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Reinhart Establishes Charitable Foundation to Benefit the Community
We are proud to announce the launch of our new charitable foundation – the Reinhart Charitable Foundation.
The goal of the new foundation is to champion both volunteerism and fundraising, for organizations that work to improve the quality of life in the communities that we serve.
Dave Lutton, President of Reinhart, said, "As a corporation, we have always placed a high priority on giving back to the community, and have a long history of helping a wide range of organizations throughout Washtenaw County". Nancy Bowerbank, the newly appointed Chair of the Reinhart Charitable Foundation, and Sales Manager of the Reinhart North office added, "Charitable giving has always been at the heart of our business model. Our agents and employees have been fundraising and volunteering for years, but the Foundation gives us a structured way to do this work and will allow us to serve our community more effectively!"
Ozone House is the Foundation's first Charity Partner. Ozone House supports children and young people, ages 10 to 20 years old who are in crisis and seeking help for a variety of reasons. Support includes emergency, transitional and permanent housing options, counseling, family intervention, a 24-hour crisis line, life skills training, job training, LGBTQ support and a safe drop-in center that serves over 800 youth per year with after school programs and a hot meal. Last year, Ozone House supported over 4,000 young people in Washtenaw County.
For more information visit Facebook.com/ReinhartCharitableFoundation.
This Giving Tuesday Make a Difference By Cleaning Out Your Closet
Today is Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving that celebrates and supports philanthropy. Reinhart supports this event with our Annual Coat Drive. Over our Coat Drive's 21-year history, we have collected more than 20,000 new and gently used winter coats. This year we have partnered with over 30 local non-profits in order to keep Washtenaw County warm.
This year all coats that are collected will go to the following organizations:
- Ann Arbor Community Center
- Ann Arbor Learning Community
- Avalon Housing
- Catholic Social Services
- Community Action Network
- Crisis Residential Services
- Dawn Farm
- Emmanuel Lutheran Church
- Faith in Action
- Grandparents as Parents
- Greater Faith Mission
- Hope Clinic
- House by the Side of the Road
- Huron High School
- Jewish Family Services
- Lincoln Coat Closet
- Michigan Ability Partners
- Peace Neighborhood Center
- SafeHouse Center
- Saline Social Services
- Salvation Army
- Seventh Day Advent Church
- Shelter Association of Washtenaw
- St. Andrews Breakfast Program
- St. Louis Center
- Stockbridge Community Outreach
- Vineyard Church of Ann Arbor
- Washtenaw County Community Support Treatment Services
- Washtenaw Intermediate School Education Project
- Washtenaw County Office of the Sheriff
- Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan
- Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels
- Ypsilanti Community Coat Closets
Please encourage your family and friends to drop off their gently used winter coats at all of the Charles Reinhart Sales Offices as well as all Sunday Open Houses.
For more information about the 22nd Annual Coat Drive, please contact Greer Thibodeau, Marketing Coordinator at 734-669-5837 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Reinhart's Coat Drive Returns for the 22nd Year
Reinhart kicks-off our 22nd Annual Coat Drive October 30, with the goal of collecting more than 1,800 adult and children's winter coats to distribute to local agencies throughout Washtenaw County.
Through the month of November, you're invited to donate new and gently used winter coats at all of the Charles Reinhart Sales Offices as well as all Sunday Open Houses.
Over the coat drive's 21-year history, Reinhart has collected more than 21,000 coats, all of which have been donated to agencies in our community. The need for winter coats, especially for children, continues to be great. The 22nd Annual Coat Drive hopes to help fill that need in our community as the weather gets colder.
For more information about the 22nd Annual Coat Drive, please contact Greer Thibodeau, Marketing Coordinator at 734-669-5837 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Reinhart Staff Come Together for 7th Annual Blood Drive
Last month Reinhart teamed up with the Washtenaw County Chapter of the American Red Cross to host our 7th Annual Blood Drive. Led by Deb Odom Stern, Reinhart had 45 generous donors who donated 39 pints of blood.
Over the past 7 years, Reinhart has produced over 251 pints of blood, which could benefit as many as 753 patients. There is currently a large need for blood in Washtenaw County. This makes the partnership between the Charles Reinhart Company, Realtors and the Washtenaw County Chapter of the American Red Cross vital for our community.
If you are interested in donating blood, make an appointment online to donate blood go to www.redcross.org


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This is an informal announcement of my new project The Underground Guild. The Underground Guild is a tactical game with a twist, set in a comic fantasy setting, with stick figure art style inspired by The Order of the Stick webcomic. Right now the game is in an early prototyping phase and I hope to have playable builds available by late 2014. Updates about the game's development will be posted on this blog.
Since I am still prototyping the game's exact mechanics it is a bit too early to talk in details about the gameplay or the twist, but the general style I am aiming for is a lighthearted tactical game with bite sized missions that, while tactically challenging, can be typically finished in 10 to 20 minutes. That way the players will be able to replay the missions to try out different tactics without wasting much time and will not get stressed out about possibly failing a mission. I plan for the game to be somewhat non-linear with player being able to choose which missions he does or does not want to do depending on his strength and weaknesses, but that depends on how complicated the level design turns out to be.
This week I have been focusing on doing some art research, particularly on capturing the OOTS stick figure style. I will of course change the style a bit, so that I am not a total copycat of Richard Burlew, but right now I have created a female protagonist very much in OOTS style, just to see how well it works with the gameplay and the engine. What do you think?

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New this week
What's new in Parry Sound this week? Well it's snowing – again – still. Returning from a week in Victoria where the trees are beginning to flower and the primroses are out, it was quite amazing to drive up the 400 through this winter wonderland. It actually seems hard to believe it will ever change and that spring will come as much as we know it will happen – eventually.
Many of us have read Philippa Gregory's historical fiction for adults, but she is also writing a series for teens that have been very well received. The third in the Order of Darkness series, Fool's Gold, has just been published and will lead young readers into Venice for the carnival in 1454 – the combination of romance and historical fiction has captivated teenage girls.
This may be the winter we all decide a week on the beach is a real necessity!
For anyone planning a trip to Cuba – think about picking up a couple of mystery novels by Canadian Peggy Blair. The series begins with The Beggar's Opera set in Old Havana and featuring a Canadian detective and a Cuban police Inspector.
Followed by The Poisoned Pawn, where we find our Cuban policeman making a trip to Canada to pursue an investigation.
We also have autographed copies of the most recent Ian Rankin mystery Saints of the Shadow Bible –with Malcolm Fox and John Rebus working with Siobhan Clarke – an all star team and a brilliant new novel.
New in paperback this week
The Guts by Roddy Doyle – Jimmy Rabbitte is back, older, but still a hustler, loving his music – If you were old enough to read The Commitments way back in 1987, maybe it's time to re-read TheCommitments and carry right along into The Guts – we were all so much younger then, and so much older now.
The Bear by Claire Cameron has been getting a fair amount of press. A bear attack in Algonquin Park that leaves two young children striving to survive. Sounds like too much for me (think Room) but it seems to be getting rave reviews.
The Woman Upstairsby Claire Messud. From the author of The Emperor's Children and Last Life – two books I loved. This one has been on my to-read pile in hardcover for a year after getting great reviews last year.


