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(Alert! Start with Day 1 of our "30 Days x 30 Cities" blog series to follow this trip from the start)
Up until our trip into San Diego, I knew next to nothing about the city. As a recent Google search would prove, it turns out that a few of my flimsy facts were not even correct.
There is a pretty decent zoo in San Diego. (Not that we visited it but...)
There is reportedly a fairly scenic "Bay" area. (Totally visited and photographed the crap out of it.)
One of my favorite, situational comedies, Three's Company, was filmed there! (Not at all true — entirely a fact my geographically-challenged* grade school brain constructed.)
While it was much too short, our time in the Bay area was lovely! Between the sand, sights and savory meals, we ate the city up.
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Many pseudo critical thinking approaches present all judgments as falling into two exclusive and exhaustive categories: fact and opinion. Actually, the kind of judgment most important to educated people and the kind we most want to foster falls into a third, very important, and now almost totally ignored category, that of reasoned judgment.
A judge in a court of law is expected to engage in reasoned judgment; that is, the judge is expected not only to render a judgment, but also to base that judgment on sound, relevant evidence and valid legal reasoning.
A judge is not expected to base his judgments on his subjective preferences, on his personal opinions, as such. You might put it this way, judgment based on sound reasoning goes beyond, and is never to be equated with, fact alone or mere opinion alone. Facts are typically used in reasoning, but good reasoning does more than state facts. Furthermore, a position that is well-reasoned is not to be described as simply "opinion." Of course, we sometimes call the judge's judgment an "opinion," but we not only expect, we demand that it be based on relevant and sound reasoning.
Here's a somewhat different way to put this same point. It is essential when thinking critically to clearly distinguish three different kinds of questions:
Only the third kind of question is a matter of sheer opinion. The second kind is a matter of reasoned judgment — we can rationally evaluate answers to the question (using universal intellectual standards such as clarity, depth, consistency and so forth).
When questions that require better or worse answers are treated as matters of opinion, pseudo critical thinking occurs. Students come, then, to uncritically assume that everyone's "opinion" is of equal value. Their capacity to appreciate the importance of intellectual standards diminishes, and we can expect to hear questions such as these: What if I don't like these standards? Why shouldn't I use my own standards? Don't I have a right to my own opinion? What if I'm just an emotional person? What if I like to follow my intuition? What if I don't believe in being "rational?" They then fail to see the difference between offering legitimate reasons and evidence in support of a view and simply asserting the view as true. The failure to teach students to recognize, value, and respect good reasoning is one of the most significant failings of education today.
(Paul, R. and Elder, L. (October 1996). Foundation For Critical Thinking, Online at website: www.criticalthinking.org)
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I noted in a recent post that Parker Palmer has some rich thoughts for those asking questions about vocation and calling in his book, Let Your Life Speak. In particular, I appreciate how Palmer understands vocation as that which you can't not do.
But as much as I appreciate Palmer's work, I think the Presbyterian minister and writer Frederick Buechner helps move the conversation forward.
Calling Assumes a Caller
In his refreshingly witty spiritual lexicon, Wishful Thinking, Buechner points out that the English word "vocation" comes from the Latin word vocare, "to call," which "means the work a person is called to by God" (Wishful Thinking: A Seeker's ABC, 118).
"Calling" assumes a caller. As Buechner notes, for the Christian, this Caller is the living God.
What makes hearing this call so difficult is that God's voice is not the only voice calling out to us. The challenge is to hear God's voice in a cacophony of voices.
"There are all different kinds of voices calling you to all different kinds of work, and the problem is to find out which is the voice of God rather than of Society, say, or the Superego, or Self-Interest" (118).
How is one possibly to discern God's voice amidst the noise? Buechner offers some advice:
"By and large a good rule for finding out is this: the kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work (a) that you need most to do and (b) that the world most needs to have done. ... The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet" (118-19).
A good way to think about calling, Buechner suggests, is as the intersection between your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger. According to Buechner, calling involves both a look inward and a look outward.
Calling ≠ Selfish Ambition
Like Palmer, Buechner assumes a certain amount of introspection is involved in discerning God's call. Specifically, Buechner encourages those with questions about calling to think carefully about that which satisfies their deepest desires.
But Buechner insists the call of God is not merely Self-Interest. So whatever this deep gladness is, it's not selfish ambition.
Buechner is referring to something much deeper. Something that's a part of who your are, who you were created to be. What he describes elsewhere as the "hidden hunger" of your life.
So how is this deep gladness discerned?
Your Deep Gladness: Listen to Your Life
Palmer encourages those with vocation questions to "let your life speak." Similarly, Buechner writes in Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation: "Listen to your life."
"See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace" (Now and Then, 87).
Listen to your life, Buechner insists. In the exciting peaks as well as in the deep, dark valleys. Even, perhaps, in the monotony.
Where are those moments of happy tears? Where are the moments of surprise laughter?
Pay attention, Buechner insists. Pay attention to those moments. Because they are telling you something deeply important about yourself. Even more, such moments are whispering something about the kind of work God has given you life to do.
Elsewhere, Beuchner suggests that the way to discern your deepest gladness, the way to listen to your life, is to follow your feet.
"When you wake up in the morning, called by God to be a self again, if you want to know who you are, watch your feet. Because where your feet take you, that is who you are" (The Alphabet of Grace).
The World's Deep Hunger: Nightly News With The Sound Turned Off
Buechner doesn't end his conversation of vocation and calling with a simple insistence to look inward. To stop with introspection is to miss something important.
"If you really get a kick out of your work, you've presumably met requirement (a), but if your work is writing cigarette ads, the chances are that you've missed requirement (b)" (Wishful Thinking, 118-19).
After looking inward, the Christian thinking about vocation and calling must look outward. Must look at the world in its most honest moments, at the nightly news with the sound turned off, at the world in all its pain and anguish and deep hunger and ask, How can my deep gladness touch this?
As Buechner puts it:
"Think about the work of your hands, the book that of all conceivable things you have chosen to add to the world's pain. Live in the needs of the day" (The Alphabet of Grace, 40).
Rule of Thumb, Not Exact Science
Buechner doesn't promise that God's call on one's life will be found by thinking about the intersection of one's deep gladness and the world's deep hunger. It's a good rule of thumb, but it's not exact science. It's not like one popular young writer who offers a Venn diagram to find "your" calling.
If calling assumes a caller, and if the Christian is interested in God's call on her life, and not simply her own self-reflective voice, then rules (and perhaps even Venn diagrams) are helpful as far as they go, but they're not the end. They were never meant to get us the whole way. And we would be in great danger of missing the point entirely if we ever traded following the living Lord's voice for a rule or a diagram.
Which is another way of saying, Look, this will get you started. But don't be so distracted by this way of thinking about calling that you miss the One who calls when the real call comes.
That would be the most pitiful irony of all.
Up Next: Two Levels of Calling
How should we think about calling, then, if rules and models will only take us so far? The German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer offers what is, I think the most help here, as he takes seriously the fact that the One who calls is not a God who creates and then leaves us to figure it out on our own, but a living Lord who calls us anew, daily, to himself.
But first, we'll turn to a helpful distinction between two levels of calling, found in Os Guinness's book, The Call.


