for consumer insureds under the Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act.
For both consumer and non-consumer contracts, breach of warranty will suspend rather than discharge the insurer's liability. The insurer will be liable to pay claims that arise after the breach of warranty has been remedied (if it can be) and will still be liable for losses before the breach, as is currently the case.
If a policy contains a term such as a warranty or condition precedent that is designed to reduce the risk of loss of a particular kind, or at a particular location or particular time, new rules will apply. The insurer will not be able to rely on breach of the term if the insured can show that failing to comply could not have increased the risk of the loss which actually occurred. For example, a lock warranty requiring the hatch of a yacht to be secured by a particular type of padlock is intended to reduce the risk of theft. Breach of the warranty would not, however, discharge the insurer from liability for loss of a different kind, such as loss in a storm.
Fraudulent claims
The Act will introduce a default statutory regime for fraudulent claims. Insurers will remain liable for claims arising before a fraudulent act is committed but will have the option of terminating the contract as from the date of the fraudulent act without returning premium. For group insurance, the Act provides that fraudulent claims made by one beneficiary under the policy will not affect the cover provided under the contract to other parties.
Contracting out
In the main, the Act provides a default regime. With the exception of the abolition of 'basis of contract' clauses (which is mandatory), parties to non-consumer policies will be able to contract out of the Act and substitute their own agreed terms providing the insurer meets certain 'transparency requirements'. To be effective, however, policy terms that would put an insured in a worse position than they would be in under the Act must be clear and unambiguous and sufficiently drawn to the insured's attention before the contract is entered into.
The Act introduces significant changes to insurance contract law and its impact will be felt in both commercial and consumer insurance, in particular with respect to how risks will be assessed and policy terms and wordings. With five months until the Act comes into force, commercial insureds will want to review their insurance arrangements and policy wordings in the light of the Act and put in place changes required.
Simon Garrett is a partner at CMS Cameron McKenna LLP. He can be contacted on +44 (0)20 7367 2786 or by email: email@example.com.
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Connecting the Troopers of Today with the Veterans of Yesterday.
Hey, Bob!
The 2019 2nd Cav reunion is going to be here in Kansas City in the Spring, April I think. Any chance you might attend so we can catch up?
Where is Shawn Tierney now? I spoke with Bill Eicher a couple of years ago. If I never said it before, I will now. Thanks to you and Mary for all the meals for us bachelors and letting me crash at your place before I DEROSed. You guys were the BEST! You need to come to KC so I can repay you a little. I think Dennis P. Malcor is a retired MG and lives near Ft. Knox now.
Good to hear from you and Mary. Marsha and I are in the Kansas City area. Been here since I left the Army in 1982. We are both retired since 2007. Doing well. Both of us retired from Hallmark Cards, but I worked another 5 years for UMB Bank in HR. After Bindlach I went to Armor Officer Advanced course, flight school, Cobra transition, 1/4 Cav at Ft. Riley, 4/12 Cav at Ft. Polk, left the army from there. What did you do with your VW Thing?
Bob, I sent a message you and somehow it ended up being sent to myself, check the Main. Top
Robet - rermember you fomback in the good ole days. I arrived in Bayreuth in the spring of 74 and streched out that assignment until the Sprig of 83. Returned then to CONUS for 15 months and then back to Bayreuth until Dec 96 whenI returned to Minnesota. I went back every ear ortwo until 09 when my my llungs gave out on me and put a halt to my flying and overseas travel.
Also noted you remember "Top" Miller. Great guy! Still lives near Bayreuth.
When my dad was in the 2d Cav, 1953-55, we lived in Bayreuth right across the street from the officer's club on Parsifalstrasse, just across the park from the Wagner Opera Haus. Spent my first two birthdays there. Dad was the 1st Battalion (battalions instead of squadrons then) motors officer.
My brother shot out all the windows in the motor pool at sub-post in Bayreuth with his slingshot when he was six years old. Good times!
Yeah, we actually got in a little trouble over that photo. The tank sits next to the main gate at Rose Barracks in Vilseck. Security guy (German) got pissed because we were taking photos near the front gate and almost took our cameras.
Welcome to the Base Robert. I was up at C Troop when you were down in Bayeuth. This is a great site with lots to catch up on. Friends are waiting to re-connect. Have fun!
Welcome to Dragoon Base, Robert. I left the Rock when you got there. I left in February '75...was in C Troop.