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Downtown restaurant hires head chef
A hotel restaurant downtown has named a new head chef.
Keith Bryant is stepping in as the chef de cuisine for six.one.six at the JW Marriott Grand Rapids.
Bryant leads all food and beverage efforts for six.one.six, including the menus for Mixology Lounge and the jdek, the hotel's waterfront patio that recently launched an outdoor bar.
During Bryant's 14-year career, he has worked with Chef Mike LaScola at American Seasons Resort on Nantucket Island and Executive Chef Chris Gibson in Park City, Utah at Deer Valley Resort.
He credits his "passion for cooking" to homemade family meals during his childhood.
"Chef Bryant's culinary passion and extensive experience make him a valuable addition to the six.one.six family," said Brian Behler, GM, JW Marriott Grand Rapids. "As chef de cuisine, Bryant will continue to enhance the JW Marriott Grand Rapids menu to its maximum potential."
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Loons unusual cries, which vary from wails to tremolos to yodels can be heard echoing across the calm foggy waters of Lake Ouachita
during winter and early spring.
Common Loons are winter residents on Lake Ouachita and migrate
back to the Northern U.S. and Canada to nest.
Named for their clumsy, awkward appearance when walking on
land, common loons are migratory birds which breed in forested lakes and
large ponds in northern North America and parts of Greenland and Iceland.
Loons are unique birds, unlike most birds that have hollow bones for flight the loons bones are solid, and can dive more than 200 feet below the surface to find food.
Loons are awkward on land with their legs placed far back on their bodies. These water lovers only hit the turf to mate and incubate egg. They are superb swimmers and have been clocked in the air at 70 miles per hour.
If you're out boating this winter and see a loon preparing for take-off, watch them use the water's surface like an airstrip. They need 30 yards to a quarter mile to take flight. Since they are built for swimming, they actually cannot walk well on land. Their legs are too far back on their body.
Loons can live up to 30 years.
They nest lakeside and incubate their eggs for 27 to 30 days. Hatchlings leave the nest on their first day and are able to fly in about 11 weeks.
Native American Loon Mythology
Loon populations are currently stable, but a number of
threats loom, including human encroachment and pollution.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Loons life history and sounds.
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A belated Happy New Year and hope that all you had a nice break!
Apart from taking the whole X'mas week off (i.e. doing nothing, except eat, sleep and TV), I've been spending the last week experimenting with pen & ink drawing plus learning how to apply ink wash. It's difficult and tricky. I'm hoping that with more time and practice, I'll get better. And then I would be able to post some of my latest drawings.
Til then ... here are some more pix from my last X'mas Giveaway. Enjoy!
1) For Sarah (left) and Leone (right).
2) For Barbara
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The Worldwide Partner Conference will take place this year from July 10-14 in Toronto, Canada, as it brings together over 15,000 attendees from around the globe for a week of networking and learning—all with the goal of increasing partner profitability and accelerating business growth. If you're interested in growing your business and strengthening your Microsoft partnership, then WPC is a can't-miss event.
Well Microsoft wants to make sure that you get your ticket for the event, and is now offering a new incentive for those looking to save money. Refer your friends/colleagues and save $100 per person, for up to 10 people. In addition your referrals will also get $100 off of their tickets. Register here.


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A roundup of developments that could affect travel safety in April, including weather, elections and the departure of long-standing leaders.
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Monday, 27 June 2011
Bike the Borough last Sunday
While more than the first year, numbers participating in Bike the Borough aren't yet huge - the maximum in our group was about 20 at any time, so I'd reckon maybe two or three hundred people did all or part of the route.
It's a delight to discover parts of Lambeth you've never seen before. I found two blue plaques I hadn't seen before and as I headed for home from Archbishops Park I passed a railway arch lock up and noticed this submersible used in the filming of BBC's The Deep (2010):
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Daniel Steinberg's - Swift iOS BootcampTopics covered at SWIFT-IOS-BC-01-03
It's a perfect time to take your iOS development skills to a whole new level by making the move to Swift. You aren't just learning a new language, you are also learning new techniques and design patterns and embracing a new way to organise and architect your iOS applications.
Are you ready to take your iOS development skills to a whole new level and make the move to Swift? Join Daniel Steinberg for this intensive 3-day Swift iOS Bootcamp and learn how to think, architect and program in swift using functional, object-oriented, and protocol-oriented paradigms.
Upon completion, you will understand the best practices for building modern iOS apps in Swift.
Learn how to:
- Apply the fundamentals of iOS 12 app development using Swift 4 on Xcode 10
- Take advantage of Xcode playgrounds and iOS projects, exploring the ins and outs of programming with Swift
- Apply idiomatic Swift and work with functions as closures, higher-order functions, sequences, and handling errors
- Through an introduction to iOS 12 application development, you will use single view, create a UI and connect it to code using the latest techniques introduced for iOS 10
- Test drive the creation of a model and use it in a Table View application
- Work with MVC and MVVM
- Work on apps with multiple scenes. You will learn a variety of methods of presenting and dismissing scenes while communicating information between the view controllers
- Extend your Swift knowledge with a look at server side Swift and Vapor
What the community says
"A very impressive course. The instructor knew and was enthusiastic about the topic. I particularly enjoyed the practical teaching approach - i.e. no PowerPoint! Playgrounds are a great teaching tool."Attendee
"Perfect."Chris Morris
The Swift Programming Language
- Functions
- Variables and Constants
- Arrays and Dictionaries
- Classes
- Enums
- Structs
- Protocols
Single View Apps
- Outlets and Actions
- Model View Controllers
- Understanding View Controllers
- Focusing with Protocols
- Custom View Subclasses
- Passing closures
Multiple View Apps
- Test Driving a Model
- Immutable and Mutable Model
- Incorporating the Model in a Table View App
- Growing our app
- Communication without coupling
- Modules and Targets
- Adding in Network calls
- Parsing JSON
Thinking Functionally
- Flexible Functions
- Understanding Parameters
- Reducing Side Effects
- Higher order functions
- Swift Standard Library examples
- Our own map, flatMap, and apply
- Custom operators
Server side Swift
- Setting up a server
- Hello World
- HTTP from the other side
- Working with Data
If you are an experienced developer who is looking to get the most out of Swift in your iOS apps and ready to learn; this class is for you!
To benefit most from this Swift iOS course, you should be an experienced developer who is new to Swift and not yet taking full advantage of its generic and functional capabilities, but are comfortable in an object-oriented language.
Bring your own hardware
To participate in this course you will need to bring a Mac running the latest public version of Xcode (currently Xcode 10.x).
Unfortunately Skills Matter is not able to provide rental laptops for this course.


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Head of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Gudance in Iran's Lorestan Province Ali Esmailian said that import of Barbie dolls in Iran is forbidden because they contradict Islamic values and Iranian culture, ISNA reported today.
Esmailian said that all Barbie dolls are being seized.
He did not explain what Barbie dolls do with Islamic values or Iranian culture exactly, but argued that launching a campaign against Barbie dolls is aimed to prevent foreign influence tricks in Iran.
Iranian conservative government fights against any sign of what they call "western values and cultural invasion".
Iranian Police closed dozens of shops which were selling Barbie dolls in January 2012.
Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959.
There are also some computer Barbie games for children. Esmailian said that these games should be prevented and the sellers of these kinds of games would be punished.
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Madeira School is both a day and boarding school for high school age girls located since 1936 on the 376-acre campus in McLean, Virginia. ESTECH provides Madeira School with expansive electronic security and monitoring, including fire and intrusion alarms, access control, CCTV/video and more. Because of the age and unique challenges of the facility, such as bridging between buildings and providing remote voice gate control a number of innovative solutions have been provided through the use of wireless, biometric and video technologies. In addition, because of the unique relationships both ESTECH and Madeira have with law enforcement, the school is sometimes used as a training ground for various teams and in some cases our engineers and technicians.
ESTECH has been proud to serve as the primary electronic security systems contractor for USPG, LLC, since 2004. This facility, adjacent to Union Station next to the U.S. Capitol in the center of Washington, D.C., has more than 2,100 parking spaces on multiple decks plus an entire bus terminal deck and an entire rental-car deck. The massive system is comprised of weatherproof biometric security for access control, multiple alarm systems including panic/duress and drop safes, emergency call boxes and various kinds of CCTV/security video. The facility and surrounding areas are a bustling crossover for multiple police jurisdictions including U.S Capitol, MPDC and Amtrak Police among other departments. ESTECH has helped provide critical security for a variety of incidents including carjackings, armed robberies and vandalism.
For over 15 years ESTECH has provided specialized services in the areas of CCTV/security video and intrusion detection for the State Police EPU. We have proudly served under five consecutive governors. During Queen Elizabeth II's 2007 visit, ESTECH added 11 new cameras under a hard deadline to enhance an already impressive security video matrix. We have since upgraded and integrated the system to provide real-time camera control between multiple buildings. Additionally, our intrusion detection (alarm) expertise has been a critical part of our role with EPU since the earliest phases of the 1999 renovation of the historic Governor's Mansion.