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I have this underlying feeling that all Cubans are trapped. I still don't know enough about the past and present reality of the situation to fully comprehend the extent of the their trapped-ness though.
The Australian I met rode around in one of 1950s almendrones cars - which as it turns out are ALL either shared taxis or taxis meant for tourists. She was telling me that she hadn't heard anyone say anything bad about Fidel but during that ride the driver said that if Cubans were allowed to leave and go to America, there'd only be two Cubans left, Fidel and Raul.
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Mens Sport Gosfield Polo
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Our men's Gosfield polo shirt will help you stand out from tee to green--and in the clubhouse. Taped seams offer great comfort whether you're in the middle of your backswing, or kicking back after your best round. The Gosfield features contrasting detailing on the collar points and at the sleeve cuff, as well as our classic Psycho Bunny logo at the chest, so everybody will know playtime's over when they see you on the first tee.
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Lightweight and moisture-wicking
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Sinn Fein MLA John O'Dowd is to step down as Education Minister.
The Upper Bann representative confirmed to the BBC that he will be stepping down after the assembly elections in May.
Mr O'Dowd has held the office since May 2011, making him the longest serving education minister currently in post in the UK.
He has been an assembly member for Upper Bann since 2003 and will run for re-election as an MLA with Catherine Seeley as his running partner.
"My party rotates its ministers at the start of each new mandate - a policy I fully support," he told the BBC.
"I have greatly enjoyed my time as minister for education and, if re-elected to the assembly, I look forward to a new challenge."
As minister, Mr O'Dowd has been in charge of one of the executive's largest departments, with an annual budget of around £1.9 billion.
Sinn Féin MLAs have held the education ministry since the establishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly following the Good Friday Agreement.


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This protected area was created to preserve unique biophysical features
The Protected Landscape of the Ancient Beach of Costa da Caparica (Paisagem Protegida da Arriba Fóssil da Costa da Caparica or PPAFCC) is a prehistoric beach landscape, that consists of intricately carved cliffs and erosional deposits, intersected by ravines and clifftops covered in vegetation. Its relative proximity to urban development, coupled with the risk of deterioration resulted in the 22nd of May of 1984 decree-law that defined its protection status. The status of protection area contributed to the preserving of the geomorphological characteristics and the natural communities that existed within this territory, promoting a balance between the biology and landscape. On 24 November 2008, a government resolution provided a mechanism for safeguarding the resources and natural value, establishing a specific use and management strategy for the area.
The most notorious feature is the fossil cliff
The fossil cliff is constituted by a succession of sedimentary rock strata, one of the most important examples of its kind in Western Europe, whose origin dates back to the Pliocene period, around 10 million years ago. At that time, the Sea reached the base of the cliff, but over time it progressively pulled back due to the movements of the tectonic plates of the Earth's crust and the impact of the 1755 earthquake, that originated coastal plains dominated by sand dunes.
The unusual shapes of the fossil coast can be seen in their full splendour at dusk, when they acquire golden tones. Over time, erosion has sculpted shapes into the steep cliffs, where several birds of prey such as the round winged eagle and the barn owl build their nests.
The reserve also includes forested areas
In order to prevent the sand dunes from advancing inland, thus damaging farming land, in the 18th century King D. João V ordered the Mata dos Medos to be planted - the woodland of "medos" (which normally means fears), that was so named not because it was a dangerous location, but because "médão" or "medo", also means sand dune. This area is also know as the King's Pineforest (Pinhal do Rei).
Also under the management of the PPAFCC, is the Mata das Dunas da Costa da Caparica e Trafaria (Dunes Game Preserve of Costa da Caprica and Trafaria), at the base of the beach; a 600 hectare area of forest, the Mata das Dunas is a natural forest still maintained.
Source: VisitPortugal
Diogo Cunha Matos UNIPESSOAL LDA and it's brand LisbonBeach are committed to sustainable tourism solutions that ensure adequate conservation of the environment and protect the human and biophysical values of protected areas. We are proudly recognized by the Portuguese Environment Conservation Agency (I.C.N.B.) as a provider of EcoTourism.
Our tours will take you to the a Protected Landscape of the Ancient Beach of Costa da Caparica. Therefore, as a participant of one of our tours, we would like to ask you to:


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CAPTIVECardioShield Application Protects During Transluminal Intervention of Vein Grafts by Reducing Emboli. A trial designed to establish the safety and effectiveness of the MedNova CardioShield Bare Wire Myocardial Protection System during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and stent treatment of coronary saphenous vein bypass lesions.
Primary endpoint
MACE with 30 days of the procedure.
CardioShield was not superior to no protection and failed to demonstrate a noninferiority benefit when compared with the GuardWire system.
said of naturally wild or feral animals kept in captivity for educational and scientific investigation with no attempt being made to domesticate them.