Visited the Rock in 2008 and 2011. Not many of the original buildings left. We were the first barracks inside the gate when I was there, but heard How Battery got new barracks next to ours later after I left.
The Dragoonbase.com, has
plenty of updated features
(HTML and format friendly), lots of sub-groups,
(Officers Club,F-Trp,Amberg,Medics,and the
always busy Oldtimers club).
Also links for "2nd Cavalry Assn."
News and History Centers.
Robb Russell has posted some tips for
navigating the site(ie,photos,links,ect)
in the Forum.
Please feel free to stop by and read the
latest "Tacoma Dave's 'Triva Quiz'",
you can learn some 2nd Cav history,
and you could even, win a kool prize.
If you need any help, you may contact
Robb Russell, or any of the 5 admins listed
at the top of the page, or just yell out,
another member may be able to help you.
And our only wish is to,
'Keep it clean'.
Use your real name and picture,
(pix from back in the day,work best
for searching for Brothers),
but any picture will do.
And that you please tell all your friends
about, where to find the DragoonBase.
Thanks again for joining Dragoon Base,
and for your Service and Dedication,
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Virtual Fashion: The Runway Goes Online
(This post was originally published on sister blog Heard on the Runway.)
I was five minutes late to the debut of Prabal Gurung's new ready-to-wear collection for ICB, the Japanese label that will relaunch in the U.S. this fall. But I still snagged a front-row seat. That's because the ICB show was the inaugural offering on Digital Fashion Shows, a virtual runway platform created by the fashion PR firm KCD.
The concept of a web-based fashion show was a response both to a perceived need and changing set of attitudes in the fashion industry, said Ed Filipowski, co-president of KCD.
Fashion weeks have become increasingly dense with both shows and attendees, and a digital show, which can be viewed anywhere and any time, alleviates both crowding and scheduling difficulties.
Additionally, younger people in the industry, whether journalists, designers or buyers, are used to "seeing clothes first on a computer screen, as opposed to seeing them in person." The development of the digital platform was also a nod to the number of web-based fashion journalists, Mr. Filipowski said, as they can embed videos of shows in blogs and online articles.
The ICB show was, nonetheless, invite-only. Another virtual show is planned for Paris fashion week, later this month.
The 6-minute presentation, which featured 32 looks (worn by 4 models), was pre-recorded and conservatively staged on an all-white runway. The video alternated between full-length and close-up shots of the models walking, showing the clothes from both frontal and side angles.
It was surprising that the show hewed so closely to the standard runway presentation, given the potential for variation. But the clothes displayed clearly even on a small iPad screen, and the platform featured a number of useful "extras."
A runlist of looks scrolled beneath the video, with descriptions and a box to take notes. You could mark favorite looks, which could then be emailed, along with photos and your notes. High resolution images of the looks can be downloaded from the site.
Of course, the pre-recorded show lacked the drama of a live runway event–no flying sequins or tripping models, and no applause.
And the clothes? Mr. Gurung veered toward bold hues such as poppy, sapphire and magenta, and paired bright blouses and jackets with black trousers and skirts. Several skirts, dresses and pants were done in a watercolor-y, almost tie-dyed print.
A series of chiffon day dresses in white, black and deep pink had a vintage feel with professional polish. Necklines were uniformly high. Leather, widely on the runways this season, also cropped up in the ICB collection, which included a flouncy, short-sleeved black leather dress and blazer with wool and leather panels. A white chiffon blouse with a simple shape had fluttery ribbons on the shoulders, evoking angel wings.
A wool cloak, shown in an acidy chartreuse and with delicate smocking across the back, was a keynote.


text: gcp director Colin Powell supported South Western Housing Society and Man Green Solutions showcasing our scheme at Othery this week. The scheme, currently under construction, is being built using an innovative construction system from Austrian Manufacturer Velox. This is our fourth project using Insulated Concrete Formwork – a system we believe can deliver very low energy and high quality homes with a speedy construction. The project will deliver 6 new affordable homes with extremely low energy bills, that are comfortable and easy to run. The construction system was explained by Man Green's Director Ian Bartlett and his site team who will be delivering the completed homes by the end of the year. The invited audience of Housing Associations and Developers were all very impressed with the robustness and simplicity of the construction system and we expect to see more projects being developed with this innovative approach.