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Randy Hill continues his series on personal transformation.
Cultivating joy in your every day life strengthens you, encourages
others, and matures you as a follower of Christ.
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Just as she leaves the UNC presidency, Spellings already has a new job in Texas
Margaret Spellings on her time as President of the UNC system
Margaret Spellings, who recently stepped down as the UNC system president, is working for a Texas public policy group devising a strategy for the state's future.
Spellings is a consultant to Texas 2036, a nonprofit organization focused on key areas such as education, health care, infrastructure, the environment, government and public safety. The effort is aimed at strengthening the Lone Star State and persuading the public, and lawmakers, to pay attention to the long range view.
The group's name is taken from the year of Texas' bicentennial, and the organization has amassed about 300 data sets to begin to look at the state's current and future horizons.
"I'm really excited about it," Spellings said in an interview Tuesday from Chapel Hill, where she's packing up her belongings at the president's home on Franklin Street. She plans one last weekend at her place at Bald Head Island before moving to Dallas next week.
Spellings said the broad planning effort allows her to get back to the kind of work she did as domestic policy adviser to President George W. Bush. She later served as Bush's education secretary.
Though the effort is broad in scope, education is a key element, she said. "The coin of the realm in Texas and everywhere else is how well we educate our people," she said. "Whoever wins that wins the race."
The group was founded by Tom Luce, a Dallas lawyer who worked closely with former presidential candidate Ross Perot.
In a phone interview Tuesday, Luce said the goal is to work on problems that are large systemic issues.
"In the real world, you don't change those systems overnight, and it takes a long-term plan, and it takes developing the coalitions for that plan," Luce said. "Margaret is the perfect person to lead that effort. She's got the policy experience, the bipartisan background to be able to do that, and I think we're just very fortunate that we were able to persuade her to, what I call, come home."
Luce said he hoped she would become the permanent leader of Texas 2036.
Texas has five of the largest 15 U.S. cities and an economy bigger than Australia or South Korea. One of the state's largest industries, oil and gas drilling, is likely to be in decline in the coming years.
The goal of the broad planning exercise, Spellings said, is "to put together the sensible center and the business community to rally around these core issues."
Spellings announced last fall that she would step down March 1 as president of the 17-campus UNC system, three years into a five-year contract. The resignation came as a shock, but Spellings had at times been stymied by a UNC Board of Governors that challenged her managerial authority. She had also faced distracting political issues, such as the state's bathroom bill known as HB2 and the battle over the Silent Sam Confederate statue at UNC-Chapel Hill.
The Texas initiative is not unlike Spellings' effort here to build a strategy for public higher education, focusing on affordability, accountability, efficiency, transparency, student success and data-driven decisions.
"We've got to make sure we're thinking long term," she said of Texas 2036.


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Thank you Alabama! Thank you Doug Jones! Thank you African American women and men! Thank you courageous women who spoke out about the pedophilia of the GOP candidate! Thank you everybody who donated, volunteered, shared stories and changed the narrative.
Decency won!
Last night was yet another powerful reminder that we must never lose hope. We must always stay engaged. Every action matters, especially when it comes to voting.
Hillary Clinton, was in Seattle on Monday night reminding us to keep believing and to stay engaged. We are living in particularly dangerous times and yet, as MLK Jr. said "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice"
Last night we experienced justice and yet, we must never give up.
- Russia is a real danger to our Democracy and is just getting warmed up.
- It only takes 34 States (take a look at the middle of our country and start counting) to call for a Constitutional Convention, which is why State legislative races are so critically important. The Koch brothers, the Mercer family and the greed mongers want nothing more to rewrite our constitution.
- Too many in the GOP only care about the needs of their donors and the security of their jobs.
As Hillary said, it's wild to think that many in the GOP wake in the morning excited to fill the Koch brothers pockets, take insurance away from millions of Americans and sink our country into trillions of dollars of debt.
So much is at stake. Net Neutrality, this insane and devastating Tax Bill, Health Insurance (holy hell are we being price gouged or what?!), CHIP and holding this revolting man accountable for his attacks on women.
Our calls matter. Our voices matter. Our actions matter.
1. Net Neutrality. They will likely vote on Net Neutrality this week. Did you read 1984? If this passes, that will seem awfully familiar. Take these steps please –
- Go to gofccyourself.com (the shortcut John Oliver made to the hard-to-find FCC comment page).
- Under "Proceedings", you will see a 17-108 link (Restoring Internet Freedom). To the far right of that, you will see "+Express" Click this link.
- Be sure to hit "ENTER" (or return key) on your keyboard after you put in your name, so it registers. (They make it a tad tricky there.)
- In the comment section write, "I strongly support net neutrality backed by Title 2 oversight of ISPs."
- Click on Review, then Submit, done. - Make sure you hit submit at the end!
2. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES (Senators and MoC) and ask them to
- VOTE NO on the TAX SCAM
- Fund CHIP
- Ask for trump's resignation for sexual assault
- Support Net Neutrality
- Seat Senator-elect Doug Jones immediately so he can vote on the tax scam bill!
3. If you use Sirius XM, please cancel your subscription. They gave Steve Bannon a show. How could they give voice to this ultra hateful white supremacist? Gross. Unacceptable. Un-American. Unsubscribe please. They don't make it easy to cancel and here's the link to do it.
4. Lastly, Puerto Ricans are still suffering and this tax bill would devastate the island further. If you'd like to make a donation this holiday season, click here.
And always RESIST THE HATE & KEEP THE FAITH. There is too much anger in the world. We are the light of love and kindness. We are the moral universe. Stay kind. Stay in love. Stay activated. Together we can!
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What is a SIEM?
In this most excellent edition of the Exploring Information Security podcast, I talk with Derek Thomas a senior information security analyst specializing in log management and SIEM on the topic of: "What is a SIEM?"
Derek (@dth0m) has a lot of experience with SIEM and can be found on Linkedin participating in discussions on the technology. I had the opportunity to hang out with Derek at DerbyCon in 2015 and I came away impressed with his knowledge of SIEM. He seemed to be very passionate about the subject and that showed in this interview.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How to pronounce SIEM
- What is a SIEM
- How to use a SIEM
- The biggest challenge using a SIEM
- How to tune the SIEM
- Use cases, use cases, use cases.
More Resources:
- Applied Network Security Monitoring: Collection, Detection, and Analysis by Chris Sanders and Jason Smith
- Network Forensics: Tracking Hackers through Cyberspace by Sherri Davidoff and Jonathan Ham.
- Logging and Log Management: The Authorative Guide to Understanding the Concepts Surrounding Logging and Log Management by Anton A. Chuvakin and Kevin J. Schmidt
- Anton A. Chuvakin Gartner blog
- Ultimate Windows Security