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Wedding Tasting/
There are many aspects to planning for a wedding—the dress, the cake, the venue—but food is definitely on the top of the list. Chef Jamie Keating shares some of his top choices for the wedding dinner tasting.
Wedding tastings have increased more and more over the past four to five years! One of the most important things that we tell our future wedding couples is that it would be best for you to come with an empty stomach. The process is fun and challenging, but at the same time as you will be making the culinary decisions for your special day.
Make a list
Before you begin the conversation with the caterer, put together some initial questions to ask. Can the caterer accommodate vegetarians, Kosher menus, gluten free options, ethnic cuisine, etc. Are you interested in passed appetizers, late night snacks or even open to the venue for rehearsal dinner catering needs.
Have a few details in the works
Your wedding date, the venue, possible guests that will need to be attending, start time and any other pertinent information that you may have at this point to help the caterer better understand your wishes and desires.
6 To 9 Months Before Your Big Day
Set a meeting. It's getting serious! Hopefully by now you and the caterer have discussed back and forth suggestions, recommendations and selections for the tasting!
The Day of
During the tasting we would chart your absolute must haves to what you don't particularly care for and that is all right as to this is the main reason for the tasting. We then will take all of the data, along with an idea for the budget, and put together a menu crafted personally for you! Feel free to take notes and photos yourself, as we will definitely do just that.
What's Popular?
Duo entrees for plated dinners. Creative display pieces and vessels. . Having special meals for gluten free or vegetarian diets. . Action stations with Chef attendants and small drinks that accompany the dish.
Sample Tasting Menu
Salads or Starters
Fried Green Tomato Salad with Buttermilk/Pimento Dressings, Warm Bacon & Spinach Salad with Feta, Pickled Onions & Mushroom, Avocado & Arugula with Pimento Dressing
Braised Short Rib, Horseradish Crusted Dry Aged Sirloin, Petite Filet of Beef, Sauces , Onion Demi,
Fig-Cherry, Madeira, Whole Grain, Forrest Mushroom
Shrimp & Sausage Stuffed Airline Breast , Confit of Duck, Herb Rubbed Breast of Chicken & Sous Vide Egg, Sauces (One to be Selected), English Pea, Lemon-Caper, Marsala, Fire Roasted Pepper.
Cedar Plank Salmon with Herb Crumb , Potato Wrapped Halibut, Seared Sea Scallops with Cauliflower and Roasted Fennel, Southwestern Seared Swordfish.
Napa Cabbage & Grilled Portobello Mushrooms, Sautéed Asparagus & Petite Basil Tomatoes, French Beans & Cippolini Onions, Truffle Potato Croquettes, Eggplant Roulade with Tomato Concasse.,- Risotto (present three styles), Grilled Polenta Cake, Ratatouille of Spring Vegetables,
For the Herb Mousseline(Optional)
4 ounces ground chicken, 2 teaspoons basil pesto, to taste salt, white pepper and paprika. *Fold all ingredients together in a small stainless steel bowl. Reserve for filling of the breasts.
For the Breast of Chicken
2 tablespoons olive/canola oil blend, 2 skin-on, breast of chicken filet with tenderloin removed, salt and freshly ground black pepper, 1 clove garlic, minced, 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leaves, 1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary leaves, 1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley leaves, ½ cup dry white wine, 2 tablespoons butter, unsalted, 1 tablespoon minced fresh chives.
Instructions: Lay chicken breasts skin side down. Add one half of the above chicken mixture atop the inside of the breast. Roll the breast into a roulade using the skin as a wrap. Heat medium size skillet, add in oil. Season the breast with salt and pepper and sear on the seam side first.
Sauté the breast completely and evenly then finish in oven for desired doneness. Top the breast with fresh herbs, allow to rest then slice and serve.
2 each large grade AA eggs
4 each sliced black truffle
2 each round croutons of Croissant or Sourdough bread
To Taste Kosher Salt and Pepper
Instructions: Eggs are cooked Sous Vide in their shell at 62 centigrade for a minimum of four hours.
This Chardonnay is by Crème de Lys, which is a part of Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines. The grapes are sourced from several vineyards along both the Central Coast and the North Coast. A small amount of Malvasia Bianca and Pinot Blanc were added to the 2009 vintage to enhance the aromatics. The texture is creamy, rich and toasty. Simply delicious. The flavor resembles juicy pineapple and green apple with a pinch of vanilla
This wine is the ultimate me-time treat, great for sipping by itself or with your favorite ladies
Silver medal winner at the California State Fair Wine Competition
$10 - $15.
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He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
—Isaiah 40:22
I sometimes think that my daughter's preschool classroom was the place where I learned everything I know about making a home.
I recognize that this isn't strictly true. I'm sure I learned a great deal from my parents. My childhood home was noisy and a little ragged around the edges, but most nights we sat down to my mother's delicious food and a perfumed vase of my father's backyard roses.
And yet, today, I remember that classroom from ten years ago, with its tiny wooden tables and its tiny wooden chairs, and I feel sure of its importance. I feel sure that everything changed for me the day I first held my daughter's little hand and stepped across the threshold of that space.
My parents created the warmth and beauty of my childhood home on a very limited budget. There was the ingenious playhouse my father sketched on graph paper and realized in inexpensive lumber. There was the dollhouse of my dreams created with plywood and leftover house paint. But by the time I had a home and a child of my own, I had left those real-wood, make-do, homemade days far behind.
I don't remember ever making a conscious choice to live differently, but not long after my husband and I became parents, it was clear that we had two worlds jostling for position within one small, city apartment. Our daughter's world was plastic and flimsy and battery-operated. Our world was the warm wood of an old pedestal table we found as newlyweds. Ours was the wooden cutting board and salad bowl I carefully rubbed with a beeswax paste.
Then, the day I walked into that classroom. Here was a child's world, but there was not a single plastic toy, nor a single plastic dish. There was a play kitchen made of yellow pine. There were wooden beads for stringing and wooden cubbies for little coats and little bags. It was a classroom, but it felt like a home.
I'm not sure why that classroom has suddenly returned to my mind after so many years. Perhaps it is because we recently cleared our own tiny wooden table and tiny wooden chairs from the sunporch. For the first time in a decade, none of the shared rooms in my house look anything like that classroom. I no longer string up rows of finger painted masterpieces. These days, I tend to trip over backpacks and science fair display boards rather than teddy bears and dress-up clothes.
We banished the little table and chairs in order to transform our small sunporch from toy room to reading nook. For years, I'd never spent more time in that space than it took to throw the toys back into bins. But once we moved the toys out and a small love seat in, I began to sit there in the afternoons with a book. While I read, the low winter sun warmed my shoulders, and I realized that the great gift of this corner space was its light. Within a week, I'd filled the room with houseplants.
The making of a home is never a finished project. In this way, it is more like cultivating a garden than it is like building a house. Always, there will come the day when the last nail is hammered into a new roof, but to imagine that such a day might come for homemaking is like imagining that the sun might one day finish its work and fail to rise.
Dirty dishes are as regular as the sun, as persistent as weeds. I love gardening, but I struggle to find joy in the endless tasks of housework. Recently, my perspective has been reshaped by Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life, Margaret Kim Peterson's witty and spiritually rich meditation on the sacred contours of homemaking.
In a reflection on Psalm 104, Peterson claims that even the God of Judeo-Christian Scripture is a homemaker: "The psalmist's portrayal is of God as a great housekeeper, pitching a tent, clothing himself with light and the earth with water as with garments, ordering boundaries, making homes for creatures, giving them food, sustaining all life, creating and re-creating through the Spirit" (13).
Each year, around the time we turn our clocks forward, I reread the journal I keep for my garden. I reflect on the past, and I dream new dreams for the future. This year, I determined to grow more flowers but fewer vegetables. And I decided I would finally make room for a few scented viburnums.
If the late-winter sun feels especially warm, I venture outside to prune the fruit trees. Every March I hope to find my pruners rust-free and sharp-edged, but inevitably I am disappointed. Still, a few minutes spent with a steel brush and a metal file in some sunny spot, and I will have the clean, sharp edge I need. An edge that will worry me until I've replaced the pruners on the highest shelf in our potting shed.
The long table in my daughter's classroom was laid, every day, by the children. It was laid with glasses made of real glass and bowls of real wood. The utensils were stainless steel, and the napkins were cloth. At the center of the table there was always a pitcher of water. There was also a cutting board and a knife.
I didn't know about the knife until my daughter asked at home one day if she could slice her own banana. "I do it at school!" she said. You do??
I found a plate and a butter knife, and I watched as my small child gripped that knife with two hands and a look of unfamiliar seriousness. The way her tiny shoulders hunched over the banana, the concentration in her eyes. It was only a soft piece of fruit. Only a dull kitchen knife. It was my two-year-old daughter doing something hard and doing it well.
Home isn't only about beauty and warmth. Comfort and care. Home is also the place where we learn and grow. Home is a little bit dangerous.
I never did become completely comfortable with the knives. I still monitor my eight-year-old son's apple slicing. But this winter we upped the danger factor in our home considerably. I have two small, brown scars on my forearm to prove it. My son has a blister on one finger. We are blistered and scarred because we installed a wood-burning stove in our kitchen.
My husband and I had debated the merits of a wood stove since our first winter in the house, two years ago. The kitchen in our old farmhouse doesn't have the radiators that have heated the rest of our home for well over a century. Once, it would have been heated (winter and summer) by a cookstove. The previous owners rectified this situation with radiant floor heating. We loved the warm and toasty floor tiles, but we hated the electric bills.
Won't it be dangerous? friends and family asked. "Yes," we said. "But worth it." Thankfully, it has proved most dangerous to the big people who tend the fire. The youngest of my four children is only two, but she quickly learned to give the fire a wide berth. Yet not too wide.
Truthfully, we are all drawn toward the wood stove with a strength and persistence that has surprised me. Ours is a rambling old house, but on these frigid late-winter days, you will find all six of us in the kitchen. The television in the family room has been largely forgotten. The table is piled with picture books and crayons and pieces of at least three different board games.
Fire is risky, but now I can't imagine our home without it. It gathers us. It warms us. It holds us close.
Inevitably, spring will come, and the fire in the wood stove will die down. My children will scatter. To their bedrooms. To the far corners of our yard. With my kitchen empty again, I will throw open the windows. I will arrange daffodils in jars. I will replace the flannel sheets on our beds. And I will feel the annual urge to clean and refresh our spaces.
No doubt spring will also bring a mailbox stuffed with home catalogs. They will tempt me with their shiny goods in pretty, pastel colors. For years now, I've mostly resisted the shiny and new with visits to thrift stores and junk shops. I seek reasonably priced, secondhand treasures as well as the fun and distraction of guilt-free shopping.
But it is still shopping. Lately, I want a kind of homemaking that has absolutely nothing to do with shopping. Even the virtuous secondhand or free-trade sort of shopping. Living in a land of plenty is a privilege and a great responsibility. But it can also be a burden, offering only a mirage of freedom. There is little more circumscribed than a life defined only by consumer choices.
Sometimes the alternative looks like making-do. Sometimes it looks like making. When I make the beds, I remember that the little girl who once rolled beeswax candles and painted dreamy watercolors at preschool is no longer so little. There is a rippled afghan in a tidy strip at the end of her adult-sized bed. Once, playing dress-up, she could wrap it around and around and around herself. Now, it lies on her bed, neatly, like a memory.
I made that blanket with a crochet hook and pure wool yarn. The fact that it is wool, rather than acrylic, has always mattered to me. As if wool links my love for my daughter, and my prayers for her well-being, to the larger world in a way that acrylic could not do. Though, I admit, I have a mini crisis of faith every single time the blanket needs to be washed.
These days, I have a lot less time for crochet. I have four children, a large garden, and work I love. Finding the time and energy for making dinner sometimes feels like a stretch. But I am adding up the lessons of the past. I am remembering the feel of wood and metal. Flames and wool. And I am wondering what kind of home I am making. And how.
Is a home only the accumulation of a hundred thousand purchasing decisions? I hope not. At least, I don't want to live as if it is. The modernist architect and designer Le Corbusier famously said that "a house is a machine for living in" (Toward an Architecture, 151). But that isn't the kind of home I want either.
I think the ideal of home I first glimpsed in that preschool classroom is a place that reflects the importance of bodies. It is wood that is warm to touch. It is little chairs for little legs and bigger chairs for bigger legs. It is objects that ask for the care and creativity of our hands. It is a hearth, or even an electric heater, that gathers us, warming our skin and nurturing our connections with one another.
In so many ways, my ideal home is like the earth itself. Perhaps that is the real reason I eschew plastic and acrylic. Perhaps that is why I love wood and wool. Why I like to see our rooms change with the seasons. I want to remember that I am made from the stuff of earth. I never want to forget that the earth is my God-made home. The sky a tent overhead.
Christie Purifoy earned a PhD in English literature at the University of Chicago before trading the classroom for an old farmhouse and a garden. She lives in southeastern Pennsylvania with her husband and four children and writes regularly at www.christiepurifoy.com. Her first book is forthcoming from Revell.


