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My buddy is in New England for a family function and sent me some pics of tools his family has kept for a time. I understand his early family had Boston wood working ties.
If I can upload these photos I'd like to see what you all know of these. Just for info purposes.
The clamp is all wood including the screw.
Plane knives marked Casey and Co, auburn ny
One of the pieces is Inscribed with Narragansett Mach.[ine] Co. Providence, RI
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Though we can assume that travelling around the world won't be a budget experience, as you are travelling to different places and countries but it can be a cheaper option than breaking it down into sections. The secret to having cheaper travelling is to plan thoughtfully and purchase the ticket well in advance. Also, book up the hotels to places you will stay in advance by going online and choosing Hotels.com where you will get thousands of deals and offers. By booking from here, you will also get unique Hotels.com promo code that offers you a huge discount and makes your booking budget friendly.
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Ipilimumab + Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Prostate Cancer
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01377389
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : June 21, 2011
Last Update Posted : April 12, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|Prostate Cancer
|Drug: Ipilimumab Drug: Leuprolide Drug: Goserelin Drug: Degarelix
|Phase 2
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|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|30 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Study of Ipilimumab PLUS Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Castrate Sensitive Prostate Carcinoma
|Actual Study Start Date :
|June 17, 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|April 7, 2017
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|April 7, 2017
Experimental: Ipilimumab + ADT
Ipilimumab 10 mg/kg intravenous (IV) Weeks 5, 9, 13, and 17 plus Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) of either Leuprolide 7.5 mg intramuscular (IM) , Goserelin 3.6 mg subcutaneous (SQ) or Degarelix 80 mg SQ once a month for 8 months beginning Week 1.
Drug: Ipilimumab
10 mg/kg by vein over 90 minutes once every 4 weeks, for 4 weeks.
Other Names:
Drug: Leuprolide
7.5 mg intramuscular once a month for 8 months
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Drug: Goserelin
3.6 mg subcutaneous once a month for 8 months
Other Name: Zoladex
Drug: Degarelix
80 mg subcutaneous once a month for 8 months
Other Name: Firmagon
- Proportion of Participants achieving a PSA ≤ 0.2ng/mL at Month 7 [ Time Frame: Baseline to 7 months ]Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) conducted by the Simon's optimal two-stage design (Simon, 1989). Antitumor activity assessed through serial PSA measurements (blood tests) at pre-determined time points.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed prostate carcinoma.
- Evidence of metastatic disease on previous bone scan and/or CT scan and/or MRI.
- Castrate-sensitive disease. Patients already on ADT are eligible as long as the time from initiation of LHRH analog or antagonist is not greater than 1 month AND the total exposure time to the LHRH analog or antagonist will not exceed 8 months (i.e. the effectiveness of current depot LHRH analog or antagonist does not extend beyond 8 months since its initiation).
- Patients who have received prior hormonal therapy are allowed to participate as long as they have been off hormone ablation for 1.5 times as long as they were on it: e.g. 1) Patients who have received up to 4 months of hormonal ablation are eligible as long as they have been off hormonal ablation for >/= 6 months; 2) Patients who have received 1 year of hormonal ablation are eligible as long as they have been off hormone ablation for >/= 18 months; 3) Patients who have received up to 2 years of hormonal ablation are eligible as long as they have been off hormonal ablation for >/= 3 years have elapsed since its discontinuation.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status </= 1
- Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below: a) white blood cell count (WBC) >/= 3000/uL; b) Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >/= 1500/uL; c) Platelets >/= 100 x 10^3/uL; d) Hemoglobin >/= 9 g/dL; e) Creatinine </= 2mg/dL; f) ALT </= 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for patients without liver metastases. For patients with liver metastasis ALT </= 5 x ULN is allowed; g) Bilirubin </= 3 x ULN (except for patients with Gilbert's Syndrome, who must have a total bilirubin </= 3mg/dL)
- Patients included in the study must be >/= 18 years old
- Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Autoimmune disease: Patients with a history of inflammatory bowel disease (including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis) and autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic progressive sclerosis [scleroderma], Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or autoimmune vasculitis [e.g., Wegener's Granulomatosis] are excluded from this study.
- Any underlying medical or psychiatric condition, which in the opinion of the Investigator, will make the administration of study drug hazardous or obscure the interpretation of AEs: e.g. a condition associated with frequent diarrhea or chronic skin conditions, recent surgery or colonic biopsy from which the patient has not recovered, or partial endocrine organ deficiencies.
- Patients with known brain metastases.
- Patients with small cell carcinoma of the prostate.
- History of other malignancies, other than nonmelanoma skin cancer or Ta or T1 (low grade) bladder carcinomas, unless in complete remission and off therapy for that disease for at least 5 years.
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, history of congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
- Known HIV, Hepatitis B, or Hepatitis C.
- Untreated symptomatic spinal cord compressions.
- Any non-oncology vaccine therapy used for prevention of infectious diseases (for up to one month prior to or after any dose of ipilimumab).
- Concomitant therapy with any of the following: IL-2, interferon or other non-study immunotherapy regimens; cytotoxic chemotherapy; immunosuppressive agents; other investigation therapies; or chronic use of systemic corticosteroids (used in the management of cancer or non-cancer-related illnesses).
- Previous participation in another ipilimumab clinical trial or prior treatment with a CD137 agonist or CTLA-4 inhibitor or agonist.
- History of acute diverticulitis, intra-abdominal abscess, GI obstruction, abdominal carcinomatosis or other known risk factors for bowel perforation.
- Patients who do not agree to practice appropriate birth control methods while on therapy.
- Concurrent use of 5-alpha reductase inhibitors (finasteride or dutasteride).
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01377389
|United States, Texas
|University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Principal Investigator:
|Ana M. Aparicio, MD
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01377389 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2011-01125 ( Registry Identifier: NCI CTRP )
|First Posted:
|June 21, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 12, 2018
|Last Verified:
|April 2018
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
Prostate cancer
Castrate sensitive prostate carcinoma
Metastatic prostate carcinoma
Androgen deprivation therapy
Prostate-specific antigen
Lupron Depot
Leuprolide Acetate
Prostatic Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Genital Diseases, Male
Prostatic Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Antineoplastic Agents
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Fertility Agents, Female
Fertility Agents
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July 27, 2010
I couldn't find statistics for local utility shut offs in my area, but I knew we would start to see more and more of this.
Houses everywhere are going vacant. People don't say goodbye, they don't leave a number, they just disappear. With their disappearance we add another vacant house to the street. But families living in housing without utilities is a new sight for me to behold. I spoke recently with a rep from So Cal Edison who, full time contacts residence who have had their electricity turned off due to non payment. She has a negotiator sent in and they work on a reduced payment. It's amazing to me, that now, it is becoming acceptable in California to camp out in your home.
People are losing their homes, losing their cars and losing their dignity. How are we going to afford kids clothes and school supplies for the coming year? How can we expect families to pay for all these additional costs when the economy is in the shape it in. I ask myself this everyday.
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For the first time in recent memory, the San Diego Superior Court may not have enough applicants to draw names for the 2017-18 San Diego County grand jury, officials said Thursday.
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The grand jury performs a traditional function as a "watchdog" over government agencies and investigates citizen complaints. Grand jurors do not conduct criminal investigations.
A total of 47 people have applied for the grand jury since November. In a good year, more than 100 people put their names into the blind drawing, court officials said.
"It has been getting harder and harder each year to get people to apply to serve on the grand jury," said Executive Officer Michael Roddy. "We are having a hard time understanding the public's lack of interest in the work of this very important group of people."
Grand jurors are selected via a blind draw from each San Diego County supervisorial district, giving each district equal representation by population.
At this point, the Court does not have enough applicants in Districts 1, 3, or 5.
Applications are now available by calling (619) 450-7272 or in person at Jury Services or jury lounges at courthouses downtown, Vista, Chula Vista and El Cajon.
The 19-member grand jury will work four days a week, about six hours a day, from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018.
A small stipend per day, plus mileage and downtown parking are provided.
Applications must be received by Jan. 13.
—City News Service
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text: The US state of Arizona is preparing to launch an appeal against a court ruling that blocked controversial parts of its immigration law. The debate has huge implications for the millions of undocumented people who live in the United States. Many migrated with their parents, have been educated in the US and consider themselves American. Francisco Gutierrez, an undocumented student who studies at Georgetown University in Washington DC, tells Al Jazeera his story. SOURCE: Al Jazeera US & Canada United States