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Cutting old logs into lumber and recovering barn wood! Rough lumber cut from Dead or dying trees or selective mature tree removal: hemlock, oak, ash, beech, and other hard and soft woods like cherry, walnut, chestnut and white oak. long beams to 24' Circle sawmilling. Sawmill & lumber yard stocked with a good inventory of new lumber, aged lumber and used lumber. Also, live edge slabs for table tops, shelving and mantels, other natural looking gray and brown weathered wood too. Specialty lumber: Unique one of a kind natural boards that only seams to be found in some of the old growth antique timbers or the dead trees like white oak... unlike the healthy trees growing, they show different color patterns and have sustainable use too.
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Surviving Winter
I can't believe it's my 5th winter in DC and, as a Southern California girl, I truly never thought I would be able to accept the cold, gray days we experience here in the Mid-Atlantic during this season. If I'm being completely honest here, I have severe anxiety towards the end of the Fall season and dread the winter months with a passion. It doesn't make it any better that my family spends each Christmas in Kauai so I am always faced with a brutal shift back into reality come January. It is usually this time of year that I also convince myself that I hate DC (not true!), never want to live through another winter again (not possible) and come up with every reason why it's time we move out west (maybe someday).
Don't get me wrong, I still much prefer all other seasons to winter by a landslide and I don't think that will ever change, but for the first time in my life I feel a sense of contentment that I never have before and I am so proud of myself for getting to this place because it has taken a lot of work. Over the past few years, I've figured out a formula that works for me and helps me get through the cold dark days without too many tears and I wanted to share them here in case you're reading this and thinking man, I'm ready for Spring.
Embrace The Season | Who doesn't love a good excuse to sleep a few extra hours, cozy up with a good book and thoroughly enjoy warm soups and a piping cup of coffee? Hibernation is a part of nature for a reason! Use this season as an opportunity to enjoy life at a slower pace.
Book A Trip | There is nothing worse than heading into a New Year with zero plans to look forward to. Use this time to plan for a big (or small) trip sometime throughout the first few months of the year. Travel is a huge priority in our marriage, so Blair and I forego expensive Christmas gifts for each other and instead book a trip somewhere instead. The past few years we've been to Miami and Mexico for a quick few days in the sun and it works like a charm every time.
Bundle Up and Get Outside | I refused to buy heavy duty coats, snow boots, and gloves out of sheer denial for the first few winters here, but I've come to realize that when you have all the gear you need to stay warm, it actually feels really good to get outside. If you live in a pedestrian-friendly city like me, find a coffee shop you love a mile or two away and walk there knowing you have the reward of a hot beverage to hold onto for your walk home.
Take a Hot Yoga Class | I'm totally biased here, but there is nothing better than walking into a warm room when the temperatures are below freezing. The mental and physical benefits of yoga always leave me feeling so much better when I walk out than when I walk in, not to mention it's nice to get into a space with other people who are there to uplift themselves and others around them.
Work on a Passion Project | Am I the only one that feels guilty for sitting inside during the warmer months? Whenever it's sunny outside, I much prefer to go for a run or bike ride around the neighborhood, but in the winter I have no excuse to not stay inside and work on fun projects. This winter I'm finally enrolling in an online class I've had on my radar forever and I'm excited to work on new skills!
Make a Winter Bucket List | I keep a running list on my phone of things I want to do/see/eat (I call it my 'wucket' list) during the winter months so that whenever I start to feel stir crazy I have a slew of options to choose from. It includes movies I want to see, restaurants to try, new workout classes to sign up for, and little day trips to take from the city for the days when roads aren't covered in ice or snow and I want to get out of the house.
Eat Well | It can be tempting to eat feel good foods when you know you can cover up with a heavy sweater, but food makes a huge impact on your mood whether you want to admit it or not. Drink plenty of water, eat a lot of roasted vegetables and warm veggie soups, and save the alcohol for special occasions as it's a depressant and can make you more sad on a dreary day than you need to be.
Have any other recommendations for surviving the winter months? These are just a few of the things I've learned over the course of my few east coast years but I'm always looking for new suggestions. Only two months to go until the Spring Equinox!


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All firearm applicants to the Berlin Police Department are required to pay
the non-refundable fee(s) within seven (7) days of each application submission
$5.00 for a Firearm Purchaser Card (Initial card only) and/or
$2.00 for each Permit to Purchase a Handgun
Payment may only be in the form of cash, check or money order.
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If you are having technical issues, contact the New Jersey e-Government Services Help Desk.
Phone: 609-586-2600
For any policy-related issue or if unable to submit application because of validation failure, please contact your municipal police department.
The above listed Help Desk will not be able to assist in these cases.
What is an ORI Number and how can I find the ORI Number?
The ORI (Originating Agency Identifier) Number is a unique number assigned to each Police Department and State Agency. The application will be submitted for processing to the municipal police department whose ORI Number is selected at the beginning of the form. New Jersey residents are required to submit the application to the ORI of municipal police department for their residence. ORI can't be re-assigned after application submission. It is, therefore, very important that you first obtain the correct ORI Number from your municipal police department. If you are not a New Jersey resident, you may select an ORI of any State Police Station for submitting your application but you may want to select the one closest to you as you will be required to visit the station.
Are all municipal police department accepting S.T.S. 033 Form online?
Not all municipal police departments are currently accepting S.T.S. 033 Form online. You will not be able to proceed with this form online for an ORI that is currently not accepting online application.
How can I check whether a municipal police department is accepting S.T.S. 033 Form online?
The online S.T.S. 033 Form starts with the ORI Number. If the concerned municipal police department is not accepting online requests, you will not be able to proceed with the form submission. You need to make sure that you are applying with the correct ORI number after consultation with the concerned municipal police department. The name of the municipal police department is displayed when a valid ORI Number of a participating police department is entered.
What if I select a wrong ORI while filling out the online S.T.S. 033 Form?
The name of the municipal police department is displayed when a valid ORI Number is entered. If you submit the form for an incorrect police department, it will not be processed. You will need to reapply and pay again. It is therefore, very important to first consult the concerned municipal police department and get their ORI Number before submitting the online request.
What information will I need to complete the form?
You will need following information for completing this form:
ORI Number for your municipal police department
Personal Information including all former names and name aliases
SBI Number if you have previously been fingerprinted for firearms
Two References with their contact information – address, email and phone
Employer Information if employed
Past residential address history if you have resided outside New Jersey in last ten (10) years
For Change of Name application, copy of supporting marriage license or court order (in any of these formats - PDF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF and TIF)
Alien Registration Number, if not a US Citizen
What will I need to pay for submitting the S.T.S. 033 Form?
It depends on the purpose for which you are submitting the application. If you have been fingerprinted for firearms before and applying for any of the following reasons, you will pay $21.00 fee for 212A processing:
Lost or stolen Identification Card
Mutilated Identification Card
Change of Address on Identification Card
Change of Name on Identification Card
Permit to Purchase a Handgun
Permit to purchase a handgun cost is $2.00 per permit and applicants that need to be fingerprinted for firearms will need to pay MorphoTrust fee for getting fingerprinted and pay $5.00 fee for only an Initial Firearms Purchaser Identification Card. These fees are required to be paid within seven (7) days of each application submission to the Berlin Police Department and are non-refundable.
Do I need to take any actions after submitting the form online?
Yes, you are required to take further actions before the municipal police department can start processing your application. These would depend on the purpose selected for the application. The required actions are listed in the 'Next Steps' section of the Confirmation Email. Applicants who haven't been fingerprinted for firearms in New Jersey before will need to take an appointment with MorphoTrust to get fingerprinted. Information required for fingerprint appointment is included in the Confirmation email. Fingerprint appointments can be scheduled at:
Can I submit the Consent for Mental Health Records Search (Form S.P. 66) application online?
Is the reference feedback required for processing the S.T.S. 033 Form?
Yes, to process the application the municipal police department requires two references from reputable persons who are presently acquainted with the applicant, other than the relatives. Not having this feedback can delay the processing. The service sends two reminder emails with the link to submit electronic feedback.
Will I be informed if my references have submitted their feedback to the municipal police department?
You will receive an email on electronic submission by each reference. If the feedback is not received, to keep you informed the service will send you an email along with a reminder email to the reference.
Do I need to submit 212A Form for firearms application (S.T.S. 033) that have been submitted online?
Online S.T.S. 033 application includes the 212A processing. If submitted online, you shouldn't apply for separate 212A processing.
I have been fingerprinted for firearms but I can't submit S.T.S 033 application. What do I need to do?
The system checks the information you entered on the application with the fingerprint records on file and if it cannot find a match for all the required information, it won't allow you to proceed. If this happens, check your Firearms Purchaser Identification Card to confirm you are entering the correct information. If it is still an issue, you may want to contact your municipal police department to check with them.
Do I need to enter the SBI Number?
If you have been fingerprinted for firearms in New Jersey, you would have been assigned an SBI Number which is printed on your Firearms Purchaser Identification Card. Entering the SBI Number on applications for duplicate card/permit to purchase handgun helps in faster processing of the application but it's not required information.
Do I need to enter my Social Security Number?
Disclosure of social security number and driver license details are voluntary. However, without it, the processing of the application may be delayed. This information is considered confidential.
Why can't I enter a non-New Jersey address in the Residential Address section?
You are required to be New Jersey resident if the application includes permit to purchase a handgun.
What happens if I submitted my application for a wrong ORI?
Your application can't be approved if submitted for incorrect municipal police department. You will need to reapply. Refund cannot be issued for incorrectly submitted applications.
What happens if incorrect information was used while getting fingerprinted with MorphoTrust?
If an incorrect ORI was used with MorphoTrust, you will need to go for repeat fingerprinting. For any other correction, please follow-up with your municipal police department to check if they can assist you.
What document do I need to supply for Change of Name on Firearms Purchaser Identification Card?
You will need to upload copy of marriage license or court order for the name change application. The file format needs to be either a JPG, JPEG, PNG, PDF, TIFF or TIF.
What happens if I decide not to continue with a request and close my browser?
All information will be lost.
How can I find out the status of my application?
The system sends you an email when certain milestones like receipt of feedback from reference, and criminal check are completed. You will also receive an email when the application is completely processed for approval or denial. The formal approval or denial is mailed by the municipal police department to the residential address submitted on the application. You will need to follow-up with the concerned municipal police department for the mailed copy.
What do I need to bring with me to collect Firearms Purchaser Identification Card and/or Permit to Purchase a Handgun?
Please refer to the email you would have received informing about the application approval. All applicants are required to bring proof of identity (Picture ID with Name and Date of Birth) to the issuing municipal police department.
Please note that the fees stated above are subject to change without notice.
If you have any questions, please contact Dawn Sayers at (856) 767-4700, extension 132 or via email


