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5 Ways the HomeRight Medium Spray Shelter Changed My DIY Life
Written & Photographed by Skaie Knox, HomeJelly
Today, I'll be sharing my experience with HomeRight's Medium Spray Shelter and how it's quite literally changed my DIY life. But first, I believe a little backstory might be handy to give y'all a little context to this claim.
It was, I believe, 4 or 5 years ago when I realized how I came to be a DIYer. I mean, as a Southern California native, surfer girl, springboard/platform diver-turned-snow skier, singer/songwriter and travel enthusiast, it didn't make much sense at the time that I'd find myself so enamored with making and rehabbing furniture, styling, sewing, gardening, cooking and crafting.
But then…
When my Aunt Mim moved out of her longtime home and into a senior community, I started reflecting upon all she had done for me. Moreover, what all my born and raised, Minnesota farming aunties, uncles, grandparents and mother had taught me.
You might have guessed it: making and rehabbing furniture, styling, sewing, gardening, cooking and crafting.
Their salt-of-the-earth, hands-on upbringing was lovingly (though, sometimes begrudgingly) passed on to me, resulting in an unexpected toolbox of knowledge, know-how and appreciation for handmade, attention-to-detail DIYing!
Thanks Aunt Mim, Mom and all my Karstad kin!
With this in mind, when I come across a tool that helps me to do what I love, make what I love look amazing and do-it-myself much easier, it does change my life!
Here now are 5 ways the HomeRight Medium Spray Shelter did just so:
#1: It's so easy to use! This shelter opens in literal seconds. Actually, it POPS! open! The extra bonus...it's FUN to POP! It open! That, in itself is a game-changer and saves me time and effort whenever I need to paint or stain a project.
#2: It's convenient for different sized projects. This is what I really love most about this paint pal - thanks to it's 4'7" W x 4'7" D x 5'6" H dimensions, I can really do anything from small to medium-sized projects, from spray painting to sanding, staining and, what we often overlook, drying.
#3. It keeps my projects clean and free of debris. As mentioned in #2, when planning out our to-do list, we often forget about the importance of keeping our drying projects free from dust and debris. This super shelter does that in spades and can even accommodate several projects in one.
#4. Reduces overspray. Yech. The dreaded overspray mishap can instantly put a damper on the thrill of DIYing, but with this shelter, it not only captures the drift, it reminds us to be aware as to where we set up our painting station in the first place and where we point our sprayers. Tip: to keep shelter from getting overly messy from paint, place down a tarp. (Bear-Bear not included.)
5. Compact storage. If you're like me, storage is a premium, and more tools often means more clutter. But, because this shelter folds up like an efficient origami disc (24" diam. X 3 ½" deep), it can easily be slid into a very slim-sized area or shelf. Watch this handy video that shows you how to close up the HomeRight Spray Shelter Air Flow. It's a tad smaller, but the closing steps are the same.
I was recently tasked to makeover a soon-to-be trashed octagonal table and fortunately was able to use my HomeRight Medium Spray Shelter AND Super Finish Max Paint Sprayer. You can watch the whole project title, "Trashed Tabletop Makeover Goes from Garbage to Geometric Gem" on HomeJelly. Here's the beautiful result:
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Posted by Nora Quick on Friday, July 20, 2012 Under: A Writer's Life
Blog posts and writing in general have been spotty at best lately. I normally work three jobs, and do okay with it, but for a month now I've had house guests. These are the kind that mess up everything and make you cook all their meals, but you can't kick them out because they're family and have nowhere to go. One of them is a three year old. Add to that my landlord has gone bonkers and so I'm planning to move...of course output is going to be spotty.
This is how I feel right now...I just look worse.
There are unique challenges for writers with busy lives. You know the obvious one but there are even stranger ones. For example, I have discovered how absolutely sickeningly creepy it is to have to write a lurid sex scene while a three year runs around you with her MagnaDoodle demanding you draw a picture of your dog for her. Seriously, that will drive you nuts.
Or the annoying feeling of realizing how demonstrative you have to make your face when thinking. Seriously, I'm working on a one-off short story, Out of the Past, for literotica, in the style of a 1980's pulp novel. Why? Because why the fuck not? I got stuck at a certain point and couldn't figure out how to work past it. So I set my laptop down and tried to think it through. I got a three year making my dog hyper and trying to get me to wrestle him, an adult putting on DVDs of WWE matches from 20 years ago...you get the idea. I tried going outside for a cigarette, the ultimate introvert escape, only to become the goddamned pied piper. After a while I realized I had to show I was in deep thought. I personally assume my expression looks like Popeye the Sailor crapping out a pineapple, but it works, and they leave me alone.
Kinda like this. Protip: Do NOT Google "Popeye the Sailor crapping out a pineapple." Goddamn rule 34b
And then there is the problem of mood-matching. As a writer you can't write a sex scene if you're not feeling frisky. You can't write a murder scene unless you're feeling dark and disturbed. Your emotions have to somewhat line up with the scene you're writing. Oh, god, how do people have any kind of life when they have children? I get the continuation of the species thing, but these machines are nothing but bottomless pits of need who produce an insane amount of waste as well as consume food like a locust on a Ramadan evening...and they are the biggest attention whores on the planet! I mean it, even the ones who have a good relationship with their father are complete attention whores. Gah! You try writing a scene of slow, patient information extraction and torture when you have to cook dinner, fold laundry, turn in assignment for job #1, have clients calling for job #3, all while having a a toddler attempt to yank your large dog's tail off while he whines for help.
Moral of the story: Do whatever you can to slow down time. If you're going to have kids as a writer, get an office somewhere. Better yet, just don't have kids. Or house guests. And please, please, please, invite me to share an office if you get one!
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Our hearts need a solid electrical system to synchronize the heart muscle so that blood is effectively moved around. Sometimes, this electrical system can malfunction. The heart can end up beating too slow, too fast, chaotically or with only some parts working.
For example, in atrial fibrillation, the right atrium, which pumps blood from the body into the right ventricle, receives way too many signals. This is often due to a malfunctioning circuit. The right atrium then contracts ineffectively and the heart loses part of its power. Also, if the AV node, which is kind of an electrical station, doesn't slow down the signal, the ventricles can beat very fast.
A deadly condition known as ventricular fibrillation, results when the electrical system in the ventricle malfunctions and sends chaotic signals to the muscle cells. The heart then is unable to pump any blood at all. Within 3 to 4 minutes death will occur. However,if the patient receives a counter shock known as synchronized cardioversion, the electrical system might reset itself and the patient will survive.
Of course, the electrical impulses can be slowed down causing the heart to beat too slowly to keep the oxygen level up. Sometimes, the heart can beat very fast due to the electrical stations not during their job right. One condition that might result is called supraventricular tachycardia or SVT for short. This a a rapid heart rate and responds well to medications given iv or even massage of the carotid artery (among other treatments.
So the heart muscle requires finely tuned electrical pulses to power the muscles. If the electrical system is on the blink, expect problems with the heart rate and or muscle power.


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Ronda Rousey had one one of the most successful WWE in-ring debuts that we have seen in quite some time as she teamed with Kurt Angle at WrestleMania 34 to defeat Stephanie McMahon and Triple H in New Orleans. While Angle is no slouch by any stretch to have in there as your partner for your debut, Rousey almost had quite the electrifying performer by her side for the bout. That's where we begin our look at some of the biggest WWE headlines for Friday, April 20.
The Rock almost had Rousey's back at WrestleMania
When word began to make the rounds following her official signing that Rousey would be debuting in a mixed tag team match at WrestleMania, most fans were hoping that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson would be the partner in her corner. After all, it was the pairing that made the most sense given the angle they worked together with McMahon and Triple H at WrestleMania 31 in Santa Clara, California. Ultimately, The Rock was not placed in that position — but that doesn't mean an effort wasn't at least made.
During a recent radio interview with KISS FM UK, "The Great One" revealed that he and Vince McMahon did have discussions about serving as Rousey's partner in the Superdome, but he was unable to take his old boss up on the offer due to prior engagements.
"Matter of fact, Vince McMahon and I were talking about two months ago trying to figure out what I was going to do if I went back to WrestleMania. He pitched me this really great idea that I'd get involved in a tag match with Ronda Rousey who is of course incredible and I'm very proud of her," Johnson said. "We couldn't make it work this time because I was in Shanghai. But, Who knows down line?"
Sure, it would have been incredible to see this dream pairing back on April 8, but at the same time, the team of Rousey and Angle ended up putting on a memorable performance. But for those still holding out hope of seeing a Rock-Rousey pairing, the former UFC women's bantamweight champion isn't going anywhere anytime soon, and as the Rock said to conclude his comments, you never know what opportunity could present itself down the line.