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It's a marquee match up in week 4 of the 2016 SCFA campaign as a pair of unbeaten teams square off on Socalcollegesports.com. The Riverside Tigers are off to another fast start in 2016 and they sit alone atop the Central Conference with a record of 3-0, but they face their toughest challenge to date in the Pirates and their top rated offensive show lead by Quarterback Jake Luton. Ventura for their part moved to 3-0 this past week with an impressive 20 point victory on the road at Orange Coast College. The win moved the Pirates to 3-0 on the season and they return home in sole possession of the lead in the North Conference standings in the SCFA.
Join Mike Zepeda, Jeff Stoyanoff, and Alan Squatrito as they have the call from The Ventura College Sportsplex this Saturday night at 6pm (pregame at 5:50) right here on your home for Ventura College Football, Socalcollegesports.com


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valentine's day is made of ruffles and bows and rothschild coats.
Photos by Neil!
Vintage Rothschild Velvet Bow Coat - Thrifted
Black Ruffle Trim Dress, Black Bow, Gold Heart Locket - Forever21
Heart Tights - H&M
Over the Knee Suede Boots - Urban Outfitters
Narrowing down a Valentine's Day dress theme was a challenge for me this month (some challenge, right?). I had my dress decision narrowed down to three different categories - a lace shift, a rich red, or a more flowery-pink approach. After all was said and done, I went with something absolutely and completely different.
I bought this dress at Forever21 last weekend and I am super pleased with my decision. The dress is a member of Forever's Twelve by Twelve line (which is, hands down, the best part of that store), where you'll find a mixture of classic shapes and trendy pieces (ok.. 90% trendy, 10% classic). This dress, with its ruffle collar and stiff shape, was a little more 1960's mod than I usually wear.. and what a better time to try out something extravagant and new than on a holiday? Especially a romantic holiday. Which is, after all, basically just an excuse to dress up and eat chocolate.
So, here it is! A few days early, I've taken some pictures of my Valentine dress around the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville. Like I told you before.. I couldn't wait.
I found the Rothschild coat a few weeks back at Southern Thrift and while it admittedly bears a major resemblance to the coat my sister bought me for Christmas, I'm still not willing to put it in the shop. Both coats fit me well in different ways and so far, that's been enough reason to keep them both in my closet (not that I'm planning on selling the coat my sister got me!). Maybe once I receive the pretty Scottish coat that Meaghan sent me, I'll be able to retire this guy.
Thanks to all of you for your fashion school advice! Some of you guys even went out of your way to send me emails or Etsy messages with your two cents, and I appreciate it all. My decision for now is to take some basic sewing classes.. then I can decide what to do from there. Private classes might be the best way to get some more personal tutelage for any seamstress aspirations I might harbor (speaking of - I ordered the new Built By Wendy book for dresses today!).
Neil and I took some pictures today of some chambray elastic waist trousers I found at Goodwill last Saturday.. more soon!


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the day douglas goes back to school after spring break, I get food poisoning.
the same day, michael puts his back out.
the next day, the landlord's ceiling falls in, narrowly missing his sleeping form.
michael, with bad back, gets to chip out remaining 2" thick plaster chunks, and bag them and carry them down 2 flights and to the curb.
the day i get over food poisoning (4 days later) i get a cold.
(the sunny day before the nor'easter hits, we DO get outside to the park! yay.)
today the rain hits, as predicted, and we stay entertained.
laundry gets done.
games played.
naps had (by some at least ...)
and then the fun begins.
Fynn knocks over the cat's water (a large jug) and it re-curls the floorboards and goes under the piano.
I start to lose my voice.
Michael promises Douglas that he can paint, and finally goes to set it up.
Gets the things out, and decides he better check the boys' room for leaks.
Discovers steady leak, already soaking all the blankets stored on the top bunk.
(this is the second time in the last 12 months.)
Drape wet blankets everywhere.
Scrambles to contain leak.
Fynn wails at not joining the party on the top bunk (of course douglas, already 'dressed' for painting in nothing but his underpants, is dancing up there too)
Fynn gets yoghurt finger paint to play with and has a ball.
Douglas skids on the dropcloth and scrapes up his knee.
Michael disappears with landlord to temporarily deal with leak.
Painting water jar gets knocked over before painting starts, soaking drop cloth and another chunk of wooden floor.
Douglas paints.
I referee between him and Fynn's yoghurt, which he'd now rather paint with.