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Participants: Devlin Mottershead, duck tacos, Demon Girl, the tirfor and me.
I was harassed by the exec to do something about this boulder that was blocking the road to Phelix Creek/Waddington Hut.
I'm all about dragging rocks around, so Devlin and I decided to go up there with some stuff and plans to move the rock. On Saturday Devlin had a birthday party to go to. It was an interesting experience at the end of the party. Festivities had wrapped up and most of the parents hadn't arrived yet. The kids decided that they should take my wallet and go to the vending machine, so they started trying to get into my pockets and pull me down. At one point I had one hanging from my neck and three hanging on each arm. This one girl decided that if I wasn't going to pull over that she'd claw me up until I gave in, so she gouged at my arm until she peeled back a nail and got blood all over my shirt. When that didn't work, she started punching me in the nuts and was able to get two direct hits in before I could shake the other kids off my arms and block. She then started kicking me in the ankle.
The whole thing was boggling. I remember being that age, and other kids' parents seemed really intimidating. If someone had offered me a million bucks to slug one of them in the junk, I wouldn't have had the nerve, but this girl thought it was worth it to marginally increase her odds of getting a bag of chips.
On the way home I mentioned to my wife that I was going to put the shirt in cold water as soon as I got home.
"Nothing gets demon blood out."
She's probably right.
After that surreal experience, Devlin and I went to Mag's, where they had a special menu for their Cinco de Mayo party. It was a first-class brouhaha. The duck confit tacos were yummy.
Moving right along to Sunday, when all the relevant stuff happened:
Roland had said some stuff about maybe driving around the rock, which I'd more or less disregarded, as I'd fouled up the scale. I'd seen a picture, without any people in it for reference, and thought I was looking at a 2 m rock on a 9 m wide road. When we got there it turned out that I was off by more than a factor of two—taking a look at the picture with Devlin on it and using Devlin for scale, I get 5.3 m for the long axis of the rock and 3.6 m for the short axis. Approximating as an oblate spheroid this comes out to (4/3)*pi*(5.3/2)^2*(3.6/2) = 53 m^3. Granite is 2.7 t/m^3, so that's a healthy 143 t.
The rock is rather large.
Deep down I really wanted to move the rock off the road, but realistically it'd be three weekends of farting around and a bunch snatch blocks to buy, for really no good reason, as it looked like a day's work to relocate some trees, roll some rocks around and shovel some dirt to make it easy to drive around as Roland had suggested. Pragmatism over idealism, I guess.
We'd shown up equipped to pull a rock, not cut down foliage, but that's probably for the best, as no one likes stumps.
Setting up to pick some trees.
The biggest tree was a bit of a fiasco. I started pulling it down one way and then realized that I was going to land it on the wrong side of the rock, where you'd need to drive, so I re-rigged it to pull the other way after it was halfway down. It didn't like that and leaned over almost perpendicular to the direction of pull and snagged in these other trees, right across the road. If I'd had a chainsaw there'd have been an obvious answer, but we didn't have one, so we just pulled on it with the tirfor until it busted.
After we did some digging and filled the holes where the trees were, driving around the rock was trivial. I gave the camera to Devlin to photograph me driving past the rock and got some photos as a result.
I guess this is what I get for asking Devlin to take pictures.
Lots of room.
One thing that grinds my gears a bit is that ATV yahoos used an axe or their teeth or something to make pointy little stumps over an area wide enough to pass an ATV. I did my best to surround them with rocks to minimize the chance of tire damage, but there's not enough of the stumps sticking up to sling and pull out. They're also too filthy to do anything with that doesn't wreck a chainsaw blade, so they're probably in there for the long haul unless someone wants to dig them out or bash them into submission with a mattock.
A few metres past the site of the rock is that area where the little rocks come rolling down the bank and require digging to get a car past every spring. Digging through that mess won't be any harder than it was in previous years but the proof is left as an exercise to the reader.


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Reproductive Choice is About Much More than Abortion
Posted on November 27, 2018
by Valerie Tarico
When it comes to freely-chosen parenthood, we sometimes miss the big picture.
Imperfect people and imperfect birth control and imperfect pregnancy processes fail; and when they do, access to abortion is a moral good. Like health knowledge and reliable contraceptive options, the power to end an ill-conceived pregnancy helps young people to form the families of their choosing with the best timing and circumstances available to them—improving health and wellbeing for kids and families and whole communities.
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Although www.credithirebarrister.com is relatively new (incepted February 2016) www.costsbarrister.co.uk has been up and running for some 3.5 years and is my principal website, dealing with all aspects of legal costs and litigation funding.
So if you have a question on costs, you are far more likely to find the answer on the other blog.
That's not to say, I won't be posting material relevant to costs on this site: plainly there will be a considerable overlap in audiences.
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This time of year cards are more than just letters in the mail, they're gifts and decorations for the mantle... so make sure you send some mantle-worthy cards, ya hear. I'd say Hedge-Hug is totes mantle-worthy...
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Rory Cochrane: Hostiles goes further than the average Western
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US actor Rory Cochrane has come to the 2018 Karlovy Vary IFF to present Hostiles, director Scott Cooper's fresh and compelling take on the Western genre. In an interview, Cochrane says he was keen with his character to explore the impact of PTSD on soldiers, whatever the historical period. The actor also recalls his early role in Richard Linklater's classic high school movie Dazed and Confused, which fans frequently reference to this day.