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Dental Crowns
If one or more of your teeth have weakened or broken down due to decay or wear and tear over time, dental crowns may be the best solution to restore your smile's resilience.
As an experienced and trusted dentist in Mission Viejo, Dr. Robert Milner's primary goal is to help create a strong, healthy smile for all his patients and help them maintain it for as long as possible. Dental crowns are an excellent option for patients who seek to restore function and/or the appearance of a tooth.
What is a Dental Crown?
A dental crown is a cap made of a durable material placed over your tooth in order to restore full function and normal appearance to a compromised tooth. Crafted from high-quality materials, crowns are color-matched and shaped to look like natural teeth. When placed, they are practically indistinguishable from the surrounding teeth. There are several choices for dental crowns, and Dr. Milner will help you select the type that is most suitable for your needs and goals.
Do I Need Dental Crowns?
Dr. Milner uses dental crowns on patients in need of restorative or cosmetic dental treatment. The resilient composites can be used to treat the following dental concerns:
- Broken, damaged teeth caused by stress fractures or cracks
- Misshapen tooth or teeth
- Teeth that have become brittle or weakened from a root canal
- Teeth that have weakened from having mercury fillings
- To cover a dental implant or attach a bridge
Dental Crown Treatment with Dr. Milner
The crown placement process is performed over two visits to our dental office. During the first visit, Dr. Milner will prepare your tooth to ensure the proper fit for the crown. He will apply a topical numbing substance to numb the treatment area. Next, Dr. Milner will reduce the size of your tooth and then make an impression of your tooth or teeth where the crown will reside. This mold is then sent out to our dental laboratory to create your permanent crown. A temporary crown will be placed until your permanent one is ready.
Once your crown is ready, we will notify you and schedule an appointment for you to return to our office. During your second appointment, Dr. Milner will remove your temporary crown and place the permanent crown in its place. We will then put the final touches on your crown by checking for a proper fit. Once it is ready, the crown will be bonded to your teeth using dental cement.
Caring for Your Dental Crown
Dental crowns are strong and durable, and with proper care, can last for many years. Good oral hygiene is imperative in preserving the beauty and health of your dental crown. Dr. Milner also recommends avoiding biting down on hard foods and objects. Tooth grinding and clenching should also be avoided. Regular dental visits will allow us to assess the health of your crown and overall dental health.
Schedule A Dental Crown Consultation Today
To learn more about dental crowns, please schedule a consultation at Dr. Milner's Mission Viejo dental practice. Please call us at 949-859-8899.


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The other day I was telling a colleague about how unprofessional hotmail, yahoo or even gmail addresses look on your resume, especially as a programmer. He simply called me a nerd and went back to his work.Personally I'm always looking for new ways to get ahead of the other programmers and to make my resume stand out from the rest of the nerds! I believe this is a good way it's inexpensive and very easy to setup your own domain ie firstname.lastname@example.com there's many options available, godaddy is probably the best as you get a free email account with it and for around $7.49 US for a .com its probably one of the cheapest.
UPDATE: Instead of using Go Daddy which has a horrible interface create a google apps account its free for up to 10 users its what I used
If you need some help here's how to do it: 1. After purchasing your domain and creating your Go Daddy account click "Free Products" on the left hand side. 2. Go "Email Account List" and in the yellow box click "Use Credit" 3. On the right hand side you'll see a list of domains that are in your account select the domain you would like to create the email account for and then click continue and your email account will be created you'll have to wait a few minutes for your account to be created. you should then see a box appear like the one shown below Click Setup account.
4. You'll then be taken to the email control center click the orange add button
5. Fill in the details about your new email account and congratulations your email address has been created!
Once you've purchased your domain your not limited to just email how about creating your own blog? As it happens the colleague asked me how to setup the email address and where I purchased the domain from which is why I created this post!