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A blog is a part of an author's platform. It's a great tool for networking, promoting, and sharing ideas and your work. I have this blog on my website, and I post about writing and books. I am also part of two group blogs, the Lethal Ladies Writes and Pens, Paws, and Claws.The group blogs allow the participants to share the load of content creation and marketing.
Here's why it's important for authors to build their platform and post regularly.
- It is best to have your blog on your website. And a blog is a great way to keep your web content fresh. People usually don't revisit sites with old or stale information.
- You need a regular blog schedule, My work, writing, and life calendars are jam packed, so I blog weekly (on Fridays). With group blogs, you blog on your assigned day or rotation. For Pens, Paws, and Claws, there are ten of us, we blog every ten weeks. It's best if you can keep a schedule.
- Group blogs are a great way to share the love (and the work). Lethal Ladies Write is made up of members of my local Sisters in Crime chapter here in Central Virginia. Pens, Paws, and Claws are all writers who love animals. We're from all over the US and Canada. Most of us are mysteryand thriller writers, but we also have those who specialize in paranormal, romantic suspense, and YA. I like the mix. We all love our pets, and I'm honored to blog with so many talented writers.
- A blog is also platform to promote others. The ten authors blog on Saturdays for Pens, Paws, and Claws. Recently, I added #WriterWednesday. It's a chance for us to interview and showcase other authors. (I put out the call that we were doing interviews, and I'm booked up through June of next year.)
- Make your content relevant and useful. Share information (e.g. product reviews, book reviews, services, how to's, great stories, etc.) It shouldn't always be "buy my book."
- You need to get the word out about your blog. I share posts on Twitter, Facebook, Facebook groups, Yahoo groups, Instagram, Google+, Pinterest, and LinkedIn.
- Blog promotion groups are a way to market your posts. I am a member of several online promo groups on Facebook. There are calls for blog or social media shares. Read the rules of each carefully. The requirements vary from group to group. By participating, you agree to share others' works on your social media platform. I've doubled my blog traffic by participating. I prefer groups that don't require that you follow or share all posts. I like to read them and choose ones that my readers would be interested in. I've learned a lot and met many talented bloggers and writers.
- Make sure that you linkyour blog feed to Goodreads and your Amazon author page. This is a way for readers to find out what you post.
- Make sure to put a link to your website or blog in your signature of your email. You'd be surprised at how many people will stop by to check it out.
- I also put my website/blog on my business cards, bookmarks, pens, and pencils that I give out at book events.


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Dear Superintendent Marten,
As a parent at Birney Elementary, a year round school, I am writing to express my disappointment in the year round calendar for the 2013-2014 school year and respectfully request the Board of Education to re-evaluate it.
- · Right now, there are three furlough days in June, two during the week of June 16th, one during the week of June 23rd. Combined with the Fourth of July holiday the following week, this creates undue hardship for many families who will have to arrange special childcare for three straight weeks.
- · The furlough days in June take valuable time away from testing preparation. While the standard school year students are getting solid five-day weeks of preparation time during their testing window, the year-round students must contend with holidays and furlough days to schedule both preparation and testing, presenting year-round with unfair disadvantages. Surely the furlough days in June could be moved so that all students are given the same chances for success regardless of whether their schools are standard or year round schedules.
- · The school year is set to end on Monday, July 21st. Attendance will suffer, and funding along with it. Having that last day as a Monday will also present challenges to parents trying to provide child care, camp or other summer instructional experiences to their children since many of those programs run on a Monday through Friday schedule. Parents will be forced to decide between skipping school or throwing away the cost of a day's experiences; children will miss out on the year's closure or their first day's instruction. Since most camps and classes have closed by early- to mid-August, this seems to unfairly punish year round students who would seek extracurricular enrichment. Ending the school year on the previous Friday (by moving a vacation day from spring break to the end of the year) would benefit everyone and provide a more satisfying end to the school year.
I know that you and the Board of Education want to provide my child with the same opportunities for success and academic achievement as the children at standard year schools. Some ways of modifying the calendar which would eliminate any perceived discrimination against year round schools and better help the staff and students reach their full academic potential are:
- · Move some or all of the June furlough days to June 23, June 24, and June 25, out of the testing window. Students and staff will be able to focus on academic achievement and not keeping track of the chaotic off again, on again schedule. Parents will only have to arrange for special child care for one week.
- · Move some (but not all) of the furlough days to the end of the year round spring break: April 29, April 30, or May 1 and move the rest out of the testing window. Please do not leave us with any one-day weeks since our attendance will suffer.
- · Move one vacation day from spring break to the end of the school year to allow school to end on a Friday.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I know you want all children and families in the SD USD to thrive. I hope we can be partners in making the 2013-2014 year a success.
Kim Schultz
President, Alice Birney Elementary PTA


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Spiral walkway
Honored to be gracing the home of Abbi Jaffe's Dharma Door Retreat in Underhill, Vermont.
From three different directions, individuals can dance and fluidly move towards each other, meeting together as one at the spiral in the middle.
Embodiment of Stonework AT THE DHARMA DOOR RETREAT
Students join together with Abbi and Thea to create walls, arches and stairways in the beautiful landscape of Underhill, Vermont. A day of class at the Dharma Door Retreat is punctuated with yoga practice as it embraces stonework done throughout the day.
A hop in the pond beside the studio is often incorporated… Bring your suits!


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I think a light bulb just went on here in San Jose. I was reading this article in the WaPo about women being harassed and intimidated on their blogs. This has the apparent response of pushing women out of the blogosphere. Duh!
In the past I wrote about the threats that Shakespeare's Sister had to deal with as part of the fallout with the Edwards campaign. The threats weren't just in the blogosphere but came right to her front door.
So apparently this is not an isolated incident. According to this article, women are receding from the cyber community due to these threats of rape, violence and death against not just them but also their families.
A few weeks ago I posted a diary for the first time at Kos. It was the story about my friend Julia and her eventual demise from cancer. Oh wait, I posted it here too. Anyway, I got a blistering response from somebody for talking about my friend and making the comparison to Elizabeth Edwards. Although the moral of the story was how much I hate to see women having to deal with this, well I was just wrong.
Never mind that I knew about my own experiences with my friend but it was just enough to make me realize that, yes, the blogosphere is the wild west. But I didn't have to go look there or any other site that made me uncomfortable. I could get my news in places that weren't the wild west, that people weren't insane or intimidating or um, just stupid. So I stopped going to Kos and any other site that I felt was not friendly.
Anonymity and misogyny is a very bad combination. Add the ability for threats of violence to be posted without any repercussions and I really don't want to play in that sandbox.
I will just keep writing because I like to write. A few people drop by regularly and that is great. I just want a little community where we can share a laugh and talk about hockey or something and wave to each other in passing.
Monday, April 30, 2007
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Last Friday night, October 16th, at exactly midnight, so I guess you could also say it was Saturday morning… I broke my foot.
It's a minor break and I'm not in a lot of pain, but it came at the worst time it could have possibly have happened.
Next month and I'd be happy at the thought of putting my foot up, getting some much-needed rest, and maybe actually blogging a little.
But you see, last Saturday is the day I wait for all year-long, it's one of the busiest, if not the busiest night of Fright Dome season and it get's crazy up in the Dome.
Some people dread that night… but I live for it.
And last Saturday night (after a day at the ER) I spent at home, in bed.
Haters go ahead and revel for a moment, because it was a very bad moment in "Zero's World".
I mean not only was I missing my favorite night of the season, but looking down at my bandaged foot I knew the season was over for The Stranger. A very bad moment indeed.
But at around midnight, Saturday night… or Sunday morning, depending how you look at it, I awoke from a doze in my self-pity bed and was shocked at what I saw on the TV screen in front of me (I often fall asleep with the news on, a bad habit I'm trying to break):
I was half asleep as I tried to make sense of what I was reading on the screen. I turned the volume up and was devastated.
As much as I get tired of saying things like what I'm about to say, it's still true: Thank God only one person died, this could have been a much more tragic tragedy.
And while yes it is true, what I said before it is also true, I am tired of having to say such things… yes thankfully there wasn't mass casualties, but someone died, friends and families are grieving, once again we have to question just where are we safe in this world. Where can people get together and enjoy life without being worried about someone, mentally ill and full of hate using guns, knives, bombs, and other weapons of destruction to end your life and change the lives of everyone around you.
There isn't much about who did this and why, though there is some stuff on the internet to "chase" dealing with Zombiecon and how some feel about it… I may just do that in the next few days.
And no mater what the circumstances was for this shooting, the subjects of gun control and mental illness are always relevent, no mater how politics paint these things.
But Saturday Night (Sunday morning) all I could think about as I sat in my bed, foot up on a pillow, watching people dressed as zombies running in fear from some lunatic with a gun on the weekend news… all I could do was think about how fucked up things are some times. Not the whys or the hows, or the what can be done to stop them…
I just sat there in sadness and shame thinking about how fucked up it all gets sometimes.
Sunday night at midnight (blah, blah Monday morning… you got it by now) I wheeled a wheel chair out of The Dome after a fun night of playing a zombie.
This is the part where you haters can stop high fiving each other. LMAO, fuckin' haters.
No matter how much we all get to know each other, there are still those of you who think I'm some kind of bad guy, bully, or gossip blogger… and you can go on thinking what you want about me. But if you really want to know what kind of person I am…
at my darkest moments…
and Saturday night was a dark moment…
I am thankful to survive my dark moments and go on…
I am thankful that life always "goes on" while you are living it…
and especially because there are those who do not get that chance at the end of their darkest moments… I know it is my duty as a human being to go on.
So, I "geared" up as a zombie and laid on a stretcher outside of a crashed ambulance, scaring everyone who walked by. I think we have a picture:
I even gave my zombie character a name: Patient Zero
I'm not gonna say it was easy bottling up The Stranger and being a mostly stationary zombie. But it's what needed to be done.
In memory of the person who lost their life last weekend. For all those who were at Zombiecon and had to go through the ordeal. I felt the need to give them a small memorial. But most importantly, I did it for myself, because it's what needed to be done.
And I'm quite happy with "Patient Zero", I really got into it, and had lots of fun.
Things are fucked up some times, but we go on.
For those who no longer can, for those who need to be shown how, and almost more importantly, for our selves.
You get it right?
Some of you haters may still be stuck…
but the rest of you… you get it, right?