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":Join us in Chicago at our 2018 National Conference, "Mission Forward!", the pre-eminent impact investing conference for foundations and their partners. Produced every other year, the Mission Investors Exchange conference is one of the most anticipated events for impact investors in philanthropy, offering an action-focused, collaborative, and personal space to renew and build partnerships, experience on-the-ground impact investments, share investment opportunities, meet leading voices in the field, and shape the future of the impact investing movement.
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Family reunions are a blast! It's fun to watch all the siblings reconnect, see the cousins form best friendships, and hear the childhood stories get retold again and again. The main problem for planning is reunion is where to hold it and where to house everyone. There are plenty of fun and creative venues to pick! If you're looking for something new and different, check out this list to see the ten best places for a family reunion. Maybe you'll start a new family tradition!
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Some of the best childhood memories are made while camping. The outdoor nature of the excursion, the adventure, the fun… there's nothing like getting into the woods to play! The other thing that makes tromping through the woods better is adding cousins into the mix. One great place to go camping with your family is Redwoods River Resort and Campground in California. This is a good choice because it includes all the outdoor living you could hope for, but also has comfortable cabins for those who do not particularly enjoy roughing it. Pack your marshmallows and get ready for a fun time in nature!
2 Camp
A good twist on the camping experience is to rent an actual summer camp! If you have a big enough group, you can rent out an entire campsite and have it all to yourself. There are plenty of perks to this: having a kitchen space, cabins for everyone, fun things to do, and space to explore. Have fun canoeing, hiking, playing Frisbee and doing all the fun summer camp activities you remember from your childhood! Aldersgate Camp in Kentucky is one awesome option, and there are other camps all over the world.
3 Rent a Castle
No, not kidding! You'd be surprised how inexpensive it actually is to rent a castle in Great Britain. You can actually find castles for rent all over Europe! You don't have to be the royal family to live like royalty. While the available castles aren't exactly Buckingham Palace, they are charming, fun, and often lavish. Airbnb has tons of great options, including Wilton Castle in Ireland. You can also choose from a variety of other castle styles and sizes, from gatehouses with the bare necessities to huge castles with the deluxe treatment.
4 Stay in a Resort
Resort living is one of the most expensive but least stressful family reunion styles. The kids can run around and do whatever they want, while adults can relax and not worry about planning the next activity or the next meal. There are a ton of cool resorts out there, but a definitely kid favorite is the LEGOLAND Resort Hotel. If the overload of bright colors and multitude of giant LEGO figures doesn't appeal to you, another good Florida option is the Lago Mar Beach Club and Resort.
5 Lake House
Staying in a lake house is a great way to enjoy family reunions in the summertime. While this may be a bit stressful for families with small children, who must watch them at every moment, families with mostly older kids and teens can relax and spend time together while the kids swim off their energy. Ralem Retreat at Lake Lanier is a great place to stay, since it sleeps twenty (and we all know you can cram way more people than that in a house when it comes to family reunions).
6 Dude Ranch
BSZ Ranch in California is one of many great dude ranches to rent for your family reunion. Your whole family can live the Wild West life for a few days, doing the ranch chores, hanging out with the horses, and of course, eating great big ranch style meals. This is a fun and unique way to get the family together in to have an active and fun experience! Make some fun memories on the ranch and inspire the imaginations of the kids.
7 Plantation
Rent out the rooms of a large house on a sprawling plantation in the South. Bocage Plantation is a wonderful place to take the whole family; it's even decorated in historic style! The house in not far terribly from New Orleans, and it has everything you could need for a wonderful stay, including breakfast. Adults will love the luxurious bedrooms, while kids will delight in the huge grassy areas around the house. Can you say "football?"
8 Go on a Cruise
One of the most fun, fancy, and (believe it or not) economical ways to travel all-inclusive is to take a cruise. The Celebration cruise line offers low-prices cruises from Florida to the Caribbean, where you can engage in fun excursions and sightsee. Cruises are great because everybody is essentially in the same place, but people can do their own thing or head back to their cabin when they need some space. There's also a lot to do for all ages!
9 Take a Volunteer Trip
Do some good with your family during your next get-together! There are many ways you can volunteer with your whole family, all over the world. One great organization to partner with is i6eight, a group that builds homes and brings hope to families in northern Mexico. They offer family-friendly building trips where you can construct a home and make new friends across the border. You can also volunteer pretty much anywhere you have a family reunion—your local rescue mission or food bank for a few hours to make a difference together. This is a great way to teach kids community care skills while showing them that helping out can be fun.
10 Rent a Huge Home
Mansions are big enough for everyone, and they can cost less than hotel rooms for the same amount of people. Plus, you get total privacy for your family, and maybe even a cool pool. Book a mansion that sleeps 30 or more in Scottsdale, Arizona for the ultimate luxe home-away-from-home vacation. Scottsdale is close to plenty of shopping, hiking, and more. It's also a short drive from downtown Phoenix, where you can find plenty of family fun.
Planning a family reunion vacation can seem daunting but it doesn't have to be. These are some great ideas for fun, unique places to go for your reunion that will keep everyone happy.