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Waterfront Partnership is proud to host and produce several free Waterfront festivals for families and visitors to enjoy!
The exciting Baltimore Book Festival features hundreds of appearances by local, celebrity, and nationally-known authors. Come and check out book signings, over one hundred exhibitors and booksellers, non-stop readings on multiple stages, cooking demos by top chefs, poetry readings, workshops, panel discussions, and storytellers! There are also hands-on projects for kids, live music, and a delicious variety of food, beer, and wine.
Every year, Waterfront Partnership invites families to come and celebrate the changing seasons at West Shore Park. It's a beautiful day filled with performances, science experiments, crafting, a petting zoo, pony rides, a hay bail maze, and more. Most of the activities are geared towards younger children, but there's plenty for everyone to discover down by the water!
Launched by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts in 2016, Light City Baltimore is the first large-scale, international light festival in the United States. In its first year, Light City welcomed more than 400,000 people over seven nights.
Light City is a free festival that transforms Baltimore with large-scale light installations, performances, music and innovation. Central to Light City is the BGE Light Art Walk along Baltimore's Inner Harbor, featuring more than 50 attractions including illuminated sculptures, projections, interactive technologies, performances, concerts, food vendors and a children's area.
Light City's innovation programming, Light City U generates an ecosystem of ideas and learning during the day – while lights, performances and live music re-imagine Baltimore at night.
Support Waterfront Partnership's Healthy Harbor Initiative and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and attend The Great Baltimore Oyster Festival! At this fall festival attendees enjoy live music, oysters, other seafood options, alcohol, food trucks, family friendly activities and interactive Chesapeake Bay themed displays!
Brews & Views Concert Series
The Waterfront's newest summer concert series! Jam out to local, live music at Harbor Point's Central Plaza, while sipping brews and enjoying sweeping views of the harbor. Concerts feature free live music, food trucks, bar service by Dooby's, craft beer, vendors, and lawn style games from 6-9pm. All concerts are free to attend! View band lineup here
Summer Socials
Summer Socials are the perfect, family-friendly way to kick off the weekend in the summer. Bring a blanket and enjoy a fun, family-friendly evening at West Shore Park every second Friday from May through September. Summer Socials feature live music by a local band, kids activities, food trucks, bar service, and the Walter Sondheim Interactive Fountain. Summer Socials are always free and fun to attend! Click here for schedule and special appearances.
Yappy Hours @ Harbor Point
Cocktails with your Cockapoo, wine with your Weimaraner, beer with your Bulldog… Harbor Point's Central Plaza becomes a playspace for dogs and their humans with drinks, music, food trucks, and of course doggy friendly vendors and activities! Click here for more information
Harbor Market
REDEFINE BREAK TIME. Find good food and good vibes at Harbor Market, the food marketplace on McKeldin Plaza.. With food trucks, local vendors, and live music playing every Wednesday, you can taste and hear the best of the city right outside your office. That turkey sandwich is looking a little sad now, isn't it? For schedule and details, head over to harbormkt.com
Waterfront Wellness
Waterfront Wellness is a FREE fitness series designed to make health and wellness easy for our local community. Medifast and its lifestyle brand, OPTAVIA, have a shared mission to offer the world lifelong transformation, one healthy habit at a time. This mission will be brought to life through this summer series, and supports a healthier future in our neighborhoods and the harbor. Together, Medifast and Waterfront Partnership hope to ignite healthy habits within our community! Visit www.waterfrontwellnessbmore.com for class schedule and to register for FREE!
Street Performers
The Waterfront Street Performers (managed by Waterfront Partnership) consist of magicians, jugglers, unicycles, musicians, aerialists, and more! These dedicated performers are at the Inner Harbor to entertain daily from May-October at the Harborplace Amphitheater, Constellation Dock, and Bicentennial Plaza. All shows are free to attend.
Harbor Point Ice Festival
Central Plaza at Harbor Point comes alive for the Harbor Point Ice Festival in January! The plaza is transformed into a magical winter wonderland with twinkling lights, ice sculptures lining the walkways, live music, food & drink, kids crafts, and more. Spectators watch the excitement as award-winning ice sculptors use chainsaws and chisels to create spectacular ice sculptures. Local businesses also sponsor their own ice sculptures that the public can interact with, such as an ice throne, shuffle board game, ice graffiti wall, and multiple photo opps.
Pandora Ice Rink
Go for a spin, break the ice, spice up date night, or create new family memories at the PANDORA Ice Rink. With special programming and events happening all season long, there's always something new to experience at this amazing Inner Harbor destination. The rink is open November – January at the top of the amphitheater at Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
Admission is $10 for adults, $9 for children/seniors/military, and skate rentals will be available for $4 (or bring your own pair!). The Rink is open to the public seven days a week, with extended hours during the holidays. Skate on over to innerharboricerink.org for additional details on opening events and programming. See you on the ice!
Event Services
Event Services
To learn more about hosting an event with the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, please download our Event Planning guide.


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|Zadar Airport PP 367
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Sixt is happy to offer its car rental services at the Zadar Airport. We have a large selection of vehicles and in a range of categories available for rental. You can choose from our compact cars and sedans, sports cars and convertibles, or SUVs. No matter your budget or driving needs, we have something to accommodate. Book easily online and add useful upgrades like GPS or more insurance such as additional driver coverage. We look forward to providing you with our excellent customer service and a premium rent a car so you can make the most of your trip!
Zadar Airport (ZAD) is not far from the city center and is a great location to head off to any of the Croatian islands or the fabulous nature found in the vicinity. You can find our Sixt Zadar Airport branch 30 meters from the main building. We know flexibility is important while traveling and we offer a convenient 24 hour vehicle return service. Let us help you get quickly and easily behind the wheel of a great rental so you can be on your way.
Situated on the Adriatic, Zadar makes a great vacation destination. As the historical center of the Dalamation Coast you can enjoy discovering its Roman roots still present in the architecture of the city. Take your rental car for drives along the coast and make stops at the fantastic beaches along the way. Or you can take the opportunity to visit any of the four national parks in the area where you can take in some breathtaking nature. There is plenty to do in and around Zadar and you will have the means to reach it all with your Sixt rental car.
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Location plan - how to find us
The Sixt branch is located inside airport building in the departure area.
Departures from Zadar's old bus terminal (bus parking under the city walls) to Zadar Airport.
Take the motorway A1 and exit at Zadar 2. After 17 km (after passing the villages Tromilja and Babindub) you will arrive at the airport.
Outside open hours - pick-up & return
Pick-up out of opening hours is possible for an additional charge. This service is bookable on request. Please provide your address and credit card details, e-mail address, flight and mobile number.Out of hour return possible.
The keybox is available at the back door of the branch, located in front of the arrivals.