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The Brent/Centreville Senior Center invites everyone to the Senior Center to learn about this hidden gem in our community. The senior adults at the Center will tell about all the "latest happenings" at the Center. They will be glad to give you a tour of the building which is also a designated tornado shelter for the area. This is a special chamber coffee held each May in conjunction with Older American's Month. Chamber members are invited to introduce themselves and tell about any upcoming events or promotions they may be participating in. There will be a continental breakfast provided.
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Whether you're shopping for your partner, your son or another male friend or relative, we've got the scoop for you on what's on-trend for him this Summer. As the fashion savvy amongst us knows all too well, looking good doesn't mean spending a month's wages on a new wardrobe. It's all about knowing what's hot, and where to look! But where do you start when it comes to finding a store that has it all for guys?
Well, we've got two words for you. Ed. Harry.
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Offering clothing and accessories from leading Australian and International brands we believe that you'll find the perfect gift or outfit for every man on your Christmas list regardless of budget or style.
So, get your sunglasses at the ready ladies. These are the sizzling hot summer trends to look out for this season that'll take him from beach to bar in a breeze (and we have some special Black Friday deals that you can take advantage of over the weekend!)
The Party Shirt
That's right folks! The Hawaiian shirt is back in fashion for real and we are loving it!
The short sleeve printed shirt comes in six different prints including floral, palm leaves and surfy style designs that are perfect to take him from beach to bar. Pair one of these dressy but fun shirts (for under $40) with simple shorts and classic sneakers for the perfect summer look.
Plus thanks to the Black Friday specials you can grab one for just $29.99 until 26thNovember!
The Tie-Dye T-Shirt
Tie-dye t-shirts are making a come-back too this summer and make the perfect addition to any guys wardrobe. These gorgeous colours are bound to turn heads, and for less than $20 we doubt you'll find better value elsewhere. Pair with board shorts or denim shorts.
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What is there not to love about a hooded tank, eh ladies?
These come in an assorted range of colours including tie-dye, pastel and block colours and are perfect for the streets or a day out at the beach. We are crushing hard on these, and for just $20, who isn't?
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Expect to see the young guys (and the young at heart) sporting these athletic mesh tanks this summer. Made from breathable mesh fabric, with bold exclusive artwork internationally inspired and costing just $20, you'll be onto a winner with these.
For tomorrow only, all tees and tanks will be $17.45 and you can find this deal both in store and online.
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Life is all about compromise! This sharp, military style jersey t-shirt is the perfect compromise for the casual guy who want to look smart without having to wear a shirt. Wear with Kings denim shorts for the casual day time look or switch it up with a pair of Cuba Chino shorts for a night out.
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Printed headline: Broad-Ranging Decision
The time when passengers will take high-speed onboard Wi-Fi for granted is probably coming soon. As the unit cost of a gigabit per second (Gbps) is decreasing, offers for broadband inflight connectivity are burgeoning. But airlines should carefully consider their needs before settling on one option or another.
Inflight connectivity equipment and service providers tend to use surveys to persuade airlines they should move fast to offer broadband internet for passengers and crew. A few years ago, Honeywell suggested that 13-22% of passengers (depending on the country) would give up the use of restrooms during the flight for "a faster and consistent wireless connection." More recently, a Honeywell survey found that 21% of travelers have abandoned their preferred airline for another with better inflight Wi-Fi, up from 17% in 2014.
According to a joint study by Inmarsat Aviation and the London School of Economics (LSE), 25% of commercial aircraft are offering passengers some form of onboard broadband. "This is often of variable quality, with patchy coverage, slow speeds and low data limits," the authors say. Even so, they believe inflight connectivity will be ubiquitous across the world by 2035.
To motivate airlines to pursue this goal, they reckon that "broadband-enabled ancillary revenue will reach an estimated $30 billion for airlines by 2035." This may include broadband access fees, advertising revenues, e-commerce and premium content purchases. That amount has to be compared to "traditional" sources of ancillary revenue, such as seat upgrades, onboard duty-free shopping and baggage fees, currently amounting to around $60 billion.
Growth in broadband-enabled ancillary revenue will be driven by the introduction of new-generation satellites. "These address the key requirements sought by passengers that have been lacking to date in many cases, most importantly high bandwidth and continuous connectivity," Inmarsat and LSE say. These are seen as "integral components of quality, which remains the primary driver of broadband take-up." Passengers appear willing to pay more for high-quality onboard connectivity, the authors go on to say.
Revenues may also come from passengers without them even being aware of it. "The opportunity for revenue growth from broadband-enabled services is dependent on airlines commercializing passenger data (such as location and purchase history) to a much greater degree than occurs currently," the study says.
Such arguments to move forward with aircraft equipment immediately may also be inspired by the current overcapacity in orbit. Satellite communications providers are endeavoring to find customers for their numerous new, enhanced-throughput spacecraft. They may also feel under pressure, as new entrants claim to be about to revolutionize the market. However, airlines must carefully review their options before making such a major decision.
"It is not just about the capital cost for equipment or unit cost for Gbps," says Don Buchman, vice president and general manager of ViaSat's Commercial Mobility business. The airline should think about its goals for Wi-Fi. Is it passenger engagement? Or just minimal-cost "me too" Wi-Fi installation to "check the box"? According to Buchman, carriers are increasingly looking for massive bandwidth, enough to ensure that Wi-Fi and voice calls are available in the cabin, as well as cockpit connectivity and future operational needs.
Airlines are moving away from an approach that combines limited bandwidth and revenue sharing with the communications provider, like air-to-ground (ATG) networks, he explains. For passengers, "it was expensive and poor quality; it could be compared to dial-up quality," he says. This approach was initially cheaper for the airlines, which believed it was lower risk. But some airlines "in fact found themselves black-eyed because passengers complained," Buchman observes.
So what is the business case for an airline choosing to install broadband for cabin Wi-Fi and cockpit connectivity? "The industry has [struggled] and continues to struggle to find this answer," says Mike Moeller, vice president for aviation sales, Americas, at Global Eagle, an inflight entertainment provider. Moeller believes each airline is in the best position to monetize the solution and find the best ways to differentiate its brand.
"From a passenger's view, reliable and fast inflight connectivity will soon reach the must-have level on all flights, including short-haul ones," says Floris Reimbold, director of inflight entertainment and connectivity technology for the Lufthansa Group.
Gogo defines the target performance for its satellite Wi-Fi solution, 2Ku, with six digits—15, 98, 98. "This stands for 15 Mbps for a passenger's device, 98% coverage of flight routes with 98% availability," Blane Boynton, Gogo's vice president of product management, says.
Historically, Gogo's offer was supported by an ATG system. A regional service available in the U.S. and Canada, it can supply up to 10 Mbps per aircraft. While satellites have become dominant in the inflight connectivity industry, ATG will not disappear anytime soon. Gogo's ATG will be upgraded next year to a level comparable to the satellite-based service it began offering in 2015. Inmarsat's European Aviation Network uses both space-based and terrestrial communications.
In satellite communications, ViaSat's Buchman likes to refer to U.S. carrier JetBlue, which has "changed the business model." ViaSat's launch customer wants all passengers to be connected—with full internet, including video streaming—at no additional cost. "Wi-Fi is no longer a revenue stream but part of the experience, like the gate agent and the seat," he says.
Gogo has a different view: "Lately, airlines have been transitioning to a multi-payer model, where the airline or a sponsor is paying for part of the cost," Boynton says. The most common model so far has been full payment by the passenger. On a long-haul flight, Lufthansa charges €17 ($20) for up to 24 hr. of full access.
ViaSat has increasingly powerful satellites to support its service. Launched in June, ViaSat-2 will help change the general perception of satellite internet globally, making it "accessible and affordable to all," the company says. ViaSat-2 will cover North and Central America, plus the Caribbean, northern South America, and aviation and maritime routes in the Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe. From 2018, it will operate in the Ka band with a capacity of 300 Gbps. Indicative of the acceleration in the growth of the bandwidth available globally, the 1,000-Gbps ViaSat-3 (actually the first in a constellation of three) is scheduled to enter service in 2020.
For its 2Ku system, Gogo has agreements with satellite operators such as SES. Coverage is said to be global, except for the poles (important to cover, as they allow more direct airline routes). Boynton says 2Ku is compatible with in-development low-Earth-orbit constellations (LEO), as opposed to medium Earth orbit, (MEO) and geostationary Earth orbit GEO).
The Ka band is poised to gradually become the one most used for broadband internet, thanks to its higher throughput and despite its greater sensitivity to weather conditions. Global Eagle has both Ku-band and Ka-band solutions available. "Having both technologies and the unique capabilities of each allows Global Eagle to develop unique solutions tailored to an individual airline requirement," Moeller says. "We feel it is imperative to remain technology—(Ku- and Ka-band) and network—[GEO/MEO/LEO]-agnostic to provide a future-proof solution that drives down bandwidth costs today and into the future; airlines selecting closed and proprietary networks may find themselves stuck with the next BlackBerry of the future."
The hardware for Ku and Ka bands is different, with Ka-band antennas being more compact. The price is roughly the same, according to Buchman, but not all connectivity providers have the same model for installation. While ViaSat trusts all MRO service providers (as long as they have an FAA or European Aviation Safety Agency approval), Gogo has a network of "preferred" MRO shops. Global Eagle relies on its airline customer's preferred MRO.
The hardware equipment to be installed on the airframe includes the radome, the antenna and an interface structure. In addition, there are electronic "boxes" with a server, wireless access points and a content loader. Gogo uses a phased-array antenna for its 2Ku system. It has an agreement in place with Airbus to use the same hardware across the airframer's product range.
ViaSat and Gogo say an airline should plan for 2-4 days, or 36 hr., respectively, of work per aircraft, for system installation, which can be part of more extensive maintenance work. Global Eagle estimates that a typical installation for its broadband solution takes 3-5 days.
Honeywell emphasizes it has designed its JetWave terminals, for Inmarsat Aviation's GX network, for standard tools available in maintenance hangars. Lufthansa Technik claims its technicians can install the JetWave antenna with less than 100 rivets, 10 times fewer than comparable systems. "Fewer rivets mean fewer fuselage holes to be patched up when aircraft transfer ownership or come off lease, and fewer labor hours," Lufthansa Technik says.
Gogo's Boynton suggests that an upgrade from ATG makes sense, as the cabin network may be reused.
While cabin Wi-Fi is the most visible application of inflight connectivity, flight crews also may find benefits in broadband access to the internet. However, it may not be used for safety-critical communications. "Numerous airlines are looking at operational savings; thanks to real-time weather displays, they can avoid turbulence and optimize routes," Boynton says.
Last November, ViaSat acquired Arconics, an Ireland-based supplier of software for wireless IFE. "One of the nice things about the Arconics acquisition is they are already providing cockpit services," a company official said at the time. "Leveraging that, along with the capabilities we have to bring a lot of real-time data off the aircraft from both analytics and safety perspectives, is a huge opportunity."
Rockwell Collins equipment will soon be line-fitted to every Airbus A320-family aircraft as part of the flight operations and maintenance exchanger (FOMAX) program. The solution keeps operators connected to their aircraft by deploying the infrastructure for secure wireless connectivity, Rockwell Collins says. The company's solution for FOMAX features "a compact connectivity unit that collects aircraft maintenance and performance data and automatically sends it to ground-based operations." For each flight, gigabytes of data (instead of megabytes) can be sent to the ground.
The FOMAX system can acquire 24,000 parameters on an A320 (up from 400 today). To transmit a much greater amount of data than is now possible, Rockwell Collins uses two cellular modems, one for the airline and one for the aircraft manufacturer, explains Philippe Lievin, Rockwell Collins' director, connected aircraft marketing. The system selects the most appropriate communication channel—ACARS, satellite or cellular—according to criteria such as cost and flight phase.
The equipment includes a Wi-Fi antenna in the cockpit. The wireless access point includes a power limiter to ensure non-interference with the avionics. At 100 milliwatts, the limit is not expected to slow down communications.
In the cockpit, the crew will enjoy real-time weather maps accessible on a tablet. Pilots will also be able to use tablets for communications with their airline's operations center.