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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
A Resolution Word for 20090 comments Posted by oh' boy at 1:51 PM
So what is your word for the year 2009? I was "stalking" one of my favorite BLOGS (Hospitality.. look to the right in BLOGS I Love) and came across this. Instead of making a resolution, she comes up with a word to live by for the year. This was easy for me... my word is gratitude because I have so much to be grateful for...
1~ My Drew~ I have wanted to be a mommy for a very long time now and if you know my (our) history, you know that I (we) have tried and tried AND TRIED... BUT it finally happened. We put our FAITH into the hands of the Lord... and look, we tried for YEARS on our own and finally when I opened my eyes to the path we were destined to take and my heart to the idea, it took only months to get DREW!!!! WE are so BLESSED.
2~My Kenny~ What can I say... he is the absolute best hubby. He always gets me. He spoils me and he loves me no matter what hormonal hill or valley I may be on or in. MY gosh he gave me shots in my booty for months and did it with a feather's touch (does that make sense?... in other words... he didn't use my BUTT as a dart board... it hurt him more than me to give me shots). Kenny loves me for me and supports me in my crazy ideas and creative whims. He is a Star Wars NERD and still plays video games BUT I LOVE HIM!!!! He is also, by the way, the best daddy to Drew. It melts my heart to see them together... MY BOYS!!!!
3~Birth Family~ I cannot leave this ALL TOO important part out. Without Drew's birth family, we would not be parents. Imagine the unselfishness it took to place your child's life in our hands... complete strangers (known only through a book and a meeting). Imagine the love they must have for him... to place him with us so he can have more opportunities in life than they can offer. I am grateful for their decision... without them I would not be a MOMMY!!!
4~Camp Paw Paw~ I am grateful my dad can be Drew's Camp Paw Paw.... (nanny or manny which ever, he watches Drew while we are at work). He keeps me updated throughout the day with funny text messages. When I walk in to pick Drew up, Paw Paw usually has Drew on his chest napping. It is a true blessing that my dad can do this for me and next year my mom will be his assistant ( ha ha love you mom ;0) ~ LOVE YOU DAD!!!
5~Family~ Our family has shown great support throughout all of our ups and DOWNS, especially when we began our adoption process. I am grateful for all of their gifts they have given us. Some gifts you can open and hold in your hands and then there are those gifts that are placed in your heart... ALL of them helped us become PARENTS!!!!
6~Friends~ without my friends- OK, OUR friends- we would not have survived. I know GOD has placed these great people into our lives to help guide us. We now have a wonderful church that the majority of our friends attend.... and those that don't, we meet after church for dinner (I love that tradition). We have role models that are like big brothers and sisters to us.... we get lots of advice and we have the best times together. Our friends are ALWAYS there for us. All of them have a role in our life and they probably don't even realize it.... WE LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
7~Health~ OK, it is not a secret I am a bit... OK, OK...a lot... overweight, BUT I want you to know I have gone 1 whole year with NO surgeries. For those of you not keeping count... for 4 years in a row I had at least 2 surgeries a year... and yes ... I was under, in the hospital, under the knife, blah, blah, blah for all of those.... SO I am grateful for my health right now BECAUSE I have not had to have surgeries... now the chubby part I plan on working on that now!!! (more on that to come ...later)
8~TJMAXX~ those that know me know I have to be grateful for that store because it is my get away, my rehab, my spa. Some people go golfing, some get their nails done, some go to a bar, some even pay for a therapist.... TJMAXX is my retail therapy. I love TJ!!! I am grateful for TJ!!! Now Ken, on the other hand... BUT now with little Drew, I don't get in there quite as often BUT when I do... watch out!
OK, that sums up why I have chosen GRATITUDE for my word for 2009... I have so much to be grateful for... son, hubby, Camp Paw Paw, birth family, family, friends, health (not weight), and TJ!!!
I encourage you to come up with a word to live by for 2009. If you want, I can share. Let me know in the COMMENTS what word you have picked because I am nosey and want to know!!! Come on... I told you mine!!! Anyways...be inspired to get a word!!!
A little Holiday Greeting0 comments Posted by oh' boy at 9:58 AM
Monday, December 08, 2008
My ETSY addiction0 comments Posted by oh' boy at 2:26 PM
I've had several people ask me where we got some of our goodies for Drew, so I decided to post them here...
OK, I am totally addicted to http://www.etsy.com/ ...it is like ebay BUT WAY better. It is handmade items crafters sell online. Some of the items are amazing!!!! Here are a few of my favorite things I have gotten from ETSY...
Drew's onesies that have the months on them was purchased from this ETSY seller. They are SUPER cute and you can ask for girl colors or boy. I think it is a great way to document his first years. What a great baby shower gift. AND they came wrapped/packaged really cute, too!!
The above link is where you can get your little one their very own SUPER HERO cape. I got one for my nephew (SHHH it's for Christmas) and I can't wait for him to open it up!!! What little man... OK... even grown man doesn't want their own SUPER HERO cape!!!????!!! Of course the one above is not my nephew's, BUT I will post a pic of SUPER BOONE after Christmas!!!
This link is where I ordered Drew's birth announcements and our Christmas cards. She is soooo helpful and will listen to whatever you want and will make changes until you are happy!!! You can have her design something for you ( like the birth announcement) and then YOU can go and have it printed at a local picture place OR you can have her print it. You can also send something you designed (like my upcoming Christmas cards) and she will professionally print them for you. GREAT DEAL!!! Best deal I found... less than a dollar a card and on cardstock!!! WOW... go there and check it out!!!
ALSO in the announcement pic, you can see his little I WAS WORTH THE WAIT onesie ....here is the link for that.
I love it and it is perfect for our situation!!! OR any baby... another great gift for a new mom.


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If you haven't played the guitar very long, or you really haven't thought much about it, but the position of your thumb on the guitar neck is somewhat important to how you reach the notes and strings with your other fingers. It's something that early guitarists might not think about, but keeping those bad habits at bay is what we're all about right?
Keep your thumb on the guitar in the middle of the neck.
There's some controversy about whether this is the best technique. I've actually purchased Blink 182 tab books (when I was starting to learn guitar tunes) that tell you to play certain notes on the low 'E' string with your thumb hanging over the top of the guitar!
However, I really do NOT condone that. I mean, Tom Delonge has written some crazy catchy guitar tunes, (let's not kid ourselves there) but he's not the most well-trained or impressive guitarist.
So what's going to happen when you keep your thumb on the guitar behind the neck?
* You'll strengthen your fingers.
If you keep that thumb on the guitar in the back, your fingers will be forced to stretch and curve just a bit more as opposed to your wrist and forearm. And stronger fingers means more control when you're playing.
* Getting a tighter grip on chords is a bit easier.
If you have your thumb planted firmly on the back of your guitar, you can really put some squeezing pressure on the fret board if you were having trouble before. Don't go crazy though! You really only need a little bit of pressure to push down those chords, otherwise you might need to adjust your guitar strings.
If it seems weird to keep your thumb behind the guitar in the middle of the neck, maybe you just need to play things a bit slower for awhile. After a few practices it shouldn't feel any different when you're jamming on your guitar tunes.
And yea, I know that's a bass player in that picture. haha
3 comments:
- Matt said...
This is good advice. At first it's a little uncomfortable but you get used to it.
- August 15, 2009 at 1:54 PM
- piano learning guide said...
i see... thanks!!!
this is a useful one for a beginner like me...
even for my sister who's also wants to learn how to play guitar since we already know how to play pianos.. again, thanks you!
- August 18, 2009 at 11:28 PM
- How To Guitar Tune said...
@pianoLearningGuide It's awesome that you guys can play piano! I do a little myself. Never been formally trained so I can't read music, but on well.
Thanks for your comment!
- August 19, 2009 at 3:51 PM
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Scaling up climate-smart dairy practices in Kenya through Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions
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CCAFS. 2015. Scaling up climate-smart dairy practices in Kenya through Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions. Outcome cases. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
Permanent link to cite or share this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67901
The livestock sector is responsible for 14% of all human-induced greenhouse gas emissions, making it a key sector for mitigation action. Within the dairy sector specifically, better feed production and feeding practises can bring strong mitigation and livelihood benefits, while providing increased resilience to climate change. By focusing on the mitigation benefits derived from these practices as an entry point, the dairy sector of Kenya is leveraging climate finance to promote sustainable development. A meta-analysis of various climate-smart dairy practices, industry know-how, as well as the latest Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), was conducted to establish a repertoire of best practices.
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The Feast of St. James
July 22, 2018
The story of our patron, St. James, is loaded with legends, wonderful
legends. One legend has it that in the ninth century when
Charlemagne ruled the Holy Roman Empire, a star accompanied by celestial
music led a hermit by the name of Pelagius to a stone tomb in an open
field in a remote corner of Spain. The tomb contained three sets of
bones that were soon identified as belonging to the apostle, St. James,
and to two of his disciples.
How those bones ever got
there is itself the stuff of legend that nicely, if not altogether
convincingly, fills out the story of the martyrdom of St. James that we
heard in today's reading from the Acts of the Apostles. All we
know from that reading is that King Herod killed James, the brother of
John, by the sword. Legend fills in the before and after.
Legend has James, along with two companions, going to Spain to preach
the gospel and later returning to Jerusalem where he met his fate at
King Herod's hands. And legend has those two faithful companions
taking the body of James back to Spain for burial, sailing on a
rudderless boat but miraculously arriving in Spain in only a week,
thanks to the guidance of angels. (Never underestimate the guidance of
And the legend doesn't
end there: years later, when those two companions of James died, their
bones were placed alongside his in the tomb where all three rested
peacefully till the day eight centuries later when celestial music and a
star led Pelagius the hermit to the site.
The rest, as we say, is
history! Not the legend part, but what came after: an endless
procession of pilgrims crisscrossing continents and sailing the seven
seas to pray at what they devoutly believed to be the tomb of the
Apostle. Were they misled? Was their devotion misplaced?
An argument could probably be made for that – one that would appeal to
the strictly literal-minded. But for those who have an eye for the
poetic, the mystical, and the miraculous, the charming legends of St.
James are fertile ground for one of the great metaphors of our Christian
faith – the metaphor of the pilgrimage.
And that's where the
story of James connects with our story. For we are, all of us,
pilgrims on the great journey of faith and life, and James is our patron
on the pilgrimage – James, who journeyed to far off Spain to preach the
gospel; James who inspired his faithful companions to do the same; James
whose story has, for more than a millennium, been inspiring pilgrims
beyond number to let go the familiar and the comfortable and to go to
places unfamiliar, uncomfortable, untried, unknown. For that is
what pilgrims do, and it's a daunting thing – leaving behind one's
comfort zone and venturing forth. Pilgrims are risk-takers; they're more
into searching than they are into certainty!
Today's reading from
Second Corinthians reinforces such thoughts. St. Paul reminds his
friends at Corinth and he reminds us that the great pilgrimage of faith
we are on involves uncertainty, affliction, failure, persecution, even
death, that's because, as he says, we carry about in our bodies the
dying of Jesus, Jesus who had first to die before he could be raised up.
And Paul uses a marvelous metaphor to describe all this: we pilgrims, he
says, are "earthen vessels." We are, to borrow from the poetry of
Genesis, clay from the earth which the creator God scoops up and
fashions into human form and then breathes into it the very breath of
God! So, earthen vessels we surely are, my friends – modest in our
beginnings but exalted in our destiny. We give ourselves nothing.
God gives us everything!
I am certainly aware of
this as I look back with gratitude on the thirty years that I've been
privileged to serve here as pastor. Those images of earthen vessel
and pilgrimage tell the story, for an earthen vessel I certainly am, and
a pilgrimage it has certainly been – a journey I've gotten to walk with
you and many other wonderful people like you: fellow pilgrims all,
channels of grace each one.
And the constant
companion on the journey – mine as well as yours - was, and will
continue to be, Jesus who, Sunday after Sunday, day after day, on the
great feasts and in very ordinary time, too, has been there for as he is
now – Jesus who makes himself known to us in challenging Word and in the
Breaking of the Bread.
Dear friends, on this
feast of our heavenly patron, let us give thanks to God for our faith,
for inviting us to make the great pilgrimage of faith, and for giving us
St. James to be our patron and guide along the way. And let us
give thanks for our parish, this incredible community of faith – this
blessed band of fellow pilgrims – earthen vessels each of us, but chosen
vessels, too - who carry within us a priceless treasure wherever it is
we go, a treasure whose surpassing power comes from God and not from us!
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When most of us check in about our in our personal relationship is when Valentine's Day is near and many people find themselves focusing on the relationships in their lives whether they are single, in a relationship or married. However, it's important to remember that this could, and should, be done the other 364 days out of the year.
When it comes to relationships, Feng Shui's basic principle that everything is connected energetically applies. Your thoughts, behavior and feelings are influenced by your surroundings. So, if you are single but are looking to be in a relationship, your surroundings should reflect that. It's the basic law of attraction and it can be implemented in any relationship – even with family members and co-workers. To make your life reflect what you want, you should rid it of negative energy.
Mirroring your own behavior is a simple way to do this. Sometimes people don't realize the amount of negativity they release so it's always key to stay positive and act in a way that reflects what you want. Remember to use "I" statements to unblock communication issues in relationships. Using "I" will uncover what you want and what you feel. It's important to be true to yourself and this technique can help you protect yourself from unhealthy relationships. It's important to avoid relationships where you find yourself having to change who you are and having to watch what you say or do. A healthy relationship is one where you can easily express your true feelings and relate with someone.
Another way to remove negative energy in relationships is through the use of a crystal. Crystals is a common cure for bad chi because it breaks up the negative energy and produces light. You can light candles also and place any of these in the northeast corner of your living space, which defines the personal relationship area, to bring harmony in any of your relationships. Another way to bring harmony into your living quarters is to make sure your furniture in the living room and bedroom has soft, round edges rather than pointed ones. Also choose soothing colors and incense to ensure the flow of energy throughout the house.
Also, take a look at your living space and see if there are items throughout that are from past relationships. Items like photos, clothing and other mementos can trap old, negative energy in your life. The stronger that energy is, the harder it will be for you to make connections with new people. If seeking a new connection is something you want, one way to make your life reflect that is to make room literally for someone new by allowing empty space in drawers and shelves.
Feng Shui problems can lead to arguments and miscommunication in any professional and personal relationship as well as make it harder to connect with people so keep these tips in mind next time you are conversing with a co-worker, family member or significant other.