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Paw Shee
"... but I always say to myself that I cannot let my fear stop me and I believe that education and hard work are the keys to getting out of poverty."
Paw Shee and her family fled Burma in 2007 to escape violence, poverty and oppression inflicted upon the Karen people. She had received some education in Burma, but her school had very limited resources. It was in a forest where there was no electricity, desks or even a building. Paw also had to use rocks as a chalkboard. Once she arrived at a Thai refugee camp, Paw saw some improvements in her education, but she was confined to just the camp. She and her family moved to the United States when she was fourteen to improve their standard of living and so that Paw could use and expand upon her education. Paw did not know any English when she first walked through the doors of Hartford Public High School, but she overcame this obstacle and excelled in her schoolwork. Paw also excelled at soccer and swimming.
Paw has survived unimaginable adversity, and has become a stronger person because of it. She plans on owning her own business one day in order to support her family. Paw will start on her path to achieving this goal in the fall at the University of Saint Joseph where she will study accounting and business.


text: Forms & Documents Canteen 2019.pdf Changed Student Information Details School Information handbook 2019 School Management Plan 2018-2020 Latest News The Big Vegie Crunch 03 Apr 2019 GET READY FOR THE BIG VEGIE CRUNCH! On Thursday, 4th April at 10 am our school will be joining hundreds of schools across NSW to break the record for the most students crunching vegetables simultaneously. But we need your help to make it a success! On Thursday, 4th April, please pack your child a container of vegetables (not fruit) for them to crunch on. Need some ideas? carrot, celery, cucumber – cut into sticks or left whole capsicum – cut into sticks or wedges corn – raw baby corn spears or a cooked corn cob broccoli or cauliflower florets - raw or lightly cooked to keep their crunch tomatoes – small cherry tomatoes or a large tomato that can be eaten like an apple beans or snow peas - raw or lightly cooked to keep their crunch mushrooms – sliced or left whole Thank you in advance! S. Krensel NSW State Election 22 Mar 2019 2019 State Elections tomorrow, Saturday, 23rd March 2019 Polling Booths are open at Blackwell Public School from 8:00am to 6:00pm Our P&C will be holding a Barbecue and Cake Stall from 8:00am to 5:00pm Please come along and support our P&C. Cyber Savvy with Values 4 Life 26 Feb 2019 Tuesday, 5th March Parent Session 6.30pm – 7.30pm in Library. PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE TO LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL BE ATTENDING THE SESSION. Test 22 Feb 2019 Students of 2019 in Year 1 through to Year 6 will return Wednesday 30th Jan 2019 and Kinders have their BEST START time as advised by mail. Thank you. MEDICATION PLAN UPDATES FOR 2019 13 Feb 2019 If your child requires medication, please ensure that the front office has ALL of your UPDATED medical plans and medication. Thank you Welcome to our new website 10 Dec 2018 We hope you like our new website and any feedback is appreciated. Latest News


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When I partnered with AT&T for "AT&T 28 Days: Elements of Change", I had NO idea that we were embarking on what will go down in history as one of the best Black History Months ever. Seriously, was there a Black people meeting I didn't know about? Did President Obama give orders to make his last Black history month in office count? Something happened, and I'm here for it. Check out my 10 reasons why Black History Month 2016 was the most "lit" ever.
1. Formation – Beyonce televised the revolution when she dropped "Formation", following up with the most conscious/Black-ish performance the SuperBowl has EVER seen. I'm glad Queen Bey was able to bring a wave of fresh energy to the movement, but shout out to the everyday people like myself, who BEEN in #Formation. *swerve*
2. Kendrick Lamar's Grammy 2016 Performance – Kendrick Lamar seamlessly took us from slave chains, to prison, and back to Africa in 7 minutes. Can we vote for Kendrick to do pop-up Black history lessons all around the world? Why was I day dreaming of him being the opening act for #OscarsSoWhite? Dear Kendrick, I love you. #ThatIsAll
3. The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution – Produced by Independent Lens & Firelight, although this documentary was way over due, it somehow managed to be right on time. It was sooooooooooo good and super informational. Quick question: Can we revive the Black Panther Party of the past? Seriously, where do I sign up? *raises right fist*
4. The White House Black History Month Reception – First let me say, I'm still processing through the fact that I wasn't invited to this once-in-a-lifetime event. I'll just keep telling myself it was a communication error. Ugh. On a lighter note, the White House hosted what will go down as the Blackest Black History Month gathering to ever exist, for MULTIPLE reasons. What do you get when you put the first Black POTUS & FLOTUS in the room with Black bloggers, entertainers, activist's, etc.? You get a "Heyyyyyyyyyyyyy Michelle", which loudly protruded from the lips of Traci Braxton. The cherry on top has to be Dr. King's chirren (Bernice King & Martin Luther King III) and great-granddaughter (pictured above) in the oval office viewing the Dr. MLK bust for the first time. It. Doesn't. Get. Any. Better. Than. This.
5. Smithsonian's African American History Museum announces opening date – Regardless of your travel plans for 2016, you NEED to be in D.C., September 24. The Smithsonian announced their opening dates for its African American History Museum, and it's definitely shaping up to be a historical weekend. Rumor has it that President Obama is confirmed to cut the ribbon for the opening ceremony. Gosh, I love him.
6. RACE film released – I can't think of a better time to drop a historical movie other than Black History Month. The biopic chronicles the life of athlete Jesse Owens. Yes. Teach us.
7. American Girl Announces New 'Civil Rights Era' Doll – Okay, so at this point in the month, I was beginning to believe a beautiful Black conspiracy was occurring. Are you kidding me?!? Do you know how much I loved and cherished my American Girl Addy doll and books?!? And now, Melody Ellison is on her way. I don't have children (yet), but who cares? I will be purchasing this doll for me. *Kanye shrug*
8. Grandma Virginia cuts a two-step in the White House with The Obamas – Very Smart Brothas took the words out of my mouth by calling this "the Blackest thing that ever happened" last week. For my people, 106-Year-Old Virginia McLaurin represents our grandparents who NEVER thought their children would live to see a Black president, let alone step foot in the White House. That ALONE deserves a two-step, along with a high five (on the Black-hand side of course).
9. #OscarsSoWhite – I tuned in, because I HAD to see how Chris Rock was going to handle this disheartening situation. Although I felt like he was trying TOO hard a few times, I'm proud of how he didn't hold back. I must inform you, that while the Oscars were playing on my television, I was also live streaming the #JusticeForFlint event on Revolt TV. Balance 🙂
10. Black-ish Discusses Police Brutality – One word: Tearjerker. I've always liked Black-ish, and now it's safe to say I'm literally in love with it. This episode said what almost everyone in the Black community thinks about police brutality. I love how although everyone had their own interpretation of what's happening in the Black community, they were still able to be unified in the end. And yes, I too, wanted Pres. Obama to get back in the limo. Sad to say it, but even our hope isn't free. Dear Black-ish: Thank you.
Ya'll. I'm so sad Black History Month 2016 is coming to an end. Is this why God allowed for it to be a leap year, giving us one more day to affirm the beauty of our humanity? Can this tidal wave of Black culture, Black history, and Black future last forever? Can we always be conscious, wear afros, and get in formation while chanting "We Gone Be Alright"? Can we? I think so 🙂
Happy Black History Month/Year beloveds <3
Stay golden,