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Looks like everyone writing New Year Resolution. Is it bring more luck and results? Will see :)
Anyway you control how your wish come true - visualising and get it!
So my milestones for this year:
1. Development -
as photographer: achieve bigger progress, be satisfied with picture.
as mum - work with yourself and kids - support them in study life way
as wife - understand, support, give back
as personality - always do a little bit more (out of limit, outside the box)
2. Communication -
get to know new people, keep contacts with all friends, clients, enjoy meetings and chat and made as much people happy as I can :)
3. Building -
build and create something new,stylish and stunning - art work, pictures, blog posts, dinners, craft etc
4. Jump -
jump as high as I can - move forward, look around, keep going
5. Analyse -
look back, think, analyse, look at positives and negatives, create results, and new experience
6. Stay calm and carry on!
Love this sentence. What could be more wisdom? :)
7. Don't forget about your hobbies, take time for yourself, take a break -
figure skating, dance, serials, study, cup of tea etc. Take time for yourself and you feel better, happier...
8. Inspiration -
look around, see beauty in details, in everything around
9. Breath -
just take a deep breath, and one more, and more, keep doing it with full chest and tummy. Its helps, its might made you more relaxed and happier, don't forget to do it, especially when you really stressed and busy! :)
10. Be Happy -
simple, but for been happy you need enjoy "right now" moment, not think your happiness somewhere ahead. Its right here, around. Just love this moment!!!
This is my resolution. And hope at grey moments of life I will go back and read it again and its will help me! Im sure
Happy New Year everyone! Its just continue of our life, but its also a good reason to start something new or have a good look around and at yourself!


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October 27th, 2013
Israeli soldiers blocking the entrances of Ni'lin village
Since last week the village of Ni'lin is being target daily by mid-night raids from the Israeli occupation forces. The soldiers have been shooting tear gas into people's homes while they are sleeping. Only two people have been arrested but ten houses have been invaded by the soldiers.
The arrested are Naha Nafi, 21, and Tariq Kawaja, 24. Another three young men were sought after but could not be found.
The situation has escalated in the last two days. Israeli soldiers have started blocking the entrances of Ni'lin preventing people from entering or leaving the village. For the villagers who commute to Ramallah for work or studies this collective punishment has caused huge problems.
However, 11 pm on Saturday night a big number of Israeli jeeps invaded the village, seemingly just to cause disturbance. The soldiers began harassing villagers, firing their rifles without any apparent reason. As youths gathered to drive the soldiers out of the village they were directly fired upon with rubber coated steel bullets. One young man was hit in his leg and many bystanders suffered from tear gas asphyxiation. Also at this occurrence tear gas was fired into the homes of sleeping villagers.
At present the entrances to Ni'lin is still being blocked by the Israeli military. The villagers are awaiting their next move with anxiety.
Photo: July 2008 – An Israeli soldier shot and killed a Palestinian child during a nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall in Ni'lin village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.


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This satisfying apple dessert combines the clean presentation of pie with the ease and comfort of clafoutis. Perfect for really easy fall entertaining, or any lazy morning around the house.
All this one takes is a brief saute and a quick spin with the immersion blender to produce a silky batter that's poured over the simply spiced apples. It quickly bakes up moist and gently chewy, something like a dumpling. The apples are cooked quickly so they keep some bite to contrast with the soft dough. A squeeze of lemon and a dusting of sugar provide an elegant finish.
Dead Simple Apple Skillet with Lemon and Sugar
serves 4-6
For the apples:
2 TBSP veg oil or nondairy butter
1 sweet apple of choice (we used Honeycrisp), cored, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch slices
1/4 cup turbinado (or brown sugar)
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
For the batter:
1/2 cup apple sauce
2 TBSP canola oil
1/2 cup plain soy milk
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp fine sea or kosher salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
To serve:
1 lemon, cut into wedges
powdered sugar, to taste
Heat oven to 425.
In an ovenproof 8-inch skillet, heat 2 TBSP oil or butter over medium heat. Add apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Carefully stir--the skillet will be crowded at first until the apples begin to soften--to combine the ingredients. Cook, stirring often, until apples have softened, but are still firm, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and spread the apples into an even layer.
Combine all batter ingredients in a quart jar and puree with an immersion blender (alternately, a small blender should work) just until smooth. The batter should be silky and thick, but pourable. Pour the batter over apples in the skillet, smooth, and bake until bubbly and golden at the edges, 18-20 minutes.
Let cool before cutting. Sprinkle individual slices with lemon juice and powdered sugar.


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Fried Eggplant Organic Micro Basil Appetizer
For the Eggplant:
1 large eggplant
2 Tbsp olive oil
3 tsp goat cream cheese
1 tsp sea salt
Cooking Directions: Cut the eggplant into long 3slices pour the sea salt on top of eggplants before frying. Pre heat the olive oil in the medium high heat in the pan. Add the eggplant slices and fry until will become golden from both sides. When the eggplants are ready let them to soak the oil on the piece of paper towel for 3-6min. spread the goat cheese on the fried eggplants and make 3 rolls. Put on the plate and serve with micro basil mix on side.
For the Micro Mix:
4 Tbsp micro basil mix
1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp sea salt
1 stalk green onion
2 tsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 tsp rosemary olive oil
Cooking Directions: Pre-wash the micro basil let it drain for 5min. Combine green onions, sea salt, balsamic vinegar, rosemary olive oil and fresh squeezed lemon juice. Stir properly and serve with roasted eggplants on side.
Original recipe courtesy of Organic America.
See the full recipe here.