Argue with Douglas.
Douglas paints cheerios w/yoghurt paint and glues them to Fynn's tray.
Fynn eats all the cheerios.
Repeat with pieces of bread.
Michael reappears periodically in his rain gear to get things, and bows out again.
Both boys get dunked in the bath and scrubbed.
Fynn gets scared of Douglas' bath antics and wants out.
Trying to dry both boys at once and diaper fynn, I fall back onto the cloth diaper tie thingie, poking 5 holes in the meaty part of my palm.
Yelp politely.
Let loose with a very loud fart that has Douglas howling even louder w/laughter.
Michael reappears, and cuts a hole in the boy's ceiling to drain any further water.
Feed Fynn to bed, and discover the blanket draped over the end of his crib was wetter than imagined, and soaked his 2 quilts and sheet.
Remove quilts.
Decide wet part of sheet isn't under him, and plop him in.
Douglas eats and goes to bed.
I lose my voice.
We collapse at the table at 9pm to eat blackened barbecued turkey wings that I put on 3 hours earlier.
In peace.
And quiet.
And wonder what's coming next.
Lightning and more rain, for starters :)
M says the 'temp' fix will have to be upped a notch with sand bags (pilfered from D's sandbox) if the rain/wind pick up much. Should be a fun night!


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Category Archives: Sepia
A little bit of Bradford-on-Avon
In and around the unspoilt market town of Bradford-on-Avon which is one of the last outpost of the Cotswolds in the western corner of Wiltshire close to the borders of Somerset and only 8 miles from Bath.
Bradford-on-Avon is one of the many truly beautiful town that I was luck enough to visit on my last trip to England.
Old Shack (in sepia)
I'm still trying out the "sepia" effect & came across this lovely old shack and surrounding area, seemed a perfect opportunity.
A Little Snooze
A Dog & Her Bone
Sepia, Help
Taking black & white photos is my great love, but I also like Sepia.
I am using a Nikon P900 camera (& I love it) but using the nostalgic sepia setting, I find the my photos are never in focus. 2 of these photos have been taken with this setting and the other 2 have been altered to sepia using a photo altering programme. As you can see the altered photos are a lot clearer & more in focus.
So, I would love some constructive input as to what I'm doing wrong, please. As I would love to be able to use this sepia setting more.
Thanks in advance.


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Using Facebook to search for people is one of the most effective ways to find anyone in the world. All that you really need to know is their name and their birth place. Search for people on Facebook when you are logged in by following these 2 simple steps.
How to search for people on Facebook Step 1
Firstly and very simply you must visit this page on Facebook when you are logged in.
Use Facebook People Search page to find people by entering details like…
- Name
- place of birth
- current city
- High School
- Mutual Friends
- College Attended
- Current Employer
Step 2
Now you have located the detailed search page you must enter as many details as you know about the person that you are searching for on Facebook.
The more details that you enter the better results that you will receive.
Using Facebook Search
Facebook search may be used in all kinds of ways, you can use it to find your own personal friends that have Facebook accounts that you have not yet managed to connect with. This is a very good way to find that work friend that you have not yet come across on Facebook.
Search Facebook People For Business
If you are marketing your business on Facebook then searching for new Facebook friends based on location is a very good way to local GEO targeted people to friend and then promote offers to, this is frowned upon by Facebook but business promotion is also one of Facebook`s own services provided via Facebook ads, so using free methods to get the same results should not really be frowned upon.
Search for people to add to your Facebook Group
If you have a Facebook group and you are trying to increase your members base then you will know that it is only possible to add people to your group who are your friends.
So using Facebook people search to find people that are from the area that your group is based in is a fantastic idea and adding local people as friends who can later be adder to your Facebook group once they accept your friends request is a very powerful method of increasing your Facebook groups size and activity.
Search for people on Facebook to get Page Likes
As we just mentioned above you can use Facebook people search to find new friends to add to your Facebook group in order to create a targeted group and increase activity. You can also do exactly the same thing and then send your new friends an invite to like your page. This will increase your Facebook page likes in very targeted way.
Facebook People Search For Marketing
Facebook has been a fantastic marketing platform for quite a few years but it only seems to work and help you make sales if you can find the right target audience. Facebook ads are a good way to get in contact with people who may be interested in your promotion but it is very expensive and often costs more than it makes. That is why making use of Facebook People Search can be a very useful tool to internet marketers.