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After we migrated from 6.1 to 188.8.131.52 or 8.5, we have had odd behaviors within our system. Furthermore, whenever we delete a library, we then wish to review the deletes in the System Reports view of the WCM Library Admin portlet.
We cannot do this; the Admin portlet fails to fully load, we see a blank portlet titled "system reports" and the SystemOut.log throws exceptions. How do we fix it and what is going wrong?
Answer by JackDerbyshire (672) | Aug 18, 2015 at 12:51 PM
One solution for this is to install the WCM Support Tools portlet, navigate to the System Reports library, and see if there are system reports with no names. These are likely migrated system reports from 6.1.x that are no longer visible in 22.214.171.124 or 8.5. Back up your JCR DB, open a PMR with WCM support, ask for the write_all access and then delete any system reports that have invalid names. If you have doubt about a specific report, ask support!
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Exploring Borneo Flying First Class on Japan Airlines and Qantas
Aurora Executive Lounge, Terminal 2 (ARN)
Finnair Business Class, Stockholm-Helsinki
Finnair Business Lounge Non-Schengen (HEL)
Finnair Premium Lounge (HEL)
Finnair Business Class, Helsinki-London
Cathay Pacific First Class Lounge (LHR)
American Airlines Flagship Lounge (LHR)
British Airways Galleries First Lounge (LHR)
Japan Airlines First Class, London-Tokyo
Hilton Narita
Cathay Pacific First & Business Class Lounge (NRT)
American Airlines Admirals Club (NRT)
Qantas International Business Lounge (NRT)
Japan Airlines First Class Lounge, Main Terminal (NRT)
Japan Airlines First Class, Tokyo-Jakarta
Pura Indah Business Class Lounge, Jakarta (CGK)
Malaysia Airlines Business Class, Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge, Domestic (KUL)
Hilton Kuching
Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge Kuching (KCH)
Hyatt Regency Kinabalu
Shangri-La's Rasa Ria Hotel
Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge, Kota Kinabalu (BKI)
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Top Attractions in Malaysia
Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge, International (KUL)
Qatar Airways Business Class, Kuala Lumpur-Doha
Qatar Airways Al Mourjan Lounge (DOH)
Al Maha Lounge (DOH)
Qatar Airways Business Class, Doha-Dubai
Emirates First Class Lounge Concourse A (DXB)
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Qantas First Class, Dubai-London
British Airways Galleries Lounge Concourse C, South (LHR)
British Airways Business Class, London-Stockholm
Address: Pantai Dalit Beach, Tuaran Sabah 89208 Malaysia
Rate: Group rate
Shangri-La's Rasa Ria Resort Kota Kinabalu, Pongo, the resort's mascott
Shangri-La's Rasa Ria Resort Kota Kinabalu swimming pool
Rasa Ria literally means "feel good" and I believe that this is what all the guests feel whenever they stay in these resort. Honestly, we stayed in this resort for 4 nights and everything from the rooms, to the food and the service was just excellent. As this was booked thru a travel agent, I couldn't earn Golden Circle award points for the stay but with the dining expenses, I was able to accumulate some. This resort has also its own Orangutan Education Center where guests can meet the icon of Sabah for a fee. Of course, there are lots of other activities one can engage into. After staying at this resort, I would say that the Shangri-La's Rasa Ria Resort is one of the best resorts I've stayed at.


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We just loved getting to know Kirsty and Gareth, hearing the story of how they met, fell in love and the steps that led them to this special day. It was drizzly and wet, but nothing dampened the spirits of these two amazing people. Kirsty took off her shoes, hitched up her gown and ran into the water during photo time and I reckon getting sandy wet feet was totally worth it.
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Project Name: Lighting Design Project at I-97 and I-695 Interchange
Project Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Client: Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA)
Project Description: The project consists of upgrading the roadway lighting at the interchange of I-97 at I-695 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. This is a complex and congested interchange just east of the Francis Scott Key Bridge near Baltimore.
T3's role in Project:
T3 is responsible for preparing roadway lighting plans and erosion & sediment (E&S) control plans for the project. T3 conducted a field inventory for the existing lighting system to determine if the lighting system could be modified or if it needed to be totally replaced and tied into lighting systems at adjacent interchanges.
After evaluating the existing lighting and sign structures, T3 developed lighting plans with proposed lighting cabinets and available power service locations. Lighting plans were designed to re-use existing light poles / cables wherever possible to decrease overall cost.
T3 also developed E&S control plans and calculated the limits of disturbance (LOD).
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The Buzz
Huelskamp declares a yuletide triumph over the PC Police
No more "happy holidays" for members of Congress.
Kansas Congressman Tim Huelskamp, a Republican, claimed victory over the "PC Police" Tuesday in the wake
of a ruling this month
from the House Franking Commission that said members of Congress can once again use the phrases "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Hanukkah" in taxpayer-paid mail.
Huelskamp said that's the position he's advocated for years. In fact, he said he took a stand against the decades-old ban in a 2011 interview on Fox News. That ban, he said, reflected "the continual leftist war on Christmas.
"I have continued that refusal through today, even as it has cowered many other public officials and private industry alike," the congressman said in a statement.
"The new refusal of the U.S. House to cater to the PC Police moves us one small step away from that carefully crafted secular society devoid of any reference to our religious and cultural heritage," Huelskamp said. "I am glad that finally members of Congress can express their holiday joy in a manner that they see fit and consistent with our American history – without an ethics threat."
With that, Huelskamp said he wished everyone a "very merry Christmas and a happy new year."