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Kristine's training expertise spans numerous aspects of organizational development. She uses the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator and DISC to improve interpersonal relationships by creating awareness and understanding of differences in communication and conflict management styles. Kristine provides first-line supervisory training using the Wilson Learning Leading for Performance (LFP) supervisory development program and provides coaching using a 360 Degree Feedback measuring tool.
Kristine facilitates a leadership series that equips first-line supervisors with key supervisory skills.


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Thursday, 18 April 2013
Finding OER (Cathy Swift)
MERLOT- other institutions.
The above videos shows how OERs are ranked and comments. It is always good to search in databases and other open media to find OERs, however one of the question is to identify which of these resources are validated or ranked. In this video Cathy is showing how the OERs can be commented, or ranked.
At the same time as a user can read and learn about the ranks and identify what the comments are as well as how people have ranked these resources.
The process of moderation is explained in this video. A good resource for educators to learn how to locate and identify ranked OERs,
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After yoga class we're gathered under the gazebo eating a simple European buffet breakfast and drinking weak coffee. It's not yet too hot and a light breeze blows through. I'm the only non-German at the table though everyone speaks English. My companions although very contentious of my inability to speak German have fallen into their native tongue. Sitting at the table surrounded by at least 15 people all mostly speaking German I'm not uncomfortable in the least. Inwardly I curse our American school system for not doing a better job of teaching second languages while I settle into paying attention to the parts I understand, the facial expressions, the laughter, the eye contact, the feeling of being apart but not at all separate. I use this as an opportunity to look at the subtle things I might normally miss in conversation. I see squints of eyes when one person is trying to make another person feel comfortable, I see deep eye contact, hand gestures and laughter. Words are not the only language being spoken here, they never are.
My thoughts drift to something I remember my dad telling me about my paternal great grandmother. My fathers grandmother on his father's side. If I'm remembering correctly my dad said she couldn't speak English, she spoke only Flemish, but she understood English and could read it. I wonder about this women I'm related to but never knew. She lived in a country surrounded by people and grandchildren that she couldn't use words to communicate with. I feel lucky that these friendly people surrounding me can speak my language even if I can't speak theirs. All I have to do is ask them to repeat themselves in English and they'll unnecessarily apologize and start speaking in my language even though I'm the only one who can't speak German.
At the moment I don't want the English, I want the chance to observe to watch without the expectation of speaking. It's a luxury in it's self, a guilty pleasure. When I signed up for this yoga retreat I didn't realize that I would be one of only a few English speaking participants but looking back I realize there was a reason they said the yoga would be in English. I've flown all the the way to Greece to make friends with German and Swedish Yogi's. Sometimes we get the experiences we need and I needed to be emerged in a group of Germans whether I knew it or not.


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Drivers urged to avoid A370 as both lanes are partially blocked
PUBLISHED: 15:44 13 March 2018 | UPDATED: 17:28 13 March 2018
The A370 is partially blocked both ways after an accident, and police are directing traffic this afternoon (Tuesday).
The road, between Hewish and Congresbury is partially blocked after an incident near the petrol station at around 1.15pm.
It has started to become very congested, and people are being urged to make alternative arrangements if they can.
The accident is having a knock-on effect on other roads, with traffic also building on the B3133, Smallway, and Bristol Road heading towards Cleeve.
North Somerset Council's travel team tweeted: "Advised that A370 near to Puxton/Hewish is partially blocked both ways between B3133 High Street and Puxton Lane.
"Police directing traffic. If possible please make alternative arrangements as traffic very congested in this area."
UPDATE: The road is now cleared


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Egay Uy .
IN 2011, the city council of Cagayan de Oro passed Ordinance No. 12139-2011 which prescribes the issuance of Ordinance Violation Receipt (OVR) or Citation Ticket to violators or offenders of city ordinances.
On Oct. 2, 2018, Mayor Oscar S. Moreno issued Executive Order No. 169, series of 2018 creating the OVR Grievance Board of which I was appointed as a member. Atty. Reymond Villablanca, assistant city legal officer, sits as chairperson, and Engr. Leonil Mistula, OIC assistant city treasurer, as vice chairperson.
The other members are councilors Malou Gaane and Alam Lim, city prosecutor Charisse Bitoon, Supt. Robert de los Reyes, Dr. Rachel Dilla, Engr. Armen Cuenca, Mr. Oliver Egypto, Ms. Maricel Rivera, and Mr. Alan Fernandez.
The Grievance Board affords opportunity for anyone to whom an ordinance violation receipt or citation ticket is issued to contest the issuance of the ticket or receipt. It also takes cognizance of complaints against apprehending officers who may have crossed the line in issuing the OVR.
So, unless the supposed offender contests the issuance, he has to settle the administrative fine within seventy-two hours to avoid being dragged to court for a violation of a city ordinance.
The OVR or citation ticket practically covers all violations of city ordinances, e.g., regulations on sanitation, littering, fire crackers, nuisances, massage clinics, and several other ordinances, except only violations of the traffic code which has a separate but similar method of citation ticket system.
The grievance board is tasked, as an initial undertaking, to draft the implementing rules and regulations of Ordinance No. 12139-2011 and to submit to the City Mayor a list of nominees for deputation as apprehending officers, and of course to promote the dissemination of information to the public on the salient provisions of the ordinance.
As soon as preparations will have been done, the grievance board may then take roll up its sleeves and get to work. The grievance board's jurisdiction will however be for "residual" incidents because the jurisdiction of other regulatory offices, existing boards, committees, teams, or councils, e.g., Regulatory and Complaint Board, Smoke-Free CdeO Task Force, Joint Inspection Team, and the like, will take precedence.
With the establishment of the OVR Grievance Board, those to whom citation tickets or ordinance violation receipts are issued will now have a clear means of contesting citations and lodging complaints against possible abuses committed by issuing or apprehending officers or enforcers.
Good riddance.
(Lawyer Egay Uy is co-chairman of the local price coordinating council. He is also serving in the city's Regulatory and Complaints Board.)


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Student testimonial: Susan M.
|Time in Yalta:
|2 weeks
|Individual course (15 lessons/week)
|Guest house
It was heavenly: the instruction was excellent, the accommodation was comfortable, the food was delicious, and everyone was friendly and hospitable. Nearby there are lots of interesting walks and places to visit, and we were given maps and lots of help in planning what to do.
Studies: 5/5
Accommodation: 5/5
Favourite night club/restaurant/pub:
The tea rooms at Livadia Palace are rather nice.
How did you find out about AMBergh?
Internet search
Reason for your studies:
Hobby, pleasure
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Consistency and quality is always at the heart of what we do but its not been an easy journey and we've learnt a lot since we started in 2014. Finding the right brewing partners is without doubt the most important thing. We always brew the same beer with the same brewer to ensure consistency and quality is maintained. But different brewers have different skill sets, styles and capacity so we have worked with a handful of great, hugely experienced brewers and breweries since we started to provide our core and seasonal range.
Hop Stuff Brewery
Our home in London and our newest brewing partner for our core Juicy Pale and Seasonal Slow Loris. A state of the art million pound brewery in SE28 we were the first of Hop Stuff's brewing partners to run a full complete can and keg run through in September 2018. The resulting Juicy Pale is rapidly becoming our most popular beer. We viewed a site right behind Hop Stuff in Woolwich in 2013 and so funny how things come around.
Ramsgate Brewery
Eddie the owner and head brewer at Ramsgate came recommended to us by one of the best in the business from one of the oldest breweries in the country so we thought we'd listen. He's been brewing for over 24 years so clearly knows what he's doing – he even brewed on the same 5 barrel pub kit in London that Henry was brewing on when we went to meet him so straight away we knew we'd get on. An ex engineer, Eddie built some of his own kit so he clearly likes a challenge and whilst it was difficult to make things work commercially long term, Eddie is still one of the best in our books.
The Great Yorkshire Brewery
Perched on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, Cropton Brewery as it was once known has been producing award-winning beers for over 25 years, although the tiny village has a brewing tradition that can be traced back to 1613. With a recent large expansion and solid reputation for quality and consistency, the SALSA accredited brewery has gone from strength to strength and is one of the industry's best kept secrets. Phil the owner is a true northern gent, calls it like it is and we are proud to call this home for our signature, White IPA and smaller batch seasonal beers.
Brewhouse and Kitchen
We brewed our first ever 5 kegs of beer – our White IPA with B&K Portsmouth back in early 2014 ready for launch at Craft Beer Rising and fittingly, have been honoured to have had our beers sold in their venues on tap for the last 3 years. We do our NPD/Small batch brewing with them in London and run a competition with their 20+ brewers every year to create us a recipe that we will add to our portfolio. Last years winner, Nick from Bournemouth created a great, easy drinking Black IPA that slotted perfectly into our portfolio and launched November 2018.