You can target people who live in a certain area, went to a certain school or university and also target people work in a certain place….
Big Marketing Tip
So now you can find people on Facebook who live in DETROIT and WORK AT AUTO MECHANIC.
Please search for this and you will see that you have LOTS OF PEOPLE.
This will give you a search result of lots of people that live in your local area and do a certain job.
Next you can friend these people on Facebook and start to market local products by posting on your Facebook wall with quality pictures and links to sites that sell things that these people will be interested in.
That is one way top use Facebook People Search to really find targeted people to market your products and offers to.


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Nashville Guru Gives A Look Inside
One of our favorite local "things to do" websites, NashvilleGuru.com featured our new Melt Shop and gave folks a peek inside (and outside) the shop with some incredible photos.
"The Grilled Cheeserie's diner-like interior features their signature black, white and yellow color palette. There's a milkshake bar, picnic tables, and plenty of other seating for casual in-and-out dining. This is one of those spots where you can come as you are and not feel out of place, whether you're in a suit or yoga pants." - NashvilleGuru.com
Be sure to go check them out and see all the great pictures!


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Indy woman fed up with 'wrong number' calls meant for prostitute
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Jan. 27, 2016) - An Indianapolis woman is hoping to stop a constant stream of phone calls from men who think she's a prostitute.
The woman, who wanted to be called Tiffany, says the calls have been coming at all hours of the day and night for nearly a month. Each time she answers, the unfamiliar voices get right to the point.
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"Am I available, am I having a special," Tiffany said. "It's bad because I'm trying to sleep or I'm at work. And I don't know who these strange men are."
The situation has reached the point where Tiffany has a rehearsed response to any phone call from an unknown number.
"I'm like, 'You have the wrong number, could you please stop calling this number?'" she said.
During one of the calls, Tiffany says she asked the man how he got her number. The man said it was featured on an ad for an escort on a classified ads website that includes escort services. Tiffany checked out the website and found dozens of classified ads in various categories. One of the categories included "escort" services.
"Young girls from 18 to older women up to 52 soliciting sex for all different prices in all different places," she said.
Then, she found one of the ads that listed a phone number very similar to hers. It is one digit off.
"I realized that they're trying to call this prostitute, and they're dialing the wrong number," Tiffany said. "If I'm getting all the wrong numbers, how many right numbers is she getting?"
Tiffany has avoided changing her number because it is tied to her own legitimate business. She reached out to the young woman in the escort ad.
"I called her and I asked her if she could change her number. Because she said it was a Google number and she said she could change it. But it's been almost a month and she still hasn't changed it."
The website is well known to police as a portal for illegal activity. While the site contains classified ads for legal activity like yard work and contracting services, it also provides an online marketplace for lawbreakers.
"It has been brought to our attention for a number of reasons," said IMPD Lt. Richard Riddle. "Most of which are illegal activities being advertised. Prostitution, narcotics."
Police have used the website in many investigations into prostitution and drugs.
"Our investigators have had successful prosecutions as a result of utilizing (the website) to backtrack individuals," Riddle said.
But a case like Tiffany's is difficult to approach from a law enforcement standpoint. Calling the numbers saved on her phone could put investigators in touch with the men who sought the services of a prostitute. But without any actual transaction taking place, arrests and charges would be difficult to pursue.
Still, Riddle encouraged Tiffany to bring her case to the attention of police. There could be other avenues to explore with investigators.
Tiffany said her next step will likely be a visit to her local police station to see if anything can be done to put a stop to the unwanted calls.
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Covering the Front and Back Pages of the Newspaper
September 13, 2007
POLITICS: Harry Reid Draws A Line In The Sand
One of the basic rules of political power is never to stake everything you have on a fight you are not sure of winning. But with rumors swirling that former Solicitor General and Reagan Justice Department official Ted Olson might be tabbed as the next Attorney General, the Senate Majority Leader yesterday laid down an ultimatum on which he was willing to stake the full prestige of his office:
"Ted Olson will not be be confirmed by the Senate," Reid said after a Capitol news conference. "I intend to do everything I can to prevent him from being confirmed as the next attorney general."