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Friday, July 26, 2013
Color of broken heart
44 comments:
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2013 at 9:16 AM
Very apt description. I like the style you used.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2013 at 9:35 AM
I like it to, especially the 'minus' part!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much GarbiellaDelete
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2013 at 10:31 AM
Degrading the color to match the dullness of lost love is perfect.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Debbie for sharing such warm thoughtsDelete
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2013 at 10:32 AM
Oooo, Ebullience, nicely done! I too loved the contrast of reds.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you. I was wondering if it would come across.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2013 at 10:44 AM
Wow. Nice post.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for encouragingDelete
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2013 at 10:48 AM
I like how you distilled the red color to the washed-out color that most can relate to.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Janna. I really appreciate your supportDelete
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2013 at 4:25 PM
love lost is a brick cake. perfectReplyDeleteReplies
I am glad the comparison works :) thank you so muchDelete
An original and well done work, Ruby. Not only is the brink leeching colour in the sun, it's hardening against feeling any more pain. Good use of the prompt and I'm glad you took it a step further too. :)))ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Jo-Anne. It is so good to hear such refined and clear thoughts on what I wrote. I am really glad to hear from you.Delete
That's a great observation Jo-Anne made above about the brick hardening against more pain. That's very true, and I think it's one of the things that makes your poem hit so hard, that and the deconstructing of red from its richest down to its flattest hue.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Kallan. I am really honored to hear such appreciation and encouragement.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2013 at 11:37 PM
Desiccated - that's how a broken heart can feel, when it's not pouring blood with pain. I loved this - we each have our own take on heartbreak.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Freya. It is good to hear your version and it fits in so wellDelete
- AnonymousJuly 27, 2013 at 6:59 AM
I like itReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you. This is simply the best thing to hear :)Delete
This is so good. You captured a lot of feeling with this.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Draug for such kind wordsDelete
What an apt description. This is lovely work. Thank you for linking up. Please remember to return for the voting.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for giving me a platform and encouraging all through. I really cherish all my Trifecta associations.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 27, 2013 at 2:43 PM
That is some powerful imagery Ruby. I really liked this! :DReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Linda. I am so glad to hear from you.Delete
Fabulous - From the opening question to the ending brick.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Kelly. Your words really mean a lot to me.Delete
Lovely colorful words...and what will god build with those beautiful bricks of his?ReplyDelete
Thank you Kelly. I wish I could answer your question though. I guess it is like a contingency situation.Delete
A flawless description of a broken heart healing. Very nice!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much ShawnDelete
This is truly perfect. I read it twice because I wasn't quite ready to give it up yet. :) Wonderful piece!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you. Your words made my monday :)Delete
broken heart perfectly described!ReplyDeleteReplies
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- AnonymousJuly 28, 2013 at 10:56 PM
what a tragically lovely piece.. good job!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so muchDelete
Oh, I can just picture that broken heart. You certainly have a writing talent and you're so kind to share it.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Sherry. I am really honored by your words.Delete
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Buhari Arrives Kwara For APC Presidential Campaign
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Ilorin, the Kwara state capital for the presidential campaign of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The President was in the company of the National Chairman of the party Adams Oshiomhole, National Leader Bola Tinubu, Minister of Infomation Lai Mohammed, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, among other party officials.
Mr Oshiomhole while addressing the supporters said he believes that the election will witness sustainable democracy contrary to PDP assertion that there will be chaos.
He accused the opposition party of getting into power through rigging, adding that the APC does not believe in rigging.
President Buhari is expected to visit Ogun State for his campaign.
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