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It's not that I think art museums don't usually do a good job displaying medieval stuff, it's just that they tend not to focus on the things I'm interested in. So when I saw that medieval religious artefacts were on display at the Cantor Arts Center, I went mainly out of curiosity. But actually I was pleasantly surprised!
So the focus is on medieval art as a sensual experience, and the exhibit certainly lives up to that idea, at least partly. The whole thing is done in an environment of darkened reverence; the icon at the front has a row of little LED candles in front of it to give its gold the appropriate lustre.
There's haunting churchy music and even incense to sniff, and it's all there to remind you that, in the words of the explanatory text, these things were viewed in terms of "privileged liveliness" rather than lifelikeness. That's a really good and important point — these things were not "works of art," but were meant to be experienced as part of a particular environment. Of course, you can't recreate that environment in a modern museum, and even if such a thing were possible, that environment would differ a lot from place to place and time to time. But it's still a very valuable thing to do.
My one quibble with this exhibit is that the curators appear to have a funny idea of what "medieval" means. Something from the 3rd century? Not medieval. Something from the 18th century? Not medieval. Just being Russian doesn't mean that it's old. But there are some good medieval pieces:
So overall I thought that was pretty good! It's very small, but then it's only one small part of a much larger museum. My wife and I explored the rest of the place, particularly enjoying the exhibit of female photographers from Iran and the Arab world. But the highlight of the rest of the place for me was the bit about the Stanford family. I had not known that Leland Stanford, Jr — who died at 15 and inspired his family to found the university and so on — was a keen antiquarian. In fact, in the weeks before his death he met Heinrich Schliemann and he was intending to found an archaeology museum in San Francisco, which is pretty good for a teenager.
Oh, also, the Stanfords owned a "Megalethoscope," which apparently is a thing that allows you to look at photographs?
Or destroy all the civilised planets. I forget which.


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February 24: #GC2019 Day Two
What helps us respond to Christ's call to be in relationship to transform the world?
One of the greatest tragedies of explicit discrimination against LGBTQ Christians in The United Methodist Church, said one panelist at Conversation at the Crossroads, has been the impediment of relationships that could have been built in our Church throughout our connection. It is through relationship that our own hearts are transformed and we are encouraged to pursue the kin-dom of God in solidarity. The transformation of the world requires our reconciliation unto each other and unto God. In all God's wisdom, these processes of reconciliation cannot be accomplished alone - one without the other.
This tragedy has also precipitated the moment in which we find our Church today - the pain and exclusion of anti-LGBTQ discrimination. If you have not yet had the chance to have a conversation with an LGBTQ United Methodist, come to the #ConversationCouch on the first-floor lobby at the Dome. The Spirit has gifted us with the capacity for relationship, and we have the opportunity to utilize that for the building of God's kin-dom this week. May it be so.
What's Happening Today: Prioritization of Petitions
Today, the Church begins its work in earnest to prioritize and vote on legislation. Plans and petitions will be listed one at a time on video screens in numerical order by petition numbers. Delegates will indicate whether they consider each a high or low priority. Each plan will then be listed in order of High Priority ranking.
Legislative committee officers will then prioritize plans and petitions in order of High Ranking percentage, and the Legislative Committee will perfect each plan or petition in that order. During this time, bishops, delegates, and staff will gather on the floor. Observers will be located in the seating and outer concourse areas of The Dome at the America's Center.
You can live-stream the event at www.umc.org/live.
Today (Sunday, Feb. 24)
8:00a.m. - 8:20a.m.: Opening Worship
8:20a.m. – 12:30p.m.: Morning Session 1 and 2
1:30p.m. – 6:30p.m.: Afternoon Session 1 and 2, Worship
7:00p.m. - MIND (Methodists In New Directions) /UMQCC (United Methodist Queer Clergy Caucus) - Lindell Room
7:00p.m. - 9:00p.m.: BMCR Meeting - Soulard (HI)
7:00p.m. - Jennifer Rossi - Music in the Hospitality Room (Broadway/Washington)
8:00p.m. Bible Study w. Rev. Grace Imathiu - Washington/Broadway (HI)
7:00p.m. - 8:00p.m.: LYNC Coffee House Washington/Broadway (HI)
8:00p.m. - 9:00p.m.: Bible Study w. Rev. Grace Imathiu - Washington/Broadway (HI)
8:30p.m. - 9:30p.m.: Koinonia Reflection Groups facilitated by David Meredith - LaClede (HI)
Tomorrow (Monday, Feb. 25)
6:30a.m. - 8:20a.m.: RMN Staff Breakfast - Soulard (HI)
8:00a.m. - 8:20a.m.: Opening Worship
8:20a.m. -12:30p.m.: Morning Session 1 and 2
10:30a.m. - 3:00p.m.: Massage Chair - Washington/Broadway (HI)
12:00p.m. - 1:30p.m.: NFAAUM lunch by reservation - Soulard (HI)
1:30p.m. – 6:30p.m.: Afternoon Session 1 and 2, Worship
7:00p.m. - 8:00p.m.: LYNC Coffee House - Washington/Broadway (HI)
8:00p.m. - 9:00p.m.: Bible Study w. Rev. Grace Imathiu - Washington/Broadway (HI)
8:00p.m. - 8:30p.m.: LYNC Strategy - Soulard (HI)
8:30p.m. - 9:30p: Koinonia Reflection Groups facilitated by David Meredith - LaClede (HI)
Recap: A Day of Prayer
By John D. Copenhaver, Jr., Ph.D.
The first day of General Conference 2019 was devoted to prayer. The theme of the first hour was "surrender to God's purpose." The hour had the feel of an extended altar call with invitations and hymns calling delegates to put aside their own agendas and to surrender to God's purpose. The Conference Day of Prayer had two purposes; it was designed to prepare delegates (and observers) for the work of General Conference and to pray for the effectiveness of the Church's mission in various regions of the world.
Bishops Al Gwinn, Robert T. Hoshibata, and Debra Wallace-Padgett led the first session. In introducing the Day of Prayer, Bishop Hoshibata urged delegates to practice submission, to "put down our weapons and surrender to God." He acknowledged the difficulty of setting aside personal agendas for God's purposes—the day of prayer was certainly not planned as a day for "girding for battle."
One Bishop told of a church built in area of congested traffic that had a YIELD sign near the entrance to the church. When the roads around the church changed, Department of Transportation workers came to remove the now unnecessary "YIELD" sign. After thinking about it, the pastor said, "No, please leave the YIELD sign up—we need it." Then he asked, "What must you and I yield for God to take us forward?" Following his question, we sang "I Surrender All." During the singing, we paused to pray Wesley's prayer of submission, including these words: "I give you my will. May I have no will of my own. Whatsoever you will, may I will and that only…"
The second half of the morning and early afternoon were devoted to hearing the challenges the Church is facing in various regions of the world, and offering prayer on their behalf. In forty-five minute segments we heard from Europe and Eurasia, Africa, the United States, and the Philippines. For example, we prayed for Russian sisters and brothers who struggle with limitations on religious freedom and evangelism; for Africans brothers and sisters who struggle with malaria and high rates of illiteracy; in the United States for those affected by gun violence, poverty, and those living as migrants; in the Philippines for those suffering from human rights violations and violence against women, children, and indigenous people.
During lunchtime, and after the afternoon session, a diverse, lively, and colorful group of LGBTQ+ folk and their allies gathered outside of the food vendors to sing hymns. In contrast to the traditional hymns sung during conference, they sang: "The Summons," "We Are Marching," "We resist. We refuse to let hatred in," "I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry," and others.
After lunch, Bishop Debra Wallace-Paggett acknowledged the harm done to LGBTQ+ people by the Church. Dorothee Benz reported to me that Bishop Wallace-Paggett did this as a response to queer delegates who expressed dismay about being ignored during the various intercessions related to human suffering. Bishop Wallace-Paggett invited LGBTQ+ delegates to gather at the center of the bar of the conference for a time of prayer. Dorothee Benz wrote she had hoped for an acknowledgement of "harm done to LGBTQI people this morning by [the Bishops'] silence. I wish that cisgender heterosexual bishops had come down from the stage to pray with us. But I was moved by those who came and stood with us and embraced us. We will continue to remind the church that we are here, we are as worthy of mention, as faithful, as integral to the church's future, as any Methodist."
The Day of Prayer ended with a service of holy communion that was remarkable in two ways. Rather than a sermon, Bishop Young Jin Cho led those gathered in ten minutes of silent centering prayer. The other notable element was the way we passed the peace. Bishop Wallace-Paggett instructed us to greet one another with these words: "If I have done anything intended or unintended to harm you, please forgive me. May the peace of Christ be with you." And, we were encouraged to reach to others even when it felt awkward.
The whole day seemed to designed to subordinate any personal hopes or desires for the sake of the unity of the Church. Affirmations of our heritage and our global connection highlighted that we share a tradition worth maintaining. Our prayers and worship offered elements of healing and reconciliation. The days to come will reveal whether these efforts will bear fruit.
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LYNC Volunteer Spotlight
Interview by Anthony Stauder
Donate to Local St. Louis Ministries
Did you bring items to donate to local St. Louis ministries benefitting individuals and families experiencing homelessness? Please bring your items to the Love Your Neighbor Coalition offices in the Holiday Inn (811 N 9th St.) across the street from the Convention Center.
Thank you to all of you who've brought and are bringing items or funds for donation! All of God's beloveds are deserving of dignity, comfort, and hope. LYNC is glad to partner with the Emergency Winter Warming Shelter at AmeriCorps St. Louis for this project. The Warming Shelter is one of eleven emergency shelters that partner with the Winter Outreach Group to ensure that St. Louis' most vulnerable individuals have a warm place to sleep and food to eat during nights when the temperature drops below 20 degrees. This is an LGBTQ-affirming organization and one of the only shelters in the area that lets couples and families (including pets) stay together.