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Celebrating Ernest
Nearly anyone with experience in the horticulture industry knows the name "Ernest Wertheim." It's a name synonymous with intimate knowledge of the business of selling plants. For more than 75 years, Ernest has been a tireless advocate for and pioneer in garden center retailing. During the Cultivate'17 trade show in Columbus, Ohio, Ernest, who had traveled from California to be a part of the annual industry event, sat down with AmericanHort to discuss his many years in horticulture. Ernest shared his experience and his thoughts on the past and potential future of the horticulture industry in a video interview.
Watch here: bit.ly/2yUYeJP
What's trending on Instagram
Just as so many retailers do what they can to create captivating and engaging experiences in their stores, some suppliers are taking note of this trend and following suit with their trade show booths. During the 2017 spoga+gafa trade show in Cologne, Germany, elho, primarily a plastic container supplier, built an elaborate garden setting for show attendees to explore, complete with seating, food, beverages and even a D.J. Garden Center editor Michelle Simakis posted a brief video of the elho booth to the Garden Center Instagram account, where followers expressed their interest in the welcoming trade show space.
Your turn
Each month, we ask readers a different question about their retail operations, inviting them to answer via email or social media. You can send your answers to associate editor Conner Howard at firstname.lastname@example.com.
THIS MONTH'S QUESTION: "Does your garden center host any special Christmas events? If so, how well-attended are they?"
Answers to this question will be published in a future issue of Garden Center.
5 stories in brief
Top industry news from our website
Vermont IGCs tour
Impressions and takeaways from the retailers featured on the 2017 Garden Center Group Fall Event tour.
Honoring Ernest
AmericanHort recently recognized horticulture icon Ernest Wertheim in an interview regarding his thoughts on the industry.
Stories of perseverance
In the cover story for Garden Center's October 2017 issue, retailers in Houston and Florida discussed their preparation and recovery efforts in the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
Target customers
A report by The Wall Street Journal suggests that Millennials around 26 years old are the highest priority consumer for major retailers.
Top news of September
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I never met my great-grandparents,
but I am told they were extraordinary.
I am slightly obsessed with the notion of visiting the 1800s to meet them. And yet I must, fist shaking in the air, face the fact that this will never happen, can never happen. I blame Stephen Hawking.He says that if it were possible to go back and change the flow of events, the universe would cease to make sense. Not that it does, to me, anyway. Or poor Ebenezer.
When I first read Charles Dickens' famous tale, I didn't think of it as a time travel story. Did you?
But these time-warpingly tales are.
Timeslips, as they say in the UK
Time and Again by Jack Finney
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Speaking of that Clemens guy…
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Hank Morgan, a regular guy living in Hartford, Connecticut in the 19th century, gets hit on the head with a crowbar (by a man named Hercules, no less) and wakes up in Camelot. It's a pretty hilarious look at medieval times.
Andrew Sean Greer has a thing about time.
I read Greer's best-selling book, The Confessions of Max Tivoli, about a man aging backward. If you're intrigued by the idea of a 10-year-old boy who seems to be a 60-year-old man (and who, half a century later, can pass for a 10-year-old boy), this fantasy with a twist is for you.
Now Greer is back with The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells. I'm currently entranced with Greta who lives the same life in three different time periods, improvising her way through, dodging heartbreak and disappointment at every turn.
The book opens in 1985 with Greta in crisis ~ her long-term boyfriend, Nathan, has left, and her brother, Felix, has recently died of AIDS. Severely depressed, Greta undergoes an experimental psychiatric treatment that ~oh yes ~ transports her back and forth to the lives she might have lived in 1918 and 1941.
In each life, things are the same but different. And in every life, Greta searches for happiness.
There's no complicated mechanics of time travel to follow or even understand. Greer just shows us how circumstances affect our choices and what we might do differently…. if we had other lives and alter egos. Curious about the magical what-if? Read the first few chapters here. Because who knows when the impossible will happen to you.
So, you've read the post ~ and you're thinking,
there's no mention of the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon,
or The Time Machine By H.G. Wells,
or Finney's sequel From Time to Time.
Have you read any of these?
What's your favorite time-travel book?
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Yesterday night, Andrew and I attended the Road to Oddball Tour at UP Comedy Club. I was sort of nervous, because the crowd-working walking nervous breakdown Brody Stevens (Enjoy it!) was headlining the set. But it was worth it to see my favorite podcaster, Howard Kremer (aka Dragon Boy Suede) of Who Charted perform his own strange breed of standup. It was a bizarre experience being ten feet from a person I only know through his voice and strange sense of humor, to see his mannerisms, the way he carries himself, how nervous he was onstage. I just wanted to run up there and tell him, it's okay, you're doing great!
Also, a detail I noticed from Brody walking around the crowd, was that his watch was not set to Central time. It's one of those things, like knowing if a person is the type to change their watch when they travel... it made me form a picture of what the "private" Brody Stevens is like, something I could only think about by reading his watch and noticing it hadn't been set to match our time zone.
Either way, last night's make was Making 'em Laugh, and laugh we did!


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In the 2017 season, the Camping al Porto finally celebrates the completion of its modernization plan.
Following an idea ripened in so many years, it presents itself in a completely new form.
Though the rise into the 3-stars class was not simply achieved by simply adding a few new wash-rooms,
but with an entirely new structure.
New and more numerous bathrooms and toilets, with more space, more privacy and hygiene. The interest of children of all ages has been taken into account, for newborns with a nursing room for mothers caring for their offspring's hygiene, just as with toilets for the exclusive use of our guests between 2 and 14 years of age. Our special pride is the games room, where kids can enjoy themselves in bright and well-protected surroundings even when the weather is less than good.
Attached to our new building there is an awning offering protection from sun and rain and meant for games during your spare time, such as table tennis, kicker etc.
For those among you who cherish the atmosphere of the camp site, but do not care for sharing bathrooms and toilets with others, there are private bathrooms, complete with WC, bidet, wash-basins and shower, which you can rent for the whole length of your stay. On the topmost floor of the building, a solarium is being installed with its view on the bar's terrace and the pool.
Early in the morning you will find rich breakfasts and bits from the baker's in our bar with restaurant and at noon typical regional dishes are on offer.
The jewel of our installations will be the heated swimmingpool, which is protected against the cold winds in spring and autumn and which, in the period when the water in the lake is still too cold for bathing, provides a pleasurable point of communication for young and old.
Take note, besides, of the great variety of possibilities during your stay on the camp-site, i.e. from the eco-spaces, meant for the tent freak and accessible only on foot , right up to the maxi-spaces with 100 sqm, access to 16A-electricity, drinking water and drainage of sewage.
We pride ourselves on the complete renewal of the camp-site having been made by means of technology and materials which aim at saving energy and caring for the environment.
The building containing the bathrooms and toilets is made of wood to attain a cosy atmosphere while keeping an eye on insulation and noise reduction.
Throughout the upgrading of our camp-site, our special interest has been the improvement of amenity in the transitional periods, when the lake is already/still beautiful, with lots of activities, but still/no longer not warm enough for bathing.
Therefore we concentrated on having our installations situated so the rough winds in spring and autumn are kept out. Young families with kids in pre-school age will find on our small but well-provided site a pleasurable ambience, adapted to the needs of toddlers, especially during the periods when there are no holidays, i. e. May, June, September, October. But even in low season booking in advance is advisable.
To comply just fill in the respective page on our web-site www.campingalporto.it.
Especially advantageous the offers in low season and for lengthier stays, when pays less who stays longer. But it is above all the families with kids up to 6 years who get the best deal, because at that age and during special periods the kids stay free of charge, e. g. during the first 20 days of May or from September 23 till November 5. In these brackets a family with kids aged 4 and 6 will pay € 27 (plus € 1.40 visitors' tax) per night for their stay on a comfort space with drinking water right on the spot and with the complete range of amenities of the camp-site.
Obviously there is no reason why young couples and senior guests should not enjoy the same amenities, which we are offering from April 2017 for a stupendous stay on the most exclusive camp-site of Torbole. It must not be forgtten either that the wifi-system of the camp-site will be entirely new and, owing to the use of glass-fibre cables, will facilitate guests' access to the internet right from their tents, caravans and campers.


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Cigarettes are nasty business. As an ex-smoker, I can confidently say that I'm glad to be ten years past that addiction. The smell, the discoloration, the slow but steady erosion of your health - I don't miss any of that.
I do miss how cool they looked, though. Of course, it helps to be young, stylish and Cantonese.
Look at that guy - he's wearing a knit cardigan with lapels. Where can I get a cardigan with lapels? I took this photo in 2007 and these two still look as if they're five years ahead of the game.
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I LOVED reading about all of your creepy gym encounters!! I knew I wasn't the only one with stories :) Today was quite busy and tiring. I woke up every 15min for about 2hrs before I had to get up. Don't you hate that??
I was in a rush this morning to make oats, get to the farmers market, then head to work.
Oats rocked.
Muffin Topped Oats
- 1/3c rolled oats
- 2/3c almond milk, 1/3c water
- 1/2 sliced banana
- 1 egg white
- vanilla
- 1/2t cinnamon
Topped with
- 1/2 vegan blueberry muffin [from yesterday]
- ~1T pnut butter
Super creaminess!! These muffins are SO good. I can't wait to perfect them so they hold together a little better. The flavor rocks.
I had to get my weekly fresh eggs. Once you start with this fresh egg habit…it's hard to revert back.
Today was exciting. I was in a hurry but browsed by and saw some GREEN things popping up!! There were a lot of micro greens and also this gorgeous asparagus. It is local + organic and I'm pretty excited about it.
Asparagus takes around 3 YEARS to harvest! Isn't that crazy?? I just learned all about growing asparagus in the book I'm reading, Animal Vegetable Miracle. Anyone read this yet? The woman at the market said they use a drip irrigation system and it took 4yrs for this to start popping up! I'm going to savor it. I love being able to support the local farmers that take so much time to grow such delicious, pure food.
Then I had to work and it was crazzzy today! Non-stop go go go go gooooooo.
Snacked on an apple and pistachio coconut butter when I got home then headed to meet up with Chris and some friends. I finalllllyyyy at a late dinner at 11pm.
Hoping to make 1 or 2 kitchen creations before work tomorrow, but we'll see!