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Anand Mishra is a recognized professional in the IT industry as the CEO and founder of Star Infranet. Star Infranet is the trademark of Tathastu Information Technology Private Limited, which has always supported the growth of the division as a father company. Tathastu Pvt Limited not only helped Star Infranet in improving the company's reach, but it also helped improve its online marketing strategies. According to Mishra, Tathastu Pvt Ltd has helped Star Infranet reach the heights of success and today it is one of the most popular IT companies in the country.
Anand Mishra's role as a CEO:
Mishra's role has been very important in improving the reputation of both Tathastu and the Star Infranet Company. He has continuously worked on various digital marketing campaigns and enabled Star Infranet to widen its reach within the country. The CEO and founder of Star Infranet Anand Mishra believe in teamwork and relies on his employees. Mishra's knowledge and experience helped the company reach its highest potential through its employees. In spite of the industry is completely new in the country, Mishra managed to build a great team of skillful employees for the company.
Misha is aware that online marketing and web development is continuously growing and evolving and to meet the requirements it is necessary to keep on motivating the workers. Star Infranet now offers highly customized services to its clients regardless of the changing algorithms of Google or any other search engine. One of the best things that this company offers is the customized web development services which allow the clients to create their websites in a matter of minutes. Mishra and his team of experts don't only provide a functional website, but they give value to their clients so that they are completely satisfied with the services.


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During this 3-hour workshop you will learn about plant-based cuisine, the essential cooking techniques and easy-to-master recipes that you would find on the menu of a casual plant-based bistro for brunch, lunch and dinner. Power bowl are filled with nourishment, easy to make and can be served to anyone at any age.
Workshop includes 3 bowls:
Orange-Fennel-Almond Salad
Falafel Bowl
Black Rice & Lentils Bowl


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From North Raleigh and points north: Take 440 Outer Beltline to Jones Franklin Road. Go south (left) on Jones Franklin Road for about 2 miles to Holly Springs Road. Turn left on Walnut Street and bear right onto Holly Springs Road at the next intersection. Proceed for 2.3 miles to the Swift Creek bridge. Swift Creek Bluffs is located just beyond Swift Creek bridge on the right side adjacent to a Town of Cary lift station. Park in the gravel lot.
Hours of Operation: Sunrise to Sunset
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Brief IDEAS No 16– An assessment of select procurement initiatives in the National Anti Corruption Plan 2019-2023
Author: Faiz Abdul Halim and Aira Azhari
Date: March 2019
In response to calls for a more effective plan to address corruption, the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) was launched on January 29th, 2019 by the National Centre for Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption (GIACC) under the Prime Minister's Department (PMD). The goal of the NACP is to create a corruption-free society governed by the principles of integrity, accountability and transparency. The NACP serves as the primary anti-corruption policy framework for different government agencies and ministries so that they may develop their own Organisational Anti-Corruption Plan (OACP).
This brief paper will give an overview of the current procurement regime. Next, the paper will briefly look into cases of corruption, negligence, and non-compliance in procurement. This paper will provide full list of Strategy 3's 16 initiatives. Due to limitations within this paper, we will attempt to evaluate a few select issues and initiatives within the strategy 3, alongside relevant initiatives from other Strategies. With occasional reference to previous literature on public procurement in Malaysia, this paper will provide a general evaluation of those specific initiatives. This paper then provides a few recommendations to improve these initiatives.
Brief IDEAS No 15 – Responsible Privatisation: A New Malaysian Model of the role of government in the economy
Author: Dr Geoffrey Williams
Date: January 2019
This paper takes a fresh look at the issue of privatisation in Malaysia and examines whether the concerns raised by earlier privatisation programmes can be addressed by a new concept of 'Responsible Privatisation.'
The prospect of a new wave of privatisation in Malaysia has been raised in the first budget speech of the new Pakatan Harapan (PH) government and in recent announcements that preceded it. The focus is to reduce the role of the Government in the economy and dispose of particular assets as a potential means of raising money to cut Malaysia's national debt. For many this raises the spectre of past experiences of privatisation which are characterised as being plagued by cronyism, expropriation of profits at the expense of the Rakyat and a loss of social and strategic focus in Malaysia's development.
Author: Laurence Todd, Manucheher Shafee
Date: January 2019
The CPTPP is the successor to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which was the original free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and the 11 members of the CPTPP. The TPP was an ambitious FTA that had been negotiated for almost a decade under US leadership during the time of the Obama administration. Not only was the agreement broad, covering two-fifths of the world economy, it was also comprised of 30 chapters that covered areas from tariff reductions to labour standards and intellectual property rights. The concluded TPP Agreement was signed in New Zealand in February 2016 by all 12 countries.
Author: Adli Amirullah, Irene van Eldik
Date: December 2018
The government announced, during the Budget 2019 presentation, the introduction of a new Departure Tax to be levied on all international outbound flights from June 1, 2019. This new departure levy will threaten the position of Malaysia both within ASEAN as well as the wider international aviation and tourism market by raising air ticket prices and potentially creating a deadweight loss for society.
Author: Amelia Lim
Date: September 2018
Electronic cigarettes, commonly known as e-cigarettes or vapes, are at the centre of a polarised debate, generating various opinions on how to best regulate them. Since its introduction to the market in 2004, e-cigarettes have seen an exponential boom in popularity, but the phenomenon of vaping is still very much unchartered territory that has yet to be fully understood.
Author: Laurence Todd, Connor Vance
Date: September 2018
Advances in technology have led to radical changes in existing business models and the creation of radically new ones. There has been a growing sentiment within some governments that the reach and accessibility of new digital channels poses a challenge to the long-standing principles of taxation. As the new Pakatan Harapan government develops its first budget, they too may consider targeting the revenue of digital companies. With this in mind, this Brief Ideas considers the main issues, domestically and globally, in the debate over digital tax.
Brief IDEAS No 10 –National Policy on Rare Diseases Living with Dignity: In Search of Solutions for Rare Diseases
Author: Thong Meow Keong, Azlina Ahmad-Annuar
Date: August 2018
This paper presents a background on the definition of rare diseases, the challenges facing patients, and what needs to be done moving forward. The authors identify four key obstacles facing patients suffering from rare diseases, such as lack of recognition and inclusiveness, lack of awareness and comprehensive healthcare provisions, lack of access to medications and a lack of protection of the rights and dignity of these patients. The authors then recommend solutions needed to tackle these challenges, which range from enacting new legislation, increasing awareness, better funding and research and development.
Author: Adli Amirullah, Ali Salman
Date: June 2018
The paper builds on lessons learned from both the rocky implementation of the GST and the imperfect SST that came before it. The paper argues that the transparency of the GST regime should be preserved, so that the consumer is aware of exactly how much tax they are paying. From a business perspective, the paper argues that the new tax should only apply to businesses with a taxable return of more than RM500,000 and exported goods and services should be exempted.
Brief IDEAS No 8 – Ownership and Control of Airlines in Southeast Asia: Prospects for an ASEAN Community Carrier
Author: Alan Khee-Jin Tan
Date: December 2017
This policy paper discusses the prospects for an ASEAN Community Carrier and its benefits for the region. Given that air transportation and airlines play a crucial part in economic growth, it is critical for the foreign investment regime for airlines to be relaxed further. The paper recommends that ASEAN investors should have the opportunity to invest in other ASEAN member states' airlines to establish so-called Community Carriers.
Author: Wan Saiful Wan Jan
Date: September 2017
Eyebrows were raised when a Hong Kong-based newspaper recently claimed that Mainland Chinese are migrating to Malaysia "by the thousands".2 The
report stated that in 2016 alone, more than 1,000 Mainland Chinese had utilised the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme to migrate
there. Between 2002 to 2016, a total of 31,732 applications for MM2H were approved, and 7,967 of these were from the Peoples' Republic of China
(PRC). This means that, since it was started, a dragon's share – 25 percent – of the migrants have been from the PRC.
Author: Adli Amirullah
Date: July 2017
This Brief IDEAS urges Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States to embrace an Open Skies Policy to facilitate the movement of passengers and cargo across the region and materialise the vision of an ASEANSingle Aviation Market (ASAM).
Author: Rama Ramanathan
Date: August 2016
This paper briefly lists seven key reasons why the PAC investigated 1MDB, notes the Government's positive response to the 1MDB report and concludes with five recommendations for Parliament and regulatory agencies.
It does not examine the arguments for and against the existence of SOEs.
Author: Altaf Deviyati
Date: June 2016
The author begins with an overview of different private schools in Malaysia and highlights different types of Islamic schools specifically. Author Altaf Deviyati, analyses the Sekolah Rendah Islamic (SRI)/Sekolah Menengah Islamic (SMI) Al-Amin Gombak, an Islamic private school under MUSLEH, the education arm of Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia (IKRAM).
Author: Sreekanth Venkatamaran
Date: May 2016
This policy brief is a simplified version of the Geneva Network's working paper titled "Are Free Trade Agreements bad for health? Quantifying the impact of FTAs on health outcomes". The paper was originally published in August 2015 and can be found online at www.geneva-network.com.
Authors: Wan Saiful Wan Jan
Date: April 2016
This policy paper begins with the promise made by the government to reduce its role in business as stated in the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP). It presents a general argument of why the government should not be involved in business. The progress made by the government to reduce its role in business is then examined through data showing its divestments in several listed companies.
Author: Shaza Onn
Date: 4 November 2016
Despite the steps taken by Tun Abdullah Badawi when he was Prime Minister, and the recent suggestions by Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, the matter of asset declaration continues to be an issue. While Malaysia has an existing asset declaration system, it is not comprehensive.