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5 things I've learned in 5 years/
Many people have aked me to share about my experiences in Africa. What did you learn these last years oversees? Over the last weeks I have taken time to develop that more into the 5 things I've learned in 5 years. I've shared them at churches and over coffee, but I think it's time to publish it on my blog. I'll post over the next week unpacking each of them one by one. Stay tuned.


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The video, which was taken at night, shows shows the kidnappers not even bothering to cover their faces as they abducted Kjartan Sekkingstad, a Norwegian and operations manager of the Ocean View marina Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, and a Filipina woman.
In the video, at least ten people, many carrying weapons, frogmarch the abductees were over a narrow foot bridge, and there are signs of a struggle as one person appears to resist.
Police report that two boats believed to have used by the kidnappers have been found, and that the victims were probably taken to a mountainous region in the south.
The Philippines' GMA News Online site also reports that a Japanese woman and her Canadian husband were able to escape the kidnappers by jumping into the water from one of the boats.
"From Governor Generoso, you can tell the general direction of where they are going," military spokesman Colonel Restituto Padilla told news agency DPA. "The general direction is the tip of Zamboanga towards Basilan and Sulu areas."
Canadian authorities have changed their travel advice, warning travelers to the region to "exercise a high degree of caution" because of the terror threat.
The Norwegian Foreign ministry does not advise people to stay away from the region, but travel advice has been updated.
"We have updated our travel advice on our websites and we inform people that there has been a situation in the area. As of yet, we have not changed our travel advice, but we are keeping track of the situation continuously," Veslemøy Salvesen of the Ministry of Foreign affairs told Norway's VG newspaper.


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Reps. Weiner, Stupak: Senate Should Go First on Health Care
Both Weiner and Stupak, representing two different points on the ideological spectrum within the Democratic party, told moderator Bill Plante they were more optimistic about health care reform passing, now that President Obama is pushing for a specific reform proposal. However, they had a few qualifications to add about the process.
Some Democrats have said the House will have to pass the original Senate bill before the Senate will pass its reconciliation bill -- only requiring a 51-vote majority for passage -- that would add in the changes from Mr. Obama.
Weiner took issue with that plan.
"The United States Senate has been the single problem with getting this bill passed," he said. "They should fix their bill with the majority rule process and then we'll adopt it if it turns out to be up to the standards of the American people."
He added, "Fool me once, shame on me; fool me 290 times, shame on you," referring to the 290 bills passed in the House but ignored by the Senate.
"We don't necessarily have to vote on the Senate bill," Stupak added. "I don't think [House leaders] have 10 votes for the Senate bill."
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"We're just finding a way we can get through the Senate hurdles by a simple majority," he said.
Stupak also maintained that the final legislation must not provide any kind of funding for abortions, something he has said could sway the vote of as many as 12 House members.
"We want the president just to keep current law" of no federal funding for abortion, Stupak said. "I hope it's part of his proposal. It'll be easier for me then to support."
Watch the interview above.
"Washington Unplugged" appears live on CBSNews.com each weekday at 12:30 p.m. ET. Click here to check out previous episodes.


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Hi Everyone, 🙂
Today I am sharing two prettiest looking perfume bottles from my collection. I won't lie but it was the packaging that got me so attracted to them. I bought one. Loved the perfume (and the packaging :P) , then I bought another one. 😀
Price : USD 36 / Rs 2,200 approx
Garden of Good Eva :
Why we love it! : crisp & fresh citrus floral
A poem to describe Eva…
come away with Eva,
breeze down a lush lane,
she's the fresh rush of splendor,
you can't quite explain.
so vividly vibrant
with a carefree demeanor,
she whirls off to a place
"where grasses are greener."
Top notes: pear, watermelon, ozone accords, muguet
Middle notes: rosebud, jasmine petals, green violet leaves, freesia
Bottom notes: sandalwood, musk, cedarwood.
My Experience :
Garden of Good & Eva is slightly fruity fragrance. It's more of an understated perfume. The kinds where you have worn a perfume but it's understated. Imagine yourself walking in a summer field and the smells of the grass, air and flowers around you…this is how it smells to me.
Both the fragrances have such clean crisp smells. They are kinda uncomplicated. You wear them on and you'd smell nice. Period. There is no distinction as to you smell of jasmine or rose etc.
These are just very nice perfumes that you would love to have in your collection. Easy , breezy, everyday and verryy nice.
This lasts around 4 hours on me and then I feel the need to reapply. 🙂
Laugh With Me Lee Lee
Why we love it! : flirty & feminine woody floral
A poem to describe LeeLee…
her playful wink
and mischievous smile
the flirtatious side
of her innocent style
no thought or worry
of what's meant to be
first laughter, then love
"… along came LeeLee"
Top notes: cassis, melon, citrus.
Middle notes: black violet, lily, jasmine.
Bottom notes: blonde wood, amber, santal.
My Experience :
Laugh with me Lee Lee is like the first smell of spring. It's fresh a bit citrusy and settles to a bit powdery. It's light and refreshing and the kinds you want to wear out for a brunch with your girlfriends. It's the kinds that you spritz on your wrist and you want to keep sniffing your wrist. 😛 With both the perfumes it's hard to pin point what EXACTLY they smell of. But if I have to pick one distinct note from Laugh with me Lee Lee it would be jasmine but not very strong jasmine(y) as well. These are very blend-able perfumes. Both of them are mostly nice universally likeable perfumes and something that you would want to use on day to day basis without that over powering nauseating fragrance.
The staying power is around 3 hours. But the bottle is so cute that you can take it around with you and totally flaunt it around. 🙂
Overall, these perfumes are such pure love. I mean you can't go wrong with them. They are nice perfumes and very simple one. There is nothing fancy about them but they have their own appeal. The packaging totally makes them adorable. Highly Highly recommended. Personally I like Laugh with me Lee Lee more than the Garden of Good & Eva. But still I use both of them on and off.
These are available at Sephora. Give them a sniff. 🙂
Rating : 5/5
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"the hardest part is getting your ass there." - david nichtern on meditation
i've always heard about the benefits of meditation and have even dabbled in the practice myself, but had no idea if i was 'doing it right.' so when i came across a meditation training at om yoga in union square (nyc), i didn't hesistate. led by david nichtern, a senior teacher in the shambala buddhist lineage of chogyam trungpa and sakyong mipham rinphoche - oh and the husband of om yoga's very own cyndi lee, not to mention an emmy award winner and grammy nominee! besides all of that pizzazz he has going on, he's really grounded and relatable and breaks the art of meditating down into really basic steps. with that said, david also agrees that although it may seem simple, meditating is hard work and even harder to teach someone else.
so how does one become great at meditation?
lots of meditating, self-discovery and getting to know those ancient buddhist monks who have already figured it all out.
check out david's articles on huffington post to help guide you through your own self-study. or if you're in nyc, visit om yoga for their 30 minute ($5) meditation sessions on tuesday evenings.