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A Handsome Frontiersman, Mysterious Scots-Irish Woman, Shapeshifting Warrior, DarkSecret, Pulsing Romance...The Bearwalker's Daughter
Karin McNeal hasn't grasped who she really is or her fierce birthright. A tragic secret from the past haunts the young Scots-Irish woman who longs to learn more of her mother's death and the mysterious father no one will name. The elusive voices she hears in the wind hint at the dramatic changes soon to unfold in the mist-shrouded Alleghenies in Autumn, 1784.
Jack McCray, the wounded stranger who staggers through the door on the eve of her twentieth birthday and anniversary of her mother's death, holds the key to unlock the past. Will Karin let this handsome frontiersman lead her to the truth and into his arms, or seek the shelter of her fiercely possessive kinsmen? Is it only her imagination or does someone, or something, wait beyond the brooding ridges--for her?
(The Bearwalker's Daughter is a revised version of romance novel Daughter of the Wind)
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Two hundred years ago Captain Cole Wentworth, the master of an elegant Virginian home, was murdered in his chamber where his portrait still hangs. Presently the estate is a family owned museum run by Will Wentworth, a man so uncannily identical to his ancestor that spirit-sensitive tour guide Julia Morrow has trouble recognizing Cole and Will as separate. As Julia begins to remember the events of Cole's death, she must convince Will that history is repeating, and this time he has the starring role in the tragedy. The blade is about to fall.
Lord, give him air. Julia had engulfed him in an irresistible tide. Her mouth...he must stop eyeing her enticing mouth. "Let's see the gardens now."
Like a soldier on drill, Will turned and walked swiftly out of the hall and into the passage that led to the front of the house. Julia practically had to sprint to keep pace with his ground-covering stride. The gentleman in him took over on autopilot and he stopped in the worn flagstone foyer before the paneled entrance.
He pushed open the white door embellished by the carving of colonial craftsmen and beckoned to her. "After you."
"Thank you." She walked across the threshold and onto the circular brick porch ringed with an iron railing.
The breeze had picked up with the approach of evening and lifted lengths of her long hair. Her already short skirt danced in the wind. The green-gold light spilled through the trees overhead and down across her blowing mane. His artist's eye took in the glossy sheen of red, copper, and ginger reflecting the rays. As if this weren't torment enough, Will glimpsed even more of her shapely legs, almost to her thighs with one gust.
Julia pushed the fabric back down, seemingly too absorbed in her surroundings even to notice. "Just smell that," she sighed, inhaling deeply.
The warm scent from an avenue of ancient hedges filled the mild air. "Yes. I love the scent of Old English boxwood," he said.
She flung her arms wide at the green expanse, knotted with herb gardens, and stretching down to the gently lapping river. "Magnificent!"
Will felt weak and emboldened in one, as if he wanted to lunge with a sword and stagger from a punishing blow.
An inner voice whispered, Julia's back.
What did that have to do with him, he argued.
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Living Roofs
We are an independent organisation that is promoting the uptake of green roofs in New Zealand. Living Roofs is a resource for information, which is supported and sponsored by leading green roof companies, authorities and organisations. On this website you will be able to find the latest information, research and case studies of projects here in New Zealand.
Green roofs or living roofs are intentionally vegetated roofs. Living roofs can be ornamental roof gardens, naturally vegetated roofs and also biodiversity roofs.
Living Roofs has been designed as an essential tool for the public to use during green roof consideration and development. Its goal is to provide advice on making sure your development contributes to the long-term environmental quality of our country, whilst maximising the benefits desired. The increasing impacts of climate change mean this is more important now than ever before. This website also provides examples of sites where this good practice has already been applied. This website will be constantly evolving with new case studies, research, issues and ideas.
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Founded in 2010 by designers Tim Kaeding and Lela Becker, the Mother (also known as MOTHER denim) brand has arrived to Superette and is here to stay! It has been here for a short few weeks and it's safe to say we are truly in love.
Famous for their super-soft fabrics and irreverent attitude, their boutique, made-in-L.A. brand is unique for its genius for keeping an indie spirit while still offering fits and washes that appeal to a wide range of women. Co-designer Tim likes to say that Mother, a word as loaded with innuendo as it is unconditional love, goes against the grain; the brand pushes technological boundaries when it comes to that signature soft denim, and pushes brand boundaries when it comes to, for instance, naming silhouettes (think cheeky: The Charmer, The Looker).
Although denim has kept as a timeless piece in the fashion industry, we can assure you the denim from Mother is something else. The same as most things in the modern world, to keep up with the times, technology has to step in Tim says. If you're wondering why you refuse to get out of your Mother jeans, it's because they are made out of special weaved in fibers that are more typically used in knits. They then treat these weaves with fabric finishes — but those are a secret not to be told!
"We stand for having fun, and not taking ourselves too seriously," Lela says. What they do take seriously is staying modern and relevant amongst the best in fashion while giving women jeans they can live in, look great in and feel good in — can we get an amen!
And just as you thought the jeans were enough, their range of graphic tees are not to be missed! Made from a soft cotton fabric, these tees nail the washed out and distressed look which is not to mention, a trend we are loving right now!
Last but not least can we please take a moment to see what's to come… Combining vintage vibes and timeless classics, Mother have mixed bomber jackets with embroidered patches, denim with faux fur and we are so excited that we can't wait to get our hands on!
Featured in the Denizen Magazine: http://www.thedenizen.co.nz/coveted/cult-brand-alert-the-mother-of-modern-denim-has-touched-down-on-our-shores/


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I was so eager to get back to my kids this week. Eager to hug them and talk to them and let them know I loved them.
Coincidence or not, on Friday I pulled my kids together to talk community building and all things family. I have always been so big on building community in the classroom, whether it be through morning meetings or at random times throughout the year when I feel like my kids need it. Many of us do it those first weeks of school, but then forget about it all year long.
In retrospect, I'm so glad I did this on Friday. Who would have thought we'd have to come in on Monday with such heavy hearts. The theme behind this community building activity was respect. There really was no purpose behind it, and I didn't come to the table bringing my dog and pony show. Sometimes, the best community builders are the ones where you just get to sit and talk with your kids.
We started by brainstorming answers to these questions on our anchor chart to get the conversation started:
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A successful author of military thrillers and companion of the Naval Order of the United States was featured on the blog of the University of Southern California's Dornsife School of Letters.
Following graduation from USC in 1960, John "Jack" Gobbell was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Navy. He served as a deck and ASW officer aboard the USS Tingey (DD 539), a revered Fletcher-class destroyer and Battle of Leyte Gulf veteran. He did a WESTPAC cruise in 1962 and fought in the Battle of Yankee Station, forming a protective destroyer screen around the carrier USS Hancock (CVA 19) in the South China Sea. Eight more years of inactive duty wrapped up his military career.
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What if there was a button that you could push to feel more energized, centered and awake?
Guess what... there is! In Chinese medicine and acupuncture, meridians are the channels of energy that run through the body and control various body functions. Scientifically speaking, they are the "individual pathways that exist among the subcutaneous tissues and serve as channels for the flow of interstitial microscopic fluid throughout the body." That's a complicated way of saying that by simply stimulating certain points on the body, you'll feel more stimulated overall.
Who needs coffee or mate? Check out this quick trick that you can do from your couch or desk, at home or at work–anytime you need a natural pick-me up!
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There are times when I get new supplies and the sudden urge comes over me to drop everything and just create. This was exactly what happened when I got the Studio Calico chevron mask and a new set of Mister Huey's mists. Since step outs using just photos would probably not do the products justice, we set up a table and tripod outside in the shade, which turned out to be perfect lighting to shoot this little video.
Supplies: Mister Huey's mists, chevron mask, HeyDay 6X6 paper pack (coming soon!), Alphabet stamp set, Adventure stamp set by Studio Calico; Shadow Inks by Hero Arts; Cardstock, Knock Out Punches and Adhesive, by American Crafts; Ann-Marie Loves Paper stamp; Hey Jen Renee thought bubbles. And in case you're wondering, the nail color I'm wearing is Essie Turquoise and Caicos.
Remember today's the last day for Two Peas free shipping for orders over $50 with the code: 85GRMH. Maggie's Pieces of Me workshop begins tomorrow, and I am thrilled to get started using the amazing kit. ******
Today is also the last day to register for the Washi Workshop. The 1st photo is a sneak of one of the layouts I contributed to the class. So excited for it to start tomorrow!
GIVEAWAY: Studio Calico is giving away a Classic Collection pack of Mister Huey's. If you haven't already, please "like" their Facebook page, and
leave a comment on this post telling us something fun related to paper crafting. Winner will be chosen at random Monday, June 4th and announced here. Good luck! UPDATED: The winner of the set of mists is: Monica Blain says: (Edit)
Awesome tutorial! I need to bust out my mists more. Something fun related to paper crafting… well, I am getting ready to open an Etsy store! Pretty excited about that