Reid may well be betting on a sure thing, as the rumor of the day is that Olson is no longer the frontrunner for the job, perhaps due to White House concerns over a messy and difficult confirmation process for Olson in spite of his stellar resume, unquestionable qualifications for the job, past confirmations by the Senate and undoubted ability to best any Judiciary Committee Senator in verbal combat. But for a Senate leader who has accomplished little and failed at many of his goals since gaining the majority, betting it all that Ted Olson will never be confirmed is a risky gamble.
Posted by Baseball Crank at 7:24 PM | Politics 2007 | Comments (5) | TrackBack (0)
I wonder if he knows something about Olson no longer being the front runner. If so, it's a clever statement because it will look like he forced Bush to back off if Olson is not nominated.Posted by: WD at September 14, 2007 11:16 AM
What WD said.
Even if that's not the case, going on record as saying Olson will not be confirmed is something he and the Democrats can control. He's not guaranteeing Olson will never be AG, Bush can always recess-appoint him, but Reid and the Dems can keep him from being confirmed if they want to.Posted by: Mr. Furious at September 14, 2007 12:48 PM
Olsen would be a massive upgrade over the current AG. Well qualified, might be a Senate brawl worth having.Posted by: abe at September 14, 2007 4:30 PM
This kind of childish nonsense has become too common since Robert Bork was attacked by Senator Lifeguard (D) Chappaquidick. I know the Republicans pulled the same stuff off on Clinton's nominations for an ambassadorship or two and also some judicial nomination that W tried to make right by re-appointing the same guy after he took office. In any event, it is one of many reasons some us (well me, anyway) are beyond cynical about elected politicians from both parties.
I had hoped that when we passed term limits in California that it would have helped to get bad blood out of office. Once again, I am proven a hopeless idealist to believe that any good come come from government.Posted by: NRA Life Member at September 15, 2007 5:15 PM
Gonzo was a problem from the start... And while I strongly supported John Ashcroft at the time, him being in that office turned out to be a mistake, something that was reinforced in my mind, when we were at the YAF Midwest Conference a couple months ago, and he was the keynote dinner speaker. (I wish I'd had a chance to blog about that!)
Perhaps former U.S. Congressman James Rogan (R-CA)? Or perhaps we should bring back Ed Meese...
Or better yet, why not forget about Ted Olsen and the rest, and just...
Bring Back Bork!!Posted by: Aakash at September 16, 2007 1:56 AM


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Moving Furniture Records has released a new album from René Aquarius. It's entitled Transmutation and is a soundtrack to a series of sculptures by Ajla R. Steinvåg. The two have histories in the medical field—Aquarius as a medical scientist and Steinvåg as a casualty special make-up artist and actor—and utilized this collaboration to explore "metal particle accumulation in the human body." The multimedia installation is currently on exhibit at the Temporary Art Centre in Eindhoven, The Netherlands from now until September 30th. More information can be found here. You can hear Transmutation above via Moving Furniture's Bandcamp page. You can purchase a digital or physical copy of the album on the same page.
Transmutation soundtrack:
1. Transmutation
2. Flesh Sarcophagus


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In this exercise you will designing a container. The container will be modeled using AutoCAD software. You will have the opportunity to practice all operations covered during the semester. Your final solution will be printed using the 3D printer.
Designing involves a series of steps or phases. The steps make up the design process. The design process includes: 1.) understanding and defining the problem to be solved, 2.) investigating possible solutions, 3.) selecting the optimal solution, 4.) modeling or visualizing the solution, 5.) refining the solution.
Objectives/Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
Students will acquire and demonstrate:1.) technical competency in using software to solve a problem, 2.) sense of craft through precision and care in the presentation of the work, 3.) design aptitude in the ability to solve an organization problem and explore possible solutions, 4.) judgment in the formal articulation of a three-dimensional object and composition of two-dimensional drawings and images within a field. 5.) consideration of limitations and constraints in the problem solving process.
CP.1.1. Review the problem limitations and conditions as described below:
P.1.2. Propose three different container contents (ex: paper clips, water, feathers). For each content propose three different container solutions. Present these to the instructor in sketch form in class. Bring the contents if necessary. Don't worry if you think you can't draw. You will be assessed on your ideas not your drawing skills.
CP.2.1. Based on the discussion with your instructor, choose one of the proposals to develop further.
CP.2.2. Open a new file, save it and name it with your name followed by container_1. Fritz Klein would name his file FritzKlein_container_1.
CP.2.3. Discuss with the instructor the methods of 3D modeling that you plan to use to model the container. There are many ways in which to model, but some may be more appropriate or useful than others.