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Tuesday, October 16, 2018
I'm Snow Buddy!
On a happier note, I hope you'll like my snowman. The idea just popped into my head one day and I thought it would be good to have him make his debut on my birthday!
Denise knit the blue bib pictured above. I knit it in red, but it's so hard to photograph that color. I should have known better and used a different one for the picture.
here for the bib and here for the cloth.
It sure would be great if this is the only snow we'll see all winter, but I hear that it's supposed to be brutal here in New England. I hope they're all wrong!!
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Happy Birthday, Elaine, and thank you for the new bib/cloth pattern. I'm going to knit one for my grandson.
Sorry for the loss of your father. I know exactly how you feel, as I just lost my sister this week after a very short battle with cancer. We will always miss our departed family members, but we are comforted by the memories of them.
Take care,
- October 16, 2018 at 3:07 PM
love this snowman dish cloth, but there is an error on row12, stitches only add up to 35
- October 17, 2018 at 10:04 AM
Happy Happy Birthday! Thanks for another great pattern.
Sorry to hear of the loss of your father. He sounded like an incredible man!
- October 17, 2018 at 12:31 PM
- Elaine said...
You're absolutely right about Row 12 in the Snow Buddy cloth and Row 16 in the bib. Both rows should end with (p1, k1) x3. Both my testers and I discovered that error before I posted the pattern, but when I uploaded it, the "test" version appeared instead of the corrected one. I apologize profusely for the mistake and I thank you for bringing it to my attention!
- October 18, 2018 at 8:29 AM
- Lisa Ogilvie said...
Your link for the cloth on this one gets you a permanent url error with a message for you. Is it posted somewhere else?
- October 24, 2018 at 6:30 AM
clink on the links in the column on the right
- October 24, 2018 at 6:42 PM
So sorry for your lost. I did lost my Dad too about 5 month ago.
On a brighter note, happy belated b-day!
- October 30, 2018 at 3:35 PM
- Kerry Dunn said...
So sorry for your loss. Your dad sounds like he was a wonderful man. My dad has been gone 11 years and I miss him as badly today as I did the day he died. You will be in my prayers. And I LOVE the new bib and cloth. Snowmen are my favorite people!
- January 2, 2019 at 7:47 PM


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Sometimes we get so excited that people in Poland or Brazil or South Africa are reading our blog that we neglect the weirdness in our own backyard. Yep, Los Angeles is a city full of freaks, contrary to the image most of y'all probably have in your heads of tanned, wannabe actors rollerblading between juice bars and Pilates classes (we have those, too, but no one here cares about them). And in their own, adorable way, Bloody Death Skull are as freaky as they come.
Musically, BDS aren't all that weird, at least not in a hit-you-over-the-head way. Their songs are shaggy and shambling and cutened up by head Skull Daiana Feuer's jangling ukulele and guileless, girlish vocals. Lyrically they can get pretty dark, with songs about death and prostitutes and drowning Mormons in swimming pools, but the grim subject matter is always served up with a wink. (Actually, depending on your point of view, I guess a song about drowning Mormons in swimming pools could be right up there with Pharrell's "Happy.") They cover lots of old murder ballads and doo wop love songs, which makes sense, and Ying Yang Twins, which doesn't, but somehow works anyway.
Their live shows delight in the unexpected. They plays shows at strip clubs and former zoo animal enclosures. They dress up in elaborate costumes with inscrutable themes. When I saw them opening for Bob Log III, the theme was "things you might encounter in the forest," which in Bloody Death Skull's world includes alien princesses, soldiers in gas masks and a woman in a head-to-toe burqa representing "darkness."
They have four core members—besides Feuer, there's Donna Suppipat, Beth McSelf and Gerard Olson—but their live incarnation can have as many as 10 people onstage, many of them sitting cross-legged on the floor surrounded by xylophones and toy pianos and various things to bang on. The effect is both childlike and somehow psychedelic—by which I mean, they kinda look and sound like a bunch of people on heavy doses of psychedelics. Like, "Mind if I sit? 'Cause my legs seem to have stopped working" doses.
(For the record: I'm pretty sure no one in the band is actually high. When they were done with their Bob Log III opening set, they all stood up and left the stage in a very orderly fashion, fastidiously picking up their giant collection of instruments as they went. But they sure do a convincing job of seeming out of their gourds during their set—except Feuer, who presides over the chaos with the wry charm and patience of a den mother for a particularly low-functioning Girl Scout troop.)
I've done as much as I can to explain the weirdness and adorableness of Bloody Death Skull without showing you some videos, so here they are. First up: a sweet desert murder lullaby called "Psycho," starring a ravenous tiger/panda. I believe the technical term for such a hybrid creature is "tiganda."
Next, here's a little taste of their live show. They did not have the tap dancer when I saw them, but they did have a Theremin. They like to mix it up.
And finally, the video that is quite possibly their masterpiece (at least so far): "Girls Like You," which uses stop-motion Barbies to tell a heartwarming tale about prostitutes and the non-prostitutes who love them.
- Bloody Death Skull on Facebook
- Bloody Death Skull on Bandcamp
- Bloody Death Skull's YouTube channel
- Bloody Death Skull's Tumblr


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I had an entire head of brocolli steamed and dipped in ranch, and am now having tomato soup (basically my favorite thing in the world and total comfort food) with ricotta in it.
What about you guys?
Also, this comes up if you google "soup's on gif":
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Roger Penrose: A Knight on the tiles
from plus magazine
"Sir Roger Penrose is one of the world's most widely known mathematicians. His popular books describe his insights and speculations about the workings of the human mind and the relationships between mathematics and physics. His interests range from astrophysics and quantum mechanics to mathematical puzzles and games. As a teenager, he invented the so-called "Penrose staircase", used by Escher in some of his famous optical illusion drawings, such as the one below. Helen Joyce from the Plus team talked to Sir Roger about his ideas."


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January 2017
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What exactly do you want? About Valued Living
It's All Choices
Do I hit the snooze button and sleep a little longer or get up and go to the gym?
Do I call my mother and try to have a real conversation or just send her a quick text and avoid conflict?
Do I approach my boss about working on project X where I might fail or I might be awesome or do I stick to project Y that is boring but a sure thing?
You may have these choices and a hundred more in a single day. Behind all of your chosen behaviors are thoughts and feelings and urges and memories. Some pleasant, some not so much. Much of the work I do with clients is around dealing with these. But why are you dealing with them in the first place?
Values Inform Choices
I think that knowing what you value for your life is so important and the best way to live. I often bring up the concept of values with my clients and I think it is a really important part of moving your life in the direction you want. It isn't enough to become more mindful, learn how to access and be present to your often painful feelings, and be willing to have difficult thoughts. The point is to be willing because you are moving your life in your valued direction.
I will get up and go to the gym because I value a healthy body.
I will call my mother and have a real conversation because I value an authentic relationship with her.
I will talk to my boss about working on project X because I value work where I grow as a person and make a difference in the world.
Notice that in the above examples, I picked the action that matched my values, even though there were probably difficult and challenging feelings and thoughts that accompanied committing to these choices. I'm going to write more about the intersection of these in future posts.
Values vs. Goals
Knowing what you value is important. But what is a value? To me, it is the direction that your life is taking. An example might help:
Not a value:
"I want a job where I make six figures and I have a commute of less than 30 minutes and I work in project management."
These are goals. They are concrete and measureable things. You can work hard and achieve all of these, and then what? Then how will you gauge your career? You'll probably come up with some new goals.
A value:
"I value work where I am interacting with lots of people and feel that my creative side is put to good use. I value helping people improve themselves. I value work that makes things better in my community."
Do you see how these are much broader directions than concrete measures? You could spend your entire life pursuing these values and you could pursue them in many ways. You could accomplish all of your goals, come up with new goals, and still be moving your life in a valued direction. In fact, you never really "arrive" at your value. It is like driving in a specific direction, rather than arriving at a specific destination.
Where do you want your life to go?
Coming up with your values isn't hard but it does require some thought. Below is a list to get your thoughts going. I list some of the big realms that I think everyone wrestles with. You can always add others.
intimate relationships:
What do you envision for yourself regarding an intimate relationship with another? What kind of person would you be in this relationship? How do you want to show up to the other in this relationship?
What do you bring to the relationships you have with both your family of origin and your chosen family? What quality of relationships do you value? If you're a parent, how do you show up as a parent and what do you value in that role?
friendships and social engagement:
What does this look like? What do you want to see when you think about engaging with others? What social experiences do you value?
What exactly do you value about your health?
What kind of person do you want to be in a career? How do you see yourself interacting with your career and the role it plays in your life? What does it look like when you show up and do your job?
other realms:
Spirituality may be important to you, or maybe being politically active and making change in the world is important, or perhaps you have a vision for the kind of education and training you would like to see for yourself. These are all realms where you can determine your valued life direction.
One More Tip
If you do this work, write it down. You can always change it but writing it down will make it real for you. And you'll have something tangible to refer to later.