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Truly Myrtle Podcast - Episode 41 : Handmade Outfit Inspiration
Welcome back to the Truly Myrtle Podcast!
It's been fantastic to see you spoil yourselves in the Ravelry group - my spoiling has been going well too!
My Bentley cardigan is ready to split under the arms and my monkey socks are growing too - at the first heel!
I've also bought a new sewing pattern to finish my Chicken Lady outfit - Butterick 5756 is a full skirt on a yoke with pockets and I'm hoping to get it at least cut out this weekend.
A HUGE thank you to all the fantastic sponsors of our Spoil Yourself Make-along. This week's spot prizes were donated by Alex Collins, Happy Go Knitty & Clare Devine.
Tell us in the thread how you're spoiling yourself to be in the draw to win a spot prize next week.
This week I've especially enjoying seeing Nat knitting her cardigan, Avril casting on an Antipodes Shawl, Stacey buying new fancy knitting needles and Jen planning her trip to the Geeky Puffin Knit Palooza Retreat where Tara Swiger will also be teaching.
Caroline has sold 75 copies of her lovely one skein shawl Yellow Roses. She's donating 75% of the profits raised to MIND in the UK. So far she's sold 75 patterns and is aiming to sell 100 by the end of November. I've bought mine - if you fancy knitting a pretty shawl and supporting a very worthy cause, head over and grab your pattern now.
The WWII woman leaning on the car she's just repaired:
Trousers: Juniper Trousers by Colette Patterns
Top: Renfrew top by Sewaholic (see the great blog post for tips on sewing knits)
Sweater: White Light by Veera Valimaki.
Hat: My Reminisce hat pattern perhaps in this alpaca/merino yarn from Skeinz
Relaxed and content, heading off to a picnic with a good crowd of family and friends:
Dress: Isla dress by Made by Rae
Cardigan: Bentley by Marie Greene
As usual, fabulous theme song is "Casting On" by Mr Roberelli


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"Kiwi Sprachferien" is the ideal program for students who wish only for a short time abroad.
The young people take part in professional English lessons and live during the language course in New Zealand host families. The special feature is the two-week vacation trip on New Zealand's North and South Island, which is combined with the language course.
The NZdirect team provides the young people the chance to learn and live in New Zealand and help them to spend a carefree time in New Zealand and to deepen their knowledge of English.
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I've probably mentioned before that I'm a bit of a long distance runner. Last fall I ran my first marathon, and tomorrow is one of the bigger races in West Michigan, the Riverbank Run in Grand Rapids.
For years I was unable to find a pair of sunglasses for running that got the job done. Either they were too heavy, they didn't fit my head or face quite right, or they gave me a headache when I ran wearing them. Then, a couple of years ago at the SHOT Show, I picked up a pair of glasses that I somehow discovered were exactly right:
No, they weren't designed as eyewear for runners. They are shooting glasses that were provided at the Media Day shooting range. Regardless, I've run a lot of miles in these things, including last fall's marathon. They are perfect for running. Lightweight and comfortable. The perfect tint. Durable. And very cool looking (always an important factor when on the run).
I do wonder how many people notice that they're shooting glasses and what the reaction from other runners is if they do. By and large, distance runners are a bunch of tree-hugging liberal hippies (I mean that in the nicest possible way…which isn't all that nice, I guess) and I've rarely run into someone who is anywhere close to me on the map of political opinion.
Yes, I know there are exceptions. Murdoc is one, in fact. But, at least in my experience, most runners would not be the type to also be NRA members or even gun owners. Gross generalization, but more or less accurate.
I sure love my Ruger Running Glasses, though. And my rain hat has a fancy FNH logo on it. Looks sorta retro, or something. I wonder what most runners would think if they knew that the company was one of the largest makers of assault rifles and machine guns in the world. My guess is that their reaction would crack me up.
If you're a runner AND a shooter, I'm certainly not trying to slight you. In fact, give Murdoc a shout in the comments. I'd love to see that there are more running gun owners out there than I suspect.
UPDATE: We raced in the rain. The Ruger Running Glasses spent most of the miles in my back shorts pocket.


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Animated Little Shop of Horrors
Another animated version of a digital piece originally created for the Harden My Heart exhibition. Really enjoying breathing life into previously static images. The previous Terminator gif required moving elements that were already part of the work, this required a few extra frames to get Audrey II's lips to pucker.


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Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 | 1:36 p.m.
The idea of a "Tequila Party," which until recently was only quietly debated among Latino leaders, is now making a splash.
First reported Sunday by the Sun, the proposal has gained international attention and has been featured in news publications worldwide.
Latino leaders frustrated by Democrat's inaction on immigration reform and fears that as a voting bloc they're a political afterthought are discussing whether to sever their traditional Democratic ties and form an independent grass-roots political group.
They have talked about modeling the effort after the Tea Party, not in substance but in grass-roots organizational style, and have dubbed the proposed movement the "Tequila Party."
Fernando Romero, president of the nonpartisan Hispanics in Politics, who has spoken with leaders in Nevada and nationally about the proposed effort, said he has been inundated by calls since he was featured in the Sun story.
Reporters from Fox News, the Mexican broadcasting station TV Azteca and even a Brazilian publication have asked Romero for interviews, he said.
Dozens of news organizations have followed up on the Sun story. A rewrite in the Huffington Post received more than 400 comments as of midday Monday.
"This Tequila Party thing has exploded," Romero said.
Commenters on the stories appear to have mixed feelings about the potential third party.
Some called the idea of a Latino effort "racist." Others cringed at the name. Many applauded the prospect of a movement to highlight Hispanic concerns.


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I was on my way home from raking Brothers hay field. Cruising along and singing to the radio with the windows down enjoying a beautiful Labor Day. When all of the sudden, my truck starts dinging and I look down and see "Engine Coolant Hot" and realize the temp is pegged out. UGH!
Stop. Shut it off. Lift the hood. And call for help. I have a really good friend, who just a happens to be an excellent mechanic. No really, he is the best. I call him for everything. My truck is making this sound, my truck stopped running, my truck … well you get the point. Sometimes he can talk me through what I should do. Sometimes he says have it towed to the shop. Sometimes he happens to have my spare keys at his shop and brings them to me after the keys get locked in it while we are moving cows. And like Monday, sometimes he says where are you, I will be right there.
I waited. About 20 cars went by. One person stopped to ask if I needed help. I wasn't all that far from the highway, but I appreciated that he took the time to stop, even though he was pulling a trailer with a tractor on it and then had to back up and get back on the highway to continue on his way.
My help has arrived! Now to figure out what the problem is and where my coolant is going.
Once he added coolant and water, we looked for a leak. Nothing. So he told me to take it to his shop.
Made it to his shop where he pressurized the coolant container thingy with the pressurizer thingy and we found the leak. It just gushed out of the water pump. Sweet. So he is ordering a water pump and will put it on for me. I tell you, having a friend that will help you like this is priceless. It sure makes you feel better every time you take off in your 13 year old truck that has 240,000+ miles on it! The old girl will carry on!