CP.2.4. Model the container. As you model, it is recommended that you save copies with different names. After you have completed a few steps, save the file. Then save as the next version, for example FritzKlein_container_2.
The reason for this is that some steps are difficult to undo when you are working in 3D. You may want to go back a few steps and begin from that point. It is also recommended that you generate layers to isolate construction lines and lines of the actual container.
You can also complete a few operations and make a copy of the object off to the side as shown below.
Regardless, save frequently.
CP.2.5. Review your model with the instructor in class.
CP.2.6. Make revisions as necessary.
CP.2.7. Review the model with the instructor until you have the OK to move forward.
CP.3.1. Prepare your model for 3D printing. Thaw and turn on all layers. Erase everything but the container. Make sure that joined parts are unioned together. If you have multiple parts move the parts so they sit on the same level, preferable the bottom of all parts are at 0 on the z-axis.
CP.3.2. Make a 3D print of your model.
Make adjustments as necessary and reprint.


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Arcadia, CAHome Menu
Arcadia Fire DepartmentStation 105 Headquarters
Arcadia, CA 91006
Tel: (626) 574-5100
Fax: (626) 446-7410
Michael E. Lang
Fire Chief
Hours of Operation
Monday -Thursday
7:30 a.m.– 5:30 p.m.
Friday (Closed alternate Fridays)
7:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m.
The Apparatus and Equipment Division is responsible for the purchase and maintenance of all department vehicles, fire fighting equipment, and fire hose. The Division is comprised of five units: Vehicle Maintenance and Repair, the Apparatus Committee, the Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Committee, the Portable Equipment Committee, and the Fire Hose and Nozzle Committee.
Vehicles Of The Arcadia Fire Department
The Arcadia Fire Department currently has a fleet of twenty-one (21) vehicles and two (2) trailers, consisting of:
Six (6) fire pumpers
One (1) California Office of Emergency Services fire pumper
One (1) 100-foot aerial ladder
Three (3) rescue ambulances
Two (2) command vehicles
Two (2) utility trucks
Five (5) staff cars
One (1) mobile air compressor/light vehicle
One (1) 1926 American La France restored antique fire pumper
Vehicle Maintenance And Repair
The Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Coordinator is Captain Tom Devlin. The Maintenance and Repair Coordinator has the duty and responsibility to manage and schedule all regular preventive maintenance service, such as oil change and lube service, as well as to troubleshoot and order repairs for all Fire Department vehicles. He also schedules vehicle transportation and performs quality assurance inspections of completed repairs and service to all vehicles.
The Maintenance and Repair Coordinator's office manages a large number of service requests, including major engine overhauls, automatic transmission rebuilds, and pump shift repairs. These are all in addition to regular preventive maintenance services. The Maintenance and Repair Coordinator was instrumental in the KME Investigation and engineered the electronic upgrades used to enhance existing vehicle components, as well as managed and supervised the installation of these component upgrades.
Apparatus Committee
The Apparatus Committee is responsible for the design, development, and writing of the specifications for vehicles purchased by the Arcadia Fire Department. During the course of vehicle construction, the committee oversees all aspects of the building phase of fire pumpers and trucks purchased by the Arcadia Fire Department.
The Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Committee
The Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Committee (SCBA) is responsible for the purchase, maintenance, planning for future needs, and record keeping of all City of Arcadia fire and water department SCBA's. SCBA's are used by fire fighters primarily during structure fire fighting. The duration of air carried in the SCBA is 30 minutes. Considerable training is required for personnel assigned to this committee. Federal and State mandates require department personnel performing maintenance on breathing apparatus to meet and maintain a required minimum level of training.
Portable Equipment Committee
The Portable Equipment Committee is responsible for the purchase, maintenance, planning for future needs, and record keeping of all department fire fighting equipment.
Throughout the year the committee is responsible for the budgeting and purchase of numerous types of equipment to assist the department in performing its mission. Three thermal imaging cameras were purchased this past year. These cameras are utilized during structure fires to assist firefighters in locating victims in zero visibility conditions and finding incipient or small fires hidden inside of walls or behind partitions. These cameras greatly reduce the amount of time needed to perform fire ground operations, reducing injury to citizens of Arcadia and the loss of personal property. The department purchased four atmospheric monitors in the past year. The monitors can be used to detect dangerous levels of carbon monoxide or hydrogen sulfide, low or high levels of oxygen, and explosive limits in the air. Utilization of these monitors assists fire fighters in determining how safe the ambient air is. The last large project the committee was responsible for this past year was the purchase of two new portable water pumps. These pumps are rated at pumping up to 325 gallons of water a minute. The department can use these pumps to remove large amounts of water from subterranean parking lots flooded during heavy rain, or to provide water for fire fighting in areas a large fire pumper cannot access.