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Manufacturing is making progress, according to a Philadelphia Federal Reserve Business Outlook Survey released (link opens a PDF) today. After heading to red with a -5.2 reading in May, June's activity index clocks in at 12.5, its highest rating since April 2011.
Of those businesses surveyed, 34% indicated increased activity, compared to 22% recording contractions. The index's new orders component posted a turnaround from -7.9 to 16.6, an metric also pointed to as a sign of optimism in today's Markit report.
But just like the Markit report, employment painted a dark spot on manufacturers' business decisions in the Philadelphia Fed report. Despite a 3-point increase, labor market conditions remain in the red at -5.4.
Looking ahead, expectations are optimistic. 45% of respondents expect manufacturing activity to increase over the next six months, compared to just 12% predicting contractions. And as a nod to the labor market's potential, the future employment index also increased a substantial 17 points.
The Business Outlook Survey is a monthly survey of manufacturers in the Third Federal Reserve District, which covers eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware. Participants indicate the direction of change in overall business activity and in the various measures of activity at their plants: employment, working hours, new and unfilled orders, shipments, inventories, delivery times, prices paid, and prices received. The survey has been conducted each month since May 1968.


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The Ultimate Guide to San Francisco's Ferry Building Marketplace
As a San Francisco local, there are certain touristy places that I steer clear of. I admit I've gone to most of them when visitors have come to town, but I will be perfectly content if I never have to push through tourists at Fisherman's Wharf again.
Some places, however, are touristy because they are truly amazing and the word is out. For example, I live next to Alamo Square Park and snap a picture of the gorgeous painted ladies almost every week. I will never, ever get sick of Golden Gate Park and all that it has to offer. Cable cars are actually really fun to ride and a clear view of the Golden Gate Bridge takes my breath away every. single. time.
I'm writing this blog post to share a touristy place that I love even as a local, San Francisco's Ferry Building Marketplace. If you search for San Francisco's top experiences, you're sure to come across the Ferry Building Marketplace and read about the delicious food and cute local shops.
Whether you live in San Francisco or are only in town visiting, this post is the ultimate guide to San Francisco's Ferry Building. Taste the best cheese in San Francisco, slurp fresh oysters and sample the freshest fruit while looking out over the bay.
The History
The Ferry Building opened in 1898 as a port for ferries to carry passengers from the East Bay to San Francisco. Until the 1930s, the Ferry Building was the second busiest transit terminal in the world!
The building is absolutely gorgeous both inside and out. There is a large clock tower that was modeled after the 12th-century Giralda bell tower in Sevilla, Spain. The building survived through both the 1906 (7.8 magnitude) and the 1989 (6.9 magnitude) earthquakes in the San Francisco area.
Today, you can still catch a ferry to Oakland, Larkspur, Alameda and Sausalito from the Ferry Building terminal.
The Shops
The Ferry Building has a number of shops and restaurants that are open 7 days a week. Here are a few of my favorites!
The Best Coffee
The Ferry Building is the home of not one but two Blue Bottle Coffee stands. Blue Bottle is a local favorite and originated in Oakland, just across the San Francisco Bay. The founder vowed to never serve coffee that was more than 48 hours out of the roaster so you're sure to get the freshest cup.
The Best Cheese
This is not the first time I've raved about Cowgirl Creamery on the blog and the Ferry Building is lucky to have their very own Cowgirl cheese shop. Stop in for their famous Mt. Tam cheese any day of the week. If you visit on a Saturday, there is always a cheesemonger (employees who specialize in cheese) serving melted cheese with baquettes.
The Best Chocolate
Dandelion's Factory & Cafe is located in the mission neighborhood, but it recently opened a Kiosk in the Ferry Building! The mouthwatering chocolate from the kiosk is made as beans-to-bars and are made in small batches to ensure quality. They really are my favorite chocolate bars in San Francisco and the Ferry Building location now serves hot chocolate and pastries too!
The Best Market
Even if you can't visit the Farmer's Market on Saturday, Frog Hollow Farm has an incredible little market inside the Ferry Building and it's open 7 days a week. Frog Hollow Farm is located just east of San Francisco, so you know their produce is super fresh and it's all organic.
The Best Restaurant...s
This is a tough one because there are a lot of great options in the Ferry Building. I'm going to allow a tie for this category, and the winners are Hog Island Oyster Company and The Slanted Door.
Hog Island Oyster Company serves fresh oysters from Tomales Bay, just north of San Francisco. While they have a stand at the Farmer's Market on Saturday, they also have a restaurant inside the Ferry Building that's open every day.
The Slanted Door is a Vietnamese restaurant created in 1995 by Charles Phan, originally from Vietnam. The menu ranges from spring rolls and papaya salad to a variety of meat, seafood and vegetarian options. This restaurant is nationally acclaimed and generally requires advance reservations.
Saturday at the Market
Saturday is the best day to visit the Ferry Building because in addition to the shops that are open 7 days a week, it's the location of the best farmer's market in San Francisco. Visiting on a Saturday can be a bit overwhelming if it's your first time, so I've curated a short itinerary to help you navigate.
First, walk around the front of the Ferry Building and sample any local fruits and veggies that you want to try. Last time I was there, they had the most delicious lemon cucumbers!
To the right of the main entrance, there will be a stand called Craftsman & Wolves. This is a bakery that has three locations in San Francisco, but hosts a pop-up from 8am - 2pm on Saturday at the Ferry Building. It is most well known for the most incredible pastry/muffin with a perfect soft-boiled egg inside called the Rebel Within. If you only sample one thing at the Ferry Building this should be it!
Head inside and explore the shops lining the mezzanine. The Ferry Building has beautiful architecture inside! This is also a great time to grab another snack and some coffee. I recommend Blue Bottle Coffee and some cheese from Cowgirl Creamery. If you're feeling extra hungry, you can also get a cone of meat (yes!) at Boccalone Salumeria.
After your exploration inside, walk out the back and continue to sample the fresh fruit, vegetables, local honey and olive oil. Buy yourself some flowers because you deserve them!
Farther back you'll find a few food stands including Hog Island Oyster Company. Their oysters are fresh from Tomales Bay, just north of San Francisco. Get in line and order a few, including the barbeque. Take them to the benches by the water and enjoy gorgeous views of the Bay Bridge.
If you're feeling extra bold, there is usually a stand on the side of the building that sells bugs. They have everything from chocolate covered crickets to oven toasted mealworms. Yum!
How to get there
The San Francisco Ferry Building's address is One Ferry Building and is easily accessible by every form of public transportation. Here are a few options for getting there, regardless of which direction you're coming from.
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) has a stop just a block away from the Ferry Building called Embarcadero. This is a great option for those coming from Market Street/Union Square area or East Bay.
Muni is the name of San Francisco's city public transit and another great option to get to the Ferry Building. Use this trip planner to see if it works from your location.
The Ferry
The building has the name Ferry in it for a reason! The Ferry Building is a hub for Ferry's from Oakland, Larkspur, Alameda and Sausalito.
Lyft or Uber
Lyft or Uber ride sharing apps can be ordered right from your phone.