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I enjoy taking portraits and providing my clients with amazing imagery. Native of Mount Pleasant, SC and a graduate of Wando High School class of 2002.
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New York Metro
The allure of Allaire: By definition, "New YorkMetro" focuses on recording activities in and around the BigApple. Whether a residential studio nestled in a sylvan paradise wellbeyond the city's limits qualifies for inclusion is open to debate.What's certain is that Allaire Studios in Shokan, N.Y., caters to someof the industry's top talent and offers an alternative to urbanfacilities. It's hard to imagine a recording environment morephysically beautiful and more conducive to meditation and creativitythan Allaire. The place is the epitome of the residential studio, inthat it offers the best of all worlds technologically and acoustically(a huge Neve tracking/mixing room and an even bigger SSL studio),peerless technical support and luxurious — though not opulent— accommodations.
In these days of tight budgets and creative (i.e., homespun)recording solutions, Allaire seems almost anachronistic. The studio'sproximity to the storied hamlet of Woodstock, N.Y., brings to mind TheBand's basement sessions at Big Pink. Allaire also conjures up imagesof the now-defunct Manor residential complex in the Englishcountryside, where Mike Oldfield set the stage for the era ofindulgence by holing himself up for months to craft his masterpiece,Tubular Bells. It seems impossible that a new studio could beborn in the 21st century with a concept that thrived in a bygone era,and has since been all but discarded. Nevertheless, Allaire makes ithappen in the most convincing way.
Founded a mere two years ago by entrepreneurs Randall and JackieWallace, the studio has already amassed an awesome credit list: DavidBowie, Norah Jones, Tim McGraw, Joan Baez, the Gipsy Kings, Tim andNeil Finn, Cassandra Wilson, Sir James Galway, Guster and NatalieMerchant, to name a few. Many of these artists have sung the praises ofAllaire in interviews, and Bowie has gone as far as buying a largetract of land in the studio's vicinity, according to The New YorkObserver.
Artists flock to Allaire because of its secluded setting, itsbreathtaking views, its giant acoustic spaces, its state-of-the-artequipment and its staff. The two-room facility — which wasdesigned by John Storyk and George Augspurger — offers a widerange of options. The Neve studio, which houses an 8068 with Uptownauto-mation and Fred Hill mods, is a 37×30-foot area with theconsole set in a corner of the room facing inward diagonally. There isno control room; just open space with an adjoining foyer and lounge(plus a third room that can be used for isolation). For mixingsessions, gobos are arrayed behind the mixing position to tone down the"liveness" of the room.
Despite its impressive size and lavish equipment offerings,Allaire's Neve room is dwarfed by the Great Hall, the studio'scenterpiece. Measuring 35×50 feet with a cathedral ceiling thatrises to 45 feet, the Great Hall also features 20-foot-high windowsthat offer panoramic views of the Catskill Mountains. Unlike the Neveroom, the Great Hall does have a separate control room, and it is asimpressive as one might imagine: a 30×26-foot space with a SolidState Logic 9000 J, Pro Tools|HD system, and all of the analogrecording and processing gear a top engineer might specify.
The two recording studios and their nearby accommodations are housedin an estate built in the 1920s by Henry Pitcairn, a Pittsburgh-basedin-dustrialist who used the Shokan estate as his summer getaway, wherehe often entertained guests with musical ensembles.
The Wallaces bought the mansion in 2001 and promptly fulfilled theirdream of turning it into a recording complex. One of their first andbrightest moves was to hire Mark McKenna as studio manager. A veteranof the L.A. scene (most notably as a staff engineer at A&MStudios), McKenna found his groove in the early 1990s as manager ofBearsville, the archetypal Woodstock-area residential studio of itsday.
Asked how his years at Bearsville prepared him for his role atAllaire, McKenna says, "People want to be treated well andprofessionally, and it takes a tremendous amount of effort to do that.When people come to a residential studio, you really have adopted themfor the duration. You're dealing with every aspect of their existence:from their sleep to their diet to their laundry. Whether they get anysleep becomes your area of concern. Your areas of responsibility getspread out logarithmically."
Of course, the payoff is that if you succeed in providing artistswith such a profound level of service, then they reward you with lavishappreciation and repeat business, according to McKenna. "In thismagical sort of environment, people can have an experience that's muchmore memorable than they'd have in a facility in an industrialpark," he says. "Their heads are going to a differentspace. They're getting away from the city, the suburbs, transportation,noise, hassles, etc. They're being infused with the environment uphere."
Besides McKenna, other key staffers at Allaire include chieftechnical engineer Ken McKim, staff engineer Brandon Mason, propertymanager Britt St. John and office manager Susan Perrin.
A fond farewell: Dear readers, the time has come for me tomove on. With a great mix of emotions (sorry, I couldn't resist), Ileave behind the post of New York editor — which Mixallowed me to fulfill on a part-time, freelance basis — to pursuea full-time position in the communications/marketing department at AvidTechnology.
However, I will stay involved in the music recording industrythrough my production company and studio, Vernacular Music, which willremain active. I also intend to continue freelancing for Mix,albeit with less frequency than in the past three years. Whether as anengineer or journalist, I plan to stay in touch with all of you, and Iencourage you to continue to keep me abreast of your activities. I canstill be reached at email@example.com.
I would like to personally thank a group of individuals who havegone beyond the scope of their jobs to educate, entertain and, in somecases, inspire me. I owe them all a huge debt of gratitude and lookforward to continuing my friendships with them.
In the New York PR sphere, I had the pleasure of working with DebraPagan, Howard Sherman, David Steinberg, Daniel O'Connell, Bob Griffinand Robin Hoffman.
Among New York studio owners and staff, I would like to acknowledgeTroy Germano, Kirk Imamura, Dave Amlen, Steve Rosenthal, Randy Ezratty,Simon Andrews, Murat Aktar, Doug Levine, Hugh Pool, William Garrett,Oliver Straus, Andy Taub, Mark McKenna, Dae Bennett, David Hewitt,Karen Brinton, Tommy Uzzo, Andy Chase, Adam Schlesinger and KaraBilof.
The region is populated with gifted producers, engineers, mixers,sound designers and other professionals. It was a great honor to workwith so many of them on Mix stories, including Tony Visconti, EddieKramer, Phil Ramone, Frank Filipetti, Rich Tozzoli, Kevin Killen,Elliot Scheiner, Peter Hylenski, Paul Soucek and Greg Calbi. Othersingularly talented folks who helped out include John Storyk, FrancisManzella and Benjy Bernhardt.
In the manufacturing community, Rick Plushner, David Kawakami, BillAllen and Eric Klein deserve special recognition for their selflesscontributions to my coverage.
Although the bulk of my work for Mix involved the New Yorkarea, the subject matter of my stories often transcended geography.Some of the non-New York people who had the greatest impact on my workat Mix are Chris Stone, Mr. Bonzai, Bob Ludwig, Gail Ludwig,Adam Ayan, Hank Neuberger, Lisa Roy, Bob Clearmountain, Betty Bennett,Nat Thomp-son, Lance Vardis, Joe Chiccarelli and the late DennyPurcell.
Finally, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to theMix folks who brought me into the fold, supported me,accommodated me and supplied me with a steady diet of fascinating work:Tom Kenny, Blair Jackson, George Petersen, Sarah Jones, Sarah Benzuly,Chris Michie and Barbara Schultz.
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Wieckowski to co-host GO-Biz California Competes Tax Credit workshop to help local businesses grow
Fremont – State Senator Bob Wieckowski will co-host a Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) workshop on the California Competes Tax Credit. Small, medium and large businesses are encouraged to attend to receive instructions on how to apply for this tax credit.
"I voted to create the California Competes program in 2012 to reform the state's partnership with the private sector and create more California jobs," said Wieckowski, a member of the Senate's Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee. "Hundreds of companies, including large and small firms in my district, have benefited from these tax credits that help businesses expand and hire more workers."
WHO: Sen. Bob Wieckowski, GO-Biz California Competes Tax Credit staff
WHAT: California Competes Tax Credit Workshop
WHERE: Fremont Main Library, 2450 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont CA
WHEN: 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016
REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fremont-go-biz-california-competes-tax-credit-workshop-tickets-27997417028.
The California Competes Tax Credit Program has $243.3 million in tax credits available during the 2016-2017 fiscal year for businesses that want to expand in or relocate to California. The next round of applications opens on Jan. 2, 2017. The tax credit workshop and the program are free and available to all businesses.
Last month, GO-Biz announced another $60.9 million in tax credits for 74 companies creating jobs in California, including $2.3 million for Malware Bytes Corporation, a cybersecurity firm in Santa Clara.
The list included companies operating in a variety of industries running the gamut from healthcare, furniture design and manufacturing, auto repair, heating and air conditioning, construction services and engineering consulting.
Other co-hosts include the City of Fremont, the Alameda County Small Business Development Committee, the California Manufacturing & Technology Association, CALASIAN Chamber of Commerce, and the Fremont and Milpitas chambers of commerce, among others.
Senator Wieckowski represents the 10th District, which includes southern Alameda County and parts of Santa Clara County.


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