Fire Hose And Nozzle Committee
The Fire Hose and Nozzle Committee is responsible for the purchase, maintenance, testing, planning for future needs, and record keeping of all department fire hose and related equipment. Currently the department owns in excess of 31,000 feet of fire hose which must be tested annually to verify it can withstand the abuses of fire fighting.


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Last Thursday was the grand opening of Topshop Topman's biggest international location in Vancouver!
As much as I would have loved to have been there, I wasn't able to attend because of school, and this weekend I rushed out the moment I finished all of my homework.
I can easily say that the Topshop exceeded all of my expectations! It was my first time visiting one of their locations, and before that I had only been able to look at their clothing online. The entrance through which I came in was gorgeous, and a lot of the interior was decked out in accents of mirrors and bright light with beautiful lacquered black details. My friend and I were 'talented' enough to get lost in the first two minutes of being inside, but that definitely had to do with the size of the place. Most of it is underground, and connects several big stores and two or so underground shopping centers.
Now, I must tell you, the clothes took my breath away, they were all beautiful, but some pieces had tiny little details about them, that made them unique. Having quite an eye for shiny things, you can probably imagine how hard it was for me to leave the jewelry stands, and especially those items that were covered in sequined patterns, they seemed so delicate and beautiful!
I can't wait to go back again, and hopefully I'll even get a haul there someday which I'll be sure to blog about!
This is just a fraction of what we tried on, but are probably my favorites out of all of the pictures.


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Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs) are a series of compounds that have been labeled as emerging contaminants (ECs) of concern. ECs are chemicals or materials that are perceived, potential, or real threats to human health or the environment. Many times health standards have not been developed and are not available for ECs.
Two of the more prevalent PFCs in the environment are PFOA and PFOS. Both are extremely persistent in the environment and to date have been found to be resistant to typical environmental degradation processes.
PFOS and PFOA have been used in a variety of industrial and commercial products like textiles, leather, firefighting foams, metal plating, photolithography, paper, packaging, coating additives, and pesticides. The primary manufacturer of PFOS completed a voluntary phase-out of production in 2002 and PFOS is no longer manufactured in the US, but it can be imported for limited uses. PFOA is still manufactured in the U.S., primarily for use as an aqueous dispersion agent. EPA's PFOA stewardship program had a goal of working toward elimination of emissions and product content by the end of 2015. These two compounds have been found in soil, air, and groundwater at locations all across the United States. Though additional research is ongoing, the EPA Science Advisory Board suggested that the data for PFOA show it to likely be carcinogenic to humans.
Treatment using conventional treatment technologies is difficult due to the unique chemical and physical properties of PFOA and PFOS. For groundwater, the most common treatment is extraction and filtration through granular activated carbon (GAC). This technology has been shown to consistently remove PFOS at μg/L concentrations with an efficiency of 90%; however, it is not as efficient at removing PFOA and other PFCs. Other adsorbents have been utilized, including powdered activated carbon, maize-straw-derived ash, and montmorillonite. A downside of these groundwater treatments is that the spent absorptive media typically must be incinerated, which increases the overall cost of treatment.
For soil treatment, contaminated soils are usually removed and sent to landfills. Not only is this an expensive remediation alternative, it is also inefficient because the contaminants are not destroyed, just transferred to another location. PFC contaminated soils can also be incinerated, but only high temperature incinerators will completely destroy PFOS and PFOA.
Studies continue to be conducted to find more efficient, less costly, in situ treatment technologies.
As governmental agencies sharpen their focus on PFCs and additional research is undertaken, opportunities will present themselves in the form of the development of remedial strategies, remedial options, and agency interactions. If you are aware of or involved with projects where PFCs are of interest, please help us identify any related projects.
Excerpts are from 2013 EPA Fact Sheet and August 2015 Information Paper from The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Federal Facilities Research Center's Remediation and Reuse Focus Group