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From Stevie Wonder to Mother Earth's Plantasia
Article, NPR, June 2019
Plants That Sing
Podcast Interview, Twenty Thousand Hertz, June 2019
Coachella installation creates music from plants' biorhythms
Television Interview, ABC News, April, 2019
The secret life of plant music
Article, TED, April, 2019
Poplar music: The extraordinary flowering of Plants FM
Article, The Telegraph, March, 2019
The Secret Life of Plants
Interview, NPR - The Organist, September, 2018
National Park Service Ad Campaign
Artist feature for National Park Service #FINDYOURWAY promotional campaign, Summer, 2018
Joe Rogan Show #1075
Mention, Duncan Trussell and Joe Rogan talk plant consciousness and MIDI Sprout, February, 2018
Inside the Spiritual World of Plant-Based Instruments
Interview, Vice - Thump, September, 2016
Musik aus der Eiskugel
Article, Golem (DE), December 2014
Data Garden: Pioniere der DIY-Biofeedback-Music
Television Interview, Tracks | Arte TV (DE / FR), September 2014
Rave On, Topfpflanze
Article, Intro Magazine (DE), July 2014
MIDI Sprout lets your plants create the sound of music
Article, The Guardian, May 2014
The Secret Language of Plants
Radio Broadcast, To the Best of Our Knowledge | Public Radio International, May 2014
Your houseplants can play electronic music with MIDI Sprout
Article, Dazed, April 2014
The Future of Music? The 405 interviews the people behind MIDI Sprout
Article, The 405, March 2014
Setting human biorhythms to an electronic beat: Data Garden
Radio Interview, WHYY, February 2014
A Data Garden homage to honeybees, sound and geometry
Article, Knight Arts, September 2013
Co-Composing with Plants
Interview, Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, June 2013
Plantable Music
Article Origin Magazine (print), March 2013
Music For Plants, Music by Plants in Two Eco-Themed Releases
Article, CreateDigitalMusic, May 2012
Interacting with Plants to Create Polyphonic Music
Interview, The Creator's Project, April 2012
Listen But Do Touch
Interview, PulpLab, April 2012
Data Garden Pushes Biodegradable Circuitry and Plantable Albums
Interview, Vice Magazine/Motherboard TV, February 2012
Future of Audio-Visual
Feature, ModTV / MTV Brasil. November 2011
Data Garden Debuts Worlds First Plantable Music
Interview, Inhabitat, October 2011
Just Add Water
Interview, Philadelphia City Paper, September 2011
Tonight in Music - Tadoma
Article, The Seattle Stranger, April 2011
The Deli's Featured Artist of The Month
Interview, The Deli Magazine, March 2011
Article, YVYNYL, April 2010
Interview with Tadoma - The Field Notes EP
Interview, The Vibrationist, April 2010


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Identifying the Meaning of IMSI; MEID
I am trying to opt out of some ad networks and one has asked for my phone ID.
I have an HTC Evo 4G on the Sprint network, rooted.
I went to Settings> About Phone> Phone Identity, there it lists my Model number, MEID, Phone Number and IMSI.
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My time at Vigilant Management has sadly come to an end. As my remaining hours in the office dwindle, I find myself wanting to stay even more. The Vigilant experience is truly like no other. From day one, I felt connected to everyone in the office and that connection has only grown stronger since. I felt very accepted on both a professional level and personal level. The month of March was certainly the busiest of my time at Vigilant. Myself and Mark had plenty of lunch breaks that only consisted of a quick bite to eat and a mugful of coffee that went "straight down da troat/gullet." That's not to say that those were bad days by any means. Having a busy day at the office was incredibly fulfilling. I really felt that I was a part of the team and that the work that I was doing really mattered to Vigilant. Mark and I made sure to make up for that lost time at lunch by playing Contra on our break when we had days that weren't as busy.
As I think of the long nights that I'll be spending in the lab during my fast approaching semester, I reassure myself that the advice I was told and the stories I heard at Vigilant will guide me to the end. Before Lloyd left in early April, he sat down with Will and I, and explained how he conducts himself within Newfoundland and Labrador's construction industry. He said to us, "When I'm managing a job, I make sure that it's mine and that I know everything there is to know about it." That really resonated with me. "Knowing everything" was a foreign concept to me. I never thought that I could "know everything" about anything! My standards were always set at working hard and being satisfied with whatever the outcome was. Now I fully intend on trying to "know everything" about the course material I'm going to be studying soon. Whether or not it works will be seen.
I could write quite a bit about all the things I'll miss at Vigilant, so in attempt to cover it all here's a list of some of my favorite. Don't worry if you don't quite understand all of them; it's a Vigilant thing.
Chatting with Will and Sheldon about Game of Thrones (while simultaneously spoiling it for Michelle)
"Controlling the Avalon"
Playing Contra at lunch with Mark
Sharing Lloyd's excitement about Fridays
Saying "Whadda y'at bys?!" every time I come into the office
Hearing hilarious stories from Grant, Holly, and Lloyd
Grant's dogs
Hearing "I can't believe you've done this" from Sheldon or Todd in their spot on British accents
Krissy's unending enthusiasm
Terry's hilarious office antics
Todd's ever so kind presence (and intense Overwatch skills)
Company lunches
Getting emails of top notch memes from one of the bys
The coffee
Fare thee well Vigilant. Perhaps we'll meet again some day.
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Only the cruelest among us would suggest that Hillary's most recent stroke has caused her to slip into dementia/
After all, she's been raving about 'vast, right wing conspiracies" for decades.
Clinton added that the GOP has been taken over by those with sinister interests.
"It is becoming a far-right, captive party to ideological religious and commercial interests," she said.
"It is at the mercy of its financial backers and a cabal of leaders who are doing things like shrinking the electorate, gerrymandering, and taking every step they can to maintain power for themselves and those who are like-minded."
Asked by FWIW whether she was in fact referring to the Democratic party and its friends on Wall Street and in Russia, Ms. Clinton appeared confused: "you'll have to ask Sandy about that", she finally stuttered. "He's my memory bank these days".


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Chic, Minimalist Gold Jewelry For Cheap? Found It
Some things are just better when together. Say, peanut butter and jelly, Simon and Garfunkel, and, the latest example, Luv Aj and JewelMint. The two L.A.-based labels have come together for the first time to create an all-gold range that's very sleek, and stackable.
Boasting 11 pieces in total — each of which retails for an easy $29.99 — the range cleverly integrates pearls throughout, allowing for a cool, elegant-meets-edgy result. Which, as it turns out, is exactly what Luv Aj designer Amanda Thomas was hoping for with the capsule collection. "Pearls aren't necessarily my go-to when it comes to jewelry, but I was inspired by the glamour and edge from vintage 80's Chanel accessories," says Thomas. "Super gold, bold, and layered…that's the Luv Aj way of thinking, and I love the #LuvajxJM collection because it totally embodies that." Ahead, check our favorite pieces — and then click here to shop the collection. SLIDES
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This paper presents identification of both network connected systems as well as distributed systems governed by PDEs in the framework of distributed optimization via the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers. This approach opens first the possibility to identify distributed models in a global manner using all available data sequences and second the possibility for a distributed implementation. The latter will make the application to large scale complex systems possible. In addition to outlining a new large scale identification method, illustrations are shown for identifying both network connected systems and discretized PDEs.
Subspace identification is revisited in the scope of nuclear norm minimization methods. It is shown that essential structural knowledge about the unknown data matrices in the data equation that relates Hankel matrices constructed from input and output data can be used in the first step of the numerical solution presented. The structural knowledge comprises the low rank property of a matrix that is the product of the extended observability matrix and the state sequence and the Toeplitz structure of the matrix of Markov parameters (of the system in innovation form). The new subspace identification method is referred to as the N2SID (twice the N of Nuclear Norm and SID for Subspace IDentification) method. In addition to include key structural knowledge in the solution it integrates the subspace calculation with minimization of a classical prediction error cost function. The nuclear norm relaxation enables us to perform such integration while preserving convexity. The advantages of N2SID are demonstrated in a numerical open- and closed-loop simulation study. Here a comparison is made with another widely used SID method, i.e. N4SID. The comparison focusses on the identification with short data batches, i.e. where the number of measurements is a small multiple of the system order.


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Together with young group of HKIP, HKIA, HKIE, HKILA & HKIS, we are going to take a total of 33 kindergarten children, from Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chiap Hua Cheng's Day Nursery for a half-day visit to HK Wetland Park. This educational outing will allow children to gain more knowledge on wetland ecology, as well as the relationship between human and wetlands. Meanwhile, young professionals and children can interact with a relaxing day of outdoor activities.
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French Studies (1974-1978) reunion in Sancerre, France, June 9-11 2017
A trip to France for a trip down memory lane.
A group of 17 former students and lecturers, including partners and a family member (a 2015 Portsmouth Geography graduate) were welcomed to Sancerre by Xavier Gardette (Lecturer in French Studies – SLAS - 1975-1979).
We enjoyed wonderful weather in this beautiful and famous wine growing region and took part in a fantastic programme of events including; eating excellent food, tasting and drinking fine wines and touring the area. There was much laughter and bonhomie.
We are already planning our next reunion in either England or France. We hope that other friends from French Studies can join us in 2018.
If you are hosting a reunion and would like to share your memories and pictures here, please contact us.