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First Day of School & Schedules
Welcome to the first day of school for the 2015-16 school year. I would like to give you a couple of reminders before classes begin:
1. Check your skyward account and print your schedule. We are working hard to adjust class sizes and your students schedule may have changed.
2. We are also looking at adding a math instructor after the start of the year so schedules may need to be altered again. We apologize for the inconvenience. We appreciate your patience in the create the best possible educational experience.


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In Centennial Northern Mining Services Pty Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union (No. 2) [2015] FCA 136 (27 February 2015), the Federal Court determined that annual leave payable on termination of employment must be paid at the rate equivalent to the amount the employee would have been paid if they had taken annual leave during their employment. This means that, where applicable, payments such as annual leave loading should be included in termination pay calculations.
This decision resolves a number of years of uncertainty about the operation of the provision in the National Employment Standards (NES) concerning annual leave payments on termination. Since at least December 2010, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has publicly taken the view that accrued but untaken annual leave needed to be paid out at the higher rate. A legislative amendment to deal with this issue, in order to allow annual leave to be paid at an employee's base rate of pay, was recommended by the former Labor Government's Fair Work Act Review in 2012. However, subsequent legislation introduced by Labor before it lost office did not implement this recommendation.
The Federal Court ruling in Centennial delivers an employee-friendly outcome, finding in favour of the interpretation supported by unions and the view of the FWO. This outcome is likely to increase termination payments payable to employees in a number of industries. Importantly, there are 29 modern awards in operation which either explicitly or implicitly provide that annual leave will be paid out at the lower rate - provisions that are now inconsistent with the Federal Court's interpretation of the NES.
The first technical question to be determined by the Court concerned the operation of section 90 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act), which states:
"90. Payment for Annual Leave
If, in accordance with this Division, an employee takes a period of paid annual leave, the employer must pay the employee at the employee's base rate of pay for the employee's ordinary hours of work in the period.
If, when the employment of an employee ends, the employee has a period of untaken paid annual leave, the employer must pay the employee the amount that would have been payable to the employee had the employee taken that period of leave."
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In many industries, annual leave is paid at a rate higher than the employee's base rate and therefore more favourably than the section 90(1) NES standard. The question was whether section 90(2) only operated in relation to the minimum base rate of pay required to be paid under section 90(1), or whether it had broader application and meant that payment on termination had to be at any higher rate applicable to leave taken during employment.
Centennial applied to the Court seeking a declaration that its enterprise agreement (EA), which provided for payment on termination for untaken annual leave at an employee's ordinary weekly rate of pay, was consistent with the NES (and therefore not in breach of section 55 of the FW Act). The rate at which annual leave was paid when taken during employment under the EA was higher than the ordinary weekly rate of pay (reflecting the inclusion of a 20% annual leave loading, or rostered overtime, shift and weekend penalty payments).
In dealing with the application, the Court referred to the Explanatory Memorandum (EM) to the Fair Work Bill 2008 and, in particular, the statement that payment under subsection 90(2) "will be equivalent to the amount that the employee would have been paid if the employee had taken the annual leave". Justice Buchanan found that this statement in the EM:
... lends support to the argument that s 90(2) (unlike s 90(1)) is not confined to a statement of minimal obligation, but is a statement to the effect that an employee should not suffer a reduction in the value of unpaid annual leave if employment comes to an end while paid annual leave remains untaken.1
The effect of this finding was that the EA provision for payment out of annual leave at the lower rate had no effect because it was inconsistent with the NES.
The decision in Centennial also dealt with a second area of uncertainty, namely an EA provision restricting retrenchment pay based on what an employee would have received had they remained in employment until the age of 60 years. Centennial's EA clause reflected an historic standard that, in the context of the coal industry, dated back to earlier awards made in the 1980s.
The Court found that this restriction would have a dramatically different effect on a long serving employee retrenched at age 60 or over, as compared to someone retrenched at less than that age. That disadvantageous effect was produced as a result of the employee's age and, therefore, the clause was discriminatory and (on that basis) an unlawful term under section 195 of the FW Act.
The annual leave aspect of the Centennial decision could be addressed if a proposed amendment currently before Parliament is passed. The Abbott Government's Fair Work Amendment Bill includes a provision seeking to implement the recommendation of the 2012 Fair Work Act Review referred to above.
In the meantime, the decision will have a significant impact on termination costs in a number of industries. Recommended steps to respond to these impacts include:
- Review enterprise agreements in relation to the payment of annual leave upon termination, and confirm whether those provisions are consistent with the Federal Court's interpretation of section 90(2). If not, any such agreement provisions are unenforceable and termination payments should instead be made in accordance with the FW Act.
- Review termination pay calculations to ensure that accrued but untaken annual leave is paid to employees on the same basis as if they took the leave.
- In the negotiation of new enterprise agreements, consider including language that can pick up any legislative changes that may have the effect of permitting annual leave to be paid at a lower rate.
- Review agreements for any potentially discriminatory clauses relating to the basis on which retrenchment payments are to be made.
1[2015] FCA 136 at [34].
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